Nouns Ending With N

1. a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

1. airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

2. the quantity contained in a can

1. a message received and understood

2. knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

1. that time; that moment

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

2. knowledge acquired by learning and instruction

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

2. an arrangement scheme

1. the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

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. a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water

2. where the air is unconfined

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. soft fine feathers

2. (American football) a complete play to advance the football

1. a point or extent in space; a point or extent in space

2. the act of putting something in a certain place

1. a young person of either sex

2. a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age

1. document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

2. a coming to or returning home

1. a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

2. a prostitute's customer

1. any very large body of (salt) water

2. a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

1. a statement that represents something in words

2. the act of describing something

1. an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

2. someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force

1. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

1. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

2. a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

1. an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

2. someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force

1. something done (usually as opposed to something said)

2. the state of being active

1. a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

2. an arrangement scheme

1. any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

1. the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose

2. a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school

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

2. a human body (usually including the clothing)

1. an instance of questioning

2. the subject matter at issue

1. an assumption that is taken for granted

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 plot of ground where plants are cultivated

2. the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden

1. the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

2. a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)

1. a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely

2. the act of testing something

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

2. an exchange of views on some topic

1. the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published

2. all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time

1. a formal organization of people or groups of people

2. the act of consorting with or joining with others

1. activities that are enjoyable or amusing

2. verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

1. green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

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

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

1. several things grouped together or considered as a whole

2. a publication containing a variety of works

1. the extended spatial location of something

2. a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

1. (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)

2. what something is used for

1. half the width of an em

1. the act or process of producing something

2. a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television

1. an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

2. the people living in a municipality smaller than a city

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. a particular environment or walk of life

2. territory over which rule or control is exercised

1. the activity of protecting someone or something

2. a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury

1. the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)

2. a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English

1. the particular portion of space occupied by something

2. a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

1. lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer

2. lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient

1. a circular segment of a curve

2. the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

1. an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

1. a sandwich made from a western omelet

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. 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. 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 state at a particular time

2. an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

1. a group of people who work together

2. an organized structure for arranging or classifying

1. the act of choosing or selecting

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

1. a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

2. slang for a paunch

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. a component that is added to something to improve it

2. the act of adding one thing to another

1. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

2. the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

1. the act of making up your mind about something

2. a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

1. an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

2. a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man

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. the act of enrolling

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

1. a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes

2. an electrical switch operated by pressing

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. a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

1. a victory (as in a race or other competition)

2. something won (especially money)

1. a rational motive for a belief or action

2. an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon

1. the basis on which something is grounded

2. an institution supported by an endowment

1. the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information

2. something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups

1. an orange of low brightness and saturation

1. the people who inhabit a territory or state

2. a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area

1. the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

2. ship traffic

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

2. proper or designated social situation

1. the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited

2. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

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

2. the state of being connected

1. the act of beginning something new

2. the first section of a communication

1. a room equipped for preparing meals

1. making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

2. a settlement of differences

1. the state of being in effect or being operative

2. a business especially one run on a large scale

1. a large strong and aggressive woman

2. mainly green tropical American parrots

1. a male human offspring

1. a container; usually has a lid

2. the quantity contained in a bin

1. a contemporary person

2. a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes

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

2. a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof

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 copy of a printed work offered for distribution

2. the act of issuing printed materials

1. any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

2. the leading units moving at the head of an army

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

2. the time during which a school holds classes

1. leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

2. the act of making something legally void

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

2. an outer surface (usually thin)

1. a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

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

1. any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes

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. 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. broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects

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

1. any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas

1. an unknown and unexplored region

2. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

1. a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

2. a deliberately false or improbable account

1. a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces

2. an enthusiastic devotee of sports

1. act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

2. an appraisal of the value of something

1. the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

2. the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

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

1. a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol

2. clarity of outline

1. a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead

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

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

1. a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge

2. the public sale of something to the highest bidder

1. a politically organized body of people under a single government

2. the people who live in a nation or country

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. the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

2. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

1. how something is done or how it happens

2. characteristic or habitual practice

1. confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

2. program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs

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. a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

2. emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid

1. a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy

2. a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter

1. a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny

2. an institution to express belief in a divine power

1. approval to do something

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

1. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

2. group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

1. a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers

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

1. an arrangement of parts or elements

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

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 race between candidates for elective office

2. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

1. a vote to select the winner of a position or political office

2. the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice

1. a line of units following one after another

2. a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands

1. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together

2. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

1. the act of examining resemblances

2. relation based on similarities and differences

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

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

1. a perceptual structure

2. a customary way of operation or behavior

1. (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface

2. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

1. a line leading to a place or point

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

1. that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

2. mental ability

1. a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood

2. a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head

1. the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community

2. the act of combining into an integral whole

1. the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

2. a female sovereign ruler

1. a quantity that is added

2. the advantageous quality of being beneficial

1. a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere

2. anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume

1. public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive

2. a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

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

2. properties attributable to your ancestry

1. the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen

2. a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)

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

2. the ultimate goal for which something is done

1. an argument opposed to a proposal

2. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

1. the feelings expressed on a person's face

2. expression without words

1. an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates

2. activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation

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. the basic unit of money in South Korea

2. the basic unit of money in North Korea

1. law enacted by a legislative body

2. the act of making or enacting laws

1. the human act of creating

2. an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone

1. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

1. an authoritative command

2. a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

1. the act of decreasing or reducing something

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

1. (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance

2. a source of materials to nourish the body

1. the act of preventing

1. the natural satellite of the Earth

2. any object resembling a moon

1. the act of sharing in the activities of a group

2. the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)

1. a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities

2. a coordinated sequence of chess moves

1. a large formal assembly

2. something regarded as a normative example

1. the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on

2. confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

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. a stipulated condition

2. the activity of supplying or providing something

1. a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

2. act of raising in rank or position

1. an event that results in a transformation

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

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

2. the act of rewriting something

1. water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

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

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 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. teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)

2. the head of an organized crime family

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

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

1. the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose

2. a substance prepared according to a formula

1. a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment

2. when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

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 comment or instruction (usually added)

