9-Letter Nouns Containing E

1. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

2. knowledge acquired by learning and instruction

1. an alphabetical list of names and addresses

2. (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)

1. promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company

2. written contract or certificate of insurance

1. an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service

1. a special group delegated to consider some matter

2. a self-constituted organization to promote something

1. a remark that calls attention to something or someone

2. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

1. an executive officer of a firm or corporation

2. the chief executive of a republic

1. the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

2. compatibility of observations

1. the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money

2. the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service

1. a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it

2. (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play

1. a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc

2. a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

1. care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)

2. the management of someone or something

1. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

1. an association organized to promote art or science or education

1. the act of choosing or selecting

2. an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

1. a person responsible for the administration of a business

2. persons who administer the law

1. anything indispensable

1. furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy

1. a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

2. the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts

1. the inherent capacity for coming into being

2. the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts

1. electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

2. transmitting speech at a distance

1. a firm in the publishing business

2. a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music

1. (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)

2. (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system

1. the state of being in effect or being operative

2. a business especially one run on a large scale

1. an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event

2. an integrated course of academic studies

1. mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

1. an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

2. a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

1. the event consisting of the start of something

2. the time at which something is supposed to begin

1. a person who is head of an administrative department of government

2. an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

1. the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

2. the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

1. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

2. a state in which martial law applies

1. man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon

2. a person who follows or serves another

1. someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

1. an abstract part of something

2. something determined in relation to something that includes it

1. a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications

2. an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true

1. a book with paper covers

1. the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television

1. anything indispensable

1. a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization

2. a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization

1. (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages

2. (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class

1. a demanding or stimulating situation

2. a call to engage in a contest or fight

1. a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

2. a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work

1. a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience

1. the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)

1. someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use)

2. photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film

1. a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

1. the day immediately before today

2. the recent past

1. the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers

1. a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt

2. act of expanding in scope; making more widely available

1. a line leading to a place or point

2. the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves

1. group of people willing to obey orders

2. the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management

1. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position

2. (tennis) first point scored after deuce

1. the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists

2. a conference (usually with someone important)

1. a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

2. the underlying structure

1. a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor

2. a friend who is frequently in the company of another

1. an article giving opinions or perspectives

1. the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

1. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

1. the number of occurrences within a given time period

2. the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations

1. a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals

1. a news report that is reported first by one news organization

1. the act of decreasing or reducing something

2. any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

1. a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded

2. the act of making a record (especially an audio record)

1. the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen

2. coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil

1. the act of amending or correcting

2. a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)

1. a social unit living together

1. your name written in your own handwriting

2. a distinguishing style

1. a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements

2. a business firm that publishes newspapers

1. a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something

2. a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product

1. a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc

2. causing something without any direct or apparent effort

1. a technician who designs or maintains a website

1. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

2. (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

1. a competitor thought likely to win

2. a special loved one

1. the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions

2. the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object

1. a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers

1. a widely known person

2. the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

1. a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot

2. a food made from roasted ground cacao beans

1. the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

1. an asset of special worth or utility

2. a distinguishing trait

1. the act of discovering something

2. something that is discovered

1. a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes

1. the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them

2. vertical space available to allow easy passage under something

1. a detailed list of all the items in stock

2. the merchandise that a shop has on hand

1. a device for changing one substance or form or state into another

1. the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

2. the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed

1. (military) a person who freely enlists for service

2. a person who performs voluntary work

1. a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves

2. any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

1. a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market

2. someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)

1. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

2. an area of knowledge or interest

1. putting a condemned person to death

2. the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

1. a politician who is running for public office

2. someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)

1. a person who carries a message

1. a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically

2. a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things

1. the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

2. a function expressed as a sum or product of terms

1. instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end

1. a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

1. having knowledge of

2. state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness

1. the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point

2. the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees

1. the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives

2. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

1. a decorative paper for the walls of rooms

1. a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard

1. the act of hearing attentively

1. an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

2. painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery

1. a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

1. noticeable heterogeneity

2. the condition or result of being changeable

1. someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

1. a practical method or art applied to some particular task

2. skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity

1. clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing

2. a supplementary component that improves capability

1. the part of the day between noon and evening

2. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good afternoon

1. the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others

2. the act of having and controlling property

1. any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

2. the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)

1. steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion

1. a deliberate act of omission

2. an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization

1. skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge

1. the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

2. the technical aspects of doing something

1. an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)

1. the perception that something has occurred or some state exists

2. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

1. any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors

2. in the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly

1. a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

1. a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

2. a rule or standard especially of good behavior

1. a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day

1. the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit

1. the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear

1. the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists

2. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

1. the state or fact of existing

2. everything that exists anywhere

1. a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

2. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

1. ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun

2. a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required

1. a place where work is done

1. the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

2. (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound

1. the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

2. contact established between applicants and prospective employees

1. a storehouse for goods and merchandise

1. software that is available free of charge; may be distributed for evaluation with a fee requested for additional features or a manual etc.

