# dict

Words: item
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: and in addition : ALSO used to introduce each article in a list or enumeration\n\n<2> noun\n1 obsolete : WARNING, HINT\n2 : a distinct part in an enumeration, account, or series : ARTICLE\n3 : an object of attention, concern, or interest\n4 : a separate piece of news or information\n5 : a couple in a romantic or sexual relationship\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 archaic : COMPUTE, RECKON\n2 archaic : to set down the particular details of


Words: itinerary
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one\n2 : a travel diary\n3 : a traveler’s guidebook


Words: its
Meaning:
adjective\n: of or relating to it or itself especially as possessor, agent, or object of an action <going to its kennel> <a child proud of its first drawings> <its final enactment into law>


Words: itself
Meaning:
pronoun\n1 : that identical one compare IT 1; used reflexively <watched the cat giving itself a bath*, for emphasis \n2 : its normal, healthy, or sane condition


Words: ivory
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the hard creamy-white modified dentine that composes the tusks of a tusked mammal (as an elephant, walrus, or narwhal) b : a tusk that yields ivory\n2 : a variable color averaging a pale yellow\n3 slang : TOOTH\n4 : something (as a piano key) made of ivory or of a similar substance


Words: ivy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a widely cultivated ornamental climbing or prostrate or sometimes shrubby chiefly Eurasian vine (Hedera helix) of the ginseng family with evergreen leaves, small yellowish flowers, and black berries\n2 : POISON IVY\n3 often capitalized : an Ivy League college\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : ACADEMIC\n2 : IVY LEAGUE


Words: j
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the 10th letter of the English alphabet b : a speech counterpart of orthographic j\n2 a : a graphic device for reproducing the letter j b : a unit vector parallel to the y-axis\n3 : one designated j especially as the 10th in order or class\n4 : something shaped like the letter\n\n<2> abbreviation\njack, journal, judge, justice


Words: jab
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to pierce with or as if with a sharp object : STAB b : to poke quickly or abruptly : THRUST\n2 : to strike with a short straight blow\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make quick or abrupt thrusts with a sharp object\n2 : to strike a person with a short straight blow\n\n<2> noun\n: an act of jabbing; especially : a short straight boxing punch delivered with the leading hand


Words: jabber
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly\ntransitive senses : to speak rapidly or indistinctly\n\n<2> noun\n: GIBBERISH, CHATTER


Words: jabot
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a fall of lace or cloth attached to the front of a neckband and worn especially by men in the 18th century\n2 : a pleated frill of cloth or lace attached down the center front of a woman’s blouse or dress


Words: jack
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : MAN usually used as an intensive in such phrases as every man jack b often capitalized : SAILOR c (1) : SERVANT, LABORER (2) : LUMBERJACK\n2 : any of various usually mechanical devices: as a : a device for turning a spit b : a usually portable mechanism or device for exerting pressure or lifting a heavy body a short distance\n3 : something that supports or holds in position: as a : an iron bar at a topgallant masthead to support a royal mast and spread the royal shrouds b : a wooden brace fastened behind a scenic unit in a stage set to prop it up\n4 a : any of several fishes; especially : any of various carangids b : a male donkey c : JACKRABBIT d : any of several birds (as a jackdaw)\n5 a : a small white target ball in lawn bowling b : a small national flag flown by a ship c (1) plural but singular in construction : a game played with a set of small objects that are tossed, caught, and moved in various figures (2) : a small 6-pointed metal object used in the game of jacks\n6 a : a playing card carrying the figure of a soldier or servant and ranking usually below the queen b : JACKPOT 1a(2)\n7 slang : MONEY\n8 : a female fitting in an electric circuit used with a plug to make a connection with another circuit\n9 a : APPLEJACK b : BRANDY\n10 : JACKKNIFE 2\n11 : MONTEREY JACK\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to hunt or fish at night with a jacklight\ntransitive senses\n1 : to hunt or fish for at night with a jacklight\n2 a : to move or lift by or as if by a jack b : to raise the level of usually used with up <jack up the price> c : to take to task


Words: jackal
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of several small omnivorous canids (as Canis aureus) of Africa and Asia having large ears, long legs, and bushy tails\n2 a : a person who performs routine or menial tasks for another b : a person who serves or collaborates with another especially in the commission of base acts


Words: jackboot
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a heavy military boot made of glossy black leather extending above the knee and worn especially during the 17th and 18th centuries\n2 : the spirit or policy of militarism or totalitarianism\n3 : a laceless military boot reaching to the calf


Words: jackdaw
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a common black and gray bird (Corvus monedula) of Eurasia and northern Africa that is related to but smaller than the common crow\n2 : GRACKLE 1


Words: jacket
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a garment for the upper body usually having a front opening, collar, lapels, sleeves, and pockets b : something worn or fastened around the body but not for use as clothing\n2 a (1) : the natural covering of an animal (2) : the fur or wool of a mammal b : the skin of a potato\n3 : an outer covering or casing: as a (1) : a thermally nonconducting cover (2) : a covering that encloses an intermediate space through which a temperature-controlling fluid circulates (3) : a tough cold-worked metal casing that forms the outer shell of a built-up bullet b (1) : a wrapper or open envelope for a document (2) : an envelope for enclosing registered mail during delivery from one post office to another c (1) : a detachable protective cover for a book (2) : a paper or paperboard envelope for a phonograph record\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to put a jacket on : enclose in or with a jacket


Words: jackknife
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a large strong pocketknife\n2 : a dive executed headfirst in which the diver bends from the waist and touches the ankles while holding the knees unbent and then straightens out\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cut with a jackknife\n2 : to cause to double up like a jackknife\nintransitive senses\n1 : to double up like a jackknife <jackknifed into a seat beside me, folding up his six feet eight Lady Bird Johnson>\n2 : to turn and form an angle of 90 degrees or less with each other used especially of a tractor-trailer combination


Words: jackleg
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : lacking skill or training : AMATEUR <a jackleg carpenter> b : characterized by unscrupulousness, dishonesty, or lack of professional standards <a jackleg lawyer>\n2 : designed as a temporary expedient : MAKESHIFT


Words: jackpot
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : a hand or game of draw poker in which a pair of jacks or better is required to open (2) : a large pot (as in poker) formed by the accumulation of stakes from previous play b (1) : a combination on a slot machine that wins a top prize or all the coins available for paying out (2) : the sum so won c : a large fund of money or other reward formed by the accumulation of unwon prizes\n2 : an impressive often unexpected success or reward\n3 chiefly West : a tight spot : JAM


Words: jackrabbit
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several large hares (genus Lepus) of western No. America having very long ears and long hind legs


Words: jacquard
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the control mechanism of a Jacquard loom b : JACQUARD LOOM\n2 : a fabric of intricate variegated weave or pattern


Words: jade
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a broken-down, vicious, or worthless horse\n2 a : a disreputable woman b : a flirtatious girl\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to wear out by overwork or abuse b : to tire or dull through repetition or excess\n2 obsolete : to make ridiculous\nintransitive senses : to become weary or dulled\n\n<3> noun\n1 : either of two tough compact typically green gemstones that take a high polish: a : JADEITE b : NEPHRITE\n2 : a sculpture or artifact of jade\n3 : JADE GREEN


Words: jag
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 chiefly dialect : PRICK, STAB\n2 : to cut indentations into; also : to form teeth on (a saw) by cutting indentations\nintransitive senses\n1 : PRICK, THRUST\n2 : to move in jerks\n\n<2> noun\n: a sharp projecting part : BARB\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a small load\n2 a : a state or feeling of exhilaration or intoxication usually induced by liquor b : SPREE <a crying jag>


Words: jagged
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a sharply uneven edge or surface\n2 : having a harsh, rough, or irregular quality


Words: jaguar
Meaning:
noun\n: a large cat (Panthera onca syn. Felis onca) chiefly of Central and So. America that is larger and stockier than the leopard and is brownish yellow or buff with black spots


Words: jail
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody; specifically : such a place under the jurisdiction of a local government (as a county) for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or those convicted of minor crimes compare PRISON\n2 : confinement in a jail\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to confine in or as if in a jail


Words: jalap
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the dried tuberous root of a Mexican plant (Ipomoea purga syn. Exogonium purga) of the morning-glory family; also : a powdered purgative drug prepared from it that contains resinous glycosides b : the root or derived drug of plants related to the one supplying jalap\n2 : a plant yielding jalap


Words: jalousie
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a blind with adjustable horizontal slats for admitting light and air while excluding direct sun and rain\n2 : a window made of adjustable glass louvers that control ventilation


Words: jam
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to become blocked or wedged b : to become unworkable through the jamming of a movable part\n2 : to force one’s way into a restricted space\n3 : to take part in a jam session\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to press into a close or tight position <jam his hat on> b (1) : to cause to become wedged so as to be unworkable <jam the typewriter keys> (2) : to make unworkable by jamming c : to block passage of : OBSTRUCT d : to fill often to excess : PACK <the crowd jammed the theater>\n2 : to push forcibly; especially : to apply (brakes) suddenly and forcibly used with on\n3 : CRUSH, BRUISE\n4 a : to make unintelligible by sending out interfering signals or messages b : to make (as a radar apparatus) ineffective by jamming signals or by causing reflection of radar waves\n5 : to pitch inside to (a batter)\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an act or instance of jamming b : a crowded mass that impedes or blocks <a traffic jam>\n2 a : the quality or state of being jammed b : the pressure or congestion of a crowd : CRUSH\n3 : a difficult state of affairs : FIX <got into a jam>\n4 : JAM SESSION\n5 : DUNK SHOT\n\n<3> noun\n: a food made by boiling fruit and sugar to a thick consistency


Words: jamb
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an upright piece or surface forming the side of an opening (as for a door, window, or fireplace)\n2 : a projecting columnar part or mass


Words: jamboree
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a noisy or unrestrained carouse\n2 a : a large festive gathering b : a national or international camping assembly of Boy Scouts\n3 : a long mixed program of entertainment


Words: jangle
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to talk idly\n2 : to quarrel verbally\n3 : to make a harsh or discordant often ringing sound <keys jangling in my pocket>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to utter or sound in a discordant, babbling, or chattering way\n2 a : to cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously b : to excite to tense irritation <jangled nerves>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : idle talk\n2 : noisy quarreling\n3 : a discordant often ringing sound : DISCORD


Words: janitor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : DOORKEEPER\n2 : one who keeps the premises of a building (as an apartment or office) clean, tends the heating system, and makes minor repairs


Words: Japanese
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a native or inhabitant of Japan b : a person of Japanese descent\n2 : the language of the Japanese


Words: jape
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to say or do something jokingly or mockingly\ntransitive senses : to make mocking fun of\n\n<2> noun\n: something designed to arouse amusement or laughter: as a : an amusing literary or dramatic production <a jape that would be okay as a sophomore class play John Simon> b : GIBE


Words: jar
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to make a harsh or discordant sound b : to have a harshly disagreeable or disconcerting effect c : to be out of harmony; specifically : BICKER\n2 : to undergo severe vibration\ntransitive senses : to cause to jar: as a : to affect disagreeably : UNSETTLE b : to make unstable : SHAKE\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a state or manifestation of discord or conflict b : a harsh grating sound\n2 a : a sudden or unexpected shake b : an unsettling shock c : an unpleasant break or conflict in rhythm, flow, or transition\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a widemouthed container made typically of earthenware or glass\n2 : as much as a jar will hold\n\n<4> noun\narchaic : the position of being ajar usually used in the phrase on the jar


Words: jardiniere
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an ornamental stand for plants or flowers b : a large usually ceramic flowerpot holder\n2 : a garnish for meat consisting of several cooked vegetables cut into pieces


Words: jargon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : confused unintelligible language b : a strange, outlandish, or barbarous language or dialect c : a hybrid language or dialect simplified in vocabulary and grammar and used for communication between peoples of different speech\n2 : the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group\n3 : obscure and often pretentious language marked by circumlocutions and long words\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : TWITTER, WARBLE\n2 : JARGONIZE


Words: jasmine
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of numerous often climbing shrubs (genus Jasminum) of the olive family that usually have extremely fragrant flowers; especially : a tall-climbing semievergreen Asian shrub (J. officinale) with fragrant white flowers from which oil is extracted for use in perfumes b : any of numerous plants having sweet-scented flowers; especially : YELLOW JESSAMINE\n2 : a light yellow


Words: jasper
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an opaque cryptocrystalline quartz of any of several colors; especially : green chalcedony\n2 : colored stoneware with raised white decoration\n3 : a blackish green


Words: jaundice
Meaning:
noun\n1 : yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments\n2 : a disease or abnormal condition characterized by jaundice\n3 : a state or attitude characterized by satiety, distaste, or hostility


Words: jaunt
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 archaic : to trudge about\n2 : to make a usually short journey for pleasure\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic : a tiring trip\n2 : an excursion undertaken especially for pleasure


Words: javelin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a light spear thrown as a weapon of war or in hunting\n2 : a slender usually metal shaft at least 260 centimeters long that is thrown for distance in a field event


Words: jaw
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : either of two complex cartilaginous or bony structures in most vertebrates that border the mouth, support the soft parts enclosing it, usually bear teeth on their oral margin, and are an upper that is more or less firmly fused with the skull and a lower that is hinged, movable, and articulated with the temporal bone of either side b : the parts constituting the walls of the mouth and serving to open and close it usually used in plural c : any of various organs of invertebrates that perform the function of the vertebrate jaws\n2 : something resembling the jaw of an animal: as a : one of the sides of a narrow pass or channel b : either of two or more opposable parts that open and close for holding or crushing something between them\n3 a : a space lying between or as if between open jaws <escaped from out of the jaws of the whale> b : a position or situation in which one is threatened <rode into the jaws of danger>\n4 : a friendly chat\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to talk especially abusively, indignantly, or long-windedly\ntransitive senses : to talk to in a scolding or boring manner


Words: jay
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a predominantly fawn-colored Old World bird (Garrulus glandarius) of the crow family with a black-and-white crest and wings marked with black, white, and blue b : any of various usually crested and largely blue chiefly New World birds that are related to the common Old World jay and have roving habits and harsh voices\n2 a : an impertinent chatterer b : DANDY 1 c : GREENHORN\n3 : a moderate blue\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the letter j\n2 : JOINT 4


Words: jaywalk
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n: to cross a street carelessly or in an illegal manner so as to be endangered by traffic


Words: jazz
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : American music developed especially from ragtime and blues and characterized by propulsive syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of improvisation, and often deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre b : popular dance music influenced by jazz and played in a loud rhythmic manner\n2 : empty talk : HUMBUG <spouted all the scientific jazz Pete Martin>\n3 : similar but unspecified things : STUFF <that wind, and the waves, and all that jazz John Updike>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : ENLIVEN usually used with up b : ACCELERATE\n2 : to play in the manner of jazz\nintransitive senses\n1 : to go here and there : GAD\n2 : to dance to or play jazz


Words: jazzy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having the characteristics of jazz\n2 : marked by unrestraint, animation, or flashiness


Words: jealous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : intolerant of rivalry or unfaithfulness b : disposed to suspect rivalry or unfaithfulness\n2 : hostile toward a rival or one believed to enjoy an advantage\n3 : vigilant in guarding a possession <new colonies were jealous of their new independence Scott Buchanan>


Words: jeer
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to speak or cry out with derision or mockery\ntransitive senses : to deride with jeers : TAUNT\n\n<2> noun\n: a jeering remark or sound : TAUNT


Words: jehu
Meaning:
noun\n1 capitalized : a king of Israel in the 9th century B.C. who according to the account in II Kings had Jezebel killed in accordance with Elijah’s prophecy\n2 : a driver of a coach or cab


Words: jejune
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lacking nutritive value <jejune diets>\n2 : devoid of significance or interest : DULL <jejune lectures>\n3 : JUVENILE, PUERILE <jejune reflections on life and art>


Words: jell
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to come to the consistency of jelly : CONGEAL, SET\n2 : to take shape and achieve distinctness : become cohesive\ntransitive senses : to cause to jell


Words: jelly
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a soft somewhat elastic food product made usually with gelatin or pectin; especially : a fruit product made by boiling sugar and the juice of fruit\n2 : a substance resembling jelly in consistency\n3 : a state of fear or irresolution\n4 : a shapeless structureless mass : PULP\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : JELL\n2 : to make jelly\ntransitive senses : to bring to the consistency of jelly


Words: jellyfish
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a free-swimming marine coelenterate that is the sexually reproducing form of a hydrozoan or scyphozoan and has a nearly transparent saucer-shaped body and extensile marginal tentacles studded with stinging cells b : SIPHONOPHORE c : CTENOPHORE\n2 : a person lacking backbone or firmness


Words: jeopardy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : exposure to or imminence of death, loss, or injury : DANGER\n2 : the danger that an accused person is subjected to when on trial for a criminal offense


Words: jerk
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a single quick motion of short duration\n2 a : jolting, bouncing, or thrusting motions b : a tendency to produce spasmodic motions\n3 a : an involuntary spasmodic muscular movement due to reflex action b plural : involuntary twitchings due to nervous excitement\n4 : an annoyingly stupid or foolish person\n5 : the pushing of a weight from shoulder height to a position overhead in weight lifting\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give a quick suddenly arrested push, pull, or twist to\n2 : to propel or move with or as if with a quick suddenly arrested motion\n3 : to mix and serve (as sodas) behind a soda fountain\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a sudden spasmodic motion\n2 : to move in short abrupt motions or with frequent jolts\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to preserve (meat) in long sun-dried slices


Words: jersey
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a plain weft-knitted fabric made of wool, cotton, nylon, rayon, or silk and used especially for clothing\n2 : any of various close-fitting usually circular-knitted garments especially for the upper body\n3 capitalized : any of a breed of small short-horned predominantly yellowish brown or fawn dairy cattle noted for their rich milk


Words: jess
Meaning:
noun\n: a short strap secured on the leg of a hawk and usually provided with a ring for attaching a leash


Words: jest
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an utterance (as a jeer or quip) intended to be taken as mockery or humor\n2 a : PRANK b : a ludicrous circumstance or incident\n3 a : a frivolous mood or manner <spoken in jest> b : gaiety and merriment\n4 : LAUGHINGSTOCK


Words: jet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a compact velvet-black coal that takes a good polish and is often used for jewelry\n2 : an intense black\n\n<2> adjective\n: of the color jet\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to spout forth : GUSH\ntransitive senses : to emit in a stream : SPOUT\n\n<4> noun\n1 a (1) : a usually forceful stream of fluid (as water or gas) discharged from a narrow opening or a nozzle (2) : a narrow stream of material (as plasma) emanating or appearing to emanate from a celestial object (as a radio galaxy) b : a nozzle for a jet of fluid\n2 : something issuing as if in a jet <talk poured from her in a brilliant jet Time>\n3 a : JET ENGINE b : an airplane powered by one or more jet engines\n4 : a long narrow current of high-speed winds (as a jet stream)\n\n<5> intransitive verb\n1 : to travel by jet airplane\n2 : to move or progress by or as if by jet propulsion


Words: jetsam
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore\n2 : FLOTSAM 2


Words: jettison
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a voluntary sacrifice of cargo to lighten a ship’s load in time of distress\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make jettison of\n2 : to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : DISCARD <must be prepared to jettison many romantic notions Christopher Catling>\n3 : to drop from an airplane or spacecraft in flight


Words: jetty
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a structure extended into a sea, lake, or river to influence the current or tide or to protect a harbor b : a protecting frame of a pier\n2 : a landing wharf\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: PROJECT, JUT\n\n<3> adjective\n: black as jet


Words: Jew
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a member of the tribe of Judah b : ISRAELITE\n2 : a member of a nation existing in Palestine from the 6th century B.C. to the 1st century A.D.\n3 : a person belonging to a continuation through descent or conversion of the ancient Jewish people\n4 : one whose religion is Judaism


Words: jewel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an ornament of precious metal often set with stones or decorated with enamel and worn as an accessory of dress\n2 : one that is highly esteemed\n3 : a precious stone : GEM\n4 : a bearing for a pivot (as in a watch) made of crystal, glass, or a gem\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to adorn or equip with jewels\n2 : to give beauty to as if with jewels : EMBELLISH


Words: jeweler
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who makes or repairs jewelry\n2 : one who deals in jewelry, precious stones, watches, and usually silverware and china


Words: jewelry
Meaning:
noun\n: JEWELS; especially : objects of precious metal often set with gems and worn for personal adornment


Words: jib
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a triangular sail set on a stay extending usually from the head of the foremast to the bowsprit or the jibboom; also : the small triangular headsail on a sloop see SAIL illustration\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the projecting arm of a crane\n2 : a derrick boom\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to refuse to proceed further : BALK


Words: jig
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : any of several lively springy dances in triple rhythm b : music to which a jig may be danced\n2 : TRICK, GAME used chiefly in the phrase the jig is up\n3 a : any of several fishing devices that are jerked up and down or drawn through the water b : a device used to maintain mechanically the correct positional relationship between a piece of work and the tool or between parts of work during assembly c : a device in which crushed ore is concentrated or coal is cleaned by agitating in water\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to move with rapid jerky motions b : to dance a jig\n2 : to fish with a jig\ntransitive senses\n1 : to dance in the rapid lively manner of a jig\n2 a : to give a rapid jerky motion to b : to separate (a mineral or ore from waste) with a jig\n3 : to catch (a fish) with a jig\n4 : to machine by means of a jig-controlled tool operation\n\n<3> noun\nusually offensive : BLACK 4


Words: jigger
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that jigs or operates a jig\n2 : any of several sails\n3 : JIG 3a\n4 a (1) : a mechanical device usually with a jerky reciprocating motion (2) : a mold or a machine incorporating a revolving mold on which ceramic items (as plates) are formed b : GADGET, DOODAD\n5 : a measure used in mixing drinks that usually holds 1 to 2 ounces (30 to 60 milliliters)\n\n<2> noun\n: CHIGGER\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to jerk up and down\ntransitive senses : to alter or rearrange especially by manipulating <jigger an election district>


Words: jiggle
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to cause to move with quick little jerks or oscillating motions\nintransitive senses : to move from or as if from being jiggled


Words: jigsaw
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a machine saw with a narrow vertically reciprocating blade for cutting curved and irregular lines or ornamental patterns in openwork\n2 : FRETSAW\n3 : JIGSAW PUZZLE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cut or form by or as if by a jigsaw\n2 : to arrange or place in an intricate or interlocking way\n\n<3> adjective\n: suggesting a jigsaw puzzle or its separate pieces


Words: jilt
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to drop (a lover) capriciously or unfeelingly\n\n<2> noun\n: one who jilts a lover


Words: jimmy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a short crowbar\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to force open with or as if with a jimmy <the burglar jimmied a window>


Words: jimsonweed
Meaning:
noun\n: a poisonous tall coarse annual weed (Datura stramonium) of the nightshade family with rank-smelling foliage and large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers succeeded by globose prickly fruits


Words: jingle
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a light clinking or tinkling sound\n2 : to rhyme or sound in a catchy repetitious manner\ntransitive senses : to cause to jingle\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a light clinking or tinkling sound b : a catchy repetition of sounds in a poem\n2 a : something that jingles b : a short verse or song marked by catchy repetition


Words: jinx
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one that brings bad luck; also : the state or spell of bad luck brought on by a jinx\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to foredoom to failure or misfortune : bring bad luck to


Words: jitney
Meaning:
noun\n1 slang : NICKEL 2a(1)\n2 from the original 5 cent fare : BUS 1a; especially : a small bus that carries passengers over a regular route on a flexible schedule


Words: jitterbug
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a jazz variation of the two-step in which couples swing, balance, and twirl in standardized patterns and often with vigorous acrobatics\n2 : one who dances the jitterbug\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to dance the jitterbug\n2 : to move around or back and forth with quick often jerky movements especially to confuse or disconcert an opponent in sports


Words: job
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a piece of work; especially : a small miscellaneous piece of work undertaken on order at a stated rate b : the object or material on which work is being done c : something produced by or as if by work <do a better job next time> d : an example of a usually specified type : ITEM <this job is round-necked and sleeveless Lois Long>\n2 a : something done for private advantage <suspected the whole incident was a put-up job> b : a criminal enterprise; specifically : ROBBERY c : a damaging or destructive bit of work <did a job on him>\n3 a (1) : something that has to be done : TASK (2) : an undertaking requiring unusual exertion <it was a real job to talk over that noise> b : a specific duty, role, or function c : a regular remunerative position d chiefly British : state of affairs used with bad or good <it was a good job you didn’t hit the old man E. L. Thomas>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to do odd or occasional pieces of work for hire\n2 : to carry on public business for private gain\n3 : to carry on the business of a middleman or wholesaler\ntransitive senses\n1 : to buy and sell (as stock) for profit : SPECULATE\n2 : to hire or let by the job or for a period of service\n3 : to get, deal with, or effect by jobbery\n4 : to do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots : SUBCONTRACT\n5 : to penalize or deprive unfairly\n\n<3> adjective\n1 British : that is for hire for a given service or period\n2 : used in, engaged in, or done as job work <a job shop>\n3 : of or relating to a job or to employment <a guarantee of job security>


Words: jobber
Meaning:
noun\n: one that jobs: as a (1) : WHOLESALER; specifically : a wholesaler who operates on a small scale or who sells only to retailers and institutions (2) : STOCKJOBBER a b : a person who works by the job


Words: jockey
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a person who rides or drives a horse especially as a professional in a race\n2 : a person who operates or works with a specified vehicle, device, or object : OPERATOR <an accountant, a pencil jockey \n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to deal shrewdly or fraudulently with\n2 a : to ride or drive (a horse) as a jockey b : DRIVE, OPERATE\n3 a : to maneuver or manipulate by adroit or devious means <was jockeyed out of the job> b : to change the position of by a series of movements <jockey a truck into position>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to act as a jockey\n2 : to maneuver for advantage often used in the phrase jockey for position


Words: jocular
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : given to jesting : habitually jolly or jocund\n2 : characterized by jesting : PLAYFUL


Words: jocund
Meaning:
adjective\n: marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness <a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company William Wordsworth>


Words: jodhpur
Meaning:
noun\n1 plural : riding breeches cut full through the hips and close-fitting from knee to ankle\n2 : an ankle-high boot fastened with a strap that is buckled at the side called also jodhpur boot


Words: jog
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give a slight shake or push to : NUDGE\n2 : to rouse to alertness <jogged his memory>\n3 : to cause (as a horse) to go at a jog\n4 : to align the edges of (piled sheets of paper) by hitting or shaking against a flat surface\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move up and down or about with a short heavy motion <his holster jogging against his hip Thomas Williams>\n2 a : to run or ride at a slow trot b : to go at a slow, leisurely, or monotonous pace : TRUDGE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a slight shake : PUSH\n2 a : a movement, pace, or instance of jogging (as for exercise) b : a horse’s slow measured trot\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a projecting or retreating part (as of a line or surface) b : the space in the angle of a jog\n2 : a brief abrupt change in direction\n\n<4> intransitive verb\n: to make a jog <the road jogs to the right>


Words: joggle
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to shake slightly\nintransitive senses : to move shakily or jerkily\n\n<2> noun\n: 2JOG 2a\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a notch or tooth in a joining surface (as of a piece of building material) to prevent slipping\n2 : a dowel for joining two adjacent blocks of masonry\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to join by means of a joggle so as to prevent sliding apart


Words: johnny
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized : FELLOW, GUY\n2 : a short-sleeved collarless gown that is open in the back and is worn by persons (as hospital patients) undergoing medical examination or treatment


Words: join
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to put or bring together so as to form a unit <join two blocks of wood with glue> b : to connect (as points) by a line c : ADJOIN\n2 : to put or bring into close association or relationship <joined in marriage>\n3 : to engage in (battle)\n4 a : to come into the company of <joined us for lunch> b : to associate oneself with <joined the church>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to come together so as to be connected <nouns join to form compounds> b : ADJOIN <the two estates join>\n2 : to come into close association or relationship: as a : to form an alliance b : to become a member of a group c : to take part in a collective activity <join in singing>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : JOINT\n2 : UNION 2d


Words: joiner
Meaning:
noun\n: one that joins: as a : a person whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood b : a gregarious or civic-minded person who joins many organizations


Words: joint
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : the point of contact between elements of an animal skeleton with the parts that surround and support it (2) : NODE 5b b : a part or space included between two articulations, knots, or nodes c : a large piece of meat for roasting\n2 a : a place where two things or parts are joined b : a space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together (as by cement or mortar) c : a fracture or crack in rock not accompanied by dislocation d : the flexing part of a cover along either backbone edge of a book e : the junction of two or more members of a framed structure f : a union formed by two abutting rails in a track including the elements (as bars and bolts) necessary to hold the abutting rails together g : an area at which two ends, surfaces, or edges are attached\n3 a : a shabby or disreputable place of entertainment b : PLACE, ESTABLISHMENT c slang : PRISON 2\n4 : a marijuana cigarette\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : UNITED, COMBINED <the joint influences of culture and climate>\n2 : common to two or more: as a (1) : involving the united activity of two or more <a joint effort> (2) : constituting an activity, operation, or organization in which elements of more than one armed service participate <joint maneuvers> (3) : constituting an action or expression of two or more governments <joint peace talks> b : shared by or affecting two or more <a joint fine>\n3 : united, joined, or sharing with another (as in a right or status) <joint heirs>\n4 : being a function of or involving two or more variables and especially random variables\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to separate the joints of (as meat)\n2 a : to unite by a joint : fit together b : to provide with a joint : ARTICULATE c : to prepare (as a board) for joining by planing the edge\nintransitive senses\n1 : to fit as if by joints <the stones joint neatly>\n2 : to form joints as a stage in growth used especially of small grains


Words: joist
Meaning:
noun\n: any of the small timbers or metal beams ranged parallel from wall to wall in a structure to support a floor or ceiling


Words: joke
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : something said or done to provoke laughter; especially : a brief oral narrative with a climactic humorous twist b (1) : the humorous or ridiculous element in something (2) : an instance of jesting : KIDDING <can’t take a joke> c : PRACTICAL JOKE d : LAUGHINGSTOCK\n2 : something not to be taken seriously : a trifling matter <consider his skiing a joke Harold Callender> often used in negative construction <it is no joke to be lost in the desert>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to make jokes : JEST\ntransitive senses : to make the object of a joke : KID


Words: joker
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a person given to joking : WAG b : FELLOW, GUY; especially : an insignificant, obnoxious, or incompetent person <a shame to let a joker like this win Harold Robbins>\n2 : a playing card added to a pack as a wild card or as the highest-ranking card\n3 a (1) : an ambiguous or apparently immaterial clause inserted in a legislative bill to make it inoperative or uncertain in some respect (2) : an unsuspected, misleading, or misunderstood clause, phrase, or word in a document that nullifies or greatly alters it b : something (as an expedient or stratagem) held in reserve to gain an end or escape from a predicament c : an unsuspected or not readily apparent fact, factor, or condition that thwarts or nullifies a seeming advantage


Words: jolly
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a (1) : full of high spirits : JOYOUS (2) : given to conviviality : JOVIAL b : expressing, suggesting, or inspiring gaiety : CHEERFUL\n2 : extremely pleasant or agreeable : SPLENDID\n\n<2> adverb\n: VERY <would do as they were jolly well told John Stockbridge>\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to engage in good-natured banter\ntransitive senses : to put or try to put in good humor especially to gain an end\n\n<4> noun\n1 chiefly British : a good time : JOLLIFICATION\n2 plural : KICKS <get their jollies by reenacting famous murders H. F. Waters>


Words: jolt
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to move with a sudden jerky motion\n2 : to give a knock or blow to; specifically : to jar with a quick or hard blow\n3 a : to disturb the composure of <crudely jolted out of that mood Virginia Woolf> b : to interfere with roughly, abruptly, and disconcertingly <determination to pursue his own course was jolted badly F. L. Paxson>\nintransitive senses : to move with a sudden jerky motion\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an abrupt sharp jerky blow or movement\n2 a (1) : a sudden feeling of shock, surprise, or disappointment (2) : an event or development causing such a feeling <the defeat was quite a jolt> b : a serious check or reverse <a severe financial jolt>\n3 : a small potent or bracing portion <a jolt of horseradish>


Words: jonquil
Meaning:
noun\n: a Mediterranean perennial bulbous herb (Narcissus jonquilla) of the amaryllis family with long linear leaves that is widely cultivated for its yellow or white fragrant short-tubed clustered flowers compare DAFFODIL


Words: josh
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to tease good-naturedly : KID\nintransitive senses : to engage in banter : JOKE\n\n<2> noun\n: a good-humored joke : JEST


Words: jostle
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to come in contact or into collision b : to make one’s way by pushing and shoving c : to exist in close proximity\n2 : to vie in gaining an objective : CONTEND\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to come in contact or into collision with b : to force by pushing : ELBOW c : to stir up : AGITATE d : to exist in close proximity with\n2 : to vie with in attaining an objective\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a jostling encounter or experience\n2 : the state of being crowded or jostled together


Words: jot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the least bit : IOTA\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to write briefly or hurriedly : set down in the form of a note <jot this down>


Words: jounce
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to move in an up-and-down manner : BOUNCE\ntransitive senses : to cause to jounce\n\n<2> noun\n: JOLT


Words: journal
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a record of current transactions; especially : a book of original entry in double-entry bookkeeping b : an account of day-to-day events c : a record of experiences, ideas, or reflections kept regularly for private use d : a record of transactions kept by a deliberative or legislative body e : LOG 3, 4\n2 a : a daily newspaper b : a periodical dealing especially with matters of current interest\n3 : the part of a rotating shaft, axle, roll, or spindle that turns in a bearing


Words: journalism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the collection and editing of news for presentation through the media b : the public press c : an academic study concerned with the collection and editing of news or the management of a news medium\n2 a : writing designed for publication in a newspaper or magazine b : writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation c : writing designed to appeal to current popular taste or public interest


Words: journey
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act or instance of traveling from one place to another : TRIP\n2 chiefly dialect : a day’s travel\n3 : something suggesting travel or passage from one place to another <the journey from youth to maturity> <a journey through time>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to go on a journey : TRAVEL\ntransitive senses : to travel over or through


Words: journeyman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a worker who has learned a trade and works for another person usually by the day\n2 : an experienced reliable worker or performer especially as distinguished from one who is brilliant or colorful <a good journeyman trumpeter New Yorker> <a journeyman outfielder>


Words: joust
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 a : to fight on horseback as a knight or man-at-arms b : to engage in combat with lances on horseback\n2 : to engage in personal combat or competition\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a combat on horseback between two knights with lances especially as part of a tournament b plural : TOURNAMENT\n2 : a personal combat or competition : STRUGGLE


Words: jovial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 capitalized : of or relating to Jove\n2 : markedly good-humored especially as evidenced by jollity and conviviality


Words: jowl
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a cut of fish consisting of the head and usually adjacent parts\n\n<2> noun\n: usually slack flesh (as a dewlap, wattle, or the pendulous part of a double chin) associated with the cheeks, lower jaw, or throat\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : JAW; especially : MANDIBLE b : one of the lateral halves of the mandible\n2 a : CHEEK 1 b : the cheek meat of a hog <a dinner of boiled jowls>


Words: joy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires : DELIGHT b : the expression or exhibition of such emotion : GAIETY\n2 : a state of happiness or felicity : BLISS\n3 : a source or cause of delight\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to experience great pleasure or delight : REJOICE\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : GLADDEN\n2 archaic : ENJOY


Words: joyride
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a ride taken for pleasure (as in a car or aircraft); especially : an automobile ride marked by reckless driving (as in a stolen car)\n2 : conduct or action resembling a joyride especially in disregard of cost or consequences


Words: jubilee
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 often capitalized : a year of emancipation and restoration provided by ancient Hebrew law to be kept every 50 years by the emancipation of Hebrew slaves, restoration of alienated lands to their former owners, and omission of all cultivation of the land\n2 a : a special anniversary; especially : a 50th anniversary b : a celebration of such an anniversary\n3 a : a period of time proclaimed by the Roman Catholic pope ordinarily every 25 years as a time of special solemnity b : a special plenary indulgence granted during a year of jubilee to Roman Catholics who perform certain specified works of repentance and piety\n4 a : JUBILATION b : a season of celebration\n5 : an Afro-American religious song usually referring to a time of future happiness\n\n<2> adjective\n: FLAMB* <cherries jubilee>


Words: Judaism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a religion developed among the ancient Hebrews and characterized by belief in one transcendent God who has revealed himself to Abraham, Moses, and the Hebrew prophets and by a religious life in accordance with Scriptures and rabbinic traditions\n2 : conformity to Jewish rites, ceremonies, and practices\n3 : the cultural, social, and religious beliefs and practices of the Jews\n4 : the whole body of Jews : the Jewish people


Words: judge
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to form an opinion about through careful weighing of evidence and testing of premises\n2 : to sit in judgment on : TRY\n3 : to determine or pronounce after inquiry and deliberation\n4 : GOVERN, RULE used of a Hebrew tribal leader\n5 : to form an estimate or evaluation of; especially : to form a negative opinion about <shouldn’t judge him because of his accent>\n6 : to hold as an opinion : GUESS, THINK <I judge she knew what she was doing>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to form an opinion\n2 : to decide as a judge\n\n<2> noun\n: one who judges: as a : a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court b often capitalized : a tribal hero exercising leadership among the Hebrews after the death of Joshua c : one appointed to decide in a contest or competition : UMPIRE d : one who gives an authoritative opinion e : CRITIC


Words: judgment
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a formal utterance of an authoritative opinion b : an opinion so pronounced\n2 a : a formal decision given by a court b (1) : an obligation (as a debt) created by the decree of a court (2) : a certificate evidencing such a decree\n3 a capitalized : the final judging of mankind by God b : a divine sentence or decision; specifically : a calamity held to be sent by God\n4 a : the process of forming an opinion or evaluation by discerning and comparing b : an opinion or estimate so formed\n5 a : the capacity for judging : DISCERNMENT b : the exercise of this capacity\n6 : a proposition stating something believed or asserted


Words: judicature
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the action of judging : the administration of justice\n2 : a court of justice\n3 : JUDICIARY 1


Words: judicial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of or relating to a judgment, the function of judging, the administration of justice, or the judiciary <judicial processes> b : belonging to the branch of government that is charged with trying all cases that involve the government and with the administration of justice within its jurisdiction compare EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE\n2 : ordered or enforced by a court <a judicial sale>\n3 : of, characterized by, or expressing judgment : CRITICAL 1b\n4 : arising from a judgment of God\n5 : belonging or appropriate to a judge or the judiciary


Words: judiciary
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a system of courts of law b : the judges of these courts\n2 : a branch of government in which judicial power is vested


Words: judo
Meaning:
noun\n: a sport developed from jujitsu that emphasizes the use of quick movement and leverage to throw an opponent


Words: jug
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a chiefly British : a small pitcher b (1) : a large deep usually earthenware or glass container with a narrow mouth and a handle (2) : the contents of such a container : JUGFUL\n2 : JAIL, PRISON\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to stew (as a hare) in an earthenware vessel\n2 : JAIL, IMPRISON


Words: juggernaut
Meaning:
noun\n1 chiefly British : a large heavy truck\n2 : a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path <an advertising juggernaut> <a political juggernaut>


Words: juggle
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to perform the tricks of a juggler\n2 : to engage in manipulation especially in order to achieve a desired end\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to practice deceit or trickery on : BEGUILE b : to manipulate or rearrange especially in order to achieve a desired end <juggle an account to hide a loss>\n2 a : to toss in the manner of a juggler b : to hold or balance precariously\n3 : to handle or deal with usually several things (as obligations) at one time so as to satisfy often competing requirements <juggle the responsibilities of family life and full-time job Jane S. Gould>\n\n<2> noun\n: an act or instance of juggling: a : a trick of magic b : a show of manual dexterity c : an act of manipulation especially to achieve a desired end


Words: jugular
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the throat or neck\n2 : of or relating to the jugular vein\n\n<2> noun\n1 : JUGULAR VEIN\n2 : the most vital or vulnerable part of something <showed an instinct for the jugular in competition>


