# dict

Words: draftsman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person who draws plans and sketches (as of machinery or structures)\n2 : a person who draws legal documents or other writings\n3 : an artist who excels in drawing


Words: drag
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something used to drag with; especially : a device for dragging under water to detect or obtain objects\n2 : something that is dragged, pulled, or drawn along or over a surface: as a : HARROW b : a sledge for conveying heavy bodies c : CONVEYANCE\n3 a : the act or an instance of dragging or drawing: as (1) : a drawing along or over a surface with effort or pressure (2) : motion effected with slowness or difficulty; also : the condition of having or seeming to have such motion (3) : a draw on a pipe, cigarette, or cigar; also : a draft of liquid b : a movement, inclination, or retardation caused by or as if by dragging c slang : influence securing special favor : PULL\n4 a : something that retards motion or action b (1) : the retarding force acting on a body (as an airplane) moving through a fluid (as air) parallel and opposite to the direction of motion (2) : friction between engine parts; also : retardation due to friction c : BURDEN, ENCUMBRANCE <the drag of population growth on living standards> <maturity is a drag> d : one that is boring or gets in the way of enjoyment <this sickly kid is going to be a social drag Edmund Morris>\n5 a : an object drawn over the ground to leave a scented trail b : a clog fastened to a trap to prevent the escape of a trapped animal\n6 : STREET, ROAD <the main drag>\n7 a : COSTUME, OUTFIT <in Victorian drag> b : clothing typical of one sex worn by a person of the opposite sex often used in the phrase in drag\n8 : DRAG RACE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to draw slowly or heavily : HAUL (2) : to cause to move with painful or undue slowness or difficulty <dragging the national anthem> (3) : to cause to trail along a surface <wandered off dragging the leash> b (1) : to bring by or as if by force or compulsion <had to drag her husband to the opera> (2) : to extract by or as if by pulling c : PROTRACT <drag a story out>\n2 a : to explore with a drag b : to catch with a dragnet\n3 : to hit (a drag bunt) while moving toward first base\nintransitive senses\n1 : to hang or lag be


Words: dragnet
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a net drawn along the bottom of a body of water b : a net used on the ground (as to capture small game)\n2 : a network of measures for apprehension (as of criminals)


Words: dragon
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : a huge serpent\n2 : a mythical animal usually represented as a monstrous winged and scaly serpent or saurian with a crested head and enormous claws\n3 : a violent, combative, or very strict person\n4 capitalized : DRACO\n5 : something or someone formidable or baneful


Words: dragonfly
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a suborder (Anisoptera) of odonate insects that are larger and stouter than damselflies, hold the wings horizontal in repose, and have rectal gills during the naiad stage; broadly : ODONATE


Words: dragoon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed mounted troops\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to subjugate or persecute by harsh use of troops\n2 : to force or attempt to force into submission by violent measures : COERCE


Words: drain
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 obsolete : FILTER\n2 a : to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely <drained all the water out> b : to cause the gradual disappearance of c : to exhaust physically or emotionally\n3 a : to make gradually dry <drain a swamp> b : to carry away the surface water of <the river that drains the valley> c : to deplete or empty by or as if by drawing off by degrees or in increments d : to empty by drinking the contents of\n4 : DROP 7c, SINK <drained the putt>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to flow off gradually b : to disappear gradually : DWINDLE\n2 : to become emptied or freed of liquid by its flowing or dropping\n3 : to discharge surface or surplus water\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a means (as a pipe) by which usually liquid matter is drained\n2 a : the act of draining b : a gradual outflow or withdrawal : DEPLETION\n3 : something that causes depletion : BURDEN\n4 : an electrode in a field-effect transistor toward which charge carriers move compare GATE, SOURCE


Words: drainage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act, process, or mode of draining; also : something drained off\n2 : a device for draining : DRAIN; also : a system of drains\n3 : an area or district drained


Words: dram
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a see WEIGHT table b : FLUID DRAM\n2 a : a small portion of something to drink b : a small amount\n\n<2> abbreviation\ndramatic, dramatist


Words: drama
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a composition in verse or prose intended to portray life or character or to tell a story usually involving conflicts and emotions through action and dialogue and typically designed for theatrical performance : PLAY compare CLOSET DRAMA\n2 : dramatic art, literature, or affairs\n3 a : a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces b : dramatic state, effect, or quality <the drama of the courtroom proceedings>


Words: dramatize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to adapt (as a novel) for theatrical presentation\n2 : to present or represent in a dramatic manner\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be suitable for dramatization\n2 : to behave dramatically


Words: drape
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cover or adorn with or as if with folds of cloth\n2 : to cause to hang or stretch out loosely or carelessly\n3 : to arrange in flowing lines or folds\nintransitive senses : to become arranged in folds <this silk drapes beautifully>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : arrangement in or of folds\n2 a : a drapery especially for a window : CURTAIN b : a sterile covering used in an operating room usually used in plural\n3 : the cut or hang of clothing


Words: drapery
Meaning:
noun\n1 British : DRY GOODS\n2 a : a decorative piece of material usually hung in loose folds and arranged in a graceful design b : hangings of heavy fabric for use as a curtain\n3 : the draping or arranging of materials


Words: drastic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : acting rapidly or violently <a drastic purgative>\n2 : extreme in effect or action : SEVERE <drastic measures>


Words: draw
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : PULL <draw your chair up by the fire>: as a : to move (as a covering) over or to one side <draw the drapes> b : to pull up or out of a receptacle or place where seated or carried <draw water from the well> <drew a gun>; also : to cause to come out of a container <draw water for a bath>\n2 : to cause to go in a certain direction (as by leading) <drew him aside>\n3 a : to bring by inducement or allure : ATTRACT <honey draws flies> b : to bring in or gather from a specified group or area <a college that draws its students from many states> c : BRING ON, PROVOKE <drew enemy fire> d : to bring out by way of response : ELICIT <drew cheers from the audience> e : to receive in the course of play <the batter drew a walk> <draw a foul>\n4 : INHALE <drew a deep breath>\n5 a : to extract the essence from <draw tea> b : EVISCERATE <plucking and drawing a goose before cooking> c : to derive to one’s benefit <drew inspiration from the old masters>\n6 : to require (a specified depth) to float in <a ship that draws 12 feet of water>\n7 a : ACCUMULATE, GAIN <drawing interest> b : to take (money) from a place of deposit c : to use in making a cash demand <drawing a check against his account> d : to receive regularly or in due course <draw a salary>\n8 a : to take (cards) from a stack or from the dealer b : to receive or take at random <drew a winning number>\n9 : to bend (a bow) by pulling back the string\n10 : to cause to shrink, contract, or tighten\n11 : to strike (a ball) so as to impart a backward spin\n12 : to leave (a contest) undecided : TIE\n13 a (1) : to produce a likeness or representation of by making lines on a surface <draw a picture> <draw a graph with chalk> (2) : to give a portrayal of : DELINEATE <a writer who draws characters well> b : to write out in due form <draw a will> c : to design or describe in detail : FORMULATE <draw comparisons>\n14 : to infer from evidence or premises <draw a conclusion>\n15 : to spread or elon


Words: drawback
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a refund of duties especially on an imported product subsequently exported or used to produce a product for export\n2 : an objectionable feature : DISADVANTAGE


Words: drawer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that draws: as a : a person who draws liquor b : DRAFTSMAN c : one that draws a bill of exchange or order for payment or makes a promissory note\n2 : a sliding box or receptacle opened by pulling out and closed by pushing in\n3 plural : an article of clothing (as underwear) for the lower body


Words: drawing
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act or instance of drawing; especially : the process of deciding something by drawing lots\n2 : the art or technique of representing an object or outlining a figure, plan, or sketch by means of lines\n3 : something drawn or subject to drawing: as a : an amount drawn from a fund b : a representation formed by drawing : SKETCH


Words: drawl
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to speak slowly with vowels greatly prolonged\ntransitive senses : to utter in a slow lengthened tone\n\n<2> noun\n: a drawling manner of speaking


Words: drawstring
Meaning:
noun\n: a string, cord, or tape inserted into hems or casings or laced through eyelets for use in closing a bag or controlling fullness in garments or curtains


Words: dray
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a vehicle used to haul goods; especially : a strong cart or wagon without sides\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to haul on a dray : CART


Words: dread
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to fear greatly b archaic : to regard with awe\n2 : to feel extreme reluctance to meet or face\nintransitive senses : to be apprehensive or fearful\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : great fear especially in the face of impending evil b : extreme uneasiness in the face of a disagreeable prospect <dread of a social blunder> c archaic : AWE\n2 : one causing fear or awe\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : causing great fear or anxiety\n2 : inspiring awe


Words: dreadful
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : inspiring dread : causing great and oppressive fear b : inspiring awe or reverence\n2 : extremely bad, distasteful, unpleasant, or shocking\n3 : EXTREME <dreadful disorder>\n\n<2> noun\n: a cheap and sensational story or periodical


Words: dreadnought
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a warm garment of thick cloth; also : the cloth\n2 Dreadnought, British battleship : BATTLESHIP\n3 : one that is among the largest or most powerful of its kind


Words: dream
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep compare REM SLEEP\n2 : an experience of waking life having the characteristics of a dream: as a : a visionary creation of the imagination : DAYDREAM b : a state of mind marked by abstraction or release from reality : REVERIE c : an object seen in a dreamlike state : VISION\n3 : something notable for its beauty, excellence, or enjoyable quality <the new car is a dream to operate>\n4 a : a strongly desired goal or purpose <a dream of becoming president> b : something that fully satisfies a wish : IDEAL <a meal that was a gourmet’s dream>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to have a dream\n2 : to indulge in daydreams or fantasies <dreaming of a better future>\n3 : to appear tranquil or dreamy <houses dream in leafy shadows Gladys Taber>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to have a dream of\n2 : to consider as a possibility : IMAGINE\n3 : to pass (time) in reverie or inaction <dreaming the hours away>


Words: dreary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : feeling, displaying, or reflecting listlessness or discouragement\n2 : having nothing likely to provide cheer, comfort, or interest : GLOOMY, DISMAL


Words: dredge
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge often used with up b : to deepen (as a waterway) with a dredging machine\n2 : to bring to light by deep searching often used with up <dredging up memories>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to use a dredge\n2 : to search deeply\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an apparatus usually in the form of an oblong iron frame with an attached bag net used especially for gathering fish and shellfish\n2 : a machine for removing earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube\n3 : a barge used in dredging\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to coat (food) by sprinkling (as with flour)


Words: drench
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a poisonous or medicinal drink; specifically : a large dose of medicine mixed with liquid and put down the throat of an animal\n2 a : something that drenches b : a quantity sufficient to drench or saturate\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a archaic : to force to drink b : to administer a drench to (an animal)\n2 : to wet thoroughly (as by soaking or immersing in liquid)\n3 : to soak or cover thoroughly with liquid that falls or is precipitated\n4 : to fill or cover completely as if by soaking or precipitation <was drenched in furs and diamonds Richard Brautigan>


Words: dress
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make or set straight b : to arrange (as troops) in a straight line and at proper intervals\n2 : to prepare for use or service; specifically : to prepare for cooking or for the table\n3 : to add decorative details or accessories to : EMBELLISH\n4 a : to put clothes on b : to provide with clothing\n5 archaic : DRESS DOWN\n6 a : to apply dressings or medicaments to b (1) : to arrange (the hair) by combing, brushing, or curling (2) : to groom and curry (an animal) c : to kill and prepare for market or for consumption often used with out d : CULTIVATE, TEND; especially : to apply manure or fertilizer to e : to put through a finishing process; especially : to trim and smooth the surface of (as lumber or stone)\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to put on clothing b : to put on or wear formal, elaborate, or fancy clothes <dress for dinner>\n2 of a food animal : to weigh after being dressed often used with out\n3 : to align oneself with the next soldier in a line to make the line straight\n\n<2> noun\n1 : APPAREL, CLOTHING\n2 : an outer garment (as for a woman or girl) usually consisting of a one-piece bodice and skirt\n3 : covering, adornment, or appearance appropriate or peculiar to a particular time\n4 : a particular form of presentation : GUISE\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : suitable for a formal occasion\n2 : requiring or permitting formal dress <a dress affair>\n3 : relating to or used for a dress


Words: dressage
Meaning:
noun\n: the execution by a trained horse of precision movements in response to barely perceptible signals from its rider


Words: dresser
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete : a table or sideboard for preparing and serving food\n2 : a cupboard to hold dishes and cooking utensils\n3 : a chest of drawers or bureau with a mirror\n\n<2> noun\n: one that dresses <a fashionable dresser>


Words: dressing
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act or process of one who dresses b : an instance of such act or process\n2 a : a sauce for adding to a dish (as a salad) b : a seasoned mixture usually used as a stuffing (as for poultry)\n3 a : material (as ointment or gauze) applied to cover a lesion b : fertilizing material (as manure or compost)


Words: dribble
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to issue sporadically and in small bits\n2 : to let or cause to fall in drops little by little\n3 a : to propel by successive slight taps or bounces with hand, foot, or stick b : to hit (as a baseball) so as to cause a slow bouncing\nintransitive senses\n1 : to fall or flow in drops or in a thin intermittent stream : TRICKLE\n2 : to let saliva trickle from the corner of the mouth : DROOL\n3 : to come or issue in piecemeal or desultory fashion\n4 a : to dribble a ball or puck b : to proceed by dribbling c of a ball : to move with short bounces\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a tiny or insignificant bit or quantity\n2 : a small trickling stream or flow\n3 : an act, instance, or manner of dribbling a ball or puck


Words: drift
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the act of driving something along b : the flow or the velocity of the current of a river or ocean stream\n2 : something driven, propelled, or urged along or drawn together in a clump by or as if by a natural agency: as a : wind-driven snow, rain, cloud, dust, or smoke usually at or near the ground surface b (1) : a mass of matter (as sand) deposited together by or as if by wind or water (2) : a helter-skelter accumulation c : DROVE, FLOCK d : something (as driftwood) washed ashore e : rock debris deposited by natural agents; specifically : a deposit of clay, sand, gravel, and boulders transported by a glacier or by running water from a glacier\n3 a : a general underlying design or tendency b : the underlying meaning, import, or purport of what is spoken or written\n4 : something (as a tool) driven down upon or forced into a body\n5 : the motion or action of drifting especially spatially and usually under external influence: as a : the lateral motion of an aircraft due to air currents b : an easy moderate more or less steady flow or sweep along a spatial course c : a gradual shift in attitude, opinion, or position d : an aimless course; especially : a foregoing of any attempt at direction or control e : a deviation from a true reproduction, representation, or reading\n6 a : a nearly horizontal mine passageway driven on or parallel to the course of a vein or rock stratum b : a small crosscut in a mine connecting two larger tunnels\n7 a : an assumed trend toward a general change in the structure of a language over a period of time b : GENETIC DRIFT c : a gradual change in the zero reading of an instrument or in any quantitative characteristic that is supposed to remain constant\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to become driven or carried along (as by a current of water, wind, or air) b : to move or float smoothly and effortlessly\n2 a : to move along a line of least resistance b : to move in a random or casual way c : to become carried along subject to no guidance or control <the talk drifted from topic


Words: drill
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to fix something in the mind or habit pattern of by repetitive instruction <drill pupils in spelling> b : to impart or communicate by repetition <impossible to drill the simplest idea into some people> c : to train or exercise in military drill\n2 a (1) : to bore or drive a hole in (2) : to make by piercing action b : to shoot with or as if with a gun c (1) : to propel (as a ball) with force or accuracy <drilled a single to right field> (2) : to hit with force <drilled the batter with the first pitch>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a hole with a drill\n2 : to engage in an exercise\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an instrument with an edged or pointed end for making holes in hard substances by revolving or by a succession of blows; also : a machine for operating such an instrument\n2 : the act or exercise of training soldiers in marching and in executing prescribed movements with a weapon\n3 a : a physical or mental exercise aimed at perfecting facility and skill especially by regular practice b : a formal exercise by a team of marchers c chiefly British : the approved or correct procedure for accomplishing something efficiently\n4 a : a marine snail (Urosalpinx cinerea) destructive to oysters by boring through their shells and feeding on the soft parts b : any of several mollusks related to the drill\n5 : a drilling sound\n\n<3> noun\n: a western African baboon (Papio leucophaeus syn. Mandrillus leucophaeus) having a black face and brown coat and closely related to the typical mandrills\n\n<4> noun\n1 a : a shallow furrow or trench into which seed is sown b : a row of seed sown in such a furrow\n2 : a planting implement that makes holes or furrows, drops in the seed and sometimes fertilizer, and covers them with earth\n\n<5> transitive verb\n1 : to sow (seeds) by dropping along a shallow furrow\n2 a : to sow with seed or set with seedlings inserted in drills b : to distribute seed or fertilizer in by means of a drill\n\n<6> noun\n: a durable cotton twilled fabric


Words: drillmaster
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an instructor in military drill\n2 : an instructor or director who maintains severe discipline and often stresses method and detail


Words: drink
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : SWALLOW, IMBIBE b : to take in or suck up : ABSORB <drinking air into his lungs> c : to take in or receive avidly usually used with in <drank in every word of the lecture>\n2 : to join in a toast to <I’ll drink your good health>\n3 : to bring to a specified state by drinking alcoholic beverages <drank himself into oblivion>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to take liquid into the mouth for swallowing b : to receive into one’s consciousness\n2 : to partake of alcoholic beverages\n3 : to make or join in a toast <I’ll drink to that>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a liquid suitable for swallowing b : alcoholic beverages\n2 : a draft or portion of liquid\n3 : excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages\n4 : a sizable body of water used with the


Words: drip
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to let fall in drops\n2 : to let out or seem to spill copiously <her voice dripping sarcasm>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to let fall drops of moisture or liquid b : to overflow with or as if with moisture <a uniform dripping with gold braid>\n2 : to fall in or as if in drops\n3 : to waft or pass gently\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a part of a cornice or other member that projects to throw off rainwater; also : an overlapping metal strip or an underneath groove for the same purpose\n2 a : a falling in drops b : liquid that falls, overflows, or is extruded in drops\n3 : the sound made by or as if by falling drops\n4 : a device for the administration of a fluid at a slow rate especially into a vein; also : a material so administered\n5 : a dull or unattractive person\n\n<3> adjective\n: of, relating to, or being coffee made by letting boiling water drip slowly through finely ground coffee <drip coffee> <a drip pot>


Words: drive
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to frighten or prod (as game or cattle) into moving in a desired direction b : to go through (a district) driving game animals\n2 : to carry on or through energetically <drives a hard bargain>\n3 a : to impart a forward motion to by physical force <waves drove the boat ashore> b : to repulse, remove, or cause to go by force, authority, or influence <drive the enemy back> c : to set or keep in motion or operation <drive machinery by electricity>\n4 a : to direct the motions and course of (a draft animal) b : to operate the mechanism and controls and direct the course of (as a vehicle) c : to convey in a vehicle d : to float (logs) down a stream\n5 a : to exert inescapable or coercive pressure on : FORCE b : to compel to undergo or suffer a change (as in situation or emotional state) <drove him crazy> <drove her out of business> c : to urge relentlessly to continuous exertion <the sergeant drove his recruits> d : to press or force into an activity, course, or direction <the drug habit drives addicts to steal> e : to project, inject, or impress incisively <drove her point home>\n6 : to force (a passage) by pressing or digging\n7 a : to propel (an object of play) swiftly b : to hit (a golf ball) from the tee especially with a driver; also : to drive a golf ball onto (a green) c : to cause (a run or runner) to be scored in baseball usually used with in\n8 : to give shape or impulse to <factors that drive the business cycle>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to dash, plunge, or surge ahead rapidly or violently b : to progress with strong momentum <the rain was driving hard>\n2 a : to operate a vehicle b : to have oneself carried in a vehicle\n3 : to drive a golf ball\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act of driving: a : a trip in a carriage or automobile b : a collection and driving together of animals; also : the animals gathered c : a driving of cattle or sheep overland d : a hunt or shoot in which the game is driven within the hunter’s range e : the guiding of logs downstream to a mill; also : the floating logs amass


Words: drivel
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to let saliva dribble from the mouth : SLAVER\n2 : to talk stupidly and carelessly\ntransitive senses\n1 : to utter in an infantile or imbecilic way\n2 : to waste or fritter in a childish fashion\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic : DROOL 1\n2 : NONSENSE


Words: drizzle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a fine misty rain\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to shed or let fall in minute drops or particles\n2 : to make wet with minute drops\nintransitive senses : to rain in very small drops or very lightly : SPRINKLE


Words: drogue
Meaning:
noun\n1 : SEA ANCHOR\n2 a : a cylindrical or funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane b : a small parachute for stabilizing or decelerating something (as an astronaut’s capsule) or for pulling a larger parachute out of stowage\n3 : a funnel-shaped device which is attached to the end of a long flexible hose suspended from a tanker airplane in flight and into which the probe of another airplane is fitted so as to receive fuel from the tanker


Words: droll
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality\n\n<2> noun\n: an amusing person : JESTER, COMEDIAN\n\n<3> intransitive verb\narchaic : to make fun : JEST, SPORT


Words: drone
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the male of a bee (as the honeybee) that has no sting and gathers no honey\n2 : one that lives on the labors of others : PARASITE\n3 : an unmanned airplane, helicopter, or ship guided by remote control\n4 : DRUDGE\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to make a sustained deep murmuring, humming, or buzzing sound b : to talk in a persistently dull or monotonous tone\n2 : to pass, proceed, or act in a dull, drowsy, or indifferent manner\ntransitive senses\n1 : to utter or pronounce with a drone\n2 : to pass or spend in dull or monotonous activity or in idleness\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a deep sustained or monotonous sound : HUM\n2 : an instrument or part of an instrument (as one of the fixed-pitch pipes of a bagpipe) that sounds a continuous unvarying tone\n3 : PEDAL POINT


Words: drool
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to secrete saliva in anticipation of food b : DRIVEL 1\n2 : to make an effusive show of pleasure or often envious or covetous appreciation\n3 : to talk nonsense\ntransitive senses : to express sentimentally or effusively\n\n<2> noun\n1 : saliva trickling from the mouth\n2 : NONSENSE


Words: droop
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to hang or incline downward\n2 : to sink gradually\n3 : to become depressed or weakened : LANGUISH\ntransitive senses : to let droop\n\n<2> noun\n: the condition or appearance of drooping


Words: drop
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : the quantity of fluid that falls in one spherical mass (2) plural : a dose of medicine measured by drops; especially : a solution for dilating the pupil of the eye b : a minute quantity or degree of something nonmaterial or intangible c : a small quantity of drink d : the smallest practical unit of liquid measure\n2 : something that resembles a liquid drop: as a : a pendent ornament attached to a piece of jewelry; also : an earring with such a pendant b : a small globular cookie or candy\n3 2drop a : the act or an instance of dropping : FALL b : a decline in quantity or quality c : a descent by parachute; also : the people or equipment dropped by parachute d : a place or central depository to which something (as mail, money, or stolen property) is brought for distribution or transmission; also : the act of depositing something at such a place <made the drop>\n4 a : the distance from a higher to a lower level or through which something drops b : a fall of electric potential\n5 : a slot into which something is to be dropped\n6 2drop : something that drops, hangs, or falls: as a : a movable plate that covers the keyhole of a lock b : an unframed piece of cloth stage scenery; also : DROP CURTAIN c : a hinged platform on a gallows d : a fallen fruit\n7 : the advantage of having an opponent covered with a firearm; broadly : ADVANTAGE, SUPERIORITY usually used in the phrase get the drop on\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to fall in drops\n2 a (1) : to fall unexpectedly or suddenly (2) : to descend from one line or level to another b : to fall in a state of collapse or death c of a card : to become played by reason of the obligation to follow suit d of a ball : to fall or roll into a hole or basket\n3 : to enter or pass as if without conscious effort of will into some state, condition, or activity <dropped into sleep>\n4 a : to cease to be of concern : LAPSE <let the matter drop> b : to pass from view or notice : DISAPPEAR often used with out <drop out of sight> c : to become less <production dropped> often u


Words: dropkick
Meaning:
noun\n: a kick made by dropping a ball to the ground and kicking it at the moment it starts to rebound


Words: dropout
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one who drops out of school b : one who drops out of conventional society c : one who abandons an attempt, activity, or chosen path <a corporate dropout>\n2 : a spot on a magnetic tape or disk from which data has disappeared


Words: dropper
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that drops\n2 : a short glass tube fitted with a rubber bulb and used to measure liquids by drops called also eyedropper, medicine dropper


Words: dross
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the scum that forms on the surface of molten metal\n2 : waste or foreign matter : IMPURITY\n3 : something that is base, trivial, or inferior


Words: drought
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a period of dryness especially when prolonged that causes extensive damage to crops or prevents their successful growth\n2 : a prolonged or chronic shortage or lack of something expected or desired


Words: drove
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a group of animals driven or moving in a body\n2 : a large number : CROWD usually used in plural especially with in <tourists arriving in droves> <stayed away in droves>


Words: drown
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to become drowned\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to suffocate by submersion especially in water b : to submerge especially by a rise in the water level c : to soak, drench, or cover with a liquid\n2 : to engage (oneself) deeply and strenuously\n3 : to cause (a sound) not to be heard by making a loud noise usually used with out\n4 a : to drive out (as a sensation or an idea) <drowned his sorrows in liquor> b : OVERWHELM


Words: drowse
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be inactive\n2 : to fall into a light slumber\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make drowsy or inactive\n2 : to pass (time) drowsily or in drowsing\n\n<2> noun\n: the act or an instance of drowsing : DOZE


Words: drowsy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : ready to fall asleep b : inducing or tending to induce sleep c : INDOLENT, LETHARGIC\n2 : giving the appearance of peaceful inactivity


Words: drub
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to beat severely\n2 : to abuse with words : BERATE\n3 : to defeat decisively\nintransitive senses : DRUM, STAMP


Words: drudge
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to do hard, menial, or monotonous work\ntransitive senses : to force to do hard, menial, or monotonous work\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one who is obliged to do menial work\n2 : one whose work is routine and boring


Words: drug
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a obsolete : a substance used in dyeing or chemical operations b : a substance used as a medication or in the preparation of medication c according to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (1) : a substance recognized in an official pharmacopoeia or formulary (2) : a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease (3) : a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or function of the body (4) : a substance intended for use as a component of a medicine but not a device or a component, part, or accessory of a device\n2 : a commodity that is not salable or for which there is no demand used in the phrase drug on the market\n3 : something and often an illegal substance that causes addiction, habituation, or a marked change in consciousness\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to affect with a drug; especially : to stupefy by a narcotic drug\n2 : to administer a drug to\n3 : to lull or stupefy as if with a drug\nintransitive senses : to take drugs for narcotic effect


Words: druggist
Meaning:
noun\n: one who sells or dispenses drugs and medicines: as a : PHARMACIST b : one who owns or manages a drugstore


Words: druid
Meaning:
noun\n: one of an ancient Celtic priesthood appearing in Irish and Welsh sagas and Christian legends as magicians and wizards


Words: drum
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow shell or cylinder with a drumhead stretched over one or both ends that is beaten with the hands or with some implement (as a stick or wire brush)\n2 : TYMPANIC MEMBRANE\n3 : the sound of a drum; also : a sound similar to that of a drum\n4 : any of various bony fishes (family Sciaenidae) that make a drumming noise\n5 : something resembling a drum in shape: as a : a cylindrical machine or mechanical device or part b : a cylindrical container; specifically : a large usually metal container for liquids <a 55-gallon drum> c : a disk-shaped magazine for an automatic weapon\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a succession of strokes or vibrations that produce sounds like drumbeats\n2 : to beat a drum\n3 : to throb or sound rhythmically\n4 : to stir up interest : SOLICIT\ntransitive senses\n1 : to summon or enlist by or as if by beating a drum <were drummed into service>\n2 : to dismiss ignominiously : EXPEL usually used with out\n3 : to drive or force by steady effort or reiteration <drummed the speech into her head>\n4 a : to strike or tap repeatedly b : to produce (rhythmic sounds) by such action\n\n<3> noun\n1 chiefly Scottish : a long narrow hill or ridge\n2 : DRUMLIN


Words: drumbeat
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a stroke on a drum or its sound; also : a series of such strokes\n2 : vociferous advocacy of a cause\n3 : DRUMFIRE 2


Words: drummer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that plays a drum sometimes used figuratively in phrases denoting unconventional thought or action <march to a different drummer>\n2 : TRAVELING SALESMAN


Words: drunken
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : DRUNK 1 <a drunken driver>\n2 obsolete : saturated with liquid\n3 a : given to habitual excessive use of alcohol b : of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication <they come from broken homes, drunken homes P. B. Gilliam> c : resulting from or as if from intoxication <a drunken brawl>\n4 : unsteady or lurching as if from alcoholic intoxication


Words: dry
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : free or relatively free from a liquid and especially water b : not being in or under water <dry land> c : lacking precipitation or humidity <dry climate>\n2 a : characterized by exhaustion of a supply of liquid <a dry well> b : devoid of running water <a dry ravine> c : devoid of natural moisture <my throat was dry> d : no longer sticky or damp <the paint is dry> e : not giving milk <a dry cow> f : lacking freshness : STALE g : ANHYDROUS\n3 a : marked by the absence or scantiness of secretions <a dry cough> b : not shedding or accompanied by tears <a dry sob>\n4 obsolete : involving no bloodshed or drowning <I would fain die a dry death Shakespeare>\n5 a : marked by the absence of alcoholic beverages <a dry party> b : prohibiting the manufacture or distribution of alcoholic beverages\n6 : served or eaten without butter or margarine <dry toast>\n7 a : lacking sweetness : SEC <dry champagne> b : having all or most sugar fermented to alcohol <a dry wine> <dry beer>\n8 a : solid as opposed to liquid <dry groceries> b : reduced to powder or flakes : DEHYDRATED <dry milk>\n9 : functioning without lubrication <a dry clutch>\n10 of natural gas : containing no recoverable hydrocarbon (as gasoline)\n11 : requiring no liquid in preparation or operation <a dry photocopying process>\n12 a : not showing or communicating warmth, enthusiasm, or tender feeling : SEVERE <a dry style of painting> b : WEARISOME, UNINTERESTING <dry passages of description> c : lacking embellishment : PLAIN <the dry facts>\n13 a : not yielding what is expected or desired : UNPRODUCTIVE b : having no personal bias or emotional concern <the dry light of reason> c : RESERVED, ALOOF\n14 : marked by matter-of-fact, ironic, or terse manner of expression <dry wit>\n15 : lacking smooth sound qualities <a dry rasping voice>\n16 : being a dry run <a dry rehearsal>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to make dry\nintransitive senses : to become dry\n\n<3> noun\n1 : the condition of being dry : DRYNESS\n2 : something dry; especially : a dry place\n3 : PROHIBITIONIST


Words: dual
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 of grammatical number : denoting reference to two\n2 a : consisting of two parts or elements or having two like parts : DOUBLE b : having a double character or nature\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the dual number of a language\n2 : a linguistic form in the dual


Words: dub
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to confer knighthood on b : to call by a distinctive title, epithet, or nickname\n2 : to trim or remove the comb and wattles of\n3 a : to hit (a golf ball) poorly b : to execute poorly\n\n<2> noun\n: one who is inept or clumsy\n\n<3> noun\nchiefly Scottish : POOL, PUDDLE\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 : to add (sound effects or new dialogue) to a film or to a radio or television production usually used with in\n2 : to provide (a motion-picture film) with a new sound track and especially dialogue in a different language\n3 : to make a new recording of (sound or videotape already recorded); also : to mix (recorded sound or videotape from different sources) into a single recording\n\n<5> noun\n: Jamaican pop music in which audio effects and spoken or chanted words are imposed on an instrumental reggae background


Words: dubiety
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a usually hesitant uncertainty or doubt that tends to cause vacillation\n2 : a matter of doubt


Words: dubious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : giving rise to uncertainty: as a : of doubtful promise or outcome <a dubious plan> b : questionable or suspect as to true nature or quality <the practice is of dubious legality> <the dubious honor of being the world’s biggest polluter>\n2 : unsettled in opinion : DOUBTFUL <I was dubious about the plan>


Words: duck
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 or plural duck a : any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs are short, the body more or less depressed, the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes almost always different from each other in plumage b : the flesh of any of these birds used as food\n2 : a female duck compare DRAKE\n3 chiefly British : DARLING often used in plural but sing. in constr.\n4 : PERSON, CREATURE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to thrust under water\n2 : to lower (as the head) quickly : BOW\n3 : AVOID, EVADE <duck the issue>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to plunge under the surface of water b : to descend suddenly : DIP\n2 a : to lower the head or body suddenly : DODGE b : BOW, BOB\n3 a : to move quickly b : to evade a duty, question, or responsibility\n\n<3> noun\n: an instance of ducking\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a durable closely woven usually cotton fabric\n2 plural : light clothes and especially trousers made of duck


Words: duckboard
Meaning:
noun\n: a boardwalk or slatted flooring laid on a wet, muddy, or cold surface usually used in plural


Words: duckpin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small bowling pin shorter than a tenpin but proportionately wider at mid-diameter\n2 plural but singular in construction : a bowling game using duckpins


Words: duct
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a bodily tube or vessel especially when carrying the secretion of a gland\n2 a : a pipe, tube, or channel that conveys a substance b : a pipe or tubular runway for carrying an electric power line, telephone cables, or other conductors\n3 a : a continuous tube formed in plant tissue by a row of elongated cells that have lost their intervening end walls b : an elongated cavity (as a resin canal of a conifer) formed by disintegration or separation of cells\n4 : a layer (as in the atmosphere or the ocean) which occurs under usually abnormal conditions and in which radio or sound waves are confined to a restricted path\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to enclose in a duct\n2 : to convey (as a gas) through a duct; also : to propagate (as radio waves) through a duct


Words: ductile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : capable of being drawn out or hammered thin <ductile iron>\n2 : easily led or influenced\n3 : capable of being fashioned into a new form


Words: dud
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 plural a : CLOTHING b : personal belongings\n2 a : one that is ineffectual; also : FAILURE <a box-office dud> b : MISFIT\n3 : a bomb or missile that fails to explode\n\n<2> adjective\n: of little or no worth : VALUELESS <dud checks>


Words: dude
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a man extremely fastidious in dress and manner : DANDY\n2 : a city dweller unfamiliar with life on the range; especially : an Easterner in the West\n3 : FELLOW, GUY\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: DRESS UP usually used with up


Words: dudgeon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete : a wood used especially for dagger hilts\n2 a archaic : a dagger with a handle of dudgeon b obsolete : a haft made of dudgeon\n\n<2> noun\n: a fit or state of indignation often used in the phrase in high dudgeon


Words: due
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : owed or owing as a debt\n2 a : owed or owing as a natural or moral right <everyone’s right to dissent is due the full protection of the Constitution Nat Hentoff> b : according to accepted notions or procedures : APPROPRIATE\n3 a : satisfying or capable of satisfying a need, obligation, or duty : ADEQUATE b : REGULAR, LAWFUL <due proof of loss>\n4 : capable of being attributed : ASCRIBABLE used with to <this advance is partly due to a few men of genius A. N. Whitehead>\n5 : having reached the date at which payment is required : PAYABLE\n6 : required or expected in the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events : SCHEDULED; also : expected to give birth\n\n<2> noun\n: something due or owed: as a : something that rightfully belongs to one b : a payment or obligation required by law or custom : DEBT c plural : FEES, CHARGES\n\n<3> adverb\n1 : DIRECTLY, EXACTLY <due north>\n2 obsolete : DULY


Words: duel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a combat between two persons; specifically : a formal combat with weapons fought between two persons in the presence of witnesses\n2 : a conflict between antagonistic persons, ideas, or forces; also : a hard-fought contest between two opponents\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to fight a duel\ntransitive senses : to encounter (an opponent) in a duel


Words: duenna
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an elderly woman serving as governess and companion to the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family\n2 : CHAPERON


Words: duffer
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a peddler especially of cheap flashy articles b : something counterfeit or worthless\n2 : an incompetent, ineffectual, or clumsy person; especially : a mediocre golfer\n3 Australian : a cattle rustler


Words: dugout
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a boat made by hollowing out a large log\n2 a : a shelter dug in a hillside; also : a shelter dug in the ground and roofed with sod b : an area in the side of a trench for quarters, storage, or protection\n3 : either of two low shelters on either side of and facing a baseball diamond that contain the players’ benches


Words: duke
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a sovereign male ruler of a continental European duchy\n2 : a nobleman of the highest hereditary rank; especially : a member of the highest grade of the British peerage\n3 probably from dukes of York, rhyming slang for fork (hand, fist) slang : FIST, HAND usually used in plural\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: FIGHT


Words: dulcimer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a stringed instrument of trapezoidal shape played with light hammers held in the hands\n2 or dulcimore : an American folk instrument with three or four strings stretched over an elongate fretted sound box that is held on the lap and played by plucking or strumming


Words: dull
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : mentally slow : STUPID\n2 a : slow in perception or sensibility : INSENSIBLE b : lacking zest or vivacity : LISTLESS\n3 : slow in action : SLUGGISH\n4 a : lacking in force, intensity, or sharpness b : not resonant or ringing <a dull booming sound>\n5 : lacking sharpness of edge or point\n6 : lacking brilliance or luster\n7 of a color : low in saturation and low in lightness\n8 : CLOUDY\n9 : TEDIOUS, UNINTERESTING\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to make dull\nintransitive senses : to become dull


Words: duma
Meaning:
noun\n: a representative council in Russia; especially often capitalized : the principal legislative assembly in czarist Russia


Words: dumb
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : lacking the power of speech <deaf and dumb from birth> <dumb animals>\n2 : temporarily unable to speak (as from shock or astonishment) <struck dumb with fear>\n3 : not expressed in uttered words <dumb grief>\n4 : SILENT; also : TACITURN\n5 : lacking some usual attribute or accompaniment; especially : having no means of self-propulsion <dumb barge>\n6 a : markedly lacking in intelligence : STUPID b : showing a lack of intelligence c : having little or no meaning sometimes used in the phrase dumb luck\n7 : not having the capability to process data <a dumb terminal> compare INTELLIGENT 3a\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make silent : DEADEN <would lie around, dumbed by the drugs Norman Mailer>


Words: dumbbell
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a short bar with weights at each end that is used usually in pairs for exercise\n2 : one that is dull and stupid


Words: dumbwaiter
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a portable serving table or stand\n2 : a small elevator used for conveying food and dishes from one story of a building to another


Words: dummy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : one who is incapable of speaking b : one who is habitually silent c : one who is stupid\n2 a : the exposed hand in bridge played by the declarer in addition to his own hand b : a bridge player whose hand is a dummy\n3 : an imitation, copy, or likeness of something used as a substitute: as a : MANNEQUIN b : a stuffed figure or cylindrical bag used by football players for tackling and blocking practice c : a large puppet usually having movable features (as mouth and arms) manipulated by a ventriloquist d chiefly British : PACIFIER 2\n4 : one seeming to act independently but in reality controlled by another\n5 a : a mock-up of a proposed publication (as a book or magazine) b : a set of pages (as for a newspaper or magazine) with the position of text and artwork indicated for the printer\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : having the appearance of being real : ARTIFICIAL <dummy foods in the display case> b : existing in name only : FICTITIOUS <dummy corporations>\n2 : apparently acting for oneself while really acting for or at the direction of another <a dummy director>\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to make a dummy of (as a publication) often used with up <dummied up the front page>


