Nouns Containing S

1. the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

2. an investigation seeking answers

1. the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)

2. physical position in relation to the surroundings

1. information about recent and important events

2. information reported in a newspaper or news magazine

1. the act of using

2. what something is used for

1. the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located

1. the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization

1. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

2. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects

1. the first or highest in an ordering or series

2. the first element in a countable series

1. performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others

1. work done by one person or group that benefits another

2. an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance

1. a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

2. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical

1. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

2. the way something is with respect to its main attributes

1. the temporal end; the concluding time

2. the last or lowest in an ordering or series

1. an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

2. any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds

1. instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity

2. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

1. the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand

2. military installation at which a body of troops is stationed

1. the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

2. aiding the cause or policy or interests of

1. a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled

2. content communicating a message; what something is about

1. the supreme effort one can make

2. the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others

1. (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory

1. an educational institution

2. a building where young people receive education

1. a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore

1. a late time of life

2. a prolonged period of time

1. a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something

2. a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically

1. a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used

2. (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols

1. systematic investigation to establish facts

2. a search for knowledge

1. the body of faculty and students at a university

2. establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching

1. the time during which someone's life continues

1. a necessary or essential thing

2. grape juice before or during fermentation

1. a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

2. a supply of something available for future use

1. true confidential information

1. status with respect to the relations between people or groups

2. the amount of money needed to purchase something

1. an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)

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

2. an arrangement scheme

1. (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

2. the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with

1. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

2. conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry

1. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

2. something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation

1. an act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment

2. something intended to communicate a particular impression

1. a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising

2. a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant

1. a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web

1. a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)

2. a public display of a message

1. the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees

2. a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city

1. an occurrence of something

2. a special set of circumstances

1. an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint

2. something a little different from others of the same type

1. a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)

2. a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope

1. a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

2. the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

1. the state of being free from danger or injury

2. defense against financial failure; financial independence

1. the right to enter

2. the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)

1. the aggregate of past events

2. a record or narrative description of past events

1. the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)

2. the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)

1. a short newspaper article about a particular person or group

1. a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

2. small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

1. the slender part of the back

2. a garment size for a small person

1. searching for or buying goods or services

2. the commodities purchased from stores

1. a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

2. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed

1. a period of time assigned for work

2. an indefinite period of time

1. a statement that represents something in words

2. the act of describing something

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. a collection of things sharing a common attribute

2. a body of students who are taught together

1. a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)

2. (poetic) tranquil silence

1. a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

2. the act of making a list of items

1. the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time

2. a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice

1. (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring

1. someone who pays for goods or services

1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being

2. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained

1. the state of demanding notice or attention

2. the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines

1. a particular instance of selling

2. the general activity of selling

1. education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

2. a connected series of events or actions or developments

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

2. (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

1. the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)

2. the merchandise that a shop has on hand

1. a particular branch of scientific knowledge

2. ability to produce solutions in some problem domain

1. the cardinal compass point that is at 270 degrees

2. the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point

1. income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time

1. everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities

2. extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

1. the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process

2. the set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare

1. an official written record of names or events or transactions

2. (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments

1. the beginning of anything

2. the time at which something is supposed to begin

1. similar things placed in order or happening one after another

2. a serialized set of programs

1. the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise

2. the organized action of making of goods and services for sale

1. an affirmative

1. 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

2. an indefinitely short time

1. the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

2. the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)

1. the chance to speak

1. trying something to find out about it

2. any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc

1. a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)

2. (court games) the player who serves to start a point

1. a detailed critical inspection

2. applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)

1. personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task

2. a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose

1. a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

2. the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel

1. any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

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. a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

2. a human body (usually including the clothing)

1. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

2. someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

1. a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

2. one of two or more contesting groups

1. a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity

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

2. a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events

1. the activity of persuading someone to buy

1. a local tax on property

1. the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

2. the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point

1. a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base

2. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

1. a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

1. the most recent news or development

1. an instance of questioning

2. the subject matter at issue

1. the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

2. a state at a particular time

1. vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat

2. reading superficially or at random

1. an important question that is in dispute and must be settled

2. one of a series published periodically

1. someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

1. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

2. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

1. merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)

2. the act of liberating someone or something

1. an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

2. the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations

1. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

2. the verbal act of requesting

1. something that can be done

2. an applicant who might be suitable

1. a person engaged in one of the learned professions

2. an athlete who plays for pay

1. (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior

2. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

1. the unlimited expanse in which everything is located

2. an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)

1. the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

2. the rays of the sun

1. a game played with playing cards

1. a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

2. a reason for wanting something done

1. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

2. any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate

1. an executive officer of a firm or corporation

2. the chief executive of a republic

1. your consciousness of your own identity

2. a person considered as a unique individual

1. an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic

2. an exchange of views on some topic

1. something that is of no importance

1. an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

2. a formal association of people with similar interests

1. the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions

2. a safe place

1. a formal organization of people or groups of people

2. the act of consorting with or joining with others

1. the temporal end; the concluding time

2. the last section of a communication

1. a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

2. a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease

1. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

2. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

1. studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

1. something intended to communicate a particular impression

2. something shown to the public

1. to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

2. considerable capital (wealth or income)

1. the time that has elapsed

2. a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)

1. the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices

1. an organized body of related information

1. a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

2. a zone or area resembling an island

1. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

1. pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation

1. how something is done or how it happens

2. a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period

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. the local environment

1. the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

2. the subjective sensation of hearing something

1. available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed

2. a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed

1. the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech

2. something presented as a gift

1. buildings for carrying on industrial labor

2. everything available; usually preceded by `the'