Words: juice
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the extractable fluid contents of cells or tissues\n2 a plural : the natural fluids of an animal body b : the liquid or moisture contained in something\n3 a : the inherent quality of a thing : ESSENCE b : STRENGTH, VIGOR, VITALITY\n4 : a medium (as electricity or gasoline) that supplies power\n5 slang : LIQUOR\n6 slang : exorbitant interest exacted of a borrower under the threat of violence\n7 slang : INFLUENCE, CLOUT\n8 : a motivating, inspiring, or enabling force or factor <creative juices>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to add juice to\n2 : to extract the juice of


Words: juicy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having much juice : SUCCULENT\n2 : rewarding or profitable especially financially : FAT <juicy contract> <a juicy dramatic role>\n3 a : rich in interest : COLORFUL <juicy details> b : SENSATIONAL, RACY <a juicy scandal> c : full of vitality : LUSTY


Words: jujitsu
Meaning:
noun\n: an art of weaponless fighting employing holds, throws, and paralyzing blows to subdue or disable an opponent


Words: jujube
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an edible drupaceous fruit of any of several trees (genus Ziziphus) of the buckthorn family; especially : one of an Asian tree (Z. jujuba) b : a tree producing this fruit\n2 : a fruit-flavored gumdrop or lozenge


Words: jukebox
Meaning:
noun\n: a coin-operated phonograph or compact-disc player that automatically plays recordings selected from its list


Words: julep
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a drink consisting of sweet syrup, flavoring, and water\n2 : a drink consisting of a liquor (as bourbon or brandy) and sugar poured over crushed ice and garnished with mint


Words: jumble
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to move in a confused or disordered manner\ntransitive senses : to mix into a confused or disordered mass often used with up\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a mass of things mingled together without order or plan : HODGEPODGE b : a state of confusion\n2 British : articles for a rummage sale\n\n<3> noun\n: a small thin usually ring-shaped sugared cookie or cake


Words: jump
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to spring into the air : LEAP; especially : to spring free from the ground or other base by the muscular action of feet and legs b : to move suddenly or involuntarily : START c : to move over a position occupied by an opponent’s piece in a board game often thereby capturing the piece d : to undergo a vertical or lateral displacement owing to improper alignment of the film on a projector mechanism e : to start out or forward : BEGIN usually used with off <jump off to a big lead> f : to move energetically : HUSTLE g : to go from one sequence of instructions in a computer program to another <jump to a subroutine>\n2 : COINCIDE, AGREE\n3 a : to move haphazardly or irregularly : shift abruptly <jumped from job to job> b : to change or abandon employment especially in violation of contract c : to rise suddenly in rank or status d : to undergo a sudden sharp change in value <prices jumped> e : to make a jump in bridge f : to make a hurried judgment <jump to conclusions> g : to show eagerness <jumped at the chance> h : to enter eagerly <jump on the bandwagon>\n4 : to make a sudden physical or verbal attack <jumped on him for his criticism>\n5 : to bustle with activity <the bar was jumping with young people>\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to leap over <jump a hurdle> b : to move over (a piece) in a board game c : to act, move, or begin before (as a signal) <jump the green light> d : to leap aboard <jump a freight>\n2 obsolete : RISK, HAZARD\n3 a : to escape from : AVOID b : to leave hastily or in violation of contract <jump town without paying their bills Hamilton Basso> c : to depart from (a normal course) <jump the track>\n4 a : to make a sudden physical or verbal attack on b : to occupy illegally <jump a mining claim>\n5 a (1) : to cause to leap (2) : to cause (game) to break cover : START, FLUSH b : to elevate in rank or status c : to raise (a bridge partner’s bid) by more than one rank d : to increase suddenly and sharply\n\n<2> adverb\nobsolete : EXACTLY, PAT\n\n<3> noun\n1 a (1) : an act of jumping :


Words: jumper
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a person who jumps\n2 a : any of various devices operating with a jumping motion b : any of several sleds c : a short wire used to close a break or cut out part of a circuit\n3 : any of several jumping animals; especially : a saddle horse trained to jump obstacles\n4 : JUMP SHOT\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a loose blouse or jacket worn by workmen\n2 : a sleeveless one-piece dress worn usually with a blouse\n3 : a child’s coverall usually used in plural\n4 chiefly British : SWEATER 2


Words: junco
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Junco) of small widely distributed American finches usually having a pink bill, ashy gray head and back, and conspicuous white lateral tail feathers


Words: junction
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act of joining : the state of being joined\n2 a : a place or point of meeting b : an intersection of roads especially where one terminates c : a point (as in a thermocouple) at which dissimilar metals make contact d : an interface in a semiconductor device between regions with different electrical characteristics\n3 : something that joins


Words: juncture
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : JOINT, CONNECTION b : the manner of transition or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds in speech\n2 : an instance of joining : UNION, JUNCTION\n3 : a point of time; especially : one made critical by a concurrence of circumstances


Words: jungle
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an impenetrable thicket or tangled mass of tropical vegetation b : a tract overgrown with thickets or masses of vegetation\n2 : a hobo camp\n3 a (1) : a confused or disordered mass of objects : JUMBLE (2) : something that baffles or frustrates by its tangled or complex character : MAZE <the jungle of housing laws Bernard Taper> b : a place of ruthless struggle for survival <the city is a jungle where no one is safe after dark Stuart Chase>


Words: junior
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : less advanced in age : YOUNGER used chiefly to distinguish a son with the same given name as his father b (1) : YOUTHFUL (2) : designed for young people and especially adolescents c : of more recent date and therefore inferior or subordinate <a junior lien>\n2 a : lower in standing or rank <junior partners> b : duplicating or suggesting on a smaller scale something typically large or powerful <a junior gale>\n3 : of or relating to juniors or the class of juniors at an educational institution <the junior prom>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a (1) : a person who is younger than another <a man six years my junior> (2) : a male child : SON (3) : a young person b : a clothing size for women and girls with slight figures\n2 a : a person holding a lower position in a hierarchy of ranks b : a student in the next-to-the-last year before graduating from an educational institution\n3 capitalized : a member of a program of the Girl Scouts for girls in the third through sixth grades in school


Words: juniper
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of numerous shrubs or trees (genus Juniperus) of the cypress family with leaves resembling needles or scales and female cones usually resembling berries\n2 : any of several coniferous trees resembling true junipers


Words: junk
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : pieces of old cable or cordage used especially to make gaskets, mats, swabs, or oakum\n2 a (1) : old iron, glass, paper, or other waste that may be used again in some form (2) : secondhand, worn, or discarded articles (3) : CLUTTER 1b b : something of poor quality : TRASH c : something of little meaning, worth, or significance\n3 slang : NARCOTICS; especially : HEROIN\n4 : JUNK BOND\n5 : baseball pitches other than fastballs (as curveballs or change-ups)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to get rid of as worthless : SCRAP\n\n<3> noun\n: any of various ships of Chinese waters with bluff lines, a high poop and overhanging stem, little or no keel, high pole masts, and a deep rudder


Words: junket
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a dessert of sweetened flavored milk set with rennet\n2 a : a festive social affair b : TRIP, JOURNEY; especially : a trip made by an official at public expense\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : FEAST, BANQUET\n2 : to go on a junket


Words: junta
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a council or committee for political or governmental purposes; especially : a group of persons controlling a government especially after a revolutionary seizure of power\n2 : JUNTO


Words: Jupiter
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the chief Roman god, husband of Juno, and god of light, of the sky and weather, and of the state and its welfare and its laws compare ZEUS\n2 : the largest of the planets and fifth in order from the sun see PLANET table


Words: juridical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge\n2 : of or relating to law or jurisprudence : LEGAL


Words: jurisdiction
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law\n2 a : the authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate b : the power or right to exercise authority : CONTROL\n3 : the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised


Words: jurisprudence
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a system or body of law b : the course of court decisions\n2 : the science or philosophy of law\n3 : a department of law <medical jurisprudence>


Words: juror
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a member of a jury b : a person summoned to serve on a jury\n2 : a person who takes an oath (as of allegiance)


Words: jury
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a body of persons sworn to give a verdict on some matter submitted to them; especially : a body of persons legally selected and sworn to inquire into any matter of fact and to give their verdict according to the evidence\n2 : a committee for judging and awarding prizes at a contest or exhibition\n3 : one (as the public or test results) that will decide used especially in the phrase the jury is still out\n\n<2> adjective\n: improvised for temporary use especially in an emergency : MAKESHIFT <a jury mast> <a jury rig>\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to select material as appropriate for exhibition in (as an art show) used chiefly as a participle <a juried show>


Words: justice
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments b : JUDGE c : the administration of law; especially : the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity\n2 a : the quality of being just, impartial, or fair b (1) : the principle or ideal of just dealing or right action (2) : conformity to this principle or ideal : RIGHTEOUSNESS c : the quality of conforming to law\n3 : conformity to truth, fact, or reason : CORRECTNESS


Words: justify
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to prove or show to be just, right, or reasonable b (1) : to show to have had a sufficient legal reason (2) : to qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property\n2 a archaic : to administer justice to b archaic : ABSOLVE c : to judge, regard, or treat as righteous and worthy of salvation\n3 a : to space (as lines of text) so that the lines come out even at the margin b : to make even by justifying <justified margins>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to show a sufficient lawful reason for an act done b : to qualify as bail or surety\n2 : to justify lines of text


Words: jut
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to extend out, up, or forward : PROJECT <mountains jutting into the sky> <a jutting jaw>\ntransitive senses : to cause to project\n\n<2> noun\n: something that juts : PROJECTION


Words: jute
Meaning:
noun\n: the glossy fiber of either of two East Indian plants (Corchorus olitorius and C. capsularis) of the linden family used chiefly for sacking, burlap, and twine; also : a plant producing jute


Words: juvenile
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : physiologically immature or undeveloped : YOUNG b : derived from sources within the earth and coming to the surface for the first time used especially of water and gas\n2 : of, relating to, characteristic of, or suitable for children or young people <juvenile books>\n3 : reflecting psychological or intellectual immaturity : CHILDISH\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a young person : YOUTH b : a book for children or young people\n2 : a young individual resembling an adult of its kind except in size and reproductive activity: as a : a fledged bird not yet in adult plumage b : a 2-year-old racehorse\n3 : an actor or actress who plays youthful parts


Words: juxtapose
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to place side by side <juxtapose unexpected combinations of colors, shapes and ideas J. F. T. Bugental>


Words: k
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the 11th letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic k\n2 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter k\n3 : one designated k especially as the 11th in order or class\n4 : something shaped like the letter K\n5 : a unit vector parallel to the z-axis\n6 kilo- : THOUSAND <a salary of 24K>\n7 kilo- : a unit of computer storage capacity equal to 1024 bytes <a computer memory of 64K>\n8 capitalized struck : STRIKEOUT\n\n<2> abbreviation\nkarat, kindergarten, king, kitchen, knit, knot, koruna, kosher often enclosed in a circle; kyat


Words: kale
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : COLE b : a hardy cabbage (Brassica oleracea acephala) with curled often finely incised leaves that do not form a dense head\n2 slang : MONEY


Words: kaleidoscope
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns\n2 : something resembling a kaleidoscope: as a : a variegated changing pattern or scene <the lake a kaleidoscope of changing colors Robert Gibbings> b : a succession of changing phases or actions <a kaleidoscope of shifting values, information, fashions Frank McLaughlin>


Words: kamikaze
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a member of a Japanese air attack corps in World War II assigned to make a suicidal crash on a target (as a ship)\n2 : an airplane containing explosives to be flown in a suicide crash on a target\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, being, or resembling a kamikaze\n2 : having or showing reckless disregard for safety or personal welfare


Words: kangaroo
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various herbivorous leaping marsupial mammals (family Macropodidae) of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands with a small head, large ears, long powerful hind legs, a long thick tail used as a support and in balancing, and rather small forelegs not used in progression


Words: kaolin
Meaning:
noun\n: a fine usually white clay that is used in ceramics and refractories, as a filler or extender, and in medicine especially as an adsorbent in the treatment of diarrhea


Words: kapok
Meaning:
noun\n: a mass of silky fibers that clothe the seeds of the ceiba tree and are used especially as a filling for mattresses, life preservers, and sleeping bags and as insulation


Words: kaput
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : utterly finished, defeated, or destroyed\n2 : unable to function : USELESS <my battery went kaput Henry James Jr.>\n3 : hopelessly outmoded


Words: karakul
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized : any of a breed of hardy fat-tailed sheep from Uzbekistan with a narrow body and coarse wiry fur\n2 : the tightly curled glossy coat of the newborn lamb of a karakul valued as fur


Words: karate
Meaning:
noun\n: an Oriental art of self-defense in which an attacker is disabled by crippling kicks and punches


Words: karma
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized : the force generated by a person’s actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person’s next existence\n2 : VIBRATION 4


Words: katydid
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several large green American long-horned grasshoppers usually having stridulating organs on the forewings of the males that produce a loud shrill sound


Words: kayak
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an Eskimo canoe made of a frame covered with skins except for a small opening in the center and propelled by a double-bladed paddle\n2 : a portable boat styled like an Eskimo kayak


Words: kazoo
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an instrument that imparts a buzzing quality to the human voice and that usually consists of a small metal or plastic tube with a side hole covered by a thin membrane\n\n<2> noun\nslang : WAZOO


Words: kedge
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to move (a ship) by means of a line attached to a kedge dropped at the distance and in the direction desired\n\n<2> noun\n: a small anchor used especially in kedging


Words: keel
Meaning:
<1> verb\nchiefly dialect : COOL\n\n<2> noun\n: a flat-bottomed barge used especially on the Tyne to carry coal\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : the chief structural member of a boat or ship that extends longitudinally along the center of its bottom and that often projects from the bottom; also : this projection b : SHIP\n2 : a projection suggesting a keel; especially : CARINA\n\n<4> intransitive verb\n1 : to fall in or as if in a faint usually used with over\n2 : to heel or lean precariously\n\n<5> noun\nchiefly dialect : RED OCHER


Words: keen
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having a fine edge or point : SHARP <a keen sword> b : affecting one as if by cutting <keen sarcasm> c : pungent to the sense <a keen scent>\n2 a (1) : showing a quick and ardent responsiveness : ENTHUSIASTIC <a keen swimmer> (2) : EAGER <was keen to begin> b of emotion or feeling : INTENSE <the keen delight in the chase F. W. Maitland>\n3 a : intellectually alert : having or characteristic of a quick penetrating mind <a keen student> <a keen awareness of the problem>; also : shrewdly astute <keen bargainers> b : sharply contested <keen debate> c : extremely sensitive in perception <keen eyes>\n4 : WONDERFUL, EXCELLENT\n\n<2> noun\n: a lamentation for the dead uttered in a loud wailing voice or sometimes in a wordless cry\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to lament with a keen b : to make a sound suggestive of a keen\n2 : to lament, mourn, or complain loudly\ntransitive senses : to utter by keening


Words: keep
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to take notice of by appropriate conduct : FULFILL: as a : to be faithful to <keep a promise> b : to act fittingly in relation to <keep the Sabbath> c : to conform to in habits or conduct <keep late hours> d : to stay in accord with (a beat) <keep time>\n2 : PRESERVE, MAINTAIN: as a : to watch over and defend <keep us from harm> b (1) : to take care of : TEND <keep a garden> (2) : SUPPORT (3) : to maintain in a good, fitting, or orderly condition usually used with up c : to continue to maintain <keep watch> d (1) : to cause to remain in a given place, situation, or condition <keep him waiting> (2) : to preserve (food) in an unspoiled condition e : to have or maintain in one’s service or at one’s disposal <keep a mistress> often used with on <kept the cook on>; also : to lodge or feed for pay <keep boarders> f (1) : to maintain a record in <keep a diary> (2) : to enter in a book <keep records> g : to have customarily in stock for sale\n3 a : to restrain from departure or removal : DETAIN <keep children in after school> b : HOLD BACK, RESTRAIN <keep them from going> <kept him back with difficulty> c : SAVE, RESERVE <keep some for later> <kept some out for a friend> d : to refrain from revealing <keep a secret>\n4 a : to retain in one’s possession or power <kept the money we found> b : to refrain from granting, giving, or allowing <kept the news back> c : to have in control <keep your temper>\n5 : to confine oneself to <keep my room>\n6 a : to stay or continue in <keep the path> <keep your seat> b : to stay or remain on or in usually against opposition : HOLD <kept her ground>\n7 : CONDUCT, MANAGE <keep a tearoom>\nintransitive senses\n1 chiefly British : LIVE, LODGE\n2 a : to maintain a course, direction, or progress <keep to the right> b : to continue usually without interruption <keep talking> <keep quiet> <keep on smiling> c : to persist in a practice <kept bothering them> <kept on smoking in spite of warnings>\n3 : STAY, REMAIN <keep out of the way> <keep off the grass>: as a : to stay even


Words: keg
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small cask or barrel having a capacity of 30 gallons (136.4 liters) or less\n2 : the contents of a keg


Words: kelp
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of various large brown seaweeds (order Laminariales) b : a mass of large seaweeds\n2 : the ashes of seaweed used especially as a source of iodine


Words: ken
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : SEE\n2 chiefly dialect : RECOGNIZE\n3 chiefly Scottish : KNOW\nintransitive senses , chiefly Scottish : KNOW\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the range of vision b : SIGHT, VIEW <’tis double death to drown in ken of shore Shakespeare>\n2 : the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge <abstract words that are beyond the ken of young children Lois M. Rettie>


Words: kennel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a shelter for a dog or cat b : an establishment for the breeding or boarding of dogs or cats\n2 : a pack of dogs\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to take shelter in or as if in a kennel\ntransitive senses : to put or keep in or as if in a kennel\n\n<3> noun\n: a gutter in a street


Words: kerchief
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a square of cloth used as a head covering or worn as a scarf around the neck\n2 : HANDKERCHIEF 1


Words: kernel
Meaning:
noun\n1 chiefly dialect : a fruit seed\n2 : the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut\n3 : a whole seed of a cereal <a kernel of corn>\n4 : a central or essential part : GERM <like many stereotypes this one too contains some kernels of truth S. M. Lyman>\n5 : a subset of the elements of one set (as a group) that a function (as a homomorphism) maps onto an identity element of another set


Words: kerosene
Meaning:
noun\n: a flammable hydrocarbon oil usually obtained by distillation of petroleum and used for a fuel and as a solvent and thinner


Words: ketch
Meaning:
noun\n: a fore-and-aft rigged vessel similar to a yawl but with a larger mizzen and with the mizzenmast stepped farther forward


Words: kettle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a metallic vessel usually used for boiling liquids; especially : TEAKETTLE\n2 : KETTLEDRUM\n3 a : POTHOLE 1b b : a steep-sided hollow without surface drainage especially in a deposit of glacial drift


Words: kettledrum
Meaning:
noun\n: a percussion instrument that consists of a hollow brass, copper, or fiberglass hemisphere with a calfskin or plastic head whose tension can be changed to vary the pitch


Words: key
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a usually metal instrument by which the bolt of a lock is turned b : any of various devices having the form or function of such a key\n2 a : a means of gaining or preventing entrance, possession, or control b : an instrumental or deciding factor\n3 a : something that gives an explanation or identification or provides a solution <the key to a riddle> b : a list of words or phrases giving an explanation of symbols or abbreviations c : an aid to interpretation or identification : CLUE d : an arrangement of the salient characters of a group of plants or animals or of taxa designed to facilitate identification e : a map legend\n4 a (1) : COTTER PIN (2) : COTTER b : a keystone in an arch c : a small piece of wood or metal used as a wedge or for preventing motion between parts\n5 a : one of the levers of a keyboard musical instrument that actuates the mechanism and produces the tones b : a lever that controls a vent in the side of a woodwind instrument or a valve in a brass instrument c : a part to be depressed by a finger that serves as one unit of a keyboard\n6 : SAMARA\n7 : a system of tones and harmonies generated from a hierarchical scale of seven tones based on a tonic <the key of major>\n8 a : characteristic style or tone b : the tone or pitch of a voice c : the predominant tone of a photograph with respect to its lightness or darkness\n9 : a decoration or charm resembling a key\n10 : a small switch for opening or closing an electric circuit <a telegraph key>\n11 : the set of instructions governing the encipherment and decipherment of messages\n12 : a free-throw area in basketball\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to lock with or as if with a key : FASTEN: as a : to secure (as a pulley on a shaft) by a key b : to finish off (an arch) by inserting a keystone\n2 : to regulate the musical pitch of\n3 : to bring into harmony or conformity : make appropriate : ATTUNE <remarks keyed to a situation>\n4 : to identify (a biological specimen) by a key\n5 : to provide with identifying or explanatory cross-references <instruct


Words: keyboard
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a bank of keys on a musical instrument (as a piano) that usually consists of seven white and five raised black keys to the octave\n2 : an assemblage of systematically arranged keys by which a machine or device is operated\n3 : a board on which keys for locks are hung\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to capture or set (as data or text) by means of a keyboard\nintransitive senses : to operate a machine (as for typesetting) by means of a keyboard


Words: keyhole
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a hole for receiving a key\n2 : KEY 12\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : revealingly intimate <a keyhole report>\n2 : intent on revealing intimate details <keyhole columnists>


Words: keynote
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the first and harmonically fundamental tone of a scale\n2 : the fundamental or central fact, idea, or mood <sadness is the keynote of this little collection Books Abroad>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to set the keynote of\n2 : to deliver the keynote address at


Words: keystone
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the wedge-shaped piece at the crown of an arch that locks the other pieces in place see ARCH illustration\n2 : something on which associated things depend for support <determination, a keystone of the puritan ethic L. S. Lewis>


Words: khaki
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a light yellowish brown\n2 a : a khaki-colored cloth made usually of cotton or wool and used especially for military uniforms b : a garment of this cloth; especially : a military uniform usually used in plural


Words: khan
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a medieval sovereign of China and ruler over the Turkish, Tatar, and Mongol tribes\n2 : a local chieftain or man of rank in some countries of central Asia\n\n<2> noun\n: a caravansary or rest house in some Asian countries


Words: kibitzer
Meaning:
noun\n: one who looks on and often offers unwanted advice or comment especially at a card game; broadly : one who offers opinions


Words: kick
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to strike out with the foot or feet b : to make a kick in football\n2 a : to show opposition : RESIST, REBEL b : to protest strenuously or urgently : express grave discontent; broadly : COMPLAIN\n3 : to function with vitality and energy <alive and kicking>\n4 of a firearm : to recoil when fired\n5 : to go from one place to another as circumstance or whim dictates\n6 : to run at a faster speed during the last part of a race\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to strike, thrust, or hit with the foot b : to strike suddenly and forcefully as if with the foot c : to remove from a position or status <kicked him off the team>\n2 : to score by kicking a ball\n3 : to heap reproaches upon (oneself) <kicked themselves for not going>\n4 : to free oneself of (as a drug habit)\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a blow or sudden forceful thrust with the foot; specifically : a sudden propelling of a ball with the foot b : the power to kick c : a rhythmic motion of the legs used in swimming d : a burst of speed in racing\n2 : a sudden forceful jolt or thrust suggesting a kick; especially : the recoil of a gun\n3 : POCKET, WALLET\n4 a : a feeling or expression of opposition or objection <a kick against the administration> b : the grounds for objection\n5 a : an effect suggestive of a kick <chili with a kick> b : a stimulating or pleasurable effect or experience c : pursuit of an absorbing or obsessive new interest <a skiing kick>\n6 : a sudden and striking surprise, revelation, or turn of events


Words: kickback
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sharp violent reaction\n2 : a return of a part of a sum received often because of confidential agreement or coercion <every city contract had been let with a ten percent kickback to city officials D. K. Shipler>


Words: kickoff
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a kick that puts the ball into play in a football or soccer game\n2 : COMMENCEMENT 1 <the campaign kickoff>


Words: kid
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a young goat b : a young individual of various animals related to the goat\n2 a : the flesh, fur, or skin of a kid b : something made of kid\n3 : a young person; especially : CHILD often used as a generalized reference to one especially younger or less experienced <the kid on the pro golf tour> <poor kid>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to bring forth young used of a goat or an antelope\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to deceive as a joke <it’s the truth; wouldn’t kid you>\n2 : to make fun of\nintransitive senses : to engage in good-humored fooling or horseplay often used with around


Words: kidnap
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to seize and detain or carry away by unlawful force or fraud and often with a demand for ransom


Words: kidney
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one of a pair of vertebrate organs situated in the body cavity near the spinal column that excrete waste products of metabolism, in humans are bean-shaped organs about 4 12 inches (11 12 centimeters) long lying behind the peritoneum in a mass of fatty tissue, and consist chiefly of nephrons by which urine is secreted, collected, and discharged into a main cavity whence it is conveyed by the ureter to the bladder b : any of various excretory organs of invertebrate animals\n2 : the kidney of an animal eaten as food\n3 : sort or kind especially with regard to temperament <a nice helpful guy, of a different kidney entirely from the Secret Police Paula Lecler>


Words: kill
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to deprive of life b (1) : to slaughter (as a hog) for food (2) : to convert a food animal into (a kind of meat) by slaughtering\n2 a : to put an end to <kill competition> b : DEFEAT, VETO <killed the amendment> c : to mark for omission; also : DELETE\n3 a : to destroy the vital or essential quality of <killed the pain with drugs> b : to cause to stop <kill the motor> c : to check the flow of current through\n4 : to make a markedly favorable impression on <she killed the audience>\n5 : to get through uneventfully <kill time>; also : to get through (the time of a penalty) without being scored on <kill a penalty>\n6 a : to cause extreme pain to b : to tire almost to the point of collapse\n7 : to hit (a shot) so hard in various games that a return is impossible\n8 : to consume (as a drink) totally\nintransitive senses\n1 : to deprive one of life\n2 : to make a markedly favorable impression <was dressed to kill>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or instance of killing\n2 : something killed: as a (1) : an animal shot in a hunt (2) : animals killed in a hunt, season, or particular period of time b : an enemy unit (as an airplane or ship) destroyed by military action c : a return shot in any of various games (as badminton, handball, or table tennis) that is too hard for an opponent to handle\n\n<3> noun\n: CHANNEL, CREEK used chiefly in place names in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York


Words: killing
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act of one that kills\n2 : KILL 2a\n3 : a sudden notable gain or profit\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : that kills or relates to killing\n2 : highly amusing\n3 : extremely difficult to deal with <the suspense is killing>; also : calling for great strength, stamina, or endurance <a killing schedule>


Words: kiln
Meaning:
noun\n: an oven, furnace, or heated enclosure used for processing a substance by burning, firing, or drying


Words: kilogram
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the base unit of mass in the International System of Units that is equal to the mass of a prototype agreed upon by international convention and that is nearly equal to the mass of 1000 cubic centimeters of water at the temperature of its maximum density see METRIC SYSTEM table\n2 : a unit of force equal to the weight of a kilogram mass under a gravitational attraction equal to that of the earth


Words: kilt
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 chiefly dialect : to tuck up (as a skirt)\n2 : to equip with a kilt\nintransitive senses : to move nimbly\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a knee-length pleated skirt usually of tartan worn by men in Scotland and by Scottish regiments in the British armies\n2 : a garment that resembles a Scottish kilt


Words: kimono
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a long robe with wide sleeves traditionally worn with a broad sash as an outer garment by the Japanese\n2 : a loose dressing gown or jacket


Words: kin
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a group of persons of common ancestry : CLAN\n2 a : one’s relatives : KINDRED b : KINSMAN <he wasn’t any kin to you Jean Stafford>\n3 archaic : KINSHIP\n\n<2> adjective\n: KINDRED, RELATED


Words: kind
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a archaic : NATURE b archaic : FAMILY, LINEAGE\n2 archaic : MANNER\n3 : fundamental nature or quality : ESSENCE\n4 a : a group united by common traits or interests : CATEGORY b : a specific or recognized variety <what kind of car do you drive> c : a doubtful or barely admissible member of a category <a kind of gray>\n5 a : goods or commodities as distinguished from money <payment in kind> b : the equivalent of what has been offered or received\n\n<2> adjective\n1 chiefly dialect : AFFECTIONATE, LOVING\n2 a : of a sympathetic or helpful nature b : of a forbearing nature : GENTLE c : arising from or characterized by sympathy or forbearance <a kind act>\n3 : of a kind to give pleasure or relief


Words: kindle
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to start (a fire) burning : LIGHT\n2 a : to stir up : AROUSE <kindle interest> b : to bring into being : START\n3 : to cause to glow : ILLUMINATE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to catch fire\n2 a : to flare up b : to become animated\n3 : to become illuminated\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : BEAR used especially of a rabbit\nintransitive senses : to bring forth young used especially of a rabbit


Words: kindly
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a obsolete : NATURAL b archaic : LAWFUL\n2 : of an agreeable or beneficial nature : PLEASANT <kindly climate>\n3 : of a sympathetic or generous nature\n\n<2> adverb\n1 a : in the normal way : NATURALLY <old wounds which had healed kindly Amer. Mercury> b : READILY <did not take kindly to suggestions>\n2 a : in a kind manner : SYMPATHETICALLY b : as a gesture of goodwill <would take it kindly if you would put in a good word> c : in a gracious manner : COURTEOUSLY <they kindly invited us along> d : as a matter of courtesy : PLEASE <would you kindly order me a cab>\n3 chiefly Southern : SOMEWHAT, KIND OF <it’s kindly embarrassing Walter Davis>


Words: kindred
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a group of related individuals b : one’s relatives\n2 : family relationship : KINSHIP\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of a similar nature or character : LIKE\n2 : of the same ancestry


Words: kinetic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith\n2 a : ACTIVE, LIVELY b : DYNAMIC, ENERGIZING\n3 : of or relating to kinetic art


Words: king
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a male monarch of a major territorial unit; especially : one whose position is hereditary and who rules for life b : a paramount chief\n2 capitalized : GOD, CHRIST\n3 : one that holds a preeminent position; especially : a chief among competitors\n4 : the principal piece of each color in chess having the power to move ordinarily one square in any direction and to capture opposing pieces but being obliged never to enter or remain in check\n5 : a playing card marked with a stylized figure of a king\n6 : a checker that has been crowned


Words: kingdom
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : KINGSHIP\n2 : a politically organized community or major territorial unit having a monarchical form of government headed by a king or queen\n3 often capitalized a : the eternal kingship of God b : the realm in which God’s will is fulfilled\n4 a : a realm or region in which something is dominant b : an area or sphere in which one holds a preeminent position\n5 a : one of the three primary divisions into which natural objects are commonly classified compare ANIMAL KINGDOM, MINERAL KINGDOM, PLANT KINGDOM b : a major category (as Plantae or Protista) in biological taxonomy that ranks above the phylum and is the highest and most encompassing group


Words: kingfisher
Meaning:
noun\n: any of numerous nonpasserine birds (family Alcedinidae) that are usually crested and bright-colored with a short tail and a long stout sharp bill


Words: kingpin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of several bowling pins: as a : HEADPIN b : the pin that stands in the middle of a triangular arrangement of bowling pins\n2 : the chief person in a group or undertaking\n3 a : KINGBOLT b : a pin connecting the two parts of a knuckle joint (as in an automobile steering linkage)


Words: kink
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a short tight twist or curl caused by a doubling or winding of something upon itself\n2 a : a mental or physical peculiarity : ECCENTRICITY, QUIRK b : WHIM\n3 : a clever unusual way of doing something\n4 : a cramp in some part of the body\n5 : an imperfection likely to cause difficulties in the operation of something\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to form a kink\ntransitive senses : to make a kink in


Words: kiosk
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an open summerhouse or pavilion\n2 : a small structure with one or more open sides that is used to vend merchandise (as newspapers) or services (as film developing)


Words: kip
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a bundle of undressed hides of young or small animals; also : one of the hides\n\n<2> noun\n1 : BED <ready for the kip after this screwball day K. M. Dodson>\n2 chiefly British : SLEEP, NAP <roused the family from their kip Sylvia Margolis>\n\n<3> intransitive verb\nBritish : SLEEP sometimes used with down <kip down on a spare bed Alice Glenday>\n\n<4> noun\n: a unit of weight equal to 1000 pounds (4448 newtons) used to express deadweight load\n\n<5> noun\n"


Words: kipper
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a male salmon or sea trout during or after the spawning season\n2 : a kippered herring or salmon\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cure (split dressed fish) by salting and smoking


Words: kirk
Meaning:
noun\n1 chiefly Scottish : CHURCH\n2 capitalized : the national church of Scotland as distinguished from the Church of England or the Episcopal Church in Scotland


Words: kirtle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a tunic or coat worn by men especially in the Middle Ages\n2 : a long gown or dress worn by women


Words: kiss
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to touch with the lips especially as a mark of affection or greeting\n2 : to touch gently or lightly <wind gently kissing the trees>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to salute or caress one another with the lips\n2 : to come in gentle contact\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a caress with the lips\n2 : a gentle touch or contact\n3 a : a small drop cookie made of meringue b : a bite-size piece of candy often wrapped in paper or foil\n4 : an expression of affection <sent him kisses in her letter>


Words: kit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 dialect British : a wooden tub\n2 a (1) : a collection of articles usually for personal use <a travel kit> (2) : a set of tools or implements <a carpenter’s kit> (3) : a set of parts to be assembled or worked up <model-airplane kit> (4) : a packaged collection of related material <convention kit> (5) chiefly British : GEAR <run over to my billet and get some overnight kit Lionel Shapiro> b : a container for any of such sets or collections\n3 : a group of persons or things usually used in the phrase the whole kit and caboodle\n\n<2> transitive verb\nchiefly British : EQUIP, OUTFIT often used with up or out\n\n<3> noun\n: a small narrow violin\n\n<4> noun\n1 : KITTEN\n2 : a young or undersized fur-bearing animal; also : its pelt\n\n<5> abbreviation\nkitchen


Words: kitchen
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a place (as a room) with cooking facilities\n2 : the personnel that prepares, cooks, and serves food\n3 : CUISINE


Words: kite
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of various usually small hawks (family Accipitridae) with long narrow wings and often a notched or forked tail\n2 : a person who preys on others\n3 : a light frame covered usually with paper or cloth, often provided with a stabilizing tail, and designed to be flown in the air at the end of a long string\n4 : a check drawn against uncollected funds in a bank account or fraudulently raised before cashing\n5 : a light sail used in a light breeze usually in addition to the regular working sails; especially : SPINNAKER\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to use (a bad check) to get credit or money\n2 : to cause to soar <kited the prices they charged wealthy clients>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to go in a rapid, carefree, or flighty manner b : to rise rapidly : SOAR <the prices of necessities continue to kite>\n2 : to get money or credit by a kite


Words: kitten
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a young cat; also : an immature individual of various other small mammals\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to give birth to kittens


Words: kitty
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: CAT 1a; especially : KITTEN\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a fund in a poker game made up of contributions from each pot\n2 : a sum of money or collection of goods often made up of small contributions : POOL


Words: knack
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a clever trick or stratagem b : a clever way of doing something\n2 : a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach\n3 archaic : an ingenious device; broadly : TOY, KNICKKNACK


Words: knapsack
Meaning:
noun\n: a bag (as of canvas or nylon) strapped on the back and used for carrying supplies or personal belongings


Words: knave
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic a : a boy servant b : a male servant c : a man of humble birth or position\n2 : a tricky deceitful fellow\n3 : JACK 6a


Words: knead
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands <kneading dough> b : to manipulate or massage with a kneading motion <kneaded sore neck muscles>\n2 : to form or shape by or as if by kneading


Words: knee
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a joint in the middle part of the human leg that is the articulation between the femur, tibia, and patella; also : the part of the leg that includes this joint b (1) : the joint in the hind leg of a four-footed vertebrate that corresponds to the human knee (2) : the carpal joint of the foreleg of a four-footed vertebrate c : the tarsal joint of a bird d : the joint between the femur and tibia of an insect\n2 : something resembling the human knee: as a : a piece of timber naturally or artificially bent for use in supporting structures coming together at an angle (as the deck beams of a ship) b : a rounded or conical process rising from the roots of various swamp-growing trees <cypress knee>\n3 : the part of a garment covering the knee\n4 : a blow with the bent knee\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 archaic : to bend the knee to\n2 : to strike with the knee


Words: knell
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to summon or announce by or as if by a knell\nintransitive senses\n1 : to ring especially for a death, funeral, or disaster : TOLL\n2 : to sound in an ominous manner or with an ominous effect\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster)\n2 : an indication of the end or the failure of something <sounded the death knell for our hopes>


Words: knife
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade fastened to a handle b : a weapon resembling a knife\n2 : a sharp cutting blade or tool in a machine\n3 : SURGERY 4 usually used in the phrase under the knife\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to use a knife on; specifically : to stab, slash, or wound with a knife\n2 : to cut, mark, or spread with a knife\n3 : to try to defeat by underhanded means\n4 : to move like a knife in <birds knifing the autumn sky>\nintransitive senses : to cut a way with or as if with a knife blade <the cruiser knifed through the heavy seas>


Words: knight
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal superior; especially : a man ceremonially inducted into special military rank usually after completing service as page and squire (2) : a man honored by a sovereign for merit and in Great Britain ranking below a baronet (3) : a person of antiquity equal to a knight in rank b : a man devoted to the service of a lady as her attendant or champion c : a member of an order or society\n2 : either of two pieces of each color in a set of chessmen having the power to make an L-shaped move of two squares in one row and one square in a perpendicular row over squares that may be occupied\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make a knight of


Words: knighthood
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the rank, dignity, or profession of a knight\n2 : the qualities befitting a knight : CHIVALRY\n3 : knights as a class or body


Words: knit
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 chiefly dialect : to tie together\n2 a : to link firmly or closely <knitted my hands> b : to cause to grow together <time and rest will knit a fractured bone> c : to contract into wrinkles <knitted her brow>\n3 : to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make knitted fabrics or objects\n2 a : to become compact b : to grow together c : to become drawn together\n\n<2> noun\n: KNIT STITCH; also : a knit fabric


Words: knob
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a rounded protuberance : LUMP b : a small rounded ornament or handle\n2 : a rounded usually isolated hill or mountain


Words: knock
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to strike something with a sharp blow\n2 : to collide with something\n3 a : BUSTLE <heard them knocking around in the kitchen> b : WANDER <knocked about Europe all summer>\n4 a : to make a pounding noise b : to have engine knock\n5 : to find fault\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to strike sharply (2) : to drive, force, or make by or as if by so striking b : to set forcibly in motion with a blow\n2 : to cause to collide\n3 : to find fault with <always knocking those in authority>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a sharp blow : RAP, HIT <a loud knock on the door> b (1) : a severe misfortune or hardship (2) : SETBACK, REVERSAL\n2 a : a pounding noise b : a sharp repetitive metallic noise caused by abnormal ignition in an automobile engine\n3 : a harsh and often petty criticism <likes praise but can’t stand the knocks>


Words: knocker
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that knocks: as a : a metal ring, bar, or hammer hinged to a door for use in knocking b : a persistently pessimistic critic\n2 often vulgar : BREAST usually used in plural


Words: knockout
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act of knocking out : the condition of being knocked out b (1) : the termination of a boxing match when one boxer has been knocked down and is unable to rise and resume boxing within a specified time (2) : TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT c : a blow that knocks out an opponent\n2 : something sensationally striking, appealing, or attractive


Words: knot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an interlacement of the parts of one or more flexible bodies forming a lump or knob (as for fastening or tying together) b : the lump or knob so formed c : a tight constriction or the sense of constriction <my stomach was all in knots>\n2 : something hard to solve : PROBLEM <a matter full of legal knots>\n3 : a bond of union; especially : the marriage bond\n4 a : a protuberant lump or swelling in tissue <a knot in a gland> b : the base of a woody branch enclosed in the stem from which it arises; also : its section in lumber\n5 : a cluster of persons or things : GROUP\n6 : an ornamental bow of ribbon : COCKADE\n7 a : a division of the log’s line serving to measure a ship’s speed b (1) : one nautical mile per hour (2) : one nautical mile not used technically\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to tie in or with a knot : form knots in\n2 : to unite closely or intricately : ENTANGLE\n3 : TIE 4b <knotted the score>\nintransitive senses : to form knots\n\n<3> noun\n: either of two sandpipers (Calidris canutus and C. tenuirostris) that breed in the Arctic and winter in temperate or warm parts of the New and Old World


