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EXISTENCE |
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BEING, IN THE ABSTRACT |
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#1. Existence — N. existence, being, entity, ens [Lat.], esse [Lat.], subsistence. reality, actuality; positiveness &c. adj.; fact, matter of fact, sober reality; truth &c. 494; actual existence. presence &c. (existence in space) 186; coexistence &c. 120. stubborn fact, hard fact; not a dream &c. 515; no joke. center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle. [Science of existence], ontology. V. exist, be; have being &c. n.; subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case; occur &c. (event) 151; have place, prevail; find oneself, pass the time, vegetate. consist in, lie in; be comprised in, be contained in, be constituted by. come into existence &c. n.; arise &c. (begin) 66; come forth &c. (appear) 446. become &c. (be converted) 144; bring into existence &c. 161. abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay. Adj. existing &c. v.; existent, under the sun; in existence &c. n.; extant; afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent; undestroyed. real, actual, positive, absolute; true &c. 494; substantial, substantive; self-existing, self-existent; essential. well-founded, well-grounded; unideal†, unimagined; not potential &c. 2; authentic. Adv. actually &c. adj.; in fact, in point of fact, in reality; indeed; de facto, ipso facto. Phr. ens rationis [Lat.]; ergo sum cogito [Lat.], thinkest thou existence doth depend on time? [Byron]. |
#2. Inexistence — N. inexistence†; nonexistence, nonsubsistence; nonentity, nil; negativeness &c. adj.; nullity; nihility†, nihilism; tabula rasa [Lat.], blank; abeyance; absence &c. 187; no such thing &c. 4; nonbeing, nothingness, oblivion. annihilation; extinction &c. (destruction) 162; extinguishment, extirpation, Nirvana, obliteration. V. not exist &c. 1; have no existence &c. 1; be null and void; cease to exist &c. 1; pass away, perish; be extinct, become extinct &c. adj.; die out; disappear &c. 449; melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind; go, be no more; die &c. 360. annihilate, render null, nullify; abrogate &c. 756; destroy &c. 162; take away; remove &c. (displace) 185; obliterate, extirpate. Adj. inexistent†, nonexistent &c. 1; negative, blank; missing, omitted; absent &c. 187; insubstantial, shadowy, spectral, visionary. unreal, potential, virtual; baseless, in nubibus [Lat.]; unsubstantial &c. 4; vain. unborn, uncreated†, unbegotten, unconceived, unproduced, unmade. perished, annihilated, &c. v.; extinct, exhausted, gone, lost, vanished, departed, gone with the wind; defunct &c. (dead) 360. fabulous, ideal &c. (imaginary) 515, supposititious &c. 514. Adv. negatively, virtually &c. adj.. Phr. non ens [Lat.]. |
BEING, IN THE CONCRETE |
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#3. Substantiality — N. substantiality, hypostasis; person, being, thing, object, article, item; something, a being, an existence; creature, body, substance, flesh and blood, stuff, substratum; matter &c. 316; corporeity†, element, essential nature, groundwork, materiality, substantialness, vital part. [Totality of existences], world &c. 318; plenum. Adj. substantive, substantial; hypostatic; personal, bodily, tangible &c. (material) 316; corporeal. Adv. substantially &c. adj.; bodily, essentially. |
#4. Unsubstantiality — N. unsubstantiality†, insubstantiality; nothingness, nihility†; no degree, no part, no quantity, no thing. nothing, naught, nil, nullity, zero, cipher, no one, nobody; never a one, ne'er a one [Contr.]; no such thing, none in the world; nothing whatever, nothing at all, nothing on earth; not a particle &c. (smallness) 32; all talk, moonshine, stuff and nonsense; matter of no importance, matter of no consequence. thing of naught, man of straw, John Doe and Richard Roe, faggot voter; nominis umbra [Lat.], nonentity; flash in the pan, vox et praeterea nihil [Lat.]. shadow; phantom &c. (fallacy of vision) 443; dream &c. (imagination) 515; ignis fatuus [Lat.] &c. (luminary) 423; such stuff as dreams are made of" [Tempest]; air, thin air, vapor; bubble &c. 353; baseless fabric of a vision" [Tempest]; mockery. hollowness, blank; void &c. (absence) 187. inanity, fool's paradise. V. vanish, evaporate, fade, dissolve, melt away; disappear &c. 449. Adj. unsubstantial; baseless, groundless; ungrounded; without foundation, having no foundation. visionary &c. (imaginary) 515; immaterial &c. 137; spectral &c. 980; dreamy; shadowy; ethereal, airy; cloud built, cloud formed; gossamery, illusory, insubstantial, unreal. vacant, vacuous; empty &c. 187; eviscerated; blank, hollow; nominal; null; inane. Phr. there's nothing in it; an ocean of dreams without a sound" [Shelley]. |
FORMAL EXISTENCE |
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#5. Intrinsicality — N. intrinsicality†, inbeing†, inherence, inhesion†; subjectiveness; ego; egohood†; essence, noumenon; essentialness† &c. adj.; essential part, quintessence, incarnation, quiddity, gist, pith, marrow, core, sap, lifeblood, backbone, heart, soul; important part &c. (importance) 642. principle, nature, constitution, character, type, quality, crasis†, diathesis†. habit; temper, temperament; spirit, humor, grain; disposition. endowment, capacity; capability &c. (power) 157. moods, declensions, features, aspects; peculiarities &c. (speciality) 79; idiosyncrasy, oddity; idiocrasy &c. (tendency) 176; diagnostics. V. be in the blood, run in the blood; be born so; be intrinsic &c. adj.. Adj. derived from within, subjective; intrinsic, intrinsical†; fundamental, normal; implanted, inherent, essential, natural; innate, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inwrought; coeval with birth, genetous†, haematobious†, syngenic†; radical, incarnate, thoroughbred, hereditary, inherited, immanent; congenital, congenite†; connate, running in the blood; ingenerate†, ingenite†; indigenous; in the grain &c. n.; bred in the bone, instinctive; inward, internal &c. 221; to the manner born; virtual. characteristic &c. (special) 79, (indicative) 550; invariable, incurable, incorrigible, ineradicable, fixed. Adv. intrinsically &c. adj.; at bottom, in the main, in effect, practically, virtually, substantially, au fond; fairly. Phr. character is higher than intellect" [Emerson]; come give us a taste of your quality" [Hamlet]; magnos homines virtute metimur non fortuna [Lat.] [Nepos]; non numero haec judicantur sed pondere [Lat.] [Cicero]; vital spark of heavenly flame" [Pope]. |
#6. Extrinsicality — N. extrinsicality†, objectiveness, non ego; extraneousness &c. 57; accident; appearance, phenomenon &c. 448. Adj. derived from without; objective; extrinsic, extrinsical†; extraneous &c. (foreign) 57; modal, adventitious; ascititious†, adscititious†; incidental, accidental, nonessential; contingent, fortuitous. implanted, ingrafted†; inculcated, infused. outward, apparent &c. (external) 220. Adv. extrinsically &c. adj.. |
MODAL EXISTENCE |
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#7. State — N. state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, mood, pickle, plight, temper; aspect &c. (appearance) 448, dilemma, pass, predicament. constitution, habitude, diathesis†; frame, fabric &c. 329; stamp, set, fit, mold, mould. mode, modality, schesis†; form &c. (shape) 240. tone, tenor, turn; trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character. V. be in a state, possess a state, enjoy a state, labor under a state &c. n.; be on a footing, do, fare; come to pass. Adj. conditional, modal, formal; structural, organic. Adv. conditionally &c. adj.; as the matter stands, as things are; such being the case &c. 8. |
#8. Circumstance — N. circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, attitude, place, point; terms; regime; footing, standing, status. occasion, juncture, conjunctive; contingency &c. (event) 151. predicament; emergence, emergency; exigency, crisis, pinch, pass, push; occurrence; turning point. bearings, how the land lies. surroundings, context, environment 232; location 184. contingency, dependence (uncertainty) 475; causation 153, attribution 155. Adj. circumstantial; given, conditional, provisional; critical; modal; contingent, incidental; adventitious &c. (extrinsic) 6; limitative†. Adv. in the circumstances, under the circumstances &c. n., the circumstances, conditions &c. 7; thus, in such wise. accordingly; that being the case, such being the case, in view of the circumstances; that being so, sith†, since, seeing that. as matters stand; as things go, as times go. conditionally, provided, if, in case; if so, if so be, if it be so; depending on circumstances, in certain circumstances, under certain conditions; if it so happen, if it so turn out; in the event of; in such a contingency, in such a case, in such an event; provisionally, unless, without. according to circumstances, according to the occasion; as it may happen, as it may turn out, as it may be; as the case may be, as the wind blows; pro re nata [Lat.]. Phr. yet are my sins not those of circumstance" [Lytton]. |
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ABSOLUTE RELATION |
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#9. Relation — N. relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern, cognation; correlation &c. 12; analogy; similarity &c. 17; affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association; approximation &c. (nearness) 197; filiation &c. (consanguinity) 11; interest; relevancy &c. 23; dependency, relationship, relative position. comparison &c. 464; ratio, proportion. link, tie, bond of union. V. be related &c. adj.; have a relation &c. n.; relate to, refer to; bear upon, regard, concern, touch, affect, have to do with; pertain to, belong to, appertain to; answer to; interest. bring into relation with, bring to bear upon; connect, associate, draw a parallel; link &c. 43. Adj. relative; correlative &c. 12; cognate; relating to &c. v.; relative to, in relation with, referable or referrible to†; belonging to &c. v.; appurtenant to, in common with. related, connected; implicated, associated, affiliated, allied to; en rapport, in touch with. approximative†, approximating; proportional, proportionate, proportionable; allusive, comparable. in the same category &c. 75; like &c. 17; relevant &c. (apt) 23; applicable, equiparant†. Adv. relatively &c. adj.; pertinently &c. 23. thereof; as to, as for, as respects, as regards; about; concerning &c. v.; anent; relating to, as relates to; with relation, with reference to, with respect to, with regard to; in respect of; while speaking of, a propos of [Fr.]; in connection with; by the way, by the by; whereas; for as much as, in as much as; in point of, as far as; on the part of, on the score of; quoad hoc [Lat.]; pro re nata [Lat.]; under the head of &c. (class) 75, of; in the matter of, in re. Phr. thereby hangs a tale" [Taming of the Shrew]. |
#10. [Want, or absence of relation.] Irrelation — N. irrelation†, dissociation; misrelation†; inapplicability; inconnection†; multifariousness; disconnection &c. (disjunction) 44; inconsequence, independence; incommensurability; irreconcilableness &c. (disagreement) 24; heterogeneity; unconformity &c. 83; irrelevancy, impertinence, nihil ad rem [Lat.]; intrusion &c. 24; non-pertinence. V. have no relation to &c. 9; have no bearing upon, have no concern with &c. 9, have no business with; not concern &c. 9; have no business there, have nothing to do with, intrude &c. 24. bring in head and shoulders, drag in head and shoulders, lug in head and shoulders. Adj. irrelative†, irrespective, unrelated; arbitrary; independent, unallied; unconnected, disconnected; adrift, isolated, insular; extraneous, strange, alien, foreign, outlandish, exotic. not comparable, incommensurable, heterogeneous; unconformable &c. 83. irrelevant, inapplicable; not pertinent, not to the, purpose; impertinent, inapposite, beside the mark, a propos de bottes [Fr.]; aside from the purpose, away from the purpose, foreign to the purpose, beside the purpose, beside the question, beside the transaction, beside the point; misplaced &c. (intrusive) 24; traveling out of the record. remote, far-fetched, out of the way, forced, neither here nor there, quite another thing; detached, segregate; disquiparant†. multifarious; discordant &c. 24. incidental, parenthetical, obiter dicta, episodic. Adv. parenthetically &c. adj.; by the way, by the by; en passant [Fr.], incidentally; irrespectively &c. adj.; without reference to, without regard to; in the abstract &c. 87; a se. |
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#11. [Relations of kindred.] Consanguinity — N. consanguinity, relationship, kindred, blood; parentage &c. (paternity) 166; filiation†, affiliation; lineage, agnation†, connection, alliance; family connection, family tie; ties of blood; nepotism. kinsman, kinfolk; kith and kin; relation, relative; connection; sibling, sib; next of kin; uncle, aunt, nephew, niece; cousin, cousin-german†; first cousin, second cousin; cousin once removed, cousin twice removed; &c. near relation, distant relation; brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood. family, fraternity; brotherhood, sisterhood, cousinhood†. race, stock, generation; sept &c. 166; stirps, side; strain; breed, clan, tribe, nation. V. be related to &c. adj.. claim relationship with &c. n.. with. Adj. related, akin, consanguineous, of the blood, family, allied, collateral; cognate, agnate, connate; kindred; affiliated; fraternal. intimately related, nearly related, closely related, remotely related, distantly related, allied; german. |
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#12. [Double or reciprocal relation.] Correlation — N. reciprocalness &c. adj.†; reciprocity, reciprocation; mutuality, correlation, interdependence, interrelation, connection, link, association; interchange &c. 148; exchange, barter. reciprocator, reprocitist. V. reciprocate, alternate; interchange &c. 148; exchange; counterchange†. Adj. reciprocal, mutual, commutual†, correlative, reciprocative, interrelated, closely related; alternate; interchangeable; interdependent; international; complemental, complementary. Adv. mutually, mutatis mutandis [Lat.]; vice versa; each other, one another; by turns &c. 148; reciprocally &c. adj.. Phr. happy in our mutual help" [Milton]. |
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#13. Identity — N. identity, sameness; coincidence, coalescence; convertibility; equality &c. 27; selfness†, self, oneself; identification. monotony, tautology &c. (repetition) 104. facsimile &c. (copy) 21; homoousia: alter ego &c. (similar) 17; ipsissima verba [Lat.] &c. (exactness) 494; same; self, very, one and the same; very thing, actual thing; real McCoy; no other; one and only; in the flesh. V. be identical &c. adj.; coincide, coalesce, merge. treat as the same, render the same, identical; identify; recognize the identity of. Adj. identical; self, ilk; the same &c. n.. selfsame, one and the same, homoousian†. coincide, coalescent, coalescing; indistinguishable; one; equivalent &c. (equal) 27; tweedle dee and tweedle dum [Lat.]; much the same, of a muchness†; unaltered. Adv. identically &c. adj.; on all fours. |
#14. [Noncoincidence.] Contrariety — N. contrariety, contrast, foil, antithesis, oppositeness; contradiction; antagonism &c. (opposition) 708; clashing, repugnance. inversion &c. 218; the opposite, the reverse, the inverse, the converse, the antipodes, the antithesis, the other extreme. V. be contrary &c. adj.; contrast with, oppose; diller toto coelo [Lat.]. invert, reverse, turn the tables; turn topsy-turvy, turn end for end, turn upside down, turn inside out. contradict, contravene; antagonize &c. 708. Adj. contrary, contrarious†, contrariant†; opposite, counter, dead against; converse, reverse; opposed, antithetical, contrasted, antipodean, antagonistic, opposing; conflicting, inconsistent, contradictory, at cross purposes; negative; hostile &c. 703. differing toto coelo [Lat.]; diametrically opposite; diametrically opposed; as opposite as black and white, as opposite as light and darkness, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as the poles; as different as night and day; Hyperion to a satyr" [Hamlet]; quite the contrary, quite the reverse; no such thing, just the other way, tout au contraire [Fr.]. Adv. contrarily &c. adj.; contra, contrariwise, per contra, on the contrary, nay rather; vice versa; on the other hand &c. (in compensation) 30. Phr. all concord's born of contraries" [B. Jonson]. Thesis, antithesis, synthesis [Marx]. |
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#15. Difference — N. difference; variance, variation, variety; diversity, dissimilarity &c. 18; disagreement &c. 24; disparity &c. (inequality) 28; distinction, contradistinction; alteration. modification, permutation, moods and tenses. nice distinction, fine distinction, delicate distinction, subtle distinction; shade of difference, nuance; discrimination &c. 465; differentia. different thing, something else, apple off another tree, another pair of shoes; horse of a different color; this that or the other. V. be different &c. adj.; differ, vary, ablude†, mismatch, contrast; divaricate; differ toto coelo [Lat.], differ longo intervallo [It]. vary, modify &c. (change) 140. discriminate &c. 465. Adj. differing &c. v.; different, diverse, heterogeneous, multifarious, polyglot; distinguishable, dissimilar; varied, modified; diversified, various, divers, all manner of, all kinds of; variform &c. 81; daedal†. other, another, not the same; unequal &c. 28. unmatched; widely apart, poles apart, distinctive; characteristic, discriminative, distinguishing. incommensurable, incommensurate. Adv. differently &c. adj.. Phr. il y a fagots et fagots. |
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CONTINUOUS RELATION |
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#16. Uniformity — N. uniformity; homogeneity, homogeneousness; consistency; connaturality†, connaturalness†; homology; accordance; conformity &c. 82; agreement &c. 23; consonance, uniformness. regularity, constancy, even tenor, routine; monotony. V. be uniform &c. adj.; accord with &c. 23; run through. become uniform &c. adj.; conform to &c. 82. render uniform, homogenize &c. adj.; assimilate, level, smooth, dress. Adj. uniform; homogeneous, homologous; of a piece [Fr.], consistent, connatural†; monotonous, even, invariable; regular, unchanged, undeviating, unvaried, unvarying. unsegmented. Adv. uniformly &c. adj.; uniformly with &c. (conformably) 82; in harmony with &c. (agreeing) 23. always, invariably, without exception, without fail, unfailingly, never otherwise; by clockwork. Phr. ab uno disce omnes [Lat.]. |
#16a. [Absence or want of uniformity.] Nonuniformity — N. diversity, irregularity, unevenness; multiformity &c. 81; unconformity &c. 83; roughness &c. 256; dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divarication, divergence. Adj. diversified varied, irregular, uneven, rough &c. 256; multifarious; multiform &c. 81; of various kinds; all manner of, all sorts of, all kinds of. Adv. variously, in all manner of ways, here there and everywhere. |
PARTIAL RELATION |
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#17. Similarity — N. similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, semblance; affinity, approximation, parallelism; agreement &c. 23; analogy, analogicalness†; correspondence, homoiousia†, parity. connaturalness†, connaturality†; brotherhood, family likeness. alliteration, rhyme, pun. repetition &c. 104; sameness &c. (identity) 13; uniformity &c. 16; isogamy†. analogue; the like; match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister; one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum [Lat.], Arcades ambo†, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne [Lat.]; gens de meme famille [Fr.]. parallel; simile; type &c. (metaphor) 521; image &c. (representation) 554; photograph; close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance. V. be similar &c. adj.; look like, resemble, bear resemblance; smack of, savor of, approximate; parallel, match, rhyme with; take after; imitate &c. 19; favor, span [U.S.]. render similar &c. adj.; assimilate, approximate, bring near; connaturalize†, make alike; rhyme, pun. Adj. similar; resembling &c. v.; like, alike; twin. analogous, analogical; parallel, of a piece [Fr.]; such as, so; homoiousian†. connatural†, congener, allied to; akin to &c. (consanguineous) 11. approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like; a show of; mock, pseudo, simulating, representing. exact &c. (true) 494; lifelike, faithful; true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of; for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau [Fr.]; as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare; instar omnium [Lat.], cast in the same mold, ridiculously like. Adv. as if, so to speak; as it were, as if it were; quasi, just as, veluti in speculum [Lat.]. Phr. et sic de similibus [Lat.]; tel maitre tel valet [Fr.]; tel pere tel fils [Fr.]; like master, like servant; like father, like son; the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree; a chip off the old block |
#18. Dissimilarity — N. dissimilarity, dissimilaritude†; unlikeness, diversity, disparity, dissemblance†; divergence, variation.; difference &c. 15; novelty, originality; creativeness; oogamy†. V. be unlike &c. adj.; vary &c. (differ) 15; bear no resemblance to, differ toto coelo [Lat.]. render unlike &c. adj.; vary &c. (diversify) 140. Adj. dissimilar, unlike, disparate; divergent; of a different kind; &c. (class) 75 unmatched, unique; new, novel; unprecedented &c. 83; original. nothing of the kind; no such thing, quite another thing; far from it, cast in a different mold, tertium quid [Lat.], as like a dock as a daisy, very like a whale" [Hamlet]; as different as chalk from cheese, as different as Macedon and Monmouth; lucus a non lucendo [Lat.]. diversified &c. 16.1. Adv. otherwise. Phr. diis aliter visum [Lat.]; no more like my father than I to Hercules" [Hamlet]. |
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#19. Imitation — N. imitation; copying &c. v.; transcription; repetition, duplication, reduplication; quotation; reproduction; mimeograph, xerox, facsimile; reprint, offprint. mockery, mimicry; simulation, impersonation, personation; representation &c. 554; semblance; copy &c. 21; assimilation. paraphrase, parody, take-off, lampoon, caricature &c. 21. plagiarism; forgery, counterfeit &c. (falsehood) 544; celluloid. imitator, echo, cuckoo†, parrot, ape, monkey, mocking bird, mime; copyist, copycat; plagiarist, pirate. V. imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat; do like, echo, reecho, catch; transcribe; match, parallel. mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate; act &c. (drama) 599; represent &c. 554; counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature, lampoon, burlesque. follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of; take pattern by; follow suit, follow the example of; walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit; take after, model after; emulate. Adj. imitated &c. v.; mock, mimic; modelled after, molded on. paraphrastic; literal; imitative; secondhand; imitable; aping, apish, mimicking. Adv. literally, to the letter, verbatim, literatim [Lat.], sic, totidem verbis [Lat.], word for word, mot a mot [Fr.]; exactly, precisely. Phr. like master like man;" like - but oh! how different! " [Wordsworth]; genius borrows nobly" [Emerson]; pursuing echoes calling 'mong the rocks" [A. Coles]; quotation confesses inferiority" [Emerson]; Imitation is the sincerest form of Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." |
#20. Nonimitation — N. no imitation; originality; creativeness. invention, creation. Adj. unimitated†, uncopied†; unmatched, unparalleled; inimitable &c. 13; unique, original; creative, inventive, untranslated; exceptional, rare, sui generis uncommon [Lat.], unexampled. |
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#20a. Variation — N. variation; alteration &c. (change) 140. modification, moods and tenses; discrepance†, discrepancy. divergency &c. 291; deviation &c. 279; aberration; innovation. V. vary &c. (change) 140; deviate &c. 279; diverge &c. 291; alternate, swerve. Adj. varied &c. v.; modified; diversified &c. 16.1. |
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#21. [Result of imitation.] Copy — N. copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness. image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype†, photo offset, electrotype; imitation &c. 19; model, representation, adumbration, study; portrait &c. (representation) 554; resemblance. duplicate, reproduction; cast, tracing; reflex, reflexion [Brit.], reflection; shadow, echo. transcript [copy into a non-visual form], transcription; recording, scan. chip off the old block; reprint, new printing; rechauffe [Fr.]; apograph†, fair copy. parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie†, paraphrase. [copy with some differences] derivative, derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision; second edition &c. (repetition) 104. servile copy, servile imitation; plagiarism, counterfeit, fake &c. (deception) 545; pasticcio†. Adj. faithful; lifelike &c. (similar) 17; close, conscientious. unoriginal, imitative, derivative. |
#22. [Thing copied.] Prototype — N. prototype, original, model, pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type; archetype, antitype†; protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample†, paradigm; lay-figure. text, copy, design; fugleman†, keynote. die, mold; matrix, last, plasm†; proplasm†, protoplasm; mint; seal, punch, intaglio, negative; stamp. V. be an example, be a role model, set an example; set a copy. Phr. a precedent embalms a principle [Lat.Tran] [Disraeli]; exempla sunt odiosa [Lat.]. |
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#23. Agreement — N. agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony; concord &c. 714; concordance, concert; understanding, mutual understanding. conformity &c. 82; conformance; uniformity &c. 16; consonance, consentaneousness†, consistency; congruity, congruence; keeping; congeniality; correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union. fitness, aptness &c. adj.; relevancy; pertinence, pertinencey†; sortance†; case in point; aptitude, coaptation†, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility; cognation &c. (relation) 9. adaption†, adjustment, graduation, accommodation; reconciliation, reconcilement; assimilation. consent &c. (assent) 488; concurrence &c. 178; cooperation &c. 709. right man in the right place, very thing; quite the thing, just the thing. V. be accordant &c. adj.; agree, accord, harmonize; correspond, tally, respond; meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to; fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with; dovetail, assimilate; fit like a glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a T; match &c. 17; become one; homologate†. consent &c. (assent) 488. render accordant &c. adj.; fit, suit, adapt, accommodate; graduate; adjust &c. (render equal) 27; dress, regulate, readjust; accord, harmonize, reconcile; fadge†, dovetail, square. Adj. agreeing, suiting &c. v.; in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous†, correspondent, congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious reconcilable, conformable; in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with, &c. n.; at one with, of one mind, of a piece [Fr.]; consistent, compatible, proportionate; commensurate; on all fours. apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem [Lat.], in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible. fit adapted, in loco, a propos [Fr.], appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous†, deft; meet &c. (expedient) 646. at home, in one's proper element. Adv. a propos of [Fr.]; pertinently &c. adj.. Phr. rem acu tetigisti [Lat.]; if the shoe fits, wear it; the cap fits; auxilia humilia firma consensus facit [Lat.] [Syrus]; discers concordia [Lat.] [Ovid]. |
#24. Disagreement — N. disagreement; discord, discordance; dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy; unconformity &c. 83; incongruity, incongruence†; discongruity†, mesalliance; jarring &c. v.; dissension &c. 713; conflict &c. (opposition) 708; bickering, clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle. disparity, mismatch, disproportion; dissimilitude, inequality; disproportionateness &c. adj.†; variance, divergence, repugnance. unfitness &c. adj.; inaptitude, impropriety; inapplicability &c. adj.; inconsistency, inconcinnity†; irrelevancy &c. (irrelation) 10. misjoining†, misjoinder†; syncretism†, intrusion, interference; concordia discors [Lat.]. fish out of water. V. disagree; clash, jar &c. (discord) 713; interfere, intrude, come amiss; not concern &c. 10; mismatch; humano capiti cervicem jungere equinam [Lat.]. Adj. disagreeing &c. v.; discordant, discrepant; at variance, at war; hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with; unconformable, exceptional &c. 83; intrusive, incongruous; disproportionate, disproportionated†; inharmonious, unharmonious†; inconsonant, unconsonant†; divergent, repugnant to. inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper; unsuited, unsuitable; inapplicable, not to the point; unfit, unfitting, unbefitting; unbecoming; illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos [Fr.], inadmissible; inapposite &c. (irrelevant) 10. uncongenial; ill-assorted, ill-sorted; mismatched, misjoined†, misplaced, misclassified; unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable†; unsympathetic. out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element; at odds with, at variance with. Adv. in defiance, in contempt, in spite of; discordantly &c. adj.; a tort et a travers†. Phr. asinus ad lyram [Lat.]. |
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#25. [Absolute quantity.] Quantity — N. quantity, magnitude; size &c. (dimensions) 192; amplitude, magnitude, mass, amount, sum, quantum, measure, substance, strength, force. [Science of quantity.] mathematics, mathesis†. [Logic.] category, general conception, universal predicament. [Definite or finite quantity.] armful, handful, mouthful, spoonful, capful; stock, batch, lot, dose; yaffle†. V. quantify, measure, fix, estimate, determine, quantitate, enumerate. Adj. quantitative, some, any, aught, more or less, a few. Adv. to the tune of, all of, a full, the sum of, fully, exactly, precisely. |
#26. [Relative quantity.] Degree — N. degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch; reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber; gradation, shade; tenor, compass; sphere, station, rank, standing; rate, way, sort. point, mark, stage &c. (term) 71; intensity, strength &c. (greatness) 31. Adj. comparative; gradual, shading off; within the bounds &c. (limit) 233. Adv. by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto [It]; however, howsoever; step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop; a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and little; in some degree, in some measure; to some extent; di grado in grado [Lat.]. |
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#27. [Sameness of quantity or degree.] Equality — N. equality, parity, coextension†, symmetry, balance, poise; evenness, monotony, level. equivalence; equipollence†, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance†; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to choose; distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum [Lat.]; identity &c. 13; similarity &c. 17. equalization, equation; equilibration, co-ordination, adjustment, readjustment. drawn game, drawn battle; neck and neck race; tie, draw, standoff, dead heat. match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother; equivalent. V. be equal &c. adj.; equal, match, reach, keep pace with, run abreast; come to, amount to, come up to; be on a level with, lie on a level with; balance; cope with; come to the same thing. render equal &c. adj.; equalize level, dress, balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise; fit, accommodate; adapt &c. (render accordant) 23; strike a balance; establish equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium; readjust; stretch on the bed of Procrustes. Adj. equal, even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate; on a par with, on a level with, on a footing with; up to the mark; equiparant†. equivalent, tantamount; indistinguishable; quits; homologous; synonymous &c. 522; resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as long, neither more nor less.; much the same as, the same thing as, as good as; all one, all the same; equipollent, equiponderant†, equiponderous†, equibalanced†; equalized &c. v.; drawn; half and half; isochronal, isochronous isoperimetric†, isoperimetrical†; isobath [Ocean.], isobathic [Ocean.]. Adv. equally &c. adj.; pari passu [Lat.], ad eundum [Lat.], caeteris paribus [Lat.]; in equilibrio [Lat.]; to all intents and purposes. Phr. it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing; what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. |
#28. [Difference of quantity or degree.] Inequality — N. inequality; disparity, imparity; odds; difference &c. 15; unevenness; inclination of the balance, partiality, bias, weight; shortcoming; casting weight, make-weight; superiority &c. 33; inferiority &c. 34; inequation†. V. be unequal &c. adj.; countervail; have the advantage, give the advantage; turn the scale; kick the beam; topple, topple over; overmatch &c. 33; not come up to &c. 34. Adj. unequal, uneven, disparate, partial; unbalanced, overbalanced; top-heavy, lopsided, biased, skewed; disquiparant†. Adv. haud passibus aequis [Lat.] [Vergil]. |
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#29. Mean — N. mean, average; median, mode; balance, medium, mediocrity, generality; golden mean &c. (mid-course) 628; middle &c. 68; compromise &c. 774; middle course, middle state; neutrality. mediocrity, least common denominator. V. split the difference; take the average &c. n.; reduce to a mean &c. n.; strike a balance, pair off. Adj. mean, intermediate; middle &c. 68; average; neutral. mediocre, middle-class; commonplace &c. (unimportant) 643. Adv. on an average, in the long run; taking one with another, taking all things together, taking it for all in all; communibus annis [Lat.], in round numbers. Phr. medium tenuere beati [Lat.]. |
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#30. Compensation — N. compensation, equation; commutation; indemnification; compromise; &c. 774 neutralization, nullification; counteraction &c. 179; reaction; measure for measure, retaliation, &c. 718 equalization; &c. 27; robbing Peter to pay Paul. set-off, offset; make-weight, casting-weight; counterpoise, ballast; indemnity, equivalent, quid pro quo; bribe, hush money; amends &c. (atonement) 952; counterbalance, counterclaim; cross-debt, cross-demand. V. make compensation; compensate, compense†; indemnify; counteract, countervail, counterpoise; balance; outbalance†, overbalance, counterbalance; set off; hedge, square, give and take; make up for, lee way; cover, fill up, neutralize, nullify; equalize &c. 27; make good; redeem &c. (atone) 952. Adj. compensating, compensatory; countervailing &c. v.; in the opposite scale; equivalent &c. (equal) 27. Adv. in return, in consideration; but, however, yet, still, notwithstanding; nevertheless, nathless†, none the less; although, though; albeit, howbeit; mauger†; at all events, at any rate; be that as it may, for all that, even so, on the other, hand, at the same time, quoad minus [Lat.], quand meme [Fr.], however that may be; after all is said and done; taking one thing with another &c. (average) 29. Phr. light is mingled with the gloom" [Whittier]; every dark cloud has a silver lining; primo avulso non deficit alter [Vergil]; saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas [Lat.] [Ovid]. |
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#31. Greatness — N. greatness &c. adj.; magnitude; size &c. (dimensions) 192; multitude &c. (number) 102; immensity; enormity; infinity &c. 105; might, strength, intensity, fullness; importance &c. 642. great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world; mass, heap &c. (assemblage) 72; stock &c. (store) 636; peck, bushel, load, cargo; cartload†, wagonload, shipload; flood, spring tide; abundance &c. (sufficiency) 639. principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part; bulk, mass &c. (whole) 50. V. be great &c. adj.; run high, soar, tower, transcend; rise to a great height, carry to a great height; know no bounds; ascend, mount. enlarge &c. (increase) 35, (expand) 194. Adj. great; greater &c. 33; large, considerable, fair, above par; big, huge &c. (large in size) 192; Herculean, cyclopean; ample; abundant; &c. (enough) 639 full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high; signal, at its height, in the zenith. world-wide, widespread, far-famed, extensive; wholesale; many &c. 102. goodly, noble, precious, mighty; sad, grave, heavy, serious; far gone, arrant, downright; utter, uttermost; crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate; rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate; glaring, flagrant, stark staring; thorough-paced, thoroughgoing; roaring, thumping; extraordinary.; important &c. 642; unsurpassed &c. (supreme) 33; complete &c. 52. august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic &c. (repute) 873. vast, immense, enormous, extreme; inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown; towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible; marvelous &c. 870. unlimited &c. (infinite) 105; unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous. undiminished, unabated, unreduced†, unrestricted. absolute, positive, stark, decided, unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished. remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest; noteworthy; renowned. Adv. truly &c. (truth) 494 [in a positive degree]; decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience; for the most part, in the main. [in a complete degree] entirely &c. (completely) 52; abundantly &c. (sufficiently) 639; widely, far and wide. [in a great or high degree] greatly &c. adj.; much, muckle†, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little; pretty, pretty well; enough, in a great measure, richly; to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent; on a large scale; so; never so, ever so; ever so dole; scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much; by wholesale; mighty, powerfully; with a witness, ultra [Lat.], in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably; beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds; incalculably, infinitely. [in a supreme degree] preeminently, superlatively &c. (superiority) 33. [in a too great degree] immoderately, monstrously, preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance. [in a marked degree] particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly; famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, kat exochin [Gr.], strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously. [in an exceptional degree] peculiarly &c. (unconformity) 83. [in a violent degree] furiously &c. (violence) 173; severely, desperately, tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance; a outrance†, a toute outrance [Fr.]. [in a painful degree] painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly. Phr. a maximis ad minima [Lat.]; greatness knows itself" [Henry IV]; mightiest powers by deepest calms are mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed" [B. Cornwall]; minimum decet libere cui multum licet [Lat.] [Seneca]; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them" [Twelfth Night]. |
#32. Smallness — N. smallness &c. adj.; littleness &c. (small size) 193; tenuity; paucity; fewness &c. (small number) 103; meanness, insignificance (unimportance) 643; mediocrity, moderation. small quantity, modicum, trace, hint, minimum; vanishing point; material point, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot, mote, jot, iota, ace; minutiae, details; look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab, dight†, whit, tittle, shade, shadow; spark, scintilla, gleam; touch, cast; grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop, spice, drop, droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau†, screed, smack, tinge, tincture; inch, patch, scantling, tatter, cantlet†, flitter, gobbet†, mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter, shive†; snip, snippet; snick†, snack, snatch, slip, scrag†; chip, chipping; shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring, shaving, hair. nutshell; thimbleful, spoonful, handful, capful, mouthful; fragment; fraction &c. (part) 51; drop in the ocean. animalcule &c. 193. trifle &c. (unimportant thing) 643; mere nothing, next to nothing; hardly anything; just enough to swear by; the shadow of a shade. finiteness, finite quantity. V. be small &c. adj.; lie in a nutshell. diminish &c. (decrease) 36; (contract) 195. Adj. small, little; diminutive &c. (small in size) 193; minute; fine; inconsiderable, paltry &c. (unimportant) 643; faint &c. (weak) 160; slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited; meager &c. (insufficient) 640; sparing; few &c. 103; low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes; below par, under par, below the mark; at a low ebb; halfway; moderate, modest; tender, subtle. inappreciable, evanescent, infinitesimal, homeopathic, very small; atomic, corpuscular, microscopic, molecular, subatomic. mere, simple, sheer, stark, bare; near run. dull, petty, shallow, stolid, ungifted, unintelligent. Adv. to a small extent [in a small degree], on a small scale; a little bit, a wee bit; slightly &c. adj.; imperceptibly; miserably, wretchedly; insufficiently &c. 640; imperfectly; faintly &c. 160; passably, pretty well, well enough. [in a certain or limited degree] partially, in part; in a certain degree, to a certain degree; to a certain extent; comparatively; some, rather in some degree, in some measure; something, somewhat; simply, only, purely, merely; at least, at the least, at most, at the most; ever so little, as little as may be, tant soit peu [Fr.], in ever so small a degree; thus far, pro tanto [It], within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak. almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but; near upon, close upon; peu s'en faut [Fr.], near the mark; within an ace of, within an inch of; on the brink of; scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than. about [in an uncertain degree], thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say; be the same, be little more or less. no ways [in no degree], no way, no wise; not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow; in no wise, in no respect; by no means, by no manner of means; on no account, at no hand. Phr. dare pondus idonea fumo [Lat.] [Persius]; magno conatu magnas nugas [Lat.] [Terence]; small sands the mountain, moments make the small sands the mountain, moments make the year" [Young]. |
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#33. [Supremacy.] Superiority — N. superiority, majority; greatness &c. 31; advantage; pull; preponderance, preponderation; vantage ground, prevalence, partiality; personal superiority; nobility &c. (rank) 875; Triton among the minnows, primus inter pares [Lat.], nulli secundus [Lat.], captain; crackajack [U.S.]. supremacy, preeminence; lead; maximum; record; trikumia [Gr.], climax; culmination &c. (summit) 210; transcendence; ne plus ultra [Lat.]; lion's share, Benjamin's mess; excess, surplus &c. (remainder) 40; (redundancy) 641. V. be superior &c. adj.; exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance†, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, get ahead of; over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch; top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip &c. 303; eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of joint; have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage; turn the scale, kick the beam; play first fiddle &c. (importance) 642; preponderate, predominate, prevail; precede, take precedence, come first; come to a head, culminate; beat all others, &c. bear the palm; break the record; take the cake [U.S.]. become larger, render larger &c. (increase) 35, (expand) 194. Adj. superior, greater, major, higher; exceeding &c. v.; great &c. 31; distinguished, ultra [Lat.]; vaulting; more than a match for. supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning; first-rate &c. (important) 642, (excellent) 648; unrivaled peerless, matchless; none such, second to none, sans pareil [Fr.]; unparagoned†, unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached†, unsurpassed; superlative, inimitable facile princeps [Lat.], incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus [Lat.], ne plus ultra [Lat.]; beyond compare, beyond comparison; culminating &c. (topmost) 210; transcendent, transcendental; plus royaliste que le Roi [Fr.], more catholic than the Pope increased &c. (added to) 35; enlarged &c. (expanded) 194. Adv. beyond, more, over; over the mark, above the mark; above par; upwards of, in advance of; over and above; at the top of the scale, at its height. [in a superior or supreme degree] eminently, egregiously, preeminently, surpassing, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the most, to crown all, kat exochin [Gr.], par excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea, still more. Phr. I shall not look upon his like again" [Hamlet]; deos fortioribus addesse [Lat.] [Tacitus]. |
#34. Inferiority — N. inferiority, minority, subordinacy; shortcoming, deficiency; minimum; smallness &c. 32; imperfection; lower quality, lower worth. [personal inferiority] commonalty &c. 876. V. be inferior &c. adj.; fall short of, come short of; not pass, not come up to; want. become smaller, render smaller &c. (decrease) 36, (contract) 195; hide its diminished head, retire into the shade, yield the palm, play second fiddle, be upstaged, take a back seat. Adj. inferior, smaller; small &c. 32; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; secondrate &c. (imperfect) 651; sub, subaltern; thrown into the shade; weighed in the balance and found wanting; not fit to hold a candle to, can't hold a candle to. least, smallest &c. (little) (small) &c. 193; lowest. diminished &c. (decreased) 36; reduced &c. (contracted) 195; unimportant &c. 643. Adv. less; under the mark, below the mark, below par; at the bottom of the scale, at a low ebb, at a disadvantage; short of, under. |
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#35. Increase — N. increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation &c. (expansion) 194; increment, accretion; accession &c. 37; development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent &c. 305; exaggeration exacerbation; spread &c. (dispersion) 73; flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit. V. increase, augment, add to, enlarge; dilate &c. (expand) 194; grow, wax, get ahead. gain strength; advance; run up, shoot up; rise; ascend &c. 305; sprout &c. 194. aggrandize; raise, exalt; deepen, heighten; strengthen; intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble; aggravate, exaggerate; exasperate, exacerbate; add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino [Lat.], superadd &c. (add) 37; spread &c. (disperse) 73. Adj. increased &c. v.; on the increase, undiminished; additional &c. (added) 37. Adv. crescendo. Phr. vires acquirit eundo [Lat.] [Vergil]. |
#36. Nonincrease, Decrease — N. decrease, diminution; lessening &c. v.; subtraction &c. 38; reduction, abatement, declension; shrinking &c. (contraction.) 195; coarctation†; abridgment &c. (shortening) 201; extenuation. subsidence, wane, ebb, decline; ebbing; descent &c. 306; decrement, reflux, depreciation; deterioration &c. 659; anticlimax; mitigation &c. (moderation) 174. V. decrease, diminish, lessen; abridge &c. (shorten) 201; shrink &c. (contract) 195; drop off, fall off, tail off; fall away, waste, wear; wane, ebb, decline; descend &c. 306; subside; melt away, die away; retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble. bate, abate, dequantitate†; discount; depreciate; extenuate, lower, weaken, attenuate, fritter away; mitigate &c. (moderate) 174; dwarf, throw into the shade; reduce &c. 195; shorten &c. 201; subtract &c. 38. Adj. unincreased† &c. 35; decreased &c. v.; decreasing &c. v.; on the wane &c. n.. Phr. a gilded halo hovering round decay" [Byron]; fine by degrees and beautifully less" [Prior]. |
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#37. Addition — N. addition, annexation, adjection†; junction &c. 43; superposition, superaddition, superjunction†, superfetation; accession, reinforcement; increase &c. 35; increment, supplement; accompaniment &c. 88; interposition &c. 228; insertion &c. 300. V. add, annex, affix, superadd†, subjoin, superpose; clap on, saddle on; tack to, append, tag; ingraft†; saddle with; sprinkle; introduce &c. (interpose) 228; insert &c. 300. become added, accrue; advene†, supervene. reinforce, reenforce, restrengthen†; swell the ranks of; augment &c. 35. Adj. added &c. v.; additional; supplemental, supplementary; suppletory†, subjunctive; adjectitious†, adscititious†, ascititious†; additive, extra, accessory. Adv. au reste [Fr.], in addition, more, plus, extra; and, also, likewise, too, furthermore, further, item; and also, and eke; else, besides, to boot, et cetera; &c.; and so on, and so forth; into the bargain, cum multis aliis [Lat.], over and above, moreover. with, withal; including, inclusive, as well as, not to mention, let alone; together with, along with, coupled with, in conjunction with; conjointly; jointly &c. 43. Phr. adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit [Lat.]. |
#38. Nonaddition. Subtraction — N. subtraction, subduction†; deduction, retrenchment; removal, withdrawal; ablation, sublation†; abstraction &c. (taking) 789; garbling, &c. v.. mutilation, detruncation†; amputation; abscission, excision, recision; curtailment &c. 201; minuend, subtrahend; decrease &c. 36; abrasion. V. subduct, subtract; deduct, deduce; bate, retrench; remove, withdraw, take from, take away; detract. garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate†; cut off, cut away, cut out; abscind†, excise; pare, thin, prune, decimate; abrade, scrape, file; geld, castrate; eliminate. diminish &c. 36; curtail &c. (shorten) 201; deprive of &c. (take) 789; weaken. Adj. subtracted &c. v.; subtractive. Adv. in deduction &c. n.; less; short of; minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation; not counting, if one doesn't count. |
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#39. [Thing added] Adjunct — N. adjunct; addition, additament†; additum [Lat.], affix, appelidage†, annexe†, annex; augment, augmentation; increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item; garnish, sauce; accompaniment &c. 88; adjective, addendum; complement, supplement; continuation. rider, offshoot, episode, side issue, corollary; piece [Fr.]; flap, lappet, skirt, embroidery, trappings, cortege; tail, suffix &c. (sequel) 65; wing. Adj. additional &c. 37. alate†, alated†; winged. Adv. in addition &c. 37. |
#40. [Thing remaining.] Remainder — N. remainder, residue; remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic; leavings, heeltap†, odds and ends, cheesepairings†, candle ends, orts†; residuum; dregs &c. (dirt) 653; refuse &c. (useless) 645; stubble, result, educt†; fag-end; ruins, wreck, skeleton., stump; alluvium. surplus, overplus†, excess; balance, complement; superplus†, surplusage†; superfluity &c. (redundancy) 641; survival, survivance†. V. remain; be left &c. adj.; exceed, survive; leave. Adj. remaining, left; left behind, left over; residual, residuary; over, odd; unconsumed, sedimentary; surviving; net; exceeding, over and above; outlying, outstanding; cast off &c. 782; superfluous &c. (redundant) 641. |
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#41. [Forming a whole without coherence.] Mixture — N. mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion†; commixion†, intermixture, alloyage†, matrimony; junction &c. 43; combination &c. 48; miscegenation. impregnation; infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion; infiltration; seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding; interpolation; &c. 228 adulteration, sophistication. [Thing mixed] tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon. [Compound resulting from mixture] alloy, amalgam; brass, chowchow†, pewter; magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid [Lat.], miscellany, ambigu†, medley, mess, hotchpot†, pasticcio†, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts; jumble &c. (disorder) 59; salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum [Lat.], gallimaufry, olla-podrida†, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn; mosaic &c. (variegation) 440. half-blood, half-caste. mulatto; terceron†, quarteron†, quinteron† &c.; quadroon, octoroon; griffo†, zambo†; cafuzo†; Eurasian; fustee†, fustie†; griffe, ladino†, marabou, mestee†, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule [Lat.]; catalo†; cross, hybrid, mongrel. V. mix; join &c. 43; combine &c. 48; commix, immix†, intermix; mix up with, mingle; commingle, intermingle, bemingle†; shuffle &c. (derange) 61; pound together; hash up, stir up; knead, brew; impregnate with; interlard &c. (interpolate) 228; intertwine, interweave &c. 219; associate with; miscegenate†. be mixed &c.; get among, be entangled with. instill, imbue; infuse, suffuse, transfuse; infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper†, medicate, blend, cross; alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect. Adj. mixed &c. v.; implex†, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous; motley &c. (variegated) 440; miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate; miscible. Adv. among, amongst, amid, amidst; with; in the midst of, in the crowd. |
#42. [Freedom from mixture.] Simpleness — N. simpleness &c. adj.; purity, homogeneity. elimination; sifting &c. v.; purification &c. (cleanness) 652. V. render simple &c. adj.; simplify. sift, winnow, bolt, eliminate; exclude, get rid of; clear; purify &c. (clean) 652; disentangle &c. (disjoin) 44. Adj. simple, uniform, of a piece [Fr.], homogeneous, single, pure, sheer, neat. unmixed, unmingled†, unblended, uncombined, uncompounded; elementary, undecomposed; unadulterated, unsophisticated, unalloyed, untinged†, unfortified, pur et simple [Fr.]; incomplex†. free from, exempt from; exclusive. Adv. simple &c. adj.. only. |
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#43. Junction — N. junction; joining &c. v.; joinder [Law], union connection, conjunction, conjugation; annexion†, annexation, annexment†; astriction†, attachment, compagination†, vincture†, ligation, alligation†; accouplement†; marriage &c. (wedlock,) 903; infibulation†, inosculation†, symphysis [Anat.], anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation; meeting, reunion; assemblage &c. 72. coition, copulation; sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making. joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure†, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch; link &c. 45; miter mortise. closeness, tightness, &c. adj.; coherence &c. 46; combination &c. 48. annexationist. V. join, unite; conjoin, connect; associate; put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together [Fr.], tack together, fix together, bind up together together; embody, reembody†; roll into one. attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast &c. adj.; tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter &c. (restrain) 751; lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple†, link, yoke, bracket; marry &c. (wed) 903; bridge over, span. braze; pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet; impact, solder, set; weld together, fuse together; wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase†; graft, ingraft†, inosculate†; entwine, intwine†; interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist†, interweave; entangle; twine round, belay; tighten; trice up, screw up. be joined &c.; hang together, hold together; cohere &c. 46. Adj. joined &c. v.; joint; conjoint, conjunct; corporate, compact; hand in hand. firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved†; inseparable, indissoluble, insecable†, severable. Adv. jointly &c. adj.; in conjunction with &c. (in addition to) 37; fast, firmly, &c. adj.; intimately. Phr. tria juncta in uno [Lat.]. |
#44. Disjunction — N. disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement; discontinuity &c. 70; abjunction†; cataclasm†; inconnection†; abstraction, abstractedness; isolation; insularity, insulation; oasis; island; separateness &c. adj.; severalty; disjecta membra [Lat.]; dispersion &c. 73; apportionment &c. 786. separation; parting &c. v.; circumcision; detachment, segregation; divorce, sejunction†, seposition†, diduction†, diremption†, discerption†; elision; caesura, break, fracture, division, subdivision, rupture; compartition†; dismemberment, dislocation; luxation†; severance, disseverance; scission; rescission, abscission; laceration, dilaceration†; disruption, abruption†; avulsion†, divulsion†; section, resection, cleavage; fission; partibility†, separability. fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision. dissection anatomy; decomposition &c. 49; cutting instrument &c. (sharpness) 253; buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw. separatist. V. be disjoined &c.; come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces; peel off; get loose. disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair†; divorce, part, dispart†, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate; set apart, keep apart; insulate, isolate; throw out of gear; cut adrift; loose; unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock &c. (fix) 43, unpack, unravel; disentangle; set free &c. (liberate) 750. sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind†; circumcise; cut; incide†, incise; saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst; rend &c., rend asunder, rend in twain; wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch†, crunch, craunch†, chop; cut up, rip up; hack, hew, slash; whittle; haggle, hackle, discind†, lacerate, scamble†, mangle, gash, hash, slice. cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize; dislimb†; take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces; tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb; divellicate†; skin &c. 226; disintegrate, dismember, disbranch†, disband; disperse &c. 73; dislocate, disjoint; break up; mince; comminute &c. (pulverize) 330; apportion &c. 786. part, part company; separate, leave. Adj. disjoined &c. v.; discontinuous &c. 70; multipartite†, abstract; disjunctive; secant; isolated &c. v.; insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free; unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected; distinct; adrift; straggling; rift, reft†. [capable of being cut] scissile [Chem], divisible, discerptible†, partible, separable. Adv. separately &c. adj.; one by one, severally, apart; adrift, asunder, in twain; in the abstract, abstractedly. |
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#45. [Connecting medium.] Connection — N. vinculum, link; connective, connection; junction &c. 43; bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium†; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus. bond, tendon, tendril; fiber; cord, cordage; riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser†, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain; string &c. (filament) 205. fastener, fastening, tie; ligament, ligature; strap; tackle, rigging; standing rigging, running rigging; traces, harness; yoke; band ribband, bandage; brace, roller, fillet; inkle†; with, withe, withy; thong, braid; girder, tiebeam; girth, girdle, cestus†, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot; cabestro [U.S.], cinch [U.S.], lariat, legadero†, oxreim†; suspenders. pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener; clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp; cramp, cramp iron; ratchet, detent, larigo†, pawl; terret†, treenail, screw, button, buckle; clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet†, tag; tooth; hook, hook and eye; lock, holdfast†, padlock, rivet; anchor, grappling iron, trennel†, stake, post. cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer, solder, lute, putty, birdlime, mortar, stucco, plaster, grout; viscum†. shackle, rein &c. (means of restraint) 752; prop &c. (support) 215. V. bridge over, span; connect &c. 43; hang &c. 214. |
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#46. Coherence — N. coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness; concretion accretion; conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration; aggregation; consolidation, set, cementation; sticking, soldering &c. v.; connection; dependence. tenacity, toughness; stickiness &c. 352; inseparability, inseparableness; bur, remora. conglomerate, concrete &c. (density) 321. V. cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug; grow together, hang together; twine round &c. (join) 43. stick like a leech, stick like wax; stick close; cling like ivy, cling like a bur; adhere like a remora, adhere like Dejanira's shirt. glue; agglutinate, conglutinate†; cement, lute, paste, gum; solder, weld; cake, consolidate &c. (solidify) 321; agglomerate. Adj. cohesive, adhesive, adhering, cohering &c. v.; tenacious, tough; sticky &c. 352. united, unseparated, unsessile†, inseparable, inextricable, infrangible†; compact &c. (dense) 321. |
#47. [Want of adhesion, nonadhesion, immiscibility.] Incoherence — N. nonadhesion†; immiscibility; incoherence; looseness &c. adj.; laxity; relaxation; loosening &c. v.; freedom; disjunction &c. 44; rope of sand. V. make loose &c. adj.; loosen, slacken, relax; unglue &c. 46; detach &c. (disjoin) 44. Adj. nonadhesive, immiscible; incoherent, detached, loose, baggy, slack, lax, relaxed, flapping, streaming; disheveled; segregated, like grains of sand unconsolidated &c. 231, uncombined &c. 48; noncohesive†. |
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#48. Combination — N. combination; mixture &c. 41; junction &c. 43; union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis†, fusion, blending, absorption, centralization. alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium quid [Lat.]; resultant, impregnation. V. combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody†, blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate; put together, lump together; cement a union, marry. Adj. combined &c. v.; impregnated with, ingrained; imbued inoculated. |
#49. Decomposition — N. decomposition, analysis, dissection, resolution, catalysis, dissolution; corruption &c. (uncleanness) 653; dispersion &c. 73; disjunction &c. 44; disintegration. V. decompose, decompound; analyze, disembody, dissolve; resolve into its elements, separate into its elements; electrolyze [Chem]; dissect, decentralize, break up; disperse &c. 73; unravel &c. (unroll) 313; crumble into dust. Adj. decomposed &c. v.; catalytic, analytical; resolvent, separative, solvent. |
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#50. [Principal part.] Whole — N. whole, totality, integrity; totalness &c. adj.†; entirety, ensemble, collectiveness†; unity &c. 87; completeness &c. 52; indivisibility, indiscerptibility†; integration, embodiment; integer. all, the whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, be all and end all;" complex, complexus†; lock stock and barrel. bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages†; trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part; essential part &c. (importance) 642; lion's share, Benjamin's mess; the long and the short; nearly, all, almost all. V. form a whole, constitute a whole; integrate, embody, amass; aggregate &c. (assemble) 72; amount to, come to. Adj. whole, total, integral, entire; complete &c. 52; one, individual. unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered†, unclipped†, uncropped, unshorn; seamless; undiminished; undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised. indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable†, indiscerptible†. wholesale, sweeping; comprehensive. Adv. wholly, altogether; totally &c. (completely) 52; entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together; in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run; en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily†, en bloc, in extenso [Lat.], throughout, every inch; substantially. Phr. tout bien ou rien [Fr.]. |
#51. Part — N. part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector, segment; fraction, fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment, parcel. piece [Fr.], lump, bit cut, cutting; chip, chunk, collop†, slice, scale; lamina &c. 204; small part; morsel, particle &c. (smallness) 32; installment, dividend; share &c. (allotment) 786. debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus; excerpta†; member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig; runner; leaf, leaflet; stump; component part &c. 56; sarmentum†. compartment; department &c. (class) 75; county &c. (region) 181. V. part, divide, break &c. (disjoin) 44; partition &c. (apportion) 786. Adj. fractional, fragmentary; sectional, aliquot; divided &c. v.; in compartments, multifid†; disconnected; partial. Adv. partly, in part, partially; piecemeal, part by part; by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets; bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop; in detail, in lots. |
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#52. Completeness — N. completeness &c. adj.; completion &c. 729; integration; allness†. entirety; perfection &c. 650; solidity, solidarity; unity; all; ne plus ultra [Lat.], ideal, limit. complement, supplement, make-weight; filling, up &c. v.. impletion†; saturation, saturity†; high water; high tide, flood tide, spring tide; fill, load, bumper, bellyful†; brimmer†; sufficiency &c. 639. V. be complete &c. adj.; come to a head. render complete &c. adj.; complete &c. (accomplish) 729; fill, charge, load, replenish; make up, make good; piece out [Fr.], eke out; supply deficiencies; fill up, fill in, fill to the brim, fill the measure of; saturate. go the whole hog, go the whole length; go all lengths. Adj. complete, entire; whole &c. 50; perfect &c. 650; full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary; solid, undivided; with all its parts; all-sided. exhaustive, radical, sweeping, thorough-going; dead. regular, consummate, unmitigated, sheer, unqualified, unconditional, free; abundant &c. (sufficient) 639. brimming; brimful, topful, topfull; chock full, choke full; as full as an egg is of meat, as full as a vetch; saturated, crammed; replete &c. (redundant) 641; fraught, laden; full-laden, full-fraught, full-charged; heavy laden. completing &c. v.; supplemental, supplementary; ascititious†. Adv. completely &c. adj.; altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears; effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes; toto coelo [Lat.]; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground. to the top of one's bent, as far as possible, a outrance†. throughout; from first to last, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom, de fond en comble [Fr.]; a fond, a capite ad calcem [Lat.], ab ovo usque ad mala [Lat.], fore and aft; every, whit, every inch; cap-a-pie, to the end of the chapter; up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes; as a as can be. on all accounts; sous tous les rapports [Fr.]; with a vengeance, with a witness. Phr. falsus in uno falsus in omnibus [Lat.], false in one thing, false in everything; omnem movere lapidem [Lat.]; una scopa nuova spazza bene [It]. |
#53. Incompleteness — N. incompleteness &c. adj.; deficiency, short measure; shortcoming &c. 304; insufficiency &c. 640; imperfection &c. 651; immaturity &c. (nonpreparation) 674; half measures. [part wanting] defect, deficit, defalcation, omission; caret; shortage; interval &c. 198; break &c. (discontinuity) 70; noncompletion &c. 730; missing link. missing piece, missing part, gap, hole, lacuna. V. be incomplete &c. adj.; fall short of &c. 304; lack &c. (be insufficient) 640; neglect &c. 460. Adj. incomplete; imperfect &c. 651; unfinished; uncompleted &c. (complete) &c. 729; defective, deficient, wanting, lacking, failing; in default, in arrear†; short of; hollow, meager, lame, halfand-half, perfunctory, sketchy; crude &c. (unprepared) 674. mutilated, garbled, docked, lopped, truncated. in progress, in hand; going on, proceeding. Adv. incompletely &c. adj.; by halves. Phr. caetera desunt [Lat.]; caret. |
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#54. Composition — N. composition, constitution, crasis†; combination &c. 48; inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception; embodiment; formation. V. be composed of, be made of, be formed of, be made up of; consist of, be resolved into. include &c. (in a class) 76; contain, hold, comprehend, take in, admit, embrace, embody; involve, implicate; drag into. compose, constitute, form, make; make up, fill up, build up; enter into the composition of &c. (be a component) 56. Adj. containing, constituting &c. v.. |
#55. Exclusion — N. exclusion, nonadmission, omission, exception, rejection, repudiation; exile &c. (seclusion) 893; noninclusion†, preclusion, prohibition. separation, segregation, seposition†, elimination, expulsion; cofferdam. V. be excluded from &c.; exclude, bar; leave out, shut out, bar out; reject, repudiate, blackball; lay apart, put apart, set apart, lay aside, put aside; relegate, segregate; throw overboard; strike off, strike out; neglect &c. 460; banish &c. (seclude) 893; separate &c. (disjoin) 44. pass over, omit; garble; eliminate, weed, winnow. Adj. excluding &c. v.; exclusive. excluded &c. v.; unrecounted†, not included in; inadmissible. Adv. exclusive of, barring; except; with the exception of; save; bating. |
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#56. Component — N. component; component part, integral part, integrant part†; element, constituent, ingredient, leaven; part and parcel; contents; appurtenance; feature; member &c. (part) 51; personnel. V. enter into, enter into the composition of; be a component &c. n. be part of, form part of &c. 51; merge in, be merged in; be implicated in; share in &c. (participate) 778; belong to, appertain to; combine, inhere in, unite. form, make, constitute, compose. Adj. forming &c. v.. inclusive. |
#57. Extraneousness — N. extraneousness &c. adj.; extrinsicality &c. 6; exteriority &c. 220; alienage†, alienism. foreign body, foreign substance, foreign element; alien, stranger, intruder, interloper, foreigner, novus homo [Lat.], newcomer, immigrant, emigrant; creole, Africander†; outsider; Dago [Slang], wop, mick, polak, greaser, slant, Easterner [U.S.], Dutchman, tenderfoot. Adj. extraneous, foreign, alien, ulterior; tramontane, ultramontane. excluded &c. 55; inadmissible; exceptional. Adv. in foreign parts, in foreign lands; abroad, beyond seas; over sea on one's travels. |
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#58. Order — N. order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo [Lat.]; music of the spheres. gradation, progression; series &c. (continuity) 69. subordination; course, even tenor, routine; method, disposition, arrangement, array, system, economy, discipline orderliness &c. adj.. rank, place &c. (term) 71. V. be in order, become in order &c. adj.; form, fall in, draw up; arrange itself, range itself, place itself; fall into one's place, take one's place, take one's rank; rally round. adjust, methodize, regulate, systematize. Adj. orderly, regular; in order, in trim, in apple-pie order, in its proper place; neat, tidy, en regle [Fr.], well regulated, correct, methodical, uniform, symmetrical, shipshape, businesslike, systematic; unconfused &c. (confuse) &c. 61; arranged &c. 60. Adv. in order; methodically &c. adj.; in turn, in its turn; by steps, step by step; by regular steps, by regular gradations, by regular stages, by regular intervals; seriatim, systematically, by clockwork, gradatim [Lat.]; at stated periods &c. (periodically) 138. Phr. natura non facit saltum [Lat.]; order is heaven's first law" [Pope]; order from disorder sprung" [Paradise Lost]; ordo est parium dispariumque rerum sua loca tribuens ordo est parium dispariumque rerum sua loca tribuens dispositio [Lat.] [St. Augustine]. |
#59. [Absence, or want of Order, &c.] Disorder — N. disorder; derangement &c. 61; irregularity; anomaly &c. (unconformity) 83; anarchy, anarchism; want of method; untidiness &c. adj.; disunion; discord &c. 24. confusion; confusedness &c. adj.; mishmash, mix; disarray, jumble, huddle, litter, lumber; cahotage†; farrago; mess, mash, muddle, muss [U.S.], hash, hodgepodge; hotch-potch†, hotch-pot†; imbroglio, chaos, omnium gatherum [Lat.], medley; mere mixture &c. 41; fortuitous concourse of atoms, disjecta membra [Lat.], rudis indigestaque moles [Lat.] [Ovid]. complexity &c. 59.1. turmoil; ferment &c. (agitation) 315; to-do, trouble, pudder†, pother, row, rumble, disturbance, hubbub, convulsion, tumult, uproar, revolution, riot, rumpus, stour†, scramble, brawl, fracas, rhubarb, fight, free-for-all, row, ruction, rumpus, embroilment, melee, spill and pelt, rough and tumble; whirlwind &c. 349; bear garden, Babel, Saturnalia, donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair, confusion worse confounded, most admired disorder, concordia discors [Lat.]; Bedlam, all hell broke loose; bull in a china shop; all the fat in the fire, diable a' quatre [Fr.], Devil to pay; pretty kettle of fish; pretty piece of work [Fr.], pretty piece of business [Fr.]. [legal terms] disorderly person; disorderly persons offence; misdemeanor. [moral disorder] slattern, slut (libertine) 962. V. be disorderly &c. adj.; ferment, play at cross-purposes. put out of order; derange &c. 61; ravel &c. 219; ruffle, rumple. Adj. disorderly, orderless; out of order, out of place, out of gear; irregular, desultory; anomalous &c. (unconformable) 83; acephalous†, deranged; aimless; disorganized; straggling; unmethodical, immethodical†; unsymmetric†, unsystematic; untidy, slovenly; dislocated; out of sorts; promiscuous, indiscriminate; chaotic, anarchical; unarranged &c. (arrange) &c. 60; confused; deranged &c. 61; topsy-turvy &c. (inverted) 218; shapeless &c. 241; disjointed, out of joint. troublous†; riotous &c. (violent) 173. complex &c. 59.1. Adv. irregularly &c. adj.; by fits, by fits and snatches, by fits and starts; pellmell; higgledy-piggledy; helter-skelter, harum-scarum; in a ferment; at sixes and sevens, at cross-purposes; upside down &c. 218. Phr. the cart before the horse; hysteron proteron [Gr.]; chaos is come again; the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds" [Addison]. |
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#59a. Complexity — N. complexity; complexness &c. adj.; complexus†; complication, implication; intricacy, intrication†; perplexity; network, labyrinth; wilderness, jungle; involution, raveling, entanglement; coil &c. (convolution) 248; sleave†, tangled skein, knot, Gordian knot, wheels within wheels; kink, gnarl, knarl†; webwork†. [complexity if a task or action] difficulty &c. 704. V. complexify†, complicate. Adj. gnarled, knarled†. complex, complexed; intricate, complicated, perplexed, involved, raveled, entangled, knotted, tangled, inextricable; irreducible. |
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#60. [Reduction to Order.] Arrangement — N. arrangement; plan &c. 626; preparation &c. 673; disposal, disposition; collocation, allocation; distribution; sorting &c. v.; assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis†, graduation, organization; grouping; tabulation. analysis, classification, clustering, division, digestion. [Result of arrangement] digest; synopsis &c. (compendium) 596; syntagma [Gramm.], table, atlas; file, database; register. &c. (record) 551; organism, architecture. [Instrument for sorting] sieve, riddle, screen, sorter. V. reduce to order, bring into order; introduce order into; rally. arrange, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal; cast the parts, assign the parts; dispose of, assign places to; assort, sort; sift, riddle; put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array; apportion. class, classify; divide; file, string together, thread; register &c. (record) 551; catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade. methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix. unravel, disentangle, ravel, card; disembroil†; feaze†. Adj. arranged &c. v.; embattled, in battle array; cut and dried; methodical, orderly, regular, systematic. Phr. In vast cumbrous array" [Churchill]. |
#61. [Subversion of Order; bringing into disorder.] Derangement — N. derangement &c. v.; disorder &c. 59; evection†, discomposure, disturbance; disorganization, deorganization†; dislocation; perturbation, interruption; shuffling &c. v.; inversion &c. 218; corrugation &c. (fold) 258; involvement. interchange &c. 148. V. derange; disarrange, misarrange†; displace, misplace; mislay, discompose, disorder; deorganize†, discombobulate, disorganize; embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble; shuffle, randomize; huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot; bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder &c. 59; muss [U.S.]; break the ranks, disconcert, convulse; break in upon. unhinge, dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear. turn topsy-turvy &c. (invert) 218; bedevil; complicate, involve, perplex, confound; imbrangle†, embrangle†, tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle†, dishevel, ruffle; rumple &c. (fold) 258. litter, scatter; mix &c. 41. rearrange &c. 148. Adj. deranged &c. v.; syncretic, syncretistic†; mussy, messy; flaky; random, unordered [U.S.]. |
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#62. Precedence — N. precedence; coming before &c. v.; the lead, le pas; superiority &c. 33; importance &c. 642; antecedence, antecedency†; anteriority &c. (front) 234; precursor &c. 64; priority &c. 116; precession &c. 280; anteposition†; epacme†; preference. V. precede; come before, come first; head, lead, take the lead; lead the way, lead the dance; be in the vanguard; introduce, usher in; have the pas; set the fashion &c. (influence) 175; open the ball; take precedence, have precedence; have the start &c. (get before) 280. place before; prefix; premise, prelude, preface. Adj. preceding &c. v.; precedent, antecedent; anterior; prior &c. 116; before; former; foregoing; beforementioned†, abovementioned†, aforementioned; aforesaid, said; precursory, precursive†; prevenient†, preliminary, prefatory, introductory; prelusive, prelusory; proemial†, preparatory. Adv. before; in advance &c. (precession) 280. Phr. seniores priores [Lat.]; prior tempore prior jure [Lat.]. |
#63. Sequence — N. sequence, coming after; going after &c. (following) 281; consecution, succession; posteriority &c. 117. continuation; order of succession; successiveness; paracme†. secondariness†; subordinancy &c. (inferiority) 34. afterbirth, afterburden†; placenta, secundines [Med.]. V. succeed; come after, come on, come next; follow, ensue, step into the shoes of; alternate. place after, suffix, append. Adj. succeeding &c.; v.; sequent†; subsequent, consequent, sequacious†, proximate, next; consecutive &c. (continuity) 69; alternate, amoebean†. latter; posterior &c. 117. Adv. after, subsequently; behind &c. (rear) 235. |
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#64. Precursor — N. precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor; forerunner, vancourier†, avant-coureur [Fr.], pioneer, prodrome†, prodromos†, prodromus†, outrider; leader, bellwether; herald, harbinger; foreboding; dawn; avant-courier, avant-garde, bellmare†, forelooper†, foreloper†, stalking-horse, voorlooper [Afrik.], voortrekker [Afrik.]. prelude, preamble, preface, prologue, foreword, avant-propos [Fr.], protasis†, proemium†, prolusion†, proem, prolepsis [Gramm.], prolegomena, prefix, introduction; heading, frontispiece, groundwork; preparation &c. 673; overture, exordium [Lat.], symphony; premises. prefigurement &c. 511; omen &c. 512. Adj. precursory; prelusive, prelusory, preludious†; proemial†, introductory, prefatory, prodromous†, inaugural, preliminary; precedent &c. (prior) 116. Phr. a precedent embalms a principle" [Disraeli]. |
#65. Sequel — N. sequel, suffix, successor; tail, queue, train, wake, trail, rear; retinue, suite; appendix, postscript; epilogue; peroration; codicil; continuation, sequela†; appendage; tail piece [Fr.], heelpiece†; tag, more last words; colophon. aftercome†, aftergrowth†, afterpart†, afterpiece†, aftercourse†, afterthought, aftergame†; arriere pensee [Fr.], second thoughts; outgrowth. |
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#66. Beginning — N. beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation†; introduction &c. (precursor) 64; alpha, initial; inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation [Fr.], rising of the curtain; maiden speech; outbreak, onset, brunt; initiative, move, first move; narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge; fresh start, new departure. origin &c. (cause) 153; source, rise; bud, germ &c. 153; egg, rudiment; genesis, primogenesis†, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy; start, inception, creation, starting point &c. 293; dawn &c. (morning) 125; evolution. title-page; head, heading; van &c. (front) 234; caption, fatihah†. entrance, entry; inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon†, door; gate, gateway; postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule; propylaeum†; skirts, border &c. (edge) 231. first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight. rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, ABC. V. begin, start, commence; conceive, open, dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter; set out &c. (depart) 293; embark in; incept†. initiate, launch, inaugurate. inchoate, rise, arise, originate. usher in; lead off, lead the way; take the lead, take the initiative; head; stand at the head, stand first, stand for; lay the foundations &c. (prepare) 673; found &c. (cause) 153; set up, set on foot, agoing†, set abroach†, set the ball in motion; apply the match to a train; broach; open up, open the door to. get underway, set about, get to work, set to work, set to; make a beginning, make a start. handsel; take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf; break ground, break the ice, break cover; pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon; open fire, open the ball; ventilate, air; undertake &c. 676. come into existence, come into the world; make one's debut, take birth; burst forth, break out; spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear, materialize. begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo [Lat.]. begin again, begin de novo; start afresh, make a fresh start, take it from the top, shuffle the cards, reshuffle the cards, resume, recommence. Adj. beginning &c. v.; initial, initiatory, initiative; inceptive, introductory, incipient; proemial†, inaugural; inchoate, inchoative†; embryonic, rudimental; primogenial†; primeval, primitive, primordial &c. (old) 124; aboriginal; natal, nascent. first, foremost, leading; maiden. begun &c. v.; just begun &c. v.. Adv. at the beginning, in the beginning, &c. n.; first, in the first place, imprimis [Lat.], first and foremost; in limine [Lat.]; in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy; from the beginning, from its birth; ab initio [Lat.], ab ovo [Lat.], ab incunabilis [Lat.], ab origine [Lat.]. Phr. let's get going!, let's get this show on the road!, up and at 'em!; aller Anfang ist schwer [G.], dimidium facti qui coepit habet [Lat.] [Cicero]; omnium rerum principia parva sunt [Lat.] [Cicero]. |
#67. End — N. end, close, termination; desinence†, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, extremity; gable end, butt end, fag-end; tip, nib, point; tail &c. (rear) 235; verge &c. (edge) 231; tag, peroration; bonne bouche [Fr.]; bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard. consummation, denouement; finish &c. (completion) 729; fate; doom, doomsday; crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain; goal, destination; limit, determination; expiration, expiry†, extinction, extermination; death &c. 360; end of all things; finality; eschatology. break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point; coup de grace, deathblow; knock-out-blow; sockdolager [U.S.]. V. end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over; expire; die &c. 360; come-, draw-to-a-close &c. n.; have run its course; run out, pass away. bring to an end &c. n.; put an end to, make an end of; determine; get through; achieve &c. (complete) 729; stop &c. (make to cease) 142; shut up shop; hang up one's fiddle. Adj. ending &c. v.; final, terminal, definitive; crowning &c. (completing) 729; last, ultimate; hindermost†; rear &c. 235; caudal; vergent†. conterminate†, conterminous, conterminable†. ended &c. v.; at an end; settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest; conclusive. penultimate; last but one, last but two, &c. unbegun, uncommenced†; fresh. Adv. finally &c. adj.; in fine; at the last; once for all. Phr. as high as Heaven and as deep as hell" [Beaumont and Fletcher]; deficit omne quod nascitur [Lat.] [Quintilian]; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin [Fr.]; finem respice [Lat.]; ultimus Romanorum [Lat.]. |
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#68. Middle — N. middle, midst, mediety†, mean &c. 29; medium, middle term; center &c. 222, mid-course &c. 628; mezzo termine [It]; juste milieu [Fr.] &c. 628; halfway house, nave, navel, omphalos†; nucleus, nucleolus. equidistance†, bisection, half distance; equator, diaphragm, midriff; intermediate &c. 228. Adj. middle, medial, mesial [Med.], mean, mid, median, average; middlemost, midmost; mediate; intermediate &c. (interjacent) 228; equidistant; central &c. 222; mediterranean, equatorial; homocentric. Adv. in the middle; midway, halfway; midships†, amidships, in medias res. |
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#69. [Uninterrupted sequence.] Continuity — N. continuity; consecution, consecutiveness &c. adj.; succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain; catenation, concatenation; scale; gradation, course; ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent. procession, column; retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle, array. pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race; ancestry, descent, family, house; line, line of ancestors; strain. rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team; suit; colonnade. V. follow in a series, form a series &c. n.; fall in. arrange in a series, collate &c. n.; string together, file, thread, graduate, organize, sort, tabulate. Adj. continuous, continued; consecutive; progressive, gradual; serial, successive; immediate, unbroken, entire; linear; in a line, in a row &c. n.; uninterrupted, unintermitting†; unremitting, unrelenting (perseverence) 604.1; perennial, evergreen; constant. Adv. continuously &c. adj.; seriatim; in a line &c. n.; in succession, in turn; running, gradually, step by step, gradatim [Lat.], at a stretch; in file, in column, in single file, in Indian file. |
#70. [Interrupted sequence.] Discontinuity — N. discontinuity; disjunction &c. 44; anacoluthon†; interruption, break, fracture, flaw, fault, crack, cut; gap &c. (interval) 198; solution of continuity, caesura; broken thread; parenthesis, episode, rhapsody, patchwork; intermission; alternation &c. (periodicity) 138; dropping fire. V. be discontinuous &c. adj.; alternate, intermit, sputter, stop and start, hesitate. discontinue, pause, interrupt; intervene; break, break in upon, break off; interpose &c. 228; break the thread, snap the thread; disconnect &c. (disjoin) 44; dissever. Adj. discontinuous, unsuccessive†, broken, interrupted, dicousu [Fr.]; disconnected, unconnected; discrete, disjunctive; fitful &c. (irregular) 139; spasmodic, desultory; intermitting, occasional &c. v., intermittent; alternate; recurrent &c. (periodic) 138. Adv. at intervals; by snatches, by jerks, by skips, by catches, by fits and starts; skippingly†, per saltum [Lat.]; longo intervallo [It]. Phr. like 'angel visits few and far between'" [Campbell]. |
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#71. Term — N. term, rank, station, stage, step; degree &c. 26; scale, remove, grade, link, peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch; stand, standing; footing, range. V. hold a place, occupy a place, find a place, fall into a place &c. n.. |
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#72. Assemblage — N. assemblage; collection, collocation, colligation†; compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement†; team; concourse, conflux†, congregation, contesseration†, convergence &c. 290; meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home; conversazione [It] &c. (social gathering) 892; assembly, congress; convention, conventicle; gemote†; conclave &c. (council) 696; posse, posse comitatus [Lat.]; Noah's ark. miscellany, collectanea†; museum, menagerie &c. (store) 636; museology†. crowd, throng, group; flood, rush, deluge; rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue†, horde, body, tribe; crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party; swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove; atajo†; bunch, drive, force, mulada [U.S.]; remuda†; roundup [U.S.]; array, bevy, galaxy; corps, company, troop, troupe, task force; army, regiment &c. (combatants) 726; host &c. (multitude) 102; populousness. clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association &c. (party) 712. volley, shower, storm, cloud. group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil; set, batch, lot, pack; budget, assortment, bunch; parcel; packet, package; bundle, fascine†, fasces†, bale; seron†, seroon†; fagot, wisp, truss, tuft; shock, rick, fardel†, stack, sheaf, haycock†; fascicle, fascicule†, fasciculus [Lat.], gavel, hattock†, stook†. accumulation &c. (store) 636; congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau†, tissue, mass, pyramid; bing†; drift; snowball, snowdrift; acervation†, cumulation; glomeration†, agglomeration; conglobation†; conglomeration, conglomerate; coacervate [Chem], coacervation [Chem], coagmentation†, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum [Lat.], spicilegium†, black hole of Calcutta; quantity &c. (greatness) 31. collector, gatherer; whip, whipper in. V. assemble [be or come together], collect, muster; meet, unite, join, rejoin; cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate; congregate, conglomerate, concentrate; precipitate; center round, rendezvous, resort; come together, flock get together, pig together; forgather; huddle; reassemble. [get or bring together] assemble, muster; bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together; collect, collocate, colligate†; get, whip in; gather; hold a meeting; convene, convoke, convocate†; rake up, dredge; heap, mass, pile; pack, put up, truss, cram; acervate†; agglomerate, aggregate; compile; group, aggroup†, concentrate, unite; collect into a focus, bring into a focus; amass, accumulate &c. (store) 636; collect in a dragnet; heap Ossa upon Pelion. Adj. assembled &c. v.; closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous; as thick as hops; all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative. Phr. the plot thickens; acervatim [Lat.]; tibi seris tibi metis [Lat.]. |
#73. Nonassemblage. Dispersion — N. dispersion; disjunction &c. 44; divergence &c. 291; aspersion; scattering &c. v.; dissemination, diffusion, dissipation, distribution; apportionment &c. 786; spread, respersion†, circumfusion†, interspersion, spargefaction†; affusion†. waifs and estrays†, flotsam and jetsam, disjecta membra [Lat.], [Horace]; waveson†. V. disperse, scatter, sow, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed, spread, bestrew, overspread, dispense, disband, disembody, dismember, distribute; apportion &c. 786; blow off, let out, dispel, cast forth, draught off; strew, straw, strow†; ted; spirtle†, cast, sprinkle; issue, deal out, retail, utter; resperse†, intersperse; set abroach†, circumfuse†. turn adrift, cast adrift; scatter to the winds; spread like wildfire, disperse themselves. Adj. unassembled &c. (assemble) &c. 72; dispersed &c. v.; sparse, dispread, broadcast, sporadic, widespread; epidemic &c. (general) 78; adrift, stray; disheveled, streaming. Adv. sparsim†, here and there, passim. |
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#74. [Place of meeting.] Focus — N. focus; point of convergence &c. 290; corradiation†; center &c. 222; gathering place, resort haunt retreat; venue; rendezvous; rallying point, headquarters, home, club; depot &c. (store) 636; trysting place; place of meeting, place of resort, place of assignation; point de reunion; issue. V. bring to a point, bring to a focus, bring to an issue. |
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#75. Class — N. class, division, category, categorema†, head, order, section; department, subdepartment, province, domain. kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset; assortment; feather, kidney; suit; range; gender, sex, kin. manner, description, denomination, designation, rubric, character, stamp predicament; indication, particularization, selection, specification. similarity &c. 17. |
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#76. [Comprehension under, or reference to a class.] Inclusion — N. inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception. composition &c. (inclusion in a compound) 54. V. be included in &c.; come under, fall under, range under; belong to, pertain to; range with; merge in. include, comprise, comprehend, contain, admit, embrace, receive; inclose &c. (circumscribe) 229; embody, encircle. reckon among, enumerate among, number among; refer to; place with, arrange with, place under; take into account. Adj. included, including &c. v.; inclusive; congener, congenerous; of the same class &c. 75; encircling. Phr. a maximis ad minima [Lat.], et hoc genus omne [Lat.], &c. etc.; et coetera [Lat.]. |
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#78. Generality — N. generality, generalization; universality; catholicity, catholicism; miscellany, miscellaneousness†; dragnet; common run; worldwideness†. everyone, everybody; all hands, all the world and his wife; anybody, N or M, all sorts. prevalence, run. V. be general &c. adj.; prevail, be going about, stalk abroad. render general &c. adj.; generalize. Adj. general, generic, collective; broad, comprehensive, sweeping; encyclopedical†, widespread &c. (dispersed) 73. universal; catholic, catholical†; common, worldwide; ecumenical, oecumenical†; transcendental; prevalent, prevailing, rife, epidemic, besetting; all over, covered with. Pan-American, Anglican†, Pan-Hellenic, Pan-Germanic, slavic; panharmonic†. every, all; unspecified, impersonal. customary &c. (habitual) 613. Adv. whatever, whatsoever; to a man, one and all. generally &c. adj.; always, for better for worse; in general, generally speaking; speaking generally; for the most part; in the long run &c. (on an average) 29. |
#79. Speciality — N. speciality, specialite†; individuality, individuity†; particularity, peculiarity; idiocrasy &c. (tendency) 176; personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy; specificness &c. adj.†; singularity &c. (unconformity) 83; reading, version, lection; state; trait; distinctive feature; technicality; differentia. particulars, details, items, counts; minutiae. I, self, I myself; myself, himself, herself, itself. V. specify, particularize, individualize, realize, specialize, designate, determine; denote, indicate, point out, select. descend to particulars, enter into detail, go into detail, come to the point. Adj. special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive; singular &c. (exceptional) 83; idiomatic; idiotypical; typical. this, that; yon, yonder. Adv. specially, especially, particularly &c. adj.; in particular, in propria persona [Lat.]; ad hominem [Lat.]; for my part. each, apiece, one by one, one at a time; severally, respectively, each to each; seriatim, in detail, in great detail, in excruciating detail, in mind-numbing detail; bit by bit; pro hac vice [Lat.], pro re nata [Lat.]. namely, that is to say, for example, id est, exemplia gratia [Lat.], e.g., i.e., videlicet, viz.; to wit. Phr. le style est l'homme meme [Fr.]. |
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#80. Normality — N. normality, normalcy, normalness†; familiarity, naturalness; commonness (frequency) 136; rule, standard (conformity) 82; customary (habit) 613; standard, pattern (prototype) 22. V. normalize, standardize. Adj. normal, natural, unexceptional; common, usual (frequency) 136; |
#81. Multiformity — N. multiformity, omniformity†; variety, diversity; multifariousness &c. adj.; varied assortment. dissimilarity &c. 18. Adj. polymorphous, multiform, multifold, multifarious, multigenerous†, multiplex; heterogeneous, diversified, dissimilar, various, varied, variform†; manifold, many-sided; variegated, motley, mosaic; epicene, indiscriminate, desultory, irregular; mixed, different, assorted, mingled, odd, diverse, divers; all manner of, of every description, of all sorts and kinds, et hoc genus omne [Lat.]; and what not;? de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis [Lat.]. jumbled, confused, mixed up, discordant; inharmonious, unmatched, unrelated, nonuniform. omniform†, omnigenous†, omnifarious†; protean (form) 240. Phr. harmoniously confused" [Pope]; variety's the very spice of life" [Cowper]. |
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#82. Conformity — N. conformity, conformance; observance; habituation. naturalization; conventionality &c. (custom) 613; agreement &c. 23. example, instance, specimen, sample, quotation; exemplification, illustration, case in point; object lesson; elucidation. standard, model, pattern &c. (prototype) 22. rule, nature, principle; law; order of things; normal state, natural state, ordinary state, model state, normal condition, natural condition, ordinary condition, model condition; standing dish, standing order; Procrustean law; law of the Medes and Persians; hard and fast rule. V. conform to, conform to rule; accommodate oneself to, adapt oneself to; rub off corners. be regular &c. adj.; move in a groove; follow observe the rules, go by the rules, bend to the rules, obey the rules, obey the precedents; comply with, tally with, chime in with, fall in with; be guided by, be regulated by; fall into a custom, fall into a usage; follow the fashion, follow the crowd, follow the multitude; pass muster, do as others do, hurler avec les loups [Fr.]; stand on ceremony; when in Rome do as the Romans do; go with the stream, go with the flow, swim with the stream, swim with the current, swim with the tide, blow with the wind; stick to the beaten track &c. (habit) 613; keep one in countenance. exemplify, illustrate, cite, quote, quote precedent, quote authority, appeal to authority, put a case; produce an instance &c. n.; elucidate, explain. Adj. conformable to rule; regular &c. 136; according to regulation, according to rule, according to Hoyle, according to Cocker, according to Gunter; en regle [Fr.], selon les regles [Fr.], well regulated, orderly; symmetric &c. 242. conventional &c. (customary) 613; of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence; in the natural order of things; ordinary, common, habitual, usual, everyday, workaday. in the order of the day; naturalized. typical, normal, nominal, formal; canonical, orthodox, sound, strict, rigid, positive, uncompromising, Procrustean. secundum artem [Lat.], shipshape, technical. exempIe [Fr.]. illustrative, in point. Adv. conformably &c. adj.; by rule; agreeably to; in conformity with, in accordance with, in keeping with; according to; consistently with; as usual, ad instar [Lat.], instar omnium [Lat.]; more solito [Lat.], more-majorum. for the sake of conformity; as a matter of course, of course; pro forma [Lat.], for form's sake, by the card. invariably, &c. (uniformly) 16. for example, exempli gratia [Lat.], e.g.; inter alia [Lat.], among other things; for instance. Phr. cela va sans dire [Fr.]; ex pede Herculem [Lat.]; noscitur a sociis [Lat.]; ne e quovis ligno Mercurius fiat [Lat.] [Erasmus]; they are happy men whose natures sort with their they are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations" [Bacon]. The nail that sticks up hammered down [Jap.Tr.]; Tall poppy syndrome; Stick your neck out and it may get cut off. |
#83. Unconformity — N. nonconformity &c. 82; unconformity, disconformity; unconventionality, informality, abnormity†, abnormality, anomaly; anomalousness &c. adj.†; exception, peculiarity; infraction of law, breach, of law, violation of law, violation of custom, violation of usage, infringement of law, infringement of custom, infringement of usage; teratism†, eccentricity, bizarrerie†, oddity, je ne sais quoi [Fr.], monster, monstrosity, rarity; freak, freak of Nature, weirdo, mutant; rouser, snorter [U.S.]. individuality, idiosyncrasy, originality, mannerism. aberration; irregularity; variety; singularity; exemption; salvo &c. (qualification) 469. nonconformist; nondescript, character, original, nonesuch, nonsuch†, monster, prodigy, wonder, miracle, curiosity, flying fish, black sheep, black swan, lusus naturae [Lat.], rara avis [Lat.], queer fish; mongrel, random breed; half-caste, half-blood, half-breed; metis [Lat.], crossbreed, hybrid, mule, hinny, mulatto; tertium quid [Lat.], hermaphrodite. [Mythical animals] phoenix, chimera, hydra, sphinx, minotaur; griffin, griffon; centaur; saggittary†; kraken, cockatrice, wyvern, roc, dragon, sea serpent; mermaid, merman, merfolk†; unicorn; Cyclops, men whose heads do grow beneath their men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders" [Othello]; teratology. [unconformable to the surroundings] fish out of water; neither one thing nor another, neither fish nor fowl, neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring; one in a million, one in a way, one in a thousand; outcast, outlaw; off the beaten track; oasis. V. be uncomformable &c. adj.; abnormalize†; leave the beaten track, leave the beaten path; infringe a law, infringe a habit, infringe a usage, infringe a custom, break a law, break a habit, break a usage, break a custom, violate a law, violate a habit, violate a usage, violate a custom; drive a coach and six through; stretch a point; have no business there; baffle all description, beggar all description. Adj. uncomformable, exceptional; abnormal, abnormous†; anomalous, anomalistic; out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element; irregular, arbitrary; teratogenic; lawless, informal, aberrant, stray, wandering, wanton; peculiar, exclusive, unnatural, eccentric, egregious; out of the beaten track, off the beaten track, out of the common, out of the common run; beyond the pale of, out of the pale of; misplaced; funny. unusual, unaccustomed, uncustomary, unwonted, uncommon; rare, curious, odd, extraordinary, out of the ordinary; strange, monstrous; wonderful &c. 870; unexpected, unaccountable; outre [Fr.], out of the way, remarkable, noteworthy; queer, quaint, nondescript, none such, sui generis [Lat.]; unfashionable; fantastic, grotesque, bizarre; outlandish, exotic, tombe des nues [Fr.], preternatural; denaturalized†. heterogeneous, heteroclite [Gramm.], amorphous, mongrel, amphibious, epicene, half blood, hybrid; androgynous, androgynal†; asymmetric &c. 243; adelomorphous†, bisexual, hermaphrodite, monoclinous†. qualified &c. 469. singular, unique, one-of-a-kind. newfangled, novel, non-classical; original, unconventional, unheard of, unfamiliar; undescribed, unprecedented, unparalleled, unexampled. Adv. unconformably &c. adj.; except, unless, save barring, beside, without, save and except, let alone. however, yet, but. once in a blue moon, once in a million years. Int. what on earth!, what in the world!, What the devil!, Holy cow!, Can you top that;? Sacre bleu [Fr.]. Phr. never was seen the like, never was heard the like, never was known the like. I could hardly believe it; I saw it, but I didn't believe it. |
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#84. Number — N. number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit, integer; counter; round number; formula; function; series. sum, difference, complement, subtrahend; product; multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator†; coefficient, multiple; dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple [Math.]; fraction, rational number; surd, irrational number; transcendental number; mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate; numerator, denominator; decimal, circulating decimal, repetend; common measure, aliquot part; prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair; reciprocal; totient†. binary number, octal number, hexadecimal number [Comp.]. permutation, combination, variation; election. ratio, proportion, comparison &c. 464; progression; arithmetical progression, geometrical progression, harmonical progression†; percentage, permilage. figurate numbers†, pyramidal numbers, polygonal numbers. power, root, exponent, index, logarithm, antilogarithm; modulus, base. differential, integral, fluxion†, fluent. Adj. numeral, complementary, divisible, aliquot, reciprocal, prime, relatively prime, fractional, decimal, figurate†, incommensurable. proportional, exponential, logarithmic, logometric†, differential, fluxional†, integral, totitive†. positive, negative; rational, irrational; surd, radical, real; complex, imaginary; finite; infinite; impossible. Adv. numerically; modulo. |
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#85. Numeration — N. numeration; numbering &c. v.; pagination; tale, recension†, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation†; calculation, calculus; algorithm, algorism†, rhabdology†, dactylonomy†; measurement &c. 466; statistics. arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions†; differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus; calculus of differences. [Statistics] dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation; account &c. (list) 86. [Operations] notation, , addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration. [Instruments] abacus, logometer†, slide rule, slipstick [Coll.], tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan-pan†; adding machine; cash register; electronic calculator, calculator, computer; [people who calculate] arithmetician, calculator, abacist†, algebraist, mathematician; statistician, geometer; programmer; accountant, auditor. V. number, count, tally, tell; call over, run over; take an account of, enumerate, muster, poll, recite, recapitulate; sum; sum up, cast up; tell off, score, cipher, compute, calculate, suppute†, add, subtract, multiply, divide, extract roots. algebraize†. check, prove, demonstrate, balance, audit, overhaul, take stock; affix numbers to, page. amount to, add up to, come to. Adj. numeral, numerical; arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable; commensurable, commensurate; incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable, unfathomable, infinite. Adv. quantitatively; arithmetically; measurably; in numbers. |
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#86. List — N. list, catalog, catalogue, inventory; register &c. (record) 551. account; bill, bill of costs; terrier; tally, listing, itemization; atlas; book, ledger; catalogue raisonne [Fr.]; tableau; invoice, bill of lading; prospectus; bill of fare, menu, carte [Fr.]; score, census, statistics, returns. [list of topics in a document] contents, table of contents, outline; synopsis. [written list used as an aid to memory] checklist. table, chart, database; index, inverted file, word list, concordance. dictionary, lexicon; vocabulary, glossary; thesaurus. file, card index, card file, rolodex, address book. Red book, Blue book, Domesday book; cadastre [Fr.]; directory, gazetter†. almanac; army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list; Almanach de Gotha†, cadaster; Lloyd's register, nautical almanac; who's who; Guiness's Book of World Records. roll; check roll, checker roll, bead roll; muster roll, muster book; roster, panel, jury list; cartulary, diptych. V. list, itemize; sort, collate; enumerate, tabulate, catalog, tally. Adj. cadastral†. |
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#87. Unity — N. unity; oneness &c. adj.; individuality; solitude &c. (seclusion) 893; isolation &c. (disjunction) 44; unification &c. 48. one, unit, ace; individual; none else, no other. V. be one, be alone &c. adj.; dine with Duke Humphrey†. isolate &c. (disjoin) 44. render one; unite &c. (join) 43, (combine) 48. Adj. one, sole, single, solitary, unitary; individual, apart, alone; kithless†. unaccompanied, unattended; solus [Lat.], single-handed; singular, odd, unique, unrepeated†, azygous, first and last; isolated &c. (disjoined) 44; insular. monospermous†; unific†, uniflorous†, unifoliate†, unigenital†, uniliteral†, unijocular†, unimodal [Math.], unimodular†. lone, lonely, lonesome; desolate, dreary. insecable†, inseverable†, indiscerptible†; compact, indivisible, atomic, irresolvable†. Adv. singly &c. adj.; alone, by itself, per se, only, apart, in the singular number, in the abstract; one by one, one at a time; simply; one and a half, sesqui-†. Phr. natura il fece [It], e poi roppe la stampa [It]; du fort au faible [Fr.]; two souls with but a single thought, two hearts two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one." |
#88. Accompaniment — N. accompaniment; adjunct &c. 39; context; appendage, appurtenance. coexistence, concomitance, company, association, companionship; partnership, copartnership; coefficiency†. concomitant, accessory, coefficient; companion, buddy, attendant, fellow, associate, friend, colleague; consort, spouse, mate; partner, co-partner; satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow; escort, cortege; attribute. V. accompany, coexist, attend; hang on, wait on; go hand in hand with; synchronize &c. 120; bear company, keep company; row in the same boat; bring in its train; associate with, couple with. Adj. accompanying &c. v.; concomitant, fellow, twin, joint; associated with, coupled with; accessory, attendant, obbligato. Adv. with, withal; together with, along with, in company with; hand in hand, side by side; cheek by jowl, cheek by jole†; arm in arm; therewith, herewith; and &c. (addition) 37. together, in a body, collectively. Phr. noscitur a sociis [Lat.]; virtutis fortuna comes [Lat.]. |
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#89. Duality — N. duality, dualism; duplicity; biplicity†, biformity†; polarity. two, deuce, couple, duet, brace, pair, cheeks, twins, Castor and Pollux, gemini, Siamese twins; fellows; yoke, conjugation; dispermy†, doublets, dyad, span. V. pair [unite in pairs], couple, bracket, yoke; conduplicate†; mate, span [U.S.]. Adj. two, twin; dual, dualistic, double; binary, binomial; twin, biparous†; dyadic [Math.]; conduplicate†; duplex &c. 90; biduous†, binate†, diphyletic†, dispermic†, unijugate†; tete-a-tete. coupled &c. v.; conjugate. both, both the one and the other. |
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#90. Duplication — N. duplication; doubling &c. v.; gemination, ingemination†; reduplication; iteration &c. (repetition) 104; renewal. V. double, redouble, duplicate, reduplicate; geminate; repeat &c. 104; renew &c. 660. Adj. double; doubled &c. v.; bicipital†, bicephalous†, bidental†, bilabiate, bivalve, bivalvular†, bifold†, biform†, bilateral; bifarious†, bifacial†; twofold, two-sided; disomatous†; duplex; double-faced, double-headed; twin, duplicate, ingeminate†; second. Adv. twice, once more; over again &c. (repeatedly) 104; as much again, twofold. secondly, in the second place, again. |
#91. [Division into two parts.] bisection — N. bisection, bipartition; dichotomy, subdichotomy†; halving &c. v.; dimidiation†. bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication; fork, prong; fold. half, moiety. V. bisect, halve, divide, split, cut in two, cleave dimidiate†, dichotomize. go halves, divide with. separate, fork, bifurcate; branch off, out; ramify. Adj. bisected &c. v.; cloven, cleft; bipartite, biconjugate†, bicuspid, bifid; bifurcous†, bifurcate, bifurcated; distichous, dichotomous, furcular†; semi-, demi-, hemi†. |
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#92. Triality — N. Triality†, trinity; triunity†. three, triad, triplet, trey, trio, ternion†, leash; shamrock, tierce†, spike-team [U.S.], trefoil; triangle, trident, triennium†, trigon†, trinomial, trionym†, triplopia†, tripod, trireme, triseme†, triskele†, triskelion, trisula†. third power, cube; cube root. Adj. three; triform†, trinal†, trinomial; tertiary; ternary; triune; triarch, triadie†; triple &c. 93. tri- [Pref.], tris- [Pref.]. Phr. tria juncta in uno [Lat.]. |
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#93. Triplication — N. triplication, triplicity†; trebleness†, trine. V. treble, triple; triplicate, cube. Adj. treble, triple; tern, ternary; triplicate, threefold, trilogistic†; third; trinal†, trine. Adv. three times, three fold; thrice, in the third place, thirdly; trebly &c. adj.. |
#94. [Division into three parts.] Trisection — N. trisection, tripartition†, trichotomy; third, third part. V. trisect, divide into three parts. Adj. trifid; trisected &c. v.; tripartite, trichotomous†, trisulcate†. Triadelphous†, triangular, tricuspid, tricapsular†, tridental†, tridentate, tridentiferous†, trifoliate, trifurcate, trigonal†, trigrammic†, trigrammatic†, tripetalous†, tripodal, tripodic†, triquetral†, triquetrous†. |
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#95. Four — N. quaternity†, four, tetrad, quartet, quaternion, square, quarter. [planar form with four sides] tetract†, tetragon, quadrangle, rectangle. [three dimensional object with four surfaces] tetrahedron. quadrature, quadrifoil, quadriform, quadruplet; quatrefoil. [object or animal with four legs] tetrapod. [geographical area with four sides] quadrangle, quad [Coll.]. [electromagnetic object] quadrupole. [four fundamental studies] quadrivium. V. reduce to a square, square. Adj. four; quaternary, quaternal†; quadratic; quartile; tetract†, tetractic†, tetractinal†; tetrad, tetragonal; square, quadrate. |
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#96. Quadruplication — N. quadruplication. V. multiply by four, quadruplicate, biquadrate†. Adj. fourfold, four times; quadrable†, quadrumanous†, quadruple, quadruplicate, quadrible†; fourth. quadrifoliate†, quadrifoliolate†, quadrigeminal†, quadrigeminate†, quadriplanar†, quadriserial†. Adv. four times; in the fourth place, fourthly. |
#97. [Division into four parts.] Quadrisection — N. quadrisection, quadripartition†; quartering &c. v.; fourth; quart; quarter, quartern†; farthing†, fourthing; quadrant. V. quarter, divide into four parts. Adj. quartered &c. v.; quadrifid†, quadripartite. rectangular. |
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#98. Five &c. — N. five, cinque [Fr.], quint, quincux†; six, half-a-dozen, half dozen; seven; eight; nine, three times three; dicker; ten, decade; eleven; twelve, dozen; thirteen; long dozen, baker's dozen; quintuplet; twenty, score; twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen; twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred; forty, two score; fifty, half a hundred; sixty, three score; seventy, three score and ten; eighty, four score; ninety, fourscore and ten; sestiad†. hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century; hundredweight, cwt.; one hundred and forty-four, gross. thousand, chiliad; millennium, thousand years, grand [Coll.]; myriad; ten thousand, ban [Jap.], man [Jap.]; ten thousand years, banzai [Jap.]; lac, one hundred thousand, plum; million; thousand million, milliard, billion, trillion &c. V. centuriate†; quintuplicate. Adj. five, quinary†, quintuple; fifth; senary†, sextuple; sixth; seventh; septuple; octuple; eighth; ninefold, ninth; tenfold, decimal, denary†, decuple†, tenth; eleventh; duodenary†, duodenal; twelfth; in one's 'teens, thirteenth. vicesimal†, vigesimal; twentieth; twenty-fourth &c. n.; vicenary†, vicennial†. centuple†, centuplicate†, centennial, centenary, centurial†; secular, hundredth; thousandth, &c. |
#99. Quinquesection &c. — N. division by five &c. 98; quinquesection &c.; decimation; fifth &c. V. decimate; quinquesect. Adj. quinquefid, quinquelateral, quinquepartite; quinqevalent, pentavalent; quinquarticular†; octifid†; decimal, tenth, tithe; duodecimal, twelfth; sexagesimal†, sexagenary†; hundredth, centesimal; millesimal &c. |
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#100. [More than one.] Plurality — N. plurality; a number, a certain number; one or two, two or three &c.; a few, several; multitude &c. 102; majority. [large number] multitude &c. 102. Adj. plural, more than one, upwards of; some, several, a few; certain; not alone &c. 87. Adv. et cetera, &c. etc. among other things, inter alia [Lat.]. Phr. non deficit alter [Lat.]. |
#100a. [Less than one.] Fraction — N. fraction, fractional part; part &c. 51. Adj. fractional, fragmentary, inconsiderable, negligible, infinitesimal. |
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#101. Zero — N. zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher, goose egg; none, nobody, no one; nichts [G.], nixie [Slang], nix [Slang]; zilch [Slang], zip [Slang], zippo [Slang]; not a soul; ame qui vive [Fr.]; absence &c. 187; unsubstantiality &c. 4†. Adj. not one, not a one, not any, nary a one [Dial.]; not a, never a; not a whit of, not an iota of, not a drop of, not a speck of, not a jot; not a trace of, not a hint of, not a smidgen of, not a suspicion of, not a shadow of, neither hide nor hair of. |
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#102. Multitude — N. multitude; numerous &c. adj.; numerosity, numerality; multiplicity; profusion &c. (plenty) 639; legion, host; great number, large number, round number, enormous number; a quantity, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy; scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest; crowd &c. (assemblage) 72; lots; all in the world and his wife. [Increase of number] greater number, majority; multiplication, multiple. V. be numerous &c. adj.; swarm with, teem with, creep with; crowd, swarm, come thick upon; outnumber, multiply; people; swarm like locusts, swarm like bees. Adj. many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few; Briarean; a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one; some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty &c.; half a dozen, half a hundred &c.; very many, full many, ever so many; numerous; numerose†; profuse, in profusion; manifold, multiplied, multitudinous, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded; galore. thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of; no end of, no end to; cum multis aliis [Lat.]; thick as hops, thick as hail; plenty as blackberries; numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head; and what not, and heaven knows what; endless &c. (infinite) 105. Phr. their name is 'legion';" acervatim [Lat.]; en foule [Fr.]; many-headed multitude" [Sidney]; numerous as glittering gems of morning numerous as glittering gems of morning dew" [Young]; vel prece vel pretio [Lat.]. |
#103. Fewness — N. fewness &c. adj.; paucity, small number; small quantity &c. 32; rarity; infrequency &c. 137; handful, maniple; minority; exiguity. [Diminution of number] reduction; weeding &c. v.; elimination, sarculation†, decimation; eradication. V. be few &c. adj.. render few &c. adj.; reduce, diminish the number, weed, eliminate, cull, thin, decimate. Adj. few; scant, scanty; thin, rare, scattered, thinly scattered, spotty, few and far between, exiguous; infrequent &c. 137; rari nantes [Lat.]; hardly any, scarcely any; to be counted on one's fingers; reduced &c. v.; unrepeated†. Adv. rarely, here and there. |
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#104. Repetition — N. repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping, recurrence, succession, run; battology, tautology; monotony, tautophony; rhythm &c. 138; diffuseness, pleonasm, redundancy. chimes, repetend, echo, ritornello†, burden of a song, refrain; rehearsal; rechauffe [Fr.], rifacimento [It], recapitulation. cuckoo &c. (imitation) 19; reverberation &c. 408; drumming &c. (roll) 407; renewal &c. (restoration) 660. twice-told tale; old story, old song; second edition, new edition; reappearance, reproduction, recursion [Comp.]; periodicity &c. 138. V. repeat, iterate, reiterate, reproduce, echo, reecho, drum, harp upon, battologize†, hammer, redouble. recur, revert, return, reappear, recurse [Comp.]; renew &c. (restore) 660. rehearse; do over again, say over again; ring the changes on; harp on the same string; din in the ear, drum in the ear; conjugate in all its moods tenses and conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflexions†, begin again, go over the same ground, go the same round, never hear the last of; resume, return to, recapitulate, reword. Adj. repeated &c. v.; repetitional†, repetitionary†; recurrent, recurring; ever recurring, thick coming; frequent, incessant; redundant, pleonastic. monotonous, harping, iterative, recursive [Comp.], unvaried; mocking, chiming; retold; aforesaid, aforenamed†; above-mentioned, above-said; habitual &c. 613; another. Adv. repeatedly, often, again, anew, over again, afresh, once more; ding-dong, ditto, encore, de novo, bis†, da capo [It]. again and again; over and over, over and over again; recursively [Comp.]; many times over; time and again, time after time; year after year; day by day &c.; many times, several times, a number of times; many a time, full many a time; frequently &c. 136. Phr. ecce iterum Crispinus [Lat.]; toujours perdrix [Fr.]; cut and come again" [Crabbe]; tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" [Macbeth]; cantilenam eandem canis [Lat.] [Terence]; nullum est jam dictum quod non dictum sit nullum est jam dictum quod non dictum sit prius [Lat.] [Terence]. |
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#105. Infinity — N. infinity, infinitude, infiniteness &c. adj.; perpetuity &c. 112; boundlessness. V. be infinite &c. adj.; know no limits, have no limits, know no bounds, have no bounds; go on for ever. Adj. infinite; immense; numberless, countless, sumless†, measureless; innumerable, immeasurable, incalculable, illimitable, inexhaustible, interminable, unfathomable, unapproachable; exhaustless, indefinite; without number, without measure, without limit, without end; incomprehensible; limitless, endless, boundless, termless†; untold, unnumbered, unmeasured, unbounded, unlimited; illimited†; perpetual &c. 112. Adv. infinitely &c. adj.; ad infinitum. Phr. as boundless as the sea" [Romeo and Juliet]. |
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#106. Time — N. time, duration; period, term, stage, space, span, spell, season; the whole time, the whole period; space-time; course &c. 109; snap. intermediate time, while, interim, interval, pendency†; intervention, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interlude; respite. era, epoch; time of life, age, year, date; decade &c. (period) 108; moment, &c. (instant) 113. glass of time, sands of time, march of time, Father Time, ravages of time; arrow of time; river of time, whirligig of time, noiseless foot of time; scythe. V. continue last endure, go on, remain, persist; intervene; elapse &c. 109; hold out. take time, take up time, fill time, occupy time. pass time, pass away time, spend time, while away time, consume time, talk against time; tide over; use time, employ time; seize an opportunity &c. 134; waste time &c. (be inactive) 683. Adj. continuing &c. v.; on foot; permanent &c. (durable) 110. Adv. while, whilst, during, pending; during the time, during the interval; in the course of, at that point, at that point in time; for the time being, day by day; in the time of, when; meantime, meanwhile; in the meantime, in the interim; ad interim, pendente lite [Lat.]; de die in diem [Lat.]; from day to day, from hour to hour &c.; hourly, always; for a time, for a season; till, until, up to, yet, as far as, by that time, so far, hereunto, heretofore, prior to this, up to this point. the whole time, all the time; all along; throughout &c. (completely) 52; for good &c. (diuturnity) 110. hereupon, thereupon, whereupon; then; anno Domini, A.D.; ante Christum, A.C.; before Christ, B.C.; anno urbis conditae [Lat.], A.U.C.; anno regni [Lat.], A.R.; once upon a time, one fine morning, one fine day, one day, once. Phr. time flies, tempus fugit [Lat.]; time runs out, time runs against, race against time, racing the clock, time marches on, time is of the essence, time and tide wait for no man." ad calendas Groecas [Lat.]; panting Time toileth after him in vain" [Johnson]; 'gainst the tooth of time and razure of 'gainst the tooth of time and razure of oblivion [Contr.]" [Measure for Measure]; rich with the spoils of time" [Gray]; tempus edax rerum [Lat.] [Horace]; the long hours come and go" [C.G. Rossetti]; the time is out of joint" [Hamlet]; Time rolls his ceaseless course" [Scott]; Time the foe of man's dominion" [Peacock]; time wasted is existence, used is life" [Young]; truditur dies die [Lat.] [Horace]; volat hora per orbem [Lat.] [Lucretius]; carpe diem [Lat.]. |
#107. Neverness — N. neverness;" absence of time, no time; dies non; Tib's eve; Greek Kalends, a blue moon. Adv. never, ne'er [Contr.]; at no time, at no period; on the second Tuesday of the week, when Hell freezes over; on no occasion, never in all one's born days, nevermore, sine die; in no degree. |
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#108. [Definite duration, or portion of time.] Period — N. period, age, era; second, minute, hour, day, week, month, quarter, year, decade, decenniumm lustrum†, quinquennium, lifetime, generation; epoch, ghurry†, lunation†, moon. century, millennium; annus magnus [Lat.]. Adj. horary†; hourly, annual &c. (periodical) 138. #108a. Contingent Duration — Adv. during pleasure, during good behavior; quamdiu se bene gesserit [Lat.]. |
#109. [Indefinite duration.] Course — N. corridors of time, sweep of time, vesta of time†, course of time, progress of time, process of time, succession of time, lapse of time, flow of time, flux of time, stream of time, tract of time, current of time, tide of time, march of time, step of time, flight of time; duration &c. 106. [Indefinite time] aorist†. V. elapse, lapse, flow, run, proceed, advance, pass; roll on, wear on, press on; flit, fly, slip, slide, glide; run its course. run out, expire; go by, pass by; be past &c. 122. Adj. elapsing &c. v.; aoristic†; progressive. Adv. in due time, in due season; in in due course, in due process, in the fullness of time; in time. Phr. labitur et labetur [Lat.] [Horace]; truditur dies die [Lat.] [Horace]; fugaces labuntur anni [Lat.] [Horace]; tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day" [Macbeth]. |
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#110. [Long duration.] Diuturnity — N. diuturnity†; a long time, a length of time; an age, a century, an eternity; slowness &c. 275; perpetuity &c. 112; blue moon, coon's age [U.S.], dog's age. durableness, durability; persistence, endlessness, lastingness &c. adj.†; continuance, standing; permanence &c. (stability) 150; survival, survivance†; longevity &c. (age) 128; distance of time. protraction of time, prolongation of time, extension of time; delay &c. (lateness) 133. V. last, endure, stand, remain, abide, continue, brave a thousand years. tarry &c. (be late) 133; drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain; protract, prolong; spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out; temporize; gain time, make time, talk against time. outlast, outlive; survive; live to fight again. Adj. durable; lasting &c. v.; of long duration, of long-standing; permanent, endless, chronic, long-standing; intransient†, intransitive; intransmutable†, persistent; lifelong, livelong; longeval†, long-lived, macrobiotic, diuturnal†, evergreen, perennial; sempervirent†, sempervirid†; unrelenting, unintermitting†, unremitting; perpetual &c. 112. lingering, protracted, prolonged, spun out &c. v.. long-pending, long-winded; slow &c. 275. Adv. long; for a long time, for an age, for ages, for ever so long, for many a long day; long ago &c. (in a past time) 122; longo intervallo [It]. all the day long, all the year round; the livelong day, as the day is long, morning noon and night; hour after hour, day after day, &c.; for good; permanently &c. adj.. |
#111. [Short duration.] Transientness — N. transience, transientness &c. adj.†; evanescence, impermanence, fugacity [Chem], caducity†, mortality, span; nine days' wonder, bubble, Mayfly; spurt; flash in the pan; temporary arrangement, interregnum. velocity &c. 274; suddenness &c. 113; changeableness &c. 149. transient, transient boarder, transient guest [U.S.]. V. be transient &c. adj.; flit, pass away, fly, gallop, vanish, fade, evaporate; pass away like a cloud, pass away like a summer cloud, pass away like a shadow, pass away like a dream. Adj. transient, transitory, transitive; passing, evanescent, fleeting, cursory, short-lived, ephemeral; flying &c. v.; fugacious, fugitive; shifting, slippery; spasmodic; instantaneous, momentaneous†. temporal, temporary; provisional, provisory; deciduous; perishable, mortal, precarious, unstable, insecure; impermanent. brief, quick, brisk, extemporaneous, summary; pressed for time &c. (haste) 684; sudden, momentary &c. (instantaneous) 113. Adv. temporarily &c. adj.; pro tempore [Lat.]; for the moment, for a time; awhile, en passant [Fr.], in transitu [Lat.]; in a short time; soon &c. (early) 132; briefly &c. adj.; at short notice; on the point of, on the eve of; in articulo; between cup and lip. Phr. one's days are numbered; the time is up; here today and gone tomorrow; non semper erit aestas [Lat.]; eheu! fugaces labuntur anni [Lat.]; sic transit gloria mundi [Lat.]; a schoolboy's tale, the wonder of the hour! [Byron]; dum loquimur fugerit invidia aetas [Lat.]; fugit hora [Lat.]; all that is transitory is but an illusion [Goethe]. |
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#112. [Endless duration.] Perpetuity — N. perpetuity, eternity, everness†, aye, sempiternity†, immortality, athanasia†; interminability†, agelessness†, everlastingness &c. adj.; perpetuation; continued existence, uninterrupted existence; perennity†; permanence (durability) 110. V. last forever, endure forever, go on forever; have no end. eternize, perpetuate. Adj. perpetual, eternal; everduring†, everlasting, ever-living, ever-flowing; continual, sempiternal†; coeternal; endless, unending; ceaseless, incessant, uninterrupted, indesinent†, unceasing; endless, unending, interminable, having no end; unfading†, evergreen, amaranthine; neverending†, never-dying, never-fading; deathless, immortal, undying, imperishable. Adv. perpetually &c. adj.; always, ever, evermore, aye; for ever, for aye, till the end of the universe, forevermore, forever and a day, for ever and ever; in all ages, from age to age; without end; world without end, time without end; in secula seculorum [Lat.]; to the end of time, to the crack of doom, to the 'last syllable of recorded time'" [Macbeth]; till doomsday; constantly &c. (very frequently) 136. Phr. esto perpetuum [Lat.]; labitur et labetur in omne volubilis oevum [Lat.] [Horace]; but thou shall flourish in immortal youth" [Addison]; Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought" [Addison]; her immortal part with angels lives" [Romeo and Juliet]; ohne Rast [G.], [Goethe's motto]; ora e sempre [It]. |
#113. [Point of time] Instantaneity — N. instantaneity, instantaneousness, immediacy; suddenness, abruptness. moment, instant, second, minute; twinkling, trice, flash, breath, crack, jiffy, coup, burst, flash of lightning, stroke of time. epoch, time; time of day, time of night; hour, minute; very minute &c., very time, very hour; present time, right time, true time, exact correct time. V. be instantaneous &c. adj.; twinkle, flash. Adj. instantaneous, momentary, sudden, immediate, instant, abrupt, discontinuous, precipitous, precipitant, precipitate; subitaneous†, hasty; quick as thought, quick as lightning, quick as a flash; rapid as electricity. speedy, quick, fast, fleet, swift, lively, blitz; rapid (velocity) 274. Adv. instantaneously &c. adj.; in no time, in less than no time; presto, subito†, instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot; in a moment &c. n.. in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice; in one's tracks; right away; toute a l'heure [Fr.]; at one jump, in the same breath, per saltum [Lat.], uno saltu [Lat.]; at once, all at once; plump, slap; at one fell swoop;" at the same instant &c. n.; immediately &c. (early) 132; extempore, on the moment, on the spot, on the spur of the moment; no sooner said than done; just then; slap-dash &c. (haste) 684. Phr. touch and go; no sooner said than done. |
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#114. [Estimation, measurement, and record of time.] Chronometry — N. chronometry, horometry†, horology; date, epoch; style, era. almanac, calendar, ephemeris; register, registry; chronicle, annals, journal, diary. [Instruments for the measurement of time] chronogram; clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio; watch, wristwatch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch; atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock; chronometer, chronoscope†, chronograph; repeater; timekeeper, timepiece; dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra†; ghurry†. chronographer†, chronologer, chronologist, timekeeper; annalist. calendar year, leap year, Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, Chinese calendar, Jewish calendar, perpetual calendar, Farmer's almanac, fiscal year. V. fix the time, mark the time; date, register, chronicle; measure time, beat time, mark time; bear date; synchronize watches. Adj. chronological, chronometrical†, chronogrammatical†; cinquecento [Fr.], quattrocento†, trecento†. Adv. o'clock. |
#115. [False estimate of time.] Anachronism — N. anachronism, metachronism, parachronism, prochronism; prolepsis, misdate; anticipation, antichronism. disregard of time, neglect of time, oblivion of time. intempestivity &c. 135†. V. misdate, antedate, postdate, backdate, overdate†; anticipate; take no note of time, lose track of time; anachronize†. Adj. misdated &c. v.; undated; overdue, past due; out of date. |
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#116. Priority — N. priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence, pre-existence; precession &c. 280; precursor &c. 64; the past &c. 122; premises. V. precede, come before; forerun; go before &c. (lead) 280; preexist; dawn; presage &c. 511; herald, usher in. be beforehand &c. (be early) 132; steal a march upon, anticipate, forestall; have the start, gain the start. Adj. prior, previous; preceding, precedent; anterior, antecedent; pre-existing, pre-existent; former, foregoing; aforementioned, before-mentioned, abovementioned; aforesaid, said; introductory &c. (precursory) 64. Adv. before, prior to; earlier; previously &c. adj.; afore†, aforehand†, beforehand, ere, theretofore, erewhile†; ere then, ere now, before then, before now; erewhile†, already, yet, beforehand; on the eve of. Phr. prior tempore prior jure [Lat.]. |
#117. Posteriority — N. posteriority; succession, sequence; following &c. 281; subsequence, supervention; futurity &c. 121; successor; sequel &c. 65; remainder, reversion. V. follow after &c. 281, come after, go after; succeed, supervene; ensue, occur; step into the shoes of. Adj. subsequent, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding, postliminious†, postnate†; postdiluvial†, postdiluvian†; puisne†; posthumous; future &c. 121; afterdinner, postprandial. Adv. subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later; at a subsequent, at a later period, at a later date; next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons†; from that time, from that moment; after a while, after a time; in process of time. |
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#118. The Present Time — N. the present, the present time, the present day, the present moment, the present juncture, the present occasion; the times, the existing time, the time being; today, these days, nowadays, our times, modern times, the twentieth century; nonce, crisis, epoch, day, hour. age, time of life. Adj. present, actual, instant, current, existing, extant, that is; present-day, up-to-date, up-to-the-moment. Adv. at this time, at this moment &c. 113; at the present time &c. n.; now, at present; at hand. at this time of day, today, nowadays; already; even now, but now, just now; on the present occasion; for the time being, for the nonce; pro hac vice. [Lat.]; on the nail, on the spot; on the spur of the moment, until now; to this day, to the present day. Phr. the present hour alone is man's" [Johnson]. |
#119. [Time different from the present.] Different time — N. different time, other time. [Indefinite time] aorist. Adj. aoristic; indefinite. Adv. at that time, at which time, at that moment, at that instant; then, on that occasion, upon; not now, some other time. when; whenever, whensoever; upon which, on which occasion; at another time, at a different time, at some other time, at any time; at various times; some one of these days, one of these days, one fine morning; eventually, some day, by and by, sooner or later; some time or other; once upon a time. |
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#120. Synchronism — N. synchronism; coexistence, coincidence; simultaneousness, simultaneity &c. adj.; concurrence, concomitance, unity of time, interim. [Having equal times] isochronism†. contemporary, coetanian†. V. coexist, concur, accompany, go hand in hand, keep pace with; synchronize. Adj. synchronous, synchronal†, synchronic, synchronical, synchronistical†; simultaneous, coexisting, coincident, concomitant, concurrent; coeval, coevous†; contemporary, contemporaneous; coetaneous†; coeternal; isochronous. Adv. at the same time; simultaneously &c. adj.; together, in concert, during the same time; in the same breath; pari passu [Lat.]; in the interim; as one. at the very moment &c. 113; just as, as soon as; meanwhile &c. (while) 106. |
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#121. [Prospective time.] Futurity — N. futurity, futurition; future, hereafter, time to come; approaching time, coming time, subsequent time, after time, approaching age, coming age, subsequent age, after age, approaching days, coming days, subsequent days, after days, approaching hours, coming hours, subsequent hours, after hours, approaching ages, coming ages, subsequent ages, after ages, approaching life, coming life, subsequent life, after life, approaching years, coming years, subsequent years, after years; morrow; millennium, doomsday, day of judgment, crack of doom, remote future. approach of time advent, time drawing on, womb of time; destiny &c. 152; eventuality. heritage, heirs posterity. prospect &c. (expectation) 507; foresight &c. 510. V. look forwards; anticipate &c. (expect) 507, (foresee) 510; forestall &c. (be early) 132. come on, draw on; draw near; approach, await, threaten; impend &c. (be destined) 152. Adj. future, to come; coming &c. (impending) 152; next, near; close at hand; eventual, ulterior; in prospect &c. (expectation) 507. Adv. prospectively, hereafter, in future; kal†, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow; in course of time, in process of time, in the fullness of time; eventually, ultimately, sooner or later; proximo [Lat.]; paulo post futurum [Lat.]; in after time; one of these days; after a time, after a while. from this time; henceforth, henceforwards†; thence; thenceforth, thenceforward; whereupon, upon which. soon &c. (early) 132; on the eve of, on the point of, on the brink of; about to; close upon. Phr. quid sit futurum cras fuge quaerere [Lat.] [Horace]. |
#122. [Retrospective time.] The Past — N. the past, past time; days of yore, times of yore, days of old, times of old, days past, times past, days gone by, times gone by; bygone days; old times, ancient times, former times; fore time; the good old days, the olden time, good old time; auld lang syne†; eld†. antiquity, antiqueness†, status quo; time immemorial; distance of time; remote age, remote time; remote past; rust of antiquity. [study of the past] paleontology, paleography, paleology†; paleozoology; palaetiology†, archaeology; paleogeography; paleoecology; paleobotany; paleoclimatoogy; archaism, antiquarianism, medievalism, Pre-Raphaelitism; paleography. retrospect, retrospection, looking back, memory &c. 505. laudator temporis acti [Lat.]; medievalist, Pre-Raphaelite; antiquary, antiquarian; archmologist &c.; Oldbuck, Dryasdust. ancestry &c. (paternity) 166. V. be past &c. adj.; have expired &c. adj., have run its course, have had its day; pass; pass by, go by, pass away, go away, pass off, go off; lapse, blow over. look back, trace back, cast the eyes back; exhume. Adj. past, gone, gone by, over, passed away, bygone, foregone; elapsed, lapsed, preterlapsed†, expired, no more, run out, blown over, has-been, that has been, extinct, antediluvian, antebellum, never to return, gone with the wind, exploded, forgotten, irrecoverable; obsolete &c. (old) 124. former, pristine, quondam, ci-devant [Fr.], late; ancestral. foregoing; last, latter; recent, over night; preterperfect†, preterpluperfect†. looking back &c. v.; retrospective, retroactive; archaeological &c. n.. Adv. paleo-; archaeo-; formerly; of old, of yore; erst [G.], whilom, erewhile†, time was, ago, over; in the olden time &c. n.; anciently, long ago, long since; a long while, a long time ago; years ago, yesteryear, ages ago; some time ago, some time since, some time back. yesterday, the day before yesterday; last year, ultimo; lately &c. (newly) 123. retrospectively; ere now, before now, till now; hitherto, heretofore; no longer; once, once upon a time; from time immemorial, from prehistoric times; in the memory of man; time out of mind; already, yet, up to this time; ex post facto. Phr. time was; the time has been, the time hath been; you can't go home again; fuimus Troes [Lat.] [Vergil]; fruit Ilium [Lat.] [Vergil]; hoc erat in more majorum [Lat.]; O call back yesterday, bid time return" [Richard II]; tempi passati [It]; the eternal landscape of the past" [Tennyson]; ultimus Romanorum [Lat.]; what's past is prologue" [Tempest]; whose yesterdays look backward with a smile" [Young]. |
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#123. Newness — N. newness &c. adj.; novelty, recency; immaturity; youth &c. 127; gloss of novelty. innovation; renovation &c. (restoration) 660. modernism; mushroom, parvenu; latest fashion. V. renew &c. (restore) 660; modernize. Adj. new, novel, recent, fresh, green; young &c. 127; evergreen; raw, immature, unsettled, yeasty; virgin; untried, unhandseled†, untrodden, untrod, unbeaten; fire-new, span-new. late, modern, neoteric, hypermodern, nouveau; new-born, nascent, neonatal [Med.], new-fashioned, new-fangled, new-fledged; of yesterday; just out, brand-new, up to date, up to the minute, with it, fashionable, in fashion; in, hip [Coll.]; vernal, renovated, sempervirent†, sempervirid†. fresh as a rose, fresh as a daisy, fresh as paint; spick and span. Adv. newly &c. adj.; afresh, anew, lately, just now, only yesterday, the other day; latterly, of late. not long ago, a short time ago. Phr. di novello tutto par bello [It]; nullum est jam dictum quod non dictum est nullum est jam dictum quod non dictum est prius [Lat.]; una scopa nuova spazza bene [It]. |
#124. Oldness — N. oldness &c. adj.†; age, antiquity; cobwebs of antiquity. maturity; decline, decay; senility &c. 128. seniority, eldership, primogeniture. archaism &c. (the past) 122; thing of the past, relic of the past; megatherium†; Sanskrit. tradition, prescription, custom, immemorial usage, common law. V. be old &c. adj.; have had its day, have seen its day; become old &c. adj.; age, fade, senesce. Adj. old, ancient, antique; of long standing, time-honored, venerable; elder, eldest; firstborn. prime; primitive, primeval, primigenous†; paleolontological, paleontologic, paleoanthropological, paleoanthropic†, paleolithic, primordial, primordinate†; aboriginal &c. (beginning) 66; diluvian†, antediluvian; protohistoric†; prehistoric; antebellum, colonial, precolumbian; patriarchal, preadamite†; paleocrystic†; fossil, paleozoolical, paleozoic, preglacial†, antemundane†; archaic, classic, medieval, Pre-Raphaelite, ancestral, black-letter. immemorial, traditional, prescriptive, customary, whereof the memory of man runneth not to the whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary; inveterate, rooted. antiquated, of other times, rococo, of the old school, after-age, obsolete; out of date, out of fashion, out of it; stale, old-fashioned, behind the age; old-world; exploded; gone out, gone by; passe, run out; senile &c. 128; time worn; crumbling &c. (deteriorated) 659; secondhand. old as the hills, old as Methuselah, old as Adam†, old as history. [geological eras (list, starting at given number of years bp)] Archeozoic [5,000,000,000], Proterozoic [1,500,000,000], Paleozoic [600,000,000], Mesozoic [220,000,000], Cenozoic [70,000,000]. [geological periods] Precambrian, Cambrian [600,000,000], Ordovician [500,000,000], Silurian [440,000,000], Devonian [400,000,000], Mississippian [350,000,000], Pennsylvanian [300,000,000], Permian [270,000,000], Triassic [220,000,000], Jurassic [180,000,000], Cretaceous [135,000,000], Tertiary [70,000,000], Paleogene [70,000,000], Neocene [25,0000,000], Quaternary [1,000,000]. [geological epochs (list, starting at 70,000,000 years bp)] Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Recent. Adv. since the world was made, since the year one, since the days of Methuselah. Phr. vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi [Lat.] [Tacitus]. |
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#125. Morning [Noon.] — N. morning, morn, forenoon, a.m., prime, dawn, daybreak; dayspring†, foreday†, sunup; peep of day, break of day; aurora; first blush of the morning, first flush of the morning, prime of the morning; twilight, crepuscule, sunrise; cockcrow, cockcrowing†; the small hours, the wee hours of the morning. spring; vernal equinox, first point of Aries. noon; midday, noonday; noontide, meridian, prime; nooning, noontime. summer, midsummer. Adj. matin, matutinal†; vernal. Adv. at sunrise &c. n.; with the sun, with the lark, when the morning dawns." Phr. at shut of evening flowers" [Paradise Lost]; entre chien et loup [Fr.]; flames in the forehead of the morning sky" [Milton]; the breezy call of incense-breathing morn" [Gray]. |
#126. Evening [Midnight.] — N. evening, eve; decline of day, fall of day, close of day; candlelight, candlelighting†; eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour; sunset, sundown; going down of the sun, cock-shut, dewy eve, gloaming, bedtime. afternoon, postmeridian, p.m. autumn, fall, fall of the leaf; autumnal equinox; Indian summer, St. Luke's summer, St. Martin's summer. midnight; dead of night, witching hour, witching hour of night, witching time of night; winter; killing time. Adj. vespertine, autumnal, nocturnal. Phr. midnight, the outpost of advancing day" [Longfellow]; sable-vested Night" [Milton]; this gorgeous arch with golden worlds inlay'd" [Young]. |
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#127. Youth — N. youth; juvenility, juvenescence†; juniority†; infancy; babyhood, childhood, boyhood, girlhood, youthhood†; incunabula; minority, nonage, teens, tender age, bloom. cradle, nursery, leading strings, pupilage, puberty, pucelage†. prime of life, flower of life, springtide of life†, seedtime of life, golden season of life; heyday of youth, school days; rising generation. Adj. young, youthful, juvenile, green, callow, budding, sappy, puisne, beardless, under age, in one's teens; in statu pupillari [Lat.]; younger, junior; hebetic†, unfledged. Phr. youth on the prow and pleasure at the helm" [Gray]; youth a the glad season of life" [Carlyle]. |
#128. Age — N. age; oldness† &c. adj.; old age, advanced age, golden years; senility, senescence; years, anility†, gray hairs, climacteric, grand climacteric, declining years, decrepitude, hoary age, caducity†, superannuation; second childhood, second childishness; dotage; vale of years, decline of life, sear and yellow leaf" [Macbeth]; threescore years and ten; green old age, ripe age; longevity; time of life. seniority, eldership; elders &c. (veteran) 130; firstling; doyen, father; primogeniture. [Science of old age.] geriatrics, nostology†. V. be aged &c. adj.; grow old, get old &c. adj.; age; decline, wane, dodder; senesce. Adj. aged; old &c. 124; elderly, geriatric, senile; matronly, anile†; in years; ripe, mellow, run to seed, declining, waning, past one's prime; gray, gray-headed; hoar, hoary; venerable, time-worn, antiquated, passe, effete, decrepit, superannuated; advanced in life, advanced in years; stricken in years; wrinkled, marked withthe crow's foot; having one foot in the grave; doting &c. (imbecile) 499; like the last of pea time. older, elder, eldest; senior; firstborn. turned of, years old; of a certain age, no chicken, old as Methuselah; ancestral, patriarchal, &c. (ancient) 124; gerontic. Phr. give me a staff of honor for my age" [Titus Andronicus]; bis pueri senes [Lat.]; peu de gens savent elre vieux [Fr.]; plenus annis abiit plenus honoribus [Lat.] [Pliny the Younger]; old age is creeping on apace" [Byron]; slow-consuming age" [Gray]; the hoary head is a crown of glory" [Proverbs xvi, 31]; the silver livery of advised age" [II Henry VI]; to grow old gracefully; to vanish in the chinks that Time has made" [Rogers]. |
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#129. Infant — N. infant, babe, baby, babe in arms; nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling; papoose, bambino; kid; vagitus. child, bairn [Scot.], little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin; bantling, bratling†; elf. youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker†, callant†, whipster†, whippersnapper, whiffet [U.S.], schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master. scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin, codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin†; aurelia†, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha†, orphan, pupa, staddle†. girl; lass, lassie; wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle; maid, maiden; virgin; hoyden. Adj. infantine†, infantile; puerile; boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish; baby; newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow. in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings; at the breast; in one's teens. |
#130. Veteran — N. veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian; old stager; dotard &c. 501. preadamite†, Methuselah, Nestor, old Parr; elders; forefathers &c. (paternity) 166. Phr. superfluous lags the veteran on the superfluous lags the veteran on the stage" [Johnson]. |
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#131. Adolescence — N. adolescence, pubescence, majority; adultism; adultness &c. adj.; manhood, virility, maturity full age, ripe age; flower of age; prime of life, meridian of life, spring of life. man &c. 373; woman &c. 374; adult, no chicken. V. come of age, come to man's estate, come to years of discretion; attain majority, assume the toga virilis [Lat.]; have cut one's eyeteeth, have sown one's mild oats. Adj. adolescent, pubescent, of age; of full age, of ripe age; out of one's teens, grown up, mature, full grown, in one's prime, middle-aged, manly, virile, adult; womanly, matronly; marriageable, nubile. |
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#132. Earliness — N. earliness &c. adj.; morning &c. 125. punctuality; promptitude &c. (activity) 682; haste &c. (velocity) 274; suddenness &c. (instantaneity) 113. prematurity, precocity, precipitation, anticipation; a stitch in time. V. be early &c. adj., be beforehand &c. adv.; keep time, take time by the forelock, anticipate, forestall; have the start, gain the start; steal a march upon; gain time, draw on futurity; bespeak, secure, engage, preengage†. accelerate; expedite &c. (quicken) 274; make haste &c. (hurry) 684. Adj. early, prime, forward; prompt &c. (active) 682; summary. premature, precipitate, precocious; prevenient†, anticipatory; rath†. sudden &c. (instantaneous) 113; unexpected &c. 508; near, near at hand; immediate. Adv. early, soon, anon, betimes, rath†; eft, eftsoons; ere long, before long, shortly; beforehand; prematurely &c. adj.; precipitately &c. (hastily) 684; too soon; before its time, before one's time; in anticipation; unexpectedly &c. 508. suddenly &c. (instantaneously) 113; before one can say 'Jack Robinson'," at short notice, extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion [Bacon]; at once; on the spot, on the instant; at sight; offhand, out of hand; a' vue d'oeil [Fr.]; straight, straightway, straightforth†; forthwith, incontinently, summarily, immediately, briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily, apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately, presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly. Phr. no sooner said than done, immediately, if not sooner; tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre [Fr.]. #132a. Punctuality — N. punctuality, promptness, immediateness. V. be prompt, be on time, be in time; arrive on time; be in the nick of time. Adj. timely, seasonable, in time, punctual, prompt. Adv. on time, punctually, at the deadline, precisely, exactly; right on time, to the minute; in time; in good time, in military time, in pudding time†, in due time; time enough; with no time to spare, by a hair's breadth. Phr. touch and go, not a minute too soon, in the nick of time, just under the wire, get on board before the train leaves the get on board before the train leaves the station. |
#133. Lateness — N. lateness &c. adj.; tardiness &c. (slowness) 275. delay, delation; cunctation, procrastination; deferring, deferral &c. v.; postponement, adjournment, prorogation, retardation, respite, pause, reprieve, stay of execution; protraction, prolongation; Fabian policy, medecine expectante [Fr.], chancery suit, federal case; leeway; high time; moratorium, holdover. V. be late &c. adj.; tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time; dawdle &c. (be inactive) 683; linger, loiter; bide one's time, take one's time; gain time; hang fire; stand over, lie over. put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend; table [Parl.]; shift off, stave off; waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn; procrastinate; dally; prolong, protract; spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out; prorogue; keep back; tide over; push to the last, drive to the last; let the matter stand over; reserve &c. (store) 636; temporize; consult one's pillow, sleep on it. lose an opportunity &c. 135; be kept waiting, dance attendance; kick one's heels, cool one's heels; faire antichambre [Fr.]; wait impatiently; await &c. (expect) 507; sit up, sit up at night. Adj. late, tardy, slow, behindhand, serotine†, belated, postliminious†, posthumous, backward, unpunctual, untimely; delayed, postponed; dilatory &c. (slow) 275; delayed &c. v.; in abeyance. Adv. late; lateward†, backward; late in the day; at sunset, at the eleventh hour, at length, at last; ultimately; after time, behind time, after the deadline; too late; too late for &c. 135. slowly, leisurely, deliberately, at one's leisure; ex post facto; sine die. Phr. nonum prematur in annum [Lat.] [Horace]; against the sunbeams serotine and lucent" [Longfellow]; ie meglio tardi che mai [It]; deliberando saepe perit occasio [Lat.] [Syrus]. |
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#134. Occasion — N. timeliness, occasion, opportunity, opening, room; event (eventuality) 151; suitable season, proper season, suitable time, proper time; high time; opportuneness &c. adj.; tempestivity†. crisis, turn, juncture, conjuncture; crisis, turning point, given time. nick of time; golden opportunity, well timed opportunity, fine opportunity, favorable opportunity, opening; clear stage, fair field; mollia tempora [Lat.]; fata Morgana [Lat.]; spare time &c. (leisure) 685. V. seize an opportunity &c. (take) 789, use an opportunity &c. 677, give an opportunity &c. 784, use an occasion; improve the occasion. suit the occasion &c. (be expedient) 646. seize the occasion, strike while the iron is hot, battre le fer sur l'enclume [Fr.], make hay while the sun shines, seize the present hour, take time by the forelock, prendre la balle au bond [Fr.]. Adj. opportune, timely, well-timed, timeful†, seasonable. providential, lucky, fortunate, happy, favorable, propitious, auspicious, critical; suitable &c. 23; obiter dicta. Adv. opportunely &c. adj.; in proper course, in due course, in proper season, in due season, in proper time, in due time; for the nonce; in the nick of time, in the fullness of time; all in good time; just in time, at the eleventh hour, now or never. by the way, by the by; en passant [Fr.], a propos [Fr.]; pro re nata [Lat.], pro hac vice [Lat.]; par parenthese [Fr.], parenthetically, by way of parenthesis, incidentally; while speaking of, while on the subject; extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion; on the spot &c. (early) 132. Phr. carpe diem [Lat.], [Horace]; occasionem cognosce [Lat.]; one's hour is come, the time is up; that reminds me, now that you mention it, come to think of it; bien perdu bien connu [Fr.]; e sempre l'ora [It]; ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius [Lat.]; nosce tempus [Lat.]; nunc aut nunquam [Lat.]. |
#135. Untimeliness — N. untimeliness, intempestivity†, unseasonableness, inexpedience; unsuitable time, improper time; unreasonableness &c. adj.; evil hour; contretemps; intrusion; anachronism &c. 115. bad time, wrong time, inappropriate time, not the right occasion, unsuitable time, inopportune time, poor timing. V. be ill timed &c. adj.; mistime, intrude, come amiss, break in upon; have other fish to fry; be busy, be occupied. lose an opportunity, throw away an opportunity, waste an opportunity, neglect an opportunity &c. 460; allow the opportunity to pass, suffer the opportunity to pass, allow the opportunity to slip, suffer the opportunity to slip, allow the opportunity to go by, suffer the opportunity to go by, allow the opportunity to escape, suffer the opportunity to escape, allow the opportunity to lapse, suffer the opportunity to lapse, allow the occasion to pass, allow the occasion to slip by; waste time &c. (be inactive) 683; let slip through the fingers, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen. Adj. ill-timed, mistimed; ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred; untimely, unseasonable; out of date, out of season; inopportune, timeless, intrusive, untoward, mal a propos [Fr.], unlucky, inauspicious, infelicitous, unbefitting, unpropitious, unfortunate, unfavorable; unsuited &c. 24; inexpedient &c. 647. unpunctual &c. (late) 133; too late for; premature &c. (early) 132; too soon for; wise after the event, monday morning quarterbacking, twenty-twenty hindsight. Adv. inopportunely &c. adj.; as ill luck would have it, in an evil hour, the time having gone by, a day after the fair. Phr. after death the doctor, after meat mustard. |
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#136. Frequency — N. frequency, oftness†, oftenness†, commonness; repetition &c. 104; normality &c. 80; example (conformity) 82; routine, custom (habit) 613. regularity, uniformity, constancy, clock-work precision; punctuality &c. (exactness) 494; even tenor; system; routine &c. (custom) 613; formula; rule &c. (form regulation) 697; keynote, standard, model; precedent &c. (prototype) 22; conformity &c. 82. V. recur &c. 104; do nothing but; keep, keep on. Adj. frequent, many times, not rare, thickcoming†, incessant, perpetual, continual, steady, constant, thick; uniform; repeated &c. 104; customary &c. 613 (habit) 613; regular (normal) 80; according to rule &c. (conformable) 82. common, everyday, usual, ordinary, familiar. old-hat, boring, well-known, trivial. Adv. often, oft; ofttimes†, oftentimes; frequently; repeatedly &c. 104; unseldom†, not unfrequently†; in quick succession, in rapid succession; many a time and oft; daily, hourly &c.; every day, every hour, every moment &c., perpetually, continually, constantly, incessantly, without ceasing, at all times, daily and hourly, night and day, day and night, day after day, morning noon and night, ever anon, invariably (habit) 613. most often; commonly &c. (habitually) 613. sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then, from time to time, there being times when, toties quoties [Lat.], often enough, when the mood strikes, again and again. |
#137. Infrequency — N. infrequency, rareness, rarity; fewness &c. 103; seldomness†; uncommonness. V. be rare &c. adj.. Adj. unfrequent†, infrequent; rare, rare as a blue diamond; few &c. 103; scarce; almost unheard of, unprecedented, which has not occurred within the memory of the which has not occurred within the memory of the oldest inhabitant, not within one's previous experience; not since Adam†. scarce as hen's teeth; one in a million; few and far between. Adv. seldom, rarely, scarcely, hardly; not often, not much, infrequently, unfrequently†, unoften†; scarcely, scarcely ever, hardly ever; once in a blue moon. once; once in a blue moon; once in a million years; once for all, once in a way; pro hac vice [Lat.]. Phr. ein mal kein mal [G.]. |
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#138. Periodicity [Regularity of recurrence] — N. periodicity, intermittence; beat; oscillation &c. 314; pulse, pulsation; rhythm; alternation, alternateness, alternativeness, alternity†. bout, round, revolution, rotation, turn, say. anniversary, jubilee, centenary. catamenia†, courses, menses, menstrual flux. [Regularity of return] rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine; days of the week; Sunday, Monday &c.; months of the year; January &c.; feast, fast &c.; Christmas, Easter, New Year's day &c.; Allhallows†, Allhallowmas†, All Saints' Day; All Souls', All Souls' Day; Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile†, Candlemas†, Dewali, groundhog day [U.S.], Halloween, Hallowmas†, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day [U.S.], St. Swithin's day, natal day; yearbook; yuletide. punctuality, regularity, steadiness. V. recur in regular order, recur in regular succession; return, revolve; come again, come in its turn; come round, come round again; beat, pulsate; alternate; intermit. Adj. periodic, periodical; serial, recurrent, cyclical, rhythmical; recurring &c. v.; intermittent, remittent; alternate, every other. hourly; diurnal, daily; quotidian, tertian, weekly; hebdomadal†, hebdomadary†; biweekly, fortnightly; bimonthly; catamenial†; monthly, menstrual; yearly, annual; biennial, triennial, &c.; centennial, secular; paschal, lenten, &c. regular, steady, punctual, regular as clockwork. Adv. periodically &c. adj.; at regular intervals, at stated times; at fixed established, at established periods; punctually &c. adj.. de die in diem [Lat.]; from day to day, day by day. by turns; in turn, in rotation; alternately, every other day, off and on, ride and tie, round and round. |
#139. Irregularity of recurrence — N. irregularity, uncertainty, unpunctuality; fitfulness &c. adj.; capriciousness, ecrhythmus†. Adj. irregular, uncertain, unpunctual, capricious, desultory, fitful, flickering; rambling, rhapsodical; spasmodic; immethodical†, unmethodical, variable. Adv. irregularly &c. adj.; by fits and starts &c. (discontinuously) 70. |
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#140. [Difference at different times.] Change — N. change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, evolution, revolution; diversion; break. transformation, transfiguration; metamorphosis; transmutation; deoxidization [Chem]; transubstantiation; [Genetics], mutagenesis transanimation†, transmigration, metempsychosis†; avatar; alterative. conversion &c. (gradual change) 144; revolution &c. (sudden or radical change) 146, inversion &c. (reversal) 218; displacement &c. 185; transference &c. 270. changeableness &c. 149; tergiversation &c. (change of mind) 607. V. change, alter, vary, wax and wane; modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with; turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert†; pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume. work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce; transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume†; metamorphose, ring the changes. innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards; give a turn to, give a color to; influence, turn the scale; shift the scene, turn over a new leaf. recast &c. 146; reverse &c. 218; disturb &c. 61; convert into &c. 144. Adj. changed &c. v.; newfangled; changeable &c. 149; transitional; modifiable; alterative. Adv. mutatis mutandis [Lat.]. Int. quantum mutatus! [Lat.], Phr. a change came o'er the spirit of my dream" [Byron]; nous avons change tout cela [Moliere]; tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis [Lat.]; non sum qualis eram [Lat.] [Horace]; casaque tourner [Fr.]; corpora lente augescent cito extinguuntur [Tacitus]; in statu quo ante bellum [Lat.]; still ending and beginning still" [Cowper]; vox audita perit littera scripta manet [Lat.]. |
#141. [Absence of change.] Permanence — N. stability &c. 150; quiescence &c. 265; obstinacy &c. 606. permanence, persistence, endurance; durability; standing, status quo; maintenance, preservation, conservation; conservation; law of the Medes and Persians; standing dish. V. let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet (copy editing) hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby†, dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good. Adj. stable &c. 150; persisting &c. v.; permanent; established; unchanged &c. (change) &c. 140; renewed; intact, inviolate; persistent; monotonous, uncheckered†; unfailing. undestroyed, unrepealed, unsuppressed†; conservative, qualis ab incepto [Lat.]; prescriptive &c. (old) 124; stationary &c. 265. Adv. in statu quo [Lat.]; for good, finally; at a stand, at a standstill; uti possidetis [Lat.]; without a shadow of turning. Phr. esto perpetua [Lat.]; nolumus leges Angliae mutari [Lat.]; j'y suis et j'y ereste [Fr.]. |
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#142. [Change from action to rest.] Cessation — N. cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence†. intermission, remission; suspense, suspension; interruption; stop; stopping &c. v.; closure, stoppage, halt; arrival &c. 292. pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop; interregnum, abeyance; cloture [U.S.]. dead stop, dead stand, dead lock; finis, cerrado [Sp.]; blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration; comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop; end &c. 67; death &c. 360. V. cease, discontinue, desist, stay, halt; break off, leave off; hold, stop, pull up, stop short; stick, hang fire; halt; pause, rest; burn out, blow out, melt down. have done with, give over, surcease, shut up shop; give up &c. (relinquish) 624. hold one's hand, stay one's hand; rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels. come to a stand, come to a standstill; come to a deadlock, come to a full stop; arrive &c. 292; go out, die away; wear away, wear off; pass away &c. (be past) 122; be at an end; disintegrate, self-destruct. intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel†; intermit, remit; put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to; derail; turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect; bring to a stand, bring to a standstill; stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent; pull the check-string, pull the plug on. Int. hold!, stop!, enough!, avast!, have done!, a truce to!, soft!, leave off!, tenez! [Fr.], Phr. I pause for a reply" [Julius Caesar]. |
#143. Continuance in action — N. continuance, continuation; run; perpetuation, prolongation; persistence &c. (perseverance) 604.1; repetition &c. 104. V. continue, persist; go on, jog on, keep on, run on, hold on; abide, keep, pursue, stick to its course, take its course, maintain its course; carry on, keep up. sustain, uphold, hold up, keep on foot; follow up, perpetuate; maintain; preserve &c. 604.1; harp upon &c. (repeat) 104. keep going, keep alive, keep the pot boiling, keep up the ball, keep up the good work; die in harness, die with one's boots on; hold on the even tenor of one's way, pursue the even tenor of one's way. let be; stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]; quieta non movere [Lat.]; let things take their course; stare decisis (Jurisprudence). Adj. continuing &c. v.; uninterrupted, unintermitting†, unvarying, unshifting†; unreversed†, unstopped, unrevoked, unvaried; sustained; undying &c. (perpetual) 112; inconvertible. Int. keep it up!, go to it!, right away!, right on!, attaboy!, Phr. nolumus leges Angliae mutari [Lat.]; vestigia nulla retrorsum [Lat.] [Horace]; labitur et albetur [Horace]. |
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#144. [Gradual change to something different.] Conversion — N. conversion, reduction, transmutation, resolution, assimilation; evolution, sea change; change of state; assumption; naturalization; transportation; development [Biol.], developing. [photography] [conversion of currency] conversion of currency, exchange of currency; exchange rate; bureau de change. chemistry, alchemy; progress, growth, lapse, flux. passage; transit, transition; transmigration, shifting &c. v.; phase; conjugation; convertibility. crucible, alembic, caldron, retort. convert, pervert, renegade, apostate. V. be converted into; become, get, wax; come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into; turn out, lapse, shift; run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as; melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow; assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of; illapse†; begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change. convert into, resolve into; make, render; mold, form &c. 240; remodel, new model, refound†, reform, reorganize; assimilate to, bring to, reduce to. Adj. converted into &c. v.; convertible, resolvable into; transitional; naturalized. Adv. gradually, &c. (slowly) 275 in transitu &c. (transference) 270 [Lat.]. |
#145. Reversion — N. reversion, return; revulsion. turning point, turn of the tide; status quo ante bellum; calm before a storm. alternation &c. (periodicity) 138; inversion &c. 219; recoil &c. 277; retreat, regression, retrogression &c. 283; restoration &c. 660; relapse, recidivism &c. 661; atavism; vicinism†; V. revert, turn back, regress; relapse &c. 661; recoil &c. 277; retreat &c. 283; restore &c. 660; undo, unmake; turn the tide, roll back the tide, turn the scale, tip the scale. Adj. reverting &c. v.; regressive, revulsive, reactionary; retrorse†. Adv. a rebours [Fr.]. |
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#146. [Sudden or violent change.] Revolution — N. revolution, bouleversement, subversion, break up; destruction &c. 162; sudden change, radical change, sweeping organic change; change of state, phase change; quantum leap, quantum jump; clean sweep, coup d'etat [Fr.], counter revolution. jump, leap, plunge, jerk, start, transilience†; explosion; spasm, convulsion, throe, revulsion; storm, earthquake, cataclysm. legerdemain &c. (trick) 545. V. revolutionize; new model, remodel, recast; strike out something new, break with the past; change the face of, unsex. Adj. unrecognizable; revolutionary. |
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#147. [Change of one thing for another.] Substitution — N. substitution, commutation; supplanting &c. v.; metaphor, metonymy &c. (figure of speech) 521. [Thing substituted] substitute, ersatz, makeshift, temporary expedient, replacement, succedaneum; shift, pis aller [Fr.], stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast, locum tenens, warming pan, dummy, scapegoat; double; changeling; quid pro quo, alternative. representative &c. (deputy) 759; palimpsest. price, purchase money, consideration, equivalent. V. substitute, put in the place of, change for; make way for, give place to; supply the place of, take the place of; supplant, supersede, replace, cut out, serve as a substitute; step into stand in the shoes of; jury rig, make a shift with, put up with; borrow from Peter to pay Paul, take money out of one pocket and put it in take money out of one pocket and put it in another, cannibalize; commute, redeem, compound for. Adj. substituted &c.; ersatz; phony; vicarious, subdititious†. Adv. instead; in place of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room of; faute de mieux [Fr.]. |
#148. [Double or mutual change.] Interchange — N. interchange, exchange; commutation, permutation, intermutation; reciprocation, transposition, rearrangement; shuffling; alternation, reciprocity; castling (at chess); hocus-pocus. interchangeableness†, interchangeability. recombination; combination &c. 48. barter &c. 794; tit for tat &c. (retaliation) 718; cross fire, battledore and shuttlecock; quid pro quo. V. interchange, exchange, counterchange†; bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute; give and take, return the compliment; play at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlecock; retaliate &c. 718; requite. rearrange, recombine. Adj. interchanged &c. v.; reciprocal, mutual, commutative, interchangeable, intercurrent†. combinatorial [Math.]. recombinant [Biol.]. Adv. in exchange, vice versa, mutatis mutandis [Lat.], backwards and forwards, by turns, turn and turn about; each in his turn, everyone in his turn. |
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#149. Changeableness — N. changeableness &c. adj.; mutability, inconstancy; versatility, mobility; instability, unstable equilibrium; vacillation &c. (irresolution) 605; fluctuation, vicissitude; alternation &c. (oscillation) 314. restlessness &c. adj.. fidgets, disquiet; disquietude, inquietude; unrest; agitation &c. 315. moon, Proteus, chameleon, quicksilver, shifting sands, weathercock, harlequin, Cynthia of the minute, April showers†; wheel of Fortune; transientness &c. 111†. V. fluctuate, vary, waver, flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter, shift, shuffle, shake, totter, tremble, vacillate, wamble†, turn and turn about, ring the changes; sway to and fro, shift to and fro; change and change about; waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute) 605; oscillate &c. 314; vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes; alternate; have as man phases as the moon. Adj. changeable, changeful; changing &c. 140; mutable, variable, checkered, ever changing; protean, proteiform†; versatile. unstaid†, inconstant; unsteady, unstable, unfixed, unsettled; fluctuating &c. v.; restless; agitated &c. 315; erratic, fickle; irresolute &c. 605; capricious &c. 608; touch and go; inconsonant, fitful, spasmodic; vibratory; vagrant, wayward; desultory; afloat; alternating; alterable, plastic, mobile; transient &c. 111; wavering. Adv. seesaw &c. (oscillation) 314; off and on. Phr. a rolling stone gathers no moss;" pictra mossa non fa muschis [It]; honores mutant mores [Lat.]; varium et mutabile semper femina [Lat.] [Vergil]. |
#150. Stability — N. stability; immutability &c. adj.; unchangeability, &c. adj.; unchangeableness†; constancy; stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment†, stiffness, ankylosis†, solidity, aplomb. establishment, fixture; rock, pillar, tower, foundation, leopard's spots, Ethiopia's skin. permanence &c. 141; obstinacy &c. 606. V. be firm &c. adj.; stick fast; stand firm, keep firm, remain firm; weather the storm, stay the course, stick to the course, keep the faith, don't give in, don't buckle under. settle, establish, stablish†, ascertain, fix, set, stabilitate†; retain, keep hold; make good, make sure; fasten &c. (join) 43; set on its legs, float; perpetuate. settle down; strike roots, put down roots, take root; take up one's abode &c. 184; build one's house on a rock. Adj. unchangeable, immutable; unaltered, unalterable; not to be changed, constant; permanent &c. 141; invariable, undeviating; stable, durable; perennial &c. (diuturnal) 110†. fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced; confirmed, valid; fiducial†; immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted; settled, established &c. v.; vested; incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable. tethered, anchored, moored, at anchor, on a rock, rock solid, firm as a rock; firmly seated, firmly established &c. v.; deep-rooted, ineradicable; inveterate; obstinate &c. 606. transfixed, stuck fast, aground, high and dry, stranded. [movable object rendered unmovable] stuck, jammed; unremovable; quiescent &c. 265; deterioration &c. 659. indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable†, incommutable†, irresoluble†, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless†, inextinguishable, irreducible; indissoluble, indissolvable†; indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous†; insusceptible, insusceptible of change. Int. stet. Phr. littera scripta manet [Lat.]. |
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#151. Eventuality — N. eventuality, event, occurrence, incident, affair, matter, thing, episode, happening, proceeding, contingency, juncture, experience, fact; matter of fact; naked fact, bare facts, just the facts; phenomenon; advent. business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding; circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence; opportunity (occasion) 143. the world, life, things, doings, affairs in general; things in general, affairs in general; the times, state of affairs, order of the day; course of things, tide of things, stream of things, current of things, run of things, march of things, course of events; ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of life; chapter of accidents &c. (chance) 156; situation &c. (circumstances) 8. V. happen, occur; take place, take effect; come, become of; come off, comeabout†, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on; pass, present itself; fall; fall out, turn out; run, be on foot, fall in; befall, betide, bechance†; prove, eventuate, draw on; turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up; supervene, survene†; issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course; pass off &c. (be past) 122. meet with; experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to; fall to the lot of; be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot; find; endure &c. (feel) 821. Adj. happening &c. v.; going on, doing, current; in the wind, in the air, afloat; on foot, afoot, on the tapis†; at issue, in question; incidental. eventful, stirring, bustling, full of incident; memorable, momentous, signal. Adv. eventually; in the event of, in case, just in case; in the course of things; as things, times go; as the world goes, wags; as the tree falls, cat jumps; as it may turn out, happen. Phr. that's the way the ball bounces, that's the way the cookie crumbles; you never know what may turn up, you never know what the future will bring; the plot thickens; breasts the blows of circumstance" [Tennyson]; so runs round of life from hour to hour" [Keble]; sprinkled along the waste of years" [Tennyson]. |
#152. Destiny — N. destiny &c. (necessity) 601; future existence, post existence; hereafter; future state, next world, world to come, after life; futurity &c. 121; everlasting life, everlasting death; life beyond the grave, world beyond the grave; prospect &c. (expectation) 507. V. impend; hang over, lie over; threaten, loom, await, come on, approach, stare one in the face; foreordain, preordain; predestine, doom, have in store for. Adj. impending &c. v.; destined; about to be, happen; coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near; near, close at hand; over hanging, hanging over one's head, imminent; brewing, preparing, forthcoming; int he wind, on the cards, in reserve; that will, is to be; in prospect &c. (expected) 507; looming in the distance, horizon, future; unborn, in embryo; int he womb of time, futurity; pregnant &c. (producing) 161. Adv. in time, the long run; all in good time; eventually &c. 151; whatever may happen &c. (certainly) 474; as chance would have it &c. 156. |
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#153. [Constant antecedent]. Cause — N. cause, origin, source, principle, element; occasioner†, prime mover, primum mobile [Lat.]; vera causa [Lat.]; author &c. (producer) 164; mainspring; agent; leaven; groundwork, foundation &c. (support) 215. spring, fountain, well, font; fountainhead, spring head, wellhead; fons et origo [Lat.], genesis; descent &c. (paternity) 166; remote cause; influence. pivot, hinge, turning point, lever, crux, fulcrum; key; proximate cause, causa causans [Lat.]; straw that breaks the camel's back. ground; reason, reason why; why and wherefore, rationale, occasion, derivation; final cause &c. (intention) 620; les dessous des cartes [Fr.]; undercurrents. rudiment. egg, germ, embryo, bud, root, radix radical, etymon, nucleus, seed, stem, stock, stirps, trunk, tap-root, gemmule†, radicle, semen, sperm. nest, cradle, nursery, womb, nidus, birthplace, hotbed. causality, causation; origination; production &c. 161. V. be the cause of &c. n .; originate; give origin to, give rise, to, give occasion to; cause, occasion, sow the seeds of, kindle, suscitate†; bring on, bring to bring pass, bring about; produce; create &c. 161; set up, set afloat, set on foot; found, broach, institute, lay the foundation of; lie at the root of. procure, induce, draw down, open the door to, superinduce, evoke, entail, operate; elicit, provoke. conduce to &c. (tend to) 176; contribute; have a hand in the pie, have a finger in the pie; determine, decide, turn the scale; have a common origin; derive its origin &c. (effect) 154. Adj. caused &c. v.; causal, original; primary, primitive, primordial; aboriginal; protogenal†; radical; embryonic, embryotic†; in embryo, in ovo [Lat.]; seminal, germinal; at the bottom of; connate, having a common origin. Adv. because &c. 155; behind the scenes. Phr. causa latet vis est notissima [Lat.] [Ovid]; felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas [Lat.] [Vergil]. |
#154. [Constant sequent.] Effect — N. effect, consequence; aftergrowth†, aftercome†; derivative, derivation; result; resultant, resultance†; upshot, issue, denouement; end &c. 67; development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud. production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance; creature, creation; offspring, offshoot; firstfruits†, firstlings; heredity, telegony†; premices premises†. V. be the effect of &c. n.; be due to, be owing to; originate in, originate from; rise from, arise, take its rise spring from, proceed from, emanate from, come from, grow from, bud from, sprout from, germinate from, issue from, flow from, result from, follow from, derive its origin from, accrue from; come to, come of, come out of; depend upon, hang upon, hinge upon, turn upon. take the consequences, sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. Adj. owing to; resulting from &c. v.; derivable from; due to; caused by &c. 153; dependent upon; derived from, evolved from; derivative; hereditary; telegonous†. Adv. of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently; as a consequence, in consequence; through, all along of, necessarily, eventually. Phr. cela va sans dire [Fr.], thereby hangs a tale" [Taming of the Shrew]. |
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#155. [Assignment of cause] Attribution — N. attribution, theory, etiology, ascription, reference to, rationale; accounting for &c. v.; palaetiology1, imputation, derivation from. filiation†, affiliation; pedigree &c. (paternity) 166. explanation &c. (interpretation) 522; reason why &c. (cause) 153. V. attribute to, ascribe to, impute to, refer to, lay to, point to, trace to, bring home to; put down to, set down to, blame; charge on, ground on; invest with, assign as cause, lay at, the door of, father upon; account for, derive from, point out the reason &c. 153; theorize; tell how it comes; put the saddle on the right horse. Adj. attributed &c. v.; attributable &c. v.; referable to, referrible to†, due to, derivable from; owing to &c. (effect) 154; putative; ecbatic†. Adv. hence, thence, therefore, for, since, on account of, because, owing to; on that account; from this cause, from that cause; thanks to, forasmuch as; whence, propter hoc [Lat.]. why,? wherefore,? whence,? how comes it, how is it, how happens it,? how does it happen,? in some way, in some such way; somehow, somehow or other. Phr. that is why; hinc illae lachrymae [Lat.] [Horace]. |
#156. [Absence of assignable cause.] Chance — N. chance, indetermination, accident, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, chance medley, random, luck, raccroc†, casualty, contingence, adventure, hit; fate &c. (necessity) 601; equal chance; lottery; tombola†; toss up &c. 621; turn of the table, turn of the cards; hazard of the die, chapter of accidents, fickle finger of fate; cast of the dice, throw of the dice; heads or tails, flip of a coin, wheel of Fortune; sortes†, sortes Virgilianae†. probability, possibility, odds; long odds, run of luck; accidentalness; main chance, odds on, favorable odds. contingency, dependence (uncertainty) 475; situation (circumstance) 8. statistics, theory of Probabilities, theory of Chances; bookmaking; assurance; speculation, gaming &c. 621. V. chance, hap, turn up; fall to one's lot; be one's fate &c. 601; stumble on light upon; take one's chance &c. 621. Adj. casual, fortuitous, accidental, adventitious, causeless, incidental, contingent, uncaused, undetermined, indeterminate; random, statistical; possible &c. 470; unintentional &c. 621. Adv. by chance, accidentally, by accident; casually; perchance &c. (possibly) 470; for aught one knows; as good would have it, as bad would have it, as luck would have it, as ill-luck would have it, as chance would have it; as it may be, as it may chance, as it may turn up, as it may happen; as the case may be. Phr. grasps the skirts of happy chance" [Tennyson]; the accident of an accident" [Lord Thurlow]. There but for the grace of God go I" |
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#157. Power — N. power; potency, potentiality; jiva†; puissance, might, force, energy &c. 171; dint; right hand, right arm; ascendency†, sway, control; prepotency, prepollence†; almightiness, omnipotence; authority &c. 737; strength &c. 159. ability; ableness &c. adj.†; competency; efficacy; efficiency, productivity, expertise (skill) 698; validity, cogency; enablement†; vantage ground; influence &c. 175. pressure; conductivity; elasticity; gravity, electricity, magnetism, galvanism, voltaic electricity, voltaism, electromagnetism; atomic power, nuclear power, thermonuclear power; fuel cell; hydraulic power, water power, hydroelectric power; solar power, solar energy, solar panels; tidal power; wind power; attraction; vis inertiae [Lat.], vis mortua [Lat.], vis viva [Lat.]; potential energy, dynamic energy; dynamic friction, dynamic suction; live circuit, live rail, live wire. capability, capacity; quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent [Lat.]; faculty, quality, attribute, endowment, virtue, gift, property, qualification, susceptibility. V. be powerful &c. adj.; gain power &c. n.. belong to, pertain to; lie in one's power, be in one's power; can, be able. give power, confer power, exercise power &c. n.; empower, enable, invest; indue†, endue; endow, arm; strengthen &c. 159; compel &c. 744. Adj. powerful, puissant; potential; capable, able; equal to, up to; cogent, valid; efficient, productive; effective, effectual, efficacious, adequate, competent; multipotent†, plenipotent†, omnipotent; almighty. forcible &c. adj.. (energetic) 171; influential &c. 175; productive &c. 168. Adv. powerfully &c. adj.; by virtue of, by dint of. Phr. a toute force [Fr.]; dos moi pou sto kai kino ten gen [Gr.]; eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis [Lat.]; fortis cadere cedere non potest [Lat.]. |
#158. Impotence — N. impotence; inability, disability; disablement, impuissance, imbecility; incapacity, incapability; inaptitude, ineptitude, incompetence, unproductivity†; indocility†; invalidity, disqualification; inefficiency, wastefulness. telum imbelle [Lat.], brutum fulmen [Lat.], blank, blank cartridge, flash in the pan, vox et proeterea nihil [Lat.], dead letter, bit of waste paper, dummy; paper tiger; Quaker gun. inefficacy &c. (inutility) 645†; failure &c. 732. helplessness &c. adj.; prostration, paralysis, palsy, apoplexy, syncope, sideration†, deliquium [Lat.], collapse, exhaustion, softening of the brain, inanition; emasculation, orchiotomy [Med.], orchotomy [Med.]. cripple, old woman, muff, powder puff, creampuff, pussycat, wimp, mollycoddle; eunuch. V. be impotent &c. adj.; not have a leg to stand on. vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou [Fr.], vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents [Fr.]. collapse, faint, swoon, fall into a swoon, drop; go by the board, go by the wayside; go up in smoke, end in smoke &c. (fail) 732. render powerless &c. adj.; deprive of power; disable, disenable†; disarm, incapacitate, disqualify, unfit, invalidate, deaden, cramp, tie the hands; double up, prostrate, paralyze, muzzle, cripple, becripple†, maim, lame, hamstring, draw the teeth of; throttle, strangle, garrotte, garrote; ratten†, silence, sprain, clip the wings of, put hors de combat [Fr.], spike the guns; take the wind out of one's sails, scotch the snake, put a spoke in one's wheel; break the neck, break the back; unhinge, unfit; put out of gear. unman, unnerve, enervate; emasculate, castrate, geld, alter, neuter, sterilize, fix. shatter, exhaust, weaken &c. 160. Adj. powerless, impotent, unable, incapable, incompetent; inefficient, ineffective; inept; unfit, unfitted; unqualified, disqualified; unendowed; inapt, unapt; crippled, disabled &c. v.; armless†. harmless, unarmed, weaponless, defenseless, sine ictu [Lat.], unfortified, indefensible, vincible, pregnable, untenable. paralytic, paralyzed; palsied, imbecile; nerveless, sinewless†, marrowless†, pithless†, lustless†; emasculate, disjointed; out of joint, out of gear; unnerved, unhinged; water-logged, on one's beam ends, rudderless; laid on one's back; done up, dead beat, exhausted, shattered, demoralized; graveled &c. (in difficulty) 704; helpless, unfriended†, fatherless; without a leg to stand on, hors de combat [Fr.], laid on the shelf. null and void, nugatory, inoperative, good for nothing; ineffectual &c. (failing) 732; inadequate &c. 640; inefficacious &c. (useless) 645. Phr. der kranke Mann [G.]; desirous still but impotent to rise" [Shenstone]; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. |
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#159. [Degree of power.] Strength — N. strength; power &c. 157; energy &c. 171; vigor, force; main force, physical force, brute force; spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity. stoutness &c. adj.; lustihood†, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique; pith, pithiness; virtility, vitality. athletics, athleticism†; gymnastics, feats of strength. adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak; iron grip; grit, bone. athlete, gymnast, acrobat; superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus†, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath; tower of strength; giant refreshed. strengthening &c. v.; invigoration, refreshment, refocillation†. [Science of forces] dynamics, statics. V. be strong &c. adj., be stronger; overmatch. render strong &c. adj.; give strength &c. n.; strengthen, invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel, gird; screw up, wind up, set up; gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins; recruit, set on one's legs; vivify; refresh &c. 689; refect†; reinforce, reenforce &c. (restore) 660. Adj. strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible, hard, adamantine, stout, robust, sturdy, hardy, powerful, potent, puissant, valid. resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable, unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable; incontestable; more than a match for; overpowering, overwhelming; all powerful, all sufficient; sovereign. able-bodied; athletic; Herculean, Cyclopean, Atlantean†; muscular, brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart, gigantic. manly, man-like, manful; masculine, male, virile. unweakened†, unallayed, unwithered†, unshaken, unworn, unexhausted†; in full force, in full swing; in the plenitude of power. stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted; strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy; sound as a roach; in fine feather, in high feather; built like a brick shithouse; like a giant refreshed. Adv. strongly &c. adj.; by force &c. n.; by main force &c. (by compulsion) 744. Phr. our withers are unwrung" [Hamlet]. Blut und Eisen [G.]; coelitus mihi vires [Lat.]; du fort au diable [Fr.]; en habiles gens [Lat.]; ex vi termini; flecti non frangi [Lat.]; he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill" [Burke]; inflexible in faith invincible in arms" [Beattie]. |
#160. Weakness — N. weakness &c. adj.; debility, atony†, relaxation, languor, enervation; impotence &c. 158; infirmity; effeminacy, feminality†; fragility, flaccidity; inactivity &c. 683. anaemia, bloodlessness, deficiency of blood, poverty of blood. declension of strength, loss of strength, failure of strength; delicacy, invalidation, decrepitude, asthenia†, adynamy†, cachexy†, cachexia [Med.], sprain, strain. reed, thread, rope of sand, house of cards. softling†, weakling; infant &c. 129; youth &c. 127. V. be weak &c. adj.; drop, crumble, give way, totter, tremble, shake, halt, limp, fade, languish, decline, flag, fail, have one leg in the grave. render weak &c. adj.; weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, shake, deprive of strength, relax, enervate, eviscerate; unbrace, unnerve; cripple, unman &c. (render powerless) 158; cramp, reduce, sprain, strain, blunt the edge of; dilute, impoverish; decimate; extenuate; reduce in strength, reduce the strength of; mettre de l'eau dans son vin [Fr.]. Adj. weak, feeble, debile†; impotent &c. 158; relaxed, unnerved, &c. v.; sapless, strengthless†, powerless; weakly, unstrung, flaccid, adynamic†, asthenic†; nervous. soft, effeminate, feminate†, womanly. frail, fragile, shattery†; flimsy, unsubstantial, insubstantial, gimcrack, gingerbread; rickety, creaky, creaking, cranky; craichy†; drooping, tottering &c. v.. broken, lame, withered, shattered, shaken, crazy, shaky; palsied &c. 158; decrepit. languid, poor, infirm; faint, faintish†; sickly &c. (disease) 655; dull, slack, evanid†, spent, short-winded, effete; weather-beaten; decayed, rotten, worn, seedy, languishing, wasted, washy, laid low, pulled down, the worse for wear. unstrengthened &c. 159†, unsupported, unaided, unassisted; aidless†, defenseless &c. 158; cantilevered (support) 215. on its last legs; weak as a child, weak as a baby, weak as a chicken, weak as a cat, weak as a rat; weak as water, weak as water gruel, weak as gingerbread, weak as milk and water; colorless &c. 429. Phr. non sum qualis eram [Lat.]. |
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#161. Production — N. production, creation, construction, formation, fabrication, manufacture; building, architecture, erection, edification; coinage; diaster†; organization; nisus formativus [Lat.]; putting together &c. v.; establishment; workmanship, performance; achievement &c. (completion) 729. flowering, fructification; inflorescence. bringing forth &c. v.; parturition, birth, birth-throe, childbirth, delivery, confinement, accouchement, travail, labor, midwifery, obstetrics; geniture†; gestation &c. (maturation) 673; assimilation; evolution, development, growth; entelechy [Phil.]; fertilization, gemination, germination, heterogamy [Biol.], genesis, generation, epigenesis†, procreation, progeneration†, propagation; fecundation, impregnation; albumen &c. 357. spontaneous generation; archegenesis†, archebiosis†; biogenesis, abiogenesis†, digenesis†, dysmerogenesis†, eumerogenesis†, heterogenesis†, oogenesis, merogenesis†, metogenesis†, monogenesis†, parthenogenesis, homogenesis†, xenogenesis1†; authorship, publication; works, opus, oeuvre. biogeny†, dissogeny†, xenogeny†; tocogony†, vacuolization. edifice, building, structure, fabric, erection, pile, tower, flower, fruit. V. produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture; weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel; build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up; establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute; achieve, accomplish &c. (complete) 729. flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean†, yean†, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle; bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world. make productive &c. 168; create; beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate; procreate, progenerate†, propagate; engender; bring into being, call into being, bring into existence; breed, hatch, develop, bring up. induce, superinduce; suscitate†; cause &c. 153; acquire &c. 775. Adj. produced, producing &c. v.; productive of; prolific &c. 168; creative; formative, genetic, genial, genital; pregnant; enceinte, big with, fraught with; in the family way, teeming, parturient, in the straw, brought to bed of; puerperal, puerperous†. digenetic†, heterogenetic†, oogenetic, xenogenetic†; ectogenous†, gamic†, haematobious†, sporogenous [Biol.], sporophorous [Biol.]. architectonic. Phr. ex nihilo nihil [Lat.]; fiat lux [Lat.]; materiam superabat opus [Lat.] [Ovid]; nemo dat quod non habet [Lat.]. |
#162. [Nonproduction.] Destruction — N. destruction; waste, dissolution, breaking up; diruption†, disruption; consumption; disorganization. fall, downfall, devastation, ruin, perdition, crash; eboulement [Fr.], smash, havoc, delabrement [Fr.], debacle; break down, break up, fall apart; prostration; desolation, bouleversement [Fr.], wreck, wrack, shipwreck, cataclysm; washout. extinction, annihilation; destruction of life &c. 361; knock-down blow; doom, crack of doom. destroying &c. v.; demolition, demolishment; overthrow, subversion, suppression; abolition &c. (abrogation) 756; biblioclasm†; sacrifice; ravage, razzia†; inactivation; incendiarism; revolution &c. 146; extirpation &c. (extraction) 301; beginning of the end, commencement de la fin [Fr.], road to ruin; dilapidation &c. (deterioration) 659; sabotage. V. be destroyed &c.; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin; go by the board, go all to smash; be all over, be all up, be all with; totter to its fall. destroy; do away with, make away with; nullify; annual &c. 756; sacrifice, demolish; tear up; overturn, overthrow, overwhelm; upset, subvert, put an end to; seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish [Slang], undo; break up, cut up; break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down; suppress, quash, put down, do a job on; cut short, take off, blot out; dispel, dissipate, dissolve; consume. smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver; batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces; laniate†; nip; tear to rags, tear to tatters; crush to atoms, knock to atoms; ruin; strike out; throw over, knock down over; fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf†, submerge; lay in ashes, lay in ruins; sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze; level with the dust, level with the ground; waste; atomize, vaporize. deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut; disorganize; dismantle &c. (render useless) 645; devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound; exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate; snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out; lay in the dust, trample in the dust; prostrate; tread under foot; crush under foot, trample under foot; lay the ax to the root of; make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of; cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons; fling to the winds, scatter to the winds; throw overboard; strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword; cast to the dogs; eradicate &c. 301. Adj. destroyed &c. v.; perishing &c. v.; trembling to its fall, nodding to its fall, tottering to its fall; in course of destruction &c. n.; extinct. all-destroying, all-devouring, all-engulfing. destructive, subversive, ruinous, devastating; incendiary, deletory†; destroying &c. n.. suicidal; deadly &c. (killing) 361. Adv. with crushing effect, with a sledge hammer. Phr. delenda est Carthago [Lat.]; dum Roma deliberat Saguntum perit [Lat.]; ecrasez l'infame [Voltaire]. |
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#163. Reproduction — N. reproduction, renovation; restoration &c. 660; renewal; new edition, reprint, revival, regeneration, palingenesis†, revivification; apotheosis; resuscitation, reanimation, resurrection, reappearance; regrowth; Phoenix. generation &c. (production) 161; multiplication. V. reproduce; restore &c. 660; revive, renovate, renew, regenerate, revivify, resuscitate, reanimate; remake, refashion, stir the embers, put into the crucible; multiply, repeat; resurge†. crop up, spring up like mushrooms. Adj. reproduced &c. v.; renascent, reappearing; reproductive; suigenetic†. |
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#164. Producer — N. producer, originator, inventor, author, founder, generator, mover, architect, creator, prime mover; maker &c. (agent) 690; prime mover. |
#165. Destroyer — N. destroyer &c. (destroy) &c. 162; cankerworm &c. (bane) 663; assassin &c. (killer) 361; executioner &c. (punish) 975; biblioclast†, eidoloclast†, iconoclast, idoloclast†; nihilist. |
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#166. Paternity — N. paternity; parentage; consanguinity &c. 11. parent; father, sire, dad, papa, paterfamilias, abba†; genitor, progenitor, procreator; ancestor; grandsire†, grandfather; great-grandfather; fathership†, fatherhood; mabap†. house, stem, trunk, tree, stock, stirps, pedigree, lineage, line, family, tribe, sept, race, clan; genealogy, descent, extraction, birth, ancestry; forefathers, forbears, patriarchs. motherhood, maternity; mother, dam, mamma, materfamilias [Lat.], grandmother. Adj. paternal, parental; maternal; family, ancestral, linear, patriarchal. Phr. avi numerantur avorum [Lat.]; happy he with such a mother" [Tennyson]; hombre bueno no le busquen abolengo [Sp.]; philosophia stemma non inspicit [Lat.] [Seneca]. |
#167. Posterity — N. posterity, progeny, breed, issue, offspring, brood, litter, seed, farrow, spawn, spat; family, grandchildren, heirs; great-grandchild. child, son, daughter; butcha†; bantling, scion; acrospire†, plumule†, shoot, sprout, olive-branch, sprit†, branch; off-shoot, off-set; ramification; descendant; heir, heiress; heir-apparent, heir-presumptive; chip off the old block; heredity; rising generation. straight descent, sonship†, line, lineage, filiation†, primogeniture. Adj. filial; diphyletic†. Phr. the child is father of the man" [Wordsworth]; the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree," like father, like son." |
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#168. Productiveness — N. productiveness &c. adj.; fecundity, fertility, luxuriance, uberty†. pregnancy, pullulation, fructification, multiplication, propagation, procreation; superfetation. milch cow, rabbit, hydra, warren, seed plot, land flowing with milk and honey; second crop, aftermath; aftercrop, aftergrowth†; arrish†, eddish†, rowen†; protoplasm; fertilization. V. make productive &c. adj.; fructify; procreate, generate, fertilize, spermative†, impregnate; fecundate, fecundify†; teem, multiply; produce &c. 161; conceive. Adj. productive, prolific; teeming, teemful†; fertile, fruitful, frugiferous†, fruit-bearing; fecund, luxuriant; pregnant, uberous†. procreant†, procreative; generative, life-giving, spermatic; multiparous; omnific†, propagable. parturient &c. (producing) 161; profitable &c. (useful) 644. |
#169. Unproductiveness — N. unproductiveness &c. adj.; infertility, sterility, infecundity†; masturbation; impotence &c. 158; unprofitableness &c. (inutility) 645. waste, desert, Sahara, wild, wilderness, howling wilderness. V. be unproductive &c. adj.; hang fire, flash in the pan, come to nothing. [make unproductive] sterilize, addle; disable, inactivate. Adj. unproductive, acarpous†, inoperative, barren, addled, infertile, unfertile, unprolific†, arid, sterile, unfruitful, infecund†; sine prole; fallow; teemless†, issueless†, fruitless; unprofitable &c. (useless) 645; null and void, of no effect. |
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#170. Agency — N. agency, operation, force, working, strain, function, office, maintenance, exercise, work, swing, play; interworking†, interaction; procurement. causation &c. 153; instrumentality &c. 631; influence &c. 175; action &c. (voluntary) 680; modus operandi &c. 627. quickening power, maintaining power, sustaining power; home stroke. V. be in action &c. adj.; operate, work; act, act upon; perform, play, support, sustain, strain, maintain, take effect, quicken, strike. come play, come bring into operation; have play, have free play; bring to bear upon. Adj. operative, efficient, efficacious, practical, effectual. at work, on foot; acting &c. (doing) 680; in operation, in force, in action, in play, in exercise; acted upon, wrought upon. Adv. by the agency of, &c. n.; through &c. (instrumentality) 631; by means of &c. 632. Phr. I myself must mix with action lest I wither by I myself must mix with action lest I wither by despair" [Tennyson]. |
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#171. Physical Energy — N. energy, physical energy, force, power &c. 157; keenness &c. adj.; intensity, vigor, strength, elasticity; go; high pressure; fire; rush. acrimony, acritude†; causiticity†, virulence; poignancy; harshness &c. adj.; severity, edge, point; pungency &c. 392. cantharides; seasoning &c. (condiment) 393. activity, agitation, effervescence; ferment, fermentation; ebullition, splutter, perturbation, stir, bustle; voluntary energy &c. 682; quicksilver. resolution &c. (mental energy) 604; exertion &c. (effort) 686; excitation &c. (mental) 824. V. give energy &c. n.; energize, stimulate, kindle, excite, exert; sharpen, intensify; inflame &c. (render violent) 173; wind up &c. (strengthen) 159. strike home, into home, hard home; make an impression. Adj. strong, energetic, forcible, active; intense, deep-dyed, severe, keen, vivid, sharp, acute, incisive, trenchant, brisk. rousing, irritation; poignant; virulent, caustic, corrosive, mordant, harsh, stringent; double-edged, double-shotted†, double-distilled; drastic, escharotic†; racy &c. (pungent) 392. potent &c. (powerful) 157; radioactive. Adv. strongly &c. adj.; fortiter in re [Lat.]; with telling effect. Phr. the steam is up; vires acquirit eundo [Lat.]; the race by vigor not by vaunts is won" [Pope]. |
#172. Physical Inertness — N. inertness, dullness &c. adj.; inertia, vis inertiae [Lat.], inertion†, inactivity, torpor, languor; quiescence &c. 265; latency, inaction; passivity. mental inertness; sloth &c. (inactivity) 683; inexcitability &c. 826†; irresolution &c. 605; obstinacy &c. 606; permanence &c. 141. rare gas, paraffin, noble metal, unreactivity. V. be inert &c. adj.; hang fire, smolder. Adj. inert, inactive, passive; torpid &c. 683; sluggish, dull, heavy, flat, slack, tame, slow, blunt; unreactive; lifeless, dead, uninfluential†. latent, dormant, smoldering, unexerted†. Adv. inactively &c. adj.; in suspense, in abeyance. |
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#173. Violence — N. violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, impetuosity; boisterousness &c. adj.; effervescence, ebullition; turbulence, bluster; uproar, callithump [U.S.], riot, row, rumpus, le diable a quatre [Fr.], devil to pay, all the fat in the fire. severity &c. 739; ferocity, rage, fury; exacerbation, exasperation, malignity; fit, paroxysm; orgasm, climax, aphrodisia†; force, brute force; outrage; coup de main; strain, shock, shog†; spasm, convulsion, throe; hysterics, passion &c. (state of excitability) 825. outbreak, outburst; debacle; burst, bounce, dissilience†, discharge, volley, explosion, blow up, blast, detonation, rush, eruption, displosion†, torrent. turmoil &c. (disorder) 59; ferment &c. (agitation) 315; storm, tempest, rough weather; squall &c. (wind) 349; earthquake, volcano, thunderstorm. berserk, berserker; fury, dragon, demon, tiger, beldame, Tisiphone†, Megaera, Alecto†, madcap, wild beast; fire eater &c. (blusterer) 887. V. be violent &c. adj.; run high; ferment, effervesce; romp, rampage, go on a rampage; run wild, run amuck, run riot; break the peace; rush, tear; rush headlong, rush foremost; raise a storm, make a riot; rough house [Slang]; riot, storm; wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out Herod, Herod; spread like wildfire (person). [shout or act in anger at something], explode, make a row, kick up a row; boil, boil over; fume, foam, come on like a lion, bluster, rage, roar, fly off the handle, go bananas, go ape, blow one's top, blow one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof; fly into a rage (anger) 900. break out, fly out, burst out; bounce, explode, go off, displode†, fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, crump†, flash, flare, burst; shock, strain; break open, force open, prize open. render violent &c. adj.; sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite, annoy, urge, lash, stimulate, turn on; irritate, inflame, kindle, suscitate†, foment; accelerate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury; fan the flame; add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire, oleum addere camino [Lat.]. explode; let fly, fly off; discharge, detonate, set off, detonize†, fulminate. Adj. violent, vehement; warm; acute, sharp; rough, rude, ungentle, bluff, boisterous, wild; brusque, abrupt, waspish; impetuous; rampant. turbulent; disorderly; blustering, raging &c. v.; troublous†, riotous; tumultuary†, tumultuous; obstreperous, uproarious; extravagant; unmitigated; ravening, inextinguishable, tameless; frenzied &c. (insane) 503. desperate &c. (rash) 863; infuriate, furious, outrageous, frantic, hysteric, in hysterics. fiery, flaming, scorching, hot, red-hot, ebullient. savage, fierce, ferocious, fierce as a tiger. excited &c. v.; unquelled†, unquenched, unextinguished†, unrepressed, unbridled, unruly; headstrong, ungovernable, unappeasable, immitigable, unmitigable†; uncontrollable, incontrollable†; insuppressible, irrepressible; orgastic, orgasmatic, orgasmic. spasmodic, convulsive, explosive; detonating &c. v.; volcanic, meteoric; stormy &c. (wind) 349. Adv. violently &c. adj.; amain†; by storm, by force, by main force; with might and main; tooth and nail, vi et armis [Lat.], at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet; at one fell swoop; with a high hand, through thick and thin; in desperation, with a vengeance; a outrance†, a toute outrance [Fr.]; headlong, head foremost. Phr. furor arma ministrat [Lat.]; blown with restless violence round about the blown with restless violence round about the pendent world" [Measure for Measure]. |
#174. Moderation — N. moderation, lenity &c. 740; temperateness, gentleness &c. adj.; sobriety; quiet; mental calmness &c. (inexcitability) 826†. moderating &c. v.; anaphrodisia†; relaxation, remission, mitigation, tranquilization†, assuagement, contemporation†, pacification. measure, juste milieu [Fr.], golden mean, ariston metron [Gr.]. moderator; lullaby, sedative, lenitive, demulcent, antispasmodic, carminative, laudanum; rose water, balm, poppy, opiate, anodyne, milk, opium, poppy or mandragora;" wet blanket; palliative. V. be moderate &c. adj.; keep within bounds, keep within compass; sober down, settle down; keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail. moderate, soften, mitigate, temper, accoy†; attemper†, contemper†; mollify, lenify†, dulcify†, dull, take off the edge, blunt, obtund†, sheathe, subdue, chasten; sober down, tone down, smooth down; weaken &c. 160; lessen &c. (decrease) 36; check palliate. tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb &c. (restrain) 751; tame &c. (subjugate) 749; smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin [Fr.]. go out like a lamb, roar you as gently as any sucking dove" [Midsummer-Night's Dream]. Adj. moderate; lenient &c. 740; gentle, mild, mellow; cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured; tempered &c. v.; calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still; slow, smooth, untroubled; tame; peaceful, peaceable; pacific, halcyon. unexciting, unirritating†; soft, bland, oily, demulcent, lenitive, anodyne; hypnotic &c. 683; sedative; antiorgastic†, anaphrodisiac†. mild as mother's milk; milk and water. Adv. moderately &c. adj.; gingerly; piano; under easy sail, at half speed; within bounds, within compass; in reason. Phr. est modue in rebus†; pour oil on troubled waters. |
