# dict

Words: trumpery
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : worthless nonsense b : trivial or useless articles : JUNK <a wagon loaded with household trumpery Washington Irving>\n2 archaic : tawdry finery


Words: trumpet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a wind instrument consisting of a conical or cylindrical usually metal tube, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and a flared bell; specifically : a valved brass instrument having a cylindrical tube with two turns and a usual range from sharp below middle upward for 2 12 octaves b : a musical instrument (as a cornet) resembling a trumpet\n2 : a trumpet player\n3 : something that resembles a trumpet or its tonal quality: as a : a funnel-shaped instrument (as a megaphone) for collecting, directing, or intensifying sound b (1) : a stentorian voice (2) : a penetrating cry (as of an elephant)\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to blow a trumpet\n2 : to make a sound suggestive of that of a trumpet\ntransitive senses : to sound or proclaim on or as if on a trumpet


Words: truncate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: having the end square or even <the truncate leaves of the tulip tree>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to shorten by or as if by cutting off\n2 : to replace (an edge or corner of a crystal) by a plane


Words: truncheon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a shattered spear or lance\n2 a obsolete : CLUB, BLUDGEON b : BATON 2 c : a police officer’s billy club\n\n<2> transitive verb\narchaic : to beat with a truncheon


Words: trundle
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to propel by causing to rotate : ROLL b archaic : to cause to revolve : SPIN\n2 : to transport in or as if in a wheeled vehicle : HAUL, WHEEL\nintransitive senses\n1 : to progress by revolving\n2 : to move on or as if on wheels : ROLL\n\n<2> noun\n1 : TRUNDLE BED\n2 : the motion or sound of something rolling\n3 : a round or oval wooden tub


Words: trunk
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots called also bole b (1) : the human or animal body apart from the head and appendages : TORSO (2) : the thorax of an insect c : the central part of anything; specifically : the shaft of a column or pilaster\n2 a (1) : a large rigid piece of luggage used usually for transporting clothing and personal effects (2) : the luggage compartment of an automobile b (1) : a superstructure over a ship’s hatches usually level with the poop deck (2) : the part of the cabin of a boat projecting above the deck (3) : the housing for a centerboard or rudder\n3 : PROBOSCIS; especially : the long muscular proboscis of the elephant\n4 plural : men’s shorts worn chiefly for sports\n5 a : a usually major channel or passage (as a chute or shaft) b : a circuit between two telephone exchanges for making connections between subscribers; broadly : a usually electronic path over which information is transmitted (as between computer memories)\n6 a : the principal channel of a tributary system <an arterial trunk> <trunk of a river> b : TRUNK LINE


Words: truss
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to secure tightly : BIND b : to arrange for cooking by binding close the wings or legs of (a fowl)\n2 : to support, strengthen, or stiffen by or as if by a truss\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an iron band around a lower mast with an attachment by which a yard is secured to the mast\n2 a : BRACKET 1 b : an assemblage of members (as beams) forming a rigid framework\n3 : a device worn to reduce a hernia by pressure\n4 : a compact flower or fruit cluster


Words: trust
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something b : one in which confidence is placed\n2 a : dependence on something future or contingent : HOPE b : reliance on future payment for property (as merchandise) delivered : CREDIT\n3 a : a property interest held by one person for the benefit of another b : a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement; especially : one that reduces or threatens to reduce competition\n4 archaic : TRUSTWORTHINESS\n5 a (1) : a charge or duty imposed in faith or confidence or as a condition of some relationship (2) : something committed or entrusted to one to be used or cared for in the interest of another b : responsible charge or office c : CARE, CUSTODY <the child committed to her trust>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to place confidence : DEPEND <trust in God> <trust to luck> b : to be confident : HOPE\n2 : to sell or deliver on credit\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to commit or place in one’s care or keeping : ENTRUST b : to permit to stay or go or to do something without fear or misgiving\n2 a : to rely on the truthfulness or accuracy of : BELIEVE b : to place confidence in : rely on c : to hope or expect confidently\n3 : to extend credit to


Words: trustee
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : one to whom something is entrusted b : a country charged with the supervision of a trust territory\n2 a : a natural or legal person to whom property is legally committed to be administered for the benefit of a beneficiary (as a person or a charitable organization) b : one (as a corporate director) occupying a position of trust and performing functions comparable to those of a trustee\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to commit to the care of a trustee\nintransitive senses : to serve as trustee


Words: trusty
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: TRUSTWORTHY, DEPENDABLE\n\n<2> noun\n: a trusty or trusted person; specifically : a convict considered trustworthy and allowed special privileges


Words: truth
Meaning:
noun\n1 a archaic : FIDELITY, CONSTANCY b : sincerity in action, character, and utterance\n2 a (1) : the state of being the case : FACT (2) : the body of real things, events, and facts : ACTUALITY (3) often capitalized : a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality b : a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted as true <truths of thermodynamics> c : the body of true statements and propositions\n3 a : the property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality b chiefly British : TRUE 2 c : fidelity to an original or to a standard\n4 capitalized , Christian Science : GOD


Words: try
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to examine or investigate judicially b (1) : to conduct the trial of (2) : to participate as counsel in the judicial examination of\n2 a : to put to test or trial <try one’s luck> often used with out b : to subject to something (as undue strain or excessive hardship or provocation) that tests the powers of endurance c : DEMONSTRATE, PROVE\n3 a obsolete : PURIFY, REFINE b : to melt down and procure in a pure state : RENDER <try out whale oil from blubber>\n4 : to fit or finish with accuracy\n5 : to make an attempt at often used with an infinitive\nintransitive senses : to make an attempt\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an experimental trial : ATTEMPT\n2 : a play in rugby that is similar to a touchdown in football, scores usually four points, and entitles the scoring side to attempt a placekick at the goal for additional points; also : the score made on a try


Words: tryst
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an agreement (as between lovers) to meet\n2 : an appointed meeting or meeting place\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to make or keep a tryst


Words: tub
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a wide low vessel orig. formed with wooden staves, round bottom, and hoops b : a small round container in which a product is sold <a tub of oleo>\n2 : an old or slow boat\n3 : BATHTUB; also : BATH\n4 : the amount that a tub will hold\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to wash or bathe in a tub\n2 : to put or store in a tub\nintransitive senses\n1 : BATHE\n2 : to undergo washing


Words: tuba
Meaning:
noun\n: a large low-pitched brass instrument usually oval in shape and having a conical tube, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and a usual range an octave lower than that of the euphonium


Words: tube
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various usually cylindrical structures or devices: as a : a hollow elongated cylinder; especially : one to convey fluids b : a soft tubular container whose contents (as toothpaste) can be removed by squeezing c (1) : TUNNEL (2) British : SUBWAY b d : the basically cylindrical section between the mouthpiece and bell that is the fundamental part of a wind instrument\n2 a : a slender channel within a plant or animal body : DUCT compare FALLOPIAN TUBE b : the narrow basal portion of a gamopetalous corolla or a calyx with united sepals\n3 : INNER TUBE\n4 a : ELECTRON TUBE; especially : VACUUM TUBE b : CATHODE-RAY TUBE; especially : a television picture tube c : TELEVISION\n5 : an article of clothing shaped like a tube <tube top> <tube socks>


Words: tuber
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a short fleshy usually underground stem bearing minute scale leaves each of which bears a bud in its axil and is potentially able to produce a new plant compare BULB, CORM b : a fleshy root or rhizome resembling a tuber\n2 : TUBEROSITY


Words: tubercle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small knobby prominence or excrescence especially on a plant or animal : NODULE: as a : a protuberance near the head of a rib that articulates with the transverse process of a vertebra b : any of several prominences in the central nervous system c : NODULE b\n2 : a small abnormal discrete lump in the substance of an organ or in the skin; especially : the specific lesion of tuberculosis


Words: tubercular
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or affected with tuberculosis b : caused by the tubercle bacillus <tubercular meningitis>\n2 : characterized by lesions that are or resemble tubercles <tubercular leprosy>\n3 : relating to, resembling, or constituting a tubercle\n\n<2> noun\n: a person with tuberculosis


Words: tuberculosis
Meaning:
noun\n: a highly variable communicable disease of humans and some other vertebrates caused by the tubercle bacillus and rarely in the U.S. by a related mycobacterium (Mycobacterium bovis) and characterized by toxic symptoms or allergic manifestations which in humans primarily affect the lungs


Words: tuberose
Meaning:
noun\n: a Mexican bulbous herb (Polianthes tuberosa) of the agave family cultivated for its spike of fragrant white single or double flowers


Words: tuberous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : consisting of, bearing, or resembling a tuber\n2 : of, relating to, or being a plant tuber or tuberous root of a plant


Words: tubing
Meaning:
noun\n1 : material in the form of a tube; also : a length or piece of tube\n2 : a series or system of tubes


Words: tubular
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having the form of or consisting of a tube <a tubular calyx> b : made or provided with tubes\n2 : of, relating to, or sounding as if produced through tubes


Words: tuck
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to pull up into a fold b : to make a tuck in\n2 : to put into a snug often concealing or isolating place <cottage tucked away in the hill>\n3 a : to push in the loose end of so as to hold tightly <tuck in your shirt> b : to cover by tucking in bedclothes usually used with in\n4 : EAT usually used with away or in <tucked away a big lunch>\n5 : to put into a tuck position\nintransitive senses\n1 : to draw together into tucks or folds\n2 : to eat or drink heartily usually used with into <tucked into their beer and pretzels>\n3 : to fit snugly\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a fold stitched into cloth to shorten, decorate, or control fullness\n2 : the part of a vessel where the ends of the lower planks meet under the stern\n3 a : an act or instance of tucking b : something tucked or to be tucked in\n4 a : a body position (as in diving) in which the knees are bent, the thighs drawn tightly to the chest, and the hands clasped around the shins b : a skiing position in which the skier squats forward and holds the ski poles under the arms and parallel to the ground\n5 : a cosmetic surgical operation for the removal of excess skin or fat from a body part <a tummy tuck>\n\n<3> noun\n: a sound of or as if of a drumbeat\n\n<4> noun\narchaic : RAPIER\n\n<5> noun\n: VIGOR, ENERGY <seemed to kind of take the tuck all out of me Mark Twain>


Words: tucker
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a piece of lace or cloth in the neckline of a dress\n2 : one that tucks\n3 chiefly Australian : FOOD\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: EXHAUST often used with out


Words: tuft
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a small cluster of elongated flexible outgrowths attached or close together at the base and free at the opposite ends; especially : a growing bunch of grasses or close-set plants b : a bunch of soft fluffy threads cut off short and used as ornament\n2 : CLUMP, CLUSTER\n3 : MOUND\n4 : any of the projections of yarns drawn through a fabric or making up a fabric so as to produce a surface of raised loops or cut pile\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to provide or adorn with a tuft b : to make (a fabric) of or with tufts\n2 : to make (as a mattress) firm by stitching at intervals and sewing on tufts\nintransitive senses : to form into or grow in tufts


Words: tug
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to pull hard\n2 : to struggle in opposition : CONTEND\n3 : to exert oneself laboriously : LABOR\ntransitive senses\n1 : to pull or strain hard at\n2 a : to move by pulling hard : HAUL b : to carry with difficulty : LUG\n3 : to tow with a tugboat\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : 3TRACE 1 b : a short leather strap or loop c : a rope or chain used for pulling\n2 a : an act or instance of tugging : PULL b : a strong pulling force\n3 a : a straining effort b : a struggle between two people or opposite forces\n4 : TUGBOAT


Words: tuition
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : CUSTODY, GUARDIANSHIP\n2 : the act or profession of teaching : INSTRUCTION <pursued his studies under private tuition>\n3 : the price of or payment for instruction


Words: tulip
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Tulipa) of Eurasian bulbous herbs of the lily family that have linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and are widely grown for their showy flowers; also : the flower or bulb of a tulip


Words: tumble
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to fall suddenly and helplessly b : to suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat c : to decline suddenly and sharply (as in price) : DROP <the stock market tumbled> d : to fall into ruin : COLLAPSE\n2 a : to perform gymnastic feats in tumbling b : to turn end over end in falling or flight\n3 : to roll over and over, to and fro, or end over end : TOSS\n4 : to issue forth hurriedly and confusedly\n5 : to come by chance : STUMBLE\n6 : to come to understand : CATCH ON <didn’t tumble to the seriousness of the problem>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to tumble (as by pushing or toppling)\n2 a : to throw together in a confused mass b : RUMPLE, DISORDER\n3 : to whirl in a tumbling barrel\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a disordered mass of objects or material b : a disorderly state\n2 : an act or instance of tumbling


Words: tumbler
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that tumbles: as a : one that performs tumbling feats : ACROBAT b : any of various domestic pigeons that tumble or somersault backward in flight or on the ground\n2 : a drinking glass without foot or stem and orig. with pointed or convex base\n3 a : a movable obstruction in a lock (as a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or pin) that must be adjusted to a particular position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown b : a piece on which the mainspring acts in a gun’s lock\n4 : a device or mechanism for tumbling (as a revolving cage in which clothes are dried)\n5 : a worker that operates a tumbler


Words: tumbleweed
Meaning:
noun\n: a plant (as Russian thistle or any of several amaranths) that breaks away from its roots in the autumn and is driven about by the wind as a light rolling mass


Words: tumbrel
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a farm tipcart\n2 : a vehicle carrying condemned persons (as political prisoners during the French Revolution) to a place of execution


Words: tumid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by swelling : SWOLLEN, ENLARGED <a badly infected tumid leg>\n2 : PROTUBERANT, BULGING <sails tumid in the breeze>\n3 : BOMBASTIC, TURGID


Words: tumor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a swollen or distended part\n2 : an abnormal benign or malignant mass of tissue that is not inflammatory, arises without obvious cause from cells of preexistent tissue, and possesses no physiologic function


Words: tumult
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : COMMOTION b : a turbulent uprising : RIOT\n2 : HUBBUB, DIN\n3 a : violent agitation of mind or feelings b : a violent outburst


Words: tumultuous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by tumult\n2 : tending or disposed to cause or incite a tumult\n3 : marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval


Words: tun
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large cask especially for wine\n2 : any of various units of liquid capacity; especially : one equal to 252 gallons


Words: tuna
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of various flat-jointed prickly pears (genus Opuntia); especially : one (O. tuna) of tropical America\n2 : the edible fruit of a tuna\n\n<2> noun\n1 : any of numerous large vigorous scombroid food and sport fishes (as an albacore or a bluefin tuna)\n2 : the flesh of a tuna especially when canned for use as food called also tuna fish


Words: tundra
Meaning:
noun\n: a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs; also : a similar region confined to mountainous areas above timberline


Words: tune
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a archaic : quality of sound : TONE b : manner of utterance : INTONATION; specifically : phonetic modulation\n2 a : a succession of pleasing musical tones : MELODY b : a dominant theme\n3 : correct musical pitch or consonance used chiefly in the phrases in tune and out of tune\n4 a archaic : a frame of mind : MOOD b : AGREEMENT, HARMONY <in tune with the times> c : general attitude : APPROACH <changed his tune when the going got rough>\n5 : AMOUNT, EXTENT <custom-made to the tune of 40 to 50 apiece Amer. Fabrics>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to adjust in musical pitch or cause to be in tune <tuned her guitar>\n2 a : to bring into harmony : ATTUNE b : to adjust for precise functioning often used with up <tune up an engine> c : to make more precise, intense, or effective\n3 : to adjust with respect to resonance at a particular frequency: as a : to adjust (a radio or television receiver) to respond to waves of a particular frequency often used with in b : to establish radio contact with <tune in a directional beacon>\n4 : to adjust the frequency of the output of (a device) to a chosen frequency or range of frequencies; also : to alter the frequency of (radiation)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become attuned\n2 : to adjust a radio or television receiver to respond to waves of a particular frequency


Words: tungsten
Meaning:
noun\n: a gray-white heavy high-melting ductile hard polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and molybdenum in many of its properties and is used especially for electrical purposes and in hardening alloys (as steel) called also wolfram; see ELEMENT table


Words: tunic
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a simple slip-on garment made with or without sleeves and usually knee-length or longer, belted at the waist, and worn as an under or outer garment by men and women of ancient Greece and Rome b : SURCOAT\n2 : an enclosing or covering membrane or tissue <the tunic of a seed>\n3 : a long usually plain close-fitting jacket with high collar worn especially as part of a uniform\n4 : TUNICLE\n5 a : a short overskirt b : a hip-length or longer blouse or jacket


Words: tunnel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a hollow conduit or recess : TUBE, WELL\n2 a : a covered passageway; specifically : a horizontal passageway through or under an obstruction b : a subterranean gallery (as in a mine) c : BURROW\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make or use a tunnel\n2 physics : to pass through a potential barrier <electrons tunneling through an insulator between semiconductors>\ntransitive senses : to make a tunnel or similar opening through or under; also : to make (one’s way) by or as if by making a tunnel


Words: turban
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a headdress worn chiefly in countries of the eastern Mediterranean and southern Asia especially by Muslims and made of a cap around which is wound a long cloth\n2 : a headdress resembling a turban; specifically : a woman’s close-fitting hat without a brim\n3 : a rolled stuffed fillet of fish <turban of sole>


Words: turbid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment <a turbid stream> b : heavy with smoke or mist\n2 a : deficient in clarity or purity : FOUL, MUDDY <turbid depths of degradation and misery C. I. Glicksberg> b : characterized by or producing obscurity (as of mind or emotions) <an emotionally turbid response>


Words: turbine
Meaning:
noun\n: a rotary engine actuated by the reaction or impulse or both of a current of fluid (as water, steam, or air) subject to pressure and usually made with a series of curved vanes on a central rotating spindle


Words: turbot
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large European flatfish (Psetta maxima) that is a popular food fish and has a brownish upper surface marked with scattered tubercles and a white undersurface\n2 : any of various flatfishes resembling the turbot


Words: turbulence
Meaning:
noun\n: the quality or state of being turbulent: as a : wild commotion b : irregular atmospheric motion especially when characterized by up-and-down currents c : departure in a fluid from a smooth flow


Words: turbulent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : causing unrest, violence, or disturbance\n2 a : characterized by agitation or tumult : TEMPESTUOUS b : exhibiting physical turbulence


Words: turf
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the upper stratum of soil bound by grass and plant roots into a thick mat; also : a piece of this b : an artificial substitute for this (as on a playing field)\n2 a : PEAT 2 b : a piece of peat dried for fuel\n3 a : a track or course for horse racing b : the sport or business of horse racing\n4 a : territory considered by a teenage gang to be under its control b : TERRITORY 2 <have to play two of the last three games on hostile turf Joe Klein> <points toward the biographer’s turf, not the critic’s Hugh Kenner>; also : a sphere of activity or influence <people who could hurt him on his own foreign-policy turf Wall Street Journal>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cover with turf\n2 chiefly British : to eject forcibly : KICK usually used with out


Words: turgid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : being in a state of distension : SWOLLEN, TUMID <turgid limbs>; especially : exhibiting turgor\n2 : excessively embellished in style or language : BOMBASTIC, POMPOUS


Words: turkey
Meaning:
noun\n1 plural also turkey : a large No. American gallinaceous bird (Meleagris gallopavo) that is domesticated in most parts of the world\n2 : FAILURE, FLOP; especially : a theatrical production that has failed\n3 : three successive strikes in bowling\n4 : a stupid, foolish, or inept person


Words: turn
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to move around an axis or a center : make rotate or revolve <turn a wheel> <turn a crank> b (1) : to cause to move around so as to effect a desired end (as of locking, opening, or shutting) <turned the knob till the door opened> (2) : to affect or alter the functioning of (as a mechanical device) by such movement <turned the oven to a higher temperature> c : to execute or perform by rotating or revolving <turn handsprings> d : to twist out of line or shape : WRENCH <had turned his ankle>\n2 a (1) : to cause to change position by moving through an arc of a circle <turned her chair to the fire> (2) : to cause to move around a center so as to show another side of <turn the page> (3) : to cause (as a scale) to move so as to register weight b : to revolve mentally : think over : PONDER\n3 a : to reverse the sides or surfaces of : INVERT <turn pancakes> <turn the shirt inside out>: as (1) : to dig or plow so as to bring the lower soil to the surface (2) : to make (as a garment) over by reversing the material and resewing <turn a collar> (3) : to invert feet up and face down (as a character, rule, or slug) in setting type b : to reverse or upset the order or disposition of <everything was turned topsy-turvy> c : to disturb or upset the mental balance of : DERANGE, UNSETTLE <a mind turned by grief> d : to set in another especially contrary direction\n4 a : to bend or change the course of : DIVERT b : to cause to retreat <used fire hoses to turn the mob> c : to alter the drift, tendency, or expected result of d : to bend a course around or about : ROUND <turned the corner at full speed>\n5 a (1) : to direct or point (as the face) in a specified way or direction (2) : to present by a change in direction or position <turning his back to his guests> b : to bring to bear (as by aiming, pointing, or focusing) : TRAIN <turned the light into the dark doorway> <turned a questioning eye toward her> c : to direct (as the attention or mind) toward or away from something d : to direct the employm


Words: turnbuckle
Meaning:
noun\n: a device that usually consists of a link with screw threads at both ends, that is turned to bring the ends closer together, and that is used for tightening a rod or stay


Words: turner
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one that turns or is used for turning <a pancake turner>; especially : a person who forms articles with a lathe\n\n<2> noun\n: a member of a turnverein : GYMNAST


Words: turning
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or course of one that turns\n2 : a place of a change in direction\n3 a : a forming by use of a lathe; broadly : TURNERY b plural : waste produced in turning


Words: turnip
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : either of two biennial herbs of the mustard family with thick edible roots: (1) : one (Brassica rapa rapifera) with usually flattened roots and leaves that are cooked as a vegetable (2) : RUTABAGA b : the root of a turnip\n2 : a large pocket watch


Words: turnkey
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one who has charge of a prison’s keys\n\n<2> adjective\n: built, supplied, or installed complete and ready to operate <a turnkey nuclear plant> <a turnkey computer system>; also : of or relating to a turnkey building or installation <a turnkey contract> <turnkey vendors>


Words: turnout
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act of turning out\n2 chiefly British a : STRIKE 3a b : STRIKER 1d\n3 : the number of people who participate in or attend an event <a heavy voter turnout>\n4 a : a place where something (as a road) turns out or branches off b : a space adjacent to a highway in which vehicles may park or pull into to enable others to pass c : a railroad siding\n5 : a clearing out and cleaning\n6 a : a coach or carriage together with the horses, harness, and attendants b : EQUIPMENT, RIG c : manner of dress : GETUP\n7 : net quantity of produce yielded


Words: turnover
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act or result of turning over : UPSET\n2 : a turning from one side, place, or direction to its opposite : SHIFT, REVERSAL\n3 : a reorganization with a view to a shift in personnel : SHAKE-UP\n4 : something that is turned over\n5 : a filled pastry made by folding half of the crust over the other half\n6 : the amount of business done; especially : the volume of shares traded on a stock exchange\n7 a : movement (as of goods or people) into, through, and out of a place b : a cycle of purchase, sale, and replacement of a stock of goods; also : the ratio of sales for a stated period to average inventory c : the number of persons hired within a period to replace those leaving or dropped from a workforce; also : the ratio of this number to the number in the average force maintained\n8 : the act or an instance of a team’s losing possession of a ball through error or a minor violation of the rules (as in basketball or football)\n\n<2> adjective\n: capable of being turned over


Words: turnpike
Meaning:
noun\n1 : TOLLGATE\n2 a (1) : a road (as an expressway) for the use of which tolls are collected (2) : a road formerly maintained as a turnpike b : a main road; especially : a paved highway with crowned surface


Words: turnspit
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one that turns a spit; specifically : a small dog formerly used in a treadmill to turn a spit b : a roasting jack\n2 : a rotatable spit


Words: turnstile
Meaning:
noun\n: a post with arms pivoted on the top set in a passageway so that persons can pass through only on foot one by one


Words: turntable
Meaning:
noun\n: a revolvable platform: as a : a platform with a track for turning wheeled vehicles b : LAZY SUSAN c : a rotating platform that carries a phonograph record


Words: turpentine
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a yellow to brown semifluid oleoresin obtained as an exudate from the terebinth b : an oleoresin obtained from various conifers (as some pines and firs)\n2 a : an essential oil obtained from turpentines by distillation and used especially as a solvent and thinner called also gum turpentine b : a similar oil obtained by distillation or carbonization of pinewood called also wood turpentine\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to apply turpentine to\n2 : to extract turpentine from; especially : to tap (pine trees) in order to obtain turpentine


Words: turquoise
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mineral that is a blue, bluish green, or greenish gray hydrous basic phosphate of copper and aluminum, takes a high polish, and is valued as a gem when skyblue\n2 : a light greenish blue


Words: turret
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a little tower; specifically : an ornamental structure at an angle of a larger structure\n2 a : a pivoted and revolvable holder in a machine tool b : a device (as on a microscope or a television camera) holding several lenses\n3 a : a tall building usually moved on wheels and formerly used for carrying soldiers and equipment for breaching or scaling a wall b (1) : a gunner’s fixed or movable enclosure in an airplane (2) : a revolving armored structure on a warship that protects one or more guns mounted within it (3) : a similar upper structure usually for one gun on a tank


Words: turtle
Meaning:
<1> noun\narchaic : TURTLEDOVE\n\n<2> noun\n: any of an order (Testudines) of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine reptiles that have a toothless horny beak and a shell of bony dermal plates usually covered with horny shields enclosing the trunk and into which the head, limbs, and tail usually may be withdrawn\n\n<3> noun\n: TURTLENECK


Words: turtledove
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several small wild pigeons (genus Streptopelia and especially S. turtur) noted for plaintive cooing


Words: tusk
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an elongated greatly enlarged tooth (as of an elephant or walrus) that projects when the mouth is closed and serves for digging food or as a weapon; broadly : a long protruding tooth\n2 : one of the small projections on a tusk tenon\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to dig up with a tusk; also : to gash with a tusk


Words: tussle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a physical contest or struggle : SCUFFLE\n2 : an intense argument, controversy, or struggle\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to struggle roughly : SCUFFLE


Words: tussock
Meaning:
noun\n: a compact tuft especially of grass or sedge; also : an area of raised solid ground in a marsh or bog that is bound together by roots of low vegetation


Words: tutelage
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an act or process of serving as guardian or protector : GUARDIANSHIP b : hegemony over a foreign territory : TRUSTEESHIP 2\n2 : the state of being under a guardian or tutor\n3 a : instruction especially of an individual b : a guiding influence


Words: tutelary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : having the guardianship of a person or a thing <a tutelary goddess>\n2 : of or relating to a guardian\n\n<2> noun\n: a tutelary power (as a deity)


Words: tutor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a person charged with the instruction and guidance of another: as a : a private teacher b : a teacher in a British university who gives individual instruction to undergraduates\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to have the guardianship, tutelage, or care of\n2 : to teach or guide usually individually in a special subject or for a particular purpose : COACH\nintransitive senses\n1 : to do the work of a tutor\n2 : to receive instruction especially privately


Words: tutorial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, or involving a tutor\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a class conducted by a tutor for one student or a small number of students\n2 : a paper, book, film, or computer program that provides practical information about a specific subject


Words: tuxedo
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a single-breasted or double-breasted usually black or blackish blue jacket\n2 : semiformal evening clothes for men


Words: twaddle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : silly idle talk : DRIVEL\n2 : one that twaddles : TWADDLER\n\n<2> verb\n: PRATE, BABBLE


Words: twain
Meaning:
<1> adjective\narchaic : TWO\n\n<2> pronoun\n: TWO; especially : two fathoms <mark twain>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : TWO\n2 : COUPLE, PAIR


Words: twang
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a harsh quick ringing sound like that of a plucked banjo string\n2 a : nasal speech or resonance b : the characteristic speech of a region, locality, or group of people\n3 a : an act of plucking b : PANG, TWINGE\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to sound with a twang <the couch twanged when he sat down>\n2 : to speak or sound with a nasal intonation\n3 : to throb or twitch with pain or tension\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to sound with a twang\n2 : to utter or pronounce with a nasal twang\n3 : to pluck the string of\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a persisting flavor, taste, or odor : TANG\n2 : SUGGESTION, TRACE


Words: tweak
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist : TWITCH <tweaked a bud from the stem>\n2 : to pinch (a person or a body part) lightly or playfully <tweaked the baby’s ear affectionately>\n3 : to make small adjustments in or to <tweak the controls>; especially : FINE-TUNE\nintransitive senses : PULL 1a, PLUCK\n\n<2> noun\n: an act of tweaking : PINCH


Words: tweed
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a rough woolen fabric made usually in twill weaves and used especially for suits and coats\n2 plural : tweed clothing; specifically : a tweed suit


Words: tweezers
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n: any of various small metal instruments that are usually held between the thumb and forefinger, are used for plucking, holding, or manipulating, and consist of two legs joined at one end


Words: twelve
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 capitalized a : the twelve original disciples of Jesus b : the books of the Minor Prophets in the Jewish Scriptures\n3 : the 12th in a set or series\n4 : something having 12 units or members\n5 plural : TWELVEMO


Words: twenty
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 plural : the numbers 20 to 29; specifically : the years 20 to 29 in a lifetime or century\n3 : a 20-dollar bill


Words: twice
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : on two occasions <twice absent>\n2 : two times : in doubled quantity or degree <twice two is four> <twice as much>


Words: twiddle
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to play negligently with something : FIDDLE\n2 : to turn or jounce lightly <twiddles round and round in the water J. B. S. Haldane>\ntransitive senses : to rotate lightly or idly <twiddled his cigar James Lord>\n\n<2> noun\n: TURN, TWIST


Words: twig
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a small shoot or branch usually without its leaves\n2 : a minute branch of a nerve or artery\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : NOTICE, OBSERVE\n2 : to understand the meaning of : COMPREHEND\nintransitive senses : to gain a grasp : UNDERSTAND <twigged instinctively about things H. E. Bates>\n\n<3> noun\nBritish : FASHION, STYLE


Words: twilight
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night produced by diffusion of sunlight through the atmosphere and its dust\n2 a : an intermediate state that is not clearly defined <lived in the twilight of neutrality Newsweek> b : a period of decline <the twilight of a great career>


Words: twill
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a fabric with a twill weave\n2 : a textile weave in which the filling threads pass over one and under two or more warp threads to give an appearance of diagonal lines


Words: twin
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : either of two offspring produced at a birth b plural , capitalized : GEMINI\n2 : one of two persons or things closely related to or resembling each other\n3 : a compound crystal composed of two adjoining crystals or parts of crystals of the same kind that share a common plane of atoms\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to bring together in close association : COUPLE\n2 : DUPLICATE, MATCH\nintransitive senses\n1 : to bring forth twins\n2 : to grow as a twin crystal\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : born with one other or as a pair at one birth <twin brother> <twin girls>\n2 a : made up of two similar, related, or connected members or parts : DOUBLE b : paired in a close or necessary relationship : MATCHING c : having or consisting of two identical units d : being one of a pair


Words: twine
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a strong string of two or more strands twisted together\n2 : a twined or interlaced part or object\n3 : an act of twining, interlacing, or embracing\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to twist together b : to form by twisting : WEAVE\n2 a : INTERLACE <the girl twined her hands John Buchan> b : to cause to encircle or enfold something c : to cause to be encircled\nintransitive senses\n1 : to coil about a support\n2 : to stretch or move in a sinuous manner : MEANDER <the river twines through the valley>\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses , chiefly Scottish : to cause (one) to lose possession : DEPRIVE <twined him of his nose J. C. Ransom>\nintransitive senses , chiefly Scottish : PART <you and me must twine R. L. Stevenson>


Words: twinge
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 dialect : PLUCK, TWEAK\n2 : to affect with a sharp pain or pang\nintransitive senses : to feel a sudden sharp local pain\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a sudden sharp stab of pain\n2 : a moral or emotional pang <a twinge of conscience>


Words: twinkle
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to shine with a flickering or sparkling light : SCINTILLATE\n2 a : to flutter the eyelids b : to appear bright especially with merriment <his eyes twinkled>\n3 : to flutter or flit rapidly\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to shine with fluctuating light\n2 : to flicker or flirt rapidly <twinkled the straight, red-lacquered toes Glenway Wescott>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a wink of the eyelids\n2 : the instant’s duration of a wink : TWINKLING\n3 : an intermittent radiance : FLICKER, SPARKLE\n4 : a rapid flashing motion : FLIT


Words: twirl
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to revolve rapidly\n2 : to pitch in a baseball game\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to rotate rapidly\n2 : PITCH 2a\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act of twirling\n2 : COIL, WHORL


Words: twist
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to unite by winding <twisting strands together> b : to make by twisting strands together <twist thread from yarn> c : to mingle by interlacing\n2 : TWINE, COIL\n3 a : to wring or wrench so as to dislocate or distort; especially : SPRAIN <twisted my ankle> b : to alter the meaning of : DISTORT, PERVERT <twisted the facts> c : CONTORT <twisted his face into a grin> d : to pull off, turn, or break by torsion e : to cause to move with a turning motion f : to form into a spiral shape g : to cause to take on moral, mental, or emotional deformity h : to make (one’s way) in a winding or devious manner to a destination or objective\nintransitive senses\n1 : to follow a winding course : SNAKE\n2 a : to turn or change shape under torsion b : to assume a spiral shape c : SQUIRM, WRITHE d : to dance the twist\n3 of a ball : to rotate while taking a curving path or direction\n4 : TURN 3a <twisted around to see behind him>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something formed by twisting or winding: as a : a thread, yarn, or cord formed by twisting two or more strands together b : a strong tightly twisted sewing silk c : a baked piece of twisted dough d : tobacco leaves twisted into a thick roll e : a strip of citrus peel used to flavor a drink\n2 a : an act of twisting : the state of being twisted b : a dance performed with strenuous gyrations especially of the hips c : the spin given the ball in any of various games d : a spiral turn or curve e (1) : torque or torsional stress applied to a body (as a rod or shaft) (2) : torsional strain (3) : the angle through which a thing is twisted\n3 a : a turning off a straight course b : ECCENTRICITY, IDIOSYNCRASY c : a distortion of meaning or sense\n4 a : an unexpected turn or development <weird twists of fate W. L. Shirer> b : a clever device : TRICK <questions demanding special twists of thinking New Yorker> c : a variant approach or method : GIMMICK <a kind of twist on the old triangle theme Dave Fedo>\n5 : a front or back dive in which the diver twists sideways a half or full turn


Words: twister
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that twists; especially : a ball with a forward and spinning motion\n2 : a tornado, waterspout, or dust devil in which the rotatory ascending movement of a column of air is especially apparent


Words: twit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act of twitting : TAUNT\n2 : a silly annoying person : FOOL\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to subject to light ridicule or reproach : RALLY\n2 : to make fun of as a fault


Words: twitch
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to move or pull with a sudden motion : JERK\nintransitive senses\n1 : PULL 1a, PLUCK <twitched at my sleeve>\n2 : to move jerkily : QUIVER\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act of twitching; especially : a short sudden pull or jerk\n2 : a physical or mental pang\n3 : a loop of rope or strap that is tightened over a horse’s lip as a restraining device\n4 a : a short spastic contraction of the muscle fibers b : a slight jerk of a body part\n\n<3> noun\n: QUACK GRASS


Words: twitter
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to utter successive chirping noises\n2 a : to talk in a chattering fashion b : GIGGLE, TITTER\n3 : to tremble with agitation : FLUTTER\ntransitive senses\n1 : to utter in chirps or twitters <the robin twittered its morning song>\n2 : to shake rapidly back and forth : FLUTTER\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a trembling agitation : QUIVER\n2 : a small tremulous intermittent sound (as of birds)\n3 a : a light chattering b : a light silly laugh : GIGGLE


Words: two
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : being one more than one in number\n2 : being the second used postpositively <section two of the instructions>\n\n<2> pronoun ,plural in construction\n1 : two countable individuals not specified <only two were found>\n2 : a small approximate number of indicated things <only a shot or two were fired>\n\n<3> noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 : the second in a set or series <the two of spades>\n3 : a 2-dollar bill\n4 : something having two units or members


Words: twofer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a cheap item of merchandise; especially : a cigar selling at two for a nickel\n2 : a free coupon entitling the bearer to purchase two tickets to a specified theatrical production for the price of one\n3 : two articles available for the price of one or about the price of one


Words: tycoon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : SHOGUN\n2 a : a top leader (as in politics) b : a businessman of exceptional wealth and power : MAGNATE


Words: tyke
Meaning:
noun\n1 : DOG; especially : an inferior or mongrel dog\n2 a chiefly British : a clumsy, churlish, or eccentric person b : a small child


Words: tympanum
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : TYMPANIC MEMBRANE (2) : MIDDLE EAR b : a thin tense membrane covering an organ of hearing of an insect see INSECT illustration c : a membranous resonator in a sound-producing organ\n2 a : the recessed usually triangular face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices b : the space within an arch and above a lintel or a subordinate arch


Words: type
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a person or thing (as in the Old Testament) believed to foreshadow another (as in the New Testament) b : one having qualities of a higher category : MODEL c : a lower taxonomic category selected as a standard of reference for a higher category; also : a specimen or series of specimens on which a taxonomic species or subspecies is actually based\n2 : a distinctive mark or sign\n3 a (1) : a rectangular block usually of metal bearing a relief character from which an inked print can be made (2) : a collection of such blocks <a font of type> (3) : alphanumeric characters for printing <the type for this book has been photoset> b : TYPEFACE <italic type> c : printed letters d : matter set in type\n4 a : qualities common to a number of individuals that distinguish them as an identifiable class: as (1) : the morphological, physiological, or ecological characters by which relationship between organisms may be recognized (2) : the form common to all instances of a linguistic element b : a typical and often superior specimen c : a member of an indicated class or variety of people <the guests were mostly urban types Lucy Cook> d : a particular kind, class, or group <oranges of the seedless type> <leaders of the new type did England yeoman’s service G. M. Trevelyan> e : something distinguishable as a variety : SORT <what type of food do you like>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to represent beforehand as a type : PREFIGURE\n2 a : to produce a copy of b : to represent in terms of typical characteristics : TYPIFY\n3 : to produce (as a character or document) on a typewriter; also : KEYBOARD\n4 : to identify as belonging to a type: as a : to determine the natural type of (as a blood sample) b : TYPECAST\nintransitive senses : to write something on a typewriter or enter data into a computer by way of a keyboard


Words: typecast
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to cast (an actor or actress) in a part calling for the same characteristics as those possessed by the performer\n2 : to cast (an actor or actress) repeatedly in the same type of role\n3 : STEREOTYPE <typecast as the grubby, unbeautiful place which is full of life Miles Kington>


Words: typewriter
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a machine for writing in characters similar to those produced by printer’s type by means of keyboard-operated types striking a ribbon to transfer ink or carbon impressions onto the paper\n2 : TYPIST


Words: typewriting
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or study of or skill in using a typewriter\n2 : writing produced with a typewriter


Words: typhoid
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or suggestive of typhus\n2 2typhoid : of, relating to, or constituting typhoid\n\n<2> noun\n1 : TYPHOID FEVER\n2 : a disease of domestic animals resembling human typhus or typhoid


Words: typhoon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a tropical cyclone occurring in the region of the Philippines or the China sea\n2 : WHIRLWIND 2a <a veritable typhoon of interest and corporate investment Norman Sklarewitz>


Words: unanimous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : being of one mind : AGREEING\n2 : formed with or indicating unanimity : having the agreement and consent of all


Words: unarmed
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not armed or armored\n2 : having no hard and sharp projections (as spines, spurs, or claws)


Words: unattached
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : not assigned or committed (as to a particular task, organization, or person); especially : not married or engaged b : not seized as security for a legal judgment\n2 : not joined or united <unattached buildings>


Words: unawares
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : without design, attention, preparation, or premeditation\n2 : without warning : SUDDENLY, UNEXPECTEDLY


Words: unbalanced
Meaning:
adjective\n: not balanced: as a : not in equilibrium b : mentally disordered or deranged c : not adjusted so as to make credits equal to debits <an unbalanced account>


Words: unbecoming
Meaning:
adjective\n: not becoming <an unbecoming dress>; especially : not according with the standards appropriate to one’s position or condition of life <unbecoming conduct>


Words: unbelievable
Meaning:
adjective\n: too improbable for belief <the plot is unreal and unbelievable>; also : of such a superlative degree as to be hard to believe <the destruction was unbelievable> <made an unbelievable catch in center field>


Words: unbeliever
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that does not believe : an incredulous person : DOUBTER, SKEPTIC\n2 : one that does not believe in a particular religious faith


Words: unbend
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to free from flexure : make or allow to become straight <unbend a bow>\n2 : to cause (as the mind) to relax\n3 a : to unfasten (as a sail) from a spar or stay b : to cast loose (as a rope) : UNTIE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to relax one’s severity, stiffness, or austerity\n2 : to cease to be bent : become straight


