# Word Formation & Derivatives **Type:** Topic **Words:** 11746 ## About Prefixes, suffixes, compounds, inflections, and derived word families. ## Words by Level ### A1 - it — Used to refer to a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned; frequency rank 6 - am — First-person singular present of "be".; frequency rank 123 - May — Used to ask for or give permission.; frequency rank 217 - miss — To feel sad because someone or something is no longer with you.; frequency rank 274 - T-shirt — A light, short-sleeved shirt with no collar or buttons, often made of cotton.; frequency rank 6086 - twenty-four — the cardinal number equal to two tens plus four; 24; frequency rank 14069 - twenty-seven — the cardinal number equal to two tens plus seven; 27; frequency rank 22980 - thirty-six — the cardinal number equal to three tens plus six; 36; frequency rank 24010 - CD player - credit card - dining room - each other - good afternoon - good morning - good night - have to - ice cream - last name - living room - mobile phone - swimming pool ### A2 - good-looking — Physically attractive.; frequency rank 5671 - make-up — Coloured substances put on the face to improve or change how you look.; frequency rank 6397 - hip hop — A style of popular music with a strong rhythm and spoken or rapped lyrics.; frequency rank 7853 - well-known — Known by many people; famous.; frequency rank 9055 - right-hand — On or relating to the right side.; frequency rank 12926 - ping-pong — informal or trademark name for table tennis, a game in which players hit a light ball across a table divided by a net; frequency rank 15195 - thank-you — an expression, message, gift, or other acknowledgment of gratitude; frequency rank 15809 - left-hand — On or towards the left side.; frequency rank 21358 - half-price — Costing half of the usual price.; frequency rank 37785 - washing-up — The job of washing the dishes, pots, and cutlery after a meal.; frequency rank 46757 - alarm clock - all right - board game - bus station - bus stop - capital letter - car park - classical music - department store - digital camera - driver's license - fast food - first name - grocery store - high school - ID card - main course - mineral water - MP3 player - next to - no one - olive oil - out of - petrol station - police officer - police station - post office - shop assistant - sitting room - soft drink - sports center - swimming costume - table tennis - text message - tour guide - traffic light - video game - washing machine - web page - half-past — thirty minutes after a stated hour ### B1 - march — An organized walk by many people to protest or support something.; frequency rank 2147 - old-fashioned — No longer modern; out of date.; frequency rank 5135 - brand-new — Completely new and never used before.; frequency rank 6142 - foreigner — A person from another country.; frequency rank 8345 - part-time — Working or done for only part of the usual hours.; frequency rank 8453 - full-time — For the whole of the normal working hours.; frequency rank 8604 - face-to-face — Done with people in each other's presence, not at a distance.; frequency rank 11156 - middle-aged — Being roughly between 45 and 65 years old; neither young nor old.; frequency rank 11714 - great-grandfather — the grandfather of one of your parents; the father of a grandparent; frequency rank 15515 - hard-working — Putting a lot of effort and energy into work.; frequency rank 16874 - second-hand — already owned or used by someone else; not new; frequency rank 19713 - next-door — Located in the building or room immediately next to yours.; frequency rank 20590 - check-in counter — The act of reporting your arrival at an airport or hotel, often at a special desk.; frequency rank 23639 - well-dressed — Wearing attractive, fashionable, or smart clothes.; frequency rank 26264 - up-to-date — Including the latest information or features; current.; frequency rank 27224 - hand-held — Small and light enough to be used while you hold it in your hands.; frequency rank 42335 - out-of-date — No longer current, modern, or useful.; frequency rank 46320 - duty-free — Not requiring payment of import tax, especially when bought at an airport or border.; frequency rank 49031 - self-service — describing a place where customers serve themselves instead of being served; frequency rank 52231 - film-maker — A person who makes films or movies.; frequency rank 65430 - CD-ROM — A CD that holds computer data which can be read but not changed.; frequency rank 67136 - modal verb — A helping verb such as 'can', 'must', or 'will' that shows ability, possibility, permission, or obligation.; frequency rank 135117 - tin opener — a handheld or electric device for cutting open sealed metal food tins; frequency rank 274667 - according to - air conditioning - air force - bank account - because of - central heating - chat show - check-in desk - chest of drawers - chewing gum - common sense - definite article - disc jockey - exchange rate - extreme sports - face to face - fire station - first floor - first lady - first-floor - frying pan - full stop - ground floor - heart attack - ice hockey - ice skating - identity card - indefinite article - instead of - message board - mixing bowl - navy blue - next door - ought to - phrasal verb - pocket money - primary school - public transport - question mark - remote control - science fiction - secondary school - soap opera - social networking - traffic jam - travel agent - used to - vice president - video clip - weather forecast - tape-measure — a flexible strip marked for measuring length ### B2 - brother-in-law — The brother of your husband or wife, or the husband of your sister; frequency rank 4665 - so-called — Called by this name, though the speaker doubts it is true or deserved.; frequency rank 4970 - sister-in-law — the sister of your husband or wife, or your brother's wife; frequency rank 5455 - son-in-law — The husband of your daughter.; frequency rank 5987 - X-ray — A photograph of the inside of the body, made using invisible rays that pass through it.; frequency rank 6428 - mother-in-law — The mother of your husband or wife.; frequency rank 7431 - father-in-law — The father of your husband or wife.; frequency rank 7743 - grown-up — An adult, especially as spoken about by or to children.; frequency rank 7938 - daughter-in-law — The wife of your son.; frequency rank 8077 - long-term — Continuing or having effects over a long period of time.; frequency rank 8104 - first-class — of the highest quality; excellent; frequency rank 11521 - last-minute — Done or happening at the latest possible time before an event.; frequency rank 11538 - mix-up — a mistake or confused situation caused by taking one person or thing for another; frequency rank 14017 - long-distance — Covering or travelling over a great distance.; frequency rank 14541 - left-handed — using the left hand more naturally or skillfully than the right; frequency rank 14636 - high-tech — Using or involving the most advanced and modern technology.; frequency rank 15768 - short-term — Lasting for or relating to a short period of time.; frequency rank 16236 - self-confidence — belief and trust in your own abilities; frequency rank 21103 - show-off — a person who deliberately displays their abilities or possessions to attract attention or admiration; frequency rank 22305 - worn-out — damaged or made useless by long or heavy use; frequency rank 28085 - light-headed — dizzy, faint, or mentally unsteady; frequency rank 30174 - single-handed — done by one person without help from anyone else; frequency rank 30993 - mixed-up — confused, troubled, or unable to think clearly; frequency rank 31599 - bad-tempered — Easily annoyed or angered; often in a bad mood.; frequency rank 35559 - well-built — Having a strong, muscular body.; frequency rank 39385 - non-smoking — Where smoking is not allowed.; frequency rank 40008 - semi-final — One of the two matches before the final, deciding which players or teams reach the final.; frequency rank 40960 - well-paid — Earning or providing a good amount of money.; frequency rank 44177 - self-confident — sure of your own abilities and worth; frequency rank 45059 - well-balanced — Made up of parts in good, healthy proportions.; frequency rank 47266 - long-legged — having legs that are long in proportion to the body; frequency rank 52784 - dilly-dally — informal: to waste time through indecision, delay, or aimless activity; frequency rank 56862 - good-sized — reasonably or notably large in size, amount, or extent; frequency rank 57481 - well-wisher — a person who hopes for and expresses support for another person's or cause's success or welfare; frequency rank 65284 - fair-minded — willing to judge people or issues impartially and without prejudice; frequency rank 72056 - long-tailed — clothing: having long rear skirts, panels, or tails; frequency rank 84349 - broad-shouldered — having wide or powerfully built shoulders; frequency rank 99825 - silly-billy — informal, especially British: a silly or foolish person, used as a mild or affectionate teasing expression; frequency rank 101847 - half-dollar — a United States coin worth fifty cents, or the sum of fifty cents; frequency rank 117520 - well-shaped — having an attractive, regular, or proportionate shape; frequency rank 128804 - good-humored — cheerful, friendly, and not easily annoyed; frequency rank 133987 - half-yearly — occurring, published, or paid every six months; frequency rank 158255 - wage-earner — a person who works in return for wages or a salary, especially as distinguished from an employer or someone living on investments; frequency rank 280412 - carbon dioxide - carbon footprint - carbon monoxide - climate change - de facto — existing or operating in practice, even without an official title or formal recognition - debit card - environmentally friendly - exclamation mark - fed up - fire brigade - first language - first person - global warming - hard drive - health care - human rights - inverted commas - junk food - last minute - martial art - native speaker - owing to - point of view - polar bear - prime minister - real estate - rush hour - second person - steering wheel - stock market - third person - upside down - virtual reality - well-organized - starting-point — the place, time, or idea from which something begins - so-and-so — an unspecified or unnamed person or thing - water butt — British: a large outdoor barrel or other container used to collect and store rainwater - day laborer — a worker hired and paid by the day, especially for temporary or unskilled manual work - pepper-shaker — a small container with perforations in its top, used for sprinkling ground pepper ### C1 - trying — Difficult or annoying to deal with; hard to endure.; frequency rank 257 - jimmy — a short crowbar used for forcing open a door, window, or lock; frequency rank 1223 - attorney — A lawyer; someone who advises people on legal matters and represents them in court.; frequency rank 2036 - passing — A polite word for someone's death.; frequency rank 2227 - warrant — An official document allowing police to search, seize, or arrest someone.; frequency rank 2498 - custody — The legal right and duty to care for someone, especially a child.; frequency rank 2686 - cutting — A small piece cut from a plant and used to grow a new one.; frequency rank 2692 - accused — The person charged with a crime in a court of law.; frequency rank 2795 - offering — Something that is offered or made available, such as a product or service.; frequency rank 2940 - commissioner — An official who heads a government department or public body, such as a police force.; frequency rank 2944 - removed — Distant or separated from something in space, time, or degree.; frequency rank 3073 - crystal — A clear, solid mineral form with a regular geometric shape; high-quality clear glass.; frequency rank 3079 - foster — To encourage the development or growth of something.; frequency rank 3384 - odds — The chance or likelihood that something will happen.; frequency rank 3441 - chamber — A large room, often used for a formal or specific purpose.; frequency rank 3635 - wicked — Morally bad; cruel or evil.; frequency rank 3942 - halfway — At or to a point that is the middle between two places.; frequency rank 4001 - jersey — A shirt worn by a member of a sports team, often showing the player's name and number.; frequency rank 4055 - prosecutor — A lawyer who argues in court that an accused person is guilty of a crime.; frequency rank 4126 - gravity — The natural force that pulls objects toward the earth or toward each other.; frequency rank 4160 - heather — a low evergreen plant with small purple, pink, or white flowers, common on moorland; frequency rank 4363 - grounds — A good reason or basis for doing or believing something.; frequency rank 4366 - vulnerable — Easily hurt or harmed, physically or emotionally.; frequency rank 4460 - troy — designating a system of weights used chiefly for precious metals and gemstones; frequency rank 4471 - disturbing — Causing worry, distress, or a feeling of unease.; frequency rank 4535 - autopsy — a medical examination and dissection of a body after death to determine the cause of death or effects of disease; frequency rank 4597 - dedicated — Working hard at something because you care about it; loyal and committed.; frequency rank 4799 - instrumental — Playing an important part in making something happen.; frequency rank 4863 - psychic — relating to the mind, soul, or mental processes rather than the physical body; frequency rank 4932 - handling — The way someone deals with or manages a situation, task, or people.; frequency rank 4933 - communist — A person who believes in communism, a system where property is owned by the community as a whole.; frequency rank 4944 - prey — An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.; frequency rank 4969 - gathering — A meeting of people, often for a social or special occasion.; frequency rank 4987 - brutal — Extremely violent, vicious, or cruel.; frequency rank 5025 - ministry — A government department responsible for a particular area, usually headed by a minister.; frequency rank 5074 - constable — One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.); frequency rank 5130 - kidney — One of the two organs in the body that filter waste from the blood and produce urine.; frequency rank 5149 - prosecution — The process of charging and trying someone for a crime in court.; frequency rank 5306 - troubled — Worried, anxious, or upset.; frequency rank 5309 - lesbian — A woman who is sexually and romantically attracted to other women.; frequency rank 5316 - bachelor — A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.; frequency rank 5334 - almighty — having unlimited power; omnipotent, especially as an epithet for God; frequency rank 5388 - psychiatrist — A medical doctor who specializes in treating mental illness.; frequency rank 5438 - pregnancy — The condition or period of carrying a developing baby in the womb.; frequency rank 5600 - civilian — A person who is not a member of the armed forces or police.; frequency rank 5625 - vicious — Violent and dangerous; likely to attack or hurt someone.; frequency rank 5651 - corps — A large military unit made up of several divisions.; frequency rank 5664 - whatsoever — At all; in any way (used to add emphasis, usually after a negative).; frequency rank 5694 - tribal — Relating to or typical of a tribe.; frequency rank 5852 - legacy — Something passed down from the past or from a person who came before.; frequency rank 5882 - isolated — far away from other places, people, or things; frequency rank 5932 - distress — A feeling of great emotional pain, worry, or suffering.; frequency rank 6036 - integrity — The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.; frequency rank 6188 - buzzer — A device that makes a buzzing sound as a signal.; frequency rank 6210 - abortion — The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the baby can survive on its own.; frequency rank 6259 - sentimental — Based on or showing tender emotions rather than reason.; frequency rank 6287 - inappropriate — Not suitable for a particular situation, time, or place.; frequency rank 6309 - salvation — The act of saving someone or something from harm or a difficult situation.; frequency rank 6383 - Swedish — relating to Sweden, its people, culture, or language; frequency rank 6508 - magnetic — Having the properties of a magnet, or able to attract metal such as iron.; frequency rank 6570 - handful — A small number of people or things.; frequency rank 6587 - gypsy — A person who travels from place to place rather than living in one fixed home.; frequency rank 6600 - congressman — a male member of a congress, especially a member of the United States House of Representatives; frequency rank 6636 - conviction — A strong, firmly held belief or opinion.; frequency rank 6675 - backing — Support and approval given to a person, plan, or cause.; frequency rank 6684 - donor — A person who gives money or goods, especially to a charity.; frequency rank 6695 - enforcement — The act of making people obey a law, rule, or agreement.; frequency rank 6698 - detention — The act of officially holding someone in custody, usually for a short time.; frequency rank 6745 - lethal — Able to cause death; deadly.; frequency rank 6764 - scattered — Spread out over a wide area at irregular intervals.; frequency rank 6774 - violation — An act that breaks a law, agreement, or right.; frequency rank 6867 - compromised — Made weaker, less safe, or less effective than it should be.; frequency rank 6885 - forensic — Relating to the use of science to investigate crimes and provide evidence in court.; frequency rank 6894 - facial — Relating to or affecting the face.; frequency rank 7011 - meaningless — Having no meaning or sense.; frequency rank 7069 - ammunition — information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint; frequency rank 7152 - notify — To officially tell someone about something.; frequency rank 7159 - sultan — a sovereign or ruler in certain Muslim countries, historically including the Ottoman Empire; frequency rank 7186 - lordship — The state or condition of being a lord.; frequency rank 7210 - defensive — Used or intended to protect against attack.; frequency rank 7280 - classy — Elegant, stylish, and impressive in a tasteful way.; frequency rank 7316 - ruthless — Showing no pity or mercy towards others.; frequency rank 7371 - preacher — A person whose job is to give religious talks and lead worship.; frequency rank 7388 - premises — A building or piece of land used by a business or organization.; frequency rank 7480 - rebellion — An organized, often armed, attempt to overthrow a government or ruler.; frequency rank 7514 - mining — The work of digging valuable materials such as coal, metals, or minerals out of the earth.; frequency rank 7523 - stray — To wander away from the right path or place.; frequency rank 7528 - ruling — An official decision made by a court or someone in authority.; frequency rank 7559 - irrelevant — Not connected with or important to the subject being discussed.; frequency rank 7563 - assassination — The murder of an important or famous person, usually for political reasons.; frequency rank 7618 - surgical — Relating to or used in surgery.; frequency rank 7623 - parish — A local church district with its own church and priest.; frequency rank 7648 - peasant — A poor farmer or farm worker, especially in the past or in poorer countries.; frequency rank 7650 - carrier — A person or thing that carries or transports something.; frequency rank 7661 - senor — a Spanish or Spanish-speaking man, especially when addressed or referred to with the title equivalent to Mr. or sir; frequency rank 7680 - rendezvous — an arranged meeting at a particular time and place; frequency rank 7685 - interference — The act of getting involved in something that does not concern you.; frequency rank 7730 - magistrate — An official who acts as a judge in a lower court, dealing with minor offences.; frequency rank 7750 - felony — A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.; frequency rank 7794 - authentic — Real and genuine, not a fake or copy.; frequency rank 7815 - petition — A formal written request, usually signed by many people, asking an authority to do something.; frequency rank 7879 - elaborate — Having many parts or details; carefully and richly worked out.; frequency rank 7898 - elaborate — To give more details about something you have said.; frequency rank 7898 - mechanism — A part of a machine or a set of moving parts that does a particular job.; frequency rank 7916 - psychiatric — Relating to mental illness and its treatment.; frequency rank 7964 - diplomatic — Relating to the work of managing relations between countries.; frequency rank 7978 - harassment — Repeated, deliberate behaviour that pesters, threatens, or intimidates someone.; frequency rank 8096 - irony — A situation that is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what you expect.; frequency rank 8113 - jurisdiction — The official power to make legal decisions and apply the law.; frequency rank 8165 - compartment — A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.; frequency rank 8214 - verify — To check that something is true, accurate, or correct.; frequency rank 8264 - carpenter — A person whose job is making and repairing wooden things; frequency rank 8321 - frustrating — Making you feel annoyed or impatient because you cannot do or achieve something.; frequency rank 8353 - denial — A statement that something is not true.; frequency rank 8358 - collective — Done by or shared between all members of a group.; frequency rank 8416 - processing — The act of dealing with something through a set series of steps.; frequency rank 8437 - discretion — The freedom to decide something for yourself, using your own judgement.; frequency rank 8463 - machinery — Machines as a group, especially large ones used in industry.; frequency rank 8470 - intervention — The act of becoming involved in a situation in order to change or help it.; frequency rank 8482 - banner — A large sign or strip of cloth with a message, often hung up or carried.; frequency rank 8524 - predator — An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food.; frequency rank 8531 - suspension — The act of officially stopping something for a time, or the period of this delay.; frequency rank 8543 - twitter — to make a rapid series of light, high-pitched chirping sounds, especially as a bird; frequency rank 8580 - screenplay — The written script for a film or television show, including dialogue and stage directions.; frequency rank 8668 - weaver — a craftsman who weaves cloth; frequency rank 8698 - chilly — Cold enough to feel uncomfortable.; frequency rank 8706 - notorious — Famous for something bad.; frequency rank 8775 - experimental — Relating to or based on scientific experiments.; frequency rank 8819 - torment — Severe physical or mental suffering.; frequency rank 8831 - resent — to feel angry or bitter about something you think is unfair; frequency rank 8879 - hydrogen — The lightest chemical element (symbol H), a colorless, odorless, highly flammable gas.; frequency rank 8914 - vocal — Expressing your opinions openly and forcefully.; frequency rank 8927 - tailor — A person whose job is to make, repair, or alter clothes, especially suits.; frequency rank 9019 - testament — Proof or clear evidence that something is true or that someone has a quality.; frequency rank 9057 - secrecy — the trait of keeping things secret; frequency rank 9252 - hostess — a woman who invites guests and entertains them, especially at her home or an event; frequency rank 9295 - contractor — A person or company hired to do a particular job under a contract, rather than as a regular employee.; frequency rank 9356 - aggression — Angry or violent behaviour or feelings towards another person.; frequency rank 9416 - amendment — A change or addition made to a law, document, or formal proposal.; frequency rank 9448 - refreshing — Making you feel cool, fresh, and full of energy again.; frequency rank 9461 - operational — Working and ready to be used.; frequency rank 9471 - flatter — To praise someone, often insincerely, to please them or win favour.; frequency rank 9534 - descent — The act of moving or coming down.; frequency rank 9600 - specimen — A single example of something, used to show what the whole group is like.; frequency rank 9649 - advocate — A person who publicly supports or argues for a cause or idea.; frequency rank 9657 - advocate — To publicly support or recommend a particular idea or course of action.; frequency rank 9657 - inmate — A person kept in a prison or jail.; frequency rank 9666 - intuition — The ability to understand or know something immediately, without conscious reasoning.; frequency rank 9679 - spontaneous — Done suddenly, without planning, because you suddenly want to.; frequency rank 9708 - plumbing — The pipes and fixtures that carry water, gas, or sewage in a building.; frequency rank 9727 - collision — An accident in which two moving objects hit each other.; frequency rank 9764 - revealing — Showing or making known something interesting or important.; frequency rank 9772 - recess — A short break from work or activity, such as a pause in a meeting, court session, or school day.; frequency rank 9794 - speculation — An opinion or guess formed without firm evidence.; frequency rank 9805 - clinical — Relating to the treatment of patients in a clinic or hospital.; frequency rank 9834 - commence — To begin or start.; frequency rank 9871 - precision — The quality of being exact, accurate, and careful.; frequency rank 9888 - titanic — enormous in size, strength, force, or importance; frequency rank 9891 - tenant — A person who pays rent to use land or a building owned by someone else.; frequency rank 9897 - batter — To hit something hard and repeatedly.; frequency rank 9917 - successor — A person who takes over a job, position, or title from someone else.; frequency rank 9982 - inclined — Having a tendency or willingness to do or believe something.; frequency rank 10010 - solicitor — In Britain, a lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents.; frequency rank 10061 - quarry — A large open pit where stone, slate, or sand is dug out of the ground.; frequency rank 10069 - circulation — The movement of blood around the body; frequency rank 10076 - socialist — A person who supports socialism, a system in which the community or government controls how wealth and resources are shared.; frequency rank 10077 - remotely — From far away, without being physically present.; frequency rank 10121 - commandant — the officer in charge of a military unit, fort, camp, school, prison, or district; frequency rank 10138 - transaction — An instance of buying or selling something; a business deal.; frequency rank 10143 - ignition — the process of starting combustion or another self-sustaining energy-producing reaction; frequency rank 10147 - epidemic — The fast spread of an infectious disease through a population.; frequency rank 10150 - repent — To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".; frequency rank 10184 - privileged — Having special advantages, rights, or opportunities that most people do not have.; frequency rank 10192 - pronounced — Very noticeable or strongly marked.; frequency rank 10218 - charter — An official document that establishes an organization and sets out its rights and purposes.; frequency rank 10220 - cynical — Believing that people act only out of selfishness and expecting the worst of them.; frequency rank 10281 - purity — the state of being clean and not mixed with anything else; frequency rank 10326 - intriguing — Very interesting because it is strange, mysterious, or unexpected.; frequency rank 10338 - clarity — The quality of being clear and easy to understand.; frequency rank 10361 - grumpy — easily annoyed, bad-tempered, and inclined to complain; frequency rank 10366 - stretching — Exercise in which you extend your muscles and limbs to keep them flexible.; frequency rank 10416 - resurrection — a revival from inactivity and disuse; frequency rank 10423 - fusion — The act of joining separate things into one, or the result of doing so.; frequency rank 10433 - chronic — (of an illness) Lasting a long time or coming back again and again.; frequency rank 10440 - suicidal — relating to suicide, or experiencing thoughts or intentions of ending one's own life; frequency rank 10455 - withdrawal — The act of taking money out of a bank account.; frequency rank 10470 - sexuality — A person's sexual feelings, attractions, and identity.; frequency rank 10473 - traumatic — Deeply shocking and emotionally painful.; frequency rank 10554 - congregation — A group of people gathered together for a religious service.; frequency rank 10595 - credibility — The quality of being believable and trustworthy.; frequency rank 10614 - insensitive — Not caring about or noticing other people's feelings.; frequency rank 10645 - initiate — To start or set something in motion.; frequency rank 10647 - accustomed — Used to something through repeated experience.; frequency rank 10658 - blimey — an informal British exclamation expressing surprise, excitement, anger, or alarm; frequency rank 10706 - imminent — About to happen very soon.; frequency rank 10733 - plaster — a soft mixture of lime, sand, and water that hardens and is used to cover walls and ceilings; frequency rank 10752 - volcanic — of or relating to igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; frequency rank 10763 - sentiment — A thought, opinion, or attitude, often based on feeling.; frequency rank 10802 - withdrawn — Very quiet and not wanting to talk to or be with other people.; frequency rank 10809 - appealing — Attractive or interesting; making you want it or like it.; frequency rank 10825 - isolate — to separate someone or something from others; frequency rank 10841 - offspring — A person's child or children.; frequency rank 10867 - infamous — Well known for being bad or evil.; frequency rank 10888 - caliber — the level of quality, ability, or importance of a person or thing; frequency rank 10901 - vertical — Pointing or going straight up and down; at right angles to the ground.; frequency rank 10906 - eccentric — Behaving in a strange or unusual way; unconventional.; frequency rank 10954 - lesser — Smaller in size, amount, or importance, especially when compared with something else.; frequency rank 10962 - compelling — So interesting or exciting that it holds your full attention.; frequency rank 11004 - ingenious — Cleverly inventive and original; very good at solving problems in new ways.; frequency rank 11087 - patent — An official right giving an inventor sole control over making and selling an invention for a set period.; frequency rank 11113 - mandatory — Required by a rule or law; that must be done.; frequency rank 11182 - premier — Best, most important, or highest in rank.; frequency rank 11188 - phenomenal — Extremely impressive or remarkable; frequency rank 11257 - maneuver — A skillful or carefully planned movement.; frequency rank 11259 - portable — Easy to carry or move from place to place.; frequency rank 11339 - cluster — A group of similar things positioned close together.; frequency rank 11346 - sarcastic — Using remarks that mean the opposite of what they say, in order to mock or insult.; frequency rank 11387 - unprecedented — Never having happened or existed before.; frequency rank 11409 - extortion — The crime of getting money or property from someone by using threats or force.; frequency rank 11413 - junction — A place where two or more roads, railways, or routes meet.; frequency rank 11500 - victorious — Having won a contest, game, or struggle.; frequency rank 11507 - thermal — relating to heat, temperature, or the transfer of heat; frequency rank 11535 - shred — to tear or cut something into small, narrow pieces; frequency rank 11551 - duration — The length of time that something lasts or continues.; frequency rank 11553 - formality — Something done only because it is required by custom or rule, without real importance.; frequency rank 11558 - ordeal — A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.; frequency rank 11562 - dominant — Most powerful, important, or noticeable.; frequency rank 11581 - voluntarily — By choice, of one's own free will.; frequency rank 11631 - malfunction — To stop working properly or fail to work at all.; frequency rank 11712 - sedative — a drug that calms a person or reduces nervous system activity, sometimes causing sleep; frequency rank 11724 - array — A large group or wide range of things, often impressively displayed.; frequency rank 11725 - synthetic — Made artificially by chemical processes rather than coming from nature.; frequency rank 11740 - ethical — Morally right; following accepted principles of good behaviour.; frequency rank 11760 - boundary — A line that marks where one area ends and another begins.; frequency rank 11794 - aerial — existing or living or growing or operating in the air; frequency rank 11814 - comply — To do what a rule, order, or request demands.; frequency rank 11858 - ladyship — a respectful title or form of reference for a woman who holds or is entitled to a rank of nobility; frequency rank 11872 - allegedly — According to what people say, though it has not been proven.; frequency rank 11874 - deploy — To move troops or equipment into position ready for action.; frequency rank 11876 - rotation — The act of turning around a central point or axis.; frequency rank 11894 - solely — Only and not involving anyone or anything else.; frequency rank 11895 - superficial — Not deep or thorough; dealing only with the obvious.; frequency rank 11943 - timber — Wood prepared for building or making things.; frequency rank 11950 - intensity — The strength or degree of something such as a feeling or activity.; frequency rank 11955 - confrontation — An angry meeting or argument between people who disagree, often face to face.; frequency rank 11960 - representation — The act of speaking or acting on behalf of a person or group.; frequency rank 11986 - well-being — The state of being healthy, happy, and comfortable.; frequency rank 12019 - sensitivity — The ability to understand and respond carefully to other people's feelings.; frequency rank 12027 - removal — The act of taking something away or getting rid of it.; frequency rank 12030 - indictment — A formal legal charge accusing someone of a serious crime.; frequency rank 12064 - casualty — A person killed or injured in an accident, disaster, or war.; frequency rank 12078 - fraction — A small part of something larger.; frequency rank 12091 - solidarity — Unity and mutual support among a group of people who share the same goal or interest.; frequency rank 12129 - seemingly — In a way that appears to be true, though it may not really be.; frequency rank 12138 - provisions — Supplies of food and other essentials, especially for a journey or hard times.; frequency rank 12154 - merger — The joining of two or more companies into a single one.; frequency rank 12174 - craving — A very strong desire for something.; frequency rank 12192 - renowned — Famous and admired for something.; frequency rank 12294 - cold-blooded — deliberately cruel and showing no pity, emotion, or remorse; frequency rank 12321 - presently — Soon; before long.; frequency rank 12340 - distinctive — Having a special quality that makes something easy to recognize.; frequency rank 12347 - upcoming — Happening or coming soon.; frequency rank 12348 - steward — A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.; frequency rank 12361 - credible — Able to be believed; convincing and plausible.; frequency rank 12398 - capitalism — An economic system in which businesses and property are privately owned and run for profit.; frequency rank 12405 - tinker — To make small adjustments to something, often without a clear plan, to try to fix or improve it.; frequency rank 12417 - tangled — Twisted together into a messy, knotted mass.; frequency rank 12421 - appalling — Shocking and extremely bad.; frequency rank 12433 - dictate — To speak words aloud for someone else to write down or record.; frequency rank 12447 - pioneer — A person who is among the first to develop or explore a new area, idea, or activity.; frequency rank 12485 - thrive — To grow strong and healthy.; frequency rank 12495 - stuffy — Warm and lacking fresh air.; frequency rank 12526 - Persian — relating to Iran, especially its Persian people, language, culture, or history; frequency rank 12534 - coordinate — To organize different people or activities so that they work well together.; frequency rank 12574 - reconstruction — The act of building or putting something together again, often better than before.; frequency rank 12587 - enlightenment — the gaining or giving of knowledge and clearer understanding; 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frequency rank 24356 - optics — the branch of physics concerned with light, vision, and the behavior of electromagnetic radiation; frequency rank 24373 - undying — lasting forever or never losing strength, especially of a feeling, memory, or reputation; frequency rank 24420 - flicker — To shine or burn with an unsteady, wavering light.; frequency rank 24428 - extremist — A person who holds extreme political or religious views and may use extreme methods.; frequency rank 24467 - billiards — A game played on a cloth-covered table in which players use long sticks to hit balls into one another or into pockets.; frequency rank 24468 - inexcusable — So bad that it cannot be justified or forgiven.; frequency rank 24487 - botanical — relating to plants or to the scientific study of plants; frequency rank 24488 - alleviate — To make pain, suffering, or a problem less severe.; frequency rank 24554 - complicity — involvement with others in a crime, wrongdoing, or harmful act; frequency rank 24558 - clutter — A messy, disordered collection of things; frequency rank 24573 - strapping — (of a person) tall, strong, and healthy-looking.; frequency rank 24594 - imperialism — the policy or practice of extending a state's power over other territories through conquest, colonization, or political and economic control; frequency rank 24611 - amputate — to remove all or part of a limb or other body part by surgery; frequency rank 24619 - cynicism — A distrustful attitude that assumes people act only out of selfishness.; frequency rank 24649 - antiquity — Ancient times, especially the period of ancient Greece and Rome.; frequency rank 24669 - dinghy — a small open boat propelled by oars or a motor, often carried or towed by a larger vessel; frequency rank 24675 - cynic — A person who believes people are selfish and expects the worst of them.; frequency rank 24676 - marksman — a person who is highly skilled at shooting accurately with a firearm, bow, or similar weapon; frequency rank 24690 - transparency — Openness and honesty that allows others to see how things are done.; frequency rank 24709 - demographic — Relating to the size and makeup of human populations; frequency rank 24721 - adjoining — Next to and touching something else; sharing a wall or boundary.; frequency rank 24751 - sarcastically — In a mocking way, saying the opposite of what you really mean.; frequency rank 24800 - wicker — flexible twigs, cane, or similar plant material woven to make baskets, furniture, and other objects, or the woven work itself; frequency rank 24893 - gully — a narrow channel or small ravine cut into the ground by running water; frequency rank 24897 - desertion — The act of abandoning a person, duty, or cause that you should support.; frequency rank 24945 - temperamental — Having moods that change suddenly and unpredictably.; frequency rank 24950 - notable — Important or interesting enough to be noticed; worth paying attention to.; frequency rank 24956 - tigress — a female tiger; frequency rank 24966 - bulky — Large and awkward to carry or store.; frequency rank 24968 - headway — progress toward a goal, especially after effort or difficulty; 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frequency rank 25774 - fatality — A death caused by an accident, disaster, or violence.; frequency rank 25782 - emancipation — The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.; frequency rank 25798 - aimlessly — Without purpose, goal, or direction.; frequency rank 25825 - dissection — The act of cutting open a body to study its parts.; frequency rank 25837 - sentient — Able to feel, sense, or experience things.; frequency rank 25841 - autonomy — The freedom to make your own decisions and act independently.; frequency rank 25888 - tater — a potato; an informal or dialectal term; frequency rank 25968 - aquatic — operating or living or growing in water; frequency rank 25978 - maximize — To make something as large or as great as possible.; frequency rank 25986 - arbor — a framework that supports climbing plants; frequency rank 26009 - genital — of or relating to the external reproductive or sexual organs; frequency rank 26027 - dispensary — A place where medicines are prepared and given out.; frequency rank 26088 - sponsorship — Financial or other support given by a sponsor to a person, event, or organization.; frequency rank 26123 - large-scale — Involving a large number of people or things, or happening over a wide area.; frequency rank 26133 - monotonous — Boring because it never changes or has any variety.; frequency rank 26226 - whimper — to cry or make a weak, soft, intermittent sound from fear, pain, or distress; frequency rank 26250 - homely — Simple, comfortable, and reminding you of home (British usage).; frequency rank 26258 - recognizable — Easy to know or identify because it is familiar.; frequency rank 26322 - devotee — A person who is extremely enthusiastic about and devoted to something.; frequency rank 26373 - foundry — a factory or workshop where metal is melted and poured into molds to make cast objects; frequency rank 26383 - commissary — a store that supplies food and other goods to members of a military base, prison, or similar institution; frequency rank 26436 - unanimously — In a unanimous manner; 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frequency rank 27816 - huckleberry — a small edible blue, black, or red berry produced by several North American shrubs; frequency rank 27850 - terrestrial — operating or living or growing on land; frequency rank 27875 - christen — to baptize someone in a Christian ceremony and formally give them a name; frequency rank 27918 - ember — a small piece of wood or coal that remains hot and glows after a fire has stopped flaming; frequency rank 28068 - mythological — Relating to myths or mythology.; frequency rank 28200 - stimuli — Things that cause a reaction or response in people, animals, or things (plural of stimulus); frequency rank 28252 - profess — To claim or declare something openly, sometimes without it being true.; frequency rank 28253 - upheaval — A big and often sudden change that causes trouble or confusion.; frequency rank 28294 - irreparable — impossible to repair, restore, remedy, or make right; frequency rank 28331 - regulator — An official person or body that sets and enforces the rules of an industry or activity.; 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frequency rank 28883 - loveless — lacking love, affection, or emotional warmth; frequency rank 28959 - rebuttal — a statement or argument that contradicts or disproves a claim; frequency rank 28977 - subtly — In a quiet, delicate way that is not obvious or easy to notice.; frequency rank 28994 - overseer — A person who watches over and directs the work of others.; frequency rank 29012 - retraction — a public withdrawal of a statement, accusation, claim, or published finding; frequency rank 29089 - sceptical — Doubtful about whether something is true, right, or worthwhile.; frequency rank 29090 - sterilize — to destroy or remove microorganisms from an object, substance, or place; frequency rank 29115 - antiseptic — a substance applied to living tissue to prevent or slow the growth of harmful microorganisms; frequency rank 29144 - long-time — Having been the case for a long time; of long duration.; frequency rank 29150 - carpentry — The skill or work of making and repairing things out of wood; frequency rank 29174 - vaccination — the process of administering a vaccine to stimulate protection against a disease; frequency rank 29175 - anemic — affected by or relating to anemia, a deficiency of healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin; frequency rank 29287 - clammy — Unpleasantly cold and damp, often describing skin.; frequency rank 29292 - dismay — A strong feeling of disappointment, sadness, or alarm.; frequency rank 29294 - sentimentality — excessive, affected, or inappropriate tenderness and emotional feeling; frequency rank 29367 - disconcerting — causing someone to feel uneasy, confused, or embarrassed; frequency rank 29397 - pucker — to draw, or become drawn, into small tight wrinkles or folds; frequency rank 29405 - succulent — Full of juice and very pleasant to eat.; frequency rank 29409 - deteriorate — To become worse over time.; frequency rank 29441 - antiquated — Old-fashioned and no longer useful or suitable for modern times.; frequency rank 29448 - marginal — Very small in size or effect; not important.; frequency rank 29521 - consolidate — To combine several things into a single, more effective whole.; frequency rank 29531 - pragmatic — concerned with practical matters; frequency rank 29606 - post-war — Belonging to the period just after a war.; frequency rank 29640 - dutiful — Doing what you are supposed to do out of a sense of duty and respect.; frequency rank 29677 - exonerate — to officially clear someone from blame, an accusation, or criminal responsibility; frequency rank 29698 - jetty — a structure projecting into water to protect a shore or harbor, influence currents, or provide a landing place; frequency rank 29703 - tactful — Careful not to say or do anything that might upset or offend other people.; frequency rank 29825 - congestion — a state in which a road, place, or system is overcrowded or blocked, preventing free movement; frequency rank 29973 - reliability — The quality of being trustworthy and able to be depended on to work well or behave correctly.; frequency rank 30062 - awkwardness — the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed; frequency rank 30105 - wares — Goods or products that are offered for sale.; frequency rank 30134 - impersonator — An entertainer who copies the voice and manner of famous people.; frequency rank 30165 - prolific — Producing a great deal of work, results, or output.; frequency rank 30189 - occupant — A person who lives in or uses a place such as a house, room, or vehicle.; frequency rank 30260 - coldness — a lack of affection or enthusiasm; frequency rank 30302 - tiller — a lever used to turn a boat's rudder and control its direction; frequency rank 30319 - illumination — painting or drawing included in a book, especially referring to illuminated medieval manuscripts; frequency rank 30328 - malay — a member of a Southeast Asian people native especially to the Malay Peninsula and parts of the Malay Archipelago; frequency rank 30351 - impervious — Not affected or influenced by something, such as criticism or emotion.; frequency rank 30383 - periodically — In a manner that is regular or periodic.; frequency rank 30423 - skeletal — relating to, forming, or attached to a skeleton; frequency rank 30440 - vertically — in a vertical direction; frequency rank 30447 - voracious — Eating or wanting food in very large amounts.; frequency rank 30484 - empirical — Based on observation, experiment, or real experience rather than on theory.; frequency rank 30528 - acoustics — The qualities of a room or building that affect how clearly sound can be heard in it.; frequency rank 30538 - dependence — The state of needing or relying on someone or something.; frequency rank 30629 - viciously — In a violent and cruel way.; frequency rank 30638 - saintly — resembling or befitting a saint in holiness, virtue, patience, or kindness; frequency rank 30672 - enterprising — Showing imagination, energy, and a readiness to take on new projects.; frequency rank 30719 - gentlemanly — courteous, honorable, and considerate in a way traditionally expected of a gentleman; frequency rank 30722 - nunnery — a convent for nuns, or the buildings occupied by such a religious community; frequency rank 30739 - justly — In a fair and reasonable way.; frequency rank 30845 - reminiscent — Reminding you of someone or something (usually followed by 'of').; frequency rank 30934 - low-down — informal: dishonest, unfair, or contemptible; frequency rank 30945 - restlessness — the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active; frequency rank 30976 - patter — a quick succession of light rapid sounds; frequency rank 31065 - bedridden — unable to leave one's bed because of illness, injury, age, or weakness; frequency rank 31072 - formulate — To create or develop a plan, idea, or theory through careful thought.; frequency rank 31095 - justifiable — capable of being justified; frequency rank 31179 - fiendish — Extremely cruel or evil.; frequency rank 31188 - notwithstanding — In spite of; despite.; frequency rank 31190 - saturation — the state or process of being completely soaked, filled, or supplied to capacity; frequency rank 31230 - conditional — Depending on a particular condition being met first.; frequency rank 31258 - advantageous — Giving a benefit or putting one in a better position.; frequency rank 31312 - biochemical — relating to biochemistry or to the chemical substances and processes that occur in living organisms; frequency rank 31314 - accumulation — The process of gradually gathering or building up over time.; frequency rank 31321 - institutional — Relating to or involving a large organization such as a bank, hospital, or university.; frequency rank 31330 - detrimental — Causing harm or damage.; frequency rank 31378 - compatibility — the ability of people, ideas, or things to exist or work together without conflict; frequency rank 31429 - profanity — offensive, obscene, or abusive language, especially swear words collectively; frequency rank 31441 - boyhood — The state or condition of being a boy.; frequency rank 31452 - ethically — In a way that follows accepted moral principles.; frequency rank 31456 - depiction — A picture or description of someone or something.; frequency rank 31524 - implementation — The act of putting a plan, decision, or idea into practice.; frequency rank 31536 - prophetic — Correctly predicting or seeming to predict what will happen in the future; frequency rank 31569 - uncontrolled — Not controlled; not under control.; frequency rank 31579 - full-fledged — completely developed, established, trained, or qualified; frequency rank 31603 - effortless — done so well that it seems to need no effort; frequency rank 31639 - alienate — To make someone stop being friendly or supportive towards you.; frequency rank 31685 - gluttony — habitual or excessive eating and drinking; frequency rank 31721 - literacy — The ability to read and write.; frequency rank 31810 - boyish — befitting or characteristic of a young boy; frequency rank 31852 - omission — something that has been omitted; frequency rank 31870 - substitution — The act of putting one thing or person in place of another.; frequency rank 31871 - elitist — Believing that a small group of privileged people should have the most power or be treated as the best.; frequency rank 31898 - veneration — Deep respect, reverence, or admiration for someone or something.; frequency rank 31978 - flirtation — playful behavior that shows romantic or sexual interest without necessarily implying serious intent; frequency rank 32143 - inclusive — Welcoming and fair to everyone, especially people who are often left out.; frequency rank 32182 - convergence — The act of moving toward union or uniformity.; frequency rank 32185 - distillery — a place equipped for producing alcoholic spirits by distillation; frequency rank 32350 - recant — To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.; frequency rank 32355 - portrayal — The way someone or something is described or represented.; frequency rank 32358 - designate — To officially choose someone or something for a particular purpose or role.; frequency rank 32406 - coolness — calm and unruffled self-assurance; frequency rank 32433 - hypodermic — relating to the region beneath the skin, especially to an injection given there; frequency rank 32447 - predominantly — Mostly; mainly.; frequency rank 32587 - guardianship — The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.; frequency rank 32616 - undignified — lacking dignity, seriousness, or proper self-control, especially in a way that causes embarrassment; frequency rank 32657 - unchanging — remaining constantly unchanged; frequency rank 32658 - showy — Attracting attention by being bright, large, or fancy, sometimes in a tasteless way.; frequency rank 32659 - subscriber — A person who pays to regularly receive a publication or service.; frequency rank 32922 - perpetuate — to make something, especially something bad, continue for a long time; frequency rank 32963 - pigheaded — stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action, especially in a foolish way; frequency rank 33054 - theological — of or relating to or concerning theology; frequency rank 33066 - postmaster — The head of a post office.; frequency rank 33068 - stenographer — a person trained to transcribe speech rapidly using shorthand or a stenotype machine; frequency rank 33089 - speculative — Based on guessing rather than firm knowledge or evidence.; frequency rank 33281 - mutate — to undergo a change in genetic material or another heritable biological change; frequency rank 33290 - backer — a person or organization that supports a person, cause, or project, especially by providing money; frequency rank 33299 - acidic — Containing acid, or having a pH lower than 7.; frequency rank 33374 - deformity — The state of being deformed.; frequency rank 33388 - amphibious — able to live, move, or operate both on land and in water; frequency rank 33397 - eclectic — Made up of a wide mixture of styles, ideas, or things chosen from many sources.; frequency rank 33417 - inexplicably — In a way that cannot be explained or understood.; frequency rank 33524 - alienation — (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another; frequency rank 33598 - insertion — The act of putting one thing into another.; frequency rank 33602 - reddish — Somewhat red.; frequency rank 33694 - cleverness — The quality of being quick to understand, learn, or think of ideas.; frequency rank 33722 - fanciful — Imagined rather than based on facts; unrealistic.; frequency rank 33734 - headgear — anything worn on the head, such as a hat, helmet, hood, or ceremonial covering; frequency rank 33779 - psychotherapy — the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means; frequency rank 33815 - unwavering — Firm and steady, never weakening or changing.; frequency rank 33833 - croupier — a casino employee who manages a gaming table, handles bets, and pays winnings; frequency rank 33863 - torturer — a person who deliberately inflicts severe physical or mental pain, often to punish, intimidate, or obtain information; frequency rank 33892 - monotony — The dull sameness that comes from doing the same thing over and over with no variety.; frequency rank 33928 - vastness — unusual largeness in size or extent or number; frequency rank 33929 - skewer — a long, thin pin of metal or wood used to hold pieces of food during cooking; frequency rank 33984 - implicitly — without ever expressing so clearly; frequency rank 34020 - resonate — To be meaningful or important to someone; to connect with their feelings or beliefs.; frequency rank 34023 - chalky — containing or consisting of chalk or calcium carbonate; frequency rank 34243 - rediscover — To find or experience again something you had lost or forgotten.; frequency rank 34299 - hypnotism — the practice or process of inducing hypnosis, especially through focused attention and suggestion; frequency rank 34335 - mosey — informal, especially US: to walk or move in a relaxed, unhurried way; frequency rank 34392 - applicable — Relevant to a particular person, thing, or situation; able to be used in a given case.; frequency rank 34406 - retention — The act of keeping something rather than losing or giving it up.; frequency rank 34417 - molar — one of the broad, flat teeth at the back of the mouth, used for grinding food; frequency rank 34422 - keenly — in a keen and discriminating manner; frequency rank 34429 - mountainous — like a mountain in size and impressiveness; frequency rank 34474 - long-standing — Having existed or continued for a long time.; frequency rank 34484 - non-profit — Not run in order to make a profit; using any money earned to support its aims.; frequency rank 34609 - bloodstained — marked, soaked, or discolored with blood; frequency rank 34641 - fritter — to waste time, money, energy, or an opportunity gradually on unimportant things, usually with away; frequency rank 34656 - unfeeling — devoid of feeling or sensation; frequency rank 34715 - authenticate — to establish the authenticity of something; frequency rank 34761 - empower — To give someone the confidence, strength, or ability to control their own life and decisions.; frequency rank 34785 - deductible — permitted to be subtracted from income or another total when calculating tax; frequency rank 34796 - delightfully — in a delightful manner; frequency rank 34818 - castration — surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men); frequency rank 34865 - coldly — In a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.; frequency rank 35058 - incubation — Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing.; frequency rank 35120 - inception — the beginning or establishment of an organization, activity, or process; frequency rank 35195 - meanness — The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions); frequency rank 35225 - scarcity — a small and inadequate amount; frequency rank 35263 - abolition — the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); frequency rank 35295 - entitlement — right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits); frequency rank 35335 - flagrant — conspicuously and shockingly wrong, offensive, or unlawful; frequency rank 35371 - outcry — a strong and often public expression of anger, protest, or disapproval; frequency rank 35437 - unoccupied — Not being used or filled; empty.; frequency rank 35497 - corduroy — a durable cotton fabric with raised parallel ribs running along its surface; frequency rank 35529 - motley — Made up of many different and oddly mixed kinds of people or things.; frequency rank 35540 - rationality — the state of having good sense and sound judgment; frequency rank 35586 - wooded — Covered with trees.; frequency rank 35594 - thievery — the crime or practice of stealing things; frequency rank 35606 - locality — The fact or quality of having a position in space.; frequency rank 35635 - remedial — Intended to help students improve skills they are weak in.; frequency rank 35766 - irrigate — to supply land or crops with water through channels, pipes, or sprinklers; frequency rank 35819 - contributor — A person or thing that helps to cause or create something.; frequency rank 35827 - certifiable — capable of being officially certified, verified, or guaranteed; frequency rank 35841 - artisan — A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.; frequency rank 35860 - untested — not tried or tested by experience; frequency rank 35896 - huffy — angry and offended, especially over something relatively small; frequency rank 35950 - commonality — a feature or quality shared by two or more people or things; frequency rank 36016 - transatlantic — Crossing or spanning the Atlantic Ocean.; frequency rank 36020 - unsightly — unpleasant or unattractive to look at; frequency rank 36031 - romanticism — the late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century movement in European art, literature, and music that emphasized imagination, emotion, individual experience, and nature; frequency rank 36033 - insubordinate — Refusing to obey orders or accept authority.; frequency rank 36079 - symbolically — in a symbolic manner; frequency rank 36096 - notably — Especially; used to point out an important example.; frequency rank 36178 - compliant — Willing to do what others want; obedient and cooperative.; frequency rank 36328 - resilience — The ability to recover quickly from difficulties, illness, or misfortune.; frequency rank 36330 - depository — a place, building, or institution where things are deposited for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; frequency rank 36355 - assertion — A confident statement that something is true.; frequency rank 36385 - inclusion — The act of including someone or something in a group, list, or whole.; frequency rank 36401 - commercially — In a way relating to buying, selling, or making a profit.; frequency rank 36411 - small-minded — petty, narrow in outlook, or unwilling to consider larger concerns; frequency rank 36445 - linguistic — consisting of or related to language; frequency rank 36546 - farthing — a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny; frequency rank 36629 - contested — Disagreed about or competed for by different sides.; frequency rank 36672 - intensify — To become stronger or greater.; frequency rank 36691 - cranny — a small, narrow opening, crack, or crevice; frequency rank 36694 - negligible — So small or unimportant that it is not worth considering.; frequency rank 36745 - premeditation — thought, planning, or deliberation before an action is carried out; frequency rank 36749 - lanky — tall and thin, usually with long limbs and a somewhat awkward appearance; frequency rank 36766 - mortally — in such a manner that death ensues, also in reference to hatred, jealousy, or fear; frequency rank 36775 - suds — The bubbles and foam made by soap mixed with water.; frequency rank 36779 - intently — with strained or eager attention; frequency rank 36786 - adjustable — Able to be changed to fit your needs or preferences; frequency rank 36836 - corrective — intended to correct a fault, problem, or harmful tendency; frequency rank 37002 - preferential — giving or receiving an advantage, priority, or more favorable treatment than others; frequency rank 37017 - aimless — Without purpose, goal, or direction.; frequency rank 37050 - debtor — A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.; frequency rank 37056 - hydrochloric — of, relating to, or containing hydrochloric acid, the aqueous form of hydrogen chloride; frequency rank 37070 - guttural — like the sounds of frogs and crows; frequency rank 37095 - smartly — in a stylish manner; frequency rank 37100 - beholder — a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses; frequency rank 37151 - evangelical — relating to a Protestant Christian movement that emphasizes personal conversion, biblical authority, and preaching the gospel; frequency rank 37227 - altruistic — Showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others.; frequency rank 37259 - aromatic — (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings; frequency rank 37356 - mythic — relating to, described in, or having the character of a myth; frequency rank 37609 - forgetfulness — unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember; 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frequency rank 59105 - inlay — to decorate a surface by setting pieces of another material into it; frequency rank 59118 - retardation — Ellipsis of mental retardation.; frequency rank 59178 - remorseless — Showing no guilt, pity, or mercy.; frequency rank 59180 - masterly — Executed in the manner of a master; showing competence and skill; masterful.; frequency rank 59236 - infantryman — a soldier who serves in the infantry and is trained to fight primarily on foot; frequency rank 59261 - geologically — In terms of geology; from the point of view of the earth's rocks and structure.; frequency rank 59277 - viciousness — the trait of extreme cruelty; frequency rank 59342 - scornful — Showing that you think someone or something is worthless and deserves no respect.; frequency rank 59391 - undercurrent — a feeling, opinion, or influence that is present but not openly expressed; frequency rank 59696 - gusty — marked by sudden, brief bursts of strong wind; frequency rank 59835 - fiendishly — In an evil or wicked way.; frequency rank 59859 - conscientiously — In a careful and thorough way, with great attention to duty.; frequency rank 59926 - estrangement — the state or process of losing affection, trust, or contact in a personal relationship; frequency rank 59935 - dutifully — In a way that shows you are doing your duty, often willingly and without complaint.; frequency rank 60161 - conical — relating to or resembling a cone; frequency rank 60220 - tactfully — In a way that is careful not to offend or upset others.; frequency rank 60276 - vainly — In a vain pursuit; to no avail.; frequency rank 60321 - anticlimactic — Disappointing because it is far less exciting than expected.; frequency rank 60329 - straggler — a person or animal that falls behind or becomes separated from a group; frequency rank 60361 - bated — held back, reduced, or restrained, now used chiefly in the phrase 'with bated breath'; frequency rank 60405 - clumsily — in an awkward manner, or without skill; frequency rank 60605 - venerate — To deeply respect and honour someone or something.; frequency rank 60646 - defensible — capable of being justified or supported by sound reasons; frequency rank 60658 - resonator — an object, chamber, or part of an instrument that vibrates at particular frequencies and strengthens or shapes a sound; frequency rank 60817 - egoism — the practice of giving one's own interests and welfare priority over those of others; frequency rank 60925 - impious — lacking due respect or dutifulness; frequency rank 60972 - quick-witted — able to think, understand, and reply rapidly and intelligently; frequency rank 61387 - longitudinal — over an extended time; frequency rank 61413 - busily — in a busy manner; frequency rank 61493 - shortlist — A short list of the best candidates chosen from a larger group, from which a final choice is made.; frequency rank 61625 - misrepresentation — the act or an instance of giving a false, inaccurate, or misleading account of someone or something; frequency rank 61638 - despotism — Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.; frequency rank 61687 - rigidly — in a rigid manner; frequency rank 61696 - voiceless — unable to speak or produce a normal vocal sound; frequency rank 61709 - incubate — to keep eggs warm under conditions that allow embryos to develop and hatch; frequency rank 61734 - bluntness — the quality of being direct and outspoken; frequency rank 61786 - confectioner — a person or business that makes or sells sweets, chocolates, cakes, or other confections; frequency rank 62056 - unchangeable — not changeable or subject to change; frequency rank 62112 - provocatively — In a way that deliberately causes a strong reaction or argument.; frequency rank 62157 - peasantry — peasants considered collectively as a rural social class; frequency rank 62162 - embarkation — the act or process of going aboard a ship or aircraft; frequency rank 62198 - fiddly — Difficult to do or use because it involves small parts or careful handling.; frequency rank 62395 - ionization — the generation of one or more ions from atoms, molecules, or other chemical entities, for example through electron loss or gain or through dissociation; frequency rank 62469 - quantitative — expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement; frequency rank 62520 - disquieting — Making you feel worried or uneasy.; frequency rank 62538 - gainer — a person who gains something, such as an advantage or profits; frequency rank 62539 - speculator — a person who buys or sells assets in the hope of profiting from uncertain price changes; frequency rank 62730 - miscarry — to lose an embryo or fetus spontaneously before it can survive independently; frequency rank 62822 - optimize — to make something as effective, efficient, or useful as possible; frequency rank 62928 - serenely — in a peacefully serene manner; frequency rank 62988 - depreciation — a decrease in price or value; frequency rank 63251 - incisive — suitable for cutting or piercing; frequency rank 63476 - sensationalism — the use of exaggerated, shocking, or lurid material to attract attention, especially in journalism; frequency rank 63557 - illegality — the state or quality of being contrary to law; frequency rank 63596 - egotist — a person with an exaggerated sense of their own importance who speaks or thinks excessively about themself; frequency rank 63647 - inquirer — formal: a person who asks a question or seeks information; frequency rank 63729 - sheepish — embarrassed or ashamed, especially after being caught making a mistake; frequency rank 63953 - futurist — a person who studies current trends in order to forecast possible future developments; frequency rank 64072 - unpretentious — not trying to appear more important, cultured, or impressive than one really is; modest and sincere; frequency rank 64090 - ratification — the act of formally approving and making an agreement, treaty, or decision valid; frequency rank 64385 - reverently — in a reverent manner.; frequency rank 64448 - perceptual — of or relating to the act of perceiving; frequency rank 64500 - minutiae — The very small or unimportant details of something.; frequency rank 64526 - greedily — In a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire.; 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frequency rank 1259405 - overmaster — to overpower, subdue, or overcome completely, especially through superior force or intense emotion; frequency rank 1371584 - apt to - pertain to - insightfully — In a way that shows deep understanding of a person or situation. - frostily — In a cold, unfriendly way. - unenviably — In a way that no one would want or envy. - eclectically — In a way that draws on a wide mixture of sources or styles. - compliantly — In a way that willingly obeys or goes along with what is wanted. - tautly — In a tight, stretched, or tense way. - maternalistic — Treating people in a caring but controlling, mother-like way. - unmusically — In a way that is unpleasant to hear or not like music. - insubordinately — In a way that refuses to obey orders or respect authority. - unscathing - turn to - bulk up - abdicate — to formally give up a position of power or responsibility, especially a throne - ambidextrous — able to use both hands with equal skill - appellate — relating to appeals or to the authority to review and change decisions of lower courts - assiduous — showing great care, attention, and effort in one's work or duties - avowedly — in an openly acknowledged or declared manner - beleaguered — experiencing difficulties or trouble, often due to being surrounded by problems - bugbear — a persistent source of irritation or annoyance - centripetal — directed towards the center or axis of rotation - clairvoyant — a person who claims to have the ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact - conflation — the act of combining two or more things into one - deluded — having false beliefs or opinions, often due to being misled or deceived - emanate — to originate or come out from a source - emanation — something that is emitted or radiated from a source - equivocation — the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself - evocative — bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind - exchequer — the national treasury or financial department of a government - frazzled — extremely tired or exhausted, often due to stress or overwork - gaudiness — excessive showiness or flashiness, often lacking in taste or sophistication - gawker — a person who stares openly and often rudely - gnarly — difficult, dangerous, or challenging, often used to describe extreme sports or activities - idolatry — the worship of idols or physical objects as gods - incinerate — to burn something completely, reducing it to ashes - incredulity — disbelief or doubt about something - inculcate — to instill an idea or habit by persistent instruction - indentured — bound by a formal contract to work for another for a specified time, often without pay in exchange for passage to a new country - infatuation — an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something - inflection — a change in the form of a word to show grammatical features - inoculation — the action of immunizing someone against a disease by introducing infective material, microorganisms, or vaccine into the body - insatiable — impossible to satisfy, especially in terms of desires or appetites - interstitial — relating to or situated in the small spaces between things or parts - intransigence — refusal to change one's views or to agree about something - lawyering — the practice or profession of working as a lawyer, involving legal advice and representation - litigate — to take a dispute to a court of law for resolution - machination — a crafty and involved plot to achieve a sinister end - mnemonic — a device or technique used to aid memory retention - peevishly — in a manner showing annoyance or irritation, especially in a childish way - perfidious — deceitful and untrustworthy - pernicious — having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way - petulantly — in a manner showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over something minor - pontificate — to express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way - pungency — the quality of having a strong, sharp smell or taste - purgatory — a state of suffering or purification for souls before entering heaven - quavering — shaking or trembling in voice, often due to nervousness or emotion - revelry — lively and noisy festivities, often involving drinking and dancing - revocation — the official cancellation of a decree, decision, or promise - seamy — showing the unpleasant or sordid aspects of life, often those hidden or ignored - secession — the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state - seditious — inciting or causing people to rebel against authority or a state - skanky — dirty or unpleasant, often used to describe a place or object - snooty — showing disapproval or contempt towards others perceived as socially inferior - strident — (of a sound) loud and harsh; grating - tawdry — showy but cheap and of poor quality - velveteen — a cotton fabric with a short, dense pile, resembling velvet - willowy — gracefully tall, slender, and lithe, often used to describe a person's physique - sense-organ — an organ that receives sensory stimuli, such as the eye, ear, or skin - separable — capable of being separated or considered independently - subject-matter — the topic or material being discussed, studied, or represented - drawing-room — a formal sitting room for receiving guests - arithmetical — relating to arithmetic or numerical calculation - exemplify — to serve as a clear example of something - unobserved — not seen, noticed, or watched - cultivator — a person or tool that cultivates land, plants, or crops - moralist — a person who teaches, studies, or emphasizes moral principles - wine-shop — a shop or tavern where wine is sold - tail-feather — one of the feathers in a bird's tail - wing-feather — one of the feathers of a bird's wing - one-dimensional — having or treating only one dimension; overly narrow or lacking depth - self-evident — clear or obvious without needing proof - such-and-such — used to refer vaguely to a person, thing, place, or amount whose exact identity is not specified - by-and-by — after a short time; eventually - breeding-season — the time of year when animals mate and produce young - triangularity — the state, quality, or abstract property of being triangular - nitrous oxide — a colorless, mildly sweet-smelling gas, N2O, used as an anesthetic and propellant and also emitted as a powerful greenhouse gas - pro tem — temporarily; for the time being - totem pole — a tall carved and often painted wooden pole made by Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast of North America to represent family lineage, crests, histories, or important events - gold seeker — a person who searches or prospects for gold, especially someone drawn to a gold-rush region - taxer — a person or authority that imposes or assesses taxes - republication — the act of publishing again - blindman's buff — a game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify the other players - unentertaining — not entertaining, interesting, or enjoyable; 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frequency rank 6269 - attic — of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times; frequency rank 6284 - suspenseful — causing excited uncertainty or anxiety about what will happen next; frequency rank 6534 - mutant — an organism, cell, gene, or other biological entity that carries a mutation; frequency rank 6625 - cardinal — serving as an essential component; frequency rank 6670 - dexter — heraldry: on or toward the bearer's right side of a shield, which appears on the viewer's left; frequency rank 6889 - ironic — Surprising because it is the opposite of what you would expect.; frequency rank 7051 - proposition — An idea, plan, or suggestion that is offered for consideration.; frequency rank 7120 - dagger — A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.; frequency rank 7169 - cosmic — Relating to the universe or outer space.; frequency rank 7340 - sherry — A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.; 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frequency rank 11075 - golly — a mild, old-fashioned expression of surprise, alarm, or enthusiasm; frequency rank 11164 - splinter — A small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or metal.; frequency rank 11360 - ducky — informal, especially British and sometimes dated: an affectionate form of address for a person; frequency rank 11377 - melancholy — A deep, thoughtful sadness.; frequency rank 11402 - gunpowder — An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulfur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.; frequency rank 11435 - bridal — of or pertaining to a bride; frequency rank 11505 - syndicate — a group of people or organizations that combine resources to carry out a business, project, or shared purpose; frequency rank 11703 - signor — a courtesy title used before the name of, or in addressing, an Italian man; equivalent to Mr. or sir; frequency rank 11754 - superstitious — showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance; frequency rank 11838 - quadrant — one of four roughly equal sectors into which a plane, circle, area, or display is divided; frequency rank 11846 - mutiny — An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.; frequency rank 11918 - adultery — extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations; frequency rank 12005 - perpetrator — a person who commits a crime, harmful act, or other wrongdoing; frequency rank 12224 - watchman — A man set to watch: a man who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night; (loosely) any such person of any sex or gender.; frequency rank 12245 - viper — a person who is considered dangerous; frequency rank 12263 - obnoxious — Unjustly disagreeable, argumentative or objectionable; brazenly rude.; frequency rank 12290 - glitter — A bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance.; frequency rank 12354 - gravitational — Relating to or caused by gravity.; 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frequency rank 13089 - loony — informal and potentially offensive: a person regarded as foolish, eccentric, or mentally unstable; frequency rank 13108 - treachery — The act of betraying someone who trusts you.; frequency rank 13144 - pantry — A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.; frequency rank 13230 - majestic — Having qualities of splendor or royalty.; frequency rank 13255 - pagan — a follower of a polytheistic, nature-centered, or pre-Christian religion, including a person in a modern Pagan tradition; frequency rank 13272 - booby — a foolish or inept person; dated and insulting; frequency rank 13441 - valiant — having or showing valor; frequency rank 13465 - radiant — Radiating light and/or heat.; frequency rank 13503 - heinous — Totally reprehensible.; frequency rank 13510 - housekeeping — The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.; frequency rank 13652 - mercenary — A soldier who fights for any country or group that pays them, rather than out of loyalty.; frequency rank 13831 - humbly — in a humble manner; frequency rank 13842 - puberty — the developmental stage in which hormonal changes make the body sexually mature and capable of reproduction; frequency rank 13848 - exterminate — kill en masse; frequency rank 13856 - ahoy — nautical: used to hail a ship, lookout, or person and attract attention; frequency rank 13870 - lumber — move heavily or clumsily; frequency rank 13902 - rebound — To bounce back after hitting something.; frequency rank 13971 - horseman — A soldier on horseback, especially a cavalryman.; frequency rank 14018 - provincial — Narrow-minded or unsophisticated, in the way of someone from a small town far from the city.; frequency rank 14036 - clueless — having no knowledge or understanding of a situation or subject; frequency rank 14037 - mercer — historical: a merchant who dealt in textiles, especially silk and other fine cloth; frequency rank 14039 - penitentiary — used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers; frequency rank 14113 - retribution — the act of taking revenge, such as harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done, especially in the next life; frequency rank 14161 - assailant — a person who physically attacks another person; frequency rank 14233 - hypothetical — Based on a possible situation or idea rather than on real facts.; frequency rank 14296 - proctor — especially in the US, a person who supervises an examination to prevent cheating; frequency rank 14357 - chastity — Vow made, usually because of moral or religious beliefs, to abstain from sexual relations.; frequency rank 14378 - oblivion — total forgetfulness; frequency rank 14454 - calamity — An event that causes great harm, loss, or suffering; a disaster.; frequency rank 14666 - impeccable — Perfect, with no faults, flaws, or mistakes.; frequency rank 14715 - devious — deviating from a straight course; frequency rank 14821 - perjury — The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath.; frequency rank 14833 - livelihood — A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income).; frequency rank 14888 - pompous — Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.; frequency rank 14971 - jerky — moving or proceeding in sudden, uneven starts rather than smoothly; frequency rank 15013 - malicious — Intending to harm or hurt others; full of spite.; frequency rank 15076 - florist — a person who grows, arranges, or sells cut flowers and ornamental plants; frequency rank 15081 - skeptical — denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion; frequency rank 15102 - cutler — a person who makes, repairs, or sells knives and other cutlery; frequency rank 15109 - stabilize — To make something steady and stop it from changing or moving, or to become steady.; frequency rank 15331 - rivalry — An ongoing relationship between (usually two) rivals who compete for superiority.; frequency rank 15373 - arsenic — a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; frequency rank 15380 - navigator — in earlier times, a person who explored by ship; frequency rank 15510 - exorcism — A ritual performed to drive out an evil spirit from a person, place, or thing.; frequency rank 15549 - smuggler — a person who secretly and illegally carries goods or people into or out of a country or restricted area; frequency rank 15600 - intolerable — incapable of being put up with; frequency rank 15606 - banish — To send someone away from a place, especially as an official punishment, and forbid them to return.; frequency rank 15721 - topless — having the chest or breasts uncovered; frequency rank 15777 - draper — a person who sells cloth, curtains, and related textile goods; frequency rank 15797 - evasive — deliberately vague or ambiguous; frequency rank 15857 - commodity — A raw material or basic product that is bought and sold