1. the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees

2. the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point

1. an indefinite or unknown location

1. the display of a motion picture

2. fabric of metal or plastic mesh

1. the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances

2. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

1. a portable television camera and videocassette recorder

1. the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance

1. an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place

2. a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area

1. the manner in which something is greeted

2. a formal party of people; as after a wedding

1. study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation

1. formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action

1. an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

2. moral soundness

1. an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas

2. engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction

1. machines or machine systems collectively

2. a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions

1. the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)

2. a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

1. a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year)

1. someone who takes the place of another person

1. a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

1. a person who receives something

2. the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

1. an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

2. a contest between athletes

1. the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees

2. the direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point

1. a person who collects things

2. a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)

1. any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

1. a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

1. the act of departing

2. a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

1. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

2. a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something

1. an event that happens

1. the cultivation of plants

1. a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players

2. seating on the main floor in a theater

1. the sending and processing of e-mail by computer

1. the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

1. a shop where books are sold

1. the force of workers available

1. the sudden giving off of energy

2. the act of venting

1. used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

2. the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

1. the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

2. the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down

1. a group of persons together in one place

2. the social act of assembling

1. the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees

2. the direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point

1. the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure

2. any solution that is injected (as into the skin)

1. the starting point for a new state or experience

2. the smallest detectable sensation

1. a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities

1. a state of acute pain

2. misery resulting from affliction

1. an instrumentality that connects

1. undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments

1. a woman's tights consisting of underpants and stockings

1. things that make you comfortable and at ease

1. an optical device for projecting a beam of light

2. an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen

1. successive generations of kin

2. the study or investigation of ancestry and family history

1. an officer in command of a military unit

2. someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others

1. a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies

1. a solemn statement made under oath

2. an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact

1. the action of attacking an enemy

1. a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity

1. the act of governing; exercising authority

1. the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

2. the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)

1. the act of going from one place to another

1. a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts

2. considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers

1. the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)

1. the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell

1. the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)

2. high level or degree; the property of being intense

1. a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

2. an association of companies for some definite purpose

1. a person who is frightened and in need of help

1. the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)

2. the combination of ideas into a complex whole

1. a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

1. the act of retaining something

2. the power of retaining and recalling past experience

1. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

2. durable goods for home or office use

1. someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)

1. a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data

2. kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food

1. a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences

1. the whole amount

2. material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster

1. an authoritative command

2. a statute enacted by a city government

1. the creation of something in the mind

2. a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

1. a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company

2. the administrator responsible for student records

1. the relation of something to the matter at hand

1. a positive motivational influence

2. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

1. diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

2. a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down

1. the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference

2. the technical aspects of doing something

1. the time between one event, process, or period and another

1. ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic

1. agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole

1. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

2. (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal

1. state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy

2. emotions experienced when in a state of well-being

1. a distinctive odor that is pleasant

2. a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

1. the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

2. the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother

1. the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions

2. a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

1. a high ranking police officer

2. an investigator who observes carefully

1. the bank of a river

1. edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

2. any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower

1. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

2. the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines

1. a minor short-term fight

2. a casual or unexpected convergence

1. a three-dimensional work of plastic art

2. creating figures or designs in three dimensions

1. an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds

1. a compound made artificially by chemical reactions

1. a profession of belief

2. a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die

1. the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

2. a mental or physical breakdown

1. a book containing a classified list of synonyms

1. a wide street or thoroughfare

1. a record or narrative description of past events

1. the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion

2. the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.)

1. a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

1. finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

1. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

1. any animals kept for use or profit

1. immunity from an obligation or duty

2. a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.)

1. transmitting speech at a distance

1. the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

1. the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width

2. indistinct articulation

1. the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole

1. a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

1. a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

2. the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)

1. painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)

2. a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size

1. the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)

2. a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10

1. a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise

2. someone who enlists workers to join a union

1. electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it

1. a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system

2. the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body

1. a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted

1. the event of something being raised upward

2. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

1. process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

2. the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate

1. the relative frequency of occurrence of something

2. the striking of a light beam on a surface

1. an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)

2. a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses

1. something additional of the same kind

2. a copy that corresponds to an original exactly

1. a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

2. the ideal in terms of which something can be judged

1. thinking that is coherent and logical

1. the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

1. a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

2. the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet

1. a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all

2. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)

1. a person who changes location

1. a standard by which something can be measured or judged

2. a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point

1. a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

2. the act of exploding or bursting

1. a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there

1. a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

2. the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function

1. (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory

2. the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory

1. a standard or typical example

1. any of numerous synthetic resins; they are light and strong and weather resistant

2. a complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer

1. something left after other parts have been taken away

2. the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor

1. the state of being excluded

2. the state of being excommunicated

1. any large and important church

2. the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese

1. the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

2. personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)

1. the condition of being essential or indispensable

2. anything indispensable

1. a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.

2. an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious

1. inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin

1. a large or extra supply of something

2. lake used to store water for community use; a lake (natural or artificial) used to store water and used as a source of water

1. an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

1. an attitude of defensiveness

1. a police officer who investigates crimes

2. an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

1. an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built

1. an associate that one works with

2. a person who is member of one's class or profession

1. a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose

2. the act of enclosing something inside something else

1. a person skilled in a particular type of therapy

1. a situation resembling a terrifying dream

2. a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream

1. a magnifier of images of distant objects

1. a man of refinement

2. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer

1. a male spokesperson

1. one of the large landmasses of the earth

1. the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich

1. a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted

2. the act of putting one thing into another

1. an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties

1. the activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers

1. a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

2. a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home

1. an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something

2. management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group

1. the act of changing location in an upward direction

1. any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning

2. a remarkable development

1. an educational institution for children too young for elementary school

1. the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply

2. (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present

1. a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects

1. the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year

2. the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring

1. a man who is the lover of a man or woman

1. a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

2. someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations

1. the party who appeals a decision of a lower court

1. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

1. someone who gives advice about problems

2. someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp

1. a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)

2. (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement

1. any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.