2. the act of adding notes

1. a mountain or tall hill

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. something that interests you because it is important or affects you

2. an anxious feeling

1. a person who has never had sex

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

2. communication by means of transmitted signals

1. the act of designating or identifying something

2. evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing

1. extensive tract of level open land

2. a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

1. an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college

2. a man who is the senior member of a group

1. something determined in relation to something that includes it

2. something less than the whole of a human artifact

1. soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state

2. fabric woven from cotton fibers

1. a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric

1. a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

2. large but transportable armament

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 abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

2. sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur

1. the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

2. the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering

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. a formal or official examination

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

1. cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

2. shallow container made of metal

1. putting a condemned person to death

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

1. the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

2. a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge

1. a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast)

1. the process of giving careful thought to something

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

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

2. an exclusive group of people

1. a district that is reserved for particular purpose

2. a statement that limits or restricts some claim

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. the central area or commercial center of a town or city

1. the flesh of a chicken used for food

2. a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

1. the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result

2. a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause

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. either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy

2. a duplicate copy

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

2. an event that results in a transformation

1. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

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. an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each

2. an advantageous purchase

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

2. state of being gratified or satisfied

1. a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

2. a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence

1. an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds

2. a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper

1. a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting

2. (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons

1. a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving

2. the overthrow of a government by those who are governed

1. combining into a solid mass

2. the act of combining into an integral whole

1. joint operation or action

2. the practice of cooperating

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

2. something acquired

1. an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative

2. informing by words

1. (American football) a successful forward pass in football

2. a concluding action

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

2. naming explicitly

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

2. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

1. the part of the day between noon and evening

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

1. a remark that calls attention to something or someone

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

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

2. the creation of something in the mind

1. a unit of instruction

2. punishment intended as a warning to others

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

2. an image produced by scanning

1. (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others

2. an idea evoked by some experience

1. a deliberate act of omission

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

1. the period of time during which something continues

2. the property of enduring or continuing in time

1. something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable

2. something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable

1. estrangement from god

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

1. a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats

1. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception

2. a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

1. a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

2. an intuitive assumption

1. large Old World boas

2. a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit

1. act of working jointly

2. act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country

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

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

1. an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

2. the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

1. a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions

1. a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings

2. a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

1. an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

2. the naval officer in command of a military ship

1. the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

2. the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose

1. the condition of living or the state of being alive

2. the property of being able to survive and grow

1. the aggregation of a country's military aircraft

2. the operation of aircraft to provide transportation

1. a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth

1. the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel

2. a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory

1. range of what one can know or understand

2. the range of vision

1. a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

2. an enclosure for confining livestock

1. the act of admitting someone to enter

2. an acknowledgment of the truth of something

1. a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

1. a person who cares for persons or property

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. the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume

2. the spatial property of being crowded together

1. a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

2. the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance

1. the act of rendering optimal

1. the act of exhibiting

2. a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display

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. migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)

2. the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval

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

2. a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

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 statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.

2. thought that makes something comprehensible

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

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

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

1. 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. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

2. the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power

1. energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles

2. the act of spreading outward from a central source

1. undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities

2. the state of being polluted

1. an organization formed by merging several groups or parties

2. a union of political organizations

1. (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

2. the act of treating with medicines or remedies

1. a crime less serious than a felony

2. an act that disregards an agreement or a right

1. someone who has won first place in a competition

2. someone who fights for a cause

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

2. the state of being obligated to do or pay something

1. an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)

1. an inherited pattern of thought or action

2. a specific practice of long standing

1. the habitation of wild animals

2. a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws

1. pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

2. an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

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

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

1. the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance

1. the process of generating offspring

2. recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall

1. a strong feeling or emotion

2. the trait of being intensely emotional

1. the restoration of someone to a useful place in society

2. the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

1. the manner in which something is greeted

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

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. any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism

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. the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right

2. a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure

1. a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity

2. validating the authenticity of something or someone

1. a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal

2. a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced

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 series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits

2. an overcrowded residential area

1. the act of orienting

2. an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs

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. a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)

2. (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction

1. the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware

2. the condition of being automatically operated or controlled

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. the movement of persons from one country or locality to another

2. a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)

1. the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items

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

2. the state of being combined into one body

1. the first light of day

2. the earliest period

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. additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

2. information that confirms or verifies

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

2. reverent petition to a deity

1. a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons

1. the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)

2. a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries

1. the force by which one object attracts another

2. an entertainment that is offered to the public

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

2. slightly modified copy; not an exact copy

1. a decree that prohibits something

2. 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova

1. in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity

2. a person who lives in a metropolis

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

2. the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)

1. additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

2. (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement

1. an event that occurs at a critical time

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

1. a share set aside for a specific purpose

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

1. large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male

2. a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after)

1. a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

1. a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

1. small Old World songbird with a reddish breast

2. large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen

1. a qualitative change

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

1. a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause

2. act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity

1. a cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters

1. the state of being held in high esteem and honor

2. notoriety for some particular characteristic

1. an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change

2. an activity that varies from a norm or standard

1. something of little value

1. a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

2. the projection of an image from a film onto a screen

1. the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure

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

1. an occurrence that involves the production of a union

2. the state of being combined into one body

1. to travel for the purpose of discovery

2. a careful systematic search

1. a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed

2. a test sample of some substance

1. tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

2. the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal

1. an increase in the density of something

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

1. a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide

2. a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking

1. a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights

1. the skillful and effective interaction of movements

2. the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation

1. stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical

2. the activity of causing to have energy and be active

1. a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

2. a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

1. a field of cultivated and mowed grass

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

2. the quantity that a basin will hold

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

2. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

1. a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers

2. a group of synthetic fabrics, known generically as aliphatic polyamides

1. informal term for information

1. the state of being included

2. the relation of comprising something

1. a coming to an end of a contract period

2. a place where something ends or is complete

1. a relatively small granular particle of a substance

2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

1. a document giving an official instruction or command

2. the power or right to give orders or make decisions

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

2. an amount beyond the minimum necessary

1. a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money

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. the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole

2. magnitude or extent

1. the place where two or more things come together

2. the state of being joined together

1. kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting

1. the middle of the day

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

1. the state of lacking unity

2. coming apart

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 joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

2. any joyous diversion

1. a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education)

2. teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)

1. an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement

2. (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)

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

1. gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation

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. a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

2. a light brown the color of topaz

1. any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

2. a means of persuading or arguing

1. an onerous or difficult concern

2. weight to be borne or conveyed

1. the act of emitting; causing to flow forth

2. a substance that is emitted or released

1. the season when the leaves fall from the trees

1. the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods

2. problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

1. a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes

1. a craftsman who works with stone or brick

1. the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

2. the condition of being (well or ill) preserved

1. termination of pregnancy

2. failure of a plan

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

2. a show of military force or preparedness

1. the successful completion of a program of study

2. an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred

1. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

2. an abnormally strong craving

1. a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)

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. the act of retaining something

2. the power of retaining and recalling past experience

1. the body of people in a learned occupation

2. an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

1. an elementary particle with negative charge

1. (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

2. difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension

1. the activity of converting data or information into code

1. the act of having and controlling property

2. anything owned or possessed

1. a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

2. a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function

1. yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh

2. a strong yellow color

1. the complete duration of something

2. the distance or interval between two points

1. the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)

2. the act of changing your residence or place of business

1. freedom to act or judge on one's own

2. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

1. a serviceman who has seen considerable active service

2. a person who has served in the armed forces

1. a party of former associates who have come together again

2. the act of coming together again

1. any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food

2. any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans

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

2. a traveler who accompanies you

1. the temporal property of two things happening at the same time

2. the state of being joined together

1. the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something

2. the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof

1. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

2. in a state of progressive putrefaction

1. charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government

2. government income due to taxation

1. a general and progressive increase in prices

2. (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang

1. a principle that limits the extent of something

2. the quality of being limited or restricted

1. artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

2. showing by example

1. arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity

2. a product of your creative thinking and work

1. a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds

2. a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds

1. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

2. a way of conceiving something

1. the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)

2. movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels

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 creation of something in the mind

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

1. someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process

2. someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique

1. the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement

2. the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void

1. a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

2. the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface

1. a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something

2. a tempting allurement

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

1. small room on a ship or boat where people sleep

2. a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area

1. a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it

2. one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

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

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

1. any long object resembling a thin line

2. an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

1. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

2. an outward appearance

1. a reciprocal relation between two or more things

2. a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation)

1. a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

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. the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet

2. the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated

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. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

2. a general inclusive concept

1. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

2. the condition of being motivated

1. understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something

2. delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)

1. a principle that limits the extent of something

2. an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

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. a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process

2. a small part or item forming a piece of a whole

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

2. a mental or physical breakdown

1. the activity of constructing something again

2. an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence

1. the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

2. a statement made about the future

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

2. the physical condition of being stretched or strained

1. the act of rotating as if on an axis

2. (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin

1. the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

2. the ability to form mental images of things or events

1. the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time

2. the process of forming a chemical precipitate

1. a state of separation between persons or groups

2. a feeling of being disliked and alone

1. a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises

2. a natural flow of ground water

1. an appraisal of the value of something

2. assessed price

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. immunity from an obligation or duty

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

1. a social or business relationship

2. the act of becoming formally connected or joined

1. group of people related by blood or marriage

1. a nonmilitary citizen

1. the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to an educational institution that maintains suitable standards)

1. continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature

2. (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)

1. large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air

2. small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck

1. a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

2. (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit

1. a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly

1. something that serves to indicate or suggest

2. the act of indicating or pointing out by name

1. a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back

1. the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger

2. a warning against certain acts

1. an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something

2. the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea

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

1. emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

2. tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

1. the bulb of an onion plant

2. bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb

1. the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means

2. properties attributable to your ancestry

1. an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer

1. the event of something being raised upward

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

1. the act of using

2. the state of having been made use of

1. the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument

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. large and often sumptuous tent

1. a formal entry into an organization or position or office

2. an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current

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

1. any long and arduous undertaking

2. a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards

1. (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false

2. a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

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 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 society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)

2. the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization

1. eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products

1. all the plant life in a particular region or period

2. the process of growth in plants

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

2. a remarkable development

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. the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one

2. a team that plays football

1. a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues

1. someone who plays a music as a profession

2. artist who composes or conducts music as a profession

1. a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

2. the respect with which a person is held

1. an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

2. (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter

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

2. one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile

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

2. the act of exploding or bursting

1. a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

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

1. short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers

1. supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc

2. (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution

1. an attack that penetrates into enemy territory

2. clear or deep perception of a situation

1. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

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

1. a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential

1. a yearning for something or to do something

2. the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen

1. the act of officially naming a candidate

2. the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election

1. winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion

1. the state of being excluded

2. the state of being excommunicated

1. a desktop digital computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer

1. a funeral lament sung with loud wailing

1. your usual mood

2. the act or means of getting rid of something

1. the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods

2. problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

1. (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

2. a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness

1. (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management)

2. the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment

1. an individual instance of a type of symbol

2. something serving as a sign of something else

1. someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms

2. an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans

1. the act of removing or getting rid of something

2. the bodily process of discharging waste matter

1. a graphic or vivid verbal description

2. the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features

1. the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted

2. the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos

1. the state of being contaminated

2. a substance that contaminates

1. a coming to an end of a contract period

2. euphemistic expressions for death

1. a discussion intended to produce an agreement

2. the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms

1. the speech act of making something evident

2. an enlightening or astonishing disclosure

1. a group of representatives or delegates

2. authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions

1. back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

1. a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels

2. heavy gun fired from a tank

1. a physician who specializes in surgery

1. bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

1. a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

2. the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

1. (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid

2. (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium

1. the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence

1. a man who delivers the mail

1. a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services

1. (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers

2. (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance

1. a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel

1. any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor

2. van used by police to transport prisoners

1. the act of making copies

2. (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division

1. a colorless odorless gaseous element that gives a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts

1. a man of refinement

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

1. a male spokesperson

1. an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

2. (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored

1. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events

2. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

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

2. the act of putting one thing into another

1. an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end

2. the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation

1. the state of being isolated or detached

2. insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity

1. any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism

2. anything that harms or destroys

1. prose writing that is not fictional

1. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

2. a channel for communication between groups

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

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

1. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters

2. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters

1. a loud harsh or strident noise

2. the act of making a noisy disturbance

1. any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules

1. a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant

2. a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish

1. (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

2. condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind

1. a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries

2. an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans

1. a substance prepared according to a formula

2. inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally

1. a first-year undergraduate

2. any new participant in some activity

1. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

2. any barrier to communication or vision

1. a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

2. an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose

1. a change for the worse

2. a shape resulting from distortion

1. the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior

2. the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant

1. archaic term for an itinerant peddler

1. a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors

2. a closed litter for one passenger

1. stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult

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

2. a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

1. a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file

2. a camper equipped with living quarters

1. exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

2. the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means

1. a person who is not a serf or a slave

1. any strong feeling

1. a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school

1. consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body

2. learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself

1. something used to beautify

2. an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

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

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

1. the rear part of a ship

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

1. large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail

1. any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind

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

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

1. an evil supernatural being

2. a cruel wicked and inhuman person

1. a technical system of symbols used to represent special things

2. a comment or instruction (usually added)

1. taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument

2. translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen

1. growth to a global or worldwide scale

1. something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary

2. a statement in explanation of some action or belief

1. large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)

2. any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises

1. the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air

2. a mechanical system in a building that provides fresh air

1. two items of the same kind

1. a series with a definite pattern of advance

2. a movement forward

1. an evil supernatural being

2. a person who is part mortal and part god

1. the act of continuing an activity without interruption

2. a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it

1. diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight

1. a copy that corresponds to an original exactly

2. the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something

1. a holiday taken by a newly married couple

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

1. the act of playing a percussion instrument

2. the act of exploding a percussion cap

1. a five-sided polygon

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

1. complete and wholehearted fidelity

2. a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose

1. any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin

2. liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin

1. (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

2. an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object

1. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious

2. a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances

1. the child of your aunt or uncle

1. changing to a lower state (a less respected state)

2. a low or downcast state

1. (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration

2. the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another

1. a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir

2. a short stout club used primarily by policemen

1. the act of arousing an organism to action

2. any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

1. the act of rejecting something

2. the state of being rejected

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

2. the property of being diffused or dispersed

1. any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases

2. (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome

1. a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance

2. a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes

1. a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater)

1. (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

2. repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)

1. a small administrative division of a country

1. the act of vibrating

2. a shaky motion

1. an increase in rate of change

2. the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

1. a mental image that is similar to a visual perception

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

2. an amount or percentage deducted

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

2. the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:

1. the state of being without a flaw or defect

2. an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept

1. an increase by natural growth or addition

2. several things grouped together or considered as a whole

1. a person with great powers and abilities

2. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

1. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

1. a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership

2. a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself

1. the mother of your father or mother

1. (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

2. (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism

1. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

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

1. (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

2. a large and imposing house

1. a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food

2. as much as a spoon will hold

1. the protruding part of the lower jaw

1. belief about (or mental picture of) the future

2. anticipating with confidence of fulfillment

1. the act of liberating someone or something

2. the attempt to achieve equal rights or status

1. a person of exceptional importance and reputation

1. excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part

2. excessive crowding

1. a baby from birth to four weeks

1. a mug intended for serving beer

1. a formal entry into an organization or position or office

2. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

1. the reestablishing of cordial relations

2. getting two things to correspond

1. money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

2. incorporation by joining or uniting

1. a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action

2. the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition

1. growth by the rapid multiplication of parts

2. a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons)

1. a decrease in price or value

2. decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use

1. a person who does not acknowledge your god

2. a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)

1. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

2. the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)

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

1. the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

2. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

1. the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities

2. the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

1. an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)

2. garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth

1. a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

2. a state of violent disturbance and excitement

1. an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding

2. the act of removing solid particles from a liquid

1. adult female chicken

2. adult female bird

1. the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

2. the speech act of objecting

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

2. an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator

1. state of disgrace or loss of self-respect

2. strong feelings of embarrassment

1. the act of improving by renewing and restoring

2. the state of being restored to its former good condition

1. the process of initiating combustion or catching fire

2. the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine

1. a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

1. termination of operations

1. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

2. the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon

1. an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience

1. a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

2. an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together

1. a deliberately false or improbable account

2. writing in a fictional form

1. (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs

2. feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input

1. a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes

2. the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function

1. (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group

1. a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action

2. erosion by chemical action

1. an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status

2. request for a sum of money

1. a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl

2. a coat made of sheepskin

1. the relation that exists when things occur at the same time

2. an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison

1. a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses

2. the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle

1. an example regarded as typical of its class

2. a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes

1. a deep and vivid red color

1. a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

2. the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

1. a soiled or discolored appearance

2. (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible

1. a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful

2. the period during which a monarch is sovereign

1. a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank

2. a British peer of the lowest rank

1. any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies)

1. the failure to develop some part or organ

2. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

1. a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes

2. usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn

1. a determination of the place where something is

2. (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

1. (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically

2. (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance

1. the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

2. (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office

1. a person who travels by foot

1. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages

2. a decree that prohibits something

1. your grandmother

2. the mother of your father or mother

1. a Buddhist who has attained nirvana

1. an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation

2. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

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

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

1. any entry into an area not previously occupied

2. entrance by force or without permission or welcome

1. a child of your son or daughter

1. a revival from inactivity and disuse

1. an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)

