# dict

Words: precinct
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : DISTRICT: as a : a subdivision of a county, town, city, or ward for election purposes b : a division of a city for police control\n2 a : an enclosure bounded by the walls of a building often used in plural b : a sphere of thought, action, or influence often used in plural\n3 a plural : the region immediately surrounding a place : ENVIRONS b : PLACE, LOCALE\n4 : BOUNDARY often used in plural <a ruined tower within the precincts of the squire’s grounds T. L. Peacock>


Words: precious
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of great value or high price\n2 : highly esteemed or cherished\n3 : excessively refined : AFFECTED\n4 : GREAT, THOROUGHGOING <precious scoundrel>\n\n<2> adverb\n: VERY, EXTREMELY <has precious little to say>


Words: precipitate
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to throw violently : HURL <the quandaries into which the release of nuclear energy has precipitated mankind A. B. Arons> b : to throw down\n2 : to bring about especially abruptly <precipitate a scandal that would end with his expulsion John Cheever>\n3 a : to cause to separate from solution or suspension b : to cause (vapor) to condense and fall or deposit\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to fall headlong b : to fall or come suddenly into some condition\n2 : to move or act precipitately\n3 a : to separate from solution or suspension b : to condense from a vapor and fall as rain or snow\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a substance separated from a solution or suspension by chemical or physical change usually as an insoluble amorphous or crystalline solid\n2 : a product, result, or outcome of some process or action\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : falling, flowing, or rushing with steep descent b : PRECIPITOUS, STEEP\n2 : exhibiting violent or unwise speed


Words: precipitation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being precipitate : HASTINESS\n2 : an act, process, or instance of precipitating; especially : the process of forming a precipitate\n3 : something precipitated: as a : a deposit on the earth of hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow; also : the quantity of water deposited b : PRECIPITATE 1


Words: precipitous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : PRECIPITATE 2\n2 a : very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging in rise or fall <a precipitous slope> b : having precipitous sides <a precipitous gorge> c : having a very steep ascent <a precipitous street>


Words: precise
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : exactly or sharply defined or stated\n2 : minutely exact\n3 : strictly conforming to a pattern, standard, or convention\n4 : distinguished from every other <at just that precise moment>


Words: precisian
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person who stresses or practices scrupulous adherence to a strict standard especially of religious observance or morality\n2 : PURITAN 1


Words: precision
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the quality or state of being precise : EXACTNESS\n2 a : the degree of refinement with which an operation is performed or a measurement stated compare ACCURACY 2b b : the accuracy (as in binary or decimal places) with which a number can be represented usually expressed in terms of the number of computer words available for representation <double precision arithmetic permits the representation of an expression by two computer words>\n3 : RELEVANCE 2\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : adapted for extremely accurate measurement or operation\n2 : held to low tolerance in manufacture\n3 : marked by precision of execution


Words: preclude
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 archaic : CLOSE\n2 : to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance


Words: precocious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : exceptionally early in development or occurrence\n2 : exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age


Words: preconceive
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to form (as an opinion) prior to actual knowledge or experience <preconceived notions>


Words: precondition
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: PREREQUISITE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to put in a proper or desired condition or frame of mind especially in preparation


Words: precursor
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one that precedes and indicates the approach of another b : PREDECESSOR\n2 : a substance, cell, or cellular component from which another substance, cell, or cellular component is formed


Words: predatory
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or practicing plunder, pillage, or rapine b : inclined or intended to injure or exploit others for personal gain or profit <predatory pricing practices>\n2 : living by predation : PREDACEOUS; also : adapted to predation


Words: predecessor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that precedes; especially : a person who has previously occupied a position or office to which another has succeeded\n2 archaic : ANCESTOR


Words: predestination
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of predestinating : the state of being predestinated\n2 : the doctrine that God in consequence of his foreknowledge of all events infallibly guides those who are destined for salvation


Words: predestine
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to destine, decree, determine, appoint, or settle beforehand; especially : PREDESTINATE 1


Words: predetermine
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : FOREORDAIN, PREDESTINE b : to determine beforehand\n2 : to impose a direction or tendency on beforehand


Words: predicable
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: something that may be predicated; especially : one of the five most general kinds of attribution in traditional logic that include genus, species, difference, property, and accident\n\n<2> adjective\n: capable of being asserted


Words: predicament
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication; specifically : CATEGORY 1\n2 : CONDITION, STATE; especially : a difficult, perplexing, or trying situation


Words: predicate
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : something that is affirmed or denied of the subject in a proposition in logic b : a term designating a property or relation\n2 : the part of a sentence or clause that expresses what is said of the subject and that usually consists of a verb with or without objects, complements, or adverbial modifiers\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : AFFIRM, DECLARE b archaic : PREACH\n2 a : to assert to be a quality, attribute, or property used with following of <predicates intelligence of humans> b : to make (a term) the predicate in a proposition\n3 : FOUND, BASE usually used with on <the theory is predicated on recent findings>\n4 : IMPLY\n\n<3> adjective\n: completing the meaning of a copula <predicate adjective> <predicate noun>


Words: predict
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to declare or indicate in advance; especially : foretell on the basis of observation, experience, or scientific reason\nintransitive senses : to make a prediction


Words: predigestion
Meaning:
noun\n: artificial or natural partial digestion of food <enzymatic predigestion> <microbial predigestion>


Words: predispose
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to dispose in advance <a good teacher predisposes children to learn>\n2 : to make susceptible <malnutrition predisposes one to disease>\nintransitive senses : to bring about susceptibility


Words: predominate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: PREDOMINANT\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to hold advantage in numbers or quantity\n2 : to exert controlling power or influence : PREVAIL\ntransitive senses : to exert control over : DOMINATE


Words: preempt
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to acquire (as land) by preemption\n2 : to seize upon to the exclusion of others : take for oneself <the movement was then preempted by a lunatic fringe>\n3 : to replace with something considered to be of greater value or priority : take precedence over <the program did not appear, having been preempted by a baseball game Robert MacNeil>\n4 : to gain a commanding or preeminent place in\n5 : to prevent from happening or taking place : FORESTALL, PRECLUDE\nintransitive senses : to make a preemptive bid in bridge


Words: preen
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 dialect chiefly British : PIN\n2 dialect chiefly British : BROOCH\n\n<2> transitive verb\nchiefly Scottish : PIN\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to dress or smooth (oneself) up : PRIMP\n2 of a bird : to trim or dress with a bill\n3 : to pride or congratulate (oneself) for achievement\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make oneself sleek\n2 : GLOAT, SWELL


Words: prefabricate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to fabricate the parts of at a factory so that construction consists mainly of assembling and uniting standardized parts\n2 : to produce artificially


Words: preface
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 often capitalized : a variable doxology beginning with the Sursum Corda and ending with the Sanctus in traditional eucharistic liturgies\n2 : the introductory remarks of a speaker or author\n3 : APPROACH, PRELIMINARY\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to make introductory remarks\ntransitive senses\n1 : to say or write as preface <a note prefaced to the manuscript>\n2 : PRECEDE, HERALD\n3 : to introduce by or begin with a preface\n4 : to stand in front of <a porch prefaces the entrance>\n5 : to be a preliminary to


Words: prefect
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various high officials or magistrates of differing functions and ranks in ancient Rome\n2 : a chief officer or chief magistrate\n3 : a student monitor in a private school


Words: prefer
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to promote or advance to a rank or position\n2 : to like better or best <prefers sports to reading> <prefers to watch TV>\n3 : to give (a creditor) priority\n4 archaic : to put or set forward or before someone : RECOMMEND\n5 : to bring or lay against someone <won’t prefer charges>\n6 : to bring forward or lay before one for consideration


Words: preference
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act of preferring : the state of being preferred b : the power or opportunity of choosing\n2 : one that is preferred\n3 : the act, fact, or principle of giving advantages to some over others\n4 : priority in the right to demand and receive satisfaction of an obligation\n5 : ORIENTATION 2 <sexual preference>


Words: preferment
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : advancement or promotion in dignity, office, or station b : a position or office of honor or profit\n2 : priority or seniority in right especially to receive payment or to purchase property on equal terms with others\n3 : the act of bringing forward (as charges)


Words: prefigure
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness\n2 : to picture or imagine beforehand : FORESEE


Words: prefix
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to fix or appoint beforehand\n2 partly from 2prefix : to place in front; especially : to add as a prefix <prefix a syllable to a word>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an affix attached to the beginning of a word, base, or phrase and serving to produce a derivative word or an inflectional form compare SUFFIX\n2 : a title used before a person’s name\n\n<3> adjective\n: characterized by placement of an operator before its operand or before its two operands if it is a binary operator compare INFIX, POSTFIX


Words: preform
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to form or shape beforehand\n2 : to bring to approximate preliminary shape and size


Words: pregnant
Meaning:
<1> adjective\narchaic : COGENT\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : abounding in fancy, wit, or resourcefulness : INVENTIVE <all this has been said by great and pregnant artists Times Literary Supplement>\n2 : rich in significance or implication : MEANINGFUL, PROFOUND <the pregnant phrases of the Bible Edmund Wilson> <a pregnant pause>\n3 : containing unborn young within the body : GRAVID\n4 : having possibilities of development or consequence : involving important issues : MOMENTOUS <draw inspiration from the heroic achievements of that pregnant age Kemp Malone>\n5 obsolete : INCLINED, DISPOSED <your own most pregnant and vouchsafed ear Shakespeare>\n6 : FULL, TEEMING


Words: preheat
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to heat beforehand; especially : to heat (an oven) to a designated temperature before using for cooking


Words: prehensile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around <prehensile tail>\n2 : gifted with mental grasp or moral or aesthetic perception


Words: prehistoric
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or existing in times antedating written history\n2 : of or relating to a language in a period of its development from which contemporary records of its sounds and forms have not been preserved


Words: prejudice
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : injury or damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in disregard of one’s rights; especially : detriment to one’s legal rights or claims\n2 a (1) : preconceived judgment or opinion (2) : an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge b : an instance of such judgment or opinion c : an irrational attitude of hostility directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to injure or damage by some judgment or action (as in a case of law)\n2 : to cause to have prejudice


Words: preliminary
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: something that precedes or is introductory or preparatory: as a : a preliminary scholastic examination b plural , British : FRONT MATTER c : a preliminary heat or trial (as of a race) d : a minor match preceding the main event (as of a boxing card)\n\n<2> adjective\n: coming before and usually forming a necessary prelude to something else


Words: prelude
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter\n2 a : a musical section or movement introducing the theme or chief subject (as of a fugue or suite) or serving as an introduction to an opera or oratorio b : an opening voluntary c : a separate concert piece usually for piano or orchestra and based entirely on a short motif\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to serve as a prelude to\n2 : to play as a prelude\nintransitive senses : to give or serve as a prelude; especially : to play a musical introduction


Words: premature
Meaning:
adjective\n: happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper, usual, or intended time; especially : born after a gestation period of less than 37 weeks <premature babies>


Words: premeditate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand\nintransitive senses : to think, consider, or deliberate beforehand


Words: premier
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : first in position, rank, or importance\n2 : first in time : EARLIEST\n\n<2> noun\n: PRIME MINISTER


Words: premiere
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: PREMIER\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a first performance or exhibition <the premiere of a play>\n2 : the chief actress of a theatrical cast\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses : to give a first public performance of\nintransitive senses\n1 : to have a first public performance\n2 : to appear for the first time as a star performer


Words: premise
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference; specifically : either of the first two propositions of a syllogism from which the conclusion is drawn b : something assumed or taken for granted : PRESUPPOSITION\n2 plural : matters previously stated; specifically : the preliminary and explanatory part of a deed or of a bill in equity\n3 plural from its being identified in the premises of the deed a : a tract of land with the buildings thereon b : a building or part of a building usually with its appurtenances (as grounds)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to set forth beforehand as an introduction or a postulate b : to offer as a premise in an argument\n2 : POSTULATE\n3 : to base on certain assumptions


Words: premium
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a reward or recompense for a particular act b : a sum over and above a regular price paid chiefly as an inducement or incentive c : a sum in advance of or in addition to the nominal value of something <bonds callable at a premium of six percent> d : something given free or at a reduced price with the purchase of a product or service\n2 : the consideration paid for a contract of insurance\n3 : a high value or a value in excess of that normally or usually expected <put a premium on accuracy>\n\n<2> adjective\n: of exceptional quality or amount; also : higher-priced


Words: premix
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to mix before use\n\n<2> noun\n: a mixture of ingredients designed to be mixed with other ingredients before use


Words: premonition
Meaning:
noun\n1 : previous notice or warning : FOREWARNING\n2 : anticipation of an event without conscious reason : PRESENTIMENT


Words: prenatal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : occurring, existing, or performed before birth <prenatal care> <the prenatal period>\n2 : providing or receiving prenatal medical care <a prenatal clinic> <prenatal patients>


Words: preoccupation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act of preoccupying : the state of being preoccupied\n2 a : extreme or excessive concern with something b : something that preoccupies one


Words: preoccupied
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : previously applied to another group and unavailable for use in a new sense used of a biological generic or specific name\n2 a : lost in thought; also : absorbed in some preoccupation b : already occupied


Words: preoccupy
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or preferentially\n2 : to take possession of or fill beforehand or before another


Words: prepare
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make ready beforehand for some purpose, use, or activity <prepare food for dinner> b : to put in a proper state of mind <is prepared to listen>\n2 : to work out the details of : plan in advance <preparing strategy for the coming campaign>\n3 a : to put together : COMPOUND <prepare a prescription> b : to put into written form <prepare a report>\nintransitive senses : to get ready <preparing for a career>


Words: preparedness
Meaning:
noun\n: the quality or state of being prepared; especially : a state of adequate preparation in case of war


Words: preponderate
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to exceed in weight\n2 : to exceed in influence, power, or importance\n3 : to exceed in numbers\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : OUTWEIGH\n2 archaic : to weigh down\n\n<2> adjective\n: PREPONDERANT


Words: preposition
Meaning:
noun\n: a function word that typically combines with a noun phrase to form a phrase which usually expresses a modification or predication


Words: prepossess
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 obsolete : to take previous possession of\n2 : to cause to be preoccupied\n3 : to influence beforehand especially favorably


Words: prepossessing
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : creating prejudice\n2 : tending to create a favorable impression : ATTRACTIVE


Words: prepossession
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : prior possession\n2 : an attitude, belief, or impression formed beforehand : PREJUDICE\n3 : an exclusive concern with one idea or object : PREOCCUPATION


Words: prerogative
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: as (1) : one belonging to an office or an official body (2) : one belonging to a person, group, or class of individuals (3) : one possessed by a nation as an attribute of sovereignty b : the discretionary power inhering in the British Crown\n2 : a distinctive excellence


Words: presage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something that foreshadows or portends a future event : OMEN\n2 : an intuition or feeling of what is going to happen in the future\n3 archaic : PROGNOSTICATION\n4 : warning or indication of the future\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give an omen or warning of : FORESHADOW\n2 : FORETELL, PREDICT\nintransitive senses : to make or utter a prediction


Words: presbyopia
Meaning:
noun\n: a visual condition which becomes apparent especially in middle age and in which loss of elasticity of the lens of the eye causes defective accommodation and inability to focus sharply for near vision


Words: presbyter
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a member of the governing body of an early Christian church\n2 : a member of the order of priests in churches having episcopal hierarchies that include bishops, priests, and deacons\n3 : ELDER 4b


Words: presbytery
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the part of a church reserved for the officiating clergy\n2 : a ruling body in presbyterian churches consisting of the ministers and representative elders from congregations within a district\n3 : the jurisdiction of a presbytery\n4 : the house of a Roman Catholic parish priest


Words: preschool
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, or constituting the period in a child’s life from infancy to the age of five or six that ordinarily precedes attendance at elementary school\n\n<2> noun\n: NURSERY SCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN


Words: prescience
Meaning:
noun\n: foreknowledge of events: a : divine omniscience b : human anticipation of the course of events : FORESIGHT


Words: prescribe
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to lay down a rule : DICTATE\n2 Middle English, from Medieval Latin praescribere, from Latin, to write at the beginning : to claim a title to something by right of prescription\n3 : to write or give medical prescriptions\n4 : to become by prescription invalid or unenforceable\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to lay down as a guide, direction, or rule of action : ORDAIN b : to specify with authority\n2 : to designate or order the use of as a remedy


Words: prescription
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the establishment of a claim of title to something under common law usually by use and enjoyment for a period fixed by statute b : the right or title acquired under common law by such possession\n2 : the process of making claim to something by long use and enjoyment\n3 : the action of laying down authoritative rules or directions\n4 a : a written direction for a therapeutic or corrective agent; specifically : one for the preparation and use of a medicine b : a prescribed medicine c : something like a doctor’s prescription <prescriptions for economic recovery>\n5 a : ancient or long continued custom b : a claim founded upon ancient custom or long continued use\n6 : something prescribed as a rule


Words: presence
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the fact or condition of being present\n2 a : the part of space within one’s immediate vicinity b : the neighborhood of one of superior especially royal rank\n3 archaic : COMPANY 2a\n4 : one that is present: as a : the actual person or thing that is present b : something present of a visible or concrete nature\n5 a : the bearing, carriage, or air of a person; especially : stately or distinguished bearing b : a quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close relationship with an audience\n6 : something (as a spirit) felt or believed to be present


Words: preserve
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to keep safe from injury, harm, or destruction : PROTECT\n2 a : to keep alive, intact, or free from decay b : MAINTAIN\n3 a : to keep or save from decomposition b : to can, pickle, or similarly prepare for future use\n4 : to keep up and reserve for personal or special use\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make preserves\n2 : to raise and protect game for purposes of sport\n3 : to be able to be preserved (as by canning)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : fruit canned or made into jams or jellies or cooked whole or in large pieces in a syrup so as to keep its shape often used in plural\n2 : an area restricted for the protection and preservation of natural resources (as animals or trees); especially : one used primarily for regulated hunting or fishing\n3 : something regarded as reserved for certain persons


Words: preside
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to exercise guidance, direction, or control\n2 a : to occupy the place of authority : act as president, chairman, or moderator b : to occupy a position similar to that of a president or chairman\n3 : to occupy a position of featured instrumental performer usually used with at <presided at the organ>


Words: president
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an official chosen to preside over a meeting or assembly\n2 : an appointed governor of a subordinate political unit\n3 : the chief officer of an organization (as a corporation or institution) usually entrusted with the direction and administration of its policies\n4 : the presiding officer of a governmental body\n5 a : an elected official serving as both chief of state and chief political executive in a republic having a presidential government b : an elected official having the position of chief of state but usually only minimal political powers in a republic having a parliamentary government


Words: presidio
Meaning:
noun\n: a garrisoned place; especially : a military post or fortified settlement in areas currently or originally under Spanish control


Words: presidium
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a permanent executive committee selected especially in Communist countries to act for a larger body\n2 : a nongovernmental executive committee


Words: press
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a crowd or crowded condition : THRONG b : a thronging or crowding forward or together\n2 a : an apparatus or machine by which a substance is cut or shaped, an impression of a body is taken, a material is compressed, pressure is applied to a body, liquid is expressed, or a cutting tool is fed into the work by pressure b : a building containing presses or a business using presses\n3 : CLOSET, CUPBOARD\n4 a : an action of pressing or pushing : PRESSURE b : an aggressive pressuring defense employed in basketball often over the entire court area\n5 : the properly smoothed and creased condition of a freshly pressed garment <out of press>\n6 a : PRINTING PRESS b : the act or the process of printing c : a printing or publishing establishment\n7 a : the gathering and publishing or broadcasting of news : JOURNALISM b : newspapers, periodicals, and often radio and television news broadcasting c : news reporters, publishers, and broadcasters d : comment or notice in newspapers and periodicals <is getting a good press>\n8 : any of various pressure devices (as one for keeping sporting gear from warping when not in use)\n9 : a lift in weight lifting in which the weight is raised to shoulder height and then smoothly extended overhead without assist from the legs compare CLEAN AND JERK, SNATCH\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to act upon through steady pushing or thrusting force exerted in contact : SQUEEZE\n2 a : ASSAIL, HARASS b : AFFLICT, OPPRESS\n3 a : to squeeze out the juice or contents of b : to squeeze with apparatus or instruments to a desired density, smoothness, or shape\n4 a : to exert influence on : CONSTRAIN b : to try hard to persuade : BESEECH, ENTREAT\n5 : to move by means of pressure\n6 a : to lay stress or emphasis on b : to insist on or request urgently\n7 : to follow through (a course of action)\n8 : to clasp in affection or courtesy\n9 : to make (a phonograph record) from a matrix\nintransitive senses\n1 : to crowd closely : MASS\n2 : to force or push one’s way\n3 : to seek urgently : CONTEND\n4 : to require haste


Words: pressman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an operator of a press; especially : the operator of a printing press\n2 British : NEWSPAPERMAN


Words: pressroom
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a room in a printing plant containing the printing presses\n2 : a room (as at the White House) for the use of members of the press


Words: pressure
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the burden of physical or mental distress b : the constraint of circumstance : the weight of social or economic imposition\n2 : the application of force to something by something else in direct contact with it : COMPRESSION\n3 archaic : IMPRESSION, STAMP\n4 a : the action of a force against an opposing force b : the force or thrust exerted over a surface divided by its area c : ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE\n5 : the stress or urgency of matters demanding attention : EXIGENCY <people who work well under pressure>\n6 : the force of selection that results from one or more agents and tends to reduce a population of organisms <population pressure> <predation pressure>\n7 : atmospheric pressure\n8 : a sensation aroused by moderate compression of a body part or surface\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to apply pressure to\n2 : PRESSURIZE\n3 : to cook in a pressure cooker


Words: pressurize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to confine the contents of under a pressure greater than that of the outside atmosphere; especially : to maintain near-normal atmospheric pressure in during high-altitude or spaceflight (as by means of a supercharger)\n2 : to apply pressure to\n3 : to design to withstand pressure


Words: prestige
Meaning:
noun\n1 : standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion\n2 : commanding position in people’s minds


Words: presto
Meaning:
<1> adverb or adjective\n1 : suddenly as if by magic : IMMEDIATELY\n2 : at a rapid tempo used as a direction in music\n\n<2> noun\n: a presto musical passage or movement


Words: presume
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to undertake without leave or clear justification : DARE\n2 : to expect or assume especially with confidence\n3 : to suppose to be true without proof <presumed innocent until proved guilty>\n4 : to take for granted : IMPLY\nintransitive senses\n1 : to act or proceed presumptuously or on a presumption\n2 : to go beyond what is right or proper


Words: presumption
Meaning:
noun\n1 : presumptuous attitude or conduct : AUDACITY\n2 a : an attitude or belief dictated by probability : ASSUMPTION b : the ground, reason, or evidence lending probability to a belief\n3 : a legal inference as to the existence or truth of a fact not certainly known that is drawn from the known or proved existence of some other fact


Words: pretend
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing <does not pretend to be a psychiatrist>\n2 a : to make believe : FEIGN <he pretended deafness> b : to claim, represent, or assert falsely <pretending an emotion he could not really feel>\n3 archaic : VENTURE, UNDERTAKE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to feign an action, part, or role in play\n2 : to put in a claim\n\n<2> adjective\n: IMAGINARY, MAKE-BELIEVE


Words: pretense
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a claim made or implied; especially : one not supported by fact\n2 a : mere ostentation : PRETENTIOUSNESS <confuse dignity with pomposity and pretense Bennett Cerf> b : a pretentious act or assertion\n3 : an inadequate or insincere attempt to attain a certain condition or quality\n4 : professed rather than real intention or purpose : PRETEXT <was there under false pretenses>\n5 : MAKE-BELIEVE, FICTION\n6 : false show : SIMULATION <saw through his pretense of indifference>


Words: pretentious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : characterized by pretension: as a : making usually unjustified or excessive claims (as of value or standing) <the pretentious fraud who assumes a love of culture that is alien to him Richard Watts> b : expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature <pretentious language> <pretentious houses>\n2 : making demands on one’s skill, ability, or means : AMBITIOUS <the pretentious daring of the Green Mountain Boys in crossing the lake Amer. Guide Series: Vt.>


Words: preternatural
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : existing outside of nature\n2 : exceeding what is natural or regular : EXTRAORDINARY <wits trained to preternatural acuteness by the debates G. L. Dickinson>\n3 : inexplicable by ordinary means; especially : PSYCHIC <preternatural phenomena>


Words: pretext
Meaning:
noun\n: a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs


Words: pretty
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : ARTFUL, CLEVER b : PAT, APT\n2 a : pleasing by delicacy or grace b : having conventionally accepted elements of beauty c : appearing or sounding pleasant or nice but lacking strength, force, manliness, purpose, or intensity <pretty words that make no sense Elizabeth B. Browning>\n3 a : MISERABLE, TERRIBLE <a pretty mess you’ve gotten us into> b chiefly Scottish : STOUT\n4 : moderately large : CONSIDERABLE <a very pretty profit> <cost a pretty penny>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : in some degree : MODERATELY <pretty cold weather>\n2 : in a pretty manner : PRETTILY <pop vocalists who can sing pretty Gerald Levitch>\n\n<3> noun\n1 plural : dainty clothes; especially : LINGERIE\n2 : a pretty person or thing\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to make pretty usually used with up <curtains to pretty up the room>


Words: prevail
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : TRIUMPH\n2 : to be or become effective or effectual\n3 : to use persuasion successfully <prevailed on him to sing>\n4 : to be frequent : PREDOMINATE <the west winds that prevail in the mountains>\n5 : to be or continue in use or fashion : PERSIST <a custom that still prevails>


Words: prevalent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : POWERFUL\n2 : being in ascendancy : DOMINANT\n3 : generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : WIDESPREAD


Words: prevent
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic a : to be in readiness for (as an occasion) b : to meet or satisfy in advance c : to act ahead of d : to go or arrive before\n2 : to deprive of power or hope of acting or succeeding\n3 : to keep from happening or existing <steps to prevent war>\n4 : to hold or keep back : HINDER, STOP often used with from\nintransitive senses : to interpose an obstacle


Words: preview
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to see beforehand; specifically : to view or to show in advance of public presentation\n2 : to give a preliminary survey of\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an advance showing or performance (as of a motion picture or play)\n2 also prevue : a showing of snatches from a motion picture advertised for appearance in the near future called also trailer\n3 : an advance statement, sample, or survey


Words: prevision
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : FORESIGHT, PRESCIENCE\n2 : FORECAST, PROGNOSTICATION\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: FORESEE


Words: prey
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : SPOIL, BOOTY\n2 a : an animal taken by a predator as food b : one that is helpless or unable to resist attack : VICTIM <was prey to his own appetites>\n3 : the act or habit of preying\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to make raids for the sake of booty\n2 a : to seize and devour prey b : to commit violence or robbery or fraud\n3 : to have an injurious, destructive, or wasting effect


Words: price
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : VALUE, WORTH\n2 a : the quantity of one thing that is exchanged or demanded in barter or sale for another b : the amount of money given or set as consideration for the sale of a specified thing\n3 : the terms for the sake of which something is done or undertaken: as a : an amount sufficient to bribe one <believed every man had his price> b : a reward for the apprehension or death of a person <an outlaw with a price on his head>\n4 : the cost at which something is obtained <the price of freedom is restraint J. Irwin Miller>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to set a price on\n2 : to find out the price of\n3 : to drive by raising prices excessively <priced themselves out of the market>


Words: priceless
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having a value beyond any price : INVALUABLE b : costly because of rarity or quality : PRECIOUS\n2 : having worth in terms of other than market value\n3 : delightfully amusing, odd, or absurd


Words: prick
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a mark or shallow hole made by a pointed instrument\n2 a : a pointed instrument or weapon b : a sharp projecting organ or part\n3 : an instance of pricking or the sensation of being pricked: as a : a nagging or sharp feeling of remorse, regret, or sorrow b : a slight sharply localized discomfort <the prick of a needle>\n4 usually vulgar : PENIS\n5 usually vulgar : a spiteful or contemptible man often having some authority\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to pierce slightly with a sharp point\n2 : to affect with anguish, grief, or remorse <doubt began to prick him Philip Hale>\n3 : to ride, guide, or urge on with or as if with spurs : GOAD\n4 : to mark, distinguish, or note by means of a small mark\n5 : to trace or outline with punctures\n6 : to remove (a young seedling) from the seedbed to another suitable for further growth usually used with out\n7 : to cause to be or stand erect <a dog pricking its ears>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to prick something or cause a pricking sensation b : to feel discomfort as if from being pricked\n2 a : to urge a horse with the spur b : to ride fast\n3 : THRUST\n4 : to become directed upward : POINT


Words: prickle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a fine sharp process or projection; especially : a sharp pointed emergence arising from the epidermis or bark of a plant\n2 : a prickling or tingling sensation\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to prick slightly\n2 : to produce prickles in\nintransitive senses : to cause or feel a prickling, tingling, or stinging sensation


Words: pride
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the quality or state of being proud: as a : inordinate self-esteem : CONCEIT b : a reasonable or justifiable self-respect c : delight or elation arising from some act, possession, or relationship <parental pride>\n2 : proud or disdainful behavior or treatment : DISDAIN\n3 a : ostentatious display b : highest pitch : PRIME\n4 : a source of pride : the best in a group or class\n5 : a company of lions\n6 : a showy or impressive group <a pride of dancers>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to indulge (as oneself) in pride


Words: priest
Meaning:
noun\n: one authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion especially as a mediatory agent between humans and God; specifically : an Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, or Roman Catholic clergyman ranking below a bishop and above a deacon


Words: prig
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: THIEF\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic : FOP\n2 archaic : FELLOW, PERSON\n3 : one who offends or irritates by observance of proprieties (as of speech or manners) in a pointed manner or to an obnoxious degree


Words: prim
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to give a prim or demure expression to\n2 : to dress primly\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : stiffly formal and proper : DECOROUS b : PRUDISH\n2 : NEAT, TRIM <prim hedges>\n\n<3> abbreviation\nprimary, primitive


Words: primacy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the state of being first (as in importance, order, or rank) : PREEMINENCE <the primacy of intellectual and esthetic over materialistic values T. R. McConnell>\n2 : the office, rank, or preeminence of an ecclesiastical primate


Words: primal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : ORIGINAL, PRIMITIVE <village life continued in its primal innocence Van Wyck Brooks>\n2 : first in importance : PRIMARY


Words: primarily
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : for the most part : CHIEFLY <has now become primarily a residential town S. P. B. Mais>\n2 : in the first place : ORIGINALLY


Words: primary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : first in order of time or development : PRIMITIVE <the primary stage of civilization> b : of or relating to formations of the Paleozoic and earlier periods\n2 a : of first rank, importance, or value : PRINCIPAL <the primary purpose> b : BASIC, FUNDAMENTAL <security is a primary need> c : of, relating to, or constituting the principal quills of a bird’s wing d : of or relating to agriculture, forestry, and the extractive industries or their products e : expressive of present or future time <primary tense> f : of, relating to, or constituting the strongest of the three or four degrees of stress recognized by most linguists <the first syllable of basketball carries primary stress>\n3 a : DIRECT, FIRSTHAND <primary sources of information> b : not derivable from other colors, odors, or tastes c : preparatory to something else in a continuing process <primary instruction> d : of or relating to a primary school <primary education> e : belonging to the first group or order in successive divisions, combinations, or ramifications <primary nerves> f : of, relating to, or constituting the inducing current or its circuit in an induction coil or transformer g : directly derived from ores <primary metals> h : of, relating to, or being the amino acid sequence in proteins <primary protein structure>\n4 : resulting from the substitution of one of two or more atoms or groups in a molecule; especially : being or characterized by a carbon atom having a bond to only one other carbon atom\n5 : of, relating to, involving, or derived from primary meristem <primary tissue> <primary growth>\n6 : of, relating to, or involved in the production of organic substances by green plants <primary productivity>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something that stands first in rank, importance, or value : FUNDAMENTAL usually used in plural\n2 : the celestial body around which one or more other celestial bodies revolve; especially : the more massive usually brighter component of a binary star system\n3 : one of the usually 9 or 10 strong quills on the distal


Words: primate
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized : a bishop who has precedence in a province, group of provinces, or a nation\n2 archaic : one first in authority or rank : LEADER\n3 New Latin Primates, from Latin, plural of primat-, primas : any of an order (Primates) of mammals comprising humans, apes, monkeys, and related forms (as lemurs and tarsiers)


Words: prime
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a often capitalized : the second of the canonical hours b : the first hour of the day usually considered either as 6 a.m. or the hour of sunrise\n2 a : the earliest stage b : SPRING c : YOUTH\n3 : the most active, thriving, or successful stage or period <in the prime of his life>\n4 : the chief or best individual or part : PICK <prime of the flock, and choicest of the stall Alexander Pope>\n5 : PRIME NUMBER\n6 a : the first note or tone of a musical scale : TONIC b : the interval between two notes on the same staff degree\n7 : the symbol <\n8 : PRIME RATE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : first in time : ORIGINAL\n2 a : of, relating to, or being a prime number compare RELATIVELY PRIME b : having no polynomial factors other than itself and no monomial factors other than 1 <a prime polynomial> c : expressed as a product of prime factors (as prime numbers and prime polynomials) <a prime factorization>\n3 a : first in rank, authority, or significance : PRINCIPAL b : having the highest quality or value <prime farmland> c : of the highest grade regularly marketed used of meat and especially beef\n4 : not deriving from something else : PRIMARY\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : FILL, LOAD\n2 a : to prepare for firing by supplying with priming b : to insert a primer into (a cartridge case)\n3 : to apply the first color, coating, or preparation to <prime a wall>\n4 : to put into working order by filling or charging with something <prime a pump with water>\n5 : to instruct beforehand : COACH <primed the witness>\n6 : STIMULATE\nintransitive senses : to become prime


Words: primer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a small book for teaching children to read\n2 : a small introductory book on a subject\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a device for priming; especially : a cap, tube, or wafer containing percussion powder or compound used to ignite an explosive charge\n2 : material used in priming a surface called also prime coat\n3 : a molecule (as a short strand of RNA or DNA) whose presence is required for formation of another molecule (as a longer chain of DNA)


Words: primeval
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to the earliest ages (as of the world or human history) : ANCIENT, PRIMITIVE <100 acres of primeval forest which has never felt an ax Mary R. Zimmer>\n2 : PRIMORDIAL 1b


Words: primitive
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : not derived : ORIGINAL, PRIMARY b : assumed as a basis; especially : AXIOMATIC <primitive concepts>\n2 a : of or relating to the earliest age or period : PRIMEVAL <the primitive church> b : closely approximating an early ancestral type : little evolved <primitive mammals> c : belonging to or characteristic of an early stage of development : CRUDE, RUDIMENTARY <primitive technology> d : of, relating to, or constituting the assumed parent speech of related languages <primitive Germanic>\n3 a : ELEMENTAL, NATURAL <our primitive feelings of vengeance John Mackwood> b : of, relating to, or produced by a people or culture that is nonindustrial and often nonliterate and tribal <primitive art> c : NAIVE d (1) : SELF-TAUGHT, UNTUTORED <primitive craftsmen> (2) : produced by a self-taught artist <a primitive painting>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : something primitive; specifically : a primitive idea, term, or proposition b : a root word\n2 a (1) : an artist of an early period of a culture or artistic movement (2) : a later imitator or follower of such an artist b (1) : a self-taught artist (2) : an artist whose work is marked by directness and na*vet* c : a work of art produced by a primitive artist d : a typically rough or simple usually handmade and antique home accessory or furnishing\n3 a : a member of a primitive people b : an unsophisticated person


Words: primogeniture
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents\n2 : an exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest son


Words: primordial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : first created or developed : PRIMEVAL 1 b : existing in or persisting from the beginning (as of a solar system or universe) <a primordial gas cloud> c : earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ : PRIMITIVE\n2 : FUNDAMENTAL, PRIMARY <primordial human joys Sir Winston Churchill>


Words: primp
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner\nintransitive senses : to dress or groom oneself carefully <primps for hours before a date>


Words: primrose
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Primula of the family Primulaceae, the primrose family) of perennial herbs with large tufted basal leaves and showy variously colored flowers compare EVENING PRIMROSE


Words: prince
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : MONARCH, KING b : the ruler of a principality or state\n2 : a male member of a royal family; especially : a son of the sovereign\n3 : a nobleman of varying rank and status\n4 : one likened to a prince; especially : a man of high rank or of high standing in his class or profession


Words: princess
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : a woman having sovereign power\n2 : a female member of a royal family; especially : a daughter or granddaughter of a sovereign\n3 : the consort of a prince\n4 : one likened to a princess; especially : a woman of high rank or of high standing in her class or profession <a pop music princess>\n\n<2> adjective\n: close-fitting and usually with gores from neck to flaring hemline <a princess gown>


Words: principal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : most important, consequential, or influential : CHIEF\n2 : of, relating to, or constituting principal or a principal\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a person who has controlling authority or is in a leading position: as a : a chief or head man or woman b : the chief executive officer of an educational institution c : one who employs another to act as agent subject to the employer’s general control and instruction; specifically : the person from whom an agent’s authority derives d : the chief or an actual participant in a crime e : the person primarily or ultimately liable on a legal obligation f : a leading performer : STAR\n2 : a matter or thing of primary importance: as a (1) : a capital sum placed at interest, due as a debt, or used as a fund (2) : the corpus of an estate, portion, devise, or bequest b : the construction that gives shape and strength to a roof and is usually one of several trusses; broadly : the most important member of a piece of framing


Words: principality
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the state, office, or authority of a prince b : the position or responsibilities of a principal (as of a school)\n2 : the territory or jurisdiction of a prince : the country that gives title to a prince\n3 plural : an order of angels see CELESTIAL HIERARCHY


Words: principle
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a comprehensive and fundamental law, doctrine, or assumption b (1) : a rule or code of conduct (2) : habitual devotion to right principles <a man of principle> c : the laws or facts of nature underlying the working of an artificial device\n2 : a primary source : ORIGIN\n3 a : an underlying faculty or endowment <such principles of human nature as greed and curiosity> b : an ingredient (as a chemical) that exhibits or imparts a characteristic quality\n4 capitalized , Christian Science : a divine principle : GOD


Words: print
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a mark made by pressure : IMPRESSION b : something impressed with a print or formed in a mold\n2 a : printed state or form b : the printing industry\n3 a : PRINTED MATTER b plural : printed publications\n4 : printed letters : TYPE\n5 a (1) : a copy made by printing (2) : a reproduction of an original work of art (as a painting) made by a photomechanical process (3) : an original work of art (as a woodcut, etching, or lithograph) intended for graphic reproduction and produced by or under the supervision of the artist who designed it b : cloth with a pattern or figured design applied by printing; also : an article of such cloth c : a photographic or motion-picture copy; especially : one made from a negative\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to impress something in or on b : to stamp (as a mark) in or on something\n2 a : to make a copy of by impressing paper against an inked printing surface b (1) : to impress (as wallpaper) with a design or pattern (2) : to impress (a pattern or design) on something c : to publish in print d : PRINT OUT; also : to display on a surface (as a computer screen) for viewing\n3 : to write in letters shaped like those of ordinary roman text type\n4 : to make (a positive picture) on a sensitized photographic surface from a negative or a positive\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to work as a printer b : to produce printed matter\n2 : to produce something in printed form\n3 : to write or hand-letter in imitation of unjoined printed characters\n\n<3> adjective\n: of, relating to, or writing for printed publications <print journalists>