Words: dump
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to let fall in or as if in a heap or mass b : to get rid of unceremoniously or irresponsibly c : JETTISON <an airplane dumping gasoline>\n2 slang : to knock down : BEAT <the man rushed out and dumped him John Corry>\n3 : to sell in quantity at a very low price; specifically : to sell abroad at less than the market price at home\n4 : to copy (data in a computer’s internal storage) to an external storage or output device\n5 : to throw (as a pass) short and softly often used with off\nintransitive senses\n1 : to fall abruptly : PLUNGE\n2 : to dump refuse\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an accumulation of refuse and discarded materials b : a place where such materials are dumped\n2 a : a quantity of reserve materials accumulated at one place b : a place where such materials are stored <ammunition dump>\n3 : a disorderly, slovenly, or objectionable place\n4 : an instance of dumping data stored in a computer\n5 often vulgar : an act of defecation usually used with take


Words: dumpling
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a small mass of leavened dough cooked by boiling or steaming b : a usually baked dessert of fruit wrapped in dough\n2 : something soft and rounded like a dumpling; especially : a short fat person or animal


Words: dun
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having the color dun b of a horse : having a grayish yellow coat with black mane and tail\n2 : marked by dullness and drabness\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a dun horse\n2 : a variable color averaging a nearly neutral slightly brownish dark gray\n3 : a subadult mayfly; also : an artificial fly tied to imitate such an insect\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to make persistent demands upon for payment\n2 : PLAGUE, PESTER\n\n<4> noun\n1 : one who duns\n2 : an urgent request; especially : a demand for payment


Words: dung
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the excrement of an animal : MANURE\n2 : something repulsive\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to fertilize or dress with manure\nintransitive senses : DEFECATE


Words: dungaree
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a heavy coarse durable cotton twill woven from colored yarns; specifically : blue denim\n2 plural : clothes made usually of blue denim


Words: dunk
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to dip (as a piece of bread) into a beverage while eating\n2 : to dip or submerge temporarily in liquid\n3 : to throw (a basketball) into the basket from above the rim\nintransitive senses\n1 : to submerge oneself in water\n2 : to make a dunk shot in basketball\n\n<2> noun\n: the act or action of dunking; especially : DUNK SHOT


Words: dupe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one that is easily deceived or cheated : FOOL\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make a dupe of\n\n<3> noun or verb\n: DUPLICATE


Words: duplex
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having two principal elements or parts : DOUBLE, TWOFOLD b : having complementary polynucleotide strands <duplex DNA>\n2 : allowing telecommunication in opposite directions simultaneously\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make duplex\n\n<3> noun\n: something duplex: as a : a 2-family house b : DUPLEX APARTMENT c : a duplex molecule of DNA or of RNA and DNA


Words: duplicate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : consisting of or existing in two corresponding or identical parts or examples <duplicate invoices>\n2 : being the same as another <duplicate copies>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make double or twofold\n2 a : to make a copy of <a cell duplicates itself when it divides> b : to produce something equal to <trying to duplicate last year’s success> c : to do over or again often needlessly <duplicated effort>\nintransitive senses : to become duplicated; also : REPEAT\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : either of two things exactly alike and usually produced at the same time or by the same process b : an additional copy of something (as a book or stamp) already in a collection\n2 : one that resembles or corresponds to another : COUNTERPART\n3 : two identical copies used in the phrase in duplicate


Words: duplicity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action; especially : the belying of one’s true intentions by deceptive words or action\n2 : the quality or state of being double or twofold\n3 : the technically incorrect use of two or more distinct items (as claims, charges, or defenses) in a single legal action


Words: durable
Meaning:
adjective\n: able to exist for a long time without significant deterioration; also : designed to be durable <durable goods>


Words: durance
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : ENDURANCE\n2 : restraint by or as if by physical force usually used in the phrase durance vile


Words: duress
Meaning:
noun\n1 : forcible restraint or restriction\n2 : compulsion by threat; specifically : unlawful constraint


Words: during
Meaning:
preposition\n1 : throughout the duration of <swims every day during the summer>\n2 : at a point in the course of <was offered a job during a visit to the capital>


Words: dusk
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: DUSKY\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to become dark\ntransitive senses : to make dark or gloomy\n\n<3> noun\n1 : the darker part of twilight especially at night\n2 : darkness or semidarkness caused by the shutting out of light


Words: dusky
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : somewhat dark in color; specifically : having dark skin\n2 : marked by slight or deficient light : SHADOWY


Words: dust
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : fine particles of matter (as of earth)\n2 : the particles into which something disintegrates\n3 a : something worthless b : a state of humiliation\n4 a : the earth especially as a place of burial b : the surface of the ground\n5 a : a cloud of dust b : CONFUSION, DISTURBANCE\n6 archaic : a single particle (as of earth)\n7 British : refuse ready for collection\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to make dusty\n2 : to make free of dust\n3 a : to sprinkle with fine particles b : to sprinkle in the form of dust\nintransitive senses\n1 of a bird : to work dust into the feathers\n2 : to remove dust\n3 : to give off dust


Words: duster
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that removes dust\n2 a (1) : a long lightweight overgarment to protect clothing from dust (2) : a long coat cut like a duster called also duster coat b : a dress-length housecoat\n3 : one that scatters fine particles; specifically : a device for applying insecticidal or fungicidal dusts to crops\n4 : DUST STORM


Words: Dutch
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a archaic : of, relating to, or in any of the Germanic languages of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries b : of, relating to, or in the Dutch of the Netherlands\n2 a archaic : of or relating to the Germanic peoples of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries b : of or relating to the Netherlands or its inhabitants c : 2GERMAN\n3 : of or relating to the Pennsylvania Dutch or their language\n\n<2> noun\n1 a archaic (1) : any of the Germanic languages of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries (2) : GERMAN 3 b : the Germanic language of the Netherlands\n2 Dutch plural a archaic : the Germanic peoples of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries b : GERMANS 2a, b c : the people of the Netherlands\n3 : PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH\n4 : DANDER <her Dutch is up>\n5 : DISFAVOR, TROUBLE <in Dutch with the boss>


Words: dutiful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : filled with or motivated by a sense of duty\n2 : proceeding from or expressive of a sense of duty


Words: duty
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : conduct due to parents and superiors : RESPECT\n2 a : obligatory tasks, conduct, service, or functions that arise from one’s position (as in life or in a group) b (1) : assigned service or business (2) : active military service (3) : a period of being on duty\n3 a : a moral or legal obligation b : the force of moral obligation\n4 : TAX; especially : a tax on imports\n5 a : WORK 1a b (1) : the service required (as of an electric machine) under specified conditions (2) : functional application : USE <got double duty out of the trip> (3) : use as a substitute <making the word do duty for the thing Edward Sapir>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : done as a duty\n2 : being on duty : assigned to specified tasks or functions <the duty officer>


Words: dwarf
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a person of unusually small stature; especially : one whose bodily proportions are abnormal b : an insignificant person\n2 : an animal or plant much below normal size\n3 : a small legendary manlike being who is usually misshapen and ugly and skilled as an artificer\n4 : a star (as the sun) of ordinary or low luminosity and relatively small mass and size\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to restrict the growth of : STUNT\n2 : to cause to appear smaller or to seem inferior\nintransitive senses : to become smaller\n\n<3> adjective\nof a plant : low-growing in habit <dwarfer forms of citrus>


Words: dwell
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to remain for a time\n2 a : to live as a resident b : EXIST, LIE\n3 a : to keep the attention directed used with on or upon <tried not to dwell on my fears> b : to speak or write insistently used with on or upon <leering reviewers dwelled on a publicity photograph James Atlas>


Words: dwindle
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to become steadily less : SHRINK\ntransitive senses : to make steadily less


Words: dybbuk
Meaning:
noun\n: a wandering soul believed in Jewish folklore to enter and control a living body until exorcised by a religious rite


Words: dye
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : color from dyeing\n2 : a soluble or insoluble coloring matter\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to impart a new and often permanent color to especially by impregnating with a dye\n2 : to impart (a color) by dyeing <dyeing blue on yellow>\nintransitive senses : to take up or impart color in dyeing


Words: dynamic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 also dynamical a : of or relating to physical force or energy b : of or relating to dynamics\n2 a : marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change <a dynamic city> b : ENERGETIC, FORCEFUL <a dynamic personality>\n3 of random-access memory : requiring periodic refreshment of charge in order to retain data\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a dynamic force\n2 : DYNAMICS 2; also : an underlying cause of change or growth


Words: dynamite
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an explosive that is made of nitroglycerin absorbed in a porous material and that often contains ammonium nitrate or cellulose nitrate; also : an explosive (as a mixture of ammonium nitrate and nitrocellulose) that contains no nitroglycerin\n2 : one that has a powerful effect; also : something that has great potential to cause trouble or conflict\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to blow up with dynamite\n2 : to cause the failure or destruction of\n\n<3> adjective\n: TERRIFIC, WONDERFUL


Words: dynasty
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a succession of rulers of the same line of descent\n2 : a powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time


Words: dysentery
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection\n2 : DIARRHEA


Words: e
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the 5th letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic e\n2 : the 3d tone of a C-major scale\n3 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter e\n4 : one designated e especially as the 5th in order or class\n5 a : a grade rating a student’s work as poor and usually constituting a conditional pass b : a grade rating a student’s work as failing c : one graded or rated with an E\n6 : a transcendental number having a value to eight decimal places of 2.71828183 that is the base of natural logarithms\n7 : something shaped like the letter\n\n<2> abbreviation\nearth, east, easterly, eastern, edge, eldest, ell, empty, end, energy, erg, error, excellent


Words: each
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: being one of two or more distinct individuals having a similar relation and often constituting an aggregate\n\n<2> pronoun\n: each one\n\n<3> adverb\n: to or for each : APIECE


Words: eager
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a archaic : SHARP b obsolete : SOUR\n2 : marked by enthusiastic or impatient desire or interest


Words: eagle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various large diurnal birds of prey of the accipiter family noted for their strength, size, keenness of vision, and powers of flight\n2 a : the eagle-bearing standard of the ancient Romans b : one of a pair of eagle-bearing silver insignia of rank worn by a military colonel or a navy captain\n3 : a gold coin of the U.S. bearing an eagle on the reverse and usually having a value of ten dollars\n4 : a golf score of two strokes less than par on a hole compare BIRDIE\n5 capitalized Fraternal Order of Eagles : a member of a major fraternal order


Words: ear
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the characteristic vertebrate organ of hearing and equilibrium consisting in the typical mammal of a sound-collecting outer ear separated by the tympanic membrane from a sound-transmitting middle ear that in turn is separated from a sensory inner ear by membranous fenestrae b : any of various organs capable of detecting vibratory motion\n2 : the external ear of humans and most mammals\n3 a : the sense or act of hearing b : acuity of hearing c : sensitivity to musical tone and pitch; also : the ability to retain and reproduce music that has been heard d : sensitivity to nuances of language especially as revealed in the command of verbal melody and rhythm or in the ability to render a spoken idiom accurately\n4 : something resembling a mammalian ear in shape, position, or function: as a : a projecting part (as a lug or handle) b : either of a pair of tufts of lengthened feathers on the head of some birds\n5 a : sympathetic attention b : ATTENTION, AWARENESS\n6 : a space in the upper corner of the front page of a periodical (as a newspaper) usually containing advertising for the periodical itself or a weather forecast\n\n<2> noun\n: the fruiting spike of a cereal (as wheat or Indian corn) including both the seeds and protective structures\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to form ears in growing <the rye should be earing up>


Words: early
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 a : near the beginning of a period of time <awoke early in the morning> b : near the beginning of a course, process, or series <early in his senatorial career>\n2 a : before the usual or expected time b archaic : SOON c : sooner than related forms <these apples bear early>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or occurring near the beginning of a period of time, a development, or a series b (1) : distant in past time (2) : PRIMITIVE\n2 a : occurring before the usual or expected time b : occurring in the near future <at your earliest convenience> c : maturing or producing sooner than related forms <an early peach>


Words: earmark
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mark of identification on the ear of an animal\n2 : a distinguishing mark <all the earmarks of poverty>


Words: earmuff
Meaning:
noun\n: one of a pair of ear coverings connected by a flexible band and worn as protection against cold or noises


Words: earn
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered b : to bring in by way of return <bonds earning 10 interest>\n2 a : to come to be duly worthy of or entitled or suited to <she earned a promotion> b : to make worthy of or obtain for <the suggestion earned him a promotion>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\nobsolete : GRIEVE


Words: earnings
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 : something (as wages) earned\n2 : the balance of revenue after deduction of costs and expenses


Words: earphone
Meaning:
noun\n: a device that converts electrical energy into sound waves and is worn over or inserted into the ear


Words: earth
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the fragmental material composing part of the surface of the globe; especially : cultivable soil\n2 : the sphere of mortal life as distinguished from spheres of spirit life compare HEAVEN, HELL\n3 a : areas of land as distinguished from sea and air b : the solid footing formed of soil : GROUND\n4 often capitalized : the planet on which we live that is third in order from the sun see PLANET table\n5 a : the people of the planet Earth b : the mortal human body c : the pursuits, interests, and pleasures of earthly life as distinguished from spiritual concerns\n6 : the lair of a burrowing animal\n7 : an excessive amount of money used with the <real suede, which costs the earth to clean Joanne Winship>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to drive to hiding in the earth\n2 : to draw soil about (plants) often used with up\n3 chiefly British : GROUND 3\nintransitive senses , of a hunted animal : to hide in the ground


Words: earthly
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : characteristic of or belonging to this earth b : relating to man’s actual life on this earth\n2 : POSSIBLE <there is no earthly reason for such behavior>


Words: earthquake
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a shaking or trembling of the earth that is volcanic or tectonic in origin\n2 : UPHEAVAL 2


Words: earthwork
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an embankment or other construction made of earth; especially : one used as a field fortification\n2 : the operations connected with excavations and embankments of earth\n3 : a work of art consisting of a portion of land modified by an artist


Words: earthworm
Meaning:
noun\n: a terrestrial annelid worm (class Oligochaeta); especially : any of a family (Lumbricidae) of numerous widely distributed hermaphroditic worms that move through the soil by means of setae


Words: earthy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or consisting of earth <earthy creatures like worms> b : suggestive of earth (as in texture, odor, or color) <an earthy yellow> c : rough, coarse, or plain in taste <earthy flavors>\n2 a archaic : EARTHLY, WORLDLY b : characteristic of or associated with mortal life on the earth <prefers earthy to ethereal themes>\n3 : suggestive of plain or poor people or their ways: as a : PRACTICAL, DOWN-TO-EARTH <earthy problems of daily life> b : CRUDE, GROSS <earthy humor> c : plain and simple in style : UNSOPHISTICATED <earthy peasant cookery> <earthy decor> <earthy clothes>


Words: ease
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the state of being comfortable: as a : freedom from pain or discomfort b : freedom from care c : freedom from labor or difficulty d : freedom from embarrassment or constraint : NATURALNESS e : an easy fit\n2 : relief from discomfort or obligation\n3 : FACILITY, EFFORTLESSNESS\n4 : an act of easing or a state of being eased\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to free from something that pains, disquiets, or burdens\n2 : to make less painful : ALLEVIATE <ease his suffering>\n3 a : to lessen the pressure or tension of especially by slackening, lifting, or shifting b : to maneuver gently or carefully c : to moderate or reduce especially in amount or intensity\n4 : to make less difficult <ease credit>\n5 a : to put the helm of (a ship) alee b : to let (a helm or rudder) come back a little after having been put hard over\nintransitive senses\n1 : to give freedom or relief\n2 : to move or pass with freedom or with little resistance\n3 : MODERATE, SLACKEN


Words: east
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: to, toward, or in the east\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : situated toward or at the east <an east window>\n2 : coming from the east <an east wind>\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : the general direction of sunrise : the direction toward the right of one facing north b : the compass point directly opposite to west\n2 capitalized a : regions lying to the east of a specified or implied point of orientation b : regions having a culture derived from ancient non-European especially Asian areas\n3 : the altar end of a church\n4 often capitalized a : the one of four positions at 90-degree intervals that lies to the east or at the right of a diagram b : a person (as a bridge player) occupying this position in the course of a specified activity


Words: Easter
Meaning:
noun\n: a feast that commemorates Christ’s resurrection and is observed with variations of date due to different calendars on the first Sunday after the paschal full moon


Words: eastern
Meaning:
adjective\n1 capitalized : of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated East\n2 capitalized a : of, relating to, or being the Christian churches originating in the church of the Eastern Roman Empire b : EASTERN ORTHODOX\n3 a : lying toward the east b : coming from the east <an eastern wind>


Words: easy
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : causing or involving little difficulty or discomfort <within easy reach> b : requiring or indicating little effort, thought, or reflection <easy clich*s>\n2 a : not severe : LENIENT b : not steep or abrupt <easy slopes> c : not difficult to endure or undergo <an easy penalty> d : readily taken advantage of <an easy target for takeovers> e (1) : readily available : easily come by <easy pickings> (2) : plentiful in supply at low or declining interest rates <easy money> (3) : less in demand and usually lower in price <bonds were easier> f : PLEASANT <easy listening>\n3 a : marked by peace and comfort <the easy life of a courtier> b : not hurried or strenuous <an easy pace>\n4 a : free from pain, annoyance, or anxiety <did all she could to make him easier> b : marked by social ease <an air of easy assurance> c : EASYGOING <an easy disposition>\n5 a : giving ease, comfort, or relaxation <easy chairs> b : not burdensome or straitened <bought on easy terms> c : fitting comfortably : allowing freedom of movement <easy jackets> d : marked by ready facility <an easy flowing style> e : felt or attained to readily, naturally, and spontaneously <an easy smile>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : EASILY 1 <promises come easy>\n2 a : without undue speed or excitement <take it easy> b : in or with moderation <go easy on the mustard>\n3 a : without worry or care <rest easy> b : without a severe penalty <got off easy> c : without violent movement <the boat rode easy>\n4 : EASILY 2 <cost 500 easy>


Words: easygoing
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : relaxed and casual in style or manner <an easygoing boss> b : morally lax\n2 : UNHURRIED, COMFORTABLE <an easygoing pace>


Words: eat
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to take in through the mouth as food : ingest, chew, and swallow in turn\n2 a : to destroy, consume, or waste by or as if by eating <expenses ate up the profits> b : to bear the expense of : take a loss on\n3 a : to consume gradually : CORRODE b : to consume with vexation : BOTHER <what’s eating you now>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take food or a meal\n2 : to affect something by gradual destruction or consumption usually used with into, away, or at\n\n<2> noun\n: something to eat : FOOD usually used in plural


Words: eaves
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 : the lower border of a roof that overhangs the wall\n2 : a projecting edge (as of a hill)


Words: ebb
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the reflux of the tide toward the sea\n2 : a point or condition of decline <our spirits were at a low ebb>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to recede from the flood\n2 : to fall from a higher to a lower level or from a better to a worse state


Words: ebony
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a hard heavy wood yielded by various Old World tropical dicotyledonous trees (genus Diospyros of the family Ebonaceae, the ebony family)\n2 a : a tree yielding ebony b : any of several trees yielding wood like ebony\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : made of or resembling ebony\n2 : BLACK, DARK


Words: ebullition
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sudden violent outburst or display\n2 : the act, process, or state of boiling or bubbling up


Words: eccentric
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : deviating from an established or usual pattern or style b : deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways\n2 a : deviating from a circular path; especially : ELLIPTICAL 1 <an eccentric orbit> b : located elsewhere than at the geometrical center; also : having the axis or support so located <an eccentric wheel>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a mechanical device consisting of a disk through which a shaft is keyed eccentrically and a circular strap which works freely round the rim of the disk for communicating its motion to one end of a rod whose other end is constrained to move in a straight line so as to produce reciprocating motion\n2 : an eccentric person


Words: ecclesiastical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to a church especially as an established institution\n2 : suitable for use in a church


Words: echelon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : an arrangement of a body of troops with its units each somewhat to the left or right of the one in the rear like a series of steps (2) : a formation of units or individuals resembling such an echelon (3) : a flight formation in which each airplane flies at a certain elevation above or below and at a certain distance behind and to the right or left of the airplane ahead b : any of several military units in echelon formation\n2 a : one of a series of levels or grades in an organization or field of activity b : a group of individuals at a particular level or grade in an organization\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to form or arrange in an echelon\nintransitive senses : to take position in an echelon


Words: echo
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the repetition of a sound caused by reflection of sound waves b : the sound due to such reflection\n2 a : a repetition or imitation of another : REFLECTION b : REPERCUSSION, RESULT c : TRACE, VESTIGE d : RESPONSE\n3 : one who closely imitates or repeats another’s words, ideas, or acts\n4 : a soft repetition of a musical phrase\n5 a : the repetition of a received radio signal due especially to reflection of part of the wave from an ionized layer of the atmosphere b (1) : the reflection of transmitted radar signals by an object (2) : the visual indication of this reflection on a radarscope\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to resound with echoes\n2 : to produce an echo\ntransitive senses\n1 : REPEAT, IMITATE\n2 : to send back (a sound) by the reflection of sound waves


Words: eclectic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines, methods, or styles\n2 : composed of elements drawn from various sources; also : HETEROGENEOUS\n\n<2> noun\n: one who uses an eclectic method or approach


Words: eclipse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another b : the passing into the shadow of a celestial body compare OCCULTATION, TRANSIT\n2 : a falling into obscurity or decline; also : the state of being eclipsed\n3 : the state of being in eclipse plumage\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cause an eclipse of: as a : OBSCURE, DARKEN b : to reduce in importance or repute c : SURPASS


Words: ecliptic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse\n\n<2> noun\n: the great circle of the celestial sphere that is the apparent path of the sun among the stars or of the earth as seen from the sun : the plane of the earth’s orbit extended to meet the celestial sphere


Words: ecology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments\n2 : the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment\n3 : HUMAN ECOLOGY


Words: economic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : of or relating to a household or its management\n2 : ECONOMICAL 2\n3 a : of or relating to economics b : of, relating to, or based on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services c : of or relating to an economy\n4 : having practical or industrial significance or uses : affecting material resources\n5 : PROFITABLE


Words: economical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : ECONOMIC 1\n2 : marked by careful, efficient, and prudent use of resources : THRIFTY\n3 : operating with little waste or at a saving


Words: economics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 : a social science concerned chiefly with description and analysis of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services\n2 : economic aspect or significance


Words: economize
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to practice economy : be frugal\ntransitive senses : to use frugally : SAVE


Words: economy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : the management of household or private affairs and especially expenses\n2 a : thrifty and efficient use of material resources : frugality in expenditures; also : an instance or a means of economizing : SAVING b : efficient and concise use of nonmaterial resources (as effort, language, or motion)\n3 : the arrangement or mode of operation of something : ORGANIZATION\n4 : the structure of economic life in a country, area, or period; specifically : an economic system\n\n<2> adjective\n: designed to save money <economy cars>


Words: ecstasy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a state of being beyond reason and self-control b archaic : SWOON\n2 : a state of overwhelming emotion; especially : rapturous delight\n3 : TRANCE; especially : a mystic or prophetic trance\n4 : a synthetic amphetamine analogue C11H15NO2 used illicitly for its mood-enhancing and hallucinogenic properties


Words: ecumenical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application\n2 a : of, relating to, or representing the whole of a body of churches b : promoting or tending toward worldwide Christian unity or cooperation


Words: eczema
Meaning:
noun\n: an inflammatory condition of the skin characterized by redness, itching, and oozing vesicular lesions which become scaly, crusted, or hardened


Words: Edam
Meaning:
noun\n: a yellow pressed cheese of Dutch origin usually made in flattened balls and often coated with red wax


Words: eddy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a current of water or air running contrary to the main current; especially : a circular current : WHIRLPOOL b : something moving similarly\n2 : a contrary or circular current (as of thought or policy)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to cause to move in an eddy\nintransitive senses : to move in an eddy or in the manner of an eddy


Words: edelweiss
Meaning:
noun\n: a small alpine perennial composite herb (Leontopodium alpinum) of central and southeast Europe that has a dense woolly white pubescence


Words: Eden
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : PARADISE 2\n2 : the garden where according to the account in Genesis Adam and Eve first lived\n\n<2> biographical name\n(Robert) Anthony 1897*1977 Earl of Avon English statesman; prime minister (1955*57); resigned after failed Anglo-French efforts to prevent Suez Canal nationalization (1956)


Words: edge
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the cutting side of a blade b : the sharpness of a blade c (1) : FORCE, EFFECTIVENESS <blunted the edge of the legislation> (2) : vigor or energy especially of body <maintains his hard edge> d (1) : incisive or penetrating quality <writing with a satirical edge> (2) : a noticeably harsh or sharp quality <her voice had an edge to it> e : keenness of desire or enjoyment <lost my competitive edge> <took the edge off our appetites>\n2 a : the line where an object or area begins or ends : BORDER <on the edge of a plain> b : the narrow part adjacent to a border <the edge of the deck> c : a point near the beginning or the end; especially : BRINK, VERGE <on the edge of disaster> d : a favorable margin : ADVANTAGE <has an edge on the competition>\n3 : a line or line segment that is the intersection of two plane faces (as of a pyramid) or of two planes\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to give an edge to b : to be on an edge of <trees edging the lake>\n2 : to move or force gradually <edged him off the road>\n3 : to incline (a ski) sideways so that one edge cuts into the snow\n4 : to defeat by a small margin often used with out <edged out her opponent>\nintransitive senses : to advance by short moves


Words: edgy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having an edge : SHARP\n2 a : being on edge : TENSE, IRRITABLE b : characterized by tension <edgy negotiations>


Words: edict
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a proclamation having the force of law\n2 : ORDER, COMMAND <we held firm to Grandmother’s edict M. F. K. Fisher>


Words: edit
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to prepare (as literary material) for publication or public presentation b : to assemble (as a moving picture or tape recording) by cutting and rearranging c : to alter, adapt, or refine especially to bring about conformity to a standard or to suit a particular purpose <carefully edited the speech>\n2 : to direct the publication of <edits the daily newspaper>\n3 : DELETE usually used with out\n\n<2> noun\n: an instance of editing


Words: edition
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the form or version in which a text is published <a paperback edition> <the German edition> b (1) : the whole number of copies published at one time (2) : a usually special issue of a newspaper (as for a particular day or purpose) <Sunday edition> <international edition> (3) : one of the usually several issues of a newspaper in a single day <city edition> <late edition>\n2 a : one of the forms in which something is presented <this year’s edition of the annual charity ball> b : the whole number of articles of one style put out at one time <a limited edition of collectors’ pieces>\n3 : COPY, VERSION


Words: editorial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to an editor or editing <an editorial office>\n2 : being or resembling an editorial <an editorial statement>\n\n<2> noun\n: a newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinions of the editors or publishers; also : an expression of opinion that resembles such an article <a television editorial>


Words: educate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to provide schooling for b : to train by formal instruction and supervised practice especially in a skill, trade, or profession\n2 a : to develop mentally, morally, or aesthetically especially by instruction b : to provide with information : INFORM\n3 : to persuade or condition to feel, believe, or act in a desired way <educate the public to support our position>\nintransitive senses : to educate a person or thing


Words: education
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the action or process of educating or of being educated; also : a stage of such a process b : the knowledge and development resulting from an educational process <a man of little education>\n2 : the field of study that deals mainly with methods of teaching and learning in schools


Words: eel
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of numerous voracious elongate snakelike bony fishes (order Anguilliformes) that have a smooth slimy skin, lack pelvic fins, and have the median fins confluent around the tail compare AMERICAN EEL b : any of numerous other elongate fishes (as of the order Symbranchii)\n2 : any of various nematodes


Words: eerie
Meaning:
adjective\n1 chiefly Scottish : affected with fright : SCARED\n2 : so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine <a coyote’s eerie howl> <the similarities were eerie>; also : seemingly not of earthly origin <the flames cast an eerie glow>


Words: efface
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface <coins with dates effaced by wear>; also : to cause to vanish <daylight effaced the stars>\n2 : to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous


Words: effect
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : PURPORT, INTENT b : basic meaning : ESSENCE\n2 : something that inevitably follows an antecedent (as a cause or agent)\n3 : an outward sign : APPEARANCE\n4 : ACCOMPLISHMENT, FULFILLMENT\n5 : power to bring about a result : INFLUENCE <the content itself of television is therefore less important than its effect Current Biography>\n6 plural : movable property : GOODS <personal effects>\n7 a : a distinctive impression <the color gives the effect of being warm> b : the creation of a desired impression <her tears were purely for effect> c (1) : something designed to produce a distinctive or desired impression usually used in plural (2) plural : SPECIAL EFFECTS\n8 : the quality or state of being operative : OPERATION <the law goes into effect next week>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cause to come into being\n2 a : to bring about often by surmounting obstacles : ACCOMPLISH <effect a settlement of a dispute> b : to put into operation <the duty of the legislature to effect the will of the citizens>


Words: effective
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect b : IMPRESSIVE, STRIKING <a gold lam> fabric studded with effective precious stones Stanley Marcus*\n2 : ready for service or action <effective manpower>\n3 : ACTUAL <the need to increase effective demand for goods>\n4 : being in effect : OPERATIVE <the tax becomes effective next year>\n5 of a rate of interest : equal to the rate of simple interest that yields the same amount when the interest is paid once at the end of the interest period as a quoted rate of interest does when calculated at compound interest over the same period compare NOMINAL 4\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is effective; especially : a soldier equipped for duty


Words: effeminate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner\n2 : marked by an unbecoming delicacy or overrefinement <effeminate art> <an effeminate civilization>\n\n<2> noun\n: an effeminate person


Words: efferent
Meaning:
adjective\n: conducting outward from a part or organ; specifically : conveying nervous impulses to an effector compare AFFERENT


Words: effervesce
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes\n2 : to show liveliness or exhilaration


Words: effete
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : no longer fertile\n2 a : having lost character, vitality, or strength <the effete monarchies of feudal Europe G. M. Trevelyan> b : marked by weakness or decadence <the effete East> c : soft or delicate from or as if from a pampered existence <peddled trendy tweeds to effete Easterners William Helmer> <effete tenderfeet>; also : characteristic of an effete person <a wool scarf a bit effete on an outdoorsman Nelson Bryant>\n3 : EFFEMINATE 1 <a good-humored, effete boy brought up by maiden aunts Herman Wouk>


Words: efficient
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : being or involving the immediate agent in producing an effect <the efficient action of heat in changing water to steam>\n2 : productive of desired effects; especially : productive without waste


Words: effigy
Meaning:
noun\n: an image or representation especially of a person; especially : a crude figure representing a hated person


Words: effloresce
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to burst forth : BLOOM\n2 a : to change to a powder from loss of water of crystallization b : to form or become covered with a powdery crust <bricks may effloresce owing to the deposition of soluble salts>


Words: efflorescence
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the action or process of developing and unfolding as if coming into flower : BLOSSOMING <periods of intellectual and artistic efflorescence Julian Huxley> b : an instance of such development c : fullness of manifestation : CULMINATION\n2 : the period or state of flowering\n3 : the process or product of efflorescing chemically


Words: effluvium
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an invisible emanation; especially : an offensive exhalation or smell\n2 : a by-product especially in the form of waste


Words: effort
Meaning:
noun\n1 : conscious exertion of power : hard work\n2 : a serious attempt : TRY\n3 : something produced by exertion or trying <the novel was her most ambitious effort>\n4 : effective force as distinguished from the possible resistance called into action by such a force\n5 : the total work done to achieve a particular end <the war effort>


Words: effusion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act of effusing\n2 : unrestrained expression of words or feelings <greeted her with great effusion Olive H. Prouty>\n3 a (1) : the escape of a fluid from anatomical vessels by rupture or exudation (2) : the flow of a gas through an aperture whose diameter is small as compared with the distance between the molecules of the gas b : the fluid that escapes


Words: egalitarianism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a belief in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic rights and privileges\n2 : a social philosophy advocating the removal of inequalities among people


Words: egg
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to incite to action usually used with on <egged the mob on to riot>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the hard-shelled reproductive body produced by a bird and especially by the common domestic chicken; also : its contents used as food b : an animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum together with its nutritive and protective envelopes and having the capacity to develop into a new individual capable of independent existence c : OVUM\n2 : something resembling an egg\n3 : PERSON, SORT <a good egg>\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to cover with egg\n2 : to pelt with eggs


Words: eggbeater
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a hand-operated kitchen utensil used for beating, stirring, or whipping; especially : a rotary device for these purposes\n2 : HELICOPTER


Words: eggplant
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a widely cultivated perennial herb (Solanum melongena) of the nightshade family yielding edible fruit b : the usually smooth ovoid fruit of the eggplant\n2 : a dark grayish or blackish purple


Words: eggshell
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the hard exterior covering of an egg\n2 : something resembling an eggshell especially in fragility\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : thin and fragile\n2 : slightly glossy\n3 : yellowish white


Words: ego
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world\n2 a : EGOTISM 2 b : SELF-ESTEEM 1\n3 : the one of the three divisions of the psyche in psychoanalytic theory that serves as the organized conscious mediator between the person and reality especially by functioning both in the perception of and adaptation to reality compare ID, SUPEREGO


Words: egocentric
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : concerned with the individual rather than society\n2 : taking the ego as the starting point in philosophy\n3 a : limited in outlook or concern to one’s own activities or needs b : SELF-CENTERED, SELFISH


Words: egoism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action b : a doctrine that individual self-interest is the valid end of all actions\n2 : excessive concern for oneself with or without exaggerated feelings of self-importance compare EGOTISM 2


Words: egotism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun b : the practice of talking about oneself too much\n2 : an exaggerated sense of self-importance : CONCEIT compare EGOISM 2


Words: egregious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : DISTINGUISHED\n2 : CONSPICUOUS; especially : conspicuously bad : FLAGRANT <an egregious mistake>


Words: egress
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the action or right of going or coming out\n2 : a place or means of going out : EXIT\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to go or come out


Words: Egyptian
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, or characteristic of Egypt or the Egyptians\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a native or inhabitant of Egypt\n2 : the Afro-Asiatic language of the ancient Egyptians from earliest times to about the 3d century A.D.\n3 often not capitalized : a typeface having little contrast between thick and thin strokes and squared serifs


Words: eider
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of several large northern sea ducks (genera Somateria and Polystica) having fine soft down that is used by the female for lining the nest called also eider duck\n2 : EIDERDOWN 1


Words: eight
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 : the eighth in a set or series <the eight of spades>\n3 : something having eight units or members: as a : an 8-oared racing boat or its crew b : an 8-cylinder engine or automobile


Words: eighty
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 plural : the numbers 80 to 89; specifically : the years 80 to 89 in a lifetime or century


Words: either
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : being the one and the other of two : EACH <flowers blooming on either side of the walk>\n2 : being the one or the other of two <take either road>\n\n<2> pronoun\n: the one or the other\n\n<3> conjunction\n\n\n<4> adverb\n1 : LIKEWISE, MOREOVER used for emphasis after a negative <not smart or handsome either>\n2 : for that matter used for emphasis after an alternative following a question or conditional clause especially where negation is implied <who answers for the Irish parliament or army either Robert Browning>


Words: ejaculate
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to eject from a living body; specifically : to eject (semen) in orgasm\n2 : to utter suddenly and vehemently\nintransitive senses : to eject a fluid\n\n<2> noun\n: the semen released by one ejaculation


Words: eject
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to drive out especially by physical force b : to evict from property\n2 : to throw out or off from within <ejects the empty cartridges>


Words: eke
Meaning:
<1> adverb\narchaic : ALSO\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 archaic : INCREASE, LENGTHEN\n2 : to get with great difficulty usually used with out <eke out a living>


Words: elaborate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : planned or carried out with great care <took elaborate precautions>\n2 : marked by complexity, fullness of detail, or ornateness <elaborate prose>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to produce by labor\n2 : to build up (as complex organic compounds) from simple ingredients\n3 : to work out in detail : DEVELOP\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become elaborate\n2 : to expand something in detail <would you care to elaborate on that statement>


Words: elapse
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n: to slip or glide away : PASS <four years elapsed before he returned>\n\n<2> noun\n: PASSAGE <returned after an elapse of 15 years>


Words: elastic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a of a solid : capable of recovering size and shape after deformation b : being a collision between particles in which the total kinetic energy of the particles remains unchanged\n2 : capable of recovering quickly especially from depression or disappointment\n3 : capable of being easily stretched or expanded and resuming former shape : FLEXIBLE\n4 a : capable of ready change or easy expansion or contraction : not rigid or constricted b : receptive to new ideas : ADAPTABLE\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : easily stretched rubber usually prepared in cords, strings, or bands b : RUBBER BAND\n2 a : an elastic fabric usually made of yarns containing rubber b : something made from this fabric


Words: elbow
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the joint of the human arm b : a corresponding joint in the anterior limb of a lower vertebrate\n2 : something (as macaroni or an angular pipe fitting) resembling an elbow\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to push with the elbow : JOSTLE b : to shove aside by pushing with or as if with the elbow\n2 : to force (as one’s way) by pushing with or as if with the elbow <elbowing our way through the crowd> <elbows her way into the best social circles>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to advance by pushing with the elbow\n2 : to make an angle : TURN


Words: elbowroom
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : room for moving the elbows freely b : adequate space for work or operation <the large house gives plenty of elbowroom>\n2 : free scope <elbowroom to try new ideas>


Words: elder
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: ELDERBERRY 2\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of earlier birth or greater age <his elder brother>\n2 : of or relating to earlier times : FORMER\n3 obsolete : of or relating to a more advanced time of life\n4 : prior or superior in rank, office, or validity\n\n<3> noun\n1 : one living in an earlier period\n2 a : one who is older : SENIOR <a child trying to please her elders> b : an aged person\n3 : one having authority by virtue of age and experience <the village elders>\n4 : any of various officers of religious groups: as a : PRESBYTER 1 b : a permanent officer elected by a Presbyterian congregation and ordained to serve on the session and assist the pastor at communion c : MINISTER 2 d : a leader of the Shakers e : a Mormon ordained to the Melchizedek priesthood


Words: elderly
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : rather old; especially : being past middle age b : OLD-FASHIONED\n2 : of, relating to, or characteristic of later life or elderly persons\n\n<2> noun\n: an elderly person


Words: elect
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : carefully selected : CHOSEN\n2 : chosen for salvation through divine mercy\n3 a : chosen for office or position but not yet installed <the president-elect> b : chosen for marriage at some future time <the bride-elect>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one chosen or set apart (as by divine favor)\n2 plural : a select or exclusive group of people\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to select by vote for an office, position, or membership <elected her class president>\n2 : to make a selection of <will elect an academic program>\n3 : to choose (as a course of action) especially by preference <might elect to sell the business>\nintransitive senses : to make a selection


Words: election
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an act or process of electing b : the fact of being elected\n2 : predestination to eternal life\n3 : the right, power, or privilege of making a choice


Words: electioneer
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n: to take an active part in an election; specifically : to work for the election of a candidate or party


Words: elective
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : chosen or filled by popular election <an elective official> b : of or relating to election c : based on the right or principle of election <the presidency is an elective office>\n2 a : permitting a choice : OPTIONAL <an elective course in school> b : beneficial to the patient but not essential for survival <elective surgery>\n3 a : tending to operate on one substance rather than another <elective absorption> b : favorably inclined to one more than to another : SYMPATHETIC <an elective affinity>\n\n<2> noun\n: an elective course or subject


Words: elector
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one qualified to vote in an election\n2 : one entitled to participate in an election: as a : any of the German princes entitled to take part in choosing the Holy Roman Emperor b : a member of the electoral college in the U.S.