Words: know
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to perceive directly : have direct cognition of (2) : to have understanding of <importance of knowing oneself> (3) : to recognize the nature of : DISCERN b (1) : to recognize as being the same as something previously known (2) : to be acquainted or familiar with (3) : to have experience of\n2 a : to be aware of the truth or factuality of : be convinced or certain of b : to have a practical understanding of <knows how to write>\n3 archaic : to have sexual intercourse with\nintransitive senses\n1 : to have knowledge\n2 : to be or become cognizant sometimes used interjectionally with you especially as a filler in informal speech\n\n<2> noun\n: KNOWLEDGE


Words: knowing
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: ACQUAINTANCE, COGNIZANCE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : having or reflecting knowledge, information, or intelligence\n2 a : shrewdly and keenly alert : ASTUTE b : indicating possession of exclusive inside knowledge or information <a knowing smile>\n3 : COGNITIVE\n4 : DELIBERATE <knowing interference in the affairs of another>


Words: knowledge
Meaning:
noun\n1 obsolete : COGNIZANCE\n2 a (1) : the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association (2) : acquaintance with or understanding of a science, art, or technique b (1) : the fact or condition of being aware of something (2) : the range of one’s information or understanding <answered to the best of my knowledge> c : the circumstance or condition of apprehending truth or fact through reasoning : COGNITION d : the fact or condition of having information or of being learned <a man of unusual knowledge>\n3 archaic : SEXUAL INTERCOURSE\n4 a : the sum of what is known : the body of truth, information, and principles acquired by mankind b archaic : a branch of learning


Words: knuckle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the rounded prominence formed by the ends of the two adjacent bones at a joint used especially of those at the joints of the fingers b : the joint of a knuckle\n2 : a cut of meat consisting of the tarsal or carpal joint with the adjoining flesh\n3 : something resembling a knuckle: as a (1) : one of the joining parts of a hinge through which a pin or rivet passes (2) : KNUCKLE JOINT b : the meeting of two surfaces at a sharp angle (as in a roof) c : a pivotal point\n4 plural : a set of metal finger rings or guards attached to a transverse piece and worn over the front of the doubled fist for use as a weapon called also brass knuckles\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to place the knuckles on the ground in shooting a marble\ntransitive senses : to press or rub with the knuckles


Words: kobold
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a gnome that in German folklore inhabits underground places\n2 : an often mischievous domestic spirit of German folklore


Words: kohlrabi
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a race of cabbages (Brassica oleracea gongylodes) having a greatly enlarged, fleshy, turnip-shaped edible stem


Words: kolinsky
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of several Asian minks (especially Mustela siberica)\n2 : the fur or pelt of a kolinsky


Words: Koran
Meaning:
noun\n: the book composed of sacred writings accepted by Muslims as revelations made to Muhammad by Allah through the angel Gabriel


Words: kosher
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : sanctioned by Jewish law; especially : ritually fit for use <kosher meat> b : selling or serving food ritually fit according to Jewish law <a kosher restaurant>\n2 : being proper, acceptable, or satisfactory <found things going on that were not kosher Homer Bigart>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make kosher\n\n<3> noun\n: the observance of kosher practices used in the phrase keep kosher


Words: kowtow
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an act of kowtowing\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to show obsequious deference : FAWN\n2 : to kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in token of homage, worship, or deep respect


Words: kraal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a village of southern African natives b : the native village community\n2 : an enclosure for animals especially in southern Africa\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to pen in a kraal


Words: krone
Meaning:
<1> noun\n\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the basic monetary unit of Austria from 1892 to 1925\n2 : a coin representing one krone


Words: kudos
Meaning:
noun\n1 : fame and renown resulting from an act or achievement : PRESTIGE\n2 : praise given for achievement


Words: kulak
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a prosperous or wealthy peasant farmer in 19th century Russia\n2 : a farmer characterized by Communists as having excessive wealth


Words: kumquat
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several small yellow to orange citrus fruits with sweet spongy rind and somewhat acid pulp that are used chiefly for preserves; also : a tree or shrub (genus Fortunella) of the rue family that bears kumquats


Words: l
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the 12th letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic l\n2 : FIFTY see NUMBER table\n3 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter l\n4 : one designated l especially as the 12th in order or class\n5 : something shaped like the letter Latin; specifically : 2ELL 1\n6 : 2EL\n\n<2> abbreviation\nlady, lake, lambert, land, large, late, left, Latin libra pound; line, liquid, lira, lire, liter, little, low


Words: label
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : BAND, FILLET; specifically : one attached to a document to hold an appended seal\n2 : a heraldic charge that consists of a narrow horizontal band with usually three pendants\n3 a : a slip (as of paper or cloth) inscribed and affixed to something for identification or description b : written or printed matter accompanying an article to furnish identification or other information c : a descriptive or identifying word or phrase: as (1) : EPITHET (2) : a word or phrase used with a dictionary definition to provide additional information d : a usually radioactive isotope used in labeling\n4 : an adhesive stamp (as for postage or revenue)\n5 a (1) : a brand of commercial recordings issued under a usually trademarked name (2) : a recording so issued (3) : a company issuing such recordings b : the brand name of a retail store selling clothing, a clothing manufacturer, or a fashion designer\nEe’s knees : into a state of submission or defeat\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to affix a label to b : to describe or designate with or as if with a label\n2 a : to distinguish (an element or atom) by using an isotope distinctive in some manner (as in mass or radioactivity) b : to distinguish (as a compound or cell) by introducing a traceable constituent (as a dye or labeled atom)


Words: labial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : uttered with the participation of one or both lips <the labial sounds , , and \n2 : of, relating to, or situated near the lips or labia\n\n<2> noun\n: a labial consonant


Words: labile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : UNSTABLE <a labile mineral>\n2 : readily open to change


Words: laboratory
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a place equipped for experimental study in a science or for testing and analysis; broadly : a place providing opportunity for experimentation, observation, or practice in a field of study b : a place like a laboratory for testing, experimentation, or practice <the laboratory of the mind>\n2 : an academic period set aside for laboratory work


Words: labored
Meaning:
adjective\n: produced or performed with labor <labored breathing>; also : lacking ease of expression <a labored speech>


Words: laborious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : devoted to labor : INDUSTRIOUS\n2 : involving or characterized by hard or toilsome effort : LABORED


Words: laburnum
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a small genus (Laburnum and especially L. anagyroides) of poisonous leguminous shrubs and trees of Eurasia with pendulous racemes of bright yellow flowers


Words: labyrinth
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys b : a maze (as in a garden) formed by paths separated by high hedges\n2 : something extremely complex or tortuous in structure, arrangement, or character : INTRICACY, PERPLEXITY <a labyrinth of swamps and channels> <guided them through the labyrinths of city life Paul Blanshard>\n3 : a tortuous anatomical structure; especially : the internal ear or its bony or membranous part


Words: lac
Meaning:
noun\n: a resinous substance secreted by a scale insect (Laccifer lacca) and used chiefly in the form of shellac


Words: lace
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets\n2 : to draw or pass (as a lace) through something (as eyelets)\n3 : to confine or compress by tightening laces of a garment\n4 a : to adorn with or as if with lace b : to mark with streaks of color\n5 : BEAT, LASH\n6 a : to add a dash of liquor to b : to add something to impart pungency, savor, or zest to <a sauce laced with garlic> <conversation laced with sarcasm> c : to adulterate with a substance <laced a guard’s coffee with a sedative>\nintransitive senses : to admit of being tied or fastened with a lace\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a cord or string used for drawing together two edges (as of a garment or a shoe)\n2 : an ornamental braid for trimming coats or uniforms\n3 : an openwork usually figured fabric made of thread or yarn and used for trimmings, household coverings, and entire garments


Words: lacerate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to tear or rend roughly\n2 : to cause sharp mental or emotional pain to : DISTRESS\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : torn jaggedly : MANGLED b : extremely harrowed or distracted\n2 : having the edges deeply and irregularly cut <a lacerate petal>


Words: lack
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be deficient or missing <time is lacking for a full explanation>\n2 : to be short or have need of something <he will not lack for advisers>\ntransitive senses : to stand in need of : suffer from the absence or deficiency of <lack the necessities of life>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the fact or state of being wanting or deficient\n2 : something that is lacking or is needed


Words: lackey
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : FOOTMAN 2, SERVANT b : someone who does menial tasks or runs errands for another\n2 : a servile follower : TOADY


Words: laconic
Meaning:
adjective\n: using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious


Words: lacquer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a spirit varnish (as shellac) b : any of various durable natural varnishes; especially : a varnish obtained from an Asian sumac (Rhus verniciflua) called also Japanese lacquer\n2 : any of various clear or colored synthetic organic coatings that typically dry to form a film by evaporation of the solvent; especially : a solution of a cellulose derivative (as nitrocellulose)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to coat with or as if with lacquer\n2 : to give a smooth finish or appearance to : make glossy


Words: lacrosse
Meaning:
noun\n: a goal game in which players use a long-handled stick that has a triangular head with a mesh pouch for catching, carrying, and throwing the ball


Words: lacteal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : relating to, consisting of, producing, or resembling milk\n2 a : conveying or containing a milky fluid b : of or relating to the lacteals\n\n<2> noun\n: any of the lymphatic vessels arising from the villi of the small intestine and conveying chyle to the thoracic duct


Words: lactic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of or relating to milk b : obtained from sour milk or whey\n2 : involving the production of lactic acid


Words: lacuna
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a blank space or a missing part : GAP\n2 : a small cavity, pit, or discontinuity in an anatomical structure


Words: lad
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a male person of any age between early boyhood and maturity : BOY, YOUTH\n2 : FELLOW, CHAP


Words: ladder
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a structure for climbing up or down that consists essentially of two long sidepieces joined at intervals by crosspieces on which one may step\n2 : something that resembles or suggests a ladder in form or use; especially : RUN 11a\n3 : a series of usually ascending steps or stages : SCALE <climbing up the corporate ladder>


Words: ladle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a deep-bowled long-handled spoon used especially for dipping up and conveying liquids\n2 : something resembling a ladle in form or function\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to take up and convey in or as if in a ladle


Words: lady
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a woman having proprietary rights or authority especially as a feudal superior b : a woman receiving the homage or devotion of a knight or lover\n2 capitalized : VIRGIN MARY usually used with Our\n3 a : a woman of superior social position b : a woman of refinement and gentle manners c : WOMAN, FEMALE often used in a courteous reference <show the lady to a seat> or usually in the plural in address <ladies and gentlemen>\n4 a : WIFE b : GIRLFRIEND, MISTRESS\n5 a : any of various titled women in Great Britain used as the customary title of (1) a marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness or (2) the wife of a knight, baronet, member of the peerage, or one having the courtesy title of lord and used as a courtesy title for the daughter of a duke, marquess, or earl b : a female member of an order of knighthood compare DAME


Words: ladybug
Meaning:
noun\n: any of numerous small nearly hemispherical often brightly colored beetles (family Coccinellidae) of temperate and tropical regions that usually feed both as larvae and adults on other insects called also lady beetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle


Words: ladylike
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : becoming or suitable to a lady\n2 : resembling a lady in appearance or manners : WELL-BRED\n3 a : feeling or showing too much concern about elegance or propriety <ladylike embarrassment at not being the wife of a real doctor Lewis Vogler> b : lacking in strength, force, or virility


Words: ladyship
Meaning:
noun\n: the condition of being a lady : rank of lady used as a title for a woman having the rank of lady <her Ladyship is not at home> <if your Ladyship please>


Words: lag
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that lags or is last\n2 a : the act or the condition of lagging b : comparative slowness or retardation c (1) : an amount of lagging or the time during which lagging continues (2) : a space of time especially between related events or phenomena : INTERVAL\n3 : the action of lagging for opening shot (as in marbles or billiards)\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to stay or fall behind : LINGER, LOITER b : to move, function, or develop with comparative slowness c : to become retarded in attaining maximum value\n2 : to slacken or weaken gradually : FLAG\n3 : to toss or roll a marble toward a line or a cue ball toward the head cushion to determine order of play\ntransitive senses\n1 : to lag behind <current that lags the voltage>\n2 : to pitch or shoot (as a coin or marble) at a mark\n\n<3> adjective\n: LAST, HINDMOST\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a barrel stave\n2 : a stave, slat, or strip (as of wood or asbestos) forming part of a covering for a cylindrical object\n\n<5> transitive verb\n: to cover or provide with lags\n\n<6> transitive verb\n1 slang chiefly British : to transport or jail for crime\n2 slang chiefly British : ARREST\n\n<7> noun\n1 slang chiefly British a : a person transported for crime b : CONVICT c : an ex-convict\n2 slang chiefly British : a jail sentence : STRETCH


Words: lagniappe
Meaning:
noun\n: a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase; broadly : something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure


Words: lagoon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water\n2 : a shallow artificial pool or pond (as for the processing of sewage or storage of a liquid)


Words: lair
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 dialect British : a resting or sleeping place : BED\n2 a : the resting or living place of a wild animal : DEN b : a refuge or place for hiding\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses , chiefly Scottish : to cause to sink in mire\nintransitive senses , chiefly Scottish : WALLOW


Words: laity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy\n2 : the mass of the people as distinguished from those of a particular profession or those specially skilled


Words: lake
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a considerable inland body of standing water; also : a pool of other liquid (as lava, oil, or pitch)\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal b : any of numerous usually bright translucent organic pigments composed essentially of a soluble dye absorbed on or combined with an inorganic carrier\n2 : CARMINE 2\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses : to cause (blood) to undergo a physiological change in which the hemoglobin becomes dissolved in the plasma\nintransitive senses , of blood : to undergo the process by which hemoglobin becomes dissolved in the plasma


Words: lamb
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a young sheep; especially : one that is less than one year old or without permanent teeth b : the young of various animals (as the smaller antelopes) other than sheep\n2 a : a gentle or weak person b : DEAR, PET c : a person easily cheated or deceived especially in trading securities\n3 a : the flesh of a lamb used as food b : LAMBSKIN\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to bring forth a lamb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to bring forth (a lamb)\n2 : to tend (ewes) at lambing time


Words: lambent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : playing lightly on or over a surface : FLICKERING\n2 : softly bright or radiant\n3 : marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression


Words: lambskin
Meaning:
noun\n: a lamb’s skin or a small fine-grade sheepskin or the leather made from either; specifically : such a skin dressed with the wool on and used especially for winter clothing


Words: lame
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having a body part and especially a limb so disabled as to impair freedom of movement b : marked by stiffness and soreness <a lame shoulder>\n2 : lacking needful or desirable substance : WEAK, INEFFECTUAL <a lame excuse>\n3 slang : not being in the know : SQUARE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make lame : CRIPPLE\n2 : to make weak or ineffective : DISABLE\n\n<3> noun\nslang : a person who is not in the know : SQUARE\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a thin plate especially of metal : LAMINA\n2 plural : small overlapping steel plates joined to slide on one another (as in medieval armor)


Words: lament
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to mourn aloud : WAIL\ntransitive senses\n1 : to express sorrow, mourning, or regret for often demonstratively : MOURN\n2 : to regret strongly\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a crying out in grief : WAILING\n2 : DIRGE, ELEGY\n3 : COMPLAINT


Words: lamina
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a thin plate or scale : LAYER\n2 : the expanded part of a foliage leaf\n3 : one of the narrow thin parallel plates of soft vascular sensitive tissue that cover the flesh within the wall of a hoof


Words: laminated
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : LAMINATE 1\n2 a : composed of layers of firmly united material b : made by bonding or impregnating superposed layers (as of paper, wood, or fabric) with resin and compressing under heat


Words: lamp
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of various devices for producing light or sometimes heat: as (1) : a vessel with a wick for burning an inflammable liquid (as oil) to produce light (2) : a glass bulb or tube that emits light produced by electricity (as an incandescent lamp or fluorescent lamp) b : a decorative appliance housing a lamp that is usually covered by a shade\n2 : a celestial body\n3 : a source of intellectual or spiritual illumination\n4 : EYE 1a usually used in plural


Words: lampoon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: SATIRE 1; specifically : a harsh satire usually directed against an individual\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make the subject of a lampoon : RIDICULE


Words: lamprey
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a family (Petromyzontidae) of eel-shaped freshwater or anadromous jawless fishes that include those cyclostomes having well-developed eyes and a large disk-shaped suctorial mouth armed with horny teeth called also lamprey eel


Words: lance
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry\n2 : any of various sharp objects suggestive of a lance: as a : LANCET b : a spear used for killing whales or fish\n3 : LANCER 1b\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to pierce with or as if with a lance b : to open with or as if with a lancet <lance a boil>\n2 : to throw forward : HURL\nintransitive senses : to move forward quickly


Words: lancer
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one who carries a lance b : a member of a military unit formerly composed of light cavalry armed with lances\n2 plural but singular in construction a : a set of five quadrilles each in a different meter b : the music for such dances


Words: lancet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions\n2 a : LANCET WINDOW b : LANCET ARCH


Words: land
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the solid part of the surface of the earth; also : a corresponding part of a celestial body (as the moon) b : ground or soil of a specified situation, nature, or quality <dry land> c : the surface of the earth and all its natural resources\n2 : a portion of the earth’s solid surface distinguishable by boundaries or ownership <bought land in the country>: as a : COUNTRY <campaigned across the land> b : a rural area characterized by farming or ranching; also : farming or ranching as a way of life <wanted to move back to the land>\n3 : REALM, DOMAIN <in the land of dreams> sometimes used in combination <televisionland>\n4 : the people of a country <the land rose in rebellion>\n5 : an area of a partly machined surface that is left without machining\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to set or put on shore from a ship : DISEMBARK\n2 a : to set down after conveying b : to cause to reach or come to rest in a particular place <never landed a punch> c : to bring to a specified condition <his carelessness landed him in trouble> d : to bring (as an airplane) to a landing\n3 a : to catch and bring in (as a fish) b : GAIN, SECURE <land a job>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to go ashore from a ship : DISEMBARK b of a ship or boat : to touch at a place on shore\n2 a : to come to the end of a course or to a stage in a journey : ARRIVE <took the wrong subway and landed on the other side of town> b : to come to be in a condition or situation <landed in jail> c : to strike or meet a surface (as after a fall) <landed on my head> d : to alight on a surface


Words: landau
Meaning:
noun\n: a four-wheel carriage with a top divided into two sections that can be let down, thrown back, or removed and with a raised seat outside for the driver


Words: landed
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having an estate in land <landed proprietors>\n2 : consisting in or derived from land or real estate <landed wealth>


Words: landfall
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sighting or making of land after a voyage or flight\n2 : the land first sighted on a voyage or flight


Words: landing
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act or process of one that lands; especially : a going or bringing to a surface (as land or shore) after a voyage or flight\n2 : a place for discharging and taking on passengers and cargo\n3 : a level part of a staircase (as at the end of a flight of stairs)


Words: landlocked
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : enclosed or nearly enclosed by land <a landlocked country>\n2 : confined to freshwater by some barrier <landlocked salmon>


Words: landlord
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the owner of property (as land, houses, or apartments) that is leased or rented to another\n2 : the master of an inn or lodging house : INNKEEPER


Words: landmark
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an object (as a stone or tree) that marks the boundary of land\n2 a : a conspicuous object on land that marks a locality b : an anatomical structure used as a point of orientation in locating other structures\n3 : an event or development that marks a turning point or a stage\n4 : a structure (as a building) of unusual historical and usually aesthetic interest; especially : one that is officially designated and set aside for preservation


Words: landscape
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a picture representing a view of natural inland scenery b : the art of depicting such scenery\n2 a : the landforms of a region in the aggregate b : a portion of territory that can be viewed at one time from one place c : a particular area of activity : SCENE <political landscape>\n3 obsolete : VISTA, PROSPECT\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to modify or ornament (a natural landscape) by altering the plant cover\nintransitive senses : to engage in landscape gardening


Words: landslide
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the usually rapid downward movement of a mass of rock, earth, or artificial fill on a slope; also : the mass that moves down\n2 a : a great majority of votes for one side b : an overwhelming victory\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to produce a landslide\n2 : to win an election by a heavy majority


Words: landsman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a fellow countryman\n2 : one who lives on the land; especially : one who knows little or nothing of the sea or seamanship


Words: lane
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a narrow passageway between fences or hedges\n2 : a relatively narrow way or track: as a : an ocean route used by or prescribed for ships b : a strip of roadway for a single line of vehicles c : AIR LANE d : any of several parallel courses on a track or swimming pool in which a competitor must stay during a race e : an unmarked lengthwise division of a playing area which defines the playing zone of a particular player f : a narrow hardwood surface having pins at one end and a shallow channel along each side that is used in bowling g : FREE THROW LANE


Words: language
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a community b (1) : audible, articulate, meaningful sound as produced by the action of the vocal organs (2) : a systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings (3) : the suggestion by objects, actions, or conditions of associated ideas or feelings <language in their very gesture Shakespeare> (4) : the means by which animals communicate (5) : a formal system of signs and symbols (as FORTRAN or a calculus in logic) including rules for the formation and transformation of admissible expressions (6) : MACHINE LANGUAGE 1\n2 a : form or manner of verbal expression; specifically : STYLE b : the vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or a department of knowledge c : PROFANITY\n3 : the study of language especially as a school subject\n;TABLEEntry:language\nPronunciation:*la*-gwij, -wij\nFunction:noun\nEtymology:Middle English, from Old French, from langue tongue, language, from Latin lingua more at TONGUE\nDate:14th century\n\n1 a : the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a community b (1) : audible, articulate, meaningful sound as produced by the action of the vocal organs (2) : a systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings (3) : the suggestion by objects, actions, or conditions of associated ideas or feelings <language in their very gesture Shakespeare> (4) : the means by which animals communicate (5) : a formal system of signs and symbols (as FORTRAN or a calculus in logic) including rules for the formation and transformation of admissible expressions (6) : MACHINE LANGUAGE 1


Words: languid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : WEAK\n2 : sluggish in character or disposition : LISTLESS\n3 : lacking force or quickness of movement : SLOW


Words: languish
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 a : to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated b : to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality\n2 a : to become dispirited : PINE <languishing in prison> b : to suffer neglect <the bill languished in the Senate for eight months>\n3 : to assume an expression of grief or emotion appealing for sympathy


Words: lank
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not well filled out : SLENDER, THIN <lank cattle>\n2 : insufficient in quantity, degree, or extent <lank grass>\n3 : hanging straight and limp without spring or curl <lank hair>


Words: lantern
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a usually portable protective case for a light with transparent openings compare CHINESE LANTERN\n2 a obsolete : LIGHTHOUSE b : the chamber in a lighthouse containing the light c : a structure with glazed or open sides above an opening in a roof for light or ventilation d : a small tower or cupola or one stage of a cupola\n3 : PROJECTOR 2b


Words: lanyard
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a piece of rope or line for fastening something in a ship; especially : one of the pieces passing through deadeyes to extend shrouds or stays\n2 a : a cord or strap to hold something (as a knife or a whistle) and usually worn around the neck b : a cord worn as a symbol of a military citation\n3 : a strong line used to activate a system (as in firing a cannon or sounding a whistle)


Words: lap
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment b archaic : the skirt of a coat or dress\n2 a : the clothing that lies on the knees, thighs, and lower part of the trunk when one sits b : the front part of the lower trunk and thighs of a seated person\n3 : responsible custody : CONTROL <going to drop the whole thing in your lap Hamilton Basso>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to fold over or around something : WIND b : to envelop entirely : SWATHE\n2 : to fold over especially into layers\n3 : to hold protectively in or as if in the lap : CUDDLE\n4 a : to place over and cover a part of : OVERLAP <lap shingles on a roof> b : to join (as two boards) by a lap joint\n5 a : to dress, smooth, or polish (as a metal surface) to a high degree of refinement or accuracy b : to shape or fit by working two surfaces together with or without abrasives until a very close fit is produced\n6 a : to overtake and thereby lead or increase the lead over (another contestant) by a full circuit of a racecourse b : to complete the circuit of (a racecourse)\nintransitive senses\n1 : FOLD, WIND\n2 a : to project beyond or spread over something b : to lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another : OVERLAP\n3 : to traverse a course\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : the amount by which one object overlaps or projects beyond another b : the part of an object that overlaps another\n2 : a smoothing and polishing tool usually consisting of a piece of wood, leather, felt, or soft metal in a special shape used with or without an embedded abrasive\n3 : a doubling or layering of a flexible substance (as fibers or paper)\n4 a : the act or an instance of traversing a course (as a racing track or swimming pool); also : the distance covered b : one segment of a larger unit (as a journey) c : one complete turn (as of a rope around a drum)\n\n<4> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take in food or drink with the tongue\n2 a : to make a gentle intermittent splashing sound b : to move in little waves : WASH\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to take in (food


Words: lapel
Meaning:
noun\n: the part of a garment that is turned back; specifically : the fold of the front of a coat that is usually a continuation of the collar


Words: lapidary
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a cutter, polisher, or engraver of precious stones usually other than diamonds\n2 : the art of cutting gems


Words: Lapp
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a member of a people of northern Scandinavia, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of northern Russia who are traditionally fishermen, nomadic herders of caribou, and hunters of sea mammals\n2 : any or all of the closely related Finno-Ugric languages of the Lapps


Words: lapse
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a slight error typically due to forgetfulness or inattention <a lapse in table manners> b : a temporary deviation or fall especially from a higher to a lower state <a lapse from grace>\n2 : a becoming less : DECLINE\n3 a (1) : the termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within some limit of time (2) : termination of coverage for nonpayment of premiums b : INTERRUPTION, DISCONTINUANCE <returned to college after a lapse of several years>\n4 : an abandonment of religious faith : APOSTASY\n5 : a passage of time; also : INTERVAL


Words: lapwing
Meaning:
noun\n: a crested Old World plover (Vanellus vanellus) noted for its slow irregular flapping flight and shrill wailing cry; also : any of several related plovers


Words: larceny
Meaning:
noun\n: the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently


Words: larch
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Larix) of trees of the pine family with short fascicled deciduous leaves; also : the wood of a larch


Words: lard
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to dress (meat) for cooking by inserting or covering with something (as strips of fat) b : to cover or soil with grease\n2 : to decorate or intersperse with something <the book is larded with anecdotes>\n3 obsolete : to make rich with or as if with fat\n\n<2> noun\n: a soft white solid or semisolid fat obtained by rendering fatty tissue of the hog


Words: large
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 obsolete : LAVISH\n2 obsolete a : AMPLE, ABUNDANT b : EXTENSIVE, BROAD\n3 : having more than usual power, capacity, or scope : COMPREHENSIVE <take the large view> <will take a larger role in the negotiations>\n4 a : exceeding most other things of like kind especially in quantity or size : BIG b : dealing in great numbers or quantities <a large and highly profitable business>\n5 obsolete a of language or expression : COARSE, VULGAR b : lax in conduct : LOOSE\n6 of a wind : FAVORABLE\n7 : EXTRAVAGANT, BOASTFUL <large talk>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 obsolete : in abundance : AMPLY, LIBERALLY\n2 : with the wind abaft the beam\n\n<3> noun\nobsolete : LIBERALITY, GENEROSITY


Words: largo
Meaning:
<1> adverb or adjective\n: at a very slow tempo used as a direction in music\n\n<2> noun\n: a largo movement


Words: lariat
Meaning:
noun\n: a long light rope (as of hemp or leather) used with a running noose to catch livestock or with or without the noose to tether grazing animals : LASSO


Words: lark
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of a family (Alaudidae) of chiefly Old World songbirds that are usually brownish in color; especially : SKYLARK compare MEADOWLARK\n\n<2> noun\n: something done solely for fun or adventure <ran for office on a lark>\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to engage in harmless fun or mischief often used with about


Words: larkspur
Meaning:
noun\n1 : DELPHINIUM\n2 : any of the delphiniums that are annuals, have the upper two petals of the corolla united and the bottom two missing, are now often placed in a separate genus (Consolida), and include several widely cultivated forms


Words: larva
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the immature, wingless, and often wormlike feeding form that hatches from the egg of many insects, alters chiefly in size while passing through several molts, and is finally transformed into a pupa or chrysalis from which the adult emerges\n2 : the early form of an animal (as a frog or sea urchin) that at birth or hatching is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose before assuming the adult characters


Words: larynx
Meaning:
noun\n: the modified upper part of the trachea of air-breathing vertebrates that in humans, most other mammals, and a few lower forms contains the vocal cords


Words: lash
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move violently or suddenly : DASH\n2 : to thrash or beat violently <rain lashed at the windowpanes>\n3 : to make a verbal attack or retort usually used with out\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to whip or fling about violently <the big cat lashed its tail about threateningly> b : to strike or beat with or as if with a whip <waves lashed the shore>\n2 a : to assail with stinging words b : DRIVE, WHIP <lashed them into a fury with his fiery speech>


Words: lasso
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to capture with or as if with a lasso : ROPE\n\n<2> noun\n: a rope or long thong of leather with a noose used especially for catching horses and cattle : LARIAT


Words: last
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to continue in time\n2 a : to remain fresh or unimpaired : ENDURE b : to manage to continue (as in a course of action) c : to continue to live\ntransitive senses\n1 : to continue in existence or action as long as or longer than often used with out <couldn’t last out the training program>\n2 : to be enough for the needs of <the supplies will last them a week>\n\n<2> noun\n: a form (as of metal or plastic) which is shaped like the human foot and over which a shoe is shaped or repaired\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to shape with a last\n\n<4> adverb\n1 : after all others : at the end <came last and left first>\n2 : most lately <saw him last in Rome>\n3 : in conclusion <last, let’s consider the social aspect>\n\n<5> adjective\n1 a : following all the rest <he was the last one out> b : being the only remaining <our last dollar>\n2 a : belonging to the final stage (as of life) <his last hours on earth> b : administered to the seriously sick or dying <the last rites of the church>\n3 a : next before the present : most recent <last week> <his last book was a failure> b : most up-to-date : LATEST <it’s the last thing in fashion>\n4 a : lowest in rank or standing; also : WORST b : farthest from a specified quality, attitude, or likelihood <would be the last person to fall for flattery>\n5 a : CONCLUSIVE <there is no last answer to the problem> b : highest in degree : SUPREME, ULTIMATE c : DISTINCT, SEPARATE used as an intensive <ate every last piece of food>


Words: latch
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms used with on or onto\n2 : to associate oneself intimately and often artfully used with on or onto <latched onto a rich widow>\n\n<2> noun\n: any of various devices in which mating mechanical parts engage to fasten but usually not to lock something: a : a fastener (as for a door) consisting essentially of a pivoted bar that falls into a notch b : a fastener (as for a door) in which a spring slides a bolt into a hole; also : NIGHT LATCH\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to make fast with or as if with a latch


Words: latchstring
Meaning:
noun\n: a string on a latch that may be left hanging outside the door to permit the raising of the latch from the outside or drawn inside to prevent intrusion


Words: late
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a (1) : coming or remaining after the due, usual, or proper time <a late spring> (2) : of, relating to, or imposed because of tardiness b : of or relating to an advanced stage in point of time or development <the late Middle Ages>; especially : far advanced toward the close of the day or night <late hours>\n2 a : living comparatively recently used of persons <the late John Doe> and often with reference to a specific relationship or status <his late wife> b : being something or holding some position or relationship recently but not now <the late belligerents> c : made, appearing, or happening just previous to the present time especially as the most recent of a succession <our late quarrel>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 a : after the usual or proper time <got to work late> b : at or to an advanced point of time\n2 : not long ago : RECENTLY <a man late of Chicago>


Words: latent
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: present and capable of becoming though not now visible, obvious, or active <a latent infection>\n\n<2> noun\n: a fingerprint (as at the scene of a crime) that is scarcely visible but can be developed for study


Words: lateral
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the side\n2 : situated on, directed toward, or coming from the side\n3 : extending from side to side <lateral axis of an airplane>\n4 : produced with passage of breath around the side of a constriction formed with the tongue < is lateral>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a branch from the main part (as in an irrigation or electrical system)\n2 : a pass in football thrown parallel to the line of scrimmage or in a direction away from the opponent’s goal\n3 : a lateral speech sound\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to throw a lateral


Words: latex
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a milky usually white fluid that is produced by cells of various seed plants (as of the milkweed, spurge, and poppy families) and is the source of rubber, gutta-percha, chicle, and balata\n2 : a water emulsion of a synthetic rubber or plastic obtained by polymerization and used especially in coatings (as paint) and adhesives


Words: lath
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a thin narrow strip of wood nailed to rafters, joists, or studding as a groundwork for slates, tiles, or plaster\n2 : a building material in sheets used as a base for plaster\n3 : a quantity of laths


Words: lathe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a machine in which work is rotated about a horizontal axis and shaped by a fixed tool\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cut or shape with a lathe


Words: lather
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a foam or froth formed when a detergent (as soap) is agitated in water b : foam or froth from profuse sweating (as on a horse)\n2 : an agitated or overwrought state : DITHER\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to spread lather over\n2 : to beat severely : FLOG\nintransitive senses : to form a lather or a froth like lather


Words: Latin
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or composed in Latin b : ROMANCE\n2 : of or relating to Latium or the Latins\n3 : of or relating to the part of the Catholic Church that until recently used a Latin rite and forms the patriarchate of the pope\n4 : of or relating to the peoples or countries using Romance languages; specifically : of or relating to the peoples or countries of Latin America\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the Italic language of ancient Latium and of Rome and until modern times the dominant language of school, church, and state in western Europe see INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES table\n2 : a member of the people of ancient Latium\n3 : a Catholic of the Latin rite\n4 : a member of one of the Latin peoples; specifically : a native or inhabitant of Latin America\n5 : LATIN ALPHABET


Words: latitude
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : extent or distance from side to side : WIDTH\n2 : angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: as a : angular distance north or south from the earth’s equator measured through 90 degrees b : angular distance of a celestial body from the ecliptic c : a region or locality as marked by its latitude\n3 a archaic : SCOPE, RANGE b : the range of exposures within which a film or plate will produce a negative or positive of satisfactory quality\n4 : freedom of action or choice


Words: latter
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : belonging to a subsequent time or period : more recent <the latter stages of growth> b : of or relating to the end <in their latter days> c : RECENT, PRESENT <affected by latter calamities>\n2 : of, relating to, or being the second of two groups or things or the last of several groups or things referred to <of ham and beef the latter meat is cheaper today> <of ham and beef the latter is cheaper today>


Words: lattice
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a framework or structure of crossed wood or metal strips b : a window, door, or gate having a lattice c : a network or design resembling a lattice\n2 : a regular geometrical arrangement of points or objects over an area or in space; specifically : the arrangement of atoms in a crystal\n3 : a mathematical set that has some elements ordered and that is such that for any two elements there exists a greatest element in the subset of all elements less than or equal to both and a least element in the subset of all elements greater than or equal to both


Words: laud
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 plural but singular or plural in construction , often capitalized : an office of solemn praise to God forming with matins the first of the canonical hours\n2 : PRAISE, ACCLAIM\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: PRAISE, EXTOL


Words: laugh
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to show mirth, joy, or scorn with a smile and chuckle or explosive sound b : to find amusement or pleasure in something <laughed at his own clumsiness> c : to become amused or derisive <a very skeptical public laughed at our early efforts Graenum Berger>\n2 a : to produce the sound or appearance of laughter <a laughing brook> b : to be of a kind that inspires joy\ntransitive senses\n1 : to influence or move by laughter <laughed the bad singer off the stage>\n2 : to utter with a laugh\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of laughing\n2 a : a cause for derision or merriment : JOKE b : an expression of scorn or mockery : JEER\n3 plural : DIVERSION, SPORT <play baseball just for laughs>


Words: launch
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to throw forward : HURL b : to release, catapult, or send off (a self-propelled object) <launch a rocket>\n2 a : to set (a boat or ship) afloat b : to give (a person) a start <launched in a new career> c (1) : to originate or set in motion : INITIATE, INTRODUCE (2) : to get off to a good start\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to spring forward : TAKE OFF b : to throw oneself energetically : PLUNGE\n2 a archaic : to slide down the ways b : to make a start\n\n<2> noun\n: an act or instance of launching\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a large boat that operates from a ship\n2 : a small motorboat that is open or that has the forepart of the hull covered


Words: launder
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to wash (as clothes) in water\n2 : to make ready for use by washing and ironing <a freshly laundered shirt>\n3 : to transfer (as illegally obtained money or investments) through an outside party to conceal the true source\nintransitive senses : to wash or wash and iron clothing or household linens\n\n<2> noun\n: TROUGH; especially : a box conduit conveying particulate material suspended in water in ore dressing


Words: laundry
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a room for doing the family wash b : a commercial laundering establishment\n2 : clothes or linens that have been or are to be laundered


Words: laureate
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the recipient of honor or recognition for achievement in an art or science; specifically : POET LAUREATE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to crown with or as if with a laurel wreath for excellence or achievement\n2 : to appoint to the office of poet laureate


Words: laurel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of a genus (Laurus of the family Lauraceae, the laurel family) of evergreen trees that have alternate entire leaves, small tetramerous flowers surrounded by bracts, and fruits that are ovoid berries; specifically : a tree (L. nobilis) of southern Europe with foliage used by the ancient Greeks to crown victors in the Pythian games\n2 : a tree or shrub that resembles the true laurel; especially : MOUNTAIN LAUREL\n3 : a crown of laurel : HONOR usually used in plural\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to deck or crown with laurel


Words: lava
Meaning:
noun\n: molten rock that issues from a volcano or from a fissure in the earth’s surface; also : such rock that has cooled and hardened


Words: lavatory
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a vessel (as a basin) for washing; especially : a fixed bowl or basin with running water and drainpipe for washing\n2 : a room with conveniences for washing and usually with one or more toilets\n3 : TOILET 3b


Words: lave
Meaning:
<1> noun\nchiefly dialect : something that is left : RESIDUE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : WASH, BATHE b : to flow along or against\n2 : POUR\nintransitive senses , archaic : to wash oneself : BATHE


Words: lavender
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a Mediterranean mint (Lavandula angustifolia syn. L. officinalis) widely cultivated for its narrow aromatic leaves and spikes of lilac-purple flowers which are dried and used in sachets b : any of several plants congeneric with true lavender and used similarly but often considered inferior\n2 : a pale purple\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to sprinkle or perfume with lavender


Words: lavish
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : expending or bestowing profusely : PRODIGAL\n2 a : expended or produced in abundance b : marked by profusion or excess\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to expend or bestow with profusion : SQUANDER


Words: law
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a binding custom or practice of a community : a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority (2) : the whole body of such customs, practices, or rules (3) : COMMON LAW b (1) : the control brought about by the existence or enforcement of such law (2) : the action of laws considered as a means of redressing wrongs; also : LITIGATION (3) : the agency of or an agent of established law c : a rule or order that it is advisable or obligatory to observe d : something compatible with or enforceable by established law e : CONTROL, AUTHORITY\n2 a often capitalized : the revelation of the will of God set forth in the Old Testament b capitalized : the first part of the Jewish scriptures : PENTATEUCH, TORAH see BIBLE table\n3 : a rule of construction or procedure <the laws of poetry>\n4 : the whole body of laws relating to one subject\n5 a : the legal profession b : law as a department of knowledge : JURISPRUDENCE c : legal knowledge\n6 a : a statement of an order or relation of phenomena that so far as is known is invariable under the given conditions b : a general relation proved or assumed to hold between mathematical or logical expressions\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : LITIGATE\ntransitive senses , chiefly dialect : to sue or prosecute at law


Words: lawful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : being in harmony with the law <a lawful judgment> b : constituted, authorized, or established by law : RIGHTFUL <lawful institutions>\n2 : LAW-ABIDING <lawful citizens>


Words: lawless
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not regulated by or based on law\n2 a : not restrained or controlled by law : UNRULY b : ILLEGAL


Words: lawn
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : an open space between woods : GLADE\n2 : ground (as around a house or in a garden or park) that is covered with grass and is kept mowed\n3 : a relatively even layer of bacteria covering the surface of a culture medium\n\n<2> noun\n: a fine sheer linen or cotton fabric of plain weave that is thinner than cambric


