Nouns Ending With R

1. (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch

1. a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

2. a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity

1. the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals

2. a concept of quantity involving zero and units

1. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

2. a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

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

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

1. an area that is approximately central within some larger region

2. the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher

1. one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)

2. anything that belongs to a set or class

1. a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

2. a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad

1. possession of controlling influence

2. (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)

1. a machine for performing calculations automatically

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

1. binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

2. the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

1. someone who pays for goods or services

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

2. someone who originates or causes or initiates something

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

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

1. a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

2. the region above the ground

1. something superior in quality or condition or effect

2. someone who bets

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

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

1. a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

2. an essay (especially one written as an assignment)

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

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

1. fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire

2. any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand

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

1. the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

2. a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply

1. the verbal act of offering

2. something offered (as a proposal or bid)

1. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain

2. a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject

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

2. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

1. a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

2. interest and variety and intensity

1. someone who controls resources and expenditures

2. member of a board of directors

1. the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

1. a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

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. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

2. bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

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

2. someone who plays a music as a profession

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

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

2. inadvertent incorrectness

1. the state of being free of suspicion

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

1. a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

2. any distinct period in history or in a person's life

1. someone who controls resources and expenditures

2. (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team

1. a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

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

2. a counter where you can obtain food or drink

1. someone whose occupation is printing

2. (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing

1. a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

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

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

2. coins made of silver

1. the lower of two berths

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

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

1. a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

2. clock time

1. the particular occupation for which you are trained

2. the general progression of your working or professional life

1. a person who uses goods or services

1. a written message addressed to a person or organization

2. the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech

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

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

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

1. a vaguely specified concern

2. some situation or event that is thought about

1. a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

2. (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data

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

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

2. a program used to view HTML documents

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

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

1. the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot

1. a regular patron

2. a soldier in the regular army

1. an artist of consummate skill

2. a person who has general authority over others

1. a firm in the publishing business

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

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

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

1. a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

2. a very small distance or space

1. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

2. a person who owns something

1. a business engaged in manufacturing some product

2. someone who manufactures something

1. a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

2. a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar

1. an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation

2. a person who is older than you are

1. a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

2. the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

1. device that removes something from whatever passes through it

2. an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it

1. a person with a strong desire for something

1. the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

2. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

1. a person's partner in marriage

2. an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest

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

2. denial of any connection with or knowledge of

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

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

1. the coldest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

1. a person who enjoys reading

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

1. the act of putting something in working order again

2. a formal way of referring to the condition of something

1. a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

2. gathering of producers to promote business

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

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

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

2. the founder of a family

1. any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

2. someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust

1. the operator of a motor vehicle

2. someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle

1. people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

1. a person whose occupation is teaching

2. a personified abstraction that teaches

1. the first of two or the first mentioned of two

1. a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

2. wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship

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

1. someone who supervises (an examination)

2. someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided

1. an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning

1. someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime

2. an athlete who does not play for pay

1. a person who buys

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

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

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

2. someone who provides the means for subsistence

1. a seat for one person, with a support for the back

2. the position of professor

1. machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion

2. a nonspecific agent that imparts motion

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

1. a licensed medical practitioner

2. children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office

1. a person who rules or guides or inspires others

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

1. anything that contributes causally to a result

2. an abstract part of something

1. the higher of two berths

2. piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot

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

2. productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

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

1. a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters

1. a place off to the side of an area

2. the point where two lines meet or intersect

1. one of four equal parts

2. a district of a city having some distinguishing character

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

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

1. table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted

2. game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games

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

2. a piece of paper money worth one dollar

1. a male with the same parents as someone else

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

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

1. someone who supports or champions something

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

1. a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

2. reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

1. manner of acting or controlling yourself

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

1. massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws

2. an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price

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

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

1. a person who specializes in interior design

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

1. a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented

2. the art of writing and producing plays

1. a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere

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

1. impairment resulting from long use

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

1. a young person of either sex

1. someone who administers a business

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

1. someone who hunts game

2. a person who searches for something

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

2. a person who is able to write and has written something

1. a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness

2. the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles

1. any material used for its color

2. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

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

1. term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male

2. a third-year undergraduate

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

1. how something is done or how it happens

2. a way of acting or behaving

1. an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

2. an anxious feeling

1. a female human offspring

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

2. a firm engaged in trading

1. someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)

2. machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it

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

2. a business firm that publishes newspapers

1. single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

2. a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another

1. the region that is inside of something

2. the inner or enclosed surface of something

1. a technician who designs or maintains a website

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

2. two items of the same kind

1. the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

2. a party of people assembled to have dinner together

1. an expert who gives advice

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

2. an agent that operates some apparatus or machine

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

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

1. a person or firm that employs workers

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

1. a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers

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

1. a line that indicates a boundary

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

1. someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)

1. someone whose employment involves carrying something

2. a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something

1. the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

2. any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity

1. the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

2. something that causes feelings of wonder

1. a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

2. the operator of a railway locomotive

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

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

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

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

2. a person who performs voluntary work

1. the back of a military formation or procession

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

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

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

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

2. device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible

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

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

1. the contestant who wins the contest

2. a gambler who wins a bet

1. someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things

2. the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps

1. a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln

1. a person who carries a message

1. polished surface that forms images by reflecting light

2. a faithful depiction or reflection

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

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

1. a new personification of a familiar idea

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

1. the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom

2. the person who is head of government (in several countries)

1. a natural or artificial enclosed space

2. an enclosed volume in the body

1. a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

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

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

2. a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic

1. a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you

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

1. a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

2. a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)

1. the head of a state government

2. a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)