1. a written account of what transpired at a meeting

1. a useful or valuable quality

2. the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers

1. abstaining from food

1. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

2. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury

1. an acknowledgment of appreciation

2. with the help of or owing to

1. the words that are spoken

2. the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number

1. a public promotion of some product or service

2. the business of drawing public attention to goods and services

1. report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group

1. collection of records especially about an institution

1. the act of constructing something

2. a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

1. the particular portion of space occupied by something

2. a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

1. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

2. an approximate definition or example

1. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

2. the distance covered by a step

1. any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties

2. a person lacking intelligence or common sense

1. medium for communication

2. transmission by radio waves

1. a legal document giving official permission to do something

2. freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

1. (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

1. the acquisition of something for payment

2. something acquired by purchase

1. a result

2. a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

1. distance travelled per unit time

2. a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens

1. something that is lost

2. gradual decline in amount or activity

1. the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

2. interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan

1. property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business

1. a quantity that is added

2. a change resulting in an increase

1. installation from which a military force initiates operations

2. lowest support of a structure

1. the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

2. miscellaneous unspecified objects

1. the act of storing something

2. a depository for goods

1. a particular situation

1. continuing or remaining in a place or state

2. the state of inactivity following an interruption

1. a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form

1. a sandwich made from a western omelet

1. money in the form of bills or coins

2. prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check

1. a special group delegated to consider some matter

2. a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)

1. (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something

2. a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start

1. the event of something ending

2. the act of stopping something

1. a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)

2. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

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

1. a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing

2. a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight

1. a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field

2. one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions

1. a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

1. the act of choosing or selecting

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

1. a public building for gambling and entertainment

2. a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand

1. people who are destined to die soon

1. a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece

2. a marking that consists of lines that cross each other

1. a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography

2. coins made of silver

1. a specific feeling of desire

2. an expression of some desire or inclination

1. the region that is inside of something

2. the inner or enclosed surface of something

1. a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution

2. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

1. an amount of something available for use

2. offering goods and services for sale

1. anything indispensable

1. verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

1. the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container

2. a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely

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

2. a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips

1. a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

2. a large wilderness area

1. the act of making up your mind about something

2. a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

1. the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20

2. all the numbers that end in -teen

1. beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something)

1. an army unit large enough to sustain combat

2. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

1. a female homosexual

1. a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

2. a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages

1. a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

1. a small part of something intended as representative of the whole

2. items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

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

2. money that is invested with an expectation of profit

1. 100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia

1. a sudden intense burst of radiant energy

2. a momentary brightness

1. a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

1. the act of enrolling

2. the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time

1. a person who uses goods or services

1. a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

1. the region that is outside of something

2. the outer side or surface of something

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 warmest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

2. the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty

1. a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector

1. accepted or habitual practice

2. a specific practice of long standing

1. (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

2. the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume

1. events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

2. a justification for something existing or happening

1. a short musical composition with words

2. a distinctive or characteristic sound

1. the concentration of attention or energy on something

2. maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system

1. apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

1. the discipline that studies the principles of transmitting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)

1. an illegal daily lottery

1. a rational motive for a belief or action

2. an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon

1. a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular

2. a program used to view HTML documents

1. the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring

2. a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed

1. a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

2. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

1. a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

2. an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur

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

2. what something is used for

1. a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure

2. a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking

1. someone who works at something specified

2. someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)

1. strongbox where valuables can be safely kept

2. a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests

1. a detailed critical inspection

2. short descriptive summary (of events)

1. an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

2. the occupation of athletes who compete for pay

1. financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records

1. a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

2. proper or designated social situation

1. an artist of consummate skill

2. a person who has general authority over others

1. a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

2. anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume

1. a firm in the publishing business

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

1. the act of moving something from one location to another

2. someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another

1. a health facility where patients receive treatment

2. a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care

1. a vessel that carries passengers or freight

1. an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

1. a creation of the highest excellence

2. an artist who has created classic works

1. a relation that provides the foundation for something

2. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

1. mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system

2. public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops

1. the property created by the space between two objects or points

2. a distant region

1. the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

2. an amount determined as payable

1. an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation

1. an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

2. an attainment that is successful

1. solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

2. a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs

1. structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

1. a male human offspring

1. structures collectively in which people are housed

2. a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component

1. an elaborate and systematic plan of action

2. the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war

1. an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation

2. a person who is older than you are

1. the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works

2. an examination of the characteristics of something

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

2. an organization created for business ventures

1. the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

2. a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject

1. the quality of being suitable

2. good physical condition; being in shape or in condition

1. a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

2. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

1. assets in the form of money

1. preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure

1. the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

2. the proper sphere or extent of your activities

1. a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

2. the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together

1. a visitor to whom hospitality is extended

2. a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.

1. (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

2. (military) a written leave of absence

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

1. something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)

2. certainty based on past experience

1. a meeting for execution of a group's functions

2. the time during which a school holds classes

1. the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

2. a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do

1. a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch

2. an outer surface (usually thin)

1. photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication

2. the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book

1. something left after other parts have been taken away

2. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

1. a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

2. the act of moving something from one location to another

1. social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power

2. the study of government of states and other political units

1. (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something

2. denial of any connection with or knowledge of

1. (used in the plural) the stage of a theater

2. (used in the plural) the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink

1. any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

2. the flesh of fish used as food

1. the body of members of an organization or group

2. the state of being a member

1. an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

2. an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters

1. a lightweight cord

2. stringed instruments that are played with a bow

1. a general conscious awareness

2. the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted

1. any distinct time period in a sequence of events

2. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

1. the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)

2. a force that compels

1. broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects

2. a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points

1. writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

1. workplace for the teaching or practice of an art

2. an apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen

1. a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it

1. the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary

2. the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object

1. a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

2. a vast multitude

1. an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range

2. a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

1. the cognitive condition of someone who understands

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

1. (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

2. the force of workers available

1. the top of a desk

2. (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

1. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle

2. a social group that forms part of the society or the economy

1. a close-fitting pullover shirt

2. a slightly elastic machine-knit fabric

1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

2. hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting

1. (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point

2. the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)

1. a building where people go to eat

1. opinion or judgment

1. a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)

2. a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)

1. a field on which the buildings of a university are situated

1. the display of a motion picture

2. something shown to the public

1. the shore of a sea or ocean

2. a slope down which sleds may coast

1. gradual improvement or growth or development

2. the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

1. an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'