2. the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location

1. an erroneous mental representation

2. something many people believe that is false

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

1. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

2. an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

1. the state of being clean and conducive to health

2. making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing

1. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

2. the quality of being inhibited

1. a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron

1. a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs

1. a rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and filled with custard cream

1. aromatic bark used as a spice

2. tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon

1. coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

2. making real or giving the appearance of reality

1. dominance or power through legal authority

2. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

1. the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium

2. the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter

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

1. the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged

2. a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses

1. a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart

2. a distinctive style or manner

1. a rude or vulgar fool

2. a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior

1. a man skilled in equitation

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

1. something reduced to its minimal form

2. a scandal that is kept secret

1. an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies

2. a large indefinite quantity

1. the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes

2. deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes

1. counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)

1. a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there

1. young domestic cat

1. a following of one thing after another in time

2. a group of people or things arranged or following in order

1. a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone

1. a state of conflict between persons

2. the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another

1. a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age)

1. a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat

2. the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up

1. assigning some quality or character to a person or thing

2. assigning to a cause or source

1. the basic unit of money in China

1. a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

2. tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

1. a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it

1. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

2. a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)

1. archaic terms for army

2. association of ex-servicemen

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

2. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

1. a regular customer

2. the proprietor of an inn

1. corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat

2. small kernels of corn exploded by heat

1. a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions

2. the members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located

1. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

2. a ruined building

1. an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)

2. the relation of comprising something

1. the amount by which something becomes greater

2. the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original)

1. the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years

2. payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers

1. an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

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

1. a musical passage moving from one key to another

2. (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase

1. sharing thoughts and feelings

2. (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites

1. a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms

2. an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group

1. an event that completely destroys something

2. the act of demolishing

1. an erect penis

2. a structure that has been erected

1. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

1. a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle

1. extensive tract of level open land

1. spreading widely or driving off

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

1. the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry

2. a feeling of extreme emotional intensity

1. a person who is stranded (as on an island)

2. a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color

1. a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks

1. as much as a teaspoon will hold

2. a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram

1. ambition to equal or excel

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

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

2. a moralistic rebuke

1. a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

1. wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs

1. the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)

2. (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing

1. taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease

2. the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine

1. shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia

2. a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group

1. the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

2. a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined

1. several things grouped together or considered as a whole

2. the act of gathering something together

1. a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products; may also avoid using animal products (e.g. leather)

1. a member of the United States House of Representatives

1. light in a transparent protective case

1. the analysis of a vector field

2. in a decomposed state

1. a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush

1. a Navajo lodge covered with earth; traditionally built with the entrance facing east

1. a cherished desire

2. a strong drive for success

1. projectiles to be fired from a gun

2. any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction

1. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

2. a disorderly outburst or tumult

1. acceptance of despair

2. the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.)

1. a disposition to behave aggressively

2. a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack

1. something that seduces or has the quality to seduce

2. the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid

1. the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

1. an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus

1. a leader engaged in civil administration

2. a person active in party politics

1. an impression that something might be the case

2. doubt about someone's honesty

1. changing something from state to private ownership or control

1. socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners

2. (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)

1. a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence

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

2. an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

1. distributing again

1. refusal to accept some authority or code or convention

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

1. someone whose occupation is catching fish

1. a misleading falsehood

2. the act of deceiving

1. fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry

1. a very wealthy or powerful businessman

1. an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates

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

1. the status of being ordained to a sacred office

2. logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

1. the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)

1. something that remunerates

2. the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses

1. a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life

1. the act of removing the contents of something

2. the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection

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

1. a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow

1. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

2. the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government

1. a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics

1. the part of a metal type that projects beyond its body

1. mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion

1. the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose

2. the special line of work you have adopted as your career

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

2. the act of withdrawing or removing something

1. a midday meal

1. the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable

2. the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn

1. small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry

1. (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum

2. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

1. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event

2. any disaster or catastrophe

1. a positive feeling of liking

1. a person having kinship with another or others

2. group of people related by blood or marriage

1. (computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position

1. feelings of ardent love

2. commitment to some purpose

1. a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination

2. the degree of visibility of your environment

1. the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets

1. the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

2. a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg

1. a fervent and even militant proponent of something

2. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

1. a fortified military post where troops are stationed

2. the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place

1. an expectation

2. something expected (as on the basis of a norm)

1. a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice

1. a journey taken for pleasure

2. wandering from the main path of a journey

1. a descendant or heir

1. firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges

1. no longer active; extinguished

2. no longer in existence

1. a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government

1. the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)

2. an extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or government

1. the manner in which someone utters a word

2. the way a word or a language is customarily spoken

1. a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business

2. the act of conceding or yielding

1. large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish

1. a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic

2. a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display

1. the act of rendering optimal

1. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

2. the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water)

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

1. a male with the same parents as someone else

2. a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)

1. the process of totally saturating something with a substance

2. the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid

1. an admission of misdeeds or faults

2. a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party

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

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

1. a stopping

1. the ability to hear; the auditory faculty

2. a test of the suitability of a performer

1. the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)

1. an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

2. murder of a public figure by surprise attack

1. a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net

1. a primary subtractive color for light; has a blue-green color

1. a point asserted as part of an argument

2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

1. the state of being cancelled or annulled

2. the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done

1. lipectomy (especially for cosmetic purposes) in which excess fatty tissue is removed from under the skin by suction

1. an advocate of libertarianism

2. someone who believes the doctrine of free will

1. quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes

2. a change for the better

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

1. a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)

2. the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros in the UK

1. the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

2. rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course

1. a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling

1. the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant

1. a state of being connected reciprocally

2. (computer science) the act of interconnecting (wires or computers or theories etc.)