1. a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops

1. term of address for a man

1. someone who comes upon something after searching

2. someone who is the first to observe something

1. a decorative paper for the walls of rooms

1. someone who visits

1. a charred substance

2. a human female employed to do housework

1. one of greater rank or station or quality

2. the head of a religious community

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

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

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

2. a newspaper headline that runs across the full page

1. a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation

2. a contract to hire or lease transportation

1. a person who keeps and updates a blog

1. any meeting for an exchange of ideas

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

1. a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery

2. (computer science) a device that forwards data packets between computer networks

1. a small book usually having a paper cover

2. covering that is folded over to protect the contents

1. someone who maintains and audits business accounts

2. a person who directs and restrains

1. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

2. an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future

1. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

2. the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous

1. a person who is of equal standing with another in a group

2. a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage

1. an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products

2. any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber

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

2. someone that is abnormally large and powerful

1. a holding device

2. a person who holds something

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

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

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

2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

1. a person whose occupation is teaching

1. a government administrator

2. a member of a commission

1. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

2. the state of being honored

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

2. reverent petition to a deity

1. someone who manufactures something

2. someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)

1. (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course

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

1. a person who makes things

2. a business engaged in manufacturing some product

1. one of two divisions of an academic year

2. half a year; a period of 6 months

1. intense and profound fear

2. something that inspires horror; something horrible

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. a theatrical performer

2. a person who acts and gets things done

1. a person who works at a specific occupation

2. a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)

1. a variable quantity that can be resolved into components

2. a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction

1. (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH

2. a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict

1. someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

1. set that receives radio or tv signals

2. (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties

1. a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn

2. coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

1. a person who closes something

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

1. the head of a city government

1. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

1. a member of a senate

1. measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects

1. the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

2. good hearing

1. someone who bakes commercially

2. someone who bakes bread or cake

1. a person who travels by foot

2. a shoe designed for comfortable walking

1. a grouping of a number of similar things

1. a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor

2. a copper penny

1. a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories

1. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

2. one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory

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

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

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

2. a place of refuge and comfort and security

1. a person who changes location

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

1. a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action

2. a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country

1. a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

1. formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle

2. a device that can hold a rechargeable battery by means of an electrical cable

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

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

1. a fierce or audacious person

2. large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered

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

1. any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)

2. the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure

1. a portable television camera and videocassette recorder

1. equipment for making records

2. someone responsible for keeping records

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

1. someone whose work is driving carts

1. the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

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

1. an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas

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

1. someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication

2. a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day

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

1. someone making a search or inquiry

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

1. a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized

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

1. a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs

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

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

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

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

1. any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero

1. a man who has never been married

2. a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon

1. a person who collects things

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

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

1. someone who gives a warning to others

1. one who supervises or has charge and direction of

2. a program that controls the execution of other programs

1. large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes

2. liver of an animal used as meat

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

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

1. decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior

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. someone who makes an offer

2. someone who makes a bid at cards

1. a person who sings

1. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

2. a person who inspires fear or dread

1. an act of gracious kindness

2. an advantage to the benefit of someone or something

1. someone who takes photographs professionally

1. a mark to indicate a direction or relation

2. an indicator as on a dial

1. a preparation used in cleaning something

2. the operator of dry-cleaning establishment

1. someone who expresses strong approval

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

1. inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

2. a person who founds or establishes some institution

1. a person who grows or makes or invents things

1. a deep yellow color

2. a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry

1. someone who tracks down game

1. someone who markets merchandise

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

1. a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time

2. a signal for attracting attention

1. a person who makes plans

2. a notebook for recording appointments and things to be done, etc.

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

2. the causal agent resulting in death

1. a person who operates a farm

1. someone whose occupation is catching fish

2. large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal

1. a lavishly produced performance

1. an instrumentality that connects

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

1. a solution containing chemicals that can change the color of a photographic print

2. a black or colored powder used in a printer to develop a xerographic image

1. a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims

1. a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein

2. a lathe operator

1. someone who saves something from danger or violence

2. someone who saves (especially money)

1. an optical device for projecting a beam of light

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

1. a merchant who sells goods at retail

1. someone who plays golf poorly

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

1. an officer in command of a military unit

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

1. an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army

2. a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony

1. distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

1. someone who transmits a message

2. set used to broadcast radio or tv signals

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

2. an optical device for viewing photographic transparencies

1. a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response

2. an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation

1. an electric motor for starting an engine

2. a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning

1. an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use

2. a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head

1. climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

2. any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

1. any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars

2. durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests

1. clothing worn on a person's feet

2. covering for a person's feet

1. a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

2. the contestant who wins the contest

1. predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey

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

1. the region that is outside of something

2. the outer side or surface of something

1. a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

2. an ardent follower and admirer

1. common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere

2. interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color

1. a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses

2. an expert who observes and comments on something

1. someone whose business is advertising

1. one who trains other persons or animals

2. simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane

1. a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

2. protective covering that provides protection from the weather

1. a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)

2. a clause that is appended to a legislative bill

1. something that can be used as an official medium of payment

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

1. a wind from the east

1. someone who composes music, usually as a profession

1. the soft brown fur of the beaver

2. a full beard

1. a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)

2. (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program

1. a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

2. a central cohesive source of support and stability

1. lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun

2. a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen

1. a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

2. a state of nervous excitement

1. someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

2. an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement

1. a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table

1. a person who carries a message

1. a structure or object that impedes free movement

2. any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective

1. the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

2. a beam made of wood

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

2. the administrator responsible for student records

1. someone engaged in or experienced in warfare

1. the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)

1. a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities

2. a conductor made with semiconducting material

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

1. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

2. the state of being angry

1. a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it

1. a grounder that rolls along the infield

2. a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

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

2. a place of refuge and comfort and security

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

2. rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave

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

2. the act of gathering something

1. a high ranking police officer

2. an investigator who observes carefully

1. a message that helps you remember something

2. an experience that causes you to remember something

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

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

1. a list of names

1. a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end

2. (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed

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

1. a minor short-term fight

2. a casual or unexpected convergence

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

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

1. someone who imports or exports without paying duties

2. someone who travels on foot by running

1. a person who is older than you are

2. any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

1. an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds

1. some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something

2. a distinguishing symbol

1. a person employed to carry luggage and supplies

2. someone who guards an entrance

1. a refrigerator for cooling liquids

2. an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice

1. person who makes a gift of property

2. (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)