1. 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

2. a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

1. a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

2. street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

1. a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value

1. something that serves as a means of transportation

2. an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes

1. the context and environment in which something is set

2. the state of the environment in which a situation exists

1. an ordered reference standard

2. relative magnitude

1. a support or foundation

2. the position where a thing or person stands

1. a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing

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. control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

2. an event in which one thing is substituted for another

1. the quality of being just or fair

2. judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments

1. a container that is usually woven and has handles

2. the quantity contained in a basket

1. the act of installing something (as equipment)

2. a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry

1. a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected

2. apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

1. (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon

2. the product of two equal terms

1. a gait in which steps and hops alternate

2. a mistake resulting from neglect

1. a mouth or mouthlike opening

2. rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

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

1. a large number or amount

1. any broad thin expanse or surface

2. paper used for writing or printing

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

2. one of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face

1. violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements)

1. (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed

2. a specific kind of something

1. a hotel located in a resort area

2. a frequently visited place

1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship

2. a person appointed to a high office in the government

1. how something is done or how it happens

2. characteristic or habitual practice

1. the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

2. land that is covered with trees and shrubs

1. a vivid mental image

2. the ability to see; the visual faculty

1. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time

2. a condition or position in which you find yourself

1. the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution

1. a characteristic state or mode of living

2. the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

1. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

2. building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose

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

2. a person who follows or serves another

1. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

2. someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards

1. the act of firing a projectile

2. a solid missile discharged from a firearm

1. 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

2. ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

1. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

2. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

1. a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport

2. the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar

1. the act of someone who fishes as a diversion

2. the occupation of catching fish for a living

1. any distinct time period in a sequence of events

2. (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary

1. imagination unrestricted by reality

2. fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

1. the literary culture

2. scholarly attainment

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

1. a garment worn on the upper half of the body

1. the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

1. the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

2. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman

1. approval to do something

2. the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

1. the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures

2. a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted

1. a young female

2. a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

1. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

2. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

1. the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit

2. the act of using

1. a meeting of elected or appointed representatives

2. a national legislative assembly

1. a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

2. person of exceptional holiness

1. any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

2. pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began

1. a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

2. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

1. a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

2. the course along which a person has walked or is walking in

1. anything indispensable

1. the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm

2. the profession of a nurse

1. (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

2. protection from harm

1. an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge

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. matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure

2. the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape

1. the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward)

2. a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view

1. a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

1. the vital principle or animating force within living things

2. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

1. matters of personal concern

2. transactions of professional or public interest

1. (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play

1. a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

1. (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein

2. a harmful or corrupting agency

1. cruel or inhumane treatment

2. a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

1. a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

2. a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

1. the activity of leading

2. the body of people who lead a group

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. a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household

1. the act of examining resemblances

2. relation based on similarities and differences

1. serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern

2. a following of one thing after another in time

1. formality and propriety of manner

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

1. generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives

2. a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has sufficient means of payment and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered

1. precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

2. a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground

1. a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs

2. a ball used in playing baseball

1. the body of people who lead a group

1. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

1. a public promotion of some product or service

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. small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

2. a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving

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. assembly possessing high legislative powers

1. sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

2. something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate

1. an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light

1. someone who supports or champions something

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

1. traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste

1. a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop

2. an inflated ball used in playing basketball

1. a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit

2. the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

1. a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism

2. the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part

1. any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

2. a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

1. any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

2. any incitement to action

1. the actors in a play

2. container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

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 petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)

2. a steep descent of the water of a river

1. the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

2. a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

1. the business of providing services to tourists

1. a fund of money put by as a reserve

1. a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

2. a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)

1. a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance

2. something written by hand

1. something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate

2. a flat circular plate

1. a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)

1. a dish served as the last course of a meal

2. a food rich in sugar

1. a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments

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

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

1. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

2. how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

1. a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration

2. an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)

1. a health resort near a spring or at the seaside

2. a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area

1. the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)

2. the ultimate goal for which something is done

1. the members of a business venture created by contract

2. a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal

1. the feelings expressed on a person's face

2. expression without words

1. a stock or supply of foods

1. the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

2. (language) communication by word of mouth

1. unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)

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

1. someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)

2. electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance

1. a person who specializes in interior design

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

1. something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)

2. information known only to a special group

1. a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

2. a uniform movement without rotation

1. anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company

1. religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)

2. building where the business of a government ministry is transacted

1. something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)

2. an offer of marriage

1. using or enjoying something jointly with others

2. having in common

1. the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

2. (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play

1. law enacted by a legislative body

2. the act of making or enacting laws

1. an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

2. the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone

1. a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

1. a person who represents others

2. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose

1. a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)

2. the temporal end; the concluding time

1. the science of matter and energy and their interactions

2. the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something

1. gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights

1. a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

1. badminton played with one person on each side

2. tennis played with one person on each side

1. someone who administers a business

2. the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor

1. a growth in strength or number or importance

2. the act of changing location in an upward direction

1. a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

2. a torpid state resembling deep sleep

1. a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference

2. angry criticism

1. the place where some action occurs

2. an incident (real or imaginary)

1. a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure

2. a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices

1. the basic structure or features of a system or organization

2. the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area

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

1. a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)

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

1. a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

2. the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

1. gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises

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. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

2. an estimate based on little or no information

1. narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow

1. a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal

1. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

2. (bookkeeping) a listing on the company's records

1. the state of being present; current existence

2. the immediate proximity of someone or something

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

2. a particular point in time

1. an elaborate and systematic plan of action

2. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

1. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

2. contemptuous disregard

1. the property of being physically or mentally strong

2. capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war

1. the act of searching for something

2. an attempt to acquire or gain something

1. social or financial or professional status or reputation

2. an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event

1. a flag that shows its nationality

2. a distinguishing emblem

1. cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward

2. important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America

1. an ocean trip taken for pleasure

1. anything that tends to arouse

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

1. a social unit living together

1. the act of smoking tobacco or other substances

2. a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion

1. weapons considered collectively

2. the official symbols of a family, state, etc.

