6-Letter Words Containing A

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

2. an investigation seeking answers

1. a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease

2. the general condition of body and mind

1. give pleasure to or be pleasing to

2. be the will of or have the will (to)

1. change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

2. undertake a journey or trip

1. a social unit living together

2. primary social group; parents and children

1. obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer

2. reach or gain access to

1. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

2. undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

1. an appraisal of the value of something

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

1. writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

2. someone who originates or causes or initiates something

1. in the area or vicinity

2. by a circular or circuitous route

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

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

1. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

2. pass a thread through

1. the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold

2. the customers for a particular product or service

1. in accordance with truth or fact or reality

2. in actual fact

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

2. the state of being active

1. relating to human society and its members

2. living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups

1. of or befitting a lord

2. profoundly honored

1. make or cause to be or to become

2. bring into existence

1. the most recent news or development

2. up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date

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

2. a state at a particular time

1. at all times; all the time and on every occasion

2. without variation or change, in every case

1. the act that results in something coming to be

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

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 organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)

2. the general appearance of a publication

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

2. a safe place

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

2. a zone or area resembling an island

1. information or data that updates

2. the act of bringing someone or something up to date

1. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

2. having the shape of a sphere or ball

1. a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

2. someone who plays a music as a profession

1. a quantity of money

2. the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion

1. an acknowledgment of appreciation

2. with the help of or owing to

1. equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)

2. television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam

1. a particular environment or walk of life

2. territory over which rule or control is exercised

1. the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

2. a very attractive or seductive looking woman

1. (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

2. a reference book that is published regularly once every year

1. chemical agent capable of activity

2. the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb

1. the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

2. a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe

1. an administrative unit of government

2. a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties

1. to the opposite side

2. transversely

1. lend flavor to

2. make healthy

1. a public building for gambling and entertainment

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

1. develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation

2. develop and work out fully in one's mind

1. on the contrary

2. to some (great or small) extent

1. a proposal for an appropriate course of action

1. move headlong at high speed

2. the particular occupation for which you are trained

1. available to rent or lease

2. of or relating to rent

1. the act of someone who picks up or takes something

2. very attractive; capturing interest

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

1. take a sample of

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

1. a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

1. a vaguely specified concern

2. some situation or event that is thought about

1. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

1. an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)

2. a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies

1. any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream

1. a rational motive for a belief or action

2. an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon

1. react verbally

2. respond to a signal

1. desired or wished for or sought

2. characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

1. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

2. marked by the appetites and passions of the body

1. be or become completely proficient or skilled in

2. get on top of; deal with successfully

1. a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

1. large or big relative to something else

1. the striking of one body against another

2. a forceful consequence; a strong effect

1. a large strong and aggressive woman

2. mainly green tropical American parrots

1. be sold at the retail level

2. sell on the retail market

1. to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

2. blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

1. something regarded as a normative example

2. forming a right angle

1. use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens

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

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

1. a reference point to shoot at

2. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

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

1. a person who enjoys reading

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

1. relating to or using sight

2. visible

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

1. of or relating to the hands

2. requiring human effort

1. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

2. make amends for; pay compensation for

1. make (offspring) by reproduction

2. a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

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

1. a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian

2. an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained

1. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

2. a small part that can be considered separately from the whole

1. a container that is usually woven and has handles

2. the quantity contained in a basket

1. an urgent or peremptory request

2. the ability and desire to purchase goods and services

1. make square

2. raise to the second power

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

2. the people who live in a nation or country

1. lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance

1. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

2. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

1. consider or hold as true

2. receive willingly something given or offered

1. give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect

2. come into sight or view

1. taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated

2. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

1. with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily')

2. without doubt

1. an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members

2. an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action

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

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

1. render capable or able for some task

1. a person who rules or guides or inspires others

2. a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers

1. anything that contributes causally to a result

2. an abstract part of something

1. to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind

2. exude profusely

1. enter or assume a certain state or condition

2. undergo a change or development

1. round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees

2. orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow

1. of or relating to the sea

2. relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen

1. a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking

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

1. a division of some larger or more complex organization

2. a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

1. be successful; achieve a goal

2. be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

1. the sport of engaging in contests of speed

1. a line of approach

2. a wide street or thoroughfare

1. involving the mind or an intellectual process

2. of or relating to the mind

1. (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

2. an offensive move in a sport or game

1. the occurrence of a change for the worse

2. loss of military equipment

1. situated in a particular spot or position

2. put in position in relation to other things

1. the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents

2. a piece of paper money worth one dollar

1. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

2. a person born in a particular place or country

1. (of games) engaged in

1. assembly possessing high legislative powers

1. any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

2. any incitement to action

1. declared as fact; explicitly stated

1. be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

2. interact in a certain way

1. a portable computer small enough to use in your lap

1. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

2. in a close manner

1. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)

1. more quickly

1. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

2. an energetic attempt to achieve something

1. distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose

2. have in common; held or experienced in common

1. come into possession of

2. receive a specified treatment (abstract)

1. stay the same; remain in a certain state

2. continue in a place, position, or situation

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

1. a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

1. a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)

2. a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet

1. costing nothing

2. without charge

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

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

1. of or relating to the system for delivering mail

1. three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell

1. concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity

2. a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference

1. widely known and esteemed

1. united by being of the same opinion

1. how something is done or how it happens

2. a way of acting or behaving

1. (mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules

2. (geology) a mass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded

1. earnest or urgent request

2. attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

1. someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

2. a firm engaged in trading

1. close at hand

2. not far away in relative terms

1. come to pass

2. happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance

1. posing no difficulty; requiring little effort

2. free from worry or anxiety

1. pertaining to or composed in serial technique

2. pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series

1. (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction

2. a person who follows or serves another

1. an administrative unit of government

2. furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

1. an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage

2. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

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

2. a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

1. extend in one or more directions

2. become larger in size or volume or quantity

1. have an effect upon

2. act physically on; have an effect upon

1. located or moved above the surround or above the normal position

2. embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery

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

2. a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)

1. used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

2. in any way whatsoever

1. a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck

2. the act of propelling with force

1. involving financial matters

1. of or relating to the teeth

2. of or relating to dentistry

1. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal

2. the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)

1. designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree

2. of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension

1. take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof

2. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

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

2. permission to do something

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

1. a lavish dance requiring formal attire

2. a gown for evening wear

1. postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

2. make up for

1. obtain a patent for

2. grant rights to; grant a patent for

1. the act of consuming food

1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

2. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

1. as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as `on behalf of' rather than `in behalf of')

2. for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive)

1. something that remunerates

1. an act of economizing; reduction in cost

2. recovery or preservation from loss or danger

1. a new personification of a familiar idea

2. the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form

1. a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings

2. a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world

1. be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.