1. a relative position or degree of value in a graded group

2. any one of two or more competitors who tie one another

1. the mansion of a lord or wealthy person

2. the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)

1. someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters

1. a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs

1. an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse)

2. the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking

1. a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

2. someone who investigates

1. someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it

1. someone who plays the harp

1. the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

2. dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)

1. any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

2. a man who serves as a sailor

1. someone who fights (or is fighting)

2. a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air

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

1. a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)

2. a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line

1. a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

2. an adhesive label

1. a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin

1. a cylindrical vessel, typically used for storing food

2. the quantity contained in a jar

1. a deep prolonged loud noise

2. a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning

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

2. someone who enlists workers to join a union

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

1. a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country

2. an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary

1. a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire

2. a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires

1. an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals

2. someone who tunes a musical instrument

1. a young child who is just beginning to walk

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

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

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

1. a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

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

1. a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another

2. an informal representative

1. device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible

1. the combination of two or more commercial companies

2. an occurrence that involves the production of a union

1. protective covering made of metal and used in combat

2. a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles

1. a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

1. a person who changes location

1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship

1. someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money

2. a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book

1. a glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast)

2. a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

1. someone new to a field or activity

2. a person who founds or establishes some institution

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

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

1. something left after other parts have been taken away

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

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

2. a nearby object of the same kind

1. white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures

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

2. someone who travels by air

1. the ship's officer in charge of navigation

2. the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course

1. the male ruler of an empire

2. red table grape of California

1. a formal written statement of relinquishment

1. one who lives through affliction

2. one who outlives another

1. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

2. an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

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 appliance that removes moisture

1. a large or extra supply of something

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

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

2. club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol

1. a vaguely specified concern

2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

1. someone who washes things for a living

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

1. the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs

2. a cow about to give birth

1. a wise and trusted guide and advisor

1. an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades

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

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

2. ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress

1. someone who practices a learned profession

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

2. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

1. a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie

1. a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation

2. strong desire for something (not food or drink)

1. someone who listens attentively

2. a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit

1. a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls

1. a feeling of favorable regard

2. an inclination to approve

1. the person who is head of government (in several countries)

2. the honorary or titular head of a university

1. fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain

1. a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony

2. a family of similar musical instrument playing together

1. a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers

1. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

1. (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions

1. an angry disturbance

2. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

1. a person who translates written messages from one language to another

2. someone who mediates between speakers of different languages

1. a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications

2. a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans

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

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

1. tree (as opposed to shrub)

2. any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts

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

2. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

1. English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

2. the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

1. an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber

2. someone employed to conduct others

1. an expert who gives advice

1. a citizen who has a legal right to vote

1. the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers

2. a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling

1. perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems

2. dried ground gingerroot

1. the state of being honored

2. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

1. a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects

1. an introductory textbook

2. any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

1. a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event

2. emotional agitation and excitement

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

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

1. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

2. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

1. a social or business visitor

2. an investor who buys a call option

1. any member of a ship's crew

2. a serviceman in the navy

1. a person who jumps

2. an athlete who competes at jumping

1. someone who transmits a message

2. any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease

1. an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

2. a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process

1. water mixed with waste matter

1. someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)

1. someone who gives advice about problems

2. someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp

1. a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells

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

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

1. a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)

1. one who trains or exhibits animals

2. an agent who handles something or someone

1. a retail dealer in provisions and supplies

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

1. an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it

1. someone who pays taxes

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

2. a pale purple color

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

2. someone who is an active supporter and advocate

1. electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time

1. (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter

2. a protective covering that protects an inside surface

1. any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground

1. someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement

2. a document that serves as evidence of some expenditure

1. a movable chair mounted on large wheels; for invalids or those who cannot walk; frequently propelled by the occupant

1. a public lecturer at certain universities

2. someone who lectures professionally

1. a machine that simulates an environment for the purpose of training or research

1. a motorboat resembling a motor scooter

2. child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot

1. an enthusiastic and vocal supporter

2. someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event

1. water that is not salty

1. a sewer who tucks

2. a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress

1. sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties

2. Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties

1. a person who transgresses moral or civil law

1. a base hit on which the batter scores a run

2. an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs

1. someone who cuts or carves stone

2. someone who carves the meat

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

1. someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation

1. a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

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. an artist who paints

2. a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint

1. a utensil for cooking

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

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

1. a person who cares for persons or property

1. a performer who dances professionally

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

1. informal terms for nakedness

1. a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

2. (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)

1. a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud

2. an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

1. someone who upholds or maintains

1. acceptance of despair

2. a verbal act of admitting defeat

1. one praying humbly for something

2. someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right

1. a roll of tobacco for smoking

1. a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock

2. a fastener that locks or closes

1. the person who leads a musical group

2. a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat

1. the father of your father or mother

1. the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

2. an implement used in baseball by the batter

1. an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)

1. a person who chooses or selects out

2. a switch that is used to select among alternatives

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

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

1. an instrument that performs analyses

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

1. a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living

1. someone in charge of other people

2. one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

1. someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels

2. the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling

1. someone who mediates between speakers of different languages

2. someone who uses art to represent something

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

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

2. works for an expert to learn a trade

1. a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body

2. a person who perspires

1. the sound of laughing

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

1. someone who is the first to think of or make something

1. a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

2. the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

1. apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material

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

2. the process of becoming a vapor

1. a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters

2. a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer

1. someone who owns a home

1. the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal

2. rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)