Words: printing
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or product of one that prints\n2 : reproduction in printed form\n3 : the art, practice, or business of a printer\n4 : IMPRESSION 4c\n5 plural : paper to be printed on


Words: prior
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the superior ranking next to the abbot of a monastery\n2 : the superior of a house or group of houses of any of various religious communities\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : earlier in time or order : PREVIOUS <by prior agreement>\n2 : taking precedence (as in importance)


Words: prism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a polyhedron with two polygonal faces lying in parallel planes and with the other faces parallelograms\n2 a : a transparent body that is bounded in part by two nonparallel plane faces and is used to refract or disperse a beam of light b : a prism-shaped decorative glass luster\n3 : a crystal form whose faces are parallel to one axis; especially : one whose faces are parallel to the vertical axis\n4 : a medium that distorts, slants, or colors whatever is viewed through it


Words: prison
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a state of confinement or captivity\n2 : a place of confinement especially for lawbreakers; specifically : an institution (as one under state jurisdiction) for confinement of persons convicted of serious crimes compare JAIL\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: IMPRISON, CONFINE


Words: prisoner
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person deprived of liberty and kept under involuntary restraint, confinement, or custody; especially : one on trial or in prison\n2 : someone restrained as if in prison <a prisoner of her own conscience>


Words: pristine
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : belonging to the earliest period or state : ORIGINAL <the hypothetical pristine lunar atmosphere>\n2 a : not spoiled, corrupted, or polluted (as by civilization) : PURE <a pristine forest> b : fresh and clean as or as if new <pristine hard-backs in uniform editions to fill our built-in bookcases Michiko Kakutani>


Words: privacy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of being apart from company or observation : SECLUSION b : freedom from unauthorized intrusion <one’s right to privacy>\n2 archaic : a place of seclusion\n3 a : SECRECY b : a private matter : SECRET


Words: private
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : intended for or restricted to the use of a particular person, group, or class <a private park> b : belonging to or concerning an individual person, company, or interest <a private house> c (1) : restricted to the individual or arising independently of others <private opinion> (2) : carried on by the individual independently of the usual institutions <private study>; also : being educated by independent study or a tutor or in a private school <private students> d : not general in effect <a private statute> e : of, relating to, or receiving hospital service in which the patient has more privileges than a semiprivate or ward patient\n2 a (1) : not holding public office or employment <a private citizen> (2) : not related to one’s official position : PERSONAL <private correspondence> b : being a private <a private soldier>\n3 a : withdrawn from company or observation : SEQUESTERED <a private retreat> b : not known or intended to be known publicly : SECRET c : preferring to keep personal affairs to oneself : valuing privacy highly d : unsuitable for public use or display\n4 : not having shares that can be freely traded on the open market <a private company>\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic : one not in public office\n2 obsolete : PRIVACY\n3 plural : PRIVATE PARTS\n4 a : a person of low rank in various organizations (as a police or fire department) b : an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the marine corps or of one of the two lowest ranks in the army


Words: privation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act or instance of depriving : DEPRIVATION\n2 : the state of being deprived; especially : lack of what is needed for existence


Words: privet
Meaning:
noun\n: a European deciduous shrub (Ligustrum vulgare) of the olive family with semievergreen leaves and small white flowers that is widely used for hedges; broadly : any of various congeneric shrubs


Words: privilege
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor : PREROGATIVE; especially : such a right or immunity attached specifically to a position or an office\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to grant a privilege to


Words: privileged
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having or enjoying one or more privileges <privileged classes>\n2 : not subject to the usual rules or penalties because of some special circumstance; especially : not subject to disclosure in a court of law <a privileged communication>


Words: privy
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : PRIVATE, WITHDRAWN b : SECRET\n2 : belonging or relating to a person in one’s individual rather than official capacity\n3 : admitted as one sharing in a secret <privy to the conspiracy>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a small building having a bench with holes through which the user may defecate or urinate b : TOILET 3b\n2 : a person having a legal interest of privity


Words: prize
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance; also : PREMIUM 1d\n2 : something exceptionally desirable\n3 archaic : a contest for a reward : COMPETITION\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : awarded or worthy of a prize b : awarded as a prize c : entered for the sake of a prize <a prize drawing>\n2 : outstanding of a kind <raised prize hogs>\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to estimate the value of : RATE\n2 : to value highly : ESTEEM\n\n<4> noun\n1 : something taken by force, stratagem, or threat; especially : property lawfully captured at sea in time of war\n2 : an act of capturing or taking; especially : the wartime capture of a ship and its cargo at sea\n\n<5> transitive verb\n: to press, force, or move with a lever : PRY


Words: pro
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an argument or evidence in affirmation <an appraisal of the pros and cons>\n2 : the affirmative side or one holding it\n\n<2> adverb\n: on the affirmative side : in affirmation <much has been written pro and con>\n\n<3> preposition\n: in favor of : FOR\n\n<4> noun or adjective\n: PROFESSIONAL


Words: probable
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : supported by evidence strong enough to establish presumption but not proof <a probable hypothesis>\n2 : establishing a probability <probable evidence>\n3 : likely to be or become true or real <probable events>\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is probable


Words: probate
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the action or process of proving before a competent judicial authority that a document offered for official recognition and registration as the last will and testament of a deceased person is genuine b : the judicial determination of the validity of a will\n2 : the officially authenticated copy of a probated will\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to establish (a will) by probate as genuine and valid\n2 : to put (a convicted offender) on probation


Words: probation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : critical examination and evaluation or subjection to such examination and evaluation\n2 a : subjection of an individual to a period of testing and trial to ascertain fitness (as for a job or school) b : the action of suspending the sentence of a convicted offender and giving the offender freedom during good behavior under the supervision of a probation officer c : the state or a period of being subject to probation


Words: probationer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person (as a newly admitted student nurse) whose fitness is being tested during a trial period\n2 : a convicted offender on probation


Words: probe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or bodily cavity)\n2 a : any of various testing devices or substances: as (1) : a pointed metal tip for making electrical contact with a circuit element being checked (2) : a usually small object that is inserted into something so as to test conditions at a given point (3) : a device used to penetrate or send back information especially from outer space or a celestial body (4) : a device (as an ultrasound generator) or a substance (as DNA in genetic research) used to obtain specific information for diagnostic or experimental purposes b : a pipe on the receiving airplane thrust into the drogue of the delivering airplane in air refueling\n3 a : the action of probing b : a penetrating or critical investigation c : a tentative exploratory advance or survey\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to search into and explore with great thoroughness : subject to a penetrating investigation\n2 : to examine with a probe <unmanned vehicles probed space>\nintransitive senses : to make a searching exploratory investigation


Words: problem
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a question raised for inquiry, consideration, or solution b : a proposition in mathematics or physics stating something to be done\n2 a : an intricate unsettled question b : a source of perplexity, distress, or vexation c : difficulty in understanding or accepting <I have a problem with your saying that>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : dealing with a problem of conduct or social relationship <a problem play>\n2 : difficult to deal with <a problem child>


Words: problematic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide b : not definite or settled : UNCERTAIN <their future remains problematic> c : open to question or debate : QUESTIONABLE\n2 : expressing or supporting a possibility\n\n<2> noun\n: something that is problematic : a problematic aspect or concern


Words: proboscis
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the trunk of an elephant; also : any long flexible snout b : the human nose especially when prominent\n2 : any of various elongated or extensible tubular processes (as the sucking organ of a butterfly) of the oral region of an invertebrate


Words: procedure
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a particular way of accomplishing something or of acting b : a step in a procedure\n2 a : a series of steps followed in a regular definite order <legal procedure> <a surgical procedure> b : a series of instructions for a computer that has a name by which it can be called into action\n3 a : a traditional or established way of doing things b : PROTOCOL 3a


Words: proceed
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to come forth from a source : ISSUE\n2 a : to continue after a pause or interruption b : to go on in an orderly regulated way\n3 a : to begin and carry on an action, process, or movement b : to be in the process of being accomplished\n4 : to move along a course : ADVANCE


Words: proceeding
Meaning:
noun\n1 : legal action <a divorce proceeding>\n2 : PROCEDURE\n3 plural : EVENTS, HAPPENINGS\n4 : TRANSACTION\n5 plural : an official record of things said or done


Words: proceeds
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 : the total amount brought in <the proceeds of a sale>\n2 : the net amount received (as for a check or from an insurance settlement) after deduction of any discount or charges


Words: process
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : PROGRESS, ADVANCE <in the process of time> b : something going on : PROCEEDING\n2 a (1) : a natural phenomenon marked by gradual changes that lead toward a particular result <the process of growth> (2) : a natural continuing activity or function <such life processes as breathing> b : a series of actions or operations conducing to an end; especially : a continuous operation or treatment especially in manufacture\n3 a : the whole course of proceedings in a legal action b : the summons, mandate, or writ used by a court to compel the appearance of the defendant in a legal action or compliance with its orders\n4 : a prominent or projecting part of an organism or organic structure <a bone process>\n5 : 5CONK\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to proceed against by law : PROSECUTE b (1) : to take out a summons against (2) : to serve a summons on\n2 a : to subject to a special process or treatment (as in the course of manufacture) b (1) : to subject to or handle through an established usually routine set of procedures <process insurance claims> (2) : to subject to examination or analysis <computers process data> c : to work (hair) into a conk\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : treated or made by a special process especially when involving synthesis or artificial modification\n2 : made by or used in a mechanical or photomechanical duplicating process\n3 : of or involving illusory effects usually introduced during processing of the film\n\n<4> intransitive verb\nchiefly British : to move in a procession


Words: procession
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a group of individuals moving along in an orderly often ceremonial way b : SUCCESSION, SEQUENCE\n2 a : continuous forward movement : PROGRESSION b : EMANATION <the Holy Spirit’s procession from the Father>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\narchaic : to go in procession


Words: processional
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a book containing material for a procession\n2 : a musical composition (as a hymn) designed for a procession\n3 : a ceremonial procession\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, or moving in a procession


Words: proclaim
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to declare publicly, typically insistently, proudly, or defiantly and in either speech or writing : ANNOUNCE b : to give outward indication of : SHOW\n2 : to declare or declare to be solemnly, officially, or formally <proclaim an amnesty> <proclaim the country a republic>\n3 : to praise or glorify openly or publicly : EXTOL


Words: proclivity
Meaning:
noun\n: an inclination or predisposition toward something; especially : a strong inherent inclination toward something objectionable


Words: procrastinate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to put off intentionally and habitually\nintransitive senses : to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done


Words: procreate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to beget or bring forth (offspring) : PROPAGATE\nintransitive senses : to beget or bring forth offspring : REPRODUCE


Words: proctor
Meaning:
noun\n: SUPERVISOR, MONITOR; specifically : one appointed to supervise students (as at an examination)


Words: procurator
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that manages another’s affairs : AGENT\n2 : an officer of the Roman empire entrusted with management of the financial affairs of a province and often having administrative powers as agent of the emperor


Words: procure
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to get possession of : obtain by particular care and effort b : to get and make available for promiscuous sexual intercourse\n2 : BRING ABOUT, ACHIEVE\nintransitive senses : to procure women


Words: prod
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to thrust a pointed instrument into : PRICK b : to incite to action : STIR\n2 : to poke or stir as if with a prod\nintransitive senses : to urge someone on\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a pointed instrument used to prod\n2 : an incitement to act\n\n<3> abbreviation\nproduct, production


Words: prodigal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : recklessly extravagant\n2 : characterized by wasteful expenditure : LAVISH\n3 : yielding abundantly : LUXURIANT often used with of <nature has been so prodigal of her bounty H. T. Buckle>\n\n<2> noun\n: one who spends or gives lavishly and foolishly


Words: prodigious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a obsolete : being an omen : PORTENTOUS b archaic : resembling or befitting a prodigy : STRANGE, UNUSUAL\n2 : exciting amazement or wonder\n3 : extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree : ENORMOUS


Words: prodigy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a portentous event : OMEN b : something extraordinary or inexplicable\n2 a : an extraordinary, marvelous, or unusual accomplishment, deed, or event b : a highly talented child or youth


Words: produce
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to offer to view or notice\n2 : to give birth or rise to : YIELD\n3 : to extend in length, area, or volume <produce a side of a triangle>\n4 : to present to the public on the stage or screen or over radio or television\n5 a : to cause to have existence or to happen : BRING ABOUT b : to give being, form, or shape to : MAKE; especially : MANUFACTURE\n6 : to compose, create, or bring out by intellectual or physical effort\n7 : to cause to accrue\nintransitive senses : to bear, make, or yield something\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : something produced b : the amount produced : YIELD\n2 : agricultural products and especially fresh fruits and vegetables as distinguished from grain and other staple crops\n3 : the progeny usually of a female animal


Words: product
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the number or expression resulting from the multiplication together of two or more numbers or expressions\n2 a : something produced b : something resulting from or necessarily following from a set of conditions <a product of his environment>\n3 : the amount, quantity, or total produced\n4 : CONJUNCTION 5


Words: production
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : something produced : PRODUCT b (1) : a literary or artistic work (2) : a work presented on the stage or screen or over the air c : something exaggerated out of proportion to its importance\n2 a : the act or process of producing b : the creation of utility; especially : the making of goods available for use\n3 : total output especially of a commodity or an industry


Words: profane
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : DESECRATE\n2 : to debase by a wrong, unworthy, or vulgar use\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : not concerned with religion or religious purposes : SECULAR\n2 : not holy because unconsecrated, impure, or defiled : UNSANCTIFIED\n3 : serving to debase or defile what is holy : IRREVERENT\n4 a : not being among the initiated b : not possessing esoteric or expert knowledge


Words: profanity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of being profane b : the use of profane language\n2 a : profane language b : an utterance of profane language


Words: profess
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to receive formally into a religious community following a novitiate by acceptance of the required vows\n2 a : to declare or admit openly or freely : AFFIRM b : to declare in words or appearances only : PRETEND, CLAIM\n3 : to confess one’s faith in or allegiance to\n4 a : to practice or claim to be versed in (a calling or profession) b : to teach as a professor\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a profession or avowal\n2 obsolete : to profess friendship


Words: profession
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of taking the vows of a religious community\n2 : an act of openly declaring or publicly claiming a belief, faith, or opinion : PROTESTATION\n3 : an avowed religious faith\n4 a : a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation b : a principal calling, vocation, or employment c : the whole body of persons engaged in a calling


Words: professional
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of a profession b : engaged in one of the learned professions c (1) : characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a profession (2) : exhibiting a courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner in the workplace\n2 a : participating for gain or livelihood in an activity or field of endeavor often engaged in by amateurs <a professional golfer> b : having a particular profession as a permanent career <a professional soldier> c : engaged in by persons receiving financial return <professional football>\n3 : following a line of conduct as though it were a profession <a professional patriot>\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is professional; especially : one that engages in a pursuit or activity professionally


Words: professionalism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person\n2 : the following of a profession (as athletics) for gain or livelihood


Words: professor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that professes, avows, or declares\n2 a : a faculty member of the highest academic rank at an institution of higher education b : a teacher at a university, college, or sometimes secondary school c : one that teaches or professes special knowledge of an art, sport, or occupation requiring skill


Words: profile
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a representation of something in outline; especially : a human head or face represented or seen in a side view\n2 : an outline seen or represented in sharp relief : CONTOUR\n3 : a side or sectional elevation: as a : a drawing showing a vertical section of the ground b : a vertical section of a soil from the ground surface to the underlying unweathered material\n4 : a set of data often in graphic form portraying the significant features of something <a corporation’s earnings profile>; especially : a graph representing the extent to which an individual exhibits traits or abilities as determined by tests or ratings\n5 : a concise biographical sketch\n6 : degree or level of public exposure <trying to keep a low profile> <a job with a high profile>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to represent in profile or by a profile : produce (as by drawing, writing, or graphing) a profile of\n2 : to shape the outline of by passing a cutter around


Words: profit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a valuable return : GAIN\n2 : the excess of returns over expenditure in a transaction or series of transactions; especially : the excess of the selling price of goods over their cost\n3 : net income usually for a given period of time\n4 : the ratio of profit for a given year to the amount of capital invested or to the value of sales\n5 : the compensation accruing to entrepreneurs for the assumption of risk in business enterprise as distinguished from wages or rent\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be of service or advantage : AVAIL\n2 : to derive benefit : GAIN\n3 : to make a profit\ntransitive senses : to be of service to : BENEFIT


Words: profiteer
Meaning:
noun\n: one who makes what is considered an unreasonable profit especially on the sale of essential goods during times of emergency


Words: profligate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : completely given up to dissipation and licentiousness\n2 : wildly extravagant : PRODIGAL\n\n<2> noun\n: a person given to wildly extravagant and usually grossly self-indulgent expenditure


Words: profound
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having intellectual depth and insight b : difficult to fathom or understand\n2 a : extending far below the surface b : coming from, reaching to, or situated at a depth : DEEP-SEATED <a profound sigh>\n3 a : characterized by intensity of feeling or quality b : all encompassing : COMPLETE <profound sleep>\n\n<2> noun\narchaic : something that is very deep; specifically : the depths of the sea


Words: profuse
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : pouring forth liberally : EXTRAVAGANT <profuse in their thanks>\n2 : exhibiting great abundance : BOUNTIFUL <a profuse harvest>


Words: progenitor
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an ancestor in the direct line : FOREFATHER b : a biologically ancestral form\n2 : PRECURSOR, ORIGINATOR <progenitors of socialist ideas Times Literary Supplement>


Words: progeny
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : DESCENDANTS, CHILDREN b : offspring of animals or plants\n2 : OUTCOME, PRODUCT\n3 : a body of followers, disciples, or successors


Words: prognosis
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case\n2 : FORECAST, PROGNOSTICATION


Words: prognostic
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something that foretells : PORTENT\n2 : PROGNOSTICATION, PROPHECY\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, or serving as ground for prognostication or a prognosis <prognostic weather charts> <favorable prognostic signs>


Words: program
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 Late Latin programma, from Greek : a public notice\n2 a : a brief usually printed outline of the order to be followed, of the features to be presented, and the persons participating (as in a public performance) b : the performance of a program; especially : a performance broadcast on radio or television\n3 : a plan or system under which action may be taken toward a goal\n4 : CURRICULUM\n5 : PROSPECTUS, SYLLABUS\n6 a : a plan for the programming of a mechanism (as a computer) b : a sequence of coded instructions that can be inserted into a mechanism (as a computer) c : a sequence of coded instructions (as genes or behavioral responses) that is part of an organism\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to arrange or furnish a program of or for : BILL b : to enter in a program\n2 : to work out a sequence of operations to be performed by (a mechanism) : provide with a program\n3 a : to insert a program for (a particular action) into or as if into a mechanism b : to control by or as if by a program c (1) : to code in an organism’s program (2) : to provide with a biological program <cells programmed to synthesize hemoglobin>\n4 : to predetermine the thinking, behavior, or operations of as if by computer programming <children are programmed into violence Lisa A. Richette>


Words: progress
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a royal journey marked by pomp and pageant (2) : a state procession b : a tour or circuit made by an official (as a judge) c : an expedition, journey, or march through a region\n2 : a forward or onward movement (as to an objective or to a goal) : ADVANCE\n3 : gradual betterment; especially : the progressive development of mankind\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to move forward : PROCEED\n2 : to develop to a higher, better, or more advanced stage


Words: progression
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sequence of numbers in which each term is related to its predecessor by a uniform law\n2 a : the action or process of progressing : ADVANCE b : a continuous and connected series : SEQUENCE\n3 a : succession of musical tones or chords b : the movement of musical parts in harmony c : SEQUENCE 2c


Words: progressive
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or characterized by progress b : making use of or interested in new ideas, findings, or opportunities c : of, relating to, or constituting an educational theory marked by emphasis on the individual child, informality of classroom procedure, and encouragement of self-expression\n2 : of, relating to, or characterized by progression\n3 : moving forward or onward : ADVANCING\n4 a : increasing in extent or severity <a progressive disease> b : increasing in rate as the base increases <a progressive tax>\n5 often capitalized : of or relating to political Progressives\n6 : of, relating to, or constituting a verb form that expresses action or state in progress at the time of speaking or a time spoken of\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : one that is progressive b : one believing in moderate political change and especially social improvement by governmental action\n2 capitalized : a member of any of various U.S. political parties: as a : a member of a predominantly agrarian minor party that around 1912 split off from the Republicans; specifically : BULL MOOSE b : a follower of Robert M. La Follette in the presidential campaign of 1924 c : a follower of Henry A. Wallace in the presidential campaign of 1948


Words: prohibit
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to forbid by authority : ENJOIN\n2 a : to prevent from doing something b : PRECLUDE


Words: prohibition
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of prohibiting by authority\n2 : an order to restrain or stop\n3 often capitalized : the forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic liquors except for medicinal and sacramental purposes


Words: project
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a specific plan or design : SCHEME\n2 obsolete : IDEA\n3 : a planned undertaking: as a : a definitely formulated piece of research b : a large usually government-supported undertaking c : a task or problem engaged in usually by a group of students to supplement and apply classroom studies\n4 : a usually public housing development consisting of houses or apartments built and arranged according to a single plan\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to devise in the mind : DESIGN b : to plan, figure, or estimate for the future <project expenditures for the coming year>\n2 : to throw or cast forward : THRUST\n3 : to put or set forth : present for consideration\n4 : to cause to protrude\n5 : to cause (light or shadow) to fall into space or (an image) to fall on a surface <project a beam of light>\n6 : to reproduce (as a point, line, or area) on a surface by motion in a prescribed direction\n7 : to display outwardly especially to an audience <project an image> <an actress who could project amorality Current Biography>\n8 : to attribute (one’s own ideas, feelings, or characteristics) to other people or to objects <a nation is an entity on which one can project many of the worst of one’s instincts Times Literary Supplement>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to jut out : PROTRUDE\n2 a : to come across vividly : give an impression b : to make oneself heard clearly


Words: projectile
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia; especially : a missile for a weapon (as a firearm)\n2 : a self-propelling weapon (as a rocket)\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : projecting or impelling forward <a projectile force>\n2 : capable of being thrust forward


Words: projectionist
Meaning:
noun\n: one that makes projections: as a : CARTOGRAPHER b : a person who operates a motion-picture projector or television equipment


Words: projector
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that plans a project; specifically : PROMOTER\n2 : one that projects: as a : a device for projecting a beam of light b : an optical instrument for projecting an image upon a surface c : a machine for projecting motion pictures on a screen\n3 : an imagined line from an object to a surface along which projection takes place


Words: prolegomenon
Meaning:
noun\n: prefatory remarks; specifically : a formal essay or critical discussion serving to introduce and interpret an extended work


Words: proletariat
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the lowest social or economic class of a community\n2 : the laboring class; especially : the class of industrial workers who lack their own means of production and hence sell their labor to live


Words: proliferate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring\n2 : to increase in number as if by proliferating : MULTIPLY\ntransitive senses : to cause to grow by proliferating


Words: prolific
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : producing young or fruit especially freely : FRUITFUL\n2 archaic : causing abundant growth, generation, or reproduction\n3 : marked by abundant inventiveness or productivity <a prolific composer>


Words: prologue
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the preface or introduction to a literary work\n2 a : a speech often in verse addressed to the audience by an actor at the beginning of a play b : the actor speaking such a prologue\n3 : an introductory or preceding event or development


Words: prom
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a formal dance given by a high school or college class\n2 British : PROMENADE 2\n\n<2> abbreviation\npromontory


Words: promenade
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take or go on a promenade\n2 : to perform a promenade in a dance\ntransitive senses : to walk about in or on\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a place for strolling\n2 : a leisurely walk or ride especially in a public place for pleasure or display\n3 a : a ceremonious opening of a formal ball consisting of a grand march of all the guests b : a figure in a square dance in which couples move counterclockwise in a circle


Words: promethium
Meaning:
noun\n: a radioactive metallic element of the rare-earth group obtained as a fission product of uranium or from neutron-irradiated neodymium see ELEMENT table


Words: prominent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : PROTUBERANT\n2 a : readily noticeable : CONSPICUOUS b : widely and popularly known : LEADING


Words: promiscuous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : composed of all sorts of persons or things\n2 : not restricted to one class, sort, or person : INDISCRIMINATE <education cheapened through the promiscuous distribution of diplomas Norman Cousins>\n3 : not restricted to one sexual partner\n4 : CASUAL, IRREGULAR <promiscuous eating habits>


Words: promise
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a declaration that one will do or refrain from doing something specified b : a legally binding declaration that gives the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act\n2 : reason to expect something <little promise of relief>; especially : ground for expectation of success, improvement, or excellence <shows considerable promise>\n3 : something that is promised\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to pledge to do, bring about, or provide <promise aid>\n2 archaic : WARRANT, ASSURE\n3 chiefly dialect : BETROTH\n4 : to suggest beforehand : give promise of <dark clouds promise rain>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a promise\n2 : to give ground for expectation : be imminent


Words: promontory
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water b : a prominent mass of land overlooking or projecting into a lowland\n2 : a bodily prominence


Words: promote
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to advance in station, rank, or honor : RAISE b : to change (a pawn) into a piece in chess by moving to the eighth rank c : to advance (a student) from one grade to the next higher grade\n2 a : to contribute to the growth or prosperity of : FURTHER <promote international understanding> b : to help bring (as an enterprise) into being : LAUNCH c : to present (merchandise) for buyer acceptance through advertising, publicity, or discounting\n3 slang : to get possession of by doubtful means or by ingenuity


Words: promoter
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that promotes; especially : one who assumes the financial responsibilities of a sporting event (as a boxing match) including contracting with the principals, renting the site, and collecting gate receipts\n2 obsolete : PROSECUTOR\n3 : a substance that in very small amounts is able to increase the activity of a catalyst\n4 : a binding site in a DNA chain at which RNA polymerase binds to initiate transcription of messenger RNA by one or more nearby structural genes


Words: prompt
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to move to action : INCITE\n2 : to assist (one acting or reciting) by suggesting or saying the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned : CUE\n3 : to serve as the inciting cause of\n\n<2> adjective\n: of or relating to prompting actors\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : being ready and quick to act as occasion demands\n2 : performed readily or immediately <prompt assistance>\n\n<4> noun\n1 1prompt : something that prompts : REMINDER\n2 3prompt : a limit of time given for payment of an account for goods purchased; also : the contract by which this time is fixed


Words: promulgate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make known by open declaration : PROCLAIM\n2 a : to make known or public the terms of (a proposed law) b : to put (a law) into action or force


Words: prone
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a tendency or inclination : being likely <prone to forget names> <accident-prone>\n2 a : having the front or ventral surface downward b : lying flat or prostrate


Words: prong
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : FORK\n2 : a tine of a fork\n3 : a slender pointed or projecting part: as a : a fang of a tooth b : a point of an antler\n4 : something resembling a prong\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to stab, pierce, or break up with a pronged device


Words: pronoun
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a small set of words in a language that are used as substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and whose referents are named or understood in the context


Words: pronounce
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to declare officially or ceremoniously <the minister pronounced them husband and wife>\n2 : to declare authoritatively or as an opinion <doctors pronounced him fit to resume duties>\n3 a : to employ the organs of speech to produce <pronounce these words>; especially : to say correctly <I can’t pronounce his name> b : to represent in printed characters the spoken counterpart of (an orthographic representation) <both dictionaries pronounce clique the same>\n4 : RECITE <speak the speech, pray you, as pronounced it to you Shakespeare>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to pass judgment\n2 : to produce the components of spoken language


Words: proof
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the cogency of evidence that compels acceptance by the mind of a truth or a fact b : the process or an instance of establishing the validity of a statement especially by derivation from other statements in accordance with principles of reasoning\n2 obsolete : EXPERIENCE\n3 : something that induces certainty or establishes validity\n4 archaic : the quality or state of having been tested or tried; especially : unyielding hardness\n5 : evidence operating to determine the finding or judgment of a tribunal\n6 a plural proofs or proof : a copy (as of typeset text) made for examination or correction b : a test impression of an engraving, etching, or lithograph c : a coin that is struck from a highly-polished die on a polished planchet, is not intended for circulation, and sometimes differs in metallic content from coins of identical design struck for circulation d : a test photographic print made from a negative\n7 : a test applied to articles or substances to determine whether they are of standard or satisfactory quality\n8 a : the minimum alcoholic strength of proof spirit b : strength with reference to the standard for proof spirit; specifically : alcoholic strength indicated by a number that is twice the percent by volume of alcohol present <whiskey of 90 proof is 45 alcohol>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : able to resist or repel <boots that were proof against cold and wet Robertson Davies> often used in combination <windproof>\n2 : used in proving or testing or as a standard of comparison\n3 : of standard strength or quality or alcoholic content\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 a : to make or take a proof or test of b : PROOFREAD\n2 : to give a resistant quality to\n3 : to activate (yeast) by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk


Words: prop
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: something that props or sustains : SUPPORT\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to support by placing something under or against often used with up b : to support by placing against something\n2 : SUSTAIN, STRENGTHEN\n\n<3> noun\n: PROPERTY 3\n\n<4> noun\n: PROPELLER\n\n<5> abbreviation\nproperty, proposition, proprietor


Words: propaganda
Meaning:
noun\n1 capitalized : a congregation of the Roman curia having jurisdiction over missionary territories and related institutions\n2 : the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person\n3 : ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one’s cause or to damage an opposing cause; also : a public action having such an effect


Words: propagandize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to subject to propaganda; also : to carry on propaganda for\nintransitive senses : to carry on propaganda


Words: propagate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction\n2 : to pass along to offspring\n3 a : to cause to spread out and affect a greater number or greater area : EXTEND b : to foster growing knowledge of, familiarity with, or acceptance of (as an idea or belief) : PUBLICIZE c : to transmit (as sound or light) through a medium\nintransitive senses\n1 : to multiply sexually or asexually\n2 : INCREASE, EXTEND\n3 : to travel through space or a material used of wave energy (as light, sound, or radio waves)


Words: propane
Meaning:
noun\n: a heavy flammable gaseous alkane C3H8 found in crude petroleum and natural gas and used especially as fuel and in chemical synthesis


Words: propellant
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: capable of propelling\n\n<2> noun\n: something that propels: as a : an explosive for propelling projectiles b : fuel plus oxidizer used by a rocket engine c : a gas kept under pressure in a bottle or can for expelling the contents when the pressure is released


Words: propeller
Meaning:
noun\n: one that propels; especially : a device that consists of a central hub with radiating blades placed and twisted so that each forms part of a helical surface and that is used to propel a vehicle (as a ship or airplane)


Words: proper
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : referring to one individual only b : belonging to one : OWN c : appointed for the liturgy of a particular day d : represented heraldically in natural color\n2 : belonging characteristically to a species or individual : PECULIAR\n3 chiefly dialect : GOOD-LOOKING, HANDSOME\n4 : very good : EXCELLENT\n5 chiefly British : UTTER, ABSOLUTE\n6 : strictly limited to a specified thing, place, or idea <the city proper>\n7 a : strictly accurate : CORRECT b archaic : VIRTUOUS, RESPECTABLE c : strictly decorous : GENTEEL\n8 : marked by suitability, rightness, or appropriateness : FIT\n9 : being a mathematical subset (as a subgroup) that does not contain all the elements of the inclusive set from which it is derived


Words: property
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a quality or trait belonging and especially peculiar to an individual or thing b : an effect that an object has on another object or on the senses c : VIRTUE 3 d : an attribute common to all members of a class\n2 a : something owned or possessed; specifically : a piece of real estate b : the exclusive right to possess, enjoy, and dispose of a thing : OWNERSHIP c : something to which a person or business has a legal title d : one (as a performer) under contract whose work is especially valuable\n3 : an article or object used in a play or motion picture except painted scenery and costumes


Words: prophecy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an inspired utterance of a prophet\n2 : the function or vocation of a prophet; specifically : the inspired declaration of divine will and purpose\n3 : a prediction of something to come


Words: prophesy
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to utter by or as if by divine inspiration\n2 : to predict with assurance or on the basis of mystic knowledge\n3 : PREFIGURE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to speak as if divinely inspired\n2 : to give instruction in religious matters : PREACH\n3 : to make a prediction


Words: prophet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who utters divinely inspired revelations; specifically often capitalized : the writer of one of the prophetic books of the Old Testament\n2 : one gifted with more than ordinary spiritual and moral insight; especially : an inspired poet\n3 : one who foretells future events : PREDICTOR\n4 : an effective or leading spokesman for a cause, doctrine, or group\n5 Christian Science a : a spiritual seer b : disappearance of material sense before the conscious facts of spiritual Truth


Words: prophetic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy\n2 : foretelling events : PREDICTIVE


Words: prophylactic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : guarding from or preventing disease\n2 : tending to prevent or ward off : PREVENTIVE\n\n<2> noun\n: something prophylactic; especially : a device and especially a condom for preventing venereal infection or conception


Words: propitious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : favorably disposed : BENEVOLENT\n2 : being of good omen : AUSPICIOUS <propitious sign>\n3 : tending to favor : ADVANTAGEOUS


Words: proportion
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole : BALANCE, SYMMETRY\n2 a : proper or equal share <each did her proportion of the work> b : QUOTA, PERCENTAGE\n3 : the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree : RATIO\n4 : SIZE, DIMENSION\n5 : a statement of equality between two ratios in which the first of the four terms divided by the second equals the third divided by the fourth (as in 42105) compare EXTREME 1b, MEAN 1c\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to adjust (a part or thing) in size relative to other parts or things\n2 : to make the parts of harmonious or symmetrical\n3 : APPORTION, ALLOT


Words: propose
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to form or put forward a plan or intention <man proposes, but God disposes>\n2 obsolete : to engage in talk or discussion\n3 : to make an offer of marriage\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to set before the mind (as for discussion, imitation, or action) <propose a plan for settling the dispute> b : to set before someone and especially oneself as an aim or intent <proposed to spend the summer in Italy>\n2 a : to set forth for acceptance or rejection <propose terms for peace> <propose a topic for debate> b : to recommend to fill a place or vacancy : NOMINATE <propose them for membership> c : to offer as a toast <propose the happiness of the couple>


Words: proposition
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : something offered for consideration or acceptance : PROPOSAL (2) : a request for sexual intercourse b : the point to be discussed or maintained in argument usually stated in sentence form near the outset c : a theorem or problem to be demonstrated or performed\n2 a : an expression in language or signs of something that can be believed, doubted, or denied or is either true or false b : the objective meaning of a proposition\n3 : something of an indicated kind <getting there is a tough proposition> <the farm was never a paying proposition>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make a proposal to; especially : to suggest sexual intercourse to


Words: proprietary
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that possesses, owns, or holds exclusive right to something; specifically : PROPRIETOR 1\n2 : something that is used, produced, or marketed under exclusive legal right of the inventor or maker; specifically : a drug (as a patent medicine) that is protected by secrecy, patent, or copyright against free competition as to name, product, composition, or process of manufacture\n3 : a business secretly owned by and run as a cover for an intelligence organization\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a proprietor <proprietary rights>\n2 : used, made, or marketed by one having the exclusive legal right <a proprietary process>\n3 : privately owned and managed and run as a profit-making organization <a proprietary clinic>


Words: proprietor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one granted ownership of a colony (as one of the original American colonies) and full prerogatives of establishing a government and distributing land\n2 a : one who has the legal right or exclusive title to something : OWNER b : one having an interest (as control or present use) less than absolute and exclusive right


Words: propriety
Meaning:
noun\n1 obsolete : true nature\n2 obsolete : a special characteristic : PECULIARITY\n3 : the quality or state of being proper : APPROPRIATENESS\n4 a : conformity to what is socially acceptable in conduct or speech b : fear of offending against conventional rules of behavior especially between the sexes c plural : the customs and manners of polite society


Words: prorate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to divide, distribute, or assess proportionately\nintransitive senses : to make a pro rata distribution


Words: prorogue
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : DEFER, POSTPONE\n2 : to terminate a session of (as a British parliament) by royal prerogative\nintransitive senses : to suspend or end a legislative session


Words: prosaic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : FACTUAL b : DULL, UNIMAGINATIVE\n2 : EVERYDAY, ORDINARY


Words: proscenium
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater b : the part of a modern stage in front of the curtain c : the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium and provides the arch that frames it\n2 : FOREGROUND


Words: proscribe
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state\n2 : to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful : PROHIBIT


Words: prose
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing b : a literary medium distinguished from poetry especially by its greater irregularity and variety of rhythm and its closer correspondence to the patterns of everyday speech\n2 : a prosaic style, quality, or condition\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or written in prose\n2 : PROSAIC\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 : to write prose\n2 : to write or speak in a prosaic manner


Words: prosecute
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to follow to the end : pursue until finished <was ordered to prosecute the war with vigor Marjory S. Douglas>\n2 : to engage in : PERFORM\n3 a : to bring legal action against for redress or punishment of a crime or violation of law <prosecuted them for fraud> b : to institute legal proceedings with reference to <prosecute a claim>\nintransitive senses : to institute and carry on a legal suit or prosecution


Words: prosody
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the study of versification; especially : the systematic study of metrical structure\n2 : a particular system, theory, or style of versification\n3 : the rhythmic and intonational aspect of language


Words: prospect
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : EXPOSURE 3b\n2 a (1) : an extensive view (2) : a mental consideration : SURVEY b : a place that commands an extensive view : LOOKOUT c : something extended to the view : SCENE d archaic : a sketch or picture of a scene\n3 obsolete : ASPECT\n4 a : the act of looking forward : ANTICIPATION b : a mental picture of something to come : VISION c : something that is awaited or expected : POSSIBILITY d plural (1) : financial expectations (2) : CHANCES\n5 : a place showing signs of containing a mineral deposit\n6 a : a potential buyer or customer b : a likely candidate\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to explore an area especially for mineral deposits\ntransitive senses : to inspect (a region) for mineral deposits; broadly : EXPLORE


Words: prospectus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a preliminary printed statement that describes an enterprise (as a business or publication) and that is distributed to prospective buyers, investors, or participants\n2 : something (as a statement or situation) that forecasts the course or nature of something


Words: prosper
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to succeed in an enterprise or activity; especially : to achieve economic success\n2 : to become strong and flourishing\ntransitive senses : to cause to succeed or thrive


Words: prosperous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : AUSPICIOUS, FAVORABLE\n2 a : marked by success or economic well-being b : enjoying vigorous and healthy growth : FLOURISHING


Words: prostitute
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to offer indiscriminately for sexual intercourse especially for money\n2 : to devote to corrupt or unworthy purposes : DEBASE <prostitute one’s talents>\n\n<2> adjective\n: devoted to corrupt purposes : PROSTITUTED\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a woman who engages in promiscuous sexual intercourse especially for money : WHORE b : a male who engages in sexual and especially homosexual practices for money\n2 : a person (as a writer or painter) who deliberately debases his or her talents (as for money)


Words: prostrate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission; also : lying flat\n2 : completely overcome and lacking vitality, will, or power to rise <was prostrate from the heat>\n3 : trailing on the ground : PROCUMBENT <prostrate shrub>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to throw or put into a prostrate position\n2 : to put (oneself) in a humble and submissive posture or state <the whole town had to prostrate itself in official apology Claudia Cassidy>\n3 : to reduce to submission, helplessness, or exhaustion <was prostrated with grief>


Words: prosy
Meaning:
adjective\n: lacking in qualities that seize the attention or strike the imagination : COMMONPLACE; especially : tediously dull in speech or manner