Words: unbending
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not bending : UNYIELDING, INFLEXIBLE <an unbending will>\n2 : aloof or unsocial in manner : RESERVED


Words: unbiased
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : free from bias; especially : free from all prejudice and favoritism : eminently fair\n2 : having an expected value equal to a population parameter being estimated <an unbiased estimate of the population mean>


Words: unbind
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to remove a band from : free from fastenings : UNTIE, UNFASTEN\n2 : to set free : RELEASE


Words: unbodied
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having no body : INCORPOREAL; also : freed from the body <unbodied souls>\n2 : FORMLESS


Words: unborn
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not born : not brought into life\n2 : still to appear : FUTURE\n3 : existing without birth


Words: unbosom
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give expression to : DISCLOSE, REVEAL\n2 : to disclose the thoughts or feelings of (oneself)\nintransitive senses : to unbosom oneself


Words: unbroken
Meaning:
adjective\n: not broken: as a : not violated b : WHOLE, INTACT c : not subdued : UNTAMED; especially : not trained for service or use <unbroken colts> d : CONTINUOUS <miles of unbroken forest> e : not plowed f : not disorganized <advanced in unbroken ranks>


Words: unbuckle
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to loose the buckle of : UNFASTEN\nintransitive senses\n1 : to loosen buckles\n2 : RELAX


Words: unburden
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to free or relieve from a burden\n2 : to relieve oneself of (as cares, fears, or worries) : cast off


Words: unbutton
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to loose the buttons of\n2 : to open by or as if by loosing buttons\nintransitive senses : to undo buttons


Words: uncanny
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : EERIE, MYSTERIOUS b : being beyond what is normal or expected : suggesting superhuman or supernatural powers <an uncanny sense of direction>\n2 chiefly Scottish : SEVERE, PUNISHING


Words: uncertain
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : INDEFINITE, INDETERMINATE <the time of departure is uncertain>\n2 : not certain to occur : PROBLEMATICAL\n3 : not reliable : UNTRUSTWORTHY\n4 a : not known beyond doubt : DUBIOUS b : not having certain knowledge : DOUBTFUL c : not clearly identified or defined\n5 : not constant : VARIABLE, FITFUL


Words: unchristian
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not of the Christian faith\n2 a : contrary to the Christian spirit or character b : UNCIVILIZED, BARBAROUS


Words: uncial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: written in the style or size of uncials\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a handwriting used especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to the 8th centuries A.D. and made with somewhat rounded separated majuscules but having cursive forms for some letters\n2 : an uncial letter\n3 : a manuscript written in uncial


Words: uncivil
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not civilized : BARBAROUS\n2 : lacking in courtesy : ILL-MANNERED, IMPOLITE\n3 : not conducive to civic harmony and welfare


Words: unclasp
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to open the clasp of\n2 : to open or cause to be opened (as a clenched hand)\nintransitive senses : to loosen a hold


Words: uncle
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the brother of one’s father or mother b : the husband of one’s aunt\n2 : one who helps, advises, or encourages\n3 used as a cry of surrender <was forced to cry uncle>\n4 capitalized : UNCLE SAM


Words: unclean
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : morally or spiritually impure\n2 : infected with a harmful supernatural contagion; also : prohibited by ritual law for use or contact\n3 : DIRTY, FILTHY\n4 : lacking in clarity and precision of conception or execution


Words: unclench
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to open from a clenched position\n2 : to release from a grip\nintransitive senses : to become unclasped or relaxed


Words: uncloak
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to remove a cloak or cover from\n2 : REVEAL, UNMASK\nintransitive senses : to take off a cloak


Words: uncoil
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to release from a coiled state : UNWIND\nintransitive senses : to become uncoiled


Words: uncomfortable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : causing discomfort or annoyance <an uncomfortable chair> <an uncomfortable performance>\n2 : feeling discomfort : UNEASY <was uncomfortable with them>


Words: uncommitted
Meaning:
adjective\n: not committed; specifically : not pledged to a particular belief, allegiance, or program


Words: unconcerned
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not involved : not having any part or interest\n2 : not anxious or upset : free of worry


Words: unconditional
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not conditional or limited : ABSOLUTE, UNQUALIFIED <unconditional surrender>\n2 : UNCONDITIONED 2


Words: unconditioned
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not subject to conditions or limitations\n2 a : not dependent on or subjected to conditioning or learning : NATURAL <unconditioned responses> b : producing an unconditioned response <unconditioned stimuli>


Words: unconquerable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : incapable of being conquered : INDOMITABLE <an unconquerable will>\n2 : incapable of being surmounted <unconquerable difficulties>


Words: unconscionable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not guided or controlled by conscience : UNSCRUPULOUS <an unconscionable villain>\n2 a : EXCESSIVE, UNREASONABLE <found an unconscionable number of defects in the car> b : shockingly unfair or unjust <unconscionable sales practices>


Words: unconscious
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : not knowing or perceiving : not aware b : free from self-awareness\n2 a : not possessing mind or consciousness <unconscious matter> b (1) : not marked by conscious thought, sensation, or feeling <unconscious motivation> (2) : of or relating to the unconscious c : having lost consciousness <was unconscious for three days>\n3 : not consciously held or deliberately planned or carried out <unconscious bias>\n\n<2> noun\n: the part of the psychic apparatus that does not ordinarily enter the individual’s awareness and that is manifested especially by slips of the tongue or dissociated acts or in dreams


Words: uncontrollable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : free from control by a superior power : ABSOLUTE\n2 : incapable of being controlled : UNGOVERNABLE


Words: unconventional
Meaning:
adjective\n: not conventional : not bound by or in accordance with convention : being out of the ordinary


Words: uncork
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to draw a cork from\n2 a : to release from a sealed or pent-up state <uncork a surprise> b : to let go : RELEASE <uncork a wild pitch>


Words: uncouple
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to release (dogs) from a couple\n2 : DETACH, DISCONNECT <uncouple railroad cars>


Words: uncouth
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a archaic : not known or not familiar to one : seldom experienced : UNCOMMON, RARE b obsolete : MYSTERIOUS, UNCANNY\n2 a : strange or clumsy in shape or appearance : OUTLANDISH b : lacking in polish and grace : RUGGED <uncouth verse> c : awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior


Words: uncover
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make known : bring to light : DISCLOSE, REVEAL\n2 : to expose to view by removing some covering\n3 a : to take the cover from b : to remove the hat from\n4 : to deprive of protection\nintransitive senses\n1 : to remove a cover or covering\n2 : to take off the hat as a token of respect


Words: uncritical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not critical : lacking in discrimination\n2 : showing lack or improper use of critical standards or procedures


Words: unction
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing\n2 : something used for anointing : OINTMENT, UNGUENT\n3 a : religious or spiritual fervor or the expression of such fervor b : exaggerated, assumed, or superficial earnestness of language or manner : UNCTUOUSNESS


Words: unctuous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : FATTY, OILY b : smooth and greasy in texture or appearance\n2 : PLASTIC <fine unctuous clay>\n3 : full of unction; especially : revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality


Words: uncurl
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to become straightened out from a curled or coiled position\ntransitive senses : to straighten the curls of : UNROLL


Words: uncut
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not cut down or cut into\n2 : not shaped by cutting <an uncut diamond>\n3 of a book : not having the folds of the leaves slit\n4 : not abridged, curtailed, or expurgated <the uncut version of the film>\n5 : not diluted or adulterated <uncut vinegar> <uncut heroin>


Words: undeniable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : plainly true : INCONTESTABLE\n2 : unquestionably excellent or genuine <an applicant with undeniable references>


Words: under
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : in or into a position below or beneath something\n2 : below or short of some quantity, level, or limit <10 or under> often used in combination <understaffed>\n3 : in or into a condition of subjection, subordination, or unconsciousness\n4 : down to defeat, ruin, or death\n5 : so as to be covered\n\n<2> preposition\n1 : below or beneath so as to be overhung, surmounted, covered, protected, or concealed by <under sunny skies> <a soft heart under a stern exterior> <under cover of darkness>\n2 a : subject to the authority, control, guidance, or instruction of <served under the general> <under the terms of the contract> b : receiving or undergoing the action or effect of <under pressure> <courage under fire> <under the influence of alcohol> <the image of a point under a mapping>\n3 : within the group or designation of <under this heading>\n4 : less or lower than (as in size, amount, or rank); especially : falling short of a standard or required degree <under the legal age> <under par>\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : lying or placed below, beneath, or on the ventral side often used in combination <underlip> b : facing or protruding downward\n2 : lower in rank or authority : SUBORDINATE\n3 : lower than usual, proper, or desired in amount, quality, or degree <an under dose of medicine>


Words: underact
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to perform (a dramatic part) with restraint for effect : UNDERPLAY\nintransitive senses : to perform feebly or with restraint


Words: underage
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of less than mature or legal age\n2 : done by or involving underage persons <underage drinking>


Words: underarm
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : UNDERHAND 4\n2 : placed under or on the underside of the arm <underarm seams>\n\n<2> adverb\n: UNDERHAND\n\n<3> noun\n1 : ARMPIT 1\n2 : the part of a garment that covers the underside of the arm


Words: underbid
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to bid less than (a competing bidder)\n2 : to bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants\nintransitive senses : to bid too low


Words: underbrush
Meaning:
noun\n1 : shrubs, bushes, or small trees growing beneath large trees in a wood or forest : BRUSH\n2 : a tangled, obstructing, or impeding mass


Words: undercarriage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a supporting framework (as of an automobile)\n2 chiefly British : the landing gear of an airplane


Words: undercoat
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a coat or jacket worn under another\n2 : a growth of short hair or fur partly concealed by the longer and usually coarser guard hairs of a mammal\n3 a : a coat (as of paint) applied as a base for another coat b : UNDERCOATING\n4 dialect : PETTICOAT


Words: undercover
Meaning:
adjective\n: acting or executed in secret; specifically : employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation <an undercover agent>


Words: undercurrent
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a current below the upper currents or surface\n2 : a hidden opinion, feeling, or tendency often contrary to the one publicly shown


Words: undercut
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cut away the underpart of <undercut a vein of ore>\n2 : to cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief\n3 : to offer to sell at lower prices than or to work for lower wages than (a competitor)\n4 : to cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall\n5 : to strike (a ball) with a downward glancing blow so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot\n6 : to undermine or destroy the force, value, or effectiveness of <inflation undercuts consumer buying power>\nintransitive senses : to perform the action of cutting away beneath\n\n<2> noun\n1 British : TENDERLOIN 1\n2 : the action or result of cutting away from the underside or lower part of something\n3 : a notch cut in the base of a tree before felling to determine the direction of falling and to prevent splitting


Words: underdeveloped
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not normally or adequately developed <underdeveloped muscles> <an underdeveloped film>\n2 : having a relatively low economic level of industrial production and standard of living (as from lack of capital) <underdeveloped nations>


Words: underdog
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a loser or predicted loser in a struggle or contest\n2 : a victim of injustice or persecution


Words: underestimate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to estimate as being less than the actual size, quantity, or number\n2 : to place too low a value on : UNDERRATE


Words: underexpose
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to expose insufficiently; especially : to expose (as film) to insufficient radiation (as light)


Words: underfoot
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : under the foot especially against the ground <trampled the flowers underfoot>\n2 : below, at, or before one’s feet <warm sand underfoot>\n3 : in the way <children always getting underfoot>


Words: undergird
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 archaic : to make secure underneath <took measures to undergird the ship Acts 27:17 (Revised Standard Version)>\n2 : to form the basis or foundation of : STRENGTHEN, SUPPORT <facts and statistics subtly undergird his commentary Susan Q. Stranahan>


Words: undergo
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to submit to : ENDURE\n2 : to go through : EXPERIENCE\n3 obsolete : UNDERTAKE\n4 obsolete : to partake of


Words: undergraduate
Meaning:
noun\n: a student at a college or university who has not taken a first and especially a bachelor’s degree


Words: underground
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : beneath the surface of the earth\n2 : in or into hiding or secret operation\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a subterranean space or channel\n2 : an underground city railway system\n3 a : a movement or group organized in strict secrecy among citizens especially in an occupied country for maintaining communications, popular solidarity, and concerted resistive action pending liberation b : a clandestine conspiratorial organization set up for revolutionary or other disruptive purposes especially against a civil order c : an unofficial, unsanctioned, or illegal but informal movement or group; especially : a usually avant-garde group or movement that functions outside the establishment\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : being, growing, operating, or situated below the surface of the ground\n2 : conducted by secret means\n3 a : existing outside the establishment <an underground literary reputation> b : existing outside the purview of tax collectors or statisticians <the underground economy>\n4 a : produced or published outside the establishment especially by the avant-garde <underground movies> <underground newspapers> b : of or relating to the avant-garde underground <an underground moviemaker> <an underground theater>


Words: underhand
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 a : in a clandestine manner b archaic : in a quiet or unobtrusive manner\n2 : with the target seen below the hand holding the bow\n3 : with an underhand motion <bowl underhand> <pitch underhand>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : aimed so that the target is seen below the hand holding the bow <underhand shooting at long range>\n2 : UNDERHANDED\n3 : done so as to evade notice\n4 : made with the hand brought forward and up from below the shoulder level


Words: underhanded
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: UNDERHAND\n\n<2> adjective\n: marked by secrecy, chicanery, and deception : not honest and aboveboard : SLY


Words: underlie
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 archaic : to be subject or amenable to\n2 : to lie or be situated under\n3 : to be at the basis of : form the foundation of : SUPPORT <ideas underlying the revolution>\n4 : to exist as a claim or security superior and prior to (another)


Words: underline
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to mark (as a word) with a line underneath\n2 : to put emphasis on : STRESS\n3 : to show clearly or emphatically\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the outline of a quadruped’s underbody; also : the ventral surface of a quadruped’s body\n2 : a horizontal line placed underneath something


Words: underlying
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : lying beneath or below <the underlying rock is shale> b : BASIC, FUNDAMENTAL <an investigation of the underlying issues>\n2 : evident only on close inspection : IMPLICIT\n3 : anterior and prior in claim <underlying mortgage>\n4 : of or being present in deep structure <underlying word order>


Words: undermine
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to excavate the earth beneath : form a mine under : SAP\n2 : to wash away supporting material from under\n3 : to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly\n4 : to weaken or ruin by degrees


Words: underneath
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n1 a : directly beneath <write the date underneath the address> b : close under especially so as to be hidden <treachery lying underneath a mask of friendliness> <wore a swimsuit underneath his slacks>\n2 : under subjection to\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : under or below an object or a surface : BENEATH\n2 : on the lower side


Words: undernourished
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : supplied with less than the minimum amount of the foods essential for sound health and growth\n2 : poorly supplied with vital elements or qualities <undernourished independent libraries>


Words: underpart
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a part lying on the lower side especially of a bird or mammal\n2 : a subordinate or auxiliary part or role


Words: underpass
Meaning:
noun\n: a crossing of a highway and another way (as a road or railroad) at different levels; also : the lower level of such a crossing


Words: underpinning
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the material and construction (as a foundation) used for support of a structure\n2 : something that serves as a foundation : BASIS, SUPPORT often used in plural <the philosophical underpinnings of educational methods>\n3 : UNDERWEAR usually used in plural\n4 : a person’s legs usually used in plural


Words: underplay
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to play a role with subdued force\ntransitive senses\n1 : to act or present (as a role or a scene) with restraint : PLAY DOWN\n2 : to play a card lower than (a held high card)


Words: underprivileged
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : deprived through social or economic condition of some of the fundamental rights of all members of a civilized society\n2 : of or relating to underprivileged people <underprivileged areas of the city>


Words: underscore
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to draw a line under : UNDERLINE\n2 : to make evident : EMPHASIZE, STRESS\n3 : to provide (action on film) with accompanying music\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a line drawn under a word or line especially for emphasis or to indicate intent to italicize\n2 : music accompanying the action and dialogue of a film


Words: undersea
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : being or carried on under the sea or under the surface of the sea <undersea oil deposits> <undersea fighting>\n2 : designed for use under the surface of the sea <an undersea fleet>\n\n<2> adverb\n: under the sea : beneath the surface of the sea <photographs taken undersea>


Words: undersell
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to sell articles cheaper than <undersell a competitor> <we will not be undersold>\n2 : to sell cheaper than <imported cars that undersell domestic ones>


Words: undershot
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : moved by water passing beneath <an undershot wheel>\n2 : having the lower incisor teeth or lower jaw projecting beyond the upper when the mouth is closed


Words: underside
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the side or surface lying underneath\n2 : a side usually hidden from sight; specifically : the more unpleasant or reprehensible side <the underside of politics>


Words: understand
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to grasp the meaning of <understand Russian> b : to grasp the reasonableness of <his behavior is hard to understand> c : to have thorough or technical acquaintance with or expertness in the practice of <understand finance> d : to be thoroughly familiar with the character and propensities of <understands children>\n2 : to accept as a fact or truth or regard as plausible without utter certainty <we understand that he is returning from abroad>\n3 : to interpret in one of a number of possible ways\n4 : to supply in thought as though expressed <\nintransitive senses\n1 : to have understanding : have the power of comprehension\n2 : to achieve a grasp of the nature, significance, or explanation of something\n3 : to believe or infer something to be the case\n4 : to show a sympathetic or tolerant attitude toward something


Words: understanding
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a mental grasp : COMPREHENSION\n2 a : the power of comprehending; especially : the capacity to apprehend general relations of particulars b : the power to make experience intelligible by applying concepts and categories\n3 a : friendly or harmonious relationship b : an agreement of opinion or feeling : adjustment of differences c : a mutual agreement not formally entered into but in some degree binding on each side\n4 : EXPLANATION, INTERPRETATION\n5 : SYMPATHY 3a\n\n<2> adjective\n1 archaic : KNOWING, INTELLIGENT\n2 : endowed with understanding : TOLERANT, SYMPATHETIC


Words: understate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to represent as less than is the case\n2 : to state or present with restraint especially for effect


Words: understudy
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to study another actor’s part in order to substitute in an emergency\ntransitive senses : to prepare (as a part) as understudy; also : to prepare as understudy to (as an actor)\n\n<2> noun\n: one who is prepared to act another’s part or take over another’s duties


Words: undertake
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to take upon oneself : set about : ATTEMPT <undertake a task> <undertake to learn to swim>\n2 : to put oneself under obligation to perform; also : to accept as a charge or responsibility <the lawyer who undertook the case>\n3 : GUARANTEE, PROMISE\nintransitive senses , archaic : to give surety or assume responsibility


Words: undertaker
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that undertakes : one that takes the risk and management of business : ENTREPRENEUR\n2 : one whose business is to prepare the dead for burial and to arrange and manage funerals\n3 : an Englishman taking over forfeited lands in Ireland in the 16th and 17th centuries


Words: undertaking
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act of one who undertakes or engages in a project or business b : the business of an undertaker\n2 : something undertaken : ENTERPRISE\n3 : PLEDGE, GUARANTEE


Words: undertone
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a low or subdued utterance or accompanying sound\n2 : a quality (as of emotion) underlying the surface of an utterance or action\n3 : a subdued color; specifically : a color seen through and modifying another color


Words: undertow
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the current beneath the surface that sets seaward or along the beach when waves are breaking upon the shore\n2 : an underlying current, force, or tendency that is in opposition to what is apparent


Words: undervalue
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to value, rate, or estimate below the real worth <undervalue stock>\n2 : to treat as having little value <was undervalued as a poet>


Words: underwater
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lying, growing, worn, or operating below the surface of the water\n2 : being below the waterline of a ship


Words: underweight
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: weight below normal, average, or requisite weight\n\n<2> adjective\n: weighing less than the normal or requisite amount


Words: underworld
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the place of departed souls : HADES\n2 archaic : EARTH\n3 : the side of the earth opposite to one : ANTIPODES\n4 : a social sphere below the level of ordinary life; especially : the world of organized crime


Words: underwrite
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to write under or at the end of something else\n2 : to set one’s name to (an insurance policy) for the purpose of thereby becoming answerable for a designated loss or damage on consideration of receiving a premium percent : insure on life or property; also : to assume liability for (a sum or risk) as an insurer\n3 : to subscribe to : agree to\n4 a : to agree to purchase (as security issue) usually on a fixed date at a fixed price with a view to public distribution b : to guarantee financial support of\nintransitive senses : to work as an underwriter


Words: undeviating
Meaning:
adjective\n: keeping a true course : UNSWERVING <served their country with undeviating loyalty and devotion>


Words: undo
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to open or loose by releasing a fastening\n2 : to make of no effect or as if not done : make null : REVERSE\n3 a : to ruin the worldly means, reputation, or hopes of b : to disturb the composure of : UPSET <she’s come undone> c : SEDUCE 3\nintransitive senses : to come open or apart


Words: undoing
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act of loosening : UNFASTENING\n2 : RUIN; also : a cause of ruin <greed was to prove his undoing>\n3 : ANNULMENT, REVERSAL


Words: undress
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to remove the clothes or covering of : DIVEST, STRIP\n2 : EXPOSE, REVEAL\nintransitive senses : to take off one’s clothes : DISROBE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : informal dress: as a : a loose robe or dressing gown b : ordinary dress compare FULL DRESS\n2 : the state of being undressed


Words: undue
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not due : not yet payable\n2 : exceeding or violating propriety or fitness : EXCESSIVE


Words: undulant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : rising and falling in waves\n2 : having a wavy form, outline, or surface <played her approach shot onto the undulant green>


Words: undulate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: having a wavy surface, edge, or markings <the undulate margin of a leaf>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to form or move in waves : FLUCTUATE\n2 : to rise and fall in volume, pitch, or cadence\n3 : to present a wavy appearance\ntransitive senses : to cause to move in a wavy, sinuous, or flowing manner


Words: undulation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a rising and falling in waves b : a wavelike motion to and fro in a fluid or elastic medium propagated continuously among its particles but with little or no permanent translation of the particles in the direction of the propagation : VIBRATION\n2 : the pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison\n3 : a wavy appearance, outline, or form : WAVINESS


Words: unearned
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not gained by labor, service, or skill <unearned income>\n2 : scored as a result of an error by the opposing team <an unearned run>


Words: unearth
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : EXHUME <unearth a hidden treasure> <unearth a forgotten photo album>\n2 : to make known or public : bring to light <unearth a plot>


Words: unearthly
Meaning:
adjective\n: not earthly: as a : not terrestrial <unearthly radio sources> b : PRETERNATURAL, SUPERNATURAL <an unearthly light> c : WEIRD, EERIE <unearthly howls> d : not mundane : IDEAL <unearthly love> e : ABSURD 1, UNGODLY <getting up at an unearthly hour>


Words: uneasy
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : causing physical or mental discomfort <uneasy news of captures and killings Marjory S. Douglas>\n2 : not easy : DIFFICULT\n3 : marked by lack of ease : AWKWARD, EMBARRASSED <gave an uneasy laugh>\n4 : APPREHENSIVE, WORRIED\n5 : RESTLESS, UNQUIET\n6 : PRECARIOUS, UNSTABLE <an uneasy truce>\n\n<2> adverb\n: UNEASILY


Words: unemployed
Meaning:
adjective\n: not employed: a : not being used b : not engaged in a gainful occupation c : not invested


Words: unemployment
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the state of being unemployed : involuntary idleness of workers; also : the rate of such unemployment\n2 : UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION


Words: unequal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : not of the same measurement, quantity, or number as another b : not like or not the same as another in degree, worth, or status\n2 : not uniform : VARIABLE, UNEVEN\n3 a : badly balanced or matched <an unequal contest> b : contracted between unequals <unequal marriages> c archaic : not equable\n4 archaic : not equitable : UNJUST\n5 : INADEQUATE, INSUFFICIENT <unequal to the task>\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is not equal to another\n\n<3> adverb\narchaic : in an unequal manner <unequal match’d Shakespeare>


Words: unequivocal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : leaving no doubt : CLEAR, UNAMBIGUOUS\n2 : UNQUESTIONABLE <production of unequivocal masterpieces Carole Cook>


Words: uneven
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a archaic : UNEQUAL 1a b : ODD 3a\n2 a : not even : not level or smooth : RUGGED, RAGGED <large uneven teeth> <uneven handwriting> b : varying from the straight or parallel c : not uniform : IRREGULAR <uneven combustion> d : varying in quality <an uneven performance>\n3 : UNEQUAL 3a <an uneven confrontation>


Words: unfailing
Meaning:
adjective\n: not failing or liable to fail: a : CONSTANT, UNFLAGGING <unfailing courtesy> b : EVERLASTING, INEXHAUSTIBLE <a subject of unfailing interest> c : INFALLIBLE, SURE <an unfailing test>


Words: unfair
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by injustice, partiality, or deception : UNJUST\n2 : not equitable in business dealings


Words: unfaithful
Meaning:
adjective\n: not faithful: a : not adhering to vows, allegiance, or duty : DISLOYAL b : not faithful to marriage vows c : INACCURATE, UNTRUSTWORTHY


Words: unfamiliar
Meaning:
adjective\n: not familiar: a : not well-known : STRANGE <an unfamiliar place> b : not well acquainted <unfamiliar with the subject>


Words: unfasten
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to make loose: as a : UNPIN, UNBUCKLE b : UNDO <unfasten a button> c : DETACH <unfasten a boat from its moorings>


Words: unfavorable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : OPPOSED, CONTRARY b : expressing disapproval : NEGATIVE <unfavorable reviews>\n2 : not propitious : DISADVANTAGEOUS\n3 : not pleasing


Words: unfeeling
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : devoid of feeling : INSENSATE <an unfeeling corpse>\n2 : devoid of kindness or sympathy : HARDHEARTED, CRUEL <an unfeeling wretch>


Words: unfetter
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to free from fetters <unfetter a prisoner>\n2 : EMANCIPATE, LIBERATE <unfetter the mind from prejudice>


Words: unfit
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: not fit: a : not adapted to a purpose : UNSUITABLE b : not qualified : INCAPABLE, INCOMPETENT c : physically or mentally unsound\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make unfit : DISABLE, DISQUALIFY


Words: unfix
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to loosen from a fastening : DETACH, DISENGAGE\n2 : to make unstable : UNSETTLE


Words: unfledged
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not feathered : not ready for flight\n2 : not fully developed : IMMATURE <an unfledged writer>


Words: unfold
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to open the folds of : spread or straighten out : EXPAND <unfolded the map> b : to remove (as a package) from the folds : UNWRAP\n2 : to open to the view : REVEAL; especially : to make clear by gradual disclosure and often by recital\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to open from a folded state : open out : EXPAND b : BLOSSOM\n2 : DEVELOP, EVOLVE <as the story unfolds>\n3 : to open out gradually to the view or understanding : become known <a panorama unfolds before their eyes>


Words: unfortunate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : not favored by fortune : UNSUCCESSFUL, UNLUCKY <an unfortunate young man> b : marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune <an unfortunate decision>\n2 a : INFELICITOUS, UNSUITABLE <an unfortunate choice of words> b : DEPLORABLE, REGRETTABLE <an unfortunate lack of taste>\n\n<2> noun\n: an unfortunate person


Words: unfruitful
Meaning:
adjective\n: not fruitful: as a : not producing offspring : BARREN b : yielding no valuable result : UNPROFITABLE <an unfruitful conference>


Words: unfurl
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to release from a furled state\nintransitive senses : to open out from or as if from a furled state : UNFOLD


Words: ungainly
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : lacking in smoothness or dexterity : CLUMSY b : hard to handle : UNWIELDY\n2 : having an awkward appearance : UGLY


Words: ungodly
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : denying or disobeying God : IMPIOUS, IRRELIGIOUS b : contrary to moral law : SINFUL, WICKED\n2 : OUTRAGEOUS <gets up at an ungodly hour>


Words: unguarded
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : vulnerable to attack : UNPROTECTED\n2 : free from guile or wariness : DIRECT, INCAUTIOUS


Words: ungulate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : having hooves\n2 : of or relating to the ungulates\n\n<2> noun\n: a hoofed typically herbivorous quadruped mammal (as a ruminant, swine, camel, hippopotamus, horse, tapir, rhinoceros, elephant, or hyrax) of a polyphyletic group formerly considered a major mammalian taxon (Ungulata)


Words: unhallowed
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not blessed : UNCONSECRATED, UNHOLY\n2 a : unsanctioned by or showing lack of reverence for religion : IMPIOUS, PROFANE b : contrary to accepted standards : IMMORAL


Words: unhandsome
Meaning:
adjective\n: not handsome: as a : not beautiful : HOMELY b : UNBECOMING, UNSEEMLY c : lacking in courtesy or taste : RUDE


Words: unhappy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not fortunate : UNLUCKY\n2 : not cheerful or glad : SAD, WRETCHED\n3 a : causing or subject to misfortune : INAUSPICIOUS b : INFELICITOUS, INAPPROPRIATE


Words: unhealthy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not conducive to health <an unhealthy climate>\n2 : not in good health : SICKLY, DISEASED\n3 a : DANGEROUS, RISKY b : BAD, INJURIOUS c : morally contaminated : CORRUPT, UNWHOLESOME <an unhealthy imagination>


Words: unhinge
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to remove (as a door) from the hinges\n2 : to make unstable : UNSETTLE, DISRUPT <unhinge the balance of world peace> <pressure that would unhinge a less experienced person>


Words: unhook
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to remove from a hook\n2 : to unfasten by disengaging a hook\n3 : to free from a habit or dependency


Words: unicorn
Meaning:
noun\n: a mythical animal generally depicted with the body and head of a horse, the hind legs of a stag, the tail of a lion, and a single horn in the middle of the forehead


Words: uniform
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : consistent in conduct or opinion <uniform interpretation of laws>\n2 : having always the same form, manner, or degree : not varying or variable\n3 : of the same form with others : conforming to one rule or mode : CONSONANT\n4 : presenting an unvaried appearance of surface, pattern, or color <uniform red brick houses>\n5 : relating to or being convergence of a series whose terms are functions in such manner that the absolute value of the difference between the sum of the first n terms of the series and the sum of all terms can be made arbitrarily small for all values of the domain of the functions by choosing the nth term sufficiently far along in the series\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to bring into uniformity\n2 : to clothe with a uniform\n\n<3> noun\n: dress of a distinctive design or fashion worn by members of a particular group and serving as a means of identification; broadly : distinctive or characteristic clothing


Words: unilateral
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : done or undertaken by one person or party b : of, relating to, or affecting one side of a subject : ONE-SIDED c : constituting or relating to a contract or engagement by which an express obligation to do or forbear is imposed on only one party\n2 a : having parts arranged on one side <a unilateral raceme> b : occurring on, performed on, or affecting one side of the body or one of its parts <unilateral exophthalmos>\n3 : UNILINEAL\n4 : having only one side


Words: unimpeachable
Meaning:
adjective\n: not impeachable : not to be called in question : not liable to accusation : IRREPROACHABLE, BLAMELESS


Words: union
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an act or instance of uniting or joining two or more things into one: as (1) : the formation of a single political unit from two or more separate and independent units (2) : a uniting in marriage; also : SEXUAL INTERCOURSE (3) : the growing together of severed parts b : a unified condition : COMBINATION, JUNCTION <a gracious union of excellence and strength>\n2 : something that is made one : something formed by a combining or coalition of parts or members: as a : a confederation of independent individuals (as nations or persons) for some common purpose b (1) : a political unit constituting an organic whole formed usually from previously independent units (as England and Scotland in 1707) which have surrendered their principal powers to the government of the whole or to a newly created government (as the U.S. in 1789) (2) capitalized : the federal union of states during the period of the U.S. Civil War c capitalized : an organization on a college or university campus providing recreational, social, cultural, and sometimes dining facilities; also : the building housing such an organization d : the set of all elements belonging to one or more of a given collection of two or more sets called also join, sum e : LABOR UNION\n3 a : a device emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties borne on a national flag typically in the upper inner corner or constituting the whole design of the flag b : the upper inner corner of a flag\n4 : any of various devices for connecting parts (as of a machine); especially : a coupling for pipes or pipes and fittings\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, dealing with, or constituting a union; especially capitalized : of, relating to, or being the side favoring the Union in the U.S. Civil War <Union troops>


Words: unionism
Meaning:
noun\n: the principle or policy of forming or adhering to a union: as a capitalized : adherence to the policy of a firm federal union between the states of the United States especially during the Civil War period b : the principles, theory, advocacy, or system of trade unions


Words: unionize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to organize into a labor union\nintransitive senses : to form or join a labor union


Words: unique
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : being the only one : SOLE <his unique concern was his own comfort> <I can’t walk away with a unique copy. Suppose lost it Kingsley Amis> <the unique factorization of a number into prime factors>\n2 a : being without a like or equal : UNEQUALED <could stare at the flames, each one new, violent, unique Robert Coover> b : distinctively characteristic : PECULIAR 1 <this is not a condition unique to California Ronald Reagan>\n3 : UNUSUAL <a very unique ball-point pen> <we were fairly unique, the sixty of us, in that there wasn’t one good mixer in the bunch J. D. Salinger>


Words: unison
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : identity in musical pitch; specifically : the interval of a perfect prime b : the state of being so tuned or sounded c : the writing, playing, or singing of parts in a musical passage at the same pitch or in octaves\n2 : a harmonious agreement or union : CONCORD


Words: unit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the first and least natural number : ONE b : a single quantity regarded as a whole in calculation\n2 : a determinate quantity (as of length, time, heat, or value) adopted as a standard of measurement: as a : an amount of work used in education in calculating student credits b : an amount of a biologically active agent (as a drug or antigen) required to produce a specific result under strictly controlled conditions\n3 a : a single thing, person, or group that is a constituent of a whole b : a part of a military establishment that has a prescribed organization (as of personnel and materiel) c : a piece or complex of apparatus serving to perform one particular function d : a part of a school course focusing on a central theme e : a local congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses\n\n<2> adjective\n: being, relating to, or measuring one unit


Words: unitary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of or relating to a unit b : based on or characterized by unity or units\n2 : having the character of a unit : UNDIVIDED, WHOLE


Words: unite
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to put together to form a single unit b : to cause to adhere c : to link by a legal or moral bond\n2 : to possess (as qualities) in combination\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to become one or as if one b : to become combined by or as if by adhesion or mixture\n2 : to act in concert\n\n<2> noun\n: an old British gold 20-shilling piece issued first by James in 1604 for the newly united England and Scotland called also Jacobus


Words: united
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : made one : COMBINED\n2 : relating to or produced by joint action\n3 : being in agreement : HARMONIOUS


Words: unity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of not being multiple : ONENESS b (1) : a definite amount taken as one or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation <in a table of natural sines the radius of the circle is regarded as unity> (2) : IDENTITY ELEMENT\n2 a : a condition of harmony : ACCORD b : continuity without deviation or change (as in purpose or action)\n3 a : the quality or state of being made one : UNIFICATION b : a combination or ordering of parts in a literary or artistic production that constitutes a whole or promotes an undivided total effect; also : the resulting singleness of effect or symmetry and consistency of style and character\n4 : a totality of related parts : an entity that is a complex or systematic whole\n5 : any of three principles of dramatic structure derived by French classicists from Aristotle’s Poetics and requiring a play to have a single action represented as occurring in one place and within one day\n6 capitalized : a 20th century American religious movement that emphasizes spiritual sources of health and prosperity


Words: univalve
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mollusk with a shell consisting of one valve; especially : GASTROPOD\n2 : the shell of a univalve


Words: universal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception\n2 a : present or occurring everywhere b : existent or operative everywhere or under all conditions <universal cultural patterns>\n3 a : embracing a major part or the greatest portion (as of mankind) <a universal state> <universal practices> b : comprehensively broad and versatile <a universal genius>\n4 a : affirming or denying something of all members of a class or of all values of a variable b : denoting every member of a class <a universal term>\n5 : adapted or adjustable to meet varied requirements (as of use, shape, or size) <a universal gear cutter>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one that is universal: as a : a universal proposition in logic b : a predicable of traditional logic c : a general concept or term or something in reality to which it corresponds : ESSENCE\n2 a : a behavior pattern or institution (as the family) existing in all cultures b : a culture trait characteristic of all normal adult members of a particular society


Words: universe
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the whole body of things and phenomena observed or postulated : COSMOS: as a : a systematic whole held to arise by and persist through the direct intervention of divine power b : the world of human experience c (1) : the entire celestial cosmos (2) : MILKY WAY GALAXY (3) : an aggregate of stars comparable to the Milky Way galaxy\n2 : a distinct field or province of thought or reality that forms a closed system or self-inclusive and independent organization\n3 : POPULATION 4\n4 : a set that contains all elements relevant to a particular discussion or problem\n5 : a great number or quantity <a large enough universe of stocks to choose from G. B. Clairmont>


Words: university
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an institution of higher learning providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees; specifically : one made up of an undergraduate division which confers bachelor’s degrees and a graduate division which comprises a graduate school and professional schools each of which may confer master’s degrees and doctorates\n2 : the physical plant of a university


Words: unkempt
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : deficient in order or neatness <unkempt individuals> <unkempt hotel rooms>; also : ROUGH, UNPOLISHED <unkempt prose>\n2 : not combed <unkempt hair>


Words: unkind
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not pleasing or mild : INCLEMENT <an unkind climate>\n2 : lacking in kindness or sympathy : HARSH, CRUEL


Words: unkindly
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: not kindly\n\n<2> adverb\n: in an unkind manner <dwells unkindly long on his final decline A. H. Johnston>


Words: unknown
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: not known or not well-known; also : having an unknown value <an unknown quantity>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one that is not known or not well-known; especially : a person who is little known (as to the public)\n2 : something that requires discovery, indentification, or clarification: as a : a symbol (as x, y, or z) in a mathematical equation representing an unknown quantity b : a specimen (as of bacteria or mixed chemicals) required to be identified as an exercise in appropriate laboratory techniques


Words: unlade
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to take the load or cargo from\n2 : DISCHARGE, UNLOAD\nintransitive senses : to discharge cargo


Words: unlatch
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to open or loose by lifting the latch\nintransitive senses : to become loosed or opened


Words: unlearn
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to put out of one’s knowledge or memory\n2 : to undo the effect of : discard the habit of


Words: unlearned
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : possessing inadequate learning or education; especially : deficient in scholarly attainments\n2 : characterized by or revealing ignorance\n3 : not gained by study or training


Words: unless
Meaning:
<1> conjunction\n1 : except on the condition that : under any other circumstance than\n2 : without the accompanying circumstance or condition that : but that : BUT\n\n<2> preposition\n: except possibly : EXCEPT


Words: unlettered
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : lacking facility in reading and writing and ignorant of the knowledge to be gained from books b : ILLITERATE\n2 : not marked with letters


Words: unlike
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: not like: as a : marked by lack of resemblance : DIFFERENT <the two books are quite unlike> b : marked by inequality : UNEQUAL <contributed unlike amounts>\n\n<2> preposition\n: not like: as a : different from b : not characteristic of c : in a different manner from


Words: unlimber
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to detach the limber from and so make ready <unlimber a gun for action>\n2 : to prepare for operation or performance <unlimbered his banjo and began to play>\nintransitive senses : to perform the task of preparing something for action


Words: unload
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to take off : DELIVER (2) : to take the cargo from b : to give outlet to : pour forth <unloaded her bitter feelings>\n2 : to relieve of something burdensome, unwanted, or oppressive <unloaded the pack animals> <unloaded himself to his friend>\n3 : to draw the charge from <unloaded the gun>\n4 : to sell or dispose of especially in large quantities : DUMP\n5 : to hit or propel with a great release of power <unloaded his ninth homer>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to perform the act of unloading\n2 : to release or deliver something especially with power <unloaded on the ball>


Words: unlock
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to unfasten the lock of\n2 : OPEN, UNDO\n3 : to free from restraints or restrictions <the shock unlocked a flood of tears>\n4 : to furnish a key to : DISCLOSE\nintransitive senses : to become unfastened or freed from restraints


Words: unloose
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to relax the strain of <unloose a grip>\n2 : to release from or as if from restraints : set free\n3 : to loosen the ties of <unloose traditional social bonds>


Words: unlucky
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by adversity or failure <an unlucky year>\n2 : likely to bring misfortune : INAUSPICIOUS\n3 : having or meeting with bad luck <unlucky people>\n4 : producing dissatisfaction : REGRETTABLE


Words: unmask
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to remove a mask from\n2 : to reveal the true nature of : EXPOSE\nintransitive senses : to remove one’s mask


Words: unmentionable
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: not fit or allowed to be mentioned or discussed : UNSPEAKABLE\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is not to be mentioned or discussed: as a plural : 3PANT 1 b plural : UNDERWEAR