1. clothing for use outdoors

1. the mother of your father or mother

1. a pedal that controls the throttle valve

2. a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine

1. a cry or shout of approval

2. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

1. a confused multitude of things

2. unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen

1. someone who attacks in search of booty

2. any animal that lives by preying on other animals

1. an inferior dog or one of mixed breed

2. a cowardly or contemptible person

1. someone who educates young people

1. someone who drives racing cars at high speeds

2. a fast car that competes in races

1. a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas)

2. a bag that fills with air

1. a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles

2. a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)

1. someone who fights with his fists for sport

2. a workman employed to pack things into containers

1. a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)

1. an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something

2. someone who samples food or drink for its quality

1. an attendant who checks coats or baggage

2. one who checks the correctness of something

1. a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum

2. a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum

1. (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet

2. a person who travels by foot

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

2. a leopard in the black color phase

1. someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications

2. an investigator who observes carefully

1. an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening

2. someone who consumes food for nourishment

1. a dealer in textiles (especially silks)

1. someone who listens attentively

1. a member of a council

1. any property detected by the olfactory system

2. the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

1. an electrical device used to introduce reactance into a circuit

2. (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements

1. a person who rides a bicycle

1. a machine for washing dishes

2. someone who washes dishes

1. the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body

2. a small portable timepiece

1. a solvent that removes a substance (usually from a surface)

2. someone who works for a company that moves furniture

1. tight fitting garment worn for swimming

1. a craftsman who weaves cloth

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

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

1. any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)

1. edge tool used in shaving

1. exercise that conditions the body

2. a trainer of athletes

1. someone who is an active supporter and advocate

2. a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments

1. 100 dinars equal 1 rial in Iran

2. the basic unit of money in Yugoslavia

1. the contestant you hope to defeat

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

1. someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications

2. a flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed)

1. a person who buys

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

2. a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)

1. someone who plays the bagpipe

1. a person who cares for persons or property

2. a fighter who holds out against attack

1. branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds

2. turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls

1. a person who follows next in order

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

1. a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state

1. a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill

2. a high rocky hill

1. a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height

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

1. a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure

2. a hinged blind for a window

1. someone who makes a loud high sound

2. large North American mountain marmot

1. a mechanical device that compresses gasses

2. an electronic device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.

1. someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent

1. the first event in a series

2. a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens

1. a financial institution that sells insurance

1. assessor who makes out the tax lists

2. moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow

1. a substance that retards or stops an activity

1. a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words

2. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

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

1. alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)

1. a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play

2. a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process

1. a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife

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

1. a person who changes something

2. an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention

1. a person whose occupation is making and altering garments

1. someone who hunts wild birds for food

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

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

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

2. informal terms for dogs

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

1. a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)

1. (often used in combinations) something constructed with multiple levels

1. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

1. a slowly moving mass of ice

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

2. an excavation where root vegetables are stored

1. flesh of a lobster

2. any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae

1. an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.)

1. seed vessel having hooks or prickles

2. small bit used in dentistry or surgery

1. (baseball) the person who does the pitching

2. an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring

1. a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

2. an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

1. a long truck for carrying motor vehicles

2. a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships

1. a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components

1. the killing of animals (as for food)

2. a sound defeat

1. sealed vessel where water is converted to steam

2. a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid

1. someone who supplies members or employees

2. an official who enlists personnel for military service

1. a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt

1. (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves

2. a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it

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

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

1. someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see

1. attire worn for sport or for casual wear

1. rapid and indistinct speech

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

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 record in which commercial accounts are recorded

2. an accounting journal as a physical object

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

2. an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game

1. a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles

2. protective covering made of metal and used in combat

1. an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money

2. a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)

1. an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods

1. a workman employed to blast with explosives

1. the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text

2. a machine that converts a coded text into ordinary language

1. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

2. the occurrence of a small flash or spark

1. (law) a courtroom conference between the lawyers and the judge that is held out of the jury's hearing

2. a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story

1. a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

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

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

1. an inhabitant of an island

1. an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage

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

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

1. a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed

1. an informal form of address for a man

2. a robust child

1. a specialist in philosophy

2. a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity

1. offensive term for a homosexual man

1. a loose dressing gown for women

2. the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped

1. someone who plays a drum

1. a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime

2. a social gathering where a light evening meal is served

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

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

1. a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves

2. something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface

1. a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes

2. a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents

1. someone who walks at a leisurely pace

2. a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around

1. an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)

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

2. a line enclosing a plane areas

1. someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water

2. the owner or manager of a brewery

1. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

1. the table in Christian churches where communion is given

2. a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

1. marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters

2. edible body of any of numerous oysters

1. someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner

1. a person who rules or commands

2. measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

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

2. someone who supports or champions something

1. any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile

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

1. someone who takes care of a garden

2. someone employed to work in a garden

1. one of lesser rank or station or quality

2. a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

1. a contestant who loses the contest

2. a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently

1. a plant of the genus Trifolium

1. a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight

2. a person who plants bombs

1. a composer of words or music for popular songs

1. a resident of a coastal area

2. someone who coasts

1. a fundamental principle or practice

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

1. sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative

2. dilute acetic acid

1. a person who mails something

2. an advertisement that is sent by mail

1. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

1. someone who works underwater

2. someone who dives (into water)

1. a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)

2. a person who is almost identical to another

1. a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab

1. the contestant you hope to defeat

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

1. a state in which all hope is lost or absent

2. the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well

1. the force of workers available

1. funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below

2. someone who hops

1. used for filling cracks or holes in a surface

2. 100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary

1. the adult male singing voice above baritone

2. the pitch range of the highest male voice

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

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

1. an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle

2. a performer or composer or fan of rock music

1. one who is employed to saw wood

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

1. a tooth situated at the front of the mouth

1. nonresinous wood of a fir tree

2. any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas

1. workman employed by a moving company

2. (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion

1. an account of the author's personal experiences

2. an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic

1. someone who copies the words or behavior of another

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

2. grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars

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

1. laborer who works in a mine

1. a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)