1. a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

2. clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion

1. a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time

2. agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name

1. the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

1. vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain

2. the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience

1. your name written in your own handwriting

2. a distinguishing style

1. a stipulated condition

2. the activity of supplying or providing something

1. where the air is unconfined

1. clothing in general

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

2. a business firm that publishes newspapers

1. a point located with respect to surface features of some region

2. a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising

1. an event that results in a transformation

2. a change in the units or form of an expression:

1. a serialized set of programs

2. a periodical that appears at scheduled times

1. the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

2. the act of rewriting something

1. a technician who designs or maintains a website

1. perception by means of the eyes

2. normal use of the faculty of vision

1. a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court

1. the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

2. any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)

1. directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions

2. a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist

1. an occurrence of something

2. an item of information that is typical of a class or group

1. an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

2. the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources

1. (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

1. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

2. (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

1. an expert who gives advice

1. any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

2. the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance

1. any object that is left unused or still extant

2. a relic that has been excavated from the soil

1. the act of using

2. accepted or habitual practice

1. a periodic count of the population

1. a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

2. a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

1. a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

2. white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

1. sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)

2. the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

1. a message describing how something is to be done

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

1. a female person who has the same parents as another person

2. a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group

1. a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

2. a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point

1. a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement

1. something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

2. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

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

2. a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

1. the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

1. an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning

2. practices one branch of medicine

1. an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

2. the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

1. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

2. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated

1. (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

2. a written account of what transpired at a meeting

1. the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted

2. communication by means of transmitted signals

1. the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk

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. an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat

1. anything regarded as making something unclean

2. the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

1. the science of mental life

1. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

2. a person's financial situation (good or bad)

1. someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns

1. the utterance of intelligible speech

2. delivering an address to a public audience

1. a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)

2. any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)

1. the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles

2. contact by fitting together

1. an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

2. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible

1. equipment designed to serve a specific function

2. the way something is organized or arranged

1. an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

1. official routes of communication

1. a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes

2. a state of depression

1. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

2. the state of the environment in which a situation exists

1. someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity

1. the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

1. time available for ease and relaxation

2. freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity

1. a written account of what transpired at a meeting

1. a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

1. people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped

1. a large number or amount

1. an asset of special worth or utility

2. a distinguishing trait

1. a quantity that does not vary

2. a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context

1. an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it

1. a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

2. (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood

1. the act of discovering something

2. something that is discovered

1. a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type

1. the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty

2. permission to do something

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

1. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

2. a group of people who work together

1. an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)

1. a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

2. an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain

1. staying power

1. an implement consisting of a length of wood

2. a small thin branch of a tree

1. a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study

2. (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

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 violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning

2. a violent commotion or disturbance

1. informal terms for clothing

1. something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)

2. the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

1. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

2. a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody

1. a formal or official examination

1. the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)

1. the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness

1. a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events

2. a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series

1. a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food

2. a particular item of prepared food

1. everything that exists anywhere

2. (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn

1. a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable

2. a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)

1. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

2. the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

1. a person who carries a message

1. the process of giving careful thought to something

2. information that should be kept in mind when making a decision

1. British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK

1. a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction

2. a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod

1. one who is the object of choice; who is given preference

2. an exclusive group of people

1. something that remunerates

1. a district that is reserved for particular purpose

2. a statement that limits or restricts some claim

1. an act of economizing; reduction in cost

2. recovery or preservation from loss or danger

1. short descriptive summary (of events)

2. a summary of your academic and work history

1. the amount a salary is increased

2. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

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. permission for something to happen

1. the activity of making visits

1. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

2. a struggle between rivals

1. the act of applying force in order to move something away

2. the force used in pushing

1. a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes

1. one of the contractile organs of the body

2. animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells

1. the place where people vote

1. a quantity of money

2. a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

1. a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you

2. washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle

1. the act of causing something to go (especially messages)

1. ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun

2. the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals

1. having knowledge of

2. state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness

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

1. the act of swimming

1. computer software that obtains information from a user's computer without the user's knowledge or consent

1. law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

2. the act of forming or establishing something

1. a conference (usually with someone important)

2. a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question

1. the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point

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

1. term of address for a man

1. a room in a school where lessons take place

1. items for sale to the individual consumer

2. branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups

1. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

2. any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

1. someone who visits

1. a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication

2. an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted

1. the act of passing from one state or place to the next

2. an event that results in a transformation

1. (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors

2. a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people

1. a device that requires skill for proper use

2. the means whereby some act is accomplished

1. extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

2. a bottle containing half the usual amount

1. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

2. a group of people or things arranged by class or category

1. a licensed medical practitioner

1. the verbal act of requesting

1. a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States

1. a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst

1. a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color

2. a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

1. an event in which something is displaced without rotation

2. a qualitative change

1. the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation

2. state of being gratified or satisfied

1. one of greater rank or station or quality

2. the head of a religious community

1. the act of spending or disbursing money

2. money paid out; an amount spent

1. the act of hearing attentively

1. an official written record of names or events or transactions

1. an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty

2. a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something

1. combining into a solid mass

2. the act of combining into an integral whole

1. the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended

2. a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone

1. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

2. something that remunerates

1. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

2. a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie

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

2. painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery

1. the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

2. something acquired

1. noticeable heterogeneity

2. the condition or result of being changeable

1. a relation of direct opposition

2. the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed

1. the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

2. matter that has been deposited by some natural process

1. any meeting for an exchange of ideas

2. a course offered for a small group of advanced students

1. the quality of being at hand when needed

2. the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with

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

1. the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization

1. (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

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

1. message that is transmitted by radio or television

2. a radio or television show

1. the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)

1. a relatively long narrow piece of something

2. artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

1. a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work

2. naming explicitly

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

2. a supplementary component that improves capability

1. someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

2. a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital

1. a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image

2. a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something

1. the act of smoothing

1. a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions

2. an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective

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

2. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

1. a short vivid experience

2. sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing

1. (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

2. the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position

1. an expert who gives advice

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. a large and stately mansion