Words: unmerciful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not merciful : MERCILESS\n2 : EXCESSIVE, EXTREME <chatted for an unmerciful length of time>


Words: unmindful
Meaning:
adjective\n: not conscientiously aware, attentive, or heedful : INATTENTIVE, CARELESS <went shirtless, unmindful of the sun’s punishing rays>


Words: unmitigated
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not lessened : UNRELIEVED <sufferings unmitigated by any hope of early relief>\n2 : being so definitely what is stated as to offer little chance of change or relief <an unmitigated evil>


Words: unmoor
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to loosen from or as if from moorings\nintransitive senses : to cast off moorings


Words: unmoral
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having no moral perception or quality; also : not influenced or guided by moral considerations\n2 : lying outside the bounds of morals or ethics : AMORAL


Words: unnatural
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not being in accordance with nature or consistent with a normal course of events\n2 a : not being in accordance with normal human feelings or behavior : PERVERSE b : lacking ease and naturalness : CONTRIVED <her manner was forced and unnatural> c : inconsistent with what is reasonable or expected <an unnatural alliance>


Words: unnerve
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to deprive of courage, strength, or steadiness\n2 : to cause to become nervous : UPSET


Words: unorganized
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not organized: as a : not brought into a coherent or well-ordered whole b : not belonging to a labor union\n2 : not having the characteristics of a living organism


Words: unpack
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to remove the contents of <unpack a trunk> b : UNBURDEN, REVEAL <must unpack my heart with words Shakespeare>\n2 : to remove or undo from packing or a container <unpacked his gear>\n3 : to analyze the nature of by examining in detail : EXPLICATE <unpack a concept>\nintransitive senses : to engage in unpacking a container


Words: unpin
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to remove a pin from\n2 : to loosen, free, or unfasten by or as if by removing a pin


Words: unplumbed
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not tested with a plumb line\n2 a : not measured with a plumb b : not thoroughly explored


Words: unqualified
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not fit : not having requisite qualifications\n2 : not modified or restricted by reservations : COMPLETE <an unqualified denial>


Words: unquestioning
Meaning:
adjective\n: not questioning : not expressing or marked by doubt or hesitation <unquestioning obedience>


Words: unquiet
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not quiet : AGITATED, TURBULENT\n2 : physically, emotionally, or mentally restless : UNEASY


Words: unravel
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to disengage or separate the threads of : DISENTANGLE b : to cause to come apart by or as if by separating the threads of\n2 : to resolve the intricacy, complexity, or obscurity of : clear up <unravel a mystery>\nintransitive senses : to become unraveled


Words: unread
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not read : left unexamined\n2 : lacking the experience or the benefits of reading <unread in political science>


Words: unreal
Meaning:
adjective\n: lacking in reality, substance, or genuineness : ARTIFICIAL, ILLUSORY; also : INCREDIBLE, FANTASTIC


Words: unreasonable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : not governed by or acting according to reason <unreasonable people> b : not conformable to reason : ABSURD <unreasonable beliefs>\n2 : exceeding the bounds of reason or moderation <working under unreasonable pressure>


Words: unreconstructed
Meaning:
adjective\n: not reconciled to some political, economic, or social change <an unreconstructed rebel>; also : holding stubbornly to a particular belief, view, place, or style <an unreconstructed New Yorker>


Words: unreel
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to unwind from a reel\n2 : to perform successfully <unreeled a 66-yard pass play>\n3 : REEL OFF 2\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become unwound\n2 : to be presented <the dress rehearsal unreeled flawlessly>


Words: unregenerate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not regenerate <the unregenerate condition of humanity> <unregenerate pagans>\n2 a : not reformed : UNRECONSTRUCTED <unregenerate liberals> <unregenerate Confederates> b : OBSTINATE, STUBBORN <struggling against unregenerate impulses> <his unregenerate competitiveness>


Words: unrelenting
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not softening or yielding in determination : HARD, STERN <an unrelenting leader>\n2 : not letting up or weakening in vigor or pace : CONSTANT <the unrelenting struggle>


Words: unreserved
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not limited or partial : ENTIRE, UNQUALIFIED <unreserved enthusiasm>\n2 : not cautious or reticent : FRANK, OPEN\n3 : not set aside for special use


Words: unrestrained
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not restrained : IMMODERATE, UNCONTROLLED <unrestrained proliferation of technology>\n2 : free of constraint : SPONTANEOUS <felt happy and unrestrained>


Words: unriddle
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to find the explanation of : FIGURE OUT, SOLVE <unriddle a puzzle> <no trouble unriddling three-part syllogisms New Yorker>; also : to make understandable : EXPLAIN <just trying to unriddle the man Helen Dudar>


Words: unrighteous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not righteous : SINFUL, WICKED\n2 : UNJUST, UNMERITED <intolerable and unrighteous interference in their lives W. W. Wagar>


Words: unroll
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to unwind a roll of : open out : UNCOIL\n2 : to spread out like a scroll for reading or inspection : UNFOLD, REVEAL\nintransitive senses : to be unrolled : UNWIND


Words: unruffled
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : poised and serene especially in the face of setbacks or confusion\n2 : not ruffled : SMOOTH <unruffled water>


Words: unsaddle
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to take the saddle from\n2 : to throw from the saddle\nintransitive senses : to remove the saddle from a horse


Words: unsavory
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : INSIPID, TASTELESS\n2 a : unpleasant to taste or smell b : DISAGREEABLE, DISTASTEFUL <an unsavory assignment>; especially : morally offensive


Words: unschooled
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not schooled : UNTAUGHT, UNTRAINED <an unschooled woodsman>\n2 : not artificial : NATURAL <unschooled talent>


Words: unscientific
Meaning:
adjective\n: not scientific: as a : not used in scientific work b : not being in accord with the principles and methods of science <unscientific management of woodlands> <an unscientific survey> c : not showing scientific knowledge or familiarity with scientific methods


Words: unscramble
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to separate (as a conglomeration or tangle) into original components : RESOLVE, CLARIFY\n2 : to restore (scrambled communication) to intelligible form


Words: unscrew
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to draw the screws from\n2 : to loosen or withdraw by turning\nintransitive senses : to become or admit of being unscrewed


Words: unseasonable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : occurring at other than the proper time : UNTIMELY\n2 : not being in season\n3 a : not normal for the season of the year <unseasonable weather> b : marked by unseasonable weather <an unseasonable summer>


Words: unseat
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to dislodge from one’s seat especially on horseback\n2 : to remove from a place or position; especially : to remove from political office


Words: unseemly
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: not seemly: as a : not according with established standards of good form or taste <unseemly bickering> b : not suitable for time or place : INAPPROPRIATE, UNSEASONABLE\n\n<2> adverb\n: in an unseemly manner


Words: unsettle
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to loosen or move from a settled state or condition : make unstable : DISORDER\n2 : to perturb or agitate mentally or emotionally : DISCOMPOSE\nintransitive senses : to become unsettled


Words: unsettled
Meaning:
adjective\n: not settled: as a (1) : not calm or tranquil : DISTURBED <unsettled political conditions> (2) : likely to vary widely especially in the near future : VARIABLE <unsettled weather> (3) : not settled down <unsettled dust> b (1) : not decided or determined : DOUBTFUL <an unsettled state of mind> (2) : not resolved or worked out : UNDECIDED <an unsettled question> c : characterized by irregularity <an unsettled life> d : not inhabited or populated <unsettled land> e : mentally unbalanced f (1) : not disposed of according to law <an unsettled estate> (2) : not paid or discharged <unsettled debts>


Words: unshaped
Meaning:
adjective\n: not shaped: as a : not dressed or finished to final form <an unshaped timber> b : imperfect in form or formulation <unshaped ideas>


Words: unship
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to take out of a ship : DISCHARGE, UNLOAD\n2 : to remove (as an oar or tiller) from position : DETACH\nintransitive senses : to become or admit of being detached or removed


Words: unskilled
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not skilled in a branch of work : lacking technical training <an unskilled worker>\n2 : not requiring skill <unskilled jobs>\n3 : marked by lack of skill <produced unskilled poems>


Words: unsophisticated
Meaning:
adjective\n: not sophisticated: as a : not changed or corrupted : GENUINE b (1) : not worldly-wise : lacking social or economic sophistication (2) : lacking complexity of structure : SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD <an unsophisticated analysis> <unsophisticated rhythms>


Words: unsound
Meaning:
adjective\n: not sound: as a : not healthy or whole b : not mentally normal : not wholly sane c : not firmly made, placed, or fixed d : not valid or true : INVALID, SPECIOUS


Words: unspeakable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : incapable of being expressed in words : UNUTTERABLE b : inexpressibly bad : HORRENDOUS\n2 : that may not or cannot be spoken <the bawdy thoughts that come into one’s head


Words: unstable
Meaning:
adjective\n: not stable : not firm or fixed : not constant: as a : not steady in action or movement : IRREGULAR <an unstable pulse> b : wavering in purpose or intent : VACILLATING c : lacking steadiness : apt to move, sway, or fall <an unstable tower> d (1) : liable to change or alteration <an unstable economy> <unstable weather> (2) : readily changing (as by decomposing) in chemical composition or biological activity e : characterized by lack of emotional control


Words: unsteady
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to make unsteady\n\n<2> adjective\n: not steady: as a : not firm or solid : not fixed in position : UNSTABLE b : marked by change or fluctuation : CHANGEABLE c : not uniform or even : IRREGULAR


Words: unstudied
Meaning:
adjective\n: not studied: as a : not acquired by study b : not forced : not done or planned for effect


Words: unthinkable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not capable of being grasped by the mind\n2 : being contrary to what is reasonable, desirable, or probable : being out of the question


Words: unthinking
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not taking thought : HEEDLESS, UNMINDFUL\n2 : not indicating thought or reflection\n3 : not having the power of thought


Words: untie
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to free from something that ties, fastens, or restrains : UNBIND\n2 a : to disengage the knotted parts of b : DISENTANGLE, RESOLVE <untie a traffic jam>\nintransitive senses : to become loosened or unbound


Words: until
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n1 chiefly Scottish : TO\n2 used as a function word to indicate continuance (as of an action or condition) to a specified time <stayed until morning>\n3 : BEFORE 2 <not available until tomorrow> <we don’t open until ten>\n\n<2> conjunction\n: up to the time that : up to such time as <play continued until it got dark> <never able to relax until he took up fishing> <ran until he was breathless>


Words: untimely
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : at an inopportune time : UNSEASONABLY\n2 : before the due, natural, or proper time : PREMATURELY <went untimely to the grave>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : occurring or done before the due, natural, or proper time : too early : PREMATURE <untimely death>\n2 : INOPPORTUNE, UNSEASONABLE <an untimely joke> <untimely frost>


Words: unto
Meaning:
preposition\n1 : TO\n2 used as a function word to indicate reference or concern <they became a world unto themselves Anne T. Fleming>


Words: untold
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : too great or numerous to count : INCALCULABLE, VAST\n2 a : not told or related b : kept secret


Words: untouchable
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : forbidden to the touch : not to be handled b : exempt from criticism or control\n2 : lying beyond reach\n3 : disagreeable or defiling to the touch\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is untouchable; specifically : a member of a large formerly segregated hereditary group in India having in traditional Hindu belief the quality of defiling by contact a member of a higher caste


Words: untoward
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : difficult to guide, manage, or work with : UNRULY, INTRACTABLE\n2 a : marked by trouble or unhappiness : UNLUCKY b : not favorable : ADVERSE, UNPROPITIOUS <untoward side effects>\n3 : IMPROPER, INDECOROUS


Words: untrue
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not faithful : DISLOYAL\n2 : not according with a standard of correctness : not level or exact\n3 : not according with the facts : FALSE


Words: untruth
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : DISLOYALTY\n2 : lack of truthfulness : FALSITY\n3 : something that is untrue : FALSEHOOD


Words: untutored
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having no formal learning or training b : NAIVE, UNSOPHISTICATED\n2 : not produced or developed by instruction : NATIVE <untutored shrewdness>


Words: untwine
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to unwind the twisted or tangled parts of : DISENTANGLE\n2 : to remove by unwinding\nintransitive senses : to become disentangled or unwound


Words: untwist
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to separate the twisted parts of : UNTWINE\nintransitive senses : to become untwined


Words: unused
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not habituated : UNACCUSTOMED <unused to crowds>\n2 : not used: as a : FRESH, NEW <set an unused canvas on the easel> b : not put to use : IDLE <unused land> c : not consumed : ACCRUED <unused sick leave>


Words: unvarnished
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : not adorned or glossed : PLAIN, STRAIGHTFORWARD <told the unvarnished truth> b : ARTLESS, FRANK <the unvarnished candor of old people and children Janet Flanner>\n2 : not coated with or as if with varnish : CRUDE, UNFINISHED


Words: unveil
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to remove a veil or covering from\n2 : to make public : DIVULGE, REVEAL\nintransitive senses : to throw off a veil or protective cloak


Words: unwholesome
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : detrimental to physical, mental, or moral well-being : UNHEALTHY <unwholesome food> <unwholesome pastimes>\n2 a : CORRUPT, UNSOUND b : offensive to the senses : LOATHSOME


Words: unwieldy
Meaning:
adjective\n: not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : CUMBERSOME


Words: unwilling
Meaning:
adjective\n: not willing: a : LOATH, RELUCTANT <was unwilling to learn> b : done or given reluctantly <unwilling approval> c : offering opposition : OBSTINATE <an unwilling student>


Words: unwind
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to uncoil : wind off : UNROLL b : to free from or as if from a binding or wrapping c : to release from tension : RELAX\n2 archaic : to trace to the end <unwinding the labryinth and bringing the hero out Laurence Sterne>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become uncoiled or disentangled : UNFOLD\n2 : to become released from tension


Words: unwitting
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not knowing : UNAWARE <kept the truth from their unwitting friends>\n2 : not intended : INADVERTENT <an unwitting mistake>


Words: unworldly
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not of this world : UNEARTHLY; specifically : SPIRITUAL\n2 a : not wise in the ways of the world : NAIVE b : not swayed by mundane considerations


Words: unworthy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : lacking in excellence or value : POOR, WORTHLESS b : BASE, DISHONORABLE\n2 : not meritorious : UNDESERVING <unworthy of attention>\n3 : not deserved : UNMERITED <unworthy treatment>\n4 : inappropriate to one’s condition or station <actions unworthy of a gentleman>


Words: unwrap
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to remove the wrapping from : DISCLOSE <unwrap a package> <unwrap evidence in a criminal case>


Words: unyielding
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : characterized by lack of softness or flexibility\n2 : characterized by firmness or obduracy


Words: unyoke
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to free from a yoke or harness\n2 : to take apart : DISJOIN\nintransitive senses\n1 archaic : to unharness a draft animal\n2 archaic : to cease from work


Words: unzip
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to zip open\nintransitive senses : to open by or as if by means of a zipper


Words: up
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 a (1) : in or into a higher position or level; especially : away from the center of the earth (2) : from beneath the ground or water to the surface (3) : from below the horizon (4) : UPSTREAM (5) : in or into an upright position <sit up>; especially : out of bed b : upward from the ground or surface <pull up a daisy> c : so as to expose a particular surface\n2 : with greater intensity <speak up>\n3 a : in or into a better or more advanced state b : at an end <your time is up> c : in or into a state of greater intensity or excitement d : in a continual sequence : in continuance from a point or to a point <from third grade up> <at prices of 10 and up> <up until now>\n4 a (1) : into existence, evidence, prominence, or prevalence <put up several new buildings> (2) : into operation or practical form b : into consideration or attention <bring up for discussion>\n5 : into possession or custody\n6 a : ENTIRELY, COMPLETELY <button up your coat> b used as an intensifier <clean up the house>\n7 : in or into storage : BY <lay up supplies>\n8 a : so as to arrive or approach b : in a direction conventionally the opposite of down: (1) : to windward (2) : NORTHWARD (3) : to or at the top (4) : to or at the rear of a theatrical stage\n9 : in or into parts\n10 : to a stop usually used with draw, bring, fetch, or pull\n11 : for each side <the score is 15 up>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : risen above the horizon <the sun is up> b : STANDING c : being out of bed d : relatively high <the river is up> <was well up in her class> e : being in a raised position : LIFTED <windows are up> f : being in a state of completion : CONSTRUCTED, BUILT g : having the face upward h : mounted on a horse <a new jockey up> i : grown above a surface <the corn is up> j (1) : moving, inclining, or directed upward <the up escalator> (2) : bound in a direction regarded as up\n2 a (1) : marked by agitation, excitement, or activity (2) : positive or upbeat in mood or demeanor b : being above a former or normal level (as of quantity or intensity) <attendance is up> <t


Words: upbeat
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an unaccented beat in a musical measure; specifically : the last beat of the measure\n2 : an increase in activity or prosperity <business that is on the upbeat>\n\n<2> adjective\n: CHEERFUL, OPTIMISTIC


Words: upbraid
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to criticize severely : find fault with\n2 : to reproach severely : scold vehemently


Words: upbringing
Meaning:
noun\n: early training; especially : a particular way of bringing up a child <had a strict upbringing>


Words: update
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to bring up to date\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or instance of updating\n2 : current information for updating something\n3 : an up-to-date version, account, or report


Words: upend
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to set or stand on end; also : OVERTURN 1\n2 a : to affect to the point of being upset or flurried <aTliterary shocker, designed to upend the credulous matrons Wolcott Gibbs> b : DEFEAT, BEAT\nintransitive senses : to rise on an end


Words: upgrade
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an upward grade or slope\n2 : INCREASE, RISE\n3 : IMPROVEMENT 2b\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to raise or improve the grade of: as a : to improve (livestock) by use of purebred sires b : to advance to a job requiring a higher level of skill especially as part of a training program c : to raise the quality of d : to raise the classification and usually the price of without improving the quality e : to extend the usefulness of (as a device)


Words: upheaval
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the action or an instance of upheaving especially of part of the earth’s crust\n2 : extreme agitation or disorder : radical change; also : an instance of this


Words: uphill
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: rising ground : ASCENT\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : upward on a hill or incline\n2 : against difficulties <seemed to be talking uphill Willa Cather>\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : situated on elevated ground\n2 a : going up : ASCENDING b : being the higher one or part especially of a set; specifically : being nearer the top of an incline\n3 : DIFFICULT, LABORIOUS


Words: uphold
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to give support to b : to support against an opponent\n2 a : to keep elevated b : to lift up


Words: upholstery
Meaning:
noun\n: materials (as fabric, padding, and springs) used to make a soft covering especially for a seat


Words: upkeep
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of maintaining in good condition : the state of being maintained in good condition\n2 : the cost of maintaining in good condition


Words: upland
Meaning:
noun\n1 : high land especially at some distance from the sea : PLATEAU\n2 : ground elevated above the lowlands along rivers or between hills


Words: uplift
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to lift up : ELEVATE; especially : to cause (a portion of the earth’s surface) to rise above adjacent areas\n2 : to improve the spiritual, social, or intellectual condition of\nintransitive senses : RISE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act, process, result, or cause of uplifting: as a (1) : the uplifting of a part of the earth’s surface (2) : an uplifted mass of land b : a bettering of a condition especially spiritually, socially, or intellectually c (1) : influences intended to uplift (2) : a social movement to improve especially morally or culturally\n2 : a brassiere designed to hold the breasts up


Words: upon
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n: ON\n\n<2> adverb\n1 obsolete : on the surface : on it\n2 obsolete : THEREAFTER, THEREON


Words: upper
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : higher in physical position, rank, or order b : farther inland <the upper Mississippi>\n2 : constituting the branch of a bicameral legislature that is usually smaller and more restricted in membership and possesses greater traditional prestige than the lower house\n3 a : constituting a stratum relatively near the earth’s surface b capitalized : being a later epoch or series of the period or system named <Upper Cretaceous> <Upper Paleolithic>\n4 : NORTHERN <upper Manhattan>\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is upper: as a : the parts of a shoe or boot above the sole b : an upper tooth or denture c : an upper berth\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a stimulant drug; especially : AMPHETAMINE\n2 : something that induces a state of good feeling or exhilaration


Words: uppity
Meaning:
adjective\n: putting on or marked by airs of superiority : ARROGANT, PRESUMPTUOUS <uppity technicians> <a small uppity country>


Words: upright
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : PERPENDICULAR, VERTICAL b : erect in carriage or posture c : having the main axis or a main part perpendicular <upright freezer>\n2 : marked by strong moral rectitude\n\n<2> adverb\n: vertically upward : in an upright position\n\n<3> noun\n1 : the state of being upright : PERPENDICULAR <a pillar out of upright>\n2 : something that stands upright; especially : a football goalpost usually used in plural\n3 : UPRIGHT PIANO


Words: uprising
Meaning:
noun\n: an act or instance of rising up; especially : a usually localized act of popular violence in defiance usually of an established government


Words: uproarious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by uproar\n2 : very noisy and full\n3 : extremely funny <an uproarious comedy>


Words: uproot
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to remove as if by pulling up\n2 : to pull up by the roots\n3 : to displace from a country or traditional habitat


Words: upset
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to thicken and shorten (as a heated bar of iron) by hammering on the end : SWAGE\n2 : to force out of the usual upright, level, or proper position : OVERTURN\n3 a : to trouble mentally or emotionally : disturb the poise of b : to throw into disorder c : INVALIDATE d : to defeat unexpectedly\n4 : to cause a physical disorder in; specifically : to make somewhat ill\nintransitive senses : to become overturned\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act of overturning : OVERTURN\n2 a (1) : an act of throwing into disorder : DERANGEMENT (2) : a state of disorder : CONFUSION b : an unexpected defeat\n3 a : a minor physical disorder <a stomach upset> b : an emotional disturbance <went through a big upset after his father’s death>\n4 a : a part of a rod (as the head on a bolt) that is upset b : the expansion of a bullet on striking\n\n<3> adjective\n: emotionally disturbed or agitated <was too upset to speak to him>


Words: upside
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an upward trend (as of prices)\n2 : a positive aspect\n\n<2> preposition\n: up on or against the side of <layin’ in this death cell, writin’ my time upside the wall Lonnie Johnson> <if they wish to knock a thug upside the head, they do so Robert MacKenzie>


Words: upstage
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage\n2 : away from a motion-picture or television camera\n\n<2> adjective\n1 3upstage : HAUGHTY\n2 : of or relating to the rear of a stage\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to draw attention away from\n2 : to force (an actor) to face away from the audience by staying upstage\n3 : to treat snobbishly\n\n<4> noun\n: the part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera


Words: upstairs
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : up the stairs : on or to a higher floor\n2 : to or at a high altitude or higher position <kicked upstairs to company management>\n3 : in the head : INTELLECTUALLY <a little slow upstairs Tom Clancy>\n\n<2> adjective\n: situated above the stairs especially on an upper floor <an upstairs bedroom>\n\n<3> noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n: the part of a building above the ground floor


Words: upstart
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n: to jump up (as to one’s feet) suddenly\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one that has risen suddenly (as from a low position to wealth or power) : PARVENU; especially : one that claims more personal importance than is warranted\n2 : a start-up enterprise


Words: upstate
Meaning:
noun\n: the chiefly northerly sections of a state; also : the chiefly rural part of a state when the major metropolitan area is in the south


Words: upstream
Meaning:
adverb or adjective\n1 : in the direction opposite to the flow of a stream\n2 : toward a portion of the production stream closer to basic extractive or manufacturing processes <make most of its money upstream, selling cheap crudeTto refineries John Quirt>


Words: upswing
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an upward swing\n2 : a marked increase or improvement often used in the phrase on the upswing


Words: uptake
Meaning:
noun\n1 : UNDERSTANDING, COMPREHENSION <quick on the uptake>\n2 : a flue leading upward\n3 : an act or instance of absorbing and incorporating especially into a living organism


Words: uptown
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to uptown\n2 : UPSCALE, FASHIONABLE\n\n<2> noun\n: the upper part of a town or city; especially : the residential district


Words: upturn
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to turn up or over\n2 : to direct upward\nintransitive senses : to turn upward\n\n<2> noun\n: an upward turn especially toward better conditions or higher prices


Words: upward
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 a : in a direction from lower to higher <the kite rose upward> b (1) : toward the source (as of a river) (2) : toward the interior (as of a region) c : in a higher position <held out his hand, palm upward> d : in the upper parts : toward the head : ABOVE <from the waist upward>\n2 : toward a higher or better condition or level <young lawyers moving upward>\n3 a : to an indefinitely greater amount, figure, or rank <from 5 upward> b : toward a greater amount or higher number, degree, or rate <attendance figures have risen upward>\n4 : toward or into later years <from youth upward>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : directed toward or situated in a higher place or level : ASCENDING\n2 : rising to a higher pitch


Words: uranium
Meaning:
noun\n: a silvery heavy radioactive polyvalent metallic element that is found especially in pitchblende and uraninite and exists naturally as a mixture of three isotopes of mass number 234, 235, and 238 in the proportions of 0.006 percent, 0.71 percent, and 99.28 percent respectively see ELEMENT table


Words: urbanize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to cause to take on urban characteristics <urbanized areas>\n2 : to impart an urban way of life to <urbanize migrants from rural areas>


Words: urea
Meaning:
noun\n: a soluble weakly basic nitrogenous compound CO(NH2)2 that is the chief solid component of mammalian urine and an end product of protein decomposition, is synthesized from carbon dioxide and ammonia, and is used especially in synthesis (as of resins and plastics) and in fertilizers and animal rations


Words: uremia
Meaning:
noun\n1 : accumulation in the blood of constituents normally eliminated in the urine that produces a severe toxic condition and usually occurs in severe kidney disease\n2 : the toxic bodily condition associated with uremia <the patient was in uremia>


Words: urethra
Meaning:
noun\n: the canal that in most mammals carries off the urine from the bladder and in the male serves also as a genital duct


Words: urge
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly <his conviction was upheld on a theory never urged at hisTtrial Leon Friedman>\n2 : to undertake the accomplishment of with energy, swiftness, or enthusiasm <urge the attack>\n3 a : SOLICIT, ENTREAT b : to serve as a motive or reason for\n4 : to force or impel in an indicated direction or into motion or greater speed <the dog urged the sheep toward the gate>\n5 : STIMULATE, PROVOKE\nintransitive senses : to declare, advance, or press earnestly a statement, argument, charge, or claim\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act or process of urging\n2 : a force or impulse that urges; especially : a continuing impulse toward an activity or goal


Words: urgent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : calling for immediate attention : PRESSING <urgent appeals> b : conveying a sense of urgency\n2 : urging insistently : IMPORTUNATE


Words: urinal
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a vessel for receiving urine\n2 a : a building or enclosure with facilities for urinating b : a fixture used for urinating


Words: urinary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : relating to, occurring in, affecting, or constituting the organs concerned with the formation and discharge of urine <urinary system> <urinary calculi>\n2 : of, relating to, or for urine\n3 : excreted as or in urine


Words: urine
Meaning:
noun\n: waste material that is secreted by the kidney in vertebrates, is rich in end products of protein metabolism together with salts and pigments, and forms a clear amber and usually slightly acid fluid in mammals but is semisolid in birds and reptiles


Words: urn
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a vessel that is typically an ornamental vase on a pedestal and that is used for various purposes (as preserving the ashes of the dead after cremation)\n2 : a closed vessel usually with a spigot for serving a hot beverage <a coffee urn>


Words: ursine
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae)\n2 : suggesting or characteristic of a bear <a lumbering ursine gait>


Words: urticaria
Meaning:
noun\n: an allergic disorder marked by raised edematous patches of skin or mucous membrane and usually intense itching and caused by contact with a specific precipitating factor (as a food, drug, or inhalant) either externally or internally


Words: usage
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure b : a uniform certain reasonable lawful practice existing in a particular locality or occupation and binding persons entering into transactions chiefly on the basis of presumed familiarity c : the way in which words and phrases are actually used (as in a particular form or sense) in a language community\n2 a : the action, amount, or mode of using <a decreased usage of electricity> b : manner of treating


Words: use
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the act or practice of employing something : EMPLOYMENT, APPLICATION <he made good use of his spare time> b : the fact or state of being used <a dish in daily use> c : a method or manner of employing or applying something <gained practice in the use of the camera>\n2 a (1) : habitual or customary usage (2) : an individual habit or group custom b : a liturgical form or observance; especially : a liturgy having modifications peculiar to a local church or religious order\n3 a : the privilege or benefit of using something <gave him the use of her car> b : the ability or power to use something (as a limb or faculty) c : the legal enjoyment of property that consists in its employment, occupation, exercise, or practice <she had the use of the estate for life>\n4 a : a particular service or end <put learning to practical use> b : the quality of being suitable for employment <saving things that might be of use> c : the occasion or need to employ <took only what they had use for>\n5 a : the benefit in law of one or more persons; specifically : the benefit or profit of property established in one other than the legal possessor b : a legal arrangement by which such benefits and profits are so established\n6 : a favorable attitude : LIKING <had no use for modern art>\norked my way up in the company*\n9 a : to get (oneself or an object) into or out of a condition or position by gradual stages b : CONTRIVE, ARRANGE <we can work it so that you can take your vacation>\n10 a : to practice trickery or cajolery on for some end <worked the management for a free ticket> b : EXCITE, PROVOKE <worked myself into a rage>\nintransitive senses\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : ACCUSTOM, HABITUATE\n2 : to put into action or service : avail oneself of : EMPLOY\n3 : to consume or take (as liquor or drugs) regularly\n4 : to carry out a purpose or action by means of : UTILIZE; also : MANIPULATE 2b <used him selfishly>\n5 : to expend or consume by putting to use often used with up\n6 : to behave toward : act with regard to : TREAT <used th


Words: useful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : capable of being put to use; especially : serviceable for an end or purpose\n2 : of a valuable or productive kind <do something useful with your life>


Words: usher
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, or chamber b : an officer who walks before a person of rank c : one who escorts persons to their seats (as in a theater)\n2 archaic : an assistant teacher\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to conduct to a place\n2 : to precede as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger\n3 : to cause to enter : INTRODUCE <a new theory ushered into the world>\nintransitive senses : to serve as an usher <usher at a wedding>


Words: usual
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : accordant with usage, custom, or habit : NORMAL\n2 : commonly or ordinarily used <followed his usual route>\n3 : found in ordinary practice or in the ordinary course of events : ORDINARY\n\n<2> noun\n: something usual


Words: usufruct
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the legal right of using and enjoying the fruits or profits of something belonging to another\n2 : the right to use or enjoy something


Words: usurp
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without right <usurp a throne> b : to take or make use of without right <usurped the rights to her life story>\n2 : to take the place of by or as if by force : SUPPLANT <must not let stock responses based on inherited prejudice usurp careful judgment>\nintransitive senses : to seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully


Words: usury
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : INTEREST\n2 : the lending of money with an interest charge for its use; especially : the lending of money at exorbitant interest rates\n3 : an unconscionable or exorbitant rate or amount of interest; specifically : interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money


Words: utensil
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an implement, instrument, or vessel used in a household and especially a kitchen\n2 : a useful tool or implement


Words: uterus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an organ of the female mammal for containing and usually for nourishing the young during development previous to birth called also womb\n2 : a structure in some lower animals analogous to the uterus in which eggs or young develop


Words: utilitarian
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an advocate or adherent of utilitarianism\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to or advocating utilitarianism\n2 : marked by utilitarian views or practices\n3 a : of, relating to, or aiming at utility b : exhibiting or preferring mere utility <spare utilitarian furnishings>


Words: utilitarianism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a doctrine that the useful is the good and that the determining consideration of right conduct should be the usefulness of its consequences; specifically : a theory that the aim of action should be the largest possible balance of pleasure over pain or the greatest happiness of the greatest number\n2 : utilitarian character, spirit, or quality


Words: utility
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : fitness for some purpose or worth to some end\n2 : something useful or designed for use\n3 a : PUBLIC UTILITY b (1) : a service (as light, power, or water) provided by a public utility (2) : equipment or a piece of equipment to provide such service or a comparable service\n4 : a program or routine designed to perform or facilitate especially routine operations (as copying files or editing text) on a computer\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : capable of serving as a substitute in various roles or positions <a utility infielder>\n2 a : kept to provide a useful product or service rather than for show or as a pet <utility livestock> <a utility dog> b : being of a usable but inferior grade <utility beef>\n3 : serving primarily for utility rather than beauty : UTILITARIAN\n4 : designed or adapted for general use <a utility knife>\n5 : of or relating to a utility <a utility company>


Words: utilize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to make use of : turn to practical use or account <I’m a great person for utilizing waste power Robert Frost>


Words: utmost
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : situated at the farthest or most distant point : EXTREME <the utmost point of the earth John Hunt>\n2 : of the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or amount <a matter of utmost concern>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the most possible : the extreme limit : the highest attainable point or degree <the utmost in reliability>\n2 : the highest, greatest, or best of one’s abilities, powers, and resources <will do our utmost to help>


Words: utopia
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an imaginary and indefinitely remote place\n2 often capitalized : a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions\n3 : an impractical scheme for social improvement


Words: utopian
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a utopia; especially : having impossibly ideal conditions especially of social organization\n2 : proposing or advocating impractically ideal social and political schemes <utopian idealists>\n3 : impossibly ideal : VISIONARY <recognised the utopian nature of his hopes C. S. Kilby>\n4 : believing in, advocating, or having the characteristics of utopian socialism <utopian doctrines> <utopian novels>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one that believes in the perfectibility of human society\n2 : one that proposes or advocates utopian schemes


Words: utter
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: carried to the utmost point or highest degree : ABSOLUTE, TOTAL <utter darkness> <utter strangers>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 obsolete : to offer for sale\n2 a : to send forth as a sound b : to give utterance to : PRONOUNCE, SPEAK c : to give public expression to : express in words\n3 : to put (as currency) into circulation; specifically : to circulate (as a counterfeit note) as if legal or genuine <utter false tokens>\n4 : to put forth or out : DISCHARGE\nintransitive senses : to make a statement or sound


Words: utterance
Meaning:
<1> noun\narchaic : the last extremity : BITTER END\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something uttered; especially : an oral or written statement : a stated or published expression\n2 : vocal expression : SPEECH\n3 : power, style, or manner of speaking


Words: uttermost
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : OUTERMOST\n2 : EXTREME, UTMOST\n\n<2> noun\n: UTMOST <to the uttermost of our capacity H. S. Truman>


Words: v
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the 22d letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic v\n2 : FIVE see NUMBER table\n3 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter v\n4 : one designated v especially as the 22d in order or class\n5 : something shaped like the letter\n\n<2> abbreviation\nvector, velocity, verb, verse, verso, versus, very, vice, victory, vide, voice, voltage, volume, vowel


Words: vacancy
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : an interval of leisure\n2 : physical or mental inactivity or relaxation : IDLENESS\n3 a : a vacating of an office, post, or piece of property b : the time such office or property is vacant\n4 : a vacant office, post, or tenancy\n5 : empty space : VOID; specifically : an unoccupied site for an atom or ion in a crystal\n6 : the state of being vacant : VACUITY


Words: vacant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer <a vacant office> <vacant thrones>\n2 : being without content or occupant <a vacant seat in a bus> <a vacant room>\n3 : free from activity or work : DISENGAGED <vacant hours>\n4 : devoid of thought, reflection, or expression <a vacant smile>\n5 : not lived in <vacant houses>\n6 a : not put to use <vacant land> b : having no heir or claimant : ABANDONED <a vacant estate>


Words: vacate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make legally void : ANNUL\n2 a : to deprive of an incumbent or occupant b : to give up the incumbency or occupancy of\nintransitive senses : to vacate an office, post, or tenancy


Words: vacation
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a respite or a time of respite from something : INTERMISSION\n2 a : a scheduled period during which activity (as of a court or school) is suspended b : a period of exemption from work granted to an employee for rest and relaxation\n3 : a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation <had a restful vacation at the beach>\n4 : an act or an instance of vacating\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to take or spend a vacation


Words: vaccinate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to inoculate (a person) with cowpox virus in order to produce immunity to smallpox\n2 : to administer a vaccine to usually by injection\nintransitive senses : to perform or practice vaccination


Words: vaccine
Meaning:
noun\n1 : matter or a preparation containing the virus of cowpox in a form used for vaccination\n2 : a preparation of killed microorganisms, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease


Words: vacillate
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 a : to sway through lack of equilibrium b : FLUCTUATE, OSCILLATE\n2 : to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses


Words: vacuity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an empty space\n2 : the state, fact, or quality of being vacuous\n3 : something (as an idea) that is vacuous or inane


Words: vacuous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : emptied of or lacking content\n2 : marked by lack of ideas or intelligence : STUPID, INANE <a vacuous mind> <a vacuous expression>\n3 : devoid of serious occupation : IDLE


Words: vacuum
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : emptiness of space\n2 a : a space absolutely devoid of matter b : a space partially exhausted (as to the highest degree possible) by artificial means (as an air pump) c : a degree of rarefaction below atmospheric pressure\n3 a : a state or condition resembling a vacuum : VOID <the power vacuum in Indochina after the departure of the French Norman Cousins> b : a state of isolation from outside influences <people who live in a vacuumTso that the world outside them is of no moment W. S. Maugham>\n4 : a device creating or utilizing a partial vacuum; especially : VACUUM CLEANER\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, containing, producing, or utilizing a partial vacuum <separated by means of vacuum distillation>\n2 : of or relating to a vacuum device or system\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses : to use a vacuum device (as a vacuum cleaner) on\nintransitive senses : to operate a vacuum device


Words: vagabond
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : moving from place to place without a fixed home : WANDERING\n2 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of a wanderer b : leading an unsettled, irresponsible, or disreputable life\n\n<2> noun\n: one leading a vagabond life; especially : TRAMP\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to wander in the manner of a vagabond : roam about


Words: vagina
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a canal in a female mammal that leads from the uterus to the external orifice of the genital canal\n2 : a canal that is similar in function or location to the vagina and occurs in various animals other than mammals


Words: vagrant
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support b : one (as a prostitute or drunkard) whose conduct constitutes statutory vagrancy\n2 : WANDERER, ROVER\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : wandering about from place to place usually with no means of support\n2 a : having a fleeting, wayward, or inconstant quality b : having no fixed course : RANDOM


Words: vague
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : not clearly expressed : stated in indefinite terms <vague accusation> b : not having a precise meaning <vague term of abuse>\n2 a : not clearly defined, grasped, or understood : INDISTINCT <only a vague notion of what’s needed>; also : SLIGHT <a vague hint of a thickening waistline> <hasn’t the vaguest idea> b : not clearly felt or sensed : somewhat subconscious <a vague longing>\n3 : not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely <vague about dates and places>\n4 : lacking expression : VACANT\n5 : not sharply outlined : HAZY


Words: vain
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having no real value : IDLE, WORTHLESS\n2 : marked by futility or ineffectualness : UNSUCCESSFUL, USELESS <vain efforts to escape>\n3 archaic : FOOLISH, SILLY\n4 : having or showing undue or excessive pride in one’s appearance or achievements : CONCEITED


Words: vainglory
Meaning:
noun\n1 : excessive or ostentatious pride especially in one’s achievements\n2 : vain display or show : VANITY


Words: valance
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a drapery hung along the edge of a bed, table, altar, canopy, or shelf\n2 : a short drapery or wood or metal frame used as a decorative heading to conceal the top of curtains and fixtures


Words: valedictorian
Meaning:
noun\n: the student usually having the highest rank in a graduating class who delivers the valedictory address at the commencement exercises


Words: valedictory
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell\n\n<2> noun\n: an address or statement of farewell or leave-taking


Words: valence
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the degree of combining power of an element as shown by the number of atomic weights of a univalent element (as hydrogen) with which the atomic weight of the element will combine or for which it can be substituted or with which it can be compared\n2 a : relative capacity to unite, react, or interact (as with antigens or a biological substrate) b : the degree of attractiveness an individual, activity, or object possesses as a behavioral goal


Words: valentine
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sweetheart chosen or complimented on Saint Valentine’s Day\n2 a : a gift or greeting sent or given especially to a sweetheart on Saint Valentine’s Day; especially : a greeting card sent on this day b : something (as a movie or piece of writing) expressing uncritical praise or affection : TRIBUTE


Words: valet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a man’s male servant who performs personal services (as taking care of clothing) b : an employee (as of a hotel or a public facility) who performs personal services for customers\n2 : a device (as a rack or tray) for holding clothing or personal effects\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to serve as a valet


Words: valetudinarian
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a person of a weak or sickly constitution; especially : one whose chief concern is being or becoming a chronic invalid\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, or characteristic of a valetudinarian : SICKLY, WEAK


Words: valiant
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : possessing or acting with bravery or boldness : COURAGEOUS <valiant soldiers>\n2 : marked by, exhibiting, or carried out with courage or determination : HEROIC <valiant feats>\n\n<2> noun\n: a valiant person


