Nouns Starting With P

1. one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

2. a boy who is employed to run errands

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

2. the amount of money needed to purchase something

1. (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

2. the body of citizens of a state or country

1. items for sale to the individual consumer

2. an artifact that has been created by someone or some process

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

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

1. a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group

2. a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government

1. people in general considered as a whole

2. a body of people sharing some common interest

1. the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others

2. the condition of being concealed or hidden

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

2. a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need

1. something determined in relation to something that includes it

2. something less than the whole of a human artifact

1. electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

2. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

1. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

2. a planned undertaking

1. a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

1. possession of controlling influence

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

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

2. any area set aside for a particular purpose

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

1. an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics

2. an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side)

1. something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

2. a basic or essential property shared by all members of a class

1. an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines

1. the state of demanding notice or attention

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

1. the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

2. a picture or design printed from an engraving

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

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

1. a geometric element that has position but no extension

2. the precise location of something; a spatially limited location

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

2. an arrangement scheme

1. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

2. a theatrical performance of a drama

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

2. a human body (usually including the clothing)

1. an organization to gain political power

2. a gathering of people for pleasure

1. a sum of money paid or a claim discharged

2. the act of paying money

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

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

1. a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

2. a question raised for consideration or solution

1. a dramatic or musical entertainment

2. the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment

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

1. something that remunerates

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

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

1. something that can be done

2. an applicant who might be suitable

1. a person engaged in one of the learned professions

2. an athlete who plays for pay

1. the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

1. an executive officer of a firm or corporation

2. the chief executive of a republic

1. the time that has elapsed

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

1. an amount of time

2. the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon

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

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

1. an athlete who plays for pay

2. an argument in favor of a proposal

1. the local environment

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

2. something presented as a gift

1. a useful or valuable quality

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

1. a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent

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

2. someone who plays a music as a profession

1. the act or process of producing something

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

1. the activity of protecting someone or something

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

1. the particular portion of space occupied by something

2. a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

1. the acquisition of something for payment

2. something acquired by purchase

1. a customary way of operation or behavior

2. systematic training by multiple repetitions

1. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

2. a wrapped container

1. a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

2. sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal

1. someone whose occupation is printing

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

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

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

1. the inherent capacity for coming into being

2. the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts

1. a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

2. one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

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

2. what something is used for

1. the force of policemen and officers

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

1. the people who inhabit a territory or state

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

1. an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

1. a firm in the publishing business

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

1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

1. an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event

2. an integrated course of academic studies

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

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

1. preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure

1. a copy of a printed work offered for distribution

2. the act of issuing printed materials

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

2. (military) a written leave of absence

1. the act of taking and printing photographs

2. the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces

1. an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

2. a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring

1. sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something

2. a committee appointed to judge a competition

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

1. buildings for carrying on industrial labor

2. (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

1. an excavation that is (usually) filled with water

2. a small lake

1. social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power

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

1. a person's partner in marriage

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

1. a large indefinite quantity

2. a complete collection of similar things

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

2. a force that compels

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

1. the act of playing a musical instrument

2. the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation

1. setting an order and time for planned events

2. creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something

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

1. the state prevailing during the absence of war

2. harmonious relations; freedom from disputes

1. gradual improvement or growth or development

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

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

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

1. a course of conduct

2. a way especially designed for a particular use

1. a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement

2. a special loved one

1. a separate part of a whole

2. an item that is an instance of some type

1. the evaluation of something in terms of its price

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

1. the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers

2. a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand

1. a person who requires medical care

2. the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

1. a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

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

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

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

1. a light shade of red

2. any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

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

2. someone who provides the means for subsistence

1. any distinct time period in a sequence of events

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

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

1. approval to do something

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

1. a small contrasting part of something

2. a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

1. a book with paper covers

1. a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

2. an enclosed space

1. payment for insurance

2. the amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value

1. the person or thing chosen or selected

2. the quantity of a crop that is harvested

1. a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself

2. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

1. a raised horizontal surface

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

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

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

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

2. a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work

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

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

1. fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market

1. text handwritten in the style of printed matter

2. the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution

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

2. the advantageous quality of being beneficial

1. space in which vehicles can be parked

2. the act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily

1. a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried

1. a perceptual structure

2. a customary way of operation or behavior

1. group of people willing to obey orders

2. the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management

1. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

2. a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

1. status established in order of importance or urgency

2. preceding in time

1. (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data

2. forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state

1. the members of a business venture created by contract

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

1. a stock or supply of foods

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

2. an offer of marriage

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

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

1. the science of matter and energy and their interactions

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

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

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

1. a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals

1. a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather

2. a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers

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

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

1. the act of preventing

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

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

1. the state of being present; current existence

2. the immediate proximity of someone or something

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

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

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

2. a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public

1. a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa

2. a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years

1. the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

2. the educator who has executive authority for a school

1. a stipulated condition

2. the activity of supplying or providing something

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

2. act of raising in rank or position

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

2. a person who follows or serves another

1. a legal document giving official permission to do something

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

1. any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something

2. a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it

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

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

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

2. two items of the same kind

1. the most extreme possible amount or value

2. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

1. literature in metrical form

2. any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling

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

2. a substance prepared according to a formula

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

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

1. one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line

1. a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent

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

1. blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

2. a wad of something chewable as tobacco

1. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

2. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

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

2. a written account of what transpired at a meeting

1. a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)