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#175. Influence — N. influence; importance &c. 642; weight, pressure, preponderance, prevalence, sway; predominance, predominancy†; ascendency†; dominance, reign; control, domination, pull [Slang]; authority &c. 737; capability &c. (power) 157; effect &c. 154; interest. synergy (cooperation) 709. footing; purchase &c. (support) 215; play, leverage, vantage ground. tower of strength, host in himself; protection, patronage, auspices. V. have influence &c. n.; be influential &c. adj.; carry weight, weigh, tell; have a hold upon, magnetize, bear upon, gain a footing, work upon; take root, take hold; strike root in. run through, pervade; prevail, dominate, predominate; out weigh, over weigh; over-ride, over-bear; gain head; rage; be rife &c. adj.; spread like wildfire; have the upper hand, get the upper hand, gain the upper hand, have full play, get full play, gain full play. be recognized, be listened to; make one's voice heard, gain a hearing; play a part, play a leading part, play a leading part in; take the lead, pull the strings; turn the scale, throw one's weight into the scale; set the fashion, lead the dance. Adj. influential, effective; important &c. 642; weighty; prevailing &c. v.; prevalent, rife, rampant, dominant, regnant, predominant, in the ascendant, hegemonical†. Adv. with telling effect. Phr. tel maure tel valet [Fr.]. |
#175a. Absence of Influence — N. impotence &c. 158; powerlessness; inertness &c. 172; irrelevancy &c. 10. V. have no influence &c. 175. Adj. uninfluential†, ineffective; inconsequential, nugatory; unconducing, unconducive, unconducting to†; powerless &c. 158; irrelevant &c. 10. |
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#176. Tendency — N. tendency; aptness, aptitude; proneness, proclivity, bent, turn, tone, bias, set, leaning to, predisposition, inclination, propensity, susceptibility; conatus [Lat.], nisus [Lat.]; liability &c. 177; quality, nature, temperament; idiocrasy†, idiosyncrasy; cast, vein, grain; humor, mood; drift &c. (direction) 278; conduciveness, conducement†; applicability &c. (utility) 644; subservience &c. (instrumentality) 631. V. tend, contribute, conduce, lead, dispose, incline, verge, bend to, trend, affect, carry, redound to, bid fair to, gravitate towards; promote &c. (aid) 707. Adj. tending &c. v.; conducive, working towards, in a fair way to, calculated to; liable &c. 177; subservient &c. (instrumental) 631; useful &c. 644; subsidiary &c. (helping) 707. Adv. for, whither. |
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#177. Liability — N. liability, liableness†; possibility, contingency; susceptivity†, susceptibility, exposure. V. be liable &c. adj.; incur, lay oneself open to; run the chance, stand a chance; lie under, expose oneself to, open a door to. Adj. liable, subject; in danger &c. 665; open to, exposed to, obnoxious to; answerable; unexempt from†; apt to; dependent on; incident to. contingent, incidental, possible, on the cards, within range of, at the mercy of. |
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#178. Concurrence — N. concurrence, cooperation, coagency†; union; agreement &c. 23; consilience†; consent, coincidence &c. (assent) 488; alliance; concert, additivity, synergy &c. 709; partnership &c. 712. common cause. V. concur, conduce, conspire, contribute; agree, unite; hang together, pull together, join forces, make common cause. &c. (cooperate) 709; help to &c. (aid) 707. keep pace with, run parallel; go with, go along with, go hand in hand with, coincide. Adj. concurring &c. v.; concurrent, in alliance with, banded together, of one mind, at one with, coinciding. Adv. with one consent. |
#179. Counteraction — N. counteraction, opposition; contrariety &c. 14; antagonism, polarity; clashing &c. v.; collision, interference, inhibition, resistance, renitency, friction; reaction; retroaction &c. (recoil) 277; counterblast†; neutralization &c. (compensation) 30; vis inertiae [Lat.]; check &c. (hindrance) 706. voluntary opposition &c. 708, voluntary resistance &c. 719; repression &c. (restraint) 751. opposites, action and reaction, yang and yin, yang-yin (contrariety) 14. V. counteract; run counter, clash, cross; interfere with, conflict with; contravene; jostle; go against, run against, beat against, militate against; stultify; antagonize, block, oppose &c. 708; traverse; withstand &c. (resist) 719; hinder &c. 706; repress &c. (restrain) 751; react &c. (recoil) 277. undo, neutralize; counterpoise &c. (compensate) 30; overpoise†. Adj. counteracting &c. v.; antagonistic, conflicting, retroactive, renitent, reactionary; contrary &c. 14. Adv. although &c. 30; in spite of &c. 708; against. Phr. for every action there is a reaction, equal in for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction" [Newton]. |
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#180. [Indefinite space.] Space — N. space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace; room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread. dimension, length &c. 200; distance &c. 196; size &c. 192; volume; hypervolume. latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver. spare room, elbow room, house room; stowage, roomage†, margin; opening, sphere, arena. open space, free space; void &c. (absence) 187; waste; wildness, wilderness; moor, moorland; campagna†. abyss &c. (interval) 198; unlimited space; infinity &c. 105; world; ubiquity &c. (presence) 186; length and breadth of the land. proportions, acreage; acres, acres and perches, roods and perches, hectares, square miles; square inches, square yards, square centimeters, square meters, yards (clothing) &c.; ares, arpents†. Adj. spacious, roomy, extensive, expansive, capacious, ample; widespread, vast, world-wide, uncircumscribed; boundless &c. (infinite) 105; shoreless†, trackless, pathless; extended. Adv. extensively &c. adj.; wherever; everywhere; far and near, far and wide; right and left, all over, all the world over; throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth of the throughout the length and breadth of the land; under the sun, in every quarter; in all quarters, in all lands; here there and everywhere; from pole to pole, from China to Peru [Johnson], from Indus to the pole [Pope], from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end; on the face of the earth, in the wide world, from all points of the compass; to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth. |
#180a. Inextension — N. inextension†, nonextension†, point; dot; atom &c. (smallness) 32. #181. [Definite space.] Region — N. region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle; reservation, pale &c. (limit) 233; compartment, department; clearing. [political divisions: see] (property) &c. 780 (Government) &c. 737.1 arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march; patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court; enclave, reserve, preserve; street &c. (abode) 189. clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude. biosphere; lithosphere. Adj. territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional. #182. [Limited space.] Place — N. place, lieu, spot, point, dot; niche, nook &c. (corner) 244; hole; pigeonhole &c. (receptacle) 191; compartment; premises, precinct, station; area, courtyard, square; abode &c. 189; locality &c. (situation) 183. ins and outs; every hole and corner. Adv. somewhere, in some place, wherever it may be, here and there, in various places, passim. |
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#183. Situation — N. situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude; footing, standing, standpoint, post; stage; aspect, attitude, posture, pose. environment, surroundings (location) 184; circumjacence &c. 227†. place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts; ground; bearings &c. (direction) 278; spot &c. (limited space) 182. topography, geography, chorography†; map &c. 554. V. be situated, be situate; lie, have its seat in. Adj. situate, situated; local, topical, topographical &c. n.. Adv. in situ, in loco; here and there, passim; hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts; in place, here, there. in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage. |
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#184. Location — N. location, localization; lodgment; deposition, reposition; stowage, package; collocation; packing, lading; establishment, settlement, installation; fixation; insertion &c. 300. habitat, environment, surroundings (situation) 183; circumjacence &c. 227†. anchorage, mooring, encampment. plantation, colony, settlement, cantonment; colonization, domestication, situation; habitation &c. (abode) 189; cohabitation; a local habitation and a name" [Midsummer Night's Dream]; endenization†, naturalization. V. place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; house, stow; establish, fix, pin, root; graft; plant &c. (insert) 300; shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit†; cradle; moor, tether, picket; pack, tuck in; embed, imbed; vest, invest in. billet on, quarter upon, saddle with; load, lade, freight; pocket, put up, bag. inhabit &c. (be present) 186; domesticate, colonize; take root, strike root; anchor; cast anchor, come to an anchor; sit down, settle down; settle; take up one's abode, take up one's quarters; plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself; squat, perch, hive, se nicher [Fr.], bivouac, burrow, get a footing; encamp, pitch one's tent; put up at, put up one's horses at; keep house. endenizen†, naturalize, adopt. put back, replace &c. (restore) 660. Adj. placed &c. v.; situate, posited, ensconced, imbedded, embosomed†, rooted; domesticated; vested in, unremoved†. moored &c. v.; at anchor. |
#185. Displacement — N. displacement, elocation†, transposition. ejectment &c. 297†; exile &c. (banishment) 893; removal &c. (transference) 270. misplacement, dislocation &c. 61; fish out of water. V. displace, misplace, displant†, dislodge, disestablish; exile &c. (seclude) 893; ablegate†, set aside, remove; take away, cart away; take off, draft off; lade &c. 184. unload, empty &c. (eject) 297; transfer &c. 270; dispel. vacate; depart &c. 293. Adj. displaced &c. v.; unplaced, unhoused†, unharbored†, unestablished†, unsettled; houseless†, homeless; out of place, out of a situation; in the wrong place. misplaced, out of its element. |
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#186. Presence — N. presence; occupancy, occupation; attendance; whereness†. permeation, pervasion; diffusion &c. (dispersion) 73. ubiety†, ubiquity, ubiquitariness†; omnipresence. bystander &c. (spectator) 444. V. exist in space, be present &c. adj.; assister†; make one of, make one at; look on, attend, remain; find oneself, present oneself; show one's face; fall in the way of, occur in a place; lie, stand; occupy; be there. people; inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch; take up one's abode &c. (be located) 184; tenant. resort to, frequent, haunt; revisit. fill, pervade, permeate; be diffused, be disseminated, be through; over spread, overrun; run through; meet one at every turn. Adj. present; occupying, inhabiting &c. v.; moored &c. 184; resiant†, resident, residentiary†; domiciled. ubiquitous, ubiquitary†; omnipresent; universally present. peopled, populous, full of people, inhabited. Adv. here, there, where, everywhere, aboard, on board, at home, afield; here there and everywhere &c. (space) 180; in presence of, before; under the eyes of, under the nose of; in the face of; in propria persona [Lat.]. on the spot; in person, in the flesh. Phr. nusquam est qui ubique est [Lat.] [Seneca]. |
#187. [Nullibiety.1] Absence — N. absence; inexistence &c. 2†; nonresidence, absenteeism; nonattendance, alibi. emptiness &c. adj.; void, vacuum; vacuity, vacancy; tabula rasa [Lat.]; exemption; hiatus &c. (interval) 198; lipotype†. truant, absentee. nobody; nobody present, nobody on earth; not a soul; ame qui vive [Fr.]. V. be absent &c. adj.; keep away, keep out of the way; play truant, absent oneself, stay away; keep aloof, hold aloof. withdraw, make oneself scarce, vacate; go away &c. 293. Adj. absent, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home; missing; lost; wanting; omitted; nowhere to be found; inexistence &c. 2†. empty, void; vacant, vacuous; untenanted, unoccupied, uninhabited; tenantless; barren, sterile; desert, deserted; devoid; uninhabitable. Adv. without, minus, nowhere; elsewhere; neither here nor there; in default of; sans; behind one's back. Phr. the bird has flown, non est inventus [Lat.]. absence makes the heart grow fonder" [Bayley]; absent in body but present in spirit" [1 Corinthians verse 3]; absento nemo ne nocuisse velit [Lat.] [Propertius]; Achilles absent was Achilles still" [Homer]; aux absents les os; briller par son absence [Fr.]; conspicuous by his absence" [Russell]; in the hope to meet shortly again and make our in the hope to meet shortly again and make our absence sweet" [B. Jonson]. |
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#188. Inhabitant — N. inhabitant; resident, residentiary†; dweller, indweller†; addressee; occupier, occupant; householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant†; settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist; islander; denizen, citizen; burgher, oppidan†, cockney, cit, townsman, burgess; villager; cottager, cottier†, cotter; compatriot; backsettler†, boarder; hotel keeper, innkeeper; habitant; paying guest; planter. native, indigene, aborigines, autochthones†; Englishman, John Bull; newcomer &c. (stranger) 57. aboriginal, American†, Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck [Slang], downeaster [U.S.], Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan. garrison, crew; population; people &c. (mankind) 372; colony, settlement; household; mir†. V. inhabit &c. (be present) 186; endenizen &c. (locate oneself) 184†. Adj. indigenous; native, natal; autochthonal†, autochthonous; British; English; American†; Canadian, Irish, Scotch, Scottish, Welsh; domestic; domiciliated†, domiciled; naturalized, vernacular, domesticated; domiciliary. in the occupation of; garrisoned by, occupied by. |
#189. [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode — N. abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance†, tabernacle, throne, ark. home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall†; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side; harem, seraglio, zenana†; household gods, lares et penates [Lat.], roof, household, housing, dulce domum [Lat.], paternal domicile; native soil, native land. habitat, range, stamping ground; haunt, hangout; biosphere; environment, ecological niche. nest, nidus, snuggery†; arbor, bower, &c. 191; lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum [Lat.], aerie, eyrie, eyry†, rookery, hive; covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost; nidification; kala jagah†. bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation†; barrack, casemate†, casern†. tent &c. (covering) 223; building &c. (construction) 161; chamber &c. (receptacle) 191; xenodochium†. tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft†. cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy†, shanty, dugout [U.S.], wigwam; pen &c. (inclosure) 232; barn, bawn†; kennel, sty, doghold†, cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable, dovecote, columbary†, columbarium; shippen†; igloo, iglu†, jacal†; lacustrine dwelling†, lacuslake dwelling†, lacuspile dwelling†; log cabin, log house; shack, shebang [Slang], tepee, topek†. house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe [Lat.], folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa [Sp.], country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple &c. 1000. hamlet, village, thorp†, dorp†, ham, kraal; borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis; suburb; province, country; county town, county seat; courthouse [U.S.]; ghetto. street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda†, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd [Scot.], close [Scot.], yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews. square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister; gardens, grove, residences; block of buildings, market place, place, plaza. anchorage, roadstead, roads; dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor. quarter, parish &c. (region) 181. assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow†, khan, hospice; public house, pub, pot house, mug house; gin mill, gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house [U.S.], cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop†, dive [U.S.], exchange [Euph.]; grill room, saloon [U.S.], shebeen†; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet†, posada†; almshouse†, poorhouse, townhouse [U.S.]. garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance†, demesne. [quarters for animals] cage, terrarium, doghouse; pen, aviary; barn, stall; zoo. V. take up one's abode &c. (locate oneself) 184; inhabit &c. (be present) 186. Adj. urban, metropolitan; suburban; provincial, rural, rustic; domestic; cosmopolitan; palatial. Phr. eigner Hert ist goldes Werth [G.]; even cities have their graves" [Longfellow]; ubi libertas ibi patria [Lat.]; home sweet home. |
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#190. [Things contained.] Contents — N. contents; cargo, lading, freight, shipment, load, bale, burden, jag; cartload†, shipload; cup of, basket of, &c. (receptacle) 191 of; inside &c. 221; stuffing, ullage. |
#191. Receptacle — N. receptacle; inclosure &c. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory. compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, recess, nook; crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel; cave &c. (concavity) 252. capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli, utricle, bladder; pericarp, udder. stomach, paunch, venter, ventricle, crop, craw, maw, gizzard, breadbasket; mouth. pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase, scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net; ditty bag, ditty box; housewife, hussif; saddlebags; portfolio; quiver &c. (magazine) 636. chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary; trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise; grip, grip sack [U.S.]; skippet, vasculum; boot, imperial; vache; cage, manger, rack. vessel, vase, bushel, barrel; canister, jar; pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund†, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil; brazier; cuspidor, spittoon. [For liquids] cistern &c. (store) 636; vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet†, tureen. [laboratory vessels for liquids] beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube. bail, beaker, billy, canakin; catch basin, catch drain; chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner [U.S.], spider, terrine, toby, urceus. plate, platter, dish, trencher, calabash, porringer, potager, saucer, pan, crucible; glassware, tableware; vitrics. compote, gravy boat, creamer, sugar bowl, butter dish, mug, pitcher, punch bowl, chafing dish. shovel, trowel, spoon, spatula, ladle, dipper, tablespoon, watch glass, thimble. closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire†, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury; escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine. chamber, apartment, room, cabin; office, court, hall, atrium; suite of rooms, apartment [U.S.], flat, story; saloon, salon, parlor; by-room, cubicle; presence chamber; sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room; gallery, cabinet, closet; pew, box; boudoir; adytum, sanctum; bedroom, dormitory; refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger; nursery, schoolroom; library, study; studio; billiard room, smoking room; den; stateroom, tablinum, tenement. [room for defecation and urination] bath room, bathroom, toilet, lavatory, powder room; john, jakes, necessary, loo; [in public places] men's room, ladies' room, rest room; [fixtures] (uncleanness). 653 attic, loft, garret, cockloft, clerestory; cellar, vault, hold, cockpit; cubbyhole; cook house; entre-sol; mezzanine floor; ground floor, rez-de-chaussee; basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices; storeroom &c. (depository) 636; lumber room; dairy, laundry. coach house; garage; hangar; outhouse; penthouse; lean-to. portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck; lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway; ante room, ante chamber; lounge; piazza, veranda. conservatory, greenhouse, bower, arbor, summerhouse, alcove, grotto, hermitage. lodging &c. (abode) 189; bed &c. (support) 215; carriage &c. (vehicle) 272. Adj. capsular; saccular, sacculated; recipient; ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric; marsupial; siliquose, siliquous. |
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#192. Size — N. size, magnitude, dimension, bulk, volume; largeness &c. adj.; greatness &c. (of quantity) 31; expanse &c. (space) 180; amplitude, mass; proportions. capacity, tonnage, tunnage; cordage; caliber, scantling. turgidity &c. (expansion) 194; corpulence, obesity; plumpness &c. adj.; embonpoint, corporation, flesh and blood, lustihood. hugeness &c. adj.; enormity, immensity, monstrosity. giant, Brobdingnagian, Antaeus, Goliath, Gog and Magog, Gargantua, monster, mammoth, Cyclops; cachalot, whale, porpoise, behemoth, leviathan, elephant, hippopotamus; colossus; tun, cord, lump, bulk, block, loaf, mass, swad, clod, nugget, bushel, thumper, whooper, spanker, strapper; Triton among the minnows" [Coriolanus]. mountain, mound; heap &c. (assemblage) 72. largest portion &c. 50; full size, life size. V. be large &c. adj.; become large &c. (expand) 194. Adj. large, big; great &c. (in quantity) 31; considerable, bulky, voluminous, ample, massive, massy; capacious, comprehensive; spacious &c. 180; mighty, towering, fine, magnificent. corpulent, stout, fat, obese, plump, squab, full, lusty, strapping, bouncing; portly, burly, well-fed, full-grown; corn fed, gram fed; stalwart, brawny, fleshy; goodly; in good case, in good condition; in condition; chopping, jolly; chub faced, chubby faced. lubberly, hulky, unwieldy, lumpish, gaunt, spanking, whacking, whopping, walloping, thumping, thundering, hulking; overgrown; puffy &c. (swollen) 194. huge, immense, enormous, mighty; vast, vasty; amplitudinous, stupendous; monster, monstrous, humongous, monumental; elephantine, jumbo, mammoth; gigantic, gigantean, giant, giant like, titanic; prodigious, colossal, Cyclopean, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, Herculean, Gargantuan; infinite &c. 105. large as life; plump as a dumpling, plump as a partridge; fat as a pig, fat as a quail, fat as butter, fat as brawn, fat as bacon. immeasurable, unfathomable, unplumbed; inconceivable, unimaginable, unheard-of. of cosmic proportions; of epic proportions, the mother of all, teh granddaddy of all. |
#193. Littleness — N. littleness &c. adj.; smallness &c. (of quantity) 32; exiguity, inextension†; parvitude†, parvity†; duodecimo†; Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm; rudiment; vanishing point; thinness &c. 203. dwarf, pygmy, pigmy†, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon†, urchin, elf; atomy†, dandiprat†; doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb†; manikin, mannikin; homunculus, dapperling†, cock-sparrow. animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet†, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon†; bacteria; infusoria†; microzoa [Micro.]; phytozoaria†; microbe; grub; tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry; millet seed, mustard seed; barleycorn; pebble, grain of sand; molehill, button, bubble. point; atom &c. (small quantity) 32; fragment &c. (small part) 51; powder &c. 330; point of a pin, mathematical point; minutiae &c. (unimportance) 643. micrometer; vernier; scale. microphotography, photomicrography, micrography†; photomicrograph, microphotograph; microscopy; microscope (optical instruments) 445. V. be little &c. adj.; lie in a nutshell; become small &c. (decrease) 36, (contract) 195. Adj. little; small &c. (in quantity) 32; minute, diminutive, microscopic; microzoal; inconsiderable &c. (unimportant) 643; exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin†, miniature, pygmy, pigmy†, elfin; undersized; dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish; spare, stunted, limited; cramp, cramped; pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket; portative†, portable; duodecimo†; dumpy, squat; short &c. 201. impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial; infinitesimal, homoeopathic†; atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular; rudimentary, rudimental; embryonic, vestigial. weazen†, scant, scraggy, scrubby; thin &c. (narrow) 203; granular &c. (powdery) 330; shrunk &c. 195; brevipennate†. Adv. in a small compass, in a nutshell; on a small scale; minutely, microscopically. |
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#194. Expansion — N. expansion; increase of size &c. 35; enlargement, extension, augmentation; amplification, ampliation†; aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction; turgescence†, turgidness, turgidity; dispansion†; obesity &c. (size) 192; hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus [Med.]; dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension; puffing, puffiness; inflation; pandiculation†. dilatability, expansibility. germination, growth, upgrowth†; accretion &c. 35; budding, gemmation†. overgrowth, overdistension†; hypertrophy, tympany†. bulb &c. (convexity) 250; plumper; superiority of size. [expansion of the universe] big bang; Hubble constant. V. become larger &c. (large) &c. 192; expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate†, swell, gather; fill out; deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread; mantle, wax; grow up, spring up; bud, bourgeon [Fr.], shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth; gain flesh, gather flesh; outgrow; spread like wildfire, overrun. be larger than; surpass &c. (be superior) 33. render larger &c. (large) &c. 192; expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram; exaggerate; fatten. Adj. expanded, &c. v.; larger, &c. (large) &c. 192; swollen; expansive; wide open, wide spread; flabelliform†; overgrown, exaggerated, bloated, fat, turgid, tumid, hypertrophied, dropsical; pot bellied, swag bellied†; edematous, oedematous†, obese, puffy, pursy†, blowzy, bigswoln†, distended; patulous; bulbous &c. (convex) 250; full blown, full grown, full formed; big &c. 192; abdominous†, enchymatous†, rhipidate†; tumefacient†, tumefying†. |
#195. Contraction — N. contraction, reduction, diminution; decrease of size &c. 36; defalcation, decrement; lessening, shrinking &c. v.; compaction; tabes†, collapse, emaciation, attenuation, tabefaction†, consumption, marasmus†, atrophy; systole, neck, hourglass. condensation, compression, compactness; compendium &c. 596; squeezing &c. v.; strangulation; corrugation; astringency; astringents, sclerotics; contractility, compressibility; coarctation†. inferiority in size. V. become small, become smaller; lessen, decrease &c. 36; grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb; decay &c. (deteriorate) 659. be smaller than, fall short of; not come up to &c. (be inferior) 34. render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate†; boil down; constrict, constringe†; condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow; pinch, tighten, strangle; cramp; dwarf, bedwarf†; shorten &c. 201; circumscribe &c. 229; restrain &c. 751. [reduce in size by abrasion or paring. ] (subtraction) 38 abrade, pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down. Adj. contracting &c. v.; astringent; shrunk, contracted &c. v.; strangulated, tabid†, wizened, stunted; waning &c. v.; neap, compact. unexpanded &c. (expand) &c. 194†; contractile; compressible; smaller &c. (small) &c. 193. |
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#196. Distance — N. distance; space &c. 180; remoteness, farness†, far-cry to; longinquity†, elongation; offing, background; remote region; removedness†; parallax; reach, span, stride. outpost, outskirt; horizon; aphelion; foreign parts, ultima Thule [Lat.], ne plus ultra [Lat.], antipodes; long range, giant's stride. dispersion &c. 73. [units of distance] length &c. 200. cosmic distance, light-years. V. be distant &c. adj.; extend to, stretch to, reach to, spread to, go to, get to, stretch away to; range. remain at a distance; keep away, keep off, keep aloof, keep clear of, stand away, stand off, stand aloof, stand clear of, stay away, keep one's distance. distance; distance oneself from. Adj. distant; far off, far away; remote, telescopic, distal, wide of; stretching to &c. v.; yon, yonder; ulterior; transmarine†, transpontine†, transatlantic, transalpine; tramontane; ultramontane, ultramundane†; hyperborean, antipodean; inaccessible, out of the way; unapproached†, unapproachable; incontiguous†. Adv. far off, far away; afar, afar off; off; away; a long way off, a great way off, a good way off; wide away, aloof; wide of, clear of; out of the way, out of reach; abroad, yonder, farther, further, beyond; outre mer [Fr.], over the border, far and wide, over the hills and far away" [Gay]; from pole to pole &c. (over great space) 180; to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth; out of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue [Fr.], out of the sphere of, wide of the mark; a far cry to. apart, asunder; wide apart, wide asunder; longo intervallo [It]; at arm's length. Phr. distance lends enchantment" [Campbell]; it's a long long way to Tipperary;" out of sight, out of mind. |
#197. Nearness — N. nearness &c. adj.; proximity, propinquity; vicinity, vicinage; neighborhood, adjacency; contiguity &c. 199. short distance, short step, short cut; earshot, close quarters, stone's throw; bow shot, gun shot, pistol shot; hair's breadth, span. purlieus, neighborhood, vicinage, environs, alentours [Fr.], suburbs, confines, banlieue†, borderland; whereabouts. bystander; neighbor, borderer†. approach &c. 286; convergence &c. 290; perihelion. V. be near &c. adj.; adjoin, hang about, trench on; border upon, verge upon; stand by, approximate, tread on the heels of, cling to, clasp, hug; huddle; hang upon the skirts of, hover over; burn. touch &c. 199; bring near, draw near &c. 286; converge &c. 290; crowd &c. 72; place side by side &c. adv.. Adj. near, nigh; close at hand, near at hand; close, neighboring; bordering upon, contiguous, adjacent, adjoining; proximate, proximal; at hand, handy; near the mark, near run; home, intimate. Adv. near, nigh; hard by, fast by; close to, close upon; hard upon; at the point of; next door to; within reach, within call, within hearing, within earshot; within an ace of; but a step, not far from, at no great distance; on the verge of, on the brink of, on the skirts of; in the environs &c. n.; at one's door, at one's feet, at one's elbow, at one's finger's end, at one's side; on the tip of one's tongue; under one's nose; within a stone's throw &c. n.; in sight of, in presence of; at close quarters; cheek by jole†, cheek by jowl; beside, alongside, side by side, tete-a-tete; in juxtaposition &c. (touching) 199; yardarm to yardarm, at the heels of; on the confines of, at the threshold, bordering upon, verging to; in the way. about; hereabouts, thereabouts; roughly, in round numbers; approximately, approximatively†; as good as, well-nigh. |
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#198. Interval — N. interval, interspace†; separation &c. 44; break, gap, opening; hole &c. 260; chasm, hiatus, caesura; interruption, interregnum; interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure†, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha. gorge, defile, ravine, canon, crevasse, abyss, abysm; gulf; inlet, frith†, strait, gully; pass; furrow &c. 259; abra†; barranca†, barranco†; clove [U.S.], gulch [U.S.], notch [U.S.]; yawning gulf; hiatus maxime [Lat.], hiatus valde deflendus [Lat.]; parenthesis &c. (interjacence) 228†; void &c. (absence) 187; incompleteness &c. 53. [interval of time] period &c. 108; interim (time) 106. V. gape &c. (open) 260. Adj. with an interval, far between; breachy†, rimose†, rimulose†. Adv. at intervals &c. (discontinuously) 70; longo intervallo [It]. |
#199. Contiguity — N. contiguity, contact, proximity, apposition, abuttal†, juxtaposition; abutment, osculation; meeting, appulse†, rencontre†, rencounter†, syzygy [Astr.], coincidence, coexistence; adhesion &c. 46; touching &c. v.. (touch) 379. borderland; frontier &c. (limit) 233; tangent; abutter. V. be contiguous &c. adj.; join, adjoin, abut on, march with; graze, touch, meet, osculate, come in contact, coincide; coexist; adhere &c. 46. [cause to be contiguous] juxtapose; contact; join (unite) 43; link (vinculum) 45. Adj. contiguous; touching &c. v.; in contact &c. n.; conterminous, end to end, osculatory; pertingent†; tangential. hand to hand; close to &c. (near) 197; with no interval &c. 198. |
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#200. Length — N. length, longitude, span; mileage; distance &c. 196. line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius. lengthening &c. v.; prolongation, production, protraction; tension, tensure†; extension. [Measures of length] line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league; chain, link; arpent†, handbreadth†, jornada [U.S.], kos†, vara†. [astronomical units of distance] astronomical unit, AU, light-year, parsec. [metric units of length] nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km. pedometer, perambulator; scale &c. (measurement) 466. V. be long &c. adj.; stretch out, sprawl; extend to, reach to, stretch to; make a long arm, drag its slow length along." render long &c. adj.; lengthen, extend, elongate; stretch; prolong, produce, protract; let out, draw out, spin out†; drawl. enfilade, look along, view in perspective. distend (expand) 194. Adj. long, longsome†; lengthy, wiredrawn†, outstretched; lengthened &c. v.; sesquipedalian &c. (words) 577; interminable, no end of; macrocolous†. linear, lineal; longitudinal, oblong. as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow; unshortened &c. (shorten) &c. 201†. Adv. lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong†, along; tandem; in a line &c. (continuously) 69; in perspective. from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe; fore and aft. |
#201. Shortness — N. shortness &c. adj.; brevity; littleness &c. 193; a span. shortening &c. v.; abbreviation, abbreviature†; abridgment, concision, retrenchment, curtailment, decurtation†; reduction &c. (contraction) 195; epitome &c. (compendium) 596. elision, ellipsis; conciseness &c. (in style) 572. abridger, epitomist†, epitomizer†. V. be short &c. adj.; render short &c. adj.; shorten, curtail, abridge, abbreviate, take in, reduce; compress &c. (contract) 195; epitomize &c. 596. retrench, cut short, obtruncate†; scrimp, cut, chop up, hack, hew; cut down, pare down; clip, dock, lop, prune, shear, shave, mow, reap, crop; snub; truncate, pollard, stunt, nip, check the growth of; foreshorten (in drawing). Adj. short, brief, curt; compendious, compact; stubby, scrimp; shorn, stubbed; stumpy, thickset, pug; chunky [U.S.], decurtate†; retrousse†; stocky; squab, squabby†; squat, dumpy; little &c. 193; curtailed of its fair proportions; short by; oblate; concise &c. 572; summary. Adv. shortly &c. adj.; in short &c. (concisely) 572. |
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#202. Breadth, Thickness, — N. breadth, width, latitude, amplitude; diameter, bore, caliber, radius; superficial extent &c. (space) 180. thickness, crassitude†; corpulence &c. (size) 192; dilation &c. (expansion) 194. V. be broad &c. adj.; become broad, render broad &c. adj.; expand &c. 194; thicken, widen, calibrate. Adj. broad, wide, ample, extended; discous†; fanlike; outspread, outstretched; wide as a church-door" [Romeo and Juliet]; latifoliate†, latifolous†. thick, dumpy, squab, squat, thickset; thick as a rope. |
#203. Narrowness. Thinness — N. narrowness &c. adj.; closeness, exility†; exiguity &c. (little) 193. line; hair's breadth, finger's breadth; strip, streak, vein. monolayer; epitaxial deposition [Eng.]. thinness &c. adj.; tenuity; emaciation, macilency†, marcor†. shaving, slip &c. (filament) 205; thread paper, skeleton, shadow, anatomy, spindleshanks†, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone. middle constriction, stricture, neck, waist, isthmus, wasp, hourglass; ridge, ghaut†, ghat†, pass; ravine &c. 198. narrowing, coarctation†, angustation†, tapering; contraction &c. 195. V. be narrow &c. adj.; narrow, taper, contract &c. 195; render narrow &c. adj.; waste away. Adj. narrow, close; slender, thin, fine; thread-like &c. (filament) 205; finespun†, gossamer; paper-thin; taper, slim, slight-made; scant, scanty; spare, delicate, incapacious†; contracted &c. 195; unexpanded &c. (expand) &c. 194†; slender as a thread. [in reference to people or animals] emaciated, lean, meager, gaunt, macilent†; lank, lanky; weedy, skinny; scrawny slinky [U.S.]; starved, starveling; herring gutted; worn to a shadow, lean as a rake [Chaucer]; thin as a lath, thin as a whipping post, thin as a wafer; hatchet-faced; lantern-jawed. attenuated, shriveled, extenuated, tabid†, marcid†, barebone, rawboned. monomolecular. |
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#204. Layer — N. layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment; table, tablet; dess†; flagstone; board, plank; trencher, platter. plate; lamina, lamella; sheet, foil; wafer; scale, flake, peel; coat, pellicle; membrane, film; leaf; slice, shive†, cut, rasher, shaving, integument &c. (covering) 223; eschar†. stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion. monolayer; bilayer; trilayer [Bioch.]. V. slice, shave, pare, peel; delaminate; plate, coat, veneer; cover &c. 223. Adj. lamellar, lamellated†, lamelliform†, layered; laminated, laminiferous†; micaceous†; schistose, schistous†; scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous [Anat.]; foliated, foliaceous†; stratified, stratiform; tabular, discoid; spathic†, spathose†. trilamellar†. graphitic†. |
#205. Filament — N. filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle†, vein; hair, capillament†, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili; tendril, gossamer; hair stroke; veinlet†, venula†, venule†. wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute. strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving. beard &c. (roughness) 256; ramification; strand. Adj. filamentous, filamentiferous†, filaceous†, filiform†; fibrous, fibrillous†; thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy; capillary, capilliform†; funicular, wire-drawn; anguilliform†; flagelliform†; hairy &c. (rough) 256; taeniate†, taeniform†, taenioid†; venose†, venous. |
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#206. Height — N. height, altitude, elevation; eminence, pitch; loftiness &c. adj.; sublimity. tallness &c. adj.; stature, procerity†; prominence &c. 250. colossus &c. (size) 192; giant, grenadier, giraffe, camelopard. mount, mountain; hill alto, butte [U.S.], monticle†, fell, knap†; cape; headland, foreland†; promontory; ridge, hog's back, dune; rising ground, vantage ground; down; moor, moorland; Alp; uplands, highlands; heights &c. (summit) 210; knob, loma†, pena [U.S.], picacho†, tump†; knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole; steeps, bluff, cliff, craig†, tor†, peak, pike, clough†; escarpment, edge, ledge, brae; dizzy height. tower, pillar, column, obelisk, monument, steeple, spire, minaret, campanile, turret, dome, cupola; skyscraper. pole, pikestaff, maypole, flagstaff; top mast, topgallant mast. ceiling &c. (covering) 223. high water; high tide, flood tide, spring tide. altimetry &c. (angel) 244†; batophobia†. satellite, spy-in-the-sky. V. be high &c. adj.; tower, soar, command; hover, hover over, fly over; orbit, be in orbit; cap, culminate; overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount; perch, surmount; cover &c. 223; overtop &c. (be superior) 33; stand on tiptoe. become high &c. adj.; grow higher, grow taller; upgrow†; rise &c. (ascend) 305; send into orbit. render high &c. adj.; heighten &c. (elevate) 307. Adj. high, elevated, eminent, exalted, lofty, tall; gigantic &c. (big) 192; Patagonian; towering, beetling, soaring, hanging (gardens); elevated &c. 307; upper; highest &c. (topmost) 210; high reaching, insessorial†, perching. upland, moorland; hilly, knobby [U.S.]; mountainous, alpine, subalpine, heaven kissing; cloudtopt†, cloudcapt†, cloudtouching†; aerial. overhanging &c. v.; incumbent, overlying, superincumbent†, supernatant, superimposed; prominent &c. v. 250. tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple, lanky &c. (thin) 203. Adv. on high, high up, aloft, up, above, aloof, overhead; airwind†; upstairs, abovestairs†; in the clouds; on tiptoe, on stilts, on the shoulders of; over head and ears; breast high. over, upwards; from top to bottom &c. (completely) 52. Phr. e meglio cader dalle finistre che dal tetto [It]. |
#207. Lowness — N. lowness &c. adj.; debasement, depression, prostration &c. (horizontal) 213; depression &c. (concave) 252. molehill; lowlands; basement floor, ground floor; rez de chaussee [Fr.]; cellar; hold, bilge; feet, heels. low water; low tide, ebb tide, neap tide, spring tide. V. be low &c. adj.; lie low, lie flat; underlie; crouch, slouch, wallow, grovel; lower &c. (depress) 308. Adj. low, neap, debased; nether, nether most; flat, level with the ground; lying low &c. v.; crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate &c. (horizontal) 213. Adv. under; beneath, underneath; below; downwards; adown†, at the foot of; under foot, under ground; down stairs, below stairs; at a low ebb; below par. |
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#208. Depth — N. depth; deepness &c. adj.; profundity, depression &c. (concavity) 252. hollow, pit, shaft, well, crater; gulf &c. 198; bowels of the earth, botttomless pit†, hell. soundings, depth of water, water, draught, submersion; plummet, sound, probe; sounding rod, sounding line; lead. bathymetry. [instrument to measure depth] sonar, side-looking sonar; bathometer†. V. be deep &c. adj.; render deep &c. adj.; deepen. plunge &c. 310; sound, fathom, plumb, cast the lead, heave the lead, take soundings, make soundings; dig &c. (excavate) 252. Adj. deep, deep seated; profound, sunk, buried; submerged &c. 310; subaqueous, submarine, subterranean, subterraneous, subterrene†; underground. bottomless, soundless, fathomless; unfathomed, unfathomable; abysmal; deep as a well; bathycolpian†; benthal†, benthopelagic†; downreaching†, yawning. knee deep, ankle deep. Adv. beyond one's depth, out of one's depth; over head and ears; mark twine, mark twain. |
#209. Shallowness — N. shallowness &c. adj.; shoals; mere scratch. Adj. shallow, slight, superficial; skin deep, ankle deep, knee deep; just enough to wet one's feet; shoal, shoaly†. |
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#210. Summit — N. summit, summity†; top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith, pinnacle, acme, culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus utra, height, pitch, maximum, climax, culminating point, crowning point, turning point; turn of the tide, fountain head; water shed, water parting; sky, pole. tip, tip top; crest, crow's nest, cap, truck, nib; end &c. 67; crown, brow; head, nob†, noddle†, pate; capsheaf†. high places, heights. topgallant mast, sky scraper; quarter deck, hurricane deck. architrave, frieze, cornice, coping stone, zoophorus†, capital, epistyle†, sconce, pediment, entablature†; tympanum; ceiling &c. (covering) 223. attic, loft, garret, house top, upper story. [metaphorical use] summit conference, summit; peak of achievement, peak of performance; peaks and troughs, peaks and valleys (in graphs). V. culminate, crown, top; overtop &c. (be superior to) 33. Adj. highest &c. (high) &c. 206; top; top most, upper most; tiptop; culminating &c. v.; meridian, meridional†; capital, head, polar, supreme, supernal, topgallant. Adv. atop, at the top of the tree. Phr. en flute; fleur deau [Fr.]. |
#211. Base — N. base, basement; plinth, dado, wainscot; baseboard, mopboard†; bedrock, hardpan [U.S.]; foundation &c. (support) 215; substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck; footing, ground work, basis; hold, bilge. bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root; centerboard. Adj. bottom, undermost, nethermost; fundamental; founded on, based on, grounded on, built on. |
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#212. Verticality — N. verticality; erectness &c. adj.; perpendicularity &c. 216.1; right angle, normal; azimuth circle. wall, precipice, cliff. elevation, erection; square, plumb line, plummet. V. be vertical &c. adj.; stand up, stand on end, stand erect, stand upright; stick up, cock up. render vertical &c. adj.; set up, stick up, raise up, cock up; erect, rear, raise on its legs. Adj. vertical, upright, erect, perpendicular, plumb, normal, straight, bolt, upright; rampant; standing up &c. v.; rectangular, orthogonal &c. 216.1. Adv. vertically &c. adj.; up, on end; up on end, right on end; a plomb [Fr.], endwise; one one's legs; at right angles. |
#213. Horizontality — N. horizontality†; flatness; level, plane; stratum &c. 204; dead level, dead flat; level plane. recumbency, lying down &c. v.; reclination†, decumbence†; decumbency†, discumbency†; proneness &c. adj.; accubation†, supination†, resupination†, prostration; azimuth. plain, floor, platform, bowling green; cricket ground; croquet ground, croquet lawn; billiard table; terrace, estrade†, esplanade, parterre. [flat land area] table land, plateau, ledge; butte; mesa (plain) 344. [instrument to measure horizontality] level, spirit level. V. be horizontal &c. adj.; lie, recline, couch; lie down, lie flat, lie prostrate; sprawl, loll, sit down. render horizontal &c. adj.; lay down, lay out; level, flatten; prostrate, knock down, floor, fell. Adj. horizontal, level, even, plane; flat &c. 251; flat as a billiard table, flat as a bowling green; alluvial; calm, calm as a mill pond; smooth, smooth as glass. recumbent, decumbent, procumbent, accumbent†; lying &c. v.; prone, supine, couchant, jacent†, prostrate, recubant†. Adv. horizontally &c. adj.; on one's back, on all fours, on its beam ends. |
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#214. Pendency — N. pendency†, dependency; suspension, hanging &c. v.; pedicel, pedicle, peduncle; tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum; hangnail peg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook; fastening &c. 45; spar, horse. V. be pendent &c. adj.; hang, depend, swing, dangle; swag; daggle†, flap, trail, flow; beetle. suspend, hang, sling, hook up, hitch, fasten to, append. Adj. pendent, pendulous; pensile; hanging &c. v.; beetling, jutting over, overhanging, projecting; dependent; suspended &c. v.; loose, flowing. having a peduncle &c. n.; pedunculate†, tailed, caudate. |
#215. Support — N. support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib†; point d'appui [Fr.], pou sto [Gr.], purchase footing, hold, locus standi [Lat.]; landing place, landing stage; stage, platform; block; rest, resting place; groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention; floor &c. (basement) 211. supporter; aid &c. 707; prop, stand, anvil, fulciment†; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit†, outrigger; ratlings†. staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle†; bourdon†, cowlstaff†, lathi†, mahlstick†. post, pillar, shaft, thill†, column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle; pedestal; plinth, shank, leg, socle†, zocle†; buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment; baluster, banister, stanchion; balustrade; headstone; upright; door post, jamb, door jamb. frame, framework; scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis†, trave†, corner stone, summer, transom; rung, round, step, sill; angle rafter, hip rafter; cantilever, modillion†; crown post, king post; vertebra. columella†, backbone; keystone; axle, axletree; axis; arch, mainstay. trunnion, pivot, rowlock†; peg &c. (pendency) 214†; tiebeam &c. (fastening) 45; thole pin†. board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet†, trivet, arbor, rack; mantel, mantle piece [Fr.], mantleshelf†; slab, console; counter, dresser; flange, corbel; table, trestle; shoulder; perch; horse; easel, desk; clotheshorse, hatrack; retable; teapoy†. seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud†; chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil [Fr.], woolsack†, ottoman, settle, squab, bench; aparejo†, faldstool†, horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair; lamba chauki†, lamba kursi†; saddle, pannel†, pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel. bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed†, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang†; bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse†; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion. footstool, hassock; tabouret†; tripod, monopod. Atlas, Persides, Atlantes†, Caryatides, Hercules. V. be supported &c.; lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on &c.; have at one's back; bestride, bestraddle†. support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up; uphold, upbear†; prop; under prop, under pin, under set; riprap; bandage &c. 43. give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations; bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed. maintain, keep on foot; aid &c. 707. Adj. supporting, supported &c. v.; fundamental; dorsigerous†. Adv. astride on, straddle. |
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#216. Parallelism — N. parallelism; coextension†; equidistance†; similarity &c. 17. Adj. parallel; coextensive; equidistant. Adv. alongside &c. (laterally) 236. |
#216a. Perpendicularity — N. perpendicularity, orthogonality; verticality, &c. 212. V. be perpendicular, be orthogonal; intersect at right angles, be rectangular, be at right angles to, intersect at 90 degrees; have no correlation. Adj. orthogonal, perpendicular; rectangular; uncorrelated. |
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#217. Obliquity — N. obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness &c. adj.; slopeness†; leaning &c. v.; bevel, tilt; bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch; distortion &c. 243; bend &c. (curve) 245; tower of Pisa. acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd†, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity†; gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent; shelving beach; talus; monagne Russe [Fr.]; facilis descensus averni [Lat.]. V. intersect; lack parallelism. |
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#218. Inversion — N. inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion; contraposition &c. 237†; contrariety &c. 14; reversal; turn of the tide. overturn; somersault, somerset; summerset†; culbute†; revulsion; pirouette. transposition, transposal†, anastrophy†, metastasis, hyperbaton†, anastrophe†, hysteron proteron [Gr.], hypallage†, synchysis†, tmesis†, parenthesis; metathesis; palindrome. pronation and supination [Anat.]. V. be inverted &c.; turn round, turn about, turn to the right about, go round, go about, go to the right about, wheel round, wheel about, wheel to the right about; turn over, go over, tilt over, topple over; capsize, turn turtle. invert, subvert, retrovert†, introvert; reverse; up turn, over turn, up set, over set; turn topsy turvy &c. adj.; culbuter†; transpose, put the cart before the horse, turn the tables. Adj. inverted &c. v.; wrong side out, wrong side up; inside out, upside down; bottom upwards, keel upwards; supine, on one's head, topsy-turvy, sens dessus dessous [Fr.]. inverse; reverse &c. (contrary) 14; opposite &c. 237. top heavy. Adv. inversely &c. adj.; hirdy-girdy†; heels over head, head over heels. |
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#219. Crossing — N. crossing &c. v.; intersection, interdigitation; decussation†, transversion†; convolution &c. 248; level crossing. reticulation, network; inosculation†, anastomosis, intertexture†, mortise. net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace; wicker; mat, matting; plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle; tissue, netting, mokes†; rivulation†. cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot; entangle &c. (disorder) 59. [woven fabrics] cloth, linen, muslin, cambric &c. V. cross, decussate†; intersect, interlace, intertwine, intertwist†, interweave, interdigitate, interlink. twine, entwine, weave, inweave†, twist, wreathe; anastomose [Med.], inosculate†, dovetail, splice, link; lace, tat. mat, plait, plat, braid, felt, twill; tangle, entangle, ravel; net, knot; dishevel, raddle†. Adj. crossing &c. v.; crossed, matted &c., v.. transverse. cross, cruciform, crucial; retiform†, reticular, reticulated; areolar†, cancellated†, grated, barred, streaked; textile; crossbarred†, cruciate†, palmiped†, secant; web-footed. Adv. cross, thwart, athwart, transversely; at grade [U.S.]; crosswise. |
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#220. Exteriority — N. exteriority†; outside, exterior; surface, superficies; skin &c. (covering) 223; superstratum†; disk, disc; face, facet; extrados†. excentricity†; eccentricity; circumjacence &c. 227†. V. be exterior &c. adj.; lie around &c. 227. place exteriorly, place outwardly, place outside; put out, turn out. Adj. exterior, external; outer most; outward, outlying, outside, outdoor; round about &c. 227; extramural; extralimitary†, extramundane. superficial, skin-deep; frontal, discoid. extraregarding†; excentric†, eccentric; outstanding; extrinsic &c. 6; ecdemic [Med.], exomorphic†. Adv. externally &c. adj.; out, with out, over, outwards, ab extra, out of doors; extra muros [Lat.]. in the open air; sub Jove, sub dio [Lat.]; a la belle etoile [Fr.], al fresco. |
#221. Interiority — N. interiority; inside, interior; interspace†, subsoil, substratum; intrados. contents &c. 190; substance, pith, marrow; backbone &c. (center) 222; heart, bosom, breast; abdomen; vitals, viscera, entrails, bowels, belly, intestines, guts, chitterings†, womb, lap; penetralia [Lat.], recesses, innermost recesses; cave &c. (concavity) 252. V. be inside &c. adj.; within &c. adv.. place within, keep within; inclose &c. (circumscribe) 229; intern; imbed &c. (insert) 300. Adj. interior, internal; inner, inside, inward, intraregarding†; inmost, innermost; deep seated, gut; intestine, intestinal; inland; subcutaneous; abdominal, coeliac, endomorphic [Physio.]; interstitial &c. (interjacent) 228†; inwrought &c. (intrinsic) 5; inclosed &c. v.. home, domestic, indoor, intramural, vernacular; endemic. Adv. internally &c. adj.; inwards, within, in, inly†; here in, there in, where in; ab intra, withinside†; in doors, within doors; at home, in the bosom of one's family. |
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#222. Centrality — N. centrality, centricalness†, center; middle &c. 68; focus &c. 74. core, kernel; nucleus, nucleolus; heart, pole axis, bull's eye; nave, navel; umbilicus, backbone, marrow, pith; vertebra, vertebral column; hotbed; concentration &c. (convergence) 290; centralization; symmetry. center of gravity, center of pressure, center of percussion, center of oscillation, center of buoyancy &c.; metacenter†. V. be central &c. adj.; converge &c. 290. render central, centralize, concentrate; bring to a focus. Adj. central, centrical†; middle &c. 68; azygous, axial, focal, umbilical, concentric; middlemost; rachidian†; spinal, vertebral. Adv. middle; midst; centrally &c. adj.. |
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#223. Covering — N. covering, cover; baldachin, baldachino†, baldaquin†; canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri [Fr.], umbrella, parasol, sunshade; veil (shade) 424; shield &c. (defense) 717. roof, ceiling, thatch, tile; pantile, pentile†; tiling, slates, slating, leads; barrack [U.S.], plafond, planchment [U.S.], tiling, shed &c. (abode) 189. top, lid, covercle†, door, operculum; bulkhead [U.S.]. bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil†, finger stall. coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget†; housing; antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah†, pillowcase, pillowslip†; linoleum; saddle cloth, blanket cloth; tidy; tilpah [U.S.], apishamore [U.S.]. integument, tegument; skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen†, hide; pelt, peltry†; cordwain†; derm†; robe, buffalo robe [U.S.]; cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis. clothing &c. 225; mask &c. (concealment) 530. peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat; eggshell, glume†. capsule; sheath, sheathing; pod, cod; casing, case, theca†; elytron†; elytrum†; involucrum [Lat.]; wrapping, wrapper; envelope, vesicle; corn husk, corn shuck [U.S.]; dermatology, conchology; testaceology†. inunction†; incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction†; scale &c. (layer) 204. [specific coverings] veneer, facing; overlay; plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate; engobe†; ormolu; Sheffield plate; pavement; coating, paint; varnish &c. (resin) 216.1; plating, barrel plating, anointing &c. v.; enamel; epitaxial deposition [Eng.], vapor deposition; ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo; cerement; ointment &c. (grease) 356. V. cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap &c. 225; encase, incase†; face, case, veneer, pave, paper; tip, cap, bind; bulkhead, bulkhead in; clapboard [U.S.]. coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar; wash; besmear, bedaub; anoint, do over; gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker†, enamel, whitewash; parget†; lay it on thick. overlie, overarch†; endome†; conceal &c. 528. [of aluminum] anodize. [of steel] galvanize. Adj. covering &c. v.; superimposed, overlaid, plated &c. v.; cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary†, skinny, scaly, squamous [Anat.]; covered &c. v.; imbricated, loricated†, armor plated, ironclad; under cover; cowled, cucullate†, dermatoid†, encuirassed†, hooded, squamiferous†, tectiform†; vaginate†. |
#224. Lining — N. lining, inner coating; coating &c. (covering) 223; stalactite, stalagmite. filling, stuffing, wadding, padding. wainscot, parietes [Lat.], wall. V. line, stuff, incrust, wad, pad, fill. Adj. lined &c. v.. |
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#225. Clothing — N. clothing, investment; covering &c. 223; dress, raiment, drapery, costume, attire, guise, toilet, toilette, trim; habiliment; vesture, vestment; garment, garb, palliament†, apparel, wardrobe, wearing apparel, clothes, things; underclothes. array; tailoring, millinery; finery &c. (ornament) 847; full dress &c. (show) 882; garniture; theatrical properties. outfit, equipment, trousseau; uniform, regimentals; continentals [U.S.]; canonicals &c. 999; livery, gear, harness, turn-out, accouterment, caparison, suit, rigging, trappings, traps, slops, togs, toggery†; day wear, night wear, zoot suit; designer clothes; masquerade. dishabille, morning dress, undress. kimono; lungi†; shooting-coat; mufti; rags, tatters, old clothes; mourning, weeds; duds; slippers. robe, tunic, paletot†, habit, gown, coat, frock, blouse, toga, smock frock, claw coat, hammer coat, Prince Albert coat†, sack coat, tuxedo coat, frock coat, dress coat, tail coat. cloak, pall, mantle, mantlet mantua†, shawl, pelisse, wrapper; veil; cape, tippet, kirtle†, plaid, muffler, comforter, haik†, huke†, chlamys†, mantilla, tabard, housing, horse cloth, burnoose, burnous, roquelaure†; houppelande [Fr.]; surcoat, overcoat, great coat; surtout [Fr.], spencer†; mackintosh, waterproof, raincoat; ulster, P-coat, dreadnought, wraprascal†, poncho, cardinal, pelerine†; barbe†, chudder†, jubbah†, oilskins, pajamas, pilot jacket, talma jacket†, vest, jerkin, waistcoat, doublet, camisole, gabardine; farthingale, kilt, jupe†, crinoline, bustle, panier, skirt, apron, pinafore; bloomer, bloomers; chaqueta†, songtag [G.], tablier†. pants, trousers, trowsers†; breeches, pantaloons, inexpressibles†, overalls, smalls, small clothes; shintiyan†; shorts, jockey shorts, boxer shorts; tights, drawers, panties, unmentionables; knickers, knickerbockers; philibeg†, fillibeg†; pants suit; culottes; jeans, blue jeans, dungarees, denims. [brand names for jeans] Levis, Calvin Klein, Calvins, Bonjour, Gloria Vanderbilt. headdress, headgear; chapeau [Fr.], crush hat, opera hat; kaffiyeh; sombrero, jam, tam-o-shanter, tarboosh†, topi, sola topi [Lat.], pagri†, puggaree†; cap, hat, beaver hat, coonskin cap; castor, bonnet, tile, wideawake, billycock†, wimple; nightcap, mobcap†, skullcap; hood, coif; capote†, calash; kerchief, snood, babushka; head, coiffure; crown &c. (circle) 247; chignon, pelt, wig, front, peruke, periwig, caftan, turban, fez, shako, csako†, busby; kepi†, forage cap, bearskin; baseball cap; fishing hat; helmet &c. 717; mask, domino. body clothes; linen; hickory shirt [U.S.]; shirt, sark†, smock, shift, chemise; night gown, negligee, dressing gown, night shirt; bedgown†, sac de nuit [Fr.]. underclothes [underclothing], underpants, undershirt; slip [for women], brassiere, corset, stays, corsage, corset, corselet, bodice, girdle &c. (circle) 247; stomacher; petticoat, panties; under waistcoat; jock [for men], athletic supporter, jockstrap. sweater, jersey; cardigan; turtleneck, pullover; sweater vest. neckerchief, neckcloth†; tie, ruff, collar, cravat, stock, handkerchief, scarf; bib, tucker; boa; cummerbund, rumal†, rabat†. shoe, pump, boot, slipper, sandal, galoche†, galoshes, patten, clog; sneakers, running shoes, hiking boots; high-low; Blucher boot, wellington boot, Hessian boot, jack boot, top boot; Balmoral†; arctics, bootee, bootikin†, brogan, chaparajos†; chavar†, chivarras†, chivarros†; gums [U.S.], larrigan [U.S.], rubbers, showshoe, stogy†, veldtschoen [G.], legging, buskin, greave†, galligaskin†, gamache†, gamashes†, moccasin, gambado, gaiter, spatterdash†, brogue, antigropelos†; stocking, hose, gaskins†, trunk hose, sock; hosiery. glove, gauntlet, mitten, cuff, wristband, sleeve. swaddling cloth, baby linen, layette; ice wool; taffeta. pocket handkerchief, hanky†, hankie. clothier, tailor, milliner, costumier, sempstress†, snip; dressmaker, habitmaker†, breechesmaker†, shoemaker; Crispin; friseur [Fr.]; cordwainer†, cobbler, hosier†, hatter; draper, linen draper, haberdasher, mercer. [underpants for babies] diaper, nappy [Brit.]; disposable diaper, cloth diaper; [brand names for diapers], Luvs Huggies. V. invest; cover &c. 223; envelope, lap, involve; inwrap†, enwrap; wrap; fold up, wrap up, lap up, muffle up; overlap; sheath, swathe, swaddle, roll up in, circumvest. vest, clothe, array, dress, dight†, drape, robe, enrobe, attire, apparel, accounter†, rig, fit out; deck &c. (ornament) 847; perk, equip, harness, caparison. wear; don; put on, huddle on, slip on; mantle. Adj. invested &c. v.; habited; dighted†; barbed, barded; clad, costume, shod, chausse [Fr.]; en grande tenue [Fr.] &c. (show) 882. sartorial. Phr. the soul of this man is his clothes" [All's Well]. |
#226. Divestment — N. divestment; taking off &c. v.. nudity; bareness &c. adj.; undress; dishabille &c. 225; the altogether; nudation†, denudation; decortication, depilation, excoriation, desquamation; molting; exfoliation; trichosis [Med.]. V. divest; uncover &c. (cover) &c. 223; denude, bare, strip; disfurnish†; undress, disrobe &c. (dress, enrobe) &c. 225; uncoif†; dismantle; put off, take off, cast off; doff; peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay; expose, lay open; exfoliate, molt, mew; cast the skin. Adj. divested &c. v.; bare, naked, nude; undressed, undraped; denuded; exposed; in dishabille; bald, threadbare, ragged, callow, roofless. in a state of nature, in nature's garb, in the buff, in native buff, in birthday suit; in puris naturalibus [Lat.]; with nothing on, stark naked, stark raving naked [Joc.]; bald as a coot, bare as the back of one's hand; out at elbows; barefoot; bareback, barebacked; leafless, napless†, hairless. |
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#227. Circumjacence — N. circumjacence†, circumambience†; environment, encompassment; atmosphere, medium, surroundings. outpost; border &c. (edge) 231; girdle &c. (circumference) 230; outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs†, environs, entourage, banlieue†; neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity. V. lie around &c. adv.; surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird; belt; begird, engird†; skirt, twine round; hem in &c. (circumscribe) 229. Adj. circumjacent, circumambient†, circumfluent†; ambient; surrounding &c. v.; circumferential, suburban. Adv. around, about; without; on every side; on all sides; right and left, all round, round about. |
#228. Interposition — N. interposition, interjacence†, intercurrence†, intervenience†, interlocation†, interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation. [interposition at a fine-grained level] interpenetration; permeation; infiltration. [interposition by one person in another's affairs, at the intervenor's initiative] intervention, interference; intrusion, obtrusion; insinuation. insertion &c. 300; dovetailing; embolism. intermediary, intermedium†; go between, bodkin†, intruder, interloper; parenthesis, episode, flyleaf. partition, septum, diaphragm; midriff; dissepiment†; party wall, panel, room divider. halfway house. V. lie between, come between, get between; intervene, slide in, interpenetrate, permeate. put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in; interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave, intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in, squeeze in; let in, dovetail, splice, mortise; insinuate, smuggle; infiltrate, ingrain. interfere, put in an oar, thrust one's nose in; intrude, obtrude; have a finger in the pie; introduce the thin end of the wedge; thrust in &c. (insert) 300. Adj. interjacent†, intercurrent†, intervenient†, intervening &c. v., intermediate, intermediary, intercalary, interstitial; embolismal†. parenthetical, episodic; mediterranean; intrusive; embosomed†; merged. Adv. between, betwixt; twixt; among, amongst; amid, amidst; mid, midst; in the thick of; betwixt and between; sandwich-wise; parenthetically, obiter dictum. |
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#229. Circumscription — N. circumscription, limitation, inclosure; confinement &c. (restraint) 751; circumvallation†; encincture; envelope &c. 232. container (receptacle) 191. V. circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose; surround &c. 227; compass about; imprison &c. (restrain) 751; hedge in, wall in, rail in; fence round, fence in, hedge round; picket; corral. enfold, bury, encase, incase†, pack up, enshrine, inclasp†; wrap up &c. (invest) 225; embay†, embosom†. containment (inclusion) 76. Adj. circumscribed &c. v.; begirt†, lapt†; buried in, immersed in; embosomed†, in the bosom of, imbedded, encysted, mewed up; imprisoned &c. 751; landlocked, in a ring fence. |
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#230. Outline — N. outline, circumference; perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines tournure†, contour, profile, silhouette; bounds; coast line. zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre [Brit.], cingle†, clasp, girt; cordon &c. (inclosure) 232; circlet, &c. 247. |
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#231. Edge — N. edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth; jaws, chops, chaps, fauces; lip, muzzle. threshold, door, porch; portal &c. (opening) 260; coast, shore. frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp. Adj. border, marginal, skirting; labial, labiated†, marginated†. |
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#232. Inclosure — N. inclosure, envelope; case &c. (receptacle) 191; wrapper; girdle &c. 230. pen, fold; pen fold, in fold, sheep fold; paddock, pound; corral; yard; net, seine net. wall, hedge, hedge row; espalier; fence &c. (defense) 717; pale, paling, balustrade, rail, railing, quickset hedge, park paling, circumvallation†, enceinte, ring fence. barrier, barricade; gate, gateway; bent, dingle [U.S.]; door, hatch, cordon; prison &c. 752. dike, dyke, ditch, fosse†, moat. V. inclose, circumscribe &c. 229. |
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#233. Limit — N. limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn, verge, curbstone†, but, pale, reservation; termination, terminus; stint, frontier, precinct, marches; backwoods. boundary line, landmark; line of demarcation, line of circumvallation†; pillars of Hercules; Rubicon, turning point; ne plus ultra [Lat.]; sluice, floodgate. Adj. definite; conterminate†, conterminable†; terminal, frontier; bordering. Adv. thus far, thus far and no further. Phr. stick to the reservation; go beyond the pale. |
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#234. Front — N. front; fore, forepart; foreground; face, disk, disc, frontage; facade, proscenium, facia [Lat.], frontispiece; anteriority†; obverse (of a medal or coin). fore rank, front rank; van, vanguard; advanced guard; outpost; first line; scout. brow, forehead, visage, physiognomy, phiz†, countenance, mut [Slang]; rostrum, beak, bow, stem, prow, prore†, jib. pioneer &c. (precursor) 64; metoposcopy†. V. be in front, stand in front &c. adj.; front, face, confront; bend forwards; come to the front, come to the fore. Adj. fore, anterior, front, frontal. Adv. before; in front, in the van, in advance; ahead, right ahead; forehead, foremost; in the foreground, in the lee of; before one's face, before one's eyes; face to face, vis-a-vis; front a front. Phr. formosa muta commendatio est [Lat.] [Syrus]; frons est animi janua [Lat.] [Cicero]; Human face divine" [Milton]; imago animi vultus est indices oculi [Lat.] [Cicero]; sea of upturned faces" [Scott]. |
#235. Rear — N. rear, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard; background, hinterland. occiput [Anat.], nape, chine; heels; tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside scut†, breech, dorsum, loin; dorsal region, lumbar region; hind quarters; aitchbone†; natch, natch bone. stern, poop, afterpart†, heelpiece†, crupper. wake; train &c. (sequence) 281. reverse; other side of the shield. V. be behind &c. adv.; fall astern; bend backwards; bring up the rear. Adj. back, rear; hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost†; postern, posterior; dorsal, after; caudal, lumbar; mizzen, tergal†. Adv. behind; in the rear, in the background; behind one's back; at the heels of, at the tail of, at the back of; back to back. after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost†, aback, rearward. Phr. ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio [It]; the other side of the coin. |
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#236. Laterality — N. laterality†; side, flank, quarter, lee; hand; cheek, jowl, jole†, wing; profile; temple, parietes [Lat.], loin, haunch, hip; beam. gable, gable end; broadside; lee side. points of the compass; East, Orient, Levant; West; orientation. V. be on one side &c. adv.; flank, outflank; sidle; skirt; orientate. Adj. lateral, sidelong; collateral; parietal, flanking, skirting; flanked; sideling. many sided; multilateral, bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral. Eastern; orient, oriental; Levantine; Western, occidental, Hesperian. Adv. sideways, sidelong; broadside on; on one side, abreast, alongside, beside, aside; by the side of; side by side; cheek by jowl &c. (near) 197; to windward, to leeward; laterally &c. adj.; right and left; on her beam ends. Phr. his cheek the may of days outworn" [Shakespeare]. |
#237. Contraposition — N. contraposition†, opposition; polarity; inversion &c. 218; opposite side; reverse, inverse; counterpart; antipodes; opposite poles, North and South. antonym, opposite (contrariety) 14. V. be opposite &c. adj.; subtend. Adj. opposite; reverse, inverse; converse, antipodal, subcontrary†; fronting, facing, diametrically opposite. Northern, septentrional, Boreal, arctic; Southern, Austral, antarctic. Adv. over, over the way, over against; against; face to face, vis-a-vis; as poles asunder. |
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#238. Dextrality — N. dextrality†; right, right hand; dexter, offside, starboard. Adj. dextral, right-handed; dexter, dextrorsal†, dextrorse†; ambidextral†, ambidextrous; dextro-. Adv. dextrad†, dextrally†. |
#239. Sinistrality — N. sinistrality†; left, left hand, a gauche; sinister, nearside†, larboard, port. Adj. left-handed; sinister; sinistral, sinistrorsal†, sinistrorse†, sinistrous†; laevo- [Pref.]. Adv. sinistrally, sinistrously†. |
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#240. Form — N. form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib; stamp, type, cast, mold; fashion; contour &c. (outline) 230; structure &c. 329; plasmature†. feature, lineament, turn; phase &c. (aspect) 448; posture, attitude, pose. [Science of form] morphism. [Similarity of form] isomorphism. forming &c. v.; formation, figuration, efformation†; sculpture; plasmation†. V. form, shape, figure, fashion, efform†, carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast; rough hew, rough cast; sketch; block out, hammer out; trim; lick into shape, put into shape; model, knead, work up into, set, mold, sculpture; cast, stamp; build &c. (construct) 161. Adj. formed &c. v.. [Receiving form] plastic, fictile†; formative; fluid. [Giving form] plasmic†. [Similar in form] isomorphous. [taking several forms] pleomorphic; protean; changeable, &c. 149. |
#241. [Absence of form.] Amorphism — N. amorphism†, informity†; unlicked cub†; rudis indigestaque moles [Lat.]; disorder &c. 59; deformity &c. 243. disfigurement, defacement; mutilation; deforming. chaos, randomness (disorder) 59. [taking form from surroundings] fluid &c. 333. V. deface [Destroy form], disfigure, deform, mutilate, truncate; derange &c. 61; blemish, mar. Adj. shapeless, amorphous, formless; unformed, unhewn†, unfashioned†, unshaped, unshapen; rough, rude, Gothic, barbarous, rugged. |
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#242. [Regularity of form.] Symmetry — N. symmetry, shapeliness, finish; beauty &c. 845; proportion, eurythmy†, uniformity, parallelism; bilateral symmetry, trilateral symmetry, multilateral symmetry; centrality &c. 222. arborescence†, branching, ramification; arbor vitae. Adj. symmetrical, shapely, well set, finished; beautiful &c. 845; classic, chaste, severe. regular, uniform, balanced; equal &c. 27; parallel, coextensive. arborescent†, arboriform†; dendriform†, dendroid†; branching; ramous†, ramose; filiciform†, filicoid†; subarborescent†; papilionaceous†. fuji-shaped, fujigata [Jap.]. |
#243. [Irregularity of form.] Distortion — N. distortion, detortion†, contortion; twist, crookedness &c. (obliquity) 217; grimace; deformity; malformation, malconformation†; harelip; monstrosity, misproportion†, want of symmetry, anamorphosis†; ugliness &c. 846; talipes†; teratology. asymmetry; irregularity. V. distort, contort, twist, warp, wrest, writhe, make faces, deform, misshape. Adj. distorted &c. v.; out of shape, irregular, asymmetric, unsymmetric†, awry, wry, askew, crooked; not true, not straight; on one side, crump†, deformed; harelipped; misshapen, misbegotten; misproportioned†, ill proportioned; ill-made; grotesque, monstrous, crooked as a ram's horn; camel backed, hump backed, hunch backed, bunch backed, crook backed; bandy; bandy legged, bow legged; bow kneed, knock kneed; splay footed, club footed; round shouldered; snub nosed; curtailed of one's fair proportions; stumpy &c. (short) 201; gaunt &c. (thin) 203; bloated &c. 194; scalene; simous†; taliped†, talipedic†. Adv. all manner of ways. Phr. crooked as a Virginia fence [U.S.]. |
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#244. Angularity — N. angularity, angularness†; aduncity†; angle, cusp, bend; fold &c. 258; notch &c. 257; fork, bifurcation. elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo†, akimbo. corner, nook, recess, niche, oriel [Arch.], coign†. right angle &c. (perpendicular) 216.1, 212; obliquity &c. 217; angle of 45 degrees, miter; acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle. angular measurement, angular elevation, angular distance, angular velocity; trigonometry, goniometry; altimetry†; clinometer, graphometer†, goniometer; theodolite; sextant, quadrant; dichotomy. triangle, trigon†, wedge; rectangle, square, lozenge, diamond; rhomb, rhombus; quadrangle, quadrilateral; parallelogram; quadrature; polygon, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, oxygon†, decagon. pyramid, cone. Platonic bodies; cube, rhomboid; tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron; prism, pyramid; parallelopiped; curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof. V. bend, fork, bifurcate, crinkle. Adj. angular, bent, crooked, aduncous†, uncinated†, aquiline, jagged, serrated; falciform†, falcated†; furcated†, forked, bifurcate, zigzag; furcular†; hooked; dovetailed; knock kneed, crinkled, akimbo, kimbo†, geniculated†; oblique &c. 217. fusiform [Micro.], wedge-shaped, cuneiform; cuneate†, multangular†, oxygonal†; triangular, trigonal†, trilateral; quadrangular, quadrilateral; foursquare; rectangular, square, multilateral; polygonal &c. n.; cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal. |
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#245. Curvature — N. curvature, curvity†, curvation†; incurvature†, incurvity†; incurvation†; bend; flexure, flexion, flection†; conflexure†; crook, hook, bought, bending; deflection, deflexion†; inflection, inflexion†; concameration†; arcuation†, devexity†, turn, deviation, detour, sweep; curl, curling; bough; recurvity†, recurvation†; sinuosity &c. 248. kink. carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule†, horseshoe, loop, crane neck; parabola, hyperbola; helix, spiral; catenary†, festoon; conchoid†, cardioid; caustic; tracery; arched ceiling, arched roof; bay window, bow window. sine curve; spline, spline curve, spline function; obliquity &c. 217. V. be curved, &c. adj.; curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag; deviate &c. 279; curl, turn; reenter. render curved &c. adj.; flex, bend, curve, incurvate†; inflect; deflect, scatter [Phys.]; refract (light) 420; crook; turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate†; bow, curl, recurve, frizzle. rotundity &c. 249; convexity &c. 250. Adj. curved &c. v.; curviform†, curvilineal†, curvilinear; devex†, devious; recurved, recurvous†; crump†; bowed &c. v.; vaulted, hooked; falciform†, falcated†; semicircular, crescentic; sinusoid [Geom.], parabolic, paraboloid; luniform†, lunular†; semilunar, conchoidal†; helical, double helical, spiral; kinky; cordiform†, cordated†; cardioid; heart shaped, bell shaped, boat shaped, crescent shaped, lens shaped, moon shaped, oar shaped, shield shaped, sickle shaped, tongue shaped, pear shaped, fig shaped; kidney-shaped, reniform; lentiform†, lenticular; bow-legged &c. (distorted) 243; oblique &c. 217; circular &c. 247. aduncated†, arclike†, arcuate, arched, beaked; bicorn†, bicornuous†, bicornute†; clypeate†, clypeiform†; cymbiform†, embowed†, galeiform†; hamate†, hamiform†, hamous†; hooked; linguiform†, lingulate†; lobiform†, lunate, navicular†, peltate†, remiform†, rhamphoid†; rostrate†, rostriferous†, rostroid†; scutate†, scaphoid†, uncate†; unguiculate†, unguiform†. |
#246. Straightness — N. straightness, rectilinearity†, directness; inflexibility &c. (stiffness) 323; straight line, right line, direct line; short cut. V. be straight &c. adj.; have no turning; not incline to either side, not bend to either side, not turn to either side, not deviate to either side; go straight; steer for &c. (directions) 278. render straight, straighten, rectify; set straight, put straight; unbend, unfold, uncurl &c. 248, unravel &c. 219, unwrap. Adj. straight; rectilinear, rectilineal†; direct, even, right, true, in a line; unbent, virgate† &c. v.; undeviating, unturned, undistorted, unswerving; straight as an arrow &c. (direct) 278; inflexible &c. 323. laser-straight; ramrod-straight. |
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#247. [Simple circularity.] Circularity — N. circularity, roundness; rotundity &c. 249. circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet†, annulus, annulet†, bracelet, armlet; ringlet; eye, loop, wheel; cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band; contrate wheel†, crown wheel; hub; nave; sash, girdle, cestus†, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland; crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar; noose, lasso, lassoo†. ellipse, oval, ovule; ellipsoid, cycloid; epicycloid [Geom.], epicycle; semicircle; quadrant, sextant, sector. sphere &c. 249. V. make round &c. adj.; round. go round; encircle &c. 227; describe a circle &c. 311. Adj. round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular; oval, ovate; elliptic, elliptical; egg-shaped; pear-shaped &c. 245; cycloidal &c. n.†; spherical &c. 249. Phr. I watched the little circles die" [Tennyson]. |
#248. [Complex curvature.] Convolution — N. winding &c. v.; convolution, involution, circumvolution; wave, undulation, tortuosity, anfractuosity†; sinuosity, sinuation†; meandering, circuit, circumbendibus†, twist, twirl, windings and turnings, ambages†; torsion; inosculation†; reticulation &c. (crossing) 219; rivulation†; roughness &c. 256. coil, roll, curl; buckle, spiral, helix, corkscrew, worm, volute, rundle; tendril; scollop†, scallop, escalop†; kink; ammonite, snakestone†. serpent, eel, maze, labyrinth. knot. V. be convoluted &c. adj.; wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl; wave, undulate, meander; inosculate†; entwine, intwine†; twist, coil, roll; wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill; frizzle; crimp, crape, indent, scollop†, scallop, wring, intort†; contort; wreathe &c. (cross) 219. Adj. convoluted; winding, twisted &c. v.; tortile†, tortive†; wavy; undated, undulatory; circling, snaky, snake-like, serpentine; serpent, anguill†, vermiform; vermicular; mazy, tortuous, sinuous, flexuous, anfractuous†, reclivate†, rivulose†, scolecoid†; sigmoid, sigmoidal [Geom.]; spiriferous†, spiroid†; involved, intricate, complicated, perplexed; labyrinth, labyrinthic†, labyrinthian†, labyrinthine; peristaltic; daedalian†; kinky, knotted. wreathy†, frizzly, crepe, buckled; raveled &c. (in disorder) 59. spiral, coiled, helical; cochleate, cochleous; screw-shaped; turbinated, turbiniform†. Adv. in and out, round and round; a can of worms; Gordian knot. |
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#249. Rotundity — N. rotundity; roundness &c. adj.; cylindricity†; sphericity, spheroidity†; globosity†. cylinder, cylindroid†, cylindrical; barrel, drum; roll, roller; rouleau†, column, rolling-pin, rundle. cone, conoid†; pear shape, egg shape, bell shape. sphere, globe, ball, boulder, bowlder†; spheroid, ellipsoid; oblong spheroid; oblate spheroid, prolate spheroid; drop, spherule, globule, vesicle, bulb, bullet, pellet, pelote†, clew, pill, marble, pea, knob, pommel, horn; knot (convolution) 248. curved surface, hypersphere; hyperdimensional surface. V. render spherical &c. adj.; form into a sphere, sphere, roll into a ball; give rotundity &c. n.; round. Adj. rotund; round &c. (circular) 247; cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid†; columnar, lumbriciform†; conic, conical; spherical, spheroidal; globular, globated†, globous†, globose; egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped; ovoid, oviform; gibbous; rixiform†; campaniform†, campanulate†, campaniliform†; fungiform†, bead-like, moniliform†, pyriform†, bulbous; tres atque rotundus [Lat.]; round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball. |
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#250. Convexity — N. convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity†, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion; camber, cahot [U.S.]. thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.]. swell. intumescence; tumour [Brit.], tumor; tubercle, tuberosity [Anat.]; excrescence; hump, hunch, bunch. boss, embossment, hub, hubble; [convex body parts] tooth [U.S.], knob, elbow, process, apophysis†, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity†, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump; sugar loaf &c. (sharpness) 253; bow; mamelon†; molar; belly, corporation†, pot belly, gut [Coll.]; withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange. [convexities on skin] pimple, zit [Slang]; wen, wheel, papula [Med.], pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle†, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus†, fungus, fungosity†, exostosis†, bleb, blister, blain†; boil &c. (disease) 655; airbubble†, blob, papule, verruca. [convex body parts on chest] papilla, nipple, teat, tit [Vulg.], titty [Vulg.], boob [Vulg.], knocker [Vulg.], pap, breast, dug, mammilla†. [prominent convexity on the face] proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz [Coll.]. peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag. cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves; pilaster. relief, relievo [It], cameo; bassorilievo†, mezzorilevo†, altorivievo; low relief, bas relief [Fr.], high relief. hill &c. (height) 206; cape, promontory, mull; forehead, foreland†; point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur; naze†, ness. V. be prominent &c. adj.; project, bulge, protrude, pout, bouge [Fr.], bunch; jut out, stand out, stick out, poke out; stick up, bristle up, start up, cock up, shoot up; swell over, hang over, bend over; beetle. render prominent &c. adj.; raise 307; emboss, chase. [become convex] belly out. Adj. convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting &c. v.; bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy; clavate, clavated†, claviform; hummocky†, moutonne†, mammiliform†; papulous†, papilose†; hemispheric, bulbous; bowed, arched; bold; bellied; tuberous, tuberculous; tumous†; cornute†, odontoid†; lentiform†, lenticular; gibbous; club shaped, hubby [U.S.], hubbly [U.S.], knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform†, subclavate†, torose†, ventricose†, verrucose†. salient, in relief, raised, repousse; bloated &c., (expanded) 194. |
#251. Flatness — N. flatness &c. adj.; smoothness &c. 255. plane; level &c. 213; plate, platter, table, tablet, slab. V. render flat, flatten; level &c. 213. Adj. flat, plane, even, flush, scutiform†, discoid; level &c. (horizontal) 213; flat as a pancake, flat as a fluke, flat as a flounder, flat as a board, flat as my hand. #252. Concavity — N. concavity, depression, dip; hollow, hollowness; indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus†, lacuna; excavation, strip mine; trough &c. (furrow) 259; honeycomb. cup, basin, crater, punch bowl; cell &c. (receptacle) 191; socket. valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe†, bottom, slade†, strath†, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove; grot†, grotto; alcove, cul-de-sac; gully &c. 198; arch &c. (curve) 245; bay &c. (of the sea) 343. excavator, sapper, miner. honeycomb (sponge) 252.1. V. be concave &c. adj.; retire, cave in. render concave &c. adj.; depress, hollow; scoop, scoop out; gouge, gouge out, dig, delve, excavate, dent, dint, mine, sap, undermine, burrow, tunnel, stave in. Adj. depressed &c. v.; alveolate†, calathiform†, cup-shaped, dishing; favaginous†, faveolate†, favose†; scyphiform†, scyphose†; concave, hollow, stove in; retiring; retreating; cavernous; porous &c. (with holes) 260; infundibul†, infundibular†, infundibuliform†; funnel shaped, bell shaped; campaniform†, capsular; vaulted, arched. |
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#252a Sponge — N. sponge, honeycomb, network; frit [Chem], filter. sieve, net, screen (opening) 260. Adj. cellular, spongy, spongious†; honeycombed, alveolar; sintered; porous (opening) 260. |
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#253. Sharpness — N. sharpness &c. adj.; acuity, acumination†; spinosity†. point, spike, spine, spicule [Biol.], spiculum†; needle, hypodermic needle, tack, nail, pin; prick, prickle; spur, rowel, barb; spit, cusp; horn, antler; snag; tag thorn, bristle; Adam's needle†, bear grass [U.S.], tine, yucca. nib, tooth, tusk; spoke, cog, ratchet. crag, crest, arete [Fr.], cone peak, sugar loaf, pike, aiguille†; spire, pyramid, steeple. beard, chevaux de frise [Fr.], porcupine, hedgehog, brier, bramble, thistle; comb; awn, beggar's lice, bur, burr, catchweed†, cleavers, clivers†, goose, grass, hairif†, hariff, flax comb, hackle, hatchel†, heckle. wedge; knife edge, cutting edge; blade, edge tool, cutlery, knife, penknife, whittle, razor, razor blade, safety razor, straight razor, electric razor; scalpel; bistoury†, lancet; plowshare, coulter, colter†; hatchet, ax, pickax, mattock, pick, adze, gill; billhook, cleaver, cutter; scythe, sickle; scissors, shears, pruning shears, cutters, wire cutters, nail clipper, paper cutter; sword &c. (arms) 727; bodkin &c. (perforator) 262; belduque†, bowie knife†, paring knife; bushwhacker [U.S.]; drawing knife, drawing shave; microtome [Micro.]; chisel, screwdriver blade; flint blade; guillotine. sharpener, hone, strop; grindstone, whetstone; novaculite†; steel, emery. V. be sharp &c. adj.; taper to a point; bristle with. render sharp &c. adj.; sharpen, point, aculeate, whet, barb, spiculate†, set, strop, grind; chip (flint). cut &c. (sunder) 44. Adj. sharp, keen; acute; acicular, aciform†; aculeated†, acuminated†; pointed; tapering; conical, pyramidal; mucronate†, mucronated†; spindle shaped, needle shaped; spiked, spiky, ensiform†, peaked, salient; cusped, cuspidate, cuspidated†; cornute†, cornuted†, cornicultate†; prickly; spiny, spinous†, spicular; thorny, bristling, muricated†, pectinated†, studded, thistly, briary†; craggy &c. (rough) 256; snaggy, digitated†, two-edged, fusiform [Micro.]; dentiform†, denticulated; toothed; odontoid†; starlike; stellated†, stelliform†; sagittate†, sagittiform†; arrowheaded†; arrowy†, barbed, spurred. acinaciform; apiculate†, apiculated†; aristate†, awned, awny†, bearded, calamiform†, cone-shaped, coniform†, crestate†, echinate†, gladiate†; lanceolate†, lanciform; awl, awl-shaped, lance-shaped, awl-shaped, scimitar-shaped, sword-shaped; setarious†, spinuliferous†, subulate†, tetrahedral, xiphoid†. cutting; sharp edged, knife edged; sharp as a razor, keen as a razor; sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack; sharpened &c. v.; set |
#254. Bluntness — N. bluntness &c. adj.. V. be blunt, render blunt &c. adj.; obtund†, dull; take off the point, take off the edge; turn. Adj. blunt, obtuse, dull, bluff; edentate, toothless. |
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#255. Smoothness — N. smoothness &c. adj.; polish, gloss; lubricity, lubrication. [smooth materials] down, velvet, velure, silk, satin; velveteen, velour, velours, velumen†; glass, ice. slide; bowling green &c. (level) 213; asphalt, wood pavement, flagstone, flags. [objects used to smooth other objects] roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill; sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander; flat iron, sad iron; burnisher, turpentine and beeswax; polish, shoe polish. [art of cutting and polishing gemstones] lapidary. [person who polishes gemstones] lapidary, lapidarian. V. smooth, smoothen†; plane; file; mow, shave; level, roll; macadamize; polish, burnish, calender†, glaze; iron, hot-press, mangle; lubricate &c. (oil) 332. Adj. smooth; polished &c. v.; leiodermatous†, slick, velutinous†; even; level &c. 213; plane &c. (flat) 251; sleek, glossy; silken, silky; lanate†, downy, velvety; glabrous, slippery, glassy, lubricous, oily, soft, unwrinkled†; smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil; slippery as an eel; woolly &c. (feathery) 256. Phr. smooth as silk; slippery as coonshit on a pump handle; slippery as a greased pig. |
#256. Roughness — N. roughness &c. adj.; tooth, grain, texture, ripple; asperity, rugosity†, salebrosity†, corrugation, nodosity†; arborescence† &c. 242; pilosity†. brush, hair, beard, shag, mane, whisker, moustache, imperial, tress, lock, curl, ringlet; fimbriae, pili, cilia, villi; lovelock; beaucatcher†; curl paper; goatee; papillote, scalp lock. plumage, plumosity†; plume, panache, crest; feather, tuft, fringe, toupee. wool, velvet, plush, nap, pile, floss, fur, down; byssus†, moss, bur; fluff. knot (convolution) 248. V. be rough &c. adj.; go against the grain. render-rough &c. adj.; roughen, ruffle, crisp, crumple, corrugate, set on edge, stroke the wrong way, rumple. Adj. rough, uneven, scabrous, scaly, knotted; rugged, rugose†, rugous†; knurly†; asperous†, crisp, salebrous†, gnarled, unpolished, unsmooth†, roughhewn†; craggy, cragged; crankling†, scraggy; prickly &c. (sharp) 253; arborescent &c. 242†; leafy, well-wooded; feathery; plumose, plumigerous†; laciniate†, laciniform†, laciniose†; pappose†; pileous†, pilose†; trichogenous†, trichoid [Med.]; tufted, fimbriated, hairy, ciliated, filamentous, hirsute; crinose†, crinite†; bushy, hispid, villous, pappous†, bearded, pilous†, shaggy, shagged; fringed, befringed†; setous†, setose†, setaceous; like quills upon the fretful porcupine" [Hamlet]; rough as a nutmeg grater, rough as a bear. downy, velvety, flocculent, woolly; lanate†, lanated†; lanuginous†, lanuginose†; tomentose†; fluffy. Adv. against the grain. Phr. cabello luengo y corto el seso [Sp.]. |
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#257. Notch — N. notch, dent, nick, cut; indent, indentation; dimple. embrasure, battlement, machicolation†; saw, tooth, crenelle†, scallop, scollop†, vandyke; depression; jag. V. notch, nick, cut, dent, indent, jag, scarify, scotch, crimp, scallop, scollop†, crenulate†, vandyke. Adj. notched &c. v.; crenate†, crenated†; dentate, dentated; denticulate, denticulated; toothed, palmated†, serrated. |
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#258. Fold — N. fold, plicature†, plait, pleat, ply, crease; tuck, gather; flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, duplicature†, gather, wrinkle, rimple†, crinkle, crankle†, crumple, rumple, rivel†, ruck†, ruffle, dog's ear, corrugation, frounce†, flounce, lapel; pucker, crow's feet; plication†. V. fold, double, plicate†, plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crankle†, curl, cockle up, cocker, rimple†, rumple, flute, frizzle, frounce†, rivel†, twill, corrugate, ruffle, crimple†, crumple, pucker; turn down, double down, down under; tuck, ruck†, hem, gather. Adj. folded, fluted, pleated &c. v.. |
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#259. Furrow — N. furrow, groove, rut, sulcus [Anat.], scratch, streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit; chamfer, fluting; corduroy road, cradle hole. channel, gutter, trench, ditch, dike, dyke; moat, fosse†, trough, kennel; ravine &c. (interval) 198; tajo [U.S.], thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.]. V. furrow &c. n.; flute, plow; incise, engrave, etch, bite in. Adj. furrowed &c. v.; ribbed, striated, sulcated [Anat.], fluted, canaliculated†; bisulcous†, bisulcate†, bisulcated†; canaliferous†; trisulcate†; corduroy; unisulcate†; costate†, rimiform†. |
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#260. Opening — N. hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel†; transforation†; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; eyelet; slot. opening; aperture, apertness†; hiation†, yawning, oscitancy†, dehiscence, patefaction†, pandiculation†; chasm &c. (interval) 198. embrasure, window, casement; abatjour†; light; sky light, fan light; lattice; bay window, bow window; oriel [Arch.]; dormer, lantern. outlet, inlet; vent, vomitory; embouchure; orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand†, wizen, nozzle; placket. portal, porch, gate, ostiary†, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door; arcade; cellarway†, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway; lich gate†. way, path &c. 627; thoroughfare; channel; passage, passageway; tube, pipe; water pipe &c. 350; air pipe &c. 351; vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula; adjutage†, ajutage†; ostium†; smokestack; chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main; mine, pit, adit†, shaft; gallery. alley, aisle, glade, vista. bore, caliber; pore; blind orifice; fulgurite†, thundertube†. porousness, porosity. sieve, cullender†, colander; cribble†, riddle, screen; honeycomb. apertion†, perforation; piercing &c. v.; terebration†, empalement†, pertusion†, puncture, acupuncture, penetration. key &c. 631, opener, master key, password, combination, passe-partout. V. open, ope†, gape, yawn, bilge; fly open. perforate, pierce, empierce†, tap, bore, drill; mine &c. (scoop out) 252; tunnel; transpierce†, transfix; enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch; stave in. cut a passage through; make way for, make room for. uncover, unclose, unrip†; lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open, pop open, blow open, pry open, tear open, pull open. Adj. open; perforated &c. v.; perforate; wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped; oscitant†, gaping, yawning; patent. tubular, cannular†, fistulous; pervious, permeable; foraminous†; vesicular, vasicular†; porous, follicular, cribriform†, honeycombed, infundibular†, riddled; tubulous†, tubulated†; piped, tubate†. opening &c. v.; aperient†. Int. open sesame!, |
#261. Closure — N. closure, occlusion, blockade; shutting up &c. v.; obstruction &c. (hindrance) 706; embolus; contraction &c. 195; infarction; constipation, obstipation†; blind alley, blind corner; keddah†; cul-de-sac, caecum; imperforation†, imperviousness &c. adj.; impermeability; stopper &c. 263. V. close, occlude, plug; block up, stop up, fill up, bung up, cork up, button up, stuff up, shut up, dam up; blockade, obstruct &c. (hinder) 706; bar, bolt, stop, seal, plumb; choke, throttle; ram down, dam, cram; trap, clinch; put to the door, shut the door. Adj. closed &c. v.; shut, operculated†; unopened. unpierced†, imporous†, caecal [Med.]; closable; imperforate, impervious, impermeable; impenetrable; impassable, unpassable†; invious†; pathless, wayless†; untrodden, untrod. unventilated; air tight, water tight; hermetically sealed; tight, snug. |
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#262. Perforator — N. perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, gimlet, stylet†, drill, wimble†, awl, bradawl, scoop, terrier, corkscrew, dibble, trocar [Med.], trepan, probe, bodkin, needle, stiletto, rimer, warder, lancet; punch, puncheon; spikebit†, gouge; spear &c. (weapon) 727; puncher; punching machine, punching press; punch pliers. |
#263. Stopper — N. stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap; rammer†; ram, ramrod; piston; stop-gap; wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil†, pledget†, tompion†, tourniquet. cover &c. 223; valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve. janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary†. |
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#264. [Successive change of place.] Motion — N. motion, movement, move; going &c. v.; unrest. stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir; evolution; kinematics; telekinesis. step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity; clip, progress, locomotion; journey &c. 266; voyage &c. 267; transit &c. 270. restlessness &c. (changeableness) 149; mobility; movableness, motive power; laws of motion; mobilization. V. be in motion &c. adj.; move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass, flit; hover about, hover round, hover about; shift, slide, glide; roll, roll on; flow, stream, run, drift, sweep along; wander &c. (deviate) 279; walk &c. 266; change one's place, shift one's place, change one's quarters, shift one's quarters; dodge; keep going, keep moving; put in motion, set in motion; move; impel &c. 276; propel &c. 284; render movable, mobilize. Adj. moving &c. v.; in motion; transitional; motory†, motive; shifting, movable, mobile, mercurial, unquiet; restless &c. (changeable) 149; nomadic &c. 266; erratic &c. 279. Adv. under way; on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march. Phr. eppur si muove [Galileo]; es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille [G.], sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt [G.]. |
#265. Quiescence — N. rest; stillness &c. adj.; quiescence; stagnation, stagnancy; fixity, immobility, catalepsy; indisturbance†; quietism. quiet, tranquility, calm; repose &c. 687; peace; dead calm, anticyclone†; statue-like repose; silence &c. 203; not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring; sleep &c. (inactivity) 683. pause, lull &c. (cessation) 142; stand still; standing still &c. v.; lock; dead lock, dead stop, dead stand; full stop; fix; embargo. resting place; gite [Fr.]; bivouac; home &c. (abode) 189; pillow &c. (support) 215; haven &c. (refuge) 666; goal &c. (arrival) 292. V. be quiescent &c. adj.; stand still, lie still; keep quiet, repose, hold the breath. remain, stay; stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time; bring to, heave to, lay to; pull up, draw up; hold, halt; stop, stop short; rest, pause, anchor; cast to an anchor, come to an anchor; rest on one's oars; repose on one's laurels, take breath; stop &c. (discontinue) 142. stagnate; quieta non movere [Lat.]; let alone; abide, rest and be thankful; keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed. dwell &c. (be present) 186; settle &c. (be located) 184; alight &c. (arrive) 292; stick, stick fast; stand like a post; not stir a peg, not stir a step; be at a stand &c. n.. quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on. Adj. quiescent, still; motionless, moveless; fixed; stationary; immotile; at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor; stock, still; standing still &c. v.; sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home; becalmed, stagnant, quiet; unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled; calm, restful; cataleptic; immovable &c. (stable) 150; sleeping &c. (inactive) 683; silent &c. 403; still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death; vegetative, vegetating. Adv. at a stand &c. adj.; tout court; at the halt. Int. stop!, stay!, avast!, halt!, hold hard!, whoa!, hold!, sabr karo! †. Phr. requiescat in pace [Lat.]; Deus nobis haec otia fecit [Lat.] [Vergil]; the noonday quiet holds the hill" [Tennyson]. |
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#266. [Locomotion by land.] Journey — N. travel; traveling &c. v.. wayfaring, campaigning. journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion†, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation†, march, walk, promenade, constitutional, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation; noctambulation†, noctambulism; somnambulism; outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt. equitation, horsemanship, riding, manege [Fr.], ride and tie; basophobia†. roving, vagrancy, pererration†; marching and countermarching; nomadism; vagabondism, vagabondage; hoboism [U.S.]; gadding; flit, flitting, migration; emigration, immigration, demigration†, intermigration†; wanderlust. plan, itinerary, guide; handbook, guidebook, road book; Baedeker†, Bradshaw, Murray; map, road map, transportation guide, subway map. procession, cavalcade, caravan, file, cortege, column. [Organs and instruments of locomotion] vehicle &c. 272; automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter, trolley, locomotive; legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters. traveler &c. 268. depot [U.S.], railway station, station. V. travel, journey, course; take a journey, go a journey; take a walk, go out for walk &c. n.; have a run; take the air. flit, take wing; migrate, emigrate; trek; rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse; scour the country, traverse the country; peragrate†; circumambulate, perambulate; nomadize†, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle; gad, gad about; expatiate. walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare; promenade; trudge, tramp; stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle; paddle; tread a path. take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk†, frisk, caracoler†, caracole; gallop &c. (move quickly) 274. [start riding] embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway. peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on; stir one's stumps; bend one's steps, bend one's course; make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way; slide, glide, coast, skim, skate; march in procession, file on, defile. go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to. Adj. traveling &c. v.; ambulatory, itinerant, peripatetic, roving, rambling, gadding, discursive, vagrant, migratory, monadic; circumforanean†, circumforaneous†; noctivagrant†, mundivagrant; locomotive. wayfaring, wayworn; travel-stained. Adv. on foot, on horseback, on Shanks's mare; by the Marrowbone stage; in transitu [Lat.] &c. 270; en route &c. 282. Int. come along!, |
#267. [Locomotion by water, or air.] Navigation — N. navigation; aquatics; boating, yachting; ship &c. 273; oar, paddle, screw, sail, canvas, aileron. natation†, swimming; fin, flipper, fish's tail. aerostation†, aerostatics†, aeronautics; balloonery†; balloon &c. 273; ballooning, aviation, airmanship; flying, flight, volitation†; wing, pinion; rocketry, space travel, astronautics, orbital mechanics, orbiting. voyage, sail, cruise, passage, circumnavigation, periplus†; headway, sternway, leeway; fairway. mariner &c. 269. flight, trip; shuttle, run, airlift. V. sail; put to sea &c. (depart) 293; take ship, get under way; set sail, spread sail, spread canvas; gather way, have way on; make sail, carry sail; plow the waves, plow the deep, plow the main, plow the ocean; walk the waters. navigate, warp, luff†, scud, boom, kedge; drift, course, cruise, coast; hug the shore, hug the land; circumnavigate. ply the oar, row, paddle, pull, scull, punt, steam. swim, float; buffet the waves, ride the storm, skim, effleurer [Fr.], dive, wade. fly, be wafted, hover, soar, flutter, jet, orbit, rocket; take wing, take a flight, take off, ascend, blast off, land, alight; wing one's flight, wing one's way; aviate; parachute, jump, glide. Adj. sailing &c. v.; volant†, aerostatic†; seafaring, nautical, maritime, naval; seagoing, coasting; afloat; navigable; aerial, aeronautic; grallatory†. Adv. under way, under sail, under canvas, under steam; on the wing, in flight, in orbit. Phr. bon voyage; spread the thin oar and catch the driving spread the thin oar and catch the driving gale" [Pope]. |
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#268. Traveler — N. traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter. tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club; peregrinator†, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler; bird of passage; gadabout, gadling†; vagrant, scatterling†, landloper†, waifs and estrays†, wastrel, foundling; loafer; tramp, tramper; vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab†, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer; peripatetic; somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee; beach comber, booly†; globegirdler†, globetrotter; vagrant, hobo [U.S.], night walker, sleep walker; noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman [Austral.]; trecker†, trekker, zingano†, zingaro†. runner, courier; Mercury, Iris, Ariel†, comet. pedestrian, walker, foot passenger; cyclist; wheelman. rider, horseman, equestrian, cavalier, jockey, roughrider, trainer, breaker. driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy†, carter, wagoner, drayman†; cabman, cabdriver; voiturier†, vetturino†, condottiere†; engine driver; stoker, fireman, guard; chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah†, gari-wala†, hackman, syce†, truckman†. Phr. on the road |
#269. Mariner — N. sailor, mariner, navigator; seaman, seafarer, seafaring man; dock walloper [Slang]; tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A. B.; man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee†, galionji†, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy; skipper; shipman†, boatman, ferryman, waterman†, lighterman†, bargeman, longshoreman; bargee†, gondolier; oar, oarsman; rower; boatswain, cockswain†; coxswain; steersman, pilot; crew. aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus; aeroplanist†, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew; astronaut, cosmonaut; parachutist, paratrooper. |
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#270. Transference — N. transfer, transference; translocation, elocation†; displacement; metastasis, metathesis; removal; remotion†, amotion†; relegation; deportation, asportation†; extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage; convection, conduction, contagion; transfer &c. (of property) 783. transit, transition; passage, ferry, gestation; portage, porterage†, carting, cartage; shoveling &c. v.; vection†, vecture†, vectitation†; shipment, freight, wafture†; transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption†, transplantation, translation; shifting, dodging; dispersion &c. 73; transposition &c. (interchange) 148; traction &c. 285. [Thing transferred] drift. V. transfer, transmit, transport, transplace†, transplant, translocate; convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry; carry over, ferry over; hand pass, forward; shift; conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach; tote [U.S.]; port, import, export. send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver; ship, embark; waft; shunt; transpose &c. (interchange) 148; displace &c. 185; throw &c. 284; drag &c. 285; mail, post. shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon. Adj. transferred &c. v.; drifted, movable; portable, portative†; mailable [U.S.]; contagious. Adv. from hand to hand, from pillar to post. on the way, by the way; on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course; as one goes; in transitu [Lat.], en route, chemin faisant [Fr.], en passant [Fr.], in mid progress, in mid course. |
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#271. Carrier — N. carrier, porter, bearer, tranter†, conveyer; cargador†; express, expressman; stevedore, coolie; conductor, locomotive, motor. beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab†, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway†, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument†, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, tit, punch, roadster, goer†; racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse; ketch; Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie; garran†, garron†; jennet, genet†, bayard†, mare, stallion, gelding; bronco, broncho†, cayuse [U.S.]; creature, critter [U.S.]; cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler†; stud. Pegasus, Bucephalus, Rocinante. ass, donkey, jackass, mule, hinny; sumpter horse, sumpter mule; burro, cuddy†, ladino [U.S.]; reindeer; camel, dromedary, llama, elephant; carrier pigeon. [object used for carrying] pallet, brace, cart, dolley; support &c. 215; fork lift. carriage &c. (vehicle) 272; ship &c. 273. Adj. equine, asinine. |
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#272. Vehicle — N. vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van; common carrier; wagon, waggon†, wain, dray, cart, lorry. truck, tram; cariole, carriole†; limber, tumbrel, pontoon; barrow; wheel barrow, hand barrow; perambulator; Bath chair, wheel chair, sedan chair; chaise; palankeen†, palanquin; litter, brancard†, crate, hurdle, stretcher, ambulance; black Maria; conestoga wagon, conestoga wain; jinrikisha, ricksha, brett†, dearborn [U.S.], dump cart, hack, hackery†, jigger, kittereen†, mailstate†, manomotor†, rig, rockaway†, prairie schooner [U.S.], shay, sloven, team, tonga†, wheel; hobbyhorse, go-cart; cycle; bicycle, bike, two-wheeler; tricycle, velocipede, quadricycle†. equipage, turn-out; coach, chariot, phaeton, break, mail phaeton, wagonette, drag, curricle†, tilbury†, whisky, landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence†, calash, caleche [Fr.], britzka†, araba†, kibitka†; berlin; sulky, desobligeant [Fr.], sociable, vis-a-vis, dormeuse [Fr.]; jaunting car, outside car; dandi†; doolie†, dooly†; munchil†, palki†; roller skates, skate; runabout; ski; tonjon†; vettura†. post chaise, diligence, stage; stage coach, mail coach, hackney coach, glass coach; stage wagon, car, omnibus, fly, cabriolet†, cab, hansom, shofle†, four-wheeler, growler, droshki†, drosky†. dogcart, trap, whitechapel, buggy, four-in-hand, unicorn, random, tandem; shandredhan†, char-a-bancs [Fr.]. motor car, automobile, limousine, car, auto, jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan, luxury sedan; wheels [Coll.], sports car, roadster, gran turismo [It], jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer; golf cart, electric wagon; taxicab, cab, taxicoach†, checker cab, yellow cab; station wagon, family car; motorcycle, motor bike, side car; van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus; truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor-trailer, road train, articulated vehicle; racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car. bob, bobsled, bobsleigh†; cutter; double ripper, double runner [U.S.]; jumper, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan. train; accommodation train, passenger train, express trail, special train, corridor train, parliamentary train, luggage train, freight train, goods train; 1st class train, 2nd class train, 3rd class train, 1st class carriage, 2nd class carriage, 3rd class carriage, 1st class compartment, 2nd class compartment, 3rd class compartment; rolling stock; horse box, cattle truck; baggage car, express car, freight car, parlor car, dining car, Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, dome car; surface car, tram car, trolley car; box car, box wagon; horse car [U.S.]; bullet train, shinkansen [Jap.], cannonball, the Wabash cannonball, lightning express; luggage van; mail, mail car, mail van. shovel, spool, spatula, ladle, hod, hoe; spade, spaddle†, loy†; spud; pitchfork; post hole digger. [powered construction vehicles] tractor, steamshovel, backhoe, fork lift, earth mover, dump truck, bulldozer, grader, caterpillar, trench digger, steamroller; pile driver; crane, wrecking crane. |
#273. Ship — N. ship, vessel, sail; craft, bottom. navy, marine, fleet, flotilla; shipping. man of war &c. (combatant) 726; transport, tender, storeship†; merchant ship, merchantman; packet, liner; whaler, slaver, collier, coaster, lighter; fishing boat, pilot boat; trawler, hulk; yacht; baggala†; floating hotel, floating palace; ocean greyhound. ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig; brigantine, barkantine†; schooner; topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner; chasse-maree [Fr.]; sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy†, cat, buss; sailer, sailing vessel; windjammer; steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruisp, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse†, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pip, ship of the line; destroyer, cruiser, frigate; landing ship, LST; aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop [Coll.], nuclear powered carrier; submarine, submersible, atomic submarine. boat, pinnace, launch; life boat, long boat, jolly boat, bum boat, fly boat, cock boat, ferry boat, canal boat; swamp boat, ark, bully, battery, bateau [Can.], broadhorn†, dory, droger†, drogher; dugout, durham boat, flatboat, galiot†; shallop†, gig, funny, skiff, dingy, scow, cockleshell, wherry, coble†, punt, cog, kedge, lerret†; eight oar, four oar, pair oar; randan†; outrigger; float, raft, pontoon; prame†; iceboat, ice canoe, ice yacht. catamaran, hydroplane, hovercraft, coracle, gondola, carvel†, caravel; felucca, caique†, canoe, birch bark canoe, dugout canoe; galley, galleyfoist†; bilander†, dogger†, hooker, howker†; argosy, carack†; galliass†, galleon; polacca†, polacre†, tartane†, junk, lorcha†, praam†, proa†, prahu†, saick†, sampan, xebec, dhow; dahabeah†; nuggah†; kayak, keel boat [U.S.], log canoe, pirogue; quadrireme†, trireme; stern-wheeler [U.S.]; wanigan†, wangan [U.S.], wharf boat. balloon; airship, aeroplane; biplane, monoplane, triplane†; hydroplane; aerodrome; air balloon, pilot balloon, fire balloon, dirigible, zeppelin; aerostat, Montgolfier; kite, parachute. jet plane, rocket plane, jet liner, turbojet, prop-jet, propeller plane; corporate plane, corporate jet, private plane, private aviation; airline, common carrier; fighter, bomber, fighter-bomber, escort plane, spy plane; supersonic aircraft, subsonic aircraft. Adv. afloat, aboard; on board, on ship board; hard a lee, hard a port, hard a starboard, hard a weather. |
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#274. Velocity — N. velocity, speed, celerity; swiftness &c. adj.; rapidity, eagle speed; expedition &c. (activity) 682; pernicity†; acceleration; haste &c. 684. spurt, rush, dash, race, steeple chase; smart rate, lively rate, swift rate &c. adj.; rattling rate, spanking rate, strapping rate, smart pace, lively pace, swift pace, rattling pace, spanking pace, strapping pace; round pace; flying, flight. lightning, greased lightning, light, electricity, wind; cannon ball, rocket, arrow, dart, hydrargyrum [Lat.], quicksilver; telegraph, express train; torrent. eagle, antelope, courser, race horse, gazelle, greyhound, hare, doe, squirrel, camel bird, chickaree†, chipmunk, hackee [U.S.], ostrich, scorcher [Slang]. Mercury, Ariel†, Camilla†, Harlequin. [Measurement of velocity] log, log line; speedometer, odometer, tachometer, strobe, radar speed detector, radar trap, air speed gauge, wind sock, wind speed meter; pedometer. V. move quickly, trip, fisk†; speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle; scud, scuddle†; scour, scour the plain; scamper; run like mad, beat it; fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush; cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel; scorch, burn up the track; rush &c. (be violent) 173; dash on, dash off, dash forward; bolt; trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom; march in quick time, march in double time; ride hard, get over the ground. hurry &c. (hasten) 684; accelerate, put on; quicken; quicken one's pace, mend one's pace; clap spurs to one's horse; make haste, make rapid strides, make forced marches, make the best of one's way; put one's best leg foremost, stir one's stumps, wing one's way, set off at a score; carry sail, crowd sail; go off like a shot, go like a shot, go ahead, gain ground; outstrip the wind, fly on the wings of the wind. keep up with, keep pace with; outstrip &c. 303; outmarch†. Adj. fast, speedy, swift, rapid, quick, fleet; aliped†; nimble, agile, expeditious; express; active &c. 682; flying, galloping &c. v.; light footed, nimble footed; winged, eagle winged, mercurial, electric, telegraphic; light-legged, light of heel; swift as an arrow &c. n.; quick as lightning &c. n., quick as a thought. Adv. swiftly &c. adj.; with speed &c. n.; apace; at a great rate, at full speed, at railway speed; full drive, full gallop; posthaste, in full sail, tantivy†; trippingly; instantaneously &c. 113. under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail and steam; velis et remis [Lat.], on eagle's wing, in double quick time; with rapid strides, with giant strides; a pas de geant [Fr.]; in seven league boots; whip and spur; ventre a terre [Fr.]; as fast as one's legs will carry one, as fast as one's heels will carry one; as fast as one can lay legs to the ground, at the top of one's speed; by leaps and bounds; with haste &c. 684. Phr. vires acquirit eundo [Lat.]; I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes" [M.N.D.]; swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow" [M.N.D.]; go like a bat out of hell; tempus fugit [Lat.]. |
#275. Slowness — N. slowness &c. adj.; languor &c. (inactivity) 683; drawl; creeping &c. v., lentor†. retardation; slackening &c. v.; delay &c. (lateness) 133; claudication†. jog trot, dog trot; mincing steps; slow march, slow time. slow goer†, slow coach, slow back; lingerer, loiterer, sluggard, tortoise, snail; poke [U.S.]; dawdle &c. (inactive) 683. V. move slowly &c. adv.; creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter; plod, trudge, stump along, lumber; trail, drag; dawdle &c. (be inactive) 683; grovel, worm one's way, steal along; job on, rub on, bundle on; toddle, waddle, wabble†, slug, traipse, slouch, shuffle, halt, hobble, limp, caludicate†, shamble; flag, falter, trotter, stagger; mince, step short; march in slow time, march in funeral procession; take one's time; hang fire &c. (be late) 133. retard, relax; slacken, check, moderate, rein in, curb; reef; strike sail, shorten sail, take in sail; put on the drag, apply the brake; clip the wings; reduce the speed; slacken speed, slacken one's pace; lose ground. Adj. slow, slack; tardy; dilatory &c. (inactive) 683; gentle, easy; leisurely; deliberate, gradual; insensible, imperceptible; glacial, languid, sluggish, slow paced, tardigrade†, snail-like; creeping &c. v.; reptatorial†. Adv. slowly &c. adj.; leisurely; piano, adagio; largo, larghetto; at half speed, under easy sail; at a foots pace, at a snail's pace, at a funeral pace; in slow time, with mincing steps, with clipped wings; haud passibus aequis [Lat.] [Vergil]. gradually &c. adj.; gradatim [Lat.]; by degrees, by slow degrees, by inches, by little and little; step by step, one step at a time; inch by inch, bit by bit, little by little, seriatim; consecutively. Phr. dum Roma deliberat Saguntum perit [Lat.]; at a glacial pace. |
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#276. Impulse — N. impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, pulsion†, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost [U.S.], throw; explosion &c. (violence) 173; propulsion &c. 284. percussion, concussion, collision, occursion†, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole†, appulse†, shock, crash, bump; impact; elan; charge &c. (attack) 716; beating &c. (punishment) 972. blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab; fillip; slam, bang; hit, whack, thwack; cuff &c. 972; squash, dowse, swap, whap†, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce†, calcitration†; ruade†; arietation†; cut, thrust, lunge, yerk†; carom, carrom†, clip [Slang], jab, plug [Slang], sidewinder [U.S.], sidewipe†, sideswipe [U.S.]. hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail; ram, rammer†; battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat; cant hook; cudgel &c. (weapon) 727; ax &c. (sharp) 253. [Science of mechanical forces] dynamics; seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector. V. give an impetus &c. n.; impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, foin [Fr.]; cant; elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle†, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter; run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run one's head against; impinge; boost [U.S.]; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug [Slang]. strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse†, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pink, lunge, yerk†; kick, calcitrate†; butt, strike at &c. (attack) 716; whip &c. (punish) 972. come into a collision, enter into collision; collide; sideswipe; foul; fall foul of, run foul of; telescope. throw &c. (propel) 284. Adj. impelling &c. v.; impulsive, impellent†; booming; dynamic, dynamical; impelled &c. v.. Phr. a hit, a very palpable hit" [Hamlet]. |
#277. Recoil — N. recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration†; kick, contrecoup [Fr.]; springing back &c. v.; elasticity &c. 325; reflection, reflexion [Brit.], reflex, reflux; reverberation &c. (resonance) 408; rebuff, repulse; return. ducks and drakes; boomerang; spring, reactionist†. elastic collision, coefficient of restitution. V. recoil, react; spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back; rebound, reverberate, repercuss†, recalcitrate†; echo, ricochet. Adj. recoiling &c. v.; refluent†, repercussive, recalcitrant, reactionary; retroactive. Adv. on the rebound, on the recoil &c. n.. Phr. for every action there is a reaction, equal in force for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction [Newton]. |
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#278. Direction — N. direction, bearing, course, vector; set, drift, tenor; tendency &c. 176; incidence; bending, trending &c. v.; dip, tack, aim, collimation; steering steerage. point of the compass, cardinal points; North East, South, West; N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, &c.; rhumb†, azimuth, line of collimation. line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march; alignment, allignment†; air line, beeline; straight shoot. V. tend towards, bend towards, point towards; conduct to, go to; point to, point at; bend, trend, verge, incline, dip, determine. steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards; aim at, level at; take aim; keep a course, hold a course; be bound for; bend one's steps towards; direct one's course, steer one's course, bend one's course, shape one's course; align one's march, allign one's march†; to straight, go straight to the point; march on, march on a point. ascertain one's direction &c. n.; s'orienter [Fr.], see which way the wind blows; box the compass; take the air line. Adj. directed &c. v.. directed towards; pointing towards &c. v.; bound for; aligned, with alligned with†; direct, straight; undeviating, unswerving; straightforward; North, Northern, Northerly, &c. n.. Adv. towards; on the road, on the high road to; en avant; versus, to; hither, thither, whither; directly; straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow; point blank; in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with; in a line with; full tilt at, as the crow flies. before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind; windwards, in the wind's eye. through, via, by way of; in all directions, in all manner of ways; quaquaversum [Lat.], from the four winds. Phr. the shortest distance between two points is a the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. |
#279. Deviation — N. deviation; swerving &c. v.; obliquation†, warp, refraction; flection†, flexion; sweep; deflection, deflexure†; declination. diversion, digression, depart from, aberration; divergence &c. 291; zigzag; detour &c. (circuit) 629; divagation. [Desultory motion] wandering &c. v.; vagrancy, evagation†; bypaths and crooked ways; byroad. [Motion sideways, oblique motion] sidling &c. v.; knight's move at chess. V. alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend; bend, curve &c. 245; swerve, heel, bear off; gybe†, wear. intervert†; deflect; divert, divert from its course; put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp. stray, straggle; sidle; diverge &c. 291; tralineate†; digress, wander; wind, twist, meander; veer, tack; divagate; sidetrack; turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from; wheel, steer clear of; ramble, rove, drift; go astray, go adrift; yaw, dodge; step aside, ease off, make way for, shy. fly off at a tangent; glance off; wheel about, face about; turn to the right about, face to the right about; waddle &c. (oscillate) 314; go out of one's way &c. (perform a circuit) 629; lose one's way. Adj. deviating &c. v.; aberrant, errant; excursive, discursive; devious, desultory, loose; rambling; stray, erratic, vagrant, undirected, circuitous, indirect, zigzag; crab-like. Adv. astray from, round about, wide of the mark; to the right about; all manner of ways; circuitously &c. 629. obliquely, sideling, like the move of the knight on a chessboard. |
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#280. [Going before.] Precession — N. precession, leading, heading; precedence &c. 62; priority &c. 116; the lead, le pas; van &c. (front) 234; precursor &c. 64. V. go before, go ahead, go in the van, go in advance; precede, forerun; usher in, introduce, herald, head, take the lead; lead the way, lead the dance; get the start, have the start; steal a march; get before, get ahead, get in front of; outstrip &c. 303; take precedence &c. (first in order) 62. Adj. leading, precedent &c. v.. Adv. in advance, before, ahead, in the van, in the lead; foremost, headmost†; in front; at the head, out in front; way out in front, far ahead. Phr. seniores priores [Lat.], ahead of his time. |
#281. [Going after.] Sequence — N. sequence; coming after &c. (order) 63; (time) 117; following pursuit &c. 622. follower, attendant, satellite, shadow, dangler, train. V. follow; pursue &c. 622; go after, fly after. attend, beset, dance attendance on, dog; tread in the steps of, tread close upon; be in the wake of, be in the trail of, be in the rear of, go in the wake of, go in the trail of, go in the rear of, follow in the wake of, follow in the trail of, follow in the rear of; follow as a shadow, hang on the skirts of; tread on the heels of, follow on the heels of; camp on the trail. Adj. subsequent, next, succeeding; following &c. v.. Adv. behind; in the rear &c. 235, in the train of, in the wake of; after &c. (order) 63, (time) 117. |
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#282. [Motion forward; progressive motion.] Progression — N. progress, progression, progressiveness; advancing &c. v.; advance, advancement; ongoing; flood, tide, headway; march &c. 266; rise; improvement &c. 658. V. advance; proceed, progress; get on, get along, get over the ground; gain ground; forge ahead; jog on, rub on, wag on; go with the stream; keep one's course, hold on one's course; go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead; make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way; make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides &c. (velocity) 274; go ahead, shoot ahead; distance; make up leeway. Adj. advancing &c. v.; progressive, profluent†; advanced. Adv. forward, onward; forth, on, ahead, under way, en route for, on one's way, on the way, on the road, on the high road, on the road to; in progress; in mid progress; in transitu [Lat.] &c. 270. Phr. vestigia nulla retrorsum [Lat.]; westward the course of empire takes its westward the course of empire takes its way" [Berkeley]. |
#283. [Motion backwards.] Regression — N. regress, regression; retrocession†, retrogression, retrograduation†, retroaction; reculade†; retreat, withdrawal, retirement, remigration†; recession &c. (motion from) 287; recess; crab-like motion. refluence†, reflux; backwater, regurgitation, ebb, return; resilience reflection, reflexion [Brit.] (recoil) 277; flip-flop, volte-face [Fr.]. counter motion, retrograde motion, backward movement, motion in reverse, counter movement, counter march; veering, tergiversation, recidivation†, backsliding, fall; deterioration &c. 659; recidivism, recidivity†. reversal, relapse, turning point &c. (reversion) 145. V. recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish [U.S.], crawl [Slang]; withdraw; rebound &c. 277; go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back; lose ground; fall astern, drop astern; backwater, put about; backtrack, take the back track; veer round; double, wheel, countermarch; ebb, regurgitate; jib, shrink, shy. turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon; retrace one's steps, dance the back step; sound a retreat, beat a retreat; go home. Adj. receding &c. v.; retrograde, retrogressive; regressive, refluent†, reflex, recidivous, resilient; crab-like; balky; reactionary &c. 277. Adv. back, backwards; reflexively, to the right about; a reculons [Fr.], a rebours [Fr.]. Phr. revenons a nos moutons [Fr.], as you were. |
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#284. [Motion given to an object situated in front.] Propulsion — N. propulsion, projection; propelment†; vis a tergo [Lat.], force from behind; push, shove &c. (impulse) 276; ejaculate; ejection &c. 297; throw, fling, toss, shot, discharge, shy; launch, release. [Science of propulsion] projectiles, ballistics, archery. [devices to give propulsion] propeller, screw, twin screws, turbine, jet engine. [objects propelled] missile, projectile, ball, discus, quoit, brickbat, shot; [weapons which propel] arrow, gun, ballista &c. (arms) 727†. [preparation for propulsion] countdown, windup. shooter; shot; archer, toxophilite†; bowman, rifleman, marksman; good shot, crack shot; sharpshooter &c. (combatant) 726. V. propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl; flirt, fillip. dart, lance, tilt; ejaculate, jaculate†; fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork. send; send off, let off, fire off; discharge, shoot; launch, release, send forth, let fly; put in orbit, send into orbit, launch into orbit dash. put in motion, set in motion; set agoing†, start; give a start, give an impulse to; impel &c. 276; trundle &c. (set in rotation) 312; expel &c. 297. carry one off one's legs; put to flight. Adj. propelled &c. v.; propelling &c. v.; propulsive, projectile. |
#285. [Motion given to an object situated behind.] Traction — N. traction; drawing &c. v.; draught, pull, haul; rake; a long pull a strong pull and a pull all a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together;" towage†, haulage. V. draw, pull, haul, lug, rake, drag, tug, tow, trail, train; take in tow. wrench, jerk, twitch, touse†; yank [U.S.]. Adj. drawing &c. v.; tractile†, tractive. |
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#286. [Motion towards.] Approach — N. approach, approximation, appropinquation†; access; appulse†; afflux†, affluxion†; advent &c. (approach of time) 121; pursuit &c. 622. V. approach, approximate, appropinquate†; near; get near, go near, draw near; come to close quarters, come near; move towards, set in towards; drift; make up to; gain upon; pursue &c. 622; tread on the heels of; bear up; make the land; hug the shore, hug the land. Adj. approaching &c. v.; approximative†; affluent; impending, imminent &c. (destined) 152. Adv. on the road. Int. come hither!, approach!, here!, come!, come near!, forward!, |
#287. [Motion from.] Recession — N. recession, retirement, withdrawal; retreat; retrocession &c. 283†; departure, &c. 293; recoil &c. 277; flight &c. (avoidance) 623. V. recede, go, move back, move from, retire; withdraw, shrink, back off; come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away; depart &c. 293; retreat &c. 283; move off, stand off, sheer off; fall back, stand aside; run away &c. (avoid) 623. remove, shunt, distance. Adj. receding &c. v.. Phr. distance oneself from a person. |
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#288. [Motion towards, actively; force causing to draw closer.] Attraction — N. attraction, attractiveness; attractivity†; drawing to, pulling towards, adduction†. electrical attraction, electricity, static electricity, static, static cling; magnetism, magnetic attraction; gravity, attraction of gravitation. [objects which attract by physical force] lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar†; magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, magnetite; electromagnet; magnetic coil, voice coil; magnetic dipole; motor coil, rotor, stator. electrical charge; positive charge, negative charge. magnetic pole; north pole, south pole; magnetic monopole. V. attract, draw; draw towards, pull towards, drag towards; adduce. Adj. attracting &c. v.; attrahent†, attractive, adducent†, adductive†. centrifugal. Phr. ubi mel ibi apes [Lat.] [Plautus]. |
#289. [Motion from, actively; force driving apart.] Repulsion — N. repulsion; driving from &c. v.; repulse, abduction. magnetic repulsion, magnetic levitation; antigravity. V. repel, push from, drive apart, drive from &c. 276; chase, dispel; retrude†; abduce†, abduct; send away; repulse. keep at arm's length, turn one's back upon, give the cold shoulder; send off, send away with a flea in one's ear. Adj. repelling &c. v.; repellent, repulsive; abducent†, abductive†. centripetal Phr. like charges repel; opposite charges attract; like poles repel, opposite poles attract. |
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#290. [Motion nearer to.] Convergence — N. convergence, confluence, concourse, conflux†, congress, concurrence, concentration; convergency; appulse†, meeting; corradiation†. assemblage &c. 72; resort &c. (focus) 74; asymptote. V. converge, concur, come together, unite, meet, fall in with; close with, close in upon; center round, center in; enter in; pour in. gather together, unite, concentrate, bring into a focus. Adj. converging &c. v.; convergent, confluent, concurrent; centripetal; asymptotical, asymptotic; confluxible†. |
#291. [Motion further off.] Divergence — N. divergence, divergency†; divarication, ramification, forking; radiation; separation &c. (disjunction) 44; dispersion &c. 73; deviation &c. 279; aberration. V. diverge, divaricate, radiate; ramify; branch off, glance off, file off; fly off, fly off at a tangent; spread, scatter, disperse &c. 73; deviate &c. 279; part &c. (separate) 44. Adj. diverging &c. v.; divergent, radiant, centrifugal; aberrant. |
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#292. [Terminal motion at.] Arrival — N. arrival, advent; landing; debarkation, disembarkation; reception, welcome, vin d'honneur [Fr.]. home, goal, goalpost; landing place, landing stage; bunder†; resting place; destination, harbor, haven, port, airport, spaceport; terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip, runway, terminal; journey's end; anchorage &c. (refuge) 666. return, remigration†; meeting; rencounter†, encounter. completion &c. 729. recursion [Comp.]. V. arrive; get to, come to; come; reach, attain; come up with, come up to; overtake, make, fetch; complete &c. 729; join, rejoin. light, alight, dismount; land, go ashore; debark, disembark; put in, put into; visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent; sit down &c. (be located) 184; get to one's journey's end; make the land; be in at the death; come back, get back, come home, get home; return; come in &c. (ingress) 294; make one's appearance &c. (appear) 446; drop in; detrain, deplane; outspan; de-orbit. come to hand; come at, come across; hit; come upon, light upon, pop upon, bounce upon, plump upon, burst upon, pitch upon; meet; encounter, rencounter†; come in contact. Adj. arriving &c. v.; homeward bound. Adv. here, hither. Int. welcome!, hail!, all Hail!, good-day, good morrow!, Phr. any port in a storm. |
#293. [Initial motion from.] Departure — N. departure, decession†, decampment; embarkation; outset, start; removal; exit &c. (egress) 295; exodus, hejira, flight. leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen [G.], sayonara, dosvidanya [Rus.], ciao, aloha, hasta la vista [Sp.]; stirrup cup; valedictorian. starting point, starting post; point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation; port of embarkation; airport, take-off point, taxiing runway, runway, launching pad, spaceport. V. depart; go away; take one's departure, set out; set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off; start, issue, march out, debouch; go forth, sally forth; sally, set forward; be gone; hail from. leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon; go off the stage, make one's exit; retire, withdraw, remove; vamoose [Slang], vamose [U.S.]; go one's way, go along, go from home; take flight, take wing; spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight; fly away, whip away; embark; go on board, go aboard; set sail' put to sea, go to sea; sail, take ship; hoist blue Peter; get under way, weigh anchor; strike tents, decamp; walk one's chalks, cut one's stick; take leave; say good bye, bid goodbye &c. n.; disappear &c. 449; abscond &c. (avoid) 623; entrain; inspan†. Adj. departing &c. v.; valedictory; outward bound. Adv. whence, hence, thence; with a foot in the stirrup; on the wing, on the move. Int. begone!, &c. (ejection) 297; farewell!, adieu!, goodbye!, good day!, au revoir! [Fr.], fare you well!, God bless you!, God speed!, all aboard!, auf wiedersehen! [G.], au plaisir de vous revoir! [Fr.], bon voyage!, gluckliche Reise! [G.], vive valeque! [Fr.], |
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#294. [Motion into.] Ingress — N. ingress; entrance, entry; introgression; influx, intrusion, inroad, incursion, invasion, irruption; ingression; penetration, interpenetration; illapse†, import, infiltration; immigration; admission &c. (reception) 296; insinuation &c. (interjacence) 228†; insertion &c. 300. inlet; way in; mouth, door, &c. (opening) 260; barway†; path &c. (way) 627; conduit &c. 350; immigrant. V. have the entree; enter; go into, go in, come into, come in, pour into, pour in, flow into, flow in, creep into, creep in, slip into, slip in, pop into, pop in, break into, break in, burst into, burst in; set foot on; ingress; burst in upon, break in upon; invade, intrude; insinuate itself; interpenetrate, penetrate; infiltrate; find one's way into, wriggle into, worm oneself into. give entrance to &c. (receive) 296; insert &c. 300. Adj. incoming. |
#295. [Motion out of.] Egress — N. egress, exit, issue; emersion, emergence; outbreak, outburst; eruption, proruption†; emanation; egression; evacuation; exudation, transudation; extravasation [Med.], perspiration, sweating, leakage, percolation, distillation, oozing; gush &c. (water in motion) 348; outpour, outpouring; effluence, effusion; effluxion†, drain; dribbling &c. v.; defluxion†; drainage; outcome, output; discharge &c. (excretion) 299. export, expatriation; emigration, remigration†; debouch, debouche; emunctory†; exodus &c. (departure) 293; emigrant. outlet, vent, spout, tap, sluice, floodgate; pore; vomitory, outgate†, sally port; way out; mouth, door &c. (opening) 260; path &c. (way) 627; conduit &c. 350; airpipe &c. 351†. V. emerge, emanate, issue; egress; go out of, come out of, move out of, pass out of, pour out of, flow out of; pass out of, evacuate. exude, transude; leak, run through, out through; percolate, transcolate†; egurgitate†; strain, distill; perspire, sweat, drain, ooze; filter, filtrate; dribble, gush, spout, flow out; well, well out; pour, trickle, &c. (water in motion) 348; effuse, extravasate [Med.], disembogue†, discharge itself, debouch; come forth, break forth; burst out, burst through; find vent; escape &c. 671. Adj. effused &c. v.; outgoing. |
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#296. [Motion into, actively.] Reception — N. reception; admission, admittance, entree, importation; introduction, intromission; immission†, ingestion, imbibation†, introception†, absorption, ingurgitation†, inhalation; suction, sucking; eating, drinking &c. (food) 298; insertion &c. 300; interjection &c. 228; introit. V. give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree; introduce, intromit; usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in; let in, take in, suck in, draw in; readmit, resorb, reabsorb; snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate†; engulf, engorge; gulp; eat, drink &c. (food) 298. Adj. admitting &c. v., admitted &c. v.; admissable; absorbent. |
#297. [Motion out of, actively] Ejection — N. ejection, emission, effusion, rejection, expulsion, exportation, eviction, extrusion, trajection†; discharge. emesis, vomiting, vomition†. egestion†, evacuation; ructation†, eructation; bloodletting, venesection [Med.], phlebotomy, paracentesis†; expuition, exspuition; tapping, drainage; clearance, clearage†. deportation; banishment &c. (punishment ) 972; rouge's march; relegation, extradition; dislodgment. bouncer [U.S.], chucker-out [Slang]. [material vomited] vomit, vomitus [Med.], puke, barf [Coll.]. V. give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern†, excrete; embogue†; secrete, secern†; extravasate [Med.], shed, void, evacuation; emit; open the sluices, open the floodgates; turn on the tap; extrude, detrude†; effuse, spend, expend; pour forth; squirt, spirt†, spurt, spill, slop; perspire &c. (exude) 295; breathe, blow &c. (wind) 349. tap, draw off; bale out, lade out; let blood, broach. eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser [Fr.]; banish &c. (punish) 972; bounce [U.S.]; fire [Slang], fire out [Slang]; throw &c. 284, throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push &c. 276; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll &c. (abrogate) 756; turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to, turn out of doors, turn out of house and home; evict, oust; unhouse, unkennel; dislodge; unpeople†, dispeople†; depopulate; relegate, deport. empty; drain to the dregs; sweep off; clear off, clear out, clear away; suck, draw off; clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge. embowel†, disbowel†, disembowel; eviscerate, gut; unearth, root out, root up; averuncate†; weed out, get out; eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off; exenterate†. vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck†, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf; belch out; cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god. disgorge; expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber†; eructate; drool. unpack, unlade, unload, unship, offload; break bulk; dump. be let out. spew forth, erupt, ooze &c. (emerge) 295. Adj. emitting, emitted, &c. v.. Int. begone!, get you gone!, get away, go away, get along, go along, get along with you, go along with you!, go your way!, away with!, off with you!, get the hell out of here! [Vulg.], go about your business!, be off!, avaunt! †, aroynt! †, allez-vous-en! [Fr.], jao! †, va-t'en! [Fr.], |
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#298. [Eating.] Food — N. eating &c. v.; deglutition, gulp, epulation†, mastication, manducation†, rumination; gluttony &c. 957. [eating specific foods] hippophagy†, ichthyophagy†. [Eating anatomy:] (appetite) &c. 865; mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard†, gob [Slang], chops. drinking &c. v.; potation, draught, libation; carousal &c. (amusement) 840; drunkenness &c. 959. food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, sustentation, sustention; nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat &c. (provision) 637; prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet, dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese. comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta; grub, grubstake, prog†, meat; bread, bread stuffs; cerealia†; cereals; viands, cates†, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots; festal board; ambrosia; good cheer, good living. beef, bisquit†, bun; cornstarch [U.S.]; cookie, cooky [U.S.]; cracker, doughnut; fatling†; hardtack, hoecake [U.S.], hominy [U.S.]; mutton, pilot bread; pork; roti†, rusk, ship biscuit; veal; joint, piece de resistance [Fr.], roast and boiled; remove, entremet†, releve [Fr.], hash, rechauffe [Fr.], stew, ragout, fricassee, mince; pottage, potage†, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat†; pie, pasty, volauvent†; pudding, omelet; pastry; sweets &c. 296; kickshaws†; condiment &c. 393. appetizer, hors d'oeuvre [Fr.]. main course, entree. alligator pear, apple &c., apple slump; artichoke; ashcake†, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole†, avocado, banana, beche de mer [Fr.], barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli†, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey [U.S.]; chowder, chupatty†, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty†, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis†, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash [U.S.], supawn [U.S.], trepang†, vanilla, waffle, walnut. table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote [Fr.], ordinary, entree. meal, repast, feed, spread; mess; dish, plate, course; regale; regalement†, refreshment, entertainment; refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket; breakfast; lunch, luncheon; dejeuner [Fr.], bever†, tiffin†, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert; potluck, table d'hote [Fr.], dejeuner a la fourchette [Fr.]; hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal; blowout [Slang]; light refreshment; bara†, chotahazri†; bara khana†. mouthful, bolus, gobbet†, morsel, sop, sippet†. drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup; potion, dram, draught, drench, swill [Slang]; nip, sip, sup, gulp. wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo†, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus†, cup, bishop, wassail; gin &c. (intoxicating liquor) 959; coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer†; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep [U.S.]; near beer, 3.2 beer, non-alcoholic beverage. eating house &c. 189. [person who eats] diner; hippophage; glutton &c. 957. V. eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to; despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, get down, gulp down; lay in, tuck in [Slang]; lick, pick, peck; gormandize &c. 957; bite, champ, munch, cranch†, craunch†, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble. live on; feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon; browse, graze, crop, regale; carouse &c. (make merry) 840; eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet. break bread, break one's fast; breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea, sup. drink in, drink up, drink one's fill; quaff, sip, sup; suck, suck up; lap; swig; swill [Slang], chugalug [Slang], tipple &c. (be drunken) 959; empty one's glass, drain the cup; toss off, toss one's glass; wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle. purvey &c. 637. Adj. eatable, edible, esculent†, comestible, alimentary; cereal, cibarious†; dietetic; culinary; nutritive, nutritious; gastric; succulent; potable, potulent†; bibulous. omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous; ichthyivorous; omophagic, omophagous; pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous. Phr. across the walnuts and the wine" [Tennyson]; blessed hour of our dinners! " [O. Meredith]; now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both! " [Macbeth]; who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite? [Richard II], |
#299. Excretion — N. excretion, discharge, emanation; exhalation, exudation, extrusion, secretion, effusion, extravasation [Med.], ecchymosis [Med.]; evacuation, dejection, faeces, excrement, shit, stools, crap [Vulg.]; bloody flux; cacation†; coeliac-flux, coeliac-passion; dysentery; perspiration, sweat; subation†, exudation; diaphoresis; sewage; eccrinology [Med.]. saliva, spittle, rheum; ptyalism†, salivation, catarrh; diarrhoea; ejecta, egesta [Biol.], sputa; excreta; lava; exuviae &c. (uncleanness) 653 [Lat.]. hemorrhage, bleeding; outpouring &c. (egress) 295. V. excrete &c. (eject) 297; emanate &c. (come out) 295. |
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#300. [Forcible ingress.] Insertion — N. insertion, implantation, introduction; insinuation &c. (intervention) 228; planting, &c. v.; injection, inoculation, importation, infusion; forcible ingress &c. 294; immersion; submersion, submergence, dip, plunge; bath &c. (water) 337; interment &c. 363. clyster [Med.], enema, glyster†, lavage, lavement†. V. insert; introduce, intromit; put into, run into; import; inject; interject &c. 298; infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue. graft, ingraft†, bud, plant, implant; dovetail. obtrude; thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in; impact; empierce† &c. (make a hole) 260†. imbed; immerse, immerge, merge; bathe, soak &c. (water) 337; dip, plunge &c. 310. bury &c. (inter) 363. insert itself, lodge itself &c.; plunge in medias res. Adj. inserted &c. v.. |
#301. [Forcible egress.] Extraction — N. extraction; extracting &c. v.; removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution. evulsion†, avulsion†; wrench; expression, squeezing; extirpation, extermination; ejection &c. 297; export &c. (egress) 295. extractor, corkscrew, forceps, pliers. V. extract, draw; take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out; wring from, wrench; extort; root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out; eradicate; pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots; averruncate†; unroot†; uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge. remove; educe, elicit; evolve, extricate; eliminate &c. (eject) 297; eviscerate &c. 297. express, squeeze out, press out. Adj. extracted &c. v.. |
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#302. [Motion through.] Passage — N. passage, transmission; permeation; penetration, interpenetration; transudation, infiltration; endosmose exosmose†; endosmosis [Chem]; intercurrence†; ingress &c. 294; egress &c. 295; path &c. 627; conduit &c. 350; opening &c. 260; journey &c. 266; voyage &c. 267. V. pass, pass through; perforate &c. (hole) 260; penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid†, enfilade; go through, go across; go over, pass over; cut across; ford, cross; pass and repass, work; make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way; make a passage form a passage; cut one's way through; find its way, find its vent; transmit, make way, clear the course; traverse, go over the ground. Adj. passing &c. v.; intercurrent†; endosmosmic†, endosmotic [Chem]. Adv. en passant [Fr.] &c. (transit) 270. |
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#303. [Motion beyond] Transcursion — N. transcursion†, transiliency†, transgression; trespass; encroachment, infringement; extravagation†, transcendence; redundancy &c. 641. V. transgress, surpass, pass; go beyond, go by; show in front, come to the front; shoot ahead of; steal a march upon, steal a gain upon. overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo†, override, overleap, overjump†, overskip†, overlap, overshoot the mark; outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep†, outrun, outride, outrival, outdo; beat, beat hollow; distance; leave in the lurch, leave in the rear; throw into the shade; exceed, transcend, surmount; soar &c. (rise) 305. encroach, trespass, infringe, trench upon, entrench on, intrench on†; strain; stretch a point, strain a point; cross the Rubicon. Adj. surpassing &c. v.. Adv. beyond the mark, ahead. |
#304. [motion short of] Shortcoming — N. shortcoming, failure; falling short &c. v.; default, defalcation; leeway; labor in vain, no go. incompleteness &c. 53; imperfection &c. 651; insufficiency &c. 640; noncompletion &c. 730; failure &c. 732. V. 303, come short of, fall short of, stop short of, come short, fall short, stop short; not reach; want; keep within bounds, keep within the mark, keep within the compass. break down, stick in the mud, collapse, flat out [U.S.], come to nothing; fall through, fall to the ground; cave in, end in smoke, miss the mark, fail; lose ground; miss stays. Adj. unreached; deficient; short, short of; minus; out of depth; perfunctory &c. (neglect) 460. Adv. within the mark, within the compass, within the bounds; behindhand; re infecta [Lat.]; to no purpose; for from it. Phr. the bubble burst. |
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#305. [Motion upwards] Ascent — N. ascent, ascension; rising &c. 309; acclivity, hill &c. 217; flight of steps, flight of stairs; ladder rocket, lark; sky rocket, sky lark; Alpine Club. V. ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise; go up, get up, work one's way up, start up; shoot up, go into orbit; float up; bubble up; aspire. climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade†, surmount; shin, shinny, shinney; scale, scale the heights. [cause to go up] raise, elevate &c. 307. go aloft, fly aloft; tower, soar, take off; spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards; hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge; leap &c. 309. Adj. rising &c. v.. scandent†, buoyant; supernatant, superfluitant†; excelsior. Adv. uphill. |
#306. [Motion downwards] Descent — N. descent, descension†, declension, declination; fall; falling &c. v.; slump; drop, plunge, plummet, cadence; subsidence, collapse, lapse; downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch; cropper, culbute†; titubation†, stumble; fate of Icarus. avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide. declivity, dip, hill. [equipment for descending by rappeling] rappel. V. descend; go down, drop down, come down; fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle; plunge, plummet, crash; decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg; slump. dismount, alight, light, get down; swoop; stoop &c. 308; fall prostrate, precipitate oneself; let fall &c. 308. tumble, trip, stumble, titubate†, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down; tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper. Adj. descending &c. v.; descendent; decurrent†, decursive†; labent†, deciduous; nodding to its fall. Adv. downhill, downwards. Phr. the bottom fell out. |
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#307. Elevation — N. elevation; raising &c. v.; erection, lift; sublevation†, upheaval; sublimation, exaltation; prominence &c. (convexity) 250. lever &c. 633; crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch; dredge, dredger, dredging machine. dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, lift. V. heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect; set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up; rear, hoist, heave; uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear†, upcast†, uphoist†, upheave; buoy, weigh mount, give a lift; exalt; sublimate; place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal. escalate &c. (increase) 35 102 194. take up, drag up, fish up; dredge. stand up, rise up, get up, jump up; spring to one's feet; hold oneself, hold one's head up; drawn oneself up to his full height. Adj. elevated &c. v.; stilted, attollent†, rampant. Adv. on stilts, on the shoulders of, on one's legs, on one's hind legs. |
#308. Depression — N. lowering &c. v.; depression; dip &c. (concavity) 252; abasement; detrusion†; reduction. overthrow, overset†, overturn; upset; prostration, subversion, precipitation. bow; courtesy, curtsy; genuflexion†, genuflection, kowtow, obeisance, salaam. V. depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg; cast; let drop, let fall; sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude†, pitch, precipitate. overthrow, overturn, overset†; upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell; cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down; raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground†; trample in the dust, pull about one's ears. sit, sit down; couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow; courtesy, curtsy; bob, duck, dip, kneel; bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head; cower; recline &c. (be horizontal) 213. Adj. depressed &c. v.; at a low ebb; prostrate &c. (horizontal) 213; detrusive†. Phr. facinus quos inquinat aequat [Lat.] [Lucan]. |
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#309. Leap — N. leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation†. ance, caper; curvet, caracole; gambade†, gambado†; capriole, demivolt†; buck, buck jump; hop skip and jump; falcade†. kangaroo, jerboa; chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea; buckjumper†; wallaby. V. leap; jump up, jump over the moon; hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper; buck, buck jump; curvet, caracole; foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start; frisk &c. (amusement) 840; jump about &c. (agitation) 315; trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes. Adj. leaping &c. v.; saltatory†, frisky. Adv. on the light fantastic toe. Phr. di salto in salto [It]. |
#310. Plunge — N. plunge, dip, dive, header; ducking &c. v.; diver. V. plunge, dip, souse, duck; dive, plump; take a plunge, take a header; make a plunge; bathe &c. (water) 337. submerge, submerse; immerse; douse, sink, engulf, send to the bottom. get out of one's depth; go to the bottom, go down like a stone, drop like a lead balloon; founder, welter, wallow. |
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#311. [Curvilinear motion.] Circuition — N. circuition†, circulation; turn, curvet; excursion, circumvention, circumnavigation, circumambulation; northwest passage; circuit &c. 629. turning &c. v.; wrench; evolution; coil, corkscrew. V. turn, bend, wheel; go about, put about; heel; go round to the right about, turn round to the right about; turn on one's heel; make a circle, make a complete circle, describe a circle, describe a complete circle; go through 180 degrees, go through 360 degrees, pass through 180 degrees, pass through 360 degrees. circumnavigate, circumambulate, circumvent; put a girdle round about the earth" [M.N.D.]; go the round, make the round of. wind, circulate, meander; whisk, twirl; twist &c. (convolution) 248; make a detour &c. (circuit) 629. Adj. turning &c. v.; circuitous; circumforaneous†, circumfluent†. Adv. round about. |
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#312. [Motion in a continued circle.] Rotation — N. rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll; circumrotation†, circumvolution, circumgyration†; volutation†, circination†, turbination†, pirouette, convolution. verticity†, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge†; countercurrent; Maelstrom, Charybdis; Ixion. [rotating air] cyclone; tornado, whirlwind; dust devil. [rotation of an automobile] spin-out. axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point; axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel; axle shaft; gymbal; hub, hub of rotation. [rotation and translation together] helix, helical motion. [measure of rotation] angular momentum, angular velocity; revolutions per minute, RPM. [result of rotation] centrifugal force; surge; vertigo, dizzy round; coriolus force. [things that go around] carousel, merry-go-round; Ferris wheel; top, dreidel†, teetotum; gyroscope; turntable, lazy suzan; screw, whirligig, rollingstone†, water wheel, windmill; wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear; roller; flywheel; jack; caster; centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge; drill, augur, oil rig; wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre [Brit.]. [Science of rotary motion] trochilics†. [person who rotates] whirling dervish. V. rotate; roll along; revolve, spin; turn round; circumvolve†; circulate; gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette; twirl, trundle, troll, bowl. roll up, furl; wallow, welter; box the compass; spin like a top, spin like a teetotum†. [of an automobile] spin out. Adj. rotating &c. v.; rotary, rotary; circumrotatory†, trochilic†, vertiginous, gyratory; vortical, vorticose†. Adv. head over heels, round and round, like a horse in a mill. |
#313. [Motion in the reverse circle.] Evolution — N. evolution, counter-rotation, unfolding, development; evolvement; unfoldment; eversion &c. (inversion) 218. V. counter-rotate, evolve; unfold, unroll, unwind, uncoil, untwist, unfurl, untwine, unravel; untangle, disentangle; develop. Adj. evolving &c. v.; evolved &c. v.. Adv. counter-clockwise, anti-clockwise. |
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#314. [Reciprocating motion, motion to and fro.] Oscillation — N. oscillation; vibration, libration; motion of a pendulum; nutation; undulation; pulsation; pulse. alternation; coming and going &c. v.; ebb and flow, flux and reflux, ups and down. fluctuation; vacillation &c. (irresolution) 605. wave, vibratiuncle†, swing, beat, shake, wag, seesaw, dance, lurch, dodge; logan†, loggan†, rocking-stone, vibroscope†. V. oscillate; vibrate, librate†; alternate, undulate, wave; rock, swing; pulsate, beat; wag, waggle; nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy; tick; play; wamble†, wabble†; dangle, swag. fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake; quiver, quaver; shake, flicker; wriggle; roll, toss, pitch; flounder, stagger, totter; move up and down, bob up and down &c. adv.; pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go; vacillate &c. 605; teeter [U.S.]. brandish, shake, flourish. Adj. oscillating &c. v.; oscillatory, undulatory, pulsatory†, libratory, rectilinear; vibratory, vibratile†; pendulous. Adv. to and fro, up and down, backwards and forwards, hither and yon, seesaw, zigzag, wibble-wabble†, in and out, from side to side, like buckets in a well. |
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#315. [Irregular motion] Agitation — N. agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion†, trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance; jactitation†, quassation†; shuffling &c. v.; twitter, flicker, flutter. turbulence, perturbation; commotion, turmoil, disquiet; tumult, tumultuation†; hubbub, rout, bustle, fuss, racket, subsultus†, staggers, megrims, epilepsy, fits; carphology†, chorea, floccillation†, the jerks, St. Vitus's dance, tilmus†. spasm, throe, throb, palpitation, convulsion. disturbance, chaos &c. (disorder) 59; restlessness &c. (changeableness) 149. ferment, fermentation; ebullition, effervescence, hurly-burly, cahotage†; tempest, storm, ground swell, heavy sea, whirlpool, vortex &c. 312; whirlwind &c. (wind) 349. V. be agitated &c.; shake; tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf; quiver, quaver, quake, shiver, twitter, twire†, writhe, toss, shuffle, tumble, stagger, bob, reel, sway, wag, waggle; wriggle, wriggle like an eel; dance, stumble, shamble, flounder, totter, flounce, flop, curvet, prance, cavort [U.S.]; squirm. throb, pulsate, beat, palpitate, go pitapat; flutter, flitter, flicker, bicker; bustle. ferment, effervesce, foam; boil, boil over; bubble up; simmer. toss about, jump about; jump like a parched pea; shake like an aspen leaf; shake to its center, shake to its foundations; be the sport of the winds and waves; reel to and fro like a drunken man; move from post to pillar and from pillar to move from post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and from pillar to drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard. agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt; jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate†. Adj. shaking &c. v.; agitated tremulous; desultory, subsultory†; saltatoric†; quasative†; shambling; giddy-paced, saltatory†, convulsive, unquiet, restless, all of a twitter. Adv. by fits and starts; subsultorily† &c. adj.†; per saltum [Lat.]; hop skip and jump; in convulsions, in fits. Phr. tempete dans un verre d'eau [Fr.]. |
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#316. Materiality — N. materiality, materialness; corporeity†, corporality†; substantiality, substantialness, flesh and blood, plenum; physical condition. matter, body, substance, brute matter, stuff, element, principle, parenchyma [Biol.], material, substratum, hyle†, corpus, pabulum; frame. object, article, thing, something; still life; stocks and stones; materials &c. 635. [Science of matter] physics; somatology†, somatics; natural philosophy, experimental philosophy; physicism†; physical science, philosophie positive [Fr.], materialism; materialist; physicist; somatism†, somatist†. Adj. material, bodily; corporeal, corporal; physical; somatic, somatoscopic†; sensible, tangible, ponderable, palpable, substantial. objective, impersonal, nonsubjective†, neuter, unspiritual, materialistic. |
#317. Immateriality — N. immateriality, immaterialness; incorporeity†, spirituality; inextension†; astral plane. personality; I, myself, me; ego, spirit &c. (soul) 450; astral body; immaterialism†; spiritualism, spiritualist. V. disembody, spiritualize. Adj. immaterial, immateriate†; incorporeal, incorporal†; incorporate, unfleshly†; supersensible†; asomatous†, unextended†; unembodied†, disembodied; extramundane, unearthly; pneumatoscopic†; spiritual &c. (psychical) 450†. personal, subjective, nonobjective. |
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#318. World — N. world, creation, nature, universe; earth, globe, wide world; cosmos; kosmos†; terraqueous globe†, sphere; macrocosm, megacosm†; music of the spheres. heavens, sky, welkin†, empyrean; starry cope, starry heaven, starry host; firmament; Midgard; supersensible regions†; varuna; vault of heaven, canopy of heaven; celestial spaces. heavenly bodies, stars, asteroids; nebulae; galaxy, milky way, galactic circle, via lactea [Lat.], ame no kawa [Jap.]. sun, orb of day, Apollo†, Phoebus; photosphere, chromosphere; solar system; planet, planetoid; comet; satellite, moon, orb of night, Diana, silver-footed queen; aerolite†, meteor; planetary ring; falling star, shooting star; meteorite, uranolite†. constellation, zodiac, signs of the zodiac, Charles's wain, Big Dipper, Little Dipper, Great Bear, Southern Cross, Orion's belt, Cassiopea's chair, Pleiades. colures†, equator, ecliptic, orbit. [Science of heavenly bodies] astronomy; uranography, uranology†; cosmology, cosmography†, cosmogony; eidouranion†, orrery; geodesy &c. (measurement) 466; star gazing, star gazer†; astronomer; observatory; planetarium. Adj. cosmic, cosmical†; mundane, terrestrial, terrestrious†, terraqueous†, terrene, terreous†, telluric, earthly, geotic†, under the sun; sublunary†, subastral†. solar, heliacal†; lunar; celestial, heavenly, sphery†; starry, stellar; sidereal, sideral†; astral; nebular; uranic. Adv. in all creation, on the face of the globe, here below, under the sun. Phr. die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltergesicht [G.]; earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of God" [Hageman]; green calm below, blue quietness above" [Whittier]; hanging in a golden chain this pendant hanging in a golden chain this pendant World" [Paradise Lost]; nothing in nature is unbeautiful" [Tennyson]; silently as a dream the fabric rose" [Cowper]; some touch of nature's genial glow" [Scott]; this majestical roof fretted with golden fire" [Hamlet]; through knowledge we behold the World's through knowledge we behold the World's creation" [Spenser]. |
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#319. Gravity — N. gravity, gravitation; weight; heaviness &c. adj.; specific gravity; pondorosity†, pressure, load; burden, burthen†; ballast, counterpoise; lump of, mass of, weight of. lead, millstone, mountain, Ossa on Pelion. weighing, ponderation†, trutination†; weights; avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weight; grain, scruple, drachma†, ounce, pound, lb, arroba†, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod†. [metric weights] gram, centigram, milligram, microgram, kilogram; nanogram, picogram, femtogram, attogram. [Weighing Instrument] balance, scale, scales, steelyard, beam, weighbridge†; spring balance, piezoelectric balance, analytical balance, two-pan balance, one-pan balance; postal scale, baby scale. [Science of gravity] statics. V. be heavy &c. adj.; gravitate, weigh, press, cumber, load. [Measure the weight of] weigh, poise. Adj. weighty; weighing &c. v.; heavy as lead; ponderous, ponderable; lumpish†, lumpy, cumbersome, burdensome; cumbrous, unwieldy, massive. incumbent, superincumbent†. |
#320. Levity — N. levity; lightness &c. adj.; imponderability, buoyancy, volatility. feather, dust, mote, down, thistle, down, flue, cobweb, gossamer, straw, cork, bubble, balloon; float, buoy; ether, air. leaven, ferment, barm†, yeast. lighter-than-air balloon, helium balloon, hydrogen balloon, hot air balloon. convection, thermal draft, thermal. V. be light &c. adj.; float, rise, swim, be buoyed up. render light &c. adj.; lighten, leaven. Adj. light, subtile, airy; imponderous†, imponderable; astatic†, weightless, ethereal, sublimated; gossamery; suberose†, suberous†; uncompressed, volatile; buoyant, floating &c. v.; portable. light as a feather, light as a thistle, light as air; lighter than air; rise like a balloon, float like a balloon |
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#321. Density — N. density, solidity; solidness &c. adj.; impenetrability, impermeability; incompressibility; imporosity†; cohesion &c. 46; constipation, consistence, spissitude†. specific gravity; hydrometer, areometer†. condensation; caseation†; solidation†, solidification; consolidation; concretion, coagulation; petrification &c. (hardening) 323; crystallization, precipitation; deposit, precipitate; inspissation†; gelation, thickening &c. v.. indivisibility, indiscerptibility†, insolubility, indissolvableness. solid body, mass, block, knot, lump; concretion, concrete, conglomerate; cake, clot, stone, curd, coagulum; bone, gristle, cartilage; casein, crassamentum†; legumin†. superdense matter, condensed states of matter; dwarf star, neutron star. V. be dense &c. adj.; become solid, render solid &c. adj.; solidify, solidate†; concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate; curd, curdle; lopper; fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize; petrify &c. (harden) 323. condense, thicken, gel, inspissate†, incrassate†; compress, squeeze, ram down, constipate. Adj. dense, solid; solidified &c. v.; caseous; pukka†; coherent, cohesive &c. 46; compact, close, serried, thickset; substantial, massive, lumpish†; impenetrable, impermeable, nonporous, imporous†; incompressible; constipated; concrete &c. (hard) 323; knotted, knotty; gnarled; crystalline, crystallizable; thick, grumous†, stuffy. undissolved, unmelted†, unliquefied†, unthawed†. indivisible, indiscerptible†, infrangible†, indissolvable†, indissoluble, insoluble, infusible. |
#322. Rarity — N. rarity, tenuity; absence of solidity &c. 321; subtility†; subtilty†, subtlety; sponginess, compressibility. rarefaction, expansion, dilatation, inflation, subtilization†. vaporization, evaporation, diffusion, gassification†. ether &c. (gas) 334. V. rarefy, expand, dilate, subtilize†. Adj. rare, subtile, thin, fine, tenuous, compressible, flimsy, slight; light &c. 320; cavernous, spongy &c. (hollow) 252. rarefied &c. v.; unsubstantial; uncompact†, incompressed†; rarefiable†. |
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#323. Hardness — N. hardness &c. adj.; rigidity; renitence†, renitency; inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity†. induration, petrifaction; lapidification†, lapidescence†; vitrification, ossification; crystallization. stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant; bone, cartilage; hardware; heart of oak, block, board, deal board; iron, steel; cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron; nail; brick, concrete; cement. V. render hard &c. adj.; harden, stiffen, indurate, petrify, temper, ossify, vitrify; accrust†. Adj. hard, rigid, stubborn, stiff, firm; starch, starched; stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding; inflexible, tense; indurate, indurated; gritty, proof. adamant, adamantine, adamantean†; concrete, stony, granitic, calculous, lithic†, vitreous; horny, corneous†; bony; osseous, ossific†; cartilaginous; hard as a rock &c. n.; stiff as buckram, stiff as a poker; stiff as starch, stiff as as board. |
#324. Softness — N. softness, pliableness &c. adj.; flexibility; pliancy, pliability; sequacity†, malleability; ductility, tractility†; extendibility, extensibility; plasticity; inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity. penetrability. clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding; alumina, argil; cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding; foam. mollification; softening &c. v.. V. render soft &c. adj.; soften, mollify, mellow, relax, temper; mash, knead, squash. bend, yield, relent, relax, give. plasticize'. Adj. soft, tender, supple; pliant, pliable; flexible, flexile; lithe, lithesome; lissom, limber, plastic; ductile; tractile†, tractable; malleable, extensile, sequacious†, inelastic; aluminous†; remollient†. yielding &c. v.; flabby, limp, flimsy. doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony†. flaccid, flocculent, downy; edematous, oedematous†, medullary [Anat.], argillaceous, mellow. soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk; yielding as wax, tender as chicken. |
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#325. Elasticity — N. elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, renitency, buoyancy. rubber, India rubber, Indian rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone, gum elastic, baleen, natural rubber; neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna-S, plastic. flexibility, Young's modulus. V. stretch, flex, extend, distend, be elastic &c. adj.; bounce, spring back &c. (recoil) 277. Adj. elastic, flexible, tensile, spring, resilient, renitent, buoyant; ductile, stretchable, extendable. Phr. the stress is proportional to the strain. |
#326. Inelasticity — N. want of elasticity, absence of elasticity &c. 325; inelasticity &c. (softness) 324, Adj. unyielding, inelastic, inflexible &c. (soft) 324; irresilient†. |
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#327. Tenacity — N. tenacity, toughness, strength; (cohesion) 46; grip, grasp, stickiness, (cohesion) 46; sequacity†; stubbornness &c. (obstinacy);; glue, cement, glutinousness†, sequaciousness†, viscidity, (semiliquidity) 352. leather; white leather, whitleather†; gristle, cartilage. unbreakability, tensile strength. V. be tenacious &c. adj.; resist fracture. grip, grasp, stick (cohesion) 46. Adj. tenacious, tough, strong, resisting, sequacious†, stringy, gristly cartilaginous, leathery, coriaceous†, tough as whitleather†; stubborn &c. (obstinate) 606. unbreakable, indivisible; atomic. |
#328. Brittleness — N. brittleness &c. adj.; fragility, friability, frangibility, fissibility†; house of cards, house of glass. V. be brittle &c. adj.; live in a glass house. break, crack, snap, split, shiver, splinter, crumble, break short, burst, fly, give way; fall to pieces; crumble to, crumble into dust. Adj. brittle, brash [U.S.], breakable, weak, frangible, fragile, frail, gimcrack†, shivery, fissile; splitting &c. v.; lacerable†, splintery, crisp, crimp, short, brittle as glass. |
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#329. [Structure.] Texture — N. structure (form) 240, organization, anatomy, frame, mold, fabric, construction; framework, carcass, architecture; stratification, cleavage. substance, stuff, compages†, parenchyma [Biol.]; constitution, staple, organism. [Science of structures] organography†, osteology, myology, splanchnology†, neurology, angiography†, adeology†; angiography†, adenography†. texture, surface texture; intertexture†, contexture†; tissue, grain, web, surface; warp and woof, warp and weft; tooth, nap &c. (roughness) 256; flatness (smoothness) 255; fineness of grain; coarseness of grain, dry goods. silk, satin; muslin, burlap. [Science of textures] histology. Adj. structural, organic; anatomic, anatomical. textural, textile; fine grained, coarse grained; fine, delicate, subtile, gossamery, filmy, silky, satiny; coarse; homespun. rough, gritty; smooth. smooth as silk, smooth as satin. |
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#330. Pulverulence — N. powderiness† [State of powder.], pulverulence†; sandiness &c. adj.; efflorescence; friability. powder, dust, sand, shingle; sawdust; grit; meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule†; crumb, seed, grain; particle &c. (smallness) 32; limature†, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs†, magistery†, fine powder; flocculi [Lat.]. smoke; cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke; puff of smoke, volume of smoke; sand storm, dust storm. [Reduction to powder] pulverization, comminution†, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction†, contusion, trituration [Chem], levigation†, abrasion, detrition, multure†; limitation; tripsis†; filing &c. v.. [Instruments for pulverization] mill, arrastra†, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern†, quern†, koniology†. V. come to dust; be disintegrated, be reduced to powder &c.. reduce to powder, grind to powder; pulverize, comminute, granulate, triturate, levigate†; scrape, file, abrade, rub down, grind, grate, rasp, pound, bray, bruise; contuse, contund†; beat, crush, cranch†, craunch†, crunch, scranch†, crumble, disintegrate; attenuate &c. 195. Adj. powdery, pulverulent†, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny†, furfuraceous†, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous†, psammous†; arenose†, arenarious†, arenaceous†; gritty, efflorescent, impalpable; lentiginous†, lepidote†, sabuline†; sporaceous†, sporous†. pulverizable; friable, crumbly, shivery; pulverized &c. v.; attrite†; in pieces. |
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#331. Friction — N. friction, attrition; rubbing, abrasion, scraping &c. v.; confrication†, detrition, contrition†, affriction†, abrasion, arrosion†, limature†, frication†, rub; elbow grease; rosin; massage; roughness &c. 256. rolling friction, sliding friction, starting friction. V. rub, scratch, scrape, scrub, slide, fray, rasp, graze, curry, scour, polish, rub out, wear down, gnaw; file, grind &c. (reduce to powder) 330. set one's teeth on edge; rosin. Adj. anatriptic†; attrite†. |
#332. [Absence of friction. Prevention of friction.] Lubrication — N. smoothness &c. 255; unctuousness &c. 355. lubrication, lubrification†; anointment; oiling &c. v.. synovia [Anat.]; glycerine, oil, lubricating oil, grease &c. 356; saliva; lather. teflon. V. lubricate, lubricitate†; oil, grease, lather, soap; wax. Adj. lubricated &c. v.; lubricous. |
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#333. Fluidity — N. fluidity, liquidity; liquidness &c. adj.†; gaseity &c. 334†. fluid, inelastic fluid; liquid, liquor; lymph, humor, juice, sap, serum, blood, serosity†, gravy, rheum, ichor†, sanies†; chyle [Med.]. solubility, solubleness†. [Science of liquids at rest] hydrology, hydrostatics, hydrodynamics. V. be fluid &c. adj.; flow &c. (water in motion) 348; liquefy, melt, condense &c. 335. Adj. liquid, fluid, serous, juicy, succulent, sappy; ichorous†; fluent &c. (flowing) 348. liquefied &c. 335; uncongealed; soluble. |
#334. Gaseity — N. gaseity†; vaporousness &c. adj.; flatulence, flatulency; volatility; aeration, aerification. elastic fluid, gas, air, vapor, ether, steam, essence, fume, reek, effluvium, flatus; cloud &c. 353; ammonia, ammoniacal gas†; volatile alkali; vacuum, partial vacuum. [Science of elastic fluids] pneumatics, pneumatostatics†; aerostatics†, aerodynamics. gasmeter†, gasometer†; air bladder, swimming bladder, sound, (of a fish). V. vaporize, evaporate, evanesce, gasify, emit vapor &c. 336; diffuse. Adj. gaseous, aeriform†, ethereal, aerial, airy, vaporous, volatile, evaporable†, flatulent. |
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#335. Liquefaction — N. liquefaction; liquescence†, liquescency†; melting &c. (heat) 384; colliquation†, colliquefaction†; thaw; liquation†, deliquation†, deliquescence; lixiviation†, dissolution. solution, apozem†, lixivium†, infusion, flux. solvent, menstruum, alkahest†. V. render liquid &c. 333; liquefy, run; deliquesce; melt &c. (heat) 384; solve; dissolve, resolve; liquate†; hold in solution; condense, precipitate, rain. Adj. liquefied &c. v., liquescent, liquefiable; deliquescent, soluble, colliquative†. |
#336. Vaporization — N. vaporization, volatilization; gasification, evaporation, vaporation†; distillation, cupellation [Chem], cohobation, sublimination†, exhalation; volatility. vaporizer, still, retort; fumigation, steaming; bay salt, chloride of sodium†. mister, spray. bubble, effervescence.' V. render gaseous &c. 334; vaporize, volatilize; distill, sublime; evaporate, exhale, smoke, transpire, emit vapor, fume, reek, steam, fumigate; cohobate†; finestill†. bubble, sparge, effervesce, boil. Adj. volatilized &c. v.; reeking &c. v.; volatile; evaporable†, vaporizable. bubbly, effervescent, boiling. |
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#337. Water — N. water; serum, serosity†; lymph; rheum; diluent; agua [Sp.], aqua, pani†. dilution, maceration, lotion; washing &c. v.; immersion†, humectation†, infiltration, spargefaction†, affusion†, irrigation, douche, balneation†, bath. deluge &c. (water in motion) 348; high water, flood tide. V. be watery &c. adj.; reek. add water, water, wet; moisten &c. 339; dilute, dip, immerse; merge; immerge, submerge; plunge, souse, duck, drown; soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse†, splash, swash, douse, drench; dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge; syringe, inject, gargle. Adj. watery, aqueous, aquatic, hydrous, lymphatic; balneal†, diluent; drenching &c. v.; diluted &c. v.; weak; wet &c. (moist) 339. Phr. the waters are out. |
#338. Air — N. air &c. (gas) 334; common air, atmospheric air; atmosphere; aerosphere†. open air; sky, welkin; blue sky; cloud &c. 353. weather, climate, rise and fall of the barometer, isobar. [Science of air] aerology, aerometry†, aeroscopy†, aeroscopy†, aerography†; meteorology, climatology; pneumatics; eudioscope†, baroscope†, aeroscope†, eudiometer†, barometer, aerometer†; aneroid, baroscope†; weather gauge, weather glass, weather cock. exposure to the air, exposure to the weather; ventilation; aerostation†, aeronautics, aeronaut. V. air, ventilate, fan &c. (wind) 349. Adj. containing air, flatulent, effervescent; windy &c. 349. atmospheric, airy; aerial, aeriform†; meteorological; weatherwise†. Adv. in the open air, a la belle etoile [Fr.], al fresco; sub jove dio [Lat.]. |
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#339. Moisture — N. moisture; moistness &c. adj.; humidity, humectation†; madefaction†, dew; serein†; marsh &c. 345; hygrometry, hygrometer. V. moisten, wet; humect†, humectate†; sponge, damp, bedew; imbue, imbrue, infiltrate, saturate; soak, drench &c. (water) 337. be moist &c. adj.; not have a dry thread; perspire &c. (exude) 295. Adj. moist, damp; watery &c. 337; madid†, roric†; undried†, humid, sultry, wet, dank, luggy†, dewy; roral†, rorid†; roscid†; juicy. wringing wet, soaking wet; wet through to the skin; saturated &c. v.. swashy†, soggy, dabbled; reeking, dripping, soaking, soft, sodden, sloppy, muddy; swampy &c. (marshy) 345; irriguous†. |
#340. Dryness — N. dryness &c. adj.; siccity†, aridity, drought, ebb tide, low water. exsiccation†, desiccation; arefaction†, dephlegmation†, drainage; drier. [chemical subs. which renders dry] desiccative, dessicator. [device to render dry] dessicator; hair drier, clothes drier, gas drier, electric drier; vacuum oven, drying oven, kiln; lyophilizer. clothesline. V. be dry &c. adj.. render dry &c. adj.; dry; dry up, soak up; sponge, swab, wipe; drain. desiccate, dehydrate, exsiccate†; parch. kiln dry; vacuum dry, blow dry, oven dry; hang out to dry. mummify. be fine, hold up. Adj. dry, anhydrous, arid; adust†, arescent†; dried &c. v.; undamped; juiceless†, sapless; sear; husky; rainless, without rain, fine; dry as a bone, dry as dust, dry as a stick, dry as a mummy, dry as a biscuit. water proof, water tight. dehydrated, dessicated. |
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#341. Ocean — N. sea, ocean, main, deep, brine, salt water, waves, billows, high seas, offing, great waters, watery waste, vasty deep;" wave, tide, &c. (water in motion) 348. hydrography, hydrographer; Neptune, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Naiad, Nereid; sea nymph, Siren; trident, dolphin. Adj. oceanic; marine, maritime; pelagic, pelagian; seagoing; hydrographic; bathybic†, cotidal†. Adv. at sea, on sea; afloat. |
#342. Land — N. land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma. continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese [Fr.], delta; tongue of land, neck of land; isthmus, oasis; promontory &c. (projection) 250; highland &c. (height) 206. coast, shore, scar, strand, beach; playa; bank, lea; seaboard, seaside, seabank†, seacoast, seabeach†; ironbound coast; loom of the land; derelict; innings; alluvium, alluvion†; ancon. riverbank, river bank, levee. soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge†, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot; rock, crag. acres; real estate &c. (property) 780; landsman†. V. land, come to land, set foot on the soil, set foot on dry land; come ashore, go ashore, debark. Adj. earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian; alluvial; terrene &c. (world) 318; landed, predial†, territorial; geophilous†; ripicolous. Adv. ashore; on shore, on land. |
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#343. Gulf. Lake — N. land covered with water, gulf, gulph†, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou [U.S.], fiord, armlet; frith†, firth, ostiary†, mouth; lagune†, lagoon; indraught†; cove, creek; natural harbor; roads; strait; narrows; Euripus; sound, belt, gut, kyles†; continental slope, continental shelf. lake, loch, lough†, mere, tarn, plash, broad, pond, pool, lin†, puddle, slab, well, artesian well; standing water, dead water, sheet of water; fish pond, mill pond; ditch, dike, dyke, dam; reservoir &c. (store) 636; alberca†, barachois†, hog wallow [U.S.]. Adj. lacustrine†. |
#344. Plain — N. plain, table-land, face of the country; open country, champaign country†; basin, downs, waste, weary waste, desert, wild, steppe, pampas, savanna, prairie, heath, common, wold†, veldt; moor, moorland; bush; plateau &c. (level) 213; campagna†; alkali flat, llano; mesa, mesilla [U.S.], playa; shaking prairie, trembling prairie; vega [Sp.]. meadow, mead, haugh†, pasturage, park, field, lawn, green, plat, plot, grassplat†, greensward, sward, turf, sod, heather; lea, ley, lay; grounds; maidan†, agostadero†. Adj. champaign†, alluvial; campestral†, campestrial†, campestrian†, campestrine†. |
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#345. Marsh — N. marsh, swamp, morass, marish†, moss, fen, bog, quagmire, slough, sump, wash; mud, squash, slush; baygall [U.S.], cienaga†, jhil†, vlei†. Adj. marsh, marshy; swampy, boggy, plashy†, poachy†, quaggy†, soft; muddy, sloppy, squashy; paludal†; moorish, moory; fenny. |
#346. Island — N. island, isle, islet, eyot†, ait†, holf†, reef, atoll, breaker; archipelago; islander. Adj. insular, seagirt; archipelagic†. |
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#347. [Fluid in motion.] Stream — N. stream &c. (of water) 348, (of air) 349. flowmeter. V. flow &c. 348; blow &c. 349. |
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#348. [Water in motion.] River — N. running water. jet, spirt†, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau [Fr.]; sluice. water spout, water fall; cascade, force, foss†; lin†, linn†; ghyll†, Niagara; cataract, rapids, white water, catadupe†, cataclysm; debacle, inundation, deluge; chute, washout. rain, rainfall; serein†; shower, scud; downpour; driving rain, drenching rain, cloudburst; hyetology†, hyetography†; predominance of Aquarius†, reign of St. Swithin; mizzle†, drizzle, stillicidum†, plash; dropping &c. v.; falling weather; northeaster, hurricane, typhoon. stream, course, flux, flow, profluence†; effluence &c. (egress) 295; defluxion†; flowing &c. v.; current, tide, race, coulee. spring, artesian well, fount, fountain; rill, rivulet, gill, gullet, rillet†; streamlet, brooklet; branch [U.S.]; runnel, sike†, burn, beck, creek, brook, bayou, stream, river; reach, tributary. geyser, spout, waterspout. body of water, torrent, rapids, flush, flood, swash; spring tide, high tide, full tide; bore, tidal bore, eagre†, hygre†; fresh, freshet; indraught†, reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge†, whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow; confluence, corrivation†. wave, billow, surge, swell, ripple; anerythmon gelasma [Gr.]; beach comber, riffle [U.S.], rollers, ground swell, surf, breakers, white horses, whitecaps; rough sea, heavy sea, high seas, cross sea, long sea, short sea, chopping sea. [Science of fluids in motion] hydrodynamics; hydraulics, hydraulicostatics†; rain gauge, flowmeter; pegology†. irrigation &c. (water) 337; pump; watering pot, watering cart; hydrant, syringe; garden hose, lawn spray; bhisti†, mussuk†. V. flow, run; meander; gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue; drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle†, trill, trickle, distill, percolate; stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash; guggle†, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate; ooze, flow out &c. (egress) 295. rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks; pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in; mizzle†. flow into, fall into, open into, drain into; discharge itself, disembogue†. [Cause a flow] pour; pour out &c. (discharge) 297; shower down, irrigate, drench &c. (wet) 337; spill, splash. [Stop a flow] stanch; dam, up &c. (close) 261; obstruct &c. 706. Adj. fluent; diffluent†, profluent†, affluent; tidal; flowing &c. v.; meandering, meandry†, meandrous†; fluvial, fluviatile; streamy†, showery, rainy, pluvial, stillicidous†; stillatitious†. Phr. for men may come and men may go but I go on for men may come and men may go but I go on forever" [Tennyson]; that old man river, he just keeps rolling that old man river, he just keeps rolling along" [Showboat]. |
#349. [Air in motion] Wind — N. wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation†, eluvium†; air; breath, breath of air; puff, whiff, zephyr; blow, breeze, drift; aura; stream, current, jet stream; undercurrent. gust, blast, squall, gale, half a gale, storm, tempest, hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, samiel, cyclone, anticyclone, typhoon; simoon†, simoom; harmattan†, monsoon, trade wind, sirocco, mistral, bise†, tramontane, levanter; capful of wind; fresh breeze, stiff breeze; keen blast; blizzard, barber [Can.], candelia†, chinook, foehn, khamsin†, norther, vendaval†, wuther†. windiness &c. adj.; ventosity†; rough weather, dirty weather, ugly weather, stress of weather; dirty sky, mare's tail; thick squall, black squall, white squall. anemography†, aerodynamics; wind gauge, weathercock, vane, weather-vane, wind sock; anemometer, anemoscope†. sufflation†, insufflation†, perflation†, inflation, afflation†; blowing, fanning &c. v.; ventilation. sneezing &c. v.; errhine†; sternutative†, sternutatory†; sternutation; hiccup, hiccough; catching of the breath. Eolus, Boreas, Zephyr, cave of Eolus. air pump, air blower, lungs, bellows, blowpipe, fan, ventilator, punkah†; branchiae†, gills, flabellum†, vertilabrum†. whiffle ball. V. blow, waft; blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane &c. n.; wuther†; stream, issue. respire, breathe, puff; whiff, whiffle; gasp, wheeze; snuff, snuffle; sniff, sniffle; sneeze, cough. fan, ventilate; inflate, perflate†; blow up. Adj. blowing &c. v.; windy, flatulent; breezy, gusty, squally; stormy, tempestuous, blustering; boisterous &c. (violent) 173. pulmonic [Med.], pulmonary. Phr. lull'd by soft zephyrs" [Pope]; the storm is up and all is on the hazard" [Julius Caesar]; the winds were wither'd in the stagnant air" [Byron]; while mocking winds are piping loud" [Milton]; winged with red lightning and tempestuous winged with red lightning and tempestuous rage" [Paradise Lost]. |
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#350. [Channel for the passage of water.] Conduit — N. conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito†, aboideau†, aboiteau [Fr.], bito†; acequia†, acequiador†, acequiamadre†; arroyo; adit†, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile; flume, ingate†, runner; lock-weir, tedge†; vena†; dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon; piscina†; pipe &c. (tube) 260; funnel; tunnel &c. (passage) 627; water pipe, waste pipe; emunctory†, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper; adjutage†, ajutage†; hose; gargoyle; gurgoyle†; penstock, weir; flood gate, water gate; sluice, lock, valve; rose; waterworks. pipeline. Adj. vascular &c. (with holes) 260. |
#351. [Channel for the passage of air.] Airpipe — N. air pipe, air tube; airhole†, blowhole, breathinghole†, venthole; shaft, flue, chimney, funnel, vent, nostril, nozzle, throat, weasand†, trachea; bronchus, bronchia [Med.]; larynx, tonsils, windpipe, spiracle; ventiduct†, ventilator; louvre, jalousie, Venetian blinds; blowpipe &c. (wind) 349; pipe &c. (tube) 260; jhilmil†; smokestack. screen, window screen.' artificial lung, iron lung, heart and lung machine. |
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#352. Semiliquidity — N. semiliquidity; stickiness &c. adj.; viscidity, viscosity; gummosity†, glutinosity†, mucosity†; spissitude†, crassitude†; lentor†; adhesiveness &c. (cohesion) 46. inspissation†, incrassation†; thickening. jelly, mucilage, gelatin, gluten; carlock†, fish glue; ichthyocol†, ichthycolla†; isinglass; mucus, phlegm, goo; pituite†, lava; glair†, starch, gluten, albumen, milk, cream, protein†; treacle; gum, size, glue (tenacity) 327; wax, beeswax. emulsion, soup; squash, mud, slush, slime, ooze; moisture &c. 339; marsh &c. 345. V. inspissate†, incrassate†; thicken, mash, squash, churn, beat up. sinter. Adj. semifluid, semiliquid; tremellose†; half melted, half frozen; milky, muddy &c. n.; lacteal, lactean†, lacteous†, lactescent†, lactiferous†; emulsive, curdled, thick, succulent, uliginous†. gelatinous, albuminous, mucilaginous, glutinous; glutenous, gelatin, mastic, amylaceous†, ropy, clammy, clotted; viscid, viscous; sticky, tacky, gooey; slab, slabby†; lentous†, pituitous†; mucid†, muculent†, mucous; gummy. |
#353. [Mixture of air and water.] Bubble [Cloud.] — N. bubble, foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm†, spindrift. cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser; scud, messenger, rack, nimbus; cumulus, woolpack†, cirrus, stratus; cirrostratus, cumulostratus; cirrocumulus; mackerel sky, mare's tale, dirty sky; curl cloud; frost smoke; thunderhead. [Science of clouds] nephelognosy†; nephograph†, nephology†. effervescence, fermentation; bubbling &c. v.. nebula; cloudliness &c. (opacity) 426†; nebulosity &c. (dimness) 422. V. bubble, boil, foam, froth, mantle, sparkle, guggle†, gurgle; effervesce, ferment, fizzle. Adj. bubbling &c. v.; frothy, nappy†, effervescent, sparkling, mousseux [Fr.], frothy [Fr.Tr.], up. cloudy &c. n.; thunderheaded†; vaporous, nebulous, overcast. Phr. the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened landscip" [Paradise Lost]. |
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#354. Pulpiness — N. pulpiness &c. adj.; pulp, taste, dough, curd, pap, rob, jam, pudding, poultice, grume†. mush, oatmeal, baby food. Adj. pulpy &c. n.; pultaceous†, grumous†; baccate†. |
#355. Unctuousness — N. unctuousness &c. adj.; unctuosity†, lubricity; ointment &c. (oil) 356; anointment; lubrication &c. 332. V. oil &c. (lubricate) 332. Adj. unctuous, oily, oleaginous, adipose, sebaceous; unguinous†; fat, fatty, greasy; waxy, butyraceous, soapy, saponaceous†, pinguid, lardaceous†; slippery. |
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#356. Oil — N. oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard, dripping exunge†, blubber; glycerin, stearin, elaine [Chem], oleagine†; soap; soft soap, wax, cerement; paraffin, spermaceti, adipocere†; petroleum, mineral, mineral rock, mineral crystal, mineral oil; vegetable oil, colza oil†, olive oil, salad oil, linseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, nut oil; animal oil, neat's foot oil, train oil; ointment, unguent, liniment; aceite†, amole†, Barbados tar†; fusel oil, grain oil, rape oil, seneca oil; hydrate of amyl, ghee†; heating oil, #2 oil, No. 2 oil, distillate, residual oils, kerosene, jet fuel, gasoline, naphtha; stearin. |
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#356a. Resin — N. resin, rosin; gum; lac, sealing wax; amber, ambergris; bitumen, pitch, tar; asphalt, asphaltum; camphor; varnish, copal†, mastic, magilp†, lacquer, japan. artificial resin, polymer; ion-exchange resin, cation-exchange resin, anion exchange resin, water softener, Amberlite†, Dowex [Chem], Diaion. V. varnish &c. (overlay) 223. Adj. resiny†, resinous; bituminous, pitchy, tarry; asphaltic, asphaltite. |
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#357. Organization — N. organized world, organized nature; living nature, animated nature; living beings; organic remains, fossils. protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein; albumen; structure &c. 329; organization, organism. [Science of living beings] biology; natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology; zoology &c. 368; botany; microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology &c. 369; naturalist. archegenesis &c. (production) 161†; antherozoid†, bioplasm†, biotaxy†, chromosome, dysmeromorph†; ecology, oecology; erythroblast [Physio.], gametangium†, gamete, germinal matter, invagination [Biol.]; isogamy†, oogamy†; karyaster†; macrogamete†, microgamete†; metabolism, anabolism, catabolism; metaplasm†, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary†, spermatozoon, trophoplasm†, vacuole, vertebration†, zoogloea†, zygote. Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism. morphology, taxonomy. Adj. organic, organized; karyoplasmic†, unsegmentic†, vacuolar, zoogloeic†, zoogloeoid†. |
#358. Inorganization — N. mineral world, mineral kingdom; unorganized matter, inorganic matter, brute matter, inanimate matter. [Science of the mineral kingdom] mineralogy, geology, geognosy†, geoscopy†; metallurgy, metallography†; lithology; oryctology†, oryctography†. V. turn to dust; mineralize, fossilize. Adj. inorganic, inanimate, inorganized†; lithoidal†; azoic; mineral. |
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#359. Life — N. life, vitality, viability; animation; vital spark, vital flame, soul, spirit. respiration, wind; breath of life, breath of one's nostrils; oxygen, air. [devices to sustain respiration] respirator, artificial respirator, heart and lung machine, iron lung; medical devices &c. 662. lifeblood; Archeus†; existence &c. 1. vivification; vital force; vitalization; revivification &c. 163; Prometheus; life to come &c. (destiny) 152. [Science of life] physiology, biology; animal ecology. nourishment, staff of life &c. (food) 298. genetics, heredity, inheritance, evolution, natural selection, reproduction (production) 161. microbe, aerobe, anaerobe, facultative anaerobe, obligate aerobe, obligate anaerobe, halophile [Micro.], methanogen [Micro.], archaebacteria [Micro.], microaerophile [Micro.]. animal &c. 366; vegetable &c. 367. artificial life, robot, robotics, artificial intelligence. [vital signs] breathing, breathing rate, heartbeat, pulse, temperature. preservation of life, healing (medicine) 662. V. be alive &c. adj.; live, breathe, respire; subsist &c. (exist) 1; walk the earth, strut and fret one's hour upon the stage" [Macbeth]; be spared. see the light, be born, come into the world, fetch breath, draw breath, fetch the breath of life, draw the breath of life; quicken; revive; come to life. give birth to &c. (produce) 161; bring to life, put into life, vitalize; vivify, vivificate†; reanimate &c. (restore) 660; keep alive, keep body and soul together, keep the wolf from the door; support life. hive nine lives like a cat. Adj. living, alive; in life, in the flesh, in the land of the living; on this side of the grave, above ground, breathing, quick, animated; animative†; lively &c. (active) 682; all alive and kicking; tenacious of life; full of life, yeasty. vital, vitalic†; vivifying, vivified, &c. v.; viable, zoetic†; Promethean. Adv. vivendi causa [Lat.]. Phr. atqui vivere militare est [Lat.] [Seneca]; non est vivere sed valere vita [Lat.] [Marial]. |
#360. Death — N. death; decease, demise; dissolution, departure, obit, release, rest, quietus, fall; loss, bereavement; mortality, morbidity. end of life &c. 67, cessation of life &c. 142, loss of life, extinction of life, ebb of life &c. 359. death warrant, death watch, death rattle, death bed; stroke of death, agonies of death, shades of death, valley of death, jaws of death, hand of death; last breath, last gasp, last agonies; dying day, dying breath, dying agonies; chant du cygne [Fr.]; rigor mortis [Lat.]; Stygian shore. King of terrors, King Death; Death; doom &c. (necessity) 601; Hell's grim Tyrant" [Pope]. euthanasia; break up of the system; natural death, natural decay; sudden death, violent death; untimely end, watery grave; debt of nature; suffocation, asphyxia; fatal disease &c. (disease) 655; death blow &c. (killing) 361. necrology, bills of mortality, obituary; death song &c. (lamentation) 839. V. die, expire, perish; meet one's death, meet one's end; pass away, be taken; yield one's breath, resign one's breath; resign one's being, resign one's life; end one's days, end one's life, end one's earthly career; breathe one's last; cease to live, cease to breathe; depart this life; be no more &c. adj.; go off, drop off, pop off; lose one's life, lay down one's life, relinquish one's life, surrender one's life; drop into the grave, sink into the grave; close one's eyes; fall dead, drop dead, fall down dead, drop down dead; break one's neck; give up the ghost, yield up the ghost; be all over with one. pay the debt to nature, shuffle off this mortal coil, take one's last sleep; go the way of all flesh; hand in one's checks, pass in one's checks, hand in one's chips, pass in one's chips [U.S.]; join the greater number, join the majority; come to dust, turn to dust; cross the Stygian ferry, cross the bar; go to one's long account, go to one's last home, go to Davy Jones's locker, go to the wall; receive one's death warrant, make one's will, step out, die a natural death, go out like the snuff of a candle; come to an untimely end; catch one's death; go off the hooks, kick the bucket, buy the farm, hop the twig, turn up one's toes; die a violent death &c. (be killed) 361. Adj. dead, lifeless; deceased, demised, departed, defunct, extinct; late, gone, no more; exanimate†, inanimate; out of the world, taken off, released; departed this life &c. v.; dead and gone; dead as a doornail, dead as a doorpost†, dead as a mutton, dead as a herring, dead as nits; launched into eternity, gone to one's eternal reward, gone to meet one's maker, pushing up daisies, gathered to one's fathers, numbered with the dead. dying &c. v.; moribund, morient†; hippocratic; in articulo, in extremis; in the jaws of death, in the agony of death; going off; aux abois [Fr.]; one one's last legs, on one's death bed; at the point of death, at death's door, at the last gasp; near one's end, given over, booked; with one foot in the grave, tottering on the brink of the grave. stillborn; mortuary; deadly &c. (killing) 361. Adv. post obit, post mortem [Lat.]. Phr. life ebbs, life fails, life hangs by a thread; one's days are numbered, one's hour is come, one's race is run, one's doom is sealed; Death knocks at the door, Death stares one in the face; the breath is out of the body; the grave closes over one; sic itur ad astra [Lat.] [Vergil]; de mortuis nil nisi bonum [Lat.]; dulce et decorum est pro patria mori [Lat.] [Horace]; honesta mors turpi vita potior [Lat.] [Tacitus]; in adamantine chains shall death be bound" [Pope]; mors ultima linea rerum est [Lat.] [Girace]; ominia mors aequat [Lat.] [Claudianus]; Spake the grisly Terror" [Paradise Lost]; the lone couch of this everlasting sleep" [Shelley]; nothing is certain but death and taxes. |
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#361. [Destruction of life; violent death.] Killing — N. killing &c. v.; homicide, manslaughter, murder, assassination, trucidation†, iccusion†; effusion of blood; blood, blood shed; gore, slaughter, carnage, butchery; battue†. massacre; fusillade, noyade†; thuggery, Thuggism†. deathblow, finishing stroke, coup de grace, quietus; execution &c. (capital punishment) 972; judicial murder; martyrdom. butcher, slayer, murderer, Cain, assassin, terrorist, cutthroat, garroter, bravo, Thug, Moloch, matador, sabreur†; guet-a-pens; gallows, executioner &c. (punishment) 975; man-eater, apache†, hatchet man [U.S.], highbinder [U.S.]. regicide, parricide, matricide, fratricide, infanticide, feticide, foeticide†, uxoricide†, vaticide†. suicide, felo de se†, hara-kiri, suttee, Juggernath†; immolation, auto da fe, holocaust. suffocation, strangulation, garrote; hanging &c. v.; lapidation†. deadly weapon &c. (arms) 727; Aceldama†. [Destruction of animals] slaughtering; phthisozoics†; sport, sporting; the chase, venery; hunting, coursing, shooting, fishing; pig-sticking; sportsman, huntsman, fisherman; hunter, Nimrod; slaughterhouse, meat packing plant, shambles, abattoir. fatal accident, violent death, casualty. V. kill, put to death, slay, shed blood; murder, assassinate, butcher, slaughter, victimize, immolate; massacre; take away life, deprive of life; make away with, put an end to; despatch, dispatch; burke, settle, do for. strangle, garrote, hang, throttle, choke, stifle, suffocate, stop the breath, smother, asphyxiate, drown. saber; cut down, cut to pieces, cut the throat; jugulate†; stab, run through the body, bayonet, eviscerate; put to the sword, put to the edge of the sword. shoot dead; blow one's brains out; brain, knock on the head; stone, lapidate†; give a deathblow; deal a deathblow; give a quietus, give a coupe de grace. behead, bowstring, electrocute, gas &c. (execute) 972. hunt, shoot &c. n.. cut off, nip in the bud, launch into eternity, send to one's last account, sign one's death warrant, strike the death knell of. give no quarter, pour out blood like water; decimate; run amuck; wade knee deep in blood, imbrue one's hands in blood. die a violent death, welter in one's blood; dash out one's brains, blow out one's brains; commit suicide; kill oneself, make away with oneself, put an end to oneself, put an end to it all. Adj. killing &c. v.; murderous, slaughterous; sanguinary, sanguinolent†; blood stained, blood thirsty; homicidal, red handed; bloody, bloody minded; ensanguined†, gory; thuggish. mortal, fatal, lethal; dead, deadly; mortiferous†, lethiferous†; unhealthy &c. 657; internecine; suicidal. sporting; piscatorial, piscatory†. Adv. in at the death. Phr. assassination has never changed the history of the assassination has never changed the history of the world" [Disraeli]. |
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#362. Corpse — N. corpse, corse†, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones; defunct, relics, reliquiae [Lat.], remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, earth, clay; mummy; carrion; food for worms, food for fishes; tenement of clay this mortal coil. shade, ghost, manes. organic remains, fossils. Adj. cadaverous, corpse-like; unburied &c. 363; sapromyiophyllous†. |
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#363. Interment — N. interment, burial, sepulture†; inhumation†; obsequies, exequies†; funeral, wake, pyre, funeral pile; cremation. funeral, funeral rite, funeral solemnity; kneel, passing bell, tolling; dirge &c. (lamentation) 839; cypress; orbit, dead march, muffled drum; mortuary, undertaker, mute; elegy; funeral, funeral oration, funeral sermon; epitaph. graveclothes†, shroud, winding sheet, cerecloth; cerement. coffin, shell, sarcophagus, urn, pall, bier, hearse, catafalque, cinerary urn†. grave, pit, sepulcher, tomb, vault, crypt, catacomb, mausoleum, Golgotha, house of death, narrow house; cemetery, necropolis; burial place, burial ground; grave yard, church yard; God's acre; tope, cromlech, barrow, tumulus, cairn; ossuary; bone house, charnel house, dead house; morgue; lich gate†; burning ghat†; crematorium, crematory; dokhma†, mastaba†, potter's field, stupa†, Tower of Silence. sexton, gravedigger. monument, cenotaph, shrine; grave stone, head stone, tomb stone; memento mori [Lat.]; hatchment†, stone; obelisk, pyramid. exhumation, disinterment; necropsy, autopsy, post mortem examination [Lat.]; zoothapsis†. V. inter, bury; lay in the grave, consign to the grave, lay in the tomb, entomb, in tomb; inhume; lay out, perform a funeral, embalm, mummify; toll the knell; put to bed with a shovel; inurn†. exhume, disinter, unearth. Adj. burried &c. v.; burial, funereal, funebrial†; mortuary, sepulchral, cinerary†; elegiac; necroscopic†. Adv. in memoriam; post obit, post mortem [Lat.]; beneath the sod. Phr. hic jacet [Lat.], ci-git [Fr.]; RIP; requiescat in pace [Lat.]; the lone couch of his everlasting sleep" [Shelley]; without a grave-unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and without a grave-unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown" [Byron]; in the dark union of insensate dust" [Byron]; the deep cold shadow of the tomb" [Moore]. |
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#364. Animality — N. animal life; animation, animality†, animalization†; animalness, corporeal nature, human system; breath. flesh, flesh and blood; physique; strength &c. 159. Adj. fleshly, human, corporeal. |