Words: valid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having legal efficacy or force; especially : executed with the proper legal authority and formalities <a valid contract>\n2 a : well-grounded or justifiable : being at once relevant and meaningful <a valid theory> b : logically correct <a valid argument> <valid inference>\n3 : appropriate to the end in view : EFFECTIVE <every craft has its own valid methods>\n4 of a taxon : conforming to accepted principles of sound biological classification


Words: validate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to make legally valid b : to grant official sanction to by marking c : to confirm the validity of (an election); also : to declare (a person) elected\n2 : to support or corroborate on a sound or authoritative basis <experiments designed to validate the hypothesis>


Words: valley
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an elongate depression of the earth’s surface usually between ranges of hills or mountains b : an area drained by a river and its tributaries\n2 : a low point or condition\n3 a : HOLLOW, DEPRESSION b : the place of meeting of two slopes of a roof that form on the plan a reentrant angle


Words: valor
Meaning:
noun\n: strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery


Words: valuable
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having monetary value b : worth a good price\n2 a : having desirable or esteemed characteristics or qualities <valuable friendships> b : of great use or service <valuable advice>\n\n<2> noun\n: a usually personal possession (as jewelry) of relatively great monetary value usually used in plural


Words: valuation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of valuing; specifically : appraisal of property\n2 : the estimated or determined market value of a thing\n3 : judgment or appreciation of worth or character


Words: value
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a fair return or equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged\n2 : the monetary worth of something : marketable price\n3 : relative worth, utility, or importance <a good value at the price> <the value of base stealing in baseball> <had nothing of value to say>\n4 a : a numerical quantity that is assigned or is determined by calculation or measurement <let x take on positive values> <a value for the age of the earth> b : precise signification <value of a word>\n5 : the relative duration of a musical note\n6 a : relative lightness or darkness of a color : LUMINOSITY b : the relation of one part in a picture to another with respect to lightness and darkness\n7 : something (as a principle or quality) intrinsically valuable or desirable <sought material values instead of human values W. H. Jones>\n8 : DENOMINATION 2\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to estimate or assign the monetary worth of : APPRAISE <value a necklace> b : to rate or scale in usefulness, importance, or general worth : EVALUATE\n2 : to consider or rate highly : PRIZE, ESTEEM <values your opinion>


Words: valued
Meaning:
adjective\n: having a value or values especially of a specified kind or number often used in combination <real-valued>


Words: valve
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : a leaf of a folding or double door\n2 New Latin valva, from Latin : a structure especially in a vein or lymphatic that closes temporarily a passage or orifice or permits movement of fluid in one direction only\n3 a : any of numerous mechanical devices by which the flow of liquid, gas, or loose material in bulk may be started, stopped, or regulated by a movable part that opens, shuts, or partially obstructs one or more ports or passageways; also : the movable part of such a device b : a device in a brass instrument for quickly channeling air flow through an added length of tube in order to change the fundamental tone by some definite interval c chiefly British : ELECTRON TUBE\n4 New Latin valva, from Latin : one of the distinct usually hinged and movable pieces of which the shell of some shell-bearing animals (as lamellibranch mollusks, brachiopods, and barnacles) consists\n5 New Latin valva, from Latin a : one of the segments or pieces into which a dehiscing capsule or legume separates b : the portion of various anthers (as of the barberry) resembling a lid c : one of the two encasing membranes of a diatom


Words: valvular
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : resembling or functioning as a valve; also : opening by valves\n2 : of, relating to, or affecting a valve especially of the heart <valvular heart disease>


Words: vamp
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to provide (a shoe) with a new vamp b : to piece (something old) with a new part : PATCH <vamp up old sermons>\n2 : INVENT, FABRICATE <vamp up an excuse>\nintransitive senses : to play a musical vamp\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the part of a shoe upper or boot upper covering especially the forepart of the foot and sometimes also extending forward over the toe or backward to the back seam of the upper\n2 1vamp : a short introductory musical passage often repeated several times (as in vaudeville) before a solo or between verses\n\n<3> noun\n: a woman who uses her charm or wiles to seduce and exploit men\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to practice seductive wiles on


Words: vampire
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep\n2 a : one who lives by preying on others b : a woman who exploits and ruins her lover\n3 : VAMPIRE BAT


Words: van
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 dialect English : a winnowing device (as a fan)\n2 : WING 1a\n\n<2> noun\n: VANGUARD\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a usually enclosed wagon or motortruck used for transportation of goods or animals; also : CARAVAN 2a b : a multipurpose enclosed motor vehicle having a boxlike shape, rear or side doors, and side panels often with windows c : a detachable passenger cabin transportable by aircraft or truck\n2 chiefly British : an enclosed railroad freight or baggage car\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to transport by van


Words: vanadium
Meaning:
noun\n: a grayish malleable ductile metallic element found combined in minerals and used especially to form alloys (as vanadium steel) see ELEMENT table


Words: vandal
Meaning:
noun\n1 capitalized : a member of a Germanic people who lived in the area south of the Baltic between the Vistula and the Oder, overran Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa in the 4th and 5th centuries A.D., and in 455 sacked Rome\n2 : one who willfully or ignorantly destroys, damages, or defaces property belonging to another or to the public


Words: vane
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a movable device attached to an elevated object (as a spire) for showing the direction of the wind b : one that is changeable or inconstant\n2 : a thin flat or curved object that is rotated about an axis by a flow of fluid or that rotates to cause a fluid to flow or that redirects a flow of fluid <the vanes of a windmill>\n3 : the web or flat expanded part of a feather see FEATHER illustration\n4 : a feather fastened to the shaft near the nock of an arrow


Words: vanilla
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : VANILLA BEAN b : a commercially important extract of the vanilla bean that is used especially as a flavoring\n2 : any of a genus (Vanilla) of tropical American climbing epiphytic orchids\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : flavored with vanilla\n2 : lacking distinction : PLAIN, ORDINARY


Words: vanish
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to pass quickly from sight : DISAPPEAR b : to pass completely from existence\n2 : to assume the value zero\ntransitive senses : to cause to disappear


Words: vanity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something that is vain, empty, or valueless\n2 : the quality or fact of being vain\n3 : inflated pride in oneself or one’s appearance : CONCEIT\n4 : a fashionable trifle or knicknack\n5 a : 3COMPACT a b : a small case or handbag for toilet articles used by women\n6 : DRESSING TABLE


Words: vanquish
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to overcome in battle : subdue completely\n2 : to defeat in a conflict or contest\n3 : to gain mastery over (an emotion, passion, or temptation)


Words: vantage
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : BENEFIT, GAIN\n2 : superiority in a contest\n3 : a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view\n4 : ADVANTAGE 4


Words: vapid
Meaning:
adjective\n: lacking liveliness, tang, briskness, or force : FLAT, DULL <a gossipy, vapid woman, obsessed by her own elegance R. F. Delderfield> <London was not all vapid dissipation V. S. Pritchett>


Words: vapor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : diffused matter (as smoke or fog) suspended floating in the air and impairing its transparency\n2 a : a substance in the gaseous state as distinguished from the liquid or solid state b : a substance (as gasoline, alcohol, mercury, or benzoin) vaporized for industrial, therapeutic, or military uses; also : a mixture (as the explosive mixture in an internal combustion engine) of such a vapor with air\n3 a : something unsubstantial or transitory : PHANTASM b : a foolish or fanciful idea\n4 plural a archaic : exhalations of bodily organs (as the stomach) held to affect the physical or mental condition b : a depressed or hysterical nervous condition\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 a : to rise or pass off in vapor b : to emit vapor\n2 : to indulge in bragging, blustering, or idle talk


Words: vaporing
Meaning:
noun\n: the act or speech of one that vapors; specifically : an idle, extravagant, or high-flown expression or speech usually used in plural


Words: vaporize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor\n2 : to cause to become dissipated\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become vaporized\n2 : VAPOR 2


Words: vaporizer
Meaning:
noun\n: one that vaporizes: as a : ATOMIZER b : a device for converting water or a medicated liquid into a vapor for inhalation


Words: vaporous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : consisting or characteristic of vapor\n2 : producing vapors : VOLATILE\n3 : containing or obscured by vapors : MISTY\n4 a : ETHEREAL, UNSUBSTANTIAL b : consisting of or indulging in vaporings


Words: variable
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : able or apt to vary : subject to variation or changes <variable winds> <variable costs> b : FICKLE, INCONSTANT\n2 : characterized by variations\n3 : having the characteristics of a variable\n4 : not true to type : ABERRANT used of a biological group or character\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values b : a symbol representing a variable\n2 : something that is variable\n3 : VARIABLE STAR


Words: variance
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the fact, quality, or state of being variable or variant : DIFFERENCE, VARIATION <yearly variance in crops>\n2 : the fact or state of being in disagreement : DISSENSION, DISPUTE\n3 : a disagreement between two parts of the same legal proceeding that must be consonant\n4 : a license to do some act contrary to the usual rule <a zoning variance>\n5 : the square of the standard deviation


Words: variant
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 obsolete : VARIABLE\n2 : manifesting variety, deviation, or disagreement\n3 : varying usually slightly from the standard form <variant readings>\n\n<2> noun\n: one of two or more persons or things exhibiting usually slight differences: as a : one that exhibits variation from a type or norm b : one of two or more different spellings (as labor and labour) or pronunciations (as of economics ) of the same word c : one of two or more words (as geographic and geographical) or word elements (as mon- and mono-) of essentially the same meaning differing only in the presence or absence of an affix


Words: variation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act or process of varying : the state or fact of being varied b : an instance of varying c : the extent to which or the range in which a thing varies\n2 : DECLINATION 6\n3 a : a change of algebraic sign between successive terms of a sequence b : a measure of the change in data, a variable, or a function\n4 : the repetition of a musical theme with modifications in rhythm, tune, harmony, or key\n5 a : divergence in the characteristics of an organism from the species or population norm or average b : something (as an individual or group) that exhibits variation\n6 a : a solo dance in classic ballet b : a repetition in modern ballet of a movement sequence with changes


Words: varicolored
Meaning:
adjective\n: having various colors : VARIEGATED <the varicolored breeding plumage of a bird>; also : of various colors


Words: varicose
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : abnormally swollen or dilated <varicose veins>\n2 : affected with varicose veins <varicose legs>


Words: variegate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : DAPPLE\n2 : to enliven or give interest to by means of variety


Words: varietal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or characterizing a variety <varietal name>; also : being a variety in distinction from an individual or species\n2 : of, relating to, or producing a varietal\n\n<2> noun\n: a wine bearing the name of the principal grape from which it is made


Words: variety
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of having different forms or types : MULTIFARIOUSNESS\n2 : a number or collection of different things especially of a particular class : ASSORTMENT\n3 a : something differing from others of the same general kind : SORT b : any of various groups of plants or animals ranking below a species : SUBSPECIES\n4 : VARIETY SHOW


Words: variorum
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an edition or text with notes by different persons\n2 : an edition containing variant readings of the text\n\n<2> adjective\n: relating to or being a variorum; also : VARIANT <variorum readings>


Words: various
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 archaic : VARIABLE, INCONSTANT\n2 : VARICOLORED <birds of various plumage>\n3 a : of differing kinds : MULTIFARIOUS b : dissimilar in nature or form : UNLIKE <animals as various as the jaguar and the sloth>\n4 : having a number of different aspects or characteristics <a various place> <a various talent>\n5 : of an indefinite number greater than one <stop at various towns>\n6 : INDIVIDUAL, SEPARATE <rate increases granted in the various states>\n\n<2> pronoun ,plural in construction\n: an indefinite number of separate individuals greater than one <conversations with people from various of the schools Patricia Linden>


Words: varnish
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a liquid preparation that when spread and allowed to dry on a surface forms a hard lustrous typically transparent coating b : the covering or glaze given by the application of varnish c (1) : something that suggests varnish by its gloss (2) : a coating (as of deposits in an internal combustion engine) comparable to varnish\n2 : outside show : 1GLOSS\n3 chiefly British : a liquid nail polish\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to apply varnish to\n2 : to cover or conceal (as something unpleasant) with something that gives a fair appearance : 2GLOSS\n3 : ADORN, EMBELLISH


Words: varsity
Meaning:
noun\n1 British : UNIVERSITY\n2 a : the principal squad representing a university, college, school, or club especially in a sport b : REGULAR 1d


Words: vary
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make a partial change in : make different in some attribute or characteristic b : to make differences between items in : DIVERSIFY\n2 : to present under new aspects <vary the rhythm and harmonic treatment>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to exhibit or undergo change <the sky was constantly varying>\n2 : DEVIATE, DEPART\n3 : to take on successive values <y varies inversely with x>\n4 : to exhibit divergence in structural or physiological characters from the typical form


Words: vascular
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to a channel for the conveyance of a body fluid (as blood of an animal or sap of a plant) or to a system of such channels; also : supplied with or made up of such channels and especially blood vessels <a vascular tumor> <a vascular system>\n2 : marked by vigor and ardor : SPIRITED, PASSIONATE


Words: vase
Meaning:
noun\n: a usually round vessel of greater depth than width used chiefly as an ornament or for holding flowers


Words: vassal
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant\n2 : one in a subservient or subordinate position


Words: vassalage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the state of being a vassal\n2 : the homage, fealty, or services due from a vassal\n3 : a position of subordination or submission (as to a political power)


Words: vast
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially in extent or range\n\n<2> noun\n: a boundless space <the vast of heaven John Milton>


Words: vat
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a large vessel (as a cistern, tub, or barrel) especially for holding liquors in an immature state or preparations for dyeing or tanning\n2 : a liquor containing a dye converted into a soluble reduced colorless or weakly colored form that on textile material steeped in the liquor and exposed to the air is converted by oxidation to the original insoluble dye and precipitated in the fiber\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to put into or treat in a vat


Words: vaudeville
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a light often comic theatrical piece frequently combining pantomime, dialogue, dancing, and song\n2 : stage entertainment consisting of various acts (as performing animals, acrobats, comedians, dancers, or singers)


Words: vault
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an arched structure of masonry usually forming a ceiling or roof b : something (as the sky) resembling a vault c : an arched or dome-shaped anatomical structure\n2 a : a space covered by an arched structure; especially : an underground passage or room b : an underground storage compartment c : a room or compartment for the safekeeping of valuables\n3 a : a burial chamber b : a prefabricated container usually of metal or concrete into which a casket is placed at burial\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to form or cover with or as if with a vault : ARCH\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to bound vigorously; especially : to execute a leap using the hands or a pole\n2 : to do or achieve something as if by a leap\ntransitive senses : to leap over; especially : to leap over by or as if by aid of the hands or a pole\n\n<4> noun\n: an act of vaulting : LEAP


Words: vaulting
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: vaulted construction\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : reaching or stretching for the heights <vaulting ambition> <a vaulting imagination>\n2 : designed for use in vaulting or in gymnastic exercises <a vaulting block>


Words: vaunt
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to make a vain display of one’s own worth or attainments : BRAG\ntransitive senses : to call attention to pridefully and often boastfully <people who vaunt their ingenuity>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a vainglorious display of what one is or has or has done\n2 : a bragging assertive statement


Words: veal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the flesh of a young calf\n2 : CALF; especially : VEALER\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to kill and dress (a calf) for veal


Words: vector
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a quantity that has magnitude and direction and that is commonly represented by a directed line segment whose length represents the magnitude and whose orientation in space represents the direction; broadly : an element of a vector space b : a course or compass direction especially of an airplane\n2 a : an organism (as an insect) that transmits a pathogen b : POLLINATOR a\n3 : a sequence of genetic material (as a transposon or the genome of a bacteriophage) used to introduce specific genes into the genome of an organism\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to guide (as an airplane, its pilot, or a missile) in flight by means of a radioed vector\n2 : to change the direction of (the thrust of a jet engine) for steering


Words: veer
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to let out (as a rope)\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 of the wind : to shift in a clockwise direction compare BACK\n2 : to change direction or course\n3 : to wear ship\ntransitive senses : to direct to a different course; specifically : WEAR 7\n\n<3> noun\n: a change in course or direction <a veer to the right>


Words: vegetable
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, constituting, or growing like plants b : consisting of plants : VEGETATIONAL\n2 : made or obtained from plants or plant products\n3 : resembling or suggesting a plant (as in inertness or passivity)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : PLANT 1b\n2 : a usually herbaceous plant (as the cabbage, bean, or potato) grown for an edible part that is usually eaten as part of a meal; also : such edible part\n3 : a human being whose mental and physical functioning is severely impaired (as from accident or disease)


Words: vegetal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : VEGETABLE\n2 : VEGETATIVE\n3 : of or relating to the vegetal pole of an egg or to that part of an egg from which the endoderm normally develops <vegetal blastomeres>


Words: vegetarian
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one who believes in or practices vegetarianism\n2 : HERBIVORE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to vegetarians\n2 : consisting wholly of vegetables, fruits, and sometimes eggs or dairy products <a vegetarian diet>


Words: vegetate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to grow in the manner of a plant; also : to grow exuberantly or with proliferation of fleshy or warty outgrowths b : to produce vegetation\n2 : to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind\ntransitive senses : to establish vegetation in or on


Words: vegetation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of vegetating\n2 : inert existence\n3 : plant life or total plant cover (as of an area)\n4 : an abnormal growth upon a body part


Words: vegetative
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a (1) : growing or having the power of growing (2) : of, relating to, or engaged in nutritive and growth functions as contrasted with reproductive functions <a vegetative nucleus> b : promoting plant growth <the vegetative properties of soil> c : of, relating to, or involving propagation by nonsexual processes or methods\n2 : relating to, composed of, or suggesting vegetation <vegetative cover>\n3 : of or relating to the division of nature comprising the plant kingdom\n4 : affecting, arising from, or relating to involuntary bodily functions\n5 : VEGETABLE 3


Words: vehement
Meaning:
adjective\n: marked by forceful energy : POWERFUL <a vehement wind>: as a : intensely emotional : IMPASSIONED, FERVID <vehement patriotism> b (1) : deeply felt <a vehement suspicion> (2) : forcibly expressed <vehement denunciations> c : bitterly antagonistic <a vehement debate>


Words: vehicle
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an inert medium (as a syrup) in which a medicinally active agent is administered b : any of various media acting usually as solvents, carriers, or binders for active ingredients or pigments\n2 : an agent of transmission : CARRIER\n3 : a medium through which something is expressed, achieved, or displayed\n4 : a means of carrying or transporting something : CONVEYANCE: as a : MOTOR VEHICLE b : a piece of mechanized equipment


Words: veil
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a length of cloth worn by women as a covering for the head and shoulders and often especially in Eastern countries for the face; specifically : the outer covering of a nun’s headdress b : a length of veiling or netting worn over the head or face or attached for protection or ornament to a hat or headdress c : any of various liturgical cloths; especially : a cloth used to cover the chalice\n2 : the cloistered life of a nun\n3 : a concealing curtain or cover of cloth\n4 : something that hides or obscures like a veil\n5 : a covering body part or membrane: as a : VELUM b : CAUL\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to cover, provide, obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil\nintransitive senses : to put on or wear a veil


Words: vein
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a narrow water channel in rock or earth or in ice b (1) : LODE 2, 3 (2) : a bed of useful mineral matter\n2 : BLOOD VESSEL; especially : any of the tubular branching vessels that carry blood from the capillaries toward the heart\n3 a : any of the vascular bundles forming the framework of a leaf b : any of the thickened cuticular ribs that serve to stiffen the wings of an insect\n4 : something suggesting veins (as in reticulation); specifically : a wavy variegation (as in marble)\n5 a : a distinctive mode of expression : STYLE b : a distinctive element or quality : STRAIN c : a line of thought or action\n6 a : a special aptitude : TALENT b : a usually transitory and casually attained mood c : top form : FETTLE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to pattern with or as if with veins


Words: velar
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : formed with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate <the velar of cool>\n2 : of, forming, or relating to a velum and especially the soft palate


Words: vellum
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a fine-grained unsplit lambskin, kidskin, or calfskin prepared especially for writing on or for binding books\n2 : a strong cream-colored paper\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, resembling, or bound in vellum\n2 : slightly rough <paper with a vellum finish>


Words: velocipede
Meaning:
noun\n: a lightweight wheeled vehicle propelled by the rider: as a archaic : BICYCLE b : TRICYCLE c : a 3-wheeled railroad handcar


Words: velocity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : quickness of motion : SPEED <the velocity of sound> b : rapidity of movement <my horse’sg strong suit is grace personal comeliness, rather than velocity Mark Twain> c : speed imparted to something <the power pitcher relies on velocity Tony Scherman>\n2 : the rate of change of position along a straight line with respect to time : the derivative of position with respect to time\n3 a : rate of occurrence or action : RAPIDITY <the velocity of historical change R. J. Lifton> <the narrative leaps from one frantic episode to another with impressive velocity James Atlas> b : rate of turnover <the velocity of money>


Words: velour
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various fabrics with a pile or napped surface resembling velvet used in heavy weights for upholstery and curtains and in lighter weights for clothing; also : the article of clothing itself\n2 : a fur felt (as of rabbit or nutria) finished with a long velvety nap and used especially for hats


Words: velum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a membrane or membranous part resembling a veil or curtain: as a : SOFT PALATE b : an annular membrane projecting inward from the margin of the umbrella in some jellyfishes (as the hydromedusans)\n2 : a swimming organ that is especially well developed in the later larval stages of many marine gastropods


Words: velvet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a clothing and upholstery fabric (as of silk, rayon, or wool) characterized by a short soft dense warp pile\n2 a : something suggesting velvet b : a characteristic (as softness or smoothness) of velvet\n3 : the soft vascular skin that envelops and nourishes the developing antlers of deer\n4 a : the winnings of a player in a gambling game b : a profit or gain beyond ordinary expectation\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : made of or covered with velvet; also : clad in velvet\n2 : resembling or suggesting velvet : VELVETY <a velvet voice>


Words: velveteen
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a clothing fabric usually of cotton in twill or plain weaves made with a short close weft pile in imitation of velvet\n2 plural : clothes made of velveteen


Words: venal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : PURCHASABLE; especially : open to corrupt influence and especially bribery : MERCENARY <a venal legislator>\n2 : originating in, characterized by, or associated with corrupt bribery <a venal arrangement with the police>


Words: vend
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to dispose of something by sale : SELL; also : to engage in selling\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to sell especially as a hawker or peddler b : to sell by means of vending machines\n2 : to utter publicly


Words: vendetta
Meaning:
noun\n1 : BLOOD FEUD\n2 : an often prolonged series of retaliatory, vengeful, or hostile acts or exchange of such acts <waged a personal vendetta against those who opposed his nomination>


Words: veneer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a thin sheet of a material: as a : a layer of wood of superior value or excellent grain to be glued to an inferior wood b : any of the thin layers bonded together to form plywood\n2 : a protective or ornamental facing (as of brick or stone)\n3 : a superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, display, or effect : FACADE, GLOSS\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to overlay or plate (as a common wood) with a thin layer of finer wood for outer finish or decoration; broadly : to face with a material giving a superior surface\n2 : to cover over with a veneer; especially : to conceal (as a defect of character) under a superficial and deceptive attractiveness


Words: venerable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : deserving to be venerated used as a title for an Anglican archdeacon or for a Roman Catholic who has been accorded the lowest of three degrees of recognition for sanctity\n2 : made sacred especially by religious or historical association\n3 a : calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments; broadly : conveying an impression of aged goodness and benevolence b : impressive by reason of age <under venerable pines>


Words: venerate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference\n2 : to honor (as an icon or a relic) with a ritual act of devotion


Words: venereal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to sexual pleasure or indulgence\n2 a : resulting from or contracted during sexual intercourse <venereal infections> b : of, relating to, or affected with venereal disease <a high venereal rate> c : involving the genital organs <venereal sarcoma>


Words: venial
Meaning:
adjective\n: of a kind that can be remitted : FORGIVABLE, PARDONABLE; also : meriting no particular censure or notice : EXCUSABLE <venial faults>


Words: venom
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : poisonous matter normally secreted by some animals (as snakes, scorpions, or bees) and transmitted to prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging; broadly : material that is poisonous\n2 : ILL WILL, MALEVOLENCE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: ENVENOM


Words: venomous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : full of venom: as a : POISONOUS, ENVENOMED b : NOXIOUS, PERNICIOUS <expose a venomous dope ring Don Porter> c : SPITEFUL, MALEVOLENT <venomous criticism>\n2 : having a venom-producing gland and able to inflict a poisoned wound <venomous snakes>


Words: venous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or full of veins <a venous rock> <a venous system>\n2 of blood : having passed through the capillaries and given up oxygen for the tissues and become charged with carbon dioxide


Words: vent
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to provide with a vent\n2 a : to serve as a vent for <chimneys vent smoke> b : DISCHARGE, EXPEL c : to give often vigorous or emotional expression to\n3 : to relieve by means of a vent\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an opportunity or means of escape, passage, or release : OUTLET <finally gave vent to his pent-up hostility>\n2 : an opening for the escape of a gas or liquid or for the relief of pressure: as a : the external opening of the rectum or cloaca : ANUS b : PIPE 3c, FUMAROLE c : an opening at the breech of a muzzle-loading gun through which fire is touched to the powder d chiefly Scottish : CHIMNEY, FLUE\n\n<3> noun\n: a slit in a garment; specifically : an opening in the lower part of a seam (as of a jacket or skirt)


Words: ventilate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to examine, discuss, or investigate freely and openly : EXPOSE <ventilating family quarrels in public> b : to make public : UTTER <ventilated their objections at length>\n2 archaic : to free from chaff by winnowing\n3 a : to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing <ventilate stored grain>; also : OXYGENATE, AERATE <ventilate blood in the lungs> b : to subject the lungs to ventilation <artificially ventilate a patient in respiratory distress>\n4 a of a current of air : to pass or circulate through so as to freshen b : to cause fresh air to circulate through (as a room or mine)\n5 : to provide an opening in (a burning structure) to permit escape of smoke and heat


Words: ventilation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of ventilating\n2 a : circulation of air <a room with good ventilation> b : the circulation and exchange of gases in the lungs or gills that is basic to respiration\n3 : a system or means of providing fresh air


Words: ventral
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to the belly : ABDOMINAL b : being or located near or on the anterior or lower surface of an animal opposite the back\n2 : being or located on the lower surface of a dorsiventral plant structure\n\n<2> noun\n: a ventral part (as a scale or fin)


Words: ventricle
Meaning:
noun\n: a cavity of a bodily part or organ: as a : a chamber of the heart which receives blood from a corresponding atrium and from which blood is forced into the arteries see HEART illustration b : any of the system of communicating cavities in the brain that are continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord see BRAIN illustration


Words: ventriloquism
Meaning:
noun\n: the production of the voice in such a way that the sound seems to come from a source other than the vocal organs of the speaker


Words: venture
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to expose to hazard : RISK, GAMBLE <ventured a buck or two on the race>\n2 : to undertake the risks and dangers of : BRAVE <ventured the stormy sea>\n3 : to offer at the risk of rebuff, rejection, or censure <venture an opinion>\nintransitive senses : to proceed especially in the face of danger\n\n<2> noun\n1 obsolete : DESTINY, FORTUNE, CHANCE\n2 a : an undertaking involving chance, risk, or danger; especially : a speculative business enterprise b : a venturesome act\n3 : something (as money or property) at hazard in a speculative venture


Words: venturesome
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : involving risk : HAZARDOUS <a venturesome journey>\n2 : inclined to court or incur risk or danger : DARING <a venturesome hunter>


Words: venue
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the place or county in which take place the alleged events from which a legal action arises b : the place from which a jury is drawn and in which trial is held <requested a change of venue> c : a statement showing that a case is brought to the proper court or authority\n2 : LOCALE 1


Words: veracity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : devotion to the truth : TRUTHFULNESS\n2 : power of conveying or perceiving truth\n3 : conformity with truth or fact : ACCURACY\n4 : something true <makes lies sound like veracities>


Words: verb
Meaning:
noun\n: a word that characteristically is the grammatical center of a predicate and expresses an act, occurrence, or mode of being, that in various languages is inflected for agreement with the subject, for tense, for voice, for mood, or for aspect, and that typically has rather full descriptive meaning and characterizing quality but is sometimes nearly devoid of these especially when used as an auxiliary or linking verb


Words: verbal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or consisting of words <verbal instructions> b : of, relating to, or involving words rather than meaning or substance <a consistency that is merely verbal and scholastic B. N. Cardozo> c : consisting of or using words only and not involving action <a verbal protest>\n2 : of, relating to, or formed from a verb <a verbal adjective>\n3 : spoken rather than written <a verbal contract>\n4 : VERBATIM, WORD-FOR-WORD <a verbal translation>\n5 : of or relating to facility in the use and comprehension of words <verbal aptitude>\n\n<2> noun\n: a word that combines characteristics of a verb with those of a noun or adjective compare GERUND, INFINITIVE, PARTICIPLE


Words: verbalize
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to speak or write verbosely\n2 : to express something in words\ntransitive senses\n1 : to convert into a verb\n2 : to name or describe in words


Words: verbatim
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: in the exact words : word for word\n\n<2> adjective\n: being in or following the exact words : WORD-FOR-WORD


Words: verbena
Meaning:
noun\n: VERVAIN; especially : any of numerous garden plants of hybrid origin widely grown for their showy spikes of white, pink, red, or blue flowers which are borne in profusion over a long season


Words: verbiage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content <such a tangled maze of evasive verbiage as a typical party platform Marcia Davenport>\n2 : manner of expressing oneself in words : DICTION <sportswriters guarded their verbiage so jealously R.A. Sokolov>


Words: verbose
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : containing more words than necessary : WORDY <a verbose reply>; also : impaired by wordiness <a verbose style>\n2 : given to wordiness <a verbose orator>


Words: verdant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : green in tint or color <verdant grass> b : green with growing plants <verdant fields>\n2 : unripe in experience or judgment : GREEN 9a, b


Words: verdict
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the finding or decision of a jury on the matter submitted to it in trial\n2 : OPINION, JUDGMENT


Words: verdigris
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a green or greenish blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates b : normal copper acetate Cu(C2H3O2)2yH2O\n2 : a green or bluish deposit especially of copper carbonates formed on copper, brass, or bronze surfaces


Words: verdure
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the greenness of growing vegetation; also : such vegetation itself\n2 : a condition of health and vigor


Words: verge
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a rod or staff carried as an emblem of authority or symbol of office (2) obsolete : a stick or wand held by a person being admitted to tenancy while he swears fealty b : the spindle of a watch balance; especially : a spindle with pallets in an old vertical escapement c : the male intromittent organ of any of various invertebrates\n2 a : something that borders, limits, or bounds: as (1) : an outer margin of an object or structural part (2) : the edge of roof covering (as tiling) projecting over the gable of a roof (3) British : a paved or planted strip of land at the edge of a road : SHOULDER b : BRINK, THRESHOLD <a country on the verge of destruction Archibald MacLeish>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to be contiguous\n2 : to be on the verge or border\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 a of the sun : to incline toward the horizon : SINK b : to move or extend in some direction or toward some condition\n2 : to be in transition or change


Words: verger
Meaning:
noun\n1 chiefly British : an attendant that carries a verge (as before a bishop or justice)\n2 : a church official who keeps order during services or serves as an usher or a sacristan


Words: verify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to confirm or substantiate in law by oath\n2 : to establish the truth, accuracy, or reality of


Words: veritable
Meaning:
adjective\n: being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor <a veritable mountain of references>


Words: verity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being true or real\n2 : something (as a statement) that is true; especially : a fundamental and inevitably true value <such eternal verities as honor, love, and patriotism>\n3 : the quality or state of being truthful or honest <the king-becoming graces, as justice, verity Shakespeare>


Words: vermilion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulfide; broadly : any of various red pigments\n2 : a vivid reddish orange


Words: vermin
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : small common harmful or objectionable animals (as lice or fleas) that are difficult to control b : birds and mammals that prey on game c : animals that at a particular time and place compete (as for food) with humans or domestic animals\n2 : an offensive person


Words: vernacular
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language b : of, relating to, or being a nonstandard language or dialect of a place, region, or country c : of, relating to, or being the normal spoken form of a language\n2 : applied to a plant or animal in the common native speech as distinguished from the Latin nomenclature of scientific classification\n3 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a period, place, or group; especially : of, relating to, or being the common building style of a period or place\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a vernacular language, expression, or mode of expression\n2 : the mode of expression of a group or class\n3 : a vernacular name of a plant or animal


Words: vernal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or occurring in the spring <vernal equinox> <vernal sunshine>\n2 : fresh or new like the spring; also : YOUTHFUL


Words: vernier
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument for indicating parts of divisions\n2 a : a small auxiliary device used with a main device to obtain fine adjustment b : any of two or more small supplementary rocket engines or gas nozzles on a missile or a rocket vehicle for making fine adjustments in the speed or course or controlling the attitude called also vernier engine\n\n<2> adjective\n: having or comprising a vernier


Words: veronica
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: SPEEDWELL\n\n<2> noun\n: an image of Christ’s face said to have been impressed on the cloth that Saint Veronica gave him to wipe his face with on the way to his crucifixion; also : a cloth resembling the legendary one of Saint Veronica\n\n<3> noun\n: a pase in bullfighting in which the cape is swung slowly away from the charging bull while the matador keeps his feet in the same position


Words: versatile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : changing or fluctuating readily : VARIABLE <a versatile disposition>\n2 : embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills; also : turning with ease from one thing to another\n3 a (1) : capable of turning forward or backward : REVERSIBLE <a versatile toe of a bird> (2) : capable of moving laterally and up and down <versatile antennae> b of an anther : having the filaments attached at or near the middle so as to swing freely\n4 : having many uses or applications <versatile building material>


Words: verse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a line of metrical writing\n2 a (1) : metrical language (2) : metrical writing distinguished from poetry especially by its lower level of intensity (3) : POETRY 2 b : POEM c : a body of metrical writing (as of a period or country)\n3 : STANZA\n4 : one of the short divisions into which a chapter of the Bible is traditionally divided\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to make verse : VERSIFY\ntransitive senses\n1 : to tell or celebrate in verse\n2 : to turn into verse\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to familiarize by close association, study, or experience <well versed in the theater>


Words: versicle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a short verse or sentence (as from a psalm) said or sung by a leader in public worship and followed by a response from the people\n2 : a little verse


Words: versification
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the making of verses\n2 a : metrical structure : PROSODY b : a particular metrical structure or style\n3 : a version in verse of something orig. in prose


Words: versify
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to compose verses\ntransitive senses\n1 : to relate or describe in verse\n2 : to turn into verse


Words: version
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a translation from another language; especially : a translation of the Bible or a part of it\n2 a : an account or description from a particular point of view especially as contrasted with another account b : an adaptation of a literary work <the movie version of the novel> c : an arrangement of a musical composition\n3 : a form or variant of a type or original <an experimental version of the plane>\n4 a : a condition in which an organ and especially the uterus is turned from its normal position b : manual turning of a fetus in the uterus to aid delivery


Words: verso
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the side of a leaf (as of a manuscript) that is to be read second\n2 : a left-hand page compare RECTO


Words: versus
Meaning:
preposition\n1 : AGAINST\n2 : in contrast to or as the alternative of <free trade versus protection>


Words: vertebra
Meaning:
noun\n: one of the bony or cartilaginous segments composing the spinal column, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord


Words: vertebral
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or being vertebrae or the vertebral column : SPINAL\n2 : composed of or having vertebrae


Words: vertebrate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having a spinal column b : of or relating to the vertebrates\n2 : organized or constructed in orderly or developed form\n\n<2> noun\n: any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates possessing a spinal column that includes the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes


Words: vertex
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the point opposite to and farthest from the base in a figure b : a point (as of an angle, polygon, polyhedron, graph, or network) that terminates a line or curve or comprises the intersection of two or more lines or curves c : a point where an axis of an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola intersects the curve itself\n2 : the top of the head\n3 : a principal or highest point : SUMMIT <the vertex of the hill>


Words: vertical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : situated at the highest point : directly overhead or in the zenith b of an aerial photograph : taken with the camera pointing straight down or nearly so\n2 a : perpendicular to the plane of the horizon or to a primary axis : UPRIGHT b (1) : located at right angles to the plane of a supporting surface (2) : lying in the direction of an axis : LENGTHWISE\n3 a : relating to, involving, or integrating economic activity from basic production to point of sale <vertical monopoly> b : of, relating to, or comprising persons of different status <the vertical arrangement of society>


Words: vertiginous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : characterized by or suffering from vertigo or dizziness b : inclined to frequent and often pointless change : INCONSTANT\n2 : causing or tending to cause dizziness <the vertiginous heights>\n3 : marked by turning : ROTARY <the vertiginous motion of the earth>


Words: vertigo
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a disordered state in which the individual or the individual’s surroundings seem to whirl dizzily b : a dizzy confused state of mind\n2 : disordered vertiginous movement as a symptom of disease in lower animals; also : a disease (as gid) causing this


Words: vervain
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Verbena of the family Verbenaceae, the vervain family) of chiefly American plants that have bracted spicate flowers, a regular corolla with a 5-lobed limb, and a fruit that separates into four nutlets


Words: verve
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : special ability or talent\n2 a : the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : VIVACITY b : ENERGY, VITALITY


Words: very
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : properly entitled to the name or designation : TRUE <the fierce hatred of a very woman J. M. Barrie> b : ACTUAL, REAL <the very blood and bone of our grammar H. L. Smith \n2 a : being exactly as stated <the very heart of the city> b : exactly suitable or necessary <the very thing for the purpose>\n3 a : ABSOLUTE, UTTER <the veriest fool alive> b : UNQUALIFIED, SHEER <the very shame of it>\n4 used as an intensive especially to emphasize identity <before my very eyes>\n5 : MERE, BARE <the very thought terrified him>\n6 : being the same one : SELFSAME <the very man saw>\n7 : SPECIAL, PARTICULAR <the very essence of truth is plainness and brightness John Milton>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : in actual fact : TRULY <the very best store in town> <told the very same story>\n2 : to a high degree : EXCEEDINGLY <very hot> <didn’t hurt very much>


Words: vesicle
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a membranous and usually fluid-filled pouch (as a cyst, vacuole, or cell) in a plant or animal b : a small abnormal elevation of the outer layer of skin enclosing a watery liquid : BLISTER c : a pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ\n2 : a small cavity in a mineral or rock


Words: vesper
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 capitalized , archaic : EVENING STAR\n2 : a vesper bell\n3 archaic : EVENING, EVENTIDE\n\n<2> adjective\n: of or relating to vespers or the evening


Words: vespers
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 : the sixth of the canonical hours that is said or sung in the late afternoon\n2 : a service of evening worship


Words: vespertine
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or occurring in the evening <vespertine shadows>\n2 : active, flowering, or flourishing in the evening : CREPUSCULAR


Words: vessel
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a container (as a hogshead, bottle, kettle, cup, or bowl) for holding something b : a person into whom some quality (as grace) is infused <a child of light, a true vessel of the Lord H. J. Laski>\n2 : a watercraft bigger than a rowboat; especially : SHIP 1\n3 a : a tube or canal (as an artery) in which a body fluid is contained and conveyed or circulated b : a conducting tube in the xylem of a vascular plant formed by the fusion and loss of end walls of a series of cells


Words: vest
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; especially : to give to a person a legally fixed immediate right of present or future enjoyment of (as an estate) b : to grant or endow with a particular authority, right, or property <the retirement plan vests the workers absolutely with the company’s contribution after 10 years of continuous employment>\n2 : to clothe with or as if with a garment; especially : to robe in ecclesiastical vestments\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become legally vested\n2 : to put on garments; especially : to put on ecclesiastical vestments\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic a : a loose outer garment : ROBE b : CLOTHING, GARB\n2 a : a man’s sleeveless garment for the upper body usually worn under a suit coat; also : a similar garment for women b : a protective usually sleeveless garment (as a life preserver) that extends to the waist c : an insulated sleeveless waist-length garment often worn under or in place of a coat\n3 a chiefly British : a man’s sleeveless undershirt b : a knitted undershirt for women\n4 : a plain or decorative piece used to fill in the front neckline of a woman’s outer garment (as a waist, coat, or gown)


Words: vestal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the Roman goddess Vesta\n2 a : of or relating to a vestal virgin b : CHASTE\n\n<2> noun\n: VESTAL VIRGIN


Words: vestibule
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various bodily cavities especially when serving as or resembling an entrance to some other cavity or space: as a : the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the ear or the parts of the membranous labyrinth that it contains b : the part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice c : the space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra d : the part of the mouth cavity outside the teeth and gums\n2 a : a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building : LOBBY b : an enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car\n3 : a course that offers access (as to something new)