1. the science of mental life

1. extensive tract of level open land

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

1. a tame parrot

2. an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people

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

1. something determined in relation to something that includes it

2. something less than the whole of a human artifact

1. the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

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 business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market

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

1. a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

2. (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

1. someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

2. a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor

1. cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

2. shallow container made of metal

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

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

2. creating a picture with paints

1. a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention

2. an official document granting a right or privilege

1. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

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

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

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

2. the force used in pushing

1. the place where people vote

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

2. the proper sphere or extent of your activities

1. the business of packing

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

1. a licensed medical practitioner

1. the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

1. a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds

2. (music) low loudness

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

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

1. the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you

2. the force used in pulling

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

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

1. a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel

2. a shade of white the color of bleached bones

1. a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

2. a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

1. a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction

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

1. hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter

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

2. an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator

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

2. 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia

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

2. (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape

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. large Old World boas

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

1. the act of buying

1. a future prospect or potential

2. capability of existing or happening or being true

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

2. something or someone that provides a source of happiness

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

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. the charge for mailing something

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

1. 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. the quality of being productive or having the power to produce

2. (economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time

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 basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

2. a rule or standard especially of good behavior

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

2. an enclosure for confining livestock

1. a legislative assembly in certain countries

2. a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards

1. something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

2. goods or money obtained illegally

1. a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco

2. a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.

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

2. grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

1. a color between red and blue

2. (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status

1. gossip spread by spoken communication

2. a pipe used to transport liquids or gases

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

2. a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

1. the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after

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

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

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

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

2. euphemistic expressions for death

1. ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln

2. the craft of making earthenware

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

1. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

2. (computer science) a message or message fragment

1. the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

2. contact established between applicants and prospective employees

1. the sound made by a gentle blow

2. a light touch or stroke

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

2. the state of being polluted

1. Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese

1. the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant

2. a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

1. a large and stately mansion

2. the governing group of a kingdom

1. a feeling of self-respect and personal worth

2. satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements

1. a full supply

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

1. a public square with room for pedestrians

2. mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

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. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution

2. a game that tests your ingenuity

1. the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty

2. a payment required for not fulfilling a contract

1. the property of being smooth and shiny

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

1. a coniferous tree

2. straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus

1. 16 ounces avoirdupois

2. the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

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

1. the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance

1. a strong feeling or emotion

2. the trait of being intensely emotional

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

2. a short musical passage

1. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

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

2. the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)

1. a minor match preceding the main event

2. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

1. a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible

2. the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event

1. metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid

2. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

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

2. something won (especially money)

1. liquid excretory product

2. informal terms for urination

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

1. something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size

2. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

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

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. an aggressive and violent young criminal

2. substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks)

1. the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846...

2. the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet

1. the rate of moving (especially walking or running)

2. the distance covered by a step

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

2. reverent petition to a deity

1. the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

1. someone who takes photographs professionally

1. a mark to indicate a direction or relation

2. an indicator as on a dial

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

2. a person of considerable prominence

1. drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment

1. a distinctive odor that is pleasant

2. a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

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

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

1. a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

1. a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

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

1. a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit

1. a strong liking

2. a predisposition in favor of something

1. a local church community

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

1. a person who makes plans

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

1. a person authorized to act for another

2. a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

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

2. any likeness of a person, in any medium

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

1. the act of getting possession of something

1. an optical device for projecting a beam of light

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

1. a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

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

2. magnitude or extent

1. liquid excretory product

2. informal terms for urination

1. the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

2. the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it

1. land and the buildings on it

1. a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider

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. dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top

1. an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

2. a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities

1. informal terms for urination

1. a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)

2. (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command

1. the human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group

1. the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

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

1. a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic

2. one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions

1. a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard

2. a warrant to take someone into custody

1. a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

1. a small lake

1. the body of people in a learned occupation

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

1. the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms

2. processes and functions of an organism

1. someone who takes part in an activity

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

1. any authorization to pass or go somewhere

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

1. (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order

2. a country person

1. the act of having and controlling property

2. anything owned or possessed

1. any material used especially to protect something

2. the enclosure of something in a package or box

1. any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency

2. a hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry

1. a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone

2. a reservation where animals are protected

1. a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

1. an expression of approval and commendation

2. offering words of homage as an act of worship

1. a treeless grassy plain

1. (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)

1. a ceremonial procession including people marching

2. an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things

1. an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)

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

1. the head of the Roman Catholic Church

1. a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

2. a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

1. preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

1. a list of employees and their salaries

2. the total amount of money paid in wages

1. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

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

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

2. a way of conceiving something

1. the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases

2. any deviation from a healthy or normal condition

1. the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet

1. a formal and solemn declaration of objection

2. the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

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

1. an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits

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

1. a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball

1. utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage

2. the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)

1. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

1. usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence

1. a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

2. a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion

1. the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects

1. the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty

1. the guardianship and control exercised by a deity

2. a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures

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

1. a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

2. a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

1. a person employed to carry luggage and supplies

2. someone who guards an entrance

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

2. a statement made about the future

1. the possibility of future success

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

1. domestic swine

2. a coarse obnoxious person

1. the first public performance of a play or movie

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

2. the process of forming a chemical precipitate

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

1. a person who brings an action in a court of law

1. (boxing) a blow with the fist

2. an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl

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

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

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

1. a young dog

2. an inexperienced young person

1. a detachment used for security or reconnaissance

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

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

2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate

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

1. a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

1. an affix that is added in front of the word

1. a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

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

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

1. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

2. sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

1. the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb

1. a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)

1. something that is required in advance

1. large and often sumptuous tent

1. a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person

1. a wrapped container

2. the allotment of some amount by dividing something

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

2. the quality of being open to public view

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

2. a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

1. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

2. a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press

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

1. a unit of pressure

2. the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet

1. (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)

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

2. a remarkable development

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

1. a deposit of personal property as security for a debt

2. someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group

1. the quantity of a crop that is harvested

2. the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)

1. meat from a domestic hog or pig

2. a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents

1. a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all

2. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)

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

1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship

1. a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient

2. shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg

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

1. an attack that penetrates into enemy territory

2. clear or deep perception of a situation

1. a standard or typical example

1. a garment size for short or slender women

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

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

1. a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay

2. any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept

1. the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you

1. a wooden strip forming part of a fence

1. a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood

2. graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication

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

1. a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

2. a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse

1. electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer

1. a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering

2. any undertaking that is easy to do

1. someone who practices a learned profession

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

2. a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria

1. the act of putting something in a certain place

1. the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

1. an authoritative person who divines the future

2. someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God

1. a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball

2. a game that simulates military combat; players on one team try to eliminate players on the opposing team by shooting capsules of paint at them

1. a ghostly appearing figure

2. something existing in perception only

1. the act of reproducing recorded sound

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

1. affected manners intended to impress others

2. a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes

1. the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

2. a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant

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

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

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

1. a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl

2. flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food

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

1. a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

2. highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh

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

2. anything that harms or destroys

1. one who loves and defends his or her country

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

2. a remarkable development

1. an educational institution for children too young for elementary school

1. an introductory textbook

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

1. an area where many people go for recreation, holidays or other purposes

2. yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play

1. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

2. a card game played by one person

1. a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain

2. a trodden path

1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other

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

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

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

1. a range horse of the western United States

2. an informal term for a racehorse

1. the act of fixing firmly in place

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

1. a student who continues studies after graduation

1. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

1. an applicant likely to be chosen

1. a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet

1. a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail

1. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

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

2. temporary inactivity

1. a note appended to a letter after the signature

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

1. a series with a definite pattern of advance

2. a movement forward

1. the act of playing a percussion instrument

2. the act of exploding a percussion cap

1. a five-sided polygon

1. the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread

2. (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population

1. a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception

1. a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.

1. (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or tower

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

1. the property of being close together

2. the region close around a person or thing

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 wide scenic road planted with trees

1. someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

2. someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

1. information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause

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

1. a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling

2. any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie

1. an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

1. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

2. the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot

1. an artist who paints

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

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

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

1. a person who cares for persons or property

1. a person active in party politics

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

2. a standard or typical example

1. the state of being without a flaw or defect

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

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

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

1. a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things

2. an enclosed space

1. a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex

2. (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases

1. one praying humbly for something

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

1. one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion

1. a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite

1. the tenure of a president

2. the office and function of president

1. remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease

2. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

1. cultivated in temperate regions

2. a very attractive or seductive looking woman

1. a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year

1. any soft or soggy mass

2. a soft moist part of a fruit

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

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

2. a memorial made of brass

1. growth by the rapid multiplication of parts

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

1. a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs

1. the rind of a fruit or vegetable

1. a person who does not acknowledge your god

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

1. a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface

2. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

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

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

1. the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities

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

1. an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment

2. the condition of prospering; having good fortune

1. a sustained bass note

2. a lever that is operated with the foot

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

2. garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth

1. a salt of phosphoric acid

2. carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid

1. large American feline resembling a lion

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

1. amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein

1. someone who attacks in search of booty

2. any animal that lives by preying on other animals

1. a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)

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. the visual percept of a region

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

1. underground pod of the peanut vine

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

1. a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

2. a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children

1. the quality of having great facility and competence

2. skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity

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

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

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

1. a humble request for help from someone in authority

2. (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)

1. the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)

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

2. animal hunted or caught for food

1. the paved surface of a thoroughfare

2. material used to pave an area

1. a person who travels by foot

1. large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae

2. reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas

1. a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance

1. someone who is an active supporter and advocate

2. a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments

1. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages

2. a decree that prohibits something

1. a person who makes deceitful pretenses

1. the sound of a sudden heavy fall

1. a person who buys

1. someone who plays the bagpipe

1. the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit

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

1. the enactment of a pretense

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

1. larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

1. (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total

1. a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise

2. a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university

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

1. the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)

2. (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately

1. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

1. an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug

2. (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead

1. ordinary writing as distinguished from verse

2. matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

1. a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate

2. the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements

1. proper respect

1. work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc.