2. a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack

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. the amount per unit size

2. the spatial property of being crowded together

1. a farm building for housing horses or other livestock

1. a unit of instruction

2. punishment intended as a warning to others

1. a useful or valuable quality

1. the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region

2. an image produced by scanning

1. steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion

1. the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared

2. the act of distinguishing by comparing differences

1. estrangement from god

2. an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will

1. a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm

1. a small hard fruit

2. a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

1. the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

2. an inclination to want things

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. (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank

2. a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law

1. kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation

1. a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

2. an intuitive assumption

1. the act of closing something

2. the last section of a communication

1. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

1. an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts

2. someone that is abnormally large and powerful

1. a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

2. a community of people smaller than a town

1. motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

2. the philosophical study of moral values and rules

1. the act of buying

1. reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound

2. two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together

1. the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus

2. a strong liking

1. property that is leased or rented out or let

2. a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment

1. a quantity much larger than is needed

2. immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits

1. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

1. a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall

2. a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)

1. a person whose occupation is teaching

1. an area that includes places where several people can sit

1. the least favorable outcome

2. the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable

1. a future prospect or potential

2. capability of existing or happening or being true

1. someone who is skilled at analyzing data

2. an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions

1. a government administrator

2. a member of a commission

1. a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

2. something or someone that provides a source of happiness

1. of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder

2. cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death

1. (used in the plural) underpants worn by women

1. one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)

2. a woman who is the custodian of children

1. the charge for mailing something

2. a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid

1. a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk

2. erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States

1. identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

1. one of two divisions of an academic year

2. half a year; a period of 6 months

1. a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body

2. a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers

1. a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas

2. a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion

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

2. a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together

1. twelve dozen

2. the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

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

1. the act of admitting someone to enter

2. an acknowledgment of the truth of something

1. footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material

2. (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time

1. a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

2. fortitude and determination

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. fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters

2. a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

1. the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders

2. the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole

1. something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative

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 act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)

2. (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program

1. study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome

1. a means of flight or ascent

2. stylized bird wings worn as an insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members

1. the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion

1. a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future

2. grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

1. people who are sick

1. a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

2. the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time

1. the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole

2. the way in which someone or something is composed

1. the state or fact of existing

2. everything that exists anywhere

1. the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences

2. a systematic orderly arrangement

1. a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment

2. a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

1. an ability that has been acquired by training

2. ability to produce solutions in some problem domain

1. a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)

2. a Spanish mackerel of western North America

1. (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment

2. arid land with little or no vegetation

1. something inferior in quality or condition or effect

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

2. the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

1. the act of escaping physically

2. an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

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

2. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

1. the status of being a champion

2. a competition at which a champion is chosen

1. something that cannot be done

1. a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

2. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

1. a discussion intended to produce an agreement

1. (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

2. euphemistic expressions for death

1. part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function

2. a soft thin (usually translucent) paper

1. a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

2. a pasture subject to common use

1. a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided

1. an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave

2. a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities

1. special importance or significance

2. intensity or forcefulness of expression

1. a distinct feature or element in a problem

2. a characteristic to be considered

1. a loud resonant repeating noise

2. a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)

1. a person who closes something

2. (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game

1. a high place

1. shade within clear boundaries

2. an unilluminated area

1. amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

2. a detriment or sacrifice

1. a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)

1. a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying

2. a quantity of small objects flying through the air

1. a partly sheltered anchorage

1. the speech act of making something evident

1. the act of forming or establishing something

2. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

1. any of several wrestling holds in which an arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind and the hand exerts pressure on the back of the neck

1. someone who travels for pleasure

1. a member of a senate

1. a periodical that summarizes the news

2. something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)

1. fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air

2. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

1. recovery or preservation from loss or danger

1. something lost (especially money lost at gambling)

1. the act of firing a projectile

2. killing someone by gunfire

1. a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

1. the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

2. the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

1. power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect

2. capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

1. a particular environment or surrounding influence

2. a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade

1. the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)

2. a cookie made of egg whites and sugar

1. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

2. a cruelly rapacious person

1. a lawyer who pleads cases in court

2. something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

1. a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

2. the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

1. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

2. a sudden forceful flow

1. the state of being absent

2. failure to be present

1. a grouping of a number of similar things

1. the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

1. the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you

2. a sudden unexpected event

1. something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

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. a mental representation of some haunting experience

2. a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else

1. the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast

2. a stable order (especially of society)

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

2. the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point

1. a person who exercises control over workers

2. a person responsible for hiring workers

1. the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals

2. the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life

1. any activity that is performed alone without assistance

2. a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment)

1. a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language

2. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed

1. an indefinite or unknown location

1. an alloy of copper and zinc

2. a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

1. a state of surviving; remaining alive

2. a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

1. a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria

2. the act of searching for something

1. the display of a motion picture

2. fabric of metal or plastic mesh

1. extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

1. a person who is not very bright

1. one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object

2. one of the parts into which something naturally divides

1. a movement upward; rise above the ground

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

1. clear or deep perception of a situation

2. a feeling of understanding

1. a complex of concurrent things

2. a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease

1. (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

1. the visual percept of a region

1. strips of potato fried in deep fat

1. freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

2. a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state

1. the property of being smooth and shiny

2. a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

1. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence

2. a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

1. a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement

1. soldiers collectively

1. someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy

2. a commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs her

1. your parents

2. people in general (often used in the plural)

1. any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner

1. the act of giving hope or support to someone

2. an increase in cost

1. the act of slapping on the buttocks

1. financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit

2. profound scholarly knowledge

1. the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies

1. the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

1. a change downward

2. a process of becoming smaller or shorter

1. the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

2. box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy

1. a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working

1. the activity of worshipping

2. a feeling of profound love and admiration

1. the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance

1. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

1. civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army

1. (used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee

2. underpants worn by men

1. the underside of footwear or a golf club

2. lean flesh of any of several flatfish

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. a strong feeling or emotion