Words: protagonist
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the principal character in a literary work (as a drama or story) b : a leading actor, character, or participant in a literary work or real event\n2 : a leader, proponent, or supporter of a cause : CHAMPION\n3 : a muscle that by its contraction actually causes a particular movement


Words: protect
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to cover or shield from exposure, injury, or destruction : GUARD\n2 : to maintain the status or integrity of especially through financial or legal guarantees: as a : to save from contingent financial loss b : to foster or shield from infringement or restriction <salesmen with protected territories>; specifically : to restrict competition for (as domestic industries) by means of tariffs or trade controls


Words: protection
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of protecting : the state of being protected\n2 a : one that protects b : supervision or support of one that is smaller and weaker\n3 : the freeing of the producers of a country from foreign competition in their home market by restrictions (as high duties) on foreign competitive goods\n4 a : immunity from prosecution purchased by criminals through bribery b : money extorted by racketeers posing as a protective association\n5 : COVERAGE 1a


Words: protectionist
Meaning:
noun\n: an advocate of government economic protection for domestic producers through restrictions on foreign competitors


Words: protector
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one that protects : GUARDIAN b : a device used to prevent injury : GUARD\n2 a : one having the care of a kingdom during the king’s minority : REGENT b : the executive head of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1653 to 1659 called also Lord Protector of the Commonwealth


Words: protectorate
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : government by a protector b capitalized : the government of England (1653*59) under the Cromwells c : the rank, office, or period of rule of a protector\n2 a : the relationship of superior authority assumed by one power or state over a dependent one b : the dependent political unit in such a relationship


Words: protein
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of numerous naturally occurring extremely complex substances that consist of amino-acid residues joined by peptide bonds, contain the elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, usually sulfur, and occasionally other elements (as phosphorus or iron), and include many essential biological compounds (as enzymes, hormones, or immunoglobulins)\n2 : the total nitrogenous material in plant or animal substances


Words: protest
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a solemn declaration of opinion and usually of dissent: as a : a sworn declaration that payment of a note or bill has been refused and that all responsible signers or debtors are liable for resulting loss or damage b : a declaration made especially before or while paying that a tax is illegal and that payment is not voluntary\n2 : the act of objecting or a gesture of disapproval <resigned in protest>; especially : a usually organized public demonstration of disapproval\n3 : a complaint, objection, or display of unwillingness usually to an idea or a course of action <went under protest>\n4 : an objection made to an official or a governing body of a sport\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make solemn declaration or affirmation of <protest my innocence>\n2 : to execute or have executed a formal protest against (as a bill or note)\n3 : to make a statement or gesture in objection to <protested the abuses of human rights>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a protestation\n2 : to make or enter a protest


Words: protocol
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction\n2 a : a preliminary memorandum often formulated and signed by diplomatic negotiators as a basis for a final convention or treaty b : the records or minutes of a diplomatic conference or congress that show officially the agreements arrived at by the negotiators\n3 a : a code prescribing strict adherence to correct etiquette and precedence (as in diplomatic exchange and in the military services) b : a set of conventions governing the treatment and especially the formatting of data in an electronic communications system\n4 : a detailed plan of a scientific or medical experiment, treatment, or procedure


Words: proton
Meaning:
noun\n: an elementary particle that is identical with the nucleus of the hydrogen atom, that along with neutrons is a constituent of all other atomic nuclei, that carries a positive charge numerically equal to the charge of an electron, and that has a mass of 1.673 < 10*24 gram


Words: protoplasm
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the organized colloidal complex of organic and inorganic substances (as proteins and water) that constitutes the living nucleus, cytoplasm, plastids, and mitochondria of the cell\n2 : CYTOPLASM


Words: prototype
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an original model on which something is patterned : ARCHETYPE\n2 : an individual that exhibits the essential features of a later type\n3 : a standard or typical example\n4 : a first full-scale and usually functional form of a new type or design of a construction (as an airplane)


Words: protozoan
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a phylum or subkingdom (Protozoa) of chiefly motile and heterotrophic unicellular protists (as amoebas, trypanosomes, sporozoans, and paramecia) that are represented in almost every kind of habitat and include some pathogenic parasites of humans and domestic animals


Words: protract
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 archaic : DELAY, DEFER\n2 : to prolong in time or space : CONTINUE\n3 : to extend forward or outward compare RETRACT 1


Words: protractor
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one that protracts b : a muscle that extends a part\n2 : an instrument for laying down and measuring angles in drawing and plotting


Words: protrude
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to thrust forward\n2 : to cause to project\nintransitive senses : to jut out from the surrounding surface or context <a handkerchief protruding from his breast pocket>


Words: protuberant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface often as a rounded mass : PROMINENT\n2 : forcing itself into consciousness : OBTRUSIVE


Words: proud
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : feeling or showing pride: as a : having or displaying excessive self-esteem b : much pleased : EXULTANT c : having proper self-respect\n2 a : marked by stateliness : MAGNIFICENT b : giving reason for pride : GLORIOUS <the proudest moment in her life>\n3 : VIGOROUS, SPIRITED <a proud steed>\n4 chiefly British : raised above a surrounding area <a proud design on a stamp>


Words: prove
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to learn or find out by experience\n2 a : to test the truth, validity, or genuineness of <the exception proves the rule> <prove a will at probate> b : to test the worth or quality of; specifically : to compare against a standard sometimes used with up or out c : to check the correctness of (as an arithmetic result)\n3 a : to establish the existence, truth, or validity of (as by evidence or logic) <prove a theorem> <the charges were never proved in court> b : to demonstrate as having a particular quality or worth <the vaccine has been proven effective after years of tests> <proved herself a great actress>\n4 : to show (oneself) to be worthy or capable <eager to prove myself in the new job>\nintransitive senses : to turn out especially after trial or test <the new drug proved effective>


Words: provenance
Meaning:
noun\n1 : ORIGIN, SOURCE\n2 : the history of ownership of a valued object or work of art or literature


Words: proverb
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a brief popular epigram or maxim : ADAGE\n2 : BYWORD 4\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to speak of proverbially\n2 obsolete : to provide with a proverb


Words: provide
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take precautionary measures <provide for the common defense U.S. Constitution>\n2 : to make a proviso or stipulation <the constitution provides for an elected two-chamber legislature Current Biography>\n3 : to make preparation to meet a need <provide for entertainment>; especially : to supply something for sustenance or support <provides for the poor>\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to prepare or get ready in advance\n2 a : to supply or make available (something wanted or needed) <provided new uniforms for the band>; also : AFFORD <curtains provide privacy> b : to make something available to <provide the children with free balloons>\n3 : to have as a condition : STIPULATE <the contract provides that certain deadlines will be met>


Words: providence
Meaning:
noun\n1 a often capitalized : divine guidance or care b capitalized : God conceived as the power sustaining and guiding human destiny\n2 : the quality or state of being provident


Words: providential
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or determined by Providence\n2 archaic : marked by foresight : PRUDENT\n3 : occurring by or as if by an intervention of Providence <a providential escape>


Words: province
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a country or region brought under the control of the ancient Roman government b : an administrative district or division of a country c plural : all of a country except the metropolises\n2 a : a division of a country forming the jurisdiction of an archbishop or metropolitan b : a territorial unit of a religious order\n3 a : a biogeographic division of less rank than a region b : an area that exhibits essential continuity of geological history; also : one characterized by particular structural or petrological features\n4 a : proper or appropriate function or scope : SPHERE b : a department of knowledge or activity


Words: provincial
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order\n2 : one living in or coming from a province\n3 a : a person of local or restricted interests or outlook b : a person lacking urban polish or refinement\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or coming from a province\n2 a : limited in outlook : NARROW b : lacking the polish of urban society : UNSOPHISTICATED\n3 : of or relating to a decorative style (as in furniture) marked by simplicity, informality, and relative plainness; especially : FRENCH PROVINCIAL


Words: provision
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the act or process of providing b : the fact or state of being prepared beforehand c : a measure taken beforehand to deal with a need or contingency : PREPARATION <made provision for replacements>\n2 : a stock of needed materials or supplies; especially : a stock of food usually used in plural\n3 : PROVISO, STIPULATION\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to supply with provisions


Words: provisional
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: serving for the time being : TEMPORARY\n\n<2> noun\n: a postage stamp for use until a regular issue appears compare DEFINITIVE


Words: proviso
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition\n2 : a conditional stipulation


Words: provoke
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a archaic : to arouse to a feeling or action b : to incite to anger\n2 a : to call forth (as a feeling or action) : EVOKE <provoke laughter> b : to stir up purposely <provoke a fight> c : to provide the needed stimulus for <will provoke a lot of discussion>


Words: provost
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the chief dignitary of a collegiate or cathedral chapter\n2 : the chief magistrate of a Scottish burgh\n3 : the keeper of a prison\n4 : a high-ranking university administrative officer


Words: prow
Meaning:
<1> adjective\narchaic : VALIANT, GALLANT\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the bow of a ship : STEM\n2 : a pointed projecting front part


Words: prowess
Meaning:
noun\n1 : distinguished bravery; especially : military valor and skill\n2 : extraordinary ability <his prowess on the football field>


Words: prowl
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to move about or wander stealthily in or as if in search of prey\ntransitive senses : to roam over in a predatory manner\n\n<2> noun\n: an act or instance of prowling


Words: proximate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : immediately preceding or following (as in a chain of events, causes, or effects) <proximate, rather than ultimate, goals Reinhold Niebuhr>\n2 a : very near : CLOSE b : soon forthcoming : IMMINENT


Words: proxy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another\n2 a : authority or power to act for another b : a document giving such authority; specifically : a power of attorney authorizing a specified person to vote corporate stock\n3 : a person authorized to act for another : PROCURATOR


Words: prude
Meaning:
noun\n: a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum; especially : a woman who shows or affects extreme modesty


Words: prudent
Meaning:
adjective\n: characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: as a : marked by wisdom or judiciousness b : shrewd in the management of practical affairs c : marked by circumspection : DISCREET d : PROVIDENT, FRUGAL


Words: prune
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to reduce especially by eliminating superfluous matter <pruned the text> <prune the budget> b : to remove as superfluous <prune away all ornamentation>\n2 : to cut off or cut back parts of for better shape or more fruitful growth\nintransitive senses : to cut away what is unwanted or superfluous


Words: prurient
Meaning:
adjective\n: marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire; especially : marked by, arousing, or appealing to unusual sexual desire


Words: pry
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n: to look closely or inquisitively; also : to make a nosy or presumptuous inquiry


Words: psalm
Meaning:
noun\n: a sacred song or poem used in worship; especially : one of the biblical hymns collected in the Book of Psalms


Words: pseudo
Meaning:
adjective\n: being apparently rather than actually as stated : SHAM, SPURIOUS <distinction between true and pseudo humanism K. F. Reinhardt>


Words: psychic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the psyche : PSYCHOGENIC\n2 : lying outside the sphere of physical science or knowledge : immaterial, moral, or spiritual in origin or force\n3 : sensitive to nonphysical or supernatural forces and influences : marked by extraordinary or mysterious sensitivity, perception, or understanding\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a person apparently sensitive to nonphysical forces b : MEDIUM 2d\n2 : psychic phenomena


Words: psychoanalysis
Meaning:
noun\n: a method of analyzing psychic phenomena and treating emotional disorders that involves treatment sessions during which the patient is encouraged to talk freely about personal experiences and especially about early childhood and dreams


Words: psychology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the science of mind and behavior\n2 a : the mental or behavioral characteristics of an individual or group b : the study of mind and behavior in relation to a particular field of knowledge or activity\n3 : a treatise on psychology


Words: psychosomatic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body <the psychosomatic nature of man Herbert Ratner>\n2 : of, relating to, involving, or concerned with bodily symptoms caused by mental or emotional disturbance <psychosomatic illness> <psychosomatic medicine>


Words: ptomaine
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various organic bases which are formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria on nitrogenous matter and some of which are poisonous


Words: pub
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 chiefly British : PUBLIC HOUSE 2\n2 : an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed\n\n<2> abbreviation\npublic, publication, publicity, published, publisher, publishing


Words: puberty
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the condition of being or the period of becoming first capable of reproducing sexually marked by maturing of the genital organs, development of secondary sex characteristics, and in the human and in higher primates by the first occurrence of menstruation in the female\n2 : the age at which puberty occurs often construed legally as 14 in boys and 12 in girls


Words: public
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : exposed to general view : OPEN b : WELL-KNOWN, PROMINENT c : PERCEPTIBLE, MATERIAL\n2 a : of, relating to, or affecting all the people or the whole area of a nation or state <public law> b : of or relating to a government c : of, relating to, or being in the service of the community or nation\n3 a : of or relating to people in general : UNIVERSAL b : GENERAL, POPULAR\n4 : of or relating to business or community interests as opposed to private affairs : SOCIAL\n5 : devoted to the general or national welfare : HUMANITARIAN\n6 a : accessible to or shared by all members of the community b : capitalized in shares that can be freely traded on the open market often used with go\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a place accessible or visible to the public usually used in the phrase in public\n2 : the people as a whole : POPULACE\n3 : a group of people having common interests or characteristics; specifically : the group at which a particular activity or enterprise aims


Words: publican
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a Jewish tax collector for the ancient Romans b : a collector of taxes or tribute\n2 chiefly British : the licensee of a public house


Words: publicist
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an expert in international law b : an expert or commentator on public affairs\n2 : one that publicizes; specifically : PRESS AGENT


Words: publicity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being public\n2 a : an act or device designed to attract public interest; specifically : information with news value issued as a means of gaining public attention or support b : the dissemination of information or promotional material c : paid advertising d : public attention or acclaim


Words: publish
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make generally known b : to make public announcement of\n2 a : to disseminate to the public b : to produce or release for distribution; specifically : PRINT 2c c : to issue the work of (an author)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to put out an edition\n2 : to have one’s work accepted for publication


Words: puck
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : an evil spirit : DEMON\n2 : a mischievous sprite : HOBGOBLIN; specifically capitalized : ROBIN GOODFELLOW\n\n<2> noun\n: a vulcanized rubber disk used in ice hockey


Words: pucker
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to become wrinkled or constricted\ntransitive senses : to contract into folds or wrinkles\n\n<2> noun\n: a fold or wrinkle in a normally even surface


Words: pudding
Meaning:
noun\n1 : BLOOD SAUSAGE\n2 a (1) : a boiled or baked soft food usually with a cereal base <corn pudding> (2) : a dessert of a soft, spongy, or thick creamy consistency <chocolate pudding> (3) British : DESSERT 1 b : a dish often containing suet or having a suet crust and originally boiled in a bag <steak and kidney pudding>


Words: puddle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a very small pool of usually dirty or muddy water\n2 a : an earthy mixture (as of clay, sand, and gravel) worked while wet into a compact mass that becomes impervious to water when dry b : a thin mixture of soil and water for puddling plants\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to dabble or wade around in a puddle\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make muddy or turbid : MUDDLE\n2 a : to work (a wet mixture of earth or concrete) into a dense impervious mass b : to subject (iron) to the process of puddling\n3 a : to strew with puddles b : to compact (soil) especially by working when too wet c : to dip the roots of (a plant) in a thin mud before transplanting


Words: pueblo
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the communal dwelling of an Indian village of Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent areas consisting of contiguous flat-roofed stone or adobe houses in groups sometimes several stories high b : an Indian village of the southwestern U.S.\n2 capitalized : a member of a group of Indian peoples of the southwestern U.S.


Words: puff
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to blow in short gusts (2) : to exhale forcibly b : to breathe hard : PANT c : to emit small whiffs or clouds (as of smoke) often as an accompaniment to vigorous action <puff at a pipe>\n2 : to speak or act in a scornful, conceited, or exaggerated manner\n3 a : to become distended : SWELL usually used with up b : to open or appear in or as if in a puff\n4 : to form a chromosomal puff\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to emit, propel, blow, or expel by or as if by puffs : WAFT b : to draw on (as a cigar, cigarette, or pipe) with intermittent exhalations of smoke\n2 a : to distend with or as if with air or gas : INFLATE b : to make proud or conceited : ELATE c (1) : to praise extravagantly and usually with exaggeration (2) : ADVERTISE\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an act or instance of puffing : WHIFF b : a slight explosive sound accompanying a puff c : a perceptible cloud or aura emitted in a puff d : DRAW 1a\n2 : a light round hollow pastry\n3 a : a slight swelling : PROTUBERANCE b : a fluffy mass: as (1) : POUF 2 (2) : a small fluffy pad for applying cosmetic powder (3) : a soft loose roll of hair (4) : a quilted bed covering\n4 : a commendatory or promotional notice or review\n5 : an enlarged region of a chromosome that is associated with intensely active genes involved in RNA synthesis


Words: pug
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a small sturdy compact dog of a breed of Asian origin with a close coat, tightly curled tail, and broad wrinkled face\n2 a : PUG NOSE b : a close knot or coil of hair : BUN\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to work and mix (as clay) when wet especially to make more homogeneous and easier to handle (as in throwing or molding wares)\n\n<3> noun\n: 1BOXER 1\n\n<4> noun\n: FOOTPRINT; especially : a print of a wild mammal


Words: pull
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to exert force upon so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the force b : to stretch (cooling candy) repeatedly <pull taffy> c : to strain abnormally <pull a tendon> d : to hold back (a racehorse) from winning e : to work (an oar) by drawing back strongly\n2 a : to draw out from the skin <pull feathers from a rooster’s tail> b : to pluck from a plant or by the roots <pull flowers> <pull turnips> c : EXTRACT <pull a tooth>\n3 : to hit (a ball) toward the left from a right-handed swing or toward the right from a left-handed swing compare PUSH\n4 : to draw apart : REND, TEAR\n5 : to print (as a proof) by impression\n6 : to remove from a place or situation <pull the engine> <pulled the pitcher in the third inning> <pulled the show>\n7 : to bring (a weapon) into the open <pulled a knife>\n8 a : COMMIT, PERPETRATE <pull a robbery> <pull a prank> b : to carry out as an assignment or duty\n9 : PUT ON, ASSUME <pull a grin>\n10 a : to draw the support or attention of : ATTRACT <pull votes> often used with in b : OBTAIN, SECURE <pulled a in the course>\n11 : to demand or obtain an advantage over someone by the assertion of <pull rank>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to use force in drawing, dragging, or tugging b : to move especially through the exercise of mechanical energy <the car pulled clear of the rut> c (1) : to take a drink (2) : to draw hard in smoking <pulled at a pipe> d : to strain against the bit\n2 : to draw a gun\n3 : to admit of being pulled\n4 : to feel or express strong sympathy : ROOT <pulling for my team to win>\n5 of an offensive lineman in football : to move back from the line of scrimmage and toward one flank to provide blocking for a ballcarrier\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the act or an instance of pulling b (1) : a draft of liquid (2) : an inhalation of smoke c : the effort expended in moving <a long pull uphill> d : force required to overcome resistance to pulling <trigger pull>\n2 a : ADVANTAGE b : special influence\n3 : PROOF 6a\n4 : a device for pulling something or for operating by pulling


Words: pulley
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sheave or small wheel with a grooved rim and with or without the block in which it runs used singly with a rope or chain to change the direction and point of application of a pulling force and in various combinations to increase the applied force especially for lifting weights\n2 : a pulley or pulleys with ropes to form a tackle that constitutes one of the simple machines\n3 : a wheel used to transmit power by means of a band, belt, cord, rope, or chain passing over its rim


Words: pullover
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a pullover garment (as a sweater)\n\n<2> adjective\n: put on by being pulled over the head


Words: pulmonary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : relating to, functioning like, or associated with the lungs\n2 : PULMONATE\n3 : carried on by the lungs


Words: pulmotor
Meaning:
noun\n: a respiratory apparatus for pumping oxygen or air into and out of the lungs (as of an asphyxiated person)


Words: pulp
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : the soft, succulent part of a fruit usually composed of mesocarp (2) : stem pith when soft and spongy b : a soft mass of vegetable matter (as of apples) from which most of the water has been extracted by pressure c : the soft sensitive tissue that fills the central cavity of a tooth see TOOTH illustration d : a material prepared by chemical or mechanical means from various materials (as wood or rags) for use in making paper and cellulose products\n2 : pulverized ore mixed with water\n3 a : pulpy condition or character b : something in such a condition or having such a character\n4 : a magazine or book printed on cheap paper (as newsprint) and often dealing with sensational material\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to reduce to pulp : cause to appear pulpy\n2 : to deprive of the pulp\n3 : to produce or reproduce (written matter) in pulp form\nintransitive senses : to become pulp or pulpy


Words: pulpit
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service\n2 a : the preaching profession b : a preaching position


Words: pulsate
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to exhibit a pulse or pulsation : BEAT\n2 : to throb or move rhythmically : VIBRATE


Words: pulse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the edible seeds of various leguminous crops (as peas, beans, or lentils); also : a plant yielding pulse\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a regular throbbing caused in the arteries by the contractions of the heart b : the palpable beat resulting from such pulse as detected in a superficial artery; also : the number of individual beats in a specified time period (as one minute) <a resting pulse of 70>\n2 a : underlying sentiment or opinion or an indication of it b : VITALITY\n3 a : rhythmical beating, vibrating, or sounding b : BEAT, THROB\n4 a : a transient variation of a quantity (as electrical current or voltage) whose value is normally constant b (1) : an electromagnetic wave or modulation thereof of brief duration (2) : a brief disturbance of pressure in a medium; especially : a sound wave or short train of sound waves\n5 : a dose of a substance especially when applied over a short period of time <pulse-labeled DNA>\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to exhibit a pulse or pulsation : THROB\ntransitive senses\n1 : to drive by or as if by a pulsation\n2 : to cause to pulsate\n3 a : to produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of pulses <pulsed waves> b : to cause (an apparatus) to produce pulses


Words: pulverize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : ATOMIZE\n2 : ANNIHILATE, DEMOLISH\nintransitive senses : to become pulverized


Words: pumice
Meaning:
noun\n: a volcanic glass full of cavities and very light in weight used especially in powder form for smoothing and polishing


Words: pump
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a device that raises, transfers, or compresses fluids or that attenuates gases especially by suction or pressure or both\n2 : HEART\n3 : an act or the process of pumping\n4 : an energy source (as light) for pumping atoms or molecules\n5 : a mechanism (as the sodium pump) for pumping atoms, ions, or molecules\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to work a pump : raise or move a fluid with a pump\n2 : to exert oneself to pump or as if to pump something\n3 : to move in a manner that resembles the action of a pump handle\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to raise (as water) with a pump b : to draw fluid from with a pump\n2 : to pour forth, deliver, or draw with or as if with a pump <pumped money into the economy> <pump new life into the classroom>\n3 a : to question persistently b : to elicit by persistent questioning\n4 a : to operate by manipulating a lever b : to manipulate as if operating a pump handle <pumped my hand warmly> c : to cause to move with an action resembling that of a pump handle <a runner pumping her arms>\n5 : to transport (as ions) against a concentration gradient by the expenditure of energy\n6 a : to excite (as atoms or molecules) especially so as to cause emission of coherent monochromatic electromagnetic radiation (as in a laser) b : to energize (as a laser) by pumping\n\n<3> noun\n: a shoe that grips the foot chiefly at the toe and heel; especially : a close-fitting woman’s dress shoe with a moderate to high heel


Words: pumpkin
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the usually round orange fruit of a vine (Cucurbita pepo) of the gourd family widely cultivated as food b : WINTER CROOKNECK c British : any of various large-fruited winter squashes (C. maxima)\n2 : a usually hairy prickly vine that produces pumpkins


Words: pun
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to make puns


Words: punch
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : PROD, POKE b : DRIVE, HERD <punching cattle>\n2 a : to strike with a forward thrust especially of the fist b : to drive or push forcibly by or as if by a punch c : to hit (a ball) with less than a full swing\n3 : to emboss, cut, perforate, or make with or as if with a punch\n4 a : to push down so as to produce a desired result <punch buttons on a jukebox> b : to hit or press down the operating mechanism of <punch a time clock> <punch a typewriter> c : to produce by or as if by punching keys <punch out a tune on the piano> d : to enter (as data) by punching keys\n5 : to give emphasis to\nintransitive senses : to perform the action of punching something\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the action of punching\n2 : a quick blow with or as if with the fist\n3 : effective energy or forcefulness <a story that packs a punch> <political punch>\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a tool usually in the form of a short rod of steel that is variously shaped at one end for different operations (as forming, perforating, embossing, or cutting) b : a short tapering steel rod for driving the heads of nails below a surface c : a steel die faced with a letter in relief that is forced into a softer metal to form an intaglio matrix from which foundry type is cast d : a device or machine for cutting holes or notches (as in paper or cardboard)\n2 : a hole or notch from a perforating operation\n\n<4> noun\n: a hot or cold drink that is usually a combination of hard liquor, wine, or beer and nonalcoholic beverages; also : a drink that is a mixture of nonalcoholic beverages


Words: puncheon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a pointed tool for piercing or for working on stone\n2 a : a short upright framing timber b : a split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed\n\n<2> noun\n: a large cask of varying capacity


Words: punctilio
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a minute detail of conduct in a ceremony or in observance of a code\n2 : careful observance of forms (as in social conduct)


Words: punctilious
Meaning:
adjective\n: marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions


Words: punctuate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to mark or divide (written matter) with punctuation marks\n2 : to break into or interrupt at intervals <the steady click of her needles punctuated the silence Edith Wharton>\n3 : ACCENTUATE, EMPHASIZE\nintransitive senses : to use punctuation marks


Words: punctuation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of punctuating : the state of being punctuated\n2 : the act or practice of inserting standardized marks or signs in written matter to clarify the meaning and separate structural units; also : a system of punctuation\n3 : something that contrasts or accentuates


Words: puncture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act of puncturing\n2 : a hole, wound, or perforation made by puncturing\n3 : a minute depression\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to pierce with or as if with a pointed instrument or object\n2 : to make useless or ineffective as if by a puncture : DEFLATE\nintransitive senses : to become punctured


Words: pundit
Meaning:
noun\n1 : PANDIT\n2 : a learned man : TEACHER\n3 : one who gives opinions in an authoritative manner : CRITIC


Words: pungent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : sharply painful\n2 : having a stiff and sharp point <pungent leaves>\n3 a : marked by a sharp incisive quality : CAUSTIC <a pungent critic> <pungent language> b : being sharp and to the point\n4 : causing a sharp or irritating sensation; especially : ACRID


Words: punish
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to impose a penalty on for a fault, offense, or violation b : to inflict a penalty for the commission of (an offense) in retribution or retaliation\n2 a : to deal with roughly or harshly b : to inflict injury on : HURT\nintransitive senses : to inflict punishment


Words: punishment
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of punishing\n2 a : suffering, pain, or loss that serves as retribution b : a penalty inflicted on an offender through judicial procedure\n3 : severe, rough, or disastrous treatment


Words: punk
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : PROSTITUTE\n2 probably partly from 3punk : NONSENSE, FOOLISHNESS\n3 a : a young inexperienced person : BEGINNER, NOVICE; especially : a young man b : a usually petty gangster, hoodlum, or ruffian c : a youth used as a homosexual partner\n4 a : PUNK ROCK b : a punk rock musician c : one who affects punk styles\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : very poor : INFERIOR <played a punk game>\n2 : being in poor health <said that she was feeling punk>\n3 a : of or relating to punk rock b : relating to or being a style (as of dress or hair) inspired by punk rock\n\n<3> noun\n1 : wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder\n2 : a dry spongy substance prepared from fungi (genus Fomes) and used to ignite fuses especially of fireworks


Words: punt
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a long narrow flat-bottomed boat with square ends usually propelled with a pole\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to propel (as a punt) with a pole\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 : to play at a gambling game against the banker\n2 British : GAMBLE\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses : to kick (a football or soccer ball) with the top of the foot before the ball which is dropped from the hands hits the ground\nintransitive senses : to punt a ball\n\n<5> noun\n: the act or an instance of punting a ball\n\n<6> noun\n: the monetary pound of Ireland


Words: pup
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a young dog; also : one of the young of various animals (as a seal or rat)\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to give birth to pups


Words: pupa
Meaning:
noun\n: an intermediate usually quiescent stage of a metamorphic insect (as a bee, moth, or beetle) that occurs between the larva and the imago, is usually enclosed in a cocoon or protective covering, and undergoes internal changes by which larval structures are replaced by those typical of the imago


Words: pupil
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a child or young person in school or in the charge of a tutor or instructor : STUDENT\n2 : one who has been taught or influenced by a famous or distinguished person\n\n<2> noun\n: the contractile aperture in the iris of the eye


Words: puppet
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a small-scale figure (as of a person or animal) usually with a cloth body and hollow head that fits over and is moved by the hand b : MARIONETTE\n2 : DOLL 1\n3 : one whose acts are controlled by an outside force or influence


Words: purblind
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a obsolete : wholly blind b : partly blind\n2 : lacking in vision, insight, or understanding : OBTUSE


Words: purchase
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a archaic : GAIN, ACQUIRE b : to acquire (real estate) by means other than descent or inheritance c : to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : BUY d : to obtain by labor, danger, or sacrifice\n2 : to apply a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage to (as something to be moved); also : to move by a purchase\n3 : to constitute the means for buying <our dollars purchase less each year>\nintransitive senses : to purchase something


Words: purdah
Meaning:
noun\n1 : seclusion of women from public observation among Muslims and some Hindus especially in India\n2 : a state of seclusion or concealment


Words: pure
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a (1) : unmixed with any other matter <pure gold> (2) : free from dust, dirt, or taint <pure food> (3) : SPOTLESS, STAINLESS b : free from harshness or roughness and being in tune used of a musical tone c of a vowel : characterized by no appreciable alteration of articulation during utterance\n2 a : being thus and no other : SHEER, UNMITIGATED <pure folly> b (1) : ABSTRACT, THEORETICAL (2) : PRIORI <pure mechanics> c : not directed toward exposition of reality or solution of practical problems <pure literature> d : being nonobjective and to be appraised on formal and technical qualities only <pure form>\n3 a (1) : free from what vitiates, weakens, or pollutes (2) : containing nothing that does not properly belong b : free from moral fault or guilt c : marked by chastity : CONTINENT d (1) : of pure blood and unmixed ancestry (2) : homozygous in and breeding true for one or more characters e : ritually clean


Words: purebred
Meaning:
adjective\n: bred from members of a recognized breed, strain, or kind without admixture of other blood over many generations


Words: puree
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a paste or thick liquid suspension usually made from cooked food ground finely\n2 : a thick soup made of pureed vegetables\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make a puree of


Words: purgatory
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification; specifically : a place or state of punishment wherein according to Roman Catholic doctrine the souls of those who die in God’s grace may make satisfaction for past sins and so become fit for heaven\n2 : a place or state of temporary suffering or misery


Words: purge
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to clear of guilt b : to free from moral or ceremonial defilement\n2 a : to cause evacuation from (as the bowels) b (1) : to make free of something unwanted <purge a manhole of gas> <purge yourself of fear> (2) : to free (as a boiler) of sediment or relieve (as a steam pipe) of trapped air by bleeding c (1) : to rid (as a nation or party) by a purge (2) : to get rid of <the leaders had been purged> <purge money-losing operations>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become purged\n2 : to have or produce frequent evacuations\n3 : to cause purgation\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something that purges; especially : PURGATIVE\n2 a : an act or instance of purging b : the removal of elements or members regarded as undesirable and especially as treacherous or disloyal


Words: purify
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to make pure: as a : to clear from material defilement or imperfection b : to free from guilt or moral or ceremonial blemish c : to free from undesirable elements\nintransitive senses : to grow or become pure or clean


Words: purism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an example of rigid adherence to or insistence on purity or nicety especially in use of words; especially : a word, phrase, or sense used chiefly by purists\n2 : the quality or practice of adherence to purity especially in language


Words: puritan
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 capitalized : a member of a 16th and 17th century Protestant group in England and New England opposing as unscriptural the ceremonial worship and the prelacy of the Church of England\n2 : one who practices or preaches a more rigorous or professedly purer moral code than that which prevails\n\n<2> adjective\n: of or relating to puritans, the Puritans, or puritanism


Words: purl
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : gold or silver thread or wire for embroidering or edging\n2 : the intertwisting of thread that knots a stitch usually along an edge\n3 : PURL STITCH\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to embroider with gold or silver thread b : to edge or border with gold or silver embroidery\n2 : to knit in purl stitch\nintransitive senses : to do knitting in purl stitch\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a purling or swirling stream or rill\n2 : a gentle murmur or movement (as of purling water)\n\n<4> intransitive verb\n1 : EDDY, SWIRL\n2 : to make a soft murmuring sound like that of a purling stream


Words: purlieu
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an outlying or adjacent district b plural : ENVIRONS, NEIGHBORHOOD\n2 a : a frequently visited place : HAUNT b plural : CONFINES, BOUNDS


Words: purple
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : REGAL, IMPERIAL\n2 : of the color purple\n3 a : highly rhetorical : ORNATE b : marked by profanity\n\n<2> noun\n1 a (1) : cloth dyed purple (2) : a garment of such color; especially : a purple robe worn as an emblem of rank or authority b (1) : TYRIAN PURPLE (2) : any of various colors that fall about midway between red and blue in hue c (1) : a mollusk (as of the genus Purpura) yielding a purple dye and especially the Tyrian purple of ancient times (2) : a pigment or dye that colors purple\n2 a : imperial or regal rank or power b : high rank or station\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses : to make purple\nintransitive senses : to become purple


Words: purport
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: meaning conveyed, professed, or implied : IMPORT; also : SUBSTANCE, GIST\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) <a book that purports to be an objective analysis>; also : CLAIM <foreign novels which he purports to have translated Mary McCarthy>\n2 : INTEND, PURPOSE


Words: purpose
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : something set up as an object or end to be attained : INTENTION b : RESOLUTION, DETERMINATION\n2 : a subject under discussion or an action in course of execution\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to propose as an aim to oneself


Words: purr
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a low vibratory murmur typical of an apparently contented or pleased cat\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to make a purr or a sound like a purr <cars purring along the highway>\n2 a : to speak in a manner that resembles a purr b : to speak in a malicious catty manner


Words: purse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a small bag for money (2) : a receptacle (as a pocketbook) for carrying money and often other small objects b : a receptacle (as a pouch) shaped like a purse\n2 a : RESOURCES, FUNDS b : a sum of money offered as a prize or present; also : the total amount of money offered in prizes for a given event\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to put into a purse\n2 : PUCKER, KNIT


Words: purser
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an official on a ship responsible for papers and accounts and on a passenger ship also for the comfort and welfare of passengers\n2 : a steward on an airliner


Words: pursuance
Meaning:
noun\n: the act of pursuing; especially : a carrying out or into effect : PROSECUTION <in pursuance of his duties>


Words: pursue
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, or defeat\n2 : to find or employ measures to obtain or accomplish : SEEK <pursue a goal>\n3 : to proceed along <pursues a northern course>\n4 a : to engage in <pursue a hobby> b : to follow up or proceed with <pursue an argument>\n5 : to continue to afflict : HAUNT <was pursued by horrible memories>\n6 : 2CHASE 1c <pursued by dozens of fans>\nintransitive senses : to go in pursuit


Words: pursuit
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of pursuing\n2 : an activity that one engages in as a vocation, profession, or avocation : OCCUPATION


Words: purulent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : containing, consisting of, or being pus <a purulent discharge>\n2 : accompanied by suppuration


Words: purview
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the body or enacting part of a statute b : the limit, purpose, or scope of a statute\n2 : the range or limit of authority, competence, responsibility, concern, or intention\n3 : range of vision, understanding, or cognizance


Words: pus
Meaning:
noun\n: thick opaque usually yellowish white fluid matter formed by suppuration and composed of exudate containing white blood cells, tissue debris, and microorganisms


Words: push
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to press against with force in order to drive or impel b : to move or endeavor to move away or ahead by steady pressure without striking\n2 a : to thrust forward, downward, or outward b : to cause to increase : RAISE <push prices to record levels> c : to hit (a ball) toward the right from a right-handed swing or toward the left from a left-handed swing compare PULL\n3 a : to press or urge forward to completion b : to urge or press the advancement, adoption, or practice of <pushed a bill in the legislature>; especially : to make aggressive efforts to sell <we’re pushing ham this week> c : to engage in the illicit sale of (narcotics)\n4 : to bear hard upon so as to involve in difficulty <poverty pushed them to the breaking point>\n5 : to approach in age or number <grandmother must be pushing 75>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to press against something with steady force in or as if in order to impel\n2 : to press forward energetically against opposition\n3 : to exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end <pushing for higher wages>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a vigorous effort to attain an end : DRIVE: a : a military assault or offensive b : an advance that overcomes obstacles c : a campaign to promote a product\n2 : a time for action : EMERGENCY\n3 a : an act of pushing : SHOVE b (1) : a physical force steadily applied in a direction away from the body exerting it (2) : a nonphysical pressure : INFLUENCE, URGE c : vigorous enterprise or energy\n4 a : an exertion of influence to promote another’s interests b : stimulation to activity : IMPETUS


Words: pushover
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something accomplished without difficulty : SNAP\n2 : an opponent who is easy to defeat or a victim who is capable of no effective resistance\n3 : someone unable to resist an attraction or appeal : SUCKER


Words: pussy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : CAT\n2 : a catkin of the pussy willow\n\n<2> noun\n1 usually vulgar : VULVA\n2 a usually vulgar : SEXUAL INTERCOURSE b usually vulgar : the female partner in sexual intercourse\n\n<3> adjective\n: full of or resembling pus


Words: pussyfoot
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to tread or move warily or stealthily\n2 : to refrain from committing oneself


Words: pustule
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small circumscribed elevation of the skin containing pus and having an inflamed base\n2 : a small often distinctively colored elevation or spot resembling a blister or pimple


Words: put
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to place in a specified position or relationship : LAY <put the book on the table> b : to move in a specified direction c (1) : to send (as a weapon or missile) into or through something : THRUST (2) : to throw with an overhand pushing motion <put the shot> d : to bring into a specified state or condition <a reapportionment that was put into effect at the September primaries Current Biography>\n2 a : to cause to endure or suffer something : SUBJECT <put traitors to death> b : IMPOSE, INFLICT <put a special tax on luxuries>\n3 a : to set before one for judgment or decision <put the question> b : to call for a formal vote on <put the motion>\n4 a (1) : to convey into another form <want to put my feelings into words> (2) : to translate into another language or style <put the poem into English> (3) : ADAPT <lyrics put to music> b : EXPRESS, STATE <putting it mildly>\n5 a : to devote (oneself) to an activity or end <put himself to winning back their confidence> b : APPLY <put her mind to the problem> c : ASSIGN <put them to work> d : to cause to perform an action : URGE <put the horse over the fence> e : IMPEL, INCITE <put them into a frenzy>\n6 a : REPOSE, REST <puts his faith in reason> b : INVEST <put her money in the company>\n7 a : to give as an estimate <put the time as about eleven> b : ATTACH, ATTRIBUTE <puts a high value on their friendship> c : IMPUTE <put the blame on the partners>\n8 : BET, WAGER <put 2 on the favorite>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to start in motion : GO; especially : to leave in a hurry\n2 of a ship : to take a specified course <put down the river>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a throw made with an overhand pushing motion; specifically : the act or an instance of putting the shot\n2 : an option to sell a specified amount of a security (as a stock) or commodity (as wheat) at a fixed price at or within a specified time compare CALL 3d\n\n<3> adjective\n: being in place : FIXED, SET <stay put until call>