2. a passenger car where food is served in transit

1. a retailer of meat

2. a brutal indiscriminate murderer

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

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

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

1. a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone

2. waves breaking on the shore

1. an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures

2. someone who conducts a statistical survey

1. someone who makes progress easier

1. food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law

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

2. a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling

1. venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw

1. the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

2. a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system

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. a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

2. any sharply pointed projection

1. measuring instrument for measuring temperature

1. an indication of potential opportunity

2. castrated bull

1. speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

2. a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

1. a person who collects things

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

2. a person who dispenses

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

1. a person who communicates with others

1. someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)

1. a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet

2. a poor White person in the southern United States

1. someone who who drinks to the health of someone or the success of some venture

2. a kitchen appliance (usually electric) for toasting bread

1. a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place

1. someone who solicits financial contributions

2. a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money

1. a grounder that bounces high in the air

2. informal terms for a human `tooth'

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

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

1. a unit of power equal to 746 watts

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. a person who breeds animals

1. a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning

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

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

2. a tooth situated at the back of the mouth

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

2. used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall

1. a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue

2. an indication of damage

1. support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway

1. a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone

2. a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics

1. a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball

1. someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)

1. the rotating armature of a motor or generator

2. the revolving bar of a distributor

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

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

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

1. a supporter who accepts something as true

2. a person who has religious faith

1. the act of changing the institution that invests your pension plan without incurring a tax penalty

1. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)

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

1. a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation

2. a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone

1. an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components

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

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

1. a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists

1. an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)

2. an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money

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

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

1. a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets

2. a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

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

1. a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

1. an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged

1. a person who wields power and influence

2. a container in which something can be shaken

1. desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista

2. wood of a coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones

1. a natural talent

2. distinctive and stylish elegance

1. frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls

1. a person who smokes tobacco

2. a party for men only (or one considered suitable for men only)

1. a hazy or indistinct representation

1. a hazard on a golf course

2. a large container for storing fuel

1. someone who maintains and audits business accounts

1. something of sentimental value

2. a reminder of past events

1. a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit

2. cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons

1. a painting produced with watercolors

2. a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists

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

2. (physics) the six kinds of quarks

1. a person who prepares or deals in animal skins

2. a worker who drives mules

1. a gallant or courtly gentleman

1. loose long overcoat of heavy fabric; usually belted

1. someone who attacks

1. (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher

2. the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws

1. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies

2. any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom

1. an electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current

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

1. a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block)

2. an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)

1. someone who can find paths through unexplored territory

1. a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors

1. water containing salts

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

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

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

2. a nearby object of the same kind

1. an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)

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. slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork

2. work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)

1. a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face

2. a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes

1. a semiconductor device capable of amplification

1. a worker who hangs something

2. anything from which something can be hung

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

1. someone who engages in surfboarding

1. a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly

1. someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers

1. a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings

2. any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs

1. a rester who is sleeping

2. a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal

1. a shop where a variety of goods are sold

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

1. an apparatus for removing impurities

1. a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games

1. a sheath (usually leather) for carrying a handgun

2. a belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools

1. a degree or grade of excellence or worth

2. diameter of a tube or gun barrel

1. a person who fells trees

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

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

1. noisy talk

2. the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine

1. a negotiator who acts as a link between parties

1. a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another

2. someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city

1. a pirate along the Barbary Coast

2. a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)

1. a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

1. someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel

1. a device that produces a current of air

2. a fan run by an electric motor

1. a beverage made from juice pressed from apples

1. the act of rising upward into the air

1. a sudden outburst of anger

2. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

1. life after death

2. the time yet to come

1. a man who serves as a sailor

1. someone who works in a coal mine

1. a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal

1. an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces

1. a chemical compound used to remove paint or varnish

2. a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books

1. someone who consumes food for nourishment

2. any green goods that are good to eat

1. a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction

2. someone who races the luge

1. a person who rescues you from harm or danger

1. someone who tells a story

1. a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow

2. a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish

1. an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

1. (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

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

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

2. a craftsman who tans skins and hides

1. seed vessel having hooks or prickles

2. rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting

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

2. a drink to follow immediately after another drink

1. the fur of an otter

2. freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur

1. furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

2. a person who dresses in a particular way

1. someone whose job is to dye cloth

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

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

1. a program to convert assembly language into machine language

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

1. branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling

1. makes decorative wooden panels

2. an artist who creates sculptures

1. device that reflects radiation

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

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

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

1. a tool for bending

2. revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party

1. someone who creates new things

1. someone who owns a home

1. an adult male who shaves

2. a young person of either sex

1. a person who conveys (carries or transmits)

2. a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)

1. a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution

1. organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water

1. the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)

1. garden tool for mowing grass on lawns

1. integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system

1. someone who helps to gather the harvest

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

1. a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters

2. a small thin crisp cake or cookie

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

1. open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

1. a device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them)

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

2. a device that launches aircraft from a warship

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

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

1. either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts

1. 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia

2. 100 halers equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic

1. someone who argues noisily or angrily

2. a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses

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

2. an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person

1. someone who engages a person or company for performances

1. someone who enlists workers to join a union

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

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

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

1. hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time

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

1. a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil

1. someone who plays the game of golf

1. someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue

1. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

2. a shoot arising from a plant's roots

1. an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously

1. a producer of motion pictures

1. adult male chicken

1. someone who supervises (an examination)

1. a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes

2. a person who does something thoughtless or annoying

1. a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs

2. a machine that trims timber

1. a player who kicks the football

1. a student who fails to attend classes

2. an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

1. a journalist who writes for a gazette

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

1. the proprietor of a bookstore

1. a large shallow dish used for serving food

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

1. a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure

1. underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc

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

2. beef that has been ground

1. a haphazard distribution in all directions

2. the act of scattering

1. (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)