Words: electorate
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of a German elector\n2 : a body of people entitled to vote


Words: electric
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 or electrical : of, relating to, or operated by electricity\n2 : exciting as if by electric shock <an electric performance> <an electric personality>; also : charged with strong emotion <the room was electric with tension>\n3 a : ELECTRONIC 3a b : amplifying sound by electronic means used of a musical instrument <an electric guitar>\n4 : very bright <electric blue> <electric orange>\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic : a nonconductor of electricity used to excite or accumulate electricity\n2 : something (as a light, automobile, or train) operated by electricity


Words: electricity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a fundamental entity of nature consisting of negative and positive kinds, observable in the attractions and repulsions of bodies electrified by friction and in natural phenomena (as lightning or the aurora borealis), and usually utilized in the form of electric currents b : electric current or power\n2 : a science that deals with the phenomena and laws of electricity\n3 : keen contagious excitement


Words: electrify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to charge with electricity b (1) : to equip for use of electric power (2) : to supply with electric power (3) : to amplify (music) electronically\n2 : to excite intensely or suddenly as if by electric shock


Words: electrode
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a conductor used to establish electrical contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit\n2 : an element in a semiconductor device (as a transistor) that emits or collects electrons or holes or controls their movements


Words: electrolysis
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the producing of chemical changes by passage of an electric current through an electrolyte b : subjection to this action\n2 : the destruction of hair roots with an electric current


Words: electrolyte
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a nonmetallic electric conductor in which current is carried by the movement of ions\n2 : a substance that when dissolved in a suitable solvent or when fused becomes an ionic conductor


Words: electromagnet
Meaning:
noun\n: a core of magnetic material surrounded by a coil of wire through which an electric current is passed to magnetize the core


Words: electron
Meaning:
noun\n: an elementary particle consisting of a charge of negative electricity equal to about 1.602 < 10-19 coulomb and having a mass when at rest of about 9.109534


Words: electronic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to electrons\n2 : of, relating to, or utilizing devices constructed or working by the methods or principles of electronics; also : implemented on or by means of a computer <electronic food stamps> <electronic banking>\n3 a : generating musical tones by electronic means <an electronic organ> b : of, relating to, or being music that consists of sounds electronically generated or modified\n4 : of, relating to, or being a medium (as television) by which information is transmitted electronically <electronic journalism>


Words: electronics
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 singular in construction : a branch of physics that deals with the emission, behavior, and effects of electrons (as in electron tubes and transistors) and with electronic devices\n2 : electronic devices or equipment


Words: electrotype
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a duplicate printing surface made by an electroplating process\n2 : a copy (as of a coin) made by an electroplating process


Words: elegance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : refined grace or dignified propriety : URBANITY b : tasteful richness of design or ornamentation <the sumptuous elegance of the furnishings> c : dignified gracefulness or restrained beauty of style : POLISH <the essay is marked by lucidity, wit, and elegance> d : scientific precision, neatness, and simplicity <the elegance of a mathematical proof>\n2 : something that is elegant


Words: elegiac
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or consisting of two dactylic hexameter lines the second of which lacks the arsis in the third and sixth feet b (1) : written in or consisting of elegiac couplets (2) : noted for having written poetry in such couplets c : of or relating to the period in Greece about the seventh century B.C. when poetry written in such couplets flourished\n2 : of, relating to, or comprising elegy or an elegy; especially : expressing sorrow often for something now past <an elegiac lament for departed youth>


Words: elegy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a poem in elegiac couplets\n2 a : a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead b : something (as a speech) resembling such a song or poem\n3 a : a pensive or reflective poem that is usually nostalgic or melancholy b : a short pensive musical composition


Words: element
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of the four substances air, water, fire, and earth formerly believed to compose the physical universe b plural : weather conditions; especially : violent or severe weather <battling the elements> c : the state or sphere natural or suited to a person or thing <at school she was in her element>\n2 : a constituent part: as a plural : the simplest principles of a subject of study : RUDIMENTS b (1) : a part of a geometric magnitude <an infinitesimal element of volume> (2) : a generator of a geometric figure; also : a line or line segment contained in the surface of a cone or cylinder (3) : a basic member of a mathematical or logical class or set (4) : one of the individual entries in a mathematical matrix or determinant c : one of a number of distinct groups composing a larger group or community <the criminal element in the city> d (1) : one of the necessary data or values on which calculations or conclusions are based (2) : one of the factors determining the outcome of a process e : any of more than 100 fundamental substances that consist of atoms of only one kind and that singly or in combination constitute all matter f : a distinct part of a composite device g : a subdivision of a military unit\n3 plural : the bread and wine used in the Eucharist


Words: elementary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or dealing with the simplest elements or principles of something <avoids the most elementary decision-making> b : of or relating to an elementary school <an elementary curriculum>\n2 : ELEMENTAL 1a, 1b\n3 : ELEMENTAL 2


Words: elephant
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a family (Elephantidae, the elephant family) of thickset usually extremely large nearly hairless herbivorous mammals that have a snout elongated into a muscular trunk and two incisors in the upper jaw developed especially in the male into large ivory tusks and that include two living forms and various extinct relatives: as a : a tall large-eared mammal (Loxodonta africana) of tropical Africa called also African elephant b : a relatively small-eared mammal (Elephas maximus) of forests of southeastern Asia called also Asian elephant, Indian elephant\n2 : an animal or fossil related to the elephants\n3 : one that is uncommonly large or hard to manage


Words: elephantine
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having enormous size or strength : MASSIVE b : CLUMSY, PONDEROUS <elephantine verse>\n2 : of or relating to an elephant


Words: elevate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\narchaic : ELEVATED\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to lift up : RAISE\n2 : to raise in rank or status : EXALT\n3 : to improve morally, intellectually, or culturally\n4 : to raise the spirits of : ELATE\nintransitive senses : to become elevated : RISE <his voice elevated to a shout>


Words: elevation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the height to which something is elevated: as a : the angular distance of something (as a celestial object) above the horizon b : the degree to which a gun is aimed above the horizon c : the height above the level of the sea : ALTITUDE\n2 : a ballet dancer’s or a skater’s leap and seeming suspension in the air; also : the ability to achieve an elevation\n3 : an act or instance of elevating\n4 : something that is elevated: as a : an elevated place b : a swelling especially on the skin\n5 : the quality or state of being elevated\n6 : a geometrical projection (as of a building) on a vertical plane


Words: elevator
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that raises or lifts something up: as a : an endless belt or chain conveyor with cleats, scoops, or buckets for raising material b : a cage or platform and its hoisting machinery for conveying people or things to different levels c : GRAIN ELEVATOR\n2 : a movable auxiliary airfoil usually attached to the tail plane of an airplane for controlling pitch see AIRPLANE illustration


Words: eleven
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 : the 11th in a set or series\n3 : something having 11 units or members; especially : a football team


Words: elf
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small often mischievous fairy\n2 : a small lively creature; also : a usually lively mischievous or malicious person


Words: elicit
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to draw forth or bring out (something latent or potential) <hypnotism elicited his hidden fears>\n2 : to call forth or draw out (as information or a response) <her remarks elicited cheers>


Words: elide
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to suppress or alter (as a vowel or syllable) by elision b : to strike out (as a written word)\n2 a : to leave out of consideration : OMIT b : CURTAIL, ABRIDGE


Words: eligible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : qualified to participate or be chosen : ENTITLED <eligible to retire> b : permitted under football rules to catch a forward pass <an eligible receiver>\n2 : worthy of being chosen : DESIRABLE <an eligible young bachelor>


Words: eliminate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to cast out or get rid of : REMOVE, ERADICATE <the need to eliminate poverty> b : to set aside as unimportant : IGNORE\n2 : to expel (as waste) from the living body\n3 : to cause (as an unknown) to disappear by combining two or more mathematical equations


Words: elision
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the use of a speech form that lacks a final or initial sound which a variant speech form has (as ’s instead of is in there’s) b : the omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable in a verse to achieve a uniform metrical pattern\n2 : the act or an instance of omitting something : OMISSION


Words: elite
Meaning:
noun\n1 a singular or plural in construction : the choice part : CREAM <the elite of the entertainment world> b singular or plural in construction : the best of a class <superachievers who dominate the computer elite Marilyn Chase> c singular or plural in construction : the socially superior part of society <how the elite live World> <how the F.-speaking elite was changing Economist> d : a group of persons who by virtue of position or education exercise much power or influence <members of the ruling elite> <the intellectual elites of the country> e : a member of such an elite usually used in plural <the elites T, pursuing their studies in Europe Robert Wernick>\n2 : a typewriter type providing 12 characters to the linear inch


Words: elixir
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold (2) : a substance held capable of prolonging life indefinitely b (1) : CURE-ALL (2) : a medicinal concoction\n2 : a sweetened liquid usually containing alcohol that is used in medication either for its medicinal ingredients or as a flavoring\n3 : the essential principle


Words: elk
Meaning:
noun\n1 plural usually elk a : MOOSE 1 used for one of the Old World b : a large gregarious deer (Cervus elaphus) of No. America, Europe, Asia, and northwestern Africa called also red deer, wapiti c : any of various large Asian deer\n2 : soft tanned rugged leather\n3 capitalized Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks : a member of a major benevolent and fraternal order


Words: ell
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a former English unit of length (as for cloth) equal to 45 inches (about 1.14 meters); also : any of various units of length used similarly\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an extension at right angles to the length of a building\n2 : an elbow in a pipe or conduit


Words: ellipse
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : OVAL b : a closed plane curve generated by a point moving in such a way that the sums of its distances from two fixed points is a constant : a plane section of a right circular cone that is a closed curve\n2 : ELLIPSIS


Words: ellipsis
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete b : a sudden leap from one topic to another\n2 : marks or a mark (as or y or <) indicating an omission (as of words) or a pause


Words: elm
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, the elm family) comprising large trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers\n2 : the wood of an elm


Words: elongate
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to extend the length of\nintransitive senses : to grow in length\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : stretched out\n2 : SLENDER


Words: elope
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to slip away : ESCAPE\n2 a : to run away from one’s husband with a lover b : to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent


Words: eloquent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by forceful and fluent expression <an eloquent preacher>\n2 : vividly or movingly expressive or revealing <an eloquent monument>


Words: else
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 a : in a different manner or place or at a different time <how else could he have acted> <here and nowhere else> b : in an additional manner or place or at an additional time <where else is gold found>\n2 : if not : OTHERWISE <leave or else you’ll be sorry> used absolutely to express a threat <do what tell you or else>\n\n<2> adjective\n: OTHER: a : being different in identity <it must have been somebody else> b : being in addition <what else did he say>


Words: elucidate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis\nintransitive senses : to give a clarifying explanation


Words: elude
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to avoid adroitly : EVADE <the mice eluded the traps> <managed to elude capture>\n2 : to escape the perception, understanding, or grasp of <subtlety simply eludes them> <victory continued to elude us>\n3 : DEFY 4 <it eludes explanation>


Words: elusive
Meaning:
adjective\n: tending to elude: as a : tending to evade grasp or pursuit b : hard to comprehend or define <an elusive concept> c : hard to isolate or identify <a haunting elusive aroma>


Words: emaciate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to waste away physically\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin\n2 : to make feeble


Words: emancipate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to free from restraint, control, or the power of another; especially : to free from bondage\n2 : to release from paternal care and responsibility and make sui juris\n3 : to free from any controlling influence (as traditional mores or beliefs)


Words: emasculate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : WEAKEN\n2 : to deprive of virility or procreative power : CASTRATE\n3 : to remove the androecium of (a flower) in the process of artificial cross-pollination


Words: embalm
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to treat (a dead body) so as to protect from decay\n2 : to fill with sweet odors : PERFUME\n3 : to protect from decay or oblivion : PRESERVE\n4 : to fix in a static condition


Words: embargo
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports\n2 : a legal prohibition on commerce <an embargo on arms shipments>\n3 : STOPPAGE, IMPEDIMENT; especially : PROHIBITION <I lay no embargo on anybody’s words Jane Austen>\n4 : an order by a common carrier or public regulatory agency prohibiting or restricting freight transportation\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to place an embargo on


Words: embark
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to go on board a vehicle for transportation\n2 : to make a start <embarked on a new career>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to go on board (as a boat or airplane)\n2 : to engage, enlist, or invest in an enterprise


Words: embarrass
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to place in doubt, perplexity, or difficulties b : to involve in financial difficulties c : to cause to experience a state of self-conscious distress <bawdy stories embarrassed him>\n2 a : to hamper the movement of b : HINDER, IMPEDE\n3 : to make intricate : COMPLICATE\n4 : to impair the activity of (a bodily function) or the function of (a bodily part) <digestion embarrassed by overeating>


Words: embassy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a body of diplomatic representatives; specifically : one headed by an ambassador\n2 a : the function or position of an ambassador b : a mission abroad undertaken officially especially by an ambassador\n3 : EMBASSAGE 1\n4 : the official residence and offices of an ambassador


Words: embed
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix <fossils embedded in stone> b : to make something an integral part of <the prejudices embedded in our language> c : to prepare (a microscopy specimen) for sectioning by infiltrating with and enclosing in a supporting substance\n2 : to surround closely <a sweet pulp embeds the plum seed>\nintransitive senses : to become embedded


Words: embellish
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make beautiful with ornamentation : DECORATE\n2 : to heighten the attractiveness of by adding ornamental details : ENHANCE <embellished our account of the trip>


Words: ember
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a glowing fragment (as of coal) from a fire; especially : one smoldering in ashes\n2 plural : the smoldering remains of a fire\n3 plural : slowly dying or fading emotions, memories, ideas, or responses still capable of being revived


Words: embezzle
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to appropriate (as property entrusted to one’s care) fraudulently to one’s own use


Words: emblazon
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices b : to inscribe (as heraldic bearings) on a surface\n2 : CELEBRATE, EXTOL <have his deeds emblazoned by a poet Thomas Nash>


Words: emblem
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a picture with a motto or set of verses intended as a moral lesson\n2 : an object or the figure of an object symbolizing and suggesting another object or an idea\n3 a : a symbolic object used as a heraldic device b : a device, symbol, or figure adopted and used as an identifying mark\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: EMBLEMATIZE


Words: embody
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to give a body to (a spirit) : INCARNATE\n2 a : to deprive of spirituality b : to make concrete and perceptible\n3 : to cause to become a body or part of a body : INCORPORATE\n4 : to represent in human or animal form : PERSONIFY <men who greatly embodied the idealism of American life A. M. Schlesinger b1917>


Words: embolism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the insertion of one or more days in a calendar : INTERCALATION\n2 a : the sudden obstruction of a blood vessel by an embolus b : EMBOLUS


Words: emboss
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\narchaic : to drive (as a hunted animal) to bay or to exhaustion\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to raise the surface of into bosses; especially : to ornament with raised work\n2 : to raise in relief from a surface\n3 : ADORN, EMBELLISH


Words: embouchure
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the position and use of the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument\n2 : the mouthpiece of a musical instrument


Words: embower
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to shelter or enclose in or as if in a bower <like a rose embowered in its own green leaves P. B. Shelley>


Words: embrace
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to clasp in the arms : HUG b : CHERISH, LOVE\n2 : ENCIRCLE, ENCLOSE\n3 a : to take up especially readily or gladly <embrace a cause> b : to avail oneself of : WELCOME <embraced the opportunity to study further>\n4 a : to take in or include as a part, item, or element of a more inclusive whole <charity embraces all acts that contribute to human welfare> b : to be equal or equivalent to <his assets embraced 10>\nintransitive senses : to participate in an embrace\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a close encircling with the arms and pressure to the bosom especially as a sign of affection : HUG\n2 : GRIP, ENCIRCLEMENT <in the embrace of terror>\n3 : ACCEPTANCE <her embrace of new ideas>


Words: embrasure
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an opening with sides flaring outward in a wall or parapet of a fortification usually for allowing the firing of cannon\n2 : a recess of a door or window


Words: embroider
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to ornament with needlework b : to form with needlework\n2 : to elaborate on : EMBELLISH\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make embroidery\n2 : to provide embellishments : ELABORATE


Words: embroidery
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the art or process of forming decorative designs with hand or machine needlework b : a design or decoration formed by or as if by embroidery c : an object decorated with embroidery\n2 : elaboration by use of decorative and often fictitious detail\n3 : something pleasing or desirable but unimportant <considered the humanities mere educational embroidery>


Words: embroil
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to throw into disorder or confusion\n2 : to involve in conflict or difficulties


Words: embryo
Meaning:
noun\n1 a archaic : a vertebrate at any stage of development prior to birth or hatching b : an animal in the early stages of growth and differentiation that are characterized by cleavage, the laying down of fundamental tissues, and the formation of primitive organs and organ systems; especially : the developing human individual from the time of implantation to the end of the eighth week after conception\n2 : the young sporophyte of a seed plant usually comprising a rudimentary plant with plumule, radicle, and cotyledons\n3 a : something as yet undeveloped b : a beginning or undeveloped state of something <productions seen in embryo during their out-of-town tryout period Henry Hewes>


Words: embryology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a branch of biology dealing with embryos and their development\n2 : the features and phenomena exhibited in the formation and development of an embryo


Words: emcee
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: MASTER OF CEREMONIES\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to act as master of ceremonies of\nintransitive senses : to act as master of ceremonies


Words: emerald
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a rich green variety of beryl prized as a gemstone\n2 : any of various green gemstones (as synthetic corundum or demantoid)\n\n<2> adjective\n: brightly or richly green


Words: emerge
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to become manifest\n2 : to rise from or as if from an enveloping fluid : come out into view\n3 : to rise from an obscure or inferior position or condition\n4 : to come into being through evolution


Words: emergency
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action\n2 : an urgent need for assistance or relief <the governor declared a state of emergency after the flood>


Words: emeritus
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one retired from professional life but permitted to retain as an honorary title the rank of the last office held\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : holding after retirement an honorary title corresponding to that held last during active service\n2 : retired from an office or position <professor emeritus> converted to emeriti after a plural <professors emeriti>


Words: emery
Meaning:
noun\n: a dark granular mineral that consists essentially of corundum and is used for grinding and polishing; also : a hard abrasive powder


Words: eminence
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a position of prominence or superiority\n2 : one that is eminent, prominent, or lofty: as a : an anatomical protuberance (as on a bone) b : a person of high rank or attainments often used as a title for a cardinal c : a natural elevation


Words: eminent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : standing out so as to be readily perceived or noted : CONSPICUOUS\n2 : jutting out : PROJECTING\n3 : exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : PROMINENT


Words: emit
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to throw or give off or out (as light) b : to send out : EJECT\n2 a : to issue with authority; especially : to put (as money) into circulation b obsolete : PUBLISH\n3 : to give utterance or voice to <emitted a groan>


Words: emollient
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : making soft or supple; also : soothing especially to the skin or mucous membrane\n2 : making less intense or harsh : MOLLIFYING <soothe us in our agonies with emollient words H. L. Mencken>\n\n<2> noun\n: something that softens or soothes


Words: emolument
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites\n2 archaic : ADVANTAGE


Words: emotion
Meaning:
noun\n1 a obsolete : DISTURBANCE b : EXCITEMENT\n2 a : the affective aspect of consciousness : FEELING b : a state of feeling c : a psychic and physical reaction (as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling and physiologically involving changes that prepare the body for immediate vigorous action


Words: empathy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it\n2 : the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner; also : the capacity for this


Words: emphasis
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : force or intensity of expression that gives impressiveness or importance to something b : a particular prominence given in reading or speaking to one or more words or syllables\n2 : special consideration of or stress or insistence on something


Words: emphatic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : uttered with or marked by emphasis\n2 : tending to express oneself in forceful speech or to take decisive action\n3 : attracting special attention\n4 : constituting or belonging to a set of tense forms in English consisting of the auxiliary do followed by an infinitive without to that are used to facilitate rhetorical inversion or to emphasize something


Words: empire
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority; especially : one having an emperor as chief of state (2) : the territory of such a political unit b : something resembling a political empire; especially : an extensive territory or enterprise under single domination or control\n2 : imperial sovereignty, rule, or dominion


Words: empirical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : originating in or based on observation or experience <empirical data>\n2 : relying on experience or observation alone often without due regard for system and theory\n3 : capable of being verified or disproved by observation or experiment <empirical laws>\n4 : of or relating to empiricism


Words: empiricism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a former school of medical practice founded on experience without the aid of science or theory b : QUACKERY, CHARLATANRY\n2 a : the practice of relying on observation and experiment especially in the natural sciences b : a tenet arrived at empirically\n3 : a theory that all knowledge originates in experience


Words: emplacement
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the situation or location of something\n2 : a prepared position for weapons or military equipment <radar emplacements>\n3 : a putting into position : PLACEMENT


Words: employ
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to make use of (someone or something inactive) <employ a pen for sketching> b : to use (as time) advantageously c (1) : to use or engage the services of (2) : to provide with a job that pays wages or a salary\n2 : to devote to or direct toward a particular activity or person <employed all her energies to help the poor>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : USE, PURPOSE b : OCCUPATION, JOB\n2 : the state of being employed <in the government’s employ>


Words: employee
Meaning:
noun\n: one employed by another usually for wages or salary and in a position below the executive level


Words: employment
Meaning:
noun\n1 : USE, PURPOSE\n2 a : activity in which one engages or is employed b : an instance of such activity\n3 : the act of employing : the state of being employed


Words: emporium
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a place of trade; especially : a commercial center b : a retail outlet <a hardware emporium> <a pizza emporium>\n2 : a store carrying a diversity of merchandise


Words: empower
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to give official authority or legal power to\n2 : ENABLE 1a\n3 : to promote the self-actualization or influence of <women’s movement has been inspiring and empowering women Ron Hansen>


Words: empress
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the wife or widow of an emperor\n2 : a woman who is the sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire


Words: empty
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : containing nothing b : not occupied or inhabited c : UNFREQUENTED d : not pregnant <empty heifer> e : NULL 4a <the empty set>\n2 a : lacking reality, substance, meaning, or value : HOLLOW <an empty pleasure> b : destitute of effect or force c : devoid of sense : FOOLISH\n3 : HUNGRY\n4 a : IDLE <empty hours> b : having no purpose or result : USELESS\n5 : marked by the absence of human life, activity, or comfort\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make empty : remove the contents of b : DEPRIVE, DIVEST c : to discharge (itself) of contents d : to fire (a repeating firearm) until empty\n2 : to remove from what holds or encloses <empty the grain from sacks>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become empty\n2 : to discharge contents <the river empties into the ocean>\n\n<3> noun\n: something (as a container) that is empty


Words: empyrean
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: EMPYREAL\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the highest heaven or heavenly sphere in ancient and medieval cosmology usually consisting of fire or light b : the true and ultimate heavenly paradise\n2 : FIRMAMENT, HEAVENS\n3 : an ideal place or state


Words: emu
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of various tall flightless birds (as the rhea)\n2 : a swift-running Australian bird (Dromaius novae-hollandiae) with undeveloped wings that is related to and smaller than the ostrich\n\n<2> abbreviation\nelectromagnetic unit


Words: emulate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to strive to equal or excel b : IMITATE; especially : to imitate by means of an emulator\n2 : to equal or approach equality with\n\n<2> adjective\nobsolete : EMULOUS 1b <pricked on by a most emulate pride Shakespeare>


Words: emulsifier
Meaning:
noun\n: one that emulsifies; especially : a surface-active agent (as a soap) promoting the formation and stabilization of an emulsion


Words: emulsify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to disperse (as an oil) in an emulsion; also : to convert (two or more immiscible liquids) into an emulsion


Words: emulsion
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a system (as fat in milk) consisting of a liquid dispersed with or without an emulsifier in an immiscible liquid usually in droplets of larger than colloidal size b : the state of such a system\n2 : SUSPENSION 2b(3); especially : a suspension of a sensitive silver salt or a mixture of silver halides in a viscous medium (as a gelatin solution) forming a coating on photographic plates, film, or paper


Words: enable
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to provide with the means or opportunity <training that enables people to earn a living> b : to make possible, practical, or easy c : to cause to operate <software that enables the keyboard>\n2 : to give legal power, capacity, or sanction to <a law enabling admission of a state>


Words: enact
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to establish by legal and authoritative act; specifically : to make (as a bill) into law\n2 : ACT OUT <enact a role>


Words: enamel
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to cover, inlay, or decorate with enamel\n2 : to beautify with a colorful surface\n3 : to form a glossy surface on (as paper, leather, or cloth)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a usually opaque vitreous composition applied by fusion to the surface of metal, glass, or pottery\n2 : a surface or outer covering that resembles enamel\n3 a : something that is enameled b : ENAMELWARE\n4 : a cosmetic intended to give a smooth or glossy appearance\n5 : a hard calcareous substance that forms a thin layer capping the teeth see TOOTH illustration\n6 : a paint that flows out to a smooth coat when applied and that dries with a glossy appearance


Words: enamor
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to inflame with love usually used in the passive with of\n2 : FASCINATE 2b usually used in the passive with of or with


Words: encamp
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to place or establish in a camp\nintransitive senses : to set up or occupy a camp


Words: encapsulate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to enclose in or as if in a capsule <a pilot encapsulated in the cockpit>\n2 : EPITOMIZE, SUMMARIZE <encapsulate an era in an aphorism>\nintransitive senses : to become encapsulated


Words: enceinte
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: PREGNANT 3\n\n<2> noun\n: a line of fortification enclosing a castle or town; also : the area so enclosed


Words: enchant
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to influence by or as if by charms and incantation : BEWITCH\n2 : to attract and move deeply : rouse to ecstatic admiration <the scene enchanted her to the point of tears Elinor Wylie>


Words: enchilada
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a rolled filled tortilla covered with chili sauce and usually baked\n2 : SCHMEAR, BALL OF WAX <the whole enchilada>


Words: enclave
Meaning:
noun\n: a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory <ethnic enclaves>


Words: enclose
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a (1) : to close in : SURROUND <enclose a porch with glass> (2) : to fence off (common land) for individual use b : to hold in : CONFINE\n2 : to include along with something else in a parcel or envelope <a check is enclosed herewith>


Words: encode
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to convert (as a body of information) from one system of communication into another; especially : to convert (a message) into code\n2 : to specify the genetic code for


Words: encompass
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to form a circle about : ENCLOSE b obsolete : to go completely around\n2 a : ENVELOP b : INCLUDE <a plan that encompasses a number of aims>\n3 : BRING ABOUT, ACCOMPLISH <encompass a task>


Words: encore
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a demand for repetition or reappearance made by an audience; also : a reappearance or additional performance in response to such a demand\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to request an encore of or by


Words: encounter
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to meet as an adversary or enemy b : to engage in conflict with\n2 : to come upon face-to-face\n3 : to come upon especially unexpectedly\nintransitive senses : to meet especially by chance\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a meeting especially between hostile factions or persons b : a sudden often violent clash : COMBAT\n2 a : a chance meeting b : a direct often momentary meeting\n3 : a coming into the vicinity of a celestial body <the Martian encounter of a spacecraft>


Words: encourage
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope : HEARTEN\n2 : to spur on : STIMULATE\n3 : to give help or patronage to : FOSTER


Words: encroach
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another\n2 : to advance beyond the usual or proper limits <the gradually encroaching sea>


Words: encrust
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to cover, line, or overlay with or as if with a crust\nintransitive senses : to form a crust


Words: encumber
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : WEIGH DOWN, BURDEN\n2 : to impede or hamper the function or activity of : HINDER\n3 : to burden with a legal claim (as a mortgage) <encumber an estate>


Words: encyclical
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: addressed to all the individuals of a group : GENERAL\n\n<2> noun\n: an encyclical letter; specifically : a papal letter to the bishops of the church as a whole or to those in one country


Words: encyclopedia
Meaning:
noun\n: a work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or treats comprehensively a particular branch of knowledge usually in articles arranged alphabetically often by subject


Words: end
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the part of an area that lies at the boundary b (1) : a point that marks the extent of something (2) : the point where something ceases to exist <world without end> c : the extreme or last part lengthwise : TIP d : the terminal unit of something spatial that is marked off by units e : a player stationed at the extremity of a line (as in football)\n2 a : cessation of a course of action, pursuit, or activity b : DEATH, DESTRUCTION c (1) : the ultimate state (2) : RESULT, ISSUE\n3 : something incomplete, fragmentary, or undersized : REMNANT\n4 a : an outcome worked toward : PURPOSE <the end of poetry is to be poetry R. P. Warren> b : the object by virtue of or for the sake of which an event takes place\n5 a : a share in an undertaking <kept your end up> b : a particular operation or aspect of an undertaking or organization <the sales end of the business>\n6 : something that is extreme : ULTIMATE used with the\n7 : a period of action or turn in any of various sports events (as archery or lawn bowling)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to bring to an end b : DESTROY\n2 : to make up the end of\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to come to an end b : to reach a specified ultimate rank or situation usually used with up <ended up as a colonel>\n2 : DIE\n\n<3> adjective\n: FINAL, ULTIMATE <end results> <end markets> <end product>\n\n<4> transitive verb\ndialect English : to put (grain or hay) into a barn or stack


Words: endanger
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to bring into danger or peril\nintransitive senses : to create a dangerous situation <driving to endanger>


Words: endear
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 obsolete : to make higher in cost, value, or estimation\n2 : to cause to become beloved or admired


Words: endeavor
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to strive to achieve or reach\n2 : to attempt (as the fulfillment of an obligation) by exertion of effort <endeavors to finish the race>\nintransitive senses : to work with set purpose


Words: endemic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : belonging or native to a particular people or country b : characteristic of or prevalent in a particular field, area, or environment <problems endemic to translation> <the self-indulgence endemic in the film industry>\n2 : restricted or peculiar to a locality or region <endemic diseases> <an endemic species>


Words: ending
Meaning:
noun\n: something that constitutes an end: as a : CONCLUSION b : one or more letters or syllables added to a word base especially in inflection


Words: endive
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an annual or biennial composite herb (Cichorium endivia) widely cultivated as a salad plant called also escarole\n2 : the developing crown of chicory when blanched for use as a vegetable or in salads by growing in darkness or semidarkness


Words: endless
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : being or seeming to be without end <an endless speech>\n2 : extremely numerous <all the multiplied, endless, nameless iniquities Edmund Burke>\n3 : joined at the ends <an endless chain>


Words: endocrine
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : secreting internally; specifically : producing secretions that are distributed in the body by way of the bloodstream <an endocrine system>\n2 : of, relating to, affecting, or resembling an endocrine gland or secretion <endocrine tumors>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : HORMONE\n2 : ENDOCRINE GLAND


Words: endorse
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to write on the back of; especially : to sign one’s name as payee on the back of (a check) in order to obtain the cash or credit represented on the face b : to inscribe (one’s signature) on a check, bill, or note c : to inscribe (as an official document) with a title or memorandum d : to make over to another (the value represented in a check, bill, or note) by inscribing one’s name on the document e : to acknowledge receipt of (a sum specified) by one’s signature on a document\n2 : to approve openly <endorse an idea>; especially : to express support or approval of publicly and definitely <endorse a mayoral candidate>


Words: endow
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to furnish with an income; especially : to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of <endow a hospital>\n2 : to furnish with a dower\n3 : to provide with something freely or naturally <endowed with a good sense of humor>


Words: endue
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : PROVIDE, ENDOW\n2 : IMBUE, TRANSFUSE\n3 Middle English induen; influenced by Latin induere to put on : PUT ON, DON


Words: endurance
Meaning:
noun\n1 : PERMANENCE, DURATION\n2 : the ability to withstand hardship or adversity; especially : the ability to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity <a marathon runner’s endurance>\n3 : the act or an instance of enduring or suffering <endurance of many hardships>


Words: endure
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to undergo (as a hardship) especially without giving in : SUFFER\n2 : to regard with acceptance or tolerance <could not endure noisy children>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to continue in the same state : LAST\n2 : to remain firm under suffering or misfortune without yielding


Words: endways
Meaning:
adverb or adjective\n1 : in or toward the direction of the ends : LENGTHWISE <endways pressure>\n2 : with the end forward (as toward the observer)\n3 : on end : UPRIGHT <boxes set endways>


Words: enema
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the injection of liquid into the intestine by way of the anus\n2 : material for injection as an enema


Words: enemy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that is antagonistic to another; especially : one seeking to injure, overthrow, or confound an opponent\n2 : something harmful or deadly\n3 a : a military adversary b : a hostile unit or force


Words: energetic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : operating with or marked by vigor or effect\n2 : marked by energy : STRENUOUS\n3 : of or relating to energy <energetic equation>


Words: energize
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to put forth energy : ACT\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make energetic, vigorous, or active\n2 : to impart energy to\n3 : to apply voltage to


Words: energy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : dynamic quality <narrative energy> b : the capacity of acting or being active <intellectual energy>\n2 : vigorous exertion of power : EFFORT <investing time and energy>\n3 : the capacity for doing work\n4 : usable power (as heat or electricity); also : the resources for producing such power


Words: enervate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : ENERVATED\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to reduce the mental or moral vigor of\n2 : to lessen the vitality or strength of


Words: enfilade
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an interconnected group of rooms arranged usually in a row with each room opening into the next\n2 : gunfire directed from a flanking position along the length of an enemy battle line\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction


Words: enfold
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to cover with or as if with folds : ENVELOP b : to surround with a covering : CONTAIN\n2 : to clasp within the arms : EMBRACE


Words: enforce
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to give force to : STRENGTHEN\n2 : to urge with energy\n3 : CONSTRAIN, COMPEL\n4 obsolete : to effect or gain by force\n5 : to carry out effectively <enforce laws>


Words: enfranchise
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to set free (as from slavery)\n2 : to endow with a franchise: as a : to admit to the privileges of a citizen and especially to the right of suffrage b : to admit (a municipality) to political privileges or rights


Words: engage
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to offer (as one’s word) as security for a debt or cause\n2 a obsolete : to entangle or entrap in or as if in a snare or bog b : to attract and hold by influence or power c : to interlock with : MESH; also : to cause (mechanical parts) to mesh\n3 : to bind (as oneself) to do something; especially : to bind by a pledge to marry\n4 a : to provide occupation for : INVOLVE <engage him in a new project> b : to arrange to obtain the use or services of : HIRE\n5 a : to hold the attention of : ENGROSS <her work engages her completely> b : to induce to participate <engaged the shy boy in conversation>\n6 a : to enter into contest with b : to bring together or interlock (weapons)\n7 : to deal with especially at length\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to pledge oneself : PROMISE b : GUARANTEE <he engages for the honesty of his brother>\n2 a : to begin and carry on an enterprise or activity <engaged in trade for a number of years> b : to take part : PARTICIPATE <at college she engaged in gymnastics>\n3 : to enter into conflict\n4 : to come together and interlock (as of machinery parts) : be or become in gear


Words: engagement
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an arrangement to meet or be present at a specified time and place <a dinner engagement> b : a job or period of employment especially as a performer\n2 : something that engages : PLEDGE\n3 a : the act of engaging : the state of being engaged b : emotional involvement or commitment <seesaws between obsessive engagement and ambiguous detachment Gary Taylor> c : BETROTHAL\n4 : the state of being in gear\n5 : a hostile encounter between military forces


Words: engender
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : BEGET, PROCREATE\n2 : to cause to exist or to develop : PRODUCE <angry words engender strife>\nintransitive senses : to assume form : ORIGINATE


Words: engine
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete a : INGENUITY b : evil contrivance : WILE\n2 : something used to effect a purpose : AGENT, INSTRUMENT <mournful and terrible engine of horror and of crime E. A. Poe>\n3 a : a mechanical tool: as (1) : an instrument or machine of war (2) obsolete : a torture implement b : MACHINERY c : any of various mechanical appliances often used in combination <fire engine>\n4 : a machine for converting any of various forms of energy into mechanical force and motion; also : a mechanism or object that serves as an energy source <black holes may be the engines for quasars>\n5 : a railroad locomotive\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to equip with engines


Words: engineer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a member of a military group devoted to engineering work\n2 obsolete : a crafty schemer : PLOTTER\n3 a : a designer or builder of engines b : a person who is trained in or follows as a profession a branch of engineering c : a person who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance\n4 : a person who runs or supervises an engine or an apparatus\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to lay out, construct, or manage as an engineer\n2 a : to contrive or plan out usually with more or less subtle skill and craft b : to guide the course of\n3 : to modify or produce by genetic engineering <grain crops engineered to require fewer nutrients and produce higher yields>


Words: engineering
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the activities or function of an engineer\n2 a : the application of science and mathematics by which the properties of matter and the sources of energy in nature are made useful to people b : the design and manufacture of complex products <software engineering>\n3 : calculated manipulation or direction (as of behavior) <social engineering> compare GENETIC ENGINEERING


Words: English
Meaning:
adjective\n: of, relating to, or characteristic of England, the English people, or the English language


Words: engraft
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to join or fasten as if by grafting\n2 : GRAFT 1, 3 <engrafted embryonic gill tissue into the back>


Words: engrave
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to form by incision (as on wood or metal) b : to impress deeply as if with a graver <the incident was engraved in his memory>\n2 a : to cut figures, letters, or designs on for printing; also : to print from an engraved plate b : PHOTOENGRAVE


Words: engraving
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of one that engraves\n2 : something that is engraved: as a : an engraved printing surface b : engraved work\n3 : an impression from an engraved printing surface


Words: engross
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to copy or write in a large hand b : to prepare the usually final handwritten or printed text of (an official document)\n2 Middle English, from Middle French en gros in large quantities a : to purchase large quantities of (as for speculation) b archaic : AMASS, COLLECT c : to take or engage the whole attention of : occupy completely <ideas that have engrossed the minds of scholars for generations>


Words: engulf
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to flow over and enclose : OVERWHELM <the mounting seas threatened to engulf the island>\n2 : to take in (food) by or as if by flowing over and enclosing


Words: enhance
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 obsolete : RAISE\n2 : HEIGHTEN, INCREASE; especially : to increase or improve in value, quality, desirability, or attractiveness


Words: enigma
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an obscure speech or writing\n2 : something hard to understand or explain\n3 : an inscrutable or mysterious person


Words: enjambment
Meaning:
noun\n: the running over of a sentence from one verse or couplet into another so that closely related words fall in different lines compare RUN-ON


Words: enjoin
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition <enjoined us to be careful>\n2 a : FORBID, PROHIBIT <was enjoined by conscience from telling a lie> b : to prohibit by a judicial order : put an injunction on <a book had been enjoined prior to publication David Margolick>


Words: enjoy
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to have a good time\ntransitive senses\n1 : to have for one’s use, benefit, or lot : EXPERIENCE <enjoyed great success>\n2 : to take pleasure or satisfaction in


Words: enlarge
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make larger : EXTEND\n2 : to give greater scope to : EXPAND\n3 : to set free (as a captive)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to grow larger\n2 : to speak or write at length : ELABORATE <let me enlarge upon that point>


Words: enlighten
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 archaic : ILLUMINATE\n2 a : to furnish knowledge to : INSTRUCT b : to give spiritual insight to


Words: enlist
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest <enlist all the available resources> <enlist the community in an experiment> b : to win over : ATTRACT <trying to enlist my sympathies>\n2 : to engage (a person) for duty in the armed forces\nintransitive senses\n1 : to enroll oneself in the armed forces\n2 : to participate heartily (as in a cause, drive, or crusade)


Words: ennoble
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make noble : ELEVATE <seemed ennobled by suffering>\n2 : to raise to the rank of nobility


Words: enormity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act <the enormities of state power Susan Sontag> <other enormities too juvenile to mention Richard Freedman>\n2 : the quality or state of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous; especially : great wickedness <the enormity of the crimes committed during the Third Reich G. A. Craig>\n3 : the quality or state of being huge : IMMENSITY\n4 : a quality of momentous importance