in large amounts, such as oil or grain.; frequency rank 15862 - atheist — related to or characterized by or given to atheism; frequency rank 15948 - celery — a cultivated plant, Apium graveolens, whose crisp leaf stalks are eaten as a vegetable; frequency rank 15985 - undertaker — one whose business is the management of funerals; frequency rank 16012 - privy — sharing secret or private knowledge of something, normally followed by to; frequency rank 16016 - uncanny — Strange and mysterious in a way that is hard to explain and slightly unsettling.; frequency rank 16041 - ancestral — inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; frequency rank 16116 - dreary — Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.; frequency rank 16140 - mindless — requiring little mental effort; frequency rank 16145 - anarchist — a person who advocates anarchism, seeking a society organized without a coercive state or imposed hierarchy; frequency rank 16190 - blasphemy — speech or conduct that shows contempt for God, a religion, or something held sacred; 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frequency rank 17107 - reconciliation — The act of becoming friendly again after a quarrel.; frequency rank 17127 - cosmetic — a preparation applied to the body, especially the face or hair, to clean it or improve its appearance; frequency rank 17135 - nostalgic — Feeling or causing a fond longing for the past.; frequency rank 17145 - sever — to cut off from a whole; frequency rank 17216 - cinematography — The art and craft of filming a movie, especially the camera work and lighting.; frequency rank 17262 - stellar — Exceptional, exceptionally good.; frequency rank 17272 - mammal — any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; frequency rank 17356 - infidelity — Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.; frequency rank 17473 - meticulous — Giving very careful and precise attention to every detail.; 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frequency rank 17903 - alderman — a member of a municipal council, especially in a city or in a historical system of local government; frequency rank 17917 - infernal — Extremely annoying.; frequency rank 17948 - rigor — excessive sternness; frequency rank 17990 - Celtic — of or relating to the Celts or their cultures and traditions; frequency rank 18109 - galley — An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.; frequency rank 18142 - wayward — Stubbornly doing as one pleases and refusing to behave properly.; frequency rank 18146 - conqueror — Someone who conquers.; frequency rank 18234 - chivalry — honourable, generous, and courteous conduct, especially toward someone perceived as vulnerable; frequency rank 18348 - bloodthirsty — Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.; frequency rank 18366 - viceroy — a governor who rules a country, colony, or province as the representative of a monarch; frequency rank 18373 - untraceable — incapable of being traced or tracked down; frequency rank 18392 - smoky — marked by or emitting or filled with smoke; frequency rank 18403 - rhetorical — Asked only to make a point, without expecting any answer.; frequency rank 18432 - dumpling — a small mass of dough cooked by boiling, steaming, frying, or baking, sometimes wrapped around a filling; frequency rank 18495 - cadaver — the dead body of a human being; frequency rank 18522 - Sicilian — relating to Sicily, its people, culture, or language; frequency rank 18527 - avenger — a person who punishes someone in return for a wrong or injury; frequency rank 18632 - sentry — a guard posted to watch a place, especially to warn of danger or prevent unauthorized entry; frequency rank 18634 - bonny — very pleasing to the eye; frequency rank 18654 - corroborate — to support with evidence, authority, or make more certain or confirm; frequency rank 18663 - pedestal — A base on which a statue, column, or vase stands.; frequency rank 18674 - eminent — Famous and highly respected in a particular field.; frequency rank 18682 - subversive — Intending to subvert, overturn, undermine or debase.; frequency rank 18694 - ventilator — a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure; frequency rank 18733 - ruddy — inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; frequency rank 18742 - forcibly — in a forcible manner; frequency rank 18758 - oblivious — Lacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of.; frequency rank 18779 - castor — historical: a small table container or a stand holding cruets and shakers for condiments; frequency rank 18899 - coney — archaic or historical: a rabbit, especially the European rabbit, or its fur; frequency rank 18937 - pheasant — A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.; frequency rank 18994 - emissary — An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.; frequency rank 19060 - whimsical — Given to whimsy.; frequency rank 19066 - heresy — A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs.; frequency rank 19102 - equator — an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles; frequency rank 19128 - gentry — People of education and good breeding.; frequency rank 19155 - schoolboy — a boy attending school; frequency rank 19177 - residual — Remaining as a small amount after most of something has gone.; frequency rank 19182 - Neanderthal — a member of an extinct human species, Homo neanderthalensis, that lived in Europe and western Asia until about 40,000 years ago; frequency rank 19202 - authenticity — The quality of being real, genuine, and true to its origin; frequency rank 19208 - cavalier — showing an arrogant or dismissive lack of proper concern; frequency rank 19244 - buoy — to mark with a buoy or other sea-borne marker; frequency rank 19254 - beneficiary — A person who gains an advantage or benefit from something.; frequency rank 19257 - telepathy — the supposed direct communication of thoughts or feelings between minds without speech, writing, or other ordinary physical signals; frequency rank 19284 - heretic — Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.; frequency rank 19303 - unintelligible — poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise; frequency rank 19339 - annihilation — total destruction; frequency rank 19371 - epiphany — An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.; frequency rank 19407 - smother — deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; frequency rank 19417 - patronize — To talk to someone as if they were less intelligent or important than you.; frequency rank 19419 - savvy — Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.; frequency rank 19458 - valor — the qualities of a hero or heroine; frequency rank 19465 - eulogy — a speech or piece of writing praising a person who has died, usually delivered at a funeral; frequency rank 19473 - misdemeanor — A minor crime that is punished less severely than a serious one.; frequency rank 19478 - antarctic — relating to Antarctica or the region around the South Pole; frequency rank 19526 - gunny — a coarse, strong fabric made from jute or hemp, especially for sacks; frequency rank 19539 - scavenger — An animal that feeds on dead bodies or rotting matter.; frequency rank 19569 - crusader — a participant in one of the medieval Christian military expeditions known as the Crusades; frequency rank 19573 - eradicate — to destroy or remove something completely, especially a disease, problem, or harmful practice; frequency rank 19679 - irritable — Easily exasperated or excited.; frequency rank 19698 - seismic — Relating to or caused by earthquakes.; frequency rank 19798 - epilepsy — a neurological disorder characterized by an enduring tendency to have recurrent unprovoked seizures; frequency rank 19810 - carnal — of or relating to the body or flesh; frequency rank 19906 - vixen — a female fox; 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specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.; frequency rank 26563 - arduous — Very difficult and tiring; requiring a lot of effort.; frequency rank 26628 - quiver — To shake with small, rapid, trembling movements.; frequency rank 26650 - strategist — a person who devises strategies.; frequency rank 26712 - frolic — To play and move about in a happy, lively, carefree way.; frequency rank 26740 - tunic — a loose garment for the torso, typically reaching from the shoulders to the hips or knees; frequency rank 26759 - accountability — The state of being responsible for your actions and having to explain them to others.; frequency rank 26891 - figuratively — In a way that is meant as an image or comparison, not literally.; frequency rank 26900 - smithy — a workshop where a smith heats, shapes, and repairs metal; a forge; frequency rank 26927 - grouchy — easily annoyed, irritable, and inclined to complain; frequency rank 26995 - pomegranate — a round fruit with a tough reddish rind and many seeds surrounded by sweet-tart red pulp; 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frequency rank 27443 - diligently — In a careful and hardworking way, with steady effort.; frequency rank 27449 - lumbar — relating to the lower back between the ribs and the pelvis; frequency rank 27526 - sizable — fairly large in size, amount, extent, or degree; frequency rank 27532 - coercion — Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.; frequency rank 27591 - bullion — gold or silver in bulk form, especially bars or ingots valued by weight; frequency rank 27618 - deterrent — Something that discourages people from doing something.; frequency rank 27640 - haughty — Acting superior to others; arrogant and full of contempt.; frequency rank 27644 - briar — a thorny shrub or vine; frequency rank 27646 - watchtower — a tower from which a lookout watches for danger, fire, escape, or approaching people; frequency rank 27669 - vandal — A person who deliberately destroys or damages property, especially other people's.; frequency rank 27708 - mathematically — with respect to mathematics; 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frequency rank 28445 - cinematographer — The person in charge of the camera work and lighting when making a film.; frequency rank 28488 - fornication — sexual intercourse between people who are not married to each other, especially when regarded as illicit in religious or legal doctrine; frequency rank 28498 - musketeer — historical: a foot soldier armed with a musket; frequency rank 28508 - resuscitate — To bring an unconscious or apparently dead person back to life; frequency rank 28523 - wavy — of hair, having waves; frequency rank 28526 - imposition — An unfair or unwelcome demand on your time, effort, or hospitality.; frequency rank 28545 - betrothal — a formal agreement or mutual promise to marry; an engagement; frequency rank 28571 - elated — Extremely happy and excited; frequency rank 28579 - grassy — abounding in grass; frequency rank 28581 - thoroughbred — a horse of the Thoroughbred breed, developed chiefly for racing from English mares and imported Arabian, Barb, and Turkoman stallions; frequency rank 28605 - gratification — state of being gratified or satisfied; frequency rank 28612 - complacent — contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions; frequency rank 28617 - ingrate — A person who shows no gratitude for what they have been given.; frequency rank 28624 - flay — to strip the skin from a person, animal, or carcass; frequency rank 28680 - unhinged — mentally unstable or severely disturbed; frequency rank 28688 - hickory — any of several North American hardwood trees of the genus Carya, many of which bear edible nuts; frequency rank 28694 - reptilian — Relating to reptiles such as snakes, lizards, and crocodiles.; frequency rank 28704 - impregnable — incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted; frequency rank 28716 - quartermaster — a military officer or specialist responsible for supplies, equipment, transport, and often accommodation; frequency rank 28770 - magnate — A very rich and powerful person in business or industry.; frequency rank 28784 - collusion — A private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.; frequency rank 28792 - retriever — a gun dog trained to find and bring back shot game, or a dog belonging to one of the breeds developed for that work; frequency rank 28807 - woodpecker — Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.; frequency rank 28840 - hashish — a concentrated cannabis preparation made from the plant's compressed or purified resin; frequency rank 28879 - tarnish — To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation.; frequency rank 28884 - vassal — a person holding a fief; frequency rank 28892 - marquee — a large tent used for an outdoor event; frequency rank 28938 - odious — unequivocally detestable; frequency rank 28946 - banishment — The state of being sent away from a place and forbidden to return; exile.; frequency rank 28964 - impunity — Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.; frequency rank 29026 - opportunist — a person who exploits circumstances for personal advantage, often without regard for principles or consequences; frequency rank 29028 - fabricate — To invent false information in order to deceive; frequency rank 29037 - tabby — having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; frequency rank 29044 - incoherent — without logical or meaningful connection; frequency rank 29063 - circumference — the boundary line encompassing an area or object; frequency rank 29067 - blasphemous — showing gross disrespect or contempt for God, a religion, or something regarded as sacred; frequency rank 29073 - decimal — based on or organized in powers of ten; frequency rank 29120 - aberration — Something that is very different from what is normal or expected; a one-off departure from the usual.; frequency rank 29229 - trapdoor — a hinged or sliding door set into a floor, ceiling, or stage; frequency rank 29230 - abundantly — In large amounts; plentifully.; frequency rank 29231 - sensuality — The state of being sensual or sensuous.; frequency rank 29239 - savory — morally wholesome or acceptable; frequency rank 29360 - incumbent — Currently holding an official position, especially in politics.; frequency rank 29399 - carnation — a cultivated Eurasian plant with fragrant, usually ruffled flowers in white, pink, red, or other colors; frequency rank 29495 - cinder — a small piece of partly burned coal, wood, or other material; frequency rank 29502 - faithless — disloyal, unreliable, or unworthy of trust; frequency rank 29561 - presbyterian — a member of a Protestant church governed by elected elders; frequency rank 29623 - musty — Affected by dampness or mould; damp, mildewed, mouldy.; frequency rank 29659 - spontaneity — The quality of doing things naturally and on impulse, without planning.; frequency rank 29664 - synchronize — make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; frequency rank 29789 - methodology — The set of methods and procedures used to do something in a particular field.; frequency rank 29795 - eventual — happening or existing at a later time or as the final result of a process; frequency rank 29938 - heady — strongly intoxicating or affecting the senses, as a drink or scent does; frequency rank 29951 - unsavory — morally offensive, disreputable, or suggestive of improper conduct; frequency rank 29963 - ruthlessly — in a ruthless manner; frequency rank 29978 - testy — easily irritated or annoyed; frequency rank 30016 - unnerving — Making someone feel nervous, uneasy, or afraid.; frequency rank 30021 - idyllic — extremely peaceful, happy, or beautiful, with no apparent problems; frequency rank 30036 - meaty — substantial, interesting, and rich in useful content; frequency rank 30038 - prissy — Too concerned with proper behaviour and easily shocked; prim and fussy.; frequency rank 30068 - trafficker — someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money; frequency rank 30088 - resuscitation — The act of bringing an unconscious or apparently dead person back to life; frequency rank 30098 - shiner — any of numerous small, silvery North American freshwater fishes, especially minnows used as bait; frequency rank 30126 - magnificence — the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; frequency rank 30146 - recuperate — To recover, especially after an illness, injury, or exhaustion.; frequency rank 30205 - crossover — a crossing or transition from one place, group, activity, or system to another; frequency rank 30206 - lyrical — Expressing deep personal emotion in a beautiful way.; frequency rank 30207 - unbridled — not controlled, restrained, or limited; frequency rank 30226 - raucous — Harsh and rough-sounding.; frequency rank 30235 - redheaded — having red hair and usually fair skin; frequency rank 30238 - assimilate — To take in and fully understand new information or ideas.; frequency rank 30256 - swordsmanship — skill, technique, or proficiency in fighting with a sword; frequency rank 30278 - synergy — The cooperation of two or more nerves, muscles, organs, etc.; frequency rank 30297 - perplexed — full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; frequency rank 30310 - carnivorous — relating to or characteristic of carnivores; frequency rank 30363 - sunder — literary: to split, sever, or force apart; frequency rank 30375 - futility — the quality of being pointless or incapable of producing a useful result; frequency rank 30378 - one-horse — small, unimportant, or having very limited resources; frequency rank 30384 - amicable — Showing friendliness or goodwill.; frequency rank 30419 - notoriety — The state of being famous for something bad or shameful.; frequency rank 30430 - intermediary — A person who acts as a link between two sides to help them reach an agreement.; frequency rank 30454 - proprietary — Owned by a particular company and protected by patents, trademarks, or copyright.; frequency rank 30458 - fleshy — Of, related to, or resembling flesh.; frequency rank 30485 - magnanimous — Generous and forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone weaker.; frequency rank 30503 - poplar — any of various fast-growing deciduous trees of the genus Populus, often with leaves that tremble in the wind; frequency rank 30515 - depressive — Relating to or showing depression; gloomy and low in spirit.; frequency rank 30517 - inhospitable — unfavorable to life or growth; frequency rank 30531 - kidder — informal: a person who jokes, teases, or tries to deceive others playfully; frequency rank 30534 - vulgarity — the quality of lacking taste and refinement; frequency rank 30553 - voluptuous — displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; frequency rank 30560 - pygmy — unusually small for its kind, especially in the common name of an animal or plant; frequency rank 30572 - bracken — a tall, coarse fern that often grows in dense stands on open or wooded land; frequency rank 30584 - matrimonial — relating to marriage or to the relationship between married partners; frequency rank 30588 - bushy — Like a bush in having many branches that spread out densely in all directions.; frequency rank 30597 - skepticism — doubt about the truth of something; frequency rank 30621 - undisputed — Universally agreed upon; not disputed.; frequency rank 30624 - livery — Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.; frequency rank 30630 - catty — marked by or arising from malice; frequency rank 30665 - parameter — A factor or limit that defines or sets the boundaries of something.; frequency rank 30730 - confidentially — in a confidential manner; frequency rank 30737 - quay — a wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline; frequency rank 30753 - beady — small, round, and bright like a bead, especially describing watchful or suspicious eyes; frequency rank 30791 - whither — Interrogative senses.; frequency rank 30815 - sumptuous — Magnificent, luxurious, splendid.; frequency rank 30870 - volley — a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces; frequency rank 30881 - choral — relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or chorus; frequency rank 30936 - orangutan — a large, long-armed arboreal ape of the genus Pongo, native to the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra; frequency rank 30992 - medley — Combat, fighting; a battle.; frequency rank 31017 - belligerent — Aggressive and eager to argue or fight.; frequency rank 31026 - allotment — An amount of something given to a person or set aside for a purpose.; frequency rank 31032 - mediate — To help opposing sides reach an agreement by acting as a neutral go-between.; frequency rank 31066 - imperialist — a person who supports or practices imperialism; frequency rank 31073 - squalor — a state of extreme dirtiness and unpleasant living conditions, often caused by neglect or poverty; frequency rank 31077 - thrifty — Thriving, prosperous, successful; (of an animal or plant) growing rapidly or vigorously.; frequency rank 31087 - gamekeeper — a person employed to manage game animals and their habitat on an estate, especially for hunting; frequency rank 31108 - eventful — full of important, interesting, or unusual events; frequency rank 31207 - foreseeable — capable of being anticipated; frequency rank 31260 - sphincter — anatomy: a ring of muscle that contracts to narrow or close a bodily opening or passage; frequency rank 31278 - gallantry — courage.; frequency rank 31305 - crayfish — a small freshwater crustacean resembling a lobster, or its flesh used as food; frequency rank 31318 - thorny — bristling with perplexities; frequency rank 31422 - sirree — informal, chiefly US: an emphatic form of sir used after yes or no; frequency rank 31491 - omnipotent — Having unlimited power, force or authority.; frequency rank 31544 - marten — a slender, agile, tree-climbing mammal of the weasel family, especially one of the genus Martes; frequency rank 31558 - menial — Describing work that is boring, low in status, and needs little skill.; frequency rank 31592 - crucible — a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; frequency rank 31595 - unprovoked — occurring without provocation, justification, or an apparent motivating act; frequency rank 31637 - resounding — Very great and unmistakable; emphatic; frequency rank 31640 - reciprocate — alternate the direction of motion of; frequency rank 31646 - seminal — strongly influencing later ideas, work, or developments; formative and original; frequency rank 31647 - skittles — a game in which players roll or throw a ball to knock down a group of wooden pins; frequency rank 31682 - schooner — A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.; frequency rank 31720 - peony — a flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.; frequency rank 31757 - ejaculation — The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.; frequency rank 31767 - underhanded — marked by deception; frequency rank 31781 - racy — lively, vigorous, and full of distinctive character, especially in speech or writing; frequency rank 31786 - workmanship — The skill of an artisan or craftsman.; frequency rank 31792 - transgression — A violation of a law, duty or commandment.; frequency rank 31840 - stagnant — not growing or changing; frequency rank 31900 - kinsman — a male relative, especially one belonging to the same extended family; now often literary or historical; frequency rank 31924 - Athenian — a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Athens, especially of ancient Athens; frequency rank 31930 - frenzied — affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason; frequency rank 31967 - pungent — strong and sharp; frequency rank 31972 - skeptic — someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs; frequency rank 31974 - cookery — The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.; frequency rank 32006 - ejaculate — to expel semen from the reproductive tract, typically during orgasm; frequency rank 32071 - embody — To be a perfect example of a quality or idea in a real, visible form.; frequency rank 32076 - jaunty — showing cheerful self-confidence in a lively, carefree manner; frequency rank 32087 - condolence — an expression of sympathy with another's grief; frequency rank 32106 - materialistic — Caring too much about money and possessions.; frequency rank 32141 - lecherous — given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity; frequency rank 32146 - aforementioned — mentioned earlier in the same text or conversation; frequency rank 32168 - stealthy — Characterized by or resembling stealth or secrecy.; frequency rank 32268 - elliptical — In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval.; frequency rank 32332 - austerity — A government policy of cutting public spending and raising taxes to reduce debt.; frequency rank 32339 - precocious — Showing skills or maturity at an unusually early age, especially in a child.; frequency rank 32419 - greenery — green leaves, plants, or vegetation considered collectively; frequency rank 32439 - bereft — Completely lacking something; deprived of it.; frequency rank 32457 - juggler — a performer who repeatedly throws and catches several objects or performs similar dexterity tricks; frequency rank 32495 - procedural — Relating to an established way of doing something, especially official rules or methods.; frequency rank 32554 - redundancy — The loss of a job because the work is no longer needed, or the act of dismissing such workers.; frequency rank 32565 - primeval — Belonging to the earliest ages of the world; very ancient.; frequency rank 32626 - preemptive — designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence; frequency rank 32677 - savagery — extreme cruelty or violent brutality; frequency rank 32721 - villainous — extremely wicked; frequency rank 32797 - nipper — informal, chiefly British: a young child; frequency rank 32816 - fabled — Famous in stories or legends.; frequency rank 32825 - abductor — a person who unlawfully carries someone away and holds them captive; frequency rank 32857 - posturing — Behaviour or talk meant to impress others rather than to be sincere.; frequency rank 32860 - belated — coming, happening, or being done later than expected or appropriate; frequency rank 32876 - equestrian — relating to horse riding, riders, or events performed on horseback; frequency rank 32889 - marauder — a person or member of a group that roams about to raid, steal, or attack; frequency rank 32923 - shaver — a tool or machine used for shaving, especially an electric razor; frequency rank 32925 - traceable — capable of being found, followed, or identified by examining a sequence of evidence or records; frequency rank 32937 - occipital — relating to or located at the back of the head, especially the occipital bone or lobe; frequency rank 32953 - parasitic — Relating to or caused by parasites, which live on or in another organism.; frequency rank 32967 - venereal — relating to sexual intercourse, sexual desire, or the genitals; frequency rank 33020 - holistic — Relating to a study of the whole instead of a separation into parts.; frequency rank 33032 - undisclosed — Not disclosed.; frequency rank 33063 - hapless — Unlucky in a way that brings misfortune; ill-fated.; frequency rank 33071 - parietal — relating to either of the two bones forming the upper sides and roof of the skull; frequency rank 33136 - mariner — A sailor, especially one who works on a ship at sea.; frequency rank 33173 - gravedigger — a person employed to dig graves and prepare them for burial; frequency rank 33204 - stealthily — in a stealthy manner; frequency rank 33216 - ejection — the act of forcing out someone or something; frequency rank 33236 - ditty — a short, simple song or verse, especially one that is light or easy to remember; frequency rank 33268 - freedman — a man who has been released from slavery, especially when his legal status is distinguished from that of a freeborn person; frequency rank 33306 - ligament — a strong band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or supports an organ in the body; frequency rank 33362 - helmsman — a person who steers a ship or boat; frequency rank 33367 - lancer — historical: a cavalry soldier armed with a lance; frequency rank 33402 - geyser — a hot spring that periodically throws jets of water and steam into the air; frequency rank 33529 - sedition — Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.; frequency rank 33548 - cosmology — the scientific study of the origin, structure, development, and possible fate of the universe; frequency rank 33560 - procreate — have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; frequency rank 33592 - ferocity — Extreme fierceness or violence.; frequency rank 33593 - parable — A short story that teaches a moral or religious lesson.; frequency rank 33702 - abhor — To hate something deeply; to find it utterly disgusting.; frequency rank 33713 - waterman — a person who lives or works on the water, especially a boatman who carries passengers or goods on a river or canal; frequency rank 33737 - cloister — A covered walkway around an open courtyard, usually in a monastery or cathedral; frequency rank 33740 - uncompromising — not making concessions; frequency rank 33753 - conclusively — in a conclusive way; frequency rank 33778 - shoal — A large group of fish swimming together.; frequency rank 33782 - angular — Having sharp corners or pointed shapes rather than smooth, rounded ones.; frequency rank 33800 - anatomical — of or relating to the structure of the body; frequency rank 33854 - insurmountable — too great or difficult to overcome; frequency rank 33894 - excavator — a large powered machine with a boom and bucket, used for digging and moving earth; frequency rank 33896 - organist — a person who plays an organ; frequency rank 33924 - hocus-pocus — deceptive, meaningless, or unnecessarily obscure talk or activity used to confuse or impress people; frequency rank 33930 - whinny — a gentle or relatively high-pitched neigh made by a horse; frequency rank 33943 - spousal — relating to a spouse; frequency rank 33945 - corrosive — able to destroy or damage a material gradually through chemical action; frequency rank 33958 - whopping — exceptionally large, impressive, or extreme; frequency rank 33993 - marchioness — the wife or widow of a marquess; frequency rank 34012 - polygamy — The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.; frequency rank 34017 - cautionary — Serving to caution or warn; admonitory; frequency rank 34057 - prejudicial — tending to favor preconceived ideas; frequency rank 34058 - fertilize — provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; frequency rank 34080 - nether — situated below or beneath; lower, chiefly in literary or fixed expressions; frequency rank 34103 - rickety — Weak and likely to break or collapse; poorly built or worn out.; frequency rank 34126 - immeasurable — vast; frequency rank 34287 - baseless — not supported by evidence, facts, or sound reasons; frequency rank 34341 - squatter — a person who occupies land or a building without legal title, permission, or a tenancy agreement; frequency rank 34371 - diagonal — connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face; frequency rank 34376 - dilation — the act of expanding an aperture; frequency rank 34419 - crawfish — chiefly US: a small freshwater crustacean resembling a lobster; a crayfish; frequency rank 34440 - seducer — a person who deliberately attracts or persuades someone into a sexual relationship, often insincerely or manipulatively; frequency rank 34466 - mandible — the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth; frequency rank 34480 - scaly — Covered or abounding with scales.; frequency rank 34495 - subsidy — Money given by a government or organization to help support a business or activity.; frequency rank 34500 - drafty — allowing uncomfortable currents of cold air to enter through gaps or poor sealing; frequency rank 34504 - supremely — to the maximum degree; frequency rank 34522 - promissory — relating to or having the character of a promise; frequency rank 34553 - villainy — wicked, criminal, or treacherous behavior or character; frequency rank 34567 - euphoric — Feeling or showing intense happiness and excitement.; frequency rank 34571 - boisterous — violently agitated and turbulent; frequency rank 34579 - spiky — having many sharp points or projections; in this passage, standing up in stiff pointed tufts; frequency rank 34596 - proportional — Changing in size or amount in a way that matches another thing.; frequency rank 34671 - catechism — a summary of Christian doctrine arranged as questions and answers for instruction; frequency rank 34687 - mysticism — A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.; frequency rank 34688 - harbinger — A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.; frequency rank 34802 - conducive — Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.; frequency rank 34812 - truant — a pupil who stays away from school without permission; frequency rank 34877 - ascendant — most powerful or important or influential; frequency rank 34899 - woodman — a person whose work is cutting trees or chopping and preparing wood; frequency rank 34979 - cul-de-sac — a street, passage, or route closed at one end; frequency rank 34998 - indignant — Feeling or showing anger because something seems unfair or wrong.; frequency rank 35013 - deficient — Not having enough of something that is needed.; frequency rank 35040 - instantaneously — At once, with no delay at all.; frequency rank 35092 - disintegration — a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system; frequency rank 35145 - anchovy — a small marine fish, especially one preserved in salt or oil and used for its strong savory flavor; frequency rank 35191 - purser — a senior crew member on a passenger ship or aircraft responsible for passengers and administrative matters; frequency rank 35211 - sensuous — giving pleasure to or strongly appealing to the physical senses; frequency rank 35258 - bricklayer — a craftsman skilled in building with bricks; frequency rank 35267 - transcendent — beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding; frequency rank 35274 - delicatessen — A shop that sells high-quality cooked meats, cheeses, and other ready-to-eat foods.; frequency rank 35301 - elapsed — used of time that has passed; frequency rank 35340 - materialize — To actually happen or become real, especially after being planned or expected.; frequency rank 35368 - vocational — Relating to a job, or to the skills and training needed for a particular kind of work.; frequency rank 35379 - larder — a cool room or cupboard used for storing food; frequency rank 35391 - conceivably — within the realm of possibility; frequency rank 35467 - effigy — a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); frequency rank 35488 - swampy — Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.; frequency rank 35595 - fraternal — (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova; frequency rank 35607 - magnificently — In a magnificent manner.; frequency rank 35627 - stubby — short, thick, and often blunt or stunted; frequency rank 35662 - savagely — In a wild, uncontrolled, or savage manner.; frequency rank 35677 - alabaster — a fine-grained, usually pale and translucent form of gypsum or calcite used for carving; frequency rank 35727 - verily — Truly; in truth (now old-fashioned or formal).; frequency rank 35814 - pneumatic — operated by compressed air or another gas; frequency rank 35818 - rhapsody — an intensely enthusiastic or emotional expression in speech or writing; frequency rank 35833 - lascivious — feeling or openly expressing strong sexual desire, often in an offensive or indecent way; frequency rank 35911 - burly — large, strongly built, and muscular; frequency rank 35941 - regulatory — Relating to official rules that control how something is done.; frequency rank 35960 - cuttlefish — a marine cephalopod with eight arms, two longer tentacles, and a broad internal shell called a cuttlebone; frequency rank 35967 - placate — To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.; frequency rank 35972 - fruition — The point at which a plan or effort is finally achieved and produces results.; frequency rank 36008 - painstaking — Done with great care, attention to detail, and effort.; frequency rank 36041 - biometric — using measurable physical or behavioral characteristics to identify a person; frequency rank 36055 - choppy — of water or weather, rough with many small, short waves; frequency rank 36063 - instigate — to cause, encourage, or provoke an action or event, especially one that is troublesome or unlawful; frequency rank 36216 - seamless — perfectly consistent and coherent; frequency rank 36305 - dispersal — The act of spreading or scattering things or people over a wide area.; frequency rank 36320 - retrospective — Looking back on or relating to the past.; frequency rank 36346 - sharpshooter — a person highly skilled at shooting accurately, especially with a rifle; frequency rank 36369 - inky — Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.; frequency rank 36439 - genealogy — the study or investigation of ancestry and family history; frequency rank 36487 - bloodsucker — an animal, especially a leech or biting insect, that feeds by sucking blood; frequency rank 36488 - substantiate — To prove that something is true by giving evidence.; frequency rank 36527 - mutilate — destroy or injure severely; frequency rank 36609 - fluctuation — An irregular rise and fall in something; a continual change.; frequency rank 36615 - fawning — attempting to win favor by flattery; frequency rank 36619 - corroboration — the act of confirming a statement or theory with independent evidence; frequency rank 36665 - nonchalant — Calm and relaxed, showing that you are not worried or interested.; frequency rank 36674 - horizontally — in a horizontal direction; frequency rank 36683 - prostrate — Lying flat on the ground, usually face down.; frequency rank 36817 - incestuous — involving or characterized by sexual relations between people too closely related to marry legally; frequency rank 36915 - dorsal — belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part; frequency rank 36930 - reclusive — Choosing to live alone and avoid contact with other people.; frequency rank 37003 - tradesman — a merchant who owns or manages a shop; frequency rank 37011 - horner — historical: a craftsperson who works animal horn into combs, vessels, handles, or other goods; frequency rank 37029 - indelible — impossible or very difficult to erase, wash away, or remove; frequency rank 37081 - tumultuous — characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; frequency rank 37111 - curate — To carefully select and organize items, such as art, content, or products.; frequency rank 37119 - estuary — A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.; frequency rank 37127 - totalitarian — characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control; frequency rank 37149 - curtsy — a formal gesture of greeting or respect made by bending the knees and lowering the body; frequency rank 37216 - irrevocable — Impossible to change, reverse, or take back; final.; frequency rank 37238 - highwayman — historical: an armed robber, typically on horseback, who stopped and robbed travelers on public roads; frequency rank 37287 - enchant — To cast a spell upon (often one that attracts or charms).; frequency rank 37296 - hackney — a carriage or cab kept for public hire; now chiefly historical except in the term hackney carriage; frequency rank 37319 - whimsy — an odd, fanciful, or capricious idea or impulse; frequency rank 37340 - constrained — Limited or restricted in what can be done.; frequency rank 37387 - flighty — Acting on silly, sudden ideas rather than careful thought; not reliable.; frequency rank 37405 - topsy-turvy — confused, disordered, or arranged with normal relationships and priorities reversed; frequency rank 37434 - intangible — hard to pin down or identify; frequency rank 37455 - icebreaker — an activity, remark, or question intended to reduce tension and help unfamiliar people begin interacting; frequency rank 37468 - bloodless — destitute of blood or apparently so; frequency rank 37471 - caiman — any crocodilian of the subfamily Caimaninae, native to Central and South America and closely related to alligators; frequency rank 37473 - vegetative — relating to plant growth or to asexual propagation from stems, roots, leaves, or other nonreproductive parts; frequency rank 37500 - breadwinner — The person whose earnings are the main source of income for a household.; frequency rank 37539 - eroticism — sexual desire, excitement, or the quality of being sexually arousing; frequency rank 37545 - adrenal — relating to the adrenal glands or the hormones they secrete; frequency rank 37603 - camphor — a pungent resin obtained from the camphor tree, often used in pharmacy; frequency rank 37638 - nobly — in a noble manner; frequency rank 37648 - opiate — a sedative or narcotic drug containing opium or one of its natural derivatives; frequency rank 37706 - reprisal — The act of taking something from an enemy by way of retaliation or indemnity.; frequency rank 37710 - indiscriminate — not marked by fine distinctions; frequency rank 37720 - overlay — To lay or spread something over the surface of something else.; frequency rank 37729 - floodgates — Gates that control the flow of water; often used figuratively for whatever is holding back a sudden rush of something.; frequency rank 37745 - levity — The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.; frequency rank 37788 - cathartic — Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis.; frequency rank 37794 - testimonial — A written or spoken statement praising someone's worth, character, or a product.; frequency rank 37848 - barbarism — A barbaric act.; frequency rank 37884 - collider — A machine that speeds up particles and makes two beams of them crash into each other for research.; frequency rank 37924 - ephemeral — Lasting for only a short time.; frequency rank 37938 - condensation — The process by which a gas, especially water vapor, turns into a liquid.; frequency rank 37996 - posthumous — occurring or coming into existence after a person's death; frequency rank 38042 - ambivalent — uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow; frequency rank 38061 - sporadic — recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances; frequency rank 38094 - combustible — capable of catching fire and burning; frequency rank 38121 - friendless — Without friends (without a friend).; frequency rank 38124 - dispensation — The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; frequency rank 38131 - slither — To move smoothly along the ground with a twisting, side-to-side motion, like a snake.; frequency rank 38147 - workday — a day on which a person normally works rather than taking time off; frequency rank 38151 - patriarchal — relating to a social system in which men hold primary power and authority; frequency rank 38158 - Neolithic — the final major phase of the Stone Age, associated in many regions with farming, permanent settlements, and polished stone tools; frequency rank 38168 - philanthropy — The act of giving money and help to good causes to improve people's lives.; frequency rank 38209 - finery — showy, elegant, or elaborate clothes, jewellery, and ornaments; frequency rank 38237 - millennial — relating to a millennium or a period of one thousand years; frequency rank 38300 - inscrutable — Impossible to understand or read; mysterious.; frequency rank 38370 - abrasion — an area of skin scraped or worn away by friction; frequency rank 38385 - despondent — without or almost without hope; frequency rank 38391 - remorseful — Feeling deep regret and guilt for something you have done wrong.; frequency rank 38456 - scimitar — a saber with a curved blade, historically associated with the Middle East and parts of South and Central Asia; frequency rank 38465 - exponential — describing growth or decay whose rate is proportional to the quantity's current value, producing repeated multiplication over equal intervals; frequency rank 38471 - legate — an official envoy or deputy, especially a representative sent by the pope or a sovereign; frequency rank 38474 - handmaiden — historical: a female personal attendant or servant; frequency rank 38479 - undersigned — the person or people whose signatures appear at the end of a document; frequency rank 38504 - witless — lacking intelligence, understanding, or sound judgment; foolish; frequency rank 38521 - synthesize — combine so as to form a more complex, product; frequency rank 38524 - unchallenged — not questioned, disputed, or opposed; frequency rank 38531 - impropriety — The condition of being improper.; frequency rank 38545 - elation — A feeling of great happiness and excitement; frequency rank 38556 - perdition — eternal spiritual punishment or damnation; frequency rank 38600 - meteorological — Relating to the weather or the study of the weather.; frequency rank 38617 - ocular — relating to the eye or eyesight; frequency rank 38642 - indiscriminately — In an indiscriminate manner.; frequency rank 38654 - unconscionable — Not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience.; frequency rank 38685 - perpetuity — endless or indefinitely continuing duration, especially in the phrase in perpetuity; frequency rank 38819 - divination — The practice of trying to predict the future or discover hidden things by supernatural means.; frequency rank 38832 - natty — Natural, as opposed to steroid enhanced.; frequency rank 38840 - infertility — the inability or reduced ability of a person, animal, or population to produce offspring; frequency rank 38866 - virginal — Pure and untouched; like a virgin.; frequency rank 38890 - confrontational — Likely to cause an argument or fight; aggressive and hostile.; frequency rank 38914 - hetman — a Cossack leader or military commander; frequency rank 38942 - digress — lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; frequency rank 38947 - undetermined — not yet having been ascertained or determined; frequency rank 38949 - dozy — sleepy, sluggish, or not fully alert; frequency rank 38964 - misogynist — One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.; frequency rank 38970 - ovary — (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone; frequency rank 38978 - sacrilegious — showing gross disrespect for, or violating, something regarded as sacred; frequency rank 38985 - watchmaker — a craftsperson or company that makes, maintains, or repairs watches; frequency rank 39053 - virulent — able to cause severe disease; highly infectious or harmful; frequency rank 39059 - fishmonger — a person whose trade is selling fish and seafood; frequency rank 39068 - agitator — a person who vigorously stirs others into political or social action, often a disapproving label for a protest organizer; frequency rank 39155 - acumen — A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium.; frequency rank 39171 - inexperience — lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; frequency rank 39205 - nepotism — The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.; frequency rank 39215 - empathetic — showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states; frequency rank 39233 - circumvent — to beat through cleverness and wit; frequency rank 39373 - stipulate — To state clearly that something must be done, as part of an agreement or rule.; frequency rank 39412 - scholarly — Connected with serious academic study and research; frequency rank 39448 - levee — The steep bank of a river.; frequency rank 39450 - sulfate — Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.; frequency rank 39470 - thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion reactions that occur or are initiated at extremely high temperatures; frequency rank 39534 - melodious — Pleasant to listen to; having a beautiful tune.; frequency rank 39567 - woeful — Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.; frequency rank 39570 - bandy — curved outward at or below the knees; bowlegged; frequency rank 39655 - strangeness — the quality of being alien or not native; frequency rank 39691 - affiliate — a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization; frequency rank 39767 - olfactory — relating to the sense of smell or to the organs used for smelling; frequency rank 39769 - allegory — A story whose characters and events stand for a deeper meaning, often a moral or political one.; frequency rank 39819 - subversion — the deliberate, often covert undermining of an established government, institution, or system; frequency rank 39825 - complacency — self-satisfaction, contentment with one's situation; frequency rank 39901 - foundling — an abandoned infant or child whose parents are unknown; frequency rank 39904 - boorish — rough, rude, and insensitive in behavior or manners; frequency rank 39918 - avian — Relating to or typical of birds.; frequency rank 39961 - obstinacy — The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.; frequency rank 39974 - palatable — Pleasant to taste; good to eat.; frequency rank 40004 - alder — any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus in the birch family, typically growing in cool, moist ground and bearing catkins and small woody cones; frequency rank 40050 - topography — The shape and physical features of an area of land, such as hills and valleys.; frequency rank 40073 - logistic — relating to the detailed organization and movement of people, materials, or equipment; frequency rank 40076 - ornate — Decorated with a lot of complicated detail, sometimes too much.; frequency rank 40135 - transcendental — existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; frequency rank 40149 - simian — relating to monkeys and apes; frequency rank 40180 - waterway — A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.; frequency rank 40197 - materialism — A strong focus on owning things and having money rather than on spiritual or moral values.; frequency rank 40274 - awning — a sheet of canvas or other material extended over a window, doorway, deck, or outdoor area to provide shelter from sun or rain; frequency rank 40305 - assimilation — The process of a group taking on the customs and attitudes of a larger culture.; frequency rank 40309 - malleable — Easily shaped or changed; flexible.; frequency rank 40317 - sulky — silent and withdrawn after being upset; frequency rank 40331 - monastic — Relating to monks, nuns, or the life of a monastery.; frequency rank 40368 - slobber — to let saliva or partly chewed food run out of the mouth; frequency rank 40386 - duchy — a territory ruled by a duke or duchess, or historically held as their domain; frequency rank 40387 - orchestrate — to plan, coordinate, and direct the parts of a complex event or operation so they produce a desired result; frequency rank 40391 - biographer — a person who writes an account of someone else's life, especially as a profession; frequency rank 40399 - equatorial — of or existing at or near the geographic equator; frequency rank 40408 - scullery — A small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.; frequency rank 40409 - valerian — a perennial flowering plant of the genus Valeriana, especially Valeriana officinalis, with clusters of small pink or white flowers; frequency rank 40410 - unequivocally — In a way that leaves no doubt; clearly and firmly.; frequency rank 40420 - finicky — exacting, especially about details; frequency rank 40560 - chicory — a perennial plant with blue flowers, Cichorium intybus, cultivated for its leaves and root; frequency rank 40597 - habitation — The state of people living in a place.; frequency rank 40639 - dampen — To make a feeling or activity weaker or less lively.; frequency rank 40725 - bevy — a flock of birds, especially when gathered close together on the ground; frequency rank 40739 - wantonly — in a wanton manner; frequency rank 40832 - spectrometer — an instrument that separates radiation, particles, or signals into a spectrum and measures their intensity or abundance by wavelength, frequency, energy, or mass-to-charge ratio; frequency rank 40835 - gossamer — A fine film made up of cobwebs, seen floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc.; frequency rank 40850 - ostensibly — According to what is stated or appears to be true, though the real situation may be different.; frequency rank 40860 - toady — a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage; frequency rank 40875 - dusky — lighted by or as if by twilight; frequency rank 40886 - loiter — To stand or wait around a place with no clear purpose.; frequency rank 40904 - dereliction — Willful neglect of one's duty.; frequency rank 40935 - papacy — the office, authority, or institution of the pope and the system by which the Roman Catholic Church is governed; frequency rank 40946 - levitation — the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means; frequency rank 41031 - satirical — exposing human folly to ridicule; frequency rank 41078 - nary — informal or dialectal: not a single; not any, used before a singular count noun; frequency rank 41122 - tangent — a ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle; frequency rank 41199 - pervasive — Present or spreading everywhere; affecting every part of something.; frequency rank 41254 - preoccupation — The state of being so absorbed in a thought that you notice little else.; frequency rank 41294 - fertilization — the union of male and female gametes to begin the development of a new organism; frequency rank 41312 - zoology — The branch of biology that studies animals.; frequency rank 41324 - acrobatics — Difficult and impressive physical movements such as jumps, flips, and balances.; frequency rank 41352 - buoyancy — irrepressible liveliness and good spirit; frequency rank 41411 - intrinsic — Belonging naturally to something as part of its basic nature.; frequency rank 41422 - geneticist — a scientist who specializes in genes, heredity, and genetic variation; frequency rank 41434 - attuned — Aware of and able to respond well to something, such as people's feelings or a situation.; frequency rank 41451 - asymmetrical — irregular in shape or outline; frequency rank 41504 - listless — lacking zest or vivacity; frequency rank 41517 - ferment — a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; frequency rank 41541 - clarion — brilliantly clear, loud, and commanding, especially of a voice, sound, or appeal; frequency rank 41583 - melee — to attack with the hands or handheld not projectile weapon, typically in video games; frequency rank 41584 - incontinence — inability to control the bladder or bowels, resulting in involuntary urination or defecation; frequency rank 41593 - grater — a kitchen tool with a rough or perforated cutting surface used to shred food into small pieces; frequency rank 41610 - miscreant — Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.; frequency rank 41661 - wistful — Sad and thoughtful, especially when remembering something or longing for it.; frequency rank 41681 - trepidation — Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.; frequency rank 41713 - drudgery — Hard, boring, and tiring work that requires little skill.; frequency rank 41727 - unassuming — not arrogant or presuming; frequency rank 41733 - wallflower — Any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers.; frequency rank 41746 - triplicate — to reproduce threefold; frequency rank 41880 - dismember — separate the limbs from the body; frequency rank 41903 - fervently — with passionate fervor; frequency rank 42007 - abhorrent — Causing strong feelings of disgust and hatred; utterly unacceptable.; frequency rank 42111 - proximal — Located nearest to the point of attachment, origin, or the body's centre.; frequency rank 42126 - philanthropic — Generous in giving money and help to good causes.; 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frequency rank 43984 - viscous — Of or pertaining to viscosity.; frequency rank 44122 - lacquer — a liquid or resinous coating that dries to form a hard, smooth, glossy surface on wood, metal, or another material; frequency rank 44178 - stringent — Strict, severe, and demanding close attention to rules or standards.; frequency rank 44208 - burgeoning — Growing or developing quickly.; frequency rank 44250 - courtier — a person who attends or serves a monarch at a royal court; frequency rank 44263 - thermodynamics — The science of the conversions between heat and other forms of energy.; frequency rank 44278 - irrevocably — In a way that cannot be changed, reversed, or undone.; frequency rank 44304 - Berber — a member of one of the Indigenous peoples of North Africa; many people prefer the self-designation Amazigh, plural Imazighen; frequency rank 44320 - foray — an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); frequency rank 44340 - dissension — Strong disagreement that causes division within a group.; frequency rank 44387 - duplicitous — Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.; frequency rank 44388 - shrubbery — A planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.; frequency rank 44461 - measurable — of distinguished importance; frequency rank 44473 - minster — A large or important church, especially a cathedral.; frequency rank 44501 - granary — a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed; frequency rank 44510 - vestal — a Vestal Virgin, one of the priestesses who tended the sacred fire of Vesta in ancient Rome; frequency rank 44555 - attrition — A gradual reduction in number, especially of staff who leave and are not replaced.; frequency rank 44626 - buccaneer — A pirate, especially one who attacked Spanish ships in the Caribbean in the 1600s.; frequency rank 44660 - dippy — informal: foolish, eccentric, or lacking common sense; frequency rank 44728 - forcible — impelled by physical force especially against resistance; 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concerned only with local matters and ignoring the wider world.; frequency rank 45936 - leathery — Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.; frequency rank 45955 - recitation — The act of saying a poem, speech, or passage aloud, usually from memory.; frequency rank 45961 - discernible — perceptible by the senses or intellect; frequency rank 45964 - ulster — a long, loose, heavy overcoat, traditionally of rough wool and sometimes made with a shoulder cape; frequency rank 45997 - lemming — a small, short-tailed rodent of Arctic and subarctic tundra regions; frequency rank 46027 - incandescent — emitting light as a result of being heated; frequency rank 46048 - anthropological — Relating to anthropology, the study of human societies and cultures.; frequency rank 46178 - entomologist — a scientist who specializes in the study of insects; frequency rank 46239 - centrifugal — tending to move away from a center; frequency rank 46253 - nightmarish — extremely alarming, as if in a terrifying dream; frequency rank 46254 - affable — diffusing warmth and friendliness; frequency rank 46282 - dressy — stylish or formal enough for a special occasion; frequency rank 46317 - boyar — a member of the high hereditary aristocracy of medieval and early modern Russia or another Eastern European state; frequency rank 46348 - puritanical — Very strict about morals and behaviour, and disapproving of pleasure.; frequency rank 46366 - eradication — the complete removal or destruction of a disease, problem, practice, or other harmful thing; frequency rank 46403 - swarthy — Dark-skinned; black.; frequency rank 46410 - abbreviation — a shortened form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole; frequency rank 46447 - cancan — a lively French stage dance performed with high kicks, traditionally by a chorus line; frequency rank 46448 - interlocking — Fitted or joined closely together so that the parts connect.; frequency rank 46535 - unknowable — impossible to know, discover, or determine; frequency rank 46613 - zoological — of or relating to animals or animal groups; frequency rank 46615 - contemptuous — Showing that you think someone or something is worthless and deserves no respect.; frequency rank 46622 - condenser — an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid; frequency rank 46645 - tobacconist — a person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and related goods; frequency rank 46800 - lucidity — clarity of expression, explanation, or style that makes something easy to understand; frequency rank 46846 - congestive — medical: involving or caused by an abnormal accumulation of blood or other fluid; frequency rank 46877 - electromagnetism — magnetism produced by an electric current; frequency rank 47053 - wheal — a raised mark or swelling on the skin, especially one caused by a blow, pressure, or an allergic reaction; frequency rank 47074 - orthodoxy — Correctness of doctrine and belief in regard to any doctrinal (i.e. philosophical or theological) system.; frequency rank 47177 - sterility — The condition of being unable to produce children or offspring.; 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frequency rank 48268 - homeopathic — relating to homeopathy or to remedies prepared according to its principles; frequency rank 48317 - pictorial — evoking lifelike images within the mind; frequency rank 48325 - quasar — an extremely luminous active galactic nucleus powered by matter falling into a supermassive black hole; frequency rank 48360 - theologian — a scholar or specialist who studies theology and religious doctrine; frequency rank 48382 - outmoded — No longer useful or accepted because newer things have replaced it; out of date.; frequency rank 48437 - breastplate — a piece of armor that protects the chest or front of the torso; frequency rank 48441 - newfangled — of a new kind or fashion, gratuitously new; frequency rank 48459 - epoxy — A very strong, hard-setting glue or resin made from two parts mixed together.; frequency rank 48484 - crustacean — an arthropod such as a crab, lobster, shrimp, or barnacle, usually with a hard shell; frequency rank 48554 - patchy — Good in some parts but not in others; uneven in quality; frequency rank 48595 - jurisprudence — the theory or philosophy of law and the principles by which legal systems interpret and apply it; frequency rank 48598 - irritability — a tendency to become annoyed, impatient, or angry easily; frequency rank 48604 - unmoved — Not affected emotionally, or not showing emotion.; frequency rank 48640 - taskmaster — a person who imposes hard, continuous, or exacting work on others; frequency rank 48705 - interloper — One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.; frequency rank 48726 - opulence — Great wealth shown through luxurious and lavish living.; frequency rank 48750 - evangelist — a Christian preacher who seeks to convert others or revive religious faith; frequency rank 48789 - flagging — Becoming weaker, slower, or less lively.; frequency rank 48831 - pageantry — elaborate, colorful ceremony and display, especially on a public or royal occasion; frequency rank 48842 - electrostatic — relating to stationary electric charges, the fields and forces they produce, or devices that use those forces; frequency rank 48843 - unimaginative — Not imaginative.; frequency rank 48847 - barbarity — extreme cruelty or brutal, inhuman behavior; frequency rank 48856 - liniment — a medicinal liquid or lotion rubbed on the skin to ease pain or stiffness; frequency rank 48859 - plover — a compact shorebird with a short bill, pointed wings, and a habit of running along open ground or water margins; frequency rank 48957 - bigamist — a person who marries someone while still legally married to another person; frequency rank 49077 - moorish — lowercase, literary: resembling or characteristic of moorland; boggy or marshy; frequency rank 49096 - scraper — a tool, blade, or implement used to remove material by scraping; frequency rank 49117 - summarily — Suddenly and without ceremony or proper discussion.; frequency rank 49127 - sextant — A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.; frequency rank 49129 - guardsman — a soldier who belongs to a guard unit, especially an elite or ceremonial one; frequency rank 49130 - freemasonry — the organization, beliefs, and ceremonies of the Freemasons; frequency rank 49131 - telescopic — Made of parts that slide into one another so the whole can be made longer or shorter.; frequency rank 49165 - embed — To fix something firmly inside a surrounding material.; frequency rank 49198 - codger — An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man.; frequency rank 49250 - drover — a person who drives cattle, sheep, or other livestock, especially over a long distance; frequency rank 49358 - inoperative — not working or functioning; frequency rank 49371 - soupy — having a thick, wet, or fluid consistency like soup; frequency rank 49374 - brevity — The quality of expressing something in few words; conciseness.; frequency rank 49448 - vestry — a room in or attached to a church where clergy put on vestments, sacred objects are kept, or meetings are held; frequency rank 49471 - inordinate — Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.; frequency rank 49492 - unpardonable — so wrong, offensive, or harmful that it cannot be forgiven or excused; frequency rank 49511 - sapper — a military engineer trained to build or destroy fortifications, bridges, roads, and similar works; frequency rank 49516 - inducement — Something that encourages or persuades someone to do something; an incentive.; frequency rank 49600 - correlate — To have a close connection or relationship with something else, so that they change together.; frequency rank 49642 - indefensible — impossible to justify with a reasonable argument; frequency rank 49708 - shipmate — a fellow member of a ship's crew or a person traveling on the same ship; frequency rank 49736 - quadratic — of or relating to the second power; frequency rank 49798 - prehistory — the period before written records exist for a society or region; frequency rank 49833 - derision — Mocking laughter or scorn; the act of making fun of someone or something.; frequency rank 49893 - etching — The art of cutting a design into a metal plate with acid so prints can be made from it.; frequency rank 49895 - laundress — a woman employed to wash and iron clothes; now dated; frequency rank 49929 - narwhal — a medium-sized Arctic toothed whale whose male usually bears a long, spirally twisted tusk formed from an upper canine tooth; frequency rank 49957 - myopic — affected by myopia; unable to see distant objects clearly without corrective lenses; frequency rank 49958 - gravitate — To be drawn toward someone or something, as if pulled by an unseen force.; frequency rank 50077 - confluence — a place where things merge or flow together, especially rivers; frequency rank 50100 - unassailable — Undeniable, incontestable or incontrovertible.; frequency rank 50217 - raiser — a person or thing that raises, increases, or brings something up; frequency rank 50292 - musky — Resembling or characteristic of musk, especially in scent.; frequency rank 50295 - disingenuous — Not ingenuous; not frank or open.; frequency rank 50335 - androgynous — Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.; frequency rank 50392 - irreconcilable — impossible to reconcile; frequency rank 50409 - dynastic — relating to a dynasty or to rule by successive members of one family; frequency rank 50684 - emulsion — a dispersion of tiny droplets of one liquid in another liquid with which it does not normally mix; frequency rank 50698 - eccentricity — Strange or unusual behaviour; the quality of being odd.; frequency rank 50699 - romper — A one-piece garment, often worn by young children at play.; frequency rank 50746 - frenetic — Frenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.; frequency rank 50788 - ornithologist — a scientist who studies birds; frequency rank 50789 - triumvirate — a group of three people who share authority or responsibility; frequency rank 50829 - sprightly — full of spirit and vitality; frequency rank 50863 - watercress — a water-loving plant, especially Nasturtium officinale, whose peppery green leaves are eaten in salads or used as a garnish; frequency rank 50933 - mimicry — An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.; frequency rank 50977 - cowshed — a farm building in which cows are kept; frequency rank 51006 - caraway — the aromatic, crescent-shaped dried fruit commonly called a seed and used as a spice; frequency rank 51041 - inimitable — Beyond imitation, surpassing all others; matchless.; frequency rank 51050 - masher — a utensil or machine used to crush food or another material into a soft mass; frequency rank 51088 - untainted — not contaminated, adulterated, or spoiled; pure; frequency rank 51140 - abdication — the formal act of giving up a throne or other position of sovereign power; frequency rank 51145 - contrive — To manage to do something difficult by being clever or resourceful.; frequency rank 51194 - odometer — a meter that shows mileage traversed; frequency rank 51196 - cantankerous — having a difficult and contrary disposition; frequency rank 51218 - hypnotherapy — The use of hypnosis to treat illness or psychological problems.; frequency rank 51259 - counterintuitive — Contrary to intuition or common sense.; frequency rank 51284 - sedimentary — resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment; frequency rank 51285 - cloudless — free from clouds; frequency rank 51298 - patten — historical: a wooden clog or raised overshoe worn to keep an ordinary shoe above wet or muddy ground; frequency rank 51318 - aviary — a building where birds are kept; frequency rank 51335 - sandpiper — any of numerous small or medium-sized wading birds of the family Scolopacidae, typically with a slender bill and a piping call; frequency rank 51337 - connotation — A feeling or idea that a word suggests, beyond its literal meaning.; frequency rank 51388 - escarpment — a long, steep slope or cliff separating two areas of relatively level ground; frequency rank 51398 - lory — any of several small, brightly colored Australasian parrots with brush-tipped tongues adapted for feeding on nectar and soft fruit; frequency rank 51406 - smattering — A small, scattered amount or number of something.; frequency rank 51442 - schism — division of a group into opposing factions; frequency rank 51489 - incredulous — Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe.; frequency rank 51500 - assignation — often dated: a secret appointment to meet, especially between lovers; frequency rank 51517 - condiment — a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment; frequency rank 51536 - zeitgeist — the spirit of the time; frequency rank 51539 - introspection — A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.; frequency rank 51590 - effrontery — Insolent and shameless audacity.; frequency rank 51614 - liquefy — make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating; frequency rank 51634 - propitious — Favorable; advantageous.; frequency rank 51714 - quotient — the result obtained by dividing one number or quantity by another; frequency rank 51816 - chronology — The arrangement of events in the order they happened.; frequency rank 51826 - locomotion — Movement, or the ability to move from one place to another.; frequency rank 51884 - denunciation — A strong public statement criticizing someone or something.; frequency rank 51895 - ingratiate — To make yourself liked by someone, often through flattery or trying too hard to please.; frequency rank 52017 - sulphuric — Relating to or containing sulphur, as in sulphuric acid.; frequency rank 52045 - slovenly — Having an untidy appearance; unkempt.; frequency rank 52058 - predilection — A strong liking or preference for something.; frequency rank 52073 - mossy — Covered in or overgrown with moss.; frequency rank 52098 - marsupial — of or relating to the marsupials; frequency rank 52109 - snobbery — The attitude of looking down on people you think are of lower class, taste, or status.; frequency rank 52116 - enabler — A person or thing that makes something possible or helps it happen.; frequency rank 52161 - flotation — the act, process, or capacity of floating in a liquid or gas; frequency rank 52261 - cussed — chiefly US, informal or dialectal: annoying, ill-tempered, or stubbornly difficult; frequency rank 52312 - resurgence — bringing again into activity and prominence; frequency rank 52328 - flapper — a fashionable young woman of the 1920s who rejected older social conventions in her dress and behavior; frequency rank 52434 - paleontology — the scientific study of prehistoric life through fossils and other remains preserved in rocks; frequency rank 52491 - paradoxically — In a way that seems self-contradictory yet may be true.; frequency rank 52499 - imperceptible — So small, slight, or gradual that it cannot be noticed.; frequency rank 52555 - dichotomy — The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of human into female and male.; frequency rank 52577 - megalithic — relating to megaliths, the prehistoric people who erected them, or the period in which such large-stone monuments were built; frequency rank 52778 - meteorology — The scientific study of the atmosphere, especially the weather and forecasting it.; frequency rank 52815 - anthology — A collection of poems, stories, or other writings, often by different authors.; frequency rank 52906 - echolocation — The use of reflected sound, or echoes, to locate objects, as bats and dolphins do.; frequency rank 52910 - unwieldy — difficult to work or manipulate; frequency rank 52981 - metallurgy — the science and technology of extracting metals, refining and alloying them, and controlling their properties during processing; frequency rank 53017 - abolitionist — historical: a person who campaigned to end slavery, especially in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Atlantic world; frequency rank 53052 - vindicate — To prove that someone is right or free from blame.; frequency rank 53105 - tribulation — great trouble, suffering, or distress; frequency rank 53124 - cheval — a supporting frame, especially a frame holding a full-length mirror that can be tilted; also short for cheval glass; frequency rank 53149 - knobby — covered with or having rounded lumps, knobs, or projections; frequency rank 53202 - pectoral — of or relating to the chest, breast, or corresponding front region of an animal's body; frequency rank 53221 - malformation — an abnormal shape or structure, especially one arising during bodily development; frequency rank 53238 - affectation — A way of behaving or speaking that is not natural and is meant to impress others.; frequency rank 53279 - mercurial — relating to or containing or caused by mercury; frequency rank 53287 - harmonics — the study of musical sounds, harmony, and their acoustic relationships; frequency rank 53324 - pewter — a grey, workable alloy consisting chiefly of tin mixed with small amounts of other metals; frequency rank 53352 - undeserved — not deserved or earned; frequency rank 53502 - vis-a-vis — In relation to; compared with.; frequency rank 53553 - geometrical — Of, or relating to geometry; geometric.; frequency rank 53567 - fatuous — Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.; frequency rank 53569 - tannery — A place where people tan hides to make leather.; frequency rank 53571 - polygamist — someone who is married to two or more people at the same time; frequency rank 53693 - currant — a small tart red, black, or white berry growing on a shrub of the genus Ribes; frequency rank 53732 - verdant — characterized by the abundance of green foliage; frequency rank 53760 - lavishly — in a rich and lavish manner; frequency rank 53771 - intrinsically — In a way that belongs to the basic nature of something; essentially.; frequency rank 53776 - disseminate — To spread information or ideas widely to many people.; frequency rank 53778 - finny — having fins or resembling a fin; frequency rank 53790 - stargazing — observation of the stars; frequency rank 53799 - archetypal — Being a perfect or most typical example of a kind of person or thing.; frequency rank 53822 - zygomatic — Of, relating to, or located in the area of the zygomatic bone or zygomatic arch.; frequency rank 53836 - economize — To save money by spending less and avoiding waste.; frequency rank 53870 - hexagonal — Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.; frequency rank 53891 - verifiable — capable of being tested, verified or falsified, by experiment or observation; frequency rank 53949 - eviscerate — to remove the internal organs or entrails from a person or animal; frequency rank 53966 - unencumbered — Free of burdens, debts, or restrictions.; frequency rank 53973 - tactician — a person who is skilled at planning tactics; frequency rank 53999 - Bolshevism — historical and political: the revolutionary Marxist doctrine and strategy of the Bolshevik faction led by Lenin; frequency rank 54049 - bushman — dated, often capitalized: a member of one of the San peoples of southern Africa; San or a specific community name is generally preferred; frequency rank 54055 - colourless — Having little or no colour.; frequency rank 54063 - consecration — (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; frequency rank 54119 - profitability — The ability of a business to make a profit; the degree to which it is profitable.; frequency rank 54229 - filmy — so thin as to transmit light; frequency rank 54241 - ancillary — furnishing added support; frequency rank 54286 - iridescent — having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; frequency rank 54291 - wilfully — Willingly, of one's own free will.; frequency rank 54322 - cavernous — being or suggesting a cavern; frequency rank 54335 - litigious — inclined to settle disputes by bringing lawsuits; frequency rank 54379 - powdery — consisting of, resembling, or easily crumbling into fine dry particles; frequency rank 54458 - kingfisher — a nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; frequency rank 54533 - conflagration — a large, destructive, and uncontrolled fire; frequency rank 54569 - houseful — as many people or things as fill or can be accommodated in a house; frequency rank 54651 - temerity — Effrontery; impudence.; frequency rank 54662 - immeasurably — In a manner that is not measurable, in a way that cannot be measured.; frequency rank 54669 - allusion — An indirect mention of something the speaker expects you to recognize.; frequency rank 54818 - furrier — a person who prepares, makes, repairs, or sells garments and other goods made of fur; frequency rank 54819 - perversity — A deliberate tendency to behave in an unreasonable or contrary way.; frequency rank 54869 - reconnoiter — To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information.; frequency rank 54902 - meritorious — deserving praise, honor, or reward because of excellence or good conduct; frequency rank 54921 - colander — A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.; frequency rank 54984 - coquettish — playfully flirtatious in a way intended to attract attention without showing serious romantic intent; frequency rank 54994 - waterlogged — soaked or saturated with water; frequency rank 55017 - mutinous — Refusing to obey those in authority; ready to rebel.; frequency rank 55051 - perpetrate — perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; frequency rank 55084 - recuperation — The process of recovering one's health gradually after illness or injury.; frequency rank 55105 - durability — permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force; frequency rank 55136 - surreptitiously — In a secret way, so as not to be noticed.; frequency rank 55203 - expediency — The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.; frequency rank 55211 - gelatinous — having a thick, soft, jellylike consistency; frequency rank 55218 - contractually — By the terms of a contract; as required by a legal agreement.; frequency rank 55241 - conspicuously — in a manner tending to attract attention; frequency rank 55254 - exacerbate — To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).; frequency rank 55346 - windowless — Having no windows, especially no external windows.; frequency rank 55348 - ignominious — Causing or deserving public shame and dishonour.; frequency rank 55377 - modernism — A movement in art, architecture, and literature in the early 20th century that broke deliberately with older styles.; frequency rank 55378 - midwinter — the middle and often coldest part of winter; frequency rank 55448 - dermal — relating to or existing on or affecting the skin; frequency rank 55457 - physiologically — In a way that relates to how the body normally functions.; frequency rank 55527 - commensurate — In proportion to something; matching it in size, degree, or amount.; frequency rank 55533 - barometric — relating to atmospheric pressure or to its measurement with a barometer; frequency rank 55650 - vandalize — To deliberately damage or destroy property, especially public or other people's property.; frequency rank 55808 - hussar — historical: a soldier in one of the light-cavalry units of Hungary or other European armies; frequency rank 55894 - unsurpassed — Better than anything or anyone else; impossible to beat.; frequency rank 55921 - hedonism — The philosophical belief that happiness, particularly sensual pleasure, is the highest good in life.; frequency rank 55930 - gentlewoman — a woman of high social standing or good family, or one regarded as cultured and well-mannered; old-fashioned; frequency rank 55972 - pragmatist — a person who deals with problems practically and judges actions mainly by workable results; frequency rank 56038 - ardently — in an ardent manner; frequency rank 56216 - excommunicate — to officially exclude someone from participation or membership in a church or religious community; frequency rank 56220 - saltpeter — potassium nitrate, a white crystalline compound used in fertilizers, food preservation, and especially gunpowder; frequency rank 56255 - mammalian — Of, or pertaining to, mammals.; frequency rank 56266 - condescension — affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank; frequency rank 56302 - shiftless — lacking ambition or initiative and habitually unwilling to work steadily; frequency rank 56307 - emigrant — someone who leaves one country to settle in another; frequency rank 56326 - chronometer — A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.; frequency rank 56335 - sycophant — One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.; frequency rank 56336 - nonchalantly — In a calm, relaxed way that shows no worry or concern.; frequency rank 56383 - lading — goods or cargo carried by a ship or other vehicle; frequency rank 56404 - ineligible — not qualified or permitted to be chosen, receive something, or take part; frequency rank 56448 - crawly — moving by crawling or seeming to be full of crawling creatures; frequency rank 56458 - mismanagement — management that is careless or inefficient; frequency rank 56459 - chauvinistic — Of or pertaining to chauvinism or chauvinists.; frequency rank 56467 - reciprocity — the practice or expectation of exchanging comparable actions, help, feelings, or advantages for mutual benefit; frequency rank 56501 - shoestring — a cord or lace used to fasten a shoe; frequency rank 56513 - refectory — a communal dining hall in a monastery, school, college, or other institution; frequency rank 56520 - oleander — a poisonous evergreen shrub with narrow leathery leaves and clusters of white, pink, or red flowers, widely grown in warm regions; frequency rank 56542 - consternation — A feeling of shock, alarm, and dismay that leaves you unsure what to do.; frequency rank 56571 - athleticism — Physical strength, fitness, and skill in sport or movement.; frequency rank 56627 - saunter — a careless leisurely gait; frequency rank 56672 - grenadier — a soldier originally trained to throw grenades, and later a member of an elite infantry regiment or guard unit; frequency rank 56889 - slippy — slippery; difficult to stand on, hold, or control because it is smooth or wet; frequency rank 56932 - apostate — Guilty of apostasy.; frequency rank 56947 - wretchedness — the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; frequency rank 56953 - reservist — a member of a military reserve who can be called into active service; frequency rank 56957 - redistribution — distributing again; frequency rank 56958 - horsy — relating to, resembling, or characteristic of horses; frequency rank 57090 - paymaster — an official or employee responsible for paying