2. the trait of being intensely emotional

1. an instance of visual perception

2. anything that is seen

1. a way of doing or being

1. the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring

2. the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another

1. an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations

1. a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades

1. unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice

2. the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished

1. an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence

2. a short musical passage

1. the event of something being raised upward

2. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

1. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

1. an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil

1. a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae

2. animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders

1. a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy

2. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

1. textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end

2. a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)

1. your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

2. the enclosed land around a house or other building

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 socially awkward or tactless act

2. a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

1. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

2. something won (especially money)

1. narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay

2. a police informer who implicates many people

1. someone who grows and deals in flowers

2. a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold

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 bony hollow into which a structure fits

2. receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted

1. a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity

2. mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth

1. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

1. someone making a search or inquiry

2. a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)

1. accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

2. the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight

1. a new branch

2. the act of shooting at targets

1. the time at which something is supposed to begin

2. a compensating equivalent

1. a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)

2. the act of rotating rapidly

1. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law

2. in law; the territory within which power can be exercised

1. someone who sees an event and reports what happened

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

1. tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice

1. a thin coat of water-base paint

2. the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

1. the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage

1. an unquestionable truth

2. folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)

1. the land along the edge of a body of water

2. a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support

1. impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

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 cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats

2. money offered as a bribe

1. the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

2. an event that completely destroys something

1. a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning

2. a condition in which things are not in their expected places

1. a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions

2. the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged

1. someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables

2. an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer

1. making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

2. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

1. a statement of fundamental facts or principles

2. principles from which other truths can be derived

1. the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms

1. a collection of maps in book form

2. the 1st cervical vertebra

1. the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments

2. (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement

1. the act of making and recording a measurement

2. the act of observing; taking a patient look

1. the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state

2. getting something back again

1. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

2. the relation between opposed entities

1. one who supervises or has charge and direction of

2. a program that controls the execution of other programs

1. an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support

2. a body of people associated together

1. the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm

2. a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg

1. a person who sings

1. a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other

2. a relation of direct opposition

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

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

1. (used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear

1. the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet

1. an event that occurs at a critical time

2. a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people

1. the state of being asleep

2. quiet and inactive restfulness

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

2. seating on the main floor in a theater

1. the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

2. atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun

1. a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage

2. a message that departs from the main subject

1. an analytic or interpretive literary composition

2. a tentative attempt

1. a branch of knowledge

2. a system of rules of conduct or method of practice

1. the power to use something or someone

2. a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)

1. the act of installing something (as equipment)

1. a covering to disguise or conceal the face

2. activity that tries to conceal something

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

1. support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

2. one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder

1. (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study

2. items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

1. a large and unbroken expanse or distance

2. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

1. the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm

2. small case into which an object fits

1. (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand

2. the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

1. an administrative division of a county

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

1. an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position

2. hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it

1. (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise

2. the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command

1. waves breaking on the shore

1. a qualitative change

2. (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

1. money collected under a tariff

1. the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual

2. a person of considerable prominence

1. a sport in which participants must travel on skis

1. someone who expresses strong approval

2. someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication

1. emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity)

1. a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

2. a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

1. a shop where books are sold

1. a disagreement or argument about something important

2. coming into conflict with

1. water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

1. the sudden giving off of energy

2. the act of venting

1. a large number or amount

1. an orderly pile

2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

1. a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

1. the act of passing from one state or place to the next

2. a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

1. receiver consisting of a pair of headphones

1. someone who markets merchandise

2. a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion

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. the act of killing yourself

2. a person who kills himself intentionally

1. the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture

2. a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time

1. flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food

1. a courteous or respectful or considerate act

2. a courteous or respectful or considerate remark

1. disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

2. a serious examination and judgment of something

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

2. the direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point

1. oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

1. a remedy for hearing loss or deafness

1. a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video

1. the act of causing something to happen

1. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

2. an understanding of something that is not correct

1. an occurrence that involves the production of a union

2. the state of being combined into one body

1. (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun

1. the act of guiding or showing the way

2. the act of setting and holding a course

1. several beads threaded together on a string

1. a heavy, closely woven fabric

2. an oil painting on canvas fabric

1. the starting point for a new state or experience

2. the smallest detectable sensation

1. a local church community

2. the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor

1. a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

1. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

2. a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

1. the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole

1. the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball

2. unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place

1. a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ

2. port wine mulled with oranges and cloves

1. an increase in the density of something

2. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

1. a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons

1. a regular walk taken as a form of exercise

1. a person who is owned by someone

2. someone who works as hard as a slave

1. a person distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

2. the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem

1. a medium that disseminates via telecommunications

2. taking part in a radio or tv program

1. a toiletry designed to beautify the body

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. an energetic attempt to achieve something

2. an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

1. a state of acute pain

2. misery resulting from affliction

1. someone whose occupation is catching fish

2. large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal

1. a lavishly produced performance

1. a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids

2. the quantity that a basin will hold

1. liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food

2. any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup

1. traveling across

2. a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

1. the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

2. a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)

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

1. reading superficially or at random

2. the act of feeding by continual nibbling

1. the trait of being resolute

2. a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

1. an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument

2. a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

1. persons who make or amend or repeal laws

1. kindness in welcoming guests or strangers

1. the act of singing vocal music

2. disclosing information or giving evidence about another

1. close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)

1. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

2. an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

1. the state of being included

2. the relation of comprising something

1. the act of sucking

1. someone who saves something from danger or violence

2. someone who saves (especially money)

1. a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric

2. a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric

1. things that make you comfortable and at ease

1. evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score

1. spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens

1. gallery where works of art can be displayed

2. a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work

1. an idea that is suggested

2. a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

1. an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army

2. a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony

1. a focus of public attention

2. a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer

1. device for resetting instruments or controls

1. a dense growth of bushes

2. an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle

1. close fighting during the culmination of a military attack

2. a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped

1. an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

2. an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle

1. handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed

1. light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese

1. cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist

2. a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women

1. an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

2. the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations

1. the quality of being significant

2. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

1. an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)