2. take charge of or deal with

1. (usually followed by `to') lacking necessary physical or mental ability

2. lacking in power or forcefulness

1. a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

1. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

1. the verbal act of requesting

1. yielding a fair profit

2. for which money is paid

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 line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

2. horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window

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

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

1. long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising

2. a newspaper headline that runs across the full page

1. transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location

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

2. paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)

1. a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

2. limited in extent or scope

1. something that is a source of danger

2. a warning that something unpleasant is imminent

1. a large and stately mansion

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

1. the performance of a part or role in a drama

2. serving temporarily especially as a substitute

1. shelter in a stable

2. firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation

1. a medium that disseminates moving pictures

2. a theater where films are shown

1. artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

2. the underlying structure

1. discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

2. perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily

1. strongly marked; easily noticeable

2. singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate

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. a short coat

2. an outer wrapping or casing

1. an authoritative person who divines the future

2. a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible

1. keep or store in a garage

2. an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles

1. the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)

2. reverent petition to a deity

1. a Parisian gangster

1. for the most part

1. a plan or design of something that is laid out

2. the act of laying out (as by making plans for something)

1. give to a charity or good cause

1. impart skills or knowledge to

2. accustom gradually to some action or attitude

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

1. having the beard or hair cut off close to the skin

1. concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return

2. common to or shared by two or more parties

1. the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences

2. a systematic orderly arrangement

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

2. a Spanish mackerel of western North America

1. run away from confinement

2. fail to experience

1. throw a glance at; take a brief look at

2. hit at an angle

1. a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side

2. a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

1. a distinct feature or element in a problem

2. a characteristic to be considered

1. follow, usually without the person's knowledge

2. cast a shadow over

1. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

2. (computer science) a message or message fragment

1. an engagement fought between two military forces

2. the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

1. in a foreign country

2. to or in a foreign country

1. a person who travels by foot

2. a shoe designed for comfortable walking

1. a large and stately mansion

2. the governing group of a kingdom

1. the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone

2. an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep

1. the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money

2. the quality of profuse abundance

1. the absence of matter

2. an empty area or space

1. to certain extent or degree

2. without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner

1. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

2. secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)

1. the second of two or the second mentioned of two

2. referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)

1. to say, state, or perform again

2. make or do or perform again

1. marked by blithe unconcern

2. without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand

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

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

1. to some extent; in some degree; not wholly

1. established irrevocably

2. closed or secured with or as if with a seal

1. (of weapons) charged with ammunition

2. filled with a great quantity

1. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

2. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

1. a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening

2. an ornamental coating to a building

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

1. someone whose work is driving carts

1. (law) a gift of personal property by will

1. the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

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

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

2. a short musical passage

1. flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage)

1. a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

1. a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits

2. an overcrowded residential area

1. a digital camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the internet

1. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

1. something having the property of being analogous to something else

2. of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input

1. of or concerning the face

2. of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object

1. natural abilities or qualities

2. a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity

1. the day on which you receive pay for your work

1. evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

2. charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine

1. gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action

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

2. relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)

1. a statement of fundamental facts or principles

2. principles from which other truths can be derived

1. form a carpet-like cover (over)

2. cover completely, as if with a carpet

1. of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base

2. a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation

1. someone who gives a warning to others

1. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

2. one who practices magic or sorcery

1. at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant

2. subject to legal action

1. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

2. go back to something earlier

1. (formal) a person who announces important news

2. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

1. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

2. succeed in a big way; get to the top

1. provided with a frame

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

1. a period of 10 years

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

1. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement

2. feeling worry or concern or insecurity

1. a heavy, closely woven fabric

2. an oil painting on canvas fabric

1. a local church community

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

1. attach a tag or label to

2. touch a player while he is holding the ball

1. having the shape of

2. shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)

1. a person who operates a farm

1. relating to or associated with flowers

2. of or relating to the plant life in a particular region

1. a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription

2. a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge

1. be able to spare or give up

2. be the cause or source of

1. the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing

2. the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration

1. examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

2. stick of wax with a wick in the middle

1. tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs

2. of or relating to herbs

1. someone who plays golf poorly

2. a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm

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

2. an amount beyond the minimum necessary

1. having a heading or caption

2. having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head; often used in combination

1. light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese

1. of or relating to or comprising atoms

2. (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy

1. metal shackles; for hands or legs

1. carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

2. consume all of one's attention or time

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. any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

2. a means of persuading or arguing

1. property consisting of houses and land

1. the season when the leaves fall from the trees

1. arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks

1. extremely crowed or filled to capacity

2. pressed together or compressed

1. cause to be attached

2. be attached; be in contact with

1. a conversation between two persons

2. the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction

1. concerned with religion or religious purposes

2. worthy of respect or dedication

1. the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet

2. the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull

1. any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food

2. the fur of a rabbit

1. to exert much effort or energy

2. test the limits of

1. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

2. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight

1. a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

1. a place of worship that has its own altar

2. a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar

1. the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere

2. a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere)

1. with effort or force or vigor

2. with firmness

1. a wind from the east

1. an expression of approval and commendation

2. offering words of homage as an act of worship

1. only a very short time before

2. almost not

1. nonexistent

2. lost in thought; showing preoccupation

1. make a logical or causal connection

2. be relevant to

1. hold back within

2. allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature

1. the soft brown fur of the beaver

2. a full beard

1. fix firmly and stably

2. secure a vessel with an anchor

1. walk ostentatiously

2. march in a procession in a public place

1. domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

1. load anew

2. place a new load on

1. of or relating to a wedding

2. of or pertaining to a bride

1. relating to or characteristic of a tribe

1. give a reduction in the price during a sale

2. cut a rebate in (timber or stone)

1. not often

1. give advice to

2. inform (somebody) of something

1. make manifest

2. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

1. make steady

2. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

1. gin made in the Netherlands

1. having or involving the use of hands

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

2. an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container

1. make certain of

2. inform positively and with certainty and confidence

1. (Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence

2. something of small importance

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

2. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

1. respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin

1. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

2. payment made in return for a service rendered

1. descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

2. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

1. sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

2. the act of gathering something

1. used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light

2. having a back or backing, usually of a specified type

1. take into custody

2. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

1. a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers

1. a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over

2. (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal

1. of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people

2. of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups

1. with safety; in a safe manner

1. become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage

2. related by common characteristics or ancestry

1. a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

2. a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep

1. the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)

1. the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

2. a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

1. wearing protective mail

1. extremely cold

2. a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

1. a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)

2. tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall

1. feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others

2. a loving feeling

1. some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something

2. a distinguishing symbol

1. relating to or characteristic of alps

2. living or growing above the timber line

1. the outer courtyard of a castle

2. the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle

1. become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

2. be at variance with; be out of line with

1. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

2. give out

1. the first light of day

2. an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force

1. win a victory over

2. thwart the passage of

1. someone who plays the harp

1. occupy as a tenant

2. someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else

1. a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters

2. a design on the skin made by tattooing

1. only a very short time before

2. almost not

1. paint or stain like marble

2. a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material

1. (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field

2. a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts

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

1. a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis

1. a detachment used for security or reconnaissance

2. the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes

1. an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world

2. a schematic or preliminary plan

1. put in barrels

2. a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired

1. as follows

1. a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer

2. an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals

1. cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

2. an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event

1. popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar

1. the person who plays offensive or defensive tackle on a football team

2. gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails

1. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

2. annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous

1. leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

2. drive (a vessel) ashore

1. characterized by slanting characters

2. a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right

1. (usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind

2. held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature

1. an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer

1. a wrapped container

2. the allotment of some amount by dividing something

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

2. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

1. someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

1. the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)

2. the act of asserting that something alleged is not true

1. a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting

2. a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative

1. a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money

1. having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination

2. having or dressed in a coat

1. distinctive manner of oral expression

2. special importance or significance

1. (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown

1. a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information

2. explicit notice

1. the mother of your father or mother

2. an old woman

1. a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

2. an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship

1. a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers

2. music written for a ballet

1. bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves

2. aromatic bulb used as seasoning

1. forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)

2. prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure

1. charge a tariff

2. a government tax on imports or exports

1. a reference book that is published regularly once every year

2. occurring or payable every year

1. something that causes feelings of wonder

2. be amazed at

1. relating to or characterized by rotation

2. describing a circle; moving in a circle

1. an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme

1. causing or capable of causing death

2. of an instrument of certain death

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

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

1. making bread or cake or pastry etc.

2. cooking by dry heat in an oven

1. a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle

1. made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')

2. marked by emotional heat; vehement

1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

2. punishingly harsh

1. mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable

2. native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties

1. a formal written statement of relinquishment

1. in the recent past

1. any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits

2. elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh

1. a vaguely specified concern

2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

1. someone who washes things for a living

2. seal consisting of a flat disk placed to prevent leakage

1. nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell

2. hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling

1. steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down

2. ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress

1. any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

2. an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects

1. give heed (to)

2. make a more or less disguised reference to

1. device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room

2. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

1. a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels

2. heavy gun fired from a tank

1. of or relating to the nervous system

2. of or relating to neurons

1. of or relating to or formed from words in general

2. of or relating to or formed from a verb

1. attack brutally and fiercely

2. criticize harshly or violently

1. a feeling of favorable regard

2. an inclination to approve

1. hold gently and carefully

2. bring up from infancy

1. (plural) something that reminds you of someone or something

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

1. an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

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

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

1. remove the outer cover or wrapping of

2. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

1. an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest

2. a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids

1. made afraid

1. a shelter from danger or hardship

2. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

1. situated away from an area's coast or border

2. towards or into the interior of a region

1. the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races

2. discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race

1. harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters

2. concurrence of opinion

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. move away from a place into another direction

2. be at variance with; be out of line with

1. an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy

1. colorless glass made of almost pure silica

2. a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities

1. a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball

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

1. any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive

1. avoid something unpleasant or laborious

2. a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center

1. a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out

2. the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else

1. a social or business visitor

2. an investor who buys a call option

1. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

2. capable of life or normal growth and development

1. edible viscera of a butchered animal

1. any member of a ship's crew

2. a serviceman in the navy

1. a sculpture representing a human or animal

1. the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)

1. anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord

2. of or relating to the spine or spinal cord

1. the verbal act of naming

2. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

1. not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception

1. without an occupant or incumbent

2. devoid of intelligence or thought

1. a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal

2. a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)

1. a hat made of felt with a creased crown

1. a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure

2. the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

1. a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp

1. an evil supernatural being

2. a person who is part mortal and part god

1. a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

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

2. hunt with falcons

1. tending to undergo or resulting from mutation

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

1. to wind or move in a spiral course

2. form a spiral

1. any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family

2. (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory

1. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

2. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

1. utter a sudden loud cry

2. utter or declare in a very loud voice

1. copy illegally; of published material

2. take arbitrarily or by force

1. feelings of excessive pride

2. the quality of being valueless or futile

1. the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

2. concealing something under the ground

1. perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of

2. a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade

1. shine like a beacon

2. guide with a beacon

1. provide housing for (military personnel)

2. divide into cantons, of a country

1. the production of eggs (especially in birds)

1. a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank

2. the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game

1. the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles

2. woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture

1. very foolish

2. afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement

1. travel on water propelled by wind or by other means

2. an act of traveling by water

1. a performer who dances professionally

2. a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)

1. clean by virtue of having been washed in water

2. wet as from washing; sometimes used in combination

1. art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass

2. viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves

1. an elaborate party (often outdoors)

1. on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle

2. on first or second or third base

1. cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

2. walk through mud or mire

1. arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

1. any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

2. edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable

1. lacking sensation

2. dead

1. an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

2. an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway

1. a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold

1. garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement

2. a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures

1. constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged

2. (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken

1. made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary)

1. an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone

1. (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people

1. of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals

2. of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals

1. a computer program that divides code up into functional components

1. (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body

2. a memorial made of brass

1. assign a new name to

2. name again or anew

1. the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price

2. detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics)

1. be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to

1. owning or consisting of land or real estate

1. the money risked on a gamble

1. equally distant from the extremes

2. at half the distance; at the middle

1. an angry disturbance

2. disorderly fighting

1. cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind

2. drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves

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

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

2. a coat made of sheepskin

1. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

2. not used to good advantage

1. a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

1. that have been left

1. underground pod of the peanut vine

2. widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground

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

1. add details to

2. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

1. a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface

1. a craftsman who weaves cloth

2. finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests

1. a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes

2. (astrology) a circular diagram representing the 12 zodiacal constellations and showing their signs

1. a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body

2. a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic

1. cover with a canopy

2. the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit

1. capable of being put to use

2. fit or ready for use or service

1. someone who causes the death of a person or animal

1. waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

1. a person with a prejudiced belief that one racial group is superior to others

2. based on racial intolerance

1. arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks

1. used improperly or excessively especially drugs

2. subjected to cruel treatment

1. make a map of; show or establish the features of details of

2. explore or survey for the purpose of making a map

1. money that is risked for possible monetary gain

2. a risky act or venture

1. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

2. cover with gravel

1. state categorically

2. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

1. directed up

2. extending or moving toward a higher place

1. move quickly in a straight line

2. run naked in a public place

1. of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy

2. very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction

1. standing posture

2. a rationalized mental attitude

1. covered with beads of liquid

1. a portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cut

2. fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines

1. lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria

2. not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary

1. the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

1. behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

2. behave in a certain manner

1. a person whose occupation is making and altering garments

2. adjust to a specific need or market

1. a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter

1. a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)