Words: enormous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a archaic : ABNORMAL, INORDINATE b : exceedingly wicked : SHOCKING <an enormous sin>\n2 : marked by extraordinarily great size, number, or degree; especially : exceeding usual bounds or accepted notions


Words: enough
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: occurring in such quantity, quality, or scope as to fully meet demands, needs, or expectations\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : in or to a degree or quantity that satisfies or that is sufficient or necessary for satisfaction : SUFFICIENTLY\n2 : FULLY, QUITE\n3 : in a tolerable degree\n\n<3> pronoun\n: a sufficient number, quantity, or amount <enough were present to constitute a quorum> <had enough of their foolishness>


Words: enrich
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to make rich or richer especially by the addition or increase of some desirable quality, attribute, or ingredient <the experience will enrich your life>: as a : to add beauty to : ADORN b : to enhance the taste of <butter will enrich the sauce> c : to make (a soil) more fertile d : to improve the nutritive value of (a food) by adding nutrients (as vitamins or amino acids) and especially by restoring part of the nutrients lost in processing <enriched flour> e : to process so as to add or increase the proportion of a desirable ingredient <enriched uranium> <enriched natural gas>


Words: enroll
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to insert, register, or enter in a list, catalog, or roll <the school enrolls about 800 pupils>\n2 : to prepare a final perfect copy of (a bill passed by a legislature) in written or printed form\n3 : to roll or wrap up\nintransitive senses : to enroll oneself or cause oneself to be enrolled <we enrolled in the history course>


Words: ensemble
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a group producing a single effect: as a : concerted music of two or more parts b : a complete costume of harmonizing or complementary clothing and accessories c (1) : the musicians engaged in the performance of a musical ensemble (2) : a group of supporting players, singers, or dancers; especially : CORPS DE BALLET\n\n<2> adjective\n: emphasizing the roles of all performers as a whole rather than a star performance <ensemble acting>


Words: ensign
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a flag that is flown (as by a ship) as the symbol of nationality and that may also be flown with a distinctive badge added to its design\n2 a : a badge of office, rank, or power b : EMBLEM, SIGN\n3 a : an infantry officer of what was formerly the lowest commissioned rank b : a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a chief warrant officer and below a lieutenant junior grade


Words: ensue
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to strive to attain : PURSUE <I wander, seeking peace, and ensuing it Rupert Brooke>\nintransitive senses : to take place afterward or as a result


Words: entail
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to restrict (property) by limiting the inheritance to the owner’s lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof\n2 a : to confer, assign, or transmit as if by entail : FASTEN <entailed on them indelible disgrace Robert Browning> b : to fix (a person) permanently in some condition or status <entail him and his heirs unto the crown Shakespeare>\n3 : to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result <the project will entail considerable expense>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an entailing especially of lands b : an entailed estate\n2 : something transmitted as if by entail


Words: entangle
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to wrap or twist together : INTERWEAVE b : ENSNARE\n2 a : to involve in a perplexing or troublesome situation <became entangled in a lawsuit> b : to make complicated <the story is entangled with legends>


Words: entente
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an international understanding providing for a common course of action\n2 French entente cordiale : a coalition of parties to an entente


Words: enter
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to go or come in\n2 : to come or gain admission into a group : JOIN often used with into\n3 a : to make a beginning <entering upon a career> b : to begin to consider a subject usually used with into or upon\n4 : to go upon land for the purpose of taking possession\n5 : to play a part : be a factor <other considerations enter when money is involved>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to come or go into <enter a room>\n2 : INSCRIBE, REGISTER <enter the names of qualified voters>\n3 : to cause to be received or admitted <enter a child at a school>\n4 : to put in : INSERT <enter the new data into the computer>\n5 a : to make a beginning in <enter politics> b : to go into (a particular period of time) <enter middle age>\n6 : to become a member of or an active participant in <enter the university> <enter a race>\n7 : to make report of (a ship or its cargo) to customs authorities\n8 : to place in proper form before a court of law or upon record <enter a writ>\n9 : to go into or upon and take actual possession of (as land)\n10 : to put formally on record <entering a complaint>


Words: enteritis
Meaning:
noun\n1 : inflammation of the intestines and especially of the human ileum\n2 : a disease of domestic animals (as panleucopenia of cats) marked by enteritis and diarrhea


Words: enterprise
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky\n2 : readiness to engage in daring action : INITIATIVE\n3 a : a unit of economic organization or activity; especially : a business organization b : a systematic purposeful activity <agriculture is the main economic enterprise among these people>


Words: entertain
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a archaic : MAINTAIN b obsolete : RECEIVE\n2 : to show hospitality to\n3 a : to keep, hold, or maintain in the mind <I entertain grave doubts about her sincerity> b : to receive and take into consideration <refused to entertain our plea>\n4 : to provide entertainment for\n5 : to play against (an opposing team) on one’s home field or court\nintransitive senses : to provide entertainment especially for guests


Words: enthrone
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to seat ceremonially on a throne b : to seat in a place associated with a position of authority or influence\n2 : to assign supreme virtue or value to : EXALT


Words: enthuse
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make enthusiastic\n2 : to express with enthusiasm\nintransitive senses : to show enthusiasm <a splendid performance, and was enthusing over it Julian Huxley>


Words: enthusiasm
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : belief in special revelations of the Holy Spirit b : religious fanaticism\n2 a : strong excitement of feeling : ARDOR b : something inspiring zeal or fervor


Words: entire
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : having no element or part left out : WHOLE <was alone the entire day>\n2 : complete in degree : TOTAL <their entire devotion to their family>\n3 a : consisting of one piece b : HOMOGENEOUS, UNMIXED c : INTACT <strove to keep the collection entire>\n4 : not castrated\n5 : having the margin continuous or free from indentations <an entire leaf>\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic : the whole : ENTIRETY\n2 : STALLION


Words: entitle
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to give a title to : DESIGNATE\n2 : to furnish with proper grounds for seeking or claiming something <this ticket entitles the bearer to free admission>


Words: entity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : BEING, EXISTENCE; especially : independent, separate, or self-contained existence b : the existence of a thing as contrasted with its attributes\n2 : something that has separate and distinct existence and objective or conceptual reality


Words: entr’acte
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a dance, piece of music, or interlude performed between two acts of a play\n2 : the interval between two acts of a play


Words: entrails
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 : BOWELS, VISCERA; broadly : internal parts\n2 : the inner workings of something <the entrails of the movie industry>


Words: entrain
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to draw along with or after oneself\n2 : to draw in and transport (as solid particles or gas) by the flow of a fluid\n3 : to incorporate (air bubbles) into concrete\n4 : to determine or modify the phase or period of <circadian rhythms entrained by a light cycle>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to put aboard a train\nintransitive senses : to go aboard a train


Words: entrance
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : power or permission to enter : ADMISSION\n2 : the act of entering\n3 : the means or place of entry\n4 : the point at which a voice or instrument part begins in ensemble music\n5 : the first appearance of an actor in a scene\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to carry away with delight, wonder, or rapture\n2 : to put into a trance


Words: entrap
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to catch in or as if in a trap\n2 : to lure into a compromising statement or act


Words: entreat
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 obsolete a : NEGOTIATE b : INTERCEDE\n2 : to make an earnest request : PLEAD\ntransitive senses\n1 : to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently <entreated his boss for another chance>\n2 archaic : to deal with : TREAT


Words: entrench
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to place within or surround with a trench especially for defense b : to place (oneself) in a strong defensive position c : to establish solidly <entrenched themselves in the business>\n2 : to cut into : FURROW; specifically : to erode downward so as to form a trench\nintransitive senses\n1 : to dig or occupy a trench for defensive purposes\n2 : to enter upon or take over something unfairly, improperly, or unlawfully : ENCROACH used with on or upon


Words: entropy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a measure of the unavailable energy in a closed thermodynamic system that is also usually considered to be a measure of the system’s disorder and that is a property of the system’s state and is related to it in such a manner that a reversible change in heat in the system produces a change in the measure which varies directly with the heat change and inversely with the absolute temperature at which the change takes place; broadly : the degree of disorder or uncertainty in a system\n2 a : the degradation of the matter and energy in the universe to an ultimate state of inert uniformity b : a process of degradation or running down or a trend to disorder\n3 : CHAOS, DISORGANIZATION, RANDOMNESS


Words: entrust
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to confer a trust on; especially : to deliver something in trust to\n2 : to commit to another with confidence


Words: entry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the right or privilege of entering : ENTR*E\n2 : the act of entering : ENTRANCE\n3 : a place of entrance: as a : VESTIBULE, PASSAGE b : DOOR, GATE\n4 a : the act of making or entering a record b : something entered: as (1) : a record or notation of an occurrence, transaction, or proceeding (2) : a descriptive record (as in a card catalog or an index) (3) : HEADWORD (4) : a headword with its definition or identification (5) : VOCABULARY ENTRY\n5 : a person, thing, or group entered in a contest


Words: entwine
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to twine together or around\nintransitive senses : to become twisted or twined


Words: enunciate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make a definite or systematic statement of b : ANNOUNCE, PROCLAIM <enunciated the new policy>\n2 : ARTICULATE, PRONOUNCE <enunciate all the syllables>\nintransitive senses : to utter articulate sounds


Words: envelop
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering\n2 : to mount an attack on (an enemy’s flank)


Words: envelope
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a flat usually paper container (as for a letter)\n2 : something that envelops : WRAPPER <the envelope of air around the earth>\n3 a : the outer covering of an aerostat b : the bag containing the gas in a balloon or airship\n4 : a natural enclosing covering (as a membrane, shell, or integument)\n5 a : a curve tangent to each of a family of curves b : a surface tangent to each of a family of surfaces\n6 : a set of performance limits (as of an aircraft) that may not be safely exceeded; also : the set of operating parameters that exists within these limits


Words: envious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : feeling or showing envy <envious of their neighbor’s new car> <envious looks>\n2 archaic a : EMULOUS b : ENVIABLE


Words: environment
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded\n2 a : the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors (as climate, soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival b : the aggregate of social and cultural conditions that influence the life of an individual or community\n3 : the position or characteristic position of a linguistic element in a sequence


Words: environs
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 : the districts around a city\n2 a : environing things : SURROUNDINGS b : an adjoining region or space : VICINITY


Words: envisage
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to view or regard in a certain way <envisages the slum as a hotbed of crime>\n2 : to have a mental picture of especially in advance of realization <envisages an entirely new system of education>


Words: envoi
Meaning:
noun\n: the usually explanatory or commendatory concluding remarks to a poem, essay, or book; especially : a short final stanza of a ballade serving as a summary or dedication


Words: envoy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a minister plenipotentiary accredited to a foreign government who ranks between an ambassador and a minister resident called also envoy extraordinary b : a person delegated to represent one government in its dealings with another\n2 : MESSENGER, REPRESENTATIVE


Words: envy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage\n2 obsolete : MALICE\n3 : an object of envious notice or feeling <his new car made him the envy of his friends>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to feel envy toward or on account of\n2 obsolete : BEGRUDGE\nintransitive senses , obsolete : to feel or show envy


Words: enzyme
Meaning:
noun\n: any of numerous complex proteins that are produced by living cells and catalyze specific biochemical reactions at body temperatures


Words: epaulet
Meaning:
noun\n: something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: as a : an ornamental fringed shoulder pad formerly worn as part of a military uniform b : an ornamental strip or loop sewn across the shoulder of a dress or coat


Words: epergne
Meaning:
noun\n: an often ornate tiered centerpiece consisting typically of a frame of wrought metal (as silver or gold) bearing dishes, vases, or candle holders or a combination of these


Words: ephedrine
Meaning:
noun\n: a crystalline alkaloid C10H15NO extracted from Chinese ephedras or synthesized and used in the form of a salt for relief of hay fever, asthma, and nasal congestion


Words: ephemeral
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : lasting one day only <an ephemeral fever>\n2 : lasting a very short time <ephemeral pleasures>\n\n<2> noun\n: something ephemeral; specifically : a plant that grows, flowers, and dies in a few days


Words: epic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an epic\n2 a : extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope <his genius was epic Times Literary Supplement> b : HEROIC\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero <the Iliad and the Odyssey are epics>\n2 : a work of art (as a novel or drama) that resembles or suggests an epic\n3 : a series of events or body of legend or tradition thought to form the proper subject of an epic <the winning of the West was a great American epic>


Words: epicure
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : one devoted to sensual pleasure : SYBARITE\n2 : one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine


Words: epicurean
Meaning:
adjective\n1 capitalized : of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism\n2 : of, relating to, or suited to an epicure


Words: epidemic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time <typhoid was epidemic>\n2 a : excessively prevalent b : CONTAGIOUS 4 <epidemic laughter>\n3 : of, relating to, or constituting an epidemic <the practice had reached epidemic proportions>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an outbreak of epidemic disease\n2 : an outbreak or product of sudden rapid spread, growth, or development; specifically : a natural population suddenly and greatly enlarged


Words: epidermis
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the outer epithelial layer of the external integument of the animal body that is derived from the embryonic epiblast; specifically : the outer nonsensitive and nonvascular layer of the skin of a vertebrate that overlies the dermis b : any of various animal integuments\n2 : a thin surface layer of tissue in higher plants formed by growth of a primary meristem


Words: epiglottis
Meaning:
noun\n: a thin plate of flexible cartilage in front of the glottis that folds back over and protects the glottis during swallowing


Words: epigram
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought\n2 : a terse, sage, or witty and often paradoxical saying\n3 : epigrammatic expression


Words: epigraphy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : EPIGRAPHS, INSCRIPTIONS\n2 : the study of inscriptions; especially : the deciphering of ancient inscriptions


Words: epilepsy
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various disorders marked by disturbed electrical rhythms of the central nervous system and typically manifested by convulsive attacks usually with clouding of consciousness


Words: epilogue
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work\n2 a : a speech often in verse addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play; also : the actor speaking such an epilogue b : the final scene of a play that comments on or summarizes the main action\n3 : the concluding section of a musical composition : CODA


Words: episcopal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to a bishop\n2 : of, having, or constituting government by bishops\n3 capitalized : of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church representing the Anglican communion in the U.S.


Words: Episcopalian
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an adherent of the episcopal form of church government\n2 : a member of an episcopal church (as the Protestant Episcopal Church)


Words: episcopate
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the rank, office, or term of bishop\n2 : DIOCESE\n3 : the body of bishops (as in a country)


Words: episode
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a usually brief unit of action in a dramatic or literary work: as a : the part of an ancient Greek tragedy between two choric songs b : a developed situation that is integral to but separable from a continuous narrative : INCIDENT c : one of a series of loosely connected stories or scenes d : the part of a serial presented at one performance\n2 : an event that is distinctive and separate although part of a larger series\n3 : a digressive subdivision in a musical composition


Words: epistle
Meaning:
noun\n1 capitalized a : one of the letters adopted as books of the New Testament b : a liturgical lection usually from one of the New Testament Epistles\n2 a : LETTER; especially : a formal or elegant letter b : a composition in the form of a letter


Words: epitaph
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there\n2 : a brief statement commemorating or epitomizing a deceased person or something past


Words: epithelium
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a membranous cellular tissue that covers a free surface or lines a tube or cavity of an animal body and serves especially to enclose and protect the other parts of the body, to produce secretions and excretions, and to function in assimilation\n2 : a usually thin layer of parenchyma that lines a cavity or tube of a plant


Words: epithet
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing b : a disparaging or abusive word or phrase c : the part of a taxonomic name identifying a subordinate unit within a genus\n2 obsolete : EXPRESSION


Words: epitome
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a summary of a written work b : a brief presentation or statement of something\n2 : a typical or ideal example : EMBODIMENT <the British monarchy itself is the epitome of tradition Richard Joseph>\n3 : brief or miniature form usually used with in


Words: epoch
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development b : a memorable event or date\n2 a : an extended period of time usually characterized by a distinctive development or by a memorable series of events b : a division of geologic time less than a period and greater than an age\n3 : an instant of time or a date selected as a point of reference (as in astronomy)


Words: epoxy
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : containing oxygen attached to two different atoms already united in some other way; specifically : containing a 3-membered ring consisting of one oxygen and two carbon atoms\n2 : of or relating to an epoxide\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to glue with epoxy resin


Words: equable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by lack of variation or change : UNIFORM\n2 : marked by lack of noticeable, unpleasant, or extreme variation or inequality


Words: equal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a (1) : of the same measure, quantity, amount, or number as another (2) : identical in mathematical value or logical denotation : EQUIVALENT b : like in quality, nature, or status c : like for each member of a group, class, or society <provide equal employment opportunities>\n2 : regarding or affecting all objects in the same way : IMPARTIAL\n3 : free from extremes: as a : tranquil in mind or mood b : not showing variation in appearance, structure, or proportion\n4 a : capable of meeting the requirements of a situation or a task b : SUITABLE <bored with work not equal to his abilities>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to be equal to; especially : to be identical in value to\n2 archaic : EQUALIZE\n3 : to make or produce something equal to\n\n<3> noun\n1 : one that is equal <insists that women can be absolute equals with men Anne Bernays>\n2 : an equal quantity


Words: equalize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make equal\n2 a : to compensate for b : to make uniform; especially : to distribute evenly or uniformly <equalize the tax burden> c : to adjust or correct the frequency characteristics of (an electronic signal) by restoring to their original level high frequencies that have been attenuated\nintransitive senses , chiefly British : to tie the score


Words: equate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make equal : EQUALIZE b : to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard or obtain a correct result\n2 : to treat, represent, or regard as equal, equivalent, or comparable <equates disagreement with disloyalty>\nintransitive senses : to correspond as equal


Words: equation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act or process of equating b (1) : an element affecting a process : FACTOR (2) : a complex of variable factors c : a state of being equated; specifically : a state of close association or identification <bring governmental enterprises and payment for them into immediate equation R. G. Tugwell>\n2 a : a usually formal statement of the equality or equivalence of mathematical or logical expressions b : an expression representing a chemical reaction quantitatively by means of chemical symbols


Words: equator
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the great circle of the celestial sphere whose plane is perpendicular to the axis of the earth\n2 : a great circle of the earth or a celestial body that is everywhere equally distant from the two poles and divides the surface into the northern and southern hemispheres\n3 a : a circle or circular band dividing the surface of a body into two usually equal and symmetrical parts b : EQUATORIAL PLANE <the equator of a dividing cell>\n4 : GREAT CIRCLE


Words: equerry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an officer of a prince or noble charged with the care of horses\n2 : an officer of the British royal household in personal attendance on the sovereign or a member of the royal family


Words: equestrian
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or featuring horseback riding b archaic : riding on horseback : MOUNTED c : representing a person on horseback <an equestrian statue>\n2 : of, relating to, or composed of knights\n\n<2> noun\n: one who rides on horseback


Words: equilateral
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having all sides equal <an equilateral triangle> <an equilateral polygon> see TRIANGLE illustration\n2 : having all the faces equal <an equilateral polyhedron>


Words: equilibrium
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a state of intellectual or emotional balance : POISE b : a state of adjustment between opposing or divergent influences or elements\n2 : a state of balance between opposing forces or actions that is either static (as in a body acted on by forces whose resultant is zero) or dynamic (as in a reversible chemical reaction when the rates of reaction in both directions are equal)\n3 : BALANCE 6a


Words: equinox
Meaning:
noun\n1 : either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic\n2 : either of the two times each year (as about March 21 and September 23) when the sun crosses the equator and day and night are everywhere of equal length


Words: equip
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to furnish for service or action by appropriate provisioning\n2 : DRESS, ARRAY\n3 : to make ready : PREPARE\n\n<2> abbreviation\nequipment


Words: equipage
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : material or articles used in equipment : OUTFIT b archaic (1) : a set of small articles (as for table service) (2) : ETUI c : TRAPPINGS\n2 archaic : RETINUE\n3 : a horse-drawn carriage with its servants; also : such a carriage alone


Words: equipment
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the set of articles or physical resources serving to equip a person or thing: as (1) : the implements used in an operation or activity : APPARATUS (2) : all the fixed assets other than land and buildings of a business enterprise (3) : the rolling stock of a railway b : a piece of such equipment\n2 a : the equipping of a person or thing b : the state of being equipped\n3 : mental or emotional traits or resources : ENDOWMENT


Words: equipoise
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a state of equilibrium\n2 : COUNTERBALANCE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to serve as an equipoise to\n2 : to put or hold in equipoise


Words: equitable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned\n2 : existing or valid in equity as distinguished from law


Words: equity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : justice according to natural law or right; specifically : freedom from bias or favoritism b : something that is equitable\n2 a : a system of law originating in the English chancery and comprising a settled and formal body of legal and procedural rules and doctrines that supplement, aid, or override common and statute law and are designed to protect rights and enforce duties fixed by substantive law b : trial or remedial justice under or by the rules and doctrines of equity c : a body of legal doctrines and rules developed to enlarge, supplement, or override a narrow rigid system of law\n3 a : a right, claim, or interest existing or valid in equity b : the money value of a property or of an interest in a property in excess of claims or liens against it c : a risk interest or ownership right in property d : the common stock of a corporation\nn Entry:equity\nPronunciation:*e-kw*-t*\nFunction:noun\nInflected Form:plural -ties\nEtymology:Middle English equite, from Middle French equit*, from Latin aequitat-, aequitas, from aequus equal, fair\nDate:14th century\n\n1 a : justice according to natural law or right; specifically : freedom from bias or favoritism b : something that is equitable\n2 a : a system of law originating in the English chancery and comprising a settled and formal body of legal and procedural rules and doctrines that supplement, aid, or override common and statute law and are designed to protect rights and enforce duties fixed by substantive law b : trial or remedial justice under or by the rules and doctrines of equity c : a body of legal doctrines and rules developed to enlarge, supplement, or override a narrow rigid system of law


Words: equivalent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : equal in force, amount, or value; also : equal in area or volume but not admitting of superposition <a square equivalent to a triangle>\n2 a : like in signification or import b : having logical equivalence <equivalent statements>\n3 : corresponding or virtually identical especially in effect or function\n4 obsolete : equal in might or authority\n5 : having the same chemical combining capacity <equivalent quantities of two elements>\n6 a : having the same solution set <equivalent equations> b : capable of being placed in one-to-one correspondence <equivalent sets> c : related by an equivalence relation


Words: equivocal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse b : uncertain as an indication or sign\n2 a : of uncertain nature or classification b : of uncertain disposition toward a person or thing : UNDECIDED c : of doubtful advantage, genuineness, or moral rectitude <equivocal behavior>


Words: equivocate
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive\n2 : to avoid committing oneself in what one says


Words: era
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a fixed point in time from which a series of years is reckoned b : a memorable or important date or event; especially : one that begins a new period in the history of a person or thing\n2 : a system of chronological notation computed from a given date as basis\n3 a : a period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic feature b : a stage in development (as of a person or thing) c : a large division of geologic time usually shorter than an eon <Paleozoic era>


Words: eradicate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to pull up by the roots\n2 : to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots <programs to eradicate illiteracy>


Words: erase
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to rub or scrape out (as written, painted, or engraved letters) b : to remove (recorded matter) from a magnetic medium; also : to remove recorded matter from <erase a videotape> c : to delete from a computer storage device\n2 a : to remove from existence or memory as if by erasing b : to nullify the effect or force of\nintransitive sense : to yield to erasure


Words: erect
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : vertical in position; also : not spread out or decumbent <an erect plant stem> b : standing up or out from the body <erect hairs> c : characterized by firm or rigid straightness in bodily posture <an erect bearing>\n2 archaic : directed upward\n3 obsolete : ALERT, WATCHFUL\n4 : being in a state of physiological erection\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a (1) : to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts : BUILD (2) : to fix in an upright position (3) : to cause to stand up or stand out b archaic : to direct upward c : to change (an image) from an inverted to a normal position\n2 : to elevate in status\n3 : SET UP, ESTABLISH\n4 obsolete : ENCOURAGE, EMBOLDEN\n5 : to draw or construct (as a perpendicular or figure) upon a given base


Words: ermine
Meaning:
noun\n1 or plural ermine a : any of several weasels whose coats become white in winter usually with black on the tip of the tail; especially : a short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea) of the forests and tundra of Eurasia and No. America b : the white fur of the ermine\n2 : a rank or office whose ceremonial or official robe is ornamented with ermine


Words: erode
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to diminish or destroy by degrees: a : to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer) b : to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice c : to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away <inflation eroding buying power>\n2 : to produce or form by eroding <glaciers erode U-shaped valleys>\nintransitive senses : to undergo erosion


Words: erotic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire <erotic art>\n2 : strongly marked or affected by sexual desire


Words: err
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 archaic : STRAY\n2 a : to make a mistake b : to violate an accepted standard of conduct


Words: errand
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic a : an oral message entrusted to a person b : EMBASSY, MISSION\n2 a : a short trip taken to attend to some business often for another <was on an errand for his mother> b : the object or purpose of such a trip


Words: errant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : traveling or given to traveling <an errant knight>\n2 a : straying outside the proper path or bounds <an errant calf> b : moving about aimlessly or irregularly <an errant breeze> c : deviating from a standard (as of truth or propriety) <an errant child> d : FALLIBLE


Words: erratic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having no fixed course : WANDERING <an erratic comet> b archaic : NOMADIC\n2 : transported from an original resting place especially by a glacier <an erratic boulder>\n3 a : characterized by lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity b : deviating from what is ordinary or standard : ECCENTRIC <an erratic genius>\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is erratic; especially : an erratic boulder or block of rock


Words: erroneous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : containing or characterized by error : MISTAKEN <erroneous assumptions>\n2 archaic : WANDERING


Words: error
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an act or condition of ignorant or imprudent deviation from a code of behavior b : an act involving an unintentional deviation from truth or accuracy c : an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done: as (1) : a defensive misplay other than a wild pitch or passed ball made by a baseball player when normal play would have resulted in an out or prevented an advance by a base runner (2) : the failure of a player (as in tennis) to make a successful return of a ball during play d : a mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact\n2 a : the quality or state of erring b Christian Science : illusion about the nature of reality that is the cause of human suffering : the contradiction of truth c : an instance of false belief\n3 : something produced by mistake; especially : a postage stamp exhibiting a consistent flaw (as a wrong color) in its manufacture\n4 a : the difference between an observed or calculated value and a true value; specifically : variation in measurements, calculations, or observations of a quantity due to mistakes or to uncontrollable factors b : the amount of deviation from a standard or specification\n5 : a deficiency or imperfection in structure or function <an error of metabolism>


Words: ersatz
Meaning:
adjective\n: being a usually artificial and inferior substitute or imitation <ersatz turf> <ersatz intellectuals>


Words: erstwhile
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: in the past : FORMERLY <cultures, erstwhile unknown to each other Robert Plank>\n\n<2> adjective\n: FORMER, PREVIOUS <her erstwhile students>


Words: erupt
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to burst from limits or restraint (2) of a tooth : to emerge through the gum b : to force out or release suddenly and often violently something (as lava or steam) that is pent up c : to become active or violent especially suddenly\n2 : to break out with or as if with a skin eruption\ntransitive senses : to force out or release usually suddenly and violently


Words: erysipelas
Meaning:
noun\n: an acute febrile disease associated with intense edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues caused by a hemolytic streptococcus


Words: escalator
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a power-driven set of stairs arranged like an endless belt that ascend or descend continuously b : an upward course suggestive of an escalator <a never-stopping escalator of economic progress D. W. Brogan>\n2 : an escalator clause or provision\n\n<2> adjective\n: providing for a periodic proportional upward or downward adjustment (as of prices or wages) <an escalator arrangement tying the base pay to living costs N. Y. Times>


Words: escape
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to get away (as by flight) <escaped from prison> b : to issue from confinement <gas is escaping> c of a plant : to run wild from cultivation\n2 : to avoid a threatening evil\ntransitive senses\n1 : to get free of : break away from <escape the jungle> <escape the solar system>\n2 : to get or stay out of the way of : AVOID\n3 : to fail to be noticed or recallable by <his name escapes me>\n4 a : to issue from b : to be uttered involuntarily by\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or instance of escaping: as a : flight from confinement b : evasion of something undesirable c : leakage or outflow especially of a fluid d : distraction or relief from routine or reality\n2 : a means of escape\n3 : a cultivated plant run wild\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : providing a means of escape <escape literature>\n2 : providing a means of evading a regulation, claim, or commitment <an escape clause in a contract>


Words: escapism
Meaning:
noun\n: habitual diversion of the mind to purely imaginative activity or entertainment as an escape from reality or routine


Words: escarpment
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a steep slope in front of a fortification\n2 : a long cliff or steep slope separating two comparatively level or more gently sloping surfaces and resulting from erosion or faulting


Words: escort
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection or as a courtesy (2) : the man who goes on a date with a woman b : a protective screen of warships or fighter planes or a single ship or plane used to fend off enemy attack from one or more vulnerable craft\n2 : accompaniment by a person or an armed protector (as a ship)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to accompany as an escort


Words: escudo
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various former gold or silver coins of Hispanic countries\n2 see MONEY table\n3 : the basic monetary unit of Chile between 1960 and 1975\n4 : the peso of Guinea-Bissau


Words: escutcheon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a defined area on which armorial bearings are displayed and which usually consists of a shield\n2 : a protective or ornamental plate or flange (as around a keyhole)\n3 : the part of a ship’s stern on which the name is displayed


Words: Eskimo
Meaning:
noun\n1 plural Eskimo or Eskimos : a member of a group of peoples of northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska, and eastern Siberia\n2 : any of the languages of the Eskimo peoples


Words: esophagus
Meaning:
noun\n: a muscular tube that in humans is about nine inches (23 centimeters) long and passes from the pharynx down the neck between the trachea and the spinal column and behind the left bronchus where it pierces the diaphragm slightly to the left of the middle line and joins the cardiac end of the stomach


Words: esoteric
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone <a body of esoteric legal doctrine B. N. Cardozo> b : of or relating to knowledge that is restricted to a small group\n2 a : limited to a small circle <esoteric pursuits> b : PRIVATE, CONFIDENTIAL <an esoteric purpose>


Words: espalier
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a plant (as a fruit tree) trained to grow flat against a support (as a wall)\n2 : a railing or trellis on which fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow flat\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to train as an espalier\n2 : to furnish with an espalier


Words: especial
Meaning:
adjective\n: being distinctive: as a : directed toward a particular individual, group, or end <sent especial greetings to his son> <took especial care to speak clearly> b : of special note or importance : unusually great or significant <a decision of especial relevance> c : highly distinctive or personal : PECULIAR <had an especial dislike for music> d : CLOSE, INTIMATE <his especial crony> e : SPECIFIC, PARTICULAR <had no especial destination in mind>


Words: Esperanto
Meaning:
noun\n: an artificial international language based as far as possible on words common to the chief European languages


Words: espionage
Meaning:
noun\n: the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company <industrial espionage>


Words: esplanade
Meaning:
noun\n: a level open stretch of paved or grassy ground; especially : one designed for walking or driving along a shore


Words: espresso
Meaning:
noun\n1 : coffee brewed by forcing steam through finely ground darkly roasted coffee beans\n2 : a cup of espresso


Words: espy
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to catch sight of <among the several horses she espied the white mustang Zane Grey>


Words: esquire
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a member of the English gentry ranking below a knight\n2 : a candidate for knighthood serving as shield bearer and attendant to a knight\n3 used as a title of courtesy usually placed in its abbreviated form after the surname <John R. Smith, Esq.>\n4 archaic : a landed proprietor


Words: essay
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to put to a test\n2 : to make an often tentative or experimental effort to perform : TRY\n\n<2> noun\n1 : TRIAL, TEST\n2 a : EFFORT, ATTEMPT; especially : an initial tentative effort b : the result or product of an attempt\n3 a : an analytic or interpretative literary composition usually dealing with its subject from a limited or personal point of view b : something resembling such a composition <a photographic essay>\n4 : a proof of an unaccepted design for a stamp or piece of paper money


Words: essence
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the permanent as contrasted with the accidental element of being b : the individual, real, or ultimate nature of a thing especially as opposed to its existence c : the properties or attributes by means of which something can be placed in its proper class or identified as being what it is\n2 : something that exists : ENTITY\n3 a (1) : a volatile substance or constituent (as of perfume) (2) : a constituent or derivative possessing the special qualities (as of a plant or drug) in concentrated form; also : a preparation of such an essence or a synthetic substitute b : ODOR, PERFUME\n4 : one that possesses or exhibits a quality in abundance as if in concentrated form <she was the essence of punctuality>


Words: essential
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or constituting essence : INHERENT\n2 : of the utmost importance : BASIC, INDISPENSABLE, NECESSARY <essential foods> <an essential requirement for admission to college>\n3 : IDIOPATHIC <essential disease> <essential hypertension>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something basic <the essentials of astronomy>\n2 : something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable


Words: establish
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to institute (as a law) permanently by enactment or agreement\n2 obsolete : SETTLE 7\n3 a : to make firm or stable b : to introduce and cause to grow and multiply <establish grass on pasturelands>\n4 a : to bring into existence : FOUND <established a republic> b : BRING ABOUT, EFFECT <established friendly relations>\n5 a : to put on a firm basis : SET UP <establish his son in business> b : to put into a favorable position c : to gain full recognition or acceptance of <the role established her as a star>\n6 : to make (a church) a national or state institution\n7 : to put beyond doubt : PROVE <established my innocence>


Words: establishment
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something established: as a : a settled arrangement; especially : a code of laws b : ESTABLISHED CHURCH c : a permanent civil or military organization d : a place of business or residence with its furnishings and staff e : a public or private institution\n2 : an established order of society: as a often capitalized : a group of social, economic, and political leaders who form a ruling class (as of a nation) b often capitalized : a controlling group <the literary establishment>\n3 a : the act of establishing b : the state of being established


Words: estate
Meaning:
noun\n1 : STATE, CONDITION\n2 : social standing or rank especially of a high order\n3 : a social or political class; specifically : one of the great classes (as the nobility, the clergy, and the commons) formerly vested with distinct political powers\n4 a : the degree, quality, nature, and extent of one’s interest in land or other property b (1) : POSSESSIONS, PROPERTY; especially : a person’s property in land and tenements <a man of small estate> (2) : the assets and liabilities left by a person at death c : a landed property usually with a large house on it d British : PROJECT 4\n5 British : STATION WAGON


Words: esteem
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : WORTH, VALUE\n2 archaic : OPINION, JUDGMENT\n3 : the regard in which one is held; especially : high regard <the esteem we all feel for her>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 archaic : APPRAISE\n2 a : to view as : CONSIDER <esteem it a privilege> b : THINK, BELIEVE\n3 : to set a high value on : regard highly and prize accordingly


Words: ester
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a class of often fragrant compounds that can be represented by the formula RCOOR* and that are usually formed by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water


Words: estimate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 archaic a : ESTEEM b : APPRAISE\n2 a : to judge tentatively or approximately the value, worth, or significance of b : to determine roughly the size, extent, or nature of c : to produce a statement of the approximate cost of\n3 : JUDGE, CONCLUDE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of appraising or valuing : CALCULATION\n2 : an opinion or judgment of the nature, character, or quality of a person or thing <had a high estimate of his abilities>\n3 a : a rough or approximate calculation b : a numerical value obtained from a statistical sample and assigned to a population parameter\n4 : a statement of the cost of work to be done


Words: estimation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : JUDGMENT, OPINION\n2 a : the act of estimating something b : the value, amount, or size arrived at in an estimate\n3 : ESTEEM, HONOR


Words: estrange
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to remove from customary environment or associations\n2 : to arouse especially mutual enmity or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness : ALIENATE


Words: estrogen
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various natural steroids (as estradiol) that are formed from androgen precursors, that are secreted chiefly by the ovaries, placenta, adipose tissue, and testes, and that stimulate the development of female secondary sex characteristics and promote the growth and maintenance of the female reproductive system; also : any of various synthetic or semisynthetic steroids (as ethinyl estradiol) that mimic the physiological effect of natural estrogens


Words: estuary
Meaning:
noun\n: a water passage where the tide meets a river current; especially : an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river


Words: etch
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to produce (as a pattern or design) on a hard material by eating into the material’s surface (as by acid or laser beam) b : to subject to such etching\n2 : to delineate or impress clearly <scenes etched in our minds> <pain was etched on his features>\nintransitive senses : to practice etching\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the action or effect of etching a surface\n2 : a chemical agent used in etching


Words: etching
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the action or process of etching b : the art of producing pictures or designs by printing from an etched metal plate\n2 a : an etched design b : an impression from an etched plate


Words: eternal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having infinite duration : EVERLASTING b : of or relating to eternity c : characterized by abiding fellowship with God <good teacher, what must do to inherit eternal life Mark 10:17 (Revised Standard Version)>\n2 a : continued without intermission : PERPETUAL b : seemingly endless\n3 archaic : INFERNAL <some eternal villain devised this slander Shakespeare>\n4 : valid or existing at all times : TIMELESS <eternal verities>\n\n<2> noun\n1 capitalized : GOD 1 used with the\n2 : something eternal


Words: eternity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being eternal\n2 : infinite time\n3 plural : AGE 3b\n4 : the state after death : IMMORTALITY\n5 : a seemingly endless or immeasurable time


Words: ether
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the rarefied element formerly believed to fill the upper regions of space b : the upper regions of space : HEAVENS\n2 a : a medium that in the wave theory of light permeates all space and transmits transverse waves b : AIRWAVES\n3 a : a light volatile flammable liquid C4H10O used chiefly as a solvent and anesthetic b : any of various organic compounds characterized by an oxygen atom attached to two carbon atoms


Words: ethereal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of or relating to the regions beyond the earth b : CELESTIAL, HEAVENLY c : UNWORLDLY, SPIRITUAL\n2 a : lacking material substance : IMMATERIAL, INTANGIBLE b : marked by unusual delicacy or refinement <this smallest, most ethereal, and daintiest of birds William Beebe>\n3 : relating to, containing, or resembling a chemical ether


Words: ethical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to ethics\n2 : involving or expressing moral approval or disapproval\n3 : conforming to accepted professional standards of conduct\n4 of a drug : restricted to sale only on a doctor’s prescription


Words: Ethiopian
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a member of any of the mythical or actual peoples usually described by the ancient Greeks as dark-skinned and living far to the south\n2 archaic : a black person\n3 : a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the inhabitants or the country of Ethiopia\n2 : of, relating to, or being the biogeographic region that includes Africa south of the Sahara, southern Arabia, and sometimes Madagascar and the adjacent islands


Words: ethnic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : HEATHEN\n2 a : of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background <ethnic minorities> <ethnic enclaves> b : being a member of an ethnic group c : of, relating to, or characteristic of ethnics <ethnic neighborhoods> <ethnic foods>\n\n<2> noun\n: a member of an ethnic group; especially : a member of a minority group who retains the customs, language, or social views of the group


Words: ethnology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a science that deals with the division of human beings into races and their origin, distribution, relations, and characteristics\n2 : anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures : CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY


Words: etiology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : CAUSE, ORIGIN; specifically : all of the causes of a disease or abnormal condition\n2 : a branch of knowledge concerned with causes; specifically : a branch of medical science concerned with the causes and origins of diseases


Words: etiquette
Meaning:
noun\n: the conduct or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be observed in social or official life


Words: etymology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the history of a linguistic form (as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language\n2 : a branch of linguistics concerned with etymologies


Words: eucalyptus
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Eucalyptus) of mostly Australian evergreen trees or rarely shrubs of the myrtle family that have rigid entire leaves and umbellate flowers and are widely cultivated for their gums, resins, oils, and woods