2. a fast sailing ship used in former times

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

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

1. short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches

1. a deep prolonged loud noise

2. a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

1. a workman employed to pack things into containers

2. a wholesaler in the meat-packing business

1. a person who pays money for something

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

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

2. a guard who keeps watch

1. large American feline resembling a lion

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

1. generator that produces sonic oscillations or alternating current

1. any new participant in some activity

2. a recent arrival

1. a crime less serious than a felony

1. the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere

1. someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor

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

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

1. someone who communicates high praise

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

1. leather made from alligator's hide

2. either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts

1. a soldier in a motorized army unit

2. a mounted police officer

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

1. someone whose employment involves carrying something

2. a messenger who bears or presents

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

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

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

1. someone who is dreaming

2. someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations

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

2. a person who waits or awaits

1. someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)

2. board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game

1. a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship

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

1. a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)

2. a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings

1. a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw

2. a cocktail made with vodka and orange juice

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

2. a ruler who is unconstrained by law

1. a straight line at right angles to another line

2. a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting

1. the act of gambling

2. the money risked on a gamble

1. someone who skates

1. a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not

2. a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

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

1. an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down

2. a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply

1. a person who conducts an interview

1. a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

2. a person who inherits some title or office

1. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

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

2. information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events

1. the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied

1. a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return

1. someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals

2. an electrical device that automatically turns a lamp on and off (as for an advertising display)

1. a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue

1. a slight wind (usually refreshing)

1. someone who broadcasts on radio or television

2. a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions

1. a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

2. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

1. a clam that is usually steamed in the shell

2. a cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it

1. an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure

1. someone who responds

1. (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere

2. a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode

1. coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood

2. an ornamental coating to a building

1. aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces

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

2. a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising

1. an electrical device that converts one form of energy into another

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

2. an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid

1. a convex shape that narrows toward a point

2. the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)

1. someone who walks with long stiff strides

2. someone who stalks game

1. slanderous defamation

2. a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

1. a book that has had a large and rapid sale

1. a forward on a soccer team

2. someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating

1. a generalization of the concept of a vector

2. any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm

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

2. an instrument used to make tracings

1. an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods

2. (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments

1. a person who repeats

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

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

2. a soldier who drives a tank

1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship

1. (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat

2. a professional boxer

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

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

1. chair with a support on each side for arms

1. a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

1. someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission

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

2. a device that supplies electrical energy

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

1. a worker who teases wool

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

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

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

1. garments designed to be worn in bed

1. someone who writes screenplays

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

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

1. a hiker who wears a backpack

1. a stupid despised man

1. a worker who wipes

2. contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet

1. someone who asks a question

1. someone who performs rap music

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

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. someone who ships goods

2. a company in the business of shipping freight

1. a dealer in cutlery

1. a person who chooses or selects out

2. someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.

1. a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances

1. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

1. a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes

2. (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches

1. the owner or manager of a plantation

2. a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground

1. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America

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

2. one of three divisions of an academic year

1. a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song

2. a small active songbird

1. someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection

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

1. a military training exercise

2. a plan for attaining a particular goal

1. the habitation of wild animals

1. a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

2. a basket usually with a cover

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

1. an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)

2. a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet

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

1. the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)

1. a quality that outshines the usual

2. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

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

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

1. one who sets written material into type

2. a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point

1. a message written in a secret code

2. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

1. a preparation used in cleaning something

1. a person who tries to please or amuse

1. the basic unit of money in Venezuela; equal to 100 centimos

1. hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England

1. a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)

2. any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops

1. a laborer who digs

2. a machine for excavating

1. a criminal who is a member of gang

1. a diluting agent

1. apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants

1. an implement used to erase something

1. spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer

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

2. a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win

1. an organism (person or animal) that sits

2. a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home

1. a sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators

2. fruit juice especially when undiluted

1. a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs

1. the divisor of a fraction

1. someone who operates an aircraft

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

2. small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts

1. (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription

1. an important intellectual

2. someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision)

1. the basic unit of money in Norway

2. the basic unit of money in Denmark

1. the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull

1. an expert who observes and comments on something

2. a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day

1. a mental representation of some haunting experience

2. a ghostly appearing figure

1. thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing

1. a person who rescues you from harm or danger

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

2. an official who remains in office after his term

1. a worker who makes or adds the top to something

2. a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.)

1. someone who makes or enacts laws

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

1. a person who takes long walks in the country

2. a person whose speech or writing is not well organized

1. a mechanism that puts something into automatic action

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

1. (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance

1. one who practices magic or sorcery

1. a person who likes to join groups

2. a woodworker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood

1. a person who operates a farm

1. the contestant you hope to defeat

1. a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows

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

1. an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms

1. optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest

1. temperature just below the boiling point

1. electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion

2. a weight that balances another weight

1. a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle

2. a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back

1. a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons

2. a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September

1. a writer who collaborates with others in writing something

1. a large entrance or reception room or area

1. a person who diets

1. a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles

1. a person who sins (without repenting)

1. an unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately

1. a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)

1. a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)

2. (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

1. a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish

2. a hard glossy coating

1. someone who provides food and service (as for a party)

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

2. a fisherman who uses a hook and line

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. a person with unusual powers of foresight

2. an observer who perceives visually

1. someone who suppresses

2. a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)

1. an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles

2. a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts

1. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

2. a person who crawls or creeps along the ground

1. an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)

1. primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

2. elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters

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

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

1. a chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state

2. airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft

1. a golfer who is putting

2. the iron normally used on the putting green

1. a person who initiates a course of action

1. soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

2. coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop

1. a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects

1. a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts

2. formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living

1. someone trained in forestry

1. a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.)