2. anything regarded as making something unclean

1. (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks

1. something (especially a game) that is played again

2. the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape

1. the sensation caused by heat energy

2. a warmhearted feeling

1. someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers

2. informal terms for dogs

1. filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock

1. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

2. informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared

1. having or covered with hair

1. of an instrument of certain death

1. a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

2. space that is surrounded by something

1. the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage

2. an excavation where root vegetables are stored

1. hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers

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. not paid

2. without payment

1. the selling of something purchased

1. of or relating to a musical scale

2. of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude

1. East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil

1. to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

2. someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

1. a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

2. a chute down which logs can slide

1. a regular customer

2. the proprietor of an inn

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

2. subject to death

1. grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet

2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

1. rapid and indistinct speech

2. talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

1. turn on or around an axis or a center

2. exchange on a regular basis

1. a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

2. an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game

1. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

2. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

1. relating to or near the radius

2. relating to or moving along or having the direction of a radius

1. a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles

2. protective covering made of metal and used in combat

1. a viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that caused a global pandemic in 2020

2. the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse

1. for a brief period

1. having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles

2. (used of armor) having overlapping metal plates attached to a leather backing

1. a company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals

1. of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

2. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

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

1. device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room

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

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

1. the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones

2. any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh

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

1. acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

2. store grain

1. a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent

1. preserve in a can or tin

2. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

1. a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms

1. a large number or amount

2. storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored

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

1. usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds

2. a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated

1. a large wine bottle for liquor or wine

1. to gain with effort

2. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level

1. favoring one person or side over another

1. be compatible or in accordance with

2. follow through or carry out a plan without deviation

1. (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered

2. (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity

1. a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition

1. have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

1. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

2. a female singer

1. a promise

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

1. people who are condemned to eternal punishment

2. expletives used informally as intensifiers

1. a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)

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

1. hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth

2. a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection

1. small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California

2. oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree

1. a fundamental principle or practice

2. anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

1. an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects

2. something illusory and unattainable

1. hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it

2. the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own

1. any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines

1. a person who mails something

2. an advertisement that is sent by mail

1. not informed through reading

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

2. a process of taking up or using up or consuming

1. equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged

1. according to custom or rule or natural law

2. having a legally established claim

1. an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another

2. a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats

1. prevent from speaking out

2. be too tight; rub or press

1. a grain of barley

2. cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain

1. title used for a married Frenchwoman

1. a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)

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

1. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

2. only a very short time before

1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate

1. of or relating to a pointed conical tooth

2. of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae

1. with pleasure

1. become imbued

2. take up mentally

1. a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style

1. a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen

1. spaced apart

2. arranged with spaces between; often used as a combining form

1. witty language used to convey insults or scorn

2. a genre of literature and performing arts, in which shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming others

1. pertaining to or concerned with the humanities

2. marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering

1. someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

2. a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management

1. one who is employed to saw wood

2. any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers

1. propel with a paddle

2. play in or as if in water, as of small children

1. the closing section of a musical composition

2. the temporal end; the concluding time

1. the state that precedes vomiting

2. disgust so strong it makes you feel sick

1. the state of remaining awake

2. marked by full consciousness or alertness

1. a keyboard that is a data input device for computers; arrangement of keys is modelled after the typewriter keyboard

1. sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere

2. annoy persistently

1. acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

2. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age

1. male cat

1. a community of people smaller than a village

2. a settlement smaller than a town

1. an outlying farm

1. distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice

1. relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail

2. a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him

1. gain knowledge or skills

2. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

1. spread over a surface, like a mantle

2. cover like a mantle

1. someone living temporarily in a tent or lodge for recreation

2. a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling

1. a dough of flour and water and shortening

2. any of various baked foods made of dough or batter

1. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

2. cancel officially

1. feel admiration for

2. look at with admiration

1. of the color of cream

2. thick like cream

1. the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person

2. violent and needless disturbance

1. a feast day and the seven days following it

2. a musical interval of eight tones

1. material used to pave an area

2. the paved surface of a thoroughfare

1. a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless

2. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense

1. lacking in security or safety

2. involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm

1. add to the very end

2. fix to; attach

1. having a defect

2. characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules

1. make a marcel in a woman's hair

2. a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron

1. in great numbers

2. existing in abundance

1. the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa

1. an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

1. related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir

2. a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune

1. the quantity that a barrow will hold

2. (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs

1. plaster with mortar

2. a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

1. expletives used informally as intensifiers

1. one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)

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

1. a large fleet

1. congenital absence of an arm or leg

1. having a blemish or flaw

1. the quantity contained in a carton

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

1. declare illegal; outlaw

2. someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

1. involving or constituting a cause; causing

1. elegant and fashionable

1. containing salt

2. an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water

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

2. the branch of biology that studies plants

1. dreamy in mood or nature

2. lacking spirit or liveliness

1. seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint

1. the item at the end

1. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

2. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

1. short underpants for women or children

1. a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano

2. a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb

1. involving or having two dimensions

1. a power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor

1. the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding

2. the decisive moment in a novel or play

1. the act of excusing a mistake or offense

2. a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense

1. extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry

2. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

1. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

1. any of various pale or light colors

2. lacking in body or vigor

1. deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant

2. perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions

1. not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight

2. hard or impossible to understand

1. an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels

1. a person who wields power and influence

2. a container in which something can be shaken

1. weakening in force or intensity

1. treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather

2. get a tan, from wind or sun

1. reports of the work of a society or learned body etc

2. a chronological account of events in successive years

1. prevent from entering; keep out

2. render unsuitable for passage

1. secure or fasten with a staple or staples

2. necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities

1. having a tail of a specified kind; often used in combination

1. normal or sound powers of mind

1. a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot

1. a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir

1. a deficiency of red blood cells

2. a lack of vitality

1. calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system)

2. the system of numbering pages

1. potentially existing but not presently evident or realized

2. (pathology) not presently active

1. a large indefinite number

2. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand

1. a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot

1. a worker who hangs something

2. anything from which something can be hung

1. lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school

1. of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem

2. occurring in pairs or as a pair

1. meet to select a candidate or promote a policy

2. a closed political meeting

1. propose a toast to

2. greet in a friendly way

1. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

2. humorous or satirical mimicry

1. a positively charged ion

1. the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

2. composed of more than one member, set, or kind

1. protected from heat and light with shade or shadow

2. (of pictures or drawings) drawn or painted with degrees or gradations of shadow