1. the act of digging

2. the site of an archeological exploration

1. the quantity contained in a carton

2. a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top

1. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

2. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

1. a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food

2. erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia

1. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

1. Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits

1. the condition in which a standard has been successfully established

2. the imposition of standards or regulations

1. separation into component parts

2. the process of going into solution

1. any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns

1. the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

1. a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter

1. a hostile disagreement face-to-face

1. the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations

2. something copied or derived from an original

1. termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

2. the act of exterminating

1. a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line

2. a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes

1. offering sexual intercourse for pay

1. the act of excusing a mistake or offense

2. a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense

1. one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

1. the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance

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

1. growth to a global or worldwide scale

1. strong liquor flavored with juniper berries

2. a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

1. a mistake resulting from neglect

2. something that has been omitted

1. something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

2. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

1. edible purple or red berries

1. an event that repeats

2. the act of doing or performing again

1. opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas

2. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false

1. abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen

2. a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures

1. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

2. a multiplicative increase

1. the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs

1. the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration

2. the condition of having or giving polarity

1. someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

2. one who practices magic or sorcery

1. a professional whose work is consistently of high quality

2. a creator of great skill in the manual arts

1. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

2. a sudden outburst of anger

1. sinking until covered completely with water

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

1. a force over an area produced by a pressure difference

2. the act of sucking

1. any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores

1. the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion

2. (meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere

1. the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing

2. a medication to be taken by inhaling it

1. the testing of an idea

2. the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation

1. a symptom of reduced quality or strength

2. process of changing to an inferior state

1. a numbered list

2. the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order

1. a person who exercises control over workers

2. a man who is foreperson of a jury

1. soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork

2. any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber

1. an Irish girl

1. a language user's knowledge of words

2. a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

1. a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet

2. a large pot for making coffee or tea

1. fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base

1. a movement upward; rise above the ground

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

1. a positively charged ion

1. an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept

2. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

1. any structure that makes progress difficult

2. the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

1. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

2. a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon

1. any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions

1. birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery

1. a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked

1. instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

2. an impression that something might be the case

1. a bold challenge

2. discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions

1. the act of subjugating by cruelty

2. the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:

1. long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States

1. making modern in appearance or behavior

2. a modernized version (as of a play)

1. a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)

1. large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes

1. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

1. a propelling force

2. the act of propelling

1. (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes

2. a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups

1. a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work

2. the property of being out of date and not current

1. addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail

2. the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input

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

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

1. a state of extreme poverty

2. the disadvantage that results from losing something

1. the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology

1. a favorite saying of a group, organization or individual

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

1. a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit

1. separating something into fine particles

2. the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships

1. a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

1. the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action

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

1. any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk

1. thick cushion used as a seat

2. a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person

1. a shortened form of a word or phrase

2. shortening something by omitting parts of it

1. the condition of being made easy (or easier)

2. (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential

1. (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

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

1. a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

1. a residential part of town away from the central commercial district

1. something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions

2. the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases

1. horse of a dull brownish grey color

2. a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color

1. the act of decreasing something markedly

2. the state of being depleted

1. box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

1. making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it

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

1. a formal command or admonition

2. (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity

1. formal and explicit approval

2. a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards

1. act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:

2. act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action

1. a change for the worse

2. alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it

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

2. a small concavity

1. something of little value

2. sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)

1. a decrease in rate of change

2. the extent to which something is delayed or held back

1. a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

1. a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

2. a dissenting clique

1. the act of using

1. a child who has lost both parents

2. someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision

1. the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet

1. a document giving an official instruction or command

2. the power or right to give orders or make decisions

1. a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing

2. (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green

1. (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)

1. a formal public statement

2. the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice

1. the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)

2. an uncalled-for burden

1. a doctor who practices veterinary medicine

1. a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides

1. grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill

1. a male grandchild

1. the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)

2. (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

1. the chief official in charge of a prison

1. a diluted solution

2. weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner

1. the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)

1. a state of forcible subjugation

2. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

1. an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead

1. a woman religious

2. a buoy resembling a cone

1. a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines

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

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

1. an assumption that is taken for granted

2. (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

1. the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up

2. the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland

1. a man salesperson

1. the state of being allied or confederated

2. a union of political organizations

1. maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development

2. (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear

1. uncastrated adult male horse

1. the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered)

2. the condition of being varied

1. a clear appearance

2. a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing

1. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

2. an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

1. a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough

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

2. a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something

1. when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands

1. the process of combining with water; usually reversible

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

2. a set containing a single member

1. a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species

1. the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

2. the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm

1. an arrangement of parts or elements

2. a configuration of stars as seen from the earth

1. a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks

1. an occurrence that involves the production of a union

2. the state of being joined or united or linked

1. whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels

1. the treasurer of a municipal corporation

2. an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman

1. in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination

1. a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service

2. an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil

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

1. sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures

1. a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

2. a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

1. the state of being disregarded or forgotten

2. total forgetfulness

1. large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait

2. large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait

1. the condition of being exposed to radiation

2. a column of light (as from a beacon)

1. arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger

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

2. an actor in a comedy

1. the act of expanding something in apparent size

2. the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object

1. something that causes irritation and annoyance

2. a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

1. improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs

2. rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course

1. small rounded bread either plain or sweet

1. a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts

1. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

1. a figure of a person made of packed snow

1. a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans

1. localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply

1. a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus

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

2. (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known

1. any large dark enclosed space

2. a large cave or a large chamber in a cave

1. one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form

1. any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh

2. any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers

1. as much as a tablespoon will hold

2. a spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving

1. a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

2. a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound

1. someone who engages in sports

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

2. the act of supplementing

1. a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

2. a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money

1. any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part

2. an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)

1. a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks

1. animal or plant group having natural relations

1. knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper

1. the process of becoming a vapor

2. the process of extracting moisture

1. a female spokesperson

1. a member of a police force

1. an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus

1. writing in capital letters

2. an estimation of the value of a business

1. a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)

2. the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium

1. the state of cohering or sticking together

2. (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)

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

1. the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

2. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

1. a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately

2. the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction

1. an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable

2. (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building)

1. a humorous play on words

1. weakening in force or intensity

2. the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density

1. enticing someone astray from right behavior

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

1. uplifting enlightenment

2. a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

1. (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law)

2. statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove

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

2. the act of restoring something to its original state

1. people who have been slain (as in battle)

1. mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame

1. an explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces complexity

2. elimination of superfluous details

1. the act of making less strict

1. irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis

2. the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)

1. the condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant

2. an application of a lubricant to something

1. V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service

2. an inverted V-shaped charge

1. an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets)

1. a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

2. a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder

1. a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum

1. a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses

1. a feeling of delighted approval and liking

2. the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

1. a clergyman ministering to some institution

1. the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

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

1. a changeable or inconstant person

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

1. the complete destruction of every trace of something

1. action taken in return for an injury or offense

1. the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs

2. a single complete act of breathing in and out

1. an abject coward

1. a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response

1. a period of time when you are confined to a hospital

2. the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital

1. the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)

1. mental turmoil

2. an obstacle to attention

1. changing something from state to private ownership or control

1. the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country

2. commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

1. the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)

2. the process of enclosing (as in a capsule)

1. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

1. a Protestant layman who assists the minister

2. a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders

1. the imposition of standards or regulations

1. a consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision

2. thinking again about a choice previously made

1. any of several small active brown birds of the Northern Hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects

1. (genetics) the process of transferring genetic material from one cell to another by a plasmid or bacteriophage

2. the process whereby a transducer accepts energy in one form and gives back related energy in a different form

1. the act of forcing out someone or something

2. squeezing out by applying pressure

1. reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

2. an idea or conclusion having general application

1. ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons

1. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

2. (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees

1. a desirable state

1. an article deposited as security

2. a person used by another to gain an end

1. the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery

2. the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another

1. a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses

2. a feeling of resentful anger

1. (physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles

2. (genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents

1. the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife

2. (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body

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

1. a cloth having a crisscross design

1. a garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves

1. the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)

2. a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual

1. a state in which all hope is lost or absent

2. desperate recklessness

1. tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells

2. small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia

1. the body of individuals who manage businesses

1. the state of being decayed or destroyed

2. the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed

1. an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen

1. the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

1. a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter

2. rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains

1. a crime that undermines the offender's government

2. disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior

1. a radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health

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

1. (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

2. the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation

1. the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family

2. the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

1. a will to succeed

2. a cherished desire

1. a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing

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

1. the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

2. the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc.

1. someone who fights for a cause

1. a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant

2. a team of policemen working under the military platoon system

1. the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce

1. a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)

2. distinctive and stylish elegance

1. the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)

1. silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs

1. any of several lymphokines that promote macrophages and killer T cells and B cells and other components of the immune system

1. the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving

2. (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team

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

2. an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious

1. the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented

1. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

1. (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

2. the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state

1. the visual property of something that shines with reflected light

1. an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy

1. a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

2. the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine

1. wood of a pecan tree

2. tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts

1. extreme fatigue

2. serious weakening and loss of energy

1. the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material

2. symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible

1. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development

2. a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

1. a man who is a council member

1. a chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation

1. a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan

1. the act of slowing down or falling behind

1. creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant

2. making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure

1. something that has been published again; a fresh publication (as of a literary work)

2. the act of publishing again

1. any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)

1. bringing again into activity and prominence

1. a new personification of a familiar idea

2. time passed in a particular bodily form

1. large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone

1. the act or process of complicating

2. a situation or condition that is complex or confused

1. an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

2. the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)

1. any of various large ancient Greek coins

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

1. (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings

1. a graphic or vivid verbal description

2. a representation by picture or portraiture

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

1. indecision in speech or action

2. a certain degree of unwillingness

1. the transmission of heat or electricity or sound

1. the ceremony of installing a new monarch

1. an utterance expressing pain or disapproval

1. 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China

2. low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water

1. the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)

2. a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)

1. the quality of being brought into conformity with nature

2. the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship

1. breaking up and scattering by dispersion

2. dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

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

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

1. a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something

2. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

1. an unhappy and worried mental state

2. (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly

1. a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin

2. an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods

1. a person of subnormal intelligence

1. an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections

1. corresponding exactly

2. occurring together or simultaneously

1. a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing

2. garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement

1. a member of an uncivilized people

2. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

1. a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)

1. the process of oscillating between states

2. (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean

1. the act of starting a new operation or practice

2. the ceremonial induction into a position

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

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

1. play in which children pretend to put out a fire

2. a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)

1. a failure to function normally

1. a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods

1. malicious burning to destroy property

1. a man who serves as a sailor

1. the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge)

2. the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas

1. one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse

2. any means of control

1. a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer

2. coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

1. a small box-shaped passenger van; usually has removable seats; used as a family car

1. a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no')

2. the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something

1. an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy

1. a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade

2. an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality

1. a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments

1. a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)

1. the act of expelling a person from their native land

2. the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien

1. a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation)

2. an unplanned expedient

1. broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting

2. food prepared from the husks of cereal grains

1. a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding

1. a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods

1. the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite

2. the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males

1. the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle)

1. a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues

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

2. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

1. Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food

2. dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus

1. the particular occupation for which you are trained

2. a body of people doing the same kind of work

1. a synthetic silklike fabric

1. the process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration

1. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

2. the deliberate act of failing to pay money

1. the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid

1. the act of bringing something under international control

1. the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

2. the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

1. a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling

1. cutting so as to separate into pieces

2. a minute and critical analysis

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

2. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

1. the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

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. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events

1. (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals

2. the act of planting or setting in the ground

1. a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances

2. treatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties (normally a function of the liver)

1. the act of making equal or uniform

1. incorporation by joining or uniting

2. the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation

1. the feeling of being displeased and discontent

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

2. squeezing out by applying pressure

1. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

2. an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

1. an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects

1. severely repressive actions

1. the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)