Words: vestige
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost (2) : the smallest quantity or trace b : FOOTPRINT 1\n2 : a bodily part or organ that is small and degenerate or imperfectly developed in comparison to one more fully developed in an earlier stage of the individual, in a past generation, or in closely related forms


Words: vestment
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an outer garment; especially : a robe of ceremony or office b plural : CLOTHING, GARB\n2 : a covering resembling a garment\n3 : one of the articles of the ceremonial attire and insignia worn by ecclesiastical officiants and assistants as indicative of their rank and appropriate to the rite being celebrated


Words: vestry
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : SACRISTY b : a room used for church meetings and classes\n2 a : the business meeting of an English parish b : an elective body in an Episcopal parish composed of the rector and a group of elected parishioners administering the temporal affairs of the parish


Words: vesture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a covering garment (as a robe or vestment) b : CLOTHING, APPAREL\n2 : something that covers like a garment\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cover with vesture : CLOTHE


Words: vet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: VETERINARIAN, VETERINARY\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to provide veterinary care for (an animal) or medical care for (a person) b : to subject (a person or animal) to a physical examination or checkup\n2 : to subject to expert appraisal or correction : EVALUATE\n\n<3> adjective or noun\n: VETERAN


Words: vetch
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Vicia) of herbaceous twining leguminous plants including some grown for fodder and green manure


Words: veteran
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an old soldier of long service b : a former member of the armed forces\n2 : a person of long experience in some occupation or skill (as politics or the arts)


Words: veterinary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, or being the science and art of prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease and injury in animals and especially domestic animals\n\n<2> noun\n: VETERINARIAN


Words: veto
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an authoritative prohibition : INTERDICTION\n2 a : a power of one department or branch of a government to forbid or prohibit finally or provisionally the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially : a power vested in a chief executive to prevent permanently or temporarily the enactment of measures passed by a legislature b (1) : the exercise of such authority (2) : a message communicating the reasons of an executive and especially the president of the U.S. for vetoing a proposed law\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to refuse to admit or approve : PROHIBIT; also : to refuse assent to (a legislative bill) so as to prevent enactment or cause reconsideration


Words: vex
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to <the restaurant is vexed by slow service> b : to bring physical distress to <a headache vexed him all morning> c : to irritate or annoy by petty provocations : HARASS <vexed by the children> d : PUZZLE, BAFFLE <a problem to vex the keenest wit>\n2 : to shake or toss about


Words: vexation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of harassing or vexing : TROUBLING\n2 : the quality or state of being vexed : IRRITATION\n3 : a cause of trouble : AFFLICTION


Words: vexatious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : causing vexation : DISTRESSING b : intended to harass\n2 : full of disorder or stress : TROUBLED


Words: viable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : capable of living; especially : capable of surviving outside the mother’s womb without artificial support <the normal human fetus is usually viable by the end of the seventh month>\n2 : capable of growing or developing <viable seeds> <viable eggs>\n3 a : capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately <viable alternatives> b : capable of existence and development as an independent unit <the colony is now a viable state> c (1) : having a reasonable chance of succeeding <a viable candidate> (2) : financially sustainable <a viable enterprise>


Words: viaduct
Meaning:
noun\n: a long elevated roadway usually consisting of a series of short spans supported on arches, piers, or columns


Words: viaticum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the Christian Eucharist given to a person in danger of death\n2 a : an allowance (as of transportation or supplies and money) for traveling expenses b : provisions for a journey


Words: vibrant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a (1) : oscillating or pulsating rapidly (2) : pulsating with life, vigor, or activity <a vibrant personality> b (1) : readily set in vibration (2) : RESPONSIVE, SENSITIVE\n2 : sounding as a result of vibration : RESONANT <a vibrant voice>\n3 : BRIGHT 4 <a vibrant orange>


Words: vibrate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to swing or move to and fro\n2 : to emit with or as if with a vibratory motion\n3 : to mark or measure by oscillation <a pendulum vibrating seconds>\n4 : to set in vibration\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to move to and fro or from side to side : OSCILLATE b : FLUCTUATE, VACILLATE <vibrate between two choices>\n2 : to have an effect as or as if of vibration <music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory P. B. Shelley>\n3 : to be in a state of vibration : QUIVER\n4 : to respond sympathetically : THRILL <vibrate to the opportunity>


Words: vibration
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a periodic motion of the particles of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from the position of equilibrium when that equilibrium has been disturbed (as when a stretched cord produces musical tones or molecules in the air transmit sounds to the ear) b : the action of vibrating : the state of being vibrated or in vibratory motion: as (1) : OSCILLATION (2) : a quivering or trembling motion : QUIVER\n2 : an instance of vibration\n3 : vacillation in opinion or action : WAVERING\n4 a : a characteristic emanation, aura, or spirit that infuses or vitalizes someone or something and that can be instinctively sensed or experienced often used in plural b : a distinctive usually emotional atmosphere capable of being sensed usually used in plural


Words: vibratory
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : consisting of, capable of, or causing vibration or oscillation\n2 : characterized by vibration


Words: viburnum
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Viburnum) of widely distributed shrubs or trees of the honeysuckle family with simple leaves and white or rarely pink cymose flowers


Words: vicar
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one serving as a substitute or agent; specifically : an administrative deputy\n2 : an ecclesiastical agent: as a : a Church of England incumbent receiving a stipend but not the tithes of a parish b : a member of the Episcopal clergy or laity who has charge of a mission or chapel c : a member of the clergy who exercises a broad pastoral responsibility as the representative of a prelate


Words: vicarious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : serving instead of someone or something else b : that has been delegated <vicarious authority>\n2 : performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another or to the benefit or advantage of another : SUBSTITUTIONARY <a vicarious sacrifice>\n3 : experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another\n4 : occurring in an unexpected or abnormal part of the body instead of the usual one <bleeding from the gums sometimes occurs in the absence of the normal discharge from the uterus in vicarious menstruation>


Words: vice
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : moral depravity or corruption : WICKEDNESS b : a moral fault or failing c : a habitual and usually trivial defect or shortcoming : FOIBLE <suffered from the vice of curiosity>\n2 : BLEMISH, DEFECT\n3 : a physical imperfection, deformity, or taint\n4 a often capitalized : a character representing one of the vices in an English morality play b : BUFFOON, JESTER\n5 : an abnormal behavior pattern in a domestic animal detrimental to its health or usefulness\n6 : sexual immorality; especially : PROSTITUTION


Words: viceroy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of a king or sovereign\n2 : a showy American nymphalid butterfly (Limenitis archippus) closely mimicking the monarch in coloration but smaller


Words: vichyssoise
Meaning:
noun\n: a soup made of pureed leeks or onions and potatoes, cream, and chicken stock and usually served cold


Words: vicinal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to a limited district : LOCAL\n2 : of, relating to, or substituted in adjacent sites in a molecule <a vicinal disulfide group>


Words: vicinity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being near : PROXIMITY\n2 : a surrounding area or district : NEIGHBORHOOD\n3 : NEIGHBORHOOD 3b


Words: vicious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having the nature or quality of vice or immorality : DEPRAVED\n2 : DEFECTIVE, FAULTY; also : INVALID\n3 : IMPURE, NOXIOUS\n4 a : dangerously aggressive : SAVAGE <a vicious dog> b : marked by violence or ferocity : FIERCE <a vicious fight>\n5 : MALICIOUS, SPITEFUL <vicious gossip>\n6 : worsened by internal causes that reciprocally augment each other <a vicious wage-price spiral>


Words: vicissitude
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of being changeable : MUTABILITY b : natural change or mutation visible in nature or in human affairs\n2 a : a favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance : a fluctuation of state or condition <the vicissitudes of daily life> b : a difficulty or hardship attendant on a way of life, a career, or a course of action and usually beyond one’s control c : alternating change : SUCCESSION


Words: victim
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a living being sacrificed to a deity or in the performance of a religious rite\n2 : one that is acted on and usually adversely affected by a force or agent <the schools are victims of the social system>: as a (1) : one that is injured, destroyed, or sacrificed under any of various conditions <a victim of cancer> <a victim of the auto crash> <a murder victim> (2) : one that is subjected to oppression, hardship, or mistreatment <a frequent victim of political attacks> b : one that is tricked or duped <a con man’s victim>


Words: victoria
Meaning:
noun\n: a low four-wheeled pleasure carriage for two with a folding top and a raised seat in front for the driver


Words: victorious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having won a victory b : of, relating to, or characteristic of victory\n2 : evincing moral harmony or a sense of fulfillment : FULFILLED


Words: victory
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the overcoming of an enemy or antagonist\n2 : achievement of mastery or success in a struggle or endeavor against odds or difficulties


Words: victual
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : food usable by people\n2 plural : supplies of food : PROVISIONS\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to supply with food\nintransitive senses\n1 : EAT\n2 : to lay in provisions


Words: video
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : TELEVISION; also : the visual portion of television\n2 : VIDEOTAPE: as a : a recording of a motion picture or television program for playing through a television set b : a videotaped performance of a song often featuring an interpretation of the lyrics through visual images\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : being, relating to, or used in the transmission or reception of the television image <video channel> compare AUDIO\n2 : being, relating to, or involving images on a television screen or computer display <video terminal>


Words: vie
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to strive for superiority : CONTEND, COMPETE\ntransitive senses , archaic : WAGER, HAZARD; also : to exchange in rivalry : MATCH


Words: view
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act of seeing or examining : INSPECTION; also : SURVEY <a view of English literature>\n2 a : a mode or manner of looking at or regarding something b : an opinion or judgment colored by the feeling or bias of its holder <in my view the conference has no chance of success>\n3 : SCENE, PROSPECT <the lovely view from the balcony>\n4 : extent or range of vision : SIGHT <tried to keep the ship in view> <sat high in the bleachers to get a good view>\n5 : something that is looked toward or kept in sight : OBJECT <studied hard with a view to getting an A>\n6 : the foreseeable future <no hope in view>\n7 : a pictorial representation\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to look at attentively : SCRUTINIZE, OBSERVE <view an exhibit> <view the landscape>\n2 a : SEE, WATCH <view a film> b : to look on in a particular light : REGARD <doesn’t view himself as a rebel>\n3 : to survey or examine mentally : CONSIDER <view all sides of a question>


Words: vigil
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a watch formerly kept on the night before a religious feast with prayer or other devotions b : the day before a religious feast observed as a day of spiritual preparation c : evening or nocturnal devotions or prayers usually used in plural\n2 : the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary; also : a period of wakefulness\n3 : an act or period of watching or surveillance : WATCH


Words: vigilante
Meaning:
noun\n: a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law appear inadequate); broadly : a self-appointed doer of justice


Words: vignette
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a running ornament (as of vine leaves, tendrils, and grapes) put on or just before a title page or at the beginning or end of a chapter; also : a small decorative design or picture so placed\n2 a : a picture (as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper b : the pictorial part of a postage stamp design as distinguished from the frame and lettering\n3 a : a short descriptive literary sketch b : a brief incident or scene (as in a play or movie)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to finish (as a photograph) in the manner of a vignette\n2 : to describe briefly


Words: vigor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : active bodily or mental strength or force\n2 : active healthy well-balanced growth especially of plants\n3 : intensity of action or effect : FORCE\n4 : effective legal status


Words: vigorous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : possessing vigor : full of physical or mental strength or active force : STRONG <a vigorous youth> <a vigorous plant>\n2 : done with vigor : carried out forcefully and energetically <vigorous exercises>


Words: vile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : morally despicable or abhorrent <nothing is so vile as intellectual dishonesty> b : physically repulsive : FOUL <a vile slum>\n2 : of little worth or account : COMMON; also : MEAN\n3 : tending to degrade <vile employments>\n4 : disgustingly or utterly bad : OBNOXIOUS, CONTEMPTIBLE <vile weather> <had a vile temper>


Words: vilify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to lower in estimation or importance\n2 : to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : DEFAME


Words: villa
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a country estate\n2 : the rural or suburban residence of a wealthy person\n3 British : a detached or semidetached urban residence with yard and garden space


Words: village
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town b : an incorporated minor municipality\n2 : the residents of a village\n3 : something (as an aggregation of burrows or nests) suggesting a village\n4 : a territorial area having the status of a village especially as a unit of local government


Words: villain
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an uncouth person : BOOR\n2 : VILLEIN\n3 : a deliberate scoundrel or criminal\n4 : a scoundrel in a story or play\n5 : a person or thing blamed for a particular evil or difficulty <automation as the villain in job displacement M. H. Goldberg>


Words: villainous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : befitting a villain (as in evil, depraved, or vile character) <a villainous attack> b : being or having the character of a villain : DEPRAVED <the villainous foe>\n2 : highly objectionable : WRETCHED


Words: villainy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : villainous conduct; also : a villainous act\n2 : the quality or state of being villainous : DEPRAVITY


Words: villein
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a free common villager or village peasant of any of the feudal classes lower in rank than the thane\n2 : a free peasant of a feudal class lower than a sokeman and higher than a cotter\n3 : an unfree peasant standing as the slave of a feudal lord but free in legal relations with respect to all others


Words: villous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : covered or furnished with villi\n2 : having soft long hairs <leaves villous underneath> compare PUBESCENT


Words: villus
Meaning:
noun\n: a small slender often vascular process: as a : one of the minute finger-shaped processes of the mucous membrane of the small intestine that serve in the absorption of nutriment b : one of the branching processes of the surface of the chorion of the developing embryo of most mammals that help to form the placenta


Words: vinaigrette
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sauce made typically of oil and vinegar, onions, parsley, and herbs and used especially on cold meats or fish called also vinaigrette dressing, vinaigrette sauce\n2 : a small ornamental box or bottle with perforated top used for holding an aromatic preparation (as smelling salts)


Words: vindicate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 obsolete : to set free : DELIVER\n2 : AVENGE\n3 a : to free from allegation or blame b (1) : CONFIRM, SUBSTANTIATE (2) : to provide justification or defense for : JUSTIFY c : to protect from attack or encroachment : DEFEND\n4 : to maintain a right to


Words: vindication
Meaning:
noun\n: an act of vindicating : the state of being vindicated; specifically : justification against denial or censure : DEFENSE


Words: vindictive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : disposed to seek revenge : VENGEFUL b : intended for or involving revenge\n2 : intended to cause anguish or hurt : SPITEFUL


Words: vine
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : GRAPE 2\n2 a : a plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining or creeps along the ground; also : the stem of such a plant b : any of various sprawling herbaceous plants (as a tomato or potato) that lack specialized adaptations for climbing\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to form or grow in the manner of a vine


Words: vinegar
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sour liquid obtained by fermentation of dilute alcoholic liquids and used as a condiment or preservative\n2 : ill humor : SOURNESS\n3 : VIM


Words: vinegary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : resembling vinegar : SOUR b : flavored with vinegar\n2 : disagreeable, bitter, or irascible in character or manner


Words: vineyard
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a planting of grapevines\n2 : a sphere of activity : field of endeavor <toilers in the vineyard of diplomacy Daniel Schorr>


Words: vinous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or made with wine <vinous medications>\n2 : showing the effects of the use of wine\n3 : VINACEOUS


Words: vintage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a season’s yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard (2) : WINE; especially : a usually superior wine all or most of which comes from a single year b : a collection of contemporaneous and similar persons or things : CROP\n2 : the act or time of harvesting grapes or making wine\n3 a : a period of origin or manufacture <a piano of 1845 vintage> b : length of existence : AGE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 of wine : of, relating to, or produced in a particular vintage\n2 : of old, recognized, and enduring interest, importance, or quality : CLASSIC\n3 a : dating from the past : OLD b : OUTMODED, OLD-FASHIONED\n4 : of the best and most characteristic used with a proper noun <vintage Shaw: a wise and winning comedy Time>


Words: vinyl
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a univalent group CH2CH derived from ethylene by removal of one hydrogen atom\n2 : a polymer of a vinyl compound or a product (as a resin or a textile fiber) made from such a polymer


Words: viol
Meaning:
noun\n: a bowed stringed instrument chiefly of the 16th and 17th centuries made in treble, alto, tenor, and bass sizes and distinguished from members of the violin family especially in having a deep body, a flat back, sloping shoulders, usually six strings, a fretted fingerboard, and a low-arched bridge


Words: viola
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: VIOLET 1a; especially : any of various garden hybrids with solitary white, yellow, or purple often variegated flowers resembling but smaller than typical pansies\n\n<2> noun\n: a musical instrument of the violin family that is intermediate in size and compass between the violin and cello and is tuned a fifth below the violin


Words: violate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : BREAK, DISREGARD <violate the law>\n2 : to do harm to the person or especially the chastity of; specifically : RAPE\n3 : to fail to show proper respect for : PROFANE <violate a shrine>\n4 : INTERRUPT, DISTURB <violate the peace of a spring evening Nancy Larter>\n\n<2> adjective\narchaic : subjected to violation


Words: violation
Meaning:
noun\n: the act of violating : the state of being violated: as a : INFRINGEMENT, TRANSGRESSION; specifically : an infringement of the rules in sports that is less serious than a foul and usually involves technicalities of play b : an act of irreverence or desecration : PROFANATION c : DISTURBANCE, INTERRUPTION d : RAPE, RAVISHMENT


Words: violence
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : exertion of physical force so as to injure or abuse (as in effecting illegal entry into a house) b : an instance of violent treatment or procedure\n2 : injury by or as if by distortion, infringement, or profanation : OUTRAGE\n3 a : intense, turbulent, or furious and often destructive action or force <the violence of the storm> b : vehement feeling or expression : FERVOR; also : an instance of such action or feeling c : a clashing or jarring quality : DISCORDANCE\n4 : undue alteration (as of wording or sense in editing a text)


Words: violent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by extreme force or sudden intense activity <a violent attack>\n2 a : notably furious or vehement <a violent denunciation> b : EXTREME, INTENSE <violent pain> <violent colors>\n3 : caused by force : not natural <a violent death>\n4 a : emotionally agitated to the point of loss of self-control <a mental patient becoming violent> b : prone to commit acts of violence <violent prison inmates>


Words: violet
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of a genus (Viola of the family Violaceae, the violet family) of chiefly herbs with alternate stipulate leaves and showy flowers in spring and cleistogamous flowers in summer; especially : one with smaller usually solid-colored flowers as distinguished from the usually larger-flowered violas and pansies b : any of several plants of genera other than that of the violet compare DOGTOOTH VIOLET\n2 : any of a group of colors of reddish blue hue, low lightness, and medium saturation


Words: violin
Meaning:
noun\n: a bowed stringed instrument having four strings tuned at intervals of a fifth and a usual range from below middle upward for more than 4 12 octaves and having a shallow body, shoulders at right angles to the neck, a fingerboard without frets, and a curved bridge


Words: viper
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans; broadly : any of a family (Viperidae) of venomous snakes that includes Old World snakes (subfamily Viperinae) and the pit vipers b : a venomous or reputedly venomous snake\n2 : a vicious or treacherous person


Words: vireo
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various small insectivorous American oscine birds (family Vireonidae and especially genus Vireo) that are chiefly olivaceous and grayish in color


Words: virgin
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an unmarried woman devoted to religion b capitalized : VIRGO\n2 a : an absolutely chaste young woman b : an unmarried girl or woman\n3 capitalized : VIRGIN MARY\n4 a : a person who has not had sexual intercourse b : a person who is inexperienced in a usually specified sphere of activity <a virgin in politics>\n5 : a female animal that has never copulated\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : free of impurity or stain : UNSULLIED\n2 : CHASTE\n3 : characteristic of or befitting a virgin : MODEST\n4 : FRESH, UNSPOILED; specifically : not altered by human activity <a virgin forest>\n5 a (1) : being used or worked for the first time (2) of a metal : produced directly from ore by primary smelting b : INITIAL, FIRST\n6 of a vegetable oil : obtained from the first light pressing and without heating


Words: virginal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a virgin or virginity; especially : PURE, CHASTE\n2 : PRISTINE, UNSULLIED\n\n<2> noun\n: a small rectangular spinet having no legs and only one wire to a note and popular in the 16th and 17th centuries often used in plural; called also pair of virginals


Words: virginity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being virgin; especially : MAIDENHOOD\n2 : the unmarried life : CELIBACY, SPINSTERHOOD


Words: virile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having the nature, properties, or qualities of an adult male; specifically : capable of functioning as a male in copulation\n2 : ENERGETIC, VIGOROUS\n3 a : characteristic of or associated with men : MASCULINE b : having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree\n4 : MASTERFUL, FORCEFUL


Words: virtu
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a love of or taste for curios or objets d’art\n2 : productions of art especially of a curious or antique nature : OBJETS D’ART


Words: virtual
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted <a virtual dictator>\n2 : of, relating to, or using virtual memory\n3 : of, relating to, or being a hypothetical particle whose existence is inferred from indirect evidence <virtual photons> compare REAL 3


Words: virtue
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : conformity to a standard of right : MORALITY b : a particular moral excellence\n2 plural : an order of angels see CELESTIAL HIERARCHY\n3 : a beneficial quality or power of a thing\n4 : manly strength or courage : VALOR\n5 : a commendable quality or trait : MERIT\n6 : a capacity to act : POTENCY\n7 : chastity especially in a woman


Words: virtuosity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a taste for or interest in virtu\n2 : great technical skill (as in the practice of a fine art)


Words: virtuoso
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an experimenter or investigator especially in the arts and sciences : SAVANT\n2 : one skilled in or having a taste for the fine arts\n3 : one who excels in the technique of an art; especially : a highly skilled musical performer (as on the violin)\n4 : a person who has great skill at some endeavor <a computer virtuoso> <a virtuoso at public relations>


Words: virtuous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : POTENT, EFFICACIOUS\n2 a : having or exhibiting virtue b : morally excellent : RIGHTEOUS\n3 : CHASTE


Words: virulent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : marked by a rapid, severe, and malignant course <a virulent infection> b : able to overcome bodily defensive mechanisms <a virulent pathogen>\n2 : extremely poisonous or venomous\n3 : full of malice : MALIGNANT <virulent racists>\n4 : objectionably harsh or strong


Words: virus
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : VENOM 1\n2 a : the causative agent of an infectious disease b : any of a large group of submicroscopic infective agents that are regarded either as extremely simple microorganisms or as extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, lower animals, or plants; also : FILTERABLE VIRUS c : a disease caused by a virus\n3 : something that poisons the mind or soul <the force of this virus of prejudice V. S. Waters>\n4 : a computer program usually hidden within another seemingly innocuous program that produces copies of itself and inserts them into other programs and that usually performs a malicious action (as destroying data)


Words: visa
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an endorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities denoting that it has been examined and that the bearer may proceed\n2 : a signature of formal approval by a superior upon a document\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to give a visa to (a passport)


Words: visage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal\n2 : ASPECT, APPEARANCE <grimy visage of a mining town>


Words: visceral
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : felt in or as if in the viscera : DEEP <visceral conviction>\n2 : not intellectual : INSTINCTIVE, UNREASONING <visceral drives>\n3 : dealing with crude or elemental emotions : EARTHY <a visceral novel>\n4 : of, relating to, or located on or among the viscera : SPLANCHNIC


Words: viscid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having an adhesive quality : STICKY b : having a glutinous consistency : VISCOUS\n2 : covered with a sticky layer


Words: viscose
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a viscous golden-brown solution made by treating cellulose with caustic alkali solution and carbon disulfide and used in making rayon and films of regenerated cellulose\n2 : viscose rayon\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, or made from viscose


Words: viscosity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being viscous\n2 : the property of resistance to flow in a fluid or semifluid\n3 : the ratio of the tangential frictional force per unit area to the velocity gradient perpendicular to the direction of flow of a liquid called also coefficient of viscosity


Words: viscountess
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the wife or widow of a viscount\n2 : a woman who holds the rank of viscount in her own right


Words: viscus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an internal organ of the body; especially : one (as the heart, liver, or intestine) located in the great cavity of the trunk proper\n2 plural : HEART 4


Words: vise
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam\n2 : something likened to a vise <economic vise of slow growth and rampant price increases David Milne>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to hold, force, or squeeze with or as if with a vise


Words: visibility
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being visible\n2 a : the degree of clearness of the atmosphere; specifically : the greatest distance toward the horizon at which prominent objects can be identified with the naked eye b : capability of being readily noticed c : capability of affording an unobstructed view d : PUBLICITY 2d\n3 : a measure of the ability of radiant energy to evoke visual sensation


Words: visible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : capable of being seen <stars visible to the naked eye> b : situated in the region of the electromagnetic spectrum perceptible to human vision <visible light> used of radiation having a wavelength between about 400 nanometers and 700 nanometers\n2 a : exposed to view <the visible horizon> b : CONSPICUOUS\n3 : capable of being discovered or perceived : RECOGNIZABLE <no visible means of support>\n4 : ACCESSIBLE 4\n5 : devised to keep a particular part or item always in full view or readily seen or referred to <a visible index>


Words: vision
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : something seen in a dream, trance, or ecstasy; especially : a supernatural appearance that conveys a revelation b : an object of imagination c : a manifestation to the senses of something immaterial <look, not at visions, but at realities Edith Wharton>\n2 a : the act or power of imagination b (1) : mode of seeing or conceiving (2) : unusual discernment or foresight <a man of vision> c : direct mystical awareness of the supernatural usually in visible form\n3 a : the act or power of seeing : SIGHT b : the special sense by which the qualities of an object (as color, luminosity, shape and size) constituting its appearance are perceived and which is mediated by the eye\n4 a : something seen b : a lovely or charming sight\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: ENVISION


Words: visionary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of the nature of a vision : ILLUSORY b : incapable of being realized or achieved : UTOPIAN <a visionary scheme> c : existing only in imagination : UNREAL\n2 a : able or likely to see visions b : disposed to reverie or imagining : DREAMY\n3 : of, relating to, or characterized by visions or the power of vision\n4 : having or marked by foresight and imagination <a visionary leader> <a visionary invention>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one whose ideas or projects are impractical : DREAMER\n2 : one who sees visions : SEER


Words: visit
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a archaic : COMFORT used of the Deity <visit us with Thy salvation Charles Wesley> b (1) : AFFLICT <visited his people with distempers Tobias Smollett> (2) : INFLICT, IMPOSE <visited his wrath upon them> c : AVENGE <visited the sins of the fathers upon the children> d : to present itself to or come over momentarily <was visited by a strange notion>\n2 : to go to see in order to comfort or help\n3 a : to pay a call on as an act of friendship or courtesy b : to reside with temporarily as a guest c : to go to see or stay at (a place) for a particular purpose (as business or sightseeing) d : to go or come officially to inspect or oversee <a bishop visiting his parishes>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a visit; also : to make frequent or regular visits\n2 : CHAT, CONVERSE\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a short stay : CALL b : a brief residence as a guest c : an extended stay : SOJOURN\n2 : a journey to and stay or short sojourn at a place\n3 : an official or professional call or tour : VISITATION\n4 : the act of a naval officer in boarding a merchant ship on the high seas in exercise of the right of search


Words: visitant
Meaning:
noun\n1 : VISITOR; especially : one thought to come from a spirit world\n2 : a migratory bird that appears at intervals for a limited period


Words: visitation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an instance of visiting: as a : an official visit (as for inspection) b : 2WAKE 3 c : temporary custody of a child granted to a noncustodial parent <visitation rights>\n2 a : a special dispensation of divine favor or wrath b : a severe trial : AFFLICTION\n3 capitalized : the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth recounted in Luke and celebrated July 2 by a Christian feast


Words: visor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the front piece of a helmet; especially : a movable upper piece\n2 a : a face mask b : DISGUISE\n3 a : a projecting front on a cap for shading the eyes b : a usually movable flat sunshade attached at the top of an automobile windshield


Words: vista
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a distant view through or along an avenue or opening : PROSPECT\n2 : an extensive mental view (as over a stretch of time or a series of events)


Words: visual
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or used in vision <visual organs>\n2 : attained or maintained by sight <visual impressions>\n3 : VISIBLE\n4 : producing mental images : VIVID\n5 : done or executed by sight only <visual navigation>\n6 : of, relating to, or employing visual aids\n\n<2> noun\n: something (as a picture, chart, or film) that appeals to the sight and is variously used (as for illustration, demonstration, or promotion) usually used in plural


Words: visualize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to make visible: as a : to see or form a mental image of : ENVISAGE b : to make (an organ) visible by roentgenographic visualization\nintransitive senses : to form a mental visual image


Words: vital
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : existing as a manifestation of life b : concerned with or necessary to the maintenance of life <vital organs> <blood and other vital fluids>\n2 : full of life and vigor : ANIMATED\n3 : characteristic of life or living beings\n4 a : fundamentally concerned with or affecting life or living beings: as (1) : tending to renew or refresh the living : INVIGORATING (2) : destructive to life : MORTAL b : of the utmost importance\n5 : recording data relating to lives\n6 : of, relating to, or constituting the staining of living tissues


Words: vitality
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the peculiarity distinguishing the living from the nonliving b : capacity to live and develop; also : physical or mental vigor especially when highly developed\n2 a : power of enduring b : lively and animated character


Words: vitamin
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various organic substances that are essential in minute quantities to the nutrition of most animals and some plants, act especially as coenzymes and precursors of coenzymes in the regulation of metabolic processes but do not provide energy or serve as building units, and are present in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced within the body


Words: vitiate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make faulty or defective : IMPAIR <the comic impact is vitiated by obvious haste William Styron>\n2 : to debase in moral or aesthetic status <a mind vitiated by prejudice>\n3 : to make ineffective <fraud vitiates a contract>


Words: vitreous
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, derived from, or consisting of glass\n2 a : resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : GLASSY <vitreous rocks> b : characterized by low porosity and usually translucence due to the presence of a glassy phase <vitreous china>\n3 : of, relating to, or constituting the vitreous humor\n\n<2> noun\n: VITREOUS HUMOR


Words: vitrify
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to convert into glass or a glassy substance by heat and fusion\nintransitive senses : to become vitrified


Words: vitriol
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a sulfate of any of various metals (as copper, iron, or zinc); especially : a glassy hydrate of such a sulfate b : OIL OF VITRIOL\n2 : something felt to resemble vitriol especially in caustic quality; especially : virulence of feeling or of speech


Words: vituperate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to abuse or censure severely or abusively : BERATE\nintransitive senses : to use harsh condemnatory language


Words: vivace
Meaning:
<1> adverb or adjective\n: in a brisk spirited manner used as a direction in music\n\n<2> noun\n: a musical composition or movement in vivace tempo


Words: vivid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having the appearance of vigorous life or freshness : LIVELY <a vivid sketch>\n2 of a color : very strong : very high in chroma\n3 : producing a strong or clear impression on the senses : SHARP, INTENSE; specifically : producing distinct mental images <a vivid description>\n4 : acting clearly and vigorously <a vivid imagination>


Words: vivify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to endue with life or renewed life : ANIMATE <rains that vivify the barren hills>\n2 : to impart vitality or vividness to <concentrating this union of quality and meaning in a way which vivifies both John Dewey>


Words: viviparous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : producing living young instead of eggs from within the body in the manner of nearly all mammals, many reptiles, and a few fishes\n2 : germinating while still attached to the parent plant <the viviparous seed of the mangrove>


Words: vivisection
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation; broadly : animal experimentation especially if considered to cause distress to the subject\n2 : minute or pitiless examination or criticism


Words: vizier
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a high executive officer of various Muslim countries and especially of the Ottoman Empire\n2 : a civil officer in ancient Egypt having viceregal powers


Words: vocable
Meaning:
noun\n: TERM; specifically : a word composed of various sounds or letters without regard to its meaning


Words: vocabulary
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a list or collection of words or of words and phrases usually alphabetically arranged and explained or defined : LEXICON\n2 a : a sum or stock of words employed by a language, group, individual, or work or in a field of knowledge b : a list or collection of terms or codes available for use (as in an indexing system)\n3 : a supply of expressive techniques or devices (as of an art form)


Words: vocal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : uttered by the voice : ORAL b : produced in the larynx : uttered with voice\n2 : relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice <vocal music>\n3 : VOCALIC\n4 a : having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound b : EXPRESSIVE c : full of voices : RESOUNDING d : given to expressing oneself freely or insistently : OUTSPOKEN e : expressed in words\n5 : of, relating to, or resembling the voice <vocal impairment>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a vocal sound\n2 : a usually accompanied musical composition for the human voice : SONG; also : a performance of such a composition


Words: vocalic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : marked by or consisting of vowels\n2 a : being or functioning as a vowel b : of, relating to, or associated with a vowel\n\n<2> noun\n: a vowel sound or sequence in its function as the most sonorous part of a syllable


Words: vocalize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give voice to : UTTER; specifically : SING\n2 a : to make voiced rather than voiceless : VOICE b : to convert to a vowel\n3 : to furnish (as a consonantal Hebrew or Arabic text) with vowels or vowel points\nintransitive senses\n1 : to utter vocal sounds\n2 : SING; specifically : to sing without words


Words: vocation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a summons or strong inclination to a particular state or course of action; especially : a divine call to the religious life b : an entry into the priesthood or a religious order\n2 a : the work in which a person is regularly employed : OCCUPATION b : the persons engaged in a particular occupation\n3 : the special function of an individual or group


Words: vocative
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or being a grammatical case marking the one addressed (as Latin Domine in miserere, Domine <have mercy, Lord>)\n2 of a word or word group : marking the one addressed (as mother in <mother, come here>)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the vocative case of a language\n2 : a form in the vocative case


Words: vogue
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : the leading place in popularity or acceptance\n2 a : popular acceptation or favor : POPULARITY b : a period of popularity\n3 : one that is in fashion at a particular time\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to strike poses in campy imitation of fashion models especially as a kind of dance


Words: voice
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : sound produced by vertebrates by means of lungs, larynx, or syrinx; especially : sound so produced by human beings b (1) : musical sound produced by the vocal folds and resonated by the cavities of head and throat (2) : the power or ability to produce musical tones (3) : SINGER (4) : one of the melodic parts in a vocal or instrumental composition (5) : condition of the vocal organs with respect to production of musical tones (6) : the use of the voice (as in singing or acting) <studying voice> c : expiration of air with the vocal cords drawn close so as to vibrate audibly (as in uttering vowels and consonant sounds as or ) d : the faculty of utterance <lost my voice>\n2 : a sound resembling or suggesting vocal utterance\n3 : an instrument or medium of expression <the party became the voice of the workers>\n4 a : wish, choice, or opinion openly or formally expressed <the voice of the people> b : right of expression; also : influential power\n5 : distinction of form or a system of inflections of a verb to indicate the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses <active and passive voices>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to express in words : UTTER <voice a complaint>\n2 : to adjust for producing the proper musical sounds\n3 : to pronounce (as a consonant) with voice


Words: voiced
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having or furnished with a voice especially of a specified kind often used in combination <soft-voiced>\n2 : uttered with vocal cord vibration <a voiced consonant>


Words: void
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : not occupied : VACANT <a void bishopric> b : not inhabited : DESERTED\n2 : containing nothing <void space>\n3 : IDLE, LEISURE\n4 a : being without : DEVOID <a nature void of all malice> b : having no members or examples; specifically of a suit : having no cards represented in a particular hand\n5 : VAIN, USELESS\n6 a : of no legal force or effect : NULL <a void contract> b : VOIDABLE\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : OPENING, GAP b : empty space : EMPTINESS, VACUUM\n2 : the quality or state of being without something : LACK, ABSENCE\n3 : a feeling of want or hollowness\n4 : absence of cards of a particular suit in a hand orig. dealt to a player\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make empty or vacant : CLEAR b archaic : VACATE, LEAVE\n2 : DISCHARGE, EMIT <void excrement>\n3 : NULLIFY, ANNUL <void a contract>\nintransitive senses : to eliminate solid or liquid waste from the body


Words: volatile
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : readily vaporizable at a relatively low temperature\n2 : flying or having the power to fly\n3 a : LIGHTHEARTED, LIVELY b : easily aroused <volatile suspicions> c : tending to erupt into violence : EXPLOSIVE\n4 a : unable to hold the attention fixed because of an inherent lightness or fickleness of disposition b : characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change\n5 : difficult to capture or hold permanently : EVANESCENT, TRANSITORY\n\n<2> noun\n: a volatile substance


Words: volcanic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or produced by a volcano b : characterized by volcanoes <a volcanic range> c : made of materials from volcanoes\n2 : explosively violent : VOLATILE <volcanic emotions>\n\n<2> noun\n: a volcanic rock


Words: volcano
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a vent in the crust of the earth or another planet from which usually molten or hot rock and steam issue; also : a hill or mountain composed wholly or in part of the ejected material\n2 : something of explosively violent potential


Words: vole
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: GRAND SLAM 1\n\n<2> noun\n: any of various small rodents (Microtus and related genera) that typically have a stout body, rather blunt nose, and short ears, inhabit both moist meadows and dry uplands and do much damage to crops, and are closely related to muskrats and lemmings


Words: volition
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act of making a choice or decision; also : a choice or decision made\n2 : the power of choosing or determining : WILL


Words: volley
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a flight of missiles (as arrows) b : simultaneous discharge of a number of missile weapons c : one round per gun in a battery fired as soon as a gun is ready without regard to order d (1) : the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground; also : a return of the ball before it touches the ground (2) : a kick of the ball in soccer before it rebounds (3) : the exchange of the shuttlecock in badminton following the serve\n2 a : a burst or emission of many things or a large amount at once <received a volley of angry letters> <a volley of praise> b : a burst of simultaneous or immediately sequential nerve impulses passing to an end organ, synapse, or center\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to discharge in or as if in a volley\n2 : to propel (an object) while in the air and before touching the ground; especially : to hit (a tennis ball) on the volley\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become discharged in or as if in a volley\n2 : to make a volley; specifically : to volley an object of play (as in tennis)


Words: volt
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a leaping movement in fencing to avoid a thrust\n2 a : a tread or gait in which a horse going sideways makes a turn around a center b : a circle traced by a horse in this movement\n\n<2> noun\n: the practical meter-kilogram-second unit of electrical potential difference and electromotive force equal to the difference of potential between two points in a conducting wire carrying a constant current of one ampere when the power dissipated between these two points is equal to one watt and equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of one ohm when one ampere is flowing through it


Words: voltaic
Meaning:
adjective\n: of, relating to, or producing direct electric current by chemical action (as in a battery) : GALVANIC <voltaic cell>


Words: voltmeter
Meaning:
noun\n: an instrument (as a galvanometer) for measuring in volts the differences in potential between different points of an electrical circuit


Words: voluble
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : easily rolling or turning : ROTATING\n2 : characterized by ready or rapid speech : GLIB, FLUENT


Words: volume
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a series of printed sheets bound typically in book form : BOOK b : a series of issues of a periodical c : ALBUM 1c\n2 : SCROLL 1a\n3 : the amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object as measured in cubic units (as quarts or liters) : cubic capacity see METRIC SYSTEM table, WEIGHT table\n4 a (1) : AMOUNT; also : BULK, MASS (2) : a considerable quantity b : the amount of a substance occupying a particular volume c : mass or the representation of mass in art or architecture\n5 : the degree of loudness or the intensity of a sound; also : LOUDNESS\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to send or give out in volume\nintransitive senses : to roll or rise in volume\n\n<3> adjective\n: involving large quantities <offered volume discounts>


Words: voluminous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions : WINDING\n2 a : having or marked by great volume or bulk : LARGE <long voluminous tresses>; also : FULL <a voluminous skirt> b : NUMEROUS <trying to keep track of voluminous slips of paper>\n3 a : filling or capable of filling a large volume or several volumes <a voluminous literature on the subject> b : writing or speaking much or at great length


Words: voluntary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : proceeding from the will or from one’s own choice or consent\n2 : unconstrained by interference : SELF-DETERMINING\n3 : done by design or intention : INTENTIONAL <voluntary manslaughter>\n4 : of, relating to, subject to, or regulated by the will <voluntary behavior>\n5 : having power of free choice\n6 : provided or supported by voluntary action <a voluntary organization>\n7 : acting or done of one’s own free will without valuable consideration or legal obligation\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a prefatory often extemporized musical piece b : an improvisatory organ piece played before, during, or after a religious service\n2 : one who participates voluntarily : VOLUNTEER


Words: volunteer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a person who voluntarily undertakes or expresses a willingness to undertake a service: as a : one who enters into military service voluntarily b (1) : one who renders a service or takes part in a transaction while having no legal concern or interest (2) : one who receives a conveyance or transfer of property without giving valuable consideration\n2 : a volunteer plant\n3 capitalized Volunteers of America : a member of a quasi-military religious and philanthropic organization founded in 1896 by Commander and Mrs. Ballington Booth\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : being, consisting of, or engaged in by volunteers <a volunteer army> <volunteer activities to help the mentally handicapped>\n2 : growing spontaneously without direct human control or supervision especially from seeds lost from a previous crop <volunteer corn plants>\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to offer oneself as a volunteer\ntransitive senses : to offer or bestow voluntarily <volunteer one’s services>