2. an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest

1. a fee for anchoring

2. place for vessels to anchor

1. a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party

2. the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement

1. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

1. a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

1. any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group

1. apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)

1. the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth

1. a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters

2. a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action

1. a holiday taken by a newly married couple

2. the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political

1. a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals

1. the substance that is acted upon by an enzyme or ferment

2. a surface on which an organism grows or is attached

1. happiness felt in a secure relationship

1. the study of language meaning

2. the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text

1. a service involving care for other people's children

1. extended verbal expression in speech or writing

2. an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

1. the act of rejecting something

2. the state of being rejected

1. a race (as in swimming) in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use

1. the act of mating by male animals

1. a person who cares for persons or property

1. a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket

2. an amount or percentage deducted

1. a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller

2. the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties

1. an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation

2. a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system

1. acceptance of despair

2. a verbal act of admitting defeat

1. large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur

1. the act of dwelling in a place

2. the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship)

1. a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out

1. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)

1. rules governing socially acceptable behavior

1. the pleasure felt when having a good time

2. act of receiving pleasure from something

1. sharp piercing cry

2. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

1. a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

1. the lack of knowledge or education

1. a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck

1. a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets

2. a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place

1. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

2. an opinion formed by judging something

1. someone who owns a home

1. the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

2. the speech act of objecting

1. a salt of phosphoric acid

2. carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid

1. an expert in the science of economics

1. clothing for use outdoors

1. putting a condemned person to death

1. woodlands in full leaf

1. an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

1. a mental position from which things are viewed

2. a place from which something can be viewed

1. a feeling of delight at being entertained

2. an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

1. a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)

1. a schedule listing events and the times at which they will take place

2. a schedule of times of arrivals and departures

1. a gem (usually a diamond) in a setting by itself

2. extinct flightless bird related to the dodo

1. the gradual beginning or coming forth

2. the becoming visible

1. position 20 in a countable series of things

1. one who stays for only a short time

2. (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load

1. an individualized description of a particular instance

1. the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)

2. prompt willingness

1. the act of returning money received previously

2. payment of a debt or obligation

1. the cognitive process that leads to convictions

1. a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)

1. a person who buys

1. an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation

2. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

1. natural abilities or qualities

2. the capital that provides income for an institution

1. a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year

1. a person who follows next in order

2. a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone

1. the speech act of making something evident

1. a link from a hypertext file to another location or file; typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or icon at a particular location on the screen

1. a second-year undergraduate

1. an established line of travel or access

2. a guidebook for travelers

1. the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family

2. land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law

1. (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave

2. the property of copious abundance

1. (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful

1. a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

2. merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name

1. stone post at side of a road to show distances

2. a significant event in your life (or in a project)

1. a small decorative writing desk

2. a large sofa usually convertible into a bed

1. a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate

2. a shade of blue tinged with green

1. work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc.

1. a sheet of paper with multiple columns; used by an accountant to assemble figures for financial statements

2. a piece of paper recording work planned or done on a project

1. the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

2. the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

1. an exact copy or reproduction

2. duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio

1. a police investigation to determine the perpetrator

1. any substance that promotes digestion

1. a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income

1. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

2. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

1. the killing of animals (as for food)

2. a sound defeat

1. someone who supplies members or employees

2. an official who enlists personnel for military service

1. the act of making something clean

1. a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)

2. a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

1. analysis into clear-cut components

1. someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see

1. a loudspeaker that is designed to reproduce very low bass frequencies

1. the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system

2. (neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders

1. any of various grasses of the genus Poa

2. a type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars

1. a group of followers or enthusiasts

1. a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver

1. a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain

2. a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things

1. a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

2. a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

1. the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation

1. the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis

2. a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party

1. the state of being certain

2. something that is certain

1. the power to withstand hardship or stress

2. a state of surviving; remaining alive

1. a parallelogram with four right angles

1. someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.)

2. an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)

1. ambition to equal or excel

2. (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another

1. the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends

1. electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear

1. space allocated for your work (as in an office)

1. a system that is part of some larger system

1. the quality of innocent naivete

2. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil

1. the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

2. a line enclosing a plane areas

1. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

1. an article of tableware made of glass

1. the act of doing or performing again

1. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

2. someone who supports or champions something

1. the act of controlling by restraining someone or something

2. discipline in personal and social activities

1. the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country

1. computer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order

1. large but transportable armament

2. an army unit that uses big guns

1. the official who holds an office

1. the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map

1. a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics

2. large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated

1. a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

2. a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war

1. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will

2. an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

1. an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place

2. a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps

1. refusal to accept some authority or code or convention

2. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

1. someone whose occupation is catching fish

1. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation

2. an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice

1. tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion

2. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

1. a misleading falsehood

2. the act of deceiving

1. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

2. the amount by which something increases

1. an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates

2. a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

1. a boundary line between land and water

1. becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of

2. the act of making a master recording from which copies can be made

1. something that offers basic information or instruction

1. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

1. any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue

1. the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person

2. the trait of being willing to obey

1. superior development of one side of the body

2. the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

1. a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral

1. a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals

1. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

1. a large indefinite quantity

2. a large gathering of people

1. a positive feeling of liking

1. a shelf on which to keep books

1. travelling about without any clear destination

1. the act of enrolling

1. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

2. a person who is present and participates in a meeting

1. deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

1. a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated

1. a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation

1. a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together

1. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life

1. a print made from an engraving

2. a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved

1. a journey taken for pleasure

2. wandering from the main path of a journey

1. a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game

1. anything indispensable

1. a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

2. a woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel

1. a numbered list

1. something intended as a guide for making something else

2. photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.