2. An injector, ejector, steam ejector, steam injector, eductor-jet pump or thermocompressor is a type of pump.

1. any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent

2. a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods

1. someone who proclaims a message publicly

2. reads news, commercials on radio or television

1. a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics

2. a person who separates something into parts or groups

1. forceful exertion

2. active strength of body or mind

1. a person skilled in a particular type of therapy

1. combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments

1. wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc

2. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant

1. someone who drives a truck as an occupation

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

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

1. a person who rises (especially from bed)

2. a vertical pipe in a building

1. a thief who enters a building with intent to steal

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

1. a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise

2. a scarf worn around the neck

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

1. a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings

1. an artist who creates sculptures

1. a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)

2. a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses

1. a gathering of military personnel for duty

2. compulsory military service

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

1. (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

2. someone who hits

1. a disputant who advocates reform

1. someone who asks a question

1. low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors

2. a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction

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

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

2. the technician who produces animated cartoons

1. a holder or proprietor of land

1. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

1. the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition

2. employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service

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

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

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

1. small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources

2. a small irregular movement

1. an equal exchange

1. a worker who casts molten metal into finished products

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

1. a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint

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

1. heavy fabric that resembles velvet

1. one who suffers for the sake of principle

2. one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion

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

1. a person who fastens or makes fast

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

1. a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events

2. someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement

1. an agent that eliminates something

1. a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England

1. someone who grants a lease

1. a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

1. the person in charge of a post office

1. someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp

2. someone who gives advice about problems

1. a confused multitude of things

2. a stifling cloud of smoke

1. someone who sends unwanted email (often in bulk)

1. a judge who assigns grades to something

1. (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback

2. flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas

1. an implement used to propel or steer a boat

1. a player who makes a score in a game or contest

2. a logger who marks trees to be felled

1. a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants

2. someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior

1. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States

2. an uncastrated male hog

1. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

1. a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste

2. hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold

1. someone who takes vengeance

1. any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable

2. a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging

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

2. the process of becoming a vapor

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

2. a drink that refreshes

1. bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects

1. a person who adds numbers

2. a machine that adds numbers

1. someone who censures or condemns

2. a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable

1. someone who asks a question

1. a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets

2. a person who travels through the water by swimming

1. a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home

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

1. flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying

2. A kitchen appliance for deep frying; its size depends on intended use.

1. someone who skis

1. someone who tells a story

2. someone who tells lies

1. a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes

1. a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid

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

1. a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat

2. a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting

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

1. a person who sniffs

1. a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists

1. a person who specializes in interior decoration

2. someone who decorates

1. a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages

1. a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket

2. a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins

1. someone who makes jewelry

2. someone in the business of selling jewelry

1. someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury

1. light teasing repartee

1. a female grandchild

1. a small drum with one head of soft calfskin

1. a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s

1. a person who accepts the leadership of another

2. someone who travels behind or pursues another

1. combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground

1. someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others

1. the musical director of a choir

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

1. a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman

2. (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel

1. a man paid to drive a privately owned car

1. a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action

2. a clerk who marks data on a chart

1. a laborer who builds up a stack or pile

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. a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole

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

1. a stagehand responsible for moving scenery

2. a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears

1. a physicist who studies astronomy

1. a momentary flash of light

2. North American woodpecker

1. a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head

1. someone who helps to gather the harvest

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

1. a person who holds a credit card or debit card

2. a player who holds a card or cards in a card game

1. a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

1. an old term for an electric generator that produces alternating current (especially in automobiles)

1. a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities

2. an agent who sells insurance

1. a clerk who marks data on a chart

1. a musician who plays the violin

2. someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner

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

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

1. nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish

1. someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin

1. a serviceman in the artillery

1. a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft

1. a framework that supports climbing plants

1. a person who creates classifications

2. a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs

1. a person who makes or repairs shoes

1. someone who enters by force in order to conquer

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

1. water-soluble pigment

2. a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists

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

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

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

1. a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration

2. a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases

1. an instrument for measuring the distance between two points

1. someone waiting in concealment

1. a quality that outshines the usual

2. the visual property of something that shines with reflected light

1. apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material

1. joins pieces of metal by welding them together

1. a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip

1. a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)

2. a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit

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

2. someone who makes or deals in salt

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 hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changes

2. (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel

1. a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained

2. a tool for rounding corners or edges

1. someone who responds

1. an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill)

1. an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)

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

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

1. someone who controls access to something

2. someone who guards an entrance

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

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

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

1. a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers

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

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

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

2. a dormant or quiescent state

1. a small pitcher for serving cream

1. a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)

1. a shifty deceptive person

2. small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)

1. a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite)

2. a container for cooking popcorn

1. one praying humbly for something

1. a member of a squad on a team

2. a worker who strings

1. an agent who conducts an auction

1. a repeated order for the same merchandise

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

1. a device for applying a substance

1. an appliance designed to add moisture to the air in a building

1. speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas

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

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

1. any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers

2. star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis

1. a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)

1. a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

1. an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it

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

1. a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness

1. deciduous horn of a member of the deer family

1. (poetry) painful grief

1. a party who files a notice with a law court

2. a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization

1. someone who betrays his country by committing treason

2. a person who says one thing and does another

1. someone who devotes himself completely

2. person who makes a gift of property

1. a young salmon up to 2 years old

2. the young of various fishes

1. a person who enjoys taking risks

2. someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)

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

1. a device that crushes something

1. a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence

1. a person who drinks liquids

2. a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)

1. a person who creates models

1. a flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion; often filled with water

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

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

1. a loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds

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

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

2. the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

1. a medicine used to relieve pain

1. wild or uncultivated flowering plant

1. a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles

2. a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals

1. a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.