Words: euchre
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a card game in which each player is dealt five cards and the player making trump must take three tricks to win a hand\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to prevent from winning three tricks in euchre\n2 : CHEAT, TRICK <euchred out of their life savings Pete Martin>


Words: eugenics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n: a science that deals with the improvement (as by control of human mating) of hereditary qualities of a race or breed


Words: eunuch
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palace\n2 : a man or boy deprived of the testes or external genitals\n3 : one that lacks virility or power <political eunuchs>


Words: euphemism
Meaning:
noun\n: the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant; also : the expression so substituted


Words: euphony
Meaning:
noun\n1 : pleasing or sweet sound; especially : the acoustic effect produced by words so formed or combined as to please the ear\n2 : a harmonious succession of words having a pleasing sound


Words: European
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, or characteristic of the continent of Europe or its people\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a native or inhabitant of Europe\n2 : a person of European descent


Words: europium
Meaning:
noun\n: a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare-earth group found in monazite sand see ELEMENT table


Words: euthanasia
Meaning:
noun\n: the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy


Words: euthenics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n: a science that deals with development of human well-being by improvement of living conditions


Words: evacuate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to remove the contents of : EMPTY\n2 : to discharge from the body as waste : VOID\n3 : to remove something (as gas or water) from especially by pumping\n4 a : to remove especially from a military zone or dangerous area b : to withdraw from military occupation of c : VACATE <were ordered to evacuate the building>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to withdraw from a place in an organized way especially for protection\n2 : to pass urine or feces from the body


Words: evade
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to slip away\n2 : to take refuge in evasion\ntransitive senses\n1 : to elude by dexterity or stratagem\n2 a : to avoid facing up to <evaded the real issues> b : to avoid the performance of : DODGE, CIRCUMVENT; especially : to fail to pay (taxes) c : to avoid answering directly : turn aside\n3 : to be elusive to : BAFFLE <the simple, personal meaning evaded them C. D. Lewis>


Words: evaluate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to determine or fix the value of\n2 : to determine the significance, worth, or condition of usually by careful appraisal and study


Words: evangelical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or being in agreement with the Christian gospel especially as it is presented in the four Gospels\n2 : PROTESTANT\n3 : emphasizing salvation by faith in the atoning death of Jesus Christ through personal conversion, the authority of Scripture, and the importance of preaching as contrasted with ritual\n4 a capitalized : of or relating to the Evangelical Church in Germany b often capitalized : of, adhering to, or marked by fundamentalism : FUNDAMENTALIST c often capitalized : LOW CHURCH\n5 : marked by militant or crusading zeal : EVANGELISTIC <the evangelical ardor of the movement’s leaders Amos Vogel>


Words: evangelist
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized : a writer of any of the four Gospels\n2 : a person who evangelizes; specifically : a Protestant minister or layman who preaches at special services


Words: evangelize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to preach the gospel to\n2 : to convert to Christianity\nintransitive senses : to preach the gospel


Words: evaporate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to convert into vapor; also : to dissipate or draw off in vapor or fumes b : to deposit (as a metal) in the form of a film by sublimation\n2 a : to expel moisture from b : EXPEL <evaporate electrons from a hot wire>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to pass off in vapor or in invisible minute particles b (1) : to pass off or away : DISAPPEAR <my despair evaporated J. F. Wharton> (2) : to diminish quickly\n2 : to give forth vapor


Words: evasion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a means of evading : DODGE\n2 : the act or an instance of evading : ESCAPE <suspected of tax evasion>


Words: eve
Meaning:
noun\n1 : EVENING\n2 : the evening or the day before a special day\n3 : the period immediately preceding


Words: even
Meaning:
<1> noun\narchaic : EVENING\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : having a horizontal surface : FLAT <even ground> b : being without break, indentation, or irregularity : SMOOTH c : being in the same plane or line\n2 a : free from variation : UNIFORM <his disposition was even> b : LEVEL 4\n3 a : EQUAL, FAIR <an even exchange> b (1) : leaving nothing due on either side : SQUARE <we will not be even until you repay my visit> (2) : fully revenged c : being in equilibrium : BALANCED; specifically : showing neither profit nor loss d obsolete : CANDID\n4 a : being any of the integers (as -2, 0, and 2) that are exactly divisible by two b : marked by an even number c : being a mathematical function such that f(x) f(-x) where the value remains unchanged if the sign of the independent variable is reversed\n5 : EXACT, PRECISE <an even dollar>\n6 : as likely as not : FIFTY-FIFTY <an even chance of winning>\n\n<3> adverb\n1 a : EXACTLY, PRECISELY b : to a degree that extends : FULLY, QUITE <faithful even unto death> c : at the very time\n2 a used as an intensive to emphasize the identity or character of something <he looked content, even happy> b used as an intensive to stress an extreme or highly unlikely condition or instance <so simple even a child can do it> c used as an intensive to stress the comparative degree <he did even better> d used as an intensive to indicate a small or minimum amount <didn’t even try>\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses : to make even\nintransitive senses : to become even


Words: evening
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the latter part and close of the day and early part of the night b chiefly Southern Midland : AFTERNOON c : the period from sunset or the evening meal to bedtime\n2 : the latter portion\n3 : the period of an evening’s entertainment\n\n<2> adjective\n: suitable for formal or semiformal evening social occasions <evening dress> <evening clothes>


Words: event
Meaning:
noun\n1 a archaic : OUTCOME b : the final outcome or determination of a legal action c : a postulated outcome, condition, or eventuality <in the event that am not there, call the house>\n2 a : something that happens : OCCURRENCE b : a noteworthy happening c : a social occasion or activity\n3 : any of the contests in a program of sports\n4 : the fundamental entity of observed physical reality represented by a point designated by three coordinates of place and one of time in the space-time continuum postulated by the theory of relativity\n5 : a subset of the possible outcomes of an experiment


Words: eventual
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : CONTINGENT, CONDITIONAL\n2 : taking place at an unspecified later time : ultimately resulting <they counted on our eventual success>


Words: ever
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : ALWAYS <ever striving to improve> <the ever-increasing population>\n2 a : at any time <more than ever before> b : in any way <how can ever thank you>\n3 used as an intensive <looks ever so angry> <am ever happy to see you>


Words: everglade
Meaning:
noun\n: a swampy grassland especially in southern Florida usually containing saw grass and at least seasonally covered by slowly moving water usually used in plural


Words: evergreen
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an evergreen plant; also : CONIFER\n2 plural : twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration\n3 : something that retains its freshness, interest, or popularity\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : having foliage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season compare DECIDUOUS 1\n2 : retaining freshness or interest : PERENNIAL


Words: everlasting
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : lasting or enduring through all time : ETERNAL\n2 a (1) : continuing long or indefinitely (2) : having or being flowers or foliage that retain form or color for a long time when dried b : tediously persistent <the everlasting sympathy-seeker who demands attention H. A. Overstreet>\n3 : wearing indefinitely\n\n<2> noun\n1 : ETERNITY <from everlasting>\n2 capitalized : GOD 1 used with the\n3 a : any of several chiefly composite plants (as cudweed) with flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color compare PEARLY EVERLASTING b : the flower of an everlasting


Words: every
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : being each individual or part of a group without exception b : being each in a series or succession <every few days>\n2 obsolete : being all taken severally\n3 : being each within a range of possibilities <was given every chance>\n4 : COMPLETE, ENTIRE <we have every confidence in her>


Words: everything
Meaning:
pronoun\n1 a : all that exists b : all that relates to the subject\n2 : all that is important <you mean everything to me>\n3 : all sorts of other things used to indicate related but unspecified events, facts, or conditions <all the pains and colds and everything E. B. White>


Words: evict
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to recover (property) from a person by legal process b : to put (a tenant) out by legal process\n2 : to force out : EXPEL


Words: evidence
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an outward sign : INDICATION b : something that furnishes proof : TESTIMONY; specifically : something legally submitted to a tribunal to ascertain the truth of a matter\n2 : one who bears witness; especially : one who voluntarily confesses a crime and testifies for the prosecution against his accomplices\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to offer evidence of : PROVE, EVINCE


Words: evil
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : morally reprehensible : SINFUL, WICKED <an evil impulse> b : arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct <a man of evil reputation>\n2 a archaic : INFERIOR b : causing discomfort or repulsion : OFFENSIVE <an evil odor> c : DISAGREEABLE <woke late and in an evil temper>\n3 a : causing harm : PERNICIOUS <the evil institution of slavery> b : marked by misfortune : UNLUCKY\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the fact of suffering, misfortune, and wrongdoing b : a cosmic evil force\n2 : something that brings sorrow, distress, or calamity


Words: eviscerate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to take out the entrails of : DISEMBOWEL b : to deprive of vital content or force\n2 : to remove an organ from (a patient) or the contents of (an organ)\nintransitive senses : to protrude through a surgical incision or suffer protrusion of a part through an incision


Words: evoke
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to call forth or up: as a : CONJURE 2a <evoke evil spirits> b : to cite especially with approval or for support : INVOKE c : to bring to mind or recollection <this place evokes memories>\n2 : to recreate imaginatively


Words: evolution
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one of a set of prescribed movements\n2 a : a process of change in a certain direction : UNFOLDING b : the action or an instance of forming and giving something off : EMISSION c (1) : a process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse to a higher, more complex, or better state : GROWTH (2) : a process of gradual and relatively peaceful social, political, and economic advance d : something evolved\n3 : the process of working out or developing\n4 a : the historical development of a biological group (as a race or species) : PHYLOGENY b : a theory that the various types of animals and plants have their origin in other preexisting types and that the distinguishable differences are due to modifications in successive generations\n5 : the extraction of a mathematical root\n6 : a process in which the whole universe is a progression of interrelated phenomena


Words: evolve
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : EMIT\n2 a : DERIVE, EDUCE b : to produce by natural evolutionary processes c : DEVELOP, WORK OUT <evolve social, political, and literary philosophies L. W. Doob>\nintransitive senses : to undergo evolutionary change


Words: ewe
Meaning:
noun\n: the female of the sheep especially when mature; also : the female of various related animals


Words: ex
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n1 : out of : FROM: as a : from a specified place or source b : from a specified dam <a promising calf by Eric XVI ex Heatherbell>\n2 : free from : WITHOUT: as a : without an indicated value or right used especially of securities b : free of charges precedent to removal from the specified place with purchaser to provide means of subsequent transportation <ex dock>\n\n<2> noun\n: one that formerly held a specified position or place; especially : a former spouse\n\n<3> noun\n: the letter x\n\n<4> abbreviation\nexample, exchange, executive, express, extra


Words: exacerbate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to make more violent, bitter, or severe <the proposed shutdown would exacerbate unemployment problems Science>


Words: exact
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain <from them has been exacted the ultimate sacrifice D. D. Eisenhower>\n2 : to call for as necessary or desirable\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : exhibiting or marked by strict, particular, and complete accordance with fact or a standard\n2 : marked by thorough consideration or minute measurement of small factual details


Words: exacting
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands\n2 : requiring careful attention and precision


Words: exaggerate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth : OVERSTATE <a friend exaggerates a man’s virtues Joseph Addison>\n2 : to enlarge or increase especially beyond the normal : OVEREMPHASIZE\nintransitive senses : to make an overstatement


Words: exalt
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to raise in rank, power, or character\n2 : to elevate by praise or in estimation : GLORIFY\n3 obsolete : ELATE\n4 : to raise high : ELEVATE\n5 : to enhance the activity of : INTENSIFY <rousing and exalting the imagination George Eliot>\nintransitive senses : to induce exaltation


Words: examine
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to inspect closely b : to test the condition of c : to inquire into carefully : INVESTIGATE\n2 a : to interrogate closely <examine a prisoner> b : to test by questioning in order to determine progress, fitness, or knowledge\nintransitive senses : to make or give an examination


Words: example
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that serves as a pattern to be imitated or not to be imitated <a good example> <a bad example>\n2 : a punishment inflicted on someone as a warning to others; also : an individual so punished\n3 : one (as an item or incident) that is representative of all of a group or type\n4 : a parallel or closely similar case especially when serving as a precedent or model\n5 : an instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate a rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of a rule\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to serve as an example of\n2 archaic : to be or set an example to


Words: exasperate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to excite the anger of : ENRAGE b : to cause irritation or annoyance to\n2 obsolete : to make more grievous : AGGRAVATE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : irritated or annoyed especially to the point of injudicious action : EXASPERATED\n2 : roughened with irregular prickles or elevations <exasperate seed coats>


Words: excavate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to form a cavity or hole in\n2 : to form by hollowing out\n3 : to dig out and remove\n4 : to expose to view by or as if by digging away a covering <excavate the remains of a temple> <another writer whose work excavated William Zinsser>\nintransitive senses : to make excavations


Words: exceed
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to extend outside of <the river will exceed its banks>\n2 : to be greater than or superior to\n3 : to go beyond a limit set by <exceeded his authority>\nintransitive senses\n1 obsolete : OVERDO\n2 : PREDOMINATE


Words: excel
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to be superior to : surpass in accomplishment or achievement\nintransitive senses : to be distinguishable by superiority : surpass others <excel in sports> <excelled at lipreading>


Words: excellence
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality of being excellent\n2 : an excellent or valuable quality : VIRTUE\n3 : EXCELLENCY 2


Words: excellency
Meaning:
noun\n1 : EXCELLENCE; especially : outstanding or valuable quality usually used in plural <so crammed, as he thinks, with excellencies Shakespeare>\n2 used as a title for high dignitaries of state (as a governor or an ambassador) or church (as a Roman Catholic archbishop or bishop)


Words: exception
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of excepting : EXCLUSION\n2 : one that is excepted; especially : a case to which a rule does not apply\n3 : QUESTION, OBJECTION <witnesses whose authority is beyond exception T. B. Macaulay>\n4 : an oral or written legal objection


Words: exceptionable
Meaning:
adjective\n: being likely to cause objection : OBJECTIONABLE <visitors even drink the exceptionable beer W. D. Howells>


Words: exceptional
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : forming an exception : RARE <an exceptional number of rainy days>\n2 : better than average : SUPERIOR <exceptional skill>\n3 : deviating from the norm: as a : having above or below average intelligence b : physically handicapped


Words: excerpt
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to select (a passage) for quoting : EXTRACT\n2 : to take or publish extracts from (as a book)\n\n<2> noun\n: a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : EXTRACT


Words: excess
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the state or an instance of surpassing usual, proper, or specified limits : SUPERFLUITY b : the amount or degree by which one thing or quantity exceeds another <an excess of 10 bushels>\n2 : undue or immoderate indulgence : INTEMPERANCE; also : an act or instance of intemperance <prevent excesses and abuses by newly created local powers Albert Shanker>\n\n<2> adjective\n: more than the usual, proper, or specified amount\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to eliminate the position of <excessed several teachers because of budget cutbacks>


Words: exchange
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act of giving or taking one thing in return for another : TRADE <an exchange of prisoners>\n2 a : the act or process of substituting one thing for another b : reciprocal giving and receiving\n3 : something offered, given, or received in an exchange\n4 a : funds payable currently at a distant point either in a foreign currency or in domestic currency b (1) : interchange or conversion of the money of two countries or of current and uncurrent money with allowance for difference in value (2) : EXCHANGE RATE (3) : the amount of the difference in value between two currencies or between values of a particular currency at two places c : instruments (as checks or bills of exchange) presented in a clearinghouse for settlement\n5 : a place where things or services are exchanged: as a : an organized market or center for trading in securities or commodities b : a store or shop specializing in merchandise usually of a particular type c : a cooperative store or society d : a central office in which telephone lines are connected to permit communication\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to part with, give, or transfer in consideration of something received as an equivalent b : to have replaced by other merchandise <exchanged the shirt for one in a larger size>\n2 : to part with for a substitute <exchanging future security for immediate pleasure>\n3 : to give and receive reciprocally <exchange gifts>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to pass or become received in exchange\n2 : to engage in an exchange


Words: exchequer
Meaning:
noun\n1 capitalized : a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes\n2 capitalized : a former superior court having jurisdiction in England and Wales primarily over revenue matters and now merged with King’s Bench\n3 often capitalized a : the department or office of state in Great Britain and Northern Ireland charged with the receipt and care of the national revenue b : the national banking account of this realm\n4 : TREASURY; especially : a national or royal treasury\n5 : pecuniary resources : FUNDS


Words: excise
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity\n2 : any of various taxes on privileges often assessed in the form of a license or fee\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to impose an excise on\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to remove by or as if by excision


Words: excite
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to call to activity b : to rouse to an emotional response <scenes to excite the hardest man to pity> c : to arouse (as a strong emotional response) by appropriate stimuli <excite enthusiasm for the new regime Arthur Knight>\n2 a : ENERGIZE <excite an electromagnet> b : to produce a magnetic field in <excite a dynamo>\n3 : to increase the activity of (as a living organism) : STIMULATE\n4 : to raise (as an atomic nucleus, an atom, or a molecule) to a higher energy level


Words: exclaim
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion <exclaimed in delight>\n2 : to speak loudly or vehemently <exclaimed against immorality>\ntransitive senses : to utter sharply, passionately, or vehemently : PROCLAIM


Words: exclude
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to prevent or restrict the entrance of b : to bar from participation, consideration, or inclusion\n2 : to expel or bar especially from a place or position previously occupied


Words: exclusive
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : excluding or having power to exclude b : limiting or limited to possession, control, or use by a single individual or group\n2 a : excluding others from participation b : snobbishly aloof\n3 a : accepting or soliciting only a socially restricted patronage (as of the upper class) b : STYLISH, FASHIONABLE c : restricted in distribution, use, or appeal because of expense\n4 a : SINGLE, SOLE <exclusive jurisdiction> b : WHOLE, UNDIVIDED <his exclusive attention>\n\n<2> noun\n: something exclusive: as a : a newspaper story at first released to or printed by only one newspaper b : an exclusive right (as to sell a particular product in a certain area)


Words: excommunicate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to subject to excommunication\n\n<2> adjective\n: excluded from the rites of the church : EXCOMMUNICATED


Words: excrement
Meaning:
noun\n: waste matter discharged from the body; especially : waste (as feces) discharged from the alimentary canal


Words: excrescence
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a projection or outgrowth especially when abnormal <warty excrescences in the colon>\n2 : a disfiguring, extraneous, or unwanted mark or part : BLOT


Words: excrete
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to separate and eliminate or discharge (waste) from the blood or tissues or from the active protoplasm


Words: excruciating
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : causing great pain or anguish : AGONIZING <the nation’s most excruciating dilemma W. H. Ferry>\n2 : very intense : EXTREME <excruciating pain>


Words: excursion
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a going out or forth : EXPEDITION b (1) : a usually brief pleasure trip (2) : a trip at special reduced rates\n2 : deviation from a direct, definite, or proper course; especially : DIGRESSION <needless excursions into abstruse theory>\n3 a : a movement outward and back or from a mean position or axis; also : the distance traversed : AMPLITUDE <the excursion of a piston> b : one complete movement of expansion and contraction of the lungs and their membranes (as in breathing)


Words: excuse
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to make apology for b : to try to remove blame from\n2 : to forgive entirely or disregard as of trivial import : regard as excusable <graciously excused his tardiness>\n3 a : to grant exemption or release to <was excused from jury duty> b : to allow to leave <excused the class>\n4 : to serve as excuse for : JUSTIFY <nothing can excuse such neglect>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of excusing\n2 a : something offered as justification or as grounds for being excused b plural : an expression of regret for failure to do something c : a note of explanation of an absence\n3 : JUSTIFICATION, REASON


Words: execrable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : deserving to be execrated : DETESTABLE <execrable crimes>\n2 : very bad : WRETCHED <execrable hotel food>


Words: execute
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to carry out fully : put completely into effect <execute a command>\n2 : to do what is provided or required by <execute a decree>\n3 : to put to death especially in compliance with a legal sentence\n4 : to make or produce (as a work of art) especially by carrying out a design\n5 : to perform what is required to give validity to <execute a deed>\n6 : PLAY <execute a piece of music>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to perform properly or skillfully the fundamentals of a sport or of a particular play <never had a team execute better Bobby Knight>\n2 : to perform indicated tasks according to encoded instructions used of a computer program or routine


Words: executive
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs b : belonging to the branch of government that is charged with such powers as diplomatic representation, superintendence of the execution of the laws, and appointment of officials and that usually has some power over legislation (as through veto) compare JUDICIAL, LEGISLATIVE\n2 a : designed for or relating to execution or carrying into effect <executive board> b : having administrative or managerial responsibility <executive director>\n3 : of or relating to an executive <the executive offices>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the executive branch of a government; also : the person or persons who constitute the executive magistracy of a state\n2 : a directing or controlling office of an organization\n3 : one that exercises administrative or managerial control


Words: executor
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one who executes something b obsolete : EXECUTIONER\n2 a : the person appointed by a testator to execute a will b : LITERARY EXECUTOR


Words: exemplar
Meaning:
noun\n: one that serves as a model or example: as a : an ideal model b : a typical or standard specimen c : a copy of a book or writing d : IDEA 1a


Words: exemplary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : serving as a pattern b : deserving imitation : COMMENDABLE <his courage was exemplary>; also : deserving imitation because of excellence <they serve exemplary pastries G. V. Higgins>\n2 : serving as a warning : MONITORY\n3 : serving as an example, instance, or illustration


Words: exemplify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to show or illustrate by example\n2 : to make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal\n3 a : to be an instance of or serve as an example : EMBODY b : to be typical of


Words: exempt
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 obsolete : set apart\n2 : free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject <was exempt from jury duty> <the estate was exempt from taxes>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to release or deliver from some liability or requirement to which others are subject : EXCUSE <a man exempted from military service>\n2 obsolete : to set apart\n\n<3> noun\n: one exempted or freed from duty


Words: exercise
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the act of bringing into play or realizing in action : USE b : the discharge of an official function or professional occupation c : the act or an instance of carrying out the terms of an agreement (as an option)\n2 a : regular or repeated use of a faculty or bodily organ b : bodily exertion for the sake of developing and maintaining physical fitness\n3 : something performed or practiced in order to develop, improve, or display a specific power or skill <arithmetic exercises>\n4 : a performance having a strongly marked secondary or ulterior aspect <party politics has always been an exercise in compromise H. S. Ashmore>\n5 a : a maneuver, operation, or drill carried out for training and discipline b plural : a program including speeches, announcements of awards and honors, and various traditional practices of secular or religious character <commencement exercises>\ng the unfairness of such criticism or blame <her judgment was vindicated*.\nooperative store or society d : a central office in which telephone lines are connected to permit communication\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make effective in action : USE <didn’t exercise good judgment> b : to bring to bear : EXERT <exercise influence> c : to implement the terms of (as an option)\n2 a : to use repeatedly in order to strengthen or develop b : to train (as troops) by drills and maneuvers c : to put through exercises <exercise the horses>\n3 a : to engage the attention and effort of b : to cause anxiety, alarm, or indignation in <the issues exercising voters this year>\nintransitive senses : to take exercise


Words: exert
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to put forth (as strength) b : to put (oneself) into action or to tiring effort\n2 : to bring to bear especially with sustained effort or lasting effect\n3 : EMPLOY, WIELD <exerted her leadership abilities intelligently>


Words: exhale
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to rise or be given off as vapor\n2 : to emit breath or vapor\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to breathe out b : to give forth (gaseous matter) : EMIT\n2 archaic : to cause to be emitted in vapor


Words: exhaust
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to consume entirely : USE UP <exhausted our funds in a week> b : to tire extremely or completely <exhausted by overwork> c : to deprive of a valuable quality or constituent <exhaust a photographic developer> <exhaust a soil of fertility>\n2 a : to draw off or let out completely b : to empty by drawing off the contents; specifically : to create a vacuum in\n3 a : to develop (a subject) completely b : to try out the whole number of <exhausted all the possibilities>\nintransitive senses : DISCHARGE, EMPTY <the engine exhausts through the muffler>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the escape of used gas or vapor from an engine b : the gas or vapor thus escaping\n2 a : the conduit through which used gases escape b : an arrangement for removing fumes, dusts, or odors from an enclosure\n3 : EXHAUSTION


Words: exhaustive
Meaning:
adjective\n: testing all possibilities or considering all elements : THOROUGH <conducted an exhaustive investigation>


Words: exhibit
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to submit (as a document) to a court or officer in course of proceedings; also : to present or offer officially or in legal form\n2 : to present to view: as a : to show or display outwardly especially by visible signs or actions <exhibited no fear> b : to have as a readily discernible quality or feature <in all cultures we know, men exhibit an aesthetic sense H. J. Muller> c : to show publicly especially for purposes of competition or demonstration\nintransitive senses : to display something for public inspection\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a document or material object produced and identified in court or before an examiner for use as evidence\n2 : something exhibited\n3 : an act or instance of exhibiting


Words: exhibitionism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a perversion marked by a tendency to indecent exposure b : an act of such exposure\n2 : the act or practice of behaving so as to attract attention to oneself


Words: exhort
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly\nintransitive senses : to give warnings or advice : make urgent appeals


Words: exigency
Meaning:
noun\n1 : that which is required in a particular situation usually used in plural\n2 a : the quality or state of being exigent b : a state of affairs that makes urgent demands <a leader must act in any sudden exigency>


Words: exiguous
Meaning:
adjective\n: excessively scanty : INADEQUATE <wrest an exiguous existence from the land> <exiguous evidence>


Words: exile
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the state or a period of forced absence from one’s country or home b : the state or a period of voluntary absence from one’s country or home\n2 : a person who is in exile\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to banish or expel from one’s own country or home


Words: exist
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 a : to have real being whether material or spiritual <did unicorns exist> <the largest galaxy known to exist> b : to have being in a specified place or with respect to understood limitations or conditions <strange ideas existed in his mind>\n2 : to continue to be <racism still exists in society>\n3 a : to have life or the functions of vitality <we cannot exist without oxygen> b : to live at an inferior level or under adverse circumstances <the hungry existing from day to day>


Words: existence
Meaning:
noun\n1 a obsolete : reality as opposed to appearance b : reality as presented in experience c (1) : the totality of existent things (2) : a particular being <all the fair existences of heaven John Keats> d : sentient or living being : LIFE\n2 a : the state or fact of having being especially independently of human consciousness and as contrasted with nonexistence b : the manner of being that is common to every mode of being c : being with respect to a limiting condition or under a particular aspect\n3 : continued or repeated manifestation


Words: existentialism
Meaning:
noun\n: a chiefly 20th century philosophical movement embracing diverse doctrines but centering on analysis of individual existence in an unfathomable universe and the plight of the individual who must assume ultimate responsibility for his acts of free will without any certain knowledge of what is right or wrong or good or bad


Words: exodus
Meaning:
noun\n1 capitalized : the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see BIBLE table\n2 : a mass departure : EMIGRATION


Words: exonerate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship\n2 : to clear from accusation or blame


Words: exorbitant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not coming within the scope of the law\n2 : exceeding in intensity, quality, amount, or size the customary or appropriate limits


Words: exorcise
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration b : to get rid of (something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive)\n2 : to free of an evil spirit


Words: exotic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : introduced from another country : not native to the place where found\n2 archaic : FOREIGN, ALIEN\n3 : strikingly, excitingly, or mysteriously different or unusual\n4 : of or relating to striptease <exotic dancing>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one (as a plant or animal) that is exotic\n2 : STRIPTEASER


Words: expand
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to open up : UNFOLD\n2 : to increase the extent, number, volume, or scope of : ENLARGE\n3 a : to express at length or in greater detail b : to write out in full <expand all abbreviations> c : to subject to mathematical expansion <expand a function in a power series>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to open out : SPREAD\n2 : to increase in extent, number, volume, or scope\n3 : to speak or write fully or in detail <expanded on the theme>\n4 : to feel generous or optimistic


Words: expansion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : EXPANSE\n2 : the act or process of expanding <territorial expansion>\n3 : the quality or state of being expanded\n4 : the increase in volume of working fluid (as steam) in an engine cylinder after cutoff or in an internal combustion engine after explosion\n5 a : an expanded part b : something that results from an act of expanding <the book is an expansion of a lecture series>\n6 : the result of carrying out an indicated mathematical operation : the expression of a function in the form of a series


Words: expansive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a capacity or a tendency to expand\n2 : causing or tending to cause expansion\n3 a : characterized by high spirits, generosity, or readiness to talk : OPEN <grew expansive after dinner> b : marked by or indicative of exaggerated euphoria and delusions of self-importance <an expansive patient>\n4 : marked by expansion; especially : having a great expanse or extent : SIZABLE, EXTENSIVE\n5 : characterized by richness, abundance, or magnificence <expansive living>


Words: expatiate
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to move about freely or at will : WANDER\n2 : to speak or write at length or in detail <expatiating upon the value of the fabric Thomas Hardy>


Words: expatriate
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to withdraw (oneself) from residence in or allegiance to one’s native country\n2 : BANISH, EXILE\nintransitive senses : to leave one’s native country to live elsewhere; also : to renounce allegiance to one’s native country\n\n<2> adjective\n: living in a foreign land


Words: expect
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 archaic : WAIT, STAY\n2 : to look forward\n3 : to be pregnant : await the birth of one’s child used in progressive tenses <she’s expecting next month>\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : AWAIT\n2 : to anticipate or look forward to the coming or occurrence of <we expect them any minute now> <expected a telephone call>\n3 : SUPPOSE, THINK\n4 a : to consider probable or certain <expect to be forgiven> <expect that things will improve> b : to consider reasonable, due, or necessary <expected hard work from the students> c : to consider bound in duty or obligated <they expect you to pay your bills>


Words: expectancy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act, action, or state of expecting b : the state of being expected\n2 a : something expected b : the expected amount (as of the number of years of life) based on statistical probability <life expectancy>


Words: expectant
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : characterized by expectation\n2 : expecting the birth of a child <expectant mothers>\n\n<2> noun\n: one who is looking forward to something


Words: expectation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or state of expecting : ANTICIPATION\n2 a : something expected <not up to expectations> b : basis for expecting : ASSURANCE <they have every expectation of success> c : prospects of inheritance usually used in plural\n3 : the state of being expected\n4 a : EXPECTANCY 2b b : EXPECTED VALUE


Words: expectorant
Meaning:
noun\n: an agent that promotes the discharge or expulsion of mucus from the respiratory tract; broadly : an antitussive agent


Words: expectorate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting\n2 : SPIT\nintransitive senses\n1 : to discharge matter from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting\n2 : SPIT


Words: expediency
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being suited to the end in view : SUITABILITY, FITNESS\n2 obsolete a : HASTE, DISPATCH b : an enterprise requiring haste or caution\n3 : adherence to expedient means and methods <put more emphasis on expediency than on principle W. H. Jones>\n4 : a means of achieving a particular end : EXPEDIENT


Words: expedient
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance\n2 : characterized by concern with what is opportune; especially : governed by self-interest\n\n<2> noun\n: something expedient : a temporary means to an end


Words: expedite
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to execute promptly\n2 : to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up\n3 : ISSUE, DISPATCH


Words: expediter
Meaning:
noun\n: one that expedites; specifically : one employed to ensure efficient movement of goods or supplies in a business


Words: expedition
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a journey or excursion undertaken for a specific purpose b : the group of persons making such a journey\n2 : efficient promptness : SPEED\n3 : a sending or setting forth


Words: expel
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to force out : EJECT <expelled the smoke from her lungs>\n2 : to force to leave (as a place or organization) by official action : take away rights or privileges of membership <expelled from college>


Words: expend
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to pay out : SPEND <the social services upon which public revenue is expended J. A. Hobson>\n2 : to make use of for a specific purpose : UTILIZE <projects on which they expended great energy>; also : USE UP


Words: expenditure
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of expending <an expenditure of energy>\n2 : something expended : DISBURSEMENT, EXPENSE <income should exceed expenditures>


Words: expense
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : the act or an instance of expending : EXPENDITURE\n2 a : something expended to secure a benefit or bring about a result b : financial burden or outlay : COST <built the monument at their own expense> c : an item of business outlay chargeable against revenue for a specific period\n3 : a cause or occasion of expenditure <an estate is a great expense>\n4 : a loss, detriment, or embarrassment that results from some action or gain : SACRIFICE <everyone had a good laugh at my expense> usually used in the phrase at the expense of <develop a boy’s physique at the expense of his intelligence Bertrand Russell>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to charge with expenses\n2 a : to charge to an expense account b : to write off as an expense


Words: expensive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : involving high cost or sacrifice <an expensive hobby>\n2 a : commanding a high price and especially one that is not based on intrinsic worth or is beyond a prospective buyer’s means b : characterized by high prices <expensive shops>


Words: experience
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : direct observation of or participation in events as a basis of knowledge b : the fact or state of having been affected by or gained knowledge through direct observation or participation\n2 a : practical knowledge, skill, or practice derived from direct observation of or participation in events or in a particular activity b : the length of such participation <has 10 years experience in the job>\n3 a : the conscious events that make up an individual life b : the events that make up the conscious past of a community or nation or mankind generally\n4 : something personally encountered, undergone, or lived through\n5 : the act or process of directly perceiving events or reality\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to learn by experience <I have experienced that a landscape and the sky unfold the deepest beauty Nathaniel Hawthorne>\n2 : to have experience of : UNDERGO <experienced severe hardships as a child>


Words: experiment
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : TEST, TRIAL <make another experiment of his suspicion Shakespeare> b : a tentative procedure or policy c : an operation carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover an unknown effect or law, to test or establish a hypothesis, or to illustrate a known law\n2 obsolete : EXPERIENCE\n3 : the process of testing : EXPERIMENTATION\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to carry out experiments : try out a new procedure, idea, or activity


Words: expert
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : EXPERIENCED\n2 : having, involving, or displaying special skill or knowledge derived from training or experience


Words: expiate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 obsolete : to put an end to\n2 a : to extinguish the guilt incurred by b : to make amends for <permission to expiate their offences by their assiduous labours Francis Bacon>\nintransitive senses : to make expiation


Words: expire
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to breathe one’s last breath : DIE\n2 : to come to an end\n3 : to emit the breath\ntransitive senses\n1 obsolete : CONCLUDE\n2 : to breathe out from or as if from the lungs\n3 archaic : EMIT


Words: explain
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make known b : to make plain or understandable <footnotes that explain the terms>\n2 : to give the reason for or cause of\n3 : to show the logical development or relationships of\nintransitive senses : to make something plain or understandable


Words: expletive
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense; especially : a word (as it in <make it clear which you prefer>) that occupies the position of the subject or object of a verb in normal English word order and anticipates a subsequent word or phrase that supplies the needed meaningful content b : an exclamatory word or phrase; especially : one that is obscene or profane\n2 : one that serves to fill out or as a filling\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : serving to fill up <expletive phrases>\n2 : marked by the use of expletives


Words: explicate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to give a detailed explanation of\n2 : to develop the implications of : analyze logically


Words: explicit
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent <explicit instructions> b : open in the depiction of nudity or sexuality <explicit books and films>\n2 : fully developed or formulated <an explicit plan> <an explicit notion of our objective>\n3 : unambiguous in expression <was very explicit on how we are to behave>\n4 of a mathematical function : defined by an expression containing only independent variables compare IMPLICIT 1c


Words: explode
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to drive from the stage by noisy disapproval\n2 : to bring into disrepute or discredit <explode a theory>\n3 : to cause to explode or burst noisily <explode a bomb>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to burst forth with sudden violence or noise from internal energy: as a : to undergo a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction with the production of noise, heat, and violent expansion of gases <dynamite explodes> b : to burst violently as a result of pressure from within\n2 a : to give forth a sudden strong and noisy outburst of emotion <exploded in anger> b : to move with sudden speed and force <exploded from the starting gate>\n3 : to increase rapidly <the population of the city exploded>


Words: exploit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: DEED, ACT; especially : a notable or heroic act\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make productive use of : UTILIZE <exploiting your talents> <exploit your opponent’s weakness>\n2 : to make use of meanly or unjustly for one’s own advantage <exploiting migrant farm workers>


Words: explore
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to investigate, study, or analyze : look into <explore the relationship between social class and learning ability> sometimes used with indirect questions <to explore where ethical issues arise R. T. Blackburn> b : to become familiar with by testing or experimenting <explore new cuisines>\n2 : to travel over (new territory) for adventure or discovery\n3 : to examine minutely especially for diagnostic purposes <explore the wound>\nintransitive senses : to make or conduct a systematic search <explore for oil>


Words: explosion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or an instance of exploding <injured in a laboratory explosion>\n2 : a large-scale, rapid, or spectacular expansion or bursting out or forth <the explosion of suburbia> <an explosion of red hair>\n3 : the release of occluded breath that occurs in one kind of articulation of stop consonants


Words: explosive
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : relating to, characterized by, or operated by explosion <an explosive hatch> b : resulting from or as if from an explosion <explosive population growth>\n2 a : tending to explode <an explosive person> b : likely to erupt in or produce hostile reaction or violence <an explosive ghetto situation>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an explosive substance\n2 : a consonant characterized by explosion in its articulation when it occurs in certain environments : STOP


Words: exponent
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a symbol written above and to the right of a mathematical expression to indicate the operation of raising to a power\n2 a : one that expounds or interprets b : one that champions, practices, or exemplifies


Words: export
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to carry away : REMOVE\n2 : to carry or send (as a commodity) to some other place (as another country)\nintransitive senses : to export something abroad\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something exported; specifically : a commodity conveyed from one country or region to another for purposes of trade\n2 : the act of exporting : EXPORTATION <the export of wheat>\n\n<3> adjective\n: of or relating to exportation or exports <export duties>


Words: expose
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition <expose troops needlessly> <has not yet been exposed to measles> b : to submit or make accessible to a particular action or influence <expose children to good books>; especially : to subject (a sensitive photographic film, plate, or paper) to radiant energy c : to abandon (an infant) especially by leaving in the open\n2 a : to make known : bring to light (as something shameful) b : to disclose the faults or crimes of <expose a murderer>\n3 : to cause to be visible or open to view : DISPLAY: as a : to offer publicly for sale b : to exhibit for public veneration c : to reveal the face of (a playing card) or the cards of (a player’s hand) d : to engage in indecent exposure of (oneself)


Words: exposition
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a setting forth of the meaning or purpose (as of a writing)\n2 a : discourse or an example of it designed to convey information or explain what is difficult to understand b (1) : the first part of a musical composition in sonata form in which the thematic material of the movement is presented (2) : the opening section of a fugue\n3 : a public exhibition or show


Words: expostulate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses , obsolete : DISCUSS, EXAMINE\nintransitive senses : to reason earnestly with a person for purposes of dissuasion or remonstrance


Words: exposure
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the fact or condition of being exposed: as a : the condition of being presented to view or made known <a politician seeks a lot of exposure> b : the condition of being unprotected especially from severe weather <died of exposure> c : the condition of being subject to some effect or influence <risk exposure to the flu> d : the condition of being at risk of financial loss; also : an amount at risk\n2 : the act or an instance of exposing: as a : disclosure of something secret <tried to prevent exposure of their past> b : the treating of sensitized material (as film) to controlled amounts of radiant energy; also : the amount of such energy or length of such treatment <a 3-second exposure>\n3 a : the manner of being exposed b : the position (as of a house) with respect to weather influences or compass points <a room with a southern exposure>\n4 : a piece or section of sensitized material (as film) on which an exposure is or can be made <36 exposures per roll>


Words: expound
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to set forth : STATE b : to defend with argument\n2 : to explain by setting forth in careful and often elaborate detail <expound a law>\nintransitive senses : to make a statement : COMMENT