1. an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

2. a moralistic rebuke

1. an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

2. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions

1. (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one

1. any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries

2. very tart red berry used for sauce or juice

1. spaghetti served with a tomato sauce

2. pasta in the form of long strings

1. the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

2. a developmental process

1. the passing of a law by a legislative body

2. a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

1. (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated

2. (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained

1. a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts

2. a person who dispenses

1. a stopping

1. any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays

1. a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore

1. a steep descent of the water of a river

1. a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)

2. (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory

1. diagram of an electrical or mechanical system

1. an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)

1. a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune

2. a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies

1. (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)

1. a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit

1. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

2. a tooth situated at the back of the mouth

1. respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants

1. the residence of a religious community

1. machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected

1. conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation

2. persevering determination to perform a task

1. an unjust act

2. the practice of being unjust or unfair

1. a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government)

1. the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest

1. duration of service

2. the property of being long-lived

1. a stage area out of sight of the audience

1. the act of waking

1. encouragement; aiding the development of something

2. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

1. one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university

1. an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components

2. an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension

1. the back of a horse

2. a narrow ridge of hills

1. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

1. one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things

2. one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity

1. the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance

2. a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell

1. an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension

1. a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter

1. the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture

1. a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier

1. articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware)

1. faithful support for a cause or political party or religion

2. the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

1. sinking until covered completely with water

2. (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse

1. water containing salts

1. a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)

2. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

1. a person who lives (or is located) near another

2. a nearby object of the same kind

1. woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries

2. red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries

1. lack of attention and due care

2. willful lack of care and attention

1. a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room

2. (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing

1. the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

2. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

1. an apartment located on the top floors of a building

1. a movement upward; rise above the ground

2. (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon

1. the part in the front or nearest the viewer

2. the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field

1. the state of being blind or lacking sight

1. (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula

2. one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements

1. diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul

1. food cooked and served in a casserole

2. large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served

1. a building that is occupied by a social club

1. a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog

1. knowledge and intellectual ability

2. the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

1. a video recording made on magnetic tape

2. a relatively wide magnetic tape for use in recording visual images and associated sound

1. the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat

2. the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body

1. a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs

1. a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books

1. the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble

2. an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate

1. life after death

2. the time yet to come

1. house for a farmer and family

1. letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something

1. a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter)

1. protection against future loss

2. legal exemption from liability for damages

1. what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment

1. (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

1. the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration

2. a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power

1. the act of decreasing something markedly

2. the state of being depleted

1. a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)

1. large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters

1. a person with specialized training who assists lawyers

1. a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

1. a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed

1. plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of

1. a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition

2. a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb

1. the outline of a coast

1. the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year

2. a small concavity

1. a program to convert assembly language into machine language

1. any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes

1. the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect

2. any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream

1. the state of cohering or sticking together

2. logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts

1. the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis

1. meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

2. invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

1. device that reflects radiation

2. optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece

1. any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism

2. someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild

1. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

2. the act of abating

1. a tract of land used for burials

1. a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations

2. mental ability

1. the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)

1. a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive

1. an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)

1. the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence

2. unusual largeness in size or extent or number

1. musteline mammal of northern Eurasia

2. stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal

1. strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedspreads

1. a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability

2. a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult

1. the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer

2. abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)

1. the plot of a book or play or film

1. someone who enlists workers to join a union

2. a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise

1. someone who yields to the will of another person or force

2. someone who submits something (as an application for a job or a manuscript for publication etc.) for the judgment of others

1. a single object (as distinguished from a pair)

2. a set containing a single member

1. software that can be used by a group of people who are working on the same information but may be distributed in space

1. a producer of motion pictures

1. a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)

1. game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes

2. U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof

1. a journalist who writes for a gazette

2. a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas)

1. a boat propelled by a steam engine

1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

1. a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients

2. beef that has been ground

1. a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous

1. any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries

2. sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants

1. a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component)

1. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male

1. a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff

2. a police officer of the lowest rank

1. changing to a lighter color

1. a representation by picture or portraiture

1. fastening firmly together

1. a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played

2. a revolving tray placed on a dining table

1. mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden

1. a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium

2. lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something

1. a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall

1. (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal

2. the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve

1. something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)

2. an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale

1. a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship

2. a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to

1. a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

1. a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors

1. a hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals

1. a person with an unusual or odd personality

2. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

1. someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)

2. information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events

1. a line marking the level reached by a body of water

2. a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light

1. a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions

2. fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross

1. a member of a police force

1. tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults

1. a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt

2. a mountain formed by volcanic material

1. an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure

1. someone who responds

1. scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes

1. rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

1. a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory

1. an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge

2. an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid

1. a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa

1. enticing someone astray from right behavior

2. an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone

1. gossip spread by spoken communication

2. any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries

1. a person who has obsessions

1. (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation

1. the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus

1. a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland

1. someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people

2. a device that supplies electrical energy

1. one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone

1. the final point in a process

2. something that results

1. the aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action

1. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

2. the act of severing

1. garments designed to be worn in bed

1. a changeable or inconstant person

2. lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue

1. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend

2. the property of moving with pain or difficulty

1. an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance

1. the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood

1. a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps

1. a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided

2. one of three divisions of an academic year

1. the act of enclosing something inside something else

1. a surface-active chemical widely used in industry and laundering

2. a cleansing agent that differs from soap but can also emulsify oils and hold dirt in suspension

1. an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar

1. the act of forcing out someone or something

2. squeezing out by applying pressure

1. the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow

1. the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer

1. a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

1. a share set aside for a specific purpose

2. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

1. the act of shielding from harm

2. a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay

1. identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

1. a word that expresses an attribute of something

2. the word class that qualifies nouns

1. a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

1. white odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically; used as a bronchodilator to treat bronchitis and asthma

1. a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth

1. tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia

1. the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets

1. editing that involves writing something again

1. customers collectively

1. power to dominate or defeat

1. a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder

1. a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers

1. providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future

2. seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing

1. a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.