Words: putrid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : being in a state of putrefaction : ROTTEN b : of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction : FOUL <a putrid odor>\n2 a : morally corrupt b : totally objectionable


Words: puttee
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a cloth strip wrapped around the leg from ankle to knee\n2 : a usually leather legging secured by a strap or catch or by laces


Words: putter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one that puts <a putter of questions>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a golf club used in putting\n2 : one that putts\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 : to move or act aimlessly or idly\n2 : to work at random : TINKER


Words: putty
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a doughlike material typically made of whiting and linseed oil that is used especially to fasten glass in window frames and to fill crevices in woodwork b : any of various substances resembling putty in appearance, consistency, or use\n2 : a light brownish gray to light grayish brown color\n3 : one who is easily manipulated <is putty in her hands>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to use putty on or apply putty to


Words: puzzle
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to offer or represent to (as a person) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally; also : to exert (as oneself) over such a problem or situation <they puzzled their wits to find a solution>\n2 archaic : COMPLICATE, ENTANGLE\n3 : to solve with difficulty or ingenuity <puzzle out an answer to a riddle>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be uncertain as to action or choice\n2 : to attempt a solution of a puzzle by guesswork or experiment\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the state of being puzzled : PERPLEXITY\n2 a : something that puzzles b : a question, problem, or contrivance designed for testing ingenuity


Words: pygmy
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized : any of a race of dwarfs described by ancient Greek authors\n2 capitalized : any of a small people of equatorial Africa ranging under five feet (1.5 meters) in height\n3 a : a short insignificant person : DWARF b : something very small of its kind


Words: pylon
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a usually massive gateway b : an ancient Egyptian gateway building in a truncated pyramidal form c : a monumental mass flanking an entranceway or an approach to a bridge\n2 a chiefly British : a tower for supporting either end of usually a number of wires over a long span b : any of various towerlike structures\n3 a : a post or tower marking a prescribed course of flight for an airplane b : TRAFFIC CONE\n4 : a rigid structure on the outside of an aircraft for supporting something (as an engine or missile) see AIRPLANE illustration


Words: pyramid
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an ancient massive structure found especially in Egypt having typically a square ground plan, outside walls in the form of four triangles that meet in a point at the top, and inner sepulchral chambers b : a structure or object of similar form\n2 : a polyhedron having for its base a polygon and for faces triangles with a common vertex see VOLUME table\n3 : a crystalline form each face of which intersects the vertical axis and either two lateral axes or in the tetragonal system one lateral axis\n4 : an anatomical structure resembling a pyramid: as a : any of the conical masses that project from the renal medulla into the kidney pelvis b : either of two large bundles of motor fibers from the cerebral cortex that reach the medulla oblongata and are continuous with the pyramidal tracts of the spinal cord\n5 : an immaterial structure built on a broad supporting base and narrowing gradually to an apex <the socioeconomic pyramid>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to speculate (as on a security or commodity exchange) by using paper profits as margin for additional transactions\n2 : to increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base\ntransitive senses\n1 : to arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid\n2 : to use (as profits) in speculative pyramiding\n3 : to increase the impact of (as a tax assessed at the production level) on the ultimate consumer by treating as a cost subject to markup


Words: pyre
Meaning:
noun\n: a combustible heap for burning a dead body as a funeral rite; broadly : a pile of material to be burned <a pyre of dead leaves>


Words: pyrotechnics
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 singular or plural in construction : the art of making or the manufacture and use of fireworks\n2 a : a display of fireworks b : a spectacular display (as of extreme virtuosity) <verbal pyrotechnics> <keyboard pyrotechnics>


Words: python
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various large constricting snakes (as a boa); especially : any of the large oviparous snakes (subfamily Pythoninae of the family Boidae) of Africa, Asia, Australia, and adjacent islands that include some of the largest existing snakes


Words: pyx
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a container for the reserved host; especially : a small round metal receptacle used to carry the Eucharist to the sick\n2 : a box used in a mint for deposit of sample coins reserved for testing weight and fineness


Words: q
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the 17th letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic q\n2 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter q\n3 : one designated q especially as the 17th in order or class\n4 : something shaped like the letter\n\n<2> abbreviation\nquart, quartile, quarto, queen, query, question, quetzal, quire


Words: quack
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n: to make the characteristic cry of a duck\n\n<2> noun\n: a noise made by quacking\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to act like a quack\n\n<4> noun\n1 : CHARLATAN 2\n2 : a pretender to medical skill\n\n<5> adjective\n: of, relating to, or characteristic of a quack; especially : pretending to cure diseases


Words: quad
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: QUADRANGLE\n\n<2> noun\n: a type-metal space that is 1 en or more in width\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to fill out (as a typeset line) with blank space\n\n<4> noun\n: QUADRUPLET\n\n<5> adjective\n: QUADRAPHONIC\n\n<6> noun\n: quadraphonic sound\n\n<7> noun\n: a unit of energy equal to one quadrillion British thermal units\n\n<8> abbreviation\nquadrant


Words: quadrangle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : QUADRILATERAL\n2 a : a 4-sided enclosure especially when surrounded by buildings b : the buildings enclosing a quadrangle\n3 : a tract of country represented by one of a series of map sheets (as published by the U.S. Geological Survey)


Words: quadrant
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an instrument for measuring altitudes consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90 degrees with an index or vernier and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction b : a device or mechanical part shaped like or suggestive of the quadrant of a circle\n2 a : an arc of 90 degrees that is one quarter of a circle b : the area bounded by a quadrant and two radii\n3 a : any of the four parts into which a plane is divided by rectangular coordinate axes lying in that plane b : any of the four quarters into which something is divided by two real or imaginary lines that intersect each other at right angles


Words: quadratic
Meaning:
adjective\n: involving terms of the second degree at most <quadratic function> <quadratic equations>


Words: quadrennial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : consisting of or lasting for four years\n2 : occurring or being done every four years


Words: quadrille
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a four-handed variant of ombre popular especially in the 18th century\n2 : a square dance for four couples made up of five or six figures chiefly in 68 and 24 time; also : music for this dance\n\n<2> adjective\n: marked with squares or rectangles


Words: quadripartite
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : consisting of or divided into four parts\n2 : shared or participated in by four parties or persons <a quadripartite agreement>


Words: quadrivium
Meaning:
noun\n: a group of studies consisting of arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy and forming the upper division of the seven liberal arts in medieval universities compare TRIVIUM


Words: quadruple
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to make four times as great or as many\nintransitive senses : to become four times as great or as numerous\n\n<2> noun\n: a sum four times as great as another\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : having four units or members\n2 : being four times as great or as many\n3 : marked by four beats per measure <quadruple meter>


Words: quadruplet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one of four offspring born at one birth\n2 : a combination of four of a kind\n3 : a group of four musical notes to be performed in the time ordinarily given to three of the same kind


Words: quagmire
Meaning:
noun\n1 : soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot\n2 : a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position : PREDICAMENT


Words: quail
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: as a : an Old World migratory game bird (Coturnix coturnix) b : BOBWHITE\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a chiefly dialect : WITHER, DECLINE b : to give way : FALTER <his courage never quailed>\n2 : to recoil in dread or terror : COWER <the strongest quail before financial ruin Samuel Butler \ntransitive senses , archaic : to make fearful


Words: quaint
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : EXPERT, SKILLED\n2 a : marked by skillful design <quaint with many a device in India ink Herman Melville> b : marked by beauty or elegance\n3 a : unusual or different in character or appearance : ODD <figures of fun, quaint people Herman Wouk> b : pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar


Words: quake
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to shake or vibrate usually from shock or instability\n2 : to tremble or shudder usually from cold or fear\n\n<2> noun\n: an instance of shaking or trembling (as of the earth or moon); especially : EARTHQUAKE


Words: qualification
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a restriction in meaning or application : a limiting modification <this statement stands without qualification>\n2 a obsolete : NATURE b archaic : CHARACTERISTIC\n3 a : a quality or skill that fits a person (as for an office) <the applicant with the best qualifications> b : a condition or standard that must be complied with (as for the attainment of a privilege) <a qualification for membership>


Words: qualify
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : MODIFY b : to make less harsh or strict : MODERATE c : to alter the strength or flavor of d : to limit or modify the meaning of (as a noun)\n2 : to characterize by naming an attribute : DESCRIBE <cannot qualify it as either glad or sorry T. S. Eliot>\n3 a : to fit by training, skill, or ability for a special purpose b (1) : to declare competent or adequate : CERTIFY (2) : to invest with legal capacity : LICENSE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be or become fit (as for an office) : meet the required standard\n2 : to acquire legal or competent power or capacity <has just qualified as a lawyer>\n3 a : to exhibit a required degree of ability in a preliminary contest <qualified for the finals> b : to shoot well enough to earn a marksmanship badge


Words: quality
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : peculiar and essential character : NATURE <her ethereal quality Gay Talese> b : an inherent feature : PROPERTY <had a quality of stridence, dissonance Roald Dahl> c : CAPACITY, ROLE <in the quality of reader and companion Joseph Conrad>\n2 a : degree of excellence : GRADE <the quality of competing air service Current Biography> b : superiority in kind <merchandise of quality>\n3 a : social status : RANK b : ARISTOCRACY\n4 a : a distinguishing attribute : CHARACTERISTIC <possesses many fine qualities> b archaic : an acquired skill : ACCOMPLISHMENT\n5 : the character in a logical proposition of being affirmative or negative\n6 : vividness of hue\n7 a : TIMBRE b : the identifying character of a vowel sound determined chiefly by the resonance of the vocal chambers in uttering it\n8 : the attribute of an elementary sensation that makes it fundamentally unlike any other sensation\n\n<2> adjective\n: being of high quality


Words: qualm
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sudden attack of illness, faintness, or nausea\n2 : a sudden access of usually disturbing emotion (as doubt or fear)\n3 : a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety


Words: quantitative
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or expressible in terms of quantity\n2 : of, relating to, or involving the measurement of quantity or amount\n3 : based on quantity; specifically of classical verse : based on temporal quantity or duration of sounds


Words: quantity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an indefinite amount or number b : a determinate or estimated amount c : total amount or number d : a considerable amount or number often used in plural <generous quantities of luck H. E. Putsch>\n2 a : the aspect in which a thing is measurable in terms of greater, less, or equal or of increasing or decreasing magnitude b : the subject of a mathematical operation c : an individual considered with respect to a given situation <an unknown quantity as attorney general Tom Wicker>\n3 a : duration and intensity of speech sounds as distinct from their individual quality or phonemic character; specifically : the relative length or brevity of a prosodic syllable in some languages (as Greek and Latin) b : the relative duration or time length of a speech sound or sound sequence\n4 : the character of a logical proposition as being universal, particular, or singular


Words: quantum
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : QUANTITY, AMOUNT b : PORTION, PART c : gross quantity : BULK\n2 a : any of the very small increments or parcels into which many forms of energy are subdivided b : any of the small subdivisions of a quantized physical magnitude (as magnetic moment)\n\n<2> adjective\n: LARGE, SIGNIFICANT <a quantum improvement>


Words: quarantine
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a period of 40 days\n2 a : a term during which a ship arriving in port and suspected of carrying contagious disease is held in isolation from the shore b : a regulation placing a ship in quarantine c : a place where a ship is detained during quarantine\n3 a : a restraint upon the activities or communication of persons or the transport of goods designed to prevent the spread of disease or pests b : a place in which those under quarantine are kept\n4 : a state of enforced isolation\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to detain in or exclude by quarantine\n2 : to isolate from normal relations or communication <quarantine an aggressor>\nintransitive senses : to establish or declare a quarantine


Words: quarrel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a square-headed bolt or arrow especially for a crossbow\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a ground of dispute or complaint <have no quarrel with a different approach>\n2 : a usually verbal conflict between antagonists : ALTERCATION\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 : to find fault <many people quarrel with the idea Johns Hopkins Magazine>\n2 : to contend or dispute actively <quarreled frequently with his superiors London Calling>


Words: quarry
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete : a heap of the game killed in a hunt\n2 : GAME; specifically : game hunted with hawks\n3 : one that is sought or pursued : PREY\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an open excavation usually for obtaining building stone, slate, or limestone\n2 : a rich source\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to dig or take from or as if from a quarry <quarry marble>\n2 : to make a quarry in <quarry a hill>\nintransitive senses : to delve in or as if in a quarry\n\n<4> noun\n: a diamond-shaped pane of glass, stone, or tile


Words: quarter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one of four equal parts into which something is divisible : a fourth part <in the top quarter of his class>\n2 : any of various units of capacity or weight equal to or derived from one fourth of some larger unit\n3 : any of various units of length or area equal to one fourth of some larger unit\n4 : the fourth part of a measure of time: as a : one of a set of four 3-month divisions of a year <business was up during the third quarter> b : a school term of about 12 weeks c : QUARTER HOUR <a quarter after three>\n5 a : a coin worth a quarter of a dollar b : the sum of 25 cents\n6 a : one limb of a quadruped with the adjacent parts; especially : one fourth part of the carcass of a slaughtered animal including a leg b plural , British : HINDQUARTER 2\n7 a : the region or direction lying under any of the four divisions of the horizon b : one of the four parts into which the horizon is divided or the cardinal point corresponding to it c : a compass point or direction other than the cardinal points d (1) : an unspecified person or group <financial help from many quarters Current Biography> (2) : a point, direction, or place not definitely identified <the view to the rear quarter Consumer Reports>\n8 a : a division or district of a town or city b : the inhabitants of such a quarter\n9 a : an assigned station or post b plural : an assembly of a ship’s company for ceremony, drill, or emergency c plural : living accommodations : LODGINGS\n10 : merciful consideration of an opponent; specifically : the clemency of not killing a defeated enemy\n11 : a fourth part of the moon’s period\n12 : the side of a horse’s hoof between the toe and the heel see HOOF illustration\n13 a : any of the four parts into which a heraldic field is divided b : a bearing or charge occupying the first fourth part of a heraldic field\n14 : the state of two machine parts that are exactly at right angles to one another or are spaced about a circle so as to subtend a right angle at the center of the circle\n15 a : the stern area of a ship’s side b : the par


Words: quarterback
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an offensive back in football who usually lines up behind the center, calls the signals, and directs the offensive play of the team\n2 : one who directs and leads\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to direct the offensive play of (as a football team)\n2 : to give executive direction to : BOSS <quarterbacked the original buying syndicate Time>\nintransitive senses : to play quarterback


Words: quarterdeck
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the stern area of a ship’s upper deck\n2 : a part of a deck on a naval vessel set aside by the captain for ceremonial and official use


Words: quarterly
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : in heraldic quarters or quarterings\n2 : at 3-month intervals\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : computed for or payable at 3-month intervals <quarterly premium>\n2 : recurring, issued, or spaced at 3-month intervals\n3 : divided into heraldic quarters or compartments\n\n<3> noun\n: a periodical published four times a year


Words: quartermaster
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a petty officer who attends to a ship’s helm, binnacle, and signals\n2 : an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for a body of troops


Words: quarterstaff
Meaning:
noun\n: a long stout staff formerly used as a weapon and wielded with one hand in the middle and the other between the middle and the end


Words: quartet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a musical composition for four instruments or voices\n2 : a group or set of four; especially : the performers of a quartet


Words: quarto
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the size of a piece of paper cut four from a sheet; also : paper or a page of this size\n2 : a book printed on quarto pages


Words: quartz
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mineral consisting of silicon dioxide occurring in colorless and transparent or colored hexagonal crystals or in crystalline masses\n2 : a quartz crystal that when placed in an electric field oscillates at a constant frequency and is used to control devices which require precise regulation <a quartz watch>


Words: quash
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to nullify especially by judicial action


Words: quasi
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having some resemblance usually by possession of certain attributes <a quasi corporation>\n2 : having a legal status only by operation or construction of law and without reference to intent <a quasi contract>


Words: quaver
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : TREMBLE\n2 : TRILL\n3 : to utter sound in tremulous tones\ntransitive senses : to utter quaveringly\n\n<2> noun\n1 : EIGHTH NOTE\n2 : TRILL 1\n3 : a tremulous sound


Words: quean
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a disreputable woman; specifically : PROSTITUTE\n2 chiefly Scottish : WOMAN; especially : one that is young or unmarried


Words: queasy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : causing nausea <queasy motion> b : suffering from nausea : NAUSEATED\n2 : full of doubt : HAZARDOUS\n3 a : causing uneasiness b (1) : DELICATE, SQUEAMISH (2) : ill at ease


Words: queen
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the wife or widow of a king b : the wife or widow of a tribal chief\n2 a : a female monarch b : a female chieftain\n3 a : a woman eminent in rank, power, or attractions <a movie queen> b : a goddess or a thing personified as female and having supremacy in a specified realm c : an attractive girl or woman; especially : a beauty contest winner\n4 : the most privileged piece of each color in a set of chessmen having the power to move in any direction across any number of unoccupied squares\n5 : a playing card marked with a stylized figure of a queen\n6 : the fertile fully developed female of social bees, ants, and termites whose function is to lay eggs\n7 : a mature female cat kept especially for breeding\n8 often disparaging : a male homosexual; especially : an effeminate one\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to act like a queen; especially : to put on airs usually used with it <queens it over her friends>\n2 : to become a queen in chess\ntransitive senses : to promote (a pawn) to a queen in chess


Words: queer
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : WORTHLESS, COUNTERFEIT <queer money> b : QUESTIONABLE, SUSPICIOUS\n2 a : differing in some odd way from what is usual or normal b (1) : ECCENTRIC, UNCONVENTIONAL (2) : mildly insane : TOUCHED c : absorbed or interested to an extreme or unreasonable degree : OBSESSED d usually disparaging : HOMOSEXUAL\n3 : not quite well\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to spoil the effect or success of <queer one’s plans>\n2 : to put or get into an embarrassing or disadvantageous situation\n\n<3> noun\n: one that is queer; especially usually disparaging : HOMOSEXUAL


Words: quell
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity <quell a riot>\n2 : QUIET, PACIFY <quell fears>\n\n<2> noun\n1 obsolete : SLAUGHTER\n2 archaic : the power of quelling


Words: quench
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : PUT OUT, EXTINGUISH b : to put out the light or fire of <quench glowing coals with water> c : to cool (as heated metal) suddenly by immersion (as in oil or water) d : to cause to lose heat or warmth <you have quenched the warmth of France toward you Alfred Tennyson>\n2 a : to bring (something immaterial) to an end typically by satisfying, damping, cooling, or decreasing <a rational understanding of the laws of nature can quench impossible desires Lucius Garvin> <the praise that quenches all desire to read the book T. S. Eliot> b : to terminate by or as if by destroying : ELIMINATE <the Commonwealth party quenched a whole generation of play-acting Margery Bailey> <quench a rebellion> c : to relieve or satisfy with liquid <quenched his thirst at a wayside spring>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become extinguished : COOL\n2 : to become calm : SUBSIDE


Words: query
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : QUESTION, INQUIRY\n2 : a question in the mind : DOUBT\n3 : QUESTION MARK\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to ask questions of especially with a desire for authoritative information\n2 : to ask questions about especially in order to resolve a doubt\n3 : to put as a question\n4 : to mark with a query


Words: quest
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a jury of inquest b : INVESTIGATION\n2 : an act or instance of seeking: a : PURSUIT, SEARCH b : a chivalrous enterprise in medieval romance usually involving an adventurous journey\n3 obsolete : a person or group of persons who search or make inquiry\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 of a dog a : to search a trail b : BAY\n2 : to go on a quest\ntransitive senses\n1 : to search for\n2 : to ask for


Words: question
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : an interrogative expression often used to test knowledge (2) : an interrogative sentence or clause b : a subject or aspect in dispute or open for discussion : ISSUE; broadly : PROBLEM, MATTER c (1) : a subject or point of debate or a proposition to be voted on in a meeting (2) : the bringing of such to a vote d : the specific point at issue\n2 a : an act or instance of asking : INQUIRY b : INTERROGATION; also : a judicial or official investigation c : torture as part of an examination d (1) : OBJECTION, DISPUTE <true beyond question> (2) : room for doubt or objection <little question of his skill> (3) : CHANCE, POSSIBILITY <no question of escape>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to ask a question of or about\n2 : to interrogate intensively : CROSS-EXAMINE\n3 a : DOUBT, DISPUTE b : to subject to analysis : EXAMINE\nintransitive senses : to ask questions : INQUIRE


Words: questionable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : inviting inquiry\n2 obsolete : liable to judicial inquiry or action\n3 : affording reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged : not certain or exact : PROBLEMATIC <milk of questionable purity> <a questionable decision>\n4 : attended by well-grounded suspicions of being immoral, crude, false, or unsound : DUBIOUS <questionable motives>


Words: questionnaire
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a set of questions for obtaining statistically useful or personal information from individuals\n2 : a written or printed questionnaire often with spaces for answers\n3 : a survey made by the use of a questionnaire


Words: quetzal
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a Central American trogon (Pharomachrus mocinno) that has brilliant green plumage above, a red breast, and in the male long upper tail coverts\n2 plural quetzales see MONEY table


Words: queue
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head\n2 : a waiting line especially of persons or vehicles\n3 a : a sequence of messages or jobs held in auxiliary storage awaiting transmission or processing b : a data structure that consists of a list of records such that records are added at one end and removed from the other\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to arrange or form in a queue\nintransitive senses : to line up or wait in a queue often used with up


Words: quibble
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words\n2 a : CAVIL, CARP b : BICKER\ntransitive senses : to subject to quibbles\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an evasion of or shift from the point\n2 : a minor objection or criticism


Words: quick
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : not dead : LIVING, ALIVE\n2 : acting or capable of acting with speed: as a (1) : fast in understanding, thinking, or learning : mentally agile <a quick wit> <quick thinking> (2) : reacting to stimuli with speed and keen sensitivity (3) : aroused immediately and intensely <quick tempers> b (1) : fast in development or occurrence <a quick succession of events> (2) : done or taking place with rapidity <gave them a quick look> c : marked by speed, readiness, or promptness of physical movement <walked with quick steps> d : inclined to hastiness (as in action or response) <quick to criticize> e : capable of being easily and speedily prepared <a quick and tasty dinner>\n3 archaic a : not stagnant : RUNNING, FLOWING b : MOVING, SHIFTING <quick mud>\n4 archaic : FIERY, GLOWING\n5 obsolete a : PUNGENT b : CAUSTIC\n6 archaic : PREGNANT\n7 : having a sharp angle <a quick turn in the road>\n\n<2> noun\n1 quick plural : living beings\n2 probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse kvika sensitive flesh, from kvikr living a : a painfully sensitive spot or area of flesh (as that underlying a fingernail or toenail) b : the inmost sensibilities <hurt to the quick by the remark> c : the very center of something : HEART\n3 archaic : LIFE 11\n\n<3> adverb\n: in a quick manner


Words: quicken
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make alive : REVIVE b : to cause to be enlivened : STIMULATE\n2 archaic a : KINDLE b : to cause to burn more intensely\n3 : to make more rapid : HASTEN, ACCELERATE <quickened her steps>\n4 a : to make (a curve) sharper b : to make (a slope) steeper\nintransitive senses\n1 : to quicken something\n2 : to come to life; especially : to enter into a phase of active growth and development <seeds quickening in the soil>\n3 : to reach the stage of gestation at which fetal motion is felt\n4 : to shine more brightly <watched the dawn quickening in the east>\n5 : to become more rapid <her pulse quickened at the sight>


Words: quickie
Meaning:
noun\n: something done or made in a hurry: as a : a quickly and usually cheaply produced work (as a motion picture or book) b : a hastily performed act of sexual intercourse


Words: quicksand
Meaning:
noun\n1 : sand readily yielding to pressure; especially : a deep mass of loose sand mixed with water into which heavy objects readily sink\n2 : something that entraps or frustrates


Words: quicksilver
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: MERCURY 2a\n\n<2> adjective\n: resembling or suggestive of quicksilver; especially : MERCURIAL 3


Words: quiescent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest\n2 : causing no trouble or symptoms <quiescent gallstones>


Words: quiet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the quality or state of being quiet : TRANQUILLITY\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : marked by little or no motion or activity : CALM <a quiet sea> b : GENTLE, EASYGOING <a quiet temperament> c : not interfered with <quiet reading> d : enjoyed in peace and relaxation <a quiet cup of tea>\n2 a : free from noise or uproar : STILL b : UNOBTRUSIVE, CONSERVATIVE <quiet clothes>\n3 : SECLUDED <a quiet nook>\n\n<3> adverb\n: in a quiet manner <a quiet-running engine>\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to be quiet : CALM\n2 : to make secure by freeing from dispute or question <quiet title to a property>\nintransitive senses : to become quiet usually used with down


Words: quietus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : final settlement (as of a debt)\n2 : removal from activity; especially : DEATH\n3 : something that quiets or represses


Words: quill
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a bobbin, spool, or spindle on which filling yarn is wound (2) : a hollow shaft often surrounding another shaft and used in various mechanical devices b : a roll of dried bark <cinnamon quills>\n2 a (1) : the hollow horny shaft of a feather see FEATHER illustration (2) : FEATHER; especially : one of the large stiff feathers of the wing or tail b : one of the hollow sharp spines of a porcupine or hedgehog c : 3PEN 3\n3 : something made from or resembling the quill of a feather; especially : a pen for writing\n4 : a float for a fishing line\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to pierce with quills\n2 a : to wind (thread or yarn) on a quill b : to make a series of small rounded ridges in (cloth)


Words: quilt
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a bed coverlet of two layers of cloth filled with padding (as down or batting) held in place by ties or stitched designs\n2 : something that is quilted or resembles a quilt\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to fill, pad, or line like a quilt b (1) : to stitch, sew, or cover with lines or patterns like those used in quilts (2) : to stitch (designs) through layers of cloth c : to fasten between two pieces of material\n2 : to stitch or sew in layers with padding in between\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make quilts\n2 : to do quilted work


Words: quince
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the fruit of a central Asian tree (Cydonia oblonga) of the rose family that resembles a hard-fleshed yellow apple and is used especially in preserves\n2 : a tree that bears quinces


Words: quinine
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a bitter crystalline alkaloid C20H24N2O2 from cinchona bark used in medicine\n2 : a salt of quinine used especially as an antipyretic, antimalarial, and bitter tonic


Words: quinsy
Meaning:
noun\n: an abscess in the tissue around a tonsil usually resulting from bacterial infection and often accompanied by pain and fever


Words: quintessence
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies\n2 : the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form\n3 : the most typical example or representative


Words: quintet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a musical composition or movement for five instruments or voices\n2 : a group or set of five: as a : the performers of a quintet b : a basketball team


Words: quip
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a clever usually taunting remark : GIBE b : a witty or funny observation or response usually made on the spur of the moment\n2 : QUIBBLE, EQUIVOCATION\n3 : something strange, droll, curious, or eccentric : ODDITY\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to make quips : GIBE\ntransitive senses : to jest or gibe at


Words: quire
Meaning:
noun\n: a collection of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality : one twentieth of a ream


Words: quirk
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an abrupt twist or curve b : a peculiar trait : IDIOSYNCRASY c : ACCIDENT, VAGARY <a quirk of fate>\n2 : a groove separating a bead or other molding from adjoining members\n\n<2> verb\n: CURVE, TWIST <quirked his eyebrows>


Words: quirt
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a riding whip with a short handle and a rawhide lash\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to strike or drive with a quirt


Words: quit
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: released from obligation, charge, or penalty; especially : FREE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make full payment of : PAY UP <quit a debt>\n2 : to set free : RELIEVE, RELEASE <quit oneself of fear>\n3 : CONDUCT, ACQUIT <the youths quit themselves like men>\n4 a : to depart from or out of b : to leave the company of c : GIVE UP 1, 2 <quit a job> <quit smoking>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to cease normal, expected, or necessary action\n2 : to give up employment\n3 : to admit defeat : GIVE UP\n\n<3> noun\n: the act or an instance of quitting a job


Words: quite
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : WHOLLY, COMPLETELY <not quite finished>\n2 : to an extreme : POSITIVELY <quite sure> often used as an intensifier with a <quite a swell guy> <quite a beauty>\n3 : to a considerable extent : RATHER <quite near>


Words: quittance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : discharge from a debt or an obligation b : a document evidencing quittance\n2 : RECOMPENSE, REQUITAL


Words: quiver
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a case for carrying or holding arrows\n2 : the arrows in a quiver\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to shake or move with a slight trembling motion\n\n<3> noun\n: the act or action of quivering : TREMOR


Words: quixotic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action\n2 : CAPRICIOUS, UNPREDICTABLE


Words: quiz
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an eccentric person\n2 : PRACTICAL JOKE\n3 : the act or action of quizzing; specifically : a short oral or written test\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make fun of : MOCK\n2 : to look at inquisitively\n3 : to question closely


Words: quizzical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : comically quaint\n2 : mildly teasing or mocking <a quizzical remark>\n3 : expressive of puzzlement, curiosity, or disbelief <raised a quizzical eyebrow>


Words: quoit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a flattened ring of iron or circle of rope used in a throwing game\n2 plural but singular in construction : a game in which the quoits are thrown at an upright pin in an attempt to ring the pin or come as near to it as possible\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to throw like a quoit


Words: quorum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a select group\n2 : the number (as a majority) of officers or members of a body that when duly assembled is legally competent to transact business\n3 : a Mormon body comprising those in the same grade of priesthood


Words: quota
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a proportional part or share; especially : the share or proportion assigned to each in a division or to each member of a body\n2 : the number or amount constituting a proportional share


Words: quotation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act or process of quoting b (1) : the naming or publishing of current bids and offers or prices of securities or commodities (2) : the bids, offers, or prices so named or published; especially : the highest bid and lowest offer for a particular security in a given market at a given time\n2 : something that is quoted; especially : a passage referred to, repeated, or adduced


Words: quote
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to speak or write (a passage) from another usually with credit acknowledgment b : to repeat a passage from especially in substantiation or illustration\n2 : to cite in illustration <quote cases>\n3 a : to state (the current price or bid-offer spread) for a commodity, stock, or bond b : to give exact information on\n4 : to set off by quotation marks\nintransitive senses : to inform a hearer or reader that matter following is quoted\n\n<2> noun\n1 : QUOTATION\n2 : QUOTATION MARK often used orally to indicate the beginning of a direct quotation


Words: quotidian
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : occurring every day <quotidian fever>\n2 a : belonging to each day : EVERYDAY <quotidian routine> b : COMMONPLACE, ORDINARY <quotidian drabness>


Words: quotient
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the number resulting from the division of one number by another\n2 : the numerical ratio usually multiplied by 100 between a test score and a measurement on which that score might be expected largely to depend\n3 : QUOTA, SHARE


Words: r
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the 18th letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic r\n2 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter r\n3 : one designated r especially as the 18th in order or class\n4 : something shaped like the letter\n\n<2> abbreviation\nrabbi, radius, rain, range, Rankine, rare, real, Reaumur, recto, red, repeat, rerun, resistance, right, river, roentgen, rook, rough, run


Words: rabbet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of a surface; especially : one intended to receive another member (as a panel)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to unite the edges of in a rabbet joint\n2 : to cut a rabbet in\nintransitive senses : to become joined by a rabbet


Words: rabbi
Meaning:
noun\n1 : MASTER, TEACHER used by Jews as a term of address\n2 : a Jew qualified to expound and apply the halakah and other Jewish law\n3 : a Jew trained and ordained for professional religious leadership; specifically : the official leader of a Jewish congregation


Words: rabbit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of a family (Leporidae) of long-eared short-tailed lagomorph mammals with long hind legs: a : any of various lagomorphs that are born naked, blind, and helpless, that are sometimes gregarious, and that include especially the cottontails of the New World and a small Old World mammal (Oryctolagus cuniculus) that is the source of various domestic breeds b : HARE\n2 : the pelt of a rabbit\n3 : WELSH RABBIT\n4 a : a figure of a rabbit sped mechanically along the edge of a dog track as an object of pursuit b : a runner in a long-distance race who sets a fast pace for the field in the first part of the race\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to hunt rabbits


Words: rabble
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a disorganized or confused collection of things\n2 a : a disorganized or disorderly crowd of people : MOB b : the lowest class of people\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to insult or assault by or as a mob


Words: rabid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : extremely violent : FURIOUS b : going to extreme lengths in expressing or pursuing a feeling, interest, or opinion\n2 : affected with rabies


Words: rabies
Meaning:
noun\n: an acute virus disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death


Words: raccoon
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a small nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) of No. America that is chiefly gray, has a black mask and bushy ringed tail, lives chiefly in trees, and has a varied diet including small animals, fruits, and nuts b : the pelt of this animal\n2 : any of several animals resembling or related to the raccoon


Words: race
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 chiefly Scottish : the act of running\n2 a : a strong or rapid current of water flowing through a narrow channel b : a watercourse used industrially c : the current flowing in such a course\n3 a : a set course or duration of time b : the course of life\n4 a : a contest of speed b plural : a meeting in which several races (as for horses) are run c : a contest or rivalry involving progress toward a goal <pennant race>\n5 : a track or channel in which something rolls or slides; specifically : a groove (as for the balls) in a bearing see ROLLER BEARING illustration\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to compete in a race\n2 : to go or move at top speed or out of control\n3 : to revolve too fast under a diminished load\ntransitive senses\n1 : to engage in a race with\n2 a : to enter in a race b : to drive or ride at high speed c : to transport or propel at maximum speed\n3 : to speed (as an engine) without a working load or with the transmission disengaged\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a breeding stock of animals\n2 a : a family, tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same stock b : a class or kind of people unified by community of interests, habits, or characteristics <the English race>\n3 a : an actually or potentially interbreeding group within a species; also : a taxonomic category (as a subspecies) representing such a group b : BREED c : a division of mankind possessing traits that are transmissible by descent and sufficient to characterize it as a distinct human type\n4 obsolete : inherited temperament or disposition\n5 : distinctive flavor, taste, or strength


Words: raceme
Meaning:
noun\n: a simple inflorescence (as in the lily-of-the-valley) in which the flowers are borne on short stalks of about equal length at equal distances along an elongated axis and open in succession toward the apex see INFLORESCENCE illustration


Words: racism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race\n2 : racial prejudice or discrimination


Words: rack
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a wind-driven mass of high often broken clouds\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to fly or scud in high wind\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a framework for holding fodder for livestock\n2 : an instrument of torture on which a body is stretched\n3 a (1) : a cause of anguish or pain (2) : acute suffering b : the action of straining or wrenching\n4 : a framework, stand, or grating on or in which articles are placed\n5 : a frame placed in a stream to stop fish and floating or suspended matter\n6 a : a bar with teeth on one face for gearing with a pinion or worm gear to transform rotary motion to linear motion or vice versa (as in an automobile steering mechanism or microscope drawtube) b : a notched bar used as a ratchet to engage with a pawl, click, or detent\n7 : a pair of antlers\n8 : a triangular frame used to set up the balls in a pool game; also : the balls as set up\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to torture on the rack\n2 : to cause to suffer torture, pain, or anguish\n3 a : to stretch or strain violently <racked his brains> b : to raise (rents) oppressively c : to harass or oppress with high rents or extortions\n4 : to work or treat (material) on a rack\n5 : to work by a rack and pinion or worm so as to extend or contract <rack a camera>\n6 : to seize (as parallel ropes of a tackle) together\n7 : to place (as pool balls) in a rack\nintransitive senses : to become forced out of shape or out of plumb\n\n<5> transitive verb\n: to draw off (as wine) from the lees\n\n<6> intransitive verb\nof a horse : to go at a rack\n\n<7> noun\n: either of two gaits of a horse: a : PACE 4b b : a fast showy 4-beat gait\n\n<8> noun\n1 : the neck and spine of a forequarter of veal, pork, or especially mutton\n2 : the rib section of a lamb’s forequarters used for chops or as a roast see LAMB illustration\n\n<9> noun\n: DESTRUCTION <rack and ruin>


Words: racket
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a lightweight implement that consists of a netting (as of nylon) stretched in a usually oval open frame with a handle attached and that is used for striking the ball or shuttlecock in various games (as tennis, racquets, or badminton)\n2 usually racquets plural but singular in construction : a game for two or four players with ball and racket on a 4-walled court\n\n<2> noun\n1 : confused clattering noise : CLAMOR\n2 a : social whirl or excitement b : the strain of exciting or trying experiences\n3 a : a fraudulent scheme, enterprise, or activity b : a usually illegitimate enterprise made workable by bribery or intimidation c : an easy and lucrative means of livelihood d slang : OCCUPATION, BUSINESS\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 : to engage in active social life\n2 : to move with or make a racket


Words: racketeer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one who obtains money by an illegal enterprise usually involving intimidation\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to carry on a racket\ntransitive senses : to practice extortion on


Words: racy
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : full of zest or vigor b : having a strongly marked quality : PIQUANT <a racy flavor> c : RISQU*, SUGGESTIVE\n2 : having the distinctive quality of something in its original or most characteristic form\n\n<2> adjective\n: having a body fitted for racing : long-bodied and lean


Words: radar
Meaning:
noun\n: a device or system consisting usually of a synchronized radio transmitter and receiver that emits radio waves and processes their reflections for display and is used especially for detecting and locating objects (as aircraft) or surface features (as of a planet)


Words: radial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : arranged or having parts arranged like rays\n2 a : relating to, placed like, or moving along a radius b : characterized by divergence from a center\n3 : of, relating to, or adjacent to a bodily radius\n4 : developing uniformly around a central axis\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a radial part b : RAY\n2 : a body part (as an artery) lying near or following the course of the radius\n3 : a pneumatic tire in which the ply cords that extend to the beads are laid at approximately 90 degrees to the centerline of the tread called also radial-ply tire, radial tire


Words: radiant
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : radiating rays or reflecting beams of light b : vividly bright and shining : GLOWING\n2 : marked by or expressive of love, confidence, or happiness <a radiant smile>\n3 a : emitted or transmitted by radiation b : emitting or relating to radiant heat\n\n<2> noun\n: something that radiates: as a : a point in the heavens at which the visible parallel paths of meteors appear to meet when traced backward b : the part of a gas or electric heater that becomes incandescent


Words: radiate
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to proceed in a direct line from or toward a center\n2 : to send out rays : shine brightly\n3 a : to issue in or as if in rays b : to evolve by adaptive radiation\ntransitive senses\n1 : to send out in or as if in rays\n2 : IRRADIATE, ILLUMINATE\n3 : to spread abroad or around as if from a center\n\n<2> adjective\n: having rays or radial parts: as a : having ray flowers b : characterized by radial symmetry : radially symmetrical


Words: radiator
Meaning:
noun\n: one that radiates: as a : any of various devices (as a nest of pipes or tubes) for transferring heat from a fluid within to an area or object outside b : a transmitting antenna


Words: radical
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or proceeding from a root: as a (1) : of or growing from the root of a plant <radical tubers> (2) : growing from the base of a stem, from a rootlike stem, or from a stem that does not rise above the ground <radical leaves> b : of, relating to, or constituting a linguistic root c : of or relating to a mathematical root d : designed to remove the root of a disease or all diseased tissue <radical surgery>\n2 : of or relating to the origin : FUNDAMENTAL\n3 a : marked by a considerable departure from the usual or traditional : EXTREME b : tending or disposed to make extreme changes in existing views, habits, conditions, or institutions c : of, relating to, or constituting a political group associated with views, practices, and policies of extreme change d : advocating extreme measures to retain or restore a political state of affairs <the radical right>\n4 slang : EXCELLENT, COOL\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a root part b : a basic principle : FOUNDATION\n2 a : ROOT 6 b : a sound or letter belonging to a radical\n3 : one who is radical\n4 : FREE RADICAL; also : a group of atoms bonded together that is considered an entity in various kinds of reactions\n5 a : a mathematical expression indicating a root by means of a radical sign b : RADICAL SIGN