wages, especially to workers or troops; frequency rank 57095 - asymmetry — An absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.; frequency rank 57143 - sylvan — relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; frequency rank 57153 - praetor — an annually elected magistrate of the Roman Republic, especially one responsible for administering justice; frequency rank 57160 - alliteration — the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in nearby words, especially in a phrase or line of verse; frequency rank 57175 - chronologically — In the order in which things happened in time.; frequency rank 57216 - fluctuate — To rise and fall or change irregularly.; frequency rank 57274 - freckled — covered with freckles or small brownish spots; frequency rank 57288 - modulate — change the key of, in music; frequency rank 57385 - ad-lib — To say or do something without any preparation; to improvise.; frequency rank 57490 - wester — to move or turn toward the west; frequency rank 57521 - subsistence — The food, money, or other things a person needs simply to stay alive.; frequency rank 57539 - engraver — a craftsperson or artist who cuts words or designs into a hard surface, or prepares engraved plates for printing; frequency rank 57561 - outrigger — a float attached parallel to a canoe or boat by projecting struts to improve stability; frequency rank 57634 - volatility — the tendency of a price, market, or other quantity to change sharply and unpredictably; frequency rank 57656 - procurer — a person who obtains or supplies someone or something for another, often through effort or special arrangements; frequency rank 57699 - unobtrusive — Not easily noticed; quiet and not drawing attention.; frequency rank 57704 - disintegrator — a fictional weapon or device that destroys matter by breaking it apart; frequency rank 57724 - washerwoman — historical: a woman employed to wash other people's clothes and household linen; frequency rank 57736 - brackish — slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water); frequency rank 58000 - unction — the ceremonial act of anointing someone with oil, especially as a religious rite; frequency rank 58116 - spindly — long or tall, unusually thin, and appearing weak or fragile; frequency rank 58119 - lean-to — a simple shelter or extension with a roof that slopes in one direction, often built against another structure; frequency rank 58140 - fraternization — friendly or brotherly association with other people; frequency rank 58182 - nascent — Just coming into existence and beginning to develop.; frequency rank 58190 - pragmatism — a philosophical tradition that evaluates ideas partly through their practical consequences and role in inquiry; frequency rank 58281 - mainstay — a person or thing on which something chiefly depends for support or stability; frequency rank 58294 - diuretic — a drug or other substance that increases urine production, often helping the body remove excess salt and water; frequency rank 58323 - calamitous — Causing or involving great harm or disaster.; frequency rank 58371 - toothy — showing many teeth or having large, noticeable teeth; frequency rank 58400 - teamster — a person who drives a team of draft animals, especially while hauling a wagon or freight; frequency rank 58417 - intercession — the act of intervening on another person's behalf, especially to plead for help, mercy, or agreement; frequency rank 58479 - carbolic — phenol, especially when used as an antiseptic or disinfectant; frequency rank 58494 - strenuously — In a strenuous manner.; frequency rank 58500 - preeminent — Better than all others; outstanding in rank or quality.; frequency rank 58522 - episcopal — of or relating to bishops or to government of a church by bishops; frequency rank 58556 - lactic — relating to, derived from, or occurring in milk; frequency rank 58603 - capillary — long and slender with a very small internal diameter; frequency rank 58613 - brazier — large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; frequency rank 58777 - distillation — The process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing the vapor.; frequency rank 58799 - presbytery — in Presbyterian churches, a governing council of ministers and elected elders from congregations in a district; frequency rank 58820 - communicable — readily communicated; frequency rank 58918 - hieroglyphic — written in or relating to a system that uses pictorial symbols, especially ancient Egyptian writing; frequency rank 59036 - bric-a-brac — a collection of small decorative objects, curios, and ornaments, usually of little practical or monetary value; frequency rank 59040 - inviolable — incapable of being transgressed or dishonored; frequency rank 59064 - apoplexy — dated: sudden unconsciousness or paralysis caused by a stroke or cerebral hemorrhage; frequency rank 59081 - sceptic — someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs; frequency rank 59110 - utilitarian — Designed to be useful and practical rather than attractive.; frequency rank 59114 - misnomer — A term which is misleading, even if firmly established, technically correct, or both.; frequency rank 59131 - oligarchy — a political system governed by a few people; frequency rank 59195 - mesmerize — To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism.; frequency rank 59318 - yearling — an animal between one and two years old, or otherwise classed as being in its second year; frequency rank 59426 - homily — a sermon explaining a religious or moral subject, especially one based on a passage of scripture; frequency rank 59429 - vertebrate — having a backbone or spinal column; frequency rank 59454 - entomology — the scientific study of insects, including their classification, anatomy, behavior, ecology, and relationships with humans; frequency rank 59509 - ably — In an able manner; with great ability.; frequency rank 59520 - shipman — Synonym of sailor; frequency rank 59539 - scribbler — historical textile work: a worker who coarsely cards or teases wool before spinning; frequency rank 59575 - briskly — in a brisk manner; frequency rank 59648 - negress — an old-fashioned and now offensive term formerly used for a Black woman or girl; frequency rank 59670 - muscle-bound — Having very large, stiff muscles from too much exercise.; frequency rank 59676 - dogmatic — relating to or involving dogma; frequency rank 59702 - goiter — an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland that can cause swelling at the front of the neck; frequency rank 59713 - noddy — any of several stout-bodied tropical seabirds of the genus Anous, closely related to terns; frequency rank 59863 - incongruous — Out of place; not matching or fitting the surroundings.; frequency rank 59925 - catastrophically — In a way that causes a disaster or terrible damage.; frequency rank 59993 - egalitarian — Believing in or based on equal rights and opportunities for everyone.; frequency rank 60030 - chicanery — Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.; frequency rank 60106 - unpleasantly — in an unpleasant manner; frequency rank 60125 - scurrilous — given to foul-mouthed abuse; frequency rank 60126 - menacingly — In a threatening way that suggests danger.; frequency rank 60140 - presumptive — based on reasonable inference or probability rather than direct proof or certainty; frequency rank 60142 - plebeian — Of or concerning the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.; frequency rank 60382 - inarticulate — without or deprived of the use of speech or words; frequency rank 60406 - reagent — a substance or mixture used to cause, detect, measure, or investigate a chemical reaction; frequency rank 60412 - filigree — A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from platinum, gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.; frequency rank 60471 - tranquilize — To make a person or animal calm, often by giving them a sedative drug.; frequency rank 60576 - convivial — occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company; frequency rank 60577 - constriction — a tight feeling in some part of the body; frequency rank 60610 - lyricist — A person who writes the words for songs.; frequency rank 60635 - egotism — an exaggerated opinion of your own importance; frequency rank 60653 - inflammable — easily set on fire; flammable; frequency rank 60756 - recidivism — Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.; frequency rank 60764 - edification — The act of improving someone morally, intellectually, or spiritually.; frequency rank 60792 - indefatigable — showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality; frequency rank 60840 - articulation — The act of expressing thoughts or feelings clearly in words.; frequency rank 61059 - reverberate — To be repeated as an echo; to ring or resound off surfaces.; frequency rank 61246 - vestigial — Remaining as a small trace of something that was once larger or more important.; frequency rank 61321 - aniseed — the aromatic seed of the anise plant, used to flavor food, drink, and medicine; frequency rank 61326 - morbidity — an unhealthy or excessive interest in gloomy or disturbing subjects, especially illness and death; frequency rank 61393 - deflower — dated: to have sexual intercourse with a person regarded as a virgin, framed as taking that person's virginity; frequency rank 61516 - disciplinarian — a person who enforces strict rules and expects obedience, often through punishment; frequency rank 61529 - groomsman — a man who attends and supports a bridegroom at a wedding; frequency rank 61595 - praetorian — of or relating to the Praetorian Guard, the imperial bodyguard of ancient Rome; frequency rank 61644 - prelate — a Christian cleric of high rank or authority, such as a bishop, archbishop, or abbot; frequency rank 61669 - liturgy — a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship; frequency rank 61691 - childbearing — the process or period of carrying and giving birth to children; frequency rank 61794 - kitschy — effusively or insincerely emotional; frequency rank 61849 - confection — A sweet food such as a cake, candy, or pastry, often elaborately decorated.; frequency rank 61868 - tureen — a large, deep, usually covered serving dish for soup, stew, or similar food; frequency rank 61870 - colliery — a coal mine together with its surface buildings and equipment; frequency rank 61964 - mammary — Of or relating to the mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal).; frequency rank 61994 - croaker — dated: a habitual complainer or a person who gloomily predicts trouble; frequency rank 62067 - hearken — to listen attentively or give serious heed, especially in literary or archaic use; frequency rank 62096 - scantily — Sparingly; not plentifully; not fully; in a scanty manner.; frequency rank 62131 - ponderous — Slow and heavy, moving in a clumsy way because of great weight.; frequency rank 62150 - pilfer — To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.; frequency rank 62194 - enchanter — a magician or sorcerer who casts spells; frequency rank 62252 - alternately — in an alternating sequence or position; frequency rank 62294 - omnipotence — Unlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.; frequency rank 62300 - amorphous — Having no clear shape or form.; frequency rank 62347 - witchery — witchcraft or the supposed practice of magic; frequency rank 62365 - laver — an edible red seaweed, especially one used to make laverbread or as sheets for wrapping food; frequency rank 62367 - signalman — a railway employee who controls signals and points to regulate the safe movement of trains; frequency rank 62423 - steadfastly — In a steadfast manner; firmly; with conviction; frequency rank 62476 - milliner — a person who designs, makes, or sells women's hats; frequency rank 62502 - hallucinatory — relating to, consisting of, or producing hallucinations; frequency rank 62530 - colloquial — Used in ordinary, informal conversation rather than formal speech or writing.; frequency rank 62534 - engender — To cause something, especially a feeling or situation, to come into being.; frequency rank 62596 - valorous — having or showing great courage, especially in the face of danger; frequency rank 62707 - unwary — not alert to danger or deception; frequency rank 62772 - unabated — continuing without becoming weaker, less intense, or less extensive; frequency rank 62840 - colicky — suffering from colic or repeated abdominal pain; frequency rank 62930 - vivisection — surgical cutting into, or other invasive experimentation on, a living animal or organism for scientific research; frequency rank 63151 - instigation — The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.; frequency rank 63199 - vehement — marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; frequency rank 63202 - zither — a stringed instrument with many strings stretched across a flat, usually horizontal soundbox and played by plucking or strumming; frequency rank 63254 - placental — relating to, supplied through, or possessing a placenta; frequency rank 63386 - sentimentalist — a person who is excessively influenced by tender, nostalgic, or idealized feelings; frequency rank 63414 - promontory — A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.; frequency rank 63416 - embattled — involved in, surrounded by, or persistently troubled by conflict or controversy; frequency rank 63524 - jurist — an expert or scholar in law and legal theory; frequency rank 63528 - biped — an animal, person, or machine that walks on two feet or legs; frequency rank 63537 - hegemony — the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others; frequency rank 63676 - patrimony — property or an estate inherited from one's father or other ancestor; frequency rank 63688 - unmolested — Not bothered, disturbed, or attacked.; frequency rank 63812 - chloral — a pungent, colorless oily aldehyde, CCl3CHO, used to make chloral hydrate and other chemicals; frequency rank 63866 - lurker — a person who reads or observes an online community without posting or participating; frequency rank 63867 - sodden — Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.; frequency rank 63915 - crony — A close friend or companion, often one who shares in someone's activities.; frequency rank 64109 - breakwater — a barrier built offshore or at a harbor entrance to reduce the force of waves and protect the water or coast behind it; frequency rank 64208 - domesticity — Home life and the everyday activities of running a household.; frequency rank 64227 - phonetic — of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds; frequency rank 64239 - pentecostal — of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost; frequency rank 64369 - ungracious — not polite, kind, or pleasant toward others; frequency rank 64378 - waddy — an Australian Aboriginal hardwood club used traditionally for hunting or fighting; frequency rank 64413 - insular — Not interested in new ideas or in people outside your own group; narrow-minded.; frequency rank 64542 - virtuosity — Outstanding technical skill, especially in music or art.; frequency rank 64548 - allegorical — Using a story or symbols to express a deeper, hidden meaning.; frequency rank 64554 - obliteration — The total destruction of something.; frequency rank 64571 - silicate — chemistry: a salt or ester derived from a silicic acid and containing silicon and oxygen; frequency rank 64642 - anarchic — Without any law, order, or control; chaotic.; frequency rank 64646 - analgesic — Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.); frequency rank 64673 - serfdom — the condition of being a serf, bound to work on a lord's land and subject to the lord's authority; frequency rank 64715 - adornment — Something added to make a person or thing more attractive; a decoration.; frequency rank 64719 - cinematographic — relating to cinematography, motion-picture technique, or the representation of movement as successive images; frequency rank 64729 - paleolithic — relating to the Old Stone Age, the earliest and longest period of human prehistory; frequency rank 64849 - brandish — To wave or swing something, especially a weapon, in a threatening or excited way.; frequency rank 64853 - bilious — Resembling bile, especially in color.; frequency rank 64859 - benighted — ignorant, unenlightened, or lacking cultural knowledge, often used disparagingly; frequency rank 64870 - prescient — perceiving the significance of events before they occur; frequency rank 64895 - beaky — having a beak; frequency rank 64990 - sophomoric — Conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature.; frequency rank 65003 - chromosomal — relating to, carried on, or caused by chromosomes; frequency rank 65087 - elaborately — with elaboration; frequency rank 65118 - officious — Obliging, attentive, eager to please.; frequency rank 65198 - pedagogical — of or relating to pedagogy; frequency rank 65251 - prussic — dated in chemistry: relating to hydrogen cyanide or hydrocyanic acid, especially in the term prussic acid; frequency rank 65322 - archival — Relating to an archive or to old records and documents kept for the future.; frequency rank 65402 - toucan — a tropical American bird with a very large, often brightly colored bill; frequency rank 65424 - antechamber — a small outer room leading into a larger or more important room, often used for waiting; frequency rank 65438 - gravitationally — In a way relating to or caused by gravity.; frequency rank 65460 - indolence — Habitual laziness; a dislike of work or effort.; frequency rank 65615 - unsuspected — Not suspected; not thought to be involved or present.; frequency rank 65661 - elliptic — characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; frequency rank 65732 - threepence — The amount of money equal to that of three pence (old or new).; frequency rank 65849 - seedless — having no seeds, or no hard, noticeable, or mature seeds; frequency rank 65923 - apocryphal — Of doubtful authenticity, or lacking authority; not regarded as canonical.; frequency rank 65925 - sacristan — The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.; frequency rank 65947 - landsman — a person who lives or works on land rather than at sea, especially one who lacks a sailor's skills or experience; frequency rank 65997 - lamentation — The act of expressing deep grief, often loudly; a sorrowful cry.; frequency rank 66033 - burgomaster — the mayor or chief magistrate of a town in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, or certain other European countries; frequency rank 66044 - unmanly — dated, often disapproving: not showing qualities traditionally expected of a man, especially courage or self-control; frequency rank 66168 - hyperbolic — enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; frequency rank 66169 - tetchy — Easily annoyed or irritated; bad-tempered.; frequency rank 66271 - malcontent — a person who is dissatisfied with existing conditions, especially one who actively opposes an established authority or system; frequency rank 66349 - deservedly — as deserved; frequency rank 66398 - incompatibility — the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination; frequency rank 66435 - clinker — a hard, stony lump of fused ash left after coal or other fuel has burned; frequency rank 66448 - dissipation — breaking up and scattering by dispersion; frequency rank 66493 - astringent — Causing a dry, puckering feeling in the mouth, as some unripe fruits do.; frequency rank 66513 - roguish — mischievous in a playful, attractive, or teasing way; frequency rank 66538 - vitreous — made of, resembling, or having the qualities of glass; frequency rank 66540 - didactic — Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.; frequency rank 66545 - anarchism — a family of political philosophies and movements skeptical of or opposed to coercive authority, especially the state, and favoring stateless social organization through voluntary cooperation; frequency rank 66574 - dray — a low, strong cart or wagon, traditionally horse-drawn and used for carrying heavy loads; frequency rank 66620 - circadian — of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals; frequency rank 66635 - irreproachable — so blameless or exemplary that no valid criticism can be made; frequency rank 66641 - iambic — composed of or characterized by iambs, metrical feet in which an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed one; frequency rank 66685 - calumny — Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.; frequency rank 66690 - dissemination — The act of spreading information or ideas widely.; frequency rank 66708 - scraggy — lean, bony, or scrawny, often with a rough or underfed appearance; frequency rank 66780 - imperceptibly — In a way too small or gradual to be noticed.; frequency rank 66823 - idiosyncratic — Particular to one individual; distinctive or peculiar to a person.; frequency rank 66836 - audibly — in an audible manner; frequency rank 66857 - inestimable — Not able to be estimated; not able to be calculated, computed or comprehended, as because of great scale, degree or magnitude.; frequency rank 66858 - clamber — to climb with difficulty, using hands and feet; frequency rank 66917 - topographical — Relating to the physical features and shape of an area of land.; frequency rank 66922 - rascally — dishonest, unprincipled, or characteristic of a rascal; frequency rank 67021 - insufficiency — lack of an adequate quantity or number; frequency rank 67063 - niggling — minor yet persistent and irritating, repeatedly demanding attention; frequency rank 67186 - munition — usually plural: military weapons, ammunition, explosives, and other supplies used in war; frequency rank 67197 - magnanimity — The quality of being generous and forgiving, especially toward a rival.; frequency rank 67269 - pleurisy — inflammation of the pleura around the lungs, typically causing sharp pain during breathing; frequency rank 67287 - leeward — situated on or toward the side sheltered from the wind; frequency rank 67306 - ornithology — the branch of zoology concerned with the scientific study of birds; frequency rank 67382 - indefinable — defying expression or description; frequency rank 67387 - sublimate — psychology: to redirect an unacceptable impulse or desire into a socially acceptable or constructive activity; frequency rank 67396 - midwifery — The practice and skill of helping women through pregnancy and childbirth.; frequency rank 67421 - satiate — To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.; frequency rank 67529 - dressmaking — the craft, work, or occupation of making women's clothing, especially custom-fitted dresses; frequency rank 67541 - extant — Still existing; not lost or destroyed.; frequency rank 67704 - exasperation — actions that cause great irritation or even anger; frequency rank 67882 - luminosity — the quality or degree of giving off or reflecting light; brightness; frequency rank 67936 - furtively — in a furtive manner; frequency rank 67973 - newsboy — historical: a boy or young man who sells or delivers newspapers; frequency rank 68062 - timidity — The quality of being shy and lacking confidence or courage.; frequency rank 68130 - meritocracy — Rule by merit and talent.; frequency rank 68156 - igneous — geology: formed when molten magma or lava cools and solidifies; frequency rank 68199 - convulsion — a violent disturbance; frequency rank 68255 - cogent — Clear, logical, and convincing.; frequency rank 68259 - unrighteous — not morally right or just; wicked or sinful; frequency rank 68302 - primacy — The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc.; frequency rank 68305 - anachronism — a person, object, or detail placed in the wrong historical period; frequency rank 68386 - pressurize — To increase the air or gas pressure inside something, or keep it at a fixed level.; frequency rank 68461 - deputation — a group of people appointed to represent others or present a request; frequency rank 68473 - vilify — to spread negative information about; frequency rank 68491 - votive — offered, dedicated, or performed in fulfillment of a vow or as an expression of devotion; frequency rank 68518 - contravention — an action that violates or conflicts with a law, rule, order, agreement, or obligation; frequency rank 68523 - coffer — a strong box or chest for storing money or valuables; frequency rank 68740 - malar — Pertaining to the cheek.; frequency rank 68754 - anatomist — One who studies, teaches, writes on, or does research on anatomy and anatomical structures.; frequency rank 68758 - disdainful — Showing contempt or scorn for someone or something you think is not worthy.; frequency rank 68773 - airless — having little or no fresh air or air circulation; stuffy; frequency rank 68804 - lyrically — In a way that expresses deep emotion beautifully.; frequency rank 68812 - militarism — the belief or policy that a country should maintain powerful armed forces and use them to gain political or economic advantage; frequency rank 68818 - misbegotten — badly conceived, designed, or produced; frequency rank 68832 - irascible — easily provoked to anger; habitually hot-tempered; frequency rank 68850 - nationalization — the transfer of a privately owned industry, service, or asset into ownership or control by a national government; frequency rank 69028 - bounteous — generous and willing to give freely; frequency rank 69036 - fulminate — come on suddenly and intensely; frequency rank 69100 - causation — The act or agency by which an effect is produced.; frequency rank 69134 - devilry — wicked, cruel, or seemingly diabolical conduct or action; frequency rank 69185 - buffoonery — Silly, clownish behavior meant to amuse or that looks foolish.; frequency rank 69211 - indiscernible — impossible or extremely difficult to perceive clearly; frequency rank 69257 - equanimity — steadiness of mind under stress; frequency rank 69469 - synchronous — occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; frequency rank 69497 - acrimonious — marked by strong resentment or cynicism; frequency rank 69548 - fourpence — a former English silver coin worth four pennies; frequency rank 69736 - elegy — A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.; frequency rank 69821 - mizzen — the mast immediately behind a ship's mainmast; a mizzenmast; frequency rank 69828 - latchkey — a key used to open the latch of an outside door; frequency rank 69903 - helter-skelter — in confused, disorderly haste; frequency rank 69908 - consumptive — affected by or characteristic of pulmonary tuberculosis; frequency rank 69996 - timidly — in a shy, nervous, or hesitant way; frequency rank 70152 - improvisational — Made up on the spot, without preparation.; frequency rank 70297 - derisive — Showing scorn or contempt; mocking.; frequency rank 70317 - remoteness — The quality of being remote.; frequency rank 70339 - anthropomorphic — attributing human form, emotions, motives, or behavior to a god, animal, object, or natural process; frequency rank 70364 - fractious — Easily annoyed and inclined to complain or quarrel.; frequency rank 70509 - empirically — in an empirical manner; frequency rank 70521 - dropsy — historical medicine: edema, or swelling caused by excess fluid in body tissues; frequency rank 70584 - excusable — Possible to excuse; worthy of being excused.; frequency rank 70591 - haphazardly — In a careless, random way, without any clear plan.; frequency rank 70619 - functionary — an official, especially one in a government or large organization, who performs prescribed duties; frequency rank 70630 - granular — composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; frequency rank 70647 - feldspar — any mineral in a major group of rock-forming aluminosilicates containing potassium, sodium, or calcium; frequency rank 70665 - bristly — having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; frequency rank 70711 - farcical — So ridiculous or absurd that it seems like a joke.; frequency rank 70909 - aural — relating to or characterized by an aura; frequency rank 70992 - gentility — refined manners, appearance, or social behavior associated with being genteel; frequency rank 71112 - sophistry — The actions or arguments of a sophist.; frequency rank 71158 - unintelligent — showing a limited ability to learn, understand, or reason; frequency rank 71183 - quixotic — not sensible about practical matters; overly idealistic or impractical; frequency rank 71226 - vainglorious — imperious self-importance; frequency rank 71377 - callously — In a cruel, uncaring way, with no regard for others' feelings.; frequency rank 71425 - intransigent — Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable.; frequency rank 71517 - hermetic — Completely sealed so that no air or gas can pass through; airtight.; frequency rank 71616 - tribesman — a male member of a tribe or tribal community; frequency rank 71665 - numeric — measured or expressed in numbers; frequency rank 71666 - pronouncement — a formal or authoritative statement, especially one made publicly; frequency rank 71711 - necromancy — the supposed practice of communicating with the dead, especially to obtain hidden knowledge or predict the future; frequency rank 71760 - adhesion — The way one surface sticks to another.; frequency rank 71765 - onlooker — a person who watches an event without taking part; frequency rank 71786 - ingenuous — Innocent and trusting in a simple, honest way; not suspicious of others.; frequency rank 71822 - fragmentary — consisting of small disconnected parts; frequency rank 71899 - expiate — make amends for; frequency rank 71957 - cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord; frequency rank 71977 - patronymic — a name derived from the given name of a person's father or a male ancestor; frequency rank 72026 - geometrically — in a geometric fashion; frequency rank 72046 - humorist — a person known for creating, writing, or performing humor, especially one who regularly tells amusing stories; frequency rank 72065 - prater — a person who talks at length in a foolish, trivial, or irritating way; 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frequency rank 72917 - ruminate — To think about something deeply and at length.; frequency rank 72947 - farrier — a craftsperson who trims and shoes horses' hooves; frequency rank 72965 - navigable — able to be sailed on or through safely; frequency rank 72972 - intelligible — well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly; frequency rank 73050 - absentminded — so preoccupied with one's thoughts that one fails to notice the surroundings or remember ordinary things; frequency rank 73107 - scupper — an opening in a ship's side, or in a building wall, through which water drains from a deck, floor, or flat roof; frequency rank 73116 - schist — a coarse-grained metamorphic rock whose aligned platy minerals allow it to split into thin layers; frequency rank 73211 - typography — the craft of composing type and printing from it; frequency rank 73270 - queller — a person or thing that suppresses, subdues, or puts an end to resistance, disorder, or a strong feeling; frequency rank 73414 - phonetically — by phonetics; frequency rank 73438 - feebly — in a halting and feeble manner; frequency rank 73528 - rapturous — Showing or feeling great joy or enthusiasm.; frequency rank 73538 - alchemical — relating to alchemy, an early tradition concerned with transforming matter; frequency rank 73580 - spoor — the tracks, scent, droppings, or other trail left by an animal; frequency rank 73722 - semantic — of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning; frequency rank 73727 - subsist — To stay alive with only the bare minimum of food or resources.; frequency rank 73937 - ascendancy — The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.; frequency rank 74055 - rookery — a breeding colony or nesting place of rooks, penguins, seals, or other social animals; frequency rank 74115 - tinkler — British dialect, dated and sometimes offensive: an itinerant tinker, traveler, or member of a traveling community; frequency rank 74142 - trilateral — involving three parties; frequency rank 74183 - malformed — formed abnormally or with an incorrect shape or structure; frequency rank 74316 - amalgamation — The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.; frequency rank 74321 - polygamous — Of, relating to, or practicing polygamy.; frequency rank 74337 - dénouement — the final part of a story or drama in which complications are resolved; frequency rank 74363 - multiplicity — The state of being made of multiple diverse elements.; frequency rank 74431 - unpronounceable — very difficult to pronounce correctly; frequency rank 74476 - inequity — An unjust act; a disservice.; frequency rank 74498 - churchwarden — a lay officer responsible for the property, administration, and secular affairs of an Anglican parish; frequency rank 74593 - leaven — A substance, such as yeast, added to dough to make it rise.; frequency rank 74646 - gnostic — of or relating to Gnosticism; frequency rank 74696 - materialization — The process of something becoming real or taking a physical form.; frequency rank 74720 - coagulate — to change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; frequency rank 74723 - cutaway — a drawing, photograph, or model with part of the exterior removed to reveal the internal structure; frequency rank 74760 - unaltered — remaining in an original state; frequency rank 74863 - maxillary — of or relating to the upper jaw; frequency rank 74905 - bookbinder — a craftsperson or worker who binds pages into books or repairs book bindings; frequency rank 74941 - conger — any of several large, scaleless marine eels of the genus Conger or family Congridae, found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; frequency rank 75024 - easement — law: a right to cross or use another person's land for a specified purpose without owning it; frequency rank 75042 - saurian — a lizard or lizardlike reptile, especially a large or prehistoric reptile; frequency rank 75061 - barefaced — openly shameless, audacious, or unconcealed; frequency rank 75087 - mendacity — A deceit, falsehood, or lie.; frequency rank 75217 - circumnavigate — To travel all the way around something, especially the world by sea.; frequency rank 75236 - placer — a surface or near-surface deposit of sand or gravel containing particles of a valuable mineral, especially gold; frequency rank 75304 - tuneless — lacking a recognizable or pleasing melody; not tuneful; frequency rank 75417 - emasculate — to deprive a person, institution, or measure of strength, power, or effectiveness; frequency rank 75563 - multifaceted — Having multiple facets or (geometric) faces.; frequency rank 75586 - wielder — A person who wields something, especially power; frequency rank 75679 - associative — in mathematics, having the property that regrouping operands does not change the result; frequency rank 75745 - whitish — Somewhat white, pale or almost white.; frequency rank 75755 - iniquitous — grossly unfair, unjust, or morally wrong; wicked (formal); frequency rank 75788 - lamprey — a jawless, eel-shaped aquatic vertebrate with a round sucking mouth, many species of which attach to other fish; frequency rank 75794 - credulity — an excessive readiness to believe claims without sufficient evidence; frequency rank 75949 - incipient — Just beginning to exist or develop; in an early stage.; frequency rank 75978 - pomposity — an affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important manner; frequency rank 76177 - milkweed — any of various plants, especially of the genus Asclepias, with milky sap and pods containing silky-tufted seeds; frequency rank 76180 - sinuous — Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.; frequency rank 76230 - salivary — Relating to or producing saliva.; frequency rank 76259 - equidistant — the same distance apart at every point; frequency rank 76344 - somatic — Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.; frequency rank 76455 - indolent — Habitually lazy and avoiding any kind of work or effort.; frequency rank 76472 - rapscallion — a dishonest, disreputable, or mischievous person; a rascal or scoundrel; frequency rank 76476 - refrigerate — cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator; frequency rank 76510 - Patagonian — relating to Patagonia, the southern region of Argentina and Chile, or its people and culture; frequency rank 76515 - minutely — in minute detail; frequency rank 76574 - hotelier — A person who owns or manages a hotel.; frequency rank 76579 - howdy-do — dated, especially US: an awkward, surprising, or troublesome situation, often in the phrase a pretty howdy-do; frequency rank 76591 - benefactress — a woman who gives money or other help to a person or cause; now often replaced by the gender-neutral benefactor; frequency rank 76596 - octagonal — having the shape of an octagon, with eight sides and eight angles; frequency rank 76597 - ablution — the act of washing oneself, especially as part of a regular routine; often plural; frequency rank 76607 - percolate — prepare in a percolator; frequency rank 76679 - nihilism — the delusion that things, or everything, including the self, do not exist; frequency rank 76714 - tantalize — To tease someone by showing or offering something they want but cannot have.; frequency rank 76745 - purgative — causing the bowels to empty, or more broadly cleansing something of unwanted matter or emotion; frequency rank 76840 - navvy — a laborer employed in heavy excavation or construction work, especially on canals, roads, or railways; chiefly British and historical; frequency rank 76864 - monogamist — a person who has only one spouse or romantic partner at a time, or who advocates that practice; frequency rank 76901 - unanimity — complete agreement among everyone involved; frequency rank 76926 - rationalist — a follower of rationalism, especially one who regards reason as a principal source of knowledge; frequency rank 76929 - purposeless — Without purpose.; frequency rank 76977 - testator — law: a person who has made a legally valid will; frequency rank 76986 - recrimination — an angry accusation made in response to another accusation, especially as part of an exchange of blame; frequency rank 77075 - quintal — a metric unit of mass equal to 100 kilograms; frequency rank 77105 - peremptory — putting an end to all debate or action; frequency rank 77164 - statuary — statues considered collectively; frequency rank 77339 - segregate — separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; frequency rank 77362 - oration — an instance of oratory; frequency rank 77389 - steeply — in a steep manner; frequency rank 77397 - pressurization — The process of increasing or maintaining the air pressure inside an enclosed space.; frequency rank 77482 - sartorial — Of or relating to the tailoring of clothing.; frequency rank 77533 - conciliation — The act of ending a conflict and bringing people back to peace.; frequency rank 77562 - falsification — the showing or proving that a claim, hypothesis, or statement is false; frequency rank 77571 - glitzy — Very showy and glamorous, sometimes in a flashy or shallow way.; frequency rank 77641 - notepaper — paper, often in small sheets with matching envelopes, intended for writing letters or notes; frequency rank 77660 - panoply — A splendid display of something.; frequency rank 77779 - polyamorous — involving or open to romantic relationships with more than one partner, with everyone informed and consenting; frequency rank 77868 - hunchbacked — having a back that is markedly rounded or curved outward; frequency rank 78081 - fleur-de-lis — a stylized three-petalled flower used as a heraldic charge and decorative emblem, especially associated with the French monarchy; frequency rank 78112 - pedlar — someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals); frequency rank 78281 - perusal — The act or process of perusing, or an instance of it.; frequency rank 78334 - turnkey — a complete product that is ready to be deployed immediately, without further customization; frequency rank 78396 - astrakhan — the tightly curled black or gray fleece of a young karakul lamb, used as fur; frequency rank 78405 - dromedary — the one-humped camel of North Africa and southwestern Asia; frequency rank 78461 - hanger-on — a person who stays close to someone powerful, wealthy, or famous in the hope of gaining status or advantage; frequency rank 78542 - utilization — The act of using something, or the degree to which it is used.; frequency rank 78584 - cubist — an artist who works in the style of cubism; frequency rank 78688 - cautery — the medical destruction or sealing of tissue by heat, cold, electricity, or a caustic substance, especially to stop bleeding; frequency rank 78831 - sympathetically — with respect to the sympathetic nervous system; frequency rank 78881 - etymology — the study of the origins and historical development of words; frequency rank 78922 - transcriber — a person who converts speech, handwriting, or recorded material into written or typed text; frequency rank 78948 - unabashed — not embarrassed, ashamed, or self-conscious; confidently composed; frequency rank 79059 - accusatory — expressing, containing, or suggesting an accusation; frequency rank 79083 - matronly — having the dignified, caring, or authoritative qualities traditionally associated with a mature woman; frequency rank 79129 - declination — A polite refusal of an offer or invitation.; frequency rank 79135 - yeomanry — a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army; frequency rank 79206 - polemic — Having the characteristics of a polemic.; frequency rank 79226 - laissez-faire — an economic doctrine or policy favoring minimal government intervention in trade, industry, and markets; frequency rank 79274 - forlornly — In a sad and lonely way.; frequency rank 79297 - fijian — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent; frequency rank 79337 - foramen — An opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone.; frequency rank 79401 - conciliatory — Intended to end a disagreement and make peace.; frequency rank 79403 - dustman — a person employed to collect household refuse; an old-fashioned British term for a refuse collector; frequency rank 79491 - pendent — hanging or suspended from above; dangling downward; frequency rank 79576 - crystallization — The process of becoming clear, definite, or precise.; frequency rank 79779 - emplacement — military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon; frequency rank 79829 - telephonic — of or relating to telephony; frequency rank 79906 - shaper — a person, force, or thing that gives form or character to something; frequency rank 80025 - wagoner — a person who drives or transports goods with a wagon; frequency rank 80049 - numberless — too numerous to count; existing in a very great number; frequency rank 80157 - emetic — a substance or medicine that causes vomiting; frequency rank 80172 - philosophize — to think or reason philosophically about fundamental questions; frequency rank 80225 - subnormal — below the usual, expected, or average level; frequency rank 80321 - encyclopedic — broad in scope or content; frequency rank 80349 - costal — anatomy: relating to a rib or the ribs; frequency rank 80369 - hominy — maize kernels treated with an alkali to remove the hulls, eaten whole or dried and ground into grits; frequency rank 80411 - convulsive — resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent; frequency rank 80434 - Silurian — relating to the geological period between the Ordovician and Devonian, about 444 to 419 million years ago; frequency rank 80461 - geodesic — of or relating to or determined by geodesy; frequency rank 80510 - consequent — Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.; frequency rank 80533 - ingratiating — Trying to win someone's favour, often in an insincere or overly flattering way.; frequency rank 80635 - susceptibility — The condition of being susceptible; vulnerability.; frequency rank 80661 - cassowary — a large, powerful flightless bird of the genus Casuarius, native chiefly to New Guinea and northern Australia, with a horny casque on its head; frequency rank 80714 - transmigration — the passage of a soul after death into another body or form of life; frequency rank 80807 - uproarious — characterized by loud, uncontrolled noise or laughter; frequency rank 80885 - torpor — a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility; frequency rank 81014 - languor — A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.; frequency rank 81207 - sacredness — the quality of being sacred; frequency rank 81228 - unreality — The state of being unreal.; frequency rank 81287 - supplant — take the place or move into the position of; frequency rank 81311 - squirmy — Constantly twisting and wriggling; unable to stay still.; frequency rank 81319 - entreaty — earnest or urgent request; frequency rank 81351 - disadvantageous — constituting a disadvantage; frequency rank 81449 - flexor — a muscle whose contraction bends a joint or reduces the angle between body parts; frequency rank 81671 - interrogative — Asking a question or expressing inquiry.; frequency rank 81698 - mottled — Covered with spots or patches of different colours.; frequency rank 81794 - garrulous — Excessively or tiresomely talkative.; frequency rank 81824 - corollary — a practical consequence that follows naturally; frequency rank 81950 - rakish — dashingly stylish or jaunty in a slightly unconventional or disreputable way; frequency rank 82094 - ganglion — a cluster of nerve-cell bodies, usually outside the brain and spinal cord, that acts as a relay point for nerve signals; frequency rank 82203 - horsefly — a large, fast-flying fly of the family Tabanidae whose females bite mammals and feed on blood; frequency rank 82371 - omniscience — the state or capacity of knowing everything, especially as an attribute of a deity; frequency rank 82414 - auricular — of, relating to, or situated near the ear; frequency rank 82487 - recidivist — One who falls back into prior habits, especially criminal habits.; frequency rank 82578 - philology — the scholarly study of historical texts through their language, transmission, literary context, and interpretation; frequency rank 82650 - slavish — blindly imitative; frequency rank 82668 - charwoman — a woman hired, traditionally by the day or hour, to clean a house or other building; dated; frequency rank 82698 - proportionally — In a way that matches the size or amount of something else.; frequency rank 82719 - scanty — lacking in amplitude or quantity; frequency rank 82847 - bedraggled — wet, dirty, and hanging limply; untidy from exposure to bad weather; frequency rank 82882 - excision — the surgical removal of an organ, tumor, or other body tissue by cutting; frequency rank 82988 - sequestration — law: the seizure, isolation, or placing in custody of property by legal authority; frequency rank 83108 - anthropologically — From the perspective of anthropology, the study of human cultures.; frequency rank 83186 - asceticism — the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from physical comforts or pleasures; frequency rank 83206 - laxity — a lack of strictness, care, or discipline; frequency rank 83240 - spinney — chiefly British: a small wood or copse, especially one planted to shelter game birds; frequency rank 83284 - falsity — the state of being false or untrue; frequency rank 83445 - fetter — a chain or shackle placed around the feet or legs to restrict movement; frequency rank 83466 - tricolor — having or displaying three different colors; frequency rank 83763 - bifurcation — The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.; frequency rank 83868 - insincerity — the quality of not expressing one's true feelings or intentions; lack of honesty or genuineness; frequency rank 83922 - insolvency — the state of being unable to pay debts when they become due; frequency rank 83926 - halfpenny — an English coin worth half a penny; frequency rank 83987 - Aristotelian — relating to Aristotle, his writings, or the philosophical and logical tradition based on them; frequency rank 84018 - grandee — a nobleman of the highest rank in Spain or Portugal; frequency rank 84035 - millinery — women's hats and related decorative headwear considered collectively; frequency rank 84177 - genealogical — of or relating to genealogy; frequency rank 84279 - somnambulist — a person who walks while asleep; frequency rank 84360 - venial — easily excused or forgiven; frequency rank 84375 - bezoar — a compact mass of swallowed hair, plant fibre, or other indigestible material formed in a human or animal digestive tract; frequency rank 84403 - heraldry — the system, art, and study of coats of arms, including their design, description, inheritance, and regulation; frequency rank 84405 - expropriate — deprive of possessions; frequency rank 84557 - acrimony — bitter anger or ill feeling expressed in speech, behavior, or a dispute; frequency rank 84618 - repercussion — a remote or indirect consequence of some action; frequency rank 84769 - cupbearer — historical: a trusted court official who poured and served wine or another drink to a ruler; frequency rank 84790 - coster — dated British: a street seller of fruit, vegetables, or other goods; a costermonger; frequency rank 84862 - salubrious — favorable to health of mind or body; frequency rank 84918 - goby — any of numerous generally small, bottom-dwelling fishes, especially members of the family Gobiidae, many of which have pelvic fins joined into a suckerlike disc; frequency rank 84923 - treacherously — In a way that betrays trust; disloyally and deceitfully.; frequency rank 84994 - metatarsal — relating to the metatarsus, the part of the foot between the ankle and toes; frequency rank 85161 - insufficiently — to an insufficient degree; frequency rank 85240 - symmetrically — in a symmetrical manner; frequency rank 85243 - impressionistic — Based on personal impressions and feelings rather than careful facts or research.; frequency rank 85244 - photoelectric — of or pertaining to photoelectricity; frequency rank 85263 - wretchedly — in a wretched manner; frequency rank 85295 - fluorescence — The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle.; frequency rank 85410 - cabman — historical: a man who drove a horse-drawn cab for hire; frequency rank 85617 - wayfarer — literary: a person traveling from place to place, especially on foot; frequency rank 85619 - assiduously — with care and persistence; frequency rank 85695 - careen — to move rapidly and unsteadily from side to side, as though likely to overturn; frequency rank 85835 - palpitation — a heartbeat that feels unusually rapid, strong, fluttering, or irregular, especially when noticed by the person experiencing it; frequency rank 85937 - artilleryman — a soldier trained to operate artillery weapons; frequency rank 85993 - raiment — Clothing, garments, dress, material.; frequency rank 85996 - oscillate — To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.; frequency rank 86046 - lugubrious — Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.; frequency rank 86081 - inaccuracy — A statement, passage etc. that is inaccurate or false.; frequency rank 86178 - nimbly — in a nimble manner; frequency rank 86182 - deaden — To make a feeling or sensation, especially pain, less strong.; frequency rank 86217 - townsman — a person from the same town as yourself; frequency rank 86273 - artesian — of groundwater that is confined under pressure and can rise in a well above the level at which it is first reached; frequency rank 86319 - recapitulate — summarize briefly; frequency rank 86329 - hypothesize — To suggest an explanation for something without yet having proof.; frequency rank 86370 - falconry — the practice or sport of training falcons and other birds of prey to hunt wild quarry; frequency rank 86377 - salutary — Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial.; frequency rank 86411 - exultation — The act of exulting; great joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; frequency rank 86484 - sputter — to make a series of soft explosive, spitting, or popping sounds; frequency rank 86560 - inversely — in an inverse or contrary manner; frequency rank 86592 - stanchion — an upright post, pole, or bar used to support a structure or form part of a barrier; frequency rank 86629 - obliquely — In an oblique manner; sideways.; frequency rank 86633 - vernal — relating to, occurring in, or characteristic of spring; frequency rank 86643 - hybridization — the crossing of genetically different organisms, varieties, or species to produce hybrids; frequency rank 86662 - octogenarian — A person between 80 and 89 years old.; frequency rank 86719 - extrapolation — An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.; frequency rank 86761 - vivacity — The quality or state of being vivacious.; frequency rank 86978 - deferential — showing respectful submission to another person's authority, wishes, or judgment; frequency rank 87026 - moneyed — having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; frequency rank 87028 - headsman — historical: an executioner who puts condemned people to death by beheading; frequency rank 87159 - cutaneous — of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the skin; frequency rank 87213 - leaderless — having no person or group in command or providing direction; frequency rank 87231 - quadruped — having four feet; frequency rank 87242 - tenaciously — In a determined way, refusing to give up.; frequency rank 87417 - blue jay — a crested North American jay with bright blue, white, and black plumage; frequency rank 87708 - derisively — In a mocking, scornful way.; frequency rank 87754 - idiosyncrasy — An unusual habit or feature that is typical of one particular person.; frequency rank 87857 - vegetate — to live in a passive, monotonous, or mentally inactive way; frequency rank 88069 - electrochemical — of or involving electrochemistry; frequency rank 88125 - pyrotechnic — relating to fireworks or the techniques used to make and display them; frequency rank 88145 - relativistic — relating or subject to the special or the general theory of relativity; frequency rank 88195 - prudential — arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters; frequency rank 88211 - mutineer — a person who takes part in a mutiny, especially a sailor or soldier rebelling collectively against commanding officers; frequency rank 88289 - prostration — an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion; frequency rank 88316 - selectman — a member of an elected board that serves as the chief administrative authority of a New England town; frequency rank 88381 - abortive — failing to accomplish an intended result; frequency rank 88382 - galvanize — to stimulate muscles by administering a shock; frequency rank 88469 - teetotaller — a total abstainer from alchohol; frequency rank 88529 - aerate — to supply or expose something to air or oxygen; frequency rank 88550 - wistfully — In a sad, thoughtful way, often while longing for something.; frequency rank 88560 - refractive — relating to refraction or to the bending of light, sound, or another wave; frequency rank 88581 - permeable — allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through; frequency rank 88718 - chromatic — relating to color or to differences in color; frequency rank 88772 - genomic — Relating to a genome, the complete set of genes in an organism.; frequency rank 88783 - stoicism — The quality of accepting pain or hardship calmly, without complaining.; frequency rank 88795 - tangential — of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent; frequency rank 88861 - decoction — a medicinal or herbal liquid made by boiling plant material in water; frequency rank 88900 - histrionic — Overly dramatic or emotional, especially to get attention.; frequency rank 88914 - papier-mâché — a moldable material made from paper pulp or strips of paper mixed with glue or paste and hardened when dry; frequency rank 89018 - high-toned — dated, especially US: belonging to or characteristic of high social rank; aristocratic or refined; frequency rank 89050 - dentition — the number, kinds, and arrangement of teeth in a person or animal; frequency rank 89058 - encyclical — an authoritative pastoral letter issued by the pope and circulated broadly within the Roman Catholic Church; frequency rank 89160 - perfumery — perfumes or fragrant preparations collectively; frequency rank 89340 - seaward — in the direction of the sea; frequency rank 89368 - protrusion — Something that sticks out from a surface; a bulge.; frequency rank 89488 - pell-mell — in a confused, disorderly rush, without plan or restraint; frequency rank 89673 - churchman — a male member of the clergy or another man holding authority in a Christian church; frequency rank 89680 - totter — To walk or stand unsteadily, as if about to fall.; frequency rank 89687 - Carboniferous — relating to the geological period between the Devonian and Permian, about 359 to 299 million years ago; frequency rank 89717 - plenipotentiary — A person invested with full powers, especially as the diplomatic agent of a sovereign state, (originally) charged with handling a certain matter.; frequency rank 89764 - rub-a-dub — the repeated beating or sound of a drum; a continuous rhythmic drumming; frequency rank 89768 - obstinately — In an obstinate manner.; frequency rank 89864 - twopence — a former United Kingdom silver coin; frequency rank 89899 - portentous — of momentous or ominous significance; frequency rank 90058 - phosphor — a substance that emits light after being excited by radiation or another form of energy, as in fluorescent lamps and display screens; frequency rank 90079 - infallibility — The quality of never being wrong or never making a mistake.; frequency rank 90125 - horsewoman — a woman who rides horses, especially one skilled in riding or managing them; frequency rank 90149 - concurrence — Agreement between people or in their opinions.; frequency rank 90165 - pathogenic — Able to cause (harmful) disease.; frequency rank 90219 - surreptitious — Done secretly to avoid being noticed.; frequency rank 90569 - augury — an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; frequency rank 90702 - rationalism — in philosophy, the view that reason can provide at least some substantive knowledge independently of sensory experience, often through innate ideas or a priori reasoning; frequency rank 90775 - belabor — to attack verbally with harsh criticism; frequency rank 90946 - qualitative — Based on the qualities or nature of something rather than on numbers or amounts.; frequency rank 91001 - futurity — The future.; frequency rank 91325 - angsty — Full of anxiety, worry, or moody emotional turmoil.; frequency rank 91367 - contributory — helping to cause or bring about a result; frequency rank 91402 - leprous — affected by or relating to leprosy; 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a bloodsucker.; frequency rank 109190 - alluvial — Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.; frequency rank 109219 - chanticleer — literary: a rooster, especially one personified in a fable or story; frequency rank 109445 - pre-raphaelite — a member or follower of the nineteenth-century Pre-Raphaelite movement in British art; frequency rank 109538 - concomitant — Something happening or existing at the same time.; frequency rank 109644 - preconception — An opinion formed before you have enough facts, often based on bias.; frequency rank 109714 - undifferentiated — not divided, distinguished, or developed into different parts or types; frequency rank 109903 - purulent — containing, consisting of, or characterized by pus, usually as a result of infection; frequency rank 110143 - bowstring — the cord stretched between the ends of an archer's bow and drawn back to shoot an arrow; frequency rank 110342 - carder — a worker who cards wool or other fiber, disentangling and aligning it before spinning; frequency rank 110468 - blackamoor — historical and offensive: an obsolete racial label for a Black person, especially one perceived as African or North African; also formerly used for a Black servant; frequency rank 110638 - extensor — a muscle whose contraction straightens a limb or increases the angle at a joint; frequency rank 110910 - homogenous — Having the same genetic structure; exhibiting homogeny.; frequency rank 111131 - pluralism — The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.; frequency rank 111336 - arboreal — inhabiting or frequenting trees; frequency rank 111430 - recuperative — Helping someone recover their health or strength.; frequency rank 111460 - correspondingly — in a corresponding manner; frequency rank 111498 - refutation — the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; frequency rank 111634 - exfiltrate — to covertly remove data from a computer system or network; frequency rank 111770 - gloaming — twilight or dusk, especially the dim light just after sunset; frequency rank 111810 - ecclesiastic — a member of the clergy, especially in a Christian church; formal; frequency rank 111840 - determinate — not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex; frequency rank 111841 - simper — To smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, obsequious, or smug manner.; frequency rank 111943 - roentgen — a non-SI unit of exposure to X-rays or gamma rays, equal to 0.000258 coulomb per kilogram of dry air; frequency rank 111968 - electrolytic — of or concerned with or produced by electrolysis; frequency rank 112012 - legalistic — excessively concerned with the strict and literal application of laws or rules, often at the expense of their purpose; frequency rank 112084 - euphemistic — Using mild or indirect words to replace ones that seem harsh or offensive.; frequency rank 112205 - telegraphy — the practice or technology of transmitting coded messages over long distances by electrical, optical, or radio signals; frequency rank 112388 - oarsman — a male rower, especially a member of a boat's racing or working crew; frequency rank 112409 - fallibility — The state of being prone to error.; frequency rank 112440 - preferment — the act of preferring; frequency rank 112571 - ichthyologist — a scientist or specialist who studies fish; frequency rank 112648 - adulterate — To make something weaker or lower in quality by adding another substance.; frequency rank 112992 - amortize — to liquidate gradually; frequency rank 113043 - calculative — concerned with calculation, especially deliberate reasoning about means and consequences; frequency rank 113357 - mesmeric — So fascinating that it holds your complete attention, as if by magic.; frequency rank 113418 - multitudinous — Existing in multitudes or great numbers; very numerous; innumerable.; frequency rank 113451 - demotic — of or for the common people; frequency rank 113653 - leafless — Of plants or trees, without leaves.; frequency rank 114048 - perambulator — a baby carriage; a chiefly British and now dated term for a pram; frequency rank 114297 - coquetry — playfully flirtatious behavior intended to attract interest, often without serious romantic intent; 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frequency rank 115587 - importunate — persistently demanding or pleading, often to an annoying degree; frequency rank 115757 - tautology — useless repetition; frequency rank 115891 - unenforceable — of a law, rule, or policy, impossible or impracticable to make people obey; frequency rank 115909 - obstreperous — boisterously and noisily aggressive; frequency rank 116009 - pyramidal — Pyramid-shaped.; frequency rank 116117 - affability — the quality of being friendly, approachable, and easy to talk to; frequency rank 116196 - generalship — skill or performance in commanding an army and directing military operations; frequency rank 116222 - blubbery — Fat, soft, and wobbly, like blubber.; frequency rank 116245 - inductive — arising from inductance; frequency rank 116311 - mutagenic — capable of causing genetic mutation, or relating to the production of mutations; frequency rank 116676 - ratcatcher — a person employed to catch or destroy rats and other vermin; frequency rank 117032 - tyrannous — using authority in a cruel, oppressive, unjust, or arbitrary way; characteristic of a tyrant; frequency rank 117349 - sociability — the quality or disposition of enjoying and engaging readily in the company of others; frequency rank 117447 - sacral — relating to or situated near the sacrum at the base of the spine; frequency rank 117529 - capacious — Having a lot of space inside; able to hold a great deal.; frequency rank 117554 - protectress — a woman who protects, guards, or acts as a patron; now uncommon; frequency rank 117979 - lacerate — irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; frequency rank 118151 - basaltic — geology: relating to, formed from, containing, or resembling basalt; frequency rank 118161 - prescience — Knowledge of events before they take place.; frequency rank 118245 - stigmatize — to describe or treat a person or group as shameful, disgraceful, or socially unacceptable; frequency rank 118270 - instrumentality — The condition or quality of being instrumental; being useful; serving a purpose.; frequency rank 118439 - agglomeration — a mass or collection of different things gathered or clustered together; frequency rank 118505 - revelling — boisterous or festive celebration, especially with drinking; revelry; frequency rank 118527 - unambitious — having little desire for achievement, advancement, or honor; frequency rank 118830 - stratification — the formation, arrangement, or classification of something into distinct layers; frequency rank 119054 - kinswoman — a female relative; a woman belonging to the same family or kin group; frequency rank 119176 - unperturbed — free from emotional agitation or nervous tension; frequency rank 119225 - formalism — strict adherence to prescribed forms, rules, or procedures, sometimes at the expense of substance; frequency rank 119298 - hydrodynamic — relating to the motion of liquids and the forces acting on bodies in moving liquids; frequency rank 119490 - abutment — a solid structure that supports the end or resists the outward thrust of a bridge, arch, dam, or similar construction; frequency rank 119509 - irreducible — incapable of being made smaller or simpler; frequency rank 119697 - roundelay — a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain; frequency rank 119760 - petrify — to make someone so frightened that they cannot move or think clearly; frequency rank 119810 - dietetic — relating to diet, nutrition, or the regulation of food for health; frequency rank 119855 - galvanism — electricity produced by chemical action, especially as understood in early electrical science; frequency rank 120099 - iconoclastic — Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm.; frequency rank 120222 - impetuosity — the quality of acting suddenly and forcefully without considering the consequences; frequency rank 120269 - narrowness — a restriction of range or scope; frequency rank 120272 - inextricable — so closely connected or entangled that separation is impossible; frequency rank 120466 - flatcar — chiefly North American, a railroad freight car with a flat open deck and no permanent sides or roof, used for containers, vehicles, machinery, and other bulky loads; frequency rank 120549 - illustrative — Demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating.; frequency rank 120571 - ptarmigan — large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage; frequency rank 120754 - yeasty — containing yeast or having the smell or taste of yeast; frequency rank 120866 - propulsive — tending to or capable of propelling; frequency rank 120883 - disparagement — The act of criticizing someone or something in a way that lowers their value; belittlement.; frequency rank 121069 - tantalizingly — In a way that tempts you with something desirable but just out of reach.; frequency rank 121211 - starless — having no stars visible; frequency rank 121491 - circumnavigation — The act of travelling all the way around something, especially the world.; frequency rank 121543 - bushranger — historical Australian usage: an escaped convict or other outlaw who lived in the bush and survived by robbery; frequency rank 121599 - convergent — tending to come together, meet, or become more alike from different directions; 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frequency rank 126461 - catechist — One who practices catechesis, i.e., catechizes catechumens; a teacher who instructs students in the doctrines of a particular Christian denomination typically in preparation for confirmation.; frequency rank 126522 - axiomatic — So obviously true that it needs no proof.; frequency rank 126761 - reverential — showing or characterized by deep respect, admiration, or awe; frequency rank 126771 - ecliptic — the great circle on the celestial sphere representing the Sun's apparent yearly path; frequency rank 127064 - putrefy — To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.; frequency rank 127132 - trigonometric — relating to trigonometry or calculated by using the relations between the sides and angles of triangles; frequency rank 127333 - suttee — the historical practice among some Hindu communities in South Asia in which a widow died, or was killed, on her husband's funeral pyre, sometimes under coercion; frequency rank 127450 - classicist — a scholar who studies the languages, literature, and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome; 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frequency rank 131355 - paleontological — relating to paleontology or to the study of life in the geological past through fossils; frequency rank 131652 - logician — A person who studies or teaches logic.; frequency rank 131733 - undefiled — free from moral or spiritual stain, corruption, or violation; pure; frequency rank 131734 - obscurantism — deliberate opposition to the spread of knowledge, education, reform, or public understanding; frequency rank 131781 - mineralogist — a scientist who studies the formation, composition, properties, and classification of minerals; frequency rank 131862 - rumination — Deep, careful thinking about something over a long time.; frequency rank 132034 - Javan — a native or inhabitant of the Indonesian island of Java; Javanese is now more usual for the principal ethnic group; frequency rank 132485 - métier — an occupation or field of work for which a person is particularly well suited; frequency rank 132561 - suggestibility — the tendency to accept and act on other people's suggestions readily; frequency rank 132625 - crudity — the quality of being rough, primitive, or lacking refinement; frequency rank 132642 - sectarianism — rigid or exclusive loyalty to a religious, political, or ideological group, especially when it causes hostility toward other groups; frequency rank 132759 - docility — the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable; frequency rank 132806 - emulsifier — A substance that helps two liquids mix into a smooth blend and keeps them from separating.; frequency rank 132873 - impolitic — unwise or tactless because likely to cause offense or practical difficulty; frequency rank 133121 - featherless — having no feathers or having lost the usual covering of feathers; frequency rank 133153 - deviltry — wicked, malicious, or recklessly mischievous behavior; frequency rank 133270 - shrewish — bad-tempered, quarrelsome, and habitually complaining; now old-fashioned and offensive when applied to a woman; frequency rank 133481 - faithlessness — disloyalty or treacherous failure to keep a promise, commitment, or trust; 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frequency rank 138044 - polemical — expressing strong criticism or argument about a controversial subject; frequency rank 138168 - currier — a craftsperson who dresses and finishes tanned leather by scraping, softening, coloring, and treating it; frequency rank 138594 - rufous — reddish-brown or rust-colored, especially in descriptions of animal fur or plumage; frequency rank 138715 - solipsistic — Of, relating to, or being disposed to solipsism.; frequency rank 138918 - unquenched — not extinguished, cooled, or slaked; frequency rank 138922 - coauthor — a person who writes a book, article, or other work jointly with another author; frequency rank 138923 - gibbous — having more than half but less than all of the visible disk illuminated, especially of the moon; frequency rank 139194 - determinist — a person who holds that events, including human actions, are determined by prior causes or conditions; frequency rank 139244 - incorporeal — Having no material form or physical substance.; frequency rank 139466 - adroitly — skillfully and cleverly, especially in handling a difficult situation; frequency rank 139566 - trumpery — showy but worthless objects, ornaments, or finery; frequency rank 139891 - knower — a person who knows something, especially the conscious subject in a theory of knowledge; frequency rank 140011 - porphyry — an igneous rock containing conspicuous large crystals within a much finer-grained groundmass; frequency rank 140077 - flagellate — to whip or scourge, especially as punishment or religious mortification; frequency rank 140392 - bifurcate — to divide into two branches; frequency rank 140690 - housebreaker — a person who illegally enters a house, usually by force, in order to steal or commit another crime; frequency rank 140707 - protean — Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms.; frequency rank 141114 - aeolian — relating to, produced by, or resembling the action or sound of the wind; frequency rank 141324 - albumen — the white part of an egg; frequency rank 141765 - ontology — the branch of metaphysics concerned with being, existence, and the fundamental kinds of things that exist; frequency rank 142242 - sojourner — a person who stays temporarily in a place rather than settling there permanently; frequency rank 142648 - nostalgically — In a way that shows a fond, slightly sad longing for the past.; frequency rank 142694 - compellingly — In a way that holds your attention or convinces you strongly; frequency rank 142785 - adequacy — The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.; frequency rank 142809 - misdeal — to distribute playing cards incorrectly; frequency rank 142828 - descant — A lengthy discourse on a subject.; frequency rank 142884 - perihelion — The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, etc., where it is nearest to the Sun.; frequency rank 142905 - polytheism — belief in or worship of more than one god; frequency rank 142931 - preeminence — the state of being more important, powerful, skilled, or respected than others; frequency rank 143138 - voracity — Extreme eagerness to eat; greedy hunger.; frequency rank 143220 - indelicacy — lack of tact, propriety, or sensitivity in speech or behavior; frequency rank 143354 - remonstrate — To protest or argue against something, expressing strong disapproval.; frequency rank 143431 - qualitatively — in a manner relating to the value of something rather than the amount; frequency rank 144172 - sixpenny — historical British: costing or worth sixpence; by extension, cheap or slight; frequency rank 144333 - disaffection — a loss of affection or loyalty toward a person, group, or way of life; alienation; frequency rank 144364 - snuffer — a small cone or bell on a handle used to extinguish a candle flame; frequency rank 144430 - valvular — relating to or operating by means of valves; frequency rank 144467 - pedagogic — of or relating to pedagogy; frequency rank 144481 - bounden — archaic except in bounden duty: morally obligatory or binding; frequency rank 144581 - bastardization — declaring or rendering bastard; frequency rank 144598 - inextinguishable — impossible or extremely difficult to extinguish; frequency rank 144685 - paleozoic — of or relating to or denoting the Paleozoic era; frequency rank 144869 - distiller — a person who makes distilled spirits or purifies liquids by distillation; frequency rank 144971 - mirthless — showing no genuine happiness or amusement; joyless; frequency rank 144972 - extirpate — To cause a population to go extinct in a particular region, but not across the entire range of the species or subspecies.; frequency rank 145108 - analytically — by virtue of analysis; frequency rank 145161 - bandolier — a belt worn over one shoulder with loops or pockets for carrying cartridges; frequency rank 145196 - elongation — The angular distance of a planet from the sun.; frequency rank 145487 - mummery — a ridiculous, showy, or insincere ceremony or performance; frequency rank 145606 - alliterative — using or characterized by the repetition of the same initial sound in nearby words or stressed syllables; frequency rank 145630 - ironmongery — tools, metal fittings, and other hardware sold for use in homes, gardens, or buildings; frequency rank 145776 - agriculturist — a specialist trained in the science, practice, or management of agriculture; frequency rank 145880 - theosophy — religious or mystical philosophy claiming direct spiritual insight into the nature of God, the soul, or the divine world; frequency rank 145908 - impracticable — not capable of being carried out or put into practice; frequency rank 145912 - sublimity — the quality of inspiring awe through exceptional beauty, grandeur, or nobility; frequency rank 145987 - cowled — wearing a cowl or hood, especially as part of a monk's clothing; frequency rank 146190 - pieman — a man who makes or sells pies, especially a street vendor; frequency rank 146238 - annotation — A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.; frequency rank 146740 - trepanning — the surgical act or process of boring or cutting an opening in the skull or another hard structure; frequency rank 146911 - soever — In any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how, what, which etc.; frequency rank 146988 - evolutionist — a person who accepts, studies, or advocates the theory of biological evolution; 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frequency rank 148322 - encumber — To weigh someone down or make movement difficult with a heavy load.; frequency rank 148416 - embryology — the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms; frequency rank 148627 - individuation — the process or principle by which an individual is distinguished from other individuals or from a universal kind; frequency rank 149329 - bootmaker — a craftsperson or manufacturer who makes boots; frequency rank 149449 - lasciviousness — feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness; frequency rank 149505 - desiccate — To preserve by drying.; frequency rank 149506 - littoral — relating to the shore of a sea or lake, especially the zone between or near water-level limits; frequency rank 149583 - interpolate — to insert words or other material into a text, especially material added later or regarded as spurious; frequency rank 149584 - monarchical — having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch; frequency rank 149788 - nutritive — relating to nutrition or the nourishment of an organism; frequency rank 150042 - dubiously — In a doubtful or uncertain way, as if unsure something is good or true.; frequency rank 150364 - measurer — a person who measures something or determines its dimensions, amount, or degree; frequency rank 150380 - papuan — a native or inhabitant of Papua; more broadly, especially historically, an Indigenous person of New Guinea or adjacent parts of Melanesia; frequency rank 150423 - anaesthetize — to administer an anaesthetic to a person or animal, making them insensitive to pain or unconscious; frequency rank 151027 - expostulate — to reason or protest earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct them, usually followed by with; frequency rank 151031 - mulish — stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action; frequency rank 151104 - unequally — Not equally, unevenly, sometimes unfairly.; frequency rank 151119 - importunity — persistent and pressing requests or demands, especially when they are troublesome; frequency rank 151217 - steersman — One who steers a ship or other vessel; the helmsman.; frequency rank 151234 - whicker — a soft, breathy neigh or whinny made by a horse; frequency rank 151557 - sanguinary — involving or accompanied by much bloodshed; frequency rank 151786 - testamentary — of, expressed in, or relating to a legal will or testament; frequency rank 151951 - regularize — To make regular.; frequency rank 151983 - lapidary — of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them; frequency rank 152549 - mineralogy — the branch of geology that studies minerals, including their composition, structure, properties, and classification; frequency rank 152823 - wader — a long-legged bird that searches for food in shallow water or wet ground; frequency rank 152838 - plutocracy — a system of government or social control in which the wealthiest people hold political power; frequency rank 153035 - stoutly — in a resolute manner; frequency rank 153459 - scabrous — dealing with indecent, salacious, or scandalous subject matter; frequency rank 153495 - projective — Of or related to projective geometry:; frequency rank 154078 - bacteriologist — a scientist who specializes in the study of bacteria; frequency rank 154203 - unpractical — not suitable or effective for use in real situations; frequency rank 154477 - levator — an anatomical muscle that raises the body part to which it is attached; frequency rank 154710 - malmsey — a rich sweet fortified wine, especially a Madeira made from the Malvasia grape; frequency rank 154901 - pederasty — sexual relations between an adult man and an adolescent boy; frequency rank 155114 - laudatory — Expressing strong praise.; frequency rank 155538 - deprecate — To declare something outdated and advise against using it, even though it still works (often of software features).; frequency rank 155615 - circumpolar — located or found throughout a polar region; frequency rank 155765 - denigration — unfair criticism that belittles someone or damages their reputation; frequency rank 155795 - doyen — a man who is the senior member of a group; frequency rank 156060 - unadventurous — unwilling to take risks or try unfamiliar things; frequency rank 156584 - sylvian — relating to the lateral fissure or adjacent structures of the brain; frequency rank 156637 - musher — a person who drives or travels with a team of sled dogs, especially in a dogsled race; frequency rank 156913 - flivver — an automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.; frequency rank 157031 - tanager — any of numerous, often brightly colored songbirds native to the Americas; frequency rank 157045 - exculpate — formal: to clear a person from blame, guilt, or an accusation; frequency rank 157046 - polestar — the North Star, used as a fixed point for finding direction; frequency rank 157048 - venality — prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward; frequency rank 157513 - miscellany — a varied collection or mixture of different kinds of things; frequency rank 157612 - periodicity — the quality of recurring at regular intervals; frequency rank 157682 - discursive — moving from subject to subject rather than following a concise, orderly line; frequency rank 157818 - computerize — To start using computers to do a job or run a system that was once done by hand.; frequency rank 157825 - corrector — a person, device, or process that identifies and corrects errors, faults, or improper behavior; frequency rank 158226 - empiricist — a philosopher or thinker who holds that knowledge comes chiefly from experience and observation; frequency rank 158238 - sumpter — historical: a horse, mule, or other pack animal used to carry loads; frequency rank 158663 - unexperienced — not encountered, undergone, or known through experience; frequency rank 158829 - citizeness — a woman who is a citizen; now rare except in historical contexts; frequency rank 158879 - fixedly — in a fixed manner; frequency rank 158923 - geocentric — treating Earth as the center, especially in an astronomical model of the universe; frequency rank 158933 - sibilant — having or producing a hissing or hushing sound; frequency rank 159045 - attenuate — to become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude; frequency rank 159189 - Melanesian — a person from Melanesia, the southwestern Pacific region that includes New Guinea and several neighboring island groups; frequency rank 159415 - saintliness — the quality of being exceptionally holy, virtuous, selfless, or like a saint; frequency rank 159473 - presentational — Relating to how something is presented or shown to people.; frequency rank 159478 - promotable — Suitable to be promoted; deserving a higher position.; frequency rank 159917 - eustachian — relating to the auditory tube that connects the middle ear with the upper throat; frequency rank 160079 - discoverable — capable of being ascertained or found out; frequency rank 160106 - nightjar — a crepuscular or nocturnal insect-eating bird with cryptic mottled plumage, large eyes, and a broad mouth; frequency rank 160306 - ascendency — the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; frequency rank 160743 - rapturously — In a way that shows great joy or enthusiasm.; frequency rank 160847 - propitiate — To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.; frequency rank 160861 - brilliancy — A shining quality; brilliance.; frequency rank 160906 - rotundity — roundness of shape or fullness of figure; frequency rank 161083 - largeness — large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness; frequency rank 161096 - revivalist — a preacher who conducts Christian religious revivals, often traveling between communities; frequency rank 161152 - earthward — toward the earth or ground; frequency rank 161211 - blether — chiefly Scottish and Northern English: foolish, idle, or long-winded talk; frequency rank 161240 - woodchopper — a person whose work is cutting trees or chopping wood; frequency rank 161307 - sophist — a person who uses clever but fallacious or misleading arguments; frequency rank 161343 - roguery — dishonest, unscrupulous, or criminal behavior characteristic of a rogue; frequency rank 161873 - obviate — to remove the need for something; 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frequency rank 163781 - palpitate — of the heart: to beat rapidly, strongly, or irregularly, especially from exertion or emotion; frequency rank 164019 - twopenny — costing or worth two old pennies; frequency rank 165231 - thievish — inclined or given to stealing; frequency rank 165347 - detestation — intense hatred combined with disgust or moral revulsion; frequency rank 165816 - moulder — to decay or crumble slowly, often until little remains; usually followed by away; frequency rank 165869 - strapper — dated or informal: an unusually large, strong, robust person; frequency rank 165935 - ribaldry — coarse, vulgar, or sexually indecent humor, language, or behavior; frequency rank 165983 - reinterpretation — a new or different interpretation; frequency rank 165994 - vivisectionist — a person who practices, advocates, or defends vivisection; frequency rank 166141 - pleader — formal or historical: a lawyer or advocate who pleads cases in court; frequency rank 166147 - reflexion — Uncommon spelling of reflection.; frequency rank 166229 - hearer — One who hears.; frequency rank 166255 - dualism — Duality; the condition of being double.; frequency rank 166761 - speechmaking — delivering an address to a public audience; frequency rank 167391 - nearsightedness — the condition of seeing nearby objects clearly but distant objects indistinctly; frequency rank 167466 - premeditate — think or reflect beforehand or in advance; frequency rank 167692 - medlar — a small Eurasian tree, Mespilus germanica, cultivated for its brown apple-like fruit; frequency rank 167778 - indulgently — In a way that is kind, gentle, and willing to allow what others want.; frequency rank 168038 - solipsism — The philosophical idea that only your own mind is sure to exist.; frequency rank 168238 - attestation — the act of witnessing, certifying, or formally declaring that something is true or authentic; frequency rank 168339 - salver — a flat tray, often made of silver or another metal, used for formally serving or presenting things; frequency rank 168389 - inchoate — Just beginning and not yet fully formed or developed; frequency rank 168399 - rectilinear — characterized by a straight line or lines; frequency rank 168473 - unfeasibly — To a degree that seems impossible or impractical.; frequency rank 168524 - arduously — In a way that requires great effort and is very tiring.; frequency rank 168592 - slavey — dated, informal, and often offensive: a female domestic servant who performs general or menial household work; frequency rank 168877 - pankration — an ancient Greek combat sport combining wrestling and boxing, with very few prohibited techniques; frequency rank 169088 - wrongheaded — obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion; frequency rank 169293 - debility — physical or mental weakness, especially weakness caused by illness or age; frequency rank 169322 - disputable — capable of being disproved; frequency rank 169359 - acclimatization — the process of becoming adjusted to a new climate, altitude, or other environmental conditions; frequency rank 169371 - caffeinate — To drink coffee or other caffeinated drinks to feel more awake and alert.; frequency rank 169392 - tetter — archaic: any of various itching, scaly, blistering, or pustular skin eruptions, without the precision of a modern diagnosis; frequency rank 169397 - discreditable — deserving disapproval or tending to damage someone's reputation; frequency rank 169544 - euphonious — pleasant, harmonious, and agreeable to the ear; frequency rank 169811 - grammarian — a scholar or specialist who studies and describes grammar; frequency rank 169912 - numinous — evincing the presence of a deity; frequency rank 169931 - expiratory — of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration; frequency rank 170122 - dynamical — relating to dynamics, forces, or the laws governing motion and change; frequency rank 170148 - dragoman — an interpreter and guide in the Near East; frequency rank 170175 - somnolent — Causing literal or figurative sleepiness.; frequency rank 170206 - self-aggrandizement — Acting to increase your own power, wealth, or importance.; 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frequency rank 171287 - salable — suitable or sufficiently desirable to be sold; frequency rank 171468 - misappropriate — To embezzle.; frequency rank 171480 - paradisiacal — idyllically beautiful, peaceful, or pleasurable; frequency rank 171504 - flitter — to move rapidly and lightly with an irregular, fluttering motion; frequency rank 172136 - superfluity — extreme excess; frequency rank 172244 - bilberry — a small dark-blue edible berry resembling a blueberry and growing wild in northern Europe; frequency rank 172622 - peccary — a social, piglike hoofed mammal native to the Americas, belonging to the family Tayassuidae; frequency rank 172707 - survivorship — law and finance: the right of a surviving joint owner or beneficiary to receive property or benefits after another person's death; frequency rank 172766 - acuteness — a quick and penetrating intelligence; frequency rank 172802 - equable — Calm and not easily upset.; frequency rank 172939 - introversion — a personality orientation toward one's inner thoughts and feelings, often accompanied by a preference for lower-stimulation or solitary settings; 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frequency rank 252598 - polyandry — having more than one husband at a time; frequency rank 252648 - pubescence — A covering of fine, soft hairs.; frequency rank 253475 - debilitation — the process of becoming seriously weakened, or a resulting state of weakness and reduced energy; frequency rank 254008 - toothing — bricks or stones left projecting alternately at the end of a wall so that a later extension can be bonded to it; frequency rank 254602 - simultaneity — happening or existing or done at the same time; frequency rank 255219 - syllabic — Relating to syllables.; frequency rank 255258 - barberry — a thorny shrub of the genus Berberis, typically bearing yellow flowers and red or dark berries; frequency rank 255546 - cavy — any short-tailed South American rodent of the family Caviidae, including the wild ancestors and relatives of guinea pigs; frequency rank 255823 - princedom — a territory or state ruled by a prince; frequency rank 256041 - tableful — a group of people seated together at a table; 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encouraging and enlivening; frequency rank 386188 - medievalism — admiration for, imitation of, or devotion to the ideas, institutions, art, or social forms of the Middle Ages; frequency rank 386332 - distinctness — The property or degree of being distinct.; frequency rank 386495 - consistorial — of or relating to a consistory, especially an ecclesiastical council, court, or governing body; frequency rank 387141 - transcendentalist — a follower of transcendentalism, especially the nineteenth-century American movement that emphasized intuition, individual conscience, and the spiritual value of nature; frequency rank 388347 - peregrination — a long journey or period of wandering from place to place; frequency rank 388481 - seraphic — of or relating to an angel of the first order; frequency rank 388979 - afferent — Carrying towards.; frequency rank 390672 - nonmaterial — not composed of physical matter; immaterial; frequency rank 391792 - externality — The state of being external or externalized.; 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frequency rank 414077 - geocentrism — the astronomical model or belief that Earth is stationary at the center of the universe or of the motions of the heavenly bodies; frequency rank 415465 - denudation — geology: the wearing away of rock and soil by erosion and weathering, leaving a surface exposed; frequency rank 415708 - disburden — to free a person, animal, or thing from a physical load; to unload; frequency rank 416535 - quiescence — a state of quiet, but possibly temporary, inaction; frequency rank 416690 - intuitionist — philosophy or ethics: an adherent of intuitionism, especially the view that some truths or moral principles are known directly rather than inferred; frequency rank 417626 - stannary — historical, usually plural: one of the tin-mining districts of Cornwall and Devon, together with its mines, works, and special legal institutions; frequency rank 418274 - idiomatically — In a natural way that sounds like a native speaker.; frequency rank 418953 - cloud bank — a dense mass or broad piled-up layer of cloud, especially one seen near the horizon; frequency rank 420073 - stertorous — characterized by heavy, noisy breathing that resembles snoring; frequency rank 420364 - germen — historical botany: the ovary of a flower, containing the ovules and developing into the fruit after fertilization; frequency rank 421813 - tercentenary — the three-hundredth anniversary of an event, or a celebration of it; frequency rank 422389 - combiner — a person or thing that joins separate elements to form a whole; frequency rank 422827 - prehension — the act or power of grasping and holding something, especially with a hand, limb, or prehensile organ; frequency rank 423325 - protraction — the act of prolonging something or the state of being extended in time; frequency rank 423641 - anarchical — lacking effective government, authority, or orderly control; frequency rank 424224 - carboy — a large rigid bottle, traditionally glass, used for storing or transporting liquids such as acids or fermenting drinks; frequency rank 425323 - kinetically — In a way that relates to or involves movement.; frequency rank 427248 - patronizingly — In a way that treats someone as less intelligent or important.; frequency rank 427603 - misanthropist — a person who dislikes, distrusts, or holds a deeply negative view of humankind; frequency rank 428297 - bandsman — a musician who plays in a band, especially a brass or military band; frequency rank 431031 - dalmatic — a long, loose, wide-sleeved liturgical vestment worn especially by a deacon at Mass or the Eucharist; frequency rank 431870 - divisibility — the quality of being divisible; frequency rank 433271 - expatiate — to speak or write at length and in detail about a subject, usually followed by on or upon; frequency rank 433773 - coterminous — Having matching boundaries; or, adjoining and sharing a boundary.; frequency rank 433988 - saltcellar — a small container or open dish for holding and serving salt at the table; frequency rank 434880 - preconcerted — arranged, agreed, or planned in advance; frequency rank 435631 - ululation — a long, loud, wavering or trilling cry expressing strong emotion, or the act of making such a cry; 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without anything special. - inexorability — The quality of being impossible to stop, prevent, or persuade. - aphoristic — relating to or characterized by a concise statement or principle expressing a general truth; terse and pithy - autarky — the characteristic or condition of self-sufficiency, usually applied to states, societies, or economic systems - chivvy — to repeatedly tell someone to do something, often in an annoying way - consanguineous — related by blood or descended from the same ancestor - counterfactual — relating to or expressing what has not happened but could happen under different conditions - crufty — poorly designed or inelegant, often referring to software or code - eschatology — the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and humankind - experthood — the state or condition of being an expert in a particular field or subject - hagiography — a biography of a saint or venerated person, often idealized or exaggerated - meretriciousness — the quality of being superficially attractive but lacking real value or integrity - multiplexer — an electronic device that selects one of several input signals to send to a single output - perspicaciously — in a manner showing keen mental perception and understanding - physiognomy — a person's facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character - platonist — a follower or adherent of Plato's philosophy, emphasizing ideal forms and abstract concepts - quaffable — easy and pleasant to drink, often referring to wine or other beverages - quixotically — in a manner that is exceedingly idealistic or unrealistic, often without regard for practicality - reticulate — forming or resembling a network; having a net-like structure - sanctimony — the act of pretending to be morally superior to others; affected or hypocritical holiness - sclerotic — relating to or affected by sclerosis, a condition characterized by hardening of tissue - sycophancy — excessive flattery, servile compliance, or obsequious behavior intended to gain favor or advantage from someone in power - tawdriness — the quality of being showy but cheap and of poor quality - underpeopled — Short of people; underpopulated. - coleopterous — Of or pertaining to beetles of the order Coleoptera. - intercrossing — The interbreeding of two strains that have a common ancestry - classificatory — relating to or involving classification:'classificatory criteria' - aestivation — (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens - insuperably — to an insuperable degree - clangorous — having a loud resonant metallic sound - exiguity — the quality of being meager - illiberality — An illiberal word or action - light-wave — a wave of electromagnetic radiation considered as light - light-ray — a line or narrow beam representing the path along which light travels - light-quantum — a quantum of light; a photon - spatiotemporal — relating to both space and time - tactual — relating to the sense of touch - metaphysic — a system or branch of metaphysical thought - mnemic — relating to memory or the persistence of memory traces - non-Euclidean — not based on Euclidean geometry, especially geometry in which Euclid's parallel postulate does not hold - reversibility — the quality of being able to be reversed - world-line — the path of an object through spacetime - stridulation — the production of a shrill sound by rubbing body parts together, especially in insects - nidification — nest-building by birds or other animals - anthropomorphous — having human form or humanlike characteristics - commutative — having the property that changing the order of operands does not change the result - collinearity — the condition of lying on the same straight line - undulatory — moving in waves or relating to wave motion - behavioristic — relating to behaviorism or the study of observable behavior - joint-stock — owned by shareholders who hold stock jointly in a company - inconveniency — inconvenience; the quality or fact of causing difficulty or trouble - well-ordered — arranged according to a clear order; in mathematics, ordered so every nonempty subset has a first element - four-dimensional — having or involving four dimensions, especially three spatial dimensions plus time - self-evidence — the quality of being evident without proof - first-order — belonging to the first level, degree, or order; in logic, quantifying over individuals rather than predicates - second-order — belonging to the second level or order; in logic, quantifying over predicates or sets - three-term — involving three terms or elements - self-regarding — chiefly concerned with oneself or with actions affecting oneself - phenomenalist — a philosopher who treats physical objects as constructions from possible or actual experiences - object-matter — the object or material under consideration in an inquiry - space-relation — a spatial relation between things - stratify — to form, arrange, or deposit something in distinct layers - systematist — a biologist who studies systematics and classifies organisms by their relationships - congener — a person or thing of the same kind or class as another - indistinguishability — the quality or state of being impossible to distinguish from something else - timocracy — in Plato's political theory, a form of government ruled by people motivated chiefly by honor and military glory - atomism — the doctrine that matter or reality is composed of discrete, ultimately indivisible units - inexplicability — the quality or state of being impossible or very difficult to explain - quasiperiodic — physics and mathematics: combining two or more incommensurate periods, so that a pattern recurs without repeating after one fixed interval - inferability — the quality of being capable of being inferred or deduced from available evidence - metrizable — topology: having a metric that induces the space's given topology - quasipermanent — lasting or remaining stable for so long that it appears permanent, although it is not truly permanent - vitalist — an adherent of vitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be explained entirely by physical and chemical processes - atomist — an adherent of atomism, especially the doctrine that matter or reality consists of indivisible elementary particles - maltster — a person or business that makes malt from grain, especially barley - unpitied — receiving no pity, sympathy, or compassionate concern - blackguardism — dishonorable, abusive, or scurrilous conduct characteristic of a blackguard - decolorize — to remove or destroy the color in a substance, material, or sample - cryptogamic — relating to cryptogams, the formerly grouped plants and plant-like organisms that reproduce by spores rather than flowers or seeds - foliaceous — resembling a leaf or composed of leaflike parts - vivisector — a person who performs vivisection or experiments involving operations on living animals - consentaneous — in agreement or harmony with something; consistent or suitable - fructification — the process of bearing or producing fruit - lucubration — intensive, prolonged, or laborious study or thought, historically especially work done late at night - parochialism — a narrow outlook limited to local concerns or one's own group, with little interest in wider issues or perspectives - polyandrist — a person who practices polyandry; in its marital sense, a woman who has more than one husband at the same time - scytheman — a person who cuts grass or grain with a scythe; a mower - expurgation — the removal of material considered offensive, objectionable, or unsuitable from a text or other work - visiplate — in science fiction, an electronic screen capable of displaying images or data - incongenial — unpleasant or unsuited to a person's character, tastes, or abilities - eugenist — historical: an advocate or practitioner of eugenics, the discredited program of attempting to control human reproduction according to supposed hereditary quality - algebraical — relating to algebra or carried out by algebraic methods; a now less common variant of algebraic - unaccelerated — having zero acceleration in a specified inertial frame; remaining at rest or moving with an unchanging velocity vector - incommensurability — the absence of a common standard by which two things can be measured, compared, or evaluated - unintermitted — continuing without interruption or pause; ceaseless - arpent — historical: any of several French units of land area, varying by place and still encountered in records from Quebec and Louisiana - nonscience — a subject, practice, or body of claims that is not science or does not use scientific methods - stellarator — a device that confines hot plasma for nuclear-fusion research using a twisted arrangement of external magnetic coils - reinvasion — a renewed or subsequent invasion - slumbrous — drowsy, sleepy, or suggestive of sleep - nondevelopment — the absence or failure of expected growth, formation, or development - polyploidy — the condition or process of having more than two complete sets of chromosomes in a cell or organism - radiational — relating to, involving, or caused by radiation - infecundity — inability or reduced ability to reproduce; lack of fertility - colligation — the act of binding, joining, or connecting things together - untechnical — not using specialist terminology or requiring technical knowledge - berkeleian — relating to George Berkeley or to his philosophy of subjective idealism - correspondency — correspondence, agreement, or mutual relation, especially diplomatic relations between states - predominancy — the state of having greater power, influence, importance, or quantity than others; predominance - hackney coach — historical: a horse-drawn passenger coach kept for public hire, especially a four-wheeled carriage drawn by two horses - self-gratulation — pleased reflection on one's own success, good fortune, or supposed merit; self-congratulation, often with a suggestion of complacency - fire-worshiper — a person who worships or religiously venerates fire - Aetolian — of or relating to Aetolia, a region of western Greece, or to its ancient people - insolency — dated: the quality of being arrogantly rude, disrespectful, or insubordinate; insolence - arrowy — shaped, straight, swift, or moving like an arrow; literary - perfectionate — to make perfect, complete, or fully developed; archaic - sportiveness — lively, high-spirited playfulness or a tendency to frolic - unfashioned — not made, shaped, or fully formed; unformed or incomplete; literary - ungazed — not looked at or regarded, usually followed by at or upon; literary - pre-Copernican — existing before Nicolaus Copernicus's work or before acceptance of the heliocentric model associated with him - self-transcendence — the experience or process of going beyond one's own immediate interests, needs, or perceived limits and identifying with a larger purpose or whole - scissors-grinder — historical: a person, often an itinerant craft worker, who sharpens scissors and other cutting tools on a grinding wheel - cobalt blue — a strong, vivid blue color, often with a slightly greenish cast - scientifiction — dated: science fiction, especially fiction that combines scientific facts or speculation with adventure and predictions about the future - solar plexus — the celiac plexus: a network of autonomic nerves in the upper abdomen, behind the stomach, that distributes nerve fibers to abdominal organs - stone crusher — a machine that breaks stone or rock into smaller pieces, especially for road building, concrete, quarrying, or ore processing - water ouzel — a dipper: any of the small aquatic songbirds of the genus Cinclus (family Cinclidae) that wade and dive in swift streams, especially the white-throated dipper in Eurasia or the American dipper in North America - mistle thrush — a large thrush (Turdus viscivorus) of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia, with pale, boldly spotted underparts, noted for eating and vigorously defending berry-bearing trees, including mistletoe - swim bladder — a gas-filled internal sac present in many bony fishes, used chiefly to regulate buoyancy and maintain depth and, in some species, also involved in respiration, hearing, or sound production - citron green — a light greenish-yellow color with a muted or slightly gray cast - palette knife — a blunt, flexible, flat-bladed artist's tool used to mix colors on a palette and sometimes to apply or remove paint - turquoise blue — a light greenish-blue color that is somewhat paler and bluer than typical turquoise - chalice veil — a cloth used to cover a chalice and its associated vessels before or after their use in Christian liturgy, especially at Mass - cinnamon stone — an orange to reddish-brown gemstone variety of grossular garnet, also called hessonite - solemnization — the official or ceremonial performance of a marriage - ensigncy — historical: the rank, office, or commission of an ensign, especially a junior officer in an army regiment - paper cutter — a machine or device for cutting or trimming sheets of paper to a required size, often with a long hinged blade - tyrant flycatcher — any bird of the large New World family Tyrannidae, whose members typically have a broad, flattened bill and feed mainly on insects - willow wren — a traditional British name for the willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), also formerly applied to the closely related chiffchaff - wood sorrel — any herb of the genus Oxalis, especially woodland species with sour sap, compound leaves, and five-petaled white, pink, purple, or yellow flowers - crow quill — a quill from a crow's wing, especially one cut into a fine writing or drawing pen - exigible — legally due, demandable, or capable of being exacted, especially of a debt, tax, or payment - amercement — historical law: a monetary penalty whose amount was set at the discretion of a court or lord - assentation — rare: ready, servile, or insincere agreement offered to flatter or please someone - merchant exporter — a trader or trading business that buys goods from producers and exports them, rather than manufacturing the goods itself - vice-warden — a deputy or assistant to a warden, authorized to act in the warden's place - wool comber — a worker who combs wool to align its long fibers and remove short fibers before spinning - fish curer — a person or business that preserves fish by salting, drying, smoking, pickling, or another curing process - sea-loch — a long, narrow arm of the sea extending into the land, especially on the coast of Scotland - flax-dresser — a worker who prepares flax or hemp fiber for spinning by breaking, scutching, and hackling it - juger — an ancient Roman unit of land area equal to 28,800 square Roman feet, about 0.25 hectare or 0.62 acre - pneumatology — the study of spirits or spiritual beings; in older philosophy, the study of the soul and God - predial — of, relating to, or derived from land, landed property, or agriculture - trochee — a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable, or a long syllable followed by a short one - wax vesta — a historical friction match with a wax-coated fiber stem and an ignitable tip - engrosser — historical commerce: a person who buys up a commodity in bulk in order to control its supply or raise its price - heptarchy — historical: the traditional collective name for the seven principal Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of early medieval England - referable — capable of being attributed or related to a particular cause, source, or category - eristic — characterized by argumentative, often specious reasoning intended to win rather than discover truth - harmonist — a musician or composer skilled in creating, performing, or analyzing harmony - querist — formal or archaic: a person who asks a question or makes an inquiry - presentee — a person formally presented or nominated for an office, benefice, award, or other position - saltmaker — a person or business that produces salt, especially by evaporating brine or seawater - stadtholdership — historical: the office, rank, or period in office of a stadtholder in the Netherlands - farinaceous — made from, containing, or rich in flour or starch - fallfish — a large silvery freshwater minnow (Semotilus corporalis) native to streams of northeastern North America - bimetallism — a monetary standard in which two metals, usually gold and silver, are legal tender at a fixed ratio of value - prenomen — a variant spelling of praenomen: the first or personal name in an ancient Roman name, preceding the nomen and cognomen - circumjacent — lying around or surrounding a place or object - damnatory — expressing, conveying, or bringing condemnation; damning - polysynthetic — linguistics: describing a language or word structure in which single words typically contain many morphemes and can express sentence-like meanings - panegyrist — a person who composes or delivers a panegyric, praising someone or something formally and often extravagantly - anapestic — in prosody, relating to or composed of anapests, metrical feet with two unstressed or short syllables followed by one stressed or long syllable - averter — a person, power, or thing that prevents or turns away danger, harm, or another unwanted event - denaturalize — to revoke or deny a person's naturalized citizenship - fustic — the yellow dyewood or dye obtained from the tropical American tree Maclura tinctoria, also called old fustic or dyer's mulberry - impropriation — English ecclesiastical law: the transfer of a church benefice or its tithes into the hands of a layperson or secular corporation - telegony — historical genetics: the discredited belief that a female's previous mate can influence offspring later conceived with another mate - philhellenic — admiring or supporting Greece, the Greeks, or Greek culture - romanize — to represent a language or text in the Latin alphabet by transcription or transliteration - provisor — historical church law: a person appointed by papal provision to a benefice, sometimes before the office became vacant - cupreous — having the reddish-brown color or metallic sheen of polished copper - neuration — the pattern or arrangement of veins, especially in an insect's wing and sometimes in a leaf - intensional — in logic and semantics, relating to or determined by intension: the meaning, properties, or conditions associated with an expression rather than the objects it denotes - reducibility — the property of being reducible to a simpler, more basic, or formally equivalent form - connexity — in logic and order theory, the property of a relation whereby any two distinct relevant terms are related in one direction or the other - deducibility — the property of being logically derivable from stated premises, axioms, or other accepted propositions - enclitic — a clitic that is phonologically dependent on and attaches to the preceding word - teleostean — relating to the teleosts, the large group containing most living bony fishes - esculent — fit or suitable to be eaten; edible - pedantocracy — government or administration dominated by pedants who value rigid rules and narrow learning over practical judgment - pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms - prepotency — an unusual ability of one parent, individual, or strain to transmit its characteristics strongly to offspring - superincumbent — lying, resting, or pressing on top of something else - azoic — containing no evidence of life or dating from a time believed to precede life - undiscussable — unable or considered unsuitable to be discussed, mentioned, or debated - unskillfully — in a way that lacks skill, competence, or dexterity - arithmetization — the treatment of mathematics or another formal system by methods involving only the fundamental concepts and operations of arithmetic - gainsayer — a person who contradicts, denies, or opposes a claim - asserter — a person who states or maintains a claim firmly and positively - conformer — a person who follows prevailing rules, customs, or opinions rather than acting independently - controversialist — a person who regularly engages in public controversy or polemical debate - headspring — a spring or source from which a stream begins; a fountainhead - roturier — historical: a commoner, especially a person who belonged to neither the nobility nor the clergy in pre-Revolutionary France - dicotyledonous — having an embryo with two cotyledons, as in the flowering plants traditionally called dicotyledons - diluvial — relating to, caused by, or deposited by a great flood - fossorial — adapted for digging or for living chiefly underground - metamorphism — the mineralogical and structural alteration of rock by heat, pressure, or chemically active fluids without complete melting - iron mould — a yellow, brown, or reddish stain on cloth, paper, or a similar material caused by rusty iron or an iron-based ink - erethism — an abnormally high degree of irritability or responsiveness to stimulation - repastination — obsolete: the act of digging or turning over soil again - succedaneous — rare: serving in place of something else; acting as a substitute - intercalate — to insert an extra day or month into a calendar so that it remains aligned with astronomical cycles - gasfitter — a tradesperson who installs, connects, maintains, or repairs gas pipes, fixtures, and appliances - bisulfate — the hydrogen sulfate ion, HSO4-, which is formed when sulfuric acid loses one proton - farmsteading — chiefly British or Scottish: a farmstead, especially the farmhouse and its surrounding farm buildings considered as a group - savorless — having little or no taste, flavor, or appetizing quality - homologize — to identify or demonstrate that structures in different organisms correspond because of shared evolutionary origin - sublittoral — situated or formed in the permanently submerged coastal zone below the low-tide line - inveteracy — the quality or state of being long-established, obstinate, or deeply persistent - laciniate — botany and zoology: cut into a fringe or into deep, narrow, irregular lobes - muriate — an obsolete chemical name for a chloride, a salt regarded as derived from muriatic acid - engrailed — heraldry: edged with a series of small inward-curving semicircles whose points face outward - deliquescent — chemistry: absorbing enough moisture from the air to dissolve gradually and form a solution - antinomianism — the Christian theological doctrine that salvation by faith and grace frees believers from the obligation of moral law - elater — a click beetle of the family Elateridae, able to spring into the air with a clicking movement when placed on its back - infusorial — historical biology: relating to, containing, or formed from Infusoria, a former broad grouping of microscopic aquatic organisms - testaceous — zoology and botany: dull brick-red, orange-brown, or yellowish-brown in color - circumambient — surrounding something on every side; encompassing - coriaceous — having a tough, thick, or flexible texture resembling leather, especially in a leaf, shell, or skin - phalanger — an Australasian arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, including the cuscuses and brushtail possums - iodic — relating to iodine, especially to compounds in which iodine has oxidation state +5, such as iodic acid and iodates - micaceous — containing or consisting partly of mica - acuminate — tapering gradually to a long, narrow point, especially in botanical or zoological description - dry goods — historical and chiefly US: textiles, clothing, and related merchandise sold by a shop - parenchymatous — consisting of, relating to, or affecting parenchyma, the functional or softer tissue of an organ - interpellate — formal: to interrupt or address someone with a question or challenge - stylobate — architecture: the uppermost step or platform of a classical building's stepped base, directly supporting its columns - terraqueous — consisting of both land and water, especially in the phrase terraqueous globe for Earth - vigesimal — based on the number twenty, especially describing a numeral system with twenty as its base - ischiopubic — relating to both the ischium and the pubis, especially the region or ramus where these pelvic bones meet - occipitoparietal — relating to both the occipital and parietal bones or regions of the skull and brain - rugosity — the quality or degree of being rough, wrinkled, or ridged - lyrate — shaped like a lyre, especially with two outward curves that turn inward toward their ends - pectinate — biology: shaped or arranged like the teeth of a comb - shagreen — a tough leather with a granular surface, historically made from horsehide and now commonly from shark or ray skin - sulcate — anatomy, botany, or zoology: marked with one or more deep, narrow grooves or furrows - antedate — to exist or occur earlier than something else - Eleatic — relating to the ancient Greek philosophical school that held reality to be one, continuous, and unchanging - finalism — the doctrine that natural processes are directed toward ends, purposes, or final causes - imaginability — the quality of being possible to imagine or form a mental representation of - inferable — capable of being inferred or reached as a conclusion from evidence or premises - interrelatedness — the state or quality of being mutually related or connected - propaedeutic — preparatory or introductory to a more advanced field of study - teleology — explanation of phenomena by the ends, purposes, or goals they are said to serve - unended — not brought to an end; continuing or unfinished - unmanipulated — not handled, altered, controlled, or artificially arranged - theolatry — the worship of a god or gods - baggageman — historical: a railway employee responsible for receiving, guarding, sorting, and delivering passengers' baggage, often in a baggage car - ascription — the act of attributing a quality, cause, statement, or work to a person or thing - conative — psychology and philosophy: relating to desire, volition, striving, or action directed toward a goal - occasionalism — philosophy: the doctrine that created things do not directly cause events but merely provide occasions on which God produces the corresponding effects - calcar — anatomy and zoology: a spur-shaped projection or process - retaliative — intended or inclined to retaliate; retaliatory - wine lees — the sediment of yeast, grape matter, and other particles that settles after wine fermentation - arrector — an erector muscle; especially one of the tiny arrector pili muscles that raise a hair - flexuous — having turns or windings - ferial — relating to an ordinary weekday rather than a religious festival, especially in Christian liturgy - trompe-l’oeil — an artistic technique that uses realistic detail to create the illusion that painted objects are three-dimensional - gibbosity — the state of being convex or noticeably bulging - lexicographical — relating to the writing, editing, or study of dictionaries - muniment — a legal deed, charter, or other document preserved as evidence of a right or title - representationalism — the use or support of recognizable, realistic subjects in art - supererogatory — more than is needed, desired, or required - commination — a formal denunciation or threat of punishment, especially divine punishment - sizar — historical: a Cambridge or Trinity College Dublin student receiving financial support, sometimes in return for duties - paragrapher — a writer of short newspaper paragraphs, especially gossip, editorial, or society items - appetition — philosophy and psychology: desire directed toward obtaining or pursuing something - choiceworthy — ethics: worthy of being chosen or pursued as good - eudaemonistic — ethics: relating to the view that happiness or human flourishing is the highest good - impassibility — the condition of being incapable of suffering, feeling, or being emotionally affected - rectilineal — formed by, bounded by, or moving in straight lines - simpliciter — philosophy and law: absolutely or without qualification, rather than only in some respect - unideal — not ideal; lacking an elevated, perfect, or exemplary quality - unintermitting — continuing without interruption; unceasing - unlaborious — not requiring or involving much labor or effort - diaphaneity — the quality of being transparent or allowing light to pass through - feelable — capable of being felt through touch, sensation, or emotion - homophony — the relation or quality of words having the same pronunciation but different meanings or origins - abstractedness — the state of being absorbed in thought and inattentive to one's surroundings - cogitative — capable of, inclined to, or concerned with thought and reflection - rencounter — to meet, encounter, or collide with - introgress — to introduce genes from one species or population into the gene pool of another through hybridization and repeated backcrossing - carabiner — a metal loop with a spring-loaded gate, used to connect ropes and gear in climbing, mountaineering, and rescue work - essentialize — to reduce someone or something to a set of supposedly inherent traits, ignoring variation, context, or individual difference ### C2+ - poker — One who pokes.; 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frequency rank 16325 - middle-class — belonging to the socioeconomic group between the working class and the upper class; frequency rank 17982 - jackal — an Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; frequency rank 18261 - space-time — the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located; frequency rank 18604 - self-defence — the act of defending yourself; frequency rank 18717 - malignant — Harmful, malevolent, injurious.; frequency rank 18761 - susceptible — (often followed by \`of' or \`to') yielding readily to or capable of; frequency rank 18976 - self-control — The ability to control one's desires and impulses.; frequency rank 19248 - unprepared — Not prepared; caught by surprise.; frequency rank 19353 - ta-ta — informal: goodbye; frequency rank 19390 - craven — Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.; frequency rank 20136 - first-rate — quite well, healthy, or ready-to-go; 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myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.; frequency rank 31581 - dissolution — Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.; frequency rank 31905 - good-natured — having an easygoing and cheerful disposition; frequency rank 31946 - cower — To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.; frequency rank 33195 - prithee — archaic: please; used to introduce or strengthen a request or question; frequency rank 33333 - vermilion — A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar.; frequency rank 33461 - unattainable — impossible to achieve; frequency rank 33538 - north-east — to, toward, or in the northeast; frequency rank 33805 - rationalize — remove irrational quantities from; frequency rank 34791 - go-getter — an energetic, enterprising, and ambitious person who acts decisively to achieve success; frequency rank 36071 - womanly — befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; frequency rank 36429 - speer — in Scots and northern English, to ask, inquire, or seek information; 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impossible to fluster; not becoming frustrated or irritated easily.; frequency rank 65864 - mendicant — practicing beggary; frequency rank 66970 - grimly — in a grim implacable manner; frequency rank 67480 - gormless — British informal: lacking intelligence, sense, or initiative; frequency rank 67490 - looking-glass — Synonym of mirror (“smooth surface that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it”).; frequency rank 68171 - get-out — US informal, in like all get-out: to an extreme degree or with great speed or force; frequency rank 68230 - funereal — suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; frequency rank 69793 - tête-à-tête — a private conversation or meeting between two people; frequency rank 71098 - canty — lively; cheerful; merry; brisk; frequency rank 73373 - self-government — The governance of a region by its own populace; autonomy.; frequency rank 75710 - unanswerable — impossible to answer; frequency rank 76800 - haw-haw — a loud, coarse, or affected laugh; 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frequency rank 105352 - devilfish — any of several large or striking marine animals, especially an octopus or manta ray; frequency rank 105568 - disproportion — The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance.; frequency rank 106610 - above-mentioned — mentioned or named earlier in the same text; frequency rank 107589 - polarize — To cause to have a polarization.; frequency rank 109171 - dyspeptic — A dyspeptic person.; frequency rank 113136 - indecorous — lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; frequency rank 117564 - worm-eaten — eaten, bored into, or damaged by worms or insect larvae; frequency rank 119806 - sagacious — skillful in statecraft or management; frequency rank 120662 - imponderable — difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision; frequency rank 125402 - blue-black — black with a blue tint or sheen; frequency rank 125935 - snitcher — an informer who secretly reports another person's wrongdoing to the police or another authority; frequency rank 126912 - well-nigh — Almost, nearly.; frequency rank 129740 - floury — high in starch and tending to become dry, soft, and crumbly when cooked; frequency rank 130016 - suppliant — humbly entreating; frequency rank 130666 - rat-trap — a trap designed to catch or kill rats, typically by snapping shut; frequency rank 140067 - ditchwater — stagnant, usually dirty water collected in a roadside or field ditch; frequency rank 142032 - ill-natured — habitually unkind, irritable, or difficult in temperament; frequency rank 142250 - stock-still — completely motionless; frequency rank 142520 - whithersoever — to whatever place; wherever, in an archaic or literary style; frequency rank 143505 - scutter — A hasty run.; frequency rank 147382 - idolatrous — relating to or practicing idolatry; frequency rank 149271 - fungible — Any fungible item.; frequency rank 153289 - eightpence — the monetary sum of eight pence, especially in historical British currency; frequency rank 154864 - outfly — to fly better, faster, or further than.; frequency rank 160265 - comity — Courtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.; frequency rank 161684 - ramification — a development that complicates a situation; frequency rank 165593 - paean — To sing a paean; to praise.; frequency rank 167598 - stingless — having no sting or no functional stinging organ; frequency rank 172976 - unloosen — to loosen or unfasten something that is tied, fixed, or held tightly; frequency rank 175406 - philander — To woo women; to play the male flirt.; frequency rank 179037 - oniony — Resembling an onion or onions, especially in terms of smell.; frequency rank 180783 - ill-intentioned — having harmful, dishonest, or malevolent intentions; frequency rank 184531 - seven-up — a traditional American card game related to all fours in which seven points constitute a game; frequency rank 186619 - telepathist — a person believed to receive or transmit thoughts directly without using the known senses; frequency rank 186919 - malinger — To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.; frequency rank 197348 - factitious — not produced by natural forces; frequency rank 198216 - semi-human — Partially humanlike.; frequency rank 202258 - detraction — the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation, especially by slander; frequency rank 203057 - indubitable — Clearly true; providing no possibility of doubt.; frequency rank 208135 - moon-face — a conspicuously round, full face resembling the disk of the moon; frequency rank 215435 - hobbledehoy — an awkward, gawky, or ill-mannered adolescent boy; frequency rank 217802 - macerate — soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; frequency rank 218096 - stiff-arm — a push made with a fully extended arm, especially to fend off an opponent in sport; frequency rank 226546 - spaceworthy — fit, reliable, and safe enough to be launched into or travel through space; frequency rank 239533 - askant — (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; frequency rank 244069 - fluey — covered with, containing, or resembling loose fluff, lint, or down; obsolete; frequency rank 245014 - left-handedness — the tendency or preference to use the left hand rather than the right for skilled actions; frequency rank 245587 - above-named — Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.; frequency rank 252196 - antihydrogen — the antimatter counterpart of hydrogen, whose atom consists of a positron bound to an antiproton; frequency rank 252684 - birdcatcher — a person who catches or traps wild birds; frequency rank 254774 - demander — a person or group that demands or asks for something; frequency rank 255196 - declivity — An inward curve of the exoskeleton of an insect, such as between body segments; a segment of an insect's body where the exoskeleton curves inward.; frequency rank 261005 - beetle-browed — having heavy, bushy, or projecting eyebrows; frequency rank 262835 - nymphomaniacal — dated, offensive, and usually applied to a woman: supposedly having excessive or uncontrollable sexual desire; frequency rank 266403 - horror-struck — suddenly overwhelmed or immobilized by horror; frequency rank 275305 - unhesitating — done quickly and firmly, without hesitation; frequency rank 280849 - infatuate — to fill someone with an intense but unreasoning and often short-lived attraction or admiration, usually used in the passive; frequency rank 284693 - predestinate — determined or arranged beforehand, especially by fate or divine will; frequency rank 286737 - whinner — dialectal: to whine or cry in a weak, high-pitched manner; frequency rank 292359 - maunder — To speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle.; frequency rank 297294 - tumble-down — dilapidated, ramshackle, or in such poor condition that collapse seems likely; frequency rank 299370 - bobbish — in good health and spirits; hearty or cheerful; dated British slang; frequency rank 303788 - unforthcoming — Not forthcoming; laconic or uncooperative.; frequency rank 305221 - rheumy — especially of the eyes, watery or affected by a mucous discharge; frequency rank 305653 - rat-tat — a rapid series of short, sharp knocks or tapping sounds; frequency rank 315661 - one-billionth — one of a billion equal parts; the quantity 0.000000001 or 10 to the power of negative nine; frequency rank 315744 - trousering — cloth suitable for making trousers, especially material sold or discussed for that purpose; frequency rank 317361 - pre-Socratic — relating to Greek philosophy before Socrates or independent of his influence; frequency rank 338363 - necrophagous — feeding on dead or decaying animal matter; frequency rank 340188 - palliate — To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.; frequency rank 340658 - emaciate — grow weak and thin or waste away physically; frequency rank 349835 - unsling — to remove something from a slung or hanging position; frequency rank 360751 - touter — a person who solicits customers or promotes something in an insistent or obtrusive way; frequency rank 367376 - missish — dated and usually disapproving: affectedly prim, prudish, or overly proper in a way stereotypically associated with a young unmarried woman; frequency rank 370795 - accoutred — Dressed; clothed.; frequency rank 371210 - arachnologist — a scientist who specializes in the study of spiders and other arachnids; frequency rank 390140 - bee-eater — any brightly colored insect-eating bird of the family Meropidae, known for catching bees and wasps in flight; frequency rank 405777 - sandhopper — a small beach-dwelling amphipod crustacean, especially a talitrid, that moves by hopping; frequency rank 406021 - mullet-headed — dated informal, disparaging: foolish, dull-witted, or slow to notice what is happening; frequency rank 406168 - fiddledeedee — an exclamation expressing impatience, disbelief, scorn, or dismissal of something as nonsense; frequency rank 407680 - fecundate — formal: to make an organism, egg, or reproductive structure fertile; to fertilize or impregnate; frequency rank 410279 - chuckleheaded — informal and insulting: stupid, foolish, or slow-witted; frequency rank 412170 - planless — lacking a plan, direction, or organized purpose; frequency rank 433480 - lawny — made of or resembling lawn, a fine, lightweight linen or cotton fabric; frequency rank 437452 - vesperal — of, occurring in, or suggestive of the evening; frequency rank 445027 - maculate — To spot; to stain; to blur.; frequency rank 448866 - sighter — a preliminary or practice shot used to test aim, range, or conditions; frequency rank 448924 - belles-lettres — literature valued primarily for beauty, style, and imaginative expression rather than for practical information; frequency rank 458580 - lapidation — the act of pelting with stones; frequency rank 465428 - echoless — having or producing no echo; frequency rank 467634 - first-nighter — a person who regularly attends the opening nights of plays or other theatrical productions; frequency rank 469010 - inventress — dated: a woman who invents; a female inventor; frequency rank 472421 - pumpkin-headed — informal and insulting: stupid, foolish, or having a supposedly thick or empty head; frequency rank 478874 - peroration — the concluding section of an oration; frequency rank 486866 - juvenescence — the state of being a youth; frequency rank 490936 - linsey-woolsey — a coarse, sturdy fabric woven with a linen or cotton warp and a woolen weft; frequency rank 491021 - acidulous — Slightly sour; subacid; sourish.; frequency rank 493439 - cherty — containing, resembling, or composed largely of chert, a hard fine-grained siliceous rock; frequency rank 494702 - soi-disant — self-styled or self-proclaimed, often with the implication that the claim is doubtful or pretentious; frequency rank 495238 - matter-of-factness — The state or quality of being matter-of-fact; frequency rank 501484 - preconceive — to form an idea, opinion, or expectation before having sufficient evidence or experience; frequency rank 510013 - counteractant — a thing that counteracts, offsets, or reduces the effect of something else; frequency rank 511085 - heavy-lidded — having eyelids that appear unusually heavy, partly closed, or drooping; frequency rank 513368 - callipygous — rare: having shapely or attractively proportioned buttocks; frequency rank 521864 - searchingly — in a searching or probing manner; frequency rank 529502 - vasomotor — relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate; frequency rank 532365 - shopboy — historical: a boy or young male assistant employed in a shop; frequency rank 537674 - nemertean — an unsegmented worm of the phylum Nemertea, typically marine and equipped with a long eversible proboscis; a ribbon worm; frequency rank 547167 - esteemable — worthy of esteem, respect, or admiration; frequency rank 547378 - breakfast-time — the customary or appointed time for eating breakfast; frequency rank 551365 - serry — archaic or literary: to crowd or press people or things closely together, especially in ranks or rows; frequency rank 567724 - barrowful — the amount that a barrow, especially a wheelbarrow, can hold; frequency rank 569234 - enamor — To cause to be in love.; frequency rank 570933 - whichway — dialectal: where or in which direction; frequency rank 574286 - ingurgitate — rare: to swallow food or drink greedily or in large quantities; frequency rank 610279 - pullulate — formal: to multiply, breed, or increase rapidly and abundantly; frequency rank 615960 - unmaneuverable — difficult or impossible to steer, turn, position, or control effectively; frequency rank 619389 - unreflecting — not thinking carefully before acting or speaking; frequency rank 642854 - jerry-builder — a builder who puts up cheap, poorly made buildings, often quickly and for speculative profit; frequency rank 642857 - unmathematical — not expressed, reasoned, or carried out according to mathematics; frequency rank 658972 - unaging — not growing old or showing the effects of age; frequency rank 667269 - mu-meson — dated, the former name for the muon, used when that particle was mistakenly classified as a meson rather than a lepton; frequency rank 672335 - pi-meson — a pion, any of three unstable spin-zero mesons with positive, negative, or zero charge, formed from combinations of up and down quarks and antiquarks; frequency rank 672349 - opium-eater — historical: a person who habitually consumes opium, especially for intoxication; an opium user or addict; frequency rank 692630 - transportal — the act or process of carrying something from one place to another; transport or conveyance; now rare; frequency rank 716196 - phrasemonger — a person who habitually uses showy, overelaborate, or empty phrases; frequency rank 746945 - unswallowed — not swallowed; still remaining in the mouth or throat; frequency rank 761657 - pew-opener — historically, a church attendant who opened enclosed or reserved pews and showed worshippers to their seats; frequency rank 816642 - chaud-froid — a prepared dish of meat, poultry, game, or fish cooked hot, then served cold under a decorative jellied sauce; frequency rank 830056 - teru-tero — a South American lapwing with a conspicuous crest, a sharp alarm call, and a spur at the bend of each wing; frequency rank 877281 - luncher — a person who is eating or habitually eats lunch, especially at a restaurant or gathering; frequency rank 905077 - ill-kempt — untidy, poorly groomed, or disheveled in appearance; frequency rank 967831 - machinate — arrange by systematic planning and united effort; frequency rank 968563 - chivy — to chase, harry, or drive someone or something about persistently; frequency rank 973314 - lotus-eater — in Greek mythology, one of a people whose lotus fruit made visitors forget their homes and lose the desire to leave; frequency rank 975474 - pre-Adamite — a hypothetical person or member of a race believed to have existed before the biblical Adam; frequency rank 978734 - ruinate — To reduce to ruins; to destroy.; frequency rank 992061 - blackavised — archaic: dark-complexioned or swarthy in appearance; frequency rank 1011386 - aculeate — zoology: having a stinger, especially belonging to the hymenopteran group Aculeata; frequency rank 1015413 - sequacious — Likely to follow or yield to physical pressure; easily shaped or molded.; frequency rank 1036715 - whencesoever — from whatever place or source; from wherever; frequency rank 1050504 - qualmish — Affected with qualms; queasy, nauseous; frequency rank 1060290 - washpan — a broad, shallow pan or basin used to hold water for washing; frequency rank 1065588 - cerement — a shroud or waxed cloth in which a dead body is wrapped for burial, often used in the plural; frequency rank 1075054 - embay — to enclose, shelter, or surround as if within a bay; frequency rank 1098979 - unstring — to remove the string or strings from a bow, musical instrument, or similar object; frequency rank 1101866 - unsunned — not exposed to or reached by sunlight; frequency rank 1152429 - porkman — a person who produces and sells pork.; frequency rank 1165049 - lych-gate — a roofed gateway to a churchyard where a coffin traditionally rested before a funeral service; frequency rank 1173402 - comportable — Consistent; suitable.; frequency rank 1210427 - womanhater — a person who hates, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women; a misogynist; frequency rank 1231573 - multipliable — capable of being multiplied or increased by multiplication; frequency rank 1251712 - uglify — to make a person, place, or thing ugly or less attractive; frequency rank 1261985 - attemper — archaic: to moderate, soften, or adjust something by blending it with another quality; frequency rank 1271780 - purloiner — a person who steals or takes something dishonestly; frequency rank 1272611 - defalcate — appropriate property entrusted to one's care fraudulently to one's own use; frequency rank 1278678 - perquisition — A thorough inquiry or search.; frequency rank 1299038 - dissimilate — rare: to make two or more things unlike, or to become less similar; frequency rank 1333203 - unsuggestible — not readily influenced by suggestion, persuasion, or another person's expectations; frequency rank 1350041 - syllogize — reason by syllogisms; frequency rank 1361332 - dimensionable — capable of being measured, assigned dimensions, or described in dimensional terms; frequency rank 1411317 - interplanetarian — relating to travel, communication, or events between planets; interplanetary; frequency rank 1413987 - cheerless — gloomy and dreary, lacking joy or comfort - desolate — deserted, bleak, and devoid of comfort or inhabitants - aggrandize — to increase the power, wealth, or reputation of someone or something - aberrant — departing from an accepted standard or normal type - airy — spacious and well-ventilated; light or insubstantial - celestial — relating to the sky or heavens, or to heaven in a divine sense - atrabiliary — melancholic or ill-tempered; pertaining to black bile - atrabilious — melancholy, gloomy, or bad-tempered - arrant — utter and complete, used to emphasize something bad - demonic — of or like a demon; fiercely energetic or evil - allowable — permissible within set rules or limits - blissful — full of or expressing perfect happiness - dispassionate — not influenced by strong emotion; calm and impartial - hereafter — from now on or after this; the life after death - beatific — showing or imparting supreme blessedness or serene happiness - congruent — in agreement or harmony; identical in form (geometry) - fearful — feeling or causing fear; dreadful - authorization — official permission or sanction to do something - bewray — to reveal or betray, especially unintentionally (archaic) - chapfallen — dejected or dispirited, with the lower jaw drooping - chopfallen — crestfallen and downcast, with the jaw hanging low - condemnation — the expression of strong disapproval or a formal sentence - consummate — showing supreme skill; to complete or perfect - crestfallen — sad and disappointed after a defeat or letdown - exhaustive — thorough and complete, covering all possibilities - illation — the act of drawing an inference, or the conclusion so drawn - admonish — to warn or reprove someone firmly but gently - aggravate — to make a problem worse, or to annoy someone - agreeably — in a pleasant or willing manner - awaken — to wake from sleep or to rouse a feeling or awareness - becomingly — in a manner that is attractive or fitting - beggarly — meanly poor or contemptibly small in amount - categorically — in an absolute and unqualified manner - comfortless — without comfort, consolation, or ease - conformable — corresponding in form or character; compliant - contemptible — deserving scorn or disdain; despicable - darken — to make or become dark or gloomy - defective — having a fault or imperfection; not working properly - dejected — sad and dispirited; low in spirits - demean — to lower in dignity or status; to debase - depress — to make sad and dispirited, or to press down - exceedingly — to a very great extent; extremely - forbidding — unfriendly or threatening in appearance; grim - forlornness — the state of being abandoned, lonely, and miserable - ignorable — able to be disregarded or left unnoticed - sober — not drunk; serious, solemn, or restrained - agitate — to stir up or disturb; to campaign vigorously - anomalous — deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected - antediluvial — belonging to the period before the biblical flood; extremely ancient - ardent — intensely enthusiastic or passionate - assent — agreement or approval; to express agreement - atomy — a tiny particle or diminutive being; an atom or mote - authoritarian — favouring strict obedience to authority over personal freedom - booky — fond of books or studious; bookish in manner - cipher — a secret code; a zero; a nonentity; to encode or do arithmetic - collected — calm and composed in manner; self-possessed - corny — trite, mawkishly sentimental, or unsophisticatedly humorous - cunning — skilled in deception or ingenuity; craftiness - dejection — a state of low spirits or melancholy - despondency — a state of deep dejection and loss of hope - dormant — temporarily inactive or in a state of suspended development - enigmatic — mysterious and difficult to interpret or understand - ergotism — poisoning caused by eating fungus-infected grain, causing convulsions or gangrene - estimable — worthy of great respect or esteem - eulogize — to praise highly, especially in a formal speech or writing - frightful — causing fear or horror; dreadful or extreme - grievous — causing great suffering, harm, or sorrow; very serious - inactive — not active, working, or in operation - incessantly — without interruption; continuously - insignificant — too small or unimportant to be worth consideration - middling — of medium quality, size, or rank; mediocre - reckless — acting without thought for danger or consequences - resistant — able to withstand or opposing the effect of something - anachronistic — belonging to a period other than the one portrayed; out of its time - annihilate — to destroy completely or reduce to nothing - archaic — belonging to an earlier period; old-fashioned or no longer in use - baleful — menacing or threatening harm; full of malign influence - barbarous — savagely cruel; uncivilized or coarse - bemoan — to express grief, regret, or displeasure over something - blitheness — carefree cheerfulness or lighthearted indifference - busted — broken, ruined, or caught in wrongdoing - categorical — unconditional and absolute; admitting no exception - catholic — broad in sympathies, tastes, or interests; universal - cursory — hasty and superficial, lacking thoroughness - daring — boldly adventurous; willingness to take risks - decrement — a reduction or decrease in amount; to reduce by steps - disagreeable — unpleasant or bad-tempered - discrepant — differing or inconsistent; not in agreement - excessively — to a degree greater than what is normal or proper - extravagant — lacking restraint in spending or excess; immoderate - happening — an event or occurrence; currently fashionable or exciting - propriety — conformity to accepted standards of behaviour or morals - singly — one at a time; individually or separately - speedy — done or moving with great speed; prompt - tarry — to linger or delay; (separately) covered with tar - abeyant — temporarily suspended or in a state of latency - affliction — a cause of persistent pain, distress, or suffering - alluring — powerfully and mysteriously attractive or tempting - ameliorate — to make better or more tolerable; to improve - apathy — lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern - apparition — a ghostly figure or a sudden striking appearance - baneful — causing harm, ruin, or destruction; poisonous or pernicious - beleaguer — to surround with troops; to beset with difficulties or harassment - blameworthy — deserving of blame or censure - blueness — the quality or state of being blue in color - capitulate — to surrender or yield, often on agreed conditions - carrion — the decaying flesh of dead animals - castigate — to reprimand or criticize severely - chary — cautious or wary; sparing in giving or spending - cheesy — cheaply sentimental or tacky; resembling cheese - cobwebby — covered with or resembling cobwebs; gossamer and flimsy - conceited — excessively proud of oneself; vain - conspicuous — clearly visible or attracting notice; striking - contentedness — the state of being satisfied and at ease - contentness — the state of being content; satisfaction (rare variant of contentedness) - continently — in a self-restrained manner; with moderation or abstinence - contingency — a future event that is possible but not certain; a provision for such - crestfallenness — the state of being dejected or dispirited - dainty — delicately small and pretty; fastidious; (noun) a choice morsel - damnify — to cause loss or injury to, especially in legal contexts - defilement — the act of making something dirty, corrupt, or unholy - delightedness — the state of being greatly pleased or joyful - desist — to cease or stop doing something - dolefulness — the quality of being sorrowful or mournful - downheartedness — the state of being discouraged or low in spirits - efficacious — effective in producing a desired result - enlighten — to give greater knowledge or understanding to someone - equanimous — composed and even-tempered, especially under stress - equitable — fair and impartial; just in dealing with all parties - extinguish — to put out a fire or light; to bring to an end - exuberantness — the state of being lively, energetic, and full of joy - fleeting — lasting only a very short time; passing swiftly - foreordination — the act of ordaining or destining beforehand; predestination - incomprehensible — impossible to understand - noteworthy — deserving attention because of being remarkable or significant - raging — violently active or intense; furious - reminiscence — a recollection of a past experience; an account of such - repellent — causing disgust or aversion; a substance that drives something away - slender — gracefully thin; slight or scanty in amount - termination — the action of bringing or coming to an end - undertaking — a task or project, especially a difficult one; a formal pledge - vexation — the state of being annoyed or frustrated; a cause of such - abasement — the act of humbling or degrading; a state of humiliation - accordantly — in agreement or conformity; correspondingly (archaic) - aggregate — a whole formed by combining elements; total; (verb) to gather into a mass - aloneness — the state of being alone; solitude - antecedent — a thing that comes before another; (adj) preceding in time or order - apathetic — showing no interest, enthusiasm, or concern - atrocious — horrifyingly wicked; of very poor quality - augment — to make greater by adding to; to increase - avocation — a hobby or minor occupation pursued alongside one's main vocation - barmy — crazy or foolish (chiefly British); frothy with yeast - becry — to bewail or lament; to cry over (archaic) - beingless — lacking being or existence; without substance (rare) - blatant — completely obvious and shameless; offensively conspicuous - blithesomeness — the quality of being cheerful and carefree - blunder — a careless mistake; (verb) to make such a mistake or move clumsily - bowelless — lacking compassion or pity; without bowels of mercy (archaic) - changeable — liable to change; able to be altered or varied - cheeriness — the quality of being bright and cheerful - commendable — deserving praise or approval - commotion — a state of confused and noisy disturbance - competency — the ability to do something successfully or efficiently - conformably — in a manner that conforms or is in agreement - consequential — following as a result or important in effect - constituent — a component part of something, or a voter in a district - contingent — dependent on circumstances not yet certain - controller — a person or device that directs or regulates something - debasement — the reduction in quality, value, or dignity of something - deception — the act of deceiving or misleading someone - deliberation — long and careful consideration or discussion - delinquency — minor crime or a failure to meet an obligation - denominate — to call by a name or to express in a given unit - dingy — gloomy and shabby, often from dirt or grime - disinterested — free of bias or self-interest; impartial - elder — older, or a senior and respected member of a group - excruciate — to inflict severe pain or torment upon - expressly — in a clear and explicit manner; specifically - fateful — having far-reaching, often disastrous consequences - foment — to stir up or instigate trouble or discontent - fussy — hard to please or overly concerned with detail - geriatric — relating to old people and their health care - henceforward — from this time on; henceforth - imperturbable — unable to be upset or agitated; calm - iniquity — immoral or grossly unjust behavior - initiation — the act of beginning something or admitting someone to a group - intentional — done on purpose; deliberate - irregularity — a deviation from what is normal, regular, or lawful - lavish — luxuriously abundant, or to give in great quantity - luster — a gentle sheen or radiant glow - mediator — a person who tries to settle a dispute between parties - musing — a period of reflective or dreamy thought - mystic — a person who seeks union with the divine, or spiritually mysterious - nonsensical — having no meaning or making no sense - obstinate — stubbornly refusing to change one's mind - permissible — allowed or permitted by rules or law - potency — the power or strength of something to produce an effect - potentiality — latent capacity for development or achievement - praiseworthy — deserving approval and admiration - precarious — dangerously uncertain or insecure - prevalent — widespread or common in a particular place or time - quantifier — a word or symbol expressing quantity, such as 'all' or 'some' - rareness — the quality of being uncommon or scarce - seclusion — the state of being private and away from others - tally — a running count or record, or to correspond - transience — the state of lasting only for a short time - variant — a form differing from others of the same kind - abnormality — an abnormal feature, characteristic, or occurrence - admirer — a person who regards another with admiration - allay — to diminish or relieve fear, doubt, or pain - alleviation — the act of making suffering or a problem less severe - alloy — a metal made by combining two or more elements - alteration — a change or modification to something - antagonize — to provoke hostility in someone - apathistical — marked by apathy; indifferent or unfeeling - apprize — to inform or notify someone of something - approbation — approval or praise, often official - astounding — surprisingly impressive or shocking - awanting — (chiefly Scots/dialectal) missing, lacking, or absent - bally — (British dated slang) a mild euphemism for bloody, used to add emphasis - bastardly — (archaic) base, debased, or of illegitimate or spurious character - beneficent — doing or producing good; generous and kindly - berate — to scold or criticize angrily and at length - besmear — to smear or daub all over with something sticky or dirty - bleary — (of eyes or vision) dim, blurred, or tired-looking - bobbery — (dated, chiefly Anglo-Indian) a noisy disturbance or commotion - braveness — the quality of being brave; courage - brimful — full to the brim; completely filled - brobdingnagian — of enormous size; gigantic - bushed — (informal) extremely tired; exhausted - calvary — an experience of intense suffering or ordeal - canny — shrewd, careful, and quick-witted, especially in money matters - charitable — generous in giving to those in need; tolerant in judging others - cheerly — (archaic) in a cheerful or hearty manner; briskly - cleric — a member of the clergy; an ordained religious official - colossal — extremely large or great - comely — (of a person) pleasant to look at; attractive - commiserate — to express sympathy or pity for someone's misfortune - commodious — roomy and comfortable; spacious - compassionless — lacking compassion; pitiless - conformant — conforming to a specified standard or requirement - consecrate — to make or declare sacred; to dedicate solemnly - contamination — the act or state of making something impure or polluted - contemplation — deep, reflective thought or meditation - corrupted — made dishonest, debased, or damaged from an original state - counselor — a person who gives professional advice or guidance - courageousness — the quality of being courageous; bravery - creditable — deserving credit or praise; reasonably good - decently — in a respectable, proper, or reasonably good manner - defer — to postpone; or to yield respectfully to another's wishes - delectable — delicious; highly pleasing to the taste or senses - deleterious — causing harm or damage, especially gradually - denseness — the quality of being dense; thickness or stupidity - deplorable — deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad - depravation — the act of making morally corrupt; moral degradation - despiteful — (archaic) full of spite; malicious - dexterity — skill and ease in using the hands or the mind - diabolical — extremely wicked or cruel; devilish - differentiation — the process of recognizing or making something different - dishonor — loss of honor or reputation; to bring shame upon - disintegrate — to break into small parts or fall apart completely - dismayful — (archaic) full of or causing dismay; appalling - doleful — expressing sorrow; mournful - duly — in the proper way or at the proper time; as expected - ebullient — cheerful and full of energy; exuberant - elatedness — the state of being elated; great joy or high spirits - eminently — to a notable degree; very - enchantment — a feeling of great delight; a magic spell - entirety — the whole of something; completeness - equivocal — open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous - exiguous — very small in size or amount; scanty - fastidious — very attentive to detail and hard to please - felicitous — well-chosen or apt; pleasingly suitable - fellowship — friendly companionship among people with shared interests - fitly — (formal/archaic) in a suitable or appropriate manner - forsaken — abandoned or deserted; left utterly alone - frustrate — to prevent from achieving a goal; to thwart - fury — wild or violent anger; intense force - ghastly — causing great horror or shock; extremely unpleasant - giddy — feeling dizzy; or excited to the point of silliness - gladly — in a willing and happy manner - illustrious — well known and admired for past achievements - immovable — not able to be moved or changed in position or opinion - impassive — not feeling or showing emotion - impenetrable — impossible to pass through, enter, or understand - incidental — occurring as a minor accompaniment to something more important - inevitability — the quality of being certain to happen and unavoidable - inflexible — not able to be bent, or unwilling to change - inhalation — the act of breathing air or another substance into the lungs - inimical — tending to obstruct or harm; hostile - justiciary — an officer who administers justice, or relating to the administration of justice - lamentable — deserving sorrow or regret; deplorable - laudable — deserving praise and commendation - loosen — to make or become less tight or firmly fixed - manifestation — an event or sign that shows something clearly - maximal — as great or large as possible - meliorate — to make or become better; to improve - methodically — in an orderly, systematic manner - natal — relating to the place or time of one's birth - nocent — harmful or injurious; guilty - ornamentation — decorative details added to something for adornment - palaver — prolonged and idle talk; a tedious fuss - peaceable — inclined to avoid conflict; peaceful in disposition - peculiarly — in a strange or distinctively characteristic way - postulate — to assume the existence of something as a basis for reasoning - punition — the act of punishing; punishment - reconsideration — the act of thinking about a decision again, often to change it - rectify — to put right; to correct something wrong - remuneration — money paid for work or a service; payment - replication — the action of copying or reproducing something - repulsive — arousing intense disgust - rightful — having a legitimate or just claim; legally entitled - routinely — as a regular or habitual practice - sameness — the quality of being identical or monotonously unvarying - seasonable — suitable to the season, or opportune in timing - sophisticate — a worldly, cultured person of refined tastes - telling — having a striking or revealing effect; significant - unstable — likely to change, fail, or collapse; not steady - vulgar — lacking refinement or good taste; coarse - waver — to be unsteady or undecided; to falter - abstemious — sparing or moderate in eating and drinking - absurdity — the quality of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable - abysmal — extremely bad; appalling - acquirement — the act of gaining something, or a skill so gained - addlepated — confused, muddled, or foolish - adherent — a supporter of a person, cause, or belief - adjudicate — to make a formal judgment on a dispute - adulteration — the act of making something impure by adding inferior substances - agitation — a state of nervous anxiety or vigorous stirring - amenable — willing to agree or be persuaded; responsive - antagonist — a person who actively opposes or is hostile to another - apprehension — anxiety or fear about the future; the act of arresting - atomize — to reduce to fine particles, or to fragment into units - awfully — very; to a great degree - balmy — pleasantly warm and mild, of weather - banal — so lacking in originality as to be boring - barney — a noisy quarrel or argument - beefheaded — stupid or dull-witted - betrayer — a person who is disloyal to a trust or cause - bewildering — causing confusion or perplexity - blather — to talk at length in a foolish or nonsensical way - blockheaded — stupid or stubbornly obtuse - blustery — characterized by strong gusty winds - boastful — given to excessive pride in talking about oneself - bobby — a British police officer - bombastic — high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated in style - boneheaded — foolish or stupid - booty — valuable goods seized as plunder; loot - boreal — relating to the north or northern regions - bountiful — abundant or generously given - breather — a brief pause for rest - brightness — the quality or degree of being bright or luminous - butty — a sandwich (British, dialectal) - capitalistic — relating to or favoring capitalism - captivating — capable of attracting and holding interest; charming - castigation — severe criticism or punishment - centenary — a hundredth anniversary - changeling — a child secretly substituted for another in folklore, esp. by fairies - chopper — a helicopter, or a tool for chopping - circuitous — taking a long and indirect route - cocky — overly self-confident in a brash way - coincident — occurring together in time or space; corresponding - commiseration — sympathy and sorrow expressed for another's misfortune - conclusive — settling a matter decisively; leaving no doubt - confounded — bewildered, or used as a mild oath of annoyance - conglutinate — to stick or glue together; to unite as if by adhesion - congruous — in harmony or agreement; suitable and fitting - connatural — innate or belonging by nature; of the same nature - consecutively — one after another in unbroken succession - copulate — to engage in sexual intercourse - damned — condemned to hell, or used as an intensifier of annoyance - dandy — a man overly concerned with elegant dress; excellent - dauntless — showing fearlessness and determination - decency — behavior that conforms to accepted standards of morality and propriety - decipher — to convert from code or obscure form into intelligible language - definitive — most authoritative and conclusive; final - denizen — an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place - derivative — imitative of others' work; a thing based on another source - despicable — deserving hatred and contempt; vile - deterioration — the process of becoming progressively worse - disarray — a state of disorder or confusion - discernment — keen perception and good judgment - disconsolate — hopelessly unhappy and beyond comfort - dissent — the holding or expression of opinions at variance with the majority - distasteful — causing dislike or disgust; offensive - effectual — producing the intended result; effective - egress — a way out or the act of going out; exit - endemic — native to or regularly found in a particular place or group - enlist — to enroll in the armed