2. an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious

1. the state of being a father

2. the kinship relation between an offspring and the father

1. thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing

1. a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year

2. a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk

1. a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise

2. a member of the middle class

1. small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars

1. someone who offers opposition

1. flesh of either quail or grouse

2. heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds

1. a long close-fitting coat worn for riding in the 19th century

1. a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem

1. overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

1. a temporary fortification built by troops in the field

1. a crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins; important in protein metabolism

1. a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used

1. the contestant you hope to defeat

1. a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water

1. the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated

2. originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel

1. either of two or more related or complementary variables

1. the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

2. the property of tasting as if it contains sugar

1. a salt or ester of glutamic acid

1. a photograph made with a telephoto lens

1. electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion

2. a weight that balances another weight

1. any of various large ancient Greek coins

2. a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat)

1. reciprocal action and reaction

1. a graphic or vivid verbal description

2. a representation by picture or portraiture

1. someone who takes the place of another person

2. a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

1. a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)

1. synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction

1. the abode of a hermit

1. a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic

1. a stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold

1. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

1. the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

1. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)

2. a payment of money sent to a person in another place

1. (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP

1. a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A

1. higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service

2. the property of being long-lived

1. the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother

2. assisting women at childbirth

1. a variety of mandarin orange, known in Telugu and Portugal as kamala kaya and in Australia as a mandarin

2. any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa

1. food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)

1. automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means

1. (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation; also, the repeated application or execution of a pattern, function or definition; an expression that is recursive

1. a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn

1. minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function

1. the act of providing approval and support

2. customers collectively

1. freshwater aquatic bird

1. someone who proclaims a message publicly

2. reads news, commercials on radio or television

1. (mathematics) a lack of symmetry

1. an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

1. attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force

2. the branch of science that studies magnetism

1. something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

2. the act of adding a seasoning to food

1. act of transferring property title from one person to another

1. problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

2. a bill for an amount due

1. any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements

1. the quality of being current or of the present

1. a shaky motion

1. broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers

2. any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers

1. position 16 in a countable series of things

2. one part in sixteen equal parts

1. a holder or proprietor of land

1. the act of tarrying

1. the decade from 1970 to 1979

2. the time of life between 70 and 80

1. a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

2. someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group

1. a university student who has not yet received a first degree

1. a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process

1. a person who holds extreme views

1. the customary or habitual hour for eating lunch

1. the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

1. the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)

2. the act of disturbing the mind or body

1. a piece of flint that is struck to light a fire

2. a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns

1. a device for changing one substance or form or state into another

1. the relation of something to the matter at hand

1. a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction

1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

2. squeezing out by applying pressure

1. an earnest and sincere feeling

2. the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical

1. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

2. anger produced by some annoying irritation

1. a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

2. a reverent mental attitude

1. (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers

1. a fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts more than one day

2. a drink that refreshes

1. a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

1. the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences

1. becoming weaker

2. the act of reducing the strength of something

1. communicates two or more signals over a common channel

2. a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building

1. a stone that is used to mark a grave

1. the shore of a lake

1. the act of dispersing or diffusing something

1. a crystal of snow

2. white Arctic bunting

1. the practice of an optometrist

1. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

1. a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)

1. the power of creative imagination

2. the property of being ingenious

1. the outside boundary or surface of something

1. small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood

1. a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything

2. a small model of a house used as a toy by children

1. the act of breaking away or withdrawing from

1. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water

2. a chemical substance that repels animals

1. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist

1. one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country

1. a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation

1. genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres

2. the quality of being current or of the present

1. a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead

1. a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition

1. a chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species

1. a person who specializes in interior decoration

2. someone who decorates

1. a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment

1. doubt about the truth of something

2. a rejection of belief

1. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

2. the act of fastening things together

1. an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport

1. position or state of being dominant or in control

2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

1. the incineration of a dead body

1. a female ballet dancer

1. densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn

2. a gazebo sited to command a fine view

1. position 15 in a countable series of things

1. a reckless impetuous irresponsible person

1. the act of gripping and pressing firmly

1. an overwhelming electoral victory

2. a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff

1. a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)

1. a man paid to drive a privately owned car

1. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

1. a superior paper resembling sheepskin

2. skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on

1. abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue

2. the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

1. a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter

1. a compound of an oxide with water

2. a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group

1. lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc.

1. someone who helps to gather the harvest

2. farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields

1. an intervening period or episode

2. a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance

1. a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area

2. the handle of a pan

1. the process of paying close and continuous attention

2. vigilant attentiveness

1. the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position

1. the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'

1. June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point

1. a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance

1. an external body part that projects from the body

2. an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease)

1. the state of containing nothing

2. having an empty stomach

1. a person who makes or repairs shoes

1. a process of becoming deeper and more profound

1. a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower

2. a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

1. a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting

2. the act of interlocking or meshing

1. a quick and penetrating intelligence

2. the attribute of urgency in tone of voice

1. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

1. a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic

1. a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold

1. a state of misfortune or affliction

2. a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event

1. tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing

2. skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on

1. hormone secreted by the pineal gland

1. grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

1. a damage or loss

1. a person hired to fight for another country than their own

1. a written proposal or reminder

2. a written proposal or reminder

1. one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis

1. the scientific study of measurement

1. a connecting shape

2. a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

1. ceramic ware that is fired in high heat and vitrified and nonporous

1. the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)

2. the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

1. a specialist in geology

1. the concentration of attention or energy on something

2. (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back

1. the bodily process of discharging waste matter

2. waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body

1. a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income

1. a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)