#365. Vegetability† — N. vegetable life; vegetation, vegetability†; vegetality†. V. vegetate, grow roots, put down roots. Adj. rank, lush; vegetable, vegetal, vegetive†. |
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#366. Animal — N. animal, animal kingdom; fauna; brute creation. beast, brute, creature, critter [U.S.]; wight, created being; creeping thing, living thing; dumb animal, dumb creature; zoophyte. [major divisions of animals] mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe. [microscopic animals] microbe, animalcule &c. 193. [reptiles] alligator, crocodile; saurian; dinosaur (extinct); snake, serpent, viper, eft; asp, aspick†. [amphibians] frog, toad. [fishes] trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel. [insects] ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee. [arthropods] tardigrade, spider. [classification by number of feet] biped, quadruped; [web-footed animal] webfoot. flocks and herds, live stock; domestic animals, wild animals; game, ferae naturae [Lat.]; beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea; black game, black grouse; blackcock†, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe. [domesticated mammals] horse &c. (beast of burden) 271; cattle, kine†, ox; bull, bullock; cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn; sheep; lamb, lambkin†; ewe, ram, tup; pig, swine, boar, hog, sow; steer, stot†; tag, teg†; bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat. [dogs] dog, hound; pup, puppy; whelp, cur, mongrel; house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog; mastiff; blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound; harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever; Newfoundland; water dog, water spaniel; pug, poodle; turnspit; terrier; fox terrier, Skye terrier; Dandie Dinmont; collie. [cats—generally] feline, puss, pussy; grimalkin†; gib cat, tom cat. [wild mammals] fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe; caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar†. [birds] bird; poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet†, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl; feathered tribes, feathered songster; singing bird, dicky bird; canary, warbler; finch; aberdevine†, cushat†, cygnet, ringdove†, siskin, swan, wood pigeon. [undesirable animals] vermin, varmint [U.S.], pest. Adj. animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy; piscatory†, piscatorial; molluscous†, vermicular; gallinaceous, rasorial†, solidungulate†, soliped†. |
#367. Vegetable — N. vegetable, vegetable kingdom; flora, verdure. plant; tree, shrub, bush; creeper; herb, herbage; grass. annual; perennial, biennial, triennial; exotic. timber, forest; wood, woodlands; timberland; hurst†, frith†, holt, weald†, park, chase, greenwood, brake, grove, copse, coppice, bocage†, tope, clump of trees, thicket, spinet, spinney; underwood, brushwood; scrub; boscage, bosk†, ceja [Sp.], chaparal, motte [U.S.]; arboretum &c. 371. bush, jungle, prairie; heath, heather; fern, bracken; furze, gorse, whin; grass, turf; pasture, pasturage; turbary†; sedge, rush, weed; fungus, mushroom, toadstool; lichen, moss, conferva†, mold; growth; alfalfa, alfilaria†, banyan; blow, blowth†; floret†, petiole; pin grass, timothy, yam, yew, zinnia. foliage, branch, bough, ramage†, stem, tigella†; spray &c. 51; leaf. flower, blossom, bine†; flowering plant; timber tree, fruit tree; pulse, legume. Adj. vegetable, vegetal, vegetive†, vegitous†; herbaceous, herbal; botanic†; sylvan, silvan†; arborary†, arboreous†, arborescent†, arborical†; woody, grassy; verdant, verdurous; floral, mossy; lignous†, ligneous; wooden, leguminous; vosky†, cespitose†, turf-like, turfy; endogenous, exogenous. Phr. green-robed senators of mighty woods" [Keats]; this is the forest primeval" [Longfellow]. |
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#368. [The science of animals.] Zoology — N. zoology, zoonomy†, zoography†, zootomy†; anatomy; comparative anatomy; animal physiology, comparative physiology; morphology; mammalogy. anthropology, ornithology, ichthyology, herpetology, ophiology†, malacology†, helminthology [Med.], entomology, oryctology†, paleontology, mastology†, vermeology†; ornithotomy†, ichthyotomy†, &c.; taxidermy. zoologist &c. Adj. zoological &c. n.. |
#369. [The science of plants.] Botany — N. botany; physiological botany, structural botany, systematic botany; phytography†, phytology†, phytotomy†; vegetable physiology, herborization†, dendrology, mycology, fungology†, algology†; flora, romona; botanic garden &c. (garden) 371†; hortus siccus [Lat.], herbarium, herbal. botanist &c.; herbist†, herbarist†, herbalist, herborist†, herbarian†. V. botanize, herborize†. Adj. botanical &c. n.; botanic†. |
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#370. [The economy or management of animals.] Husbandry — N. husbandry, taming &c. v.; circuration†, zoohygiantics†; domestication, domesticity; manege [Fr.], veterinary art; farriery†; breeding, pisciculture. menagerie, vivarium, zoological garden; bear pit; aviary, apiary, alveary†, beehive; hive; aquarium, fishery; duck pond, fish pond. phthisozoics &c. (killing) 361† [Destruction of animals]; euthanasia, sacrifice, humane destruction. neatherd†, cowherd, shepherd; grazier, drover, cowkeeper†; trainer, breeder; apiarian†, apiarist; bull whacker [U.S.], cowboy, cow puncher [U.S.], farrier; horse leech, horse doctor; vaquero, veterinarian, vet, veterinary surgeon. cage &c. (prison) 752; hencoop†, bird cage, cauf†; range, sheepfold, &c. (inclosure) 232. V. tame, domesticate, acclimatize, breed, tend, break in, train; cage, bridle, &c. (restrain) 751. Adj. pastoral, bucolic; tame, domestic. |
#371. [The economy or management of plants.] Agriculture — N. agriculture, cultivation, husbandry, farming; georgics, geoponics†; tillage, agronomy, gardening, spade husbandry, vintage; horticulture, arboriculture†, floriculture; landscape gardening; viticulture. husbandman, horticulturist, gardener, florist; agricultor†, agriculturist; yeoman, farmer, cultivator, tiller of the soil, woodcutter, backwoodsman; granger, habitat, vigneron†, viticulturist; Triptolemus. field, meadow, garden; botanic garden†, winter garden, ornamental garden, flower garden, kitchen garden, market garden, hop garden; nursery; green house, hot house; conservatory, bed, border, seed plot; grassplot†, grassplat†, lawn; park &c. (pleasure ground) 840; parterre, shrubbery, plantation, avenue, arboretum, pinery†, pinetum†, orchard; vineyard, vinery; orangery†; farm &c. (abode) 189. V. cultivate; till the soil; farm, garden; sow, plant; reap, mow, cut; manure, dress the ground, dig, delve, dibble, hoe, plough, plow, harrow, rake, weed, lop and top; backset [U.S.]. Adj. agricultural, agrarian, agrestic†. arable, predial†, rural, rustic, country; horticultural. |
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#372. Mankind — N. man, mankind; human race, human species, human kind, human nature; humanity, mortality, flesh, generation. [Science of man] anthropology, anthropogeny†, anthropography†, anthroposophy†; ethnology, ethnography; humanitarian. human being; person, personage; individual, creature, fellow creature, mortal, body, somebody; one; such a one, some one; soul, living soul; earthling; party, head, hand; dramatis personae [Lat.]; quidam [Lat.]. people, persons, folk, public, society, world; community, community at large; general public; nation, nationality; state, realm; commonweal, commonwealth; republic, body politic; million &c. (commonalty) 876; population &c. (inhabitant) 188. tribe, clan (paternity) 166; family (consanguinity) 11. cosmopolite; lords of the creation; ourselves. Adj. human, mortal, personal, individual, national, civic, public, social; cosmopolitan; anthropoid. Phr. am I not a man and a brother? [Wedgwood]. |
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#373. Man — N. man, male, he, him; manhood &c. (adolescence) 131; gentleman, sir, master; sahib; yeoman, wight†, swain, fellow, blade, beau, elf, chap, gaffer, good man; husband &c. (married man) 903; Mr., mister; boy &c. (youth) 129. [Male animal] cock, drake, gander, dog, boar, stag, hart, buck, horse, entire horse, stallion; gibcat†, tomcat; he goat, Billy goat; ram, tup; bull, bullock; capon, ox, gelding, steer, stot†. androgen. homosexual, gay, queen [Slang]. V. masculinize Adj. male, he-, masculine; manly, virile; unwomanly, unfeminine. Pron. he, him, his. Phr. hominem pagina nostra sapit [Lat.] [Martial]; homo homini aut deus aut lupus [Lat.] [Erasmus]; homo vitae commodatus non donatus est [Lat.] [Syrus]. |
#374. Woman — N. woman, she, her, female, petticoat. feminality†, muliebrity†; womanhood &c. (adolescence) 131. womankind; the sex, the fair; fair sex, softer sex; weaker vessel. dame, madam, madame, mistress, Mrs. lady, donna belle [Sp.], matron, dowager, goody, gammer†; Frau [G.], frow†, Vrouw [Du.], rani; good woman, good wife; squaw; wife &c. (marriage) 903; matronage, matronhood†. bachelor girl, new woman, feminist, suffragette, suffragist. nymph, wench, grisette†; girl &c. (youth) 129. [Effeminacy] sissy, betty, cot betty [U.S.], cotquean†, henhussy†, mollycoddle, muff, old woman. [Female animal] hen, bitch, sow, doe, roe, mare; she goat, Nanny goat, tabita; ewe, cow; lioness, tigress; vixen. gynecaeum†. estrogen, oestrogen. consanguinity &c. 166 [Female relatives], paternity &c. 11. lesbian, dyke [Slang]. V. feminize. Adj. female, she-; feminine, womanly, ladylike, matronly, maidenly, wifely; womanish, effeminate, unmanly; gynecic†, gynaecic†. Pron. she, her, hers.' Phr. a perfect woman nobly planned" [Wordsworth]; a lovely lady garmented in white" [Shelley]; das Ewig-Weibliche zieht uns hinan [Goethe]; earth's noblest thing, a woman perfected" [Lowell]; es de vidrio la mujer [Sp.]; she moves a goddess and she looks a queen" [Pope]; the beauty of a lovely woman is like music" [G. Eliot]; varium et mutabile semper femina [Lat.] [Vergil]; woman is the lesser man" [Tennyson]. |
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#374a. Sexuality [human] — N. sex, sexuality, gender; male, masculinity, maleness &c. 373; female, femininity &c. 374. sexual intercourse, copulation, mating, coitus, sex; lovemaking, marital relations, sexual union; sleeping together, carnal knowledge. sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence; hots, horns [Coll.]; arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus; tumescence; erection, hard-on, boner. masturbation, self-gratification, autoeroticism, onanism, self-abuse. orgasm, climax, ejaculation. sexiness, attractiveness; sensuality, voluptuousness. [sexual intercourse outside of marriage] fornication, adultery. [person who is sexy] sex symbol, sex goddess; stud, hunk. one-night stand. pornography, porn, porno; hardcore pornography, softcore pornography; pin-up, cheesecake; beefcake; [magazines with sexual photos], Playboy, Esquire, Hustler. [unorthodox sexual activity] perversion, deviation, sexual abnormality; fetish, fetishism; homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality; sodomy, buggery; pederasty; sadism. masochism, sado-masochism; incest. V. mate, copulate; make love, have intercourse, fornicate, have sex, do it, sleep together, fuck [Vulg.]; sleep around, play the field. masturbate, jerk off [Coll.], jack off [Coll.], play with oneself. have the hots [Coll.]; become aroused, get hot; have an erection, get it up. come, climax, ejaculate. Adj. sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual. hot, horny, randy, rutting; passionate, lusty, hot-blooded, libidinous; up, in the mood. homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual. |
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#375. Physical Sensibility — N. sensibility; sensitiveness &c. adj.; physical sensibility, feeling, impressibility, perceptivity, aesthetics; moral sensibility &c. 822. sensation, impression; consciousness &c. (knowledge) 490. external senses. V. be sensible of &c. adj.; feel, perceive. render sensible &c. adj.; sharpen, cultivate, tutor. cause sensation, impress; excite an impression, produce an impression. Adj. sensible, sensitive, sensuous; aesthetic, perceptive, sentient; conscious &c. (aware) 490. acute, sharp, keen, vivid, lively, impressive, thin-skinned. Adv. to the quick. Phr. the touch'd needle trembles to the pole" [Pope]. |
#376. Physical Insensibility — N. insensibility, physical insensibility; obtuseness &c. adj.; palsy, paralysis, paraesthesia [Med.], anaesthesia; sleep &c. 823; hemiplegia†, motor paralysis; vegetable state; coma. anaesthetic agent, opium, ether, chloroform, chloral; nitrous oxide, laughing gas; exhilarating gas, protoxide of nitrogen; refrigeration. V. be insensible &c. adj.; have a thick skin, have a rhinoceros hide. render insensible &c. adj.; anaesthetize†, blunt, pall, obtund†, benumb, paralyze; put under the influence of chloroform &c. n.; stupefy, stun. Adj. insensible, unfeeling, senseless, impercipient†, callous, thick-skinned, pachydermatous; hard, hardened; case hardened; proof, obtuse, dull; anaesthetic; comatose, paralytic, palsied, numb, dead. |
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#377. Physical Pleasure — N. pleasure; physical pleasure, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure; bodily enjoyment, animal gratification, hedonism, sensuality; luxuriousness &c. adj.; dissipation, round of pleasure, titillation, gusto, creature comforts, comfort, ease; pillow &c. (support) 215; luxury, lap of luxury; purple and fine linen; bed of downs, bed of roses; velvet, clover; cup of Circe &c. (intemperance) 954. treat; refreshment, regale; feast; delice [Fr.]; dainty &c. 394; bonne bouche [Fr.]. source of pleasure &c. 829; happiness &c. (mental enjoyment) 827. V. feel pleasure, experience pleasure, receive pleasure; enjoy, relish; luxuriate in, revel in, riot in, bask in, swim in, drink up, eat up, wallow in; feast on; gloat over, float on; smack the lips. live on the fat of the land, live in comfort &c. adv.; bask in the sunshine, faire ses choux gras [Fr.]. give pleasure &c. 829. Adj. enjoying &c. v.; luxurious, voluptuous, sensual, comfortable, cosy, snug, in comfort, at ease. pleasant, agreeable &c. 829. Adv. in comfort &c. n.; on a bed of roses &c. n.; at one's ease. Phr. ride si sapis [Lat.] [Martial]; voluptales commendat rarior usus [Lat.] [Juvenal]. |
#378. Physical Pain — N. pain; suffering, sufferance, suffrance†; bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain; mental suffering &c. 828; dolour, ache; aching &c. v.; smart; shoot, shooting; twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina, angina pectoris [Lat.]; hurt, cut; sore, soreness; discomfort, malaise; cephalalgia [Med.], earache, gout, ischiagra†, lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia†, otalgia†, podagra†, rheumatism, sciatica; tic douloureux [Fr.], toothache, tormina†, torticollis†. spasm, cramp; nightmare, ephialtes†; crick, stitch; thrill, convulsion, throe; throb &c. (agitation) 315; pang; colic; kink. sharp pain, piercing pain, throbbing pain, shooting pain, sting, gnawing pain, burning pain; excruciating pain. anguish, agony; torment, torture; rack; cruciation†, crucifixion; martyrdom, toad under a harrow, vivisection. V. feel pain, experience pain, suffer pain, undergo pain &c. n.; suffer, ache, smart, bleed; tingle, shoot; twinge, twitch, lancinate†; writhe, wince, make a wry face; sit on thorns, sit on pins and needles. give pain, inflict pain; lacerate; pain, hurt, chafe, sting, bite, gnaw, gripe; pinch, tweak; grate, gall, fret, prick, pierce, wring, convulse; torment, torture; rack, agonize; crucify; cruciate†, excruciate†; break on the wheel, put to the rack; flog &c. (punish) 972; grate on the ear &c. (harsh sound) 410. Adj. in pain &c. n., in a state of pain; pained &c. v.; gouty, podagric†, torminous†. painful; aching &c. v.; sore, raw. |
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#379. [Sensation of pressure] Touch — N. touch; tact, taction†, tactility; feeling; palpation, palpability; contrectation†; manipulation; massage. [Organ of touch] hand, finger, forefinger, thumb, paw, feeler, antenna; palpus†. V. touch, feel, handle, finger, thumb, paw, fumble, grope, grabble; twiddle, tweedle; pass the fingers over, run the fingers over; manipulate, wield; throw out a feeler. Adj. tactual, tactile; tangible, palpable; lambent. |
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#380. Sensations of Touch — N. itching, pruritis [Med.] &c. v.; titillation, formication†, aura; stereognosis†. V. itch, tingle, creep, thrill, sting; prick, prickle; tickle, titillate. Adj. itching &c. v.; stereognostic†, titillative. |
#381. [insensibility to touch.] Numbness — N. numbness &c. (physical insensibility) 376; anaesthesia; pins and needles. V. benumb &c. 376. Adj. numb; benumbed &c. v.; deadened; intangible, impalpable. |
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#382. Heat — N. heat, caloric; temperature, warmth, fervor, calidity†; incalescence†, incandescence; glow, flush; fever, hectic. phlogiston; fire, spark, scintillation, flash, flame, blaze; bonfire; firework, pyrotechnics, pyrotechny†; wildfire; sheet of fire, lambent flame; devouring element; adiathermancy†; recalescence [Phys.]. summer, dog days; canicular days†; baking &c. 384; heat, white heat, tropical heat, Afric heat†, Bengal heat†, summer heat, blood heat; sirocco, simoom; broiling sun; insolation; warming &c. 384. sun &c. (luminary) 423. [Science of heat] pyrology†; thermology†, thermotics†, thermodynamics; thermometer &c. 389. [thermal units] calorie, gram-calorie, small calorie; kilocalorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie; British Thermal Unit, B.T.U.; therm, quad. [units of temperature] degrees Kelvin, kelvins, degrees centigrade, degrees Celsius; degrees Fahrenheit. V. be hot &c. adj.; glow, flush, sweat, swelter, bask, smoke, reek, stew, simmer, seethe, boil, burn, blister, broil, blaze, flame; smolder; parch, fume, pant. heat &c. (make hot) 384; recalesce†; thaw, give. Adj. hot, warm, mild, genial, tepid, lukewarm, unfrozen; thermal, thermic; calorific; fervent, fervid; ardent; aglow. sunny, torrid, tropical, estival†, canicular†, steamy; close, sultry, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, oppressive; reeking &c. v.; baking &c. 384. red hot, white hot, smoking hot, burning &c. v.. hot, piping hot; like a furnace, like an oven; burning, hot as fire, hot as pepper; hot enough to roast an ox, hot enough to boil an egg. fiery; incandescent, incalescent†; candent†, ebullient, glowing, smoking; live; on fire; dazzling &c. v.; in flames, blazing, in a blaze; alight, afire, ablaze; unquenched, unextinguished†; smoldering; in a heat, in a glow, in a fever, in a perspiration, in a sweat; sudorific†; sweltering, sweltered; blood hot, blood warm; warm as a toast, warm as wool. volcanic, plutonic, igneous; isothermal†, isothermic†, isotheral†. Phr. not a breath of air; whirlwinds of tempestuous fire" [Paradise Lost]. |
#383. Cold — N. cold, coldness &c. adj.; frigidity, inclemency, fresco. winter; depth of winter, hard winter; Siberia, Nova Zembla; wind-chill factor. [forms of frozen water] ice; snow, snowflake, snow crystal, snow drift; sleet; hail, hailstone; rime, frost; hoar frost, white frost, hard frost, sharp frost; barf; glaze [U.S.], lolly [U.S.]; icicle, thick-ribbed ice; fall of snow, heavy fall; iceberg, icefloe; floe berg; glacier; nevée, serac†; pruina†. [cold substances] freezing mixture, dry ice, liquid nitrogen, liquid helium. [Sensation of cold] chilliness &c. adj.; chill; shivering &c. v.; goose skin, horripilation†; rigor; chattering of teeth; numbness, frostbite. V. be cold &c. adj.; shiver, starve, quake, shake, tremble, shudder, didder†, quiver; freeze, freeze to death, perish with cold. freeze &c. (render cold) 385; horripilate†, make the skin crawl, give one goose flesh. Adj. cold, cool; chill, chilly; icy; gelid, frigid, algid†; fresh, keen, bleak, raw, inclement, bitter, biting, niveous†, cutting, nipping, piercing, pinching; clay-cold; starved &c. (made cold) 385; chilled to the bone, shivering &c. v.; aguish, transi de froid [Fr.]; frostbitten, frost-bound, frost-nipped. cold as a stone, cold as marble, cold as lead, cold as iron, cold as a frog, cold as charity, cold as Christmas; cool as a cucumber, cool as custard. icy, glacial, frosty, freezing, pruinose†, wintry, brumal†, hibernal†, boreal, arctic, Siberian, hyemal†; hyperborean, hyperboreal†; icebound; frozen out. unwarmed†, unthawed†; lukewarm, tepid; isocheimal†, isocheimenal†, isocheimic†. frozen, numb, frost-bitten. Adv. coldly, bitterly &c. adj.; pierre fendre [Fr.]; |
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#384. Calefaction — N. increase of temperature; heating &c. v.; calefaction†, tepefaction†, torrefaction†; melting, fusion; liquefaction &c. 335; burning &c. v.; ambustion†, combustion; incension†, accension†; concremation†, cremation; scorification†; cautery, cauterization; ustulation†, calcination; cracking, refining; incineration, cineration†; carbonization; cupellation [Chem]. ignition, inflammation, adustion†, flagration†; deflagration, conflagration; empyrosis†, incendiarism; arson; auto dafe [Fr.]. boiling &c. v.; coction†, ebullition, estuation†, elixation†, decoction; ebullioscope†; geyser; distillation (vaporization) 336. furnace &c. 386; blanket, flannel, fur; wadding &c. (lining) 224; clothing &c. 225. still; refinery; fractionating column, fractionating tower, cracking tower. match &c. (fuel) 388; incendiary; petroleuse [Fr.]; [biological effects resembling the effects of heat] [substances causing a burning sensation and damage on skin or tissue] cauterizer†; caustic, lunar caustic, alkali, apozem†, moxa†; acid, aqua fortis [Lat.], aqua regia; catheretic†, nitric acid, nitrochloro-hydric acid, nitromuriatic acid; radioactivity, gamma rays, alpha particles, beta rays, X-rays, radiation, cosmic radiation, background radiation, radioactive isotopes, tritium, uranium, plutonium, radon, radium. sunstroke, coup de soleil [Fr.]; insolation. [artifacts requiring heat in their manufacture] pottery, ceramics, crockery, porcelain, china; earthenware, stoneware; pot, mug, terra cotta [Sp.], brick, clinker. [products of combustion] cinder, ash, scoriae, embers, soot; slag. [products of heating organic materials] coke, carbon, charcoal; wood alcohol, turpentine, tea tree oil; gasoline, kerosene, naptha, fuel oil (fuel) 388; wax, paraffin; residue, tar. inflammability, combustibility. [Transmission of heat] diathermancy†, transcalency†, conduction; convection; radiation, radiant heat; heat conductivity, conductivity. [effects of heat 2] thermal expansion; coefficient of expansion. V. heat, warm, chafe, stive†, foment; make hot &c. 382; sun oneself, sunbathe. go up in flames, burn to the ground (flame) 382. fire; set fire to, set on fire; kindle, enkindle, light, ignite, strike a light; apply the match to, apply the torch to; rekindle, relume†; fan the flame, add fuel to the flame; poke the fire, stir the fire, blow the fire; make a bonfire of. melt, thaw, fuse; liquefy &c. 335. burn, inflame, roast, toast, fry, grill, singe, parch, bake, torrefy†, scorch; brand, cauterize, sear, burn in; corrode, char, calcine, incinerate; smelt, scorify†; reduce to ashes; burn to a cinder; commit to the flames, consign to the flames. boil, digest, stew, cook, seethe, scald, parboil, simmer; do to rags. take fire, catch fire; blaze &c. (flame) 382. Adj. heated &c. v.; molten, sodden; réchauffé; heating &c. v.; adust†. inflammable, combustible; diathermal†, diathermanous†; burnt &c. v.; volcanic, radioactive. |
#385. Refrigeration — N. refrigeration, infrigidation†, reduction of temperature; cooling &c. v.; congelation†, conglaciation†; ice &c. 383; solidification &c. (density) 321; ice box (refrigerator) 385. extincteur [Fr.]; fire annihilator; amianth†, amianthus†; earth-flax, mountain-flax; flexible asbestos; fireman, fire brigade (incombustibility) 388.1. incombustibility, incombustibleness &c. adj.†. (insulation) 388.1. air conditioning [residential cooling], central air conditioning; air conditioner; fan, attic fan; dehumidifier. V. cool, fan, refrigerate, refresh, ice; congeal, freeze, glaciate; benumb, starve, pinch, chill, petrify, chill to the marrow, regelate†, nip, cut, pierce, bite, make one's teeth chatter, damp, slack quench; put out, stamp out; extinguish; go out, burn out (incombustibility) 388.1. Adj. cooled &c. v.; frozen out; cooling &c. v.; frigorific†. |
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#386. Furnace — N. furnace, stove, kiln, oven; cracker; hearth, focus, combustion chamber; athanor†, hypocaust†, reverberatory; volcano; forge, fiery furnace; limekiln; Dutch oven; tuyere, brasier†, salamander, heater, warming pan; boiler, caldron, seething caldron, pot; urn, kettle; chafing-dish; retort, crucible, alembic, still; waffle irons; muffle furnace, induction furnace; electric heater, electric furnace, electric resistance heat. [steel-making furnace] open-hearth furnace. fireplace, gas fireplace; coal fire, wood fire; fire-dog, fire-irons; grate, range, kitchener; caboose, camboose†; poker, tongs, shovel, ashpan, hob, trivet; andiron, gridiron; ashdrop; frying-pan, stew-pan, backlog. [area near a fireplace] hearth, inglenook. [residential heating methods] oil burner, gas burner, Franklin stove, pot-bellied stove; wood-burning stove; central heating, steam heat, hot water heat, gas heat, forced hot air, electric heat, heat pump; solar heat, convective heat. hothouse, bakehouse†, washhouse†; laundry; conservatory; sudatory†; Turkish bath, Russian bath, vapor bath, steam bath, sauna, warm bath; vaporarium†. |
#387. Refrigerator — N. refrigerator, refrigeratory†; frigidarium†; cold storage, cold room, cold laboratory; icehouse, icepail, icebag, icebox; cooler, damper, polyurethane cooler; wine cooler. freezer, deep freeze, dry ice freezer, liquid nitrogen freezer, refigerator-freezer. freezing mixture [refrigerating substances], ice, ice cubes, blocks of ice, chipped ice; liquid nitrogen, dry ice, dry ice-acetone, liquid helium. |
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#388. Fuel — N. fuel, firing, combustible. [solid fuels] coal, wallsend†, anthracite, culm†, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale; turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log; cinder &c. (products of combustion) 384; ingle, tinder, touchwood; sulphur, brimstone; incense; port-fire; fire-barrel, fireball, brand; amadou†, bavin†; blind coal, glance coal; German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge [U.S.]; solid fueled rocket. [fuels for candles and lamps] wax, paraffin wax, paraffin oil; lamp oil, whale oil. [liquid fuels] oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane gasoline, nitromethane, petrol, gas, juice [Coll.], gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, number 2 oil, number 4 oil, naphtha; rocket fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, lox. [gaseous fuels] natural gas, synthetic gas, synthesis gas, propane, butane, hydrogen. brand, torch, fuse; wick; spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve†, vesuvian, vesta†, fusee, locofoco†; linstock†. candle &c. (luminary) 423; oil &c. (grease) 356. Adj. carbonaceous; combustible, inflammable; high octane, high specific impulse; heat of combustion, |
#388a. Insulation [Fire extinction] — N. insulation, incombustible material, noncombustible material; fire retardant, flame retardant; fire wall, fire door. incombustibility, incombustibleness &c. adj.. extincteur [Fr.]; fire annihilator; amianth†, amianthus†; earth-flax, mountain-flax; asbestos; fireman, fire fighter, fire eater, fire department, fire brigade, engine company; pumper, fire truck, hook and ladder, aerial ladder, bucket; fire hose, fire hydrant. [forest fires] backfire, firebreak, trench; aerial water bombardment. wet blanket; fire extinguisher, soda and acid extinguisher, dry chemical extinguisher, CO-two extinguisher, carbon tetrachloride, foam; sprinklers, automatic sprinkler system; fire bucket, sand bucket. [warning of fire] fire alarm, evacuation alarm, [laws to prevent fire] fire code, fire regulations, fire; fire inspector; code violation, citation. V. go out, die out, burn out; fizzle. extinguish; damp, slack, quench, smother; put out, stamp out; douse, snuff, snuff out, blow out. fireproof, flameproof. Adj. incombustible; nonflammable, uninflammable, unflammable†; fireproof. Phr. fight fire with fire |
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#389. Thermometer — N. thermometer, thermometrograph†, mercury thermometer, alcohol thermometer, clinical thermometer, dry-bulb thermometer, wet-bulb thermometer, Anschutz thermometer [G.], gas thermometer, telethermometer; color-changing temperature indicator; thermopile, thermoscope†; pyrometer, calorimeter, bomb calorimeter; thermistor, thermocouple. [temperature-control devices] thermostat, thermoregulator. |
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#390. Taste — N. taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor; gout, relish; sapor†, sapidity†; twang, smack, smatch†; aftertaste, tang. tasting; degustation, gustation. palate, tongue, tooth, stomach. V. taste, savor, smatch†, smack, flavor, twang; tickle the palate &c. (savory) 394; smack the lips. Adj. sapid, saporific†; gustable†, gustatory; gustful†; strong, gamy; palatable &c. 394. |
#391. Insipidity — N. insipidity, blandness; tastelessness &c. adj.. V. be tasteless &c. adj.. Adj. bland, void of taste &c. 390; insipid; tasteless, gustless†, savorless; ingustible†, mawkish, milk and water, weak, stale, flat, vapid, fade, wishy-washy, mild; untasted†. |
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#392. Pungency — N. pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, strong taste, twang, race. sharpness &c. adj.; acrimony; roughness &c. (sour) 392; unsavoriness &c. 395. mustard, cayenne, caviare; seasoning &c. (condiment) 393; niter, saltpeter, brine (saltiness) 392.1; carbonate of ammonia; sal ammoniac†, sal volatile, smelling salts; hartshorn (acridity) 401.1. dram, cordial, nip. nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke; segar†; cigar, cigarette; weed; fragrant weed, Indian weed; Cavendish, fid†, negro head, old soldier, rappee†, stogy†. V. be pungent &c. adj.; bite the tongue. render pungent &c. adj.; season, spice, salt, pepper, pickle, brine, devil. smoke, chew, take snuff. Adj. pungent, strong; high-, full-flavored; high-tasted, high-seasoned; gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy; biting, mordant; spicy; seasoned &c. v.; hot, hot as pepper; peppery, vellicating†, escharotic†, meracious†; acrid, acrimonious, bitter; rough &c. (sour) 397; unsavory &c. 395. |
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#392a. Saltiness — N. saltiness. niter, saltpeter, brine. Adj. salty, salt, saline, brackish, briny; salty as brine, salty as a herring, salty as Lot's wife. salty, racy (indecent) 961. Phr. take it with a grain of salt. |
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#392b. Bitterness — N. bitterness, acridness†, acridity, acrimony; caustic, alkali; acerbity; gall, wormwood; bitters, astringent bitters. Angostura [additive for alcoholic beverages], aromatic bitters. sourness &c. 397; pungency &c. 392. [bitter substances] alkaloids; turmeric. Adj. bitter, bitterish, acrid, acerb, acerbic. Phr. bitter as gall; bitter pill to take; sugar coating on a bitter pill. |
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#393. Condiment — N. condiment, seasoning, sauce, spice, relish, appetizer. [Condiments] salt; mustard, grey poupon mustard; pepper, black pepper, white pepper, peppercorn, curry, sauce piquante [Fr.]; caviare, onion, garlic, pickle; achar†, allspice; bell pepper, Jamaica pepper, green pepper; chutney; cubeb†, pimento. [capsicum peppers] capsicum, red pepper, chili peppers, cayenne. nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, oregano, cloves, fennel. [herbs] pot herbs, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, marjoram. [fragrant woods and gums] frankincense, balm, myrrh. [from pods] paprika. [from flower stigmas] saffron. [from roots] ginger, turmeric. V. season, spice, flavor, spice up &c. (render pungent) 392. |
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#394. Savoriness — N. savoriness &c. adj.; good taste, deliciousness, delectability. relish, zest; appetizer. tidbit, titbit†, dainty, delicacy, tasty morsel; appetizer, hors d'ouvres [Fr.]; ambrosia, nectar, bonne-bouche [Fr.]; game, turtle, venison; delicatessen. V. be savory &c. adj.; tickle the palate, tickle the appetite; flatter the palate. render palatable &c. adj.. relish, like, smack the lips. Adj. savory, delicious, tasty, well-tasted, to one's taste, good, palatable, nice, dainty, delectable; toothful†, toothsome; gustful†, appetizing, lickerish†, delicate, exquisite, rich, luscious, ambrosial, scrumptious, delightful. Adv. per amusare la bocca [It] Phr. cela se laisse manger [Fr.]. |
#395. Unsavoriness — N. unsavoriness &c. adj.; amaritude†; acrimony, acridity (bitterness) 392.2; roughness &c. (sour) 397; acerbity, austerity; gall and wormwood, rue, quassia†, aloes; marah†; sickener†. V. be unpalatable &c. adj.; sicken, disgust, nauseate, pall, turn the stomach. Adj. unsavory, unpalatable, unsweetened, unsweet†; ill-flavored; bitter, bitter as gall; acrid, acrimonious; rough. offensive, repulsive, nasty; sickening &c. v.; nauseous; loathsome, fulsome; unpleasant &c. 830. |
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#396. Sweetness — N. sweetness, dulcitude†. sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna; confection, confectionary; sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture†, jam, julep; sugar-candy, sugar-plum; licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat; apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose; maple sirup†, maple syrup, maple sugar; mithai†, sorghum, taffy. nectar; hydromel†, mead, meade†, metheglin†, honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif. [sources of sugar] sugar cane, sugar beets. [sweet foods] desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart, puff, pudding (food) 298. dulcification†, dulcoration†. sweetener, corn syrup, cane sugar, refined sugar, beet sugar, dextrose; artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, Sweet'N Low. V. be sweet &c. adj.. render sweet &c. adj.; sweeten; edulcorate†; dulcorate†, dulcify†; candy; mull. Adj. sweet; saccharine, sacchariferous†; dulcet, candied, honied†, luscious, lush, nectarious†, melliferous†; sweetened &c. v.. sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey. sickly sweet. Phr. eau sucrée [Fr.]; sweets to the sweet" [Hamlet]. |
#397. Sourness — N. sourness &c. adj.; acid, acidity, low pH; acetous fermentation, lactic fermentation. vinegar, verjuice†, crab, alum; acetic acid, lactic acid. V. be sour; sour, turn sour &c. adj.; set the teeth on edge. render sour &c. adj.; acidify, acidulate. Adj. sour; acid, acidulous, acidulated; tart, crabbed; acetous, acetose†; acerb, acetic; sour as vinegar, sourish, acescent†, subacid [Chem]; styptic, hard, rough. Phr. sour as a lemon. |
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#398. Odor — N. odor, smell, odorament†, scent, effluvium; emanation, exhalation; fume, essence, trail, nidor†, redolence. sense of smell; scent; act of smelling &c. v.; olfaction, olfactories†. [pleasant odor] fragrance &c. 400. odorant. [animal with acute sense of smell] bloodhound, hound. [smell detected by a hound] spoor. V. have an odor &c. n.; smell, smell of, smell strong of; exhale; give out a smell &c. n.; reek, reek of; scent. smell, scent; snuff, snuff up; sniff, nose, inhale. Adj. odorous, odoriferous; smelling, reeking, foul-smelling, strong-scented; redolent, graveolent†, nidorous†, pungent; putrid, foul. [Relating to the sense of smell] olfactory, quick-scented. |
#399. Inodorousness — N. inodorousness†; absence of smell, want of smell. deodorant, deodorization, deodorizer. V. be inodorous &c. adj.†; not smell. deodorize. Adj. inodorous†, onodorate; scentless; without smell, wanting smell &c. 398. deodorized, deodorizing. |
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#400. Fragrance — N. fragrance, aroma, redolence, perfume, bouquet, essence, scent; sweet smell, aromatic perfume. agalloch†, agallochium†; aloes wood; bay rum; calambac†, calambour†; champak†, horehound, lign-aloes†, marrubium†, mint, muskrat, napha water†, olibanum†, spirit of myrcia†. essential oil. incense; musk, frankincense; pastil†, pastille; myrrh, perfumes of Arabia†; otto†, ottar†, attar; bergamot, balm, civet, potpourri, pulvil†; nosegay; scentbag†; sachet, smelling bottle, vinaigrette; eau de Cologne [Fr.], toilet water, lotion, after-shave lotion; thurification†. perfumer. [fragrant wood oils] eucalyptus oil, pinene. V. be fragrant &c. adj.; have a perfume &c. n.; smell sweet. scent [render fragrant], perfume, embalm. Adj. fragrant, aromatic, redolent, spicy, savory, balmy, scented, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented; perfumed, perfumatory†; thuriferous; fragrant as a rose, muscadine†, ambrosial. |
#401. Fetor — N. fetor†; bad &c. adj.. smell, bad odor; stench, stink; foul odor, malodor; empyreuma†; mustiness &c. adj.; rancidity; foulness &c. (uncleanness) 653. stoat, polecat, skunk; assafoetida†; fungus, garlic; stinkpot; fitchet†, fitchew†, fourmart†, peccary. acridity &c. 401.1. V. have a bad smell &c. n.; smell; stink, stink in the nostrils, stink like a polecat; smell strong &c. adj., smell offensively. Adj. fetid; strong-smelling; high, bad, strong, fulsome, offensive, noisome, rank, rancid, reasty†, tainted, musty, fusty, frouzy†; olid†, olidous†; nidorous†; smelling, stinking; putrid &c. 653; suffocating, mephitic; empyreumatic†. |
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#401a. Acridity — N. acridity, astringency, bite. [acrid substances] tear gas; smoke, acrid fumes. Adj. acrid, biting, astringent, sharp, harsh; bitter &c. 392.2. |
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#402. Sound — N. sound, noise, strain; accent, twang, intonation, tone; cadence; sonorousness &c. adj.; audibility; resonance &c. 408; voice &c. 580; aspirate; ideophone†; rough breathing. [Science, of sound] acoustics; phonics, phonetics, phonology, phonography†; diacoustics†, diaphonics†; phonetism†. V. produce sound; sound, make a noise; give out sound, emit sound; resound &c. 408. Adj. sounding; soniferous†; sonorous, sonorific†; resonant, audible, distinct; stertorous; phonetic; phonic, phonocamptic†. Phr. a thousand trills and quivering sounds" [Addison]; forensis strepitus [Lat.]. |
#403. Silence — N. silence; stillness &c. (quiet) 265; peace, hush, lull; muteness &c. 581; solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence. V. be silent &c. adj.; hold one's tongue &c. (not speak) 585. render silent &c. adj.; silence, still, hush; stifle, muffle, stop; muzzle, put to silence &c. (render mute) 581. Adj. silent; still, stilly; noiseless, soundless; hushed &c. v.; mute &c. 581. soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave; inaudible &c. (faint) 405. Adv. silently &c. adj.; sub silentio [Lat.]. Int. hush!, silence!, soft!, whist!, tush!, chut! †, tut!, pax! [Lat.], be quiet!, be silent!, be still!, shut up! [Slang]; chup! †, chup rao! †, tace! [It], Phr. one might hear a feather drop, one might hear a pin drop, so quiet you could hear a pin drop; grosse Seelen dulden still [G.]; le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sages [Fr.]; le silence est le parti le plus sar de celui se le silence est le parti le plus sar de celui se défie de soi-meme [Fr.]; silence more musical than any song" [C.G. Rossetti]; tacent satis laudant [Lat.]; better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt. |
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#404. Loudness — N. loudness, power; loud noise, din; blare; clang, clangor; clatter, noise, bombilation†, roar, uproar, racket, hubbub, bobbery†, fracas, charivari†, trumpet blast, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, tintamarre†, peal, swell, blast, larum†, boom; bang (explosion) 406; resonance &c. 408. vociferation, hullabaloo, &c. 411; lungs; Stentor. artillery, cannon; thunder. V. be loud &c. adj.; peal, swell, clang, boom, thunder, blare, fulminate, roar; resound &c. 408. speak up, shout &c. (vociferate) 411; bellow &c. (cry as an animal) 412. rend the air, rend the skies; fill the air; din in the ear, ring in the ear, thunder in the ear; pierce the ears, split the ears, rend the ears, split the head; deafen, stun; faire le diable a quatre [Fr.]; make one's windows shake, rattle the windows; awaken the echoes, startle the echoes; wake the dead. Adj. loud, sonorous; high-sounding, big-sounding; deep, full, powerful, noisy, blatant, clangorous, multisonous†; thundering, deafening &c. v.; trumpet-tongued; ear-splitting, ear-rending, ear-deafening; piercing; obstreperous, rackety, uproarious; enough to wake the dead, enough to wake seven sleepers. shrill &c. 410 clamorous &c. (vociferous) 411 stentorian, stentorophonic†. Adv. loudly &c. adj.. aloud; at the top of one's voice, at the top of one's lungs, lustily, in full cry. Phr. the air rings with; the deep dread-bolted thunder" [Lear]. |
#405. Faintness — N. faintness &c. adj.; faint sound, whisper, breath; undertone, underbreath†; murmur, hum, susurration; tinkle; still small voice." hoarseness &c. adj.; raucity†. V. whisper, breathe, murmur, purl, hum, gurgle, ripple, babble, flow; tinkle; mutter &c. (speak imperfectly) 583; susurrate†. steal on the ear; melt in the air, float on the air. Adj. inaudible; scarcely audible, just audible; low, dull; stifled, muffled; hoarse, husky; gentle, soft, faint; floating; purling, flowing &c. v.; whispered &c. v.; liquid; soothing; dulcet &c. (melodious) 413; susurrant†, susurrous†. Adv. in a whisper, with bated breath, sotto voce [Lat.], between the teeth, aside; piano, pianissimo; d la sourdine†; out of earshot inaudibly &c. adj.. |
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#406. [Sudden and violent sounds.] Snap — N. snap &c. v.; rapping &c. v.; decrepitation, crepitation; report, thud; burst, explosion, blast, boom, discharge, detonation, firing, salvo, volley. squib, cracker, firecracker, cherry bomb, M80, gun, cap, cap gun, popgun. implosion. bomb burst, atomic explosion, nuclear explosion (arms) 727. [explosive substances] gunpowder, dynamite, gun cotton, nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, plastic explosive, plastique, TNT, cordite, trinitrotoluene, picric acid, picrates, mercury fulminate (arms) 727. whack, wham, pow. V. rap, snap, tap, knock, ping; click; clash; crack, crackle; crash; pop; slam, bang, blast, boom, clap, clang, clack, whack, wham; brustle†; burst on the ear; crepitate, rump. blow up, blow; detonate. Adj. rapping &c. v.. Int. kaboom!, whamo!, Heewhack!, pow!, |
#407. [Repeated and protracted sounds.] Roll — N. roll &c. v.; drumming &c. v.; berloque†, bombination†, rumbling; tattoo, drumroll; dingdong; tantara†; rataplan†; whirr; ratatat, ratatat-tat; rubadub; pitapat; quaver, clutter, charivari†, racket; cuckoo; repetition &c. 104; peal of bells, devil's tattoo; reverberation &c. 408. [sound of railroad train rolling on rails] clickety-clack. hum, purr. [animals that hum] hummingbird. [animals that purr] cat, kitten (animal sounds) 412. V. roll, drum, rumble, rattle, clatter, patter, clack; bombinate†. hum, trill, shake; chime, peal, toll; tick, beat. drum in the ear, din in the ear. Adj. rolling &c. v.; monotonous &c. (repeated) 104; like a bee in a bottle. |
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#408. Resonance — N. resonance; ring &c. v.; ringing, tintinabulation &c. v.; reflexion [Brit.], reflection, reverberation; echo, reecho; zap, zot [Coll.]; buzz (hiss) 409. low note, base note, bass note, flat note, grave note, deep note; bass; basso, basso profondo [It]; baritone, barytone†; contralto. [device to cause resonance] echo chamber, resonator. [ringing in the ears] tinnitus [Med.]. [devices which make a resonating sound] bell, doorbell, buzzer; gong, cymbals (musical instruments) 417. [physical resonance] sympathetic vibrations; natural frequency, coupled vibration frequency; overtone; resonating cavity; sounding board, tuning fork. [electrical resonance] tuning, squelch, frequency selection; resonator, resonator circuit; radio &c.. [chemical resonance] resonant structure, aromaticity, alternating double bonds, non-bonded resonance; pi clouds, unsaturation, double bond, (valence). V. resound, reverberate, reecho, resonate; ring, jingle, gingle†, chink, clink; tink†, tinkle; chime; gurgle &c. 405; plash, goggle, echo, ring in the ear. Adj. resounding &c. v.; resonant, reverberant, tinnient†, tintinnabulary; sonorous, booming, deep-toned, deep-sounding, deep-mouthed, vibrant; hollow, sepulchral; gruff &c. (harsh) 410. Phr. sweet bells jangled, out of time and harsh" [Hamlet]; echoing down the mountain and through the echoing down the mountain and through the dell. |
#408a. Nonresonance† — N. thud, thump, dead sound; nonresonance†; muffled drums, cracked bell; damper; silencer. V. sound dead; stop the sound, damp the sound, deaden the sound, deaden the reverberations, dampen the reverberations. Adj. nonresonant†, dead; dampened, muffled. |
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#409. [Hissing sounds.] Sibilation — N. sibilance, sibilation; zip; hiss &c. v.; sternutation; high note &c. 410. [animals that hiss] goose, serpent, snake (animal sounds) 412. [animals that buzz] insect, bug; bee, mosquito, wasp, fly. [inanimate things that hiss] tea kettle, pressure cooker; air valve, pressure release valve, safety valve, tires, air escaping from tires, punctured tire; escaping steam, steam, steam radiator, steam release valve. V. hiss, buzz, whiz, rustle; fizz, fizzle; wheeze, whistle, snuffle; squash; sneeze; sizzle, swish. Adj. sibilant; hissing &c. v.; wheezy; sternutative†. |
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#410. [Harsh sounds.] Stridor — N. creak &c. v.; creaking &c. v.; discord, &c. 414; stridor; roughness, sharpness, &c. adj.; cacophony; cacoepy†. acute note, high note; soprano, treble, tenor, alto, falsetto, penny trumpet, voce di testa [It]. V. creak, grate, jar, burr, pipe, twang, jangle, clank, clink; scream &c. (cry) 411; yelp &c. (animal sound) 412; buzz &c. (hiss) 409. set the teeth on edge, corcher les oreilles [Fr.]; pierce the ears, split the ears, split the head; offend the ear, grate upon the ear, jar upon the ear. Adj. creaking &c. v.; stridulous†, harsh, coarse, hoarse, horrisonous†, rough, gruff, grum†, sepulchral, hollow. sharp, high, acute, shrill; trumpet-toned; piercing, ear-piercing, high-pitched, high-toned; cracked; discordant &c. 414; cacophonous. |
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#411. Cry — N. cry &c. v.; voice &c. (human) 580; hubbub; bark &c. (animal) 412. vociferation, outcry, hullabaloo, chorus, clamor, hue and cry, plaint; lungs; stentor. V. cry, roar, shout, bawl, brawl, halloo, halloa, hoop, whoop, yell, bellow, howl, scream, screech, screak†, shriek, shrill, squeak, squeal, squall, whine, pule, pipe, yaup†. cheer; hoot; grumble, moan, groan. snore, snort; grunt &c. (animal sounds) 412. vociferate; raise up the voice, lift up the voice; call out, sing out, cry out; exclaim; rend the air; thunder at the top of one's voice, shout at the top of one's voice, shout at the pitch of one's breath, thunder at the pitch of one's breath; s'égosiller; strain the throat, strain the voice, strain the lungs; give a cry &c. Adj. crying &c. v.; clamant†, clamorous; vociferous; stentorian &c. (loud) 404; open-mouthed. |
#412. [Animal sounds.] Ululation — N. cry &c. v.; crying &c. v.; bowwow, ululation, latration†, belling; reboation†; wood-note; insect cry, fritiniancy†, drone; screech owl; cuckoo. wailing (lamentation) 839. V. cry, roar, bellow, blare, rebellow†; growl, snarl. [specific animal sounds] bark [dog, seal]; bow-wow, yelp [dog]; bay, bay at the moon [dog, wolf]; yap, yip, yipe, growl, yarr†, yawl, snarl, howl [dog, wolf]; grunt, gruntle†; snort [pig, hog, swine, horse]; squeak, [swine, mouse]; neigh, whinny [horse]; bray [donkey, mule, hinny, ass]; mew, mewl [kitten]; meow [cat]; purr [cat]; caterwaul, pule [cats]; baa†, bleat [lamb]; low, moo [cow, cattle]; troat†, croak, peep [frog]; coo [dove, pigeon]; gobble [turkeys]; quack [duck]; honk, gaggle, guggle [goose]; crow, caw, squawk, screech, [crow]; cackle, cluck, clack [hen, rooster, poultry]; chuck, chuckle; hoot, hoo [owl]; chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, cuckoo, warble, trill, tweet, pipe, whistle [small birds]; hum [insects, hummingbird]; buzz [flying insects, bugs]; hiss [snakes, geese]; blatter†; ratatat [woodpecker]. Adj. crying &c. v.; blatant, latrant†, remugient†, mugient†; deep-mouthed, full-mouthed; rebellowing†, reboant†. Adv. in full cry. |
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#413. Melody. Concord — N. melody, rhythm, measure; rhyme &c. (poetry) 597. pitch, timbre, intonation, tone. scale, gamut; diapason; diatonic chromatic scale†, enharmonic scale†; key, clef, chords. modulation, temperament, syncope, syncopation, preparation, suspension, resolution. staff, stave, line, space, brace; bar, rest; appoggiato†, appoggiatura†; acciaccatura†. note, musical note, notes of a scale; sharp, flat, natural; high note &c. (shrillness) 410; low note &c. 408; interval; semitone; second, third, fourth &c.; diatessaron†. breve, semibreve [Mus.], minim, crotchet, quaver; semiquaver, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver; sustained note, drone, burden. tonic; key note, leading note, fundamental note; supertonic†, mediant†, dominant; submediant†, subdominant†; octave, tetrachord†; major key, minor key, major scale, minor scale, major mode, minor mode; passage, phrase. concord, harmony; emmeleia†; unison, unisonance†; chime, homophony; euphony, euphonism†; tonality; consonance; consent; part. [Science of harmony] harmony, harmonics; thorough-bass, fundamental-bass; counterpoint; faburden†. piece of music &c. 415 [Fr.]; composer, harmonist†, contrapuntist (musician) 416. V. be harmonious &c. adj.; harmonize, chime, symphonize†, transpose; put in tune, tune, accord, string. Adj. harmonious, harmonical†; in concord &c. n., in tune, in concert; unisonant†, concentual†, symphonizing†, isotonic, homophonous†, assonant; ariose†, consonant. measured, rhythmical, diatonic†, chromatic, enharmonic†. melodious, musical; melic†; tuneful, tunable; sweet, dulcet, canorous†; mellow, mellifluous; soft, clear, clear as a bell; silvery; euphonious, euphonic, euphonical†; symphonious; enchanting &c. (pleasure-giving) 829; fine-toned, full-toned, silver-toned. Adv. harmoniously, in harmony; as one &c. adj.. Phr. the hidden soul of harmony" [Milton]. |
#414. Discord — N. discord, discordance; dissonance, cacophony, want of harmony, caterwauling; harshness &c. 410. [Confused sounds], Babel, Dutch concert, cat's concert; marrowbones and cleavers. V. be discordant &c. adj.; jar &c. (sound harshly) 410. Adj. discordant; dissonant, absonant†; out of tune, tuneless; unmusical, untunable†; unmelodious, immelodious†; unharmonious†, inharmonious; singsong; cacophonous; harsh &c. 410; jarring. |
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#415. Music — N. music; concert; strain, tune, air; melody &c. 413; aria, arietta†; piece of music [Fr.], work, number, opus; sonata; rondo, rondeau [Fr.]; pastorale, cavatina†, roulade†, fantasia, concerto, overture, symphony, variations, cadenza; cadence; fugue, canon, quodlibet, serenade, notturno [It], dithyramb; opera, operetta; oratorio; composition, movement; stave; passamezzo [It], toccata, Vorspiel [G.]. instrumental music; full score; minstrelsy, tweedledum and tweedledee, band, orchestra; concerted piece [Fr.], potpourri, capriccio. vocal music, vocalism†; chaunt, chant; psalm, psalmody; hymn; song &c. (poem) 597; canticle, canzonet†, cantata, bravura, lay, ballad, ditty, carol, pastoral, recitative, recitativo†, solfeggio†. Lydian measures; slow music, slow movement; adagio &c. adv.; minuet; siren strains, soft music, lullaby; dump; dirge &c. (lament) 839; pibroch†; martial music, march; dance music; waltz &c. (dance) 840. solo, duet, duo, trio; quartet, quartett†; septett†; part song, descant, glee, madrigal, catch, round, chorus, chorale; antiphon†, antiphony; accompaniment, second, bass; score; bourdon†, drone, morceau†, terzetto†. composer &c. 413; musician &c. 416. V. compose, perform &c. 416; attune. Adj. musical; instrumental, vocal, choral, lyric, operatic; harmonious &c. 413; Wagnerian. Adv. adagio; largo, larghetto, andante, andantino†; alla capella [It]; maestoso†, moderato; allegro, allegretto; spiritoso†, vivace†, veloce†; presto, prestissimo†; con brio; capriccioso†; scherzo, scherzando†; legato, staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, rallentando†, affettuoso†; obbligato; pizzicato; desto†. Phr. in notes by distance made more sweet" [Collins]; like the faint exquisite music of a dream" [Moore]; music arose with its voluptuous swell" [Byron]; music is the universal language of mankind" [Longfellow]; music's golden tongue" [Keats]; the speech of angels" [Carlyle]; will sing the savageness out of a bear" [Othello]; music hath charms to soothe the savage beast. |
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#416. Musician [Performance of Music.] — N. musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel; bard &c. (poet) 597; [specific types of musicians] accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist; harper, fiddler, fifer†, trumpeter, piper, drummer; catgut scraper. band, orchestral waits. vocalist, melodist; singer, warbler; songster, chaunter†, chauntress†, songstress; cantatrice†. choir, quire, chorister; chorus, chorus singer; liedertafel [G.]. nightingale, philomel†, thrush; siren; bulbul, mavis; Pierides; sacred nine; Orpheus, Apollo†, the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore; tuneful nine, tuneful quire. composer &c. 413. performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization†. V. play, pipe, strike up, sweep the chords, tweedle, fiddle; strike the lyre, beat the drum; blow the horn, sound the horn, wind the horn; doodle; grind the organ; touch the guitar &c. (instruments) 417; thrum, strum, beat time. execute, perform; accompany; sing a second, play a second; compose, set to music, arrange. sing, chaunt, chant, hum, warble, carol, chirp, chirrup, lilt, purl, quaver, trill, shake, twitter, whistle; sol-fa†; intone. have an ear for music, have a musical ear, have a correct ear. Adj. playing &c. v.; musical. Adv. adagio, andante &c. (music) 415. |
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#417. Musical Instruments — N. musical instruments; band; string-band, brass-band; orchestra; orchestrina†. [Stringed instruments], monochord†, polychord†; harp, lyre, lute, archlute†; mandola†, mandolin, mandoline†; guitar; zither; cither†, cithern†; gittern†, rebeck†, bandurria†, bandura, banjo; bina†, vina†; xanorphica†. viol, violin, fiddle, kit; viola, viola d'amore [Fr.], viola di gamba [It]; tenor, cremona, violoncello, bass; bass viol, base viol; theorbo†, double base, contrabasso†, violone†, psaltery [Slang]; bow, fiddlestick†. piano, pianoforte; harpsichord, clavichord, clarichord†, manichord†; clavier, spinet, virginals, dulcimer, hurdy-gurdy, vielle†, pianino†, Eolian harp. [Wind instruments]; organ, harmonium, harmoniphon†; American organ†, barrel organ, hand organ; accordion, seraphina†, concertina; humming top. flute, fife, piccolo, flageolet; clarinet, claronet†; basset horn, corno di bassetto [It], oboe, hautboy, cor Anglais [Fr.], corno Inglese†, bassoon, double bassoon, contrafagotto†, serpent, bass clarinet; bagpipes, union pipes; musette, ocarina, Pandean pipes; reed instrument; sirene†, pipe, pitch-pipe; sourdet†; whistle, catcall; doodlesack†, harmoniphone†. horn, bugle, cornet, cornet-a-pistons, cornopean†, clarion, trumpet, trombone, ophicleide†; French horn, saxophone, sax [Slang], buglehorn†, saxhorn, flugelhorn†, althorn†, helicanhorn†, posthorn†; sackbut, euphonium, bombardon tuba†. [Vibrating surfaces] cymbal, bell, gong; tambour†, tambourine, tamborine†; drum, tom-tom; tabor, tabret†, tabourine†, taborin†; side drum, kettle drum; timpani, tympani†; tymbal†, timbrel†, castanet, bones; musical glasses, musical stones; harmonica, sounding-board, rattle; tam-tam, zambomba†. [Vibrating bars] reed, tuning fork, triangle, Jew's harp, musical box, harmonicon†, xylophone. sordine†, sordet†; sourdine†, sourdet†; mute. |
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#418. [Sense of sound.] Hearing — N. hearing &c. v.; audition, auscultation; eavesdropping; audibility. acute ear, nice ear, delicate ear, quick ear, sharp ear, correct ear, musical ear; ear for music. ear, auricle, lug, acoustic organs, auditory apparatus; eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane. [devices to aid human hearing by amplifying sound] ear trumpet, speaking trumpet, hearing aid, stethoscope. [distance within which direct hearing is possible] earshot, hearing distance, hearing, hearing range, sound, carrying distance. [devices for talking beyond hearing distance: list] telephone, phone, telephone booth, intercom, house phone, radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless, wireless telephone, mobile telephone, car radio, police radio, two-way radio, walkie-talkie [Mil.], handie-talkie, citizen's band, CB, amateur radio, ham radio, short-wave radio, police band, ship-to-shore radio, airplane radio, control tower communication; (communication) 525, 527, 529, 531, 532; electronic devices [devices for recording and reproducing recorded sound], phonograph, gramophone, megaphone, phonorganon†. [device to convert sound to electrical signals] microphone, directional microphone, mike, hand mike, lapel microphone. [devices to convert recorded sound to electronic signals] phonograph needle, stylus, diamond stylus, pickup; reading head (electronic devices). hearer, auditor, listener, eavesdropper, listener-in. auditory, audience. [science of hearing] otology, otorhinolaryngology. [physicians specializing in hearing] otologist, otorhinolaryngologist. V. hear, overhear; hark, harken; list, listen, pay attention, take heed; give an ear, lend an ear, bend an ear; catch, catch a sound, prick up one's ears; give ear, give a hearing, give audience to. hang upon the lips of, be all ears, listen with both ears. become audible; meet the ear, fall upon the ear, catch the ear, reach the ear; be heard; ring in the ear &c. (resound) 408. Adj. hearing &c. v.; auditory, auricular, acoustic; phonic. Adv. arrectis auribus [Lat.]. Int. hark, hark ye!, hear!, list, listen!, O yes!, Oyez!, listen up [Coll.]; listen here!, hear ye!, attention!, achtung [G.]. |
#419. Deafness — N. deafness, hardness of hearing, surdity†; inaudibility, inaudibleness†. V. be deaf &c. adj.; have no ear; shut one's ears, stop one's ears, close one's ears; turn a deaf ear to. render deaf, stun, deafen. Adj. deaf, earless†, surd; hard of hearing, dull of hearing; deaf-mute, stunned, deafened; stone deaf; deaf as a post, deaf as an adder, deaf as a beetle, deaf as a trunkmaker†. inaudible, out of hearing. Phr. hear no evil. |
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#420. Light — N. light, ray, beam, stream, gleam, streak, pencil; sunbeam, moonbeam; aurora. day; sunshine; light of day, light of heaven; moonlight, starlight, sunlight &c. (luminary) 432; daylight, broad daylight, noontide light; noontide, noonday, noonday sun. glow &c. v.; glimmering &c. v.; glint; play of light, flood of light; phosphorescence, lambent flame. flush, halo, glory, nimbus, aureola. spark, scintilla; facula; sparkling &c. v.; emication†, scintillation, flash, blaze, coruscation, fulguration†; flame &c. (fire) 382; lightning, levin†, ignis fatuus [Lat.], &c. (luminary) 423. luster, sheen, shimmer, reflexion [Brit.], reflection; gloss, tinsel, spangle, brightness, brilliancy, splendor; effulgence, refulgence; fulgor†, fulgidity†; dazzlement†, resplendence, transplendency†; luminousness &c. adj.; luminosity; lucidity; renitency†, nitency†; radiance, radiation; irradiation, illumination. actinic rays, actinism; Roentgen-ray, Xray; photography, heliography; photometer &c. 445. [Science of light] optics; photology†, photometry; dioptrics†, catoptrics†. [Distribution of light] chiaroscuro, clairobscur†, clear obscure, breadth, light and shade, black and white, tonality. reflection, refraction, dispersion; refractivity. V. shine, glow, glitter; glister, glisten; twinkle, gleam; flare, flare up; glare, beam, shimmer, glimmer, flicker, sparkle, scintillate, coruscate, flash, blaze; be bright &c. adj.; reflect light, daze, dazzle, bedazzle, radiate, shoot out beams; fulgurate. clear up, brighten. lighten, enlighten; levin†; light, light up; irradiate, shine upon; give out a light, hang out a light; cast light upon, cast light in, throw light upon, throw light in, shed light upon, shed luster upon; illume†, illumine, illuminate; relume†, strike a light; kindle &c. (set fire to) 384. Adj. shining &c. v.; luminous, luminiferous†; lucid, lucent, luculent†, lucific†, luciferous; light, lightsome; bright, vivid, splendent†, nitid†, lustrous, shiny, beamy†, scintillant†, radiant, lambent; sheen, sheeny; glossy, burnished, glassy, sunny, orient, meridian; noonday, tide; cloudless, clear; unclouded, unobscured†. gairish†, garish; resplendent, transplendent†; refulgent, effulgent; fulgid†, fulgent†; relucent†, splendid, blazing, in a blaze, ablaze, rutilant†, meteoric, phosphorescent; aglow. bright as silver; light as day, bright as day, light as noonday, bright as noonday, bright as the sun at noonday. actinic; photogenic, graphic; heliographic; heliophagous†. Phr. a day for gods to stoop and men to soar" [Tennyson]; dark with excessive bright" [Milton]. |
#421. Darkness — N. darkness &c. adj., absence of light; blackness &c. (dark color) 431; obscurity, gloom, murk; dusk &c. (dimness) 422. Cimmerian darkness†, Stygian darkness, Egyptian darkness; night; midnight; dead of night, witching hour of night, witching time of night; blind man's holiday; darkness visible, darkness that can be felt; palpable obscure; Erebus [Lat.]; the jaws of darkness" [Midsummer Night's Dream]; sablevested night" [Milton]. shade, shadow, umbra, penumbra; sciagraphy†. obscuration; occultation, adumbration, obumbration†; obtenebration†, offuscation†, caligation†; extinction; eclipse, total eclipse; gathering of the clouds. shading; distribution of shade; chiaroscuro &c. (light) 420. noctivagation†. [perfectly black objects] black body; hohlraum [Phys.]; black hole; dark star; dark matter, cold dark matter. V. be dark &c. adj.. darken, obscure, shade; dim; tone down, lower; overcast, overshadow; eclipse; obfuscate, offuscate†; obumbrate†, adumbrate; cast into the shade becloud, bedim†, bedarken†; cast a shade, throw a shade, spread a shade, cast a shadow, cast a gloom, throw a shadow, spread a shadow, cast gloom, throw gloom, spread gloom. extinguish; put out, blow out, snuff out; doubt. turn out the lights, douse the lights, dim the lights, turn off the lights, switch off the lights. Adj. dark, darksome†, darkling; obscure, tenebrious†, sombrous†, pitch dark, pitchy, pitch black; caliginous†; black &c. (in color) 431. sunless, lightless &c. (sun) (light), &c. 423; somber, dusky; unilluminated &c. (illuminate) &c. 420†; nocturnal; dingy, lurid, gloomy; murky, murksome†; shady, umbrageous; overcast &c. (dim) 422; cloudy &c. (opaque) 426; darkened; &c. v.. dark as pitch, dark as a pit, dark as Erebus [Lat.]. benighted; noctivagant†, noctivagous†. Adv. in the dark, in the shade. Phr. brief as the lightning in the collied night" [M. N. D.]; eldest Night and Chaos, ancestors of Nature" [Paradise Lost]; the blackness of the noonday night" [Longfellow]; the prayer of Ajax was for light" [Longfellow]. #422. Dimness — N. dimness &c. adj.; darkness &c. 421; paleness &c. (light color) 429. half light, demi-jour; partial shadow, partial eclipse; shadow of a shade; glimmer, gliming†; nebulosity; cloud &c. 353; eclipse. aurora, dusk, twilight, shades of evening, crepuscule, cockshut time†; break of day, daybreak, dawn. moonlight, moonbeam, moonglade†, moonshine; starlight, owl's light, candlelight, rushlight, firelight; farthing candle. V. be dim, grow dim &c. adj.; flicker, twinkle, glimmer; loom, lower; fade; pale, pale its ineffectual fire [Hamlet]. render dim &c. adj.; dim, bedim†, obscure; darken, tone down. Adj. dim, dull, lackluster, dingy, darkish, shorn of its beams, dark 421. faint, shadowed forth; glassy; cloudy; misty &c. (opaque) 426; blear; muggy†, fuliginous†; nebulous, nebular; obnubilated†, overcast, crepuscular, muddy, lurid, leaden, dun, dirty; looming &c. v.. pale &c. (colorless) 429; confused &c. (invisible) 447. |
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#423. [Source of light, self-luminous body.] Luminary — N. luminary; light &c. 420; flame &c. (fire) 382. spark, scintilla; phosphorescence, fluorescence. sun, orb of day, Phoebus, Apollo†, Aurora; star, orb; meteor, falling star, shooting star; blazing star, dog star, Sirius; canicula, Aldebaran†; constellation, galaxy; zodiacal light; anthelion†; day star, morning star; Lucifer; mock sun, parhelion; phosphor, phosphorus; sun dog†; Venus. aurora, polar lights; northern lights, aurora borealis; southern lights, aurora australis. lightning; chain lightning, fork lightning, sheet lightning, summer lightning; ball lightning, kugelblitz [G.]; [chemical substances giving off light without burning] phosphorus, yellow phosphorus; scintillator, phosphor; firefly luminescence. ignis fatuus [Lat.]; Jack o'lantern, Friar's lantern; will-o'-the-wisp, firedrake†, Fata Morgana [Lat.]; Saint Elmo's fire. [luminous insects] glowworm, firefly, June bug, lightning bug. [luminous fish] anglerfish. [Artificial light] gas; gas light, lime light, lantern, lanthorn†; dark lantern, bull's-eye; candle, bougie [Fr.], taper, rushlight; oil &c. (grease) 356; wick, burner; Argand†, moderator, duplex; torch, flambeau, link, brand; gaselier†, chandelier, electrolier†, candelabrum, candelabra, girandole†, sconce, luster, candlestick. [non-combustion based light sources] lamp, light; incandescent lamp, tungsten bulb, light bulb; flashlight, torch [Brit.]; arc light; laser; [microwave radiation]; maser neon bulb, neon sign; fluorescent lamp. [parts of a light bulb] filament; socket; contacts; filler gas. firework, fizgig†; pyrotechnics; rocket, lighthouse &c. (signal) 550. V. illuminate &c. (light) 420. Adj. self-luminous, glowing; phosphoric†, phosphorescent, fluorescent; incandescent; luminescent, chemiluminescent; radiant &c. (light) 420. Phr. blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels" [Longfellow]; the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky" [Campbell]; the planets in their station list'ning stood" [Paradise Lost]; the Scriptures of the skies" [Bailey]; that orbed continent, the fire that severs day from that orbed continent, the fire that severs day from night" [Twelfth Night]. |
#424. Shade — N. shade; awning &c. (cover) 223; parasol, sunshade, umbrella; chick; portiere; screen, curtain, shutter, blind, gauze, veil, chador, mantle, mask; cloud, mist, gathering. of clouds. umbrage, glade; shadow &c. 421. beach umbrella, folding umbrella. V. draw a curtain; put up a shutter, close a shutter; veil &c. v.; cast a shadow &c. (darken) 421. Adj. shady, umbrageous. Phr. welcome ye shades! ye bowery thickets hail" [Thomson]. |
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#425. Transparency — N. transparence, transparency; clarity; translucence, translucency; diaphaneity†; lucidity, pellucidity†, limpidity; fluorescence; transillumination, translumination†. transparent medium, glass, crystal, lymph, vitrite†, water. V. be transparent &c. adj.; transmit light. Adj. transparent, pellucid, lucid, diaphanous, translucent, tralucent†, relucent†; limpid, clear, serene, crystalline, clear as crystal, vitreous, transpicuous†, glassy, hyaline; hyaloid [Med.], vitreform†. |
#426. Opacity — N. opacity; opaqueness &c. adj.. film; cloud &c. 353. V. be opaque &c. adj.; obstruct the passage of light; obfuscate, offuscate†. Adj. opaque, impervious to light; adiaphanous†; dim &c. 422; turbid, thick, muddy, opacous†, obfuscated, fuliginous†, cloud, hazy, misty, foggy, vaporous, nubiferous†, muggy† &c. (turbidity) 426.1. smoky, fumid†, murky, dirty. #426a. Turbidity — N. turbidity, cloudiness, fog, haze, muddiness, haziness, obscurity. nephelometer [instrument to measure turbidity]. Adj. turbid, thick, muddy, obfuscated, fuliginous†, hazy, misty, foggy, vaporous, nubiferous†; cloudy (cloud) 353. smoky, fumid†, murky, dirty. |
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#427. Semitransparency — N. semitransparency, translucency, semiopacity; opalescence, milkiness, pearliness†; gauze, muslin; film; mica, mother-of-pearl, nacre; mist &c. (cloud) 353. [opalescent jewel] opal. turbidity &c. 426.1. Adj. semitransparent, translucent, semipellucid†, semidiaphanous†, semiopacous†, semiopaque; opalescent, opaline†; pearly, milky; frosted, nacreous. V. opalesce. |
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#428. Color — N. color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush; tone, key. pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive complementary color; three primaries; spectrum, chromatic dispersion; broken color, secondary color, tertiary color. local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective. [Science of color] chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy; chromatism†, chromatography†, chromatology†. [instruments to measure color] prism, spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrometer, colorimeter (optical instruments) 445. pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain; medium; mordant; oil paint &c. (painting) 556. V. color, dye, tinge, stain, tint, tinct†, paint, wash, ingrain, grain, illuminate, emblazon, bedizen, imbue; paint &c. (fine art) 556. Adj. colored &c. v.; colorific†, tingent†, tinctorial†; chromatic, prismatic; full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored; doubly-dyed; polychromatic; chromatogenous†; tingible†. bright, vivid, intense, deep; fresh, unfaded†; rich, gorgeous; gay. gaudy, florid; gay, garish; rainbow-colored, multihued; showy, flaunting, flashy; raw, crude; glaring, flaring; discordant, inharmonious. mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined. |
#429. [Absence of color.] Achromatism — N. achromatism†; decoloration†, discoloration; pallor, pallidness, pallidity†; paleness &c. adj.; etiolation; neutral tint, monochrome, black and white. V. lose color &c. 428; fade, fly, go; become colorless &c. adj.; turn pale, pale. deprive of color, decolorize, bleach, tarnish, achromatize, blanch, etiolate, wash out, tone down. Adj. uncolored &c. (color) &c. 428; colorless, achromatic, aplanatic†; etiolate, etiolated; hueless†, pale, pallid; palefaced†, tallow-faced; faint, dull, cold, muddy, leaden, dun, wan, sallow, dead, dingy, ashy, ashen, ghastly, cadaverous, glassy, lackluster; discolored &c. v.. light-colored, fair, blond; white &c. 430. pale as death, pale as ashes, pale as a witch, pale as a ghost, pale as a corpse, white as a corpse. |
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#430. Whiteness — N. whiteness &c. adj.; argent. albification†, etiolation; lactescence†. snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster; albata†, eburin†, German silver, white metal, barium sulphate [Chem], titanium oxide, blanc fixe [Fr.], ceruse†, pearl white; white lead, carbonate of lead. V. be white &c. adj.. render white &c. adj.; whiten, bleach, blanch, etiolate, whitewash, silver. Adj. white; milk-white, snow-white; snowy; niveous†, candid, chalky; hoar, hoary; silvery; argent, argentine; canescent†, cretaceous, lactescent†. whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond; blanched &c. v.; high in tone, light. white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver; like ivory &c. n.. |
#431. Blackness — N. blackness, &c. adj.; darkness, &c. (want of light).. 421; swartliness†, lividity, dark color, tone, color; chiaroscuro &c. 420. nigrification†, infuscation†. jet, ink, ebony, coal pitch, soot, charcoal, sloe, smut, raven, crow. [derogatory terms for black-skinned people] negro, blackamoor, man of color, nigger, darkie, Ethiop, black; buck, nigger [U.S.]; coon [U.S.], sambo. [Pigments] lampblack, ivory black, blueblack; writing ink, printing ink, printer's ink, Indian ink, India ink. V. be black &c. adj.; render black &c. adj.. blacken, infuscate†, denigrate; blot, blotch; smutch†; smirch; darken &c. 421. black, sable, swarthy, somber, dark, inky, ebony, ebon, atramentous†, jetty; coal-black, jet-black; fuliginous†, pitchy, sooty, swart, dusky, dingy, murky, Ethiopic; low-toned, low in tone; of the deepest dye. black as jet &c. n., black as my hat, black as a shoe, black as a tinker's pot, black as November, black as thunder, black as midnight; nocturnal &c. (dark) 421; nigrescent†; gray &c. 432; obscure &c. 421. Adv. in mourning. |
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#432. Gray — N. gray &c. adj.; neutral tint, silver, pepper and salt, chiaroscuro, grisaille [Fr.]. [Pigments] Payne's gray; black &c. 431. Adj. gray, grey; iron-gray, dun, drab, dingy, leaden, livid, somber, sad, pearly, russet, roan; calcareous, limy, favillous†; silver, silvery, silvered; ashen, ashy; cinereous†, cineritious†; grizzly, grizzled; slate-colored, stone-colored, mouse-colored, ash-colored; cool. |
#433. Brown — N. brown &c. adj.. [Pigments],, bister ocher, sepia, Vandyke brown. V. render brown &c. adj.; tan, embrown†, bronze. Adj. brown, bay, dapple, auburn, castaneous†, chestnut, nut-brown, cinnamon, russet, tawny, fuscous†, chocolate, maroon, foxy, tan, brunette, whitey brown†; fawn-colored, snuff-colored, liver-colored; brown as a berry, brown as mahogany, brown as the oak leaves; khaki. sun-burnt; tanned &c. v.. |
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#434. Redness — N. red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon, carnation, couleur de rose [Fr.], rose du Barry†; magenta, damask, purple; flesh color, flesh tint; color; fresh color, high color; warmth; gules [Heral.]. ruby, carbuncle; rose; rust, iron mold. [Dyes and pigments] cinnabar, cochineal; fuchsine†; ruddle†, madder; Indian red, light red, Venetian red; red ink, annotto†; annatto†, realgar, minium†, red lead. redness &c. adj.; rubescence†, rubicundity, rubification†; erubescence†, blush. V. be red, become red &c. adj.; blush, flush, color up, mantle, redden. render red &c. adj.; redden, rouge; rubify†, rubricate; incarnadine.; ruddle†. Adj. red &c. n., reddish; rufous, ruddy, florid, incarnadine, sanguine; rosy, roseate; blowzy, blowed†; burnt; rubicund, rubiform†; lurid, stammell blood red†; russet buff, murrey†, carroty†, sorrel, lateritious†; rubineous†, rubricate, rubricose†, rufulous†. rose-colored, ruby-colored, cherry-colored, claret-colored, flame-colored, flesh-colored, peach-colored, salmon-colored, brick-colored, brick-colored, dust-colored. blushing &c. v.; erubescent†; reddened &c. v.. red as fire, red as blood, red as scarlet, red as a turkey cock, red as a lobster; warm, hot; foxy. |
#435. Greenness — N. green &c. adj.; blue and yellow; vert [Heral.]. emerald, verd antique [Fr.], verdigris, malachite, beryl, aquamarine; absinthe, crême de menthe [Fr.]. [Pigments] terre verte [Fr.], verditer†, verdine†, copperas. greenness, verdure; viridity†, viridescence†; verditure†. [disease of eyes with green tint] glaucoma, rokunaisho [Jap.Tr.]. Adj. green, verdant; glaucous, olive, olive green; green as grass; verdurous. emerald green, pea green, grass green, apple green, sea green, olive green, bottle green, coke bottle green. greenish; virent†, virescent†. green (learner) 541, new, inexperienced, novice, (unskillful) 699. green (ill, sick). Phr. green with envy; the green grass of Ireland; the wearing of the green. |
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#436. Yellowness — N. yellow &c. adj.; or. [Pigments] gamboge; cadmium-yellow, chrome-yellow, Indian-yellow king's-yellow, lemonyellow; orpiment†, yellow ocher, Claude tint, aureolin†; xanthein [Chem], xanthin†; zaofulvin†. crocus, saffron, topaz; xanthite†; yolk. jaundice; London fog†; yellowness &c. adj.; icterus†; xantho-cyanopia†, xanthopsia [Med.]. Adj. yellow, aureate, golden, flavous†, citrine, fallow; fulvous†, fulvid†; sallow, luteous†, tawny, creamy, sandy; xanthic†, xanthous†; jaundiced†, auricomous†. gold-colored, citron-colored, saffron-colored, lemon-colored, lemon yellow, sulphur-colored, amber-colored, straw-colored, primrose-colored, creamcolored; xanthocarpous†, xanthochroid†, xanthopous†. yellow as a quince, yellow as a guinea, yellow as a crow's foot. warm, advancing. |
#437. Purple — N. purple &c. adj.; blue and red, bishop's purple; aniline dyes, gridelin†, amethyst; purpure [Heral.]; heliotrope. lividness, lividity. V. empurple†. Adj. purple, violet, ultraviolet; plum-colored, lavender, lilac, puce, mauve; livid. |
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#438. Blueness — N. blue &c. adj.; garter-blue; watchet†. [Pigments] ultramarine, smalt, cobalt, cyanogen [Chem]; Prussian blue, syenite blue†; bice†, indigo; zaffer†. lapis lazuli, sapphire, turquoise; indicolite†. blueness, bluishness; bloom. Adj. blue, azure, cerulean; sky-blue, sky-colored, sky-dyed; cerulescent†; powder blue, bluish; atmospheric, retiring; cold. |
#439. Orange — N. orange, red and yellow; gold; or; flame color &c. adj.. [Pigments] ocher, Mars'orange†, cadmium. cardinal bird, cardinal flower, cardinal grosbeak, cardinal lobelia (a flowering plant). V. gild, warm. Adj. orange; ochreous†; orange-colored, gold-colored, flame-colored, copper-colored, brass-colored, apricot-colored; warm, hot, glowing. |
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#440. Variegation — N. variegation; colors, dichroism, trichroism; iridescence, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae. spectrum, rainbow, iris, tulip, peacock, chameleon, butterfly, tortoise shell; mackerel, mackerel sky; zebra, leopard, cheetah, nacre, ocelot, ophite†, mother-of-pearl, opal, marble. check, plaid, tartan, patchwork; marquetry-, parquetry; mosaic, tesserae†, strigae†; chessboard, checkers, chequers; harlequin; Joseph's coat; tricolor. V. be variegated &c. adj.; variegate, stripe, streak, checker, chequer; bespeckle†, speckle; besprinkle, sprinkle; stipple, maculate, dot, bespot†; tattoo, inlay, damascene; embroider, braid, quilt. Adj. variegated &c. v.; many-colored, many-hued; divers-colored, party-colored; dichromatic, polychromatic; bicolor†, tricolor, versicolor†; of all the colors of the rainbow, of all manner of colors; kaleidoscopic. iridescent; opaline†, opalescent; prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon, chatoyant†; irisated†, pavonine†. pied, piebald; motley; mottled, marbled; pepper and salt, paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous†. mosaic, tesselated, plaid; tortoise shell &c. n.. spotted, spotty; punctated†, powdered; speckled &c. v.; freckled, flea-bitten, studded; flecked, fleckered†; striated, barred, veined; brinded†, brindled; tabby; watered; grizzled; listed; embroidered &c. v.; daedal†; naevose†, stipiform†; strigose†, striolate†. |
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#441. Vision — N. vision, sight, optics, eyesight. view, look, espial†, glance, ken [Scot.], coup d'oeil [Fr.]; glimpse, glint, peep; gaze, stare, leer; perlustration†, contemplation; conspection†, conspectuity†; regard, survey; introspection; reconnaissance, speculation, watch, espionage, espionnage [Fr.], autopsy; ocular inspection, ocular demonstration; sight-seeing. point of view; gazebo, loophole, belvedere, watchtower. field of view; theater, amphitheater, arena, vista, horizon; commanding view, bird's eye view; periscope. visual organ, organ of vision; eye; naked eye, unassisted eye; retina, pupil, iris, cornea, white; optics, orbs; saucer eyes, goggle eyes, gooseberry eyes. short sight &c. 443; clear sight, sharp sight, quick sight, eagle sight, piercing sight, penetrating sight, clear glance, sharp glance, quick glance, eagle glance, piercing glance, penetrating glance, clear eye, sharp eye, quick eye, eagle eye, piercing eye, penetrating eye; perspicacity, discernment; catopsis†. eagle, hawk; cat, lynx; Argus†. evil eye; basilisk, cockatrice [Myth.]. V. see, behold, discern, perceive, have in sight, descry, sight, make out, discover, distinguish, recognize, spy, espy, ken [Scot.]; get a sight of, have a sight of, catch a sight of, get a glimpse of, have a glimpse of, catch a glimpse of; command a view of; witness, contemplate, speculate; cast the eyes on, set the eyes on; be a spectator of &c. 444; look on &c. (be present) 186; see sights &c. (curiosity) 455; see at a glance &c. (intelligence) 498. look, view, eye; lift up the eyes, open one's eye; look at, look on, look upon, look over, look about one, look round; survey, scan, inspect; run the eye over, run the eye through; reconnoiter, glance round, glance on, glance over turn one's looks upon, bend one's looks upon; direct the eyes to, turn the eyes on, cast a glance. observe &c. (attend to) 457; watch &c. (care) 459; see with one's own eyes; watch for &c. (expect) 507; peep, peer, pry, take a peep; play at bopeep†. look full in the face, look hard at, look intently; strain one's eyes; fix the eyes upon, rivet the eyes upon; stare, gaze; pore over, gloat on; leer, ogle, glare; goggle; cock the eye, squint, gloat, look askance. Adj. seeing &c. v.; visual, ocular; optic, optical; ophthalmic. clear-eyesighted &c. n.; eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, lynx-eyed, keen-eyed, Argus-eyed. visible &c. 446. Adv. visibly &c. 446; in sight of, with one's eyes open at sight, at first sight, at a glance, at the first blush; prima facie [Lat.]. Int. look!, &c. (attention) 457. Phr. the scales falling from one's eyes; an eye like Mars to threaten or command" [Hamlet]; her eyes are homes of silent prayer" [Tennyson]; looking before and after" [Hamlet]; thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes" [Milton]. |
#442. Blindness — N. blindness, cecity†, excecation†, amaurosis†, cataract, ablepsy†, ablepsia†, prestriction†; dim-sightedness &c. 443; Braille, Braille-type; guttaserena (drop serene), noctograph†, teichopsia†. V. be blind &c. adj.; not see; lose sight of; have the eyes bandaged; grope in the dark. not look; close the eyes, shut the eyes-, turn away the eyes, avert the eyes; look another way; wink &c. (limited vision) 443; shut the eyes to, be blind to, wink at, blink at. render blind &c. adj.; blind, blindfold; hoodwink, dazzle, put one's eyes out; throw dust into one's eyes, pull the wool over one's eyes; jeter de la poudre aux yeux [Fr.]; screen from sight &c. (hide) 528. Adj. blind; eyeless, sightless, visionless; dark; stone-blind, sand-blind, stark-blind; undiscerning†; dimsighted &c. 443. blind as a bat, blind as a buzzard, blind as a beetle, blind as a mole, blind as an owl; wall-eyed. blinded &c. v.. Adv. blindly, blindfold, blindfolded; darkly. Phr. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon" [Milton]. |
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#443. [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness [Fallacies of vision.] — N. dim sight, dull sight half sight, short sight, near sight, long sight, double sight, astigmatic sight, failing sight; dimsightedness &c.; purblindness, lippitude†; myopia, presbyopia†; confusion of vision; astigmatism; color blindness, chromato pseudo blepsis†, Daltonism; nyctalopia†; strabismus, strabism†, squint; blearedness†, day blindness, hemeralopia†, nystagmus; xanthocyanopia†, xanthopsia [Med.]; cast in the eye, swivel eye, goggle-eyes; obliquity of vision. winking &c. v.; nictitation; blinkard†, albino. dizziness, swimming, scotomy†; cataract; ophthalmia. [Limitation of vision] blinker; screen &c. (hider) 530. [Fallacies of vision] deceptio visus [Lat.]; refraction, distortion, illusion, false light, anamorphosis†, virtual image, spectrum, mirage, looming, phasma†; phantasm, phantasma†, phantom; vision; specter, apparition, ghost; ignis fatuus [Lat.] &c. (luminary) 423; specter of the Brocken; magic mirror; magic lantern &c. (show) 448; mirror lens &c. (instrument) 445. V. be dimsighted &c. n.; see double; have a mote in the eye, have a mist before the eyes, have a film over the eyes; see through a prism, see through a glass darkly; wink, blink, nictitate; squint; look askant†, askant askance†; screw up the eyes, glare, glower; nictate†. dazzle, loom. Adj. dim-sighted &c. n.; myopic, presbyopic†; astigmatic, moon-eyed, mope-eyed, blear-eyed, goggle-eyed, gooseberry-eyed, one-eyed; blind of one eye, monoculous†; half-blind, purblind; cock-eyed, dim-eyed, mole-eyed; dichroic. blind as a bat &c. (blind) 442; winking &c. v.. |
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#444. Spectator — N. spectator, beholder, observer, looker-on, onlooker, witness, eyewitness, bystander, passer by; sightseer; rubberneck, rubbernecker [U.S.]. spy; sentinel &c. (warning) 668. V. witness, behold &c. (see) 441; look on &c. (be present) 186; gawk, rubber [Slang], rubberneck [U.S.]. |
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#445. Optical Instruments — N. optical instruments; lens, meniscus, magnifier, sunglass, magnifying glass, hand lens; microscope, megascope†, tienoscope†. spectacles, specs [Coll.], glasses, barnacles, goggles, eyeglass, pince-nez, monocle, reading glasses, bifocals; contact lenses, soft lenses, hard lenses; sunglasses, shades [Coll.]. periscopic lens†; telescope, glass, lorgnette; spyglass, opera glass, binocular, binoculars, field glass; burning glass, convex lens, concave lens, convexo-concave lens†, coated lens, multiple lens, compound lens, lens system, telephoto lens, wide-angle lens, fish-eye lens, zoom lens; optical bench. astronomical telescope, reflecting telescope, reflector, refracting telescope, refractor, Newtonian telescope, folded-path telescope, finder telescope, chromatoscope; X-ray telescope; radiotelescope, phased-array telescope, Very Large Array radiotelescope; ultraviolet telescope; infrared telescope; star spectroscope; space telescope. [telescope mounts] altazimuth mount, equatorial mount. refractometer, circular dichroism spectrometer. interferometer. phase-contrast microscope, fluorescence microscope, dissecting microscope; electron microscope, transmission electron microscope; scanning electron microscope, SEM; scanning tunneling electron microscope. [microscope components] objective lens, eyepiece, barrel, platform, focusing knob; slide, slide glass, cover glass, counting chamber; illuminator, light source, polarizer, [component parts of telescopes] reticle, cross-hairs. light pipe, fiber optics mirror, reflector, speculum; looking-glass, pier-glass, cheval-glass, rear-view mirror, hand mirror, one-way mirror, magnifying mirror. [room with distorting mirrors] fun house. prism, diffraction grating; beam splitter, half-wave plate, quarter-wave plate. camera lucida [Lat.], camera obscura [Lat.]; magic lantern &c. (show) 448; stereopticon; chromatrope†, thaumatrope†; stereoscope, pseudoscope†, polyscope†, kaleidoscope. photometer, eriometer†, actinometer†, lucimeter†, radiometer; ligth detector, photodiode, photomultiplier, photodiode array, photocell. X-ray diffractometer, goniometer. spectrometer, monochrometer, UV spectrometer, visible spectrometer, Infrared spectrometer, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, recording spectrometer; densitometer, scanning densitometer, two-dimensional densitometer. abdominoscope†, gastroscope [Med.], helioscope†, polariscope†, polemoscope†, spectroscope. abdominoscopy†; gastroscopy [Med.]; microscopy, microscopist. |
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#446. Visibility — N. visibility, perceptibility; conspicuousness, distinctness &c. adj.; conspicuity†, conspicuousness; appearance &c. 448; bassetting†; exposure; manifestation &c. 525; ocular proof, ocular evidence, ocular demonstration; field of view &c. (vision) 441; periscopism†. V. be become visible &c. adj.; appear, open to the view; meet the eye, catch the eye; basset; present itself, show manifest itself, produce itself, discover itself, reveal itself, expose itself, betray itself; stand forth, stand out; materialize; show; arise; peep out, peer out, crop out; start up, spring up, show up, turn up, crop up; glimmer, loom; glare; burst forth; burst upon the view, burst upon the sight; heave in sight; come in sight, come into view, come out, come forth, come forward; see the light of day; break through the clouds; make its appearance, show its face, appear to one's eyes, come upon the stage, float before the eyes, speak for itself &c. (manifest) 525; attract the attention &c. 457; reappear; live in a glass house. expose to view &c. 525. Adj. visible, perceptible, perceivable, discernible, apparent; in view, in full view, in sight; exposed to view, en vidence; unclouded, unobscured†, in the foreground. obvious &c. (manifest) 525; plain, clear, distinct, definite; well defined, well marked; in focus; recognizable, palpable, autoptical†; glaring, staring, conspicuous; stereoscopic; in bold, in strong relief. periscopic†, panoramic. before one's eyes, under one's eyes; before one, à vue d'oeil [Fr.], in one's eye, oculis subjecta fidelibus [Lat.]. Adv. visibly &c. adj.; in sight of; before one's eyes &c. adj.; veluti in speculum [Lat.]. |
#447. Invisibility — N. invisibility, invisibleness, nonappearance, imperceptibility; indistinctness &c. adj.; mystery, delitescence†. concealment &c. 528; latency &c. 526. V. be invisible &c. adj.; be hidden &c. (hide) 528; lurk &c. (lie hidden) 526; escape notice. render invisible &c. adj.; conceal &c. 528; put out of sight. not see &c. (be blind) 442; lose sight of. Adj. invisible, imperceptible; undiscernible†, indiscernible; unapparent, non-apparent; out of sight, not in sight; a perte de vue [Fr.]; behind the scenes, behind the curtain; viewless, sightless; inconspicuous, unconspicuous†; unseen &c. (see) &c. 441; covert &c. (latent) 526; eclipsed, under an eclipse. dim &c. (faint) 422; mysterious, dark, obscure, confused; indistinct, indistinguishable; shadowy, indefinite, undefined; ill-defined, ill-marked; blurred, fuzzy, out of focus; misty &c. (opaque) 426; delitescent†. hidden, obscured, covered, veiled (concealed) 528. Phr. full many a flower is born to blush unseen" [Gray]. |
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#448. Appearance — N. appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration†, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil [Fr.]; lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau; display, exposure, mise en sc ne [Fr.]; rising of the curtain. phantasm, phantom &c. (fallacy of vision) 443. pageant, spectacle; peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show; ombres chinoises [Sp.]; magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views; biograph†, cinematograph, moving pictures; panorama, diorama, cosmorama†, georama†; coup de theatre, jeu de theatre [Fr.]; pageantry &c. (ostentation) 882; insignia &c. (indication) 550. aspect, angle, phase, phasis†, seeming; shape &c. (form) 240; guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor; presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing; point of view, light. lineament feature trait lines; outline, outside; contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz., cast of countenance, profile, tournure†, cut of one s jib, metoposcopy†; outside &c. 220. V. appear; be visible, become visible &c. 446; seem, look, show; present the appearance of, wear the appearance of, carry the appearance of, have the appearance of, bear the appearance of, exhibit the appearance of, take the appearance of, take on the appearance of, assume the appearance, present the semblance of, wear the semblance of, carry the semblance of, have the semblance of, bear the semblance of, exhibit the semblance of, take the semblance of, take on the semblance of, assume the semblance of; look like; cut a figure, figure; present to the view; show &c. (make manifest) 525. Adj. apparent, seeming, ostensible; on view. Adv. apparently; to all seeming, to all appearance; ostensibly, seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it, prima facie [Lat.]; at the first blush, at first sight; in the eyes of; to the eye. Phr. editio princeps [Lat.]. |
#449. Disappearance — N. disappearance, evanescence, eclipse, occultation. departure &c. 293; exit; vanishing point; dissolving views. V. disappear, vanish, dissolve, fade, melt away, pass, go, avaunt†, evaporate, vaporize; be gone &c. adj.; leave no trace, leave 'not a rack behind'" [Tempest]; go off the stage &c. (depart) 293; suffer an eclipse, undergo an eclipse; retire from sight; be lost to view, pass out of sight. lose sight of. efface &c. 552. Adj. disappearing &c. v.; evanescent; missing, lost; lost to sight, lost to view; gone. Int. vanish!, disappear!, avaunt! †, get lost!, get out of here &c. (ejection) 297. |
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#450. Intellect — N. intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking principle; rationality; cogitative faculties, cognitive faculties, discursive faculties, reasoning faculties, intellectual faculties; faculties, senses, consciousness, observation, percipience, intelligence, intellection, intuition, association of ideas, instinct, conception, judgment, wits, parts, capacity, intellectuality, genius; brains, cognitive powers, intellectual powers; wit &c. 498; ability &c. (skill) 698; wisdom &c. 498; Vernunft [G.], Verstand [G.]. soul, spirit, ghost, inner man, heart, breast, bosom, penetralia mentis [Lat.], divina particula aurae [Lat.], heart's core; the Absolute, psyche, subliminal consciousness, supreme principle. brain, organ of thought, seat of thought; sensorium†, sensory; head, headpiece; pate, noddle†, noggin, skull, scull, pericranium [Med.], cerebrum, cranium, brainpan†, sconce, upper story. [in computers] [Comp.] central processing unit, CPU; arithmetic and logical unit, ALU. [Science of mind] metaphysics; psychics, psychology; ideology; mental philosophy, moral philosophy; philosophy of the mind; pneumatology†, phrenology; craniology [Med.], cranioscopy [Med.]. ideality, idealism; transcendentalism, spiritualism; immateriality &c. 317; universal concept, universal conception. metaphysician, psychologist &c. V. note, notice, mark; take notice of, take cognizance of be aware of, be conscious of; realize; appreciate; ruminate &c. (think) 451; fancy &c. (imagine) 515. Adj. intellectual [Relating to intellect], mental, rational, subjective, metaphysical, nooscopic†, spiritual; ghostly; psychical†, psychological; cerebral; animastic†; brainy; hyperphysical†, superphysical†; subconscious, subliminal. immaterial &c. 317; endowed with reason. Adv. in petto. Phr. ens rationis [Lat.]; frons est animi janua [Lat.] [Cicero]; locos y ninos dicen la verdad [Sp.]; mens sola loco non exulat [Lat.] [Ovid]; my mind is my kingdom" [Campbell]; stern men with empires in their brains" [Lowell]; the mind, the music breathing from her face" [Byron]; thou living ray of intellectual Fire" [Falconer]. |
#450a. Absence or want of Intellect — N. absence of intellect, want of intellect &c. 450; imbecility &c. 499. brutality, brute force. instinct, brute instinct, stimulus-response loop, conditioned response, instinctive reaction, Pavlovian response. mimicry, aping (imitation) 19. moron, imbecile, idiot; fool &c. 501; dumb animal; vegetable, brain dead. Adj. unendowed with reason, void of reason; thoughtless; vegetative; moronic [Sarc.], idiotic [Sarc.], brainless [Sarc.]. Adv. instinctively, like Pavlov's dog; vegetatively. V. mimic, ape (imitate) 19; respond instinctively. |
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#451. Thought — N. thought; exercitation of the intellect†, exercise of the intellect; intellection; reflection, cogitation, consideration, meditation, study, lucubration, speculation, deliberation, pondering; head work, brain work; cerebration; deep reflection; close study, application &c. (attention) 457. abstract thought, abstraction contemplation, musing; brown study &c. (inattention) 458; reverie, Platonism; depth of thought, workings of the mind, thoughts, inmost thoughts; self-counsel self-communing, self-consultation; philosophy of the Absolute, philosophy of the Academy, philosophy of the Garden, philosophy of the lyceum, philosophy of the Porch. association of thought, succession of thought, flow of thought, train of thought, current of thought, association of ideas, succession of ideas, flow of ideas, train of ideas, current of ideas. after thought, mature thought; reconsideration, second thoughts; retrospection &c. (memory) 505; excogitation†; examination &c. (inquiry) 461; invention &c. (imagination) 515. thoughtfulness &c. adj.. V. think, reflect, cogitate, excogitate†, consider, deliberate; bestow thought upon, bestow consideration upon; speculate, contemplate, meditate, ponder, muse, dream, ruminate; brood over, con over; animadvert, study; bend the mind, apply the mind &c. (attend) 457; digest, discuss, hammer at, weigh, perpend; realize, appreciate; fancy &c. (imagine) 515; trow†. take into consideration; take counsel &c. (be advised) 695; commune with oneself, bethink oneself; collect one's thoughts; revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, run over in the mind; chew the cud upon, sleep upon; take counsel of one's pillow, advise with one's pillow. rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, crack one's brains, beat one's brains, cudgel one's brains; set one's brain to work, set one's wits to work. harbor an idea, entertain an idea, cherish an idea, nurture an idea &c. 453; take into one's head; bear in mind; reconsider. occur; present itself, suggest itself; come into one's head, get into one's head; strike one, flit across the view, come uppermost, run in one s head; enter the mind, pass in the mind, cross the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten itself on the mind, be uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind; have in one's mind. make an impression; sink into the mind, penetrate into the mind; engross the thoughts. Adj. thinking &c. v.; thoughtful, pensive, meditative, reflective, museful†, wistful, contemplative, speculative, deliberative, studious, sedate, introspective, Platonic, philosophical. lost in thought &c. (inattentive) 458; deep musing &c. (intent) 457. in the mind, under consideration. Adv. all things considered. Phr. the mind being on the stretch; the mind turning upon, the head turning upon, the mind running upon; divinely, bent to meditation" [Richard III]; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin [Fr.]; fresh-pluckt from bowers of never-failing fresh-pluckt from bowers of never-failing thought" [O. Meredith]; go speed the stars of Thought" [Emerson]; in maiden meditation fancy-free" [M.N.D.]; so sweet is zealous contemplation" [Richard III]; the power of thought is the magic of the Mind" [Byron]; those that think must govern those that toil" [Goldsmith]; thought is parent of the deed" [Carlyle]; thoughts in attitudes imperious" [Longfellow]; thoughts that breathe and words that burn" [Gray]; vivere est cogitare [Lat.] [Cicero]; Volk der Dichter und Denker [G.]. |
#452. [Absence or want of thought.] Incogitancy — N. incogitancy†, vacancy, inunderstanding†; fatuity &c. 499; thoughtlessness &c. (inattention) 458; vacuity. couch potato, vegetable. V. not think &c. 451; not think of; dismiss from the mind, dismiss from the thoughts &c. 451. indulge in reverie &c. (be inattentive) 458. put away thought; unbend the mind, relax the mind, divert the mind, veg out. Adj. vacant, unintellectual, unideal†, unoccupied, unthinking, inconsiderate, thoughtless, mindless, no-brain, vacuous; absent &c. (inattentive) 458; diverted; irrational &c. 499; narrow-minded &c. 481. unthought of, undreamt 'of, unconsidered; off one's mind; incogitable†, not to be thought of. Phr. absence d'esprit; pabulum pictura pascit inani [Lat.]. |
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#453. [Object of thought.] Idea — N. idea, notion, conception, thought, apprehension, impression, perception, image, eidolon [Gr.], sentiment, reflection, observation, consideration; abstract idea; archetype, formative notion; guiding conception, organizing conception; image in the mind, regulative principle. view &c. (opinion) 484; theory &c. 514; conceit, fancy; phantasy &c. (imagination) 515. point of view &c. (aspect) 448; field of view. |
#454. [Subject of thought] Topic — N. subject of thought, material for thought; food for the mind, mental pabulum. subject, subject matter; matter, theme, noemata [Gr.], topic, what it is about, thesis, text, business, affair, matter in hand, argument; motion, resolution; head, chapter; case, point; proposition, theorem; field of inquiry; moot point, problem &c. (question) 461. V. float in the mind, pass in the mind &c. 451. Adj. thought of; uppermost in the mind; in petto. Adv. under consideration; in question, in the mind; on foot, on the carpet, on the docket, on the tapis†; relative to &c. 9. |
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#455. [The desire of knowledge.] Curiosity — N. interest, thirst for knowledge, thirst for truth; curiosity, curiousness; inquiring mind; inquisitiveness. omnivorous intellect, devouring mind. [person who desires knowledge] inquirer; sightseer; quidnunc [Lat.], newsmonger, Paul Pry, eavesdropper; gossip &c. (news) 532; rubberneck; intellectual; seeker [inquirer after religious knowledge], seeker after truth. V. be curious &c. adj.; take an interest in, stare, gape; prick up the ears, see sights, lionize; pry; nose; rubberneck [U.S.]. Adj. curious, inquisitive, burning with curiosity, overcurious; inquiring &c. 461; prying, snoopy, nosy, peering; prurient; inquisitorial, inquisitory†; curious as a cat; agape &c. (expectant) 507. Phr. what's the matter;? what next;? consumed with curiosity; curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought it curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought it back; curiouser and curiouser" [Alice in Wonderland]. |
#456. [Absence of curiosity.] Incuriosity — N. incuriosity, incuriousness &c. adj.; insouciance &c. 866; indifference, lack of interest, disinterest. boredom, ennui (weariness) 841; satiety &c. 639; foreknowledge (foresight) 510; V. be incurious &c. adj.; have no curiosity &c. 455; take no interest in &c. 823; mind one's own business. Adj. incurious, uninquisitive, indifferent; impassive &c. 823; uninterested, detached, aloof. |
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#457. Attention — N. attention; mindfulness, presence of mind &c. adj.; intentness, intentiveness†; alertness; thought &c. 451; advertence, advertency†; observance, observation; consideration, reflection, perpension†; heed; heedfulness; particularity; notice, regard &c. v.; circumspection, diligence &c. (care) 459; study, scrutiny inspection, introspection; revision, revisal. active application, diligent application, exclusive application, minute application, close application, intense application, deep application, profound application, abstract application, labored application, deliberate application, active attention, diligent attention, exclusive attention, minute attention, close attention, intense attention, deep attention, profound attention, abstract attention, labored attention, deliberate attention, active thought, diligent thought, exclusive thought, minute thought, close thought, intense thought, deep thought, profound thought, abstract thought, labored thought, deliberate thought, active study, diligent study, exclusive study, minute study, close study, intense study, deep study, profound study, abstract study, labored study, deliberate study. minuteness, attention to detail. absorption of mind &c. (abstraction) 458. indication, calling attention to &c. v.. V. be attentive &c. adj.; attend, advert to, observe, look, see, view, remark, notice, regard, take notice, mark; give attention to, pay attention to, pay heed to, give heed to; incline an ear to, lend an ear to; trouble one's head about; give a thought to, animadvert to; occupy oneself with; contemplate &c. (think of) 451; look at, look to, look after, look into, look over; see to; turn the mind to, bend the mind to, apply the mind to, direct the mind to, give the mind to, turn the eye to, bend the eye to, apply the eye to, direct the eye to, give the eye to, turn the attention to, bend the attention to, apply the attention to, direct the attention to, give the attention to; have an eye to, have in one's eye; bear in mind; take into account, take into consideration; keep in sight, keep in view; have regard to, heed, mind, take cognizance of entertain, recognize; make note of, take note of; note. examine cursorily; glance at, glance upon, glance over; cast the eyes over, pass the eyes over; run over, turn over the leaves, dip into, perstringe†; skim &c. (neglect) 460; take a cursory view of. examine, examine closely, examine intently; scan, scrutinize, consider; give one's mind to, bend one's mind to; overhaul, revise, pore over; inspect, review, pass under review; take stock of; fix the eye on, rivet attention on, fix attention on, devote the eye to, fix the mind on, devote the thoughts to; hear out, think out; mind one's business. revert to; watch &c. (expect) 507, (take care of) 459; hearken to, listen to; prick up the ears; have the eyes open, keep the eyes open; come to the point. meet with attention; fall under one's notice, fall under one's observation; be under consideration &c. (topic) 454. catch the eye, strike the eye; attract notice; catch the attention, awaken the attention, wake the attention, invite the attention, solicit the attention, attract the attention, claim the attention excite the attention, engage the attention, occupy the attention, strike the attention, arrest the attention, fix the attention, engross the attention, absorb the attention, rivet the attention, catch the mind, awaken the mind, wake the mind, invite the mind, solicit the mind, attract the mind, claim the mind excite the mind, engage the mind, occupy the mind, strike the mind, arrest the mind, fix the mind, engross the mind, absorb the mind, rivet the mind, catch the thoughts, awaken the thoughts, wake the thoughts, invite the thoughts, solicit the thoughts, attract the thoughts, claim the thoughts excite the thoughts, engage the thoughts, occupy the thoughts, strike the thoughts, arrest the thoughts, fix the thoughts, engross the thoughts, absorb the thoughts, rivet the thoughts; be present to the mind, be uppermost in the mind. bring under one's notice; point out, point to, point at, point the finger at; lay the finger on, indigitate†, indicate; direct attention to, call attention to; show; put a mark upon &c. (sign) 550; call soldiers to 'attention';" bring forward &c. (make manifest) 525. Adj. attentive, mindful, observant, regardful; alive to, awake to; observing &c. v.; alert, open-eyed; intent on, taken up with, occupied with, engaged in; engrossed in, wrapped in, absorbed, rapt, transfixed, riveted, mesmerized, hypnotized; glued to (the TV, the window, a book); breathless; preoccupied &c. (inattentive) 458; watchful &c. (careful) 459; breathless, undistracted, upon the stretch; on the watch &c. (expectant) 507. steadfast. [compelling attention] interesting, engrossing, mesmerizing, riveting. Int. see!, look, look here, look you, look to it!, mark!, lo!, behold!, soho! †, hark, hark ye!, mind!, halloo!, observe!, lo and behold!, attention!, nota bene [Lat.], N.B., note well; I'd have you to know; notice!, O yes!, Oyez!, dekko! †, ecco! †, yoho!, Phr. this is to give notice, these are to give notice; dictum sapienti sat est [Lat.], a word to the wise is sufficient; finem respice [Lat.]. Attention! Now hear this! Oyez!; Achtung [G.]; vnimanie [Rus.]; chui [Jap.]. |
#458. Inattention — N. inattention, inconsideration; inconsiderateness &c. adj.; oversight; inadvertence, inadvertency, nonobservance, disregard. supineness &c. (inactivity) 683; etourderie [Fr.], want of thought; heedlessness &c. (neglect) 460; insouciance &c. (indifference) 866. abstraction; absence of mind, absorption of mind; preoccupation, distraction, reverie, brown study, deep musing, fit of abstraction. V. be inattentive &c. adj.; overlook, disregard; pass by &c. (neglect) 460; not observe &c. 457; think little of. close one's eyes to, shut one's eyes to; pay no attention to; dismiss from one's thoughts, discard from one's thoughts, discharge from one's thoughts, dismiss from one's mind, discard from one's mind, discharge from one's mind; drop the subject, think no more of; set aside, turn aside, put aside; turn away from, turn one's attention from, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon. abstract oneself, dream, indulge in reverie. escape notice, escape attention; come in at one ear and go out at the other; forget &c. (have no remembrance) 506. call off the attention, draw off the attention, call away the attention, divert the attention, distract the mind; put out of one's head; disconcert, discompose; put out, confuse, perplex, bewilder, moider†, fluster, muddle, dazzle; throw a sop to Cerberus. Adj. inattentive; unobservant, unmindful, heedless, unthinking, unheeding, undiscerning†; inadvertent; mindless, regardless, respectless†, listless &c. (indifferent) 866; blind, deaf; bird-witted; hand over head; cursory, percursory†; giddy-brained, scatter-brained, hare-brained; unreflective, unreflecting†, ecervele [Fr.]; offhand; dizzy, muzzy†, brainsick†; giddy, giddy as a goose; wild, harum-scarum, rantipole†, highflying; heedless, careless &c. (neglectful) 460. inconsiderate, thoughtless. absent, abstracted, distrait; absentminded, lost; lost in thought, wrapped in thought; rapt, in the clouds, bemused; dreaming on other things, musing on other things; preoccupied, engrossed &c. (attentive) 457; daydreaming, in a reverie &c. n.; off one's guard &c. (inexpectant) 508†; napping; dreamy; caught napping. disconcerted, distracted, put out &c. v.. Adv. inattentively, inadvertently, absent-mindedly &c. adj.†; per incuriam [Lat.], sub silentio [Lat.]. Int. stand at ease, stand easy!, Phr. the attention wanders; one's wits gone a woolgathering, one's wits gone a bird's nesting; it never entered into one's head; the mind running on other things; one's thoughts being elsewhere; had it been a bear it would have bitten you. |
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#459. Care [Vigilance.] — N. care, solicitude, heed; heedfulness &c. adj.; scruple &c. (conscientiousness) 939. watchfulness &c. adj.; vigilance, surveillance, eyes of Argus†, watch, vigil, look out, watch and ward, loeil du maitre [Fr.]. alertness &c. (activity) 682; attention &c. 457; prudence &c., circumspection &c. (caution) 864; anxiety; forethought &c. 510; precaution &c. (preparation) 673; tidiness &c. (order) 58, (cleanliness) 652; accuracy &c. (exactness) 494; minuteness, attention to detail. V. be careful &c. adj.; reck†; take care &c. (be cautious) 864; pay attention to &c. 457; take care of; look to, look after, see to, see after; keep an eye on, keep a sharp eye on; chaperon, matronize†, play gooseberry; keep watch, keep watch and ward; mount guard, set watch, watch; keep in sight, keep in view; mind, mind one's business. look sharp, look about one; look with one's own eyes; keep a good lookout, keep a sharp lookout; have all one's wits about one, have all one's eyes about one; watch for &c. (expect) 507; keep one's eyes open, have the eyes open, sleep with one's eye open. Adj. careful regardful, heedful; taking care &c. v.; particular; prudent &c. (cautious) 864; considerate; thoughtful &c. (deliberative) 451; provident &c. (prepared) 673; alert &c. (active) 682; sure-footed. guarded, on one's guard; on the qui vivre [Fr.], on the alert, on watch, on the lookout; awake, broad awake, vigilant; watchful, wakeful, wistful; Argus-eyed; wide awake &c. (intelligent) 498; on the watch for (expectant) 507. tidy &c. (orderly) 58, (clean) 652; accurate &c. (exact) 494; scrupulous &c. (conscientious) 939; cavendo tutus [Lat.] &c. (safe) 664. Adv. carefully &c. adj.; with care, gingerly. Phr. quis custodiet istos custodes [Lat.],? who will watch the watchers;? care will kill a cat" [Wither]; ni bebas agua que no veas [Sp.]; O polished perturbation! Golden care! " [Henry IV]; the incessant care and labor of his mind" [Henry IV]. |
#460. Neglect — N. neglect; carelessness &c. adj.; trifling &c. v.; negligence; omission, oversight, laches [Law], default; supineness &c. (inactivity) 683; inattention &c. 458; nonchalance &c. (insensibility) 823; imprudence, recklessness &c. 863; slovenliness &c. (disorder) 59, (dirt) 653; improvidence &c. 674; noncompletion &c. 730; inexactness &c. (error) 495. paralipsis, paralepsis, paraleipsis (in rhetoric). trifler, waiter on Providence; Micawber. V. be negligent &c. adj.; take no care of &c. (take care of) &c. 459; neglect; let slip, let go; lay aside, set aside, cst aside, put aside; keep out of sight, put out of sight; lose sight of. overlook, disregard; pass over, pas by; let pass; blink; wink at, connive at; gloss over; take no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice of; pay no regard to; laisser aller [Fr.]. scamp; trifle, fribble†; do by halves; cut; slight &c. (despise) 930; play with, trifle with; slur, skim, skim the surface; effleurer [Fr.]; take a cursory view of &c. 457. slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over; pretermit†, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink; table [Parl.]; ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to; leave out of one's calculation; not attend to &c. 457, not mind; not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with; forget &c. 506; be caught napping &c. (not expect) 508; leave a loose thread; let the grass grow under one's feet. render neglectful &c. adj.; put off one's guard, throw off one's guard; distract, divert. Adj. neglecting &c. v.; unmindful, negligent, neglectful; heedless, careless, thoughtless; perfunctory, remiss; feebleness &c. 575. inconsiderate; uncircumspect†, incircumspect†; off one's guard; unwary, unwatchful†, unguarded; offhand. supine &c. (inactive) 683; inattentive &c. 458; insouciant &c. (indifferent) 823; imprudent, reckless &c. 863; slovenly &c. (disorderly) 59, (dirty) 653; inexact &c. (erroneous) 495; improvident &c. 674. neglected &c. v.; unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted†, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded†, unremarked, unmissed†; shunted, shelved. unexamined, unstudied, unsearched†, unscanned†, unweighed†, unsifted, unexplored. abandoned; buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel. Adv. negligently &c. adj.; hand over head, anyhow; in an unguarded moment &c. (unexpectedly) 508; per incuriam [Lat.]. Int. never mind, no matter, let it pass. Phr. out of sight, out of mind. |
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#461. Inquiry [Subject of Inquiry. Question] — N. inquiry; request &c. 765; search, research, quest, pursuit &c. 622. examination, review, scrutiny, investigation, indagation†; perquisition†, perscrutation†, pervestigation†; inquest, inquisition; exploration; exploitation, ventilation. sifting; calculation, analysis, dissection, resolution, induction; Baconian method†. strict inquiry, close inquiry, searching inquiry, exhaustive inquiry; narrow search, strict search; study &c. (consideration) 451. scire facias [Lat.], ad referendum; trial. questioning &c. v.; interrogation, interrogatory; interpellation; challenge, examination, cross-examination, catechism; feeler, Socratic method, zetetic philosophy†; leading question; discussion &c. (reasoning) 476. reconnoitering, reconnaissance; prying &c. v.; espionage, espionnage [Fr.]; domiciliary visit, peep behind the curtain; lantern of Diogenes. question, query, problem, desideratum, point to be solved, porism†; subject of inquiry, field of inquiry, subject of controversy; point in dispute, matter in dispute; moot point; issue, question at issue; bone of contention &c. (discord) 713; plain question, fair question, open question; enigma &c. (secret) 533; knotty point &c. (difficulty) 704; quodlibet; threshold of an inquiry. [person who questions] inquirer, investigator, inquisitor, inspector, querist†, examiner, catechist; scrutator scrutineer scrutinizer†; analyst; quidnunc [Lat.] &c. (curiosity) 455. V. make inquiry &c. n.; inquire, ask, seek, search. look for, look about for, look out for; scan, reconnoiter, explore, sound, rummage, ransack, pry, peer, look round; look over, go over, look through, go through; spy, overhaul. [object is a topic] ask about, inquire about. scratch the head, slap the forehead. look into every hole and corner, peer into every hole and corner, pry into every hole and corner; nose; trace up; search out, hunt down, hunt out, fish out, ferret out; unearth; leave no stone unturned. seek a clue, seek a clew; hunt, track, trail, mouse, dodge, trace; follow the trail, follow the scent; pursue &c. 662; beat up one's quarters; fish for; feel for &c. (experiment) 463. investigate; take up an inquiry, institute an inquiry, pursue an inquiry, follow up an inquiry, conduct an inquiry, carry on an inquiry, carry out an inquiry, prosecute an inquiry &c. n.; look at, look into; preexamine; discuss, canvass, agitate. [inquire into a topic] examine, study, consider, calculate; dip into, dive into, delve into, go deep into; make sure of, probe, sound, fathom; probe to the bottom, probe to the quick; scrutinize, analyze, anatomize, dissect, parse, resolve, sift, winnow; view in all its phases, try in all its phases; thresh out. bring in question, bring into question, subject to examination; put to the proof &c. (experiment) 463; audit, tax, pass in review; take into consideration &c. (think over) 451; take counsel &c. 695. question, demand; put the question, pop the question, propose the question, propound the question, moot the question, start the question, raise the question, stir the question, suggest the question, put forth the question, ventilate the question, grapple with the question, go into a question. [human object], question, put to the question, interrogate, pump; subject to interrogation, subject to examination; cross-question, cross-examine; press for an answer; give the third degree; put to the inquisition; dodge†. catechize. require an answer; pick the brains of, suck the brains of; feel the pulse. get the lay of the land; see how the wind is blowing; put one's ear to the ground. be in question &c. adj.; undergo examination. Adj. inquiry &c. v.; inquisitive &c. (curious) 455; requisitive†, requisitory†; catechetical†, inquisitorial, analytic; in search of, in quest of; on the lookout for, interrogative, zetetic†; all searching. undetermined, untried, undecided; in question, in dispute, in issue, in course of inquiry; under discussion, under consideration, under investigation &c. n.; sub judice [Lat.], moot, proposed; doubtful &c. (uncertain) 475. Adv. quaere [Lat.],? what,? why,? wherefore,? whence,? whither,? where,? how comes it,? how happens it,? how is it,? what is the reason,? what's the matter,? nicht wahr [G.],? what's in the wind,? what on earth,? when,? who.? |
#462. Answer — N. answer, response, reply, replication, riposte, rejoinder, surrejoinder†, rebutter, surrebutter†, retort, repartee; rescript, rescription†; antiphon†, antiphony; acknowledgment; password; echo; counter statement. discovery &c. 480.1; solution &c. (explanation) 522; rationale &c. (cause) 153; clue &c. (indication) 550. Oedipus; oracle &c. 513; return &c. (record) 551. V. answer, respond, reply, rebut, retort, rejoin; give for answer, return for answer; acknowledge, echo. explain &c. (interpret) 522; solve &c. (unriddle) 522; discover &c. 480.1; fathom, hunt out &c. (inquire) 461; satisfy, set at rest, determine. Adj. answering &c. v.; responsive, respondent; conclusive. Adv. because &c. (cause) 153; on the scent, on the right scent. Int. eureka!, |
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#463. Experiment — N. experiment; essay &c. (attempt) 675; analysis &c. (investigation) 461; screen; trial, tentative method, tâtonnement. verification, probation, experimentum crucis [Lat.], proof, (demonstration) 478; criterion, diagnostic, test, probe, crucial test, acid test, litmus test. crucible, reagent, check, touchstone, pix†; assay, ordeal; ring; litmus paper, curcuma paper†, turmeric paper; test tube; analytical instruments &c. 633. empiricism, rule of thumb. feeler; trial balloon, pilot balloon, messenger balloon; pilot engine; scout; straw to show the wind. speculation, random shot, leap in the dark. analyzer, analyst, assayist†; adventurer; experimenter, experimentist†, experimentalist; scientist, engineer, technician. subject, experimentee†, guinea pig, experimental animal. [experimental method] protocol, experimental method, blind experiment, double-blind experiment, controlled experiment. poll, survey, opinion poll. epidemiological survey [Med.], retrospective analysis, retrospective survey, prospective survey, prospective analysis; statistical analysis. literature search, library research. tryout, audition. [results of experiment] discovery &c. 480; measurement &c. 466; evidence &c. 467. [reasoning about an experiment] deduction, induction, abduction. V. experiment; essay &c. (endeavor) 675; try, try out, assay; make an experiment, make a trial of; give a trial to; put on trial, subject to trial; experiment upon; rehearse; put to the test, bring to the test, submit to the test, submit to the proof; prove, verify, test, touch, practice upon, try one's strength; road-test, test drive, take for a spin; test fly. grope; feel one's way, grope for one's way; fumble, tâtonner, aller â tâtons [Fr.], put out a feeler, throw out a feeler; send up a trial balloon, send up a pilot balloon; see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, test the waters, feel out, sound out, take the pulse, see, check, check out [Coll.], see how the wind blows; consult the barometer; feel the pulse; fish for, bob for; cast for, beat about for; angle, trawl, cast one's net, beat the bushes. try one's fortune &c. (adventure) 675; explore &c. (inquire) 461. Adj. experimental, empirical. probative, probatory†, probationary, provisional; analytic, docimastic†; tentative; unverified, unproven, speculative, untested. Adv. on trial, under examination, on probation, under probation, on one's trial, on approval. Phr. check it out, give it a try, see how it goes; Run it up the flagpole and see who salutes" |
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#464. Comparison — N. comparison, collation, contrast; identification; comparative estimate, relative estimate, relativity. simile, similitude, analogy (similarity) 17; allegory &c. (metaphor) 521. matching, pattern-matching. [quantitative comparison] ratio, proportion (number) 84. [results of comparison] discrimination 465; indiscrimination 465.1†; identification 465.2. V. compare to, compare with; collate, confront; place side by side, juxtapose &c. (near) 197; set against one another, pit against one another; contrast, balance. identify, draw a parallel, parallel. compare notes; institute a comparison; parva componere magnis [Lat.]. Adj. comparative; metaphorical &c. 521. compared with &c. v.; comparable; judged by comparison. Adv. relatively &c. (relation) 9; as compared with &c. v.. Phr. comparisons are odious; comparisons are odorous" [Much Ado about Nothing]. |
#464a. Incomparability [Lack of comparison] — N. incomparability; incommensurability; indistinguishablility &c. 465.1. Adj. incommensurable, incommensurate; incomparable; different &c. 15. Phr. like apples and oranges; no basis for comparison; no standard for comparison. |
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#465. [results of comparison. 1] Discrimination — N. discrimination, distinction, differentiation, diagnosis, diorism†; nice perception; perception of difference, appreciation of difference; estimation &c. 466; nicety, refinement; taste &c. 850; critique, judgment; tact; discernment &c. (intelligence) 498; acuteness, penetration; nuances. dope [Slang], past performances. V. discriminate, distinguish, severalize†; recognize, match, identify; separate; draw the line, sift; separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat; separate the men from the boys; split hairs, draw a fine line, nitpick, quibble. estimate &c. (measure) 466; know which is which, know what is what, know 'a hawk from a handsaw'" [Hamlet]. take into account, take into consideration; give due weight to, allow due weight to; weigh carefully. Adj. discriminating &c. v.; dioristic†, discriminative, distinctive; nice. Phr. il y a fagots et fagots; rem acu tetigisti [Lat.]; la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile [Fr.]; miles apart; a distinction without a difference. |
#465a. [results of comparison. 2] Indiscrimination — N. indiscrimination†, indistinguishability; indistinctness, indistinction†; uncertainty &c. (doubt) 475; incomparability &c. 464.1. V. not discriminate &c. 465; overlook a distinction &c. (neglect) 460, confound, confuse. Adj. indiscriminate; undistinguished†, indistinguishable, undistinguishable†; unmeasured; promiscuous, undiscriminating. Phr. valeat quantum valere potest [Lat.]. |
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#465b. [results of comparison. 3] Identification — N. identification, recognition, diagnosis, match; apperception, assimilation; dereplication; classification; memory &c. 505; interpretation &c. 522; cognizance (knowledge) 490. V. identify, recognize, match, match up; classify; recall, remember &c. (memory) 505; find similarity (similarity) 17; put in its proper place, put in its proper niche, place in order (arrangement) 60. |
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#466. Measurement — N. measurement, admeasurement†, mensuration, survey, valuation, appraisement, assessment, assize; estimate, estimation; dead reckoning, reckoning &c. (numeration) 85; gauging &c. v.; horse power. metrology, weights and measures, compound arithmetic. measure, yard measure, standard, rule, foot rule, compass, calipers; gage, gauge; meter, line, rod, check; dividers; velo†. flood mark, high water mark; Plimsoll line; index &c. 550. scale; graduation, graduated scale; nonius†; vernier &c. (minuteness) 193. [instruments for measuring] bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer†, pantometer†, pluviometer†, pneumatometer†, pneumometer†, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer†, telemeter, udometer†, vacuometer†, variometer†, viameter†, thermometer, thermistor (heat) &c. 382, barometer (air) &c. 338, anemometer (wind) 349, dynamometer, goniometer, (angle) 244 meter; landmark &c. (limit) 233; balance, scale &c. (weight) 319; marigraph†, pneumatograph†, stethograph†; rain gauge, rain gage; voltmeter (volts), ammeter (amps); spectrophotometer (light absorbance); mass spectrophotometer (molecular mass); geiger counter, scintillation counter (radioactivity); pycnometer (liquid density); graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume); radar gun (velocity); radar (distance); side-looking radar, (shape, topography); sonar (depth in water); light meter (light intensity); clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time); anemometer (wind velocity); densitometer (color intensity). measurability, computability, determinability†. coordinates, ordinate and abscissa, polar coordinates, latitude and longitude, declination and right ascension, altitude and azimuth. geometry, stereometry†, hypsometry†; metage†; surveying, land surveying; geodesy, geodetics†, geodesia†; orthometry†, altimetry†; cadastre [Fr.]. astrolabe, armillary sphere†. land surveyor; geometer. V. measure, mete; determine, assay; evaluate, value, assess, rate, appraise, estimate, form an estimate, set a value on; appreciate; standardize. span, pace step; apply the compass &c. n.; gauge, plumb, probe, sound, fathom; heave the log, heave the lead; survey. weigh. take an average &c. 29; graduate. Adj. measuring &c. v.; metric, metrical; measurable, perceptible, noticeable, detectable, appreciable, ponderable, determinable, fathomable; geodetical, topographic, topographical, cartographic, cartographical. |
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#467. Evidence [On one side.] — N. evidence; facts, premises, data, praecognita [Lat.], grounds. indication &c. 550; criterion &c. (test) 463. testimony, testification†, expert testimony; attestation; deposition &c. (affirmation) 535; examination. admission &c. (assent) 488; authority, warrant, credential, diploma, voucher, certificate, doquet†, docket; testamur†; record &c. 551; document; pi ce justificative†; deed, warranty &c. (security) 771; signature, seal &c. (identification) 550; exhibit, material evidence, objective evidence. witness, indicator, hostile witness; eyewitness, earwitness, material witness, state's evidence; deponent; sponsor; cojuror†. oral evidence, documentary evidence, hearsay evidence, external evidence, extrinsic evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence, circumstantial evidence, cumulative evidence, ex parte evidence [Lat.], presumptive evidence, collateral evidence, constructive evidence; proof &c. (demonstration) 478; evidence in chief. secondary evidence; confirmation, corroboration, support; ratification &c. (assent) 488; authentication; compurgation†, wager of law, comprobation†. citation, reference; legal research, literature search (experiment) 463. V. be evidence &c. n.; evince, show, betoken, tell of; indicate &c. (denote) 550; imply, involve, argue, bespeak, breathe. have weight, carry weight; tell, speak volumes; speak for itself &c. (manifest) 525. rest upon, depend upon; repose on. bear witness &c. n.; give evidence &c. n.; testify, depose, witness, vouch for; sign, seal, undersign†, set one's hand and seal, sign and seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify, attest; acknowledge &c. (assent) 488. [provide conclusive evidence] make absolute, confirm, prove (demonstrate) 478. [add further evidence] indorse, countersign, corroborate, support, ratify, bear out, uphold, warrant. adduce, attest, cite, quote; refer to, appeal to; call, call to witness; bring forward, bring into court; allege, plead; produce witnesses, confront witnesses. place into evidence, mark into evidence. [obtain evidence] collect evidence, bring together evidence, rake up evidence; experiment &c. 463. have a case, make out a case; establish, authenticate, substantiate, verify, make good, quote chapter and verse; bring home to, bring to book. Adj. showing &c. v.; indicative, indicatory; deducible &c. 478; grounded on, founded on, based on; corroborative, confirmatory. Adv. by inference; according to, witness, a fortiori; still more, still less; raison de plus [Fr.]; in corroboration &c. n.. of; valeat quantum [Lat.]; under seal, under one's hand and seal. Phr. dictum de dicto [Lat.]; mise en evidence [Fr.]. |
#468. [Evidence on the other side, on the other hand.] Counter Evidence — N. counter evidence; evidence on the other side, evidence on the other hand; conflicting evidence, contradictory evidence, opposing evidence; disproof, refutation &c. 479; negation &c. 536. plea &c. 617; vindication &c. 937; counter protest; 'tu quoque' argument;" other side of the shield, other side of the coin, reverse of the shield. V. countervail, oppose; mitigate against; rebut &c. (refute) 479; subvert &c. (destroy) 162; cheek, weaken; contravene; contradict &c. (deny) 536; tell the other side of the story, tell another story, turn the scale, alter the case; turn the tables; cut both ways; prove a negative. audire alteram partem [Lat.]. Adj. countervailing &c. v.; contradictory. unattested, unauthenticated, unsupported by evidence; supposititious. Adv. on the contrary, per contra. |
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#469. Qualification — N. qualification, limitation, modification, coloring. allowance, grains of allowance, consideration, extenuating circumstances; mitigation. condition, proviso, prerequisite, contingency, stipulation, provision, specification, sine qua non [Lat.]; catch, string, strings attached; exemption; exception, escape clause, salvo, saving clause; discount &c. 813; restriction; fine print. V. qualify, limit, modify, leaven, give a color to, introduce new conditions, narrow, temper. waffle, quibble, hem and haw (be uncertain) 475; equivocate (sophistry) 477. depend, depend on, be contingent on (effect) 154. allow for, make allowance for; admit exceptions, take into account; modulate. moderate, temper, season, leaven. take exception. Adj. qualifying &c. v.; qualified, conditioned, restricted, hedged; conditional; exceptional &c. (unconformable) 83. hypothetical &c. (supposed) 514; contingent &c. (uncertain) 475. Adv. provided, provided that, provided always; if, unless, but, yet; according as; conditionally, admitting, supposing; on the supposition of &c. (theoretically) 514; with the understanding, even, although, though, for all that, after all, at all events. approximately &c. 197, 17; in a limited degree (smallness) 32; somewhat, sort of, something like that, to a certain extent, to a degree, in a sense, so to speak. with grains of allowance, cum grano salis [Lat.], with a grain of salt; exceptis excipiendis [Lat.]; wind and weather permitting; if possible &c. 470. subject to, conditioned upon; with this proviso &c. n.. Phr. if the good lord is willing and the creeks don't if the good lord is willing and the creeks don't rise;" catch- 22. |
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#470. Possibility — N. possibility, potentiality; what may be, what is possible &c. adj.; compatibility &c. (agreement) 23. practicability, feasibility; practicableness &c. adj.. contingency, chance &c. 156. V. be possible &c. adj.; stand a chance; admit of, bear. render possible &c. adj.; put in the way of. Adj. possible; in the cards, on the dice; in posse, within the bounds of possibility, conceivable, credible; compatible &c. 23; likely. practicable, feasible, performable, achievable; within reach, within measurable distance; accessible, superable†, surmountable; attainable, obtainable; contingent &c. (doubtful) 475, (effect) 154. barely possible, marginally possible, just possible; possible but improbably, (improbable) 473; theoretically possible. Adv. possibly, by possibility; perhaps, perchance, peradventure; maybe, may be, haply, mayhap. if possible, wind and weather permitting, God willing, Deo volente [Lat.], D.V.; as luck may have it. Phr. misericordia Domini inter pontem et misericordia Domini inter pontem et fontent [Lat.]; the glories of the Possible are ours" [B. Taylor]; anything is possible; in theory possible, but in practise unlikely. |
#471. Impossibility — N. impossibility &c. adj.; what cannot, what can never be; sour grapes; hopelessness &c. 859. V. be impossible &c. adj.; have no chance whatever. attempt impossibilities; square the circle, wash a blackamoor white; skin a flint; make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, make bricks without straw; have nothing to go upon; weave a rope of sand, build castles in the air, prendre la lune avec les dents [Fr.], extract sunbeams from cucumbers, set the Thames on fire, milk a he-goat into a sieve, catch a weasel asleep, rompre l'anguille au genou [Fr.], be in two places at once. Adj. impossible; not possible &c. 470; absurd, contrary to reason; unlikely; unreasonable &c. 477; incredible &c. 485; beyond the bounds of reason, beyond the bounds of possibility, beyond the realm of possibility; from which reason recoils; visionary; inconceivable &c. (improbable) 473; prodigious &c. (wonderful) 870; unimaginable, inimaginable†; unthinkable. impracticable unachievable; unfeasible, infeasible; insuperable; unsurmountable†, insurmountable; unattainable, unobtainable; out of reach, out of the question; not to be had, not to be thought of; beyond control; desperate &c. (hopeless) 859; incompatible &c. 24; inaccessible, uncomeatable†, impassable, impervious, innavigable†, inextricable; self-contradictory. out of one's power, beyond one's power, beyond one's depth, beyond one's reach, beyond one's grasp; too much for; ultra crepidam [Lat.]. Phr. the grapes are sour; non possumus [Lat.]; non nostrum tantas componere lites [Lat.] [Vergil]; look for a needle in a haystack, chercher une aiguille dans une botte de chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin [Fr.]; il a le mer à boire†. |
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#472. Probability — N. probability, likelihood; credibleness†; likeliness &c. adj.; vraisemblance [Fr.], verisimilitude, plausibility; color, semblance, show of; presumption; presumptive evidence, circumstantial evidence; credibility. reasonable chance, fair chance, good chance, favorable chance, reasonable prospect, fair prospect, good prospect, favorable prospect; prospect, wellgrounded hope; chance &c. 156. V. be probable &c. adj.; give color to, lend color to; point to; imply &c. (evidence) 467; bid fair &c. (promise) 511; stand fair for; stand a good chance, run a good chance. think likely, dare say, flatter oneself; expect &c. 507; count upon &c. (believe) 484. Adj. probable, likely, hopeful, to be expected, in a fair way. plausible, specious, ostensible, colorable, ben trovato [It], well-founded, reasonable, credible, easy of belief, presumable, presumptive, apparent. Adv. probably &c. adj.; belike†; in all probability, in all likelihood; very likely, most likely; like enough; odds on, odds in favor, ten to one &c.; apparently, seemingly, according to every reasonable expectation; primâ facie [Lat.]; to all appearance &c. (to the eye) 448. Phr. the chances, the odds are; appearances are in favor of, chances are in favor of; there is reason to believe, there is reason to think, there is reason to expect; I dare say; all Lombard Street to a China orange. |
#473. Improbability — N. improbability, unlikelihood; unfavorable chance, bad chance, ghost of a chance, little chance, small chance, poor chance, scarcely any chance, no chance; bare possibility; long odds; incredibility &c. 485. V. be improbable &c. adj.; have a small chance &c. n.. Adj. improbable, unlikely, contrary to all reasonable expectation; wild [Coll.], far out [Coll.], out of sight [Coll.], outtasight [Coll.], heavy [Coll.]. rare &c. (infrequent) 137; unheard of, inconceivable; unimaginable, inimaginable†; incredible &c. 485; more than doubtful; strange, bizarre (uncomformable) 83. Phr. the chances are against; aquila non capit muscas [Lat.]; pedir peras pal olmo [Lat.]. |
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#474. Certainty — N. certainty; necessity &c. 601; certitude, surety, assurance; dead certainty, moral certainty; infallibleness &c. adj.; infallibility, reliability; indubitableness, inevitableness, unquestionableness†. gospel, scripture, church, pope, court of final appeal; res judicata [Lat.], ultimatum positiveness; dogmatism, dogmatist, dogmatizer; doctrinaire, bigot, opinionist†, Sir Oracle; ipse dixit [Lat.]. fact; positive fact, matter of fact; fait accompli [Fr.]. V. be certain &c. adj.; stand to reason. render certain &c. adj.; insure, ensure, assure; clinch, make sure; determine, decide, set at rest, make assurance double sure" [Macbeth]; know &c. (believe) 484. dogmatize, lay down the law. Adj. certain, sure, assured &c. v.; solid, well-founded. unqualified, absolute, positive, determinate, definite, clear, unequivocal, categorical, unmistakable, decisive, decided, ascertained. inevitable, unavoidable, avoidless†; ineluctable. unerring, infallible; unchangeable &c. 150; to be depended on, trustworthy, reliable, bound. unimpeachable, undeniable, unquestionable; indisputable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable; irrefutable &c. (proven) 478; conclusive, without power of appeal. indubious†; without doubt, beyond a doubt, without a shade or shadow of doubt, without question, beyond question; past dispute; clear as day; beyond all question, beyond all dispute; undoubted, uncontested, unquestioned, undisputed; questionless†, doubtless. authoritative, authentic, official. sure as fate, sure as death and taxes, sure as a gun. evident, self-evident, axiomatic; clear, clear as day, clear as the sun at noonday. Adv. certainly &c. adj.; for certain, certes [Lat.], sure, no doubt, doubtless, and no mistake, flagrante delicto [Lat.], sure enough, to be sure, of course, as a matter of course, a coup sur, to a certainty; in truth &c. (truly) 494; at any rate, at all events; without fail; coute que coute [Fr.], coute qu'il coute [Fr.]; whatever may happen, if the worst come to the worst; come what may, happen what may, come what will; sink or swim; rain or shine. Phr. cela va sans dire [Fr.]; there is no question, no question, not a shadow of doubt, there is not a shadow of doubt; the die is cast &c. (necessity) 601; facts are stubborn things" [Smollett]. |
#475. Uncertainty — N. uncertainty, incertitude, doubt; doubtfulness &c. adj.; dubiety, dubitation†, dubitancy†, dubitousness†. hesitation, suspense; perplexity, embarrassment, dilemma, bewilderment; timidity &c. (fear) 860; vacillation &c. 605; diaporesis†, indetermination. vagueness &c. adj.; haze, fog; obscurity &c. (darkness) 421; ambiguity &c. (double meaning) 520; contingency, dependence, dependency, double contingency, possibility upon a possibility; open question &c. (question) 461; onus probandi [Lat.]; blind bargain, pig in a poke, leap in the dark, something or other; needle in a haystack, needle in a bottle of hay; roving commission. precariousness &c. adj.; fallibility. V. be uncertain &c. adj.; wonder whether. lose the clue, lose the clew, scent; miss one's way. not know what to make of &c. (unintelligibility) 519, not know which way to turn, not know whether one stands on one s head or one's not know whether one stands on one s head or one's heels; float in a sea of doubt, hesitate, flounder; lose oneself, lose one's head; muddle one's brains. render uncertain &c. adj.; put out, pose, puzzle, perplex, embarrass; confuse, confound; bewilder, bother, molder, addle the wits, throw off the scent, ambiguas in vulgus spargere voces [Lat.]; keep in suspense. doubt &c. (disbelieve) 485; hang in the balance, tremble in the balance; depend. Adj. uncertain; casual; random &c. (aimless) 621; changeable &c. 149. doubtful, dubious; indecisive; unsettled, undecided, undetermined; in suspense, open to discussion; controvertible; in question &c. (inquiry) 461. vague; indeterminate, indefinite; ambiguous, equivocal; undefined, undefinable; confused &c. (indistinct) 447; mystic, oracular; dazed. perplexing &c. v.; enigmatic, paradoxical, apocryphal, problematical, hypothetical; experimental &c. 463. unpredictable, unforeseeable (unknowable) 519. fallible, questionable, precarious, slippery, ticklish, debatable, disputable; unreliable, untrustworthy. contingent, contingent on, dependent on; subject to; dependent on circumstances; occasional; provisional. unauthentic, unauthenticated, unauthoritative; unascertained, unconfirmed; undemonstrated; untold, uncounted. in a state of uncertainty, in a cloud, in a maze; bushed, off the track; ignorant, &c. 491; afraid to say; out of one's reckoning, astray, adrift; at sea, at fault, at a loss, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus; puzzled &c. v.; lost, abroad, désorienté; distracted, distraught. Adv. pendente lite [Lat.]; sub spe rati [Lat.]. Phr. Heaven knows; who can tell,? who shall decide when doctors disagree;? ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces [Lat.]. |
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#476. Reasoning, — N. reasoning ratiocination rationalism; dialectics, induction, generalization. discussion, comment; ventilation; inquiry &c. 461. argumentation, controversy, debate; polemics, wrangling; contention &c. 720; logomachy†; disputation, disceptation†; paper war. art of reasoning, logic. process of reasoning, train of reasoning, chain of reasoning; deduction, induction, abduction; synthesis, analysis. argument; case, plaidoyer†, opening; lemma, proposition, terms, premises, postulate, data, starting point, principle; inference &c. (judgment) 480. prosyllogism†, syllogism; enthymeme†, sorites†, dilemma, perilepsis†, a priori reasoning, reductio ad absurdum, horns of a dilemma, argumentum ad hominem [Lat.], comprehensive argument; empirema†, epagoge†. [person who reasons] reasoner, logician, dialectician; disputant; controversialist, controvertist†; wrangler, arguer, debater polemic, casuist, rationalist; scientist; eristic†. logical sequence; good case; correct just reasoning, sound reasoning, valid reasoning, cogent reasoning, logical reasoning, forcible reasoning, persuasive reasoning, persuasory reasoning†, consectary reasoning†, conclusive &c. 478; subtle reasoning; force of argument, strong point, strong argument, persuasive argument. arguments, reasons, pros and cons. V. reason, argue, discuss, debate, dispute, wrangle†, argufy†, bandy words, bandy arguments; chop logic; hold an argument, carry on an argument; controvert &c. (deny) 536; canvass; comment upon, moralize upon; spiritualize; consider &c. (examine) 461. open a discussion, open a case; try conclusions; join issue, be at issue; moot; come to the point; stir a question, agitate a question, ventilate a question, torture a question; take up a side, take up a case. contend, take one's stand upon, insist, lay stress on; infer &c. 480. follow from &c. (demonstration) 478. Adj. reasoning &c. v.; rationalistic; argumentative, controversial, dialectic, polemical; discursory†, discursive; disputatious; Aristotelian†, eristic†, eristical†. debatable, controvertible. logical; relevant &c. 23. Adv. for, because, hence, whence, seeing that, since, sith†, then thence so; for that reason, for this reason, for which reason; for as, inasmuch as; whereas, ex concesso [Lat.], considering, in consideration of; therefore, wherefore; consequently, ergo, thus, accordingly; a fortiori. in conclusion, in fine; finally, after all, au bout du compt [Fr.], on the whole, taking one thing with another. Phr. ab actu ad posse valet consecutio [Lat.]; per troppo dibatter la verita si perde [It]; troppo disputare la verita fa errare [It]. |
#477. Intuition. & Sophistry [The absence of reasoning.] [False or vicious reasoning; show of reason.] — N. intuition, instinct, association, hunch, gut feeling; presentiment, premonition; rule of thumb; superstition; astrology†; faith (supposition) 514. sophistry, paralogy†, perversion, casuistry, jesuitry, equivocation, evasion; chicane, chicanery; quiddet†, quiddity; mystification; special pleading; speciousness &c. adj.; nonsense &c. 497; word sense, tongue sense. false reasoning, vicious reasoning, circular reasoning; petitio principii [Lat.], ignoratio elenchi [Lat.]; post hoc ergo propter hoc [Lat.]; non sequitur, ignotum per ignotius [Lat.]. misjudgment &c. 481; false teaching &c. 538. sophism, solecism, paralogism†; quibble, quirk, elenchus†, elench†, fallacy, quodlibet, subterfuge, subtlety, quillet†; inconsistency, antilogy†; a delusion, a mockery, and a snare" [Denman]; claptrap, cant, mere words; lame and impotent conclusion" [Othello]. meshes of sophistry, cobwebs of sophistry; flaw in an argument; weak point, bad case. overrefinement†; hairsplitting &c. v.. V. judge intuitively, judge by intuition; hazard a proposition, hazard a guess, talk at random. reason ill, falsely &c. adj.; misjudge &c. 481; paralogize†. take on faith, take as a given; assume (supposition) 514. pervert, quibble; equivocate, mystify, evade, elude; gloss over, varnish; misteach &c. 538†; mislead &c. (error) 495; cavil, refine, subtilize†, split hairs; misrepresent &c. (lie) 544. beg the question, reason in a circle, reason in circles, assume the conclusion. cut blocks with a razor, beat about the bush, play fast and loose, play fast and loose with the facts, blow hot and cold, prove that black is white and white black, travel out of the record, parler a tort et a travers [Fr.], put oneself out of court, not have a leg to stand on. judge hastily, shoot from the hip, jump to conclusions (misjudgment) 481. Adj. intuitive, instinctive, impulsive; independent of reason, anterior to reason; gratuitous, hazarded; unconnected. unreasonable, illogical, false, unsound, invalid; unwarranted, not following; inconsequent, inconsequential; inconsistent; absonous†, absonant†; unscientific; untenable, inconclusive, incorrect; fallacious, fallible; groundless, unproved; non sequitur [Lat.], it does not follow. deceptive, sophistical, jesuitical; illusive, illusory; specious, hollow, plausible, ad captandum [Lat.], evasive; irrelevant &c. 10. weak, feeble, poor, flimsy, loose, vague. irrational; nonsensical &c. (absurd) 497. foolish &c. (imbecile) 499; frivolous, pettifogging, quibbling; finespun†, overrefined†. at the end of one's tether, au bout de son latin. Adv. intuitively &c. adj.; by intuition; illogically &c. adj.. Phr. non constat [Lat.]; that goes for nothing. |
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#478. Demonstration — N. demonstration, proof, rigorous proof; conclusiveness &c. adj.; apodeixis†, apodixis†, probation, comprobation†. logic of facts &c. (evidence) 467; experimentum crucis &c. (test) 463 [Lat.]; argument &c. 476; rigorous establishment, absolute establishment. conviction, cogency, (persuasion) 484. V. demonstrate, prove, establish; make good; show, evince, manifest &c. (be evidence of) 467; confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verify &c. 467, settle the question, reduce to demonstration, set the question at rest. make out, make out a case; prove one's point, have the best of the argument; draw a conclusion &c. (judge) 480. follow, follow of course, follow as a matter of course, follow necessarily; stand to reason; hold good, hold water. convince, persuade (belief) 484. Adj. demonstrating &c. v., demonstrative, demonstrable; probative, unanswerable, conclusive; apodictic†, apodeictic†, apodeictical†; irresistible, irrefutable, irrefragable; necessary. categorical, decisive, crucial. demonstrated &c. v.; proven; unconfuted†, unanswered, unrefuted†; evident &c. 474. deducible, consequential, consectary†, inferential, following. [demonstrated to one's satisfaction] convincing, cogent, persuasive (believable) 484. Adv. of course, in consequence, consequently, as a matter of course; necessarily, of necessity. Phr. probatum est [Lat.]; there is nothing more to be said; quod est demonstrandum [Lat.], Q.E.D.; it must follow; exitus acta probat [Lat.]. |
#479. Confutation — N. confutation, refutation; answer, complete answer; disproof, conviction, redargution†, invalidation; exposure, exposition; clincher; retort; reductio ad absurdum; knock down argument, tu quoque argument [Lat.]; sockdolager [U.S.], correction &c. dissuasion &c. 616. V. confute, refute, disprove; parry, negative, controvert, rebut, confound, disconfirm, redargue†, expose, show the fallacy of, defeat; demolish, break &c. (destroy) 162; overthrow, overturn scatter to the winds, explode, invalidate; silence; put to silence, reduce to silence; clinch an argument, clinch a question; give one a setdown†, stop the mouth, shut up; have, have on the hip. not leave a leg to stand on, cut the ground from under one's feet. be confuted &c.; fail; expose one's weak point, show one's weak point. counter evidence &c. 468. Adj. confuting, confuted, &c. v.; capable of refutation; refutable, confutable†, defeasible. contravene (counter evidence) 468. condemned on one's own showing, condemned out of one's own mouth. Phr. the argument falls to the ground, cadit quaestio [Lat.], it does not hold water, suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo" [Terence]; his argument was demolished by new evidence. |
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#480. Judgment [Conclusion.] — N. result, conclusion, upshot; deduction, inference, ergotism [Med.]; illation; corollary, porism†; moral. estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication†; dijudication†, adjudication; arbitrament, arbitrement†, arbitration; assessment, ponderation†; valorization. award, estimate; review, criticism, critique, notice, report. decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree; findings of fact; findings of law; res judicata [Lat.]. plebiscite, voice, casting vote; vote &c. (choice) 609; opinion &c. (belief) 484; good judgment &c. (wisdom) 498. judge, umpire; arbiter, arbitrator; asessor, referee. censor, reviewer, critic; connoisseur; commentator &c. 524; inspector, inspecting officer. twenty-twenty hindsight [judgment after the fact]; armchair general, monday morning quarterback. V. judge, conclude; come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion; ascertain, determine, make up one's mind. deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet†, ween†. form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account; regard, consider, think of; look upon &c. (believe) 484; review; size up [Slang]. settle; pass an opinion, give an opinion; decide, try, pronounce, rule; pass judgment, pass sentence; sentence, doom; find; give judgment, deliver judgment; adjudge, adjudicate; arbitrate, award, report; bring in a verdict; make absolute, set a question at rest; confirm &c. (assent) 488. comment, criticize, kibitz; pass under review &c. (examine) 457; investigate &c. (inquire) 461. hold the scales, sit in judgment; try judgment, hear a cause. Adj. judging &c. v.; judicious &c. (wise) 498; determinate, conclusive. Adv. on the whole, all things considered. Phr. a Daniel come to judgment" [Merchant of Venice]; and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd" [Byron]; it is much easier to be critical than to be it is much easier to be critical than to be correct" [Disraeli]; la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile [Fr.]; nothing if not critical" [Othello]; O most lame and impotent conclusion" [Othello]. #480a. [Result of search or inquiry.] Discovery — N. discovery, detection, disenchantment; ascertainment†, disclosure, find, revelation. trover [Law] &c. (recovery) 775. V. discover, find, determine, evolve, learn &c. 539; fix upon; pick up; find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, worm out, ferret out, root out; fathom; bring out, draw out; educe, elicit, bring to light; dig out, grub up, fish up; unearth, disinter. solve, resolve, elucidate; unriddle, unravel, unlock, crack, crack open; pick up, open the lock; find a clue, find clew a to, find the key to the riddle; interpret &c. 522; disclose &c. 529. trace, get at; hit it, have it; lay one's finger, lay one's hands upon; spot; get at the truth, arrive at the truth &c. 494; put the saddle on the right horse, hit the right nail on the head. be near the truth, be warm, get warmer, burn; smoke, scent, sniff, catch a whiff of, smell a rat. open the eyes to; see through, see daylight, see in its true colors, see the cloven foot; detect; catch, catch tripping. pitch upon, fall upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble upon, pop upon; come across, come onto; meet with, meet up with, fall in with. recognize, realize; verify, make certain of, identify. Int. eureka!, aha! †, I've got it!, |
#481. Misjudgment — N. misjudgment, obliquity of judgment; miscalculation, miscomputation, misconception &c. (error) 495; hasty conclusion. [causes of misjudgment. 1] prejudgment, prejudication†, prejudice; foregone conclusion; prenotion†, prevention, preconception, predilection, prepossession, preapprehension†, presumption, assumption, presentiment; fixed idea, preconceived idea; idée fixe; mentis gratissimus error [Lat.]; fool's paradise. [causes of misjudgment. 2] esprit de corps, party spirit, partisanship, clannishness, prestige. [causes of misjudgment. 3] bias, bigotry, warp, twist; hobby, fad, quirk, crotchet, partiality, infatuation, blind side, mote in the eye. [causes of misjudgment. 4] one-sided views, one-track mind, partial views, narrow views, confined views, superficial views, one-sided ideas, partial ideas, narrow ideas, confined ideas, superficial ideas, one-sided conceptions, partial conceptions, narrow conceptions, confined conceptions, superficial conceptions, one-sided notions, partial notions, narrow notions, confined notions, superficial notions; narrow mind; bigotry &c. (obstinacy) 606; odium theologicum [Lat.]; pedantry; hypercriticism. doctrinaire &c. (positive) 474. [causes of misjudgment. 5] overestimation &c. 482; underestimation &c. 483. [causes of misjudgment. 6] ignorance &c. 491. erroneous assumptions, erroneous data, mistaken assumptions, incorrect assumptions (error) 495. V. misjudge, misestimate, misthink†, misconjecture†, misconceive &c. (error) 495; fly in the face of facts; miscalculate, misreckon, miscompute. overestimate &c. 482; underestimate &c. 483. prejudge, forejudge; presuppose, presume, prejudicate†; dogmatize; have a bias &c. n.; have only one idea; jurare in verba magistri [Lat.], run away with the notion; jump to a conclusion, rush to a conclusion, leap to a conclusion, judge hastily, shoot from the hip, jump to conclusions; look only at one side of the shield; view with jaundiced eye, view through distorting spectacles; not see beyond one's nose; dare pondus fumo [Lat.]; get the wrong sow by the ear &c. (blunder) 699. give a bias, give a twist; bias, warp, twist; prejudice, prepossess. Adj. misjudging &c. v.; ill-judging, wrong-headed; prejudiced &c. v.; jaundiced; shortsighted, purblind; partial, one-sided, superficial. narrow-minded, narrow-souled†; mean-spirited; confined, illiberal, intolerant, besotted, infatuated, fanatical, entete [Fr.], positive, dogmatic, conceited; opinative, opiniative†; opinioned, opinionate, opinionative, opinionated; self-opinioned, wedded to an opinion, opiniâtre; bigoted &c. (obstinate) 606; crotchety, fussy, impracticable; unreasonable, stupid &c. 499; credulous &c. 486; warped. misjudged &c. v.. Adv. ex parte [Lat.]. Phr. nothing like leather; the wish the father to the thought; wishful thinking; unshakable conviction; my mind is made up - don't bother me with the my mind is made up - don't bother me with the facts." |
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#482. Overestimation — N. overestimation &c. v.; exaggeration &c. 549; vanity &c. 880; optimism, pessimism, pessimist. much cry and little wool, much ado about nothing; storm in a teacup, tempest in a teacup; fine talking. V. overestimate, overrate, overvalue, overprize, overweigh, overreckon†, overstrain, overpraise; eulogize; estimate too highly, attach too much importance to, make mountains of molehills, catch at straws; strain, magnify; exaggerate &c. 549; set too high a value upon; think much of, make much of, think too much of, make too much of; outreckon†; panegyrize†. extol, extol to the skies; make the most of, make the best of, make the worst of; make two bites of a cherry. have too high an opinion of oneself &c. (vanity) 880. Adj. overestimated &c. v.; oversensitive &c. (sensibility) 822. Phr. all his geese are swans; parturiunt montes [Lat.]. |
#483. Underestimation — N. underestimation; depreciation &c. (detraction) 934; pessimism, pessimist; undervaluing &c. v.; modesty &c. 881. V. underrate, underestimate, undervalue, underreckon†; depreciate; disparage &c. (detract) 934; not do justice to; misprize, disprize; ridicule &c. 856; slight &c. (despise) 930; neglect &c. 460; slur over. make light of, make little of, make nothing of, make no account of; belittle; minimize, think nothing of; set no store by, set at naught; shake off as dewdrops from the lion's mane. Adj. depreciating, depreciated &c. v.; unvalued, unprized†. |
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#484. Belief — N. belief; credence; credit; assurance; faith, trust, troth, confidence, presumption, sanguine expectation &c. (hope) 858; dependence on, reliance on. persuasion, conviction, convincement†, plerophory†, self-conviction; certainty &c. 474; opinion, mind, view; conception, thinking; impression &c. (idea) 453; surmise &c. 514; conclusion &c. (judgment) 480. tenet, dogma, principle, way of thinking; popular belief &c. (assent) 488. firm belief, implicit belief, settled belief, fixed rooted deep-rooted belief, staunch belief, unshaken belief, steadfast belief, inveterate belief, calm belief, sober belief, dispassionate belief, impartial belief, well-founded belief, firm opinion, implicit opinion, settled opinion, fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion, staunch opinion, unshaken opinion, steadfast opinion, inveterate opinion, calm opinion, sober opinion, dispassionate opinion, impartial opinion, well-founded opinion &c.; uberrima fides [Lat.]. system of opinions, school, doctrine, articles, canons; article of faith, declaration of faith, profession of faith; tenets, credenda†, creed; thirty-nine articles &c. (orthodoxy) 983.1; catechism; assent &c. 488; propaganda &c. (teaching) 537. credibility &c. (probability) 472. V. believe, credit; give faith to, give credit to, credence to; see, realize; assume, receive; set down for, take for; have it, take it; consider, esteem, presume. count upon, depend upon, calculate upon, pin one's faith upon, reckon upon, lean upon, build upon, rely upon, rest upon; lay one's account for; make sure of. make oneself easy about, on that score; take on trust, take on credit; take for granted, take for gospel; allow some weight to, attach some weight to. know, know for certain; have know, make no doubt; doubt not; be, rest assured &c. adj.; persuade oneself, assure oneself, satisfy oneself; make up one's mind. give one credit for; confide in, believe in, put one's trust in; place in, repose in, implicit confidence in; take one's word for, at one's word; place reliance on, rely upon, swear by, regard to. think, hold; take, take it; opine, be of opinion, conceive, trow†, ween†, fancy, apprehend; have it, hold a belief, possess, entertain a belief, adopt a belief, imbibe a belief, embrace a belief, get hold of a belief, hazard, foster, nurture a belief, cherish a belief, have an opinion, hold an opinion, possess, entertain an opinion, adopt an opinion, imbibe an opinion, embrace an opinion, get hold of an opinion, hazard an opinion, foster an opinion, nurture an opinion, cherish an opinion &c. n.. view as, consider as, take as, hold as, conceive as, regard as, esteem as, deem as, look upon as, account as, set down as; surmise &c. 514. get it into one's head, take it into one's head; come round to an opinion; swallow &c. (credulity) 486. cause to be believed &c. v.; satisfy, persuade, have the ear of, gain the confidence of, assure; convince, convict†, convert; wean, bring round; bring over, win over; indoctrinate &c. (teach) 537; cram down the throat; produce conviction, carry conviction; bring home to, drive home to. go down, find credence, pass current; be received &c. v., be current &c. adj.; possess, take hold of, take possession of the mind. Adj. believing &c. v.; certain, sure, assured, positive, cocksure, satisfied, confident, unhesitating, convinced, secure. under the impression; impressed with, imbued with, penetrated with. confiding, suspectless†; unsuspecting, unsuspicious; void of suspicion; credulous &c. 486; wedded to. believed &c. v.; accredited, putative; unsuspected. worthy of, deserving of, commanding belief; credible, reliable, trustworthy, to be depended on; satisfactory; probably &c. 472; fiducial†, fiduciary; persuasive, impressive. relating to belief, doctrinal. Adv. in the opinion of, in the eyes of; me judice [Lat.]; meseems†, methinks; to the best of one's belief; I dare say, I doubt not, I have no doubt, I am sure; sure enough &c. (certainty) 474; depend upon, rely upon it; be assured, rest assured; I'll warrant you &c. (affirmation) 535. Phr. experto crede [Lat.] [Vergil]; fata viam invenient [Lat.]; Justitiae soror incorrupta Fides [Lat.]; live to explain thy doctrine by thy life" [Prior]; stands not within the prospect of belief" [Macbeth]; tarde quae credita laedunt credimus [Lat.] [Ovid]; vide et crede [Lat.]. |
#485. Unbelief. Doubt — N. unbelief, disbelief, misbelief; discredit, miscreance†; infidelity &c. (irreligion) 989†; dissent &c. 489; change of opinion &c. 484; retraction &c. 607. doubt &c. (uncertainty) 475; skepticism, scepticism, misgiving, demure; distrust, mistrust, cynicism; misdoubt†, suspicion, jealousy, scruple, qualm; onus probandi [Lat.]. incredibility, incredibleness; incredulity. [person who doubts] doubter, skeptic, cynic.; unbeliever &c. 487. V. disbelieve, discredit; not believe &c. 484; misbelieve†; refuse to admit &c. (dissent) 489; refuse to believe &c. (incredulity) 487. doubt; be doubtful &c. (uncertain) 475; doubt the truth of; be skeptical as to &c. adj.; diffide†; distrust, mistrust; suspect, smoke, scent, smell a rat; have doubts, harbor doubts, entertain doubts, suspicions; have one's doubts. demure, stick at, pause, hesitate, scruple; stop to consider, waver. hang in suspense, hang in doubt. throw doubt upon, raise a question; bring in, call in question; question, challenge, dispute; deny &c. 536; cavil; cause a doubt, raise a doubt, start a doubt, suggest a doubt, awake a doubt, make suspicion; ergotize†. startle, stagger; shake one's faith, shake one's belief, stagger one's faith, stagger one's belief. Adj. unbelieving; skeptical, sceptical. incredulous as to, skeptical as to; distrustful as to, shy as to, suspicious of; doubting &c. v.. doubtful &c. (uncertain) 475; disputable; unworthy of, undeserving of belief &c. 484; questionable; suspect, suspicious; open to suspicion, open to doubt; staggering, hard to believe, incredible, unbelievable, not to be believed, inconceivable; impossible &c. 471. fallible &c. (uncertain) 475; undemonstrable; controvertible &c. (untrue) 495. Adv. cum grano salis [Lat.], with a grain of salt; with grains of allowance. Phr. fronti nulla fides [Lat.]; nimium ne crede colori [Lat.] [Vergil]; timeo Danaos et dona ferentes" [Vergil], I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts, beware of Greeks bearing gifts; credat Judaeus Apella [Lat.] [Horace]; let those believe who may; ad tristem partem stenua est suspicio [Lat.] [Syrus]. |
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#486. Credulity — N. credulity, credulousness &c. adj.; cullibility†, gullibility; gross credulity, infatuation; self delusion, self deception; superstition; one's blind side; bigotry &c. (obstinacy) 606; hyperorthodoxy &c. 984†; misjudgment &c. 481. credulous person &c. (dupe) 547. V. be credulous &c. adj.; jurare in verba magistri [Lat.]; follow implicitly; swallow, gulp down; take on trust; take for granted, take for gospel; run away with a notion, run away with an idea; jump to a conclusion, rush to a conclusion; think the moon is made of green cheese; take for granted, grasp the shadow for the substance; catch at straws, grasp at straws. impose upon &c. (deceive) 545. Adj. credulous, gullible; easily deceived &c. 545; simple, green, soft, childish, silly, stupid; easily convinced; over-credulous, over confident, over trustful; infatuated, superstitious; confiding &c. (believing) 484. Phr. the wish the father to the thought; credo quia impossibile [Lat.] [Tertullian]; all is not gold that glitters; no es oro todo lo que reluce [Sp.]; omne ignotum pro magnifico [Lat.]. |
#487. Incredulity — N. incredulousness†, incredulity; skepticism, pyrrhonism†; want of faith &c. (irreligion) 989†. suspiciousness &c. adj.; scrupulosity; suspicion &c. (unbelief) 485. mistrust, cynicism. unbeliever, skeptic, cynic; misbeliever.1, pyrrhonist; heretic &c. (heterodox) 984. V. be incredulous &c. adj.; distrust &c. (disbelieve) 485; refuse to believe; shut one's eyes to, shut one's ears to; turn a deaf ear to; hold aloof, ignore, nullis jurare in verba magistri [Lat.]. Adj. incredulous, skeptical, unbelieving, inconvincible†; hard of belief, shy of belief, disposed to doubt, indisposed to believe; suspicious, scrupulous, distrustful, cynical; |
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#488. Assent — N. assent, assentment†; acquiescence, admission; nod; accord, concord, concordance; agreement &c. 23; affirmance, affirmation; recognition, acknowledgment, avowal; confession of faith. unanimity, common consent, consensus, acclamation, chorus, vox populi; popular belief, current belief, current opinion; public opinion; concurrence &c. (of causes) 178; cooperation &c. (voluntary) 709. ratification, confirmation, corroboration, approval, acceptance, visa; indorsement &c. (record) 551†. consent &c. (compliance) 762. pressure to conform, herd instinct, peer pressure. V. assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent; acquiesce; agree &c. 23; receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one with &c. adj.; go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into one's views, agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize; subscribe to, conform to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to. acknowledge, own, admit, allow, avow, confess; concede &c. (yield) 762; come round to; abide by; permit &c. 760. arrive at an understanding, come to an understanding, come to terms, come to an agreement. confirm, affirm; ratify, appprove, indorse, countersign; corroborate &c. 467. go with the stream, swim with the stream, go with the flow, blow with the wind; be in fashion, join in the chorus, join the crowd, be one of the guys, be part of the group, go with the crowd, don't make waves; be in every mouth. Adj. assenting &c. v.; of one accord, of one mind; of the same mind, at one with, agreed, acquiescent, content; willing &c. 602. uncontradicted, unchallenged, unquestioned, uncontroverted. carried, agreed, nem. con. [Lat.], nemine contradicente [Lat.], &c. adv.; unanimous; agreed on all hands, carried by acclamation. affirmative &c. 535. Adv. yes, yea, ay, aye, true; good; well; very well, very true; well and good; granted; even so, just so; to be sure, 'thou hast said'," you said it, you said a mouthful; truly, exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes [Lat.], ex concesso [Lat.]; of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless; naturally, natch. be it so; so be it, so let it be; amen; willingly &c. 602. affirmatively, in the affirmative. OK, all right, might as well, why not;? with one consent, with one voice, with one accord; unanimously, una voce, by common consent, in chorus, to a man; nem. con, nemine contradicente [Lat.]; nemine dissentiente [Lat.]; without a dissentient voice; as one man, one and all, on all hands. Phr. avec plaisir [Fr.]; chi tace accousente [It]; the public mind is the creation of the Master- the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writers" [Disraeli]; you bet your sweet ass it is; what are we waiting for;? whenever you're ready; anytime you're ready. |
#489. Dissent — N. dissent; discordance &c. (disagreement) 24; difference diversity of opinion. nonconformity &c. (heterodoxy) 984; protestantism, recusancy, schism; disaffection; secession &c. 624; recantation &c. 607. dissension &c. (discord) 713; discontent &c. 832; cavilling. protest; contradiction &c. (denial) 536; noncompliance &c. (rejection) 764. dissentient, dissenter; non-juror, non-content, nonconformist; sectary, separatist, recusant, schismatic, protestant, heretic. refusal &c. 764. V. dissent, demur; call in question &c. (doubt) 485; differ in opinion, disagree; say no &c. 536; refuse assent, refuse to admit; cavil, protest, raise one's voice against, repudiate; contradict &c. (deny) 536. have no notion of, differ toto caelo [Lat.]; revolt at, revolt from the idea. shake the head, shrug the shoulders; look askance, look askant†. secede; recant &c. 607. Adj. dissenting &c. v.; negative &c. 536; dissident, dissentient; unconsenting &c. (refusing) 764; non-content, nonjuring†; protestant, recusant; unconvinced, unconverted. unavowed, unacknowledged; out of the question. discontented &c. 832; unwilling &c. 603; extorted. sectarian, denominational, schismatic; heterodox; intolerant. Adv. no &c. 536; at variance, at issue with; under protest. Int. God forbid!, not for the world; I'll be hanged if; never tell me; your humble servant, pardon me. Phr. many men many minds; quot homines tot sententiae [Lat.] [Terence]; tant s'en faut [Fr.]; il s'en faut bien [Fr.]; no way; by no means; count me out. |
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#490. Knowledge — N. knowledge; cognizance, cognition, cognoscence†; acquaintance, experience, ken [Scot.], privity†, insight, familiarity; comprehension, apprehension; recognition; appreciation &c. (judgment) 480; intuition; conscience, consciousness; perception, precognition; acroamatics†. light, enlightenment; glimpse, inkling; glimmer, glimmering; dawn; scent, suspicion; impression &c. (idea) 453; discovery &c. 480.1. system of knowledge, body of knowledge; science, philosophy, pansophy†; acroama†; theory, aetiology†, etiology; circle of the sciences; pandect†, doctrine, body of doctrine; cyclopedia, encyclopedia; school &c. (system of opinions) 484. tree of knowledge; republic of letters &c. (language) 560. erudition, learning, lore, scholarship, reading, letters; literature; book madness; book learning, bookishness; bibliomania†, bibliolatry†; information, general information; store of knowledge &c.; education &c. (teaching) 537; culture, menticulture†, attainments; acquirements, acquisitions; accomplishments; proficiency; practical knowledge &c. (skill) 698; liberal education; dilettantism; rudiments &c. (beginning) 66. deep knowledge, profound knowledge, solid knowledge, accurate knowledge, acroatic knowledge†, acroamatic knowledge†, vast knowledge, extensive knowledge, encyclopedic knowledge, encyclopedic learning; omniscience, pantology†. march of intellect; progress of science, advance of science, advance of learning; schoolmaster abroad. [person who knows much] scholar &c. 492. V. know, ken [Scot.], scan, wot†; wot aware†, be aware of &c. adj.; ween†, weet†, trow†, have, possess. conceive; apprehend, comprehend; take, realize, understand, savvy [Slang], appreciate; fathom, make out; recognize, discern, perceive, see, get a sight-of, experience. know full well; have some knowledge of, possess some knowledge of; be au courant &c. adj.; have in one's head, have at one' fingers ends; know by heart, know by rote; be master of; connaitre le dessous des cartes [Fr.], know what's what &c. 698. see one's way; discover &c. 480.1. come to one's knowledge &c. (information) 527. Adj. knowing &c. v.; cognitive; acroamatic†. aware of, cognizant of, conscious of; acquainted with, made acquainted with; privy to, no stranger to; au fait with, au courant; in the secret; up to, alive to; behind the scenes, behind the curtain; let into; apprized of, informed of; undeceived. proficient with, versed with, read with, forward with, strong with, at home in; conversant with, familiar with. erudite, instructed, leaned, lettered, educated; well conned, well informed, well read, well grounded, well educated; enlightened, shrewd, savant, blue, bookish, scholastic, solid, profound, deep-read, book-learned; accomplished &c. (skillful) 698; omniscient; self-taught. known &c. v.; ascertained, well-known, recognized, received, notorious, noted; proverbial; familiar, familiar as household words, familiar to every schoolboy; hackneyed, trite, trivial, commonplace. cognoscible†, cognizable. Adv. to one's knowledge, to the best of one's knowledge. Phr. one's eyes being opened &c. (disclosure) 529; ompredre tout c'est tout pardonner [Fr.], to know all is to pardon all; empta dolore docet experientia [Lat.]; gnothi seauton [Gr.]; half our knowledge we must snatch not take" [Pope]; Jahre lehren mehr als Bucher [G.], years teach more than books [G.]; knowledge comes but wisdom lingers" [Tennyson]; knowledge is power" [Bacon]; les affaires font les hommes [Fr.]; nec scire fas est omnia [Lat.] [Horace]; the amassed thought and experience of innumerable the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds" [Emerson]; was ich nicht weiss macht mich nicht heiss [G.]. |
#491. Ignorance — N. ignorance, nescience, tabula rasa [Lat.], crass ignorance, ignorance crasse [Fr.]; unfamiliarity, unacquaintance†; unconsciousness &c. adj.; darkness, blindness; incomprehension, inexperience, simplicity. unknown quantities, x, y, z. sealed book, terra incognita, virgin soil, unexplored ground; dark ages. [Imperfect knowledge] smattering, sciolism†, glimmering, dilettantism; bewilderment &c. (uncertainty) 475; incapacity. [Affectation of knowledge] pedantry; charlatanry, charlatism†; Philister†, Philistine. V. be ignorant &c. adj.; not know &c. 490; know not, know not what, know nothing of; have no idea, have no notion, have no conception; not have the remotest idea; not know chalk from cheese. ignore, be blind to; keep in ignorance &c. (conceal) 528. see through a glass darkly; have a film over the eyes, have a glimmering &c. n.; wonder whether; not know what to make of &c. (unintelligibility) 519; not pretend to take upon, not take upon one self to say. Adj. ignorant; nescient; unknowing, unaware, unacquainted, unapprised, unapprized†, unwitting, unweeting†, unconscious; witless, weetless†; a stranger to; unconversant†. uninformed, uncultivated, unversed, uninstructed, untaught, uninitiated, untutored, unschooled, misguided, unenlightened; Philistine; behind the age. shallow, superficial, green, rude, empty, half-learned, illiterate; unread, uninformed, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unbookish; empty-headed, dizzy, wooly-headed; pedantic; in the dark; benighted, belated; blinded, blindfolded; hoodwinked; misinformed; au bout de son latin, at the end of his tether, at fault; at sea &c. (uncertain) 475; caught tripping. unknown, unapprehended, unexplained, unascertained, uninvestigated†, unexplored, unheard of, not perceived; concealed &c. 528; novel. Adv. ignorantly &c. adj.; unawares; for anything, for aught one knows; not that one knows. Int. God knows, Heaven knows, the Lord knows, who knows, nobody knows. Phr. ignorance never settles a question" [Disraeli]; quantum animis erroris inest! [Lat.] [Ovid]; small Latin and less Greek" [B. Jonson]; that unlettered small-knowing soul" [Love's Labor's Lost]; there is no darkness but ignorance" [Twelfth Night]. |
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#492. Scholar — N. scholar, connoisseur, savant, pundit, schoolman†, professor, graduate, wrangler; academician, academist†; master of arts, doctor, licentitate, gownsman; philosopher, master of math; scientist, clerk; sophist, sophister†; linguist; glossolinguist, philologist; philologer†; lexicographer, glossographer; grammarian; litterateur [Fr.], literati, dilettanti, illuminati, cogniscenti [It]; fellow, Hebraist, lexicologist, mullah, munshi†, Sanskritish; sinologist, sinologue†; Mezzofanti†, admirable Crichton, Mecaenas. bookworm, helluo librorum [Lat.]; bibliophile, bibliomaniac†; bluestocking, bas-bleu [Fr.]; bigwig, learned Theban, don; Artium Baccalaureus [Lat.], Artium Magister [Lat.]. learned man, literary man; homo multarum literarum [Lat.]; man of learning, man of letters, man of education, man of genius. antiquarian, antiquary; archaeologist. sage &c. (wise man) 500. pedant, doctrinaire; pedagogue, Dr. Pangloss; pantologist†, criminologist. schoolboy &c. (learner) 541. Adj. learned &c. 490; brought up at the feet of Gamaliel. Phr. he was a scholar and a ripe and good one" [Henry VIII]; the manifold linguist" [All's Well That Ends Well]. |
#493. Ignoramus — N. ignoramus, dunce; wooden spoon; no scholar. [insulting terms for ignorant person:] (imbecility) 499 (folly) 501 moron, imbecile, idiot; fool, jerk, nincompoop, asshole [Vulg.]. [person with superficial knowledge] dilettante, sciolist†, smatterer, dabbler, half scholar; charlatan; wiseacre. greenhorn, amateur &c. (dupe) 547; novice, tyro &c. (learner) 541; numskull. lubber &c. (bungler) 701; fool &c. 501; pedant &c. 492. Adj. bookless†, shallow; ignorant &c. 491. Phr. a wit with dunces and a dunce with wits" [Pope]. |
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#494. [Object of knowledge.] Truth — N. fact, reality &c. (existence) 1; plain fact, plain matter of fact; nature &c. (principle) 5; truth, verity; gospel, gospel truth, God's honest truth; orthodoxy &c. 983.1; authenticity; veracity &c. 543; correctness, correctitude†. accuracy, exactitude; exactness, preciseness &c. adj.; precision, delicacy; rigor, mathematical precision, punctuality; clockwork precision &c. (regularity) 80; conformity to rule; nicety. orthology†; ipsissima verba [Lat.]; realism. plain truth, honest truth, sober truth, naked truth, unalloyed truth, unqualified truth, stern truth, exact truth, intrinsic truth; nuda veritas [Lat.]; the very thing; not an illusion &c. 495; real Simon Pure; unvarnished tale, unvarnished truth; the truth the whole truth and nothing but the the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth; just the thing. V. be true &c. adj., be the case; sand the test; have the true ring; hold good, hold true, hold water. render true, prove true &c. adj.; substantiate &c. (evidence) 467. get at the truth &c. (discover) 480.1. Adj. real, actual &c. (existing) 1; veritable, true; right, correct; certain &c. 474; substantially true, categorically true, definitively true &c.; true to the letter, true as gospel; unimpeachable; veracious &c. 543; unreconfuted†, unconfuted†; unideal†, unimagined; realistic. exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so; strict, severe; close &c. (similar) 17; literal; rigid, rigorous; scrupulous &c. (conscientious) 939; religiously exact, punctual, mathematical, scientific; faithful, constant, unerring; curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine; clean-cut, clear-cut. verified, empirically true, experimentally verified, substantiated, proven (demonstrated) 478. rigorously true, unquestionably true. true by definition. genuine, authentic, legitimate; orthodox &c. 983.1; official, ex officio. pure, natural, sound, sterling; unsophisticated, unadulterated, unvarnished, unalloyed, uncolored; in its true colors; pukka†. well-grounded, well founded; solid, substantial, tangible, valid; undistorted, undisguised; unaffected, unexaggerated, unromantic, unflattering. Adv. truly &c. adj.; verily, indeed, really, in reality; with truth &c. (veracity) 543; certainly &c. (certain) 474; actually &c. (existence) 1; in effect &c. (intrinsically) 5. exactly &c. adj.; ad amussim [Lat.]; verbatim, verbatim et literatim [Lat.]; word for word, literally, literatim [Lat.], totidem vervis [Lat.], sic, to the letter, chapter and verse, ipsissimis verbis [Lat.]; ad unguem [Lat.]; to an inch; to a nicety, to a hair, to a tittle, to a turn, to a T; au pied de la lettre [Fr.]; neither more nor less; in every respect, in all respects; sous tous les rapports [Fr.]; at any rate, at all events; strictly speaking. Phr. the truth is, the fact is; rem acu tetigisti [Lat.]; en suivant la verite [Fr.]; ex facto jus oritur [Lat.]; la verita e figlia del empo [It]; locos y ninos dicen la verdad [Sp.], crazy people and children tell the truth; nihil est veritatis luce dulcius [Lat.] [Cicero]; veritas nunquam perit [Lat.] [Seneca]; veritatem dies aperit [Lat.] [Seneca]; the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth;" just the facts, ma'am, just the facts" [Dragnet]. |
#495. Error — N. error, fallacy; misconception, misapprehension, misstanding†, misunderstanding; inexactness &c. adj.; laxity; misconstruction &c. (misinterpretation) 523; miscomputation &c. (misjudgment) 481; non sequitur &c. 477; mis-statement, mis-report; mumpsimus†. mistake; miss, fault, blunder, quiproquo, cross purposes, oversight, misprint, erratum, corrigendum, slip, blot, flaw, loose thread; trip, stumble &c. (failure) 732; botchery &c. (want of skill) 699†; slip of the tongue, slip of the lip, Freudian slip; slip of the pen; lapsus linguae [Lat.], clerical error; bull &c. (absurdity) 497; haplography†. illusion, delusion; snare; false impression, false idea; bubble; self-decit, self-deception; mists of error. heresy &c. (heterodoxy) 984; hallucination &c. (insanity) 503; false light &c. (fallacy of vision) 443; dream &c. (fancy) 515; fable &c. (untruth) 546; bias &c. (misjudgment) 481; misleading &c. v.. V. be erroneous &c. adj.. cause error; mislead, misguide; lead astray, lead into error; beguile, misinform &c. (misteach) 538†; delude; give a false impression, give a false idea; falsify, misstate; deceive &c. 545; lie &c. 544. err; be in error &c. adj., be mistaken &c. v.; be deceived &c. (duped) 547; mistake, receive a false impression, deceive oneself; fall into error, lie under error, labor under an error &c. n.; be in the wrong, blunder; misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misreckon, miscount, miscalculate &c. (misjudge) 481. play at cross purposes, be at cross purposes &c. (misinterpret) 523. trip, stumble; lose oneself &c. (uncertainty) 475; go astray; fail &c. 732; be in the wrong box; take the wrong sow by the ear &c. (mismanage) 699; put the saddle on the wrong horse; reckon without one's host; take the shadow for the substance &c. (credulity) 486; dream &c. (imagine) 515. Adj. erroneous, untrue, false, devoid of truth, fallacious, apocryphal, unreal, ungrounded, groundless; unsubstantial &c. 4; heretical &c. (heterodox) 984; unsound; illogical &c. 477. inexact, unexact inaccurate†, incorrect; indefinite &c. (uncertain) 475. illusive, illusory; delusive; mock, ideal &c. (imaginary) 515; spurious &c. 545; deceitful &c. 544; perverted. controvertible, unsustainable; unauthenticated, untrustworthy. exploded, refuted; discarded. in error, under an error &c. n.; mistaken &c. v.; tripping &c. v.; out, out in one's reckoning; aberrant; beside the mark, wide of the mark, wide of the truth, way off, far off; astray &c. (at fault) 475; on a false scent, on the wrong scent; in the wrong box, outside the ballpark; at cross purposes, all in the wrong; all out. Adv. more or less. Phr. errare est humanum [Lat.]; mentis gratissimus error [Lat.] [Horace]; on the dubious waves of error tost" [Cowper]; to err is human, to forgive divine" [Pope]; you lie — under a mistake" [Shelley]. |
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#496. Maxim — N. maxim, aphorism; apothegm, apophthegm†; dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb; sentence, mot [Fr.], motto, word, byword, moral, phylactery, protasis†. axiom, theorem, scholium†, truism, postulate. first principles, a priori fact, assumption (supposition) 514. reflection &c. (idea) 453; conclusion &c. (judgment) 480; golden rule &c. (precept) 697; principle, principia [Lat.]; profession of faith &c. (belief) 484; settled principle, accepted principle, formula. accepted fact. received truth, wise maxim, sage maxim, received maxim, admitted maxim, recognized maxim &c.; true saying, common saying, hackneyed saying, trite saying, commonplace saying &c. Adj. aphoristic, proverbial, phylacteric†; axiomatic, gnomic. Adv. as the saying goes, as the saying is, as they say. |
#497. Absurdity — N. absurdity, absurdness &c. adj.; imbecility &c. 499; alogy†, nonsense, utter nonsense; paradox, inconsistency; stultiloquy†, stultiloquence†; nugacity†. blunder, muddle, bull; Irishism†, Hibernicism†; slipslop†; anticlimax, bathos; sophism &c. 477. farce, galimathias†, amphigouri†, rhapsody; farrago &c. (disorder) 59; betise [Fr.]; extravagance, romance; sciamachy†. sell, pun, verbal quibble, macaronic†. jargon, fustian, twaddle, gibberish &c. (no meaning) 517; exaggeration &c. 549; moonshine, stuff; mare's nest, quibble, self-delusion. vagary, tomfoolery, poppycock, mummery, monkey trick, boutade [Fr.], escapade. V. play the fool &c. 499; talk nonsense, parler a tort et a travess [Fr.]; battre la campagne [Fr.]; hanemolia bazein [Gr.]; be absurd &c. adj.. Adj. absurd, nonsensical, preposterous, egregious, senseless, inconsistent, ridiculous, extravagant, quibbling; self-annulling, self-contradictory; macaronic†, punning. foolish &c. 499; sophistical &c. 477; unmeaning &c. 517; without rhyme or reason; fantastic. Int. fiddlededee!, pish!, pho! †, in the name of the Prophet—figs! " [Horace Smith]. Phr. credat Judaeus Apella [Lat.] [Horace]; tell it to the marines. |
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#498. Intelligence, Wisdom — N. intelligence, capacity, comprehension, understanding; cuteness, sabe [U.S.], savvy [U.S.]; intellect &c. 450; nous [Fr.], parts, sagacity, mother wit, wit, esprit, gumption, quick parts, grasp of intellect; acuteness &c. adj.; acumen, subtlety, penetration, perspicacy†, perspicacity; discernment, due sense of, good judgment; discrimination &c. 465; cunning &c. 702; refinement &c. (taste) 850. head, brains, headpiece, upper story, long head; eagle eye, eagle-glance; eye of a lynx, eye of a hawk. wisdom, sapience, sense; good sense, common sense, horse sense [U.S.], plain sense; rationality, reason; reasonableness &c. adj.; judgment; solidity, depth, profundity, caliber; enlarged views; reach of thought, compass of thought; enlargement of mind. genius, inspiration, geist [G.], fire of genius, heaven-born genius, soul; talent &c. (aptitude) 698. [Wisdom in action] prudence &c. 864; vigilance &c. 459; tact &c. 698; foresight &c. 510; sobriety, self-possession, aplomb, ballast. a bright thought, not a bad idea. Solomon-like wisdom. V. be intelligent &c. adj.; have all one's wits about one; understand &c. (intelligible) 518; catch an idea, take in an idea; take a joke, take a hint. see through, see at a glance, see with half an eye, see far into, see through a millstone; penetrate; discern &c. (descry) 441; foresee &c. 510. discriminate &c. 465; know what's what &c. 698; listen to reason. Adj. intelligent [Applied to persons], quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, sharp; quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp-eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted; wide-awake; canny, shrewd, astute; clear-headed; farsighted &c. 510; discerning, perspicacious, penetrating, piercing; argute†; quick-witted, nimble-witted, needle-witted; sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack; alive to &c. (cognizant) 490; clever &c. (apt) 698; arch &c. (cunning) 702; pas si bete [Fr.]; acute &c. 682. wise, sage, sapient, sagacious, reasonable, rational, sound, in one's right mind, sensible, abnormis sapiens [Lat.], judicious, strong-minded. unprejudiced, unbiased, unbigoted†, unprepossessed†; undazzled†, unperplexed†; unwarped judgment†, impartial, equitable, fair. cool; cool-headed, long-headed, hardheaded, strong-headed; long-sighted, calculating, thoughtful, reflecting; solid, deep, profound. oracular; heaven-directed, heaven-born. prudent &c. (cautious) 864; sober, stand, solid; considerate, politic, wise in one's generation; watchful &c. 459; provident &c. (prepared) 673; in advance of one' age; wise as a serpent, wise as Solomon, wise as Solon. [Applied to actions] wise, sensible, reasonable, judicious; well-thought-out, well-planned, well-judged, well-advised; prudent, politic; expedient &c. 646. Phr. aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportet [Lat.]; but with the morning cool reflection came" [Scott]; flosculi sententiarum [Lat.]; les affaires font les hommes [Fr.]; mas vale saber que haber [Sp.]; mas vale ser necio que profiadol nemo solus mas vale ser necio que profiadol nemo solus sapit [Lat.] [Plautus]; nosce te [Lat.]; gnothi seauton [Gr.]; nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit [Lat.] [Seneca from Aristotle]; sapere aude [Lat.] [Horace]; victrix fortunae sapientia [Lat.] [Juvenal]. |
#499. Imbecility. Folly — N. want of intelligence &c. 498, want of intellect &c. 450; shadowness†, silliness, foolishness &c. adj.; imbecility, incapacity, vacancy of mind, poverty of intellect, weakness of intellect, clouded perception, poor head, apartments to let; stupidity, stolidity; hebetude†, dull understanding, meanest capacity, shortsightedness; incompetence &c. (unskillfulness) 699. one's weak side, not one's strong point; bias &c. 481; infatuation &c. (insanity) 503. simplicity, puerility, babyhood; dotage, anility†, second childishness, fatuity; idiocy, idiotism†; driveling. folly, frivolity, irrationality, trifling, ineptitude, nugacity†, inconsistency, lip wisdom, conceit; sophistry &c. 477; giddiness &c. (inattention) 458; eccentricity &c. 503; extravagance &c. (absurdity) 497; rashness &c. 863. act of folly &c. 699. V. to be an imbecile &c. adj.; have no brains, have no sense &c. 498. trifle, drivel, radoter†, dote; ramble &c. (madness) 503; play the fool, play the monkey, monkey around, fool around; take leave of one's senses (insanity) 503; not see an inch beyond one's nose; stultify oneself &c. 699; talk nonsense &c. 497. Adj. unintelligent [Applied to persons], unintellectual, unreasoning; mindless, witless, reasoningless†, brainless; halfbaked; having no head &c. 498; not bright &c. 498; inapprehensible†. weak headed, addle headed, puzzle headed, blunder headed, muddle headed, muddy headed, pig headed, beetle headed, buffle headed†, chuckle headed, mutton headed, maggoty headed, grossheaded†; beef headed, fat witted, fat-headed. weak-minded, feeble-minded; dull minded, shallow minded, lack-brained; rattle-brained, rattle headed; half witted, lean witted, short witted, dull witted, blunt-witted, shallow-pated†, clod-pated†, addle-pated†, addle-brained†; dim-sighted, short-sighted; thick-skulled; weak in the upper story. shallow, borne, weak, wanting, soft, sappy, spoony; dull, dull as a beetle; stupid, heavy, insulse†, obtuse, blunt, stolid, doltish; asinine; inapt &c. 699; prosaic &c. 843; hebetudinous†. childish, child-like; infantine†, infantile, babyish, babish†; puerile, anile; simple &c. (credulous) 486; old-womanish. fatuous, idiotic, imbecile, driveling; blatant, babbling; vacant; sottish; bewildered &c. 475. blockish†, unteachable Boeotian, Boeotic; bovine; ungifted, undiscerning†, unenlightened, unwise, unphilosophical†; apish; simious†. foolish, silly, senseless, irrational, insensate, nonsensical, inept; maudlin. narrow-minded &c. 481; bigoted &c. (obstinate) 606; giddy &c. (thoughtless) 458; rash &c. 863; eccentric &c. (crazed) 503. [Applied to actions] foolish, unwise, injudicious, improper, unreasonable, without reason, ridiculous, absurd, idiotic, silly, stupid, asinine; ill-imagined, ill-advised, ill-judged, ill-devised; mal entendu [Fr.]; inconsistent, irrational, unphilosophical†; extravagant &c. (nonsensical) 497; sleeveless, idle; pointless, useless &c. 645; inexpedient &c. 647; frivolous &c. (trivial) 643. Phr. Davus sum non [Lat.] [Oedipus]; a fool's bolt is soon shot" [Henry V.] clitellae bovi sunt impositae [Lat.] [Cicero]; fools rush in where angels fear to tread" [Pope]; il n' a ni bouche ni eperon [Fr.]; the bookful blockhead, ignorantly read" [Pope]; to varnish nonsense with the charms of sound" [Churchill]. |
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#500. Sage — N. sage, wise man; genius; master mind, master spirit of the age; longhead†, thinker; intellectual, longhair. authority, oracle, luminary, shining light, esprit fort, magnus Apollo [Lat.], Solon, Solomon, Nestor, Magi, second Daniel." man of learning &c. 492; expert &c. 700; wizard &c. 994. wiseacre [Iron.], bigwig, know-it-all; poor man's Einstein. Adj. venerable, reverenced, emeritus. Phr. barba tenus sapientes [Lat.]. |
#501. Fool — N. fool, idiot, tomfool, wiseacre, simpleton, witling†, dizzard†, donkey, ass; ninny, ninnyhammer†; chowderhead†, chucklehead†; dolt, booby, Tom Noddy, looby†, hoddy-doddy†, noddy, nonny, noodle, nizy†, owl; goose, goosecap†; imbecile; gaby†; radoteur†, nincompoop, badaud†, zany; trifler, babbler; pretty fellow; natural, niais†. child, baby, infant, innocent, milksop, sop. oaf, lout, loon, lown†, dullard, doodle, calf, colt, buzzard, block, put, stick, stock, numps†, tony. bull head, dunderhead, addlehead†, blockhead, dullhead†, loggerhead, jolthead†, jolterhead†, beetlehead†, beetlebrain, grosshead†, muttonhead, noodlehead, giddyhead†; numbskull, thickskull†; lackbrain†, shallowbrain†; dimwit, halfwit, lackwit†; dunderpate†; lunkhead sawney [U.S.], gowk†; clod, clod-hopper; clod-poll, clot-poll, clot-pate; bull calf; gawk, Gothamite, lummox, rube [U.S.]; men of Boeotia, wise men of Gotham. un sot a triple etage [Fr.], sot; jobbernowl†, changeling, mooncalf, gobemouche†. dotard, driveler; old fogey, old woman, crock; crone, grandmother; cotquean†, henhussy†. incompetent (insanity) 503. greenhorn &c. (dupe) 547; dunce &c. (ignoramus) 493; lubber &c. (bungler) 701; madman &c. 504. one who will not set the Thames on fire; one who did not invent gunpowder, qui n'a pas invente' la poudre [Fr.]; no conjuror. Phr. fortuna favet fatuis [Lat.]; les fous font les festinas et les sages les les fous font les festinas et les sages les mangent [Fr.]; nomina stultorum parietibus harrent [Lat.]; stultorum plena sunt omnia [Lat.] [Cicero]. |
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#502. Sanity — N. sanity; soundness &c. adj.; rationality, sobriety, lucidity, lucid interval; senses, sober senses, right mind, sound mind, mens sana [Lat.]. V. be sane &c. adj.; retain one's senses, retain one's reason. become sane &c. adj.; come to one's senses, sober down. render sane &c. adj.; bring to one's senses, sober. Adj. sane, rational, reasonable, compos mentis, of sound mind; sound, sound-minded; lucid. self-possessed; sober, sober-minded. in one's sober senses, in one's right mind; in possession of one's faculties. Adv. sanely &c. adj.. |
#503. Insanity — N. disordered reason, disordered intellect; diseased mind, unsound mind, abnormal mind; derangement, unsoundness; psychosis; neurosis; cognitive disorder; affective disorder†. insanity, lunacy; madness &c. adj.; mania, rabies, furor, mental alienation, aberration; paranoia, schizophrenia; dementation†, dementia, demency†; phrenitis†, phrensy†, frenzy, raving, incoherence, wandering, delirium, calenture of the brain†; delusion, hallucination; lycanthropy†; brain storm†. vertigo, dizziness, swimming; sunstroke, coup de soleil [Fr.], siriasis†. fanaticism, infatuation, craze; oddity, eccentricity, twist, monomania (caprice) 608; kleptodipsomania†; hypochondriasis [Med.] &c. (low spirits) 837; melancholia, depression, clinical depression, severe depression; hysteria; amentia†. screw loose, tile loose, slate loose; bee in one's bonnet, rats in the upper story. dotage &c. (imbecility) 499. V. be insane &c. adj.. become insane &c. adj.; lose one's senses, lose one's reason, lose one's faculties, lose one's wits; go mad, run mad, lose one's marbles [Coll.], go crazy, go bonkers [Coll.], flip one's wig [Coll.], flip one's lid [Coll.], flip out [Coll.], flip one's bush [Coll.]. rave, dote, ramble, wander; drivel &c. (be imbecile) 499; have a screw loose &c. n., have a devil; avoir le diable au corps [Fr.]; lose one's head &c. (be uncertain) 475. render mad, drive mad &c. adj.; madden, dementate†, addle the wits, addle the brain, derange the head, infatuate, befool†; turn the brain, turn one's head; drive one nuts [Coll.]. Adj. insane, mad, lunatic, loony [Coll.]; crazy, crazed, aliene†, non compos mentis; not right, cracked, touched; bereft of reason; all possessed, unhinged, unsettled in one's mind; insensate, reasonless, beside oneself, demented, daft; phrenzied†, frenzied, frenetic; possessed, possessed with a devil; deranged, maddened, moonstruck; shatterpated†; mad-brained, scatter brained, shatter brained, crackbrained; touched, tetched [Coll.]; off one's head. [behavior suggesting insanity] maniacal; delirious, lightheaded, incoherent, rambling, doting, wandering; frantic, raving, stark staring mad, stark raving mad, wild-eyed, berserk; delusional, hallucinatory. [behavior somewhat resembling insanity] corybantic†, dithyrambic; rabid, giddy, vertiginous, wild; haggard, mazed; flighty; distracted, distraught; depressed; agitated, hyped up; bewildered &c. (uncertain) 475. mad as a March hare, mad as a hatter; of unsound mind &c. n.; touched in one's head, wrong in one's head, not right in one's head, not in one's right mind, not right in one's wits, upper story; out of one's mind, out of one's wits, out of one's skull [Coll.], far gone, out of one's senses, out of one's wits; not in one's right mind. fanatical, infatuated, odd, eccentric; hypped†, hyppish†; spaced out [Coll.]. imbecile, silly, &c. 499. Adv. like one possessed. Phr. the mind having lost its balance; the reason under a cloud; tet exaltee [Fr.], tet montee [Fr.]; ira furor brevis est [Lat.]; omnes stultos insanire [Lat.] [Horace]. |
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#504. Madman — N. madman, lunatic, maniac, bedlamite†, candidate for Bedlam, raver†, madcap, crazy; energumen†; automaniac†, monomaniac, dipsomaniac, kleptomaniac; hypochondriac &c. (low spirits);; crank, Tom o'Bedlam. dreamer &c. 515; rhapsodist, seer, highflier†, enthusiast, fanatic, fanatico [Sp.]; exalte [Fr.]; knight errant, Don Quixote. idiot &c. 501. |
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#505. Memory — N. memory, remembrance; retention, retentiveness; tenacity; veteris vestigia flammae [Lat.]; tablets of the memory; readiness. reminiscence, recognition, recollection, rememoration†; recurrence, flashback; retrospect, retrospection. afterthought, post script, PS. suggestion &c. (information) 527; prompting &c. v.; hint, reminder; remembrancer†, flapper; memorial &c. (record) 551; commemoration &c. (celebration) 883. [written reminder] note, memo, memorandum; things to be remembered, token of remembrance, memento, souvenir, keepsake, relic, memorabilia. art of memory, artificial memory; memoria technica [Lat.]; mnemonics, mnemotechnics†; phrenotypics†; Mnemosyne. prompt-book; crib sheet, cheat sheet. retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green memory†, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollection; perfect memory, total recall. celebrity, fame, renown, reputation &c. (repute) 873. V. remember, mind; retain the memory of, retain the remembrance of; keep in view. recognize, recollect, bethink oneself, recall, call up, retrace; look back, trace back, trace backwards; think back, look back upon; review; call upon, recall upon, bring to mind, bring to remembrance; carry one's thoughts back; rake up the past. have in the thoughts, hold in the thoughts, bear in the thoughts, carry in the thoughts, keep in the thoughts, retain in the thoughts, have in the memory, hold in the memory, bear in the memory, carry in the memory, keep in the memory, retain in the memory, have in the mind, hold in the mind, bear in the mind, carry in the mind, keep in the mind, retain in the mind, hold in remembrance; be in one's thoughts, live in one's thoughts, remain in one's thoughts, dwell in one's thoughts, haunt one's thoughts, impress one's thoughts, be in one's mind, live in one's mind, remain in one's mind, dwell in one's mind, haunt one's mind, impress one's mind, dwell in one's memory. sink in the mind; run in the head; not be able to get out of one's head; be deeply impressed with; rankle &c. (revenge) 919. recur to the mind; flash on the mind, flash across the memory. [cause to remember] remind; suggest &c. (inform ) 527; prompt; put in mind, keep in mind, bring to mind; fan the embers; call up, summon up, rip up; renew; infandum renovare dolorem [Lat.]; jog the memory, flap the memory, refresh the memory, rub up the memory, awaken the memory; pull by the sleeve; bring back to the memory, put in remembrance, memorialize. task the memory, tax the memory. get at one's fingers' ends, have at one's fingers', learn at one's fingers', know one's lesson, say one's lesson, repeat by heart, repeat by rote; say one's lesson; repeat, repeat as a parrot; have at one's fingers' ends, have at one's finger tips; commit to memory, memorize; con over, con; fix in the memory, rivet in the memory, imprint in the memory, impress in the memory, stamp in the memory, grave in the memory, engrave in the memory, store in the memory, treasure up in the memory, bottle up in the memory, embalm in the memory, enshrine in the memory; load the memory with, store the memory with, stuff the memory with, burden the memory with. redeem from oblivion; keep the memory alive, keep the wound green, pour salt in the wound, reopen old wounds'; tangere ulcus [Lat.]; keep up the memory of; commemorate &c. (celebrate) 883. make a note of, jot a note, pen a memorandum &c. (record) 551. Adj. remembering, remembered &c. v.; mindful, reminiscential†; retained in the memory &c. v.; pent up in one's memory; fresh; green, green in remembrance; unforgotten, present to the mind; within one's memory &c. n.; indelible; uppermost in one's thoughts; memorable &c. (important) 642. Adv. by heart, by rote; without book, memoriter†. in memory of; in memoriam; memoria in aeterna [Lat.]; suggestive. Phr. manet alta mente repostum [Lat.] [Vergil]; forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit [Lat.] [Vergil]; absens haeres non erit [Lat.]; beatae memoriae [Lat.]; briefly thyself remember" [Lear]; mendacem memorem esse oportet [Lat.] [Quintilian]; memory the warder of the brain" [Macbeth]; parsque est meminisse doloris [Lat.] [Ovid]; to live in hearts we leave behind is not to die" [Campbell]; vox audita peril littera scripta manet [Lat.]; out of sight, out of mind. |
#506. Oblivion — N. oblivion, obliviousness, lethe; forgetfulness &c. adj.; amnesia; obliteration of &c. 552, insensibility to the past &c. 823. short memory, treacherous memory, poor memory, loose memory, slippery memory, failing memory; decay of memory, failure of memory, lapse of memory; waters of Lethe, waters of oblivion. amnesty, general pardon. [deliberate or unconscious forgetting] repressed memory. V. forget; be forgetful &c. adj.; fall into oblivion, sink into oblivion; have a short memory &c. n., have no head. forget one's own name, have on the tip of one's tongue, come in one ear and go out the other. slip memory, escape memory, fade from memory, die away from the memory; lose, lose sight of. fail to recall, not be able to recall. [cause oneself to forget] unlearn; efface &c. 552, discharge from the memory; consign to oblivion, consign to the tomb of the Capulets; think no more of &c. (turn the attention from) 458; cast behind one's back, wean one's thoughts from; let bygones be bygones &c. (forgive) 918. Adj. forgotten &c. v.; unremembered, past recollection, bygone, out of mind; buried in oblivion, sunk in oblivion; clean forgotten; gone out of one's head, gone out of one's recollection. forgetful, oblivious, mindless, Lethean; insensible to the past &c. 823; heedless. Phr. non mi ricordo [It]; the memory failing, the memory deserting one, being at fault, being in fault. |
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#507. Expectation — N. expectation, expectance, expectancy; anticipation, reckoning, calculation; foresight &c. 510. contemplation, prospection†, lookout; prospect, perspective, horizon, vista; destiny &c. 152. suspense, waiting, abeyance; curiosity &c. 455; anxious expectation, ardent expectation, eager expectation, breathless expectation, sanguine expectation; torment of Tantalus. hope &c. 858; trust &c. (belief) 484; auspices &c. (prediction) 511; assurance, confidence, presumption, reliance. V. expect; look for, look out for, look forward to; hope for; anticipate; have in prospect, have in contemplation; keep in view; contemplate, promise oneself; not wonder at &c. 870, not wonder if. wait for, tarry for, lie in wait for, watch for, bargain for; keep a good lookout for, keep a sharp lookout for; await; stand at 'attention'" abide, bide one's time, watch. foresee &c. 510; prepare for &c. 673; forestall &c. (be early) 132; count upon &c. (believe in) 484; think likely &c. (probability) 472. lead one to expect &c. (predict) 511; have in store for &c. (destiny) 152. prick up one's ears, hold one's breath. Adj. expectant; expecting &c. v.; in expectation &c. n.; on the watch &c. (vigilant) 459; open-eyed, open-mouthed, in wide-eyed anticipation; agape, gaping, all agog; on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, on the tiptoe of expectation; aux aguets†; ready; curious &c. 455; looking forward to. expected &c. v.; long expected, foreseen; in prospect &c. n.; prospective; in one's eye, in one's view, in the horizon, on the horizon, just over the horizon, just around the corner, around the corner; impending &c. (destiny) 152. Adv. on the watch &c. adj.; with breathless expectation &c. n.; with bated breath, with rapt anticipation; arrectis auribus [Lat.]. Phr. we shall see; nous verrons [Fr.]; expectation whirls me round" [Troilus and Cressida]; the light at the end of the tunnel. |
#508. Inexpectation — N. inexpectation†, non-expectation; false expectation &c. (disappointment) 509; miscalculation &c. 481. surprise, sudden burst, thunderclap, blow, shock, start; bolt out of the blue; wonder &c. 870; eye opener. unpleasant surprise, pleasant surprise. V. not expect &c. 507; be taken by surprise; start; miscalculate &c. 481; not bargain for; come upon, fall upon. be unexpected &c. adj.; come unawares &c. adv.; turn up, pop, drop from the clouds; come upon one, burst upon one, flash upon one, bounce upon one, steal upon one, creep upon one; come like a thunder clap, burst like a thunderclap, thunder bolt; take by surprise, catch by surprise, catch unawares, catch napping; yach [S. Afr.]. pounce upon, spring a mine upon. surprise, startle, take aback, electrify, stun, stagger, take away one's breath, throw off one's guard; astonish, dumbfound &c. (strike with wonder) 870. Adj. nonexpectant†; surprised &c. v.; unwarned, unaware; off one's guard; inattentive 458. unexpected, unanticipated, unpredicted†, unlooked for, unforeseen, unhoped for; dropped from the clouds; beyond expectation, contrary to expectation, against expectation, against all expectation; out of one's reckoning; unheard of &c. (exceptional) 83; startling, surprising; sudden &c. (instantaneous) 113. unpredictable, unforeseeable (unknowable) 519. Adv. abruptly, unexpectedly, surprisingly; plump, pop, a l'improviste [Fr.], unawares; without notice, without warning, without a 'by your leave';" like a thief in the night, like a thunderbolt; in an unguarded moment; suddenly &c. (instantaneously) 113. Int. heydey! †, &c. (wonder) 870. Phr. little did one think, little did one expect; nobody would ever suppose, nobody would ever think, nobody would ever expect; who would have thought†;? it beats the Dutch†. |
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#509. [Failure of expectation.] Disappointment — N. disappointment; blighted hope, balk; blow; anticlimax; slip 'twixt cup and lip; nonfulfillment of one's hopes; sad disappointment, bitter disappointment; trick of fortune; afterclap; false expectation, vain expectation; miscalculation &c. 481; fool's paradise; much cry and little wool. V. be disappointed; look blank, look blue; look aghast, stand aghast &c. (wonder) 870; find to one's cost; laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth; find one a false prophet. not realize one's hope, not realize one's expectation. [cause to be disappointed] disappoint; frustrate, discomfit, crush, defeat (failure) 732; crush one's hope, dash one's hope, balk one's hope, disappoint one's hope, blight one's hope, falsify one's hope, defeat one's hope, discourage; balk, jilt, bilk; play one false, play a trick; dash the cup from the lips, tantalize; dumfound, dumbfound, dumbfounder, dumfounder (astonish) 870. Adj. disappointed &c. v.; disconcerted, aghast; disgruntled; out of one's reckoning. Phr. the mountain labored and brought forth a mouse; parturiunt montes [Lat.]; nascitur ridiculus mus [Lat.] [Horace]; diis aliter visum [Lat.], the bubble burst; one's countenance falling. |
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#510. Foresight — N. foresight, prospicience†, prevision, long-sightedness; anticipation; providence &c. (preparation) 673. forethought, forecast; predeliberation†, presurmise†; foregone conclusion &c. (prejudgment) 481; prudence &c. (caution) 864. foreknowledge; prognosis; precognition, prescience, prenotion†, presentiment; second sight; sagacity &c. (intelligence) 498; antepast†, prelibation†, prophasis†. prospect &c. (expectation) 507; foretaste; prospectus &c. (plan) 626. V. foresee; look forwards to, look ahead, look beyond; scent from afar; look into the future, pry into the future, peer into the future. see one's way; see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, see how the wind blows, test the waters, see how the cat jumps. anticipate; expect &c. 507; be beforehand &c. (early) 132; predict &c. 511; foreknow, forejudge, forecast; presurmise†; have an eye to the future, have an eye to the main chance; respicere finem [Lat.]; keep a sharp lookout &c. (vigilance) 459; forewarn &c. 668. Adj. foreseeing &c. v.; prescient; farseeing, farsighted; sagacious &c. (intelligent) 498; weatherwise†; provident &c. (prepared) 673; prospective &c. 507. Adv. against the time when. Phr. cernit omnia Deus vindex [Lat.]; mihi cura futuri [Lat.]; run it up the flagpole and see who salutes. |
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#511. Prediction — N. prediction, announcement; program, programme [Brit.] &c. (plan) 626; premonition &c. (warning) 668; prognosis, prophecy, vaticination, mantology†, prognostication, premonstration†; augury, auguration†; ariolation†, hariolation†; foreboding, aboding†; bodement†, abodement†; omniation†, omniousness†; auspices, forecast; omen &c. 512; horoscope, nativity; sooth†, soothsaying; fortune telling, crystal gazing; divination; necromancy &c. 992.