forces, or to secure someone's help - enliven — to make more lively or interesting - esoteric — understood by or intended for only a small specialized group - ethics — moral principles governing conduct, or the study thereof - execrate — to feel or express great loathing for; to curse - expedient — convenient and practical though possibly improper; a means to an end - familiarity — close acquaintance with or knowledge of something - fancier — a person with a special interest in breeding or keeping something - fathomless — too deep to be measured; impossible to comprehend - forbear — to refrain from or hold back patiently from doing something - forbearing — patient and tolerant, refraining from acting on provocation or anger - fortuitous — happening by chance, especially in a fortunate way - frivolous — not serious or sensible; carelessly silly or trivial - gossiper — a person who habitually spreads idle talk or rumors about others - habitual — done regularly or repeatedly; customary by habit - hallowed — regarded as holy or greatly revered - harry — to harass or torment persistently; to raid or pillage - hasten — to move or act quickly; to cause something to happen sooner - hoary — grayish-white with age; ancient and overfamiliar - horrific — causing horror; shockingly dreadful - illicitly — in a manner forbidden by law, rule, or custom - impurity — a contaminating substance, or the state of being impure - inapprehensible — incapable of being grasped or understood by the mind - incessant — continuing without pause or interruption - incognizable — not able to be known or perceived by the mind - incomparable — so excellent or unique as to have no equal - inconsequential — of little or no importance; trivial - inconsistent — not staying the same; containing contradictory elements - inconstant — frequently changing; fickle or unreliable - increment — a small increase or addition in a series of steps - individually — separately, one at a time, as distinct persons or things - industrious — diligent and hardworking - ineffable — too great or sacred to be expressed in words - ineffectual — failing to produce the intended effect; lacking force - inenubilable — that cannot be cleared of cloud or made plain; impossible to clarify - inferior — lower in rank, quality, or value - inhuman — lacking human warmth or compassion; cruel and barbarous - innocuous — not harmful or offensive; harmless - inornate — plain and unadorned; without ornament - irrespective — not taking something into account; regardless - jester — a professional fool or clown, especially at a medieval court - joyful — feeling, expressing, or causing great happiness - kitty — a pool of money contributed by a group; informally, a kitten or cat - kosher — conforming to Jewish dietary law; informally, legitimate or proper - learned — having or showing deep, extensive knowledge from study - locution — a particular word, phrase, or style of expression - manageable — able to be handled, controlled, or accomplished without difficulty - mischievous — playfully causing minor trouble; full of harmless pranks - miser — a person who hoards wealth and spends as little as possible - miserly — extremely reluctant to spend money; stingy - momently — from moment to moment; momentarily (archaic/literary) - mortality — the condition of being mortal; the death rate within a population - nameable — able to be named or specified - nebulous — vague, hazy, or ill-defined; cloudlike - nobilitate — to make noble; to raise to the rank of nobility (archaic) - notional — existing only in theory or as a supposition; hypothetical - obligate — to bind legally or morally; in biology, restricted to one mode of life - optimal — best or most favorable; ideal under the circumstances - outlier — a person or value markedly different from the rest of a group - pensive — engaged in deep, often wistful or melancholy thought - perpetual — never ending or changing; occurring repeatedly - piecemeal — one piece or stage at a time; in a gradual, unsystematic way - plainly — clearly and unmistakably; in a simple, frank manner - pondering — the act of thinking about something carefully and at length - precipitate — to cause to happen suddenly; hasty; a solid separated from a solution - probity — strong moral integrity and honesty - promulgate — to make widely known or to put a law into effect by official proclamation - proportionate — corresponding in size or degree to something else - purchaser — a person who buys something; a buyer - quotidian — of or occurring every day; ordinary and commonplace - refined — elegant and cultured in taste or manner; freed from impurities - regnant — reigning, ruling, or currently prevailing - rendition — a performance or interpretation of something, or a translation - respectful — showing deference or regard for others - restrained — controlled, reserved, or kept within limits - reverable — deserving of reverence; worthy of being revered - righteous — morally upright; justifiable - shudder — to tremble convulsively from fear, cold, or revulsion - sluggish — slow-moving, inactive, or lacking energy - stutter — to speak with involuntary repetition of sounds - sullen — badtempered and sulky; gloomy in mood or appearance - surrogate — a substitute or stand-in for another person or thing - sway — to move rhythmically side to side; to influence or control - tardily — in a slow or delayed manner; belatedly - titter — to give a short, half-suppressed laugh - tolerable — able to be endured; fairly good - transmogrify — to transform, especially in a surprising or grotesque way - unadorned — plain; not decorated or embellished - unambiguous — having only one clear meaning; not open to doubt - unambiguously — in a way that admits no doubt or confusion - unequaled — having no equal; unsurpassed - unification — the process of being united into a single whole - uniformly — in a consistent or unvarying manner - unrefined — not processed or purified; coarse in manner or taste - unsteady — liable to falter or shake; not firm or stable - untouched — not handled, altered, or affected - vacuous — lacking thought, intelligence, or content; empty - vernacular — the everyday language of ordinary people in a region - yielding — giving way under pressure; compliant or pliant - abashed — embarrassed, ashamed, or disconcerted - abnegation — the renunciation or denial of something, especially self-interest - acculturation — adoption of the cultural traits of another group - accursed — under a curse; detestable - actualize — to make real or bring into existence - adamant — refusing to be persuaded; utterly unyielding - addlebrained — confused, muddled, or foolish - adherence — steady attachment to a rule, belief, or cause - afeared — archaic or dialectal word for afraid - altercation — a noisy or angry argument or dispute - ambulatory — relating to or able to walk; a covered walkway - animalistic — characteristic of animals; driven by instinct rather than reason - anomaly — something that deviates from the normal or expected - antenatal — occurring or existing before birth; prenatal - apogee — the highest point; the point farthest from Earth in an orbit - apportion — to divide and distribute in fair or proportionate shares - attaintment — archaic word for the act of attainting or staining with dishonour - auspicious — giving promise of success; favourable - autochthonous — native to and originating in the place where found; indigenous - badger — a burrowing nocturnal mammal; to pester or harass persistently - barbarian — an uncivilized or savage person; brutish - barking — making a dog's sharp cry; British slang for mad or crazy - barter — to exchange goods or services without using money - batten — a strip of wood; to fasten down or thrive at another's expense - beastly — like a beast; very unpleasant or disagreeable - beatify — to declare blessed, especially as a step toward sainthood - bedirty — archaic word for to make dirty or soil thoroughly - benefactor — a person who gives help or financial support - beray — to befoul, defile, or soil thoroughly - bewitching — enchantingly attractive; captivating as if by magic - billy — a metal cooking pot or pail used over a campfire; also a short club - blabber — to talk foolishly, indiscreetly, or at excessive length - blacken — to make or become black or dark; to defame - blameless — free from guilt or fault; innocent - blither — to talk nonsense; to babble incoherently - bodacious — remarkable, bold, or impressively large - bodily — relating to the body; as a whole physical entity - boeotian — dull, stupid, or uncultured, after the ancient Greek region of Boeotia - boldness — the quality of being daring, confident, or fearless - boracic — of or containing boric acid; British rhyming slang for penniless - bouncer — a person employed to eject troublemakers from a venue; a fast bowled ball - brainy — intelligent or clever - bucketful — the amount a bucket holds; a large quantity - bugger — British vulgar term for a person or thing; to spoil or tire out - buoyant — able to float; cheerful and optimistic - burglarize — to break into a building unlawfully in order to steal - canonical — conforming to an accepted rule, standard, or authoritative body of texts - capitulation — the act of surrendering or ceasing to resist - captivate — to attract and hold the attention by charm or beauty - cataclysmic — relating to a sudden violent upheaval or disaster - categoric — unqualified and absolute; explicit - centennial — a hundredth anniversary; relating to a period of a hundred years - chaffy — full of or resembling chaff; worthless or light - changeful — full of or subject to change; variable - chappy — marked by cracks or chaps in the skin; British informal for a fellow - chastely — in a pure, modest, or restrained manner - chastisement — severe punishment or rebuke - cheery — bright and pleasant; cheerful - chiefly — mainly; for the most part - clement — mild and merciful; pleasant in weather - cogitation — the act of thinking deeply; careful reflection - cognomen — a surname, nickname, or family name, especially in ancient Rome - comedic — relating to comedy or its techniques - comical — amusing or funny, often unintentionally - committal — the act of consigning, as to prison, custody, or the grave - compliancy — the disposition to yield or comply readily - comptroller — a controller, especially one supervising financial accounts - confiscate — to seize property by authority - considerate — careful not to inconvenience or harm others; thoughtful - consistence — the degree of firmness or density of a substance; consistency - constitutive — forming an essential or fundamental part of something - constuprate — archaic, to ravish, violate, or defile - contemplative — given to or marked by deep, reflective thought - contentious — causing or likely to cause disagreement; argumentative - contrition — sincere remorse or penitence for wrongdoing - cordial — warm and friendly; a sweet fruit-flavored drink - corporeal — relating to a material body; physical rather than spiritual - cringing — behaving in an excessively servile or fearful way - customarily — according to usual practice; ordinarily - damnable — deserving condemnation; detestable - dapper — neat and trim in dress and appearance - dayspring — literary or archaic term for dawn or daybreak - defiant — boldly resistant to authority or opposition - delinquent — failing in duty or guilty of an offense; overdue in payment - dematerialization — the process of losing or seeming to lose material form or substance - depauperate — impoverished or imperfectly developed, especially of a flora or organism - depravedness — the state of being morally corrupt or depraved - designation — an official name, title, or label assigned to someone or something - devastation — severe and widespread destruction or ruin - diabolic — characteristic of the devil; fiendishly wicked or cruel - diseased — affected by or suffering from disease; unhealthy - disengagement — the act of withdrawing from involvement or connection - dismissive — showing that something is unworthy of consideration - dissimilar — not alike; different in nature or kind - distinguishable — able to be perceived as different or distinct - divertisement — an amusement or diversion; an entertainment (archaic) - dogged — persistent and tenacious in pursuing something - dopey — dull or stupefied, as if drugged; foolish - doubtless — certainly or very probably; without doubt - drear — dreary, gloomy, or cheerless (chiefly poetic) - drunkenness — the state of being intoxicated with alcohol - earthly — relating to the material world rather than the spiritual; worldly - easiness — the quality of being easy or free from difficulty or strain - effectivity — the quality of being effective; the date a thing takes effect - electrify — to charge with electricity; to thrill or excite intensely - elegize — to compose an elegy for; to mourn or lament in verse - empathy — the ability to understand and share another's feelings - enchanting — delightfully charming or captivating - enmity — a state of deep-seated hostility or ill will - enumerate — to name or list things one by one - equate — to consider or treat as equivalent or equal - espy — to catch sight of, especially something distant or partly hidden - eternalize — to make eternal or perpetual; to immortalize - evenhanded — fair and impartial in treatment or judgment - evergreen — retaining green leaves year-round; perennially fresh or relevant - everlastingly — in a way that lasts forever; eternally or incessantly - exaltation — a feeling of great joy or elation; the act of raising in rank - exemplar — a person or thing serving as a typical or ideal model - existent — having actual being; existing at present - expatriate — a person living outside their native country - expletive — a profane or obscene exclamation; a meaningless filler word - fabricator — one who constructs or manufactures; one who invents falsehoods - fabulist — a composer of fables; a liar or inventor of tall tales - fallacious — based on a mistaken belief or unsound reasoning - fatiguing — causing tiredness or exhaustion - faultless — without flaw or error; perfect - feared — regarded with fear; dreaded - fearlessness — the quality of being without fear; courage - firing — the act of discharging a weapon, dismissing staff, or baking pottery - flashy — ostentatiously showy or stylish, often superficially - flavorful — full of rich and pleasing flavor - flimsy — weak, insubstantial, or easily damaged; unconvincing - flurry — a sudden brief burst of activity, snow, or excitement - footer — text or a band at the bottom of a page or screen - forceful — powerful, vigorous, and assertive - forerunner — a predecessor or early sign of something to come - fray — a noisy quarrel or fight; to wear or unravel at the edges - freshly — recently or newly; in a fresh manner - fruitless — failing to achieve the desired result; unproductive - furbish — to brighten or restore by polishing or renovating - fuzzy — covered with fine hairs; blurred or indistinct - garner — to gather or collect, especially support or information - glacial — relating to ice or glaciers; extremely cold or slow - glimmer — a faint or wavering light; a trace or hint - godliness — the quality of being devoutly religious or righteous - graceless — lacking charm, elegance, or a sense of propriety - graphical — relating to visual art or to vivid, detailed depiction - guiltless — free from guilt or blame; innocent - halfhearted — showing little enthusiasm or effort - handily — easily and conveniently; with little difficulty - hazy — obscured by haze; vague or unclear - hearsay — information received from others that cannot be substantiated; rumor - heedful — paying careful attention; mindful - heterogeneous — composed of diverse or dissimilar elements - holler — to shout or call out loudly - humming — producing a low continuous sound; busy and active - hurtful — causing emotional pain or distress - idler — a person who avoids work; also a freely rotating gear or pulley - illegitimate — not authorized by law or accepted standards; not legitimate - imaginable — capable of being conceived or imagined - immaculate — perfectly clean, neat, or free from flaw - immaterial — unimportant or irrelevant; also, having no physical substance - imposing — grand and impressive in size or appearance - inclement — unpleasantly cold, wet, or stormy, of weather - incompatible — unable to exist or work together harmoniously - incompetent — lacking the skill or ability to do something successfully - inconsiderable — too small or unimportant to be worth considering - inconvenience — trouble or difficulty causing discomfort; also, to cause such trouble - indecently — in a manner offending against propriety or decency - indubitably — in a manner that cannot be doubted; unquestionably - infamy — the state of being well known for some bad quality or deed - infuriate — to make someone extremely angry - injurious — causing or likely to cause harm or damage - insensate — lacking physical sensation or feeling; unfeeling - intemperate — lacking moderation, especially in indulgence or speech - interrogatory — having the form of a question; also a formal written question in law - intimacy — close familiarity or personal closeness - ironical — expressing or characterized by irony - irregularly — in a manner lacking regular pattern, order, or shape - irreligious — indifferent or hostile to religion - jiffy — a very short moment of time - jocular — fond of joking; humorous or playful - kicking — striking with the foot; informally, lively or still active - laughable — so ridiculous as to be amusing; absurd - legitimately — in a way that conforms to law or accepted standards; justifiably - lenient — merciful or tolerant, especially in punishment - liability — legal responsibility; also, a person or thing causing disadvantage - liquor — an alcoholic drink, especially a distilled spirit - literate — able to read and write; well educated - liveliness — the quality of being full of energy and spirit - lusty — healthy, strong, and full of vigor - luxuriant — growing thickly and abundantly; lush - luxuriate — to take great pleasure in something; to indulge oneself - manifestly — in a way that is clear or obvious to the mind or eye - mannerism — a habitual and distinctive gesture or way of speaking - matchless — so good as to have no equal; incomparable - measly — contemptibly small or meager - median — the middle value in a range; situated in the middle - medic — a person trained to give medical treatment, especially in the field - mindful — conscious or aware of something; attentive - moldable — capable of being shaped or formed - mortification — a feeling of deep humiliation; also the death of tissue - munificent — larger or more generous than is usual or necessary - nativism — the policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants - nativity — the occasion or circumstances of one's birth - nonactive — not active or operative - nonapproval — failure or refusal to approve; withholding of approval - nonassent — the withholding of assent or agreement - nonconsent — the absence or refusal of consent - obligatory — required by a rule, law, or custom; compulsory - obliterate — to destroy utterly or wipe out all trace of - observant — quick to notice things; attentive - offish — aloof or distant in manner; standoffish - olden — of or relating to a former age; bygone - onliness — the state of being alone or unique; singleness - operative — functioning or having effect; in operation - outdated — no longer current or useful; obsolete - outlay — an amount of money spent on something - pamper — to indulge with excessive attention, comfort, or kindness - parley — a discussion between opposing sides, especially to settle a dispute - partiality — unfair bias in favor of one side; a special fondness - partition — a division into parts, or a structure that divides a space - passivity — the quality of accepting or allowing what happens without resistance - pathetic — arousing pity, or contemptibly inadequate - peculiarity — an odd or distinctive trait or characteristic - perceptible — able to be seen or noticed; discernible - perfidy — deceitfulness; treachery or breach of faith - persistency — the quality of persisting; steady continuance or persistence - phony — not genuine; fraudulent or fake - piquant — pleasantly sharp or appetizing in taste, or stimulating to the mind - politic — prudent and shrewd in pursuing a sensible course; expedient - poorly — in a substandard manner, or in poor health - potence — power, potency, or strength - precipitous — dangerously high or steep, or done suddenly and hastily - predominant — present as the strongest or main element; prevailing - prestidigitation — skillful sleight of hand; conjuring tricks - pretentious — attempting to impress by affecting greater importance than is warranted - prodigal — recklessly wasteful or extravagant with resources - progression — a process of developing or moving gradually toward a stage - propagate — to breed, spread, or transmit widely - proprietor — the owner of a business or property - proximate — closest in space, time, or relationship; immediate - purposive — having or showing conscious purpose; deliberate - quisling — a traitor who collaborates with an occupying enemy - recompensation — the act of recompensing; compensation or repayment - recondition — to restore to good or working condition - regimen — a prescribed course of diet, exercise, or treatment - repulsion — a feeling of intense disgust, or a force driving things apart - responsibleness — the quality of being responsible or accountable - restless — unable to rest or relax; constantly moving or uneasy - riotous — marked by wild disorder, or boisterously merry - runny — more liquid than is usual or expected; tending to flow - severally — separately or individually; each in turn - simpleness — the quality of being simple, plain, or uncomplicated - slumber — sleep, especially of a light or peaceful kind - solicitous — showing attentive care or concern for someone's well-being - speciality — a pursuit, product, or skill in which one specializes - specialization — the process of concentrating on a particular area or skill - standoffish — distant and unfriendly in manner; aloof - sturdy — strongly and solidly built; robust - substantive — having a firm basis in reality; important and meaningful - sufferable — able to be endured or tolerated; bearable - supposition — an assumption or belief held without proof - temporal — relating to time or to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs - tenantless — having no tenant or occupant; vacant - therapeutic — relating to the healing or curing of disease; soothing - toleration — the allowance or acceptance of beliefs or behavior one dislikes - transference — the act of conveying something from one person, place, or context to another - transfiguration — a complete change of form or appearance into a more beautiful or exalted state - transiently — in a way that lasts only a short time - transitory — not permanent; lasting only a brief while - uncommonly — to an unusual degree; remarkably - uneasiness — a feeling of anxiety or discomfort - unfasten — to undo or release something that is fastened - unluckily — by bad luck; unfortunately - unmatched — not equalled or surpassed; without an equal - unmixed — not mixed with anything else; pure or unalloyed - unspecific — not definite or precise; vague - uproar — a loud and impassioned noise or public outburst of protest - vocalize — to utter or express with the voice - westerly — situated toward or coming from the west - wickedness — the quality of being morally wrong or evil - wobbly — tending to move unsteadily from side to side; shaky - abandonment — the act of giving up or deserting something or someone completely - abdomen — the part of the body containing the digestive organs; the belly - abear — dialectal or archaic: to endure or tolerate - abnormity — a departure from the normal; an abnormality or monstrosity - abridgment — a shortened version of a written work; a condensation - abrogate — to repeal or do away with a law, agreement, or custom formally - abstractly — in a theoretical or non-concrete way - acceptably — in a way that is satisfactory or adequate - accession — the attainment of a rank, office, or throne - accompaniment — something that accompanies, especially music supporting a soloist - accuser — a person who charges another with a fault or crime - acquittal — a judgment that a person is not guilty of the charge - adhesive — a substance used to stick objects together; sticky - admonition — a gentle but earnest warning or rebuke - adorer — a person who loves or admires another deeply - adulterator — one who debases a product by adding inferior substances - adventitious — arising from an external or accidental cause rather than inherently - adventurer — a person who seeks out exciting or risky undertakings - affecter — one who puts on a pretense or affects a manner - affectionateness — the quality of being warmly fond or loving - affective — relating to moods, feelings, and emotions - affirmative — asserting that something is true; expressing agreement - affluence — an abundance of wealth or material possessions - aflutter — in a state of nervous or excited agitation - agglomerate — to collect or form into a rounded mass or cluster - aggravation — a worsening of something, or a source of annoyance - aggressiveness — the quality of being hostile, forceful, or assertive - algate — archaic: always, in any case, or nevertheless - alterable — capable of being changed or modified - altruist — a person devoted to the welfare of others - amalgamate — to combine or unite into one organization or body - amateurish — done in an unskilled or unprofessional way - ambience — the character or atmosphere of a place - ambrosial — exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; worthy of the gods - amplificatory — serving to enlarge, expand, or amplify - angelicalness — the quality of resembling an angel in beauty or goodness - animadversion — a critical or censorious remark - anterior — situated before or toward the front; earlier in time - antic — a wild, playful, or absurd act; grotesquely comical - antipathy — a deep-seated feeling of dislike or aversion - apocalyptic — foretelling or resembling a momentous, catastrophic end - apoplectic — overcome with rage; furious to the point of seeming illness - apothecary — an archaic term for a pharmacist who prepared and sold medicines - appetency — a strong natural craving or instinctive longing - approximation — a value or result that is close but not exact - argumentative — given to arguing; fond of disputing - artless — free from deceit or guile; naturally simple and sincere - assassinate — to murder a prominent person by sudden or secret attack - assortment — a varied collection of different items or kinds - astronomic — relating to astronomy, or enormously large in amount - atonement — reparation or amends made for a wrong or injury - atrociousness — the quality of being extremely wicked, brutal, or appalling - attendant — a person who attends or serves; accompanying as a consequence - atypically — in a way that is not typical or usual - audacious — showing bold or daring willingness to take risks - audacity — bold daring, often combined with impudence - audible — capable of being heard - avoidless — that cannot be avoided; inevitable - avuncular — kind and genial in the manner of an uncle - azygous — occurring singly; not one of a pair, especially in anatomy - badness — the quality or state of being bad - baloney — foolish or deceptive talk; nonsense - barbaric — savagely cruel, primitive, or uncivilized - bedizen — to dress or adorn gaudily and showily - beefer — a steer or cow raised for beef; one who complains - beefy — muscular, brawny, or substantially solid - belay — to secure a rope around a fixed point; to stop or cancel - believable — capable of being believed; credible - belive — quickly, promptly, or soon (archaic) - betrayal — the act of being disloyal or treacherous to a trust - biddable — meekly ready to obey; docile and compliant - blear — dim or blurred, as with tears or fatigue; to dim - bloomer — a stupid mistake; also a plant that flowers - blooper — an embarrassing public blunder or gaffe - bogey — an evil spirit or source of fear; in golf, one over par - booster — a person or device that boosts or promotes something - bootless — useless or unavailing; without result - boozer — a heavy drinker; British slang for a pub - borrower — a person who borrows something, especially money - boundless — having no limits; unbounded or vast - boxcar — an enclosed railroad freight car - brazen — bold and shameless; made of or like brass - brighten — to make or become brighter or more cheerful - bucolic — relating to the pleasant aspects of rural or pastoral life - bungling — clumsy and incompetent in action - cadaverous — resembling a corpse; pale, gaunt, and haggard - campaigner — a person who works actively for a cause or candidate - capricious — given to sudden, unpredictable changes of mood or behavior - carefulness — the quality of being cautious and attentive - catchpenny — cheap and showy, made only to sell quickly - cautelous — cautious or wary, sometimes craftily so - celerity — swiftness of movement or action; speed - chapiter — the capital or uppermost part of a column or pillar - chasten — to discipline or subdue in order to correct or improve - chatter — to talk rapidly and at length about trivial matters - cheater — a person who acts dishonestly to gain an advantage - chilled — made cold, especially pleasantly so - chiller — a machine for cooling, or a frightening story or film - chilling — provoking fear or apprehension - chippy — irritable and quarrelsome; or a British fish-and-chip shop - choleric — easily angered; bad-tempered - choosy — excessively particular in selecting - cimmerian — very dark or gloomy, as in perpetual darkness - clatter — to make a loud rattling sound, as of hard objects striking - cockeyed — crooked, askew, or absurdly impractical - cocking — tilting upward or drawing back the hammer of a gun - cognition — the mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding - collaborationist — a person who cooperates with an occupying enemy force - collocate — to place together, or of words, to occur habitually side by side - combatant — a person engaged in fighting, especially in war - combative — ready or eager to fight or argue - comforter — a thick padded quilt, or one who consoles others - commandment — a divine rule or authoritative order - commencement — a beginning, or a graduation ceremony - compeer — a person of equal rank or status; a peer - complaisant — eager to please or accommodate; obligingly agreeable - complemental — serving to complete or supply what is lacking; complementary - compunction — a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that deters wrongdoing - computation — the act or result of calculating something - conciliate — to win over or pacify by friendly or soothing means - confidential — intended to be kept secret or private - congenital — present from birth; inherent or deep-seated - conjurer — a magician or one who performs tricks of illusion - connective — serving to connect; a word or tissue that links - consciously — with deliberate awareness or intention - contiguous — sharing a common border; touching or adjacent - continuate — uninterrupted or continuous; to make continuous - continuation — the act of continuing or a part that extends something - contraction — the act of shrinking or a shortened word form - copious — abundant in quantity or supply; plentiful - copiousness — the quality of being abundant or plentiful - cormorant — a large dark diving seabird with a hooked bill - coronation — the ceremony of crowning a sovereign - covering — something that covers or conceals a surface - covetous — having a strong desire for others' possessions - covey — a small flock of birds, especially partridge or quail - cranky — irritable or bad-tempered - crawling — moving slowly on hands and knees or close to the ground - craziness — the state of being wild, foolish, or insane - creativeness — the quality of being inventive or imaginative - credence — belief in or acceptance of something as true - creeping — moving or developing slowly and stealthily - crepuscular — of or resembling twilight; active at dusk and dawn - crescent — a curved shape like the partly lit moon - criminality — the state or quality of being criminal; criminal activity - crossbreed — to breed from two different varieties; the offspring so produced - culpable — deserving blame; responsible for a fault or wrong - curative — able to cure disease; a remedy - cursed — afflicted by or as if by a curse; detestable - cutlery — knives, forks, and spoons used for eating - daresay — to consider very likely; to venture to say - darkling — in the dark or growing dark; obscure - dazed — stunned or bewildered, unable to think clearly - debar — to exclude or prohibit from something - debatable — open to question or dispute; uncertain - deceased — no longer living; a dead person - deceiver — a person who misleads or tricks others - decelerate — to reduce speed; to slow down - deciduous — of trees, shedding leaves yearly; not permanent - decisively — in a firm and conclusive manner - decorous — correct and proper in behavior or appearance - decoy — something used to lure or mislead, often a fake bird - decree — an official order having the force of law - dedecorous — unbecoming or unseemly; lacking decorum - defection — the act of abandoning a cause, party, or country - defector — a person who abandons a country, cause, or party for an opposing one - defunction — death; the ending of life or function - degenerate — having declined from a former or normal state of moral or physical quality - demeanor — outward behavior or bearing; the way a person conducts themselves - demoralize — to weaken the confidence, morale, or resolve of someone - dependability — the quality of being trustworthy and reliable - dependency — the state of relying on or being controlled by something or someone - deportment — the manner in which a person conducts or carries themselves - depreciate — to diminish in value over time, or to belittle something - derogative — tending to disparage or belittle; derogatory - deter — to discourage someone from acting through fear or doubt of consequences - deviate — to depart from an established course, standard, or norm - dictatorial — having unlimited power; domineering and overbearing in manner - differential — relating to or depending on a difference; a difference in amount or rate - disapprobation — strong moral disapproval or condemnation - disbursement — the payment or distribution of money from a fund - discretionary — available for use at one's own judgment or choice - disenable — to deprive of power or ability; to disable - disgraceful — bringing shame or dishonor; shockingly unacceptable - disjunction — a separation or disconnection; (logic) an 'or' relation between propositions - disordered — lacking order or arrangement; in a state of confusion - disparate — essentially different in kind and not allowing comparison - disqualification — the act of barring someone from a competition or position; the state of being barred - dissenter — a person who disagrees, especially with an official or majority view - diurnal — active during the day; occurring or recurring daily - diuturnal — lasting a long time; long-continued - divergency — the state of diverging; a difference or departure from a common point - divisible — capable of being divided, especially without a remainder - docent — a guide who leads tours and explains exhibits at a museum or gallery - doctorate — the highest academic degree awarded by a university - domineering — asserting one's will over others in an arrogant, controlling way - doubtlessly — without doubt; certainly - doughty — brave and resolute; valiant - draffy — consisting of or like draff or dregs; worthless, refuse-like - dripping — fat and juices exuded from roasting meat; falling in drops - drippy — tending to drip; (informal) weakly sentimental or feeble - dubious — hesitating or doubting; of questionable value or truth - dweller — a person or animal that lives in a specified place - earnestly — in a sincere and serious manner - eccentrical — deviating from the center or from convention; eccentric - edacious — having a huge appetite; voracious or devouring - effectuate — to cause to happen; to bring about or accomplish - efficacity — the power or capacity to produce a desired effect; efficacy - efficacy — the ability to produce a desired or intended result - eggplant — a purple-skinned fruit eaten as a vegetable; the aubergine - elucidate — to make something clear by explanation - emergent — arising or coming into existence; newly forming or urgent - enactment — the process of making a bill into law; a statute so passed - endurable — able to be borne or tolerated - energetically — in a vigorous and active manner - energize — to give vitality and enthusiasm to; to supply with energy - enervate — to weaken or drain of energy, strength, or vitality - engrossed — having one's full attention absorbed; deeply occupied - enormity — the great or extreme scale of something, especially of wickedness - ephemerally — in a way that lasts for a very short time - equivalence — the state of being equal in value, function, or meaning - equivalently — in an equal or interchangeable manner - eradicative — tending or serving to eradicate or root out completely - errant — straying from the proper course or standards; wandering - esurient — hungry or greedy - evanescent — quickly fading or vanishing; fleeting - exasperated — intensely irritated and frustrated - excentrical — not having a common center; off-center; eccentric - excessiveness — the quality of being too much or going beyond reasonable limits - exemplification — the act of illustrating or showing something by example - exhaustedness — the state of being completely worn out or drained of energy - expectancy — the state of anticipating or expecting something to happen - expectant — hopefully anticipating something; pregnant - explicate — to analyze and develop in detail; to explain fully - extraneous — irrelevant or unrelated to the matter at hand - factorial — the product of all positive integers up to a given number - factual — based on or concerned with facts; actually true - facultative — optional rather than obligatory; capable of but not bound to occur - fantastical — imaginative or fanciful; resembling something from fantasy - fearless — showing no fear; brave - feckly — mostly or for the most part (Scots dialect) - felicity — intense happiness; an apt and pleasing manner of expression - feral — in a wild state, especially after escaping from domestication - fervor — intense and passionate feeling or enthusiasm - festivity — joyful celebration; the activities of a feast or party - fictitious — invented or imaginary; not real - flavorous — full of flavor; savory - floater — a thing or person that floats; a spot drifting in one's field of vision - flyer — a small printed advertisement; one who flies - followingly — in a manner that follows; subsequently or accordingly - foolishness — lack of good sense; silly behavior - foreguess — to guess or conjecture beforehand; to anticipate - foreshorten — to depict an object as shorter to suggest depth or perspective - forestay — a rope or stay supporting a ship's foremast from the bow - formulation — the act of expressing something precisely; a prepared mixture - fortify — to strengthen against attack; to reinforce or invigorate - fortuity — a chance occurrence; the quality of happening by accident - fragility — the quality of being easily broken or delicate - freshen — to make or become fresh, cleaner, or more invigorated - fromward — away from; directed away (archaic) - froward — stubbornly contrary and disobedient (archaic) - fugacious — tending to disappear quickly; fleeting - fugitive — a person who flees, especially from the law; fleeting - gainless — bringing no profit or advantage; unprofitable - gainsay — to deny or contradict; to speak against - gamy — having the strong flavor or smell of game meat; spirited - garnish — to decorate food with a small embellishment; such a decoration - geezer — an old man, often eccentric; (British slang) a man or fellow - gigantic — of enormous size; immense - gilded — covered with a thin layer of gold; superficially attractive - gladden — to make glad or joyful - glaringly — in a way that is obvious and conspicuous, especially badly so - globular — shaped like a globe or sphere; composed of globules - greed — an excessive desire for wealth or possessions - griefful — full of grief; sorrowful (archaic) - groovy — fashionable and excellent (informal, dated) - groundly — thoroughly or fundamentally (archaic) - grueling — extremely tiring and demanding - guiltiness — the state or feeling of being guilty - gustful — full of relish or zest; tasty (archaic) - habituate — to accustom someone or oneself to something through repetition - halal — permissible under Islamic law, especially of food - halter — a rope or strap for leading an animal; a noose for hanging - hardy — robust and capable of enduring difficult conditions - heathen — a person not belonging to a widely held religion; irreligious - heedless — showing a reckless lack of care or attention - hefty — large, heavy, and powerful; substantial in amount - homosexual — sexually attracted to people of one's own sex - humanistic — relating to human values, interests, or the study of humanities - humility — a modest or humble view of one's own importance - hurty — causing or feeling pain (informal) - hydrate — to supply with water; a compound containing water molecules - hyperbolize — to exaggerate or describe in extravagant terms - idealism — the pursuit of high ideals; a philosophy stressing mind or ideas - identicalness — the state of being exactly the same - ignominy — public shame or disgrace resulting from dishonourable conduct - immanent — existing or operating within; inherent and pervading the natural world - immorally — in a way that violates accepted principles of right conduct - impairment — a weakening or damaging of a function, faculty, or value - impending — about to happen, especially something threatening or unwelcome - imprecate — to invoke or call down a curse upon someone - inadequacy — the state of being insufficient or not good enough for a purpose - inauspicious — not promising success; suggesting that the future is unlucky - incantation — a series of words said as a magic spell or charm - incontinently — without restraint; (archaic) immediately or at once - indecent — offending against accepted standards of decency or propriety - indeterminate — not exactly known, established, or fixed in nature or extent - indicative — serving as a sign or indication of something - indifferently — without interest or concern; in a mediocre manner - indistinguishable — impossible to tell apart from something else - indoctrinate — to teach someone to accept a set of beliefs uncritically - inelegant — lacking grace, refinement, or style - informatory — giving information; instructive - infrequent — not occurring often; rare - ingeniousness — the quality of being clever, original, and inventive - ingress — the act or means of entering a place - initialize — to set to a starting state; to prepare a device or variable for use - innately — in a way that is inborn or natural rather than learned - innocence — freedom from guilt, sin, or worldly knowledge - instability — the state of being unsteady, unreliable, or prone to change - instructive — useful in providing knowledge or information; enlightening - intimately — in a close, personal, or detailed way - intricate — very complicated or detailed in structure or arrangement - introductory — serving as a beginning or first part; preliminary - invalidate — to make something no longer valid or legally binding - invaluable — extremely useful; too precious to be measured in value - inveterate — having a long-established and unlikely-to-change habit - invincible — too powerful to be defeated or overcome - irregardless — (nonstandard) regardless; without regard to circumstances - journeyman — a trained worker qualified in a trade; a competent but unremarkable performer - judiciary — the branch of government, or the body of judges, that administers justice - justicer — (archaic) one who administers justice; a judge or magistrate - justiciar — a high medieval English judicial and administrative officer of the crown - knotty — full of knots; complicated and difficult to solve - lackadaisical — lacking enthusiasm, energy, or determination - lastingly — in a way that endures over a long period - likeliness — the quality of being probable; likelihood - loneness — (literary) the state of being alone or solitary - longing — a strong, persistent yearning or desire - loudness — the quality or degree of being loud; perceived sound intensity - luckless — having or bringing no luck; unfortunate - lustrate — to purify ceremonially, especially by ritual washing or sacrifice - macroscopic — large enough to be seen by the naked eye; large-scale - managerial — relating to the work or skills of a manager - manipulator — a person who controls others unfairly; a device for handling objects - markworthy — (rare) worthy of notice or remark; noteworthy - matrimony — the state or ceremony of being married; marriage - meagerly — in a scanty or insufficient manner - meditative — given to or expressing deep, calm thought - mentionable — fit or suitable to be mentioned - merriment — gaiety and fun; lively cheerfulness - microscopical — of or relating to the microscope; visible only under magnification - mildly — to a moderate degree; gently - misdeed — a wicked or illegal act; a wrongdoing - misdoing — a wrong or improper action; misconduct - moderation — the avoidance of excess or extremes; restraint - movable — capable of being moved; not fixed in place - multicolored — having many colours - nappy — a baby's diaper; or (of hair) tightly curled and frizzy - narration — the act or process of telling a story or describing events - naturalism — a style or doctrine depicting things as they really are in nature - negate — to nullify or render ineffective - negligence — failure to take proper or reasonable care - nicety — a fine or subtle point of detail or distinction - nictitate — to wink or blink, especially with a nictitating membrane - nocuous — harmful, noxious, or poisonous - noiseless — making or accompanied by no sound - nonconformity — failure or refusal to conform to accepted rules or conventions - noneffervescent — not bubbling or fizzing; lacking effervescence - nonsingular — of a matrix, having an inverse; invertible - nonspecific — not specific; vague or not limited to a particular cause or type - nonuniformity — the state of not being uniform or consistent throughout - normalize — to bring into conformity with a standard or norm; to make normal - normative — relating to or prescribing a norm or standard - noticeably — to a degree that is clearly perceptible - nullify — to make legally void or cancel out the effect of - observably — in a way that can be observed or perceived - observational — based on observing rather than experimenting or theorizing - obstruction — a thing that blocks a way or passage; the act of hindering - older — comparative of old; having lived or existed longer - opaqueness — the quality of not letting light through; obscurity of meaning - operable — able to be used or operated; suitable for surgery - operant — producing effects; relating to behavior modified by its consequences - opposer — one who opposes or resists something - oppressive — unjustly harsh or burdensome; weighing heavily on the spirit - origination — the act of bringing something into existence; a beginning - outgoing — friendly and sociable; leaving office or departing - outlandish — bizarre, strange, or unfamiliar in a striking way - overstate — to express or describe something as more than it really is - pacifist — a person who opposes war and violence on principle - pacify — to calm or soothe; to quell unrest or anger - pained — showing or feeling hurt, distress, or annoyance - painless — causing no pain; involving little effort or difficulty - palpable — able to be touched or felt; so intense as to seem tangible - paucity — the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities - peerless — having no equal; matchless - pendant — a piece of jewelry that hangs from a chain worn around the neck - penetration — the action of entering, piercing, or passing into something - peopleless — devoid of people; unpopulated - perennial — lasting or recurring through many years; a plant living for years - perilous — full of danger or risk - perpendicular — at a right angle to a given line or surface; exactly upright - philosophic — relating to philosophy; calm and rational in the face of difficulty - pitiless — showing no pity; merciless or relentless - plentiful — existing in great quantity; abundant - pliable — easily bent without breaking; easily influenced - pliant — bending readily; supple or easily influenced - plunder — to steal goods, typically by force in time of war or unrest - polished — smooth and shiny from rubbing; refined and accomplished - pornographic — relating to explicit sexual material intended to arouse - poser — a puzzling question or problem; one who poses or affects a persona - posterior — situated at or toward the rear; the buttocks - potentate — a ruler with great power; a monarch or sovereign - practicable — able to be done or put into practice successfully - preceptor — a teacher or instructor, especially a tutor or mentor - precipitant — a substance causing a precipitate; acting with sudden haste - precursor — something that comes before and signals or leads to another - predisposition — an inclination or tendency to a particular condition or behavior - princely — befitting a prince; generous or lavish in scale - principality — a state or territory ruled by a prince - privation — a lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life - procrastinate — to delay or postpone action needlessly - prognostication — the act of foretelling or predicting future events - progressively — in a manner increasing steadily by stages or degrees - promptness — the quality of acting or responding quickly and without delay - propensity — a natural inclination or tendency to behave in a particular way - provisional — arranged or existing for the present, likely to be changed later - proxy — a person authorized to act or vote on behalf of another - publican — a person who owns or manages a pub - quandary — a state of uncertainty or perplexity over a difficult choice - quieten — to make or become quiet or calm - reckoning — the action of calculating, or a settling of accounts or consequences - redress — remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance - refinement — the process of improving something, or cultivated elegance of manner - regress — to return to a former, usually worse or less developed state - relevancy — the quality of being pertinent or connected to the matter at hand - reprehension — the act of reproving or expressing severe disapproval - reprobate — an unprincipled or morally depraved person - repudiate — to refuse to accept or be associated with; to deny or reject - residency — the fact of living in a place, or a period of specialized training - responsibly — in a sensible, accountable, or trustworthy manner - restful — giving a feeling of peace and relaxation; tranquil - richdom — an archaic word for the state of being rich; wealth or richness - rueful — expressing regret or sorrow, often in a wry, resigned way - ruthful — an archaic word meaning full of sorrow or compassion; pitiful - salient — most noticeable or important; prominent - sanctuary — a place of refuge, safety, or worship - sappy — excessively sentimental; also, full of sap - scamper — to run with quick, light, hurried steps - schematic — represented in a simplified diagram showing structure or workings - scintillate — to sparkle or flash; to be brilliantly clever or animated - scrawny — unattractively thin and bony - selflessness — the quality of caring more for others than for oneself - senate — a legislative or governing assembly, especially an upper house - sentience — the capacity to feel, perceive, or experience sensations - serpent — a snake, especially a large or symbolically evil one - shortcoming — a fault or failure to meet a standard; a defect - shorten — to make or become shorter in length, duration, or extent - sincerely — in a genuine, honest, heartfelt manner - sinful — wicked, immoral, or constituting a sin - skinny — very thin or lean; also, inside information (slang) - sonorous — having a deep, full, resonant sound - sophistication — refined worldly knowledge, or complexity of design - sorriness — the state of being sorrowful, regretful, or pitifully poor - sorrowful — feeling or expressing deep sadness or grief - southerly — situated toward or coming from the south - sparkler — a hand-held firework that emits bright sparks - specious — superficially plausible but actually wrong or misleading - specter — a ghost, or a haunting threatening prospect - spiciness — the quality of being pungent, hot, or piquant in flavor - sporadically — occurring at irregular intervals; occasionally and scattered - stagy — excessively theatrical or artificial in manner - stationary — not moving; fixed in one place - stillness — the absence of movement or sound; calm quiet - strained — showing signs of tension or effort; not relaxed or natural - streetcar — a passenger vehicle running on rails along city streets; a tram - stupidity — the quality of lacking intelligence or good sense - sundry — of various kinds; several and miscellaneous - sureness — the quality of being certain, confident, or reliably accurate - systematically — in a methodical manner according to a fixed plan or system - systemic — affecting an entire system or body rather than a single part - template — a shaped pattern or model used as a guide for making things - terrorize — to fill with intense fear, often through threats or violence - thespian — an actor or actress; relating to drama and the theatre - timelessness — the quality of being unaffected by the passage of time - tractable — easy to control, manage, or deal with; docile - transiency — the state of being brief or impermanent; transience - transmutation — the act of changing one substance or form into another - triumphant — having won a victory or success; exultant over it - truthfully — in a manner that conveys the truth; honestly - tummy — the stomach or belly, especially in informal or childish speech - tyrannical — exercising power in a cruel, oppressive, and arbitrary way - ulterior — hidden beyond what is openly stated; concealed and self-serving - unalloyed — pure and unqualified; not mixed with anything that diminishes it - unassociated — not connected or linked with something else - unbelievably — to an extent that is hard to credit; remarkably - unceasing — never stopping; continuous and relentless - unconnected — not joined or related; without logical link - undecked — not adorned or decorated; of a boat, having no deck - undivided — not split or shared; complete and whole - uneconomical — wasteful of money, time, or resources; not cost-effective - unevenness — the state of not being level, smooth, or consistent - unhabited — not lived in; uninhabited - univocal — having only one possible meaning; unambiguous - unlawful — not permitted by law; illegal - unparalleled — having no equal; without comparison - unprocessed — not treated, refined, or prepared; in a raw state - unqualified — lacking required qualifications; or complete and absolute - unrelenting — not yielding in severity or determination; relentless - unrestricted — not limited or controlled by rules or conditions - unseemly — not in good taste or proper; indecorous - unsettled — not calm, fixed, or resolved; uneasy or changeable - unsufficient — not enough or adequate; an archaic form of insufficient - unyielding — not giving way to pressure; rigid or firmly resolute - vacate — to leave a place empty; to give up an office or position - valuate — to estimate the worth or value of something; to appraise - vector — a quantity with magnitude and direction; a carrier of disease - vehemence — the quality of showing strong, forceful feeling or conviction - velocity — speed in a given direction; rapidity of motion - veracity — conformity to truth; habitual truthfulness or accuracy - virtuous — having or showing high moral standards; righteous - vivification — the act of giving life or vitality to something; animation - vocable — a word regarded as a unit of sound rather than meaning - voluminous — occupying great space or bulk; of great quantity, as writing - wager — a bet; to risk a sum on the outcome of an uncertain event - wakeful — unable or not wanting to sleep; alert and watchful - waken — to wake up or rouse from sleep - watchful — keeping alert attention; observant and vigilant - weariness — the state of being tired; fatigue of body or spirit - wonderfully — in an extremely pleasing or remarkable way - yearly — happening or produced once a year; annually - abbreviate — to shorten a word, phrase, or text - abiding — lasting a long time; enduring and permanent - abnormalism — the condition or an instance of being abnormal; an abnormality - abominate — to detest or loathe intensely - abrasive — causing wear by rubbing; harsh or grating in manner - absenteeism — the habitual practice of being absent from work or duty - absolutism — the principle or system of absolute, unlimited governmental or moral authority - abstractedly — in a manner showing distraction or inattention to one's surroundings - abstractive — tending to form abstractions or to separate qualities by abstraction - abuser — a person who maltreats another or misuses something habitually - academicism — rigid adherence to formal conventions in art or thought, often at the expense of originality - academism — adherence to traditional academic conventions or doctrines - accedence — the act of acceding, assenting, or agreeing to something - acceleration — the rate of increase of speed or, more generally, the act of speeding up - acceptableness — the quality of being acceptable or satisfactory - acceptation — the accepted or usual meaning of a word or expression - accessary — a person who aids in a crime without being the principal; an accessory - accumulator — a person or device that gathers or stores up, such as a rechargeable battery - acerbic — sharp and biting in tone, manner, or taste - achy — affected by a dull, persistent pain - acquisitive — eager to gain and possess things, especially wealth or property - adaptability — the quality of being able to adjust to new conditions - adaption — the process of adapting; an adaptation - adder — a small venomous snake of the viper family - admissible — acceptable or allowable, especially as evidence in court - admonishment — a gentle or earnest reproof or warning - adoptive — related by adoption rather than by birth - adoration — deep love, worship, or reverence - adulter — to corrupt or debase by adding a foreign substance; to adulterate - adulterant — a substance added to dilute or debase something, especially a foodstuff - adverseness — the quality of being adverse, hostile, or unfavourable - affinity — a natural attraction, kinship, or close relationship - affirmation — the act of affirming; a positive declaration - affray — a noisy public fight or brawl disturbing the peace - afraidness — the state of being afraid; fearfulness (rare) - aggregation — the gathering of separate elements into a collective whole - agnostic — one who holds that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable - agonist — a contender or protagonist; (pharmacology) a substance that triggers a response - ailment — a minor illness or bodily disorder - airway — a passage for air, especially the breathing passages of the body - alacrity — brisk and cheerful readiness or eagerness - alcoholicity — the degree or strength of alcoholic content in a liquid - aliment — food or nourishment; that which sustains - allegoric — relating to or characterized by allegory - alphabetarian — a beginner learning the alphabet; a novice - alphabetic — arranged in or relating to the order of the alphabet - alphabetize — to arrange in alphabetical order - amity — friendly and peaceful relations - analytic — relating to or proceeding by analysis; logically rigorous - anatomy — the bodily structure of an organism, or its study - ancestry — one's family or ethnic descent; lineage - animalism — preoccupation with physical appetites; the doctrine that humans are merely animals - antecedently — at a prior time; beforehand - antiquarian — relating to or dealing in antiques and old books; a collector of such - antiquary — a student or collector of antiquities - anywise — in any way or respect; at all (archaic) - apologetic — expressing or showing regret; offered in defence of something - apportionment — the act of distributing or allotting in proportional shares - apprehensively — in a manner showing anxiety or fear about the future - approachability — the quality of being easy to approach or talk to - approachable — easy to talk to or to reach; friendly - arbitrate — to settle a dispute by acting as an impartial judge between parties - archetypical — serving as a typical or perfect example; archetypal - argent — silver; the heraldic tincture silver or white - arguable — open to dispute; able to be supported by argument - arguer — a person who argues or debates - argumentation — the action or process of reasoning systematically in support of an idea or position - arrogate — to claim or seize something without justification - arsenal — a store or collection of weapons and military equipment - artful — clever or skillful, often in a cunning or deceptive way - artificer — a skilled craftsman or inventor of ingenious devices - ascent — the act of rising or climbing upward - ascetic — practicing severe self-discipline and abstaining from worldly pleasures - ascititious — added or supplemental rather than inherent; adventitious - assay — a test of the quality or composition of a substance, especially an ore or metal - asseverate — to declare earnestly or solemnly affirm - assorted — consisting of various kinds grouped together - astronomical — extremely large; relating to astronomy - asunder — apart or into separate pieces - atmospherical — relating to the atmosphere or surrounding air - attainder — the legal forfeiture of rights and property following a sentence of death or outlawry - attrist — to sadden or make sorrowful - auctioneer — a person who conducts sales by auction - augmentation — the action or result of making something greater in size or amount - austral — of or relating to the south; southern - authentically — in a genuine or true manner - authentication — the process of verifying that something is genuine or valid - autocratic — ruling with absolute power; domineering - availableness — the quality of being available or able to be obtained - avaricious — extremely greedy for wealth or material gain - averagely — to an ordinary or middling degree - aversion — a strong dislike or disinclination - avidity — keen eagerness or greedy enthusiasm - avowal — an open declaration or frank admission - axiomatical — self-evident; of the nature of an axiom - backbreaking — physically exhausting and arduous - bagger — a person or machine that fills or packs bags - baggy — loose and hanging in folds - bamboozler — a person who cheats or deceives others - barkeeper — a person who serves drinks at a bar - barring — except for; apart from the possibility of - barrister — a lawyer qualified to plead in the higher courts (chiefly British) - basal — forming or belonging to a base; fundamental - baseness — moral lowness or contemptible meanness - bashful — shy and easily embarrassed - batty — crazy or eccentric (informal) - bearable — able to be endured or tolerated - bearer — a person who carries or holds something - beautifulness — the quality of being beautiful - bedchamber — a private room used for sleeping; a bedroom - beggar — a person who lives by asking for charity - behear — to hear or listen to (archaic) - beingness — the state or quality of existing; existence - believability — the quality of being credible or convincing - bendable — capable of being bent without breaking - bender — a bout of heavy drinking (informal); one who bends something - benignant — kind and gracious, especially toward inferiors - bereavement — the state of grief and loss following someone's death - bestial — savagely cruel, brutish, or like a beast - betoken — to be a sign of; to indicate or foreshadow - bewrayer — one who betrays, reveals, or exposes a secret (archaic) - bhoy — a boy or lad (Irish dialectal spelling) - biennial — happening every two years, or lasting for two years - bighearted — generous, kind, and warmly sympathetic - bigoted — obstinately intolerant of other people's beliefs or opinions - biologic — relating to biology; a medical product derived from living organisms - bishopric — the office or diocese of a bishop - blandish — to coax or persuade with flattery; to cajole - blatantly — in an obvious and unashamed manner - blemish — a small flaw that spoils appearance or perfection - blower — a device that produces a current of air; (British slang) a telephone - boarder — a person who pays to live and take meals in someone's house - bolster — to support or strengthen; a long firm pillow or cushion - bombardier — a crew member who aims and releases bombs from an aircraft - boner — (informal) a foolish and embarrassing mistake - bookmarker — a strip or object placed in a book to mark one's place - bounder — (dated, British) a dishonorable or ill-bred man; a cad - bounty — a reward offered for a task, or generous abundance - brainpan — (informal) the skull, especially the part enclosing the brain - brawny — physically strong and muscular - brooding — deeply and gloomily thoughtful; menacingly somber - brumal — of or relating to winter; wintry - brutish — savagely violent, coarse, or animal-like - bunny — a child's word for a rabbit - bursary — a grant or scholarship awarded to a student; a treasury office - buster — (informal) a man or boy, used as an address; something that breaks or stops - busybody — a meddlesome person who pries into others' affairs - butchery — brutal and indiscriminate killing; the trade of a butcher - cabal — a secret group plotting against a government or authority - caliginous — (literary) misty, dim, or dark; obscure - camper — a person who camps; a vehicle equipped for camping - canalize — to convert into or direct through a channel; to channel into a fixed course - canary — a small yellow songbird often kept as a pet - capableness — the quality of being able or competent - caress — to touch or stroke gently and lovingly - cataclysmal — of the nature of a cataclysm; catastrophically destructive - causeless — having no cause or justification; groundless - cecity — (archaic) blindness, literal or figurative - censurable — deserving strong disapproval or official blame - ceremonious — marked by formal politeness or elaborate ritual - chaffer — to haggle or bargain over a price - challenger — one who challenges, especially for a title or position - chandler — a dealer in supplies and provisions, especially for ships - changeless — remaining the same; never altering or varying - charismatic — exercising a compelling charm that inspires devotion in others - chasteness — the quality of being pure, modest, or restrained in style or conduct - cheating — the act of acting dishonestly or unfairly to gain an advantage - cheerily — in a happy and brightly cheerful manner - cheeseparing — excessively careful with money; stingy or miserly - cheeser — one who makes cheese; a cheesemaker - chevy — to chase, harass, or hurry someone along - chickabiddy — a term of endearment for a child or chicken - chickadee — a small North American songbird of the tit family with a dark cap - circumspection — wariness and prudence; careful consideration of consequences - circumstantial — pointing indirectly to a fact rather than proving it directly - civility — formal politeness and courtesy in behavior or speech - clamant — urgent and demanding attention; clamorous - clapping — the act of striking the palms together to applaud - clarification — the act of making something clearer or easier to understand - coating — a thin layer of substance spread over a surface - coeval — having the same age or date of origin; contemporary - coexist — to exist at the same time or in the same place, especially peacefully - cogger — a cheat or flatterer, especially one who loads dice (archaic) - cogitate — to think deeply and carefully; to ponder - cognizant — having knowledge or awareness of something - coherency — the quality of being logical and consistent; coherence - cohesion — the action of forming a united whole; sticking together - coition — sexual intercourse; copulation - collectivism — the principle of giving the group priority over the individual - colloquy — a formal conversation or dialogue - comfy — comfortable; cozy (informal) - commandeer — to seize for official or military use; to take arbitrary possession of - communion — the sharing of intimate thoughts or feelings; a Christian sacrament - companionable — friendly and sociable; pleasant to be with - companionship — the comfort and pleasure of having company - complicatedness — the quality of being intricate and difficult to understand - comportment — the way a person behaves or carries themselves; deportment - compositor — a person who sets type for printing - conceptual — relating to or based on mental concepts or abstract ideas - concisely — in a brief and clearly expressed manner - concordant — in agreement; consistent or harmonious - condescending — showing a patronizing attitude of superiority - confederation — an alliance of states or groups united for a common purpose - conferrer — a person who confers, grants, or bestows something - conflate — to combine two or more ideas or things into one, often mistakenly - congress — a formal assembly of representatives, or a coming together - conjectural — based on incomplete information; involving guesswork - connate — existing from birth; congenitally united or related - connectedness — the state of being joined or related to others - connive — to secretly cooperate in wrongdoing; to scheme - consecrated — declared sacred and dedicated to a religious purpose - consecution — a logical sequence or succession of things - conservationist — a person who advocates protection of the environment and wildlife - constabulary — the police force of a district or country - consultative — intended for or having the role of giving advice - contaminant — a substance that pollutes or makes something impure - contaminator — a person or thing that pollutes or defiles something - contemporaneous — existing or occurring during the same period of time - contestant — a person who takes part in a competition - continence — self-restraint, especially regarding bodily appetites - continuousness — the quality of being unbroken or uninterrupted - contrarily — in the opposite way; on the other hand - contrarious — opposed, perverse, or inclined to oppose (archaic) - controllable — capable of being managed or directed - contumelious — scornful and insulting; insolently abusive - convalescence — the gradual recovery of health after illness - convent — a community of nuns, or the building they occupy - conventionally — in a way that follows accepted customs or standards - conversant — familiar with or knowledgeable about something - correlative — mutually related; each implying or complementing the other - corruptness — the quality of being dishonest, depraved, or morally rotten - countdom — the rank, title, or domain of a count - courier — a messenger who transports goods or documents, often urgently - courter — one who courts or woos another, especially a suitor - courtship — the period or activity of wooing someone with a view to marriage - craftsmanship — the skill and quality with which something is made by hand - crafty — clever at achieving aims by deceit or indirect means - creational — relating to creation or the act of bringing into existence - creationary — pertaining to or marked by creation - creationism — the belief that the universe and life originated from divine acts of creation - creationist — a person who believes in creation by a divine agent rather than evolution - credulous — too ready to believe things; easily deceived - creed — a formal statement of religious belief or a set of guiding principles - creeper — a plant that grows along the ground or up surfaces by clinging - criminate — to accuse of or charge with a crime; to incriminate - crimination — the act of accusing someone of a crime; an accusation - crinkly — full of small wrinkles, folds, or creases - crooked — bent or twisted out of shape; dishonest - crucify — to put to death by nailing to a cross; to criticize harshly - crummy — of poor quality; shabby or unpleasant - cubic — having the shape of a cube; relating to volume measured in three dimensions - cully — a dupe or easily deceived companion; to deceive or impose upon - culminate — to reach the highest or climactic point of something - cultism — devotion to or the practices of a cult - cumber — to hamper or burden; an obstruction or encumbrance - cunctation — delay or tardiness in acting; procrastination - cursive — written with the letters joined together in a flowing hand - cushiony — soft and resilient like a cushion - custodian — a person responsible for guarding or maintaining something - damnation — condemnation to eternal punishment in hell - dastardly — wicked and cruel in a cowardly, contemptible way - deactivate — to make something inactive or render it inoperative - debauchment — the act of corrupting morally; seduction into dissipation - deceitful — given to or characterized by deceiving; dishonest - deceitfulness — the quality of being deceitful; dishonesty - decomposed — broken down by decay; rotted into simpler substances - decompress — to release from pressure or compression; to relax and unwind - decorously — in a manner showing proper decorum and good taste - deferment — the act of postponing something to a later time - definable — able to be defined or precisely described - degeneracy — the state of having declined morally, physically, or in quality - deific — making divine, or having a godlike character - delectation — delight or enjoyment; the giving of pleasure - delineate — to describe or portray precisely; to mark out boundaries - delineation — the act of describing or outlining something precisely - delusion — a false belief held despite evidence to the contrary - demarcation — the marking or setting of boundaries or limits - dematerialize — to cease to exist in bodily form; to vanish into nothing - democratical — of or relating to democracy; democratic - demonstrator — a person who takes part in a public protest, or who shows how something works - demurral — an expression of objection, hesitation, or reluctance - denigrate — to criticize unfairly; to disparage or belittle - denotative — relating to the literal meaning of a word rather than its associations - deprecative — expressing disapproval or seeking to avert something by entreaty - derivation — the origin or source of something, especially a word's formation - derogate — to detract from or disparage; to deviate from a standard - descendant — a person or thing descended from a particular ancestor - deservingly — in a manner that is merited or deserved - despisal — the act of despising; contempt or scorn - despotic — exercising absolute power in a cruel or oppressive way - destinate — to appoint or set apart for a particular purpose or destiny - destitution — the state of extreme poverty; lack of the means of subsistence - destroyer — one who destroys, or a fast, lightly armoured warship - desultory — lacking a plan or purpose; passing aimlessly from one thing to another - detectable — able to be detected or perceived - determinant — a factor that decisively influences an outcome - detractor — a person who disparages or belittles someone or something - deviation — the act of departing from an established course or norm - devilish — like a devil; mischievous or extremely difficult - diaphanous — light, delicate, and translucent; almost transparent - diction — the choice and use of words, or clarity of speech - differentialize — to make or mark as different; to differentiate - diffusion — the spreading of something more widely; the intermingling of particles - digression — a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing - dilapidated — fallen into ruin or disrepair through neglect - diminishment — the act or process of becoming or making smaller or less - dimpsy — dialectal term for twilight or the dim half-light of dusk - diplomacy — the management of relations between nations or the skill of tactful negotiation - directive — an official instruction or order issued by an authority - disadventurous — archaic term for unfortunate, unlucky, or marked by misadventure - disastrously — in a way that causes great damage, ruin, or failure - discommendation — archaic term for blame, censure, or expression of disapproval - disconnection — the act of breaking a connection or the state of being disconnected - discontinuity — a break, gap, or lack of continuity in something - discontinuous — having breaks or interruptions; not continuous - discordant — disagreeing or clashing; harsh and unharmonious in sound - discourtesy — rude or impolite behavior; lack of courtesy - discretely — in a separate or individually distinct manner - dishonorable — bringing shame or disgrace; lacking honor or integrity - disloyal — failing to be faithful or loyal; treacherous - dismission — archaic term for dismissal or the act of sending away - disorderliness — the quality of being untidy, chaotic, or unruly - disorganization — lack of order or systematic arrangement; confusion - dispersion — the act of scattering or the state of being spread over a wide area - dispossession — the act of depriving someone of property or occupancy - disrelish — a feeling of distaste or dislike; to regard with distaste - disreputable — not respectable in character or appearance; of bad reputation - disrespectful — showing a lack of respect or courtesy - disruptive — causing disturbance or upheaval; radically altering an established order - dissever — to sever or divide; to separate forcibly - dissimilarity — the state of being unlike or different - dissipate — to scatter or vanish gradually; to squander wastefully - dissolver — a person or substance that dissolves something - distinctiveness — the quality of being clearly different or readily distinguishable - distributer — a person or firm that distributes goods (variant of distributor) - disuniformity — lack of uniformity; inconsistency or unevenness - diverseness — the quality of being varied or composed of differing elements - divinity — the state of being divine, a deity, or the study of theology - divisive — tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people - divisor — a number by which another is divided - doctrinal — relating to a doctrine or set of established teachings - dominator — a person or thing that dominates or rules over others - dominion — sovereignty or control; a territory under a single ruler - doomsman — archaic term for a judge or one who pronounces sentence - doubtfully — in a manner showing uncertainty or hesitation - dower — the portion of an estate a widow receives, or a dowry - downrightly — in a thorough, plain, or outright manner - draggy — informal for slow, dull, or tediously sluggish - drastically — in a way that has a strong or extreme effect - droughty — characterized by drought; dry and parched - drowsy — sleepy or half-asleep; inducing sleepiness - duchess — the wife or widow of a duke, or a woman holding a duchy in her own right - dupery — the act of deceiving, or the state of being duped - durative — in grammar, denoting continuing or ongoing action - duteously — in a dutiful or obedient manner - dysfunction — abnormal or impaired functioning of a system, organ, or relationship - ecologic — relating to ecology or the relationship of organisms to their environment - ecumenical — promoting unity among Christian churches; universal in scope - edificator — archaic term for a builder, or one who edifies morally - edifier — a person or thing that instructs or improves morally or intellectually - effector — an organ, cell, or molecule that produces a response to a stimulus - effervescent — giving off bubbles; vivacious and high-spirited - effortful — requiring or showing great effort or exertion - egotistic — excessively self-centered or conceited - egregious — outstandingly bad; conspicuously and shockingly offensive - elector — a person entitled to vote in an election - electorate — all the people entitled to vote in an election - elimination — the act of removing or getting rid of something - embellishment — a decorative detail or an exaggeration added to make something more appealing - embolden — to give someone the courage or confidence to act - empiric — one who relies on observation or experiment; an unqualified practitioner - empress — a female sovereign ruler of an empire, or the wife of an emperor - emulative — inclined to imitate or strive to equal another - emulator — hardware or software that imitates another system, or one who emulates - encampment — a place where a group, especially troops, sets up camp - endear — to make beloved or cause to be liked - endlessness — the quality of having no end or limit - endowment — a fund or natural quality with which a person or institution is provided - enfranchisement — the granting of the right to vote or of civil liberties - enlargement — the act of making larger or the state of being enlarged - entrant — a person or thing that enters a competition or institution - entree — the main course of a meal, or the right of admission - entropy — a measure of disorder or of energy unavailable for work in a system - entryway — a passage or opening that serves as an entrance - environmentalism — concern for and advocacy of the protection of the natural environment - envoy — a messenger or diplomatic representative - ephemeralness — the quality of lasting for a very short time - epicurean — devoted to refined sensual pleasure, especially good food and drink - equalitarian — believing in or relating to the equality of all people - equilibrate — to bring into or maintain a state of balance - equilibrize — to bring into equilibrium or balance - erratic — irregular or unpredictable in movement, behavior, or quality - erudition — extensive knowledge acquired through study; learning - eternize — to make eternal or immortalize, especially in memory - eventuality — a possible event or outcome, especially an unwelcome one - everduring — lasting forever; everlasting - evilness — the quality of being evil; wickedness - exagitate — to agitate or stir up greatly; to harass - exasperate — to irritate or annoy intensely - excavation — the act of digging out earth, or a site so dug - excitation — the action of exciting or the state of being excited, especially in physics - exculpation — the act of clearing someone from blame or guilt - executable — able to be carried out or run, especially a computer program file - exemplificator — one who exemplifies or illustrates something by example - exertion — physical or mental effort - exhibitor — a person or company that displays goods or works at an exhibition - exigent — requiring immediate action; pressing or demanding - expansive — covering a wide area; open and communicative in manner - expeditiously — in a quick and efficient manner - expiation — the act of making amends for guilt or wrongdoing - explicator — a person who explains or interprets, especially a text - explorative — relating to or serving to explore; exploratory - exploratory — relating to or carried out for the purpose of investigation - exportation — the act of sending goods abroad for sale - exposition — a comprehensive explanation, or a large public exhibition - expressible — capable of being expressed or stated - extendedly — in an extended or prolonged manner - extrajudicial — outside