2. a setting for a work of art or literature

1. a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations

1. finding a solution to a problem

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

1. metal shackles; for hands or legs

1. position six in a countable series of things

2. one part in six equal parts

1. the act of changing one thing or position for another

1. communication by the exchange of letters

2. compatibility of observations

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

1. the state of lacking unity

2. coming apart

1. a solemn statement made under oath

2. an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact

1. someone who is under suspicion

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

1. someone who transmits a message

2. set used to broadcast radio or tv signals

1. organizing into or administering as a syndicate

2. selling (an article or cartoon) for publication in many magazines or newspapers at the same time

1. a person's partner in marriage

1. liquid excretory product

2. informal terms for urination

1. land and the buildings on it

1. the action of attacking an enemy

1. reading carefully with intent to remember

1. the distinctive form in which a thing is made

2. a type or class

1. native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers

2. white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians

1. any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn

2. flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

1. an electric motor for starting an engine

2. a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning

1. a small island

1. the act of emitting; causing to flow forth

2. a substance that is emitted or released

1. a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work

1. something you have to do

1. people descended from a common ancestor

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. a man who is virile and sexually active

2. ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

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

1. a craftsman who works with stone or brick

1. the human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group

1. predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey

2. a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine

1. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation

2. the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences

1. the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

2. the condition of being (well or ill) preserved

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 very long fly ball

2. a sudden very loud noise

1. a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease

1. a protective covering or structure

2. armor carried on the arm to intercept blows

1. the yield from plants in a single growing season

2. the consequence of an effort or activity

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

1. a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view

2. a show of military force or preparedness

1. the work of a sailor

2. riding in a sailboat

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. the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

1. a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)

2. a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

1. an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared

2. the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line

1. a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors

1. sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film

1. the body of people in a learned occupation

2. an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

1. an area that includes places where several people can sit

2. the service of ushering people to their seats

1. the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms

2. processes and functions of an organism

1. any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

1. a large number or amount

1. the state of being friends (or friendly)

1. any authorization to pass or go somewhere

2. a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country

1. the funds of a government or institution or individual

2. the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues

1. a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses

2. an expert who observes and comments on something

1. the rays of the sun

2. moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities

1. (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

2. difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension

1. a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card

1. someone whose business is advertising

1. the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)

2. the absence of sound

1. an elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

1. the act of having and controlling property

2. anything owned or possessed

1. absence of light or illumination

2. an unilluminated area

1. the complete duration of something

2. the distance or interval between two points

1. the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent

2. someone who responds

1. an act passed by a legislative body

1. a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

2. protective covering that provides protection from the weather

1. setting an order and time for planned events

1. the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere

2. a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere)

1. woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

2. a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon

1. a child's room for a baby

1. the residue that remains when something is burned

2. any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

1. food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens

1. any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency

2. a hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry

1. freedom to act or judge on one's own

2. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

1. a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone

2. a reservation where animals are protected

1. a wind from the east

1. a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

2. a person to whom a secret is entrusted

1. an expression of approval and commendation

2. offering words of homage as an act of worship

1. language expressed by visible hand gestures

1. a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect

2. a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

1. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

1. someone who composes music, usually as a profession

1. a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

1. an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

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

2. a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric

1. a tube in which a body fluid circulates

2. a craft designed for water transportation

1. the concentration of attention or energy on something

2. the act of bringing into focus

1. a smallest army unit

2. a cooperative unit (especially in sports)

1. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

2. a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)

1. the act of swimming

1. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

1. an association of people who share common beliefs or activities

2. the state of being with someone

1. a distinguishing emblem

2. a flag that shows its nationality

1. a state of extreme confusion and disorder

2. the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos

1. installation from which a military force initiates operations

2. lowest support of a structure

1. a defendant in a criminal proceeding

1. an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues

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

1. European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage

1. inflammation of a joint or joints

1. the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared

1. something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech

2. a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

1. a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player

2. a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving

1. accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.

2. art highly prized for its beauty or perfection

1. a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

2. a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

1. artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

2. showing by example

1. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

1. arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity

2. a product of your creative thinking and work

1. one celestial body obscures another

1. badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers

2. public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that flies back and forth between two points

1. an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

2. a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in

1. the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber

1. a coming into being

1. weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

2. a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king

1. a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others

2. a feeling of anger caused by being offended

1. a formal and solemn declaration of objection

2. the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

1. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

2. a hypothesis that is taken for granted

1. the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

2. garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

1. approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap

2. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

1. a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio

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. a person loved by another person

1. someone who guards prisoners

2. a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole

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

2. the technical aspects of doing something

1. plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

2. (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

1. a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)

1. property or income owned by a church

2. concern with things of the spirit

1. object formed by a mold

2. the act of creating something by casting it in a mold

1. the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer

2. the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission

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

1. newspapers and magazines collectively

2. the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media

1. a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities

2. a conductor made with semiconducting material

1. the act of catching an object with the hands

2. a spell of cold weather

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. the act of setting in operation

2. the act of starting a new operation or practice

1. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

1. an equal exchange

1. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

2. an outward appearance

1. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

1. gases ejected from an engine as waste products

2. system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged

1. respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin

1. (mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other

1. a quick run

1. disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably

2. a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior

1. a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid

2. the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization

1. a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom

2. aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc

1. edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle

2. a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point

1. (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

1. a person who has undergone a sex change operation

2. a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex

1. the prevailing current of thought

1. a subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose

1. a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant

2. a person who lacks good judgment

1. a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work

2. an ambassador and his entourage collectively

1. a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

1. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

1. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

2. the state of inactivity following an interruption

1. anything that is owed to someone else

1. the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave

1. the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light

2. optical properties

1. a high ranking police officer

2. an investigator who observes carefully

1. limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

2. a deceitful or treacherous person

1. the bank of a river

1. the study and classification of human societies

1. an association of companies for some definite purpose

1. edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc

1. wetness caused by water

1. a list of names

1. literature in metrical form

2. a piece of poetry

1. studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

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

2. holding by the police

1. an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

2. a depression scratched or carved into a surface

1. quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye

2. degree of exposure to public notice

1. an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation

2. having knowledge of

1. an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man

2. a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)