[Divination by the stars] astrology†,
horoscopy†, judicial astrology†.
[Place of Prediction]. adytum prefiguration†,
prefigurement; prototype, type. [person who predicts] oracle
&c. 513. V. predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate†, tell fortunes; cast a horoscope, cast a nativity; advise; forewarn &c. 668. presage, augur, bode; abode, forebode; foretoken, betoken; prefigure, preshow†; portend; foreshow†, foreshadow; shadow forth, typify, pretypify†, ominate†, signify, point to. usher in, herald, premise, announce; lower. hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope; bid fair, promise, lead one to expect; be the precursor &c. 64. [predict by mathematical or statistical means from past experience] extrapolate, project. Adj. predicting &c. v.; predictive, prophetic; fatidic†, fatidical†; vaticinal, oracular, fatiloquent†, haruspical, Sibylline; weatherwise†. ominous, portentous, augurous†, augurial, augural; auspicial†, auspicious; prescious†, monitory, extispicious†, premonitory, significant of, pregnant with, bit with the fate of. Phr. coming events cast their shadows before" [Campbell]; dicamus bona verba [Lat.]; there buds the promise of celestial worth" [Young]. [Divination: list] by oracles, Theomancy†; by the Bible, Bibliomancy; by ghosts, Psychomancy†; by crystal gazing, Crystallomancy†; by shadows or manes, Sciomancy; by appearances in the air, Aeromancy†, Chaomancy†; by the stars at birth, Genethliacs; by meteors, Meteoromancy†; by winds, Austromancy†; by sacrificial appearances, Aruspicy, Haruspicy†, Hieromancy†, Hieroscopy†; by the entrails of animals sacrificed, Extispicy†, Hieromancy†; by the entrails of a human sacrifice, Anthropomancy†; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy†; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy†; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy†; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy†; by mice, Myomancy†; by birds, Orniscopy†, Ornithomancy†; by a cock picking up grains, Alectryomancy, Alectromancy†; by fishes, Ophiomancy†; by herbs, Botanomancy†; by water, Hydromancy†; by fountains, Pegomancy†; by a wand, Rhabdomancy; by dough of cakes, Crithomancy†; by meal, Aleuromancy†, Alphitomancy†; by salt, Halomancy†; by dice, Cleromancy†; by arrows, Belomancy†; by a balanced hatchet, Axinomancy†; by a balanced sieve, Coscinomancy†; by a suspended ring, Dactyliomancy†; by dots made at random on paper, Geomancy†; by precious stones, Lithomancy†; by pebbles, Pessomancy†; by pebbles drawn from a heap, Psephomancy†; by mirrors, Catoptromancy†; by writings in ashes, Tephramancy†; by dreams, Oneiromancy†; by the hand, Palmistry, Chiromancy; by nails reflecting the sun's rays, Onychomancy†; by finger rings, Dactylomancy†; by numbers, Arithmancy†; by drawing lots, Sortilege†; by passages in books, Stichomancy†; by the letters forming the name of the person, Onomancy†, Nomancy; by the features, Anthroposcopy†; by the mode of laughing, Geloscopy†; by ventriloquism, Gastromancy†; by walking in a circle, Gyromancy†; by dropping melted wax into water, Ceromancy†; by currents, Bletonism; by the color and peculiarities of wine, Oenomancy†. |
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#512. Omen — N. omen, portent, presage, prognostic, augury, auspice; sign &c. (indication) 550; harbinger &c. (precursor) 64; yule candle†. bird of ill omen; signs of the times; gathering clouds; warning &c. 668. prefigurement &c. 511. Adj. ill-boding. Phr. auspicium melioris aevi [Lat.]. |
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#513. Oracle — N. oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer†, witch, geomancer†, aruspex†; aruspice†, haruspice†; haruspex; astrologer, star gazer†; Sibyl; Python, Pythoness†; Pythia; Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle; Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra†, Sibylline leaves; Zadkiel, Old Moore; sorcerer &c. 994; interpreter, &c. 524. [person who predicts by non-mystical (natural) means] predictor, prognosticator, forecaster; weather forecaster, weatherman. Phr. a prophet is without honor in his own country; you don't need a weatherman to know which way the you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" [Bob Dylan]. |
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#514. Supposition — N. supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, postulatum [Lat.], theory; thesis, theorem; data; proposition, position; proposal &c. (plan) 626; presumption &c. (belief) 484; divination. conjecture; guess, guesswork, speculation; rough guess, shot, shot in the dark [Coll.]; conjecturality†; surmise, suspicion, sneaking suspicion; estimate, approximation (nearness) 197. inkling, suggestion, hint, intimation, notion, impression; bare supposition, vague supposition, loose supposition, loose suggestion. association of ideas, (analogy) 514.1; metonym [Gramm.], metonymy [Gramm.], simile (metaphor) 521. conceit, idea, thought; original idea, invention (imagination) 515. V. suppose, conjecture, surmise, suspect, guess, divine; theorize; presume, presurmise†, presuppose; assume, fancy, wis†, take it; give a guess, speculate, believe, dare say, take it into one's head, take for granted; imagine &c. 515. put forth; propound, propose; start, put a case, submit, move, make a motion; hazard out, throw out a suggestion, put forward a suggestion, put forward conjecture. allude to, suggest, hint, put it into one's head. suggest itself &c. (thought) 451; run in the head &c. (memory) 505; marvel if, wonder if, wonder whether. Adj. supposing &c. v.; given, mooted, postulatory†; assumed &c. v.; supposititious, suppositive†, suppositious; gratuitous, speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, theoretical, academic, supposable, presumptive, putative; suppositional. suggestive, allusive. Adv. if, if so be; an; on the supposition &c. n.; ex hypothesi [Lat.]; in the case, in the event of; quasi, as if, provided; perhaps &c. (by possibility) 470; for aught one knows. |
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#514a. Analogy — N. analogy, association, association of ideas. metaphor &c. 521. analogical thinking; free association; train of thought. Adj. analogical. |
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#515. Imagination — N. imagination; originality; invention; fancy; inspiration; verve. warm imagination, heated imagination, excited imagination, sanguine imagination, ardent imagination, fiery imagination, boiling imagination, wild imagination, bold imagination, daring imagination, playful imagination, lively imagination, fertile imagination, fancy. mind's eye;" such stuff as dreams are made of" [Tempest]. ideality, idealism; romanticism, utopianism, castle-building. dreaming; phrensy†, frenzy; ecstasy, extasy†; calenture &c. (delirium) 503†; reverie, trance; day dream, golden dream; somnambulism. conception, Vorstellung [G.], excogitation†, a fine frenzy;" cloudland†, dreamland; flight of fancy, fumes of fancy; thick coming fancies" [Macbeth]; creation of the brain, coinage of the brain; imagery. conceit, maggot, figment, myth, dream, vision, shadow, chimera; phantasm, phantasy; fantasy, fancy; whim, whimsey†, whimsy; vagary, rhapsody, romance, gest†, geste†, extravaganza; air drawn dagger, bugbear, nightmare. flying Dutchman, great sea serpent, man in the moon, castle in the air, pipe dream, pie-in-the-sky, chateau en Espagne [Fr.]; Utopia, Atlantis†, happy valley, millennium, fairyland; land of Prester John, kindgom of Micomicon; work of fiction &c. (novel) 594; Arabian nights†; le pot au lait [Fr.]; dream of Alnashar &c. (hope) 858†. illusion &c. (error) 495; phantom &c. (fallacy of vision) 443; Fata Morgana &c. (ignis fatuus) [Lat.] 423; vapor &c. (cloud) 353; stretch of the imagination &c. (exaggeration) 549; mythogenesis†. idealist, romanticist, visionary; mopus†; romancer, dreamer; somnambulist; rhapsodist &c. (fanatic) 504; castle-buildier, fanciful projector. V. imagine, fancy, conceive; idealize, realize; dream, dream of, dream up; give to airy nothing a local habitation and a give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name" [Midsummer Night's Dream]. create, originate, devise, invent, coin, fabricate; improvise, strike out something new. set one's wits to work; strain one's invention, crack one's invention; rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, cudgel one's brains; excogitate†; brainstorm. give play, give the reins, give a loose to the imagination, give fancy; indulge in reverie. visualize, envision, conjure up a vision; fancy oneself, represent oneself, picture, picture-oneself, figure to oneself; vorstellen [G.]. float in the mind; suggest itself &c. (thought) 451. Adj. imagined &c. v.; ben trovato [It]; air drawn, airbuilt†. imagining &c. v., imaginative; original, inventive, creative, fertile. romantic, high flown, flighty, extravagant, fanatic, enthusiastic, unrealistic, Utopian, Quixotic. ideal, unreal; in the clouds, in nubibus [Lat.]; unsubsantial† &c. 4; illusory &c. (fallacious) 495. fabulous, legendary; mythical, mythic, mythological; chimerical; imaginary, visionary; notional; fancy, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical†; whimsical; fairy, fairy-like; gestic†. Phr. a change came o'er the spirit of my dream" [Byron]; aegri somnia vana [Lat.]; dolphinum appingit sylvis in fluctibus dolphinum appingit sylvis in fluctibus aprum [Horace]; fancy light from fancy caught" [Tennyson]; imagination rules the world" [Napoleon]; l'imagination gallope [Fr.], le jugement ne va que le pas [Fr.]; musaeo contingens cuncta lepore [Lat.] [Lucretius]; tous songes sont mensonges [Fr.]; Wahrheil und Dichtung [G.]. |
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#516. [Idea to be conveyed.] Meaning [Thing signified.] — N. meaning; signification, significance; sense, expression; import, purport; force; drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring; scope. [important part of the meaning] substance; gist, essence, marrow, spirit &c. 5. matter; subject, subject matter; argument, text, sum and substance. general meaning, broad meaning, substantial meaning, colloquial meaning, literal meaning, plain meaning, simple meaning, natural meaning, unstrained meaning, true meaning, &c. (exact) 494 honest meaning, &c. 543 prima facie meaning [Lat.]; &c. (manifest) 525. letter of the law. literally; after acceptation. synonym; implication, allusion &c. (latency) 526; suggestion &c. (information) 527; figure of speech &c. 521; acceptation &c. (interpretation) 522. V. mean, signify, express; import, purport; convey, imply, breathe, indicate, bespeak, bear a sense; tell of, speak of; touch on; point to, allude to; drive at; involve &c. (latency) 526; declare &c. (affirm) 535. understand by &c. (interpret) 522. Adj. meaning &c. v.; expressive, suggestive, allusive; significant, significative†, significatory†; pithy; full of meaning, pregnant with meaning. declaratory &c. 535; intelligible &c. 518; literal; synonymous; tantamount &c. (equivalent) 27; implied &c. (latent) 526; explicit &c. 525. Adv. to that effect; that is to say &c. (being interpreted) 522. |
#517. [Absence of meaning.] Unmeaningness — N. meaninglessness, unmeaningness &c. adj.†; scrabble. empty sound, dead letter, vox et praeterea nihil [Lat.]; a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing;" sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal." nonsense, utter nonsense, gibberish; jargon, jabber, mere words, hocus-pocus, fustian, rant, bombast, balderdash, palaver, flummery, verbiage, babble, baverdage, baragouin†, platitude, niaiserie†; inanity; flap-doodle; rigmarole, rodomontade; truism; nugae canorae [Lat.]; twaddle, twattle, fudge, trash, garbage, humbug; poppy-cock [U.S.]; stuff, stuff and nonsense; bosh, rubbish, moonshine, wish-wash, fiddle-faddle; absurdity &c. 497; vagueness &c. (unintelligibility) 519. [routine or reflexive statements without substantive thought, esp. legal] boilerplate, clich. V. mean nothing; be unmeaning &c. adj.; twaddle, quibble, scrabble. Adj. unmeaning; meaningless, senseless; nonsensical; void of sense &c. 516. inexpressive, unexpressive; vacant; not significant &c. 516; insignificant. trashy, washy, trumpery, trivial, fiddle-faddle, twaddling, quibbling. unmeant, not expressed; tacit &c. (latent) 526. inexpressible, undefinable, incommunicable. |
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#518. Intelligibility — N. intelligibility; clearness, explicitness &c. adj.; lucidity, comprehensibility, perspicuity; legibility, plain speaking &c. (manifestation) 525; precision &c. 494; phonanta synetoisy [Gr.]; a word to the wise. V. be intelligible &c. adj.; speak for itself, speak volumes; tell its own tale, lie on the surface. render intelligible &c. adj.; popularize, simplify, clear up; elucidate &c. (explain) 522. understand, comprehend, take, take in; catch, grasp, follow, collect, master, make out; see with half an eye, see daylight, see one's way; enter into the ideas of; come to an understanding. Adj. intelligible; clear, clear as day, clear as noonday; lucid; perspicuous, transpicuous†; luminous, transparent. easily understood, easy to understand, for the million, intelligible to the meanest capacity, popularized. plain, distinct, explicit; positive; definite &c. (precise) 494. graphic; expressive &c. (meaning) 516; illustrative &c. (explanatory) 522. unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable &c. (manifest) 525; unconfused; legible, recognizable; obvious &c. 525. Adv. in plain terms, in plain words, in plain English. Phr. he that runs may read &c. (manifest) 525. |
#519. Unintelligibility — N. unintelligibility; incomprehensibility, imperspicuity†; inconceivableness, vagueness &c. adj.; obscurity; ambiguity &c. 520; doubtful meaning; uncertainty &c. 475; perplexity &c. (confusion) 59; spinosity†; obscurum per obscurius [Lat.]; mystification &c. (concealment) 528; latency &c. 526; transcendentalism. paradox, oxymoron; riddle, enigma, puzzle &c. (secret) 533; diagnus vindice nodus [Lat.]; sealed book; steganography†, freemasonry. pons asinorum [Lat.], asses' bridge; high Dutch, Greek, Hebrew; jargon &c. (unmeaning) 517. V. be unintelligible &c. adj.; require explanation &c. 522; have a doubtful meaning, pass comprehension. render unintelligible &c. adj.; conceal &c. 528; darken &c. 421; confuse &c. (derange) 61; perplex &c. (bewilder) 475. not understand &c. 518; lose, lose the clue; miss; not know what to make of, be able to make nothing of, give it up; not be able to account for, not be able to make either head or tail of; be at sea &c. (uncertain) 475; wonder &c. 870; see through a glass darkly &c. (ignorance) 491. not understand one another; play at cross purposes &c. (misinterpret) 523. Adj. unintelligible, unaccountable, undecipherable, undiscoverable, unknowable, unfathomable; incognizable†, inexplicable, inscrutable; inapprehensible†, incomprehensible; insolvable†, insoluble; impenetrable. illegible, as Greek to one, unexplained, paradoxical; enigmatic, enigmatical, puzzling (secret) 533; indecipherable. obscure, dark, muddy, clear as mud, seen through a mist, dim, nebulous, shrouded in mystery; opaque, dense; undiscernible &c. (invisible) 447†; misty &c. (opaque) 426; hidden &c. 528; latent &c. 526. indefinite, garbled &c. (indistinct) 447; perplexed &c. (confused) 59; undetermined, vague, loose, ambiguous; mysterious; mystic, mystical; acroamatic†, acroamatical†; metempirical; transcendental; occult, recondite, abstruse, crabbed. inconceivable, inconceptible†; searchless†; above comprehension, beyond comprehension, past comprehension; beyond one's depth; unconceived. inexpressible, undefinable, incommunicable. unpredictable, unforeseeable. Phr. it's Greek to me. |
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#520. [Having a double sense] Equivocalness — N. equivocalness &c. adj.; double meaning &c. 516; ambiguity, double entente, double entendre [Fr.], pun, paragram†, calembour†, quibble, equivoque [Fr.], anagram; conundrum &c. (riddle) 533; play on words, word play &c. (wit) 842; homonym, homonymy [Gramm.]; amphiboly†, amphibology†; ambilogy†, ambiloquy†. Sphinx, Delphic oracle. equivocation &c. (duplicity) 544; white lie, mental reservation &c. (concealment) 528; paltering. V. be equivocal &c. adj.; have two meanings &c. 516; equivocate &c. (alter) 544. Adj. equivocal, ambiguous, amphibolous†, homonymous†; double-tongued &c. (lying) 544; enigmatical, indeterminate. Phr. on the one hand, on the other hand. |
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#521. Metaphor — N. figure of speech; facon de parler [Fr.], way of speaking, colloquialism. phrase &c. 566; figure, trope, metaphor, enallage†, catachresis†; metonymy [Gramm.], synecdoche [Sem.]; autonomasia†, irony, figurativeness &c. adj.; image, imagery; metalepsis†, type, anagoge†, simile, personification, prosopopoeia†, allegory, apologue†, parable, fable; allusion, adumbration; application. exaggeration, hyperbole &c. 549. association, association of ideas (analogy) 514.1 V. employ a metaphor &c. n.; personify, allegorize, adumbrate, shadow forth, apply, allude to. Adj. metaphorical, figurative, catachrestical†, typical, tralatitious†, parabolic, allegorical, allusive, anagogical†; ironical; colloquial; tropical. Adv. so to speak, so to say, so to express oneself; as it were. Phr. mutato nomine de te fabula narratur [Lat.] [Horace]. |
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#522. Interpretation — N. interpretation, definition; explanation, explication; solution, answer; rationale; plain interpretation, simple interpretation, strict interpretation; meaning &c. 516. translation; rendering, rendition; redition†; literal translation, free translation; key; secret; clew &c. (indication) 550; clavis†, crib, pony, trot [U.S.]. exegesis; expounding, exposition; hermeneutics; comment, commentary; inference &c. (deduction) 480; illustration, exemplification; gloss, annotation, scholium†, note; elucidation, dilucidation†; eclaircissement [Fr.], mot d'enigme [Fr.]. [methods of interpreting - list] symptomatology [Med.], semiology, semeiology†, semiotics; metoposcopy†, physiognomy; paleography &c. (philology) 560; oneirology acception†, acceptation, acceptance; light, reading, lection, construction, version. equivalent, equivalent meaning &c. 516; synonym; paraphrase, metaphrase†; convertible terms, apposition; dictionary &c. 562; polyglot. V. interpret, explain, define, construe, translate, render; do into, turn into; transfuse the sense of. find out &c. 480.1 the meaning of, &c. 516 read; spell out, make out; decipher, unravel, disentangle; find the key of, enucleate, resolve, solve; read between the lines. account for; find the cause, tell the cause of &c. 153; throw light upon, shed light upon, shed new light upon, shed fresh light upon; clear up, clarify, elucidate. illustrate, exemplify; unfold, expound, comment upon, annotate; popularize &c. (render intelligible) 518. take in a particular sense, understand in a particular sense, receive in a particular sense, accept in a particular sense; understand by, put a construction on, be given to understand. Adj. explanatory, expository; explicative, explicatory; exegetical†; construable. polyglot; literal; paraphrastic, metaphrastic†; consignificative†, synonymous; equivalent &c. 27. Adv. in explanation &c. n.; that is to say, id est, videlicet, to wit, namely, in other words. literally, strictly speaking; in plain, in plainer terms, in plainer words, in plainer English; more simply. |
#523. Misinterpretation — N. misinterpretation, misapprehension, misunderstanding, misacceptation†, misconstruction, misapplication; catachresis†; eisegesis†; cross-reading, cross-purposes; mistake &c. 495. misrepresentation, perversion, exaggeration &c. 549; false coloring, false construction; abuse of terms; parody, travesty; falsification &c. (lying) 544. V. misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell, mistranslate, misconstrue, misapply; mistake &c. 495. misrepresent, pervert; explain wrongly, misstate; garble &c. (falsify) 544; distort, detort†; travesty, play upon words; stretch the sense, strain the sense, stretch the meaning, strain the meaning, wrest the sense, wrest the meaning; explain away; put a bad construction on, put a false construction on; give a false coloring. be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes. Adj. misinterpreted &c. v.; untranslated, untranslatable. |
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#524. Interpreter — N. interpreter; expositor, expounder, exponent, explainer; demonstrator. scholiast, commentator, annotator; metaphrast†, paraphrast†; glossarist†, prolocutor. spokesman, speaker, mouthpiece. dragoman, courier, valet de place, cicerone, showman; oneirocritic†; (Edipus; oracle) &c.. 513 |
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#525. Manifestation — N. manifestation; plainness &c. adj.; plain speaking; expression; showing &c. v.; exposition, demonstration; exhibition, production; display, show; showing off; premonstration†. exhibit [Thing shown]. indication &c. (calling attention to) 457. publicity &c. 531; disclosure &c. 529; openness &c. (honesty) 543, (artlessness) 703; panchement. evidence &c. 467. V. make manifest, render manifest &c. adj.; bring forth, bring forward, bring to the front, bring into view; give notice; express; represent, set forth, exhibit; show, show up; expose; produce; hold up to view, expose to view; set before one, place before one, lay before one, one's eyes; tell to one's face; trot out, put through one's paces, bring to light, display, demonstrate, unroll; lay open; draw out, bring out; bring out in strong relief; call into notice, bring into notice; hold up the mirror; wear one's heart upon his sleeve; show one's face, show one's colors; manifest oneself; speak out; make no mystery, make no secret of; unfurl the flag; proclaim &c. (publish) 531. indicate &c. (direct attention to) 457; disclose &c. 529; elicit &c. 480.1. be manifest &c. adj.; appear &c. (be visible) 446; transpire &c. (be disclosed) 529; speak for itself, stand to reason; stare one in the face, rear its head; give token, give sign, give indication of; tell its own tale &c. (intelligible) 518. Adj. manifest, apparent; salient, striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced. flagrant; notorious &c. (public) 531; arrant; stark staring; unshaded, glaring. defined, definite. distinct, conspicuous &c. (visible) 446; obvious, evident, unmistakable, indubitable, not to be mistaken, palpable, self-evident, autoptical†; intelligible &c. 518. plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday; plain as a pike staff, plain as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as the way to parish church. explicit, overt, patent, express; ostensible; open, open as day; naked, bare, literal, downright, undisguised, exoteric. unreserved, frank, plain-spoken &c. (artless) 703; candid (veracious) 543; barefaced. manifested &c. v.; disclosed &c. 529; capable of being shown, producible; inconcealable†, unconcealable; no secret. Adv. manifestly, openly &c. adj.; before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face to face, above board, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets; in market overt; in the face of day, face of heaven; in broad daylight, in open daylight; without reserve; at first blush, prima facie [Lat.], on the face of; in set terms. Phr. cela saute aux yeux [Fr.]; he that runs may read; you can see it with half an eye; it needs no ghost to tell us [Hamlet]; the meaning lies on the surface; cela va sans dire [Fr.]; res ipsa loquitur [Lat.]; clothing the palpable and familiar" [Coleridge]; fari quae sentiat [Lat.]; volto sciolto i pensieri stretti [It]; you don't need a weatherman to know which way the you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" [Bob Dylan]. |
#526. Latency. Implication — N. latency, inexpression†; hidden meaning, occult meaning; occultness, mystery, cabala†, anagoge†; silence &c. (taciturnity) 585; concealment &c. 528; more than meets the eye, more than meets the ear; Delphic oracle; le dessous des cartes [Fr.], undercurrent. implication, logical implication; logical consequence; entailment. allusion, insinuation; innuendo &c. 527; adumbration; something rotten in the state of Denmark" [Hamlet]. snake in the grass &c. (pitfall) 667; secret &c. 533. darkness, invisibility, imperceptibility. V. be latent &c. adj.; lurk, smolder, underlie, make no sign; escape observation, escape detection, escape recognition; lie hid &c. 528. laugh in one's sleeve; keep back &c. (conceal) 528. involve, imply, understand, allude to, infer, leave an inference; entail; whisper &c. (conceal) 528. [understand the implication] read between the lines. Adj. latent; lurking &c. v.; secret &c. 528; occult; implied &c. v.; dormant; abeyant. unapparent, unknown, unseen &c. 441; in the background; invisible &c. 447; indiscoverable†, dark; impenetrable &c. (unintelligible) 519; unspied†, unsuspected. unsaid, unwritten, unpublished, unbreathed†, untalked of†, untold &c. 527, unsung, unexposed, unproclaimed†, undisclosed &c. 529, unexpressed; not expressed, tacit. undeveloped, solved, unexplained, untraced†, undiscovered &c. 480.1, untracked, unexplored, uninvented†. indirect, crooked, inferential; by inference, by implication; implicit; constructive; allusive, covert, muffled; steganographic†; understood, underhand, underground; delitescent†, concealed &c. 528. Adv. by a side wind; sub silentio [Lat.]; in the background; behind the scenes, behind one's back; on the tip of one's tongue; secretly &c. 528; between the lines. Phr. thereby hangs a tale" [As You Like It]; tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus [Lat.] [Vergil]; where there's smoke, there's fire. |
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#527. Information — N. information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge &c. 490; publicity &c. 531; data &c. 467. communication, intimation; notice, notification; enunciation, annunciation; announcement; communiqué; representation, round robin, presentment. case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition; news &c. 532; return &c. (record) 551; account &c. (description) 594; statement &c. (affirmation) 535. mention; acquainting &c. v.; instruction &c. (teaching) 537; outpouring; intercommunication, communicativeness. informant, authority, teller, intelligencer†, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece; informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective; sleuth; mouchard†, spy, newsmonger; messenger &c. 534; amicus curiae [Lat.]. valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide; guidebook, handbook; vade mecum [Lat.]; manual; map, plan, chart, gazetteer; itinerary &c. (journey) 266. hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition†, cue, byplay; gesture &c. (indication) 550; gentle hint, broad hint; verbum sapienti [Lat.], a word to the wise; insinuation &c. (latency) 526. information theory. [units of information] bit, byte, word, doubleword [Comp.], quad word, paragraph, segment. [information storage media] magnetic media, paper medium, optical media; random access memory, RAM; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory, WORM. V. tell; inform, inform of; acquaint, acquaint with; impart, impart to; make acquaintance with, apprise, advise, enlighten, awaken; transmit. let fall, mention, express, intimate, represent, communicate, make known; publish &c. 531; notify, signify, specify, convey the knowledge of. let one know, have one to know; give one to understand; give notice; set before, lay before, put before; point out, put into one's head; put one in possession of; instruct &c. (teach) 537; direct the attention to &c. 457. announce, annunciate; report, report progress; bringword†, send word, leave word, write word; telegraph, telephone; wire; retail, render an account; give an account &c. (describe) 594; state &c. (affirm) 535. [disclose inadvertently or reluctantly] let slip, blurt out, spill the beans, unburden oneself of, let off one's chest; disclose &c. 529. show cause; explain &c. (interpret) 522. hint; given an inkling of; give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint; insinuate; allude to, make allusion to; glance at; tip the wink &c. (indicate) 550; suggest, prompt, give the cue, breathe; whisper, whisper in the ear. give a bit of one's mind; tell one plainly, tell once for all; speak volumes. undeceive†, unbeguile†; set right, correct, open the eyes of, disabuse, disillusion one of. be informed of &c.; know &c. 490; learn &c. 539; get scent of, get wind of, gather from; awaken to, open one's eyes to; become alive, become awake to; hear, overhear, understand. come to one's ears, come to one's knowledge; reach one's ears. Adj. informed &c. v.; communique; reported &c. v.; published &c. 531. expressive &c. 516; explicit &c. (open) 525, (clear) 518; plain spoken &c., (artless) 703. nuncupative, nuncupatory†; declaratory, expository; enunciative†; communicative, communicatory†. Adv. from information received. Phr. a little bird told me; I heard it through the grapevine. #527a. Correction [Correct an error of information; distinguish from correcting a flaw or misbehavior] — N. correction. disillusionment &c. 616. V. correct, set right, set straight, put straight; undeceive†; enlighten. show one one's error; point out an error, point out a fallacy; pick out an error, pick out the fallacy; open one's eyes. pick apart an argument, confutation &c. 479; reasoning &c. 476. Adj. corrective. Phr. I stand corrected. |
#528. Concealment — N. concealment; hiding &c. v.; occultation, mystification. seal of secrecy; screen &c. 530; disguise &c. 530; masquerade; masked battery; hiding place &c. 530; cryptography, steganography†; freemasonry. stealth, stealthiness, sneakiness; obreption†; slyness &c. (cunning) 702. latitancy†, latitation†; seclusion &c. 893; privacy, secrecy, secretness†; incognita. reticence; reserve; mental reserve, reservation; arriere pensee [Fr.], suppression, evasion, white lie, misprision; silence &c. (taciturnity) 585; suppression of truth &c. 544; underhand dealing; closeness, secretiveness &c. adj.; mystery. latency &c. 526; snake in the grass; secret &c. 533; stowaway. V. conceal, hide, secrete, put out of sight; lock up, seal up, bottle up. encrypt, encode, cipher. cover, screen, cloak, veil, shroud; cover up one's tracks; screen from sight, screen from observation; drawing the veil; draw the curtain, close the curtain; curtain, shade, eclipse, throw a view over; be cloud, be mask; mask, disguise; ensconce, muffle, smother; befog; whisper. keep from; keep back, keep to oneself; keep snug, keep close, keep secret, keep dark; bury; sink, suppress; keep from, keep from out of view, keep from out of sight; keep in the shade, throw into the shade, throw into background; stifle, hush up, smother, withhold, reserve; fence with a question; ignore &c. 460. keep a secret, keep one's own counsel; hold one's tongue &c. (silence) 585; make no sign, not let it go further; not breathe a word, not breathe a syllable about; not let the right hand know what the left is not let the right hand know what the left is doing; hide one's light under a bushel, bury one's talent in a napkin. keep in the dark, leave in the dark, keep in the ignorance; blind, blind the eyes; blindfold, hoodwink, mystify; puzzle &c. (render uncertain) 475; bamboozle &c. (deceive) 545. be concealed &c. v.; suffer an eclipse; retire from sight, couch; hide oneself; lie hid, lie in perdu [Fr.], lie in close; lie in ambush (ambush) 530; seclude oneself &c. 893; lurk, sneak, skulk, slink, prowl; steal into, steal out of, steal by, steal along; play at bopeep†, play at hide and seek; hide in holes and corners; still hunt. Adj. concealed &c. v.; hidden; secret, recondite, mystic, cabalistic, occult, dark; cryptic, cryptical†; private, privy, in petto, auricular, clandestine, close, inviolate; tortuous. behind a screen &c. 530; undercover, under an eclipse; in ambush, in hiding, in disguise; in a cloud, in a fog, in a mist, in a haze, in a dark corner; in the shade, in the dark; clouded, wrapped in clouds, wrapt in clouds†; invisible &c. 447; buried, underground, perdu [Fr.]; secluded &c. 893. undisclosed &c. 529, untold &c. 527; covert &c. (latent) 526; untraceable; mysterious &c. (unintelligible) 519. irrevealable†, inviolable; confidential; esoteric; not to be spoken of; unmentionable. obreptitious†, furtive, stealthy, feline; skulking &c. v.; surreptitious, underhand, hole and corner; sly &c. (cunning) 702; secretive, evasive; reserved, reticent, uncommunicative, buttoned up; close, close as wax; taciturn &c. 585. Adv. secretly &c. adj.; in secret, in private, in one's sleeve, in holes and corners; in the dark &c. adj.. januis clausis [Lat.], with closed doors, a huis clos [Fr.]; hugger mugger, a la derobee [Fr.]; under the cloak of, under the rose, under the table; sub rosa [Lat.], en tapinois [Fr.], in the background, aside, on the sly, with bated breath, sotto voce [Lat.], in a whisper, without beat of drum, a la sourdine†. behind the veil; beyond mortal ken, beyond the grave, beyond the veil; hid from mortal vision; into the eternal secret, into the realms supersensible†, into the supreme mystery. in confidence, in strict confidence, in strictest confidence; confidentially &c. adj.; between ourselves, between you and me; between you and me and the bedpost; entre nous [Fr.], inter nos, under the seal of secrecy; a couvert [Fr.]. underhand, by stealth, like a thief in the night; stealthily &c. adj.; behind the scenes, behind the curtain, behind one's back, behind a screen &c. 530; incognito; in camera. Phr. it must go no further, it will go no further; don't tell a soul; tell it not in Gath," nobody the wiser; alitur vitium vivitque tegendo [Lat.]; let it be tenable in your silence still" [Hamlet]. [confidential disclosure to news reporters] background information, deep background information, deep background; background session, backgrounder; not for attribution |
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#529. Disclosure — N. disclosure; retection†; unveiling &c. v.; deterration†, revealment, revelation; exposition, exposure; expose; whole truth; telltale &c. (news) 532. acknowledgment, avowal; confession, confessional; shrift. bursting of a bubble; denouement. [person who discloses a secret] tattletale, snitch, fink, stool pigeon, canary. V. disclose, discover, dismask†; draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain; unmask, unveil, unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel; take off the seal, break the seal; lay open, lay bare; expose; open, open up; bare, bring to light. divulge, reveal, break; squeal [Coll.], tattle [Coll.], sing [Coll.], rat [Coll.], snitch [Coll.]; let into the secret; reveal the secrets of the prison house; tell &c. (inform) 527; breathe, utter, blab, peach; let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag; betray; tell tales, come out of school; come out with; give vent, give utterance to; open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about; speak out &c. (make manifest) 525; make public &c. 531; unriddle &c. (find out) 480.1; split. acknowledge, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, own up to, confess, avow, throw off all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast; show one's hand, show one's cards; unburden one's mind, disburden one's mind, disburden one's conscience, disburden one's heart; open one's mind, lay bare one's mind, tell a piece of one's mind [Fr.]; unbosom oneself, own to the soft impeachment; say the truth, speak the truth; turn King's evidence, Queen's evidence; acknowledge the corn [U.S.]. raise the mask, drop the mask, lift the mask, remove the mask, throw off the mask; expose; lay open; undeceive†, unbeguile†; disabuse, set right, correct, open the eyes of; désillusionner. be disclosed &c.; transpire, come to light; come in sight &c. (be visible) 446; become known, escape the lips; come out, ooze out, creep out, leak out, peep out, crop-out; show its face, show its colors; discover itself &c.; break through the clouds, flash on the mind. Adj. disclosed &c. v.; open, public &c. 525. Int. out with it!, Phr. the murder is out; a light breaks in upon one; the scales fall from one's eyes; the eyes are opened. |
#530. Ambush [Means of concealment]. — N. camouflage; mimicry; hiding place; secret place, secret drawer; recess, hold, holes and corners; closet, crypt, adytum†, abditory†, oubliette. ambush, ambuscade; stalking horse; lurking hole, lurking place; secret path, back stairs; retreat &c. (refuge) 666. screen, cover, shade, blinker; veil, curtain, blind, cloak, cloud. mask, visor, vizor†, disguise, masquerade dress, domino. pitfall &c. (source of danger) 667; trap &c. (snare) 545. V. blend in, blend into the background. lie in ambush &c. (hide oneself) 528; lie in wait for, lurk; set a trap for &c. (deceive) 545; ambuscade, ambush. camouflage. Adj. camouflaged, hidden, concealed. Adv. aux aguets†. |
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#531. Publication — N. publication; public announcement &c. 527; promulgation, propagation, proclamation, pronunziamento [It]; circulation, indiction†, edition; hue and cry. publicity, notoriety, currency, flagrancy, cry, bruit, hype; vox populi; report &c. (news) 532. the Press, public press, newspaper, journal, gazette, daily; telegraphy; publisher &c. v.; imprint. circular, circular letter; manifesto, advertisement, ad., placard, bill, affiche†, broadside, poster; notice &c. 527. V. publish; make public, make known &c. (information) 527; speak of, talk of; broach, utter; put forward; circulate, propagate, promulgate; spread, spread abroad; rumor, diffuse, disseminate, evulugate; put forth, give forth, send forth; emit, edit, get out; issue; bring before the public, lay before the public, drag before the public; give out, give to the world; put about, bandy about, hawk about, buzz about, whisper about, bruit about, blaze about; drag into the open day; voice. proclaim, herald, blazon; blaze abroad, noise abroad; sound a trumpet; trumpet forth, thunder forth; give tongue; announce with beat of drum, announce with flourish of trumpets; proclaim from the housetops, proclaim at Charing Cross. advertise, placard; post, post up afficher†, publish in the Gazette, send round the crier. raise a cry, raise a hue and cry, raise a report; set news afloat. be published &c.; be public, become public &c. adj.; come out; go about, fly about, buzz about, blow about; get about, get abroad, get afloat, get wind; find vent; see the light; go forth, take air, acquire currency, pass current; go the rounds, go the round of the newspapers, go through the length and breadth of the land; virum volitare per ora [Lat.]; pass from mouth to mouth; spread; run like wildfire, spread like wildfire. Adj. published &c. v.; current &c. (news) 532; in circulation, public; notorious; flagrant, arrant; open &c. 525; trumpet-tongued; encyclical, encyclic†, promulgatory†; exoteric. Adv. publicly &c. adj.; in open court, with open doors. Int. Oyez!, O yes!, notice!, Phr. notice is hereby given; this is to give, these are to give notice; nomina stultorum parietibus haerent [Lat.]; semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum [Lat.]. |
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#532. News — N. news; information &c. 527; piece of news [Fr.], budget of news, budget of information; intelligence, tidings. word, advice, aviso [Sp.], message; dispatch, despatch; telegram, cable, marconigram†, wire, communication, errand, embassy. report, rumor, hearsay, on dit [Fr.], flying rumor, news stirring, cry, buzz, bruit, fame; talk, oui dire [Fr.], scandal, eavesdropping; town tattle, table talk; tittle tattle; canard, topic of the day, idea afloat. bulletin, fresh news, stirring news; glad tidings; flash, news just in; on-the-spot coverage; live coverage. old story, old news, stale news, stale story; chestnut [Slang]. narrator &c. (describe) 594; newsmonger, scandalmonger; talebearer, telltale, gossip, tattler. [study of news reporting] journalism. [methods of conveying news] media, news media, the press, the information industry; newspaper, magazine, tract, journal, gazette, publication &c. 531; radio, television, ticker (electronic information transmission). [organizations producing news reports] [methods of conveying news] United Press International, UPI; Associated Press, AP; The Dow Jones News Service, DJ; The New York Times News Service, NYT; Reuters [Brit.]; TASS [Rus.]; The Nikkei [Jap.]. [person reporting news as a profession] newscaster, newsman, newswoman, reporter, journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent, special correspondent, war correspondent, news team, news department; anchorman, anchorwoman†; sportscaster; weatherman. [officials providing news for an organization] press secretary, public relations department, public relations man. V. transpire &c. (be disclosed) 529; rumor &c. (publish) 531. Adj. many-tongued; rumored; publicly rumored, currently rumored, currently reported; rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the town. in progress; live; on the spot; in person. Adv. as the story goes, as the story runs; as they say, it is said; by telegraph, by wireless. Phr. airy tongues that syllable men's names" [Milton]; what's up;? what's the latest;? what's new;? what's the latest poop.? |
#533. Secret — N. secret; dead secret, profound secret; arcanum†, mystery; latency &c. 526; Asian mystery†; sealed book, secrets of the prison house; le desous des cartes [Fr.]. enigma, riddle, puzzle, nut to crack, conundrum, charade, rebus, logogriph†; monogram, anagram; Sphinx; crux criticorum [Lat.]. maze, labyrinth, Hyrcynian wood; intricacy, meander. problem &c. (question) 461; paradox &c. (difficulty) 704; unintelligibility &c. 519; terra incognita &c. (ignorance) 491. Adj. secret &c. (concealed) 528; involved &c., 248; labyrinthine, labyrinthian†, mazy. confidential; top secret. |
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#534. Messenger — N. messenger, envoy, emissary, legate; nuncio, internuncio†; ambassador &c. (diplomatist) 758. marshal, flag bearer, herald, crier, trumpeter, bellman†, pursuivant†, parlementaire [Fr.], apparitor†. courier, runner; dak†, estafette†; Mercury, Iris, Ariel†. commissionaire [Fr.]; errand boy, chore boy; newsboy. mail, overnight mail, express mail, next-day delivery; post, post office; letter bag; delivery service; United Parcel Service, UPS; Federal Express, Fedex. telegraph, telephone; cable, wire (electronic information transmission); carrier pigeon. [person reporting news] (news) 532 reporter, gentleman of the press, representative of the press; penny-a-liner; special correspondent, own correspondent; spy, scout; informer &c. 527. |
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#535. Affirmation — N. affirmance, affirmation; statement, allegation, assertion, predication, declaration, word, averment; confirmation. asseveration, adjuration, swearing, oath, affidavit; deposition &c. (record) 551; avouchment; assurance; protest, protestation; profession; acknowledgment &c. (assent) 488; legal pledge, pronouncement; solemn averment, solemn avowal, solemn declaration. remark, observation; position &c. (proposition) 514, saying, dictum, sentence, ipse dixit [Lat.]. emphasis; weight; dogmatism &c. (certainty) 474; dogmatics &c. 887. V. assert; make an assertion &c. n.; have one's say; say, affirm, predicate, declare, state; protest, profess. put forth, put forward; advance, allege, propose, propound, enunciate, broach, set forth, hold out, maintain, contend, pronounce, pretend. depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear; make oath, take one's oath; make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit; take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero [Lat.]; swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue; be sworn, call Heaven to witness; vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle. swear by &c. (believe) 484; insist upon, take one's stand upon; emphasize, lay stress on; assert roundly, assert positively; lay down, lay down the law; raise one's voice, dogmatize, have the last word; rap out; repeat; reassert, reaffirm. announce &c. (information) 527; acknowledge &c. (assent) 488; attest &c. (evidence) 467; adjure &c. (put to one's oath) 768. Adj. asserting &c. v.; declaratory, predicatory†, pronunciative†, affirmative, soi-disant [Fr.]; positive; certain &c. 474; express, explicit &c. (patent) 525; absolute, emphatic, flat, broad, round, pointed, marked, distinct, decided, confident, trenchant, dogmatic, definitive, formal, solemn, categorical, peremptory; unretracted†; predicable. Adv. affirmatively &c. adj.; in the affirmative. with emphasis, ex-cathedra, without fear of contradiction. as God is my witness, I must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, I'd have you to know; upon my word, upon my honor; by my troth, egad, I assure you; by jingo, by Jove, by George, &c.; troth, seriously, sadly; in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest; of a truth, truly, perdy†, in all conscience, upon oath; be assured &c. (belief) 484; yes &c. (assent) 488; I'll warrant, I'll warrant you, I'll engage, I'll answer for it, I'll be bound, I'll venture to say, I'll take my oath; in fact, forsooth, joking apart; so help me God; not to mince the matter. Phr. quoth he; dixi [Lat.]. |
#536. Negation — N. negation, abnegation; denial; disavowal, disclaimer; abjuration; contradiction, contravention; recusation [Law], protest; recusancy &c. (dissent) 489; flat contradiction, emphatic contradiction, emphatic denial, dementi [Lat.]. qualification &c. 469; repudiation &c. 610; retraction &c. 607; confutation &c. 479; refusal &c. 764; prohibition &c. 761. V. deny; contradict, contravene; controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the head. disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow; recant &c. 607; revoke &c. (abrogate) 756. dispute; impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon; bring in question, call in question &c. (doubt) 485; give the lie in his throat, give one the lie in his throat. deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely, deny wholly, deny entirely; give the lie to, belie. repudiate &c. 610; set aside, ignore &c. 460; rebut &c. (confute) 479; qualify &c. 469; refuse &c. 764. recuse [Law]. Adj. denying &c. v.; denied &c. v.; contradictory; negative, negatory; recusant &c. (dissenting) 489; at issue upon. Adv. no, nay, not, nowise; not a bit, not a whit, not a jot; not at all, nohow, not in the least, not so; negative, negatory; no way [Coll.]; no such thing; nothing of the kind, nothing of the sort; quite the contrary, tout au contraire [Fr.], far from it; tant s'en faut [Fr.]; on no account, in no respect; by no, by no manner of means; negatively. [negative with respect to time] never, never in a million years; at no time. Phr. there never was a greater mistake; I know better; non haec in faedera [Lat.]; a thousand times no. |
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#537. Teaching — N. teaching &c. v.; instruction; edification; education; tuition; tutorage, tutelage; direction, guidance; opsimathy†. qualification, preparation; training, schooling &c. v.; discipline; excitation. drill, practice; book exercise. persuasion, proselytism, propagandism†, propaganda; indoctrination, inculcation, inoculation; advise &c. 695. explanation &c. (interpretation) 522; lesson, lecture, sermon; apologue†, parable; discourse, prolection†, preachment; chalk talk; Chautauqua [U.S.]. exercise, task; curriculum; course, course of study; grammar, three R's, initiation, A.B.C., &c. (beginning) 66. elementary education, primary education, secondary education, technical education, college education, collegiate education, military education, university education, liberal education, classical education, religious education, denominational education, moral education, secular education; propaedeutics†, moral tuition. gymnastics, calisthenics; physical drill, physical education; sloyd†. [methods of teaching] phonics; rote, rote memorization, brute memory; cooperative learning; Montessori method, ungraded classes. [measuring degree of learning of pupils] test, examination, exam; final exam, mid-term exam grade [result of measurement of learning], score, marks; A,B,C,D,E,F; gentleman's C; pass, fail, incomplete. homework; take-home lesson; exercise for the student; theme, project. V. teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor; cram, prime, coach; enlighten &c. (inform) 527. inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft†, infiltrate; imbue, impregnate, implant; graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate. given an idea of; put up to, put in the way of; set right. sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind; give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot" [Thomson]; improve &c. 658. expound &c. (interpret) 522; lecture; read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse; incept†; hold forth, preach; sermonize, moralize; point a moral. train, discipline; bring up, bring up to; form, ground, prepare, qualify; drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse†, breed, rear, take in hand; break, break in; tame; preinstruct†; initiate; inure &c. (habituate) 613. put to nurse, send to school. direct, guide; direct attention to &c. (attention) 457; impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory; beat into, beat into the head; convince &c. (belief) 484. [instructional materials] book, workbook, exercise book. [unnecessary teaching] preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs; preach to the converted. Adj. teaching &c. v.; taught &c. v.; educational; scholastic, academic, doctrinal; disciplinal†; instructive, instructional, didactic; propaedeutic†, propaedeutical†. Phr. the schoolmaster abroad; a bovi majori disscit arare minor [Lat.]; adeo in teneris consuecere multum est [Lat.] [Vergil]; docendo discimus [Lat.]; quaenocent docent [Lat.]; qui docet discit [Lat.]; sermons in stones and good in everything" [As You Like It]. |
#538. Misteaching — N. misteaching†, misinformaton, misintelligence†, misguidance, misdirection, mispersuasion†, misinstruction†, misleading &c. v.; perversion, false teaching; sophistry &c. 477; college of Laputa; the blind leading the blind. [misteaching by government agents] propaganda, disinformation, agitprop; indoctrination. V. misinform, misteach†, misdescribe†, misinstruct†, miscorrect†; misdirect, misguide; pervert; put on a false scent, throw off the scent, throw off the trail; deceive &c. 545; mislead &c. (error) 495; misrepresent; lie &c. 544; ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces [Lat.] [Vergil]. propagandize, disinform. render unintelligible &c. 519; bewilder &c. (uncertainty) 475; mystify &c. (conceal) 528; unteach. [person or government agent who misteaches] propagandist. Adj. misteaching &c. v.; unedifying. Phr. piscem natare doces [Lat.]; the blind leading the blind. #539. Learning — N. learning; acquisition of knowledge &c. 490, acquisition of skill &c. 698; acquirement, attainment; edification, scholarship, erudition; acquired knowledge, lore, wide information; self-instruction; study, reading, perusal; inquiry &c. 451. apprenticeship, prenticeship†; pupilage, pupilarity†; tutelage, novitiate, matriculation. docility &c. (willingness) 602; aptitude &c. 698. V. learn; acquire knowledge, gain knowledge, receive knowledge, take in knowledge, drink in knowledge, imbibe knowledge, pick up knowledge, gather knowledge, get knowledge, obtain knowledge, collect knowledge, glean knowledge, glean information, glean learning. acquaint oneself with, master; make oneself master of, make oneself acquainted with; grind, cram; get up, coach up; learn by heart, learn by rote. read, spell, peruse; con over, pore over, thumb over; wade through; dip into; run the eye over, run the eye through; turn over the leaves. study; be studious &c. adj.. [study intensely] burn the midnight oil, consume the midnight oil, mind one's book; cram. go to school, go to college, go to the university; matriculate; serve an apprenticeship, serve one's apprenticeship, serve one's time; learn one's trade; be informed &c. 527; be taught &c. 537. [stop going to school voluntarily (intransitive)] drop out, leave school, quit school; graduate; transfer; take a leave. [cause to stop going to school (transitive)] dismiss, expel, kick out of school. [stop going to school involuntarily] flunk out; be dismissed &c. Adj. studious; scholastic, scholarly; teachable; docile &c. (willing) 602; apt &c. 698, industrious &c. 682. Adv. at one's books; in statu pupillari [Lat.] &c. (learner) 541. Phr. a lumber-house of books in every head" [Pope]; ancora imparo! [Lat.]; hold high converse with the mighty dead" [Thomson]; lash'd into Latin by the tingling rod" [Gay]. |
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#540. Teacher — N. teacher, trainer, instructor, institutor, master, tutor, director, Corypheus, dry nurse, coach, grinder, crammer, don; governor, bear leader; governess, duenna [Sp.]; disciplinarian. professor, lecturer, reader, prelector†, prolocutor, preacher; chalk talker, khoja†; pastor &c. (clergy) 996; schoolmaster, dominie [Fr.], usher, pedagogue, abecedarian; schoolmistress, dame, monitor, pupil teacher. expositor &c. 524; preceptor, guide; guru; mentor &c. (adviser) 695; pioneer, apostle, missionary, propagandist, munshi†, example &c. (model for imitation) 22. professorship &c. (school) 542. tutelage &c. (teaching) 537. Adj. professorial. Phr. qui doet discet [Lat.]. |
#541. Learner — N. learner, scholar, student, pupil; apprentice, prentice†, journeyman; articled clerk; beginner, tyro, amateur, rank amateur; abecedarian, alphabetarian†; alumnus, eleve [Fr.]. recruit, raw recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor†, catechumen, probationer; seminarian, chela, fellow-commoner; debutant. [apprentice medical doctors] intern; resident. schoolboy; fresh, freshman, frosh; junior soph†, junior; senior soph†, senior; sophister†, sophomore; questionist†. [college and university students] undergraduate; graduate student; law student; medical student; pre-med; post-doctoral student, post-doc; matriculated student; part-time student, night student, auditor. [group of learners] class, grade, seminar, form, remove; pupilage &c. (learning) 539. disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte; fellow-student, condisciple†. [place of learning] school &c. 542. V. learn; practise. Adj. in statu pupillari [Lat.], in leading strings. Phr. practise makes perfect. |
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#542. School — N. school, academy, university, alma mater, college, seminary, Lyceum; institute, institution; palaestra, Gymnasium, class, seminar. day school, boarding school, preparatory school, primary school, infant school, dame's school, grammar school, middle class school, Board school, denominational school, National school, British and Foreign school, collegiate school, art school, continuation school, convent school, County Council school, government school, grant-in-aid school, high school, higher grade school, military school, missionary school, naval school, naval academy, state-aided school, technical school, voluntary school, school; school of art; kindergarten, nursery, creche, reformatory. pulpit, lectern, soap box desk, reading desk, ambo†, lecture room, theater, auditorium, amphitheater, forum, state, rostrum, platform, hustings, tribune. school book, horn book, text book; grammar, primer, abecedary†, rudiments, manual, vade mecum; encyclopedia, cyclopedia; Lindley Murray, Cocker; dictionary, lexicon. professorship, lectureship, readership, fellowship, tutorship; chair. School Board Council of Education; Board of Education; Board of Studies, Prefect of Studies; Textbook Committee; propaganda. Adj. scholastic, academic, collegiate; educational. Adv. ex cathedra [Lat.]. |
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#543. Veracity — N. veracity; truthfulness, frankness, &c. adj.; truth, sincerity, candor, unreserve†, honesty, fidelity; plain dealing, bona fides [Lat.]; love of truth; probity &c. 939; ingenuousness &c. (artlessness) 703. the truth the whole truth and nothing but the the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth; honest truth, sober truth &c. (fact) 494; unvarnished tale; light of truth. V. speak the truth, tell the truth; speak by the card; paint in its true colors, show oneself in one's true colors; make a clean breast &c. (disclose) 529; speak one's mind &c. (be blunt) 703; not lie &c. 544, not deceive &c. 545. Adj. truthful, true; veracious, veridical; scrupulous &c. (honorable) 939; sincere, candid, frank, open, straightforward, unreserved; open hearted, true hearted, simple-hearted; honest, trustworthy; undissembling &c. (dissemble) &c. 544†; guileless, pure; truth-loving; unperjured†; true blue, as good as one's word; unaffected, unfeigned, bona fide; outspoken, ingenuous &c. (artless) 703; undisguised &c. (real) 494. uncontrived. Adv. truly &c. (really) 494; in plain words &c. 703; in truth, with truth, of a truth, in good truth; as the dial to the sun, as the needle to the pole; honor bright; troth; in good sooth†, in good earnest; unfeignedly, with no nonsense, in sooth†, sooth to say†, bona fide, in foro conscientiae [Lat.]; without equivocation; cartes sur table, from the bottom of one's heart; by my troth &c. (affirmation) 535. Phr. di il vero a affronterai il diavolo [It]; Dichtung und Wahrheit [G.]; esto quod esse videris [Lat.]; magna est veritas et praevalet [Lat.]; that golden key that opes the palace of that golden key that opes the palace of eternity" [Milton]; veritas odium parit [Lat.]; veritatis simplex oratio est [Lat.]; verite sans peur [Fr.]. |
#544. Falsehood — N. falsehood, falseness; falsity, falsification; deception &c. 545; untruth &c. 546; guile; lying &c. 454; untruth &c. 546; guile; lying &c. v.. misrepresentation; mendacity, perjury, false swearing; forgery, invention, fabrication; subreption†; covin†. perversion of truth, suppression of truth; suppressio veri [Lat.]; perversion, distortion, false coloring; exaggeration &c. 549; prevarication, equivocation, shuffling, fencing, evasion, fraud; suggestio falsi &c. (lie) 546 [Lat.]; mystification &c. (concealment) 528; simulation &c. (imitation) 19; dissimulation, dissembling; deceit; blague†. sham; pretense, pretending, malingering. lip homage, lip service; mouth honor; hollowness; mere show, mere outside; duplicity, double dealing, insincerity, hypocrisy, cant, humbug; jesuitism, jesuitry; pharisaism; Machiavelism, organized hypocrisy;" crocodile tears, mealy-mouthedness†, quackery; charlatanism†, charlatanry; gammon; bun-kum†, bumcombe, flam; bam [Slang], flimflam, cajolery, flattery; Judas kiss; perfidy &c. (bad faith) 940; il volto sciolto i pensieri stretti [It]. unfairness &c. (dishonesty) 940; artfulness &c. (cunning) 702; misstatement &c. (error) 495. V. be false &c. adj., be a liar &c. 548; speak falsely &c. adv.; tell a lie &c. 546; lie, fib; lie like a trooper; swear false, forswear, perjure oneself, bear false witness. misstate, misquote, miscite†, misreport, misrepresent; belie, falsify, pervert, distort; put a false construction upon &c. (misinterpret); prevaricate, equivocate, quibble; palter, palter to the understanding; repondre en Normand [Fr.]; trim, shuffle, fence, mince the truth, beat about the bush, blow hot and cold, play fast and loose. garble, gloss over, disguise, give a color to; give a gloss, put a gloss, put false coloring upon; color, varnish, cook, dress up, embroider; varnish right and puzzle wrong; exaggerate &c. 549; blague†. invent, fabricate; trump up, get up; force, fake, hatch, concoct; romance &c. (imagine) 515; cry 'wolf!'. dissemble, dissimulate; feign, assume, put on, pretend, make believe; play possum; play false, play a double game; coquet; act a part, play a part; affect &c. 855; simulate, pass off for; counterfeit, sham, make a show of; malinger; say the grapes are sour. cant, play the hypocrite, sham Abraham, faire pattes de velours, put on the mask, clean the outside of the platter, lie like a conjuror; hand out false colors, hold out false colors, sail under false colors; commend the poisoned chalice to the lips" [Macbeth]; ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces [Lat.]; deceive &c. 545. Adj. false, deceitful, mendacious, unveracious, fraudulent, dishonest, faithless, truthless, trothless; unfair, uncandid; hollow-hearted; evasive; uningenuous, disingenuous; hollow, sincere, Parthis mendacior; forsworn. artificial, contrived; canting; hypocritical, jesuitical, pharisaical; tartuffish; Machiavelian; double, double tongued, double faced, double handed, double minded, double hearted, double dealing; Janus faced; smooth-faced, smooth spoken, smooth tongued; plausible; mealy-mouthed; affected &c. 855. collusive, collusory; artful &c. (cunning) 702; perfidious &c. 940; spurious &c. (deceptive) 545; untrue &c. 546; falsified &c. v.; covinous. Adv. falsely &c. adj.; a la tartufe, with a double tongue; silly &c. (cunning) 702. Phr. blandae mendacia lingua [Lat.]; falsus in uno falsus in omnibus [Lat.]; I give him joy that's awkward at a lie" [Young]; la mentira tiene las piernas cortas [Sp.]; O what a goodly outside falsehood hath" [Merchant of Venice]. |
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#545. Deception — N. deception; falseness &c. 544; untruth &c. 546; imposition, imposture; fraud, deceit, guile; fraudulence, fraudulency†; covin†; knavery &c. (cunning) 702; misrepresentation &c. (falsehood) 544; bluff; straw-bail, straw bid [U.S.]; spoof [Slang]. delusion, gullery†; juggling, jugglery†; slight of hand, legerdemain; prestigiation†, prestidigitation; magic &c. 992; conjuring, conjuration; hocus-pocus, escamoterie†, jockeyship†; trickery, coggery†, chicanery; supercherie†, cozenage†, circumvention, ingannation†, collusion; treachery &c. 940; practical joke. trick, cheat, wile, blind, feint, plant, bubble, fetch, catch, chicane, juggle, reach, hocus, bite; card sharping, stacked deck, loaded dice, quick shuffle, double dealing, dealing seconds, dealing from the bottom of the deck; artful dodge, swindle; tricks upon travelers; stratagem &c. (artifice) 702; confidence trick, fake, hoax; theft &c. 791; ballot-box stuffing [U.S.], barney [Slang]; brace game [Slang], bunko game, drop game [Slang], gum game [U.S.], panel game [U.S.], shell game, thimblerig, skin game [U.S.]. snare, trap, pitfall, decoy, gin; springe†, springle†; noose, hoot; bait, decoy-duck, tub to the whale, baited trap, guet-a-pens; cobweb, net, meshes, toils, mouse trap, birdlime; dionaea†, Venus's flytrap†; ambush &c. 530; trapdoor, sliding panel, false bottom; spring-net, spring net, spring gun, mask, masked battery; mine; flytrap†; green goods [U.S.]; panel house. Cornish hug; wolf in sheep's clothing &c. (deceiver) 548; disguise, disguisement†; false colors, masquerade, mummery, borrowed plumes; pattes de velours [Fr.]. mockery &c. (imitation) 19; copy &c. 21; counterfeit, sham, make-believe, forgery, fraud; lie &c. 546; a delusion a mockery and a snare" [Denman], hollow mockery. whited sepulcher, painted sepulcher; tinsel; paste, junk jewelry, costume jewelry, false jewelry, synthetic jewels; scagliola†, ormolu, German silver, albata†, paktong†, white metal, Britannia metal, paint; veneer; jerry building; man of straw. illusion &c. (error) 495; ignis fatuus [Lat.] &c. 423; mirage &c. 443. V. deceive, take in; defraud, cheat, jockey, do, cozen, diddle, nab, chouse, play one false, bilk, cully†, jilt, bite, pluck, swindle, victimize; abuse; mystify; blind one's eyes; blindfold, hoodwink; throw dust into the eyes; dupe, gull, hoax, fool, befool†, bamboozle, flimflam, hornswoggle; trick. impose upon, practice upon, play upon, put upon, palm off on, palm upon, foist upon; snatch a verdict; bluff off, bluff; bunko, four flush [Slang], gum [U.S.], spoof [Slang], stuff (a ballot box) [U.S.]. circumvent, overreach; outreach, out wit, out maneuver; steal a march upon, give the go-by, to leave in the lurch decoy, waylay, lure, beguile, delude, inveigle; entrap, intrap†, ensnare; nick, springe†; set a trap, lay a trap, lay a snare for; bait the hook, forelay†, spread the toils, lime; trapan†, trepan; kidnap; let in, hook in; nousle†, nousel†; blind a trail; enmesh, immesh†; shanghai; catch, catch in a trap; sniggle, entangle, illaqueate†, hocus, escamoter†, practice on one's credulity; hum, humbug; gammon, stuff up [Slang], sell; play a trick upon one, play a practical joke upon one, put something over on one, put one over on; balk, trip up, throw a tub to a whale; fool to the top of one's bent, send on a fool's errand; make game, make a fool of, make an April fool of†, make an ass of; trifle with, cajole, flatter; come over &c. (influence) 615; gild the pill, make things pleasant, divert, put a good face upon; dissemble &c. 544. cog, cog the dice, load the dice, stack the deck; live by one's wits, play at hide and seek; obtain money under false pretenses &c. (steal) 791; conjure, juggle, practice chicanery; deacon [U.S.]. play off, palm off, foist off, fob-off. lie &c. 544; misinform &c. 538; mislead &c. (error) 495; betray &c. 940; be deceived &c. 547. Adj. deceived &c. v.; deceiving &c.; cunning &c. 702; prestigious†, prestigiatory†; deceptive, deceptious†; deceitful, covinous†; delusive, delusory; illusive, illusory; elusive, insidious, ad captandum vulgus [Lat.]. untrue &c. 546; mock, sham, make-believe, counterfeit, snide [Slang], pseudo, spurious, supposititious, so-called, pretended, feigned, trumped up, bogus, scamped, fraudulent, tricky, factitious bastard; surreptitious, illegitimate, contraband, adulterated, sophisticated; unsound, rotten at the core; colorable; disguised; meretricious, tinsel, pinchbeck, plated; catchpenny; Brummagem. artificial, synthetic, ersatz [G.]; simulated &c. 544. Adv. under false colors, under the garb of, under cover of; over the left. Phr. keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope" [Macbeth]; fronti nulla fides [Lat.]; ah that deceit should steal such gentle shapes" [Richard III]; a quicksand of deceit" [Henry VI]; decipimur specie recti [Lat.] [Horace]; falsi crimen [Lat.]; fraus est celare fraudem [Lat.]; lupus in fabula [Lat.]; so smooth, he daubed his vice with show of so smooth, he daubed his vice with show of virtue" [Richard III]. |
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#546. Untruth — N. untruth, falsehood, lie, story, thing that is not, fib, bounce, crammer, taradiddle†, whopper; jhuth†. forgery, fabrication, invention; misstatement, misrepresentation; perversion, falsification, gloss, suggestio falsi [Lat.]; exaggeration &c. 549. invention, fabrication, fiction; fable, nursery tale; romance &c. (imagination) 515; absurd story, untrue story, false story, trumped up story, trumped up statement; thing devised by the enemy; canard; shave, sell, hum, traveler's tale, Canterbury tale, cock and bull story, fairy tale, fake; claptrap. press agent's yarn; puff, puffery (exaggeration) 549. myth, moonshine, bosh, all my eye and Betty Martin, mare's nest, farce. irony; half truth, white lie, pious fraud; mental reservation &c. (concealment) 528. pretense, pretext; false plea &c. 617; subterfuge, evasion, shift, shuffle, make-believe; sham &c. (deception) 545. profession, empty words; Judas kiss &c. (hypocrisy) 544; disguise &c. (mask) 530. V. have a false meaning. Adj. untrue, false, phony, trumped up; void of foundation, without-foundation; fictive, far from the truth, false as dicer's oaths; unfounded, ben trovato [It], invented, fabulous, fabricated, forged; fictitious, factitious, supposititious, surreptitious; elusory†, illusory; ironical; soi-disant [Fr.] &c. (misnamed) 565. Phr. se non e vero e ben trovato [It]; where none is meant that meets the ear" [Milton]. |
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#547. Dupe — N. dupe, gull, gudgeon, gobemouche†, cull [Slang], cully†, victim, pigeon, April fool†; jay [Slang], sucker [Slang]; laughingstock &c. 857; Cyclops, simple Simon, flat; greenhorn; fool &c. 501; puppet, cat's paw. V. be deceived &c. 545, be the dupe of; fall into a trap; swallow the bait, nibble at the bait; bite, catch a Tartar. Adj. credulous &c. 486; mistaken &c. (error) 495. |
#548. Deceiver — N. deceiver &c. (deceive) &c. 545; dissembler, hypocrite; sophist, Pharisee, Jesuit, Mawworm†, Pecksniff, Joseph Surface, Tartufe†, Janus; serpent, snake in the grass, cockatrice, Judas, wolf in sheep's clothing; jilt; shuffler†, stool pigeon. liar &c. (lie) &c. 544; story-teller, perjurer, false witness, menteur a triple etage [Fr.], Scapin†; bunko steerer [U.S.], carpetbagger [U.S.], capper [U.S.], faker, fraud, four flusher [Slang], horse coper†, ringer [Slang], spieler†, straw bidder [U.S.]. imposter, pretender, soi-disant [Fr.], humbug; adventurer; Cagliostro, Fernam Mendez Pinto; ass in lion's skin &c. (bungler) 701; actor &c. (stage player) 599. quack, charlatan, mountebank, saltimbanco†, saltimbanque†, empiric, quacksalver, medicaster†, Rosicrucian, gypsy; man of straw. conjuror, juggler, trickster, prestidigitator, jockey; crimp, decoy, decoy duck; rogue, knave, cheat; swindler &c. (thief) 792; jobber. Phr. saint abroad and a devil at home" [Bunyan]. |
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#549. Exaggeration — N. exaggeration; expansion &c. 194; hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring; high coloring, caricature, caricatura†; extravagance &c. (nonsense) 497; Baron Munchausen; men in buckram, yarn, fringe, embroidery, traveler's tale; fish story, gooseberry [Slang]. storm in a teacup; much ado about nothing &c. (overestimation) 482; puff, puffery &c. (boasting) 884; rant &c. (turgescence) 577†. figure of speech, facon de parler [Fr.]; stretch of fancy, stretch of the imagination; flight of fancy &c. (imagination) 515. false coloring &c. (falsehood) 544; aggravation &c. 835. V. exaggerate, magnify, pile up, aggravate; amplify &c. (expand) 194; overestimate &c. 482; hyperbolize; overcharge, overstate, overdraw, overlay, overshoot the mark, overpraise; make over much, over the most of; strain, strain over a point; stretch, stretch a point; go great lengths; spin a long yarn; draw with a longbow, shoot with a longbow; deal in the marvelous. out-Herod Herod, run riot, talk at random. heighten, overcolor†; color highly, color too highly; broder†; flourish; color &c. (misrepresent) 544; puff &c. (boast) 884. Adj. exaggerated &c. v.; overwrought; bombastic &c. (grandiloquent) 577; hyperbolical†, on stilts; fabulous, extravagant, preposterous, egregious, outre [Fr.], highflying†. Adv. hyperbolically &c. adj.. Phr. excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo [Lat.] [Cicero]. |
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#550. Indication — N. indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology†, semeiotics†; Zeitgeist. [means of recognition: property] characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, trait; fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint [for animals]; cloven hoof; footfall; recognition (memory) 505. [means of recognition: tool] diagnostic, divining rod; detector. sign, symbol; index, indice†, indicator; point, pointer; exponent, note, token, symptom; dollar sign, dollar mark. type, figure, emblem, cipher, device; representation &c. 554; epigraph, motto, posy. gesture, gesticulation; pantomime; wink, glance, leer; nod, shrug, beck; touch, nudge; dactylology†, dactylonomy†; freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology [Med.], byplay, dumb show; cue; hint &c. 527; clue, clew, key, scent. signal, signal post; rocket, blue light; watch fire, watch tower; telegraph, semaphore, flagstaff; cresset†, fiery cross; calumet; heliograph; guidon; headlight. [sign (evidence) on physobj of contact with another physobj] mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick. print; imprint, impress, impression. [symbols accompanying written text to signify modified interpretation] keyboard symbols, printing symbols; [Symbols for emphasis], red letter, italics, sublineation†, underlining, bold font; jotting; note, annotation, reference; blaze, cedilla, guillemets†, hachure [Topo.]; [Special Characters list], quotation marks, "; double quotes, " "; parentheses, "( )"; brackets, "[ ]"; braces, "{ }", curly brackets; arrows, slashes; left parenthesis, "("; right parenthesis, ")"; opening bracket, "["; closing bracket, "]"; left curly brace, "{"; right curly brace, "}"; left arrow, "<"; right arrow, ">"; forward slash, "/"; backward slash, "\"; exclamation point, "!"; commercial at, "@"; pound sign, "#"; percent sign, "%"; carat, "^"; ampersand, "&"; asterisk, "*"; hyphen, "-"; dash, "-", "_"; em dash, "—"; plus sign, "+"; equals sign, "="; question mark, "?"; period, "."; semicolon, ";"; colon, ":"; comma, ","; apostrophe, "'"; single quote, "'"; tilde, "~". [For identification: general] badge, criterion; countercheck†, countermark†, countersign, counterfoil; duplicate, tally; label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop; dib†; totem; tessera†, card, bill; witness, voucher; stamp; cacher [Fr.]; trade mark, Hall mark. [For identification of people, on a document] signature, mark, autograph, autography; attestation; hand, hand writing, sign manual; cipher; seal, sigil [Lat.], signet, hand and seal [Law]; paraph†, brand; superscription; indorsement†, endorsement. [For identification of people, to gain access to restricted (locations or information)] password, watchword, catchword; security card, pass, passkey; credentials &c. (evidence) 467; open sesame; timbrology†; mot de passe [Fr.], mot du guet [Fr.]; pass-parole; shibboleth. title, heading, docket. address card, visiting card; carte de visite [Fr.]. insignia; banner, banneret†, bannerol†; bandrol†; flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum†, oriflamb†, oriflamme; figurehead; ensign; pennon, pennant, pendant; burgee†, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack; banderole, old glory [U.S.], quarantine flag; vexillum†; yellow-flag, yellow jack; tricolor, stars and stripes; bunting. heraldry, crest; coat of arms, arms; armorial bearings, hatchment†; escutcheon, scutcheon; shield, supporters; livery, uniform; cockade, epaulet, chevron; garland, love knot, favor. [Of locality] beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, cock, weathercock; guidepost, handpost†, fingerpost†, directing post, signpost; pillars of Hercules, pharos; bale-fire, beacon-fire; l'etoile du Nord [Fr.]; landmark, seamark; lighthouse, balize†; polestar, loadstar†, lodestar; cynosure, guide; address, direction, name; sign, signboard. [Of the future] warning &c. 668; omen &c. 512; prefigurement &c. 511. [Of the past] trace, record &c., 551. [Of danger] warning &c. 668, alarm &c. 669. [of authority]. scepter &c. 747. [of triumph]. trophy &c. 733. [of quantity]. gauge &c. 466. [Of Distance] milestone, milepost. [Of disgrace], brand, fool's cap. [For detection], check, telltale; test &c. (experiment) 463; mileage ticket; milliary†. notification &c. (information) 527; advertisement &c. (publication) 531. word of command, call; bugle call, trumpet call; bell, alarum, cry; battle cry, rallying cry; angelus†; reveille; sacring bell†, sanctus bell [Lat.]. exposition &c. (explanation) 522, proof &c. (evidence) 463; pattern &c. (prototype) 22. V. indicate; be the sign &c. n.. of; denote, betoken; argue, testify &c. (evidence) 467; bear the impress &c. n.. of; connote, connotate†. represent, stand for; typify &c. (prefigure) 511; symbolize. put an indication, put a mark &c. n.; note, mark, stamp, earmark; blaze; label, ticket, docket; dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk; print; imprint, impress; engrave, stereotype. make a sign &c. n.. signalize; underscore; give a signal, hang out a signal; beckon; nod; wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink; gesticulate; raise the finger, hold up the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand; saw the air, suit the action to the word" [Hamlet]. wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner &c. n.; wave the hand, wave a kerchief; give the cue &c. (inform) 527; show one's colors; give an alarm, sound an alarm; beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry. sign, seal, attest &c. (evidence) 467; underline &c. (give importance to) 642; call attention to &c. (attention) 457; give notice &c. (inform) 527. Adj. indicating &c. v., indicative, indicatory; denotative, connotative; diacritical, representative, typical, symbolic, pantomimic, pathognomonic†, symptomatic, characteristic, demonstrative, diagnostic, exponential, emblematic, armorial; individual &c. (special) 79. known by, recognizable by; indicated &c. v.; pointed, marked. [Capable of being denoted] denotable†; indelible. Adv. in token of; symbolically &c. adj.; in dumb show. Phr. ecce signum [Lat.]; ex ungue leonem [Lat.], ex pede Herculem [Lat.]; vide ut supra; vultus ariete fortior [Lat.]. |
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#551. Record — N. trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix; footstep, footmark†, footprint; pug; track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste†. monument, hatchment†, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement; obelisk, pillar, column, monolith; memorial; memento &c. (memory) 505; testimonial, medal; commemoration &c. (celebration) 883. record, note, minute; register, registry; roll &c. (list) 86; cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne [Fr.]; entry, memorandum, indorsement†, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch &c. (mark) 550; muniment†, deed &c. (security) 771; document; deposition, proces verbal [Fr.]; affidavit; certificate &c. (evidence) 467. notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book; portfolio; pigeonholes, excerpta†, adversaria [Lat.], jottings, dottings†. gazette, gazetteer; newspaper, daily, magazine; almanac, almanack†; calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger; cashbook†, petty cashbook†; professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article. archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book; statistics &c. 86; compte rendu [Fr.]; Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of; Hansard's Debates; chronicle, annals, legend; history, biography &c. 594; Congressional Records. registration; registry; enrollment, inrollment†; tabulation; entry, booking; signature &c. (identification) 550; recorder &c. 553; journalism. [analog recording media] recording, tape recording, videotape. [digital recording media] compact disk; floppy disk, diskette; hard disk, Winchester disk; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory, WORM. V. record; put on record, place on record; chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity; keep up the memory &c. (remember) 505; commemorate &c. (celebrate) 883; report &c. (inform) 527; write, commit to writing, reduce to writing; put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white; put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down; note, minute, put on paper; take note, make a note, take minute, take memorandum; make a return. mark &c. (indicate) 550; sign &c. (attest) 467. enter, book; post, post up, insert, make an entry of; mark off, tick off; register, enroll, inscroll†; file &c. (store) 636. burn into memory; carve in stone. Adv. on record. Phr. exegi monumentum aere perennium [Horace]; read their history in a nation's eyes" [Gray]; records that defy the tooth of time" [Young]. |
#552. [Suppression of sign.] Obliteration — N. obliteration; erasure, rasure†; cancel, cancellation; circumduction†; deletion, blot; tabula rasa [Lat.]; effacement, extinction. V. efface, obliterate, erase, raze†, rase†, expunge, cancel; blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, sponge out; wipe off, rub off; wipe away; deface, render illegible; draw the pen through, apply the sponge. be effaced &c.; leave no trace &c. 550; leave not a rack behind" Adj. obliterated &c. v.; out of print; printless†; leaving no trace; intestate; unrecorded, unregistered, unwritten. Int. dele; out with it!, Phr. delenda est Carthago [Lat.] [Cato]. |
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#553. Recorder — N. recorder, notary, clerk; registrar, registrary†, register; prothonotary [Law]; amanuensis, secretary, scribe, babu†, remembrancer†, bookkeeper, custos rotulorum [Lat.], Master of the Rolls. annalist; historian, historiographer; chronicler, journalist; biographer &c. (narrator) 594; antiquary &c. (antiquity) 122; memorialist†; interviewer. |
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#554. Representation — N. representation, representment†; imitation &c. 19; illustration, delineation, depictment†; imagery, portraiture, iconography; design, designing; art, fine arts; painting &c. 556; sculpture &c. 557; engraving &c. 558; photography, cinematography; radiography, autoradiography [Bioch.], fluorography [Chem], sciagraphy†. personation, personification; impersonation; drama &c. 599. picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot; X-ray photo; movie film, movie; tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TV. copy &c. 21; drawing, sketch, drought, draft; plot, chart, figure, scheme. image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness; very image; effigy, facsimile. figure, figure head; puppet, doll, figurine, aglet†, manikin, lay-figure, model, mammet†, marionette, fantoccini†, waxwork, bust; statue, statuette. ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji [Jap.]; diagram, monogram. map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan) 626. ichnography†, cartography; atlas; outline, scheme; view &c. (painting) 556; radiograph, scotograph†, sciagraph†; spectrogram, heliogram†. V. represent, delineate; depict, depicture†; portray; take a likeness, catch a likeness &c. n.; hit off, photograph, daguerreotype; snapshot; figure, shadow forth, shadow out; adumbrate; body forth; describe &c. 594; trace, copy; mold. dress up; illustrate, symbolize. paint &c. 556; carve &c. 557; engrave &c. 558. personate, personify; impersonate; assume a character; pose as; act; play &c. (drama) 599; mimic &c. (imitate) 19; hold the mirror up to nature. Adj. represent, representing &c. v., representative; illustrative [Slang]; represented &c. v.; imitative, figurative; iconic. like &c. 17; graphic &c. (descriptive) 594; cinquecento quattrocento [Fr.], trecento†. |
#555. Misrepresentation — N. misrepresentation, distortion, caricatura†, exaggeration; daubing &c. v.; bad likeness, daub, sign painting; scratch, caricature; anamorphosis†; burlesque, falsification, misstatement; parody, lampoon, take-off, travesty. V. misrepresent, distort, overdraw, exaggerate, caricature, daub; burlesque, parody, travesty. Adj. misrepresented &c. v.. |
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#556. Painting — N. painting; depicting; drawing &c. v.; design; perspective, sciagraphy†, skiagraphy†; chiaroscuro &c. (light) 420; composition; treatment. historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting; landscape painting, marine painting; still life, flower painting, scene painting; scenography†. school, style; the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture; ornamental art &c. 847. monochrome, polychrome; grisaille [Fr.]. pallet, palette; easel; brush, pencil, stump; black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel; paint &c. (coloring matter) 428; watercolor, body color, oil color; oils, oil paint; varnish &c. 356.1, priming; gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass; enamel; encaustic painting; mosaic; tapestry. photography, heliography, color photography; sun painting; graphics, computer graphics. picture, painting, piece [Fr.], tableau, canvas; oil painting &c.; fresco, cartoon; easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft; pencil drawing &c., water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink; sketch, outline, study. photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph; daguerreotype, talbotype†, calotype†, heliotype†; negative, positive; print, glossy print, matte print; enlargement, reduction, life-size print; instant photo, Polaroid photo. technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome; Polaroid. portrait &c. (representation) 554; whole length, full length, half length; kitcat, head; miniature; shade, silhouette; profile. landscape, seapiece†; view, scene, prospect; panorama, diorama; still life. picture gallery, exhibit; studio, atelier; pinacotheca†. V. paint, design, limn draw, sketch, pencil, scratch, shade, stipple, hatch, dash off, chalk out, square up; color, dead color, wash, varnish; draw in pencil &c. n.; paint in oils &c. n.; stencil; depict &c. (represent) 554. Adj. painted &c. v.; pictorial, graphic, picturesque. pencil, oil &c. n.. Adv. in pencil &c. n.. Phr. fecit [Lat.], delineavit [Lat.]; mutum est pictura poema [Lat.]. |
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#557. Sculpture — N. sculpture, insculpture†; carving &c. v.; statuary. high relief, low relief, bas relief [Fr.]; relief; relieve; bassorilievo†, altorilievo†, mezzorilievo†; intaglio, anaglyph†; medal, medallion; cameo. marble, bronze, terra cotta [Sp.], papier-mache; ceramic ware, pottery, porcelain, china, earthenware; cloisonne, enamel, faience, Laocoon, satsuma. statue, &c. (image) 554; cast &c. (copy) 21; glyptotheca†. V. sculpture, carve, cut, chisel, model, mold; cast [Slang]. Adj. sculptured &c., v.. in relief, anaglyptic†, ceroplastic†, ceramic; parian†; marble &c. n.; xanthian†. |
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#558. Engraving — N. engraving, chalcography†; line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving; dry point, bur; etching, aquatinta†; chiseling; plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, wood engraving; xylography, lignography†, glyptography†, cerography†, lithography, chromolithography†, photolithography, zincography†, glyphography, xylograph, lignograph†, glyptograph†, cerograph†, lithograph, chromolithograph, photolithograph, zincograph†, glyphograph†, holograph. impression, print, engraving, plate; steelplate, copperplate; etching; mezzotint, aquatint, lithotint†; cut, woodcut; stereotype, graphotype†, autotype†, heliotype†. graver, burin†, etching point, style; plate, stone, wood block, negative; die, punch, stamp. printing; plate printing, copperplate printing, anastatic printing†, color printing, lithographic printing; type printing &c. 591; three-color process. illustration, illumination; half tone; photogravure; vignette, initial letter, cul de lampe [Fr.], tailpiece. [person who inscribes on stone] lapidary, lapidarian. V. engrave, grave, stipple, scrape, etch; bite, bite in; lithograph &c. n.; print. Adj. insculptured†; engraved &c. v.. [of inscriptions on stone] lapidary. Phr. sculpsit [Lat.], imprimit [Lat.]. |
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#559. Artist — N. artist; painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver; master, old master; draftsman, draughtsman; copyist, dauber, hack; enamel, enameler, enamelist; caricaturist. historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter; engraver; Apelles†; sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste†, statuary; Phidias, Praxiteles; Royal Academician. photographer, cinematographer, lensman, cameraman, camera technician, camera buff; wildlife photographer. Phr. photo safari; with gun and camera" |
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#560. Language — N. language; phraseology &c. 569; speech &c. 582; tongue, lingo, vernacular; mother tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue; household words; King's English, Queen's English; dialect &c. 563. confusion of tongues, Babel, pasigraphie†; pantomime &c. (signs) 550; onomatopoeia; betacism†, mimmation, myatism†, nunnation†; pasigraphy†. lexicology, philology, glossology†, glottology†; linguistics, chrestomathy†; paleology†, paleography; comparative grammar. literature, letters, polite literature, belles lettres [Fr.], muses, humanities, literae humaniores [Lat.], republic of letters, dead languages, classics; genius of language; scholarship &c. (scholar) 492. V. express by words &c. 566. Adj. lingual, linguistic; dialectic; vernacular, current; bilingual; diglot†, hexaglot†, polyglot; literary. Phr. syllables govern the world" [Selden]. |
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#561. Letter — N. letter; character; hieroglyphic &c. (writing) 590; type &c. (printing) 591; capitals; digraph, trigraph; ideogram, ideograph; majuscule, minuscule; majuscule, minuscule; alphabet, ABC†, abecedary†, christcross-row. consonant, vowel; diphthong, triphthong [Gramm.]; mute, liquid, labial, dental, guttural. syllable; monosyllable, dissyllable†, polysyllable; affix, suffix. spelling, orthograph†; phonography†, phonetic spelling; anagrammatism†, metagrammatism†. cipher, monogram, anagram; doubleacrostic†. V. spell. Adj. literal; alphabetical, abecedarian; syllabic; majuscular†, minuscular†; uncial &c. (writing) 590. |
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#562. Word — N. word, term, vocable; name &c. 564; phrase &c. 566; root, etymon; derivative; part of speech &c. (grammar) 567; ideophone†. dictionary, vocabulary, lexicon, glossary; index, concordance; thesaurus; gradus [Lat.], delectus [Lat.]. etymology, derivation; glossology†, terminology orismology†; paleology &c. (philology) 560†. lexicography; glossographer &c. (scholar) 492; lexicologist, verbarian†. Adj. verbal, literal; titular, nominal. conjugate [Similarly derived], paronymous†; derivative. Adv. verbally &c. adj.; verbatim &c. (exactly) 494. Phr. the artillery of words" [Swift]. |
#563. Neologism — N. neology, neologism; newfangled expression, nonce expression; back-formation; caconym†; barbarism. archaism, black letter, monkish Latin. corruption, missaying†, malapropism, antiphrasis†. pun, paranomasia†, play upon words; word play &c. (wit) 842; double-entendre [Fr.] &c. (ambiguity) 520; palindrome, paragram†, anagram, clinch; abuse of language, abuse of terms. dialect, brogue, idiom, accent, patois; provincialism, regionalism, localism; broken English, lingua franca; Anglicism, Briticism, Gallicism, Scotticism, Hibernicism; Americanism†; Gypsy lingo, Romany; pidgin, pidgin English, pigeon English; Volapuk, Chinook, Esperanto, Hindustani, kitchen Kaffir. dog Latin, macaronics†, gibberish; confusion of tongues, Babel; babu English†, chi-chi. figure of speech &c. (metaphor) 521; byword. colloquialism, informal speech, informal language. substandard language, vernacular. vulgar language, obscene language, obscenity, vulgarity. jargon, technical terms, technicality, lingo, slang, cant, argot; St. Gile's Greek, thieves' Latin, peddler's French, flash tongue, Billingsgate, Wall Street slang. pseudology†. pseudonym &c. (misnomer) 565; Mr. So-and-so; wha d'ye call 'em†, whatchacallim, what's his name; thingummy†, thingumbob; je ne sais quoi [Fr.]. neologist†, coiner of words. V. coin words, coin a term; backform; Americanize, Anglicize. Adj. neologic†, neological†; archaic; obsolete &c. (old) 124; colloquial; Anglice†. |
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#564. Nomenclature — N. nomenclature; naming &c. v.; nuncupation†, nomination, baptism; orismology†; onomatopoeia; antonomasia†. name; appelation†, appelative†; designation, title; heading, rubric; caption; denomination; by-name, epithet. style, proper name; praenomen [Lat.], agnomen†, cognomen; patronymic, surname; cognomination†; eponym; compellation†, description, antonym; empty title, empty name; handle to one's name; namesake. term, expression, noun; byword; convertible terms &c. 522; technical term; cant &c. 563. V. name, call, term, denominate designate, style, entitle, clepe†, dub, christen, baptize, characterize, specify, define, distinguish by the name of; label &c. (mark) 550. be called &c. v.; take the name of, bean the name of, go by the name of, be known by the name of, go under the name of, pass under the name of, rejoice in the name of. Adj. named &c. v.; hight†, ycleped, known as; what one may well, call fairly, call properly, call fitly. nuncupatory†, nuncupative; cognominal†, titular, nominal, orismological†. Phr. beggar'd all description" [Antony and Cleopatra]. |
#565. Misnomer — N. misnomer; lucus a non lucendo [Lat.]; Mrs. Malaprop; what d'ye call 'em &c. (neologism) 563†; Hoosier. nickname, sobriquet, by-name; assumed name, assumed title; alias; nom de course, nom de theatre, nom de guerre [Fr.], nom de plume; pseudonym, pseudonymy. V. misname, miscall, misterm†; nickname; assume a name. Adj. misnamed &c. v.; pseudonymous; soi-disant [Fr.]; self called, self styled, self christened; so-called. nameless, anonymous; without a having no name; innominate, unnamed; unacknowledged. Adv. in no sense. |
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#566. Phrase — N. phrase, expression, set phrase; sentence, paragraph; figure of speech &c. 521; idiom, idiotism†; turn of expression; style. paraphrase &c. (synonym) 522; periphrase &c. (circumlocution) 573; motto &c. (proverb) 496†. phraseology &c. 569. V. express, phrase; word, word it; give words to, give expression to; voice; arrange in words, clothe in words, put into words, express by words; couch in terms; find words to express; speak by the card; call, denominate, designate, dub. Adj. expressed &c. v.; idiomatic. Adv. in round terms, in set terms, in good set terms, set terms; in set phrases. |
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#567. Grammar — N. grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation; parts of speech; jussive†; syllabication; inflection, case, declension, conjugation; us et norma loquendi [Lat.]; Lindley Murray &c. (schoolbook) 542; correct style, philology &c. (language) 560. V. parse, punctuate, syllabicate†. |
#568. Solecism — N. solecism; bad grammar, false grammar, faulty grammar; slip of the pen, slip of the tongue; lapsus linguae [Lat.]; slipslop†; bull; barbarism, impropriety. V. use bad grammar, faulty grammar; solecize†, commit a solecism; murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English, break Priscian's head. Adj. ungrammatical; incorrect, inaccurate; faulty; improper, incongruous; solecistic, solecistical†. |
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#569. Style — N. style, diction, phraseology, wording; manner, strain; composition; mode of expression, choice of words; mode of speech, literary power, ready pen, pen of a ready writer; command of language &c. (eloquence) 582; authorship; la morgue litteraire [Fr.]. V. express by words &c. 566; write. Phr. le style c'est de l'homme [Buffon]; style is the dress of thoughts" [Chesterfield]. Various Qualities of Style |
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#570. Perspicuity — N. perspicuity, perspicuousness &c. (intelligibility) 518; plain speaking &c. (manifestation) 525; definiteness, definition; exactness &c. 494; explicitness, lucidness. Adj. lucid &c. (intelligible) 518; explicit &c. (manifest) 525; exact &c. 494. |
#571. Obscurity — N. obscurity &c. (unintelligibility) 519; involution; hard words; ambiguity &c. 520; unintelligibleness; vagueness &c. 475, inexactness &c. 495; what d'ye call 'em &c. (neologism) 563†; darkness of meaning. Adj. obscure &c. n.; crabbed, involved, confused. |
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#572. Conciseness — N. conciseness &c. adj.; brevity, the soul of wit," laconism†; Tacitus; ellipsis; syncope; abridgment &c. (shortening) 201; compression &c. 195; epitome &c. 596; monostich†; brunch word, portmanteau word. V. be concise &c. adj.; condense &c. 195; abridge &c. 201; abstract &c. 596; come to the point. Adj. concise, brief, short, terse, close; to the point, exact; neat, compact; compressed, condensed, pointed; laconic, curt, pithy, trenchant, summary; pregnant; compendious &c. (compendium) 596; succinct; elliptical, epigrammatic, quaint, crisp; sententious. Adv. concisely &c. adj.; briefly, summarily; in brief, in short, in a word, in a few words; for shortness sake; to come to the point, to make a long story short, to cut the matter short, to be brief; it comes to this, the long and the short of it is. Phr. brevis esse laboro obscurus fio [Lat.] [Horace]. |
#573. Diffuseness — N. diffuseness &c. adj.; amplification &c. v.; dilating &c. v.; verbosity, verbiage, cloud of words, copia verborum [Lat.]; flow of words &c. (loquacity) 584; looseness. Polylogy†, tautology, battology†, perissology†; pleonasm, exuberance, redundancy; thrice-told tale; prolixity; circumlocution, ambages†; periphrase†, periphrasis; roundabout phrases; episode; expletive; pennya-lining; richness &c. 577. V. be diffuse &c. adj.; run out on, descant, expatiate, enlarge, dilate, amplify, expand, inflate; launch out, branch out; rant. maunder, prose; harp upon &c. (repeat) 104; dwell on, insist upon. digress, ramble, battre la campagne [Fr.], beat about the bush, perorate, spin a long yarn, protract; spin out, swell out, draw out; battologize†. Adj. diffuse, profuse; wordy, verbose, largiloquent†, copious, exuberant, pleonastic, lengthy; longsome†, long-winded, longspun†, long drawn out; spun out, protracted, prolix, prosing, maundering; circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious†, roundabout; digressive; discursive, excursive; loose; rambling episodic; flatulent, frothy. Adv. diffusely &c. adj.; at large, in extenso [Lat.]; about it and about it. |
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#574. Vigor — N. vigor, power, force; boldness, raciness &c. adj.; intellectual, force; spirit, point, antithesis, piquance, piquancy; verve, glow, fire, warmth; strong language; gravity, sententiousness; elevation, loftiness, sublimity. eloquence; command of words, command of language. Adj. vigorous, nervous, powerful, forcible, trenchant, incisive, impressive; sensational. spirited, lively, glowing, sparkling, racy, bold, slashing; pungent, piquant, full of point, pointed, pithy, antithetical; sententious. lofty, elevated, sublime; eloquent; vehement, petulant, impassioned; poetic. Adv. in glowing terms, in good set terms, in no measured terms. Phr. thoughts that breath and words that burn" [Gray]. |
#575. Feebleness — N. feebleness &c. adj.. Adj. feeble, bald, tame, meager, jejune, vapid, bland, trashy, lukewarm, cold, frigid, poor, dull, dry, languid; colorless, enervated; proposing, prosy, prosaic; unvaried, monotonous, weak, washy, wishy-washy; sketchy, slight. careless, slovenly, loose, lax (negligent) 460; slipshod, slipslop†; inexact; puerile, childish; flatulent; rambling &c. (diffuse) 573. |
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#576. Plainness — N. plainness &c. adj.; simplicity, severity; plain terms, plain English; Saxon English; household words V. call a spade 'a spade';" plunge in medias res; come to the point. Adj. plain, simple; unornamented, unadorned, unvarnished; homely, homespun; neat; severe, chaste, pure, Saxon; commonplace, matter-of-fact, natural, prosaic. dry, unvaried, monotonous &c. 575. Adv. in plain terms, in plain words, in plain English, in plain common parlance; point-blank. |
#577. Ornament — N. ornament; floridness c†. adj.. turgidity, turgescence†; altiloquence &c. adj.†; declamation, teratology†; well-rounded periods; elegance &c. 578; orotundity. inversion, antithesis, alliteration, paronomasia; figurativeness &c. (metaphor) 521. flourish; flowers of speech, flowers of rhetoric; frills of style, euphuism†, euphemism. big-sounding words, high-sounding words; macrology†, sesquipedalia verba [Lat.], Alexandrine; inflation, pretension; rant, bombast, fustian, prose run mad; fine writing; sesquipedality†; Minerva press. phrasemonger; euphuist†, euphemist. V. ornament, overlay with ornament, overcharge; smell of the lamp. Adj. ornament &c. v.; beautified &c. 847; ornate, florid, rich, flowery; euphuistic†, euphemistic; sonorous; high-sounding, big-sounding; inflated, swelling, tumid; turgid, turgescent; pedantic, pompous, stilted; orotund; high flown, high flowing; sententious, rhetorical, declamatory; grandiose; grandiloquent, magniloquent, altiloquent†; sesquipedal†, sesquipedalian; Johnsonian, mouthy; bombastic; fustian; frothy, flashy, flaming. antithetical, alliterative; figurative &c. 521; artificial &c. (inelegant) 579. Adv. ore rutundo [Lat.]. |
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#578. Elegance — N. elegance, purity, grace, ease; gracefulness, readiness &c. adj.; concinnity†, euphony, numerosity†; Atticism†, classicalism†, classicism. well rounded periods, well turned periods, flowing periods; the right word in the right place; antithesis &c. 577. purist [Slang]. V. point an antithesis, round a period. Adj. elegant, polished, classical, Attic, correct, Ciceronian, artistic; chaste, pure, Saxon, academical†. graceful, easy, readable, fluent, flowing, tripping; unaffected, natural, unlabored†; mellifluous; euphonious, euphemism, euphemistic; numerose†, rhythmical. felicitous, happy, neat; well put, neatly put, well expressed, neatly expressed |
#579. Inelegance — N. inelegance; stiffness &c. adj.; unlettered Muse" [Gray]; barbarism; slang &c. 563; solecism &c. 568; mannerism &c. (affectation) 855; euphuism†; fustian &c. 577; cacophony; words that break the teeth, words that dislocate the jaw; marinism†. V. be inelegant &c. adj.. Adj. inelegant, graceless, ungraceful; harsh, abrupt; dry, stiff, cramped, formal, guinde [Fr.]; forced, labored; artificial, mannered, ponderous; awkward, uncourtly†, unpolished; turgid &c. 577; affected, euphuistic†; barbarous, uncouth, grotesque, rude, crude, halting; offensive to ears polite. |
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#580. Voice — N. voice; vocality†; organ, lungs, bellows; good voice, fine voice, powerful voice &c. (loud) 404; musical voice &c. 413; intonation; tone of voice &c. (sound) 402. vocalization; cry &c. 411; strain, utterance, prolation†; exclamation, ejaculation, vociferation, ecphonesis†; enunciation, articulation; articulate sound, distinctness; clearness, of articulation; stage whisper; delivery. accent, accentuation; emphasis, stress; broad accent, strong accent, pure accent, native accent, foreign accent; pronunciation. [Word similarly pronounced] homonym. orthoepy†; cacoepy†; euphony &c. (melody) 413. gastriloquism†, ventriloquism; ventriloquist; polyphonism†, polyphonist†. [Science of voice] phonology &c. (sound) 402. V. utter, breathe; give utterance, give tongue; cry &c. (shout) 411; ejaculate, rap out; vocalize, prolate†, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, accentuate, aspirate, deliver, mouth; whisper in the ear. Adj. vocal, phonetic, oral; ejaculatory, articulate, distinct, stertorous; euphonious &c. (melodious) 413. Phr. how sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman" [Massinger]; the organ of the soul" [Longfellow]; thy voice is a celestial melody" [Longfellow]. |
#581. Aphony — N. aphony†, aphonia†; dumbness &c. adj.; obmutescence†; absence of voice, want of voice; dysphony†; cacoepy†; silence &c. (taciturnity) 585; raucity†; harsh voice &c. 410, unmusical voice &c. 414; falsetto, childish treble mute;" dummy. V. keep silence &c. 585; speak low, speak softly; whisper &c. (faintness) 405. silence; render mute, render silent; muzzle, muffle, suppress, smother, gag, strike dumb, dumfounder; drown the voice, put to silence, stop one's mouth, cut one short. stick in the throat. Adj. aphonous†, dumb, mute; deafmute, deaf and dumb; mum; tongue-tied; breathless, tongueless, voiceless, speechless, wordless; mute as a fish, mute as a stockfish†, mute as a mackerel; silent &c. (taciturn) 585; muzzled; inarticulate, inaudible. croaking, raucous, hoarse, husky, dry, hollow, sepulchral, hoarse as a raven; rough. Adv. with bated breath, with the finger on the lips; sotto voce [Lat.]; in a low tone, in a cracked voice, in a broken voice. Phr. vox faucibus haesit [Lat.] [Vergil]. |
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#582. Speech — N. speech, faculty of speech; locution, talk, parlance, verbal intercourse, prolation†, oral communication, word of mouth, parole, palaver, prattle; effusion. oration, recitation, delivery, say, speech, lecture, harangue, sermon, tirade, formal speech, peroration; speechifying; soliloquy &c. 589; allocution &c. 586; conversation &c. 588; salutatory : screed: valedictory [U.S.]. oratory; elocution, eloquence; rhetoric, declamation; grandiloquence, multiloquence†; burst of eloquence; facundity†; flow of words, command of words, command of language; copia verborum [Lat.]; power of speech, gift of the gab; usus loquendi [Lat.]. speaker &c. v.; spokesman; prolocutor, interlocutor; mouthpiece, Hermes; orator, oratrix†, oratress†; Demosthenes, Cicero; rhetorician; stump orator, platform orator; speechmaker, patterer†, improvisatore†. V. speak of; say, utter, pronounce, deliver, give utterance to; utter forth, pour forth; breathe, let fall, come out with; rap out, blurt out have on one's lips; have at the end of one's tongue, have at the tip of one's tongue. break silence; open one's lips, open one's mouth; lift one's voice, raise one's voice; give the tongue, wag the tongue; talk, outspeak†; put in a word or two, hold forth; make a speech, deliver a speech &c. n.; speechify, harangue, declaim, stump, flourish, recite, lecture, sermonize, discourse, be on one's legs; have one's say, say one's say; spout, rant, rave, vent one's fury, vent one's rage; expatiate &c. (speak at length) 573; speak one's mind, go on the stump, take the stump [U.S.]. soliloquize &c. 589; tell &c. (inform) 527; speak to &c. 586; talk together &c. 588. be eloquent &c. adj.; have a tongue in one's head, have the gift of the gab &c. n.. pass one's lips, escape one's lips; fall from the lips, fall from the mouth. Adj. speaking &c.; spoken &c. v.; oral, lingual, phonetic, not written, unwritten, outspoken; eloquent, elocutionary; oratorical, rhetorical; declamatory; grandiloquent &c. 577; talkative &c. 584; Ciceronian, nuncupative, Tullian. Adv. orally &c. adj.; by word of mouth, viva voce, from the lips of. Phr. quoth he, said he &c.; action is eloquence" [Coriolanus]; pour the full tide of eloquence along" [Pope]; she speaks poignards and every word stabs" [Much Ado About Nothing]; speech is but broken light upon the depth of the speech is but broken light upon the depth of the unspoken" [G. Eliot]; to try thy eloquence now 'tis time" [Antony and Cleopatra]. |
#583. [Imperfect Speech.] Stammering — N. inarticulateness; stammering &c. v.; hesitation &c. v.; impediment in one's speech; titubancy†, traulism†; whisper &c. (faint sound) 405; lisp, drawl, tardiloquence†; nasal tone, nasal accent; twang; falsetto &c. (want of voice) 581; broken voice, broken accents, broken sentences. brogue &c. 563; slip of the tongue, lapsus linouae [Lat.]. V. stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer; balbutiate†, balbucinate†, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together. mumble, mutter; maud†, mauder†; whisper &c. 405; mince, lisp; jabber, gibber; sputter, splutter; muffle, mump†; drawl, mouth; croak; speak thick, speak through the nose; snuffle, clip one's words; murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English; mispronounce, missay†. Adj. stammering &c. v.; inarticulate, guttural, nasal; tremulous; affected. Adv. sotto voce [Lat.] &c. (faintly) 405. |
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#584. Loquacity — N. loquacity, loquaciousness; talkativeness &c. adj.; garrulity; multiloquence†, much speaking. jaw; gabble; jabber, chatter; prate, prattle, cackle, clack; twaddle, twattle, rattle; caquet†, caquetterie [Fr.]; blabber, bavardage†, bibble-babble†, gibble-gabble†; small talk &c. (converse) 588. fluency, flippancy, volubility, flowing, tongue; flow of words; flux de bouche [Fr.], flux de mots [Fr.]; copia verborum [Lat.], cacoethes loquendi [Lat.]; furor loquendi [Lat.]; verbosity &c. (diffuseness) 573; gift of the gab &c. (eloquence) 582. talker; chatterer, chatterbox; babbler &c. v.; rattle; ranter; sermonizer, proser†, driveler; blatherskite [U.S.]; gossip &c. (converse) 588; magpie, jay, parrot, poll, Babel; moulin a paroles [Fr.]. V. be loquacious &c. adj.; talk glibly, pour forth, patter; prate, palaver, prose, chatter, prattle, clack, jabber, jaw; blather, blatter†, blether†; rattle, rattle on; twaddle, twattle; babble, gabble; outtalk; talk oneself out of breath, talk oneself hoarse; expatiate &c. (speak at length) 573; gossip &c. (converse) 588; din in the ears &c. (repeat) 104; talk at random, talk nonsense &c. 497; be hoarse with talking. Adj. loquacious, talkative, garrulous, linguacious†, multiloquous†; largiloquent†; chattering &c. v.; chatty &c. (sociable) 892; declamatory &c. 582; open-mouthed. fluent, voluble, glib, flippant; long tongued, long winded &c. (diffuse) 573. Adv. trippingly on the tongue; glibly &c. adj.; off the reel. Phr. the tongue running fast, the tongue running loose, the tongue running on wheels; all talk and no cider; foul whisperings are abroad" [Macbeth]; what a spendthrift is he of his tongue! " [Tempest]. |
#585. Taciturnity — N. silence, muteness, obmutescence†; taciturnity, pauciloquy†, costiveness†, curtness; reserve, reticence &c. (concealment) 528. man of few words. V. be silent &c. adj.; keep silence, keep mum; hold one's tongue, hold one's peace, hold one's jaw; not speak. &c. 582; say nothing, keep one's counsel; seal the lips, close the lips, button the lips, zipper the lips, put a padlock on the lips, put a padlock on the mouth; put a bridle on one's tongue; bite one's tongue, keep one's tongue between one's teeth; make no sign, not let a word escape one; keep a secret &c. 528; not have a word to say; hush up, hush, lay the finger on the lips, place the finger on the lips; render mute &c. 581. stick in one's throat. Adj. silent, mute, mum; silent as a post, silent as a stone, silent as the grave &c. (still) 403; dumb &c. 581; unconversable†. taciturn, sparing of words; closetongued; costive†, inconversable†, curt; reserved; reticent &c. (concealing) 528. Int. shush!, tush!, silence!, mum!, hush!, chut! †, hist!, tut!, chup! †, mum's the word; keep your mouth shut! [Vulg.]. Phr. cave quid dicis quando et cui [Lat.]; volto sciolto i pensieri stretti [It]. |
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#586. Allocution — N. allocution, alloquy†, address; speech &c. 582; apostrophe, interpellation, appeal, invocation, salutation; word in the ear. [Feigned dialogue] dialogism†. platform &c. 542; plank; audience &c. (interview) 588. V. speak to, address, accost, make up to, apostrophize, appeal to, invoke; ball, salute; call to, halloo. take aside, take by the button; talk to in private. lecture &c. (make a speech) 582. Int. soho! †, halloo!, hey!, hist!, |
#587. Response — N. &c. see Answer 462. |
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#588. Conversation — N. conversation, interlocution; collocution†, colloquy, converse, confabulation, talk, discourse, verbal intercourse; oral communication, commerce; dialogue, duologue, trialogue. causerie, chat, chitchat; small talk, table talk, teatable talk†, town talk, village talk, idle talk; tattle, gossip, tittle-tattle; babble, babblement†; tripotage†, cackle, prittle-prattle†, cancan, on dit [Fr.]; talk of the town, talk of the village. conference, parley, interview, audience, pourparler; tete-a-tete; reception, conversazione [It]; congress &c. (council) 696; powwow [U.S.]. hall of audience, durbar†. palaver, debate, logomachy†, war of words. gossip, tattler; Paul Pry; tabby; chatterer &c. (loquacity) 584; interlocutor &c. (spokesman) 582; conversationist†, dialogist†. the feast of reason and the flow of soul" [Pope]; mollia tempora fandi [Lat.]. V. talk together, converse, confabulate; hold on a conversation, carry on a conversation, join in a conversation, engage in a conversation; put in a word; shine in conversation; bandy words; parley; palaver; chat, gossip, tattle; prate &c. (loquacity) 584; powwow [U.S.]. discourse with, confer with, commune with, commerce with; hold converse, hold conference, hold intercourse; talk it over; be closeted with; talk with one in private, tete-a-tete. Adj. conversing &c. v.; interlocutory; conversational, conversable†; discursive, discoursive†; chatty &c. (sociable) 892; colloquial. Phr. with thee conversing I forget all time" [Paradise Lost]. |
#589. Soliloquy — N. soliloquy, monologue, apostrophe; monology†. V. Soliloquize; say to oneself, talk to oneself; say aside, think aloud, apostrophize. Adj. soliloquizing &c. v.. Adv. aside. |
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#590. Writing — N. writing &c. v.; chirography, stelography†, cerography†; penmanship, craftmanship†; quill driving; typewriting. writing, manuscript, MS., literae scriptae [Lat.]; these presents. stroke of the pen, dash of the pen; coupe de plume; line; headline; pen and ink. letter &c. 561; uncial writing, cuneiform character, arrowhead, Ogham, Runes, hieroglyphic; contraction; Brahmi†, Devanagari, Nagari; script. shorthand; stenography, brachygraphy†, tachygraphy†; secret writing, writing in cipher; cryptography, stenography; phonography†, pasigraphy†, Polygraphy†, logography†. copy; transcript, rescript; rough copy, fair copy; handwriting; signature, sign manual; autograph, monograph, holograph; hand, fist. calligraphy; good hand, running hand, flowing hand, cursive hand, legible hand, bold hand. cacography†, griffonage†, barbouillage†; bad hand, cramped hand, crabbed hand, illegible hand; scribble &c. v.; pattes de mouche [Fr.]; ill-formed letters; pothooks and hangers. stationery; pen, quill, goose quill; pencil, style; paper, foolscap, parchment, vellum, papyrus, tablet, slate, marble, pillar, table; blackboard; ink bottle, ink horn, ink pot, ink stand, ink well; typewriter. transcription &c. (copy) 21; inscription &c. (record) 551; superscription &c. (indication) 550; graphology. composition, authorship; cacoethes scribendi [Lat.]; graphoidea†, graphomania†; phrenoia†. writer, scribe, amanuensis, scrivener, secretary, clerk, penman, copyist, transcriber, quill driver; stenographer, typewriter, typist; writer for the press &c. (author) 593. V. write, pen; copy, engross; write out, write out fair; transcribe; scribble, scrawl, scrabble, scratch; interline; stain paper; write down &c. (record) 551; sign &c. (attest) 467; enface†. compose, indite, draw up, draft, formulate; dictate; inscribe, throw on paper, dash off; manifold. take up the pen, take pen in hand; shed ink, spill ink, dip one's pen in ink. Adj. writing &c. v.; written &c. v.; in writing, in black and white; under one's hand. uncial, Runic, cuneiform, hieroglyphical†. Adv. currente calamo [Sp.]; pen in hand. Phr. audacter et sincere [Lat.]; le style est l'homme meme [Fr.]; nature's noblest gift - my gray goose nature's noblest gift - my gray goose quill" [Byron]; scribendi recte sapere et principium et scribendi recte sapere et principium et fons [Lat.] [Horace]; that mighty instrument of little men" [Byron]; the pen became a clarion" [Longfellow]. |
#591. Printing — N. printing; block printing, type-printing; plate printing &c. 558 (engraving); the press &c. (publication) 531; composition. print, letterpress, text; context, note, page, column. typography; stereotype, electrotype, aprotype†; type, black letter, font, fount; pi, pie; capitals &c. (letters) 561; brevier†, bourgeois, pica boldface &c., capitals, caps., catchword; composing-frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick; italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype; lower case, upper case; make-up, matrix, matter, monotype†; [point system], 4-1/2 point, 5 point, 5-1/2 point, 6 point, 7 point, 8 point, press room, press work; reglet†, roman; running head, running title; scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay. folio &c. (book) 593; copy, impression, pull, proof, revise; author's proof, galley proof, press proof; press revise. printer, compositor, reader; printer's devil copyholder. V. print; compose; put to press, go to press; pass through the press, see through the press; publish &c. 531; bring out; appear in print, rush into print; distribute, makeup, mortise, offset, overrun, rout. Adj. printed &c. v.; in type; typographical &c. n.; solid in galleys. |
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#592. Correspondence — N. correspondence, letter, epistle, note, billet, post card, missive, circular, favor, billet-doux; chit, chitty†, letter card, picture post card; postal [U.S.], card; despatch; dispatch; bulletin, these presents; rescript, rescription†; post &c. (messenger) 534. V. correspond with; write to, send a letter to; keep up a correspondence. Adj. epistolary. Phr. furor scribendi [Lat.]. |
#593. Book — N. booklet; writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule†; tract, tractate†; livret†; brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion†, circular, publication; chap book. part, issue, number livraison [Fr.]; album, portfolio; periodical, serial, magazine, ephemeris, annual, journal. paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet†; leaf, leaflet; fly leaf, page; quire, ream. [subdivisions of a book] chapter, section, head, article, paragraph, passage, clause; endpapers, frontispiece; cover, binding. folio, quarto, octavo; duodecimo†, sextodecimo†, octodecimo†. encyclopedia; encompilation†. [collection of books] library, bibliotheca†. press &c. (publication) 531. [complete description] definitive work, treatise, comprehensive treatise (dissertation) 595. [person who writes a book] writer, author, litterateur [Fr.], essayist, journalism; pen, scribbler, the scribbling race; literary hack, Grub-street writer; writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press; adjective jerker†, diaskeaust†, ghost, hack writer, ink slinger; publicist; reporter, penny a liner; editor, subeditor†; playwright &c. 599; poet &c. 597. bookseller, publisher; bibliopole†, bibliopolist†; librarian; bookstore, bookshop, bookseller's shop. knowledge of books, bibliography; book learning &c. (knowledge) 490. Phr. among the giant fossils of my past" [E. B. Browning]; craignez tout d'un auteur en courroux [Fr.]; for authors nobler palms remain" [Pope]; I lived to write and wrote to live" [Rogers]; look in thy heart and write" [Sidney]; there is no Past so long as Books shall live" [Bulwer Lytton]; the public mind is the creation of the Master- the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writers" [Disraeli]; volumes that I prize above my dukedom" [Tempest]. |
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#594. Description — N. description, account, statement, report; expose &c. (disclosure) 529; specification, particulars; state of facts, summary of facts; brief &c. (abstract) 596; return &c. (record) 551; catalogue raisonne [Fr.] &c. (list) 86; guidebook &c. (information) 527. delineation &c. (representation) 554; sketch; monograph; minute account, detailed particular account, circumstantial account, graphic account; narration, recital, rehearsal, relation. historiography†, chronography†; historic Muse, Clio; history; biography, autobiography; necrology, obituary. narrative, history; memoir, memorials; annals &c. (chronicle) 551; saga; tradition, legend, story, tale, historiette†; personal narrative, journal, life, adventures, fortunes, experiences, confessions; anecdote, ana†, trait. work of fiction, novel, romance, Minerva press; fairy tale, nursery tale; fable, parable, apologue†; dime novel, penny dreadful, shilling shocker relator &c. v.; raconteur, historian &c. (recorder) 553; biographer, fabulist†, novelist. V. describe; set forth &c. (state) 535; draw a picture, picture; portray &c. (represent) 554; characterize, particularize; narrate, relate, recite, recount, sum up, run over, recapitulate, rehearse, fight one's battles over again. unfold a tale &c. (disclose) 529; tell; give an account of, render an account of; report, make a report, draw up a statement. detail; enter into particulars, enter into details, descend to particulars, descend to details; itemize. Adj. descriptive, graphic, narrative, epic, suggestive, well-drawn; historic; traditional, traditionary; legendary; anecdotic†, storied; described &c. v.. Phr. furor scribendi [Lat.]. |
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#595. Dissertation — N. dissertation, treatise, essay; thesis, theme; monograph, tract, tractate†, tractation†; discourse, memoir, disquisition, lecture, sermon, homily, pandect†; excursus. commentary, review, critique, criticism, article; leader, leading article; editorial; running commentary. investigation &c. (inquiry) 461; study &c. (consideration) 451; discussion &c. (reasoning) 476; exposition &c. (explanation) 522. commentator, critic, essayist, pamphleteer. V. expound upon a subject, dissert upon a subject†, descant upon a subject, write upon a subject, touch upon a subject; treat a subject, treat a subject thoroughly, treat of a subject, take up a subject, ventilate a subject, discuss a subject, deal with a subject, go into a subject, go into a subject at length, canvass a subject, handle a subject, do justice to a subject. hold forth [oral dissertation], discourse, delve into. Adj. discursive, discoursive†; disquisitionary†; expository. |
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#596. Compendium — N. compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo [Lat.], analysis, pandect†, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note; excerpt; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus. album; scrap book, note book, memorandum book, commonplace book; extracts, excerpta†, cuttings; fugitive pieces, fugitive writing; spicilegium†, flowers, anthology, collectanea†, analecta†; compilation. recapitulation, resume, review. abbreviation, abbreviature†; contraction; shortening &c. 201; compression &c. 195. V. abridge, abstract, epitomize, summarize; make an abstract, prepare an abstract, draw an abstract, compile an abstract &c. n.. recapitulate, review, skim, run over, sum up. abbreviate &c. (shorten) 201; condense &c. (compress) 195; compile &c. (collect) 72. Adj. compendious, synoptic, analectic†; abrege [Fr.], abridged &c. v.; variorum†. Adv. in short, in epitome, in substance, in few words. Phr. it lies in a nutshell. |
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#597. Poetry — N. poetry, poetics, poesy, Muse, Calliope, tuneful Nine, Parnassus, Helicon†, Pierides, Pierian spring. versification, rhyming, making verses; prosody, orthometry†. poem; epic, epic poem; epopee†, epopoea, ode, epode†, idyl, lyric, eclogue, pastoral, bucolic, dithyramb, anacreontic†, sonnet, roundelay, rondeau [Fr.], rondo, madrigal, canzonet†, cento†, monody [Slang], elegy; amoebaeum, ghazal†, palinode. dramatic poetry, lyric poetry; opera; posy, anthology; disjecta membra poetae song [Lat.], ballad, lay; love song, drinking song, war song, sea song; lullaby; music &c. 415; nursery rhymes. [Bad poetry] doggerel, Hudibrastic verse†, prose run mad; macaronics†; macaronic verse†, leonine verse; runes. canto, stanza, distich, verse, line, couplet, triplet, quatrain; strophe, antistrophe†. verse, rhyme, assonance, crambo†, meter, measure, foot, numbers, strain, rhythm; accentuation &c. (voice) 580; dactyl, spondee, trochee, anapest &c.; hexameter, pentameter; Alexandrine; anacrusis†, antispast†, blank verse, ictus. elegiacs &c. adj.; elegiac verse, elegaic meter, elegaic poetry. poet, poet laureate; laureate; bard, lyrist†, scald, skald†, troubadour, trouvere [Fr.]; minstrel; minnesinger, meistersinger [G.]; improvisatore†; versifier, sonneteer; rhymer, rhymist†, rhymester; ballad monger, runer†; poetaster; genus irritabile vatum [Lat.]. V. poetize, sing, versify, make verses, rhyme, scan. Adj. poetic, poetical; lyric, lyrical, tuneful, epic, dithyrambic &c. n.; metrical; a catalectin†; elegiac, iambic, trochaic, anapestic†; amoebaeic, Melibean, skaldic†; Ionic, Sapphic, Alcaic†, Pindaric. Phr. a poem round and perfect as a star" [Alex. Smith]; Dichtung und Wahrheit [G.]; furor poeticus [Lat.]; his virtues formed the magic of his song" [Hayley]; I do but sing because I must" [Tennyson]; I learnt life from the poets" [de Stael]; licentia vatum [Lat.]; mutum est pictura poema [Lat.]; O for a muse of fire! " [Henry V]; sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge" [Sidney]; the true poem is the poet's mind" [Emerson]; Volk der Dichter und Denker [G.]; wisdom married to immortal verse" [Wordsworth]. |
#598. Prose — N. prose, prose writer. prosaicism†, prosaism†, prosaist†, proser†. V. prose. write prose, write in prose. Adj. prosal†, prosy, prosaic; unpoetic, unpoetical†. rhymeless†, unrhymed, in prose, not in verse. |
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#599. The Drama — N. the drama, the stage, the theater, the play; film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography; theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, cothurnus†, Melpomene and Thalia, Thespis. play, drama, stage play, piece [Fr.], five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta†, lever de rideau [Fr.], interlude, afterpiece†, exode†, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta†, harlequinade†, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe [Fr.], ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame [Fr.]; melodrama, melodrame†; comidie larmoyante [Fr.], sensation drama; tragicomedy, farcical-comedy; monodrame monologue; duologue trilogy†; charade, proverbs; mystery, miracle play; musical, musical comedy. [movies] western, horse opera; flick [Coll.]; spy film, love story, adventure film, documentary, nature film; pornographic film, smoker, skin flick, X-rated film. act, scene, tableau; induction, introduction; prologue, epilogue; libretto. performance, representation, mise en scene [Fr.], stagery†, jeu de theatre [Fr.]; acting; gesture &c. 550; impersonation &c. 554; stage business, gag, buffoonery. light comedy, genteel comedy, low comedy. theater; playhouse, opera house; house; music hall; amphitheater, circus, hippodrome, theater in the round; puppet show, fantoccini†; marionettes, Punch and Judy. auditory, auditorium, front of the house, stalls, boxes, pit, gallery, parquet; greenroom, coulisses [Fr.]. flat; drop, drop scene; wing, screen, side scene; transformation scene, curtain, act drop; proscenium. stage, scene, scenery, the boards; trap, mezzanine floor; flies; floats, footlights; offstage; orchestra. theatrical costume, theatrical properties. movie studio, back lot, on location. part, role, character, dramatis personae [Lat.]; repertoire. actor, thespian, player; method actor; stage player, strolling player; stager, performer; mime, mimer†; artists; comedian, tragedian; tragedienne, Roscius; star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol; supporting actor, supporting cast; ham, hamfatter [Slang]; masker†. pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo†, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine; punchinello†; pulcinello†, pulcinella†; extra, bit-player, walk-on role, cameo appearance; mute, figurante†, general utility; super, supernumerary. company; first tragedian, prima donna [Sp.], protagonist; jeune premier [Fr.]; debutant, debutante [Fr.]; light comedian, genteel comedian, low comedian; walking gentleman, amoroso†, heavy father, ingenue [Fr.], jeune veuve [Fr.]. mummer, guiser†, guisard†, gysart†, masque. mountebank, Jack Pudding; tumbler, posture master, acrobat; contortionist; ballet dancer, ballet girl; chorus singer; coryphee danseuse [Fr.]. property man, costumier, machinist; prompter, call boy; manager; director, stage manager, acting manager. producer, entrepreneur, impresario; backer, investor, angel [Fig.]. dramatic author, dramatic writer; play writer, playwright; dramatist, mimographer†. V. act, play, perform; put on the stage; personate &c. 554; mimic &c. (imitate) 19; enact; play a part, act a part, go through a part, perform a part; rehearse, spout, gag, rant; strut and fret one's hour upon a stage;" tread the boards, tread the stage; come out; star it. Adj. dramatic; theatric, theatrical; scenic, histrionic, comic, tragic, buskined†, farcical, tragicomic, melodramatic, operatic; stagy. Adv. on the stage, on the boards; on film; before the floats, before an audience; behind the scenes. Phr. fere totus mundus exercet histrionem [Lat.] [Petronius Arbiter]; suit the action to the word, the word to the suit the action to the word, the word to the action" [Hamlet]; the play's the thing" [Hamlet]; to wake the soul by tender strokes of art" [Pope]. |
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#600. Will — N. will, volition, conation†, velleity; liberum arbitrium [Lat.]; will and pleasure, free will; freedom &c. 748; discretion; option &c. (choice) 609; voluntariness†; spontaneity, spontaneousness; originality. pleasure, wish, mind; desire; frame of mind &c. (inclination) 602; intention &c. 620; predetermination &c. 611; selfcontrol &c.; determination &c. (resolution) 604; force of will. V. will, list; see fit, think fit; determine &c. (resolve) 604; enjoin; settle &c. (choose) 609; volunteer. have a will of one's own; do what one chooses &c. (freedom) 748; have it all.one's own way; have one's will, have one's own way. use one's discretion, exercise one's discretion; take upon oneself, take one's own course, take the law into one's own hands; do of one's own accord, do upon one's own authority; originate &c. (cause) 153. Adj. voluntary, volitional, willful; free &c. 748; optional; discretional, discretionary; volitient†, volitive†. minded &c. (willing) 602; prepense &c. (predetermined) 611†; intended &c. 620; autocratic; unbidden &c. (bid) &c. 741; spontaneous; original &c. (casual) 153; unconstrained. Adv. voluntarily &c. adj.; at will, at pleasure; a volonte [Fr.], a discretion; al piacere [It]; ad libitum, ad arbitrium [Lat.]; as one thinks proper, as it seems good to; a beneplacito [It]. of one's won accord, of one's own free will; proprio motu [Lat.], suo motu [Lat.], ex meromotu [Lat.]; out of one's won head; by choice &c. 609; purposely &c. (intentionally) 620; deliberately &c. 611. Phr. stet pro ratione voluntas [Lat.]; sic volo sic jubeo [Lat.]; a vostro beneplacito [It]; beneficium accipere libertatem est beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere [Lat.]; Deus vult [Lat.]; was man nicht kann meiden muss man willig was man nicht kann meiden muss man willig leiden [G.]. |
#601. Necessity — N. involuntariness; instinct, blind impulse; inborn proclivity, innate proclivity; native tendency, natural tendency; natural impulse, predetermination. necessity, necessitation; obligation; compulsion &c. 744; subjection &c. 749; stern necessity, hard necessity, dire necessity, imperious necessity, inexorable necessity, iron necessity, adverse necessity; fate; what must be. destiny, destination; fatality, fate, kismet, doom, foredoom, election, predestination; preordination, foreordination; lot fortune; fatalism; inevitableness &c. adj.; spell &c. 993. star, stars; planet, planets; astral influence; sky, Fates, Parcae, Sisters three, book of fate; God's will, will of Heaven; wheel of Fortune, Ides of March, Hobson's choice. last shift, last resort; dernier ressort [Fr.]; pis aller &c. (substitute) 147 [Fr.]; necessaries &c. (requirement) 630. necessarian†, necessitarian†; fatalist; automaton. V. lie under a necessity; befated†, be doomed, be destined &c., in for, under the necessity of; have no choice, have no alternative; be one's fate &c. n.. to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corner, to be unable to help. destine, doom, foredoom, devote; predestine, preordain; cast a spell &c. 992; necessitate; compel &c. 744. Adj. necessary, needful &c. (requisite) 630. fated; destined &c. v.; elect; spellbound compulsory &c. (compel) 744; uncontrollable, inevitable, unavoidable, irresistible, irrevocable, inexorable; avoidless†, resistless. involuntary, instinctive, automatic, blind, mechanical; unconscious, unwitting, unthinking; unintentional &c. (undesigned) 621; impulsive &c. 612. Adv. necessarily &c. adv.; of necessity, of course; ex necessitate rei [Lat.]; needs must; perforce &c. 744; nolens volens [Lat.]; will he nil he, willy nilly, bon gre mal gre [Fr.], willing or unwilling, coute que coute [Fr.]. faute de mieux [Fr.]; by stress of; if need be. Phr. it cannot be helped; there is no help for, there is no helping it; it will be, it must be, it needs to be, it must be so, it will have its way; the die is cast; jacta est alea [Lat.]; che sara sara [Fr.]; it is written;" one's days are numbered, one's fate is sealed; Fata obstant [Lat.]; diis aliter visum [Lat.]; actum me invito factus [Lat.], non est meus actus [Lat.]; aujord'hui roi demain rien [Fr.]; quisque suos patimur manes [Lat.] [Vergil]; The moving finger writes and having writ moves on. The moving finger writes and having writ moves on. Nor all thy piety nor wit shall draw it back to cancel half a [Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam]. |
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#602. Willingness — N. willingness, voluntariness &c. adj.†; willing mind, heart. disposition, inclination, leaning, animus; frame of mind, humor, mood, vein; bent &c. (turn of mind) 820; penchant &c. (desire) 865; aptitude &c. 698. docility, docibleness†; persuasibleness†, persuasibility†; pliability &c. (softness) 324. geniality, cordiality; goodwill; alacrity, readiness, earnestness, forwardness; eagerness &c. (desire) 865. asset &c. 488; compliance &c. 762; pleasure &c. (will) 600; gratuitous service. labor of love; volunteer, volunteering. V. be willing &c. adj.; incline, lean to, mind, propend; had as lief; lend a willing ear, give a willing ear, turn a willing ear; have a half a mind to, have a great mind to; hold to, cling to; desire &c. 865. see fit, think good, think proper; acquiesce &c. (assent) 488; comply with &c. 762. swallow the bait, nibble at the bait; gorge the hook; have no scruple of, make no scruple of; make no bones of; jump at, catch at; meet halfway; volunteer. Adj. willing, minded, fain, disposed, inclined, favorable; favorably-minded, favorably inclined, favorably disposed; nothing loth; in the vein, in the mood, in the humor, in the mind. ready, forward, earnest, eager; bent upon &c. (desirous) 865; predisposed, propense†. docile; persuadable, persuasible; suasible†, easily persuaded, facile, easy-going; tractable &c. (pliant) 324; genial, gracious, cordial, cheering, hearty; content &c. (assenting) 488. voluntary, gratuitous, spontaneous; unasked &c. (ask) &c. 765; unforced &c. (free) 748. Adv. willingly &c. adj.; fain, freely, as lief, heart and soul; with pleasure, with all one's heart, with open arms; with good will, with right will; de bonne volonte [Fr.], ex animo [Lat.]; con amore [It], heart in hand, nothing loth, without reluctance, of one's own accord, graciously, with a good grace. a la bonne heure [Fr.]; by all means, by all manner of means; to one's heart's content; yes &c. (assent) 488. |
#603. Unwillingness — N. unwillingness &c. adj.; indisposition, indisposedness†; disinclination, aversation†; nolleity†, nolition†; renitence†, renitency; reluctance; indifference &c. 866; backwardness &c. adj.; slowness &c. 275; want of alacrity, want of readiness; indocility &c. (obstinacy) 606†. scrupulousness, scrupulosity; qualms of conscience, twinge of conscience; delicacy, demur, scruple, qualm, shrinking, recoil; hesitation &c. (irresolution) 605; fastidiousness &c. 868. averseness &c. (dislike) 867†; dissent &c. 489; refusal &c. 764. V. be unwilling &c. adj.; nill; dislike &c. 867; grudge, begrudge; not be able to find it in one's heart to, not have the stomach to. demur, stick at, scruple, stickle; hang fire, run rusty; recoil, shrink, swerve; hesitate &c. 605; avoid &c. 623. oppose &c. 708; dissent &c. 489; refuse &c. 764. Adj. unwilling; not in the vein, loth, loath, shy of, disinclined, indisposed, averse, reluctant, not content; adverse &c. (opposed) 708; laggard, backward, remiss, slack, slow to; indifferent &c. 866; scrupulous; squeamish &c. (fastidious) 868; repugnant &c. (dislike) 867; restiff†, restive; demurring &c. v.; unconsenting &c. (refusing) 764; involuntary &c. 601. Adv. unwillingly &c. adj.; grudgingly, with a heavy heart; with a bad, with an ill grace; against one's wishes, against one's will, against the grain, sore against one's wishes, sore against one's will, sore against one's grain; invita Minerva [Lat.]; a contre caeur [Fr.]; malgre soi [Fr.]; in spite of one's teeth, in spite of oneself; nolens volens &c. (necessity) 601 [Lat.]; perforce &c. 744; under protest; no &c. 536; not for the world, far be it from me. |
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#604. Resolution — N. determination, will; iron will, unconquerable will; will of one's own, decision, resolution; backbone; clear grit, true grit, grit [U.S.]; sand, strength of mind, strength of will; resolve &c. (intent) 620; firmness &c. (stability) 150; energy, manliness, vigor; game, pluck; resoluteness &c. (courage) 861; zeal &c. 682; aplomb; desperation; devotion, devotedness. mastery over self; self control, self command, self possession, self reliance, self government, self restraint, self conquest, self denial; moral courage, moral strength; perseverance &c. 604.1; tenacity; obstinacy &c. 606; bulldog; British lion. V. have determination &c. n.; know one's own mind; be resolved &c. adj.; make up one's mind, will, resolve, determine; decide &c. (judgment) 480; form a determination, come to a determination, come to a resolution, come to a resolve; conclude, fix, seal, determine once for all, bring to a crisis, drive matters to an extremity; take a decisive step &c. (choice) 609; take upon oneself &c. (undertake) 676. devote oneself to, give oneself up to; throw away the scabbard, kick down the ladder, nail one's colors to the mast, set one's back against the wall, set one's teeth, put one's foot down, take one's stand; stand firm &c. (stability) 150; steel oneself; stand no nonsense, not listen to the voice of the charmer. buckle to; buckle oneself put one's shoulder to the buckle oneself put one's shoulder to the wheel, lay one's shoulder to the wheel, set one's shoulder to the wheel; put one's heart into; run the gauntlet, make a dash at, take the bull by the horns; rush in medias res, plunge in medias res; go in for; insist upon, make a point of; set one's heart upon, set one's mind upon. stick at nothing, stop at nothing; make short work of &c. (activity) 682; not stick at trifles; go all lengths, go the limit [Slang], go the whole hog; persist &c. (persevere) 604.1; go through fire and water, ride the tiger, ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm. Adj. resolved &c. v.; determined; strong-willed, strong-minded; resolute &c. (brave) 861; self-possessed; decided, definitive, peremptory, tranchant†; unhesitating, unflinching, unshrinking†; firm, iron, gritty [U.S.], indomitable, game to the backbone; inexorable, relentless, not to be shaken, not to be put down; tenax propositi [Lat.]; inflexible &c. (hard) 323; obstinate &c. 606; steady &c. (persevering) 604.1. earnest, serious; set upon, bent upon, intent upon. steel against, proof against; in utrumque paratus [Lat.]. Adv. resolutely &c. adj.; in earnest, in good earnest; seriously, joking apart, earnestly, heart and soul; on one's mettle; manfully, like a man, with a high hand; with a strong hand &c. (exertion) 686. at any rate, at any risk, at any hazard, at any price, at any cost, at any sacrifice; at all hazards, at all risks, at all events; a' bis ou a blanc [Fr.]; cost what it may; coute [Fr.]; a tort et a travers†; once for all; neck or nothing; rain or shine. Phr. spes sibi quisque [Lat.]; celui qui veut celui-la peut [Fr.]; chi non s'arrischia non guadagna [Fr.]; frangas non flectes [Lat.]; manu forti [Lat.]; tentanda via est [Lat.]. #604a. Perseverance — N. perseverance; continuance &c. (inaction) 143; permanence &c. (absence of change) 141; firmness &c. (stability) 150. constancy, steadiness; singleness of purpose, tenacity of purpose; persistence, plodding, patience; sedulity &c. (industry) 682; pertinacy†, pertinacity, pertinaciousness; iteration &c. 104; bottom, game, pluck, stamina, backbone, grit; indefatigability, indefatigableness; bulldog courage. V. persevere, persist; hold on, hold out; die in the last ditch, be in at the death; stick to, cling to, adhere to; stick to one's text, keep on; keep to one's course, keep to one's ground, maintain one's course, maintain one's ground; go all lengths, go through fire and water; bear up, keep up, hold up; plod; stick to work &c. (work) 686; continue &c. 143; follow up; die in harness, die at one's post. Adj. persevering, constant; steady, steadfast; undeviating, unwavering, unfaltering, unswerving, unflinching, unsleeping†, unflagging, undrooping†; steady as time; unrelenting, unintermitting†, unremitting; plodding; industrious &c. 682; strenuous &c. 686; pertinacious; persisting, persistent. solid, sturdy, staunch, stanch, true to oneself; unchangeable &c. 150; unconquerable &c. (strong) 159; indomitable, game to the last, indefatigable, untiring, unwearied, never tiring. Adv. through evil report and good report, through thick and thin, through fire and water; per fas et nefas [Lat.]; without fail, sink or swim, at any price, vogue la galere [Fr.]. Phr. never say die; give it the old college try; vestigia nulla retrorsum [Lat.]; aut vincer aut mori [Lat.]; la garde meurt et ne se rend pas [Fr.]; tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre [Fr.]. |
#605. Irresolution — N. irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision; indetermination, undetermination†; unsettlement; uncertainty &c. 475; demur, suspense; hesitating &c. v., hesitation, hesitancy; vacillation; changeableness &c. 149; fluctuation; alternation &c. (oscillation) 314; caprice &c. 608. fickleness, levity, legerete [Fr.]; pliancy &c. (softness) 324; weakness; timidity &c. 860; cowardice &c. 862; half measures. waverer, ass between two bundles of hay; shuttlecock, butterfly; wimp; doughface [U.S.]. V. be irresolute &c. adj.; hang in suspense, keep in suspense; leave "ad referendum"; think twice about, pause; dawdle &c. (inactivity) 683; remain neuter; dillydally, hesitate, boggle, hover, dacker†, hum and haw, demur, not know one's own mind; debate, balance; dally with, coquet with; will and will not, chaser-balancer†; go halfway, compromise, make a compromise; be thrown off one's balance, stagger like a drunken man; be afraid &c. 860; let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would'" [Macbeth]; falter, waver vacillate &c. 149; change &c. 140; retract &c. 607; fluctuate; pendulate†; alternate &c. (oscillate) 314; keep off and on, play fast and loose; blow hot and cold &c. (caprice) 608. shuffle, palter, blink; trim. Adj. irresolute, infirm of purpose, double-minded, half-hearted; undecided, unresolved, undetermined; shilly-shally; fidgety, tremulous; hesitating &c. v.; off one's balance; at a loss &c. (uncertain) 475. vacillating &c. v.; unsteady &c. (changeable) 149; unsteadfast†, fickle, without ballast; capricious &c. 608; volatile, frothy; light, lightsome, light-minded; giddy; fast and loose. weak, feeble-minded, frail; timid, wimpish, wimpy &c. 860; cowardly &c. 862; dough-faced [U.S.]; facile; pliant &c. (soft) 324; unable to say 'no', easy-going revocable, reversible. Adv. irresolutely &c. adj.; irresolved†, irresolvedly†; in faltering accents; off and on; from pillar to post; seesaw &c. 314. Int. how happy could I be with either! " [Gay]. |
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#606. Obstinacy — N. obstinateness &c. adj.; obstinacy, tenacity; cussedness [U.S.]; perseverance &c. 604.1; immovability; old school; inflexibility &c. (hardness) 323; obduracy, obduration†; dogged resolution; resolution &c. 604; ruling passion; blind side. self-will, contumacy, perversity; pervicacy†, pervicacity†; indocility†. bigotry, intolerance, dogmatism; opiniatry†, opiniativeness; fixed idea &c. (prejudgment) 481; fanaticism, zealotry, infatuation, monomania; opinionatedness opinionativeness†. mule; opinionist†, opinionatist†, opiniator†, opinator†; stickler, dogmatist; bigot; zealot, enthusiast, fanatic. V. be obstinate &c. adj.; stickle, take no denial, fly in the face of facts; opinionate, be wedded to an opinion, hug a belief; have one's own way &c. (will) 600; persist &c. (persevere) 604.1; have the last word, insist on having the last word. die hard, fight against destiny, not yield an inch, stand out. Adj. obstinate, tenacious, stubborn, obdurate, casehardened; inflexible &c. (hard) 323; balky; immovable, unshakable, not to be moved; inert &c. 172; unchangeable &c. 150; inexorable &c. (determined) 604; mulish, obstinate as a mule, pig-headed. dogged; sullen, sulky; unmoved, uninfluenced unaffected. willful, self-willed, perverse; resty†, restive, restiff†; pervicacious†, wayward, refractory, unruly; heady, headstrong; entete [Fr.]; contumacious; crossgrained†. arbitrary, dogmatic, positive, bigoted; prejudiced &c. 481; creed-bound; prepossessed, infatuated; stiff-backed, stiff necked, stiff hearted; hard-mouthed, hidebound; unyielding; impervious, impracticable, inpersuasible†; unpersuadable; intractable, untractable†; incorrigible, deaf to advice, impervious to reason; crotchety &c. 608. Adv. obstinately &c. adj.. Phr. non possumus [Lat.]; no surrender; ils n'ont rien appris ne rien oublie [Fr.]. |
#607. Tergiversation — N. change of mind, change of intention, change of purpose; afterthought. tergiversation, recantation; palinode, palinody†; renunciation; abjuration†, abjurement; defection &c. (relinquishment) 624; going over &c. v.; apostasy; retraction, retractation†; withdrawal; disavowal &c. (negation) 536; revocation, revokement†; reversal; repentance &c. 950; redintegratio amoris [Lat.]. coquetry; vacillation &c. 605; backsliding; volte-face [Fr.]. turn coat, turn tippet†; rat, apostate, renegade; convert, pervert; proselyte, deserter; backslider; blackleg, crawfish [U.S.], scab [Slang], mugwump [U.S.], recidivist. time server, time pleaser†; timist†, Vicar of Bray, trimmer, ambidexter†; weathercock &c. (changeable) 149; Janus. V. change one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose, change one's note; abjure, renounce; withdraw from &c. (relinquish) 624; waver, vacillate; wheel round, turn round, veer round; turn a pirouette; go over from one side to another, pass from one side to another, change from one side to another, skip from one side to another; go to the rightabout; box the compass, shift one's ground, go upon another tack. apostatize, change sides, go over, rat; recant, retract; revoke; rescind &c. (abrogate) 756; recall; forswear, unsay; come over, come round to an opinion; crawfish [U.S.], crawl [U.S.]. draw in one's horns, eat one's words; eat the leek, swallow the leek; swerve, flinch, back out of, retrace one's steps, think better of it; come back return to one's first love; turn over a new leaf &c. (repent) 950. trim, shuffle, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, coquet, be on the fence, straddle, bold with the hare but run with the hounds; nager entre deux eaux [Fr.]; wait to see how the cat jumps, wait to see how the wind blows. Adj. changeful &c. 149; irresolute &c. 605; ductile, slippery as an eel, trimming, ambidextrous, timeserving†; coquetting &c. v.. revocatory†, reactionary. Phr. a change came o'er the spirit of my dream" [Byron]. |
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#608. Caprice — N. caprice, fancy, humor; whim, whimsy, whimsey†, whimwham†; crotchet, capriccio, quirk, freak, maggot, fad, vagary, prank, fit, flimflam, escapade, boutade [Fr.], wild-goose chase; capriciousness &c. adj.; kink. V. be capricious &c. adj.; have a maggot in the brain; take it into one's head, strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; blow hot and cold; play fast and loose, play fantastic tricks; tourner casaque [Fr.]. Adj. capricious; erratic, eccentric, fitful, hysterical; full of whims &c. n.; maggoty; inconsistent, fanciful, fantastic, whimsical, crotchety, kinky [U.S.], particular, humorsome†, freakish, skittish, wanton, wayward; contrary; captious; arbitrary; unconformable &c. 83; penny wise and pound foolish; fickle &c. (irresolute) 605; frivolous, sleeveless, giddy, volatile. Adv. by fits and starts, without rhyme or reason. Phr. nil fuit unquain sic inipar sibi [Lat.]; the deuce is in him. |
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#609. Choice — N. choice, option; discretion &c. (volition) 600; preoption†; alternative; dilemma, embarras de choix [Fr.]; adoption, cooptation†; novation†; decision &c. (judgment) 480. election; political election (politics) 737.1. selection, excerption, gleaning, eclecticism; excerpta†, gleanings, cuttings, scissors and paste; pick &c. (best) 650. preference, prelation†, opinion poll, survey; predilection &c. (desire) 865. V. offers one's choice, set before; hold out the alternative, present the alternative, offer the alternative; put to the vote. use option, use discretion, exercise option, exercise discretion, one's option; adopt, take up, embrace, espouse; choose, elect, opt for; take one's choice, make one's choice; make choice of, fix upon. vote, poll, hold up one's hand; divide. settle; decide &c. (adjudge) 480; list &c. (will) 600; make up one's mind &c. (resolve) 604. select; pick and choose; pick out, single out; cull, glean, winnow; sift the chaff from the wheat, separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat; pick up, pitch upon; pick one's way; indulge one's fancy. set apart, mark out for; mark &c. 550. prefer; have rather, have as lief; fancy &c. (desire) 865; be persuaded &c. 615. take a decided step, take a decisive step; commit oneself to a course; pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon; cast in one's lot with; take for better or for worse. Adj. optional; discretional &c. (voluntary) 600. eclectic; choosing &c. v.; preferential; chosen &c. v.; choice &c. (good) 648. Adv. optionally &c. adj.; at pleasure &c. (will) 600; either the one or the other; or at the option of; whether or not; once and for all; for one's money. by choice, by preference; in preference; rather, before. |
#609a. Absence of Choice — N. no choice, Hobson's choice; first come first served, random selection; necessity &c. 601; not a pin to choose &c. (equality) 27; any, the first that comes; that or nothing. neutrality, indifference; indecision &c. (irresolution) 605; arbitrariness. coercion (compulsion) 744. V. be neutral &c. adj.; have no choice, have no election; waive, not vote; abstain from voting, refrain from voting; leave undecided; make a virtue of necessity" [Two Gentlemen]. Adj. neutral, neuter; indifferent, uninterested; undecided &c. (irresolute) 605. Adv. either &c. (choice) 609. Phr. who cares,? what difference does it make;? There's not a dime's worth of difference between There's not a dime's worth of difference between them" [George Wallace]. #610. Rejection — N. rejection, repudiation, exclusion; refusal &c. 764; declination V. reject; set aside, lay aside; give up; decline &c. (refuse) 764; exclude, except; pluck, spin; cast. repudiate, scout, set at naught; fling to the winds, fling to the dogs, fling overboard, fling away, cast to the winds, cast to the dogs, cast overboard, cast away, throw to the winds, throw to the dogs, throw overboard, throw away, toss to the winds, toss to the dogs, toss overboard, toss away; send to the right about; disclaim &c. (deny) 536; discard &c. (eject) 297, (have done with) 678. Adj. rejected &c. v.; reject, rejectaneous†, rejectious†; not chosen &c. 609, to be thought of, out of the question Adv. neither, neither the one nor the other; no &c. 536. Phr. non haec in faedera [Lat.]. |
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#611. Predetermination — N. predestination, preordination, premeditation, predeliberation†, predetermination; foregone conclusion, fait accompli [Fr.]; parti pris [Fr.]; resolve, propendency†; intention &c. 620; project &c. 626; fate, foredoom, necessity. V. predestine, preordain, predetermine, premeditate, resolve, concert; resolve beforehand, predesignate. Adj. prepense†, premeditated &c. v., predesignated, predesigned†; advised, studied, designed, calculated; aforethought; intended &c. 620; foregone. well-laid, well-devised, well-weighed; maturely considered; cunning. Adv. advisedly &c. adj.; with premeditation, deliberately, all things considered, with eyes open, in cold blood; intentionally &c. 620. |
#612. Impulse — N. impulse, sudden thought; impromptu, improvisation; inspiration, flash, spurt. improvisatore†; creature of impulse. V. flash on the mind. say what comes uppermost; improvise, extemporize. Adj. extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate†; snap; improvised, improvisate†, improvisatory†; unpremeditated, unmeditated; improvise; unprompted, unguided; natural, unguarded; spontaneous &c. (voluntary) 600; instinctive &c. 601. Adv. extempore, extemporaneously; offhand, impromptu, a limproviste [Fr.]; improviso†; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion. |
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#613. Habit [includes commonness due to frequency of occurrence] — N. habit, habitude; assuetude†, assuefaction†, wont; run, way. common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things; matter of course; beaten path, beaten track, beaten ground. prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice; prevalence, observance; conventionalism, conventionality; mode, fashion, vogue; etiquette &c. (gentility) 852; order of the day, cry; conformity &c. 82; consuetude, dustoor†. one's old way, old school, veteris vestigia flammae [Lat.]; laudator temporis acti [Lat.]. rule, standing order, precedent, routine; red-tape, red-tapism†; pipe clay; rut, groove. cacoethes [Lat.]; bad habit, confirmed habit, inveterate habit, intrinsic habit &c.; addiction, trick. training &c. (education) 537; seasoning, second nature, acclimatization; knack &c. V. be wont &c. adj.. fall into a rut, fall into a custom &c. (conform to) 82; tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten path, follow the beaten; stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]; move in a rut, run on in a groove, go round like a horse in a mill, go on in the old jog trot way. habituate, inure, harden, season, caseharden; accustom, familiarize; naturalize, acclimatize; keep one's hand in; train &c. (educate) 537. get into the way, get into the knack of; learn &c. 539; cling to, adhere to; repeat &c. 104; acquire a habit, contract a habit, fall into a habit, acquire a trick, contract a trick, fall into a trick; addict oneself to, take to, get into. be habitual &c. adj.; prevail; come into use, become a habit, take root; gain upon one, grow upon one. Adj. habitual; accustomary†; prescriptive, accustomed &c. v.; of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence; consuetudinary†; wonted, usual, general, ordinary, common, frequent, everyday, household, garden variety, jog, trot; well-trodden, well-known; familiar, vernacular, trite, commonplace, conventional, regular, set, stock, established, stereotyped; prevailing, prevalent; current, received, acknowledged, recognized, accredited; of course, admitted, understood. conformable. &c. 82; according to use, according to custom, according to routine; in vogue, in fashion, in, with it; fashionable &c. (genteel) 852. wont; used to, given to, addicted to, attuned to, habituated &c. v.; in the habit of; habitue; at home in &c. (skillful) 698; seasoned; imbued with; devoted to, wedded to. hackneyed, fixed, rooted, deep-rooted, ingrafted†, permanent, inveterate, besetting; naturalized; ingrained &c. (intrinsic) 5. Adv. habitually &c. adj.; always &c. (uniformly) 16. as usual, as is one's wont, as things go, as the world goes, as the sparks fly upwards; more suo, more solito [Lat.]; ex more. as a rule, for the most part; usually, generally, typically &c. adj.; most often, most frequently. Phr. cela s'entend [Fr.]; abeunt studia in mores [Lat.]; adeo in teneris consuescere multum est [Lat.]; consuetudo quasi altera natura [Lat.] [Cicero]; hoc erat in more majorum [Lat.]; How use doth breed a habit in a man! " [Two Gentlemen]; magna est vis consuetudinis [Lat.]; morent fecerat usus [Lat.] [Ovid]. |
#614. Desuetude — N. desuetude, disusage†; obsolescence, disuse &c. 678; want of habit, want of practice; inusitation†; newness to; new brooms. infraction of usage &c. (unconformity) 83; nonprevalence†; a custom more honored in the breach than the a custom more honored in the breach than the observance" [Hamlet]. V. be unaccustomed &c. adj.; leave off a habit, cast off a habit, break off a habit, wean oneself of a habit, violate a habit, break through a habit, infringe a habit, leave off a custom, cast off a custom, break off a custom, wean oneself of a custom, violate a custom, break through a custom, infringe a custom, leave off a usage, cast off a usage, break off a usage, wean oneself of a usage, violate a usage, break through a usage, infringe a usage; disuse &c. 678; wear off. Adj. unaccustomed, unused, unwonted, unseasoned, uninured†, unhabituated†, untrained; new; green &c. (unskilled) 699; unhackneyed. unusual &c. (unconformable) 83; nonobservant†; disused &c. 678. |
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#615. Motive — N. motive, springs of action, wellsprings of action. reason, ground, call, principle; by end, by purpose; mainspring, primum mobile [Lat.], keystone; the why and the wherefore; pro and con, reason why; secret motive, arriere pensee [Fr.]; intention &c. 620. inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, magnetism, magnetic force; allectation†, allective†; temptation, enticement, agacerie†, allurement, witchery; bewitchment, bewitchery; charm; spell &c. 993; fascination, blandishment, cajolery; seduction, seducement; honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple. persuasibility†, persuasibleness†; attractability†; impressibility, susceptibility; softness; persuasiveness, attractiveness; tantalization†. influence, prompting, dictate, instance; impulse, impulsion; incitement, incitation; press, instigation; provocation &c. (excitation of feeling) 824; inspiration; persuasion, suasion; encouragement, advocacy; exhortation; advice &c. 695; solicitation &c. (request) 765; lobbyism; pull [Slang]. incentive, stimulus, spur, fillip, whip, goad, ankus†, rowel, provocative, whet, dram. bribe, lure; decoy, decoy duck; bait, trail of a red herring; bribery and corruption; sop, sop for Cerberus. prompter, tempter; seducer, seductor†; instigator, firebrand, incendiary; Siren, Circe; agent provocateur; lobbyist. V. induce, move; draw, draw on; bring in its train, give an impulse &c. n.; to; inspire; put up to, prompt, call up; attract, beckon. stimulate &c. (excite) 824; spirit up, inspirit; rouse, arouse; animate, incite, foment, provoke, instigate, set on, actuate; act upon, work upon, operate upon; encourage; pat on the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the back, clap on the shoulder. influence, weigh with, bias, sway, incline, dispose, predispose, turn the scale, inoculate; lead by the nose; have influence with, have influence over, have influence upon, exercise influence with, exercise influence over, exercise influence upon; go round, come round one; turn the head, magnetize; lobby. persuade; prevail with, prevail upon; overcome, carry; bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses; draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over; procure, enlist, engage; invite, court. tempt, seduce, overpersuade†, entice, allure, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, carry away, charm, conciliate, wheedle, coax, lure; inveigle; tantalize; cajole &c. (deceive) 545. tamper with, bribe, suborn, grease the palm, bait with a silver hook, gild the pill, make things pleasant, put a sop into the pan, throw a sop to, bait the hook. enforce, force; impel &c. (push) 276; propel &c. 284; whip, lash, goad, spur, prick, urge; egg on, hound, hurry on; drag &c. 285; exhort; advise &c. 695; call upon &c.; press &c. (request) 765; advocate. set an example, set the fashion; keep in countenance. be persuaded &c.; yield to temptation, come round; concede &c. (consent) 762; obey a call; follow advice, follow the bent, follow the dictates of; act on principle. Adj. impulsive, motive; suasive, suasory†, persuasive, persuasory†, hortative, hortatory; protreptical†; inviting, tempting, &c. v.; suasive, suasory†; seductive, attractive; fascinating &c. (pleasing) 829; provocative &c. (exciting) 824. induced &c. v.; disposed; persuadable &c. (docile) 602; spellbound; instinct with, smitten with, infatuated; inspired &c. v.; by. Adv. because, therefore &c. (cause) 155; from this motive, from that motive; for this reason, for that reason; for; by reason of, for the sake of, count of; out of, from, as, forasmuch as. for all the world; on principle. Phr. fax mentis incendium gloriae [Lat.]; temptation hath a music for all ears" [Willis]; to beguile many and be beguiled by one" [Othello]. |
#615a. Absence of Motive — N. absence of motive, aimlessness; caprice &c. 608; chance &c. (absence of design) 621. V. have no motive; scruple &c. (be unwilling) 603. Adj. without rhyme or reason; aimless, capricious, whimsical &c. (chance) 621. Adv. out of mere caprice. #616. Dissuasion — N. dissuasion, dehortation†, expostulation, remonstrance; deprecation &c. 766. discouragement, damper, wet blanket; disillusionment, disenchantment. cohibition &c. (restraint) 751†; curb &c. (means of restraint) 752; check &c. (hindrance) 706. reluctance &c. (unwillingness) 603; contraindication. V. dissuade, dehort†, cry out against, remonstrate, expostulate, warn, contraindicate. disincline, indispose, shake, stagger; dispirit; discourage, dishearten; deter; repress, hold back, keep back &c. (restrain) 751; render averse &c. 603; repel; turn aside &c. (deviation) 279; wean from; act as a drag &c. (hinder) 706; throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench; deprecate &c. 766. disenchant, disillusion, deflate, take down a peg, pop one's balloon, prick one's balloon, burst one's bubble; disabuse (correction) 527.1. Adj. dissuading &c. v.; dissuasive; dehortatory†, expostulatory†; monitive†, monitory. dissuaded &c. v.; admonitory; uninduced &c. (induce) &c. 615; unpersuadable &c. (obstinate) 606; averse &c. (unwilling) 603; repugnant &c. (dislike) 867. repressed. |
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#617. [Ostensible motive, ground, or reason assigned.] Pretext — N. pretext, pretense, pretension, plea†; allegation, advocation; ostensible motive, ostensible ground, ostensible reason, phony reason; excuse &c. (vindication) 937; subterfuge; color; gloss, guise, cover. loop hole, starting hole; how to creep out of, salvo, come off; way of escape. handle, peg to hang on, room locus standi [Lat.]; stalking-horse, cheval de bataille [Fr.], cue. pretense &c. (untruth) 546; put off, dust thrown in the eyes; blind; moonshine; mere pretext, shallow pretext; lame excuse, lame apology; tub to a whale; false plea, sour grapes; makeshift, shift, white lie; special pleading &c. (sophistry) 477; soft sawder &c. (flattery) 933†. V. pretend, plead, allege; shelter oneself under the plea of; excuse &c. (vindicate) 937; lend a color to; furnish a handle &c. n.; make a pretext of, make a handle of; use as a plea &c. n.; take one's stand upon, make capital out of, pretend &c. (lie) 544. Adj. ostensibly &c. (manifest) 525; alleged, apologetic; pretended &c. 545. Adv. ostensibly; under color; under the plea, under the pretense of, under the guise of. |
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#618. Good — N. good, benefit, advantage; improvement &c. 658; greatest good, supreme good; interest, service, behoof, behalf; weal; main chance, summum bonum [Lat.], common weal; consummation devoutly to be wished;" gain, boot; profit, harvest. boon &c. (gift) 784; good turn; blessing; world of good; piece of good luck [Fr.], piece of good fortune [Fr.]; nuts, prize, windfall, godsend, waif, treasure-trove. good fortune &c. (prosperity) 734; happiness &c. 827. [Source of good] goodness &c. 648; utility &c. 644; remedy &c. 662; pleasure giving &c. 829. Adj. commendable &c. 931; useful &c. 644; good &c.; beneficial &c. 648. Adv. well, aright, satisfactorily, favorably, not amis [Fr.]; all for the best; to one's advantage &c. n.; in one's favor, in one's interest &c. n.. Phr. so far so good; magnum bonum [Lat.]. |
#619. Evil — N. evil, ill, harm, hurt., mischief, nuisance; machinations of the devil, Pandora's box, ills that flesh is heir to. blow, buffet, stroke, scratch, bruise, wound, gash, mutilation; mortal blow, wound; immedicabile vulnus [Lat.]; damage, loss &c. (deterioration) 659. disadvantage, prejudice, drawback. disaster, accident, casualty; mishap &c. (misfortune) 735; bad job, devil to pay; calamity, bale, catastrophe, tragedy; ruin &c. (destruction) 162; adversity &c. 735. mental suffering &c. 828. demon &c. 980. (Evil spirit) bane, &c. 663 (cause of evil). badness, &c. 649 (Production of Evil); painfulness, &c. 830; evil doer, &c. 913. outrage, wrong, injury, foul play; bad turn, ill turn; disservice, spoliation &c. 791; grievance, crying evil. V. be in trouble &c. (adversity) 735. Adj. disastrous, bad &c. 649; awry, out of joint; disadvantageous. Adv. amis [Fr.], wrong, ill, to one's cost Phr. moving accidents by flood and field" [Othello]. |
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#620. Intention — N. intent, intention, intentionality; purpose; quo animo [Lat.]; project &c. 626; undertaking &c. 676; predetermination &c. 611; design, ambition. contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal; study; look out. final cause; raison d'etre [Fr.]; cui bono [Lat.]; object, aim, end; the be all and the end all;" drift &c. (meaning) 516; tendency &c. 176; destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, quintain [Mediev.]; prey, quarry, game. decision, determination, resolve; fixed set purpose, settled purpose; ultimatum; resolution &c. 604; wish &c. 865; arriere pensee [Fr.]; motive &c. 615. [Study of final causes] teleology. V. intend, purpose, design, mean; have to; propose to oneself; harbor a design; have in view, have in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in petto; have an eye to. bid for, labor for; be after, aspire after, endeavor after; be at, aim at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at; take aim; set before oneself; study to. take upon oneself &c. (undertake) 676; take into one's head; meditate, contemplate of, think of, dream of, talk of; premeditate &c. 611; compass, calculate; destine, destinate†; propose. project &c. (plan) 626; have a mind to &c. (be willing) 602; desire &c. 865; pursue &c. 622. Adj. intended &c. v.; intentional, advised, express, determinate; prepense &c. 611†; bound for; intending &c. v.; minded; bent upon &c. (earnest) 604; at stake; on the anvil, on the tapis†; in view, in prospect, in the breast of; in petto; teleological Adv. intentionally &c. adj.; advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly; with intent &c. n.; deliberately &c. (with premeditation) 611; with one's eyes open, in cold blood. for; with a view, with an eye to; in order to, in order that; to the end that, with the intent that; for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of. in pursuance of, pursuant to; quo animo [Lat.]; to all intents and purposes. Phr. The road to hell is paved with good intentions" [Johnson]; sublimi feriam sidera vertice [Lat.] [Horace]. |
#621. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance — N. chance &c. 156; lot, fate &c. (necessity) 601; luck; good luck &c. (good) 618; mascot. speculation, venture, stake, game of chance; mere shot, random shot; blind bargain, leap in the dark; pig in a poke &c. (uncertainty) 475; fluke, potluck; faro bank; flyer [Slang]; limit. uncertainty; uncertainty principle, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. drawing lots; sortilegy†, sortition†; sortes†, sortes Virgilianae†; rouge et noir [Fr.], hazard, ante, chuck-a-luck, crack-loo [U.S.], craps, faro, roulette, pitch and toss, chuck, farthing, cup tossing, heads or tails cross and pile, poker-dice; wager; bet, betting; gambling; the turf. gaming house, gambling house, betting house; bucket shop; gambling joint; totalizator, totalizer; hell; betting ring; dice, dice box. [person who takes chances] gambler, gamester; man of the turf; adventurer; dicer†. V. chance &c. (hap) 156; stand a chance &c. (be possible) 470. toss up; cast lots, draw lots; leave to chance, trust to chance, leave to the chapter of accidents, trust to the chapter of accidents; tempt fortune; chance it, take one's chance, take a shot at it (attempt) 675; run the risk, run the chance, incur the risk, incur the chance, encounter the risk, encounter the chance; stand the hazard of the die. speculate, try one's luck, set on a cast, raffle, put into a lottery, buy a pig in a poke, shuffle the cards. risk, venture, hazard, stake; ante; lay, lay a wager; make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for; play at chuck farthing. Adj. fortuitous &c. 156; unintentional, unintended; accidental; not meant; undesigned, purposed; unpremeditated &c. 612; unforeseen, uncontemplated, never thought of. random, indiscriminate, promiscuous; undirected; aimless, driftless†, designless†, purposeless, causeless; without purpose. possible &c. 470. unforeseeable, unpredictable, chancy, risky, speculative, dicey. Adv. randomly, by chance, fortuitously; unpredictably, unforeseeably; casually &c. 156; unintentionally &c. adj.; unwittingly. en passant [Fr.], by the way, incidentally; as it may happen; at random, at a venture, at haphazard. Phr. acierta errando [Lat.]; dextro tempore [Lat.]; fearful concatenation of circumstances" [D. Webster]; fortuitous combination of circumstances" [Dickens]; le jeu est le fils d'avarice et le pere du le jeu est le fils d'avarice et le pere du desespoir [Fr.]; the happy combination of fortuitous the happy combination of fortuitous circumstances" [Scott]; the fortuitous or casual concourse of atoms" [Bentley]; God does not play dice with the universe" [A. Einstein]. |
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#622. [Purpose in action.] Pursuit — N. pursuit; pursuing &c. v.; prosecution; pursuance; enterprise &c. (undertaking) 676; business &c. 625; adventure &c. (essay) 675; quest &c. (search) 461; scramble, hue and cry, game; hobby; still-hunt. chase, hunt, battue†, race, steeple chase, hunting, coursing; venation, venery; fox chase; sport, sporting; shooting, angling, fishing, hawking; shikar (Geog loc:India). pursuer; hunter, huntsman; shikari (Geog loc:India), sportsman, Nimrod; hound &c. 366. V. pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after; shadow; carry on &c. (do) 680; engage in &c. (undertake) 676; set about &c. (begin) 66; endeavor &c. 675; court &c. (request) 765; seek &c. (search) 461; aim at &c. (intention) 620; follow the trail &c. (trace) 461; fish for &c. (experiment) 463; press on &c. (haste) 684; run a race &c. (velocity) 274. chase, give chase, course, dog, hunt, hound; tread on the heels, follow on the heels of, &c. (sequence) 281. rush upon; rush headlong &c. (violence) 173, ride full tilt at, run full tilt at; make a leap at, jump at, snatch at run down; start game. tread a path; take a course, hold a course; shape one's steps, direct one's steps, bend one's steps, course; play a game; fight one's way, elbow one's way; follow up; take to, take up; go in for; ride one's hobby. Adj. pursuing &c. v.; in quest of &c. (inquiry) 461; in pursuit, in full cry, in hot pursuit; on the scent. Adv. in pursuance of &c. (intention) 620; after. Int. tallyho!, yoicks!, soho! †, |
#623. [Absence of pursuit.] Avoidance — N. abstention, abstinence; for bearance†; refraining &c. v.; inaction &c. 681; neutrality. avoidance, evasion, elusion; seclusion &c. 893. avolation†, flight; escape &c. 671; retreat &c. 287; recoil &c. 277; departure &c. 293; rejection &c. 610. shirker &c. v.; truant; fugitive, refugee; runaway, runagate; maroon. V. abstain, refrain, spare, not attempt; not do &c. 681; maintain the even tenor of one's way. eschew, keep from, let alone, have nothing to do with; keep aloof keep off, stand aloof, stand off, hold aloof, hold off; take no part in, have no hand in. avoid, shun; steer clear of, keep clear of; fight shy of; keep one's distance, keep at a respectful distance; keep out of the way, get out of the way; evade, elude, turn away from; set one's face against &c. (oppose) 708; deny oneself. shrink back; hang back, hold back, draw back; recoil &c. 277; retire &c. (recede) 287; flinch, blink, blench, shy, shirk, dodge, parry, make way for, give place to. beat a retreat; turn tail, turn one's back; take to one's heels; runaway, run for one's life; cut and run; be off like a shot; fly, flee; fly away, flee away, run away from; take flight, take to flight; desert, elope; make off, scamper off, sneak off, shuffle off, sheer off; break away, tear oneself away, slip away, slink away, steel away, make away from, scamper away from, sneak away from, shuffle away from, sheer away from; slip cable, part company, turn one's heel; sneak out of, play truant, give one the go by, give leg bail, take French leave, slope, decamp, flit, bolt, abscond, levant, skedaddle, absquatulat [U.S.], cut one's stick, walk one's chalks, show a light pair of heels, make oneself scarce; escape &c. 671; go away &c. (depart) 293; abandon &c. 624; reject &c. 610. lead one a dance, lead one a pretty dance; throw off the scent, play at hide and seek. Adj. unsought, unattempted; avoiding &c. v.; neutral, shy of &c. (unwilling) 603; elusive, evasive; fugitive, runaway; shy, wild. lest, in order to avoid. Int. forbear!, keep off, hands off!, sauve qui peut! [Fr.], every man for himself! [Fr.Tr.]; devil take the hindmost!, Phr. things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme" [Paradise Lost]. |
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#624. Relinquishment — N. relinquishment, abandonment; desertion, defection, secession, withdrawal; cave of Adullam†; nolle prosequi [Lat.]. discontinuance &c. (cessation) 142; renunciation &c. (recantation) 607; abrogation &c. 756; resignation &c. (retirement) 757; desuetude &c. 614; cession &c. (of property) 782. V. relinquish, give up, abandon, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch; go back on; depart from, secede from, withdraw from; back out of; leave, quit, take leave of, bid a long farewell; vacate &c. (resign) 757. renounce &c. (abjure) 607; forego, have done with, drop; disuse &c. 678; discard &c. 782; wash one's hands of; drop all idea of. break off, leave off; desist; stop &c. (cease) 142; hold one's hand, stay one's hand; quit one's hold; give over, shut up shop. throw up the game, throw up the cards; give up the point, give up the argument; pass to the order of the day, move to the previous question. Adj. unpursued†; relinquished &c. v.; relinquishing &c. v.. Int. avast!, &c. (stop) 142. Phr. aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben [G.]; entbehre gern was du nicht hast [G.]. |
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#625. Business — N. business, occupation, employment; pursuit &c. 622; what one is doing, what one is about; affair, concern, matter, case. matter in hand, irons in the fire; thing to do, agendum, task, work, job, chore [U.S.], errand, commission, mission, charge, care; duty &c. 926. part, role, cue; province, function, lookout, department, capacity, sphere, orb, field, line; walk, walk of life; beat, round, routine; race, career. office, place, post, chargeship†, incumbency, living; situation, berth, employ; service &c. (servitude) 749; engagement; undertaking &c. 676. vocation, calling, profession, cloth, faculty; industry, art; industrial arts; craft, mystery, handicraft; trade &c. (commerce) 794. exercise; work &c. (action) 680; avocation; press of business &c. (activity) 682. V. pass one's time in, employ one's time in, spend one's time in; employ oneself in, employ oneself upon; occupy oneself with, concern oneself with; make it one's business &c. n.; undertake &c. 676; enter a profession; betake oneself to, turn one's hand to; have to do with &c. (do) 680. office, place, post, chargeship†, incumbency, living; situation, berth, employ; service &c. (servitude) 749; engagement; undertaking &c. 676. drive a trade; carry on a trade, do a trade, transact a trade, carry on business, do business, transact business &c. n.; keep a shop; ply one's task, ply one's trade; labor in one's vocation; pursue the even tenor of one's way; attend to business, attend to one's work. officiate, serve, act; act one's part, play one's part; do duty; serve the office of, discharge the office of, perform the office of, perform the duties of, perform the functions of; hold an office, fill an office, fill a place, fill a situation; hold a portfolio, hold a place, hold a situation. be about, be doing, be engaged in, be employed in, be occupied with, be at work on; have one's hands in, have in hand; have on one's hands, have on one's shoulders; bear the burden; have one's hands full &c. (activity) 682. be in the hands of, be on the stocks, be on the anvil; pass through one's hands. Adj. businesslike; workaday; professional; official, functional; busy &c. (actively employed) 682; on hand, in hand, in one's hands; afoot; on foot, on the anvil; going on; acting. Adv. in the course of business, all in one's day's work; professionally &c. Adj.. Phr. a business with an income at its heels" [Cowper]; amoto quaeramus seria ludo [Lat.] [Horace]; par negotiis neque supra [Lat.] [Tacitus]. |
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#626. Plan — N. plan, scheme, design, project; proposal, proposition, suggestion; resolution, motion; precaution &c. (provision) 673; deep-laid plan &c. (premeditated) 611; system &c. (order) 58; organization &c. (arrangement) 60; germ &c. (cause) 153. sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche [Fr.], brouillon [Fr.]; rough cast, rough draft, draught copy; copy; proof, revise. drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart (representation) 554. forecast, program, programme, prospectus; carte du pays [Fr.]; card; bill, protocol; order of the day, list of agenda; bill of fare &c. (food) 298; base of operations; platform, plank, slate [U.S.], ticket [U.S.]. role; policy &c. (line of conduct) 692. contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device; pipelaying [U.S.]; stratagem &c. (cunning) 702; trick &c. (deception) 545; alternative, loophole; shift &c. (substitute) 147; last shift &c. (necessity) 601. measure, step; stroke, stroke of policy; master stroke; trump card, court card; cheval de bataille [Fr.], great gun; coup, coup d'etat [Fr.]; clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke; bright thought, bright idea. intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot†, machination; subplot, underplot†, counterplot. schemer, schemist†, schematist†; strategist, machinator; projector, artist, promoter, designer &c. v.; conspirator; intrigant &c. (cunning) 702†. V. plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch; devise, invent &c. (imagine) 515; set one's wits to work &c. 515; spring a project; fall upon, hit upon; strike out, chalk out, cut out, lay out, map out; lay down a plan; shape out a course, mark out a course; predetermine &c. 611; concert, preconcert, preestablish; prepare &c. 673; hatch, hatch a plot concoct; take steps, take measures. cast, recast, systematize, organize; arrange &c. 60; digest, mature. plot; counter-plot, counter-mine; dig a mine; lay a train; intrigue &c. (cunning) 702. Adj. planned &c. v.; strategic, strategical; planning &c. v.; prepared, in course of preparation &c. 673; under consideration; on the tapis†, on the carpet, on the floor. |