Words: radio
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or operated by radiant energy\n2 : of or relating to electric currents or phenomena (as electromagnetic radiation) of frequencies between about 15,000 and 1011 hertz\n3 a : of, relating to, or used in radio or a radio set b : specializing in radio or associated with the radio industry c (1) : transmitted by radio (2) : making or participating in radio broadcasts d : controlled or directed by radio\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the wireless transmission and reception of electric impulses or signals by means of electromagnetic waves b : the use of these waves for the wireless transmission of electric impulses into which sound is converted\n2 : a radio message\n3 : a radio receiving set\n4 a : a radio transmitting station b : a radio broadcasting organization c : the radio broadcasting industry d : communication by radio\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to send or communicate by radio\n2 : to send a radio message to\nintransitive senses : to send or communicate something by radio


Words: radioactivity
Meaning:
noun\n: the property possessed by some elements (as uranium) or isotopes (as carbon 14) of spontaneously emitting energetic particles (as electrons or alpha particles) by the disintegration of their atomic nuclei; also : the rays emitted


Words: radiogram
Meaning:
noun\n1 : RADIOGRAPH\n2 : a message transmitted by radiotelegraphy\n3 short for radiogramophone British : a combined radio receiver and record player


Words: radiograph
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a picture produced on a sensitive surface by a form of radiation other than visible light; specifically : an X-ray or gamma ray photograph\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make a radiograph of


Words: radiology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a branch of medicine concerned with the use of radiant energy (as rays) or radioactive material in the diagnosis and treatment of disease\n2 : the science of radioactive substances and high-energy radiations


Words: radish
Meaning:
noun\n: the pungent fleshy root of a widely cultivated Eurasian plant (Raphanus sativus) of the mustard family usually eaten raw; also : a plant that produces radishes


Words: radium
Meaning:
noun\n: an intensely radioactive brilliant white metallic element that resembles barium chemically, occurs in combination in minute quantities in minerals (as pitchblende or carnotite), emits alpha particles and gamma rays to form radon, and is used chiefly in luminous materials and in the treatment of cancer see ELEMENT table


Words: radius
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a line segment extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or bounding surface\n2 a : the bone on the thumb side of the human forearm; also : a corresponding part of vertebrates above fishes b : the third and usually largest vein of an insect’s wing\n3 a : the length of a radius <a truck with a short turning radius> b : the circular area defined by a stated radius c : a bounded or circumscribed area\n4 : a radial part\n5 : the distance from a center line or point to an axis of rotation


Words: raffle
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to engage in a raffle\ntransitive senses : to dispose of by means of a raffle <raffle off a turkey>\n\n<2> noun\n: a lottery in which the prize is won by one of numerous persons buying chances\n\n<3> noun\n: RUBBISH; especially : a jumble or tangle of nautical equipment


Words: raft
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a collection of logs or timber fastened together for conveyance by water b : a flat structure for support or transportation on water\n2 : a floating cohesive mass\n3 : an aggregation of animals (as waterfowl) resting on the water\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to transport in the form of or by means of a raft; also : to convey (as pebbles) in floating ice or masses of organic material\n2 : to make into a raft\nintransitive senses : to travel by raft\n\n<3> noun\n: a large collection or number


Words: rafter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of the parallel beams that support a roof see RIDGEPOLE illustration\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one who maneuvers logs into position and binds them into rafts\n2 : one who travels by raft


Words: rag
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a waste piece of cloth b plural : clothes usually in poor or ragged condition c : CLOTHING <the rag trade>\n2 : something resembling a rag\n3 : NEWSPAPER\n\n<2> noun\n1 : any of various hard rocks\n2 : a large roofing slate that is rough on one side\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to rail at : SCOLD\n2 : TORMENT, TEASE\n\n<4> noun\nchiefly British : an outburst of boisterous fun; also : PRANK\n\n<5> noun\n: a composition in ragtime


Words: rage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : violent and uncontrolled anger b : a fit of violent wrath c archaic : INSANITY\n2 : violent action (as of wind or sea)\n3 : an intense feeling : PASSION\n4 : a fad pursued with intense enthusiasm <was all the rage>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to be in a rage\n2 : to be in tumult\n3 : to prevail uncontrollably


Words: ragged
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : roughly unkempt\n2 : having an irregular edge or outline\n3 a : torn or worn to tatters b : worn-out from stress and strain <ran herself ragged>\n4 : wearing tattered clothes\n5 a : STRAGGLY b : executed in an irregular or uneven manner c of a sound : HARSH, DISSONANT


Words: ragtime
Meaning:
noun\n1 : rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment\n2 : music having ragtime rhythm


Words: ragweed
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various chiefly No. American weedy composite herbs (genus Ambrosia) that produce highly allergenic pollen


Words: raid
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a hostile or predatory incursion b : a surprise attack by a small force\n2 a : a brief foray outside one’s usual sphere b : a sudden invasion by officers of the law c : a daring operation against a competitor d : the recruiting of personnel (as faculty, executives, or athletes) from competing organizations\n3 : the act of mulcting public money\n4 : an attempt by professional operators to depress stock prices by concerted selling\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to conduct or take part in a raid\ntransitive senses : to make a raid on


Words: rail
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier b : a structural member or support\n2 a : RAILING 1 b : a light structure serving as a guard at the outer edge of a ship’s deck c : a fence bounding a racetrack\n3 a : a bar of rolled steel forming a track for wheeled vehicles b : TRACK c : RAILROAD\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to provide with a railing : FENCE\n\n<3> noun\n: any of numerous wading birds (family Rallidae, the rail family) that are of small or medium size and have short rounded wings, a short tail, and usually very long toes which enable them to run on the soft mud of marshes\n\n<4> intransitive verb\n: to revile or scold in harsh, insolent, or abusive language


Words: railroad
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a permanent road having a line of rails fixed to ties and laid on a roadbed and providing a track for cars or equipment drawn by locomotives or propelled by self-contained motors; also : such a road and its assets constituting a single property\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to convict with undue haste and by means of false charges or insufficient evidence b : to push through hastily or without due consideration\n2 : to transport by railroad\nintransitive senses : to work for a railroad company


Words: rain
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : water falling in drops condensed from vapor in the atmosphere b : the descent of this water c : water that has fallen as rain : RAINWATER\n2 a : a fall of rain : RAINSTORM b plural : the rainy season\n3 : rainy weather\n4 : a heavy fall of particles or bodies\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to send down rain\n2 : to fall as water in drops from the clouds\n3 : to fall like rain\ntransitive senses\n1 : to pour down\n2 : to bestow abundantly


Words: rainbow
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an arc or circle that exhibits in concentric bands the colors of the spectrum and that is formed opposite the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun’s rays in raindrops, spray, or mist\n2 a : a multicolored array b : a wide assortment or range\n3 from the impossibility of reaching the rainbow, at whose foot a pot of gold is said to be buried : an illusory goal or hope\n4 : RAINBOW TROUT


Words: raise
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause or help to rise to a standing position\n2 a : AWAKEN, AROUSE b : to stir up : INCITE <raise a rebellion> c : to flush (game) from cover d : to recall from or as if from death e : to establish radio communication with\n3 a : to set upright by lifting or building b : to lift higher c : to place higher in rank or dignity : ELEVATE d : HEIGHTEN, INVIGORATE <raise the spirits> e : to end or suspend the operation or validity of <raise a siege>\n4 : to get together for a purpose : COLLECT <raise funds>\n5 a : GROW, CULTIVATE <raise cotton> b : to bring up (a child) : REAR c : to breed and bring (an animal) to maturity\n6 a : to give rise to : PROVOKE <raise a commotion> b : to give voice to <raise a cheer>\n7 : to bring up for consideration or debate <raise an issue>\n8 a : to increase the strength, intensity, or pitch of b : to increase the degree of c : to cause to rise in level or amount <raise the rent> d (1) : to increase the amount of (a poker bet) (2) : to bet more than (a previous bettor) e (1) : to make a higher bridge bid in (a partner’s suit) (2) : to increase the bid of (one’s partner)\n9 : to make light and porous <raise dough>\n10 : to cause to ascend\n11 : to multiply (a quantity) by itself a specified number of times\n12 : to bring in sight on the horizon by approaching <raise land>\n13 a : to bring up the nap of (cloth) b : to cause (as a blister) to form on the skin\n14 : to increase the nominal value of fraudulently <raise a check>\n15 : to articulate (a sound) with the tongue in a higher position\nintransitive senses\n1 dialect : RISE\n2 : to increase a bet or bid\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act of raising or lifting\n2 : a rising stretch of road : an upward grade : RISE\n3 : an increase in amount: as a : an increase of a bet or bid b : an increase in wages or salary\n4 : a vertical or inclined opening or passageway connecting one mine working area with another at a higher level


Words: raja
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an Indian or Malay prince or chief\n2 : the bearer of a title of nobility among the Hindus


Words: rake
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground b : a machine for gathering hay\n2 : an implement like a rake\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to gather, loosen, or smooth with or as if with a rake\n2 : to gain rapidly or in abundance <rake in a fortune>\n3 a : to touch in passing over lightly b : SCRATCH\n4 : to censure severely\n5 : to search through : RANSACK\n6 : to sweep the length of especially with gunfire : ENFILADE\n7 : to glance over rapidly\n\n<3> noun\n1 : inclination from the perpendicular; especially : the overhang of a ship’s bow or stern\n2 : inclination from the horizontal : SLOPE\n3 : the angle between the top cutting surface of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the surface of the work\n4 : the angle between a wing-tip edge that is sensibly straight in planform and the plane of symmetry of an airplane\n\n<4> intransitive verb\n: to incline from the perpendicular\n\n<5> noun\n: a dissolute person : LIBERTINE


Words: rakish
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : DISSOLUTE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : having a trim or streamlined appearance suggestive of speed <a rakish ship>\n2 : dashingly or carelessly unconventional : JAUNTY <rakish clothes>


Words: rally
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to muster for a common purpose b : to recall to order\n2 a : to arouse for action b : to rouse from depression or weakness\nintransitive senses\n1 : to come together again to renew an effort\n2 : to join in a common cause\n3 : RECOVER, REBOUND\n4 : to engage in a rally\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a mustering of scattered forces to renew an effort b : a summoning up of strength or courage after weakness or dejection c : a recovery of price after a decline d : a renewed offensive\n2 : a mass meeting intended to arouse group enthusiasm\n3 : a series of shots interchanged between players (as in tennis) before a point is won\n4 also rallye French rallye, from English 1rally : an automobile competition using public roads and ordinary traffic rules with the object of maintaining a specified average speed between checkpoints over a route unknown to the participants until the start of the event\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to attack with raillery : BANTER


Words: ram
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a male sheep b capitalized : ARIES\n2 a : BATTERING RAM b : a warship with a heavy beak at the prow for piercing an enemy ship\n3 : any of various guided pieces for exerting pressure or for driving or forcing something by impact: as a : the plunger of a hydrostatic press or force pump b : the weight that strikes the blow in a pile driver\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to strike with violence : CRASH\n2 : to move with extreme rapidity\ntransitive senses\n1 : to force in by or as if by driving\n2 a : to make compact (as by pounding) b : CRAM, CROWD\n3 : to force passage or acceptance of <ram home an idea>\n4 : to strike against violently


Words: ramble
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to move aimlessly from place to place b : to explore idly\n2 : to talk or write in a desultory or long-winded wandering fashion\n3 : to grow or extend irregularly\ntransitive senses : to wander over : ROAM\n\n<2> noun\n: a leisurely excursion for pleasure; especially : an aimless walk


Words: rambler
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that rambles\n2 : any of various climbing roses with long flexible canes and rather small often double flowers in large clusters\n3 : RANCH HOUSE


Words: ramie
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an Asian perennial plant (Boehmeria nivea) of the nettle family\n2 a : the strong lustrous bast fiber of ramie capable of being spun or woven b : fabric made of ramie often resembling linen or silk


Words: ramify
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to split up into branches or constituent parts\n2 : to send forth branches or extensions\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to branch\n2 : to separate into divisions


Words: ramp
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to stand or advance menacingly with forelegs or with arms raised b : to move or act furiously\n2 : to creep up used especially of plants\ntransitive senses 4ramp (electrical waveform) : to increase or decrease especially at a constant rate usually used with up or down <ramp up production>\n\n<2> noun\n: the act or an instance of ramping\n\n<3> noun\n: any of various alliums used for food\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a short bend, slope, or curve usually in the vertical plane where a handrail or coping changes its direction\n2 : a sloping way: as a : a sloping floor, walk, or roadway leading from one level to another b : a stairway for entering or leaving an airplane c : a slope for launching boats\n3 : APRON 2h


Words: rampage
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n: to rush wildly about\n\n<2> noun\n: a course of violent, riotous, or reckless action or behavior


Words: rampant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended b : standing on one hind foot with one foreleg raised above the other and the head in profile used of a heraldic animal\n2 a : marked by a menacing wildness, extravagance, or absence of restraint b : WIDESPREAD\n3 : having one impost or abutment higher than the other <a rampant arch>


Words: rampart
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a protective barrier : BULWARK\n2 : a broad embankment raised as a fortification and usually surmounted by a parapet\n3 : a wall-like ridge (as of rock fragments, earth, or debris)


Words: ramrod
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a rod for ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm\n2 : a cleaning rod for small arms\n3 : BOSS, OVERSEER\n\n<2> adjective\n: marked by rigidity, severity, or stiffness\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to direct, supervise, and control


Words: ranch
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a large farm for raising horses, beef cattle, or sheep\n2 : a farm or area devoted to a particular specialty\n3 : RANCH HOUSE\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to live or work on a ranch\ntransitive senses\n1 : to work as a rancher on\n2 : to raise on a ranch


Words: random
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a haphazard course\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern b : made, done, or chosen at random <read random passages from the book>\n2 a : relating to, having, or being elements or events with definite probability of occurrence <random processes> b : being or relating to a set or to an element of a set each of whose elements has equal probability of occurrence <a random sample>; also : characterized by procedures designed to obtain such sets or elements <random sampling>\n\n<3> adverb\n: in a random manner


Words: range
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a series of things in a line : ROW (2) : a series of mountains (3) : one of the north-south rows of townships in a U.S. public-land survey that are numbered east and west from the principal meridian of the survey b : an aggregate of individuals in one order c : a direction line\n2 : a cooking stove that has an oven and a flat top with burners or heating elements\n3 a : a place that may be ranged over b : an open region over which animals (as livestock) may roam and feed c : the region throughout which a kind of organism or ecological community naturally lives or occurs\n4 : the act of ranging about\n5 a (1) : the horizontal distance to which a projectile can be propelled (2) : the horizontal distance between a weapon and target b : the maximum distance a vehicle or craft can travel without refueling c (1) : a place where shooting is practiced (2) : DRIVING RANGE\n6 a : the space or extent included, covered, or used : SCOPE b : the extent of pitch covered by a melody or lying within the capacity of a voice or instrument\n7 a : a sequence, series, or scale between limits <a wide range of patterns> b : the limits of a series : the distance or extent between possible extremes c : the difference between the least and greatest values of an attribute or of the variable of a frequency distribution\n8 a : the set of values a function may take on b : the class of admissible values of a variable\n9 : LINE 11\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to set in a row or in the proper order b : to place among others in a position or situation c : to assign to a category : CLASSIFY\n2 a : to rove over or through b : to sail or pass along\n3 : to arrange (an anchor cable) on deck\n4 : to graze (livestock) on a range\n5 : to determine or give the elevation necessary for (a gun) to propel a projectile to a given distance\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to roam at large or freely b : to move over an area so as to explore it\n2 : to take a position\n3 a : to correspond in direction or line : ALIGN b : to extend in a particular direction\n4 :


Words: ranger
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the keeper of a British royal park or forest b : FOREST RANGER\n2 : one that ranges\n3 a : one of a body of organized armed men who range over a region especially to enforce the law b : a soldier specially trained in close-range fighting and in raiding tactics


Words: rangy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : able to range for considerable distances\n2 a : long-limbed and long-bodied <rangy cattle> b : being tall and slender\n3 : having room for ranging\n4 : having great scope


Words: rank
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : luxuriantly or excessively vigorous in growth\n2 : offensively gross or coarse : FOUL\n3 obsolete : grown too large\n4 a : shockingly conspicuous <must lecture him on his rank disloyalty David Walden> b : OUTRIGHT used as an intensive <rank beginners>\n5 archaic : LUSTFUL, RUTTISH\n6 : offensive in odor or flavor; especially : RANCID\n7 : PUTRID, FESTERING\n8 : high in amount or degree : FRAUGHT\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : ROW, SERIES b : a row of people c (1) : a line of soldiers ranged side by side in close order (2) plural : ARMED FORCES (3) plural : the body of enlisted personnel d : any of the rows of squares that extend across a chessboard perpendicular to the files e British : STAND 6\n2 a : relative standing or position b : a degree or position of dignity, eminence, or excellence : DISTINCTION <soon took rank as a leading attorney J. D. Hicks> c : high social position <the privileges of rank> d : a grade of official standing in a hierarchy\n3 : an orderly arrangement : FORMATION\n4 : an aggregate of individuals classed together usually used in plural\n5 : the order according to some statistical characteristic (as the score on a test)\n6 : any of a series of classes of coal based on increasing alteration of the parent vegetable matter, increasing carbon content, and increasing fuel value\n7 : the number of linearly independent rows or columns in a matrix\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to arrange in lines or in a regular formation\n2 : to determine the relative position of : RATE\n3 : to take precedence of\nintransitive senses\n1 : to form or move in ranks\n2 : to take or have a position in relation to others


Words: ranking
Meaning:
adjective\n: having a high position: as a : FOREMOST <ranking poet> b : being next to the chairman in seniority <ranking committee member>


Words: rankle
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness\n2 : to feel anger and irritation\ntransitive senses : to cause irritation or bitterness in


Words: ransack
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to search thoroughly b : to examine closely and carefully\n2 : to search through to commit robbery : PLUNDER


Words: ransom
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a consideration paid or demanded for the release of someone or something from captivity\n2 : the act of ransoming\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to deliver especially from sin or its penalty\n2 : to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price


Words: rant
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner\n2 : to scold vehemently\ntransitive senses : to utter in a bombastic declamatory fashion\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a bombastic extravagant speech b : bombastic extravagant language\n2 dialect British : a rousing good time


Words: rap
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a sharp blow or knock\n2 a : a sharp rebuke or criticism b : a negative and often undeserved reputation or charge usually used with bum or bad <given a bum rap by the press>\n3 a : the responsibility for or adverse consequences of an action <refused to take the rap> b : a criminal charge c : a prison sentence\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to strike with a sharp blow\n2 : to utter suddenly and forcibly\n3 : to cause to be or come by raps <rap the meeting to order>\n4 : to criticize sharply\nintransitive senses\n1 : to strike a quick sharp blow\n2 : to make a short sharp sound\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to snatch away or upward\n2 : ENRAPTURE\n\n<4> noun\n: a minimum amount or degree (as of care or consideration) : the least bit <doesn’t care a rap>\n\n<5> intransitive verb\n1 : to talk freely and frankly\n2 : to perform rap music\n\n<6> noun\n1 : TALK, CONVERSATION; also : a line of talk : PATTER\n2 a : a rhythmic chanting often in unison of usually rhymed couplets to a musical accompaniment b : a piece so performed\n\n<7> abbreviation\nrapid


Words: rape
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a European herb (Brassica napus) of the mustard family grown as a forage crop for sheep and hogs and for its seeds which yield rapeseed oil and are a bird food compare CANOLA\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a archaic : to seize and take away by force b : DESPOIL\n2 : to commit rape on\n\n<3> noun\n1 : an act or instance of robbing or despoiling or carrying away a person by force\n2 a : sexual intercourse with a woman by a man without her consent and chiefly by force or deception compare STATUTORY RAPE b : unlawful sexual intercourse by force or threat other than by a man with a woman\n3 : an outrageous violation\n\n<4> noun\n: grape pomace


Words: rapid
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: marked by a fast rate of motion, activity, succession, or occurrence\n\n<2> noun\n: a part of a river where the current is fast and the surface is usually broken by obstructions usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.


Words: rapt
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lifted up and carried away\n2 : transported with emotion : ENRAPTURED\n3 : wholly absorbed : ENGROSSED


Words: rapture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion b : a mystical experience in which the spirit is exalted to a knowledge of divine things\n2 : an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: ENRAPTURE


Words: rare
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : marked by wide separation of component particles : THIN <rare air>\n2 a : marked by unusual quality, merit, or appeal : DISTINCTIVE b : superlative or extreme of its kind\n3 : seldom occurring or found : UNCOMMON\n\n<2> adjective\n: cooked so that the inside is still red <rare roast beef>


Words: rarefy
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make rare, thin, porous, or less dense : to expand without the addition of matter\n2 : to make more spiritual, refined, or abstruse\nintransitive senses : to become less dense


Words: rash
Meaning:
<1> adverb\narchaic : in a rash manner\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : marked by or proceeding from undue haste or lack of deliberation or caution\n2 obsolete : quickly effective\n\n<3> noun\n1 : an eruption on the body\n2 : a large number of instances in a short period <a rash of complaints>


Words: rasher
Meaning:
noun\n: a thin slice of bacon or ham broiled or fried; also : a portion consisting of several such slices


Words: rasp
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to rub with something rough; specifically : to abrade with a rasp\n2 : to grate upon : IRRITATE\n3 : to utter in a raspy tone\nintransitive senses\n1 : SCRAPE\n2 : to produce a grating sound\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a coarse file with cutting points instead of lines\n2 : something used for rasping\n3 a : an act of rasping b : a rasping sound, sensation, or effect


Words: raspberry
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of various usually black or red edible berries that are aggregate fruits consisting of numerous small drupes on a fleshy receptacle and that are usually rounder and smaller than the closely related blackberries b : a plant (genus Rubus) of the rose family that bears raspberries\n2 short for raspberry tart, rhyming slang for fart : a sound of contempt made by protruding the tongue between the lips and expelling air forcibly to produce a vibration; broadly : an expression of disapproval or contempt


Words: rat
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : any of numerous rodents (Rattus and related genera) differing from the related mice by considerably larger size and by structural details (as of the teeth) b : any of various similar rodents\n2 : a contemptible person: as a : one who betrays or deserts friends or associates b : SCAB 3b c : INFORMER 2\n3 : a pad over which a woman’s hair is arranged\n4 : a person who spends much time especially idly in a specified place <a mall rat>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to betray, desert, or inform on one’s associates usually used with on\n2 : to catch or hunt rats\n3 : to work as a scab\ntransitive senses : to give (hair) the effect of greater quantity by use of a rat


Words: ratchet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a mechanism that consists of a bar or wheel having inclined teeth into which a pawl drops so that motion can be imparted to the wheel or bar, governed, or prevented and that is used in a hand tool (as a wrench or screwdriver) to allow effective motion in one direction only\n2 : a pawl or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to cause to move by steps or degrees usually used with up or down <tried to ratchet down the debt>\nintransitive senses : to proceed by steps or degrees


Words: rate
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to rebuke angrily or violently\n2 obsolete : to drive away by scolding\nintransitive senses : to voice angry reprimands\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : reckoned value : VALUATION b obsolete : ESTIMATION\n2 obsolete : a fixed quantity\n3 a : a fixed ratio between two things b : a charge, payment, or price fixed according to a ratio, scale, or standard: as (1) : a charge per unit of a public-service commodity (2) : a charge per unit of freight or passenger service (3) : a unit charge or ratio used by a government for assessing property taxes (4) British : a local tax\n4 a : a quantity, amount, or degree of something measured per unit of something else b : an amount of payment or charge based on another amount; specifically : the amount of premium per unit of insurance\n5 : relative condition or quality : CLASS\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 obsolete : ALLOT\n2 a : to set an estimate on : VALUE, ESTEEM <black is rated very high this season> b : to determine or assign the relative rank or class of : GRADE <rate a seaman> c : to estimate the normal capacity or power of\n3 : CONSIDER, REGARD <was rated an excellent pianist>\n4 : to fix the amount of premium to be charged per unit of insurance on\n5 : to have a right to : DESERVE <she rated special privileges>\nintransitive senses : to enjoy a status of special privilege <really rates with the boss>


Words: rather
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : with better reason or more propriety : more properly <this you should pity rather than despise Shakespeare>\n2 : more readily or willingly : PREFERABLY <I’d rather not go> <would rather read than watch television> often used interjectionally to express affirmation\n3 : more correctly speaking <my father, or rather my stepfather>\n4 : to the contrary : INSTEAD <was no better but rather grew worse Mark 5:26 (Revised Standard Version)>\n5 : in some degree : SOMEWHAT <it’s rather warm> often used as a mild intensive <spent rather a lot of money>


Words: rating
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a classification according to grade; specifically : a military or naval specialist classification\n2 chiefly British : a naval enlisted man\n3 a : relative estimate or evaluation : STANDING <the school has a good academic rating> b : an estimate of an individual’s or business’s credit and responsibility c : an estimate of the percentage of the public listening to or viewing a particular radio or television program\n4 : a stated operating limit of a machine expressible in power units (as kilowatts of a direct-current generator) or in characteristics (as voltage)


Words: ratio
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the indicated quotient of two mathematical expressions b : the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things : PROPORTION\n2 : the expression of the relative values of gold and silver as determined by a country’s currency laws


Words: ration
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a food allowance for one day b plural : FOOD, PROVISIONS\n2 : a share especially as determined by supply\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to supply with or put on rations\n2 a : to distribute as rations often used with out b : to distribute equitably c : to use sparingly


Words: rational
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having reason or understanding b : relating to, based on, or agreeable to reason : REASONABLE <a rational explanation> <rational behavior>\n2 : involving only multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction and only a finite number of times\n3 : relating to, consisting of, or being one or more rational numbers <a rational root of an equation>\n\n<2> noun\n: something rational; specifically : RATIONAL NUMBER


Words: rationale
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena\n2 : an underlying reason : BASIS


Words: rationalism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : reliance on reason as the basis for establishment of religious truth\n2 a : a theory that reason is in itself a source of knowledge superior to and independent of sense perceptions b : a view that reason and experience rather than the nonrational are the fundamental criteria in the solution of problems\n3 : FUNCTIONALISM


Words: rationality
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being rational\n2 : the quality or state of being agreeable to reason : REASONABLENESS\n3 : a rational opinion, belief, or practice usually used in plural


Words: rationalize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to free (a mathematical expression) from irrational parts <rationalize a denominator>\n2 : to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: as a : to substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of <rationalize a myth> b : to attribute (one’s actions) to rational and creditable motives without analysis of true and especially unconscious motives <rationalized his dislike of his brother>\n3 : to apply the principles of scientific management to (as an industry or its operations) for a desired result (as increased efficiency)\nintransitive senses : to provide plausible but untrue reasons for conduct


Words: ratline
Meaning:
noun\n: any of the small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds of a ship so as to form the steps of a rope ladder usually used in plural


Words: rattan
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a rattan cane or switch\n2 a : a climbing palm (especially of the genera Calamus and Daemonorops) with very long tough stems b : a part of the stem of a rattan used especially for walking sticks and wickerwork


Words: rattle
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a rapid succession of short sharp noises <the windows rattled in the wind>\n2 : to chatter incessantly and aimlessly\n3 : to move with a clatter or rattle; also : to be or move about in a place or station too large or grand <rattled around the big old house>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to say, perform, or affect in a brisk lively fashion <rattled off four magnificent backhands Kim Chapin>\n2 : to cause to make a rattling sound\n3 : ROUSE; specifically : to beat (a cover) for game\n4 : to upset to the point of loss of poise and composure\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a device that produces a rattle; specifically : a case containing pellets used as a baby’s toy b : the sound-producing organ on a rattlesnake’s tail\n2 a : a rapid succession of sharp clattering sounds b : NOISE, RACKET\n3 : a throat noise caused by air passing through mucus and heard especially at the approach of death\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to furnish with ratlines


Words: rattlesnake
Meaning:
noun\n: any of the American pit vipers comprising two genera (Crotalus and Sistrurus) and having horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail that make a sharp rattling sound when shaken


Words: rattling
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : LIVELY, BRISK <moved at a rattling pace>\n2 : extraordinarily good : SPLENDID\n\n<2> adverb\n: to an extreme degree : VERY <a rattling good argument E. A. Betts>


Words: raucous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : disagreeably harsh or strident : HOARSE <raucous voices>\n2 : boisterously disorderly <a raucous frontier town Truman Capote>


Words: rauwolfia
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a large pantropical genus (Rauvolfia syn. Rauwolfia) of somewhat poisonous trees and shrubs of the dogbane family that yield emetic and purgative substances\n2 : a medicinal extract from the root of an Asian rauwolfia (Rauvolfia serpentina) used in the treatment of hypertension and mental disorders


Words: ravage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act or practice of ravaging\n2 : damage resulting from ravaging : violently destructive effect <the ravages of time>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to wreak havoc on : affect destructively\nintransitive senses : to commit destructive actions


Words: rave
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium b : to speak out wildly c : to talk with extreme enthusiasm <raved about its beauty>\n2 : to move or advance violently : STORM <the iced gusts still rave and beat John Keats>\ntransitive senses : to utter in madness or frenzy\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or instance of raving\n2 : an extravagantly favorable criticism <the play received the critics’ raves>


Words: ravel
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to separate or undo the texture of : UNRAVEL b : to undo the intricacies of : DISENTANGLE\n2 : ENTANGLE, CONFUSE\nintransitive senses\n1 obsolete : to become entangled or confused\n2 : to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : FRAY\n3 : BREAK UP, CRUMBLE\n\n<2> noun\n: an act or result of raveling: as a : something tangled b : something raveled out; specifically : a loose thread


Words: raven
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a large glossy black corvine bird (Corvus corax) of Europe, Asia, northern Africa, and America\n\n<2> adjective\n: shiny and black like a raven’s feathers <raven hair>\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to devour greedily\n2 : DESPOIL <men raven the earth, destroying its resources New Yorker>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to feed greedily\n2 : to prowl for food : PREY\n3 : PLUNDER


Words: ravenous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : RAPACIOUS <ravenous wolves>\n2 : very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification <a ravenous appetite>


Words: ravine
Meaning:
noun\n: a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water


Words: ravioli
Meaning:
noun\n: pasta in the form of little cases of dough containing a savory filling (as of meat or cheese)


Words: ravish
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to seize and take away by violence b : to overcome with emotion (as joy or delight) <ravished by the scenic beauty> c : RAPE 2\n2 : PLUNDER, ROB


Words: raw
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : not cooked\n2 a (1) : being in or nearly in the natural state : not processed or purified <raw fibers> <raw sewage> (2) : not diluted or blended <raw spirits> b : unprepared or imperfectly prepared for use c : not being in polished, finished, or processed form <raw data> <a raw draft of a thesis>\n3 a (1) : having the surface abraded or chafed (2) : very irritated <a raw sore throat> b : lacking covering : NAKED c : not protected : susceptible to hurt <raw emotions>\n4 a : lacking experience or understanding : GREEN <a raw recruit> b (1) : marked by absence of refinements (2) : VULGAR, COARSE c : not tempered : UNBRIDLED <raw power>\n5 : disagreeably damp or cold\n\n<2> noun\n: a raw place or state


Words: rawboned
Meaning:
adjective\n: relatively thin with prominent bone structure; also : heavy-framed and rugged but not attractively built


Words: ray
Meaning:
noun\n: any of an order (Rajiformes) of cartilaginous fishes (as stingrays and skates) having the body flattened dorsoventrally, the eyes on the upper surface, and enlarged pectoral fins fused with the head


Words: rayon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a group of smooth textile fibers made from regenerated cellulose by extrusion through minute holes\n2 : a rayon yarn, thread, or fabric


Words: raze
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a archaic : ERASE b : to scrape, cut, or shave off\n2 : to destroy to the ground : DEMOLISH


Words: re-
Meaning:
prefix\n1 : again : anew <retell>\n2 : back : backward <recall>\nreaccelerate reaccept reaccession reacclimatize reaccredit reaccreditation reacquaint reacquire reacquisition reactivate reactivation readdress readjust readjustment readmission readmit readopt reaffirm reaffirmation reaffix reallocate reallocation reanalysis reanalyze reanimate reanimation reannex reannexation reappear reappearance reapplication reapply reappoint reappointment reappraisal reappraise reappropriate reapprove reargue reargument rearousal rearouse rearrange rearrangement rearrest rearticulate reascend reascent reassemblage reassemble reassembly reassert reassertion reassess reassessment reassign reassignment reassume reattach reattachment reattain reattempt reattribute reattribution reauthorization reauthorize reawaken rebait rebalance rebaptism rebaptize rebegin rebid rebind reblend rebloom reboard reboil rebook reboot rebore rebottle rebreed reburial rebury rebuy recalculate recalculation recalibrate recalibration recentralization recentrifuge recertification recertify rechallenge rechannel r\necharter recheck rechoreograph rechristen re*Christianize rechromatograph rechromatography recirculate recirculation reclad reclassification reclassify reclothe recock recodification recodify recolonization recolonize recolor recombine recommence recommencement recommission recompilation recompile recomputation recompute reconceive reconcentrate reconcentration reconception reconceptualization reconceptualize recondense reconfiguration reconfigure reconnect reconnection reconquer reconquest reconsecrate reconsecration reconsolidate recontact recontaminate recontamination recontextualize recontour reconvene\nreconversion reconvert reconvict reconviction reconvince recopy recork recross recultivate redate rededicate rededication redefect redeliver redelivery redeposit redetermination redetermine redigestion rediscover rediscovery rediscuss redisplay redispose redisposition redissolve redistill redistillation redivide redivision redon redraft redraw re


Words: reach
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to stretch out : EXTEND b : THRUST\n2 a : to touch or grasp by extending a part of the body (as a hand) or an object <couldn’t reach the apple> b : to pick up and draw toward one : TAKE c (1) : to extend to <the shadow reached the wall> (2) : to get up to or as far as : come to <your letter reached me yesterday> <his voice reached the last rows> <they hoped to reach an agreement> d (1) : ENCOMPASS (2) : to make an impression on (3) : to communicate with\n3 : to hand over : PASS\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to make a stretch with or as if with one’s hand b : to strain after something\n2 a : PROJECT, EXTEND <his land reaches to the river> b : to arrive at or come to something <as far as the eye could reach>\n3 : to sail on a reach\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a continuous stretch or expanse; especially : a straight portion of a stream or river\n2 a (1) : the action or an act of reaching (2) : an individual part of a progression or journey b (1) : a reachable distance <within reach> (2) : ability to reach <had a long reach> c : an extent or range especially of knowledge or comprehension\n3 : a bearing shaft or coupling pole; especially : the rod joining the hind axle to the forward bolster of a wagon\n4 : the tack sailed by a ship with the wind coming just forward of the beam or with the wind directly abeam or abaft the beam\n5 : ECHELON, LEVEL usually used in plural <the higher reaches of academic life>


Words: react
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to exert a reciprocal or counteracting force or influence often used with on or upon\n2 : to respond to a stimulus\n3 : to act in opposition to a force or influence usually used with against\n4 : to move or tend in a reverse direction\n5 : to undergo chemical reaction\ntransitive senses : to cause to react


Words: reaction
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act or process or an instance of reacting b : resistance or opposition to a force, influence, or movement; especially : tendency toward a former and usually outmoded political or social order or policy\n2 : a response to some treatment, situation, or stimulus <her stunned reaction to the news>; also : such a response expressed verbally <critical reaction to the play>\n3 : bodily response to or activity aroused by a stimulus: a : an action induced by vital resistance to another action; especially : the response of tissues to a foreign substance (as an antigen or infective agent) b : depression or exhaustion due to excessive exertion or stimulation c : heightened activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock d : a mental or emotional disorder forming an individual’s response to his or her life situation\n4 : the force that a body subjected to the action of a force from another body exerts in the opposite direction\n5 a (1) : chemical transformation or change : the interaction of chemical entities (2) : the state resulting from such a reaction b : a process involving change in atomic nuclei


Words: reactionary
Meaning:
adjective\n: relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction; especially : ultraconservative in politics


Words: reactive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or marked by reaction or reactance\n2 a : readily responsive to a stimulus b : occurring as a result of stress or emotional upset <reactive depression>


Words: reactor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that reacts\n2 : a device (as a coil, winding, or conductor of small resistance) used to introduce reactance into an alternating-current circuit\n3 a : a vat for an industrial chemical reaction b : a device for the controlled release of nuclear energy (as for producing heat)


Words: read
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to receive or take in the sense of (as letters or symbols) especially by sight or touch (2) : to study the movements of (as lips) with mental formulation of the communication expressed (3) : to utter aloud the printed or written words of <read them a story> b : to learn from what one has seen or found in writing or printing c : to deliver aloud by or as if by reading; specifically : to utter interpretively d (1) : to become acquainted with or look over the contents of (as a book) (2) : to make a study of <read law> (3) : to read the works of e : to check (as copy or proof) for errors f (1) : to receive and understand (a voice message) by radio (2) : UNDERSTAND, COMPREHEND\n2 a : to interpret the meaning or significance of <read palms> b : FORETELL, PREDICT <able to read his fortune>\n3 : to recognize or interpret as if by reading: as a : to learn the nature of by observing outward expression or signs <reads him like a book> b : to note the action or characteristics of in order to anticipate what will happen <a good canoeist reads the rapids> <a golfer reading a green>; also : to predict the movement of (a putt) by reading a green c : to anticipate by observation of an opponent’s position or movement <read a blitz>\n4 a : to attribute a meaning to (as something read) : INTERPRET <how do you read this passage> b : to attribute (a meaning) to something read or considered <read a nonexistent meaning into her words>\n5 : to use as a substitute for or in preference to another word or phrase in a particular passage, text, or version <read hurry for harry> often used to introduce a clarifying substitute for a euphemistic or misleading word or phrase <a friendly, read nosy, coworker>\n6 : INDICATE <the thermometer reads zero>\n7 : to interpret (a musical work) in performance\n8 a : to acquire (information) from storage; especially : to sense the meaning of (data) in recorded and coded form used of a computer or data processor b : to read the coded information on (as a floppy disk)\nintransitive se


Words: reading
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of reading\n2 a : material read or for reading b : extent of material read\n3 a : a particular version b : data indicated by an instrument\n4 a : a particular interpretation of something (as a law) b : a particular performance of something (as a musical work)\n5 : an indication of a certain state of affairs <a study to get some reading of shoppers’ preferences>


Words: ready
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : prepared mentally or physically for some experience or action b : prepared for immediate use <dinner is ready>\n2 a : willingly disposed : INCLINED <ready to agree to his proposal> b : likely to do something indicated <a house that looks ready to collapse>\n3 : displayed readily and spontaneously <a ready wit>\n4 : immediately available <had ready cash>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make ready


Words: reagent
Meaning:
noun\n: a substance used (as in detecting or measuring a component, in preparing a product, or in developing photographs) because of its chemical or biological activity