or beyond the authority of a court of law - extraordinariness — the quality of being highly unusual or remarkable - extrusion — the act of forcing or thrusting out, as shaping material through a die - fallible — capable of making mistakes or being wrong - falsehood — an untrue statement; a lie - famish — to suffer or cause to suffer from extreme hunger - fashionably — in a manner conforming to current fashion - fastidiously — in a way that shows careful attention to detail or cleanliness - fatherling — a little or dear father (an archaic affectionate term) - fealty — a feudal vassal's sworn loyalty to a lord - fecundity — the ability to produce abundant offspring or fruit; fertility - feigned — simulated or pretended; not genuine - felicitate — to congratulate or express good wishes to someone - fertileness — the quality of being fertile or productive - fertility — the ability to produce offspring or abundant vegetation - fidelity — faithfulness or loyalty; accuracy of reproduction - fierceness — the quality of being violent, intense, or savage - filarious — thread-like; relating to or resembling filaria worms - financier — a person who manages or provides large amounts of money - fisher — a person who catches fish; a large North American marten - fixate — to direct attention obsessively, or to make stable - flaming — burning with flames; bright red or intense - flaxen — of the pale yellow color of flax, especially of hair - fleeceable — easily cheated or swindled - fleer — to laugh or grin mockingly; a derisive look or remark - fleetingly — for a very short time; briefly - flexibleness — the quality of being flexible or adaptable - flooring — the material used to make the floor of a room - fluidic — relating to or operating by the flow of fluids - fluidity — the quality of flowing smoothly or changing readily - fodder — food for livestock; also raw material readily used for a purpose - foldable — capable of being folded for storage or transport - foolery — foolish or absurd behavior; silly conduct - foreboding — a feeling that something bad is about to happen - forgather — to assemble or gather together, especially socially - forgery — the act of making a fraudulent copy; a forged item - forgiveness — the act of pardoning an offense or ceasing to feel resentment - formless — having no definite or distinct shape or structure - fortuitously — by chance; in a happily accidental manner - fortuneless — without wealth or good fortune; luckless - fractional — constituting a small or partial amount; relating to fractions - frailty — the condition of being weak or delicate; a moral weakness - frangible — easily broken or fragile - fraternity — a group of people with shared interests; brotherly fellowship - fraudful — full of fraud; deceitful or treacherous - fraudulence — the quality of being deceitful; dishonesty intended to deceive - fraudulent — obtained, done, or characterized by deception or fraud - frosted — covered with frost; given a matte or icy surface - frugality — the quality of being economical and sparing with resources - fruitful — producing good or abundant results; productive - furiousness — the state of being extremely angry or violent - furry — covered with or resembling fur - gaily — in a cheerful or merry manner; brightly - gainful — providing money or profit; remunerative - gargantuan — enormous; gigantic in size or quantity - garnishment — a legal order to withhold money, typically from wages, to pay a debt - gastropodous — of or relating to gastropods such as snails and slugs - genetous — present from birth; congenital - genitive — the grammatical case expressing possession or origin - gentlemanliness — the quality of behaving with the courtesy of a gentleman - genuineness — the quality of being authentic, real, or sincere - geologic — relating to the structure or history of the earth - germinate — to begin to grow or sprout, as a seed; to develop - gleeful — full of exuberant joy or delight - gloominess — the state of being dark, dim, or melancholy - glorification — the act of praising highly or representing as glorious - glossy — smooth and shiny; superficially attractive - goodhearted — kind and generous in disposition - goodwilly — well-disposed; full of goodwill (archaic) - governable — capable of being controlled or ruled - gradation — a gradual change through a series of stages or degrees - gradient — a rate of inclination or change; a slope - granddaddy — a grandfather; the oldest or largest example of its kind - grandness — the quality of being grand, impressive, or magnificent - granitic — of or resembling granite; very hard or unyielding - gratifying — giving pleasure or satisfaction - gravamen — the essential or most serious part of a grievance or accusation - greener — an inexperienced newcomer; more green in color or experience - gregarious — fond of company; sociable; living in flocks or groups - grumbling — the act of complaining in a low discontented manner - guileless — innocent and without deceit; honest and sincere - gumption — shrewd, resourceful initiative and boldness; common sense - gutter — a channel along a roof or roadside for carrying off rainwater - hackneyed — made trite and unoriginal through overuse - halting — hesitant or faltering, especially in speech or movement - hankering — a strong, often restless craving or longing - harden — to make or become firm, rigid, or unyielding - harmonic — relating to harmony or to frequencies that are multiples of a fundamental tone - hastiness — the quality of acting with excessive speed or insufficient thought - hateful — arousing or deserving hatred; full of malice - heading — a title or caption at the top of a section of text - headliner — the main performer or featured attraction at an event - healer — a person who cures or restores others to health - healthful — conducive to good health; wholesome - heartily — in a warm, sincere, or vigorous manner - heartless — lacking compassion or feeling; cruelly indifferent - hebdomadal — occurring or appearing once a week; weekly - hellish — extremely unpleasant or torturous; of or like hell - helplessness — the state of being unable to act or defend oneself - heroic — having the courage or qualities of a hero - heroism — great bravery or noble self-sacrifice - hesitancy — reluctance or uncertainty about acting or speaking - hesitant — tentative or unsure; slow to act or decide - hideous — extremely ugly or repulsive - higher — at or to a greater height, degree, or rank - hilarity — exuberant merriment or boisterous laughter - hilary — the spring legal and university term in parts of the British Isles - hither — to or toward this place - holding — land, property, or assets owned or controlled by someone - holiness — the state of being sacred, pure, or spiritually consecrated - homeliness — plainness of appearance, or simple, unpretentious comfort - honker — something that honks, such as a goose or a car horn; informally, a large nose - hopelessness — the feeling or state of having no hope; despair - horizontal — parallel to the horizon; level and flat - horrendous — extremely unpleasant, shocking, or dreadful - howdy — an informal greeting; hello - howsoever — in whatever way or to whatever degree - hubby — an informal or affectionate term for a husband - humanitarianism — the practice or doctrine of promoting human welfare and reducing suffering - humorless — lacking a sense of humor; grimly serious - hungriness — the state of being hungry; keen desire or appetite - hydrometeor — any atmospheric water in liquid or solid form, such as rain, snow, or fog - hysteric — affected by or characterized by uncontrolled emotion or panic - iconic — widely recognized and admired as a representative symbol - identic — identical, especially of diplomatic notes worded the same by several powers - identifier — a name or symbol used to mark or distinguish something uniquely - idiomatical — conforming to the natural idiom of a language; idiomatic - illusionist — a magician who performs tricks of deception and optical illusion - immoderate — exceeding reasonable limits; excessive - immodestly — in a manner lacking decency, restraint, or humility - immoralize — to render immoral or corrupt the morals of - impeachment — the formal charging of a public official with misconduct - impendent — impending; about to happen or threateningly near - imperfectly — in a flawed or incomplete manner - imperial — relating to an empire or emperor; majestic in scale or bearing - imperious — arrogantly domineering or overbearing - impermanence — the state of not lasting; transience - implausible — not seeming reasonable or probable; hard to believe - implicative — tending to imply or involve something by inference - implicitness — the quality of being implied rather than directly stated - impoverish — to make poor, or to deprive of strength or richness - impreventable — that cannot be prevented; unpreventable - imprudent — lacking caution or foresight; unwise - impudence — bold, shameless disrespect or insolence - impudent — boldly disrespectful or impertinent - impulsion — the act of driving forward, or a strong inner urge to act - inanition — exhaustion from lack of nourishment; emptiness - inattentive — not paying attention; heedless or neglectful - inbred — produced by breeding among close relatives, or deeply ingrained - incapable — lacking the ability, capacity, or fitness to do something - incapacitate — to deprive of strength, ability, or legal capacity - incarnate — embodied in flesh or in concrete form; personified - incarnation — a living embodiment of a deity, spirit, or quality in bodily form - incidentally — by the way; as a minor or unconnected point - incisively — in a sharp, clear, and analytically penetrating manner - incitement — the act of urging or stirring others to action, often unlawful or violent - inclination — a natural tendency, leaning, or preference toward something - incommensurate — not in proportion or adequate relation to something - incompletely — in a manner that is not whole or fully finished - incontinent — unable to control bodily discharges; lacking self-restraint - incorrectly — in a way that is wrong or inaccurate - inculpate — to accuse or incriminate; to show as guilty - incumbency — the holding of an office or position, or its term - incursion — a sudden invasion or raid into another's territory - independency — the state of independence; a self-governing territory or church polity - indisposed — slightly unwell; unwilling or disinclined - indisposition — a slight illness; an unwillingness or aversion - individualist — a person who asserts independence in thought or action - individualistic — characterized by self-reliance and independence from the group - individualize — to make distinct or tailor to a particular person or case - industriousness — the quality of being diligent and hardworking - inefficacious — failing to produce the intended effect; ineffective - ineluctable — impossible to avoid or escape; inevitable - inescapable — unable to be avoided or evaded - inessential — not necessary or fundamental; dispensable - infective — capable of causing infection; communicating disease - infelicitous — not apt or well-chosen; unfortunate in expression - infinitesimal — extremely small; smaller than any measurable quantity - infliction — the act of imposing something unpleasant, such as pain or punishment - informally — in a relaxed, casual, or unofficial manner - infraction — a breach or violation of a law, rule, or agreement - infrequently — not often; rarely - ingeniosity — cleverness or inventive skill; ingenuity - ingrained — firmly fixed or deeply rooted, as a habit or belief - inhabitancy — the state of dwelling in a place; residence or occupancy - injunction — a court order requiring or forbidding an action; an authoritative command - innumerable — too many to be counted; very numerous - inoffensive — not objectionable or likely to cause offense; harmless - insanity — the state of being seriously mentally ill; extreme folly - insecurity — a feeling of uncertainty or anxiety; lack of safety or stability - insensible — unconscious or unaware; lacking feeling or perception - insentient — incapable of feeling or perception; lifeless - insinuate — to suggest indirectly; to introduce or work in subtly - insolvent — unable to pay one's debts; bankrupt - installment — one of several successive payments or parts of a whole - insubstantial — lacking substance, strength, or reality; flimsy - insufferable — too unpleasant or arrogant to be endured - insulate — to protect by surrounding with a non-conducting material or barrier - insulation — material used to prevent the passage of heat, sound, or electricity - insultation — the act of insulting; an affront (archaic) - insurgent — a person who rises in revolt against authority; rebellious - integer — a whole number, positive, negative, or zero - intensification — the act or process of making or becoming more intense - intension — the internal content or connotation of a concept; intensity of effort - interment — the burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb - interminable — endless or seemingly without limit, especially tediously so - intermittently — at irregular intervals; occasionally and not continuously - interpenetrate — to penetrate one another thoroughly; to pervade mutually - interpretive — serving to explain or render the meaning of something - interrogator — a person who questions someone closely, often in an official inquiry - intricacy — the quality of being complex; a complicated detail - intrinsicality — the quality of being intrinsic or essential by nature - intrusive — intruding or encroaching where not welcome; obtrusive - inundation — a flood; an overwhelming abundance of something - inventive — having or showing creativity and originality in devising things - inventory — a complete list of goods or items in stock; the stock itself - investigative — relating to detailed inquiry or systematic examination - invigorate — to give strength, energy, or fresh vitality to - involution — the quality of being intricate or entangled, or a complicated detail - irresponsibility — the quality of acting without proper care or accountability - irriguous — well-watered; supplying or marked by irrigation (archaic, literary) - irritant — something that causes irritation or annoyance - irritative — tending to cause irritation or inflammation - irruption — a sudden violent bursting in or invasion - jeopardy — danger of loss, harm, or failure; legal risk of conviction - jobless — without paid employment; unemployed - jogger — a person who runs at a steady, gentle pace for exercise - jointly — together with another or others; in a shared manner - joker — a person who jokes; a playing card outside the normal suits - jolly — cheerful and good-humored; (British) very or extremely - jovial — cheerful and good-humored - jubilant — feeling or expressing great joy and triumph - jugglery — trickery or deception, especially by sleight of hand - juryman — a male member of a jury - jurywoman — a female member of a jury - kindred — one's family and relations; related or similar in nature - knavery — dishonest or deceitful behavior - knowingness — the quality of seeming to know more than one reveals - laborious — requiring much time and hard effort - laconic — using very few words; terse to the point of brusqueness - laden — heavily loaded or weighed down - latterly — recently; in the latter part of a period - lavishness — the quality of being extravagantly abundant or generous - lawfully — in a manner permitted or recognized by law - lawmaking — the process of enacting laws; legislation - leaden — heavy, dull, or gray like lead - leaving — the act of departing; (plural) remnants or leftovers - lection — a passage read aloud in worship; a textual variant reading - leman — a lover or sweetheart, especially an illicit one - lengthiness — the quality of being unduly long or protracted - lesion — a region of damaged or abnormal tissue in the body - lessee — a person who holds property under a lease - licentious — lacking moral or sexual restraint - lickerish — greedy, lustful, or eager for sensual pleasure - lieutenant — a deputy or a junior commissioned military or police officer - lightness — the quality of having little weight, or of being bright or carefree - liken — to compare one thing to another as similar - limber — supple and flexible; to make oneself supple - livable — fit or comfortable to live in or with - lodging — a temporary place to stay; rented accommodation - lofty — of great height; noble in sentiment, or haughty - lolly — a piece of candy, especially on a stick; (British slang) money - loser — a person who loses or who is regarded as a failure - lowering — dark and threatening, as of the sky; scowling - lowly — low in rank or status; humble - luminous — giving off or full of light; radiant - lunacy — foolish or reckless behavior; insanity - lusterless — lacking shine or brilliance; dull - lustful — full of strong sexual desire - luxuriousness — the quality of being richly comfortable and sumptuous - malediction — a curse or the utterance of a curse - marketer — a person who promotes or sells products or services - maternity — the state of being a mother; motherhood - mateship — camaraderie and loyalty between friends, especially in Australian usage - matey — friendly and sociable; (British) a familiar term of address - mawkish — excessively sentimental in a feeble or sickly way - mechanics — the science of motion and forces; the practical workings of something - medicament — a substance used in medical treatment; a medicine - medicate — to treat with medicine or a drug - memorious — having an excellent memory; mindful or remembering - mercilessness — the quality of showing no mercy or compassion - meridional — of the south or a meridian; characteristic of southern peoples - merrily — in a cheerful and lively manner - metamorphize — to transform or change in form; to metamorphose - meteorologic — relating to weather or the study of the atmosphere - middleman — an intermediary who trades between producer and consumer - midway — halfway; the avenue of amusements at a fair - mightiness — the quality of being powerful or great - mimicker — a person or thing that imitates another - minded — inclined or disposed to do something; having a specified attitude - misanthropic — disliking or distrusting humankind - miscellaneous — made up of various, unrelated kinds - misshapen — badly or abnormally formed; deformed - mistakable — liable to be misunderstood or confused with something else - mixer — a device or person that mixes; a social gathering for meeting people - mockery — contemptuous ridicule or derision; a thing or person treated as ludicrously inadequate - moderately — to a reasonable or average degree; not extremely - moderator — a person who presides over a debate, discussion, or panel - modestly — in an unassuming manner; to a limited or moderate extent - moggy — a cat, especially a non-pedigree or ordinary house cat - moisty — slightly moist or damp - monger — a dealer or trader in a specified commodity; to promote something discreditable - mouthful — an amount of food or drink that fills the mouth; a long or hard-to-say word - muffled — deadened or made quieter; wrapped up to deaden sound - municipality — a town or district with its own local self-government - murky — dark, dim, and unclear; obscure or suspect - mutation — a change in form or structure, especially a heritable change in genetic material - muzzy — confused, dazed, or fuzzy; blurred and indistinct - mystical — relating to spiritual mystery or transcendent experience beyond ordinary understanding - mythical — occurring in or characteristic of myth; imaginary or fictitious - mythify — to make into or treat as a myth; to mythologize - nameless — having no name; unidentified or too dreadful to specify - nanny — a person employed to care for a family's children; a female goat - nationalism — devotion to one's nation, often with the belief in its superiority or independence - nationally — with respect to the whole nation; throughout a country - naturalistic — imitating nature or real life closely; based on naturalism - naturism — the practice of going without clothes; nudism - nearness — the state of being close in space, time, or relationship - necessar — necessary (archaic or truncated variant) - necessariness — the quality or state of being necessary - neediness — the state of being in want, or of demanding excessive attention or affection - nestling — a young bird too young to leave the nest - neuter — neither masculine nor feminine in grammatical gender; to castrate or spay - nimious — excessive; more than enough (rare) - nithing — a contemptible or cowardly person; a wretch (archaic) - nomadic — living by moving from place to place rather than settling permanently - nonalcoholic — containing no alcohol - nonconformist — a person who does not conform to prevailing custom, belief, or practice - noncredible — not believable or convincing - nonentity — a person or thing of no importance; something that does not exist - nonexcessive — not excessive; kept within reasonable limits - nonoptional — not optional; mandatory or required - nonsecular — not secular; religious or sacred in character - noonday — midday; the middle of the day - normality — the condition of being normal or usual - nosegay — a small bunch of flowers, especially a fragrant one - notability — the quality of being noteworthy; a notable person - noxious — harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant - nutriment — nourishment; something that provides sustenance for growth or life - obfuscate — to make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible, often deliberately - oblation — a religious offering or sacrifice presented to a deity - obsequious — excessively obedient or attentive in a servile, fawning way - observatory — a building equipped for observing astronomical or natural phenomena - obsessional — of or marked by an obsession; preoccupied to an unhealthy degree - oddly — in a strange or unexpected manner - offhanded — casual, curt, or unceremonious, often to the point of rudeness - officiate — to perform official duties, especially at a ceremony or religious service - oldster — an old person (informal) - olympian — majestic, lofty, or aloof; relating to Mount Olympus or the Olympic Games - ominous — giving the impression that something bad is about to happen; threatening - onerous — involving heavy obligation, effort, or difficulty; burdensome - opposing — in conflict or contrast with; on the other side - ordinariness — the quality of being commonplace or unremarkable - orient — to align or position relative to surroundings; to familiarize with a situation - orthogonal — at right angles; statistically independent or unrelated - outspoken — frank and direct in expressing one's opinions, even when controversial - overpower — to defeat or subdue by greater strength or force - overstatement — an exaggerated or excessive statement of something - overweening — showing excessive confidence, pride, or presumption - packer — a person or machine that packs goods, especially food, for transport or sale - pageant — an elaborate public spectacle, procession, or competition - palsy — paralysis, often accompanied by involuntary tremors - panning — the act of washing sediment to separate gold, or of harshly criticizing - participial — of or relating to a participle - particularize — to state or treat in detail; to specify individually - partisanship — strong, often blind allegiance to a party or cause - patently — in a clear and obvious manner - pauper — a very poor person, especially one dependent on charity - peacefulness — the state of being tranquil and free from disturbance - peddler — a person who travels about selling small goods - peevish — easily irritated; querulous and bad-tempered - pejorative — expressing contempt or disapproval; disparaging - penchant — a strong habitual liking or inclination - pending — awaiting decision or settlement; until - penitence — sincere regret or remorse for wrongdoing - penury — extreme poverty or destitution - peppy — full of energy and high spirits; lively - perceptiveness — keen insight or sensitivity in understanding - perfection — the state of being flawless or complete - performant — operating efficiently and with high performance (chiefly technical) - periphery — the outer edge or boundary of an area or group - permutation — an arrangement of items in a particular order, or one of several variations - perspicuous — clearly expressed and easily understood; lucid - perturbation — a disturbance or deviation from a normal or expected state - perversion — a distortion or corruption of something from its proper course - perverted — distorted or corrupted from what is right or natural - phantasy — imagination or a product of it; fantasy (archaic spelling) - pharmaceutical — relating to medicinal drugs, or such a drug itself - phenomenalism — the doctrine that knowledge is limited to phenomena or sense data - phenomenalistic — relating to or characteristic of phenomenalism - physic — a medicine, especially a purgative; the art of healing (archaic) - physicalism — the philosophical doctrine that everything is physical or supervenes on the physical - piscatology — the study or art of fishing - piteous — arousing pity; pitiful - pitiable — deserving or arousing pity - pitiful — deserving pity, or contemptibly inadequate - pitilessness — the quality of showing no mercy or compassion - planar — lying in or relating to a single plane; flat - plashy — wet and marshy, or marked by splashing - playfulness — a lighthearted, fun-loving quality - pleasantness — the quality of being agreeable or enjoyable - plenteous — existing in great abundance; plentiful (literary) - pleonastic — using more words than necessary; redundant - poisonously — in a venomous or toxically harmful manner - polluted — contaminated with harmful or unclean substances - possibleness — the quality or state of being possible - precedence — priority in importance, order, or rank - precipitation — rain, snow, or other water falling from the sky; hasty action - precognition — supposed foreknowledge of an event through extrasensory means - predominate — to be the strongest, most common, or most influential element - prejudiced — holding preconceived, usually unfavorable, opinions - prenatal — occurring or existing before birth - preoccupancy — the act or state of occupying something before another - presidentship — the office or term of a president - preternatural — beyond what is normal or natural; exceptional - prettify — to make superficially attractive - preventative — serving to prevent something, especially disease - prevision — foresight or foreknowledge of the future - prizable — worthy of being valued or esteemed - problematical — presenting a difficulty or doubt; questionable - procession — a group moving forward in an orderly line - proclamation — an official public announcement - prodigality — wasteful or extravagant spending; lavishness - prodigious — remarkably or impressively great in extent or degree - prodigy — a person with exceptional talent, especially a child - productiveness — the quality of yielding much or producing results - profanation — the act of treating something sacred with irreverence - proffer — to offer something for acceptance - proficiency — a high degree of skill or competence - proficient — competent or skilled in doing something - progenitor — an ancestor or originator of a line or movement - prolongation — the act of extending in time or space - promiscuous — indiscriminate or undiscriminating in mixing or choice - prosaic — lacking imagination; dull and commonplace - protestation — an emphatic declaration or objection - protuberate — to bulge out or project beyond a surface - provider — one who supplies something or supports a family - pruriency — excessive interest in sexual matters - publicist — a person who manages publicity for a client - punctually — at the appointed time; on time - punitory — inflicting or intended as punishment - purchasable — able to be bought - pureness — the quality of being unmixed or untainted - pursual — the act of pursuing or following - putatively — by general assumption; supposedly - quietness — the state of being calm, still, or free from noise - ramify — to divide or spread out into branches - rapacious — aggressively greedy or grasping - ravishment — a state of intense delight or rapture - readiness — the state of being prepared or willing - receivership — the state of being managed by a court-appointed receiver - receptive — willing to consider new ideas or suggestions - reciprocal — given or done in return; mutual - reciprocally — in a mutual or corresponding manner - reckoner — a person or table used for calculating - rector — a clergyman in charge of a parish or head of an institution - recurrence — a repeated occurrence or return - redolent — strongly reminiscent or fragrant of something - referral — the act of directing someone to another source or expert - referrer — a person or thing that refers another - refractory — stubbornly resistant to control or treatment - regal — of, resembling, or fit for a monarch; majestic - regretful — feeling or showing sorrow or remorse - regularity — the quality of being even, consistent, or recurring - reinstate — to restore to a former position or condition - reiterate — to say or do again for emphasis - rejuvenate — to make young, fresh, or vigorous again - reliably — in a dependable, consistently good manner - relocate — to move to a new place - relocation — the act of moving to a new location - rememberable — able to be remembered; memorable - remission — a temporary lessening of disease or the cancellation of a debt - remnant — a small remaining quantity of something - remonstration — a forceful protest or objection - renewal — the act of extending or making new again - renovate — to restore to good condition; refurbish - renter — a person who pays rent to use property - renunciation — the formal giving up of a right or claim - reoccurrence — a repeated happening of an event - repeal — to revoke or annul a law officially - repository — a place where things are stored or kept - reprehensible — deserving censure or condemnation - reprehensibly — in a manner deserving blame - reproval — an expression of blame or disapproval - reputedly — according to general belief; supposedly - residuary — relating to the part of an estate remaining after debts - resiliency — the ability to recover quickly from difficulty - resolutely — in a firm and determined manner - responsive — reacting quickly and positively to something or someone - restitution — the restoration of something lost or the compensation for injury or loss - retentiveness — the capacity to retain or remember things, especially knowledge - reticent — not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily; reserved - revealingness — the quality of disclosing or making something evident - reversal — a change to an opposite direction, position, or decision - revisal — the act of revising or amending something - riding — an administrative or electoral district, especially in Canada - roomy — having plenty of space; spacious - rudeness — the quality of being discourteous or impolite - rudiment — a basic principle or element, or an undeveloped beginning of something - rugged — having a rough, uneven surface or a tough, sturdy character - rugger — an informal British term for the game of rugby - ruination — the action of ruining or the state of being ruined - rulable — capable of being ruled, governed, or decided upon - sackless — innocent or guiltless; also dialectally feeble or simple-minded - saltation — a leaping or sudden abrupt transition or movement - salutation — a greeting in words or gesture, especially at the start of a letter - sanity — the state of being sound in mind; reasonable and sensible judgment - sapient — wise or showing great wisdom and sagacity - sapling — a young, slender tree - satan — the devil; the chief embodiment of evil in several religions - savant — a person of great learning, or one with extraordinary skill in one field - scallion — a long-stalked onion with a small bulb; a spring onion - scrupulous — diligently attentive to detail and moral correctness - scrutineer — a person who examines or oversees the counting of votes - seaman — a sailor or person who works aboard a ship - secretive — inclined to conceal one's feelings, intentions, or activities - seemliness — the quality of being decorous, proper, or fitting - sempiternal — everlasting; eternal and without end - sensitiveness — the quality of being easily affected or responsive to stimuli or feelings - sensual — relating to gratification of the senses or physical pleasure - septentrional — of or relating to the north; northern - sequential — following in a logical order or consecutive succession - serendipity — the occurrence of fortunate discoveries by happy accident - seriousness — the quality of being grave, earnest, or of grave importance - serving — a portion of food or drink for one person - settlor — a person who creates a trust by settling property on trustees - shady — giving shade, or of doubtful honesty or legality - shapeless — lacking a definite or attractive form - sharpen — to make or become sharper, keener, or more acute - shipment — a quantity of goods shipped, or the act of shipping them - sickly — often ill or unhealthy, or suggesting illness - signatory — a party who has signed an agreement or treaty - silken — made of or resembling silk; soft, smooth, and lustrous - silvery — resembling silver in color or sound; clear and melodious - simultaneousness — the state of happening or existing at the same time - sincereness — the quality of being genuine and free from pretense; sincerity - sithence — archaic word meaning since, afterward, or because - situate — to place or position in a particular location or context - slacken — to make or become slower, looser, or less intense - sleeper — one who sleeps, a sleeping car, or an unexpected success - sleeping — being asleep, or temporarily inactive or dormant - slothful — reluctant to work or exert oneself; lazy and indolent - smartness — the quality of being clever, neat, or stylishly elegant - snigger — to laugh in a half-suppressed, disrespectful manner - socialistic — tending toward or characteristic of socialism - soften — to make or become softer, gentler, or less severe - soggy — saturated with moisture; heavy and wet - solicitation — the act of asking for or trying to obtain something earnestly - solidness — the quality of being firm, dense, or dependable; solidity - solitarily — in a solitary manner; alone and without company - somedeal — archaic word meaning to some extent; somewhat - songster — a person who sings, or a songbird - sorcerer — a person who practices magic by controlling evil spirits or supernatural powers - sorcerous — relating to or possessing the powers of sorcery - sorrowfully — in a manner expressing or marked by deep sadness - soundless — making or accompanied by no sound; silent - soundness — the quality of being healthy, solid, or logically valid - southeasterly — toward or coming from the southeast - spatter — to scatter or splash in small drops - specialism — a particular branch of study or work in which one specializes - speechless — unable to speak, especially through shock or strong emotion - speedily — in a quick or rapid manner - spherical — shaped like or relating to a sphere - spontaneousness — the quality of acting on impulse without planning or external prompting - sporty — interested in or suited to sport; stylishly athletic - squarely — directly and exactly; in a straightforward manner - starter — a person or device that begins something; a first course of a meal - statism — the doctrine of concentrated economic and political control in the state - steering — the action or mechanism of guiding a vehicle's direction - sterling — of excellent quality; British currency or sterling silver - stilted — stiff and unnatural, especially in style or manner - stopper — a plug for sealing a bottle or other container - strategical — relating to strategy; strategic - strategically — in a way that relates to or shows strategy - studious — devoted to study; diligent and careful - stupendous — extremely impressive or astonishing in size or degree - stupor — a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility - subaquatic — existing or occurring under water - subaqueous — formed, found, or taking place under water - submissive — inclined to yield to the authority or will of others - subsidiary — a company controlled by another; of secondary importance - subtlety — the quality of being delicate, fine, or hard to perceive - subtraction — the process of taking one number or amount away from another - succor — assistance and relief in time of distress; to give such aid - sufficiency — an adequate amount; the condition of being enough - suggestive — tending to suggest an idea, often something risqué - summation — the process of adding things together; a concluding summary - sunniness — the quality of being full of sunshine or cheerfully bright - sunshiny — bright with sunshine; cheerful - superiority — the state of being greater in quality, rank, or ability - supplemental — added to complete or enhance something; additional - supranatural — transcending or lying beyond the natural order; supernatural - surfer — a person who rides waves on a surfboard - surly — bad-tempered and unfriendly - sycophantic — behaving obsequiously to gain advantage; fawning - tactfulness — skill in handling delicate situations without giving offense - tasteful — showing good aesthetic judgment or discretion - taxing — physically or mentally demanding; burdensome - teachable — able to be taught; willing and able to learn - teaser — something that arouses interest by giving a brief preview - technic — a technical method or skill; relating to technique - teeter — to move or balance unsteadily; to waver - tempestuous — characterized by strong, turbulent emotion or weather - tenaciousness — the quality of holding firmly to a course or purpose - tenuous — very weak, slight, or insubstantial - terminology — the specialized vocabulary of a particular field - thicken — to make or become thicker or denser - thinly — in a thin layer or sparse manner - thoughtfulness — the quality of being considerate or absorbed in thought - thoughty — dialectal term for thoughtful, attentive, or careful - thusly — in this way; thus (often used jocularly or affectedly) - thuswise — in this manner; thus (archaic or dialectal) - ticking — the rhythmic sound of a clock; strong fabric for mattress covers - tinkerer — a person who enjoys experimenting with and repairing things - token — a thing serving as a visible sign or symbol of a fact, quality, or feeling - tolerability — the quality of being bearable or endurable - tormentous — causing or full of torment; tormenting - torrent — a strong, fast-moving stream of water or other liquid - tortuous — full of twists and turns; excessively complicated - touchy — oversensitive and quick to take offense - tractate — a treatise or formal written essay on a subject - traitorize — to act the traitor toward; to betray - tranquillize — to make calm or sedate, especially with a drug - transcription — a written or printed representation of something said or recorded - transfigurate — to transform into something more beautiful or exalted - transfigurement — a transformation in form or appearance, especially an exalting one - translatory — relating to or involving translation, especially motion in a straight line - transmissible — capable of being passed on, especially as a disease or trait - transmogrification — a transformation, especially a grotesque or surprising one - transparence — the quality of being transparent; transparency - transparentness — the state or quality of being transparent - transportable — able to be carried or moved from place to place - treasury — a place or fund in which valuables or public revenues are kept - trickery — the practice of deceiving or cheating by cunning means - trickster — a person who deceives or plays tricks on others - trifling — of little value or importance; trivial - trinity — a group of three; in Christianity, the union of three persons in one Godhead - troublemaker — a person who habitually causes difficulty or disturbance - trueness — the quality of being true, accurate, or faithful - trumpeter — a person who plays the trumpet - tunny — a tuna, especially a large food and game fish of the genus Thunnus - tutorial — a session or guide giving instruction in a particular subject - twister — a tornado; something that twists or perplexes - ubiquitous — present, appearing, or found everywhere - unaccompanied — having no companion or escort; without musical accompaniment - unannexed — not annexed or joined; not incorporated into a larger territory - unattached — not joined to or connected with anything; not in a romantic relationship - unbothered — not troubled, annoyed, or concerned - unchastely — in an unchaste or immodest manner - unclean — dirty; morally or ritually impure - uncleanly — habitually dirty; in an unclean manner - unconformity — lack of conformity; a surface of contact between rock strata of differing age - unconsciousness — the state of lacking awareness or sensation - unconstrained — not restricted or limited; free - unctuous — excessively flattering or ingratiating; oily - undamaging — not causing damage or harm - undefined — not clearly stated, described, or determined - undeniably — in a way that cannot be denied or disputed - undependable — not able to be relied upon - underclothing — clothing worn under outer garments; underwear - underestimation — the act of estimating something as smaller or less than it is - undesirable — not wanted or desirable; objectionable - unending — having or seeming to have no end - unequal — not equal in quantity, size, or value; inadequate - unexciting — not exciting; dull - unfinished — not brought to an end or completed - unfully — not fully; incompletely - ungraceful — lacking grace or elegance; clumsy - unhearty — lacking warmth, vigor, or sincerity - unhopeful — feeling or offering no hope; pessimistic - uniformness — the quality of being uniform or unvarying - uninvolved — not taking part in or affected by something; detached - uniqueness — the quality of being the only one of its kind - univocally — in a way that has only one meaning; unambiguously - unlawfulness — the quality of being against the law; illegality - unmitigated — absolute; not lessened or softened in any way - unnaturally — in a way that is not natural or normal - unparticular — not particular or fussy; indiscriminate - unpolished — not polished; lacking refinement or finish - unproblematic — not presenting any problem or difficulty - unquestionable — not able to be disputed or doubted; certain - unreal — not real or existing; seeming imaginary or implausible - unreasonableness — the quality of being excessive, irrational, or unfair - unremarkable — not particularly interesting or worthy of attention; ordinary - unsingular — not singular; ordinary or unremarkable - unsophisticated — lacking worldly experience or refinement; simple - untimely — happening at an unsuitable time; premature - untoward — unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient - unvaluable — beyond price; of inestimable worth (archaic for invaluable) - unvarnished — plain and direct, without embellishment; not coated with varnish - unvarying — always the same; not changing - unwritten — not recorded in writing; understood without being formally stated - uprising — an act of resistance or rebellion; a revolt - usefulness — the quality of being able to be used for a purpose; utility - vagrant — a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place - valuation — an estimation of the worth or monetary value of something - vanquish — to defeat thoroughly in battle or competition - vendor — a person or company that sells goods or services - venerable — commanding respect through great age, dignity, or character - verbalize — to express something in words - vexatious — causing annoyance, frustration, or worry - vibrator — a device that produces a vibrating motion - vindictive — having a strong desire for revenge; spiteful - visceral — relating to deep inward feelings rather than reason; instinctive - visitation — an official or supernatural visit, or an affliction regarded as divine punishment - vocation — a strong sense of suitability for a particular career or calling - voraciousness — the quality of being insatiably greedy or eager, especially for food or knowledge - wakefulness — the state of being awake or unable to sleep - wavering — showing indecision or unsteadiness; fluctuating - wealthiness — the state of being rich or having abundant possessions - weaponry — weapons collectively - weariful — causing or full of weariness; tiresome - wholeness — the state of being complete, undivided, or unbroken - widower — a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried - wildness — the quality of being untamed, uncontrolled, or natural - wily — skilled at gaining an advantage through cunning or trickery - wiseness — the quality of being wise; wisdom - witching — relating to or suggestive of witchcraft; bewitching - witting — aware of and deliberate in one's actions; knowing - wizardly — resembling or characteristic of a wizard; magically skilful - wonderment — a state of awed admiration or curiosity - wonted — customary; usual or habitual - wordy — using or containing too many words - wrecker — a person or thing that causes destruction, or a vehicle used to tow wrecks - wretched — in a very unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable state - yesteryear — a time in the recent past; former years - youthfulness — the quality of being young or having the freshness of youth - zealous — showing fervent and energetic devotion to a cause - abalienate — to transfer ownership of property to another, especially by legal conveyance - abbey — a building occupied by a community of monks or nuns - abecedarian — a person learning the alphabet or rudiments; a beginner - abettor — a person who encourages or assists another in wrongdoing - abhorrence — a feeling of strong repugnance or disgust - abhorrency — the state of abhorring; loathing or detestation - abhorrer — a person who abhors or detests something - abhorrible — deserving to be abhorred; detestable - abhorring — the act of regarding with horror or loathing - abjection — a state of misery, degradation, or low condition - abomination — a thing that causes disgust or hatred - abruptness — the quality of being sudden, curt, or unexpected - absolution — formal release from guilt, sin, or punishment - absorption — the process of taking in or soaking up, or deep mental engagement - absquatulate — to leave abruptly or abscond; to make off - abstractionist — an artist who works in abstract forms rather than representation - abstractor — a person who prepares summaries or abstracts of documents - academical — relating to a school, college, or scholarly learning - academically — in a manner relating to education or scholarship - accelerator — a device or thing that increases speed, especially a car's gas pedal - accentuate — to make something more noticeable or prominent - acceptability — the quality of being satisfactory or able to be agreed to - accepter — a person who accepts or agrees to something - accessibly — in a way that is easy to reach, use, or understand - accidentality — the quality of being accidental or non-essential - acclamation — loud and enthusiastic approval or applause - acclimate — to adjust or become accustomed to a new climate or conditions - acclimatize — to become accustomed to a new climate or environment - accommodative — willing to help, oblige, or adapt to others' needs - accordant — agreeing or consistent with something; in harmony - accountableness — the quality of being answerable or liable for one's actions - accretion — gradual growth or increase by the addition of layers or parts - accrual — the accumulation of something, especially interest or benefits, over time - accruement — the process or result of accruing; an accumulation - accumbent — reclining or leaning, as in lying down at a meal - accusal — an accusation; the act of charging someone with wrongdoing - accusative — the grammatical case marking the direct object of a verb - achromatic — free from color; transmitting light without separating it into colors - acidulent — somewhat sour or sharp in taste or temper - acoustical — relating to sound or the science of sound - acquaintanceship — the state of knowing someone slightly; a casual relationship - acquiescence — reluctant acceptance or passive agreement without protest - acquiescent — ready to accept or comply without resistance - acquirer — a person or company that gains possession of something - acting — the art of performing a role, or serving temporarily in a position - activism — the practice of vigorous campaigning to bring about social or political change - actuality — the state of existing in fact; reality as opposed to possibility - actualization — the act of making something real or bringing it into being - actuary — a statistician who calculates insurance risks and premiums - acuity — sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing - acutangular — having acute angles; sharp-angled - adaptational — relating to adaptation or the process of adjusting to conditions - adaptedness — the state of being well suited to an environment or purpose - adapter — a device or person that adapts one thing to fit another - adaptive — able to adjust readily to new conditions or uses - addedly — in addition; as something further - additionary — of the nature of an addition; supplementary - addresser — a person who addresses or sends something to another - adjectival — relating to or functioning as an adjective - adjunction — the act of joining or adding one thing to another - adjuster — a person who settles claims or a device that regulates something - admarginate — to write notes in the margin of a text - administrational — relating to administration or the management of affairs - admirably — in a way deserving respect or approval; excellently - admonitory — giving or conveying a warning or gentle reproof - adry — thirsty; in a dry or athirst condition - adulation — excessive flattery or admiration - adulterer — a person who engages in extramarital sexual relations - adumbrate — to outline or foreshadow something in a faint or partial way - advantageously — in a way that confers benefit or favorable position - adventurously — in a daring or boldly enterprising manner - adventurousness — the quality of being eager for adventure or willing to take risks - advertence — attention or heedfulness; the act of taking notice - advertency — attentiveness or heed to something - advertent — attentive; heedful and giving careful notice - advertently — in an attentive or deliberately heedful manner - adynamic — lacking strength or vital force; characterized by weakness - aerobatics — spectacular flying maneuvers performed by aircraft - aesthetical — relating to beauty or the appreciation of art - aesthetician — a specialist in beauty treatment, or a theorist of aesthetics - affectable — capable of being affected or influenced - affectedness — artificiality of manner; pretentious behavior meant to impress - affluent — having an abundance of wealth; prosperous - agelessness — the quality of never seeming to grow old or out of date - aggrandizement — the increase of one's power, wealth, or reputation - aggress — to attack or behave aggressively toward another - aggressor — a person or nation that initiates an attack or hostility - agnosticism — the view that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable - agrarian — relating to cultivated land or agricultural society - agriculturalist — a person who studies or practices agriculture; a farmer or expert - agriculturally — with respect to farming or the cultivation of land - ailing — in poor health or in difficulty; unwell or failing - airiness — the quality of being light, spacious, or carefree - airship — a powered lighter-than-air aircraft; a dirigible - alchemy — the medieval forerunner of chemistry seeking to transmute metals into gold - alcoholically — in a manner relating to or affected by alcohol - alcoholize — to treat or saturate with alcohol - alertness — the state of being watchful and quick to notice or respond - alimental — relating to nourishment or food - aliveness — the quality of being alive, vital, or keenly responsive - allocable — capable of being allocated or assigned to a particular use - allocator — a person or thing that distributes resources among uses or claimants - alterative — tending to alter, or a remedy that gradually restores healthy bodily function - ambient — relating to the immediate surroundings; encompassing on all sides - ambiguously — in a way open to more than one interpretation; unclearly - ambiguousness — the quality of being open to several interpretations; ambiguity - ambisyllabic — of a consonant belonging to two adjacent syllables at once - ambitiousness — the quality of having a strong desire for success or achievement - amenity — a desirable or useful feature that adds comfort or convenience - amiable — having a friendly and pleasant manner; good-natured - amnesty — an official pardon for people convicted of political or other offenses - amphibian — a cold-blooded vertebrate, like a frog, that lives both in water and on land - amusive — tending to amuse or, archaically, to deceive or delude - anarchy — a state of disorder due to the absence of authority or government - anchorless — lacking an anchor or any stabilizing foundation; adrift - ancientness — the quality or state of being very old or of great age - angelfish — a brightly colored tropical fish with a flattened, disk-shaped body - angelic — resembling or characteristic of an angel; sublimely good or beautiful - anglewing — a butterfly with jagged, angular wing margins, of the genus Polygonia - angulate — having angles or sharp corners; angular in form - animalhood — the state or condition of being an animal - animalian — of, relating to, or characteristic of animals - animalish — resembling an animal; brutish or instinctive in nature - animalivorous — feeding on animals; carnivorous - animalize — to make animal-like or sensual; to reduce to a brutish state - animosity — strong hostility or ill will - anneal — to heat metal or glass and cool it slowly to toughen and reduce brittleness - annexation — the act of incorporating territory into an existing state - annihilative — tending to destroy utterly; capable of total destruction - annotate — to add explanatory notes or comments to a text - announcer — a person who introduces programs or reads news on radio or television - annular — ring-shaped; forming or relating to a ring - anomalousness — the quality of deviating from what is standard or expected - anonymously — without the name of the person responsible being known or revealed - anonymousness — the state of being unnamed or of unknown identity - answerability — the state of being responsible or accountable to someone - answerable — responsible or accountable for something to someone - antagonism — active hostility or opposition between people or forces - antagonistic — showing or marked by active opposition or hostility - antecessor — one who goes before; a predecessor or forerunner - antehuman — existing or occurring before the appearance of human beings - anticapitalist — opposed to capitalism, or a person holding such views - anticipator — one who foresees or acts in advance of something - anticipatory — happening in expectation of, or anticipating, a future event - antinational — opposed to the nation or its interests; unpatriotic - antiparliamentary — opposed to parliament or to parliamentary government - antiquate — to make obsolete or old-fashioned - antirealism — the philosophical view denying objective reality independent of perception - antireligion — opposed to religion, or such opposition itself - antireligious — hostile or opposed to religion - antislavery — opposed to slavery, or the movement against it - antithetic — directly opposed or contrasted; constituting an antithesis - anxiousness — the state of being uneasy or worried; nervous apprehension - apologetics — the systematic defense of a doctrine, especially a religious one - apologist — a person who argues in defense of a controversial doctrine or institution - apologizer — a person who apologizes or expresses regret - apparitional — of or resembling an apparition; ghostly or spectral - appealingness — the quality of being attractive or interesting - applicate — applied or put to a particular use; in geometry, an applied ordinate - applier — a person or device that applies something - appraisal — an assessment of the value, quality, or nature of something - apprehensible — capable of being grasped by the mind or senses; comprehensible - appropriateness — the quality of being suitable or proper for a particular situation - appropriator — a person who takes something for their own use, often without right - approvement — approval or sanction; in old law, the improvement of common land - aptness — the quality of being suitable or appropriate; fitness - arbiter — a person with authority to settle a dispute or decide what is right - arbitration — the settling of a dispute by an impartial third party outside court - arbitrator — an impartial person chosen to settle a dispute - archivist — a person who maintains and preserves archives of records or documents - archmagician — a supreme or chief magician; a master of magic - archway — a curved structure forming a passage or entrance beneath an arch - areal — of or relating to an area or surface region - argufy — to argue or wrangle, especially fussily or to little purpose - armament — military weapons and equipment, or the process of arming for war - aromatize — to make aromatic, or in chemistry to convert into an aromatic compound - arousal — the act of awakening or the state of being stirred to activity or excitement - arraignment — the formal court proceeding in which an accused is read the charges and pleads - arriver — a person who arrives, especially one newly come to a place - articulateness — the quality of expressing oneself clearly and fluently - articulatory — relating to the physical production of speech sounds - artificiality — the quality of being contrived or not natural - artlessly — in a natural, ingenuous manner free of guile or cunning - asexuality — the condition of lacking sexual attraction or reproductive sexual organs - asphyxiate — to kill or be killed by depriving of oxygen; to suffocate - aspirant — a person who aspires to a position, office, or distinction - assumptive — taking something for granted; presumptuous or arrogant - assuredly — certainly; without doubt - astrology — the study of how the positions of stars and planets supposedly influence human affairs - asymptomatic — producing or showing no symptoms of disease - atemporal — existing outside of or unaffected by the passage of time - atheism — disbelief in or denial of the existence of any deity - atheistic — relating to or holding the belief that no god exists - atmospherics — electrical interference in radio, or the mood-setting features of a place - atomically — with respect to atoms, or as a single indivisible operation - atomization — the reduction of something into tiny particles or fragmented units - atrophy — the wasting away of a body part or faculty from disuse or disease - attender — a person who attends or is present at something - attentiveness — the quality of paying close attention or being considerately observant - attractively — in a manner that pleases or appeals to the senses - attractivity — the quality or power of attracting; attractiveness - auditory — relating to the sense or organs of hearing - augurous — of the nature of an omen; foreboding or predictive - authenticness — the quality of being genuine or authentic - authorship — the fact or identity of having written a particular work - autochthonal — native to or originating in the place where found; indigenous - autocracy — government by a single person holding absolute power - autoist — a person who drives or travels by automobile; a motorist - automatize — to make automatic, or to render a process habitual and unconscious - automobilist — a person who drives or rides in an automobile; a motorist - autonomic — involuntary or self-regulating, especially of the nervous system - avoidable — able to be prevented or kept away from - awfulness — the quality of being extremely bad, or formerly, awe-inspiring - axiomatically — in a self-evident manner requiring no proof - axiomatization — the formulation of a theory as a set of axioms from which theorems derive - axiomatize — to express or organize a theory as a system of axioms - babish — like a baby; childish or babyish - babyish — characteristic of a baby; childishly immature - babylonian — of ancient Babylon or its people, language, or culture - bacchanal — a wild drunken revelry, or a worshipper of Bacchus - bacchant — a priest or votary of Bacchus; a drunken reveler - backboneless — lacking firmness of character; spineless - backpedal — to reverse one's previous opinion or position - baconweed — a common name for goosefoot, a weedy edible plant - bafflement — the state of being utterly puzzled or confused - baffling — impossible to understand; perplexing - bagful — the amount that a bag can hold - baggagemaster — a railway official in charge of passengers' luggage - bairnish — childish or childlike, in Scots and Northern English usage - baking — the act of cooking by dry oven heat; intensely hot - balbutiate — to stammer or stutter - baleen — the horny filtering plates in the mouths of certain whales; whalebone - balloonfish — a fish, such as the pufferfish, that can inflate its body with water or air - baltic — of the Baltic Sea or its region; informally, bitterly cold - bandfish — a small elongated red marine fish of the family Cepolidae - banging — informally excellent or very good; also a loud repeated knocking - bannerfish — a tropical reef fish with a long trailing dorsal filament - banter — playful, teasing conversation - bantling — a young child or infant, often used disparagingly - baptize — to admit to Christianity by ceremonial sprinkling or immersion in water - barbarious — barbarous; savage or uncivilized (archaic variant) - barbate — bearded or having tufts of hair, especially in botany - barbed — having sharp projecting points; also pointedly critical - barfly — a person who frequently spends time drinking in bars - bargainer — a person who negotiates over terms or price - barkery — a place where bark is stored or stripped, as for tanning - barony — the rank, domain, or estate of a baron - bastardize — to corrupt or debase by adding impure or inferior elements - bather — a person who bathes, especially in the sea or a pool - batsman — a player who bats, especially in cricket - battalion — a large body of troops, typically several companies - beardy — having a beard or notably hairy; informally a bearded person - beauteous — beautiful (literary or poetic) - beautician — a person whose job is giving beauty treatments to the skin and hair - beautification — the act of making something more beautiful - beautifier — a person or thing that makes something beautiful - bebay — to bark at; to assail with barking (archaic) - bedmate — a person with whom one shares a bed - beeswing — a filmy crust forming in aged port wine - beggary — the state of extreme poverty or destitution - behavioral — relating to behavior or the way one acts - behaviorism — the psychological theory that behavior can be explained by conditioning - behaviorist — a psychologist who studies observable behavior rather than inner states - belatedly — later than should have been the case; tardily - belfry — a bell tower or the part of a tower housing bells - belligerency — the state of being at war or engaged in hostile conflict - bemused — puzzled, confused, or absorbed in thought - bendy — capable of bending easily; flexible - benefaction — a charitable gift or act of doing good - beneficence — the quality of being kind, generous, or charitable - benignity — kindness, gentleness, or harmlessness - benumbed — deprived of feeling or sensation; numbed - beplaster — to cover thickly with plaster or, figuratively, with praise - besotted — infatuated or intoxicated to the point of foolishness - bestowal — the act of conferring or giving something, especially an honor - betterment — the act or process of improving something - biannual — occurring twice a year - bibber — a person who drinks often or to excess; a tippler - bicentenary — a two-hundredth anniversary - bicentennial — a two-hundredth anniversary or its celebration - bicyclist — a person who rides a bicycle - billholder — a clip or rack for holding bills or papers; one who holds a bill - binary — relating to or composed of two things or states, especially the base-2 number system - bindweed — a twining climbing plant with trumpet-shaped flowers, often a pernicious weed - biologically — in a way relating to biology or living organisms - bisection — the division of something into two equal parts - biter — one that bites; also archaically a cheat or deceiver - biweekly — occurring every two weeks, or sometimes twice a week - blamelessly — in a manner free from blame or fault - blanketflower — a North American daisy-like wildflower of the genus Gaillardia with vivid red-yellow blooms - blessedly — in a way that brings relief, joy, or blessing - blithen — archaic or dialectal to make or become blithe; to gladden - blockheadedness — the quality of being stupid or obtusely dull-witted - blowy — characterized by strong wind; windy or gusty - bluntly — in a direct, frank manner without softening the message - blusher — a cosmetic for adding color to the cheeks; also one who blushes - blushful — full of or marked by blushing; modest or rosy - bluster — to speak loudly and aggressively with little effect; noisy empty boasting - boastfully — in a way that shows excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements - bodeful — foreboding or ominous; portending evil - boding — a foreboding or presentiment; ominously prophetic - bogeyman — an imaginary evil spirit invoked to frighten children; a dreaded threat - boiler — a vessel or apparatus for heating water or generating steam - bombardment — a continuous attack with bombs, shells, or other projectiles - boneless — having no bones; also figuratively lacking firmness or courage - bookpress — a press used in bookbinding, or a cupboard or case for storing books - boreism — the behavior or character of a bore; tedious dullness - boringly — in a tediously dull manner - botanist — a scientist who studies plants - botheration — informal annoyance or trouble; also used as a mild exclamation - bottler — a person or machine that bottles liquids; Australian slang for something excellent - bouser — dialectal a heavy drinker or carouser; one who bouses - bowbent — bent like a bow; curved or stooped - bower — a leafy shelter or arbor; a poetic word for a lady's private chamber - bracing — fresh and invigorating; also a structural support - brainless — foolish or stupid; lacking intelligence - brashness — the quality of being bold, hasty, or impudent - brassy — resembling brass in color or sound; loudly bold or tasteless - breachy — of livestock, apt to break through fences; unruly - breaker — a wave breaking into foam on the shore; one that breaks something - breathable — suitable for breathing; of fabric, allowing air to pass through - bridechamber — archaic the bedroom of a newly married couple; the nuptial chamber - briefness — the quality of being short in duration or expression; brevity - brittleness — the quality of being hard yet liable to break or shatter - brokenhearted — overwhelmed by grief or disappointment, especially in love - broker — an agent who arranges deals between buyers and sellers; to negotiate a deal - broody — moodily silent or melancholy; (of a hen) inclined to incubate eggs - brotherly — of or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal - bruiser — a tough, burly, aggressive person, especially a fighter - brutality — savage physical violence or cruelty - brutally — in a savagely violent or harshly direct manner - bubblingly — in a lively, effervescent, or enthusiastically cheerful manner - budder — a soft, butter-like cannabis concentrate; a thing or person that buds - buffoonish — ridiculously foolish or clownish in behavior - bullheaded — obstinately and unreasonably stubborn - bummer — an unpleasant or disappointing experience; an idle loafer - bumptious — offensively self-assertive or conceited - bumpy — having an uneven surface; marked by jolts or difficulties - bunchflower — a North American marsh plant of the genus Melanthium bearing clustered flowers - burdenous — burdensome; oppressive or heavy to bear - burgess — a citizen or freeman of a borough; a borough's representative in early legislatures - burgher — a citizen of a town, especially a prosperous middle-class one - burster — something that bursts; an astronomical source emitting bursts of radiation - buttery — tasting of or resembling butter; a storeroom for provisions or liquor - buttress — a support projecting from a wall; to reinforce or strengthen - cabdriver — a person who drives a taxicab for hire - cabdriving — the occupation of driving a taxicab - cabinetmaking — the craft of making fine wooden furniture and cabinets - cabinetworker — a skilled craftsman who makes cabinets and fine furniture - cajolery — persuasion by flattery, coaxing, or gentle deception - callant — a youth or lad (Scots and northern English dialect) - calling — a strong inner urge toward a vocation or profession - caloric — relating to heat or calories; an obsolete supposed fluid of heat - cameraman — a person who operates a film or television camera - campestral — of or relating to open fields or the countryside - cancerous — relating to or affected by cancer; malignantly spreading - candor — the quality of being open, honest, and frank - canker — a spreading ulcer or plant sore; a corrupting influence - canonic — conforming to a canon or accepted rule; canonical - canonize — to declare officially a saint; to treat as authoritative or sacred - capably — in a competent and effective manner - capacitate — to make capable; to qualify or enable - caper — a playful leap or madcap escapade; to skip about merrily - capitalize — to take advantage of; to write in capital letters; to provide capital - captious — inclined to find trivial faults; carping - captivation — the state of being charmed or fascinated - captivity — the condition of being imprisoned or confined - carburize — to harden the surface of iron or steel by adding carbon - carnality — preoccupation with bodily, especially sexual, desires - carpent — to work as or like a carpenter; to construct in wood (rare) - carriable — able to be carried or transported - carriageway — the part of a road used by vehicular traffic - cartographer — a person who draws or makes maps - cartography — the science and art of making maps - cartoonist — an artist who draws cartoons or comic strips - cashier — a person who handles payments; to dismiss from service in disgrace - casing — a protective outer cover or shell enclosing something - castaway — a person stranded after a shipwreck or in an isolated place - castellate — to furnish with battlements or build like a castle - catastrophal — of the nature of a catastrophe; catastrophic - caterer — a person or firm that provides food for events - caterpillar — the larva of a butterfly or moth - caudal — of, at, or near the tail or hind part - causality — the relationship between cause and effect - caustic — capable of burning or corroding; bitingly sarcastic - cauterize — to burn tissue to stop bleeding or prevent infection - cautiously — in a careful manner that avoids danger or risk - celebrant — a person who officiates at or takes part in a religious rite - celebrator — a person who celebrates an occasion or event - centenarian — a person who is a hundred or more years old - centering — the act of placing at or moving toward the center; a temporary support for an arch - centralize — to bring under a single, central control or authority - centrally — in or from a central position or authority - centurial — relating to a century or to a Roman century of soldiers - centuried — aged or enduring through centuries; centuries old - centurion — a Roman officer commanding a century of about a hundred soldiers - cetacean — a marine mammal of the order including whales, dolphins, and porpoises - champerty — an illegal bargain to fund another's lawsuit for a share of the proceeds - chancellery — the office, staff, or residence of a chancellor - chancery — a court of equity or the public records office of a court - chancy — uncertain in outcome; risky - chandlery — a shop or store selling supplies, especially for ships - channelization — the act of directing something into or through a channel - channelize — to direct or convey through a channel or defined course - chapman — an itinerant dealer or peddler of goods - characteristically — in a way typical of a person or thing - characterless — lacking distinctive qualities or individuality - charcoal — a black porous form of carbon made by heating wood without air - chargeless — free of cost or free of electrical charge - charmer — a person with an attractive, beguiling manner - chatty — inclined to talk freely and informally - chauvinism — aggressive or prejudiced loyalty to one's own group or sex - cheapen — to lower the price, quality, or dignity of something - checkmate — a chess position in which the king is trapped and the game ends - cheerleader — a person who leads cheers at games, or an enthusiastic supporter - cheeseburger — a hamburger served with a slice of melted cheese - chelonian — a reptile of the order comprising turtles and tortoises - chilliness — a state of being cold, or coldness of manner - chiseler — one who carves with a chisel, or informally a swindler - chivalrous — courteous and gallant, especially toward women - choky — tending to choke or feel constricted; British slang for prison - choler — irritability or anger; one of the four medieval humors - choosable — capable of being chosen or selected - chubby — plump and rounded in a pleasant way - chunky — thick and solid, or containing thick lumps - chunter — to mutter or grumble monotonously - churlish — rude, surly, and ill-mannered - cinematic — relating to or having the qualities of cinema or film - circularize — to distribute circulars or notices to a group of people - citizenhood — the state or condition of being a citizen - civilize — to bring out of a primitive state to a more refined social condition - civilized — socially advanced, refined, and well-mannered - claimant — a person who makes a claim, especially in law - clamorous — loud and insistent in noise or demand - classicism — adherence to the principles of ancient Greek and Roman art and culture - clearheaded — thinking sensibly and without confusion - clearing — an open space in a forest; the settling of accounts between banks - clemency — mercy or leniency, especially toward an offender - clergy — the body of people ordained for religious service - clergyman — an ordained male minister of a Christian church - clincher — a fact or argument that settles a matter decisively - clinically — in a manner relating to medical treatment, or coldly objectively - clobber — to hit hard or defeat decisively; British slang for clothing and gear - cloistral — relating to a cloister; secluded and monastic - clouded — darkened, obscured, or made unclear - coachbuilder — a maker of bodies for cars, carriages, or railway coaches - cocker — to pamper or indulge; also a breed of spaniel used to flush game - coder — a person who writes computer programs or converts data into code - codify — to arrange laws or rules into a systematic code - coercive — relating to or using force or threats to compel obedience - coetaneous — of the same age or duration; contemporary - coexistence — the state of existing together at the same time or place - cognize — to perceive, know, or become conscious of - cohesive — forming a united whole; sticking together - cohesiveness — the quality of holding or sticking together as a unified whole - coincidental — happening by chance rather than by design - collaborationism — cooperation with an enemy occupying one's country - collaboratively — in a way that involves working jointly with others - collapsible — able to be folded or compressed into a smaller form - collate — to collect and arrange items in proper order, especially for comparison - collation — the act of collecting and comparing texts; also a light meal - collectively — as a group; taken together as a whole - colleen — an Irish girl or young woman - colonialism — the policy of one nation controlling and exploiting another territory - colonist — a settler in or inhabitant of a colony - coloration — the arrangement or pattern of colors on something - combinatory — relating to or involving combination, especially of elements - comeliness — pleasing physical appearance; attractiveness - comeling — a newcomer or stranger; an immigrant (archaic or dialectal) - comfortableness — the state or quality of being comfortable - commandery — a district or estate under the command of a knightly order - commensurateness — the quality of being proportionate or corresponding in measure - commercialism — emphasis on profit or marketing, often at the expense of other values - committer — one who commits something, such as code changes or an act - commonalty — the common people as distinct from the nobility - communicator — a person skilled at conveying information or ideas - communism — a system advocating communal ownership of the means of production - communistic — relating to or characteristic of communism - compactness — the quality of being densely packed or neatly small in size - comparability — the quality of being able to be compared or treated as similar - comparatively — in comparison with something else; relatively - compassionateness — the quality of showing sympathy and concern for others' suffering - competently — in a capable and effective manner - competentness — the state of being competent; adequate ability - competitiveness — the quality of being able to compete successfully or eager to win - compilation — a collection of items gathered together; the act of compiling - compiler — one who compiles; a program that translates source code into machine code - complainer — a person who frequently expresses dissatisfaction - completement — the act of completing or the state of being complete (archaic) - completeness — the state of being whole, full, or entire - completive — serving to complete; expressing completion, as a grammatical aspect - complexification — the process of becoming or making more complex - complexify — to make or become more complex - complexness — the quality of being complex or intricate - comprehensible — able to be understood; intelligible - compulsatory — compelling or compulsory; tending to compel (archaic) - compulsive — resulting from or driven by an irresistible urge - compulsorily — in a way that is required by law or rule; obligatorily - conceitedness — excessive pride in oneself; vanity - conceptional — relating to a concept or to conception - concoction — a mixture of ingredients, especially an odd or invented one - concupiscence — strong sexual desire; lust - concurrency — simultaneous occurrence; the running of processes at the same time - concurrent — existing or happening at the same time - concurrently — at the same time; simultaneously - condemnable — deserving of strong disapproval or censure - condescendingly — in a patronizing manner that implies superiority - conduction — the transmission of heat, electricity, or signals through a medium - coneflower — a daisy-like plant with a raised central cone, such as echinacea - confederate — an ally or accomplice; united in a league - confessional — a booth for hearing confession; intimately self-revealing - confidant — a person trusted with private matters or secrets - conformation — the shape or structural arrangement of something - confraternity — a brotherhood, especially a religious or charitable association - confrontal — a confrontation; characterized by confronting (rare) - confusedness — the state of being confused or disordered - congenial — pleasant and agreeable in nature or compatible in disposition - congratulation — the expression of praise or good wishes for an achievement - congregator — one who gathers or assembles people or things together - conjugate — to give the inflected forms of a verb; or joined together as a pair - conjugation — the set of inflected forms of a verb, or the act of forming them - conniption — a fit of rage, hysteria, or excitement - connotative — conveying or implying an additional meaning beyond the literal one - conscientiousness — the quality of being careful, thorough, and dutiful in one's work - conservatism — a disposition to preserve existing institutions and resist abrupt change - conservator — a person responsible for preserving artworks, or a court-appointed guardian - considerateness — the quality of being thoughtful of others' feelings and needs - consignee — the person or party to whom goods are shipped or delivered - consignor — the person or party who sends goods to another in a shipment - consociate — to associate or unite together; or an associate or companion - consolidation — the act of combining several things into a single, stronger whole - constancy — the quality of being faithful, steadfast, or unchanging - constellation — a recognized pattern of stars, or any grouping of related things - constipate — to cause difficulty in emptying the bowels; to clog or obstruct - constitutionalization — the act of embedding something within a constitution or making it constitutional - constitutionist — a supporter or adherent of a particular constitution or constitutional government - constructive — serving to build up or improve; helpful rather than destructive - constructor — one who builds or assembles something, or a routine that initializes an object - consulter — a person who consults or seeks advice from another - consultive — of or relating to consultation; advisory in nature - consumable — able to be used up or eaten; an item intended to be consumed - contentment — a state of peaceful happiness and satisfaction - continental — relating to a continent, especially mainland Europe - continued — carried on without interruption; ongoing - contranatural — contrary to or against the laws of nature - contrariant — opposed or contrary; inclined to disagree - contrariness — the quality of being perversely opposed or difficult - contrariwise — on the contrary; in the opposite way - contrastive — showing or emphasizing differences between things - contumely — insolent or contemptuous treatment; humiliating rudeness - conventionalism — adherence to convention or established custom - conventionality — conformity to accepted standards or customs - conventionalize — to make conventional or render in a stylized, customary form - conversational — relating to or resembling informal spoken conversation - convincement — the act or state of being convinced; firm conviction - convincingly — in a manner that compels belief or agreement - convoy — a group of vehicles or ships travelling together for protection - cooky — a small sweet baked treat; a variant spelling of cookie - copter — an informal term for a helicopter - cornflower — a blue-flowered plant that grows in cornfields; bachelor's button - corpulent — physically bulky or fat; having a large, fleshy body - coruscate — to give off flashing sparkles of light; to glitter brilliantly - costless — costing nothing; free of charge or expense - councilman — a male member of a town or city council - councilwoman — a female member of a town or city council - counterjumper — a derogatory old term for a shop assistant or salesclerk - counting — the act of determining a total by enumerating one by one - countship — the rank, title, or domain of a count - courageously — in a brave manner; with courage - covenant — a solemn, binding agreement or promise - coventry — a state of social ostracism, as in 'sent