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#627. Method [Path.] — N. method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise; modus operandi, MO; procedure &c. (line of conduct) 692. path, road, route, course; line of way, line of road; trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack. steps; stair, staircase; flight of stairs, ladder, stile; perron†. bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway; drawbridge; pass, ford, ferry, tunnel; pipe &c. 260. door; gateway &c. (opening) 260; channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit†; artery, lane, loan [Scot.], alley, aisle, lobby, corridor; back-door, back-stairs; secret passage; covert way; vennel†. roadway, pathway, stairway; express; thoroughfare; highway; turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road; broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway; beaten track, beaten path; horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path; walk, trottoir†, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk; crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway; cut; short cut &c. (mid-course) 628; carrefour†; private road, occupation road; highways and byways; railroad, railway, tram road, tramway; towpath; causeway; canal &c. (conduit) 350; street &c. (abode) 189; speedway. adv.. how; in what way, in what manner; by what mode; so, in this way, after this fashion. one way or another, anyhow; somehow or other &c. (instrumentality) 631; by way of; via; in transitu [Lat.] &c. 270; on the high road to. Phr. hae tibi erunt artes [Lat.]. |
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#628. Mid-course — N. middle course, midcourse; mean &c. 29; middle &c. 68; juste milieu [Fr.], mezzo termine [It], golden mean, ariston metron [Gr.], aurea mediocritas [Lat.]. straight &c. (direct) 278, straight course, straight path; short cut, cross cut; great circle sailing. neutrality; half measure, half and half measures; compromise. V. keep in a middle course, preserve a middle course, preserve an even course, go straight &c. (direct) 278. go halfway, compromise, make a compromise. Adj. straight &c. (direct) 278. Phr. medium tenuere beati [Lat.]. |
#629. Circuit — N. circuit, roundabout way, digression, detour, circumbendibus, ambages†, loop; winding &c. (circuition) 311†; zigzag &c. (deviation) 279. V. perform a circuit; go round about, go out of one's way; make a detour; meander &c. (deviate) 279. lead a pretty dance; beat about the bush; make two bites of a cherry. Adj. circuitous, indirect, roundabout; zigzag &c. (deviating) 279; backhanded. Adv. by a side wind, by an indirect course; in a roundabout way; from pillar to post. |
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#630. Requirement — N. requirement, need, wants, necessities; necessaries, necessaries of life; stress, exigency, pinch, sine qua non, matter of necessity; case of need, case of life or death. needfulness, essentiality, necessity, indispensability, urgency. requisition &c. (request) 765, (exaction) 741; run upon; demand, call for. charge, claim, command, injunction, mandate, order, precept. desideratum &c. (desire) 865; want &c. (deficiency) 640. V. require, need, want, have occasion for; not be able to do without, not be able to dispense with; prerequire†. render necessary, necessitate, create a, necessity for, call for, put in requisition; make a requisition &c. (ask for) 765, (demand) 741. stand in need of; lack &c. 640; desiderate†; desire &c. 865; be necessary &c. Adj. Adj. required &c. v.; requisite, needful, necessary, imperative, essential, indispensable, prerequisite; called for; in demand, in request. urgent, exigent, pressing, instant, crying, absorbing. in want of; destitute of &c. 640. Adv. ex necessitate rei [Lat.] &c. (necessarily) 601; of necessity. Phr. there is no time to lose; it cannot be spared, it cannot be dispensed with; mendacem memorem esse oportet [Lat.] [Quintilian]; necessitas non habet legem [Lat.]; nec tecum possum trivere nec sine te [Lat.] [Martial]. |
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#631. Instrumentality — N. instrumentality; aid &c. 707; subservience, subserviency; mediation, intervention, medium, intermedium†, vehicle, hand; agency &c. 170. minister, handmaid; midwife, accoucheur [Fr.], accoucheuse [Fr.], obstetrician; gobetween; cat's-paw; stepping-stone. opener &c. 260; key; master key, passkey, latchkey; open sesame;" passport, passe-partout, safe-conduct, password. instrument &c. 633; expedient &c. (plan) 626; means &c. 632. V. subserve, minister, mediate, intervene; be instrumental &c. adj.; pander to; officiate; tend. Adj. instrumental; useful &c. 644; ministerial, subservient, mediatorial†; intermediate, intervening; conducive. Adv. through, by, per; whereby, thereby, hereby; by the agency of &c. 170; by dint of; by virtue of, in virtue of; through the medium of &c. n.; along with; on the shoulders of; by means of &c. 632; by the aid of, with the aid of &c. (assistance) 707. per fas et nefas [Lat.], by fair means or foul; somehow, somehow or other; by hook or by crook. |
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#632. Means — N. means, resources, wherewithal, ways and means; capital &c. (money) 800; revenue; stock in trade &c. 636; provision &c. 637; a shot in the locker; appliances &c. (machinery) 633; means and appliances; conveniences; cards to play; expedients &c. (measures) 626; two strings to one's bow; sheet anchor &c. (safety) 666; aid &c. 707; medium &c. 631. V. find means, have means, possess means &c. n.. Adj. instrumental &c. 631; mechanical &c. 633. Adv. by means of, with; by what means, by all means, by any means, by some means; wherewith, herewith, therewith; wherewithal. how &c. (in what manner) 627; through &c. (by the instrumentality of) 631; with the aid of, by the aid of &c. (assistance) 707; by the agency of &c. 170 |
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#633. Instrument — N. machinery, mechanism, engineering. instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill; air engine, caloric engine, heat engine. gear; tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances; plant, materiel; harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments; barde†; equipment, equipmentage†; appointments, furniture, upholstery; chattels; paraphernalia &c. (belongings) 780. mechanical powers; lever, leverage; mechanical advantage; crow, crowbar; handspike†, gavelock†, jemmy†, jimmy, arm, limb, wing; oar, paddle; pulley; wheel and axle; wheelwork, clockwork; wheels within wheels; pinion, crank, winch; cam; pedal; capstan &c. (lift) 307; wheel &c. (rotation) 312; inclined plane; wedge; screw; spring, mainspring; can hook, glut, heald†, heddle†, jenny, parbuckle†, sprag†, water wheel. handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key; turnscrew, screwdriver; knocker. hammer &c. (impulse) 276; edge tool &c. (cut) 253; borer &c. 262; vice, teeth, &c. (hold) 781; nail, rope &c. (join) 45; peg &c. (hang) 214; support &c. 215; spoon &c. (vehicle) 272; arms &c. 727; oar &c. (navigation) 267; cardiograph, recapper†, snowplow, tenpenny†, votograph†. Adj. instrumental &c. 631; mechanical, machinal†; brachial [Med.]. |
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#634. Substitute — N. substitute &c. 147; deputy &c. 759; badli†. |
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#635. Materials — N. material, raw material, stuff, stock, staple; adobe, brown stone; chinking; clapboard; daubing; puncheon; shake; shingle, bricks and mortar; metal; stone; clay, brick crockery &c. 384; compo, composition; concrete; reinforced concrete, cement; wood, ore, timber. materials; supplies, munition, fuel, grist, household stuff pabulum &c. (food) 298; ammunition &c. (arms) 727; contingents; relay, reinforcement, reenforcement†; baggage &c. (personal property) 780; means &c. 632; calico, cambric, cashmere. Adj. raw &c. (unprepared) 674; wooden &c. n.; adobe. |
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#636. Store — N. stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount, fountain; well, wellspring; milch cow. stock in trade, supply; heap &c. (collection) 72; treasure; reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche [Fr.]. crop, harvest, mow, vintage. store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack; lumber; relay &c. (provision) 637. storehouse, storeroom, storecloset†; depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory†, repertory; repertorium†; promptuary†, warehouse, entrepot [Fr.], magazine; buttery, larder, spence†; garner, granary; cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom†; thesaurus; bank &c. (treasury) 802; armory; arsenal; dock; gallery, museum, conservatory; menagery†, menagerie. reservoir, cistern, aljibar†, tank, pond, mill pond; gasometer†. budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio; coffer &c. (receptacle) 191. conservation; storing &c. v.; storage. V. store; put by, lay by, set by; stow away; set apart, lay apart; store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up; bank; cache; accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save. reserve; keep back, hold back; husband, husband one's resources. deposit; stow, stack, load; harvest; heap, collect &c. 72; lay in store &c. Adj.; keep, file (papers); lay in &c. (provide) 637; preserve &c. 670. Adj. stored &c. v.; in store, in reserve, in ordinary; spare, supernumerary. Phr. adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit [Lat.]. |
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#637. Provision — N. provision, supply; grist, grist for the mill; subvention &c. (aid) 707; resources &c. (means) 632; groceries, grocery. providing &c. v.; purveyance; reinforcement, reenforcement†; commissariat. provender &c. (food) 298; ensilage; viaticum. caterer, purveyor, commissary, quartermaster, manciple†, feeder, batman, victualer, grocer, comprador [Sp.], restaurateur; jackal, pelican; sutler &c. (merchant) 797†. grocery shop, grocery store. V. provide; make provision, make due provision for; lay in, lay in a stock, lay in a store. supply, suppeditate†; furnish; find, find one in; arm. cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage; beat up for; stock, stock with; make good, replenish; fill, fill up; recruit, feed. have in store, have in reserve; keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand; have to fall back upon; store &c. 636; provide against a rainy day &c. (economy) 817. |
#638. Waste — N. consumption, expenditure, exhaustion; dispersion &c. 73; ebb; leakage &c. (exudation) 295; loss &c. 776; wear and tear; waste; prodigality &c. 818; misuse &c. 679; wasting &c. v.; rubbish &c. (useless) 645. mountain in labor. V. spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust; impoverish; spill, drain, empty; disperse &c. 73. cast away, fool away, muddle away, throw away, fling away, fritter away; burn the candle at both ends, waste; squander &c. 818. waste its sweetness on the desert air" [Gray]; cast one's bread upon the waters, cast pearls before swine; employ a steam engine to crack a nut, waste powder and shot, break a butterfly on a wheel; labor in vain &c. (useless) 645; cut blocks with a razor, pour water into a sieve. leak &c. (run out) 295; run to waste; ebb; melt away, run dry, dry up. Adj. wasted &c. v.; at a low ebb. wasteful &c. (prodigal) 818; penny wise and pound foolish. Phr. magno conatu magnas nugas [Lat.]; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle [Fr.]; idly busy rolls their world away" [Goldsmith]. |
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#639. Sufficiency — N. sufficiency, adequacy, enough, withal, satisfaction, competence; no less; quantum sufficit [Lat.], Q.S. mediocrity &c. (average) 29. fill; fullness &c. (completeness) 52; plenitude, plenty; abundance; copiousness &c. adj.; amplitude, galore, lots, profusion; full measure; good measure pressed down and running, over." luxuriance &c. (fertility) 168; affluence &c. (wealth) 803; fat of the land; a land flowing with milk and honey;" cornucopia; horn of plenty, horn of Amalthaea; mine &c. (stock) 636. outpouring; flood &c. (great quantity) 31; tide &c. (river) 348; repletion &c. (redundancy) 641; satiety &c. 869. V. be sufficient &c. adj.; suffice, do, just do, satisfy, pass muster; have enough &c. n.; eat. one's fill, drink one's fill, have one's fill; roll in, swim in; wallow in &c. (superabundance) 641; wanton. abound, exuberate, teem, flow, stream, rain, shower down; pour, pour in; swarm; bristle with; superabound. render sufficient &c. adj.; replenish &c. (fill) 52. Adj. sufficient, enough, adequate, up to the mark, commensurate, competent, satisfactory, valid, tangible. measured; moderate &c. (temperate) 953. full, &c. (complete) 52; ample; plenty, plentiful, plenteous; plenty as blackberries; copious, abundant; abounding &c. v.; replete, enough and to spare, flush; choke-full, chock-full; well-stocked, well-provided; liberal; unstinted, unstinting; stintless†; without stint; unsparing, unmeasured; lavish &c. 641; wholesale. rich; luxuriant &c. (fertile) 168; affluent &c. (wealthy) 803; wantless†; big with &c. (pregnant) 161. unexhausted†, unwasted†; exhaustless, inexhaustible. Adv. sufficiently, amply &c. Adj.; full; in abundance &c. n.. with no sparing hand; to one's heart's content, ad libitum, without stint. Phr. cut and come again" [Crabbe]; das Beste ist gut genug [G.]. |
#640. Insufficiency — N. insufficiency; inadequacy, inadequateness; incompetence &c. (impotence) 158; deficiency &c. (incompleteness) 53; imperfection &c. 651; shortcoming &c. 304; paucity; stint; scantiness &c. (smallness) 32; none to spare, bare subsistence. scarcity, dearth; want, need, lack, poverty, exigency; inanition, starvation, famine, drought. dole, mite, pittance; short allowance, short commons; half rations; banyan day. emptiness, poorness &c. adj.; depletion, vacancy, flaccidity; ebb tide; low water; a beggarly account of empty boxes" [Romeo and Juliet]; indigence &c. 804; insolvency &c. (nonpayment) 808. V. be insufficient &c. adj.; not suffice &c. 639; come short of &c. 304; run dry. want, lack, need, require; caret; be in want &c. (poor) 804, live from hand to mouth. render insufficient &c. Adj.; drain of resources, impoverish &c. (waste) 638; stint &c. (begrudge) 819; put on short allowance. do insufficiently &c. adv.; scotch the snake. Adj. insufficient, inadequate; too little &c. 32; not enough &c. 639; unequal to; incompetent &c. (impotent) 158; weighed in the balance and found wanting;" perfunctory &c. (neglect) 460; deficient &c. (incomplete) 53; wanting, &c. v.; imperfect &c. 651; ill-furnished, ill-provided, ill-stored, ill-off. slack, at a low ebb; empty, vacant, bare; short of, out of, destitute of, devoid of, bereft of &c. 789; denuded of; dry, drained. unprovided, unsupplied†, unfurnished; unreplenished, unfed†; unstored†, untreasured†; empty-handed. meager, poor, thin, scrimp, sparing, spare, stinted; starved, starving; halfstarved, famine-stricken, famished; jejune. scant &c. (small) 32; scarce; not to be had, not to be had for love or money, not to be had at any price; scurvy; stingy &c. 819; at the end of one's tether; without resources &c. 632; in want &c. (poor) 804; in debt &c. 806. Adv. insufficiently &c. adj.; in default of, for want of; failing. Phr. semper avarus eget [Lat.] [Horace]. |
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#641. Redundancy — N. redundancy, redundance†; too much, too many; superabundance, superfluity, superfluence†, saturation; nimiety†, transcendency, exuberance, profuseness; profusion &c. (plenty) 639; repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque [Lat.], lion's share; more than enough &c. 639; plethora, engorgement, congestion, load, surfeit, sickener†; turgescence &c. (expansion) 194†; overdose, overmeasure†, oversupply, overflow; inundation &c. (water) 348; avalanche. accumulation &c. (store) 636; heap &c. 72; drug, drug in the market; glut; crowd; burden. excess; surplus, overplus†; epact†; margin; remainder &c. 40; duplicate; surplusage†, expletive; work of supererogation; bonus, bonanza. luxury; intemperance &c. 954; extravagance &c. (prodigality) 818; exorbitance, lavishment†. pleonasm &c. (diffuseness) 573; too many irons in the fire; embarras de richesses [Fr.]. V. superabound, overabound†; know no bounds, swarm; meet one at every turn; creep with, crawl with, bristle with; overflow; run over, flow over, well over, brim over; run riot; overrun, overstock, overlay, overcharge, overdose, overfeed, overburden, overload, overdo, overwhelm, overshoot the mark &c. (go beyond) 303; surcharge, supersaturate, gorge, glut, load, drench, whelm, inundate, deluge, flood; drug, drug the market; hepatize†. choke, cloy, accloy†, suffocate; pile up, lay on thick; impregnate with; lavish &c. (squander) 818. send coals to Newcastle, carry coals to Newcastle, carry owls to Athens†; teach one's grandmother to suck eggs; pisces natare docere [Lat.]; kill the slain, gild refined gold," gild the lily," butter one's bread on both sides, put butter upon bacon; employ a steam engine to crack a nut &c. (waste) 638. exaggerate &c. 549; wallow in roll in &c. (plenty) 639; remain on one's hands, hang heavy on hand, go a begging. Adj. redundant; too much, too many; exuberant, inordinate, superabundant, excessive, overmuch, replete, profuse, lavish; prodigal &c. 818; exorbitant; overweening; extravagant; overcharged &c. v.; supersaturated, drenched, overflowing; running over, running to waste, running down. crammed to overflowing, filled to overflowing; gorged, ready to burst; dropsical, turgid, plethoric; obese &c. 194. superfluous, unnecessary, needless, supervacaneous†, uncalled for, to spare, in excess; over and above &c. (remainder) 40; de trop [Fr.]; adscititious &c. (additional) 37; supernumerary &c. (reserve) 636; on one's hands, spare, duplicate, supererogatory, expletive; un peu fort [Fr.]. Adv. over, too, over and above; overmuch, too much; too far; without measure, beyond measure, out of measure; with a to spare; over head and ears; up to one's eyes, up to one's ears; extra; beyond the mark &c. (transcursion) 303; acervatim [Lat.]. Phr. it never rains but it pours; fortuna multis dat nimium nulli satis [Lat.]. |
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#642. Importance — N. importance, consequence, moment, prominence, consideration, mark, materialness. import, significance, concern; emphasis, interest. greatness &c. 31; superiority &c. 33; notability &c. (repute) 873; weight &c. (influence) 175; value &c. (goodness) 648; usefulness &c. 644. gravity, seriousness, solemnity; no joke, no laughing matter; pressure, urgency, stress; matter of life and death. memorabilia, notabilia†, great doings; red-letter day. great thing, great point; main chance, the be all and the end all" [Macbeth]; cardinal point; substance, gist &c. (essence) 5; sum and substance, gravamen, head and front; important part, principal part, prominent part, essential part; half the battle; sine qua non; breath of one's nostrils &c. (life) 359; cream, salt, core, kernel, heart, nucleus; keynote, keystone; corner stone; trump card &c. (device) 626; salient points. top sawyer, first fiddle, prima donna [Sp.], chief; triton among the minnows; 'it' [U.S.]." V. be important &c. adj., be somebody, be something; import, signify, matter, boot, be an object; carry weight &c. (influence) 175; make a figure &c. (repute) 873; be in the ascendant, come to the front, lead the way, take the lead, play first fiddle, throw all else into the shade; lie at the root of; deserve notice, merit notice, be worthy of notice, be worthy of regard, be worthy of consideration. attach importance to, ascribe importance to, give importance to &c. n.; value, care for, set store upon, set store by; mark &c. 550; mark with a white stone, underline; write in italics, put in italics, print in italics, print in capitals, print in large letters, put in large type, put in letters. of gold; accentuate, emphasize, lay stress on. make a fuss about, make a fuss over, make a stir about, make a piece of work about [Fr.], make much ado about; make much ado of, make much of. Adj. important; of importance &c. n.; momentous, material; to the point; not to be overlooked, not to be despised, not to be sneezed at; egregious; weighty &c. (influential) 175; of note &c. (repute) 873; notable, prominent, salient, signal; memorable, remarkable; unforgettable; worthy of remark, worthy of notice; never to be forgotten; stirring, eventful. grave, serious, earnest, noble, grand, solemn, impressive, commanding, imposing. urgent, pressing, critical, instant. paramount, essential, vital, all-absorbing, radical, cardinal, chief, main, prime, primary, principal, leading, capital, foremost, overruling; of vital importance &c.. in the front rank, first-rate; superior &c. 33; considerable &c. (great) 31; marked &c. v.; rare &c. 137. significant, telling, trenchant, emphatic, pregnant; tanti [Lat.]. Adv. materially &c. adj.; in the main; above all, kat' exochin [Gr.], par excellence, to crown all, to beat all. Phr. expende Hannibalem! [Lat.] [Juvenal]. |
#643. Unimportance — N. unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality. triviality, levity, frivolity; paltriness &c. adj.; poverty; smallness &c. 32; vanity &c. (uselessness) 645; matter of indifference &c. 866; no object. nothing, nothing to signify, nothing worth speaking of, nothing particular, nothing to boast of, nothing to speak of; small matter, no great matter, trifling matter &c. adj.; mere joke, mere nothing; hardly anything; scarcely anything; nonentity, small beer, cipher; no great shakes, peu de chose [Fr.]; child's play, kinderspiel. toy, plaything, popgun, paper pellet, gimcrack, gewgaw, bauble, trinket, bagatelle, Rickshaw, knickknack, whim-wham, trifle, trifles light as air;" yankee notions [U.S.]. trumpery, trash, rubbish, stuff, fatras†, frippery; leather or prunello;" chaff, drug, froth bubble smoke, cobweb; weed; refuse &c. (inutility) 645; scum &c. (dirt) 653. joke, jest, snap of the fingers; fudge &c. (unmeaning) 517; fiddlestick†, fiddlestick end†; pack of nonsense, mere farce. straw, pin, fig, button, rush; bulrush, feather, halfpenny, farthing, brass farthing, doit†, peppercorn, jot, rap, pinch of snuff, old son; cent, mill, picayune, pistareen†, red cent [U.S.]. minutiae, details, minor details, small fry; dust in the balance, feather in the scale, drop in the ocean, flea-bite, molehill. nine days' wonder, ridiculus mus [Lat.]; flash in the pan &c. (impotence) 158; much ado about nothing &c. (overestimation) 482. V. be unimportant &c. adj.; not matter &c. 642; go for nothing, matter nothing, signify nothing, matter little, matter little or nothing; not matter a straw &c. n.. make light of &c. (underestimate) 483; catch at straws &c. (overestimate) 482. Adj. unimportant; of little account, of small account, of no account, of little importance, of no importance &c. 642; immaterial; unessential, nonessential; indifferent. subordinate &c. (inferior) 34; mediocre &c. (average) 29; passable, fair, respectable, tolerable, commonplace; uneventful, mere, common; ordinary &c. (habitual) 613; inconsiderable, so-so, insignificant, inappreciable. trifling, trivial; slight, slender, light, flimsy, frothy, idle; puerile &c. (foolish) 499; airy, shallow; weak &c. 160; powerless &c. 158; frivolous, petty, niggling; piddling, peddling; fribble†, inane, ridiculous, farcical; finical, finikin†; fiddle-faddle, fingle-fangle†, namby-pamby, wishy-washy, milk and water. poor, paltry, pitiful; contemptible &c. (contempt) 930; sorry, mean, meager, shabby, miserable, wretched, vile, scrubby, scrannel†, weedy, niggardly, scurvy, putid†, beggarly, worthless, twopennyhalfpenny, cheap, trashy, catchpenny, gimcrack, trumpery; one-horse [U.S.]. not worth the pains, not worth while, not worth mentioning, not worth speaking of, not worth a thought, not worth a curse, not worth a straw &c. n.; beneath notice, unworthy of notice, beneath regard, unworthy of regard, beneath consideration, unworthy of consideration; de lana caprina [It]; vain &c. (useless) 645. Adv. slightly &c. adj.; rather, somewhat, pretty well, tolerably. for aught one cares. Int. no matter!, pish!, tush!, tut!, pshaw! †, pugh!, pooh, pooh-pooh!, fudge!, bosh!, humbug!, fiddlestick†, fiddlestick end! †, fiddlededee!, never mind!, n'importe! [Fr.], what signifies it, what boots it, what of it, what of that, what matter, what's the odds, a fig for', stuff!, nonsense!, stuff and nonsense, Phr. magno conatu magnas nugas [Lat.]; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle [Fr.]; it matters not, it does not signify; it is of no consequence, it is of no importance; elephantus non capit murem [Lat.]; tempete dans un verre d'eau [Fr.]. |
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#644. Utility — N. utility; usefulness &c. adj.; efficacy, efficiency, adequacy; service, use, stead, avail; help &c. (aid) 707; applicability &c. adj.; subservience &c. (instrumentality) 631; function &c. (business) 625; value; worth &c. (goodness) 648; money's worth; productiveness &c. 168; cui bono [Lat.] &c. (intention) 620; utilization &c. (use) 677; step in the right direction. common weal; commonwealth public good, public interest; utilitarianism &c. (philanthropy) 910. V. be useful &c. adj.; avail, serve; subserve &c. (be instrumental to) 631; conduce &c. (tend) 176; answer, serve one's turn, answer a purpose, serve a purpose. act a part &c. (action) 680; perform a function, discharge a function &c.; render a service, render good service, render yeoman's service; bestead†, stand one in good stead be the making of; help &c. 707. bear fruit &c. (produce) 161; bring grist to the mill; profit, remunerate; benefit &c. (do good) 648. find one's account in, find one's advantage in; reap the benefit of &c. (be better for) 658. render useful &c. (use) 677. Adj. useful; of use &c. n.; serviceable, proficuous†, good for; subservient &c. (instrumental) 631; conducive &c. (tending) 176; subsidiary &c. (helping) 707. advantageous &c. (beneficial) 648; profitable, gainful, remunerative, worth one's salt; valuable; prolific &c. (productive) 168. adequate; efficient, efficacious; effective, effectual; expedient &c. 646. applicable, available, ready, handy, at hand, tangible; commodious, adaptable; of all work. Adv. usefully &c. adj.; pro bono publico [Lat.]. |
#645. Inutility — N. inutility; uselessness &c. adj.; inefficacy†, futility; ineptitude, inaptitude; unsubservience†; inadequacy &c. (insufficiency) 640; inefficiency, &c. (incompetence) 158; unskillfulness &c. 699; disservice; unfruitfulness &c. (unproductiveness).. 169; labor in vain, labor lost, labor of Sisyphus; lost trouble, lost labor; work of Penelope; sleeveless errand, wild goose chase, mere farce. tautology &c. (repetition) 104; supererogation &c. (redundancy) 641. vanitas vanitatum [Lat.], vanity, inanity, worthlessness, nugacity†; triviality &c. (unimportance) 643. caput mortuum [Lat.], waste paper, dead letter; blunt tool. litter, rubbish, junk, lumber, odds and ends, cast-off clothes; button top; shoddy; rags, orts†, trash, refuse, sweepings, scourings, offscourings†, waste, rubble, debris, detritus; stubble, leavings; broken meat; dregs &c. (dirt) 653; weeds, tares; rubbish heap, dust hole; rudera†, deads†. fruges consumere natus [Lat.] [Horace]. &c. (drone) 683 V. be useless &c. adj.; go a begging &c. (redundant) 641; fail &c. 732. seek after impossibilities, strive after impossibilities; use vain efforts, labor in vain, roll the stone of Sisyphus, beat the air, lash the waves, battre l'eau avec un baton [Fr.], donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau [Fr.], fish in the air, milk the ram, drop a bucket into an empty well, sow the sand; bay the moon; preach to the winds, speak to the winds; whistle jigs to a milestone; kick against the pricks, se battre contre des moulins [Fr.]; lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen &c. (too late) 135; hold a farthing candle to the sun; cast pearls before swine &c. (waste) 638; carry coals to Newcastle &c. (redundancy) 641; wash a blackamoor white &c. (impossible) 471. render useless &c. adj.; dismantle, dismast, dismount, disqualify, disable; unrig; cripple, lame &c. (injure) 659; spike guns, clip the wings; put out of gear. Adj. useless, inutile, inefficacious, futile, unavailing, bootless; inoperative &c. 158; inadequate &c. (insufficient) 640; inservient†, unsubservient; inept, inefficient &c. (impotent) 158; of no avail &c. (use) 644; ineffectual &c. (failure) 732; incompetent &c. (unskillful) 699; stale, flat and unprofitable;" superfluous &c. (redundant) 641; dispensable; thrown away &c. (wasted) 638; abortive &c. (immature) 674. worthless, valueless, priceless; unsalable; not worth a straw &c. (trifling) 643, dear at any price. vain, empty, inane; gainless†, profitless, fruitless; unserviceable, unprofitable; ill-spent; unproductive &c. 169; hors de combat [Fr.]; effete, past work &c. (impaired) 659; obsolete &c. (old) 124; fit for the dust hole; good for nothing; of no earthly use; not worth having, not worth powder and shot; leading to no end, uncalled for; unnecessary, unneeded. Adv. uselessly &c. adj.; to little purpose, to no purpose, to little or no purpose. Int. cui bono [Lat.];? what's the good!, Phr. actum ne agas [Lat.]; chercher une aiguille dans une botte de chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin [Fr.]; tanto buon che val niente [It]. |
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#646. [Specific subservience.] Expedience — N. expedience, expediency; desirableness, desirability &c. adj.; fitness &c. (agreement) 23; utility &c. 644; propriety; opportunism; advantage. high time &c. (occasion) 134. V. be expedient &c. adj.; suit &c. (agree) 23; befit; suit the time, befit the time, suit the season, befit the season, suit the occasion, befit the occasion. conform &c. 82. Adj. expedient; desirable, advisable, acceptable; convenient; worth while, meet; fit, fitting; due, proper, eligible, seemly, becoming; befitting &c. v.; opportune &c. (in season) 134; in loco; suitable &c. (accordant) 23; applicable &c. (useful) 644. Adv. in the right place; conveniently &c. adj.. Phr. operae pretium est [Lat.]. |
#647. Inexpedience — N. inexpedience, inexpediency; undesirableness, undesirability &c. adj.; discommodity†, impropriety; unfitness &c. (disagreement) 24; inutility &c. 645; disadvantage. V. be inexpedient &c. adj.; come amiss &c. (disagree) 24; embarrass &c. (hinder) 706; put to inconvenience; pay too dear for one's whistle. Adj. inexpedient, undesirable; unadvisable, inadvisable; objectionable; inapt, ineligible, inadmissible, inconvenient; incommodious, discommodious†; disadvantageous; inappropriate, unfit &c. (inconsonant) 24. ill-contrived, ill-advised; unsatisfactory; unprofitable &c.; unsubservient &c. (useless) 645; inopportune &c. (unseasonable) 135; out of place, in the wrong place; improper, unseemly. clumsy, awkward; cumbrous, cumbersome; lumbering, unwieldy, hulky†; unmanageable &c. (impracticable) 704; impedient &c. (in the way) 706†. unnecessary &c. (redundant) 641. Phr. it will never do. |
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#648. [Capability of producing good. Good qualities.] Goodness — N. goodness &c. adj.; excellence, merit; virtue &c. 944; value, worth, price. super-excellence, supereminence; superiority &c. 33; perfection &c. 650; coup de maitre [Fr.]; masterpiece, chef d'ouvre [Fr.], prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A 1, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, cock of the roost, salt of the earth; champion; prodigy. tidbit; gem, gem of the first water; bijou, precious stone, jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure; good thing; rara avis [Lat.], one in a thousand. beneficence &c. 906; good man &c. 948. V. be beneficial &c. adj.; produce good, do good &c. 618; profit &c. (be of use) 644; benefit; confer a benefit &c. 618. be the making of, do a world of good, make a man of. produce a good effect; do a good turn, confer an obligation; improve &c. 658. do no harm, break no bones. be good &c. adj.; excel, transcend &c. (be superior) 33; bear away the bell. stand the proof, stand the test; pass muster, pass an examination. challenge comparison, vie, emulate, rival. Adj. harmless, hurtless†; unobnoxious†, innocuous, innocent, inoffensive. beneficial, valuable, of value; serviceable &c. (useful) 644; advantageous, edifying, profitable; salutary &c. (healthful) 656. favorable; propitious &c. (hope-giving) 858; fair. good, good as gold; excellent; better; superior &c. 33; above par; nice, fine; genuine &c. (true) 494. best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless; unparagoned†, unparalleled &c. (supreme) 33; superlatively &c. 33; good; bully [Slang], crackajack [Slang], giltedged; superfine, superexcellent†; of the first water; first-rate, first-class; high-wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal; standard &c. (perfect) 650; inimitable. admirable, estimable; praiseworthy &c. (approve) 931; pleasing &c. 829; couleur de rose [Fr.], precious, of great price; costly &c. (dear) 814; worth its weight in gold, worth a Jew's eye; priceless, invaluable, inestimable, precious as the apple of the eye. tolerable &c. (not very good) 651; up to the mark, unexceptionable, unobjectionable; satisfactory, tidy. in good condition, in fair condition; fresh; sound &c. (perfect) 650. Adv. beneficially &c. adj.; well &c. 618. Phr. Jewels five words long" [Tennyson]; long may such goodness live! " [Rogers]; the luxury of doing good" [Goldsmith]. |
#649. [Capability of producing evil. Bad qualities.] Badness — N. hurtfulness &c. adj.; virulence. evil doer &c. 913; bane &c. 663; plague spot &c. (insalubrity) 657; evil star, ill wind; hoodoo; Jonah; snake in the grass, skeleton in the closet; amari aliquid [Lat.], thorn in the side. malignity; malevolence &c. 907; tender mercies [Iron.]. ill-treatment, annoyance, molestation, abuse, oppression, persecution, outrage; misusage &c. 679; injury &c. (damage) 659; knockout drops [U.S.]. badness &c. adj.; peccancy†, abomination; painfulness &c. 830; pestilence &c. (disease) 655; guilt &c. 947; depravity &c. 945. V. be hurtful &c. adj.; cause evil, produce evil, inflict evil, work evil, do evil &c. 619; damnify†, endamage†, hurt, harm; injure &c. (damage) 659; pain &c. 830. wrong, aggrieve, oppress, persecute; trample upon, tread upon, bear hard upon, put upon; overburden; weigh down, weigh heavy on; victimize; run down; molest &c. 830. maltreat, abuse; ill-use, ill-treat; buffet, bruise, scratch, maul; smite &c. (scourge) 972; do violence, do harm, do a mischief; stab, pierce, outrage. do mischief, make mischief; bring into trouble. destroy &c. 162. Adj. hurtful, harmful, scathful†, baneful, baleful; injurious, deleterious, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, mischievous, full of mischief, mischief-making, malefic, malignant, nocuous, noisome; prejudicial; disserviceable†, disadvantageous; wide-wasting. unlucky, sinister; obnoxious; untoward, disastrous. oppressive, burdensome, onerous; malign &c. (malevolent) 907. corrupting &c. (corrupt) &c. 659; virulent, venomous, envenomed, corrosive; poisonous &c. (morbific) 657†; deadly &c. (killing) 361; destructive &c. (destroying) 162; inauspicious &c. 859. bad, ill, arrant, as bad as bad can be, dreadful; horrid, horrible; dire; rank, peccant, foul, fulsome; rotten, rotten at the core. vile, base, villainous; mean &c. (paltry) 643; injured &c.; deteriorated &c. 659; unsatisfactory, exceptionable indifferent; below par &c. (imperfect) 651; illcontrived, ill-conditioned; wretched, sad, grievous, deplorable, lamentable; pitiful, pitiable, woeful &c. (painful) 830. evil, wrong; depraved &c. 945; shocking; reprehensible &c. (disapprove) 932. hateful, hateful as a toad; abominable, detestable, execrable, cursed, accursed, confounded; damned, damnable; infernal; diabolic &c. (malevolent) 907. unadvisable &c. (inexpedient) 647; unprofitable &c. (useless) 645; incompetent &c. (unskillful) 699; irremediable &c. (hopeless) 859. Adv. badly &c. adj.; wrong, ill; to one's cost; where the shoe pinches. Phr. bad is the best: the worst come to the worst; herba mala presto cresco [Lat.]; wrongs unredressed or insults unavenged" [Wordsworth]. |
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#650. Perfection — N. perfection; perfectness &c. adj.; indefectibility†; impeccancy†, impeccability. pink, beau ideal, phenix, paragon; pink of perfection, acme of perfection; ne plus ultra [Lat.]; summit &c. 210. cygne noir [Fr.]; philosopher's stone; chrysolite, Koh-i-noor. model, standard, pattern, mirror, admirable Crichton; trump, very prince of. masterpiece, superexcellence &c. (goodness) 648†; transcendence &c. (superiority) 33. V. be perfect &c. adj.; transcend &c. (be supreme) 33. bring to perfection, perfect, ripen, mature; complete &c. 729; put in trim &c. (prepare) 673; maturate. Adj. perfect, faultless; indefective†, indeficient†, indefectible; immaculate, spotless, impeccable; free from imperfection &c. 651; unblemished, uninjured &c. 659; sound, sound as a roach; in perfect condition; scathless†, intact, harmless; seaworthy &c. (safe) 644; right as a trivet; in seipso totus teres atque rotundus [Lat.] [Horace]; consummate &c. (complete) 52; finished &c. 729. best &c. (good) 648; model, standard; inimitable, unparagoned†, unparalleled &c. (supreme) 33; superhuman, divine; beyond all praise &c. (approbation) 931; sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.]. Adv. to perfection; perfectly &c. adj.; ad unguem [Lat.]; clean, clean as a whistle. Phr. let us go on unto perfection" [Hebrews vi, 1]; the perfection of art is to conceal art" [Quintilian]. |
#651. Imperfection — N. imperfection; imperfectness &c. adj.; deficiency; inadequacy &c. (insufficiency) 640; peccancy &c. (badness) 649†; immaturity &c. 674. fault, defect, weak point; screw loose; flaw &c. (break) 70; gap &c. 198; twist &c. 243; taint, attainder; bar sinister, hole in one's coat; blemish &c. 848; weakness &c. 160; half blood; shortcoming &c. 304; drawback; seamy side. mediocrity; no great shakes, no great catch; not much to boast of; one-horse shay. V. be imperfect &c. adj.; have a defect &c. n.; lie under a disadvantage; spring a leak. not pass muster, barely pass muster; fall short &c. 304. Adj. imperfect; not perfect &c. 650; deficient, defective; faulty, unsound, tainted; out of order, out of tune; cracked, leaky; sprung; warped &c. (distort) 243; lame; injured &c. (deteriorated) 659; peccant &c. (bad) 649; frail &c. (weak) 160; inadequate &c. (insufficient) 640; crude &c. (unprepared) 674; incomplete &c. 53; found wanting; below par; short-handed; below its full strength, under its full strength, below its full complement. indifferent, middling, ordinary, mediocre; average &c. 29; so-so; coucicouci, milk and water; tolerable, fair, passable; pretty well, pretty good; rather good, moderately good; good; good enough, well enough, adequate; decent; not bad, not amiss; inobjectionable†, unobjectionable, admissible, bearable, only better than nothing. secondary, inferior; second-rate, second-best; one-horse [U.S.]. Adv. almost &c.; to a limited extent, rather &c. 32; pretty, moderately, passing; only, considering, all things considered, enough. Phr. surgit amari aliquid [Lat.]. |
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#652. Cleanness — N. cleanness, cleanliness &c. adj.; purity; cleaning &c. v.; purification, defecation &c. v.; purgation, lustration†; detersion†, abstersion†; epuration†, mundation†; ablution, lavation†, colature†; disinfection &c. v.; drainage, sewerage. lavatory, laundry, washhouse†; washerwoman, laundress, dhobi†, laundryman, washerman†; scavenger, dustman†, sweep; white wings brush [U.S.]; broom, besom†, mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter; blotter. napkin, cloth, maukin†, malkin†, handkerchief, towel, sudary†; doyley†, doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab. cover, drugget†. wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative; purifier &c. v.; disinfectant; aperient†; benzene, benzine benzol, benolin†; bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent†, laxative. V. be clean, render clean &c. adj.; clean, cleanse; mundify†, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up. wash, lave, launder, buck; absterge†, deterge†; decrassify†; clear, purify; depurate†, despumate†, defecate; purge, expurgate, elutriate [Chem], lixiviate†, edulcorate†, clarify, refine, rack; filter, filtrate; drain, strain. disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize; whitewash; castrate, emasculate. sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep. rout out, clear out, sweep out &c.; make a clean sweep of. Adj. clean, cleanly; pure; immaculate; spotless, stainless, taintless; trig; without a stain, unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied, untainted, uninfected; sweet, sweet as a nut. neat, spruce, tidy, trim, gimp, clean as a new penny, like a cat in pattens; cleaned &c. v.; kempt†. abstergent†, cathartic, cleansing, purifying. Adv. neatly &c. adj.; clean as a whistle. |
#653. Uncleanness — N. uncleanness &c. adj.; impurity; immundity†, immundicity†; impurity &c. 961 [of mind]. defilement, contamination &c. v.; defoedation†; soilure†, soiliness†; abomination; leaven; taint, tainture†; fetor &c. 401†. decay; putrescence, putrefaction; corruption; mold, must, mildew, dry rot, mucor, rubigo†. slovenry†; slovenliness &c. adj.; squalor. dowdy, drab, slut, malkin†, slattern, sloven, slammerkin†, slammock†, slummock†, scrub, draggle-tail, mudlark†, dust-man, sweep; beast. dirt, filth, soil, slop; dust, cobweb, flue; smoke, soot, smudge, smut, grit, grime, raff†; sossle†, sozzle†. sordes†, dregs, grounds, lees; argol†; sediment, settlement heeltap†; dross, drossiness†; mother†, precipitate, scoriae, ashes, cinders. recrement†, slag; scum, froth. hogwash; ditchwater†, dishwater, bilgewater†; rinsings, cheeseparings; sweepings &c. (useless refuse) 645; offscourings†, outscourings†; off scum; caput mortuum [Lat.], residuum, sprue, fecula [Lat.], clinker, draff†; scurf, scurfiness†; exuviae [Lat.], morphea; fur, furfur†; dandruff, tartar. riffraff; vermin, louse, flea, bug, chinch†. mud, mire, quagmire, alluvium, silt, sludge, slime, slush, slosh, sposh [U.S.]. spawn, offal, gurry [U.S.]; lientery†; garbage, carrion; excreta &c. 299; slough, peccant humor, pus, matter, suppuration, lienteria†; faeces, feces, excrement, ordure, dung, crap [Vulg.], shit [Vulg.]; sewage, sewerage; muck; coprolite; guano, manure, compost. dunghill, colluvies†, mixen†, midden, bog, laystall†, sink, privy, jakes; toilet, john, head; cess†, cesspool; sump, sough, cloaca, latrines, drain, sewer, common sewer; Cloacina; dust hole. sty, pigsty, lair, den, Augean stable†, sink of corruption; slum, rookery. V. be unclean, become unclean &c. adj.; rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek; stink &c. 401; mold, molder; go bad &c. adj.. render unclean &c. adj.; dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch†, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease†; dabble, drabble†, draggle, daggle†; spatter, slubber; besmear &c., bemire, beslime†, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain†, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt &c. (injure) 659; cover with dust &c. n.; drabble in the mud†; roil. wallow in the mire; slobber, slabber†. Adj. dirty, filthy, grimy; unclean, impure; soiled &c. v.; not to be handled with kid gloves; dusty, snuffy†, smutty, sooty, smoky; thick, turbid, dreggy; slimy; mussy [U.S.]. slovenly, untidy, messy, uncleanly. [of people] unkempt, sluttish, dowdy, draggle-tailed; uncombed. unscoured†, unswept†, unwiped†, unwashed, unstrained, unpurified†; squalid; lutose†, slammocky†, slummocky†, sozzly†. nasty, coarse, foul, offensive, abominable, beastly, reeky, reechy†; fetid &c. 401. [of rotting living matter] decayed, moldy, musty, mildewed, rusty, moth-eaten, mucid†, rancid, weak, bad, gone bad, etercoral†, lentiginous†, touched, fusty, effete, reasty†, rotten, corrupt, tainted, high, flyblown, maggoty; putrid, putrefactive, putrescent, putrefied; saprogenic, saprogenous†; purulent, carious, peccant; fecal, feculent; stercoraceous†, excrementitious†; scurfy, scurvy, impetiginous†; gory, bloody; rotting &c. v.; rotten as a pear, rotten as cheese. crapulous &c. (intemperate) 954†; gross &c. (impure in mind) 961; fimetarious†, fimicolous†. Phr. they that touch pitch will be defiled" [Much Ado About Nothing]. |
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#654. Health — N. health, sanity; soundness &c. adj.; vigor; good health, perfect health, excellent health, rude health, robust health; bloom. mens sana in corpore sano [Lat.]; Hygeia†; incorruption, incorruptibility; good state of health, clean bill of health; eupepsia†; euphoria, euphory†; St. Anthony's fire†. V. be in health &c. adj.. bloom, flourish. keep body and soul together, keep on one's legs; enjoy good health, enjoy a good state of health; have a clean bill of health. return to health; recover &c. 660; get better &c. (improve) 658; take a new lease of life, fresh lease of life; recruit; restore to health; cure &c. (restore) 660; tinker. Adj. healthy, healthful; in health &c. n.; well, sound, hearty, hale, fresh, green, whole; florid, flush, hardy, stanch, staunch, brave, robust, vigorous, weatherproof. unscathed, uninjured, unmaimed†, unmarred, untainted; sound of wind and limb, safe and sound. on one's legs; sound as a roach, sound as a bell; fresh as a daisy, fresh as a rose, fresh as April†; hearty as a buck; in fine feather, in high feather; in good case, in full bloom; pretty bobbish†, tolerably well, as well as can be expected. sanitary &c. (health-giving) 656; sanatory &c. (remedial) 662†. Phr. health that snuffs the morning air" [Grainger]; non est vivere sed valere vita [Lat.] [Martial]. |
#655. Disease — N. disease; illness, sickness &c. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity†; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; complaint, disorder, malady; distemper, distemperature†. visitation, attack, seizure, stroke, fit. delicacy, loss of health, invalidation, cachexy†; cachexia [Med.], atrophy, marasmus†; indigestion, dyspepsia; decay &c. (deterioration) 659; decline, consumption, palsy, paralysis, prostration. taint, pollution, infection, sepsis, septicity†, infestation; epidemic, pandemic, endemic, epizootic; murrain, plague, pestilence, pox. sore, ulcer, abscess, fester, boil; pimple, wen &c. (swelling) 250; carbuncle, gathering, imposthume†, peccant humor, issue; rot, canker, cold sore, fever sore; cancer, carcinoma, leukemia, neoplastic disease, malignancy, tumor; caries, mortification, corruption, gangrene, sphacelus†, sphacelation†, leprosy; eruption, rash, breaking out. fever, temperature, calenture†; inflammation. ague, angina pectoris [Lat.], appendicitis; Asiatic cholera†, spasmodic cholera; biliary calculus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagia†, blennorrhoea†; blood poisoning, bloodstroke†, bloody flux, brash; breakbone fever†, dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy [Med.]; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis; bronchocele [Med.], canker rash, cardialgia [Med.], carditis [Med.], endocarditis [Med.]; cholera, asphyxia; chlorosis, chorea, cynanche†, dartre [Fr.]; enanthem†, enanthema†; erysipelas; exanthem†, exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps†, polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis†, pneumonia, psora†, pyaemia†, pyrosis [Med.], quinsy, rachitis†, ringworm, rubeola, St. Vitus's dance, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, scrofula, seasickness, struma†, syntexis†, tetanus, tetter†, tonsillitis, tonsilitis†, tracheocele [Med.], trachoma, trismus [Med.], varicella [Med.], varicosis [Med.], variola [Med.], water qualm, whooping cough; yellow fever, yellow jack. fatal disease &c. (hopeless) 859; dangerous illness, galloping consumption, churchyard cough; general breaking up, break up of the system. [Disease of mind] idiocy &c. 499; insanity &c. 503. martyr to disease; cripple; the halt the lame and the blind;" valetudinary†, valetudinarian; invalid, patient, case; sickroom, sick-chamber. [Science of disease] pathology, etiology, nosology†. [Veterinary] anthrax, bighead; blackleg, blackquarter†; cattle plague, glanders†, mange, scrapie, milk sickness; heartworm, feline leukemia, roundworms; quarter-evil, quarter-ill; rinderpest. [disease-causing agents] virus, bacterium, bacteria. [types of viruses] DNA virus; RNA virus. [RNA viruses] rhinovirus; rhabdovirus; picornavirus. [DNA viruses] herpesvirus; cytomegalovirus, CMV; human immunodefficiency virus, HIV. V. be ill &c. adj.; ail, suffer, labor under, be affected with, complain of, have; droop, flag, languish, halt; sicken, peak, pine; gasp. keep one's bed; feign sickness &c. (falsehood) 544. lay by, lay up; take a disease, catch a disease &c. n., catch an infection; break out. Adj. diseased; ailing &c. v.; ill, ill of; taken ill, seized with; indisposed, unwell, sick, squeamish, poorly, seedy; affected with illness, afflicted with illness; laid up, confined, bedridden, invalided, in hospital, on the sick list; out of health, out of sorts; under the weather [U.S.]; valetudinary†. unsound, unhealthy; sickly, morbid, morbose†, healthless†, infirm, chlorotic [Med.], unbraced†. drooping, flagging, lame, crippled, halting. morbid, tainted, vitiated, peccant, contaminated, poisoned, tabid†, mangy, leprous, cankered; rotten, rotten to the core, rotten at the core; withered, palsied, paralytic; dyspeptic; luetic†, pneumonic, pulmonic [Med.], phthisic†, rachitic; syntectic†, syntectical†; tabetic†, varicose. touched in the wind, broken-winded, spavined, gasping; hors de combat &c. (useless) 645 [Fr.]. weakly, weakened &c. (weak) 160; decrepit; decayed &c. (deteriorated) 659; incurable &c. (hopeless) 859; in declining health; cranky; in a bad way, in danger, prostrate; moribund &c. (death) 360. morbific &c. 657†; epidemic, endemic; zymotic†. |
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#656. Salubrity — N. salubrity; healthiness &c. adj.. fine air, fine climate; eudiometer†. [Preservation of health] hygiene; valetudinarian, valetudinarianism; sanitarian; sanitarium, sanitOrium. V. be salubrious &c. adj.; agree with; assimilate &c. 23. Adj. salubrious, salutary, salutiferous†; wholesome; healthy, healthful; sanitary, prophYlactic, benign, bracing, tonic, invigorating, good for, nutritious; hygeian†, hygienic. innoxious†, innocuous, innocent; harmless, uninjurious, uninfectious. sanative &c. (remedial) 662; restorative &c. (reinstate) 660; useful &c. 644. |
#657. Insalubrity — N. insalubrity; unhealthiness &c. adj.; nonnaturals†; plague spot; malaria &c. (poison) 663; death in the pot, contagion; toxicity. Adj. insalubrious; unhealthy, unwholesome; noxious, noisome; morbific†, morbiferous†; mephitic, septic, azotic†, deleterious; pestilent, pestiferous, pestilential; virulent, venomous, envenomed; poisonous, toxic, toxiferous†, teratogenic; narcotic. contagious, infectious, catching, taking, epidemic, zymotic†; epizootic. innutritious†, indigestible, ungenial; uncongenial &c. (disagreeing) 24. deadly &c. (killing) 361. |
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#658. Improvement — N. improvement; amelioration, melioration; betterment; mend, amendment, emendation; mending &c. v.; advancement; advance &c. (progress) 282; ascent &c. 305; promotion, preferment; elevation &c. 307; increase &c. 35; cultivation, civilization; culture, march of intellect; menticulture†; race-culture, eugenics. reform, reformation; revision, radical reform; second thoughts, correction, limoe labor [Lat.], refinement, elaboration; purification &c. 652; oxidation; repair &c. (restoration) 660; recovery &c. 660. revise, new edition. reformer, radical. V. improve; be better, become better, get better; mend, amend. advance &c. (progress) 282; ascend &c. 305; increase &c. 35; fructify, ripen, mature; pick up, come about, rally, take a favorable turn; turn over a new leaf, turn the corner; raise one's head, sow one's wild oats; recover &c. 660. be better &c. adj., be improved by; turn to right account, turn to good account, turn to best account; profit by, reap the benefit of; make good use of, make capital out of; place to good account. render better, improve, mend, amend, better; ameliorate, meliorate; correct; decrassify†. improve upon, refine upon; rectify; enrich, mellow, elaborate, fatten. promote, cultivate, advance, forward, enhance; bring forward, bring on; foster &c. 707; invigorate &c. (strengthen) 159. touch up, rub up, brush up, furbish up, bolster up, vamp up, brighten up, warm up; polish, cook, make the most of, set off to advantage; prune; repair &c. (restore) 660; put in order &c. (arrange) 60. review, revise; make corrections, make improvements &c. n.; doctor &c. (remedy) 662; purify, &c. 652. relieve, refresh, infuse new blood into, recruit. reform, remodel, reorganize; new model. view in a new light, think better of, appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober. palliate, mitigate; lessen an evil &c. 36. Adj. improving &c. v.; progressive, improved &c. v.; better, better off, better for; all the better for; better advised. reformatory, emendatory†; reparatory &c. (restorative) 660†; remedial &c. 662. corrigible, improvable; accultural†. Adv. on consideration, on reconsideration, on second thoughts, on better advice; ad melius inquirendum [Lat.]. Phr. urbent latericiam invenit marmoream reliquit [Lat.]. |
#659. Deterioration — N. deterioration, debasement; wane, ebb; recession &c. 287; retrogradation &c. 283†; decrease &c. 36. degeneracy, degeneration, degenerateness; degradation; depravation, depravement; devolution; depravity &c. 945; demoralization, retrogression; masochism. impairment, inquination†, injury, damage, loss, detriment, delaceration†, outrage, havoc, inroad, ravage, scath†; perversion, prostitution, vitiation, discoloration, oxidation, pollution, defoedation†, poisoning, venenation†, leaven, contamination, canker, corruption, adulteration, alloy. decline, declension, declination; decadence, decadency†; falling off &c. v.; caducity†, decrepitude. decay, dilapidation, ravages of time, wear and tear; corrosion, erosion; moldiness, rottenness; moth and rust, dry rot, blight, marasmus†, atrophy, collapse; disorganization; delabrement &c. (destruction). 162; aphid, Aphis, plant louse, puceron†; vinefretter†, vinegrub†. wreck, mere wreck, honeycomb, magni nominis umbra [Lat.]; jade, plug, rackabones [U.S.], skate [U.S.]; tackey†, tacky [U.S.]. V. be worse, be deteriorated, become worse, become deteriorated &c. Adj.; have seen better days, deteriorate, degenerate, fall off; wane &c. (decrease) 36; ebb; retrograde &c. 283, decline, droop; go down &c. (sink) 306; go downhill, go from bad to worse, go farther and fare worse; jump out of the frying pan into the fire. run to seed, go to seed, run to waste swale†, sweal†; lapse, be the worse for; sphacelate: break†, break down; spring a leak, crack, start; shrivel &c. (contract) 195; fade, go off, wither, molder, rot, rankle, decay, go bad; go to decay, fall into decay; fall into the sear and yellow leaf," rust, crumble, shake; totter, totter to its fall; perish &c. 162; die &c. 360. [Render less good] deteriorate; weaken &c. 160; put back, set back; taint, infect, contaminate, poison, empoison†, envenom, canker, corrupt, exulcerate†, pollute, vitiate, inquinate†; debase, embase†; denaturalize, denature, leaven; deflower, debauch, defile, deprave, degrade; ulcerate; stain &c. (dirt) 653; discolor; alloy, adulterate, sophisticate, tamper with, prejudice. pervert, prostitute, demoralize, brutalize; render vicious &c. 945. embitter, acerbate, exacerbate, aggravate. injure, impair, labefy†, damage, harm, hurt, shend†, scath†, scathe, spoil, mar, despoil, dilapidate, waste; overrun; ravage; pillage &c. 791. wound, stab, pierce, maim, lame, surbate†, cripple, hough†, hamstring, hit between wind and water, scotch, mangle, mutilate, disfigure, blemish, deface, warp. blight, rot; corrode, erode; wear away, wear out; gnaw, gnaw at the root of; sap, mine, undermine, shake, sap the foundations of, break up; disorganize, dismantle, dismast; destroy &c. 162. damnify &c. (aggrieve) 649†; do one's worst; knock down; deal a blow to; play havoc with, play sad havoc with, play the mischief with, play the deuce with, play the very devil with, play havoc among, play sad havoc among, play the mischief among, play the deuce among, play the very devil among; decimate. Adj. unimproved &c. (improve) &c. 658; deteriorated &c. v.; altered, altered for the worse; injured &c. v.; sprung; withering, spoiling &c. v.; on the wane, on the decline; tabid†; degenerate; marescent†; worse; the worse for, all the worse for; out of repair, out of tune; imperfect &c. 651; the worse for wear; battered; weathered, weather-beaten; stale, passe, shaken, dilapidated, frayed, faded, wilted, shabby, secondhand, threadbare; worn, worn to a thread, worn to a shadow, worn to the stump, worn to rags; reduced, reduced to a skeleton; far gone; tacky [U.S.]. decayed &c. v.; moth-eaten, worm-eaten; mildewed, rusty, moldy, spotted, seedy, time-worn, moss-grown; discolored; effete, wasted, crumbling, moldering, rotten, cankered, blighted, tainted; depraved &c. (vicious) 945; decrepid†, decrepit; broke, busted, broken, out of commission, hors de combat [Fr.], out of action, broken down; done, done for, done up; worn out, used up, finished; beyond saving, fit for the dust hole, fit for the wastepaper basket, past work &c. (useless) 645. at a low ebb, in a bad way, on one's last legs; undermined, deciduous; nodding to its fall &c. (destruction) 162; tottering &c. (dangerous) 665; past cure &c. (hopeless) 859; fatigued &c. 688; retrograde &c. (retrogressive) 283; deleterious &c. 649. Phr. out of the frying pan into the fire; agrescit medendo [Lat.]; what a falling off was there! " [Hamlet]. |
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#660. Restoration — N. restoration, restoral; reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction; reproduction &c. 163; renovation, renewal; revival, revivessence†, reviviscence†; refreshment &c. 689; resuscitation, reanimation, revivification, reviction†; Phenix; reorganization. renaissance, second youth, rejuvenescence†, new birth; regeneration, regeneracy†, regenerateness†; palingenesis†, reconversion. redress, retrieval, reclamation, recovery; convalescence; resumption, resumption; sanativeness†. recurrence &c. (repetition) 104; rechauffe [Fr.], rifacimento [It]. cure, recure†, sanation†; healing &c. v.; redintegration†; rectification; instauration†. repair, reparation, remanufacture; recruiting &c. v.; cicatrization; disinfection; tinkering. reaction; redemption &c. (deliverance) 672; restitution &c. 790; relief &c. 834. tinker, cobbler; vis medicatrix &c. (remedy) 662†. curableness. V. return to the original state; recover, rally, revive; come come to, come round, come to oneself; pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again; get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about; rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave; survive &c. (outlive) 110; resume, reappear; come to, come to life again; live again, rise again. heal, skin over, cicatrize; right itself. restore, put back, place in statu quo [Lat.]; reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate†, reinstall. reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute; reconvert; renew, renovate; regenerate; rejuvenate. redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve; rescue &c. (deliver) 672. redress, recure†; cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate; break of; bring round, set on one's legs. resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life; reproduce &c. 163; warm up; reinvigorate, refresh &c. 689. make whole, redintegrate†; recoup &c. 790; make good, make all square; rectify, correct; put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight; set up; put in order &c. (arrange) 60; refit, recruit; fill up, fill up the ranks; reinforce. repair; put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair; retouch, refashion, botch†, vamp, tinker, cobble; do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up; darn, finedraw†, heelpiece†; stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds. Adj. restored &c. v.; redivivus [Lat.], convalescent; in a fair way; none the worse; rejuvenated. restoring &c. v.; restorative, recuperative; sanative, reparative, sanatory†, reparatory†; curative, remedial. restorable, recoverable, sanable†, remediable, retrievable, curable. Adv. in statu quo [Lat.]; as you were. phr.. revenons a nos moutons [Fr.]; medecin [Fr.], gueris-toi toi-meme [Fr.]; vestigia nulla retrorsum [Lat.] [Horace]. |
#661. Relapse — N. relapse, lapse; falling back &c. v.; retrogradation &c. (retrogression) 283†; deterioration &c. 659. [Return to, or recurrence of a bad state] backsliding, recidivation†; recidivism, recidivity†; recrudescence. V. relapse, lapse; fall back, slide back, sink back; return; retrograde &c. 283; recidivate; fall off again &c. 659. |
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#662. Remedy — N. remedy, help, cure, redress; medicine, medicament; diagnosis, medical examination; medical treatment; surgery; preventive medicine. [medical devices] clinical thermometer, stethoscope, X-ray machine. anthelmintic [Med.]; antidote, antifebrile [Med.], antipoison†, counterpoison†, antitoxin, antispasmodic; bracer, faith cure, placebo; helminthagogue†, lithagogue†, pick-meup, stimulant, tonic; vermifuge, prophylactic, corrective, restorative; sedative &c. 174; palliative; febrifuge; alterant†, alterative; specific; antiseptic, emetic, analgesic, pain-killer, antitussive [Med.], antiinflammatory [Med.], antibiotic, antiviral [Med.], antifungal [Med.], carminative; Nepenthe, Mithridate. cure, treatment, regimen; radical cure, perfect cure, certain cure; sovereign remedy. examination, diagnosis, diagnostics; analysis, urinalysis, biopsy, radiology. medicine, physic, Galenicals†, simples, drug, pharmaceutical, prescription, potion, draught, dose, pill, bolus, injection, infusion, drip, suppository, electuary†; linctus†, lincture†; medicament; pharmacon†. nostrum, receipt, recipe, prescription; catholicon†, panacea, elixir, elixir vitae, philosopher's stone; balm, balsam, cordial, theriac†, ptisan†. agueweed†, arnica, benzoin, bitartrate of potash, boneset†, calomel, catnip, cinchona, cream of tartar, Epsom salts [Chem]; feverroot†, feverwort; friar's balsam, Indian sage; ipecac, ipecacuanha; jonquil, mercurous chloride, Peruvian bark; quinine, quinquina†; sassafras, yarrow. salve, ointment, cerate, oil, lenitive, lotion, cosmetic; plaster; epithem†, embrocation†, liniment, cataplasm†, sinapism†, arquebusade†, traumatic, vulnerary, pepastic†, poultice, collyrium†, depilatory; emplastrum†; eyewater†, vesicant, vesicatory [Med.]. compress, pledget†; bandage &c. (support) 215. treatment, medical treatment, regimen; dietary, dietetics; vis medicatrix†, vis medicatrix naturae [Lat.]; medecine expectante [Fr.]; bloodletting, bleeding, venesection [Med.], phlebotomy, cupping, sanguisae, leeches; operation, surgical operation; transfusion, infusion, intravenous infusion, catheter, feeding tube; prevention, preventative medicine, immunization, inoculation, vaccination, vaccine, shot, booster, gamma globulin. pharmacy, pharmacology, pharmaceutics; pharmacopoeia, formulary; acology†, Materia Medica [Lat.], therapeutics, posology†; homeopathy, allopathy†, heteropathy [Med.], osteopathy, hydropathy [Med.]; cold water cure; dietetics; surgery, chirurgery [Med.], chirurgy†; healing art, leechcraft†; orthopedics, orthopedy†, orthopraxy†; pediatrics; dentistry, midwifery, obstetrics, gynecology; tocology†; sarcology†. hospital, infirmary; pesthouse†, lazarhouse†; lazaretto; lock hospital; maison de sante [Fr.]; ambulance. dispensary; dispensatory†, drug store, pharmacy, apothecary, druggist, chemist. Hotel des Invalides; sanatorium, spa, pump room, well; hospice; Red Cross. doctor, physician, surgeon; medical practitioner, general practitioner, specialist; medical attendant, apothecary, druggist; leech; osteopath, osteopathist†; optometrist, ophthalmologist; internist, oncologist, gastroenterologist; epidemiologist [Med.], public health specialist; dermatologist; podiatrist; witch doctor, shaman, faith healer, quack, exorcist; Aesculapius†, Hippocrates, Galen; accoucheur [Fr.], accoucheuse [Fr.], midwife, oculist, aurist†; operator; nurse, registered nurse, practical nurse, monthly nurse, sister; nurse's aide, candystriper; dresser; bonesetter; pharmaceutist†, pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pharmacopolist†. V. apply a remedy &c. n.; doctor, dose, physic, nurse, minister to, attend, dress the wounds, plaster; drain; prevent &c. 706; relieve &c. 834; palliate &c. 658; restore &c. 660; drench with physic; bleed, cup, let blood; manicure. operate, excise, cut out; incise. Adj. remedial; restorative &c. 660; corrective, palliative, healing; sanatory†, sanative; prophylactic, preventative, immunizing; salutiferous &c. (salutary) 656†; medical, medicinal; therapeutic, chirurgical [Med.], epulotic†, paregoric, tonic, corroborant, analeptic†, balsamic, anodyne, hypnotic, neurotic, narcotic, sedative, lenitive, demulcent†, emollient; depuratory†; detersive†, detergent; abstersive†, disinfectant, febrifugal†, alterative; traumatic, vulnerary. allopathic†, heteropathic†, homeopathic, hydropathic [Med.]; anthelmintic [Med.]; antifebrile [Med.], antiluetic†; aperient†, chalybeate†, deobstruent†, depurative†, laxative, roborant†. dietetic, alimentary; nutritious, nutritive; peptic; alexipharmic†, alexiteric†; remediable, curable. Phr.. aux grands maux les grands remedes [Fr.]; Dios que da la llaga da la medicina [Sp.]; para todo hay remedio sino para la muerte [Sp.]; temporis ars medicina fere est [Lat.] [Ovid]; the remedy is worse than the disease" [Dryden]; throw physic to the dogs, I'll none of it" [Macbeth]. |
#663. Bane — N. bane, curse; evil &c. 619; hurtfulness &c. (badness) 649†; painfulness &c. (cause of pain) 830; scourge &c. (punishment) 975; damnosa hereditas [Lat.]; white elephant. sting, fang, thorn, tang, bramble, brier, nettle. poison, toxin; teratogen; leaven, virus venom; arsenic; antimony, tartar emetic; strychnine, nicotine; miasma, miasm†, mephitis†, malaria, azote†, sewer gas; pest. [poisonous substances, examples] Albany hemp†, arsenious oxide, arsenious acid; bichloride of mercury; carbonic acid, carbonic gas; choke damp, corrosive sublimate, fire damp; hydrocyanic acid, cyanide, Prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide; marsh gas, nux vomica [Lat.], ratsbane†. [poisonous plants] hemlock, hellebore, nightshade, belladonna, henbane, aconite; banewort†, bhang, ganja†, hashish; Upas tree. [list of poisonous substances] Toxline (online). rust, worm, helminth [Med.], moth, moth and rust, fungus, mildew; dry rot; canker, cankerworm; cancer; torpedo; viper &c. (evil doer) 913; demon &c. 980. [Science of poisons] toxicology. Adj. baneful &c. (bad) 649; poisonous &c. (unwholesome) 657. phr.. bibere venenum in auro [Lat.]. |
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#664. Safety — N. safety, security, surety, impregnability; invulnerability, invulnerableness &c. adj.; danger past, danger over; storm blown over; coast clear; escape &c. 671; means of escape; blow valve, safety valve, release valve, sniffing valve; safeguard, palladium. guardianship, wardship, wardenship; tutelage, custody, safekeeping; preservation &c. 670; protection, auspices. safe-conduct, escort, convoy; guard, shield &c. (defense) 717; guardian angel; tutelary god, tutelary deity, tutelary saint; genius loci. protector, guardian; warden, warder; preserver, custodian, duenna [Sp.], chaperon, third person. watchdog, bandog†; Cerberus; watchman, patrolman, policeman; cop [Slang], dick [Slang], fuzz [Slang], smokey [Slang], peeler [Slang], zarp [Slang]; sentinel, sentry, scout &c. (warning) 668; garrison; guardship†. [Means of safety] refuge &c., anchor &c. 666; precaution &c. (preparation) 673; quarantine, cordon sanitaire [Fr.]. [Sense of security]. confidence &c. 858 V. be safe &c. adj.; keep one's head above water, tide over, save one's bacon; ride out the storm, weather the storm; light upon one's feet, land on one's feet; bear a charmed life; escape &c. 671. make safe, render safe &c. Adj.; protect; take care of &c. (care) 459; preserve &c. 670; cover, screen, shelter, shroud, flank, ward; guard &c. (defend) 717; secure &c. (restrain) 751; entrench, intrench†, fence round &c. (circumscribe) 229; house, nestle, ensconce; take charge of. escort, convoy; garrison; watch, mount guard, patrol. make assurance doubly sure &c. (caution) 864; take up a loose thread; take precautions &c. (prepare for) 673; double reef topsails. seek safety; take shelter, find shelter &c. 666. Adj. safe, secure, sure; in safety, in security; on the safe side; under the shield of, under the shade of, under the wing of, under the shadow of one's wing; under cover, under lock and key; out of danger, out of the woods, out of the meshes, out of harm's way; unharmed, unscathed; on sure ground, at anchor, high and dry, above water; unthreatened†, unmolested; protected &c. v.; cavendo tutus [Lat.]; panoplied &c. (defended) 717†. snug, seaworthy; weatherproof, waterproof, fireproof. defensible, tenable, proof against, invulnerable; unassailable, unattackable, impenetrable; impregnable, imperdible†; inexpugnable; Achillean†. safe and sound &c. (preserved) 670; scathless &c. (perfect) 650; unhazarded†; not dangerous &c. 665. unthreatening, harmless; friendly (cooperative) 709. protecting, protective &c. v.; guardian, tutelary; preservative &c. 670; trustworthy &c. 939. Adv. ex abundanti cautela [Lat.]; with impunity. Phr. all's well; salva res est [Lat.]; suave mari magno [Lat.]; a couvert [Fr.]; e terra alterius spectare laborem [Lat.] [Lucretius]; Dieu vous garde [Fr.]. |
#665. Danger — N. danger, peril, insecurity, jeopardy, risk, hazard, venture, precariousness, slipperiness; instability &c. 149; defenselessness &c. adj., exposure &c. (liability) 177; vulnerability; vulnerable point, heel of Achilles†; forlorn hope &c. (hopelessness) 859. [Dangerous course] leap in the dark &c. (rashness) 863; road to ruin, faciles descensus Averni [Lat.] [Vergil], hairbreadth escape. cause for alarm; source of danger &c. 667. rock ahead [Approach of danger], breakers ahead; storm brewing; clouds in the horizon, clouds gathering; warning &c. 668; alarm &c. 669. [Sense of danger] apprehension &c. 860. V. be in danger &c. adj.; be exposed to danger, run into danger, incur danger, encounter danger &c. n.; run a risk; lay oneself open to &c. (liability) 177; lean on a broken reed, trust to a broken reed; feel the ground sliding from under one, have to run for it; have the chances against one, have the odds against one, face long odds; be in deep trouble, be between a rock and a hard place. hang by a thread, totter; sleep on a volcano, stand on a volcano; sit on a barrel of gunpowder, live in a glass house. bring in danger, place in danger, put in danger, place in jeopardy, put in jeopardy &c. n.; endanger, expose to danger, imperil; jeopard†, jeopardize; compromise; sail too near the wind &c. (rash) 863. adventure, risk, hazard, venture, stake, set at hazard; run the gauntlet &c. (dare) 861; engage in a forlorn hope. threaten danger &c. 909; run one hard; lay a trap for &c. (deceive) 545. Adj. in danger &c. n.; endangered &c. v.; fraught with danger; dangerous, hazardous, perilous, parlous, periculous†; unsafe, unprotected &c. (safe, protect) &c. 664; insecure. untrustworthy; built upon.sand, on a sandy basis; wildcat. defenseless, fenceless, guardless†, harborless; unshielded; vulnerable, expugnable†, exposed; open to &c. (liable) 177. aux abois [Fr.], at bay; on the wrong side of the wall, on a lee shore, on the rocks. at stake, in question; precarious, critical, ticklish; slippery, slippy; hanging by a thread &c. v.; with a halter round one's neck; between the hammer and the anvil, between Scylla and Charybdis, between a rock and a hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between two fires; on the edge of a precipice, on the brink of a precipice, on the verge of a precipice, on the edge of a volcano; in the lion's den, on slippery ground, under fire; not out of the wood. unwarned, unadmonished, unadvised, unprepared &c. 674; off one's guard &c. (inexpectant) 508†. tottering; unstable, unsteady; shaky, top-heavy, tumbledown, ramshackle, crumbling, waterlogged; helpless, guideless†; in a bad way; reduced to the last extremity, at the last extremity; trembling in the balance; nodding to its fall &c. (destruction) 162. threatening &c. 909; ominous, illomened; alarming &c. (fear) 860; explosive. adventurous &c. (rash) 863, (bold) 861. Phr. incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim [Lat.]; nam tua res agitur paries dum proximus ardet [Lat.]. |
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#666. [Means of safety.] Refuge — N. refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison &c. 752; asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute; almshouse†; hiding place &c. (ambush) 530; sanctum sanctorum [Lat.] &c. (privacy) 893. roadstead, anchorage; breakwater, mole, port, haven; harbor, harbor of refuge; seaport; pier, jetty, embankment, quay. covert, cover, shelter, screen, lee wall, wing, shield, umbrella; barrier; dashboard, dasher [U.S.]. wall &c. (inclosure) 232; fort &c. (defense) 717. anchor, kedge; grapnel, grappling iron; sheet anchor, killick†; mainstay; support &c. 215; cheek &c. 706; ballast. jury mast; vent-peg; safety valve, blow-off valve; safety lamp; lightning rod, lightning conductor; safety belt, airbag, seat belt; antilock brakes, antiskid tires, snow tires. means of escape &c. (escape) 671; lifeboat, lifejacket, life buoy, swimming belt, cork jacket; parachute, plank, steppingstone; emergency landing. safeguard &c. (protection) 664. V. seek refuge, take refuge, find refuge &c. n.; seek safety, find safety &c. 664; throw oneself into the arms of; break for taller timber [U.S.]. create a diversion. Phr. any port in a storm; bibere venenum in auro [Lat.]; valet anchora virtus†. |
#667. [Source of danger.] Pitfall — N. rocks, reefs, coral reef, sunken rocks, snags; sands, quicksands; syrt†, syrtis†; Goodwin sands, sandy foundation; slippery ground; breakers, shoals, shallows, bank, shelf, flat, lee shore, ironbound coast; rock ahead, breakers ahead. precipice; maelstrom, volcano; ambush &c. 530; pitfall, trapdoor; trap &c. (snare) 545. sword of Damocles; wolf at the door, snake in the grass, death in the pot; latency &c. 526. ugly customer, dangerous person, le chat qui dort [Fr.]; firebrand, hornet's nest. Phr. latet anquis in herba [Lat.] [Vergil]; proximus ardet Ucalegon [Lat.] [Vergil]. |
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#668. Warning — N. warning, early warning, caution, caveat; notice &c. (information) 527; premonition, premonishment†; prediction &c. 511; contraindication, lesson, dehortation†; admonition, monition; alarm &c. 669. handwriting on the wall, mene mene tekel upharsin, red flag, yellow flag; fog-signal, foghorn; siren; monitor, warning voice, Cassandra†, signs of the times, Mother Cary's chickens†, stormy petrel, bird of ill omen, gathering clouds, clouds in the horizon, death watch. watchtower, beacon, signal post; lighthouse &c. (indication of locality) 550. sentinel, sentry, , watch, watchman; watch and ward; watchdog, bandog†, housedog†; patrol, patrolman, vedette†, picket, bivouac, scout, spy, spial†; undercover agent, mole, plainclothesman; advanced guard, rear guard; lookout. cautiousness &c. 864. monitor, guard camera, radar, AWACS, spy satellite, spy-in-the-sky, U2 plane, spy plane. V. warn, caution; forewarn, prewarn†; admonish, premonish†; give notice, give warning, dehort†; menace &c. (threaten) 909; put on one's guard; sound the alarm &c. 669; croak. beware, ware; take warning, take heed at one's peril; keep watch and ward &c. (care) 459. Adj. warning &c. v.; premonitory, monitory, cautionary; admonitory, admonitive†; sematic [Biol.]. warned, forewarned &c. v.; on one's guard &c. (careful) 459, (cautious) 864. Adv. in terrorem [Lat.] &c. (threat) 909. Int. beware!, ware!, take care!, look out!, fore (golf), mind what you are about!, take care what you are about!, mind!, Phr. ne reveillez pas le chat qui dort [Fr.], don't wake a sleeping cat; foenum habet in cornu [Lat.]; caveat actor; le silence du people est la legon des rois [Fr.]; verbum sat sapienti [Lat.], a word to the wise is sufficient; un averti en vaut deux [Fr.]. |
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#669. [Indication of danger.] Alarm — N. alarm; alarum, larum†, alarm bell, tocsin, alerts, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, note of alarm, hue and cry, fire cross, signal of distress; blue lights; war-cry, war-whoop; warning &c. 668; fogsignal, foghorn; yellow flag; danger signal; red light, red flag; fire bell; police whistle. false alarm, cry of wolf; bug-bear, bugaboo. V. give the alarm, raise the alarm, sound the alarm, turn in the alarm, beat the alarm, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm, turn in an alarm, beat an alarm &c. n.; alarm; warn &c. 668; ring the tocsin; battre la generale [Fr.]; cry wolf. Adj. alarming &c. v.. Int. sauve qui peut! [Fr.], every man for himself! [Fr.Tr.]; qui vive [Fr.].? |
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#670. Preservation — N. preservation; safe-keeping; conservation &c. (storage) 636; maintenance, support, susteritation†, conservatism; vis conservatrix†; salvation &c. (deliverance) 672. [Means of preservation] prophylaxis; preserver, preservative, additive; antibiotics, antifungals [Med.], biocide; hygiastics†, hygiantics†; cover, drugget†; cordon sanitaire [Fr.]; canning; ensilage; tinned goods, canned goods. [Superstitious remedies] snake oil, spider webs, cure-all; laetrile; charm &c. 993. V. preserve, maintain, keep, sustain, support, hold; keep up, keep alive; refrigerate, keep on ice; not willingly let die; bank up; nurse; save, rescue; be safe, make safe &c. 664; take care of &c. (care) 459; guard &c. (defend) 717. stare super antiquas vias [Lat.] [Bacon]; hold one's own; hold one's ground, stand one's ground &c. (resist) 719. embalm, cure, salt, pickle, season, kyanize†, bottle, pot, tin, can; sterilize, pasteurize, radiate; dry, lyophilize [Chem], freeze-dry, concentrate, evaporate; freeze, quick-freeze, deep-freeze; husband &c. (store) 636. Adj. preserving &c. v.; conservative; prophylactic; preservatory†, preservative; hygienic. preserved &c. v.; unimpaired, unbroken, uninjured, unhurt, unsinged†, unmarred; safe, safe and sound; intact, with a whole skin. Phr. nolumus leges Angliae mutari [Lat.]. |
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#671. Escape — N. escape, scape; avolation†, elopement, flight; evasion &c. (avoidance) 623; retreat; narrow escape, hairbreadth escape; close call; come off, impunity. [Means of escape] loophole &c. (opening) 260; path &c. 627; refuse &c. 666; vent, vent peg; safety valve; drawbridge, fire escape. reprieve &c. (deliverance) 672; liberation &c. 750. refugee &c. (fugitive) 623. V. escape, scape; make one's escape, effect one's escape, make good one's escape; break jail; get off, get clear off, get well out of; echapper belle [Fr.], save one's bacon, save one's skin; weather the storm &c. (safe) 664; escape scot-free. elude &c., make off &c. (avoid) 623; march off &c. (go away) 293; give one the slip; slip through the hands, slip through the fingers; slip the collar, wriggle out of prison, break out, break loose, break loose from prison; break away, slip away, get away; find vent, find a hole to creep out of. disappear, vanish. Adj. escaping, escaped &c. v.. stolen away, fled. Phr. the bird has flown the coop. |
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#672. Deliverance — N. deliverance, extrication, rescue; reprieve, reprieval†; respite; liberation &c. 750; emancipation; redemption, salvation; riddance; gaol delivery; redeemableness†. V. deliver, extricate, rescue, save, emancipate, redeem, ransom; bring off, bring through; tirer d'affaire [Fr.], get the wheel out of the rut, snatch from the jaws of death, come to the rescue; rid; retrieve &c. (restore) 660; be rid of, get rid of. Adj. saved &c. v.. extricable, redeemable, rescuable. Int. to the rescue!, |
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#673. Preparation — N. preparation; providing &c. v.; provision, providence; anticipation &c. (foresight) 510; precaution, preconcertation†, predisposition; forecast &c. (plan) 626; rehearsal, note of preparation. [Putting in order] arrangement &c. 60; clearance; adjustment &c. 23; tuning; equipment, outfit, accouterment, armament, array. ripening &c. v.; maturation, evolution; elaboration, concoction, digestion; gestation, batching, incubation, sitting. groundwork, first stone, cradle, stepping-stone; foundation, scaffold &c. (support) 215; scaffolding, echafaudage [Fr.]. [Preparation of men] training &c. (education) 537; inurement &c. (habit) 613; novitiate; cooking [Preparation of food], cookery; brewing, culinary art; tilling, plowing, [Preparation of the soil], sowing; semination†, cultivation. [State of being prepared] preparedness, readiness, ripeness, mellowness; maturity; un impromptu fait a loisir [Fr.]. [Preparer] preparer, trainer; pioneer, trailblazer; avant-courrier [Fr.], avant-coureur [Fr.]; voortrekker [Afrik.]; sappers and miners, pavior†, navvy†; packer, stevedore; warming pan. V. prepare; get ready, make ready; make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation. set in order, put in order &c. (arrange) 60; forecast &c. (plan) 626; prepare the ground, plow the ground, dress the ground; till the soil, cultivate the soil; predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine; lay the groundwork, fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations, fix the foundations; dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding; lay the first stone &c. (begin) 66. roughhew; cut out work; block out, hammer out; lick into shape &c. (form) 240. elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity; nurture &c. (aid) 707; hatch, cook, brew; temper, anneal, smelt; barbecue; infumate†; maturate. equip, arm, man; fit-out, fit up; furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim†, accouter, array, fettle, fledge; dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up; refurbish; sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune; whet the knife, whet the sword; wind up, screw up; adjust &c. (fit) 27; put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness; pack. train &c. (teach) 537; inure &c. (habituate) 613; breed; prepare for &c.; rehearse; make provision for; take steps, take measures, take precautions; provide, provide against; beat up for recruits; open the door to &c. (facilitate) 705. set one's house in order, make all snug; clear the decks, clear for action; close one's ranks; shuffle the cards. prepare oneself; serve an apprenticeship &c. (learn) 539; lay oneself out for, get into harness, gird up one's loins, buckle on one's armor, reculer pour mieux sauter [Fr.], prime and load, shoulder arms, get the steam up, put the horses to. guard against, make sure against; forearm, make sure, prepare for the evil day, have a rod in pickle, provide against a rainy day, feather one's nest; lay in provisions &c. 637; make investments; keep on foot. be prepared, be ready &c. adj.; hold oneself in readiness, keep one's powder dry; lie in wait for &c. (expect) 507; anticipate &c. (foresee) 510; principiis obstare [Lat.]; veniente occurrere morbo [Lat.]. Adj. preparing &c. v.; in preparation, in course of preparation, in agitation, in embryo, in hand, in train; afoot, afloat; on foot, on the stocks, on the anvil; under consideration &c. (plan) 626; brewing, batching, forthcoming, brooding; in store for, in reserve. precautionary, provident; preparative, preparatory; provisional, inchoate, under revision; preliminary &c. (precedent) 62. prepared &c. v.; in readiness; ready, ready to one's band, ready made, ready cut and dried: made to one's hand, handy, on the table; in gear; in working order, in working gear; snug; in practice. ripe, mature, mellow; pukka†; practiced &c. (skilled) 698; labored, elaborate, highly-wrought, smelling of the lamp, worked up. in full feather, in best bib and tucker; in harness, at harness; in the saddle, in arms, in battle array, in war paint; up in arms; armed at all points, armed to the teeth, armed cap a pie; sword in hand; booted and spurred. in utrumque paratus [Lat.], semper paratus [Lat.]; on the alert &c. (vigilant) 459; at one's post. Adv. in preparation, in anticipation of; against, for; abroach†. Phr. a bove majori discit arare minor [Lat.]; looking before and after" [Hamlet], si vis pacem para bellum [Lat.]. |
#674. Nonpreparation — N. non-preparation, absence of preparation, want of preparation; inculture†, inconcoction†, improvidence. immaturity, crudity; rawness &c. adj.; abortion; disqualification. [Absence of art] nature, state of nature; virgin soil, unweeded garden; neglect &c. 460. rough copy &c. (plan) 626; germ &c. 153; raw material &c. 635. improvisation &c. (impulse) 612. V. be unprepared &c. adj.; want preparation, lack preparation; lie fallow; s'embarquer sans biscuits [Fr.]; live from hand to mouth. [Render unprepared] dismantle &c. (render useless) 645; undress &c. 226. extemporize, improvise, ad lib. Adj. unprepared &c. (prepare); &c.; 673; without preparation &c. 673; incomplete &c. 53; rudimental, embryonic, abortive; immature, unripe, kachcha†, raw, green, crude; coarse; rough cast, rough hewn; in the rough; unhewn†, unformed, unfashioned†, unwrought, unlabored†, unblown, uncooked, unboiled, unconcocted, unpolished. unhatched, unfledged, unnurtured†, unlicked†, untaught, uneducated, uncultivated, untrained, untutored, undrilled, unexercised; deckle-edged†; precocious, premature; undigested, indigested†; unmellowed†, unseasoned, unleavened. unrehearsed, unscripted, extemporaneous, improvised, spontaneous, ad lib, ad libitem [Lat.]. fallow; unsown, untilled; natural, in a state of nature; undressed; in dishabille, en deshabille [Fr.]. unqualified, disqualified; unfitted; ill-digested; unbegun, unready, unarranged†, unorganized, unfurnished, unprovided, unequipped, untrimmed; out of gear, out of order; dismantled &c. v.. shiftless, improvident, unthrifty, thriftless, thoughtless, unguarded; happy-go-lucky; caught napping &c. (inexpectant) 508†; unpremeditated &c. 612. Adv. extempore &c. 612. |
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#675. Essay — N. essay, trial, endeavor, attempt; aim, struggle, venture, adventure, speculation, coup d'essai [Fr.], debut; probation &c. (experiment) 463. V. try, essay; experiment &c. 463; endeavor, strive; tempt, attempt, make an attempt; venture, adventure, speculate, take one's chance, tempt fortune; try one's fortune, try one's luck, try one's hand; use one's endeavor; feel one's way, grope one's way, pick one's way. try hard, push, make a bold push, use one's best endeavor; do one's best &c. (exertion) 686. Adj. essaying &c. v.; experimental &c. 463; tentative, empirical, probationary. Adv. experimentally &c. adj.; on trial, at a venture; by rule of thumb. if one may be so bold. Phr. aut non tentaris aut perfice [Lat.] [Ovid]; chi non s'arrischia non guadagna [Fr.]. |
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#676. Undertaking — N. undertaking; compact &c. 769; adventure, venture; engagement &c. (promise) 768; enterprise, emprise†; pilgrimage; matter in hand &c. (business ) 625; move; first move &c. (beginning) 66. V. undertake; engage in, embark in; launch into, plunge into; volunteer; apprentice oneself to; engage &c. (promise) 768; contract &c. 769; take upon oneself, take upon one's shoulders; devote oneself to &c. (determination) 604. take up, take in hand; tackle; set about, go about; set to, fall to, set to work; launch forth; set up shop; put in hand, put in execution; set forward; break the neck of a business, be in, for; put one's hand to, put one's foot in; betake oneself to, turn one's hand to, go to do; begin one's &c. 66; broach one's, institute one's &c. (originate) 153; put one's hand to the plow, lay one's hand to the plow, put one's shoulder to the wheel. have in hand &c. (business) 625; have many irons in the fire &c. (activity) 682. Adj. undertaking &c. v.; on the anvil &c. 625. Int. here goes!, |
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#677. Use — N. use; employ, employment; exercise, exercitation†; application, appliance; adhibition†, disposal; consumption; agency &c. (physical) 170; usufruct; usefulness &c. 644; benefit; recourse, resort, avail. [Conversion to use] utilization, service, wear. [Way of using] usage. V. use, make use of, employ, put to use; put in action, put in operation, put in practice; set in motion, set to work. ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate; play, play off; exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to; take up with, take advantage of; lay one's hands on, try. render useful &c. 644; mold; turn to account, turn to use; convert to use, utilize; work up; call into play, bring into play; put into requisition; call forth, draw forth; press into service, enlist into the service; bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit†, dispose of; make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of. fall back upon, make a shift with; make the most of, make the best of. use up, swallow up; consume, absorb, expend; tax, task, wear, put to task. Adj. in use; used &c. v.; well-worn, well-trodden. useful &c. 644; subservient &c. (instrumental) 631. |
#678. Disuse — N. forbearance, abstinence; disuse; relinquishment &c. 782; desuetude &c. (want of habit) 614; disusage†. V. not use; do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive, neglect; keep back, reserve. lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, keep on the shelf, lay up in ordinary; lay up in a napkin; shelve; set aside, put aside, lay aside; disuse, leave off, have done with; supersede; discard &c. (eject) 297; dismiss, give warning. throw aside &c. (relinquish) 782; make away with &c. (destroy) 162; cast overboard, heave overboard, throw overboard; cast to the dogs, cast to the winds; dismantle &c. (Render useless) 645. lie unemployed, remain unemployed &c. adj. Adj. not used &c. v.; unemployed, unapplied, undisposed of, unspent, unexercised, untouched, untrodden, unessayed†, ungathered†, unculled; uncalled for, not required. disused &c. v.; done with. #679. Misuse — N. misuse, misusage, misemployment†, misapplication, misappropriation. abuse, profanation, prostitution, desecration; waste &c. 638. V. misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate. desecrate, abuse, profane, prostitute: waste &c. 638; overtask, overtax, overwork: squander &c. 818. cut blocks with a razor, employ a steam engine to crack a nut; catch at a straw. Adj. misused &c. v.. Phr. ludere cum sacris [Lat.]. |
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#680. Action — N. action, performance; doing, &c. v.; perpetration; exercise, excitation; movement, operation, evolution, work; labor &c. (exertion) 686; praxis, execution; procedure &c. (conduct) 692; handicraft; business &c. 625; agency &c. (power at work) 170. deed, act, overt act, stitch, touch, gest transaction†, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow; coup, coup de main, coup d'etat [Fr.]; tour de force &c. (display) 882; feat, exploit; achievement &c. (completion) 729; handiwork, workmanship; manufacture; stroke of policy &c. (plan) 626. actor &c. (doer) 690. V. do, perform, execute; achieve &c. (complete) 729; transact, enact; commit, perpetrate, inflict; exercise, prosecute, carry on, work, practice, play. employ oneself, ply one's task; officiate, have in hand &c. (business) 625; labor &c. 686; be at work; pursue a course; shape one's course &c. (conduct) 692. act, operate; take action, take steps; strike a blow, lift a finger, stretch forth one's hand; take in hand &c. (undertake) 676; put oneself in motion; put in practice; carry into execution &c. (complete) 729; act upon. be an actor &c. 690; take a part in, act a part in, play a part in, perform a part in; participate in; have a hand in, have a finger in the pie; have to do with; be a party to, be a participator in; bear a hand, lend a hand; pull an oar, run in a race; mix oneself up with &c. (meddle) 682. be in action; come into operation &c. (power at work) 170. Adj. doing &c. v.; acting; in action; in harness; on duty; in operation &c. 170. Adv. in the act, in the midst of, in the thick of; red-handed, in flagrante delicto [Lat.]; while one's hand is in. Phr. action is eloquence" [Coriolanus]; actions speak louder than words; actum aiunt ne agas [Terence]; awake, arise, or be forever fall'n" [Paradise Lost]; dii pia facta vident [Lat.] [Ovid]; faire sans dire [Fr.]; fare fac [It]; fronte capillata post est occasio calva [Lat.]; our deeds are sometimes better than our our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts" [Bailey]; the great end of life is not knowledge but the great end of life is not knowledge but action" [Huxley]; thought is the soul of act" [R. Browning]; vivre-ce nest pas respirer c'est agir [Fr.]; we live in deeds not years" [Bailey]. |
#681. Inaction — N. inaction, passiveness, abstinence from action; noninterference, nonintervention; Fabian policy, conservative policy; neglect &c. 460. inactivity &c. 683; rest &c. (repose) 687; quiescence &c. 265; want of occupation, inoccupation†; idle hours, time hanging on one's hands, dolce far niente [It]; sinecure, featherbed, featherbedding, cushy job, no-show job; soft snap, soft thing. V. not do, not act, not attempt; be inactive &c. 683; abstain from doing, do nothing, hold, spare; not stir, not move, not lift a finger, not lift a foot, not lift a peg; fold one's arms, fold one's hands; leave alone, let alone; let be, let pass, let things take their course, let it have its way, let well alone, let well enough alone; quieta non movere [Lat.]; stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]; rest and be thankful, live and let live; lie rest upon one's oars; laisser aller [Fr.], faire [Fr.]; stand aloof; refrain &c. (avoid) 623, keep oneself from doing; remit one's efforts, relax one's efforts; desist &c. (relinquish) 624; stop &c. (cease) 142; pause &c. (be quiet) 265. wait, lie in wait, bide one's time, take time, tide it over. cool one's heels, kick one's heels; while away the time, while away tedious hours; pass the time, fill up the time, beguile the time; talk against time; let the grass grow under one's feet; waste time &c. (inactive) 683. lie by, lie on the shelf, lie in ordinary, lie idle, lie to, lie fallow; keep quiet, slug; have nothing to do, whistle for want of thought. undo, do away with; take down, take to pieces; destroy &c. 162. Adj. not doing &c. v.; not done &c. v.; undone; passive; unoccupied, unemployed; out of employ, out of work; fallow; desaeuvre [Fr.]. Adv. re infecta [Lat.], at a stand, les bras croisis [Fr.], with folded arms; with the hands in the pockets, with the hands behind one's back; pour passer le temps [Fr.]. Int. so let it be!, stop!, &c. 142; hands off!, Phr. cunctando restituit rem [Lat.], If it ain't broke don't fix it" [Bert Lance]; stare decisis [Lat.], let the decision stand; |
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#682. Activity — N. activity; briskness, liveliness &c. adj.; animation, life, vivacity, spirit, dash, energy; snap, vim. nimbleness, agility; smartness, quickness &c. adj.; velocity, &c. 274; alacrity, promptitude; despatch, dispatch; expedition; haste &c. 684; punctuality &c. (early) 132. eagerness, zeal, ardor, perfervidum aingenium [Lat.], empressement [Fr.], earnestness, intentness; abandon; vigor &c. (physical energy) 171; devotion &c. (resolution) 604; exertion &c. 686. industry, assiduity; assiduousness &c. adj.; sedulity; laboriousness; drudgery &c. (labor) 686; painstaking, diligence; perseverance &c. 604.1; indefatigation†; habits of business. vigilance &c. 459; wakefulness; sleeplessness, restlessness; insomnia; pervigilium†, insomnium†; racketing. movement, bustle, stir, fuss, ado, bother, pottering, fidget, fidgetiness; flurry &c. (haste) 684. officiousness; dabbling, meddling; interference, interposition, intermeddling; tampering with, intrigue. press of business, no sinecure, plenty to do, many irons in the fire, great doings, busy hum of men, battle of life, thick of the action. housewife, busy bee; new brooms; sharp fellow, sharp blade; devotee, enthusiast, zealot, meddler, intermeddler, intriguer, busybody, pickthank†; hummer, hustler, live man [U.S.], rustler [U.S.]. V. be active &c. adj.; busy oneself in; stir, stir about, stir one's stumps; bestir oneself, rouse oneself; speed, hasten, peg away, lay about one, bustle, fuss; raise up, kick up a dust; push; make a push, make a fuss, make a stir; go ahead, push forward; fight one's way, elbow one's way; make progress &c. 282; toll &c. (labor) 686; plod, persist &c. (persevere) 604.1; keep up the ball, keep the pot boiling. look sharp; have all one's eyes about one &c. (vigilance) 459; rise, arouse oneself, hustle, get up early, be about, keep moving, steal a march, kill two birds with one stone; seize the opportunity &c. 134, lose no time, not lose a moment, make the most of one's time, not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet, improve the shining hour, make short work of; dash off; make haste &c. 684; do one's best take pains &c. (exert oneself) 686; do wonders, work wonders. have many irons in the fire, have one's hands full, have much on one's hands; have other things to do, have other fish to fry; be busy; not have a moment to spare, not have a moment that one can call one's own. have one's fling, run the round of; go all lengths, stick at nothing, run riot. outdo; overdo, overact, overlay, overshoot the mark; make a toil of a pleasure. have a hand in &c. (act in) 680; take an active part, put in one's oar, have a finger in the pie, mix oneself up with, trouble, one's head about, intrigue; agitate. tamper with, meddle, moil; intermeddle, interfere, interpose; obtrude; poke one's nose in, thrust one's nose in. Adj. active, brisk, brisk as a lark, brisk as a bee; lively, animated, vivacious; alive, alive and kicking; frisky, spirited, stirring. nimble, nimble as a squirrel; agile; light-footed, nimble-footed; featly†, tripping. quick, prompt, yare†, instant, ready, alert, spry, sharp, smart; fast &c. (swift) 274; quick as a lamplighter, expeditious; awake, broad awake; go-ahead, live wide-awake [U.S.] &c. (intelligent) 498. forward, eager, strenuous, zealous, enterprising, in earnest; resolute &c. 604. industrious, assiduous, diligent, sedulous, notable, painstaking; intent &c. (attention) 457; indefatigable &c. (persevering) 604.1; unwearied; unsleeping†, never tired; plodding, hard-working &c. 686; businesslike, workaday. bustling; restless, restless as a hyena; fussy, fidgety, pottering; busy, busy as hen with one chicken. working, at work, on duty, in harness; up in arms; on one's legs, at call; up and doing, up and stirring. busy, occupied; hard at work, hard at it; up to one's ears in, full of business, busy as a bee, busy as a one-armed paperhanger. meddling &c. v.; meddlesome, pushing, officious, overofficious†, intrigant†. astir, stirring; agoing†, afoot; on foot; in full swing; eventful; on the alert, &c. (vigilant) 459. Adv. actively &c. adj.; with life and spirit, with might and main &c. 686, with haste &c. 684, with wings; full tilt, in mediis rebus [Lat.]. Int. be alive, look alive, look sharp!, move on, push on!, keep moving!, go ahead!, stir your stumps!, age quod agis! [Lat.], jaldi! †, karo! †, step lively!, Phr. carpe diem [Lat.], seize the day; &c. (opportunity) 134 nulla dies sine linea [Lat.] [Pliny]; nec mora nec requies [Lat.] [Vergil]; the plot thickens; No sooner said than done &c. (early) 132; veni vidi vici [Lat.]" [Suetonius]; catch a weasel asleep; abends wird der Faule fleissig [G.]; dictum ac factum [Lat.] [Terence]; schwere Arbeit in der Jugend ist sanfte Ruhe im schwere Arbeit in der Jugend ist sanfte Ruhe im Alter [G.], hard work in youth means soft rest in age; the busy hum of men" [Milton]. |
#683. Inactivity — N. inactivity; inaction &c. 681; inertness &c. 172; obstinacy &c. 606. lull &c. (cessation) 142; quiescence &c. 265; rust, rustiness. idleness, remissness &c. adj.; sloth, indolence, indiligence†; dawdling &c. v.. ergophobia†, otiosity†. dullness &c. adj.; languor; segnity†, segnitude†; lentor†; sluggishness &c. (slowness) 275; procrastination &c. (delay) 133; torpor, torpidity, torpescence†; stupor &c. (insensibility) 823; somnolence; drowsiness &c. adj.; nodding &c. v.; oscitation†, oscitancy†; pandiculation†, hypnotism, lethargy; statuvolence heaviness†, heavy eyelids. sleep, slumber; sound sleep, heavy sleep, balmy sleep; Morpheus; Somnus; coma, trance, ecstasis†, dream, hibernation, nap, doze, snooze, siesta, wink of sleep, forty winks, snore; hypnology†. dull work; pottering; relaxation &c. (loosening) 47; Castle of Indolence. [Cause of inactivity] lullaby, sedative, tranquilizer, hypnotic, sleeping pill, relaxant, anaesthetic, general anaesthetic &c. 174; torpedo. [person who is inactive] idler, drone, droil†, dawdle, mopus†; do-little faineant [Fr.], dummy, sleeping partner; afternoon farmer; truant &c. (runaway) 623; bummer†, loafer, goldbrick, goldbicker, lounger, lazzarone [It]; lubber, lubbard†; slow coach &c. (slow.) 275; opium eater, lotus eater; slug; lag†, sluggard, slugabed; slumberer, dormouse, marmot; waiter on Providence, fruges consumere natus [Lat.]. V. be inactive &c. adj.; do nothing &c. 681; move slowly &c. 275; let the grass grow under one's feet; take one's time, dawdle, drawl, droil†, lag, hang back, slouch; loll, lollop†; lounge, poke, loaf, loiter; go to sleep over; sleep at one's post, ne battre que d'une aile [Fr.]. take it easy, take things as they come; lead an easy life, vegetate, swim with the stream, eat the bread of idleness; loll in the lap of luxury, loll in the lap of indolence; waste time, consume time, kill time, lose time; burn daylight, waste the precious hours. idle away time, trifle away time, fritter away time, fool away time; spend time in, take time in; peddle, piddle; potter, pudder†, dabble, faddle fribble†, fiddle-faddle; dally, dilly-dally. sleep, slumber, be asleep; hibernate; oversleep; sleep like a top, sleep like a log, sleep like a dormouse; sleep soundly, heavily; doze, drowze†, snooze, nap; take a nap &c. n.; dream; snore one's best; settle to sleep, go to sleep, go off to sleep; doze off, drop off; fall asleep; drop asleep; close the eyes, seal up the eyes, seal up eyelids; weigh down the eyelids; get sleep, nod, yawn; go to bed, turn; get some z's, stack z's [Coll.]. languish, expend itself, flag, hang fire; relax. render idle &c. adj.; sluggardize†; mitigate &c. 174. Adj. inactive; motionless &c. 265; unoccupied &c. (doing nothing) 681; unbusied†. indolent, lazy, slothful, idle, lusk†, remiss, slack, inert, torpid, sluggish, otiose, languid, supine, heavy, dull, leaden, lumpish†; exanimate†, soulless; listless; drony†, dronish†; lazy as Ludlam's dog. dilatory, laggard; lagging &c. v.; slow &c. 275; rusty, flagging; lackadaisical, maudlin, fiddle-faddle; pottering &c. v.; shilly-shally &c. (irresolute) 605. sleeping, &c. v.; asleep; fast asleep, dead asleep, sound asleep; in a sound sleep; sound as a top, dormant, comatose; in the arms of Morpheus, in the lap of Morpheus. sleepy, sleepful†; dozy†, drowsy, somnolent, torpescent†, lethargic, lethargical†; somnifacient†; statuvolent†, statuvolic†; heavy, heavy with sleep; napping; somnific†, somniferous; soporous†, soporific, soporiferous†; hypnotic; balmy, dreamy; unawakened, unawakened. sedative &c. 174. Adv. inactively &c. adj.; at leisure &c. 685. Phr. the eyes begin to draw straws; bankrupt of life yet prodigal of ease" [Dryden]; better 50 years of Europe than a cycle of better 50 years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay" [Tennyson]; idly busy rolls their world away" [Goldsmith]; the mystery of folded sleep" [Tennyson]; the timely dew of sleep" [Milton]; thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep" [Longfellow]; tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep" [Young]. |
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#684. Haste — N. haste, urgency; despatch, dispatch; acceleration, spurt, spirt†, forced march, rush, dash; speed, velocity &c. 274; precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness &c. adj.; impetuosity; brusquerie†; hurry, drive, scramble, bustle, fuss, fidget, flurry, flutter, splutter. V. haste, hasten; make haste, make a dash &c. n.; hurry on, dash on, whip on, push on, press on, press forward; hurry, skurry†, scuttle along, barrel along, bundle on, dart to and fro, bustle, flutter, scramble; plunge, plunge headlong; dash off; rush &c. (violence) 173; express. bestir oneself &c. (be active) 682; lose no time, lose not a moment, lose not an instant; make short work of; make the best of one's time, make the best of one's way. be precipitate &c. adj.; jump at, be in haste, be in a hurry &c. n.; have no time, have not a moment to lose, have not a moment to spare; work against time. quicken &c. 274; accelerate, expedite, put on, precipitate, urge, whip; railroad. Adj. hasty, hurried, brusque; scrambling, cursory, precipitate, headlong, furious, boisterous, impetuous, hotheaded; feverish, fussy; pushing. in haste, in a hurry &c. n.; in hot haste, in all haste; breathless, pressed for time, hard pressed, urgent. Adv. with haste, with all haste, with breathless speed; in haste &c. adj.; apace &c. (swiftly) 274; amain†; all at once &c. (instantaneously) 113; at short notice &c.; immediately &c. (early) 132; posthaste; by cable, by express, by telegraph, by forced marches. hastily, precipitately &c. adj.; helter-skelter, hurry-skurry†, holus-bolus; slapdash, slap-bang; full-tilt, full drive; heels over head, head and shoulders, headlong, a corps perdu [Fr.]. by fits and starts, by spurts; hop skip and jump. Phr. [panic] sauve qui peut [Fr.], every man for himself [Fr.Tr.], devil take the hindmost, no time to be lost; no sooner said than done &c. (early) 132; a word and a blow; haste makes waste, maggiore fretta minore atto [It]; ohne Hast aber ohne Rast [G.], [Goethe's motto]; stand not upon the order of your going but go at stand not upon the order of your going but go at once" [Macbeth]; swift, swift, you dragons of the night" [Cymbeline]. |
#685. Leisure — N. leisure; convenience; spare time, spare hours, spare moments; vacant hour; time, time to spare, time on one's hands; holiday, relaxation &c. (rest) 687; otium cum dignitate [Lat.] [Cicero], ease. no hurry; no big rush; no deadline. V. have leisure &c. n.; take one's time, take one's leisure, take one's ease; repose &c. 687; move slowly &c. 275; while away the time &c. (inaction) 681; be master of one's time, be an idle man. Adj. leisure, leisurely; slow &c. 275; deliberate, quiet, calm, undisturbed; at leisure, at one's ease, at loose ends, at a loose end. Adv. unhurriedly, deliberately, without undue haste; anytime. Phr. time hanging heavy on one's hands; eile mit Weile [G.]. |
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#686. Exertion — N. exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt†; stroke of work, stitch of work. a strong pull a long pull and a pull all a strong pull a long pull and a pull all together;" dead lift; heft; gymnastics; exercise, exercitation†; wear and tear; ado; toil and trouble; uphill work, hard work, warm work; harvest time. labor, work, toil, travail, manual labor, sweat of one's brow, swink†, drudgery, slavery, fagging†, hammering; limae labor [Lat.]; industry, industriousness, operoseness†, operosity†. trouble, pains, duty; resolution &c. 604; energy &c. (physical) 171. V. exert oneself; exert one's energies, tax one's energies; use exertion. labor, work, toil, moil, sweat, fag, drudge, slave, drag a lengthened chain, wade through, strive, stretch a long arm; pull, tug, ply; ply the oar, tug at the oar; do the work; take the laboring oar bestir oneself (be active) 682; take trouble, trouble oneself. work hard; rough it; put forth one's strength, put forth a strong arm; fall to work, bend the bow; buckle to, set one's shoulder to the wheel &c. (resolution) 604; work like a horse, work like a cart horse, work like a galley slave, work like a coal heaver; labor day and night, work day and night; redouble one's efforts; do double duty; work double hours, work double tides; sit up, burn the candle at both ends; stick to &c. (persevere) 604.1; work one's way, fight one's way, lay about one, hammer at. take pains; do one's best, do one's level best, do one's utmost; give one hundred percent, do the best one can, do all one can, do all in one's power, do as much as in one lies, do what lies in one's power; use one's best endeavor, use one's utmost endeavor; try one's best, try one's utmost; play one's best card; put one's best leg foremost, put one's right leg foremost; have one's whole soul in his work, put all one's strength into, strain every nerve; spare no efforts, spare no pains; go all lengths; go through fire and water &c. (resolution) 604; move heaven and earth, leave no stone unturned. Adj. laboring &c. v.. laborious, operose†, elaborate; strained; toilsome, troublesome, wearisome; uphill; herculean, gymnastic, palestric†. hard-working, painstaking; strenuous, energetic. hard at work, on the stretch. Adv. laboriously &c. adj.; lustily; pugnis et calcibus [Lat.]; with might and main, with all one's might, with a strong hand, with a sledge hammer, with much ado; to the best of one's abilities, totis viribus [Lat.], vi et armis [Lat.], manibus pedibusque [Lat.], tooth and nail, unguibus et rostro [Lat.], hammer and tongs, heart and soul; through thick and thin &c. (perseverance) 604.1. by the sweat of one's brow, suo Marte. Phr. aide-toi le ciel t'aidera [Fr.]; and still be doing, never done" [Butler]; buen principio la mitad es hecha [Sp.]; cosa ben fatta e' fatta due volie [It]; it is better to wear out than to rust out" [Bp. Hornel]; labor omnia vincit [Lat.] [Vergil]; labor, wide as the earth, has its summit in labor, wide as the earth, has its summit in Heaven" [Carlyle]; le travail du corps delivre des peines de le travail du corps delivre des peines de l'esprit [Fr.]; manu forti [Lat.]; ora et labora [Lat.]. |
#687. Repose — N. repose, rest, silken repose; sleep &c. 683. relaxation, breathing time; halt, stay, pause &c. (cessation) 142; respite. day of rest, dies non, Sabbath, Lord's day, holiday, red-letter day, vacation, recess. V. repose; rest, rest and be thankful; take a rest, take one's ease, take it easy. relax, unbend, slacken; take breath &c. (refresh) 689; rest upon one's oars; pause &c. (cease) 142; stay one's hand. lie down; recline, recline on a bed of down, recline on an easy chair; go to rest, go to bed, go to sleep &c. 683. take a holiday, shut up shop; lie fallow &c. (inaction) 681. Adj. reposing &c. v. [of people]; relaxed &c. v.; unstrained. [of materials and people] unstressed. Adv. at rest. Phr. The best of men have ever loved repose" [Thompson]; to repair our nature with comforting repose" [Henry VIII]. |
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#688. Fatigue — N. fatigue; weariness &c. 841; yawning, drowsiness &c. 683; lassitude, tiredness, fatigation†, exhaustion; sweat; dyspnoea. anhelation, shortness of breath; faintness; collapse, prostration, swoon, fainting, deliquium [Lat.], syncope, lipothymy†; goneness†. V. be fatigued &c. adj.; yawn &c. (get sleepy) 683; droop, sink, flag; lose breath, lose wind; gasp, pant, puff, blow, drop, swoon, faint, succumb. fatigue, tire, weary, irk, flag, jade, harass, exhaust, knock up, wear out, prostrate. tax, task, strain; overtask, overwork, overburden, overtax, overstrain. Adj. fatigued, tired &c. v.; weary &c. 841; drowsy &c. 683; drooping &c. v.; haggard; toilworn†, wayworn:, footsore, surbated†, weather-beaten; faint; done up, used up, knocked up; bushed [U.S.]; exhausted, prostrate, spent; overtired, overspent, overfatigued; unrefreshed†, unrestored. worn, worn out; battered, shattered, pulled down, seedy, altered. breathless, windless; short of breath, out of breath, short of wind; blown, puffing and blowing; short-breathed; anhelose†; broken winded, short-winded; dyspnaeal†, dyspnaeic†. ready to drop, all in, more dead than alive, dog-weary, walked off one's legs, tired to death, on one's last legs, played out, hors de combat [Fr.]. fatiguing &c. v.; tiresome, irksome, wearisome; weary, trying. |
#689. Refreshment — N. bracing &c. v.; recovery of strength, recuperation &c. 159; restoration, revival &c. 660; repair, refection, refocillation†, refreshment, regalement†, bait; relief &c. 834. break, spell. refreshment stand; refreshments; [Refreshments], ice cream, cold soda, soda pop, hot dogs (food). V. brace &c. (strengthen) 159; reinvigorate; air, freshen up, refresh, recruit; repair &c. (restore) 660; fan, refocillate†; refresh the inner man. breathe, respire; drink in the ozone; take a break, take a breather, take five, draw breath, take a deep breath, take breath, gather breath, take a long breath, regain breath, recover breath; get better, raise one's head; recover one's strength, regain one's strength, renew one's strength &c. 159; perk up, get one's second wind. come to oneself &c. (revive) 660; feel refreshed, feel like a giant refreshed. Adj. refreshing &c. v.; recuperative &c. 660. refreshed &c. v.; untired†, unwearied. |
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#690. Agent — N. doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator; executor, executrix; practitioner, worker, stager. bee, ant, working bee, termite, white ant; laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum. workman, artisan; craftsman, handicraftsman; mechanic, operative; working man; laboring man; demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy†; hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack; mere tool &c. 633; beast of burden, drudge, fag; lumper†, roustabout. maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan; carpenter; ganger, platelayer; blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright. machinist, mechanician, engineer. sempstress†, semstress†, seamstress; needlewoman†, workwoman; tailor, cordwainer†. minister &c. (instrument) 631; servant &c. 746; representative &c. (commissioner) 758, (deputy) 759. coworker, party to, participator in, particeps criminis [Lat.], dramatis personae [Lat.]; personnel. Phr. quorum pars magna fui [Lat.] [Vergil]; faber est quisque fortunae suae [Lat.]. |
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#691. Workshop — N. workshop, workhouse, workplace, shop, place of business; manufactory, mill, plant, works, factory; cabinet, studio; office, branch office bureau, atelier. [specific types of workplace: list], hive, hive of industry; nursery; hothouse, hotbed; kitchen; mint, forge, loom; dock, dockyard; alveary†; armory; laboratory, lab, research institute; refinery; cannery; power plant; beauty parlor; beehive, bindery, forcing pit, nailery†, usine†, slip, yard, wharf; foundry, foundery†; furnace; vineyard; crucible, alembic, caldron, matrix. Adj. at work, at the office, at the shop; working. |
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#692. Conduct — N. conduct [actions of an individual agent]; behavior; deportment, comportment; carriage, maintien†, demeanor, guise, bearing, manner, observance. dealing, transaction &c. (action) 680; business &c. 625. tactics, game, game plan, policy, polity; generalship, statesmanship, seamanship; strategy, strategics†; plan &c. 626. management; husbandry; housekeeping, housewifery; stewardship; menage; regime; economy, economics; political economy; government &c. (direction) 693. execution, manipulation, treatment, campaign, career, life, course, walk, race, record. course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding; role; process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi, MO, method of operating; method &c.; path &c. 627. V. transact [cause to occur], execute; despatch, dispatch; proceed with, discharge; carry on, carry through, carry out, carry into effect, put into effect; work out; go through, get through; enact; put into practice; do &c. 680; officiate &c. 625. bear oneself, behave oneself, comport oneself, demean oneself, carry oneself, conduct oneself, acquit oneself. run a race, lead a life, play a game; take a course, adopt a course; steer one's course, shape one's course; play one's paint, play one's cards, shift for oneself; paddle one's own canoe; bail one's own boat. conduct; manage, supervise &c. (direct) 693. participate &c. 680. deal with, have to do with; treat, handle a case; take steps, take measures. Adj. conducting &c. v.. strategical, businesslike, practical, executive. |
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#693. Direction — N. direction; management, managery†; government, gubernation†, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance; bossism [U.S.]; legislature; steerage, pilotage; reins, reins of government; helm, rudder, needle, compass; guiding star, load star, lode star, pole star; cynosure. supervision, superintendence; surveillance, oversight; eye of the master; control, charge; board of control &c. (council) 696; command &c. (authority) 737. premiership, senatorship; director &c. 694; chair, portfolio. statesmanship; statecraft, kingcraft†, queencraft†. ministry, ministration; administration; stewardship, proctorship†; agency. [person who directs] director &c. 694. V. direct, manage, govern, conduct; order, prescribe, cut out work for; bead, lead; lead the way, show the way; take the lead, lead on; regulate, guide, steer, pilot; tackle, take the helm, be at the helm; have the reins, handle the reins, hold the reins, take the reins; drive, tool. superintend, supervise; overlook, control, keep in order, look after, see to, legislate for; administer, ministrate†; matronize†; have the care of, have the charge of; be in charge of, have charge of, take the direction; boss, boss one around; pull the strings, pull the wires; rule &c. (command) 737; have the direction, hold office, hold the portfolio; preside, preside at the board; take the chair, occupy the chair, be in the chair; pull the stroke oar. Adj. directing &c. v.; hegemonic. Adv. at the helm, at the head of. |
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#694. Director — N. director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller. superintendent, supervisor, straw boss; intendant; overseer, overlooker†; supercargo†, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile†; moderator, monitor, taskmaster; master &c. 745; leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman†, precentor†, bellwether, agitator; caporal†, choregus†, collector, file leader, flugelman†, linkboy†. guiding star &c. (guidance) 693; adviser &c. 695; guide &c. (information) 527; pilot; helmsman; steersman, steermate†; wire-puller. driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer; coachman, carman, cabman; postilion, vetturino†, muleteer, arriero†, teamster; whipper in. head, head man, head center, boss; principal, president, speaker; chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson; captain &c. (master) 745; superior; mayor &c. (civil authority) 745; vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch†. officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist†, bureaucrat; man in office, Jack in office; office bearer; person in authority &c. 745. statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist†, statemonger†; Minos, Draco; arbiter &c. (judge) 967; boss [U.S.], political dictator. board &c. (council) 696. secretary, secretary of state; Reis Effendi; vicar &c. (deputy) 759; steward, factor; agent &c. 758; bailiff, middleman; foreman, clerk of works; landreeve†; factotum, major-domo†, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier; proctor, procurator. Adv. ex officio. |
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#695. Advice — N. advice, counsel, adhortation†; word to the wise; suggestion, submonition†, recommendation, advocacy; advisement. exhortation &c. (persuasion) 615; expostulation &c. (dissuasion) 616; admonition &c. (warning) 668; guidance &c. (direction) 693. instruction, charge, injunction, obtestation†; Governor's message, President's message; King's message, Queen's speech; message, speech from the throne. adviser, prompter; counsel, counselor; monitor, mentor, Nestor, magnus Apollo [Lat.], senator; teacher &c. 540. guide, manual, chart &c. (information) 527. physician, doctor, leech†, archiater†. arbiter &c. (judge) 967. reference, referment†; consultation, conference, pourparler. V. advise, counsel; give advice, give counsel, give a piece of advice [Fr.]; suggest, prompt, submonish†, recommend, prescribe, advocate; exhort &c. (persuade) 615. enjoin, enforce, charge, instruct, call; call upon &c. (request) 765; dictate. expostulate &c. (dissuade) 616; admonish &c. (warn) 668. advise with; lay heads together, consult together; compare notes; hold a council, deliberate, be closeted with. confer, consult, refer to, call in; take advice, follow advice; be advised by, have at one's elbow, take one's cue from. Adj. recommendatory; hortative &c. (persuasive) 615; dehortatory &c. (dissuasive) 616†; admonitory &c. (warning) 668. Int. go to!, Phr. give every man thine ear but few thy voice" [Hamlet]; I pray thee cease thy counsel" [Much Ado About Nothing]; my guide, philosopher, and friend" [Pope]; 'twas good advice and meant, my son be good" [Crabbe]; verbum sat sapienti [Lat.], a word to the wise is sufficient; vive memor leti [Lat.]; we, ask advice but we mean approbation" [Colton]. |
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#696. Council — N. council, committee, subcommittee, comitia [Lat.], court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff. senate, senatus [Lat.], parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath [G.], rigsdag, cortes [Sp.], storthing†, witenagemote†, junta, divan, musnud†, sanhedrim; classis†; Amphictyonic council†; duma [Rus.], house of representatives; legislative assembly, legislative council; riksdag†, volksraad [G.], witan†, caput†, consistory, chapter, syndicate; court of appeal &c. (tribunal) 966; board of control, board of works; vestry; county council, local board. audience chamber, council chamber, state chamber. cabinet council, privy council; cockpit, convocation, synod, congress, convention, diet, states-general. [formal gathering of members of a council: script] assembly, caucus, conclave, clique, conventicle; meeting, sitting, seance, conference, convention, exhibition, session, palaver, pourparler, durbar†, house; quorum; council fire [U.S.], powwow [U.S.], primary [U.S.]. meeting, assemblage &c. 72. [person who is member of a council] member; senator; member of parliament, M.P.; councilor, representative of the people; assemblyman, congressman; councilman, councilwoman, alderman, freeholder. V. assemble, gather together, meet (assemblage) 72; confer, caucus, hold council; huddle [Coll.]. Adj. senatorial, curule†; congressional, parliamentary; legislative, law-making; regulatory; deliberative. |
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#697. Precept — N. precept, direction, instruction, charge; prescript, prescription; recipe, receipt; golden rule; maxim &c. 496. rule, canon, law, code, corpus juris [Lat.], lex scripta [Lat.], act, statute, rubric, stage direction, regulation; form, formula, formulary; technicality; canon law; norm. order &c. (command) 741. |
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#698. Skill — N. skill, skillfulness, address; dexterity, dexterousness; adroitness, expertness &c. adj.; proficiency, competence, technical competence, craft, callidity†, facility, knack, trick, sleight; mastery, mastership, excellence, panurgy†; ambidexterity, ambidextrousness†; sleight of hand &c. (deception) 545. seamanship, airmanship, marksmanship, horsemanship; rope-dancing. accomplishment, acquirement, attainment; art, science; technicality, technology; practical knowledge, technical knowledge. knowledge of the world, world wisdom, savoir faire [Fr.]; tact; mother wit &c. (sagacity) 498; discretion &c. (caution) 864; finesse; craftiness &c. (cunning) 702; management &c. (conduct) 692; self-help. cleverness, talent, ability, ingenuity, capacity, parts, talents, faculty, endowment, forte, turn, gift, genius; intelligence &c. 498; sharpness, readiness &c. (activity) 682; invention &c. 515; aptness, aptitude; turn for, capacity for, genius for; felicity, capability, curiosa felicitas [Lat.], qualification, habilitation. proficient &c. 700. masterpiece, coup de maitre [Fr.], chef d'euvre [Fr.], tour de force; good stroke &c. (plan) 626. V. be skillful &c. adj.; excel in, be master of; have a turn for &c. n.. know what's what, know a hawk from a handsaw, know what one is about, know on which side one's bread is buttered, know what's o'clock; have cut one's eye teeth, have cut one's wisdom teeth. see one's way, see where the wind lies, see which way the wind blows; have all one's wits about one, have one's hand in; savoir vivre [Fr.]; scire quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent [Lat.]. look after the main chance; cut one's coat according to one's cloth; live by one's wits; exercise one's discretion, feather the oar, sail near the wind; stoop to conquer &c. (cunning) 702; play one's cards well, play one's best card; hit the right nail on the head, put the saddle on the right horse. take advantage of, make the most of; profit by &c. (use) 677; make a hit &c. (succeed) 731; make a virtue of necessity; make hay while the sun shines &c. (occasion) 134. Adj. skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain; slick, smart &c. (active) 682; proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished; conversant &c. (knowing) 490. experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed; up in, well up in; in practice, in proper cue; competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished. clever, cute, able, ingenious, felicitous, gifted, talented, endowed; inventive &c. 515; shrewd, sharp, on the ball &c. (intelligent) 498; cunning &c. 702; alive to, up to snuff, not to be caught with chaff; discreet. neat-handed, fine-fingered, nimble-fingered, ambidextrous, sure-footed; cut out for, fitted for. technical, artistic, scientific, daedalian†, shipshape; workman-like, business-like, statesman-like. Adv. skillfully &c. adj.; well &c. 618; artistically; with skill, with consummate skill; secundum artem [Lat.], suo Marte; to the best of one's abilities &c. (exertion) 686. Phr. ars celare artem [Lat.]; artes honorabit [Lat.]; celui qui veut celui-la peut [Fr.]; c'est une grande habilite que de savoir cacher c'est une grande habilite que de savoir cacher sonhabilite [Fr.]; expertus metuit [Lat.] [Horace]; es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille sich ein es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt [G.]; heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute;" [Junius]; if you have lemons, make lemonade. |
#699. Unskillfulness — N. unskillfulness &c. adj.; want of skill &c. 698; incompetence, incompentency†; inability, infelicity, indexterity†, inexperience; disqualification, unproficiency†; quackery. folly, stupidity &c. 499; indiscretion &c. (rashness) 863; thoughtlessness &c. (inattention) 458 (neglect) 460; sabotage. mismanagement, misconduct; impolicy†; maladministration; misrule, misgovernment, misapplication, misdirection, misfeasance; petticoat government. absence of rule, rule of thumb; bungling &c. v.; failure &c. 732; screw loose: too many cooks. blunder &c. (mistake) 495; etourderie gaucherie [Fr.], act of folly, balourdise†; botch, botchery†; bad job, sad work. sprat sent out to catch a whale, much ado about nothing, wild-goose chase. bungler &c. 701; fool &c. 501. V. be unskillful &c. adj.; not see an inch beyond one's nose; blunder, bungle, boggle, fumble, botch, bitch, flounder, stumble, trip; hobble &c. 275; put one's foot in it; make a mess of, make hash of, make sad work of; overshoot the mark. play tricks with, play Puck, mismanage, misconduct, misdirect, misapply, missend. stultify oneself, make a fool of oneself, commit oneself; act foolishly; play the fool; put oneself out of court; lose control, lose control of oneself, lose one's head, lose one's cunning. begin at the wrong end; do things by halves &c. (not complete) 730; make two bites of a cherry; play at cross purposes; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel &c. (caprice) 608; put the cart before the horse; lock the stable door when the horse is stolen &c. (too late) 135. not know what one is about, not know one's own interest, not know on which side one's bread is buttered; stand in one's own light, quarrel with one's bread and butter, throw a stone in one's own garden, kill the goose which lays the golden eggs, pay dear for one's whistle, cut one's own throat, bum one's fingers; knock one's head against a stone wall, beat one's head against a stone wall; fall into a trap, catch a Tartar, bring the house about one's ears; have too many eggs in one basket (imprudent) 863, have too many irons in the fire. mistake &c. 495; take the shadow for the substance &c. (credulity) 486; bark up the wrong tree; be in the wrong box, aim at a pigeon and kill a crow; take the wrong pig by the tail, get the wrong pig by the tail, get the wrong sow by the ear, get the dirty end of the stick; put the saddle on the wrong horse, put a square peg into a round hole, put new wine into old bottles. cut blocks with a razor; hold a farthing candle to the sun &c. (useless) 645; fight with a shadow, grasp at a shadow; catch at straws, lean on a broken reed, reckon without one's host, pursue a wild goose chase; go on a fool's goose chase, sleeveless errand; go further and fare worse; lose one's way, miss one's way; fail &c. 732. Adj. unskillful &c. 698; inexpert; bungling &c. v.; awkward, clumsy, unhandy, lubberly, gauche, maladroit; left-handed, heavy-handed; slovenly, slatternly; gawky. adrift, at fault. inapt, unapt; inhabile [Fr.]; untractable†, unteachable; giddy &c. (inattentive) 458; inconsiderate &c. (neglectful) 460; stupid &c. 499; inactive &c. 683; incompetent; unqualified, disqualified, ill-qualified; unfit; quackish; raw, green, inexperienced, rusty, out of practice. unaccustomed, unused, untrained &c. 537, uninitiated, unconversant &c. (ignorant) 491†; shiftless; unstatesmanlike. unadvised; ill-advised, misadvised; ill-devised, ill-imagined, ill-judged, ill-contrived, ill-conducted; unguided, misguided; misconducted, foolish, wild; infelicitous; penny wise and pound foolish &c. (inconsistent) 608. Phr. one's fingers being all thumbs; the right hand forgets its cunning; il se noyerait dans une goutte d'eau [Fr.]; incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim [Lat.]; out of the frying pan into the fire; non omnia possumus omnes [Lat.] [Vergil]. |
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#700. Proficient — N. proficient, expert, adept, dab; dabster†, crackerjack; connoisseur &c. (scholar) 492; master, master hand; prima donna [Sp.], first fiddle, top gun, chef de cuisine, top sawyer; protagonist; past master; mahatma. picked man; medallist, prizeman†. veteran; old stager, old campaigner, old soldier, old file, old hand; man of business, man of the world. nice hand, good hand, clean hand; practiced hand, experienced eye, experienced hand; marksman; good shot, dead shot, crack shot; ropedancer, funambulist†, acrobat; cunning man; conjuror &c. (deceiver) 548; wizard &c. 994. genius; mastermind, master head, master spirit. cunning blade, sharp blade, sharp fellow; jobber; cracksman &c. (thief) 792†; politician, tactician, strategist. pantologist†, admirable Crichton, Jack of all trades; prodigy of learning. |
#701. Bungler — N. bungler; blunderer, blunderhead†; marplot, fumbler, lubber, duffer, dauber, stick; bad hand, poor hand, poor shot; butterfingers†. no conjurer, flat, muff, slow coach, looby†, lubber, swab; clod, yokel, awkward squad, blanc-bec; galoot†. land lubber; fresh water sailor, fair weather sailor; horse marine; fish out of water, ass in lion's skin, jackdaw in peacock's feathers; quack &c. (deceiver) 548; lord of misrule. sloven, slattern, trapes†. amateur, novice, greenhorn (learner) 541. Phr. il n'a pas invente' la poudre [Fr.]; he will never set the Thames on fire; acierta errando [Lat.]; aliquis in omnibus nullus in singulis [Lat.]. |
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#702. Cunning — N. cunning, craft; cunningness†, craftiness &c. adj.; subtlety, artificiality; maneuvering &c. v.; temporization; circumvention. chicane, chicanery; sharp practice, knavery, jugglery†; concealment &c. 528; guile, doubling, duplicity &c. (falsehood) 544; foul play. diplomacy, politics; Machiavelism; jobbery, backstairs influence. art, artifice; device, machination; plot &c. (plan) 626; maneuver, stratagem, dodge, sidestep, artful dodge, wile; trick, trickery &c. (deception) 545; ruse, ruse de guerre [Fr.]; finesse, side blow, thin end of the wedge, shift, go by, subterfuge, evasion; white lie &c. (untruth) 546; juggle, tour de force; tricks of the trade, tricks upon travelers; espieglerie [Fr.]; net, trap &c. 545. Ulysses, Machiavel, sly boots, fox, reynard; Scotchman; Jew, Yankee; intriguer, intrigant†; floater [U.S.], Indian giver [U.S.], keener [U.S.], repeater [U.S.]. V. be cunning &c. adj.; have cut one's eyeteeth; contrive &c. (plan) 626; live by one's wits; maneuver; intrigue, gerrymander, finesse, double, temporize, stoop to conquer, reculer pour mieux sauter [Fr.], circumvent, steal a march upon; overreach &c. 545; throw off one's guard; surprise &c. 508; snatch a verdict; waylay, undermine, introduce the thin end of the wedge; play a deep game, play tricks with; ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces [Lat.]; flatter, make things pleasant; have an ax to grind. dodge, sidestep, bob and weave. Adj. cunning, crafty, artful; skillful &c. 698; subtle, feline, vulpine; cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent; deep, deep laid; profound; designing, contriving; intriguing &c. v.; strategic, diplomatic, politic, Machiavelian, timeserving†; artificial; tricky, tricksy†; wily, sly, slim, insidious, stealthy; underhand &c. (hidden) 528; subdolous†; deceitful &c. 545; slippery as an eel, evasive &c. 623; crooked; arch, pawky†, shrewd, acute; sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle†; canny, astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff. tactful, diplomatic, politic; polite &c. 894. Adv. cunningly &c. adj.; slyly, slily†, on the sly, by a side wind. Phr. diamond cut diamond; a' bis ou a blanc [Fr.]; fin contre fin [Fr.]; something is rotten in the state of something is rotten in the state of Denmark" [Hamlet]. |
#703. Artlessness — N. artlessness &c. adj.; nature, simplicity; innocence &c. 946; bonhomie, naivete, abandon, candor, sincerity; singleness of purpose, singleness of heart; honesty &c. 939; plain speaking; epanchement [Fr.]. rough diamond, matter of fact man; le palais de verite [Fr.]; enfant terrible [Fr.]. V. be artless &c. adj.; look one in the face; wear one's heart upon his sleeves for daws to peck wear one's heart upon his sleeves for daws to peck at†; think aloud; speak out, speak one's mind; be free with one, call a spade a spade. Adj. artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial†, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu†, unaffected, naive; sincere, frank; open, open as day; candid, ingenuous, guileless; unsuspicious, honest &c. 939; innocent &c. 946; Arcadian†; undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard; simple-minded, single-minded; frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted. free-spoken, plain-spoken, outspoken; blunt, downright, direct, matter of fact, unpoetical†; unflattering. Adv. in plain words, in plain English; without mincing the matter; not to mince the matter &c. (affirmation) 535. Phr. Davus sum non Oedipus [Lat.] [Terence]; liberavi animam meam [Lat.]; as frank as rain on cherry blossoms" [E.B. Browning]. |
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#704. Difficulty — N. difficulty; hardness &c. adj.; impracticability &c. (impossibility) 471; tough work, hard work, uphill work; hard task, Herculean task, Augean task†; task of Sisyphus, Sisyphean labor, tough job, teaser, rasper†, dead lift. dilemma, embarrassment; deadlock; perplexity &c. (uncertainty) 475; intricacy; entanglement, complexity &c. 59; cross fire; awkwardness, delicacy, ticklish card to play, knot, Gordian knot, dignus vindice nodus [Lat.], net, meshes, maze; coil &c. (convolution) 248; crooked path; involvement. nice point, delicate point, subtle point, knotty point; vexed question, vexata quaestio [Lat.], poser; puzzle &c. (riddle) 533; paradox; hard nut to crack, nut to crack; bone to pick, crux, pons asinorum [Lat.], where the shoe pinches. nonplus, quandary, strait, pass, pinch, pretty pass, stress, brunt; critical situation, crisis; trial, rub, emergency, exigency, scramble. scrape, hobble, slough, quagmire, hot water, hornet's nest; sea of troubles, peck of troubles; pretty kettle of fish; pickle, stew, imbroglio, mess, ado; false position. set fast, stand, standstill; deadlock, dead set. fix, horns of a dilemma, cul de sac [Fr.]; hitch; stumbling block &c. (hindrance) 706. [difficult person] crab; curmudgeon. V. be difficult &c. adj.; run one hard, go against the grain, try one's patience, put one out; put to one's shifts, put to one's wit's end; go hard with one, try one; pose, perplex &c. (uncertain) 475; bother, nonplus, gravel, bring to a deadlock; be impossible &c. 471; be in the way of &c. (hinder) 706. meet with difficulties; labor under difficulties; get into difficulties; plunge into difficulties; struggle with difficulties; contend with difficulties; grapple with difficulties; labor under a disadvantage; be in difficulty &c. adj.. fish in troubled waters, buffet the waves, swim against the stream, scud under bare poles. Have much ado with, have a hard time of it; come to the push, come to the pinch; bear the brunt. grope in the dark, lose one's way, weave a tangled web, walk among eggs. get into a scrape &c. n.; bring a hornet's nest about one's ears; be put to one's shifts; flounder, boggle, struggle; not know which way to turn &c. (uncertain) 475; perdre son Latin [Fr.]; stick at, stick in the mud, stick fast; come to a stand, come to a standstill, come to a deadlock; hold the wolf by the ears, hold the tiger by the tail. render difficult &c. adj.; enmesh, encumber, embarrass, ravel, entangle; put a spoke in the wheel &c. (hinder) 706; lead a pretty dance. Adj. difficult, not easy, hard, tough; troublesome, toilsome, irksome; operose†, laborious, onerous, arduous, Herculean, formidable; sooner said than done; more easily said than done, easier said than done. difficult to deal with, hard to deal with; ill-conditioned, crabbed, crabby; not to be handled with kid gloves, not made with rose water. awkward, unwieldy, unmanageable; intractable, stubborn &c. (obstinate) 606; perverse, refractory, plaguy†, trying, thorny, rugged; knotted, knotty; invious†; pathless, trackless; labyrinthine &c. (convoluted) 248; intricate, complicated &c. (tangled) 59; impracticable &c. (impossible) 471; not feasible &c. 470; desperate &c. (hopeless) 859. embarrassing, perplexing &c. (uncertain) 475; delicate, ticklish, critical; beset with difficulties, full of difficulties, surrounded by difficulties, entangled by difficulties, encompassed with difficulties. under a difficulty; in a box; in difficulty, in hot water, in the suds, in a cleft stick, in a fix, in the wrong box, in a scrape &c. n., in deep water, in a fine pickle; in extremis; between two stools, between Scylla and Charybdis; surrounded by shoals, surrounded by breakers, surrounded by quicksands; at cross purposes; not out of the wood. reduced to straits; hard pressed, sorely pressed; run hard; pinched, put to it, straitened; hard up, hard put to it, hard set; put to one's shifts; puzzled, at a loss, &c. (uncertain) 475; at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's rope, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus, at a standstill; graveled, nonplused, nonplussed, stranded, aground; stuck fast, set fast; up a tree, at bay, aux abois [Fr.], driven into a corner, driven from pillar to post, driven to extremity, driven to one's wit's end, driven to the wall; au bout de son Latin; out of one's depth; thrown out. accomplished with difficulty; hard-fought, hard-earned. Adv. with difficulty, with much ado; barely, hardly &c. adj.; uphill; against the stream, against the grain; d rebours [Fr.]; invita Minerva [Lat.]; in the teeth of; at a pinch, upon a pinch; at long odds, against long odds. Phr. ay there's the rub" [Hamlet]; hic labor hoc opus [Lat.] [Vergil]; things are come to a pretty pass, ab inconvenienti [Lat.]; ad astra per aspera [Lat.]; acun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire [Fr.]. |
#705. Facility — N. facility, ease; easiness &c. adj.; capability; feasibility &c. (practicability) 470; flexibility, pliancy &c. 324; smoothness &c. 255. plain sailing, smooth sailing, straight sailing; mere child's play, holiday task; cinch [U.S.]. smooth water, fair wind; smooth royal road; clear coast, clear stage; tabula rasa [Lat.]; full play &c. (freedom) 748. disencumbrance†, disentanglement; deoppilation†; permission &c. 760. simplicity, lack of complication. V. be easy &c. adj.; go on smoothly, run smoothly; have full play &c. n.; go on all fours, run on all fours; obey the helm, work well. flow with the stream, swim with the stream, drift with the stream, go with the stream, flow with the tide, drift with the tide; see one's way; have all one's own way, have the game in one's own hands; walk over the course, win at a canter; make light of, make nothing of, make no bones of. be at home in, make it look easy, do it with one's eyes closed, do it in one's sleep &c. (skillful) 698. render easy &c. adj.; facilitate, smooth, ease; popularize; lighten, lighten the labor; free, clear; disencumber, disembarrass, disentangle, disengage; deobstruct†, unclog, extricate, unravel; untie the knot, cut the knot; disburden, unload, exonerate, emancipate, free from, deoppilate†; humor &c. (aid) 707; lubricate &c. 332; relieve &c. 834. leave a hole to creep out of, leave a loophole, leave the matter open; give the reins to, give full play, give full swing; make way for; open the door to, open the way, prepare the ground, smooth the ground, clear the ground, open the way, open the path, open the road; pave the way, bridge over; permit &c. 760. Adj. easy, facile; feasible &c. (practicable) 470; easily managed, easily accomplished; within reach, accessible, easy of access, for the million, open to. manageable, wieldy; towardly†, tractable; submissive; yielding, ductile; suant†; pliant &c. (soft) 324; glib, slippery; smooth &c. 255; on friction wheels, on velvet. unembarrassed, disburdened, unburdened, disencumbered, unencumbered, disembarrassed; exonerated; unloaded, unobstructed, untrammeled; unrestrained &c. (free) 748; at ease, light. [able to do easily] at home with; quite at home; in one's element, in smooth water; skillful &c. 698; accustomed &c. 613. Adv. easily &c. adj.; readily, smoothly, swimmingly, on easy terms, single-handed. Phr. touch and go. |
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#706. Hindrance — N. prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage; embolus, embolism [Med.]; infarct [Med.]; interruption, interception, interclusion†; hindrance, impedition†; retardment†, retardation; embarrassment, oppilation†; coarctation†, stricture, restriction; restraint &c. 751; inhibition &c. 761; blockade &c. (closure) 261. interference, interposition; obtrusion; discouragement, discountenance. impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag†; check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil. bar, stile, barrier; [barrier to vehicles] turnstile, turnpike; gate, portcullis. beaver dam; trocha†; barricade &c. (defense) 717; wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne†; bulkhead, block, buffer; stopper &c. 263; boom, dam, weir, burrock†. drawback, objection; stumbling-block, stumbling-stone; lion in the path, snag; snags and sawyers. encumbrance, incumbrance†; clog, skid, shoe, spoke; drag, drag chain, drag weight; stay, stop; preventive, prophylactic; load, burden, fardel†, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta; dead weight; lumber, pack; nightmare, Ephialtes†, incubus, old man of the sea; remora. difficulty &c. 704; insuperable &c. 471; obstacle; estoppel [Law]; ill wind; head wind &c. (opposition) 708; trammel, tether &c. (means of restraint) 752; hold back, counterpoise. [person who hinders] damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy; party pooper [Coll.]; party crasher, interloper. trail of a red herring; opponent &c. 710. V. hinder, impede, filibuster [U.S.], impedite†, embarrass. keep off, stave off, ward off; obviate; avert, antevert†; turn aside, draw off, prevent, forefend, nip in the bud; retard, slacken, check, let; counteract, countercheck†; preclude, debar, foreclose, estop [Law]; inhibit &c. 761; shackle &c. (restrain) 751; restrict. obstruct, stop, stay, bar, bolt, lock; block, block up; choke off; belay, barricade; block the way, bar the way, stop the way; forelay†; dam up &c. (close) 261; put on the brake &c. n.; scotch the wheel, lock the wheel, put a spoke in the wheel; put a stop to &c. 142; traverse, contravene; interrupt, intercept; oppose &c. 708; hedge in, hedge round; cut off; inerclude†. interpose, interfere, intermeddle &c. 682. cramp, hamper; clog, clog the wheels; cumber; encumber, incumber; handicap; choke; saddle with, load with; overload, lay; lumber, trammel, tie one's hands, put to inconvenience; incommode, discommode; discompose; hustle, corner, drive into a corner. run foul of, fall foul of; cross the path of, break in upon. thwart, frustrate, disconcert, balk, foil; faze, feaze†, feeze [U.S.]; baffle, snub, override, circumvent; defeat &c. 731; spike guns &c. (render useless) 645; spoil, mar, clip the wings of; cripple &c. (injure) 659; put an extinguisher on; damp; dishearten &c. (dissuade) 616; discountenance, throw cold water on, spoil sport; lay a wet blanket, throw a wet blanket on; cut the ground from under one, take the wind out of one's sails, undermine; be in the way of, stand in the way of; act as a drag; hang like a millstone round one's neck. Adj. hindering &c. v.; obstructive, obstruent†; impeditive†, impedient†; intercipient†; prophylactic &c. (remedial) 662; impedimentary. in the way of, unfavorable; onerous, burdensome; cumbrous, cumbersome; obtrusive. hindered &c. v.; windbound†, waterlogged, heavy laden; hard pressed. unassisted &c. (assist) &c. 707; single-handed, alone; deserted &c. 624. Phr. occurrent nubes [Lat.]. |
#707. Aid — N. aid, aidance†; assistance, help, opitulation†, succor; support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion; coadjuvancy &c. (cooperation) 709†. patronage, championship, countenance, favor, interest, advocacy. sustentation, subvention, alimentation, nutrition, nourishment; eutrophy; manna in the wilderness; food &c. 298; means &c. 632. ministry, ministration; subministration†; accommodation. relief, rescue; help at a dead lift; supernatural aid; deus ex machina [Lat.]. supplies, reinforcements, reenforcements†, succors, contingents, recruits; support &c. (physical) 215; adjunct, ally &c. (helper) 711. V. aid, assist, help, succor, lend one's aid; come to the aid &c. n.. of; contribute, subscribe to; bring aid, give aid, furnish aid, afford aid, supply aid &c. n.; give a helping hand, stretch a hand, lend a helping hand, lend a hand, bear a helping hand, hold out a hand, hold out a helping hand; give one a life, give one a cast, give one a turn; take by the hand, take in tow; help a lame dog over a stile, lend wings to. relieve, rescue; set up, set agoing†, set on one's legs; bear through, pull through; give new life to, be the making of; reinforce, reenforce, recruit; set forward, put forward, push forward; give a lift, give a shove, give an impulse to; promote, further, forward, advance expedite, speed, quicken, hasten. support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, bolster. cradle, nourish; nurture, nurse, dry nurse, suckle, put out to nurse; manure, cultivate, force; foster, cherish, foment; feed the flame, fan the flame. serve; do service to, tender to, pander to; administer to, subminister to†, minister to; tend, attend, wait on; take care of &c. 459; entertain; smooth the bed of death. oblige, accommodate, consult the wishes of; humor, cheer, encourage. second, stand by; back, back up; pay the piper, abet; work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for; take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of; advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service; squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize; lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to; smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side with &c. (cooperate) 709. be of use to; subserve &c. (instrument) 631; benefit &c. 648; render a service &c. (utility) 644; conduce &c. (tend) 176. Adj. aiding &c. v.; auxiliary, adjuvant, helpful; coadjuvant &c. 709†; subservient, ministrant, ancillary, accessory, subsidiary. at one's beck, at one's beck and call; friendly, amicable, favorable, propitious, well-disposed; neighborly; obliging &c. (benevolent) 906. Adv. with the aid, by the aid of &c.; on behalf of, in behalf of; in aid of, in the service of, in the name of, in favor of, in furtherance of; on account of; for the sake of, on the part of; non obstante [Lat.]. Int. help!, save us!, to the rescue!, Phr. alterum alterius auxilio eget [Lat.] [Sallust]; God befriend us as our cause is just" [Henry IV]; at your service. |
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#708. Opposition — N. opposition, antagonism; oppugnancy†, oppugnation†; impugnation†; contrariety; contravention; counteraction &c. 179; counterplot. cross fire, undercurrent, head wind. clashing, collision, conflict. competition, two of a trade, rivalry, emulation, race. absence of aid &c. 708; resistance &c. 719; restraint &c. 751; hindrance &c. 706. V. oppose, counteract, run counter to; withstand &c. (resist) 719; control &c. (restrain) 751; hinder &c. 706; antagonize, oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of; set against, pit against; face, confront, cope with; make a stand, make a dead set against; set oneself against, set one's face against; protest against, vote against, raise one's voice against; disfavor, turn one's back upon; set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face. be at cross purposes; play at cross purposes; counterwork†, countermine; thwart, overthwart†; work against, undermine. stem, breast, encounter; stem the tide, breast the tide, stem the current, stem the flood; buffet the waves; beat up against, make head against; grapple with; kick against the pricks &c. (resist) 719; contend &c. 720; do battle with &c. (warfare) 722, do battle against. contradict, contravene; belie; go against, run against, beat against, militate against; come in conflict with. emulate &c. (compete) 720; rival, spoil one's trade. Adj. opposing, opposed &c. v.; adverse, antagonistic; contrary &c. 14; at variance &c. 24; at issue, at war with. unfavorable, unfriendly; hostile, inimical, cross, unpropitious. in hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers drawn; up in arms; resistant &c. 719. competitive, emulous. Adv. against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes. against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide; with a headwind; with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth. in spite, in despite, in defiance; in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of; across; athwart, overthwart†; where the shoe pinches; in spite of one's teeth. though &c. 30; even; quand meme [Fr.]; per contra. Phr. nitor in adversum [Lat.]. |
#709. Cooperation — N. cooperation; coadjuvancy†, coadjutancy†; coagency†, coefficiency†; concert, concurrence, complicity, participation; union &c. 43; additivity, combination &c. 48; collusion. association, alliance, colleagueship†, joint stock, copartnership†; cartel; confederation &c. (party) 712; coalition, fusion; a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together; logrolling, freemasonry. unanimity &c. (assent) 488; esprit de corps, party spirit; clanship†, partisanship; concord &c. 714. synergy, coaction†. V. cooperate, concur; coact†, synergize. conduce &c. 178; combine, unite one's efforts; keep together, draw together, pull together, club together, hand together, hold together, league together, band together, be banded together; pool; stand shoulder to shoulder, put shoulder to shoulder; act in concert, join forces, fraternize, cling to one another, conspire, concert, lay one's heads together; confederate, be in league with; collude, understand one another, play into the hands of, hunt in couples. side with, take side with, go along with, go hand in hand with, join hands with, make common cause with, strike in with, unite with, join with, mix oneself up with, take part with, cast in one's lot with; join partnership, enter into partnership with; rally round, follow the lead of; come to, pass over to, come into the views of; be in the same boat, row in the same boat; sail in the same boat; sail on the same tack. be a party to, lend oneself to; chip in; participate; have a hand in, have a finger in the pie; take part in, bear part in; second &c. (aid) 707; take the part of, play the game of; espouse a cause, espouse a quarrel. Adj. cooperating &c. v.; in cooperation &c. n., in league &c. (party) 712; coadjuvant†, coadjutant†; dyed in the wool; cooperative; additive; participative; coactive†, synergetic, synergistic. favorable to &c. 707; unopposed &c. 708. Adv. as one &c. (unanimously) 488; shoulder to shoulder; synergistically; cooperatively. Phr. due teste valgono piu che una sola [It]. |
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#710. Opponent — N. opponent, antagonist, adversary; adverse party, opposition; enemy &c. 891; the other side; assailant. oppositionist, obstructive; brawler, wrangler, brangler†, disputant; filibuster [U.S.], obstructionist. malcontent; Jacobin, Fenian; demagogue, reactionist†. rival, competitor. bete noir [Fr.]. |
#711. Auxiliary — N. auxiliary; recruit; assistant; adjuvant, adjutant; ayudante†, coaid†; adjunct; help, helper, help mate, helping hand; midwife; colleague, partner, mate, confrere, cooperator; coadjutor, coadjutrix†; collaborator. ally; friend &c. 890, confidant, fidus Achates [Lat.], pal, buddy, alter ego. [criminal law] confederate; accomplice; complice; accessory, accessory after the fact; particeps criminis [Lat.]; socius criminis [Lat.]. aide-de-camp, secretary, clerk, associate, marshal; right-hand, right-hand man, Friday, girl Friday, man Friday, gopher, gofer; candle-holder, bottle-holder; handmaid; servant &c. 746; puppet, cat's-paw, jackal†. tool, dupe, stooge, ame damnee [Fr.]; satellite, adherent. votary; sectarian, secretary; seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator; angel (theater, entertainment). friend in need, Jack at a pinch, deus ex machina [Lat.], guardian angel, tutelary genius. |
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#712. Party — N. party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band. horde, posse, phalanx; family, clan, &c. 166; team; tong. council &c. 696. community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity; confraternity; familistere†, familistery†; brotherhood, sisterhood. knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd; coterie, club, casino†; machine; Tammany, Tammany Hall [U.S.]. corporation, corporate body, guild; establishment, company; copartnership†, partnership; firm, house; joint concern, joint-stock company; cahoot, combine [U.S.], trust. society, association; institute, institution; union; trades union; league, syndicate, alliance, Verein [G.], Bund [G.], Zollverein [G.], combination; Turnverein [G.]; league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive; coalition; federation; confederation, confederacy; junto, cabal, camarilla†, camorra†, brigue†; freemasonry; party spirit &c. (cooperation) 709. Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar; Kuklux, Kuklux Klan, KKK; Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs &c.. staff; dramatis personae [Lat.]. V. unite, join; club together &c. (cooperate) 709; cement a party, form a party &c. n.; associate &c. (assemble) 72; enleague†, federalize, go cahoots. Adj. in league, in partnership, in alliance &c. n.. bonded together, banded together, linked &c. (joined) 43, joined together; embattled; confederated, federative, joint. Adv. hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat. |
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#713. Discord — N. disagreement &c. 24; discord, disaccord†, dissidence, dissonance; jar, clash, shock; jarring, jostling &c. v.; screw loose. variance, difference, dissension, misunderstanding, cross purposes, odds, brouillerie [Fr.]; division, split, rupture, disruption, division in the camp, house divided against itself, disunion, breach; schism &c. (dissent) 489; feud, faction. quarrel, dispute, tiff, tracasserie†, squabble, altercation, barney [Slang], demelé, snarl, spat, towrow†, words, high words; wrangling &c. v.; jangle, brabble†, cross questions and crooked answers, snip-snap; family jars. polemics; litigation; strife &c. (contention) 720; warfare &c. 722; outbreak, open rupture, declaration of war. broil, brawl, row, racket, hubbub, rixation†; embroilment, embranglement†, imbroglio, fracas, breach of the peace, piece of work [Fr.], scrimmage, rumpus; breeze, squall; riot, disturbance &c. (disorder) 59; commotion &c. (agitation) 315; bear garden, Donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair. subject of dispute, ground of quarrel, battle ground, disputed point; bone of contention, bone to pick; apple of discord, casus belli [Lat.]; question at issue &c. (subject of inquiry) 461; vexed question, vexata quaestio [Lat.], brand of discord. troublous times†; cat-and-dog life; contentiousness &c. adj.; enmity &c. 889; hate &c. 898; Kilkenny cats; disputant &c. 710; strange bedfellows. V. be discordant &c. adj.; disagree, come amiss &c. 24; clash, jar, jostle, pull different ways, conflict, have no measures with, misunderstand one another; live like cat and dog; differ; dissent &c. 489; have a bone to pick, have a crow to pluck with. fall out, quarrel, dispute; litigate; controvert &c. (deny) 536; squabble, wrangle, jangle, brangle†, bicker, nag; spar &c. (contend) 720; have words &c. n.. with; fall foul of. split; break with, break squares with, part company with; declare war, try conclusions; join issue, put in issue; pick a quarrel, fasten a quarrel on; sow dissension, stir up dissension &c. n.; embroil, entangle, disunite, widen the breach; set at odds, set together by the ears; set against, pit against. get into hot water, fish in troubled waters, brawl; kick up a row, kick up a dust; turn the house out of window. Adj. discordant; disagreeing &c. v.; out of tune, ajar, on bad terms, dissentient &c. 489; unreconciled, unpacified; contentious &c. 720. quarrelsome, unpacific†; gladiatorial, controversial, polemic, disputatious; factious; litigious, litigant; pettifogging. at odds, at loggerheads, at daggers drawn, at variance, at issue, at cross purposes, at sixes and sevens, at feud, at high words; up in arms, together by the ears, in hot water, embroiled. torn, disunited. Phr. quot homines tot sententiae [Lat.] [Terence]; no love lost between them, non nostrum tantas componere lites [Lat.] [Vergil]; Mars gravior sub pace latet [Lat.] [Claudius]. |
#714. Concord — N. concord, accord, harmony, symphony; homologue; agreement &c. 23; sympathy, empathy &c. (love) 897; response; union, unison, unity; bonds of harmony; peace &c. 721; unanimity &c. (assent) 488; league &c. 712; happy family. rapprochement; reunion; amity &c. (friendship) 888; alliance, entente cordiale [Fr.], good understanding, conciliation, peacemaker; intercessor, mediator. V. agree &c. 23; accord, harmonize with; fraternize; be concordant &c. adj.; go hand in hand; run parallel &c. (concur) 178; understand one another, pull together &c. (cooperate) 709; put up one's horses together, sing in chorus. side with, sympathize with, go with, chime in with, fall in with; come round; be pacified &c. 723; assent &c. 488; empathize with, enter into the ideas of, enter into the feelings of; reciprocate. hurler avec les loups [Fr.]; go with the stream, swim with the stream. keep in good humor, render accordant, put in tune; come to an understanding, meet halfway; keep the peace, remain at peace. Adj. concordant, congenial; agreeing &c. v.; in accord &c. n.; harmonious, united, cemented; banded together &c. 712; allied; friendly &c. 888; fraternal; conciliatory; at one with; of one mind &c. (assent) 488. at peace, in still water; tranquil &c. (pacific) 721. Adv. with one voice &c. (assent) 488; in concert with, hand in hand; on one's side. Phr. commune periculum concordiam parit [Lat.]. |
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#715. Defiance — N. defiance; daring &c. v.; dare; challenge, cartel†; threat &c. 909; war cry, war whoop. chest-beating, chest-thumping; saber rattling. V. defy, dare, beard; brave &c. (courage) 861; bid defiance to; set at defiance, set at naught; hurl defiance at; dance the war dance, beat the war drums; snap the fingers at, laugh to scorn; disobey &c. 742. show fight, show one's teeth, show a bold front; bluster, look big, stand akimbo, beat one's chest; double the fist, shake the fist; threaten &c. 909. challenge, call out; throw down the gauntlet, fling down the gauntlet, fling down the gage, fling down the glove, throw down the glove. Adj. defiant; defying &c. v.. with 'with arms akimbo'." Adv. in defiance of, in the teeth of; under one's very nose. Int. do your worst!, come if you dare!, come on!, marry come up!, hoity toity! †, Phr. noli me tangere [Lat.]; nemo me impune lacessit [Lat.]; don't tread on me; don't you dare; don't even think of it; Go ahead, make my day! " [Dirty Harry]. |
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#716. Attack — N. attack; assault, assault and battery; onset, onslaught, charge. aggression, offense; incursion, inroad, invasion; irruption; outbreak; estrapade†, ruade†; coupe de main, sally, sortie, camisade†, raid, foray; run at, run against; dead set at. storm, storming; boarding, escalade†; siege, investment, obsession†, bombardment, cannonade. fire, volley; platoon fire, file fire; fusillade; sharpshooting, broadside; raking fire, cross fire; volley of grapeshot, whiff of the grape, feu d'enfer [Fr.]. cut, thrust, lunge, pass, passado†, carte and tierce [Fr.], home thrust; coupe de bec [Fr.]; kick, punch &c. (impulse) 276. battue†, razzia†, Jacquerie, dragonnade†; devastation &c. 162; eboulement [Fr.]. assailant, aggressor, invader. base of operations, point of attack; echelon. V. attack, assault, assail; invade; set upon, fall upon; charge, impugn, break a lance with, enter the lists. assume the offensive, take the offensive; be the aggressor, become the aggressor; strike the first blow, draw first blood, throw the first stone at; lift a hand against, draw the sword against; take up the cudgels; advance against, march against; march upon, harry; come on, show fight. strike at, poke at, thrust at; aim a blow at, deal a blow at; give one a blow, fetch one a blow, fetch one a kick, give one a kick; have a cut at, have a shot at, take a cut at, take a shot at, have a fling at, have a shy at; be down upon, pounce upon; fall foul of, pitch into, launch out against; bait, slap on the face; make a thrust at, make a pass at, make a set at, make a dead set at; bear down upon. close with, come to close quarters; bring to bay. ride full tilt against; attack tooth and nail, go at hammer and tongs. let fly at, dash at, run a tilt at, rush at, tilt at, run at, fly at, hawk at, have at, let out at; make a dash, make a rush at; strike home; drive one hard; press one hard; be hard upon, run down, strike at the root of. lay about one, run amuck. aim at, draw a bead on [U.S.]. fire upon, fire at, fire a shot at; shoot at, pop at, level at, let off a gun at; open fire, pepper, bombard, shell, pour a broadside into; fire a volley, fire red-hot shot; spring a mine. throw a stone, throw stones at; stone, lapidate†, pelt; hurl at, hurl against, hurl at the head of; rock beset [U.S.], besiege, beleaguer; lay siege to, invest, open the trenches, plant a battery, sap, mine; storm, board, scale the walls. cut and thrust, bayonet, butt; kick, strike &c. (impulse) 276; whip &c. (punish) 972. [attack verbally] assail, impugn; malign (detract) 934. bomb, rocket, blast. Adj. attacking &c. v.; aggressive, offensive, obsidional†. up in arms. Adv. on the offensive. Int. up and at them! " Phr. the din of arms, the yell of savage rage, the the din of arms, the yell of savage rage, the shriek of agony, the groan of death" [Southey]; their fatal hands no second stroke intend" [Paradise Lost]; thirst for glory quells the love of life" [Addison]. |
#717. Defense — N. defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding &c. v.; propugnation†, preservation &c. 670; guardianship. area defense; site defense. self-defense, self-preservation; resistance &c. 719. safeguard &c. (safety) 664; balistraria†; bunker, screen &c. (shelter) 666; camouflage &c. (concealment) 530; fortification; munition, muniment†; trench, foxhole; bulwark, fosse†, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment†; kila†; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment; earth work, field-work; fence, wall dead wall, contravallation†; paling &c. (inclosure) 232; palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado†, laager†, sangar†; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise [Fr.]; abatis, abattis†, abbatis†; vallum†, circumvallation†, battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp†, counter-scarp; glacis, casemate†; vallation†, vanfos†. buttress, abutment; shore &c. (support) 215. breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet†, bastion, redan†, ravelin†; vauntmure†; advance work, horn work, outwork; barbacan†, barbican; redoubt; fort-elage [Fr.], fort-alice; lines. loophole, machicolation†; sally port. hold, stronghold, fastness; asylum &c. (refuge) 666; keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle; tower of strength, tower of strength; fort, barracoon†, pah†, sconce, martello tower†, peelhouse†, blockhouse, rath†; wooden walls. [body armor] bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate†, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum†, cuirass, habergeon†, mail, coat of mail, brigandine†, hauberk, lorication†, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade†, heaume†, morion†, murrion†, armet†, cabaset†, vizor†, casquetel†, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace†, shako &c. (dress) 225. bearskin; panoply; truncheon &c. (weapon) 727. garrison, picket, piquet; defender, protector; guardian &c. (safety) 664; bodyguard, champion; knight-errant, Paladin; propugner†. bulletproof window. hardened site. V. defend, forfend, fend; shield, screen, shroud; engarrison†; fend round &c. (circumscribe) 229; fence, entrench, intrench†; guard &c. (keep safe) 664; guard against; take care of &c. (vigilance) 459; bear harmless; fend off, keep off, ward off, beat off, beat back; hinder &c. 706. parry, repel, propugn†, put to flight; give a warm reception to [Iron.]; hold at bay, keep at bay, keep arm's length. stand on the defensive, act on the defensive; show fight; maintain one's ground, stand one's ground; stand by; hold one's own; bear the brunt, stand the brunt; fall back upon, hold, stand in the gap. Adj. defending &c. v.; defensive; mural†; armed, armed at all points, armed cap-a-pie, armed to the teeth; panoplied†; iron-plated, ironclad; loopholed, castellated, machicolated†, casemated†; defended &c. v.; proof against. armored, ballproof†, bulletproof; hardened. Adv. defensively; on the defense, on the defensive; in defense; at bay, pro aris et focis [Lat.]. Int. no surrender!, Phr. defense not defiance; Dieu defend le droit [Fr.]; fidei defensor [Lat.], defender of the faith. |
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#718. Retaliation — N. retaliation, reprisal, retort, payback; counter-stroke, counter-blast, counterplot, counter-project; retribution, lex talionis [Lat.]; reciprocation &c. (reciprocity) 12. tit for tat, give and take, blow for blow, quid pro quo, a Roland for an Oliver, measure for measure, diamond cut diamond, the biter bit, a game at which two can play; reproof valiant, retort courteous. recrimination &c. (accusation) 938; revenge &c. 919; compensation &c. 30; reaction &c. (recoil) 277. V. retaliate, retort, turn upon; pay, pay off, pay back; pay in one's own coin, pay in the same coin; cap; reciprocate &c. 148; turn the tables upon, return the compliment; give a quid pro quo &c. n., give as much as one takes, give as good as one gets; give and take, exchange fisticuffs; be quits, be even with; pay off old scores. serve one right, be hoist on one's own petard, throw a stone in one's own garden, catch a Tartar. Adj. retaliating &c. v.; retaliatory, retaliative; talionic†. Adv. in retaliation; en revanche. Phr. mutato nomine de te fabula narratur [Lat.] [Horace]; par pari refero [Lat.] [Terence]; tu quoque [Lat.], you too; you're another; suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo [Lat.]; a beau jeu beau retour [Fr.]; litem [Lat.]. lite resolvit [Lat.] [Horace]. |
#719. Resistance — N. resistance, stand, front, oppugnation†; oppugnancy†; opposition &c. 708; renitence†, renitency; reluctation†, recalcitration†; kicking &c. v.. repulse, rebuff. insurrection &c. (disobedience) 742; strike; turn out, lock out, barring out; levee en masse [Fr.], Jacquerie; riot &c. (disorder) 59. V. resist; not submit &c. 725; repugn†, reluct, reluctate†, withstand; stand up against, strive against, bear up under, bear up against, be proof against, make head against; stand, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand the brunt of, stand out; hold one's grounds, hold one's own, hold out, hold firm. breast the wave, breast the current; stem the tide, stem the torrent; face, confront, grapple with; show a bold front &c. (courage) 861; present a front; make a stand, take one's stand. kick, kick against; recalcitrate†, kick against the pricks; oppose &c. 708; fly in the face of; lift the hand against &c. (attack) 716; rise up in arms &c. (war) 722; strike, turn out; draw up a round robin &c. (remonstrate) 932; revolt &c. (disobey) 742; make a riot. prendre le mors aux dents [Fr.], take the bit between the teeth; sell one's life dearly, die hard, keep at bay; repel, repulse. Adj. resisting &c. v.; resistive, resistant; refractory &c. (disobedient) 742; recalcitrant, renitent; up in arms. repulsive, repellant. proof against; unconquerable &c. (strong) 159; stubborn, unconquered; indomitable &c. (persevering) 604.1; unyielding &c. (obstinate) 606. Int. hands off!, keep off!, |
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#720. Contention — N. contention, strife; contest, contestation†; struggle; belligerency; opposition &c. 708. controversy, polemics; debate &c. (discussion) 476; war of words, logomachy†, litigation; paper war; high words &c. (quarrel) 713; sparring &c. v.. competition, rivalry; corrivalry†, corrivalship†, agonism†, concours†, match, race, horse racing, heat, steeple chase, handicap; regatta; field day; sham fight, Derby day; turf, sporting, bullfight, tauromachy†, gymkhana†; boat race, torpids†. wrestling, greco-roman wrestling; pugilism, boxing, fisticuffs, the manly art of self-defense; spar, mill, set-to, round, bout, event, prize fighting; quarterstaff, single stick; gladiatorship†, gymnastics; jiujitsu, jujutsu, kooshti†, sumo; athletics, athletic sports; games of skill &c. 840. shindy†; fracas &c. (discord) 713; clash of arms; tussle, scuffle, broil, fray; affray, affrayment†; velitation†; colluctation†, luctation†; brabble†, brigue†, scramble, melee, scrimmage, stramash†, bushfighting†. free fight, stand up fight, hand to hand, running fight. conflict, skirmish; rencounter†, encounter; rencontre†, collision, affair, brush, fight; battle, battle royal; combat, action, engagement, joust, tournament; tilt, tilting [Mediev.]; tournay†, list; pitched battle. death struggle, struggle for life or death, life or death struggle, Armageddon†. hard knocks, sharp contest, tug of war. naval engagement, naumachia†, sea fight. duel, duello [It]; single combat, monomachy†, satisfaction, passage d'armes [Fr.], passage of arms, affair of honor; triangular duel; hostile meeting, digladiation†; deeds of arms, feats of arms; appeal to arms &c. (warfare) 722. pugnacity; combativeness &c. adj.; bone of contention &c. 713. V. contend; contest, strive, struggle, scramble, wrestle; spar, square; exchange blows, exchange fisticuffs; fib†, justle†, tussle, tilt, box, stave, fence; skirmish; pickeer†; fight &c. (war) 722; wrangle &c. (quarrel) 713. contend with &c., grapple with, engage with, close with, buckle with, bandy with, try conclusions with, have a brush &c. n.. with, tilt with; encounter, fall foul of, pitch into, clapperclaw†, run a tilt at; oppose &c. 708; reluct. join issue, come to blows, go to loggerheads, set to, come to the scratch, exchange shots, measure swords, meet hand to hand; take up the cudgels, take up the glove, take up the gauntlet; enter the lists; couch one's lance; give satisfaction; appeal to arms; &c. (warfare) 722. lay about one; break the peace. compete with, cope with, vie with, race with; outvie†, emulate, rival; run a race; contend for &c., stipulate for, stickle for; insist upon, make a point of. Adj. contending &c. v.; together by the ears, at loggerheads. at war. at issue. competitive, rival; belligerent; contentious, combative, bellicose, unpeaceful†; warlike &c. 722; quarrelsome &c. 901; pugnacious; pugilistic, gladiatorial; palestric†, palestrical†. Phr. a verbis ad verbera [Lat.]; a word and a blow; a very pretty quarrel as it stands" [Sheridan]; commune periculum concordiam parit [Lat.]; lis litem generat [Lat.]. |
#721. Peace — N. peace; amity &c. (friendship) 888; harmony &c. (concord) 714; tranquility, calm &c. (quiescence) 265; truce, peace treaty, accord &c. (pacification) 723; peace pipe, pipe of peace, calumet of peace. piping time of peace, quiet life; neutrality. [symbol of peace] dove of peace, white dove. [person who favors peace] dove. pax Romana [Lat.]; Pax Americana [Lat.]. V. be at peace; keep the peace &c. (concord) 714. make peace &c. 723. Adj. pacific; peaceable, peaceful; calm, tranquil, untroubled, halcyon; bloodless; neutral. dovish Phr. the storm blown over; the lion lies down with the lamb; all quiet on the Potomac;" paritur pax bello [Lat.] [Nepos]; peace hath her victories no less renowned than peace hath her victories no less renowned than war" [Milton]; they make a desert and they call it peace." |
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#722. Warfare — N. warfare; fighting &c. v.; hostilities; war, arms, the sword; Mars, Bellona, grim visaged war, horrida bella [Lat.]; bloodshed. appeal to arms, appeal to the sword; ordeal of battle; wager of battle; ultima ratio regum [Lat.], arbitrament of the sword. battle array, campaign, crusade, expedition, operations; mobilization; state of siege; battlefield, theater of operations &c. (arena) 728; warpath. art of war, tactics, strategy, castrametation†; generalship; soldiership; logistics; military evolutions, ballistics, gunnery; chivalry. gunpowder, shot. battle, tug of war &c. (contention) 720; service, campaigning, active service, tented field; kriegspiel [G.], Kriegsspiel [G.]; fire cross, trumpet, clarion, bugle, pibroch†, slogan; war-cry, war-whoop; battle cry, beat of drum, rappel, tom-tom; calumet of war; word of command; password, watchword; passage d-armes [Fr.]. war to the death, war to the knife; guerre a mort [Fr.], guerre a outrance [Fr.]; open war, internecine war, civil war. V. arm; raise troops, mobilize troops; raise up in arms; take up the cudgels &c. 720; take up arms, fly to arms, appeal to arms, fly to the sword; draw the sword, unsheathe the sword; dig up the hatchet, dig up the tomahawk; go to war, wage war, let slip the dogs of war" [Julius Caesar]; cry havoc; kindle the torch of war, light the torch of war; raise one's banner, raise the fire cross; hoist the black flag; throw away, fling away the scabbard; enroll, enlist; take the field; take the law into one's own hands; do battle, give battle, join battle, engage in battle, go to battle; flesh one's sword; set to, fall to, engage, measure swords with, draw the trigger, cross swords; come to blows, come to close quarters; fight; combat; contend &c. 720; battle with, break a lance with. [pirates engage in battle] raise the jolly roger, run up the jolly roger. serve; see service, be on service, be on active service; campaign; wield the sword, shoulder a musket, smell powder, be under fire; spill blood, imbrue the hands in blood; on the warpath. carry on war, carry on hostilities; keep the field; fight the good fight; fight it out, fight like devils, fight one's way, fight hand to hand; sell one's life dearly; pay the ferryman's fee. Adj. contending, contentious &c. 720; armed, armed to the teeth, armed cap-a-pie; sword in hand; in arms, under arms, up in arms; at war with; bristling with arms; in battle array, in open arms, in the field; embattled; battled. unpacific†, unpeaceful†; belligerent, combative, armigerous†, bellicose, martial, warlike; military, militant; soldier-like, soldierly. chivalrous; strategical, internecine. Adv. flagrante bello [Lat.], in the thick of the fray, in the cannon's mouth; at the sword's point, at the point of the bayonet. Int. vae victis! [Lat.], to arms!, to your tents O Israel!, Phr. the battle rages; a la guerre comme a la guerre [Fr.]; bis peccare in bello non licet [Lat.]; jus gladii [Lat.]; my voice is still for war" [Addison]; 'tis well that war is so terrible, otherwise we 'tis well that war is so terrible, otherwise we might grow fond of it" [Robert E. Lee]; my sentence is for open war" [Milton]; pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war" [Othello]; the cannons have their bowels full of wrath" [King John]; the cannons aspit forth their iron indignation" [King John]; the fire-eyed maid of smoky war" [Henry IV]; silent leges inter arma [Lat.] [Cicero]; si vis pacem para bellum [Lat.]. |