Words: real
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to fixed, permanent, or immovable things (as lands or tenements)\n2 a : not artificial, fraudulent, illusory, or apparent : GENUINE <real gold>; also : being precisely what the name implies <a real professional> b (1) : occurring in fact <a story of real life> (2) : of or relating to practical or everyday concerns or activities <left school to live in the real world> (3) : existing as a physical entity and having properties that deviate from an ideal, law, or standard <a real gas> compare IDEAL 3b c : having objective independent existence <unable to believe that what he saw was real> d : FUNDAMENTAL, ESSENTIAL e (1) : belonging to or having elements or components that belong to the set of real numbers <the real roots of an equation> <a real matrix> (2) : concerned with or containing real numbers <real analysis> (3) : REAL-VALUED <real variable> f : measured by purchasing power <real income> <real dollars> g : COMPLETE, UTTER <a real fiasco>\n3 of a particle : capable of being detected compare VIRTUAL 3\n\n<2> noun\n: a real thing; especially : a mathematically real quantity\n\n<3> adverb\n: VERY <he was real cool H. M. McLuhan>\n\n<4> noun\n: a former monetary unit and coin of Spain and its possessions\n\n<5> noun\n1 : a former monetary unit and coin of Portugal\n2 see MONEY table


Words: realism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary\n2 a : a doctrine that universals exist outside the mind; specifically : the conception that an abstract term names an independent and unitary reality b : the conception that objects of sense perception or cognition exist independently of the mind compare NOMINALISM\n3 : fidelity in art and literature to nature or to real life and to accurate representation without idealization


Words: reality
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being real\n2 a (1) : a real event, entity, or state of affairs <his dream became a reality> (2) : the totality of real things and events <trying to escape from reality> b : something that is neither derivative nor dependent but exists necessarily


Words: realize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to bring into concrete existence : ACCOMPLISH <finally realized her goal> b : to cause to seem real : make appear real <a book in which the characters are carefully realized>\n2 a : to convert into actual money <realized assets> b : to bring or get by sale, investment, or effort : GAIN\n3 : to conceive vividly as real : be fully aware of <did not realize the risk she was taking>


Words: really
Meaning:
adverb\n1 a : in reality : ACTUALLY <things as they really are> <there was nothing peculiar about her doing this, really Peter Taylor> b : TRULY, UNQUESTIONABLY used as an intensifier <a really beautiful day>\n2 used to emphasize an assertion <you really should read Yeats> <really, you’re being ridiculous>


Words: realm
Meaning:
noun\n1 : KINGDOM 2\n2 : SPHERE, DOMAIN <within the realm of possibility>\n3 : a primary marine or terrestrial biogeographic division of the earth’s surface


Words: ream
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a quantity of paper being 20 quires or variously 480, 500, or 516 sheets\n2 : a great amount usually used in plural\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to widen the opening of (a hole) : COUNTERSINK b (1) : to enlarge or dress out (a hole) with a reamer (2) : to enlarge the bore of (as a gun) in this way c : to remove by reaming\n2 a : to press out with a reamer b : to press out the juice of (as an orange) with a reamer\n3 : CHEAT, VICTIMIZE\n4 : REPRIMAND


Words: reamer
Meaning:
noun\n: one that reams: as a : a rotating finishing tool with cutting edges used to enlarge or shape a hole b : a fruit juice extractor with a ridged and pointed center rising from a shallow dish


Words: reap
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine (2) : to clear of a crop by reaping b : to gather by reaping : HARVEST\n2 : OBTAIN, WIN\nintransitive senses : to reap something


Words: rear
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to erect by building : CONSTRUCT\n2 : to raise upright\n3 a (1) : to breed and raise (an animal) for use or market (2) : BRING UP 1 b : to cause (as plants) to grow\n4 : to cause (a horse) to rise up on the hind legs\nintransitive senses\n1 : to rise high\n2 of a horse : to rise up on the hind legs\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the back part of something: as a : the unit (as of an army) or area farthest from the enemy b : the part of something located opposite its front <the rear of a house> c : BUTTOCKS\n2 : the space or position at the back <moved to the rear>\n\n<3> adjective\n: being at the back\n\n<4> adverb\n: toward or from the rear usually used in combination <a rear-driven car>


Words: rearward
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: REAR; especially : the rear division (as of an army)\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : located at, near, or toward the rear\n2 : directed toward the rear\n\n<3> adverb\n: at, near, or toward the rear : BACKWARD


Words: reason
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a statement offered in explanation or justification <gave reasons that were quite satisfactory> b : a rational ground or motive <a good reason to act soon> c : a sufficient ground of explanation or of logical defense; especially : something (as a principle or law) that supports a conclusion or explains a fact <the reasons behind her client’s action> d : the thing that makes some fact intelligible : CAUSE <the reason for earthquakes> <the real reason why he wanted me to stay Graham Greene>\n2 a (1) : the power of comprehending, inferring, or thinking especially in orderly rational ways : INTELLIGENCE (2) : proper exercise of the mind (3) : SANITY b : the sum of the intellectual powers\n3 archaic : treatment that affords satisfaction\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a obsolete : to take part in conversation, discussion, or argument b : to talk with another so as to influence his actions or opinions <can’t reason with her>\n2 : to use the faculty of reason so as to arrive at conclusions\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to justify or support with reasons\n2 : to persuade or influence by the use of reason\n3 : to discover, formulate, or conclude by the use of reason <a carefully reasoned analysis>


Words: reasonable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : being in accordance with reason <a reasonable theory> b : not extreme or excessive <reasonable requests> c : MODERATE, FAIR <a reasonable chance> <a reasonable price> d : INEXPENSIVE\n2 a : having the faculty of reason b : possessing sound judgment


Words: reassure
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to assure anew <reassured him that the work was on schedule>\n2 : to restore to confidence <felt reassured by their earnest promise to do better>\n3 : REINSURE


Words: rebate
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to reduce the force or activity of : DIMINISH\n2 : to reduce the sharpness of : BLUNT\n3 a : to make a rebate of b : to give a rebate to\nintransitive senses : to give rebates\n\n<2> noun\n: a return of a part of a payment


Words: rebel
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : opposing or taking arms against a government or ruler b : of or relating to rebels <the rebel camp>\n2 : DISOBEDIENT, REBELLIOUS\n\n<2> noun\n: one who rebels or participates in a rebellion\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 a : to oppose or disobey one in authority or control b : to renounce and resist by force the authority of one’s government\n2 a : to act in or show opposition or disobedience <rebelled against the conventions of polite society> b : to feel or exhibit anger or revulsion <rebelled at the injustice of life>


Words: rebellion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : opposition to one in authority or dominance\n2 a : open, armed, and usually unsuccessful defiance of or resistance to an established government b : an instance of such defiance or resistance


Words: rebellious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : given to or engaged in rebellion <rebellious troops> b : of, relating to, or characteristic of a rebel or rebellion <a rebellious speech>\n2 : resisting treatment or management : REFRACTORY


Words: rebirth
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a new or second birth : METEMPSYCHOSIS b : spiritual regeneration\n2 : RENAISSANCE, REVIVAL <a rebirth of nationalism>


Words: rebound
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to spring back on or as if on collision or impact with another body b : to recover from setback or frustration\n2 : REECHO\n3 : to gain possession of a rebound in basketball\ntransitive senses : to cause to rebound\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the action of rebounding : RECOIL b : an upward leap or movement : RECOVERY <a sharp rebound in prices>\n2 a : a basketball or hockey puck that rebounds b : the act or an instance of gaining possession of a basketball rebound <leads the league in rebounds>\n3 : a reaction to setback, frustration, or crisis <on the rebound from an unhappy love affair>


Words: rebuke
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to criticize sharply : REPRIMAND b : to serve as a rebuke to\n2 : to turn back or keep down : CHECK\n\n<2> noun\n: an expression of strong disapproval : REPRIMAND


Words: rebus
Meaning:
noun\n: a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound; also : a riddle made up of such pictures or symbols


Words: rebut
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to drive or beat back : REPEL\n2 a : to contradict or oppose by formal legal argument, plea, or countervailing proof b : to expose the falsity of : REFUTE\nintransitive senses : to make or furnish an answer or counter proof


Words: recalcitrant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : obstinately defiant of authority or restraint\n2 a : difficult to manage or operate b : not responsive to treatment c : RESISTANT <this subject is recalcitrant both to observation and to experiment G. G. Simpson>


Words: recall
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to call back <was recalled to active duty> b : to bring back to mind <recall those early years> c : to remind one of : RESEMBLE <a playwright who recalls the Elizabethan dramatists>\n2 : CANCEL, REVOKE\n3 : RESTORE, REVIVE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a call to return <a recall of workers after a layoff>\n2 : the right or procedure by which an official may be removed by vote of the people\n3 : remembrance of what has been learned or experienced\n4 : the act of revoking\n5 : a public call by a manufacturer for the return of a product that may be defective or contaminated


Words: recant
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : RENOUNCE\n2 : REVOKE\nintransitive senses : to make an open confession of error


Words: recap
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: RECAPITULATION\n\n<2> verb\n: RECAPITULATE\n\n<3> noun\n: RETREAD 1\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: RETREAD


Words: recapitulate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to repeat the principal points or stages of : SUMMARIZE\nintransitive senses : SUM UP


Words: recede
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 a : to move back or away : WITHDRAW b : to slant backward\n2 : to grow less or smaller : DIMINISH, DECREASE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cede back to a former possessor


Words: receipt
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : RECIPE\n2 a obsolete : RECEPTACLE b archaic : a revenue office\n3 : the act or process of receiving\n4 : something received usually used in plural\n5 : a writing acknowledging the receiving of goods or money\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to give a receipt for or acknowledge the receipt of\n2 : to mark as paid


Words: receive
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to come into possession of : ACQUIRE <receive a gift>\n2 a : to act as a receptacle or container for <the cistern receives water from the roof> b : to assimilate through the mind or senses <receive new ideas>\n3 a : to permit to enter : ADMIT b : WELCOME, GREET c : to react to in a specified manner\n4 : to accept as authoritative, true, or accurate : BELIEVE\n5 a : to support the weight or pressure of : BEAR b : to take (a mark or impression) from the weight of something <some clay receives clear impressions> c : ACQUIRE, EXPERIENCE <received his early schooling at home> d : to suffer the hurt or injury of <received a broken nose>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be a recipient\n2 : to be at home to visitors <receives on Tuesdays>\n3 : to convert incoming radio waves into perceptible signals\n4 : to prepare to take possession of the ball from a kick in football


Words: receiver
Meaning:
noun\n: one that receives: as a : TREASURER b (1) : a person appointed to hold in trust and administer property under litigation (2) : a person appointed to settle the affairs of a business involving a public interest or to manage a corporation during reorganization c : one that receives stolen goods : FENCE d : a device for converting signals (as electromagnetic waves) into audio or visual form: as (1) : a device in a telephone for converting electric impulses or varying current into sound (2) : a radio receiver with a tuner and amplifier on one chassis e (1) : CATCHER (2) : a member of the offensive team in football eligible to catch a forward pass


Words: recent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having lately come into existence : NEW, FRESH b : of or relating to a time not long past\n2 capitalized : HOLOCENE


Words: receptacle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that receives and contains something : CONTAINER\n2 New Latin receptaculum, from Latin a : the end of the flower stalk upon which the floral organs are borne b : a modified branch bearing sporangia in a cryptogamous plant\n3 : a mounted female electrical fitting that contains the live parts of the circuit


Words: reception
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or action or an instance of receiving: as a : RECEIPT <the reception and distribution of funds> b : ADMISSION <reception into the church> c : RESPONSE, REACTION <the play met with a mixed reception> d : the receiving of a radio or television broadcast e : the catching of a forward pass by a receiver\n2 : a social gathering often for the purpose of extending a formal welcome


Words: receptive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : able or inclined to receive; especially : open and responsive to ideas, impressions, or suggestions\n2 a of a sensory end organ : fit to receive and transmit stimuli b : SENSORY


Words: receptor
Meaning:
noun\n: RECEIVER: as a : a cell or group of cells that receives stimuli : SENSE ORGAN b : a chemical group or molecule (as a protein) on the cell surface or in the cell interior that has an affinity for a specific chemical group, molecule, or virus


Words: recess
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the action of receding : RECESSION\n2 : a hidden, secret, or secluded place or part\n3 a : INDENTATION, CLEFT <a deep recess in the hill> b : ALCOVE <a recess lined with books>\n4 : a suspension of business or procedure often for rest or relaxation <children playing at recess>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to put into a recess <recessed lighting>\n2 : to make a recess in\n3 : to interrupt for a recess\nintransitive senses : to take a recess


Words: recession
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act or action of receding : WITHDRAWAL\n2 : a departing procession (as of clergy and choir at the end of a church service)\n3 : a period of reduced economic activity\n\n<2> noun\n: the act of ceding back to a former possessor


Words: recessional
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of or relating to a withdrawal\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a hymn or musical piece at the conclusion of a service or program\n2 : 1RECESSION 2


Words: recessive
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : tending to recede b : WITHDRAWN 2\n2 a : producing little or no phenotypic effect when occurring in heterozygous condition with a contrasting allele <recessive genes> b : expressed only when the determining gene is in the homozygous condition <recessive traits>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an organism possessing one or more recessive characters\n2 : a recessive character or gene


Words: recipe
Meaning:
noun\n1 : PRESCRIPTION 4a\n2 : a set of instructions for making something from various ingredients\n3 : a formula or procedure for doing or attaining something <a recipe for success>


Words: reciprocal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : inversely related : OPPOSITE b : of, constituting, or resulting from paired crosses in which the kind that supplies the male parent of the first cross supplies the female parent of the second cross and vice versa\n2 : shared, felt, or shown by both sides\n3 : serving to reciprocate : consisting of or functioning as a return in kind <the reciprocal devastation of nuclear war>\n4 a : mutually corresponding <agreed to extend reciprocal privileges to each other’s citizens> b : marked by or based on reciprocity <reciprocal trade agreements>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something in a reciprocal relationship to another\n2 : either of a pair of numbers (as 23 and 32 or 9 and 19) whose product is one; broadly : MULTIPLICATIVE INVERSE


Words: reciprocate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give and take mutually\n2 : to return in kind or degree <reciprocate a compliment gracefully>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a return for something <we hope to reciprocate for your kindness>\n2 : to move forward and backward alternately <a reciprocating valve>


Words: reciprocity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being reciprocal : mutual dependence, action, or influence\n2 : a mutual exchange of privileges; specifically : a recognition by one of two countries or institutions of the validity of licenses or privileges granted by the other


Words: recital
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a detailed account : ENUMERATION <a recital of names and dates> b : the act or process or an instance of reciting c : DISCOURSE, NARRATION <a colorful recital of a night on the town>\n2 a : a concert given by an individual musician or dancer or by a dance troupe b : a public exhibition of skill given by music or dance pupils


Words: recitation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of enumerating <a recitation of relevant details>\n2 : the act or an instance of reading or repeating aloud especially publicly\n3 a : a student’s oral reply to questions b : a class period especially in association with and for review of a lecture


Words: recite
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly\n2 a : to relate in full <recites dull anecdotes> b : to give a recital of : DETAIL <recited a catalog of offenses>\n3 : to repeat or answer questions about (a lesson)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to repeat or read aloud something memorized or prepared\n2 : to reply to a teacher’s question on a lesson


Words: reckless
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by lack of proper caution : careless of consequences\n2 : IRRESPONSIBLE <reckless charges>


Words: reckon
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : COUNT <reckon the days till Christmas> b : ESTIMATE, COMPUTE <reckon the height of a building> c : to determine by reference to a fixed basis <the existence of the U.S. is reckoned from the Declaration of Independence>\n2 : to regard or think of as : CONSIDER\n3 chiefly dialect : THINK, SUPPOSE <I reckon I’ve outlived my time Ellen Glasgow>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to settle accounts\n2 : to make a calculation\n3 a : JUDGE b chiefly dialect : SUPPOSE, THINK\n4 : to accept something as certain : place reliance <I reckon on your promise to help>


Words: reckoning
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or an instance of reckoning: as a : ACCOUNT, BILL b : COMPUTATION c : calculation of a ship’s position\n2 : a settling of accounts <day of reckoning>\n3 : a summing up


Words: reclaim
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to recall from wrong or improper conduct : REFORM b : TAME, SUBDUE\n2 a : to rescue from an undesirable state b : to make available for human use by changing natural conditions <reclaim swampland>\n3 : to obtain from a waste product or by-product : RECOVER\n4 a : to demand or obtain the return of b : to regain possession of


Words: recline
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to cause or permit to incline backwards\nintransitive senses\n1 : to lean or incline backwards\n2 : REPOSE, LIE


Words: recluse
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: marked by withdrawal from society : SOLITARY\n\n<2> noun\n: a person who leads a secluded or solitary life


Words: recognition
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the action of recognizing : the state of being recognized: as a : ACKNOWLEDGMENT; especially : formal acknowledgment of the political existence of a government or nation b : knowledge or feeling that someone or something present has been encountered before\n2 : special notice or attention\n3 : the sensing and encoding of printed or written data by a machine <optical character recognition> <magnetic ink character recognition>


Words: recognizance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an obligation of record entered into before a court or magistrate requiring the performance of an act (as appearance in court) usually under penalty of a money forfeiture <released on his own recognizance> b : the sum liable to forfeiture upon such an obligation\n2 archaic : TOKEN, PLEDGE


Words: recognize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to acknowledge formally: as a : to admit as being lord or sovereign b : to admit as being of a particular status c : to admit as being one entitled to be heard : give the floor to d : to acknowledge the de facto existence or the independence of\n2 : to acknowledge or take notice of in some definite way: as a : to acknowledge with a show of appreciation <recognize an act of bravery with the award of a medal> b : to acknowledge acquaintance with <recognize a neighbor with a nod>\n3 a : to perceive to be something or someone previously known <recognized the word> b : to perceive clearly : REALIZE


Words: recoil
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 a : to fall back under pressure b : to shrink back physically or emotionally\n2 : to spring back to or as if to a starting point : REBOUND\n3 obsolete : DEGENERATE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act or action of recoiling; especially : the kickback of a gun upon firing\n2 : REACTION <the recoil from the rigors of Calvinism Edmund Wilson>


Words: recoilless
Meaning:
adjective\n: venting expanding propellant gas before recoil is produced <recoilless rifle> <recoilless airgun>


Words: recollect
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to bring back to the level of conscious awareness : REMEMBER <trying to recollect the name>\n2 : to remind (oneself) of something temporarily forgotten\nintransitive senses : to call something to mind


Words: recollection
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : tranquillity of mind b : religious contemplation\n2 a : the action or power of recalling to mind b : something recalled to the mind


Words: recommend
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to present as worthy of acceptance or trial <recommended the medicine> b : to endorse as fit, worthy, or competent <recommends her for the position>\n2 : ENTRUST, COMMIT <recommended his soul to God>\n3 : to make acceptable <has other points to recommend it>\n4 : ADVISE <recommend that the matter be dropped>


Words: recommendation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act of recommending b : something (as a procedure) recommended\n2 : something that recommends or expresses commendation


Words: recompense
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to give something to by way of compensation (as for a service rendered or damage incurred) b : to pay for\n2 : to return in kind : REQUITE\n\n<2> noun\n: an equivalent or a return for something done, suffered, or given : COMPENSATION <offered in recompense for injuries>


Words: reconcile
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to restore to friendship or harmony <reconciled the factions> b : SETTLE, RESOLVE <reconcile differences>\n2 : to make consistent or congruous <reconcile an ideal with reality>\n3 : to cause to submit to or accept something unpleasant <was reconciled to hardship>\n4 a : to check (a financial account) against another for accuracy b : to account for\nintransitive senses : to become reconciled


Words: recondite
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : hidden from sight : CONCEALED\n2 : difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : DEEP <a recondite subject>\n3 : of, relating to, or dealing with something little known or obscure <recondite fact about the origin of the holiday Floyd Dell>


Words: reconnaissance
Meaning:
noun\n: a preliminary survey to gain information; especially : an exploratory military survey of enemy territory


Words: reconnoiter
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to make a reconnaissance of\nintransitive senses : to engage in reconnaissance


Words: reconsider
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to consider again especially with a view to changing or reversing\nintransitive senses : to consider something again


Words: reconstitute
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to constitute again or anew; especially : to restore to a former condition by adding water


Words: reconstruct
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to construct again: as a : to establish or assemble again b : to build up again mentally : RE-CREATE <reconstructing a lost civilization>


Words: reconstruction
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the action of reconstructing : the state of being reconstructed b often capitalized : the reorganization and reestablishment of the seceded states in the Union after the American Civil War\n2 : something reconstructed


Words: record
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to set down in writing : furnish written evidence of (2) : to deposit an authentic official copy of <record a deed> b : to state for or as if for the record <voted in favor but recorded certain reservations> c (1) : to register permanently by mechanical means <earthquake shocks recorded by a seismograph> (2) : INDICATE, READ <the thermometer recorded 90*>\n2 : to give evidence of\n3 : to cause (as sound, visual images, or data) to be registered on something (as a disc or magnetic tape) in reproducible form\nintransitive senses : to record something\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the state or fact of being recorded\n2 : something that records: as a : something that recalls or relates past events b : an official document that records the acts of a public body or officer c : an authentic official copy of a document deposited with a legally designated officer d : the official copy of the papers used in a law case\n3 a (1) : a body of known or recorded facts about something or someone especially with reference to a particular sphere of activity that often forms a discernible pattern <a good academic record> <a liberal voting record> (2) : a collection of related items of information (as in a database) treated as a unit b (1) : an attested top performance (2) : an unsurpassed statistic\n4 : something on which sound or visual images have been recorded; specifically : a disc with a spiral groove carrying recorded sound for phonograph reproduction\n\n<3> adjective\n: of, relating to, or being one that is extraordinary among or surpasses others of its kind


Words: recorder
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the chief judicial magistrate of some British cities and boroughs b : a municipal judge with criminal jurisdiction of first instance and sometimes limited civil jurisdiction\n2 : one that records\n3 : any of a group of wind instruments ranging from soprano to bass that are characterized by a conical tube, a whistle mouthpiece, and eight finger holes


Words: recount
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to relate in detail : NARRATE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to count again\n\n<3> noun\n: a second or fresh count


Words: recoup
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to get an equivalent for (as losses) : make up for b : REIMBURSE, COMPENSATE <recoup a person for losses>\n2 : REGAIN <an attempt to recoup his fortune>\nintransitive senses : to make good or make up for something lost; also : RECUPERATE


Words: recourse
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a turning to someone or something for help or protection b : a source of help or strength : RESORT\n2 : the right to demand payment from the maker or endorser of a negotiable instrument (as a check)


Words: recover
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to get back : REGAIN\n2 a : to bring back to normal position or condition <stumbled, then recovered himself> b archaic : RESCUE\n3 a : to make up for <recover increased costs through higher prices> b : to gain by legal process\n4 archaic : REACH\n5 : to find or identify again <recover a comet>\n6 a : to obtain from an ore, a waste product, or a by-product b : to save from loss and restore to usefulness : RECLAIM\nintransitive senses\n1 : to regain a normal position or condition (as of health) <recovering from a cold>\n2 : to obtain a final legal judgment in one’s favor


Words: recreant
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : crying for mercy : COWARDLY\n2 : unfaithful to duty or allegiance\n\n<2> noun\n1 : COWARD\n2 : APOSTATE, DESERTER


Words: recreate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to give new life or freshness to : REFRESH\nintransitive senses : to take recreation


Words: recreation
Meaning:
noun\n: refreshment of strength and spirits after work; also : a means of refreshment or diversion : HOBBY


Words: recruit
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to fill up the number of (as an army) with new members : REINFORCE (2) : to enlist as a member of an armed service b : to increase or maintain the number of <America recruited her population from Europe> c : to secure the services of : ENGAGE, HIRE d : to seek to enroll <recruit students>\n2 : REPLENISH\n3 : to restore or increase the health, vigor, or intensity of\nintransitive senses : to enlist new members\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a fresh or additional supply\n2 : a newcomer to a field or activity; specifically : a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces\n3 : a former enlisted man of the lowest rank in the army


Words: rectangle
Meaning:
noun\n: a parallelogram all of whose angles are right angles; especially : one with adjacent sides of unequal length


Words: rectify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to set right : REMEDY\n2 : to purify (as alcohol) especially by repeated or fractional distillation\n3 : to correct by removing errors : ADJUST <rectify the calendar>\n4 : to make (an alternating current) unidirectional


Words: rectilinear
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : moving in or forming a straight line <rectilinear motion>\n2 : characterized by straight lines <the rectilinear skyline of a modern city>\n3 : PERPENDICULAR 3


Words: rectitude
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being straight\n2 : moral integrity : RIGHTEOUSNESS\n3 : the quality or state of being correct in judgment or procedure


Words: recto
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the side of a leaf (as of a manuscript) that is to be read first\n2 : a right-hand page compare VERSO


Words: rector
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that directs : LEADER\n2 a : a clergyman (as of the Protestant Episcopal Church) in charge of a parish b : an incumbent of a Church of England benefice in full possession of its rights c : a Roman Catholic priest directing a church with no pastor or one whose pastor has other duties\n3 : the head of a university or school


Words: recumbent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : suggestive of repose : LEANING, RESTING b : lying down\n2 : representing a person lying down <a recumbent statue>


Words: recuperate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to get back : REGAIN\nintransitive senses : to regain a former state or condition; especially : to recover health or strength


Words: recur
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to have recourse : RESORT\n2 : to go back in thought or discourse\n3 a : to come up again for consideration b : to come again to mind\n4 : to occur again after an interval : occur time after time


Words: red
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of the color red b : having red as a distinguishing color\n2 a (1) : flushed especially with anger or embarrassment (2) : RUDDY, FLORID (3) : being or having skin of a coppery hue b : BLOODSHOT <eyes red from crying> c : in the color range between a moderate orange and russet or bay d : tinged with red : REDDISH\n3 : heated to redness : GLOWING\n4 a : inciting or endorsing radical social or political change especially by force b often capitalized : COMMUNIST c often capitalized : of or relating to a communist country and especially to the U.S.S.R.\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a color whose hue resembles that of blood or of the ruby or is that of the long-wave extreme of the visible spectrum\n2 : red clothing <the lady in red>\n3 : one that is of a red or reddish color: as a : RED WINE b : an animal with a red or reddish coat\n4 a : a pigment or dye that colors red b : a shade or tint of red\n5 a : one who advocates the violent overthrow of an existing social or political order b capitalized : COMMUNIST\n6 from the bookkeeping practice of entering debit items in red ink : the condition of showing a loss usually used with the <in the red> compare BLACK\n\n<3> abbreviation\nreduce, reduction


Words: redbreast
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a bird (as a robin) with a reddish breast\n2 : a reddish-bellied sunfish (Lepomis auritus) of the eastern U.S. called also red-breasted bream


Words: redden
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to make red or reddish\nintransitive senses : to become red; especially : BLUSH


Words: redeem
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to buy back : REPURCHASE b : to get or win back\n2 : to free from what distresses or harms: as a : to free from captivity by payment of ransom b : to extricate from or help to overcome something detrimental c : to release from blame or debt : CLEAR d : to free from the consequences of sin\n3 : to change for the better : REFORM\n4 : REPAIR, RESTORE\n5 a : to free from a lien by payment of an amount secured thereby b (1) : to remove the obligation of by payment <the U.S. Treasury redeems savings bonds on demand> (2) : to exchange for something of value <redeem trading stamps> c : to make good : FULFILL\n6 a : to atone for : EXPIATE b (1) : to offset the bad effect of (2) : to make worthwhile : RETRIEVE


Words: redhead
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person having red hair\n2 : a No. American duck (Aythya americana) resembling the related canvasback but having a shorter bill with a black tip and in the male a brighter reddish head


Words: redistrict
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to divide anew into districts; specifically : to revise the legislative districts of\nintransitive senses : to revise legislative districts


Words: redolent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : exuding fragrance : AROMATIC\n2 a : full of a specified fragrance : SCENTED <air redolent of seaweed> b : EVOCATIVE, SUGGESTIVE <a city redolent of antiquity>


Words: redoubt
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a small usually temporary enclosed defensive work b : a defended position : protective barrier\n2 : a secure retreat : STRONGHOLD


Words: redoubtable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : causing fear or alarm : FORMIDABLE\n2 : ILLUSTRIOUS, EMINENT; broadly : worthy of respect


Words: redound
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 archaic : to become swollen : OVERFLOW\n2 : to have an effect for good or ill <new power alignments which may or may not redound to the faculty’s benefit G. W. Bonham>\n3 : to become transferred or added : ACCRUE\n4 : REBOUND, REFLECT


Words: redress
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a (1) : to set right : REMEDY <looked to charity, not to legislation, to redress social wrongs W.R. Inge> (2) : to make up for : COMPENSATE b : to remove the cause of (a grievance or complaint) c : to exact reparation for : AVENGE\n2 archaic a : to requite (a person) for a wrong or loss b : HEAL\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : relief from distress b : means or possibility of seeking a remedy <without redress>\n2 : compensation for wrong or loss : REPARATION\n3 a : an act or instance of redressing b : RETRIBUTION, CORRECTION


Words: reduce
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to draw together or cause to converge : CONSOLIDATE <reduce all the questions to one> b (1) : to diminish in size, amount, extent, or number <reduce taxes> <reduce the likelihood of war> (2) : to decrease the volume and concentrate the flavor of by boiling <add the wine and reduce the sauce for two minutes> c : to narrow down : RESTRICT <the Indians were reduced to small reservations> d : to make shorter : ABRIDGE\n2 archaic : to restore to righteousness : SAVE\n3 : to bring to a specified state or condition <the impact of the movie reduced them to tears>\n4 a : to force to capitulate b : FORCE, COMPEL\n5 a : to bring to a systematic form or character <reduce natural events to laws> b : to put down in written or printed form <reduce an agreement to writing>\n6 : to correct (as a fracture) by bringing displaced or broken parts back into their normal positions\n7 a : to lower in grade or rank : DEMOTE b : to lower in condition or status : DOWNGRADE\n8 a : to diminish in strength or density b : to diminish in value\n9 a (1) : to change the denominations or form of without changing the value (2) : to construct a geometrical figure similar to but smaller than (a given figure) b : to transpose from one form into another : CONVERT c : to change (an expression) to an equivalent but more fundamental expression <reduce a fraction>\n10 : to break down (as by crushing or grinding) : PULVERIZE\n11 a : to bring to the metallic state by removal of nonmetallic elements <reduce an ore by heat> b : DEOXIDIZE c : to combine with or subject to the action of hydrogen d (1) : to change (an element or ion) from a higher to a lower oxidation state (2) : to add one or more electrons to (an atom or ion or molecule)\n12 : to change (a stressed vowel) to an unstressed vowel\nintransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to become diminished or lessened; especially : to lose weight by dieting (2) : to become reduced <ferrous iron reduces to ferric iron> b : to become concentrated or consolidated c : to undergo meiosis\n2 : to become converte


Words: reduction
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of reducing : the state of being reduced\n2 a : something made by reducing b : the amount by which something is reduced\n3 Spanish reducci*n, from Latin reduction-, reductio : a So. American Indian settlement directed by Jesuit missionaries\n4 : MEIOSIS 2; specifically : production of the gametic chromosome number in the first meiotic division


Words: redundancy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of being redundant : SUPERFLUITY b : the use of redundant components; also : such components c chiefly British : dismissal from a job especially by layoff\n2 : PROFUSION, ABUNDANCE\n3 a : superfluous repetition : PROLIXITY b : an act or instance of needless repetition\n4 : the part of a message that can be eliminated without loss of essential information


Words: redundant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : exceeding what is necessary or normal : SUPERFLUOUS b : characterized by or containing an excess; specifically : using more words than necessary c : characterized by similarity or repetition <a group of particularly redundant brick buildings> d chiefly British : no longer needed for a job and hence laid off\n2 : PROFUSE, LAVISH\n3 : serving as a duplicate for preventing failure of an entire system (as a spacecraft) upon failure of a single component


Words: redwood
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various woods yielding a red dye\n2 : a tree that yields a red dyewood or produces red or reddish wood\n3 a : a commercially important coniferous timber tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of the bald cypress family that grows chiefly in coastal California and sometimes reaches a height of 360 feet (110 meters) called also coast redwood b : its brownish red durable wood


Words: reed
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : any of various tall grasses with slender often prominently jointed stems that grow especially in wet areas b : a stem of a reed c : a person or thing too weak to rely on : one easily swayed or overcome\n2 : a growth or mass of reeds; specifically : reeds for thatching\n3 : ARROW\n4 : a wind instrument made from the hollow joint of a plant\n5 : an ancient Hebrew unit of length equal to 6 cubits\n6 a : a thin elastic tongue (as of cane, wood, metal, or plastic) fastened at one end over an air opening in a wind instrument (as a clarinet, organ pipe, or accordion) and set in vibration by an air current b : a woodwind instrument that produces sound by the vibrating of a reed against the mouthpiece <the reeds of an orchestra>\n7 : a device on a loom resembling a comb and used to space warp yarns evenly\n8 : REEDING 1a\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: MILL 2


Words: reef
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a part of a sail taken in or let out in regulating size\n2 : reduction in sail area by reefing\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to reduce the area of (a sail) by rolling or folding a portion\n2 : to lower or bring inboard (a spar) wholly or partially\nintransitive senses : to reduce a sail by taking in a reef\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a chain of rocks or coral or a ridge of sand at or near the surface of water b : a hazardous obstruction\n2 : LODE, VEIN


Words: reefer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that reefs\n2 : a close-fitting usually double-breasted jacket or coat of thick cloth\n\n<2> noun\n1 : REFRIGERATOR\n2 : a refrigerator car, truck, trailer, or ship\n\n<3> noun\n: MARIJUANA 2; also : a marijuana cigarette


Words: reek
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 chiefly dialect : SMOKE\n2 : VAPOR, FOG\n3 : a strong or disagreeable fume or odor\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to emit smoke or vapor\n2 a : to give off or become permeated with a strong or offensive odor b : to give a strong impression of some constituent quality or feature <a neighborhood that reeks of poverty>\n3 : EMANATE\ntransitive senses\n1 : to subject to the action of smoke or vapor\n2 : EXUDE, GIVE OFF <a politician who reeks charm>


Words: reel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a revolvable device on which something flexible is wound: as a : a small windlass at the butt of a fishing rod for the line b chiefly British : a spool or bobbin for sewing thread c : a flanged spool for photographic film; especially : one for motion pictures\n2 : a quantity of something wound on a reel\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to wind on or as if on a reel\n2 : to draw by reeling a line <reel a fish in>\nintransitive senses : to turn a reel\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to turn or move round and round b : to be in a whirl\n2 : to behave in a violent disorderly manner\n3 : to waver or fall back (as from a blow)\n4 : to walk or move unsteadily\ntransitive senses : to cause to reel\n\n<4> noun\n: a reeling motion\n\n<5> noun\n1 : a lively Scottish-Highland dance; also : the music for this dance\n2 : VIRGINIA REEL


Words: reeve
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a local administrative agent of an Anglo-Saxon king\n2 : a medieval English manor officer responsible chiefly for overseeing the discharge of feudal obligations\n3 a : the council president in some Canadian municipalities b : a local official charged with enforcement of specific regulations <deer reeve>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to pass (as a rope) through a hole or opening\n2 : to fasten by passing through a hole or around something\n3 : to pass a rope through\nintransitive senses , of a rope : to pass through a block or similar device\n\n<3> noun\n: the female of the ruff (sandpiper)


Words: refection
Meaning:
noun\n1 : refreshment of mind, spirit, or body; especially : NOURISHMENT\n2 a : the taking of refreshment b : food and drink together : REPAST


Words: refer
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to think of, regard, or classify within a general category or group (2) : to explain in terms of a general cause b : to allot to a particular place, stage, or period c : to regard as coming from or located in a specific area\n2 a : to send or direct for treatment, aid, information, or decision <refer a patient to a specialist> <refer a bill back to a committee> b : to direct for testimony or guaranty as to character or ability\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to have relation or connection : RELATE b : to direct attention usually by clear and specific mention <no one referred to yesterday’s quarrel>\n2 : to have recourse : glance briefly <referred frequently to his notes while speaking>


Words: referee
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one to whom a thing is referred: as a : a person to whom a legal matter is referred for investigation and report or for settlement b : a person who reviews a paper and especially a technical paper and recommends that it should or should not be published c chiefly British : REFERENCE 4a\n2 : a sports official usually having final authority in administering a game\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to conduct (as a match or game) as referee\n2 a : to arbitrate (as a legal matter) as a judge or third party b : to review (as a technical paper) before publication\nintransitive senses : to act as a referee


Words: reference
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act of referring or consulting\n2 : a bearing on a matter : RELATION <in reference to your recent letter>\n3 : something that refers: as a : ALLUSION, MENTION b : something (as a sign or indication) that refers a reader or consulter to another source of information (as a book or passage) c : consultation of sources of information\n4 : one referred to or consulted: as a : a person to whom inquiries as to character or ability can be made b : a statement of the qualifications of a person seeking employment or appointment given by someone familiar with the person c (1) : a source of information (as a book or passage) to which a reader or consulter is referred (2) : a work (as a dictionary or encyclopedia) containing useful facts or information d : DENOTATION, MEANING\n\n<2> adjective\n: used or usable for reference; especially : constituting a standard for measuring or constructing\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 a : to supply with references b : to cite in or as a reference\n2 : to put in a form (as a table) adapted to easy reference


Words: referendum
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative b : a vote on a measure so submitted\n2 : a diplomatic agent’s note asking for government instructions


Words: refill
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to fill again : REPLENISH\nintransitive senses : to become filled again\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a product or a container and a product used to refill the exhausted supply of a device\n2 : something provided again; especially : a second or later filling of a medical prescription


Words: refine
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to free (as metal, sugar, or oil) from impurities or unwanted material\n2 : to free from moral imperfection : ELEVATE\n3 : to improve or perfect by pruning or polishing <refine a poetic style>\n4 : to reduce in vigor or intensity\n5 : to free from what is coarse, vulgar, or uncouth\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become pure or perfected\n2 : to make improvement by introducing subtleties or distinctions


Words: refined
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : FASTIDIOUS, CULTIVATED\n2 : free from impurities\n3 : PRECISE, EXACT <a refined test for radioactivity>


Words: refinement
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the action or process of refining\n2 : the quality or state of being refined : CULTIVATION\n3 a : a refined feature or method b : a highly refined distinction : SUBTLETY c : a contrivance or device intended to improve or perfect


Words: reflect
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to turn into or away from a course : DEFLECT\n2 : to prevent passage of and cause to change direction <a mirror reflects light>\n3 : to bend or fold back\n4 : to give back or exhibit as an image, likeness, or outline : MIRROR <the clouds were reflected in the water>\n5 : to bring or cast as a result <his attitude reflects little credit on his judgment>\n6 : to make manifest or apparent : SHOW <the pulse reflects the condition of the heart>\n7 : REALIZE, CONSIDER\nintransitive senses\n1 : to throw back light or sound\n2 a : to think quietly and calmly b : to express a thought or opinion resulting from reflection\n3 a : to tend to bring reproach or discredit <an investigation that reflects on all the members of the department> b : to bring about a specified appearance or characterization <an act which reflects well on him> c : to have a bearing or influence