2. an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily

1. a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains

1. a storehouse where a stock of things is kept

2. the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation

1. the lower side of anything

1. hardening something by heat treatment

1. floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

1. surgical removal of part of a structure or organ

1. one praying humbly for something

1. a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city

1. first or lowest balcony

2. intermediate floor just above the ground floor

1. pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)

1. a story about fairies; told to amuse children

2. an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse

1. visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope

1. an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds

1. the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

1. a colorless crystalline amino acid found in protein; occurs in the hydrolysates of certain proteins; an essential component of human nutrition

1. a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge

1. a book issued to holders of checking accounts

1. adroitness in using the hands

1. low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers

1. a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities

2. someone who collects things that have been discarded by others

1. an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age

1. drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

1. relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur

1. (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants

1. a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry

1. the process of becoming softer

1. (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer

2. computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence

1. process of changing to an inferior state

2. changing something with the result that it becomes worse

1. a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price

1. a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven

2. the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses

1. a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground

2. a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

1. a member of a sect

1. compensation for a wrong

2. the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

1. a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination

1. the condition of being a child without living parents

2. a public institution for the care of orphans

1. life after death

1. the act of altering something secretly or improperly

1. the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

1. an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

2. the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey

1. the property of having one dimension

1. blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)

2. blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character

1. an increase by natural growth or addition

2. something contributing to growth or increase

1. someone who vacations on a weekend

2. a small suitcase to carry clothing and accessories for a weekend trip

1. a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)

1. something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

2. a storage pile accumulated for future use

1. stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface

1. a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one

1. Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head

2. a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart

1. land or property held under a lease

1. a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount

2. the act of taking something back

1. a gallant or courtly gentleman

1. a scientific instrument that magnifies an image

1. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising

1. any agent that retards or delays or hinders

1. a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore

1. a history of a word

2. the study of the sources and development of words

1. process or result of becoming less or smaller

2. the amount by which something shrinks

1. a person who dissents from some established policy

1. a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)

1. any new participant in some activity

2. young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying

1. taking a zigzag path on skis

2. travel across

1. any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers

1. food remaining from a previous meal

1. the group following and attending to some important person

1. electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current

2. a person who corrects or sets right

1. an antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer

1. a transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar

1. a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull

1. a general officer ranking below a major general

1. the dividend of a fraction

1. any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies

1. large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles

2. any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans

1. amine formed from histidine that stimulates gastric secretions and dilates blood vessels; released by the human immune system during allergic reactions

1. a person suffering with rheumatism

1. an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles

1. putting on display for the first time

2. the act of beginning something new

1. frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

1. land bordering a lake

1. a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard

2. courteous regard for people's feelings

1. a focus of public attention

2. a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting

1. a span of 1000 years

2. (New Testament) in the Book of Revelation it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness

1. safety from exposure to infectious agents

1. an antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucophage) prescribed to treat type II diabetes

1. a bottle opener that pulls corks

1. enduring strength and energy

2. the property of being big and strong

1. an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents

1. a large gathering of people

2. a wide hallway in a building where people can walk

1. correct or appropriate behavior

1. an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms

1. a leading instance in its field

2. a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat

1. extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)

2. extreme hostility

1. a woman's garment that exposes the shoulders and has no shoulder straps

1. any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring

2. flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere

1. the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle

1. a state or condition free from damage or decay

2. the quality of being prudent and sensible

1. Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley

2. dried coriander seeds used whole or ground

1. a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)

2. formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt

1. a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution

1. strikingly out of the ordinary

1. a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane

1. a set of four similar things considered as a unit

2. a quantity that is four times as great as another

1. very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream

1. the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war

1. someone who sells men's clothes

2. a shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose

1. a station housing fire apparatus and firemen

1. the state of being held in low esteem

1. art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants

1. a hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves; used in radar

1. a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

2. a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

1. garments designed to be worn in bed

1. a medicine used to relieve pain

1. a Korean martial art similar to karate

1. a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it

1. someone who is victorious by force of arms

1. a young person of either sex

1. a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study

1. a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting

2. a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it

1. Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis

1. a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving

2. a hard compact kind of calcite

1. a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits

1. a course over which races are run

1. the property of being of short spatial extent

2. the condition of being short of something

1. a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent

1. any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls

1. an acquaintance that you go to school with

1. a series of questions put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views

2. an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers

1. a quality that outshines the usual

2. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

1. a photographer who operates a movie camera

1. a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role

1. (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target

1. the stroke of a key; one depression of a key on a keyboard

1. number of people in a particular group

1. the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends

1. a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae

2. a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees

1. common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature

1. the distance from the center of a car's front wheel to the rear axle

1. the activity of supplying or taking on fuel

1. an instrument that measures the height above ground; used in navigation

1. any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper

1. (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

1. an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy

2. a biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally

1. the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

1. speech you make to yourself

2. a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)

1. an entertainer who has a sensational effect

2. a shocking surprise

1. a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism

2. a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology

1. land bordering a body of water

1. an exorbitant charge

2. unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority)

1. old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large; used as ratters and guard dogs or police dogs

1. one to whom something is addressed

1. the branch of science that studies magnetism

1. anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form

1. a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building

1. a feeling of being intimate and belonging together

2. the quality of being close and poorly ventilated

1. the trait of behaving in an obscene manner

2. an offensive or indecent word or phrase

1. intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

1. a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books

2. a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)

1. a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves

2. an electrical circuit that combines capacitance and inductance in such a way that a periodic electric oscillation will reach maximum amplitude

1. common North American deer; tail has a white underside

1. all of the offspring of a given progenitor

2. all future generations

1. clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music

1. a wind from the south

1. dry fruity red wine from California

1. a punctuation mark (;) used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period

1. strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

1. a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix

1. someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)

2. the leading military unit in an attack

1. any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels)

2. the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

1. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets

1. a shelter for birds

1. a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis

1. a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs

1. an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip

1. the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality)

1. an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

2. formal separation from an alliance or federation

1. a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap

1. an essential amino acid found in proteins that is important for the growth and repair of tissue

1. the science of architecture

2. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust

1. a specialist in the study of diet and nutrition

1. the shedding of blood resulting in murder

2. indiscriminate slaughter

1. measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking

1. a wind that blows from the north

1. a draft in excess of the credit balance

1. the beneficiary of a pension fund

1. a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

1. teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

1. people who have retreated

1. a buoyant board (resembling a surfboard) that is used to ride over water while being pulled behind a motorboat

1. malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer

1. the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

1. a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity

1. the act of convening

1. (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)

2. (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)

1. a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

2. a tight feeling in some part of the body

1. the act of indulging or gratifying a desire

1. the shell of a clam

2. a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam

1. the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light

1. the work of cleaning and running a house

1. a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks

1. blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system

1. any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis

1. a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

2. an irretrievable loss

1. large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

2. meat from an American bison

1. (poetic) tranquil silence

2. calmness without winds

1. a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area

2. painting depicting a city or urban area

1. a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area

2. an outburst of controversy

1. powerful and effective language

1. a guest cabin

1. any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus

1. an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener

1. someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

1. the funds of a government or institution or individual

1. a false statement

2. the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

1. one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament

1. one of the bony segments of the spinal column

1. the largest or most massive thing of its kind

2. monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament

1. an official who is appointed

2. a person who is appointed to a job or position

1. an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical

1. cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers

1. the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something

2. an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base

1. a variety of green lacewing

2. large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions

1. a polymer containing repeated amide groups

1. someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent)

1. any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea

1. the leader of a group of people

2. the head of a tribe or clan

1. any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi

1. the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)

1. a thin silk dress material

1. one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid

2. a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries

1. frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

1. (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind

2. a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices

1. the body of citizens of a state or country

1. absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness

1. a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet

2. (formal) a person who announces important news

1. something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies

1. juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice

2. tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar

1. (during prohibition) an illegal barroom

1. a person skilled in large scale financial transactions

1. betrayal of a trust

2. an act of deliberate betrayal

1. the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance

1. (used in the plural) an outdoor grandstand without a roof; patrons are exposed to the sun as linens are when they are bleached

1. the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others

2. the act of secluding yourself from others

1. a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

2. a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy

1. any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium

1. the owner or manager of an inn

1. an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization

1. something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

1. highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics

2. a medium that disseminates moving pictures

1. a feeling of joy and pride

2. the property of being comparatively small in weight

1. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

1. a feeling of great happiness

2. the utterance of sounds expressing great joy

1. care and treatment of a convalescent patient

1. the act of hearing again

1. a member of the genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour

2. grain ground into flour

1. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

1. a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

1. the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

1. something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose)

1. an act or expression of criticism and censure

1. a line connecting isometric points

1. filling again by supplying what has been used up

1. an estimate based on little or no information

1. an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo

1. American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe

2. Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas

1. low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams

1. a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra

1. the typewriter key used for back spacing

1. a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling

1. temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work

1. the bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane

1. an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

2. a state of robust good health

1. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

2. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

1. a perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior

1. an agent that represses

1. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

2. a life-size dummy used to display clothes

1. a ludicrous folly

2. an impulsive scatterbrained manner

1. a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying

2. a machine for excavating

1. a suit made from a fabric with very thin stripes

2. a fabric with very thin stripes

1. state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment

1. the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

2. a stone that is used to mark a grave

1. a polymer consisting of two or more different monomers

1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

2. total absence of light

1. decorative cover for a bed

1. the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons

1. (music) a gradual increase in loudness

1. the beginning of a trail

1. the state of being a parent

2. the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents

1. member of a vigilance committee

1. an athlete who plays cricket

1. one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people

1. a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling

1. mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

1. steadiness of mind under stress

1. an enzyme that catalyzes its substrate to an isomeric form

1. the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates

1. a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

2. prompt willingness

1. an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling

1. the light of the Moon

2. whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash

1. lack of an intervening or mediating agency

2. immediate intuitive awareness

1. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

1. a collection of live animals for study or display

2. the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition

1. a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment

1. a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset

2. the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event

1. a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)

2. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

1. getting something back again

1. the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics

1. any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed)

1. the process of paying close and continuous attention

2. a state of readiness to respond

1. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

2. an erroneous mental representation

1. a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon

1. a woman priest

1. the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

1. someone who releases people from captivity or bondage

1. (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium

1. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

1. a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

1. external sex organ

1. a large burial chamber, usually above ground

1. a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)

2. a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt

1. the state of being cancelled or annulled

2. (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)

1. a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence

2. a box for holding tinder

1. a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning

2. a place where reading materials are available

1. makeup consisting of a cosmetic substance used to darken the eyes

1. the attribute of being so near as to be touching

1. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

1. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

2. drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check

1. an occurrence of control or strength weakening

2. the act of making something less tight

1. any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments

2. a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction

1. an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed

2. an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen

1. a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria

2. the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion

1. someone who is punished for the errors of others

1. a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter

1. machine that performs dependably under heavy use

2. a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor

1. the middle of winter

1. (American football) practice play between a football team's squads

2. a noisy riotous fight

1. a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal

2. any animal that feeds on flesh

1. the person who accepts a mortgage

1. the trait of lacking courage

1. measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source

1. counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy

2. deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances

1. land suitable for grazing livestock

1. a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity

2. a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib

1. extravagant exaggeration

1. (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms

2. the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate

1. act of putting off to a future time

1. property consisting of houses and land

1. the feeling that things will turn out badly

2. a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things

1. a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution

1. the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality

1. a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening

1. something added to foods to make them taste sweeter

2. anything that serves as an enticement

1. the bank of a river

1. household articles made of metal (especially for use at table)