1. a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States

1. liveliness and energy

1. being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material

2. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil

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

1. the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

2. the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill

1. (baseball) the person who does the pitching

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

1. any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone

2. any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit

1. knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

2. a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

1. a musical composition that evokes rural life

2. a letter from a pastor to the congregation

1. a person who is being chased

1. a firearm that is held and fired with one hand

1. a regular customer

2. the proprietor of an inn

1. artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort

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

2. small kernels of corn exploded by heat

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

1. a company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals

1. the property of a continuous and connected period of time

2. persistent determination

1. a specialist in philosophy

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

1. an effortful attempt to attain a goal

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

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

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

1. a scientist trained in psychology

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

2. a line enclosing a plane areas

1. any final competition to determine a championship

1. the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

2. goods carried by a large vehicle

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

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

1. a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms

2. optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image

1. works for an expert to learn a trade

1. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

2. an unfortunate development

1. recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people

1. a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms

1. a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems

2. a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.

1. a promise

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

1. status established in order of importance or urgency

2. preceding in time

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

2. abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

1. a secret look

1. (logic) a statement that contradicts itself

1. a leader engaged in civil administration

2. a person active in party politics

1. the hereditary derivation of an individual

2. line of descent of a purebred animal

1. changing something from state to private ownership or control

1. a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer

2. a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

1. a fundamental principle or practice

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

1. a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

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

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

1. a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics

2. large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated

1. a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book

1. a relatively flat highland

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

2. board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used

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

2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate

1. mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion

1. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

2. music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera

1. a person afflicted with psychosis

1. small flat mass of chopped or ground food

2. small pie or pasty

1. a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable

2. informal terms referring to a domestic cat

1. small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games

2. a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel

1. sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors

2. a panel or section of panels in a wall or door

1. a fervent and even militant proponent of something

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

1. any sacred song used to praise the deity

1. the office of premier

1. the manner in which someone utters a word

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

1. a dough of flour and water and shortening

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

1. a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

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

2. a moralistic rebuke

1. someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)

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

1. an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA

1. an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

2. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions

1. material used to pave an area

2. the paved surface of a thoroughfare

1. (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more

1. a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

1. the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods

2. the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means

1. a high-ranking university administrator

1. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

1. the act of one who pleases

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

1. the cost of carrying or transporting

2. overland track between navigable waterways

1. the quality of being light enough to be carried

1. an affix that is added at the end of the word

1. seed of a pea plant used for food

2. the fruit or seed of a pea plant

1. a painful or straitened circumstance

2. an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

1. the expertness characteristic of a professional person

1. a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets

1. colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel

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

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

2. a tooth situated at the back of the mouth

1. the arrangement of the body and its limbs

2. characteristic way of bearing one's body

1. any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes

2. (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)

1. respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants

1. a support or foundation

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

1. a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped

2. the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

1. short underpants for women or children

1. European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot

2. male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots

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. voluntary promotion of human welfare

1. an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount

1. a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.)

1. offering sexual intercourse for pay

1. the act of excusing a mistake or offense

2. a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense

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

2. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons

1. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

1. any of various pale or light colors

1. someone who journeys in foreign lands

2. someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion

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

1. worthless or oversimplified ideas

2. a diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with intestinal disorders

1. an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole

2. (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground

1. a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

2. bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

1. a publication that appears at fixed intervals

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

2. the condition of having or giving polarity

1. a short light gust of air

2. a light inflated pastry or puff shell

1. someone who can find paths through unexplored territory

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

2. the system of numbering pages

1. a technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences

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

2. humorous or satirical mimicry

1. an apartment located on the top floors of a building

1. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters

2. a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches

1. one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination

2. (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood

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

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

1. a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures

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

1. a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)

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. annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers

1. (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula

2. one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements

1. an apparatus for removing impurities

1. the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

1. waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil

1. an unpleasant smell

1. someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel

1. a propelling force

2. the act of propelling

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

2. a prediction of the course of a disease

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

1. (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist

1. the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver

2. axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

1. a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land

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

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

1. repeated heavy blows

2. an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)

1. a public square with room for pedestrians

1. venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter

2. a large number or amount

1. what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment

1. a cloth having a crisscross design

1. something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions

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

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

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

1. an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown

2. rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field

1. a brief swim in water

2. a steep and rapid fall

1. a person with specialized training who assists lawyers

1. an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

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

1. either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material

2. a message that departs from the main subject

1. plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of

1. a person afflicted with paranoia

1. a person who plays the piano

1. dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)

2. any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color

1. an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land

1. a lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation

1. a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork

1. the state of being a parent

1. a formal public statement

2. the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice

1. obscene terms for feces

2. a stupid foolish person

1. a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides

1. small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle

1. a disease of poultry

2. a minor nonspecific ailment

1. young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf

2. an inexperienced young person

1. a soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes

1. a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey

1. an assumption that is taken for granted

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

1. a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work

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

1. a journey to a sacred place

1. someone who supervises (an examination)

1. tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous

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

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

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

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

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

2. the act of grouping things or people in pairs

1. an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration

2. a sign of something about to happen

1. a large orchestra; can perform symphonies

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. an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes

2. a rich and spectacular ceremony

1. a laminate made of thin layers of wood

1. any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber

1. a small book usually having a paper cover

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

1. a workman employed to pack things into containers

2. a wholesaler in the meat-packing business

1. a person who pays money for something

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

1. a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication

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

1. a physician who specializes in psychiatry

1. a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface

2. the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)