Words: express
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : directly, firmly, and explicitly stated <my express orders> b : EXACT, PRECISE\n2 a : designed for or adapted to its purpose b : of a particular sort : SPECIFIC <for that express purpose>\n3 a : traveling at high speed; specifically : traveling with few or no stops along the way <express train> b : adapted or suitable for travel at high speed <an express highway> c British : designated to be delivered without delay by special messenger\n\n<2> adverb\n1 obsolete : EXPRESSLY\n2 : by express <delivered express>\n\n<3> noun\n1 a British : a messenger sent on a special errand b British : a dispatch conveyed by a special messenger c (1) : a system for the prompt and safe transportation of parcels, money, or goods at rates higher than standard freight charges (2) : a company operating such a merchandise freight service d British : SPECIAL DELIVERY\n2 : an express vehicle\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 a : DELINEATE, DEPICT b : to represent in words : STATE c : to give or convey a true impression of : SHOW, REFLECT d : to make known the opinions or feelings of (oneself) e : to give expression to the artistic or creative impulses or abilities of (oneself) f : to represent by a sign or symbol : SYMBOLIZE\n2 a : to force out (as the juice of a fruit) by pressure b : to subject to pressure so as to extract something\n3 : to send by express\n4 : to cause (a gene) to manifest its effects in the phenotype


Words: expression
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an act, process, or instance of representing in a medium (as words) : UTTERANCE <freedom of expression> b (1) : something that manifests, embodies, or symbolizes something else <this gift is an expression of my admiration for you> (2) : a significant word or phrase (3) : a mathematical or logical symbol or a meaningful combination of symbols (4) : the detectable effect of a gene; also : EXPRESSIVITY 1\n2 a : a mode, means, or use of significant representation or symbolism; especially : felicitous or vivid indication or depiction of mood or sentiment <read the poem with expression> b (1) : the quality or fact of being expressive (2) : facial aspect or vocal intonation as indicative of feeling\n3 : an act or product of pressing out


Words: expressionism
Meaning:
noun\n: a theory or practice in art of seeking to depict the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse in the artist


Words: expropriate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to deprive of possession or proprietary rights\n2 : to transfer (the property of another) to one’s own possession


Words: expunge
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion\n2 : to efface completely : DESTROY


Words: expurgate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous; especially : to expunge objectionable parts from before publication or presentation <an expurgated edition of the letters>


Words: exquisite
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : carefully selected : CHOICE\n2 archaic : ACCURATE\n3 a : marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution b : marked by nice discrimination, deep sensitivity, or subtle understanding <exquisite taste> c : ACCOMPLISHED, PERFECTED <an exquisite gentleman>\n4 a : pleasing through beauty, fitness, or perfection <an exquisite white blossom> b : ACUTE, INTENSE <exquisite pain> c : having uncommon or esoteric appeal\n\n<2> noun\n: one who is overly fastidious in dress or ornament


Words: extant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : standing out or above\n2 a : currently or actually existing <the most charming writer extant G. W. Johnson> b : not destroyed or lost <extant manuscripts>


Words: extemporaneous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a (1) : composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : IMPROMPTU (2) : carefully prepared but delivered without notes or text b : skilled at or given to extemporaneous utterance c : happening suddenly and often unexpectedly and usually without clearly known causes or relationships <a great deal of criminal and delinquent behavior is extemporaneous W. C. Reckless>\n2 : provided, made, or put to use as an expedient : MAKESHIFT


Words: extemporize
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to do something extemporaneously : IMPROVISE; especially : to speak extemporaneously\n2 : to get along in a makeshift manner\ntransitive senses : to compose, perform, or utter extemporaneously : IMPROVISE


Words: extend
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to spread or stretch forth : UNBEND <extended both her arms>\n2 a : to stretch out to fullest length b : to cause (as a horse) to move at full stride c : to exert (oneself) to full capacity <could work long and hard without seeming to extend himself> d (1) : to increase the bulk of (as by adding a cheaper substance or a modifier) (2) : ADULTERATE\n3 Middle English, from Medieval Latin extendere (from Latin) or AngloFrench estendre, from Old French a British : to take possession of (as lands) by a writ of extent b obsolete : to take by force\n4 a : to make the offer of : PROFFER <extending aid to the needy> b : to make available <extending credit to customers>\n5 a : to cause to reach (as in distance or scope) <national authority was extended over new territories> b : to cause to be longer : PROLONG <extend the side of a triangle> <extended their visit another day>; also : to prolong the time of payment of c : ADVANCE, FURTHER <extending her potential through job training>\n6 a : to cause to be of greater area or volume : ENLARGE b : to increase the scope, meaning, or application of : BROADEN <beauty, suppose, opens the heart, extends the consciousness Algernon Blackwood> c archaic : EXAGGERATE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to stretch out in distance, space, or time : REACH <their jurisdiction extended over the whole area>\n2 : to reach in scope or application <his concern extends beyond mere business to real service to his customers>


Words: extension
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the action of extending : state of being extended b : an enlargement in scope or operation <tools are extensions of human hands>\n2 a : the total range over which something extends : COMPASS b : DENOTATION 4\n3 a : the stretching of a fractured or dislocated limb so as to restore it to its natural position b : an unbending movement around a joint in a limb (as the knee or elbow) that increases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint compare FLEXION 4a\n4 : a property whereby something occupies space\n5 : an increase in length of time; specifically : an increase in time allowed under agreement or concession <was granted an extension>\n6 : a program that geographically extends the educational resources of an institution by special arrangements (as correspondence courses) to persons otherwise unable to take advantage of such resources\n7 a : a part constituting an addition b : a section or line segment forming an additional length c : an extra telephone connected to the principal line\n8 : a mathematical set (as a field or group) that includes a given and similar set as a subset


Words: extensive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having wide or considerable extent <extensive reading>\n2 : EXTENSIONAL\n3 : of, relating to, or constituting farming in which large areas of land are utilized with minimum outlay and labor


Words: extent
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : valuation (as of land) in Great Britain especially for taxation\n2 a : seizure (as of land) in execution of a writ of extent in Great Britain; also : the condition of being so seized b : a writ giving to a creditor temporary possession of his debtor’s property\n3 a : the range over which something extends : SCOPE <the extent of her jurisdiction> b : the point, degree, or limit to which something extends <using talents to the greatest extent> c : the amount of space or surface that something occupies or the distance over which it extends : MAGNITUDE <the extent of the forest>


Words: extenuate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a archaic : to make light of b : to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of by making partial excuses : MITIGATE c obsolete : DISPARAGE\n2 a archaic : to make thin or emaciated b : to lessen the strength or effect of


Words: exterior
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : being on an outside surface : situated on the outside\n2 : observable by outward signs <his exterior quietness is belied by an occasional nervous twitch Current Biography>\n3 : suitable for use on outside surfaces\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an exterior part or surface : OUTSIDE b : outward manner or appearance\n2 : a representation (as on stage or film) of an outdoor scene; also : a scene filmed outdoors


Words: exterminate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to get rid of completely usually by killing off <exterminate crabgrass from a lawn>


Words: extern
Meaning:
<1> adjective\narchaic : EXTERNAL\n\n<2> noun\n: a person connected with an institution but not living or boarding in it; specifically : a nonresident doctor or medical student at a hospital


Words: external
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : capable of being perceived outwardly <external signs of a disease> b (1) : having merely the outward appearance of something : SUPERFICIAL (2) : not intrinsic or essential <external circumstances>\n2 a : of, relating to, or connected with the outside or an outer part b : applied or applicable to the outside\n3 a (1) : situated outside, apart, or beyond; specifically : situated near or toward the surface of the body (2) : arising or acting from outside <external force> b : of or relating to dealings or relationships with foreign countries c : having existence independent of the mind <external reality>\n\n<2> noun\n: something that is external: as a : an outer part b : an external feature or aspect usually used in plural


Words: extinct
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : no longer burning b : no longer active <an extinct volcano>\n2 : no longer existing <an extinct animal>\n3 a : gone out of use : SUPERSEDED b : having no qualified claimant <an extinct title>\n\n<2> transitive verb\narchaic : EXTINGUISH


Words: extinguish
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to cause to cease burning : QUENCH b (1) : to bring to an end : make an end of <hope for their safety was slowly extinguished> (2) : to reduce to silence or ineffectiveness c : to cause extinction of (a conditioned response) d : to dim the brightness of : ECLIPSE\n2 a : to cause to be void : NULLIFY <extinguish a claim> b : to get rid of usually by payment <extinguish a debt>


Words: extirpate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to destroy completely : WIPE OUT b : to pull up by the root\n2 : to cut out by surgery


Words: extort
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : WRING; also : to gain especially by ingenuity or compelling argument


Words: extra
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : more than is due, usual, or necessary : ADDITIONAL <extra work> b : subject to an additional charge <room service is extra>\n2 : SUPERIOR <extra quality>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one that is extra or additional: as a : a special edition of a newspaper b : an added charge c : an additional worker; specifically : one hired to act in a group scene in a motion picture or stage production\n2 : something of superior quality or grade\n\n<3> adverb\n: beyond the usual size, extent, or degree <extra large>


Words: extract
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to draw forth (as by research) <extract data> b : to pull or take out forcibly <extracted a wisdom tooth> c : to obtain by much effort from someone unwilling <extracted a confession>\n2 : to withdraw (as a juice or fraction) by physical or chemical process; also : to treat with a solvent so as to remove a soluble substance\n3 : to separate (a metal) from an ore\n4 : to determine (a mathematical root) by calculation\n5 : to select (excerpts) and copy out or cite\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a selection from a writing or discourse : EXCERPT\n2 : a product (as an essence or concentrate) prepared by extracting; especially : a solution (as in alcohol) of essential constituents of a complex material (as meat or an aromatic plant)


Words: extracurricular
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not falling within the scope of a regular curriculum; specifically : of or relating to officially or semiofficially approved and usually organized student activities (as athletics) connected with school and usually carrying no academic credit\n2 a : lying outside one’s regular duties or routine b : EXTRAMARITAL


Words: extradition
Meaning:
noun\n: the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge


Words: extramural
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : existing or functioning outside or beyond the walls, boundaries, or precincts of an organized unit (as a school or hospital)\n2 chiefly British : of, relating to, or taking part in extension courses or facilities


Words: extraneous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : existing on or coming from the outside\n2 a : not forming an essential or vital part <extraneous ornamentation> b : having no relevance <an extraneous digression>\n3 : being a number obtained in solving an equation that is not a solution of the equation <extraneous roots>


Words: extraordinary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : going beyond what is usual, regular, or customary <extraordinary powers> b : exceptional to a very marked extent <extraordinary beauty> c of a financial transaction : NONRECURRING\n2 : employed for or sent on a special function or service <an ambassador extraordinary>


Words: extrapolate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to infer (values of a variable in an unobserved interval) from values within an already observed interval\n2 a : to project, extend, or expand (known data or experience) into an area not known or experienced so as to arrive at a usually conjectural knowledge of the unknown area <extrapolates present trends to construct an image of the future> b : to predict by projecting past experience or known data <extrapolate public sentiment on one issue from known public reaction on others>\nintransitive senses : to perform the act or process of extrapolating


Words: extravagant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a obsolete : STRANGE, CURIOUS b archaic : WANDERING\n2 a : exceeding the limits of reason or necessity <extravagant claims> b : lacking in moderation, balance, and restraint <extravagant praise> c : extremely or excessively elaborate\n3 a : spending much more than necessary b : PROFUSE, LAVISH\n4 : unreasonably high in price


Words: extravaganza
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a literary or musical work marked by extreme freedom of style and structure and usually by elements of burlesque or parody\n2 : a lavish or spectacular show or event\n3 : something extravagant


Words: extreme
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : existing in a very high degree <extreme poverty> b : going to great or exaggerated lengths : RADICAL <went on an extreme diet> c : exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected <extreme weather conditions>\n2 archaic : LAST\n3 : situated at the farthest possible point from a center <the country’s extreme north>\n4 a : most advanced or thoroughgoing <the extreme political left> b : MAXIMUM\n5 a : of, relating to, or being an outdoor activity or a form of a sport (as skiing) that involves an unusually high degree of physical risk <extreme mountain biking down steep slopes> b : involved in an extreme sport <an extreme snowboarder>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : something situated at or marking one end or the other of a range <extremes of heat and cold> b : the first term or the last term of a mathematical proportion c : the major term or minor term of a syllogism\n2 a : a very pronounced or excessive degree b : highest degree : MAXIMUM\n3 : an extreme measure or expedient <going to extremes>


Words: extremity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the farthest or most remote part, section, or point b : a limb of the body; especially : a human hand or foot\n2 a : extreme danger or critical need b : a moment marked by imminent destruction or death\n3 a : an intense degree <the extremity of his participation Saturday Review> b : the utmost degree (as of emotion or pain)\n4 : a drastic or desperate act or measure <driven to extremities>


Words: extricate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a archaic : UNRAVEL b : to distinguish from a related thing\n2 : to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty


Words: extrinsic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : not forming part of or belonging to a thing : EXTRANEOUS b : originating from or on the outside; especially : originating outside a part and acting upon the part as a whole <extrinsic muscles of the tongue>\n2 : EXTERNAL


Words: extrovert
Meaning:
noun\n: one whose personality is characterized by extroversion; broadly : a gregarious and unreserved person


Words: extrude
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to force, press, or push out\n2 : to shape (as metal or plastic) by forcing through a die\nintransitive senses : to become extruded


Words: exuberant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : extreme or excessive in degree, size, or extent\n2 a : joyously unrestrained and enthusiastic b : unrestrained or elaborate especially in style : FLAMBOYANT <exuberant architecture>\n3 : produced in extreme abundance : PLENTIFUL


Words: exude
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to ooze out\n2 : to undergo diffusion\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to ooze or spread out in all directions\n2 : to display conspicuously or abundantly <exudes charm>


Words: exurb
Meaning:
noun\n: a region or settlement that lies outside a city and usually beyond its suburbs and that often is inhabited chiefly by well-to-do families


Words: eye
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an organ of sight; especially : a nearly spherical hollow organ that is lined with a sensitive retina, is lodged in a bony orbit in the skull, is the vertebrate organ of sight, and is normally paired b : all the visible structures within and surrounding the orbit and including eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows c (1) : the faculty of seeing with eyes (2) : the faculty of intellectual or aesthetic perception or appreciation <an eye for beauty> d : LOOK, GLANCE <cast an eager eye> e (1) : an attentive look <kept an eye on his valuables> (2) : ATTENTION, NOTICE <caught his eye> (3) : close observation : SCRUTINY <works under the eye of her boss> <in the public eye> f : POINT OF VIEW, JUDGMENT <beauty is in the eye of the beholder> often used in plural <an offender in the eyes of the law> g : VIEW 5 <with an eye to the future>\n2 : something having an appearance suggestive of an eye: as a : the hole through the head of a needle b : a usually circular marking (as on a peacock’s tail) c : LOOP; especially : a loop or catch to receive a hook d : an undeveloped bud (as on a potato) e : an area like a hole in the center of a tropical cyclone marked by only light winds or complete calm with no precipitation f : the center of a flower especially when differently colored or marked; specifically : the disk of a composite g (1) : a triangular piece of beef cut from between the top and bottom of a round (2) : the chief muscle of a chop (3) : a compact mass of muscular tissue usually embedded in fat in a rib or loin cut of meat h : a device (as a photoelectric cell) that functions in a manner analogous to human vision\n3 : something central : CENTER <the eye of the problem Norman Mailer>\n4 : the direction from which the wind is blowing\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to fix the eyes on : look at b : to watch closely\n2 : to furnish with an eye\nintransitive senses , obsolete : SEEM, LOOK


Words: eyeglass
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : EYEPIECE b : a lens worn to aid vision; specifically : MONOCLE c plural : GLASSES, SPECTACLES\n2 : EYECUP 1


Words: eyelet
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a small hole designed to receive a cord or used for decoration (as in embroidery) b : a small typically metal ring to reinforce an eyelet : GROMMET\n2 : PEEPHOLE, LOOPHOLE


Words: eyewitness
Meaning:
noun\n: one who sees an occurrence or an object; especially : one who gives a report on what he or she has seen


Words: f
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the 6th letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic f\n2 : the 4th tone of a C-major scale\n3 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter f\n4 : one designated f especially as the 6th in order or class\n5 a : a grade rating a student’s work as failing b : one graded or rated with an F\n6 : something shaped like the letter\n\n<2> abbreviation\nfailure, false, family, faraday, feast, female, feminine, femto-, fermi, fine, finish, fluid, fluidness, focal length, following and the following one; force, forte, fragile, frequency, from, full


Words: Fabian
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or in the manner of the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus known for his defeat of Hannibal in the Second Punic War by the avoidance of decisive contests b : CAUTIOUS, DILATORY\n2 the Fabian Society; from the members’ belief in slow rather than revolutionary change in government : of, relating to, or being a society of socialists organized in England in 1884 to spread socialist principles gradually


Words: fable
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a fictitious narrative or statement: as a : a legendary story of supernatural happenings b : a narration intended to enforce a useful truth; especially : one in which animals speak and act like human beings c : FALSEHOOD, LIE\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses , archaic : to tell fables\ntransitive senses : to talk or write about as if true


Words: fabric
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : STRUCTURE, BUILDING b : underlying structure : FRAMEWORK <the fabric of society>\n2 : an act of constructing : ERECTION; specifically : the construction and maintenance of a church building\n3 a : structural plan or style of construction b : TEXTURE, QUALITY used chiefly of textiles c : the arrangement of physical components (as of soil) in relation to each other\n4 a : CLOTH 1a b : a material that resembles cloth\n5 : the appearance or pattern produced by the shapes and arrangement of the crystal grains in a rock


Words: fabricate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : INVENT, CREATE b : to make up for the purpose of deception\n2 : CONSTRUCT, MANUFACTURE; specifically : to construct from diverse and usually standardized parts


Words: fabulous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : resembling or suggesting a fable : of an incredible, astonishing, or exaggerated nature <fabulous wealth> b : WONDERFUL, MARVELOUS <had a fabulous time>\n2 : told in or based on fable


Words: facade
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the front of a building; also : any face of a building given special architectural treatment <a museum’s east facade>\n2 : a false, superficial, or artificial appearance or effect


Words: face
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the front part of the human head including the chin, mouth, nose, cheeks, eyes, and usually the forehead b : the face as a means of identification : COUNTENANCE <would know that face anywhere>\n2 archaic : PRESENCE, SIGHT\n3 a : facial expression b : GRIMACE c : MAKEUP 3a(1)\n4 a : outward appearance <suspicious on the face of it> b : DISGUISE, PRETENSE c (1) : ASSURANCE, CONFIDENCE <maintaining a firm face in spite of adversity> (2) : EFFRONTERY <how anyone could have the face to ask that question> d : DIGNITY, PRESTIGE <afraid to lose face>\n5 : SURFACE: a (1) : a front, upper, or outer surface (2) : the front of something having two or four sides (3) : FACADE (4) : an exposed surface of rock (5) : any of the plane surfaces that bound a geometric solid b : a surface specially prepared: as (1) : the principal dressed surface (as of a disk) (2) : the right side (as of cloth or leather) (3) : an inscribed, printed, or marked side c (1) : the surface (as of type) that receives the ink and transfers it to the paper (2) : a style of type\n6 : the end or wall of a mine tunnel, drift, or excavation at which work is progressing\n7 : FACE VALUE\n8 : PERSON <lots of new faces around here>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to confront impudently\n2 a : to line near the edge especially with a different material b : to cover the front or surface of <faced the building with marble>\n3 : to meet face-to-face or in competition\n4 a : to stand or sit with the face toward b : to have the front oriented toward <a house facing the park>\n5 a : to recognize and deal with straightforwardly <face the facts> b : to master by confronting with determination used with down <faced down his critics>\n6 a : to have as a prospect : be confronted by <face a grim future> b : to be a prospect or a source of concern for <the problems that face us> c : to bring face-to-face <he was faced with ruin>\n7 : to make the surface of (as a stone) flat or smooth\n8 : to cause (troops) to face in a particular direction on command\nintransitive senses\n1 : to h


Words: facet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small plane surface (as on a cut gem) see BRILLIANT illustration\n2 : any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration)\n3 : the external corneal surface of an ommatidium\n4 : a smooth flat circumscribed anatomical surface (as of a bone)


Words: facetious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : joking or jesting often inappropriately : WAGGISH <just being facetious>\n2 : meant to be humorous or funny : not serious <a facetious remark>


Words: facial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the face\n2 : concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face\n\n<2> noun\n: a facial treatment


Words: facile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a (1) : easily accomplished or attained <a facile victory> (2) : SPECIOUS, SUPERFICIAL <I am not concerned with offering any facile solution for so complex a problem T. S. Eliot> b : used or comprehended with ease c : readily manifested and often lacking sincerity or depth <facile tears>\n2 archaic : mild or pleasing in manner or disposition\n3 a : READY, FLUENT <facile prose> b : POISED, ASSURED


Words: facility
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality of being easily performed\n2 : ease in performance : APTITUDE\n3 : readiness of compliance\n4 a (1) : something that makes an action, operation, or course of conduct easier usually used in plural <facilities for study> (2) : LAVATORY 2 often used in plural b : something (as a hospital) that is built, installed, or established to serve a particular purpose


Words: facing
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a lining at the edge especially of a garment b plural : the collar, cuffs, and trimmings of a uniform coat\n2 : an ornamental or protective layer\n3 : material for facing


Words: facsimile
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an exact copy\n2 : a system of transmitting and reproducing graphic matter (as printing or still pictures) by means of signals sent over telephone lines


Words: fact
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a thing done: as a obsolete : FEAT b : CRIME <accessory after the fact> c archaic : ACTION\n2 archaic : PERFORMANCE, DOING\n3 : the quality of being actual : ACTUALITY <a question of fact hinges on evidence>\n4 a : something that has actual existence <space exploration is now a fact> b : an actual occurrence <prove the fact of damage>\n5 : a piece of information presented as having objective reality


Words: faction
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : CLIQUE\n2 : party spirit especially when marked by dissension


Words: factious
Meaning:
adjective\n: of or relating to faction: as a : caused by faction <factious disputes> b : inclined to faction or the formation of factions c : SEDITIOUS


Words: factitious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : produced by humans rather than by natural forces\n2 a : formed by or adapted to an artificial or conventional standard b : produced by special effort : SHAM <created a factitious demand by spreading rumors of shortage>


Words: factor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one who acts or transacts business for another: as a : BROKER 1b b : one that lends money to producers and dealers (as on the security of accounts receivable)\n2 a (1) : one that actively contributes to the production of a result : INGREDIENT <price wasn’t a factor in the decision> (2) : a substance that functions in or promotes the function of a particular physiological process or bodily system b : a good or service used in the process of production\n3 : GENE\n4 a : any of the numbers or symbols in mathematics that when multiplied together form a product; also : a number or symbol that divides another number or symbol b : a quantity by which a given quantity is multiplied or divided in order to indicate a difference in measurement <costs increased by a factor of 10>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to work as a factor\ntransitive senses\n1 : to resolve into factors\n2 a : to include or admit as a factor used with in or into <factor inflation into our calculations> b : to exclude as a factor used with out


Words: factory
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a station where resident factors trade\n2 a : a building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing b : the seat of some kind of production <the vice factories of the slums>


Words: faculty
Meaning:
noun\n1 : ABILITY, POWER: as a : innate or acquired ability to act or do b : an inherent capability, power, or function <the faculty of hearing> c : any of the powers of the mind formerly held by psychologists to form a basis for the explanation of all mental phenomena d : natural aptitude <has a faculty for saying the right things>\n2 a : a branch of teaching or learning in an educational institution b archaic : something in which one is trained or qualified\n3 a : the members of a profession b : the teaching and administrative staff and those members of the administration having academic rank in an educational institution c faculty plural : faculty members <many faculty were present>\n4 : power, authority, or prerogative given or conferred


Words: fade
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to lose freshness, strength, or vitality : WITHER\n2 : to lose freshness or brilliance of color\n3 : to sink away : VANISH\n4 : to change gradually in loudness, strength, or visibility used of a motion-picture image or of an electronics signal and usually with in or out\n5 of an automobile brake : to lose braking power gradually\n6 : to move back from the line of scrimmage used of a quarterback\ntransitive senses : to cause to fade\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : FADE-OUT b : a gradual changing of one picture to another in a motion-picture or television sequence\n2 : a fading of an automobile brake\n3 : a slight to moderate and usually intentional slice in golf\n\n<3> adjective\n: INSIPID, COMMONPLACE


Words: fag
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to work hard : TOIL\n2 : to act as a fag especially in an English public school <fagging for older boys during his first year>\ntransitive senses : to tire by strenuous activity : EXHAUST\n\n<2> noun\n1 chiefly British : TOIL, DRUDGERY\n2 a : an English public-school boy who acts as servant to an older schoolmate b : DRUDGE\n\n<3> noun\n: CIGARETTE\n\n<4> noun\nusually disparaging : FAGGOT


Words: fagot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: BUNDLE: as a : a bundle of sticks b : a bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be shaped by rolling or hammering at high temperature\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make a fagot of : bind together into a bundle <fagoted sticks>


Words: fagoting
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an embroidery produced by pulling out horizontal threads from a fabric and tying the remaining cross threads into groups of an hourglass shape\n2 : an openwork stitch joining hemmed edges


Words: Fahrenheit
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: relating or conforming to a thermometric scale on which under standard atmospheric pressure the boiling point of water is at 212 degrees above the zero of the scale, the freezing point is at 32 degrees above zero, and the zero point approximates the temperature produced by mixing equal quantities by weight of snow and common salt abbreviation\n\n<2> biographical name\nDaniel Gabriel 1686*1736 German physicist; invented alcohol thermometer (1709), mercury thermometer (1714); introduced Fahrenheit scale


Words: fail
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to lose strength : WEAKEN <her health was failing> b : to fade or die away <until our family line fails> c : to stop functioning <the patient’s heart failed>\n2 a : to fall short <failed in his duty> b : to be or become absent or inadequate <the water supply failed> c : to be unsuccessful (as in passing an examination) d : to become bankrupt or insolvent\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to disappoint the expectations or trust of <her friends failed her> b : to miss performing an expected service or function for <his wit failed him>\n2 : to be deficient in : LACK <never failed an invincible courage Douglas MacArthur>\n3 : to leave undone : NEGLECT <fail to lock the door>\n4 a : to be unsuccessful in passing (as a test) b : to grade (as a student) as not passing\n\n<2> noun\n1 : FAILURE usually used in the phrase without fail\n2 : a failure (as by a security dealer) to deliver or receive securities within a prescribed period after purchase or sale


Words: failing
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a usually slight or insignificant defect in character, conduct, or ability\n\n<2> preposition\n: in absence or default of <failing specific instructions, use your own judgment>


Words: faille
Meaning:
noun\n: a somewhat shiny closely woven silk, rayon, or cotton fabric characterized by slight ribs in the weft


Words: failure
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : omission of occurrence or performance; specifically : a failing to perform a duty or expected action b : a state of inability to perform a normal function <kidney failure> compare HEART FAILURE c : a fracturing or giving way under stress <structural failure>\n2 a : lack of success b : a failing in business : BANKRUPTCY\n3 a : a falling short : DEFICIENCY <a crop failure> b : DETERIORATION, DECAY\n4 : one that has failed


Words: fain
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 archaic : HAPPY, PLEASED\n2 archaic : INCLINED, DESIROUS\n3 a : WILLING <he was very fain, for the young widow was \n\n<2> adverb\n1 : with pleasure : GLADLY <a speech of fire that fain would blaze Michael Billington>\n2 a : by preference <knew it, too, though he would fain not admit it publicly John Lukacs> b : by desire <I would fain consult you W. S. Gilbert>


Words: faint
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : lacking courage and spirit : COWARDLY\n2 : weak, dizzy, and likely to faint\n3 : lacking strength or vigor : performed, offered, or accomplished weakly or languidly\n4 : producing a sensation of faintness : OPPRESSIVE <the faint atmosphere of a tropical port>\n5 : lacking distinctness : DIM\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 archaic : to lose courage or spirit\n2 archaic : to become weak\n3 : to lose consciousness because of a temporary decrease in the blood supply to the brain\n\n<3> noun\n: the physiological action of fainting; also : the resulting condition : SYNCOPE 1


Words: fair
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : pleasing to the eye or mind especially because of fresh, charming, or flawless quality\n2 : superficially pleasing : SPECIOUS <she trusted his fair promises>\n3 a : CLEAN, PURE <fair sparkling water> b : CLEAR, LEGIBLE\n4 : not stormy or foul : FINE <fair weather>\n5 : AMPLE <a fair estate>\n6 a : marked by impartiality and honesty : free from self-interest, prejudice, or favoritism <a very fair person to do business with> b (1) : conforming with the established rules : ALLOWED (2) : consonant with merit or importance : DUE <a fair share> c : open to legitimate pursuit, attack, or ridicule <fair game>\n7 a : PROMISING, LIKELY <in a fair way to win> b : favorable to a ship’s course <a fair wind>\n8 archaic : free of obstacles\n9 : not dark : BLOND\n10 : sufficient but not ample : ADEQUATE <a fair understanding of the work>\n11 : being such to the utmost : UTTER <a fair treat to watch him New Republic>\n\n<2> noun\n1 obsolete : BEAUTY, FAIRNESS\n2 : something that is fair or fortunate\n3 archaic : WOMAN; especially : SWEETHEART\n\n<3> adverb\nchiefly British : FAIRLY 5\n\n<4> verb\nintransitive senses , of the weather : CLEAR\ntransitive senses : to join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly\n\n<5> noun\n1 : a gathering of buyers and sellers at a particular place and time for trade\n2 a : a competitive exhibition (as of farm products) usually with accompanying entertainment and amusements b : an exhibition designed to acquaint prospective buyers or the general public with a product\n3 : a sale of assorted articles usually for a charitable purpose


Words: fairground
Meaning:
noun\n: an area where outdoor fairs, circuses, or exhibitions are held often used in plural with sing. constr. <what a spot for a fairgrounds W. L. Gresham>


Words: fairly
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : in a handsome manner <a table fairly set>\n2 obsolete a : in a gentle manner : QUIETLY b : in a courteous manner\n3 : in a manner of speaking <fairly bursting with pride>\n4 a : in a proper or legal manner <fairly priced stocks> b : without bias or distortion : IMPARTIALLY <a story told fairly and objectively>\n5 : to a full degree or extent : PLAINLY, DISTINCTLY <had fairly caught sight of him>\n6 : RATHER 5, MODERATELY <a fairly easy job>


Words: fairway
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a navigable part of a river, bay, or harbor b : an open path or space\n2 : the closely mowed part of a golf course between a tee and a green


Words: fairy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mythical being of folklore and romance usually having diminutive human form and magic powers\n2 usually disparaging : a male homosexual


Words: faith
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : allegiance to duty or a person : LOYALTY b (1) : fidelity to one’s promises (2) : sincerity of intentions\n2 a (1) : belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2) : belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2) : complete trust\n3 : something that is believed especially with strong conviction; especially : a system of religious beliefs\n\n<2> transitive verb\narchaic : BELIEVE, TRUST


Words: fake
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to coil in fakes\n\n<2> noun\n: one loop of a coil (as of ship’s rope or a fire hose) coiled free for running\n\n<3> adjective\n: COUNTERFEIT, SHAM\n\n<4> noun\n: one that is not what it purports to be: as a : a worthless imitation passed off as genuine b : IMPOSTOR, CHARLATAN c : a simulated movement in a sports contest (as a pretended kick, pass, or jump or a quick movement in one direction before going in another) designed to deceive an opponent d : a device or apparatus used by a magician to achieve the illusion of magic in a trick\n\n<5> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to alter, manipulate, or treat so as to give a spuriously genuine appearance to : DOCTOR <faked the lab results>\n2 : COUNTERFEIT, SIMULATE, CONCOCT\n3 : to deceive (an opponent) in a sports contest by means of a fake\n4 : IMPROVISE, AD-LIB <whistle a few bars and I’ll fake the rest Robert Sylvester>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to engage in faking something : PRETEND\n2 : to give a fake to an opponent


Words: fakir
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a Muslim mendicant : DERVISH b : an itinerant Hindu ascetic or wonder-worker\n2 : IMPOSTOR; especially : SWINDLER


Words: falcon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various hawks trained for use in falconry; especially : PEREGRINE used technically only of a female; compare TIERCEL\n2 : any of various hawks (family Falconidae) that have long pointed wings, a long tail, and a notched beak and that usually inhabit open areas


Words: fall
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to descend freely by the force of gravity b : to hang freely <her hair falls over her shoulders> c : to drop oneself to a lower position <fell to his knees> d : to come or go as if by falling <darkness falls early in the winter>\n2 : to become born usually used of lambs\n3 a : to become lower in degree or level <the temperature fell 10*> b : to drop in pitch or volume <their voices fell to a whisper> c : ISSUE 1a,b <wisdom that fell from his lips> d : to become lowered <her eyes fell>\n4 a : to leave an erect position suddenly and involuntarily <slipped and fell on the ice> b : to enter as if unawares : STUMBLE, STRAY <fell into error> c : to drop down wounded or dead; especially : to die in battle d : to suffer military capture <after a long siege the city fell> e : to lose office <the party fell from power> f : to suffer ruin, defeat, or failure <the deal fell through>\n5 : to commit an immoral act; especially : to lose one’s chastity\n6 a : to move or extend in a downward direction <the land falls away to the east> b : SUBSIDE, ABATE <the wind is falling> c : to decline in quality, activity, or quantity <production fell off> d : to lose weight used with off or away e : to assume a look of shame, disappointment, or dejection <his face fell> f : to decline in financial value or price <stocks fell sharply>\n7 a : to occur at a certain time b : to come by chance <fell in with a fast crowd> c : to come or pass by lot, assignment, or inheritance : DEVOLVE <it fell to him to break the news> d : to have a certain or proper position, place, or station <the accent falls on the second syllable>\n8 : to come within the limits, scope, or jurisdiction of something <this word falls into the class of verbs>\n9 : to pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind or a new state or condition <fall asleep> <fall in love>\n10 : to set about heartily or actively <fell to work>\n11 : STRIKE, IMPINGE <music falling on the ear>\ntransitive senses : FELL 1\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of falling by the force


Words: fallacy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a obsolete : GUILE, TRICKERY b : deceptive appearance : DECEPTION\n2 a : a false or mistaken idea <popular fallacies> b : erroneous character : ERRONEOUSNESS\n3 : an often plausible argument using false or invalid inference


Words: fallible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : liable to be erroneous <a fallible generalization>\n2 : capable of making a mistake <all men are fallible>


Words: fallout
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the often radioactive particles stirred up by or resulting from a nuclear explosion and descending through the atmosphere; also : other polluting particles (as volcanic ash) descending likewise b : descent (as of fallout) through the atmosphere\n2 : a secondary and often lingering effect, result, or set of consequences <have to take a position and accept the political fallout Andy Logan>


Words: fallow
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of a light yellowish brown color\n\n<2> noun\n1 : usually cultivated land that is allowed to lie idle during the growing season\n2 obsolete : plowed land\n3 : the state or period of being fallow\n4 : the tilling of land without sowing it for a season\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to plow, harrow, and break up (land) without seeding to destroy weeds and conserve soil moisture\n\n<4> adjective\n1 : left untilled or unsown after plowing\n2 : DORMANT, INACTIVE used especially in the phrase to lie fallow <at this very moment there are probably important inventions lying fallow Harper’s>


Words: false
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : not genuine <false documents> <false teeth>\n2 a : intentionally untrue <false testimony> b : adjusted or made so as to deceive <false scales> <a trunk with a false bottom> c : intended or tending to mislead <a false promise>\n3 : not true <false concepts>\n4 a : not faithful or loyal : TREACHEROUS <a false friend> b : lacking naturalness or sincerity <false sympathy>\n5 a : not essential or permanent used of parts of a structure that are temporary or supplemental b : fitting over a main part to strengthen it, to protect it, or to disguise its appearance <a false ceiling>\n6 : inaccurate in pitch <a false note>\n7 a : based on mistaken ideas <false pride> b : inconsistent with the facts <a false position> <a false sense of security>\n8 : threateningly sudden or deceptive <don’t make a false move>\n\n<2> adverb\n: in a false or faithless manner : TREACHEROUSLY <his friends played him false>


Words: falsehood
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an untrue statement : LIE\n2 : absence of truth or accuracy\n3 : the practice of lying : MENDACITY


Words: falsetto
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an artificially high voice; especially : an artificially produced singing voice that overlaps and extends above the range of the full voice especially of a tenor\n2 : a singer who uses falsetto\n\n<2> adverb\n: in falsetto


Words: falsify
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to prove or declare false\n2 : to make false: as a : to make false by mutilation or addition <the accounts were falsified to conceal a theft> b : to represent falsely : MISREPRESENT\n3 : to prove unsound by experience\nintransitive senses : to tell lies : LIE


Words: falter
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to walk unsteadily : STUMBLE b : to give way : TOTTER <could feel my legs faltering> c : to move waveringly or hesitatingly\n2 : to speak brokenly or weakly : STAMMER\n3 a : to hesitate in purpose or action : WAVER b : to lose drive or effectiveness <the business was faltering>\ntransitive senses : to utter hesitatingly or brokenly\n\n<2> noun\n: an act or instance of faltering


Words: fame
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : public estimation : REPUTATION b : popular acclaim : RENOWN\n2 archaic : RUMOR\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 archaic : REPORT, REPUTE\n2 : to make famous


Words: familial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : tending to occur in more members of a family than expected by chance alone <a familial disorder>\n2 : of, relating to, or suggestive of a family


Words: familiar
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a member of the household of a high official\n2 : one that is familiar; especially : an intimate associate : COMPANION\n3 : a spirit often embodied in an animal and held to attend and serve or guard a person\n4 a : one who is well acquainted with something b : one who frequents a place\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : closely acquainted : INTIMATE <a familiar family friend>\n2 obsolete : AFFABLE, SOCIABLE\n3 a : of or relating to a family <remembering past familiar celebrations> b : frequented by families <a familiar resort>\n4 a : being free and easy <the familiar association of old friends> b : marked by informality <a familiar essay> c : overly free and unrestrained : PRESUMPTUOUS <grossly familiar behavior> d : moderately tame <familiar animals>\n5 a : frequently seen or experienced : easily recognized <a familiar theme> b : of everyday occurrence c : possibly known but imperfectly remembered <her face looked familiar>\n6 : having personal or intimate knowledge used with with <familiar with the facts of the case>


Words: familiarity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of being familiar b : a state of close relationship : INTIMACY\n2 a : absence of ceremony : INFORMALITY b : an unduly informal act or expression : IMPROPRIETY c : a sexual liberty\n3 : close acquaintance with something <my familiarity with American history>


Words: familiarize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make known or familiar <Shakespeare familiarizes the wonderful Samuel Johnson>\n2 : to make well acquainted <familiarize students with good literature>


Words: family
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head : HOUSEHOLD\n2 a : a group of persons of common ancestry : CLAN b : a people or group of peoples regarded as deriving from a common stock : RACE\n3 a : a group of people united by certain convictions or a common affiliation : FELLOWSHIP b : the staff of a high official (as the President)\n4 : a group of things related by common characteristics: as a : a closely related series of elements or chemical compounds b : a group of soils that have similar profiles and include one or more series c : a group of related languages descended from a single ancestral language\n5 a : the basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their own or adopted children; also : any of various social units differing from but regarded as equivalent to the traditional family <a single-parent family> b : spouse and children <want to spend more time with my family>\n6 a : a group of related plants or animals forming a category ranking above a genus and below an order and usually comprising several to many genera b in livestock breeding (1) : the descendants or line of a particular individual especially of some outstanding female (2) : an identifiable strain within a breed\n7 : a set of curves or surfaces whose equations differ only in parameters\n8 : a unit of a crime syndicate (as the Mafia) operating within a geographical area\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to a family\n2 : designed or suitable for both children and adults <family restaurants> <family movies>