to Coventry' - cowling — a removable metal cover over an engine, especially an aircraft's - crammer — a person or school that prepares students intensively for exams - crawler — something that crawls; a tracked vehicle or a web-indexing program - creaky — making a harsh squeaking sound; stiff and decrepit - creatable — capable of being created or brought into existence - creationistic — relating to the doctrine that the universe was divinely created - credibleness — the quality of being believable or trustworthy - cremation — the disposal of a dead body by burning it to ashes - crewless — having no crew; unmanned - crewman — a member of the crew of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle - crimeful — full of crime; guilty or criminal (archaic) - criminally — in a manner relating to crime; to a shocking or blameworthy degree - crisply — in a brisk, sharp, or firm manner - cruelness — the quality of being cruel; cruelty - crushing — overwhelming and devastating; severe enough to defeat utterly - crusty — having a hard outer crust; or curt and irritable in manner - crybaby — a person who cries or complains too readily over trifles - crying — demanding urgent attention; flagrant - cryptic — having a hidden or obscure meaning; mysterious - culmen — the ridge along the upper part of a bird's bill - cultic — relating to a religious cult or ritual worship - cultivar — a plant variety produced by selective breeding in cultivation - cultivated — refined and well-educated; or prepared for growing crops - culver — an archaic or dialectal word for a wood pigeon or dove - cumulate — to gather into a heap or mass; accumulate - cupful — the amount that a cup holds - cupidity — excessive greed for wealth or possessions - curliness — the quality of being curly - currentness — the state of being current or up to date - curtly — in a brief and abrupt, often rude, manner - curvilinear — consisting of or bounded by curved lines - curvy — having many curves; full-figured - cycler — a person or device that cycles or repeats a process - cyclic — recurring in cycles; pertaining to a cycle - dally — to waste time idly or flirt casually - dampish — somewhat damp - dampness — the state of being slightly wet - dareful — full of daring; bold (archaic) - dartmoor — a moorland region of Devon, England, known for its granite tors - dashing — strikingly elegant, spirited, and attractive - dateless — having no date; timeless or endless - daunter — one who daunts or intimidates - dauntingly — in a manner that intimidates or discourages - dawning — the beginning or first appearance of something - deadliness — the quality of being capable of causing death - deafen — to make deaf or overwhelm with noise - deafening — extremely loud - dealing — conduct or transactions in business or relations - debateful — full of contention or quarreling (archaic) - debilitate — to weaken or sap the strength of - debilitated — made weak or feeble - decadal — relating to or occurring over a period of ten years - decadence — moral or cultural decline marked by self-indulgence - decadent — characterized by decline or luxurious self-indulgence - decennary — a period of ten years; relating to ten years - decennial — occurring every ten years - deceptious — tending to deceive; deceptive (archaic) - deceptiveness — the quality of being misleading or deceptive - decidable — able to be decided; in logic, solvable by an algorithm - decidedly — definitely and unmistakably - decimate — to destroy or drastically reduce a large proportion of - decisiveness — the quality of being firm and prompt in deciding - declarer — one who declares; in bridge, the player who plays the contract - deconcentrate — to disperse or reduce the concentration of - decretory — of the nature of a decree; decisive or definitive - decry — to publicly denounce or condemn - deducible — able to be inferred by reasoning - deemer — one who deems or judges (archaic) - deemster — a judge in the Isle of Man - deepness — the quality or state of being deep - defecate — to discharge feces from the body; or to purify of dregs - defenseless — lacking any means of protection or defense - defensiveness — the quality of being anxiously protective or guarded - deference — respectful submission to another's judgment or wishes - defiled — made impure, dirty, or desecrated - definer — a person or thing that defines - definiteness — the quality of being clear, exact, or precise - deflation — a fall in the general price level; the act of letting out air - deformation — a change in shape or distortion from an original form - degeneration — the process of declining in quality or function - deity — a god or goddess; divine nature - delayer — a person or thing that causes delay - delegacy — a body of delegates; the position of a delegate - deletion — the act of removing or erasing something - delirious — in a confused, excited state; wildly ecstatic - demission — the act of relinquishing an office or position; abdication or resignation - democratism — adherence to or advocacy of democratic principles and government - democratist — an advocate or supporter of democracy - democratize — to make something accessible to all or governed by the people - demographer — a specialist who studies the statistics of human populations - demoness — a female demon or evil spirit - demonical — of or relating to a demon; fiendish or devilish - demonstrable — capable of being shown or logically proved - demonstratedly — in a manner that has been clearly shown or proven - demonstrative — openly expressive of feelings; or a word pointing to a referent - denier — a person who refuses to admit the truth of something - denomination — a recognized branch of a religion, or a unit of monetary value - denouncement — a public condemnation or denunciation - densen — to make or become dense or thicker - densification — the process of making something more dense or compact - dentistry — the branch of medicine concerned with the teeth and gums - denunciative — expressing strong condemnation or denunciation - denunciatory — characterized by open condemnation or censure - dependently — in a manner reliant on or contingent upon something else - depender — one who depends on or relies upon another - depersonalization — loss of a sense of personal identity or of reality's familiarity - depersonalize — to deprive of individuality or human character - derangement — a state of disorder or insanity; mental disturbance - deregister — to remove from an official register or record - derider — one who mocks or ridicules another - derisory — ridiculously small or inadequate; meriting derision - derogatory — showing a critical or disrespectful attitude; belittling - describable — capable of being described in words - descry — to catch sight of or discern something distant or obscure - desecrate — to treat a sacred place or thing with violent disrespect - desecration — the act of violating the sanctity of something sacred - desertful — deserving of reward or merit; meritorious - designedly — intentionally; on purpose - desirous — having or expressing a strong wish for something - despairful — full of or marked by despair; hopeless - despecification — the removal or loss of specific detail or specification - despisement — the act or feeling of despising; contempt - destructible — capable of being destroyed - detainment — the act of detaining or being held in custody - determinative — serving to decide or define; a deciding factor or marker - determinism — the doctrine that all events are determined by prior causes - detonate — to explode or cause to explode with sudden violence - deviancy — the state of departing from accepted norms, especially of behavior - devilishly — in a mischievous or fiendish way; or extremely - devolution — the transfer of power from central to local authority; or degeneration - devotedness — the quality of being loyal, dedicated, or deeply committed - dexterous — skillful with the hands or mentally adroit - diagnostic — relating to the identification of a disease or problem - diarist — a person who keeps a diary or journal - dicky — unsound or unsteady; or a detachable shirt front - dictatorship — government by a single ruler with absolute power - dictatress — a woman who rules with absolute authority - differentness — the quality or state of being different; dissimilarity - difficultness — the quality of being difficult or troublesome - digitally — by means of digital technology; or with the fingers - digitize — to convert information into digital form - diminution — a reduction in size, extent, or importance - diplomatist — a person skilled in diplomacy; a diplomat - directorate — a board of directors or a section of an organization they head - dirigible — a steerable lighter-than-air aircraft; an airship - disassociate — to separate or disconnect oneself from something - disassociation — the act of separating or state of being disconnected - discontent — a feeling of dissatisfaction or restless unhappiness - discontinuously — in an intermittent or broken manner; not continuously - discouragement — a loss of confidence or enthusiasm; dispiritedness - discreetness — the quality of being careful and prudent in speech or conduct - discriminative — making or able to make fine distinctions; selective - discriminatory — making unjust distinctions, especially on the basis of group - disculpate — to free from blame or guilt; exculpate - discussant — a person who takes part in a formal discussion or panel - discusser — one who discusses or debates a subject - disdainfully — with contempt or scorn - disenchantment — a feeling of disappointment after losing illusions - disencumber — to free from a burden or encumbrance - disfavor — disapproval or dislike; to regard with disapproval - disfigurement — a spoiling of appearance; a marring blemish - dishearten — to cause to lose hope, courage, or enthusiasm - disheartening — causing a loss of hope or enthusiasm; discouraging - dishful — the amount that a dish can hold - dishonestly — in a manner that is deceitful or lacking in integrity - disimprovement — a change for the worse; deterioration - disinclination — a reluctance or unwillingness to do something - disinfection — the process of cleaning something to destroy bacteria and germs - disinter — to dig up something that has been buried, especially a corpse - disjointed — lacking coherent connection; rambling and disconnected - dislocate — to displace a bone from its joint; to disrupt or disturb - disobedient — failing or refusing to obey rules or authority - disobey — to fail or refuse to comply with a command or rule - disorganize — to throw into confusion or destroy the orderly arrangement of - disparity — a great difference or inequality between things - displacement — the act of moving something from its place or the resulting shift - displeased — feeling annoyance or dissatisfaction - disposable — intended to be used once and then thrown away - disproportionate — too large or too small in comparison with something else - disproven — shown to be false or invalid - disputably — in a manner open to question or argument - disputatious — fond of or given to argument and debate; contentious - disremember — to fail to remember; forget (dialectal) - dissatisfactory — failing to meet expectations or give satisfaction - dissertation — a long formal treatise, especially one written for a doctoral degree - dissimulate — to conceal one's true feelings or intentions by pretense - dissimulation — concealment of one's true feelings or motives through pretense - dissocialize — to make unsociable or to withdraw from social interaction - dissolvent — a substance capable of dissolving another; a solvent - dissonant — lacking harmony; clashing or discordant - dissympathy — absence or opposite of sympathy; antipathy (rare) - distemper — a contagious viral disease of animals; also a water-based paint - distracter — a wrong but plausible answer option in a multiple-choice test - distributable — able to be shared out or apportioned among recipients - distributee — a person who receives a share, especially of an estate - disunion — the breaking up of a union; separation or discord - divan — a long low sofa or couch without back or arms - diversely — in various different ways; with variety - diversified — varied; spread across different kinds to reduce risk - divinatory — relating to or used in foretelling the future by supernatural means - divorcee — a person who is divorced - divorcement — the act of divorcing or separating; dissolution of marriage - divvy — to divide and share out, especially money or spoils - documental — of or relating to documents; documentary - dodder — to tremble or move feebly, as from age; also a parasitic plant - dodgy — dishonest, unreliable, or of doubtful quality (British informal) - doggedness — persistent determination; tenacity - donator — a person who gives a donation; a donor - donee — a person to whom a gift is made - doomsday — the day of the Last Judgment; a time of catastrophe - dormitive — tending to induce sleep; soporific - dorter — a dormitory, especially in a monastery (archaic) - doubtfulness — the quality of being uncertain or open to doubt - dovish — favoring peace or conciliatory policies over confrontation - downwardly — in a downward direction or toward a lower level - downy — covered with or resembling soft fine feathers or hair - draftsman — a person who draws plans or sketches, as for machinery or buildings - dresser — a chest of drawers or a kitchen sideboard for dishes - drifter — a person who moves aimlessly from place to place or job to job - drilling — the act of boring holes or of repeated practice or training - drinker — a person who drinks, especially one who consumes alcohol - drooping — hanging or sagging downward limply - druggist — a pharmacist or dealer in medicinal drugs - drunken — intoxicated by or relating to alcohol - dubiety — a feeling of doubt or uncertainty - dullness — the quality of being boring, blunt, or lacking sharpness - duteous — dutiful and obedient (literary) - earliness — the quality of occurring or arriving before the usual time - earnestness — sincere and serious conviction or intensity of purpose - earsplitting — extremely loud and harsh to the ear - earthy — resembling soil; plainly natural or coarsely direct - easterly — situated toward or coming from the east - eatery — an informal restaurant or place to eat - ebullience — the quality of being cheerful and full of energy - economically — in a way relating to the economy or to thrift - economizer — a device that saves energy or fuel, especially in a boiler - eddy — a circular movement of water or air running contrary to the main current - edgy — tense and nervous, or daringly unconventional - edificatory — tending to instruct or improve morally (rare) - edificial — of or relating to a building or edifice (rare) - edifyingly — in a manner that instructs or improves morally - edifyingness — the quality of being morally instructive or uplifting - effectuation — the act of bringing something about or putting it into effect - efficaciously — in a way that produces the intended result effectively - effulgent — shining brightly; radiant - effusive — expressing feelings in an unrestrained or gushing way - egocentric — thinking only of oneself; self-centered - egoistical — excessively concerned with one's own interests; selfish - egotistical — excessively conceited or self-important - elaborateness — the quality of being intricately detailed or complex - elative — of a grammatical case expressing motion out of something - electromagnetic — relating to the interrelation of electric currents and magnetism - electronegative — tending to attract electrons and form a negative charge - elegancy — refinement, grace, or tasteful beauty (archaic for elegance) - elephantic — of or resembling an elephant; huge and ponderous - elocution — the skill of clear and expressive speech - eloquently — in a fluent and persuasive manner of speaking - eloquentness — the quality of being fluent and persuasive in speech - elsewise — in another way; otherwise (archaic or dialectal) - emancipate — to set free from legal, social, or political restraint - embellish — to decorate or add fanciful, often false, details to - embitter — to make someone feel resentful or bitter - emblematic — serving as a symbol of something - emcee — a master of ceremonies who hosts an event - emigrate — to leave one's own country to settle permanently in another - emigration — the act of leaving one's country to settle elsewhere - emotionless — showing or feeling no emotion; impassive - emotive — arousing or expressing strong feeling - employable — having skills or qualities that make one suitable for work - emptiness — the state of containing nothing or lacking meaning - empyreal — relating to the highest heaven; celestial (literary) - empyrean — the highest heaven, or the sky; the celestial realm - encouragingly — in a way that gives support, confidence, or hope - encroachment — a gradual intrusion on someone's territory or rights - encumberment — the state of being burdened or hindered (rare) - endorser — a person who publicly approves or signs the back of a document - enemyship — the state or relationship of being enemies (rare) - enforcer — one who compels compliance with rules, often by force - engineman — a person who operates or tends an engine - enlightened — having or showing rational, tolerant, and informed views - enrollment — the act of registering, or the number of people registered - enslavement — the act or condition of being made a slave - enstrengthen — to make strong or stronger (archaic or rare) - ensuingly — in a way that follows as a consequence or afterward (rare) - enterpriser — one who undertakes bold ventures; an entrepreneur - enthralling — capturing and holding one's attention completely; fascinating - enticement — something that attracts or tempts; an allurement - enticing — attractive or tempting in an appealing way - entireness — the quality of being whole or complete; totality - entranceway — a passage or opening forming the entrance to a place - enunciate — to pronounce or articulate words clearly, or to state a proposition formally - envision — to imagine or conceive of something, especially as a future possibility - epicurish — somewhat epicurean; fond of refined sensory and especially culinary pleasure - episodic — occurring irregularly or in separate disconnected episodes - erectopatent — in botany, positioned partly erect and partly spreading - erroneous — wrong; containing or based on error - erroneously — in a mistaken or incorrect manner - especial — special; exceptional in degree or importance - espial — the act of spying or catching sight of something - essentialism — the view that things have a fixed set of essential underlying properties - estimator — a person or formula that calculates an estimate or statistical value - estray — a domestic animal found wandering with no apparent owner - ethicopolitical — relating to both ethics and politics together - ethnical — of or relating to ethnic groups or races; ethnic - everydayness — the quality of being ordinary, routine, or commonplace - evocation — the act of calling up or summoning a memory, feeling, or spirit - evolutional — of or relating to evolution or gradual development - evolutive — tending to evolve or promote development - exacerbation — a worsening or intensification of a condition or problem - exaction — the act of demanding and obtaining payment, often unjustly; the sum exacted - examen — a critical examination, especially a reflective examination of conscience - examinership — the office or process by which an insolvent company is placed under court protection - exanimate — lifeless or spiritless; deprived of animation - excavate — to dig out and remove earth, or to uncover by digging - excellency — a title of honor for high officials, or the quality of excellence - excellently — in an outstanding or superior manner - exchangeable — able to be exchanged or substituted for something else - excitable — easily roused to strong emotion or activity - excitant — a substance or agent that stimulates a bodily function - exclamation — a sudden cry or remark expressing surprise, anger, or pain - excommunication — the formal exclusion of a person from communion or membership of a church - excruciation — intense physical or mental torment; agony - execrable — extremely bad, detestable, or of very poor quality - executioner — a person who carries out a sentence of death - executor — a person appointed to carry out the terms of a will - exemption — the state of being freed from an obligation; an instance of this - exhaustively — in a thorough and complete manner, leaving nothing out - exhibitionism — the tendency to display oneself or behave so as to attract attention - exhibitionistic — characterized by a desire to show off or attract attention - exhortation — an address or communication strongly urging someone to act - exoneration — the act of clearing someone of blame or accusation - exorbitant — unreasonably high; greatly exceeding what is fair or expected - expansionism — a policy of extending a nation's territory or economic influence - expatriation — the act of leaving or being banished from one's native country - expendable — able to be sacrificed or used up as not essential - experienceless — lacking experience; without practical knowledge - experimentation — the action of trying out new methods or ideas through tests - expertness — the quality of being expert; skill or proficiency - expiration — the end of a period of validity, or the act of breathing out - expiry — the end of the period for which something is valid - explainer — a person or piece that explains; an explanatory account - explanatorily — in a way that serves to explain or clarify - explication — a detailed analysis or explanation of a text or idea - exploiter — a person who takes unfair advantage of others for gain - exploitive — taking unfair advantage of people or resources - exponent — a person who supports an idea, or a mathematical power indicator - expressively — in a manner that vividly conveys feeling or meaning - expulsion — the act of forcing someone to leave a place or organization - exquisitely — in an extremely beautiful, delicate, or refined way - extemporaneous — spoken or done without preparation; impromptu - extermination — the complete destruction or eradication of something - externally — on or from the outside; in external respects - extolment — the act of praising highly; lavish praise - extraction — the act of drawing or pulling something out; one's ancestry - extraparliamentary — occurring or acting outside the bounds of parliament - extrapolate — to infer or estimate beyond known data by extending a trend - extratemporal — existing or occurring outside of time, or beyond the temporal bone region - extravagancy — excessive or wasteful spending or display; extravagance - extravagantly — in a wastefully lavish or excessive manner - fabulousness — the quality of being extraordinary, marvelous, or legendary - facetious — treating serious matters with inappropriate or flippant humor - facsimilize — to make an exact copy or reproduction of something - factional — relating to a self-interested faction within a larger group - failing — a weakness or shortcoming in character or ability - fainthearted — lacking courage or resolve; timid - fairish — moderately good or fair; passable - faithfully — in a loyal, accurate, or steadfast manner - faithfulness — the quality of being loyal, accurate, or constant - faker — a person who pretends or counterfeits something - falsely — in a manner that is untrue or deceptive - falseness — the quality of being untrue, deceitful, or disloyal - falsify — to alter or misrepresent something so as to deceive - familial — relating to or characteristic of a family - familiarly — in an informal or intimately acquainted manner - famousness — the state of being widely known or celebrated - fanatical — filled with excessive, uncritical zeal for a cause - fanaticism — excessive, uncritical zeal, especially in religion or politics - fancify — to make something more ornate or elaborate - fantasist — a person who indulges in or creates fantasies - fastener — a device that holds or joins things together - fastness — a secure stronghold, or the quality of being firmly fixed - fatalism — the belief that all events are predetermined and inevitable - fated — destined or doomed by fate to a particular outcome - fatty — containing or resembling fat; greasy - faultful — full of faults; blameworthy or defective - favoritism — the unfair favoring of one person or group over others - feastful — festive; characterized by feasting and celebration - featherbed — to pamper, or to overstaff a job by enforcing wasteful labor practices - featureless — lacking distinct features; flat and monotonous - federally — by or in relation to a central federal government - feeler — an antenna or tentacle, or a tentative proposal to test reaction - felonious — involving or constituting a serious crime; criminal - fender — a guard over a wheel, or a protective barrier against impact - ferity — the state of being wild, savage, or untamed - ferociousness — the quality of being fierce, savage, or violently intense - ferric — of or containing iron, especially in its trivalent state - ferrous — containing or relating to iron, especially in its divalent state - fervent — showing intense, passionate feeling or zeal - fester — to become infected and suppurate, or to grow steadily worse - fetish — an object of irrational devotion, or an item believed to hold magic power - feverishness — the state of being feverish or restlessly excited - fibber — a person who tells small, trivial lies - fictionalize — to turn real events into a fictional narrative - fiendishness — the quality of being cruelly wicked or devilishly clever - filibuster — a prolonged speech used to obstruct a legislative vote - filing — a document submitted to an official body, or a particle filed off metal - filthy — disgustingly dirty, or morally obscene - finalize — to complete or put into final form - financialist — a person expert or engaged in finance and money matters - finical — excessively fussy or fastidious about details - finishing — the final stage or surface treatment of a process - firmament — the vault of the sky regarded as a solid expanse; the heavens - fishy — arousing suspicion; of doubtful character - fission — the splitting of an atomic nucleus or a cell into parts - fistful — as much as can be held in one fist; a handful - fitful — occurring in irregular bursts; not steady or continuous - fixedness — the state of being firmly set, immovable, or unchanging - flabbergastation — a state of overwhelming astonishment or bewilderment - flabby — soft and loose; lacking firmness or vigor - flakily — in a flaky manner; unreliably or in thin layers - flasher — a device or thing that flashes, such as a blinking light - flawlessly — without any fault or imperfection; perfectly - fledgling — a young bird newly able to fly, or an inexperienced beginner - fleetingness — the quality of passing quickly; transitoriness - flier — a printed handbill, or one who flies - flockowner — a person who owns a flock of sheep or other animals - flounder — to struggle clumsily or move helplessly, as in confusion or difficulty - focalize — to bring to a focus or concentrate at a central point - foeman — an enemy in war; an opponent in combat - fogey — an old-fashioned or excessively conservative person - fogginess — the state of being obscured by fog or of being mentally unclear - foolhardy — recklessly bold; foolishly venturesome - footing — a secure grip for the feet; a basis or established position - footy — informal term for football (soccer or Australian rules) - forbiddenly — in a forbidden or prohibited manner - forced — produced under compulsion; strained or unnatural - forebear — an ancestor - forecaster — a person who predicts future events, especially the weather - forefather — an ancestor, especially a male one - foresay — to foretell or predict; to say beforehand - forgetness — forgetfulness; the state of being forgotten or oblivious - forgettable — easily forgotten; unremarkable - formalist — one who insists on or favors strict form and convention - formalness — the quality of being formal; stiff adherence to form - formidability — the quality of inspiring fear, awe, or respect by strength - formulaic — following a set formula; predictable and unoriginal - forswear — to renounce or reject under oath; to abjure - forthbring — to bring forth, produce, or generate - forthy — therefore; for that reason (archaic) - fortuitousness — the quality of happening by chance, especially luckily - fragileness — the quality of being fragile or easily broken - fragmentize — to break into fragments - fragrancy — sweetness of smell; fragrance - frankness — the quality of being open, honest, and direct - freakishness — the quality of being abnormal, capricious, or grotesquely odd - freebooter — a pirate or plunderer who takes booty - frictionless — without friction; smooth and effortless - frisky — lively, playful, and full of energy - frothy — full of or covered with froth; light and insubstantial - fulfillment — the achievement of something desired or promised; satisfaction - fullness — the state of being full or complete - fumigate — to disinfect or purify with fumes or smoke - fundamentalist — one who adheres strictly to basic principles or literal doctrine - funnyman — a professional comedian or comic entertainer - gadling — a vagabond or idle wanderer; a spike on a gauntlet - gallant — brave and noble; chivalrously attentive to women - gammy — (of a limb) injured, lame, or unable to function properly - garish — obtrusively bright, showy, or gaudy - gawky — awkward, ungainly, and clumsy - gazetteer — a geographical dictionary or index of place names - generalist — a person competent in several fields rather than one specialty - generality — a general or vague statement; the quality of being general - generative — capable of producing or originating something - generically — in a general way; without a brand or specific name - generousness — the quality of being generous; readiness to give freely - genial — friendly and cheerful in manner - genially — in a friendly, cheerful way - genic — of or relating to a gene or genes - genitor — a biological father or male progenitor - geographer — a person who studies the physical features and human geography of the earth - geographics — matters or features relating to geography - germination — the process by which a seed begins to grow and develop - gesticulate — to make expressive gestures with the hands and arms while speaking - gettable — able to be obtained or reached - giver — a person who gives something - gladful — full of gladness; joyful - glamorously — in an alluring, glamorous manner - glassy — smooth and shiny like glass; lacking expression - gleamy — giving off gleams of light; shining - glisten — to shine with a sparkling, wet light - gloriously — in a magnificent or splendid manner - glutinous — sticky like glue in texture - gluttonous — given to excessive eating; greedy - godparent — a person who sponsors a child at baptism and oversees their upbringing - goober — a peanut; informally, a foolish or naive person - goodly — considerable in size or amount; pleasing in appearance - gordian — resembling an intricate knot; extremely difficult to resolve - gorgeousness — the quality of being strikingly beautiful or splendid - gorger — one who gorges; a greedy eater - gossipmonger — a person who habitually spreads gossip - gossipred — the spiritual kinship of godparents; sponsorship at baptism - gracious — courteous, kind, and pleasant in manner - grandiloquent — using pompous or extravagantly lofty language - gratefully — in a manner showing thankfulness - gratefulness — the state of feeling or showing thankfulness - gratify — to give pleasure or satisfaction to - gratuitous — uncalled for; given or done without good reason - gratuity — a tip or sum given for service, beyond what is owed - gravitative — relating to or operating by gravitation - greasy — covered with or resembling grease; slippery - greediness — the quality of wanting more than one's fair share - greengrocer — a retailer who sells fruit and vegetables - gripper — a device or part that grips or holds firmly - grisly — causing horror or disgust; gruesome - groggery — a cheap tavern or barroom selling liquor - grudging — given or felt reluctantly and unwillingly - guaranty — a formal pledge to answer for another's debt or obligation - guiltily — in a manner showing awareness of wrongdoing - guiltlessly — in a manner free from guilt or blame - gullible — easily deceived or tricked - gushy — excessively sentimental or effusive - habiliment — clothing, especially that suited to a particular role or occasion - habitable — suitable or fit to live in - habitually — as a regular practice or custom - hacker — a person who breaks into or skillfully manipulates computer systems - haggler — a person who bargains persistently over price - haircutter — a person who cuts hair as a trade - haircutting — the activity of cutting hair - hairless — having no hair - halidom — a holy place or sacred thing, often invoked in solemn oaths - hallucination — a perception of something not actually present, often from illness or drugs - handicraftsman — a person skilled in a manual trade or craft - handiness — the quality of being convenient or skilful with the hands - hanky — an informal term for a handkerchief - haptic — relating to the sense of touch or tactile perception - hardness — the quality of being firm, solid, or unyielding - harmonious — forming a pleasing or consistent whole; free from discord - harmonize — to bring into agreement or pleasing arrangement; to sing in harmony - harnpan — the skull or cranium (dialectal and archaic) - harpy — a rapacious, ill-tempered woman; a mythical winged monster with a woman's face - harridan — a bossy, belligerent, or scolding old woman - harshly — in a severe, rough, or unkind manner - harshness — the quality of being severe, rough, or unpleasant - hasteful — marked by haste; hurried or precipitate (archaic) - hatchling — a young animal newly emerged from an egg - headmaster — the male head teacher in charge of a school - healthiness — the state of being healthy or conducive to health - heartiness — warm, vigorous friendliness or enthusiasm - heartstring — one's deepest feelings or affections (usually plural) - heaviness — the quality of being heavy in weight, mood, or burden - hebdomadally — on a weekly basis; once every week - hebdomadary — weekly; a monk or canon serving in weekly rotation - hectic — full of frantic activity; feverishly busy - hector — to bully or intimidate with bluster; a swaggering bully - hedonic — relating to pleasure or the pursuit of it - hedonistic — devoted to pleasure and self-gratification as a way of life - heedfulness — careful attention or mindfulness - heinousness — the quality of being utterly wicked or atrocious - hellenic — relating to ancient or modern Greece, its people, or culture - helly — hellish or infernal in character (rare and dialectal) - helpmate — a companion and helper, especially a spouse - herculean — requiring or showing enormous strength or effort - hermaphroditic — having both male and female reproductive organs - hesitative — marked by hesitation; tentative or wavering - heterogeneity — the quality of being diverse in composition or character - heyday — the period of greatest success, vigour, or popularity - hiddenly — in a concealed or secret manner - highness — the state of being high; a title of honour for royalty - hilariously — in an extremely funny or amusing way - hilariousness — the quality of being extremely funny - hilly — having many hills; abounding in slopes - hinny — the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey - hireling — a person who works only for pay, with implied lack of loyalty - hirer — a person who hires or employs another, or who rents something - hobbyist — a person who pursues an activity for pleasure in their spare time - hokey — mawkishly sentimental or contrived; corny - hollowness — the state of being empty inside; insincerity or emptiness of feeling - homelander — a native or inhabitant of one's home country - homeowner — a person who owns the house in which they live - homogeneity — the quality of being uniform in composition or character - homogeneous — of uniform composition or character throughout - homogeneousness — the state of being uniform throughout in kind or composition - honestness — the quality of being honest; integrity (archaic) - honorably — in a way consistent with honour or moral principles - honorary — conferred as an honor without the usual duties, payment, or qualifications - hooked — curved like a hook, or addicted to or captivated by something - hooter — a device that makes a hooting sound, such as a horn or siren - horny — made of or resembling horn; also slang for sexually aroused - horribly — in a way that causes horror or to a very unpleasant degree - hospitalization — the act of admitting or the period of staying in a hospital for treatment - hostelry — an inn or public house providing lodging and food - hostilely — in an unfriendly or antagonistic manner - hotheaded — impetuous, quick-tempered, or rash - householdry — household affairs or domestic management - howitzer — a short cannon firing shells on a high trajectory at low velocity - howler — a glaring and ludicrous mistake; also an animal that howls - huckster — a petty trader or aggressive peddler, often dishonest - humaneness — the quality of being compassionate and kind toward others - humbleness — the quality of being modest and without arrogance - humidity — the amount of water vapor present in the air - huntsman — a man who hunts or who manages hounds during a hunt - husbandly — of or befitting a husband; marital - husbandman — a farmer or tiller of the soil - husbandry — the cultivation of crops and care of livestock; careful management of resources - husky — having a low, rough, or hoarse voice; also a sled dog breed - hygienics — the science or principles of hygiene and the preservation of health - hylicism — the philosophical doctrine that matter is the ultimate reality; materialism - hylism — the doctrine that matter is the first principle of all things; materialism - hyphenate — to join or divide with a hyphen - hypnotic — inducing sleep or a trance-like state; mesmerizing - hypothetically — in a supposed or assumed way; for the sake of argument - hysterics — a fit of uncontrollable emotion, laughter, or weeping - idealist — a person guided by ideals rather than practical considerations - ideality — the quality of being ideal or existing only in imagination - idealize — to regard or represent as perfect or better than reality - identically — in exactly the same way; without any difference - ideologic — of or relating to ideology or a system of ideas - ideologically — with respect to ideology or a body of doctrines - idiotic — extremely foolish or stupid - idleness — the state of being inactive, unoccupied, or lazy - iffy — uncertain, doubtful, or of questionable quality - igniter — a device that sets fire to or starts the combustion of something - ignitor — a device that ignites a fuel or charge; variant of igniter - illegible — not clear enough to be read - illegitimately — in an unlawful, improper, or unauthorized manner - illiberal — intolerant, narrow-minded, or restrictive of freedom - illiteral — not literal; figurative or contrary to the letter - illiterate — unable to read or write; uneducated - illogical — lacking sound reasoning; contrary to logic - illusory — based on illusion; deceptive or not real - imaginative — having or showing creativity and inventiveness - imaginativeness — the quality of being creative and inventive - imbed — to fix firmly within a surrounding mass; variant of embed - imitative — copying or modeled on something else; not original - imitator — one who copies the behavior or work of another - immaculately — in a perfectly clean, neat, or flawless manner - immalleable — not malleable; rigid and unable to be shaped - immersion — the act of plunging into a liquid or being deeply involved in something - immobility — the state of being unable to move or be moved - immobilize — to prevent from moving or functioning - immorality — the quality of being wicked or violating moral principles - immunity — protection from disease, obligation, or legal liability - immutable — unchanging over time; not capable of being altered - impartiality — the quality of treating all sides fairly and without bias - impassion — to fill with intense feeling or passion - impassionate — free from passion; dispassionate and calm - impecuniosity — the state of having little or no money; poverty - impecuniousness — the condition of being habitually short of money - imperceivable — unable to be perceived by the senses or mind - imperfection — a flaw or fault; the state of being incomplete or defective - imperially — in a manner befitting an emperor or empire; majestically - impermeable — not allowing fluid to pass through - imperspicuous — not clear or easily understood; obscure - impertinent — rudely bold or disrespectful; also irrelevant - impetuous — acting hastily and without thought; impulsive - implant — to insert or fix firmly, especially within the body or mind - implosion — a violent collapse inward; a sudden internal failure - importation — the act or process of bringing goods into a country from abroad - impossibleness — the quality or state of being impossible - impossibly — to a degree that is impossible or seemingly beyond belief - impostor — a person who deceives others by pretending to be someone else - impotence — the state of being powerless or lacking effective strength - imprecision — lack of exactness or accuracy - impregnant — a substance used to impregnate or saturate something - impregnate — to saturate or imbue with a substance, or to make pregnant - impressively — in a way that arouses admiration through scale, skill, or quality - improbability — the quality of being unlikely to be true or to happen - improbably — in a way that is unlikely or hard to believe - impropriate — to transfer church property or revenues to a layman or secular body - improver — a person or thing that improves something, or a learner gaining skill - imprudence — lack of caution or good judgment; rashness - impulsively — in a way driven by sudden impulse rather than thought - impulsiveness — the tendency to act on sudden urges without forethought - impulsivity — the trait of acting quickly on impulse without weighing consequences - inaccurately — in a way that is not correct or precise - inadvertent — not resulting from deliberate intention; unintentional - inadvertently — without intention; by accident - inapplicable — not relevant or appropriate to a particular situation - inartistically — in a manner lacking artistic taste or skill - inattention — lack of attention or notice; failure to concentrate - inaudible — unable to be heard - inauguration — the formal ceremony marking the start of an office or undertaking - inauthentic — not genuine or true to itself; fake or insincere - incalculable — too great or uncertain to be reckoned or measured - incapability — the state of being unable to do something; lack of ability - incapacity — inability to do something, or legal disqualification from acting - incarcerate — to confine or imprison someone - incarceration — the act of imprisoning or the state of being confined - incaution — lack of caution; carelessness - inceptive — relating to or marking the beginning of an action or state - inchoative — expressing the beginning of an action or a change of state, especially in grammar - incomer — a person who comes to live in or enter a place from elsewhere - incoming — coming in or arriving; about to take up a position - incompetence — lack of the skill or ability to do something successfully - incompliant — unwilling to comply or yield; not conforming - inconceivable — impossible to imagine or believe - incongruence — lack of harmony or agreement between things - incongruousness — the quality of being out of place or inconsistent with surroundings - inconsistency — lack of consistency, or a detail that conflicts with another - inconspicuous — not clearly visible or attracting attention - incorrection — the state of being uncorrected or in error (rare) - incorrectness — the quality of being wrong or inaccurate - incorruptible — not susceptible to corruption, bribery, or decay - incredibility — the quality of being too implausible to be believed - indebtedness — the state of owing money or gratitude - indecisive — unable to make decisions, or not producing a clear result - indeedy — indeed (a colloquial, emphatic, often jocular intensifier) - indelicate — lacking tact, refinement, or modesty - indemnification — compensation for loss or harm, or security against it - indemnity — security or protection against loss, or compensation for it - indentation — a notch or recess, or a blank space at the start of a line of text - independentism — advocacy of political independence for a region or group - indestructible — impossible to destroy or break down - indicant — something that indicates or points to a fact or condition - indifference — lack of interest, concern, or sympathy - indigence — a state of extreme poverty or neediness - indigent — poor and needy; lacking the means of subsistence - indignation — anger aroused by something perceived as unjust or unworthy - indisputable — unable to be challenged or denied - indisputably — in a way that cannot be questioned or denied - inducive — tending to induce or bring about something (rare for inductive) - indurate — to make or become hard, or to harden in feeling - industrialist — a person who owns or runs an industrial enterprise - industrialization — the development of industries on a wide scale in a region or country - inebriate — to make drunk, or a person who is habitually drunk - inefficient — not achieving maximum productivity; wasteful of time or resources - inelastic — not flexible, or not changing much in response to change - ineluctably — in a way that cannot be avoided or escaped - inequation — a mathematical statement that two quantities are not equal; an inequality - inescapably — in a way that cannot be avoided - inexertion — lack of exertion or effort - inexistence — the state of not existing; nonexistence - infamously — in a way that is well known for being bad or wicked - infamousness — the quality of being notorious for something bad - infantry — soldiers who fight on foot - informality — the quality of being relaxed, casual, or unofficial - infortunate — unfortunate; unlucky (archaic) - infrequency — the state of happening rarely or seldom - infringer — a person who violates a law, right, or agreement - ingeniously — in a clever, original, and inventive manner - ingenuousness — the quality of being frank, innocent, and free of guile - inglorious — causing shame or lacking honor; ignominious - ingrateful — unthankful; failing to show gratitude (archaic for ungrateful) - ingratiatory — intended to win favor or approval; ingratiating - inhabitable — capable of being lived in; habitable - inheritable — capable of being passed to or received by an heir or descendant - inhibition — a feeling or process that restrains or holds back an action or impulse - inhibitor — a substance or agent that slows or prevents a reaction or process - injudicial — not in accordance with sound judgment or proper legal procedure - innovational — relating to or characterized by innovation - innovatory — introducing or featuring new methods or ideas; innovative - inofficial — not official; lacking formal authority (archaic for unofficial) - inpatient — a patient who stays in a hospital while receiving treatment - inquisition — a prolonged or intensive, often harsh, questioning or investigation - inquisitive — eager for knowledge; curious, sometimes unduly prying - insaneness — the state or quality of being insane; madness - insensitivity — lack of physical or emotional responsiveness; want of tact - insinuation — an indirect, often unpleasant suggestion or hint - insolence — rude and disrespectful behavior or speech - instable — not stable; liable to change or collapse (archaic for unstable) - instantiate — to represent an abstract idea by a concrete instance; in computing, to create an object from a class - institutionalism — emphasis on established institutions, or the effects of prolonged institutional life - institutionalist — one who favors or studies established institutions, especially in economics - instructer — one who teaches or instructs (variant spelling of instructor) - instrumentalist — a person who plays a musical instrument; an adherent of instrumentalist philosophy - instrumentation — the arrangement of music for instruments, or the set of instruments used in a system - insularism — narrowness of outlook arising from isolation; insularity - insularity — narrow-mindedness resulting from isolation or being like an island - insultant — insulting or insolent; one who insults (archaic/rare) - integrator — a person or device that combines separate parts into a unified whole - intellection — the action or process of understanding by the intellect; reasoning - intellectualism — devotion to or emphasis on intellect and rational thought - intellectualize — to treat or examine in a rational rather than emotional way - intelligencer — one who conveys news or secret information; an informer or spy (archaic) - intensiveness — the quality of being intensive, concentrated, or thorough - interactional — relating to interaction between people or things - intercommunicate — to communicate mutually; to be connected so as to exchange information - interdependence — the condition of mutual dependence between parties or things - interepidemic — occurring in the period between successive epidemics - interestedness — the state of being interested, or of having a personal stake or bias - interestingness — the quality of being interesting or holding attention - interindividual — occurring or existing between separate individuals - interjectory — of the nature of an interjection; thrown in parenthetically - interlocution — dialogue or conversation; an interchange of speech - intermediation — the action of mediating between parties, especially in finance - interminably — in a way that seems to last forever; endlessly - intermittent — occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous - internally — on or within the inside; in one's mind or within an organization - interparliamentary — existing or conducted between parliaments or their members - interpolation — the insertion of something extra, or estimation of values between known points - interposition — the act of placing between, or of intervening - interpretative — serving to explain or expound meaning; interpretive - interrelate — to connect or be connected with one another mutually - interrelation — a mutual or reciprocal relation between things - interrogatee — a person who is being interrogated or questioned - intertropical — situated or occurring between the tropics - intertwist — to twist together; to interweave - intimation — an indirect suggestion or hint; an announcement - intimidation — the act of frightening or threatening someone into compliance - intoxicate — to make drunk; to excite or elate beyond self-control - intractable — hard to control, manage, or resolve; stubborn - intromission — the act of inserting or letting in; admission of one thing into another - introspective — given to examining one's own thoughts and feelings - inundate — to flood or overwhelm with a great quantity - inutility — the quality of being useless; lack of usefulness - invader — one who enters forcibly or intrudes, especially with hostile intent - inventiveness — the quality of being creative and original in devising things - inversion — a reversal of position, order, or relationship - invidious — likely to arouse resentment or unfair distinction; offensive - invigoration — the act of giving strength, energy, or fresh vitality - inviolate — free from violation, injury, or desecration; intact - invisibly — in a manner that cannot be seen - invitement — an invitation or allurement; the act of inviting - invocation — the act of calling upon a deity, spirit, or authority for aid or inspiration - involuntary — done without conscious will or intention - involutional — relating to a shrinking or degenerative decline of an organ or faculty with age - invulnerable — incapable of being wounded, harmed, or overcome - ireful — full of anger; wrathful - irenic — aiming at or promoting peace and conciliation - irenical — tending toward peace or reconciliation; conciliatory - irradiate — to expose to or shine with radiant light or radiation - irrefutable — impossible to deny or disprove - irrelate — to make or render unrelated; to disconnect from relation - irrelated — not related or connected - irrelation — absence of relation or connection - irresolution — the state of being undecided or wavering - irreverence — lack of due respect for sacred or serious things - islandic — of or relating to an island; insular - isolatedly — in an isolated or separated manner - itemization — the act of listing things individually or in detail - itemize — to state or list as separate items - itinerant — traveling from place to place, especially for work - jabber — to talk rapidly and unintelligibly - jabberwocky — meaningless or nonsensical language - jacobinic — of or characteristic of radical revolutionary politics - jacobinical — marked by extreme revolutionary radicalism - jaildom — the realm or condition of imprisonment - jarful — the amount that a jar can hold - jeopardous — full of danger or risk; perilous - joiner — a craftsman who constructs the wooden fittings of a building - journalistic — of or characteristic of journalism or journalists - judicatory — relating to the administration of justice; a court or tribunal - judicious — having or showing good judgment; prudent - juridical — relating to judicial proceedings or the law - jutting — projecting or sticking out abruptly - juvenal — youthful; of the plumage of a young bird - juvenility — the quality or state of being youthful or immature - juxtaposition — the placing of things side by side for contrast or comparison - keenness — sharpness of mind, perception, or eagerness - keeping — care, custody, or harmony with something - kiddish — childish; resembling or befitting a child - kindhearted — having a kind and sympathetic nature - kinship — blood relationship or a sense of affinity - kitchener — a person in charge of a kitchen; also a kind of cooking range - kiteflying — the flying of kites; also the floating of a rumor to test reaction - kitter — a young cat; a kitten (dialectal) - knowledgeably — in a manner showing knowledge or expertise - labyrinthal — resembling a labyrinth; intricate and maze-like - laity — lay people, as distinct from clergy or professionals - lambent — glowing softly; flickering lightly over a surface - lanate — covered with or consisting of woolly hairs - lapidate — to stone, especially to stone to death - larceny — the unlawful taking of another's personal property; theft - lastingness — the quality of enduring or persisting over time - latently — in a hidden or dormant manner, not yet manifest - lather — a frothy foam produced by soap and water - latitudinarian — tolerant of varying views, especially in religion - laundryowner — a person who owns a laundry business - lawbreaking — the act of violating the law - lawman — a law-enforcement officer, such as a sheriff or marshal - layover — a period of waiting between connecting legs of a journey - leaning — a tendency or partiality toward a particular view or thing - leaseholder — a person who holds property under a lease - leery — wary or suspicious; cautious because of distrust - leftover — something remaining after the rest has been used or consumed - leisured — having ample free time; unhurried - lender — a person or institution that lends money or goods - lengthful — having considerable length; lengthy - leper — a person with leprosy; a social outcast - lessor — a person who grants a lease of property to another - libation — a drink poured out as an offering to a deity; a drink consumed in ritual - liberalism — a political philosophy favoring individual liberty, equality, and reform - liberality — generosity in giving; broad-mindedness - liberally — in a generous or abundant manner - libertarian — a person who upholds maximum individual liberty and minimal state intervention - lickpenny — something that consumes money; a costly thing or place - lidless — having no lid; (poetic) ever-watchful, never closing - lifesaver — a person or thing that rescues someone from difficulty or danger - lifesaving — serving to save lives; the skill of rescuing people from drowning - lifey — (informal) full of life; lively or vivid - likable — pleasant and easy to like - liking — a feeling of fondness or preference for something - lineament — a distinctive feature, especially of the face; an outline - liquidation — the winding up of a company by selling assets to pay debts - liquidator — a person appointed to wind up a company's affairs in liquidation - liquidity — the availability of cash or easily convertible assets - lithic — of or relating to stone, especially stone tools - loafer — a lazy idler; a low slip-on shoe - localization — the adaptation of something to a particular place or market - localize — to confine to or adapt for a particular place - locator — a device or system that finds the position of something - locomotor — relating to or capable of movement from place to place - lodger — a person who rents a room in another's house - lonelihood — the state of being lonely; solitude - lonelily — in a lonely manner - lonesomeness — the feeling or state of being lonely and sad - looker — (informal) a strikingly attractive person - loquacious — tending to talk a great deal; talkative - lousily — (informal) in a very bad or poor manner - lovable — inspiring or deserving affection - loveliness — the quality of being lovely; beauty - loyalist — a person who remains loyal to a government, ruler, or cause - loyally — in a faithful and devoted manner - luminary — a person of prominence or brilliance in a field; a celestial light - lushy — (dialect, informal) drunk or tipsy - lustfulness — the state of being filled with strong sexual desire - lustily — in a vigorous and hearty manner - lustiness — the quality of being vigorous and full of energy - lustreless — lacking shine or brilliance; dull - luxuriously — in a richly comfortable and indulgent manner - magically — in a magical manner; as if by magic - magister — a master or teacher, especially in a medieval or academic context - magisterial — having an air of authority; authoritative and commanding - magnification — the act of enlarging something in appearance or the degree of enlargement - maiden — a young unmarried woman; first of its kind - majesty — impressive dignity or grandeur; a title for a sovereign - maladive — sickly; tending toward illness - maleficiate — (archaic) to bewitch or harm by sorcery - malevolence — the wish to do evil or harm to others; ill will - malevolent — wishing harm or evil to others; full of ill will - malignity — deep-seated ill will or extreme malevolence - mandatary — a person or state to whom a mandate is given to act on another's behalf - mandative — expressing command, demand, or requirement, especially grammatically - manly — having qualities traditionally associated with men; brave and resolute - mannerly — polite and well-behaved; in a courteous manner - mannish — having qualities regarded as masculine, often of a woman - manor — a large country house with its surrounding estate and lands - manservant — a male domestic servant - manslaughter — the unlawful killing of a person without premeditated malice - manufactory — a factory; an archaic term for a place where goods are made - marbleize — to give something the streaked, mottled appearance of marble - marginalize — to treat as insignificant or push to the edges of society - markedly — in a noticeable or distinctly evident way - marquess — a nobleman ranking below a duke and above an earl - marshal — to arrange or assemble in order; or a high-ranking officer - masonry — stonework or brickwork; the craft of building with such materials - massiveness — the quality of being very large, heavy, or substantial - materialist — one who values possessions over ideas, or who holds matter alone is real - maturation — the process of becoming fully developed or ripe - mayoress — a female mayor, or the wife of a mayor - mazed — bewildered or dazed; archaically, confused as if lost in a maze - meagerness — the quality of being scant, inadequate, or thin - meander — to wander aimlessly; or a winding curve of a river or path - meaninglessness — the state of lacking purpose, significance, or sense - measureless — having no measurable limit; boundless or immense - measuring — used for or relating to determining size, amount, or degree - mechanically — in a manner relating to machines, or automatically without thought - mechanistic — explaining phenomena by physical causes alone, like a machine - mechanization — the replacement of human or animal labor with machinery - medallion — a large medal or a circular decorative panel or ornament - meddler — a person who interferes in matters that are not their concern - medially — in or toward the middle; situated centrally - medicinal — having healing properties; relating to medicine - melancholic — marked by deep, pensive sadness or gloom - melodramatic — exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental in a theatrical way - memorialize — to preserve the memory of; to commemorate - mendicancy — the practice or condition of begging; living as a beggar - mendicity — the state or practice of begging for a living - mensuration — the measurement of lengths, areas, and volumes - mentation — mental activity; the process of thinking - merchantable — of a quality fit to be sold; saleable - merciful — showing compassion or forgiveness toward those in one's power - merciless — showing no mercy; cruel and relentless - meridian — a great circle of longitude; or the point of highest development - messiness — the state of being untidy, disordered, or complicated - metaphorical — using figurative comparison rather than literal meaning - metaphorically — in a figurative sense, not literally - methodic — done according to an orderly, systematic method - mightily — with great force, power, or to a great degree - migrant — a person or animal that moves from one region to another - migrate — to move from one region or habitat to another, often seasonally - migratory — characterized by or relating to seasonal movement between regions - mildness — the quality of being gentle, moderate, or not severe - milky — resembling milk in color or cloudiness; pale and opaque - mineworker — a person employed to extract minerals from a mine - mingy — mean and stingy; meanly small in amount - minify — to make smaller or reduce in size or importance - ministerial — relating to a government minister or to the clergy - ministration — the act of giving aid, care, or religious service - miraculous — like a miracle; remarkable and inexplicable by natural laws - misadventurous — marked by misfortune or unlucky mishap - misandry — hatred of or strong prejudice against men - misanthropy — a general dislike or distrust of humankind - misapprehension — a mistaken belief or misunderstanding - miscalculation — an error in reckoning, judgment, or estimation - mischanceful — bringing or marked by misfortune; unlucky - mischievously — in a playfully troublesome or teasing manner - misconceive — to understand or interpret wrongly - misdirection — the act of directing wrongly or diverting attention to deceive - miserably — in a wretched, unhappy, or pitifully inadequate manner - misfortunate — unlucky; afflicted by misfortune - misfortuned — beset by misfortune; ill-fated - misgiving — a feeling of doubt, apprehension, or distrust - misidentify — to identify wrongly or incorrectly - mislay — to put something in a place later forgotten; lose temporarily - misogyny — hatred of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women - misrepresent — to give a false or misleading account of something - missive — a written message or letter, especially a formal one - missy — a young girl or woman, often used in mild reproach - mister — a form of address for a man; informal title or term of address - mistress — a woman in a position of authority or control, or a man's lover - mitigate — to make less severe, serious, or painful - mobilization — the act of organizing and preparing resources or troops for action - modal — relating to mode or form; in grammar, expressing possibility or necessity - modality — a particular mode, method, or manner in which something exists or is done - modeler — a person who makes models or constructs representations of systems - modernistic — characteristic of modern styles or modernism, especially in art and design - modernity — the quality or condition of being modern; contemporary ways of life - modesty — the quality of being unassuming about one's abilities or achievements - modifiable — capable of being changed or altered - modifier — a word or element that qualifies or limits the meaning of another - modish — fashionable; conforming to current style - moistness — the state of being slightly wet or damp - molestation — the act of annoying, harassing, or assaulting someone - momentous — of great importance or far-reaching consequence - monarchy — a form of government with a monarch as head of state - moniker — a name or nickname - monition — a warning or admonition; a formal notice - monopersonal — existing as or relating to a single person - monosyllabic — consisting of one syllable; using few words and uncommunicative - monotheism — the belief in the existence of only one god - monstrous — shockingly hideous, evil, or wrong; of enormous size - moodily — in a gloomy, sullen, or temperamental manner - moony — dreamy, listless, or romantically distracted - morbific — causing or producing disease - moreish — so pleasant to eat that one wants more - morigerous — obedient; compliant or submissive - morphologic — relating to the form and structure of organisms or words - motional — relating to or characterized by motion - motivational — providing motivation or encouragement to act - motivity — the power of producing or initiating motion - motorcar — a road vehicle powered by an engine; an automobile - mournfully — in a sorrowful or grieving manner - mourning — the expression of deep sorrow, especially for someone who has died - muddiness — the quality of being muddy, murky, or unclear - muggy — unpleasantly warm and humid - multifarious — having great variety or many different forms - multiformity — the quality of existing in many forms or kinds - multipartisan — involving or supported by several political parties - multiplication — the process of increasing in number, or the arithmetic operation - multiplier — a quantity or factor by which another is multiplied or amplified - mummy — a preserved embalmed body, or an informal word for mother - murmuration — a flock of starlings in flight, or a low continuous sound - murmuring — a low, continuous, indistinct sound or complaint - muscled — having well-developed muscles; brawny - musicality — sensitivity to or talent for music; melodious quality - musically — in a manner relating to or resembling music - muster — to assemble or summon, especially troops or courage - mutableness — the quality of being changeable or liable to alteration - mutely — in a silent or speechless manner - muttering — low, indistinct, often discontented speech - mutualist — an advocate of mutualism, or an organism in a mutual relationship - mutuality — the state of sharing a feeling, action, or relationship reciprocally - myrobalan — the dried astringent fruit of certain Asian trees, used in tanning and medicine - mysterial — of or relating to a mystery or to sacred mysteries - napper — a person who naps, or slang for the head - nastiness — the quality of being unpleasant, spiteful, or foul - nationalistic — marked by strong, often excessive devotion to one's nation - nationalize — to transfer an industry or asset from private to state ownership - nationhood — the status or condition of being a nation - neaten — to make tidy or orderly - necessitate — to make necessary or unavoidable - necessitation — the act of making necessary or the state of being compelled - necessitous — lacking the means of subsistence; needy or poverty-stricken - necessitousness — the condition of being needy or destitute - nectarous — resembling or sweet as nectar; deliciously fragrant - nefarious — wicked or criminal in the extreme - negation — the act of denying or the contradiction of something - negatory — expressing denial or negation; (informal) no - neglectable — able to be neglected; negligible - neighborship — the state or relationship of being neighbors - neonate — a newborn infant, especially one less than a month old - nerveless — lacking strength or feeling; calmly fearless - nervosity — the quality or state of being nervous; nervousness - nescient — lacking knowledge; ignorant - newspaperman — a man who writes for or owns a newspaper; a male journalist - newspaperwoman — a woman who writes for or owns a newspaper; a female journalist - niceness — the quality of being pleasant or agreeable; fineness of distinction - niddering — a base coward; cowardly or contemptible (archaic) - nighness — the state of being near; nearness - nightly — happening or done every night - niveous — snowy; resembling snow in whiteness - nobleness — the quality of being noble in character or rank - noncommittal — not revealing one's opinion or intentions - noncompensation — failure or absence of compensation or payment - noncontinuous — not continuous; interrupted or discrete - nonempirical — not based on observation or experiment - nonessential — not absolutely necessary - nonexciting — not exciting; dull or, in physics, not causing excitation - nonexistence — the state of not existing - nonexistent — not existing; absent - nonexperienced — lacking experience; not experienced - nonextant — no longer existing; not extant - nonextinction — the fact of not becoming extinct or not being extinguished - nonfigurative — not representing recognizable objects; abstract - nonhomogeneity — lack of uniformity in composition or structure - nonidentity — the state of not being identical or the same - noninhabitant — a person who is not an inhabitant of a place - nonjudicial — not relating to or carried out by a court of law - nonliving — not alive; inanimate - nonmandatory — not required; optional - nonmusical — not relating to or involving music; unmusical - nonobjective — not representing real objects; abstract; not impartial - nonportable — not able to be carried or easily moved - nonpossession — the state of not possessing something - nonpredictable — not able to be predicted; unpredictable - nonpregnant — not pregnant - nonpublic — not open to or intended for the general public; private - nonrational — not based on or governed by reason - nonreligious — not connected with religion; secular - nonresistant — offering no resistance; not resistant - nonsailor — a person who is not a sailor - nonsignificant — not significant, especially statistically - nonsystematic — not done according to a system; haphazard - nontraditional — not following tradition or convention - nontransparent — not transparent; opaque or not open to scrutiny - nonurgent — not urgent; able to wait - nonvocal — not involving the voice; instrumental or silent - northeasterly — toward or coming from the northeast - northerly — toward or coming from the north - northwesterly — toward or coming from the northwest - notoriousness — the state of being notorious; ill fame - numbness — loss of sensation or feeling; emotional deadening - numeral — a symbol or word denoting a number - numerate — able to understand and work with numbers; to count or enumerate - numerically — in terms of numbers; by numerical means - nurseryman — a person who owns or works at a plant nursery - nychthemeral — relating to a full period of a day and a night (24 hours) - oaken — made of or resembling oak - obdurate — stubbornly unyielding or hardened against persuasion or moral influence - objectivity — the quality of judging fairly, free from personal bias or feeling - objector — a person who expresses opposition or dissent to something - oblate — flattened at the poles, as a spheroid; or a layperson dedicated to monastic life - obligee — a person to whom another is bound by a contract or legal obligation - obligingly — in a helpful and accommodating manner - obligingness — the quality of being eager to help and accommodate others - obligor — a person who is legally bound to fulfill an obligation to another - obliviousness — the state of being unaware of or not noticing what is happening around one - obloquy — strong public criticism or verbal abuse; disgrace from such censure - obscenity — the quality of being offensively indecent; an obscene word or act - obscurity — the state of being unknown, unimportant, or difficult to understand - obsequent — of a stream, flowing in a direction opposite to the dip of the underlying strata - observable — able to be seen or noticed; in physics, a measurable quantity - obstetrics — the branch of medicine concerned with childbirth and pregnancy care - obtainer — a person who acquires or gets possession of something - obtainment — the act of acquiring or securing something - obtrusive — noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome, intrusive way - occupancy — the act of occupying or using a space, or the proportion so used - occupationless — having no job, profession, or regular activity - occupier — a person who lives in or holds a place, or a force holding occupied territory - occurrent — occurring or happening at the present moment; actually taking place - offendedness — the state of feeling hurt, insulted, or resentful - offenseless — causing no offense; inoffensive and harmless - offensively — in a way that causes offense; or in an attacking manner - offertory — the part of a church service when offerings are collected, or the music sung then - officeholder — a person who holds a public or official position - oftenness — the quality or frequency of happening often - olfaction — the sense or action of smelling - omnicompetence — the quality of being able to handle all matters or possessing unlimited authority - oneness — the state of being unified, whole, or in complete harmony - opportuneness — the quality of being well-timed or favorable for a purpose - oppositeness — the state or quality of being directly contrary or opposed - optic — relating to the eye or vision; a lens or eye - optionary — of or relating to options; left to one's choice - oracular — resembling an oracle; prophetic, wise, or ambiguously mysterious - originative — having the power to create or bring something into being - originator — a person who creates or initiates something - ornateness — the quality of being elaborately or excessively decorated - ornery — bad-tempered, stubborn, and difficult to deal with - orthoepy — the study of correct or accepted pronunciation of words - oscillation — a regular movement back and forth between two points or states - osculate — to kiss; in geometry, to touch so as to share a common tangent - osculation — the act of kissing; in geometry, contact of a high order between curves - ostensive — directly demonstrating or pointing out, especially by example - ostentation — showy display intended to impress or attract attention - ostentatious — characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress - ostracization — the act of excluding someone from a group or society - otherworldly — seeming to belong to another world; ethereal or supernatural - outguess — to anticipate and so get the better of by guessing another's intentions - outlying — situated far from a center; remote or peripheral - outrival — to surpass or exceed in competition or rivalry - outstandingly — in a remarkably excellent or exceptional manner - overabundant — present in excessive or more than sufficient quantity - overassessment — an excessively high valuation, charge, or estimate - overconfident — having excessive confidence in oneself or one's abilities - overestimation — the act of judging something to be greater or better than it is - overindulgence — excessive gratification of one's appetites or desires - overjealous — excessively jealous or possessive - overlive — to outlive; to survive beyond a person, time, or event - overpowering — extremely strong or intense; impossible to resist - overrate — to value or assess too highly - overrefined — excessively subtle, polished, or delicate to the point of artificiality - overrefinement — excessive subtlety or polish carried beyond what is natural or useful - overwhelmingly — in a way that is very great in amount, effect, or degree - overwinter — to spend or survive through the winter - ovular — relating to or resembling an ovule or egg - pacification — the act of bringing peace or suppressing hostility - pacifism — the belief that disputes should be settled without violence or war - pacifistic — opposed to violence or war as a means of settling disputes - painfully — in a manner causing physical or emotional pain, or to an extreme degree - paleness — the state of being pale or lacking in color - paltry — petty or trivial in amount or worth; contemptibly small - pandemian — relating to or characteristic of a pandemic; sensual or worldly in older usage - pander — to gratify or indulge an immoral or distasteful desire - panical — of, relating to, or marked by panic - panicked — overcome by sudden uncontrollable fear - parallelism — the state of being parallel or of corresponding in structure - parishioner — a member or inhabitant of a church parish - parity — the state of being equal in status, value, or amount - parkway — a broad landscaped road, often through a park or scenic area - parlous — full of danger or uncertainty; perilous - parsimonious — unwilling to spend money or resources; excessively frugal - parsimoniousness — the quality of being extremely sparing or stingy - parsimony — extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources - participator — one who takes part in an activity or event - particulate — consisting of or relating to minute separate particles - passageway — a corridor or narrow way allowing passage between places - pasty — pale and unhealthy in appearance; also a filled folded pastry - pater — father, used as a dated or jocular British term - patroness — a woman who supports or sponsors a person, cause, or institution - patronless — lacking a patron or sponsor - patronly — resembling or befitting a patron or protector - patronship — the position or function of a patron - pauperism — the state of being extremely poor, especially as a widespread condition - paving — the hard surface material of a road, path, or area - peccable — liable to sin or to err - pedagogy — the method and practice of teaching - pedant — a person who is overly concerned with minor rules and details - pedantical — marked by a tedious, narrow concern for formal correctness - pedantically — in an overly precise or rule-bound manner - pedestrianize — to convert a street or area for use by pedestrians only - peeper — one who peeps or pries; informally, an eye or a small frog - pejorate — to make or become worse; to acquire a more negative meaning - penal — relating to punishment for breaking the law - penalization — the act of subjecting someone to a penalty or disadvantage - penitent — feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing - perceivable — capable of being perceived or noticed - percipient — having keen perception or insight - percussion — the striking of one body against another; instruments played by striking - perfidiousness — the quality of being deceitful and untrustworthy - perfunctory — carried out with minimal effort or care, as a routine duty - periodic — occurring or recurring at regular intervals - periodical — a magazine or journal published at regular intervals - perishable — liable to decay or spoil quickly - permanency — the state or quality of being permanent - permeant — passing or spreading through something; able to permeate - permissive — allowing freedom of behavior; lenient or tolerant - perpetually — in a way that never ends or seems to recur constantly - perplexing — completely baffling or puzzling - perplexity — the state of being puzzled or confused - persistently — in a continuing or repeatedly insistent manner - personate — to impersonate or play the part of another, sometimes fraudulently - personation — the act of assuming another person's identity, especially to deceive - perspicacious — having keen mental discernment and understanding - perspicacity — keenness of insight or judgment - persuadable — able to be convinced or won over by argument - persuader — a person or thing that convinces or induces someone to act - pertinacity — stubborn persistence or determination - pertinence — relevance to the matter at hand - perverseness — the quality of being deliberately contrary or unreasonable - pessimal — least favorable or worst possible, the opposite of optimal - pessimism — a tendency to expect the worst outcome - pestilence — a fatal epidemic disease, especially the plague - phantomic — resembling or having the nature of a phantom; ghostly - pharmacopolist — a seller of medicines; an apothecary or druggist - philanthropical — relating to or characterized by goodwill and charity toward others - phraseology — a particular mode or choice of words and expressions - physicist — a scientist who specializes in the study of physics - physiology — the branch of biology dealing with the functions of living organisms and their parts - phytology — the scientific study of plants; botany - pillar — an upright vertical support, or a person regarded as a mainstay - pillory — a wooden frame for publicly punishing offenders; to expose to public ridicule - pinched — drawn and tense in appearance, especially from cold, hunger, or strain - pinken — to make or become pink in color - pitchy — resembling, full of, or covered with pitch; intensely dark - pixilated — mildly eccentric or whimsical, as if led astray by pixies; slightly drunk - plaintive — sounding sad and mournful - planetary — relating to a planet or planets - plantation — a large estate on which crops are grown, often using resident labor - plausibleness — the quality of seeming reasonable or believable - plaything — a toy, or a person or thing treated as an object of amusement - plentifully — in abundant or copious quantities - plotter — a person who plans a secret scheme, or a device for drawing graphs - pluckily — in a brave and spirited manner - plucky — having or showing determined courage in the face of difficulties - plumaged — having feathers or plumage of a specified kind - plumbery — the trade or work of a plumber; plumbing - plurality — the state of being plural; the largest share of votes when no majority exists - poetic — relating to or having the qualities of poetry - poetics — the study or theory of the principles and forms of poetry and literature - polar — relating to the North or South Pole; directly opposite in character - politicize — to make something a political issue or give it a political character - polluter — a person or organization that releases harmful substances into the environment - polychromatic — having or consisting of several or many colors - pomate — a scented ointment for the hair or skin; pomade - popinjay — a vain, conceited person, especially one given to showy dress or chatter - porkish — resembling pork or a pig; piggish - possessional — relating to possession or ownership - possessionary — of or relating to possession; held in possession - posy — a small bunch of flowers - potable — safe to drink; a beverage fit for drinking - powerfulness — the quality of being powerful; strength or force - powerless — without the ability, influence, or strength to act or change things - practic — practical or active (archaic); practice or skill - practicalness — the quality of being practical or useful - practician — a person who practices an art or profession; a practitioner - preciseness — the quality of being exact or accurate - precognitive — relating to foreknowledge of events, especially through extrasensory means - precondition — a condition that must be met before something else can happen - predate — to exist or occur before something; to assign an earlier date to - predictably — in a way that was expected or could be foreseen - predictively — in a manner that predicts or forecasts something - prediluvian — existing before the biblical flood; extremely old or antiquated - predisposed — inclined or made susceptible to something beforehand - preen — to tidy and clean feathers with the beak; to groom oneself with vanity - prejudicious — causing prejudice or harm; detrimental - prematurely — before the proper, usual, or expected time - premonition — a strong feeling that something, often unpleasant, is about to happen - preparatory — serving as or carried out in preparation for something - prepay — to pay for something in advance - preponderant — predominant in influence, number, or importance - preponderate — to be greater in number, weight, or influence; to predominate - prepossession — a preconceived opinion or bias; a preoccupation - prequalification — the process of determining eligibility in advance - prescriptionist — one who advocates strict rules of correct usage, especially in language - presentable — fit to be seen or shown; clean and tidy in appearance - presentiment — a feeling that something, especially something bad, is about to happen - pressive — tending to press; oppressive or weighing down (rare) - pressman — a person who operates a printing press, or a newspaper journalist - prestigiousness — the quality of having high status or commanding respect - presumption — an act of taking something for granted; arrogant or overbold behavior - presumptively — on the basis of a reasonable assumption; supposedly - presumptuous — overstepping due bounds; arrogantly bold or forward - pretender — a person who makes a false or disputed claim, especially to a throne - pretension — a claim or assertion of importance; pretentious display - pretentiousness — the quality of attempting to impress by affecting greater importance than is real - prettiness — the quality of being attractive in a delicate or dainty way - preventable — capable of being stopped or kept from happening - preventer — a person or thing that prevents something, or a rope securing a sail or boom - prideful — full of pride, especially in an arrogant or disdainful way - primal — relating to an early or original stage; basic and instinctive - primordial — existing from the very beginning; ancient and primeval - probableness — the quality or state of being likely to happen or be true - probeable — capable of being probed, examined, or investigated - procreation — the production of offspring; reproduction - profitableness — the quality of yielding financial gain or benefit - profitably — in a way that produces profit or advantage - profligacy — reckless extravagance or wastefulness, especially with money - profligate — recklessly wasteful or extravagant; a person of such habits - profusion — an abundant or excessive quantity of something - progeny — a person's descendants or an animal's offspring - prognostic — foretelling a future course; a sign or forecast of what will happen - prohibitor — a person or thing that forbids or prevents something - proletarian — relating to the working class; a member of the working class - prophecy — a prediction of what will happen, especially one of divine inspiration - prophesy — to predict or foretell a future event - prophylactic — intended to prevent disease; a preventive measure or device - propinquity — nearness in place, time, or relationship; proximity - propitiation — the act of appeasing or winning the favor of a deity or person - proportionality — the property of corresponding in size, degree, or magnitude - proportionately — in a way that corresponds in size or degree to something else - proprietorship — the state of being an owner, or a business owned by one person - proscriptive — tending to forbid, prohibit, or denounce something - prosody — the patterns of rhythm, stress, and intonation in speech or verse - prosperousness — the state of being successful and thriving, especially financially - protector — a person or thing that defends or guards against harm - protuberant — bulging out from a surface; protruding - provender — animal fodder, or by extension food and provisions - providential — occurring as if by divine intervention; fortunate and timely - providing — on the condition that; provided that - provocator — a person who deliberately provokes or incites trouble - prudence — careful good judgment in managing practical affairs - prudent — acting with care and sound judgment for the future - prudish — excessively concerned with propriety, especially about sex - pseudopregnant — showing signs of pregnancy without an actual conceptus, as in false pregnancy - puckishly — in a mischievous or playfully impish manner - pugilism — the practice or sport of boxing - pugilist — a person who fights with their fists; a boxer - pulsate — to expand and contract rhythmically; to throb - pulsation — a single rhythmic throb or beat; rhythmic throbbing - pulverize — to reduce to fine powder or dust; to crush thoroughly - punctilious — showing great attention to detail or correct behavior - punctuate — to insert punctuation marks, or to interrupt at intervals - punishable — liable to or deserving of punishment under law or rule - punisher — a person or thing that inflicts punishment - puny — small, weak, or insignificant - purification — the process of removing impurities or contaminants - puritan — a person with strict moral views; relating to such austerity - purposefully — with deliberate intent and determination - pursuantly — in accordance with or following from something - pursuer — a person who chases or follows another, or a plaintiff in Scots law - purveyor — a person or company that supplies goods or services - putrefaction — the decay of organic matter accompanied by a foul smell - qualifier — a word or thing that limits or modifies the meaning of another - quantitate — to measure or express the amount of something; to quantify - queasy — feeling nauseous or uneasy in the stomach - queerness — the quality of being strange, odd, or unconventional - querent — a person who consults an astrologer or fortune-teller with a question - questionable — open to doubt; of dubious honesty or value - questionably — in a way open to doubt or of dubious quality - quicken — to make or become faster, or to come to life - quintessence — the most perfect or essential embodiment of a quality - quintessential — representing the most perfect or typical example of something - quivering — trembling or shaking with a slight rapid motion - rachitic — affected with or relating to rickets - racialism — belief in the superiority of one race; racial prejudice - racketeering — the running of an illegal business or fraudulent scheme for profit - radiative — relating to or transferring energy by radiation - radiumize — to treat or impregnate with radium or radioactive material - raider — one who makes a sudden attack to seize, plunder, or disrupt - rampant — flourishing or spreading unchecked, especially of something harmful - randomly — in a manner lacking any pattern, plan, or predictable order - rangy — tall, slender, and long-limbed, often suggesting agility - rapacity — aggressive greed or grasping acquisitiveness - rapidity — the quality of being very fast; swiftness - rashly — in a hasty manner without due thought of the consequences - rashness — the quality of acting hastily without considering consequences - ratiocination — the process of methodical, logical reasoning - rationalization — the act of justifying behavior with plausible but specious reasons - ratter — a dog or other animal that hunts and kills rats - ravenous — extremely hungry; voracious - rawness — the state of being uncooked, unrefined, sore, or emotionally exposed - reactionary — opposing political or social progress, favoring a return to former ways - realizable — capable of being achieved, made real, or converted into cash - reanimate — to restore to life or activity; to bring back into motion - reappear — to come into view or existence again - rearward — toward or at the back; situated to the rear - reasonability — the quality of being reasonable, sensible, or fair - reasonableness — the quality of being fair, moderate, and in accordance with reason - rebate — a partial refund or deduction returned to a buyer - recalcitrant — stubbornly resistant to authority, control, or guidance - receivable — owed as a debt and awaiting collection; an amount due to be received - receptor — a cell or molecule that detects a stimulus and responds to it - recessional — a hymn or music played as clergy and choir withdraw at a service's end - recessionary — relating to or characteristic of an economic recession - recital — a public performance of music or a detailed account of facts - reclamation — the act of reclaiming land or recovering useful material from waste - recognitive — of or relating to recognition or the act of recognizing - reconcilement — the act of restoring harmony or settling a difference - recreant — cowardly or unfaithful; a coward or traitor - recreate — to create again or reproduce; to refresh through enjoyable activity - recursive — characterized by repeated application of a rule, defined in terms of itself - redden — to make or become red, especially to flush or blush - redolence — a pleasant fragrance; the quality of being strongly evocative - redoubtable — formidable and commanding respect or fear - reducible — capable of being made smaller, simpler, or expressed in simpler terms - refection — refreshment by food and drink; a light meal - referential — relating to or containing a reference; pointing to something else - reflexive — performed automatically; in grammar, referring back to the subject - refraction — the bending of light or other waves as they pass between media - refreshen — to make fresh again; to revive or invigorate - refutal — the act of proving a statement or argument false; a refutation - regenerate — to regrow, restore, or renew, especially after damage - registrar — an official who keeps official records or registers - regression — a return to an earlier or less developed state; a statistical relationship - regretfully — with regret or a feeling of sorrow - regrettable — giving cause for regret; unfortunate - regurgitate — to bring swallowed food back up; to repeat information uncritically - rehappen — to occur or take place again - reimposition — the act of imposing something again, such as a tax or restriction - reincarnate — to cause to be reborn in another body; to embody anew - reinvent — to remake or recreate something in a wholly new way - reiteration — the act of saying or doing something again for emphasis - relational — concerning the way two or more things are connected - relatival — of or relating to a relative pronoun or relative clause - relativeness — the quality of being relative rather than absolute - relaxable — capable of being relaxed, loosened, or eased - relaxative — tending to relax or loosen; something that produces relaxation - relegation — the act of consigning to a lower rank, position, or division - relentless — unceasingly harsh, intense, or determined; never letting up - relentlessly — in an unceasing, unyielding, persistent manner - reliever — a person or thing that relieves; in baseball, a relief pitcher - reliquary — a container or shrine in which sacred relics are kept - relish — to enjoy greatly; a savory condiment or keen enjoyment - remainderman — a person who inherits an estate after a prior interest ends - remanent — remaining or residual, especially of magnetism left in a material - remonstratingly — in a manner expressing protest or earnest objection - rentee — one who rents from another; a tenant - repairer — a person who repairs or mends things - reparation — compensation made for a wrong or injury; the act of making amends - repayment — the act of paying back money owed, or an amount paid back - repeatable — able to be done or reproduced again with the same result - repentant — feeling or expressing sincere regret for one's wrongdoing - repetitious — characterized by tedious or excessive repetition - replicate — to make an exact copy of, or reproduce a result or process - representable — capable of being depicted, symbolized, or stood for - reproducibility — the quality of yielding consistent results when repeated under the same conditions - reptilious — of or resembling a reptile; coldly cunning or contemptible - republican — relating to a republic or its principles; a supporter of republican government - repugnant — extremely distasteful or offensive; incompatible or contradictory - requital — a return or repayment for a favor, service, or wrong - resentful — feeling bitter indignation at unfair or hurtful treatment - resignment — the act of resigning or relinquishing; resignation - resister — a person who opposes or withstands something - resoluteness — firmness of purpose; unwavering determination - resolvability — the quality of being capable of being solved or separated into parts - resolvable — able to be solved, settled, or separated into components - resolvent — having power to dissolve or break down; a substance or agent that does so - resolver — a person or thing that resolves something, such as a dispute or a name - respectability — the state of being regarded as proper, decent, and worthy of esteem - responsively — in a manner that reacts readily and appropriately - responsiveness — the quality of reacting quickly and positively to stimuli or needs - restorable — capable of being brought back to a former or original condition - retainer — a fee paid to secure services; a servant or device that holds something in place - retaliate — to return an injury or wrong; to take revenge - retaliation — the act of returning an injury or wrong for one received; reprisal - retentionist — one who advocates keeping something, especially the death penalty - retentivity — the capacity to retain something, especially memory or magnetism - retrieval — the act of getting back or recovering something, especially stored data - retrogress — to move backward to an earlier or worse state; to decline - revelative — serving to reveal or disclose something previously hidden - revelator — one who reveals or discloses something, especially a divine truth - revengeful — eager to take revenge; vindictive - reverberant — tending to reverberate; resounding or echoing - reverent — feeling or showing deep and solemn respect - reversion — a return to a former state, type, or owner - reviewer — a person who writes critical assessments of books, films, or work - revisionist — one who advocates revising an accepted theory, doctrine, or history - revivification — the act of restoring to life, vigor, or activity - revivify — to restore to life or vigor; to reanimate or reinvigorate - rhetorician — an expert in or teacher of rhetoric; a skilled or showy speaker - richly — in a costly, abundant, or fully deserved manner - ridiculosity — the quality or an instance of being ridiculous; absurdity - rigorously — in a strict, thorough, or exacting manner - rioting — violent public disorder by a crowd; engaging in such disorder - ripper — a person or tool that rips; informally, something excellent - riser — the vertical part of a stair step; one who rises, as from bed - riskiness — the quality of involving danger or the possibility of loss - robber — a person who steals from another by force or threat - roster — a list of names, duties, or players; to enter on such a list - rottenly — in a decayed, corrupt, or very bad manner - rubric — a heading, category, or set of instructions, often printed in red - ruefully — in a manner expressing regret or sorrow - ruiner — a person or thing that ruins or destroys something - rulership — the position or authority of a ruler; dominion - rumen — the first stomach of a ruminant, where food is fermented - ruminator — one who ruminates; a person given to deep or anxious reflection - rustic — relating to the countryside; plain and unsophisticated; a country dweller - sacking — coarse fabric used to make sacks; dismissal from a job; plunder of a place - sadden — to make or become sorrowful - salacious — having or conveying undue or indecent sexual interest - sally — a sudden rush forward, especially a sortie; a witty remark; to rush out - saltiness — the quality of tasting of or containing salt - sanctified — made holy or set apart as sacred - sanctimonious — making a hypocritical show of moral or religious superiority - sandpaper — paper coated with abrasive grit, used to smooth surfaces - sanitarian — a specialist in public health and sanitation - sanitize — to make clean or free of harmful agents; to remove objectionable elements - sapful — full of sap; juicy or vigorous - sapless — lacking sap; dry, lifeless, or without vigor - sardonic — grimly mocking, scornful, or cynically humorous - satiation — the state of being fully satisfied, especially of appetite or desire - satiety — the feeling of fullness or gratification beyond which desire ceases - satisfactorily — in a manner that meets requirements or expectations - saucy — boldly impudent, cheeky, or flirtatiously lively - saying — a short, well-known expression conveying a general truth - scanner — a device that examines or digitizes images, codes, or signals - scantling — a small beam or timber, or its prescribed dimensions in construction - scatterbrained — disorganized and unable to concentrate; absent-minded - schemer — a person who devises cunning or underhanded plans - scholarism — pedantic or doctrinaire scholarship; rigid academic learning - scissor — to cut with shears; to move with a crossing, snipping action - scratcher — a person or thing that scratches; a tool for scratching - scratchy — rough and irritating to the touch; making a harsh, grating sound - screaming — making or characterized by loud, shrill cries; strikingly conspicuous - scrounger — a person who obtains things by begging, borrowing, or cadging - scrupulously — with great care, thoroughness, or moral conscientiousness - scurry — to move hurriedly with quick short steps - seafarer — a person who travels by sea, especially a sailor - seafaring — engaged in or relating to travel by sea - seasonableness — the quality of being timely or appropriate to the season or occasion - secant — a line cutting a curve; the reciprocal of the cosine in trigonometry - seclusive — tending toward seclusion; inclined to keep oneself apart - secondment — the temporary transfer of an employee to another post or organization - secretion — the process or product of releasing a substance from a cell or gland - securely — in a firmly fastened, safe, or confident manner - secureness — the state or quality of being secure, safe, or firmly fixed - sedan — an enclosed car seating four or more; an enclosed carried chair - sedulous — showing dedicated and persistent diligence - seeable — capable of being seen; visible - seeming — appearing to be true but perhaps not so; apparent - seemly — conforming to accepted notions of propriety or good taste - seldomly — on rare occasions; not often (nonstandard variant of seldom) - selfishness — the quality of being concerned chiefly with one's own advantage - selfness — the quality of individual selfhood; egotism or self-regard - selly — strange, wondrous, or marvelous (archaic); a marvel - semen — the fluid containing sperm, secreted by the male reproductive organs - semiextinction — a partial extinction or half-extinguishing of something - sender — a person or device that sends something, such as a message - seneschal — a steward or major-domo in charge of a great medieval household - seniority — the state of being older or higher in rank or length of service - sensate — perceived by or endowed with the senses; sensory in nature - sensational — causing great excitement or shock; remarkably good - senseless — without meaning or purpose; lacking consciousness or sensation - sensibly — in a reasonable or practical manner; perceptibly - sensory — relating to sensation or the physical senses - sentential — relating to a sentence or to logical propositions - sequentially — in a successive order, one after another - sequester — to isolate or set apart; to seize property temporarily by law - sequestered — secluded, isolated, or set apart from others - seriate — to arrange in a series or orderly sequence - seriation — the arrangement of items into a sequence by a shared attribute - sesquipedalian — given to using long words; characterized by polysyllabic language - severalize — to separate, distinguish, or treat individually - shabbiness — the state of being worn, dingy, or meanly shabby - shadowiness — the quality of being shadowy, dim, or indistinct - shakiness — the quality of being unsteady, trembling, or insecure - shallowly — in a shallow manner; superficially or to a slight depth - shanty — a small, crudely built dwelling or shack - shapen — to give form to, or formed into a particular shape (archaic) - sharpness — the quality of having a keen edge, point, or acuteness - shear — to cut off wool or hair with a sharp instrument; a deforming force in materials - sheen — a soft lustrous gloss on a surface - shininess — the quality of being bright and reflective - shotty — of poor quality or unreliable (slang variant of shoddy) - showing — a display, exhibition, or performance of something - shyness — the quality of being timid or reserved around others - sightlessness — the state of being unable to see; blindness - signalize — to make notable or distinguish; to indicate by a signal - silential — pertaining to or marked by silence (rare) - silentious — habitually silent or taciturn (rare) - silky — smooth, soft, and glossy like silk - singularize — to make singular or distinguish as unique - singularly — in a remarkable or exceptional manner; uniquely - sinister — giving an impression of evil or threatening harm - sisterhood — the bond or community among women, or a religious order of women - sitter — a person who looks after a child, pet, or house, or who poses for a portrait - sketchy — incomplete or rough; informally, dubious or untrustworthy - skimmer — a utensil or device for removing matter from a liquid surface - skipper — the captain of a ship or sports team - skittish — nervous and easily startled or excitable - slander — a false spoken statement that damages someone's reputation - slay — to kill violently, especially in great numbers - slighting — showing disrespect or disparagement - slightingly — in a disrespectful or dismissive manner - slightness — the quality of being small, slender, or insignificant - slimly — in a slender manner; to a small degree - sloppiness — the quality of being careless, untidy, or imprecise - sluggishly — in a slow, inactive, or lethargic manner - sluggishness — the state of being slow, dull, or lacking energy - slumberous — sleepy, drowsy, or inducing sleep - sluttish — slovenly or untidy; also promiscuous (archaic and derogatory) - slutty — sexually provocative or promiscuous (slang, derogatory) - smarmy — excessively flattering or ingratiating in an insincere way - smarting — causing or feeling a sharp stinging pain - smasher — a person or thing that smashes; informally, something impressive - smatter — to have or talk with only superficial knowledge of something - smear — to spread a substance messily; to slander someone - smoothness — the quality of being even, free of roughness, or untroubled - snappy — brisk and lively; also smart or stylish - sneaker — a soft rubber-soled shoe for sport or casual wear - snicker — to laugh quietly and slyly, often disrespectfully - snobbism — snobbish attitudes or behavior; snobbery - snoozer — a person who dozes; informally, something tediously boring - sobriety — the state of being sober; seriousness or moderation - sociableness — the quality of being friendly and fond of company - societal — relating to society or its organization - sodality — a fellowship, association, or religious confraternity - someway — in some way or manner; somehow - sonsy — buxom, healthy-looking, and cheerful (Scots and Irish dialect) - soothsayer — a person who predicts the future; a seer - sophisticant — one who sophisticates or adulterates; a quibbler (rare) - soporific — tending to induce sleep or drowsiness - soreness — the condition of being painful or tender - sorrowfulness — the state of feeling or showing deep sorrow - southwesterly — toward or coming from the southwest - sovereignness — the quality or state of being sovereign or supremely powerful - sovereignship — the rank, office, or condition of being a sovereign - specialistic — relating to or characterized by specialization in a narrow field - specialness — the quality of being special, distinctive, or exceptional - specifiable — able to be specified, stated, or precisely identified - spectral — ghostly in appearance, or relating to a spectrum of light - speechmaker — a person who makes speeches, especially frequently or skillfully - speeding — the act of driving faster than the legal limit - spiceless — lacking spice, flavor, or piquancy; bland - spiritualist — a person who believes the dead can communicate with the living - spirituous — containing or having the qualities of distilled alcohol - spiteful — showing or motivated by a desire to hurt or offend - spongy — soft, porous, and absorbent like a sponge - spooky — eerie, frightening, or suggestive of the supernatural - spotless — perfectly clean, or morally without fault - spottable — able to be spotted, noticed, or detected - sprightliness — the quality of being lively, brisk, and full of energy - squish — to crush or squeeze into a soft pulpy mass - stableness — the quality or state of being stable or steady - stadion — an ancient Greek unit of length, or a classical running track - staggeringly — to an astonishing or overwhelming degree - stalemate — a deadlock in which no party can make progress - starken — to make or grow stark, stiff, or harsh (archaic/dialectal) - starship — a spacecraft designed for interstellar travel - starting — marking the beginning of something; initial - static — not moving or changing; or atmospheric electrical interference - steadfastness — firm and unwavering loyalty, resolve, or constancy - steadiness — the quality of being firm, stable, and constant - stealer — a person who steals; a thief - stepbrother — a son of one's stepparent by an earlier marriage - stepdaughter — a daughter of one's spouse by a former partner - stepsister — a daughter of one's stepparent by an earlier marriage - sternly — in a serious, severe, or strict manner - sternutation — the act of sneezing; a sneeze - stimulator — a thing or device that excites activity or response - stimulatory — tending to stimulate or arouse activity - stinker — a contemptible person or thing, or something that stinks - stinking — having a strong foul smell; also used as an intensifier - stochastic — randomly determined; involving probability or chance - stockholder — an owner of shares in a company; a shareholder - stodgy — dull and old-fashioned, or heavy and indigestible (of food) - stoic — enduring pain or hardship without showing feeling or complaint - stony — full of or resembling stone; cold and unfeeling - stormily — in a turbulent, tempestuous, or angrily agitated manner - straightaway — immediately, at once; or a straight stretch of road or track - straiten — to make narrow, or to restrict, especially financially - strategetic — relating to strategy; strategic (archaic variant) - strengthener — a thing that strengthens or reinforces something - strengthful — full of strength; powerful (archaic) - strengthless — lacking strength; feeble or powerless - strenuous — requiring or using great effort or energy - stretcher — a framework for carrying an injured or sick person - stubbornness — dogged refusal to change one's mind or course - stunner — a strikingly impressive or attractive person or thing - stupefaction — a state of being stunned into dazed astonishment - stupefy — to make someone unable to think clearly; to astonish greatly - stygian — very dark, gloomy, or infernal, like the river Styx - suasion — the act of persuading or urging by appeal rather than force - subconsciousness — the part of the mind below conscious awareness - subitaneous — sudden or hasty; occurring abruptly (rare) - subjective — based on personal feelings or opinions rather than fact - subjugation — the act of bringing under control or domination - sublation — in Hegelian philosophy, the simultaneous canceling and preserving of a thing at a higher level - submariner — a member of the crew of a submarine - submerged — covered with or sunk beneath the surface of water - submittal — the act of submitting something, or the document formally submitted - subordination — the placing or treating of something as of lower rank or importance - subservient — excessively willing to obey or serve others; subordinate - subsidence — the gradual caving in or sinking of an area of land - subsistent — having real or independent existence; self-sustaining - subspecialist — a specialist who focuses on a narrow branch within a larger field - subspecialty — a narrow branch of expertise within a broader specialty - subterranean — existing, occurring, or done under the surface of the earth - succeeder — one who succeeds or follows another, especially as a successor - sudation — the process of sweating; perspiration - suddenness — the quality of happening quickly and unexpectedly - suffocate — to die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe - suitability — the quality of being right or appropriate for a particular purpose - sully — to damage or tarnish the purity or reputation of something - summative — relating to an assessment that evaluates final outcomes rather than ongoing progress - summertree — a main horizontal beam supporting the joists of a floor or roof - summity — the highest point or summit; the topmost part - sunnily — in a cheerful, bright, or sunny manner - superabundant — present in more than ample quantity; excessively abundant - superimposition — the placing of one thing over another, especially so both remain visible - supervisory — relating to the oversight or direction of work and workers - supplementary — completing or enhancing something by providing an addition - suppleness — the quality of being flexible, pliant, or able to bend easily - suppletion — in linguistics, the use of an unrelated form to complete a word's paradigm - supplicate — to ask or beg for something humbly and earnestly - supplication — a humble and earnest entreaty or prayer - supportable — capable of being upheld, endured, or justified - suppression — the act of putting an end to something forcibly or holding it back - supremacy — the state of being superior in authority, power, or status - surety — a person who takes responsibility for another's obligation, or a guarantee - surficial — of or relating to the surface, especially the earth's surface in geology - suspiciousness — the quality of arousing distrust, or a tendency to distrust others - swaggering — behaving or moving in an arrogantly confident, self-important way - sweating — the exuding of perspiration through the skin - sweetness — the quality of being sweet in taste, sound, or temperament - swimmingly — smoothly and satisfactorily; without difficulty - syllabary — a set of written characters each representing a syllable - symmetry — balanced and proportionate similarity between the parts of something - synergistic — producing a combined effect greater than the sum of the separate effects - synthetical — relating to synthesis; combining parts into a whole; artificial - tablespoonful — the amount that a tablespoon holds, used as a measure - tabulate — to arrange data in a table or systematic column form - tacky — showing poor taste and quality; or slightly sticky to the touch - tactless — lacking sensitivity in dealing with others; undiplomatic - taking — the act of seizing or acquiring; in the plural, money received - talentless — having no special natural ability or aptitude - tameless — impossible to tame or subdue; wild and untamable - tameness — the quality of being docile, subdued, or lacking in spirit - taper — to gradually become narrower toward one end; also a slender candle - tardy — delayed beyond the expected or proper time; late - tauten — to make or become tight or tense - tautness — the state of being stretched tight or tense - tawny — of a warm sandy or yellowish-brown colour - teaspoonful — the amount that a teaspoon holds, used as a measure - tediousness — the quality of being long, dull, and tiresome - teetotal — choosing or characterized by total abstinence from alcohol - temblor — an earthquake or earth tremor - tenancy — the possession or occupation of land or property by rental tenure - tenderize — to make meat tender by beating, marinating, or cooking - tending — the act of caring for or attending to someone or something - tenement — a run-down apartment building, especially in a poor urban area - tenseness — the state of being physically or emotionally taut or strained - terminable — capable of being brought to an end or having a fixed limit - termless — having no limit or end; boundless - ternary — composed of or based on three parts; using the number three - ternion — a set or group of three; a triad - terpsichorean — relating to dancing - territorial — relating to the ownership or defence of a particular area of land - tether — a rope or chain that ties an animal so it can graze only within a set range - thankfulness — the quality of feeling or showing gratitude - thaumaturgic — relating to the working of wonders or magic - theatric — relating to the theatre or exaggerated, dramatic display - theoretic — concerned with theory rather than practical application - theorize — to form a theory or speculate about something - theorizer — a person who forms theories or speculates - thickheadedness — the quality of being stupid or slow to understand - thinness — the quality of being thin or slender - thirstiness — the state of being thirsty - thistly — full of or resembling thistles; prickly - thoroughgoing — complete and thorough; absolute in degree - thoughtfully — in a manner showing careful thought or consideration for others - threateningly — in a manner that suggests danger or harm - threatful — full of menace; threatening - thriftiness — the quality of using money or resources carefully - thwarting — the act of preventing or frustrating a plan - tightness — the state of being firmly fixed, taut, or constricted - timelessly — in a manner unaffected by the passage of time - timidness — the quality of lacking courage or confidence - timorousness — the quality of being nervous, fearful, or easily frightened - tintinnabulation — the ringing or sound of bells - tiresomeness — the quality of being boring or tediously wearisome - tithing — the practice of paying a tithe; a historical group of ten households - toaster — an electrical appliance for browning slices of bread - toiler — a person who works hard and laboriously - tonic — a medicinal drink taken to restore vigor; something invigorating - topical — relating to current affairs; applied to a particular body part - topographic — relating to the detailed mapping of the features of a place - totality — the whole of something; the state of being complete - touchable — able to be touched; tangible - tourney — a tournament, especially a medieval jousting contest - toxicant — a poisonous substance, especially a man-made one - traditionalism — adherence to tradition, especially in opposition to change - traditionalist — a person who favors established customs over innovation - traditionary — archaic term meaning handed down by tradition; traditional - tragical — archaic or literary form of tragic; deeply sorrowful - traitorous — betraying trust or one's country; treacherous - traitorously — in a manner that betrays trust or allegiance - trajectory — the curved path of a moving object; a course of development - tramcar — a streetcar running on rails laid in a public road - tramway — a system of tracks for trams along public streets - tranquillity — the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled - tranquilness — the quality of being calm and free from disturbance - transferal — the act of moving something from one place or person to another - transferee — a person to whom something, such as property or a right, is transferred - transformer — a device for changing the voltage of an alternating current - transgress — to violate a law, command, or moral boundary - transitionary — relating to or marking a transition; transitional - transitionist — one who advocates or studies processes of transition or change - transitively — in a transitive manner, especially taking a direct object - translatable — able to be expressed in another language or form - translative — involving translation or transfer; denoting a grammatical case of change - translucent — allowing light to pass through diffusely but not fully transparent - transmittal — the act of sending or transmitting something - transparently — in an obvious or easily seen way; openly - transposition — the act of switching the order or position of two things - travesty — a grotesque or absurd imitation or distortion of something - trayful — the amount that a tray can hold - treacher — archaic term for a traitor or deceiver - treasurous — rare term meaning full of or rich in treasure; precious - treatable — able to be cured or managed by medical or other treatment - trembling — shaking involuntarily, as from cold, fear, or weakness - trey — a playing card or die showing three; a three-point basketball shot - triangular — having the shape of a triangle; involving three parties - tribalism — loyalty to one's own group or faction, often with hostility to outsiders - tribalist — a person who favors loyalty to their own group above all else - trimester — a period of three months, especially of a pregnancy or academic term - tripper — a person who goes on a trip or excursion, especially a tourist - triviality — the quality of being unimportant, or a trifling matter - trooper — a soldier in a cavalry or armored unit, or a state police officer - tucker — food or provisions, especially in Australian usage - tumbling — the performing of acrobatic rolls, leaps, and somersaults - tuneful — having a pleasant melody; melodious - tutelar — serving as a protector or guardian; tutelary - tutelary — having the role of a guardian or protector - ugliness — the quality of being unpleasant or repulsive in appearance - umber — a brown earth pigment, or its dark yellowish-brown color - umbrageous — giving shade; shady; or easily offended - unabandoned — not abandoned; still occupied, kept, or maintained - unability — lack of ability; inability - unaccustomed — not used to something; unfamiliar or unusual - unadulteratedly — in a pure or unmixed manner; utterly - unagitated — calm and undisturbed; not stirred or troubled - unallowed — not permitted or sanctioned - unalluring — not attractive or tempting - unapprehended — not captured; or not grasped or understood - unartistic — lacking artistic quality, taste, or skill - unascertained — not yet determined or established with certainty - unavoidable — impossible to avoid or prevent; inevitable - unavoidably — in a way that cannot be avoided; inevitably - unawareness — the state of not being conscious or cognizant of something - unbalanced — not in equilibrium; or mentally disturbed - unbeloved — not loved or cherished - unbowed — not subdued or defeated; remaining proud and defiant - unbreakable — impossible to break or destroy - unbroken — not broken, interrupted, or tamed; continuous - uncannily — in a strange or eerie way that is hard to explain - uncertainly — in a hesitant or doubtful manner - uncertainness — the state of being unsure or doubtful; uncertainty - uncheerful — not cheerful; gloomy or dispiriting - uncogent — not convincing or logically forceful - uncomfortableness — the state of being uneasy or physically uncomfortable - uncommunicativeness — unwillingness or inability to talk or share information - uncompassion — lack of sympathy or pity; absence of compassion - uncompassionate — showing no sympathy or pity - uncompelling — not persuasive or interesting - uncomplicated — simple and easy to understand or deal with - unconcernedly — in a manner free from worry or interest; indifferently - unconditional — not subject to any conditions; absolute - uncontemporary — not modern or current; out of keeping with the present time - unconventionally — in a way that departs from accepted custom or practice - unconvoluted — not complicated or intricate; straightforward - uncourageous — lacking courage; timid or cowardly - uncultivated — not farmed or developed; or lacking refinement - undauntable — impossible to discourage or intimidate - undauntedly — in a fearless and resolute manner - undauntedness — the quality of being fearless and undismayed - underbuilding — a structure forming a foundation or substructure beneath another - underdressed — dressed too casually or lightly for an occasion - undergarment — an item of clothing worn beneath outer clothes - undergoer — one who undergoes or experiences something, especially an action - underhandedness — the quality of being secretive, sly, or deceitful - underprivileged — lacking the advantages and opportunities others enjoy - underrate — to assign too low a value or estimate to something - understandably — in a way that is reasonable or easy to comprehend - understate — to describe something as less significant than it really is - understudy — an actor who learns a role to substitute for the regular performer - underwriter — a person or firm that assesses and assumes financial risk, as in insurance - undeveloped — not built up, matured, or fully formed - undischarged — not paid off, released, or carried out; still outstanding - undiscovered — not yet found, revealed, or recognized - undistinguishable — impossible to tell apart or perceive clearly; indistinguishable - undoubtably — without doubt; undoubtedly - uneccentric — not eccentric; conventional or ordinary in behavior - uneducated — lacking formal schooling or knowledge - uneloquent — not fluent or persuasive in speech - unencumber — to free from a burden or impediment - unengaging — failing to attract interest or attention - unequality — lack of equality; disparity - unerring — consistently accurate and never making a mistake - unevenly — in a way that is not uniform or balanced - unexclusive — not restricted to a select few; open to all - unexplained — not made clear or accounted for - unfairness — the quality of being unjust or inequitable - unfaked — genuine; not falsified or pretended - unfeelingly — without sympathy or emotion; callously - unfeigned — genuine and sincere; not pretended - unfettered — free from restraint or restriction - unfitness — the state of being unsuitable or physically unhealthy - unfortunateness — the condition of being unlucky or regrettable - unfrequented — rarely visited; secluded - unfriendliness — the quality of being unwelcoming or hostile - unfurnish — to strip of furniture or equipment - ungenerous — mean or stingy; unwilling to give - ungovernable — impossible to control or rule - unguent — a soft greasy substance used as ointment or for lubrication - unguilty — free from guilt; innocent - unhandy — awkward to use or lacking manual skill - unhappily — in a sad manner; unfortunately - unharmful — causing no harm; harmless - unhasty — not hurried; deliberate and measured - unhazardous — not dangerous; safe - unheed — to disregard or pay no attention to - unhindered — not obstructed or impeded - unholy — wicked or sinful; not sacred - unicity — the quality of being unique or singular; oneness - unidentified — not recognized or named - unimpressive — failing to make a strong or favorable impression - unincorporate — to deprive of corporate status; not formed into a corporation - uninitiate — a person not initiated into special knowledge; uninstructed - unintentionally — without intending to; accidentally - uninterrupted — continuous; without a break - uninvestigated — not examined or inquired into - unionization — the process of forming or joining a labor union - unionize — to organize workers into a labor union - unitary — relating to a single unified whole - unitedness — the state of being joined together in agreement - universalization — the act of making something general or applicable to all - unkindly — in a harsh or unfeeling manner - unlasting — not enduring; transitory - unlawfully — in a manner contrary to the law - unlearned — lacking education or knowledge; not acquired by training - unleavened — made without yeast or rising agent - unloquacious — not talkative; reserved in speech - unmagical — lacking magic or enchantment; ordinary - unmethodical — not systematic or orderly - unmysterious — easily understood; not puzzling - unnecessarily — more than is needed; without good reason - unneeded — not required or wanted - unnoticeable — not easily seen or perceived - unofficially — not in an official capacity; informally - unoften — not frequently; seldom - unperpetuated — not continued or kept in existence - unpointed — lacking a sharp tip, or written without diacritical points - unpopularity — the state of being disliked by many - unpossessed — not owned or held; not in possession - unpossible — impossible (archaic or nonstandard form) - unpriced — having no price marked or assigned - unprofitable — not yielding profit or benefit - unproper — not proper; improper (archaic) - unquestionably — beyond doubt; certainly - unreadable — impossible to read or too dull to read - unreasonably — to an excessive or irrational degree - unrelaxed — tense; not at ease - unrelentingly — without easing or letting up; relentlessly - unremitting — never relaxing or ceasing; persistent - unreserved — without reservation; frank or not set aside - unruly — difficult to control or discipline - unsatisfied — not content or fulfilled - unsay — to retract or take back something said - unseeable — impossible to see; invisible - unsensitive — lacking sensitivity; insensitive - unshaken — not weakened or disturbed; resolute - unsilent — not silent; noisy or outspoken - unskilled — not having or requiring special training or skill - unskillful — lacking skill or competence; clumsy - unsleepy — not drowsy; wakeful - unsocial — avoiding the company of others; not sociable - unsolicited — given or done without being requested - unspeakable — too bad or great to be expressed in words - unspicy — lacking spice or pungent flavor; mild - unspoiled — not damaged, ruined, or overdeveloped - unstylish — not fashionable; lacking style - unsufferable — unbearable; intolerable (archaic form of insufferable) - unsullied — not spoiled, tainted, or made impure; pristine - untalkative — not inclined to talk; reticent or taciturn - untamed — not domesticated or controlled; wild - unthreatening — not causing fear or appearing dangerous - untimeliness — the quality of occurring at an inappropriate or inopportune time - untrusting — unwilling to trust; suspicious - untruthful — not telling the truth; dishonest or false - untypical — not typical or representative; unusual - unused — not having been used; not accustomed to - unutterable — too great or intense to be expressed in words; inexpressible - unveiling — a formal public revelation or first showing of something - unvirtuously — in a way lacking moral goodness or virtue - unvisited — not visited; rarely or never frequented - unvoracious — not greedy or insatiable; lacking voracity - unwillingly — in a reluctant manner; against one's wishes - unworried — free from worry or anxiety; untroubled - upcountry — of or toward the interior or inland regions of a country - vacantness — the state of being empty, unoccupied, or expressionless - vaccinate — to treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease - vacuity — emptiness of mind, content, or space; lack of substance - vagary — an unpredictable or erratic action, notion, or change - vaguely — in an unclear, imprecise, or slight manner - validate — to confirm the accuracy, validity, or legitimacy of something - validness — the quality of being valid, sound, or well-founded - vandalic — of or characterized by willful destruction; relating to the Vandals - variegate — to mark with varied colors or patches; to make varied - variegation — the state of having varied colors or markings - variously — in different ways or to differing degrees - varsity — the principal team representing a university or school in a sport - vastly — to a very great extent or degree - vaulting — reaching for great heights; excessively ambitious - velleity — a wish or inclination too slight to lead to action - velvety — soft and smooth like velvet in texture, sound, or taste - venal — open to bribery; capable of being corrupted for money - vendee — the person to whom something is sold; a buyer - veneer — a thin decorative covering; a deceptive outward appearance - veraciousness — the quality of being truthful and honest - verbalism — emphasis on words rather than meaning; an empty verbal expression - veridicality — the quality of being truthful or corresponding to reality - verification — the process of establishing the truth or accuracy of something - verisimilar — appearing true or probable; lifelike - verity — a true statement or principle; the quality of being true - vexed — annoyed or irritated; difficult and much debated - victimization — the act of making someone a victim through harm or unfair treatment - victor — a person who defeats an opponent; a winner - vigilant — keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulty - violable — capable of being broken, infringed, or violated - violative — constituting a violation or breach of something - violinist — a person who plays the violin - violoncellist — a person who plays the violoncello (cello) - virtuousness — the quality of being morally good or upright - viscosity — a fluid's resistance to flow; thickness or stickiness - visibility — the state of being able to be seen; the distance one can see - visionary — thinking about the future with imagination or wisdom; a person who does so - visitant — a visitor, especially a supernatural one or a migratory bird - visualize — to form a mental image of something; to make visible - vitamer — any of several related compounds that share a single vitamin's activity - vitiate — to spoil, impair, or make legally ineffective - vituperate — to blame or insult in harsh, abusive language - vivacious — attractively lively and animated in spirit - vividness — the quality of being intensely clear, bright, or lifelike - vocalization — the act or a sound of producing the voice; an utterance - volition — the faculty or power of using one's will; a deliberate choice - volitional — relating to or arising from the use of one's will - voluntarism — the doctrine that the will is the fundamental principle of the individual or the universe - voluntarist — a person who holds that the will is primary, or relating to such a doctrine - vowelize — to add vowel points or marks to a consonantal text, or to make a sound vocalic - vulgarize — to make coarse, common, or less refined; to popularize crudely - wakeless — without waking; from which one does not awaken, as in deep or final sleep - wanderer — a person who travels aimlessly or roams from place to place - wariness — the quality of being cautious and watchful of possible danger - warped — twisted out of true shape, or perverse and distorted in outlook - warrantable — able to be justified or defended; permissible - wastefulness — the quality of using resources carelessly or extravagantly - wasteness — the condition of being a desolate waste; barren emptiness - watery — containing, resembling, or diluted with water; weak or pale - waxen — made of or resembling wax; smooth, pale, and lifeless in appearance - weightiness — the quality of being heavy, serious, or of great importance - weighty — heavy, or of great seriousness, importance, or influence - wellness — the state of being in good health, especially as actively pursued - wellspring — a source of continual supply, especially of something abstract - westerner — a native or inhabitant of the west, especially of the Western world - wether — a castrated male sheep - whatness — the essential nature of a thing; its quiddity or whatness - wheeler — a horse harnessed nearest the wheels, or something with a stated number of wheels - wherewithal — the money, means, or resources needed for a purpose - whichsoever — whichever; any one or ones, no matter which - whiten — to make or become white or paler - whiteness — the quality or state of being white; pallor - whomever — the objective form of whoever; any person whom - wideness — the quality of being wide; breadth or extent - willful — deliberate and intentional, or stubbornly self-willed - wintry — characteristic of winter; cold, bleak, or unfriendly - wireless — operating without connecting wires, or (chiefly British) a radio - withal — in addition; as well; nevertheless (archaic) - withdrawment — the act of withdrawing; withdrawal or retirement - wizardry — the art or practice of magic, or great skill in some activity - woodsy — characteristic of or suggestive of woods or a forest - woody — consisting of or resembling wood, or covered with trees - woolgathering — absent-minded daydreaming or aimless musing - workaday — ordinary, everyday, and unremarkable; mundane - workless — without work; unemployed - wornness — the state of being worn, frayed, or exhausted - worsening — the process of becoming worse; deterioration - worshipful — feeling or showing reverence and adoration; honorable - worthiness — the quality of deserving respect, merit, or esteem - wrongful — unjust, unfair, or contrary to law or morality - wrongfulness — the quality of being unjust, unlawful, or morally wrong - yearday — an anniversary, especially of a death; a commemoration day - yearnful — full of yearning; longing or wistful - yesterevening — the evening of yesterday; last evening (archaic) - yonder — at or in that place over there; at a distance within sight - youngling — a young person, animal, or plant (archaic or literary) - yucky — disgusting, unpleasant, or distasteful (informal) - they'll — a contraction of they will or, less commonly, they shall - exfiltration — the secret, covert removal of someone from a dangerous or hostile place - skeuomorphic — designing digital interfaces or objects to imitate the appearance of their real-world counterparts - epistemic — relating to knowledge, its nature, and its justification - feckless — lacking initiative, strength of character, or effectiveness; irresponsible - coal-heaver — a worker who carries or unloads coal - aulnager — Alternative form of alnager. - climatal — climatic. - vera causa — a real, independently established cause invoked to explain a phenomenon - inosculation — a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous - bowdlerize — to edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate - cachinnate — To laugh loudly, immoderately, or too often. - peregrinate — travel around, through, or over, especially on foot - recrudescent — the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement - repertorial — Of or pertaining to a repertory. - compresence — The state of existing together concurrently. - ma'am — A form of address for a woman: contraction of madam. - atomicity — The number of atoms in a molecule. - assertoric — Stating that which is actual, usually in contrast with modal sentences. - confessedly — Admittedly; by one's own confession. - dyadic — Pertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements. - o'er — throughout a period of time - supposititious — Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake. - propension — Propensity. - blamable — deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious - compresent — existing or occurring together at the same time or in the same experiential field - co-punctual — occupying or associated with the same point, especially in a technical spatial or temporal analysis - co-punctuality — the state of being co-punctual or sharing the same point in a technical ordering - sense-data — the immediate contents of sensory experience, considered as objects of awareness - sense-datum — one item or content of immediate sensory awareness - time-order — the ordering of events by temporal sequence - one-one — mapping each element of one set to exactly one distinct element of another set - many-one — mapping many possible inputs to one output - one-many — relating one item to many items - relation-number — a number-like abstraction associated with a relation in mathematical logic - denumerative — relating to counting or enumeration - semi-similar — partly similar; in Russellian logic, sharing a weaker similarity relation - co-regional — belonging to or occupying the same region - co-superficial — lying on or sharing the same surface - point-pair — a pair of points considered together in a geometric or logical construction - tuco-tuco — any of several stocky burrowing South American rodents of the genus Ctenomys - nuther — dialectal: either or neither, especially after a negative statement - lawsy — dialectal or dated: an exclamation of surprise, relief, dismay, or emphasis - top-hamper — nautical: masts, spars, rigging, and other gear carried high above a ship's deck, especially when regarded as excess upper weight - microcephalous — having an abnormally small head, usually as a result of microcephaly; also used comparatively in anatomy - ocellated — marked with rounded, eye-shaped spots called ocelli - ecstasiate — rare: to fill someone with ecstasy or cause someone to become ecstatic - parallelogramical — having the form or geometric properties of a parallelogram; relating to parallelograms - quasi-equality — in mathematics or logic, a relation weaker than strict equality under which two objects count as equal for a specified approximate or domain-specific purpose - acoluthic — psychology: relating to a residual or fading sensation that immediately follows a stimulus - woodsawyer — a worker whose occupation is sawing wood or timber - zoophagous — feeding on animals or animal matter; carnivorous - lameter — a dated Scottish and dialectal term for a person who has difficulty walking; now potentially offensive - pourparler — an informal or preliminary discussion held before formal negotiations - through-stone — a flat horizontal tombstone or grave slab, especially in Scottish and northern English usage - belder — to cry, bawl, or shout noisily, especially of a child - book-body — a learned or book-educated person, in northern English dialect - death-sark — a shirt or garment put on a dead body for burial; a shroud - nowhen — at no time or at no point in time - monadism — the metaphysical doctrine that monads are the ultimate units of reality, especially the theory developed by Leibniz - doorward — toward a door - glairy — having a slimy, viscous, translucent consistency like egg white - unspectacled — not wearing spectacles or eyeglasses - vociferate — to shout, cry out, or utter something loudly and vehemently - truckle-bed — a low bed on small wheels or casters that can be rolled beneath a higher bed when not in use - field-glass — a small portable telescope, often held in one hand, for viewing distant objects outdoors - chimneyward — toward, into, or in the direction of a chimney - Ollendorffian — relating to Heinrich Ollendorff or his method of language teaching through highly repetitive questions, answers, and substitutions - spanker-boom — the boom attached to the aftermost mast of a traditionally rigged sailing vessel, used to extend and control the foot of the spanker sail - disserviceable — harmful or counterproductive rather than useful or helpful - laborist — a supporter of workers' rights or of a political movement centered on organized labor - defibrinate — to remove fibrin from blood, preventing or reducing clot formation - zoophagy — the feeding on animals or animal matter; carnivorous feeding - strewment — archaic and literary: something strewn or intended for strewing, especially flowers scattered over a bier or grave as part of a funeral rite - medico-jurist — dated: a physician or medical expert who applies medical knowledge to legal questions; a specialist in medical jurisprudence - scowderment — Northern English dialect: confusion, bustle, or turmoil, especially commotion while preparing for an event or carrying out household work - logico-aesthetic — involving or judged by both logical coherence and aesthetic qualities such as simplicity, symmetry, or elegance - cowardy-cat — informal, chiefly childish or dialectal: a timid or cowardly person, especially as a taunting form of address - subetherics — in science fiction, devices or systems that communicate through a subether medium, usually faster than light - young'un — a child or young person, in informal or regional speech - unconspicuous — not readily visible or noticeable; not attracting attention - uncostliness — the quality of costing little or being inexpensive - unsympathizing — not feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy - contradistinguish — to distinguish one thing from another by contrasting their different or opposite qualities - impugner — a person who challenges the truth, validity, integrity, or reputation of someone or something - mammiferous — historical zoology: mammalian; belonging to the class of animals whose females have mammary glands - cetology — the branch of zoology concerned with cetaceans, including whales, dolphins, and porpoises - unsplinterable — resistant or impossible to split, shatter, or break into sharp fragments - parmacety — obsolete: spermaceti, the white waxy substance obtained from the head of a sperm whale - antigalaxy — a hypothetical galaxy composed predominantly of antimatter rather than ordinary matter - inopportunity — the quality of occurring at an unsuitable, inconvenient, or untimely moment - misgive — of one's mind or heart: to fill one with doubt, apprehension, or foreboding - fear-struck — overcome, transfixed, or deeply affected by fear - lichenous — covered with or bearing lichen - etiolate — to make a plant pale, weak, and abnormally elongated by depriving it of light - heterozygousness — the condition or quality of having two different alleles at a particular genetic locus - many-sidedness — the quality of having many literal sides or facets - omnividence — the quality or power of seeing everything; all-seeingness - placability — the quality of being easily calmed, appeased, or induced to forgive - unemancipable — incapable of being emancipated, freed, or released from control - unarrestable — impossible to stop, check, restrain, or bring to a halt - quasi-transitive — approximately transitive; allowing a weaker or graded relation between the first and third terms when successive pairs are related - unperiodic — not periodic; not recurring at regular intervals or lacking a repeating pattern - occasionalist — a supporter of occasionalism, the doctrine that apparent causal interaction between created things occurs only through divine intervention - prenewtonian — existing before Isaac Newton's work or before the adoption of Newtonian science - pre-coordinate — existing or formulated before a coordinate system has been introduced - psycho-cerebral — relating jointly to mental phenomena and the brain, especially to correlations between psychological and cerebral events - quasi-parallelogram — a figure that resembles or approximately satisfies the defining relations of a parallelogram without being an exact Euclidean parallelogram - unaspiring — lacking ambition or a desire for advancement - dastardy — cowardice or contemptibly cowardly conduct - aesthetico-moral — relating jointly to aesthetic values and moral judgments or principles - logico-mathematical — relating jointly to formal logic and mathematics, especially to work that expresses mathematical theories through logical systems - debarkment — historical: the act of going or putting people or goods ashore from a ship; disembarkation - cabful — as many people or as much material as a cab can hold - quick-firer — historical: a gun designed to fire rounds in rapid succession, especially a late-nineteenth- or early-twentieth-century naval or field gun - gold latten — historical: gold formed into thin plates or sheets - masting timber — timber of the size and quality required for making ships' masts, yards, or similar spars - gum Senegal — a variety of gum arabic historically exported from Senegal and obtained from acacia trees - setier — any of several old French units of capacity or land area, whose value varied by region and commodity - disobligation — obsolete: an offence, discourtesy, or act that causes someone to feel disobliged - portionless — having no allotted share, inheritance, or dowry - blue peter — a blue signal flag with a white central square, flown to show that a merchant vessel is ready to sail - rhapsodist — a reciter or interpreter of epic or other poetry; a rhapsode - mundic — Cornish and mining usage: pyrite or arsenopyrite, especially when occurring as a sulfurous mineral in an ore - chaise cart — historical: a light horse-drawn cart or carriage suitable for driving, typically used for local travel - fellow creature — another person or living being regarded as sharing one's nature, condition, or claim to humane treatment - smock frock — historical: a long, loose outer garment worn especially by rural laborers and other workmen - disapprover — a person who regards something as wrong, undesirable, or unacceptable - theatrocracy — government by citizens assembled in a theater, especially as a description of ancient Athenian democracy - brown thrasher — a reddish-brown North American songbird (Toxostoma rufum) with a long tail, streaked underparts, and a varied song - cloud-compeller — poetic: a cloud-gatherer; an epithet for Zeus or Jove - highbush blueberry — a tall, moisture-loving North American blueberry shrub (Vaccinium corymbosum), the principal source of cultivated blueberries - laetation — obsolete: manure or other material used to fertilize soil - tu-whit tu-whoo — a conventional imitation of an owl's cry, especially the paired calls associated with tawny owls - wood pewee — either of two small North American flycatchers of the genus Contopus, especially the eastern wood pewee (C. virens) - John's wort — any of numerous herbs or shrubs of the genus Hypericum, typically bearing yellow five-petaled flowers - ice cutter — historical: a worker who cuts and harvests blocks of natural ice from a frozen lake, pond, or river - hen harrier — a long-winged Eurasian bird of prey (Circus cyaneus) whose male is pale gray and whose female is brown; historically also a name for the closely related North American northern harrier - forestaller — historical: a trader who bought or intercepted goods before they reached an open market, especially to resell them at a higher price - cycadaceous — of, relating to, or resembling cycads, especially plants of the family Cycadaceae - ignis fatuus — a pale, wandering light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground; a will-o'-the-wisp - upas tree — a tall tropical Asian tree (Antiaris toxicaria) whose poisonous latex has been used to prepare arrow poison - knife grinder — a person whose trade is sharpening knives and other edged tools, traditionally while traveling from place to place - asmear — smeared or covered over with a greasy, dirty, or sticky substance; archaic and literary - expostulatory — expressing earnest disagreement, protest, or persuasion intended to dissuade someone - logographer — an early ancient Greek prose writer who recorded genealogies, legends, local histories, or accounts of peoples and places - cosmogonal — relating to cosmogony or to a theory about the origin and development of the universe - banqueter — a person who attends or takes part in a banquet or elaborate feast - forisfamiliate — obsolete Scots law: to renounce a legal claim to any further share of one's father's estate after receiving a portion - alto-relievo — high relief: sculpture in which figures project strongly from the background - tirewoman — archaic: a lady's maid who helps her employer dress and arrange her clothes or hair - regrater — historical British law: a trader who bought food or other necessities at a market and resold them in or near the same market for a profit - hueless — having no hue or color; colorless or drained of color - panharmonic — music: adapted to, employing, or ranging across all harmonies or musical modes - undergirder — historical nautical: a heavy rope or cable used to brace and hold together the hull of an ancient ship, especially a trireme - stohwasser — historical: a leather gaiter or legging for the lower leg, fastened by a strap wound around it - ebriosity — rare: drunkenness or intoxication, especially as a habitual condition - estivate — to spend a hot or dry period in a dormant or inactive state - coal-whipper — historical: a dock worker who unloaded coal from a ship's hold using a rope-and-counterweight hoisting system - aliorelative — in logic, a relation that no term bears to itself; an irreflexive relation - mistakenness — the state or quality of being mistaken, erroneous, or based on a false belief - signless — in mathematics, written or considered without an explicit positive or negative sign - dumbfounder — dated: to astonish or bewilder someone completely - carunculated — having one or more caruncles, especially fleshy growths on the head or neck of a bird - cephalopodic — belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling a cephalopod - kittly-benders — thin ice that bends under a person's weight - noveldom — the realm of novels, novelists, or fictional narrative considered collectively - arithmetize — to treat or reformulate a mathematical system using only the fundamental concepts and operations of arithmetic - logicize — to make something logical or bring it within the domain of formal logic - coelospermous — having a seed or seedlike fruit whose inner face is hollowed or incurved - homopterous — relating to the Homoptera, a former grouping of insects including cicadas, aphids, and scale insects - orthospermous — having a seed or seedlike fruit whose inner face is straight rather than hollowed or incurved - corn chandler — British, historical: a retailer or merchant dealing in cereal grain, seeds, animal feed, and related agricultural goods - osculant — intermediate between two taxonomic groups and sharing characteristics of each - phyllodineous — having phyllodes, or relating to plants in which flattened leafstalks perform the function of leaf blades - twelve-pounder — a cannon classified as firing a projectile weighing twelve pounds - caviler — a person who raises trivial, captious, or unreasonable objections - sequestrate — to set apart, isolate, or seclude someone or something - uptear — literary: to tear up or wrench violently from the ground or from a fixed position - co-adaptation — mutual or coordinated adaptation between species, organs, traits, or genes - carbonic acid — a weak acid, H2CO3, formed when carbon dioxide dissolves in water - apotheosize — to elevate a person to divine status; to deify - colloquize — rare: to hold a conversation or take part in a colloquy - cosmogonist — a person who studies the origin and development of the universe or proposes a theory about it - nonconductivity — the property or condition of not transmitting heat, electricity, sound, or another form of energy - nicher — northern British and Scots dialect: to give a soft, suppressed, or sniggering laugh - ash-hopper — historical: a large container in which water was passed through wood ashes to make lye - plunkety-plunk — onomatopoeic: a repeated dull plunking or clopping sound, such as hoofbeats or notes on a stringed instrument - stridulate — to make a shrill chirping, creaking, or grating sound by rubbing specialized body parts together - shackly — chiefly dialectal: rickety, shaky, or poorly built - anear — chiefly dialectal: near or close to - palm leaf — a leaf or frond of a palm tree, especially one used for thatching, weaving, fibre, or decoration - pinweed — any of several slender North American herbs of the genus Lechea, with many small leaves and tiny flowers - dimmish — somewhat dim; giving or having only a little light - forty-rod — historical US dialect: cheap, very strong whiskey - wassailer — a person who carouses or drinks and celebrates noisily - invected — heraldry: edged with a series of convex semicircles or arcs whose points face inward - market-house — dated: a building, often municipally owned, in which a public market is held - paddle-box — nautical: the protective housing over the upper part of a paddle wheel on a steamship - side-wheel — nautical: having a paddle wheel on each side of the hull - sockdolager — dated US informal: a decisive blow, overwhelming answer, or event that settles a matter - ain't — nonstandard: am not, is not, or are not - that's — a contraction of that is - let's — used before a verb to suggest that the speaker and one or more other people do something - couldn't — a contraction of could not, used to express inability, impossibility, or a negative past possibility - they'd — a contraction of they had when had is an auxiliary verb - hadn't — a contraction of had not, used with a past participle or in other negative forms of had - stellated — arranged, marked, or radiating in the shape of a star - stercovorous — feeding on dung, especially as an insect or other small animal - can't — a contraction of cannot, used to express inability or impossibility - laws-a-mercy — dated or dialectal: an exclamation of surprise, alarm, or wonder; a minced form of Lord have mercy - there's — a contraction of there is - corn-dodger — historical US: a small cake or dumpling made from cornmeal, baked, fried, or cooked among hot ashes - orphrey — a richly embroidered ornamental band applied to a Christian ecclesiastical vestment, altar frontal, or similar textile - i'm — a contraction of I am - mud turtle — any of several small freshwater turtles, especially of the genus Kinosternon, that live in muddy ponds, marshes, and slow streams - mustn't — a contraction of must not, used to express prohibition or a strong negative necessity - annelidous — relating to or resembling annelids, the segmented worms that include earthworms and leeches - fishbelly — the underside or belly of a fish - here's — a contraction of here is - digitated — divided into fingerlike lobes or leaflets that spread from one point, especially in botany - edental — having no teeth, or having very few teeth - emancipist — historical Australian English: a transported convict who had completed the sentence or received a pardon - steatopygous — having steatopygia, a marked accumulation of adipose tissue around the buttocks and upper thighs; chiefly a historical anthropological term - lynx-eyed — having exceptionally keen sight or powers of observation - constatation — rare and formal: the process of establishing, verifying, or formally recording a fact - camp meeting — a series of Christian revival services, traditionally held outdoors with worshippers camping nearby - gee whillikins — dated and informal, chiefly US: an exclamation of surprise, astonishment, or delight - muleheaded — stubbornly unwilling to change one's opinion or course of action - old maid — dated and often derogatory: an older unmarried woman - war whoop — historical: a loud cry used as a signal or expression of aggression when entering battle - water moccasin — a venomous semiaquatic pit viper of the southeastern United States, also called the cottonmouth - dichogamous — having male and female reproductive organs that mature at different times, reducing self-fertilization in a hermaphroditic organism - floriculturist — a specialist who cultivates flowering and ornamental plants, especially as a profession - genuflectory — rare: relating to, characterized by, or requiring genuflection or kneeling - entr'acte — an interval between two acts of a play, opera, or other theatrical performance - bombinate — rare: to make a continuous buzzing, humming, or droning sound - silicify — to convert material into silica or impregnate it with silica, especially during fossilization or rock alteration - cabalistically — in a manner relating to the Kabbalah or to mystical interpretation through letters, numbers, and hidden correspondences - cretinize — rare and offensive: to make a person intellectually dulled, degraded, or treated as though unintelligent - electrolier — historical: a decorative ceiling or wall fixture holding several electric lamps; an electric chandelier - labiate — biology: having lips or lip-like parts, especially a flower whose corolla is divided into two lips - argillocalcareous — geology and soil science: consisting of or containing both clay and calcareous material such as calcium carbonate - coinstantaneous — occurring at exactly the same instant as something else; simultaneous - mammillate — covered with or bearing small rounded, nipple-shaped projections - teataster — a professional who samples, evaluates, and grades tea for quality, flavor, aroma, or blending - plantain-eater — a fruit-eating African bird of the turaco family Musophagidae; now especially either of the grey plantain-eaters in the genus Crinifer - polygenist — historical: an advocate of polygenism, the now-discredited doctrine that human populations or supposed races had separate origins and could constitute different species - monogenist — historical: an advocate of monogenism, the view that all human populations share a single origin and belong to one species - temporooccipital — relating to both the temporal and occipital regions, bones, or lobes of the skull and brain - cancellate — formed like an open lattice or network, especially of intersecting bars, plates, or bony struts - love-philter — a potion or charm believed to make a person fall in love - mica-slate — historical geology: a foliated metamorphic rock composed chiefly of mica and quartz, now usually called mica schist - honeysucker — historical or regional: a sunbird, especially one of the nectar-feeding birds of Africa or southern Asia - nidify — formal or zoological: to build a nest or engage in nesting - parietooccipital — anatomy: relating to both the parietal and occipital bones, lobes, or regions of the skull or brain - finitist — an adherent of finitism, especially the view that mathematics should use only finite objects or procedures - indiscernibility — the state of being impossible to perceive, distinguish, or tell apart - straitwaistcoated — historical: confined in a strait-waistcoat, or figuratively subjected to severe intellectual or institutional restraint - unemended — not corrected or altered by editorial emendation, especially in a transmitted text - non compos mentis — not of sound mind; unable to understand or take legal responsibility for one's actions - house-parlourmaid — historical British: a female domestic servant who combined the cleaning duties of a housemaid with the table service and reception duties of a parlourmaid - palpitant — literary: trembling, throbbing, or seeming to pulse with life or feeling - inexpungible — impossible to erase, delete, remove, or blot out completely - musk deer — a small tusked, antlerless Asian hoofed mammal of the family Moschidae, whose males have traditionally been hunted for a musk-producing gland - sultan tit — a large Asian tit, Melanochlora sultanea, with glossy dark upperparts, yellow underparts, and a prominent crest - butcherly — Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage. - cinderous — consisting of, resembling, or covered with cinders - jostlement — crowding or bustle. - piscatory — relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing - tobaccoey — Resembling or characteristic of tobacco. - unaccused — not charged with or blamed for an offense - unornamental — Not ornamental. - vaporing — an instance of boastful talk - bespatter — to spot, splash, or soil - recognizant — aware of, acknowledging, or appreciative of something - unbrutalized — Not brutalized. - appress — to press closely against a surface or against another part - coalheaver — historical: a laborer employed to unload, carry, or shovel coal - divagate — to wander away from the main subject while speaking or writing - aphorismic — relating to aphorisms or expressed in short, memorable statements - dollish — resembling a doll, especially in having a pretty but stiff, delicate, or expressionless appearance - dowagerish — resembling or considered typical of an elderly, wealthy, and socially dignified widow - laconism — extreme brevity in speech or writing - old-maidish — excessively prim, fussy, or particular in a way stereotypically associated with an unmarried older woman - pullulation — rapid growth or multiplication, especially in large numbers - varletry — a disorderly crowd of common people, viewed with contempt - dispetal — to strip the petals from a flower - bistered — colored with or as if with bister - congratulator — A person who congratulates - deteriorationist — A proponent of deteriorationism; one who believes that things tend to grow worse - expurgator — a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages - Gladstone bag — a stiff-sided travelling bag with a hinged frame that opens flat into two equal compartments - rosiny — Like or resembling rosin - teddy bear — a soft toy made in the shape of a bear - unencyclopedic — Not encyclopedic - inflicter — a person or thing that causes something painful, harmful, or unwelcome - madling — A mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly. - meeterly — Yorkshire dialect: moderately, tolerably, or suitably - mensful — Northern English dialect: proper, decent, or fit to be seen - overforward — excessively bold, presumptuous, or eager - plisky — Yorkshire dialect: a mischievous trick, prank, or piece of mischief - preterhuman — beyond ordinary human powers or qualities; superhuman - porte-cochere — canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles - unstabilize — to make unstable; destabilize. - philoprogenitive — producing many offspring; prolific - vinolent — fond of drinking wine, especially to excess; wine-soaked or drunken - arsenicate — to treat, impregnate, or contaminate with arsenic or an arsenic compound - crepitate — to make a series of sharp crackling or rattling sounds - machicolate — to furnish a wall, tower, or castle with machicolations for dropping objects on attackers - nonsensational — philosophy and psychology: not consisting of, accompanied by, or directly derived from sensation - Great Dane — a very large, tall domestic dog of a smooth-coated breed - commixtion — the action or result of mixing or blending things together - dissolubility — the capacity of a substance or structure to be dissolved or disintegrated - gownsman — a member of a profession traditionally marked by a gown, especially a cleric, lawyer, or university member - inartificial — not produced by artifice, convention, or deliberate human design; natural - inhesion — inherence; the state or act of existing in something as a quality exists in a substance - radicate — to take root or cause something to become firmly rooted or established - unpliableness — the quality of being physically rigid or difficult to bend - transductive — relating to a form of machine learning that predicts outcomes for a particular set of unlabeled examples without first deriving a general predictive model - anthropomorphize — to attribute human form, emotions, intentions, or behavior to an animal, object, natural force, or other nonhuman entity - enactive — in cognitive science, relating to the view that cognition arises through an embodied organism's active engagement with its environment - prosthetic — relating to or serving as an artificial replacement for a missing or impaired body part - cutover — a planned change from an old system, service, or process to its replacement, especially one performed quickly to minimize interruption - autotelic — having its purpose within itself; done for its own sake rather than for any reward that lies outside it - cerebrate — to think deliberately and at length; to use one's brain (often used half-jokingly of visible mental effort)