1. loss of the ability to move a body part

2. a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor

1. a very brief moment

2. a very small spot

1. vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar

2. informal terms for a difficult situation

1. the state of being plural

2. a large indefinite quantity

1. remedy that alleviates pain without curing

1. a country person

2. one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers

1. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

2. a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom

1. a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research

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

1. annual or perennial herb with aromatic leaves

2. aromatic herb with flat or crinkly leaves that are cut finely and used to garnish food

1. (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword

2. a return punch (especially by a boxer)

1. any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates

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. a polymer of propylene used as a thermoplastic molding material

1. the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge

2. an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements

1. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

2. (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world

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 highly energetic and indefatigable person

2. a team considered to be the best of its class

1. a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work

1. small dun-colored North American flycatcher

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 final payment of a debt

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

1. a small smooth rounded rock

1. love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

1. a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy

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

1. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one

2. a solemn pledge of fidelity

1. a member of a police force

1. a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences

1. the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)

1. lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish

2. important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod

1. a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage

2. a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed

1. rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

1. an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord

1. a humorous play on words

1. a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies

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

1. any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)

2. any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal

1. a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas

2. a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together

1. the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain

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. anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness

2. a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament

1. a small storeroom for storing foods or wines

1. the act of giving a false appearance

1. a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes

2. an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party

1. something that has been pruned off of a plant

2. the act of trimming a plant

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

2. capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

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

2. a state of danger involving risk

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

1. the principles and methods of instruction

2. the profession of a teacher

1. a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows

1. music performed for dancing the polka

2. a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time

1. a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry

1. support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)

2. a linear measure of 16.5 feet

1. a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

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

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. partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried

1. changing something from state to private ownership or control

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

1. the owner or manager of a plantation

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

1. a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals

1. the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)

1. a check issued in payment of wages or salary

1. an article deposited as security

2. a person used by another to gain an end

1. measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity)

1. remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease

2. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

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. an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity

1. that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

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

1. a scientist trained in physics

1. an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs

1. a disparaging term for a British person

1. loss of the ability to move a body part

1. (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

2. the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation

1. someone who fights for a cause

1. a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant

2. a team of policemen working under the military platoon system

1. a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope

1. teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their sound values

1. a chaplain in one of the military services

1. herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring

2. red gum tree of Tasmania

1. a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing

1. (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on

2. (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound

1. the state of being a father

2. the kinship relation between an offspring and the father

1. the short weak cry of a young bird

2. a secret look

1. wood of a pecan tree

2. tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts

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

1. long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation

1. a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year

2. a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk

1. a spotted or calico horse or pony

1. flesh of either quail or grouse

2. heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds

1. a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws

1. a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239

1. a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water

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

1. a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass

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

1. a pointed projection

1. a young pig

1. a senior clergyman and dignitary

2. any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet

1. the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent

2. relative importance or fame

1. the origination and development of a disease

1. a temporary police force

1. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

2. creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas

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

1. a pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone

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

2. walking with slow regular strides

1. a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels

2. an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-

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

2. acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

1. someone who writes plays

1. translating an idea into action

1. an unhappy and worried mental state

2. (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly

1. persuasion formulated as a suggestion

2. a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)

1. the time of life when sex glands become functional

1. a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

2. a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

1. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment

1. the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)

2. the office of prefect

1. a golfer who is putting

2. the iron normally used on the putting green

1. (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)

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

1. the act of providing approval and support

2. customers collectively

1. perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch

1. financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)

2. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life

1. any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads

1. the act of departing politely

2. a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions

1. vulgar or irreverent speech or action

1. a companion at play

1. a small rounded mass of a substance

2. a solid missile discharged from a firearm

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

1. a person afflicted with psychosis

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

1. a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle

1. a peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids

1. a shop where pizzas are made and sold

1. a beautiful and graceful girl

2. (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done

1. an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

1. hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter

1. the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet)

1. the branch of genetics that studies the full set of proteins encoded by a genome

1. the person in charge of a post office

1. any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases

1. constitution of the human body

2. alternative names for the body of a human being

1. therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities

1. payment in advance

1. part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored

1. a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

1. the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury

2. the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord

1. insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

2. a depression scratched or carved into a surface

1. a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

1. someone who attacks in search of booty

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

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

2. flesh of a pheasant; usually braised

1. the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

1. the body of ordained religious practitioners

1. an introduction to a play

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

1. the outside boundary or surface of something

1. extreme excess

1. a short moral story (often with animal characters)

2. (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message

1. a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation

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

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

1. the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion; duration of effect; etc.

1. liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned

2. the top of the head

1. a chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species

1. a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment

1. any liquid suitable for drinking

1. an amino acid that is found in many proteins (especially collagen)

1. the immediate descendants of a person

1. a path set aside for walking

1. the output of a computer in printed form

1. persistent determination

2. the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior

1. acting like a clown or buffoon

2. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

1. a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

1. a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action

2. a clerk who marks data on a chart

1. a superior paper resembling sheepskin

2. skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on

1. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

2. a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack

1. a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head

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

1. a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area

2. the handle of a pan

1. where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

1. tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving

1. all the gods of a religion

2. a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes

1. a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry

2. a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid

1. a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing

1. the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland

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

2. the principal character in a work of fiction

1. an inclination to do something

2. a natural inclination

1. any compound obtained from petroleum or natural gas

1. a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage

1. pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race

1. a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines

1. discretion in practical affairs

2. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

1. someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures

2. a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum

1. title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

2. the male head of family or tribe

1. a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses

2. someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)

1. criminal offense of making false statements under oath

1. religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress

1. a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound

1. the award given to the champion

2. a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)

1. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

1. people in general considered as a whole

1. the prevention of disease

1. a small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum

1. a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling

2. an optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome

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

1. flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish

2. any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

1. a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present

2. an enclosed space in which the air pressure is higher than outside

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

2. a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate

1. the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates

2. a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter

1. whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all

1. lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish

2. important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod

1. loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales

1. a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite)

2. a container for cooking popcorn

1. loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object

2. a small hole made by a sharp object

1. pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)

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. a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

1. synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants)

1. a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

2. the trait of practicing caution in advance

1. a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud

1. a man who delivers the mail

1. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

2. a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources

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

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

1. a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis

1. a young salmon up to 2 years old

2. the young of various fishes

1. the quality of being predictable

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

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

1. any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

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

2. the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements

1. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

1. a kind of heavy jacket

1. dried plum

1. similarity by virtue of corresponding

1. a medicine used to relieve pain

1. a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute

1. relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur

1. an armored vehicle or tank

1. a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head

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

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

1. a polymer of styrene; a rigid transparent thermoplastic

1. a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated

2. the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements

1. the act of making something ready

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

1. a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry

1. the finger farthest from the thumb

1. artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens

1. a sudden sharp feeling

2. a mental pain or distress

1. tightly woven fabric with raised cords

2. a sudden outburst of anger

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

1. an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

2. the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey

1. the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids

1. a sign of something about to happen

1. time for play or diversion

1. a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria

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

1. the metal bob of a plumb line

1. the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking

1. corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body

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. the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains

1. a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

1. a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

2. any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

1. usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling

1. any of various important officials in ancient Rome

2. (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands

1. someone who perpetrates wrongdoing

1. a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant

1. a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

2. a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks

1. a person to whom money is paid

1. a specialist in the care of babies

1. the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject

2. the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)

1. poisonous crystalline alkaloid occurring with ephedrine and isomorphic with it

1. someone who works in a coal mine

1. footwear usually with wooden soles

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

1. paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans

2. tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times

1. any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups

2. a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally

1. righteousness by virtue of being pious

1. a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels

1. either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material

2. a message that departs from the main subject

1. a sudden numbing dread

2. burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

1. something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason

2. an artful or simulated semblance

1. professional care for the feet and toenails

1. rewording for the purpose of clarification

1. a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes)

1. an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation

1. a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)

1. a temporary condition of torment or suffering

2. (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins

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

1. any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide

1. correct or appropriate behavior

1. a leading instance in its field

2. a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat

1. photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae

1. a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings

1. a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack

2. any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird

1. nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

2. small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

1. small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae

1. a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane

1. a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)

1. a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition

1. a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career

1. (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)

1. the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time

2. slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it

1. goods or money obtained illegally

1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship

1. small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coat

1. seed of a pea plant used for food

2. the fruit or seed of a pea plant

1. a philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account

1. a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

2. the quantity contained in a pail

1. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)

1. equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

1. obscene terms for female genitals

2. informal terms referring to a domestic cat

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the feet

1. (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases

1. a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut

1. journalism that presents a story primarily through the use of pictures

1. a small puncture that might have been made by a pin

1. a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role

1. distinctive and stylish elegance

2. a feathered plume on a helmet

1. a representation by picture or portraiture

1. a fluid product of inflammation

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

2. a maneuver in a game or conversation

1. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

2. the matter ejected in vomiting

1. a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil

1. common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature

1. a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase

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

1. the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water

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

2. an assumption that is taken for granted

1. any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers

1. superiority in power or influence

2. a superiority in numbers or amount

1. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one

1. any of various edible decapod crustaceans

2. shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible

1. (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related

2. (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes

1. any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills

1. any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism

1. concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities

1. inflammation of the pancreas; usually marked by abdominal pain

1. the form of government of a social organization

2. a politically organized unit

1. someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite

1. (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge

2. a float supporting a seaplane

1. gliding in a parasail

1. all of the offspring of a given progenitor

2. all future generations

1. 100 puls equal 1 afghani in Afghanistan

1. the basic unit of money in Botswana

1. to break off a military action with an enemy

1. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

2. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action

1. a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis

1. food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated

1. someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains

2. someone who dives (into water)

1. an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass

2. a short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth

1. the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word

1. plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers

2. a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos

1. rule of personal conduct

2. a doctrine that is taught

1. a fine coating of oxide (produced by oxidation over a long period of time) on the surface of a metal (particularly copper)

2. an acquired change in the appearance of something (other than metal or wood)

1. the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes

1. multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds

2. parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans

1. the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time

1. measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking

1. a person who passes by casually or by chance

2. a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group

1. the quality of recurring at regular intervals

1. a potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen); produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity

1. the beneficiary of a pension fund

1. a young pig

1. a minor match preceding the main event

2. an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue

1. a cardboard suitable for making posters

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

2. the occupation of a pilot

1. the act of indulging or gratifying a desire

1. shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit

2. large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind

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

1. genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism

1. something many people believe that is false

2. fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

1. a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

1. remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease

2. contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse

1. a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers

1. someone who advances a suggestion or proposal

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

1. the state of being first in importance

1. a pleasing entertainer

1. study of poetic works

1. time during which some action is awaited

2. act of putting off to a future time

1. a member of a panel

1. an essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism in children and adults; abundant in milk and eggs; it is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body

1. a polymer containing repeated amide groups

1. the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object

1. food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender

1. a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

1. a thermosetting resin

1. any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland

1. a strong liking

1. someone who explores an area for mineral deposits

1. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

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

2. the activity of making portraits

1. transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant

1. the full complement of proteins produced by a particular genome

1. setting an order and time for planned events

2. creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something

1. an unusually small individual

1. large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors

2. a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

1. the system of numbering pages

1. a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration)

1. a recklessly extravagant consumer

1. any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers

1. building reserved for the officiating clergy

1. a chief officer or chief magistrate

1. gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition

1. a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt

1. an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements

2. the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge

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

1. someone who publicizes

1. a horse used to set the pace in racing

2. a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together

1. a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

1. a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan

1. (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system

1. a meson involved in holding the nucleus together; produced as the result of high-energy particle collision

1. a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin

1. any substance that propels

1. written matter preceding the main text of a book

1. hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists

1. a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place

2. a hole made in something

1. a person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written

1. the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line

2. the manner in which something is expressed in words

1. pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends

1. an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention

2. the mental state of being preoccupied by something

1. the intended meaning of a communication

2. the pervading meaning or tenor

1. soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

1. a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen

2. the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect

1. a stipulated condition

1. an ancestor in the direct line

1. a person who is rejected (from society or home)

1. a suit made from a fabric with very thin stripes

2. a fabric with very thin stripes

1. a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc)

1. someone who tries to bring peace

2. anything that serves to pacify

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children

1. someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions

1. an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)

1. a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses

1. the branch of medicine dealing with the production and use of artificial body parts

1. a weight used to hold down a stack of papers

1. (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

2. the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

1. the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons

1. the application of plaster

1. the state of being a parent

2. the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents

1. money that you currently expect to pay on notes and accounts

1. the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration

1. one who intrudes or pushes himself forward

2. an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs

1. a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain

1. the beach at a seaside resort

1. salty fluid secreted by sweat glands

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

1. a person who is very poor

1. a lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one

1. mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

1. gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage

1. remorse for your past conduct

2. a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution

1. someone who tries to bring peace

1. informal terms for a human `tooth'

1. susceptibility to a pathogen

2. an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way

1. any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones

1. tilling the land with a plow

1. someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself

2. someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something

1. a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing

1. a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Paxil)

1. a curve that reverses the direction of something

2. an aberrant sexual practice

1. an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently

2. a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing

1. a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail

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

1. a ratio of two quantities that is constant

2. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)

1. an inactive form of plasmin that occurs in plasma and is converted to plasmin by organic solvents

1. a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon

1. a woman priest

1. any of three breeds of dogs whose ears and tail are usually cropped

1. the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

1. a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay

1. chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers

2. commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

1. a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research

2. a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree

1. the position of professor

1. the act of giving a false appearance

2. pretending with intention to deceive

1. (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds

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. any of various compounds composed of fatty acids and phosphoric acid and a nitrogenous base; an important constituent of membranes

1. the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

2. body covering of a living animal

1. a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood

1. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

1. an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)

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

1. measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube

1. the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior

2. the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

1. a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria

2. the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion

1. informal terms for dogs

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

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

1. external sex organ

1. a powerful vasoconstrictor used to dilate the pupils and relieve nasal congestion

1. small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes

2. a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant

1. a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry

1. a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team)

2. a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays

1. cooking in simmering liquid

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

1. the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner)

1. a copier that uses photographic methods of making copies

1. the feeling that things will turn out badly

2. a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things

1. breathing heavily (as after exertion)

2. any fabric used to make trousers

1. a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second

2. a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium

1. small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts

2. nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel

1. cheap or pretentious or vain display

2. ceremonial elegance and splendor

1. glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot

1. territory ruled by a prince

1. a handheld collapsible source of shade

1. a flat rectangular area for fencing bouts

2. a ski run densely packed with snow

1. a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding

1. a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes

1. (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground

1. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

1. a pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage)

1. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

2. (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel

1. the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless)