1. the person to whom merchandise is delivered over

1. a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony

1. a place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty

1. alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts

1. changing to a darker color

1. a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment

1. an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen)

1. an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words

1. the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark

1. the metal parts of something

2. the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner

1. the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning

1. stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand

1. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

1. the property of being strong and healthy in constitution

2. the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger

1. a performer who receives prominent billing

1. the scientific study of food preparation and intake

1. complete victory

2. a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

1. a plate bearing a name

1. a person who has epilepsy

1. a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose

1. a medical specialist in hygiene

1. North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye

2. oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family

1. someone who attacks

2. a confident assertive person who acts as instigator

1. a pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage)

1. a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats

1. small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas

1. the basic unit of money in Swaziland; equal to 100 cents

1. large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground

1. a person whose disease is incurable

1. bread made primarily of cornmeal

1. catapult that uses a swinging arm to throw a projectile

1. anything that freshens

1. cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil

1. wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles

1. the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted

1. a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam

2. a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring

1. the amount by which something decreases

2. a process of becoming smaller or shorter

1. a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)

1. a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles

1. (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties

1. position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose

2. an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design

1. a temporary resident

1. someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

1. a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)

2. the belief in government by divine guidance

1. someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers

2. the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk

1. (genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be inherited together

1. a failure to maintain a higher state

1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

2. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil

1. a quarrel about petty points

1. someone who makes wine

1. (medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning

2. the process of forming a ring by forming one or more hydrogen bonds

1. a ship powered by one or more steam engines

1. a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness

1. a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine

1. an old name for sulfur

1. the job of clerk

1. a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc)

1. a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite

1. surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible

1. a cargo ship

1. the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television

1. a plan for attaining a particular goal

2. a military training exercise

1. a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine

1. a change downward

1. a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)

1. the end (tip) of a finger

1. the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior

1. candles and other commodities sold by a chandler

2. a storeroom where candles are kept

1. a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment

1. a socially prominent person

1. a nonparticipant spectator

1. someone who distills alcoholic liquors

1. an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body

1. the force by which bodies repel one another

2. intense aversion

1. a toxin that is confined inside the microorganisms and is released only when the microorganisms are broken down or die

1. a shaky motion

2. the act of vibrating

1. a period of time during which there is no war

1. (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps

2. any load that is difficult to carry

1. a simple sugar found in lactose

1. the raw material that is required for some industrial process

1. a performance using gestures and body movements without words

1. initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state

2. a very thorough search of a person or a place

1. a large and usually triangular headsail; carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind

1. device for converting analogue signals into digital signals

1. robust hairy social bee of temperate regions

1. a green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects

1. (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols

1. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

1. an officer or crew member of a privateer

2. a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation

1. a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium

1. the pathological process that results in the formation and growth of a tumor

1. someone indifferent to the busy world

2. a physicist who studies astronomy

1. a woman deacon

1. a tape recording of sound

2. magnetic tape for use in recording sound

1. an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative

1. a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

1. acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves

1. an exogenous gene introduced into the genome of another organism

1. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

1. a person who makes deceitful pretenses

2. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

1. destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene

1. factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry

1. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

1. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

2. a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice

1. the hereditary derivation of an individual

2. ancestry of a purebred animal

1. bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream

1. any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes

1. unintelligible talking

1. abundant wealth

1. the exposure of falseness or pretensions

1. any of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago

1. a region in which explosives mines have been placed

1. someone who plays practical jokes on others

2. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

1. a woman sorcerer

1. a dip made of mashed avocado mixed with chopped onions and other seasonings

1. the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood

1. a measuring instrument or device for keeping time

1. a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive

1. the quality of being indecent

2. an indecent or improper act

1. apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions

1. an antihypertensive (trade name Catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches

1. a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

2. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

1. enamelware in which colored areas are separated by thin metal strips

1. undergarment worn under a skirt

1. the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

1. a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms

1. any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage

1. a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles

1. position 100 in a countable series of things

2. one part in a hundred equal parts

1. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution

2. a speech of violent denunciation

1. informal terms for insanity

2. the quality of being rash and foolish

1. elastic straps that hold trousers up

1. skillful performance or ability without difficulty

2. intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay

1. unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning

2. indistinctness of shape or character

1. a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives

1. a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

1. a disputant who advocates reform

1. a system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul

1. any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros

2. orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe

1. art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer

2. the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer

1. a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family

1. one million periods per second

1. a person who dissents from some established policy

2. someone who participates in a public display of group feeling

1. an athletic contest consisting of ten different events

1. a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

1. an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of urea

1. the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices)

2. the act of prevention by legal means

1. a rapid mover; someone who scrambles

2. a lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension; an off-road motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground

1. the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)

1. a government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered

1. the act of subjecting to strong attack

1. an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes

1. the act of making something slightly wet

1. a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; used in making synthetic rubbers

1. the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification

1. a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor

1. people who are confined to their homes

1. a cartridge (usually with paper casing)

1. an annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year

1. the quality of being deadly

1. a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments

1. teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)

1. aventurine spangled densely with fine gold-colored particles

1. a merchant who owns or manages a shop

1. an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children)