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

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

1. a shop where a variety of goods are sold

2. a street of small shops (especially in Orient)

1. a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy

2. the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger

1. characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense

2. very severe

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. the last syllable in a word

1. deliberately arranged for effect

2. written for or performed on the stage

1. lie at the top of

2. restrict the number or amount of

1. not dense

1. make new

2. creation that is created again or anew

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

1. something that is a source of danger

2. a threat or the act of threatening

1. a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing

1. a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite

1. a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose

2. the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed

1. get or find back; recover the use of

2. come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost

1. ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects

2. a work of fiction describing a utopia

1. spread manure, as for fertilization

2. any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material

1. a person who rescues you from harm or danger

1. a public square with room for pedestrians

1. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

2. a narrative poem of popular origin

1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

2. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

1. (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

2. a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking

1. of or involving the rectum

1. the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art

2. a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it

1. a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970

2. a craftsman who tans skins and hides

1. a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture

2. a drink to follow immediately after another drink

1. a person who shows fear or timidity

1. a plan for attaining a particular goal

1. cut a female screw thread with a tap

2. draw from or dip into to get something

1. the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

1. of or relating to fungi

1. a substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom

1. any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats

1. a child who has lost both parents

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

1. makes decorative wooden panels

2. an artist who creates sculptures

1. a farm building for housing horses or other livestock

1. directed or moving inward or toward a center

2. relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts

1. a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles

2. a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

1. (used of eyes) lacking liveliness

2. (of foods) covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture

1. having gaps or spaces

1. an adult male who shaves

2. a young person of either sex

1. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

2. a difficult problem

1. one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)

2. people having the same social, economic, or educational status

1. the chief official in charge of a prison

1. someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions

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

1. having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading

2. having markings suggestive of a mask

1. the housing or outer covering of something

2. the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire

1. someone who helps to gather the harvest

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

1. a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object

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

2. home symbolized as a part of the fireplace

1. the whiteness that results from removing the color from something

2. an agent that makes things white or colorless

1. a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money

2. dispose of in a lottery

1. a character, animal or object that is adopted by a team or group as a symbolic figure

1. deliver a sermon

2. speak, plead, or argue in favor of

1. a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)

2. a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another

1. used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

2. in any way whatsoever

1. serving as an essential component

2. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state

1. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

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

1. elevated (e.g., mountainous) land

2. used of high or hilly country

1. the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation

2. a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers)

1. any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals

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

2. a movement upward; rise above the ground

1. very bad

1. with neatness

1. be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities

2. be in a state of movement or action

1. the largest possible quantity

2. the greatest possible degree

1. cheap and inferior; of no value

2. tastelessly showy

1. in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination

1. haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp

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

2. something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

1. rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading

2. a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging

1. a workman employed to pack things into containers

2. a wholesaler in the meat-packing business

1. a stream or brook

1. large American feline resembling a lion

1. very drunk

1. the rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor

1. the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities

1. a subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances

1. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

2. one who is playfully mischievous

1. money demanded for the return of a captured person

2. payment for the release of someone

1. a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing

2. a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used

1. someone who communicates high praise

1. march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

2. to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

1. an acute insufficiency

2. a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

1. (of drugs) through the mouth rather than through injection; by mouth

2. by spoken rather than written means

1. someone whose employment involves carrying something

2. a messenger who bears or presents

1. motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

1. one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear

1. the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

1. draw a harrow over (land)

2. a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil

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

2. a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table

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

2. a person who waits or awaits

1. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

2. in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree

1. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

2. change texture so as to become matted and felt-like

1. a commonly repeated word or phrase

2. (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns

1. a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen

1. someone who skates

1. hollow out as if making a cavern

2. any large dark enclosed space

1. to an exceedingly great extent or degree

1. strange and somewhat frightening

2. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

1. collect or look around for (food)

2. wander and feed

1. the final payment of a debt

2. payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

1. an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band

1. any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)

2. the central area in a building; open to the sky

1. flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes

1. the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal

2. the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring

1. being in captivity

1. any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers

1. a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound

1. a medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer

2. cloudiness of the urine

1. the power to entice or attract through personal charm

2. dispose or incline or entice to

1. an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods

2. an instrument used to make tracings

1. (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance

1. a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk

2. a soldier who drives a tank

1. not easily borne; wearing

1. any of various small breeds of fowl

2. very small

1. soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar

2. any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins

1. a small storeroom for storing foods or wines

1. of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones

1. a worker who teases wool

2. someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

1. a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation

1. salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre

1. the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve

1. a protective covering (as for a knife or sword)

2. an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

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. (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character

1. generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages

1. the basic unit of money in Slovakia

2. the basic unit of money in Czech Republic

1. pleasantly occupied

1. someone who performs rap music

2. a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door

1. an abject coward

2. lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful

1. respectful deference

1. jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration

2. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

1. move or cause to move back and forth

2. move with or as if with a tremor

1. forward in time or order or degree

2. in a forward direction

1. an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance

2. a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions

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. an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment

1. young of domestic cattle

2. the muscular back part of the shank

1. being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars

1. prevent the progress or free movement of

2. put at a disadvantage

1. of or relating to the aorta

1. pancake batter baked in a waffle iron

2. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

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

2. an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)

1. freed from illness or injury

1. belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part

2. facing away from the axis of an organ or organism

1. the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil

2. a symbol of disgrace or infamy

1. a cloth having a crisscross design

1. a garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves

1. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

2. of or associated with the great masses of people

1. reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received

2. a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax

1. the face or front of a building

2. a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

1. showing warm and heartfelt friendliness

2. providing abundant nourishment

1. situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone

2. directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body

1. being sour to the taste

2. being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7)

1. an implement used to erase something

1. make short successive sounds

2. shake and cause to make a rattling noise

1. a sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators

2. fruit juice especially when undiluted

1. come into existence; take on form or shape

2. originate or come into being

1. a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics)

1. having concealed difficulty

2. likely to attract attention

1. providing no shelter or sustenance

2. not bearing offspring

1. agreement with a statement or proposal to do something

2. to agree or express agreement

1. a general kind of something

2. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

1. of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver

2. a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance

1. strange in an interesting or pleasing way

2. very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance

1. a space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet

1. (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance

1. a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches

1. go on board

2. set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)

1. take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place

2. provide with workers

1. (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition

2. smelling of fermentation or staleness

1. feeling a need to see others suffer

2. the quality of threatening evil

1. showing signs of wear and tear

2. mean and unworthy and despicable

1. one of two equal parts of a divisible whole

2. one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval

1. pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle

1. lessen the strength of

2. become weaker

1. a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm

2. a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland

1. of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart)

1. the middle of the day

1. being talented through inherited qualities

2. present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development

1. make worse or less effective

2. make imperfect

1. most favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances

1. bring an accusation against; level a charge against

2. blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

1. a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

1. any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia

1. African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps

1. the application of wax to a surface

2. a gradual increase in magnitude or extent

1. marked by skill in deception

1. a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading

2. (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars

1. have as a logical consequence

2. impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result

1. (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played

2. walking with slow regular strides

1. the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)

2. a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)

1. translating an idea into action

1. a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage

2. a fisherman who uses a hook and line

1. a sample piece of cloth

1. a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave

2. a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves

1. forming or set at an angle

1. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

2. not easily irritated

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 warning against certain acts

2. (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing

1. fasten with or as if with a garter

2. a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)

1. to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light

2. amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill

1. hang loosely

2. cause to dangle or hang freely

1. a person who is being chased

1. any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees

2. dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions

1. a loud and disturbing noise

2. an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

1. provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

2. authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity

1. an insane person

2. a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something

1. an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain

1. any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain

2. a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart

1. a man who serves as a sailor

1. the basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos

1. sit or lie with one's limbs spread out

2. go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way

1. a light patterned cotton cloth

1. a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun

1. a person skilled in a particular type of therapy

1. of or relating to or resembling the eye

2. relating to or using sight

1. a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar

2. a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable

1. used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture

1. identified with a band especially around a leg

2. marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture

1. a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods

2. relating to or characteristic of wooded regions

1. a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm

2. a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland

1. a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts

1. shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb

1. treat cruelly

2. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

1. having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes

1. an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral

1. an equal exchange

2. exchange goods without involving money

1. avoiding waste

1. abounding with or resembling stars

1. a worker who casts molten metal into finished products

2. a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar

1. dividing an animal into right and left halves

2. relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle

1. grow by addition

2. come into the possession of

1. the act of spending or disbursing money

2. money paid out; an amount spent

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

2. a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air

1. rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey

1. kill as a martyr

2. torture and torment like a martyr

1. with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe

1. marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions

2. exceedingly sudden and unexpected

1. a four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately

1. a small roofed building affording shade and rest

1. become hard or harder

2. make hard or harder

1. pay back

2. make repayment for or return something

1. in a hearty manner

2. in a warm manner

1. lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance

2. lacking or not affording physical or mental rest

1. a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service

1. stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the Northern Hemisphere; hibernates in winter

1. the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)

2. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

1. a judge who assigns grades to something

1. give a thrashing to; beat hard

2. move or stir about violently

1. get lost, as without warning or explanation

2. become invisible or unnoticeable

1. predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer

1. of or relating to the wrist

2. any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates

1. a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance

2. the process of becoming a vapor

1. expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns

2. very generous

1. scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians

1. a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky

2. small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck

1. any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent

1. a recording made on magnetic tape

1. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

2. a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)

1. a Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo

1. towards the shore from the water

1. remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

2. remove the load from (a container or vehicle)

1. cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge

2. having a sharply uneven surface or outline

1. a short high-pitched noise

2. something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin

1. in a sincere and heartfelt manner

2. at a great cost

1. a cry of sorrow and grief

2. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

1. causing dejection

1. seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination

2. take arbitrarily or by force

1. an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations

1. an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

2. the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally

1. somewhat ill or prone to illness

2. having or rising to a peak

1. containing an unusual amount of grease or oil

2. smeared or soiled with grease or oil

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. a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid

2. someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil

1. with self-possession (especially in times of stress)

2. in a sedate manner

1. abounding in grass

1. having been warmed up

1. wool of the alpaca

2. a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool

1. noteworthy scarcity

2. a rarified quality

1. large scissors with strong blades

1. marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details

1. 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar

2. the basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 100 fils

1. light teasing repartee

2. be silly or tease one another

1. cause to become awake or conscious

2. stop sleeping

1. the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-)

1. pay for something before receiving it

1. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

2. make wrinkled or creased

1. the musical director of a choir

2. the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos

1. the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

2. wait in hiding to attack

1. generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature

1. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

1. marked by deception

2. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed

1. a change for the better

2. the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)

1. a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent

2. (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases

1. used of hair; thick and poorly groomed

2. having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags

1. a severe or trying experience

2. a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence

1. rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes

1. requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

1. a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs

1. having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence

1. a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease

1. affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste

1. a clerk who marks data on a chart

1. travel up

2. go back in order of genealogical succession

1. a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained

1. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

2. easily irritated or annoyed

1. relating to or typical of a larva

2. immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage

1. made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned

2. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

1. enclose in a corral

2. arrange wagons so that they form a corral

1. a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation

2. greet with a salaam

1. a collection of resources

2. all the weapons and equipment that a country has

1. race on skis around obstacles

2. a downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles

1. a professional killer who uses a gun

1. a victory cheer

1. someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods

2. someone who makes or deals in salt

1. any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind

1. a cruel and oppressive dictator

2. in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it

1. move forward by leaps and bounds

2. develop into a distinctive entity

1. a sudden and violent collapse

1. garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt

1. a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works

1. remove from its packing

1. a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace

2. a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations

1. an insane person

1. enclose in a casket

2. box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

1. the act of laying off an employee or a work force

1. sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)

2. a quick and penetrating intelligence

1. a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed

1. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain

2. causing a dull and steady pain

1. dried grape

1. small lynx of North America

1. mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior

1. vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids

1. treat with excessive indulgence

1. someone who operates an aircraft

1. a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc

2. instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls

1. walking with your feet in shallow water

1. a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness

1. the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene

1. deciduous horn of a member of the deer family

1. utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way

2. to talk foolishly

1. shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles

1. scratch repeatedly

2. make by scraping

1. a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball

2. a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

1. consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous

2. be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics

1. a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries

2. (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers

1. constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches

2. forming or resembling an arch

1. transmit (knowledge or skills)

2. bestow a quality on

1. soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead

1. (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively

1. any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water

2. a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture

1. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

1. a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite

1. (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully)

2. a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers

1. declaiming wildly

2. talking or behaving irrationally

1. an armored vehicle or tank

1. a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

2. the enchanted realm of fairies

1. tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit

2. large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh

1. an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

2. a maneuver in a game or conversation

1. small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals

1. play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

2. intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly

1. a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface)

2. an official who affixes a seal to a document

1. of cloth; thin and loosely woven

2. of very poor quality; flimsy

1. the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder

1. approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

1. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

2. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

1. relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind

2. toward or located in the north

1. tastelessly showy

2. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display

1. of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism

1. a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth

2. (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore

1. still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost

1. reveal the true nature of

2. take the mask off

1. capable of wounding

2. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

1. (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran

1. a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head

2. a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head

1. borne on the water; floating

2. aimlessly drifting

1. characterized by intense emotion

2. characterized by strong enthusiasm

1. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

1. (used especially of meats) preserved in salt

1. a man who is engaged to be married

1. cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate

2. be delayed

1. large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America

1. annoy continually or chronically

2. exhaust by attacking repeatedly

1. an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue

1. one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles

1. an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof

1. of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula

2. of or relating to or located in the dermis

1. report or maintain

1. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak

2. covered in folds of cloth

1. a B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract

1. shelf that projects from wall above fireplace

1. filled with water

2. wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears

1. the basic unit of money in Zambia

2. the basic unit of money in Malawi

1. capture or kill, as in hunting

2. hang loosely, like an empty bag

1. the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

2. comfort in disappointment or misery

1. any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb

1. somewhat ill or prone to illness

1. the transparent dome-shaped anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye; it covers the iris and pupil and is continuous with the sclera

1. press tightly together or cram

2. push down forcibly

1. a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together

1. a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory

2. (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)

1. someone who works in a coal mine

1. the smallest possible quantity

2. the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right

1. a state of depression

1. the basic unit of money in Indonesia; equal to 100 sen

1. any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes

2. wine from muscat grapes

1. write, draw, or trace with a crayon

2. writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing

1. a name given to a product or service

1. cause to become detached or separated; take off

2. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment

1. a final climactic stage

2. apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth

1. footwear usually with wooden soles

1. filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist

2. hot or warm and humid

1. relating to or containing acetic acid

1. someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

1. a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

1. a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships

1. a long chair; for reclining

2. a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse

1. a state of extreme confusion and disorder

1. a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction

1. remove offensive capability from

2. make less hostile; win over

1. away from the right path or direction

2. far from the intended target

1. smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears

2. appear at the surface

1. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness

2. marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft

1. a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)

2. touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner

1. irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc.

1. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

2. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

1. someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)

2. a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry

1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

2. a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat

1. cause to be firmly attached

2. become fixed or fastened

1. a person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory

1. a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool

1. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

2. leave behind empty; move out of

1. (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations

2. (anthropology) kin by marriage

1. fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat

1. driven insane

1. sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food

1. a disorderly crowd of people

2. disparaging terms for the common people

1. of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey)

1. reveal unintentionally

2. deliver to an enemy by treachery

1. the fans of a sport or famous person

1. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

2. tangle or complicate

1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship

1. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

2. causing dejection

1. of or relating to the body or flesh

2. marked by the appetites and passions of the body

1. to patch up or renovate; repair or restore

2. provide (a shoe) with a new vamp

1. bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies

1. take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

1. of or relating to or located in or near the mitral valve

2. relating to or resembling the miter worn by some clerics

1. any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia

1. a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)

1. gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flamethrowers

1. be hungry; go without food

2. die of food deprivation

1. a tapering point

2. shrewdness shown by keen insight

1. a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

1. adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end

1. be beyond the resources of

2. reduce to beggary

1. act at high speed

2. move hurridly

1. of or consisting of or resembling earth

2. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

1. regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)

1. a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)

1. apt to speak irritably

2. smart and fashionable

1. continue talking or writing in a desultory manner

2. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

1. large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida

1. made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach

1. any seed plant yielding balsam

2. any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes

1. any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors

1. a salt of any halogen acid

1. (used in the plural) pants for casual wear

1. an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores

1. a person who makes things

2. a machine tool for shaping metal or wood

1. belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease

2. of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen

1. waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

2. indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life

1. mature male goose

1. without light

2. in a dark glowering menacing manner

1. of or characteristic of or occurring in spring

2. suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

1. be in contradiction with

2. deny the truth of

1. a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative

1. adorned by inlays

2. decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal

1. any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom

1. as much as a teacup will hold

2. a cup from which tea is drunk

1. relating to or resembling an ape

2. an ape or monkey

1. to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)

1. meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

2. hind portion of a side of bacon

1. feeling mild pleasurable excitement

1. deprive of freedom; take into confinement

2. stop or halt

1. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

1. treated or mixed with lead

2. (of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead

1. a fine coating of oxide (produced by oxidation over a long period of time) on the surface of a metal (particularly copper)

2. an acquired change in the appearance of something (other than metal or wood)

1. a state of commotion and noise and confusion

2. loud confused noise from many sources

1. a person who passes by casually or by chance

2. a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group

1. a victory cheer

2. shout `hurrah!'

1. either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber

1. situated at an apex

1. a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

1. of or relating to Vesta

2. a chaste woman

1. the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)

2. the appearance conveyed by a person's face

1. be a mystery or bewildering to

2. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

1. an animal with congenital albinism

2. a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink

1. chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue

1. a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers

2. stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager

1. long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call

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

1. burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger

1. draw deep into the lungs in by breathing

2. draw in (air)

1. have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

2. experience while sleeping

1. no longer active or practicing

1. ride at a galloping pace

2. go at galloping speed

1. a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)

2. an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country

1. soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth

1. a movie with synchronized speech and singing

1. strike or drive against with a heavy impact

2. force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

1. make imperfect

2. destroy or injure severely

1. deficient in amount or quality or extent

1. read anew; read again

1. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks

2. a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India

1. a transmitter used to broadcast electronic jamming

1. any handsome young man

1. something considered choice to eat

2. delicately beautiful

1. a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter

2. an implement for beating

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. one or more large merchant ships

1. plug with a tampon

2. plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood)

1. seal again

1. goods carried by a large vehicle

1. lacking social polish

1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

2. stop sleeping

1. a haulage contractor

1. (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed

1. far away from home or one's usual surroundings

2. in or into a field (especially a field of battle)

1. a milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives

2. a water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk

1. an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate

2. an instance of misfortune

1. a male servant (especially a footman)

2. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

1. a professional killer who uses a gun

2. a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)

1. stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug

1. (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected

2. connecting the notes; in music

1. A mean or belligerent person

2. A person considered impressive due to extreme attitudes, behavior or appearance

1. someone who abuses

1. any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles

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

1. a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry

2. a cup (usually without a handle)

1. the inverse function of the secant; the angle that has a secant equal to a given number

1. aimlessly drifting

2. afloat on the surface of a body of water

1. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences

1. floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

1. a building where people go to eat

1. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

2. make by cutting into

1. fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo

1. cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons

2. left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season

1. Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair

2. a jackal native to Europe and Asia with a golden coat

1. a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage

2. a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)

1. remove body hair with a razor

2. cut closely

1. a mental representation of some haunting experience

1. made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)

2. face with defiance or impudence

1. occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels

1. a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries

1. enclose in, or as if in, a case

1. a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle

2. a sock that reaches just above the ankle

1. a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple

1. a Japanese plant of the family Cruciferae with a thick green root

2. the thick green root of the wasabi plant that the Japanese use in cooking and that tastes like strong horseradish; in powder or paste form it is often eaten with raw fish

1. a cotton fabric with a satiny finish

1. agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels

1. someone who walks at a leisurely pace

1. information known only to a special group

1. a person who is rejected (from society or home)

1. having leaves or leaves as specified; often used in combination

1. elastic straps that hold trousers up

1. an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night

2. a long chair; for reclining

1. a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating

2. a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape

1. travel along a zigzag path

2. having short sharp turns or angles

1. furnish with battens

2. secure with battens

1. a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech

1. inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

1. hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats

1. an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream

1. a person who is very poor

1. inability to perceive written words

1. the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen

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

1. straying from the right course or from accepted standards

2. uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable

1. informal terms for a human `tooth'

2. of a white the color of pearls

1. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

1. any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones

1. resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness

2. (used of eyes) lacking liveliness

1. evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers

2. any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves

1. ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty

2. the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

1. a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides

1. tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted

2. kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted

1. a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)

2. a critical study (as of a writer's work)

1. someone who earn wages in return for their labor

1. curve upward in the middle

2. a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)

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

1. an acute insufficiency

2. an insufficient quantity or number

1. surface with macadam

2. a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving

1. the bottom of a sea or ocean

1. formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos

1. take revenge for a perceived wrong

1. ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America

1. an electrical device that can injure or kill by means of electric currents

1. someone who willfully destroys or defaces property

1. ride at a canter

2. go at a canter, of horses

1. superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject

2. performing adroitly and without effort

1. someone who cuts and delivers ice

2. a professional killer

1. someone who cuts flat glass to size

1. large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles

1. exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits

2. full of high-spirited delight

1. someone who provides financial support for some venture

1. the ratio of reflected to incident light

1. the production of a litter of pigs

2. give birth to (piglets)

1. having the surface burned quickly with intense heat

1. a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides

1. a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

2. complete failure

1. a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood

1. bear the expenses of

1. one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium

1. the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed

1. a long noosed rope used to catch animals

1. a shot or scene that is photographed again

2. take back by force, as after a battle

1. celebrated in fable or legend

1. a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission

1. officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch

2. in former times was free and cultivated his own land

1. an addition that extends a main building

1. a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry

1. brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak

1. a plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate

1. waterproof hip boots (sometimes extending to the chest) worn by anglers

1. make high-pitched, whiney noises

2. utter a sudden loud cry

1. obsolete terms for legal insanity

2. foolish or senseless behavior

1. find repugnant

1. the main body of a vertebra

1. positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger

2. held up by braces or buttresses

1. a worker who attaches something by nailing it

1. the removal of covering

1. a salt used especially in baking powder

2. a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

1. listen; used mostly in the imperative

1. a fervent and even militant proponent of something

1. (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams

2. having or joined by a seam or seams

1. someone who samples food or drink for its quality

1. fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings

1. expel air

2. give out (breath or an odor)

1. for which money has been paid

1. worn away or tattered along the edges

1. any long and tedious address or recital

1. a supply of food especially for a household

2. a small storeroom for storing foods or wines

1. drink claret

2. a dark purplish-red color

1. expel from a community or group

2. ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

1. pungent fleshy edible root

2. radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked

1. a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

2. someone who drives or rides in a boat

1. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

1. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

2. (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel

1. having a woven pattern

2. a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern

1. strike with, or as if with a baseball bat

2. wink briefly

1. the government of the Roman Catholic Church

1. keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement

2. lighted up by or as by fire or flame

1. a loudspeaker

1. no longer frozen solid

2. no longer frozen

1. person who does no work

1. cause to run off the tracks

2. run off or leave the rails

1. of or relating to a clone

1. an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

1. suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity

2. make moist

1. the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees)

1. of the most contemptible kind

2. most unfortunate or miserable

1. an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water

1. a loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacific

1. a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram

2. (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus

1. a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water

1. excellent

2. of something resembling a peach in color

1. (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred

1. a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark

2. an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)

1. a person who captures and holds people or animals

1. scraped or touched lightly in passing

1. a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales

2. a ship engaged in whale fishing

1. a small recess opening off a larger room

1. a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another

1. a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified

2. a wardress in a prison

1. a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges

1. highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried

1. any of various plants of the family Malvaceae

1. (British informal) pork sausage

2. firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing

1. the basic unit of money in Angola

1. capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do

1. a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)

2. intense feeling of love

1. run off without paying a debt

1. tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar

1. ice cream served with a topping

1. (of a ship or plane) sideways drift

2. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

1. a building where birds are kept

1. formerly the basic unit of money in Finland

1. the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter

1. a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

2. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

1. someone who makes and sells hats

1. a person who gains weight

2. a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits)

1. valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas

2. small northern whale that is white when adult

1. microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica

1. a young unmarried woman

1. a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase

1. any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods

2. Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon

1. a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)

1. of or relating to a septum

1. (Islam) a Muslim place of worship

1. a person who delivers a speech or oration

1. plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy; suspended from a height for blindfolded children to break with sticks

1. cast again, in a different role

2. cast again

1. the treasurer at a college or university

1. pure and simple in design or style

2. abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse

1. naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion

1. despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

2. together with this

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

1. cover with thatch

2. hair resembling thatched roofing material

1. a blank gap or missing part

1. build of or with wattle

2. interlace to form wattle

1. a tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia

1. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses

2. a word that modifies something other than a noun

1. in a slow and lazy manner

2. in an idle manner

1. a Muslim physician

1. a drink made of beer and lemonade

1. a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range

1. become dark or darker

2. tarnish or stain

1. the basic unit of money in Gambia

1. expletives used informally as intensifiers

1. a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere)

2. the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

1. a girl or young woman who is unmarried

1. mechanical device consisting of the stationary part of a motor or generator in or around which the rotor revolves

1. the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves

1. small crude shelter used as a dwelling

2. a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors

1. relating to or located near a tibia

1. be unsure or weak

2. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way