#723. Pacification — N. pacification, conciliation; reconciliation, reconcilement; shaking of hands, accommodation, arrangement, adjustment; terms, compromise; amnesty, deed of release. peace offering; olive branch; calumet of peace, preliminaries of peace. truce, armistice; suspension of arms, suspension of hostilities, stand-down; breathing time; convention; modus vivendi [Lat.]; flag of truce, white flag, parlementaire [Fr.], cartel†. hollow truce, pax in bello [Lat.]; drawn battle. V. pacify, tranquilize, compose; allay &c. (moderate) 174; reconcile, propitiate, placate, conciliate, meet halfway, hold out the olive branch, heal the breach, make peace, restore harmony, bring to terms. settle matters, arrange matters, accommodate matters, accommodate differences; set straight; make up a quarrel, tantas componere lites [Lat.]; come to an understanding, come to terms; bridge over, hush up; make it, make matters up; shake hands; mend one's fences [U.S.]. raise a siege, lift a siege; put up the sword, sheathe the sword; bury the hatchet, lay down one's arms, turn swords into plowshares; smoke the calumet of peace, close the temple of Janus; keep the peace &c. (concord) 714; be pacified &c.; come round. Adj. conciliatory; composing &c. v.; pacified &c. v.. Phr. requiescat in pace [Lat.]. |
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#724. Mediation — N. mediation, mediatorship†, mediatization†; intervention, interposition, interference, intermeddling, intercession; arbitration; flag of truce &c. 723; good offices, peace offering; parley, negotiation; diplomatics†, diplomacy; compromise &c. 774. [person who mediates] mediator, arbitrator, intercessor, peacemaker, makepeace†, negotiator, go-between; diplomatist &c. (consignee) 758; moderator; propitiator; umpire. V. mediate, mediatize†; intercede, interpose, interfere, intervene; step in, negotiate; meet halfway; arbitrate; magnas componere lites [Lat.]. bargain &c. 794 Adj. mediatory. |
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#725. Submission — N. submission, yielding; nonresistance; obedience &c. 743. surrender, cession, capitulation, resignation; backdown†. obeisance, homage, kneeling, genuflexion†, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow, prostration. V. succumb, submit, yeild, bend, resign, defer to. lay down one's arms, deliver up one's arms; lower colors, haul down colors, strike one's flag, strike colors. surrender, surrender at discretion; cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreat; draw in one's horns &c. (humility) 879; give way, give round, give in, give up; cave in; suffer judgment by default; bend, bend to one's yoke, bend before the storm; reel back; bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under; knock under. eat dirt, eat the leek, eat humble pie; bite the dust, lick the dust; be at one's feet, fall at one's feet; craven; crouch before, throw oneself at the feet of; swallow the leek, swallow the pill; kiss the rod; turn the other cheek; avaler les couleuvres [Fr.], gulp down. obey &c. 743; kneel to, bow to, pay homage to, cringe to, truckle to; bend the neck, bend the knee; kneel, fall on one's knees, bow submission, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow. pocket the affront; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; grin and abide, grin and bear it, shrug the shoulders, resign oneself; submit with a good grace &c. (bear with) 826. Adj. surrendering &c. v.; submissive, resigned, crouching; downtrodden; down on one's marrow bones; on one's bended knee; unresistant, unresisting, nonresisting; pliant &c. (soft) 324; undefended. untenable, indefensible; humble &c. 879. Phr. have it your own way; it can't be helped; amen &c. (assent) 488; da locum melioribus [Lat.]; tempori parendum [Lat.]. |
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#726. Combatant — N. combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent; competitor, rival, corrival†; fighter, assailant; champion, Paladin; mosstrooper†, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough. prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler; fighting-cock, game-cock; warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent†; campaigner, veteran; swordsman, sabreur†, redcoat, military man, Rajput. armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth†, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible†; auxiliary, bersagliere†, brave; garde-nationale, garde-royale [Fr.]; minuteman [U.S.]; auxiliary forces, reserve forces; reserves, posse comitatus [Lat.], national guard, gendarme, beefeater; guards, guardsman; yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops. janissary; myrmidon; Mama, Mameluke; spahee†, spahi†, Cossack, Croat, Pandoz. irregular, guerilla, partisan, condottiere†; franctireur [Fr.], tirailleur†, bashi-bazouk; [guerilla organization names: list], vietminh, vietcong; shining path; contras; huk, hukbalahap. mercenary, soldier of fortune; hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger; bushwhacker, free lance, companion; Hessian. hit man torpedo, soldier. levy, draught; Landwehr [G.], Landsturm [G.]; conscript, recruit, cadet, raw levies. infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier; Tommy Atkins†, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy†, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder; officer &c. (commander) 745; subaltern, ensign, standard bearer; spearman, pikeman†; spear bearer; halberdier†, lancer; musketeer, carabineer†, rifleman, jager [G.], sharpshooter, yager†, skirmisher; grenadier, fusileer†; archer, bowman. horse and foot; horse soldier; cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse, voltigeur [Fr.], uhlan, mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar; light dragoon, heavy dragoon; heavy; cuirassier [Fr.]; Foot Guards, Horse Guards. gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman†, matross†; sapper, sapper and miner; engineer; light infantry, rifles, chasseur [Fr.], zouave; military train, coolie. army, corps d'armee [Fr.], host, division, battalia†, column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia†, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad; piquet, picket, guard, rank, file; legion, phalanx, cohort; cloud of skirmishers. war horse, charger, destrier. marine, man-of-war's man &c. (sailor) 269; navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron. [ships of war] man-of-war; destroyer; submarine; minesweeper; torpedo-boat, torpedo-destroyer; patrol torpedo boat, PT boat; torpedo-catcher, war castle, H.M.S.; battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought, line of battle ship, ship of the line; aircraft carrier, carrier. flattop [Coll.]; helicopter carrier; missile platform, missile boat; ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floating battery; first-rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel; flagship, guard ship, cruiser; armored cruiser, protected cruiser; privateer. [supporting ships] tender; store ship, troop ship; transport, catamaran; merchant marine. |
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#727. Arms — N. arm, arms; weapon, deadly weapon; armament, armaments, armature; panoply, stand of arms; armor &c. (defense) 717; armory &c. (store) 636; apparatus belli [Lat.]. ammunition; powder, powder and shot; cartridge; ball cartridge, cartouche, fireball; villainous saltpeter" [Henry IV]; dumdum bullet. explosive; gunpowder, guncotton; mercury fulminate; picrates; pentaerythritol tetranitrate, PETN. high explosive; trinitrotoluene, TNT; dynamite, melinite†, cordite, lyddite, plastic explosive, plastique; pyroxyline†. [knives and swords: list] sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion†, scimitar, cimeter†, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive†, glave†, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga†, baselard†, Lochaber ax, skean dhu†, creese†, kris, dagger, dirk, banger†, poniard, stiletto, stylet†, dudgeon, bayonet; sword-bayonet, sword-stick; side arms, foil, blade, steel; ax, bill; pole-ax, battle-ax; gisarme†, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife†; ataghan†, attaghan†, yataghan†; yatacban†; assagai, assegai†; good sword, trusty sword, naked sword; cold steel. club, mace, truncheon, staff, bludgeon, cudgel, life preserver, shillelah, sprig; hand staff, quarter staff; bat, cane, stick, knuckle duster; billy, blackjack, sandbag, waddy†. gun, piece [Fr.]; firearms; artillery, ordnance; siege train, battering train; park, battery; cannon, gun of position, heavy gun, field piece [Fr.], mortar, howitzer, carronade†, culverin†, basilisk; falconet, jingal†, swivel, pederero†, bouche a feu [Fr.]; petard, torpedo; mitrailleur [Fr.], mitrailleuse [Fr.]; infernal machine; smooth bore, rifled cannon, Armstrong gun†, Lancaster gun, Paixhan gun, Whitworth gun, Parrott gun, Krupp gun, Gatling gun, Maxim gun, machine gun; pompom†; ten pounder. small arms; musket, musketry, firelock†, fowling piece [Fr.], rifle, fusil†, caliver†, carbine, blunderbuss, musketoon†, Brown Bess, matchlock, harquebuss†, arquebus, haguebut†; pistol, postolet†; petronel; small bore; breach-loader, muzzle-loader; revolver, repeater; Minis rifle, Enfield rifle, Flobert rifle, Westley Richards rifle, Snider rifle, Martini-Henry rifle, Lee-Metford rifle, Lee-Enfield rifle, Mauser rifle, magazine rifle; needle gun, chassepot†; wind gun, air gun; automatic gun, automatic pistol; escopet†, escopette†, gunflint, gun-lock; hackbut†, shooter, shooting iron [U.S.], six-shooter [U.S.], shotgun; Uzzi, assault rifle, Kalashnikov. bow, crossbow, balister†, catapult, sling; battering ram &c. (impulse) 276; gunnery; ballistics &c. (propulsion) 284. missile, bolt, projectile, shot, ball; grape; grape shot, canister shot, bar shot, cannon shot, langrel shot†, langrage shot†, round shot, chain shot; balista†, ballista†, slung shot, trebucbet†, trebucket†; bullet, slug, stone, brickbat, grenade, shell, bomb, carcass, rocket; congreve†, congreve rocket†; shrapnel, mitraille [Fr.]; levin bolt†, levin brand†; thunderbolt. pike, lance, spear, spontoon†, javelin, dart, jereed†, jerid†, arrow, reed, shaft, bolt, boomerang, harpoon, gaff; eelspear†, oxgoad†, weet-weet, wommerah†; cattle prod; chemical mace. Phr. en flute; nervos belli pecuniam infinitam [Lat.]. |
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#728. Arena — N. arena, field, platform; scene of action, theater; walk, course; hustings; stare, boards &c. (playhouse) 599; amphitheater; Coliseum, Colosseum; Flavian amphitheater, hippodrome, circus, race course, corso [Sp.], turf, cockpit, bear garden, playground, gymnasium, palestra, ring, lists; tiltyard†, tilting ground; Campus Martins, Champ de Allars†; campus [U.S.]. boxing ring, canvas. theater of war, seat of war; battle-field, battle-ground; field of battle, field of slaughter; Aceldama†, camp; the enemy's camp; trusting place &c. (place of meeting) 74. |
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#729. Completion — N. completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment; performance, execution; despatch, dispatch; consummation, culmination; finish, conclusion; close &c. (end) 67; terminus &c. (arrival) 292; winding up; finale, denouement, catastrophe, issue, upshot, result; final touch, last touch, crowning touch, finishing touch, finishing stroke; last finish, coup de grace; crowning of the edifice; coping-stone, keystone; missing link &c. 53; superstructure, ne plus ultra [Lat.], work done, fait accompli [Fr.]. elaboration; finality; completeness &c. 52. V. effect, effectuate; accomplish, achieve, compass, consummate, hammer out; bring to maturity, bring to perfection; perfect, complete; elaborate. do, execute, make; go through, get through; work out, enact; bring about, bring to bear, bring to pass, bring through, bring to a head. despatch, dispatch; knock off, finish off, polish off; make short work of; dispose of, set at rest; perform, discharge, fulfill, realize; put in practice, put in force; carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution; make good; be as good as one's word. do thoroughly, not do by halves, go the whole hog; drive home; be in at the death &c. (persevere) 604.1; carry through, play out, exhaust; fill the bill [U.S.]. finish, bring to a close &c. (end) 67; wind up, stamp, clinch, seal, set the seal on, put the seal; give the final touch &c. n.. to; put the last, put the finishing hand to, put the finishing touches on; crown, crown all; cap. ripen, culminate; come to a head, come to a crisis; come to its end; die a natural death, die of old age; run its course, run one's race; touch the goal, reach the goal, attain the goal; reach &c. (arrive) 292; get in the harvest. Adj. completing, final; concluding, conclusive; crowning &c. v.; exhaustive. done, completed &c. v.; done for, sped, wrought out; highly wrought &c. (preparation) 673; thorough &c. 52; ripe &c. (ready) 673. Adv. completely &c. (thoroughly) 52; to crown all, out of hand. Phr. the race is run; actum est [Lat.]; finis coronat opus [Lat.]; consummatum est [Lat.]; c'en est fait [Fr.]; it is all over; the game is played out, the bubble has burst; aussitot dit aussitot fait [Fr.]; aut non tentaris aut perfice [Lat.] [Ovid]. |
#730. Noncompletion — N. noncompletion, nonfulfillment; shortcoming &c. 304; incompleteness &c. 53; drawn battle, drawn game; work of Penelope. nonperformance, inexecution†; neglect &c. 460. V. not complete &c. 729; leave unfinished &c. adj., leave undone, drop, put down; neglect &c. 460; let alone, let slip; lose sight of (forget) 506. fall short of &c. 304; do things by halves, parboil, scotch the snake not lull it; hang fire; be slow to; collapse &c. 304. drop out. Adj. not completed &c. v.; incomplete &c. 53; uncompleted, unfinished, unaccomplished, unperformed, unexecuted; sketchy, addle. in progress, in hand; ongoing, going on, proceeding; on one's hands; on the anvil; in the fire, in the oven. parboiled, half-baked. Adv. re infecta [Lat.]. |
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#731. Success — N. success, successfulness; speed; advance &c. (progress) 282. trump card; hit, stroke, score; lucky hit, fortunate hit, good hit, good stroke; direct hit, bull's eye; goal, point, touchdown; home run, homer, hole-in-one, grand slam; killing [make money], windfall bold stroke, master stroke; ten strike [U.S.]; coup de maitre [Fr.], checkmate; half the battle, prize; profit &c. (acquisition) 775. continued success; good fortune &c. (prosperity) 734; time well spent. advantage over; upper hand, whip hand; ascendancy, mastery; expugnation†, conquest, victory, subdual†; subjugation &c. (subjection) 749. triumph &c. (exultation) 884; proficiency &c. (skill) 698. conqueror, victor, winner; master of the situation, master of the position, top of the heap, king of the hill; achiever, success, success story. V. succeed; be successful &c. adj.; gain one's end, gain one's ends; crown with success. gain a point, attain a point, carry a point, secure a point, win a point, win an object; get there [U.S.]; manage to, contrive to; accomplish &c. (effect) (complete) 729; do wonders, work wonders; make a go of it. come off well, come off successful, come off with flying colors; make short work of; take by storm, carry by storm; bear away the bell; win one's wings, win one's spurs, win the battle; win the day, carry the day, gain the day, gain the prize, gain the palm; have the best of it, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's owns hands, have the ball at one's feet, have one on the hop; walk over the course; carry all before one, remain in possession of the field; score a success. speed; make progress &c. (advance) 282; win one's way, make one's way, work one's way, find one's way; strive to some purpose; prosper &c. 734; drive a roaring trade; make profit &c. (acquire) 775; reap the fruits, gather the fruits, reap the benefit of, reap the harvest; strike oil [U.S.], gain a windfall; make one's fortune, get in the harvest, turn to good account; turn to account &c. (use) 677. triumph, be triumphant; gain a victory, obtain a victory, gain an advantage; chain victory to one's car; nail a coonskin to the wall. surmount a difficulty, overcome a difficulty, get over a difficulty, get over an obstacle &c. 706; se tirer d'affaire [Fr.]; make head against; stem the torrent, stem the tide, stem the current; weather the storm, weather a point; turn a corner, keep one's head above water, tide over; master; get the better of, have the better of, gain the better of, gain the best of, gain the upper hand, gain the ascendancy, gain the whip hand, gain the start of; distance; surpass &c. (superiority) 33. defeat, conquer, vanquish, discomfit; euchre; overcome, overthrow, overpower, overmaster, overmatch, overset†, override, overreach; outwit, outdo, outflank, outmaneuver, outgeneral, outvote; take the wind out of one's adversary's sails; beat, beat hollow; rout, lick, drub, floor, worst; put down, put to flight, put to the rout, put hors de combat [Fr.], put out of court. silence, quell, nonsuit†, checkmate, upset, confound, nonplus, stalemate, trump; baffle &c. (hinder) 706; circumvent, elude; trip up, trip up the heels of; drive into a corner, drive to the wall; run hard, put one's nose out of joint. settle, do for; break the neck of, break the back of; capsize, sink, shipwreck, drown, swamp; subdue; subjugate &c. (subject) 749; reduce; make the enemy bite the dust; victimize, roll in the dust, trample under foot, put an extinguisher upon. answer, answer the purpose; avail, prevail, take effect, do, turn out well, work well, take, tell, bear fruit; hit it, hit the mark, hit the right nail on the head; nick it; turn up trumps, make a hit; find one's account in. Adj. succeeding &c. v.; successful; prosperous &c. 734; triumphant; flushed with success, crowned with success; victorious, on top; set up; in the ascendant; unbeaten &c. (beat) &c. v.; well-spent; felicitous, effective, in full swing. Adv. successfully &c. adj.; well flying colors, in triumph, swimmingly; a merveille [Fr.], beyond all hope; to some purpose, to good purpose; to one's heart's content. Phr. veni vidi vici [Lat.], the day being one's own, one's star in the ascendant; omne tulit punctum [Lat.]. bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria [Lat.]; cede repugnanti cedendo victor abibis [Lat.] [Ovid]; chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune [Fr.]; dies faustus [Lat.]; l'art de vaincre est celui de mepriser la l'art de vaincre est celui de mepriser la mort [Fr.]; omnia vincit amor [Lat.], love conquers all; peace hath her victories no less renowned than peace hath her victories no less renowned than war" [Milton]; the race by vigor not by vaunts is won" [Pope]; vincit qui patitur [Lat.]; vincit qui se vincit [Lat.]; The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet" [Mark Twain]. |
#732. Failure — N. failure; nonsuccess†, nonfulfillment; dead failure, successlessness†; abortion, miscarriage; brutum fulmen &c. 158 [Lat.]; labor in vain &c. (inutility) 645; no go; inefficacy†; inefficaciousness &c. adj.; vain attempt, ineffectual attempt, abortive attempt, abortive efforts; flash in the pan, lame and impotent conclusion" [Othello]; frustration; slip 'twixt cup and lip &c. (disappointment) 509. blunder &c. (mistake) 495; fault, omission, miss, oversight, slip, trip, stumble, claudication†, footfall; false step, wrong step; faux pas [Fr.], titubation†, bévue [Fr.], faute [Fr.], lurch; botchery &c. (want of skill) 699†; scrape, mess, fiasco, breakdown; flunk [U.S.]. mishap &c. (misfortune) 735; split, collapse, smash, blow, explosion. repulse, rebuff, defeat, rout, overthrow, discomfiture; beating, drubbing; quietus, nonsuit†, subjugation; checkmate, stalemate, fool's mate. fall, downfall, ruin, perdition; wreck &c. (destruction) 162; deathblow; bankruptcy &c. (nonpayment) 808. losing game, affaire flambée. victim; bankrupt; flunker†, flunky [U.S.]. V. fail; be unsuccessful &c. adj.; not succeed &c. 731; make vain efforts &c. n.; do in vain, labor in vain, toil in vain; flunk [U.S.]; lose one's labor, take nothing by one's motion; bring to naught, make nothing of; wash a blackamoor white &c. (impossible) 471; roll the stones of Sisyphus &c. (useless) 645; do by halves &c. (not complete) 730; lose ground &c. (recede) 282; fall short of &c. 304. miss, miss one's aim, miss the mark, miss one's footing, miss stays; slip, trip, stumble; make a slip &c. n.. blunder &c. 495, make a mess of, make a botch of; bitch it†, miscarry, abort, go up like a rocket and come down like the stick, come down in flames, get shot down, reckon without one's host; get the wrong pig by the tail, get the wrong sow by the ear &c. (blunder), )mismanage) 699. limp, halt, hobble, titubate†; fall, tumble; lose one's balance; fall to the ground, fall between two stools; flounder, falter, stick in the mud, run aground, split upon a rock; beat one's head against a stone wall, run one's head against a stone wall, knock one's head against a stone wall, dash one's head against a stone wall; break one's back; break down, sink, drown, founder, have the ground cut from under one; get into trouble, get into a mess, get into a scrape; come to grief &c. (adversity) 735; go to the wall, go to the dogs, go to pot; lick the dust, bite the dust; be defeated &c. 731; have the worst of it, lose the day, come off second best, lose; fall a prey to; succumb &c. (submit) 725; not have a leg to stand on. come to nothing, end in smoke; flat out†; fall to the ground, fall through, fall dead, fall stillborn, fall flat; slip through one's fingers; hang fire, miss fire; flash in the pan, collapse; topple down &c. (descent) 305; go to wrack and ruin &c. (destruction) 162. go amiss, go wrong, go cross, go hard with, go on a wrong tack; go on ill, come off ill, turn out ill, work ill; take a wrong term, take an ugly term; take an ugly turn, take a turn for the worse. be all over with, be all up with; explode; dash one's hopes &c. (disappoint) 509; defeat the purpose; sow the wind and reap the whirlwind, jump out of the frying pan into the fire, go from the frying pan into the fire. Adj. unsuccessful, successless†; failing, tripping &c. v.; at fault; unfortunate &c. 735. abortive, addle, stillborn; fruitless, bootless; ineffectual, ineffective, inconsequential, trifling, nugatory; inefficient &c. (impotent) 158; insufficient &c. 640; unavailing &c. (useless) 645; of no effect. aground, grounded, swamped, stranded, cast away, wrecked, foundered, capsized, shipwrecked, nonsuited†; foiled; defeated &c. 731; struck down, borne down, broken down; downtrodden; overborne, overwhelmed; all up with; ploughed, plowed, plucked. lost, undone, ruined, broken; bankrupt &c. (not paying) 808; played out; done up, done for; dead beat, ruined root and branch, flambe†, knocked on the head; destroyed &c. 162. frustrated, crossed, unhinged, disconcerted dashed; thrown off one's balance, thrown on one's back, thrown on one's beam ends†; unhorsed, in a sorry plight; hard hit. stultified, befooled†, dished, hoist on one's own petard; victimized, sacrificed. wide of the mark &c. (error) 495; out of one's reckoning &c. (inexpectation) 508†; left in the lurch; thrown away &c. (wasted) 638; unattained; uncompleted &c. 730. Adv. unsuccessfully &c. adj.; to little or no purpose, in vain, re infecta [Lat.]. Phr. the bubble has burst, the jig is up," the game is up" [Cymbeline]; all is lost; the devil to pay; parturiunt montes &c. (disappointment) 509 [Lat.]; dies infaustus [Lat.]; tout est perdu hors l'honneur [Fr.]. |
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#733. Trophy — N. trophy; medal, prize, palm, award; laurel, laurels; bays, crown, chaplet, wreath, civic crown; insignia &c. 550; feather in one's cap &c. (honor) 873; decoration &c. 877; garland, triumphal arch, Victoria Cross, Iron Cross. triumph &c. (celebration) 883; flying colors &c. (show) 882. monumentum aere perennius [Horace]. Phr. for valor" |
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#734. Prosperity — N. prosperity, welfare, well-being; affluence &c. (wealth) 803; success &c. 731; thrift, roaring trade; good fortune, smiles of fortune; blessings, godsend. luck; good luck, run of luck; sunshine; fair weather, fair wind; palmy days, bright days, halcyon days; piping times, tide, flood, high tide. Saturnia regna [Lat.], Saturnian age; golden time, golden age; bed of roses, fat city [Coll.]; fat of the land, milk and honey, loaves and fishes. made man, lucky dog, enfant gate [Fr.], spoiled child of fortune. upstart, parvenu, skipjack†, mushroom. V. prosper, thrive, flourish; be prosperous &c. adj.; drive a roaring trade, do a booming business; go on well, go on smoothly, go on swimmingly; sail before the wind, swim with the tide; run smooth, run smoothly, run on all fours. rise in the world, get on in the world; work one's way, make one's way; look up; lift one's head, raise one's head, make one's fortune, feather one's nest, make one's pile. flower, blow, blossom, bloom, fructify, bear fruit, fatten. keep oneself afloat; keep one's head above water, hold one's head above water; land on one's feet, light on one's feet, light on one's legs, fall on one's legs, fall on one's feet; drop into a good thing; bear a charmed life; bask in the sunshine; have a good time of it, have a fine time of it; have a run of luck; have the good fortune &c. n.. to; take a favorable turn; live on the fat of the land, live off the fat of the land, live in clover. Adj. prosperous; thriving &c. v.; in a fair way, buoyant; well off, well to do, well to do in the world; set up, at one's ease; rich &c. 803; in good case; in full, in high feather; fortunate, lucky, in luck; born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born under a lucky star; on the sunny side of the hedge. auspicious, propitious, providential. palmy, halcyon; agreeable &c. 829; couleur de rose [Fr.]. Adv. prosperously &c. adj.; swimmingly; as good luck would have it; beyond all hope. Phr. one's star in the ascendant, all for the best, one's course runs smooth. chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune [Fr.]; donec eris felix multos numerabis amicos [Lat.] [Ovid]; felicitas multos habet amicos [Lat.]; felix se nescit amari [Lat.] [Lucan]; good luck go with thee" [Henry V]; nulli est homini perpetuum bonum [Lat.] [Plautus]. |
#735. Adversity — N. adversity, evil &c. 619; failure &c. 732; bad luck, ill luck, evil luck, adverse luck, hard fortune, hard hap, hard luck, hard lot; frowns of fortune; evil dispensation, evil star, evil genius†; vicissitudes of life, ups and downs of life, broken fortunes; hard case, hard lines, hard life; sea of troubles; peck of troubles; hell upon earth; slough of despond. trouble, hardship, curse, blight, blast, load, pressure. pressure of the times, iron age, evil day, time out of joint; hard times, bad times, sad times; rainy day, cloud, dark cloud, gathering clouds, ill wind; visitation, infliction; affliction &c. (painfulness) 830; bitter pill; care, trial; the sport of fortune. mishap, mischance, misadventure, misfortune; disaster, calamity, catastrophe; accident, casualty, cross, reverse, check, contretemps, rub; backset†, comedown, setback [U.S.]. losing game; falling &c. v.; fall, downfall; ruination, ruinousness; undoing; extremity; ruin &c. (destruction) 162. V. be ill off &c. adj.; go hard with; fall on evil, fall on evil days; go on ill; not prosper &c. 734. go downhill, go to rack and ruin &c. (destruction) 162, go to the dogs; fall, fall from one's high estate; decay, sink, decline, go down in the world; have seen better days; bring down one's gray hairs with sorrow to the bring down one's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave; come to grief; be all over, be up with; bring a wasp's nest about one's ears, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears. Adj. unfortunate, unblest†, unhappy, unlucky; improsperous†, unprosperous; hoodooed [U.S.]; luckless, hapless; out of luck; in trouble, in a bad way, in an evil plight; under a cloud; clouded; ill off, badly off; in adverse circumstances; poor &c. 804; behindhand, down in the world, decayed, undone; on the road to ruin, on its last legs, on the wane; in one's utmost need. planet-struck, devoted; born under an evil star, born with a wooden ladle in one's mouth; ill-fated, ill-starred, ill-omened. adverse, untoward; disastrous, calamitous, ruinous, dire, deplorable. |
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#736. Mediocrity — N. moderate circumstances, average circumstances; respectability; middle classes; mediocrity; golden mean &c. (mid-course) 628, (moderation) 174. V. jog on; go fairly, go quietly, go peaceably, go tolerably, go respectably, get on fairly, get on quietly, get on peaceably, get on tolerably, get on respectably. |
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#737. Authority — N. authority; influence, patronage, power, preponderance, credit, prestige, prerogative, jurisdiction; right &c. (title) 924; direction &c. 693; government &c. 737.1. divine right, dynastic rights, authoritativeness; absoluteness, absolutism; despotism; jus nocendi [Lat.]; jus divinum [Lat.]. mastery, mastership, masterdom†; dictation, control. hold, grasp; grip, gripe; reach; iron sway &c. (severity) 739; fangs, clutches, talons; rod of empire &c. (scepter) 747. [Vicarious authority] commission &c. 755; deputy &c. 759; permission &c. 760. V. authorize &c. (permit) 760; warrant &c. (right) 924; dictate &c. (order) 741. be at the head of &c. adj.; hold office, be in office, fill an office; hold master, occupy master, a post master, be master &c. 745. have the upper hand, get the upper hand, have the whip, get the whip; gain a hold upon, preponderate, dominate, rule the roost; boss [U.S.]; override, overrule, overawe; lord it over, hold in hand, keep under, make a puppet of, lead by the nose, turn round one's little finger, bend to one's will, hold one's own, wear the breeches; have the ball at one's feet, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's own hand, have on the hip, have under one's thumb; be master of the situation; take the lead, play first fiddle, set the fashion; give the law to; carry with a high hand; lay down the law; ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm" [Addison]; rule with a rod of iron &c. (severity) 739. Adj. at the head, dominant, paramount, supreme, predominant, preponderant, in the ascendant, influential; arbitrary; compulsory &c. 744; stringent. at one's command; in one's power, in one's grasp; under control. Adv. in the name of, by the authority of, de par le Roi [Fr.], in virtue of; under the auspices of, in the hands of. at one's pleasure; by a dash if the pen, by a stroke of the pen; ex mero motu [Lat.]; ex cathedra [Lat.], from the chair. Phr. the gray mare the better horse; every inch a king" [Lear]. 780, #737a. Government — N. government, legal authority, soveriegn, sovereign authority; authority &c. 737; master &c. 745; direction &c. 693. [nations] national government, nation, state, country, nation-state, dominion, republic, empire, union, democratic republic; kingdom, principality. [subdivisions of nations] state government [Lat.], state; shire [Brit.]; province [Can.]; county [Ire.]; canton [Switz.]; territory [Austral.]; duchy, archduchy, archdukedom†; woiwodshaft; commonwealth; region &c. 181; property &c. 780. [smaller subdivisions] county, parish city, domain, tract, arrondissement [Fr.], mofussil†, commune; wappentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth†, soke†, tithing; ward, precinct, bailiwick. command, empire, sway, rule; dominion, domination; sovereignty, supremacy, suzerainty; lordship, headship†; chiefdom†; seigniory, seigniority†. rule, sway, command, control, administer; govern &c. (direct) 693; lead, preside over, reign, possess the throne, be seated on the throne, occupy the throne; sway the scepter, wield the scepter; wear the crown. state, realm, body politic, posse comitatus [Lat.]. [person in the governing authority] judicature &c. 965; cabinet &c. (council) 696; seat of government, seat of authority; headquarters. [Acquisition of authority] accession; installation &c. 755; politics &c. 737.1. reign, regime, dynasty; directorship, dictatorship; protectorate, protectorship; caliphate, pashalic†, electorate; presidency, presidentship†; administration; proconsul, consulship; prefecture; seneschalship; magistrature†, magistracy. monarchy; kinghood†, kingship; royalty, regality; aristarchy†, aristocracy; oligarchy, democracy, theocracy, demagogy; commonwealth; dominion; heteronomy; republic, republicanism; socialism; collectivism; mob law, mobocracy†, ochlocracy†; vox populi, imperium in imperio [Lat.]; bureaucracy; beadledom†, bumbledom†; stratocracy; military power, military government, junta; feodality†, feudal system, feudalism. thearchy†, theocracy, dinarchy†; duarchy†, triarchy, heterarchy†; duumvirate; triumvirate; autocracy, autonomy; limited monarchy; constitutional government, constitutional monarchy; home rule; representative government; monocracy†, pantisocracy†. gynarchy†, gynocracy†, gynaeocracy†; petticoat government. [government functions] legislature, judiciary, administration. [Government agencies and institutions] office of the president, office of the prime minister, cabinet; senate, house of representatives, parliament; council &c. 696; courts, supreme court; [U.S. national government departments], state, interior, labor, health and human services, defense, education, agriculture, justice, commerce, treasury; Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI; Central Intelligence Agency, CIA; National Institutes of Health, NIH; Postal Service, Post Office; Federal Aviation Administration, FAA. [national government officials] president, vice president, cabinet member, prime minister, minister; senator, representatative, president pro tem [Lat.], speaker of the house; department head, section head, section chief; federal judge, justice, justice of the supreme court, chief justice; treasurer, secretary of the treasury; director of the FBI. [state government officials] governor, state cabinet member; state senator, assemblyman, assemblywoman. V. govern, rule, have authority, hold authority, possess authority, exercise authority, exert authority, wield authority &c. n.; reign, be sovereign. [acquire authority] ascend the throne, mount the throne; take the reins, take the reins into one's hand; assume authority &c. n., assume the reins of government; take command, assume command. [contend for authority] politics &c. 737.1. be governed by, be in the power of, be a subject of, be a citizen of. Adj. regal, sovereign, governing; royal, royalist; monarchical, kingly; imperial, imperiatorial†; princely; feudal; aristocratic, autocratic; oligarchic &c. n.; republican, dynastic. ruling &c. v.; regnant, gubernatorial; imperious; authoritative, executive, administrative, clothed with authority, official, departmental, ex officio, imperative, peremptory, overruling, absolute; hegemonic, hegemonical†; authorized &c. (due) 924. [pertaining to property owned by government] government, public; national, federal; his majesty's [Brit.], her majesty's; state, county, city, &c. N.. Phr. a dog's obeyed in office" [Lear]; cada uno tiene su alguazil [Sp.]; le Roi le veut [Fr.]; regibus esse manus en nescio longas [Lat.]; regnant populi [Lat.]; the demigod Authority [Lat.Tran] [Measure for Measure]; the right divine of kings to govern wrong" [Pope]; uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" [Henry IV]. #737b. Politics [contention for governmental authority or influence]. — N. politics; political science; candidacy, campaign, campaigning, electioneering; partisanship, ideology, factionalism. election, poll, ballot, vote, referendum, recall, initiative, voice, suffrage, plumper, cumulative vote, plebiscitum [Lat.], plebiscite, vox populi; electioneering; voting &c. v.; elective franchise; straight ticket [U.S.]; opinion poll, popularity poll. issue; opinion, stand, position; program, platform; party line. [ideologies] democracy, republicanism; communism, statism, state socialism; socialism; conservatism, toryism; liberalism, whigism; theocracy; constitutional monarchy. [political parties] party &c. 712; [U.S: Political parties list], Democratic Party, Republican Party, Socialist Party; Communist Party; [U.S. defunct parties: list], Federalist Party, Bull Moose Party, Abolitionist Party; [Germany: list], Christian Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party; National Socialist Worker's Party; [Germany, 1930-1945], Nazi Party; [Great Britain:list], Liberal Party, Labor Party, Conservative Party. ticket, slate. [person active in politics] politician activist; [specific politicians: list], candidate, aspirant, hopeful, office-seeker, front-runner, dark horse, long shot, shoo-in; supporter, backer, political worker, campaign worker; lobbyist, contributor; party hack, ward heeler; regional candidate, favorite son; running mate, stalking horse; perpetual candidate, political animal. political contribution, campaign contribution; political action committee, PAC. political district, electoral division, electoral district, bailiwick. electorate, constituents. get-out-the-vote campaign, political education. negative campaigning, dirty politics, smear campaign. [unsuccessful candidate] also-ran, loser; has-been. [successful candidate] office holder, official, occupant of a position; public servant, incumbent; winner. V. run for office, stand for office; campaign, stump; throw one's hat in the ring; announce one's candidacy. Adj. political, partisan. Phr. 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#738. [Absence of authority] Laxity — N. laxity; laxness, looseness, slackness; toleration &c. (lenity) 740; freedom &c. 748. anarchy, interregnum; relaxation; loosening &c. v.; remission; dead letter, brutum fulmen [Lat.], misrule; license, licentiousness; insubordination &c. (disobedience) 742; lynch law &c. (illegality) 964; nihilism, reign of violence. [Deprivation of power] dethronement, deposition, usurpation, abdication. V. be lax &c. adj.; laisser faire [Fr.], laisser aller [Fr.]; hold a loose rein; give the reins to, give rope enough, give a loose to; tolerate; relax; misrule. go beyond the length of one's tether; have one's swing, have one's fling; act without instructions, act without authority, act outside of one's authority; act on one's own responsibility, usurp authority. dethrone, depose; abdicate. Adj. lax, loose; slack; remiss &c. (careless) 460; weak. relaxed; licensed; reinless†, unbridled; anarchical; unauthorized &c. (unwarranted) 925; adespotic†. |
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#739. Severity — N. severity; strictness, harshness &c. adj.; rigor, stringency, austerity; inclemency &c. (pitilessness) 914.1; arrogance &c. 885; precisianism†. arbitrary power; absolutism, despotism; dictatorship, autocracy, tyranny, domineering, oppression; assumption, usurpation; inquisition, reign of terror, martial law; iron heel, iron rule, iron hand, iron sway; tight grasp; brute force, brute strength; coercion &c. 744; strong hand, tight hand. hard lines, hard measure; tender mercies [Iron.]; sharp practice; pipe-clay, officialism. tyrant, disciplinarian, precisian†, martinet, stickler, bashaw†, despot, hard master, Draco, oppressor, inquisitor, extortioner, harpy, vulture; accipitres†, birds of prey, raptorials†, raptors†. V. be severe &c. adj.. assume, usurp, arrogate, take liberties; domineer, bully &c. 885; tyrannize, inflict, wreak, stretch a point, put on the screw; be hard upon; bear a heavy hand on, lay a heavy hand on; be down upon, come down upon; ill treat; deal hardly with, deal hard measure to; rule with a rod of iron, chastise with scorpions; dye with blood; oppress, override; trample under foot; tread under foot, tread upon, trample upon, tread down upon, trample down upon; crush under an iron heel, ride roughshod over; rivet the yoke; hold a tight hand, keep a tight hand; force down the throat; coerce &c. 744; give no quarter &c. (pitiless) 914.1. Adj. severe; strict, hard, harsh, dour, rigid, stiff, stern, rigorous, uncompromising, exacting, exigent, exigeant†, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, austere, hard-headed, hard-nosed, hard-shell [U.S.], relentless, Spartan, Draconian, stringent, strait-laced, searching, unsparing, iron-handed, peremptory, absolute, positive, arbitrary, imperative; coercive &c. 744; tyrannical, extortionate, grinding, withering, oppressive, inquisitorial; inclement &c. (ruthless) 914.1; cruel &c. (malevolent) 907; haughty, arrogant &c. 885; precisian†. Adv. severely &c. adj.; with a high hand, with a strong hand, with a tight hand, with a heavy hand. at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet. Phr. Delirant reges plectuntur Achivi [Lat.]; manu forti [Lat.]; ogni debole ha sempre il suo tiranno [It]. |
#740. Lenity — N. lenity, lenience, leniency; moderation &c. 174; tolerance, toleration; mildness, gentleness; favor, indulgence, indulgency†; clemency, mercy, forbearance, quarter; compassion &c. 914. V. be lenient &c. adj.; tolerate, bear with; parcere subjectis [Lat.], give quarter. indulge, allow one to have his own way, spoil. Adj. lenient; mild, mild as milk; gentle, soft; tolerant, indulgent, easy-going; clement &c. (compassionate) 914; forbearing; long-suffering. |
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#741. Command — N. command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm†, bidding, dictum, hest†, behest, call, beck, nod. despatch, dispatch; message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions; appointment, fixture. demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication†; ultimatum &c. (terms) 770; request &c. 765; requirement. dictation; dictate, mandate; caveat, decree, senatus consultum [Lat.]; precept; prescript, rescript; writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement [Lat.], edict, decretal†, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit†, ukase, ukaz [Rus.], firman, hatti-sherif†, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius [Lat.], interpellation, citation; word, word of command; mot d'ordre [Fr.]; bugle call, trumpet call; beat of drum, tattoo; order of the day; enactment &c. (law) 963; plebiscite &c. (choice) 609. V. command, order, decree, enact, ordain, dictate, direct, give orders. prescribe, set, appoint, mark out; set a task, prescribe a task, impose a task; set to work, put in requisition. bid, enjoin, charge, call upon, instruct; require at the hands of; exact, impose, tax, task; demand; insist on &c. (compel) 744. claim, lay claim to, revendicate†, reclaim. cite, summon; call for, send for; subpoena; beckon. issue a command; make a requisition, issue a requisition, promulgate a requisition, make a decree, issue a decree, promulgate a decree, make an order, issue an order, promulgate an order &c. n.; give the word of command, give the word, give the signal; call to order; give the law, lay down the law; assume the command &c. (authority) 737; remand. be ordered &c.; receive an order &c. n.. Adj. commanding &c. v.; authoritative &c. 737; decretory†, decretive†, decretal†; callable, jussive†. Adv. in a commanding tone; by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen; by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons. Phr. the decree is gone forth; sic volo sic jubeo [Lat.]; le Roi le veut [Fr.]; boutez en avant [Fr.]. |
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#742. Disobedience — N. disobedience, insubordination, contumacy; infraction, infringement; violation, noncompliance; nonobservance &c. 773. revolt, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, rising, uprising, insurrection, emeute [Fr.]; riot, tumult &c. (disorder) 59; strike &c. (resistance) 719; barring out; defiance &c. 715. mutinousness &c. adj.; mutineering†; sedition, treason; high treason, petty treason, misprision of treason; premunire [Lat.]; lese majeste [Fr.]; violation of law &c. 964; defection, secession. insurgent, mutineer, rebel, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, traitor, quisling, carbonaro†, sansculottes [Fr.], red republican, bonnet rouge, communist, Fenian, frondeur; seceder, secessionist, runagate, renegade, brawler, anarchist, demagogue; Spartacus, Masaniello, Wat Tyler, Jack Cade; ringleader. V. disobey, violate, infringe; shirk; set at defiance &c. (defy) 715; set authority at naught, run riot, fly in the face of; take the law into one's own hands; kick over the traces. turn restive, run restive; champ the bit; strike &c. (resist) 719; rise, rise in arms; secede; mutiny, rebel. Adj. disobedient; uncomplying, uncompliant; unsubmissive†, unruly, ungovernable; breachy†, insubordinate, impatient of control, incorrigible; restiff†, restive; refractory, contumacious, recusant &c. (refuse) 764; recalcitrant; resisting &c. 719; lawless, mutinous, seditions, insurgent, riotous. unobeyed†; unbidden. Phr. seditiosissimus quisque ignavus [Lat.] [Tacitus]; unthread the rude eye of rebellion" [King John]. |
#743. Obedience — N. obedience; observance &c. 772; compliance; submission &c. 725; subjection &c. 749; nonresistance; passiveness, resignation. allegiance, loyalty, fealty, homage, deference, devotion; constancy, fidelity. submissness†, submissiveness; ductility &c. (softness) 324; obsequiousness &c. (servility) 886. V. be obedient &c. adj.; obey, bear obedience to; submit &c. 725; comply, answer the helm, come at one's call; do one's bidding, do what one is told, do suit and service; attend to orders, serve faithfully. follow the lead of, follow to the world's end; serve &c. 746; play second fiddle. Adj. obedient; complying, compliant; loyal, faithful, devoted; at one's call, at one's command, at one's orders, at one's beck and call; under beck and call, under control. restrainable; resigned, passive; submissive &c. 725; henpecked; pliant &c. (soft) 324. unresisted†. Adv. obediently &c. adj.; in compliance with, in obedience to. Phr. to hear is to obey; as you please, if you please; your wish is my command; as you wish; no sooner said than done. |
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#744. Compulsion — N. compulsion, coercion, coaction†, constraint, duress, enforcement, press, conscription. force; brute force, main force, physical force; the sword, ultima ratio [Lat.]; club law, lynch law, mob law, arguementum baculinum†, le droit du plus fort [Fr.], martial law. restraint &c. 751; necessity &c. 601; force majeure [Fr.]; Hobson's choice. V. compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige. force upon, press; cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat; say it must be done, make a point of, insist upon, take no denial; put down, dragoon. extort, wring from; squeeze, put on the squeeze; put on the screws, turn on the screw; drag into; bind, bind over; pin down, tie down; require, tax, put in force; commandeer; restrain &c. 751. Adj. compelling &c. v.; coercive, coactive†; inexorable &c. 739; compulsory, compulsatory†; obligatory, stringent, peremptory. forcible, not to be trifled with; irresistible &c. 601; compelled &c. v.; fain to. Adv. by force &c. n., by force of arms; on compulsion, perforce; vi et armis [Lat.], under the lash; at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet; forcibly; by a strong arm. under protest, in spite of one's teeth; against one's will &c. 603; nolens volens [Lat.] &c. (of necessity) 601; by stress of circumstances, by stress of weather; under press of; de rigueur. with a gun to one's head. Phr. I'll make him an offer he can't refuse. |
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#745. Master — N. master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander, commandant; captain; chief, chieftain; sirdar†, sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator; leader &c. (director) 694; boss, cockarouse†, sagamore, werowance†. lord of the ascendant; cock of the walk, cock of the roost; gray mare; mistress. potentate; liege, liege lord; suzerain, sovereign, monarch, autocrat, despot, tyrant, oligarch. crowned head, emperor, king, anointed king, majesty, imperator [Lat.], protector, president, stadholder†, judge. ceasar, kaiser, czar, tsar, sultan, soldan†, grand Turk, caliph, imaum†, shah, padishah†, sophi†, mogul, great mogul, khan, lama, tycoon, mikado, tenno [Jap.], inca, cazique†; voivode†; landamman†; seyyid†; Abuna†, cacique†, czarowitz†, grand seignior. prince, duke &c. (nobility) 875; archduke, doge, elector; seignior; marland†, margrave; rajah, emir, wali, sheik nizam†, nawab. empress, queen, sultana, czarina, princess, infanta, duchess, margravine†; czarevna†, czarita†; maharani, rani, rectrix†. regent, viceroy, exarch†, palatine, khedive, hospodar†, beglerbeg†, three-tailed bashaw†, pasha, bashaw†, bey, beg, dey†, scherif†, tetrarch, satrap, mandarin, subahdar†, nabob, maharajah; burgrave†; laird &c. (proprietor) 779; collector, commissioner, deputy commissioner, woon†. the authorities, the powers that be, the government; staff, etat major [Fr.], aga†, official, man in office, person in authority; sircar†, sirkar†, Sublime Porte. [Military authorities] marshal, field marshal, marechal†; general, generalissimo; commander in chief, seraskier†, hetman†; lieutenant general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar†, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer; sergeant, sergeant major; color sergeant; corporal, corporal major; lance corporal, acting corporal; drum major; captain general, dizdar†, knight marshal, naik†, pendragon. [Civil authorities] mayor, mayoralty; prefect, chancellor, archon, provost, magistrate, syndic; alcalde†, alcaid†; burgomaster, corregidor†, seneschal, alderman, councilman, committeeman, councilwoman, warden, constable, portreeve†; lord mayor; officer &c. (executive) 965; dewan†, fonctionnaire [Fr.]. [Naval authorities] admiral, admiralty; rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral; commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, ensign, skipper, mate, master, officer of the day, OD; navarch†. Phr. da locum melioribus [Lat.]; der Furst ist der erste Diener seines Staats [G.], the prince is the first servant of his state; lord of thy presence and no land beside" [King John]. |
#746. Servant — N. subject, liegeman†; servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache; official. retinue, suite, cortege, staff, court. attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel†, footboy†; train bearer, cup bearer; waiter, lapster†, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre [Fr.]; equerry, groom; jockey, hostler, ostler†, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie†, herdsman, swineherd; barkeeper, bartender; bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper†; khansamah†, khansaman†; khitmutgar†; yardman. bailiff, castellan†, seneschal, chamberlain, major-domo†, groom of the chambers. secretary; under secretary, assistant secretary; clerk; subsidiary; agent &c. 758; subaltern; underling, understrapper; man. maid, maidservant; handmaid; confidente [Fr.], lady's maid, abigail, soubrette; amah†, biddy, nurse, bonne [Fr.], ayah†; nursemaid, nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid; femme de chambre [Fr.], femme fille [Fr.]; camarista†; chef de cuisine, cordon bleu [Fr.], cook, scullion, Cinderella; potwalloper†; maid of all work, servant of all work; laundress, bedmaker†; journeyman, charwoman &c. (worker) 690; bearer, chokra†, gyp (Cambridge), hamal†, scout (Oxford). serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot; bondsman, bondswoman†; bondslave†; ame damnee [Fr.], odalisque, ryot†, adscriptus gleboe [Lat.]; villian†, villein; beadsman†, bedesman†; sizar†; pensioner, pensionary†; client; dependant, dependent; hanger on, satellite; parasite &c. (servility) 886; led captain; protege [Fr.], ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature. badge of slavery; bonds &c. 752. V. serve; wait upon, attend upon, dance attendance upon, pin oneself upon; squire, tend, hang on the sleeve of; chore [U.S.]. Adj. in the train of; in one's pay, in one's employ; at one's call &c. (obedient) 743; in bonds. |
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#747. [Insignia of authority.] Scepter — N. scepter, regalia, caduceus; Mercury's rod, Mercury's staff, Mercury's wand; rod of empire, mace, fasces†, wand; staff, staff of office; baton, truncheon; flag &c. (insignia) 550; ensign of authority, emblem of authority, badge of authority, insignia of authority. throne, chair, musnud†, divan, dais, woolsack†. toga, pall, mantle, robes of state, ermine, purple. crown, coronet, diadem, tiara, cap of maintenance; decoration; title &c. 877; portfolio. key, signet, seals, talisman; helm; reins &c. (means of restraint) 752. |
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#748. Freedom — N. freedom, liberty, independence; license &c. (permission) 760; facility &c. 705. scope, range, latitude, play; free play, full play, free scope, full scope; free stage and no favor; swing, full swing, elbowroom, margin, rope, wide berth; Liberty Hall. franchise, denization†; free man, freed man, livery man; denizen. autonomy, self-government, liberalism, free trade; noninterference &c. 706; Monroe Doctrine [U.S.]. immunity, exemption; emancipation &c. (liberation) 750; enfranchisement, affranchisement†. free land, freehold; allodium†; frankalmoigne [Fr.], mortmain [Fr.]. bushwhacker; freelance, free thinker, free trader; independent. V. be free &c. adj.; have scope &c. n., have the run of, have one's own way, have a will of one's own, have one's fling; do what one likes, do what one wishes, do what one pleases, do what one chooses; go at large, feel at home, paddle one's own canoe; stand on one's legs, stand on one's rights; shift for oneself. take a liberty; make free with, make oneself quite at home; use a freedom; take leave, take French leave. set free &c. (liberate) 750; give a loose to &c. (permit) 760; allow scope &c. n.. to, give scope &c. n.. to; give a horse his head. make free of; give the freedom of, give the franchise; enfranchise, affranchise†. laisser faire [Fr.], laisser aller [Fr.]; live and let live; leave to oneself; leave alone, let alone. Adj. free, free as air; out of harness, independent, at large, loose, scot-free; left alone, left to oneself. in full swing; uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined, unrestrained, unchecked, unprevented†, unhindered, unobstructed, unbound, uncontrolled, untrammeled. unsubject†, ungoverned, unenslaved†, unenthralled†, unchained, unshackled, unfettered, unreined†, unbridled, uncurbed, unmuzzled. unrestricted, unlimited, unmitigated, unconditional; absolute; discretionary &c. (optional) 600. unassailed, unforced, uncompelled. unbiassed†, spontaneous. free and easy; at ease, at one's ease; degage [Fr.], quite at home; wanton, rampant, irrepressible, unvanquished†. exempt; freed &c. 750; freeborn; autonomous, freehold, allodial†; gratis &c. 815; eleutherian†. unclaimed, going a begging. Adv. freely &c. adj.; ad libitum &c. (at will) 600. Phr. ubi libertas ibi patria [Lat.]; free white and twenty-one. |
#749. Subjection — N. subjection; dependence, dependency; subordination; thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom; feudalism, feudality†; vassalage, villenage; slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude; conquest. service; servitude, servitorship†; tendence†, employ, tutelage, clientship†; liability &c. 177; constraint &c. 751; oppression &c. (severity) 739; yoke &c. (means of restraint) 752; submission &c. 725; obedience &c. 743. V. be subject &c. adj.; be at the mercy of, lie at the mercy of; depend upon, lean upon, hang upon; fall a prey to, fall under; play second fiddle. be a mere machine, be a puppet, be a football; not dare to say one's soul is his own; drag a chain. serve &c. 746; obey &c. 743; submit &c. 725. break in, tame; subject, subjugate; master &c. 731; tread down, tread under foot; weigh down; drag at one's chariot wheels; reduce to subjection, reduce to slavery; enthrall, inthrall†, bethrall†; enslave, lead captive; take into custody &c. (restrain) 751; rule &c. 737; drive into a corner, hold at the sword's point; keep under; hold in bondage, hold in leading strings, hold in swaddling clothes. Adj. subject, dependent, subordinate; feudal, feudatory; in subjection to, under control; in leading strings, in harness; subjected, enslaved &c. v.; constrained &c. 751; downtrodden; overborne, overwhelmed; under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked; the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of; under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb; a slave to; at the mercy of; in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of; at the feet of; at one's beck and call &c. (obedient) 743; liable &c. 177; parasitical; stipendiary. Adv. under. Phr. slaves - in a land of light and law" [Whittier]. |
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#750. Liberation — N. liberation, disengagement, release, enlargement, emancipation; disenthrallment†, disenthralment†; affranchisement†, enfranchisement; manumission; discharge, dismissal. deliverance &c. 672; redemption, extrication, acquittance, absolution; acquittal &c. 970; escape &c. 671. V. liberate, free; set free, set clear, set at liberty; render free, emancipate, release; enfranchise, affranchise†; manumit; enlarge; disband, discharge, disenthrall, disenthral, dismiss; let go, let loose, loose, let out, let slip; cast adrift, turn adrift; deliver &c. 672; absolve &c. (acquit) 970. unfetter &c. 751, untie &c. 43; loose &c. (disjoin) 44; loosen, relax; unbolt, unbar, unclose, uncork, unclog, unhand, unbind, unchain, unharness, unleash; disengage, disentangle; clear, extricate, unloose. gain one's liberty, obtain one's liberty, acquire one's liberty &c. 748; get rid of, get clear of; deliver oneself from; shake off the yoke, slip the collar; break loose, break prison; tear asunder one's bonds, cast off trammels; escape &c. 671. Adj. liberated &c. v.; out of harness &c. (free) 748. Int. unhand me!, let me go!, |
#751. Restraint — N. restraint; hindrance &c. 706; coercion &c. (compulsion) 744; cohibition†, constraint, repression, suppression; discipline, control. confinement; durance, duress; imprisonment; incarceration, coarctation†, entombment, mancipation†, durance vile, limbo, captivity; blockade. arrest, arrestation†; custody, keep, care, charge, ward, restringency†. curb &c. (means of restraint) 752; lettres de cachet [Fr.]. limitation, restriction, protection, monopoly; prohibition &c. 761. prisoner &c. 754; repressionist†. V. restrain, check; put under restraint, lay under restraint; enthral, enthrall, inthral†, inthrall†, bethral†, bethrall†; restrict; debar &c. (hinder) 706; constrain; coerce &c. (compel) 744; curb, control; hold back, hold from, hold in, hold in check, hold within bounds, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep within bounds; hold in leash, hold in leading strings; withhold. keep under; repress, suppress; smother; pull in, rein in; hold, hold fast; keep a tight hand on; prohibit &c. 761; inhibit, cohibit†. enchain; fasten &c. (join) 43; fetter, shackle; entrammel†; bridle, muzzle, hopple†, gag, pinion, manacle, handcuff, tie one's hands, hobble, bind hand and foot; swathe, swaddle; pin down, tether; picket; tie down, tie up; secure; forge fetters; disable, hamstring (incapacitate) 158. confine; shut up, shut in; clap up, lock up, box up, mew up, bottle up, cork up, seal up, button up; hem in, bolt in, wall in, rail in; impound, pen, coop; inclose &c. (circumscribe) 229; cage; incage†, encage†; close the door upon, cloister; imprison, immure; incarcerate, entomb; clap under hatches, lay under hatches; put in irons, put in a strait-waistcoat; throw into prison, cast into prison; put into bilboes. arrest; take up, take charge of, take into custody; take prisoner, take captive, make prisoner, make captive; captivate; lead captive, lead into captivity; send to prison, commit to prison; commit; give in charge, give in custody; subjugate &c. 749. Adj. restrained, constrained; imprisoned &c. v.; pent up; jammed in, wedged in; under lock and key, under restraint, under hatches; in swaddling clothes; on parole; in custody, doing time &c. (prisoner) 754; cohibitive†; coactive &c. (compulsory) 744†. stiff, restringent†, strait-laced, hidebound, barkbound†. ice bound, wind bound, weather bound; cabined cribbed confined" [Macbeth]; in Lob's pound, laid by the heels. |
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#752. [Means of restraint.] Prison — N. prison, prison house; jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell†, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon†, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold; round house, watch house, station house, sponging house; station; house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound; inclosure &c. 232; isolation (exclusion) 893; penal settlement, penal colony; bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod [Lat.]; calaboose, chauki†, choky†, thana†; workhouse [U.S.]. Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea; King's Bench, Queen's Bench. bond; bandage; irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle, handcuff, straight jacket, strait jacket, strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat, hopples†; vice, vise. yoke, collar, halter, harness; muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle; rein, reins; bearing rein; martingale; leading string; tether, picket, band, guy, chain; cord &c. (fastening) 45; cavesson†, hackamore [U.S.], headstall, jaquima [U.S.], lines, ribbons. bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall; paling, palisade; fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence; barrier, barricade. drag &c. (hindrance) 706. |
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#753. Keeper — N. keeper, custodian, custos [Lat.], ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan†, guard; watchdog, watchman; Charley; chokidar†, durwan†, hayward†; sentry, sentinel; watch and ward; concierge, coast guard, guarda costa [Sp.], game keeper. escort, bodyguard. protector, governor, duenna [Sp.]; guardian; governess &c. (teacher) 540; nurse, nanny, babysitter, catsitter, dogsitter, bonne [Fr.], ayah†. |
#754. Prisoner — N. prisoner, prisoner of war, POW, captive, inmate, detainee, hostage, abductee†, detenu [Fr.], close prisoner. jail bird, ticket of leave man, chevronne [Fr.]. V. stand committed; be imprisoned &c. 751. take prisoner, take hostage (capture) 789. Adj. imprisoned &c. 751; in prison, in quod [Lat.], in durance vile, in limbo, in custody, doing time, in charge, in chains; under lock and key, under hatches; on parole. |
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#755. [Vicarious authority.] Commission — N. commission, delegation; consignment, assignment; procuration†; deputation, legation, mission, embassy; agency, agentship†; power of attorney; clerkship; surrogacy. errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur [Lat.], permit &c. (permission) 760. appointment, nomination, designation, return; charter; ordination; installation, inauguration, investiture, swearing-in; accession, coronation, enthronement. vicegerency; regency, regentship. viceroy &c. 745; consignee &c. 758; deputy &c. 759. [person who receives a commission] agent, delegate, consignee &c. 758. V. commission, delegate, depute; consign, assign; charge; intrust, entrust; commit, commit to the hands of; authorize &c. (permit) 760. put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown; enroll, enlist; give power of attorney to. employ, empower; set over, place over; send out. be commissioned, be accredited; represent, stand for; stand in the stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of. Adj. commissioned &c. v.. Adv. per procurationem [Lat.]. |
#756. Abrogation — N. abrogation, annulment, nullification, recision; vacatur [Lat.]; canceling &c. v.; cancel; revocation, revokement†; repeal, rescission, defeasance. dismissal, conge [Fr.], demission†; bounce [U.S.]; deposal, deposition; dethronement; disestablishment, disendowment†; deconsecration; sack [Slang], walking papers, pink slip, walking ticket; yellow cover [Slang]. abolition, abolishment; dissolution. counter order, countermand; repudiation, retraction, retractation†; recantation &c. (tergiversation) 607; abolitionist. V. abrogate, annul, cancel; destroy &c. 162; abolish; revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall; abolitionize†; overrule, override; set aside; disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void; disestablish, disendow†; deconsecrate. disclaim &c. (deny) 536; ignore, repudiate; recant &c. 607; divest oneself, break off. countermand, counter order; do away with; sweep away, brush away; throw overboard, throw to the dogs; scatter to the winds, cast behind. dismiss, discard; cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside, cast away; send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business; discharge, get rid of &c. (eject) 297; bounce [U.S.]; fire [Slang], fire out [Slang]; sack [Slang]. cashier; break; oust; unseat, unsaddle; unthrone†, dethrone, disenthrone†; depose, uncrown†; unfrock, strike off the roll; disbar, disbench†. be abrogated &c.; receive its quietus; walk the plank. Adj. abrogated &c. v.; functus officio [Lat.]. Int. get along with you!, begone!, go about your business!, away with!, |
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#757. Resignation — N. resignation, retirement, abdication, renunciation, abjuration; abandonment, relinquishment. V. resign; give up, throw up; lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's hands of, abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract; deny &c. 536. abrogate &c. 756; desert &c. (relinquish) 624; get rid of &c. 782. abdicate; vacate, vacate one's seat; accept the stewardship of the Chiltern accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds; retire; tender one's resignation. Adj. abdicant†. Phr. Othello's occupation's gone" [Othello]. |
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#758. Consignee — N. consignee, trustee, nominee, committee. agent, delegate; commissary, commissioner; emissary, envoy, commissionaire [Fr.]; messenger &c. 534. diplomatist, diplomat, diplomate, corps diplomatique [Fr.], embassy; ambassador, embassador†; representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio†, charge d'affaires [Fr.], attache. vicegerent &c. (deputy) 759; plenipotentiary. functionary, placeman†, curator; treasurer &c. 801; factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business; factotum &c. (director) 694; caretaker; dalal†, dubash†, garnishee, gomashta†. negotiator, go-between; middleman; under agent, employe; servant &c. 746; referee, arbitrator &c. (judge) 967. traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur [Fr.], touter†, commercial traveler, drummer [U.S.], traveling man. newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent. |
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#759. Deputy — N. deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens, badli†, delegate, representative, next friend, surrogate, secondary. regent, viceregent†, vizier, minister, vicar; premier &c. (director) 694; chancellor, prefect, provost, warden, lieutenant, archon, consul, proconsul; viceroy &c. (governor) 745; commissioner &c. 758; Tsung-li Yamen, Wai Wu Pu; plenipotentiary, alter ego. team, eight, eleven; champion. V. be deputy &c. n.; stand for, appear for, hold a brief for, answer for; represent; stand in the shoes of, walk in the shoes of; stand in the stead of. ablegate†, accredit. Adj. acting, vice, vice regal; accredited to. Adv. in behalf of. |
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#760. Permission — N. permission, leave; allowance, sufferance; tolerance, toleration; liberty, law, license, concession, grace; indulgence &c. (lenity) 740; favor, dispensation, exemption, release; connivance; vouchsafement†. authorization, warranty, accordance, admission. permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman; hukm†; pass, passport; furlough, license, carte blanche [Fr.], ticket of leave; grant, charter; patent, letters patent. V. permit; give permission &c. n., give power; let, allow, admit; suffer, bear with, tolerate, recognize; concede &c. 762; accord, vouchsafe, favor, humor, gratify, indulge, stretch a point; wink at, connive at; shut one's eyes to. grant, empower, charter, enfranchise, privilege, confer a privilege, license, authorize, warrant; sanction; intrust &c. (commission) 755. give carte blanche [Fr.], give the reins to, give scope to &c. (freedom) 748; leave alone, leave it to one, leave the door open; open the door to, open the flood gates; give a loose to. let off; absolve &c. (acquit) 970; release, exonerate, dispense with. ask permission, beg permission, request permission, ask leave, beg leave, request leave. Adj. permitting &c. v.; permissive, indulgent; permitted &c. v.; patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal; legalized &c. (law) 963; licit; unforbid†, unforbidden†; unconditional. Adv. by leave, with leave, on leave &c. n.; speciali gratia [It]; under favor of; pace; ad libitum &c. (freely) 748, (at will) 600; by all means &c. (willingly) 602; yes &c. (assent) 488. Phr. avec permissin [Fr.]; brevet d'invention [Fr.]. |
#761. Prohibition — N. prohibition, inhibition; veto, disallowance; interdict, interdiction; injunction, estoppel [Law]; embargo, ban, taboo, proscription; index expurgatorius [Lat.]; restriction &c. (restraint) 751; hindrance &c. 706; forbidden fruit; Maine law [U.S.]. V. prohibit, inhibit; forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow, enjoin, ban, outlaw, taboo, proscribe, estop [Law]; bar; debar &c. (hinder) 706, forefend. keep in, keep within bounds; restrain &c. 751; cohibit†, withhold, limit, circumscribe, clip the wings of, restrict; interdict, taboo; put under an interdiction, place under an interdiction; put under the ban, place under the ban; proscribe; exclude, shut out; shut the door, bolt the door, show the door; warn off; dash the cup from one's lips; forbid the banns. Adj. prohibitive, prohibitory; proscriptive; restrictive, exclusive; forbidding &c. v.. prohibited &c. v.; not permitted &c. 760; unlicensed, contraband, impermissible, under the ban of; illegal &c. 964; unauthorized, not to be thought of, uncountenanced, unthinkable, beyond the pale. Adv. on no account &c. (no) 536. Int. forbid it heaven!, &c. (deprecation) 766. hands off!, keep off!, hold!, stop!, desist!, cease and desist!, avast!, Phr. that will never do; don't you dare; forget it; don't even think about doing it; go ahead; make my day [Iron.]" [Dirty Harry]. |
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#762. Consent — N. consent; assent &c. 488; acquiescence; approval &c. 931; compliance, agreement, concession; yieldance†, yieldingness†; accession, acknowledgment, acceptance, agnition†. settlement, ratification, confirmation, adjustment. permit &c. (permission) 760; promise &c. 768. V. consent; assent &c. 488; yield assent, admit, allow, concede, grant, yield; come round, come over; give into, acknowledge, agnize†, give consent, comply with, acquiesce, agree to, fall in with, accede, accept, embrace an offer, close with, take at one's word, have no objection. satisfy, meet one's wishes, settle, come to terms &c. 488; not refuse &c. 764; turn a willing ear &c. (willingness) 602; jump at; deign, vouchsafe; promise &c. 768. Adj. consenting &c. v.; squeezable; agreed &c. (assent) 488; unconditional. Adv. OK, yes &c. (assent) 488; by all means &c. (willingly) 602; no problem; if you please, as you please; be it so, so be it, well and good, of course; please do; don't hesitate. Phr. chi tace accousente [It]. |
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#763. Offer — N. offer, proffer, presentation, tender, bid, overture; proposal, proposition; motion, invitation; candidature; offering &c. (gift) 784. V. offer, proffer, present, tender; bid; propose, move; make a motion, make advances; start; invite, hold out, place in one's way, put forward. hawk about; offer for sale &c. 796; press &c. (request) 765; lay at one's feet. offer oneself, present oneself; volunteer, come forward, be a candidate; stand for, bid for; seek; be at one's service; go a begging; bribe &c. (give) 784. Adj. offering, offered &c. v.; in the market, for sale, to let, disengaged, on hire. |
#764. Refusal — N. refusal, rejection; noncompliance, incompliance†; denial; declining &c. v.; declension; declinature†; peremptory refusal, flat refusal, point blank refusal; repulse, rebuff; discountenance. recusancy, abnegation, protest, disclaimer; dissent &c. 489; revocation &c. 756. V. refuse, reject, deny, decline, turn down; nill, negative; refuse one's assent, withhold one's assent; shake the head; close the hand, close the purse; grudge, begrudge, be slow to, hang fire; pass (at cards). be deaf to; dismiss, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon; set one's face against, discountenance, not hear of, have nothing to do with, wash one's hands of, stand aloof, forswear, set aside, cast behind one; not yield an inch &c. (obstinacy) 606. resist, cross; not grant &c. 762; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn, &c. (repudiate) 610; rescind &c. (revoke) 756; disclaim, protest; dissent &c. 489. Adj. refusing &c. v.; restive, restiff†; recusant; uncomplying, unconsenting; not willing to hear of, deaf to. refused &c. v.; ungranted, out of the question, not to be thought of, impossible. Adv. no &c. 536; on no account, not for the world; no thank you, thanks but no thanks. Phr. non possumus [Lat.]; your humble servant [Iron.]; bien oblige [Fr.]; not on your life [U.S.]; no way; not even if you beg on your knees. |
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#765. Request — N. request, requisition; claim &c. (demand) 741; petition, suit, prayer; begging letter, round robin. motion, overture, application, canvass, address, appeal, apostrophe; imprecation; rogation; proposal, proposition. orison &c. (worship) 990; incantation &c. (spell) 993. mendicancy; asking, begging &c. v.; postulation, solicitation, invitation, entreaty, importunity, supplication, instance, impetration†, imploration†, obsecration†, obtestation†, invocation, interpellation. V. request, ask; beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask; beg leave, beg a boon; apply to, call to, put to; call upon, call for; make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition; make application, make a requisition; ask trouble, ask one for; claim &c. (demand) 741; offer up prayers &c. (worship) 990; whistle for. beg hard, entreat, beseech, plead, supplicate, implore; conjure, adjure; obtest†; cry to, kneel to, appeal to; invoke, evoke; impetrate†, imprecate, ply, press, urge, beset, importune, dun, tax, clamor for; cry aloud, cry for help; fall on one's knees; throw oneself at the feet of; come down on one's marrowbones. beg from door to door, send the hat round, go a begging; mendicate†, mump†, cadge, beg one's bread. dance attendance on, besiege, knock at the door. bespeak, canvass, tout, make interest, court; seek, bid for &c. (offer) 763; publish the banns. Adj. requesting &c. v.; precatory†; suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory; postulant; obsecratory†. importunate, clamorous, urgent; cap in hand; on one's knees, on one's bended knees, on one's marrowbones. Adv. prithee, do, please, pray; be so good as, be good enough; have the goodness, vouchsafe, will you, I pray thee, if you please. Int. for God's sake!, for heaven's sake!, for goodness' sake!, for mercy's sake!, Phr. Dieu vous garde [Fr.]; dirigenos Domine [Lat.]; would you be so kind as to. |
#766. [Negative request.] Deprecation — N. deprecation, expostulation; intercession, mediation, protest, remonstrance. V. deprecate, protest, expostulate, enter a protest, intercede for; remonstrate. Adj. deprecatory, expostulatory†, intercessory, mediatorial†. deprecated, protested. unsought, unbesought†; unasked &c. (ask) &c. 765. Int. cry you mercy!, God forbid!, forbid it Heaven!, Heaven forefend, Heaven forbid!, far be it from!, hands off!, &c. (prohibition) 761; please don't. |
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#767. Petitioner — N. petitioner, solicitor, applicant; suppliant, supplicant; suitor, candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder; place hunter, pot hunter; prizer†; seeker. beggar, mendicant, moocher, panhandler, freeloader, sponger, mumper†, sturdy beggar, cadger; hotel runner, runner, steerer [U.S.], tout, touter†. [poor person] pauper, homeless person, hobo, bum, tramp, bindle stiff, bo, knight of the road (poverty) 804; hippie, flower child; hard core unemployed; welfare client, welfare case. canvasser, bagman &c. 758; salesman. |
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#768. Promise — N. promise, undertaking, word, troth, plight, pledge, parole, word of honor, vow; oath &c. (affirmation) 535; profession, assurance, warranty, guarantee, insurance, obligation; contract &c. 769; stipulation. engagement, preengagement; affiance; betroth, betrothal, betrothment. V. promise; give a promise &c. n.; undertake, engage; make an engagement, form an engagement; enter into an engagement, enter on an engagement; bind oneself, tie oneself, pledge oneself, commit oneself, take upon oneself; vow; swear &c. (affirm) 535, give one's word, pass one's word, pledge one's word, plight one's word, give one's honor, pass one's honor, pledge one's honor, plight one's honor, give credit, pass credit, pledge credit, plight credit, give troth, pass troth, pledge troth, plight troth; betroth, plight faith. assure, warrant, guarantee; covenant &c. 769; attest &c. (bear witness) 467. hold out an expectation; contract an obligation; become bound to, become sponsor for; answer for, be answerable for; secure; give security &c. 771; underwrite. adjure, administer an oath, put to one's oath, swear a witness. Adj. promising &c. v.; promissory; votive; under hand and seal, upon oath. promised &c. v.; affianced, pledged, bound; committed, compromised; in for it. Adv. as one's head shall answer for. Phr. in for a penny in for a pound; ex voto [Lat.]; gage d'amour. |
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#768a. Release from engagement — N. release &c. (liberation) 750. Adj. absolute; unconditional &c. (free) 748. |
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#769. Compact — N. compact, contract, agreement, bargain; affidation†; pact, paction†; bond, covenant, indenture; bundobast†, deal. stipulation, settlement, convention; compromise, cartel. Protocol, treaty, concordat, Zollverein [G.], Sonderbund [G.], charter, Magna Charta [Lat.], Progmatic Sanction, customs union, free trade region; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT; most favored nation status. negotiation &c. (bargaining) 794; diplomacy &c. (mediation) 724; negotiator &c. (agent) 758. ratification, completion, signature, seal, sigil [Lat.], signet. V. contract, covenant, agree for; engage &c. (promise) 768. treat, negotiate, stipulate, make terms; bargain &c. (barter) 794. make a bargain, strike a bargain; come to terms, come to an understanding; compromise &c. 774; set at rest; close, close with; conclude, complete, settle; confirm, ratify, clench, subscribe, underwrite; endorse, indorse; put the seal to; sign, seal &c. (attest) 467; indent. take one at one's word, bargain by inch of candle. Adj. agreed &c. v.; conventional; under hand and seal. Phr. caveat emptor. |
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#770. Conditions — N. conditions, terms; articles, articles of agreement; memorandum. clauses, provisions; proviso &c. (qualification) 469; covenant, stipulation, obligation, ultimatum, sine qua non; casus foederris [Lat.]. V. make terms, come to terms &c. (contract) 769; make it a condition, stipulate, insist upon, make a point of; bind, tie up. Adj. conditional, provisional, guarded, fenced, hedged in. Adv. conditionally &c. (with qualification) 469; provisionally, pro re nata [Lat.]; on condition; with a string to it. |
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#771. Security — N. security; guaranty, guarantee; gage, warranty, bond, tie, pledge, plight, mortgage, collateral, debenture, hypothecation, bill of sale, lien, pawn, pignoration†; real security; vadium†. stake, deposit, earnest, handsel, caution. promissory note; bill, bill of exchange; I.O.U.; personal security, covenant, specialty; parole &c. (promise) 768. acceptance, indorsement†, signature, execution, stamp, seal. sponsor, cosponsor, sponsion†, sponsorship; surety, bail; mainpernor†, hostage; godchild, godfather, godmother. recognizance; deed of indemnity, covenant of indemnity. authentication, verification, warrant, certificate, voucher, docket, doquet†; record &c. 551; probate, attested copy. receipt; acquittance, quittance; discharge, release. muniment†, title deed, instrument; deed, deed poll; assurance, indenture; charter &c. (compact) 769; charter poll; paper, parchment, settlement, will, testament, last will and testament, codicil. V. give security, give bail, give substantial bail; go bail; pawn, impawn†, spout, mortgage, hypothecate, impignorate†. guarantee, warrant, warrantee, assure; accept, indorse, underwrite, insure; cosign, countersign, sponsor, cosponsor. execute, stamp; sign, seal &c. (evidence) 467. let, sett†; grant a lease, take a lease, hold a lease; hold in pledge; lend on security &c. 787. Phr. bonis avibus [Lat.]; gone where the woodbine twineth." |
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#772. Observance — N. observance, performance, compliance, acquiescence, concurrence; obedience &c. 743; fulfillment, satisfaction, discharge; acquittance, acquittal. adhesion, acknowledgment; fidelity &c. (probity) 939; exact &c. 494; observance. V. observe, comply with, respect, acknowledge, abide by; cling to, adhere to, be faithful to, act up to; meet, fulfill; carry out, carry into execution; execute, perform, keep, satisfy, discharge; do one's office. perform an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation; make good; make good one's word, make good one's promise, keep one's word, keep one's promise; redeem one's pledge; keep faith with, stand to one's engagement. Adj. observant, faithful, true, loyal; honorable &c. 939; true as the dial to the sun, true as the needle to the pole; punctual, punctilious; literal &c. (exact) 494; as good as one's word. Adv. faithfully &c. adj.. Phr. ignoscito saepe alteri nunquam tibi [Lat.]; tempori parendum [Lat.]; to God, thy country, and thy friend be true" [Vaughan]. |
#773. Nonobservance — N. nonobservance &c. 772; evasion, inobservance, failure, omission, neglect, laches [Law], laxity, informality. infringement, infraction; violation, transgression; piracy. retraction, retractation†, repudiation, nullification; protest; forfeiture. lawlessness; disobedience &c. 742; bad faith &c. 940. V. fail, neglect, omit, elude, evade, give the go-by to, set aside, ignore; shut one's eyes to, close one's eyes to. infringe, transgress, violate, pirate, break, trample under foot, do violence to, drive a coach and six through. discard, protest, repudiate, fling to the winds, set at naught, nullify, declare null and void; cancel &c. (wipe off) 552. retract, go back from, be off, forfeit, go from one's word, palter; stretch a point, strain a point. Adj. violating &c. v.; lawless, transgressive; elusive, evasive. unfulfilled &c. (fulfill) &c. 772. |
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#774. Compromise — N. compromise, commutation, composition; middle term, mezzo termine [It]; compensation &c. 30; abatement of differences, adjustment, mutual concession. V. compromise, commute, compound; take the mean; split the difference, meet one halfway, give and take; come to terms &c. (contract) 769; submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration; patch up, bridge over, arrange; straighten out, adjust, differences, agree; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; take the will for the deed. |
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#775. Acquisition — N. acquisition; gaining &c. v.; obtainment; procuration†, procurement; purchase, descent, inheritance; gift &c. 784. recovery, retrieval, revendication†, replevin [Law], restitution &c. 790; redemption, salvage, trover [Law]. find, trouvaille†, foundling. gain, thrift; money-making, money grubbing; lucre, filthy lucre, pelf; loaves and fishes, the main chance; emolument &c. (remuneration) 973. profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit; avails; income &c. (receipt) 810; proceeds, produce, product; outcome, output; return, fruit, crop, harvest; second crop, aftermath; benefit &c. (good) 618. sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool; pot; wealth &c. 803. subreption [Fraudulent acquisition]; obreption†; stealing &c. 791. V. acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect &c. (assemble) 72; pick, pickup; glean. find; come upon, pitch upon, light upon; scrape up, scrape together; get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure; derive, draw, get in the harvest. profit; make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit; turn to profit, turn to account; make capital out of, make money by; obtain a return, reap the fruits of; reap an advantage, gain an advantage; turn a penny, turn an honest penny; make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill; make money, coin money, raise money; raise funds, raise the wind; fill one's pocket &c. (wealth) 803. treasure up &c. (store) 636; realize, clear; produce &c. 161; take &c. 789. get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate†, replevy [Law], redeem, come by one's own. come by, come in for; receive &c. 785; inherit; step into a fortune, step into the shoes of; succeed to. get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at; take possession, come into possession, enter into possession. be profitable &c. adj.; pay, answer. accrue &c. (be received) 785. Adj. acquiring, acquired &c. v.; profitable, advantageous, gainful, remunerative, paying, lucrative. Phr. lucri causa [Lat.]. |
#776. Loss — N. loss; deperdition†, perdition; forfeiture, lapse. privation, bereavement; deprivation &c. (dispossession) 789; riddance; damage, squandering, waste. V. lose; incur a loss, experience a loss, meet with a loss; miss; mislay, let slip, allow to slip through the fingers; be without &c. (exempt) 777.1; forfeit. get rid of &c. 782; waste &c. 638. be lost; lapse. Adj. losing &c. v.; not having &c. 777.1. shorn of, deprived of; denuded, bereaved, bereft, minus, cut off; dispossessed &c. 789; rid of, quit of; out of pocket. lost &c. v.; long lost; irretrievable &c. (hopeless) 859; off one's hands. Int. farewell to!, adieu to. |
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#777. Possession — N. possession, seizin [Law], seisin [Law]; ownership &c. 780; occupancy; hold, holding; tenure, tenancy, feodality†, dependency; villenage, villeinage†; socage†, chivalry, knight service. exclusive possession, impropriation†, monopoly, retention &c. 781; prepossession, preoccupancy†; nine points of the law; corner, usucaption†. future possession, heritage, inheritance, heirship, reversion, fee, seigniority†; primogeniture, ultimogeniture†. futures contract [right of future possession; financial instruments], warrant, put, call, option; right of first refusal. bird in hand, uti possidetis [Lat.], chose in possession. V. possess, have, hold, occupy, enjoy; be possessed of &c. adj.; have in hand &c. adj.; own &c. 780; command. inherit; come to, come in for. engross, monopolize, forestall, regrate†, impropriate†, have all to oneself; corner; have a firmhold of &c. (retain) 781†; get into one's hand &c. (acquire) 775. belong to, appertain to, pertain to; be in one's possession &c. adj.; vest in. Adj. possessing &c. v.; worth; possessed of, seized of, master of, in possession of; usucapient†; endowed with, blest with, instinct with, fraught with, laden with, charged with. possessed &c. v.; on hand, by one; in hand, in store, in stock; in one's hands, in one's grasp, in one's possession; at one's command, at one's disposal; one's own &c. (property) 780. unsold, unshared. Phr. entbehre gern was du nicht hast [G.]; meum et tuum [Lat.]; tuum est [Lat.]. |
#777a. Exemption — N. exemption; absence &c. 187; exception, immunity, privilege, release. V. not have &c. 777; be without &c. adj.; excuse. Adj. exempt from, devoid of, without, unpossessed of†, unblest with†; immune from. not having &c. 777; unpossessed†; untenanted &c. (vacant) 187; without an owner. unobtained†, unacquired. |
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#778. [Joint possession.] Participation — N. participation; cotenancy†, joint tenancy; occupancy in common, possession in common, tenancy in common; joint stock, common stock; co-partnership, partnership; communion; community of possessions, community of goods; communism, socialism; cooperation &c. 709. snacks, coportion†, picnic, hotchpot†; co-heirship, co-parceny†, co-parcenary; gavelkind†. participator, sharer; co-partner, partner; shareholder; co-tenant, joint tenant; tenants in common; co-heir, co-parcener†. communist, socialist. V. participate, partake; share, share in; come in for a share; go shares, go snacks, go halves; share and share alike. have in common, possess in common, be seized in common, have as joint tenants, possess as joint tenants, be seized as joint tenants &c. n.. join in; have a hand in &c. (cooperate) 709. Adj. partaking &c. v.; communistic. Adv. share and share alike. |
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#779. Possessor — N. possessor, holder; occupant, occupier; tenant; person in possession, man in possession &c. 777; renter, lodger, lessee, underlessee†; zemindar†, ryot†; tenant on sufferance, tenant at will, tenant from year to year, tenant for years, tenant for life. owner; proprietor, proprietress, proprietary; impropriator†, master, mistress, lord. land holder, land owner, landlord, land lady, slumlord; lord of the manor, lord paramount; heritor, laird, vavasour†, landed gentry, mesne lord†; planter. cestui-que-trust [Fr.], beneficiary, mortgagor. grantee, feoffee†, releasee [Law], relessee†, devisee; legatee, legatary†. trustee; holder of the legal estate &c.; mortgagee. right owner, rightful owner. [Future possessor] heir presumptive, heir apparent; heiress; inheritor, inheritress, inheritrix; reversioner†, remainderman†. |
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#780. Property — N. property, possession, suum cuique [Lat.], meum et tuum [Lat.]. ownership, proprietorship, lordship; seignority†; empire &c. (dominion) 737. interest, stake, estate, right, title, claim, demand, holding; tenure &c. (possession) 777; vested interest, contingent interest, beneficial interest, equitable interest; use, trust, benefit; legal estate, equitable estate; seizin [Law], seisin [Law]. absolute interest, paramount estate, freehold; fee tail, fee simple; estate in fee, estate in tail, estate tail; estate in tail male, estate in tail female, estate in tail general. limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate; estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie [Fr.]; remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility. dower, dowry, jointure†, appanage, inheritance, heritage, patrimony, alimony; legacy &c. (gift) 784; Falcidian law, paternal estate, thirds. assets, belongings, means, resources, circumstances; wealth &c. 803; money &c. 800; what one is worth, what one will cut up for; estate and effects. landed property, landed real estate property; realty; land, lands; tenements; hereditaments; corporeal hereditaments, incorporeal hereditaments; acres; ground &c. (earth) 342; acquest†, messuage, toft†. territory, state, kingdom, principality, realm, empire, protectorate, sphere of influence. manor, honor, domain, demesne; farm, plantation, hacienda; allodium &c. (free) 748†; fief, fieff†, feoff†, feud, zemindary†, dependency; arado†, merestead†, ranch. free lease-holds, copy lease-holds; folkland†; chattels real; fixtures, plant, heirloom; easement; right of common, right of user. personal property, personal estate, personal effects; personalty, chattels, goods, effects, movables; stock, stock in trade; things, traps, rattletraps, paraphernalia; equipage &c. 633. parcels, appurtenances. impedimenta; luggage, baggage; bag and baggage; pelf; cargo, lading. rent roll; income &c. (receipts) 810; maul and wedges [U.S.]. patent, copyright; chose in action; credit &c. 805; debt &c. 806. V. possess &c. 777; be the possessor of &c. 779, own; have for one's own, have for one's very own; come in for, inherit. savor of the realty. be one's property &c. n.; belong to; appertain to, pertain to. Adj. one's own; landed, predial†, manorial, allodial†; free lease-hold, copy lease-hold; feudal, feodal†. Adv. to one's credit, to one's account; to the good. to one and his heirs for ever, to one and the heirs of his body, to one and his heirs and assigns, to one and his executors administrators and to one and his executors administrators and assigns. |
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#781. Retention — N. retention; retaining &c. v.; keep, detention, custody; tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip. fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum; bond &c. (vinculum) 45. clutches, tongs, forceps, pincers, nippers, pliers, vice. paw, hand, finger, wrist, fist, neaf†, neif†. bird in hand; captive &c. 754. V. retain, keep; hold fast one's own, hold tight one's own, hold fast one's ground, hold tight one's ground; clinch, clench, clutch, grasp, gripe, hug, have a firm hold of. secure, withhold, detain; hold back, keep back; keep close; husband &c. (store) 636; reserve; have in stock, have on hand, keep in stock &c. (possess) 777; entail, tie up, settle. Adj. retaining &c. v.; retentive, tenacious. unforfeited†, undeprived, undisposed, uncommunicated. incommunicable, inalienable; in mortmain [Fr.]; in strict settlement. Phr. uti possidetis [Lat.]. |
#782. Relinquishment — N. relinquishment, abandonment &c. (of a course) 624; renunciation, expropriation†, dereliction; cession, surrender, dispensation; quitclaim deed; resignation &c. 757; riddance. derelict &c. adj.; foundling; jetsam, waif. discards, culls, rejects; garbage, refuse, rubbish. V. relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede; let go, let slip; spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate†, give away, dispose of, part with; lay aside, lay apart, lay down, lay on the shelf &c. (disuse) 678; set aside, put aside, put away; make away with, cast behind; maroon. give notice to quit, give warning; supersede; be rid of, get rid of, be quit of, get quit of; eject &c. 297. rid oneself of, disburden oneself of, divest oneself of, dispossess oneself of; wash one's hands of. discard, cast off, dismiss; cast away, throw away, pitch away, fling away, cast aside, cast overboard, cast to the dogs, throw aside, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, pitch aside, pitch overboard, pitch to the dogs, fling aside, fling overboard, fling to the dogs; cast to the winds, throw to the winds, sweep to the winds; put away, turn away, sweep away; jettison; reject. quit one's hold, quitclaim. Adj. relinquished &c. v.; cast off, derelict; unowned, unappropriated, unculled; left &c. (residuary) 40. Int. away with!, |
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#783. Transfer — N. transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation, abalienation†; demise, limitation; conveyancing†; transmission &c. (transference) 270; enfeoffment†, bargain and sale, lease and release; exchange &c. (interchange) 148; barter &c. 794; substitution &c. 147. succession, reversion; shifting use, shifting trust; devolution. V. transfer, convey; alienate, alien; assign; grant &c. (confer) 784; consign; make over, hand over; pass, hand, transmit, negotiate; hand down; exchange &c. (interchange) 148. change hands, change hands from one to another; devolve, succeed; come into possession &c. (acquire) 775. abalienate†; disinherit; dispossess &c. 789; substitute &c. 147. Adj. alienable, negotiable. Phr. estate coming into possession. |
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#784. Giving — N. giving &c. v.; bestowal, bestowment†, donation; presentation, presentment; accordance; concession; delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment; investment, investiture; award. almsgiving†, charity, liberality, generosity. [Thing given] gift, donation, present, cadeau†; fairing; free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation; lagniappe [U.S.], pilon [U.S.]. grace, act of grace, bonus. allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention. bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation†, dot, appanage; voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance &c. 783; amortization. alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule†, donative†, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula†, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail†, douceur [Fr.], drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld [G.], bakshish†; fee &c. (recompense) 973; consideration. bribe, bait, ground bait; peace offering, handsel; boodle [Slang], graft, grease [Slang]; blat [Rus.]. giver, grantor &c. v.; donor, feoffer†, settlor. V. deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of; hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over; assign dower. present, give away, dispense, dispose of; give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out. pay &c. 807; render, impart, communicate. concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast; spend &c. 809. give, bestow, confer, grant, accord, award, assign. intrust, consign, vest in. make a present; allow, contribute, subscribe, furnish its quota. invest, endow, settle upon; bequeath, leave, devise. furnish, supply, help; administer to; afford, spare; accommodate with, indulge with, favor with; shower down upon; lavish, pour on, thrust upon. tip, bribe; tickle the palm, grease the palm; offer &c. 763; sacrifice, immolate. Adj. giving &c. v.; given &c. v.; allowed, allowable; concessional†; communicable; charitable, eleemosynary, sportulary†, tributary; gratis &c. 815; donative†. Phr. auctor pretiosa facit [Lat.]; ex dono [Lat.]; res est ingeniosa dare [Lat.] [Ovid]. |
#785. Receiving — N. receiving &c. v.; acquisition &c. 775; reception &c. (introduction) 296; suscipiency†, acceptance, admission. recipient, accipient†; assignee, devisee; legatee, legatary†; grantee, feoffee†, donee [Fr.], releasee [Law], relessee†, lessee; receiver. sportulary†, stipendiary; beneficiary; pensioner, pensionary†; almsman†. income &c. (receipt) 810. V. receive; take &c. 789; acquire &c. 775; admit. take in, catch, touch; pocket; put into one's pocket, put into one's purse; accept; take off one's hands. be received; come in, come to hand; pass into one's hand, fall into one's hand; go into one's pocket; fall to one's lot, fall to one's share; come to one, fall to one; accrue; have given to one &c. 784. Adj. receiving &c. v.; recipient, suscipient†. received &c. v.; given &c. 784; secondhand. not given, unbestowed &c. (give), (bestow) &c. 784. |
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#786. Apportionment — N. apportionment, allotment, consignment, assignment, appointment; appropriation; dispensation, distribution; division, deal; repartition, partition; administration. dividend, portion, contingent, share, allotment, fair share, allocation, lot, measure, dose; dole, meed, pittance; quantum, ration; ratio, proportion, quota, modicum, mess, allowance; suerte†. V. apportion, divide; distribute, administer, dispense; billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete; portion out, parcel out, dole out; deal, carve. allocate, ration, ration out; assign; separate &c. 44. partition, assign, appropriate, appoint. come in for one's share &c. (participate) 778. Adj. apportioning &c. v.; respective. Adv. respectively, each to each. |
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#787. Lending — N. lending &c. v.; loan, advance, accommodation, feneration†; mortgage, second mortgage, home loan &c. (security) 771; investment; note, bond, commercial paper. mont de piete [Fr.], pawnshop, my uncle's. lender, pawnbroker, money lender; usurer, loan shark. loaner (of item loaned). V. lend, advance, accommodate with; lend on security; loan; pawn &c. (security) 771. intrust, invest; place out to interest, put out to interest. let, demise, lease, sett†, underlet. Adj. lending &c. v.; lent &c. v.; unborrowed &c. (borrowed) &c. 788†. Adv. in advance; on loan, on security. |
#788. Borrowing — N. borrowing, pledging. borrowed plumes; plagiarism &c. (thieving) 791. replevin [Law]. V. borrow, desume†. hire, rent, farm; take a lease, take a demise; take by the hour, take by the mile, take by the year &c.; hire by the hour, hire by the mile, hire by the year &c.; adopt, apply, appropriate, imitate, make use of, take. raise money, take up money; raise the wind; fly a kite, borrow from Peter to pay Paul; run into debt &c. (debt) 806. replevy [Law]. |
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#789. Taking — N. taking &c. v.; reception &c. (taking in) 296; deglutition &c. (taking food) 298; appropriation, prehension, prensation†; capture, caption; apprehension, deprehension†; abreption†, seizure, expropriation, abduction, ablation; subtraction, withdrawal &c. 38; abstraction, ademption†; adrolepsy†. dispossession; deprivation, deprivement†; bereavement; divestment; disherison†; distraint, distress; sequestration, confiscation; eviction &c. 297. rapacity, rapaciousness, extortion, vampirism; theft &c. 791. resumption; reprise, reprisal; recovery &c. 775. clutch, swoop, wrench; grip &c. (retention) 781; haul, take, catch; scramble. taker, captor. [Descent of one of the earth's crustal plates under another plate] subduction [Geol.]. V. take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket; receive; accept. reap, crop, cull, pluck; gather &c. (get) 775; draw. appropriate, expropriate, impropriate†; assume, possess oneself of; take possession of; commandeer; lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on; help oneself to; make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution; intercept; scramble for; deprive of. take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off; adeem†; abstract; hurry off with, run away with; abduct; steal &c. 791; ravish; seize; pounce upon, spring upon; swoop to, swoop down upon; take by storm, take by assault; snatch, reave†. snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up; kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on. get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of; lay by the heels, take prisoner; fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of. catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at; reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand. take from, take away from; disseize†; deduct &c. 38; retrench &c. (curtail) 201; dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp; tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from; extort; deprive of, bereave; disinherit, cut off with a shilling. oust &c. (eject) 297; divest; levy, distrain, confiscate; sequester, sequestrate; accroach†; usurp; despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume†, impoverish, eat out of house and home; drain, drain to the dregs; gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up; absorb &c. (suck in) 296; draw off; suck the blood of, suck like a leech. retake, resume; recover &c. 775. Adj. taking &c. v.; privative†, prehensile; predaceous, predal†, predatory, predatorial†; lupine, rapacious, raptorial; ravenous; parasitic. bereft &c. 776. Adv. at one fell swoop. Phr. give an inch and take an ell. |
#790. Restitution — N. restitution, return; rendition, reddition†; restoration; reinvestment, recuperation; rehabilitation &c. (reconstruction) 660; reparation, atonement; compensation, indemnification. release, replevin [Law], redemption; recovery &c. (getting back) 775; remitter, reversion. V. return, restore; give back, carry back, bring back; render, render up; give up; let go, unclutch; disgorge, regorge†; regurgitate; recoup, reimburse, compensate, indemnify; remit, rehabilitate; repair &c. (make good) 660. reinvest, revest, reinstate. redeem, recover &c. (get back) 775; take back again. revest, revert. Adj. restoring &c. v.; recuperative &c. 660. Phr. suum cuique [Lat.]. |
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#791. Stealing — N. stealing &c. v.; theft, thievery, latrociny†, direption†; abstraction, appropriation; plagiary, plagiarism; autoplagiarism†; latrocinium†. spoliation, plunder, pillage; sack, sackage†; rapine, brigandage, foray, razzia†, rape, depredation, raid; blackmail. piracy, privateering, buccaneering; license to plunder, letters of marque, letters of mark and reprisal. filibustering, filibusterism†; burglary; housebreaking; badger game [Slang]. robbery, highway robbery, hold-up [U.S.], mugging. peculation, embezzlement; fraud &c. 545; larceny, petty larceny, grand larceny, shoplifting. thievishness, rapacity, kleptomania, Alsatia†, den of Cacus, den of thieves. blackmail, extortion, shakedown, Black Hand [U.S.]. [person who commits theft] thief &c. 792. V. steal, thieve, rob, mug, purloin, pilfer, filch, prig, bag, nim†, crib, cabbage, palm; abstract; appropriate, plagiarize. convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp; make off with, walk off with, run off with; run away with; spirit away, seize &c. (lay violent hands on) 789. plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate†, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer†, maraud, lift cattle, poach; smuggle, run; badger [Slang]; bail up, hold up, stick up; bunco, bunko, filibuster. swindle, peculate, embezzle; sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece; defraud &c. 545; obtain under false pretenses; live by one's wits. rob Peter to pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul; set a thief to catch a thief. disregard the distinction between meum and disregard the distinction between meum and tuum [Lat.]. [receive stolen goods] fence, launder, launder money. Adj. thieving &c. v.; thievish, light-fingered; furacious†, furtive; piratical; predaceous, predal†, predatory, predatorial†; raptorial &c. (rapacious) 789. stolen &c. v.. Phr. sic vos non vobis [Lat.]. |
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#792. Thief — N. thief, robber, homo triumliterarum [Lat.], pilferer, rifler, filcher†, plagiarist. spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder; harpy, shark [Slang], land shark, falcon, mosstrooper†, bushranger†, Bedouin†, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit†; pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones†, buccaneer, buccanier†; piqueerer†, pickeerer†; rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster; rapparee†, wrecker, picaroon†; smuggler, poacher; abductor, badger [Slang], bunko man, cattle thief, chor†, contrabandist†, crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up [U.S.], jackleg [U.S.], kidnaper, rustler, cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin [Slang], sneak thief, spieler†, strong-arm man [U.S.]. highwayman, Dick Turpin, Claude Duval, Macheath, footpad, sturdy beggar. cut purse, pick purse; pickpocket, light-fingered gentry; sharper; card sharper, skittle sharper; thimblerigger; rook [Slang], Greek, blackleg, leg, welsher [Slang]; defaulter; Autolycus†, Jeremy Diddler†, Robert Macaire, artful dodger, trickster; swell mob [Slang], chevalier d'industrie [Fr.]; shoplifter. swindler, peculator; forger, coiner; fence, receiver of stolen goods, duffer; smasher. burglar, housebreaker; cracksman†, magsman [Slang]; Bill Sikes, Jack Sheppard, Jonathan Wild. gang [group of thieves], gang of thieves, theft ring; organized crime, mafia, the Sicilian Mafia, the mob, la cosa nostra [It]. [famous thieves], Dillinger, Al Capone; Robin Hood. |
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#793. Booty — N. booty, spoil, plunder, prize, loot, swag [Slang], pickings; spolia opima [Lat.], prey; blackmail; stolen goods. Adj. manubial†. |
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#794. Barter — N. barter, exchange, scorse†, truck system; interchange &c. 148. a Roland for an Oliver; quid pro quo; commutation, composition; Indian gift [U.S.]. trade, commerce, mercature†, buying and selling, bargain and sale; traffic, business, nundination†, custom, shopping; commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing†, agiotage†, brokery†. deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain. free trade. V. barter, exchange, swap, swop†, truck, scorse†; interchange &c. 148; commutate &c. (substitute) 147; compound for. trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate†; carry on a trade, ply a trade, drive a trade; be in business, be in the city; keep a shop, deal in, employ one's capital in. trade with, deal with, have dealings with; transact business with, do business with; open an account with, keep an account with. bargain; drive a bargain, make a bargain; negotiate, bid for; haggle, higgle†; dicker [U.S.]; chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down; stickle, stickle for; out bid, under bid; ask, charge; strike a bargain &c. (contract) 769. speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring; buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high; corner the market; rig the market, stag the market. Adj. commercial, mercantile, trading; interchangeable, marketable, staple, in the market, for sale. wholesale, retail. Adv. across the counter. Phr. cambio non e furto [It]. |
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#795. Purchase — N. purchase, emption†; buying, purchasing, shopping; preemption, refusal. coemption†, bribery; slave trade. buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee; patron, employer, client, customer, clientele. V. buy, purchase, invest in, procure; rent &c. (hire) 788; repurchase, buy in. keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn; pay &c. 807; spend &c. 809. make a purchase, complete a purchase; buy over the counter. shop, market, go shopping. Adj. purchased &c. v.. Phr. caveat emptor; the customer is always right. |
#796. Sale — N. sale, vent, disposal; auction, roup, Dutch auction; outcry, vendue†; custom &c. (traffic) 794. vendibility, vendibleness†. seller; vender, vendor; merchant &c. 797; auctioneer. V. sell, vend, dispose of, effect a sale; sell over the counter, sell by auction &c. n.; dispense, retail; deal in &c. 794; sell off, sell out; turn into money, realize; bring to the hammer, bring under the hammer, put up to auction, put up for auction; offer for sale, put up for sale; hawk, bring to market; offer &c. 763; undersell. let; mortgage &c. (security) 771. Adj. under the hammer, on the market, for sale. salable, marketable, vendible; unsalable &c. unpurchased†, unbought; on one's hands. Phr. chose qui plait est a demi vendue [Fr.]. |
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#797. Merchant — N. merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman; changer; regrater†; shopkeeper, shopman†; tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk. retailer; chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler†; pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus†; sutler†, vivandiere†; costerman†, costermonger†; tallyman; camelot; faker; vintner. money broker, money changer, money lender; cambist†, usurer, moneyer†, banker. jobber; broker &c. (agent) 758; buyer &c. 795; seller &c. 796; bear, bull. concern; firm &c. (partnership) 712. |
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#798. Merchandise — N. merchandise, ware, commodity, effects, goods, article, stock, product, produce, staple commodity; stock in trade &c. (store) 636; cargo &c. (contents) 190. |
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#799. Mart — N. mart; market, marketplace; fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall; tollbooth, customhouse; Tattersall's. stall, booth, stand, newsstand; cart, wagon. wharf; office, chambers, countinghouse, bureau; counter, compter [Fr.]. shop, emporium, establishment; store &c. 636; department store, general store, five and ten, variety store, co-op, finding store [U.S.], grindery warehouse†. [food stores: list] grocery, supermarket, candy store, sweet shop, confectionery, bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop, butcher shop, fish store, farmers' market, mom and pop store, dairy, health food store. [specialized stores: list] tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's [Brit.], florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store; lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center; gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer. mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall; shopping street. surplus store, army-navy surplus store. [locations where used articles are sold] auction; flea market; yard sale, garage sale; pawn shop; antiques store; second-hand store, second time around shop, thrift shop. warehouse, wareroom†; depot, interposit†, entrepot [Fr.]. market-overt. real-estate broker. vending machine. |
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#799a. Stock Market [specialized markets for financial instruments] — N. stock market, stock exchange, securities exchange; bourse, board; the big board, the New York Stock Exchange; the market, the open market; over-the-counter market; privately traded issues. commodities exchange, futures exchange, futures market. the pit, the floor. ticker, stock ticker, quotation; stock index, market index, the Dow Jones Index, the Dow Industrials, the transportation index, utilities, the utilities index; the New York Stock Exchange index, the Nikkei index [Jap.Tr.]; the Financial Times index, the FTI [Brit.], the over-the-counter index, NASDAQ index. [person or firm trading securities] broker, stockbroker, jobber, stock dealer, odd-lot dealer; specialist. [person who buys or sells stocks] investor, speculator, operator; bull, buyer; bear, short seller; scalper, arbitrager†, arbitrageur†; stockholder, share-holder, stockholder of record; bond holder, coupon-clipper [Sarc.]. investment; speculation. V. speculate, invest, trade, trade stocks, play the market; buy long, sell short, take a position, straddle; take a plunge, plunge in, take a flier [Coll.]. |
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#799b. Securities — N. securities, stocks, common stock, preferred stock, bonds, puts, calls, options, option contract, warrants, commercial paper, bearer bond, tax-exempt bond, callable bond, convertable bond†. share, stock certificate; coupon, bond coupon. liquid assets. |
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#800. Money — N. money, legal tender; money matters, money market; finance; accounts &c. 811; funds, treasure; capital, stock; assets &c. (property) 780; wealth &c. 803; supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash; mammon. [colloquial terms for money] dough, cabbage. money-like instruments, M1, M2, sum, amount; balance, balance sheet; sum total; proceeds &c. (receipts) 810. currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece [Fr.], hard cash, cold cash; dollar, sterling coin; pounds shillings and pence; Ls.d.; pocket, breeches pocket, purse; money in hand, cash at hand; ready money, ready cash; slug [U.S.], wad [Slang] wad of bills [U.S.], wad of money, thick wad of bills, roll of dough [Coll.]; rhino†, blunt†, dust†, mopus†, tin†, salt†, chink†; argent comptant [Lat.]; bottom dollar, buzzard dollar†; checks, dibs [Slang]. [specific types of currency] double eagle, eagle; Federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency; Federal Reserve Note, United States Note, silver certificate†, gold certificate†; long bit, short bit [U.S.]; moss, nickel, pile [Slang], pin money, quarter [U.S.], red cent, roanoke†, rock [Slang]; seawan†, seawant†; thousand dollars, grand [Coll.]. [types of paper currency, U.S.] single, one-dollar bill; two-dollar bill; five-dollar bill, fiver [Coll.], fin [Coll.], Lincoln; ten-dollar bill, sawbuck; twenty-dollar bill, Jackson, double sawbuck; fifty-dollar bill; hundred-dollar bill, C-note. [types of U.S. coins: list] penny, cent, Lincoln cent, indian head penny, copper [1700-1900]; two-cent piece three-cent piece [Fr.], half-dime†, nickel, buffalo nickel, V nickel†, dime, disme†, mercury dime†, quarter, two bits, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, Eisenhower dollar, Susan B. Anthony dollar†. precious metals, gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, nugget. petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit†, stiver†, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea; rouleau†; wampum; good sum, round sum, lump sum; power of money, plum, lac of rupees. major coin, crown; minor coin. monetarist, monetary theory. [Science of coins] numismatics, chrysology†. [coin scholar or collector] numismatist. paper money, greenback; major denomination, minor denomination; money order, postal money order, Post Office order; bank note; bond; bill, bill of exchange; order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat†; blueback [U.S.], hundi†, shinplaster [U.S.]. note, note of hand; promissory note, I O U; draft, check, cheque, back-dated check; negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW. remittance &c. (payment) 807; credit &c. 805; liability &c. 806. drawer, drawee†; obligor†, obligee†; moneyer†, coiner. false money, bad money; base coin, flash note, slip†, kite [Slang]; fancy stocks; Bank of Elegance. argumentum ad crumenam [Lat.]. letter of credit. circulation, multiplier effect. [variation in the value of currency] inflation, double-digit inflation, hyperinflation, erosion of the currency, debasement of the currency; deflation; stagflation. [relative value of two currencies] exchange rate, rate of exchange, floating exchange rates, fixed rates. [place to exchange currencies] currency counter, currency exchange, bureau de change [Fr.]. gold-backed currency, gold standard, silver standard. bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account; certificate of deposit, CD. [money symbols] $ [U.S.], US$ [U.S.]; Y; A$. [authorities controlling currency] Federal Reserve Bank [U.S.], central bank [U.S.]; Federal Reserve Board, board of governors of the Federal Reserve; Treasury Department; Secret Service. [place where money is manufactured] mint, bureau of engraving. [government profit in manufacturing money] seigniorage. [false money] counterfeit, funny money, bogus money, (falsehood) 545. [cost of money] interest, interest rate, discount rate. V. amount to, come to, mount up to; touch the pocket; draw, draw upon; indorse &c. (security) 771; issue, utter; discount &c. 813; back; demonetize, remonetize; fiscalize†, monetize. circulate, be in circulation; be out of circulation. [manufacture currency] mint (coins), coin; print (paper currency). [vary the value of money] inflate, deflate; debase; devalue, revalue. [vary the amount of money] circulate, put in circulation; withdraw from circulation. [change the type of currency] exchange currencies, change money. charge interest; pay interest; lose interest. Adj. monetary, pecuniary, crumenal†, fiscal, financial, sumptuary, numismatic, numismatical†; sterling; nummary†. Phr. barbarus ipse placet dummodo sit dives [Lat.] [Ovid]; but the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that but the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that honor feels" [Tennyson]; Gelt regiert die Welt [G.], money rules the world, money makes the world go round; nervos belli pecuniam infinitam [Lat.] [Cicero]; redet Geld so schweigt die Welt [G.]; money is the mother's milk of politics" [Tip O'Neill]; money is the root of all evil; money isn't everything; as phony as a three-dollar bill;" don't take any wooden nickels." |
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#801. Treasurer — N. treasurer; bursar, bursary; purser, purse bearer; cash keeper, banker; depositary; questor†, receiver, steward, trustee, accountant, Accountant General, almoner, liquidator, paymaster, cashier, teller; cambist†; money changer &c. (merchant) 797. financier. Secretary of the Treasury; Chancellor of the Exchequer, minister of finance. |
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#802. Treasury — N. treasury, bank, exchequer, fisc, hanaper†; cash register, kutcherry†, bursary; strong box, strong hold, strong room; coffer; chest &c. (receptacle) 191; safe; bank vault; depository &c. 636; till, tiller; purse; money bag, money box; porte-monnaie [Fr.]. purse strings; pocket, breeches pocket. sinking fund; stocks; public stocks, public funds, public securities, parliamentary stocks, parliamentary funds, parliamentary securities; Consols, credit mobilier [Fr.]; bonds. |
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#803. Wealth — N. wealth, riches, fortune, handsome fortune, opulence, affluence; good circumstances, easy circumstances; independence; competence &c. (sufficiency) 639; solvency. provision, livelihood, maintenance; alimony, dowry; means, resources, substance; property &c. 780; command of money. income &c. 810; capital, money; round sum &c. (treasure) 800; mint of money, mine of wealth, El Dorado [Sp.], bonanza, Pacatolus, Golconda, Potosi. long purse, full purse, well lined purse, heavy purse, deep pockets; purse of Fortunatus [Lat.]; embarras de richesses [Fr.]. pelf, Mammon, lucre, filthy lucre; loaves and fishes†. rich man, moneyed man, warm man; man of substance; capitalist, millionaire, tippybob [Slang], Nabob, Croesus, idas, Plutus, Dives, Timon of Athens†; Timocracy, Plutocracy; Danae. V. be rich &c. adj.; roll in wealth, roll in riches, wallow in wealth, wallow in riches. afford, well afford; command money, command a sum; make both ends meet, hold one's head above water. become rich &c. adj.; strike it rich; come into a sum of money, receive a windfall, receive an inheritance, hit the jackpot, win the lottery; fill one's pocket &c. (treasury) 802; feather one's nest, make a fortune; make money &c. (acquire) 775. enrich, imburse. worship the golden calf, worship Mammon. Adj. wealthy, rich, affluent, opulent, moneyed, monied, worth much; well to do, well off; warm; comfortable, well, well provided for. made of money; rich as Croesus, filthy rich, rich as a Jew†; rolling in riches, rolling in wealth. flush, flush of cash, flush of money, flush of tin [Slang]; in funds, in cash, in full feather; solvent, pecunious†, out of debt, in the black, all straight. Phr. one's ship coming in. amour fait beaucoup mais argent fait tout [Fr.], love does much but money does everything; aurea rumpunt tecta quietem [Lat.] [Seneca]; magna servitus ist magna fortuna [Lat.]; mammon, the least erected spirit that fell from mammon, the least erected spirit that fell from Heaven" [Paradise Lost]; opum furiata cupido [Lat.] [Ovid]; vera prosperita e non aver necessita [It]; wie gewonnen so zerronnen [G.]. |
#804. Poverty — N. poverty, indigence, penury, pauperism, destitution, want; need, neediness; lack, necessity, privation, distress, difficulties, wolf at the door. bad circumstances, poor circumstances, need circumstances, embarrassed circumstances, reduced circumstances, straightened circumstances; slender means, narrow means; straits; hand to mouth existence, res angusta domi [Lat.], low water, impecuniosity. beggary; mendicancy, mendicity†; broken fortune, loss of fortune; insolvency &c. (nonpayment) 808. empty pocket, empty purse; light purse; beggarly account of empty boxes. [poor people] poor man, pauper, mendicant, mumper†, beggar, starveling; pauvre diable [Fr.]; fakir†, schnorrer†; homeless person. V. be poor &c. adj.; want, lack, starve, live from hand to mouth, have seen better days, go down in the world, come upon the parish; go to the dogs, go to wrack and ruin; not have a penny &c. (money) 800, not have a shot in one's locker; beg one's bread; tirer le diable par la queue [Fr.]; run into debt &c. (debt) 806. render poor &c. adj.; impoverish; reduce, reduce to poverty; pauperize, fleece, ruin, bring to the parish. Adj. poor, indigent; poverty-stricken; badly off, poorly off, ill off; poor as a rat, poor as a church mouse, poor as a Job; fortuneless†, dowerless†, moneyless†, penniless; unportioned†, unmoneyed†; impecunious; out of money, out of cash, short of money, short of cash; without a rap, not worth a rap &c. (money) 800; qui n'a pas le sou [Fr.], out of pocket, hard up; out at elbows, out at heels; seedy, bare-footed; beggarly, beggared; destitute; fleeced, stripped; bereft, bereaved; reduced; homeless. in want &c. n.; needy, necessitous, distressed, pinched, straitened; put to one's shifts, put to one's last shifts; unable to keep the wolf from the door, unable to make both ends meet; embarrassed, under hatches; involved &c. (in debt) 806; insolvent &c. (not paying) 808. Adv. in forma pauperis [Lat.]. Phr. zonam perdidit [Lat.]; a penniless lass wi' a lang pedigree" [Lady Nairne]; a pobreza no hay verguenza [Sp.]; he that is down can fall no lower" [Butler]; poca roba poco pensiero [It]; steeped . . . in poverty to the very steeped . . . in poverty to the very lips" [Othello]; the short and simple annals of the poor" [Gray]. |
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#805. Credit — N. credit, trust, tick, score, tally, account. letter of credit, circular note; duplicate; mortgage, lien, debenture, paper credit, floating capital; draft, lettre de creance [Fr.], securities. creditor, lender, lessor, mortgagee; dun; usurer. credit account, line of credit, open line of credit. credit card. V. keep an account with, run up an account with; intrust, credit, accredit. place to one's credit, credit to one's account, place to one's account†; give credit, take credit; fly a kite†. Adj. crediting, credited; accredited. Adv. on credit &c. n.; on account; to the account of, to the credit of; a compte [Fr.]. |
#806. Debt — N. debt, obligation, liability, indebtment†, debit, score. bill; check; account (credit) 805. arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency &c. (nonpayment) 808; bad debt. interest; premium; usance†, usury; floating debt, floating capital. debtor, debitor†; mortgagor; defaulter &c. 808; borrower. V. be in debt &c. adj.; owe; incur a debt, contract a debt &c. n.; run up a bill, run up a score, run up an account; go on tick; borrow &c. 788; run into debt, get into debt, outrun the constable; run up debts, run up bills (spend) 809. answer for, go bail for. [notify a person of his indebtedness: ] bill, charge. Adj. indebted; liable, chargeable, answerable for. in debt, in embarrassed circumstances, in difficulties; incumbered, involved; involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over one's head in debt, over head and ears in debt; deeply involved; fast tied up; insolvent &c. (not paying) 808; minus, out of pocket. unpaid; unrequited, unrewarded; owing, due, in arrear†, outstanding; past due. Phr. aes alienum debitorem leve gravius inimicum aes alienum debitorem leve gravius inimicum facit [Lat.]; neither a borrower nor a lender be" [Hamlet]. |
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#807. Payment — N. payment, defrayment†; discharge; acquittance, quittance; settlement, clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning, arrangement. acknowledgment, release; receipt, receipt in full, receipt in full of all demands; voucher. salary, compensation, remuneration (reward) 973. repayment, reimbursement, retribution; pay &c. (reward) 973; money paid &c. (expenditure) 809. ready money &c. (cash) 800; stake, remittance, installment. payer, liquidator &c. 801. pay cash, pay cash on the barrelhead. V. pay, defray, make payment; paydown, pay on the nail, pay ready money, pay at sight, pay in advance; cash, honor a bill, acknowledge; redeem; pay in kind. pay one's way, pay one's shot, pay one's footing; pay the piper, pay sauce for all, pay costs; do the needful; shell out, fork out; cough up [Coll.], fork over; come down with, come down with the dust; tickle the palm, grease the palm; expend &c. 809; put down, lay down. discharge, settle, quit, acquit oneself of; foot the bill; account with, reckon with, settle with, be even with, be quits with; strike a balance; settle accounts with, balance accounts with, square accounts with; quit scores; wipe off old scores, clear off old scores; satisfy; pay in full; satisfy all demands, pay in full of all demands; clear, liquidate; pay up, pay old debts. disgorge, make repayment; repay, refund, reimburse, retribute†; make compensation &c. 30. pay by credit card, put it on the plastic. Adj. paying &c.; paid &c. v.; owing nothing, out of debt, all straight; unowed†, never indebted. Adv. to the tune of; on the nail, money down. |
#808. Nonpayment — N. nonpayment; default, defalcation; protest, repudiation; application of the sponge†; whitewashing. insolvency, bankruptcy, failure; insufficiency &c. 640; run upon a bank; overdrawn account. waste paper bonds; dishonored bills, protested bills; bogus check, bogus cheque, rubber check. bankrupt, insolvent, debtor, lame duck, man of straw, welsher, stag, defaulter, levanter†. V. not pay &c. 807; fail, break, stop payment; become insolvent, become bankrupt; be gazetted. protest, dishonor, repudiate, nullify, refuse payment. pay under protest; button up one's pockets, draw the purse strings; apply the sponge; pay over the left shoulder, get whitewashed; swindle &c. 791; run up bills, fly kites. Adj. not paying, non-paying, non-performing; in debt &c. 806; behindhand, in arrear†, behind in payments, in arrears; beggared &c. (poor) 804; unable to make both ends meet, minus; worse than nothing; worthless. insolvent, bankrupt, in the gazette, gazetted. unpaid &c. (outstanding) 806; gratis &c. 815; unremunerated. |
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#809. Expenditure — N. expenditure, money going out; out goings, out lay; expenses, disbursement; prime cost &c. (price) 812; circulation; run upon a bank. payment &c. 807 [Money paid]; pay &c. (remuneration) 973; bribe &c. 973; fee, footing, garnish; subsidy; tribute; contingent, quota; donation &c. 784. pay in advance, earnest, handsel, deposit, installment. investment; purchase &c. 795. V. expend, spend; run through, get through; pay, disburse; ante, ante up; pony up [U.S.]; open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings; lay out, shell out [Slang], fork out [Slang], fork over; bleed; make up a sum, invest, sink money. run up debts, run up bills (debt) 806. fee &c. (reward) 973; pay one's way &c. (pay) 807; subscribe &c. (give) 784; subsidize. Adj. expending, expended &c. v.; sumptuary. Phr. vectigalia nervos esse reipublicae [Lat.] [Cicero]. |
#810. Receipt — N. receipt, value received, money coming in; income, incomings, innings, revenue, return, proceeds; gross receipts, net profit; earnings &c. (gain) 775; accepta†, avails. rent, rent roll; rental, rentage†; rack-rent. premium, bonus; sweepstakes, tontine. pension, annuity; jointure &c. (property) 780†; alimony, palimony [Coll.], pittance; emolument &c. (remuneration) 973. V. receive &c. 785; take money; draw from, derive from; acquire &c. 775; take &c. 789. bring in, yield, afford, pay, return; accrue &c. (be received from) 785. Adj. receiving, received &c. v.; profitable &c. (gainful) 775. |
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#811. Accounts — N. accounts, accompts†; commercial arithmetic, monetary arithmetic; statistics &c. (numeration) 85; money matters, finance, budget, bill, score, reckoning, account. books, account book, ledger; day book, cash book, pass book; journal; debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account; account current; balance, balance sheet; compte rendu [Fr.], account settled, acquit, assets, expenditure, liabilities, outstanding accounts; profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts. bookkeeping, accounting, double entry bookkeeping, reckoning. audit. [person who keeps accounts] accountant, auditor, actuary, bookkeeper, bean counter [Sarc.]; financier &c. 801; accounting party; chartered accountant, certified accountant; accounting firm, auditing firm. V. keep accounts, enter, post, book, credit, debit, carry over; take stock; balance accounts, make up accounts, square accounts, settle accounts, wind up accounts, cast up accounts; make accounts square, square accounts. bring to book, tax, surcharge and falsify. audit, field audit; check the books, verify accounts. falsify an account, garble an account, cook an account, cook the books, doctor an account. Adj. monetary &c. 800; accountable, accounting. |
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#812. Price — N. price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure; demand, damage; fare, hire, wages &c. (remuneration) 973; value &c. 812.1. dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess†, sess†, tallage†, levy; abkari†; capitation tax, poll tax; doomage [U.S.], likin†; gabel†, gabelle†; gavel, octroi†, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment†, ransom, salvage, tariff; brokerage, wharfage, freightage. bill &c. (account) 811; shot. V. bear a price, set a price, fix a price; appraise, assess, doom [U.S.], price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up; distrain; run up a bill &c. (debt) 806; have one's price; liquidate. amount to, come to, mount up to; stand one in. fetch, sell for, cost, bring in, yield, afford. Adj. priced &c. v.; to the tune of, ad valorem; dutiable; mercenary, venal. Phr. no penny no paternoster [Lat.]; point d'argent point de Suisse [Fr.], no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch. one may have it for; a bon marche [Fr.]. #812a. Value [intrinsic worth] — N. worth, rate, value, intrinsic value, quality; par value. [estimated value] valuation, appraisal, assessment, appraisement. [value as estimated in a market] price current, market price, quotation; fair price, going price; what it will fetch &c. v.; what the market will bear. money's worth; penny's worth &c.; worth. cost (price) 812. V. value, esteem; appreciate. [estimate value] appraise, evaluate, assess. Adj. valuable, estimable; worthwhile; worthy, full of worth. precious (expensive) 814. Phr. worth the price; worth a king's ransom; accountants who know the price of everything and the accountants who know the price of everything and the value of nothing. |
#812b. Worthlessness — N. worthlessness, valuelessness†; lack of value; uselessness. [low value] cheapness, shoddiness; low quality, poor quality. [worthless item] trash, garbage. Adj. worthless, valueless; useless. [of low value] cheap, shoddy; slapdash. inexpensive &c. 815. Phr. not worth the paper it's printed on, not worth a sou. #813. Discount — N. discount, abatement, concession, reduction, depreciation, allowance; qualification, set-off, drawback, poundage, agio†, percentage; rebate, rebatement†; backwardation, contango†; salvage; tare and tret†. sale, bargain; half price; price war. wholesale, wholesale price; dealer's price; trade price. coupon, discount coupon, cents-off coupon; store coupon, manufacturer's coupon; double coupon discount, triple coupon discount. V. discount, bate; abate, rebate; reduce, price down, mark down take off, allow, give, make allowance; tax. Adj. discounting &c. v.. Adv. at a discount, below par; at wholesale; have a friend in the business. |
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#814. Dearness — N. dearness &c. adj.; high price, famine price, fancy price; overcharge; extravagance; exorbitance, extortion; heavy pull upon the purse. V. be dear &c. adj.; cost much, cost a pretty penny; rise in price, look up. [demand a price in excess of value] overcharge, bleed, fleece, extort. [pay a price in excess of value] pay too much, pay through the nose, pay too dear for one's whistle, pay top dollar. Adj. dear; high, high priced; of great price, expensive, costly, precious; worth a Jew's eye†, dear bought. at a premium. not to be had, not to be had for love or money; beyond price, above price, priceless, of priceless value. [priced in excess of value] unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant, extortionate; overpriced, more than it's woth. Adv. dear, dearly; at great cost, heavy cost; a grands frais [Fr.]. Phr. prices looking up; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle [Fr.]; le cout en ote le gout [Fr.]; vel prece vel pretio [Lat.]; too high a price to pay, not worth it. |
#815. Cheapness — N. cheapness, low price; depreciation; bargain; good penny worth &c.; snap [U.S.]. [Absence of charge] gratuity; free quarters, free seats, free admission, pass, free pass, free warren, give-away, freebee [Coll.]; run of one's teeth; nominal price, peppercorn rent; labor of love. drug in the market; deadhead†. V. be cheap &c. adj.; cost little; come down in price, fall in price. buy for a mere nothing, buy for an old song; have one's money's worth. Adj. cheap; low, low priced; moderate, reasonable; inexpensive, unexpensive†; well worth the money, worth the money; magnifique et pas cher [Fr.]; good at the price, cheap at the price; dirt cheap, dog cheap; cheap, cheap as dirt, cheap and nasty; catchpenny; discounted &c. 813. half-price, depreciated, unsalable. gratuitous, gratis, free, for nothing; costless, expenseless†; without charge, not charged, untaxed; scotfree, shotfree†, rent-free; free of cost, free of expense; honorary, unbought, unpaid. Adv. for a mere song, for a song; at cost, at cost price, at prime cost, at a reduction; a bon marche [Fr.]. |
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#816. Liberality — N. liberality, generosity, munificence; bounty, bounteousness, bountifulness; hospitality; charity &c. (beneficence) 906. V. be liberal &c. adj.; spend freely, bleed freely; shower down upon; open one's purse strings &c. (disburse) 809; spare no expense, give carte blanche [Fr.]. Adj. liberal, free, generous; charitable &c. (beneficent) 906; hospitable; bountiful, bounteous; handsome; unsparing, ungrudging; unselfish; open handed, free handed, full handed; open hearted, large hearted, free hearted; munificent, princely. overpaid. Phr. handsome is that handsome does" [Goldsmith]. |
#817. Economy — N. economy, frugality; thrift, thriftiness; care, husbandry, good housewifery, savingness†, retrenchment. savings; prevention of waste, save-all; cheese parings and candle ends; parsimony &c. 819. cost-cutting, cost control. V. be economical &c. adj.; practice economy; economize, save; retrench, cut back expenses, cut expenses; cut one's coat according to one's cloth, make both ends meet, keep within compass, meet one's expenses, pay one's way, pay as you go; husband &c. (lay by) 636. save money, invest money; put out to interest; provide for a rainy day, save for a rainy day, provide against a rainy day, save against a rainy day; feather one's nest; look after the main chance. cut costs. Adj. economical, frugal, careful, thrifty, saving, chary, spare, sparing; parsimonious &c. 819. underpaid. Adv. sparingly &c. adj.; ne quid nimis [Lat.]. Phr. adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit [Lat.]; magnum est vectigal parsimonia [Lat.] [Cicero]. |
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#817a. Greed [excessive desire] — N. covetousness, ravenousness &c. adj.; venality, avidity, cupidity; acquisitiveness (acquisition) 775; desire &c. 865. [greed for money or material things] greed, greediness, avarice, avidity, rapacity, extortion. selfishness &c. 943; auri sacra fames [Lat.]. grasping, craving, canine appetite, rapacity. V. covet, crave (desire) 865; grasp; exact, extort. Adj. greedy, avaricious, covetous, acquisitive, grasping; rapacious; lickerish†. greedy as a hog; overeager; voracious; ravenous, ravenous as a wolf; openmouthed, extortionate, exacting, sordid†, alieni appetens [Lat.]; insatiable, insatiate; unquenchable, quenchless; omnivorous. |
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#818. Prodigality — N. prodigality, prodigence†; unthriftiness†, waste; profusion, profuseness; extravagance; squandering &c. v.; malversation. prodigal; spendthrift, waste thrift; losel†, squanderer†, locust; high roller [U.S.]. V. be prodigal &c. adj.; squander, lavish, sow broadcast; pour forth like water; blow, blow in [Slang]; pay through the nose &c. (dear) 814; spill, waste, dissipate, exhaust, drain, eat out of house and home, overdraw, outrun the constable; run out, run through; misspend; throw good money after bad, throw the helve after the hatchet†; burn the candle at both ends; make ducks and drakes of one's money; fool away one's money, potter away one's money, muddle away one's money, fritter away one's money, throw away one's money, run through one's money; pour water into a sieve, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs; manger son ble en herbe [Fr.]. Adj. prodigal, profuse, thriftless, unthrifty, improvident, wasteful, losel†, extravagant, lavish, dissipated, overliberal; full-handed &c. (liberal) 816. penny wise and pound foolish. Adv. with an unsparing hand; money burning a hole in one's pocket. Phr. amor nummi [Lat.]; facile largiri de alieno [Lat.]; wie gewonnen so zerronnen [G.]; les fous font les festins et les sages les les fous font les festins et les sages les mangent [Fr.]; spendthrift alike of money and of wit" [Cowper]; squandering wealth was his peculiar squandering wealth was his peculiar art" [Dryden]. |
#819. Parsimony — N. parsimony, parcity†; parsimoniousness†, stinginess &c. adj.; stint; illiberality, tenacity. avarice, greed &c. 817.1. miser, niggard, churl, screw, skinflint, crib, codger, muckworm†, scrimp, lickpenny†, hunks, curmudgeon, Harpagon, harpy, extortioner, Jew, usurer; Hessian [U.S.]; pinch fist, pinch penny. V. be parsimonious &c. adj.; grudge, begrudge, stint, pinch, gripe, screw, dole out, hold back, withhold, starve, famish, live upon nothing, skin a flint. drive a bargain, drive a hard bargain; cheapen, beat down; stop one hole in a sieve; have an itching palm, grasp, grab. Adj. parsimonious, penurious, stingy, miserly, mean, shabby, peddling, scrubby, penny wise, near, niggardly, close; fast handed, close handed, strait handed; close fisted, hard fisted, tight fisted; tight, sparing; chary; grudging, griping &c. v.; illiberal, ungenerous, churlish, hidebound, sordid, mercenary, venal, covetous, usurious, avaricious, greedy, extortionate, rapacious. Adv. with a sparing hand. Phr. desunt inopioe multa avaritiae omnia [Lat.] [Syrus]; hoards after hoards his rising raptures hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill" [Goldsmith]; the unsunn'd heaps of miser's treasures" [Milton]. |
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#820. Affections — N. affections, affect; character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone; temper, temperament; diathesis†, idiosyncrasy; cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul; predilection, turn, natural turn of mind; bent, bias, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, propensity, propenseness†, propension†, propendency†; vein, humor, mood, grain, mettle; sympathy &c. (love) 897. soul, heart, breast, bosom, inner man; heart's core, heart's strings, heart's blood; heart of hearts, bottom of one's heart, penetralia mentis [Lat.]; secret and inmost recesses of the heart, cockles of one's heart; inmost heart, inmost soul; backbone. passion, pervading spirit; ruling passion, master passion; furore†; fullness of the heart, heyday of the blood, flesh and blood, flow of soul. energy, fervor, fire, force. V. have affections, possess affections &c. n.; be of a character &c. n.; be affected &c. adj.; breathe. Adj. affected, characterized, formed, molded, cast; attempered†, tempered; framed; predisposed; prone, inclined; having a bias &c. n.; tinctured with, imbued with, penetrated with, eaten up with. inborn, inbred, ingrained; deep-rooted, ineffaceable, inveterate; pathoscopic†; congenital, dyed in the wool, implanted by nature, inherent, in the grain. affective. Adv. in one's heart &c. n.; at heart; heart and soul &c. 821. Phr. affection is a coal that must be cool'd else affection is a coal that must be cool'd else suffer'd it will set the heart on fire" [Venus and Adonis]. |
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#821. Feeling — N. feeling; suffering &c. v.; endurance, tolerance, sufferance, supportance†, experience, response; sympathy &c. (love) 897; impression, inspiration, affection, sensation, emotion, pathos, deep sense. warmth, glow, unction, gusto, vehemence; fervor, fervency; heartiness, cordiality; earnestness, eagerness; empressement [Fr.], gush, ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, verve, furore†, fanaticism; excitation of feeling &c. 824; fullness of the heart &c. (disposition) 820; passion &c. (state of excitability) 825; ecstasy &c. (pleasure) 827. blush, suffusion, flush; hectic; tingling, thrill, turn, shock; agitation &c. (irregular motion) 315; quiver, heaving, flutter, flurry, fluster, twitter, tremor; throb, throbbing; pulsation, palpitation, panting; trepidation, perturbation; ruffle, hurry of spirits, pother, stew, ferment; state of excitement. V. feel; receive an impression &c. n.; be impressed with &c. adj.; entertain feeling, harbor feeling, cherish feeling &c. n.. respond; catch the flame, catch the infection; enter the spirit of. bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole [Scot.], aby†; abide &c. (be composed) 826; experience &c. (meet with) 151; taste, prove; labor under, smart under; bear the brunt of, brave, stand. swell, glow, warm, flush, blush, change color, mantle; turn color, turn pale, turn red, turn black in the face; tingle, thrill, heave, pant, throb, palpitate, go pitapat, tremble, quiver, flutter, twitter; shake &c. 315; be agitated, be excited &c. 824; look blue, look black; wince; draw a deep breath. impress &c. (excite the feelings) 824. Adj. feeling &c. v.; sentient; sensuous; sensorial, sensory; emotive, emotional; of feeling, with feeling &c. n.. warm, quick, lively, smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting, piercing, incisive; keen, keen as a razor; trenchant, pungent, racy, piquant, poignant, caustic. impressive, deep, profound, indelible; deep felt, home felt, heartfelt; swelling, soul-stirring, deep-mouthed, heart-expanding, electric, thrilling, rapturous, ecstatic. earnest, wistful, eager, breathless; fervent; fervid; gushing, passionate, warm-hearted, hearty, cordial, sincere, zealous, enthusiastic, glowing, ardent, burning, red-hot, fiery, flaming; boiling over. pervading, penetrating, absorbing; rabid, raving, feverish, fanatical, hysterical; impetuous &c. (excitable) 825. impressed with, moved with, touched with, affected with, penetrated with, seized with, imbued with &c. 82; devoured by; wrought up &c. (excited) 824; struck all of a heap; rapt; in a quiver &c. n.; enraptured &c. 829. Adv. heart and soul, from the bottom of one's heart, ab imo pectore [Lat.], at heart, con amore [It], heartily, devoutly, over head and ears, head over heels. Phr. the heart big, the heart full, the heart swelling, the heart beating, the heart pulsating, the heart throbbing, the heart thumping, the heart beating high, the heart melting, the heart overflowing, the heart bursting, the heart breaking; the heart goes out, a heart as big as all outdoors (sympathy) 897. |
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#822. Sensibility — N. sensibility, sensibleness, sensitiveness; moral sensibility; impressibility, affectibility†; susceptibleness, susceptibility, susceptivity†; mobility; vivacity, vivaciousness; tenderness, softness; sentimental, sentimentality; sentimentalism. excitability &c. 825; fastidiousness &c. 868; physical sensibility &c. 375. sore point, sore place; where the shoe pinches. V. be sensible &c. adj.; have a tender heart, have a warm heart, have a sensitive heart. take to heart, treasure up in the heart; shrink. die of a rose in aromatic pain" [Pope]; touch to the quick; touch on the raw, touch a raw nerve. Adj. sensible, sensitive; impressible, impressionable; susceptive, susceptible; alive to, impassionable†, gushing; warm hearted, tender hearted, soft hearted; tender as a chicken; soft, sentimental, romantic; enthusiastic, highflying†, spirited, mettlesome, vivacious, lively, expressive, mobile, tremblingly alive; excitable &c. 825; oversensitive, without skin, thin-skinned; fastidious &c. 868. Adv. sensibly &c. adj.; to the quick, to the inmost core. Phr. mens aequa in arduis [Lat.]; pour salt in the wound. |
#823. Insensibility — N. insensibility, insensibleness†; moral insensibility; inertness, inertia; vis inertiae [Lat.]; impassibility, impassibleness; inappetency†, apathy, phlegm, dullness, hebetude†, supineness, lukewarmness†. cold fit, cold blood, cold heart; coldness, coolness; frigidity, sang froid [Fr.]; stoicism, imperturbation &c. (inexcitability) 826†; nonchalance, unconcern, dry eyes; insouciance &c. (indifference) 866; recklessness &c. 863; callousness; heart of stone, stock and stone, marble, deadness. torpor, torpidity; obstupefaction†, lethargy, coma, trance, vegetative state; sleep &c. 683; suspended animation; stupor, stupefaction; paralysis, palsy; numbness &c. (physical insensibility) 376. neutrality; quietism, vegetation. V. be insensible &c. adj.; have a rhinoceros hide; show insensibility &c. n.; not mind, not care, not be affected by; have no desire for &c. 866; have no interest in, feel no interest in, take no interest in; nil admirari [Lat.]; not care a straw for &c. (unimportance) 643; disregard &c. (neglect) 460; set at naught &c. (make light of) 483; turn a deaf ear to &c. (inattention) 458; vegetate. render insensible, render callous; blunt, obtund†, numb, benumb, paralyze, deaden, hebetate†, stun, stupefy; brutify†; brutalize; chloroform, anaesthetize†, put under; assify†. inure; harden the heart; steel, caseharden, sear. Adj. insensible, unconscious; impassive, impassible; blind to, deaf to, dead to; unsusceptible, insusceptible; unimpressionable†, unimpressible†; passionless, spiritless, heartless, soulless; unfeeling, unmoral. apathetic; leuco-†, phlegmatic; dull, frigid; cold blooded, cold hearted; cold as charity; flat, maudlin, obtuse, inert, supine, sluggish, torpid, torpedinous†, torporific†; sleepy &c. (inactive) 683; languid, half-hearted, tame; numbed; comatose; anaesthetic &c. 376; stupefied, chloroformed, drugged, stoned; palsy-stricken. indifferent, lukewarm; careless, mindless, regardless; inattentive &c. 458; neglectful &c. 460; disregarding. unconcerned, nonchalant, pococurante†, insouciant, sans souci [Fr.]; unambitious &c. 866. unaffected, unruffled, unimpressed, uninspired, unexcited, unmoved, unstirred, untouched, unshocked†, unstruck†; unblushing &c. (shameless) 885; unanimated; vegetative. callous, thick-skinned, hard-nosed, pachydermatous, impervious; hardened; inured, casehardened; steeled against, proof against; imperturbable &c. (inexcitable) 826†; unfelt. Adv. insensibly &c. adj.; aequo animo [Lat.]; without being moved, without being touched, without being impressed; in cold blood; with dry eyes, with withers unwrung†. Phr. never mind; macht nichts [G.], it is of no consequence &c. (unimportant) 643; it cannot be helped; nothing coming amiss; it is all the same to, it is all one to. |
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#824. Excitation — N. excitation of feeling; mental excitement; suscitation†, galvanism, stimulation, piquance, piquancy, provocation, inspiration, calling forth, infection; animation, agitation, perturbation; subjugation, fascination, intoxication; enravishment†; entrancement; pressure, tension, high pressure. unction, impressiveness &c. adj.. trail of temper, casus belli [Lat.]; irritation &c. (anger) 900; passion &c. (state of excitability) 825; thrill &c. (feeling) 821; repression of feeling &c. 826; sensationalism, yellow journalism. V. excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect; stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood; set astir; wake, awake, awaken; call forth; evoke, provoke; raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up; raise; get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir; fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame. stimulate; exsuscitate†; inspirit; spirit up, stir up, work up, pique; infuse life into, give new life to; bring new blood, introduce new blood; quicken; sharpen, whet; work upon &c. (incite) 615; hurry on, give a fillip, put on one's mettle. fan the fire, fan the flame; blow the coals, stir the embers; fan into a flame; foster, heat, warm, foment, raise to a fever heat; keep up, keep the pot boiling; revive, rekindle; rake up, rip up. stir the feelings, play on the feelings, come home to the feelings; touch a string, touch a chord, touch the soul, touch the heart; go to one's heart, penetrate, pierce, go through one, touch to the quick; possess the soul, pervade the soul, penetrate the soul, imbrue the soul, absorb the soul, affect the soul, disturb the soul. absorb, rivet the attention; sink into the mind, sink into the heart; prey on the mind, distract; intoxicate; overwhelm, overpower; bouleverser [Fr.], upset, turn one's head. fascinate; enrapture &c. (give pleasure) 829. agitate, perturb, ruffle, fluster, shake, disturb, startle, shock, stagger; give one a shock, give one a turn; strike all of a heap; stun, astound, electrify, galvanize, petrify. irritate, sting; cut to the heart, cut to the quick; try one's temper; fool to the top of one's bent, pique; infuriate, madden, make one's blood boil; lash into fury &c. (wrath) 900. be excited &c. adj.; flush up, flare up; catch the infection; thrill &c. (feel) 821; mantle; work oneself up; seethe, boil, simmer, foam, fume, flame, rage, rave; run mad &c. (passion) 825. Adj. excited &c. v.; wrought up, up the qui vive [Fr.], astir, sparkling; in a quiver &c. 821, in a fever, in a ferment, in a blaze, in a state of excitement; in hysterics; black in the face, overwrought, tense, taught, on a razor's edge; hot, red-hot, flushed, feverish; all of a twitter, in a pucker; with quivering lips, with tears in one's eyes. flaming; boiling over; ebullient, seething; foaming at the mouth; fuming, raging, carried away by passion, wild, raving, frantic, mad, distracted, beside oneself, out of one's wits, ready to burst, bouleverse†, demoniacal. lost, eperdu [Fr.], tempest-tossed; haggard; ready to sink. stung to the quick, up, on one's high ropes. exciting, absorbing, riveting, distracting &c. v.; impressive, warm, glowing, fervid, swelling, imposing, spirit-stirring, thrilling; high-wrought; soul-stirring, soul-subduing; heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling; agonizing &c. (painful) 830; telling, sensational, hysterical; overpowering, overwhelming; more than flesh and blood can bear; yellow. piquant &c. (pungent) 392; spicy, appetizing, provocative, provoquant†, tantalizing. eager to go, anxious to go, chafing at the bit. Adv. till one is black in the face. Phr. the heart beating high, the heart going pitapat, the heart leaping into one's mouth; the blood being up, the blood boiling in one's veins; the eye glistening, the eyes in a fine frenzy rolling; the head turned; when the going gets tough, the tough get when the going gets tough, the tough get going" [Richard Nixon]. |
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#825. [Excess of sensitiveness] Excitability — N. excitability, impetuosity, vehemence; boisterousness &c. adj.; turbulence; impatience, intolerance, nonendurance†; irritability &c. (irascibility) 901; itching &c. (desire) 865; wincing; disquiet, disquietude; restlessness; fidgets, fidgetiness; agitation &c. (irregular motion) 315. trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry, fuss, flurry; fluster, flutter; pother, stew, ferment; whirl; buck fever; hurry-skurry†, thrill &c. (feeling) 821; state of excitement, fever of excitement; transport. passion, excitement, flush, heat; fever, heat; fire, flame, fume, blood boiling; tumult; effervescence, ebullition; boiling over; whiff, gust, story, tempest; scene, breaking out, burst, fit, paroxysm, explosion; outbreak, outburst; agony. violence &c. 173; fierceness &c. adj.; rage, fury, furor, furore†, desperation, madness, distraction, raving, delirium; phrensy†, frenzy, hysterics; intoxication; tearing passion, raging passion; anger &c. 900. fascination, infatuation, fanaticism; Quixotism, Quixotry; tete montee [Fr.]. V. be impatient &c. adj.; not be able to bear &c. 826; bear ill, wince, chafe, champ a bit; be in a stew &c. n.; be out of all patience, fidget, fuss, not have a wink of sleep; toss on one's pillow. lose one's temper &c. 900; break out, burst out, fly out; go off, fly off, fly off at a tangent, fly off the handle, lose one's cool [Coll.]; explode, flare up, flame up, fire up, burst into a flame, take fire, fire, burn; boil, boil over; foam, fume, rage, rave, rant, tear; go wild, run wild, run mad, go into hysterics; run riot, run amuck; battre la campagne [Fr.], faire le diable a quatre [Fr.], play the deuce. Adj. excitable, easily excited, in an excitable state; high-strung; irritable &c. (irascible) 901; impatient, intolerant. feverish, febrile, hysterical; delirious, mad, moody, maggoty-headed. unquiet, mercurial, electric, galvanic, hasty, hurried, restless, fidgety, fussy; chafing &c. v.. startlish†, mettlesome, high-mettled†, skittish. vehement, demonstrative, violent, wild, furious, fierce, fiery, hot-headed, madcap. overzealous, enthusiastic, impassioned, fanatical; rabid &c. (eager) 865. rampant, clamorous, uproarious, turbulent, tempestuous, tumultuary†, boisterous. impulsive, impetuous, passionate; uncontrolled, uncontrollable; ungovernable, irrepressible, stanchless†, inextinguishable, burning, simmering, volcanic, ready to burst forth, volatile. excited, exciting &c. 824. Int. pish!, pshaw!, Phr. noli me tangere [Lat.]; filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd" [Collins]; maggiore fretta minore atto [It]. |
#826. [Absence of excitability, or of excitement.] Inexcitability — N. inexcitability†, imperturbability, inirritability†; even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion; tolerance, patience, coolth [Coll.]. passiveness &c. (physical inertness) 172; hebetude†, hebetation†; impassibility &c. (insensibility) 823; stupefaction. coolness, calmness &c. adj.; composure, placidity, indisturbance†, imperturbation†, sang froid [Fr.], tranquility, serenity; quiet, quietude; peace of mind, mental calmness. staidness &c. adj.; gravity, sobriety, Quakerism†; philosophy, equanimity, stoicism, command of temper; self-possession, self-control, self-command, self-restraint, ice water in one's veins; presence of mind. submission &c. 725; resignation; sufferance, supportance†, endurance, longsufferance†, forbearance; longanimity†; fortitude; patience of Job, patience on a monument" [Twelfth Night], patience 'sovereign o'er transmuted ill'" [Johnson]; moderation; repression of feelings, subjugation of feeling; restraint &c. 751. tranquillization &c. (moderation) 174†. V. be composed &c. adj.. laisser faire [Fr.], laisser aller [Fr.]; take things easily, take things as they come; take it easy, rub on, live and let live; take easily, take cooly†, take in good part; aequam servare mentem [Lat.]. bear the brunt, bear well; go through, support, endure, brave, disregard. tolerate, suffer, stand, bide; abide, aby†; bear with, put up with, take up with, abide with; acquiesce; submit &c. (yield) 725; submit with a good grace; resign oneself to, reconcile oneself to; brook, digest, eat, swallow, pocket, stomach. make light of, make the best of, make 'a virtue of necessity'" [Chaucer]; put a good face on, keep one's countenance; check &c. 751; check oneself. compose, appease &c. (moderate); 174; propitiate; repress &c. (restrain) 751; render insensible &c. 823; overcome one's excitability, allay one's excitability, repress one's excitability &c. 825; master one's feelings. make oneself easy; make one's mind easy; set one's mind at ease, set one's mind at rest. calm down, cool down; gentle; thaw, grow cool. be borne, be endured; go down. Adj. inexcitable†, unexcitable; imperturbable; unsusceptible &c. (insensible) 823; unpassionate†, dispassionate; cold-blooded, irritable; enduring &c. v.; stoical, Platonic, philosophic, staid, stayed; sober, sober minded; grave; sober as a judge, grave as a judge; sedate, demure, cool-headed. easy-going, peaceful, placid, calm; quiet as a mouse; tranquil, serene; cool as a cucumber, cool as a custard; undemonstrative. temperate &c. (moderate) 174; composed, collected; unexcited, unstirred, unruffled, undisturbed, unperturbed, unimpassioned; unoffended†; unresisting. meek, tolerant; patient, patient as Job; submissive &c. 725; tame; content, resigned, chastened, subdued, lamblike†; gentle as a lamb; suaviter in modo [Lat.]; mild as mothers milk; soft as peppermint; armed with patience, bearing with, clement, long-suffering. Adv. like patience on a monument smiling at grief" [Twelfth Night]; aequo animo [Lat.], in cold blood &c. 823; more in sorrow than in anger. Int. patience!, and shuffle the cards. Phr. cool calm and collected," keep calm in the midst of a storm; adversity's sweet milk, philosophy" [Romeo and Juliet]; mens aequa in arduis philosophia stemma non mens aequa in arduis philosophia stemma non inspecite [Lat.] [Seneca]; quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes [Lat.] [Horace]; they also serve who only stand and wait" [Milton]. |
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#827. Pleasure — N. pleasure, gratification, enjoyment, fruition; oblectation, delectation, delection†; relish, zest; gusto &c. (physical pleasure) 377; satisfaction &c. (content) 831; complacency. well-being; good &c. 618; snugness, comfort, ease; cushion &c. 215; sans souci [Fr.], without worry, mind at ease. joy, gladness, delight, glee, cheer, sunshine; cheerfulness &c. 836. treat, refreshment; amusement &c. 840; luxury &c. 377. mens sana in corpore sano [Lat.] [Juvenal], a sound mind in a sound body. happiness, felicity, bliss; beatitude, beautification; enchantment, transport, rapture, ravishment, ecstasy; summum bonum [Lat.]; paradise, elysium &c. (heaven) 981; third heaven†, seventh heaven, cloud nine; unalloyed happiness &c.; hedonics†, hedonism. honeymoon; palmy days, halcyon days; golden age, golden time; Dixie, Dixie's land; Saturnia regna [Lat.], Arcadia†, Shangri-La, happy valley, Agapemone†. V. be pleased &c. 829; feel pleasure, experience pleasure &c. n.; joy; enjoy oneself, hug oneself; be in clover &c. 377, be in elysium &c. 981; tread on enchanted ground; fall into raptures, go into raptures. feel at home, breathe freely, bask in the sunshine. be pleased with &c. 829; receive pleasure, derive pleasure &c. n.. from; take pleasure &c. n.. in; delight in, rejoice in, indulge in, luxuriate in; gloat over &c. (physical pleasure) 377; enjoy, relish, like; love &c. 897; take to, take a fancy to; have a liking for; enter into the spirit of. take in good part. treat oneself to, solace oneself with. Adj. pleased &c. 829; not sorry; glad, gladsome; pleased as Punch. happy, blest, blessed, blissful, beatified; happy as a clam at high water [U.S.], happy as a clam, happy as a king, happy as the day is long; thrice happy, ter quaterque beatus [Lat.]; enjoying &c. v.; joyful &c. (in spirits) 836; hedonic†. in a blissful state, in paradise &c. 981, in raptures, in ecstasies, in a transport of delight. comfortable &c. (physical pleasure) 377; at ease; content &c. 831; sans souci [Fr.]. overjoyed, entranced, enchanted; enraptures; enravished†; transported; fascinated, captivated. with a joyful face, with sparkling eyes. pleasing &c. 829; ecstatic, beatic†; painless, unalloyed, without alloy, cloudless. Adv. happily &c. adj.; with pleasure &c. (willingfully) 602†; with glee &c. n.. Phr. one's heart leaping with joy. a wilderness of sweets" [Paradise Lost]; I wish you all the joy that you can wish" [M. of Venice]; jour de ma vie; joy ruled the day and love the night" [Dryden]; joys season'd high and tasting strong of joys season'd high and tasting strong of guilt" [Young]; oh happiness, our being's end and aim! " [Pope]; there is a pleasure that is born of pain" [O Meridith]; throned on highest bliss" [Paradise Lost]; vedi Napoli e poi muori [It]; zwischen Freud und Leid ist die Brucke nicht zwischen Freud und Leid ist die Brucke nicht weit [G.], the bridge between joy and sorrow is not wide. |
#828. Pain — N. mental suffering, pain, dolor; suffering, sufferance; ache, smart &c. (physical pain) 378; passion. displeasure, dissatisfaction, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet; malaise; inquietude, uneasiness, vexation of spirit; taking; discontent &c. 832. dejection &c. 837; weariness &c. 841; anhedonia†. annoyance, irritation, worry, infliction, visitation; plague, bore; bother, botheration; stew, vexation, mortification, chagrin, esclandre [Fr.]; mauvais quart d'heur [Fr.]. care, anxiety, solicitude, trouble, trial, ordeal, fiery ordeal, shock, blow, cark†, dole, fret, burden, load. concern, grief, sorrow, distress, affliction, woe, bitterness, heartache; carking cares; heavy heart, aching heart, bleeding heart, broken heart; heavy affliction, gnawing grief. unhappiness, infelicity, misery, tribulation, wretchedness, desolation; despair &c. 859; extremity, prostration, depth of misery. nightmare, ephialtes†, incubus. pang, anguish, agony; torture, torment; purgatory &c. (hell) 982. hell upon earth; iron age, reign of terror; slough of despond &c. (adversity) 735; peck of troubles; ills that flesh is heir to" &c. (evil) 619 [Hamlet]; miseries of human life; unkindest cut of all" [Julius Caesar]. sufferer, victim, prey, martyr, object of compassion, wretch, shorn lamb. V. feel pain, suffer pain, experience pain, undergo pain, bear pain, endure pain &c. n., smart, ache &c. (physical pain) 378; suffer, bleed, ail; be the victim of. labor under afflictions; bear the cross; quaff the bitter cup, have a bad time of it; fall on evil days &c. (adversity) 735; go hard with, come to grief, fall a sacrifice to, drain the cup of misery to the dregs, sup full of horrors" [Macbeth]. sit on thorns, be on pins and needles, wince, fret, chafe, worry oneself, be in a taking, fret and fume; take on, take to heart; cark†. grieve; mourn &c. (lament) 839; yearn, repine, pine, droop, languish, sink; give way; despair &c. 859; break one's heart; weigh upon the heart &c. (inflict pain) 830. Adj. in pain, in a state of pain, full of pain &c. n.; suffering &c. v.; pained, afflicted, worried, displeased &c. 830; aching, griped, sore &c. (physical pain) 378; on the rack, in limbo; between hawk and buzzard. uncomfortable, uneasy; ill at ease; in a taking, in a way; disturbed; discontented &c. 832; out of humor &c. 901.1; weary &c. 841. heavy laden, stricken, crushed, a prey to, victimized, ill-used. unfortunate &c. (hapless) 735; to be pitied, doomed, devoted, accursed, undone, lost, stranded; fey. unhappy, infelicitous, poor, wretched, miserable, woe-begone; cheerless &c. (dejected) 837; careworn. concerned, sorry; sorrowing, sorrowful; cut up, chagrined, horrified, horror-stricken; in grief, plunged in grief, a prey to grief &c. n.; in tears &c. (lamenting) 839; steeped to the lips in misery; heart-stricken, heart-broken, heart-scalded; broken-hearted; in despair &c. 859. Phr. the iron entered into our soul;" haeret lateri lethalis arundo [Lat.] [Vergil]; one's heart bleeding; down, thou climbing sorrow" [Lear]; mirth cannot move a soul in agony" [Love's Labor's Lost]; nessun maggior dolere che ricordarsi del tempo nessun maggior dolere che ricordarsi del tempo felice nella miseria [It]; sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things" [Tennyson]; the Niobe of Nations" [Byron]. |
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#829. [Capability of giving pleasure; cause or source of pleasure.] Pleasurableness — N. pleasurableness, pleasantness, agreeableness &c. adj.; pleasure giving, jucundity†, delectability; amusement &c. 840. attraction &c. (motive) 615; attractiveness, attractability†; invitingness &c. adj.†; harm, fascination, enchantment, witchery, seduction, winning ways, amenity, amiability; winsomeness. loveliness &c. (beauty) 845; sunny side, bright side; sweets &c. (sugar) 396; goodness &c. 648; manna in the wilderness, land flowing with milk and honey; bittersweet; fair weather. treat; regale &c. (physical pleasure) 377; dainty; titbit†, tidbit; nuts, sauce piquante [Fr.]. V. cause pleasure, produce pleasure, create pleasure, give pleasure, afford pleasure, procure pleasure, offer pleasure, present pleasure, yield pleasure &c. 827. please, charm, delight, becharm†, imparadise†; gladden &c. (make cheerful) 836; take, captivate, fascinate; enchant, entrance, enrapture, transport, bewitch; enravish†. bless, beatify; satisfy; gratify, desire; &c. 865; slake, satiate, quench; indulge, humor, flatter, tickle; tickle the palate &c. (savory) 394; regale, refresh; enliven; treat; amuse &c. 840; take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, hit one's fancy; meet one's wishes; win the heart, gladden the heart, rejoice the heart, warm the cockles of the heart; do one's heart good. attract, allure &c. (move) 615; stimulate &c. (excite) 824; interest. make things pleasant, popularize, gild the pill, sugar-coat the pill, sweeten. Adj. causing pleasure &c. v.; laetificant†; pleasure-giving, pleasing, pleasant, pleasurable; agreeable; grateful, gratifying; leef†, lief, acceptable; welcome, welcome as the roses in May; welcomed; favorite; to one's taste, to one's mind, to one's liking; satisfactory &c. (good) 648. refreshing; comfortable; cordial; genial; glad, gladsome; sweet, delectable, nice, dainty; delicate, delicious; dulcet; luscious &c. 396; palatable &c. 394; luxurious, voluptuous; sensual &c. 377. [of people] attractive &c. 615; inviting, prepossessing, engaging; winning, winsome; taking, fascinating, captivating, killing; seducing, seductive; heart-robbing, alluring, enticing; appetizing &c. (exciting) 824; cheering &c. 836; bewitching; enchanting, entrancing, enravishing†. charming; delightful, felicitous, exquisite; lovely &c. (beautiful) 845; ravishing, rapturous; heartfelt, thrilling, ecstatic; beatic†; beatific; seraphic; empyrean; elysian &c. (heavenly) 981. palmy, halcyon, Saturnian. Phr. decies repetita placebit [Lat.]; charms strike the sight but merit wins the charms strike the sight but merit wins the soul" [Pope]; sweetness and light" [Swift]; beauty is only skin deep. |
#830. [Capability of giving pain; cause or source of pain]. Painfulness — N. painfulness &c. adj.; trouble, care &c. (pain) 828; trial; affliction, infliction; blow, stroke, burden, load, curse; bitter pill, bitter draught; waters of bitterness. annoyance, grievance, nuisance, vexation, mortification, sickener†; bore, bother, pother, hot water, sea of troubles" [Hamlet], hornet's nest, plague, pest. cancer, ulcer, sting, thorn; canker &c. (bane) 663; scorpion &c. (evil doer) 913; dagger &c. (arms) 727; scourge &c. (instrument of punishment) 975; carking care, canker worm of care. mishap, misfortune &c. (adversity) 735; desagrement [Fr.], esclandre [Fr.], rub. source of irritation, source of annoyance; wound, open sore; sore subject, skeleton in the closet; thorn in the flesh, thorn in one's side; where the shoe pinches, gall and wormwood. sorry sight, heavy news, provocation; affront &c. 929; head and front of one's offending" [Othello]. infestation, molestation; malignity &c. (malevolence) 907. V. cause pain, occasion pain, give pain, bring pain, induce pain, produce pain, create pain, inflict pain &c. 828; pain, hurt, wound. pinch, prick, gripe &c. (physical pain) 378; pierce, lancinate†, cut. hurt the feelings, wound the feelings, grate upon the feelings, grate upon the nerves, jar upon the feelings; wring the heart, pierce the heart, lacerate the heart, break the heart, rend the heart; make the heart bleed; tear the heart strings, rend the heart strings; draw tears from the eyes. sadden; make unhappy &c. 828; plunge into sorrow, grieve, fash†, afflict, distress; cut up, cut to the heart. displease, annoy, incommode, discompose, trouble, disquiet; faze, feaze†, feeze [U.S.]; disturb, cross, perplex, molest, tease, tire, irk, vex, mortify, wherret†, worry, plague, bother, pester, bore, pother, harass, harry, badger, heckle, bait, beset, infest, persecute, importune. wring, harrow, torment, torture; bullyrag; put to the rack, put to the question; break on the wheel, rack, scarify; cruciate†, crucify; convulse, agonize; barb the dart; plant a dagger in the breast, plant a thorn in one's side. irritate, provoke, sting, nettle, try the patience, pique, fret, rile, tweak the nose, chafe, gall; sting to the quick, wound to the quick, cut to the quick; aggrieve, affront, enchafe†, enrage, ruffle, sour the temper; give offense &c. (resentment) 900. maltreat, bite, snap at, assail; smite &c. (punish) 972. sicken, disgust, revolt, nauseate, disenchant, repel, offend, shock, stink in the nostrils; go against the stomach, turn the stomach; make one sick, set the teeth on edge, go against the grain, grate on the ear; stick in one's throat, stick in one's gizzard; rankle, gnaw, corrode, horrify, appal†, appall, freeze the blood; make the flesh creep, make the hair stand on end; make the blood curdle, make the blood run cold; make one shudder. haunt the memory; weigh on the heart, prey on the heart, weigh on the mind, prey on the mind, weigh on the spirits, prey on the spirits; bring one's gray hairs with sorrow to the bring one's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave; add a nail to one's coffin. Adj. causing pain, hurting &c. v.; hurtful &c. (bad) 649; painful; dolorific†, dolorous; unpleasant; unpleasing, displeasing; disagreeable, unpalatable, bitter, distasteful; uninviting; unwelcome; undesirable, undesired; obnoxious; unacceptable, unpopular, thankless. unsatisfactory, untoward, unlucky, uncomfortable. distressing; afflicting, afflictive; joyless, cheerless, comfortless; dismal, disheartening; depressing, depressive; dreary, melancholy, grievous, piteous; woeful, rueful, mournful, deplorable, pitiable, lamentable; sad, affecting, touching, pathetic. irritating, provoking, stinging, annoying, aggravating, mortifying, galling; unaccommodating, invidious, vexatious; troublesome, tiresome, irksome, wearisome; plaguing, plaguy†; awkward. importunate; teasing, pestering, bothering, harassing, worrying, tormenting, carking. intolerable, insufferable, insupportable; unbearable, unendurable; past bearing; not to be borne, not to be endured; more than flesh and blood can bear; enough to drive one mad, enough to provoke a saint, enough to make a parson swear, enough to gag a maggot. shocking, terrific, grim, appalling, crushing; dreadful, fearful, frightful; thrilling, tremendous, dire; heart-breaking, heart-rending, heart-wounding, heart-corroding, heart-sickening; harrowing, rending. odious, hateful, execrable, repulsive, repellent, abhorrent; horrid, horrible, horrific, horrifying; offensive. nauseous, nauseating; disgusting, sickening, revolting; nasty; loathsome, loathful†; fulsome; vile &c. (bad) 649; hideous &c. 846. sharp, acute, sore, severe, grave, hard, harsh, cruel, biting, caustic; cutting, corroding, consuming, racking, excruciating, searching, grinding, grating, agonizing; envenomed; catheretic†, pyrotic [Med.]. ruinous, disastrous, calamitous, tragical; desolating, withering; burdensome, onerous, oppressive; cumbrous, cumbersome. Adv. painfully &c. adj.; with pain &c. 828; deuced. Int. hinc illae lachrymae! [Lat.], Phr. surgit amari aliquid [Lat.]; the place being too hot to hold one; the iron entering into the soul; he jests at scars that never felt a wound" [Romeo and Juliet]; I must be cruel only to be kind" [Hamlet]; what deep wounds ever closed without a scar? [Byron]. |
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#831. Content — N. content, contentment, contentedness; complacency, satisfaction, entire satisfaction, ease, heart's ease, peace of mind; serenity &c. 826; cheerfulness &c. 836; ray of comfort; comfort &c. (well-being) 827. reconciliation; resignation &c. (patience) 826. [person who is contented] waiter on Providence. V. be content &c. adj.; rest satisfied, rest and be thankful; take the good the gods provide, let well alone, let well enough alone, feel oneself at home, hug oneself, lay the flattering unction to one's soul. take up with, take in good part; accept, tolerate; consent &c. 762; acquiesce, assent &c. 488; be reconciled to, make one's peace with; get over it; take heart, take comfort; put up with &c. (bear) 826. render content &c. adj.; set at ease, comfort; set one's heart at ease, set one's mind at ease, set one's heart at rest, set one's mind at rest; speak peace; conciliate, reconcile, win over, propitiate, disarm, beguile; content, satisfy; gratify &c. 829. be tolerated &c. 826; go down, go down well, go down with; do; be OK. Adj. content, contented; satisfied &c. v.; at ease, at one's ease, at home; with the mind at ease, sans souci [Fr.], sine cura [Lat.], easygoing, not particular; conciliatory; unrepining†, of good comfort; resigned &c. (patient) 826; cheerful &c. 836. unafflicted, unvexed†, unmolested, unplagued†; serene &c. 826; at rest, snug, comfortable; in one's element. satisfactory, tolerable, good enough, OK, all right, acceptable. Adv. contently†, contentedly, to one's heart's content; a la bonne heure [Fr.]; all for the best. Int. amen &c. (assent) 488; very well, all the better, so much the better, well and good; it will do, that will do; it cannot be helped. Phr. nothing comes amiss. a heart with room for every joy" [Bailey]; ich habe genossen das irdische Gluck ich habe gelebt ich habe genossen das irdische Gluck ich habe gelebt und geliebet [G.] [Schiller]; nor cast one longing lingering look behind" [Gray]; shut up in measureless content" [Macbeth]; sweet are the thoughts that savor of content" [R. Greene]; their wants but few their wishes all their wants but few their wishes all confined" [Goldsmith]; might as well relax and enjoy it. |