Words: voluptuous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : full of delight or pleasure to the senses : conducive to or arising from sensuous or sensual gratification : LUXURIOUS <a voluptuous dance> <voluptuous ornamentation> b : suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form <voluptuous nudes>\n2 : given to or spent in enjoyments of luxury, pleasure, or sensual gratifications <a long and voluptuous holiday Edmund Wilson>


Words: volute
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a spiral or scroll-shaped form\n2 : a spiral scroll-shaped ornament forming the chief feature of the Ionic capital\n3 a : any of various marine gastropod mollusks (family Volutidae) with a thick short-spired shell b : the shell of a volute


Words: vomit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act or instance of disgorging the contents of the stomach through the mouth; also : the disgorged matter\n2 : EMETIC\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to disgorge the stomach contents\n2 : to spew forth : BELCH, GUSH\ntransitive senses\n1 : to disgorge (the contents of the stomach) through the mouth\n2 : to eject violently or abundantly : SPEW\n3 : to cause to vomit


Words: voodoo
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti\n2 a : a person who deals in spells and necromancy b (1) : a sorcerer’s spell : HEX (2) : a hexed object : CHARM\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to bewitch by or as if by means of voodoo : HEX


Words: voracious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a huge appetite : RAVENOUS\n2 : excessively eager : INSATIABLE <a voracious reader>


Words: vortex
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a mass of fluid (as a liquid) with a whirling or circular motion that tends to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle and to draw toward this cavity or vacuum bodies subject to its action; especially : WHIRLPOOL, EDDY b : a region within a body of fluid in which the fluid elements have an angular velocity\n2 : something that resembles a whirlpool <the hellish vortex of battle Time>


Words: votary
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : a sworn adherent\n2 a : ENTHUSIAST, DEVOTEE b : a devoted admirer\n3 a : a devout or zealous worshiper b : a staunch believer or advocate


Words: vote
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a usually formal expression of opinion or will in response to a proposed decision; especially : one given as an indication of approval or disapproval of a proposal, motion, or candidate for office b : the total number of such expressions of opinion made known at a single time (as at an election) c : an expression of opinion or preference that resembles a vote d : BALLOT 1\n2 : the collective opinion or verdict of a body of persons expressed by voting\n3 : the right to cast a vote; specifically : the right of suffrage : FRANCHISE\n4 a : the act or process of voting <brought the question to a vote> b : a method of voting\n5 : a formal expression of a wish, will, or choice voted by a meeting\n6 a : VOTER b : a group of voters with some common and identifying characteristics <the labor vote>\n7 chiefly British a : a proposition to be voted on; especially : a legislative money item b : APPROPRIATION\n9x (xL;O(H -HhgHx\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to express one’s views in response to a poll; especially : to exercise a political franchise\n2 : to express an opinion <consumers vote with their dollars Lucia Mouat>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to choose, endorse, decide the disposition of, defeat, or authorize by vote\n2 a : to adjudge by general agreement : DECLARE b : to offer as a suggestion : PROPOSE <I vote we all go home>\n3 a : to cause to vote in a given way b : to cause to be cast for or against a proposal\n4 : to vote in accordance with or in the interest of <vote your conscience> <voted their pocketbooks>


Words: votive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : consisting of or expressing a vow, wish, or desire <a votive prayer>\n2 : offered or performed in fulfillment of a vow or in gratitude or devotion


Words: vouch
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to summon into court to warrant or defend a title\n2 archaic a : ASSERT, AFFIRM b : ATTEST\n3 archaic : to cite or refer to as authority or supporting evidence\n4 a : PROVE, SUBSTANTIATE b : to verify (a business transaction) by examining documentary evidence\nintransitive senses\n1 : to give a guarantee : become surety\n2 a : to supply supporting evidence or testimony b : to give personal assurance\n\n<2> noun\nobsolete : ALLEGATION, DECLARATION


Words: voucher
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act of vouching\n2 a : a piece of supporting evidence : PROOF b : a documentary record of a business transaction c : a written affidavit or authorization : CERTIFICATE d : a form or check indicating a credit against future purchases or expenditures\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to establish the authenticity of\n2 : to prepare a voucher for\n\n<3> noun\narchaic : one that guarantees : SURETY


Words: vouchsafe
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner b : to give by way of reply <refused to vouchsafe an explanation>\n2 : to grant as a privilege or special favor


Words: vow
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a solemn promise or assertion; specifically : one by which a person is bound to an act, service, or condition\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to promise solemnly : SWEAR\n2 : to bind or consecrate by a vow\nintransitive senses : to make a vow\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: AVOW, DECLARE


Words: vowel
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one of a class of speech sounds in the articulation of which the oral part of the breath channel is not blocked and is not constricted enough to cause audible friction; broadly : the one most prominent sound in a syllable\n2 : a letter or other symbol representing a vowel usually used in English of a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y


Words: voyage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act or instance of traveling : JOURNEY\n2 : a course or period of traveling by other than land routes\n3 : an account of a journey especially by sea\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to take a trip : TRAVEL\ntransitive senses : SAIL, TRAVERSE


Words: voyageur
Meaning:
noun\n: a man employed by a fur company to transport goods to and from remote stations especially in the Canadian Northwest


Words: vulcanize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to subject to vulcanization\nintransitive senses : to undergo vulcanization


Words: vulgar
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : generally used, applied, or accepted b : understood in or having the ordinary sense <they reject the vulgar conception of miracle W. R. Inge>\n2 : VERNACULAR <the vulgar name of a plant>\n3 a : of or relating to the common people : PLEBEIAN b : generally current : PUBLIC <the vulgar opinion of that time> c : of the usual, typical, or ordinary kind\n4 a : lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : COARSE b : morally crude, undeveloped, or unregenerate : GROSS c : ostentatious or excessive in expenditure or display : PRETENTIOUS\n5 a : offensive in language : EARTHY b : lewdly or profanely indecent


Words: vulgarism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : VULGARITY\n2 a : a word or expression originated or used chiefly by illiterate persons b : a coarse word or phrase : OBSCENITY


Words: vulnerable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : capable of being physically wounded\n2 : open to attack or damage : ASSAILABLE\n3 : liable to increased penalties but entitled to increased bonuses after winning a game in contract bridge


Words: vulture
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various large raptorial birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion\n2 : a rapacious or predatory person


Words: w
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the 23d letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic w\n2 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter w\n3 : one designated w especially as the 23d in order or class\n4 : something shaped like the letter\n\n<2> abbreviation\nwarden, water, week, weight, Welsh, west, western, white, wicket, wide, width, wife, with, withdrawal, work


Words: wad
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a small mass, bundle, or tuft: as a : a soft mass especially of a loose fibrous material variously used (as to stop an aperture, pad a garment, or hold grease around an axle) b (1) : a soft plug used to retain a powder charge or to avoid windage especially in a muzzle-loading gun (2) : a felt or paper disk used to separate the components of a shotgun cartridge c : a small mass of a chewing substance <a wad of gum>\n2 : a considerable amount (as of money)\n3 a : a roll of paper money b : MONEY\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to insert a wad into <wad a gun> b : to hold in by a wad <wad a bullet in a gun>\n2 : to form into a wad or wadding; especially : to roll or crush into a tight wad\n3 : to stuff or line with some soft substance


Words: wadding
Meaning:
noun\n1 : wads or material for making wads\n2 : a soft mass or sheet of short loose fibers used for stuffing or padding


Words: waddle
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to walk with short steps swinging the forepart of the body from side to side\n2 : to move clumsily in a manner suggesting a waddle\n\n<2> noun\n: an awkward clumsy swaying gait


Words: wade
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to step in or through a medium (as water) offering more resistance than air\n2 : to move or proceed with difficulty or labor\n3 : to set to work or attack with determination or vigor used with in or into <wade into a task>\ntransitive senses : to pass or cross by wading\n\n<2> noun\n: an act of wading <a wade in the brook>


Words: wader
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that wades\n2 : SHOREBIRD; also : WADING BIRD\n3 plural : high waterproof boots or a one-piece waterproof garment usually consisting of pants with attached boots that are used for wading (as when fishing)


Words: wafer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a thin crisp cake, candy, or cracker b : a round thin piece of unleavened bread used in the celebration of the Eucharist\n2 : an adhesive disk of dried paste with added coloring matter used as a seal\n3 a : a thin disk or ring resembling a wafer and variously used (as for a valve or diaphragm) b : a thin slice of semiconductor (as silicon) used as a base for an electronic component or circuit\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to seal, close, or fasten with a wafer\n2 : to divide (as a silicon rod) into wafers


Words: waffle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : EQUIVOCATE, VACILLATE; also : YO-YO, FLIP-FLOP\n2 : to talk or write foolishly : BLATHER <can waffle tiresomely off the point Times Literary Supplement>\n\n<3> noun\n: empty or pretentious words : TRIPE


Words: waft
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium\ntransitive senses : to cause to move or go lightly by or as if by the impulse of wind or waves\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something (as an odor) that is wafted : WHIFF\n2 : a slight breeze : PUFF\n3 : the act of waving\n4 : a pennant or flag used to signal or to show wind direction


Words: wag
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be in motion : STIR\n2 : to move to and fro or up and down especially with quick jerky motions\n3 : to move in chatter or gossip <scandal caused tongues to wag>\n4 archaic : DEPART\n5 : WADDLE\ntransitive senses\n1 : to swing to and fro or up and down especially with quick jerky motions : SWITCH; specifically : to nod (the head) or shake (a finger) at (as in assent or mild reproof)\n2 : to move (as the tongue) animatedly in conversation\n\n<2> noun\n: an act of wagging : SHAKE\n\n<3> noun\n1 : WIT, JOKER\n2 obsolete : a young man : CHAP


Words: wage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis often used in plural b plural : the share of the national product attributable to labor as a factor in production\n2 : RECOMPENSE, REWARD usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr. <the wages of sin is death Rom 6:23 (Revised Standard Version)>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to engage in or carry on <wage war> <wage a campaign>\nintransitive senses : to be in process of occurring <the riot waged for several hours Amer. Guide Series: Md.>


Words: wager
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : something (as a sum of money) risked on an uncertain event : STAKE b : something on which bets are laid : GAMBLE <do a stunt as a wager>\n2 archaic : an act of giving a pledge to take and abide by the result of some action\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to make a bet\ntransitive senses : to risk or venture on a final outcome; specifically : to lay as a gamble : BET <wager 5 on a horse>


Words: waggish
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : resembling or characteristic of a wag <a waggish friend> <a waggish prose style>\n2 : done or made in waggery or for sport : HUMOROUS <waggish spoofs of popular songs>


Words: waggle
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to move frequently one way and the other : WAG\nintransitive senses : to reel, sway, or move from side to side : WAG\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an instance of waggling : a jerky motion back and forth or up and down\n2 : a preliminary swinging of a golf club head back and forth over the ball before the swing


Words: wagon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a usually four-wheel vehicle for transporting bulky commodities and drawn orig. by animals b : a lighter typically horse-drawn vehicle for transporting goods or passengers c : PADDY WAGON\n2 British : a railway freight car\n3 : a low four-wheel vehicle with an open rectangular body and a retroflex tongue made for the play or use (as for carrying newspapers) of a child\n4 : a small wheeled table used for the service of a dining room\n5 : a delivery truck <milk wagon>\n6 : STATION WAGON\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to travel or transport goods by wagon\ntransitive senses : to transport (goods) by wagon


Words: wagoner
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person who drives a wagon or transports goods by wagon\n2 capitalized , obsolete : BO*TES


Words: wagtail
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various chiefly Old World oscine birds (family Motacillidae) related to the pipits and having a trim slender body and a very long tail that they habitually jerk up and down


Words: wahoo
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: WINGED ELM\n\n<2> noun\n: a shrubby No. American spindle tree (Euonymus atropurpureus) having purple capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled seeds called also burning bush\n\n<3> noun\n: a large vigorous mackerel (Acanthocybium solandri) that is common in warm seas and esteemed as a food and sport fish\n\n<4> interjection\nchiefly West used to express exuberance or enthusiasm or to attract attention


Words: waif
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a piece of property found (as washed up by the sea) but unclaimed b plural : stolen goods thrown away by a thief in flight\n2 a : something found without an owner and especially by chance b : a stray person or animal; especially : a homeless child\n\n<2> noun\n: WAFT 4


Words: wail
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to express sorrow audibly : LAMENT\n2 : to make a sound suggestive of a mournful cry\n3 : to express dissatisfaction plaintively : COMPLAIN\ntransitive senses , archaic : BEWAIL\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act or practice of wailing : loud lamentation\n2 a : a usually prolonged cry or sound expressing grief or pain b : a sound suggestive of wailing <the wail of an air-raid siren> c : a querulous expression of grievance : COMPLAINT


Words: wailful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : uttering a sound suggestive of wailing\n2 : expressing grief or pain : SORROWFUL, MOURNFUL


Words: wain
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a usually large and heavy vehicle for farm use\n2 capitalized short for Charles’s Wain : BIG DIPPER


Words: wainscot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 British : a fine grade of oak imported for woodwork\n2 a (1) : a usually paneled wooden lining of an interior wall (2) : a lining of an interior wall irrespective of material b : the lower three or four feet (about one meter) of an interior wall when finished differently from the remainder of the wall\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to line with or as if with boards or paneling


Words: waist
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the narrowed part of the body between the thorax and hips b : the greatly constricted basal part of the abdomen of some insects (as wasps and flies)\n2 : the part of something corresponding to or resembling the human waist: as a (1) : the part of a ship’s deck between the poop and forecastle (2) : the middle part of a sailing ship between foremast and mainmast b : the middle section of the fuselage of an airplane\n3 : a garment or the part of a garment covering the body from the neck to the waistline or just below: a : BODICE 1 b : BLOUSE\n4 : WAISTLINE 1b


Words: waistline
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an arbitrary line encircling the narrowest part of the waist b : the part of a garment that covers the waistline or may be above or below it as fashion dictates\n2 : body circumference at the waist


Words: wait
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to stay in place in expectation of : AWAIT\n2 : to delay serving (a meal)\n3 : to serve as waiter for <wait tables>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to remain stationary in readiness or expectation <wait for a train> b : to pause for another to catch up usually used with up\n2 a : to look forward expectantly <just waiting to see his rival lose> b : to hold back expectantly <waiting for a chance to strike>\n3 : to serve at meals usually used in such phrases as wait on tables or wait on table\n4 a : to be ready and available <slippers waiting by the bed> b : to remain temporarily neglected or unrealized\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a hidden or concealed position used chiefly in the expression lie in wait b : a state or attitude of watchfulness and expectancy <anchored in wait for early morning fishing Fred Zimmer>\n2 a : one of a band of public musicians in England employed to play for processions or public entertainments b (1) : one of a group who serenade for gratuities especially at the Christmas season (2) : a piece of music by such a group\n3 : an act or period of waiting <a long wait in line>


Words: waiter
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that waits on another; especially : a person who waits tables (as in a restaurant)\n2 : a tray on which something (as a tea service) is carried : SALVER


Words: waive
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 archaic : GIVE UP, FORSAKE\n2 : to throw away (stolen goods)\n3 archaic : to shunt aside (as a danger or duty) : EVADE\n4 a : to relinquish voluntarily (as a legal right) <waive a jury trial> b : to refrain from pressing or enforcing (as a claim or rule) : FORGO\n5 : to put off from immediate consideration : POSTPONE\n6 : to dismiss with or as if with a wave of the hand <waived the problem aside>\n7 : to place (a ball player) on waivers; also : to release after placing on waivers


Words: waiver
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of intentionally relinquishing or abandoning a known right, claim, or privilege; also : the legal instrument evidencing such an act\n2 : the act of a club’s waiving the right to claim a professional ball player who is being removed from another club’s roster often used in the phrase on waivers denoting the process by which a player to be removed from a roster is made available to other clubs


Words: wake
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to be or remain awake b archaic : to remain awake on watch especially over a corpse c obsolete : to stay up late in revelry\n2 : AWAKE often used with up\ntransitive senses\n1 : to stand watch over (as a dead body); especially : to hold a wake over\n2 a : to rouse from or as if from sleep : AWAKE often used with up b : STIR, EXCITE <woke up latent possibilities Norman Douglas> c : to arouse conscious interest in : ALERT usually used with to <woke the publishers to the fact that there was an enormous audience Harrison Smith>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the state of being awake\n2 a (1) : an annual English parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the church’s patron saint (2) : VIGIL 1a b : the festivities originally connected with the wake of an English parish church usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr. c British : an annual holiday or vacation usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.\n3 : a watch held over the body of a dead person prior to burial and sometimes accompanied by festivity\n\n<3> noun\n1 : the track left by a moving body (as a ship) in a fluid (as water); broadly : a track or path left\n2 : AFTERMATH 3


Words: waken
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : AWAKE often used with up\ntransitive senses : to rouse especially out of sleep : WAKE


Words: wale
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a streak or ridge made on the skin especially by the stroke of a whip : WEAL b : a narrow raised surface : RIDGE\n2 : any of a number of strakes usually of extra thick and strong planks in the sides of a wooden ship usually used in plural\n3 a : one of a series of even ribs in a fabric b : the texture especially of a fabric\n4 : a horizontal constructional member (as of timber or steel) used for bracing vertical members\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to mark (as the skin) with welts\n\n<3> noun\n1 dialect British : CHOICE\n2 dialect British : the best part : PICK\n\n<4> verb\ndialect British : CHOOSE


Words: walk
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a obsolete : ROAM, WANDER b of a spirit : to move about in visible form : APPEAR c of a ship : to make headway\n2 a : to move along on foot : advance by steps b : to come or go easily or readily c : to go on foot for exercise or pleasure d : to go at a walk\n3 a : to pursue a course of action or way of life : conduct oneself : BEHAVE <walk warily> b : to be or act in association : continue in union <the British and American peoples will walk together side by side in peace Sir Winston Churchill> c : WALK OUT <the workers didn’t like the new contract so they walked>\n4 : to go to first base as a result of a base on balls\n5 of an inanimate object a : to move in a manner that is suggestive of walking b : to stand with an appearance suggestive of strides <pylons walking across the valley>\n6 of an astronaut : to move about in space outside a spacecraft\n7 : to avoid criminal prosecution or conviction\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to pass on foot or as if on foot through, along, over, or upon : TRAVERSE, PERAMBULATE <walk the streets> <walk a tightrope> b : to perform or accomplish by going on foot <walk guard>\n2 a : to cause (an animal) to go at a walk : take for a walk <walking a dog> b (1) : to cause to move by walking <walked her bicycle up the hill> (2) : to haul (as an anchor) by walking round the capstan\n3 : to follow on foot for the purpose of measuring, surveying, or inspecting <walk a boundary>\n4 a : to accompany on foot : walk with <walked her home> b : to compel to walk (as by a command) c : to bring to a specified condition by walking <walked us off our feet>\n5 : to move (an object) in a manner suggestive of walking\n6 : to perform (a dance) at a walking pace <walk a quadrille>\n7 : to give a base on balls to\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an act or instance of going on foot especially for exercise or pleasure <go for a walk> b : SPACE WALK\n2 : an accustomed place of walking : HAUNT\n3 : a place designed for walking: a : a railed platform above the roof of a dwelling house b (1) : a path specially arrang


Words: walkout
Meaning:
noun\n1 : STRIKE 3a\n2 : the action of leaving a meeting or organization as an expression of disapproval


Words: walkover
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a one-sided contest : an easy or uncontested victory\n2 : a horse race with only one starter


Words: wall
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a high thick masonry structure forming a long rampart or an enclosure chiefly for defense often used in plural b : a masonry fence around a garden, park, or estate c : a structure that serves to hold back pressure (as of water or sliding earth)\n2 : one of the sides of a room or building connecting floor and ceiling or foundation and roof\n3 : the side of a footpath next to buildings\n4 : an extreme or desperate position or a state of defeat, failure, or ruin usually used in the phrase to the wall\n5 : a material layer enclosing space <the wall of a container> <heart walls>\n6 : something resembling a wall (as in appearance, function, or effect); especially : something that acts as a barrier or defense <a wall of reserve> <tariff wall>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to provide, cover with, or surround with or as if with a wall <wall in the garden> b : to separate by or as if by a wall <walled off half the house>\n2 a : IMMURE b : to close (an opening) with or as if with a wall\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses , of the eyes : to roll in a dramatic manner\ntransitive senses : to roll (one’s eyes) in a dramatic manner


Words: wallop
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to boil noisily\n2 a : to move with reckless or disorganized haste : advance in a headlong rush b : WALLOW, FLOUNDER\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to thrash soundly : LAMBASTE b : to beat by a wide margin : TROUNCE\n2 : to hit with force : SOCK\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a powerful blow : PUNCH b : something resembling a wallop especially in suddenness of force c : the ability (as of a boxer) to hit hard\n2 a : emotional, sensory, or psychological force or influence : IMPACT <a novel that packs a wallop> b : an exciting emotional response : THRILL\n3 British : BEER


Words: wallow
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to roll oneself about in an indolent or ungainly manner\n2 : to billow forth : SURGE\n3 : to devote oneself entirely; especially : to take unrestrained pleasure : DELIGHT\n4 a : to become abundantly supplied : LUXURIATE <a family that wallows in money> b : to indulge oneself immoderately <wallowing in self-pity>\n5 : to become or remain helpless <allowed them to wallow in their ignorance>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or instance of wallowing\n2 a : a muddy area or one filled with dust used by animals for wallowing b : a depression formed by or as if by the wallowing of animals\n3 : a state of degradation or degeneracy


Words: wallpaper
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: decorative paper for the walls of a room\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to provide the walls of (a room) with wallpaper\nintransitive senses : to put wallpaper on a wall


Words: walnut
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a nut of any of a genus (Juglans of the family Juglandaceae, the walnut family) of trees; especially : the large edible nut of a Eurasian tree (J. regia) with a hard richly figured wood b : a tree that bears walnuts c : the wood of a walnut that is often used for cabinetmaking and veneers\n2 : a moderate reddish brown


Words: walrus
Meaning:
noun\n: a large gregarious marine mammal (Odobenus rosmarus of the family Odobenidae) related to the seal that is found in Arctic seas, has long ivory tusks, a tough wrinkled hide, and stiff whiskers, and feeds mostly on bivalve mollusks


Words: waltz
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a ballroom dance in 34 time with strong accent on the first beat and a basic pattern of step-step-close\n2 : music for a waltz or a concert composition in 34 time\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to dance a waltz\n2 : to move or advance in a lively or conspicuous manner : FLOUNCE\n3 a : to advance easily and successfully : BREEZE often used with through b : to approach boldly used with up <can’t just waltz up and introduce ourselves>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to dance a waltz with\n2 : to grab and lead (as a person) unceremoniously : MARCH


Words: wampum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : beads of polished shells strung in strands, belts, or sashes and used by No. American Indians as money, ceremonial pledges, and ornaments\n2 : MONEY


Words: wan
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : suggestive of poor health : SICKLY, PALLID b : lacking vitality : FEEBLE\n2 : DIM, FAINT\n3 : LANGUID <a wan smile>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to grow or become pale or sickly


Words: wand
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a slender staff carried in a procession : VERGE\n2 : a slender rod used by conjurers and magicians\n3 : a slat 6 feet by 2 inches used as a target in archery; also : a narrow strip of paper pasted vertically on a target face\n4 : any of various pipelike devices; especially : the rigid tube between the hose and the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner\n5 : a handheld device used to enter information (as from a bar code) into a computer


Words: wander
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal b : to go idly about : RAMBLE\n2 : to follow a winding course : MEANDER\n3 a : to go astray (as from a course) : STRAY b : to go astray morally : ERR c : to lose normal mental contact : stray in thought\ntransitive senses : to roam over


Words: wane
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to decrease in size, extent, or degree : DWINDLE: as a : to diminish in phase or intensity used chiefly of the moon b : to become less brilliant or powerful : DIM c : to flow out : EBB\n2 : to fall gradually from power, prosperity, or influence\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the act or process of waning <strength on the wane> b : a period or time of waning; specifically : the period from full phase of the moon to the new moon\n2 Middle English, defect, from Old English wana; akin to Old English wan deficient : a defect in lumber characterized by bark or a lack of wood at a corner or edge


Words: wangle
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to extricate oneself (as from difficulty) : WIGGLE\n2 : to resort to trickery or devious methods\ntransitive senses\n1 : SHAKE, WIGGLE\n2 : to adjust or manipulate for personal or fraudulent ends\n3 : to make or get by devious means : FINAGLE <wangle an invitation>


Words: want
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be needy or destitute\n2 : to have or feel need <never wants for friends>\n3 : to be necessary or needed\n4 : to desire to come, go, or be <the cat wants in> <wants out of the deal>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to fail to possess especially in customary or required amount : LACK <the answer wanted courtesy>\n2 a : to have a strong desire for <wanted a chance to rest> b : to have an inclination to : LIKE <say what you want, he is efficient>\n3 a : to have need of : REQUIRE <the motor wants a tune-up> b : to suffer from the lack of <thousands still want food and shelter>\n4 : OUGHT used with the infinitive <you want to be very careful what you say Claudia Cassidy>\n5 : to wish or demand the presence of\n6 : to hunt or seek in order to apprehend <wanted for murder>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : DEFICIENCY, LACK <suffers from a want of good sense> b : grave and extreme poverty that deprives one of the necessities of life\n2 : something wanted : NEED, DESIRE\n3 : personal defect : FAULT


Words: wanting
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : not present or in evidence : ABSENT\n2 a : not being up to standards or expectations b : lacking in ability or capacity : DEFICIENT\n\n<2> preposition\n1 : LESS, MINUS <a month wanting two days>\n2 : WITHOUT <a book wanting a cover>


Words: wanton
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a archaic : hard to control : UNDISCIPLINED, UNRULY b : playfully mean or cruel : MISCHIEVOUS\n2 a : LEWD, BAWDY b : causing sexual excitement : LUSTFUL, SENSUAL\n3 a : MERCILESS, INHUMANE <wanton cruelty> b : having no just foundation or provocation : MALICIOUS <a wanton attack>\n4 : being without check or limitation: as a : luxuriantly rank <wanton vegetation> b : unduly lavish : EXTRAVAGANT\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a pampered person or animal : PET; especially : a spoiled child\n2 : a frolicsome child or animal\n3 a : one given to self-indulgent flirtation or trifling used especially in the phrase play the wanton b : a lewd or lascivious person\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to be wanton or act wantonly\ntransitive senses : to pass or waste wantonly or in wantonness


Words: war
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations (2) : a period of such armed conflict (3) : STATE OF WAR b : the art or science of warfare c (1) obsolete : weapons and equipment for war (2) archaic : soldiers armed and equipped for war\n2 a : a state of hostility, conflict, or antagonism b : a struggle or competition between opposing forces or for a particular end <a class war> <a war against disease> c : VARIANCE, ODDS 3\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to be in active or vigorous conflict\n2 : to engage in warfare\n\n<3> adverb or adjective\nchiefly Scottish : WORSE\n\n<4> transitive verb\nScottish : WORST, OVERCOME\n\n<5> abbreviation\nwarrant


Words: warble
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds\n2 : a musical trill\n3 : the action of warbling\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to sing in a trilling manner or with many turns and variations\n2 : to become sounded with trills, quavers, and rapid modulations in pitch\n3 : SING\ntransitive senses : to render with turns, runs, or rapid modulations : TRILL\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a swelling under the hide especially of the back of cattle, horses, and wild mammals caused by the maggot of a botfly or warble fly\n2 : the maggot of a warble fly


Words: warbler
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that warbles : SINGER, SONGSTER\n2 a : any of numerous small Old World oscine birds (family Sylviidae) many of which are noted songsters and are closely related to the thrushes b : any of numerous small brightly colored American oscine birds (family Parulidae) with a usually weak and unmusical song called also wood warbler


Words: ward
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the action or process of guarding b : a body of guards\n2 : the state of being under guard; especially : CUSTODY\n3 a : the inner court of a castle or fortress b : a division (as a cell or block) of a prison c : a division in a hospital; especially : a large room in a hospital where a number of patients often requiring similar treatment are accommodated\n4 a : a division of a city for representative, electoral, or administrative purposes b : a division of some English and Scottish counties corresponding to a hundred c : the Mormon local congregation having auxiliary organizations (as Sunday schools and relief societies) and one or more quorums of each office of the Aaronic priesthood\n5 : a projecting ridge of metal in a lock casing or keyhole permitting only the insertion of a key with a corresponding notch; also : a corresponding notch in a bit of a key\n6 : a person or thing under guard, protection, or surveillance: as a : a minor subject to wardship b : a person who by reason of incapacity (as minority or lunacy) is under the protection of a court either directly or through a guardian appointed by the court called also ward of court c : a person or body of persons under the protection or tutelage of a government\n7 : a means of defense : PROTECTION\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to keep watch over : GUARD\n2 : to turn aside (something threatening) : DEFLECT usually used with off


Words: warden
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one having care or charge of something : GUARDIAN, KEEPER\n2 a : REGENT 2 b : the governor of a town, district, or fortress c : a member of the governing body of a guild\n3 a : an official charged with special supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specified laws or regulations <game warden> <air raid warden> b : an official in charge of the operation of a prison c : any of various British officials having designated administrative functions <warden of the mint>\n4 a : one of two ranking lay officers of an Episcopal parish b : any of various British college officials whose duties range from the administration of academic matters to the supervision of student discipline


Words: warder
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : WATCHMAN, PORTER\n2 British a : WARDEN b : a prison guard\n\n<2> noun\n: a truncheon used by a king or commander in chief to signal orders


Words: wardrobe
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a room or closet where clothes are kept b : CLOTHESPRESS c : a large trunk in which clothes may be hung upright\n2 a : a collection of wearing apparel (as of one person or for one activity) <a summer wardrobe> b : a collection of stage costumes and accessories\n3 : the department of a royal or noble household entrusted with the care of wearing apparel, jewels, and personal articles


Words: wardroom
Meaning:
noun\n: the space in a warship allotted for living quarters to the commissioned officers excepting the captain; specifically : the mess assigned to these officers


Words: wardship
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : care and protection of a ward b : the right to the custody of an infant heir of a feudal tenant and of the heir’s property\n2 : the state of being under a guardian


Words: ware
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : AWARE, CONSCIOUS <was ware of black looks cast at me Mary Webb>\n2 archaic : WARY, VIGILANT\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to beware of : AVOID used chiefly as a command to hunting animals\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : manufactured articles, products of art or craft, or farm produce : GOODS often used in combination <tinware> b : an article of merchandise\n2 : articles (as pottery or dishes) of fired clay <earthenware>\n3 : an intangible item (as a service or ability) that is a marketable commodity\n\n<4> transitive verb\nScottish : SPEND, EXPEND


Words: warehouse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a structure or room for the storage of merchandise or commodities\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to deposit, store, or stock in or as if in a warehouse\n2 : to confine or house (a person) in conditions suggestive of a warehouse


Words: warfare
Meaning:
noun\n1 : military operations between enemies : HOSTILITIES, WAR; also : an activity undertaken by a political unit (as a nation) to weaken or destroy another <economic warfare>\n2 : struggle between competing entities : CONFLICT


Words: warlike
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : ready for war : equipped to fight\n2 : fit for, disposed to, or fond of war : BELLICOSE\n3 : of, relating to, or useful in war\n4 : befitting or characteristic of war or a soldier


Words: warlord
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a supreme military leader\n2 : a military commander exercising civil power by force usually in a limited area


Words: warm
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having or giving out heat to a moderate or adequate degree b : serving to maintain or preserve heat especially to a satisfactory degree <a warm sweater> c : feeling or causing sensations of heat brought about by strenuous exertion\n2 : comfortably established : SECURE\n3 a : marked by strong feeling : ARDENT b : marked by excitement, disagreement, or anger <the argument grew warm>\n4 : marked by or readily showing affection, gratitude, cordiality, or sympathy <a warm welcome> <warm regards>\n5 : emphasizing or exploiting sexual imagery or incidents\n6 : accompanied or marked by extreme danger or duress\n7 : newly made : FRESH <a warm scent>\n8 : having the color or tone of something that imparts heat; specifically : of a hue in the range yellow through orange to red\n9 : near to a goal, object, or solution sought\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make warm\n2 a : to infuse with a feeling of love, friendship, well-being, or pleasure b : to fill with anger, zeal, or passion\n3 : to reheat (cooked food) for eating often used with over\n4 : to make ready for operation or performance by preliminary exercise or operation often used with up\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become warm\n2 a : to become ardent, interested, or receptive usually used with to or toward <warmed to the idea> b : to become filled with affection or love used with to or toward\n3 : to experience feelings of pleasure : BASK\n4 : to become ready for operation or performance by preliminary activity often used with up\n\n<3> adverb\n: WARMLY usually used in combination <warm-clad>


Words: warmth
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being warm in temperature\n2 : the quality or state of being warm in feeling <a child needing human warmth and family life>\n3 : a glowing effect produced by the use of warm colors


Words: warn
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or evil b : to give admonishing advice to : COUNSEL c : to call to one’s attention : INFORM\n2 : to order to go or stay away often used with off\nintransitive senses : to give a warning


Words: warning
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act of warning : the state of being warned <he had warning of his illness>\n2 : something that warns or serves to warn; especially : a notice or bulletin that alerts the public that a tornado has been reported in the immediate vicinity or that the approach of a severe storm is imminent\n\n<2> adjective\n: serving as an alarm, signal, summons, or admonition <warning bell> <warning shot>


Words: warp
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft b : FOUNDATION, BASE <the warp of the economic structure is agriculture Amer. Guide Series: N.C.>\n2 : a rope for warping or mooring a ship or boat\n3 2warp a : a twist or curve that has developed in something orig. flat or straight <a warp in a door panel> b : a mental twist or aberration\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to arrange (yarns) so as to form a warp\n2 a : to turn or twist out of or as if out of shape; especially : to twist or bend out of a plane b : to cause to judge, choose, or act wrongly or abnormally : PERVERT c : DISTORT 1 <intellect and learning warped by prejudices Irving Wallace> d : to deflect from a course\n3 : to move (as a ship) by hauling on a line attached to a fixed object\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become warped\n2 : to move a ship by warping


Words: warpath
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the route taken by a party of American Indians going on a warlike expedition or to a war\n2 : a hostile course of action or frame of mind


Words: warrant
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : SANCTION, AUTHORIZATION; also : evidence for or token of authorization (2) : GUARANTEE, SECURITY b (1) : GROUND, JUSTIFICATION (2) : CONFIRMATION, PROOF\n2 a : a commission or document giving authority to do something; especially : a writing that authorizes a person to pay or deliver to another and the other to receive money or other consideration b : a precept or writ issued by a competent magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search or to do other acts incident to the administration of justice c : an official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer d (1) : a short-term obligation of a governmental body (as a municipality) issued in anticipation of revenue (2) : an instrument issued by a corporation giving to the holder the right to purchase the capital stock of the corporation at a stated price either prior to a stipulated date or at any future time\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to declare or maintain with certainty : be sure that <I’ll warrant he’ll be here by noon> b : to assure (a person) of the truth of what is said\n2 a : to guarantee to a person good title to and undisturbed possession of (as an estate) b : to provide a guarantee of the security of (as title to property sold) usually by an express covenant in the deed of conveyance c : to guarantee to be as represented d : to guarantee (as goods sold) especially in respect of the quality or quantity specified\n3 : to guarantee security or immunity to : SECURE <I’ll warrant him from drowning Shakespeare>\n4 : to give warrant or sanction to : AUTHORIZE <the law warrants this procedure>\n5 a : to give proof of the authenticity or truth of b : to give assurance of the nature of or for the undertaking of : GUARANTEE\n6 : to serve as or give adequate ground or reason for <promising enough to warrant further consideration>


Words: warranty
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and his heirs to warrant and defend the title b : a collateral undertaking that a fact regarding the subject of a contract is or will be as it is expressly or by implication declared or promised to be\n2 : something that authorizes, sanctions, supports, or justifies : WARRANT\n3 : a usually written guarantee of the integrity of a product and of the maker’s responsibility for the repair or replacement of defective parts


Words: warren
Meaning:
noun\n1 chiefly British a : a place legally authorized for keeping small game (as hare or pheasant) b : the privilege of hunting game in such a warren\n2 a (1) : an area (as of uncultivated ground) where rabbits breed (2) : a structure where rabbits are kept or bred b : the rabbits of a warren\n3 a : a crowded tenement or district b : a maze of passageways or cubbies


Words: warrior
Meaning:
noun\n: a man engaged or experienced in warfare; broadly : a person engaged in some struggle or conflict <poverty warriors>


Words: wart
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a horny projection on the skin usually of the extremities that is caused by any of several papillomaviruses called also verruca vulgaris b : any of numerous similar skin lesions\n2 : an excrescence or protuberance resembling a true wart; especially : a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on a plant\n3 a : one that suggests a wart especially in smallness, unpleasantness, or unattractiveness b : DEFECT, IMPERFECTION often used in the phrase warts and all


Words: warthog
Meaning:
noun\n: a wild African hog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) which has large protruding tusks and the males of which have two pairs of rough warty excrescences on the face


Words: wary
Meaning:
adjective\n: marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchful prudence especially in detecting and escaping danger


Words: wash
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cleanse by or as if by the action of liquid (as water) b : to remove (as dirt) by rubbing or drenching with liquid\n2 : to cleanse (fur) by licking or by rubbing with a paw moistened with saliva\n3 a : to flush or moisten (a bodily part or injury) with a liquid b (1) : to wet thoroughly : DRENCH (2) : to overspread with light : SUFFUSE c : to pass a liquid (as water) over or through especially so as to carry off material from the surface or interior\n4 : to flow along or dash or overflow against <waves washing the shore>\n5 : to move, carry, or deposit by or as if by the force of water in motion <houses washed away by the flood>\n6 a : to subject (as crushed ore) to the action of water to separate valuable material b : to separate (particles) from a substance (as ore) by agitation with or in water c (1) : to pass through a bath to carry off impurities or soluble components (2) : to pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid to purify it especially by removing soluble components\n7 a : to cover or daub lightly with or as if with an application of a thin liquid (as whitewash or varnish) b : to depict or paint by a broad sweep of thin color with a brush\n8 : to cause to swirl <washing coffee around in his cup>\n9 : LAUNDER 3 <how the mob washes its money through corrupt bankers Vincent Teresa>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to wash oneself or a part of one’s body\n2 : to become worn away by the action of water\n3 : to clean something by rubbing or dipping in water\n4 a : to become carried along on water : DRIFT <cakes of ice washing along> b : to pour, sweep, or flow in a stream or current <waves of pioneers washing westward Green Peyton>\n5 : to serve as a cleansing agent <this soap washes thoroughly>\n6 a : to undergo laundering <this dress doesn’t wash well> b (1) : to undergo testing successfully : WORK 4 <an interesting theory, but it just won’t wash> (2) : to gain acceptance : inspire belief <the story didn’t wash with me>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a piece of ground washed by the sea or riv


Words: washboard
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a broad thin plank along a gunwale or on the sill of a lower deck port to keep out the sea\n2 : BASEBOARD\n3 a : a corrugated rectangular surface that is used for scrubbing clothes or as a percussion instrument b : a road or pavement so worn by traffic as to be corrugated transversely


Words: washer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a flat thin ring or a perforated plate used in joints or assemblies to ensure tightness, prevent leakage, or relieve friction\n2 : one that washes; especially : WASHING MACHINE


Words: washing
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or action of one that cleanses with water\n2 : material obtained by washing\n3 : articles washed or to be washed : WASH


Words: washout
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the washing out or away of something and especially of earth in a roadbed by a freshet b : a place where earth is washed away\n2 : one that fails to measure up : FAILURE: as a : one who fails in a course of training or study b : an unsuccessful enterprise or undertaking


Words: washstand
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a stand holding articles needed for washing one’s face and hands\n2 : a washbowl permanently set in place and attached to water and drainpipes


Words: washy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : WEAK, WATERY <washy tea> b : deficient in color : PALLID c : lacking in vigor, individuality, or definiteness\n2 : lacking in condition and in firmness of flesh


Words: wasp
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of numerous social or solitary winged hymenopterous insects (especially families Sphecidae and Vespidae) that usually have a slender smooth body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk, well-developed wings, biting mouthparts, and in the females and workers an often formidable sting, and that are largely carnivorous and often provision their nests with caterpillars, insects, or spiders killed or paralyzed by stinging for their larvae to feed on compare BEE\n2 : any of various hymenopterous insects (as a chalcid or ichneumon fly) other than wasps with larvae that are parasitic on other arthropods


Words: waspish
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : resembling a wasp in behavior; especially : SNAPPISH, PETULANT\n2 : resembling a wasp in form; especially : slightly built