Words: lawrencium
Meaning:
noun\n: a short-lived radioactive element that is produced artificially from californium see ELEMENT table


Words: lawyer
Meaning:
noun\n: one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise as to legal rights and obligations in other matters


Words: lax
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a of the bowels : LOOSE, OPEN b : having loose bowels\n2 : deficient in firmness : not stringent <lax control> <a lax foreman>\n3 a : not tense, firm, or rigid : SLACK <a lax rope> b : having an open or loose texture c : having the constituents spread apart <a lax flower cluster>\n4 : articulated with the muscles involved in a relatively relaxed state (as the vowel in contrast with the vowel )


Words: laxative
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: having a tendency to loosen or relax; specifically : relieving constipation\n\n<2> noun\n: a usually mild laxative drug


Words: lay
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to beat or strike down with force\n2 a : to put or set down b : to place for rest or sleep; especially : BURY\n3 : to bring forth and deposit (an egg)\n4 : CALM, ALLAY <lay the dust>\n5 : BET, WAGER\n6 : to press down giving a smooth and even surface\n7 a : to dispose or spread over or on a surface <lay track> <lay plaster> b : to set in order or position <lay a table for dinner> <lay brick> c : to put (strands) in place and twist to form a rope, hawser, or cable; also : to make by so doing <lay up rope>\n8 a : to impose as a duty, burden, or punishment <lay a tax> b : to put as a burden of reproach <laid the blame on her> c : to advance as an accusation : IMPUTE <the disaster was laid to faulty inspection>\n9 : to place (something immaterial) on something <lay stress on grammar>\n10 : PREPARE, CONTRIVE <a well-laid plan>\n11 a : to bring against or into contact with something : APPLY <laid the watch to his ear> b : to prepare or position for action or operation <lay a fire in the fireplace>; also : to adjust (a gun) to the proper direction and elevation\n12 : to bring to a specified condition <lay waste the land>\n13 a : ASSERT, ALLEGE <lay claim to an estate> b : to submit for examination and judgment <laid her case before the commission>\n14 sometimes vulgar : to copulate with\nintransitive senses\n1 : to produce and deposit eggs\n2 nonstandard : 1LIE\n3 : WAGER, BET\n4 dialect : PLAN, PREPARE\n5 a : to apply oneself vigorously <laid to his oars> b : to proceed to a specified place or position on a ship <lay aloft>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : COVERT, LAIR\n2 : something (as a layer) that lies or is laid\n3 a : line of action : PLAN b : line of work : OCCUPATION\n4 a : terms of sale or employment : PRICE b : share of profit (as on a whaling voyage) paid in lieu of wages\n5 a : the amount of advance of any point in a rope strand for one turn b : the nature of a fiber rope as determined by the amount of twist, the angle of the strands, and the angle of the threads in the strands\n6 : the way in which a thing lies or is


Words: layer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that lays (as a worker who lays brick or a hen that lays eggs)\n2 a : one thickness, course, or fold laid or lying over or under another b : STRATUM c : HORIZON 2\n3 a : a branch or shoot of a plant that roots while still attached to the parent plant b : a plant developed by layering\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to propagate (a plant) by means of layers\n2 a : to place as a layer b : to place a layer on top of c : to form or arrange in layers\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to separate into layers b : to form out of superimposed layers\n2 of a plant : to form roots where a stem comes in contact with the ground


Words: layman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person who is not a member of the clergy\n2 : a person who does not belong to a particular profession or who is not expert in some field


Words: layoff
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a period of inactivity or idleness\n2 : the act of laying off an employee or a workforce; also : SHUTDOWN


Words: layout
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the plan or design or arrangement of something that is laid out: as a : DUMMY 5b b : final arrangement of matter to be reproduced especially by printing\n2 : the act or process of planning or laying out in detail\n3 a : something that is laid out <a model train layout> b : land or structures or rooms used for a particular purpose <a cattle-ranching layout>; also : PLACE c : a set or outfit especially of tools


Words: laze
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to act or lie lazily : IDLE\ntransitive senses : to pass (time) in idleness or relaxation


Words: lazy
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : disinclined to activity or exertion : not energetic or vigorous b : encouraging inactivity or indolence <a lazy summer day>\n2 : moving slowly : SLUGGISH\n3 : DROOPY, LAX <a rabbit with lazy ears>\n4 : placed on its side <lazy livestock brand>\n5 : not rigorous or strict <lazy scholarship>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to move or lie lazily : LAZE


Words: lea
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : GRASSLAND, PASTURE\n2 usually ley : arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing\n\n<2> abbreviation\nleather


Words: lead
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to guide on a way especially by going in advance b : to direct on a course or in a direction c : to serve as a channel for <a pipe leads water to the house>\n2 : to go through : LIVE <lead a quiet life>\n3 a (1) : to direct the operations, activity, or performance of <lead an orchestra> (2) : to have charge of <lead a campaign> (3) : to suggest to (a witness) the answer desired by asking leading questions b (1) : to go at the head of <lead a parade> (2) : to be first in or among <lead the league> (3) : to have a margin over <led his opponent>\n4 : to bring to some conclusion or condition <led to believe otherwise>\n5 : to begin play with <lead trumps>\n6 a : to aim in front of (a moving object) <lead a duck> b : to pass a ball or puck just in front of (a moving teammate)\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to guide someone or something along a way b : to lie, run, or open in a specified place or direction <path leads uphill> c : to guide a dance partner through the steps of a dance\n2 a : to be first b (1) : BEGIN, OPEN (2) : to play the first card of a trick, round, or game\n3 : to tend toward or have a result <study leading to a degree>\n4 : to direct the first of a series of blows at an opponent in boxing\n\n<2> noun\n1 a (1) : LEADERSHIP (2) : EXAMPLE, PRECEDENT b (1) : position at the front : VANGUARD (2) : INITIATIVE (3) : the act or privilege of leading in cards; also : the card or suit led c : a margin or measure of advantage or superiority or position in advance\n2 : one that leads: as a : LODE 2 b : a channel of water especially through a field of ice c : INDICATION, CLUE d : a principal role in a dramatic production; also : one who plays such a role e : LEASH 1 f (1) : an introductory section of a news story (2) : a news story of chief importance\n3 : an insulated electrical conductor connected to an electrical device\n4 : the course of a rope from end to end\n5 : the amount of axial advance of a point accompanying a complete turn of a thread (as of a screw or worm)\n6 : a position taken by a ba


Words: leaden
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : made of lead b : of the color of lead : dull gray\n2 a : oppressively heavy b : SLUGGISH c : lacking spirit or animation


Words: leaf
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a lateral outgrowth from a plant stem that is typically a flattened expanded variably shaped greenish organ, constitutes a unit of the foliage, and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis (2) : a modified leaf primarily engaged in functions other than food manufacture b (1) : FOLIAGE <trees in full leaf> (2) : the leaves of a plant as an article of commerce\n2 : something suggestive of a leaf: as a : a part of a book or folded sheet containing a page on each side b (1) : a part (as of window shutters, folding doors, or gates) that slides or is hinged (2) : the movable parts of a table top c (1) : a thin sheet or plate of any substance : LAMINA (2) : metal (as gold or silver) in sheets usually thinner than foil (3) : one of the plates of a leaf spring\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to shoot out or produce leaves\n2 : to turn over pages <leaf through a book>\ntransitive senses : to turn over the pages of


Words: leaflet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : one of the divisions of a compound leaf b : a small or young foliage leaf\n2 : a leaflike organ or part\n3 : a usually folded printed sheet intended for free distribution\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to hand out leaflets\ntransitive senses : to hand out leaflets to


Words: league
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of various units of distance from about 2.4 to 4.6 statute miles (3.9 to 7.4 kilometers)\n2 : a square league\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an association of nations or other political entities for a common purpose b (1) : an association of persons or groups united by common interests or goals (2) : a group of sports teams that regularly play one another c : an informal alliance\n2 : CLASS, CATEGORY\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses : to unite in a league\nintransitive senses : to form a league


Words: leak
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to enter or escape through an opening usually by a fault or mistake <fumes leak in> b : to let a substance or light in or out through an opening\n2 a : to become known despite efforts at concealment b : to be the source of an information leak\ntransitive senses\n1 : to permit to enter or escape through or as if through a leak\n2 : to give out (information) surreptitiously <leaked the story to the press>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a crack or hole that usually by mistake admits or lets escape b : something that permits the admission or escape of something else usually with prejudicial effect\n2 : the act, process, or an instance of leaking\n3 sometimes vulgar : an act of urinating used especially in the phrase take a leak


Words: leakage
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act or process or an instance of leaking b : loss of electricity especially due to faulty insulation\n2 : something or the amount that leaks


Words: lean
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to incline, deviate, or bend from a vertical position b : to cast one’s weight to one side for support\n2 : to rely for support or inspiration\n3 : to incline in opinion, taste, or desire <leaning toward a career in chemistry>\ntransitive senses : to cause to lean : INCLINE\n\n<2> noun\n: the act or an instance of leaning : INCLINATION\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : lacking or deficient in flesh b : containing little or no fat\n2 : lacking richness, sufficiency, or productiveness\n3 : deficient in an essential or important quality or ingredient: as a of ore : containing little valuable mineral b : low in combustible component used especially of fuel mixtures\n4 : characterized by economy (as of style, expression, or operation)\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to make lean\n\n<5> noun\n: the part of meat that consists principally of lean muscle


Words: leap
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to spring free from or as if from the ground : JUMP <leap over a fence> <a fish leaps out of the water>\n2 a : to pass abruptly from one state or topic to another b : to act precipitately <leaped at the chance>\ntransitive senses : to pass over by leaping\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an act of leaping : SPRING, BOUND b (1) : a place leaped over or from (2) : the distance covered by a leap\n2 a : a sudden passage or transition <a great leap forward> b : a choice made in an area of ultimate concern <a leap of faith>


Words: leapfrog
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a game in which one player bends down and is vaulted over by another player\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to leap or progress in or as if in leapfrog\ntransitive senses\n1 : to go ahead of (each other) in turn; specifically : to advance (two military units) by keeping one unit in action while moving the other unit past it to a position farther in front\n2 : to evade by or as if by a bypass


Words: learn
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to gain knowledge or understanding of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience <learn a trade> (2) : MEMORIZE <learn the lines of a play> b : to come to be able <learn to dance> c : to come to realize <learned that honesty paid>\n2 a nonstandard : TEACH b obsolete : to inform of something\n3 : to come to know : HEAR <we just learned that he was ill>\nintransitive senses : to acquire knowledge or skill or a behavioral tendency


Words: learned
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : characterized by or associated with learning : ERUDITE\n2 : acquired by learning <learned behavior>


Words: learning
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or experience of one that learns\n2 : knowledge or skill acquired by instruction or study\n3 : modification of a behavioral tendency by experience (as exposure to conditioning)


Words: lease
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a contract by which one conveys real estate, equipment, or facilities for a specified term and for a specified rent; also : the act of such conveyance or the term for which it is made\n2 : a piece of land or property that is leased\n3 : a continuance or opportunity for continuance <a new lease on life>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to grant by lease\n2 : to hold under a lease


Words: leash
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a line for leading or restraining an animal b : something that restrains\n2 a : a set of three animals (as greyhounds, foxes, bucks, or hares) b : a set of three


Words: least
Meaning:
<1> adjective \n1 : lowest in importance or position\n2 a : smallest in size or degree b : being a member of a kind distinguished by diminutive size <least bittern> c : smallest possible : SLIGHTEST\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is least\n\n<3> adverb ,superlative of 2LITTLE\n: in the smallest or lowest degree


Words: leather
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : animal skin dressed for use\n2 : the flap of the ear of a dog see DOG illustration\n3 : something wholly or partly made of leather\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cover with leather\n2 : to beat with a strap : THRASH


Words: leave
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : BEQUEATH, DEVISE <left a fortune to his son> (2) : to have remaining after one’s death <leaves a widow and two children> b : to cause to remain as a trace or aftereffect <oil leaves a stain> <the wound left an ugly scar>\n2 a : to cause or allow to be or remain in a specified condition <leave the door open> <his manner left me cold> b : to fail to include or take along <left the notes at home> <the movie leaves a lot out> c : to have as a remainder <4 from 7 leaves 3> d : to permit to be or remain subject to another’s action or control <just leave everything to me> e : LET f : to cause or allow to be or remain available <leave room for expansion> <wanted to leave himself an out>\n3 a : to go away from : DEPART <leave the room> b : DESERT, ABANDON <left his wife> c : to terminate association with : withdraw from <left school before graduation>\n4 : to put, deposit, or deliver before or in the process of departing <someone left a package for you>\nintransitive senses : SET OUT, DEPART\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : permission to do something b : authorized especially extended absence from duty or employment\n2 : an act of leaving : DEPARTURE\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: LEAF


Words: leaven
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a substance (as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid; especially : SOURDOUGH b : a material (as baking powder) used to produce a gas that lightens dough or batter\n2 : something that modifies or lightens\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to raise (as bread) with a leaven\n2 : to mingle or permeate with some modifying, alleviating, or vivifying element


Words: lectern
Meaning:
noun\n: a stand used to support a book in a convenient position for a standing reader; especially : one from which scripture lessons are read in a church service


Words: lecture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a discourse given before an audience or class especially for instruction\n2 : a formal reproof\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to deliver a lecture or a course of lectures\ntransitive senses\n1 : to deliver a lecture to\n2 : to reprove formally


Words: ledge
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a raised or projecting edge or molding intended to protect or check <a window ledge>\n2 : an underwater ridge or reef especially near the shore\n3 a : a narrow flat surface or shelf; especially : one that projects from a wall of rock b : rock that is solid or continuous enough to form ledges : BEDROCK <the field was full of ledge>\n4 : LODE, VEIN


Words: ledger
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a book containing accounts to which debits and credits are posted from books of original entry\n2 : a horizontal timber secured to the uprights of scaffolding to support the putlog


Words: lee
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : protecting shelter\n2 : the side (as of a ship) that is sheltered from the wind\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the side sheltered from the wind compare WEATHER\n2 : facing in the direction of motion of an overriding glacier used especially of a hillside


Words: leech
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : PHYSICIAN, SURGEON\n2 from its former use by physicians for bleeding patients : any of numerous carnivorous or bloodsucking usually freshwater annelid worms (class Hirudinea) that have typically a flattened lanceolate segmented body with a sucker at each end\n3 : a hanger-on who seeks advantage or gain\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to bleed by the use of leeches\n2 : to drain the substance of : EXHAUST\nintransitive senses : to attach oneself to a person as a leech\n\n<3> noun\n1 : either vertical edge of a square sail\n2 : the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail


Words: leek
Meaning:
noun\n: a biennial garden herb (Allium ampeloprasum porrum) of the lily family grown for its mildly pungent succulent linear leaves and especially for its thick cylindrical stalk


Words: leer
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n: to cast a sidelong glance; especially : to give a leer\n\n<2> noun\n: a lascivious, knowing, or wanton look


Words: leeward
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the lee side\n\n<2> adjective\n: being in or facing the direction toward which the wind is blowing; also : being the side opposite the windward


Words: leeway
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : off-course lateral movement of a ship when under way b : the angle between the heading and the track of an airplane\n2 : an allowable margin of freedom or variation : TOLERANCE


Words: left
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, situated on, or being the side of the body in which the heart is mostly located b : located nearer to the left hand than to the right c (1) : located on the left of an observer facing in the same direction as the object specified <stage left> (2) : located on the left when facing downstream <the left bank of a river>\n2 often capitalized : of, adhering to, or constituted by the left especially in politics\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the left hand b : the location or direction of the left side c : the part on the left side\n2 a : LEFT FIELD b : a blow struck with the left fist\n3 often capitalized a : the part of a legislative chamber located to the left of the presiding officer b : the members of a continental European legislative body occupying the left as a result of holding more radical political views than other members\n4 capitalized a : those professing views usually characterized by desire to reform or overthrow the established order especially in politics and usually advocating change in the name of the greater freedom or well-being of the common man b : a radical as distinguished from a conservative position


Words: leftover
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something that remains unused or unconsumed; especially : leftover food served at a later meal usually used in plural\n2 : an anachronistic survival : VESTIGE\n\n<2> adjective\n: not consumed or used <leftover food> <leftover space>


Words: leg
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a limb of an animal used especially for supporting the body and for walking: as a (1) : one of the paired vertebrate limbs that in bipeds extend from the top of the thigh to the foot (2) : the part of such a limb between the knee and foot b : the back half of a hindquarter of a meat animal c : one of the rather generalized segmental appendages of an arthropod used in walking and crawling\n2 a : a pole or bar serving as a support or prop <the legs of a tripod> b : a branch of a forked or jointed object <the legs of a compass>\n3 a : the part of an article of clothing that covers the leg b : the part of the upper (as of a boot) that extends above the ankle\n4 : OBEISANCE, BOW used chiefly in the phrase to make a leg\n5 : a side of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse; also : a side of an isosceles triangle that is not the base\n6 a : the course and distance sailed by a boat on a single tack b : a portion of a trip : STAGE c : one section of a relay race d : one of several events or games necessary to be won to decide a competition <won the first two legs of horse racing’s Triple Crown>\n7 : a branch or part of an object or system\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to use the legs in walking; especially : RUN\n\n<3> abbreviation\nlegal, legato, legislative, legislature


Words: legacy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : BEQUEST\n2 : something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past <the legacy of the ancient philosophers>


Words: legal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to law\n2 a : deriving authority from or founded on law : DE JURE b : having a formal status derived from law often without a basis in actual fact : TITULAR <a corporation is a legal but not a real person> c : established by law; especially : STATUTORY\n3 : conforming to or permitted by law or established rules\n4 : recognized or made effective by a court of law as distinguished from a court of equity\n5 : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the profession of law or of one of its members\n6 : created by the constructions of the law <a legal fiction>\n\n<2> noun\n: one that conforms to rules or the law


Words: legalism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : strict, literal, or excessive conformity to the law or to a religious or moral code <the institutionalized legalism that restricts free choice>\n2 : a legal term or rule


Words: legation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the sending forth of a legate\n2 : a body of deputies sent on a mission; specifically : a diplomatic mission in a foreign country headed by a minister\n3 : the official residence and office of a diplomatic minister in a foreign country


Words: legend
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a story coming down from the past; especially : one popularly regarded as historical although not verifiable b : a body of such stories <a place in the legend of the frontier> c : a popular myth of recent origin d : a person or thing that inspires legends e : the subject of a legend <its violence was legend even in its own time William Broyles Jr.>\n2 a : an inscription or title on an object (as a coin) b : CAPTION 2b c : an explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart


Words: leghorn
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a fine plaited straw made from an Italian wheat b : a hat of this straw\n2 : any of a Mediterranean breed of small hardy fowls noted for their large production of white eggs


Words: legible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : capable of being read or deciphered : PLAIN\n2 : capable of being discovered or understood


Words: legion
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the principal unit of the Roman army comprising 3000 to 6000 foot soldiers with cavalry\n2 : a large military force; especially : ARMY 1a\n3 : a very large number : MULTITUDE\n4 : a national association of ex-servicemen\n\n<2> adjective\n: MANY, NUMEROUS <the problems are legion>


Words: legislate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to perform the function of legislation; specifically : to make or enact laws\ntransitive senses : to cause, create, provide, or bring about by or as if by legislation


Words: legislation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the action of legislating; specifically : the exercise of the power and function of making rules (as laws) that have the force of authority by virtue of their promulgation by an official organ of a state or other organization\n2 : the enactments of a legislator or a legislative body\n3 : a matter of business for or under consideration by a legislative body


Words: legislative
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having the power or performing the function of legislating b : belonging to the branch of government that is charged with such powers as making laws, levying and collecting taxes, and making financial appropriations compare EXECUTIVE, JUDICIAL\n2 a : of or relating to a legislature <legislative committees> b : composed of members of a legislature <legislative caucus> c : created by a legislature especially as distinguished from an executive or judicial body d : designed to assist a legislature or its members <a legislative research agency>\n3 : of, concerned with, or created by legislation\n\n<2> noun\n: the body or department exercising the power and function of legislating : LEGISLATURE


Words: legislature
Meaning:
noun\n: a body of persons having the power to legislate; specifically : an organized body having the authority to make laws for a political unit


Words: legitimate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : lawfully begotten; specifically : born in wedlock b : having full filial rights and obligations by birth <a legitimate child>\n2 : being exactly as purposed : neither spurious nor false <legitimate grievance> <a legitimate practitioner>\n3 a : accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements <a legitimate government> b : ruling by or based on the strict principle of hereditary right <a legitimate king>\n4 : conforming to recognized principles or accepted rules and standards <legitimate advertising expenditure> <legitimate inference>\n5 : relating to plays acted by professional actors but not including revues, burlesque, or some forms of musical comedy <the legitimate theater>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make legitimate: a (1) : to give legal status or authorization to (2) : to show or affirm to be justified b : to put (a bastard) in the state of a legitimate child before the law by legal means


Words: legman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a reporter assigned usually to gather information\n2 : an assistant who performs various subordinate tasks (as gathering information or running errands)


Words: legume
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food b : a vegetable used for food\n2 : any of a large family (Leguminosae syn. Fabaceae) of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees having fruits that are legumes (sense 3) or loments, bearing nodules on the roots that contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and including important food and forage plants (as peas, beans, or clovers)\n3 : a dry dehiscent one-celled fruit developed from a simple superior ovary and usually dehiscing into two valves with the seeds attached to the ventral suture : POD


Words: leisure
Meaning:
noun\n1 : freedom provided by the cessation of activities; especially : time free from work or duties\n2 : EASE, LEISURELINESS


Words: leitmotiv
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an associated melodic phrase or figure that accompanies the reappearance of an idea, person, or situation especially in a Wagnerian music drama\n2 : a dominant recurring theme


Words: lek
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an assembly area where animals (as the prairie chicken) carry on display and courtship behavior\n\n<2> noun\n"


Words: lemming
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various small short-tailed furry-footed rodents (as genera Lemmus and Dicrostonyx) of circumpolar distribution that are notable for the recurrent mass migrations of a European form (L. lemmus) which often continue into the sea where vast numbers are drowned


Words: lemon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an acid fruit that is botanically a many-seeded pale yellow oblong berry and is produced by a small thorny tree (Citrus limon) b : a tree that bears lemons\n2 : one (as an automobile) that is unsatisfactory or defective\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of the color lemon yellow\n2 a : containing lemon b : having the flavor or scent of lemon


Words: lend
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to give for temporary use on condition that the same or its equivalent be returned b : to let out (money) for temporary use on condition of repayment with interest\n2 a : to give the assistance or support of : AFFORD, FURNISH <a dispassionate and scholarly manner which lends great force to his criticisms Times Literary Supplement> b : to adapt or apply (oneself) readily : ACCOMMODATE <a topic that lends itself admirably to class discussion>\nintransitive senses : to make a loan


Words: length
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the longer or longest dimension of an object b : a measured distance or dimension <10 feet in length> see METRIC SYSTEM table, WEIGHT table c : the quality or state of being long\n2 a : duration or extent in time b : relative duration or stress of a sound\n3 a : distance or extent in space b : the length of something taken as a unit of measure <his horse led by a length>\n4 : the degree to which something (as a course of action or a line of thought) is carried often used in plural <went to great lengths to learn the truth>\n5 a : a long expanse or stretch b : a piece constituting or usable as part of a whole or of a connected series : SECTION <a length of pipe>\n6 : a vertical dimension of an article of clothing


Words: lenient
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : exerting a soothing or easing influence : relieving pain or stress\n2 : of mild and tolerant disposition; especially : INDULGENT


Words: lens
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a piece of transparent material (as glass) that has two opposite regular surfaces either both curved or one curved and the other plane and that is used either singly or combined in an optical instrument for forming an image by focusing rays of light b : a combination of two or more simple lenses c : a piece of glass or plastic used (as in safety goggles or sunglasses) to protect the eye\n2 : a device for directing or focusing radiation other than light (as sound waves, radio microwaves, or electrons)\n3 : something shaped like a biconvex optical lens <lens of sandstone>\n4 : a highly transparent biconvex lens-shaped or nearly spherical body in the eye that focuses light rays (as upon the retina) see EYE illustration\n5 : something that facilitates and influences perception, comprehension, or evaluation <the author’s own lens seems blurred by bias Seymour Topping>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make a motion picture of : FILM


Words: Lent
Meaning:
noun\n: the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter observed by the Roman Catholic, Eastern, and some Protestant churches as a period of penitence and fasting


Words: lentil
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a widely cultivated Eurasian annual leguminous plant (Lens culinaris) with flattened edible seeds and leafy stalks used as fodder\n2 : the seed of the lentil


Words: leopard
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large strong cat (Panthera pardus) of southern Asia and Africa that is adept at climbing and is usually tawny or buff with black spots arranged in rosettes called also panther\n2 : a heraldic representation of a lion passant guardant


Words: leotard
Meaning:
noun\n: a close-fitting one-piece garment worn especially by dancers, acrobats, and aerialists; also : TIGHTS often used in plural


Words: leprechaun
Meaning:
noun\n: a mischievous elf of Irish folklore usually believed to reveal the hiding place of treasure if caught


Words: leprosy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a chronic disease caused by a bacillus (Mycobacterium leprae) and characterized by the formation of nodules or of macules that enlarge and spread accompanied by loss of sensation with eventual paralysis, wasting of muscle, and production of deformities and mutilations\n2 : a morally or spiritually harmful influence


Words: lepton
Meaning:
<1> noun\n\n\n<2> noun\n: any of a family of particles (as electrons, muons, and neutrinos) that have spin quantum number 12 and that experience no strong forces


Words: lesbian
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to Lesbos\n2 from the reputed homosexual band associated with Sappho of Lesbos : of or relating to homosexuality between females\n\n<2> noun\n: a female homosexual


Words: lesion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : INJURY, HARM\n2 : an abnormal change in structure of an organ or part due to injury or disease; especially : one that is circumscribed and well defined


Words: less
Meaning:
<1> adjective \n1 : constituting a more limited number <less than three>\n2 : of lower rank, degree, or importance <no less a person than the president himself>\n3 a : of reduced size, extent, or degree b : more limited in quantity <in less time>\n\n<2> adverb ,comparative of 2LITTLE\n: to a lesser extent or degree\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a smaller portion or quantity\n2 : something of less importance\n\n<4> preposition\n: diminished by : MINUS


Words: lessen
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to shrink in size, number, or degree : DECREASE\ntransitive senses\n1 : to reduce in size, extent, or degree\n2 a archaic : to represent as of little value b : to lower in status or dignity : DEGRADE


Words: lesser
Meaning:
<1> adjective \n: of less size, quality, degree, or significance : of lower status\n\n<2> adverb\n: LESS <lesser-known>


Words: lesson
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a passage from sacred writings read in a service of worship\n2 a : a piece of instruction b : a reading or exercise to be studied by a pupil c : a division of a course of instruction\n3 a : something learned by study or experience <his years of travel had taught him valuable lessons> b : an instructive example <the lessons of history> c : REPRIMAND\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to give a lesson to : INSTRUCT\n2 : LECTURE, REBUKE


Words: lest
Meaning:
conjunction\n: for fear that used after an expression denoting fear or apprehension <worried lest she should be late> <hesitant to speak out lest he be fired>


Words: let
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\narchaic : HINDER, PREVENT\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something that impedes : OBSTRUCTION\n2 : a shot or point in racket games that does not count and must be replayed\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to : MAKE <let me know>\n2 a : to offer or grant for rent or lease <let rooms> b : to assign especially after bids <let a contract>\n3 a : to give opportunity to or fail to prevent <live and let live> <a break in the clouds let us see the summit> <let the opportunity slip> b used in the imperative to introduce a request or proposal <let us pray> c used as an auxiliary to express a warning <let him try>\n4 : to free from or as if from confinement <let out a scream> <let blood>\n5 : to permit to enter, pass, or leave <let them through> <let them off with a warning>\n6 : to make an adjustment to <let out the waist>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become rented or leased\n2 : to become awarded to a contractor


Words: letdown
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : DISCOURAGEMENT, DISAPPOINTMENT b : a slackening of effort : RELAXATION\n2 : the descent of an aircraft or spacecraft to the point at which a landing approach is begun


Words: lethal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or causing death <death by lethal injection> b : capable of causing death <lethal chemicals>\n2 : gravely damaging or destructive : DEVASTATING <a lethal attack on his reputation>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an abnormality of genetic origin causing the death of the organism possessing it\n2 : LETHAL GENE


Words: letter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a symbol usually written or printed representing a speech sound and constituting a unit of an alphabet\n2 a : a direct or personal written or printed message addressed to a person or organization b : a written communication containing a grant usually used in plural\n3 plural but singular or plural in construction a : LITERATURE, BELLES LETTRES b : LEARNING\n4 : the strict or outward sense or significance <the letter of the law>\n5 a : a single piece of type b : a style of type\n6 : the initial of a school awarded to a student for achievement usually in athletics\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to set down in letters : PRINT\n2 : to mark with letters\nintransitive senses : to win an athletic letter\n\n<3> noun\n: one that rents or leases


Words: letterhead
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sheet of stationery printed or engraved usually with the name and address of an organization\n2 : the heading at the top of a letterhead


Words: letterpress
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the process of printing from an inked raised surface especially when the paper is impressed directly upon the surface\n2 chiefly British : text (as of a book) distinct from pictorial illustrations


Words: lettuce
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Lactuca) of composite plants; especially : a common garden vegetable (L. sativa) whose succulent leaves are used especially in salads


Words: leukemia
Meaning:
noun\n: an acute or chronic disease in humans and other warm-blooded animals characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the tissues and often in the blood


Words: levee
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed\n2 : an afternoon assembly at which the British sovereign or his or her representative receives only men\n3 : a reception usually in honor of a particular person\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an embankment for preventing flooding b : a river landing place : PIER\n2 : a continuous dike or ridge (as of earth) for confining the irrigation areas of land to be flooded\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to provide with a levee


Words: level
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a device for establishing a horizontal line or plane by means of a bubble in a liquid that shows adjustment to the horizontal by movement to the center of a slightly bowed glass tube\n2 : a measurement of the difference of altitude of two points by means of a level\n3 : horizontal condition; especially : equilibrium of a fluid marked by a horizontal surface of even altitude <water seeks its own level>\n4 a : an approximately horizontal line or surface taken as an index of altitude b : a practically horizontal surface or area (as of land)\n5 : a position in a scale or rank <funded at the national level>\n6 a : a line or surface that cuts perpendicularly all plumb lines that it meets and hence would everywhere coincide with a surface of still water b : the plane of the horizon or a line in it\n7 : a horizontal passage in a mine intended for regular working and transportation\n8 : a concentration of a constituent especially of a body fluid (as blood)\n9 : the magnitude of a quantity considered in relation to an arbitrary reference value; broadly : MAGNITUDE, INTENSITY <a high level of hostility>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make (a line or surface) horizontal : make flat or level <level a field> <level off a house lot>\n2 a : to bring to a horizontal aiming position b : AIM, DIRECT <leveled a charge of fraud>\n3 : to bring to a common level or plane : EQUALIZE <love levels all ranks W. S. Gilbert>\n4 a : to lay level with or as if with the ground : RAZE b : to knock down <leveled him with one punch>\n5 : to make (as color) even or uniform\n6 : to find the heights of different points in (a piece of land) especially with a surveyor’s level\nintransitive senses\n1 : to attain or come to a level <the plane leveled off at 10,000 feet>\n2 : to aim a gun or other weapon horizontally\n3 : to bring persons or things to a level\n4 : to deal frankly and openly\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : having no part higher than another : conforming to the curvature of the liquid parts of the earth’s surface b : parallel with the plane of the hori


Words: lever
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a bar used for prying or dislodging something b : an inducing or compelling force : TOOL <use food as a political lever Time>\n2 a : a rigid piece that transmits and modifies force or motion when forces are applied at two points and it turns about a third; specifically : a rigid bar used to exert a pressure or sustain a weight at one point of its length by the application of a force at a second and turning at a third on a fulcrum b : a projecting piece by which a mechanism is operated or adjusted\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to pry, raise, or move with or as if with a lever\n2 : to operate (a device) in the manner of a lever


Words: leverage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the action of a lever or the mechanical advantage gained by it\n2 : POWER, EFFECTIVENESS <trying to gain more political leverage>\n3 : the use of credit to enhance one’s speculative capacity\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to provide (as a corporation) or supplement (as money) with leverage; also : to enhance as if by supplying with financial leverage


Words: leviathan
Meaning:
noun\n1 a often capitalized : a sea monster defeated by Yahweh in various scriptural accounts b : a large sea animal\n2 capitalized : the political state; especially : a totalitarian state having a vast bureaucracy\n3 : something large or formidable


Words: levitate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to rise or float in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation\ntransitive senses : to cause to levitate


Words: levy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the imposition or collection of an assessment b : an amount levied\n2 a : the enlistment or conscription of men for military service b : troops raised by levy\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to impose or collect by legal authority <levy a tax> b : to require by authority\n2 : to enlist or conscript for military service\n3 : to carry on (war) : WAGE\nintransitive senses : to seize property


Words: lexicography
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the editing or making of a dictionary\n2 : the principles and practices of dictionary making


Words: lexicon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : DICTIONARY\n2 a : the vocabulary of a language, an individual speaker or group of speakers, or a subject b : the total stock of morphemes in a language\n3 : REPERTOIRE, INVENTORY


Words: liability
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of being liable b : PROBABILITY\n2 : something for which one is liable; especially : pecuniary obligation : DEBT usually used in plural\n3 : one that acts as a disadvantage : DRAWBACK


Words: liable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : obligated according to law or equity : RESPONSIBLE b : subject to appropriation or attachment\n2 a : being in a position to incur used with to <liable to a fine> b : exposed or subject to some usually adverse contingency or action <watch out or you’re liable to fall>


Words: liaison
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a binding or thickening agent used in cooking\n2 a : a close bond or connection : INTERRELATIONSHIP b : an illicit sexual relationship : AFFAIR 3a\n3 a : communication for establishing and maintaining mutual understanding and cooperation (as between parts of an armed force) b : one that establishes and maintains liaison\n4 : the pronunciation of an otherwise absent consonant sound at the end of the first of two consecutive words the second of which begins with a vowel sound and follows without pause


Words: libation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice (as to a deity) b : a liquid (as wine) used in a libation\n2 a : an act or instance of drinking often ceremoniously b : BEVERAGE; especially : a drink containing alcohol


Words: libel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought b archaic : a handbill especially attacking or defaming someone\n2 a : a written or oral defamatory statement or representation that conveys an unjustly unfavorable impression b (1) : a statement or representation published without just cause and tending to expose another to public contempt (2) : defamation of a person by written or representational means (3) : the publication of blasphemous, treasonable, seditious, or obscene writings or pictures (4) : the act, tort, or crime of publishing such a libel\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to make libelous statements\ntransitive senses : to make or publish a libel against


Words: liberal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or based on the liberal arts <liberal education> b archaic : of or befitting a man of free birth\n2 a : marked by generosity : OPENHANDED <a liberal giver> b : given or provided in a generous and openhanded way <a liberal meal> c : AMPLE, FULL\n3 obsolete : lacking moral restraint : LICENTIOUS\n4 : not literal or strict : LOOSE <a liberal translation>\n5 : BROAD-MINDED; especially : not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or traditional forms\n6 a : of, favoring, or based upon the principles of liberalism b capitalized : of or constituting a political party advocating or associated with the principles of political liberalism; especially : of or constituting a political party in the United Kingdom associated with ideals of individual especially economic freedom, greater individual participation in government, and constitutional, political, and administrative reforms designed to secure these objectives\n\n<2> noun\n: a person who is liberal: as a : one who is open-minded or not strict in the observance of orthodox, traditional, or established forms or ways b capitalized : a member or supporter of a liberal political party c : an advocate or adherent of liberalism especially in individual rights


Words: liberalism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being liberal\n2 a often capitalized : a movement in modern Protestantism emphasizing intellectual liberty and the spiritual and ethical content of Christianity b : a theory in economics emphasizing individual freedom from restraint and usually based on free competition, the self-regulating market, and the gold standard c : a political philosophy based on belief in progress, the essential goodness of the human race, and the autonomy of the individual and standing for the protection of political and civil liberties d capitalized : the principles and policies of a Liberal party


Words: liberate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to set at liberty : FREE; specifically : to free (as a country) from domination by a foreign power\n2 : to free from combination <liberate the gas by adding acid>\n3 : to take or take over illegally or unjustly <material liberated from a nearby construction site Thorne Dreyer>


Words: libertarian
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an advocate of the doctrine of free will\n2 a : a person who upholds the principles of absolute and unrestricted liberty especially of thought and action b capitalized : a member of a political party advocating libertarian principles


Words: libertine
Meaning:
noun\n1 usually disparaging : a freethinker especially in religious matters\n2 : a person who is unrestrained by convention or morality; specifically : one leading a dissolute life


Words: liberty
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being free: a : the power to do as one pleases b : freedom from physical restraint c : freedom from arbitrary or despotic control d : the positive enjoyment of various social, political, or economic rights and privileges e : the power of choice\n2 a : a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant : PRIVILEGE b : permission especially to go freely within specified limits\n3 : an action going beyond normal limits: as a : a breach of etiquette or propriety : FAMILIARITY b : RISK, CHANCE <took foolish liberties with his health> c : a violation of rules or a deviation from standard practice d : a distortion of fact\n4 : a short authorized absence from naval duty usually for less than 48 hours


Words: libido
Meaning:
noun\n1 : emotional or psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges and that is usually goal-directed\n2 : sexual drive


Words: library
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films) are kept for use but not for sale b : a collection of such materials\n2 a : a collection resembling or suggesting a library <a library of computer programs> <wine library> b : MORGUE 2\n3 a : a series of related books issued by a publisher b : a collection of publications on the same subject\n4 : a collection of sequences of DNA and especially recombinant DNA that are maintained in a suitable cellular environment and that represent the genetic material of a particular organism or tissue


Words: libretto
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the text of a work (as an opera) for the musical theater\n2 : the book containing a libretto


Words: Libyan
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a native or inhabitant of Libya\n2 : a language of ancient No. Africa probably ancestral to Berber dialects


Words: license
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : permission to act b : freedom of action\n2 a : a permission granted by competent authority to engage in a business or occupation or in an activity otherwise unlawful b : a document, plate, or tag evidencing a license granted\n3 a : freedom that allows or is used with irresponsibility b : disregard for standards of personal conduct : LICENTIOUSNESS\n4 : deviation from fact, form, or rule by an artist or writer for the sake of the effect gained\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to issue a license to b : to permit or authorize especially by formal license\n2 : to give permission or consent to


Words: licentiate
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who has a license granted especially by a university to practice a profession\n2 : an academic degree ranking below that of doctor given by some European universities


Words: licentious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lacking legal or moral restraints; especially : disregarding sexual restraints\n2 : marked by disregard for strict rules of correctness


Words: lichen
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of several skin diseases characterized by a papular eruption\n2 : any of numerous complex thallophytic plants made up of an alga and a fungus growing in symbiotic association on a solid surface (as a rock)


Words: lick
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to draw the tongue over <lick a stamp> (2) : to flicker over like a tongue b : to take into the mouth with the tongue : LAP\n2 a : to strike repeatedly : THRASH b : to get the better of : OVERCOME, DEFEAT <has licked every problem>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to lap with or as if with the tongue\n2 : to dart like a tongue <flames licking out of windows>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an act or instance of licking b : a small amount : BIT <couldn’t swim a lick> c : a hasty careless effort\n2 a : a sharp hit : BLOW b : a directed effort : CRACK usually used in plural; usually used in the phrase get in one’s licks\n3 a : a natural salt deposit (as a salt spring) that animals lick b : a block of often medicated saline preparation given to livestock to lick\n4 : a musical figure; specifically : an interpolated and usually improvised figure or flourish\n5 : a critical thrust : DIG, BARB


Words: licorice
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the dried root of a European leguminous plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra) with pinnate leaves and spikes of blue flowers; also : an extract of this used especially in medicine, liquors, and confectionery b : a candy flavored with licorice\n2 : a plant yielding licorice