#832. Discontent — N. discontent, discontentment; dissatisfaction; dissent &c. 489. disappointment, mortification; cold comfort; regret &c. 833; repining, taking on &c. v.; heart-burning, heart-grief; querulousness &c. (lamentation) 839; hypercriticism. inquietude, vexation of spirit, soreness; worry, concern, fear &c. 860. [person who is discontented] malcontent, grumbler, growler, croaker, dissident, dissenter, laudator temporis acti [Lat.]; censurer, complainer, fault-finder, murmerer†. cave of Adullam†, indignation meeting, winter of our discontent" [Henry VI]; with what I most enjoy contented least" [Shakespeare]. V. be discontented &c. adj.; quarrel with one's bread and butter; repine; regret &c. 833; wish one at the bottom of the Red Sea; take on, take to heart; shrug the shoulders; make a wry face, pull a long face; knit one's brows; look blue, look black, look black as thunder, look blank, look glum. take in bad part, take ill; fret, chafe, make a piece of work [Fr.]; grumble, croak; lament &c. 839. cause discontent &c. n.; dissatisfy, disappoint, mortify, put out, disconcert; cut up; dishearten. Adj. discontented; dissatisfied &c. v.; unsatisfied, ungratified; dissident; dissentient &c. 489; malcontent, malcontented, exigent, exacting, hypercritical. repining &c. v.; regretful &c. 833; down in the mouth &c. (dejected) 837. in high dudgeon, in a fume, in the sulks, in the dumps, in bad humor; glum, sulky; sour as a crab; soured, sore; out of humor, out of temper. disappointing &c. v.; unsatisfactory. frustrated (failure) 732. Int. so much the worse!, Phr. that won't do, that will never do, it will never do; curtae nescio quid semper abest rei [Lat.] [Horace]; ne Jupiter Quidem omnibus placet [Lat.]; poor in abundance, famished at a feast" [Young]. #833. Regret — N. regret, repining; homesickness, nostalgia; mal du pays, maladie [Fr.]; lamentation &c. 839; penitence &c. 950. bitterness, heartburning†. recrimination (accusation) 938. laudator temporis acti [Lat.] &c. (discontent) 832. V. regret, deplore; bewail &c. (lament) 839; repine, cast a longing lingering look behind; rue, rue the day; repent &c. 950; infandum renovare dolorem [Lat.]. prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, have a weight on the mind; leave an aching void. Adj. regretting &c. v.; regretful; homesick. regretted &c. v.; much to be regretted, regrettable; lamentable &c. (bad) 649. Adv. regrettably, unfortunately; most unfortunately. Int. alas!; what a pity!, hang it!, Phr. 'tis pity [Contr.], 'tis too true [Contr.]; sigh'd and look'd and sigh'd again" [Dryden]; I'm sorry." |
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#834. Relief — N. relief; deliverance; refreshment &c. 689; easement, softening, alleviation, mitigation, palliation, soothing, lullaby. solace, consolation, comfort, encouragement. lenitive, restorative &c. (remedy) 662; cushion &c. 215; crumb of comfort, balm in Gilead. V. relieve, ease, alleviate, mitigate, palliate, soothe; salve; soften, soften down; foment, stupe†, poultice; assuage, allay. cheer, comfort, console; enliven; encourage, bear up, pat on the back, give comfort, set at ease; gladden the heart, cheer the heart; inspirit, invigorate. remedy; cure &c. (restore) 660; refresh; pour balm into, pour oil on. smooth the ruffled brow of care, temper the wind to the shorn lamb, lay the flattering unction to one's soul. disburden &c. (free) 705; take a load off one's chest, get a load off one's chest, take off a load of care. be relieved; breathe more freely, draw a long breath; take comfort; dry the tears, dry the eyes, wipe the tears, wipe the eyes. Adj. relieving &c. v.; consolatory, soothing; assuaging, assuasive†; balmy, balsamic; lenitive, palliative; anodyne &c. (remedial) 662; curative &c. 660. Phr. here comes a man of comfort" [Measure for Measure]. |
#835. Aggravation — N. aggravation, worsening, heightening; exacerbation; exasperation; overestimation &c. 482; exaggeration &c. 549. V. aggravate, render worse, heighten, embitter, sour; exacerbate; exasperate, envenom; enrage, provoke, tease. add fuel to the fire, add fuel to the flame; fan the flame &c. (excite) 824; go from bad to worse &c. (deteriorate) 659. Adj. aggravated &c. v.; worse, unrelieved; aggravable†; aggravating &c. v.. Adv. out of the frying pan into the fire, from bad to worse, worse and worse. Int. so much the worse!, |
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#836. Cheerfulness — N. cheerfulness &c. adj.; geniality, gayety, l'allegro [Fr.], cheer, good humor, spirits; high spirits, animal spirits, flow of spirits; glee, high glee, light heart; sunshine of the mind, sunshine of the breast; gaiete de coeur [Fr.], bon naturel [Fr.]. liveliness &c. adj.; life, alacrity, vivacity, animation, allegresse†; jocundity, joviality, jollity; levity; jocularity &c. (wit) 842. mirth, merriment, hilarity, exhilaration; laughter &c. 838; merrymaking &c. (amusement) 840; heyday, rejoicing &c. 838; marriage bell. nepenthe, Euphrosyne†, sweet forgetfulness. optimism &c. (hopefulness) 858; self complacency; hedonics†, hedonism. V. be cheerful &c. adj.; have the mind at ease, smile, put a good face upon, keep up one's spirits; view the bright side of the picture, view things en couleur de rose [Fr.]; ridentem dicere virum [Lat.], cheer up, brighten up, light up, bear up; chirp, take heart, cast away care, drive dull care away, perk up. keep a stiff upper lip. rejoice &c. 838; carol, chirrup, lilt; frisk, rollick, give a loose to mirth. cheer, enliven, elate, exhilarate, gladden, inspirit, animate, raise the spirits, inspire; perk up; put in good humor; cheer the heart, rejoice the heart; delight &c. (give pleasure) 829. Adj. cheerful; happy &c. 827; cheery, cheerly†; of good cheer, smiling; blithe; in spirits, in good spirits; breezy, bully, chipper [U.S.]; in high spirits, in high feather; happy as the day is long, happy as a king; gay as a lark; allegro; debonair; light, lightsome, light hearted; buoyant, debonnaire, bright, free and easy, airy; janty†, jaunty, canty†; hedonic†; riant†; sprightly, sprightful†; spry; spirited, spiritful†; lively, animated, vivacious; brisk as a bee; sparkling, sportive; full of play, full of spirit; all alive. sunny, palmy; hopeful &c. 858. merry as a cricket, merry as a grig†, merry as a marriage bell; joyful, joyous, jocund, jovial; jolly as a thrush, jolly as a sandboy†; blithesome; gleeful, gleesome†; hilarious, rattling. winsome, bonny, hearty, buxom. playful, playsome†; folatre [Fr.], playful as a kitten, tricksy†, frisky, frolicsome; gamesome; jocose, jocular, waggish; mirth loving, laughter-loving; mirthful, rollicking. elate, elated; exulting, jubilant, flushed; rejoicing &c. 838; cock-a-hoop. cheering, inspiriting, exhilarating; cardiac, cardiacal†; pleasing &c. 829; palmy. Adv. cheerfully &c. adj.. Int. never say die!, come!, cheer up!, hurrah!, &c. 838; hence loathed melancholy!," begone dull care!, away with melancholy!, Phr. a merry heart goes all the day" [A winter's Tale]; as merry as the day is long" [Much Ado]; ride si sapis [Lat.] [Martial]. |
#837. Dejection — N. dejection; dejectedness &c. adj.; depression, prosternation†; lowness of spirits, depression of spirits; weight on the spirits, oppression on the spirits, damp on the spirits; low spirits, bad spirits, drooping spirits, depressed spirits; heart sinking; heaviness of heart, failure of heart. heaviness &c. adj.; infestivity†, gloom; weariness &c. 841; taedium vitae, disgust of life; mal du pays &c. (regret) 833; anhedonia†. melancholy; sadness &c. adj.; il penseroso [It], melancholia, dismals†, blues, lachrymals†, mumps†, dumps, blue devils, doldrums; vapors, megrims, spleen, horrors, hypochondriasis [Med.], pessimism; la maladie sans maladie [Fr.]; despondency, slough of Despond; disconsolateness &c. adj.; hope deferred, blank despondency; voiceless woe. prostration of soul; broken heart; despair &c. 859; cave of despair, cave of Trophonius demureness &c. adj.; gravity, solemnity; long face, grave face. hypochondriac, seek sorrow, self-tormentor, heautontimorumenos†, malade imaginaire [Fr.], medecin tant pis [Fr.]; croaker, pessimist; mope, mopus†. [Cause of dejection] affliction &c. 830; sorry sight; memento mori [Lat.]; damper, wet blanket, Job's comforter. V. be dejected &c. adj.; grieve; mourn &c. (lament) 839; take on, give way, lose heart, despond, droop, sink. lower, look downcast, frown, pout; hang down the head; pull a long face, make a long face; laugh on the wrong side of the mouth; grin a ghastly smile; look blue, look like a drowned man; lay to heart, take to heart. mope, brood over; fret; sulk; pine, pine away; yearn; repine &c. (regret) 833; despair &c. 859. refrain from laughter, keep one's countenance; be grave, look grave &c. adj.; repress a smile. depress; discourage, dishearten; dispirit; damp, dull, deject, lower, sink, dash, knock down, unman, prostrate, break one's heart; frown upon; cast a gloom, cast a shade on; sadden; damp one's hopes, dash one's hopes, wither one's hopes; weigh on the mind, lie heavy on the mind, prey on the mind, weigh on the spirits, lie heavy on the spirits, prey on the spirits; damp the spirits, depress the spirits. Adj. cheerless, joyless, spiritless; uncheerful, uncheery†; unlively†; unhappy &c. 828; melancholy, dismal, somber, dark, gloomy, triste [Fr.], clouded, murky, lowering, frowning, lugubrious, funereal, mournful, lamentable, dreadful. dreary, flat; dull, dull as a beetle, dull as ditchwater†; depressing &c. v.. melancholy as a gib cat;" oppressed with melancholy, a prey to melancholy; downcast, downhearted; down in the mouth, down in one's luck; heavy-hearted; in the dumps, down in the dumps, in the suds, in the sulks, in the doldrums; in doleful dumps, in bad humor; sullen; mumpish†, dumpish, mopish†, moping; moody, glum; sulky &c. (discontented) 832; out of sorts, out of humor, out of heart, out of spirits; ill at ease, low spirited, in low spirits, a cup too low; weary &c. 841; discouraged, disheartened; desponding; chapfallen†, chopfallen†, jaw fallen, crest fallen. sad, pensive, penseroso [It], tristful†; dolesome†, doleful; woebegone; lacrymose, lachrymose, in tears, melancholic, hypped†, hypochondriacal, bilious, jaundiced, atrabilious†, saturnine, splenetic; lackadaisical. serious, sedate, staid, stayed; grave as a judge, grave as an undertaker, grave as a mustard pot; sober, sober as a judge, solemn, demure; grim; grim-faced, grim-visaged; rueful, wan, long-faced. disconsolate; unconsolable, inconsolable; forlorn, comfortless, desolate, desole [Fr.], sick at heart; soul sick, heart sick; au desespoir [Fr.]; in despair &c. 859; lost. overcome; broken down, borne down, bowed down; heartstricken &c. (mental suffering) 828†; cut up, dashed, sunk; unnerved, unmanned; down fallen, downtrodden; broken-hearted; careworn. Adv. with a long face, with tears in one's eyes; sadly &c. adj.. Phr. the countenance falling; the heart failing, the heart sinking within one; a plague of sighing and grief" [Henry IV]; thick-ey'd musing and curs'd melancholy" [Henry IV]; the sickening pang of hope deferred" [Scott]. |
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#838. [Expression of pleasure.] Rejoicing — N. rejoicing, exultation, triumph, jubilation, heyday, flush, revelling; merrymaking &c. (amusement) 840; jubilee &c. (celebration) 883; paean, Te Deum &c. (thanksgiving) 990 [Lat.]; congratulation &c. 896. smile, simper, smirk, grin; broad grin, sardonic grin. laughter (amusement) 840. risibility; derision &c. 856. Momus; Democritus the Abderite†; rollicker†. V. rejoice, thank one's stars, bless one's stars; congratulate oneself, hug oneself; rub one's hands, clap one's hands; smack the lips, fling up one's cap; dance, skip; sing, carol, chirrup, chirp; hurrah; cry for joy, jump for joy, leap with joy; exult &c. (boast) 884; triumph; hold jubilee &c. (celebrate) 883; make merry &c. (sport) 840. laugh, raise laughter &c. (amuse) 840. Adj. rejoicing &c. v.; jubilant, exultant, triumphant; flushed, elated, pleased, delighted, tickled pink. amused &c. 840; cheerful &c. 836. laughable &c. (ludicrous) 853. Int. hurrah!, Huzza!, aha! †, hail!, tolderolloll! †, Heaven be praised!, io triumphe! †, tant mieux! [Fr.], so much the better. Phr. the heart leaping with joy; ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire [Fr.]; Laughter holding both his sides" [Milton]; le roi est mort, vive le roi;" with his eyes in flood with laughter" [Cymbeline]. |
#839. [Expression of pain.] Lamentation — N. lament, lamentation; wail, complaint, plaint, murmur, mutter, grumble, groan, moan, whine, whimper, sob, sigh, suspiration, heaving, deep sigh. cry &c. (vociferation) 411; scream, howl; outcry, wail of woe, ululation; frown, scowl. tear; weeping &c. v.; flood of tears, fit of crying, lacrimation, lachrymation†, melting mood, weeping and gnashing of teeth. plaintiveness &c. adj.; languishment†; condolence &c. 915. mourning, weeds, willow, cypress, crape, deep mourning; sackcloth and ashes; lachrymatory†; knell &c. 363; deep death song, dirge, coronach†, nenia†, requiem, elegy, epicedium†; threne†; monody, threnody; jeremiad, jeremiade†; ullalulla†. mourner; grumbler &c. (discontent) 832; Noobe; Heraclitus. V. lament, mourn, deplore, grieve, weep over; bewail, bemoan; condole with &c. 915; fret &c. (suffer) 828; wear mourning, go into mourning, put on mourning; wear the willow, wear sackcloth and ashes; infandum renovare dolorem [Lat.] [Vergil]; &c. (regret) 833 give sorrow words. sigh; give a sigh, heave, fetch a sigh; waft a sigh from Indus to the pole" [Pope]; sigh 'like a furnace'" [As you Like It]; wail. cry, weep, sob, greet, blubber, pipe, snivel, bibber†, whimper, pule; pipe one's eye; drop tears, shed tears, drop a tear, shed a tear; melt into tears, burst into tears; fondre en larmes [Fr.]; cry oneself blind, cry one's eyes out; yammer. scream &c. (cry out) 411; mew &c. (animal sounds) 412; groan, moan, whine; roar; roar like a bull, bellow like a bull; cry out lustily, rend the air. frown, scowl, make a wry face, gnash one's teeth, wring one's hands, tear one's hair, beat one's breast, roll on the ground, burst with grief. complain, murmur, mutter, grumble, growl, clamor, make a fuss about, croak, grunt, maunder; deprecate &c. (disapprove) 932. cry out before one is hurt, complain without cause. Adj. lamenting &c. v.; in mourning, in sackcloth and ashes; sorrowing, sorrowful &c. (unhappy) 828; mournful, tearful; lachrymose; plaintive, plaintful†; querulous, querimonious†; in the melting mood; threnetic†. in tears, with tears in one's eyes; with moistened eyes, with watery eyes; bathed in tears, dissolved in tears; like Niobe all tears" [Hamlet]. elegiac, epicedial†. Adv. de profundis [Lat.]; les larmes aux yeux [Fr.]. Int. heigh-ho!, alas!, alack! †, O dear!, ah me!, woe is me!, lackadaisy! †, well a day!, lack a day!, alack a day! †, wellaway! †, alas the day!, O tempora O mores! †, what a pity!, miserabile dictu! [Lat.], O lud lud! †, too true!, Phr. tears standing in the eyes, tears starting from the eyes; eyes suffused, eyes swimming, eyes brimming, eyes overflowing with tears; if you have tears prepare to shed them now" [Julius Caesar]; interdum lacrymae pondera vocis habent [Lat.] [Ovid]; strangled his language in his tears" [Henry VIII]; tears such as angels weep" [Paradise Lost]. |
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#840. Amusement — N. amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game, fun and games; diversion, divertissement; reaction, solace; pastime, passetemps [Fr.], sport; labor of love; pleasure &c. 827. relaxation; leisure &c. 685. fun, frolic, merriment, jollity; joviality, jovialness†; heyday; laughter &c. 838; jocosity, jocoseness†; drollery, buffoonery, tomfoolery; mummery, pleasantry; wit &c. 842; quip, quirk. [verbal expressions of amusement: list] giggle, titter, snigger, snicker, crow, cheer, chuckle, shout; horse laugh, belly laugh, hearty laugh; guffaw; burst of laughter, fit of laughter, shout of laughter, roar of laughter, peal of laughter; cachinnation†; Kentish fire; tiger. play; game, game at romps; gambol, romp, prank, antic, rig, lark, spree, skylarking, vagary, monkey trick, gambade, fredaine†, escapade, echappee [Fr.], bout, espieglerie [Fr.]; practical joke &c. (ridicule) 856. dance; hop, reel, rigadoon†, saraband†, hornpipe, bolero, ballroom dance; [ballroom dances: list], minuet, waltz, polka, fox trot, tango, samba, rhumba, twist, stroll, hustle, cha-cha; fandango, cancan; bayadere†; breakdown, cake-walk, cornwallis [U.S.], break dancing; nautch-girl; shindig [U.S.]; skirtdance†, stag dance, Virginia reel, square dance; galop†, galopade†; jig, Irish jig, fling, strathspey†; allemande [Fr.]; gavot†, gavotte, tarantella; mazurka, morisco†, morris dance; quadrille; country dance, folk dance; cotillon, Sir Roger de Coverley; ballet &c. (drama) 599; ball; bal, bal masque, bal costume; masquerade; Terpsichore. festivity, merrymaking; party &c. (social gathering) 892; blowout [U.S.], hullabaloo, hoedown, bat [U.S.], bum [U.S.], bust [Slang], clambake [U.S.], donation party [U.S.], fish fry [U.S.], jamboree [Slang], kantikoy†, nautch†, randy, squantum [U.S.], tear [Slang], Turnerfest†, yule log; fete, festival, gala, ridotto†; revels, revelry, reveling; carnival, brawl, saturnalia, high jinks; feast, banquet &c. (food) 298; regale, symposium, wassail; carouse, carousal; jollification, junket, wake, Irish wake, picnic, fete champetre [Fr.], regatta, field day; treat. round of pleasures, dissipation, a short life and a merry one, racketing, holiday making. rejoicing &c. 838; jubilee &c. (celebration) 883. bonfire, fireworks, feu-de-joie, firecracker. holiday; gala day, red letter day, play day; high days and holidays; high holiday, Bank holiday; May day, Derby day; Saint Monday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday; Bairam†; wayz-goos†, bean feast; Arbor Day, Declaration Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day; Mardi gras [Fr.], mi-careme [Fr.], feria [Lat.], fiesta. place of amusement, theater; hall, concert room, ballroom, assemblyroom†; music hall. park, plaisance†; national park, national forest, state park, county park, city park, vest-pocket park, public park (public) 737.1; arbor; garden &c. (horticulture) 371; pleasure ground, playground, cricketground, croquet ground, archery ground, hunting ground; tennis court, racket court; bowling alley, green alley; croquet lawn, rink, glaciarum†, skating rink; roundabout, merry-go-round; swing; montagne Russe [Fr.]. game of chance, game of skill. athletic sports, gymnastics; archery, rifle shooting; tournament, pugilism &c. (contention) 720; sports &c. 622; horse racing, the turf; aquatics &c. 267; skating, sliding; cricket, tennis, lawn tennis; hockey, football, baseball, soccer, ice hockey, basketball; rackets, fives, trap bat and ball, battledore and shuttlecock, la grace; pall-mall, tipcat†, croquet, golf, curling, pallone†, polo, water polo; tent pegging; tilting at the ring, quintain [Mediev.]; greasy pole; quoits, horseshoes, discus; rounders, lacrosse; tobogganing, water polo; knurr and spell†. [childrens' games] leapfrog, hop skip and jump; mother may I; French and English, tug of war; blindman's bluff, hunt the slopper†, hide and seek, kiss in the ring; snapdragon; cross questions and crooked answers.; crisscross, hopscotch; jacks, jackstones†, marbles; mumblety-peg, mumble-the-peg, pushball, shinney, shinny, tag &c.; billiards, pool, pingpong, pyramids, bagatelle; bowls, skittles, ninepins, kain†, American bowls†; tenpins [U.S.], tivoli. cards, card games; whist, rubber; round game; loo, cribbage, besique†, euchre, drole†, ecarte [Fr.], picquet†, allfours†, quadrille, omber, reverse, Pope Joan, commit; boston, boaston†; blackjack, twenty-one, vingtun [Fr.]; quinze [Fr.], thirty-one, put, speculation, connections, brag, cassino†, lottery, commerce, snip-snap-snoren†, lift smoke, blind hookey, Polish bank, Earl of Coventry, Napoleon, patience, pairs; banker; blind poker, draw poker, straight poker, stud poker; bluff, bridge, bridge whist; lotto, monte, three-card monte, nap, penny-ante, poker, reversis†, squeezers, old maid, fright, beggar-my-neighbor; baccarat. [cards: list] ace, king, queen, knave, jack, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, trey, deuce; joker; trump, wild card. [card suits: list] spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds; major suit, minor suit. bower; right bower, left bower; dummy; jackpot; deck. [hands at poker: list] pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full-house, four of a kind, royal flush; misere &c.. [board games: list] chess, draughts, checkers, checquers, backgammon, dominos, merelles†, nine men's morris, go bang, solitaire; game of fox and goose; monopoly; loto &c.; [word games: list], scrabble, scribbage, boggle, crossword puzzle, hangman. morra†; gambling &c. (chance) 621. toy, plaything, bauble; doll &c. (puppet ) 554; teetotum†; knickknack &c. (trifle) 643; magic lantern &c. (show) 448; peep show, puppet show, raree show, gallanty show†; toy shop; quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles" [Milton]. entertainer, showman, showgirl; dancer, tap dancer, song-and-dance man; vaudeville act; singer; musician &c. 416. sportsman, gamester, reveler; master of ceremonies, master of revels; pompom girl†; arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.]; arbiter bibendi [Lat.], archer, fan [U.S.], toxophilite†, turfman†. V. amuse, entertain, divert, enliven; tickle the fancy; titillate, raise a smile, put in good humor; cause laughter, create laughter, occasion laughter, raise laughter, excite laughter, produce laughter, convulse with laughter; set the table in a roar, be the death of one. recreate, solace, cheer, rejoice; please &c. 829; interest; treat, regale. amuse oneself, game; play a game, play pranks, play tricks; sport, disport, toy, wanton, revel, junket, feast, carouse, banquet, make merry, drown care; drive dull care away; frolic, gambol, frisk, romp; caper; dance &c. (leap) 309; keep up the ball; run a rig, sow one's wild oats, have one's fling, take one's pleasure; paint the town red [Slang]; see life; desipere in loco [Lat.], play the fool. make holiday, keep holiday; go a Maying. while away the time, beguile the time; kill time, dally. smile, simper, smirk; grin, grin like a Cheshire cat; mock, laugh in one's sleeve; laugh, laugh outright; giggle, titter, snigger, crow, snicker, chuckle, cackle; burst out, burst into a fit of laughter; shout, split, roar. shake one's sides, split one's sides, hold both one's sides; roar with laughter, die with laughter. Adj. amusing, entertaining, diverting &c. v.; recreational, recreative, lusory†; pleasant &c. (pleasing) 829; laughable &c. (ludicrous) 853; witty &c. 842; fun, festive, festal; jovial, jolly, jocund, roguish, rompish†; playful, playful as a kitten; sportive, ludibrious†. funny; very funny, hilarious, uproarious, side-splitting. amused &c. v.; pleased with a rattle, tickled with a pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw" [Pope]; laughing &c. v.; risible; ready to burst, ready to split, ready to die with laughter; convulsed with laughter, rolling in the aisles. Adv. on the light fantastic toe" [Milton], at play, in sport. Int. vive la bagatelle! [Fr.], vogue la galere! [Fr.], Phr. deus nobis haec otia fecit [Lat.]; dum vivimus vivamus [Lat.]; dulce est desipere in loco [Lat.] [Horace]; (every room) hath blazed with lights and brayed (every room) hath blazed with lights and brayed with minstrelsy" [Timon of Athens]; misce stullitiam consiliis brevem [Lat.] [Horace]. |
#841. Weariness — N. weariness, defatigation†; lassitude &c. (fatigue) 688; drowsiness &c. 683. disgust, nausea, loathing, sickness; satiety &c. 869; taedium vitae &c. (dejection) 837; boredom, ennui. wearisomeness, tediousness &c. adj.; dull work, tedium, monotony, twice-told tale. bore, buttonholer, proser†, wet blanket; pill [Slang], stiff [Slang]; heavy hours, the enemy" (time). V. weary; tire &c. (fatigue) 688; bore; bore to death, weary to death, tire to death, bore out of one's skull, bore out of one's life, weary out of one's life, tire out of one's life, bore out of all patience, weary out of all patience, wear out one's patience, tire out of all patience; set to sleep, send to sleep; buttonhole. pall, sicken, nauseate, disgust. harp on the same string; drag its slow length along, drag its weary length along. never hear the last of; be tired of, be sick of, be tired with &c. adj.; yawn; die with ennui. [of journalistic articles] MEGO, my eyes glaze over. Adj. wearying &c. v.; wearing; wearisome, tiresome, irksome; uninteresting, stupid, bald, devoid of interest, dry, monotonous, dull, arid, tedious, humdrum, mortal, flat; prosy, prosing; slow, soporific, somniferous. disgusting &c. v.; unenjoyed†. weary, tired &c. v.; drowsy &c. (sleepy) 683; uninterested, flagging, used up, worn out, blase, life-weary, weary of life; sick of. Adv. wearily &c. adj.; usque ad nauseam [Lat.]. Phr. time hanging heavily on one's hands; toujours perdrix [Fr.]; crambe repetita [Lat.]. |
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#842. Wit — N. wit, humor, wittiness; sense of humor; attic wit, attic salt; atticism†; salt, esprit, point, fancy, whim, drollery, pleasantry. farce, buffoonery, fooling, tomfoolery; shenanigan [U.S.], harlequinade &c. 599†; broad farce, broad humor; fun, espieglerie [Fr.]; vis comica [Lat.]. jocularity; jocosity, jocoseness†; facetiousness; waggery, waggishness; whimsicality; comicality &c. 853. banter, badinage, retort, repartee, smartness, ready wit, quid-pro-quo; ridicule &c. 856. jest, joke, jape, jibe; facetiae [Lat.], levity, quips and cranks; capital joke; canorae nugae [Lat.]; standing jest, standing joke, private joke, conceit, quip, quirk, crank, quiddity, concetto†, plaisanterie [Fr.], brilliant idea; merry thought, bright thought, happy thought; sally; flash of wit, flash of merriment; scintillation; mot [Fr.], mot pour rire [Fr.]; witticism, smart saying, bon-mot, jeu d'esprit [Fr.], epigram; jest book; dry joke, quodlibet, cream of the jest. word-play, jeu de mots [Fr.]; play of words, play upon words; pun, punning; double entente, double entendre [Fr.] &c. (ambiguity) 520; quibble, verbal quibble; conundrum &c. (riddle) 533; anagram, acrostic, double acrostic, trifling, idle conceit, turlupinade†. old joke, tired joke, flat joke, Joe Miller†. V. joke, jest, crack a joke, make a joke, jape, cut jokes; perpetrate a joke; pun, perpetrate a pun; make fun of, make merry with; kid, kid around, fool around; set the table in a roar &c. (amuse) 840. retort; banter &c. (ridicule) 856; ridentem dicere verum [Lat.]; joke at one's expense. take in jest. [make a joke which is not funny] bomb, fall flat; go over like a lead balloon. Adj. witty, attic; quick-witted, nimble-witted; smart; jocular, jocose, humorous; facetious, waggish, whimsical; kidding, joking, puckish; playful &c. 840; merry and wise; pleasant, sprightly, light, spirituel†, sparkling, epigrammatic, full of point, ben trovato [It]; comic &c. 853. zany, madcap. funny, amusing &c. (amusement) 840. Adv. jokingly, in joke, in jest, in sport, in play. Phr. adhibenda est in jocando moderatio [Lat.]; gentle dullness ever loves a joke" [Pope]; leave this keen encounter of our wits" [Richard III]; just joking, just kidding; surely you jest!." |
#843. Dullness — N. dullness, heaviness, flatness; infestivity† &c. 837, stupidity &c. 499; want of originality; dearth of ideas. prose, matter of fact; heavy book, conte a dormir debout [Fr.]; platitude. V. be dull &c. adj.; prose, take au serieux [Fr.], be caught napping. render dull &c. adj.; damp, depress, throw cold water on, lay a wet blanket on; fall flat upon the ear. no joke, serious matter (importance) 642. Adj. dull, dull as ditch water; unentertaining, uninteresting, flat, dry as dust; unfunny, unlively†, logy [U.S.]; unimaginative; insulse†; dry as dust; prosy, prosing, prosaic; matter of fact, commonplace, pedestrian, pointless; weary stale flat and unprofitable" [Hamlet]. stupid, slow, flat, insipid, vapid, humdrum, monotonous; melancholic &c. 837; stolid &c. 499; plodding. boring, tiresome, tedious &c. 841. Phr. davus sum non Aedipus†; deadly dull and boring, DDB. |
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#844. Humorist — N. humorist, wag, wit, reparteeist†, epigrammatist, punster; bel esprit, life of the party; wit-snapper, wit-cracker, wit-worm; joker, jester, Joe Miller†, drole de corps†, gaillard†, spark; bon diable [Fr.]; practical joker. buffoon, farceur [Fr.], merry-andrew, mime, tumbler, acrobat, mountebank, charlatan, posturemaster†, harlequin, punch, pulcinella†, scaramouch†, clown; wearer of the cap and bells, wearer of the motley; motley fool; pantaloon, gypsy; jack-pudding, jack in the green, jack a dandy; wiseacre, wise guy, smartass [Coll.]; fool &c. 501. zany, madcap; pickle-herring, witling†, caricaturist, grimacier†; persifleur†. |
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#845. Beauty — N. beauty, the beautiful, to kalon [Gr.], le beau ideal. [Science of the perception of beauty] aesthetics, callaesthetics†. [-beauty of people] pulchritude, form, elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty; symmetry &c. 242; comeliness, fairness &c. adj.; polish, gloss; good effect, good looks; belle tournure†; trigness†; bloom, brilliancy, radiance, splendor, gorgeousness, magnificence; sublimity, sublimification†. concinnity†, delicacy, refinement; charm, je ne sais quoi [Fr.], style. Venus, Aphrodite†, Hebe, the Graces, Peri, Houri, Cupid, Apollo†, Hyperion, Adonis†, Antionous†, Narcissus. peacock, butterfly; garden; flower of, pink of; bijou; jewel &c. (ornament) 847; work of art. flower, flow'ret gay†; [flowers: list] wildflower; rose, lily, anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley, ranunculus, rhododendron, windflower. pleasurableness &c. 829. beautifying; landscaping, landscape gardening; decoration &c. 847; calisthenics†. [person who is beautiful] beauty; hunk (of men). V. be beautiful &c. adj.; shine, beam, bloom; become one &c. (accord) 23; set off, grace. render beautiful &c. adj.; beautify; polish, burnish; gild &c. (decorate) 847; set out. snatch a grace beyond the reach of art" [Pope]. Adj. beautiful, beauteous; handsome; gorgeous; pretty; lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing; attractive &c. (inviting) 615; delicate, dainty, refined; fair, personable, comely, seemly; bonny [Scot.]; good-looking; well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well-proportioned; proper, shapely; symmetrical &c. (regular) 242; harmonious &c. (color) 428; sightly. fit to be seen, passable, not amiss. goodly, dapper, tight, jimp†; gimp; janty†, jaunty; trig, natty, quaint, trim, tidy, neat, spruce, smart, tricksy†. bright, bright eyed; rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked; rosy, ruddy; blooming, in full bloom. brilliant, shining; beamy†, beaming; sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling, glowing; glossy, sleek. rich, superb, magnificent, grand, fine, sublime, showy, specious. artistic, artistical†; aesthetic; picturesque, pictorial; fait a peindre [Fr.]; well-composed, well grouped, well varied; curious. enchanting &c. (pleasure-giving) 829; becoming &c. (accordant) 23; ornamental &c. 847. undeformed, undefaced, unspotted; spotless &c. (perfect) 650. Phr. auxilium non leve vultus habet [Lat.] [Ovid]; beauty born of murmuring sound" [Wordsworth]; flowers preach to us if we will hear" [C.G. Rossetti]; gratior ac pulchro veniens in corpore gratior ac pulchro veniens in corpore virtus [Lat.] [Vergil]; none but the brave deserve the fair" [Dryden]; thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty" [Byron]. |
#846. Ugliness — N. ugliness &c. adj.; deformity, inelegance; acomia†; disfigurement &c. (blemish) 848; want of symmetry, inconcinnity†; distortion &c. 243; squalor &c. (uncleanness) 653. forbidding countenance, vinegar aspect, hanging look, wry face, spretae injuria formae" [Vergil]. [person who is ugly] eyesore, object, witch, hag, figure, sight, fright; monster; dog [Coll.], woofer [Coll.], pig [Coll.]; octopus, specter, scarecrow, harridan†, satyr†, toad, monkey, baboon, Caliban, Aesop†, monstrum horrendum informe ingens cui lumen monstrum horrendum informe ingens cui lumen ademptum [Lat.] [Vergil]. V. be ugly &c. adj.; look ill, grin horribly a ghastly smile, make faces. render ugly &c. adj.; deface; disfigure, defigure†; distort &c. 23; blemish &c. (injure) 659; soil &c. (render unclean) 653. Adj. ugly, ugly as sin, ugly as a toad, ugly as a scarecrow, ugly as a dead monkey; plain, bald (unadorned) 849; homely; ordinary, unornamental†, inartistic; unsightly, unseemly, uncomely, unlovely; unshapely; sightless, seemless†; not fit to be seen; unbeauteous†, unbeautiful; beautiless†, semibeautiful; shapeless &c. (amorphous) 241. misshapen, misproportioned†; monstrous; gaunt &c. (thin) 203; dumpy &c. (short) 201; curtailed of its fair proportions; ill-made, ill-shaped, ill-proportioned; crooked &c. (distorted) 243; hard featured, hard visaged; ill-favored, hard-favored, evil-favored; ill-looking; unprepossessing, unattractive, uninviting, unpleasing. graceless, inelegant; ungraceful, ungainly, uncouth, stiff; rugged, rough, gross, rude, awkward, clumsy, slouching, rickety; gawky; lumping, lumpish†; lumbering; hulky†, hulking; unwieldy. squalid, haggard; grim, grim faced, grim visaged; grisly, ghastly; ghost like, death like; cadaverous, grewsome†, gruesome. frightful, hideous, odious, uncanny, forbidding; repellant, repulsive, repugnant, grotesque, bizarre; grody [Coll.], grody to the max [Coll.]; horrid, horrible; shocking &c. (painful) 830. foul &c. (dirty) 653; dingy &c. (colorless) 429; gaudy &c. (color) 428; disfigured &c. v.; discolored. |
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#847. Ornament — N. ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art; ornature†, ornateness; adornment, decoration, embellishment; architecture; jewelry &c. 847.1. [surface coatings for wood: list] garnish, polish, varnish, French polish, veneer, japanning, lacquer. [surface coatings for metal] gilding, plating, ormolu, enamel, cloisonné. [surface coatings for human skin] cosmetics (in general), makeup; [Makeup list], eye shadow, rouge, face powder, lipstick, blush. [ornamental surface pattern: list] pattern, diaper, powdering, paneling, graining, pargeting†; detail; repousse (convexity) 250; texture &c. 329; richness; tracery, molding, fillet, listel†, strapwork†, coquillage [Fr.], flourish, fleur-de-lis [Fr.], arabesque, fret, anthemion†; egg and tongue, egg and dart; astragal†, zigzag, acanthus, cartouche; pilaster &c. (projection) 250; bead, beading; champleve ware [Fr.], cloisonne ware; frost work, Moresque [Lat.], Morisco, tooling. [ornamental cloth] embroidery; brocade, brocatelle†, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming; hanging, tapestry, arras; millinery, ermine; drap d'or [Fr.]. wreath, festoon, garland, chaplet, flower, nosegay, bouquet, posy, daisies pied and violets blue," tassel, [Love's Labor's Lost], knot; shoulder knot, apaulette†, epaulet, aigulet†, frog; star, rosette, bow; feather, plume, pompom†, panache, aigrette. finery, frippery, gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, spangle, clinquant†, pinchbeck, paste; excess of ornament &c. (vulgarity) 851; gaud, pride. [ornamentation of text] illustration, illumination, vignette. fleuron†; head piece [Fr.], tail piece [Fr.]; cul-de-lampe [Fr.]; flowers of rhetoric &c. 577; work of art. V. ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn, bead, beautify, adonize†. smarten, furbish, polish, gild, varnish, whitewash, enamel, japan, lacquer, paint, grain. garnish, trim, dizen†, bedizen, prink†, prank; trick out, fig out; deck, bedeck, dight†, bedight†, array; begawd†, titivate†; dress, dress up; spangle, bespangle, powder; embroider, work; chase, emboss, fret, emblazon; illuminate; illustrate. become &c. (accord with) 23. Adj. ornamented, beautified &c. v.; ornate, rich, gilt, begilt†, tesselated, festooned; champleve [Fr.], cloisonne, topiary. smart, gay, trickly†, flowery, glittering; new gilt, new spangled; fine as a Mayday queen, fine as a fivepence†, fine as a carrot fresh scraped; pranked out, bedight†, well-groomed. in full dress &c. (fashion) 852; dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, dressed to advantage; in Sunday best, en grand tenue [Fr.], en grande toilette [Fr.]; in best bib and tucker, endimanche [Fr.]. showy, flashy; gaudy &c. (vulgar) 851; garish, gairish†; gorgeous. ornamental, decorative; becoming &c. (accordant) 23. #847a. [ornaments worn by people on the body] Jewelry — N. jewel [general], , jewelry, jewellery†; bijoutry†; bijou, bijouterie [Fr.]; trinket; fine jewelry; costume jewelry, junk jewelry; gem, gemstone, precious stone. [forms of jewelry: list] necklace, bracelet, anklet; earring; locket, pendant, charm bracelet; ring, pinky ring; carcanet†; chain, chatelaine; broach, pin, lapel pin, torque. [gemstones: list] diamond, brilliant, rock [Coll.]; beryl, emerald; chalcedony, agate, heliotrope; girasol†, girasole†; onyx, plasma; sard†, sardonyx; garnet, lapis lazuli, opal, peridot, tourmaline, chrysolite; sapphire, ruby, synthetic ruby; spinel, spinelle; balais†; oriental, oriental topaz; turquois†, turquoise; zircon, cubic zirconia; jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst; alexandrite†, cat's eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, sunstone†. [jewelry materials derived from living organisms] pearl, cultured pearl, fresh-water pearl; mother of pearl; coral. [person who sells jewels] jeweler. [person who studies gemstones] gemologist; minerologist. [person who cuts gemstones] lapidary, lapidarian. [study of gemstones] gemology, gemmology; minerology. V. shine like a diamond. Adj. bejeweled; diamond &c. n. (gemstones). gemological. |
#848. Blemish — N. blemish, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism†; flaw, defect &c. (imperfection) 651; injury &c. (deterioration) 659; spots on the sun†; eyesore. stain, blot; spot, spottiness; speck, speckle, blur. tarnish, smudge; dirt &c. 653. [blemish on a person's skin: list] freckle, mole, macula [Anat.], patch, blotch, birthmark; blobber lip†, blubber lip; blain†, maculation; scar, wem†; pustule; whelk; excrescence, pimple &c. (protuberance) 250. V. disfigure &c. (injure) 659; speckle. Adj. pitted, freckled, discolored; imperfect &c. 651; blobber-lipped, bloodshot; injured &c. (deteriorated) 659. #849. Simplicity — N. simplicity; plainness, homeliness; undress, chastity. V. be simple &c. adj.. render simple &c. adj.; simplify, uncomplicate. Adj. simple, plain; homely, homespun; ordinary, household. unaffected; ingenuous, sincere (artless) 703; free from affectation, free from ornament; simplex munditiis [Lat.] [Horace]; sans facon [Fr.], en deshabille [Fr.]. chaste, inornate†, severe. unadorned, bare, unornamented, undecked†, ungarnished, unarranged†, untrimmed, unvarnished. bald, flat, dull. Phr. veritatis simplex oratio est [Lat.]. |
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#850. [Good taste.] Taste — N. taste; good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste; delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse; nicety &c. (discrimination) 465; to prepon [Gr.]; polish, elegance, grace. judgment, discernment &c. 465. dilettantism, dilettanteism; virtu; fine art; culture, cultivation. [Science of taste] aesthetics. man of taste &c.; connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus†, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.], stagirite†, euphemist. caviare to the general" [Hamlet]. V. appreciate, judge, criticise, discriminate &c. 465 Adj. in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty; unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic; cultivated, refined; dainty; esthetic, aesthetic, artistic; elegant &c. 578; euphemistic. to one's taste, to one's mind; after one's fancy; comme il faut [Fr.]; tire a quatre epingles [Fr.]. Adv. elegantly &c. adj.. Phr. nihil tetigit quod non ornavit [Lat.] [from Johnson's epitaph on Goldsmith]; chacun a son gout [Fr.]; oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus [Lat.] [Cicero]. |
#851. [Bad taste.] Vulgarity — N. vulgarity, vulgarism; barbarism, Vandalism, Gothicism†; mauvis gout [Fr.], bad taste; gaucherie, awkwardness, want of tact; ill-breeding &c. (discourtesy) 895. courseness &c. adj.†; indecorum, misbehavior. lowness, homeliness; low life, mauvais ton [Fr.], rusticity; boorishness &c. adj.; brutality; rowdyism, blackguardism†; ribaldry; slang &c. (neology) 563. bad joke, mauvais plaisanterie [Fr.]. [Excess of ornament] gaudiness, tawdriness; false ornament; finery, frippery, trickery, tinsel, gewgaw, clinquant†; baroque, rococo. rough diamond, tomboy, hoyden, cub, unlicked cub†; clown &c. (commonalty) 876; Goth, Vandal, Boeotian; snob, cad, gent; parvenu &c. 876; frump, dowdy; slattern &c. 653. V. be vulgar &c. adj.; misbehave; talk shop, smell of the shop. Adj. in bad taste vulgar, unrefined. coarse, indecorous, ribald, gross; unseemly, unbeseeming†, unpresentable†; contra bonos mores [Lat.]; ungraceful &c. (ugly) 846. dowdy; slovenly &c. (dirty) 653; ungenteel, shabby genteel; low, common, hoi polloi [Gr.], &c. (plebeian) 876; uncourtly†; uncivil &c. (discourteous) 895; ill bred, ill mannered; underbred; ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike; unladylike, unfeminine; wild, wild as an unbacked colt. untutored, unschooled (ignorant) 491. unkempt. uncombed, untamed, unlicked†, unpolished, uncouth; plebeian; incondite†; heavy, rude, awkward; homely, homespun, home bred; provincial, countrified, rustic; boorish, clownish; savage, brutish, blackguard, rowdy, snobbish; barbarous, barbaric; Gothic, unclassical†, doggerel, heathenish, tramontane, outlandish; uncultivated; Bohemian. obsolete &c. (antiquated) 124; unfashionable; newfangled &c. (unfamiliar) 83; odd &c. (ridiculous) 853. particular; affected &c. 855; meretricious; extravagant, monstrous, horrid; shocking &c. (painful) 830. gaudy, tawdry, overornamented, baroque, rococo; bedizened, tricked out, gingerbread; obtrusive. |
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#852. Fashion — N. fashion, style, ton, bon ton†, society; good society, polite society; monde [Fr.]; drawing-room, civilized life, civilization, town, beau monde [Fr.], high life, court; world; fashionable world, gay world; Vanity Fair; show &c. (ostentation) 822. manners, breeding &c. (politeness) 894; air, demeanor &c. (appearance) 448; savoir faire [Fr.]; gentlemanliness†, gentility, decorum, propriety, bienséance [Fr.]; conventions of society; Mrs. Grundy; punctilio; form, formality; etiquette, point of etiquette; dress &c. 225. custom &c. 613; mode, vogue, go; rage &c. (desire) 865; prevailing taste; fad, trend, bandwagon, furore†, thing, in thing, craze, chic, last word. man of fashion, woman of fashion, man of the world, woman of the world; height of fashion, pink of fashion, star of fashion, glass of fashion, leader of fashion; arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.] &c. (taste) 850; the beautiful people, the fashion set, upper ten thousand &c. (nobility) 875; elite &c. (distinction) 873; smart set; the four hundred [U.S.]; in crowd. V. be fashionable &c. adj., be the rage &c. n.; have a run, pass current. follow the fashion, conform to the fashion, fall in with the fashion, follow the trend, follow the crowd &c. n.; go with the stream &c. (conform) 82; savoir vivre [Fr.], savoir faire [Fr.]; keep up appearances, behave oneself. set the fashion, bring in the fashion; give a tone to society, cut a figure in society; keep one's carriage. Adj. fashionable; in fashion &c. n.; a la mode, comme il faut [Fr.]; admitted in society, admissible in society &c. n.; presentable; conventional &c. (customary) 613; genteel; well-bred, well mannered, well behaved, well spoken; gentlemanlike†, gentlemanly; ladylike; civil, polite &c. (courteous) 894. polished, refined, thoroughbred, courtly; distingue [Fr.]; unembarrassed, degage [Fr.]; janty†, jaunty; dashing, fast. modish, stylish, chic, trendy, recherche; newfangled &c. (unfamiliar) 83; all the rage, all the go†; with it, in, faddish. in court, in full dress, in evening dress; en grande tenue [Fr.] &c. (ornament) 847. Adv. fashionably &c. adj.; for fashion's sake. Phr. a la francaise, a la parisienne; a l' anglaise [Fr.], a l' americaine [Fr.]; autre temps autre mauers [Fr.]; chaque pays a sa guise [Fr.]. |
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#853. Ridiculousness — N. ridiculousness &c. adj.; comicality, oddity &c. adj.; extravagance, drollery. farce, comedy; burlesque &c. (ridicule) 856; buffoonery &c. (fun) 840; frippery; doggerel verses; absurdity &c. 497; bombast &c. (unmeaning) 517; anticlimax, bathos; eccentricity, monstrosity &c. (unconformity) 83; laughingstock &c. 857. V. be ridiculous &c. adj.; pass from the sublime to the ridiculous; make one laugh; play the fool, make a fool of oneself, commit an absurdity. Adj. ridiculous, ludicrous; comical; droll, funny, laughable, pour rire, grotesque, farcical, odd; whimsical, whimsical as a dancing bear; fanciful, fantastic, queer, rum, quizzical, quaint, bizarre; screaming; eccentric &c. (unconformable) 83; strange, outlandish, out of the way, baroque, weird; awkward &c. (ugly) 846. extravagant, outre, monstrous, preposterous, bombastic, inflated, stilted, burlesque, mock heroic. drollish; seriocomic, tragicomic; gimcrack, contemptible &c. (unimportant) 643; doggerel; ironical &c. (derisive) 856; risible. Phr. risum teneatis amici [Lat.] [Horace]; rideret Heraclitus; du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas [Lat.] [Napoleon]. |
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#854. Fop — N. fop, fine gentleman; swell; dandy, dandiprat†; exquisite, coxcomb, beau, macaroni, blade, blood, buck, man about town, fast man; fribble, milliner†; Jemmy Jessamy†, carpet knight; masher, dude. fine lady, coquette; flirt, vamp. |
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#855. Affectation — N. affectation; affectedness &c. adj.; acting a part &c. v.; pretense &c. (falsehood) 544, (ostentation) 882; boasting &c. 884. charlatanism, quackery, shallow profundity; pretension, airs, pedantry, purism, precisianism, euphuism; teratology &c. (altiloquence) 577. mannerism, simagree, grimace. conceit, foppery, dandyism, man millinery, coxcombry, puppyism. stiffness, formality, buckram; prudery, demureness, coquetry, mock modesty, minauderie, sentimentalism; mauvais honte, false shame. affector, performer, actor; pedant, pedagogue, doctrinaire, purist, euphuist, mannerist; grimacier; lump of affectation, precieuse ridicule [Fr.], bas bleu [Fr.], blue stocking, poetaster; prig; charlatan &c. (deceiver) 548; petit maitre &c. (fop) 854; flatterer &c. 935; coquette, prude, puritan. V. affect, act a part, put on; give oneself airs &c. (arrogance) 885; boast &c. 884; coquet; simper, mince, attitudinize, pose; flirt a fan; overact, overdo. Adj. affected, full of affectation, pretentious, pedantic, stilted, stagy, theatrical, big-sounding, ad captandum; canting, insincere. not natural, unnatural; self-conscious; maniere; artificial; overwrought, overdone, overacted; euphuist &c. 577. stiff, starch, formal, prim, smug, demure, tire a quatre epingles, quakerish, puritanical, prudish, pragmatical, priggish, conceited, coxcomical, foppish, dandified; finical, finikin; mincing, simpering, namby-pamby, sentimental. Phr. conceit in weakest bodies strongest works" [Hamlet]. |
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#856. Ridicule — N. ridicule, derision; sardonic smile, sardonic grin; irrision†; scoffing &c. (disrespect) 929; mockery, quiz†, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaff, badinage; quizzing &c. v.; asteism†. squib, satire, skit, quip, quib†, grin. parody, burlesque, travesty, travestie†; farce &c. (drama) 599; caricature. buffoonery &c. (fun) 840; practical joke; horseplay. scorn, contempt &c. 930. V. ridicule, deride, mock, taunt; snigger; laugh in one's sleeve; tease [ridicule lightly], badinage, banter, rally, chaff, joke, twit, quiz, roast; haze [U.S.]; tehee†; fleer†; show up. play upon, play tricks upon; fool to the top of one's bent; laugh at, grin at, smile at; poke fun at. satirize, parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty. turn into ridicule; make merry with; make fun of, make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of†; rally; scoff &c. (disrespect) 929. raise a laugh &c. (amuse) 840; play the fool, make a fool of oneself. Adj. derisory, derisive; mock, mocking; sarcastic, ironic, ironical, quizzical, burlesque, Hudibrastic†; scurrilous &c. (disrespectful) 929. Adv. in ridicule &c. n.. |
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#857. [Object and cause of ridicule.] Laughingstock — N. laughingstock, jestingstock†, gazingstock†; butt, game, fair game; April fool &c. (dupe) 547†. original, oddity; queer fish, odd fish; quiz, square toes; old monkey, old fogey, fogey monkey, fogy monkey; buffoon &c. (jester) 844; pantomimist &c. (actor) 599. schlemiel. jest &c. (wit) 842. Phr. dum vitant stulti vitia in contraria currunt [Lat.]. |
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#858. Hope — N. hope, hopes; desire &c. 865; fervent hope, sanguine expectation, trust, confidence, reliance; faith &c. (belief) 484; affiance, assurance; secureness, security; reassurance. good omen, good auspices; promise, well grounded hopes; good prospect, bright prospect; clear sky. assumption, presumption; anticipation &c. (expectation) 507. hopefulness, buoyancy, optimism, enthusiasm, heart of grace, aspiration. [person who is hopeful] optimist, utopian, utopist†. castles in the air, castles in Spain, chateaux en Espagne [Fr.], le pot aut lait [Fr.], Utopia, millennium; day dream, golden dream; dream of Alnaschar†; airy hopes, fool's paradise; mirage &c. (fallacies of vision) 443; fond hope. beam of hope, ray of hope, gleam of hope, glimmer of hope, flash of hope, dawn of hope, star of hope; cheer; bit of blue sky, silver lining, silver lining of the cloud, bottom of Pandora's box, balm in Gilead; light at the end of the tunnel. anchor, sheet anchor, mainstay; staff &c. (support) 215; heaven &c. 981. V. hope, trust, confide, rely on, put one's trust in; lean upon; pin one's hope upon, pin one's faith upon &c. (believe) 484. feel hope, entertain hope, harbor hope, indulge hope, cherish hope, feed hope, foster hope, nourish hope, encourage hope, cling to hope, live in hope, &c. n.; see land; feel assured, rest assured, feel confident, rest confident &c. adj.. presume; promise oneself; expect &c. (look forward to) 507. hope for &c. (desire) 865; anticipate. be hopeful &c. adj.; look on the bright side of, view on the sunny side, voir en couleur de rose [Fr.], make the best of it, hope for the best; put a good face upon, put a bold face upon, put the best face upon; keep one's spirits up; take heart, take heart of grace; be of good heart, be of good cheer; flatter oneself, lay the flattering unction to one's soul," catch at a straw, [Hamlet], hope against hope, reckon one's chickens before they are reckon one's chickens before they are hatched, count one's chickens before they are hatched. [cause hope] give hope, inspire hope, raise hope, hold out hope &c. n.; promise, bid fair, augur well, be in a fair way, look up, flatter, tell a flattering tale; raise expectations (sentient subject); encourage, cheer, assure, reassure, buoy up, embolden. Adj. hoping &c. v.; in hopes &c. n.; hopeful, confident; secure &c. (certain) 484; sanguine, in good heart, buoyed up, buoyant, elated, flushed, exultant, enthusiastic; heartsome†; utopian. unsuspecting, unsuspicious; fearless, free from fear, free from suspicion, free from distrust, free from despair, exempt from fear, exempt from suspicion, exempt from distrust, exempt from despair; undespairing†, self reliant. probable, on the high road to; within sight of shore, within sight of land; promising, propitious; of promise, full of promise; of good omen; auspicious, de bon augure [Fr.]; reassuring; encouraging, cheering, inspiriting, looking up, bright, roseate, couleur de rose [Fr.], rose-colored. Adv. hopefully &c. adj.. Int. God speed!, Phr. nil desperandum [Lat.] [Horace]; never say die, dum spiro spero [Lat.], latet scintillula forsan [Lat.], all is for the best, spero meliora [Lat.]; every cloud has a silver lining; the wish being father to the thought" [Henry IV]; hope told a flattering tale;" rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis [Lat.]. at spes non fracta [Lat.]; ego spem prietio non emo [Lat.] [Terence]; un Dieu est ma fiance [Fr.]; hope! thou nurse of young desire" [Bickerstaff]; in hoc signo spes mea [Lat.]; in hoc signo vinces [Lat.]; la speranza e il pan de miseri [It]; l'esperance est le songe d'un homme l'esperance est le songe d'un homme eveille [Fr.]; the mighty hopes that make us men" [Tennyson]; the sickening pang of hope deferred" [Scott]. |
#859. [Absence, want or loss of hope.] Hopelessness — N. hopelessness &c. adj.; despair, desperation; despondency, depression &c. (dejection) 837; pessimism, pessimist; Job's comforter; bird of bad omen, bird of ill omen. abandonment, desolation; resignation, surrender, submission &c. 725. hope deferred, dashed hopes; vain expectation &c. (disappointment) 509. airy hopes &c. &c. 858; forlorn hope; gone case, dead duck, gone coon [U.S.]; goner [Slang]; bad job, bad business; enfant perdu [Fr.]; gloomy horizon, black spots in the horizon; slough of Despond, cave of Despair; immedicabile vulnus [Lat.]. V. despair; lose all hope, give up all hope, abandon all hope, relinquish all hope, lose the hope of, give up the hope of, abandon the hope of, relinquish the hope of; give up, give over; yield to despair; falter; despond &c. (be dejected) 837; jeter le manche apres la cognee [Fr.]. inspire despair, drive to despair &c. n.; disconcert; dash one's hopes, crush one's hopes, destroy one's hopes; hope against hope. abandon; resign, surrender, submit &c. 725. Adj. hopeless, desperate, despairing, gone, in despair, au desespoir [Fr.], forlorn, desolate; inconsolable &c. (dejected) 837; broken hearted. unpromising, unpropitious; inauspicious, ill-omened, threatening, clouded over. out of the question, not to be thought of; impracticable &c. 471; past hope, past cure, past mending, past recall; at one's last gasp &c. (death) 360; given up, given over. incurable, cureless, immedicable, remediless, beyond remedy; incorrigible; irreparable, irremediable, irrecoverable, irreversible, irretrievable, irreclaimable, irredeemable, irrevocable; ruined, undone; immitigable. Phr. lasciate ogni speranza voi ch'entrate" [Dante]; its days are numbered; the worst come to the worst; no change, no pause, no hope, yet I endure" [Shelley]; O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon" [Milton]; mene mene tekel upharson" [Old Testament]. #860. Fear — N. fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence; apprehensiveness, fearfulness &c. adj.; solicitude, anxiety, care, apprehension, misgiving; feeze [U.S.]; mistrust &c. (doubt) 485; suspicion, qualm; hesitation &c. (irresolution) 605. nervousness, restlessness &c. adj.; inquietude, disquietude, worry, concern; batophobia†; heartquake†; flutter, trepidation, fear and trembling, perturbation, tremor, quivering, shaking, trembling, throbbing heart, palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat; abject fear &c. (cowardice) 862; mortal funk, heartsinking†, despondency; despair &c. 859. fright; affright, affrightment†; boof alarm [U.S.], dread, awe, terror, horror, dismay, consternation, panic, scare, stampede (of horses). intimidation, terrorism, reign of terror. [Object of fear] bug bear, bugaboo; scarecrow; hobgoblin &c. (demon) 980; nightmare, Gorgon, mormo†, ogre, Hurlothrumbo†, raw head and bloody bones, fee-faw-fum, bete noire [Fr.], enfant terrible [Fr.]. alarmist &c. (coward) 862. V. fear, stand in awe of; be afraid &c. adj.; have qualms &c. n.; apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance; distrust &c. (disbelieve) 485. hesitate &c. (be irresolute) 605; falter, funk, cower, crouch; skulk &c. (cowardice) 862; let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would'" [Macbeth] take fright, take alarm; start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink; fly &c. (avoid) 623. tremble, shake; shiver, shiver in one's shoes; shudder, flutter; shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over; quake, quaver, quiver, quail. grow pale, turn pale; blench, stand aghast; not dare to say one's soul is one's own. inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe; raise apprehensions†; be in a daze, bulldoze [U.S.]; faze, feeze [U.S.]; give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm; alarm, startle, scare, cry 'wolf', disquiet, dismay; fright, frighten, terrify; astound; fright from one's propriety; fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses; awe; strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror; harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify; pile on the agony. make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter; take away one's breath, stop one's breath; make one tremble &c.; haunt; prey on the mind, weigh on the mind. put in fear, put in bodily fear; terrorize, intimidate, cow, daunt, overawe, abash, deter, discourage; browbeat, bully; threaten &c. 909. Adj. fearing &c. v.; frightened &c. v.; in fear, in a fright &c. n.; haunted with the fear of &c. n.; afeard†. afraid, fearful; timid, timorous; nervous, diffident, coy, faint-hearted, tremulous, shaky, afraid of one's shadow, apprehensive, restless, fidgety; more frightened than hurt. aghast; awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic-stricken, awestruck, awe-stricken, horror-struck; frightened to death, white as a sheet; pale, pale as a ghost, pale as death, pale as ashes; breathless, in hysterics. inspiring fear &c. v.; alarming; formidable, redoubtable; perilous &c. (danger) 665; portentous; fearful; dread, dreadful; fell; dire, direful; shocking; terrible, terrific; tremendous; horrid, horrible, horrific; ghastly; awful, awe-inspiring; revolting &c. (painful) 830; Gorgonian. Adv. in terrorem [Lat.]. Int. angels and ministers of grace defend us! " [Hamlet]. Phr. ante tubam trepidat [Lat.]; horresco referens [Lat.], one's heart failing one, obstupui steteruntque comae et vox faucibus obstupui steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit [Lat.] [Vergil]. a dagger of the mind" [Macbeth]; expertus metuit [Lat.] [Horace]; fain would I climb but that I fear to fall" [Raleigh]; fear is the parent of cruelty" [Froude]; Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire" [Paradise Lost]; omnia tuta timens [Lat.] [Vergil]; our fears do make us traitors" [Macbeth]; |
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#861. [Absence of fear.] Courage — N. courage, bravery, valor; resoluteness, boldness &c. adj.; spirit, daring, gallantry, intrepidity; contempt of danger, defiance of danger; derring-do; audacity; rashness &c. 863; dash; defiance &c. 715; confidence, self-reliance. manliness, manhood; nerve, pluck, mettle, game; heart, heart of grace; spunk, guts, face, virtue, hardihood, fortitude, intestinal fortitude; firmness &c. (stability) 150; heart of oak; bottom, backbone, spine &c. (perseverance) 604.1. resolution &c. (determination) 604; bulldog courage. prowess, heroism, chivalry. exploit, feat, achievement; heroic deed, heroic act; bold stroke. man, man of mettle; hero, demigod, Amazon, Hector; lion, tiger, panther, bulldog; gamecock, fighting-cock; bully, fire eater &c. 863. V. be courageous &c. adj.; dare, venture, make bold; face danger, front danger, affront danger, confront danger, brave danger, defy danger, despise danger, mock danger; look in the face; look full in the face, look boldly in the face, look danger in the face; face; meet, meet in front; brave, beard; defy &c. 715. take courage, muster courage, summon up courage, pluck up courage; nerve oneself, take heart; take heart, pluck up heart of grace; hold up one's head, screw one's courage to the sticking place; come up to scratch; stick to one's guns, standfire†, stand against; bear up, bear up against; hold out &c. (persevere) 604.1. put a bold face upon; show a bold front, present a bold front; show fight; face the music. bell the cat, take the bull by the horns, beard the lion in his den, march up to the cannon's mouth, go through fire and water, run the gantlet. give courage, infuse courage, inspire courage; reassure, encourage, embolden, inspirit, cheer, nerve, put upon one's mettle, rally, raise a rallying cry; pat on the back, make a man of., keep in countenance. Adj. courageous, brave; valiant, valorous; gallant, intrepid; spirited, spiritful†; high-spirited, high-mettled†; mettlesome, plucky; manly, manful; resolute; stout, stout-hearted; iron-hearted, lion-hearted; heart of oak; Penthesilean. bold, bold-spirited; daring, audacious; fearless, dauntless, dreadless†, aweless; undaunted, unappalled, undismayed, unawed, unblanched, unabashed, unalarmed, unflinching, unshrinking†, unblanching†, unapprehensive; confident, self-reliant; bold as a lion, bold as brass. enterprising, adventurous; venturous, venturesome; dashing, chivalrous; soldierly &c. (warlike) 722; heroic. fierce, savage; pugnacious &c. (bellicose) 720. strong-minded, hardy, doughty; firm &c. (stable) 150; determined &c. (resolved) 604; dogged, indomitable &c. (persevering) 604.1. up to, up to the scratch; upon one's mettle; reassured &c. v.; unfeared†, undreaded†. Phr. one's blood being up; courage sans peur [Fr.]; fortes fortuna adjuvat [Lat.] [Terence]; have I not in my time heard lions roar" [Taming of the Shrew]; I dare do all that may become a man" [Macbeth]; male vincetis sed vincite [Lat.] [Ovid]; omne solum forti patria [Lat.]; self-trust is the essence of heroism" [Emerson]; stimulos dedit oemula virtus [Lat.] [Lucan]; strong and great, a hero" [Longfellow]; teloque animus proestantior omni [Lat.] [Ovid]; there, is always safety in valor" [Emerson]; virtus ariete fortier [Lat.]. |
#862. [Excess of fear.] Cowardice — N. cowardice, pusillanimity; cowardliness &c. adj.; timidity, effeminacy. poltroonery, baseness; dastardness†, dastardy†; abject fear, funk; Dutch courage; fear &c. 860; white feather, faint heart; cold feet [U.S.], yellow streak [Slang]. coward, poltroon, dastard, sneak, recreant; shy cock, dunghill cock; coistril†, milksop, white liver, lily liver, nidget†, one that cannot say 'boo' to a goose; slink; Bob Acres, Jerry Sneak. alarmist, terrorist†, pessimist; runagate &c. (fugitive) 623. V. quail &c. (fear) 860; be cowardly &c. adj., be a coward &c. n.; funk; cower, skulk, sneak; flinch, shy, fight shy, slink, turn tail; run away &c. (avoid) 623; show, the white feather. Adj. coward, cowardly; fearful, shy; timid, timorous; skittish; poor-spirited, spiritless, soft, effeminate. weak-minded; infirm of purpose &c. 605; weak-hearted, fainthearted, chickenhearted, henhearted†, lilyhearted, pigeon-hearted; white-livered†, lily-livered, milk-livered†; milksop, smock-faced; unable to say 'boo' to a goose. dastard, dastardly; base, craven, sneaking, dunghill, recreant; unwarlike, unsoldier-like. in face a lion but in heart a deer." unmanned; frightened &c. 860. Int. sauve qui peut! [Fr.], every man for himself! [Fr.Tr.]; devil take the hindmost!, Phr. ante tubam trepidat [Lat.], one's courage oozing out; degeneres animos timor arguit [Lat.] [Vergil]. |
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#863. Rashness — N. rashness &c. adj.; temerity, want of caution, imprudence, indiscretion; overconfidence, presumption, audacity. precipitancy, precipitation; impetuosity; levity; foolhardihood†, foolhardiness; heedlessness, thoughtlessness &c. (inattention) 458; carelessness &c. (neglect) 460; desperation; Quixotism, knight-errantry; fire eating. gaming, gambling; blind bargain, leap in the dark, leap of faith, fool's paradise; too many eggs in one basket. desperado, rashling†, madcap, daredevil, Hotspur, fire eater, bully, bravo, Hector, scapegrace, enfant perdu [Fr.]; Don Quixote, knight-errant, Icarus; adventurer; gambler, gamester; dynamitard†; boomer [U.S.]. V. be rash &c. adj.; stick at nothing, play a desperate game; run into danger &c. 665; play with fire, play with edge tools. carry too much sail, sail too near the wind, ride at single anchor, go out of one's depth. take a leap in the dark, buy a pig in a poke. donner tete baissee [Fr.]; knock, one's bead against a wall &c. (be unskillful) 699; rush on destruction; kick against the pricks, tempt Providence, go on a forlorn hope, go on a fool's errand. reckon one's chickens before they are reckon one's chickens before they are hatched, count one's chickens before they are hatched, reckon without one's host; catch at straws; trust to a broken reed, lean on a broken reed. Adj. rash, incautious, indiscreet; imprudent, improvident, temerarious; uncalculating†; heedless; careless &c. (neglectful) 460; without ballast, heels over head, head over heels; giddy &c. (inattentive) 458; wanton, reckless, wild, madcap; desperate, devil-may-care. hot-blooded, hotheaded, hotbrained†; headlong, headstrong; breakneck; foolhardy; harebrained; precipitate, impulsive. overconfident, overweening; venturesome, venturous; adventurous, Quixotic, fire eating, cavalier; janty†, jaunty, free and easy. off one's guard &c. (inexpectant) 508†. Adv. post haste, a corps perdu [Fr.], hand over head, tete baissee [Fr.], headforemost†; happen what may, come what may. Phr. neck or nothing, the devil being in one; non semper temeritas est felix [Lat.] [Livy]; paucis temeritas est bono multis malo [Lat.] [Phaedrus]. |
#864. Caution — N. caution; cautiousness &c. adj.; discretion, prudence, cautel†, heed, circumspection, calculation, deliberation. foresight &c. 510; vigilance &c. 459; warning &c. 668. coolness &c. adj.; self-possession, self-command; presence of mind, sang froid [Fr.]; well-regulated mind; worldly wisdom, Fabian policy. V. be cautious &c. adj.; take care, take heed, take good care; have a care mind, what one is about; be on one's guard &c. (keep watch) 459; make assurance doubly sure" [Macbeth]. bespeak &c. (be early) 132. think twice, look before one leaps, count the cost, look to the main chance, cut one's coat according to one's cloth; feel one's ground, feel one's way; see how the land lies &c. (foresight) 510; wait to see how the cat jumps; bridle one's tongue; reculer pour mieux sauter &c. (prepare) 673 [Fr.]; let well alone, let well enough alone; let sleeping dogs lie, ne pas reveiller le chat qui dort [Fr.], don't wake a sleeping cat. keep out of harm's way, keep out of troubled waters; keep at a respectful distance, stand aloof; keep on the safe side, be on the safe side. husband one's resources &c. 636. caution &c. (warn) 668. Adj. cautious, wary, guarded; on one's guard &c. (watchful) 459; cavendo tutus [Lat.]; in medio tutissimus [Lat.]; vigilant. careful, heedful; cautelous†, stealthy, chary, shy of, circumspect, prudent, discreet, politic; sure-footed &c. (skillful) 698. unenterprising, unadventurous, cool, steady, self-possessed; overcautious. Adv. cautiously &c. adj.. Int. have a care!, Phr. timeo Danaos [Lat.] [Vergil]; festina lente [Lat.]. ante victoriam ne canas triumphum [Lat.], don't sing out victory before the triumph; give, every man thine ear but few thy voice" [Hamlet]; he who laughs last laughs best, il rit bien qui rit le dernier [Fr.]; ni firmes carta que no leas ni bebas agua que no ni firmes carta que no leas ni bebas agua que no veas [Sp.]; nescit vox missa reverti [Lat.] [Horace]; love all, trust a few" [All's Well]; noli irritare leones [Lat.]; safe bind safe find; if it ain't broke, don't fix it" [Bert Lance]. |
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#865. Desire — N. desire, wish, fancy, fantasy; want, need, exigency. mind, inclination, leaning, bent, animus, partiality, penchant, predilection; propensity &c. 820; willingness &c. 602; liking, love, fondness, relish. longing, hankering, inkling; solicitude, anxiety; yearning, coveting; aspiration, ambition, vaulting ambition; eagerness, zeal, ardor, empressement [Fr.], breathless impatience, overanxiety; impetuosity, &c. 825. appetite, appetition†, appetence†, appetency†; sharp appetite, keenness, hunger, stomach, twist; thirst, thirstiness; drouth, mouthwatering; itch, itching; prurience, cacoethes [Lat.], cupidity, lust, concupiscence. edge of appetite, edge of hunger; torment of Tantalus; sweet tooth, lickerish tooth†; itching palm; longing eye, wistful eye, sheep's eye. [excessive desire for money] greed &c. 817.1. voracity &c. (gluttony) 957. passion, rage, furore†, mania, manie†; inextinguishable desire; dipsomania, kleptomania. [Person who desires] lover, amateur, votary, devotee, aspirant, solicitant, candidate, applicant, supplicant; cormorant &c. 957. [Object of desire] desideratum; want &c. (requirement) 630; a consummation devoutly to be wished;" attraction, magnet, allurement, fancy, temptation, seduction, fascination, prestige, height of one's ambition, idol; whim, whimsy, whimsey†; maggot; hobby, hobby-horse. Fortunatus's cap; wishing cap, wishing stone, wishing well. V. desire; wish, wish for; be desirous &c. adj.. have a longing &c. n.; hope &c. 858. care for, affect, like, list; take to, cling to, take a fancy to; fancy; prefer &c. (choose) 609. have an eye, have a mind to; find it in one's heart &c. (be willing) 602; have a fancy for, set one's eyes upon; cast a sheep's eye upon, look sweet upon; take into one's head, have at heart, be bent upon; set one's cap at, set one's heart upon, set one's mind upon; covet. want, miss, need, feel the want of, would fain have, would fain do; would be glad of. be hungry &c. adj.; have a good appetite, play a good knife and fork; hunger after, thirst after, crave after, lust after, itch after, hanker after, run mad after; raven for, die for; burn to. desiderate†; sigh for, cry for, gape for, gasp for, pine for, pant for, languish for, yearn for, long, be on thorns for, hope for; aspire after; catch at, grasp at, jump at. woo, court, solicit; fish for, spell for, whistle for, put up for; ogle. cause desire, create desire, raise desire, excite desire, provoke desire; whet the appetite; appetize†, titillate, allure, attract, take one's fancy, tempt; hold out temptation, hold out allurement; tantalize, make one's mouth water, faire venir l'eau a la bouche [Fr.]. gratify desire &c. (give pleasure) 829. Adj. desirous; desiring &c. v.; inclined &c. (willing) 602; partial to; fain, wishful, optative†; anxious, wistful, curious; at a loss for, sedulous, solicitous. craving, hungry, sharp-set, peckish†, ravening, with an empty stomach, esurient†, lickerish†, thirsty, athirst, parched with thirst, pinched with hunger, famished, dry, drouthy†; hungry as a hunter, hungry as a hawk, hungry as a horse, hungry as a church mouse, hungry as a bear. [excessively desirous] greedy &c. 817.1. unsatisfied, unsated, unslaked; unsaturated. eager, avid, keen; burning, fervent, ardent; agog; all agog; breathless; impatient &c. (impetuous) 825; bent on, intent on, set on, bent upon, intent upon, set upon; mad after, enrage, rabid, dying for, devoured by desire. aspiring, ambitious, vaulting, skyaspiring, high-reaching. desirable; desired &c. v.; in demand; pleasing &c. (giving pleasure) 829; appetizing, appetible†; tantalizing. Adv. wistfully &c. adj.; fain. Int. would that, would that it were!, O for!, esto perpetual [Lat.] Phr. the wish being father to the thought; sua cuique voluptas [Lat.]; hoc erat in votis [Lat.], the mouth watering, the fingers itching; aut Caesar aut nullus [Lat.]. Cassius has a lean and hungry look" [Julius Caesar]; hungry as the grave" [Thomson]; I was born to other things" [Tennyson]; not what we wish but what we want" [Merrick]; such joy ambition finds" [Paradise Lost]; the sea hath bounds but deep desire hath none" [Venus and Adonis]; ubi mel ibi apes [Lat.]. |
#866. Indifference — N. indifference, neutrality; coldness &c. adj.; anaphrodisia†; unconcern, insouciance, nonchalance; want of interest, want of earnestness; anorexy†, anorexia, inappetency†; apathy &c. (insensibility) 823; supineness &c. (inactivity) 683; disdain &c. 930; recklessness &c. 863; inattention &c. 458. anaphrodisiac†, antaphrodisiac†; lust-quencher, passion-queller†. V. be indifferent &c. adj.; stand neuter; take no interest in &c. (insensibility) 823; have no desire for &c. 865, have no taste for, have no relish for; not care for; care nothing for, care nothing about; not care a straw about, not care a fig for, not care a whit about &c. (unimportance) 643; not mind. set at naught &c. (make light of) 483; spurn &c. (disdain) 930. Adj. indifferent, cold, frigid, lukewarm; cool, cool as a cucumber; unconcerned, insouciant, phlegmatic, pococurante†, easygoing, devil-may-care, careless, listless, lackadaisical; half-hearted; unambitious, unaspiring, undesirous†, unsolicitous†, unattracted. [indifferent toward people] aloof, unapproachable, remote; uncaring. unattractive, unalluring, undesired, undesirable, uncared for, unwished†, unvalued, all one to. insipid &c. 391; vain. Adv. for aught one cares. Int. never mind; Who cares,? whatever you like, whatever. Phr. I couldn't care less, I could care less; anything will do; es macht nichts [G.]. #867. Dislike — N. dislike, distaste, disrelish, disinclination, displacency†. reluctance; backwardness &c. (unwillingness) 603. repugnance, disgust, queasiness, turn, nausea, loathing; averseness†, aversation†, aversion; abomination, antipathy, abhorrence, horror; mortal antipathy, rooted antipathy, mortal horror, rooted horror; hatred, detestation; hate &c. 898; animosity &c. 900; hydrophobia; canine madness; byssa†, xenophobia. sickener†; gall and wormwood &c. (unsavory) 395; shuddering, cold sweat. V. mislike misrelish†, dislike, disrelish; mind, object to; have rather not, would rather not, prefer not to, not care for; have a dislike for, conceive a dislike to, entertain a dislike for, take a dislike to, have an aversion to, have an aversion for; have no taste for, have no stomach for. shun, avoid &c. 623; eschew; withdraw from, shrink from, recoil from; not be able to bear, not be able to abide, not be able to endure; shrug the shoulders at, shudder at, turn up the nose at, look askance at; make a mouth, make a wry face, make a grimace; make faces. loathe, nauseate, abominate, detest, abhor; hate &c. 898; take amiss &c. 900; have enough of &c. (be satiated) 869. wish away, unwish cause dislike, excite dislike; disincline, repel, sicken; make sick, render sick; turn one's stomach, nauseate, wamble†, disgust, shock, stink in the nostrils; go against the grain, go against the stomach; stick in the throat; make one's blood run cold &c. (give pain) 830; pall. Adj. disliking &c. v.; averse from, loathe, loathe to, loth, adverse; shy of, sick of, out of conceit with; disinclined; heartsick, dogsick†; queasy. disliked &c. v.; uncared for, unpopular; out of favor; repulsive, repugnant, repellant; abhorrent, insufferable, fulsome, nauseous; loathsome, loathful†; offensive; disgusting &c. v.; disagreeable c. (painful) 830. Adv. usque ad nauseam [Lat.]. Int. faugh!, foh! †, ugh!, Phr. non libet [Lat.]. #868. Fastidiousness — N. fastidiousness &c. adj.; nicety, hypercriticism, difficulty in being pleased, friandise [Fr.], epicurism, omnia suspendens naso [Lat.]. epicure, gourmet. [Excess of delicacy] prudery. V. be fastidious &c. adj.; have a sweet tooth. mince the matter; turn up one's nose at &c. (disdain) 930; look a gift horse in the mouth, see spots on the sun. Adj. fastidious, nice, delicate, delicat†, finical, finicky, demanding, meticulous, exacting, strict, anal [Vulg.], difficult, dainty, lickerish†, squeamish, thin-skinned; squeasy†, queasy; hard to please, difficult to please; querulous, particular, straitlaced, scrupulous; censorious &c. 932; hypercritical; overcritical. Phr. noli me tangere [Lat.]. #869. Satiety — N. satiety, satisfaction, saturation, repletion, glut, surfeit; cloyment†, satiation; weariness &c. 841. spoiled child; enfant gete [Fr.], enfant terrible [Fr.]; too much of a good thing, toujours perdrix [Fr.]; crambe repetita [Lat.]. V. sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate; cloy, quench, slake, pall, glut., gorge, surfeit; bore &c. (weary) 841; tire &c. (fatigue) 688; spoil. have enough of, have quite enough of, have one's fill, have too much of; be satiated &c. adj.. Adj. satiated &c. v.; overgorged†; blase, used up, sick of, heartsick. Int. enough!, hold!, eheu jam satis! [Lat.], basta! †, |
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#870. Wonder — N. wonder, marvel; astonishment, amazement, wonderment, bewilderment; amazedness &c. adj.†; admiration, awe; stupor, stupefaction; stound†, fascination; sensation; surprise &c. (inexpectation) 508†. note of admiration; thaumaturgy &c. (sorcery) 992†. V. wonder, marvel, admire; be surprised &c. adj.; start; stare; open one's eyes, rub one's eyes, turn up one's eyes; gloar†; gape, open one's mouth, hold one's breath; look aghast, stand aghast, stand agog; look blank &c. (disappointment) 509; tombe des nues [Fr.]; not believe one's eyes, not believe one's ears, not believe one's senses. not be able to account for &c. (unintelligible) 519; not know whether one stands on one's head or one's not know whether one stands on one's head or one's heels. surprise, astonish, amaze, astound; dumfound, dumfounder; startle, dazzle; daze; strike, strike with wonder, strike with awe; electrify; stun, stupefy, petrify, confound, bewilder, flabbergast, stagger, throw on one's beam ends, fascinate, turn the head, take away one's breath, strike dumb; make one's hair stand on end, make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mouth; make one stare. take by surprise &c. (be unexpected) 508. be wonderful &c. adj.; beggar description, beggar the imagination, baffle description; stagger belief. Adj. surprised &c. v.; aghast, all agog, breathless, agape; open-mouthed; awestruck, thunderstruck, moonstruck, planet-struck; spellbound; lost in amazement, lost in wonder, lost in astonishment; struck all of a heap, unable to believe one's senses, like a duck ion thunder. wonderful, wondrous; surprising &c. v.; unexpected &c. 508; unheard of; mysterious &c. (inexplicable) 519; miraculous. indescribable, inexpressible, inaffable†; unutterable, unspeakable. monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, marvelous; inconceivable, incredible; inimaginable†, unimaginable; strange &c. (uncommon) 83; passing strange. striking &c. v.; overwhelming; wonder-working. Adv. wonderfully, &c. adj.; fearfully; for a wonder, in the name of wonder; strange to say; mirabile dictu [Lat.], mirabile visu [Lat.]; to one's great surprise. with wonder &c. n., with gaping mouth; with open eyes, with upturned eyes. Int. lo, lo and behold!, O!, heyday!, halloo!, what!, indeed!, really!, surely!, humph!, hem!, good lack, good heavens, good gracious!, Ye gods!, good Lord!, good grief!, Holy cow!, My word!, Holy shit! [Vulg.], gad so!, welladay! †, dear me!, only think!, lackadaisy! †, my stars, my goodness!, gracious goodness!, goodness gracious!, mercy on us!, heavens and earth!, God bless me!, bless us, bless my heart!, odzookens! †, O gemini!, adzooks! †, hoity-toity!, strong!, Heaven save the mark, bless the mark!, can such things be!, zounds!, 'sdeath! [Contr.], what on earth, what in the world!, who would have thought it!, &c. (inexpectation) 508†; you don't say so!, You're kidding!, No kidding,? what do you say to that!. nous verrons! [Fr.], how now!, where am I.? Phr. vox faucibus haesit [Lat.]; one's hair standing on end. |
#871. [Absence of wonder.] Expectance — N. expectance &c. (expectation) 507. example, instance (conformity) 82. normality (habit) 613. nine days' wonder. V. expect &c. 507; not be surprised, not wonder &c. 870; nil admirari [Lat.], make nothing of. Adj. expecting &c. v.; unamazed, astonished at nothing; blase &c. (weary) 841; expected &c. v.; foreseen; unsurprising. common, ordinary, normal, typical, usual &c. (habitual) 613. Adv. naturally, as a matter of course. Int. no wonder; of course. |
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#872. Prodigy — N. prodigy, phenomenon; wonder, wonderment; marvel, miracle; monster &c. (unconformity) 83; curiosity, lion, sight, spectacle; jeu de theatre [Fr.], coup de theatre; gazingstock†; sign; St. Elmo's fire, St. Elmo's light; portent &c. 512. bursting of a shell, bursting of a bomb; volcanic eruption, peal of thunder; thunder-clap, thunder-bolt. what no words can paint; wonders of the world; annus mirabilis [Lat.]; dignus vindice nodus [Lat.]. Phr. natura il fece e poi roppe la stampa [It]. |
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#873. Repute — N. distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation; good repute, high repute; note, notability, notoriety, eclat, the bubble reputation" [As You Like It], vogue, celebrity; fame, famousness; renown; popularity, aura popularis [Lat.]; approbation &c. 931; credit, succes d'estime [Fr.], prestige, talk of the town; name to conjure with. glory, honor; luster &c. (light) 420; illustriousness &c. adj.. account, regard, respect; reputableness &c. adj.†; respectability &c. (probity) 939; good name, good report; fair name. dignity; stateliness &c. adj.; solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity. rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status; position, position in society; order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi [Lat.], caste, condition. greatness &c. adj.; eminence; height &c. 206; importance &c. 642; preeminence, supereminence; high mightiness, primacy; top of the ladder, top of the tree. elevation; ascent &c. 305; superaltation†, exaltation; dignification†, aggrandizement. dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification. hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis [Lat.], notability, somebody; classman†; man of rank &c. (nobleman) 875; pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community. chief &c. (master) 745; first fiddle &c. (proficient) 700; cynosure, mirror; flower, pink, pearl; paragon &c. (perfection) 650; choice and master spirits of the age; elite; star, sun, constellation, galaxy. ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus; halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors; laurels &c. (trophy) 733. memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame; immortality, immortal name; magni nominis umbra [Lat.] [Lucan]. V. be conscious of glory; be proud of &c. (pride) 878; exult &c. (boast) 884; be vain of &c. (vanity) 880. be distinguished &c. adj.; shine &c. (light) 420; shine forth, figure; cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash. rival, surpass; outshine, outrival, outvie†, outjump; emulate, eclipse; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow. live, flourish, glitter, flaunt, gain honor, acquire honor &c. n.; play first fiddle &c. (be of importance) 642, bear the palm, bear the bell; lead the way; take precedence, take the wall of; gain laurels, win laurels, gain spurs, gain golden opinions &c. (approbation) 931; take one's degree, pass one's examination. make a noise, make some noise, make a noise in the world; leave one's mark, exalt one's horn, blow one's horn, star it, have a run, be run after; come into vogue, come to the front; raise one's head. enthrone, signalize, immortalize, deify, exalt to the skies; hand one's name down to posterity. consecrate; dedicate to, devote to; enshrine, inscribe, blazon, lionize, blow the trumpet, crown with laurel. confer honor on, reflect honor on &c. v.; shed a luster on; redound.to one's honor, ennoble. give honor to, do honor to, pay honor to, render honor to; honor, accredit, pay regard to, dignify, glorify; sing praises to &c. (approve) 931; lock up to; exalt, aggrandize, elevate, nobilitate [Lat.]. Adj. distinguished, distingue [Fr.], noted; of note &c. n.; honored &c. v.; popular; fashionable &c. 852. in good odor in; favor, in high favor; reputable, respectable, creditable. remarkable &c. (important) 642; notable, notorious; celebrated, renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of; famous, famed; far-famed; conspicuous, to the front; foremost; in the front rank, in the ascendant. imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere perennius [Lat.]; time honored. illustrious, glorious, splendid, brilliant, radiant; bright &c. 420; full-blown; honorific. eminent, prominent; high &c. 206; in the zenith; at the head of, at the top of the tree; peerless, of the first water.; superior &c. 33; supereminent, preeminent. great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely. imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven-born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.]; sacrosanct. Int. hail!, all hail!, ave!, viva!, vive! [Fr.], long life to!, banzai! [Jap.]; glory be to, honor be to? Phr. one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever; sic itur ad astra [Lat.], fama volat [Lat.], aut Caesar aut nullus [Lat.]; not to know him argues oneself unknown; none but himself could be his parallel, palmam qui meruit ferat [Lat.] [Nelson's motto]. above all Greek above all Roman fame" [Pope]; cineri gloria sera est [Lat.] [Martial]; great is the glory for the strife is hard" [Wordsworth]; honor virtutis praemium [Lat.] [Cicero]; immensum gloria calcar habet [Ovid]; the glory dies not and the grief is past" [Brydges]; vivit post funera virtus [Lat.]. |
#874. Disrepute — N. disrepute, discredit; ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor; disapprobation &c. 932; ingloriousness, derogation; abasement, debasement; abjectness &c. adj.; degradation, dedecoration†; a long farewell to all my greatness [Henry VIII]; odium, obloquy, opprobrium, ignominy. dishonor, disgrace; shame, humiliation; scandal, baseness, vileness†; turpitude &c. (improbity) 940†; infamy. tarnish, taint, defilement, pollution. stain, blot, spot, blur, stigma, brand, reproach, imputation, slur. crying shame, burning shame; scandalum magnatum [Lat.], badge of infamy, blot in one's escutcheon; bend sinister, bar sinister; champain†, point champain†; byword of reproach; Ichabod. argumentum ad verecundiam [Lat.]; sense of shame &c. 879. V. be inglorious &c. adj.; incur disgrace &c. n.; have a bad name, earn a bad name; put a halter round one's neck, wear a halter round one's neck; disgrace oneself, expose oneself. play second fiddle; lose caste; pale one's ineffectual fire; recede into the shade; fall from one's high estate; keep in the background &c. (modesty) 881; be conscious of disgrace &c. (humility) 879; look blue, look foolish, look like a fool; cut a poor figure, cut a sorry figure; laugh on the wrong side of the mouth; make a sorry face, go away with a flea in. one's ear, slink away. cause shame &c. n.; shame, disgrace, put to shame, dishonor; throw dishonor upon, cast dishonor upon, fling dishonor upon, reflect dishonor upon &c. n.; be a reproach &c. n.. to; derogate from. tarnish, stain, blot sully, taint; discredit; degrade, debase, defile; beggar; expel &c. (punish) 972. impute shame to, brand, post, stigmatize, vilify, defame, slur, cast a slur upon, hold up to shame, send to Coventry; tread under foot, trample under foot; show up, drag through the mire, heap dirt upon; reprehend &c. 932. bring low, put down, snub; take down a peg, take down a peg lower, take down a peg or two. obscure. eclipse, outshine, take the shine out of; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow; leave in the background, put in the background; push into a corner, put one's nose out of joint; put out, put out of countenance. upset, throw off one's center; discompose, disconcert; put to the blush &c. (humble) 879. Adj. disgraced &c. v.; blown upon; shorn of its beams" [Milton], shorn of one's glory; overcome, downtrodden; loaded with shame &c. n.; in bad repute &c. n.; out of repute, out of favor, out of fashion, out of countenance; at a discount; under a cloud, under an eclipse; unable to show one's face; in the shade, in the background; out at elbows, down at the elbows, down in the world. inglorious; nameless, renownless†; obscure; unknown to fame; unnoticed, unnoted†, unhonored, unglorified†. shameful; disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable; despicable; questionable; unbecoming, unworthy; derogatory; degrading, humiliating, infra dignitatem [Lat.], dedecorous†; scandalous, infamous, too bad, unmentionable; ribald, opprobrious; errant, shocking, outrageous, notorious. ignominious, scrubby, dirty, abject, vile, beggarly, pitiful, low, mean, shabby base &c. (dishonorable) 940. Adv. to one's shame be it spoken. Int. fie!, shame!, for shame!, proh pudor! [Lat.], O tempora! †, O mores!, ough!, sic transit gloria mundi! [Lat.], |
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#875. Nobility — N. nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy†, blood, pur sang [Fr.], birth, high descent, order; quality, gentility; blue blood of Castile; ancien regime [Fr.]. high life, haute monde [Fr.]; upper classes, upper ten thousand; the four hundred [U.S.]; elite, aristocracy, great folks; fashionable world &c. (fashion) 852. peer, peerage; house of lords, house of peers; lords, lords temporal and spiritual; noblesse; noble, nobleman; lord, lordling†; grandee, magnifico [Lat.], hidalgo; daimio [Jap.], daimyo [Jap.], samurai [Jap.], shizoku [Jap.]; don, donship†; aristocrat, swell, three-tailed bashaw†; gentleman, squire, squireen†, patrician, laureate. gentry, gentlefolk; squirarchy [Slang], better sort magnates, primates, optimates†; pantisocracy†. king &c. (master) 745; atheling†; prince, duke; marquis, marquisate†; earl, viscount, baron, thane, banneret†; baronet, baronetcy†; knight, knighthood; count, armiger†, laird; signior†, seignior; esquire, boyar, margrave, vavasour†; emir, ameer†, scherif†, sharif, effendi, wali; sahib; chevalier, maharaja, nawab, palsgrave†, pasha, rajah, waldgrave†. princess, begum†, duchess, marchioness; countess &c.; lady, dame; memsahib; Do$a, maharani, rani. personage of distinction, man of distinction, personage of rank, man of rank, personage of mark, man of mark; notables, notabilities; celebrity, bigwig, magnate, great man, star, superstar; big bug; big gun, great gun; gilded rooster [U.S.]; magni nominis umbra [Lat.] [Lucan]; every inch a king" [Lear]. V. be noble &c. adj.. Adj. noble, exalted; of rank &c. n.; princely, titled, patrician, aristocratic; high-, well-born; of gentle blood; genteel, comme il faut [Fr.], gentlemanlike†, courtly &c. (fashionable) 852; highly respectable. Adv. in high quarters. Phr. Adel sitzt im Gemuthe nicht im Gebluete [G.]; adelig und edel sind zweierlei [G.]; noblesse oblige [Fr.]. |
#876. Commonalty — N. commonalty, democracy; obscurity; low condition, low life, low society, low company; bourgeoisie; mass of the people, mass of society; Brown Jones and Robinson; lower classes, humbler classes, humbler orders; vulgar herd, common herd; rank and file, hoc genus omne [Lat.]; the many, the general, the crowd, the people, the populace, the multitude, the million, the masses, the mobility, the peasantry; king Mob; proletariat; fruges consumere nati [Lat.], demos, hoi polloi [Gr.], great unwashed; man in the street. mob; rabble, rabble rout; chaff, rout, horde, canaille; scum of the people, residuum of the people, dregs of the people, dregs of society; swinish multitude, foex populi†; trash; profanum vulgus [Lat.], ignobile vulgus [Lat.]; vermin, riffraff, ragtag and bobtail; small fry. commoner, one of the people, democrat, plebeian, republican, proletary†, proletaire†, roturier†, Mr. Snooks, bourgeois, epicier [Fr.], Philistine, cockney; grisette†, demimonde. peasant, countryman, boor, carle†, churl; villain, villein; terrae filius [Lat.], son of the land; serf, kern†, tyke, tike, chuff†, ryot†, fellah; longshoreman; swain, clown, hind; clod, clodhopper; hobnail, yokel, bog-trotter, bumpkin; plowman, plowboy†; rustic, hayseed [Slang], lunkhead [U.S.], chaw-bacon [Slang], tiller of the soil; hewers of wood and drawers of water, groundling†; gaffer, loon, put, cub, Tony Lumpkin†, looby†, rube [U.S.], lout, underling; gamin; rough; pot-wallopper†, slubberdegullion†; vulgar fellow, low fellow; cad, curmudgeon. upstart, parvenu, skipjack†; nobody, nobody one knows; hesterni quirites [Lat.], pessoribus orti [Lat.]; bourgeois gentilhomme [Fr.], novus homo [Lat.], snob, gent, mushroom, no one knows who, adventurer; man of straw. beggar, gaberlunzie†, muckworm†, mudlark†, sans culotte, raff†, tatterdemalion, caitiff, ragamuffin, Pariah, outcast of society, tramp, vagabond, bezonian†, panhandler [Slang], sundowner†, chiffonnier, Cinderella, cinderwench†, scrub, jade; gossoon†. Goth, Vandal, Hottentot, Zulu, savage, barbarian, Yahoo; unlicked cub†, rough diamond†. barbarousness, barbarism; boeotia. V. be ignoble &c. adj., be nobody &c. n.. Adj. ignoble, common, mean, low, base, vile, sorry, scrubby, beggarly; below par; no great shakes &c. (unimportant) 643; homely, homespun; vulgar, low-minded; snobbish. plebeian, proletarian; of low parentage, of low origin, of low extraction, of mean parentage, of mean origin, of mean extraction; lowborn, baseborn, earthborn†; mushroom, dunghill, risen from the ranks; unknown to fame, obscure, untitled. rustic, uncivilized; loutish, boorish, clownish, churlish, brutish, raffish; rude, unlicked†. barbarous, barbarian, barbaric, barbaresque†; cockney, born within sound of Bow bells. underling, menial, subaltern. Adv. below the salt. Phr. dummodo sit dives barbarus ipse placet [Lat.] [Ovid]. |
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#877. Title — N. title, honor; knighthood &c. (nobility) 875. highness, excellency, grace; lordship, worship; reverence, reverend; esquire, sir, master, Mr., signor, senor, Mein Herr [G.], mynheer†; your honor, his honor; serene highness; handle to one's name. decoration, laurel, palm, wreath, garland, bays, medal, ribbon, riband, blue ribbon, cordon, cross, crown, coronet, star, garter; feather, feather in one's cap; epaulet, epaulette, colors, cockade; livery; order, arms, shield, scutcheon; reward &c. 973. |
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#878. Pride — N. dignity, self-respect, mens sibi conscia recti [Lat.] [Vergil]. pride; haughtiness &c. adj.; high notions, hauteur; vainglory, crest; arrogance &c. (assumption) 885. proud man, highflier†; fine gentleman, fine lady. V. be proud &c. adj.; put a good face on; look one in the face; stalk abroad, perk oneself up; think no small beer of oneself; presume, swagger, strut; rear one's head, lift up one's head, hold up one's head; hold one's head high, look big, take the wall, bear like the Turk no rival near the throne" [Pope], carry with a high hand; ride the high horse, mount on one's high horse; set one's back up, bridle, toss the head; give oneself airs &c. (assume) 885; boast &c. 884. pride oneself on; glory in, take a pride in; pique oneself, plume oneself, hug oneself; stand upon, be proud of; put a good face on; not hide one's light under a bushel, not put one's talent in a napkin; not think small beer of oneself &c. (vanity) 880. Adj. dignified; stately; proud, proud-crested; lordly, baronial; lofty-minded; highsouled, high-minded, high-mettled†, high-handed, high-plumed, high-flown, high-toned. haughty lofty, high, mighty, swollen, puffed up, flushed, blown; vainglorious; purse-proud, fine; proud as a peacock, proud as Lucifer; bloated with pride. supercilious, disdainful, bumptious, magisterial, imperious, high and mighty, overweening, consequential; arrogant &c. 885; unblushing &c. 880. stiff, stiff-necked; starch; perked stuck-up; in buckram, strait-laced; prim &c. (affected) 855. on one's dignity, on one's high horses, on one's tight ropes, on one's high ropes; on stilts; en grand seigneur [Fr.]. Adv. with head erect. Phr. odi profanum vulgus et arceo [Lat.] [Horace]. a duke's revenues on her back" [Henry VI]; disdains the shadow which he treads on at disdains the shadow which he treads on at noon" [Coriolanis]; pride in their port, defiance in their eye" [Goldsmith]. |
#879. Humility — N. humility, humbleness; meekness, lowness; lowliness, lowlihood†; abasement, self-abasement; submission &c. 725; resignation. condescension; affability &c. (courtesy) 894. modesty &c. 881; verecundity†, blush, suffusion, confusion; sense of shame, sense of disgrace; humiliation, mortification; let down, set down. V. be humble &c. adj.; deign, vouchsafe, condescend; humble oneself, demean oneself; stoop, stoop to conquer; carry coals; submit &c. 725; submit with a good grace &c. (brook) 826; yield the palm. lower one's tone, lower one's note; sing small, draw in one's horns, sober down; hide one's face, hide one's diminished head; not dare to show one's face, take shame to oneself, not have a word to say for oneself; feel shame, be conscious of shame, feel disgrace, be conscious of disgrace; drink the cup of humiliation to the dregs. blush for, blush up to the eves; redden, change color; color up; hang one's head, look foolish, feel small. render humble; humble, humiliate; let down, set down, take down, tread down, frown down; snub, abash, abase, make one sing small, strike dumb; teach one his distance; put down, take down a peg, take down a peg lower; throw into the shade, cast into the shade &c. 874; stare out of countenance, put out of countenance; put to the blush; confuse, ashame†, mortify, disgrace, crush; send away with a flea in one's ear. get a setdown†. Adj. humble, lowly, meek; modest &c. 881; humble minded, sober-minded; unoffended†; submissive &c. 725; servile, &c. 886. condescending; affable &c. (courteous) 891. humbled &c. v.; bowed down, resigned; abashed, ashamed, dashed; out of countenance; down in the mouth; down on one's knees, down on one's marrowbones, down on one's uppers; humbled in the dust, browbeaten; chapfallen†, crestfallen; dumfoundered†. flabbergasted. shorn of one's glory &c. (disrepute) 874. Adv. with downcast eyes, with bated breath, with bended knee; on all fours, on one's feet. under correction, with due deference. Phr. I am your obedient servant, I am your very humble servant; my service to you; da locum melioribus [Lat.] [Terence]; parvum parva decent [Lat.] [Horace]. |
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#880. Vanity — N. vanity; conceit, conceitedness; self-conceit, self-complacency, self-confidence, self-sufficiency, self-esteem, self-love, self-approbation, self-praise, self-glorification, self-laudation, self-gratulation†, self-applause, self-admiration; amour propre [Fr.]; selfishness &c. 943. airs, affected manner, pretensions, mannerism; egotism; priggism†, priggishness; coxcombry, gaudery†, vainglory, elation; pride &c. 878; ostentation &c. 882; assurance &c. 885. vox et praeterea nihil [Lat.]; cheval de bataille [Fr.]. coxcomb &c. 854; Sir Oracle &c. 887. V. be vain &c. adj., be vain of; pique oneself &c. (pride) 878; lay the flattering unction to one's soul. have too high an opinion of oneself, have an overweening opinion of oneself, have too high an opinion of one's talents; blind oneself as to one's own merit; not think small beer of oneself, not think vin ordinaire of oneself [Fr.]; put oneself forward; fish for compliments; give oneself airs &c. (assume) 885; boast &c. 884. render vain &c. adj.; inspire with vanity &c. n.; inflate, puff up, turn up, turn one's head. Adj. vain, vain as a peacock, proud as a peacock; conceited, overweening, pert, forward; vainglorious, high-flown; ostentatious &c. 882; puffed up, inflated, flushed. self-satisfied, self-confident, self-sufficient, self-flattering, self-admiring, self-applauding, self-glorious, self-opinionated; entente &c. (wrongheaded) 481; wise in one's own conceit, pragmatical†, overwise†, pretentious, priggish; egotistic, egotistical; soi-disant &c. (boastful) 884 [Fr.]; arrogant &c. 885. unabashed, unblushing; unconstrained, unceremonious; free and easy. Adv. vainly &c. adj.. Phr. how we apples swim! " [Swift]; prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk" [Cymbeline]. |
#881. Modesty — N. modesty; humility &c. 879; diffidence, timidity; retiring disposition; unobtrusiveness; bashfulness &c. adj.; mauvaise honte [Fr.]; blush, blushing; verecundity†; self-knowledge. reserve, constraint; demureness &c. adj.; blushing honors" [Henry VIII]. V. be modest &c. adj.; retire, reserve oneself; give way to; draw in one's horns &c. 879; hide one's face. keep private, keep in the background, keep one's distance; pursue the noiseless tenor of one's way, do good by stealth and blush to find it fame" [Pope], hide one's light under a bushel, cast a sheep's eye. Adj. modest, diffident; humble &c. 879; timid, timorous, bashful; shy, nervous, skittish, coy, sheepish, shamefaced, blushing, overmodest. unpretending†, unpretentious; unobtrusive, unassuming, unostentatious, unboastful†, unaspiring; poor in spirit. out of countenance &c. (humbled) 879. reserved, constrained, demure. Adv. humbly &c. adj.; quietly, privately; without ceremony, without beat of drum; sans faPhr. not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty" [Romeo and Juliet]; thy modesty's a candle to thy merit" [Fielding]. |
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#882. Ostentation — N. ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, etalage [Fr.], pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, splurge, glitter, strut, pomposity; pretense, pretensions; showing off; fuss. magnificence, splendor; coup d'oeil [Fr.]; grand doings. coup de theatre; stage effect, stage trick; claptrap; mise en scene [Fr.]; tour de force; chic. demonstration, flying colors; tomfoolery; flourish of trumpets &c. (celebration) 883; pageant, pageantry; spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession; turn out, set out; grand function; fête, gala, field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant. dress; court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy dress; tailoring, millinery, man millinery, frippery, foppery, equipage. ceremony, ceremonial; ritual; form, formality; etiquette; puncto [Lat.], punctilio, punctiliousness; starched stateliness, stateliness. mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor. attitudinarian†; fop &c. 854. V. be ostentatious &c. adj.; come forward, put oneself forward; attract attention, star it. cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash, make a splurge, cut a dash, cut a splash, cut a splurge; figure, figure away; make a show, make a display; glitter. show off, show off one's paces; parade, march past; display, exhibit, put forward, hold up; trot out, hand out; sport, brandish, blazon forth; dangle, dangle before the eyes. cry up &c. (praise) 931; proner [Fr.], flaunt, emblazon, prink†, set off, mount, have framed and glazed. put a good face upon, put a smiling face upon; clean the outside of the platter &c. (disguise) 544. Adj. ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious; janty†, jaunty; grand, pompous, palatial; high-sounding; turgid &c. (big-sounding) 577; gairish†, garish; gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip; flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering; gay &c. (ornate) 847. splendid, magnificent, sumptuous. theatrical, dramatic, spectacular; ceremonial, ritual. solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious, starched. dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out, en granite tenue [Fr.], in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanché, chic. Adv. with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum, with flying colors. ad captandum vulgus [Lat.]. Phr. honores mutant mores [Lat.]. |
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#883. Celebration — N. celebration, solemnization, jubilee, commemoration, ovation, paean, triumph, jubilation, ceremony (rite) 998; holiday, fiesta, zarabanda†, revelry, feast (amusement) 840; china anniversary, diamond anniversary, golden anniversary, silver anniversary, tin anniversary, china jubilee, diamond jubilee, golden jubilee, silver jubilee, tin jubilee, china wedding, diamond wedding, golden wedding, silver wedding, tin wedding. triumphal arch, bonfire, salute; salvo, salvo of artillery; feu de joie [Fr.], flourish of trumpets, fanfare, colors flying, illuminations. inauguration, installation, presentation; coronation; Lord Mayor's show; harvest-home, red-letter day; trophy &c. 733; Te Deum &c. (thanksgiving) 990 [Lat.]; fete &c. 882; holiday &c. 840; Forefathers' Day [U.S.]. V. celebrate keep, signalize, do honor to, commemorate, solemnize, hallow, mark with a red letter. pledge, drink to, toast, hob and nob†. inaugurate, install, chair. rejoice &c. 838; kill the fatted calf, hold jubilee, roast an ox. Adj. celebrating &c. v.; commemorative, celebrated, immortal. Adv. in honor of, in commemoration of. Int. hail!, all hail!, io paean, io triumphe! †, see the conquering hero comes!." |
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#884. Boasting — N. boasting &c. v.; boast, vaunt, crake†; pretense, pretensions; puff, puffery; flourish, fanfaronade†; gasconade; blague†, bluff, gas [Slang]; highfalutin, highfaluting†; hot air, spread-eagleism [U.S.]; brag, braggardism†; bravado, bunkum, buncombe; jactitation†, jactancy†; bounce; venditation†, vaporing, rodomontade, bombast, fine talking, tall talk, magniloquence, teratology†, heroics; Chauvinism; exaggeration &c. 549. vanity &c. 880; vox et praeterea nihil [Lat.]; much cry and little wool, brutum fulmen [Lat.]. exultation; gloriation†, glorification; flourish of trumpets; triumph &c. 883. boaster; braggart, braggadocio; Gascon [Fr.], fanfaron†, pretender, soi-disant [Fr.]; blower [U.S.], bluffer, Foxy Quiller†; blusterer &c. 887; charlatan, jack-pudding, trumpeter; puppy &c. (fop) 854. V. boast, make a boast of, brag, vaunt, Puff, show off, flourish, crake†, crack, trumpet, strut, swagger, vapor; blague†, blow, four-flush [Slang], bluff. exult, crow, crow over, neigh, chuckle, triumph; throw up one's cap; talk big, se faire valoir [Fr.], faire claquer son fouet [Fr.], take merit to oneself, make a merit of, sing Io triumphe†, holloa before one is out of the wood†. Adj. boasting &c. v.; magniloquent, flaming, Thrasonic, stilted, gasconading, braggart, boastful, pretentious, soi-disant [Fr.]; vainglorious &c. (conceited) 880; highfalutin, highfaluting†; spread-eagle [U.S.]. elate, elated; jubilant, triumphant, exultant; in high feather; flushed, flushed with victory; cock-a-hoop; on stilts. vaunted &c. v.. Adv. vauntingly &c. adj.. Phr. let the galled jade wince" [Hamlet]; facta non verba [Lat.]. |
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#885. [Undue assumption of superiority.] Insolence — N. insolence; haughtiness &c. adj.; arrogance, airs; overbearance†; domineering &c. v.; tyranny &c. 739. impertinence; sauciness &c. adj.; flippancy, dicacity†, petulance, procacity†, bluster; swagger, swaggering &c. v.; bounce; terrorism. assumption, presumption; beggar on horseback; usurpation. impudence, assurance, audacity, hardihood, front, face, brass; shamelessness &c. adj.; effrontery, hardened front, face of brass. assumption of infallibility. saucebox &c. (blusterer) 887†. V. be insolent &c. adj.; bluster, vapor, swagger, swell, give oneself airs, snap one's fingers, kick up a dust; swear &c. (affirm) 535; rap out oaths; roister. arrogate; assume, presume; make bold, make free; take a liberty, give an inch and take an ell. domineer, bully, dictate, hector; lord it over; traiter de haut en bas [Fr.], regarder de haut en bas [Fr.]; exact; snub, huff., beard, fly in the face of; put to the blush; bear down, beat down; browbeat, intimidate; trample down, tread down, trample under foot; dragoon, ride roughshod over. out face, outlook, outstare, outbrazen†, outbrave†; stare out of countenance; brazen out; lay down the law; teach one's grandmother to suck eggs; assume a lofty bearing; talk big, look big; put on big looks, act the grand seigneur [Fr.]; mount the high horse, ride the high horse; toss the head, carry, with a high hand. tempt Providence, want snuffing. Adj. insolent, haughty, arrogant, imperious, magisterial, dictatorial, arbitrary; high-handed, high and mighty; contumelious, supercilious, overbearing, intolerant, domineering, overweening, high-flown. flippant, pert, fresh [U.S.], cavalier, saucy, forward, impertinent, malapert. precocious, assuming, would-be, bumptious. bluff; brazen, shameless, aweless, unblushlng†, unabashed; brazen, boldfaced-, barefaced-, brazen-faced; dead to shame, lost to shame. impudent, audacious, presumptuous, free and easy, devil-may-care, rollicking; jaunty, janty†; roistering, blustering, hectoring, swaggering, vaporing; thrasonic, fire eating, full of sound and fury" [Macbeth]. Adv. with a high hand; ex cathedra [Lat.]. Phr. one's bark being worse than his bite; beggars mounted run their horse to death" [Henry VI]; quid times? Caesarem vehis [Lat.]? [Plutarch]; wagahai wa [Jap.] (expressing superiority) [Jap.Tr.]. |
#886. Servility — N. servility; slavery &c. (subjection) 749; obsequiousness &c. adj.; subserviency; abasement; prostration, prosternation†; genuflection &c. (worship) 990; fawning &c. v.; tuft-hunting, timeserving†, flunkeyism†; sycophancy &c. (flattery) 933; humility &c. 879. sycophant, parasite; toad, toady, toad-eater; tufthunter†; snob, flunky, flunkey, yes-man, lapdog, spaniel, lickspittle, smell-feast, Graeculus esuriens [Lat.], hanger on, cavaliere servente [It], led captain, carpet knight; timeserver, fortune hunter, Vicar of Bray, Sir-Pertinax, Max Sycophant, pickthank†; flatterer &c. 935; doer of dirty work; ame damnee [Fr.], tool; reptile; slave &c. (servant) 746; courtier; beat [Slang], dead beat [Slang], doughface [U.S.], heeler [U.S.], homme de cour [Fr.], sponger, sucker [Slang], tagtail†, truckler. V. cringe, bow, stoop, kneel, bend the knee; fall on one's knees, prostrate oneself; worship &c. 990. sneak, crawl, crouch, cower, sponge, truckle to, grovel, fawn, lick the feet of, kiss the hem of one's garment, kiss one's ass [Vulg.], suck up. pay court to; feed on, fatten on, dance attendance on, pin oneself upon, hang on the sleeve of, avaler les couleuvres [Fr.], keep time to, fetch and carry, do the dirty work of. go with the stream, worship the rising sun, hold with the hare and run with the hounds. Adj. servile, obsequious; supple, supple as a glove; soapy, oily, pliant, cringing, abased, dough-faced, fawning, slavish, groveling, sniveling, mealy-mouthed; beggarly, sycophantic, parasitical; abject, prostrate, down on ones marrowbones; base, mean, sneaking; crouching &c. v.. Adv. hat in hand, cap in hand. |
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#887. Blusterer — N. blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, roisterer†, brawler; fanfaron†; braggart &c. (boaster) 884; bully, terrorist, rough; bulldozer [U.S.], hoodlum, hooligan [Slang], larrikin†, roarer [Slang]; Mohock, Mohawk; drawcansir†, swashbuckler, Captain Bobadil, Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Thraso, Pistol, Parolles, Bombastes Furioso†, Hector, Chrononhotonthologos†; jingo; desperado, dare-devil, fire eater; fury, &c. (violent person) 173; rowdy; slang-whanger [Slang], tough [U.S.]. puppy &c. (fop) 854; prig; Sir Oracle, dogmatist, doctrinaire, jack-in-office; saucebox†, malapert, jackanapes, minx; bantam-cock. |
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#888. Friendship — N. friendship, amity; friendliness &c. adj.; brotherhood, fraternity, sodality, confraternity; harmony &c. (concord) 714; peace &c. 721. firm friendship, staunch friendship, intimate friendship, familiar friendship, bosom friendship, cordial friendship, tried friendship, devoted friendship, lasting friendship, fast friendship, sincere friendship, warm friendship, ardent friendship. cordiality, fraternization, entente cordiale [Fr.], good understanding, rapprochement, sympathy, fellow-feeling, response, welcomeness. affection &c. (love) 897; favoritism; good will &c. (benevolence) 906. acquaintance, familiarity, intimacy, intercourse, fellowship, knowledge of; introduction. V. be friendly &c. adj., be friends &c. 890, be acquainted with &c. adj.; know; have the ear of; keep company with &c. (sociality) 892; hold communication with, have dealings with, sympathize with; have a leaning to; bear good will &c. (benevolent) 906; love &c. 897; make much of; befriend &c. (aid) 707; introduce to. set one's horses together; have the latchstring out [U.S.]; hold out the right hand of friendship, extend the right hand of friendship, hold out the right hand of fellowship; become friendly &c. adj.; make friends with &c. 890; break the lee, be introduced to; make acquaintance with, pick acquaintance with, scrape acquaintance with; get into favor, gain the friendship of. shake hands with, fraternize, embrace; receive with open arms, throw oneself into the arms of; meet halfway, take in good part. Adj. friendly; amicable, amical†; well-affected, unhostile†, neighborly, brotherly, fraternal, sympathetic, harmonious, hearty, cordial, warm-hearted. friends with, well with, at home with, hand in hand with; on good terms, on friendly terms, on amicable terms, on cordial terms, on familiar terms, on intimate terms, on good footing; on speaking terms, on visiting terms; in one's good graces, in one's good books. acquainted, familiar, intimate, thick, hand and glove, hail fellow well met, free and easy; welcome. Adv. amicably &c. adj.; with open arms; sans ceremonie [Fr.]; arm in arm. Phr. amicitia semper prodest [Lat.] [Seneca]; a mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one" [Carlyle]; friendship is love without either flowers or friendship is love without either flowers or veil" [Hare]; trulgus amicitias utilitate probat [Lat.] [Ovid]. |
#889. Enmity — N. enmity, hostility; unfriendliness &c. adj.; discord &c. 713; bitterness, rancor. alienation, estrangement; dislike &c. 867; hate &c. 898. heartburning†; animosity &c. 900; malevolence &c. 907. V. be inimical &c. adj.; keep at arm's length, hold at arm's length; be at loggerheads; bear malice &c. 907; fall out; take umbrage &c. 900; harden the heart, alienate, estrange. [not friendly, but not hostile]. (indifference). 866. Adj. inimical, unfriendly, hostile; at enmity, at variance, at daggers drawn, at open war with; up in arms against; in bad odor with. on bad terms, not on speaking terms; cool; cold, cold hearted; estranged, alienated, disaffected, irreconcilable. |
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#890. Friend — N. friend, friend of one's bosom; alter ego; best friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend; amicus [Lat.]; usque ad aras [Lat.]; fidus Achates [Lat.]; persona grata. acquaintance, neighbor, next-door neighbor, casual acquaintance, nodding acquaintance; wellwisher. favorer, fautor†, patron, Mecaenas; tutelary saint, good genius, advocate, partisan, sympathizer; ally; friend in need &c. (auxiliary) 711. comrade, mate, companion, familiar, confrere, comrade, camarade†, confidante, intimate; old crony, crony; chum; pal; buddy, bosom buddy; playfellow, playmate, childhood friend; bedfellow, bedmate; chamber fellow. associate, colleague, compeer. schoolmate, schoolfellow†; classfellow†, classman†, classmate; roommate; fellow-man, stable companion. best man, maid of honor, matron of honor. compatriot; fellow countryman, countryman. shopmate, fellow-worker, shipmate, messmate†; fellow companion, boon companion, pot companion; copartner, partner, senior partner, junior partner. Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Pollux†, Nisus and Euryalus [Lat.], Damon and Pythias, par nobile fratrum [Lat.]. host, Amphitryon†, Boniface; guest, visitor, protégé. Phr. amici probantur rebus adversis [Lat.]; ohne bruder kann man leben nicht ohne Freund [G.]; best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness" [G. Eliot]; conocidos muchos amigos pocos [Sp.]; friend more divine than all divinities" [G. Eliot]; vida sin amigo muerte sin testigo [Sp.]. |
#891. Enemy — N. enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman†; open enemy, bitter enemy, opponent &c. 710; back friend. public enemy, enemy to society. Phr. every hand being against one; he makes no friend who never made a foe" [Tennyson]. with friends like that, who needs enemies;? Lord protect me from my friends; I can protect myself from my enemies. |
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#892. Sociality — N. sociality, sociability, sociableness &c. adj.; social intercourse; consociation†; intercourse, intercommunity†; consortship†, companionship, comradeship; clubbism†; esprit de corps. conviviality; good fellowship, good company; joviality, jollity, savoir vivre [Fr.], festivity, festive board, merrymaking; loving cup†; hospitality, heartiness; cheer. welcome, welcomeness; greeting; hearty welcome, hearty reception, warm reception; urbanity &c. (courtesy) 894; familiarity. good fellow, jolly fellow; bon enfant [Fr.], bawcock†. social circle, family circle; circle of acquaintance, coterie, society, company. social gathering, social reunion; assembly &c. (assemblage) 72; barbecue [U.S.], bee; corn-husking [U.S.], corn-shucking [U.S.]; house raising, barn raising; husking, husking-bee [U.S.]; infare†. party, entertainment, reception, levee, at, home, conversazione [It], soiree, matinée; evening party, morning party, afternoon party, bridge party, garden party, surprise party; kettle, kettle drum; partie carrée [Fr.], dish of tea, ridotto†, rout†; housewarming; ball, festival &c.; smoker, smoker-party; sociable [U.S.], stag party, hen party, tamasha†; tea-party, tea-fight [Slang]. (amusement) 840; the feast of reason and the flow of soul" [Pope]. birthday party [parties for specific occasions], Christmas party, New Year's Eve party, Thanksgiving Day Dinner; bonenkai [Jap.]; wedding reception. visiting; round of visits; call, morning call; interview &c. (conversation) 588; assignation; tryst, trysting place; appointment. club &c. (association) 712. V. be sociable &c. adj.; know; be acquainted &c. adj.; associate with, sort with, keep company with, walk hand in hand with; eat off the same trencher, club together, consort, bear one company, join; make acquaintance with &c. (friendship) 888; make advances, fraternize, embrace. be at home with, feel at home with, make oneself at home with; make free with; crack a bottle with; receive hospitality, live at free quarters; find the latchstring out [U.S.]. visit, pay a visit; interchange visits, interchange cards; call at, call upon; leave a card; drop in, look in; look one up, beat up one's quarters. entertain; give a party &c. n.; be at home, see one's friends, hang out, keep open house, do the honors; receive, receive with open arms; welcome; give a warm reception &c. n.. to kill the fatted calf. Adj. sociable, companionable, clubbable, conversable†, cosy, cosey†, chatty, conversational; homiletical. convivial; festive, festal; jovial, jolly, hospitable. welcome, welcome as the roses in May; fêted, entertained. free and easy, hall fellow well met, familiar, on visiting terms, acquainted. social, neighborly; international; gregarious. Adv. en famille [Fr.], in the family circle; sans fa [Fr.]; arm in arm. Phr. a crowd is not company" [Bacon]; be bright and jovial among your guests tonight" [Macbeth]; his worth is warrant for his welcome" [Two Gentlemen]; let's be red with mirth" [Winter's Tale]; welcome the coming speed the parting guest" [Pope]. |
#893. Seclusion. Exclusion — N. seclusion, privacy; retirement; reclusion, recess; snugness &c. adj.; delitescence†; rustication, rus in urbe [Lat.]; solitude; solitariness &c. (singleness) 87; isolation; loneliness &c. adj.; estrangement from the world, voluntary exile; aloofness. cell, hermitage; convent &c. 1000; sanctum sanctorum [Lat.]. depopulation, desertion, desolation; wilderness &c. (unproductive) 169; howling wilderness; rotten borough, Old Sarum. exclusion, excommunication, banishment, exile, ostracism, proscription; cut, cut direct; dead cut. inhospitality†, inhospitableness &c. adj.; dissociability†; domesticity, Darby and Joan. recluse, hermit, eremite, cenobite; anchoret†, anchorite; Simon Stylites†; troglodyte, Timon of Athens†, Santon†, solitaire, ruralist†, disciple of Zimmermann, closet cynic, Diogenes; outcast, Pariah, castaway, pilgarlic†; wastrel, foundling, wilding†. V. be secluded, live secluded &c. adj.; keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background; keep snug; shut oneself up; deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux [Fr.]; retire, retire from the world; take the veil; abandon &c. 624; sport one's oak [Slang]. cut, cut dead; refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge; look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon; repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate; banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round. depopulate; dispeople†, unpeople†. Adj. secluded, sequestered, retired, delitescent†, private, bye; out of the world, out of the way; the world forgetting by the world forgot" [Pope]. snug, domestic, stay-at-home. unsociable; unsocial, dissocial†; inhospitable, cynical, inconversable†, unclubbable, sauvage [Fr.], troglodytic. solitary; lonely, lonesome; isolated, single. estranged; unfrequented; uninhabitable, uninhabited; tenantless; abandoned; deserted, deserted in one's utmost need; unfriended†; kithless†, friendless, homeless; lorn†, forlorn, desolate. unvisited, unintroduced†, uninvited, unwelcome; under a cloud, left to shift for oneself, derelict, outcast. banished &c. v.. Phr. noli me tangere [Lat.]. among them but not of them" [Byron]; and homeless near a thousand homes I stood" [Wordsworth]; far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife [Gray]; makes a solitude and calls it peace" [Byron]; magna civitas magna solitudo [Lat.]; never less alone than when alone" [Rogers]; O sacred solitude! divine retreat! " [Young]. |
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#894. Courtesy — N. courtesy; respect &c. 928; good manners, good behavior, good breeding; manners; politeness &c. adj.; bienseance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence; civility, civilization; amenity, suavity; good temper, good humor; amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude; condescension &c. (humility) 879; affability, complaisance, prévenance, amability†, gallantry; pink of politeness, pink of courtesy. compliment; fair words, soft words, sweet words; honeyed phrases, ceremonial salutation, reception, presentation, introduction, accueil†, greeting, recognition; welcome, abord†, respects, devoir, regards, remembrances; kind regards, kind remembrances; love, best love, duty; empty encomium, flattering remark, hollow commendation; salaams. obeisance &c. (reverence) 928; bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow†, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection &c. (worship) 990; obsequiousness &c. 886; capping, shaking hands, &c. v.; grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur [Fr.], pledge; love token &c. (endearment) 902; kiss, buss, salute. mark of recognition, nod; nods and becks and wreathed smiles" [Milton]; valediction &c. 293; condolence &c. 915. V. be courteous &c. adj.; show courtesy &c. n.. mind one's P's and Q's, behave oneself, be all things to all men, conciliate, speak one fair, take in good part; make the amiable, do the amiable; look as if butter would not melt in one's look as if butter would not melt in one's mouth; mend one's manners. receive, do the honors, usher, greet, hail, bid welcome; welcome, welcome with open arms; shake hands; hold out the hand, press the hand, squeeze the hand, press the flesh; bid Godspeed; speed the parting guest; cheer, serenade. salute; embrace &c. (endearment) 902; kiss, kiss hands; drink to, pledge, hob and nob†; move to, nod to; smile upon. uncover, cap; touch the hat, take off the hat; doff the cap; present arms; make way for; bow; make one's bow, make a leg; scrape, curtsy, courtesy; bob a curtsy, bob a courtesy; kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee. visit, wait upon, present oneself, pay one's respects, pay a visit &c. (sociability) 892; dance attendance on &c. (servility) 886; pay attentions to; do homage to &c. (respect) 928. prostrate oneself &c. (worship) 990. give one's duty to, send one's duty to, &c. n.. render polite &c. adj.; polish, civilize, humanize. Adj. courteous, polite, civil, mannerly, urbane; well-behaved, well-mannered, well-bred, well-brought up; good-mannered, polished, civilized, cultivated; refined &c. (taste) 850; gentlemanlike &c. (fashion) 852†; gallant; on one's good behavior. fine spoken, fair spoken, soft-spoken; honey-mouthed, honey-tongued; oily, bland; obliging, conciliatory, complaisant, complacent; obsequious &c. 886. ingratiating, winning; gentle, mild; good-humored, cordial, gracious, affable, familiar; neighborly. diplomatic, tactful, politic; artful &c. 702. Adv. courteously &c. adj.; with a good grace; with open arms, with outstretched arms; a bras ouverts [Fr.]; suaviter in modo [Fr.], in good humor. Int. hail!, welcome!, well met!, ave!, all hail!, good day, good morrow!, Godspeed!, pax vobiscum! [Lat.], may your shadow never be less!, Phr. Tien de plus estimable que la ceremonie [Fr.]; the very pink of courtesy" [Romeo and Juliet]. |
#895. Discourtesy — N. discourtesy; ill breeding; ill manners, bad manners, ungainly manners; insuavity†; uncourteousness†, &c. adj.; rusticity, inurbanity†; illiberality, incivility displacency†. disrespect &c. 929; procacity†, impudence: barbarism, barbarity; misbehavior, brutality, blackguardism†, conduct unbecoming a gentleman, grossiereté, brusquerie†; vulgarity, &c. 851. churlishness &c. adj.; spinosity†, perversity; moroseness &c. (sullenness) 901.1. sternness &c. adj.; austerity; moodishness†, captiousness &c. 901; cynicism; tartness &c. adj.; acrimony, acerbity, virulence, asperity. scowl, black looks, frown; short answer, rebuff; hard words, contumely; unparliamentary language, personality. bear, bruin, brute, blackguard, beast; unlicked cub†; frump, crosspatch†; saucebox &c. 887†; crooked stick; grizzly. V. be rude &c. adj.; insult &c. 929; treat with discourtesy; take a name in vain; make bold with, make free with; take a liberty; stare out of countenance, ogle, point at, put to the blush. cut; turn one's back upon, turn on one's heel; give the cold shoulder; keep at a distance, keep at arm's length; look cool upon, look coldly upon, look black upon; show the door to, send away with a flea in the ear. lose one's temper &c. (resentment) 900; sulk &c. 901.1; frown, scowl, glower, pout; snap, snarl, growl. render rude &c. adj.; brutalize, brutify†. Adj. discourteous, uncourteous†; uncourtly†; ill-bred, ill-mannered, ill-behaved, ill-conditioned; unbred; unmannerly, unmannered; impolite, unpolite†; unpolished, uncivilized, ungenteel; ungentleman-like, ungentlemanly; unladylike; blackguard; vulgar &c. 851; dedecorous†; foul-mouthed foul-spoken; abusive. uncivil, ungracious, unceremonious; cool; pert, forward, obtrusive, impudent, rude, saucy, precocious. repulsive; uncomplaisant†, unaccommodating, unneighborly, ungallant; inaffable†; ungentle, ungainly; rough, rugged, bluff, blunt, gruff; churlish, boorish, bearish; brutal, brusque; stern, harsh, austere; cavalier. taint, sour, crabbed, sharp, short, trenchant, sarcastic, biting, doggish, caustic, virulent, bitter, acrimonious, venomous, contumelious; snarling &c. v.; surly, surly as a bear; perverse; grim, sullen &c. 901.1; peevish &c. (irascible) 901. untactful, impolitic, undiplomatic; artless &c. 703; Adv. discourteously &c. adj.; with discourtesy &c. n., with a bad grace. |
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#896. Congratulation — N. congratulation, gratulation†; felicitation; salute &c. 894; condolence &c. 915; compliments of the season. V. congratulate, gratulate†; felicitate; give one joy, wish one joy; compliment; tender one's congratulations, offer one's congratulations; wish many happy returns of the day, wish a merry Christmas and a happy new year. praise, laud (commendation) 931. congratulate oneself &c. (rejoice) 838. Adj. congratulatory, gratulatory†. Phr. I wish you all the joy that you can wish" [Merchant of Venice]; best wishes. |
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#897. Love — N. love; fondness &c. adj.; liking; inclination &c. (desire) 865; regard, dilection†, admiration, fancy. affection, sympathy, fellow-feeling; tenderness &c. adj.; heart, brotherly love; benevolence &c. 906; attachment. yearning, eros, tender passion, amour; gyneolatry†; gallantry, passion, flame, devotion, fervor, enthusiasm, transport of love, rapture, enchantment, infatuation, adoration, idolatry. Cupid, Venus; myrtle; true lover's knot; love token, love suit, love affair, love tale, love story; the, old story, plighted love; courtship &c. 902; amourette†; free love. maternal love, storge [Gr.], parental love; young love, puppy love. attractiveness; popularity; favorite &c. 899. lover, suitor, follower, admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret†, beau, sweetheart, inamorato [It], swain, young man, flame, love, truelove; leman†, Lothario, gallant, paramour, amoroso†, cavaliere servente [It], captive, cicisbeo†; caro sposo [It]. inamorata, ladylove, idol, darling, duck, Dulcinea, angel, goddess, cara sposa [It]. betrothed, affianced, fiancee. flirt, coquette; amorette†; pair of turtledoves; abode of love, agapemone†. V. love, like, affect, fancy, care for, take an interest in, be partial to, sympathize with; affection; be in love with &c. adj.; have a love &c. n.. for, entertain a love &c. n.. for, harbor cherish a love &c. n.. for; regard, revere; take to, bear love to, be wedded to; set one's affections on; make much of, feast one's eyes on; hold dear, prize; hug, cling to, cherish, pet. burn; adore, idolize, love to distraction, aimer eperdument [Fr.]; dote on, dote upon; take a fancy to, look sweet upon; become enamored &c. adj.; fall in love with, lose one's heart; desire &c. 865. excite love; win the heart, gain the heart, win the affections, gain the affections, secure the love, engage the affections; take the fancy of have a place in the heart, wind round the heart; attract, attach, endear, charm, fascinate, captivate, bewitch, seduce, enamor, enrapture, turn the head. get into favor; ingratiate oneself, insinuate oneself, worm oneself; propitiate, curry favor with, pay one's court to, faire l'aimable [Fr.], set one's cap at, flirt. Adj. loving &c. v.; fond of; taken with, struck with; smitten, bitten; attached to, wedded to; enamored; charmed &c. v.; in love; love-sick; over head and ears in love, head over heels in love. affectionate, tender, sweet upon, sympathetic, loving; amorous, amatory; fond, erotic, uxorious, ardent, passionate, rapturous, devoted, motherly. loved &c. v.. beloved well beloved, dearly beloved; dear, precious, darling, pet, little; favorite, popular. congenial; after one's mind, after one's taste, after one's fancy, after one's own heart, to one's mind, to one's taste, to one's fancy, to one's own heart. in one's good graces &c. (friendly) 888; dear as the apple of one's eye, nearest to one's heart. lovable, adorable; lovely, sweet; attractive, seductive, winning; charming, engaging, interesting, enchanting, captivating, fascinating, bewitching; amiable, like an angel. Phr. amantes amentes [Lat.] [Terence]; credula res amor est [Lat.] [Ovid]; militat omnis amasius [Lat.] [Ovid]; love conquers all, omnia vincit amor [Lat.] [Vergil]; si vis amari ama [Seneca]; the sweetest joy, the wildest woe" [Bailey]. |
#898. Hate — N. hate, hatred, vials of hate. disaffection, disfavor; alienation, estrangement, coolness; enmity &c. 889; animosity &c. 900. umbrage, pique, grudge; dudgeon, spleen bitterness, bitterness of feeling; ill blood, bad blood; acrimony; malice &c. 907; implacability &c. (revenge) 919. repugnance &c. (dislike) 867; misanthropy, demonophobia†, gynephobia†, negrophobia†; odium, unpopularity; detestation, antipathy; object of hatred, object of execration; abomination, aversion, bête noire; enemy &c. 891; bitter pill; source of annoyance &c. 830. V. hate, detest, abominate, abhor, loathe; recoil at, shudder at; shrink from, view with horror, hold in abomination, revolt against, execrate; scowl &c. 895; disrelish &c. (dislike) 867. owe a grudge; bear spleen, bear a grudge, bear malice &c. (malevolence) 907; conceive an aversion to, take a dislike to. excite hatred, provoke hatred &c. n.; be hateful &c. adj.; stink in the nostrils; estrange, alienate, repel, set against, sow dissension, set by the ears, envenom, incense, irritate, rile; horrify &c. 830; roil. Adj. hating &c. v.; abhorrent; averse from &c. (disliking) 867; set against. bitter &c. (acrimonious) 895; implacable &c. (revengeful) 919. unloved, unbeloved, unlamented, undeplored, unmourned†, uncared for, unendeared†, un-valued; disliked &c. 867. crossed in love, forsaken, rejected, lovelorn, jilted. obnoxious, hateful, odious, abominable, repulsive, offensive, shocking; disgusting &c. (disagreeable) 830; reprehensible. invidious, spiteful; malicious &c. 907. insulting, irritating, provoking. [Mutual hate] at daggers drawn; not on speaking terms &c. (enmity) 889; at loggerheads. Phr. no love lost between. |
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#899. Favorite — N. favorite, pet, cosset, minion, idol, jewel, spoiled child, enfant gaté [Fr.]; led captain; crony; fondling; apple of one's eye, man after one's own heart; persona grata. love, [person who is a favorite (terms of address)], dear, darling, duck, duckey, honey, sugar, jewel; mopsey†, moppet, princess; sweetheart, sweetie &c. (love) 897. teacher's pet. general favorite, universal favorite; idol of the people. |
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#900. Resentment — N. resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath, indignation; exasperation, bitter resentment, wrathful indignation. pique, umbrage, huff, miff, soreness, dudgeon, acerbity, virulence, bitterness, acrimony, asperity, spleen, gall; heart-burning, heart-swelling; rankling. ill humor, bad humor, ill temper, bad temper; irascibility &c. 901; ill blood &c. (hate) 898; revenge &c. 919. excitement, irritation; warmth, bile, choler, ire, fume, pucker, dander, ferment, ebullition; towering passion, acharnement [Fr.], angry mood, taking, pet, tiff, passion, fit, tantrums. burst, explosion, paroxysm, storm, rage, fury, desperation; violence &c. 173; fire and fury; vials of wrath; gnashing of teeth, hot blood, high words. scowl &c. 895; sulks &c. 901.1. [Cause of umbrage] affront, provocation, offense; indignity &c. (insult) 929; grudge, crow to pluck, bone to pick, sore subject, casus belli [Lat.]; ill turn, outrage. Furies, Eumenides. buffet, slap in the face, box on the ear, rap on the knuckles. V. resent, take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception; take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon; ne pas entendre raillerie [Fr.]; breathe revenge, cut up rough. fly into a rage, fall into a rage, get into a rage, fly into a passion; bridle up, bristle up, froth up, fire up, flare up; open the vials of one's wrath, pour out the vials of one's wrath. pout, knit the brow, frown, scowl, lower, snarl, growl, gnarl, gnash, snap; redden, color; look black, look black as thunder, look daggers; bite one's thumb; show one's teeth, grind one's teeth; champ the bit, champ at the bit. chafe, mantle, fume, kindle, fly out, take fire; boil, boil over; boil with indignation, boil with rage; rage, storm, foam, vent one's rage, vent one's spleen; lose one's temper, stand on one's hind legs, stamp the foot, stamp with rage, quiver with rage, swell with rage, foam with rage; burst with anger; raise Cain. have a fling at; bear malice &c. (revenge) 919. cause anger, raise anger; affront, offend; give offense, give umbrage; anger; hurt the feelings; insult, discompose, fret, ruffle, nettle, huff, pique; excite &c. 824; irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile; sting, sting to the quick; rile, provoke, chafe, wound, incense, inflame, enrage, aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach, envenom, embitter, exasperate, infuriate, kindle wrath; stick in one's gizzard; rankle &c. 919; hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw. put out of countenance, put out of humor; put one's monkey up, put one's back up; raise one's gorge, raise one's dander, raise one's choler; work up into a passion; make one's blood boil, make the ears tingle; throw, into a ferment, madden, drive one mad; lash into fury, lash into madness; fool to the top of one's bent; set by the ears. bring a hornet's nest about one's ears. Adj. angry, wrath, irate; ireful, wrathful; cross &c. (irascible) 901; Achillean†; sulky, &c. 901.1; bitter, virulent; acrimonious &c. (discourteous) &c. 895; violent &c. 173. warm, burning; boiling, boiling over; fuming, raging; foaming, foaming at the mouth; convulsed with rage. offended &c. v.; waxy, acharne; wrought, worked up; indignant, hurt, sore; set against. fierce, wild, rageful†, furious, mad with rage, fiery, infuriate, rabid, savage; relentless &c. 919. flushed with anger, flushed with rage; in a huff, in a stew, in a fume, in a pucker, in a passion, in a rage, in a fury, in a taking, in a way; on one's high ropes, up in arms; in high dudgeon. Adv. angrily &c. adj.; in the height of passion; in the heat of passion, in the heat of the moment. Int. tantaene animis coelestibus irae! [Lat.], [Vergil], marry come up!, zounds!, 'sdeath! [Contr.]. Phr. one's blood being up, one's back being up, one's monkey being up; fervens difficili bile jecur [Lat.]; the gorge rising, eyes flashing fire; the blood rising, the blood boiling; haeret lateri lethalis arundo [Lat.] [Vergil]; beware the fury of a patient man" [Dryden]; furor arma ministrat [Lat.] [Vergil]; ira furor brevis est [Lat.] [Horace]; quem Jupiter vult perdere dementat prius [Lat.]; What, drunk with choler? [Henry IV]. |
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#901. Irascibility — N. irascibility, irascibleness, temper; crossness &c. adj.; susceptibility, procacity, petulance, irritability, tartness, acerbity, protervity; pugnacity &c. (contentiousness) 720. excitability &c. 825; bad temper, fiery temper, crooked temper, irritable &c. adj.. temper; genus irritabile [Lat.], hot blood. ill humor &c. (sullenness) 901.1; asperity &c.; churlishness &c. (discourtesy) 895. huff &c. (resentment) 900; a word and a blow. Sir Fretful Plagiary; brabbler†, Tartar; shrew, vixen, virago, termagant, dragon, scold, Xantippe; porcupine; spitfire; fire eater &c. (blusterer) 887; fury &c. (violent person) 173. V. be irascible &c. adj.; have a temper &c. n., have a devil in one; fire up &c. (be angry) 900. Adj. irascible; bad-tempered, ill-tempered; irritable, susceptible; excitable &c. 825; thin-skinned &c. (sensitive) 822; fretful, fidgety; on the fret. hasty, overhasty, quick, warm, hot, testy, touchy, techy†, tetchy; like touchwood, like tinder; huffy, pettish, petulant; waspish, snappish, peppery, fiery, passionate, choleric, shrewish, sudden and quick in quarrel" [As You Like It]. querulous, captious, moodish†; quarrelsome, contentious, disputatious; pugnacious &c. (bellicose) 720; cantankerous, exceptious†; restiff &c. (perverse) 901.1†; churlish &c. (discourteous) 895. cross, cross as crabs, cross as two sticks, cross as a cat, cross as a dog, cross as the tongs; fractious, peevish, acariâtre†. in a bad temper; sulky &c. 901.1; angry &c. 900. resentful, resentive†; vindictive &c. 919. Int. pish!, Phr. a vieux comptes nouvelles disputes [Fr.]; quamvis tegatur proditur vultu furor [Lat.] [Seneca]; vino tortus et ira [Lat.] [Horace]. |
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#901a. Sullenness — N. sullenness &c. adj.; morosity†, spleen; churlishness &c. (discourtesy) 895; irascibility &c. 901. moodiness &c. adj.; perversity; obstinacy &c. 606; torvity†, spinosity†; crabbedness &c. adj.. ill temper, bad temper, ill humor, bad humor; sulks, dudgeon, mumps†, dumps, doldrums, fit of the sulks, bouderie [Fr.], black looks, scowl; grouch; huff &c. (resentment) 900. V. be sullen &c. adj.; sulk; frown, scowl, lower, glower, gloam†, pout, have a hangdog look, glout†. Adj. sullen, sulky; ill-tempered, ill-humored, ill-affected, ill-disposed; grouty [U.S.]; in an ill temper, in a bad temper, in a shocking temper, in an ill humor, in a bad humor, in a shocking humor; out of temper, out of humor; knaggy†, torvous†, crusty, crabbed; sour, sour as a crab; surly &c. (discourteous) 895. moody; spleenish†, spleenly†; splenetic, cankered. cross, crossgrained†; perverse, wayward, humorsome†; restiff†, restive; cantankerous, intractable, exceptious†, sinistrous†, deaf to reason, unaccommodating, rusty, froward; cussed [U.S.]. dogged &c. (stubborn) 606. grumpy, glum, grim, grum†, morose, frumpish; in the sulks &c. n.; out of sorts; scowling, glowering, growling; grouchy. peevish &c. (irascible) 901. |
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#902. [Expression of affection or love.] Endearment — N. endearment, caress; blandishment, blandiment†; panchement, fondling, billing and cooing, dalliance, necking, petting, sporting, sparking, hanky-panky; caressing. embrace, salute, kiss, buss, smack, osculation, deosculation†; amorous glances. courtship, wooing, suit, addresses, the soft impeachment; lovemaking; serenading; caterwauling. flirting &c. v.; flirtation, gallantry; coquetry. true lover's knot, plighted love; love tale, love token, love letter; billet-doux, valentine. honeymoon; Strephon and Chloe†. V. caress, fondle, pet, dandle; pat, pat on the head, pat on the cheek; chuck under the chin, smile upon, coax, wheedle, cosset, coddle, cocker, cockle; make of, make much of; cherish, foster, kill with kindness. clasp, hug, cuddle; fold in one's arms, strain in one's arms; nestle, nuzzle; embrace, kiss, buss, smack, blow a kiss; salute &c. (courtesy) 894; fold to the heart, press to the bosom. bill and coo, spoon, toy, dally, flirt, coquet; gallivant, galavant; philander; make love; pay one's court to, pay one's addresses to, pay one's attentions to; serenade; court, woo; set one's cap at; be sweet upon, look sweet upon; ogle, cast sheep's eyes upon; faire les yeux doux [Fr.]. fall in love with, win the affections &c. (love) 897; die for. propose; make an offer, have an offer; pop the question; plight one's troth, plight one's faith. Adj. caressing &c. v.; sighing like furnace" [Shakespeare]; love-sick, spoony. caressed &c. v.. Phr. faint heart neer won fair lady;" kisses honeyed by oblivion" [G. Eliot]. |
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#903. Marriage — N. marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage, miscegenation, the bonds of marriage, vinculum matrimonii [Lat.], nuptial tie. married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation. match; betrothment &c. (promise) 768; wedding, nuptials, Hymen, bridal; espousals, spousals; leading to the altar &c. v.; nuptial benediction, epithalamium†; sealing. torch of Hymen, temple of Hymen; hymeneal altar; honeymoon. bridesmaid, bridesman†, best man; bride, bridegroom. married man, married woman, married couple; neogamist†, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate†; husband, man, consort, baron; old man, good man; wife of one's bosom; helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife. feme [Fr.], feme coverte [Fr.]; squaw, lady; matron, matronage, matronhood†; man and wife; wedded pair, Darby and Joan; spiritual wife. monogamy, bigamy, digamy†, deuterogamy†, trigamy†, polygamy; mormonism; levirate†; spiritual wifery†, spiritual wifeism†; polyandrism†; Turk, bluebeard†. unlawful marriage, left-handed marriage, morganatic marriage, ill-assorted marriage; mesalliance; mariage de convenance [Fr.]. marriage broker; matrimonial agency, matrimonial agent, matrimonial bureau, matchmaker; schatchen [G.]. V. marry, wive, take to oneself a wife; be married, be spliced; go off, pair off; wed, espouse, get hitched [U.S.], lead to the hymeneal altar, take 'for better for worse'," give one's hand to, bestow one's hand upon. marry, join, handfast†; couple &c. (unit) 43; tie the nuptial knot; give away, give away in marriage; seal; ally, affiance; betroth &c. (promise) 768; publish the banns, bid the banns; be asked in church. Adj. married &c. v.; one, one bone and one flesh. marriageable, nubile. engaged, betrothed, affianced. matrimonial, marital, conjugal, connubial, wedded; nuptial, hymeneal, spousal, bridal. Phr. the gray mare the better horse; a world-without-end bargain" [Love's Labor's Lost]; marriages are made in Heaven" [Tennyson]; render me worthy of this noble wife" [Julius Caesar]; si qua voles apte nubere nube pari [Lat.] [Ovid]. |
#904. Celibacy — N. celibacy, singleness, single blessedness; bachelorhood, bachelorship†; misogamy†, misogyny. virginity, pucelage†; maidenhood, maidenhead. unmarried man, bachelor, Coelebs, agamist†, old bachelor; misogamist†, misogynist; monogamist; monk. unmarried woman, spinster; maid, maiden, virgin, feme sole [Fr.], old maid; bachelor girl, girl-bachelor; nun. V. live single, live alone. Adj. unmarried, unwed, unwedded†; wifeless, spouseless†; single. #905. Divorce — N. divorce, divorcement; separation; judicial separation, separate maintenance; separatio a mensa et thoro [Lat.], separatio a vinculo matrimonii [Lat.]. trial separation, breakup; annulment. widowhood, viduity†, weeds. widow, widower; relict; dowager; divorcee; cuckold; grass widow, grass widower; merry widow. V. live separate; separate, divorce, disespouse†, put away; wear the horns. |
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#906. Benevolence — N. benevolence, Christian charity; God's love, God's grace; good will; philanthropy &c. 910; unselfishness &c. 942. good nature, good feeling, good wishes; kindness, kindliness &c. adj.; loving-kindness, benignity, brotherly love, charity, humanity, fellow-feeling, sympathy; goodness of heart, warmth of heart; bonhomie; kind-heartedness; amiability, milk of human kindness, tenderness; love &c. 897; friendship &c. 888. toleration, consideration, generosity; mercy &c. (pity) 914. charitableness &c. adj.; bounty, almsgiving; good works, beneficence, the luxury of doing good" [Goldsmith]. acts of kindness, a good turn; good offices, kind offices good treatment, kind treatment. good Samaritan, sympathizer, bon enfant [Fr.]; altruist. V. be benevolent &c. adj.; have one's heart in the right place, bear good will; wish well, wish Godspeed; view with an eye of favor, regard with an eye of favor; take in good part; take an interest in, feel an interest in; be interested in, feel interested in; sympathize with, empathize with, feel for; fraternize &c. (be friendly) 888. enter into the feelings of others, do as you would be done by, meet halfway. treat well; give comfort, smooth the bed of death; do good, do a good turn; benefit &c. (goodness) 648; render a service, be of use; aid &c. 707. Adj. benevolent; kind, kindly; well-meaning; amiable; obliging, accommodating, indulgent, gracious, complacent, good-humored. warm-hearted, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, large-hearted, broad-hearted; merciful &c. 914; charitable, beneficent, humane, benignant; bounteous, bountiful. good-natured, well-natured; spleenless†; sympathizing, sympathetic; complaisant &c. (courteous) 894; well-meant, well-intentioned. fatherly, motherly, brotherly, sisterly; paternal, maternal, fraternal; sororal†; friendly &c. 888. Adv. with a good intention, with the best intentions. Int. Godspeed!, much good may it do!, Phr. act a charity sometimes" [Lamb]; a tender heart, a will inflexible" [Longfellow]; de mortuis nil nisi bonum [Lat.], say only good things about the dead, don't speak ill of the dead; kind words are more than coronets" [Tennyson]; quando amigo pide no hay manana [Lat.]; the social smile, the sympathetic tear" [Gray]. |
#907. Malevolence — N. malevolence; bad intent, bad intention; unkindness, diskindness†; ill nature, ill will, ill blood; bad blood; enmity &c. 889; hate &c. 898; malignity; malice, malice prepense†; maliciousness &c. adj.; spite, despite; resentment &c. 900. uncharitableness &c. adj.; incompassionateness &c. 914.1†; gall, venom, rancor, rankling, virulence, mordacity†, acerbity churlishness &c. (discourtesy) 895. hardness of heart, heart of stone, obduracy; cruelty; cruelness &c. adj.; brutality, savagery; ferity†, ferocity; barbarity, inhumanity, immanity†, truculence, ruffianism; evil eye, cloven foot; torture, vivisection. ill turn, bad turn; affront &c. (disrespect) 929; outrage, atrocity; ill usage; intolerance, persecution; tender mercies [Iron.]; unkindest cut of all" [Julius Caesar]. V. be malevolent &c. adj.; bear spleen, harbor spleen, bear a grudge, harbor a grudge, bear malice; betray the cloven foot, show the cloven foot. hurt &c. (physical pain) 378; annoy &c. 830; injure., harm, wrong; do harm to, do an ill office to; outrage; disoblige, malign, plant a thorn in the breast. molest, worry, harass, haunt, harry, bait, tease; throw stones at; play the devil with; hunt down, dragoon, hound; persecute, oppress, grind; maltreat; illtreat, ill-use. wreak one's malice on, do one's worst, break a butterfly on the wheel; dip one's hands in blood, imbrue one's hands in blood; have no mercy &c. 914.1. Adj. malevolent, unbenevolent; unbenign; ill-disposed, ill-intentioned, ill-natured, ill-conditioned, ill-contrived; evil-minded, evil-disposed; black-browed†. malicious; malign, malignant; rancorous; despiteful, spiteful; mordacious, caustic, bitter, envenomed, acrimonious, virulent; unamiable, uncharitable; maleficent, venomous, grinding, galling. harsh, disobliging; unkind, unfriendly, ungracious; inofficious†; invidious; uncandid; churlish &c. (discourteous) 895; surly, sullen &c. 901.1. cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted; black-hearted, hard-hearted, flint-hearted, marble-hearted, stony-hearted; hard of heart, unnatural; ruthless &c. (unmerciful) 914.1; relentless &c. (revengeful) 919. cruel; brutal, brutish; savage, savage as a bear, savage as a tiger; ferine†, ferocious; inhuman; barbarous, barbaric, semibarbaric, fell, untamed, tameless, truculent, incendiary; bloodthirsty &c. (murderous) 361; atrocious; bloodyminded†. fiendish, fiendlike†; demoniacal; diabolic, diabolical; devilish, infernal, hellish, Satanic; Tartaran. Adv. malevolently &c. adj.; with bad intent &c. n.. Phr. cruel as death; hard unkindness' alter'd eye" [Gray]; homo homini lupus [Lat.] [Plautus]; mala mens [Lat.], malus animus [Lat.] [Terence]; rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind" [Hamlet]; sharp-tooth'd unkindness" [Lear]. |
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#908. Malediction — N. malediction, malison†, curse, imprecation, denunciation, execration, anathema, ban, proscription, excommunication, commination†, thunders of the Vatican, fulmination, maranatha†; aspersion, disparagement, vilification, vituperation. abuse; foul language, bad language, strong language, unparliamentary language; billingsgate, sauce, evil speaking; cursing &c. v.; profane swearing, oath; foul invective, ribaldry, rude reproach, scurrility. threat &c. 909; more bark than bite; invective &c. (disapprobation) 932. V. curse, accurse†, imprecate, damn, swear at; curse with bell book and candle; invoke curses on the head of, call down curses on the head of; devote to destruction. execrate, beshrew†, scold; anathematize &c. (censure) 932; bold up to execration, denounce, proscribe, excommunicate, fulminate, thunder against; threaten &c. 909. curse and swear; swear, swear like a trooper; fall a cursing, rap out an oath, damn. Adj. cursing, cursed &c. v.. Int. woe to!, beshrew! †, ruat coelum! [Lat.], ill betide, woe betide; confusion seize!, damn!, damn it!, damn you!, damn you to hell!, go to hell!, go to blazes!, confound!, blast!, curse!, devil take!, hang!, out with!, a plague upon!, out upon!, aroynt! †, honi soit! [Fr.], parbleu! [Fr.], Phr. delenda est Carthago [Lat.]. |
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#909. Threat — N. threat, menace; defiance &c. 715; abuse, minacity†, intimidation; denunciation; fulmination; commination &c. (curse) 908†; gathering clouds &c. (warning) 668. V. threat, threaten; menace; snarl, growl, gnarl, mutter, bark, bully. defy &c. 715; intimidate &c. 860; keep in terrorem [Lat.], hold up in terrorem [Lat.], hold out in terrorem [Lat.]; shake the fist at, double the fist at, clinch the fist at; thunder, talk big, fulminate, use big words, bluster, look daggers, stare daggers. Adj. threatening, menacing; minatory, minacious†; comminatory†, abusive; in terrorem [Lat.]; ominous &c. (predicting) 511; defiant &c. 715; under the ban. Int. vae victis! [Lat.], at your peril!, do your worst!, |
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#910. Philanthropy — N. philanthropy, humanity, humanitarianism universal humanitarianism universal benevolence; endaemonism†, deliciae humani generis [Lat.]; cosmopolitanism utilitarianism, the greatest happiness of the greatest number, social science, sociology common weal; socialism, communism, Fourierism†, phalansterianism†, Saint Simonianism†. patriotism, civism†, nationality, love of country, amor patriae [Lat.], public spirit. chivalry, knight errantry†; generosity &c. 942. philanthropist, endaemonist†, utilitarian, Benthamite, socialist, communist, cosmopolite, citizen of the world, amicus humani generis [Lat.]; knight errant; patriot. Adj. philanthropic, humanitarian, utilitarian, cosmopolitan; public-spirited, patriotic; humane, large-hearted &c. (benevolent) 906; chivalric; generous &c. 942. Adv. pro bono publico [Lat.], pro aris et focis [Cicero]. Phr. humani nihil a me alienum puto [Lat.] [Terence]; omne solum forti patria [Lat.] [Ovid]; un bien fait n'est jamais perdu [Fr.]. |
#911. Misanthropy — N. misanthropy, incivism; egotism &c. (selfishness) 943; moroseness &c. 901.1; cynicism. misanthrope, misanthropist, egotist, cynic, man hater, Timon, Diogenes. woman hater, misogynist. Adj. misanthropic, antisocial, unpatriotic; egotistical &c. (selfish) 943; morose &c. 901.1. |
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#912. Benefactor — N. benefactor, savior, good genius, tutelary saint, guardian angel, good Samaritan; pater patriae [Lat.]; salt of the earth &c. (good man);; 948; auxiliary &c. 711. |
#913. [Maleficent being] Evil doer — N. evil doer, evil worker; wrongdoer &c. 949; mischief-maker, marplot; oppressor, tyrant; destroyer, Vandal; iconoclast†. firebrand, incendiary, fire bug [U.S.], pyromaniac; anarchist, communist†, terrorist. savage, brute, ruffian, barbarian, semibarbarian†, caitiff, desperado; Apache†, hoodlum, hood, plug-ugly [U.S.], Red Skin, tough [U.S.]; Mohawk, Mo-hock, Mo-hawk; bludgeon man, bully, rough, hooligan, larrikin†, dangerous classes, ugly customer; thief &c. 792. cockatrice, scorpion, hornet. snake, viper, adder, snake in the grass; serpent, cobra, asp, rattlesnake, anaconda†. canker-worm, wire-worm; locust, Colorado beetle; alacran†, alligator, caymon†, crocodile, mosquito, mugger, octopus; torpedo; bane &c. 663. cutthroat &c. (killer) 461. cannibal; anthropophagus†, anthropophagist†; bloodsucker, vampire, ogre, ghoul, gorilla, vulture; gyrfalcon†, gerfalcon†. wild beast, tiger, hyena, butcher, hangman; blood-hound, hell-hound, sleuth-hound; catamount [U.S.], cougar, jaguar, puma. hag, hellhag†, beldam, Jezebel. monster; fiend &c. (demon) 980; devil incarnate, demon in human shape; Frankenstein's monster. harpy, siren; Furies, Eumenides. Hun, Attila†, scourge of the human race. Phr. faenum habet in cornu [Lat.]. |
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#914. Pity — N. pity, compassion, commiseration; bowels, of compassion; sympathy, fellow-feeling, tenderness, yearning, forbearance, humanity, mercy, clemency; leniency &c. (lenity) 740; charity, ruth, long-suffering. melting mood; argumentum ad misericordiam [Lat.], quarter, grace, locus paenitentiae [Lat.]. sympathizer; advocate, friend, partisan, patron, wellwisher. V. pity; have pity, show pity, take pity &c. n.; commiserate, compassionate; condole &c. 915; sympathize; feel for, be sorry for, yearn for; weep, melt, thaw, enter into the feelings of. forbear, relent, relax, give quarter, wipe the tears, parcere subjectis [Lat.], give a coup de grâce, put out of one's misery. raise pity, excite pity &c. n.; touch, soften; melt, melt the heart; propitiate, disarm. ask for mercy &c. v.; supplicate &c. (request) 765; cry for quarter, beg one's life, kneel; deprecate. Adj. pitying &c. v.; pitiful, compassionate, sympathetic, touched. merciful, clement, ruthful; humane; humanitarian &c. (philanthropic) 910; tender, tender hearted, tender as a chicken; soft, soft hearted; unhardened†; lenient &c. 740; exorable†, forbearing; melting &c. v.; weak. Int. for pity's sake!, mercy!, have mercy!, cry you mercy!, God help you!, poor thing!, poor dear!, poor fellow!, woe betide!, quis talia fando temperet a lachrymiss! [Lat.]" [Vergil]. Phr. one's heart bleeding for; haud ignara mali miseris succurrere disco [Lat.] [Vergil]; a fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind;" onor di bocca assai giova e poco costa [It] [Garrick]. |
#914a. Pitilessness — N. pitilessness &c. adj.; inclemency; severity &c. 739; malevolence &c. 907. V. have no mercy, shut the gates of mercy &c. 914; give no quarter. Adj. pitiless, merciless, ruthless, bowelless; unpitying, unmerciful, inclement; grim-faced, grim-visaged; incompassionate†, uncompassionate; inexorable; harsh &c. 739; unrelenting &c. 919. |
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#915. Condolence — N. condolence; lamentation &c. 839; sympathy, consolation. V. condole with, console, sympathize express pity, testify pity; afford consolation, supply consolation; lament with &c. 839; express sympathy for; feel grief in common with, feel sorrow in common with; share one's sorrow. |
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#916. Gratitude — N. gratitude, thankfulness, feeling of obligation, sense of obligation. acknowledgment, recognition, thanksgiving, thanksgiving, giving thanks; thankful good will. thanks, praise, benediction; paean; Te Deum [Lat.] &c. (worship) 990; grace, grace before meat, grace after meat, grace before meals, grace after meals; thank offering. requital. V. be grateful &c. adj.; thank; give thanks, render thanks, return thanks, offer thanks, tender thanks &c. n.; acknowledge, requite. feel under an obligation, be under an obligation, lie under an obligation; savoir gré [Fr.]; not look a gift horse in the mouth; never forget, overflow with gratitude; thank one's stars, thank one's lucky stars, bless one's stars; fall on one's knees. Adj. grateful, thankful, obliged, beholden, indebted to, under obligation. Int. thanks!, many thanks!, gramercy! †, much obliged!, thank you!, thank you very much!, thanks a lot!, thanks a heap, thanks loads [Coll.]; thank Heaven!, Heaven be praised!, Gott sei Dank! [G.]. |
#917. Ingratitude — N. ingratitude, thanklessness, oblivion of benefits, unthankfulness†. benefits forgot;" thankless task, thankless office. V. be ungrateful &c. adj.; forget benefits; look a gift horse in the mouth. Adj. ungrateful, unmindful, unthankful; thankless, ingrate, wanting in gratitude, insensible of benefits. forgotten; unacknowledged, unthanked†, unrequited, unrewarded; ill-requited. Int. thank you for nothing!, thanks for nothing!, et tu Brute! " [Julius Caesar]. Phr. ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend" [Lear]. |
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#918. Forgiveness — N. forgiveness, pardon, condonation, grace, remission, absolution, amnesty, oblivion; indulgence; reprieve. conciliation; reconcilement; reconciliation &c. (pacification) 723; propitiation. excuse, exoneration, quittance, release, indemnity; bill of indemnity, act of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, deed of indemnity; exculpation &c. (acquittal) 970. longanimity†, placability; amantium irae [Lat.]; locus paenitentiae [Lat.]; forbearance. V. forgive, forgive and forget; pardon, condone, think no more of, let bygones be bygones, shake hands; forget an injury. excuse, pass over, overlook; wink at &c. (neglect) 460; bear with; allow for, make allowances for; let one down easily, not be too hard upon, pocket the affront. let off, remit, absolve, give absolution, reprieve; acquit &c. 970. beg pardon, ask pardon, implore pardon &c. n.; conciliate, propitiate, placate; make up a quarrel &c. (pacify) 723; let the wound heal. Adj. forgiving, placable, conciliatory, forgiven &c. v.; unresented†, unavenged, unrevenged†. Adv. cry you mercy. Phr. veniam petimusque damusque vicissim [Lat.] [Horace]; more in sorrow than in anger; comprendre tout c'est tout pardonner [Fr.]; the offender never pardons" [Herbert]. |
#919. Revenge — N. revenge, revengement†; vengeance; avengement†, avengeance†, sweet revenge, vendetta, death feud, blood for blood retaliation &c. 718; day of reckoning. rancor, vindictiveness, implacability; malevolence &c. 907; ruthlessness &c. 914.1. avenger, vindicator, Nemesis, Eumenides. V. revenge, avenge; vindicate; take one's revenge, have one's revenge; breathe revenge, breathe vengeance; wreak one's vengeance, wreak one's anger. have accounts to settle, have a crow to pluck, have a bone to pick, have a rod in pickle. keep the wound green; harbor revenge, harbor vindictive feeling; bear malice; rankle, rankle in the breast. Adj. revengeful, vengeful; vindictive, rancorous; pitiless &c. 914.1; ruthless, rigorous, avenging. unforgiving, unrelenting; inexorable, stony-hearted, implacable; relentless, remorseless. aeternum servans sub pectore vulnus [Lat.]; rankling; immitigable. Phr. manet ciratrix [Lat.], manet alid mente repostum [Lat.]; dies irae dies illa [Lat.]; in high vengeance there is noble scorn" [G. Eliot]; inhumanum verbum est ultio [Lat.] [Seneca]; malevolus animus abditos dentes habet [Syrus]; now infidel I have thee on the hip" [Merchant of Venice]. |
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#920. Jealousy — N. jealousy, jealousness; jaundiced eye; envious suspicion, suspicion; green-eyed monster" [Othello]; yellows; Juno. V. be jealous &c. adj.; view with jealousy, view with a jealous eye. Adj. jealous, jealous as a barbary pigeon†; jaundiced, yellow-eyed, envious, hornmad. |
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#921. Envy — N. envy; enviousness &c. adj.; rivalry; jalousie de milier [Fr.]; illwill, spite. V. envy, covet, burst with envy. Adj. envious, invidious, covetous; alieni appetens [Lat.]. Phr. base envy withers at another's joy" [Thomson]; caeca invidia est [Lat.] [Livy]; multa petentibus desunt multa [Lat.] [Horace]; summa petit livor [Lat.] [Ovid]. |
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#922. Right — N. right; what ought to be, what should be; fitness &c. adj.; summum jus [Lat.]. justice, equity; equitableness &c. adj.; propriety; fair play, impartiality, measure for measure, give and take, lex talionis [Lat.]. Astraea†, Nemesis, Themis. scales of justice, evenhanded justice, karma; suum cuique [Lat.]; clear stage, fair field and no favor, level playing field. morals &c. (duty) 926; law &c. 963; honor &c. (probity) 939; virtue &c. 944. V. be right &c. adj.; stand to reason. see justice done, see one righted, see fair play; do justice to; recompense &c. (reward) 973; bold the scales even, give and take; serve one right, put the saddle on the right horse; give every one his due, give the devil his due; audire alteram partem [Lat.]. deserve &c. (be entitled to) 924. Adj. right, good; just, reasonable; fit &c. 924; equal, equable, equatable†; evenhanded, fair. legitimate, justifiable, rightful; as it should be, as it ought to be; lawful &c. (permitted) 760, (legal) 963. deserved &c. 924. Adv. rightly &c. adj.; à bon droit [Fr.], au bon droit [Fr.], in justice, in equity, in reason. without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without respect to persons; upon even terms. Int. all right!, fair's fair. Phr. Dieu et mon droit [Fr.]; in equal scale weighing delight and dole" [Hamlet]; justitia cuum cuique distribuit [Lat.] [Cicero]; justitiae soror incorrupta fides [Lat.]; justitia virtutem regina [Lat.]; thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just" [Henry VI]. |
#923. Wrong — N. wrong; what ought not to be, what should not be; malum in se [Lat.]; unreasonableness, grievance; shame. injustice; tort [Law]; unfairness &c. adj.; iniquity, foul play. partiality, leaning, bias; favor, favoritism; nepotism, party spirit, partisanship; bigotry. undueness &c. 925; wrongdoing (vice) 945; unlawfulness &c. 964. robbing Peter to pay Paul &c. v.; the wolf and the lamb; vice &c. 945. a custom more honored in the breach than the a custom more honored in the breach than the observance" [Hamlet]. V. be wrong &c. adj.; cry to heaven for vengeance. do wrong &c. n.; be inequitable &c. adj.; favor, lean towards; encroach upon, impose upon; reap where one has not sown; give an inch and take an ell, give an inch and take an mile; rob Peter to pay Paul. Adj. wrong, wrongful; bad, too bad; unjust, unfair; inequitable, unequitable†; unequal, partial, one-sided; injurious, tortious [Law]. objectionable; unreasonable, unallowable, unwarrantable, unjustifiable; improper, unfit; unjustified &c. 925; illegal &c. 964; iniquitous; immoral &c. 945. in the wrong, in the wrong box. Adv. wrongly &c. adj.. Phr. it will not do. |
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#924. Dueness — N. due, dueness; right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright. immunity, license, liberty, franchise; vested interest, vested right. sanction, authority, warranty, charter; warrant &c. (permission) 760; constitution &c. (law) 963; tenure; bond &c. (security) 771. claimant, appellant; plaintiff &c. 938. V. be due &c. adj.. to, be the due &c. n.. of; have right to, have title to, have claim to; be entitled to; have a claim upon; belong to &c. (property) 780. deserve, merit, be worthy of, richly deserve. demand, claim; call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for; revendicate†, reclaim; exact; insist on, insist upon; challenge; take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume, arrogate, make good; substantiate; vindicate a claim, vindicate a right; fit for, qualify for; make out a case. give a right, confer a right; entitle; authorize &c. 760; sanctify, legalize, ordain, prescribe, allot. give every one his due &c. 922; pay one's dues; have one's due, have one's rights. use a right, assert, enforce, put in force, lay under contribution. Adj. having a right to &c. v.; entitled to; claiming; deserving, meriting, worthy of. privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized; ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered, enfranchised. prescriptive, presumptive; absolute, indefeasible; unalienable, inalienable; imprescriptible†, inviolable, unimpeachable, unchallenged; sacrosanct. due to, merited, deserved, condign, richly deserved. allowable &c. (permitted) 760; lawful, licit, legitimate, legal; legalized &c. (law) 963. square, unexceptionable, right; equitable &c. 922; due, en r gle; fit, fitting; correct, proper, meet, befitting, becoming, seemly; decorous; creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet; just the thing, quite the thing; selon les r gles [Fr.]. Adv. duly, ex officio, de jure [Lat.]; by right, by divine right; jure divino [Lat.], Dei gratia [Lat.], in the name of. Phr. civis Romanus sum [Lat.] [Cicero]; à chaque saint sa chandelle [Fr.]. |
#925. [Absence of right.] Undueness — N. undueness &c. adj.; malum prohibitum [Lat.]; impropriety; illegality &c. 964. falseness &c. adj.; emptiness of title, invalidity of title; illegitimacy. loss of right, disfranchisement, forfeiture. usurpation, tort, violation, breach, encroachment, presumption, assumption, seizure; stretch, exaction, imposition, lion's share. usurper, pretender. V. be undue &c. adj.; not be due &c. 924. infringe, encroach, trench on, exact; arrogate, arrogate to oneself; give an inch and take an ell; stretch a point, strain a point; usurp, violate, do violence to. disfranchise, disentitle, disqualify; invalidate. relax &c. (be lax) 738; misbehave &c. (vice) 945; misbecome†. Adj. undue; unlawful &c. (illegal) 964; unconstitutional; illicit; unauthorized, unwarranted, disallowed, unallowed†, unsanctioned, unjustified; unentitled†, disentitled, unqualified, disqualified; unprivileged, unchartered. illegitimate, bastard, spurious, supposititious, false; usurped. tortious [Law]. undeserved, unmerited, unearned; unfulfilled. forfeited, disfranchised. improper; unmeet, unfit, unbefitting, unseemly; unbecoming, misbecoming†; seemless†; contra bonos mores [Lat.]; not the thing, out of the question, not to be thought of; preposterous, pretentious, would-be. Phr. filius nullius. |
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#926. Duty — N. duty, what ought to be done, moral obligation, accountableness†, liability, onus, responsibility; bounden duty, imperative duty; call, call of duty; accountability. allegiance, fealty, tie engagement &c. (promise) 768; part; function, calling &c. (business) 625. morality, morals, decalogue; case of conscience; conscientiousness &c. (probity) 939; conscience, inward monitor, still small voice within, sense of duty, tender conscience, superego; the hell within [Paradise Lost]. dueness &c. 924; propriety, fitness, seemliness, amenability, decorum, to prepon; the thing, the proper thing; the right thing to do, the proper thing to do. [Science of morals] ethics, ethology.; deontology†, aretology†; moral philosophy, ethical philosophy; casuistry, polity. observance, fulfillment, discharge, performance, acquittal, satisfaction, redemption; good behavior. V. be the duty of; be incumbent &c. adj.. on, be responsible &c. adj.; behoove, become, befit, beseem; belong to, pertain to; fall to one's lot; devolve on; lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door; rest with, rest on the shoulders of. take upon oneself &c. (promise) 768; be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for; incur a responsibility &c. n.; be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation; have to answer for, owe to it oneself. impose a duty, &c. n.; enjoin, require, exact; bind, bind over; saddle with, prescribe, assign, call upon, look to, oblige. enter upon a duty, perform a duty, observe a duty, fulfill a duty, discharge a duty, adhere to a duty, acquit oneself of a duty, satisfy a duty, enter upon an obligation, perform an obligation, observe an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, adhere to an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation, satisfy an obligation; act one's part, redeem one's pledge, do justice to, be at one's post; do duty; do one's duty &c. (be virtuous) 944. be on one's good behavior, mind one's P's and Q's. Adj. obligatory, binding; imperative, peremptory; stringent &c. (severe) 739; behooving &c. v.; incumbent on, chargeable on; under obligation; obliged by, bound by, tied by; saddled with. due to, beholden to, bound to, indebted to; tied down; compromised &c. (promised) 768; in duty bound. amenable, liable, accountable, responsible, answerable. right, meet &c. (due) 924; moral, ethical, casuistical, conscientious, ethological. Adv. with a safe conscience, as in duty, bound, on one's own responsibility, at one's own risk, suo periculo [Lat.]; in foro conscientiae [Lat.]; quamdiu se bene gesserit [Lat.]. Phr. dura lex sed lex [Lat.]; dulce et decorum est pro patria mori [Lat.]; honos habet onus [Lat.]; leve fit quod bene fertur onus [Lat.] [Ovid]; loyaute m'oblige [Fr.]; simple duty bath no place for fear" [Whittier]; stern daughter of the voice of God" [Wordsworth]; there is a higher law than the Constitution" [Wm. Seward]. |
#927. Dereliction of Duty — N. dereliction of duty; fault &c. (guilt) 947; sin &c. (vice) 945; non-observance, non-performance; neglect, relaxation, infraction, violation, transgression, failure, evasion; dead letter. V. violate; break, break through; infringe; set aside, set at naught; encroach upon, trench upon; trample on, trample under foot; slight, neglect, evade, renounce, forswear, repudiate; wash one's hands of; escape, transgress, fail. call to account &c. (disapprobation) 932. #927a. Exemption — N. exemption, freedom, irresponsibility, immunity, liberty, license, release, exoneration, excuse, dispensation, absolution, franchise, renunciation, discharge; exculpation &c. 970. V. be exempt &c. adj.. exempt, release, acquit, discharge, quitclaim, remise, remit; free, set at liberty, let off, pass over, spare, excuse, dispense with, give dispensation, license; stretch a point; absolve &c. (forgive) 918; exonerate &c. (exculpate) 970; save the necessity. Adj. exempt, free, immune, at liberty, scot-free; released &c. v.; unbound, unencumbered; irresponsible, unaccountable, not answerable; excusable. Phr. bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis [Lat.] [Syrus]. |
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#928. Respect — N. respect, regard, consideration; courtesy &c. 894; attention, deference, reverence, honor, esteem, estimation, veneration, admiration; approbation &c. 931. homage, fealty, obeisance, genuflection, kneeling prostration; obsequiousness &c. 886; salaam, kowtow, bow, presenting arms, salute. respects, regards, duty, devoirs, egards. devotion &c. (piety) 987. V. respect, regard; revere, reverence; hold in reverence, honor, venerate, hallow; esteem &c. (approve of) 931; think much of; entertain respect for, bear respect for; look up to, defer to; have a high opinion of, hold a high opinion of; pay attention, pay respect &c. n.. to; do honor to, render honor to; do the honors, hail; show courtesy &c. 894; salute, present arms; do homage to, pay homage to; pay tribute to, kneel to, bow to, bend the knee to; fall down before, prostrate oneself, kiss the hem of one's garment; worship &c. 990. keep one's distance, make room, observe due decorum, stand upon ceremony. command respect, inspire respect; awe, inspire awe, impose, overawe, dazzle. Adj. respecting &c. v.; respectful, deferential, decorous, reverential, obsequious, ceremonious, bareheaded, cap in hand, on one's knees; prostrate &c. (servile) 886. respected &c. v.; in high esteem, in high estimation; time-honored, venerable, emeritus. Adv. in deference to; with all respect, with all due respect, with due respect, with the highest respect; with submission. saving your grace, saving your presence; salva sit reverentia [Lat.]; pace tanti nominis [Lat.]. Int. hail!, all hail!, esto perpetua! [Lat.], may your shadow never be less!, Phr. and pluck up drowned honor by the locks" [Henry IV]; his honor rooted in dishonor stood" [Tennyson]; honor pricks me on" [Henry IV]. |
#929. Disrespect — N. disrespect, disesteem, disestimation†; disparagement &c. (dispraise) 932, (detraction) 934. irreverence; slight, neglect, spretae injuria formae [Lat.] [Vergil], superciliousness &c. (contempt) 930. vilipendency†, vilification, contumely, affront, dishonor, insult, indignity, outrage, discourtesy &c. 895; practical joking; scurrility, scoffing, sibilance, hissing, sibilation; irrision†; derision; mockery; irony &c. (ridicule) 856; sarcasm. hiss, hoot, boo, gibe, flout, jeer, scoff, gleek†, taunt, sneer, quip, fling, wipe, slap in the face. V. hold in disrespect &c. (despise) 930; misprize, disregard, slight, trifle with, set at naught, pass by, push aside, overlook, turn one's back upon, laugh in one's sleeve; be disrespectful &c. adj., be discourteous &c. 895; treat with disrespect &c. n.; set down, put down, browbeat. dishonor, desecrate; insult, affront, outrage. speak slightingly of; disparage &c. (dispraise) 932; vilipend†, vilify, call names; throw dirt, fling dirt; drag through the mud, point at, indulge in personalities; make mouths, make faces; bite the thumb; take by the beard; pluck by the beard; toss in a blanket, tar and feather. have in derision; hold in derision; deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, snigger, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle†, gleek†, gird, flout, fleer†; roast, turn into ridicule; burlesque &c. 856; laugh to scorn &c. (contempt) 930; smoke; fool; make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of†; play a practical joke; lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout; mob. Adj. disrespectful; aweless, irreverent; disparaging &c. 934; insulting &c. v.; supercilious, contemptuous, patronizing &c. (scornful) 930; rude, derisive, sarcastic; scurrile, scurrilous; contumelious. unrespected†, unworshiped†, unenvied†, unsaluted†; unregarded†, disregarded. Adv. disrespectfully &c. adj.. |
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#930. Contempt — N. contempt, disdain, scorn, sovereign contempt; despisal†, despiciency†; despisement†; vilipendency†, contumely; slight, sneer, spurn, by-word; despect†. contemptuousness &c. adj.; scornful eye; smile of contempt; derision &c. (disrespect) 929. despisedness [State of being despised]. V. despise, contemn, scorn, disdain, feel contempt for, view with a scornful eye; disregard, slight, not mind; pass by &c. (neglect) 460. look down upon; hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in disrespect; think nothing of, think small beer of; make light of; underestimate &c. 483; esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account; take no account of, care nothing for; set no store by; not care a straw, sneeze at &c. (unimportance) 643; set at naught, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh up one's sleeve, snap one's fingers at, shrug one's shoulders, turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh, damn with faint praise" [Pope]; whistle at, sneer at; curl up one's lip, toss the head, traiter de haut enbas [Fr.]; laugh at &c. (be disrespectful) 929. point the finger of scorn, hold up to scorn, laugh to scorn; scout, hoot, flout, hiss, scoff at. turn one's back upon, turn a cold shoulder upon; tread upon, trample upon, trample under foot; spurn, kick; fling to the winds &c. (repudiate) 610; send away with a flea in the ear. Adj. contemptuous; disdainful, scornful; withering, contumelious, supercilious, cynical, haughty, bumptious, cavalier; derisive. contemptible, despicable; pitiable; pitiful &c. (unimportant) 643; despised &c. v.; downtrodden; unenvied†. unrespectable (unworthy) 874. Adv. contemptuously &c. adj.. Int. a fig for &c. (unimportant) 643; bah!, never mind!, away with!, hang it!, fiddlededee!, Phr. a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn" [Paradise Lost]; I had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a I had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a Roman" [Julius Caesar]. |