Words: wassail
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an early English toast to someone’s health\n2 : a hot drink that is made with wine, beer, or cider, spices, sugar, and usually baked apples and is traditionally served in a large bowl especially at Christmastime\n3 : riotous drinking : REVELRY\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to indulge in wassail : CAROUSE\n2 dialect English : to sing carols from house to house at Christmas\ntransitive senses : to drink to the health or thriving of


Words: wastage
Meaning:
noun\n: loss, decrease, or destruction of something (as by use, decay, erosion, or leakage); especially : wasteful or avoidable loss of something valuable


Words: waste
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a sparsely settled or barren region : DESERT b : uncultivated land c : a broad and empty expanse (as of water)\n2 : the act or an instance of wasting : the state of being wasted\n3 a : loss through breaking down of bodily tissue b : gradual loss or decrease by use, wear, or decay\n4 a : damaged, defective, or superfluous material produced by a manufacturing process: as (1) : material rejected during a textile manufacturing process and used usually for wiping away dirt and oil <cotton waste> (2) : SCRAP (3) : an unwanted by-product of a manufacturing process, chemical laboratory, or nuclear reactor <toxic waste> <hazardous waste> <nuclear waste> b : refuse from places of human or animal habitation: as (1) : GARBAGE, RUBBISH (2) : EXCREMENT often used in plural (3) : SEWAGE c : material derived by mechanical and chemical weathering of the land and moved down sloping surfaces or carried by streams to the sea\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to lay waste; especially : to damage or destroy gradually and progressively <reclaiming land wasted by strip-mining>\n2 : to cause to shrink in physical bulk or strength : EMACIATE, ENFEEBLE\n3 : to wear away or diminish gradually : CONSUME\n4 a : to spend or use carelessly : SQUANDER b : to allow to be used inefficiently or become dissipated\n5 : KILL; also : to injure severely\nintransitive senses\n1 : to lose weight, strength, or vitality often used with away\n2 a : to become diminished in bulk or substance b : to become consumed\n3 : to spend money or consume property extravagantly or improvidently\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a (1) : being wild and uninhabited : DESOLATE (2) : ARID, EMPTY b : not cultivated : not productive\n2 : being in a ruined or devastated condition\n3 1waste a : discarded as worthless, defective, or of no use : REFUSE <waste material> b : excreted from or stored in inert form in a living body as a byproduct of vital activity <waste disposal in birds>\n4 1waste : serving to conduct or hold refuse material; specifically : carrying off superfluous water\n5 : WASTED 4


Words: wasteland
Meaning:
noun\n1 : barren or uncultivated land <a desert wasteland>\n2 : an ugly often devastated or barely inhabitable place or area\n3 : something (as a way of life) that is spiritually and emotionally arid and unsatisfying


Words: wastrel
Meaning:
noun\n1 : VAGABOND, WAIF\n2 : one who dissipates resources foolishly and self-indulgently : PROFLIGATE


Words: watch
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to keep vigil as a devotional exercise b : to be awake during the night\n2 a : to be attentive or vigilant b : to keep guard\n3 a : to keep someone or something under close observation b : to observe as a spectator <the country watched as stocks fell sharply>\n4 : to be expectant : WAIT <watch for the signal>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to keep under guard\n2 a : to observe closely in order to check on action or change <being watched by the police> b : to look at : OBSERVE <sat and watched the crowd> c : to look on at <watch television> <watch a ball game>\n3 a : to take care of : TEND b : to be careful of <watches his diet>\n4 : to be on the alert for : BIDE <watched her opportunity>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the act of keeping awake to guard, protect, or attend b obsolete : the state of being wakeful c : a wake over a dead body d : a state of alert and continuous attention e : close observation : SURVEILLANCE f : a notice or bulletin that alerts the public to the possibility of severe weather conditions occurring in the near future <winter storm watch>\n2 a : any of the definite divisions of the night made by ancient peoples b : one of the indeterminate intervals marking the passage of night usually used in plural <the silent watches of the night>\n3 a : LOOKOUT, WATCHMAN b archaic : the office or function of a sentinel or guard\n4 a : a body of soldiers or sentinels making up a guard b : a watchman or body of watchmen formerly assigned to patrol the streets of a town at night, announce the hours, and act as police\n5 a (1) : a portion of time during which a part of a ship’s company is on duty (2) : the part of a ship’s company required to be on duty during a particular watch (3) : a sailor’s assigned duty period b : a period of duty : SHIFT c : a term as holder especially of an overseeing or managerial office <the business grew on her watch>\n6 : a portable timepiece designed to be worn (as on the wrist) or carried in the pocket compare CLOCK


Words: watchdog
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a dog kept to guard property\n2 : one that guards against loss, waste, theft, or undesirable practices\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to act as a watchdog for


Words: watchful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic a : not able or accustomed to sleep or rest : WAKEFUL b : causing sleeplessness c : spent in wakefulness : SLEEPLESS\n2 : carefully observant or attentive : being on the watch


Words: watchword
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a word or phrase used as a sign of recognition among members of the same society, class, or group\n2 a : a word or motto that embodies a principle or guide to action of an individual or group : SLOGAN <


Words: water
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes, and seas, and is a major constituent of all living matter and that when pure is an odorless, tasteless, very slightly compressible liquid oxide of hydrogen H2O which appears bluish in thick layers, freezes at 0* and boils at 100* C, has a maximum density at 4* and a high specific heat, is feebly ionized to hydrogen and hydroxyl ions, and is a poor conductor of electricity and a good solvent b : a natural mineral water usually used in plural\n2 : a particular quantity or body of water: as a (1) plural : the water occupying or flowing in a particular bed (2) chiefly British : LAKE, POND b : a quantity or depth of water adequate for some purpose (as navigation) c plural (1) : a band of seawater abutting on the land of a particular sovereignty and under the control of that sovereignty (2) : the sea of a particular part of the earth d : WATER SUPPLY <threatened to turn off the water>\n3 : travel or transportation on water <we went by water>\n4 : the level of water at a particular state of the tide : TIDE\n5 : liquid containing or resembling water: as a (1) : a pharmaceutical or cosmetic preparation made with water (2) : a watery solution of a gaseous or readily volatile substance compare AMMONIA WATER b archaic : a distilled fluid (as an essence); especially : a distilled alcoholic liquor c : a watery fluid (as tears, urine, or sap) formed or circulating in a living body d : AMNIOTIC FLUID; also : BAG OF WATERS\n6 a : the degree of clarity and luster of a precious stone b : degree of excellence <a scholar of the first water>\n7 : WATERCOLOR\n8 a : capital stock not representing assets of the issuing company and not backed by earning power b : fictitious or exaggerated asset entries that give a stock an unrealistic book value\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to moisten, sprinkle, or soak with water\n2 : to supply with water for drink\n3 : to supply water to\n4 : to treat with or as if with water; specifically : to impart a lustrous appearance a


Words: watercolor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a paint of which the liquid is a water dispersion of the binding material (as glue, casein, or gum)\n2 : the art or method of painting with watercolors\n3 : a picture or design executed in watercolors


Words: watercourse
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a natural or artificial channel through which water flows\n2 : a stream of water (as a river, brook, or underground stream)


Words: watercress
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several water-loving cresses; especially : a perennial European cress (Nasturtium officinale) naturalized in the U.S. and used especially in salads or as a potherb


Words: waterfall
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a perpendicular or very steep descent of the water of a stream b : an artificial waterfall (as in a hotel lobby or a nightclub)\n2 : something resembling a waterfall


Words: waterfowl
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a bird that frequents water; especially : a swimming bird\n2 waterfowl plural : swimming game birds as distinguished from upland game birds and shorebirds


Words: waterline
Meaning:
noun\n: a line that marks the level of the surface of water on something: as a (1) : the point on the hull of a ship or boat to which the water rises (2) : a line marked on the outside of a ship that corresponds with the water’s surface when the ship is afloat on an even keel under specified conditions of loading b : SHORELINE 1


Words: waterlogged
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : so filled or soaked with water as to be heavy or hard to manage <waterlogged boats>\n2 : saturated with water <waterlogged soil>


Words: watermark
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a mark indicating the height to which water has risen\n2 : a marking in paper resulting from differences in thickness usually produced by pressure of a projecting design in the mold or on a processing roll and visible when the paper is held up to the light; also : the design of or the metal pattern producing the marking\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to mark (paper) with a watermark\n2 : to impress (a given design) as a watermark


Words: watermelon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large oblong or roundish fruit with a hard green or white rind often striped or variegated, a sweet watery pink, yellowish, or red pulp, and usually many seeds\n2 : a widely grown African vine (Citrullus lanatus syn. C. vulgaris) of the gourd family that bears watermelons


Words: waterpower
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the power of water employed to move machinery\n2 : a fall of water suitable for being used to move machinery


Words: waterproof
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: impervious to water; especially : covered or treated with a material (as a solution of rubber) to prevent permeation by water\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a waterproof fabric\n2 chiefly British : RAINCOAT\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to make waterproof


Words: watershed
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : DIVIDE 2a b : a region or area bounded peripherally by a divide and draining ultimately to a particular watercourse or body of water\n2 : a crucial dividing point, line, or factor : TURNING POINT


Words: waterside
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the margin of a body of water : WATERFRONT\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : employed along the waterside <waterside workers>; also : of or relating to the workers along the waterside <a waterside strike>\n2 : of, relating to, or located on the waterside <a waterside caf*>


Words: waterspout
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a pipe, duct, or orifice from which water is spouted or through which it is carried\n2 : a funnel-shaped or tubular column of rotating cloud-filled wind usually extending from the underside of a cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud down to a cloud of spray torn up by the whirling winds from the surface of an ocean or lake


Words: watertight
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of such tight construction or fit as to be impermeable to water except when under sufficient pressure to produce structural discontinuity\n2 : leaving no possibility of misconstruction or evasion <a watertight lease>


Words: waterworks
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 : an ornamental fountain or cascade\n2 : the system of reservoirs, channels, mains, and pumping and purifying equipment by which a water supply is obtained and distributed (as to a city)\n3 : the shedding of tears : TEARS


Words: watery
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : consisting of, filled with, or surrounded by water b : containing, sodden with, or yielding water or a thin liquid <a watery solution> <watery vesicles>\n2 a : resembling water or watery matter especially in thin fluidity, soggy texture, paleness, or lack of savor <watery blood> <watery sunlight> <a watery soup> b : exhibiting weakness and vapidity : WISHY-WASHY <a watery writing style>


Words: watt
Meaning:
noun\n: the absolute meter-kilogram-second unit of power equal to the work done at the rate of one joule per second or to the power produced by a current of one ampere across a potential difference of one volt : 1746 horsepower


Words: wattle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a fabrication of poles interwoven with slender branches, withes, or reeds and used especially formerly in building b : material for such construction c plural : poles laid on a roof to support thatch\n2 : a fleshy dependent process usually about the head or neck (as of a bird)\n3 Australian : ACACIA 2\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to form or build of or with wattle\n2 a : to form into wattle : interlace to form wattle b : to unite or make solid by interweaving light flexible material


Words: wave
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to motion with the hands or with something held in them in signal or salute\n2 : to float, play, or shake in an air current : move loosely to and fro : FLUTTER\n3 of water : to move in waves : HEAVE\n4 : to become moved or brandished to and fro\n5 : to move before the wind with a wavelike motion <field of waving grain>\n6 : to follow a curving line or take a wavy form : UNDULATE\ntransitive senses\n1 : to swing (something) back and forth or up and down\n2 : to impart a curving or undulating shape to <waved her hair>\n3 a : to motion to (someone) to go in an indicated direction or to stop : FLAG, SIGNAL <checked his name and waved him on> <waved down a passing car> b : to gesture with (the hand or an object) in greeting or farewell or in homage c : to dismiss or put out of mind : DISREGARD usually used with aside or off d : to convey by waving <waved farewell>\n4 : BRANDISH, FLOURISH <waved a pistol menacingly>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a moving ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid (as of the sea) b : open water\n2 a : a shape or outline having successive curves b : a waviness of the hair c : an undulating line or streak or a pattern formed by such lines\n3 : something that swells and dies away: as a : a surge of sensation or emotion <a wave of anger swept over her> b : a movement sweeping large numbers in a common direction <waves of protest> c : a peak or climax of activity <a wave of buying>\n4 : a sweep of hand or arm or of some object held in the hand used as a signal or greeting\n5 : a rolling or undulatory movement or one of a series of such movements passing along a surface or through the air\n6 : a movement like that of an ocean wave: as a : a surging movement of a group <a big new wave of women politicians> b : one of a succession of influxes of people migrating into a region c (1) : a moving group of animals of one kind (2) : a sudden rapid increase in a population d : a line of attacking or advancing troops or airplanes e : a display of people in a large crowd (as at a sports event) succes


Words: wavelength
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the distance in the line of advance of a wave from any one point to the next point of corresponding phase\n2 : a particular course or line of thought especially as related to mutual understanding <two people on different wavelengths>


Words: waver
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction\n2 a : to weave or sway unsteadily to and fro : REEL, TOTTER b : QUIVER, FLICKER <wavering flames> c : to hesitate as if about to give way : FALTER\n3 : to give an unsteady sound : QUAVER\n\n<2> noun\n: an act of wavering, quivering, or fluttering\n\n<3> noun\n: one that waves


Words: wavy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : rising or swelling in waves; also : abounding in waves <wavy hair>\n2 : moving with an undulating motion : FLUCTUATING; also : marked by wavering\n3 : marked by undulation : ROLLING


Words: wax
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed of a mixture of esters, cerotic acid, and hydrocarbons called also beeswax\n2 : any of various substances resembling beeswax: as a : any of numerous substances of plant or animal origin that differ from fats in being less greasy, harder, and more brittle and in containing principally compounds of high molecular weight (as fatty acids, alcohols, and saturated hydrocarbons) b : a solid substance (as ozokerite or paraffin wax) of mineral origin consisting usually of hydrocarbons of high molecular weight c : a pliable or liquid composition used especially in uniting surfaces, excluding air, making patterns or impressions, or producing a polished surface\n3 : something likened to wax as soft, impressionable, or readily molded\n4 : a waxy secretion; especially : CERUMEN\n5 : a phonograph recording\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to treat or rub with wax usually for polishing or stiffening\n2 : to record on phonograph records\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 a : to increase in size, numbers, strength, prosperity, or intensity b : to grow in volume or duration c : to grow toward full development\n2 : to increase in phase or intensity used chiefly of the moon, other satellites, and inferior planets\n3 : to assume a (specified) characteristic, quality, or state : BECOME <wax indignant>\n\n<4> noun\n: INCREASE, GROWTH usually used in the phrase on the wax\n\n<5> noun\n: a fit of temper : RAGE


Words: waxen
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : made of or covered with wax\n2 : resembling wax: as a : easily molded : PLIABLE b : seeming to lack vitality or animation : PALLID c : lustrously smooth


Words: waxwing
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Bombycilla) of American and Eurasian chiefly brown to gray oscine birds (as a cedar waxwing) having a showy crest, red waxy material on the tips of the secondaries, and a yellow band on the tip of the tail


Words: waxwork
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an effigy in wax usually of a person\n2 plural but singular or plural in construction : WAX MUSEUM


Words: waxy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : made of, abounding in, or covered with wax : WAXEN <a waxy surface> <waxy berries>\n2 : resembling wax: as a : readily shaped or molded b : marked by smooth or lustrous whiteness <a waxy complexion>


Words: way
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a thoroughfare for travel or transportation from place to place b : an opening for passage <this door is the only way out of the room>\n2 : the course traveled from one place to another : ROUTE\n3 a : a course (as a series of actions or sequence of events) leading in a direction or toward an objective <led the way to eventual open heart operations Current Biography> b (1) : a course of action <took the easy way out> (2) : opportunity, capability, or fact of doing as one pleases <always manages to get her own way> c : a possible decision, action, or outcome : POSSIBILITY <they were rude*no two ways about it>\n4 a : manner or method of doing or happening; also : method of accomplishing : MEANS b : FEATURE, RESPECT <in no way resembles her mother> c : a usually specified degree of participation in an activity or enterprise <active in real estate in a small way>\n5 a : characteristic, regular, or habitual manner or mode of being, behaving, or happening <knows nothing of the ways of women> b : ability to get along well or perform well <she has a way with kids> <a way with words>\n6 : the length of a course : DISTANCE <has come a long way in her studies> <still have a way to go>\n7 : movement or progress along a course <worked her way up the corporate ladder>\n8 a : DIRECTION <is coming this way> b : PARTICIPANT usually used in combination <three-way discussion>\n9 : state of affairs : CONDITION, STATE <that’s the way things are>\n10 a plural but sometimes singular in construction : an inclined structure upon which a ship is built or supported in launching b plural : the guiding surfaces on the bed of a machine along which a table or carriage moves\n11 : CATEGORY, KIND usually used in the phrase in the way of <doesn’t require much in the way of expensive equipment Forbes>\n12 : motion or speed of a ship or boat through the water\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, connected with, or constituting an intermediate point on a route <visited five major countries plus way points>\n\n<3> adverb\n1 a : AWAY 7 <is way ahead of the class> b :


Words: waybill
Meaning:
noun\n: a document prepared by the carrier of a shipment of goods that contains details of the shipment, route, and charges


Words: wayward
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : following one’s own capricious, wanton, or depraved inclinations : UNGOVERNABLE\n2 : following no clear principle or law : UNPREDICTABLE\n3 : opposite to what is desired or expected : UNTOWARD <wayward fate>


Words: we
Meaning:
pronoun \n1 : and the rest of a group that includes me : you and : you and and another or others : and another or others not including you used as pronoun of the first person plural; compare I, OUR, OURS, US\n2 : 1I used by sovereigns; used by writers to keep an impersonal character


Words: weak
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lacking strength: as a : deficient in physical vigor : FEEBLE, DEBILITATED b : not able to sustain or exert much weight, pressure, or strain c : not able to resist external force or withstand attack\n2 a : mentally or intellectually deficient b : not firmly decided : VACILLATING c : resulting from or indicating lack of judgment or discernment d : not able to withstand temptation or persuasion <the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak>\n3 : not factually grounded or logically presented <a weak argument>\n4 a : not able to function properly b (1) : lacking skill or proficiency <tutoring for weaker students> (2) : indicative of a lack of skill or aptitude <history was my weakest subject> c : wanting in vigor of expression or effect\n5 a : deficient in the usual or required ingredients : DILUTE <weak coffee> b : lacking normal intensity or potency <weak strain of virus>\n6 a : not having or exerting authority or political power <weak government> b : INEFFECTIVE, IMPOTENT\n7 : of, relating to, or constituting a verb or verb conjugation that in English forms the past tense and past participle by adding the suffix -ed or -d or -t\n8 a : bearing the minimal degree of stress occurring in the language <weak syllable> b : having little or no stress and obscured vowel sound <’d is the weak form of would>\n9 : tending toward a lower price <a weak market>\n10 : ionizing only slightly in solution <weak acids and bases>


Words: weaken
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make weak : lessen the strength of\n2 : to reduce in intensity or effectiveness\nintransitive senses : to become weak


Words: weakfish
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a common marine bony fish (Cynoscion regalis of the family Sciaenidae) that is a sport and food fish of the eastern coast of the U.S. called also sea trout\n2 : any of several fishes congeneric with the weakfish


Words: weakness
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being weak; also : an instance or period of being weak <agreed in a moment of weakness to go along>\n2 : FAULT, DEFECT\n3 a : a special desire or fondness <has a weakness for chocolates> b : an object of special desire or fondness <pizza is my weakness>


Words: weal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a sound, healthy, or prosperous state : WELL-BEING\n2 obsolete : BODY POLITIC, COMMONWEAL\n\n<2> noun\n: WELT


Words: weald
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a heavily wooded area : FOREST <the Weald of Kent>\n2 : a wild or uncultivated usually upland region


Words: wealth
Meaning:
noun\n1 obsolete : WEAL, WELFARE\n2 : abundance of valuable material possessions or resources\n3 : abundant supply : PROFUSION\n4 a : all property that has a money value or an exchangeable value b : all material objects that have economic utility; especially : the stock of useful goods having economic value in existence at any one time <national wealth>


Words: wean
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to accustom (as a child) to take food otherwise than by nursing\n2 : to detach from a source of dependence <being weaned off the medication> <wean the bears from human food Sports Illus.>; also : to free from a usually unwholesome habit or interest <wean him off his excessive drinking> <settling his soldiers on the landT, weaning them from habits of violence Geoffrey Carnall>\n3 : to accustom to something from an early age used in the passive especially with on <students weaned on the microcomputer> <I was weaned on greasepaint Helen Hayes> <the principles upon which he had been weaned J. A. Michener>


Words: weapon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something (as a club, knife, or gun) used to injure, defeat, or destroy\n2 : a means of contending against another\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: ARM


Words: wear
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to bear or have on the person <wore a coat>\n2 a : to use habitually for clothing, adornment, or assistance <wears a toupee> <wear glasses> b : to carry on the person <wear a sword>\n3 a : to hold the rank or dignity or position signified by (an ornament) <wear the royal crown> b : EXHIBIT, PRESENT <wore a happy smile> <commend the book for wearing its research so lightly Brad Leithauser> c : to show or fly (a flag or colors) on a ship\n4 a : to cause to deteriorate by use b : to impair or diminish by use or attrition : consume or waste gradually <letters on the stone worn away by weathering>\n5 : to produce gradually by friction or attrition <wear a hole in the rug>\n6 : to exhaust or lessen the strength of : WEARY, FATIGUE\n7 : to cause (a ship) to go about with the stern presented to the wind\n8 British : to accept or tolerate without complaint : put up with usually used in negative constructions <your mates wouldn’t wear it Colin MacInnes>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to endure use : last under use or the passage of time <material that will wear for years> b : to retain quality or vitality\n2 a : to diminish or decay through use <the heels of his shoes began to wear> b : to diminish or fail with the passage of time <the effect of the drug wore off> <the day wore on> c : to grow or become by attrition or use\n3 of a ship : to change to an opposite tack by turning the stern to the wind compare TACK\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of wearing : the state of being worn : USE <clothes for everyday wear>\n2 a : clothing or an article of clothing usually of a particular kind; especially : clothing worn for a special occasion or popular during a specific period b : FASHION, VOGUE\n3 : wearing quality : durability under use\n4 : the result of wearing or use : diminution or impairment due to use <wear-resistant surface>


Words: weary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness\n2 : expressing or characteristic of weariness\n3 : having one’s patience, tolerance, or pleasure exhausted used with of\n4 : WEARISOME\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to become weary\ntransitive senses : to make weary


Words: weasel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 or plural weasel : any of various small slender active carnivorous mammals (genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae, the weasel family) that are able to prey on animals (as rabbits) larger than themselves, are mostly reddish brown with white or yellowish underparts, and in northern forms turn white in winter\n2 : a light self-propelled tracked vehicle built either for traveling over snow, ice, or sand or as an amphibious vehicle\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to use weasel words : EQUIVOCATE\n2 : to escape from or evade a situation or obligation often used with out


Words: weather
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness\n2 : state or vicissitude of life or fortune\n3 : disagreeable atmospheric conditions: as a : RAIN, STORM b : cold air with dampness\n4 : WEATHERING\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to expose to the open air : subject to the action of the elements\n2 : to bear up against and come safely through <weather a storm> <weather a crisis>\nintransitive senses : to undergo or endure the action of the elements\n\n<3> adjective\n: of or relating to the side facing the wind compare LEE


Words: weathercock
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a vane often in the figure of a cock mounted so as to turn freely with the wind and show its direction\n2 : a person or thing that changes readily or often


Words: weatherglass
Meaning:
noun\n: a simple instrument for showing changes in atmospheric pressure by the changing level of liquid in a spout connected with a closed reservoir; broadly : BAROMETER


Words: weathering
Meaning:
noun\n: the action of the elements in altering the color, texture, composition, or form of exposed objects; specifically : the physical disintegration and chemical decomposition of earth materials at or near the earth’s surface


Words: weave
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to form (cloth) by interlacing strands (as of yarn); specifically : to make (cloth) on a loom by interlacing warp and filling threads b : to interlace (as threads) into cloth c : to make (as a basket) by intertwining\n2 : SPIN 2 used of spiders and insects\n3 : to interlace especially to form a texture, fabric, or design\n4 a : to produce by elaborately combining elements : CONTRIVE b : to unite in a coherent whole c : to introduce as an appropriate element : work in usually used with in or into\n5 : to direct (as the body) in a winding or zigzag course especially to avoid obstacles\nintransitive senses\n1 : to work at weaving : make cloth\n2 : to move in a devious, winding, or zigzag course especially to avoid obstacles\nEARY, FATIGUE\n7 : to cause (a ship) to go about with the stern presented to the wind\n8 British : to accept or tolerate without complaint : put up with usually used in negative constructions <your mates wouldn’t wear it Colin MacInnes>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to endure use : last under use or the passage of time <material that will wear for years> b : to retain quality or vitality\n2 a : to diminish or decay through use <the heels of his shoes began to wear> b : to diminish or fail with the passage of time <the effect of the drug wore off> <the day wore on> c : to grow or become by attrition or use\n3 of a ship : to change to an opposite tack by turning the stern to the wind compare TACK\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something woven; especially : woven cloth\n2 : any of the patterns or methods for interlacing the threads of woven fabrics\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to move waveringly from side to side : SWAY


Words: web
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a fabric on a loom or in process of being removed from a loom\n2 a : COBWEB, SPIDERWEB b : a network of silken thread spun especially by the larvae of various insects (as a tent caterpillar) and usually serving as a nest or shelter\n3 : a tissue or membrane of an animal or plant; especially : that uniting fingers or toes either at their bases (as in humans) or for a greater part of their length (as in many waterbirds)\n4 a : a thin metal sheet, plate, or strip b : the plate connecting the upper and lower flanges of a girder or rail c : the arm of a crank\n5 : something resembling a web: a : SNARE, ENTANGLEMENT <a web of intrigue> <ensnarled in a web of folly David A. Stockman> b : an intricate pattern or structure suggestive of something woven : NETWORK <a web of little roads> <a complex web of relationships>\n6 : the series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather : VANE\n7 a : a continuous sheet of paper manufactured or undergoing manufacture on a paper machine b : a roll of paper for use in a rotary printing press\n8 : the part of a ribbed vault between the ribs\n9 capitalized : WORLD WIDE WEB\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to construct or form a web\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cover with a web or network\n2 : ENSNARE, ENTANGLE\n3 : to provide with a web


Words: webbing
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a strong narrow closely woven tape designed for bearing weight and used especially for straps, harness, or upholstery\n2 : TRAP 3c


Words: wed
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to take for wife or husband by a formal ceremony : MARRY\n2 : to join in marriage\n3 : to unite as if by the bond of marriage\nintransitive senses : to enter into matrimony


Words: wedding
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a marriage ceremony usually with its accompanying festivities : NUPTIALS\n2 : an act, process, or instance of joining in close association\n3 : a wedding anniversary or its celebration usually used in combination <a golden wedding>


Words: wedge
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a piece of a substance (as wood or iron) that tapers to a thin edge and is used for splitting wood and rocks, raising heavy bodies, or for tightening by being driven into something\n2 a : something (as a policy) causing a breach or separation b : something used to initiate an action or development\n3 : something wedge-shaped: as a : an array of troops or tanks in the form of a wedge b : the wedge-shaped stroke in cuneiform characters c : a shoe having a heel extending from the back of the shoe to the front of the shank and a tread formed by an extension of the sole d : an iron golf club with a broad low-angled face for maximum loft\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to fasten or tighten by driving in a wedge\n2 a : to force or press (something) into a narrow space : CRAM b : to force (one’s way) into or through <wedged his way into the crowd>\n3 : to separate or force apart with or as if with a wedge\nintransitive senses : to become wedged


Words: weed
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a plant that is not valued where it is growing and is usually of vigorous growth; especially : one that tends to overgrow or choke out more desirable plants (2) : a weedy growth of plants b : an aquatic plant; especially : SEAWEED c (1) : TOBACCO (2) : MARIJUANA\n2 a : an obnoxious growth, thing, or person b : something like a weed in detrimental quality; especially : an animal unfit to breed from\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to remove weeds or something harmful\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to clear of weeds <weed a garden> b (1) : to free from something hurtful or offensive (2) : to remove the less desirable portions of\n2 : to get rid of (something harmful or superfluous) often used with out\n\n<3> noun\n1 : GARMENT often used in plural\n2 a : dress worn as a sign of mourning (as by a widow) usually used in plural b : a band of crape worn on a man’s hat as a sign of mourning usually used in plural


Words: weedy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : abounding with or consisting of weeds\n2 : resembling a weed especially in rank growth or ready propagation\n3 : noticeably lean and scrawny : LANKY


Words: week
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of a series of 7-day cycles used in various calendars; especially : a 7-day cycle beginning on Sunday and ending on Saturday b (1) : a week beginning with a specified day or containing a specified holiday <the week of the 18th> <Easter week> (2) : a week appointed for public recognition of some cause <Fire Prevention Week>\n2 a : any seven consecutive days b : a series of regular working, business, or school days during each 7-day period\n3 : a time seven days before or after a specified day <last Sunday week>


Words: weekend
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the end of the week; specifically : the period between the close of one working or business or school week and the beginning of the next\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to spend the weekend\n\n<3> adjective\n: active in a specified role only on weekends or part-time <a weekend father> <weekend athletes>


Words: weekly
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: every week : once a week : by the week\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : occurring, appearing, or done weekly\n2 : reckoned by the week\n\n<3> noun\n: a weekly newspaper or periodical


Words: weep
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to express deep sorrow for usually by shedding tears : BEWAIL\n2 : to pour forth (tears) from the eyes\n3 : to exude (a fluid) slowly : OOZE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to express passion (as grief) by shedding tears\n2 a : to give off or leak fluid slowly : OOZE b of a fluid : to flow sluggishly or in drops\n3 : to droop over : BEND


Words: weevil
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a superfamily (Curculionoidea) of beetles which have the head prolonged into a more or less distinct snout and which include many that are injurious especially as larvae to nuts, fruit, and grain or to living plants; especially : any of a family (Curculionidae) having a well-developed snout curved downward with the jaws at the tip and clubbed usually elbowed antennae


Words: weft
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a filling thread or yarn in weaving b : yarn used for the weft\n2 : WEB, FABRIC; also : an article of woven fabric


Words: weigh
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to ascertain the heaviness of by or as if by a balance\n2 a : OUTWEIGH b : COUNTERBALANCE c : to make heavy : WEIGHT often used with down\n3 : to consider carefully especially by balancing opposing factors or aspects in order to reach a choice or conclusion : EVALUATE\n4 : to heave up (an anchor) preparatory to sailing\n5 : to measure or apportion (a definite quantity) on or as if on a scales\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to have a certain heaviness : experience a specific force due to gravity b : to register a weight (as on a scales) used with in or out; compare WEIGH IN\n2 : to merit consideration as important : COUNT <evidence will weigh heavily against him>\n3 a : to press down with or as if with a heavy weight b : to have a saddening or disheartening effect\n4 : to weigh anchor\n\n<2> noun\n: WAY used in the phrase under weigh


Words: weight
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the amount that a thing weighs b (1) : the standard or established amount that a thing should weigh (2) : one of the classes into which contestants in a sports event are divided according to body weight (3) : poundage required to be carried by a horse in a handicap race\n2 a : a quantity or thing weighing a fixed and usually specified amount b : a heavy object (as a metal ball) thrown, put, or lifted as an athletic exercise or contest\n3 a : a unit of weight or mass see METRIC SYSTEM table b : a piece of material (as metal) of known specified weight for use in weighing articles c : a system of related units of weight\n4 a : something heavy : LOAD b : a heavy object to hold or press something down or to counterbalance\n5 a : BURDEN, PRESSURE b : the quality or state of being ponderous c : CORPULENCE\n6 a : relative heaviness : MASS b : the force with which a body is attracted toward the earth or a celestial body by gravitation and which is equal to the product of the mass and the local gravitational acceleration\n7 a : the relative importance or authority accorded something b : measurable influence especially on others\n8 : overpowering force\n9 : the quality (as lightness) that makes a fabric or garment suitable for a particular use or season often used in combination <summer-weight>\n10 : a numerical coefficient assigned to an item to express its relative importance in a frequency distribution\n11 : the degree of thickness of the strokes of a type character\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to oppress with a burden <weighted down with cares>\n2 a : to load or make heavy with or as if with a weight b : to increase in heaviness by adding an ingredient\n3 a : WEIGH 1 b : to feel the weight of : HEFT\n4 : to assign a statistical weight to\n5 : to cause to incline in a particular direction by manipulation <the tax structure which was weighted so heavily in favor of the upper classes A. S. Link>\n6 : to shift the burden of weight upon <weight the inside ski>


Words: weighty
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of much importance or consequence : MOMENTOUS b : SOLEMN\n2 a : weighing a considerable amount b : heavy in proportion to its bulk <weighty metal>\n3 : POWERFUL, TELLING <weighty arguments>


Words: weir
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a fence or enclosure set in a waterway for taking fish\n2 : a dam in a stream or river to raise the water level or divert its flow


Words: weird
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : FATE, DESTINY; especially : ill fortune\n2 : SOOTHSAYER\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or caused by witchcraft or the supernatural : MAGICAL\n2 : of strange or extraordinary character : ODD, FANTASTIC


Words: welcome
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to greet hospitably and with courtesy or cordiality\n2 : to accept with pleasure the occurrence or presence of <welcomes danger>\n\n<2> interjection\n\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : received gladly into one’s presence or companionship <was always welcome in their home>\n2 : giving pleasure : received with gladness or delight especially in response to a need <a welcome relief>\n3 : willingly permitted or admitted <he was welcome to come and go W. M. Thackeray>\n4 used in the phrase <You’re welcome> as a reply to an expression of thanks\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a greeting or reception usually upon arrival\n2 : the state of being welcome <overstayed their welcome>


Words: weld
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to become or be capable of being welded\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to unite (metallic parts) by heating and allowing the metals to flow together or by hammering or compressing with or without previous heating b : to unite (plastics) in a similar manner by heating c : to repair (as an article) by this method d : to produce or create as if by such a process\n2 : to unite or reunite closely or intimately\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a welded joint\n2 : union by welding : the state or condition of being welded


Words: welfare
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the state of doing well especially in respect to good fortune, happiness, well-being, or prosperity\n2 a : aid in the form of money or necessities for those in need b : an agency or program through which such aid is distributed\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or concerned with welfare and especially with improvement of the welfare of disadvantaged social groups <welfare legislation>\n2 : receiving public welfare benefits <welfare families>


Words: welkin
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the vault of the sky : FIRMAMENT b : the celestial abode of God or the gods : HEAVEN\n2 : the upper atmosphere


Words: well
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an issue of water from the earth : a pool fed by a spring b : SOURCE, ORIGIN\n2 a : a pit or hole sunk into the earth to reach a supply of water b : a shaft or hole sunk to obtain oil, brine, or gas\n3 a : an enclosure in the middle of a ship’s hold to protect from damage and facilitate the inspection of the pumps b : a compartment in the hold of a fishing boat in which fish are kept alive\n4 : an open space extending vertically through floors of a structure\n5 : a space having a construction or shape suggesting a well for water\n6 a : something resembling a well in being damp, cool, deep, or dark b : a deep vertical hole c : a source from which something may be drawn as needed\n7 : a pronounced minimum of a variable in physics <a potential well>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to rise to the surface and usually flow forth <tears welled from her eyes>\n2 : to rise like a flood of liquid <longing welled up in his breast>\ntransitive senses : to emit in a copious free flow\n\n<3> adverb\n1 a : in a good or proper manner : JUSTLY, RIGHTLY b : satisfactorily with respect to conduct or action <did well in math>\n2 : in a kindly or friendly manner <spoke well of your idea>\n3 a : with skill or aptitude : EXPERTLY <paints well> b : SATISFACTORILY c : with good appearance or effect : ELEGANTLY <carried himself well>\n4 : with careful or close attention : ATTENTIVELY\n5 : to a high degree <well deserved the honor> <a well-equipped kitchen> often used as an intensifier or qualifier <there are vacancies pretty well all the time Listener>\n6 : FULLY, QUITE <well worth the price>\n7 a : in a way appropriate to the facts or circumstances : FITTINGLY, RIGHTLY b : in a prudent manner : SENSIBLY used with do\n8 : in accordance with the occasion or circumstances : with propriety or good reason <cannot well refuse>\n9 a : as one could wish : FAVORABLY b : with material success : ADVANTAGEOUSLY <married well>\n10 a : EASILY, READILY <could well afford a new car> b : in all likelihood : INDEED <it may well be true>\n11 : in a prosperous


Words: welsh
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to avoid payment used with on <welshed on his debts>\n2 : to break one’s word : RENEGE <welshed on their promises>


Words: welt
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together\n2 : a doubled edge, strip, insert, or seam (as on a garment) for ornament or reinforcement\n3 a : a ridge or lump raised on the body usually by a blow b : a heavy blow\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to furnish with a welt\n2 a : to raise a welt on the body of b : to hit hard


Words: welter
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 a : WRITHE, TOSS; also : WALLOW b : to rise and fall or toss about in or with waves\n2 : to become deeply sunk, soaked, or involved\n3 : to be in turmoil\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a state of wild disorder : TURMOIL\n2 : a chaotic mass or jumble <a bewildering welter of data>\n\n<3> noun\n: WELTERWEIGHT


Words: welterweight
Meaning:
noun\n: a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 147 pounds compare LIGHTWEIGHT, MIDDLEWEIGHT


Words: wench
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a young woman : GIRL b : a female servant\n2 : a lewd woman : PROSTITUTE\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to consort with lewd women; especially : to practice fornication


Words: wend
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to direct one’s course : TRAVEL\ntransitive senses : to proceed on (one’s way) : DIRECT


Words: west
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: to, toward, or in the west\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : situated toward or at the west <the west exit>\n2 : coming from the west <a west wind>\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : the general direction of sunset : the direction to the left of one facing north b : the compass point directly opposite to east\n2 capitalized a : regions or countries lying to the west of a specified or implied point of orientation b : the noncommunist countries of Europe and America\n3 : the end of a church opposite the chancel\n4 often capitalized a : the one of four positions at 90-degree intervals that lies to the west or at the left of a diagram b : a person (as a bridge player) occupying this position during a specified activity


Words: western
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : coming from the west <a western storm> b : lying toward the west\n2 capitalized : of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated West: as a : steeped in or stemming from the Greco-Roman traditions b : of or relating to the noncommunist countries of Europe and America c : of or relating to the American West\n3 capitalized : of or relating to the Roman Catholic or Protestant segment of Christianity <Western liturgies>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one that is produced in or characteristic of a western region and especially the western U.S.\n2 often capitalized : a novel, story, motion picture, or broadcast dealing with life in the western U.S. especially during the latter half of the 19th century


Words: westernize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to imbue with qualities native to or associated with a western region and especially the noncommunist countries of Europe and America\nintransitive senses : to become westernized


Words: wet
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : consisting of, containing, covered with, or soaked with liquid (as water) b of natural gas : containing appreciable quantities of readily condensable hydrocarbons\n2 : RAINY\n3 : still moist enough to smudge or smear <wet paint>\n4 a : DRUNK 1a <a wet driver> b : having or advocating a policy permitting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages <a wet county> <a wet candidate>\n5 : preserved in liquid\n6 : employing or done by means of or in the presence of water or other liquid <wet extraction of copper>\n7 : overly sentimental\n8 British a : lacking strength of character : WEAK, SPINELESS <thought him wet and violence petrified him William Golding> b : belonging to the moderate or liberal wing of the Conservative party\n\n<2> noun\n1 : WATER; also : MOISTURE, WETNESS\n2 : rainy weather : RAIN\n3 : an advocate of a policy of permitting the sale of intoxicating liquors\n4 British : one who is wet\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make wet\n2 : to urinate in or on\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become wet\n2 : URINATE


Words: wetland
Meaning:
noun\n: land or areas (as tidal flats or swamps) containing much soil moisture usually used in plural


Words: whack
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to strike with a smart or resounding blow b : to cut with or as if with a whack : CHOP\n2 chiefly British : to get the better of : DEFEAT\nintransitive senses : to strike a smart or resounding blow\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a smart or resounding blow; also : the sound of or as if of such a blow b : a critical attack\n2 : PORTION, SHARE\n3 : CONDITION, STATE\n4 a : an opportunity or attempt to do something <take a whack at it> b : a single action or occasion <borrowed 50 all at one whack>


Words: whale
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 or plural whale : CETACEAN; especially : one (as a sperm whale or killer whale) of larger size\n2 : one that is impressive especially in size <a whale of a difference> <a whale of a good time>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to engage in whale fishing\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : LASH, THRASH\n2 : to strike or hit vigorously\n3 : to defeat soundly