Words: famine
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an extreme scarcity of food\n2 archaic : STARVATION\n3 archaic : a ravenous appetite\n4 : a great shortage


Words: famish
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to suffer severely from hunger\n2 archaic : to cause to starve to death\nintransitive senses\n1 archaic : STARVE\n2 : to suffer for lack of something necessary <a moment when French poetry in particular was famishing for such invention T. S. Eliot>


Words: famous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : widely known b : honored for achievement\n2 : EXCELLENT, FIRST-RATE <famous weather for a walk>


Words: fan
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of various devices for winnowing grain\n2 : an instrument for producing a current of air: as a : a device for cooling the person that is usually shaped like a segment of a circle and is composed of material (as feathers or paper) mounted on thin rods or slats moving about a pivot so that the device may be closed compactly when not in use b : a device that consists of a series of vanes radiating from a hub rotated on its axle by a motor c slang : an airplane propeller\n3 a : something resembling an open fan b : a gently sloping fan-shaped body of detritus; especially : ALLUVIAL FAN\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to drive away the chaff of (grain) by means of a current of air b : to eliminate (as chaff) by winnowing\n2 : to move or impel (air) with a fan\n3 : to blow or breathe upon <the breeze fanning her hair>\n4 a : to direct a current of air upon with a fan b : to stir up to activity as if by fanning : STIMULATE <fanning the fires of nationalism>\n5 archaic : WAVE\n6 slang : SPANK\n7 : to spread like a fan <the peacock fanned his tail>\n8 : to strike (a batter) out in baseball\n9 : to fire a series of shots from (a single-action revolver) by holding the trigger back and successively striking the hammer to the rear with the free hand\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move like a fan : FLUTTER\n2 : to spread like a fan often used with out <the searchers fanned out>\n3 : STRIKE OUT 3\n\n<3> noun\n1 : an enthusiastic devotee (as of a sport or a performing art) usually as a spectator\n2 : an ardent admirer or enthusiast (as of a celebrity or a pursuit) <science-fiction fans>


Words: fanatic
Meaning:
adjective\n: marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion <they’re fanatic about politics>


Words: fancier
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that has a special liking or interest\n2 : a person who breeds or grows a particular animal or plant for points of excellence <a pigeon fancier>


Words: fanciful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience <a fanciful person>\n2 : existing in fancy only <a fanciful notion>\n3 : marked by or as if by fancy or whim <gave their children fanciful names>


Words: fancy
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to have a fancy for : LIKE\n2 : to form a conception of : IMAGINE <fancy our embarrassment>\n3 a : to believe mistakenly or without evidence b : to believe without being certain <she fancied she had met him before>\n4 : to visualize or interpret as <fancied myself a child again>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a liking formed by caprice rather than reason : INCLINATION <took a fancy to the strange little animal> b : amorous fondness : LOVE\n2 a : NOTION, WHIM b : an image or representation of something formed in the mind\n3 archaic : fantastic quality or state\n4 a : imagination especially of a capricious or delusive sort b : the power of conception and representation used in artistic expression (as by a poet)\n5 : TASTE, JUDGMENT\n6 a : devotees of some particular art, practice, or amusement b : the object of interest of such a fancy; especially : 2BOXING\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : dependent or based on fancy : WHIMSICAL\n2 a (1) : not plain : ORNAMENTAL <a fancy hairdo> (2) : SWANKY 2, POSH <a fancy restaurant> b (1) : of particular excellence or highest grade <fancy tuna> (2) : IMPRESSIVE <posted some fancy numbers> c of an animal or plant : bred especially for bizarre or ornamental qualities that lack practical utility\n3 : based on conceptions of the fancy <fancy sketches>\n4 a : dealing in fancy goods b : EXTRAVAGANT <paying fancy prices>\n5 : executed with technical skill and style <fancy footwork> <fancy diving>\n6 : PARTI-COLOR <fancy carnations>


Words: fandango
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a lively Spanish or Spanish-American dance in triple time that is usually performed by a man and a woman to the accompaniment of guitar and castanets; also : music for this dance\n2 : TOMFOOLERY


Words: fang
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a long sharp tooth: as (1) : one by which an animal’s prey is seized and held or torn (2) : one of the long hollow or grooved and often erectile teeth of a venomous snake b : one of the chelicerae of a spider at the tip of which a poison gland opens\n2 : the root of a tooth or one of the processes or prongs into which a root divides\n3 : a projecting tooth or prong


Words: fanlight
Meaning:
noun\n: a semicircular window with radiating bars like the ribs of a fan that is placed over a door or window


Words: fantail
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a fan-shaped tail or end\n2 : a domestic pigeon having a broad rounded tail often with 30 or 40 feathers\n3 : an architectural part resembling a fan\n4 : a counter or after overhang of a ship shaped like a duck’s bill


Words: fantasia
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a free usually instrumental composition not in strict form\n2 a : a work (as a poem or play) in which the author’s fancy roves unrestricted b : something possessing grotesque, bizarre, or unreal qualities


Words: fantastic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : based on fantasy : not real b : conceived or seemingly conceived by unrestrained fancy c : so extreme as to challenge belief : UNBELIEVABLE; broadly : exceedingly large or great\n2 : marked by extravagant fantasy or extreme individuality : ECCENTRIC\n3 fantastic : EXCELLENT, SUPERLATIVE <a fantastic dinner>\n\n<2> noun\n: ECCENTRIC 2


Words: fantasy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete : HALLUCINATION\n2 : FANCY; especially : the free play of creative imagination\n3 : a creation of the imaginative faculty whether expressed or merely conceived: as a : a fanciful design or invention b : a chimerical or fantastic notion c : FANTASIA 1 d : imaginative fiction featuring especially strange settings and grotesque characters called also fantasy fiction\n4 : CAPRICE\n5 : the power or process of creating especially unrealistic or improbable mental images in response to psychological need <an object of fantasy>; also : a mental image or a series of mental images (as a daydream) so created <sexual fantasies of adolescence>\n6 : a coin usually not intended for circulation as currency and often issued by a dubious authority (as a government-in-exile)\n\n<2> verb\n: FANTASIZE


Words: far
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : at or to a considerable distance in space <wandered far from home>\n2 a : to a great extent : MUCH <far better methods> b : by a broad interval : WIDELY <the far distant future>\n3 : to or at a definite distance, point, or degree <as far as know>\n4 : to an advanced point or extent <a bright student will go far> <worked far into the night>\n5 : at a considerable distance in time <not far from the year 1870>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : remote in space b : distinctly different in quality or relationship c : remote in time\n2 a : LONG <a far journey> b : of notable extent : COMPREHENSIVE <a man of far vision>\n3 : the more distant of two\n4 : EXTREME <the far left> <a far right political organization>\n\n<3> abbreviation\nfarthing


Words: faraway
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lying at a great distance : REMOTE\n2 : DREAMY, ABSTRACTED <a faraway look in her eyes>


Words: farce
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : STUFF\n2 : to improve as if by stuffing\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a savory stuffing : FORCEMEAT\n2 : a light dramatic composition marked by broadly satirical comedy and improbable plot\n3 : the broad humor characteristic of farce or pretense\n4 a : ridiculous or empty show b : MOCKERY <the enforcement of this law became a farce>


Words: fare
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : GO, TRAVEL\n2 : GET ALONG, SUCCEED <how did you fare on your exam>\n3 : EAT, DINE\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : range of food : DIET b : material provided for use, consumption, or enjoyment\n2 a : the price charged to transport a person b : a paying passenger on a public conveyance


Words: farewell
Meaning:
<1> verb imperative\n: get along well used interjectionally to or by one departing\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a wish of well-being at parting : GOOD-BYE\n2 a : an act of departure : LEAVE-TAKING b : a formal occasion honoring a person about to leave or retire\n\n<3> transitive verb\nchiefly Australian New Zealand : to bid farewell to\n\n<4> adjective\n: of or relating to leave-taking : FINAL <a farewell appearance>


Words: farina
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a fine meal of vegetable matter (as cereal grains) used chiefly for puddings or as a breakfast cereal\n2 : any of various powdery or mealy substances


Words: farm
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete : a sum or due fixed in amount and payable at fixed intervals\n2 : a letting out of revenues or taxes for a fixed sum to one authorized to collect and retain them\n3 : a district or division of a country leased out for the collection of government revenues\n4 : a tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes\n5 a : a plot of land devoted to the raising of animals and especially domestic livestock b : a tract of water reserved for the artificial cultivation of some aquatic life form\n6 : a minor-league team (as in baseball) associated with a major-league team as a subsidiary\n7 : an area containing a number of similar structures (as radio antennas or storage tanks)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 obsolete : RENT\n2 : to collect and take the fees or profits of (an occupation or business) on payment of a fixed sum\n3 : to give up (as an estate or a business) to another on condition of receiving in return a fixed sum\n4 a : to devote to agriculture b : to manage and cultivate as a farm c : to grow or cultivate in quantity <farm trees for fuel> <farm salmon>\nintransitive senses : to engage in raising crops, animals, or fish


Words: farrow
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to give birth to (a farrow)\nintransitive senses , of swine : to bring forth young often used with down\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a litter of pigs\n2 : an act of farrowing\n\n<3> adjective\nof a cow : not pregnant


Words: farsighted
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : seeing or able to see to a great distance b : having or showing foresight or good judgment : SAGACIOUS\n2 : affected with hyperopia


Words: farther
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : at or to a greater distance or more advanced point <got no farther than the first page> <nothing could be farther from the truth>\n2 : to a greater degree or extent <see to it that do not have to act any farther in the matter Bernard DeVoto>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : more distant : REMOTER <the farther side of town>\n2 : FURTHER 2 <clearing his throat preparatory to farther revelations Edith Wharton>


Words: farthest
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: most distant especially in space or time\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : to or at the greatest distance in space or time <who can jump the farthest>\n2 : to the most advanced point <goes farthest toward answering the question>\n3 : by the greatest degree or extent : MOST <the painting farthest removed from reality>


Words: farthing
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a former British monetary unit equal to 14 of a penny b : a coin representing this unit\n2 : something of small value : MITE


Words: farthingale
Meaning:
noun\n: a support (as of hoops) worn especially in the 16th century beneath a skirt to expand it at the hipline


Words: fascicle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small or slender bundle (as of pine needles or nerve fibers)\n2 : one of the divisions of a book published in parts


Words: fascinate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 obsolete : BEWITCH\n2 a : to transfix and hold spellbound by an irresistible power <believed that the serpent could fascinate its prey> b : to command the interest of : ALLURE <was fascinated by carnivals>\nintransitive senses : to be irresistibly attractive <the novel’s flamboyant cover fascinates>


Words: fascism
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition\n2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control <early instances of army fascism and brutality J. W. Aldridge>


Words: Fascista
Meaning:
noun\n: a member of an Italian political organization under Mussolini governing Italy 1922*1943 according to the principles of fascism


Words: fashion
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the make or form of something b archaic : KIND, SORT\n2 a : a distinctive or peculiar and often habitual manner or way <he will, after his sour fashion, tell you Shakespeare> b : mode of action or operation <assembled in an orderly fashion>\n3 a : a prevailing custom, usage, or style b (1) : the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time (2) : a garment in such a style <always wears the latest fashions> c : social standing or prominence especially as signalized by dress or conduct <men and women of fashion>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to give shape or form to : MOLD b : ALTER, TRANSFORM c : to mold into a particular character by influencing or training d : to make or construct usually with the use of imagination and ingenuity <fashion a lamp from an old churn>\n2 : FIT, ADAPT\n3 obsolete : CONTRIVE


Words: fashionable
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : conforming to the custom, fashion, or established mode\n2 : of or relating to the world of fashion\n\n<2> noun\n: a fashionable person


Words: fast
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : firmly fixed <roots fast in the ground> b : tightly shut <the drawers were fast> c : adhering firmly d : not easily freed : STUCK <a ball fast in the mouth of the cannon> e : STABLE <movable items were made fast to the deck>\n2 : firmly loyal <became fast friends>\n3 a : characterized by quick motion, operation, or effect: (1) : moving or able to move rapidly : SWIFT (2) : taking a comparatively short time (3) : imparting quickness of motion <a fast bowler> (4) : accomplished quickly (5) : agile of mind; especially : quick to learn <a class for fast students> b : conducive to rapidity of play or action c (1) of a timepiece or weighing device : indicating in advance of what is correct (2) : according to or being daylight saving time d : contributing to a shortening of exposure time <fast film> e : acquired with unusually little effort and often by shady or dishonest methods <had a keen eye for a fast buck R. A. Keith>\n4 a : securely attached <a rope fast to the wharf> b : TENACIOUS <a fast hold on her purse>\n5 a archaic : sound asleep b of sleep : not easily disturbed\n6 : not fading or changing color readily\n7 a : WILD <a pretty fast crowd> b : sexually promiscuous\n8 : resistant to change (as from destructive action or fading) <fast dyes> often used in combination <sunfast> <acid-fast bacteria>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : in a firm or fixed manner <stuck fast>\n2 : in a sound manner : DEEPLY <fast asleep>\n3 a : in a rapid manner : QUICKLY b : in quick succession <kaleidoscopic impressions that come so thick and fast M. B. Tucker>\n4 : in a reckless or dissipated manner\n5 : ahead of a correct time or schedule\n6 archaic : CLOSE, NEAR\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 : to abstain from food\n2 : to eat sparingly or abstain from some foods\n\n<4> noun\n1 : the practice of fasting\n2 : a time of fasting\n\n<5> noun\n: something that fastens (as a mooring line) or holds a fastening


Words: fasten
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to attach especially by pinning, tying, or nailing b : to make fast and secure c : to fix firmly or securely d : to secure against opening\n2 : to fix or set steadily <fastened her attention on the main problem>\n3 : to take a firm grip with <the dog fastened its teeth in the shoe>\n4 a : to attach (oneself) persistently and usually objectionably b : IMPOSE <fastened the blame on the wrong person>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become fast or fixed\n2 a : to take a firm grip or hold b : to focus attention


Words: fastidious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : SCORNFUL\n2 a : having high and often capricious standards : difficult to please <critics so fastidious that they can talk only to a small circle of initiates Granville Hicks> b : showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care c : reflecting a meticulous, sensitive, or demanding attitude <fastidious workmanship>\n3 : having complex nutritional requirements <fastidious microorganisms>


Words: fastness
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being fast: as a : the quality or state of being fixed b : the quality or state of being swift c : colorfast quality d : resistance (as of an organism) to the action of a usually toxic substance\n2 a : a fortified or secure place b : a remote and secluded place <vacationed in their mountain fastness>


Words: fat
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : notable for having an unusual amount of fat: a : PLUMP b : OBESE c of a meat animal : fattened for market d of food : OILY, GREASY\n2 a : well filled out : THICK, BIG <a fat book> b : full in tone and quality : RICH <a gorgeous fat bass voice Irish Digest> c : well stocked <a fat larder> d : PROSPEROUS, WEALTHY <grew fat on the war Time> e : being substantial and impressive <a fat bank account>\n3 a : richly rewarding or profitable <a fat part in a movie> <a fat contract> b : practically nonexistent <a fat chance>\n4 : PRODUCTIVE, FERTILE <a fat year for crops>\n5 : STUPID, FOOLISH\n6 : being swollen <got a fat lip from the fight>\n7 of a baseball pitch : easy to hit\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make fat : FATTEN\n\n<3> noun\n1 : animal tissue consisting chiefly of cells distended with greasy or oily matter\n2 a : oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of adipose tissue and often abundant in seeds b : any of numerous compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that are glycerides of fatty acids, are the chief constituents of plant and animal fat, are a major class of energy-rich food, and are soluble in organic solvents but not in water c : a solid or semisolid fat as distinguished from an oil\n3 : the best or richest part\n4 : OBESITY\n5 : something in excess : SUPERFLUITY <trim the fat from the news operation Ray Olson>


Words: fatal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : FATED\n2 : FATEFUL <a fatal hour>\n3 a : of or relating to fate b : resembling fate in proceeding according to a fixed sequence c : determining one’s fate\n4 a : causing death b : bringing ruin


Words: fatalism
Meaning:
noun\n: a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them; also : a belief in or attitude determined by this doctrine


Words: fatality
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of causing death or destruction b : the quality or condition of being destined for disaster\n2 : something established by fate\n3 a : FATE 1 b : FATALISM\n4 : the agent or agency of fate\n5 a : death resulting from a disaster b : one that experiences a fatal outcome


Words: fate
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the principle or determining cause or will by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do : DESTINY\n2 a : an inevitable and often adverse outcome, condition, or end b : DISASTER; especially : DEATH\n3 a : final outcome b : the expected result of normal development <prospective fate of embryonic cells>\n4 plural , capitalized : the three goddesses who determine the course of human life in classical mythology\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: DESTINE; also : DOOM


Words: fateful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a quality of ominous prophecy <a fateful remark>\n2 a : involving momentous consequences : DECISIVE <made his fateful decision to declare war W. L. Shirer> b : DEADLY, CATASTROPHIC\n3 : controlled by fate : FOREORDAINED


Words: father
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a man who has begotten a child; also : SIRE 3 b capitalized (1) : GOD 1 (2) : the first person of the Trinity\n2 : FOREFATHER\n3 a : one related to another in a way suggesting that of father to child b : an old man used as a respectful form of address\n4 often capitalized : a pre-Scholastic Christian writer accepted by the church as an authoritative witness to its teaching and practice called also church father\n5 a : one that originates or institutes <the father of modern science> b : SOURCE <the sun, the father of warmth and light Lena M. Whitney> c : PROTOTYPE\n6 : a priest of the regular clergy; broadly : PRIEST used especially as a title\n7 : one of the leading men (as of a city) usually used in plural\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : BEGET b : to make oneself the founder, producer, or author of <fathered the improvement plan> c : to accept responsibility for\n2 a : to fix the paternity or origin of b : to place responsibility for the origin or cause of <collected gossip and fathered it on responsible men J. A. Williamson>\n3 : FOIST, IMPOSE\nintransitive senses : to care for or look after someone as a father might


Words: fathom
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water\n2 : COMPREHENSION\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : PROBE\n2 : to take soundings\ntransitive senses\n1 : to measure by a sounding line\n2 : to penetrate and come to understand <couldn’t fathom the problem>


Words: fatigue
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : LABOR b : manual or menial work performed by military personnel c plural : the uniform or work clothing worn on fatigue and in the field\n2 a : weariness or exhaustion from labor, exertion, or stress b : the temporary loss of power to respond induced in a sensory receptor or motor end organ by continued stimulation\n3 : the tendency of a material to break under repeated stress\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to weary with labor or exertion\n2 : to induce a condition of fatigue in\nintransitive senses : to suffer fatigue\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : consisting of, done, or used in fatigue <fatigue detail>\n2 : belonging to fatigues <a fatigue cap>


Words: fatten
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make fat, fleshy, or plump; especially : to feed (as a stock animal) for slaughter b : to make more substantial\n2 : to make fertile\nintransitive senses : to become fat


Words: fatty
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : containing fat especially in unusual amounts; also : unduly stout : CORPULENT\n2 : GREASY\n3 : derived from or chemically related to fat\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is fat; especially : an overweight person


Words: fatuity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : something foolish or stupid b : STUPIDITY, FOOLISHNESS\n2 archaic : IMBECILITY, DEMENTIA


Words: fault
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete : LACK\n2 a : WEAKNESS, FAILING; especially : a moral weakness less serious than a vice b : a physical or intellectual imperfection or impairment : DEFECT c : an error especially in service in a net or racket game\n3 a : MISDEMEANOR b : MISTAKE\n4 : responsibility for wrongdoing or failure <the accident was the driver’s fault>\n5 : a fracture in the crust of a planet (as the earth) or moon accompanied by a displacement of one side of the fracture with respect to the other usually in a direction parallel to the fracture\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to commit a fault : ERR\n2 : to fracture so as to produce a geologic fault\ntransitive senses\n1 : to find a fault in <easy to praise this book and to fault it H. G. Roepke>\n2 : to produce a geologic fault in\n3 : BLAME, CENSURE <can’t fault them for not coming>


Words: fauna
Meaning:
noun\n: animal life; especially : the animals characteristic of a region, period, or special environment compare FLORA


Words: favor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : friendly regard shown toward another especially by a superior (2) : approving consideration or attention : APPROBATION b : PARTIALITY c archaic : LENIENCY d archaic : PERMISSION e : POPULARITY\n2 archaic a : APPEARANCE b (1) : FACE (2) : a facial feature\n3 a : gracious kindness; also : an act of such kindness b archaic : AID, ASSISTANCE c plural : effort in one’s behalf or interest : ATTENTION\n4 a : a token of love (as a ribbon) usually worn conspicuously b : a small gift or decorative item given out at a party c : BADGE\n5 a : a special privilege or right granted or conceded b : sexual privileges usually used in plural\n6 archaic : LETTER\n7 : BEHALF, INTEREST\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to regard or treat with favor b (1) : to do a kindness for : OBLIGE (2) : ENDOW c : to treat gently or carefully <favored his injured leg>\n2 : to show partiality toward : PREFER\n3 a : to give support or confirmation to : SUSTAIN b : to afford advantages for success to : FACILITATE <good weather favored the outing>\n4 : to bear a resemblance to <he favors his father>


Words: favorable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : disposed to favor : PARTIAL b : expressing approval : COMMENDATORY c : giving a result that is in one’s favor <a favorable comparison> d : AFFIRMATIVE\n2 : winning approval : PLEASING\n3 a : tending to promote or facilitate : ADVANTAGEOUS <favorable wind> b : marked by success


Words: favorite
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that is treated or regarded with special favor or liking; especially : one unusually loved, trusted, or provided with favors by a person of high rank or authority\n2 : a competitor judged most likely to win\n\n<2> adjective\n: constituting a favorite; especially : markedly popular


Words: fawn
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to show affection used especially of a dog\n2 : to court favor by a cringing or flattering manner\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a young deer; especially : one still unweaned or retaining a distinctive baby coat\n2 : KID 1\n3 : a light grayish brown


Words: fay
Meaning:
<1> verb\n: to fit or join closely or tightly\n\n<2> noun\nobsolete : FAITH\n\n<3> noun\n: FAIRY, ELF\n\n<4> adjective\n: resembling an elf\n\n<5> noun\n: OFAY


Words: fealty
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the fidelity of a vassal or feudal tenant to his lord b : the obligation of such fidelity\n2 : intense fidelity


Words: fear
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : FRIGHTEN\n2 archaic : to feel fear in (oneself)\n3 : to have a reverential awe of <fear God>\n4 : to be afraid of : expect with alarm\nintransitive senses : to be afraid or apprehensive\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger b (1) : an instance of this emotion (2) : a state marked by this emotion\n2 : anxious concern : SOLICITUDE\n3 : profound reverence and awe especially toward God\n4 : reason for alarm : DANGER


Words: fearful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : causing or likely to cause fear, fright, or alarm especially because of dangerous quality <a fearful storm>\n2 a : full of fear b : indicating or arising from fear <a fearful glance> c : inclined to fear : TIMOROUS\n3 : very great or bad used as an intensive <a fearful waste> <fearful slum conditions>


Words: feasible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : capable of being done or carried out <a feasible plan>\n2 : capable of being used or dealt with successfully : SUITABLE\n3 : REASONABLE, LIKELY


Words: feast
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an elaborate meal often accompanied by a ceremony or entertainment : BANQUET b : something that gives unusual or abundant pleasure\n2 : a periodic religious observance commemorating an event or honoring a deity, person, or thing\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take part in a feast\n2 : to enjoy some unusual pleasure or delight\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give a feast for\n2 : DELIGHT, GRATIFY


Words: feat
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : ACT, DEED\n2 a : a deed notable especially for courage b : an act or product of skill, endurance, or ingenuity\n\n<2> adjective\n1 archaic : BECOMING, NEAT\n2 archaic : SMART, DEXTEROUS


Words: feather
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : any of the light horny epidermal outgrowths that form the external covering of the body of birds and that consist of a shaft bearing on each side a series of barbs which bear barbules which in turn bear barbicels commonly ending in hooked hamuli and interlocking with the barbules of an adjacent barb to link the barbs into a continuous vane b : PLUME c : the vane of an arrow\n2 a : PLUMAGE b : KIND, NATURE <birds of a feather flock together> c : ATTIRE, DRESS d : CONDITION, MOOD\n3 : FEATHERING 2\n4 : a projecting strip, rib, fin, or flange\n5 : a feathery flaw in the eye or in a precious stone\n6 : the act of feathering an oar\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to furnish (as an arrow) with a feather b : to cover, clothe, or adorn with or as if with feathers\n2 a : to turn (an oar blade) almost horizontal when lifting from the water at the end of a stroke to reduce air resistance b (1) : to change the angle of (airplane propeller blades) so that the chords become approximately parallel to the line of flight; also : to change the angle of airplane propeller blades of (an engine) in such a manner (2) : to change the angle of (a rotor blade of a rotorcraft) periodically in forward flight\n3 : to reduce the edge of to a featheredge\n4 : to cut (as air) with or as if with a wing\n5 : to join by a tongue and groove\nintransitive senses\n1 : to grow or form feathers\n2 : to have or take on the appearance of a feather or something feathered\n3 : to soak in and spread : BLUR used of ink or a printed impression\n4 : to feather an oar or an airplane propeller blade


Words: featherbedding
Meaning:
noun\n: the requiring of an employer usually under a union rule or safety statute to hire more employees than are needed or to limit production


Words: featherweight
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that is very light in weight; especially : a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 126 pounds for professionals and 125 pounds for amateurs compare BANTAMWEIGHT, LIGHTWEIGHT\n2 : LIGHTWEIGHT 2


Words: feature
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person b obsolete : physical beauty\n2 a : the makeup or appearance of the face or its parts b : a part of the face : LINEAMENT\n3 a : a prominent part or characteristic b : any of the properties (as voice or gender) that are characteristic of a grammatical element (as a phoneme or morpheme); especially : one that is distinctive\n4 : a special attraction: as a : the principal motion picture shown on a program with other pictures b : a featured article, story, or department in a newspaper or magazine c : something offered to the public or advertised as particularly attractive\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 chiefly dialect : to resemble in features\n2 : to picture or portray in the mind : IMAGINE\n3 a : to give special prominence to b : to have as a characteristic or feature\nintransitive senses : to play an important part


Words: fecund
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : fruitful in offspring or vegetation : PROLIFIC\n2 : intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree


Words: fed
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a federal agent, officer, or official usually used in plural\n\n<2> abbreviation\nfederal, federation


Words: federal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : of or relating to a compact or treaty\n2 a : formed by a compact between political units that surrender their individual sovereignty to a central authority but retain limited residuary powers of government b : of or constituting a form of government in which power is distributed between a central authority and a number of constituent territorial units c : of or relating to the central government of a federation as distinguished from the governments of the constituent units\n3 capitalized : advocating or friendly to the principle of a federal government with strong centralized powers; especially : of or relating to the American Federalists\n4 often capitalized : of, relating to, or loyal to the federal government or the Union armies of the U.S. in the American Civil War\n5 capitalized : being or belonging to a style of architecture and decoration current in the U.S. following the Revolution


Words: federalism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a often capitalized : the distribution of power in an organization (as a government) between a central authority and the constituent units compare CENTRALISM b : support or advocacy of this principle\n2 capitalized : Federalist principles


Words: federalist
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an advocate of federalism: as a often capitalized : an advocate of a federal union between the American colonies after the Revolution and of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution b often capitalized : WORLD FEDERALIST\n2 capitalized : a member of a major political party in the early years of the U.S. favoring a strong centralized national government


Words: federalize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to unite in or under a federal system\n2 : to bring under the jurisdiction of a federal government


Words: federate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: united in an alliance or federation : FEDERATED\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to join in a federation


Words: federation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something formed by federation: as a : a federal government b : a union of organizations\n2 : the act of federating; especially : the forming of a federal union


Words: fee
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : an estate in land held in feudal law from a lord on condition of homage and service (2) : a piece of land so held b : an inherited or heritable estate in land\n2 a : a fixed charge b : a sum paid or charged for a service\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 chiefly Scottish : HIRE\n2 : 9TIP 2


Words: feeble
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : markedly lacking in strength b : indicating weakness\n2 a : deficient in qualities or resources that indicate vigor, authority, force, or efficiency b : INADEQUATE, INFERIOR


Words: feed
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to give food to b : to give as food\n2 a : to furnish something essential to the growth, sustenance, maintenance, or operation of b : to supply (material to be operated on) to a machine\n3 : to produce or provide food for\n4 a : SATISFY, GRATIFY b : SUPPORT, ENCOURAGE\n5 a (1) : to supply for use or consumption (2) : CHANNEL, ROUTE b (1) : to supply (a signal) to an electronic circuit (2) : to send (as by wire or satellite) to a transmitting station for broadcast\n6 : to supply (a fellow actor) with cues and situations that make a role more effective\n7 : to pass a ball or puck to (a teammate) especially for a shot at the goal\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to consume food : EAT b : PREY used with on, upon, or off\n2 : to become nourished or satisfied or sustained as if by food\n3 a : to become channeled or directed b : to move into a machine or opening in order to be used or processed\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an act of eating b : MEAL; especially : a large meal\n2 a : food for livestock; specifically : a mixture or preparation for feeding livestock b : the amount given at each feeding\n3 a : material supplied (as to a furnace or machine) b : a mechanism by which the action of feeding is effected c : the motion or process of carrying forward the material to be operated upon (as in a machine) d : the process of feeding a television program (as to a local station)\n4 : the action of passing a ball or puck to a team member who is in position to score


Words: feedback
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the return to the input of a part of the output of a machine, system, or process (as for producing changes in an electronic circuit that improve performance or in an automatic control device that provide self-corrective action)\n2 a : the partial reversion of the effects of a process to its source or to a preceding stage b : the transmission of evaluative or corrective information to the original or controlling source about an action, event, or process; also : the information so transmitted


Words: feel
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to handle or touch in order to examine, test, or explore some quality b : to perceive by a physical sensation coming from discrete end organs (as of the skin or muscles)\n2 a : to undergo passive experience of b : to have one’s sensibilities markedly affected by\n3 : to ascertain by cautious trial usually used with out\n4 a : to be aware of by instinct or inference b : BELIEVE, THINK\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to receive or be able to receive a tactile sensation b : to search for something by using the sense of touch\n2 a : to be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind, or physical condition b : to have a marked sentiment or opinion <feels strongly about it>\n3 : SEEM <it feels like spring today>\n4 : to have sympathy or pity <I feel for you>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : SENSATION, FEELING\n2 : the sense of touch\n3 a : the quality of a thing as imparted through or as if through touch b : typical or peculiar quality or atmosphere; also : an awareness of such a quality or atmosphere\n4 : intuitive knowledge or ability


Words: feeler
Meaning:
noun\n: one that feels: as a : a tactile process (as a tentacle) of an animal b : something (as a proposal) ventured to ascertain the views of others


Words: feeling
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : the one of the basic physical senses of which the skin contains the chief end organs and of which the sensations of touch and temperature are characteristic : TOUCH (2) : a sensation experienced through this sense b : generalized bodily consciousness or sensation c : appreciative or responsive awareness or recognition\n2 a : an emotional state or reaction <had a kindly feeling toward the child> b plural : susceptibility to impression : SENSITIVITY <the remark hurt her feelings>\n3 a : the undifferentiated background of one’s awareness considered apart from any identifiable sensation, perception, or thought b : the overall quality of one’s awareness c : conscious recognition : SENSE\n4 a : often unreasoned opinion or belief : SENTIMENT b : PRESENTIMENT\n5 : capacity to respond emotionally especially with the higher emotions\n6 : the character ascribed to something : ATMOSPHERE\n7 a : the quality of a work of art that conveys the emotion of the artist b : sympathetic aesthetic response\n8 : FEEL 4\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : SENTIENT, SENSITIVE b : easily moved emotionally\n2 obsolete : deeply felt\n3 : expressing emotion or sensitivity


Words: feign
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : PRETEND, DISSEMBLE\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression <feign death> b : to assert as if true : PRETEND\n2 archaic a : INVENT, IMAGINE b : to give fictional representation to\n3 obsolete : DISGUISE, CONCEAL


Words: feint
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: something feigned; specifically : a mock blow or attack on or toward one part in order to distract attention from the point one really intends to attack\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to make a feint\ntransitive senses\n1 : to lure or deceive with a feint\n2 : to make a pretense of


Words: felicitate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\nobsolete : made happy\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 archaic : to make happy\n2 a : to consider happy or fortunate b : to offer congratulations to


Words: felicity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of being happy; especially : great happiness b : an instance of happiness\n2 : something that causes happiness\n3 : a pleasing manner or quality especially in art or language\n4 : an apt expression


Words: feline
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family\n2 : resembling a cat: as a : sleekly graceful b : SLY, TREACHEROUS c : STEALTHY


Words: fell
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : SKIN, HIDE, PELT\n2 : a thin tough membrane covering a carcass directly under the hide\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to cut, knock, or bring down b : KILL\n2 : to sew (a seam) by folding one raw edge under the other and sewing flat on the wrong side


Words: fellow
Meaning:
noun\n1 : COMRADE, ASSOCIATE\n2 a : an equal in rank, power, or character : PEER b : one of a pair : MATE\n3 : a member of a group having common characteristics; specifically : a member of an incorporated literary or scientific society\n4 a obsolete : a person of one of the lower social classes b : a worthless man or boy c : MAN, BOY d : BOYFRIEND, BEAU\n5 : an incorporated member of a college or collegiate foundation especially in a British university\n6 : a person appointed to a position granting a stipend and allowing for advanced study or research


Words: fellowship
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : COMPANIONSHIP, COMPANY\n2 a : community of interest, activity, feeling, or experience b : the state of being a fellow or associate\n3 : a company of equals or friends : ASSOCIATION\n4 : the quality or state of being comradely\n5 obsolete : MEMBERSHIP, PARTNERSHIP\n6 a : the position of a fellow (as of a university) b : the stipend of a fellow c : a foundation for the providing of such a stipend\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to join in fellowship especially with a church member\ntransitive senses : to admit to fellowship (as in a church)


Words: felon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one who has committed a felony\n2 archaic : VILLAIN\n3 : WHITLOW\n\n<2> adjective\n1 archaic a : CRUEL b : EVIL\n2 archaic : WILD


Words: felony
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act on the part of a feudal vassal involving the forfeiture of his fee\n2 a : a grave crime formerly differing from a misdemeanor under English common law by involving forfeiture in addition to any other punishment b : a grave crime declared to be a felony by the common law or by statute regardless of the punishment actually imposed c : a crime declared a felony by statute because of the punishment imposed d : a crime for which the punishment in federal law may be death or imprisonment for more than one year


Words: felt
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a cloth made of wool and fur often mixed with natural or synthetic fibers through the action of heat, moisture, chemicals, and pressure b : a firm woven cloth of wool or cotton heavily napped and shrunk\n2 : an article made of felt\n3 : a material resembling felt: as a : a heavy paper of organic or asbestos fibers impregnated with asphalt and used in building construction b : semirigid pressed fiber insulation used in building\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make out of or cover with felt\n2 : to cause to adhere and mat together\n3 : to make into felt or a similar substance


Words: female
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or being the sex that bears young or produces eggs b : PISTILLATE\n2 : having some quality (as gentleness) associated with the female sex\n3 : designed with a hollow or groove into which a corresponding male part fits <female coupling of a hose>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a female person : a woman or a girl b : an individual that bears young or produces large usually immobile gametes (as eggs) that are fertilized by small usually motile gametes of a male\n2 : a pistillate plant


Words: feminine
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : FEMALE 1a\n2 : characteristic of or appropriate or unique to women\n3 : of, relating to, or constituting the gender that ordinarily includes most words or grammatical forms referring to females <a feminine noun>\n4 a : being an unstressed and usually hypermetric final syllable <feminine ending> b of rhyme : having an unstressed final syllable c : having the final chord occurring on a weak beat <music in feminine cadences>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a noun, pronoun, adjective, or inflectional form or class of the feminine gender b : the feminine gender\n2 : the female principle <eternal feminine>


Words: feminism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes\n2 : organized activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests


Words: femur
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the proximal bone of the hind or lower limb called also thighbone\n2 : the segment of an insect’s leg that is third from the body


Words: fence
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : a means of protection : DEFENSE\n2 : a barrier intended to prevent escape or intrusion or to mark a boundary; especially : such a barrier made of posts and wire or boards\n3 : FENCING 1\n4 a : a receiver of stolen goods b : a place where stolen goods are bought\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to enclose with a fence b (1) : to keep in or out with a fence (2) : to ward off\n2 : to provide a defense for\n3 : to sell (stolen property) to a fence\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to practice fencing b (1) : to use tactics of attack and defense resembling those of fencing (2) : to parry arguments by shifting ground\n2 archaic : to provide protection


Words: fencing
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the art or practice of attack and defense with the foil, <pee, or saber\n2 a (1) : FENCE 2 (2) : the fences of a property or region b : material used for building fences


Words: fend
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : DEFEND\n2 : to keep or ward off : REPEL often used with off\n3 dialect British : to provide for : SUPPORT\nintransitive senses\n1 dialect British : to make an effort : STRUGGLE\n2 a : to try to get along without help : SHIFT <had to fend for themselves> b : to provide a livelihood\n\n<2> noun\nchiefly Scottish : an effort or attempt especially for oneself


Words: fender
Meaning:
noun\n: a device that protects: as a (1) : a cushion (as foam rubber or a wood float) between a boat and a dock or between two boats that lessens shock and prevents chafing (2) : a pile or a row or cluster of piles placed to protect a dock or bridge pier from damage by ships or floating objects b : RAILING c : a device in front of locomotives and streetcars to lessen injury to animals or pedestrians in case of collision d : a guard over the wheel of a motor vehicle e : a low metal frame or a screen before an open fireplace f : an oblong or triangular shield of leather attached to the stirrup leather of a saddle to protect a rider’s legs


Words: fenestration
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the arrangement, proportioning, and design of windows and doors in a building\n2 : an opening in a surface (as a wall or membrane)\n3 : the operation of cutting an opening in the bony labyrinth between the inner ear and tympanum to replace natural fenestrae that are not functional


Words: Fenian
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a member of a legendary band of warriors defending Ireland in the 2d and 3d centuries A.D.\n2 : a member of a secret 19th century Irish and Irish-American organization dedicated to the overthrow of British rule in Ireland


Words: fennel
Meaning:
noun\n: a perennial European herb (Foeniculum vulgare) of the carrot family introduced into No. America and cultivated for its foliage and aromatic seeds


Words: ferment
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to undergo fermentation\n2 : to be in a state of agitation or intense activity\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to undergo fermentation\n2 : to work up (as into a state of agitation) : FOMENT\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a living organism (as a yeast) that causes fermentation by virtue of its enzymes b : ENZYME\n2 a : a state of unrest : AGITATION b : a process of active often disorderly development <the great period of creative ferment in literature William Barrett>


Words: fermentation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a chemical change with effervescence b : an enzymatically controlled anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid); broadly : an enzymatically controlled transformation of an organic compound\n2 : FERMENT 2


Words: fermium
Meaning:
noun\n: a radioactive metallic element artificially produced (as by bombardment of plutonium with neutrons) see ELEMENT table


Words: fern
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a large class (Filicopsida) of flowerless spore-producing vascular plants; especially : any of an order (Filicales) of homosporous plants possessing roots, stems, and leaflike fronds


Words: ferocious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality\n2 : extremely intense <ferocious heat>


Words: ferret
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a domesticated usually albino animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat\n2 : an active and persistent searcher\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to hunt with ferrets\n2 : to search about\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to hunt (as rabbits) with ferrets (2) : to force out of hiding : FLUSH b : to find and bring to light by searching usually used with out <ferret out the answers>\n2 : HARRY, WORRY\n\n<3> noun\n: a narrow cotton, silk, or wool tape called also ferreting


Words: ferric
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or containing iron\n2 : being or containing iron usually with a valence of three


Words: ferrule
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a ring or cap usually of metal put around a slender shaft (as a cane or a tool handle) to strengthen it or prevent splitting\n2 : a usually metal sleeve used especially for joining or binding one part to another (as pipe sections or the bristles and handle of a brush)


Words: ferry
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to carry by boat over a body of water b : to cross by a ferry\n2 a : to convey (as by aircraft or motor vehicle) from one place to another : TRANSPORT b : to fly (an airplane) from the factory or other shipping point to a designated delivery point or from one base to another\nintransitive senses : to cross water in a boat


Words: fertile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : producing or bearing fruit in great quantities : PRODUCTIVE b : characterized by great resourcefulness of thought or imagination : INVENTIVE <a fertile mind> c obsolete : PLENTIFUL\n2 a (1) : capable of sustaining abundant plant growth <fertile soil> (2) : affording abundant possibilities for development <a fertile area for research> b : capable of growing or developing <fertile egg> c (1) : capable of producing fruit (2) of an anther : containing pollen (3) : developing spores or spore-bearing organs d : capable of breeding or reproducing\n3 : capable of being converted into fissionable material <fertile uranium 238>


Words: fertilize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to make fertile: as a : to apply a fertilizer to <fertilize land> b : to cause the fertilization of


Words: fertilizer
Meaning:
noun\n: one that fertilizes; specifically : a substance (as manure or a chemical mixture) used to make soil more fertile


Words: ferule
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an instrument (as a flat piece of wood like a ruler) used to punish children\n2 : school discipline


Words: fervent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : very hot : GLOWING\n2 : exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling : ZEALOUS <fervent prayers>


Words: fervor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : intensity of feeling or expression <booing and cheering with almost equal fervor Alan Rich>\n2 : intense heat


Words: fester
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a suppurating sore : PUSTULE\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to generate pus\n2 : PUTREFY, ROT\n3 a : to cause increasing poisoning, irritation, or bitterness : RANKLE <dissent festered unchecked> b : to undergo or exist in a state of progressive deterioration <allowed slums to fester>\ntransitive senses : to make inflamed or corrupt


Words: festival
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, appropriate to, or set apart as a festival\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a time of celebration marked by special observances b : FEAST 2\n2 : a periodic season or program of cultural events or entertainment\n3 : GAIETY, CONVIVIALITY


Words: festoon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a decorative chain or strip hanging between two points\n2 : a carved, molded, or painted ornament representing a decorative chain\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to hang or form festoons on\n2 : to shape into festoons\n3 : DECORATE, ADORN


Words: fetch
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to go or come after and bring or take back b : DERIVE, DEDUCE\n2 a : to cause to come b : to bring in (as a price) : REALIZE c : INTEREST, ATTRACT\n3 a : to give (a blow) by striking : DEAL b chiefly dialect : BRING ABOUT, ACCOMPLISH c (1) : to take in (as a breath) : DRAW (2) : to bring forth (as a sound) : HEAVE <fetch a sigh>\n4 a : to reach by sailing especially against the wind or tide b : to arrive at : REACH\nintransitive senses\n1 : to get and bring something; specifically : to retrieve killed game\n2 : to take a roundabout way : CIRCLE\n3 a : to hold a course on a body of water b : VEER\n\n<2> noun\n1 : TRICK, STRATAGEM\n2 : an act or instance of fetching\n3 a : the distance along open water or land over which the wind blows b : the distance traversed by waves without obstruction\n\n<3> noun\n: DOPPELG*NGER 1


Words: fete
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : FESTIVAL\n2 a : a lavish often outdoor entertainment b : a large elaborate party\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to honor or commemorate with a fete\n2 : to pay high honor to


Words: fetish
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an object (as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner; broadly : a material object regarded with superstitious or extravagant trust or reverence b : an object of irrational reverence or obsessive devotion : PREPOSSESSION c : an object or bodily part whose real or fantasied presence is psychologically necessary for sexual gratification and that is an object of fixation to the extent that it may interfere with complete sexual expression\n2 : a rite or cult of fetish worshipers\n3 : FIXATION


Words: fetlock
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a projection bearing a tuft of hair on the back of the leg above the hoof of a horse or similar animal see HORSE illustration b : the tuft of hair itself\n2 : the joint of the limb at the fetlock


Words: fetter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a chain or shackle for the feet\n2 : something that confines : RESTRAINT\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to put fetters on : SHACKLE\n2 : to restrain from motion, action, or progress


Words: fettle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: state or condition of health, fitness, wholeness, spirit, or form often used in the phrase in fine fettle\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cover or line the hearth of (as a reverberatory furnace) with loose material (as sand or gravel)


Words: fetus
Meaning:
noun\n: an unborn or unhatched vertebrate especially after attaining the basic structural plan of its kind; specifically : a developing human from usually three months after conception to birth


Words: feud
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate; especially : a lasting state of hostilities between families or clans marked by violent attacks for revenge\n\n<2> noun\n: FEE 1a


Words: feudal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a medieval fee\n2 : of, relating to, or suggestive of feudalism <feudal law>


Words: feudalism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the system of political organization prevailing in Europe from the 9th to about the 15th centuries having as its basis the relation of lord to vassal with all land held in fee and as chief characteristics homage, the service of tenants under arms and in court, wardship, and forfeiture\n2 : any of various political or social systems similar to medieval feudalism


Words: feudatory
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : owing feudal allegiance\n2 : being under the overlordship of a foreign state\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a dependent lordship : FEE\n2 : one holding lands by feudal tenure


Words: fever
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a rise of body temperature above the normal b : any of various diseases of which fever is a prominent symptom\n2 a : a state of heightened or intense emotion or activity b : a contagious usually transient enthusiasm : CRAZE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to throw into a fever : AGITATE\nintransitive senses : to contract or be in a fever : become feverish


Words: few
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\n: not many persons or things <few were present> <few of his stories are true>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : consisting of or amounting to only a small number <one of our few pleasures>\n2 : at least some but indeterminately small in number used with a <caught a few fish>\n\n<3> noun, plural in construction\n1 : a small number of units or individuals <a few of them>\n2 : a special limited number <the discriminating few>


Words: fey
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a chiefly Scottish : fated to die : DOOMED b : marked by a foreboding of death or calamity\n2 a : able to see into the future : VISIONARY b : marked by an otherworldly air or attitude c : CRAZY, TOUCHED\n3 a : PRECIOUS 3 b : UNCONVENTIONAL, CAMPY


Words: fez
Meaning:
noun\n: a brimless cone-shaped flat-crowned hat that usually has a tassel, is usually made of red felt, and is worn especially by men in eastern Mediterranean countries


Words: fiasco
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a complete failure\n\n<2> noun\n: BOTTLE, FLASK; especially : a bulbous long-necked straw-covered bottle for wine


Words: fiat
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a command or act of will that creates something without or as if without further effort\n2 : an authoritative determination : DICTATE <a fiat of conscience>\n3 : an authoritative or arbitrary order : DECREE <government by fiat>


Words: fib
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a trivial or childish lie\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to tell a fib\n\n<3> verb\nBritish : BEAT, PUMMEL


Words: fiber
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a thread or a structure or object resembling a thread: as a (1) : a slender root (as of a grass) (2) : an elongated tapering thick-walled plant cell void at maturity that imparts elasticity, flexibility, and tensile strength b (1) : a strand of nerve tissue : AXON, DENDRITE (2) : one of the filaments composing most of the intercellular matrix of connective tissue (3) : one of the elongated contractile cells of muscle tissue c : a slender and greatly elongated natural or synthetic filament (as of wool, cotton, asbestos, gold, glass, or rayon) typically capable of being spun into yarn d : indigestible material in human food that stimulates the intestine to peristalsis called also bulk, roughage\n2 : material made of fibers; especially : VULCANIZED FIBER\n3 a : an element that gives texture or substance b : basic toughness : STRENGTH, FORTITUDE c : essential structure or character <the very fiber of a person’s being>


Words: fibroid
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: resembling, forming, or consisting of fibrous tissue\n\n<2> noun\n: a benign tumor that consists of fibrous and muscular tissue and occurs especially in the uterine wall


Words: fichu
Meaning:
noun\n: a woman’s light triangular scarf that is draped over the shoulders and fastened in front or worn to fill in a low neckline


Words: fickle
Meaning:
adjective\n: marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness


Words: fiction
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : something invented by the imagination or feigned; specifically : an invented story b : fictitious literature (as novels or short stories) c : a work of fiction; especially : NOVEL\n2 a : an assumption of a possibility as a fact irrespective of the question of its truth <a legal fiction> b : a useful illusion or pretense\n3 : the action of feigning or of creating with the imagination


Words: fictitious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : IMAGINARY\n2 a : conventionally or hypothetically assumed or accepted <a fictitious concept> b of a name : FALSE, ASSUMED\n3 : not genuinely felt


Words: fiddle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : VIOLIN\n2 : a device (as a slat, rack, or light railing) to keep dishes from sliding off a table aboard ship\n3 : FIDDLESTICKS used as an interjection\n4 2fiddle chiefly British : SWINDLE\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to play on a fiddle\n2 a : to move the hands or fingers restlessly b : to spend time in aimless or fruitless activity : PUTTER, TINKER <fiddled around with the engine for hours> c : MEDDLE, TAMPER\ntransitive senses\n1 : to play (as a tune) on a fiddle\n2 : CHEAT, SWINDLE\n3 : to alter or manipulate deceptively for fraudulent gain <accountants fiddling the books Stanley Cohen>


Words: fiddlestick
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a violin bow\n2 a : something of little value : TRIFLE <didn’t care a fiddlestick for that> b plural : NONSENSE used as an interjection


Words: fidelity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of being faithful b : accuracy in details : EXACTNESS\n2 : the degree to which an electronic device (as a record player, radio, or television) accurately reproduces its effect (as sound or picture)


Words: fidget
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : uneasiness or restlessness as shown by nervous movements usually used in plural\n2 2fidget : one that fidgets\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to move or act restlessly or nervously\ntransitive senses : to cause to move or act nervously


Words: fiduciary
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one that holds a fiduciary relation or acts in a fiduciary capacity\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, or involving a confidence or trust: as a : held or founded in trust or confidence b : holding in trust c : depending on public confidence for value or currency <fiduciary fiat money>


Words: fief
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a feudal estate : FEE\n2 : something over which one has rights or exercises control <a politician’s fief>


Words: field
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : an open land area free of woods and buildings (2) : an area of land marked by the presence of particular objects or features <dune field> b (1) : an area of cleared enclosed land used for cultivation or pasture <a field of wheat> (2) : land containing a natural resource (3) : AIRFIELD c : the place where a battle is fought; also : BATTLE d : a large unbroken expanse (as of ice)\n2 a : an area or division of an activity b : the sphere of practical operation outside a base (as a laboratory, office, or factory) <geologists working in the field> c : an area for military exercises or maneuvers d (1) : an area constructed, equipped, or marked for sports (2) : the portion of an indoor or outdoor sports area enclosed by the running track and on which field events are conducted (3) : any of the three sections of a baseball outfield <hits to all fields>\n3 : a space on which something is drawn or projected: as a : the space on the surface of a coin, medal, or seal that does not contain the design b : the ground of each division in a flag c : the whole surface of an escutcheon\n4 : the individuals that make up all or part of the participants in a sports activity; especially : all participants with the exception of the favorite or the winner in a contest where more than two are entered\n5 : the area visible through the lens of an optical instrument\n6 a : a region or space in which a given effect (as magnetism) exists b : a region of embryonic tissue capable of a particular type of differentiation <a morphogenetic field>\n7 : a set of mathematical elements that is subject to two binary operations the second of which is distributive relative to the first and that constitutes a commutative group under the first operation and also under the second if the zero or unit element under the first is omitted\n8 : a complex of forces that serve as causative agents in human behavior\n9 : a series of drain tiles and an absorption area for septic-tank overflow\n10 : a particular area (as of a record in a database) in which the s


Words: fiend
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : DEVIL 1 b : DEMON c : a person of great wickedness or maliciousness\n2 : a person extremely devoted to a pursuit or study : FANATIC <a golf fiend>\n3 : ADDICT 1 <a dope fiend>\n4 : WIZARD 3 <a fiend at mathematics>


Words: fierce
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : violently hostile or aggressive in temperament b : given to fighting or killing : PUGNACIOUS\n2 a : marked by unrestrained zeal or vehemence <a fierce argument> b : extremely vexatious, disappointing, or intense <fierce pain>\n3 : furiously active or determined <make a fierce effort>\n4 : wild or menacing in appearance


Words: fiery
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : consisting of fire b : BURNING, BLAZING c : using or carried out with fire d : liable to catch fire or explode : FLAMMABLE <a fiery vapor>\n2 a : hot like a fire b (1) : being in an inflamed state or condition <a fiery boil> (2) : feverish and flushed <a fiery forehead>\n3 : of the color of fire : RED <a fiery sunset>\n4 a : full of or exuding emotion or spirit <a fiery sermon> b : easily provoked : IRRITABLE


Words: fiesta
Meaning:
noun\n: FESTIVAL; specifically : a saint’s day celebrated in Spain and Latin America with processions and dances


Words: fifth
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 a : the musical interval embracing five diatonic degrees b : a tone at this interval; specifically : DOMINANT 1 c : the harmonic combination of two tones at this interval\n3 : a unit of measure for liquor equal to one fifth of a U.S. gallon (0.757 liter)\n4 capitalized : the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution


Words: fifty
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 plural : the numbers 50 to 59; specifically : the years 50 to 59 in a lifetime or century\n3 : a 50-dollar bill


Words: fig
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an oblong or pear-shaped fruit that is a syconium b : any of a genus (Ficus) of trees of the mulberry family bearing fruits that are syconia; especially : a widely cultivated tree (F. carica) that produces edible figs\n2 : a worthless trifle : the least bit <doesn’t care a fig>\n\n<2> noun\n: DRESS, ARRAY <a young woman in dazzling royal full fig Mollie Panter-Downes>\n\n<3> abbreviation\nfigurative, figuratively, figure


Words: fight
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to contend in battle or physical combat; especially : to strive to overcome a person by blows or weapons b : to engage in boxing\n2 : to put forth a determined effort\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to contend against in or as if in battle or physical combat (2) : to box against in the ring b (1) : to attempt to prevent the success or effectiveness of <the company fought the takeover attempt> (2) : to oppose the passage or development of <fight a bill in Congress>\n2 a : WAGE, CARRY ON <fight a battle> b : to take part in (as a boxing match)\n3 : to struggle to endure or surmount <fight a cold>\n4 a : to gain by struggle <fights his way through> b : to resolve by struggle <fought out their differences in court>\n5 a : to manage (a ship) in a battle or storm b : to cause to struggle or contend c : to manage in an unnecessarily rough or awkward manner\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a hostile encounter : BATTLE, COMBAT b : a boxing match c : a verbal disagreement : ARGUMENT\n2 : a struggle for a goal or an objective <a fight for justice>\n3 : strength or disposition for fighting : PUGNACITY <still full of fight>


Words: fighter
Meaning:
noun\n: one that fights: as a (1) : WARRIOR, SOLDIER (2) : a pugnacious or game individual (3) : 1BOXER 1 b : an airplane of high speed and maneuverability with armament designed to destroy enemy aircraft


Words: figurative
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : representing by a figure or resemblance : EMBLEMATIC b : of or relating to representation of form or figure in art <figurative sculpture>\n2 a : expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another with which it may be regarded as analogous : METAPHORICAL <figurative language> b : characterized by figures of speech <a figurative description>


Words: figure
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a number symbol : NUMERAL, DIGIT <a salary running into six figures> b plural : arithmetical calculations <good at figures> c : a written or printed character d : value especially as expressed in numbers : SUM, PRICE <sold at a low figure>\n2 a : a geometric form (as a line, triangle, or sphere) especially when considered as a set of geometric elements (as points) in space of a given number of dimensions <a square is a plane figure> b : bodily shape or form especially of a person <a slender figure> c : an object noticeable only as a shape or form <figures moving in the dusk>\n3 a : the graphic representation of a form especially of a person or geometric entity b : a diagram or pictorial illustration of textual matter\n4 : a person, thing, or action representative of another\n5 a : FIGURE OF SPEECH b : an intentional deviation from the ordinary form or syntactical relation of words\n6 : the form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term\n7 : an often repetitive pattern or design in a manufactured article (as cloth) or natural product (as wood) <a polka-dot figure>\n8 : appearance made : impression produced <the couple cut quite a figure>\n9 a : a series of movements in a dance b : an outline representation of a form traced by a series of evolutions (as with skates on an ice surface or by an airplane in the air)\n10 : a prominent personality : PERSONAGE <great figures of history>\n11 : a short coherent group of notes or chords that may constitute part of a phrase, theme, or composition\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to represent by or as if by a figure or outline\n2 : to decorate with a pattern; also : to write figures over or under (the bass) in order to indicate the accompanying chords\n3 : to indicate or represent by numerals\n4 a : CALCULATE b : CONCLUDE, DECIDE <figured there was no use in further effort> c : REGARD, CONSIDER d : to appear likely <figures to win>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to be or appear important or conspicuous b : to be involved or implicated <figured in a ro


Words: filament
Meaning:
noun\n: a single thread or a thin flexible threadlike object, process, or appendage: as a : a tenuous conductor (as of carbon or metal) made incandescent by the passage of an electric current; specifically : a cathode in the form of a metal wire in an electron tube b (1) : a thin and fine elongated constituent part of a gill (2) : an elongated thin series of cells attached one to another or a very long thin cylindrical single cell (as of some algae, fungi, or bacteria) c : the anther-bearing stalk of a stamen see FLOWER illustration


Words: filbert
Meaning:
noun\n1 : either of two European hazels (Corylus avellana and C. maxima); also : the sweet thick-shelled nut of the filbert\n2 : HAZELNUT


Words: file
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a tool usually of hardened steel with cutting ridges for forming or smoothing surfaces especially of metal\n2 : a shrewd or crafty person\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to rub, smooth, or cut away with or as if with a file\n\n<3> transitive verb\nchiefly dialect : DEFILE, CORRUPT\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to arrange in order for preservation and reference <file letters>\n2 a : to place among official records as prescribed by law <file a mortgage> b : to send (copy) to a newspaper <filed a story> c : to return to the office of the clerk of a court without action on the merits\n3 : to initiate (as a legal action) through proper formal procedure <threatened to file charges>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to register as a candidate especially in a primary election\n2 : to place items in a file\n\n<5> noun\n1 : a device (as a folder, case, or cabinet) by means of which papers are kept in order\n2 a archaic : ROLL, LIST b : a collection of papers or publications usually arranged or classified c (1) : a collection of related data records (as for a computer) (2) : a complete collection of data (as text or a program) treated by a computer as a unit especially for purposes of input and output\n\n<6> noun\n1 : a row of persons, animals, or things arranged one behind the other\n2 : any of the rows of squares that extend across a chessboard from one player’s side to the other player’s side\n\n<7> intransitive verb\n: to march or proceed in file


Words: filial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter <filial obedience>\n2 : having or assuming the relation of a child or offspring


Words: filibuster
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an irregular military adventurer; specifically : an American engaged in fomenting insurrections in Latin America in the mid-19th century\n2 2filibuster a : the use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action especially in a legislative assembly b : an instance of this practice\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to carry out insurrectionist activities in a foreign country\n2 : to engage in a filibuster\ntransitive senses : to subject to a filibuster


Words: filigree
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces\n2 a : ornamental openwork of delicate or intricate design b : a pattern or design resembling such openwork <a filigree of frost> c : ORNAMENTATION, EMBELLISHMENT <writings heavy with late Victorian filigree Jack Beatty>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to adorn with or as if with filigree


Words: fill
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to put into as much as can be held or conveniently contained <fill a cup with water> b : to supply with a full complement <the class is already filled> c (1) : to cause to swell or billow <wind filled the sails> (2) : to trim (a sail) to catch the wind d : to raise the level of with fill <filled land> e : to repair the cavities of (teeth) f : to stop up : OBSTRUCT, PLUG <wreckage filled the channel> g : to stop up the interstices, crevices, or pores of (as cloth, wood, or leather) with a foreign substance\n2 a : FEED, SATIATE b : SATISFY, FULFILL <fills all requirements> c : MAKE OUT, COMPLETE used with out or in <fill out a form> <fill in the blanks> d : to draw the playing cards necessary to complete (as a straight or flush in poker)\n3 a : to occupy the whole of <smoke filled the room> b : to spread through c : to make full <a mind filled with fantasies>\n4 a : to possess and perform the duties of : HOLD <fill an office> b : to place a person in <fill a vacancy>\n5 : to supply as directed <fill a prescription>\n6 : to cover the surface of with a layer of precious metal\nintransitive senses : to become full\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a full supply; especially : a quantity that satisfies or satiates <eat your fill>\n2 : something that fills: as a : material used to fill a receptacle, cavity, passage, or low place b : a bit of instrumental music that fills the pauses between phrases (as of a vocalist or soloist)


Words: filler
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one that fills: as a : a substance added to a product (as to increase bulk, weight, viscosity, opacity, or strength) b : a composition used to fill the pores and grain especially of a wood surface before painting or varnishing c : a piece used to cover or fill in a space between two parts of a structure d : tobacco used to form the core of a cigar e : material used to fill extra space in a column or page of a newspaper or magazine f : a pack of paper for a loose-leaf notebook g : a sound, word, or phrase (as <you know>) used to fill pauses in speaking\n\n<2> noun\n"


Words: fillet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a ribbon or narrow strip of material used especially as a headband\n2 a : a thin narrow strip of material b : a piece or slice of boneless meat or fish; especially : the tenderloin of beef\n3 a : a concave junction formed where two surfaces meet (as at an angle) b : a strip that gives a rounded appearance to such a junction; also : a strip to reinforce the corner where two surfaces meet\n4 : a narrow flat architectural member: a : a flat molding separating others see BASE illustration b : the space between two flutings in a shaft\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to bind, furnish, or adorn with or as if with a fillet\n2 : to cut into fillets


Words: filling
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act or instance of filling\n2 : something used to fill a cavity, container, or depression\n3 : something that completes: as a : the yarn interlacing the warp in a fabric; also : yarn for the shuttle b : a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches


Words: fillip
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to make a filliping motion with b : to strike or tap with a fillip <filliped him on the nose>\n2 : to project quickly by or as if by a fillip <fillip crumbs off the table>\n3 : STIMULATE <with this to fillip his spirits Robert Westerby>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a blow or gesture made by the sudden forcible straightening of a finger curled up against the thumb b : a short sharp blow : BUFFET\n2 : something tending to arouse or excite: as a : STIMULUS <just the fillip my confidence needed> <lent a fillip of danger to the sport> b : a trivial addition : EMBELLISHMENT <showy fillips of language> c : a significant and often unexpected development : WRINKLE <plot twists and fillips>


Words: film
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a thin skin or membranous covering : PELLICLE b : an abnormal growth on or in the eye\n2 : a thin covering or coating <a film of ice>\n3 a : an exceedingly thin layer : LAMINA b (1) : a thin flexible transparent sheet (as of plastic) used especially as a wrapping (2) : such a sheet of cellulose acetate or nitrocellulose coated with a radiation-sensitive emulsion for taking photographs\n4 : MOTION PICTURE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cover with or as if with a film\n2 : to make a motion picture of or from <film a scene>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become covered or obscured with or as if with a film\n2 : to make a motion picture


Words: filter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a porous article or mass (as of paper or sand) through which a gas or liquid is passed to separate out matter in suspension b : something that has the effect of a filter\n2 : an apparatus containing a filter medium\n3 a : a device or material for suppressing or minimizing waves or oscillations of certain frequencies (as of electricity, light, or sound) b : a transparent material (as colored glass) that absorbs light of certain wavelengths or colors selectively and is used for modifying light that reaches a sensitized photographic material called also color filter\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to subject to the action of a filter\n2 : to remove by means of a filter\nintransitive senses\n1 : to pass or move through or as if through a filter\n2 : to come or go in small units over a period of time <people began filtering in>


Words: filth
Meaning:
noun\n1 : foul or putrid matter; especially : loathsome dirt or refuse\n2 a : moral corruption or defilement b : something that tends to corrupt or defile


Words: fin
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an external membranous process of an aquatic animal (as a fish) used in propelling or guiding the body see FISH illustration\n2 : something resembling a fin: as a : HAND, ARM b (1) : an appendage of a boat (as a submarine) (2) : an airfoil attached to an airplane for directional stability c : FLIPPER 1b d : any of the projecting ribs on a radiator or an engine cylinder\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to equip with fins\nintransitive senses\n1 : to show the fins above the water\n2 : to move through the water propelled by fins\n\n<3> noun\nslang : a 5-dollar bill\n\n<4> abbreviation\nfinance, financial, finish


Words: finagle
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to obtain by indirect or involved means\n2 : to obtain by trickery\nintransitive senses : to use devious or dishonest methods to achieve one’s ends


Words: final
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : not to be altered or undone <all sales are final> b : of or relating to a concluding court action or proceeding <final decree>\n2 : coming at the end : being the last in a series, process, or progress <the final chapter>\n3 : of or relating to the ultimate purpose or result of a process <our final goal>\n\n<2> noun\n: something that is final: as a : a deciding match, game, heat, or trial usually used in plural b : the last examination in a course often used in plural


Words: finale
Meaning:
noun\n: the close or termination of something: as a : the last section of an instrumental musical composition b : the closing part, scene, or number in a public performance c : the last and often climactic event or item in a sequence


Words: finalize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to put in final or finished form <soon my conclusion will be finalized D. D. Eisenhower>\n2 : to give final approval to <finalizing the papers prepared by his staff Newsweek>


Words: finance
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 plural : money or other liquid resources of a government, business, group, or individual\n2 : the system that includes the circulation of money, the granting of credit, the making of investments, and the provision of banking facilities\n3 : the science or study of the management of funds\n4 : the obtaining of funds or capital : FINANCING\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to raise or provide funds or capital for <finance a new house> b : to furnish with necessary funds <finance a son through college>\n2 : to sell something to on credit


Words: financier
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who specializes in raising and expending public moneys\n2 : one who deals with finance and investment on a large scale


Words: finch
Meaning:
noun\n: any of numerous songbirds (especially families Fringillidae, Estrildidae, and Emberizidae) having a short stout usually conical bill adapted for crushing seeds compare BUNTING, CROSSBILL, GOLDFINCH, GROSBEAK, LINNET, SPARROW


Words: find
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to come upon often accidentally : ENCOUNTER b : to meet with (a particular reception) <hoped to find favor>\n2 a : to come upon by searching or effort <must find a suitable person for the job> b : to discover by study or experiment <find an answer> c : to obtain by effort or management <find the time to study> d : ATTAIN, REACH <the bullet found its mark>\n3 a : to discover by the intellect or the feelings : EXPERIENCE <find much pleasure in your company> b : to perceive (oneself) to be in a certain place or condition c : to gain or regain the use or power of <trying to find his tongue> d : to bring (oneself) to a realization of one’s powers or of one’s proper sphere of activity <must help the student to find himself as an individual N. M. Pusey>\n4 a : PROVIDE, SUPPLY b : to furnish (room and board) especially as a condition of employment\n5 : to determine and make a statement about <find a verdict> <found her guilty>\nintransitive senses : to determine a case judicially by a verdict <find for the defendant>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or instance of finding\n2 : something found: as a : a valuable discovery <an archaeological find> b : a person whose ability proves to be unexpectedly good


Words: finder
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that finds\n2 : a small astronomical telescope of low power and wide field attached to a larger telescope for finding an object\n3 : VIEWFINDER


Words: finding
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act of one that finds b : FIND 2\n2 plural : small tools and supplies used by an artisan (as a dressmaker, jeweler, or shoemaker)\n3 a : the result of a judicial examination or inquiry b : the results of an investigation usually used in plural


Words: fine
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete : END, CONCLUSION\n2 : a compromise of a fictitious suit used as a form of conveyance of lands\n3 a : a sum imposed as punishment for an offense b : a forfeiture or penalty paid to an injured party in a civil action\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to impose a fine on : punish by a fine\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : free from impurity b of a metal : having a stated proportion of pure metal in the composition expressed in parts per thousand <a gold coin .9166 fine>\n2 a (1) : very thin in gauge or texture <fine thread> (2) : not coarse <fine sand> (3) : very small <fine print> (4) : KEEN <a knife with a fine edge> (5) : very precise or accurate <a fine adjustment> <trying to be too fine with his pitches> b : physically trained or hardened close to the limit of efficiency used of an athlete or animal\n3 : delicate, subtle, or sensitive in quality, perception, or discrimination <a fine distinction>\n4 : superior in kind, quality, or appearance : EXCELLENT <a fine job> <a fine day> <fine wines>\n5 a : ORNATE 1 <fine writing> b : marked by or affecting elegance or refinement <fine manners>\n6 a : very well <feel fine> b : ALL RIGHT <that’s fine with me>\n7 used as an intensive <the leader, in a fine frenzy, beheaded one of his wives Brian Crozier>\n\n<4> adverb\n1 : FINELY: as a : very well b : ALL RIGHT\n2 : with a very narrow margin of time or space <she had not intended to cut her escape so fine Melinda Beck et al.>\n\n<5> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : PURIFY, CLARIFY <fine and filter wine>\n2 : to make finer in quality or size\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become pure or clear <the ale will fine>\n2 : to become smaller in lines or proportions\n\n<6> noun\n: END used as a direction in music to mark the closing point after a repeat


Words: finesse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture\n2 : skillful handling of a situation : adroit maneuvering\n3 : the withholding of one’s highest card or trump in the hope that a lower card will take the trick because the only opposing higher card is in the hand of an opponent who has already played\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to make a finesse in playing cards\ntransitive senses\n1 : to play (a card) in a finesse\n2 a : to bring about or manage by adroit maneuvering <finesse his way through tight places Marquis James> b : EVADE, TRICK


Words: finger
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of the five terminating members of the hand : a digit of the forelimb; especially : one other than the thumb\n2 a : something that resembles a finger <a narrow finger of land> b : a part of a glove into which a finger is inserted c : a projecting piece (as a pawl for a ratchet) brought into contact with an object to affect its motion\n3 : the breadth of a finger\n4 : INTEREST, SHARE often used in the phrase have a finger in the pie\n5 : BIRD 10 usually used with the\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to touch or feel with the fingers\n2 a : to play (a musical instrument) with the fingers b : to play (as notes or chords) with a specific fingering c : to mark the notes of (a music score) as a guide in playing\n3 : to point out : IDENTIFY\n4 : to extend into or penetrate in the shape of a finger\nintransitive senses\n1 : to touch or handle something\n2 a : to use the fingers in playing a musical instrument b : to have a certain fingering used of a musical instrument\n3 : to extend in the shape or manner of a finger


Words: fingerboard
Meaning:
noun\n: the part of a stringed instrument against which the fingers press the strings to vary the pitch see VIOLIN illustration


Words: fingering
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act or method of using the fingers in playing an instrument b : the marking (as by figures on a musical score) of the method of fingering\n2 : the act or process of handling or touching with the fingers


Words: fingerprint
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the impression of a fingertip on any surface; also : an ink impression of the lines upon the fingertip taken for the purpose of identification\n2 : something that identifies: as a : a trait, trace, or characteristic revealing origin or responsibility b : analytical evidence (as a spectrogram) that characterizes an object or substance; especially : the chromatogram or electrophoretogram obtained by cleaving a protein by enzymatic action and subjecting the resulting collection of peptides to two-dimensional chromatography or electrophoresis


Words: fingertip
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the tip of a finger\n2 : a protective covering for the end of a finger\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : readily accessible : being within easy reach <fingertip information> <fingertip controls>\n2 : extending from head or shoulders to mid-thigh used of clothing


Words: finicky
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : extremely or excessively nice, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards\n2 : requiring much care, precision, or attentive effort <a finicky recipe>


Words: finish
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to come to an end : TERMINATE b : END 1b\n2 a : to come to the end of a course, task, or undertaking b : to end relations used with with <decided to finish with him for good>\n3 : to end a competition in a specified manner or position <finished third in the race>\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to bring to an end : TERMINATE <finished the speech and sat down> b : to use or dispose of entirely <her sandwich finished the loaf>\n2 a : to bring to completion or issue <hope to finish their new home before winter> b : to provide with a finish; especially : to put a final coat or surface on <finish a table with varnish>\n3 a : to defeat or ruin utterly and finally <the scandal finished his career> b : to bring about the death of\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something that completes or perfects: as a : the fine or decorative work required for a building or one of its parts b : a finishing material used in painting c : the final treatment or coating of a surface d : the taste in the mouth after swallowing a beverage (as wine)\n2 a : final stage : END b : the cause of one’s ruin\n3 : the result or product of a finishing process\n4 : the quality or state of being perfected


Words: finite
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having definite or definable limits <finite number of possibilities> b : having a limited nature or existence <finite beings>\n2 : completely determinable in theory or in fact by counting, measurement, or thought <the finite velocity of light>\n3 a : less than an arbitrary positive integer and greater than the negative of that integer b : having a finite number of elements <a finite set>\n4 : of, relating to, or being a verb or verb form that can function as a predicate or as the initial element of one and that is limited (as in tense, person, and number)


Words: Finn
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a member of a people speaking Finnish or a Finnic language\n2 a : a native or inhabitant of Finland b : one who is of Finnish descent


Words: Finnish
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, or characteristic of Finland, the Finns, or Finnish\n\n<2> noun\n: a Finno-Ugric language spoken in Finland, Karelia, and small areas of Sweden and Norway


Words: fir
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Abies) of north temperate evergreen trees of the pine family that have flattish leaves, circular leaf scars, and erect female cones and are valued for their wood; also : any of various conifers (as the Douglas fir) of other genera\n2 : the wood of a fir


Words: fire
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : the phenomenon of combustion manifested in light, flame, and heat (2) : one of the four elements of the alchemists b (1) : burning passion : ARDOR (2) : liveliness of imagination : INSPIRATION\n2 a : fuel in a state of combustion (as on a hearth) b British : a small gas or electric space heater\n3 a : a destructive burning (as of a building) b (1) : death or torture by fire (2) : severe trial or ordeal\n4 : BRILLIANCY, LUMINOSITY <the fire of a gem>\n5 a : the firing of weapons (as firearms, artillery, or missiles) b : intense verbal attack or criticism c : a rapidly delivered series (as of remarks)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to set on fire : KINDLE; also : IGNITE <fire a rocket engine> b (1) : to give life or spirit to : INSPIRE (2) : to fill with passion or enthusiasm often used with up c : to light up as if by fire d : to cause to start operating usually used with up\n2 a : to drive out or away by or as if by fire b : to dismiss from a position\n3 a (1) : to cause to explode : DETONATE (2) : to propel from or as if from a gun : DISCHARGE, LAUNCH <fire a rocket> (3) : SHOOT 1b <fire a gun> (4) : to score (a number) in a game or contest b : to throw with speed or force <fired the ball to first base> <fire a left jab> c : to utter with force and rapidity\n4 : to apply fire or fuel to: as a : to process by applying heat b : to feed or serve the fire of\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to take fire : KINDLE, IGNITE b : to begin operation : START <the engine fired> c : to operate especially as the result of the application of an electrical impulse <the spark plug fires>\n2 a : to become irritated or angry often used with up b : to become filled with excitement or enthusiasm\n3 a : to discharge a firearm b : to emit or let fly an object\n4 : to tend a fire\n5 : to transmit a nerve impulse


Words: fireball
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a ball of fire; also : something resembling such a ball <the primordial fireball associated with the beginning of the universe Scientific American>\n2 : a brilliant meteor that may trail bright sparks\n3 : the highly luminous cloud of vapor and dust created by a nuclear explosion\n4 : a highly energetic person


Words: firebrand
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a piece of burning wood\n2 : one that creates unrest or strife (as in aggressively promoting a cause) : AGITATOR


Words: firebrick
Meaning:
noun\n: a refractory brick capable of sustaining high temperatures that is used especially for lining furnaces or fireplaces


Words: firefly
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various winged nocturnal beetles (especially family Lampyridae) that produce a bright soft intermittent light by oxidation of luciferin especially for courtship purposes


Words: fireman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person who tends or feeds fires : STOKER\n2 : a member of a fire department : FIREFIGHTER\n3 : an enlisted man in the navy who works with engineering machinery\n4 : a relief pitcher in baseball


Words: fireplace
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a framed opening made in a chimney to hold an open fire : HEARTH; also : a metal container with a smoke pipe used for the same purpose\n2 : an outdoor structure of brick, stone, or metal for an open fire


Words: firepower
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the capacity (as of a military unit) to deliver effective fire on a target b : effective fire\n2 a : effective power or force <intellectual firepower> b : the scoring action or potential of a team or player


Words: firework
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a device for producing a striking display by the combustion of explosive or flammable compositions\n2 plural : a display of fireworks\n3 plural a : a display of temper or intense conflict b : a spectacular display <the fireworks of autumn leaves>


Words: firm
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : securely or solidly fixed in place b : not weak or uncertain : VIGOROUS c : having a solid or compact structure that resists stress or pressure\n2 a (1) : not subject to change or revision (2) : not subject to price weakness : STEADY b : not easily moved or disturbed : STEADFAST c : WELL-FOUNDED\n3 : indicating firmness or resolution <a firm mouth>\n\n<2> adverb\n: in a firm manner : STEADFASTLY, FIXEDLY\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make secure or fast : TIGHTEN <firming her grip on the racquet> often used with up b : to make solid or compact <firm the soil>\n2 : to put into final form : SETTLE <firm a contract> <firm up plans>\n3 : to give additional support to : STRENGTHEN usually used with up\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become firm : HARDEN often used with up\n2 : to recover from a decline : IMPROVE <the market is firming>\n\n<4> noun\n1 : the name or title under which a company transacts business\n2 : a partnership of two or more persons that is not recognized as a legal person distinct from the members composing it\n3 : a business unit or enterprise


Words: firmament
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the vault or arch of the sky : HEAVENS\n2 obsolete : BASIS\n3 : the field or sphere of an interest or activity <the international fashion firmament>


Words: first
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: preceding all others in time, order, or importance: as a : EARLIEST b : being the lowest forward gear or speed of a motor vehicle c : having the highest or most prominent part among a group of similar voices or instruments <first tenor> <first violins>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 a : before another in time, space, or importance b : in the first place often used with of all c : for the first time\n2 : in preference to something else : SOONER\n\n<3> noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 : something that is first: as a : the first occurrence or item of a kind b : the first forward gear or speed of a motor vehicle c : the highest or chief voice or instrument of a group d : an article of commerce of the finest grade e : the winning or highest place in a competition, examination, or contest\n3 : FIRST BASE


Words: firsthand
Meaning:
adjective\n: obtained by, coming from, or being direct personal observation or experience <a firsthand account of the war>


Words: fiscal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to taxation, public revenues, or public debt <fiscal policy>\n2 : of or relating to financial matters\n\n<2> noun\n1 : REVENUE STAMP\n2 : FISCAL YEAR