1. a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

2. a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion

1. the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder

2. any entry into an area not previously occupied

1. forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage

1. position seven in a countable series of things

2. one part in seven equal parts

1. housing available for people to live in

1. a three-dimensional work of plastic art

2. creating figures or designs in three dimensions

1. a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)

1. a quantity much larger than is needed

1. the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty

1. a principle that limits the extent of something

2. an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

1. an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds

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

2. any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

1. something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation

2. (genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA

1. an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera

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. an unforeseen development

2. an interpretation of a text or action

1. an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion

2. the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

1. (politics) a state of disfavor

2. a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition

1. the act of sponsoring (either officially or financially)

1. the activity of constructing something again

2. an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence

1. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

2. a company that is completely controlled by another company

1. a name that has been assumed

1. a book containing a classified list of synonyms

1. aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative

2. any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food

1. leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink

2. alternative names for the body of a human being

1. the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

2. a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

1. the possibility of future success

2. belief about (or mental picture of) the future

1. goods carried by a large vehicle

2. the act of sending off something

1. (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

2. the physical condition of being stretched or strained

1. worthless material that is to be disposed of

2. worthless people

1. popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques

2. a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music

1. a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)

2. the act of finishing

1. shop where dry cleaning is done

1. an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

1. a female actor

1. a state of confusion and disorderliness

2. informal terms for a difficult situation

1. relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body

2. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

1. any utterance produced simultaneously by a group

2. a group of people assembled to sing together

1. a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra

2. a large orchestra; can perform symphonies

1. a state of separation between persons or groups

2. a feeling of being disliked and alone

1. a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

2. someone who investigates

1. socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)

2. man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet

1. a prominent attribute or aspect of something

2. a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something

1. an area composed of subdivided lots

2. the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided

1. a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes

2. high status importance owing to marked superiority

1. a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.

1. any animals kept for use or profit

1. the property of being sustainable

1. building material used as siding or roofing

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

1. a word used for misbehaving children

1. the first light of day

2. atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun

1. a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion

1. a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt

2. a state of dishonor

1. flat tableland with steep edges

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

2. indistinct articulation

1. someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

2. unusual mental ability

1. the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole

1. the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat

2. alternative names for the body of a human being

1. a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats

1. an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage

1. (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

1. a short prayer of thanks before a meal

1. an expression of approval and commendation

1. the area in which something exists or lives

1. the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field

1. assets in the form of money

1. the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

2. any property detected by the olfactory system

1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate

1. a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

2. an adhesive label

1. a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back

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

1. an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world

2. a schematic or preliminary plan

1. an upholstered seat for more than one person

1. an examination consisting of a few short questions

1. a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions

1. an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

1. a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information

1. one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States

1. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

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

1. ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle

2. lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head

1. an elevated geological formation

2. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal

1. a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act

2. a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)

1. the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)

1. Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot

2. a reason for wanting something done

1. a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer

2. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

1. a person who has undergone a sex change operation

2. a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex

1. the status of a citizen with rights and duties

2. conduct as a citizen

1. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

2. a note explaining an absence

1. the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage

2. the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture

1. a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole

2. line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable

1. two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them

1. a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

1. a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)

1. a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

1. distinctive and stylish elegance

2. a quick run

1. the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb

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

1. something that is required in advance

1. a long wooden bench with a back

1. fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members

2. the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch

1. a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations

2. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

1. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

2. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

1. a point where lines intersect

2. a junction where one street or road crosses another

1. joining or attaching by stitches

2. needlework on which you are working with needle and thread

1. the property of holding together and retaining its shape

2. a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

1. a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon

1. the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy

2. a plan for attaining a particular goal

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. an advantageous purchase

2. a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

1. someone unfortunate without housing

2. poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in

1. (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false

2. a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

1. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

2. a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press

1. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

1. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

2. someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)

1. (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected

2. something that causes an important event to happen

1. identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

2. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

1. a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones

1. a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit

2. members of a governing board

1. someone who is small and insignificant

2. the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

1. a card for sending messages by post without an envelope

1. a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption

1. a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

2. someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

1. a unit of pressure

2. the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet

1. a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey

2. any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division

1. (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)

1. a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another

2. an informal representative

1. the physical coming together of two or more things

2. the act of contacting one thing with another

1. a group of musicians playing or singing together

2. a cast other than the principals

1. hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells

1. a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

1. a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen

1. a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger

2. ball used in playing softball

1. a youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s; a working-class movement with highly stylized dress and short hair; listened to rhythm and blues music and travelled on motor scooters

1. someone who plays a music as a profession

2. artist who composes or conducts music as a profession

1. an official report (usually sent in haste)

2. the act of sending off something

1. a large number or amount

1. thinking that is coherent and logical

1. a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

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. alternative names for the body of a human being

2. a metal mounting for the circuit components of an electronic device

1. a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

2. the respect with which a person is held

1. the act of applying force in order to move something away

1. savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type

2. a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables

1. the male reproductive cell; the male gamete

1. expressions used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot

2. a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice

1. ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)

2. weather cold enough to cause freezing

1. witty remark

2. a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position

1. mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable

2. native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties

1. paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes

1. small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the Spanish

1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship

1. any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

2. a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest

1. a writer for newspapers and magazines

2. someone who keeps a diary or journal

1. the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

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

2. the act of exploding or bursting

1. (used in the plural) short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey shorts)

1. a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient

2. shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg

1. an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates

1. a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight

2. common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks

1. a person who directs and manages an organization

2. a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector

1. large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood

2. music composed for dancing the samba

1. a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

2. inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)

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

1. chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned

2. purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen

1. equipment designed to serve a specific function

2. (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function

1. light informal conversation for social occasions

2. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

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. a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone

2. a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem