8-Letter Words Containing A

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

1. systematic investigation to establish facts

2. a search for knowledge

1. of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country

2. limited to or in the interests of a particular nation

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

1. concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

2. of or arising from personality

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

2. the act of putting something in a certain place

1. activity leading to skilled behavior

2. the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

1. farther along in physical or mental development

2. comparatively late in a course of development

1. a collection of things sharing a common attribute

2. a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme

1. the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output

2. response to an inquiry or experiment

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

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

1. a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

2. (language) communication by word of mouth

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

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

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

1. the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

2. profound scholarly knowledge

1. an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

2. something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies

1. an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action

2. the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise

1. an organized body of related information

1. having official authority or sanction

2. of or relating to an office

1. a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year

2. a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc)

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

2. information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form

1. collection of records especially about an institution

1. a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it

2. product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object

1. the acquisition of something for payment

2. something acquired by purchase

1. a customary way of operation or behavior

2. systematic training by multiple repetitions

1. major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)

2. instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal

1. a quantity that is added

2. a change resulting in an increase

1. any specific behavior

2. the state of being active

1. characteristic of a region

2. related or limited to a particular region

1. chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another

2. a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)

1. put up as security or collateral

2. a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan

1. a component that is added to something to improve it

2. the act of adding one thing to another

1. the opening page of a web site; also, the first page opened when a web browser is launched (default or start-up page)

1. of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare

2. characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military

1. in actual fact

2. used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly

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

2. (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear

1. a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

2. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

1. made a feature or highlight; given prominence

2. having facial features as specified; usually used in combination

1. move towards

2. come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character

1. involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit

2. relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics

1. To mark an item as a personal favorite on social media

2. something regarded with special favor or liking

1. with considerable certainty; without much doubt

2. easy to believe on the basis of available evidence

1. transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

2. move from one place to another

1. a health facility where patients receive treatment

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

1. keep at a distance

2. go far ahead of

1. an elaborate and systematic plan of action

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

1. the profession of a teacher

2. a doctrine that is taught

1. any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal

2. the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football

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

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

1. spend or take a vacation

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

1. associated with academia or an academy

2. an educator who works at a college or university

1. photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication

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

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

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

1. happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface

2. occurring within an institution or community

1. developed or executed with care and in minute detail

1. established by authority; given authoritative approval

1. outward features

2. happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface

1. capability to perform or produce

2. the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment

1. promoting construction or creation

2. having the ability or power to create

1. generally approved or compelling recognition

1. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws

2. at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction

1. having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

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

2. skillful performance or ability without difficulty

1. the total amount and type of insurance carried

2. the extent to which something is covered

1. relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients

2. scientifically detached; unemotional

1. of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors

2. of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society

1. receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; completion of a course or training

2. confer an academic degree upon

1. possible but not necessary; left to personal choice

1. relating to or used in chemistry

2. of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes

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

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

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

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

2. an adequate or large amount

1. a raised horizontal surface

2. a document stating the aims and principles of a political party

1. a businessperson engaged in retail trade

1. a race between candidates for elective office

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

1. act as a barrier between; stand between

2. force, take, or pull apart

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

2. a ball used in playing baseball

1. the formal act of approving

2. a feeling of liking something or someone good

1. being two identical

2. intentionally matched

1. something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation

2. a quantity that can assume any of a set of values

1. of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull

2. easily or conveniently transported

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

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

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

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

2. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

1. cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity

2. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction

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

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

1. made ready or fit or suitable beforehand

2. having made preparations

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

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

1. manner of acting or controlling yourself

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

1. marked by continuous change or effective action

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

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

1. one or some or every or all without specification; entity, elective existential pronoun; quantifier, elective existential

1. manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something

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

1. the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

2. two people who are married to each other

1. vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

2. a reply of denial

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

2. an offer of marriage

1. an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

2. the date on which a person was born

1. the act of breaking something

1. the finest or most superior quality of its kind

2. being the last or concluding element of a series

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

2. predict in advance

1. the quality of being near to the true value

2. (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number

1. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines

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

1. the human act of creating

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

1. act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university

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

1. the act of making something clean

1. the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part

2. (elections) more than half of the votes

1. a female human offspring

1. social or financial or professional status or reputation

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

1. a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place

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)

2. preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance

1. a person related by blood or marriage

2. an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

1. an occurrence of something

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

1. highest in quality

1. (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation

2. an agent that operates some apparatus or machine

1. the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind

1. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct

2. conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy

1. a vehicle that can fly

1. practices that are handed down from the past by tradition

2. any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors

1. a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance

2. the part of the general public interested in a source of information, entertainment, or a product/service

1. appointed to a post or duty

1. acted upon; influenced

2. speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

1. be a signal for or a symptom of

2. indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

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

2. giving advice

1. a model or standard for making comparisons

1. at or in or to any place

1. the utterance of intelligible speech

2. delivering an address to a public audience

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

2. the act of guiding or showing the way

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

1. official routes of communication

1. supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book

2. a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch

1. being joined in close association

2. fond and affectionate

1. people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped

2. having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness

1. a quantity that does not vary

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

1. the state of being allied or confederated

2. a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest

1. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

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

1. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

2. a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody

1. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

2. creating a picture with paints

1. the act of observing; taking a patient look

1. of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route

2. relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time

1. device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like

2. holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung

1. meant or adapted for an occasion or use

2. worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse

1. free from provincial prejudices or attachments

1. worthy of reliance or trust

2. worthy of being depended on

1. a recognition of meritorious service

2. a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority

1. carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life

2. rich in significance or implication

1. relating to cells

2. characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization)

1. under normal conditions

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

1. of or relating to or caused by magnetism

2. having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel

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

2. something that remunerates

1. an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

2. anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

1. a short vivid experience

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

1. be parallel to

2. make or place parallel to something

1. a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet

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

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

2. an idea evoked by some experience

1. increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality

1. produce, create

2. give or supply

1. the period of time during which something continues

2. the property of enduring or continuing in time

1. (followed by `to') in conformance to or agreement with

1. put in opposition to show or emphasize differences

2. to show differences when compared; be different

1. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception

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

1. having notes of fixed rhythmic value

2. the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

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

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

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

2. denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

1. of or relating to tutors or tutoring

2. a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students

1. something of value

2. having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange

1. the aggregation of a country's military aircraft

2. the operation of aircraft to provide transportation

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

2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

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

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

2. something or someone that provides a source of happiness

1. a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support

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

1. at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line

2. relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution

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

2. perfect or complete or pure

1. a person who cares for persons or property

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

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

2. form a critical opinion of

1. of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic

2. relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)

1. found in the ordinary course of events

2. appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions

1. a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location

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

2. act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance

1. to a small degree or extent

2. to certain extent or degree

1. a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits

1. special importance or significance

2. intensity or forcefulness of expression

1. having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

2. sufficient for the purpose

1. in a foreign country

2. being or passing over or across the sea

1. a judge of a probate court

2. the expected or commonplace condition or situation

1. someone who has won first place in a competition

2. someone who fights for a cause

1. a state of surviving; remaining alive

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

1. relating to or befitting athletics or athletes

2. vigorously active

1. a person who changes location

1. a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

1. increased in extent or size or bulk or scope

1. the act of slapping on the buttocks

2. quick and energetic

1. providing food and services

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

1. a change downward

2. a process of becoming smaller or shorter

1. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

1. belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts

2. a soulful or amorous idealist

1. a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal

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

1. of or relating to or characteristic of literature

2. knowledgeable about literature

1. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

2. a line determining the limits of an area

1. the point in time at which something must be completed

1. gotten through environmental forces

1. something that provides access (to get in or get out)

2. a movement into or inward

1. (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust

2. (computing) a security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer network to attack from crackers; commonly used on local area networks that are connected to the internet

1. made to appear to move as living creatures do

2. having life or vigor or spirit

1. belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge

2. relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge

1. lead a bachelor's existence

2. a man who has never been married

1. a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

2. the arrangement of the body and its limbs

1. having a caretaker or other watcher

2. playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment

1. the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference

2. a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface)

1. the ability to read and write

1. preside over

2. make less fast or intense

1. an event that occurs at a critical time

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

1. a conversation between two persons

2. the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction

1. declared as fact; explicitly stated

2. made known or openly avowed

1. small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands

1. the power to use something or someone

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

1. affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings

2. (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior

1. make known; make an announcement

2. announce publicly or officially

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

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

1. software that is provided without charge

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

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

1. successfully completed or brought to an end

1. a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist

2. jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration

1. of or relating to the science of acoustics

2. a remedy for hearing loss or deafness

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

1. having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment

2. (especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted

1. a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons

2. occurring at or dependent on a particular season

1. the job of a professional coach

1. a word picture of a person's appearance and character

2. any likeness of a person, in any medium

1. feature as the star

2. be the star in a performance

1. a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group

2. a recommendation to consult the (professional) person or group to whom one has been referred

1. situated in a particular spot or position

1. a merchant who sells goods at retail

1. a definite length of time marked off by two instants

2. a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints

1. recurring again and again

1. (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file

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

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

1. an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)

2. a setting for a work of art or literature

1. nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space

2. having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

1. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

2. accomplishment of an objective

1. of or relating to or involving or used in surgery

2. relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine

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

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

1. relating to or associated with an empire

2. of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures

1. gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation

1. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

2. appearing as such but not necessarily so

1. the act of reaching out

1. being in a state of proper equilibrium

1. without missing a year

2. by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received)

1. jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)

1. disposed or placed in a particular kind of order

2. organized or planned for

1. active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something

1. (of bolts or screws) having screw threads

1. clothing worn on a person's feet

2. covering for a person's feet

1. not close together in time

2. being or feeling set or kept apart from others

1. having help; often used as a combining form

1. termination of pregnancy

2. failure of a plan

1. a thin pliable sheet of material

2. a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants

1. an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared

2. the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line

1. any authorization to pass or go somewhere

2. a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country

1. the funds of a government or institution or individual

2. the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues

1. providing legal power or sanction

1. absence of light or illumination

2. an unilluminated area

1. compel by coercion, threats, or crude means

2. supply with railroad lines

1. a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect

2. a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

1. of or denoted by an integer

2. the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x)

1. a relation of direct opposition

2. exact opposition

1. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

2. allow to enter; grant entry to

1. the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status

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

1. the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something)

1. brought together in one place

1. suitable to or characteristic of drama

2. pertaining to or characteristic of drama

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

2. government income due to taxation

1. hold dear

2. be fond of; be attached to

1. excessively forward

1. relating to or involving money

1. the act of someone who floats on the water

2. borne up by or suspended in a liquid

1. in an active manner

1. break down, literally or metaphorically

2. collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

1. any liquid suitable for drinking

1. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

2. a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions

1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

2. a descriptive name for a place or thing

1. a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio

1. not formal

2. used of spoken and written language

1. relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages

2. as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened

1. examine minutely or intensely

2. examine hastily

1. be of different opinions

2. be different from one another

1. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution

2. describing a circle; moving in a circle

1. the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula

1. act together or towards others or with others

1. take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship

1. create (as an entity)

2. cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

1. a three-sided polygon

2. something approximating the shape of a triangle

1. denoting or characteristic of countries of the Far East

1. push for something

2. speak, plead, or argue in favor of

1. relating to or characteristic of art or artists

2. satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities

1. of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony

2. of animals who live in colonies, such as ants

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

1. the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself

2. freedom from normal restraints in conduct

1. the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder

2. any entry into an area not previously occupied

1. the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range

2. electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves

1. housing available for people to live in

1. the quality of being humane

2. the quality of being human

1. an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera

1. (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

2. an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different

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

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

1. extremely pleasing

2. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity

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

2. bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea

1. the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes

2. (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command

1. the country where you were born

1. shop where dry cleaning is done

1. the act of rotating as if on an axis

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

1. consistent with or based on or using reason

2. capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers

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

2. a natural flow of ground water

1. the heading or caption of a newspaper article

2. publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline

1. arrange or fold as a cover or protection

2. arrange or coil around

1. a nonmilitary citizen

2. associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military

1. an advocate of democratic principles

1. continued in your keeping or use or memory

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

2. used of high or hilly country

1. assets in the form of money

1. a festival marked by merrymaking and processions

2. a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment

1. a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions

1. data about data

1. an associate who shares a room with you

1. a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite

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

2. the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture

1. two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them

2. make into a sandwich

1. peacefully resistant in response to injustice

2. not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war

1. large and often sumptuous tent

1. endowed with talent or talents

1. containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal

2. a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal

1. designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced

2. relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

1. any long and arduous undertaking

2. a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards

1. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

1. (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected

2. something that causes an important event to happen

1. examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts

1. the quality of being valid and rigorous

2. the quality of having legal force or effectiveness

1. a card for sending messages by post without an envelope

1. five-toed pachyderm

2. the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

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

1. a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

2. the act of freeing from suspicion

1. certainty based on past experience

2. the state of relying on something

1. of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible

2. in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people

1. relating to the prostate gland

2. a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen

1. a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger

2. ball used in playing softball

1. someone who plays a music as a profession

2. artist who composes or conducts music as a profession

1. send away towards a designated goal

2. complete or carry out

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

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

1. any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response

1. feeling or showing gratitude

2. affording comfort or pleasure

1. showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness

1. by hand

1. a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone

2. a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

1. give to understand

2. imply as a possibility

1. an event that departs from expectations

2. discord that splits a group

1. having a capacity for adaptation

1. characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved

2. possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)

1. relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs

1. diminished in strength, quality, or utility

2. mentally or physically unfit

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

2. an individual that one is not acquainted with

1. an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

1. a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed

1. pleasing or delighting

2. possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

1. the act of troubling or annoying someone

2. causing irritation or annoyance

1. make as big or large as possible

2. make the most of

1. attracting or delighting

1. transfer to another

2. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

1. a restricted computer network; a private network created using World Wide Web software

1. a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals

1. the act of reproducing recorded sound

2. electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material

1. made by hand or a hand process

1. the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)

1. of or relating to or limited by time

2. of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)

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

1. a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer

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. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

2. a living being

1. (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory

1. an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

2. sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

1. belonging to the distant past

2. very young

1. a short mixed drink

2. an appetizer served as a first course at a meal

1. a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes

2. having an ambiguous sexual identity

1. enclosed in a package or protective covering

1. put in motion or move to act

2. make active or more active

1. (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes

2. the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order

1. a landowner who leases to others

1. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds

2. of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

1. a first-year undergraduate

2. any new participant in some activity

1. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

2. a card game played by one person

1. of or pertaining to tactic or tactics

1. the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed

2. state of being mature; full development

1. very large in expanse or scope

2. (of buildings and rooms) having ample space

1. any loyal and steadfast following

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

1. the act of fixing firmly in place

2. a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area

1. enter into a covenant

2. enter into a covenant or formal agreement

1. of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids

1. affording physical or mental rest

1. relating to or indicating a remainder

2. something left after other parts have been taken away

1. a star-shaped character * used in printing

2. mark with an asterisk

1. an applicant likely to be chosen

2. likely but not certain to be or become true or real

1. the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)

1. highly or violently reactive

2. affording no ease or reassurance

1. land that is covered with trees and shrubs

1. (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

2. (military) not involved in military operations

1. traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term

2. familiar with many parts of the world

1. a railcar where passengers ride

2. a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses

1. pull back or move away or backward

2. withdraw from active participation

1. the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape

2. an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend

1. a game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal

1. not wanted; not needed

2. not wanted

1. people who are defeated

2. beaten or overcome; not victorious

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

2. a comment or instruction (usually added)

1. a retail dealer in provisions and supplies

2. a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints

1. of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning

1. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

2. make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge

1. tending to adhere

2. a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together

1. elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface

2. the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel)

1. an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot

1. a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language

2. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)

1. severely simple in line or design

2. (of clothing) custom-made

1. the grounds in back of a house

1. someone who pays taxes

1. with official authorization

2. in a formal manner

1. any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated

2. a pale purple color

1. of or relating to a doctor or doctorate

1. hike with a backpack

2. a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder

1. bring into being

2. take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

1. raised above the ground

2. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

1. in the direction against a stream's current

2. toward the source or against the current

1. a five-sided polygon

1. of or relating to a spectrum

2. resembling or characteristic of a phantom

1. of or relating to or causing diabetes

2. someone who has diabetes

1. a piece broken off or cut off of something else

2. a broken piece of a brittle artifact

1. a flaw or weak point

2. powerlessness revealed by an inability to act

1. made or produced in the home or by yourself

1. at or constituting a border or edge

2. of questionable or minimal quality

1. capacity or power to produce a desired effect

1. surmount with a pinnacle

2. raise on or as if on a pinnacle

1. characterized by a lack of partiality

2. without bias

1. of or relating to or used in cooking

1. a final crushing defeat

1. the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

2. a structure of boards

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

2. light during the daytime

1. (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team

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

1. a device that controls amount of light admitted

2. a natural opening in something

1. a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy

2. a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets

1. something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

2. pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs

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

1. a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools

2. someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles

1. the art of making and decorating pottery

1. writing a first version to be filled out and polished later

2. the craft of drawing blueprints

1. lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building

2. the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend

1. systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

2. a standard or typical example

1. an integrated course of academic studies

1. a person with great powers and abilities

2. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

1. a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal

1. the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever

2. strategic advantage; power to act effectively

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

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

1. a militant reformer

2. advocating or engaged in activism

1. much greater than the normal

2. not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm

1. marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique

2. easily broken or damaged or destroyed

1. a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body

2. an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums

1. the sum of part of a group of numbers

1. transfer power to someone

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

1. an instrument that performs analyses

1. currently in progress

1. fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of

2. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

2. an acute insufficiency

1. obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)

2. surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart)

1. acting or brought about through an intervening agency

1. in a random manner

1. in your mind

1. a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

2. a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body

1. treated irreverently or sacrilegiously

1. the sound of laughing

2. the activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth or scorn

1. involving invasion or aggressive attack

2. gradually intrusive without right or permission

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

1. having a hard back or cover

2. a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers

1. retarded in intellectual development

2. having made less than normal progress

1. a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air

2. a stick of black carbon material used for drawing

1. pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

2. given or giving freely

1. the hereditary derivation of an individual

2. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

1. showing lack of emotional involvement

2. being or feeling set or kept apart from others

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

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

1. declare or make legally valid

2. prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something

1. relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven

2. of or relating to the sky

1. a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc

2. (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification

1. someone who attacks in search of booty

2. any animal that lives by preying on other animals

1. someone who is no longer alive

2. dead

1. someone who educates young people

1. with respect to vision

1. a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

2. collection of clothing belonging to one person

1. a deception for profit to yourself

2. not faithful to a spouse or lover

1. a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking

1. a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension

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

1. a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning

1. of or relating to clerks

2. of or relating to the clergy

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

2. during the intervening time

1. (of devices and processes) protected by patent

1. characteristic of a mother

2. relating to or derived from one's mother

1. not having or joined by a seam or seams

2. smooth, especially of skin

1. the act of stigmatizing

1. someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications

2. an investigator who observes carefully

1. a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced

1. the visual percept of a region

2. a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene

1. an enthusiastic expression of emotion

2. (music) a free instrumental composition in one extended movement; typically emotional or exuberant in character

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

1. contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law

2. not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention

1. tight fitting garment worn for swimming

1. old; no longer valid or fashionable

1. meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce

2. a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit

1. involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

2. of or relating to the cerebrum or brain

1. present in great quantity

1. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

2. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing

1. the paved surface of a thoroughfare

2. material used to pave an area

1. a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste

2. a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics)

1. liable to lead to sudden change or violence

2. marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments

1. by or with respect to society

2. in a social manner

1. relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7

1. easily deciphered

1. a feeling of craving something

1. moved or conveyed by or through air

1. concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct

2. motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

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

2. advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning

1. with respect to the whole earth

2. worldwide

1. (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells

2. as of a photograph; made larger

1. someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

2. someone injured or killed in an accident

1. in a mutual or shared manner

1. (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

2. (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

1. conformity with rules or standards

2. ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty

1. place (something) where one cannot find it again

2. place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position

1. large room used mainly for dancing

1. majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters

2. having or displaying great dignity or nobility

1. purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds

1. a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane

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

1. someone who claims a benefit or right or title

1. any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era

1. a low area that has been filled in

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

1. any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal

2. a lawman with the rank of sergeant

1. reacting to a stimulus

2. participating readily in reactions

1. free from filth and pathogens

1. imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake

2. a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep

1. aromatic bark used as a spice

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

1. giving or marked by complete attention to

2. retained without reflection

1. capable of being treated as fact

2. perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch

1. successfully completed or brought to an end

1. the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton

2. composed of one member, set, or kind

1. a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

1. capable of being scaled; possible to scale

1. the act of putting something in a certain place

2. a determination of the place where something is

1. a graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials); printed on stationery or embroidered on clothing

1. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

2. be an ornament to

1. a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls

2. a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls

1. pose a threat to; present a danger to

2. to utter intentions of injury or punishment against

1. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

2. avoiding detection by moving carefully

1. widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery

2. extremely pungent leaves used fresh or dried as seasoning for especially meats

1. of or relating to or contained in or serving as an archive

1. a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine

1. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

1. distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose

1. an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

2. the act of departing politely

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

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

1. of or relating to the cervix of the uterus

2. relating to or associated with the neck

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

1. of or relating to or consisting of muscle

2. having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer

1. any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs

2. the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect

1. cut or impressed into a surface

1. of or relating to a pastor

2. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle

1. a surrounding or nearby region

1. of or containing or dissolved in ether

2. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air

1. immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

2. personal independence

1. add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments

2. provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases

1. characterized by or caused by allergy

2. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)

1. traveling or passing over land

1. a central cohesive source of support and stability

2. fortitude and determination

1. road where high speed driving is allowed

2. a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles

1. (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent

2. a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric

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. any object that radiates energy

2. heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings

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

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

1. any plant of the genus Veronica

1. work that a person is expected to do in a specified time

1. not causing or capable of causing harm

1. determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis

2. subject to a medical analysis

1. a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something

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

1. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

2. be in control

1. (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury

2. designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions

1. an inhabitant of an island

1. breaking of hard tissue such as bone

2. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

1. wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture

2. any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish

1. a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers

1. uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication

2. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field

1. as much as a teaspoon will hold

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

1. a private place of education for the young

2. a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis

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

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

1. a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects

1. in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

2. using exactly the same words

1. coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

1. used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors

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

2. a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group

1. 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. given as an honor without the normal duties

1. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

2. on or toward a surface regarded as a base

1. at a steady rate or pace

2. in a steady manner

1. the savage and excessive killing of many people

2. kill a large number of people indiscriminately

1. care for the skin

1. create by putting components or members together

2. collect in one place

1. using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus

2. using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)

1. of a moderate purple color

2. a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone

1. lovable especially in a childlike or naive way

1. a cherished desire

2. a strong drive for success

1. a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes

2. a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies

1. on or of upper floors of a building

2. on a floor above

1. a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer

1. something that resembles a tapestry in its intricacy

2. a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery

1. someone who takes care of a garden

2. someone employed to work in a garden

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

2. in these times

1. a sudden sharp noise

2. the act of cracking something

1. to cover or extend over an area or time period

1. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

2. unique or specific to a person or thing or category

1. (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order

1. achieved or reached

1. dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine

2. any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms

1. a change from one state to the opposite state

2. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

1. mental deterioration of organic or functional origin

1. wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment

2. arising from error

1. tending or intended to rectify or improve

2. tending to cure or restore to health

1. without shoes

2. without shoes on

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

2. unconventional in especially appearance and behavior

1. the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)

1. relating to or constituting a topic of discourse

2. of or relating to a melodic subject

1. compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming

1. the force of workers available

1. a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste

2. a dog trained to guard property

1. wedged or packed in together

1. become overloaded

2. fill to excess so that function is impaired

1. a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable

2. informal terms referring to a domestic cat

1. a tooth situated at the front of the mouth

2. earlier in time

1. a single-reed instrument with a straight tube

1. a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes

2. a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes

1. a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography

1. edge of a way or road or path

1. make automatic or control or operate automatically

1. of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm

2. of or relating to harmonics

1. someone who copies the words or behavior of another

1. cut off or left behind

1. a person (such as an author) of enduring fame

2. any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

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

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

1. a fervent and even militant proponent of something

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

1. an energetic style

2. a healthy capacity for vigorous activity

1. travel across or pass over

2. to cover or extend over an area or time period

1. a fortified military post where troops are stationed

2. the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place

1. an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness

1. walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway

1. confidently declared to be so

1. something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

2. an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)

1. a road leading up to a private house

1. the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic

2. a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers

1. of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way)

2. inconceivably large

1. the academic world

1. relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes

2. explosively unstable

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

1. bring order and organization to

2. create (as an entity)

1. so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth

1. a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

1. the state of being split or cleft

2. the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules

1. the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind

1. showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others

2. tolerant and forgiving under provocation

1. create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material

2. press or beat (metals) into thin sheets

1. aged or processed

2. rendered competent through trial and experience

1. the ability to hear; the auditory faculty

2. a test of the suitability of a performer

1. known widely and usually unfavorably

1. the act of one who pleases

2. pleasant or agreeable to the senses

1. a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students

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

1. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

2. be beautiful to look at

1. reproduce someone's behavior or looks

2. create a representation or simulation of

1. feeling or showing gratitude

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

2. characterized or produced by addition

1. capable of being washed without injury

1. cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective)

1. a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat

2. the wool of the Kashmir goat

1. assign a label to; designate with a label

2. attach a tag or label to

1. occurring or existing before birth

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

1. a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds

2. a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences

1. an overall beauty treatment (involving a person's hair style and cosmetics and clothing) intended to change or improve a person's appearance

2. a complete reconstruction and renovation of something

1. shedding tears

2. wetting with water

1. the shore of a lake

1. relating to a small administrative district or community

2. for or by a group rather than individuals

1. an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp

2. blow up with dynamite

1. talk socially without exchanging too much information

1. of or involving or contained in the arteries

1. relating to or characteristic of mysticism

2. relating to or resembling mysticism

1. a support or foundation

2. a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)

1. propose as a candidate for some honor

2. put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position

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

1. of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton

2. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

1. the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:

2. the quality of being sufficient for the end in view

1. waves breaking on the shore

1. at or to or toward the front; forward

2. in a forward direction

1. a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)

1. a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men

1. win approval or support for

2. cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm

1. the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time

1. relatively permanent disorder of the mind

1. put up with something or somebody unpleasant

2. recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others)

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

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

1. separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes

1. the sterilization of an animal

1. an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction

1. informal intensifiers

1. people who are fearful and cautious

2. avoiding excess

1. someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

2. one who practices magic or sorcery

1. social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')

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

1. deserving or inciting pity

2. inspiring mixed contempt and pity

1. the chief one of a related group

2. the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag

1. a gallant or courtly gentleman

2. given to haughty disregard of others

1. someone who attacks

1. give an incentive for action

1. an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it

1. expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating

1. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

2. to temper

1. as can be shown by argument

1. (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

2. a bothersome annoying person

1. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

2. return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity

1. a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

2. a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation

1. a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes

1. an escape from jail

1. the top horizontal work surface of a table

1. (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings

2. having a strong pleasant odor

1. someone who is no longer alive

2. well in the past; former

1. exchange or give (something) in exchange for

2. move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science

1. (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study

2. the act of spotting or staining something

1. feel searchingly

2. write down quickly without much attention to detail

1. any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail

1. a small house with a single story

1. relating to human society and its members

1. not of legal age

2. dependent by virtue of youth

1. a state of misfortune or affliction

2. something hard to endure

1. having unlimited power

1. scenery hung at back of stage

1. a negotiator who acts as a link between parties

1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

1. someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel

1. capable of being used again

1. an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world

2. epidemic over a wide geographical area

1. the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds

2. gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover

1. the part of the face above the eyes

2. the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits

1. someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

2. an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it

1. of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism

2. characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism

1. pull, as against a resistance

2. draw slowly or heavily

1. arrange or order by classes or categories

2. declare unavailable, as for security reasons

1. of or relating to billiards

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

1. the act of breaking something into small pieces

2. excellent

1. engage in a rehearsal (of)

2. carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

1. of or relating to the process of hearing

1. a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together

1. someone who tells a story

1. travel past

2. make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to

1. relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth

1. load anew

2. charge anew

1. formal and explicit approval

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

1. a person afflicted with paranoia

2. suffering from paranoia

1. large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes

1. confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners

2. one who lives in solitude

1. characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

2. suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

1. become established in a new location

2. move or establish in a new location

1. in a faithful manner

1. any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes

1. a grant made by a law court

1. tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece

2. silverware eating utensils

1. a militant reformer

2. disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

1. approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

2. formally approved and invested with legal authority

1. a man-made object taken as a whole

1. close or warm friendship

2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

1. of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream

1. characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit

2. characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects

1. a male grandchild

1. of or relating to a climate

1. the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

2. the relative proportion of salt in a solution

1. armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket

2. a device that launches aircraft from a warship

1. a man salesperson

1. someone who argues noisily or angrily

2. a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses

1. intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude

2. a hostile challenge

1. having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds

1. a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group

2. an unintentional disclosure

1. uncastrated adult male horse

1. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment

2. protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)

1. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

2. an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

1. use as a quantifier

2. express as a number or measure or quantity

1. reduced in size as by squeezing together

2. made narrow; limited in breadth

1. make a subtraction

2. take off or away

1. people collectively who are mentally retarded

2. relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development

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

1. desiring or striving for recognition or advancement

1. amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning

2. shining intensely

1. the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale

2. a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering

1. an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host

2. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

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

1. causing to fall into line or into position

1. a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power

2. cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells

1. meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce

2. a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit

1. break with established customs

2. someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw

1. the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)

2. a quantity of small objects flying through the air

1. a small book usually having a paper cover

2. a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet

1. a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

2. a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

1. make final; put the last touches on; put into final form

1. (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting

1. exercise that increases the need for oxygen

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

2. an actor in a comedy

1. military supplies

2. large but transportable armament

1. a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)

2. make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document

1. anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities

1. place in a confining or embarrassing position

2. catch in or as if in a trap

1. an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers

1. take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of

2. get hold of or seize quickly and easily

1. located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft

2. a motorboat with an outboard motor

1. continually recurring to the mind

2. having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect

1. a quarter of the circumference of a circle

2. any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes

1. fixed or established especially by order or command

2. invested with ministerial or priestly functions

1. aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

1. (of movement) at an angle

2. with one side forward or to the front

1. entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property

1. a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court

2. serve or summon with a subpoena

1. having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride

1. a person who sings

1. tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting

1. a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine

2. a ruler who is unconstrained by law

1. a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers

2. a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement

1. a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus

1. reduce to bankruptcy

2. someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

1. a rural area where farming is practiced

2. arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops

1. impaired by diminution

2. made weak or weaker

1. only a very short time before

2. almost not

1. a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open

1. an official engaged in international negotiations

2. a person who deals tactfully with others

1. a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality

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

2. an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory

1. a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

1. capable of being viewed

1. make the most of

2. make as big or large as possible

1. dangerous to yourself or your interests

1. impaired ability to learn to read

1. a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension

1. a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin

1. the ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion

1. a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks

1. a particular environment or surrounding influence

2. the atmosphere of an environment

1. knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper

1. of or relating to neurons

1. (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)

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

1. a room in which photographs are developed

1. unrestrained by convention or morality

2. lowered in value

1. of or relating to the chest or thorax

1. a badge worn to show official position

1. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

1. (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season

2. occurring every second year

1. a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines

2. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit

1. a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic)

1. a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies

2. having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)

1. discouraging through fear

1. a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition

1. the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

2. the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

1. causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin

2. unpleasantly loud and penetrating

1. a person who repeats

2. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

1. understood perfectly

1. characteristic of a lack of maturity

2. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

1. chair with a support on each side for arms

1. guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco

2. a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet

1. of or relating to or caused by hormones

1. a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum

1. press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets

2. a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers

1. without a flaw

1. the principles and methods of instruction

2. the profession of a teacher

1. skill with numbers and mathematics

1. a clergyman ministering to some institution

1. an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat

2. a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse

1. causing abrasion

2. sharply disagreeable; rigorous

1. giving confidence

1. frightening because of an awareness of danger

1. in a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions

1. a particular environment or surrounding influence

2. the atmosphere of an environment

1. a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes

1. match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together

2. a bad or unsuitable match

1. damaged by blows or hard usage

2. damaged especially by hard usage

1. causing fear or dread or terror

2. exceptionally bad or displeasing

1. one that is absent or not in residence

1. oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them

2. invulnerable to fear or intimidation

1. a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm

2. metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour

1. the event of being born

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

2. not agitated; without losing self-possession

1. a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur

1. send away towards a designated goal

2. an official report (usually sent in haste)

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

1. in a clearly noticeable manner

1. a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)

2. zealous vigilance

1. of parents and children; related by adoption

2. acquired as your own by free choice

1. a message transmitted by telegraph

1. give out

2. allow to have

1. graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks

1. a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books

1. a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting

2. darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)

1. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

2. act in order to achieve a certain goal

1. having passed out of existence

1. logically valid

1. a check issued in payment of wages or salary

1. something of sentimental value

1. having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism

1. an act of deliberate betrayal

2. the quality of aiding an enemy

1. pleasant-smelling

1. of or relating to a cortex

1. an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness)

1. a person who can read and write

2. knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields

1. the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine

2. suffering from lack of food

1. a preparation used in cleaning something

1. water travel for pleasure

1. an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

1. a criminal who is a member of gang

1. a box for holding matches

1. having to do with a consul or his office or duties

1. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity

1. a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite

1. any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels

2. candied stalks of the angelica plant

1. relating to or having the characteristics of a family

2. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

1. (neuroscience) of or involving synapses

1. not treated with lead

2. not having leads between the lines

1. any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)

2. shaped like a star

1. (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)

1. follow at a dangerously close distance

2. a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading

1. disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)

2. an official who remains in office after his term

1. a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space

1. any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves

1. serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

2. a woman waiter

1. a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs)

1. someone skilled in making a roof from plant stalks or foliage

1. to move hurriedly

2. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

1. effortless and unstudied

2. (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration

1. of or relating to or designating narcotics

2. inducing stupor or narcosis

1. a mechanism that puts something into automatic action

1. a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol

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

1. spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly

2. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects

1. lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute

1. a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults

1. having a granular structure like that of chondrites

2. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

1. portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain

1. enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness

2. pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)

1. a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp)

1. the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel

2. the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture)

1. a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme

1. the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

1. sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice

1. a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun

1. not provided with a frame

1. a divine manifestation

1. any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)

1. characterized by resonance

2. serving to bring to mind

1. involving invasion or aggressive attack

1. lacking natural ease

2. showing signs of mental and emotional tension

1. a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush

2. the act of following prey stealthily

1. a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

1. a navigable body of water

2. a conduit through which water flows

1. an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye

2. a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice

1. capable of or suitable for being played or played on

1. quickly and without warning

2. happening unexpectedly

1. inject into the vein

1. a state of readiness to respond

2. a warning serves to make you more alert to danger

1. a writer who collaborates with others in writing something

1. the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

1. the quality of being a hindrance

1. the cardinal compass point that is at 270 degrees

2. moving toward the west

1. kindly endorsement and guidance

2. a favorable omen

1. (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding

2. begging

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

1. determined or decided upon as by an authority

1. situated nearest to point of attachment or origin

1. in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances

1. a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement

2. directions for making something

1. a movement back from an impact

2. an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence

1. the extent of land abutting on a street or water

2. the direction in which something (such as a building) faces

1. shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks

1. an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian

2. a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch

1. a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent

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

1. an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains

2. an entrance at the rear of a building

1. declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles

2. state or announce

1. form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind

2. give new life or energy to

1. a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged

2. destroy property or hinder normal operations

1. inherent ability

1. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

2. open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building

1. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way

2. a mechanism that can move automatically

1. having a debilitating effect

1. (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch

2. bearing a stress or accent

1. a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property

1. a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others

1. a formal exposition

1. a bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition; its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa

1. a state of dishonor

2. bring shame or dishonor upon

1. a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.

2. the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page

1. extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations

1. creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage

2. Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers

1. variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree

2. any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits

1. an intermission between the first and second half of a game

1. paint with an airbrush

2. an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air

1. a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy

2. prevents access or progress

1. someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation

1. recurring in cycles

1. a companion at play

1. a place where planes take off and land

1. an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose

1. an affluent person; a person who is financially well off

2. a branch that flows into the main stream

1. a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom

1. someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor

1. to offer or accept a challenge

2. a glove of armored leather; protects the hand

1. a disputant who advocates reform

1. the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it

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

2. the technician who produces animated cartoons

1. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

2. a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury

1. deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal

2. not representative of a group, class, or type

1. the particular occupation for which you are trained

2. a body of people doing the same kind of work

1. professional care for the hands and fingernails

2. trim carefully and neatly

1. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

1. cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added)

1. a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling

1. a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries

2. the main house on a ranch or large estate

1. a shop where pizzas are made and sold

1. the space in the atmosphere immediately above the earth

2. the atmosphere above a nation that is deemed to be under its jurisdiction

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

1. appoint to a clerical posts

2. bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation

1. a person who fastens or makes fast

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

1. a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations

1. recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances

1. characteristic of or affected with autism

1. not causing physical or psychological pain

2. requiring little hard work or exertion

1. the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)

1. a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes

1. a short sleeveless undergarment for women

2. a short negligee

1. angered at something unjust or wrong

1. having no hair or fur

1. a small and inadequate amount

1. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

2. the stalk of a stamen

1. failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

2. the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

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

1. waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

2. a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

1. egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow

2. hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable

1. maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider

1. science and technology of electronic systems and devices for aeronautics and astronautics

1. in a linear manner

1. arousing affect

2. keenly distressing to the mind or feelings

1. someone who drives or rides in a boat

1. large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere

2. flesh of a pheasant; usually braised

1. a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)

1. containing or expressing accusation

1. as a verb

2. by means of language

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

1. a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron

1. to vault

2. progress by large jumps instead of small increments

1. tie with a strap

2. beat severely with a whip or rod

1. local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism

1. a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion

1. extreme excess

1. climb up and over

2. an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification)

1. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

1. that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form

2. the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus

1. an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)

2. a highly energetic and indefatigable person

1. a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

2. verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

1. in a manner acceptable to common custom

2. by law; conforming to the law

1. a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)

2. near to the scope or range of something

1. a male singer

2. the second lowest adult male singing voice

1. the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)

1. cause to run in panic

2. cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively

1. a death resulting from an accident or a disaster

2. the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters

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

1. the act of singing in a monotonous tone

1. an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

2. erosion by friction

1. a feeling of intense dislike

2. the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away

1. a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone

2. a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

1. abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

2. morality with respect to sexual relations

1. aroused or activated

2. (somewhat formal) having been waked up

1. not methodically or according to plan

2. in an unconcerned manner

1. a person who has been freed from slavery

1. be an inhabitant of or reside in

2. fill with inhabitants

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

2. an area where you can be alone

1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

2. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

1. partial or complete loss of hearing

1. someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath

2. worthy of the greatest honor or distinction

1. all the gods of a religion

2. a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes

1. a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation

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

1. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

2. the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct

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

2. something transitory; lasting a day

1. suitable for wear or able to be worn

2. a covering designed to be worn on a person's body

1. weapons considered collectively

1. a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits

1. a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other

1. to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

2. restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult

1. not taken into account

2. not having an identifying mark

1. belonging to or governing a diocese

2. a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese

1. excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement

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

1. deprived of parents by death or desertion

1. having or showing or conforming to good taste

1. draw someone's attention away from something

2. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

1. thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour

1. in an unfair manner

1. sew on as a decoration

2. a decorative design made of one material sewn over another

1. (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation

1. carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger

1. a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast

1. a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall

1. in a vicious manner

1. sports that involve bodies of water

1. people in general considered as a whole

1. commonly used or practiced; usual

1. provide with a causeway

2. pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles

1. firmly closed or secured

2. furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike

1. bring something new to an environment

1. a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building

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

2. a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance

1. speaking of yourself in superlatives

1. free of trouble and worry and care

2. cheerfully irresponsible

1. someone making a search or inquiry

2. a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items

1. a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)

2. luxuriously self-indulgent

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

2. (used of heat) extremely

1. of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism

2. of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion

1. state of violent mental agitation

2. excessive or uncontrollable fear

1. a workplace where ships are built or repaired

1. someone who responds

1. the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided

2. the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand

1. the quantity broken

2. reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use

1. a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination

2. a stone that forms the top of wall or building

1. a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form

2. a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman

1. resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches

2. having branches

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

1. the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument

2. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder

1. plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised

2. a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes

1. a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation

1. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

1. a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

1. done by hand without mechanical aids or devices

1. being or having an unknown or unnamed source

1. a prominent supporter

2. a central cohesive source of support and stability

1. uttered without voice

1. conduct business

1. (of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time

2. become or made dark by lack of light

1. hate coupled with disgust

1. adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing

2. fabric covered with glittering ornaments such as sequins or rhinestones

1. the act of searching for food and provisions

1. one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement

1. understanding with difficulty

2. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

1. of or relating to or characteristic of death

2. of or relating to a funeral

1. lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly

1. command against

1. from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings

2. a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

1. a space that is contained within another space

1. the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography

1. echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk

1. plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions

2. ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce

1. a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms

2. pasta in the form of slender tubes

1. move out of an unsafe location into safety

2. remove content from

1. provide with a scaffold for support

2. a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)

1. furnishing added support

2. enhancing the action of a medical treatment

1. Irish version of burgoo

1. large arboreal boa of tropical South America

1. an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges

2. a Roman building used for public administration

1. pose a threat to; present a danger to

2. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

1. the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw

2. reducing prices back to some earlier level

1. the side of an object that is opposite its front

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

1. enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

2. marked by good fortune

1. renounce a legal claim or title to

2. make a disclaimer about

1. use a knife on

2. stab or pierce

1. a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs

2. any connection or unifying bond

1. someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

2. a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine

1. the shore of a sea or ocean

1. a court with jurisdiction in equity

2. an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records

1. cut with a tomahawk

2. kill with a tomahawk

1. the act of mobilizing for a common purpose

2. the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort

1. of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism

2. uncertain of all claims to knowledge

1. a salt or ester of sulphuric acid

1. any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico

1. acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces

1. a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation

1. a fellow member of a team

1. caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology

1. lacking a crew

2. cause to lose one's nerve

1. a railway having a single track

1. a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment

1. water containing salts

1. a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement

2. the speech act of negating

1. enter unlawfully on someone's property

2. make excessive use of

1. characteristic of or resembling Hell

2. of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire

1. full of or giving praise

1. provide with sufficient funds; finance

2. a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)

1. appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard

2. subject to a bio-assay

1. a state of reduced excitement or anxiety that is induced by the administrative of a sedative agent

2. the administration of a sedative agent or drug

1. a person who eats human flesh

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

2. a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face

1. people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)

1. utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone

2. separate or cause to separate abruptly

1. dispose of (something useless or old)

2. have a disagreement over something

1. equipment and supplies of a military force

1. close violently

2. strike violently

1. feeling great rapture or delight

1. an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver

2. yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants

1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

1. a convex lens that focuses the rays of the sun; used to start a fire

1. the state of being total and complete

2. the quality of being complete and indiscriminate

1. an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)

2. a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object

1. a band worn around or over the head

1. responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies

1. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

1. a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets

1. troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances

1. reflect deeply on a subject

2. think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

1. a small portable pad that provides traction for the ball of a computer mouse

1. time for play or diversion

1. a state of abeyance or suspended business

2. act of putting off to a future time

1. knitted clothing

1. surgical removal of a body part or tissue

2. the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers

1. cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface

2. the property of something weightless and insubstantial

1. fairly large in size

2. large in amount or extent or degree

1. of comparatively great physical weight or density

2. unusually great in degree or quantity or number

1. nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

1. fruit that has fallen from the tree

2. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

1. relating to or affecting the viscera

2. obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation

1. (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected

2. a harsh noise made by scraping

1. a secondary or inferior position or status

2. a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile)

1. an ester of carbamic acid

1. with respect to race

1. (of weapons) not charged with ammunition

1. relating to or lying near the palate

2. of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives

1. an instrument that performs analyses

1. a hand tool for spreading something

2. a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions

1. something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold

2. any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion

1. give reassurance to; give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain

1. of or relating to inertia

1. capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another

1. relating to farming or agriculture

1. a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain

1. the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare

2. the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural

1. not capable of being used

1. act of relinquishing property or authority etc

1. directly and without evasion; not roundabout

2. in a straight direct way

1. the shore of a sea or ocean

1. mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings; used for soaking foods before cooking

2. soak in marinade

1. aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe

2. strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise

1. belonging to or inherited from one's father

2. characteristic of a father

1. the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

2. moving toward the east

1. a small rubber ball used in playing the game of handball

2. a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands

1. the first light of day

1. the quality of being holy

1. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

1. a branch or a part of a tree that is dead

2. someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded

1. a flash of light (especially reflected light)

2. an appearance of reflected light

1. fearless daring

2. aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery

1. put quickly or forcibly

2. cause to strike the air in flight

1. give equal rights to; of women and minorities

2. grant freedom to; free from confinement

1. a book containing a classified list of synonyms

1. a very large pot that is used for boiling

1. an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret

1. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

2. impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are

1. having a throat as specified

1. of or relating to or consisting of two terms

2. (mathematics) a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms; a polynomial with two terms

1. a form of solitaire that involves gambling

1. a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics

2. baseball as distinguished from softball

1. restore to a previous or better condition

2. make brighter and prettier

1. the state of being inactive

1. used of animals; provided with protective covering

2. protected by armor (used of persons or things military)

1. lying in or toward the east

2. from the east; used especially of winds

1. not gained by merit or labor or service

1. a protective covering that protects the outside of a building

1. flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish

2. any of various fishes of the family Scombridae

1. a gay festivity

1. any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae

1. the process of leaching

1. providing no shelter or sustenance

2. crushed by grief

1. an electronic device that increases the dynamic range of the audio signal.

1. male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics

1. one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

1. a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess

2. permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.

1. removing by cutting off or clipping

1. the direction from which the wind is coming

2. the side of something that is toward the wind

1. some held in custody

1. small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae

1. in a manner or to an extent that is well known

2. wonderfully

1. receiving a salary

2. receiving or eligible for compensation

1. a residential district located on the outskirts of a city

2. suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture

1. any substance that can cause an allergy

1. not circulating or flowing

2. not growing or changing; without force or vitality

1. thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining

1. the production of young from an egg

2. shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

1. troubled emotionally and usually deeply

2. physically disturbed or set in motion

1. surpassing what is common or usual or expected

1. one who has lived in a village most of their life

1. narrow French stick loaf

1. small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coat

1. large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds

1. the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked

1. a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae

2. any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma

1. an instance of boastful talk

2. show off

1. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness

2. carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger

1. struck with fear, dread, or consternation

2. strike with disgust or revulsion

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

2. parsley-like herb used as seasoning or garnish

1. abnormally swollen or knotty

1. increase in extent or intensity

1. an oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.)

1. a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the feet

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

2. an obstruction in a pipe or tube

1. (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases

1. of or relating to the clitoris

1. a man skilled in equitation

2. a person who breeds and cares for horses

1. a turn made in skiing; the outside ski is placed ahead and turned gradually inwards

1. win a victory over

2. get on top of; deal with successfully

1. tending to squander and waste

2. inefficient in use of time and effort and materials

1. a specific size and style of type within a type family

1. to break off a military action with an enemy

1. perform the cakewalk dance

2. a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake

1. capable of being treated by surgical operation

2. fit or ready for use or service

1. pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs

2. pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw

1. short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

1. food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards

2. pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout

1. of or relating to saliva

1. the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production

1. disposed or willing to conform

2. responsive to suggestions and influences

1. greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties

2. deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms

1. a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes

2. a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes

1. continuing in the same way

2. additional unspecified odds and ends; more of the same; entity, other pronoun; pronoun, entity; quantifier: other

1. a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

2. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

1. (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores

1. of or relating to or characterized by covalence

1. the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water

1. (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated

2. the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures

1. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

2. so thin as to transmit light

1. an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus

1. lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles

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

1. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted

1. clothing for the head

2. the hoist at the pithead of a mine

1. any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers

1. as if striking with slashing blows

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

1. any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism

1. having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures

2. severe and unremitting in making demands

1. not based on fact; existing only in the imagination

2. not based on fact or investigation

1. a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)

1. the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies

2. emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms

1. a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape

1. regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery

2. on or outside the dura mater

1. anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring)

2. a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands

1. a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through

1. of or relating to the cochlea of the ear

1. the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort

1. capable of being folded up and stored

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

2. anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place

1. not openly expressed

1. catch up with and possibly overtake

2. travel past

1. not conquered

1. weaponry used by military or naval force

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

1. heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work

1. the act of grafting something onto something else

1. any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium

1. contrary to or forbidden by law

1. the condition of having no hair on the top of the head

1. instructive (especially excessively)

1. hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand

2. to play music at loud volume

1. with gusto and without reservation

2. in a hearty manner

1. an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000

1. of or relating to or containing balsam

1. cause to move, usually with force or pressure

2. take the place of or have precedence over

1. highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

1. having the shape of a sphere or ball

1. (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives

2. an unpleasant or disastrous destiny

1. mark with a scar

1. have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

2. have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake

1. beneath the surface of the sea

1. a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite

1. the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time

1. a unit of power equal to 1000 watts

1. unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic

1. the process of exposing to air (so as to purify)

2. the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent

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

2. sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ

1. (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order

2. to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense)

1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

1. deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another

1. prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises

2. a concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures

1. the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form

1. a view of the sea

2. a painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape)

1. having lost freshness or brilliance of color

2. (used of color) artificially produced; not natural

1. any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk

2. nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus

1. a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite

1. a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins

1. shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult

2. hurl as if with a sling

1. a salt or ester derived from silicic acid

1. inactivity resulting from a dislike of work

2. relaxed and easy activity

1. any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers

1. gregarious birds native to the Old World

1. something many people believe that is false

2. fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

1. an exchange that occurs as a compromise

1. a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments

1. communicate or signal with a flag

2. provide with a flag

1. resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened

2. lighted with red light as if with flames

1. capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt

2. (medicine) can be felt by palpation

1. change the key of, in music

2. vary the pitch of one's speech

1. a broadcast of news or commentary on the news

1. a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry

1. a guard who keeps watch

1. a member of a panel

1. someone who has won a medal

2. (golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament

1. the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis

1. tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

2. small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

1. a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship

1. a sturdy laced walking shoe

1. an argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage

2. making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer

1. yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia

2. a rough and bitter manner

1. the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines)

1. the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object

1. disappointingly unsuccessful

1. a trodden path

1. a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw

2. thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs

1. not shaved

1. a group of street musicians in Mexico

1. deeply eroded barren land

1. sound with resonance

2. be received or understood

1. light that streams

2. a newspaper headline that runs across the full page