1. the first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor

1. a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color

1. a floor made of parquetry

2. seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle

1. the government of the Roman Catholic Church

1. a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat

1. the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium

2. the act of making coffee in a percolator

1. an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

1. a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line

1. the next to last syllable in a word

1. your personal financial means

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

1. a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music

2. a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables

1. bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow

1. the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

1. a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders

1. any of the bones of the fingers or toes

2. any closely ranked crowd of people

1. the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration

1. someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes

1. the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party

1. obscene terms for penis

2. bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects

1. an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits

1. the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

1. a person active in party politics

1. a theatrical program

1. machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically

1. any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers

1. the deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings

2. coloration of living tissues by pigment

1. the character of the positive electric pole

2. a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness

1. a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine

1. a disdainful grimace

2. marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas

1. a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage

2. the act of showing regard for others

1. a salt of perchloric acid

1. a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

2. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

1. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

1. a period of time during which there is no war

1. a performance using gestures and body movements without words

1. any of several bases that are derivatives of purine

2. a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances

1. fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground

1. the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)

1. someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being

1. an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty

2. a trap in the form of a concealed hole

1. any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules

1. plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy; suspended from a height for blindfolded children to break with sticks

1. a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race

2. a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines

1. an officer or crew member of a privateer

2. a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation

1. the case expressing ownership

1. the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows

2. a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets)

1. offensive inquisitiveness

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

2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate

1. a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten

1. corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body

1. an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative

1. ground that is permanently frozen

1. the peers of a kingdom considered as a group

1. a person who makes deceitful pretenses

2. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

1. a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder

1. a measuring instrument for measuring direct current electromotive forces

2. a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets

1. adopting a vain conceited posture

1. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

1. a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail

1. the state of being predominant over others

2. the quality of being more noticeable than anything else

1. a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive

1. the study of drugs that affect the mind

1. the condition of having or giving polarity

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

1. the branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases

1. the property of being extremely abundant

1. the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition

1. a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative

1. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

1. the basic unit of money in Macao

1. a pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar

2. the small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet; the seed and the hard endocarp that surrounds it

1. a prefabricated structure

1. discussion of an event after it has occurred

2. an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease

1. a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts

1. a state of extreme confusion and disorder

1. any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape

1. undergarment worn under a skirt

1. a plait of braided hair

1. someone who propels a boat with a pole

2. (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground

1. any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams

1. someone who plies a trade

1. the study of language use

1. phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes

1. gold or silver wire thread

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

1. a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area

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

1. reading carefully with intent to remember

1. any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros

2. orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe

1. tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers

1. a person who dissents from some established policy

2. someone who participates in a public display of group feeling

1. a power tool used to buff surfaces

1. an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives

1. an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult

1. the act of prolonging something

2. amount or degree or range to which something extends

1. the act of pouncing

1. a panel or section of panels in a wall or door

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

1. the head of the Roman Catholic Church

1. plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative

1. a ribbed fabric used in clothing and upholstery

1. someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)

2. an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs

1. the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification

1. (music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of music)

2. the craft of making fireworks

1. the act of selling goods for a living

1. a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint)

1. an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence

2. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

1. any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic

1. the act of carrying something piggyback

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

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

1. the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time

1. a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word

2. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)

1. an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures

1. visual imagery

2. visual representation as by photography or painting

1. a village council in India or southern Pakistan

1. an insufficient quantity or number

1. the humanistic study of language and literature

1. any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots

1. someone whose occupation is printing

2. a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media

1. apparent validity

1. goods or money obtained illegally

2. the act of stealing valuable things from a place

1. any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic

1. a journalist who presents a story primarily through the use of photographs

1. the metal bob of a plumb line

1. any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally

2. a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics

1. therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder

1. a passage between rooms or between buildings

2. a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

1. an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector

1. a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon

1. work table of a machine tool

2. the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type

1. (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

1. a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter; 10,000 phots equal 1 lux

1. the act of creating written works

1. saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken

1. an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation

1. a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

1. the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable

2. the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration

1. an optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field

1. large open car seating four with folding top

1. small meat pie or turnover

2. (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers

1. a toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor; usually derived from coal

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

1. plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

2. a quick succession of light rapid sounds

1. a person who owns something

1. a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant

2. A dietary supplement containing live bacteria, usually taken after a course of antibiotics to replenish the damaged gastrointestinal flora.

1. the subculture of users of psychedelic drugs

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

1. relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land

1. blowing tobacco smoke out into the air

2. an act of forcible exhalation

1. a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional

1. a framework that supports climbing plants

1. perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels

2. a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim

1. either of two large muscles of the chest

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

1. delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver

2. any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers

1. someone who propagates plants (as under glass)

2. someone who spreads the news

1. the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

1. a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)

2. a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)

1. a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards

1. a musician who plays percussion instruments

1. any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers

1. music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments

1. deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food

1. someone who supplies provisions (especially food)

1. an athletic contest consisting of five different events

1. a false or unsupportable quality

2. an artful or simulated semblance

1. disparaging terms for small people

2. small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America

1. a person of refined upbringing and manners

2. a member of the aristocracy

1. any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone

1. gliding in a parasail

1. a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra

1. an authoritative declaration

1. a person with mildly leftist political views

1. ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick

1. a glucocorticoid (trade names Pediapred or Prelone) used to treat inflammatory conditions

1. a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons

2. the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons

1. an annoyed or irritated mood

1. a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces

1. an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages

1. reading carefully with intent to remember

1. antihistamine (trade name Phenergan) used to treat allergies; also an antiemetic used to treat motion sickness

1. process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection

1. the monovalent organic group C3H7- obtained from propane

1. a specialist in care for the feet