Words: lid
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a movable cover for the opening of a hollow container (as a vessel or box)\n2 : EYELID\n3 : the operculum in mosses\n4 slang : HAT\n5 : something that confines, limits, or suppresses : CHECK, RESTRAINT\n6 : an ounce of marijuana\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cover or supply with a lid


Words: lie
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 a : to be or to stay at rest in a horizontal position : be prostrate : REST, RECLINE <lie motionless> <lie asleep> b : to assume a horizontal position often used with down c archaic : to reside temporarily : stay for the night : LODGE d : to have sexual intercourse used with with e : to remain inactive (as in concealment) <lie in wait>\n2 : to be in a helpless or defenseless state <the town lay at the mercy of the invaders>\n3 of an inanimate thing : to be or remain in a flat or horizontal position upon a broad support <books lying on the table>\n4 : to have direction : EXTEND <the route lay to the west>\n5 a : to occupy a certain relative place or position <hills lie behind us> b : to have a place in relation to something else <the real reason lies deeper> c : to have an effect through mere presence, weight, or relative position <remorse lay heavily on him> d : to be sustainable or admissible\n6 : to remain at anchor or becalmed\n7 a : to have place : EXIST <the choice lay between fighting or surrendering> b : CONSIST, BELONG <the success of the book lies in its direct style> <responsibility lay with the adults>\n8 : REMAIN; especially : to remain unused, unsought, or uncared for\n\n<2> noun\n1 chiefly British : LAY 6\n2 : the position or situation in which something lies <a golf ball in a difficult lie>\n3 : the haunt of an animal (as a fish) : COVERT\n4 British : an act or instance of lying or resting\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive\n2 : to create a false or misleading impression\ntransitive senses : to bring about by telling lies <lied his way out of trouble>\n\n<4> noun\n1 a : an assertion of something known or believed by the speaker to be untrue with intent to deceive b : an untrue or inaccurate statement that may or may not be believed true by the speaker\n2 : something that misleads or deceives\n3 : a charge of lying


Words: lief
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 archaic : DEAR, BELOVED\n2 archaic : WILLING, GLAD\n\n<2> adverb\n: SOON, GLADLY <I’d as lief go as not>


Words: liege
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having the right to feudal allegiance or service <his liege lord> b : obligated to render feudal allegiance and service\n2 : FAITHFUL, LOYAL\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a vassal bound to feudal service and allegiance b : a loyal subject\n2 : a feudal superior to whom allegiance and service are due


Words: lien
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law\n2 : the security interest created by a mortgage


Words: lieutenant
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an official empowered to act for a higher official b : an aide or representative of another in the performance of duty : ASSISTANT\n2 a (1) : FIRST LIEUTENANT (2) : SECOND LIEUTENANT b : a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a lieutenant junior grade and below a lieutenant commander c : a fire or police department officer ranking below a captain


Words: life
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body b : a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings compare VITALISM 1 c : an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism, growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction\n2 a : the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up the existence of an individual b : one or more aspects of the process of living <sex life of the frog>\n3 : BIOGRAPHY 1\n4 : spiritual existence transcending physical death\n5 a : the period from birth to death b : a specific phase of earthly existence <adult life> c : the period from an event until death <a judge appointed for life> d : a sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of a convict’s life\n6 : a way or manner of living\n7 : LIVELIHOOD\n8 : a vital or living being; specifically : PERSON <many lives were lost in the disaster>\n9 : an animating and shaping force or principle\n10 : SPIRIT, ANIMATION <there was no life in her dancing>\n11 : the form or pattern of something existing in reality <painted from life>\n12 : the period of duration, usefulness, or popularity of something <the expected life of flashlight batteries>\n13 : the period of existence (as of a subatomic particle) compare HALF-LIFE\n14 : a property (as resilience or elasticity) of an inanimate substance or object resembling the animate quality of a living being\n15 : living beings (as of a particular kind or environment) <forest life>\n16 a : human activities b : animate activity and movement <stirrings of life> c : the activities of a given sphere, area, or time <the political life of the country>\n17 : one providing interest and vigor <life of the party>\n18 : an opportunity for continued viability <gave the patient a new life>\n19 capitalized , Christian Science : GOD 1b\n20 : something resembling animate life <a grant saved the project’s life>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to animate being\n2 : LIFELONG <a life member>\n3 : using a living model <a life class>\n4 : of, re


Words: lifeblood
Meaning:
noun\n1 : blood regarded as the seat of vitality\n2 : a vital or life-giving force <freedom of inquiry is the lifeblood of a university>


Words: lifeboat
Meaning:
noun\n: a sturdy buoyant boat (as one carried by a ship) for use in an emergency and especially in saving lives at sea


Words: lifeline
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a line (as a rope) used for saving or preserving life: as a : a line along the outer edge of the deck of a boat or ship b : a line used to keep contact with a person (as a diver or astronaut) in a dangerous or potentially dangerous situation\n2 : something regarded as indispensable for the maintaining or protection of life


Words: lifer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person sentenced to imprisonment for life\n2 : a person who makes a career of one of the armed forces\n3 : a person who has made a lifelong commitment (as to a way of life)


Words: lifesaving
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: designed for or used in saving lives <lifesaving drugs>\n\n<2> noun\n: the skill or practice of saving or protecting the lives especially of drowning persons


Words: lifetime
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the duration of the existence of a living being or a thing (as a star or a subatomic particle) b : LIFE 12\n2 : an amount accumulated or experienced in a lifetime <a lifetime of regrets>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : LIFELONG\n2 : measured or achieved over the span of a career <a baseball player’s lifetime batting average>


Words: lift
Meaning:
<1> noun\nchiefly Scottish : HEAVENS, SKY\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to raise from a lower to a higher position : ELEVATE b : to raise in rank or condition c : to raise in rate or amount\n2 : to put an end to (a blockade or siege) by withdrawing or causing the withdrawal of investing forces\n3 : REVOKE, RESCIND <lift an embargo>\n4 a : STEAL <had her purse lifted> b : PLAGIARIZE c : to take out of normal setting <lift a word out of context>\n5 : to take up (as a root crop or transplants) from the ground\n6 : to pay off (an obligation) <lift a mortgage>\n7 : to move from one place to another (as by aircraft) : TRANSPORT\n8 : to take up (a fingerprint) from a surface\nintransitive senses\n1 a : ASCEND, RISE <the rocket lifted off> b : to appear elevated (as above surrounding objects)\n2 of inclement weather : to dissipate and clear\n\n<3> noun\n1 : the amount that may be lifted at one time : LOAD\n2 a : the action or an instance of lifting b : the action or an instance of rising c : elevated carriage (as of a body part) d : the lifting up (as of a dancer) usually by a partner\n3 : a device (as a handle or latch) for lifting\n4 : an act of stealing : THEFT\n5 a : ASSISTANCE, HELP b : a ride especially along one’s way\n6 : a layer in the heel of a shoe\n7 : a rise or advance in position or condition\n8 : a slight rise or elevation\n9 : the distance or extent to which something rises\n10 : an apparatus or machine used for hoisting: as a : a set of pumps used in a mine b chiefly British : ELEVATOR 1b c : an apparatus for raising an automobile (as for repair) d : SKI LIFT\n11 a : an elevating influence b : an elevation of the spirit\n12 a : the component of the total aerodynamic force acting on an airplane or airfoil that is perpendicular to the relative wind and that for an airplane constitutes the upward force that opposes the pull of gravity b : an updraft that can be used to increase altitude (as of a sailplane)\n13 : an organized movement of people, equipment, or supplies by some form of transportation; especially : AIRLIFT


Words: ligament
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a tough band of tissue connecting the articular extremities of bones or supporting an organ in place\n2 : a connecting or unifying bond <the law of nations, the great ligament of mankind Edmund Burke>


Words: ligature
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : something that is used to bind; specifically : a filament (as a thread) used in surgery b : something that unites or connects : BOND\n2 : the action of binding or tying\n3 : a compound note in mensural notation indicating a group of musical notes to be sung to one syllable\n4 : a printed or written character (as < or U) consisting of two or more letters or characters joined together


Words: light
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : something that makes vision possible b : the sensation aroused by stimulation of the visual receptors c : an electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range including infrared, visible, ultraviolet, and rays and traveling in a vacuum with a speed of about 186,281 miles (300,000 kilometers) per second; specifically : the part of this range that is visible to the human eye\n2 a : DAYLIGHT b : DAWN\n3 : a source of light: as a : a celestial body b : CANDLE c : an electric light\n4 archaic : SIGHT 4a\n5 a : spiritual illumination b : INNER LIGHT c : ENLIGHTENMENT d : TRUTH\n6 a : public knowledge <facts brought to light> b : a particular aspect or appearance presented to view <saw the matter in a different light>\n7 : a particular illumination\n8 : something that enlightens or informs <shed some light on the problem>\n9 : a medium (as a window) through which light is admitted\n10 plural : a set of principles, standards, or opinions <worship according to one’s lights Adrienne Koch>\n11 : a noteworthy person in a particular place or field\n12 : a particular expression of the eye\n13 a : LIGHTHOUSE, BEACON b : TRAFFIC LIGHT\n14 : the representation of light in art\n15 : a flame for lighting something\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : having light : BRIGHT <a light airy room>\n2 a : not dark, intense, or swarthy in color or coloring : PALE b of colors : medium in saturation and high in lightness <light blue>\n3 of coffee : served with extra milk or cream\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become light : BRIGHTEN usually used with up <her face lit up>\n2 : to take fire\n3 : to ignite something (as a cigarette) often used with up\ntransitive senses\n1 : to set fire to\n2 a : to conduct with a light : GUIDE b : ILLUMINATE <rockets light up the sky> c : ANIMATE, BRIGHTEN <a smile lit up her face>\n\n<4> adjective\n1 a : having little weight : not heavy b : designed to carry a comparatively small load <a light truck> c : having relatively little weight in proportion to bulk <aluminum is a light metal> d : containing less than the legal, standard


Words: lighten
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make light or clear : ILLUMINATE\n2 archaic : ENLIGHTEN\n3 : to make (as a color) lighter\nintransitive senses\n1 a archaic : to shine brightly b : to grow lighter : BRIGHTEN\n2 : to give out flashes of lightning\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to relieve of a burden in whole or in part <the news lightened his mind> b : to reduce in weight or quantity : LESSEN <lighten her duties> c : to make less wearisome : ALLEVIATE <lighten our sorrow>\n2 : CHEER, GLADDEN\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become lighter or less burdensome\n2 : to become more cheerful


Words: lighter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a large usually flat-bottomed barge used especially in unloading or loading ships\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to convey by a lighter\n\n<3> noun\n1 : one that lights or sets a fire\n2 : a device for lighting a fire; especially : a mechanical or electrical device used for lighting cigarettes, cigars, or pipes


Words: lighthearted
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : free from care, anxiety, or seriousness : GAY\n2 : cheerfully optimistic and hopeful : EASYGOING


Words: lighthouse
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a structure (as a tower) with a powerful light that gives a continuous or intermittent signal to navigators\n2 : BEACON 3


Words: lightning
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the flashing of light produced by a discharge of atmospheric electricity; also : the discharge itself\n2 : a sudden stroke of fortune\n\n<2> adjective\n: having or moving with or as if with the speed and suddenness of lightning <a lightning assault>\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to discharge a flash of lightning


Words: lightsome
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : free from care : LIGHTHEARTED\n2 : AIRY, NIMBLE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : well lighted : BRIGHT\n2 : giving light


Words: lightweight
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one of less than average weight; specifically : a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 135 pounds for professionals and 132 pounds for amateurs compare FEATHERWEIGHT, WELTERWEIGHT\n2 : one of little consequence or ability <shows up its author as a lightweight C. J. Rolo>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity : INCONSEQUENTIAL\n2 : having less than average weight\n3 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a lightweight <the lightweight championship>


Words: lignite
Meaning:
noun\n: a usually brownish black coal intermediate between peat and bituminous coal; especially : one in which the texture of the original wood is distinct called also brown coal


Words: like
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 chiefly dialect : to be suitable or agreeable to <I like onions but they don’t like me>\n2 a : to feel attraction toward or take pleasure in : ENJOY <likes baseball> b : to feel toward : REGARD <how would you like a change>\n3 : to wish to have : WANT <would like a drink>\n4 : to do well in <this plant likes dry soil> <my car does not like cold weather>\nintransitive senses\n1 dialect : APPROVE\n2 : to feel inclined : CHOOSE, PREFER <leave any time you like>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : LIKING, PREFERENCE\n2 : something that one likes\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : the same or nearly the same (as in appearance, character, or quantity) <suits of like design> formerly used with as, unto, of <it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren Heb 2:17(Authorized Version)> b chiefly British : closely resembling the subject or original <the portrait is very like>\n2 : LIKELY <the importance of statistics as the one discipline like to give accuracy of mind H. J. Laski>\n\n<4> preposition\n1 a : having the characteristics of : similar to <his house is like a barn> <it’s like when we were kids> b : typical of <was like him to do that> c : comparable to : APPROXIMATING <costs something like fifty cents>\n2 : in the manner of : similarly to <acts like a fool>\n3 : as though there would be <looks like rain>\n4 : such as <a subject like physics>\n5 used to form intensive or ironic phrases <fought like hell> <like fun he did> <laughed like anything>\n\n<5> noun\n1 a : one that is similar : COUNTERPART, EQUAL <have never seen the like before Sir Winston Churchill> b : KIND 4a <put him and his like to some job J. R. R. Tolkien> used with the and often followed by of and a substantive, or with a preceding possessive\n2 : one of many that are similar to each other used chiefly in proverbial expressions <like breeds like>\n\n<6> adverb\n1 archaic : EQUALLY\n2 : LIKELY, PROBABLY <you’ll try it, some day, like enough Mark Twain>\n3 a : to some extent : RATHER, ALTOGETHER <saunter over nonchalantly like Walter Karig> b used interjectionally in informal sp


Words: likely
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : having a high probability of occurring or being true : very probable <rain is likely today>\n2 : apparently qualified : SUITABLE <a likely place>\n3 : RELIABLE, CREDIBLE <a likely enough story>\n4 : PROMISING <a likely candidate>\n5 : ATTRACTIVE <a likely child>\n\n<2> adverb\n: in all probability : PROBABLY <those who seek power will most likely wind up exercising it Halton Arp>


Words: likeness
Meaning:
noun\n1 : COPY, PORTRAIT\n2 : APPEARANCE, SEMBLANCE\n3 : the quality or state of being like : RESEMBLANCE


Words: likewise
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : in like manner : SIMILARLY <go and do likewise>\n2 : in addition\n3 : similarly so with me <answered


Words: liking
Meaning:
noun\n: favorable regard : FONDNESS, TASTE <had a greater liking for law E. M. Coulter> <took a liking to the newcomer>


Words: lilac
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a European shrub (Syringa vulgaris) of the olive family that is often an escape in No. America and has cordate ovate leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink-purple or white flowers b : a tree or shrub congeneric with the lilac\n2 : a variable color averaging a moderate purple


Words: lilt
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a spirited and usually cheerful song or tune\n2 : a rhythmical swing, flow, or cadence\n3 : a springy buoyant movement\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to sing or play in a lively cheerful manner\nintransitive senses\n1 : to sing or speak rhythmically and with fluctuating pitch\n2 : to move in a lively springy manner


Words: lily
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of a genus (Lilium of the family Liliaceae, the lily family) of erect perennial leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs that are native to the northern hemisphere and are widely cultivated for their showy flowers; broadly : any of various plants of the lily family or of the related amaryllis or iris families\n2 : any of various plants with showy flowers: as a : a scarlet anemone (Anemone coronaria) of the Mediterranean region b : WATER LILY c : CALLA LILY\n3 : FLEUR-DE-LIS 2\n\n<2> adjective\n: resembling a lily in fairness, purity, or fragility <my lady’s lily hand John Keats>


Words: limb
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : one of the projecting paired appendages (as wings) of an animal body used especially for movement and grasping but sometimes modified into sensory or sexual organs b : a leg or arm of a human being\n2 : a large primary branch of a tree\n3 : an active member or agent\n4 : EXTENSION, BRANCH\n5 : a mischievous child\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : DISMEMBER\n2 : to cut off the limbs of (a felled tree)\n\n<3> noun\n1 : the outer edge of the apparent disk of a celestial body\n2 : the expanded portion of an organ or structure; especially : the spreading upper portion of a gamopetalous corolla as distinguished from the lower tubular portion


Words: limber
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a two-wheeled vehicle to which a gun or caisson may be attached\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : capable of being shaped : FLEXIBLE\n2 : having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : AGILE, NIMBLE\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses : to cause to become limber <limber up his fingers>\nintransitive senses : to become limber <limber up by running>


Words: limbo
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 often capitalized : an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism\n2 a : a place or state of restraint or confinement b : a place or state of neglect or oblivion <proposals kept in limbo> c : an intermediate or transitional place or state d : a state of uncertainty\n\n<2> noun\n: a West Indian acrobatic dance orig. for men that involves bending over backwards and passing under a horizontal pole lowered slightly for each successive pass


Words: lime
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : BIRDLIME\n2 a : a caustic highly infusible solid that consists of calcium oxide often together with magnesium oxide, that is obtained by calcining forms of calcium carbonate (as shells or limestone), and that is used in building (as in mortar and plaster) and in agriculture called also quicklime b : a dry white powder consisting essentially of calcium hydroxide that is made by treating quicklime with water c : CALCIUM <carbonate of lime>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to smear with a sticky substance (as birdlime)\n2 : to entangle with or as if with birdlime\n3 : to treat or cover with lime <lime the lawn in the spring>\n\n<3> adjective\n: of, relating to, or containing lime or limestone\n\n<4> noun\n: LINDEN 1a\n\n<5> noun\n1 : the small globose yellowish green fruit of a lime with a usually acid juicy pulp used as a flavoring agent and as a source of vitamin C\n2 : a spiny tropical citrus tree (Citrus aurantifolia) with elliptical oblong narrowly winged leaves


Words: limelight
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a stage lighting instrument producing illumination by means of an oxyhydrogen flame directed on a cylinder of lime and usually equipped with a lens to concentrate the light in a beam b : the white light produced by such an instrument c British : SPOTLIGHT\n2 : the center of public attention\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to center attention on : SPOTLIGHT


Words: limerick
Meaning:
noun\n: a light or humorous verse form of 5 chiefly anapestic verses of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of 3 feet and lines 3 and 4 are of 2 feet with a rhyme scheme of aabba


Words: limestone
Meaning:
noun\n: a rock that is formed chiefly by accumulation of organic remains (as shells or coral), consists mainly of calcium carbonate, is extensively used in building, and yields lime when burned


Words: limit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : something that bounds, restrains, or confines b : the utmost extent\n2 a : a geographical or political boundary b plural : the place enclosed within a boundary : BOUNDS\n3 : LIMITATION\n4 : a determining feature or differentia in logic\n5 : a prescribed maximum or minimum amount, quantity, or number: as a : the maximum quantity of game or fish that may be taken legally in a specified period b : a maximum established for a gambling bet, raise, or payoff\n6 a : a number whose numerical difference from a mathematical function is arbitrarily small for all values of the independent variables that are sufficiently close to but not equal to given prescribed numbers or that are sufficiently large positively or negatively b : a number that for an infinite sequence of numbers is such that ultimately each of the remaining terms of the sequence differs from this number by less than any given positive amount\n7 : something that is exasperating or intolerable\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to assign certain limits to : PRESCRIBE <reserved the right to limit use of the land>\n2 a : to restrict the bounds or limits of <the specialist can no longer limit himself to his specialty> b : to curtail or reduce in quantity or extent <we must limit the power of aggressors>


Words: limited
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : confined within limits : RESTRICTED <limited success> b of a train : offering faster service especially by making a limited number of stops\n2 : characterized by enforceable limitations prescribed (as by a constitution) upon the scope or exercise of powers <a limited monarchy>\n3 : lacking breadth and originality <a bit limited; a bit thick in the head Virginia Woolf>


Words: limn
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to draw or paint on a surface\n2 : to outline in clear sharp detail : DELINEATE\n3 : DESCRIBE


Words: limousine
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large luxurious often chauffeur-driven sedan that sometimes has a glass partition separating the driver’s seat from the passenger compartment\n2 : a large vehicle for transporting passengers to and from an airport


Words: limp
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 a : to walk lamely; especially : to walk favoring one leg b : to go unsteadily : FALTER\n2 : to proceed slowly or with difficulty <the ship limped back to port>\n\n<2> noun\n: a limping movement or gait\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : lacking firm texture, substance, or structure <limp curtains> <her hair hung limp about her shoulders> b : not stiff or rigid <a book in a limp binding>\n2 a : WEARY, EXHAUSTED <limp with fatigue> b : lacking in strength, vigor, or firmness : SPIRITLESS


Words: limpet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a marine gastropod mollusk (especially families Acmaeidae and Patellidae) that has a low conical shell broadly open beneath, browses over rocks or timbers in the littoral area, and clings very tightly when disturbed\n2 : one that clings tenaciously to someone or something\n3 : an explosive device designed to cling magnetically to a metallic surface (as the hull of a ship)


Words: limpid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : marked by transparency : PELLUCID <limpid streams> b : clear and simple in style <limpid prose>\n2 : absolutely serene and untroubled


Words: linchpin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a locking pin inserted crosswise (as through the end of an axle or shaft)\n2 : one that serves to hold together the elements of a complex <the linchpin in the defense’s case>


Words: linden
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Tilia of the family Tiliaceae, the linden family) of trees of temperate regions that are planted as shade trees and are distinguished by having cordate leaves and a winglike bract attached to the peduncle of the flower and fruit: as a : a European tree (T. europaea) much used for ornamental planting b : a tall forest tree (T. americana) chiefly of the central and eastern U.S. called also basswood\n2 : the light fine-grained white wood of a linden; especially : BASSWOOD 2


Words: line
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : THREAD, STRING, CORD, ROPE: as (1) : a comparatively strong slender cord (2) : CLOTHESLINE (3) : a rope used on shipboard b (1) : a device for catching fish consisting of a cord with hooks and other fishing gear (2) : scope for activity : ROPE c : a length of material used in measuring and leveling d : piping for conveying a fluid (as steam) e (1) : a wire or pair of wires connecting one telegraph or telephone station with another or a whole system of such wires; also : any circuit in an electronic communication system (2) : a telephone connection <tried to get a line>; also : an individual telephone extension <a call on line 2> (3) : the principal circuits of an electric power system\n2 a (1) : a horizontal row of written or printed characters; also : a blank row in lieu of such characters (2) : a unit in the rhythmic structure of verse formed by the grouping of a number of the smallest units of the rhythm (as metrical feet) (3) : an often numbered section of a computer program containing a single command or a small number of commands b : a short letter : NOTE c plural : a certificate of marriage d : the words making up a part in a drama usually used in plural e : any of the successive horizontal rows of picture elements on the screen of a cathode-ray tube (as a television screen)\n3 a : something (as a ridge or seam) that is distinct, elongated, and narrow b : a narrow crease (as on the face) : WRINKLE c : the course or direction of something in motion : ROUTE d (1) : a state of agreement or conformity : ACCORDANCE (2) : a state of order, control, or obedience <you’re getting out of line> e : a boundary of an area <the state line> f : the track and roadbed of a railway g : an amount of cocaine that is arranged in a line to be inhaled through the nose\n4 a : a course of conduct, action, or thought b : a field of activity or interest c : a glib often persuasive way of talking\n5 a : LIMIT, RESTRAINT b archaic : position in life : LOT\n6 a (1) : FAMILY, LINEAGE (2) : a strain produced and maintained espe


Words: lineage
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : descent in a line from a common progenitor b : DERIVATION\n2 : a group of individuals tracing descent from a common ancestor; especially : such a group of persons whose common ancestor is regarded as its founder


Words: lineal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : LINEAR\n2 : composed of or arranged in lines\n3 a : consisting of or being in a direct male or female line of ancestry compare COLLATERAL 2 b : relating to or derived from ancestors : HEREDITARY c : descended in a direct line\n4 a : belonging to one lineage <lineal relatives> b : of, relating to, or dealing with a lineage


Words: lineament
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face usually used in plural b : a linear topographic feature (as of the earth) that reveals a characteristic (as a fault or the subsurface structure)\n2 : a distinguishing or characteristic feature usually used in plural


Words: linear
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a (1) : of, relating to, resembling, or having a graph that is a line and especially a straight line : STRAIGHT (2) : involving a single dimension b (1) : of the first degree with respect to one or more variables (2) : of, relating to, based on, or being linear equations, linear differential equations, linear functions, linear transformations, or linear algebra c (1) : characterized by an emphasis on line <linear art> (2) : composed of simply drawn lines with little attempt at pictorial representation <linear script> d : consisting of a straight chain of atoms\n2 : elongated with nearly parallel sides <linear leaf> see LEAF illustration\n3 : having or being a response or output that is directly proportional to the input\n4 : of, relating to, or based or depending on sequential development <linear thinking> <a linear narrative>


Words: lineman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who sets up or repairs electric wire communication or power lines called also linesman\n2 : a player in the forward line of a team; specifically : a football player in the line


Words: linen
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : made of flax\n2 : made of or resembling linen\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : cloth made of flax and noted for its strength, coolness, and luster b : thread or yarn spun from flax\n2 : clothing or household articles made of linen cloth or similar fabric\n3 : paper made from linen fibers or with a linen finish


Words: liner
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that makes, draws, or uses lines\n2 a : a ship belonging to a regular line b : an airplane belonging to an airline\n3 : LINE DRIVE\n4 : something with which lines are made\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one that lines or is used to line or back something\n2 : JACKET 3c(2)


Words: linesman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : LINEMAN 1\n2 : an official who assists a referee in various games (as football or hockey) especially in determining if a ball, puck, or player is out-of-bounds or offside


Words: lineup
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a list of players taking part in a game (as of baseball) b : the players on such a list\n2 a : an alignment (as in entertainment or politics) of persons or things having a common purpose, distinction, or bond <the show’s star-studded lineup> b : LINE 11 c : a television programming schedule\n3 : a line of persons arranged especially for inspection or for identification by police


Words: ling
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of various fishes (as a hake or burbot) of the cod family\n2 : LINGCOD\n\n<2> noun\n: a heath plant; especially : a common Old World heather (Calluna vulgaris)\n\n<3> abbreviation\nlinguistics


Words: linger
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be slow in parting or in quitting something : TARRY\n2 a : to remain alive although gradually dying b : to remain existent although often waning in strength, importance, or influence <lingering doubts>\n3 : to be slow to act : PROCRASTINATE\n4 : to move slowly : SAUNTER\ntransitive senses\n1 obsolete : DELAY\n2 : to pass (as a period of time) slowly


Words: lingo
Meaning:
noun\n: strange or incomprehensible language or speech: as a : a foreign language b : the special vocabulary of a particular field of interest c : language characteristic of an individual


Words: lingual
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or resembling the tongue b : lying near or next to the tongue; especially : relating to or being the surface of tooth next to the tongue c : produced by the tongue\n2 : LINGUISTIC


Words: linguist
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person accomplished in languages; especially : one who speaks several languages\n2 : a person who specializes in linguistics


Words: linguistics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular in construction\n: the study of human speech including the units, nature, structure, and modification of language


Words: liniment
Meaning:
noun\n: a liquid or semiliquid preparation that is applied to the skin as an anodyne or a counterirritant


Words: lining
Meaning:
noun\n1 : material that lines or that is used to line especially the inner surface of something (as a garment)\n2 : the act or process of providing something with a lining


Words: link
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a connecting structure: as a (1) : a single ring or division of a chain (2) : one of the standardized divisions of a surveyor’s chain that is 7.92 inches (20.1 centimeters) long and serves as a measure of length b : CUFF LINK c : BOND 3c d : an intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion; especially : a short connecting rod with a hole or pin at each end e : the fusible member of an electrical fuse\n2 : something analogous to a link of chain: as a : a segment of sausage in a chain b : a connecting element or factor <found a link between smoking and cancer> c : a unit in a communication system d : an identifier attached to an element (as an index term) in a system in order to indicate or permit connection with other similarly identified elements\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to couple or connect by or as if by a link\nintransitive senses : to become connected by or as if by a link\n\n<3> noun\n: a torch formerly used to light a person’s way through the streets\n\n<4> intransitive verb\nScottish : to skip smartly along


Words: linkage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the manner or style of being united: as a : the manner in which atoms or radicals are linked in a molecule b : BOND 3c\n2 : the quality or state of being linked; especially : the relationship between genes on the same chromosome that causes them to be inherited together compare MENDEL’S LAW 2\n3 : a system of links; especially : a system of links or bars which are jointed together and more or less constrained by having a link or links fixed and by means of which straight or nearly straight lines or other point paths may be traced\n4 : LINK 2b


Words: linkup
Meaning:
noun\n1 : establishment of contact : MEETING <the linkup of two spacecraft>\n2 a : something that serves as a linking device or factor b : a functional whole resulting from the linking up of separate elements <an instructional TV linkup>


Words: linnet
Meaning:
noun\n: a common small brownish Old World finch (Acanthis cannabina) of which the male has red on the breast and crown during breeding season


Words: linoleum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a floor covering made by laying on a burlap or canvas backing a mixture of solidified linseed oil with gums, cork dust or wood flour or both, and usually pigments\n2 : a material similar to linoleum


Words: lint
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a soft fleecy material made from linen usually by scraping b : fuzz consisting especially of fine ravelings and short fibers of yarn and fabric\n2 : a fibrous coat of thick convoluted hairs borne by cotton seeds that yields the cotton staple


Words: lion
Meaning:
noun\n1 a or plural lion : a large heavily-built social cat (Panthera leo syn. Leo leo) of open or rocky areas chiefly of sub-Saharan Africa though once widely distributed throughout Africa and southern Asia that has a tawny body with a tufted tail and a shaggy blackish or dark brown mane in the male b : any of several large wildcats; especially : COUGAR c capitalized : LEO\n2 a : a person felt to resemble a lion (as in courage or ferocity) b : a person of outstanding interest or importance\n3 capitalized Lions (club) : a member of a major national and international service club


Words: lionize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to treat as an object of great interest or importance\n2 British : to show the sights of a place to


Words: lip
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : either of two fleshy folds that surround the mouth in humans and many other vertebrates and are the organs of human speech; also : the red or pinkish margin of the human lip\n2 slang : BACK TALK\n3 a : a fleshy edge or margin (as of a wound) b : LABIUM c : LABELLUM 1 d : a limb of a labiate corolla\n4 a : the edge of a hollow vessel or cavity b : a projecting edge: as (1) : the beveled upper edge of the mouth of an organ flue pipe (2) : the sharp cutting edge on the end of a tool (as an auger) (3) : a short spout (as on a pitcher)\n5 : EMBOUCHURE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : INSINCERE <lip praise>\n2 : produced with the participation of the lips : LABIAL <lip consonants>\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to touch with the lips; especially : KISS\n2 : UTTER\n3 : to lap against : LICK\n4 : to hit (a putt) so that the ball hits the edge of the cup but fails to drop in


Words: lipreading
Meaning:
noun\n: the interpreting of speech by watching the speaker’s lip and facial movements without hearing the voice


Words: lipstick
Meaning:
noun\n: a waxy solid usually colored cosmetic in stick form for the lips; also : a stick of such cosmetic with its case


Words: liqueur
Meaning:
noun\n: a usually sweetened alcoholic liquor (as brandy) flavored with fruit, spices, nuts, herbs, or seeds


Words: liquid
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : flowing freely like water\n2 : having the properties of a liquid : being neither solid nor gaseous\n3 a : shining and clear <large liquid eyes> b : being musical and free of harshness in sound c : smooth and unconstrained in movement d : articulated without friction and capable of being prolonged like a vowel <a liquid consonant>\n4 : consisting of or capable of ready conversion into cash <liquid assets>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a liquid consonant\n2 : a fluid (as water) that has no independent shape but has a definite volume and does not expand indefinitely and that is only slightly compressible


Words: liquidate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) (2) : to determine the liabilities and apportion assets toward discharging the indebtedness of b : to settle (a debt) by payment or other settlement\n2 archaic : to make clear\n3 : to do away with\n4 : to convert (assets) into cash\nintransitive senses\n1 : to liquidate debts, damages, or accounts\n2 : to determine liabilities and apportion assets toward discharging indebtedness


Words: liquor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a liquid substance: as a : a usually distilled rather than fermented alcoholic beverage b : a watery solution of a drug c : BATH 2b(1)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to dress (as leather) with oil or grease\n2 : to make drunk with alcoholic liquor usually used with up\nintransitive senses : to drink alcoholic liquor especially to excess usually used with up


Words: lisp
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to pronounce the sibilants and imperfectly especially by turning them into and\n2 : to speak falteringly, childishly, or with a lisp\ntransitive senses : to utter falteringly or with a lisp\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a speech defect or affectation characterized by lisping\n2 : a sound resembling a lisp


Words: list
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses , archaic : PLEASE, SUIT\nintransitive senses , archaic : WISH, CHOOSE\n\n<2> noun\narchaic : INCLINATION, CRAVING\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses , archaic : LISTEN\ntransitive senses , archaic : to listen to : HEAR\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a band or strip of material: as a : LISTEL b : SELVAGE c : a narrow strip of wood cut from the edge of a board\n2 plural but singular or plural in construction a : an arena for combat (as jousting) b : a field of competition or controversy\n3 obsolete : LIMIT, BOUNDARY\n4 : STRIPE\n\n<5> transitive verb\n1 : to cut away a narrow strip from the edge of\n2 : to prepare or plant (land) in ridges and furrows with a lister\n\n<6> noun\n: a deviation from the vertical : TILT; also : the extent of such a deviation\n\n<7> intransitive verb\n: to tilt to one side; especially of a boat or ship : to tilt to one side in a state of equilibrium (as from an unbalanced load) compare HEEL\ntransitive senses : to cause to list\n\n<8> noun\n1 a : a simple series of words or numerals (as the names of persons or objects) <a guest list> b : an official roster : ROLL\n2 : CATALOG, CHECKLIST\n3 : the total number to be considered or included <a situation that heads their list of troubles>\n\n<9> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make a list of : ENUMERATE b : to include on a list : REGISTER\n2 : to place (oneself) in a specified category <lists himself as a political liberal>\n3 archaic : RECRUIT\nintransitive senses\n1 archaic : ENLIST\n2 : to become entered in a catalog with a selling price <a car that lists for 12,000>


Words: listen
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses , archaic : to give ear to : HEAR\nintransitive senses\n1 : to pay attention to sound <listen to music>\n2 : to hear something with thoughtful attention : give consideration <listen to a plea>\n3 : to be alert to catch an expected sound <listen for his step>\n\n<2> noun\n: an act of listening


Words: listless
Meaning:
adjective\n: characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit : LANGUID <a listless melancholy attitude>


Words: litany
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation\n2 a : a resonant or repetitive chant <a litany of cheering phrases Herman Wouk> b : a usually lengthy recitation or enumeration <a familiar litany of complaints>


Words: literal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : according with the letter of the scriptures b : adhering to fact or to the ordinary construction or primary meaning of a term or expression : ACTUAL <liberty in the literal sense is impossible B. N. Cardozo> c : free from exaggeration or embellishment <the literal truth> d : characterized by a concern mainly with facts <a very literal man>\n2 : of, relating to, or expressed in letters\n3 : reproduced word for word : EXACT, VERBATIM <a literal translation>\n\n<2> noun\n: a small error usually of a single letter (as in writing)


Words: literalism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : adherence to the explicit substance of an idea or expression <biblical literalism>\n2 : fidelity to observable fact : REALISM


Words: literary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of humane learning or literature b : BOOKISH 2 c : of or relating to books\n2 a : WELL-READ b : of or relating to authors or scholars or to their professions


Words: literate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : EDUCATED, CULTURED b : able to read and write\n2 a : versed in literature or creative writing : LITERARY b : LUCID, POLISHED <a literate essay> c : having knowledge or competence <computer-literate> <politically literate>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an educated person\n2 : a person who can read and write


Words: literati
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 : the educated class; also : INTELLIGENTSIA\n2 : persons interested in literature or the arts


Words: literature
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : literary culture\n2 : the production of literary work especially as an occupation\n3 a (1) : writings in prose or verse; especially : writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest (2) : an example of such writings <what came out, though rarely literature, was always a roaring good story People> b : the body of written works produced in a particular language, country, or age c : the body of writings on a particular subject <scientific literature> d : printed matter (as leaflets or circulars) <campaign literature>\n4 : the aggregate of a usually specified type of musical compositions


Words: lithe
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : easily bent or flexed <lithe steel> <a lithe vine>\n2 : characterized by easy flexibility and grace <a lithe dancer> <treading with a lithe silent step>; also : athletically slim <the most lithe and graspable of waists R. P. Warren>


Words: lithium
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a soft silver-white element of the alkali metal group that is the lightest metal known and that is used in chemical synthesis and storage batteries see ELEMENT table\n2 : a salt of lithium (as lithium carbonate) used in psychiatric medicine


Words: lithography
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the process of printing from a plane surface (as a smooth stone or metal plate) on which the image to be printed is ink-receptive and the blank area ink-repellent\n2 : the process of producing patterns on semiconductor crystals for use as integrated circuits


Words: litigate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to carry on a legal contest by judicial process\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : DISPUTE\n2 : to contest in law


Words: litigious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : DISPUTATIOUS, CONTENTIOUS b : prone to engage in lawsuits\n2 : subject to litigation\n3 : of, relating to, or marked by litigation


Words: litmus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a coloring matter from lichens that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions and is used as an acid-base indicator\n2 : the critical factor in a litmus test; also : LITMUS TEST


Words: litter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger b : a device (as a stretcher) for carrying a sick or injured person\n2 a (1) : material used as bedding for animals (2) : material used to absorb the urine and feces of animals b : the uppermost slightly decayed layer of organic matter on the forest floor\n3 : the offspring at one birth of a multiparous animal\n4 a : trash, wastepaper, or garbage lying scattered about <trying to clean up the roadside litter> b : an untidy accumulation of objects <a shabby writing-desk covered with a litter of yellowish dusty documents Joseph Conrad>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : BED 1a\n2 : to give birth to a litter of (young)\n3 a : to strew with scattered articles b : to scatter about in disorder c : to lie about in disorder <their upside-down hats littered the top of the bar Michael Chabon> d : to mark with objects scattered at random <a book littered with misprints>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to give birth to a litter\n2 : to strew litter


Words: littoral
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, or situated or growing on or near a shore especially of the sea\n\n<2> noun\n: a coastal region; especially : the shore zone between high and low watermarks


Words: liturgy
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized : a eucharistic rite\n2 : a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship\n3 : a customary repertoire of ideas, phrases, or observances


Words: live
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be alive : have the life of an animal or plant\n2 : to continue alive\n3 : to maintain oneself : SUBSIST\n4 : to occupy a home : DWELL <living in a shabby room> <they had always lived in the country>\n5 : to attain eternal life <though he die, yet shall he live John 11:25 (Revised Standard Version)>\n6 : to conduct or pass one’s life <lived only for his work>\n7 : to remain in human memory or record <the past lives in us all W. R. Inge>\n8 : to have a life rich in experience\n9 : COHABIT\ntransitive senses\n1 : to pass through or spend the duration of <lived their lives alone>\n2 : ACT OUT, PRACTICE often used with out <to live out their fantasies>\n3 : to exhibit vigor, gusto, or enthusiasm in <lived life to the fullest>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : having life : LIVING\n2 : exerting force or containing energy: as a : AFIRE, GLOWING <live coals> b : connected to electric power c : charged with explosives and containing shot or a bullet <live ammunition>; also : armed but not exploded <a live bomb> d : imparting or driven by power <a live axle> e : being in operation <a live microphone>\n3 : abounding with life : VIVID\n4 : being in a pure native state\n5 : of bright vivid color\n6 : of continuing or current interest <live issues>\n7 a : not yet printed from or plated <live type> b : not yet typeset <live copy>\n8 a : of or involving a presentation (as a play or concert) in which both the performers and an audience are physically present <a live record album> <a nightclub with live entertainment> b : broadcast directly at the time of production <a live radio program>\n9 : being in play <a live ball>\n\n<3> adverb\n: at the actual time of occurrence : during, from, or at a live production <the program was broadcast live>


Words: lively
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : LIVING\n2 : briskly alert and energetic : VIGOROUS, ANIMATED <a lively discussion> <lively children racing for home>\n3 : ACTIVE, INTENSE <takes a lively interest in politics>\n4 : BRILLIANT, FRESH <a lively wit>\n5 : imparting spirit or vivacity : STIMULATING <many a peer of England brews livelier liquor than the Muse A. E. Housman>\n6 : quick to rebound : RESILIENT\n7 : responding readily to the helm <a lively boat>\n8 : full of life, movement, or incident <lively streets at carnival time>


Words: liven
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : ENLIVEN often used with up <he livened up the editorial page Current Biography>\nintransitive senses : to become lively


Words: liver
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a large very vascular glandular organ of vertebrates that secretes bile and causes important changes in many of the substances contained in the blood (as by converting sugars into glycogen which it stores up until required and by forming urea) b : any of various large compound glands associated with the digestive tract of invertebrate animals and probably concerned with the secretion of digestive enzymes\n2 archaic : a determinant of the quality or temper of a man\n3 : the liver of an animal (as a calf or chicken) eaten as food\n4 : a grayish reddish brown called also liver brown, liver maroon\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one that lives especially in a specified way <a fast liver>\n2 : RESIDENT


Words: liverish
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : resembling liver especially in color\n2 a : suffering from liver disorder : BILIOUS b : PEEVISH, IRASCIBLE


Words: liverwort
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a class (Hepaticae) of bryophytic plants characterized by a thalloid gametophyte or sometimes an upright leafy gametophyte that resembles a moss\n2 : HEPATICA


Words: livery
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : the apportioning of provisions especially to servants : ALLOWANCE\n2 a : the distinctive clothing or badge formerly worn by the retainers of a person of rank b : a servant’s uniform c : distinctive dress : GARB d chiefly British : an identifying design (as on a vehicle) that designates ownership\n3 archaic a : one’s retainers or retinue b : the members of a British livery company\n4 : the act of delivering legal possession of property\n5 a : the feeding, stabling, and care of horses for pay b : LIVERY STABLE c : a concern offering vehicles (as boats) for rent\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : resembling liver\n2 : suggesting liver disorder


Words: liveryman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a freeman of the City of London entitled to wear the livery of the company to which he belongs\n2 archaic : a liveried retainer\n3 : the keeper of a vehicle-rental service


Words: livestock
Meaning:
noun\n: animals kept or raised for use or pleasure; especially : farm animals kept for use and profit


Words: livid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : discolored by bruising : BLACK-AND-BLUE <the livid traces of the sharp scourges Abraham Cowley>\n2 : ASHEN, PALLID <this cross, thy livid face, thy pierced hands and feet Walt Whitman>\n3 : REDDISH <a fan of gladiolas blushed livid under the electric letters Truman Capote>\n4 : very angry : ENRAGED <was livid at his son’s disobedience>


Words: living
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having life b : ACTIVE, FUNCTIONING <living languages>\n2 a : exhibiting the life or motion of nature : NATURAL <the wilderness is a living museum of natural history NEA Journal> b : 2LIVE 2a\n3 a : full of life or vigor b : true to life : VIVID <televised in living color> c : suited for living <the living area>\n4 : involving living persons\n5 : VERY used as an intensive <scared the living daylights out of me>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the condition of being alive\n2 a : means of subsistence : LIVELIHOOD <earning a living> b archaic : ESTATE, PROPERTY c British : BENEFICE 1\n3 : conduct or manner of life <the collegiate way of living J. B. Conant>


Words: lizard
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a suborder (Lacertilia) of reptiles distinguished from the snakes by a fused inseparable lower jaw, a single temporal opening, two pairs of well differentiated functional limbs which may be lacking in burrowing forms, external ears, and eyes with movable lids; broadly : any relatively long-bodied reptile (as a crocodile or dinosaur) with legs and tapering tail\n2 : leather made from lizard skin


Words: llama
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Lama) of wild or domesticated So. American ruminants related to the camels but smaller and without a hump; especially : the domesticated guanaco used especially in the Andes as a pack animal and a source of wool


Words: load
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the quantity that can be carried at one time by a specified means; especially : a measured quantity of a commodity fixed for each type of carrier often used in combination <a boatload of tourists> b : whatever is put on a person or pack animal to be carried : PACK c : whatever is put in a ship or vehicle or airplane for conveyance : CARGO; especially : a quantity of material assembled or packed as a shipping unit\n2 a : a mass or weight supported by something <branches bent low by their load of fruit> b : the forces to which a structure is subjected due to superposed weight or to wind pressure on the vertical surfaces; broadly : the forces to which a given object is subjected\n3 a : something that weighs down the mind or spirits <took a load off her mind> b : a burdensome or laborious responsibility <always carried his share of the load>\n4 slang : an intoxicating amount of liquor drunk\n5 : a large quantity : LOT usually used in plural\n6 a : a charge for a firearm b : the quantity of material loaded into a device at one time\n7 : external resistance overcome by a machine or prime mover\n8 a : power output (as of a power plant) or power consumption (as by a device) b : a device to which power is delivered\n9 a (1) : the amount of work that a person carries or is expected to carry (2) : the amount of authorized work to be performed by a machine, a group, a department, or a factory b : the demand on the operating resources of a system (as a telephone exchange or a refrigerating apparatus)\n10 slang : EYEFUL used in the phrase get a load of\n11 : an amount added (as to the price of a security or the net premium in insurance) to represent selling expense and profit to the distributor\n12 : the decrease in capacity for survival of the average individual in a population due to the presence of deleterious genes in the gene pool <the mutational load is the genetic load caused by mutation>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to put a load in or on <load a truck> b : to place in or on a means of conveyance <load freight


Words: loaf
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a shaped or molded mass of bread\n2 : a shaped or molded often symmetrical mass of food\n3 slang British : HEAD, MIND\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to spend time in idleness


Words: loam
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a mixture (as for plastering) composed chiefly of moistened clay b : a coarse molding sand used in founding\n2 : SOIL; specifically : a soil consisting of a friable mixture of varying proportions of clay, silt, and sand


Words: loan
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : money lent at interest b : something lent usually for the borrower’s temporary use\n2 a : the grant of temporary use b : the temporary duty of a person transferred to another job for a limited time\n3 : LOANWORD\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: LEND


Words: lob
Meaning:
<1> noun\ndialect British : a dull heavy person : LOUT\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to let hang heavily : DROOP\n2 : to throw, hit, or propel easily or in a high arc\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to move slowly and heavily b : to move in an arc\n2 : to hit a tennis ball easily in a high arc\n\n<3> noun\n: a soft high-arching shot, throw, or kick


Words: lobby
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a corridor or hall connected with a larger room or series of rooms and used as a passageway or waiting room: as a : an anteroom of a legislative chamber; especially : one of two anterooms of a British parliamentary chamber to which members go to vote during a division b : a large hall serving as a foyer (as of a hotel or theater)\n2 : a group of persons engaged in lobbying especially as representatives of a particular interest group\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to conduct activities aimed at influencing public officials and especially members of a legislative body on legislation\ntransitive senses\n1 : to promote (as a project) or secure the passage of (as legislation) by influencing public officials\n2 : to attempt to influence or sway (as a public official) toward a desired action


Words: lobe
Meaning:
noun\n: a curved or rounded projection or division; specifically : a usually somewhat rounded projection or division of a bodily organ or part


Words: lobster
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a family (Nephropidae and especially Homarus americanus) of large edible marine decapod crustaceans that have stalked eyes, a pair of large claws, and a long abdomen and that include species from coasts on both sides of the No. Atlantic and from the Cape of Good Hope\n2 : SPINY LOBSTER


Words: local
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : characterized by or relating to position in space : having a definite spatial form or location\n2 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of a particular place : not general or widespread b : of, relating to, or applicable to part of a whole\n3 a : primarily serving the needs of a particular limited district b of a public conveyance : making all the stops on a route\n4 : involving or affecting only a restricted part of the organism : TOPICAL\n5 : of or relating to telephone communication within a specified area\n\n<2> noun\n: a local person or thing: as a : a local public conveyance (as a train or an elevator) b : a local or particular branch, lodge, or chapter of an organization (as a labor union) c British : a nearby or neighborhood pub


Words: locale
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a place or locality especially when viewed in relation to a particular event or characteristic\n2 : SITE, SCENE <the locale of a story>


Words: locality
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the fact or condition of having a location in space or time\n2 : a particular place, situation, or location


Words: localize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make local : orient locally\n2 : to assign to or keep within a definite locality\nintransitive senses : to accumulate in or be restricted to a specific or limited area <an infection that localizes in the ear>


Words: locate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to establish oneself or one’s business : SETTLE\ntransitive senses\n1 : to determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of\n2 : to set or establish in a particular spot : STATION\n3 : to seek out and determine the location of\n4 : to find or fix the place of especially in a sequence : CLASSIFY


Words: location
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a position or site occupied or available for occupancy or marked by some distinguishing feature : SITUATION b (1) : a tract of land designated for a purpose (2) Australian : FARM, STATION c : a place outside a motion-picture studio where a picture or part of it is filmed usually used in the phrase on location\n2 : the act or process of locating


Words: lock
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a tuft, tress, or ringlet of hair b plural : the hair of the head\n2 : a cohering bunch (as of wool, cotton, or flax) : TUFT\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a fastening (as for a door) operated by a key or a combination b : the mechanism for exploding the charge or cartridge of a firearm\n2 a : an enclosure (as in a canal) with gates at each end used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from level to level b : AIR LOCK\n3 a : a locking or fastening together b : an intricate mass of objects impeding each other (as in a traffic jam) c : a hold in wrestling secured on one part of the body; broadly : a controlling hold <his paper had a lock on a large part of the state John Corry>\n4 : one that is assured of success or favorable outcome\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to fasten the lock of b : to make fast with or as if with a lock <lock up the house>\n2 a : to fasten in or out or to make secure or inaccessible by or as if by means of locks <locked himself away from the curious world> <locked her husband out> b : to fix in a particular situation or method of operation <a team firmly locked in last place>\n3 a : to make fast, motionless, or inflexible especially by the interlacing or interlocking of parts <lock wheels> <lock a knee> b : to hold in a close embrace c : to grapple in combat; also : to bind closely <administration and students were locked in conflict>\n4 : to invest (capital) without assurance of easy convertibility into money\n5 : to move or permit to pass (as a ship) by raising or lowering in a lock\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to become locked b : to be capable of being locked\n2 : INTERLACE, INTERLOCK\n3 : to go or pass by means of a lock (as in a canal)


Words: locker
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a drawer, cupboard, or compartment that may be closed with a lock; especially : one for individual storage use b : a chest or compartment on shipboard for compact stowage of articles c : a refrigerated compartment or room for the storage of fresh or frozen foods <a meat locker>\n2 : one that locks


Words: locket
Meaning:
noun\n: a small case usually of precious metal that has space for a memento and that is worn typically suspended from a chain or necklace


Words: lockjaw
Meaning:
noun\n: an early symptom of tetanus characterized by spasm of the jaw muscles and inability to open the jaws; also : TETANUS


Words: lockout
Meaning:
noun\n: the withholding of employment by an employer and the whole or partial closing of his business establishment in order to gain concessions from or resist demands of employees


Words: lockstep
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mode of marching in step by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible\n2 : a standard method or procedure that is mindlessly adhered to or that minimizes individuality


Words: lockup
Meaning:
noun\n1 : JAIL; especially : a local jail where persons are detained prior to court hearing\n2 : an act of locking : the state of being locked


Words: locomotion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act or the power of moving from place to place\n2 : TRAVEL <interest in free locomotion and choice of occupation Zechariah Chafee Jr.>


Words: locomotive
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : LOCOMOTORY\n2 : of or relating to travel\n3 : of, relating to, or being a machine that moves about by operation of its own mechanism\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails and is used for moving railroad cars\n2 : a school or college cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed


Words: locomotor
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or functioning in locomotion\n2 : affecting or involving the locomotor organs


Words: locus
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the place where something is situated or occurs : SITE, LOCATION <was the culture of medicine in the beginning dispersed from a single focus or did it arise in several loci S. C. Harvey> b : a center of activity, attention, or concentration <in democracy the locus of power is in the people H. G. Rickover>\n2 : the set of all points whose location is determined by stated conditions\n3 : the position in a chromosome of a particular gene or allele


Words: locust
Meaning:
noun\n1 : SHORT-HORNED GRASSHOPPER; especially : a migratory grasshopper often traveling in vast swarms and stripping the areas passed of all vegetation\n2 : CICADA\n3 a : any of various leguminous trees: as (1) : CAROB 1 (2) : BLACK LOCUST (3) : HONEY LOCUST b : the wood of a locust tree


Words: locution
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a particular form of expression or a peculiarity of phrasing; especially : a word or expression characteristic of a region, group, or cultural level\n2 : style of discourse : PHRASEOLOGY


Words: lode
Meaning:
noun\n1 dialect English : WATERWAY\n2 : an ore deposit\n3 : something that resembles a lode : an abundant store


Words: lodestar
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : a star that leads or guides; especially : NORTH STAR\n2 : one that serves as an inspiration, model, or guide


Words: lodge
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to provide temporary quarters for (2) : to rent lodgings to b : to establish or settle in a place\n2 : to serve as a receptacle for : CONTAIN\n3 : to beat (as a crop) flat to the ground\n4 : to bring to an intended or a fixed position (as by throwing or thrusting)\n5 : to deposit for safeguard or preservation\n6 : to place or vest especially in a source, means, or agent\n7 : to lay (as a complaint) before a proper authority : FILE\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to occupy a place temporarily : SLEEP b (1) : to have a residence : DWELL (2) : to be a lodger\n2 : to come to a rest\n3 : to fall or lie down used especially of hay or grain crops\n\n<2> noun\n1 chiefly dialect : a rude shelter or abode\n2 a : a house set apart for residence in a particular season (as the hunting season) b : a resort hotel : INN\n3 a : a house on an estate orig. for the use of a gamekeeper, caretaker, or porter b : a shelter for an employee (as a gatekeeper)\n4 : a den or lair especially of gregarious animals\n5 a : the meeting place of a branch of an organization and especially a fraternal organization b : the body of members of such a branch\n6 a : WIGWAM b : a family of No. American Indians


Words: lodging
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a place to live : DWELLING b : LODGMENT 3b\n2 a (1) : sleeping accommodations <found lodging in the barn> (2) : a temporary place to stay <a lodging for the night> b : a room in the house of another used as a residence usually used in plural\n3 : the act of lodging


Words: lodgment
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a lodging place : SHELTER b : ACCOMMODATIONS, LODGINGS <found lodgment in the city>\n2 a : the act, fact, or manner of lodging <a hut for temporary lodgment of cattlemen> b : a placing, depositing, or coming to rest\n3 a : an accumulation or collection deposited in a place or remaining at rest b : a place of rest or deposit


Words: loft
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an upper room or floor : ATTIC\n2 a : a gallery in a church or hall b : one of the upper floors of a warehouse or business building especially when not partitioned <living in a converted loft> c : HAYLOFT\n3 a : the backward slant of the face of a golf-club head b : the act of lofting\n4 : the thickness of a fabric or insulating material (as goose down)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to place, house, or store in a loft\n2 : to propel through the air or into space <lofted a long hit to center> <instruments lofted by a powerful rocket>\n3 : to lay out a full-sized working drawing of the lines and contours of (as a ship’s hull)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to propel a ball high into the air\n2 : to rise high


Words: lofty
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : elevated in character and spirit : NOBLE b : elevated in status : SUPERIOR\n2 : having a haughty overbearing manner : SUPERCILIOUS\n3 a : rising to a great height : impressively high <lofty mountains> b : REMOTE, ESOTERIC


Words: log
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a usually bulky piece or length of unshaped timber; especially : a length of a tree trunk ready for sawing and over six feet (1.8 meters) long\n2 : an apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship’s motion through the water that consists of a block fastened to a line and run out from a reel\n3 a : the record of the rate of a ship’s speed or of her daily progress; also : the full nautical record of a ship’s voyage b : the full record of a flight by an aircraft\n4 : a record of performance, events, or day-to-day activities <a computer log>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cut (trees) for lumber b : to clear (land) of trees in lumbering often used with off\n2 : to make a note or record of : enter details of or about in a log\n3 a : to move (an indicated distance) or attain (an indicated speed) as noted in a log b (1) : to sail a ship or fly an airplane for (an indicated distance or period of time) (2) : to have (an indicated record) to one’s credit : ACHIEVE\nintransitive senses : 3LUMBER 1\n\n<3> noun\n: LOGARITHM\n\n<4> abbreviation\nlogic


Words: logarithm
Meaning:
noun\n: the exponent that indicates the power to which a number is raised to produce a given number <the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 is 2>


Words: loge
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a small compartment : BOOTH b : a box in a theater\n2 a : a small partitioned area b : a separate forward section of a theater mezzanine or balcony


Words: loggerhead
Meaning:
noun\n1 chiefly dialect a : BLOCKHEAD b : HEAD; especially : a disproportionately large head\n2 a : a very large carnivorous sea turtle (Caretta caretta) of subtropical and temperate waters b : ALLIGATOR SNAPPER\n3 : an iron tool consisting of a long handle terminating in a ball or bulb that is heated and used to melt tar or to heat liquids


Words: logic
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : a science that deals with the principles and criteria of validity of inference and demonstration : the science of the formal principles of reasoning (2) : a branch or variety of logic <modal logic> <Boolean logic> (3) : a branch of semiotic; especially : SYNTACTICS (4) : the formal principles of a branch of knowledge b (1) : a particular mode of reasoning viewed as valid or faulty (2) : RELEVANCE, PROPRIETY c : interrelation or sequence of facts or events when seen as inevitable or predictable d : the arrangement of circuit elements (as in a computer) needed for computation; also : the circuits themselves\n2 : something that forces a decision apart from or in opposition to reason <the logic of war>


Words: logistics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 : the aspect of military science dealing with the procurement, maintenance, and transportation of military mat*riel, facilities, and personnel\n2 : the handling of the details of an operation


Words: logjam
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a jumble of logs jammed together in a watercourse\n2 a : DEADLOCK, IMPASSE <trying to break the logjam in negotiations> b : BLOCKAGE


Words: logrolling
Meaning:
noun\n1 from a former American custom of neighbors assisting one another in rolling logs into a pile for burning : the exchanging of assistance or favors; specifically : the trading of votes by legislators to secure favorable action on projects of interest to each one\n2 : the rolling of logs in water by treading; also : a sport in which contestants treading logs try to dislodge one another


Words: loin
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the part of a human being or quadruped on each side of the spinal column between the hipbone and the false ribs b : a cut of meat comprising this part of one or both sides of a carcass with the adjoining half of the vertebrae included but without the flank\n2 plural a : the upper and lower abdominal regions and the region about the hips b (1) : the pubic region (2) : the generative organs


Words: loiter
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to delay an activity with aimless idle stops and pauses : DAWDLE\n2 a : to remain in an area for no obvious reason : HANG AROUND b : to lag behind


Words: loll
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to hang loosely or laxly : DROOP\n2 : to act or move in a lax, lazy, or indolent manner : LOUNGE\ntransitive senses : to let droop or dangle\n\n<2> noun\narchaic : the act of lolling : a relaxed posture


Words: lollipop
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a lump of hard candy on the end of a stick\n2 British : a round stop sign on a pole used to stop traffic (as at a school crossing)


Words: lone
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having no company : SOLITARY b : preferring solitude\n2 : ONLY, SOLE\n3 : situated by itself : ISOLATED


Words: lonely
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : being without company : LONE b : cut off from others : SOLITARY\n2 : not frequented by human beings : DESOLATE\n3 : sad from being alone : LONESOME\n4 : producing a feeling of bleakness or desolation


Words: lonesome
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : sad or dejected as a result of lack of companionship or separation from others <don’t be lonesome while we are gone> b : causing a feeling of loneliness <the empty house seemed so lonesome>\n2 a : REMOTE, UNFREQUENTED <look down, look down that lonesome road Gene Austin> b : LONE\n\n<2> noun\n: SELF <sat all by his lonesome>


Words: long
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : extending for a considerable distance b : having greater length than usual c : having greater height than usual : TALL d : having a greater length than breadth : ELONGATED e : having a greater length than desirable or necessary f : FULL-LENGTH <long pants>\n2 a : having a specified length <six feet long> b : forming the chief linear dimension <the long side of the room>\n3 a : extending over a considerable time <a long friendship> b : having a specified duration <two hours long> c : prolonged beyond the usual time <a long look>\n4 a : containing many items in a series <a long list> b : having a specified number of units <300 pages long> c : consisting of a greater number or amount than usual : LARGE\n5 a of a speech sound : having a relatively long duration b : being the member of a pair of similarly spelled vowel or vowel-containing sounds that is descended from a vowel long in duration <long a in fate> <long i in sign> c of a syllable in prosody (1) : of relatively extended duration (2) : bearing a stress or accent\n6 : having the capacity to reach, extend, or travel a considerable distance <a long left jab> <tried to hit the long ball>\n7 : larger or longer than the standard <a long count by the referee>\n8 a : extending far into the future <the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts H. W. Longfellow> b : extending beyond what is known <a long guess> c : payable after a considerable period <a long note>\n9 : possessing a high degree or a great deal of something specified : STRONG <long on common sense>\n10 a : of an unusual degree of difference between the amounts wagered on each side <long odds> b : of or relating to the larger amount wagered <take the long end of the bet>\n11 : subject to great odds\n12 : owning or accumulating securities or goods especially in anticipation of an advance in prices <they are now long on wheat> <take a long position in steel>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : for or during a long time <long a popular hangout>\n2 : at or to a long distance : FAR <long-traveled>\n3 : for the duration of


Words: longevity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a long duration of individual life b : length of life <a study of longevity>\n2 : long continuance : PERMANENCE, DURABILITY


Words: longitude
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : angular distance measured on a great circle of reference from the intersection of the adopted zero meridian with this reference circle to the similar intersection of the meridian passing through the object b : the arc or portion of the earth’s equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the prime meridian and expressed either in degrees or in time\n2 archaic : long duration


Words: look
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make sure or take care (that something is done)\n2 : to ascertain by the use of one’s eyes\n3 a : to exercise the power of vision upon : EXAMINE b archaic : to search for\n4 a : EXPECT, ANTICIPATE <we look to have a good year> b : to have in mind as an end <looking to win back some lost profits>\n5 archaic : to bring into a place or condition by the exercise of the power of vision\n6 : to express by the eyes or facial expression\n7 : to have an appearance that befits or accords with\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to exercise the power of vision : SEE b : to direct one’s attention <look upon the future with hope> c : to direct the eyes\n2 : to have the appearance or likelihood of being : SEEM <it looks unlikely> <looks to be hard work>\n3 : to have a specified outlook <the house looked east>\n4 : to gaze in wonder or surprise : STARE\n5 : to show a tendency <the evidence looks to acquittal>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the act of looking b : GLANCE\n2 a : the expression of the countenance b : physical appearance; especially : attractive physical appearance usually used in plural c : a combination of design features giving a unified appearance <a new look in women’s fashions>\n3 : the state or form in which something appears


Words: lookout
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one engaged in keeping watch : WATCHMAN\n2 : an elevated place or structure affording a wide view for observation\n3 : a careful looking or watching <on the lookout>\n4 : VIEW, OUTLOOK\n5 : a matter of care or concern


Words: loom
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a frame or machine for interlacing at right angles two or more sets of threads or yarns to form a cloth\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to come into sight in enlarged or distorted and indistinct form often as a result of atmospheric conditions\n2 a : to appear in an impressively great or exaggerated form <deficits loomed large> b : to take shape as an impending occurrence\n\n<3> noun\n: the indistinct and exaggerated appearance of something seen on the horizon or through fog or darkness; also : a looming shadow or reflection


Words: loon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : LOUT, IDLER\n2 chiefly Scottish : BOY\n3 a : a crazy person b : SIMPLETON\n\n<2> noun\n: any of several large birds (genus Gavia) of Holarctic regions that feed on fish by diving and have their legs placed far back under the body for optimal locomotion underwater


Words: loop
Meaning:
<1> noun\narchaic : LOOPHOLE 1a\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a curving or doubling of a line so as to form a closed or partly open curve within itself through which another line can be passed or into which a hook may be hooked b : such a fold of cord or ribbon serving as an ornament\n2 a : something shaped like a loop b : a circular airplane maneuver executed in the vertical plane\n3 : a ring or curved piece used to form a fastening, handle, or catch\n4 : a closed electric circuit\n5 : a piece of film or magnetic tape whose ends are spliced together so as to project or play back the same material continuously\n6 : a series of instructions (as for a computer) that is repeated until a terminating condition is reached\n7 : a sports league\n8 : a select well-informed inner circle that is influential in decision making <out of the policy loop>\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make or form a loop\n2 : to execute a loop in an airplane\n3 : to move in loops or in an arc\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make a loop in, on, or about b : to fasten with a loop\n2 : to join (two courses of loops) in knitting\n3 : to connect (electric conductors) so as to complete a loop\n4 : to cause to move in an arc


Words: loophole
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a small opening through which small arms may be fired b : a similar opening to admit light and air or to permit observation\n2 : a means of escape; especially : an ambiguity or omission in the text through which the intent of a statute, contract, or obligation may be evaded\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make loopholes in


Words: loose
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : not rigidly fastened or securely attached b (1) : having worked partly free from attachments <a loose tooth> (2) : having relative freedom of movement c : produced freely and accompanied by raising of mucus <a loose cough> d : not tight-fitting\n2 a : free from a state of confinement, restraint, or obligation <a lion loose in the streets> <spend loose funds wisely> b : not brought together in a bundle, container, or binding c archaic : DISCONNECTED, DETACHED\n3 : not dense, close, or compact in structure or arrangement\n4 a : lacking in restraint or power of restraint <a loose tongue> <loose bowels> b : lacking moral restraint : UNCHASTE\n5 a : not tightly drawn or stretched : SLACK b : being flexible or relaxed <stay loose>\n6 a : lacking in precision, exactness, or care <loose brushwork> <loose usage> b : permitting freedom of interpretation\n7 : not in the possession of either of two competing teams <a loose ball> <a loose puck>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to let loose : RELEASE b : to free from restraint\n2 : to make loose : UNTIE <loose a knot>\n3 : to cast loose : DETACH\n4 : to let fly : DISCHARGE\n5 : to make less rigid, tight, or strict : RELAX\nintransitive senses : to let fly a missile (as an arrow) : FIRE\n\n<3> adverb\n: in a loose manner : LOOSELY


Words: loosen
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to release from restraint\n2 : to make looser\n3 : to relieve (the bowels) of constipation\n4 : to cause or permit to become less strict often used with up\nintransitive senses : to become loose or looser


Words: loot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : goods usually of considerable value taken in war : SPOILS\n2 : something held to resemble goods of value seized in war: as a : something appropriated illegally often by force or violence b : illicit gains by public officials c : MONEY\n3 : the action of looting\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to plunder or sack in war b : to rob especially on a large scale and usually by violence or corruption\n2 : to seize and carry away by force especially in war\nintransitive senses : to engage in robbing or plundering especially in war


Words: lop
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: material cut away from a tree; especially : parts discarded in lumbering\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a (1) : to cut off branches or twigs from (2) : to sever from a woody plant b (1) archaic : to cut off the head or limbs of (2) : to cut from a person\n2 a : to remove superfluous parts from b : to eliminate as unnecessary or undesirable usually used with off\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to hang downward : DROOP


Words: lope
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter\n2 : an easy usually bounding gait capable of being sustained for a long time\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to move or ride at a lope


Words: lopsided
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : leaning to one side\n2 : lacking in balance, symmetry, or proportion : disproportionately heavy on one side <a lopsided vote of 99*1>


Words: lord
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one having power and authority over others: a : a ruler by hereditary right or preeminence to whom service and obedience are due b : one of whom a fee or estate is held in feudal tenure c : an owner of land or other real property d obsolete : the male head of a household e : HUSBAND f : one that has achieved mastery or that exercises leadership or great power in some area <a drug lord>\n2 capitalized a : GOD 1 b : JESUS\n3 : a man of rank or high position: as a : a feudal tenant whose right or title comes directly from the king b : a British nobleman: as (1) : BARON 2a (2) : an hereditary peer of the rank of marquess, earl, or viscount (3) : the son of a duke or a marquess or the eldest son of an earl (4) : a bishop of the Church of England c plural , capitalized : HOUSE OF LORDS\n4 used as a British title: as a used as part of an official title <Lord Advocate> <Lord Mayor> b used informally in place of the full title for a marquess, earl, or viscount c used for a baron d used by courtesy before the name and surname of a younger son of a duke or a marquess\n5 : a person chosen to preside over a festival\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to act like a lord; especially : to put on airs usually used with it <lords it over his friends>


Words: lordly
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a lord : DIGNIFIED b : GRAND, NOBLE\n2 : exhibiting such pride and assurance as could only be felt as appropriate to one of the highest birth or rank


Words: lordship
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the rank or dignity of a lord used as a title b : the authority or power of a lord : DOMINION\n2 : the territory under the jurisdiction of a lord : SEIGNIORY


Words: lore
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : something that is taught : LESSON\n2 : something that is learned: a : knowledge gained through study or experience b : traditional knowledge or belief\n3 : a particular body of knowledge or tradition\n\n<2> noun\n: the space between the eye and bill in a bird or the corresponding region in a reptile or fish


Words: lose
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to bring to destruction used chiefly in passive construction <the ship was lost on the reef> b : DAMN <if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul Matthew 16:26 (Authorized Version)>\n2 : to miss from one’s possession or from a customary or supposed place\n3 : to suffer deprivation of : part with especially in an unforeseen or accidental manner\n4 a : to suffer loss through the death or removal of or final separation from (a person) b : to fail to keep control of or allegiance of <lose votes> <lost his temper>\n5 a : to fail to use : let slip by : WASTE <lose the tide> b (1) : to fail to win, gain, or obtain <lose a prize> <lose a contest> (2) : to undergo defeat in <lost every battle> c : to fail to catch with the senses or the mind <lost part of what she said>\n6 : to cause the loss of <one careless statement lost him the election>\n7 : to fail to keep, sustain, or maintain <lost my balance>\n8 a : to cause to miss one’s way or bearings <lost himself in the maze of streets> b : to make (oneself) withdrawn from immediate reality <lost herself in daydreaming>\n9 a : to wander or go astray from <lost his way> b : to draw away from : OUTSTRIP <lost his pursuers>\n10 : to fail to keep in sight or in mind\n11 : to free oneself from : get rid of <dieting to lose some weight>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to undergo deprivation of something of value\n2 : to undergo defeat <lose with good grace>\n3 of a timepiece : to run slow


Words: loss
Meaning:
noun\n1 : DESTRUCTION, RUIN\n2 a : the act of losing possession b : the harm or privation resulting from loss or separation c : an instance of losing\n3 : a person or thing or an amount that is lost: as a plural : killed, wounded, or captured soldiers b : the power diminution of a circuit or circuit element corresponding to conversion of electrical energy into heat by resistance\n4 a : failure to gain, win, obtain, or utilize b : an amount by which the cost of an article or service exceeds the selling price\n5 : decrease in amount, magnitude, or degree\n6 : the amount of an insured’s financial detriment by death or damage that the insurer becomes liable for


Words: lost
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not made use of, won, or claimed\n2 a : no longer possessed b : no longer known\n3 : ruined or destroyed physically or morally : DESPERATE\n4 a : taken away or beyond reach or attainment : DENIED <regions lost to the faith> b : INSENSIBLE, HARDENED <lost to shame>\n5 a : unable to find the way b : no longer visible c : lacking assurance or self-confidence : HELPLESS\n6 : RAPT, ABSORBED <lost in reverie>\n7 : not appreciated or understood : WASTED <their jokes were lost on me>


Words: lot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance\n2 a : the use of lots as a means of deciding something b : the resulting choice\n3 a : something that comes to one upon whom a lot has fallen : SHARE b : one’s way of life or worldly fate : FORTUNE\n4 a : a portion of land b : a measured parcel of land having fixed boundaries and designated on a plot or survey c : a motion-picture studio and its adjoining property\n5 a : a number of units of an article, a single article, or a parcel of articles offered as one item (as in an auction sale) b : all the members of a present group, kind, or quantity used with the\n6 a : a number of associated persons : SET b : KIND, SORT\n7 : a considerable quantity or extent <a lot of money> <lots of friends>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : ALLOT, APPORTION\n2 : to form or divide into lots


Words: lottery
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance b : a drawing of lots used to decide something\n2 : an event or affair whose outcome is or seems to be determined by chance


Words: lotus
Meaning:
noun\n1 also lotos : a fruit eaten by the lotus-eaters and considered to cause indolence and dreamy contentment; also : a tree (as Zizyphus lotus of the buckthorn family) reputed to bear this fruit\n2 : any of various water lilies including several represented in ancient Egyptian and Hindu art and religious symbolism\n3 New Latin, from Latin a : any of a genus (Lotus) of widely distributed upright leguminous herbs or subshrubs b : SWEET CLOVER


Words: loud
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : marked by intensity or volume of sound b : producing a loud sound\n2 : CLAMOROUS, NOISY\n3 : obtrusive or offensive in appearance or smell : OBNOXIOUS


Words: lounge
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to act or move idly or lazily : LOAF\ntransitive senses : to pass (time) idly\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a place for lounging: as a : a room in a private home or public building for leisure occupations : LIVING ROOM; also : LOBBY b : a room in a usually public building or vehicle often combining lounging, smoking, and toilet facilities\n2 : a long couch


Words: louse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 plural lice a : any of various small wingless usually flattened insects (orders Anoplura and Mallophaga) parasitic on warm-blooded animals b : a small usually sluggish arthropod that lives on other animals or on plants and sucks their blood or juices usually used in combination <plant louse> c : any of several small arthropods that are not parasitic usually used in combination <book louse> <wood louse>\n2 plural louses : a contemptible person : HEEL\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to pick lice from : DELOUSE


Words: lousy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : infested with lice\n2 a : totally repulsive : CONTEMPTIBLE b : miserably poor or inferior <got lousy grades> <felt lousy after dinner> c : amply supplied : REPLETE <lousy with money>\n3 of silk : fuzzy and specked because of splitting of the fiber


Words: lout
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to bow in respect\n2 : SUBMIT, YIELD\n\n<2> noun\n: an awkward brutish person\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to treat as a lout : SCORN


Words: louver
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a roof lantern or turret often with slatted apertures for escape of smoke or admission of light in a medieval building\n2 a : an opening provided with one or more slanted fixed or movable fins to allow flow of air but to exclude rain or sun or to provide privacy b : a finned or vaned device for controlling a flow of air or the radiation of light c : a fin or shutter of a louver


Words: love
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties <maternal love for a child> (2) : attraction based on sexual desire : affection and tenderness felt by lovers (3) : affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests <love for his old schoolmates> b : an assurance of love <give her my love>\n2 : warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion <love of the sea>\n3 a : the object of attachment, devotion, or admiration <baseball was his first love> b (1) : a beloved person : DARLING often used as a term of endearment (2) British used as an informal term of address\n4 a : unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another: as (1) : the fatherly concern of God for humankind (2) : brotherly concern for others b : a person’s adoration of God\n5 : a god or personification of love\n6 : an amorous episode : LOVE AFFAIR\n7 : the sexual embrace : COPULATION\n8 : a score of zero (as in tennis)\n9 capitalized , Christian Science : GOD\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to hold dear : CHERISH\n2 a : to feel a lover’s passion, devotion, or tenderness for b (1) : CARESS (2) : to fondle amorously (3) : to copulate with\n3 : to like or desire actively : take pleasure in <loved to play the violin>\n4 : to thrive in <the rose loves sunlight>\nintransitive senses : to feel affection or experience desire


Words: lovely
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 obsolete : LOVABLE\n2 : delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace : ATTRACTIVE\n3 : GRAND, SWELL\n4 : eliciting love by moral or ideal worth\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a beautiful woman\n2 : a lovely object


Words: low
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n: MOO\n\n<2> noun\n: the deep sustained sound characteristic especially of a cow\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : having a small upward extension or elevation <a low wall> b : situated or passing little above a reference line, point, or plane <low bridges> c (1) : having a low-cut neckline (2) : not extending as high as the ankle <low oxfords>\n2 a : situated or passing below the normal level, surface, or base of measurement, or the mean elevation <low ground> b : marking a nadir or bottom <the low point of his career>\n3 : DEAD used as a predicate adjective\n4 a : not loud : SOFT b : FLAT 8a c : characterized by being toward the bottom of the range of pitch attainable (as by an instrument)\n5 a : being near the equator <low northern lat.s> b : being near the horizon\n6 : socially or economically humble in character or status <low birth>\n7 a : lacking strength, health, or vitality : WEAK, PROSTRATE <very low with pneumonia> b : lacking spirit or vivacity : DEPRESSED <a low frame of mind>\n8 a : of lesser degree, size, or amount than average or ordinary <low energy> b (1) : small in number or amount (2) : SUBSTANDARD, INADEQUATE <a low level of employment> <a low income group> (3) : CHEAP <low prices> (4) : SHORT, DEPLETED <oil is in low supply> c : of lesser position, rank, or order\n9 : falling short of some standard: as a : lacking dignity or elevation <a low style of writing> b : morally reprehensible : BASE <a low trick> c : COARSE, VULGAR <low language>\n10 a : not advanced in complexity, development, or elaboration <low organisms> b often capitalized : LOW CHURCH\n11 : UNFAVORABLE, DISPARAGING <had a low opinion of him>\n12 : designed for slow and usually the slowest speed <low gear>\n13 : articulated with a wide opening between the relatively flat tongue and the palate : OPEN < is a low vowel>\n14 : intended to attract little attention <kept a low profile>\n\n<4> noun\n1 : something that is low: as a : DEPTH b : a region of low barometric pressure\n2 : the transmission gear of an automotive vehicle giving the lowes


Words: lower
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to look sullen : FROWN\n2 : to be or become dark, gloomy, and threatening\n\n<2> noun\n: FROWN\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : relatively low in position, rank, or order\n2 : SOUTHERN <lower New York State>\n3 : less advanced in the scale of evolutionary development\n4 a : situated or held to be situated beneath the earth’s surface b capitalized : being an earlier epoch or series of the period or system named <Lower Cretaceous> <Lower Paleolithic>\n5 : constituting the popular and often the larger and more representative branch of a bicameral legislative body <lower house>\n\n<4> verb\nintransitive senses : to move down : DROP; also : DIMINISH\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to let descend : LET DOWN b : to depress as to direction <lower your aim> c : to reduce the height of\n2 a : to reduce in value, number, or amount b (1) : to bring down in quality or character : DEGRADE (2) : ABASE, HUMBLE c : to reduce the objective of


Words: lowercase
Meaning:
<1> adjective\nof a letter : having as its typical form a f g or b n i rather than or\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to print or set in lowercase letters


Words: lowland
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: low or level country\n\n<2> adjective\n1 capitalized : of or relating to the Lowlands of Scotland\n2 : of or relating to a lowland


Words: lowly
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : in a humble or meek manner\n2 : in a low position, manner, or degree\n3 : not loudly\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : humble in manner or spirit : free from self-assertive pride\n2 : not lofty or sublime : PROSAIC\n3 : ranking low in some hierarchy\n4 : of or relating to a low social or economic rank\n5 : low in the scale of biological or cultural evolution


Words: loyal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : unswerving in allegiance: as a : faithful in allegiance to one’s lawful sovereign or government b : faithful to a private person to whom fidelity is due c : faithful to a cause, ideal, custom, institution, or product\n2 : showing loyalty\n3 obsolete : LAWFUL, LEGITIMATE


Words: loyalist
Meaning:
noun\n: one who is or remains loyal especially to a political cause, party, government, or sovereign


Words: lozenge
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a figure with four equal sides and two acute and two obtuse angles : DIAMOND\n2 : something shaped like a lozenge\n3 : a small often medicated candy


Words: lubricant
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a substance (as grease) capable of reducing friction, heat, and wear when introduced as a film between solid surfaces\n2 : something that lessens or prevents friction or difficulty


Words: lubricate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make smooth or slippery\n2 : to apply a lubricant to\nintransitive senses : to act as a lubricant


Words: lubricious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by wantonness : LECHEROUS; also : SALACIOUS\n2 Latin lubricus : having a smooth or slippery quality <a lubricious skin>


Words: lucid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : suffused with light : LUMINOUS b : TRANSLUCENT\n2 : having full use of one’s faculties : SANE\n3 : clear to the understanding : INTELLIGIBLE


Words: Lucifer
Meaning:
noun\n1 used as a name of the devil\n2 : the planet Venus when appearing as the morning star\n3 not capitalized : a friction match having as active substances antimony sulfide and potassium chlorate


Words: luck
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a force that brings good fortune or adversity b : the events or circumstances that operate for or against an individual\n2 : favoring chance; also : SUCCESS\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to prosper or succeed especially through chance or good fortune usually used with out\n2 : to come upon something desirable by chance usually used with out, on, onto, or into


Words: lucky
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having good luck\n2 : happening by chance : FORTUITOUS\n3 : producing or resulting in good by chance : FAVORABLE\n4 : seeming to bring good luck <a lucky rabbit’s foot>


Words: ludicrous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity\n2 : meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish


Words: luff
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act of sailing a ship nearer the wind\n2 : the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to turn the head of a ship toward the wind


Words: lug
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : DRAG, PULL\n2 : to carry laboriously\n3 : to introduce in a forced manner <lugs my name into the argument>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to pull with effort : TUG\n2 : to move heavily or by jerks <the car lugs on hills>\n3 of a racehorse : to swerve from the course toward or away from the inside rail\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic a : an act of lugging b : something that is lugged c : a shipping container for produce\n2 : LUGSAIL\n3 plural : superior airs or affectations <put on lugs>\n4 slang : an exaction of money used in the phrase put the lug on\n\n<3> noun\n1 : something (as a handle) that projects like an ear: as a : a leather loop on a harness saddle through which the shaft passes b : a metal fitting to which electrical wires are soldered or connected\n2 chiefly British : EAR\n3 : a ridge (as on the bottom of a shoe) to increase traction\n4 : a nut used to secure a wheel on an automotive vehicle called also lug nut\n5 : BLOCKHEAD, LOUT


Words: lugubrious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : MOURNFUL; especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful <dark, dramatic and lugubrious brooding V. S. Pritchett>\n2 : DISMAL <a lugubrious landscape>


Words: lull
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to cause to sleep or rest : SOOTHE\n2 : to cause to relax vigilance\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic : something that lulls; especially : LULLABY\n2 : a temporary pause or decline in activity <the early morning lull in urban noise>: as a : a temporary calm before or during a storm b : a temporary drop in business activity


Words: lullaby
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a soothing refrain; specifically : a song to quiet children or lull them to sleep\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to quiet with or as if with a lullaby


Words: lumber
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to move ponderously\n2 : RUMBLE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : surplus or disused articles (as furniture) that are stored away\n2 a : timber or logs especially when dressed for use b : any of various structural materials prepared in a form similar to lumber\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to clutter with or as if with lumber : ENCUMBER\n2 : to heap together in disorder\n3 : to log and saw the timber of\nintransitive senses\n1 : to cut logs for lumber\n2 : to saw logs into lumber for the market


Words: luminary
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person of prominence or brilliant achievement\n2 : a body that gives light; especially : one of the celestial bodies


Words: luminous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light b : of or relating to light or to luminous flux\n2 : bathed in or exposed to steady light <luminous with sunlight>\n3 : CLEAR, ENLIGHTENING


Words: lump
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a piece or mass of indefinite size and shape\n2 a : AGGREGATE, TOTALITY <taken in the lump> b : MAJORITY\n3 : PROTUBERANCE; especially : an abnormal swelling\n4 : a person who is heavy and awkward; also : one who is stupid or dull\n5 plural a : BEATINGS, BRUISES <had taken a lot of lumps growing up in the city> b : DEFEAT, LOSS <can cheerfully take his lumps on losers, because the payout is big on the winners Martin Mayer>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to group indiscriminately\n2 : to make into lumps; also : to make lumps on or in\n3 : to move noisily and clumsily\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become formed into lumps\n2 : to move oneself noisily and clumsily\n\n<3> adjective\n: not divided into parts : ENTIRE <lump sum>\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to put up with <like it or lump it>


Words: lunacy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various forms of insanity: as a : intermittent insanity once believed to be related to phases of the moon b : insanity amounting to lack of capacity or of responsibility in the eyes of the law\n2 : wild foolishness : extravagant folly\n3 : a foolish act


Words: lunar
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : CRESCENT, LUNATE\n2 a : of or relating to the moon b : designed for use on the moon <lunar vehicles>\n3 : measured by the moon’s revolution <lunar month>


Words: lunatic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : affected with lunacy : INSANE b : designed for the care of insane persons <lunatic asylum>\n2 : wildly foolish


Words: lunch
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a usually light meal; especially : one taken in the middle of the day\n2 : the food prepared for a lunch\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to eat lunch\ntransitive senses : to treat to lunch


Words: luncheon
Meaning:
noun\n: LUNCH; especially : a formal usually midday meal as part of a meeting or for entertaining a guest


Words: lunchroom
Meaning:
noun\n1 : LUNCHEONETTE\n2 : a room (as in a school) where lunches supplied on the premises or brought from home may be eaten


Words: lunette
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something that has the shape of a crescent or half-moon: as a : an opening in a vault especially for a window b : the surface at the upper part of a wall that is partly surrounded by a vault which the wall intersects and that is often filled by windows or by mural painting c : a low crescentic mound (as of sand) formed by the wind\n2 : the figure or shape of a crescent moon


Words: lung
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one of the usually paired compound saccular thoracic organs that constitute the basic respiratory organ of air-breathing vertebrates b : any of various respiratory organs of invertebrates\n2 a : a device enabling individuals abandoning a submarine to rise to the surface b : a mechanical device for regularly introducing fresh air into and withdrawing stale air from the lung : RESPIRATOR


Words: lunge
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a quick thrust or jab (as of a sword) usually made by leaning or striding forward\n2 : a sudden forward rush or reach <made a lunge to catch the ball>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to make a lunge : move with or as if with a lunge\ntransitive senses : to thrust or propel (as a blow) in a lunge


Words: lupine
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of a genus (Lupinus) of leguminous herbs including some poisonous forms and others cultivated for their long showy racemes of usually blue, purple, white, or yellow flowers or for green manure, fodder, or their edible seeds; also : an edible lupine seed\n\n<2> adjective\n: WOLFISH


Words: lurch
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses , dialect chiefly English : to loiter about a place furtively : PROWL\ntransitive senses\n1 obsolete : STEAL\n2 archaic : CHEAT\n\n<2> noun\n: a decisive defeat in which an opponent wins a game by more than double the defeated player’s score especially in cribbage\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 archaic : to leave in the lurch\n2 : to defeat by a lurch (as in cribbage)\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a sudden roll of a ship to one side\n2 : a jerking or swaying movement; also : STAGGER 3\n\n<5> intransitive verb\n: to roll or tip abruptly : PITCH; also : STAGGER


Words: lure
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an object usually of leather or feathers attached to a long cord and used by a falconer to recall or exercise a hawk\n2 a : an inducement to pleasure or gain : ENTICEMENT b : APPEAL, ATTRACTION\n3 : a decoy for attracting animals to capture: as a : artificial bait used for catching fish b : an often luminous structure on the head of pediculate fishes that is used to attract prey\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to recall or exercise (a hawk) by means of a lure\n2 : to draw with a hint of pleasure or gain : attract actively and strongly


Words: lurid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : wan and ghastly pale in appearance b : of any of several light or medium grayish colors ranging in hue from yellow to orange\n2 : shining with the red glow of fire seen through smoke or cloud\n3 a : causing horror or revulsion : GRUESOME b : MELODRAMATIC, SENSATIONAL; also : SHOCKING <paperbacks in the usual lurid covers T. R. Fyvel>


Words: lurk
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 a : to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose b : to move furtively or inconspicuously c : to persist in staying\n2 a : to be concealed but capable of being discovered; specifically : to constitute a latent threat b : to lie hidden


Words: luscious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having a delicious taste or smell : SWEET b archaic : excessively sweet : CLOYING\n2 : sexually attractive : SEDUCTIVE, SEXY\n3 a : richly luxurious or appealing to the senses b : excessively ornate


Words: lush
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage <lush grass> b : lavishly productive: as (1) : FERTILE (2) : THRIVING (3) : characterized by abundance : PLENTIFUL (4) : PROSPEROUS, PROFITABLE\n2 a : SAVORY, DELICIOUS b : appealing to the senses <the lush sounds of the orchestra> c : OPULENT, SUMPTUOUS\n\n<2> noun\n1 slang : intoxicating liquor : DRINK\n2 : an habitual heavy drinker : DRUNKARD\n\n<3> verb\nslang : DRINK


Words: lust
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete a : PLEASURE, DELIGHT b : personal inclination : WISH\n2 : usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : LASCIVIOUSNESS\n3 a : an intense longing : CRAVING b : ENTHUSIASM, EAGERNESS\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to have an intense desire or need : CRAVE; specifically : to have a sexual urge


Words: luster
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a period of five years : LUSTRUM 2\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a glow of reflected light : SHEEN; specifically : the appearance of the surface of a mineral dependent upon its reflecting qualities\n2 a : a glow of light from within : LUMINOSITY b : an inner beauty : RADIANCE\n3 : a superficial attractiveness or appearance of excellence\n4 a : a glass pendant used especially to ornament a candlestick or chandelier b : a decorative object (as a chandelier) hung with glass pendants\n5 chiefly British : a fabric with cotton warp and a filling of wool, mohair, or alpaca\n6 : LUSTERWARE\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to have luster : GLEAM\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give luster or distinction to\n2 : to coat or treat with a substance that imparts luster


Words: lusty
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : MERRY, JOYOUS\n2 : LUSTFUL <lusty passion>\n3 a : full of strength and vitality : HEALTHY, VIGOROUS <a young, lusty, growing country Helen Harris> b : HEARTY, ROBUST <a lusty beef stew> c : ENTHUSIASTIC, ROUSING <a lusty rendition of the song>


Words: lute
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a stringed instrument having a large pear-shaped body, a vaulted back, a fretted fingerboard, and a head with tuning pegs which is often angled backward from the neck\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to seal or cover (as a joint or surface) with lute\n\n<3> noun\n: a substance (as cement or clay) for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid


Words: Lutheran
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a member of a Lutheran church\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to religious doctrines (as justification by faith alone) developed by Martin Luther or his followers\n2 : of or relating to the Protestant churches adhering to Lutheran doctrines, liturgy, and polity


Words: luxuriant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : yielding abundantly : FERTILE, FRUITFUL b : characterized by abundant growth : LUSH\n2 : abundantly and often extravagantly rich and varied : PROLIFIC\n3 : characterized by luxury : LUXURIOUS


Words: luxuriate
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 a : to grow profusely : THRIVE b : to develop extensively\n2 : to indulge oneself luxuriously : REVEL


Words: luxury
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : LECHERY, LUST\n2 : a condition of abundance or great ease and comfort : sumptuous environment <lived in luxury>\n3 a : something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary b : an indulgence in something that provides pleasure, satisfaction, or ease <had the luxury of rejecting a handful of job offers before accepting a choice assignment Terri Minsky>


Words: lyceum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a hall for public lectures or discussions\n2 : an association providing public lectures, concerts, and entertainments\n3 : LYC*E


Words: lye
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a strong alkaline liquor rich in potassium carbonate leached from wood ashes and used especially in making soap and washing; broadly : a strong alkaline solution (as of sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide)\n2 : a solid caustic (as sodium hydroxide)


Words: lymph
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : the sap of plants\n2 New Latin lympha, from Latin, water : a pale coagulable fluid that bathes the tissues, passes into lymphatic channels and ducts, is discharged into the blood by way of the thoracic duct, and consists of a liquid portion resembling blood plasma and containing white blood cells but normally no red blood cells


Words: lynx
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several wildcats (genus Lynx) with relatively long legs, a short stubby tail, mottled coat, and often tufted ears: as a : a lynx (L. lynx) of northern Europe and Asia b : BOBCAT c : a No. American lynx (L. canadensis) distinguished from the bobcat by its larger size, longer tufted ears, and wholly black tail tip called also Canadian lynx


Words: lyre
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a stringed instrument of the harp class used by the ancient Greeks especially to accompany song and recitation\n2 capitalized : LYRA


Words: lyric
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a lyric composition; specifically : a lyric poem\n2 : the words of a song often used in plural\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : suitable for singing to the lyre or for being set to music and sung b : of, relating to, or being drama set to music; especially : OPERATIC <lyric stage>\n2 a : expressing direct usually intense personal emotion especially in a manner suggestive of song <lyric poetry> b : EXUBERANT, RHAPSODIC\n3 of an opera singer : having a light voice and a melodic style compare DRAMATIC


Words: m
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the 13th letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic m\n2 : one thousand see NUMBER table\n3 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter m\n4 : one designated m especially as the 13th in order or class\n5 : something shaped like the letter M\n6 a : EM 2 b : PICA 2\n\n<2> abbreviation\nmale, manual, married, martyr, masculine, mass, measure, meridian, Latin meridies noon; meter, middle, mile, Latin mille thousand; milli-, minute, molal, molality, molar, molarity, mole, month, moon, morning, muscle


Words: macabre
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death\n2 : dwelling on the gruesome\n3 : tending to produce horror in a beholder


Words: macaque
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Macaca) of chiefly Asian monkeys typically having a sturdy build and including some short-tailed or tailless forms; especially : RHESUS MONKEY


Words: macaroni
Meaning:
noun\n1 : pasta made from semolina and shaped in the form of slender tubes\n2 plural macaronis or macaronies a : a member of a class of traveled young Englishmen of the late 18th and early 19th centuries who affected foreign ways b : an affected young man : FOP


Words: macaw
Meaning:
noun\n: any of numerous parrots (especially genus Ara) of South and Central America including some of the largest and showiest of parrots


Words: mace
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a heavy often spiked staff or club used especially in the Middle Ages for breaking armor b : a club used as a weapon\n2 a : an ornamental staff borne as a symbol of authority before a public official or a legislative body b : one who carries a mace\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to attack with the liquid Mace


Words: macerate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting\n2 : to cause to become soft or separated into constituent elements by or as if by steeping in fluid; broadly : STEEP, SOAK\nintransitive senses : to soften and wear away especially as a result of being wetted or steeped


Words: machicolation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an opening between the corbels of a projecting parapet or in the floor of a gallery or roof of a portal for discharging missiles upon assailants below see BATTLEMENT illustration b : a gallery or parapet containing such openings\n2 : construction imitating medieval machicolation


Words: machination
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act of machinating\n2 : a scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish some usually evil end <backstage machinations and power plays that have dominated the film industry Peter Bogdanovich>


Words: machine
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a archaic : a constructed thing whether material or immaterial b : CONVEYANCE, VEHICLE; especially : AUTOMOBILE c archaic : a military engine d : any of various apparatuses formerly used to produce stage effects e (1) : an assemblage of parts that transmit forces, motion, and energy one to another in a predetermined manner (2) : an instrument (as a lever) designed to transmit or modify the application of power, force, or motion f : a mechanically, electrically, or electronically operated device for performing a task <a calculating machine> <a card-sorting machine> g : a coin-operated device <a cigarette machine> h : MACHINERY used with the or in plural\n2 a : a living organism or one of its functional systems b : a person or organization that resembles a machine (as in being methodical, tireless, or unemotional) c (1) : a combination of persons acting together for a common end along with the agencies they use (2) : a highly organized political group under the leadership of a boss or small clique\n3 : a literary device or contrivance introduced for dramatic effect\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to process by or as if by machine; especially : to reduce or finish by or as if by turning, shaping, planing, or milling by machine-operated tools


Words: machinery
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : machines in general or as a functioning unit b : the working parts of a machine\n2 : the means or system by which something is kept in action or a desired result is obtained <the machinery of government> <genetic machinery of cells>


Words: machinist
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a worker who fabricates, assembles, or repairs machinery b : a craftsman skilled in the use of machine tools c : one who operates a machine\n2 archaic : a person in charge of the mechanical aspects of a theatrical production\n3 : a warrant officer who supervises machinery and engine operation


Words: mackerel
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a scombroid bony fish (Scomber scombrus) of the No. Atlantic that is green above with dark blue bars and silvery below and is one of the most important food fishes\n2 : any of a family (Scombridae) of fishes including the common mackerel; especially : a comparatively small member of this group as distinguished from a bonito or tuna


Words: mackinaw
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a heavy woolen blanket formerly distributed by the U.S. government to the Indians\n2 a : a heavy cloth of wool or wool and other fibers often with a plaid design and usually heavily napped and felted b : a short coat of mackinaw or similar heavy fabric


Words: mackintosh
Meaning:
noun\n1 chiefly British : RAINCOAT\n2 : a lightweight waterproof fabric originally of rubberized cotton


Words: macrocosm
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the great world : UNIVERSE\n2 : a complex that is a large-scale reproduction of one of its constituents


Words: macron
Meaning:
noun\n: a mark < placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is long or placed over a syllable or used alone to indicate a stressed or long syllable in a metrical foot


Words: macroscopic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : large enough to be observed by the naked eye\n2 : considered in terms of large units or elements


Words: mad
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : disordered in mind : INSANE\n2 a : completely unrestrained by reason and judgment <driven mad by the pain> b : incapable of being explained or accounted for <a mad decision>\n3 : carried away by intense anger : FURIOUS <mad at myself> <mad about the delay>\n4 : carried away by enthusiasm or desire <mad about horses> <mad for the boy next door>\n5 : affected with rabies : RABID\n6 : marked by wild gaiety and merriment : HILARIOUS\n7 : intensely excited : FRANTIC <mad with jealousy>\n8 : marked by intense and often chaotic activity : WILD <a mad scramble>\n\n<2> verb\n: MADDEN\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a fit or mood of bad temper\n2 : ANGER, FURY


Words: madam
Meaning:
noun\n1 plural mesdames : LADY used without a name as a form of respectful or polite address to a woman\n2 : MISTRESS 1 used as a title formerly with the given name but now with the surname or especially with a designation of rank or office <Madam Chairman> <Madam President>\n3 : the female head of a house of prostitution\n4 : the female head of a household : WIFE


Words: madame
Meaning:
noun\n1 plural mesdames used as a title equivalent to Mrs. for a married woman not of English-speaking nationality\n2 plural madames : MADAM 3


Words: madden
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to become or act as if mad\ntransitive senses\n1 : to drive mad : CRAZE\n2 : to make intensely angry : ENRAGE


Words: madder
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a Eurasian herb (Rubia tinctorum of the family Rubiaceae, the madder family) with whorled leaves and small yellowish panicled flowers succeeded by berries; broadly : any of several related herbs (genus Rubia)\n2 a : the root of the Eurasian madder used formerly in dyeing; also : an alizarin dye prepared from it b : a moderate to strong red


Words: made
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : FICTITIOUS, INVENTED <a made excuse> b : artificially produced c : put together of various ingredients <a made dish>\n2 : assured of success <a made man> usually used in the phrase have it made


Words: mademoiselle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an unmarried French girl or woman used as a title equivalent to Miss for an unmarried woman not of English-speaking nationality\n2 : a French governess\n3 : SILVER PERCH a


Words: madras
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large silk or cotton kerchief usually of bright colors that is often worn as a turban\n2 a : a fine plain-woven shirting and dress fabric usually of cotton with varied designs (as plaid) in bright colors or in white b : a light open usually cotton fabric with a heavy design used for curtains


Words: madrigal
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form\n2 a : a complex polyphonic unaccompanied vocal piece on a secular text developed especially in the 16th and 17th centuries b : PART-SONG; especially : GLEE


Words: maelstrom
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius\n2 : something resembling a maelstrom in turbulence


Words: maenad
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a woman participant in orgiastic Dionysian rites : BACCHANTE\n2 : an unnaturally excited or distraught woman


Words: maestro
Meaning:
noun\n: a master usually in an art; especially : an eminent composer, conductor, or teacher of music


Words: magazine
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a place where goods or supplies are stored : WAREHOUSE\n2 : a room in which powder and other explosives are kept in a fort or a ship\n3 : the contents of a magazine: as a : an accumulation of munitions of war b : a stock of provisions or goods\n4 a : a periodical containing miscellaneous pieces (as articles, stories, poems) often illustrated b : a similar section of a newspaper usually appearing on Sunday c : a radio or television program presenting usually several short segments on a variety of topics\n5 : a supply chamber: as a : a holder in or on a gun for cartridges to be fed into the gun chamber b : a lightproof chamber for films or plates on a camera or for film on a motion-picture projector


Words: maggot
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a soft-bodied legless grub that is the larva of a dipterous insect (as the housefly)\n2 : a fantastic or eccentric idea : WHIM


Words: magic
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the use of means (as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces b : magic rites or incantations\n2 a : an extraordinary power or influence seemingly from a supernatural source b : something that seems to cast a spell : ENCHANTMENT\n3 : the art of producing illusions by sleight of hand\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to magic\n2 a : having seemingly supernatural qualities or powers b : giving a feeling of enchantment\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to produce, remove, or influence by magic


Words: magician
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one skilled in magic; especially : SORCERER\n2 : one who performs tricks of illusion and sleight of hand


Words: magisterial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a (1) : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : AUTHORITATIVE (2) : marked by an overbearingly dignified or assured manner or aspect b : of, relating to, or required for a master’s degree\n2 : of or relating to a magistrate or a magistrate’s office or duties


Words: magistrate
Meaning:
noun\n: an official entrusted with administration of the laws: as a : a principal official exercising governmental powers over a major political unit (as a nation) b : a local official exercising administrative and often judicial functions c : a local judiciary official having limited original jurisdiction especially in criminal cases


Words: magnanimous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit <the irreproachable lives and magnanimous sufferings of their followers Joseph Addison>\n2 : showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind <too sincere for dissimulation, too magnanimous for resentment Ellen Glasgow>


Words: magnesium
Meaning:
noun\n: a silver-white light malleable ductile metallic element that occurs abundantly in nature and is used in metallurgical and chemical processes, in photography, signaling, and pyrotechnics because of the intense white light it produces on burning, and in construction especially in the form of light alloys see ELEMENT table


Words: magnet
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : LODESTONE b : a body having the property of attracting iron and producing a magnetic field external to itself; specifically : a mass of iron, steel, or alloy that has this property artificially imparted\n2 : something that attracts <a box-office magnet>


Words: magnetic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : possessing an extraordinary power or ability to attract <a magnetic personality>\n2 a : of or relating to a magnet or to magnetism b : of, relating to, or characterized by the earth’s magnetism c : magnetized or capable of being magnetized d : actuated by magnetic attraction\n\n<2> noun\n: a magnetic substance


Words: magnetism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a class of physical phenomena that include the attraction for iron observed in lodestone and a magnet, are inseparably associated with moving electricity, are exhibited by both magnets and electric currents, and are characterized by fields of force b : a science that deals with magnetic phenomena\n2 : an ability to attract or charm


Words: magneto
Meaning:
noun\n: a magnetoelectric machine; especially : an alternator with permanent magnets used to generate current for the ignition in an internal combustion engine


Words: magnificent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : great in deed or exalted in place used only of former famous rulers <Lorenzo the Magnificent>\n2 : marked by stately grandeur and lavishness <a magnificent way of life>\n3 : sumptuous in structure and adornment <a magnificent cathedral>; broadly : strikingly beautiful or impressive <a magnificent physique>\n4 : impressive to the mind or spirit : SUBLIME <magnificent prose>\n5 : exceptionally fine <a magnificent day>


Words: magnify
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : EXTOL, LAUD b : to cause to be held in greater esteem or respect\n2 a : to increase in significance : INTENSIFY b : EXAGGERATE\n3 : to enlarge in fact or in appearance\nintransitive senses : to have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they are


Words: magnitude
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : great size or extent b (1) : spatial quality : SIZE (2) : QUANTITY, NUMBER\n2 : the importance, quality, or caliber of something\n3 : a number representing the intrinsic or apparent brightness of a celestial body on a logarithmic scale in which an increase of one unit corresponds to a reduction in the brightness of light by a factor of 2.512\n4 : a numerical quantitative measure expressed usually as a multiple of a standard unit


Words: magnolia
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Magnolia of the family Magnoliaceae, the magnolia family) of American and Asian shrubs and trees with entire evergreen or deciduous leaves and usually showy white, yellow, rose, or purple flowers usually appearing in early spring


Words: magpie
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of various birds (especially Pica pica) related to the jays but having a long graduated tail and black-and-white or brightly colored plumage\n2 : a person who chatters noisily\n3 : one who collects indiscriminately\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : collected indiscriminately : MISCELLANEOUS <magpie compilations of unrelated tidbits Helen R. Cross>\n2 : given to indiscriminate collecting : ACQUISITIVE <what possible magpie instinct had impelled me to retain them S. J. Perelman>


Words: mahatma
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person to be revered for high-mindedness, wisdom, and selflessness\n2 : a person of great prestige in a field of endeavor


Words: mahogany
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the wood of any of various chiefly tropical trees (family Meliaceae, the mahogany family): a (1) : the durable yellowish brown to reddish brown usually moderately hard and heavy wood of a West Indian tree (Swietenia mahagoni) that is widely used for cabinetwork and fine finish work (2) : a wood similar to mahogany from a congeneric tree (especially S. macrophylla) b (1) : the rather hard heavy usually odorless wood of any of several African trees (genus Khaya) (2) : the rather lightweight cedar-scented wood of any of several African trees (genus Entandrophragma) that varies in color from pinkish to deep reddish brown\n2 : any of various woods resembling or substituted for mahogany obtained from trees of the mahogany family\n3 : a tree that yields mahogany\n4 : a moderate reddish brown


Words: maid
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an unmarried girl or woman especially when young : VIRGIN\n2 a : MAIDSERVANT b : a woman or girl employed to do domestic work


Words: maiden
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an unmarried girl or woman : MAID\n2 : a former Scottish beheading device resembling the guillotine\n3 : a horse that has never won a race\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a (1) : not married <maiden aunt> (2) : VIRGIN b of a female animal (1) : never yet mated (2) : never having borne young\n2 : of, relating to, or befitting a maiden\n3 : FIRST, EARLIEST <maiden voyage> <maiden flight of a spacecraft>


Words: mail
Meaning:
<1> noun\nchiefly Scottish : PAYMENT, RENT\n\n<2> noun\n1 chiefly Scottish : BAG, WALLET\n2 a : something sent or carried in the postal system b : a conveyance that transports mail c : messages sent electronically to an individual (as through a computer system)\n3 : a nation’s postal system often used in plural\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to send by mail : POST\n\n<4> noun\n1 : armor made of metal links or sometimes plates\n2 : a hard enclosing covering of an animal (as a tortoise)


Words: mailbox
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a box at or near a dwelling for the occupant’s mail\n2 : a public box for deposit of outgoing mail\n3 : a computer file in which E-mail is collected


Words: maim
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to commit the felony of mayhem upon\n2 : to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously\n\n<2> noun\n1 obsolete : serious physical injury; especially : loss of a member of the body\n2 obsolete : a serious loss


Words: main
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : physical strength : FORCE used in the phrase with might and main\n2 a : MAINLAND b : HIGH SEA\n3 : the chief part : essential point <they are in the main well-trained>\n4 : a pipe, duct, or circuit which carries the combined flow of tributary branches of a utility system\n5 a : MAINMAST b : MAINSAIL\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : CHIEF, PRINCIPAL <the main idea>\n2 : fully exerted : SHEER <main force> <by main strength>\n3 obsolete : of or relating to a broad expanse (as of sea)\n4 : connected with or located near the mainmast or mainsail\n5 : expressing the chief predication in a complex sentence <the main clause>


Words: mainland
Meaning:
noun\n: a continent or the main part of a continent as distinguished from an offshore island or sometimes from a cape or peninsula


Words: mainspring
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the chief spring in a mechanism especially of a watch or clock\n2 : the chief or most powerful motive, agent, or cause


Words: mainstay
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a ship’s stay extending from the maintop forward usually to the foot of the foremast\n2 : a chief support


Words: mainstream
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a prevailing current or direction of activity or influence\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to place (as a handicapped child) in regular school classes


Words: maintain
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to keep in an existing state (as of repair, efficiency, or validity) : preserve from failure or decline <maintain machinery>\n2 : to sustain against opposition or danger : uphold and defend <maintain a position>\n3 : to continue or persevere in : CARRY ON, KEEP UP <couldn’t maintain his composure>\n4 a : to support or provide for <has a family to maintain> b : SUSTAIN <enough food to maintain life>\n5 : to affirm in or as if in argument : ASSERT <maintained that the earth is flat>


Words: majesty
Meaning:
noun\n1 : sovereign power, authority, or dignity\n2 used in addressing or referring to reigning sovereigns and their consorts <Your Majesty> <Her Majesty’s Government>\n3 a : royal bearing or aspect : GRANDEUR b : greatness or splendor of quality or character


Words: majolica
Meaning:
noun\n1 : earthenware covered with an opaque tin glaze and decorated on the glaze before firing; especially : an Italian ware of this kind\n2 : a 19th century earthenware modeled in naturalistic shapes and glazed in lively colors


Words: major
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : greater in dignity, rank, importance, or interest <one of the major poets>\n2 : greater in number, quantity, or extent <the major part of his work>\n3 : having attained majority\n4 : notable or conspicuous in effect or scope : CONSIDERABLE <a major improvement>\n5 : involving grave risk : SERIOUS <a major illness>\n6 : of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization\n7 a : having half steps between the third and fourth and the seventh and eighth degrees <major scale> b : based on a major scale <major key> c : equivalent to the distance between the keynote and another tone (except the fourth and fifth) of a major scale <major third> d : having a major third above the root <major triad>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a person who has attained majority\n2 a : one that is superior in rank, importance, size, or performance <economic power of the oil majors> b : a major musical interval, scale, key, or mode\n3 : a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a captain and below a lieutenant colonel\n4 a : an academic subject chosen as a field of specialization b : a student specializing in such a field <a history major>\n5 plural : major league baseball used with the\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to pursue an academic major


Words: majordomo
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a head steward of a large household (as a palace)\n2 : BUTLER, STEWARD\n3 : a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another


Words: majority
Meaning:
noun\n1 obsolete : the quality or state of being greater\n2 a : the age at which full civil rights are accorded b : the status of one who has attained this age\n3 a : a number greater than half of a total b : the excess of a majority over the remainder of the total : MARGIN c : the preponderant quantity or share\n4 : the group or political party whose votes preponderate\n5 : the military office, rank, or commission of a major


Words: make
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a obsolete : BEHAVE, ACT b : to seem to begin (an action) <made to go>\n2 a : to cause to happen to or be experienced by someone <made trouble for us> b : to cause to exist, occur, or appear : CREATE <make a disturbance> c : to favor the growth or occurrence of <haste makes waste> d : to fit, intend, or destine by or as if by creating <was made to be an actor>\n3 a : to bring into being by forming, shaping, or altering material : FASHION <make a dress> b : COMPOSE, WRITE <make verses> c : to lay out and construct <make a road>\n4 : to frame or formulate in the mind <make plans>\n5 : to put together from components : CONSTITUTE <houses made of stone>\n6 a : to compute or estimate to be b : to form and hold in the mind <make no doubt of it>\n7 a : to assemble and set alight the materials for (a fire) b : to set in order <make beds> c : PREPARE, FIX <make dinner> d : to shuffle (a deck of cards) in preparation for dealing\n8 : to prepare (hay) by cutting, drying, and storing\n9 a : to cause to be or become <made them happy> b : APPOINT <made him bishop>\n10 a : ENACT, ESTABLISH <make laws> b : to execute in an appropriate manner <make a will> c : SET, NAME <make a price>\n11 a chiefly dialect : SHUT <the doors are made against you Shakespeare> b : to cause (an electric circuit) to be completed\n12 a : to conclude as to the nature or meaning of something <what do you make of this development> b : to regard as being <not the fool some make him>\n13 a : to carry out (an action indicated or implied by the object) <make war> <make a speech> b : to perform with a bodily movement <make a sweeping gesture> c : to achieve by traversing <make a detour> <making the rounds>\n14 a : to produce as a result of action, effort, or behavior with respect to something <make a mess of the job> <tried to make a thorough job of it> b archaic : to turn into another language by translation\n15 : to cause to act in a certain way : COMPEL <make her give it back>\n16 : to cause or assure the success or prosperity of <can either m


Words: makeup
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the way in which the parts or ingredients of something are put together : COMPOSITION b : physical, mental, and moral constitution\n2 a : the operation of making up especially pages for printing b : design or layout of printed matter\n3 a (1) : cosmetics used to color and beautify the face (2) : a cosmetic applied to other parts of the body b : materials (as wigs and cosmetics) used in making up or in special costuming (as for a play)\n4 : REPLACEMENT; specifically : material added (as in a manufacturing process) to replace material that has been used up <makeup water>\n5 : a special examination in which a student may make up for absence or previous failure


Words: maladjusted
Meaning:
adjective\n: poorly or inadequately adjusted; specifically : lacking harmony with one’s environment from failure to adjust one’s desires to the conditions of one’s life


Words: malaise
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness\n2 : a vague sense of mental or moral ill-being <a malaise of cynicism and despair Malcolm Boyd>


Words: malapropism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase; especially : the use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended but ludicrously wrong in the context\n2 : MALAPROP


Words: malaria
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : air infected with a noxious substance capable of causing disease; especially : MIASMA\n2 a : a human disease that is caused by sporozoan parasites (genus Plasmodium) in the red blood cells, is transmitted by the bite of anopheline mosquitoes, and is characterized by periodic attacks of chills and fever b : any of various diseases of birds and mammals caused by blood protozoans


Words: Malay
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a member of a people of the Malay Peninsula, eastern Sumatra, parts of Borneo, and some adjacent islands\n2 : the Austronesian language of the Malays


Words: malcontent
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a discontented person: a : one who bears a grudge from a sense of grievance or thwarted ambition b : one who is in active opposition to an established order or government : REBEL\n\n<2> adjective\n: dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs : DISCONTENTED


Words: male
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a male person : a man or a boy b : an individual that produces small usually motile gametes (as spermatozoa or spermatozoids) which fertilize the eggs of a female\n2 : a staminate plant\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a (1) : of, relating to, or being the sex that produces gametes which fertilize the eggs of a female (2) : STAMINATE; especially : having only staminate flowers and not producing fruit or seeds <a male holly> b (1) : of, relating to, or characteristic of the male sex <a deep male voice> (2) : made up of usually adult male individuals <a male choir>\n2 : MASCULINE 3a\n3 : designed for fitting into a corresponding female part <male hose coupling>


Words: malefactor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who commits an offense against the law; especially : FELON\n2 : one who does ill toward another


Words: malevolent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred\n2 : productive of harm or evil


Words: malice
Meaning:
noun\n1 : desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another\n2 : intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse


Words: malign
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : evil in nature, influence, or effect : INJURIOUS b : MALIGNANT, VIRULENT\n2 : having or showing intense often vicious ill will : MALEVOLENT\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to utter injuriously misleading or false reports about : speak evil of


Words: malignant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a obsolete : MALCONTENT, DISAFFECTED b : evil in nature, influence, or effect : INJURIOUS c : passionately and relentlessly malevolent : aggressively malicious\n2 : tending to produce death or deterioration <malignant malaria>; especially : tending to infiltrate, metastasize, and terminate fatally <malignant tumor>


Words: mallard
Meaning:
noun\n: a common and widely distributed wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos) of the northern hemisphere the males of which have a green head and white-ringed neck and which is the source of the domestic ducks


Words: malleable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers\n2 a : capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces or influences b : having a capacity for adaptive change


Words: mallet
Meaning:
noun\n: a hammer with a typically barrel-shaped head: as a : a tool with a large head for driving another tool or for striking a surface without marring it b : a long-handled wooden implement used for striking a ball (as in polo or croquet) c : a light hammer with a small rounded or spherical usually padded head used in playing certain musical instruments (as a vibraphone)


Words: mallow
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Malva of the family Malvaceae, the mallow family) of herbs with palmately lobed or dissected leaves, usually showy flowers, and a disk-shaped fruit


Words: malodorous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a bad odor\n2 : highly improper <malodorous practices and chicanery in high financial places New Republic>


Words: malpractice
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a dereliction of professional duty or a failure to exercise an accepted degree of professional skill or learning by one (as a physician) rendering professional services which results in injury, loss, or damage\n2 : an injurious, negligent, or improper practice : MALFEASANCE


Words: malt
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : grain (as barley) softened by steeping in water, allowed to germinate, and used especially in brewing and distilling\n2 : MALT LIQUOR\n3 : MALTED MILK\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to convert into malt\n2 : to make or treat with malt or malt extract\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become malt\n2 : to make grain into malt


Words: mambo
Meaning:
noun\n: a ballroom dance of Cuban origin that resembles the rumba and the cha-cha; also : the music for this dance


Words: mammal
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans


Words: mammon
Meaning:
noun\n: material wealth or possessions especially as having a debasing influence <you cannot serve God and mammon Matthew 6:24 (Revised Standard Version)>


Words: mammoth
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene elephants distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair\n2 : something immense of its kind <the company is a mammoth of the industry>\n\n<2> adjective\n: of very great size


Words: man
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : an individual human; especially : an adult male human (2) : a man belonging to a particular category (as by birth, residence, membership, or occupation) usually used in combination <councilman> (3) : HUSBAND (4) : LOVER b : the human race : MANKIND c : a bipedal primate mammal (Homo sapiens) that is anatomically related to the great apes but distinguished especially by notable development of the brain with a resultant capacity for articulate speech and abstract reasoning, is usually considered to form a variable number of freely interbreeding races, and is the sole representative of a natural family (Hominidae); broadly : any living or extinct member of this family d (1) : one possessing in high degree the qualities considered distinctive of manhood (2) obsolete : the quality or state of being manly : MANLINESS e : FELLOW, CHAP f used interjectionally to express intensity of feeling <man, what a game>\n2 a : INDIVIDUAL, PERSON <a man could get killed there> b : the individual who can fulfill or who has been chosen to fulfill one’s requirements <she’s your man>\n3 a : a feudal tenant : VASSAL b : an adult male servant c plural : the working force as distinguished from the employer and usually the management\n4 a : one of the distinctive objects moved by each player in various board games b : one of the players on a team\n5 : an alumnus of or student at a college or university <a Bowdoin man>\n6 Christian Science : the compound idea of infinite Spirit : the spiritual image and likeness of God : the full representation of Mind\n7 often capitalized : POLICE <when heard the siren, knew it was the Man Amer. Speech>\n8 often capitalized : the white establishment : white society <surprise that any black should take on so about The Man Peter Goldman>\n9 : one extremely fond of or devoted to something specified <strictly a vanilla ice cream man>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to supply with people (as for service) <man a fleet> b : to station members of a ship’s crew at <man the capstan> c : to serve in the force or


Words: manacle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a shackle for the hand or wrist : HANDCUFF usually used in plural\n2 : something used as a restraint\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to confine (the hands) with manacles\n2 : to make fast or secure : BIND; broadly : to restrain from movement, progress, or action


Words: manage
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to handle or direct with a degree of skill: as a : to make and keep compliant <can’t manage her child> b : to treat with care : HUSBAND <managed his resources carefully> c : to exercise executive, administrative, and supervisory direction of <manage a business> <manage a bond issue>\n2 : to work upon or try to alter for a purpose <manage stress>\n3 : to succeed in accomplishing : CONTRIVE <managed to escape from prison>\n4 : to direct the professional career of <an agency that manages entertainers>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to direct or carry on business or affairs; also : to direct a baseball team b : to admit of being carried on\n2 : to achieve one’s purpose\n\n<2> noun\n1 a archaic : the action and paces of a trained riding horse b : the schooling or handling of a horse c : a riding school\n2 obsolete : MANAGEMENT


Words: management
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or art of managing : the conducting or supervising of something (as a business)\n2 : judicious use of means to accomplish an end\n3 : the collective body of those who manage or direct an enterprise


Words: manager
Meaning:
noun\n: one that manages: as a : a person who conducts business or household affairs b : a person whose work or profession is management c (1) : a person who directs a team or athlete (2) : a student who in scholastic or collegiate sports supervises equipment and records under the direction of a coach


Words: mandamus
Meaning:
noun\n: a writ issued by a superior court commanding the performance of a specified official act or duty


Words: mandarin
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a public official in the Chinese Empire of any of nine superior grades b (1) : a pedantic official (2) : BUREAUCRAT c : a person of position and influence often in intellectual or literary circles; especially : an elder and often traditionalist or reactionary member of such a circle\n2 capitalized a : a form of spoken Chinese used by the court and the official classes of the Empire b : the group of closely related Chinese dialects that are spoken in about four fifths of the country and have a standard variety centering about Beijing\n3 French mandarine, from Spanish mandarina, probably from mandar*n mandarin, from Portuguese mandarim; probably from the color of a mandarin’s robes a : a small spiny orange tree (Citrus reticulata) of southeastern Asia with yellow to reddish orange loose-rinded fruits; also : a derivative of this tree developed in cultivation by artificial selection or hybridization b : the fruit of a mandarin\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or typical of a mandarin\n2 : marked by polished ornate complexity of language <mandarin prose>


Words: mandate
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an authoritative command; especially : a formal order from a superior court or official to an inferior one\n2 : an authorization to act given to a representative <accepted the mandate of the people>\n3 a : an order or commission granted by the League of Nations to a member nation for the establishment of a responsible government over a former German colony or other conquered territory b : a mandated territory\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to administer or assign (as a territory) under a mandate\n2 : to make mandatory : ORDER; also : DIRECT, REQUIRE


Words: mandatory
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : containing or constituting a command : OBLIGATORY <mandatory retirement age>\n2 : of, by, relating to, or holding a League of Nations mandate\n\n<2> noun\n: one given a mandate; especially : a nation holding a mandate from the League of Nations


Words: mandible
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : JAW 1a; especially : a lower jaw consisting of a single bone or of completely fused bones b : the lower jaw with its investing soft parts c : either the upper or lower segment of the bill of a bird\n2 : any of various invertebrate mouthparts serving to hold or bite food materials; especially : either member of the anterior pair of mouth appendages of an arthropod often forming strong biting jaws


Words: mandolin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a musical instrument of the lute family that has a usually pear-shaped body and fretted neck and four to six pairs of strings\n2 usually mandoline French, from Italian mandolino mandolin : a kitchen utensil with a blade for slicing and shredding


Words: mandrake
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a Mediterranean herb (Mandragora officinarum) of the nightshade family with ovate leaves, yellowish or purple flowers, and a large forked root traditionally credited with human attributes b : the root of a mandrake formerly used especially to promote conception, as a cathartic, or as a narcotic and soporific\n2 : MAYAPPLE


Words: mane
Meaning:
noun\n1 : long and heavy hair growing about the neck and head of some mammals (as a horse or lion)\n2 : long heavy hair on a person’s head


Words: manes
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 often capitalized : the deified spirits of the ancient Roman dead honored with graveside sacrifices\n2 : the venerated or appeased spirit of a dead person


Words: maneuver
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a military or naval movement b : an armed forces training exercise; especially : an extended and large-scale training exercise involving military and naval units separately or in combination often used in plural\n2 : a procedure or method of working usually involving expert physical movement\n3 a : evasive movement or shift of tactics b : an intended and controlled variation from a straight and level flight path in the operation of an airplane\n4 a : an action taken to gain a tactical end b : an adroit and clever management of affairs often using trickery and deception\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage b : to make a series of changes in direction and position for a specific purpose\n2 : to use stratagems : SCHEME\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to execute tactical movements\n2 : to manage into or out of a position or condition : MANIPULATE\n3 a : to guide with adroitness and design b : to bring about or secure as a result of skillful management


Words: manganese
Meaning:
noun\n: a grayish white usually hard and brittle metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic see ELEMENT table


Words: mange
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare SARCOPTIC MANGE


Words: mangle
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing <people mangled by sharks V. G. Heiser>\n2 : to spoil, injure, or make incoherent especially through ineptitude <a story mangled beyond recognition>\n\n<2> noun\n: a machine for ironing laundry by passing it between heated rollers\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to press or smooth (as damp linen) with a mangle


Words: mango
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a tropical fruit commonly with a firm yellowish red skin, hard central stone, and juicy aromatic pulp; also : an evergreen tree (Mangifera indica) of the cashew family that bears mangoes\n2 : SWEET PEPPER


Words: mangrove
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Rhizophora, especially R. mangle of the family Rhizophoraceae) of tropical maritime trees or shrubs that send out many prop roots and form dense masses important in coastal land building\n2 : any of numerous trees (as of the genera Avicennia of the vervain family or Sonneratia of the family Sonneratiaceae) with growth habits like those of the true mangroves


Words: manhandle
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to handle roughly\n2 : to move or manage by human force <manhandled the posts into place>


Words: manhole
Meaning:
noun\n: a hole through which one may go especially to gain access to an underground or enclosed structure


Words: manhood
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the condition of being a human being\n2 : qualities associated with men\n3 : the condition of being an adult male as distinguished from a child or female\n4 : adult males : MEN


Words: manhunt
Meaning:
noun\n: an organized and usually intensive hunt for a person and especially for one charged with a crime


Words: mania
Meaning:
noun\n1 : excitement manifested by mental and physical hyperactivity, disorganization of behavior, and elevation of mood; specifically : the manic phase of manic-depressive mental disorder\n2 : excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm <a mania for saving things>; also : the object of such enthusiasm


Words: maniac
Meaning:
noun\n1 : MADMAN, LUNATIC\n2 : a person characterized by an inordinate or ungovernable enthusiasm for something


Words: manicure
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : MANICURIST\n2 : a treatment for the care of the hands and fingernails\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to do manicure work on; especially : to trim and polish the fingernails of\n2 a : to trim closely and evenly <manicured lawns> b : GROOM 2 <manicured flower beds>


Words: manifest
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sight\n2 : easily understood or recognized by the mind : OBVIOUS\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make evident or certain by showing or displaying\n\n<3> noun\n1 : MANIFESTATION, INDICATION\n2 : MANIFESTO\n3 : a list of passengers or an invoice of cargo for a vehicle (as a ship or plane)


Words: manifestation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act, process, or an instance of manifesting b : something that manifests or is manifest c : one of the forms in which an individual is manifested d : an occult phenomenon; specifically : MATERIALIZATION\n2 : a public demonstration of power and purpose


Words: manifesto
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to issue a manifesto


Words: manifold
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : marked by diversity or variety b : MANY\n2 : comprehending or uniting various features : MULTIFARIOUS\n3 : rightfully so-called for many reasons <a manifold liar>\n4 : consisting of or operating many of one kind combined <a manifold bellpull>\n\n<2> adverb\n: many times : a great deal <will increase your blessings manifold>\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make manifold : MULTIPLY\n2 : to make several or many copies of\nintransitive senses : to make several or many copies\n\n<4> noun\n: something that is manifold: as a : a whole that unites or consists of many diverse elements <the manifold of aspirations, passions, frustrations Harry Slochower> b : a pipe fitting with several lateral outlets for connecting one pipe with others; also : a fitting on an internal combustion engine that directs a fuel and air mixture to or receives the exhaust gases from several cylinders c : SET 21 d : a topological space in which every point has a neighborhood that is homeomorphic to the interior of a sphere in Euclidean space of the same number of dimensions


Words: manipulate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to treat or operate with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner\n2 a : to manage or utilize skillfully b : to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one’s own advantage\n3 : to change by artful or unfair means so as to serve one’s purpose : DOCTOR


Words: mankind
Meaning:
noun singular but singular or plural in construction\n1 : the human race : the totality of human beings\n2 : men especially as distinguished from women


Words: manly
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: in a manly manner\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : having qualities generally associated with a man : STRONG, VIRILE\n2 : appropriate in character to a man <manly sports>


Words: manna
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness b : divinely supplied spiritual nourishment c : a usually sudden and unexpected source of gratification, pleasure, or gain\n2 a : the sweetish dried exudate of a European ash (especially Fraxinus ornus) that contains mannitol and has been used as a laxative and demulcent b : a similar product excreted by a scale insect (Trabutina mannipara) feeding on the tamarisk


Words: mannequin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an artist’s, tailor’s, or dressmaker’s lay figure; also : a form representing the human figure used especially for displaying clothes\n2 : one employed to model clothing


Words: manner
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : KIND, SORT <what manner of man is he> b : KINDS, SORTS <all manner of problems>\n2 a (1) : a characteristic or customary mode of acting : CUSTOM (2) : a mode of procedure or way of acting : FASHION (3) : method of artistic execution or mode of presentation : STYLE b plural : social conduct or rules of conduct as shown in the prevalent customs <Victorian manners> c : characteristic or distinctive bearing, air, or deportment <his poised gracious manner> d plural (1) : habitual conduct or deportment : BEHAVIOR <mind your manners> (2) : good manners e : a distinguished or stylish air


Words: mannerism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : exaggerated or affected adherence to a particular style or manner : ARTIFICIALITY, PRECIOSITY <refined almost to the point of mannerism Winthrop Sargeant> b often capitalized : an art style in late 16th century Europe characterized by spatial incongruity and excessive elongation of the human figures\n2 : a characteristic and often unconscious mode or peculiarity of action, bearing, or treatment


Words: mannish
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : resembling or suggesting a man rather than a woman\n2 : generally associated with or characteristic of a man rather than a woman <her mannish clothes>


Words: manor
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the house or hall of an estate : MANSION b : a landed estate\n2 a : a unit of English rural territorial organization; especially : such a unit in the Middle Ages consisting of an estate under a lord enjoying a variety of rights over land and tenants including the right to hold court b : a tract of land in No. America occupied by tenants who pay a fixed rent in money or kind to the proprietor


Words: mansard
Meaning:
noun\n: a roof having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper one see ROOF illustration


Words: manse
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : the dwelling of a householder\n2 : the residence of a clergyman; especially : the house of a Presbyterian clergyman\n3 : a large imposing residence


Words: mansion
Meaning:
noun\n1 a obsolete : the act of remaining or dwelling : STAY b archaic : DWELLING, ABODE\n2 a (1) : the house of the lord of a manor (2) : a large imposing residence b : a separate apartment or lodging in a large structure\n3 a : HOUSE 3b b : one of the 28 parts into which the moon’s monthly course through the heavens is divided


Words: manta
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a square piece of cloth or blanket used in southwestern U.S. and Latin America usually as a cloak or shawl\n2 American Spanish, from Spanish; from its shape : DEVILFISH 1


Words: mantel
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a beam, stone, or arch serving as a lintel to support the masonry above a fireplace b : the finish around a fireplace\n2 : a shelf above a fireplace


Words: mantelet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a very short cape or cloak\n2 or mantlet : a movable shelter formerly used by besiegers as a protection when attacking


Words: mantilla
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a light scarf worn over the head and shoulders especially by Spanish and Latin-American women\n2 : a short light cape or cloak


Words: mantis
Meaning:
noun\n: any of an order or suborder (Mantodea and especially family Mantidae) of large usually green insects that feed on other insects and clasp their prey in forelimbs held up as if in prayer


Words: mantle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : CLOAK b : a mantle regarded as a symbol of preeminence or authority <invested his people with the mantle of universal champions of justice Denis Goulet>\n2 a : something that covers, enfolds, or envelops b (1) : a fold or lobe or pair of lobes of the body wall of a mollusk or brachiopod that in shell-bearing forms lines the shell and bears shell-secreting glands see CLAM illustration (2) : the soft external body wall that lines the test or shell of a tunicate or barnacle c : the outer wall and casing of a blast furnace above the hearth; broadly : an insulated support or casing in which something is heated\n3 : the back, scapulars, and wings of a bird\n4 : a lacy hood or sheath of some refractory material that gives light by incandescence when placed over a flame\n5 a : REGOLITH b : the part of the interior of a terrestrial planet and especially the earth that lies beneath the crust and above the central core\n6 : MANTEL\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to cover with or as if with a mantle : CLOAK <the encroaching jungle growth that mantled the building Sanka Knox>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become covered with a coating\n2 : to spread over a surface\n3 : BLUSH <her rich face mantling with emotion Benjamin Disraeli>


Words: manual
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or involving the hands <manual dexterity> b : worked or done by hand and not by machine <a manual transmission> <manual computation> <manual indexing>\n2 : requiring or using physical skill and energy <manual labor> <manual workers>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a book that is conveniently handled; especially : HANDBOOK <an instruction manual \n2 : the prescribed movements in the handling of a weapon or other military item during a drill or ceremony <the manual of arms>\n3 a : a keyboard for the hands; specifically : one of the several keyboards of an organ or harpsichord that controls a separate division of the instrument b : a device or apparatus intended for manual operation


Words: manufacture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something made from raw materials by hand or by machinery\n2 a : the process of making wares by hand or by machinery especially when carried on systematically with division of labor b : a productive industry using mechanical power and machinery\n3 : the act or process of producing something\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make into a product suitable for use\n2 a : to make from raw materials by hand or by machinery b : to produce according to an organized plan and with division of labor\n3 : INVENT, FABRICATE\n4 : to produce as if by manufacturing : CREATE <writers who manufacture stories for television>\nintransitive senses : to engage in manufacture


Words: manure
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 obsolete : CULTIVATE\n2 : to enrich (land) by the application of manure\n\n<2> noun\n: material that fertilizes land; especially : refuse of stables and barnyards consisting of livestock excreta with or without litter


Words: manuscript
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: written by hand or typed <manuscript letters>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a written or typewritten composition or document as distinguished from a printed copy; also : a document submitted for publication\n2 : writing as opposed to print


Words: Manx
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Isle of Man, its people, or the Manx language\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the Celtic language of the Manx people almost completely displaced by English\n2 plural in construction : the people of the Isle of Man\n3 : MANX CAT


Words: many
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : consisting of or amounting to a large but indefinite number <worked for many years>\n2 : being one of a large but indefinite number <many a man> <many another student>\n\n<2> pronoun ,plural in construction\n: a large number of persons or things <many are called>\n\n<3> noun ,plural in construction\n1 : a large but indefinite number <a good many of them>\n2 : the great majority of people <the many>


Words: Maori
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a member of a Polynesian people native to New Zealand\n2 : the Austronesian language of the Maori


Words: map
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a representation usually on a flat surface of the whole or a part of an area b : a representation of the celestial sphere or a part of it\n2 : something that represents with a clarity suggestive of a map\n3 : the arrangement of genes on a chromosome called also genetic map\n4 : FUNCTION 5a\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make a map of <map the surface of the moon> b : to delineate as if on a map <sorrow was mapped on her face> c : to make a survey of for or as if for the purpose of making a map d : to assign (as a set or element) in a mathematical correspondence <map a set onto itself> <map picture elements to video memory>\n2 : to plan in detail often used with out <map out a program>\n3 : to locate (a gene) on a chromosome\nintransitive senses , of a gene : to be located


Words: maple
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Acer of the family Aceraceae, the maple family) of chiefly deciduous trees or shrubs with opposite leaves and a fruit of two united samaras; also : the hard light-colored close-grained wood of a maple used especially for flooring and furniture


Words: mar
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to detract from the perfection or wholeness of : SPOIL\n2 archaic a : to inflict serious bodily harm on b : DESTROY\n\n<2> noun\n: something that mars : BLEMISH\n\n<3> abbreviation\nmaritime


Words: maraschino
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sweet liqueur distilled from the fermented juice of a bitter wild cherry\n2 : a usually large cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino


Words: marathon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a long-distance race: a : a footrace run on an open course usually of 26 miles 385 yards (42.2 kilometers) b : a race other than a footrace marked especially by great length\n2 a : an endurance contest b : something (as an event, activity, or session) characterized by great length or concentrated effort


Words: maraud
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to roam about and raid in search of plunder\ntransitive senses : RAID, PILLAGE


Words: marble
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : limestone that is more or less crystallized by metamorphism, that ranges from granular to compact in texture, that is capable of taking a high polish, and that is used especially in architecture and sculpture b : something (as a piece of sculpture) composed of or made from marble c : something suggesting marble (as in hardness, coldness, or smoothness) <a heart of marble>\n2 a : a little ball made of a hard substance (as glass) and used in various games b plural but singular in construction : any of several games played with these little balls\n3 : MARBLING\n4 plural : elements of common sense; especially : SANITY <persons who are born without all their marbles Arthur Miller>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to give a veined or mottled appearance to <marble the edges of a book>


Words: marbling
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the action or process of making like marble especially in coloration\n2 : coloration or markings resembling or suggestive of marble\n3 : an intermixture of fat and lean especially in a cut of meat when evenly distributed


Words: marcel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a deep soft wave made in the hair by the use of a heated curling iron\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to make a marcel in\nintransitive senses : to make a marcel


Words: march
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a border region : FRONTIER; especially : a district originally set up to defend a boundary usually used in plural\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to have common borders or frontiers <a region that marches with Canada in the north and the Pacific in the west>\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move along steadily usually with a rhythmic stride and in step with others\n2 a : to move in a direct purposeful manner : PROCEED b : to make steady progress : ADVANCE <time marches on>\n3 : to stand in orderly array suggestive of marching\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to march <marched the children off to bed>\n2 : to cover by marching : TRAVERSE <marched 10 miles>\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a musical composition that is usually in duple or quadruple time with a strongly accentuated beat and that is designed or suitable to accompany marching\n2 a (1) : the action of marching (2) : the distance covered within a specific period of time by marching (3) : a regular measured stride or rhythmic step used in marching b : forward movement : PROGRESS <the march of a movie toward the climax>\n3 : an organized procession of demonstrators who are supporting or protesting something


Words: marchioness
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the wife or widow of a marquess\n2 : a woman who holds the rank of marquess in her own right


Words: mare
Meaning:
<1> noun\nobsolete : an evil preternatural being causing nightmares\n\n<2> noun\n: a female horse or other equine animal especially when fully mature or of breeding age\n\n<3> noun\n: any of several mostly flat dark areas of considerable extent on the surface of the moon or Mars


Words: margarine
Meaning:
noun\n: a food product made usually from vegetable oils churned with ripened skim milk to a smooth emulsion and used like butter


Words: margin
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter\n2 : the outside limit and adjoining surface of something : EDGE <at the margin of the woods> <continental margin>\n3 a : a spare amount or measure or degree allowed or given for contingencies or special situations <left no margin for error> b (1) : a bare minimum below which or an extreme limit beyond which something becomes impossible or is no longer desirable <on the margin of good taste> (2) : the limit below which economic activity cannot be continued under normal conditions\n4 a : the difference which exists between net sales and the cost of merchandise sold and from which expenses are usually met or profit derived b : the excess market value of collateral over the face of a loan c (1) : cash or collateral that is deposited by a client with a commodity or securities broker to protect the broker from loss on a contract (2) : the client’s equity in securities bought with the aid of credit obtained specifically (as from a broker) for that purpose d : a range about a specified figure within which a purchase is to be made\n5 : measure or degree of difference <the bill passed by a one-vote margin>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to provide with an edging or border b : to form a margin to : BORDER\n2 a : to add margin to <margin up an account> b (1) : to use as margin <margin bonds to buy stock> (2) : to provide margin for <margin a transaction> c : to buy (securities) on margin


Words: marginalia
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 : marginal notes (as in a book)\n2 : nonessential items <the meat and marginalia of American politics Saturday Review>


Words: margrave
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the military governor especially of a German border province\n2 : a member of the German nobility corresponding in rank to a British marquess


Words: marigold
Meaning:
noun\n1 : POT MARIGOLD\n2 : any of a genus (Tagetes) of composite herbs with showy yellow, orange, or maroon flower heads


Words: marina
Meaning:
noun\n: a dock or basin providing secure moorings for pleasure boats and often offering supply, repair, and other facilities


Words: marinate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to steep (meat, fish, or vegetables) in a marinade\nintransitive senses : to become marinated


Words: marine
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to the sea <marine life> b : of or relating to the navigation of the sea : NAUTICAL <a marine chart> c : of or relating to the commerce of the sea : MARITIME <marine law> d : depicting the sea, seashore, or ships <a marine painter>\n2 : of or relating to marines <marine barracks>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the mercantile and naval shipping of a country b : seagoing ships especially in relation to nationality or class\n2 : one of a class of soldiers serving on shipboard or in close association with a naval force; specifically : a member of the U.S. Marine Corps\n3 : an executive department (as in France) having charge of naval affairs\n4 : a marine picture : SEASCAPE


Words: marionette
Meaning:
noun\n: a small-scale usually wooden figure (as of a person) with jointed limbs that is moved from above by manipulation of the attached strings or wires


Words: marital
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to marriage or the married state <marital vows>\n2 : of or relating to a husband and his role in marriage


Words: maritime
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or bordering on the sea <a maritime province>\n2 : of or relating to navigation or commerce on the sea\n3 : having the characteristics of a mariner


Words: marjoram
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various usually fragrant and aromatic Old World mints (genus Origanum) often used in cookery


Words: mark
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a boundary land\n2 a (1) : a conspicuous object serving as a guide for travelers (2) : something (as a line, notch, or fixed object) designed to record position b : one of the bits of leather or colored bunting placed on a sounding line at intervals c : TARGET d : the starting line or position in a track event e (1) : GOAL, OBJECT (2) : an object of attack, ridicule, or abuse; specifically : a victim or prospective victim of a swindle (3) : the point under discussion (4) : condition of being correct or accurate <her observations are on the mark> f : a standard of performance, quality, or condition : NORM <not feeling up to the mark lately>\n3 a (1) : SIGN, INDICATION <gave her the necklace as a mark of his esteem> (2) : an impression (as a scratch, scar, or stain) made on something (3) : a distinguishing trait or quality : CHARACTERISTIC <the marks of an educated person> b : a symbol used for identification or indication of ownership c : a cross made in place of a signature d (1) : TRADEMARK (2) capitalized used with a numeral to designate a particular model of a weapon or machine <Mark II> e : a written or printed symbol (as a comma or colon) f : POSTMARK g : a symbol used to represent a teacher’s estimate of a student’s work or conduct; especially : GRADE h : a figure registering a point or level reached or achieved <the halfway mark in the first period of play>; especially : RECORD\n4 a : ATTENTION, NOTICE <nothing worthy of mark> b : IMPORTANCE, DISTINCTION <stands out as a person of mark> c : a lasting or strong impression d : an assessment of merits : RATING <got high marks for honesty>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to fix or trace out the bounds or limits of (2) : to plot the course of : CHART b : to set apart by or as if by a line or boundary usually used with off\n2 a (1) : to designate as if by a mark (2) : to make or leave a mark on (3) : to furnish with natural marks <wings marked with white> (4) : to label so as to indicate price or quality (5) : to make notations in or on b (1) : to


Words: marked
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having an identifying mark\n2 : having a distinctive or emphasized character <has a marked drawl>\n3 a : enjoying fame or notoriety b : being an object of attack, suspicion, or vengeance\n4 : overtly signaled by a linguistic feature <with most English nouns the plural is the marked number>


Words: market
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a meeting together of people for the purpose of trade by private purchase and sale and usually not by auction (2) : the people assembled at such a meeting b (1) : a public place where a market is held; especially : a place where provisions are sold at wholesale <a farmers’ market> (2) : a retail establishment usually of a specified kind <a fish market>\n2 archaic : the act or an instance of buying and selling\n3 : the rate or price offered for a commodity or security\n4 a (1) : a geographical area of demand for commodities or services (2) : a specified category of potential buyers <the youth market> b : the course of commercial activity by which the exchange of commodities is effected : extent of demand <the market is dull> c (1) : an opportunity for selling <a good market for used cars> (2) : the available supply of or potential demand for specified goods or services <the labor market> d : the area of economic activity in which buyers and sellers come together and the forces of supply and demand affect prices <producing goods for market rather than for consumption>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to deal in a market\ntransitive senses\n1 : to expose for sale in a market\n2 : SELL


Words: marketplace
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held b : MARKET <the marketplace is the interpreter of supply and demand>\n2 : the world of trade or economic activity : the everyday world <a conviction that religion belongs in the marketplace Current Biography>\n3 : a sphere in which intangible values compete for acceptance <the marketplace of ideas>


Words: markup
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an amount added to the cost price to determine the selling price; broadly : PROFIT\n2 : a U.S. Congressional committee session at which a bill is put into final form before it is reported out


Words: marl
Meaning:
noun\n: a loose or crumbling earthy deposit (as of sand, silt, or clay) that contains a substantial amount of calcium carbonate and is used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime


Words: marlin
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several large marine billfishes (genera Makaira and Tetrapturus) that are notable sport fishes


Words: marlinespike
Meaning:
noun\n: a tool (as of wood or iron) that tapers to a point and is used to separate strands of rope or wire (as in splicing)


Words: marmoreal
Meaning:
adjective\n: of, relating to, or suggestive of marble or a marble statue especially in coldness or aloofness


Words: marmoset
Meaning:
noun\n: any of numerous small soft-furred So. and Central American monkeys (family Callithricidae) with claws instead of nails on all the digits except the great toe


Words: marmot
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Marmota) of stout-bodied short-legged chiefly herbivorous burrowing rodents with coarse fur, a short bushy tail, and very small ears compare WOODCHUCK


Words: maroon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 capitalized : a fugitive black slave of the West Indies and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries; also : a descendant of such a slave\n2 : a person who is marooned\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to put ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave to one’s fate\n2 : to place or leave in isolation or without hope of ready escape\n\n<3> noun\n: a dark red


Words: marquee
Meaning:
noun\n1 chiefly British : a large tent set up for an outdoor party, reception, or exhibition\n2 : a permanent canopy often of metal and glass projecting over an entrance (as of a hotel or theater)\n3 : BOX OFFICE 2 <marquee value>


Words: marquess
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a nobleman of hereditary rank in Europe and Japan\n2 : a member of the British peerage ranking below a duke and above an earl


Words: marquetry
Meaning:
noun\n: decorative work in which elaborate patterns are formed by the insertion of pieces of material (as wood, shell, or ivory) into a wood veneer that is then applied to a surface (as of a piece of furniture)


Words: marquise
Meaning:
noun\n1 : MARCHIONESS\n2 : MARQUEE\n3 : a gem or a ring setting or bezel usually elliptical in shape but with pointed ends


Words: marriage
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the state of being married b : the mutual relation of husband and wife : WEDLOCK c : the institution whereby men and women are joined in a special kind of social and legal dependence for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family\n2 : an act of marrying or the rite by which the married status is effected; especially : the wedding ceremony and attendant festivities or formalities\n3 : an intimate or close union <the marriage of painting and poetry J. T. Shawcross>


Words: marrow
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a soft highly vascular modified connective tissue that occupies the cavities and cancellous part of most bones compare RED MARROW b : the substance of the spinal cord\n2 a : the choicest of food b : the seat of animal vigor c : the inmost, best, or essential part : CORE <personal liberty is the marrow of the American tradition Clinton Rossiter>\n3 chiefly British : VEGETABLE MARROW\n\n<2> noun\nchiefly Scottish : one of a pair


Words: marry
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to join as husband and wife according to law or custom b : to give in marriage <married his daughter to his partner’s son> c : to take as spouse : WED <married the girl next door> d : to perform the ceremony of marriage for <a priest will marry them> e : to obtain by marriage <marry wealth>\n2 : to unite in close and usually permanent relation\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take a spouse : WED\n2 : COMBINE, UNITE <seafood marries with other flavors>\n\n<2> interjection\narchaic used for emphasis and especially to express amused or surprised agreement


Words: Mars
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the Roman god of war compare ARES\n2 : the planet fourth in order from the sun and conspicuous for its red color see PLANET table


Words: marshal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces b : a person who arranges and directs the ceremonial aspects of a gathering\n2 a : FIELD MARSHAL b : a general officer of the highest military rank\n3 a : an officer having charge of prisoners b (1) : a ministerial officer appointed for a judicial district (as of the U.S.) to execute the process of the courts and perform various duties similar to those of a sheriff (2) : a city law officer entrusted with particular duties c : the administrative head of a city police department or fire department\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to place in proper rank or position <marshaling the troops>\n2 : to bring together and order in an appropriate or effective way <marshal arguments>\n3 : to lead ceremoniously or solicitously : USHER <marshaling her little group of children down the street>\nintransitive senses : to take form or order <ideas marshaling neatly>


Words: marshmallow
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a pink-flowered European perennial herb (Althaea officinalis) of the mallow family that is naturalized in the eastern U.S. and has a mucilaginous root sometimes used in confectionery and in medicine\n2 : a confection formerly made from the root of the marshmallow but now usually made from corn syrup, sugar, albumen, and gelatin beaten to a light spongy consistency; also : a piece of partially dried marshmallow <a bag of marshmallows>


Words: marsupial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or being a marsupial\n2 : of, relating to, or forming a marsupium\n\n<2> noun\n: any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young


Words: mart
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : a coming together of people to buy and sell : 5FAIR 1\n2 obsolete : the activity of buying and selling; also : BARGAIN\n3 : MARKET\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to deal in : SELL


Words: marten
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of several semiarboreal slender-bodied carnivorous mammals (genus Martes) chiefly of the northern hemisphere that are larger than the related weasels\n2 : the fur or pelt of a marten


Words: martial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior\n2 : relating to an army or to military life\n3 : experienced in or inclined to war : WARLIKE


Words: martin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small Eurasian swallow (Delichon urbica) with a forked tail, bluish black head and back, and white rump and underparts\n2 : any of various swallows and flycatchers other than the martin


Words: martinet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a strict disciplinarian\n2 : a person who stresses a rigid adherence to the details of forms and methods


Words: martingale
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a device for steadying a horse’s head or checking its upward movement that typically consists of a strap fastened to the girth, passing between the forelegs, and bifurcating to end in two rings through which the reins pass\n2 a : a lower stay of rope or chain for the jibboom used to sustain the strain of the forestays and fastened to or rove through the dolphin striker b : DOLPHIN STRIKER\n3 : any of several systems of betting in which a player increases the stake usually by doubling each time a bet is lost


Words: martyr
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion\n2 : a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle\n3 : VICTIM; especially : a great or constant sufferer <a martyr to asthma all his life A. J. Cronin>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to put to death for adhering to a belief, faith, or profession\n2 : to inflict agonizing pain on : TORTURE


Words: marvel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something that causes wonder or astonishment\n2 : intense surprise or interest : ASTONISHMENT\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to become filled with surprise, wonder, or amazed curiosity <marveled at the magician’s skill>\ntransitive senses : to feel astonishment or perplexity at or about <marveled that they had escaped>


Words: marvelous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : causing wonder : ASTONISHING\n2 : MIRACULOUS, SUPERNATURAL <Gothic tales of the marvelous and the bizarre>\n3 : of the highest kind or quality : notably superior <has a marvelous way with children>


Words: Marxism
Meaning:
noun\n: the political, economic, and social principles and policies advocated by Marx; especially : a theory and practice of socialism including the labor theory of value, dialectical materialism, the class struggle, and dictatorship of the proletariat until the establishment of a classless society


Words: marzipan
Meaning:
noun\n: a confection of crushed almonds or almond paste, sugar, and egg whites that is often shaped into various forms


Words: mascot
Meaning:
noun\n: a person, animal, or object adopted by a group as a symbolic figure especially to bring them good luck <the team had a mountain lion as their mascot>


Words: masculine
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : MALE b : having qualities appropriate to or usually associated with a man\n2 : of, relating to, or constituting the gender that ordinarily includes most words or grammatical forms referring to males\n3 a : having or occurring in a stressed final syllable <masculine rhyme> b : having the final chord occurring on a strong beat <masculine cadence>\n4 : of or forming the formal, active, or generative principle of the cosmos\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the masculine gender\n2 : a noun, pronoun, adjective, or inflectional form or class of the masculine gender\n3 : a male person


Words: mash
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure b : CRUSH, SMASH <mash a finger>\n2 : to subject (as crushed malt) to the action of water with heating and stirring in preparing wort\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a mixture of ground feeds for livestock\n2 : crushed malt or grain meal steeped and stirred in hot water to ferment (as for the production of beer or whiskey)\n3 : a soft pulpy mass\n4 British : mashed potatoes\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to flirt with or seek the affection of\n\n<4> noun\n: CRUSH 4


Words: mask
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a cover or partial cover for the face used for disguise (2) : a person wearing a mask : MASKER b (1) : a figure of a head worn on the stage in antiquity to identify the character and project the voice (2) : a grotesque false face worn at carnivals or in rituals c : an often grotesque carved head or face used as an ornament (as on a keystone) d : a sculptured face or a copy of a face made by means of a mold\n2 a : something that serves to conceal or disguise : PRETENSE, CLOAK <aware of the masks, facades and defenses people erect to protect themselves Kenneth Keniston> b : something that conceals from view c : a translucent or opaque screen to cover part of the sensitive surface in taking or printing a photograph d : a pattern of opaque material used to shield selected areas of a surface (as of a semiconductor) in deposition or etching (as in producing an integrated circuit)\n3 a : a protective covering for the face b : GAS MASK c : a device covering the mouth and nose to facilitate inhalation d : a comparable device to prevent exhalation of infective material e : a cosmetic preparation for the skin of the face that produces a tightening effect as it dries\n4 a : the head or face of an animal (as a fox or dog) b : an area (as the one around the eyes) of an animal’s face that is distinguished by usually darker coloring\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take part in a masquerade\n2 a : to assume a mask b : to disguise one’s true character or intentions\ntransitive senses\n1 : to provide or conceal with a mask: as a : to conceal from view <mask a gun battery> b : to make indistinct or imperceptible <masks undesirable flavors> c : to cover up <masked his real purpose>\n2 : to cover for protection\n3 : to modify the size or shape of (as a photograph) by means of an opaque border


Words: masochism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation especially by a love object compare SADISM\n2 : pleasure in being abused or dominated : a taste for suffering


Words: mason
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (as stone or brick)\n2 capitalized : FREEMASON


Words: masonry
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : something constructed of materials used by masons b : the art, trade, or occupation of a mason c : work done by a mason\n2 capitalized : FREEMASONRY


Words: masque
Meaning:
noun\n1 : MASQUERADE\n2 : a short allegorical dramatic entertainment of the 16th and 17th centuries performed by masked actors


Words: masquerade
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes b : a costume for wear at such a gathering\n2 : an action or appearance that is mere disguise or show\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 a : to disguise oneself; also : to go about disguised b : to take part in a masquerade\n2 : to assume the appearance of something one is not


Words: mass
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 capitalized : the liturgy of the Eucharist especially in accordance with the traditional Latin rite\n2 often capitalized : a celebration of the Eucharist <Sunday masses held at three different hours>\n3 : a musical setting for the ordinary of the Mass\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a quantity or aggregate of matter usually of considerable size b (1) : EXPANSE, BULK (2) : massive quality or effect <impressed me with such mass and such vividness F. M. Ford> (3) : the principal part or main body <the great mass of the continent is buried under an ice cap Walter Sullivan> (4) : AGGREGATE, WHOLE <men in the mass> c : the property of a body that is a measure of its inertia and that is commonly taken as a measure of the amount of material it contains and causes it to have weight in a gravitational field\n2 : a large quantity, amount, or number <a great mass of material>\n3 a : a large body of persons in a compact group : a body of persons regarded as an aggregate b : the great body of the people as contrasted with the elite often used in plural <the underprivileged and disadvantaged masses C. A. Buss>\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses : to form or collect into a mass\nintransitive senses : to assemble in a mass <three thousand students had massed in the plaza A. E. Neville>\n\n<4> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to the mass of the people <mass market> <mass education>; also : being one of or at one with the mass : AVERAGE, COMMONPLACE <mass man> b : participated in by or affecting a large number of individuals <mass destruction> <mass demonstrations> c : having a large-scale character : WHOLESALE <mass production>\n2 : viewed as a whole : TOTAL <the mass effect of a design>


Words: massacre
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty\n2 : a cruel or wanton murder\n3 : a wholesale slaughter of animals\n4 : an act of complete destruction <the author’s massacre of traditional federalist presuppositions R. G. McCloskey>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to kill by massacre : SLAUGHTER\n2 : MANGLE 2 <words were misspelled and syntax massacred Bice Clemow>


Words: massage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: manipulation of tissues (as by rubbing, kneading, or tapping) with the hand or an instrument for therapeutic purposes\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to subject to massage\n2 a : to treat flatteringly : BLANDISH b : MANIPULATE 3, DOCTOR 2b <researchers massaged the data to support their thesis>


Words: massif
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a principal mountain mass\n2 : a block of the earth’s crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change


Words: massive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : forming or consisting of a large mass: a : BULKY b : WEIGHTY, HEAVY <massive walls> <a massive volume> c : impressively large or ponderous d : having no regular form but not necessarily lacking crystalline structure <massive sandstone>\n2 a : large, solid, or heavy in structure <massive jaw> b : large in scope or degree <the feeling of frustration, of being ineffectual, is massive David Halberstam> c (1) : large in comparison to what is typical <massive dose of penicillin> (2) : being extensive and severe <massive hemorrhage> <massive collapse of a lung> (3) : imposing in excellence or grandeur : MONUMENTAL <massive simplicity>\n3 : having mass <a massive boson>


Words: mast
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a long pole or spar rising from the keel or deck of a ship and supporting the yards, booms, and rigging\n2 : a slender vertical or nearly vertical structure (as an upright post in various cranes)\n3 : a disciplinary proceeding at which the commanding officer of a naval unit hears and disposes of cases against enlisted men called also captain’s mast\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to furnish with a mast\n\n<3> noun\n: nuts (as acorns) accumulated on the forest floor and often serving as food for animals (as hogs)


Words: master
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a male teacher (2) : a person holding an academic degree higher than a bachelor’s but lower than a doctor’s b often capitalized : a revered religious leader c : a worker or artisan qualified to teach apprentices d (1) : an artist, performer, or player of consummate skill (2) : a great figure of the past (as in science or art) whose work serves as a model or ideal\n2 a : one having authority over another : RULER, GOVERNOR b : one that conquers or masters : VICTOR, SUPERIOR <in this young, obscure challenger the champion found his master> c : a person licensed to command a merchant ship d (1) : one having control (2) : an owner especially of a slave or animal e : the employer especially of a servant f (1) dialect : HUSBAND (2) : the male head of a household\n3 a (1) archaic : MR. (2) : a youth or boy too young to be called mister used as a title b : the eldest son of a Scottish viscount or baron\n4 a : a presiding officer in an institution or society (as a college) b : any of several officers of court appointed to assist (as by hearing and reporting) a judge\n5 a : a master mechanism or device b : an original from which copies can be made; especially : a master phonograph record or magnetic tape\n\n<2> adjective\n: being or relating to a master: as a : having chief authority : DOMINANT b : SKILLED, PROFICIENT <a prosperous master builder Current Biography> c : PRINCIPAL, PREDOMINANT d : SUPERLATIVE often used in combination <a master-liar> e : being a device or mechanism that controls the operation of another mechanism or that establishes a standard (as a dimension or weight) f : being or relating to a master from which duplicates are made\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to become master of : OVERCOME\n2 a : to become skilled or proficient in the use of <master a foreign language> b : to gain a thorough understanding of <had mastered every aspect of publishing Current Biography>\n3 : to produce a master phonograph record or magnetic tape of (as a musical rendition)


Words: masterful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : inclined and usually competent to play the master b : suggestive of a domineering nature\n2 : having or reflecting the power and skill of a master


Words: masterly
Meaning:
adjective\n: suitable to or resembling that of a master; especially : indicating thorough knowledge or superior skill and power <a masterly performance>


Words: mastermind
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a person who supplies the directing or creative intelligence for a project\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to be the mastermind of