Words: reflex
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : reflected heat, light, or color b : a mirrored image c : a copy exact in essential or peculiar features\n2 a : an automatic and often inborn response to a stimulus that involves a nerve impulse passing inward from a receptor to a nerve center and thence outward to an effector (as a muscle or gland) without reaching the level of consciousness compare HABIT b : the process that culminates in a reflex and comprises reception, transmission, and reaction called also reflex action c plural : the power of acting or responding with adequate speed d : a way of thinking or behaving\n3 : a linguistic element (as a word or sound) or system (as writing) that is derived from a prior and especially an older element or system <boat is the reflex of Old English b*t>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : directed back on the mind or its operations : INTROSPECTIVE\n2 : bent, turned, or directed back : REFLECTED <a stem with reflex leaves>\n3 : produced or carried out in reaction, resistance, or return\n4 of an angle : being between 180* and 360*\n5 : of, relating to, or produced by a reflex without intervention of consciousness


Words: reflexive
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : directed or turned back on itself b : marked by or capable of reflection : REFLECTIVE\n2 : of, relating to, characterized by, or being a relation that exists between an entity and itself <the relation \n3 : of, relating to, or constituting an action (as in <he perjured himself>) directed back on the agent or the grammatical subject\n4 : characterized by habitual and unthinking behavior\n\n<2> noun\n: REFLEXIVE PRONOUN


Words: reform
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to put or change into an improved form or condition b : to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults or abuses\n2 : to put an end to (an evil) by enforcing or introducing a better method or course of action\n3 : to induce or cause to abandon evil ways <reform a drunkard>\n4 a : to subject (hydrocarbons) to cracking b : to produce (as gasoline or gas) by cracking\nintransitive senses : to become changed for the better\n\n<2> noun\n1 : amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved\n2 : a removal or correction of an abuse, a wrong, or errors\n3 capitalized : REFORM JUDAISM\n\n<3> adjective\n: relating to or favoring reform


Words: reformation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of reforming : the state of being reformed\n2 capitalized : a 16th century religious movement marked ultimately by rejection or modification of some Roman Catholic doctrine and practice and establishment of the Protestant churches


Words: reformatory
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: REFORMATIVE\n\n<2> noun\n: a penal institution to which especially young or first offenders are committed for training and reformation


Words: reformer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that works for or urges reform\n2 capitalized : a leader of the Protestant Reformation\n3 : an apparatus for cracking oils or gases to form specialized products


Words: refract
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to subject (as a ray of light) to refraction b : to alter or distort as if by refraction <to refract that familiar world through the mind and heart of a romantic woman Anton Myrer>\n2 : to determine the refracting power of


Words: refraction
Meaning:
noun\n1 : deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (as air) into another (as glass) in which its velocity is different\n2 : the change in the apparent position of a celestial body due to bending of the light rays emanating from it as they pass through the atmosphere; also : the correction to be applied to the apparent position of a body because of this bending\n3 : the action of distorting an image by viewing through a medium; also : an instance of this


Words: refractory
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : resisting control or authority : STUBBORN, UNMANAGEABLE\n2 a : resistant to treatment or cure <a refractory lesion> b : unresponsive to stimulus c : IMMUNE, INSUSCEPTIBLE <after recovery they were refractory to infection>\n3 : difficult to fuse, corrode, or draw out; especially : capable of enduring high temperature\n\n<2> noun\n: a refractory person or thing; especially : a heat-resisting ceramic material


Words: refrain
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses , archaic : CURB, RESTRAIN\nintransitive senses : to keep oneself from doing, feeling, or indulging in something and especially from following a passing impulse\n\n<2> noun\n: a regularly recurring phrase or verse especially at the end of each stanza or division of a poem or song : CHORUS; also : the musical setting of a refrain


Words: refresh
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to restore strength and animation to : REVIVE\n2 : to freshen up : RENOVATE\n3 a : to restore or maintain by renewing supply : REPLENISH b : AROUSE, STIMULATE <let me refresh your memory>\n4 : to run water over or restore water to\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become refreshed\n2 : to take refreshment\n3 : to lay in fresh provisions


Words: refreshment
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of refreshing : the state of being refreshed\n2 a : something (as food or drink) that refreshes b plural (1) : a light meal (2) : assorted light foods


Words: refrigerate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to make or keep cold or cool; specifically : to freeze or chill (as food) for preservation


Words: refuge
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : shelter or protection from danger or distress\n2 : a place that provides shelter or protection\n3 : something to which one has recourse in difficulty\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to give refuge to\nintransitive senses : to seek or take refuge


Words: refugee
Meaning:
noun\n: one that flees; especially : a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution


Words: refund
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to give or put back\n2 : to return (money) in restitution, repayment, or balancing of accounts\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of refunding\n2 : a sum refunded\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to fund again


Words: refuse
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to express oneself as unwilling to accept <refuse a gift> <refuse a promotion>\n2 a : to show or express unwillingness to do or comply with <refused to answer the question> b : DENY <they were refused admittance to the game>\n3 obsolete : GIVE UP, RENOUNCE\n4 of a horse : to decline to jump or leap over\nintransitive senses : to withhold acceptance, compliance, or permission\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the worthless or useless part of something : LEAVINGS\n2 : TRASH, GARBAGE\n\n<3> adjective\n: thrown aside or left as worthless


Words: refute
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous\n2 : to deny the truth or accuracy of <refuted the allegations>


Words: regal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or suitable for a king\n2 : of notable excellence or magnificence : SPLENDID


Words: regale
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies\n2 : to give pleasure or amusement to <regaled us with tall tales>\nintransitive senses : to feast oneself : FEED\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a sumptuous feast\n2 : a choice piece especially of food


Words: regalia
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 : royal rights or prerogatives\n2 a : the emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia indicative of royalty b : decorations or insignia indicative of an office or membership\n3 : special dress; especially : FINERY


Words: regard
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : APPEARANCE\n2 a : ATTENTION, CONSIDERATION <due regard should be given to all facets of the question> b : a protective interest : CARE <ought to have more regard for his health>\n3 : LOOK, GAZE\n4 a : the worth or estimation in which something or someone is held <a man of small regard> b (1) : a feeling of respect and affection : ESTEEM <his hard work won him the regard of his colleagues> (2) plural : friendly greetings implying such feeling <give him my regards>\n5 : a basis of action or opinion : MOTIVE\n6 : an aspect to be taken into consideration : RESPECT <is a small school, and is fortunate in this regard>\n7 obsolete : INTENTION\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to consider and appraise usually from a particular point of view <is highly regarded as a mechanic>\n2 : to pay attention to : take into consideration or account\n3 a : to show respect or consideration for b : to hold in high esteem\n4 : to look at\n5 archaic : to relate to\nintransitive senses\n1 : to look attentively : GAZE\n2 : to pay attention : HEED


Words: regardless
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: HEEDLESS, CARELESS\n\n<2> adverb\n: despite everything <went ahead with their plans regardless>


Words: regency
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the office, jurisdiction, or government of a regent or body of regents\n2 : a body of regents\n3 : the period of rule of a regent or body of regents


Words: regenerate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : formed or created again\n2 : spiritually reborn or converted\n3 : restored to a better, higher, or more worthy state\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become formed again\n2 : to become regenerate : REFORM\n3 : to undergo regeneration\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to subject to spiritual regeneration b : to change radically and for the better\n2 a : to generate or produce anew; especially : to replace (a body part) by a new growth of tissue b : to produce again chemically sometimes in a physically changed form\n3 : to restore to original strength or properties\n\n<3> noun\n: one that is regenerated: as a : an individual who is spiritually reborn b (1) : an organism that has undergone regeneration (2) : a regenerated body part


Words: regent
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign\n2 : one who rules or reigns : GOVERNOR\n3 : a member of a governing board (as of a state university)


Words: regime
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : REGIMEN 1 b : a regular pattern of occurrence or action (as of seasonal rainfall) c : the characteristic behavior or orderly procedure of a natural phenomenon or process\n2 a : mode of rule or management b : a form of government <a socialist regime> c : a government in power <predicted that the new regime would fall> d : a period of rule


Words: regimen
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient b : a regular course of action and especially of strenuous training <the daily regimen of a top ballet dancer>\n2 : GOVERNMENT, RULE\n3 : REGIME 1c


Words: regiment
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : governmental rule\n2 : a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to form into or assign to a regiment\n2 a : to organize rigidly especially for the sake of regulation or control <regiment an entire country> b : to subject to order or uniformity


Words: region
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an administrative area, division, or district; especially : the basic administrative unit for local government in Scotland\n2 a : an indefinite area of the world or universe <few unknown regions left on earth> b : a broad geographical area distinguished by similar features <the Appalachian region> c (1) : a major world area that supports a characteristic fauna (2) : an area characterized by the prevalence of one or more vegetational climax types\n3 a : any of the major subdivisions into which the body or one of its parts is divisible b : an indefinite area surrounding a specified body part <a pain in the region of the heart>\n4 : a sphere of activity or interest : FIELD\n5 : any of the zones into which the atmosphere is divided according to height or the sea according to depth\n6 : an open connected set together with none, some, or all of the points on its boundary <a simple closed curve divides a plane into two regions>


Words: regional
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : affecting a particular region : LOCALIZED\n2 : of, relating to, characteristic of, or serving a region <a regional high school>\n3 : marked by regionalism <regional art>\n\n<2> noun\n: something (as a branch of an organization or an edition of a magazine) that serves a region


Words: register
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a written record containing regular entries of items or details\n2 a : a book or system of public records b : a roster of qualified or available individuals <a civil service register>\n3 : an entry in a register\n4 a : a set of organ pipes of like quality : STOP b (1) : the range of a human voice or a musical instrument (2) : a portion of such a range similarly produced or of the same quality c : any of the varieties of a language that a speaker uses in a particular social context\n5 a : a device regulating admission of air to fuel b : a grille often with shutters for admitting heated air or for ventilation\n6 : REGISTRATION, REGISTRY\n7 a : an automatic device registering a number or a quantity b : a number or quantity so registered\n8 : a condition of correct alignment or proper relative position\n9 : a device (as in a computer) for storing small amounts of data; especially : one in which data can be both stored and operated on\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make or secure official entry of in a register b : to enroll formally especially as a voter or student c : to record automatically : INDICATE d : to make a record of : NOTE e : PERCEIVE; also : COMPREHEND\n2 : to make or adjust so as to correspond exactly\n3 : to secure special protection for (a piece of mail) by prepayment of a fee\n4 : to convey an impression of : EXPRESS\n5 : ACHIEVE <registered an impressive victory>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to enroll one’s name in a register <registered at the hotel> b : to enroll one’s name officially as a prerequisite for voting c : to enroll formally as a student\n2 a : to correspond exactly b : to be in correct alignment or register\n3 : to make or convey an impression\n\n<3> noun\n: REGISTRAR


Words: registrar
Meaning:
noun\n: an official recorder or keeper of records: as a : an officer of an educational institution responsible for registering students, keeping academic records, and corresponding with applicants and evaluating their credentials b : an admitting officer at a hospital c chiefly British : RESIDENT 3


Words: registration
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of registering\n2 : an entry in a register\n3 : the number of individuals registered : ENROLLMENT\n4 a : the art or act of selecting and adjusting pipe organ stops b : the combination of stops selected for performing a particular organ work\n5 : a document certifying an act of registering


Words: registry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : REGISTRATION, ENROLLMENT\n2 : the nationality of a ship according to its entry in a register : FLAG\n3 : a place of registration\n4 a : an official record book b : an entry in a registry


Words: regnal
Meaning:
adjective\n: of or relating to a king or his reign; specifically : calculated from a monarch’s accession to the throne <in his eighth regnal year>


Words: regnant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : exercising rule : REIGNING\n2 a : having the chief power : DOMINANT b : of common or widespread occurrence


Words: regress
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an act or the privilege of going or coming back b : REENTRY 1\n2 : movement backward to a previous and especially worse or more primitive state or condition\n3 : the act of reasoning backward\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to make or undergo regress : RETROGRADE b : to be subject to or exhibit regression\n2 : to tend to approach or revert to a mean\ntransitive senses : to induce a state of psychological regression in


Words: regret
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to mourn the loss or death of b : to miss very much\n2 : to be very sorry for <regrets his mistakes>\nintransitive senses : to experience regret\n\n<2> noun\n1 : sorrow aroused by circumstances beyond one’s control or power to repair\n2 a : an expression of distressing emotion (as sorrow or disappointment) b plural : a note politely declining an invitation


Words: regular
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : belonging to a religious order\n2 a : formed, built, arranged, or ordered according to some established rule, law, principle, or type b (1) : both equilateral and equiangular <a regular polygon> (2) : having faces that are congruent regular polygons and all the polyhedral angles congruent <a regular polyhedron> c of a flower : having the arrangement of floral parts exhibiting radial symmetry with members of the same whorl similar in form\n3 a : ORDERLY, METHODICAL <regular habits> b : recurring, attending, or functioning at fixed or uniform intervals <a regular income> <a regular churchgoer>\n4 a : constituted, conducted, or done in conformity with established or prescribed usages, rules, or discipline b : NORMAL, STANDARD: as (1) : ABSOLUTE, COMPLETE <a regular fool> <the office seemed like a regular madhouse> (2) : thinking or behaving in an acceptable, normal, or agreeable manner <was a regular guy> c (1) : conforming to the normal or usual manner of inflection (2) : WEAK 7 d of a postage stamp : issued in large numbers over a long period for general use in prepayment of postage\n5 : of, relating to, or constituting the permanent standing military force of a state <regular army> <regular soldiers>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one who is regular: as a : one of the regular clergy b : a soldier in a regular army c : one who can be trusted or depended on <a party regular> d : a player on an athletic team who usually starts every game e : one who is usually present or participating; especially : a long-standing regular customer\n2 : something of average or medium size; especially : a clothing size designed to fit a person of average height


Words: regulate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to govern or direct according to rule b (1) : to bring under the control of law or constituted authority (2) : to make regulations for or concerning <regulate the industries of a country>\n2 : to bring order, method, or uniformity to <regulate one’s habits>\n3 : to fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of <regulate the pressure of a tire>


Words: regulation
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act of regulating : the state of being regulated\n2 a : an authoritative rule dealing with details or procedure <safety regulations> b : a rule or order issued by an executive authority or regulatory agency of a government and having the force of law\n3 a : the process of redistributing material (as in an embryo) to restore a damaged or lost part independent of new tissue growth b : the mechanism by which an early embryo maintains normal development\n\n<2> adjective\n: conforming to regulations : OFFICIAL


Words: regurgitate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to become thrown or poured back\ntransitive senses : to throw or pour back or out from or as if from a cavity <regurgitate food> <memorized facts to regurgitate on the exam>


Words: rehabilitate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to restore to a former capacity : REINSTATE b : to restore to good repute : reestablish the good name of\n2 a : to restore to a former state (as of efficiency, good management, or solvency) <rehabilitate slum areas> b : to restore or bring to a condition of health or useful and constructive activity


Words: rehash
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to talk over or discuss again\n2 : to present or use again in another form without substantial change or improvement\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something that is rehashed\n2 : the action or process of rehashing


Words: rehearsal
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something recounted or told again : RECITAL\n2 a : a private performance or practice session preparatory to a public appearance b : a practice exercise : TRIAL


Words: rehearse
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to say again : REPEAT b : to recite aloud in a formal manner\n2 : to present an account of : RELATE <rehearse a familiar story>\n3 : to recount in order : ENUMERATE <rehearsed their demands>\n4 a : to give a rehearsal of b : to train or make proficient by rehearsal\n5 : to perform or practice as if in a rehearsal\nintransitive senses : to engage in a rehearsal


Words: reign
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : royal authority : SOVEREIGNTY <under the reign of the Stuart kings> b : the dominion, sway, or influence of one resembling a monarch <the reign of the Puritan ministers>\n2 : the time during which one (as a sovereign) reigns\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 a : to possess or exercise sovereign power : RULE b : to hold office as chief of state although possessing little governing power <in England the sovereign reigns but does not rule>\n2 : to exercise authority in the manner of a monarch\n3 : to be predominant or prevalent <chaos reigned in the classroom>


Words: reimburse
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to pay back to someone : REPAY <reimburse travel expenses>\n2 : to make restoration or payment of an equivalent to <reimburse him for his traveling expenses>


Words: rein
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a strap fastened to a bit by which a rider or driver controls an animal usually used in plural\n2 a : a restraining influence : CHECK <kept a tight rein on the proceedings> b : controlling or guiding power usually used in plural <the reins of government>\n3 : opportunity for unhampered activity or use <gave full rein to her imagination>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to control or direct with or as if with reins\n2 : to check or stop by or as if by a pull at the reins <reined in her horse> <couldn’t rein his impatience>\nintransitive senses\n1 archaic : to submit to the use of reins\n2 : to stop or slow up one’s horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins


Words: reincarnation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the action of reincarnating : the state of being reincarnated b : rebirth in new bodies or forms of life; especially : a rebirth of a soul in a new human body\n2 : a fresh embodiment


Words: reinforce
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to strengthen or increase by fresh additions <reinforce our troops> <were reinforcing their pitching staff>\n2 : to strengthen by additional assistance, material, or support : make stronger or more pronounced <reinforce levees> <reinforce the elbows of a jacket> <reinforce ideas>\n3 : to stimulate (as an experimental animal or a student) with a reinforcer; also : to encourage (a response) with a reinforcer\nintransitive senses : to seek or get reinforcements


Words: reinstate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to place again (as in possession or in a former position)\n2 : to restore to a previous effective state


Words: reject
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to refuse to accept, consider, submit to, take for some purpose, or use <rejected the suggestion> <reject a manuscript> b : to refuse to hear, receive, or admit : REBUFF, REPEL <parents who reject their children> c : to refuse as lover or spouse\n2 obsolete : to cast off\n3 : THROW BACK, REPULSE\n4 : to spew out\n5 : to subject to immunological rejection\n\n<2> noun\n: a rejected person or thing; especially : one rejected as not wanted, unsatisfactory, or not fulfilling standard requirements


Words: rejoice
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to give joy to : GLADDEN\nintransitive senses : to feel joy or great delight


Words: rejoin
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to answer the replication of the plaintiff\ntransitive senses\n1 : to join again\n2 : to say often sharply or critically in response especially as a reply to a reply


Words: rejoinder
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s replication\n2 : REPLY; specifically : an answer to a reply


Words: rejuvenate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to b : to restore to an original or new state <rejuvenate old cars>\n2 a : to stimulate (a stream) to renewed erosive activity especially by uplift b : to develop youthful features of topography in\nintransitive senses : to cause or undergo rejuvenescence


Words: relapse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding\n2 : a recurrence of symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to slip or fall back into a former worse state\n2 : SINK, SUBSIDE <relapse into deep thought>


Words: relate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give an account of : TELL\n2 : to show or establish logical or causal connection between <seeks to relate crime to poverty>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to apply or take effect retroactively\n2 : to have relationship or connection <the readings relate to his lectures>\n3 : to have or establish a relationship : INTERACT <the way a child relates to a teacher>\n4 : to respond especially favorably <can’t relate to that kind of music>


Words: related
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : connected by reason of an established or discoverable relation\n2 : connected by common ancestry or sometimes by marriage\n3 : having close harmonic connection used of tones, chords, or tonalities


Words: relation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of telling or recounting : ACCOUNT\n2 : an aspect or quality (as resemblance) that connects two or more things or parts as being or belonging or working together or as being of the same kind <the relation of time and space>; specifically : a property (as one expressed by is equal to, is less than, or is the brother of) that holds between an ordered pair of objects\n3 : the referring by a legal fiction of an act to a prior date as the time of its taking effect\n4 a (1) : a person connected by consanguinity or affinity : RELATIVE (2) : a person legally entitled to a share of the property of an intestate b : relationship by consanguinity or affinity : KINSHIP\n5 : REFERENCE, RESPECT <in relation to>\n6 : the attitude or stance which two or more persons or groups assume toward one another <race relations>\n7 a : the state of being mutually or reciprocally interested (as in social or commercial matters) b plural (1) : DEALINGS, AFFAIRS <foreign relations> (2) : INTERCOURSE (3) : SEXUAL INTERCOURSE


Words: relationship
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the state of being related or interrelated <studied the relationship between the variables>\n2 : the relation connecting or binding participants in a relationship: as a : KINSHIP b : a specific instance or type of kinship\n3 a : a state of affairs existing between those having relations or dealings <had a good relationship with his family> b : a romantic or passionate attachment


Words: relative
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a word referring grammatically to an antecedent\n2 : a thing having a relation to or connection with or necessary dependence on another thing\n3 a : a person connected with another by blood or affinity b : an animal or plant related to another by common descent\n4 : a relative term\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : introducing a subordinate clause qualifying an expressed or implied antecedent <relative pronoun>; also : introduced by such a connective <relative clause>\n2 : RELEVANT, PERTINENT <matters relative to world peace>\n3 : not absolute or independent : COMPARATIVE <the relative isolation of life in the country>\n4 : having the same key signature used of major and minor keys and scales\n5 : expressed as the ratio of the specified quantity (as an error in measuring) to the total magnitude (as the value of a measured quantity) or to the mean of all the quantities involved


Words: relativity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of being relative b : something that is relative\n2 : the state of being dependent for existence on or determined in nature, value, or quality by relation to something else\n3 a : a theory which is based on the two postulates (1) that the speed of light in a vacuum is constant and independent of the source or observer and (2) that the mathematical forms of the laws of physics are invariant in all inertial systems and which leads to the assertion of the equivalence of mass and energy and of change in mass, dimension, and time with increased velocity called also special relativity, special theory of relativity b : an extension of the theory to include gravitation and related acceleration phenomena called also general relativity, general theory of relativity\n4 : RELATIVISM 1b


Words: relax
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make less tense or rigid : SLACKEN <relaxed his grip>\n2 : to make less severe or stringent : MODIFY <relax immigration laws>\n3 : to make soft or enervated\n4 : to relieve from nervous tension\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become lax, weak, or loose : REST\n2 : to become less intense or severe <hoped the committee would relax in its opposition>\n3 of a muscle or muscle fiber : to become inactive and lengthen\n4 : to cast off social restraint, nervous tension, or anxiety <couldn’t relax in crowds>\n5 : to seek rest or recreation <relax at the seashore>\n6 : to relieve constipation\n7 : to attain equilibrium following the abrupt removal of some influence (as light, high temperature, or stress)


Words: relaxation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of relaxing or state of being relaxed\n2 : a relaxing or recreative state, activity, or pastime : DIVERSION\n3 : the lengthening that characterizes inactive muscle fibers or muscles


Words: relay
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a supply (as of horses) arranged beforehand for successive relief b : a number of persons who relieve others in some work <worked in relays around the clock>\n2 a : a race between teams in which each team member successively covers a specified portion of the course b : one of the divisions of a relay\n3 : an electromagnetic device for remote or automatic control that is actuated by variation in conditions of an electric circuit and that operates in turn other devices (as switches) in the same or a different circuit\n4 : SERVOMOTOR\n5 : the act of passing along (as a message or ball) by stages; also : one of such stages\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to place or dispose in relays b : to provide with relays\n2 : to pass along by relays <news was relayed to distant points>\n3 : to control or operate by a relay\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to lay again <relay track>


Words: release
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude <release hostages> <release pent-up emotions> <release the brakes>; also : to let go : DISMISS <released from her job>\n2 : to relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses <was released from her promise>\n3 : to give up in favor of another : RELINQUISH <release a claim to property>\n4 : to give permission for publication, performance, exhibition, or sale of; also : to make available to the public <the commission released its findings> <release a new movie>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : relief or deliverance from sorrow, suffering, or trouble\n2 a : discharge from obligation or responsibility b (1) : relinquishment of a right or claim (2) : an act by which a legal right is discharged; specifically : a conveyance of a right in lands or tenements to another having an estate in possession\n3 a : the act or an instance of liberating or freeing (as from restraint) b : the act or manner of concluding a musical tone or phrase c : the act or manner of ending a sound : the movement of one or more vocal organs in quitting the position for a speech sound\n4 : an instrument effecting a legal release\n5 : the state of being freed\n6 : a device adapted to hold or release a mechanism as required\n7 a : the act of permitting performance or publication; also : PERFORMANCE, PUBLICATION <became a best-seller on its release> b : the matter released; especially : a statement prepared for the press


Words: relegate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to send into exile : BANISH\n2 : ASSIGN: as a : to assign to a place of insignificance or of oblivion : put out of sight or mind b : to assign to an appropriate place or situation on the basis of classification or appraisal c : to submit to someone or something for appropriate action : DELEGATE


Words: relent
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity b : to cease resistance : GIVE IN\n2 : LET UP, SLACKEN\ntransitive senses , obsolete : SOFTEN, MOLLIFY


Words: relentless
Meaning:
adjective\n: showing or promising no abatement of severity, intensity, strength, or pace : UNRELENTING <relentless pressure> <a relentless campaign>


Words: relevance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : relation to the matter at hand b : practical and especially social applicability : PERTINENCE <giving relevance to college courses>\n2 : the ability (as of an information retrieval system) to retrieve material that satisfies the needs of the user


Words: relevant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand b : affording evidence tending to prove or disprove the matter at issue or under discussion <relevant testimony> c : having social relevance\n2 : PROPORTIONAL, RELATIVE


Words: reliable
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : suitable or fit to be relied on : DEPENDABLE\n2 : giving the same result on successive trials\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is reliable


Words: relic
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr b : SOUVENIR, MEMENTO\n2 plural : REMAINS, CORPSE\n3 : a survivor or remnant left after decay, disintegration, or disappearance\n4 : a trace of some past or outmoded practice, custom, or belief


Words: relict
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : WIDOW\n2 : a persistent remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna or kind of organism\n3 a : a relief feature or rock remaining after other parts have disappeared b : something left unchanged\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, or being a relict <relict populations>


Words: relief
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a payment made by a feudal tenant to a lord on succeeding to an inherited estate\n2 a : removal or lightening of something oppressive, painful, or distressing b : WELFARE 2a c : military assistance to an endangered post or force d : means of breaking or avoiding monotony or boredom : DIVERSION\n3 : release from a post or from the performance of duty\n4 : one that takes the place of another on duty\n5 : legal remedy or redress\n6 French a : a mode of sculpture in which forms and figures are distinguished from a surrounding plane surface b : sculpture or a sculptural form executed in this mode c : projecting detail, ornament, or figures\n7 : sharpness of outline due to contrast <a roof in bold relief against the sky>\n8 : the elevations or inequalities of a land surface\n9 : the pitching done by a relief pitcher <two innings of hitless relief>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : providing relief\n2 : characterized by surface inequalities\n3 : of or used in letterpress


Words: relieve
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to free from a burden : give aid or help to b : to set free from an obligation, condition, or restriction c : to ease of a burden, wrong, or oppression by judicial or legislative interposition\n2 a : to bring about the removal or alleviation of : MITIGATE b : ROB, DEPRIVE\n3 a : to release from a post, station, or duty b : to take the place of\n4 : to remove or lessen the monotony of\n5 a : to set off by contrast b : to raise in relief\n6 : to discharge the bladder or bowels of (oneself)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to bring or give relief\n2 : to stand out in relief\n3 : to serve as a relief pitcher


Words: religion
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the state of a religious <a nun in her 20th year of religion> b (1) : the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2) : commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance\n2 : a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices\n3 archaic : scrupulous conformity : CONSCIENTIOUSNESS\n4 : a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith


Words: religious
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity <a religious person> <religious attitudes>\n2 : of, relating to, or devoted to religious beliefs or observances\n3 a : scrupulously and conscientiously faithful b : FERVENT, ZEALOUS\n\n<2> noun\n: a member of a religious order under monastic vows


Words: relinquish
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind\n2 : GIVE UP <relinquish a title>\n3 a : to stop holding physically : RELEASE <slowly relinquished his grip on the bar> b : to give over possession or control of : YIELD <few leaders willingly relinquish power>


Words: relish
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : characteristic flavor; especially : pleasing or zestful flavor\n2 : a quantity just sufficient to flavor or characterize : TRACE\n3 a : enjoyment of or delight in something that satisfies one’s tastes, inclinations, or desires <eat with great relish> b : a strong liking : INCLINATION <has little relish for sports>\n4 a : something adding a zestful flavor; especially : a condiment (as of pickles or green tomatoes) eaten with other food to add flavor b : APPETIZER, HORS D’OEUVRE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to add relish to\n2 : to be pleased or gratified by : ENJOY\n3 : to eat or drink with pleasure\n4 : to appreciate with taste and discernment\nintransitive senses : to have a characteristic or pleasing taste


Words: reluctance
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being reluctant\n2 : the opposition offered in a magnetic circuit to magnetic flux; specifically : the ratio of the magnetic potential difference to the corresponding flux


Words: reluctant
Meaning:
adjective\n: feeling or showing aversion, hesitation, or unwillingness <reluctant to get involved>; also : having or assuming a specified role unwillingly <a reluctant hero>


Words: rely
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to be dependent <the system on which we rely for water>\n2 : to have confidence based on experience <someone you can rely on>


Words: remain
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 a : to be a part not destroyed, taken, or used up <only a few ruins remain> b : to be something yet to be shown, done, or treated <it remains to be seen>\n2 : to stay in the same place or with the same person or group; especially : to stay behind\n3 : to continue unchanged <the fact remains that we can’t go>\n\n<2> noun\n1 obsolete : STAY\n2 : a remaining part or trace usually used in plural\n3 plural : a dead body


Words: remainder
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an interest or estate in property that follows and is dependent on the termination of a prior intervening possessory estate created at the same time by the same instrument\n2 a : a remaining group, part, or trace b (1) : the number left after a subtraction (2) : the final undivided part after division that is less or of lower degree than the divisor\n3 : a book sold at a reduced price by the publisher after sales have slowed\n\n<2> adjective\n: LEFTOVER, REMAINING\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to dispose of as remainders


Words: remand
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to order back: as a : to send back (a case) to another court or agency for further action b : to return to custody pending trial or for further detention


Words: remark
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act of remarking : NOTICE\n2 : an expression of opinion or judgment\n3 : mention of that which deserves attention or notice\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to take notice of : OBSERVE\n2 : to express as an observation or comment : SAY\nintransitive senses : to notice something and comment thereon used with on or upon


Words: remedial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : intended as a remedy\n2 : concerned with the correction of faulty study habits and the raising of a pupil’s general competence <remedial reading courses>; also : receiving or requiring remedial instruction <remedial students>


Words: remedy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease\n2 : something that corrects or counteracts\n3 : the legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to provide or serve as a remedy for : RELIEVE <remedy a social evil>


Words: remember
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to bring to mind or think of again <remembers the old days>\n2 archaic a : BETHINK 1b b : REMIND\n3 a : to keep in mind for attention or consideration <remembers friends at Christmas> b : REWARD <was remembered in the will>\n4 : to retain in the memory <remember the facts until the test is over>\n5 : to convey greetings from <remember me to her>\n6 : RECORD, COMMEMORATE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to exercise or have the power of memory\n2 : to have a recollection or remembrance


Words: remembrance
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the state of bearing in mind\n2 a : the ability to remember : MEMORY b : the period over which one’s memory extends\n3 : an act of recalling to mind\n4 : a memory of a person, thing, or event\n5 a : something that serves to keep in or bring to mind : REMINDER b : COMMEMORATION, MEMORIAL c : a greeting or gift recalling or expressing friendship or affection


Words: reminiscence
Meaning:
noun\n1 : apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence\n2 a : recall to mind of a long-forgotten experience or fact b : the process or practice of thinking or telling about past experiences\n3 a : a remembered experience b : an account of a memorable experience often used in plural\n4 : something so like another as to be regarded as an unconscious repetition, imitation, or survival


Words: reminiscent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of the character of or relating to reminiscence\n2 : marked by or given to reminiscence\n3 : tending to remind : SUGGESTIVE


Words: remiss
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : negligent in the performance of work or duty : CARELESS\n2 : showing neglect or inattention : LAX


Words: remit
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly b : to desist from (an activity) c : to let (as attention or diligence) slacken : RELAX\n2 a : to release from the guilt or penalty of <remit sins> b : to refrain from exacting <remit a tax> c : to cancel or refrain from inflicting <remit the penalty> d : to give relief from (suffering)\n3 : to submit or refer for consideration, judgment, decision, or action; specifically : REMAND\n4 : to restore or consign to a former status or condition\n5 : POSTPONE, DEFER\n6 : to send (money) to a person or place especially in payment of a demand, account, or draft\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to abate in force or intensity : MODERATE b of a disease or abnormality : to abate symptoms for a period\n2 : to send money (as in payment)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act of remitting\n2 : something remitted to another person or authority


Words: remittance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a sum of money remitted b : an instrument by which money is remitted\n2 : transmittal of money (as to a distant place)


Words: remnant
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a usually small part, member, or trace remaining b : a small surviving group often used in plural\n2 : an unsold or unused end of piece goods\n\n<2> adjective\n: still remaining


Words: remonstrance
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an earnest presentation of reasons for opposition or grievance; especially : a document formally stating such points\n2 : an act or instance of remonstrating


Words: remonstrate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to present and urge reasons in opposition : EXPOSTULATE usually used with with\ntransitive senses : to say or plead in protest, reproof, or opposition


Words: remorse
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : SELF-REPROACH\n2 obsolete : COMPASSION


Words: remote
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : separated by an interval or space greater than usual <an involucre remote from the flower>\n2 : far removed in space, time, or relation : DIVERGENT <the remote past> <comments remote from the truth>\n3 : OUT-OF-THE-WAY, SECLUDED <a remote cabin in the hills>\n4 : acting, acted on, or controlled indirectly or from a distance <remote computer operation>; also : relating to the acquisition of information about a distant object (as by radar or photography) without coming into physical contact with it <remote sensing>\n5 : not arising from a primary or proximate action\n6 : small in degree : SLIGHT <a remote possibility>\n7 : distant in manner : ALOOF\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a radio or television program or a portion of a program originating outside the studio\n2 : REMOTE CONTROL 2


Words: remount
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to mount (something) again <remount a picture>\n2 : to furnish remounts to\nintransitive senses\n1 : to mount again\n2 : REVERT\n\n<2> noun\n: a fresh horse to replace one no longer available


Words: remove
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to change the location, position, station, or residence of <remove soldiers to the front> b : to transfer (a legal proceeding) from one court to another\n2 : to move by lifting, pushing aside, or taking away or off <remove your hat>\n3 : to dismiss from office\n4 : to get rid of : ELIMINATE <remove a tumor surgically>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to change location, station, or residence <removing from the city to the suburbs>\n2 : to go away\n3 : to be capable of being removed\n\n<2> noun\n1 : REMOVAL; specifically : MOVE 2c\n2 a : a distance or interval separating one person or thing from another b : a degree or stage of separation


Words: remunerate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to pay an equivalent for <their services were generously remunerated>\n2 : to pay an equivalent to for a service, loss, or expense : RECOMPENSE


Words: renaissance
Meaning:
noun\n1 capitalized a : the transitional movement in Europe between medieval and modern times beginning in the 14th century in Italy, lasting into the 17th century, and marked by a humanistic revival of classical influence expressed in a flowering of the arts and literature and by the beginnings of modern science b : the period of the Renaissance c : the neoclassic style of architecture prevailing during the Renaissance\n2 often capitalized : a movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity\n3 : REBIRTH, REVIVAL


Words: rencontre
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a hostile meeting or a contest between forces or individuals : COMBAT\n2 : a casual meeting


Words: rend
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to remove from place by violence : WREST\n2 : to split or tear apart or in pieces by violence\n3 : to tear (the hair or clothing) as a sign of anger, grief, or despair\n4 a : to lacerate mentally or emotionally b : to pierce with sound c : to divide (as a nation) into contesting factions\nintransitive senses\n1 : to perform an act of tearing or splitting\n2 : to become torn or split


Words: render
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to melt down <render suet>; also : to extract by melting <render lard> b : to treat so as to convert into industrial fats and oils or fertilizer\n2 a : to transmit to another : DELIVER b : GIVE UP, YIELD c : to furnish for consideration, approval, or information: as (1) : to hand down (a legal judgment) (2) : to agree on and report (a verdict)\n3 a : to give in return or retribution b (1) : GIVE BACK, RESTORE (2) : REFLECT, ECHO c : to give in acknowledgment of dependence or obligation : PAY d : to do (a service) for another\n4 a (1) : to cause to be or become : MAKE <enough rainfall to render irrigation unnecessary P. E. James> <rendered him helpless> (2) : IMPART b (1) : to reproduce or represent by artistic or verbal means : DEPICT (2) : to give a performance of (3) : to produce a copy or version of <the documents are rendered in the original French> (4) : to execute the motions of <render a salute> c : TRANSLATE\n5 : to direct the execution of : ADMINISTER <render justice>\n6 : to apply a coat of plaster or cement directly to\nintransitive senses : to give recompense\n\n<2> noun\n: a return especially in goods or services due from a feudal tenant to his lord


Words: rendezvous
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a place appointed for assembling or meeting b : a place of popular resort : HAUNT\n2 : a meeting at an appointed place and time\n3 : the process of bringing two spacecraft together\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to come together at a rendezvous\ntransitive senses\n1 : to bring together at a rendezvous\n2 : to meet at a rendezvous


Words: rendition
Meaning:
noun\n: the act or result of rendering: as a : SURRENDER b : TRANSLATION c : PERFORMANCE, INTERPRETATION


Words: renegade
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another\n2 : an individual who rejects lawful or conventional behavior\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to become a renegade\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : having deserted a faith, cause, or religion for a hostile one\n2 : having rejected tradition : UNCONVENTIONAL


Words: renege
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : DENY, RENOUNCE\nintransitive senses\n1 obsolete : to make a denial\n2 : REVOKE\n3 : to go back on a promise or commitment


Words: renew
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make like new : restore to freshness, vigor, or perfection <as we renew our strength in sleep>\n2 : to make new spiritually : REGENERATE\n3 a : to restore to existence : REVIVE b : to make extensive changes in : REBUILD\n4 : to do again : REPEAT\n5 : to begin again : RESUME\n6 : REPLACE, REPLENISH <renew water in a tank>\n7 a : to grant or obtain an extension of or on <renew a license> b : to grant or obtain an extension on the loan of <renew a library book>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become new or as new\n2 : to begin again : RESUME\n3 : to make a renewal (as of a lease)


Words: renewal
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of renewing : REPETITION\n2 : the quality or state of being renewed\n3 : something (as a subscription to a magazine) renewed\n4 : something used for renewing; specifically : an expenditure that betters existing fixed assets\n5 : the rebuilding of a large area (as of a city) by a public authority


Words: renounce
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration <renounce his errors>\n2 : to refuse to follow, obey, or recognize any further : REPUDIATE <renounce the authority of the church>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a renunciation\n2 : to fail to follow suit in a card game


Words: renovate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding)\n2 : to restore to life, vigor, or activity : REVIVE <the church was renovated by a new ecumenical spirit>


Words: renown
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : FAME\n2 obsolete : REPORT, RUMOR\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to give renown to


Words: rent
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : property (as a house) rented or for rent\n2 a : a usually fixed periodical return made by a tenant or occupant of property to the owner for the possession and use thereof; especially : an agreed sum paid at fixed intervals by a tenant to the landlord b : the amount paid by a hirer of personal property to the owner for the use thereof\n3 a : the portion of the income of an economy (as of a nation) attributable to land as a factor of production in addition to capital and labor b : ECONOMIC RENT\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to grant the possession and enjoyment of in exchange for rent\n2 : to take and hold under an agreement to pay rent\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be for rent\n2 a : to obtain the possession and use of a place or article in exchange for rent b : to allow the possession and use of property in exchange for rent