1. a strong man of exceptional physical endurance

1. any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases

1. coming to full development; becoming mature

2. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

1. freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child

1. the period following birth during which milk is secreted

2. the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands

1. action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved

2. the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law

1. an expert or collector of antiquities

1. a firearm that is held and fired with one hand

1. sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein

1. (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers

1. the act of compelling by force of authority

2. using force to cause something to occur

1. a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance

2. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development

1. the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position

1. someone who drives or rides in a boat

1. (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe

2. the longest division of geological time

1. a worsening of business or economic activity

1. reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts

2. a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy

1. a malicious woman with a fierce temper

2. a female fox

1. an African melon

2. large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp

1. the quality of being elongated

2. an addition to the length of something

1. a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)

1. an employee who performs manual or industrial labor

1. a worthless lazy fellow

2. large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the Northern Hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes

1. the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)

2. the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)

1. dryness resulting from the removal of water

2. depletion of bodily fluids

1. the state of being imprisoned

1. the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

1. Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs

1. a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder

1. climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes

2. the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes

1. addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail

2. the result of improving something

1. a long and thoughtful observation

2. a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

1. a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey

1. (chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids

2. a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin

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

1. the feeling of being alienated from other people

2. separation resulting from hostility

1. an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear

1. a tortuous and twisted shape or position

2. a twisting force

1. a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt

2. an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

1. making modern in appearance or behavior

1. the act of making less strict

1. a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids

1. the ability to recall past occurrences

2. the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

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

1. an abrupt excited utterance

2. a loud complaint or protest or reproach

1. the incineration of a dead body

1. migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

1. a misleading falsehood

2. a willful perversion of facts

1. an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

2. erosion by friction

1. a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery

1. a feeling of intense dislike

2. the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away

1. the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes

1. a conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component

1. a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin

1. a person who has been freed from slavery

1. the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts

2. the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments

1. a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner

1. a sign of something about to happen

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

2. an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance

1. the coloring of a person's face

2. a combination that results from coupling or interlinking

1. a sheer fabric of silk or rayon

1. all the gods of a religion

2. a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes

1. a mass of precious metal

2. gold or silver in bars or ingots

1. a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

2. the amount by which a propagating wave is bent

1. a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage

1. enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause)

1. a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment

1. a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese

1. a person skilled in mathematics

1. unfitness that bars you from participation

2. the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified

1. any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels

1. a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)

2. (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce

1. the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals

2. a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults

1. someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures

2. a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum

1. the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization

2. a particular society at a particular time and place

1. (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record

2. an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

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

1. the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid

1. the act of returning to the country of origin

1. the act of removing from association

2. a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently

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

1. adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing

1. a popular trend that attracts growing support

2. a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band

1. a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound

1. fearful expectation or anticipation

2. the cognitive condition of someone who understands

1. an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino

1. information that is incorrect

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

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

1. hormone secreted by the pineal gland

1. (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question

2. careful consideration

1. too much production or more than expected

1. a professional killer who uses a gun

1. a program that is broadcast again

1. the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty)

1. a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid

1. a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color

2. a young deer

1. status in a society or organization

2. a body of troops arranged in a line

1. a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere

1. a B vitamin that aids in body growth

1. a wave motion

2. an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change

1. the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow

2. the origin of some development

1. a conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood

1. erosion by friction

2. the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice

1. destruction by annihilating something

2. total destruction

1. a connecting shape

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

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

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

1. a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense)

2. the attribution to a source or cause

1. the bodily process of discharging waste matter

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

1. a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris

2. a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis

1. clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity

1. a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)

1. a facial expression of dislike or displeasure

1. successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

2. a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

1. an insane person

1. a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease

1. the state of being clear of trees

2. the removal of trees

1. surgical removal of part of a structure or organ

1. any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides

1. a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals

1. the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)

1. the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors

2. a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling

1. the removal of contaminants

1. dried grape

1. a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers

2. sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.

1. treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms

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

1. the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use

2. an official form on which a request is made

1. someone who operates an aircraft

1. transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle

1. the act of causing something to happen

1. a group gathered in response to a summons

2. the act of convoking

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

2. the trait of practicing caution in advance

1. a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions

2. a cavity or passage in a tubular organ

1. a depression scratched or carved into a surface

2. the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)

1. a man who delivers the mail

1. citadel of a Russian town

1. formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne

1. from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings

2. a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

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

1. embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)

2. a second or new birth

1. beginning again

1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

2. speech intended for reproduction in writing

1. a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk

1. an executioner who hangs the condemned person

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

2. the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements

1. Irish version of burgoo

1. an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom

1. the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored

2. the act of restoring to a more youthful condition

1. a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path

2. small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland

1. restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display

2. relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure)

1. the process of rendering inactive

2. breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)

1. the basic unit of money in Estonia

1. the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness

1. the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata

2. the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group

1. severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping

2. a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown

1. the transport of dissolved material within a plant

2. (genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts

1. publication in serial form

1. (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary

2. a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea

1. closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)

2. (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft

1. a person who does not acknowledge your god

1. acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces

1. a final climactic stage

2. (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

1. a justly deserved penalty

2. the act of correcting for your wrongdoing

1. small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail

1. a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement

2. the speech act of negating

1. the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled

2. any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration

1. a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something

2. a recognition of meritorious service

1. information set out in tabular form

2. the act of putting into tabular form

1. a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

1. a state of reduced excitement or anxiety that is induced by the administrative of a sedative agent

2. the administration of a sedative agent or drug

1. the longest division of geological time

2. an immeasurably long period of time

1. a member of a sect

1. cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency

1. the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

2. a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

1. the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet

1. an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

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

1. the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites

2. a swarm of insects that attack plants

1. an increase in the density of something

2. the act of crushing

1. an increase by natural growth or addition

2. something contributing to growth or increase

1. a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game

2. a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily

1. a piece of harmonized music

2. singing in harmony

1. the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory

1. an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity

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

1. a mental image that is similar to a visual perception

1. the action of establishing on a socialist basis

2. the act of meeting for social purposes

1. the act of suspending activity temporarily

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

1. surgical removal of a body part or tissue

2. the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers

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

2. the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

1. a city district known for its vice and high crime rate

2. the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column