2. a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom

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

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. an armored vehicle or tank

1. a loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds

1. a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will

1. a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy

2. a remark capable of wounding mentally

1. a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)

2. an appliance that removes moisture

1. a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes

2. hand tool for boring holes

1. someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise)

1. a short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side

1. a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

1. a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

1. a therapist who practices chiropractic

1. (sports) player in wing position

1. the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents

2. formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents

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

2. an official who affixes a seal to a document

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

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

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

1. words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

2. an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

1. water containing salts

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

1. one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case

2. one who tries

1. a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds

2. compact head of white undeveloped flowers

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

1. a flash of light (especially reflected light)

2. a slight suggestion or vague understanding

1. excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones

1. a worker who applies spray to a surface

2. a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist

1. grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars

1. someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)

1. the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

2. any property detected by the olfactory system

1. a weak and tremulous light

1. an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)

2. a small earthquake

1. someone who vacations on a weekend

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

1. electrical device designed to receive a specific signal and automatically transmit a specific reply

1. someone who kills by strangling

2. an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation

1. someone who climbs mountains

1. lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction

1. knitted clothing

1. a gallant or courtly gentleman

1. a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time

1. a scientific instrument that magnifies an image

1. a compound lever used to crack nuts open

2. any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects

1. homicide without malice aforethought

1. a very tall building with many stories

1. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

2. a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries

1. a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)

2. mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)

1. any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping

2. a person who crawls or creeps along the ground

1. a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires

1. one who accepts an offer

2. one who takes a bet or wager

1. a person authorized to act for another

2. a symbol in a logical or mathematical expression that can be replaced by the name of any member of specified set

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

1. a professional dancer

2. a motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps

1. a studio especially for an artist or designer

1. one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another

1. a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen

2. (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage

1. someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement

1. an instrument that performs analyses

1. electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current

2. a person who corrects or sets right

1. a hand tool for spreading something

2. a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions

1. someone who perpetrates wrongdoing

1. sideboard with compartments for holding bottles

1. a photographer who operates a movie camera

1. a device (such as a fan) that introduces fresh air or expels foul air

2. a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure

1. a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household

1. someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation

1. a device that can interleave two or more activities

1. someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle

1. act of relinquishing property or authority etc

1. any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed

2. reptilian creature supposed to live in fire

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

1. a general officer ranking below a major general

1. a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity

1. someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.)

1. the dividend of a fraction

1. mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion

1. a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time

1. a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting

1. terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping

2. a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)

1. (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)

1. flesh of any of various American and European flatfish

2. any of various European and non-European marine flatfish

1. a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery

2. the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target

1. a rheostat that varies the current through an electric light in order to control the level of illumination

1. an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts

1. strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal

1. the electrode in a transistor where electrons originate

1. foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food

2. a horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for harness racing

1. someone with a promising future

2. someone who arrives (or has arrived)

1. someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)

2. a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry

1. someone who fits a garment to a particular person

1. an electronic device that increases the dynamic range of the audio signal.

1. a person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory

1. a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots

2. a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers)

1. a leading instance in its field

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

1. a tenant in someone's house

2. someone who forces their way aboard ship

1. the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle

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

2. dried coriander seeds used whole or ground

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

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

1. someone who marks a trail by leaving blazes on trees

2. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

1. a shockingly bad person

2. a sensational message (in a film or play or novel)

1. someone who assists in a plot

2. someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force

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

1. someone employed to clean and maintain a building

1. fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat

1. a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)

2. the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming

1. someone who sells men's clothes

2. a shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose

1. a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

1. a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

2. a negotiator who settles disputes

1. short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing

2. a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise

1. a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion

1. garments designed to be worn in bed

1. a large beer glass

2. sailing vessel used in former times

1. a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

2. a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound

1. a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office)

2. a machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes

1. one who has lived in a village most of their life

1. someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)

2. a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)

1. a person who makes a grant in legal form

1. goods or money obtained illegally

1. a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)

2. a person having great power

1. a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion

1. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

2. an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)

1. any of various hand tools for scraping

1. someone who is victorious by force of arms

1. a young person of either sex

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

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

1. a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass

2. someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)

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

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

1. someone who creates new dances

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

2. a hard compact kind of calcite

1. someone who travels by air

2. someone who operates an aircraft

1. a disputant who advocates reform

2. an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel

1. an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs

1. a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

2. a suggestive or sneering look or grin

1. a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water

1. an oven or part of a stove used for broiling

2. flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling

1. baffle that distributes sound waves evenly

2. optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly

1. the act of moving back and forth

2. abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block

1. a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

2. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

1. a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)

1. one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority

1. a quality that outshines the usual

2. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

1. the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings

1. an event that results in a transformation

1. a pauper who lives by begging

1. a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person

1. a golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers)

2. a machine for cutting; usually with a revolving blade

1. (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse

1. a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge

1. a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others

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

1. a person who owns or operates a ranch

1. a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon

2. any of various former European coins of different denominations

1. a cat proficient at mousing

1. a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers

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

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

1. a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand

2. a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles

1. someone who can use sign language to communicate

2. someone who signs and is bound by a document

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. a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture

2. filaments from a web that was spun by a spider

1. someone who cuts or beautifies hair

1. any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers

1. a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)

2. an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held

1. a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy

1. someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature

1. any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing

2. large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing

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

1. something hard to endure

2. the quality of being valid and rigorous

1. clothing for the head

2. the hoist at the pithead of a mine

1. a person who makes things

2. a machine tool for shaping metal or wood

1. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

1. a record in which commercial accounts are recorded

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

1. a device for making soundings

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

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

1. mature male goose

1. a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields

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

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

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

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

2. a racing driver who finishes a race

1. a persistent attacker

2. a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits

1. a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through

1. contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words

2. someone who flees from an uncongenial situation