Words: rental
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an amount paid or collected as rent\n2 : something that is rented\n3 : an act of renting\n4 : a business that rents something\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to rent b : available for rent\n2 : dealing in rental property <a rental agency>


Words: repair
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 a : to betake oneself : GO <repaired to the judge’s chambers> b : to come together : RALLY\n2 obsolete : RETURN\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of repairing : RESORT\n2 : a popular gathering place\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken : FIX <repair a shoe> b : to restore to a sound or healthy state : RENEW <repair his strength>\n2 : to make good : compensate for : REMEDY <repair a gap in my reading>\nintransitive senses : to make repairs\n\n<4> noun\n1 a : an instance or result of repairing b : the act or process of repairing c : the replacement of destroyed cells or tissues by new formations\n2 a : relative condition with respect to soundness or need of repairing b : the state of being in good or sound condition


Words: reparation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a repairing or keeping in repair b plural : REPAIRS\n2 a : the act of making amends, offering expiation, or giving satisfaction for a wrong or injury b : something done or given as amends or satisfaction\n3 : the payment of damages : INDEMNIFICATION; specifically : compensation in money or materials payable by a defeated nation for damages to or expenditures sustained by another nation as a result of hostilities with the defeated nation usually used in plural


Words: repartee
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a quick and witty reply b : a succession or interchange of clever retorts : amusing and usually light sparring with words\n2 : adroitness and cleverness in reply : skill in repartee


Words: repast
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something taken as food : MEAL\n2 : the act or time of taking food\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses , obsolete : FEED\nintransitive senses : to take food : FEAST


Words: repay
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to pay back <repay a loan> b : to give or inflict in return or requital <repay evil for evil>\n2 : to make a return payment to : COMPENSATE, REQUITE\n3 : to make requital for : RECOMPENSE <the success that repays hard work>\nintransitive senses : to make return payment or requital


Words: repeal
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to rescind or annul by authoritative act; especially : to revoke or abrogate by legislative enactment\n2 : ABANDON, RENOUNCE\n3 obsolete : to summon to return : RECALL


Words: repeat
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to say or state again b : to say over from memory : RECITE c : to say after another\n2 a : to make, do, or perform again <repeat an experiment> b : to make appear again <the curtains repeat the wallpaper pattern> <will repeat the program tomorrow> c : to go through or experience again <had to repeat third grade>\n3 : to express or present (oneself) again in the same words, terms, or form\nintransitive senses : to say, do, or accomplish something again; especially : to win (as a sports championship) another time in succession\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : something repeated : REPETITION b : a musical passage to be repeated in performance; also : a sign placed before and after such a passage c : a usually transcribed repetition of a radio or television program d : a genetic duplication in which the duplicated parts are adjacent to each other along the chromosome\n2 : the act of repeating


Words: repeated
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : renewed or recurring again and again <repeated changes of plan>\n2 : said, done, or presented again


Words: repel
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to drive back : REPULSE b : to fight against : RESIST\n2 : TURN AWAY, REJECT <repelled the insinuation>\n3 a : to drive away : DISCOURAGE <foul words and frowns must not repel a lover Shakespeare> b : to be incapable of adhering to, mixing with, taking up, or holding c : to force away or apart or tend to do so by mutual action at a distance\n4 : to cause aversion in : DISGUST\nintransitive senses : to cause aversion


Words: repent
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one’s life\n2 a : to feel regret or contrition b : to change one’s mind\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to feel regret or contrition\n2 : to feel sorrow, regret, or contrition for\n\n<2> adjective\n: CREEPING, PROSTRATE <repent stems>


Words: repercussion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : REFLECTION, REVERBERATION\n2 a : an action or effect given or exerted in return : a reciprocal action or effect b : a widespread, indirect, or unforeseen effect of an act, action, or event usually used in plural


Words: repertoire
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform b : a supply of skills, devices, or expedients <part of the repertoire of a quarterback>; broadly : AMOUNT, SUPPLY <an endless repertoire of summer clothes> c : a list or supply of capabilities <the instruction repertoire of a computer>\n2 a : the complete list or supply of dramas, operas, or musical works available for performance <our modern orchestral repertoire> b : the complete list or supply of skills, devices, or ingredients used in a particular field, occupation, or practice <the repertoire of literary criticism>


Words: repertory
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a place where something may be found : REPOSITORY\n2 a : REPERTOIRE b : a company that presents several different plays, operas, or pieces usually alternately in the course of a season at one theater c : a theater housing such a company\n3 : the production and presentation of plays by a repertory company <acting in repertory>


Words: replace
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to restore to a former place or position <replace cards in a file>\n2 : to take the place of especially as a substitute or successor\n3 : to put something new in the place of <replace a worn carpet>


Words: replacement
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the action or process of replacing : the state of being replaced\n2 : one that replaces another especially in a job or function


Words: replenish
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to fill with persons or animals : STOCK b archaic : to supply fully : PERFECT c : to fill with inspiration or power : NOURISH\n2 a : to fill or build up again <replenished his glass> b : to make good : REPLACE\nintransitive senses : to become full : fill up again


Words: replete
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : fully or abundantly provided or filled <a book replete with delicious details William Safire>\n2 a : abundantly fed b : FAT, STOUT\n3 : COMPLETE


Words: repletion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of eating to excess : the state of being fed to excess : SURFEIT\n2 : the condition of being filled up or overcrowded\n3 : fulfillment of a need or desire : SATISFACTION


Words: replica
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist <a replica of this was painted this year Constance Strachey>\n2 : a copy exact in all details <DNA makes a replica of itself> <sailed a replica of the Viking ship>; broadly : COPY <this faithful, pathetic replica of a Midwestern suburb G. F. Kennan>


Words: reply
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to respond in words or writing b : ECHO, RESOUND c : to make a legal replication\n2 : to do something in response; specifically : to return gunfire or an attack\ntransitive senses : to give as an answer\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something said, written, or done in answer or response\n2 : REPLICATION 1b(2)


Words: report
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : common talk or an account spread by common talk : RUMOR b : quality of reputation <a witness of good report>\n2 a : a usually detailed account or statement <a news report> b : an account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision c : a usually formal record of the proceedings of a meeting or session\n3 : an explosive noise\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to give an account of : RELATE b : to describe as being in a specified state <reported him much improved>\n2 a : to serve as carrier of (a message) b : to relate the words or sense of (something said) c : to make a written record or summary of d (1) : to watch for and write about the newsworthy aspects or developments of : COVER (2) : to prepare or present an account of for broadcast\n3 a (1) : to give a formal or official account or statement of <the treasurer reported a balance of ten dollars> (2) : to return or present (a matter referred for consideration) with conclusions or recommendations b : to announce or relate as the result of investigation <reported no sign of disease> c : to announce the presence, arrival, or sighting of d : to make known to the proper authorities <report a fire> e : to make a charge of misconduct against\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to give an account : TELL b : to present oneself c : to account for oneself <reported sick on Friday>\n2 : to make, issue, or submit a report\n3 : to act in the capacity of a reporter


Words: reporter
Meaning:
noun\n: one that reports: as a : one who makes authorized statements of law decisions or legislative proceedings b : one who makes a shorthand record of a speech or proceeding c (1) : one employed by a newspaper, magazine, or television company to gather and report news (2) : one who broadcasts news


Words: repose
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to lay at rest\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to lie at rest b : to lie dead <reposing in state> c : to remain still or concealed\n2 : to take a rest\n3 archaic : RELY\n4 : to rest for support : LIE\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a state of resting after exertion or strain; especially : rest in sleep b : eternal or heavenly rest <pray for the repose of a soul>\n2 a : a place of rest b : PEACE, TRANQUILLITY <the repose of the bayous> c : a harmony in the arrangement of parts and colors that is restful to the eye\n3 a : lack of activity : QUIESCENCE b : cessation or absence of activity, movement, or animation <the face in repose is grave and thoughtful>\n4 : composure of manner : POISE\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 archaic : to put away or set down : DEPOSIT\n2 a : to place (as confidence or trust) in someone or something b : to place for control, management, or use


Words: repository
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : DEPOSITORY\n2 : a side altar in a Roman Catholic church where the consecrated Host is reserved from Maundy Thursday until Good Friday\n3 : one that contains or stores something nonmaterial <considered the book a repository of knowledge>\n4 : a place or region richly supplied with a natural resource\n5 : a person to whom something is confided or entrusted\n\n<2> adjective\nof a drug : designed to act over a prolonged period <repository penicillin>


Words: repossess
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to regain possession of b : to resume possession of in default of the payment of installments due\n2 : to restore to possession


Words: represent
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to bring clearly before the mind : PRESENT <a book which represents the character of early America>\n2 : to serve as a sign or symbol of <the flag represents our country>\n3 : to portray or exhibit in art : DEPICT\n4 : to serve as the counterpart or image of : TYPIFY <a movie hero who represents the ideals of the culture>\n5 a : to produce on the stage b : to act the part or role of\n6 a (1) : to take the place of in some respect (2) : to act in the place of or for usually by legal right b : to serve especially in a legislative body by delegated authority usually resulting from election\n7 : to describe as having a specified character or quality <represents himself as a friend>\n8 a : to give one’s impression and judgment of : state in a manner intended to affect action or judgment b : to point out in protest or remonstrance\n9 : to serve as a specimen, example, or instance of\n10 a : to form an image or representation of in the mind b (1) : to apprehend (an object) by means of an idea (2) : to recall in memory\n11 : to correspond to in essence : CONSTITUTE\nintransitive senses : to make representations against something : PROTEST


Words: representation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that represents: as a : an artistic likeness or image b (1) : a statement or account made to influence opinion or action (2) : an incidental or collateral statement of fact on the faith of which a contract is entered into c : a dramatic production or performance d (1) : a usually formal statement made against something or to effect a change (2) : a usually formal protest\n2 : the act or action of representing : the state of being represented: as a : REPRESENTATIONALISM 2 b (1) : the action or fact of one person standing for another so as to have the rights and obligations of the person represented (2) : the substitution of an individual or class in place of a person (as a child for a deceased parent) c : the action of representing or the fact of being represented especially in a legislative body\n3 : the body of persons representing a constituency


Words: representative
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : serving to represent\n2 a : standing or acting for another especially through delegated authority b : of, based on, or constituting a government in which the many are represented by persons chosen from among them usually by election\n3 : serving as a typical or characteristic example <a representative moviegoer>\n4 : of or relating to representation or representationalism\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a typical example of a group, class, or quality : SPECIMEN\n2 : one that represents another or others: as a (1) : one that represents a constituency as a member of a legislative body (2) : a member of the house of representatives of the U.S. Congress or a state legislature b : one that represents another as agent, deputy, substitute, or delegate usually being invested with the authority of the principal c : one that represents a business organization d : one that represents another as successor or heir


Words: repress
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to check by or as if by pressure : CURB <injustice was repressed> b : to put down by force : SUBDUE <repress a disturbance>\n2 a : to hold in by self-control <repressed a laugh> b : to prevent the natural or normal expression, activity, or development of <repressed her anger>\n3 : to exclude from consciousness\n4 : to inactivate (a gene or formation of a gene product) by allosteric combination at a DNA binding site\nintransitive senses : to take repressive action


Words: reprieve
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to delay the punishment of (as a condemned prisoner)\n2 : to give relief or deliverance to for a time\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the act of reprieving : the state of being reprieved b : a formal temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence especially of death\n2 : an order or warrant for a reprieve\n3 : a temporary respite (as from pain or trouble)


Words: reprimand
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a severe or formal reproof\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to reprove sharply or censure formally usually from a position of authority


Words: reprisal
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act or practice in international law of resorting to force short of war in retaliation for damage or loss suffered b : an instance of such action\n2 obsolete : PRIZE\n3 : the regaining of something (as by recapture)\n4 : something (as a sum of money) given or paid in restitution usually used in plural\n5 : a retaliatory act


Words: reproach
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an expression of rebuke or disapproval\n2 : the act or action of reproaching or disapproving <was beyond reproach>\n3 a : a cause or occasion of blame, discredit, or disgrace b : DISCREDIT, DISGRACE\n4 obsolete : one subjected to censure or scorn\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to express disappointment in or displeasure with (a person) for conduct that is blameworthy or in need of amendment\n2 : to make (something) a matter of reproach\n3 : to bring into discredit


Words: reprobate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to condemn strongly as unworthy, unacceptable, or evil <reprobating the laxity of the age>\n2 : to foreordain to damnation\n3 : to refuse to accept : REJECT\n\n<2> adjective\n1 archaic : rejected as worthless or not standing a test : CONDEMNED\n2 a : foreordained to damnation b : morally corrupt : DEPRAVED\n3 : expressing or involving reprobation\n4 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a reprobate\n\n<3> noun\n: a reprobate person


Words: reproduce
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to produce again: as a : to produce (new individuals of the same kind) by a sexual or asexual process b : to cause to exist again or anew <reproduce water from steam> c : to imitate closely <sound-effects can reproduce the sound of thunder> d : to present again e : to make a representation (as an image or copy) of <reproduce a face on canvas> f : to revive mentally : RECALL g : to translate (a recording) into sound\nintransitive senses h : to undergo reproduction i : to produce offspring


Words: reprove
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent\n2 : to express disapproval of : CENSURE <it is not for me to reprove popular taste D. W. Brogan>\n3 obsolete : DISPROVE, REFUTE\n4 obsolete : CONVINCE, CONVICT\nintransitive senses : to express rebuke or reproof


Words: reptile
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an animal that crawls or moves on its belly (as a snake) or on small short legs (as a lizard)\n2 : any of a class (Reptilia) of air-breathing vertebrates that include the alligators and crocodiles, lizards, snakes, turtles, and extinct related forms (as dinosaurs and pterosaurs) and are characterized by a completely ossified skeleton with a single occipital condyle, a distinct quadrate bone usually immovably articulated with the skull, ribs attached to the sternum, and a body usually covered with scales or bony plates\n3 : a groveling or despised person


Words: republic
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president (2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government b (1) : a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law (2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government c : a usually specified republican government of a political unit <the French Fourth Republic>\n2 : a body of persons freely engaged in a specified activity <the republic of letters>\n3 : a constituent political and territorial unit of the former nations of Czechoslovakia, the U.S.S.R., or Yugoslavia


Words: republican
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that favors or supports a republican form of government\n2 capitalized a : a member of a political party advocating republicanism b : a member of the Democratic-Republican party or of the Republican party of the U.S.


Words: repudiate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to divorce or separate formally from (a woman)\n2 : to refuse to have anything to do with : DISOWN\n3 a : to refuse to accept; especially : to reject as unauthorized or as having no binding force b : to reject as untrue or unjust <repudiate a charge>\n4 : to refuse to acknowledge or pay


Words: repugnance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent b : an instance of such contradiction or inconsistency\n2 : strong dislike, distaste, or antagonism


Words: repulse
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to drive or beat back : REPEL\n2 : to repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial\n3 : to cause repulsion in\n\n<2> noun\n1 : REBUFF, REJECTION\n2 : the action of repelling an attacker : the fact of being repelled


Words: repulsion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed\n2 : the action of repelling : the force with which bodies, particles, or like forces repel one another\n3 : a feeling of aversion : REPUGNANCE


Words: repulsive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : tending to repel or reject : COLD, FORBIDDING\n2 : serving or able to repulse\n3 : arousing aversion or disgust


Words: reputable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : enjoying good repute : held in esteem\n2 : employed widely or sanctioned by good writers


Words: reputation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : overall quality or character as seen or judged by people in general b : recognition by other people of some characteristic or ability <has the reputation of being clever>\n2 : a place in public esteem or regard : good name


Words: repute
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: BELIEVE, CONSIDER\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the character or status commonly ascribed to one : REPUTATION\n2 : the state of being favorably known, spoken of, or esteemed


Words: reputed
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a good repute : REPUTABLE\n2 : being such according to reputation or popular belief


Words: request
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act or an instance of asking for something\n2 : something asked for\n3 : the condition or fact of being requested <available on request>\n4 : the state of being sought after : DEMAND\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make a request to or of <requested her to write a paper>\n2 : to ask as a favor or privilege <requests to be excused>\n3 obsolete : to ask (a person) to come or go to a thing or place\n4 : to ask for <requested a brief delay>


Words: requiem
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mass for the dead\n2 a : a solemn chant (as a dirge) for the repose of the dead b : something that resembles such a solemn chant\n3 a : a musical setting of the mass for the dead b : a musical composition in honor of the dead


Words: require
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to claim or ask for by right and authority b archaic : REQUEST\n2 a : to call for as suitable or appropriate <the occasion requires formal dress> b : to demand as necessary or essential : have a compelling need for <all living beings require food>\n3 : to impose a compulsion or command on : COMPEL\n4 chiefly British : to feel or be obliged used with a following infinitive <one does not require to be a specialist Elizabeth Bowen>\nintransitive senses , archaic : ASK


Words: requirement
Meaning:
noun\n: something required: a : something wanted or needed : NECESSITY <production was not sufficient to satisfy military requirements> b : something essential to the existence or occurrence of something else : CONDITION <failed to meet the school’s requirements for graduation>


Words: requisition
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action b : a formal demand made by one nation upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice\n2 a : the act of requiring something to be furnished b : a demand or application made usually with authority: as (1) : a demand made by military authorities upon civilians for supplies or other needs (2) : a written request for something authorized but not made available automatically\n3 : the state of being in demand or use


Words: requite
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to make return for : REPAY b : to make retaliation for : AVENGE\n2 : to make suitable return to for a benefit or service or for an injury


Words: rerun
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to run again or anew\n\n<2> noun\n: the act or action or an instance of rerunning : REPETITION; especially : a movie or television show that is rerun


Words: resale
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of selling again usually to a new party\n2 a : a secondhand sale b : an additional sale to the same buyer


Words: rescind
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to take away : REMOVE\n2 a : TAKE BACK, CANCEL <refused to rescind the order> b : to abrogate (a contract) and restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had there been no contract\n3 : to make void (as an act) by action of the enacting authority or a superior authority : REPEAL


Words: rescript
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a written answer of a Roman emperor or of a pope to a legal inquiry or petition\n2 : an official or authoritative order, decree, edict, or announcement\n3 : an act or instance of rewriting


Words: rescue
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to free from confinement, danger, or evil : SAVE, DELIVER: as a : to take (as a prisoner) forcibly from custody b : to recover (as a prize) by force c : to deliver (as a place under siege) by armed force


Words: research
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : careful or diligent search\n2 : studious inquiry or examination; especially : investigation or experimentation aimed at the discovery and interpretation of facts, revision of accepted theories or laws in the light of new facts, or practical application of such new or revised theories or laws\n3 : the collecting of information about a particular subject\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to search or investigate exhaustively <research a problem>\n2 : to do research for <research a book>\nintransitive senses : to engage in research


Words: resemblance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of resembling; especially : correspondence in appearance or superficial qualities b : a point of likeness : SIMILARITY\n2 : REPRESENTATION, IMAGE\n3 archaic : characteristic appearance\n4 obsolete : PROBABILITY


Words: reserpine
Meaning:
noun\n: an alkaloid C33H40N2O9 extracted especially from the root of rauwolfias and used in the treatment of hypertension, mental disorders, and tension states


Words: reservation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act of reserving something: as a (1) : the act or fact of a grantor’s reserving some newly created thing out of the thing granted (2) : the right or interest so reserved b : the setting of limiting conditions or withholding from complete exposition <answered without reservation> c : an arrangement to have something (as a hotel room) held for one’s use; also : a promise, guarantee, or record of such engagement\n2 a : a limiting condition <agreed, but with reservations> b : DOUBT, MISGIVING <had serious reservations about marriage>\n3 : something reserved: as a : a tract of public land set aside (as for use by American Indians) b : an area in which hunting is not permitted; especially : one set aside as a secure breeding place


Words: revert
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject)\n2 : to return to the proprietor or his heirs at the end of a reversion\n3 : to return to an ancestral type


Words: review
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a formal military inspection b : a military ceremony honoring a person or an event\n2 : REVISION 1a\n3 : a general survey (as of the events of a period)\n4 : an act or the process of reviewing\n5 : judicial reexamination (as of the proceedings of a lower tribunal by a higher)\n6 a : a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) b : a magazine devoted chiefly to reviews and essays\n7 a : a retrospective view or survey (as of one’s life) b (1) : renewed study of material previously studied (2) : an exercise facilitating such study\n8 : REVUE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 also : to view or see again\n2 : to examine or study again; especially : to reexamine judicially\n3 : to look back on : take a retrospective view of\n4 a : to go over or examine critically or deliberately <reviewed the results of the study> b : to give a critical evaluation of <review a novel>\n5 : to hold a review of <review troops>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to study material again : make a review <review for a test>\n2 : to write reviews


Words: revile
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to subject to verbal abuse : VITUPERATE\nintransitive senses : to use abusive language : RAIL


Words: revise
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act of revising : REVISION\n2 : a printing proof that incorporates changes marked in a previous proof\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to look over again in order to correct or improve <revise a manuscript> b British : to study again : REVIEW\n2 a : to make a new, amended, improved, or up-to-date version of <revise a dictionary> b : to provide with a new taxonomic arrangement <revising the alpine ferns>\nintransitive senses , British : REVIEW 1


Words: revival
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act or instance of reviving : the state of being revived: as a : renewed attention to or interest in something b : a new presentation or publication of something old c (1) : a period of renewed religious interest (2) : an often highly emotional evangelistic meeting or series of meetings\n2 : restoration of force, validity, or effect (as to a contract)


Words: revive
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to return to consciousness or life : become active or flourishing again\ntransitive senses\n1 : to restore to consciousness or life\n2 : to restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state : bring back\n3 : to renew in the mind or memory


Words: revoke
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to annul by recalling or taking back : RESCIND <revoke a will>\n2 : to bring or call back\nintransitive senses : to fail to follow suit when able in a card game in violation of the rules\n\n<2> noun\n: an act or instance of revoking in a card game


Words: revolt
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to renounce allegiance or subjection (as to a government) : REBEL\n2 a : to experience disgust or shock b : to turn away with disgust\ntransitive senses : to cause to turn away or shrink with disgust or abhorrence\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a renouncing of allegiance (as to a government or party); especially : a determined armed uprising\n2 : a movement or expression of vigorous dissent


Words: revolution
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : the action by a celestial body of going round in an orbit or elliptical course; also : apparent movement of such a body round the earth (2) : the time taken by a celestial body to make a complete round in its orbit (3) : the rotation of a celestial body on its axis b : completion of a course (as of years); also : the period made by the regular succession of a measure of time or by a succession of similar events c (1) : a progressive motion of a body round an axis so that any line of the body parallel to the axis returns to its initial position while remaining parallel to the axis in transit and usually at a constant distance from it (2) : motion of any figure about a center or axis <revolution of a right triangle about one of its legs generates a cone> (3) : ROTATION 1b\n2 a : a sudden, radical, or complete change b : a fundamental change in political organization; especially : the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed c : activity or movement designed to effect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic situation d : a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something : a change of paradigm <the Copernican revolution> e : a changeover in use or preference especially in technology <the computer revolution> <the foreign car revolution>


Words: revolutionary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or constituting a revolution <revolutionary war> b : tending to or promoting revolution <a revolutionary party> c : constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change <revolutionary styling> <a revolutionary new product>\n2 capitalized : of or relating to the American Revolution or to the period in which it occurred\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one engaged in a revolution\n2 : an advocate or adherent of revolutionary doctrines


Words: revolutionize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to overthrow the established government of\n2 : to imbue with revolutionary doctrines\n3 : to change fundamentally or completely\nintransitive senses : to engage in revolution


Words: revolve
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to turn over at length in the mind : PONDER <revolve a scheme>\n2 a obsolete : to cause to go round in an orbit b : ROTATE 1\nintransitive senses\n1 : RECUR\n2 a : to ponder something b : to remain under consideration <ideas revolved in his mind>\n3 a : to move in a curved path round a center or axis b : to turn or roll round on an axis\n4 : to come to a main or central point : CENTER <the dispute revolved around wages>


Words: revolver
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that revolves\n2 : a handgun with a cylinder of several chambers brought successively into line with the barrel and discharged with the same hammer


Words: revue
Meaning:
noun\n: a theatrical production consisting typically of brief loosely connected often satirical skits, songs, and dances


Words: revulsion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a strong pulling or drawing away : WITHDRAWAL\n2 a : a sudden or strong reaction or change b : a sense of utter distaste or repugnance


Words: reward
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to give a reward to or for\n2 : RECOMPENSE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something that is given in return for good or evil done or received and especially that is offered or given for some service or attainment\n2 : a stimulus administered to an organism following a correct or desired response that increases the probability of occurrence of the response


Words: rhapsody
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation\n2 archaic : a miscellaneous collection\n3 a (1) : a highly emotional utterance (2) : a highly emotional literary work (3) : effusively rapturous or extravagant discourse b : RAPTURE, ECSTASY\n4 : a musical composition of irregular form having an improvisatory character


Words: rhenium
Meaning:
noun\n: a rare heavy metallic element that resembles manganese, is obtained either as a powder or as a silver-white hard metal, and is used in catalysts and thermocouples see ELEMENT table


Words: rhetoric
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the art of speaking or writing effectively: as a : the study of principles and rules of composition formulated by critics of ancient times b : the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion\n2 a : skill in the effective use of speech b : a type or mode of language or speech; also : insincere or grandiloquent language\n3 : verbal communication : DISCOURSE


Words: rheum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a watery discharge from the mucous membranes especially of the eyes or nose\n2 archaic : TEARS


Words: rheumatism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various conditions characterized by inflammation or pain in muscles, joints, or fibrous tissue <muscular rheumatism>\n2 : RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS


Words: rhinoceros
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a family (Rhinocerotidae) of large heavyset herbivorous perissodactyl mammals of Africa and Asia that have one or two upright keratinous horns on the snout and thick gray to brown skin with little hair


Words: rhizome
Meaning:
noun\n: a somewhat elongate usually horizontal subterranean plant stem that is often thickened by deposits of reserve food material, produces shoots above and roots below, and is distinguished from a true root in possessing buds, nodes, and usually scalelike leaves


Words: rhodium
Meaning:
noun\n: a white hard ductile metallic element that is resistant to acids, occurs in platinum ores, and is used in alloys with platinum see ELEMENT table


Words: rhododendron
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Rhododendron) of the heath family of widely cultivated shrubs and trees with alternate leaves and showy flowers; especially : one with leathery evergreen leaves as distinguished from a deciduous azalea


Words: rhomboid
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a parallelogram with no right angles and with adjacent sides of unequal length\n\n<2> adjective\n: shaped somewhat like a rhombus or rhomboid


Words: rhubarb
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Rheum) of Asian plants of the buckwheat family having large leaves with thick succulent petioles often used as food\n2 : the dried rhizome and roots of any of several rhubarbs grown in China and Tibet and used as a purgative and stomachic\n3 : a heated dispute or controversy


Words: rhyme
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : rhyming verse (2) : POETRY b : a composition in verse that rhymes\n2 a : correspondence in terminal sounds of units of composition or utterance (as two or more words or lines of verse) b : one of two or more words thus corresponding in sound c : correspondence of other than terminal word sounds: as (1) : ALLITERATION (2) : INTERNAL RHYME\n3 : RHYTHM, MEASURE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to relate or praise in rhyming verse\n2 a : to put into rhyme b : to compose (verse) in rhyme c : to cause to rhyme : use as rhyme\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make rhymes; also : to compose rhyming verse\n2 of a word or verse : to end in syllables that are rhymes\n3 : to be in accord : HARMONIZE


Words: rhythm
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an ordered recurrent alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in speech b : a particular example or form of rhythm <iambic rhythm>\n2 a : the aspect of music comprising all the elements (as accent, meter, and tempo) that relate to forward movement b : a characteristic rhythmic pattern <rumba rhythm>; also : 1METER 2 c : the group of instruments in a band supplying the rhythm called also rhythm section\n3 a : movement or fluctuation marked by the regular recurrence or natural flow of related elements b : the repetition in a literary work of phrase, incident, character type, or symbol\n4 : a regularly recurrent quantitative change in a variable biological process <a circadian rhythm> compare BIORHYTHM\n5 : the effect created by the elements in a play, movie, or novel that relate to the temporal development of the action\n6 : RHYTHM METHOD


Words: rib
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : any of the paired curved bony or partly cartilaginous rods that stiffen the walls of the body of most vertebrates and protect the viscera b : a cut of meat including a rib see BEEF illustration c from the account of Eve’s creation from Adam’s rib in Gen 2:21*22 : WIFE\n2 : something resembling a rib in shape or function: as a (1) : a traverse member of the frame of a ship that runs from keel to deck (2) : a light fore-and-aft member in an airplane’s wing b : one of the stiff strips supporting an umbrella’s fabric c : one of the arches in Romanesque and Gothic vaulting meeting and crossing one another and dividing the whole vaulted space into triangles\n3 : an elongated ridge: as a (1) : a vein of an insect’s wing (2) : one of the primary veins of a leaf b : one of the ridges in a knitted or woven fabric\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to furnish or enclose with ribs\n2 : to form vertical ridges in in knitting\n\n<3> noun\n1 : JOKE\n2 : PARODY\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to poke fun at : KID


Words: ribald
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a ribald person\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : CRUDE, OFFENSIVE <ribald language>\n2 : characterized by or using coarse indecent humor


Words: ribbon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a flat or tubular narrow closely woven fabric (as of silk or rayon) used for trimmings or knitting b : a narrow fabric used for tying packages c : a piece of usually multicolored ribbon worn as a military decoration or in place of a medal d : a strip of colored satin given for winning a place in a competition\n2 : a strip of inked fabric (as in a typewriter)\n3 plural : reins for controlling an animal\n4 : TATTER, SHRED usually used in plural\n5 : RIBBAND\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to adorn with ribbons b : to divide into ribbons c : to cover with or as if with ribbons\n2 : to rip to shreds


Words: riboflavin
Meaning:
noun\n: a yellow crystalline compound C17H20N4O6 that is a growth-promoting member of the vitamin complex and occurs both free (as in milk) and combined (as in liver) called also vitamin B2, vitamin


Words: rice
Meaning:
noun\n: the starchy seeds of an annual cereal grass (Oryza sativa) that are cooked and used for food; also : this cereal grass that occurs in southeastern Asia and is widely cultivated in warm climates for its seeds and by-products


Words: rich
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having abundant possessions and especially material wealth\n2 a : having high value or quality b : well supplied <a city rich in traditions>\n3 : magnificently impressive : SUMPTUOUS\n4 a : vivid and deep in color <a rich red> b : full and mellow in tone and quality <a rich voice> c : having a strong fragrance <rich perfumes>\n5 : highly productive or remunerative <a rich mine>\n6 a : having abundant plant nutrients <rich soil> b : highly seasoned, fatty, oily, or sweet <rich foods> c : high in the combustible component <a rich fuel mixture> d : high in some component <cholesterol-rich foods>\n7 a : ENTERTAINING; also : LAUGHABLE b : MEANINGFUL, SIGNIFICANT <rich allusions> c : LUSH <rich meadows>\n8 : pure or nearly pure <rich lime>


Words: rick
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a stack (as of hay) in the open air\n2 : a pile of material (as cordwood) split from short logs\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to pile (as hay) in ricks\n\n<3> transitive verb\nchiefly British : WRENCH, SPRAIN


Words: rickets
Meaning:
noun plural but singular in construction\n: a deficiency disease that affects the young during the period of skeletal growth, is characterized especially by soft and deformed bones, and is caused by failure to assimilate and use calcium and phosphorus normally due to inadequate sunlight or vitamin


Words: rickety
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : affected with rickets\n2 a : lacking stability or firmness : SHAKY 2a <a rickety coalition> b : in unsound physical condition <rickety veterans> <rickety stairs>


Words: ricochet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a glancing rebound (as of a projectile off a flat surface); also : an object that ricochets\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to skip with or as if with glancing rebounds


Words: rid
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 archaic : SAVE, RESCUE\n2 : to make free : RELIEVE, DISENCUMBER <rid the language of impropriety> <be rid of worries> <get rid of that junk>


Words: riddle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : CONUNDRUM, ENIGMA\n2 : something or someone difficult to understand\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to speak in or propound riddles\ntransitive senses\n1 : to find the solution of : EXPLAIN\n2 : to set a riddle for : PUZZLE\n\n<3> noun\n: a coarse sieve\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 : to separate (as grain from chaff) with a riddle : SCREEN\n2 : to pierce with many holes <riddled the car with bullets>\n3 : to spread through : PERMEATE <a book riddled with errors>


Words: ride
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to sit and travel on the back of an animal that one directs b : to travel in or on a conveyance\n2 : to travel as if on a conveyance : be borne <rode on a wave of popularity>\n3 a : to lie moored or anchored <a ship rides at anchor> b : SAIL c : to move like a floating object <the moon rode in the sky>\n4 : to become supported on a point or surface\n5 a : to travel over a surface <the car rides well> b : to move on the body <shorts that ride up>\n6 : to continue without interference <let it ride>\n7 a : to be contingent : DEPEND <plans on which the future rides> b : to become bet <a lot of money riding on the favorite>\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to travel on <ride a bike> <ride the bus> b : to move with like a rider <ride the waves>\n2 a : to traverse by conveyance <rode 500 miles> b : to ride a horse in <ride a race>\n3 : SURVIVE, OUTLAST usually used with out <rode out the gale>\n4 : to traverse on horseback to inspect or maintain <ride fence>\n5 : to mount in copulation\n6 a : OBSESS, OPPRESS <ridden by anxiety> b : to harass persistently : NAG c : TEASE, RIB\n7 : CARRY, CONVEY\n8 : to project over : OVERLAP\n9 : to give with (a punch) to soften the impact\n10 : to keep in partial engagement by resting a foot continuously on the pedal <ride the brakes>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act of riding; especially : a trip on horseback or by vehicle\n2 : a way (as a road or path) suitable for riding\n3 : any of various mechanical devices (as at an amusement park) for riding on\n4 a : a trip on which gangsters take a victim to murder him b : something likened to such a trip <take the taxpayers for a ride>\n5 : a means of transportation\n6 : the qualities of travel comfort in a vehicle


Words: rider
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that rides\n2 a : an addition to a document often attached on a separate piece of paper b : a clause appended to a legislative bill to secure a usually distinct object\n3 : something used to overlie another or to move along on another piece


Words: ridge
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an elevated body part (as along the backbone)\n2 a : a range of hills or mountains b : an elongate elevation on an ocean bottom\n3 : an elongate crest or a linear series of crests\n4 : a raised strip (as of plowed ground)\n5 : the line of intersection at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to form into a ridge\nintransitive senses : to extend in ridges


Words: ridgepole
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the highest horizontal timber in a roof against which the upper ends of the rafters are fixed\n2 : the horizontal pole at the top of a tent


Words: ridicule
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the act of exposing to laughter : DERISION, MOCKERY\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make fun of


Words: rife
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : prevalent especially to an increasing degree <fear was rife in the people>\n2 : ABUNDANT, COMMON\n3 : copiously supplied : ABOUNDING usually used with with <rife with rumors>


Words: rifle
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to ransack especially with the intent to steal\n2 : to steal and carry away\nintransitive senses : to engage in ransacking and stealing\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cut spiral grooves into the bore of <rifled arms> <rifled pipe>\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a shoulder weapon with a rifled bore b : a rifled artillery piece\n2 plural : soldiers armed with rifles\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to propel (as a ball) with great force or speed


Words: rift
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : FISSURE, CREVASSE b : FAULT 5\n2 : a clear space or interval\n3 : BREACH, ESTRANGEMENT\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to burst open\ntransitive senses\n1 : CLEAVE, DIVIDE <hills were rifted by the earthquake>\n2 : PENETRATE


Words: rig
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to fit out (as a ship) with rigging\n2 : CLOTHE, DRESS usually used with out\n3 : to furnish with special gear : EQUIP\n4 a : to put in condition or position for use : ADJUST, ARRANGE <a car rigged for manual control> b : CONSTRUCT <rig up a temporary shelter>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the distinctive shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts of a ship\n2 : EQUIPAGE; especially : a carriage with its horse\n3 : CLOTHING, DRESS\n4 : tackle, equipment, or machinery fitted for a specified purpose <an oil-drilling rig>\n5 : a tractor-trailer combination\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to manipulate or control usually by deceptive or dishonest means <rig an election>\n2 : to fix in advance for a desired result <rig a quiz program>


Words: rigging
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : lines and chains used aboard a ship especially in working sail and supporting masts and spars b : a similar network (as in theater scenery) used for support and manipulation\n2 : CLOTHING


Words: right
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : RIGHTEOUS, UPRIGHT\n2 : being in accordance with what is just, good, or proper <right conduct>\n3 a : agreeable to a standard b : conforming to facts or truth : CORRECT <the right answer>\n4 : SUITABLE, APPROPRIATE <the right man for the job>\n5 : STRAIGHT <a right line>\n6 : GENUINE, REAL\n7 a : of, relating to, situated on, or being the side of the body which is away from the heart and on which the hand is stronger in most people b : located nearer to the right hand than to the left c : located to the right of an observer facing the object specified or directed as the right arm would point when raised out to the side d (1) : located on the right of an observer facing in the same direction as the object specified <stage right> (2) : located on the right when facing downstream <the right bank of a river>\n8 : having the axis perpendicular to the base <right cone>\n9 : of, relating to, or constituting the principal or more prominent side of an object <made sure the socks were right side out>\n10 : acting or judging in accordance with truth or fact <time proved her right>\n11 a : being in good physical or mental health or order <not in his right mind> b : being in a correct or proper state <put things right>\n12 : most favorable or desired : PREFERABLE; also : socially acceptable <knew all the right people>\n13 often capitalized : of, adhering to, or constituted by the Right especially in politics\n\n<2> noun\n1 : qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval\n2 : something to which one has a just claim: as a : the power or privilege to which one is justly entitled b (1) : the interest that one has in a piece of property often used in plural <mineral rights> (2) plural : the property interest possessed under law or custom and agreement in an intangible thing especially of a literary and artistic nature <film rights of the novel>\n3 : something that one may properly claim as due\n4 : the cause of truth or justice\n5 a :


Words: righteous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin\n2 a : morally right or justifiable <a righteous decision> b : arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality <righteous indignation>\n3 slang : GENUINE, GOOD


Words: rightful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : JUST, EQUITABLE\n2 a : having a just or legally established claim : LEGITIMATE <the rightful owner> b : held by right or just claim : LEGAL <rightful authority>\n3 : PROPER, FITTING <assured of his rightful place in history Brian Duff>


Words: rightly
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : in accordance with right conduct : FAIRLY, JUSTLY\n2 : in the right or proper manner : PROPERLY, FITTINGLY\n3 : according to truth or fact : CORRECTLY, EXACTLY


Words: rigid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : deficient in or devoid of flexibility <rigid price controls> <a rigid bar of metal> b : appearing stiff and unyielding <his face rigid with pain>\n2 a : inflexibly set in opinion b : strictly observed <adheres to a rigid schedule>\n3 : firmly inflexible rather than lax or indulgent <a rigid disciplinarian>\n4 : precise and accurate in procedure <rigid control of the manufacturing process>\n5 of an airship : having the outer shape maintained by a fixed framework