Words: whaleboat
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a long narrow rowboat made with both ends sharp and raking, often steered with an oar, and formerly used by whalers for hunting whales\n2 : a long narrow rowboat or motorboat resembling the original whaleboats and often carried by warships and merchant ships


Words: wharf
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a structure built along or at an angle from the shore of navigable waters so that ships may lie alongside to receive and discharge cargo and passengers\n2 obsolete : the bank of a river or the shore of the sea


Words: wharfage
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the provision or the use of a wharf b : the handling or stowing of goods on a wharf\n2 : the charge for the use of a wharf\n3 : the wharf accommodations of a place : WHARVES


Words: what
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\n1 a (1) used as an interrogative expressing inquiry about the identity, nature, or value of an object or matter <what is this> <what is wealth without friends> <what does he earn> <what hath God wrought> (2) often used to ask for repetition of an utterance or part of an utterance not properly heard or understood <you said what> b (1) archaic : WHO 1 used as an interrogative expressing inquiry about the identity of a person (2) used as an interrogative expressing inquiry about the character, nature, occupation, position, or role of a person <what do you think am, a fool> <what is she, that all our swains commend her Shakespeare> c used as an exclamation expressing surprise or excitement and frequently introducing a question <what, no breakfast> d used in expressions directing attention to a statement that the speaker is about to make <you know what> e used at the end of a question to express inquiry about additional possibilities <is it raining, or snowing, or what> f chiefly British used at the end of an\nutterance as a form of tag question <a clever play, what>\n2 chiefly dialect : 4THAT 1, WHICH 3, WHO 3\n3 : that which : the one or ones that <no income but what he gets from his writings> sometimes used in reference to a clause or phrase that is yet to come or is not yet complete <gave also, what is more valuable, understanding>\n4 a : WHATEVER 1a <say what you will> b obsolete : WHOEVER\n\n<2> adverb\n1 obsolete : WHY\n2 : in what respect : HOW <what does he care>\n3 used to introduce prepositional phrases in parallel construction or a prepositional phrase that expresses cause and usually has more than one object; used principally before phrases beginning with with <what with unemployment increasing> <what with the war, what with the sweat, what with the gallows, and what with poverty, am custom-shrunk Shakespeare>\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a used as an interrogative expressing inquiry about the identity, nature, or value of a person, object, or matter <what minerals do we export> b : how remarkable or striking for


Words: whatever
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\n1 a : anything or everything that <take whatever you want> b : no matter what <whatever he says, they won’t believe him> c : WHATNOT <buffalo or rhinoceros or whatever Alan Moorehead>\n2 : WHAT 1a(1) used to express astonishment or perplexity <whatever do you mean by that>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : any that : all that <buy peace on whatever terms could be obtained C. S. Forester> b : no matter what <money, in whatever hands, will confer power Samuel Johnson>\n2 : of any kind at all used after the substantive it modifies with any or with an expressed or implied negative <in any order whatever W. G. Moulton> <no food whatever>\n\n<3> adverb\n: in any case : whatever the case may be sometimes used interjectionally to suggest the unimportance of a decision between alternatives


Words: whatnot
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\n: any of various other things that might also be mentioned <paper clips, pins, and whatnot>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a nondescript person or thing\n2 : a light open set of shelves for bric-a-brac


Words: wheal
Meaning:
noun\n: a suddenly formed elevation of the skin surface: as a : WELT b : a flat burning or itching eminence on the skin


Words: wheat
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a cereal grain that yields a fine white flour, is the chief breadstuff of temperate climates, is used also in pastas (as macaroni or spaghetti), and is important in animal feeds\n2 : any of various annual grasses (genus Triticum and especially T. aestivum and T. turgidum) of wide climatic adaptability that are cultivated in most temperate areas for the wheat they yield\n3 : a light yellow


Words: wheedle
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to influence or entice by soft words or flattery\n2 : to gain or get by wheedling <wheedle one’s way into favor>\nintransitive senses : to use soft words or flattery


Words: wheel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a circular frame of hard material that may be solid, partly solid, or spoked and that is capable of turning on an axle\n2 : a contrivance or apparatus having as its principal part a wheel: as a : a chiefly medieval instrument of torture designed for mutilating a victim (as by stretching or disjointing) b : BICYCLE c : any of many revolving disks or drums used as gambling paraphernalia d : POTTER’S WHEEL e : STEERING WHEEL\n3 a : an imaginary turning wheel symbolizing the inconstancy of fortune b : a recurring course, development, or action : CYCLE\n4 : something resembling a wheel in shape or motion: as a : a round flat cheese b : a firework that rotates while burning c : a propeller on a boat\n5 a : a curving or circular movement b : a rotation or turn usually about an axis or center; specifically : a turning movement of troops or ships in line in which the units preserve alignment and relative positions as they change direction\n6 a : a moving or essential part of something compared to a machine <the wheels of government> b : a directing or controlling force c : a person of importance especially in an organization <a big wheel>\n7 : the refrain or burden of a song\n8 a : a circuit of theaters or places of entertainment b : a sports league\n9 plural , slang : a wheeled vehicle; especially : AUTOMOBILE\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to turn on or as if on an axis : REVOLVE\n2 : to change direction as if revolving on a pivot <the battalion would have wheeled to the flank Walter Bernstein> <her mind will wheel around to the other extreme Liam O’Flaherty>\n3 : to move or extend in a circle or curve <birds in wheeling flight> <valleys where young cotton wheeled slowly in fanlike rows William Faulkner>\n4 : to drive or go on or as if on wheels or in a wheeled vehicle\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to turn on or as if on an axis : ROTATE\n2 : to convey or move on or as if on wheels or in a wheeled vehicle; especially : to drive (a vehicle) at high speed\n3 : to cause to change direction as if revolving on a pivot\n4


Words: wheelbarrow
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a small usually single-wheeled vehicle that is used for carrying small loads and is fitted with handles at the rear by which it can be pushed and guided\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to convey in a wheelbarrow


Words: wheeler
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that wheels\n2 : a draft animal (as a horse) pulling in the position nearest the front wheels of a wagon\n3 : something (as a vehicle or ship) that has wheels used especially in combination <side-wheeler>


Words: wheelhorse
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a horse (as in a tandem) in a position nearest the wheels\n2 : a steady and effective worker especially in a political body


Words: wheeze
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to breathe with difficulty usually with a whistling sound\n2 : to make a sound resembling that of wheezing\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a sound of wheezing\n2 a : an often repeated and widely known joke used especially by entertainers b : a trite saying or proverb


Words: whelk
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of numerous large marine snails (as of the genus Buccinum); especially : one (B. undatum) much used as food in Europe\n\n<2> noun\n: PAPULE, PUSTULE


Words: whelm
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to turn (as a dish or vessel) upside down usually to cover something : cover or engulf completely with usually disastrous effect\n2 : to overcome in thought or feeling : OVERWHELM\nintransitive senses : to pass or go over something so as to bury or submerge it


Words: whelp
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog\n2 : a young boy or girl\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to give birth to used of various carnivores and especially the dog\nintransitive senses : to bring forth young


Words: when
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : at what time <when will you return>\n2 a : at or during which time b : and then\n3 : at a former and usually less prosperous time <brag fondly of having known him when Vance Packard>\n\n<2> conjunction\n1 a : at or during the time that : WHILE <went fishing when he was a boy> b : just at the moment that <stop writing when the bell rings> c : at any or every time that <when he listens to music, he falls asleep>\n2 : in the event that : IF <a contestant is disqualified when he disobeys the rules>\n3 a : considering that <why use water at all when you can drown in it Stuart Chase> b : in spite of the fact that : ALTHOUGH <quit politics when might have had a great career in it>\n4 : the time or occasion at or in which <tomorrow is when we must decide> <humor is when you laugh Earl Rovit>\n\n<3> pronoun\n: what or which time <life-long homes for those who have lived here since when Kim Waller>\n\n<4> noun\n: the time in which something is done or comes about <troubled his head very little about the hows and whens of life Laurence Sterne>


Words: whence
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: from what place, source, or cause <then whence comes this paradox Changing Times>\n\n<2> conjunction\n1 : from what place, source, or cause <inquired whence the water came Maria Edgeworth>\n2 a : from or out of which place, source, or cause <the lawless society whence the ballads sprang DeLancey Ferguson> b : by reason of which fact : WHEREFORE <nothing broke


Words: where
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 a : at, in, or to what place <where is the house> <where are we going> b : at, in, or to what situation, position, direction, circumstances, or respect <where does this plan lead> <where am wrong>\n2 archaic : HERE, THERE <lo, where it comes again Shakespeare>\n\n<2> conjunction\n1 a : at, in, or to what place <knows where the house is> b : at, in, or to what situation, position, direction, circumstances, or respect <shows where the plan leads> c : the place or point at, in, or to which <couldn’t see from where he was sitting> <kept that horse and gentled him to where finally rode him William Faulkner>\n2 : WHEREVER <goes where she likes>\n3 a : at, in, or to which place <the town where she lives> b : at or in which <has reached the size where traffic is a problem> <two fireplaces where you can bake bread in the ovens Randall Jarrell>\n4 a : at, in, or to the place at, in, or to which <stay where you are> <send him away where he’ll forget> b : in a case, situation, or respect in which <outstanding where endurance is called for>\n5 : THAT <I’ve read where they do it that way in some Middle Eastern countries Andy Rooney>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : PLACE, LOCATION <the where and the how of the accident>\n2 : what place, source, or cause <I know where that comes from>


Words: whereabouts
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: about where : near what place <whereabouts is the house>\n\n<2> conjunction\n1 obsolete : on what business or errand\n2 : near what place : WHERE <know whereabouts he lives>\n\n<3> noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n: the place or general locality where a person or thing is <their present whereabouts are a secret>


Words: whereas
Meaning:
<1> conjunction\n1 a : while on the contrary b : ALTHOUGH\n2 : in view of the fact that : SINCE used especially to introduce a preamble\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an introductory statement of a formal document : PREAMBLE\n2 : a conditional or qualifying statement


Words: wherefore
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : for what reason or purpose : WHY\n2 : THEREFORE\n\n<2> noun\n: an answer or statement giving an explanation : REASON <wants to know the whys and wherefores>


Words: wherein
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: in what : in what particular or respect <wherein was wrong>\n\n<2> conjunction\n1 a : in which : WHERE <the city wherein he lives> b : during which\n2 : in what way : HOW <showed me wherein was wrong>


Words: whereof
Meaning:
<1> conjunction\n1 archaic : with or by which\n2 : of what <knows whereof she speaks>\n3 a : of which <books whereof the best are lost> b : of whom\n\n<2> adverb\narchaic : of what <whereof are you made Shakespeare>


Words: whereon
Meaning:
<1> conjunction\n1 archaic : on what <tell me whereon the likelihood depends Shakespeare>\n2 : on which <the base whereon it rests>\n\n<2> adverb\narchaic : on what <whereon do you look Shakespeare>


Words: whereto
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: to what place, purpose, or end <whereto tends all this Shakespeare>\n\n<2> conjunction\n: to which


Words: wherever
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : where in the world <wherever did you get that tie>\n2 : anywhere at all <explore northward or wherever Bernard De Voto>\n\n<2> conjunction\n1 : at, in, or to any or all places that <thrives wherever he goes>\n2 : in any circumstance in which <wherever it is possible, we try to help>


Words: wherewith
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\narchaic : that with or by which used with an infinitive <so shall have wherewith to answer him Psalms 119:42 (Authorized Version)>\n\n<2> adverb\nobsolete : with what <wherewith shall it be salted Matthew 5:13 (Authorized Version)>\n\n<3> conjunction\n: with or by means of which <metal tools wherewith to break ground Russell Lord>


Words: wherry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various light boats: as a : a long light rowboat made sharp at both ends and used to transport passengers on rivers and about harbors b : a racing scull for one person\n2 : a large light barge, lighter, or fishing boat varying in type in different parts of Great Britain


Words: whet
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (as a stone) <whet a knife>\n2 : to make keen or more acute : EXCITE, STIMULATE <whet the appetite>\n\n<2> noun\n1 dialect a : a spell of work done with a scythe between the time it is sharpened and the time it needs to be sharpened again b : TIME, WHILE\n2 : something that sharpens or makes keen: a : GOAD, INCITEMENT b : APPETIZER; also : a drink of liquor


Words: whether
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\n1 archaic : which one of the two\n2 archaic : whichever one of the two\n\n<2> conjunction\n"


Words: whey
Meaning:
noun\n: the watery part of milk that is separated from the coagulable part or curd especially in the process of making cheese and that is rich in lactose, minerals, and vitamins and contains lactalbumin and traces of fat


Words: which
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : being what one or ones out of a group used as an interrogative <which tie should wear> <kept a record of which employees took their vacations in July>\n2 : WHICHEVER <it will not fit, turn it which way you like>\n3 used as a function word to introduce a nonrestrictive relative clause and to modify a noun in that clause and to refer together with that noun to a word or word group in a preceding clause or to an entire preceding clause or sentence or longer unit of discourse <in German, which language might have been the medium of transmission Thomas Pyles> <that this city is a rebellious cityT: for which cause was this city destroyed Ezra 4:15 (Authorized Version)>\n\n<2> pronoun\n1 : what one or ones out of a group used as an interrogative <which of those houses do you live in> <which of you want tea and which want lemonade> <he is swimming or canoeing, don’t know which>\n2 : WHICHEVER <take which you like>\n3 used as a function word to introduce a relative clause; used in any grammatical relation except that of a possessive; used especially in reference to animals, inanimate objects, groups, or ideas <the bonds which represent the debt G. B. Robinson> <the Samnite tribes, which settled south and southeast of Rome Ernst Pulgram> used freely in reference to persons as recently as the 17th century <our Father which art in heaven Matthew 6:9 (Authorized Version)*, and still occasionally so used but usually with some implication of emphasis on the function or role of the person rather than on the person as such


Words: whichever
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: being whatever one or ones out of a group : no matter which <its soothing effect will be the same whichever way you take it Punch>\n\n<2> pronoun\n: whatever one or ones out of a group <take two of the four elective subjects, whichever you prefer>


Words: whiff
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray b : an inhalation of odor, gas, or smoke c : a slight puffing or whistling sound\n2 : a slight trace or indication\n3 : STRIKEOUT\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move with or as if with a puff of air\n2 : to emit whiffs : PUFF\n3 : to inhale an odor\n4 : STRIKE OUT 3\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to carry or convey by or as if by a whiff : BLOW b : to expel or puff out in a whiff : EXHALE c : SMOKE 3\n2 : FAN 8


Words: whiffletree
Meaning:
noun\n: the pivoted swinging bar to which the traces of a harness are fastened and by which a vehicle or implement is drawn


Words: while
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a period of time especially when short and marked by the occurrence of an action or a condition : TIME <stay here for a while>\n2 : the time and effort used (as in the performance of an action) : TROUBLE <worth your while>\n\n<2> conjunction\n1 a : during the time that <take a nap while I’m out> b : as long as <while there’s life there’s hope>\n2 a : when on the other hand : WHEREAS <easy for an expert, while it is dangerous for a novice> b : in spite of the fact that : ALTHOUGH <while respected, he is not liked>\n3 : similarly and at the same time that <while the book will be welcomed by scholars, it will make an immediate appeal to the general reader British Book News>\n\n<3> preposition\ndialect British : UNTIL\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to cause to pass especially without boredom or in a pleasant manner usually used with away <while away the time>


Words: whim
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : FANCY\n2 : a large capstan that is made with one or more radiating arms to which a horse may be yoked and that is used in mines for raising ore or water


Words: whimper
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to make a low whining plaintive or broken sound\n2 : to complain or protest with or as if with a whimper\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a whimpering cry or sound\n2 : a petulant complaint or protest


Words: whimsical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : full of, actuated by, or exhibiting whims\n2 a : resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice; especially : lightly fanciful b : subject to erratic behavior or unpredictable change


Words: whimsy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : WHIM, CAPRICE\n2 : the quality or state of being whimsical or fanciful <the designer’s new line showed a touch of whimsy>\n3 : a fanciful or fantastic device, object, or creation especially in writing or art


Words: whine
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry b : to make a sound similar to such a cry <the wind whined in the chimney>\n2 : to complain with or as if with a whine\n3 : to move or proceed with the sound of a whine <the bullet whined across the ice Berton Rouech*>\ntransitive senses : to utter or express with or as if with a whine\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a prolonged high-pitched cry usually expressive of distress or pain b : a sound resembling such a cry\n2 : a complaint uttered with or as if with a whine


Words: whinny
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to neigh especially in a low or gentle way\ntransitive senses : to utter with or as if with a whinny\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the neigh of a horse especially when low or gentle\n2 : a sound resembling a neigh


Words: whip
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to take, pull, snatch, jerk, or otherwise move very quickly and forcefully <whipped out his gun Green Peyton>\n2 a (1) : to strike with a slender lithe implement (as a lash or rod) especially as a punishment (2) : SPANK b : to drive or urge on by or as if by using a whip c : to strike as a lash does <rain whipped the pavement>\n3 a : to bind or wrap (as a rope or fishing rod) with cord for protection and strength b : to wind or wrap around something\n4 : to belabor with stinging words : ABUSE\n5 : to seam or hem with shallow overcasting stitches\n6 : to overcome decisively : DEFEAT\n7 : to stir up : INCITE usually used with up <trying to whip up a new emotion Ellen Glasgow>\n8 : to produce in a hurry usually used with up <a sketch an artist might whip up N.Y. Times>\n9 : to fish (water) with rod, line, and artificial lure\n10 : to beat (as eggs or cream) into a froth with a utensil (as a whisk or fork)\n11 : to gather together or hold together for united action in the manner of a party whip\nintransitive senses\n1 : to proceed nimbly or quickly <whipping through the supper dishes C. B. Davis>\n2 : to thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash <a flag whipping out from its staff H. A. Calahan>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an instrument consisting usually of a handle and lash forming a flexible rod that is used for whipping\n2 : a stroke or cut with or as if with a whip\n3 a : a dessert made by whipping a portion of the ingredients <prune whip> b : a kitchen utensil made of braided or coiled wire or perforated metal with a handle and used in whipping\n4 : one that handles a whip: as a : a driver of horses : COACHMAN b : WHIPPER-IN 1\n5 a : a member of a legislative body appointed by a political party to enforce party discipline and to secure the attendance of party members at important sessions b often capitalized : a notice of forthcoming business sent weekly to each member of a political party in the British House of Commons\n6 : a whipping or thrashing motion\n7 : the quality of resembling a whip especially


Words: whipcord
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a thin tough cord made of braided or twisted hemp or catgut\n2 : a cloth that is made of hard-twisted yarns and has fine diagonal cords or ribs


Words: whiplash
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the lash of a whip\n2 : something resembling a blow from a whip <the whiplash of fear R. S. Banay>\n3 : injury resulting from a sudden sharp whipping movement of the neck and head (as of a person in a vehicle that is struck head-on or from the rear by another vehicle)


Words: whippoorwill
Meaning:
noun\n: a nocturnal nightjar (Caprimulgus vociferus) of eastern No. America with a loud repeated call suggestive of its name


Words: whipsaw
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a narrow pit saw averaging from 5 to 7 12 feet (1.5 to 2.3 meters) in length\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to saw with a whipsaw\n2 : to beset or victimize in two opposite ways at once, by a two-phase operation, or by the collusive action of two opponents <wage earners were whipsawed by inflation and high taxes>


Words: whir
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to fly, revolve, or move rapidly with a whir\ntransitive senses : to move or carry rapidly with a whir\n\n<2> noun\n: a continuous fluttering or vibratory sound made by something in rapid motion


Words: whirl
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move in a circle or similar curve especially with force or speed\n2 a : to turn on or around an axis like a wheel : ROTATE b : to turn abruptly around or aside : WHEEL\n3 : to pass, move, or go quickly <whirled down the hallway>\n4 : to become giddy or dizzy : REEL <my head is whirling>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to drive, impel, or convey with or as if with a rotary motion\n2 a : to cause to turn usually rapidly on or around an axis : ROTATE b : to cause to turn abruptly around or aside\n3 obsolete : to throw or hurl violently with a revolving motion\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a rapid rotating or circling movement b : something undergoing such a movement\n2 a : a busy or fast-paced succession of events : BUSTLE <a whirl of activity> <the social whirl> b : a confused or disturbed mental state : TURMOIL <a whirl of febrile excitement Emily Skeel>\n3 : an experimental or brief attempt : TRY <gave it a whirl>


Words: whirligig
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a child’s toy having a whirling motion\n2 : MERRY-GO-ROUND\n3 a : one that continuously whirls, moves, or changes b : a whirling or circling course (as of events)


Words: whirlpool
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a confused tumult and bustle : WHIRL b : a magnetic or impelling force by which something may be engulfed <refusing to be drawn into this whirlpool of intrigue A. D. White>\n2 a : water moving rapidly in a circle so as to produce a depression in the center into which floating objects may be drawn : EDDY, VORTEX b : WHIRLPOOL BATH


Words: whirlwind
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a small rotating windstorm of limited extent\n2 a : a confused rush : WHIRL b : a violent or destructive force or agency\n\n<2> adjective\n: resembling a whirlwind especially in speed or force <a whirlwind campaign> <a whirlwind romance>


Words: whish
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to urge on or cause to move with a whish\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a sibilant sound\n2 : to move with a whish especially at high speed <an elevator whishes down to the lower level Natalie Cooper>\n\n<2> noun\n: a rushing sound : SWISH


Words: whisk
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a quick light brushing or whipping motion\n2 a : a usually wire kitchen utensil used for beating food by hand b : a flexible bunch (as of twigs, feathers, or straw) attached to a handle for use as a brush\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to move nimbly and quickly\ntransitive senses\n1 : to move or convey briskly <whisked the children off to bed>\n2 : to mix or fluff up by or as if by beating with a whisk <whisk egg whites>\n3 : to brush or wipe off lightly


Words: whisker
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a hair of the beard b plural (1) archaic : MUSTACHE (2) : the part of the beard growing on the sides of the face or on the chin c : HAIRBREADTH <lost the race by a whisker>\n2 : one of the long projecting hairs or bristles growing near the mouth of an animal (as a cat or bird)\n3 : an outrigger extending on each side of the bowsprit to spread the jib and flying jib guys usually used in plural\n4 a : a shred or filament resembling a whisker b : a thin hairlike crystal (as of sapphire or copper) of exceptional mechanical strength used especially to reinforce composite structural material


Words: whiskey
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley)\n2 : a drink of whiskey


Words: whisper
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to speak softly with little or no vibration of the vocal cords especially to avoid being overheard\n2 : to make a sibilant sound that resembles whispering\ntransitive senses\n1 : to address in a whisper\n2 : to utter or communicate in or as if in a whisper\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something communicated by or as if by whispering; especially : RUMOR <whispers of scandal>\n2 a : an act or instance of whispering; especially : speech without vibration of the vocal cords b : a sibilant sound that resembles whispered speech\n3 : HINT, TRACE


Words: whist
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\ndialect British : to be silent : HUSH often used interjectionally to enjoin silence\n\n<2> adjective\n: QUIET, SILENT\n\n<3> noun\n: a card game for four players in two partnerships that is played with a pack of 52 cards and that scores one point for each trick in excess of six


Words: whistle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a small wind instrument in which sound is produced by the forcible passage of breath through a slit in a short tube <police whistle> b : a device through which air or steam is forced into a cavity or against a thin edge to produce a loud sound <a factory whistle>\n2 a : a shrill clear sound produced by forcing breath out or air in through the puckered lips b : the sound produced by a whistle c : a signal given by or as if by whistling\n3 : a sound that resembles a whistle; especially : a shrill clear note of or as if of a bird\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to utter a shrill clear sound by blowing or drawing air through the puckered lips b : to utter a shrill note or call resembling a whistle c : to make a shrill clear sound especially by rapid movement <the wind whistled> d : to blow or sound a whistle\n2 a : to give a signal or issue an order or summons by or as if by whistling b : to make a demand without result <did a sloppy job so he can whistle for his money>\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to send, bring, signal, or call by or as if by whistling b : to charge (as a basketball or hockey player) with an infraction\n2 : to produce, utter, or express by whistling <whistle a tune>


Words: whit
Meaning:
noun\n: the smallest part or particle imaginable : BIT <what some people will do for a whit of publicity Patrick Quinn>


Words: white
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : free from color b : of the color of new snow or milk; specifically : of the color white c : light or pallid in color <white hair> <lips white with fear> d : lustrous pale gray : SILVERY; also : made of silver\n2 a : being a member of a group or race characterized by reduced pigmentation and usually specifically distinguished from persons belonging to groups marked by black, brown, yellow, or red skin coloration b : of, relating to, characteristic of, or consisting of white people c : marked by upright fairness\n3 : free from spot or blemish: as a (1) : free from moral impurity : INNOCENT (2) : marked by the wearing of white by the woman as a symbol of purity <a white wedding> b : unmarked by writing or printing c : not intended to cause harm <a white lie> <white magic> d : FAVORABLE, FORTUNATE <one of the white days of his life Sir Walter Scott>\n4 a : wearing or habited in white b : marked by the presence of snow : SNOWY <a white Christmas>\n5 a : heated to the point of whiteness b : notably ardent : PASSIONATE <white fury>\n6 a : conservative or reactionary in political outlook and action b : instigated or carried out by reactionary forces as a counterrevolutionary measure <a white terror>\n7 : of, relating to, or constituting a musical tone quality characterized by a controlled pure sound, a lack of warmth and color, and a lack of resonance\n8 : consisting of a wide range of frequencies used of light, sound, and electromagnetic radiation\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the achromatic object color of greatest lightness characteristically perceived to belong to objects that reflect diffusely nearly all incident energy throughout the visible spectrum\n2 a : a white or light-colored part of something: as (1) : a mass of albuminous material surrounding the yolk of an egg (2) : the white part of the ball of the eye (3) : the light-colored pieces in a two-handed board game; also : the player by whom these are played (4) : the area of a page unmarked by writing, printing, or illustration b (1) archaic : a white target (2) :


Words: whitebait
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the young of any of several European herrings and especially of the common herring (Clupea harengus) or of the sprat (C. sprattus)\n2 : any of various small fishes likened to the European whitebait and used as food


Words: whitefish
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of various freshwater salmonid food fishes (especially of genera Coregonus and Prosopium) b : any of various fishes resembling the true whitefishes c British : any of various market fishes with white flesh that is not oily\n2 : the flesh of a whitefish especially as an article of food


Words: whiten
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to make white or whiter <snow whitened the hills>\nintransitive senses : to become white or whiter


Words: whiteness
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being white: as a : white color b : PALLOR, PALENESS c : freedom from stain : CLEANNESS\n2 : white substance


Words: whitewash
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to whiten with whitewash\n2 a : to gloss over or cover up (as vices or crimes) b : to exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data\n3 : to hold (an opponent) scoreless in a game or contest\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a liquid composition for whitening a surface: as a : a preparation for whitening the skin b : a composition (as of lime and water or whiting, size, and water) for whitening structural surfaces\n2 : an act or instance of glossing over or of exonerating\n3 : a defeat in a contest in which the loser fails to score


Words: whitewood
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various trees with pale or white wood: as a : TULIP TREE 1 b : an Australian tree (Atalaya hemiglauca) of the soapberry family\n2 : the wood of a whitewood; especially : TULIPWOOD 1


Words: whither
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : to what place <whither will they go>\n2 : to what situation, position, degree, or end <whither will this abuse drive him>\n\n<2> conjunction\n1 a : to what place <knew whither to go Daniel Defoe> b : to what situation, position, degree, or end\n2 a : to the place at, in, or to which b : to which place\n3 : to whatever place


Words: whiting
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of various marine food fishes: as a : a common European fish (Merlangus merlangus) of the cod family b : SILVER HAKE\n\n<2> noun\n: calcium carbonate ground into fine powder, washed, and used especially as a pigment and extender, in putty, and in rubber compounding and paper coating


Words: whitlow
Meaning:
noun\n: a deep usually suppurative inflammation of the finger or toe especially near the end or around the nail called also felon


Words: whittle
Meaning:
<1> noun\narchaic : a large knife\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to pare or cut off chips from the surface of (wood) with a knife b : to shape or form by so paring or cutting\n2 : to reduce, remove, or destroy gradually as if by cutting off bits with a knife : PARE <whittle down expenses>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to cut or shape something (as wood) by or as if by paring it with a knife\n2 : to wear oneself or another out with fretting


Words: whiz
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to hum, whir, or hiss like a speeding object (as an arrow or ball) passing through air\n2 : to fly or move swiftly especially with a whiz\ntransitive senses : to cause to whiz; especially : to rotate very rapidly\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a hissing, buzzing, or whirring sound\n2 : a movement or passage of something accompanied by a whizzing sound\n\n<3> noun\n: WIZARD 3 <a whiz at math>


Words: who
Meaning:
pronoun\n1 : what or which person or persons used as an interrogative <who was elected> <find out who they are> used by speakers on all educational levels and by many reputable writers, though disapproved by some grammarians, as the object of a verb or a following preposition <who did see but a Spanish lady Padraic Colum> <do not know who the message is from G. K. Chesterton>\n2 : the person or persons that : WHOEVER\n3 used as a function word to introduce a relative clause; used especially in reference to persons <my father, who was a lawyer> but also in reference to groups <a generation who had known nothing but war R. B. West> or to animals <dogs who fawn all over tramps Nigel Balchin> or to inanimate objects especially with the implication that the reference is really to a person <earlier sources who maintain a Davidic ancestry F. M. Cross> used by speakers on all educational levels and by many reputable writers, though disapproved by some grammarians, as the object of a verb or a following preposition <a character who we are meant to pity Times Literary Supplement>


Words: whoever
Meaning:
pronoun\n: whatever person : no matter who used in any grammatical relation except that of a possessive <sells to whoever has the money to buy>


Words: whole
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a (1) : free of wound or injury : UNHURT (2) : recovered from a wound or injury : RESTORED (3) : being healed <whole of an ancient evil, sleep sound A. E. Housman> b : free of defect or impairment : INTACT c : physically sound and healthy : free of disease or deformity d : mentally or emotionally sound\n2 : having all its proper parts or components : COMPLETE, UNMODIFIED <whole milk> <a whole egg>\n3 a : constituting the total sum or undiminished entirety : ENTIRE <owns the whole island> b : each or all of the <took part in the whole series of athletic events>\n4 a : constituting an undivided unit : UNBROKEN, UNCUT <a whole roast suckling pig> b : directed to one end : CONCENTRATED <promised to give it his whole attention>\n5 a : seemingly complete or total <the whole idea is to help, not hinder> b : very great in quantity, extent, or scope <feels a whole lot better now>\n6 : constituting the entirety of a person’s nature or development <educate the whole student>\n7 : having the same father and mother <whole brother>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a complete amount or sum : a number, aggregate, or totality lacking no part, member, or element\n2 : something constituting a complex unity : a coherent system or organization of parts fitting or working together as one\n\n<3> adverb\n1 : WHOLLY, ENTIRELY <a whole new age group Henry Chauncey>\n2 : as a complete entity


Words: wholehearted
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : completely and sincerely devoted, determined, or enthusiastic <a wholehearted student of social problems>\n2 : marked by complete earnest commitment : free from all reserve or hesitation <gave the proposal wholehearted approval>


Words: wholesale
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the sale of commodities in quantity usually for resale (as by a retail merchant)\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : performed or existing on a large scale especially without discrimination <wholesale slaughter>\n2 : of, relating to, or engaged in the sale of commodities in quantity for resale <a wholesale grocer>\n\n<3> adverb\n: in a wholesale manner\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses : to sell (something) in quantity usually for resale\nintransitive senses : to sell in quantity usually for resale


Words: wholesome
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit\n2 : promoting health of body\n3 a : sound in body, mind, or morals b : having the simple health or vigor of normal domesticity\n4 a : based on well-grounded fear : PRUDENT <a wholesome respect for the law> b : SAFE <it wouldn’t be wholesome for you to go down there Mark Twain>


Words: wholly
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : to the full or entire extent : COMPLETELY <a wholly owned subsidiary>\n2 : to the exclusion of other things : SOLELY <a book dealing wholly with herbs>


Words: whoop
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to utter a whoop in expression of eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment : SHOUT\n2 : to utter the cry of an owl : HOOT\n3 : to make the characteristic whoop of whooping cough\n4 a : to go or pass with a loud noise b : to be rushed through by acclamation or with noisy support <the bill whooped through both houses>\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to utter or express with a whoop b : to urge, drive, or cheer on with a whoop\n2 : to agitate in behalf of\n3 : RAISE, BOOST <whoop up the price>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a loud yell expressive of eagerness, exuberance, or jubilation often used interjectionally b : a shout of hunters or of men in battle or pursuit\n2 : the cry of an owl : HOOT\n3 : the crowing intake of breath following a paroxysm in whooping cough\n4 : a minimum amount or degree : the least bit <not worth a whoop>


Words: whopper
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something unusually large or otherwise extreme of its kind\n2 : an extravagant or monstrous lie


Words: whore
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a woman who engages in sexual acts for money : PROSTITUTE; also : a promiscuous or immoral woman\n2 : a male who engages in sexual acts for money\n3 : a venal or unscrupulous person\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to have unlawful sexual intercourse as or with a whore\n2 : to pursue a faithless, unworthy, or idolatrous desire\ntransitive senses , obsolete : to corrupt by lewd intercourse : DEBAUCH


Words: whorl
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle\n2 : an arrangement of similar anatomical parts (as leaves) in a circle around a point on an axis\n3 : something that whirls, coils, or spirals or whose form suggests such movement : SWIRL <whorls of snow>\n4 : one of the turns of a univalve shell\n5 : a fingerprint in which the central papillary ridges turn through at least one complete circle


Words: whose
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of or relating to whom or which especially as possessor or possessors <whose gorgeous vesture heaps the ground Robert Browning*, agent or agents \n\n<2> pronoun ,singular or plural in construction\n: that which belongs to whom used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective whose <tell me whose it was Shakespeare>


Words: why
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: for what cause, reason, or purpose <why did you do it>\n\n<2> conjunction\n1 : the cause, reason, or purpose for which <know why you did it> <that is why you did it>\n2 : for which : on account of which <know the reason why you did it>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : REASON, CAUSE <wants to know the whys and wherefores>\n2 : a baffling problem : ENIGMA\n\n<4> interjection\n"


Words: wick
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a bundle of fibers or a loosely twisted, braided, or woven cord, tape, or tube usually of soft spun cotton threads that by capillary attraction draws up to be burned a steady supply of the oil in lamps or the melted tallow or wax in candles\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to carry (as moisture) by capillary action often used with away <a fabric that wicks away perspiration>


Words: wicked
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : morally very bad : EVIL\n2 a : FIERCE, VICIOUS <a wicked dog> b : disposed to or marked by mischief : ROGUISH <does wicked impersonations>\n3 a : disgustingly unpleasant : VILE <a wicked odor> b : causing or likely to cause harm, distress, or trouble <a wicked storm>\n4 : going beyond reasonable or predictable limits : of exceptional quality or degree <throws a wicked fastball>\n\n<2> adverb\n: VERY, EXTREMELY <wicked fast>


Words: wicker
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small pliant twig or branch : OSIER, WITHE\n2 a : WICKERWORK b : something made of wicker


Words: wicket
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small gate or door; especially : one forming part of or placed near a larger gate or door\n2 : an opening like a window; especially : a grilled or grated window through which business is transacted\n3 a : either of the two sets of three stumps topped by two crosspieces and set 66 feet apart at which the ball is bowled in cricket b : an area 10 feet wide bounded by these wickets c : one innings of a batsman; specifically : one that is not completed or never begun <win by three wickets>\n4 : an arch or hoop in croquet


Words: wickiup
Meaning:
noun\n: a hut used by the nomadic Indians of the arid regions of the western and southwestern U.S. with a usually oval base and a rough frame covered with reed mats, grass, or brushwood; also : a rude temporary shelter or hut


Words: wide
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having great extent : VAST <a wide area> b : extending over a vast area : EXTENSIVE <a wide reputation> c : extending throughout a specified area or scope usually used in combination <nationwide> <industry-wide> d : COMPREHENSIVE, INCLUSIVE <a wide assortment>\n2 a : having a specified extension from side to side <3 feet wide> b : having much extent between the sides : BROAD <a wide doorway> c : fully opened <wide-eyed> d : LAX 4\n3 a : extending or fluctuating considerably between limits <a wide variation> b : straying or deviating from something specified used with of <the accusation was wide of the truth>\n4 of an animal ration : relatively rich in carbohydrate as compared with protein\n\n<2> adverb\n1 a : over a great distance or extent : WIDELY <searched far and wide> b : over a specified distance, area, or extent usually used in combination <expanded the business country-wide>\n2 a : so as to leave much space or distance between b : so as to pass at or clear by a considerable distance <ran wide around left end>\n3 : to the fullest extent : COMPLETELY, FULLY <wide open>


Words: widen
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to increase the width, scope, or extent of\nintransitive senses : to become wide or wider


Words: widespread
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : widely diffused or prevalent <widespread public interest>\n2 : widely extended or spread out <low, widespread hood and fenders Time> <a widespread erosion surface C. B. Hitchcock>


Words: widow
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a woman who has lost her husband by death and usually has not remarried b : GRASS WIDOW 2 c : a woman whose husband leaves her alone frequently or for long periods to engage in a usually specified activity <a golf widow>\n2 : an extra hand or part of a hand of cards dealt face down and usually placed at the disposal of the highest bidder\n3 : a single usually short last line (as of a paragraph) separated from its related text and appearing at the top of a printed page or column\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cause to become a widow or widower\n2 obsolete : to survive as the widow of\n3 : to deprive of something greatly valued or needed


Words: width
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the horizontal measurement taken at right angles to the length : BREADTH\n2 : largeness of extent or scope\n3 : a measured and cut piece of material <a width of calico>


Words: wield
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 chiefly dialect : to deal successfully with : MANAGE\n2 : to handle (as a tool) especially effectively <wield a broom>\n3 a : to exert one’s authority by means of <wield influence> b : have at one’s command or disposal <did not wield appropriate credentials G. W. Bonham>


Words: wife
Meaning:
noun\n1 a dialect : WOMAN b : a woman acting in a specified capacity used in combination <fishwife>\n2 : a female partner in a marriage


Words: wig
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a manufactured covering of natural or synthetic hair for the head b : TOUPEE 2\n2 : an act of wigging : REBUKE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to scold severely : REBUKE\nintransitive senses , slang : to lose one’s composure or reason : FLIP usually used with out


Words: wiggle
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : JIGGLE\n2 : to proceed with or as if with twisting and turning movements : WRIGGLE\ntransitive senses : to cause to wiggle\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of wiggling\n2 : shellfish or fish in cream sauce with peas


Words: wight
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a living being : CREATURE; especially : a human being\n\n<2> adjective\narchaic : VALIANT, STALWART


Words: wigwag
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to signal by wigwagging\n2 : to cause to wigwag\nintransitive senses\n1 : to send a signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code\n2 : to make a signal (as by waving the hand or arm)\n\n<2> noun\n: the art or practice of wigwagging


Words: wigwam
Meaning:
noun\n: a hut of the American Indians of the Great Lakes region and eastward having typically an arched framework of poles overlaid with bark, rush mats, or hides; also : a rough hut


Words: wild
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticated <wild duck> b (1) : growing or produced without human aid or care <wild honey> (2) : related to or resembling a corresponding cultivated or domesticated organism c : of or relating to wild organisms <the wild state>\n2 a : not inhabited or cultivated <wild land> b : not amenable to human habitation or cultivation; also : DESOLATE\n3 a (1) : not subject to restraint or regulation : UNCONTROLLED; also : UNRULY (2) : emotionally overcome <wild with grief>; also : passionately eager or enthusiastic <was wild to own a toy train J. C. Furnas> b : marked by turbulent agitation : STORMY <a wild night> c : going beyond normal or conventional bounds : FANTASTIC <wild ideas>; also : SENSATIONAL d : indicative of strong passion, desire, or emotion <a wild gleam of delight in his eyes Irish Digest>\n4 : UNCIVILIZED, BARBARIC\n5 : characteristic of, appropriate to, or expressive of wilderness, wildlife, or a simple or uncivilized society\n6 a : deviating from the intended or expected course <wild spelling C. W. Cunnington> <the throw was wild>; also : tending to throw inaccurately b : having no basis in known or surmised fact <a wild guess>\n7 of a playing card : able to represent any card designated by the holder\n\n<2> adverb\n: in a wild manner: as a : without regulation or control b : off an intended or expected course\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a sparsely inhabited or uncultivated region or tract : WILDERNESS\n2 : a wild, free, or natural state or existence