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#931. Approbation — N. approbation; approval, approvement†; sanction, advocacy; nod of approbation; esteem, estimation, good opinion, golden opinions, admiration; love &c. 897; appreciation, regard, account, popularity, kudos, credit; repute &c. 873; best seller. commendation, praise; laud, laudation; good word; meed of praise, tribute of praise; encomium; eulogy, eulogium†; eloge [Fr.], panegyric; homage, hero worship; benediction, blessing, benison. applause, plaudit, clap; clapping, clapping of hands; acclaim, acclamation; cheer; paean, hosannah; shout of applause, peal of applause, chorus of applause, chorus of praise &c.; Prytaneum. V. approve; approbate, think good, think much of, think well of, think highly of; esteem, value, prize; set great store by, set great store on. do justice to, appreciate; honor, hold in esteem, look up to, admire; like &c. 897; be in favor of, wish Godspeed; hail, hail with satisfaction. stand up for, stick up for; uphold, hold up, countenance, sanction; clap on the back, pat on the back; keep in countenance, indorse; give credit, recommend; mark with a white mark, mark with a stone. commend, belaud†, praise, laud, compliment; pay a tribute, bepraise†; clap the hands; applaud, cheer, acclamate†, encore; panegyrize†, eulogize, cry up, proner [Fr.], puff; extol, extol to the skies; magnify, glorify, exalt, swell, make much of; flatter &c. 933; bless, give a blessing to; have a good word for, say a good word for; speak well of, speak highly of, speak in high terms of; sing the praises of, sound the praises of, chaunt the praises of; resound the praises of; sing praises to; cheer to the echo, applaud to the echo, applaud to the very echo, cheer to the very echo. redound to the honor, redound to the praise, redound to the credit of; do credit to; deserve praise &c. n.; recommend itself; pass muster. be praised &c.; receive honorable mention; be in favor with, be in high favor with; ring with the praises of, win golden opinions, gain credit, find favor with, stand well in the opinion of; laudari a laudato viro [Lat.]. Adj. approving &c. v.; in favor of; lost in admiration. commendatory, complimentary, benedictory†, laudatory, panegyrical, eulogistic, encomiastic, lavish of praise, uncritical. approved, praised &c. v.; uncensured, unimpeached; popular, in good odor; in high esteem &c. (respected) 928; in favor, in high favor. deserving of praise, worthy of praise &c. n.; praiseworthy, commendable, of estimation; good &c. 648; meritorious, estimable, creditable, plausible, unimpeachable; beyond all praise. Adv. with credit, to admiration; well &c. 618; with three times three. Int. hear hear!, bully for you! [Slang], well done!, bravo!, bravissimo!, euge! [G.], macte virtute! [Lat.], so far so good, that's right, quite right; optime! †, one cheer more; may your shadow never be less!, esto perpetua! [Lat.], long life to!, viva!, enviva! †, Godspeed!, valete et plaudite! [Lat.], encore!, bis! †, Phr. probatum est [Lat.]; tacent satis laudant [Lat.]; servant of God, well done! " [Paradise Lost]. |
#932. Disapprobation — N. disapprobation, disapproval; improbation†; disesteem, disvaluation†, displacency†; odium; dislike &c. 867. dispraise, discommendation†; blame, censure, obloquy; detraction &c. 934; disparagement, depreciation; denunciation; condemnation &c. 971; ostracism; black list. animadversion, reflection, stricture, objection, exception, criticism; sardonic grin, sardonic laugh; sarcasm, insinuation, innuendo; bad compliment, poor compliment, left-handed compliment. satire; sneer &c. (contempt) 930; taunt &c. (disrespect) 929; cavil, carping, censoriousness; hypercriticism &c. (fastidiousness) 868. reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation†, reproach; rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation†, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming; correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec [Fr.], rebuff; slap, slap on the face; home thrust, hit; frown, scowl, black look. diatribe; jeremiad, jeremiade; tirade, philippic. clamor, outcry, hue and cry; hiss, hissing; sibilance, sibilation, catcall; execration &c. 908. chiding, upbraiding &c. v.; exprobation†, abuse, vituperation, invective, objurgation, contumely; hard words, cutting words, bitter words. evil-speaking; bad language &c. 908; personality. V. disapprove; dislike &c. 867; lament &c. 839; object to, take exception to; be scandalized at, think ill of; view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes; nil admirari [Lat.], disvalue†; improbate†. frown upon, look grave; bend the brows, knit the brows; shake the head at, shrug the shoulders; turn up the nose &c. (contempt) 930; look askance, look black upon; look with an evil eye; make a wry face, make a wry mouth at; set one's face against. dispraise, discommend†, disparage; deprecate, speak ill of, not speak well of; condemn &c. (find guilty) 971. blame; lay blame upon, cast blame upon; censure, fronder [Fr.], reproach, pass censure on, reprobate, impugn. remonstrate, expostulate, recriminate. reprehend, chide, admonish; berate, betongue†; bring to account, call to account, call over the coals, rake over the coals, call to order; take to task, reprove, lecture, bring to book; read a lesson, read a lecture to; rebuke, correct. reprimand, chastise, castigate, lash, blow up, trounce, trim, laver la tete [Fr.], overhaul; give it one, give it one finely; gibbet. accuse &c. 938; impeach, denounce; hold up to reprobation, hold up to execration; expose, brand, gibbet, stigmatize; show up, pull up, take up; cry 'shame' upon;" be outspoken; raise a hue and cry against. execrate &c. 908; exprobate†, speak daggers, vituperate; abuse, abuse like a pickpocket; scold, rate, objurgate, upbraid, fall foul of; jaw; rail, rail at, rail in good set terms; bark at; anathematize, call names; call by hard names, call by ugly names; avile†, revile; vilify, vilipend†; bespatter; backbite; clapperclaw†; rave against, thunder against, fulminate against; load with reproaches. exclaim against, protest against, inveigh against, declaim against, cry out against, raise one's voice against. decry; cry down, run down, frown down; clamor, hiss, hoot, mob, ostracize, blacklist; draw up a round robin, sign a round robin. animadvert upon, reflect upon; glance at; cast reflection, cast reproach, cast a slur upon; insinuate, damn with faint praise; hint a fault and hesitate dislike;" not to be able to say much for. scoff at, point at; twit, taunt &c. (disrespect) 929; sneer at &c. (despise) 230; satirize, lampoon; defame &c. (detract) 934; depreciate, find fault with, criticize, cut up; pull to pieces, pick to pieces; take exception; cavil; peck at, nibble at, carp at; be censorious &c. adj.; pick holes, pick a hole, pick a hole in one's coat; make a fuss about. take down, take down a peg, set down; snub, snap one up, give a rap on the knuckles; throw a stone at, throw a stone in one's garden; have a fling, have a snap at; have words with, pluck a crow with; give one a wipe, give one a lick with the rough side of the give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue. incur blame, excite disapprobation, scandalize, shock, revolt; get a bad name, forfeit one's good opinion, be under a cloud, come under the ferule, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears. take blame, stand corrected; have to answer for. Adj. disapproving &c. v.; scandalized. disparaging, condemnatory, damnatory†, denunciatory, reproachful, abusive, objurgatory†, clamorous, vituperative; defamatory &c. 934. satirical, sarcastic, sardonic, cynical, dry, sharp, cutting, biting, severe, withering, trenchant, hard upon; censorious, critical, captious, carping, hypercritical; fastidious &c. 868; sparing of praise, grudging praise. disapproved, chid &c. v.; in bad odor, blown upon, unapproved; unblest†; at a discount, exploded; weighed in the balance and found wanting. blameworthy, reprehensible &c. (guilt) 947; to blame, worthy of blame; answerable, uncommendable, exceptionable, not to be thought of; bad &c. 649; vicious &c. 945. unlamented, unbewailed†, unpitied†. Adv. with a wry face; reproachfully &c. adj.. Int. it is too bad!, it won't do, it will never do!, marry come up!, Oh!, come!, 'sdeath! [Contr.], forbid it Heaven!, God forbid, Heaven forbid!, out upon, fie upon it!, away with!, tut!, O tempora! †, O mores!, shame!, fie, fie for shame!, out on you!, tell it not in Gath!, |
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#933. Flattery — N. flattery, adulation, gloze; blandishment, blandiloquence†; cajolery; fawning, wheedling &c. v.; captation†, coquetry, obsequiousness, sycophancy, flunkeyism†, toadeating†, tuft-hunting; snobbishness. incense, honeyed words, flummery; bunkum, buncombe; blarney, placebo, butter; soft soap, soft sawder†; rose water. voice of the charmer, mouth honor; lip homage; euphemism; unctuousness &c. adj.. V. flatter, praise to the skies, puff; wheedle, cajole, glaver†, coax; fawn upon, faun upon; humor, gloze, soothe, pet, coquet, slaver, butter; jolly [U.S.]; bespatter, beslubber†, beplaster†, beslaver†; lay it on thick, overpraise; earwig, cog, collogue†; truckle to, pander to, pandar to†, suck up to, kiss the ass of [Vulg.], pay court to; court; creep into the good graces of, curry favor with, hang on the sleeve of; fool to the top of one's bent; lick the dust. lay the flattering unction to one's soul, gild the pill, make things pleasant. overestimate &c. 482; exaggerate &c. 549. Adj. flattering &c. v.; adulatory; mealy-mouthed, honey-mouthed; honeyed; smooth, smooth-tongued; soapy, oily, unctuous, blandiloquent†, specious; fine-spoken, fair spoken; plausible, servile, sycophantic, fulsome; courtierly†, courtier-like. Adv. ad captandum [Lat.]. |
#934. Detraction — N. detraction, disparagement, depreciation, vilification, obloquy, scurrility, scandal, defamation, aspersion, traducement, slander, calumny, obtrectation†, evil-speaking, backbiting, scandalum magnatum [Lat.]. personality, libel, lampoon, skit, pasquinade; chronique scandaleuse [Fr.]; roorback [U.S.]. sarcasm, cynicism; criticism (disapprobation) 932; invective &c. 932; envenomed tongue; spretae injuria formae [Lat.]. personality, libel, lampoon, skit, pasquinade; chronique scandaleuse [Fr.]; roorback [U.S.]. detractor &c. 936. V. detract, derogate, decry, deprecate, depreciate, disparage; run down, cry down; backcap [U.S.]; belittle; sneer at &c. (contempt) 930; criticize, pull to pieces, pick a hole in one's coat, asperse, cast aspersions, blow upon, bespatter, blacken, vilify, vilipend†; avile†; give a dog a bad name, brand, malign; muckrake; backbite, libel, lampoon, traduce, slander, defame, calumniate, bear false witness against; speak ill of behind one's back. fling dirt &c. (disrespect) 929; anathematize &c. 932; dip the pen in gall, view in a bad light. impugn (disparage the motives of); assail, attack &c. 716; oppose &c. 708; denounce, accuse &c. 938. Adj. detracting &c. v.; defamatory, detractory†, derogatory, deprecatory; catty; disparaging, libelous; scurrile, scurrilous; abusive; foul-spoken, foul-tongued, foul-mouthed; slanderous; calumnious, calumniatory†; sarcastic, sardonic; sarcastic, satirical, cynical. critical &c. 932. Phr. damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer; and damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer; and without sneering, teach the rest to sneer" [Pope]; another lie nailed to the counter; cut men's throats with whisperings" [B. Jonson]; foul whisperings are abroad" [Macbeth]; soft-buzzing slander" [Thomson]; virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes" [Hamlet]. |
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#935. Flatterer — N. flatterer, adulator; eulogist, euphemist; optimist, encomiast, laudator [Lat.], whitewasher. toady, toadeater†; sycophant, courtier, Sir Pertinax MacSycophant; flaneur [Fr.], proneur [Fr.]; puffer, touter†, claqueur [Fr.]; clawback†, earwig, doer of dirty work; parasite, hanger-on &c. (servility) 886. yes-man, suckup, ass-kisser [Vulg.], brown-noser [Vulg.], teacher's pet. Phr. pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes [Lat.] [Tacitus]. |
#936. Detractor — N. detractor, reprover; censor, censurer; cynic, critic, caviler, carper, word-catcher, frondeur; barracker†. defamer, backbiter, slanderer, Sir Benjamin Backbite, lampooner, satirist, traducer, libeler, calumniator, dawplucker†, Thersites†; Zoilus; good-natured friend [Iron.]; reviler, vituperator, castigator; shrew &c. 901; muckraker. disapprover, laudator temporis acti [Lat.] [Horace]. Adj. black-mouthed, abusive &c. 934. |
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#937. Vindication — N. vindication, justification, warrant; exoneration, exculpation; acquittal &c. 970; whitewashing. extenuation; palliation, palliative; softening, mitigation. reply, defense; recrimination &c. 938. apology, gloss, varnish; plea &c. 617; salvo; excuse, extenuating circumstances; allowance, allowance to be made; locus paenitentiae [Lat.]. apologist, vindicator, justifier; defendant &c. 938. justifiable charge, true bill. v.. justify, warrant; be an excuse for &c. n.; lend a color, furnish a handle; vindicate; exculpate, disculpate†; acquit &c. 970; clear, set right, exonerate, whitewash; clear the skirts of. extenuate, palliate, excuse, soften, apologize, varnish, slur, gloze; put a gloss, put a good face upon; mince; gloss over, bolster up, help a lame dog over a stile. advocate, defend, plead one's cause; stand up for, stick up for, speak up for; contend for, speak for; bear out, keep in countenance, support; plead &c., 617; say in defense; plead ignorance; confess and avoid, propugn†, put in a good word for. take the will for the deed, make allowance for, give credit for, do justice to; give one his due, give the Devil his due. make good; prove the truth of, prove one's case; be justified by the event. Adj. vindicated, vindicating &c. v.; exculpatory; apologetic. excusable, defensible, pardonable; venial, veniable†; specious, plausible, justifiable. Phr. honi sot qui mal y pense;" good wine needs no bush" |
#938. Accusation — N. accusation, charge, imputation, slur, inculpation, exprobration†, delation; crimination; incrimination, accrimination†, recrimination; tu quoque argument [Lat.]; invective &c. 932. denunciation, denouncement; libel, challenge, citation, arraignment; impeachment, appeachment†; indictment, bill of indictment, true bill; lawsuit &c. 969; condemnation &c. 971. gravamen of a charge, head and front of one's offending, argumentum ad hominem [Lat.]; scandal &c. (detraction) 934; scandalum magnatum [Lat.]. accuser, prosecutor, plaintiff; relator, informer; appellant. accused, defendant, prisoner, perpetrator, panel, respondent; litigant. V. accuse, charge, tax, impute, twit, taunt with, reproach. brand with reproach; stigmatize, slur; cast a stone at, cast a slur on; incriminate, criminate; inculpate, implicate; call to account &c. (censure) 932; take to blame, take to task; put in the black book. inform against, indict, denounce, arraign; impeach, appeach†; have up, show up, pull up; challenge, cite, lodge a complaint; prosecute, bring an action against &c. 969; blow upon. charge with, saddle with; lay to one's door, lay charge; lay the blame on, bring home to; cast in one's teeth, throw in one's teeth; cast the first stone at. have a rod in pickle for, keep a rod in pickle for; have a crow to pluck with. trump up a charge. Adj. accusing &c. v.; accusatory, accusative; imputative, denunciatory; recriminatory, criminatory†. accused &c. v.; suspected; under suspicion, under a cloud, under surveillance; in custody, in detention; in the lockup, in the watch house, in the house of detention. accusable, imputable; indefensible, inexcusable; unpardonable, unjustifiable; vicious &c. 845. Int. look at home; tu quoque [Lat.] &c. (retaliation) 718. Phr. the breath of accusation kills an innocent the breath of accusation kills an innocent name" [Shelley]; thou can'st not say I did it" [Macbeth]. |
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#939. Probity — N. probity, integrity, rectitude; uprightness &c. adj.; honesty, faith; honor; bonne foi [Fr.], good faith, bona fides [Lat.]; purity, clean hands. fairness &c. adj.; fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness; grace. constancy; faithfulness &c. adj.; fidelity, loyalty; incorruption, incorruptibility. trustworthiness &c. adj.; truth, candor, singleness of heart; veracity &c. 543; tender conscience &c. (sense of duty) 926. punctilio, delicacy, nicety; scrupulosity, scrupulousness &c. adj.; scruple; point, point of honor; punctuality. dignity &c., (repute) 873; respectability, respectableness &c. adj.; gentilhomme [Fr.], gentleman; man of honor, man of his word; fidus Achates [Lat.], preux chevalier [Fr.], galantuomo [It]; truepenny†, trump, brick; true Briton; white man [U.S.]. court of honor, a fair field and no favor; argumentum ad verecundiam [Lat.]. V. be honorable &c. adj.; deal honorably, deal squarely, deal impartially, deal fairly; speak the truth &c. (veracity) 543; draw a straight furrow; tell the truth and shame the Devil, vitam impendere vero [Lat.]; show a proper spirit, make a point of; do one's duty &c. (virtue) 944. redeem one's pledge &c. 926; keep one's promise, be as good as one's promise, be as good as one's word; keep faith with, not fail. give and take, audire alteram partem [Lat.], give the Devil his due, put the saddle on the right horse. redound to one's honor. Adj. upright; honest, honest as daylight; veracious &c. 543; virtuous &c. 944; honorable; fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square; fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard; white [U.S.]. constant, constant as the northern star; faithful, loyal, staunch; true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole; marble-constant" [Antony and Cleopatra]; true-hearted, trusty, trustworthy; as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible. straightforward &c. (ingenuous) 703; frank, candid, open-hearted. conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded; high-principled, high-minded; scrupulous, religious, strict; nice, punctilious, correct, punctual; respectable, reputable; gentlemanlike†. inviolable, inviolate; unviolated†, unbroken, unbetrayed; unbought, unbribed†. innocent &c. 946; pure, stainless; unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured†; uncorrupt, uncorrupted; undefiled, undepraved†, undebauched†; integer vitae scelerisque purus [Lat.] [Horace]; justus et tenax propositi [Lat.] [Horace]. chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.]; high-spirited. supramundane†, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous†. Adv. honorable &c. adj.; bona fide; on the square, in good faith, honor bright, foro conscientiae [Lat.], with clean hands. Phr. a face untaught to feign" [Pope]; bene qui latuit bene vixit [Lat.] [Ovid]; mens sibi conscia recti [Lat.]; probitas laudatur et alget [Juvenal]; fidelis ad urnam [Lat.]; his heart as far from fraud as heaven from his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth" [Two Gentlemen]; loyaute m'oblige [Fr.]; loyaute n'a honte [Fr.]; what stronger breastplate than a heart what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted? [Henry VI]. |
#940. Improbity — N. improbity†; dishonesty, dishonor; deviation from rectitude; disgrace &c. (disrepute) 874; fraud &c. (deception) 545; lying &c. 544; bad faith, Punic faith; mala fides [Lat.], Punica fides [Lat.]; infidelity; faithlessness &c. adj.; Judas kiss, betrayal. breach of promise, breach of trust, breach of faith; prodition†, disloyalty, treason, high treason; apostasy &c. (tergiversation) 607; nonobservance &c. 773. shabbiness &c. adj.; villainy, villany†; baseness &c. adj.; abjection, debasement, turpitude, moral turpitude, laxity, trimming, shuffling. perfidy; perfidiousness &c. adj.; treachery, double dealing; unfairness &c. adj.; knavery, roguery, rascality, foul play; jobbing, jobbery; graft, bribery; venality, nepotism; corruption, job, shuffle, fishy transaction; barratry, sharp practice, heads I win tails you lose; mouth honor &c. (flattery) 933. V. be dishonest &c. adj.; play false; break one's word, break one's faith, break one's promise; jilt, betray, forswear; shuffle &c. (lie) 544; live by one's wits, sail near the wind. disgrace oneself, dishonor oneself, demean oneself; derogate, stoop, grovel, sneak, lose caste; sell oneself, go over to the enemy; seal one's infamy. Adj. dishonest, dishonorable; unconscientious, unscrupulous; fraudulent &c. 545; knavish; disgraceful &c. (disreputable) 974; wicked &c. 945. false-hearted, disingenuous; unfair, one-sided; double, double-hearted, double-tongued, double-faced; timeserving†, crooked, tortuous, insidious, Machiavelian, dark, slippery; fishy; perfidious, treacherous, perjured. infamous, arrant, foul, base, vile, ignominious, blackguard. contemptible, unrespectable, abject, mean, shabby, little, paltry, dirty, scurvy, scabby, sneaking, groveling, scrubby, rascally, pettifogging; beneath one. low-minded, low-thoughted†; base-minded. undignified, indign†; unbecoming, unbeseeming†, unbefitting; derogatory, degrading; infra dignitatem [Lat.], beneath one's dignity; ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike; unknightly†, unchivalric†, unmanly, unhandsome; recreant, inglorious. corrupt, venal; debased, mongrel. faithless, of bad faith, false, unfaithful, disloyal; untrustworthy; trustless, trothless†; lost to shame, dead to honor; barratrous. Adv. dishonestly &c. adj.; mala fide [Lat.], like a thief in the night, by crooked paths. Int. O tempora! †, O mores!, [Cicero]. Phr. corruptissima respublica plurimae corruptissima respublica plurimae leges [Lat.] [Tacitus]. |
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#941. Knave — N. knave, rogue; Scapin†, rascal; Lazarillo de Tormes; bad man &c. 949; blackguard &c. 949; barrater†, barrator†; shyster [U.S.]. traitor, betrayer, archtraitor†, conspirator, Judas, Catiline; reptile, serpent, snake in the grass, wolf in sheep's clothing, sneak, Jerry Sneak, squealer [Slang], tell-tale, mischief-maker; trimmer, fence-sitter, renegade &c. (tergiversation) 607; truant, recreant; sycophant &c. (servility) 886. |
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#942. Disinterestedness — N. disinterestedness &c. adj.; generosity; liberality, liberalism; altruism; benevolence &c. 906; elevation, loftiness of purpose, exaltation, magnanimity; chivalry, chivalrous spirit; heroism, sublimity. self-denial, self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, self-immolation, self-control &c. (resolution) 604; stoicism, devotion, martyrdom, suttee. labor of love. V. be disinterested &c. adj.; make a sacrifice, lay one's head on the block; put oneself in the place of others, do as one would be done by, do unto others as we would men should do unto us. Adj. disinterested; unselfish; self-denying, self-sacrificing, self-devoted; generous. handsome, liberal, noble, broad-minded; noble-minded, high-minded; princely, great, high, elevated, lofty, exalted, spirited, stoical, magnanimous; great-hearted, large-hearted; chivalrous, heroic, sublime. unbought, unbribed†; uncorrupted &c. (upright) 939. Phr. non vobis solum [Lat.]. |
#943. Selfishness — N. selfishness &c. adj.; self-love, self-indulgence, self-worship, self-interest; egotism, egoism; amour propre [Fr.], &c. (vanity) 880; nepotism. worldliness &c. adj.; world wisdom. illiberality; meanness &c. adj.. time-pleaser, time-server; tuft-hunter, fortune-hunter; jobber, worldling; egotist, egoist, monopolist, nepotist; dog in the manger, charity that begins at home; canis in praesepi [Lat.], foes to nobleness," temporizer, trimmer. V. be selfish &c. adj.; please oneself, indulge oneself, coddle oneself; consult one's own wishes, consult one's own pleasure; look after one's own interest; feather one's nest; take care of number one, have an eye to the main chance, know on which side one's bread is buttered; give an inch and take an ell. Adj. selfish; self-seeking, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-centered; wrapped up in self, wrapt up in self†, centered in self; egotistic, egotistical; egoistical†. illiberal, mean, ungenerous, narrow-minded; mercenary, venal; covetous &c. 819. unspiritual, earthly, earthly-minded; mundane; worldly, worldly-minded; worldly-wise; timeserving†. interested; alieni appetens sui profusus [Lat.]. Adv. ungenerously &c. adj.; to gain some private ends, from interested motives. Phr. apres nous le deluge [Fr.]. |
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#944. Virtue — N. virtue; virtuousness &c. adj.; morality; moral rectitude; integrity &c. (probity) 939; nobleness &c. 873. morals; ethics &c. (duty) 926; cardinal virtues. merit, worth, desert, excellence, credit; self-control &c. (resolution) 604; self-denial &c. (temperance) 953. well-doing; good actions, good behavior; discharge of duty, fulfillment of duty, performance of duty; well-spent life; innocence &c. 946. V. be virtuous &c. adj.; practice virtue &c. n.; do one's duty, fulfill one's duty, perform one's duty, discharge one's duty; redeem one's pledge, keep one's promise &c. 926; act well, act one's part; fight the good fight; acquit oneself well; command one's passions, master one's passions; keep in the right path. set an example, set a good example; be on one's good behavior, be on one's best behavior. Adj. virtuous, good; innocent &c. 946; meritorious, deserving, worthy, desertful†, correct; dutiful, duteous; moral; right, righteous, right-minded; well-intentioned, creditable, laudable, commendable, praiseworthy; above all praise, beyond all praise; excellent, admirable; sterling, pure, noble; whole-souled†. exemplary; matchless, peerless; saintly, saint-like; heaven-born, angelic, seraphic, godlike. Adv. virtuously &c., adj.; e merito [Lat.]. Phr. esse quam videri bonus malebat [Lat.] [Sallust]; Schonheit vergeht Tugend besteht [G.]; virtue the greatest of all monarchies" [Swift]; virtus laudatur et alget [Juvenal]; virtus vincit invidiam [Lat.]. |
#945. Vice — N. vice; evil-doing, evil courses; wrongdoing; wickedness, viciousness &c. adj.; iniquity, peccability†, demerit; sin, Adam†; old Adam†, offending Adam†. immorality, impropriety, indecorum, scandal, laxity, looseness of morals; enphagy†, dophagy†, exophagy†; want of principle, want of ballast; obliquity, backsliding, infamy, demoralization, pravity†, depravity, pollution; hardness of heart; brutality &c. (malevolence) 907; corruption &c. (debasement) 659; knavery &c. (improbity) 940†; profligacy; flagrancy, atrocity; cannibalism; lesbianism, Sadism. infirmity; weakness &c. adj.; weakness of the flesh, frailty, imperfection; error; weak side; foible; failing, failure; crying sin, besetting sin; defect, deficiency; cloven foot. lowest dregs of vice, sink of iniquity, Alsatian den†; gusto picaresco [It]. fault, crime; criminality &c. (guilt) 947. sinner &c. 949. [Resorts] brothel &c. 961; gambling house &c. 621; joint [Slang], opium den, shooting gallery, crack house. V. be vicious &c. adj.; sin, commit sin, do amiss, err, transgress; misdemean oneself†, forget oneself, misconduct oneself; misdo†, misbehave; fall, lapse, slip, trip, offend, trespass; deviate from the line of duty, deviate from the path of virtue &c. 944; take a wrong course, go astray; hug a sin, hug a fault; sow one's wild oats. render vicious &c. adj.; demoralize, brutalize; corrupt &c. (degrade) 659. Adj. vicious; sinful; sinning &c. v.; wicked, iniquitous, immoral, unrighteous, wrong, criminal; naughty, incorrect; unduteous†, undutiful. unprincipled, lawless, disorderly, contra bonos mores [Lat.], indecorous, unseemly, improper; dissolute, profligate, scampish; unworthy; worthless; desertless†; disgraceful, recreant; reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable; discreditable, disreputable; Sadistic. base, sinister, scurvy, foul, gross, vile, black, grave, facinorous†, felonious, nefarious, shameful, scandalous, infamous, villainous, of a deep dye, heinous; flagrant, flagitious; atrocious, incarnate, accursed. Mephistophelian, satanic, diabolic, hellish, infernal, stygian, fiendlike†, hell-born, demoniacal, devilish, fiendish. miscreated†, misbegotten; demoralized, corrupt, depraved. evil-minded, evil-disposed; ill-conditioned; malevolent &c. 907; heartless, graceless, shameless, virtueless; abandoned, lost to virtue; unconscionable; sunk in iniquity, lost in iniquity, steeped in iniquity. incorrigible, irreclaimable, obdurate, reprobate, past praying for; culpable, reprehensible &c. (guilty) 947. unjustifiable; indefensible, inexcusable; inexpiable, unpardonable, irremissible†. weak, frail, lax, infirm, imperfect; indiscrete; demoralizing, degrading. Adv. wrong; sinfully &c. adj.; without excuse. Int. O tempora! †, O mores!, Phr. alitur vitium vivitque tegendo [Vergil]; genus est mortis male vivere [Lat.] [Ovid]; mala mens malus animus [Lat.] [Terence]; nemo repente fuit turpissimus [Lat.]; the trail of the serpent is over them all" [Moore]; to sanction vice and hunt decorum down" [Bryon]. |
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#946. Innocence — N. innocence; guiltlessness &c. adj.; incorruption, impeccability. clean hands, clear conscience, mens sibi conscia recti [Lat.] [Vergil]. innocent, lamb, dove. V. be innocent &c. adj.; nil conscire sibi nulla pallescere culpa [Lat.] [Horace]. acquit &c. 970; exculpate &c. (vindicate) 937. Adj. innocent, not guilty; unguilty†; guiltless, faultless, sinless, stainless, bloodless, spotless; clear, immaculate; rectus in curia [Lat.]; unspotted, unblemished, unerring; undefiled &c. 939; unhardened†, Saturnian; Arcadian &c. (artless) 703†. inculpable, unculpable†; unblamed, unblamable†; blameless, unfallen†, inerrable†, above suspicion; irreproachable, irreprovable†, irreprehensible†; unexceptionable, unobjectionable, unimpeachable; salvable†; venial &c. 937. harmless; inoffensive, innoxious†, innocuous; dove-like, lamb-like; pure, harmless as doves; innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn; more sinned against than sinning" [Lear]. virtuous &c. 944; unreproved†, unimpeached, unreproached†. Adv. innocently &c. adj.; with clean hands; with a clear conscience, with a safe conscience. Phr. murus aeneus conscientia sana [Horace]. |
#947. Guilt — N. guilt, guiltiness; culpability; criminality, criminousness†; deviation from rectitude &c. (improbity) 940†; sinfulness &c. (vice) 945. misconduct, misbehavior, misdoing, misdeed; malpractice, fault, sin, error, transgression; dereliction, delinquency; indiscretion, lapse, slip, trip, faux pas [Fr.], peccadillo; flaw, blot, omission; failing, failure; break, bad break! [U.S.], capital crime, delictum [Lat.]. offense, trespass; misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision; malefaction, malfeasance, malversation; crime, felony. enormity, atrocity, outrage; deadly sin, mortal sin; deed without a name" [Macbeth]. corpus delicti. Adj. guilty, to blame, culpable, peccable†, in fault, at fault, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable, illaudable†; weighed in the balance and found wanting; exceptionable. Adv. in flagrante delicto [Lat.]; red-handed, in the very act, with one's hand in the cookie jar. Phr. cui prodest scelus in fecit [Lat.] [Seneca]; culpam paena premit comes [Lat.] [Horace]; O would the deed were good! " [Richard II]; responsibility prevents crimes" [Burke]; se judice nemo nocens absolvitur [Lat.] [Juvenal]; so many laws argues so many sins" [Paradise Lost]. |
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#948. Good Man — N. good man, honest man, worthy. good woman, perfect lady, Madonna. model, paragon &c. (perfection) 650; good example; hero, heroine, demigod, seraph, angel; innocent &c. 946; saint &c. (piety) 987; benefactor &c. 912; philanthropist &c. 910; Aristides†; noble liver†, pattern. brick [Slang], trump [Slang], gem, jewel, good fellow, prince, diamond in the rough, rough diamond, ugly duckling†. salt of the earth; one in ten thousand; one in a million; a gentleman and a scholar; pillar of society, pillar of the community, a man among men. Phr. si sic omnes! [Lat.] |
#949. Bad Man — N. bad man, wrongdoer, worker of iniquity; evildoer &c. 913; sinner; the wicked &c. 945; bad example. villain, rascal, scoundrel, miscreant, budmash†, caitiff†; wretch, reptile, viper, serpent, cockatrice, basilisk, urchin; tiger†, monster; devil &c. (demon) 980; devil incarnate; demon in human shape, Nana Sahib; hellhound, hellcat; rakehell†. bad woman, jade, Jezebel. scamp, scapegrace, rip, runagate, ne'er-do-well, reprobate, scalawag, scallawag. roué [Fr.], rake; Sadist; skeesicks [Slang], skeezix [U.S.]; limb; one who has sold himself to the devil, fallen angel, ame damnee [Fr.], vaurien†, mauvais sujet [Fr.], loose fish, sad dog; rounder [Slang]; lost sheep, black sheep; castaway, recreant, defaulter; prodigal &c. 818. rough, rowdy, hooligan, tough, ugly customer, mean mother [Coll.], ruffian, bully, meanie [Joc.]; Jonathan Wild; hangman. incendiary, arsonist, fire bug [U.S.]. thief &c. 792; murderer, terrorist &c. 361. [person who violates the criminal law] culprit, delinquent, crook, hoodlum, hood, criminal, thug, malefactor, offender, perpetrator, perp [Coll.]; disorderly person, misdemeanant [Law]; outlaw; scofflaw; vandal; felon, (convicted criminal); criminal; convict, prisoner, inmate, jail bird, ticket of leave man; multiple offender. blackguard, polisson†, loafer, sneak; rapscallion, rascallion†; cullion†, mean wretch, varlet, kern†, ame-de-boue [Fr.], drole†; cur, dog, hound†, whelp†, mongrel†; lown†, loon, runnion†, outcast, vagabond; rogue &c. (knave) 941; ronian†; scum of the earth, riffraff; Arcades ambo†. Int. sirrah! †, Phr. Acherontis pabulum†; gibier de potence [Fr.]. |
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#950. Penitence — N. penitence, contrition, compunction, repentance, remorse; regret &c. 833. self-reproach, self-reproof, self-accusation, self-condemnation, self-humiliation; stings of conscience, pangs of conscience, qualms of conscience, prickings of conscience†, twinge of conscience, twitch of conscience, touch of conscience, voice of conscience; compunctious visitings of nature†. acknowledgment, confession &c. (disclosure) 529; apology &c. 952; recantation &c. 607; penance &c. 952; resipiscence†. awakened conscience, deathbed repentance, locus paenitentiae [Lat.], stool of repentance, cuttystool†. penitent, repentant, Magdalen, prodigal son, a sadder and a wiser man" [Coleridge]. V. repent, be sorry for; be penitent &c. adj.; rue; regret &c. 833; think better of; recant &c. 607; knock under &c. (submit) 725; plead guilty; sing miserere [Lat.], sing de profundis [Lat.]; cry peccavi; own oneself in the wrong; acknowledge, confess &c., (disclose) 529; humble oneself; beg pardon &c. (apologize) 952; turn over a new leaf, put on the new man, turn from sin; reclaim; repent in sackcloth and ashes &c., (do penance) 952; learn by experience. Adj. penitent; repenting &c. v.; repentant, contrite; conscience-smitten, conscience-stricken; self-accusing, self-convicted. penitential, penitentiary; reclaimed, reborn; not hardened; unhardened†. Adv. mea culpa. Phr. peccavi; erubuit [Lat.]; salva res est [Lat.] [Terence]; Tu l'as voulu [Fr.], Georges Dandin; and wet his grave with my repentant tears" [Richard III]. |
#951. Impenitence — N. impenitence, irrepentance†, recusance†; lack of contrition. hardness of heart, seared conscience, induration, obduracy. V. be impenitent &c. adj.; steel the heart, harden the heart; die game, die and make no sign, die unshriven, die without benefit of clergy. Adj. impenitent, uncontrite, obdurate; hard, hardened; seared, recusant; unrepentant; relentless, remorseless, graceless, shriftless†. lost, incorrigible, irreclaimable. unreconstructed, unregenerate, unreformed; unrepented†, unreclaimed†, unatoned. |
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#952. Atonement — N. atonement, reparation; compromise, composition; compensation &c. 30; quittance, quits; expiation, redemption, reclamation, conciliation, propitiation; indemnification, redress. amends, apology, amende honorable†, satisfaction; peace offering, sin offering, burnt offering; scapegoat, sacrifice. penance, fasting, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, white sheet, shrift, flagellation, lustration†; purgation, purgatory. V. atone, atone for; expiate; propitiate; make amends, make good; reclaim, redeem, repair, ransom, absolve, purge, shrive, do penance, stand in a white sheet, repent in sackcloth and ashes, wear a hairshirt. set one's house in order, wipe off old scores, make matters up; pay the forfeit, pay the penalty. apologize, beg pardon, fair l'amende honorable [Fr.], give satisfaction; come down on one's knees, fall down on one's knees, down on one's marrow bones. |
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#953. Temperance — N. temperance, moderation, sobriety, soberness. forbearance, abnegation; self-denial, self-restraint, self-control &c. (resolution) 604. frugality; vegetarianism, teetotalism, total abstinence; abstinence, abstemiousness; Encratism†, prohibition; system of Pythagoras, system of Cornaro; Pythagorism, Stoicism. vegetarian; Pythagorean, gymnosophist†. teetotaler &c. 958; abstainer; designated driver; Encratite†, fruitarian†, hydropot†. V. be temperate &c. adj.; abstain, forbear, refrain, deny oneself, spare, swear off. know when one has had enough, know one's limit. take the pledge, go on the wagon. Adj. temperate, moderate, sober, frugal, sparing; abstemious, abstinent; within compass; measured &c. (sufficient) 639. on the wagon, on the water wagon. [Locations where alcoholic beverages are prohibited] dry. Pythagorean; vegetarian; teetotal. Phr. appetitus rationi obediant [Lat.] [Cicero]; l'abstenir pour jouir c'est l'epicurisme de la l'abstenir pour jouir c'est l'epicurisme de la raison [Rousseau]; trahit sua quemque voluptas [Lat.] [Vergil]. |
#954. Intemperance — N. intemperance; sensuality, animalism, carnality; tragalism†; pleasure; effeminacy, silkiness; luxury, luxuriousness; lap of pleasure, lap of luxury; free living. indulgence; high living, wild living, inabstinence†, self-indulgence; voluptuousness &c. adj.; epicurism, epicureanism; sybaritism; drug habit. dissipation; licentiousness &c. adj.; debauchery; crapulence†. revels, revelry; debauch, carousal, jollification, drinking bout, wassail, saturnalia, orgies; excess, too much. Circean cup. [drugs of abuse: list] bhang, hashish, marijuana, pot [Coll.], hemp [Coll.], grass [Coll.]; opium, cocaine, morphine, heroin; LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide [Chem]; phencyclidine, angel dust, PCP; barbiturates; amphetamines, speed [Coll.]. V. be intemperate &c. adj.; indulge, exceed; live well, live high, live high on the fat of the land, live it up, live high on the hog; give a loose to indulgence &c. n.; wallow in voluptuousness &c. n.; plunge into dissipation. revel; rake, live hard, run riot, sow one's wild oats; slake one's appetite, slake one's thirst; swill; pamper. Adj. intemperate, inabstinent†; sensual, self-indulgent; voluptuous, luxurious, licentious, wild, dissolute, rakish, fast, debauched. brutish, crapulous†, swinish, piggish. Paphian, Epicurean, Sybaritical; bred in the lap of luxury, nursed in the lap of luxury; indulged, pampered; full-fed, high-fed. Phr. being full of supper and distempering being full of supper and distempering draughts" [Othello]. |
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#954a. Sensualist — N. Sybarite, voluptuary, Sardanaphalus, man of pleasure, carpet knight; epicure, epicurean, gourmet, gourmand; pig, hog; votary of Epicurus, swine of Epicurus; sensualist; Heliogabalus; free liver, hard liver; libertine &c. 962; hedonist; tragalist†. |
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#955. Asceticism — N. asceticism, puritanism, sabbatarianism†; cynicism†, austerity; total abstinence; nephalism†. mortification, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, flagellation; penance &c. 952; fasting &c. 956; martyrdom. ascetic; anchoret†, anchorite; martyr; Heautontimorumenos†; hermit &c. (recluse) 893; puritan, sabbatarian†, cynic, sanyasi†, yogi. Adj. ascetic, austere, puritanical; cynical; over-religious; acerbic. |
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#956. Fasting — N. fasting; xerophagy†; famishment, starvation. fast, jour maigre [Fr.]; fast day, banyan day; Lent, quadragesima†; Ramadan, Ramazan; spare diet, meager diet; lenten diet, lenten entertainment; soupe maigre [Fr.], short commons, Barmecide feast†; short rations. V. fast, starve, clem†, famish, perish with hunger; dine with Duke Humphrey†; make two bites of a cherry. Adj. lenten, quadragesimal†; unfed†; starved &c. v.; half-starved; fasting &c. v.; hungry &c. 865. |
#957. Gluttony — N. gluttony; greed, avarice; greediness &c. adj.; voracity. epicurism; good living, high living; edacity†, gulosity†, crapulence†; guttling†, guzzling; pantophagy†. good cheer, blow out; feast &c. (food) 298; gastronomy, batterie de cuisine [Fr.]. epicure, bon vivant, gourmand; glutton, cormorant, hog, belly god, Apicius†, gastronome; gourmet &c. 954.1, 868. v.. gormandize, gorge; overgorge†, overeat oneself; engorge, eat one's fill, cram, stuff; guttle†, guzzle; bolt, devour, gobble up; gulp &c. (swallow food) 298; raven, eat out of house and home. have the stomach of an ostrich; play a good knife and fork &c. (appetite) 865. pamper. Adj. gluttonous, greedy; gormandizing &c. v.; edacious†, omnivorous, crapulent†, swinish. avaricious &c. 819; selfish &c. 918. pampered; overfed, overgorged†. Phr. jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit [Lat.] [Horace]. |
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#958. Sobriety — N. sobriety; teetotalism. temperance &c. 953. water-drinker; hydropot†; prohibitionist; teetotaler, teetotalist; abstainer, Good Templar, band of hope. V. take the pledge. Adj. sober, sober as a judge. |
#959. Drunkenness — N. drunkenness &c. adj.; intemperance; drinking &c. v.; inebriety†, inebriation; ebriety†, ebriosity†; insobriety; intoxication; temulency†, bibacity†, wine bibbing; comtation†, potation; deep potations, bacchanals, bacchanalia, libations; bender [U.S.]. oinomania†, dipsomania; delirium tremens; alcohol, alcoholism; mania a potu [Fr.]. drink; alcoholic drinks; blue ruin [Slang], grog, port wine; punch, punch bowl; cup, rosy wine, flowing bowl; drop, drop too much; dram; beer &c. (beverage) 298; aguardiente†; apple brandy, applejack; brandy, brandy smash [U.S.]; chain lightning [Slang], champagne, cocktail; gin, ginsling†; highball [U.S.], peg, rum, rye, schnapps [U.S.], sherry, sling [U.S.], uisquebaugh [Ire.], usquebaugh [Scot.], whisky, xeres†. drunkard, sot, toper, tippler, bibber†, wine-bibber, lush; hard drinker, gin drinker, dram drinker; soaker [Slang], sponge, tun; love pot, toss pot; thirsty soul, reveler, carouser, Bacchanal, Bacchanalian; Bacchal†, Bacchante†; devotee to Bacchus†; bum [U.S.], guzzler, tavern haunter. V. get drunk, be drunk &c. adj.; see double; take a drop too much, take a glass too much; drink; tipple, tope, booze, bouse [Fr.], guzzle, swill [Slang], soak [Slang], sot, bum [U.S.], besot, have a jag on, have a buzz on, lush [Slang], bib, swig, carouse; sacrifice at the shrine of Bacchus†; take to drinking; drink hard, drink deep, drink like a fish; have one's swill [Slang], drain the cup, splice the main brace, take a hair of the dog that bit you. liquor, liquor up; wet one's whistle, take a whet; crack a bottle, pass the bottle; toss off &c. (drink up) 298; go to the alehouse, go to the public house. make one drunk &c. adj.; inebriate, fuddle, befuddle, fuzzle†, get into one's head. Adj. drunk, tipsy; intoxicated; inebrious†, inebriate, inebriated; in one's cups; in a state of intoxication &c. n.; temulent†, temulentive†; bombed, smashed; fuddled, mellow, cut, boozy, fou†, fresh, merry, elevated; flustered, disguised, groggy, beery; top-heavy; potvaliant†, glorious; potulent†; squiffy [Slang]; overcome, overtaken; whittled, screwed [Slang], tight, primed, corned, raddled†, sewed up [Slang], lushy [Slang], nappy†, muddled, muzzy†, obfuscated, maudlin; crapulous†, dead drunk. woozy [slightly drunk], buzzed, flush, flushed. inter pocula†; in liquor, the worse for liquor; having had a drop too much, half seas over, three sheets in the wind, three sheets to the wind; under the table. drunk as a lord, drunk as a skunk, drunk as a piper, drunk as a fiddler, drunk as Chloe, drunk as an owl, drunk as David's sow, drunk as a wheelbarrow. drunken, bibacious†, sottish; given to drink, addicted to drink, addicted to the bottle; toping &c. v.. Phr. nunc est bibendum [Lat.]; Bacchus ever fair and young" [Dryden]; drink down all unkindness" [Merry Wives]; O that men should put an enemy in their mouths to O that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains" [Othello]. |
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#960. Purity — N. purity; decency, decorum, delicacy; continence, chastity, honesty, virtue, modesty, shame; pudicity†, pucelage†, virginity. vestal, virgin, Joseph, Hippolytus; Lucretia, Diana; prude. Adj. pure, undefiled, modest, delicate, decent, decorous; virginibus puerisque [Lat.]; simon-pure; chaste, continent, virtuous, honest, Platonic. virgin, unsullied; cherry [Coll.]. Phr. as chaste as unsunn'd snow" [Cymbeline]; a soul as white as heaven" [Beaumont and Fletcher]; 'tis Chastity, my brother, Chastity" [Milton]; to the pure all things are pure" [Shelley]. |
#961. Impurity — N. impurity; uncleanness &c. (filth) 653; immodesty; grossness &c. adj.; indelicacy, indecency; impudicity†; obscenity, ribaldry, Fescennine, smut, bawdry†, double entente, equivoque [Fr.]. concupiscence, lust, carnality, flesh, salacity; pruriency, lechery, lasciviency†, lubricity; Sadism, sapphism†. incontinence, intrigue, faux pas [Fr.]; amour, amourette†; gallantry; debauchery, libertinish†, libertinage†, fornication; liaison; wenching, venery, dissipation. seduction; defloration, defilement, abuse, violation, rape; incest. prostitution, social evil, harlotry, stupration†, whoredom, concubinage, cuckoldom†, adultery, advoutry†, crim. con.; free love. seraglio, harem; brothel, bagnio†, stew, bawdyhouse†, cat house, lupanar†, house of ill fame, bordel†, bordello. V. be impure &c. adj.; intrigue; debauch, defile, seduce; prostitute; abuse, violate, deflower; commit adultery &c. n.. Adj. impure; unclean &c. (dirty) 653; not to be mentioned to ears polite; immodest, shameless; indecorous, indelicate, indecent; Fescennine; loose, risque [Fr.], coarse, gross, broad, free, equivocal, smutty, fulsome, ribald, obscene, bawdy, pornographic. concupiscent, prurient, lickerish†, rampant, lustful; carnal, carnal-minded; lewd, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, erotic, ruttish, salacious; Paphian; voluptuous; goatish, must, musty. unchaste, light, wanton, licentious, debauched, dissolute; of loose character, of easy virtue; frail, gay, riggish†, incontinent, meretricious, rakish, gallant, dissipated; no better than she should be; on the town, on the streets, on the pave, on the loose. adulterous, incestuous, bestial. |
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#962. Libertine — N. libertine; voluptuary &c. 954.1; rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell†, fast man; intrigant†, gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat, whoremonger, paillard†, adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard†; chartered libertine. adulteress, advoutress†, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie [Fr.]; woman, woman of the town; streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece [Fr.]; frail sisterhood; demirep, wench, trollop, trull†, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean†, mopsy†, slut, minx, harridan; unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman; woman of easy virtue &c. (unchaste) 961; wanton, fornicatress†; Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia†, Lais, lorette†, cocotte†, petite dame, grisette†; demimonde; chippy [U.S.]; sapphist†; spiritual wife; white slave. concubine, mistress, doxy†, chere amie [Fr.], bona roba [It]. pimp, procurer; pander, pandar†; bawd, conciliatrix†, procuress†, mackerel, wittol†. |
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#963. Legality — N. legality; legitimacy, legitimateness. legislature; law, code, corpus juris [Lat.], constitution, pandect†, charter, enactment, statute, rule; canon &c. (precept) 697; ordinance, institution, regulation; bylaw, byelaw; decree &c. (order) 741; ordonnance†; standing order; plebiscite &c. (choice) 609. legal process; form, formula, formality; rite, arm of the law; habeas corpus; fieri facias [Lat.]. [Science of law] jurisprudence, nomology†; legislation, codification. equity, common law; lex [Lat.], lex nonscripta [Lat.]; law of nations, droit des gens [Fr.], international law, jus gentium [Lat.]; jus civile [Lat.]; civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law; lex mercatoria [Lat.]. constitutionalism, constitutionality; justice &c. 922. [institution for deciding questions of law] court, tribunal &c. 966. [person who presides at a court or tribunal] judge &c. 967. [specialist in questions of law] lawyer, attorney, legal counsel &c. 968. V. legalize; enact, ordain; decree &c. (order) 741; pass a law, enact a regulation; legislate; codify, formulate; regulate. Adj. legal, legitimate; according to law; vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized; lawful &c. (permitted) 760; statutable†, statutory; legislatorial, legislative; regulatory, regulated. Adv. legally &c. adj.; in the eye of the law; de jure [Lat.]. Phr. ignorantia legis neminem excusat [Lat.], ignorance of the law is no excuse; where law ends tyranny begins" [Earl of Chatham]. |
#964. [Absence or violation of law.] Illegality — N. lawlessness; illicitness; breach of law, violation of law, infraction of the law; disobedience &c. 742; unconformity &c. 83. arbitrariness &c. adj.; antinomy, violence, brute force, despotism, outlawry. mob law, lynch law, club law, Lydford law, martial law, drumhead law; coup d'etat [Fr.]; le droit du plus fort [Fr.]; argumentum baculinum [Lat.]. illegality, informality, unlawfulness, illegitimacy, bar sinister. trover and conversion [Law]; smuggling, poaching; simony. [person who violates the law] outlaw, bad man &c. 949. v.. offend against the law; violate the law, infringe the law, break the law; set the law at defiance, ride roughshod over, drive a coach and six through a statute; ignore the law, make the law a dead letter, take the law into one's own hands. smuggle, run, poach. Adj. illegal [contrary to law], unlawful, illegitimate; not allowed, prohibited &c. 761; illicit, contraband; actionable. unwarranted, unwarrantable; unauthorized; informal, unofficial; injudicial†, extrajudicial. lawless, arbitrary; despotic, despotical†; corrupt, summary, irresponsible; unanswerable, unaccountable. [of invalid or expired law] expired, invalid; unchartered, unconstitutional; null and void; a dead letter. [in absence of law] lawless, unregulated Adv. illegally &c. adj.; with a high hand, in violation of law. |
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#965. Jurisdiction [Executive.] — N. jurisdiction, judicature, administration of justice, soc; executive, commission of the peace; magistracy &c. (authority) 737. judge &c. 967; tribunal &c. 966; municipality, corporation, bailiwick, shrievalty [Brit.]; lord lieutenant, sheriff, shire reeve, shrieve†, constable; selectman; police, police force, the fuzz [Sarc.]; constabulary, bumbledom†, gendarmerie [Fr.]. officer, bailiff, tipstaff, bum-bailiff, catchpoll, beadle; policeman, cop [Coll.], police constable, police sergeant; sbirro†, alguazil†, gendarme, kavass†, lictor†, mace bearer, huissier [Fr.], bedel†; tithingman†. press gang; exciseman†, gauger, gager†, customhouse officer, douanier [Fr.]. coroner, edile†, aedile†, portreeve†, paritor†; posse comitatus [Lat.]. bureau, cutcherry†, department, secretariat. [extension of jurisdiction] long arm of the law, extradition. V. judge, sit in judgment; extradite. Adj. executive, administrative, municipal; inquisitorial, causidical†; judicatory†, judiciary, judicial; juridical. Adv. coram judice [Lat.]. |
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#966. Tribunal — N. tribunal, court, board, bench, judicatory†; court of justice, court of law, court of arbitration, administrative court; inquisition; guild. justice seat; judgment seat, mercy seat; woolsack†; bar of justice; dock; forum, hustings, bureau, drumhead; jury box, witness box. senate house, town hall, theater; House of Commons, House of Lords; statehouse [U.S.], townhouse. assize, eyre; wardmote†, burghmote†; barmote†; superior courts of Westminster; court of record, court oyer and terminer [Law], court assize, court of appeal, court of error; High court of Judicature, High court of Appeal; Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; Star Chamber; Court of Chancery, Court of King's or Queen's Bench, Court of Exchequer, Court of Common Pleas, Court of Probate, Court of Arches, Court of Admiralty; Lords Justices' court, Rolls court, Vice Chancellor's court, Stannary court†, Divorce court, Family court, Palatine court, county court, district court, police court; sessions; quarter sessions, petty sessions; court-leet [Fr.], court-baron, court of pie poudre [Fr.], court of common council; board of green cloth. court martial; drumhead court martial; durbar†, divan; Areopagus†; Irota. Adj. judicial &c. 965; appellate. Phr. die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltgericht [G.]. |
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#967. Judge — N. judge; justice, justiciar†, justiciary†; chancellor; justice of assize, judge of assize; recorder, common sergeant; puisne judge, assistant judge, county court judge; conservator of the peace, justice of the peace; J.P.; court &c. (tribunal) 966; magistrate, police magistrate, beak [Slang]; his worship, his honor, his lordship. jury, twelve men in a box. Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice; Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor; Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron; Mr. Justice, Associate Justice, Chief Justice; Baron, Baron of the Exchequer. jurat [Lat.], assessor; arbiter, arbitrator; umpire; referee, referendary†; revising barrister; domesman†; censor &c. (critic) 480; barmaster†, ephor†; grand juror, grand juryman; juryman, talesman. archon, tribune, praetor, syndic, podesta†, mollah†, ulema, mufti, cadi†, kadi†; Rhadamanthus†. litigant &c. (accusation) 938. V. adjudge &c. (determine) 480; try a case, try a prisoner. Adj. judicial &c. 965. Phr. a Daniel come to judgment" [Merchant of Venice]. |
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#968. Lawyer — N. lawyer, attorney, legal counsel; counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law; jurist, legist†, civilian, pundit, publicist, juris consult [Lat.], legal adviser, advocate; barrister, barrister at law; King's or Queen's counsel; K.C.; Q.C.; silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher; tubman†, judge &c. 967. bar, legal profession, bar association, association of trial lawyers; officer of the court; gentleman of the long robe; junior bar, outer bar, inner bar; equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader. solicitor, proctor; notary, notary public; scrivener, cursitor†; writer, writer to the signet; S.S.C.; limb of the law; pettifogger; vakil†. legal beagle [Coll.]. [persons accessory to lawyers] legal secretary; legal assistant; law student. V. practice law, practice at the bar, practice within the bar; plead; call to the bar, be called to the bar, be called within the bar; take silk; take to the law. give legal counsel, provide legal counsel. Adj. learned in the law; at the bar; forensic; esquire, esquired. Phr. banco regis [Lat.]. |
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#969. Lawsuit — N. lawsuit, suit, action, cause; litigation; suit in law; dispute &c. 713. citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment; accusation &c. 938; presentment, true bill, indictment. apprehension, arrest; committal; imprisonment &c. (restraint) 751. writ, summons, subpoena, latitat†, nisi prius [Lat.]; venire, venire facias pleadings [Lat.]; declaration, bill, claim; proces verbal [Fr.]; bill of right, information, corpus delicti; affidavit, state of facts; answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder; surrebutter†, surrejoinder†. suitor, party to a suit; plaintiff, defendant, litigant &c. 938. hearing, trial; verdict &c. (judgment) 480; appeal, appeal motion; writ of error; certiorari [Lat.]. case; decision, precedent; decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books).. V. go to law, appeal to the law; bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar; put on trial, pull up; accuse &c. 938; prefer a claim, file a claim &c. n.; take the law of, inform against. serve with a writ, cite, apprehend, arraign, sue, prosecute, bring an action against, indict, impeach, attach, distrain, commit; arrest; summon, summons; give in charge &c. (restrain) 751. empanel a jury, implead†, join issue; close the pleadings; set down for hearing. try, hear a cause; sit in judgment; adjudicate &c. 480. Adj. litigious &c. (quarrelsome) 713; qui tam; coram judice [Lat.], sub judice [Lat.]. Adv. pendente lite [Lat.]. Phr. adhuc sub judice lis est [Lat.]; accedas ad curiam [Lat.]; transeat in exemplum [Lat.]. |
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#970. Acquittal — N. acquittal, acquitment†; clearance, exculpation; acquittance, clearance, exoneration; discharge &c. (release) 750; quietus, absolution, compurgation†, reprieve, respite; pardon &c. (forgiveness) 918. [Exemption from punishment] impunity; diplomatic immunity; immunity; plea bargain, deal with the prosecutor. [in civil suits] no cause for action; no damages. V. acquit, exculpate, exonerate, clear; absolve, whitewash, assoil†; discharge, release; liberate &c. 750. reprieve, respite; pardon &c. (forgive) 918; let off, let off scot-free. drop the charges. plea bargain, strike a deal. no-cause (in civil suits); get no-caused Adj. acquitted &c. v.; uncondemned, unpunished, unchastised. not guilty; not proven. not liable. Phr. nemo bis punitur pro codem delicto [Lat.]. |
#971. Condemnation — N. condemnation, conviction, judgment, penalty, sentence; proscription, damnation; death warrant. attainder, attainture†, attaintment†. V. condemn, convict, cast, bring home to, find guilty, damn, doom, sign the death warrant, sentence, pass sentence on, attaint, confiscate, proscribe, sequestrate; nonsuit†. disapprove &c. 932; accuse &c. 938. stand condemned. Adj. condemnatory, damnatory†; guilty, condemned &c. v.; nonsuited &c. (failure) 732†; self-convicted. Phr. mutato nomine de te fabula narratur [Lat.]; unrespited, unpitied, unreprieved" [Paradise Lost]. #972. Punishment — N. punishment, punition†; chastisement, chastening; correction, castigation. discipline, infliction, trial; judgment; penalty &c. 974; retribution; thunderbolt, Nemesis; requital &c. (reward) 973; penology; retributive justice. lash, scaffold &c. (instrument of punishment) 975; imprisonment &c. (restraint) 751; transportation, banishment, expulsion, exile, involuntary exile, ostracism; penal servitude, hard labor; galleys &c. 975; beating &c. v.; flagellation, fustigation†, gantlet, strappado†, estrapade†, bastinado, argumentum baculinum [Lat.], stick law, rap on the knuckles, box on the ear; blow &c. (impulse) 276; stripe, cuff, kick, buffet, pummel; slap, slap in the face; wipe, douse; coup de grace; torture, rack; picket, picketing; dragonnade†. capital punishment; execution; lethal injection; the gas chamber; hanging &c. v.; electrocution, rail-riding, scarpines†; decapitation, decollation†; garrotte, garrotto [It]; crucifixion, impalement; firing squad; martyrdom; auto-da-fe [Fr.]; noyade†; happy dispatch. [suicide as punishment] hara-kiri, seppuku [Jap.]; drinking the hemlock. V. punish; chastise, chasten; castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice; cowhide, lambaste [Slang]. visit upon, pay; pay out, serve out; do for; make short work of, give a lesson to, serve one right, make an example of; have a rod in pickle for; give it one. strike &c. 276; deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite; slap, slap the face; smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge†, buffet; thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor; lace, lace one's jacket; dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund†, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate†, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue; beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly; give a black eye. tar and feather; pelt, stone, lapidate†; masthead, keelhaul. execute; bring to the block, bring to the gallows; behead, decapitate, guillotine; decollate; hang, turn off, gibbet, bowstring, hang draw and quarter; shoot; decimate; burn; break on the wheel, crucify; empale†, impale; flay; lynch; electrocute; gas, send to the gas chamber. torture; put on, put to the rack; picket. banish, exile, transport, expel, ostracize; rusticate; drum out; dismiss, disbar, disbench†; strike off the roll, unfrock; post. suffer, suffer for, suffer punishment; be flogged. be executed, suffer the ultimate penalty; be hanged &c.; come to the gallows, mount the gallows, swing [Coll.], twist in the wind, dance upon nothing, die in one's shoes; be rightly served; be electrocuted, fry [Coll.], ride the lightning [Coll.]; face the firing squad. Adj. punishing &c. v.; penal; punitory†, punitive; inflictive, castigatory; punished &c. v.. Int. a la lanterne! [Fr.], Phr. culpan paena premit comes [Lat.] [Horace]; eating the bitter bread of banishment" [Richard II]; gravis ira regum est semper [Lat.] [Seneca]; sera tamen tacitis paena venit pedibus [Lat.] [Tibullus]; suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo [Lat.] [Terence]. |
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#973. Reward — N. reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, guerdon†, reguerdon†; price. [payment for damage or debt] indemnity, indemnification; quittance; compensation; reparation, redress, satisfaction; reckoning, acknowledgment, requital, amends, sop; atonement, retribution; consideration, return, quid pro quo. salvage, perquisite; vail &c. (donation) 784†. douceur [Fr.], bribe; hush money, smart money†; blackmail, extortion; carcelage†; solatium†. allowance, salary, stipend, wages, compensation; pay, payment; emolument; tribute; batta†, shot, scot; bonus, premium, tip; fee, honorarium; hire; dasturi†, dustoori†; mileage. crown &c. (decoration of honor) 877. V. reward, recompense, repay, requite; remunerate, munerate†; compensate; fee; pay one's footing &c. (pay) 807; make amends, indemnify, atone; satisfy, acknowledge. get for one's pains, reap the fruits of. tip. Adj. remunerative, remuneratory; munerary†, compensatory, retributive, reparatory†; rewarding; satisfactory. Phr. fideli certa merces [Lat.]; honor virtutis praemium [Lat.] [Cicero]; tibi seris tibi metis [Lat.]. |
#974. Penalty — N. penalty; retribution &c. (punishment) 972; pain, pains and penalties; weregild†, wergild; peine forte et dure [Fr.]; penance &c. (atonement) 952; the devil to pay. fine, mulct, amercement; forfeit, forfeiture; escheat [Law], damages, deodand†, sequestration, confiscation, premunire [Lat.]; doomage [U.S.]. V. fine, mulct, amerce, sconce, confiscate; sequestrate, sequester; escheat [Law]; estreat†, forfeit. #975. [Instrument of punishment.] Scourge — N. scourge, rod, cane, stick; ratan†, rattan; birch, birch rod; azote†, blacksnake†, bullwhack [U.S.], chicote†, kurbash†, quirt, rawhide, sjambok†; rod in pickle; switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon. whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout; cat, cat o'nine tails; rope's end. pillory, stocks, whipping post; cucking stool†, ducking stool; brank†; trebuchet†, trebuket†. [instruments of torture: list], triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel; chinese water torture. treadmill, crank, galleys. scaffold; block, ax, guillotine; stake; cross; gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring; death chair, electric chair; gas chamber; lethal injection; firing squad; mecate†. house of correction &c. (prison) 752. goaler, jailer; executioner; electrocutioner†; lyncher; hangman; headsman†; Jack Ketch. |
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#976. Deity — N. Deity, Divinity; Godhead, Godship†; Omnipotence, Providence; Heaven (metonymically). [Quality of being divine] divineness†, divinity. God, Lord, Jehovah, Jahweh, Allah†; The Almighty, The Supreme Being, The First Cause, the Prime Mover; Ens Entium [Lat.]; Author of all things, Creator of all things; Author of our being; Cosmoplast†; El; The Infinite, The Eternal; The All-powerful, The All-wise, The All-merciful, The All-holy. [Attributes and perfections] infinite power, infinite wisdom, infinite goodness, infinite justice, infinite truth, infinite mercy; omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence; unity, immutability, holiness, glory, majesty, sovereignty, infinity, eternity. The Trinity, The Holy Trinity, The Trinity in Unity, The Triune God, God the Father Son and Holy Ghost. God the Father; The Maker, The Creator, The Preserver. [Functions] creation, preservation, divine government; Theocracy, Thearchy†; providence; ways of Providence, dealings of Providence, dispensations of Providence, visitations of Providence. [Christian God: second person] God the Son, Jesus, Christ; The Messiah, The Anointed, The Saviour, the Redeemer, The Mediator, The Intercessor, The Advocate, The Judge; The Son of God, The Son of Man, The Son of David; The Lamb of God, The Word; Logos; Emmanuel; Immanuel; The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, The King of Glory, The Prince of Peace, The Good Shepherd, The Way, The Truth, The Life, The Bread of Life, The Light of the World; The Lord our, The Sun of Righteousness; The Pilot of the Galilean lake" [Milton]. The Incarnation, The Hypostatic Union. [Functions] salvation, redemption, atonement, propitiation, mediation, intercession, judgment. [Christian God: third person] God the Holy Ghost, The Holy Spirit, Paraclete [Theo.]; The Comforter, The Spirit of Truth, The Dove. [Functions] inspiration, unction, regeneration, sanctification, consolation. eon, aeon, special providence, deus ex machina [Lat.]; avatar. V. create, move, uphold, preserve, govern &c.; atone, redeem, save, propitiate, mediate, &c.; predestinate, elect, call, ordain, bless, justify, sanctify, glorify &c.. Adj. almighty, holy, hallowed, sacred, divine, heavenly, celestial; sacrosanct; all-knowing, all-seeing, all-wise; omniscient. superhuman, supernatural; ghostly, spiritual, hyperphysical†, unearthly; theistic, theocratic; anointed; soterial†. jure divino [Lat.], by divine right. Phr. Domine dirige nos [Lat.]; en Dieu est ma fiance [Fr.]; et sceleratis sol oritur [Lat.] [Seneca]; He mounts the storm and walks upon the wind" [Pope]; Thou great First Cause, least understood" [Pope]; sans Dieu rien [Fr.]. |
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#977. [Beneficent spirits] Angel — N. angel, archangel; guardian angel; heavenly host, host of heaven, sons of God; seraph, seraphim; cherub, cherubim. ministering spirit, morning star. saint, patron saint, Madonna; invisible helpers. Adj. angelic, seraphic, cherubic; saintly. |
#978. [Maleficent spirits.] Satan — N. Satan, the Devil, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Ahriman†, Belial; Samael, Zamiel, Beelzebub, the Prince of the Devils. the tempter; the evil one, the evil spirit; the Adversary; the archenemy; the author of evil, the wicked one, the old Serpent; the Prince of darkness, the Prince of this world, the Prince of the power of the air; the foul fiend, the arch fiend; the devil incarnate; the common enemy, the angel of the bottomless pit; Abaddon†, Apollyon†. fallen angels, unclean spirits, devils; the rulers, the powers of darkness; inhabitants of Pandemonium; demon &c. 980. diabolism; devilism†, devilship†; diabolology†; satanism, devil worship; manicheism; the cloven foot. Adj. satanic, diabolic, devilish; infernal, hellborn†. |
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#979. Jupiter — N. god, goddess; heathen gods and goddesses; deva†; Jupiter, Jove &c.; pantheon. Allah†, Bathala†, Brahm†, Brahma†, Brahma†, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread†, the Great Spirit, Ushas; water nymph, wood nymph; Yama, Varuna, Zeus; Vishnu [Hindu deities], Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath†, Buddha; Isis [Egyptian deities], Osiris, Ra; Belus, Bel, Baal†, Asteroth &c.; Thor [Norse deities], Odin; Mumbo Jumbo; good genius, tutelary genius; demiurge, familiar; sibyl; fairy, fay; sylph, sylphid; Ariel†, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie†, Ormuzd; Oberon, Mab, hamadryad†, naiad, mermaid, kelpie†, Ondine, nixie, sprite; denizens of the air; pixy &c. (bad spirit) 980. mythology; heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology; Lempriere, folklore. Adj. god-like, fairy-like; sylph-like; sylphic†. Phr. you moonshine revelers and shades of night" [Merry Wives]. |
#980. Demon — N. demon, daemon, demonry†, demonology; evil genius, fiend, familiar, daeva†, devil; bad spirit, unclean spirit; cacodemon†, incubus, Eblis, shaitan†, succubus, succuba; Frankenstein's monster; Titan, Shedim, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus†, Moloch, Belial, Ahriman†; fury, harpy; Friar Rush. vampire, ghoul; afreet†, barghest†, Loki; ogre, ogress; gnome, gin, jinn, imp, deev†, lamia†; bogie, bogeyman, bogle†; nis†, kobold†, flibbertigibbet, fairy, brownie, pixy, elf, dwarf, urchin; Puck, Robin Goodfellow; leprechaun, Cluricaune†, troll, dwerger†, sprite, ouphe†, bad fairy, nix, nixie, pigwidgeon†, will-o'-the wisp. [Supernatural appearance] ghost, revenant, specter, apparition, spirit, shade, shadow, vision; hobglobin, goblin, orc; wraith, spook, boggart†, banshee, loup-garou [Fr.], lemures†; evil eye. merman, mermaid, merfolk†; siren; satyr, faun; manito†, manitou, manitu. possession, demonic possession, diabolic possession; insanity &c. 503. [in jest, in science] Maxwell's demon. [person possessed by a demon] demoniac. Adj. demonic, demonical, impish, demoniacal; fiendish, fiend-like; supernatural, weird, uncanny, unearthly, spectral; ghostly, ghost-like; elfin, elvin†, elfish, elflike†; haunted; pokerish [U.S.]. possessed, possessed by a devil, possessed by a demon. Adv. demonically. |
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#981. Heaven — N. heaven; kingdom of heaven, kingdom of God; heavenly kingdom; throne of God; presence of God; inheritance of the saints in light. Paradise, Eden, Zion, abode of the blessed; celestial bliss, glory. [Mythological heaven] Olympus; Elysium (paradise), Elysian fields, Arcadia†, bowers of bliss, garden of the Hesperides, third heaven; Valhalla, Walhalla (Scandinavian); Nirvana (Buddhist); happy hunting grounds; Alfardaws†, Assama†; Falak al aflak [Ar.] the highest heaven" (Mohammedan). future state, eternal home, eternal reward. resurrection, translation; resuscitation &c. 660. apotheosis, deification. Adj. heavenly, celestial, supernal, unearthly, from on high, paradisiacal, beatific, elysian. Phr. looks through nature up to the nature's god" [Pope]; the great world's altarstairs, that slope through the great world's altarstairs, that slope through darkness up to God" [Tennyson]; the treasury of everlasting joy" [Henry VI]; vigeur de dessus [Fr.]. |
#982. Hell — N. hell, bottomless pit, place of torment; habitation of fallen angels; Pandemonium, Abaddon†, Domdaniel; jahannan†, sheol†. hell fire; everlasting fire, everlasting torment, eternal damnation; lake of fire and brimstone; fire that is never quenched; worm that never dies. purgatory, limbo, gehenna, abyss. [Mythological hell] Tartarus, Hades, Avernus [Lat.], Styx, Stygian creek, pit of Acheron†, Cocytus; infernal regions, inferno, shades below, realms of Pluto. Pluto, Rhadamanthus†, Erebus [Lat.]; Tophet. Adj. hellish, infernal, stygian. Phr. dies irae dies illa [Lat.]; the hue of dungeons and the scowl of night" [Love's Labor's Lost]. |
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#983. [Religious Knowledge.] Theology — N. theology (natural and revealed); theogony†, theosophy; divinity; hagiology, hagiography; Caucasian mystery; monotheism; religion; religious persuasion, religious sect, religious denomination; creed &c. (belief) 484; article of faith, declaration of faith, profession of faith, confession of faith. theologue, theologian; scholastic, divine, schoolman†, canonist, theologist†; the Fathers. Adj. theological, religious; denominational; sectarian &c. 984. |
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#983a. Orthodoxy — N. orthodoxy; strictness, soundness, religious truth, true faith; truth &c. 494; soundness of doctrine. Christianity, Christianism†; Catholicism, Catholicity; the faith once delivered to the saints;" hyperorthodoxy &c. 984†; iconoclasm. The Church; Catholic Church, Universal Church, Apostolic Church, Established Church; temple of the Holy Ghost; Church of Christ, body of Christ, members of Christ, disciples of Christ, followers of Christ; Christian, Christian community; true believer; canonist &c. (theologian) 983; Christendom, collective body of Christians. canons &c. (belief) 484; thirty nine articles; Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed†; Church Catechism; textuary†. Adj. orthodox, sound, strick†, faithful, catholic, schismless†, Christian, evangelical, scriptural, divine, monotheistic; true &c. 494. Phr. of the true faith. |
#984. Heterodoxy [Sectarianism.] — N. heterodoxy; error &c. 495; false doctrine, heresy, schism; schismaticism†, schismaticalness; recusancy, backsliding, apostasy; atheism &c. (irreligion) 989†. bigotry &c. (obstinacy) 606; fanaticism, iconoclasm; hyperorthodoxy†, precisianism†, bibliolatry†, sabbatarianism†, puritanism; anthropomorphism; idolatry &c. 991; superstition &c. (credulity) 486; dissent &c. 489. sectarism†, sectarianism; noncomformity†; secularism; syncretism†. [religious sects.] protestantism, Arianism†, Adventism, Jansenism, Stundism†, Erastianism†, Calvinism, quakerism†, methodism, anabaptism†, Puseyism, tractarianism†, ritualism, Origenism, Sabellianism, Socinianism†, Deism, Theism, materialism, positivism, latitudinarianism &c. High Church, Low Church, Broad Church, Free Church; ultramontanism†; papism, papistry; monkery†; papacy; Anglicanism, Catholicism, Romanism; popery, Scarlet Lady, Church of Rome, Greek Church. paganism, heathenism, ethicism†; mythology; polytheism, ditheism†, tritheism†; dualism; heathendom†. Judaism, Gentilism†, Islamism, Islam, Mohammedanism, Babism†, Sufiism, Neoplatonism, Turcism†, Brahminism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sabianism, Gnosticism, Hylotheism†, Mormonism; Christian Science. heretic, apostate, antichrist†; pagan, heathen; painim†, paynim†; giaour†; gentile; pantheist, polytheist; idolator. schismatic; sectary, sectarian, sectarist†; seceder, separatist, recusant, dissenter; nonconformist, nonjuror†. bigot &c. (obstinacy) 606; fanatic, abdal†, iconoclast. latitudinarian, Deist, Theist, Unitarian; positivist, materialist; Homoiousian†, Homoousian†, limitarian†, theosophist, ubiquitarian†; skeptic &c. 989. Protestant; Huguenot; orthodox dissenter, Congregationalist, Independent; Episcopalian, Presbyterian; Lutheran, Calvinist, Methodist, Wesleyan; Ana†, Baptist; Mormon, Latter-day Saint†, Irvingite, Sandemanian, Glassite, Erastian; Sublapsarian, Supralapsarian†; Gentoo, Antinomian†, Swedenborgian†; Adventist†, Bible Christian, Bryanite, Brownian, Christian Scientist, Dunker, Ebionite, Eusebian; Faith Curer†, Curist†; Familist†, Jovinianist, Libadist†, Quaker, Restitutionist†, Shaker, Stundist, Tunker &c.; ultramontane; Anglican†, Oxford School; tractarian†, Puseyite, ritualist; Puritan. Catholic, Roman, Catholic, Romanist, papist. Jew, Hebrew, Rabbinist, Rabbist†, Sadducee; Babist†, Motazilite; Mohammedan, Mussulman, Moslem, Shiah, Sunni, Wahabi, Osmanli. Brahmin†, Brahman†; Parsee, Sufi, Buddhist; Magi, Gymnosophist†, fire worshiper, Sabian, Gnostic, Rosicrucian &c. Adj. heterodox, heretical; unorthodox, unscriptural, uncanonical; antiscriptural†, apocryphal; unchristian, antichristian†; schismatic, recusant, iconoclastic; sectarian; dissenting, dissident; secular &c., (lay) 997. pagan; heathen, heathenish; ethnic, ethnical; gentile, paynim†; pantheistic, polytheistic. Judaical, Mohammedan, Brahminical†, Buddhist &c. n.; Romish, Protestant &c. n.. bigoted &c. (prejudiced) 481, (obstinate) 606; superstitious &c. (credulous) 486; fanatical; idolatrous &c. 991; visionary &c. (imaginative) 515. Phr. slave to no sect" [Pope]; superstitione tollenda religio non superstitione tollenda religio non tollitur [Lat.] [Cicero]. |
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#985. Judeo-Christian Revelation — N. revelation, inspiration, afflatus; theophany†, theopneusty†. Word, Word of God; Scripture; the Scriptures, the Bible; Holy Writ, Holy Scriptures; inspired writings, Gospel. Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate, Pentateuch; Octateuch; the Law, the Jewish Law, the Prophets; major Prophets, minor Prophets; Hagiographa, Hagiology; Hierographa†; Apocrypha. New Testament; Gospels, Evangelists, Acts, Epistles, Apocalypse, Revelations. Talmud; Mishna, Masorah. prophet &c. (seer) 513; evangelist, apostle, disciple, saint; the Fathers, the Apostolical Fathers†; Holy Men of old, inspired penmen. Adj. scriptural, biblical, sacred, prophetic; evangelical, evangelistic; apostolic, apostolical†; inspired, theopneustic†, theophneusted†, apocalyptic, ecclesiastical, canonical, textuary†. |
#986. Pseudo-Revelation — N. the Koran, the Alcoran†; Lyking†, Vedas, Zendavesta, Avesta†, Sastra, Shastra, Tantra†, Upanishads, Purana, Edda; Book of Mormon. [Non-Biblical prophets and religious founders] Gautama, Buddha; Zoroaster, Confucius, Bab-ed-Din†, Mohammed. [Idols] golden calf &c. 991; Baal†, Moloch, Dagon. |
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#987. Piety — N. piety, religion, theism, faith; religiousness, holiness &c. adj.; saintship†; religionism†; sanctimony &c. (assumed piety) 988; reverence &c. (respect) 928; humility, veneration, devotion; prostration &c. (worship) 990; grace, unction, edification; sanctity, sanctitude†; consecration. spiritual existence, odor of sanctity, beauty of holiness. theopathy†, beatification, adoption, regeneration, conversion, justification, sanctification, salvation, inspiration, bread of life; Body and Blood of Christ. believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist†; the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect; Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame [Fr.], Our Lady. the children of God, the children of the Kingdom, the children of the light. V. be pious &c. adj.; have faith &c. n.; believe, receive Christ; revere &c. 928; be converted &c.; convert, edify, sanctify, keep holy, beatify, regenerate, inspire, consecrate, enshrine. Adj. pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly-minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic; saintly, saint-like; seraphic, sacred, solemn. believing, faithful, Christian, Catholic. elected, adopted, justified, sanctified, regenerated, inspired, consecrated, converted, unearthly, not of the earth. Phr. ne vile fano [It]; pure-eyed Faith . . . thou hovering angel girt with pure-eyed Faith . . . thou hovering angel girt with golden wings" [Milton]. |
#988. Impiety — N. impiety; sin &c. 945; irreverence; profaneness &c. adj.; profanity, profanation; blasphemy, desecration, sacrilege; scoffing &c. v.. [feigned piety] hypocrisy &c. (falsehood) 544; pietism, cant, pious fraud; lip devotion, lip service, lip reverence; misdevotion†, formalism, austerity; sanctimony, sanctimoniousness &c. adj.; pharisaism, precisianism†; sabbatism†, sabbatarianism†; odium theologicum [Lat.], sacerdotalism†; bigotry &c. (obstinacy) 606, (prejudice) 481; blue laws. hardening, backsliding, declension, perversion, reprobation. sinner &c. 949; scoffer, blasphemer; sacrilegist†; sabbath breaker; worldling; hypocrite &c. (dissembler) 548; Tartufe†, Mawworm†. bigot; saint [Iron.]; Pharisee; sabbatarian†, formalist, methodist, puritan, pietist†, precisian†, religionist, devotee; ranter, fanatic, juramentado†. the wicked, the evil, the unjust, the reprobate; sons of men, sons of Belial, the wicked one; children of darkness. V. be impious &c. adj., profane, desecrate, blaspheme, revile, scoff; swear &c. (malediction) 908; commit sacrilege. snuffle; turn up the whites of the eyes; idolize. Adj. impious; irreligious &c. 989; desecrating &c. v.; profane, irreverent, sacrilegious, blasphemous. un-hallowed, un-sanctified, un-regenerate; hardened, perverted, reprobate. hypocritical &c. (false) 544; canting, pietistical†, sanctimonious, unctuous, pharisaical, overrighteous†, righteous over much. bigoted, fanatical; priest-ridden. Adv. under the mask of religion, under the cloak of religion, under the pretense of religion, under the form of religion, under the guise of religion. Phr. giovane santo diavolo vecchio [It]. |
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#989. Irreligion — N. irreligion†, indevotion†; godlessness, ungodliness &c. adj.; laxity, quietism. skepticism, doubt; unbelief, disbelief; incredulity, incredulousness &c. adj.†; want of faith, want of belief; pyrrhonism; bout &c. 485; agnosticism. atheism; deism; hylotheism†; materialism; positivism; nihilism. infidelity, freethinking, antichristianity†, rationalism; neology. [person who is not religious] atheist, skeptic, unbeliever, deist, infidel, pyrrhonist; giaour†, heathen, alien, gentile, Nazarene; espri fort [Fr.], freethinker, latitudinarian, rationalist; materialist, positivist, nihilist, agnostic, somatist†, theophobist†. V. be irreligious &c. adj.; disbelieve, lack faith; doubt, question &c. 485. dechristianize†. Adj. irreligious; indevout†; undevout†; devoutless†, godless, graceless; ungodly, unholy, unsanctified†, unhallowed; atheistic, without God. skeptical, freethinking; unbelieving, unconverted; incredulous, faithless, lacking faith; deistical; unchristian, antichristian†. worldly, mundane, earthly, carnal; worldly minded &c.. Adv. irreligiously &c. adj.. |
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#990. Worship — N. worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage, service, humiliation; kneeling, genuflection, prostration. prayer, invocation, supplication, rogation, intercession, orison, holy breathing; petition &c. (request) 765; collect, litany, Lord's prayer, paternoster [Lat.]; beadroll†; latria†, dulia†, hyperdulia†, vigils; revival; cult; anxious meeting, camp meeting; ebenezer, virginal. thanksgiving; giving thanks, returning thanks; grace, praise, glorification, benediction, doxology, hosanna; hallelujah, allelujah†; Te Deum [Lat.], non nobis Domine [Lat.], nunc dimittis [Lat.]; paean; benschen [G.]; Ave Maria, O Salutaris, Sanctus [Lat.], The Annunciation, Tersanctus, Trisagion. psalm, psalmody; hymn, plain song, chant, chaunt, response, anthem, motet; antiphon†, antiphony. oblation, sacrifice, incense, libation; burnt offering, heave offering, votive offering; offertory. discipline; self-discipline, self-examination, self-denial; fasting. divine service, office, duty; exercises; morning prayer; mass, matins, evensong, vespers; undernsong†, tierce†; holyday &c. (rites) 998. worshipper, congregation, communicant, celebrant. V. worship, lift up the heart, aspire; revere &c. 928; adore, do service, pay homage; humble oneself, kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee; fall down, fall on one's knees; prostrate oneself, bow down and worship. pray, invoke, supplicate; put up, offer up prayers, offer petitions; beseech &c. (ask) 765; say one's prayers, tell one's beads. return thanks, give thanks; say grace, bless, praise, laud, glorify, magnify, sing praises; give benediction, lead the choir, intone; deacon, deacon off propitiate [U.S.], offer sacrifice, fast, deny oneself; vow, offer vows, give alms. work out one's salvation; go to church; attend service, attend mass; communicate &c. (rite) 998. Adj. worshipping &c. v.; devout, devotional, reverent, pure, solemn; fervid &c. (heartfelt) 821. Int. hallelujah, allelujah! †, hosanna!, glory be to God!, O Lord!, pray God that!, God grant, God bless, God save, God forbid!, sursum corda [Lat.]. Phr. making their lives a prayer" [Whittier]; ora et labora [Lat.]; prayers ardent open heaven" [Young]. |
#991. Idolatry — N. idolatry, idolism†; demonism†, demonolatry†; idol-worship, demon-worship, devil-worship, fire-worship; zoolatry, fetishism, fetichism; ecclesiolatry†, heliolatry, Mariolatry, Bibliolatry†. deification, apotheosis, canonization; hero worship. sacrifices, hecatomb, holocaust; human sacrifices, immolation, mactation†, infanticide, self-immolation, suttee. idol, golden calf, graven image, fetich, avatar, Juggernath†, lares et penates [Lat.]; Baal &c. 986†. V. worship idols, worship pictures, worship relics; deify, canonize. Adj. idolatrous. Phr. adorer le veau d'or [Fr.]. |
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#992. Sorcery — N. sorcery; occult art, occult sciences; magic, the black art, necromancy, theurgy, thaumaturgy†; demonology, demonomy†, demonship†; diablerie [Fr.], bedevilment; witchcraft, witchery; glamor; fetishism, fetichism, feticism†; ghost dance, hoodoo; obi, obiism†; voodoo, voodooism; Shamanism (Esquimaux), vampirism; conjuration; bewitchery, exorcism, enchantment, mysticism, second sight, mesmerism, animal magnetism; od force, odylic force†; electrobiology†, clairvoyance; spiritualism, spirit rapping, table turning. divination &c. (prediction) 511; sortilege†, ordeal, sortes Virgilianae†; hocus-pocus &c. (deception) 545. V. practice sorcery &c. n.; cast a nativity, conjure, exorcise, charm, enchant; bewitch, bedevil; hoodoo, voodoo; entrance, mesmerize, magnetize; fascinate &c. (influence) 615; taboo; wave a wand; rub the ring, rub the lamp; cast a spell; call up spirits, call up spirits from the vasty deep; raise spirits from the dead. Adj. magic, magical; mystic, weird, cabalistic, talismanic, phylacteric†, incantatory; charmed &c. v.; Circean, odylic†, voodoo. |
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#993. Spell — N. spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala†, exsufflation†, cantrap†, runes, abracadabra, open sesame, countercharm†, Ephesian letters, bell book and candle, Mumbo Jumbo, evil eye, fee-faw-fum. talisman, amulet, periapt†, telesm†, phylactery, philter; fetich, fetish; agnus Dei [Lat.], lamb of God; furcula†, madstone†; mascot, mascotte†; merrythought†; Om, Aum†; scarab, scarabaeus†; sudarium†, triskelion, veronica, wishbone; swastika, fylfot†, gammadion†. wand, caduceus, rod, divining rod, lamp of Aladdin†; wishing-cap, Fortunatus's cap. |
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#994. Sorcerer — N. sorcerer, magician; thaumaturgist†, theurgist; conjuror, necromancer, seer, wizard, witch; hoodoo, voodoo; fairy &c. 980; lamia†, hag. warlock, charmer, exorcist, mage†; cunning man, medicine man; Shaman, figure flinger, ecstatica†; medium, clairvoyant, fortune teller; mesmerist; deus ex machina [Lat.]; soothsayer &c. 513. Katerfelto, Cagliostro, Mesmer, Rosicrucian; Circe, siren, weird sisters. |
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#995. Churchdom — N. church, churchdom; ministry, apostleship†, priesthood, prelacy, hierarch†, church government, christendom, pale of the church. clericalism, sacerdotalism†, episcopalianism, ultramontanism†; theocracy; ecclesiology†, ecclesiologist†; priestcraft†, odium theologicum [Lat.]. monachism†, monachy†; monasticism, monkhood†. [Ecclesiastical offices and dignities] pontificate, primacy, archbishopric†, archiepiscopacy†; prelacy; bishopric, bishopdom†; episcopate, episcopacy; see, diocese; deanery, stall; canonry, canonicate†; prebend, prebendaryship†; benefice, incumbency, glebe, advowson†, living, cure; rectorship†; vicariate, vicarship; deaconry†, deaconship†; curacy; chaplain, chaplaincy, chaplainship; cardinalate, cardinalship†; abbacy, presbytery. holy orders, ordination, institution, consecration, induction, reading in, preferment, translation, presentation. popedom†; the Vatican, the apostolic see; religious sects &c. 984. council &c. 696; conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter, vestry; sanhedrim, conge d'elire [Fr.]; ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of Arches. V. call, ordain, induct, prefer, translate, consecrate, present. take orders, take the tonsure, take the veil, take vows. Adj. ecclesiastical, ecclesiological†; clerical, sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular†, theocratic; hierarchical, archiepiscopal; episcopal, episcopalian; canonical; monastic, monachal†; monkish; abbatial†, abbatical†; Anglican†; pontifical, papal, apostolic, Roman, Popish; ultramontane, priest-ridden. |
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#996. Clergy — N. clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk. clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant†, pastor, shepherd, minister; father, father in Christ; padre, abbe, cure; patriarch; reverend; black coat; confessor. dignitaries of the church; ecclesiarch†, hierarch†; ebdomarius [Lat.]; eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan†, dean, subdean†, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary†, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate; deacon, deaconess; preacher, reader, lecturer; capitular†; missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher. churchwarden, sidesman†; clerk, precentor†, choir; almoner, suisse [Fr.], verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan; acolyth†, acolothyst†, acolyte, altar boy; chorister. [Roman Catholic priesthood] Pope, Papa, pontiff, high priest, cardinal; ancient flamen†, flamen†; confessor, penitentiary; spiritual director. cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman†, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer; canon regular, canon secular; Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites; Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite; Augustinian†; Gilbertine; Austin Friars†, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars; Bonhomme [Fr.], Carthusian, Benedictine†, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine; Templar, Hospitaler; Bernardine†, Lorettine, pillarist†, stylite†. abbess, prioress, canoness†; religieuse [Fr.], nun, novice, postulant. [Under the Jewish dispensation] prophet, priest, high priest, Levite; Rabbi, Rabbin, Rebbe; scribe. [Mohammedan etc.] mullah, muezzin, ayatollah; ulema, imaum†, imam, sheik; sufi; kahin†, kassis†; mufti, hadji, dervish; fakir, faquir†; brahmin†, guru, kaziaskier†, poonghie†, sanyasi†; druid, bonze†, santon†, abdal†, Lama, talapoin†, caloyer†. V. take orders &c. 995. Adj. the Reverend, the very Reverend, the Right Reverend; ordained, in orders, called to the ministry. |
#997. Laity — N. laity, flock, fold, congregation, assembly, brethren, people; society [U.S.]. temporality, secularization. layman, civilian; parishioner, catechumen; secularist. V. secularize. Adj. secular, lay, laical, civil, temporal, profane. |
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#998. Rite — N. rite; ceremony, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial; ordinance, observance, function, duty; form, formulary; solemnity, sacrament; incantation &c. (spell) 993; service, psalmody &c. (worship) 990. ministration; preaching, preachment; predication, sermon, homily, lecture, discourse, pastoral. [Christian ritual for induction into the faith] baptism, christening, chrism; circumcision; baptismal regeneration; font. confirmation; imposition of hands, laying on of hands; ordination &c. (churchdom) 995; excommunication. [Jewish rituals] Bar Mitzvah, Bas Mitzvah [Fr.], Bris. Eucharist, Lord's supper, communion; the sacrament, the holy sacrament; celebration, high celebration; missa cantata [Lat.]; asperges†; offertory; introit; consecration; consubstantiation, transubstantiation; real presence; elements; mass; high mass, low mass, dry mass. matrimony &c. 903; burial &c. 363; visitation of the sick. seven sacraments, impanation†, subpanation†, extreme unction, viaticum, invocation of saints, canonization, transfiguration, auricular confession; maceration, flagellation, sackcloth and ashes; penance &c. (atonement) 952; telling of beads, processional; thurification†, incense, holy water, aspersion. relics, rosary, beads, reliquary, host, cross, rood, crucifix, pax [Lat.], pyx, agnus Dei [Lat.], censer, thurible, patera†; eileton†, Holy Grail; prayer machine, prayer wheel; Sangraal†, urceus†. ritualism, ceremonialism; sabbatism†, sabbatarianism†; ritualist, sabbatarian†. holyday, feast, fast. [Christian holy days] Sabbath, Pentecost; Advent, Christmas, Epiphany; Lent; Passion week, Holy week; Easter, Easter Sunday, Whitsuntide; agape, Ascension Day, Candlemas†, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Holy Thursday; Lammas, Martinmas, Michaelmas; All SAint's DAy, All Souls' Day. [Moslem holy days] Ramadan, Ramazan; Bairam &c.. &c. [Jewish holy days] Passover; Shabuoth; Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement; Rosh Hashana, New Year; Hanukkah, Chanukkah, Feast of Lights; Purim, Feast of lots. V. perform service [ritual actions of clergy], do duty, minister, officiate, baptize, dip, sprinkle; anoint, confirm, lay hands on; give the sacrament, administer the sacrament; administer extreme unction; hear confession, administer holy penance, shrive; excommunicate, ban with bell book and candle. [ritual actions of believers] attend services, attend mass, go to mass, hear mass; take the sacrament, receive the sacrament, receive communion, attend the sacrament, partake of the sacrament, partake of communion; communicate; receive extreme unction; confess, go to confession, receive penance; anele†. [teaching functions of clergy] preach, sermonize, predicate, lecture. Adj. ritual, ritualistic; ceremonial; baptismal, eucharistical; paschal. Phr. what art thou, thou idol ceremony? [Henry V]. |
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#999. Canonicals — N. canonicals, vestments; robe, gown, Geneva gown frock, pallium, surplice, cassock, dalmatic†, scapulary†, cope, mozetta†, scarf, tunicle†, chasuble, alb†, alba†, stole; fanon†, fannel†; tonsure, cowl, hood; calote†, calotte†; bands; capouch†, amice†; vagas†, vakas†, vakass†; apron, lawn sleeves, pontificals†, pall; miter, tiara, triple crown; shovel hat, cardinal's hat; biretta; crosier; pastoral staff, thurifer†; costume &c. 225. |
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#1000. Temple — N. place of worship; house of God, house of prayer. temple, cathedral, minster†, church, kirk, chapel, meetinghouse, bethel†, tabernacle, conventicle, basilica, fane†, holy place, chantry†, oratory. synagogue; mosque; marabout†; pantheon; pagoda; joss house†; dogobah†, tope; kiosk; kiack†, masjid†. [clergymen's residence] parsonage, rectory, vicarage, manse, deanery, glebe; Vatican; bishop's palace; Lambeth. altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum [Lat.], sacristy; sacrarium†; communion table, holy table, Lord's table; table of the Lord; pyx; baptistery, font; piscina†, stoup; aumbry†; sedile†; reredos; rood loft, rood screen. [parts of a church: list] chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher; stall, pew; pulpit, ambo†, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis†, credence, baldachin, baldacchino†; apse, belfry; chapter house; presbytery; anxious-bench, anxious-seat; diaconicum [Lat.], jube†; mourner's bench, mourner's seat. [exterior adjacent to a church] cloisters, churchyard. monastery, priory, abbey, friary, convent, nunnery, cloister. Adj. claustral, cloistered; monastic, monasterial; conventual. Phr. ne vile fano [It]; there's nothing ill can dwell in such a there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple" [Tempest]. |
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A 1: goodness 648 N. a being: substantiality 3 N. a blue moon: neverness 107 N. a bright thought: intelligence, wisdom 498 N. a can of worms: convolution 248 Adv. a catalectin: poetry 597 Adj. a century: diuturnity 110 N. a certain number: plurality 100 N. a chip off the old block: similarity 17 Phr. a coup sur: certainty 474 Adv. a crowd is not company: sociality 892 Phr. a cup too low: dejection 837 Adj. a dagger of the mind: fear 860 Phr. a Daniel come to /judgment: judgment 480 Phr. judge 967 Phr. a day after the fair: untimeliness 135 Adv. a dead letter: illegality 964 Adj. a deal: greatness 31 Adv. a discretion: will 600 Adv. a dog's obeyed in office: government 737a Phr. a face untaught to feign: probity 939 Phr. a fair field and no favor: probity 939 N. a far cry to: distance 196 Adv. a few: quantity 25 Adj. plurality 100 Adj. plurality 100 N. a fig for: contempt 930 Int. a fig for': unimportance 643 Int. a fine frenzy: imagination 515 N. a fond: completeness 52 Adv. a fortiori: reasoning 476 Adv. superiority 33 Adv. evidence 467 Adv. a full: quantity 25 Adv. a gauche: sinistrality 239 N. a gentleman and a scholar: good man 948 N. a good hand at: skill 698 Adj. a good turn: benevolence 906 N. a good way off: distance 196 Adv. a great way off: distance 196 Adv. a hundred: multitude 102 Adj. a la francaise: fashion 852 Phr. a la mode: fashion 852 Adj. a la parisienne: fashion 852 Phr. a la sourdine: concealment 528 Adv. a la tartufe: falsehood 544 Adv. a length of time: diuturnity 110 N. a little at a time: degree 26 Adv. a little bird told me: information 527 Phr. a little bit: smallness 32 Adv. a long time ago: the past 122 Adv. a long time: diuturnity 110 N. a long way off: distance 196 Adv. a long while: the past 122 Adv. a man among men: good man 948 N. a million: multitude 102 Adj. a myriad: multitude 102 Adj. a nonillion: multitude 102 Adj. a number of times: repetition 104 Adv. a number: plurality 100 N. a outrance: greatness 31 Adv. completeness 52 Adv. violence 173 Adv. a plague upon!: malediction 908 Int. a post master: authority 737 V. a prey to grief: pain 828 Adj. a prey to melancholy: dejection 837 Adj. a prey to: pain 828 Adj. a priori fact: maxim 496 N. a priori reasoning: reasoning 476 N. a quadrillion: multitude 102 Adj. a quantity: multitude 102 N. a quicksand of deceit: deception 545 Phr. a Roland for an Oliver: barter 794 N. retaliation 718 N. a sadder and a wiser man: penitence 950 N. a schoolboy's tale: transientness 111 Phr. a se: irrelation 10 Adv. a short time ago: newness 123 Adv. a shot in the locker: means 632 N. a show of: similarity 17 Adj. a slave to: subjection 749 Adj. a soul as white as heaven: purity 960 Phr. a span: shortness 201 N. a stitch in time: earliness 132 N. a stranger to: ignorance 491 Adj. a thousand and one: multitude 102 Adj. a thousand times no: negation 536 Phr. a thousand: multitude 102 Adj. a tort et a travers: disagreement 24 Adv. resolution 604 Adv. a truce to!: cessation 142 Int. a wash: equality 27 N. a wee bit: smallness 32 Adv. a wilderness of sweets: pleasure 827 Phr. a word and a blow: haste 684 Phr. contention 720 Phr. irascibility 901 N. a word to the wise: intelligibility 518 N. information 527 N. a world of: multitude 102 Adj. A$: money 800 N. A,B,C,D,E,F: teaching 537 N. A. B.: mariner 269 N. A.B.C.: teaching 537 N. A.C.: time 106 Adv. A.D.: time 106 Adv. a.m.: morning 125 N. A.R.: time 106 Adv. A.U.C.: time 106 Adv. ab extra: exteriority 220 Adv. ab intra: interiority 221 Adv. abacist: numeration 85 N. aback: rear 235 Adv. abacus: numeration 85 N. Abaddon: satan 978 N. hell 982 N. abaft: rear 235 Adv. abalienate: transfer 783 V. abalienation: transfer 783 N. abandon all hope: hopelessness 859 V. abandon the hope of: hopelessness 859 V. abandon: relinquishment 782 V. hopelessness 859 V. artlessness 703 N. activity 682 N. relinquishment 624 V. avoidance 623 V. departure 293 V. seclusion, exclusion 893 V. abandoned: vice 945 Adj. neglect 460 Adj. seclusion, exclusion 893 Adj. abandonment: hopelessness 859 N. relinquishment 782 N. resignation 757 N. relinquishment 624 N. abase: depression 308 V. humility 879 V. abased: servility 886 Adj. abasement: humility 879 N. servility 886 N. disrepute 874 N. depression 308 N. abash: humility 879 V. fear 860 V. abashed: humility 879 Adj. abate: nonincrease, decrease 36 V. discount 813 V. abatement of differences: compromise 774 N. abatement: discount 813 N. nonincrease, decrease 36 N. abatis: defense 717 N. abatjour: opening 260 N. abattis: defense 717 N. abattoir: killing 361 N. abba: paternity 166 N. abbacy: churchdom 995 N. abbatial: churchdom 995 Adj. abbatical: churchdom 995 Adj. abbatis: defense 717 N. abbe: clergy 996 N. abbess: clergy 996 N. abbey: temple 1000 N. abbot: clergy 996 N. abbreviate: compendium 596 V. shortness 201 V. abbreviation: compendium 596 N. shortness 201 N. abbreviature: shortness 201 N. compendium 596 N. ABC: beginning 66 N. letter 561 N. abdal: clergy 996 N. heterodoxy 984 N. abdicant: resignation 757 Adj. abdicate: resignation 757 V. laxity 738 V. abdication: laxity 738 N. resignation 757 N. abditory: ambush 530 N. abdomen: interiority 221 N. abdominal: interiority 221 Adj. abdominoscope: optical instruments 445 N. abdominoscopy: optical instruments 445 N. abdominous: expansion 194 Adj. abduce: repulsion 289 V. abducent: repulsion 289 Adj. abduct: stealing 791 V. repulsion 289 V. taking 789 V. abductee: prisoner 754 N. abduction: experiment 463 N. reasoning 476 N. taking 789 N. repulsion 289 N. abductive: repulsion 289 Adj. abductor: thief 792 N. abecedarian: learner 541 N. letter 561 Adj. teacher 540 N. abecedary: letter 561 N. school 542 N. aberdevine: animal 366 N. aberrant: error 495 Adj. unconformity 83 Adj. deviation 279 Adj. divergence 291 Adj. aberration: insanity 503 N. divergence 291 N. deviation 279 N. variation 20a N. unconformity 83 N. abet: aid 707 V. abettor: auxiliary 711 N. abeyance: expectation 507 N. inexistence 2 N. cessation 142 N. abeyant: latency, implication 526 Adj. abhor: dislike 867 V. hate 898 V. abhorrence: dislike 867 N. abhorrent: painfulness 830 Adj. dislike 867 Adj. hate 898 Adj. abide by arbitration: compromise 774 V. abide by: observance 772 V. assent 488 V. abide with: inexcitability 826 V. abide: expectation 507 V. feeling 821 V. presence 186 V. continuance in action 143 V. permanence 141 V. diuturnity 110 V. existence 1 V. inexcitability 826 V. quiescence 265 V. abigail: servant 746 N. ability: power 157 N. intellect 450 N. skill 698 N. abiogenesis: production 161 N. abito: conduit 350 N. abject fear: fear 860 N. cowardice 862 N. abject: servility 886 Adj. disrepute 874 Adj. improbity 940 Adj. abjection: improbity 940 N. abjectness: disrepute 874 N. abjunction: disjunction 44 N. abjuration: negation 536 N. tergiversation 607 N. resignation 757 N. abjure: tergiversation 607 V. resignation 757 V. abjurement: tergiversation 607 N. abkari: price 812 N. ablation: nonaddition, subtraction 38 N. taking 789 N. ablaze: heat 382 Adj. light 420 Adj. able seaman: mariner 269 N. able: power 157 Adj. skill 698 Adj. able-bodied: strength 159 Adj. ablegate: displacement 185 V. deputy 759 V. ableness: power 157 N. ablepsia: blindness 442 N. ablepsy: blindness 442 N. ablude: difference 15 V. ablution: cleanness 652 N. abnegation: negation 536 N. refusal 764 N. temperance 953 N. abnormal mind: insanity 503 N. abnormal: unconformity 83 Adj. abnormality: unconformity 83 N. abnormalize: unconformity 83 V. abnormity: unconformity 83 N. abnormous: unconformity 83 Adj. aboard: presence 186 Adv. ship 273 Adv. abode of love: love 897 N. abode of the blessed: heaven 981 N. abode: prediction 511 V. abode 189 N. place 182 N. abodement: prediction 511 N. aboding: prediction 511 N. aboideau: conduit 350 N. abolish: abrogation 756 V. abolishment: abrogation 756 N. abolition: abrogation 756 N. destruction 162 N. Abolitionist Party: politics 737b N. abolitionist: abrogation 756 N. abolitionize: abrogation 756 V. abominable: badness 649 Adj. uncleanness 653 Adj. hate 898 Adj. abominate: dislike 867 V. hate 898 V. abomination: badness 649 N. uncleanness 653 N. dislike 867 N. hate 898 N. abord: courtesy 894 N. aboriginal: oldness 124 Adj. cause 153 Adj. inhabitant 188 N. beginning 66 Adj. aborigines: inhabitant 188 N. abort: failure 732 V. abortion: nonpreparation 674 N. failure 732 N. abortive attempt: failure 732 N. abortive efforts: failure 732 N. abortive: nonpreparation 674 Adj. inutility 645 Adj. failure 732 Adj. abound: sufficiency 639 V. abounding: sufficiency 639 Adj. about it and about it: diffuseness 573 Adv. about to be: destiny 152 Adj. about to: futurity 121 Adv. about: nearness 197 Adv. circumjacence 227 Adv. smallness 32 Adv. relation 9 Adv. above all praise: virtue 944 Adj. above all: superiority 33 Adv. importance 642 Adv. above board: manifestation 525 Adv. above comprehension: unintelligibility 519 Adj. above ground: life 359 Adj. above par: greatness 31 Adj. superiority 33 Adv. goodness 648 Adj. above price: dearness 814 Adj. above suspicion: innocence 946 Adj. above the mark: superiority 33 Adv. above water: safety 664 Adj. above: height 206 Adv. aboveboard: artlessness 703 Adj. abovementioned: precedence 62 Adj. priority 116 Adj. above-mentioned: repetition 104 Adj. above-said: repetition 104 Adj. abovestairs: height 206 Adv. abra: interval 198 N. abracadabra: spell 993 N. abrade: nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. contraction 195 V. pulverulence 330 V. abrasion: nonaddition, subtraction 38 N. pulverulence 330 N. friction 331 N. abreast: laterality 236 Adv. abreption: taking 789 N. abridge: compendium 596 V. conciseness 572 V. shortness 201 V. nonincrease, decrease 36 V. abridged: compendium 596 Adj. abridger: shortness 201 N. abridgment: compendium 596 N. nonincrease, decrease 36 N. shortness 201 N. conciseness 572 N. abroach: preparation 673 Adv. abroad: distance 196 Adv. uncertainty 475 Adj. extraneousness 57 Adv. abrogate: inexistence 2 V. abrogation 756 V. resignation 757 V. abrogated: abrogation 756 Adj. abrogation: abrogation 756 N. relinquishment 624 N. abrupt: instantaneity 113 Adj. violence 173 Adj. inelegance 579 Adj. abruption: disjunction 44 N. abruptly: inexpectation 508 Adv. abruptness: instantaneity 113 N. abscess: disease 655 N. abscind: disjunction 44 V. nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. abscission: nonaddition, subtraction 38 N. disjunction 44 N. abscond: departure 293 V. avoidance 623 V. absence d'esprit: incogitancy 452 Phr. absence of aid: opposition 708 N. absence of elasticity: inelasticity 326 N. absence of intellect: absence of Intellect 450a N. absence of light: darkness 421 N. absence of mind: inattention 458 N. absence of motive: absence of motive 615a N. absence of preparation: nonpreparation 674 N. absence of rule: unskillfulness 699 N. absence of smell: inodorousness 399 N. absence of solidity: rarity 322 N. absence of time: neverness 107 N. absence of voice: aphony 581 N. absence: inexistence 2 N. exemption 777a N. zero 101 N. absence 187 N. absent oneself: absence 187 V. absent: incogitancy 452 Adj. absence 187 Adj. inexistence 2 Adj. inattention 458 Adj. absentee: absence 187 N. absenteeism: absence 187 N. absentminded: inattention 458 Adj. absent-mindedly: inattention 458 Adv. absinthe: greenness 435 N. absolute establishment: demonstration 478 N. absolute interest: property 780 N. absolute: existence 1 Adj. certainty 474 Adj. affirmation 535 Adj. government 737a Adj. severity 739 Adj. freedom 748 Adj. release from engagement 768a dueness 924 Adj. greatness 31 Adj. completeness 52 Adj. absolutely: greatness 31 Adv. absoluteness: authority 737 N. absolution: liberation 750 N. forgiveness 918 N. exemption 927a N. acquittal 970 N. absolutism: authority 737 N. severity 739 N. absolve: forgiveness 918 V. acquittal 970 V. exemption 927a V. liberation 750 V. atonement 952 V. permission 760 V. absonant: discord 414 Adj. intuition 477 Adj. absonous: intuition 477 Adj. absorb the attention: attention 457 V. absorb the mind: attention 457 V. absorb the soul: excitation 824 V. absorb the thoughts: attention 457 V. absorb: use 677 V. taking 789 V. reception 296 V. combination 48 V. excitation 824 V. absorbed: attention 457 Adj. absorbent: reception 296 Adj. absorbing: excitation 824 Adj. requirement 630 Adj. feeling 821 Adj. absorption of mind: inattention 458 N. attention 457 N. absorption: reception 296 N. combination 48 N. abstain from doing: inaction 681 V. abstain from voting: absence of choice 609a V. abstain: avoidance 623 V. disuse 678 V. temperance 953 V. abstainer: temperance 953 N. sobriety 958 N. abstemious: temperance 953 Adj. abstemiousness: temperance 953 N. abstention: avoidance 623 N. absterge: cleanness 652 V. abstergent: cleanness 652 Adj. abstersion: cleanness 652 N. abstersive: remedy 662 Adj. abstinence from action: inaction 681 N. abstinence: avoidance 623 N. disuse 678 N. temperance 953 N. abstinent: temperance 953 Adj. abstract application: attention 457 N. abstract attention: attention 457 N. abstract idea: idea 453 N. abstract oneself: inattention 458 V. abstract study: attention 457 N. abstract thought: attention 457 N. thought 451 N. abstract: taking 789 V. compendium 596 V. compendium 596 N. conciseness 572 V. disjunction 44 Adj. stealing 791 V. abstracted: inattention 458 Adj. abstractedly: disjunction 44 Adv. abstractedness: disjunction 44 N. abstraction contemplation: thought 451 N. abstraction: stealing 791 N. taking 789 N. inattention 458 N. nonaddition, subtraction 38 N. disjunction 44 N. abstruse: unintelligibility 519 Adj. absurd story: untruth 546 N. absurd: imbecility folly 499 Adj. impossibility 471 Adj. absurdity 497 Adj. absurdity: absurdity 497 N. unmeaningness 517 N. ridiculousness 853 N. absurdness: absurdity 497 N. Abuna: master 745 N. abundance: greatness 31 N. sufficiency 639 N. abundant: greatness 31 Adj. completeness 52 Adj. sufficiency 639 Adj. abundantly: greatness 31 Adv. abuse like a pickpocket: disapprobation 932 V. abuse of language: neologism 563 N. abuse of terms: neologism 563 N. misinterpretation 523 N. abuse: threat 909 N. impurity 961 V. impurity 961 N. deception 545 V. disapprobation 932 V. malediction 908 N. misuse 679 V. misuse 679 N. badness 649 V. badness 649 N. disapprobation 932 N. abusive: detractor 936 Adj. detraction 934 Adj. disapprobation 932 Adj. discourtesy 895 Adj. threat 909 Adj. abut on: contiguity 199 V. support 215 V. abutment: contiguity 199 N. defense 717 N. support 215 N. abuttal: contiguity 199 N. abutter: contiguity 199 N. aby: permanence 141 V. feeling 821 V. inexcitability 826 V. abysm: interval 198 N. abysmal: depth 208 Adj. abyss: interval 198 N. hell 982 N. space 180 N. academic: supposition 514 Adj. teaching 537 Adj. school 542 Adj. academical: elegance 578 Adj. academician: scholar 492 N. academist: scholar 492 N. academy: school 542 N. acanthus: ornament 847 N. acariâtre: irascibility 901 Adj. acarpous: unproductiveness 169 Adj. accede: assent 488 V. consent 762 V. accelerate: earliness 132 V. haste 684 V. violence 173 V. velocity 274 V. acceleration: velocity 274 N. haste 684 N. accelerometer: impulse 276 N. accension: calefaction 384 N. accent: neologism 563 N. voice 580 N. sound 402 N. accentuate: importance 642 V. voice 580 V. accentuation: voice 580 N. poetry 597 N. accept: security 771 V. content 831 V. receiving 785 V. consent 762 V. assent 488 V. taking 789 V. accepta: receipt 810 N. acceptable: expedience 646 Adj. pleasurableness 829 Adj. content 831 Adj. acceptance: interpretation 522 N. receiving 785 N. security 771 N. assent 488 N. consent 762 N. acceptation: meaning 516 N. interpretation 522 N. accepted fact: maxim 496 N. accepted principle: maxim 496 N. access: approach 286 N. accessible: possibility 470 Adj. facility 705 Adj. accession: addition 37 N. government 737a N. commission 755 N. consent 762 N. increase 35 N. accessory after the fact: auxiliary 711 N. accessory: aid 707 Adj. auxiliary 711 N. addition 37 Adj. accompaniment 88 N. adjunct 39 N. accompaniment 88 Adj. acciaccatura: melody concord 413 N. accidence: grammar 567 N. accident: extrinsicality 6 N. eventuality 151 N. chance 156 N. evil 619 N. adversity 735 N. accidental: extrinsicality 6 Adj. chance 156 Adj. chance 621 Adj. accidentally: chance 156 Adv. accidentalness: chance 156 N. accipient: receiving 785 N. accipitres: severity 739 N. acclaim: approbation 931 N. acclamate: approbation 931 V. acclamation: assent 488 N. approbation 931 N. acclimatization: habit 613 N. acclimatize: husbandry 370 V. habit 613 V. acclivity: obliquity 217 N. ascent 305 N. accloy: redundancy 641 V. accolade: courtesy 894 N. accommodate differences: pacification 723 V. accommodate matters: pacification 723 V. accommodate oneself to: conformity 82 V. accommodate with: giving 784 V. lending 787 V. accommodate: agreement 23 V. aid 707 V. equality 27 V. accommodating: benevolence 906 Adj. accommodation train: vehicle 272 N. accommodation: aid 707 N. pacification 723 N. agreement 23 N. lending 787 N. accompaniment: addition 37 N. adjunct 39 N. accompaniment 88 N. music 415 N. accompanist: musician 416 N. accompany: musician 416 V. synchronism 120 V. accompaniment 88 V. accompanying: accompaniment 88 Adj. accomplice: auxiliary 711 N. accomplish: production 161 V. completion 729 V. success 731 V. accomplished: skill 698 Adj. knowledge 490 Adj. accomplishment: skill 698 N. completion 729 N. accomplishments: knowledge 490 N. accompts: accounts 811 N. accord with: uniformity 16 V. accord: concord 714 V. melody concord 413 V. giving 784 V. permission 760 V. peace 721 N. concord 714 N. assent 488 N. agreement 23 V. agreement 23 N. assent 488 V. accordance: uniformity 16 N. agreement 23 N. permission 760 N. giving 784 N. accordant: agreement 23 Adj. according as: qualification 469 Adv. according to Cocker: conformity 82 Adj. according to custom: habit 613 Adj. according to Gunter: conformity 82 Adj. according to Hoyle: conformity 82 Adj. according to law: legality 963 Adj. according to regulation: conformity 82 Adj. according to routine: habit 613 Adj. according to rule: conformity 82 Adj. frequency 136 Adj. according to the occasion: circumstance 8 Adv. according to use: habit 613 Adj. according to: evidence 467 Adv. conformity 82 Adv. accordingly: circumstance 8 Adv. reasoning 476 Adv. accordion: musical instruments 417 N. accordionist: musician 416 N. accost: allocution 586 V. accouchement: production 161 N. account as: belief 484 V. account book: accounts 811 N. account current: accounts 811 N. account for: interpretation 522 V. attribution 155 V. account settled: accounts 811 N. account with: payment 807 V. account: approbation 931 N. repute 873 N. accounts 811 N. debt 806 N. credit 805 N. description 594 N. information 527 N. judgment 480 V. numeration 85 N. list 86 N. accountability: duty 926 N. accountable: accounts 811 Adj. duty 926 Adj. accountableness: duty 926 N. Accountant General: treasurer 801 N. accountant: numeration 85 N. treasurer 801 N. accounts 811 N. accounter: clothing 225 V. accounting firm: accounts 811 N. accounting for: attribution 155 N. accounting party: accounts 811 N. accounting: accounts 811 N. accounts 811 Adj. accounts: accounts 811 N. money 800 N. accouple: junction 43 V. accouplement: junction 43 N. accouter: preparation 673 V. accouterment: clothing 225 N. preparation 673 N. accouterments: instrument 633 N. accoy: moderation 174 V. accredit: commission 755 V. repute 873 V. deputy 759 V. credit 805 V. accredited to: deputy 759 Adj. accredited: belief 484 Adj. habit 613 Adj. credit 805 Adj. accretion: expansion 194 N. increase 35 N. accrimination: accusation 938 N. accroach: taking 789 V. accrue from: effect 154 V. accrue: addition 37 V. acquisition 775 V. receiving 785 V. receipt 810 V. accrust: hardness 323 V. accubation: horizontality 213 N. accueil: courtesy 894 N. accultural: improvement 658 Adj. accumbent: horizontality 213 Adj. accumulate: assemblage 72 V. store 636 V. accumulation: redundancy 641 N. assemblage 72 N. store 636 N. accuracy: truth 494 N. care 459 N. accurate knowledge: knowledge 490 N. accurate recollection: memory 505 N. accurate: care 459 Adj. truth 494 Adj. accurse: malediction 908 V. accursed: badness 649 Adj. pain 828 Adj. vice 945 Adj. accusable: accusation 938 Adj. accusation: accusation 938 N. lawsuit 969 N. accusative: accusation 938 Adj. accusatory: accusation 938 Adj. accuse: detraction 934 V. condemnation 971 V. disapprobation 932 V. lawsuit 969 V. accusation 938 V. accused: accusation 938 Adj. accusation 938 N. accuser: accusation 938 N. accusing: accusation 938 Adj. accustom: habit 613 V. accustomary: habit 613 Adj. accustomed: facility 705 Adj. habit 613 Adj. ace: smallness 32 N. unity 87 N. amusement 840 N. aceite: oil 356 N. Aceldama: arena 728 N. killing 361 N. acephalous: disorder 59 Adj. acequia: conduit 350 N. acequiador: conduit 350 N. acequiamadre: conduit 350 N. acerb: bitterness 392b Adj. sourness 397 Adj. acerbate: deterioration 659 Adj. acerbic: asceticism 955 Adj. bitterness 392b Adj. acerbity: malevolence 907 N. irascibility 901 N. resentment 900 N. discourtesy 895 N. bitterness 392b N. unsavoriness 395 N. acervate: assemblage 72 V. acervation: assemblage 72 N. acescent: sourness 397 Adj. acetic acid: sourness 397 N. acetic: sourness 397 Adj. acetose: sourness 397 Adj. acetous fermentation: sourness 397 N. acetous: sourness 397 Adj. achar: condiment 393 N. acharne: resentment 900 Adj. ache: physical pain 378 V. pain 828 N. physical pain 378 N. pain 828 V. Acherontis pabulum: bad man 949 Phr. achievable: possibility 470 Adj. achieve: completion 729 V. end 67 V. production 161 V. action 680 V. achievement: courage 861 N. completion 729 N. production 161 N. record 551 N. action 680 N. achiever: success 731 N. Achillean: safety 664 Adj. resentment 900 Adj. aching heart: pain 828 N. aching: physical pain 378 N. physical pain 378 Adj. pain 828 Adj. achromatic: achromatism 429 Adj. achromatism: achromatism 429 N. achromatize: achromatism 429 V. acicular: sharpness 253 Adj. acid test: experiment 463 N. acid: calefaction 384 N. sourness 397 Adj. sourness 397 N. acidify: sourness 397 V. acidity: sourness 397 N. acidulate: sourness 397 V. acidulated: sourness 397 Adj. acidulous: sourness 397 Adj. aciform: sharpness 253 Adj. acinaciform: sharpness 253 Adj. acknowledge: payment 807 V. reward 973 V. gratitude 916 V. observance 772 V. consent 762 V. disclosure 529 V. assent 488 V. evidence 467 V. answer 462 V. affirmation 535 V. penitence 950 V. acknowledged: habit 613 Adj. acknowledgment: disclosure 529 N. reward 973 N. penitence 950 N. gratitude 916 N. payment 807 N. observance 772 N. affirmation 535 N. assent 488 N. answer 462 N. consent 762 N. acme of perfection: perfection 650 N. acme: summit 210 N. acology: remedy 662 N. acolothyst: clergy 996 N. acolyte: clergy 996 N. acolyth: clergy 996 N. acomia: ugliness 846 N. aconite: bane 663 N. acoustic organs: hearing 418 N. acoustic: hearing 418 Adj. acoustics: sound 402 N. acquaint oneself with: learning 539 V. acquaint with: information 527 V. acquaint: information 527 V. acquaintance: knowledge 490 N. information 527 N. friendship 888 N. friend 890 N. acquainted with: knowledge 490 Adj. acquainted: sociality 892 Adj. friendship 888 Adj. acquainting: information 527 N. acquest: property 780 N. acquiesce: assent 488 V. willingness 602 V. consent 762 V. inexcitability 826 V. content 831 V. acquiescence: assent 488 N. consent 762 N. observance 772 N. acquiescent: assent 488 Adj. acquire a habit: habit 613 V. acquire a trick: habit 613 V. acquire currency: publication 531 V. acquire honor: repute 873 V. acquire knowledge: learning 539 V. acquire one's liberty: liberation 750 V. acquire: receiving 785 V. production 161 V. acquisition 775 V. receipt 810 V. acquired knowledge: learning 539 N. acquired: acquisition 775 Adj. acquirement: learning 539 N. skill 698 N. acquirements: knowledge 490 N. acquiring: acquisition 775 Adj. acquisition of knowledge: learning 539 N. acquisition of skill: learning 539 N. acquisition: acquisition 775 N. receiving 785 N. acquisitions: knowledge 490 N. acquisitive: greed 817a Adj. acquisitiveness: greed 817a N. acquit oneself of a duty: duty 926 V. acquit oneself of: payment 807 V. acquit oneself well: virtue 944 V. acquit oneself: conduct 692 V. acquit: accounts 811 N. forgiveness 918 V. exemption 927a V. vindication 937 N. innocence 946 V. acquittal 970 V. acquitment: acquittal 970 N. acquittal: vindication 937 N. duty 926 N. observance 772 N. liberation 750 N. acquittal 970 N. acquittance: acquittal 970 N. liberation 750 N. security 771 N. observance 772 N. payment 807 N. acquitted: acquittal 970 Adj. acreage: space 180 N. acres and perches: space 180 N. acres: space 180 N. land 342 N. property 780 N. acrid fumes: acridity 401a N. acrid: bitterness 392b Adj. pungency 392 Adj. unsavoriness 395 Adj. acridity 401a Adj. acridity: bitterness 392b N. unsavoriness 395 N. fetor 401 N. acridity 401a N. acridness: bitterness 392b N. acrimonious: malevolence 907 Adj. resentment 900 Adj. discourtesy 895 Adj. pungency 392 Adj. unsavoriness 395 Adj. acrimony: discourtesy 895 N. hate 898 N. unsavoriness 395 N. pungency 392 N. physical energy 171 N. bitterness 392b N. resentment 900 N. acritude: physical energy 171 N. acroama: knowledge 490 N. acroamatic knowledge: knowledge 490 N. acroamatic: knowledge 490 Adj. unintelligibility 519 Adj. acroamatical: unintelligibility 519 Adj. acroamatics: knowledge 490 N. acroatic knowledge: knowledge 490 N. acrobat: strength 159 N. humorist 844 N. drama 599 N. proficient 700 N. acropolis: refuge 666 N. acrospire: posterity 167 N. across the counter: barter 794 Adv. across: opposition 708 Adv. acrostic: wit 842 N. act a charity sometimes: benevolence 906 Phr. act a part in: action 680 V. act a part: affectation 855 V. falsehood 544 V. drama 599 V. utility 644 V. act as a drag: hindrance 706 V. dissuasion 616 V. act drop: drama 599 N. act foolishly: unskillfulness 699 V. act in concert: cooperation 709 V. act of folly: unskillfulness 699 N. imbecility folly 499 N. act of grace: giving 784 N. act of indemnity: forgiveness 918 N. act of smelling: odor 398 N. act on principle: motive 615 V. act on the defensive: defense 717 V. act one's part: duty 926 V. virtue 944 V. business 625 V. act up to: observance 772 V. act upon: agency 170 V. motive 615 V. action 680 V. act well: virtue 944 V. act without authority: laxity 738 V. act without instructions: laxity 738 V. act: precept 697 N. business 625 V. drama 599 V. imitation 19 V. agency 170 V. representation 554 V. drama 599 N. action 680 N. action 680 V. command 741 N. acted upon: agency 170 Adj. acting a part: affectation 855 N. acting corporal: master 745 N. acting manager: drama 599 N. acting: deputy 759 Adj. agency 170 Adj. drama 599 N. business 625 Adj. action 680 Adj. actinic rays: light 420 N. actinic: light 420 Adj. actinism: light 420 N. actinometer: optical instruments 445 N. action and reaction: counteraction 179 N. action is eloquence: action 680 Phr. speech 582 Phr. action: action 680 N. contention 720 N. agency 170 N. lawsuit 969 N. actionable: illegality 964 Adj. active application: attention 457 N. active attention: attention 457 N. active service: warfare 722 N. active study: attention 457 N. active thought: attention 457 N. active: velocity 274 Adj. physical energy 171 Adj. activity 682 Adj. actively: activity 682 Adv. activist: politics 737b N. activity: activity 682 N. physical energy 171 N. actor: affectation 855 N. agent 690 N. action 680 N. deceiver 548 N. drama 599 N. acts of kindness: benevolence 906 N. Acts of: record 551 N. Acts: Judeo-christian revelation 985 N. actual existence: existence 1 N. actual thing: identity 13 N. actual: existence 1 Adj. the present time 118 Adj. truth 494 Adj. actuality: existence 1 N. actually: existence 1 Adv. truth 494 Adv. actuary: accounts 811 N. actuate: motive 615 V. actum aiunt ne agas: action 680 Phr. acuity: sharpness 253 N. aculeate: sharpness 253 V. aculeated: sharpness 253 Adj. acumen: intelligence, wisdom 498 N. acuminated: sharpness 253 Adj. acumination: sharpness 253 N. acupuncture: opening 260 N. acute angle: angularity 244 N. acute ear: hearing 418 N. acute note: stridor 410 N. acute: cunning 702 Adj. painfulness 830 Adj. feeling 821 Adj. intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. stridor 410 Adj. physical sensibility 375 Adj. sharpness 253 Adj. physical energy 171 Adj. violence 173 Adj. acutely: greatness 31 Adv. acuteness: discrimination 465 N. intelligence, wisdom 498 N. ad captandum: affectation 855 Adj. ad infinitum: infinity 105 Adv. ad interim: time 106 Adv. ad lib: nonpreparation 674 Adj. nonpreparation 674 V. ad libitum: will 600 Adv. sufficiency 639 Adv. freedom 748 Adv. permission 760 Adv. ad referendum: inquiry 461 N. ad valorem: price 812 Adj. ad.: publication 531 N. adactylism: blemish 848 N. adaga: arms 727 N. adage: maxim 496 N. adagio: musician 416 Adv. slowness 275 Adv. music 415 Adv. music 415 N. Adam: vice 945 N. adamant: hardness 323 Adj. hardness 323 N. strength 159 N. adamantean: hardness 323 Adj. adamantine: strength 159 Adj. hardness 323 Adj. Adam's needle: sharpness 253 N. adapt itself to: agreement 23 V. adapt oneself to: conformity 82 V. adapt: agreement 23 V. equality 27 V. adaptable: utility 644 Adj. adaption: agreement 23 N. add fuel to the fire: aggravation 835 V. add fuel to the flame: aggravation 835 V. resentment 900 V. calefaction 384 V. increase 35 V. violence 173 V. add to: increase 35 V. add up to: numeration 85 V. add water: water 337 V. add: addition 37 V. numeration 85 V. added: addition 37 Adj. addendum: adjunct 39 N. adder: evil 913 N. addict oneself to: habit 613 V. addicted to drink: drunkenness 959 Adj. addicted to the bottle: drunkenness 959 Adj. addicted to: habit 613 Adj. addiction: habit 613 N. adding machine: numeration 85 N. additament: adjunct 39 N. addition: addition 37 N. adjunct 39 N. numeration 85 N. additional: increase 35 Adj. addition 37 Adj. adjunct 39 Adj. additive: addition 37 Adj. preservation 670 N. cooperation 709 Adj. additivity: concurrence 178 N. cooperation 709 N. addle headed: imbecility folly 499 Adj. addle the brain: insanity 503 V. addle the wits: insanity 503 V. uncertainty 475 V. addle: unproductiveness 169 V. failure 732 Adj. noncompletion 730 Adj. addle-brained: imbecility folly 499 Adj. addled: unproductiveness 169 Adj. addlehead: fool 501 N. addle-pated: imbecility folly 499 Adj. address a petition: request 765 V. address a prayer: request 765 V. address a request: request 765 V. address book: list 86 N. address card: indication 550 N. address: indication 550 N. request 765 N. skill 698 N. allocution 586 N. abode 189 N. allocution 586 V. addressee: inhabitant 188 N. addresses: endearment 902 N. adduce: attraction 288 V. evidence 467 V. adducent: attraction 288 Adj. adduction: attraction 288 N. adductive: attraction 288 Adj. adeem: taking 789 V. adelomorphous: unconformity 83 Adj. ademption: taking 789 N. adenography: texture 329 N. adeology: texture 329 N. adept: proficient 700 N. adequacy: utility 644 N. sufficiency 639 N. adequate: imperfection 651 Adj. utility 644 Adj. sufficiency 639 Adj. power 157 Adj. adespotic: laxity 738 Adj. adhere like a remora: coherence 46 V. adhere to a duty: duty 926 V. adhere to an obligation: duty 926 V. adhere to: perseverance 604a V. habit 613 V. observance 772 V. adhere: coherence 46 V. contiguity 199 V. adherence: coherence 46 N. adherent: auxiliary 711 N. adhering: coherence 46 Adj. adhesion: coherence 46 N. observance 772 N. contiguity 199 N. adhesive: coherence 46 Adj. adhesiveness: coherence 46 N. semiliquidity 352 N. adhibit: use 677 V. adhibition: use 677 N. adhortation: advice 695 N. adiaphanous: opacity 426 Adj. adiathermancy: heat 382 N. adieu to: loss 776 Int. adieu!: departure 293 Int. adieu: departure 293 N. adipocere: oil 356 N. adipose: unctuousness 355 Adj. adit: opening 260 N. conduit 350 N. method 627 N. adjacency: nearness 197 N. adjacent: nearness 197 Adj. adjection: addition 37 N. adjectitious: addition 37 Adj. adjective jerker: book 593 N. adjective: adjunct 39 N. adjoin: nearness 197 V. contiguity 199 V. adjoining: nearness 197 Adj. adjourn: lateness 133 V. adjournment: lateness 133 N. adjudge: judgment 480 V. judge 967 V. adjudicate: lawsuit 969 V. judgment 480 V. adjudication: judgment 480 N. adjunct: adjunct 39 N. accompaniment 88 N. aid 707 N. auxiliary 711 N. adjuration: affirmation 535 N. adjure: request 765 V. promise 768 V. affirmation 535 V. adjust: equality 27 V. order 58 V. preparation 673 V. compromise 774 V. agreement 23 V. adjustment: agreement 23 N. compromise 774 N. consent 762 N. equality 27 N. preparation 673 N. pacification 723 N. adjutage: opening 260 N. conduit 350 N. adjutant: auxiliary 711 N. master 745 N. adjuvant: aid 707 Adj. auxiliary 711 N. admeasurement: measurement 466 N. administer an oath: promise 768 V. administer correction: punishment 972 V. administer holy penance: rite 998 V. administer the lash: punishment 972 V. administer the sacrament: rite 998 V. administer to: aid 707 V. giving 784 V. administer: government 737a N. direction 693 V. apportionment 786 V. administration of justice: jurisdiction 965 N. administration: government 737a N. direction 693 N. apportionment 786 N. administrative court: tribunal 966 N. administrative law: legality 963 N. administrative: government 737a Adj. jurisdiction 965 Adj. admirable Crichton: scholar 492 N. proficient 700 N. perfection 650 N. admirable: goodness 648 Adj. virtue 944 Adj. admiral: master 745 N. admiralty: master 745 N. admiration: wonder 870 N. love 897 N. respect 928 N. approbation 931 N. admire: wonder 870 V. approbation 931 V. admirer: love 897 N. admissable: reception 296 Adj. admissibility: agreement 23 N. admissible in society: fashion 852 Adj. admissible: agreement 23 Adj. imperfection 651 Adj. admission: composition 54 N. inclusion 76 N. ingress 294 N. reception 296 N. evidence 467 N. assent 488 N. permission 760 N. receiving 785 N. admit exceptions: qualification 469 V. admit of: possibility 470 V. admit: permission 760 V. consent 762 V. assent 488 V. composition 54 V. reception 296 V. disclosure 529 V. inclusion 76 V. receiving 785 V. admittance: reception 296 N. admitted in society: fashion 852 Adj. admitted maxim: maxim 496 N. admitted: reception 296 Adj. habit 613 Adj. admitting: reception 296 Adj. qualification 469 Adv. admixture: mixture 41 N. admonish: disapprobation 932 V. warning 668 V. advice 695 V. admonition: disapprobation 932 N. advice 695 N. warning 668 N. admonitive: warning 668 Adj. admonitory: dissuasion 616 Adj. warning 668 Adj. advice 695 Adj. ado: exertion 686 N. difficulty 704 N. activity 682 N. adobe: materials 635 N. materials 635 Adj. adolescence: adolescence 131 N. adolescent: adolescence 131 Adj. Adonis: beauty 845 N. adonize: ornament 847 V. adopt a belief: belief 484 V. adopt a course: conduct 692 V. adopt an opinion: belief 484 V. adopt the cause of: aid 707 V. adopt: choice 609 V. location 184 V. borrowing 788 V. adopted: piety 987 Adj. adoption: piety 987 N. choice 609 N. adorable: love 897 Adj. adoration: worship 990 N. love 897 N. adore: love 897 V. worship 990 V. adorer: love 897 N. adorn: ornament 847 V. adornment: ornament 847 N. adown: lowness 207 Adv. adrift: irrelation 10 Adj. disjunction 44 Adj. disjunction 44 Adv. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 Adj. uncertainty 475 Adj. unskillfulness 699 Adj. adroit: skill 698 Adj. adroitness: skill 698 N. adrolepsy: taking 789 N. adscititious: extrinsicality 6 Adj. addition 37 Adj. redundancy 641 Adj. adulation: flattery 933 N. adulator: flatterer 935 N. adulatory: flattery 933 Adj. adult: adolescence 131 Adj. adolescence 131 N. adulterate: deterioration 659 Adj. mixture 41 V. adulterated: deception 545 Adj. adulteration: mixture 41 N. deterioration 659 N. adulterer: libertine 962 N. adulteress: libertine 962 N. adulterous: impurity 961 Adj. adultery: sexuality 374a N. impurity 961 N. adultism: adolescence 131 N. adultness: adolescence 131 N. adumbrate: representation 554 V. darkness 421 V. metaphor 521 V. adumbration: latency, implication 526 N. metaphor 521 N. copy 21 N. darkness 421 N. aduncated: curvature 245 Adj. aduncity: angularity 244 N. aduncous: angularity 244 Adj. adust: dryness 340 Adj. calefaction 384 Adj. adustion: calefaction 384 N. advance against: attack 716 V. advance expedite: aid 707 V. advance of learning: knowledge 490 N. advance of science: knowledge 490 N. advance work: defense 717 N. advance: success 731 N. lending 787 N. increase 35 V. aid 707 N. lending 787 V. course 109 V. progression 282 N. progression 282 V. affirmation 535 V. improvement 658 N. improvement 658 V. advanced age: age 128 N. advanced guard: front 234 N. warning 668 N. advanced in life: age 128 Adj. advanced in years: age 128 Adj. advanced: progression 282 Adj. advancement: progression 282 N. improvement 658 N. advancing: progression 282 N. yellowness 436 Adj. progression 282 Adj. advantage over: success 731 N. advantage: superiority 33 N. good 618 N. expedience 646 N. advantageous: acquisition 775 Adj. utility 644 Adj. goodness 648 Adj. advene: addition 37 V. advent: eventuality 151 N. approach 286 N. arrival 292 N. rite 998 N. Adventism: heterodoxy 984 N. Adventist: heterodoxy 984 N. adventitious: extrinsicality 6 Adj. circumstance 8 Adj. chance 156 Adj. adventure film: drama 599 N. adventure: eventuality 151 N. chance 156 N. pursuit 622 N. danger 665 V. essay 675 N. essay 675 V. undertaking 676 N. adventurer: rashness 863 N. commonality 876 N. chance 621 N. experiment 463 N. traveler 268 N. deceiver 548 N. adventures: description 594 N. adventurous: danger 665 Adj. courage 861 Adj. rashness 863 Adj. adversary: opponent 710 N. adverse luck: adversity 735 N. adverse necessity: necessity 601 N. adverse party: opponent 710 N. adverse: unwillingness 603 Adj. dislike 867 Adj. opposition 708 Adj. adversity 735 Adj. adversity: evil 619 N. adversity 735 N. advert to: attention 457 V. advertence: attention 457 N. advertency: attention 457 N. advertise: publication 531 V. advertisement: publication 531 N. indication 550 N. advice: information 527 N. news 532 N. motive 615 N. advice 695 N. advisable: expedience 646 Adj. advise with one's pillow: thought 451 V. advise with: advice 695 V. advise: motive 615 V. advice 695 V. prediction 511 V. information 527 V. teaching 537 N. advised: predetermination 611 Adj. intention 620 Adj. advisedly: predetermination 611 Adv. intention 620 Adv. advisement: advice 695 N. adviser: director 694 N. advice 695 N. advocacy: motive 615 N. advice 695 N. aid 707 N. approbation 931 N. advocate: consignee 758 N. vindication 937 N. pity 914 N. friend 890 N. aid 707 V. advice 695 V. motive 615 V. lawyer 968 N. auxiliary 711 N. advocation: Pretext 617 N. advoutress: libertine 962 N. advoutry: impurity 961 N. advowson: churchdom 995 N. adynamic: weakness 160 Adj. adynamy: weakness 160 N. adytum: receptacle 191 N. prediction 511 N. ambush 530 N. adze: sharpness 253 N. adzooks!: wonder 870 Int. aedile: jurisdiction 965 N. director 694 N. aegis: defense 717 N. aeon: deity 976 N. aeration: gaseity 334 N. aerial ladder: insulation, fire extinction 388a N. aerial navigator: mariner 269 N. aerial perspective: color 428 N. aerial water bombardment: insulation, fire extinction 388a N. aerial: air 338 Adj. gaseity 334 Adj. navigation 267 Adj. height 206 Adj. aerie: abode 189 N. aerification: gaseity 334 N. aeriform: gaseity 334 Adj. air 338 Adj. aerobe: life 359 N. aerodrome: ship 273 N. aerodynamics: wind 349 N. gaseity 334 N. aerography: air 338 N. aerolite: world 318 N. aerology: air 338 N. Aeromancy: prediction 511 Phr. aerometer: air 338 N. aerometry: air 338 N. aeronaut: air 338 N. mariner 269 N. aeronautic: navigation 267 Adj. aeronautics: air 338 N. navigation 267 N. aeroplane: ship 273 N. aeroplanist: mariner 269 N. aeroscope: air 338 N. aeroscopy: air 338 N. aerosphere: air 338 N. aerostat: ship 273 N. aerostatic: navigation 267 Adj. aerostatics: navigation 267 N. gaseity 334 N. aerostation: navigation 267 N. air 338 N. Aesculapius: remedy 662 N. Aesop: ugliness 846 N. aesthetic: physical sensibility 375 Adj. beauty 845 Adj. taste 850 Adj. aesthetics: physical sensibility 375 N. beauty 845 N. taste 850 N. aetiology: knowledge 490 N. afar off: distance 196 Adv. afar: distance 196 Adv. afeard: fear 860 Adj. affability: courtesy 894 N. humility 879 N. affable: humility 879 Adj. courtesy 894 Adj. affair of honor: contention 720 N. affair: eventuality 151 N. topic 454 N. business 625 N. contention 720 N. affaire flambée: failure 732 N. affairs in general: eventuality 151 N. affect the soul: excitation 824 V. affect: affectation 855 V. desire 865 V. excitation 824 V. falsehood 544 V. tendency 176 V. relation 9 V. love 897 V. affections 820 N. affectation: affectation 855 N. affected manner: vanity 880 N. affected with illness: disease 655 Adj. affected with: feeling 821 Adj. affected: affections 820 Adj. vulgarity 851 Adj. stammering 583 Adj. inelegance 579 Adj. falsehood 544 Adj. affectation 855 Adj. affectedness: affectation 855 N. affectibility: sensibility 822 N. affecting: painfulness 830 Adj. affection: love 897 V. feeling 821 N. friendship 888 N. love 897 N. affectionate: love 897 Adj. affections: affections 820 N. affective disorder: insanity 503 N. affective: affections 820 Adj. affector: affectation 855 N. affettuoso: music 415 Adv. affiance: marriage 903 V. promise 768 N. hope 858 N. affianced: promise 768 Adj. love 897 N. marriage 903 Adj. affiche: publication 531 N. affidation: compact 769 N. affidavit: lawsuit 969 N. record 551 N. affirmation 535 N. affiliated: relation 9 Adj. consanguinity 11 Adj. affiliation: consanguinity 11 N. attribution 155 N. affinity: similarity 17 N. relation 9 N. affirm: assent 488 V. affirmation 535 V. affirmance: assent 488 N. affirmation 535 N. affirmation: assent 488 N. affirmation 535 N. affirmative: affirmation 535 Adj. assent 488 Adj. affirmatively: affirmation 535 Adv. assent 488 Adv. affix numbers to: numeration 85 V. affix: addition 37 V. adjunct 39 N. junction 43 V. letter 561 N. afflation: wind 349 N. afflatus: wind 349 N. Judeo-christian revelation 985 N. afflict: painfulness 830 V. afflicted with illness: disease 655 Adj. afflicted: pain 828 Adj. afflicting: painfulness 830 Adj. affliction: painfulness 830 N. dejection 837 N. adversity 735 N. pain 828 N. afflictive: painfulness 830 Adj. affluence: sufficiency 639 N. prosperity 734 N. wealth 803 N. affluent: sufficiency 639 Adj. wealth 803 Adj. river 348 Adj. approach 286 Adj. afflux: approach 286 N. affluxion: approach 286 N. afford aid: aid 707 V. afford consolation: condolence 915 V. afford foundations: support 215 V. afford pleasure: pleasurableness 829 V. afford support: support 215 V. afford: giving 784 V. wealth 803 V. receipt 810 V. price 812 V. affranchise: freedom 748 V. liberation 750 V. affranchisement: freedom 748 N. liberation 750 N. affray: contention 720 N. affrayment: contention 720 N. affriction: friction 331 N. affright: fear 860 N. affrightment: fear 860 N. affront danger: courage 861 V. affront: disrespect 929 N. painfulness 830 V. disrespect 929 V. malevolence 907 N. resentment 900 N. painfulness 830 N. resentment 900 V. affuse: water 337 V. affusion: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 N. water 337 N. afield: presence 186 Adv. afire: heat 382 Adj. afloat: ship 273 Adv. navigation 267 Adj. preparation 673 Adj. news 532 Adj. eventuality 151 Adj. changeableness 149 Adj. existence 1 Adj. ocean 341 Adv. afoot: existence 1 Adj. eventuality 151 Adj. business 625 Adj. preparation 673 Adj. activity 682 Adj. afore: priority 116 Adv. aforehand: priority 116 Adv. aforementioned: precedence 62 Adj. priority 116 Adj. aforenamed: repetition 104 Adj. aforesaid: precedence 62 Adj. repetition 104 Adj. priority 116 Adj. aforethought: predetermination 611 Adj. afraid of one's shadow: fear 860 Adj. afraid to say: uncertainty 475 Adj. afraid: fear 860 Adj. afreet: demon 980 N. afresh: repetition 104 Adv. newness 123 Adv. Afric heat: heat 382 N. Africander: extraneousness 57 N. aft: rear 235 Adv. after a fashion: smallness 32 Adv. after a time: futurity 121 Adv. posteriority 117 Adv. after a while: posteriority 117 Adv. futurity 121 Adv. after acceptation: meaning 516 N. after age: futurity 121 N. after ages: futurity 121 N. after all: reasoning 476 Adv. qualification 469 Adv. after days: futurity 121 N. after death the doctor: untimeliness 135 Phr. after hours: futurity 121 N. after life: futurity 121 N. destiny 152 N. after meat mustard: untimeliness 135 Phr. after one's fancy: love 897 Adj. taste 850 Adj. after one's mind: love 897 Adj. after one's own heart: love 897 Adj. after one's taste: love 897 Adj. after the deadline: lateness 133 Adv. after this fashion: method 627 N. after thought: thought 451 N. after time: futurity 121 N. lateness 133 Adv. after years: futurity 121 N. after: sequence 281 Adv. posteriority 117 Adv. pursuit 622 Adv. posteriority 117 Adj. sequence 63 Adv. rear 235 Adj. rear 235 Adv. after-age: oldness 124 Adj. afterbirth: sequence 63 N. afterburden: sequence 63 N. afterclap: disappointment 509 N. aftercome: sequel 65 N. effect 154 N. aftercourse: sequel 65 N. aftercrop: productiveness 168 N. afterdinner: posteriority 117 Adj. aftergame: sequel 65 N. afterglow: decrement 40a N. aftergrowth: productiveness 168 N. sequel 65 N. effect 154 N. aftermath: productiveness 168 N. acquisition 775 N. afternoon farmer: inactivity 683 N. afternoon party: sociality 892 N. afternoon: evening 126 N. afterpart: sequel 65 N. rear 235 N. afterpiece: sequel 65 N. drama 599 N. after-shave lotion: fragrance 400 N. aftertaste: taste 390 N. afterthought: tergiversation 607 N. sequel 65 N. memory 505 N. afterwards: posteriority 117 Adv. aga: master 745 N. agacerie: motive 615 N. again and again: repetition 104 Adv. frequency 136 Adv. again: duplication 90 Adv. repetition 104 Adv. against all expectation: inexpectation 508 Adj. against expectation: inexpectation 508 Adj. against long odds: difficulty 704 Adv. against one's will: unwillingness 603 Adv. compulsion 744 Adv. against one's wishes: unwillingness 603 Adv. against the current: opposition 708 Adv. against the grain: roughness 256 Adv. unwillingness 603 Adv. difficulty 704 Adv. opposition 708 Adv. against the stream: opposition 708 Adv. difficulty 704 Adv. against the tide: opposition 708 Adv. against the time when: foresight 510 Adv. against the wind: opposition 708 Adv. direction 278 Adv. against: counteraction 179 Adv. opposition 708 Adv. contraposition 237 Adv. preparation 673 Adv. agalloch: fragrance 400 N. agallochium: fragrance 400 N. agamist: celibacy 904 N. agape: rite 998 N. wonder 870 Adj. curiosity 455 Adj. expectation 507 Adj. Agapemone: pleasure 827 N. love 897 N. agate: jewelry 847a N. age: oldness 124 V. age 128 N. age 128 V. the present time 118 N. time 106 N. period 108 N. oldness 124 N. aged: age 128 Adj. agelessness: perpetuity 112 N. agency: instrumentality 631 N. commission 755 N. direction 693 N. use 677 N. agency 170 N. action 680 N. agendum: business 625 N. agent provocateur: motive 615 N. agent: commission 755 N. consignee 758 N. director 694 N. agent 690 N. cause 153 N. servant 746 N. agentship: commission 755 N. ages ago: the past 122 Adv. agglomerate: coherence 46 V. assemblage 72 V. agglomeration: coherence 46 N. assemblage 72 N. agglutinate: coherence 46 V. agglutination: coherence 46 N. aggrandize: expansion 194 V. repute 873 V. increase 35 V. aggrandizement: increase 35 N. expansion 194 N. repute 873 N. aggravable: aggravation 835 Adj. aggravate: deterioration 659 Adj. resentment 900 V. aggravation 835 V. increase 35 V. violence 173 V. exaggeration 549 V. aggravated: aggravation 835 Adj. aggravating: painfulness 830 Adj. aggravation 835 Adj. aggravation: increase 35 N. exaggeration 549 N. aggravation 835 N. aggregate: whole 50 N. whole 50 V. assemblage 72 V. aggregation: coherence 46 N. assemblage 72 N. aggression: attack 716 N. aggressive: attack 716 Adj. aggressor: attack 716 N. aggrieve: badness 649 V. painfulness 830 V. aggroup: assemblage 72 V. aghast: disappointment 509 Adj. fear 860 Adj. wonder 870 Adj. agile: velocity 274 Adj. activity 682 Adj. agility: activity 682 N. agio: discount 813 N. agiotage: barter 794 N. agitate a question: reasoning 476 V. agitate: excitation 824 V. inquiry 461 V. agitation 315 V. activity 682 V. agitated tremulous: agitation 315 Adj. agitated: changeableness 149 Adj. insanity 503 Adj. agitation: physical energy 171 N. excitability 825 N. excitation 824 N. agitation 315 N. changeableness 149 N. feeling 821 N. agitator: director 694 N. agitprop: misteaching 538 N. aglet: representation 554 N. aglow: light 420 Adj. heat 382 Adj. agnate: consanguinity 11 Adj. agnation: consanguinity 11 N. agnition: consent 762 N. agnize: consent 762 V. agnomen: nomenclature 564 N. agnostic: irreligion 989 N. agnosticism: irreligion 989 N. ago: the past 122 Adv. agog: desire 865 Adj. agoing: beginning 66 V. activity 682 Adj. agonies of death: death 360 N. agonism: contention 720 N. agonize: physical pain 378 V. painfulness 830 V. agonizing: painfulness 830 Adj. excitation 824 Adj. agony: pain 828 N. excitability 825 N. physical pain 378 N. agostadero: plain 344 N. agrarian: agriculture 371 Adj. agree for: compact 769 V. agree in opinion: assent 488 V. agree to: consent 762 V. agree with: salubrity 656 V. agree: concord 714 V. assent 488 V. concurrence 178 V. agreement 23 V. compromise 774 V. agreeable: pleasurableness 829 Adj. physical pleasure 377 Adj. prosperity 734 Adj. agreeableness: pleasurableness 829 N. agreeably to: conformity 82 Adv. agreed on all hands: assent 488 Adj. agreed: assent 488 Adj. consent 762 Adj. compact 769 Adj. agreeing: concord 714 Adj. agreement 23 Adj. agreement: consent 762 N. concord 714 N. assent 488 N. concurrence 178 N. conformity 82 N. agreement 23 N. uniformity 16 N. compact 769 N. similarity 17 N. agrestic: agriculture 371 Adj. agricultor: agriculture 371 N. agricultural: agriculture 371 Adj. agriculture: agriculture 371 N. government 737a N. agriculturist: agriculture 371 N. agronomy: agriculture 371 N. aground: stability 150 Adj. difficulty 704 Adj. failure 732 Adj. aguardiente: drunkenness 959 N. ague fit: fear 860 N. ague: disease 655 N. agueweed: remedy 662 N. aguish: cold 383 Adj. ah me!: lamentation 839 Int. aha!: discovery 480a Int. rejoicing 838 Int. ahead of his time: precession 280 Phr. ahead: precession 280 Adv. progression 282 Adv. transcursion 303 Adv. front 234 Adv. Ahriman: demon 980 N. satan 978 N. aid: benevolence 906 V. aid 707 V. aid 707 N. means 632 N. instrumentality 631 N. support 215 N. support 215 V. aidance: aid 707 N. aide-de-camp: auxiliary 711 N. master 745 N. aiding: aid 707 Adj. aidless: weakness 160 Adj. aigrette: ornament 847 N. aiguille: sharpness 253 N. aigulet: ornament 847 N. ail: disease 655 V. pain 828 V. aileron: navigation 267 N. ailing: disease 655 Adj. disease 655 N. ailment: disease 655 N. aim a blow at: attack 716 V. aim at: direction 278 V. intention 620 V. pursuit 622 V. attack 716 V. aim: direction 278 N. intention 620 N. essay 675 N. aimless: disorder 59 Adj. absence of motive 615a Adj. chance 621 Adj. aimlessness: absence of motive 615a N. air balloon: ship 273 N. air bladder: gaseity 334 N. air blower: wind 349 N. air conditioner: refrigeration 385 N. air conditioning: refrigeration 385 N. air drawn dagger: imagination 515 N. air drawn: imagination 515 Adj. air engine: instrument 633 N. air escaping from tires: sibilation 409 N. air gun: arms 727 N. air line: direction 278 N. air pipe: opening 260 N. airpipe 351 N. air pump: wind 349 N. air speed gauge: velocity 274 N. air tight: closure 261 Adj. air tube: airpipe 351 N. air valve: sibilation 409 N. air: music 415 N. appearance 448 N. life 359 N. wind 349 N. air 338 V. air 338 N. gaseity 334 N. levity 320 N. beginning 66 V. unsubstantiality 4 N. refreshment 689 V. fashion 852 N. airbag: refuge 666 N. airbubble: convexity 250 N. airbuilt: imagination 515 Adj. aircraft carrier: ship 273 N. combatant 726 N. airhole: airpipe 351 N. airing: journey 266 N. airlift: navigation 267 N. airline: ship 273 N. airman: mariner 269 N. airmanship: navigation 267 N. skill 698 N. airpipe: egress 295 N. airplane radio: hearing 418 N. airplane: journey 266 N. airport: arrival 292 N. departure 293 N. airs: affectation 855 N. vanity 880 N. insolence 885 N. airship: ship 273 N. airwind: height 206 Adv. airy hopes: hope 858 N. hopelessness 859 N. airy: air 338 Adj. unimportance 643 Adj. cheerfulness 836 Adj. levity 320 Adj. unsubstantiality 4 Adj. gaseity 334 Adj. aisle: opening 260 N. method 627 N. temple 1000 N. ait: island 346 N. aitchbone: rear 235 N. ajar: opening 260 Adj. discord 713 Adj. ajutage: opening 260 N. conduit 350 N. akimbo: angularity 244 Adj. angularity 244 N. akin to: similarity 17 Adj. akin: consanguinity 11 Adj. Al Capone: thief 792 N. al fresco: air 338 Adv. exteriority 220 Adv. alabaster: whiteness 430 N. alack a day!: lamentation 839 Int. alack!: lamentation 839 Int. alacran: evil 913 N. alacrity: willingness 602 N. activity 682 N. cheerfulness 836 N. alameda: abode 189 N. alarm bell: alarm 669 N. alarm clock: chronometry 114 N. alarm: fear 860 V. alarm 669 V. alarm 669 N. warning 668 N. indication 550 N. danger 665 N. alarming: fear 860 Adj. alarm 669 Adj. danger 665 Adj. alarmist: fear 860 N. cowardice 862 N. alarum: indication 550 N. alarm 669 N. alas the day!: lamentation 839 Int. alas!: regret 833 Int. lamentation 839 Int. alate: adjunct 39 Adj. alated: adjunct 39 Adj. alb: canonicals 999 N. alba: canonicals 999 N. Albany hemp: bane 663 N. albata: deception 545 N. whiteness 430 N. albeit: compensation 30 Adv. alberca: gulf, lake 343 N. albification: whiteness 430 N. albino: dimsightedness 443 N. album: book 593 N. compendium 596 N. albumen: semiliquidity 352 N. organization 357 N. production 161 N. albuminous: semiliquidity 352 Adj. Alcaic: poetry 597 Adj. alcaid: master 745 N. alcalde: master 745 N. alchemy: conversion 144 N. alcohol thermometer: thermometer 389 N. alcohol: drunkenness 959 N. fuel 388 N. alcoholic drinks: drunkenness 959 N. alcoholism: drunkenness 959 N. alcove: receptacle 191 N. concavity 252 N. Aldebaran: luminary 423 N. alderman: master 745 N. council 696 N. ale: food 298 N. Alecto: violence 173 N. Alectromancy: prediction 511 Phr. Alectryomancy: prediction 511 Phr. alembic: conversion 144 N. receptacle 191 N. furnace 386 N. workshop 691 N. alert: attention 457 Adj. activity 682 Adj. care 459 Adj. alertness: attention 457 N. care 459 N. alerts: alarm 669 N. Aleuromancy: prediction 511 Phr. Alexandrine: poetry 597 N. ornament 577 N. alexandrite: jewelry 847a N. alexipharmic: remedy 662 Adj. alexiteric: remedy 662 Adj. alfalfa: vegetable 367 N. Alfardaws: heaven 981 N. alfilaria: vegetable 367 N. algebra: numeration 85 N. algebraic: numeration 85 Adj. algebraist: numeration 85 N. algebraize: numeration 85 V. algid: cold 383 Adj. algology: botany 369 N. algorism: numeration 85 N. algorithm: numeration 85 N. alguazil: jurisdiction 965 N. alias: misnomer 565 N. alibi: absence 187 N. alien: irreligion 989 N. transfer 783 V. extraneousness 57 N. irrelation 10 Adj. extraneousness 57 Adj. alienable: transfer 783 Adj. alienage: extraneousness 57 N. alienate: hate 898 V. enmity 889 V. transfer 783 V. alienated: enmity 889 Adj. alienation: transfer 783 N. enmity 889 N. hate 898 N. aliene: insanity 503 Adj. alienism: extraneousness 57 N. alight: quiescence 265 V. heat 382 Adj. descent 306 V. navigation 267 V. arrival 292 V. align one's march: direction 278 V. aligned: direction 278 Adj. alignment: direction 278 N. alike: similarity 17 Adj. aliment: food 298 N. alimentary: remedy 662 Adj. food 298 Adj. alimentation: aid 707 N. alimony: property 780 N. wealth 803 N. receipt 810 N. aliped: velocity 274 Adj. aliquot part: number 84 N. aliquot: part 51 Adj. number 84 Adj. alive and kicking: activity 682 Adj. alive to: knowledge 490 Adj. attention 457 Adj. sensibility 822 Adj. skill 698 Adj. intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. alive: activity 682 Adj. intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. life 359 Adj. aljibar: store 636 N. alkahest: liquefaction 335 N. alkali flat: plain 344 N. alkali: calefaction 384 N. bitterness 392b N. alkaloids: bitterness 392b N. all aboard!: departure 293 Int. all agog: expectation 507 Adj. desire 865 Adj. wonder 870 Adj. all alive and kicking: life 359 Adj. all alive: cheerfulness 836 Adj. all along of: effect 154 Adv. all along: time 106 Adv. all at once: instantaneity 113 Adv. haste 684 Adv. all but: smallness 32 Adv. all decked out: ostentation 882 Adj. all for the best: good 618 Adv. prosperity 734 Phr. content 831 Adv. all hail!: celebration 883 Int. courtesy 894 Int. respect 928 Int. arrival 292 Int. repute 873 Int. all hands: generality 78 N. all hell broke loose: disorder 59 N. all his geese are swans: overestimation 482 Phr. all in all: whole 50 Adv. all in good time: occasion 134 Adv. destiny 152 Adv. all in one's day's work: business 625 Adv. all in the wrong: error 495 Adj. all in: fatigue 688 Adj. all is for the best: hope 858 Phr. all is lost: failure 732 Phr. all kinds of: difference 15 Adj. nonuniformity 16a Adj. all manner of ways: deviation 279 Adv. distortion 243 Adv. all manner of: difference 15 Adj. nonuniformity 16a Adj. multiformity 81 Adj. all of a heap: assemblage 72 Adj. all of a twitter: excitation 824 Adj. agitation 315 Adj. all of: quantity 25 Adv. all one to: indifference 866 Adj. all one: equality 27 Adj. all out: completeness 52 Adv. error 495 Adj. all over the town: news 532 Adj. all over: generality 78 Adj. space 180 Adv. all possessed: insanity 503 Adj. all powerful: strength 159 Adj. all put together: whole 50 Adv. all quiet on the Potomac: peace 721 Phr. all right!: right 922 Int. all right: assent 488 Adv. content 831 Adj. all round: circumjacence 227 Adv. All SAint's DAy: rite 998 N. All Saints' Day: regularity of recurrence 138 N. all searching: inquiry 461 Adj. all sorts of: nonuniformity 16a Adj. all sorts: mixture 41 N. generality 78 N. All Souls' Day: regularity of recurrence 138 N. rite 998 N. All Souls': regularity of recurrence 138 N. all straight: payment 807 Adj. wealth 803 Adj. all sufficient: strength 159 Adj. all talk and no cider: loquacity 584 Phr. all talk: unsubstantiality 4 N. all the better for: improvement 658 Adj. all the better: content 831 Int. all the day long: diuturnity 110 Adv. all the fat in the fire: violence 173 N. disorder 59 N. all the go: fashion 852 Adj. all the rage: fashion 852 Adj. all the same: equality 27 Adj. all the time: time 106 Adv. all the world over: space 180 Adv. all the worse for: deterioration 659 Adj. all the year round: diuturnity 110 Adv. all things considered: thought 451 Adv. judgment 480 Adv. predetermination 611 Adv. imperfection 651 Adv. all up with: failure 732 Adj. all: generality 78 Adj. whole 50 N. completeness 52 N. whole 50 Adv. all-absorbing: importance 642 Adj. Allah: Jupiter 979 N. deity 976 N. allay one's excitability: inexcitability 826 V. allay: moderation 174 V. pacification 723 V. relief 834 V. all-destroying: destruction 162 Adj. all-devouring: destruction 162 Adj. allectation: motive 615 N. allective: motive 615 N. allegation: affirmation 535 N. Pretext 617 N. allege: evidence 467 V. affirmation 535 V. Pretext 617 V. alleged: Pretext 617 Adj. allegiance: duty 926 N. obedience 743 N. allegorical: metaphor 521 Adj. allegorize: metaphor 521 V. allegory: comparison 464 N. metaphor 521 N. allegresse: cheerfulness 836 N. allegretto: music 415 Adv. allegro: music 415 Adv. cheerfulness 836 Adj. allelujah!: worship 990 Int. allelujah: worship 990 N. all-engulfing: destruction 162 Adj. alleviate: moderation 174 V. relief 834 V. alleviation: relief 834 N. alley: method 627 N. abode 189 N. opening 260 N. allfours: amusement 840 N. Allhallowmas: regularity of recurrence 138 N. Allhallows: regularity of recurrence 138 N. alliance: concurrence 178 N. concord 714 N. cooperation 709 N. consanguinity 11 N. relation 9 N. party 712 N. allied to: relation 9 Adj. similarity 17 Adj. allied: consanguinity 11 Adj. concord 714 Adj. alligation: junction 43 N. alligator pear: food 298 N. alligator: evil 913 N. animal 366 N. allign one's march: direction 278 V. allignment: direction 278 N. alliteration: similarity 17 N. ornament 577 N. alliterative: ornament 577 Adj. all-knowing: deity 976 Adj. allness: completeness 52 N. allocate: apportionment 786 V. allocation: arrangement 60 N. apportionment 786 N. allocution: speech 582 N. allocution 586 N. allodial: property 780 Adj. freedom 748 Adj. allodium: freedom 748 N. property 780 N. allopathic: remedy 662 Adj. allopathy: remedy 662 N. alloquy: allocution 586 N. allot: arrangement 60 V. apportionment 786 V. dueness 924 V. allotment: arrangement 60 N. apportionment 786 N. allow due weight to: discrimination 465 V. allow for: qualification 469 V. forgiveness 918 V. allow scope: freedom 748 V. allow some weight to: belief 484 V. allow: giving 784 V. discount 813 V. permission 760 V. disclosure 529 V. assent 488 V. consent 762 V. allowable: dueness 924 Adj. permission 760 Adj. giving 784 Adj. allowance to be made: vindication 937 N. allowance: reward 973 N. vindication 937 N. discount 813 N. apportionment 786 N. giving 784 N. qualification 469 N. permission 760 N. allowed: dueness 924 Adj. giving 784 Adj. alloy: deterioration 659 N. deterioration 659 Adj. mixture 41 N. mixture 41 V. combination 48 N. alloyage: mixture 41 N. all's well: safety 664 Phr. all-seeing: deity 976 Adj. all-sided: completeness 52 Adj. allspice: condiment 393 N. allude to: information 527 V. latency, implication 526 V. metaphor 521 V. supposition 514 V. meaning 516 V. allure: desire 865 V. motive 615 V. pleasurableness 829 V. allurement: desire 865 N. motive 615 N. alluring: pleasurableness 829 Adj. allusion: meaning 516 N. metaphor 521 N. latency, implication 526 N. allusive: supposition 514 Adj. latency, implication 526 Adj. meaning 516 Adj. relation 9 Adj. metaphor 521 Adj. alluvial: horizontality 213 Adj. land 342 Adj. plain 344 Adj. alluvion: land 342 N. alluvium: uncleanness 653 N. land 342 N. remainder 40 N. all-wise: deity 976 Adj. ally: aid 707 N. auxiliary 711 N. friend 890 N. marriage 903 V. alma mater: school 542 N. almanac: record 551 N. list 86 N. chronometry 114 N. Almanach de Gotha: list 86 N. almanack: record 551 N. almightiness: power 157 N. almighty dollar: money 800 N. almighty: deity 976 Adj. power 157 Adj. almoner: clergy 996 N. treasurer 801 N. almost all: whole 50 N. almost immediately: earliness 132 Adv. almost unheard of: infrequency 137 Adj. almost: smallness 32 Adv. imperfection 651 Adv. alms: giving 784 N. almsgiving: benevolence 906 N. giving 784 N. almshouse: abode 189 N. refuge 666 N. almsman: receiving 785 N. aloes wood: fragrance 400 N. aloes: unsavoriness 395 N. aloft: height 206 Adv. alogy: absurdity 497 N. aloha: departure 293 N. alone: unity 87 Adj. unity 87 Adv. hindrance 706 Adj. along with: accompaniment 88 Adv. instrumentality 631 Adv. addition 37 Adv. along: length 200 Adv. alongside: parallelism 216 Adv. laterality 236 Adv. nearness 197 Adv. aloof: indifference 866 Adj. distance 196 Adv. height 206 Adv. incuriosity 456 Adj. aloofness: seclusion, exclusion 893 N. aloud: loudness 404 Adv. Alp: height 206 N. alpenstock: support 215 N. Alpha and Omega: whole 50 N. alpha particles: calefaction 384 N. alpha: beginning 66 N. alphabet: beginning 66 N. letter 561 N. alphabetarian: learner 541 N. alphabetical: letter 561 Adj. Alphitomancy: prediction 511 Phr. Alpine Club: traveler 268 N. ascent 305 N. alpine: height 206 Adj. already: the present time 118 Adv. the past 122 Adv. priority 116 Adv. Alsatia: stealing 791 N. Alsatian den: vice 945 N. also: addition 37 Adv. also-ran: politics 737b N. altar boy: clergy 996 N. altar: temple 1000 N. altazimuth mount: optical instruments 445 N. alter ego: similarity 17 N. auxiliary 711 N. deputy 759 N. friend 890 N. alter one's course: deviation 279 V. alter the case: counter evidence 468 V. alter: change 140 V. impotence 158 V. alterable: changeableness 149 Adj. alterant: remedy 662 N. alteration: variation 20a N. change 140 N. difference 15 N. alterative: change 140 Adj. change 140 N. remedy 662 Adj. remedy 662 N. altercation: discord 713 N. altered for the worse: deterioration 659 Adj. altered: deterioration 659 Adj. fatigue 688 Adj. alternate: sequence 63 Adj. oscillation 314 V. changeableness 149 V. regularity of recurrence 138 V. irresolution 605 V. regularity of recurrence 138 Adj. sequence 63 V. variation 20a V. correlation 12 V. correlation 12 Adj. discontinuity 70 Adj. discontinuity 70 V. alternately: regularity of recurrence 138 Adv. alternateness: regularity of recurrence 138 N. alternating double bonds: resonance 408 N. alternating: changeableness 149 Adj. alternation: oscillation 314 N. irresolution 605 N. changeableness 149 N. reversion 145 N. regularity of recurrence 138 N. discontinuity 70 N. interchange 148 N. alternative: substitution 147 N. choice 609 N. plan 626 N. alternativeness: regularity of recurrence 138 N. alternity: regularity of recurrence 138 N. althorn: musical instruments 417 N. although: counteraction 179 Adv. qualification 469 Adv. compensation 30 Adv. altiloquence: ornament 577 N. altiloquent: ornament 577 Adj. altimetry: height 206 N. angularity 244 N. measurement 466 N. altitude and azimuth: measurement 466 N. altitude: height 206 N. alto: stridor 410 N. altogether: whole 50 Adv. completeness 52 Adv. altorilievo: sculpture 557 N. altorivievo: convexity 250 N. altruism: disinterestedness 942 N. altruist: benevolence 906 N. ALU: intellect 450 N. alum: sourness 397 N. alumina: softness 324 N. aluminous: softness 324 Adj. alumnus: learner 541 N. alveary: husbandry 370 N. workshop 691 N. alveolar: sponge 252a Adj. alveolate: concavity 252 Adj. alveolus: concavity 252 N. always: uniformity 16 Adv. generality 78 Adv. time 106 Adv. perpetuity 112 Adv. habit 613 Adv. amability: courtesy 894 N. amadou: fuel 388 N. amah: servant 746 N. amain: haste 684 Adv. violence 173 Adv. amalgam: mixture 41 N. combination 48 N. amalgamate: mixture 41 V. combination 48 V. amalgamation: combination 48 N. amanuensis: recorder 553 N. writing 590 N. amaranthine: perpetuity 112 Adj. amaritude: unsavoriness 395 N. amass: whole 50 V. assemblage 72 V. store 636 V. amateur radio: hearing 418 N. amateur: learner 541 N. desire 865 N. bungler 701 N. ignoramus 493 N. taste 850 N. amatory: love 897 Adj. amaurosis: blindness 442 N. amaze: wonder 870 V. amazedness: wonder 870 N. amazement: wonder 870 N. amazingly: greatness 31 Adv. Amazon: combatant 726 N. courage 861 N. ambages: convolution 248 N. diffuseness 573 N. circuit 629 N. ambagious: diffuseness 573 Adj. ambassador: messenger 534 N. consignee 758 N. amber: resin 356a N. amber-colored: yellowness 436 Adj. ambergris: resin 356a N. Amberlite: resin 356a N. ambidexter: tergiversation 607 N. ambidexterity: skill 698 N. ambidextral: dextrality 238 Adj. ambidextrous: skill 698 Adj. dextrality 238 Adj. tergiversation 607 Adj. ambidextrousness: skill 698 N. ambient: circumjacence 227 Adj. ambigu: mixture 41 N. ambiguity: equivocalness 520 N. obscurity 571 N. unintelligibility 519 N. uncertainty 475 N. ambiguous: unintelligibility 519 Adj. equivocalness 520 Adj. uncertainty 475 Adj. ambilogy: equivocalness 520 N. ambiloquy: equivocalness 520 N. ambit: outline 230 N. ambition: desire 865 N. intention 620 N. ambitious: desire 865 Adj. amble: journey 266 V. velocity 274 V. ambo: school 542 N. temple 1000 N. ambrosia: food 298 N. savoriness 394 N. ambrosial: savoriness 394 Adj. fragrance 400 Adj. ambulance: remedy 662 N. vehicle 272 N. ambulation: journey 266 N. ambulatory: journey 266 Adj. ambuscade: ambush 530 N. ambush 530 V. ambush: ambush 530 N. pitfall 667 N. deception 545 N. ambush 530 V. ambustion: calefaction 384 N. ameer: nobility 875 N. ameliorate: improvement 658 V. amelioration: improvement 658 N. amen to: assent 488 V. amen: submission 725 Phr. assent 488 Adv. content 831 Int. amenability: duty 926 N. amenable: duty 926 Adj. amend: improvement 658 V. amende honorable: atonement 952 N. amendment: improvement 658 N. amends: compensation 30 N. atonement 952 N. reward 973 N. amenity: pleasurableness 829 N. courtesy 894 N. amentia: insanity 503 N. amerce: penalty 974 V. amercement: penalty 974 N. American bowls: amusement 840 N. American organ: musical instruments 417 N. American: inhabitant 188 Adj. inhabitant 188 N. Americanism: neologism 563 N. Americanize: neologism 563 V. amethyst: jewelry 847a N. purple 437 N. amiability: benevolence 906 N. courtesy 894 N. pleasurableness 829 N. amiable: love 897 Adj. benevolence 906 Adj. amianth: refrigeration 385 N. insulation, fire extinction 388a N. amianthus: insulation, fire extinction 388a N. refrigeration 385 N. amicable: aid 707 Adj. friendship 888 Adj. amicably: friendship 888 Adv. amical: friendship 888 Adj. amice: canonicals 999 N. amid: mixture 41 Adv. interposition 228 Adv. amidships: middle 68 Adv. amidst: interposition 228 Adv. mixture 41 Adv. amity: concord 714 N. peace 721 N. friendship 888 N. ammeter: measurement 466 N. ammonia: gaseity 334 N. ammoniacal gas: gaseity 334 N. ammonite: convolution 248 N. ammunition: arms 727 N. materials 635 N. amnesia: oblivion 506 N. amnesty: oblivion 506 N. pacification 723 N. forgiveness 918 N. amoebaeic: poetry 597 Adj. amoebaeum: poetry 597 N. amoebean: sequence 63 Adj. amole: oil 356 N. among other things: conformity 82 Adv. plurality 100 Adv. among: mixture 41 Adv. interposition 228 Adv. amongst: interposition 228 Adv. mixture 41 Adv. amoret: love 897 N. amorette: love 897 N. amoroso: drama 599 N. love 897 N. amorous glances: endearment 902 N. amorous: love 897 Adj. amorphism: amorphism 241 N. amorphous: unconformity 83 Adj. amorphism 241 Adj. amortization: giving 784 N. amotion: transference 270 N. amount to: equality 27 V. price 812 V. money 800 V. whole 50 V. numeration 85 V. amount: price 812 N. money 800 N. degree 26 N. quantity 25 N. amour: love 897 N. impurity 961 N. amourette: love 897 N. impurity 961 N. ampersand: indication 550 N. amphetamines: intemperance 954 N. amphibian: animal 366 N. amphibious: unconformity 83 Adj. amphibology: equivocalness 520 N. amphibolous: equivocalness 520 Adj. amphiboly: equivocalness 520 N. Amphictyonic council: council 696 N. amphigouri: absurdity 497 N. amphitheater: arena 728 N. drama 599 N. vision 441 N. school 542 N. Amphitryon: friend 890 N. amphora: receptacle 191 N. ample: space 180 Adj. sufficiency 639 Adj. breadth, thickness 202 Adj. greatness 31 Adj. size 192 Adj. ampliation: expansion 194 N. amplification: expansion 194 N. diffuseness 573 N. amplify: exaggeration 549 V. diffuseness 573 V. expansion 194 V. amplitude: degree 26 N. size 192 N. breadth, thickness 202 N. sufficiency 639 N. quantity 25 N. amplitudinous: size 192 Adj. amply: sufficiency 639 Adv. amputate: nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. amputation: nonaddition, subtraction 38 N. amulet: spell 993 N. amuse oneself: amusement 840 V. amuse: pleasurableness 829 V. amusement 840 V. amused: rejoicing 838 Adj. amusement 840 Adj. amusement: pleasure 827 N. pleasurableness 829 N. amusement 840 N. amusing: amusement 840 Adj. wit 842 Adj. amylaceous: semiliquidity 352 Adj. an age: diuturnity 110 N. an eternity: diuturnity 110 N. an existence: substantiality 3 N. an: supposition 514 Adv. Ana: heterodoxy 984 N. description 594 N. anabaptism: heterodoxy 984 N. anabolism: organization 357 N. anachronism: anachronism 115 N. untimeliness 135 N. anachronize: anachronism 115 V. anacoluthon: discontinuity 70 N. anaconda: evil 913 N. anacreontic: poetry 597 N. anacrusis: poetry 597 N. anaemia: weakness 160 N. anaerobe: life 359 N. anaesthesia: physical insensibility 376 N. numbness 381 N. anaesthetic agent: physical insensibility 376 N. anaesthetic: inactivity 683 N. insensibility 823 Adj. physical insensibility 376 Adj. anaesthetize: physical insensibility 376 V. insensibility 823 V. anaglyph: representation 554 N. sculpture 557 N. anaglyptic: sculpture 557 Adj. anagoge: latency, implication 526 N. metaphor 521 N. anagogical: metaphor 521 Adj. anagram: secret 533 N. letter 561 N. neologism 563 N. wit 842 N. equivocalness 520 N. anagrammatism: letter 561 N. anal: fastidiousness 868 Adj. analecta: compendium 596 N. analectic: compendium 596 Adj. analeptic: remedy 662 Adj. analgesic: remedy 662 N. analog clock: chronometry 114 N. analogical thinking: analogy 514a N. analogical: similarity 17 Adj. analogy 514a Adj. analogicalness: similarity 17 N. analogous: similarity 17 Adj. analogue: similarity 17 N. analogy: similarity 17 N. comparison 464 N. analogy 514a N. relation 9 N. analysis: reasoning 476 N. remedy 662 N. compendium 596 N. decomposition 49 N. inquiry 461 N. arrangement 60 N. numeration 85 N. experiment 463 N. analyst: inquiry 461 N. experiment 463 N. analytic: numeration 85 Adj. inquiry 461 Adj. experiment 463 Adj. analytical balance: gravity 319 N. analytical geometry: numeration 85 N. analytical instruments: experiment 463 N. analytical: decomposition 49 Adj. analyze: inquiry 461 V. decomposition 49 V. analyzer: experiment 463 N. anamorphosis: distortion 243 N. dimsightedness 443 N. misrepresentation 555 N. anapest: poetry 597 N. anapestic: poetry 597 Adj. anaphrodisia: indifference 866 N. moderation 174 N. anaphrodisiac: moderation 174 Adj. indifference 866 N. anarchical: disorder 59 Adj. laxity 738 Adj. anarchism: disorder 59 N. anarchist: disobedience 742 N. evil 913 N. anarchy: disorder 59 N. laxity 738 N. anastatic printing: engraving 558 N. anastomose: crossing 219 V. anastomosis: junction 43 N. crossing 219 N. anastrophe: inversion 218 N. anastrophy: inversion 218 N. anathema: malediction 908 N. anathematize: detraction 934 V. malediction 908 V. disapprobation 932 V. anatomic: texture 329 Adj. anatomical: texture 329 Adj. anatomize: inquiry 461 V. disjunction 44 V. anatomy: zoology 368 N. organization 357 N. narrowness, thinness 203 N. texture 329 N. anatriptic: friction 331 Adj. ance: leap 309 N. ancestor: paternity 166 N. ancestral: the past 122 Adj. oldness 124 Adj. age 128 Adj. paternity 166 Adj. ancestry: continuity 69 N. the past 122 N. paternity 166 N. anchor: safety 664 N. refuge 666 N. location 184 V. connection 45 N. hope 858 N. quiescence 265 V. anchorage: refuge 666 N. location 184 N. abode 189 N. arrival 292 N. anchored: stability 150 Adj. anchoret: asceticism 955 N. seclusion, exclusion 893 N. anchorite: seclusion, exclusion 893 N. asceticism 955 N. anchorman: news 532 N. anchorwoman: news 532 N. ancient flamen: clergy 996 N. ancient times: the past 122 N. ancient: oldness 124 Adj. indication 550 N. anciently: the past 122 Adv. ancillary: aid 707 Adj. ancon: land 342 N. and also: addition 37 Adv. and eke: addition 37 Adv. and heaven knows what: multitude 102 Adj. and no mistake: certainty 474 Adv. and shuffle the cards: inexcitability 826 Int. and so forth: addition 37 Adv. and so on: addition 37 Adv. and what not: multiformity 81 Adj. multitude 102 Adj. and: accompaniment 88 Adv. addition 37 Adv. andante: music 415 Adv. musician 416 Adv. andantino: music 415 Adv. andiron: furnace 386 N. androgen: man 373 N. androgynal: unconformity 83 Adj. androgynous: unconformity 83 Adj. anecdote: description 594 N. anecdotic: description 594 Adj. anele: rite 998 V. anemography: wind 349 N. anemometer: wind 349 N. measurement 466 N. anemone: beauty 845 N. anemoscope: wind 349 N. anent: relation 9 Adv. aneroid: air 338 N. anew: repetition 104 Adv. newness 123 Adv. anfractuosity: convolution 248 N. anfractuous: convolution 248 Adj. angel dust: intemperance 954 N. angel: drama 599 N. auxiliary 711 N. love 897 N. good man 948 N. angel 977 N. angelic: angel 977 Adj. virtue 944 Adj. angelus: indication 550 N. anger: resentment 900 N. resentment 900 V. excitability 825 N. angina: physical pain 378 N. angiography: texture 329 N. angle of 45 degrees: angularity 244 N. angle rafter: support 215 N. angle: angularity 244 N. experiment 463 V. appearance 448 N. anglerfish: luminary 423 N. Anglican: generality 78 Adj. heterodoxy 984 N. churchdom 995 Adj. Anglicanism: heterodoxy 984 N. Anglice: neologism 563 Adj. Anglicism: neologism 563 N. Anglicize: neologism 563 V. angling: pursuit 622 N. Angostura: bitterness 392b N. angrily: resentment 900 Adv. angry mood: resentment 900 N. angry: resentment 900 Adj. irascibility 901 Adj. anguill: convolution 248 Adj. anguilliform: filament 205 Adj. anguish: physical pain 378 N. pain 828 N. angular distance: angularity 244 N. angular elevation: angularity 244 N. angular measurement: angularity 244 N. angular momentum: rotation 312 N. angular velocity: motion 264 N. rotation 312 N. angularity 244 N. angular: angularity 244 Adj. angularity: angularity 244 N. angularness: angularity 244 N. angustation: narrowness, thinness 203 N. anhedonia: pain 828 N. dejection 837 N. anhelation: fatigue 688 N. anhelose: fatigue 688 Adj. anhydrous: dryness 340 Adj. anile: age 128 Adj. imbecility folly 499 Adj. aniline dyes: purple 437 N. anility: age 128 N. imbecility folly 499 N. animadversion: disapprobation 932 N. animadvert to: attention 457 V. animadvert upon: disapprobation 932 V. animadvert: thought 451 V. animal ecology: life 359 N. animal gratification: physical pleasure 377 N. animal kingdom: animal 366 N. animal life: animality 364 N. animal magnetism: sorcery 992 N. animal oil: oil 356 N. animal physiology: zoology 368 N. animal spirits: cheerfulness 836 N. animal: animal 366 Adj. life 359 N. animal 366 N. animalcule: animal 366 N. smallness 32 N. littleness 193 N. animalism: intemperance 954 N. animality: animality 364 N. animalization: animality 364 N. animalness: animality 364 N. animastic: intellect 450 Adj. animate: motive 615 V. cheerfulness 836 V. excitation 824 V. animated nature: organization 357 N. animated: life 359 Adj. activity 682 Adj. cheerfulness 836 Adj. animation: animality 364 N. cheerfulness 836 N. activity 682 N. life 359 N. excitation 824 N. animative: life 359 Adj. animosity: dislike 867 N. enmity 889 N. hate 898 N. resentment 900 N. animus: willingness 602 N. desire 865 N. intention 620 N. anion exchange resin: resin 356a N. ankle deep: depth 208 Adj. shallowness 209 Adj. ankle: angularity 244 N. anklet: jewelry 847a N. ankus: motive 615 N. ankylosis: stability 150 N. annalist: recorder 553 N. chronometry 114 N. annals: chronometry 114 N. record 551 N. description 594 N. annatto: redness 434 N. anneal: preparation 673 V. annex: adjunct 39 N. addition 37 V. annexation: addition 37 N. junction 43 N. annexationist: junction 43 N. annexe: adjunct 39 N. annexion: junction 43 N. annexment: junction 43 N. annihilate: inexistence 2 V. destruction 162 V. annihilated: inexistence 2 Adj. annihilation: inexistence 2 N. destruction 162 N. anniversary: regularity of recurrence 138 N. anno Domini: time 106 Adv. annotate: interpretation 522 V. annotation: indication 550 N. interpretation 522 N. annotator: interpreter 524 N. annotto: redness 434 N. announce one's candidacy: politics 737b V. announce: prediction 511 V. information 527 V. affirmation 535 V. announcement: prediction 511 N. information 527 N. annoy: violence 173 V. painfulness 830 V. malevolence 907 V. annoyance: badness 649 N. pain 828 N. painfulness 830 N. annoying: painfulness 830 Adj. annual: period 108 Adj. book 593 N. vegetable 367 N. destruction 162 V. regularity of recurrence 138 Adj. annuity: receipt 810 N. annul: abrogation 756 V. annular: circularity 247 Adj. annulet: circularity 247 N. annulment: divorce 905 N. abrogation 756 N. annulus: circularity 247 N. annunciate: information 527 V. annunciation: information 527 N. anodize: covering 223 V. anodyne: relief 834 Adj. moderation 174 Adj. moderation 174 N. remedy 662 Adj. anoint: rite 998 V. covering 223 V. anointed king: master 745 N. anointed: deity 976 Adj. anointing: covering 223 N. anointment: lubrication 332 N. unctuousness 355 N. anomalistic: unconformity 83 Adj. anomalous: disorder 59 Adj. unconformity 83 Adj. anomalousness: unconformity 83 N. anomaly: disorder 59 N. unconformity 83 N. anon: earliness 132 Adv. anonymous: misnomer 565 Adj. anorexia: indifference 866 N. anorexy: indifference 866 N. another pair of shoes: difference 15 N. another: repetition 104 Adj. difference 15 Adj. answer a purpose: utility 644 V. answer for: debt 806 V. promise 768 V. deputy 759 V. answer the helm: obedience 743 V. answer the purpose: success 731 V. answer to: relation 9 V. answer: lawsuit 969 N. success 731 V. utility 644 V. interpretation 522 N. confutation 479 N. answer 462 V. answer 462 N. acquisition 775 V. answerable for: debt 806 Adj. answerable: disapprobation 932 Adj. duty 926 Adj. liability 177 Adj. answering: answer 462 Adj. ant: animal 366 N. agent 690 N. Antaeus: strength 159 N. size 192 N. antagonism: contrariety 14 N. counteraction 179 N. opposition 708 N. antagonist: enemy 891 N. opponent 710 N. antagonistic: opposition 708 Adj. counteraction 179 Adj. disagreement 24 Adj. contrariety 14 Adj. antagonize: contrariety 14 V. counteraction 179 V. opposition 708 V. antaphrodisiac: indifference 866 N. antarctic: contraposition 237 Adj. ante chamber: receptacle 191 N. ante Christum: time 106 Adv. ante room: receptacle 191 N. ante up: expenditure 809 V. ante: chance 621 N. chance 621 V. expenditure 809 V. antebellum: oldness 124 Adj. the past 122 Adj. antecedence: priority 116 N. precedence 62 N. antecedency: precedence 62 N. antecedent: precedence 62 Adj. precursor 64 N. priority 116 Adj. antedate: anachronism 115 V. antediluvian: the past 122 Adj. oldness 124 Adj. antelope: velocity 274 N. antemundane: oldness 124 Adj. antenna: touch 379 N. antepast: foresight 510 N. anteposition: precedence 62 N. anterior to reason: intuition 477 Adj. anterior: precedence 62 Adj. front 234 Adj. priority 116 Adj. anteriority: precedence 62 N. priority 116 N. front 234 N. antevert: hindrance 706 V. anthelion: luminary 423 N. anthelmintic: remedy 662 Adj. remedy 662 N. anthem: worship 990 N. anthemion: ornament 847 N. antherozoid: organization 357 N. anthology: compendium 596 N. poetry 597 N. Anthony dollar: money 800 N. anthracite: fuel 388 N. anthrax: disease 655 N. anthropogeny: mankind 372 N. anthropography: mankind 372 N. anthropoid: mankind 372 Adj. anthropology: zoology 368 N. mankind 372 N. Anthropomancy: prediction 511 Phr. anthropomorphism: heterodoxy 984 N. anthropophagist: evil 913 N. anthropophagus: evil 913 N. Anthroposcopy: prediction 511 Phr. anthroposophy: mankind 372 N. antibiotic: remedy 662 N. antibiotics: preservation 670 N. antic: amusement 840 N. antichrist: heterodoxy 984 N. antichristian: heterodoxy 984 Adj. irreligion 989 Adj. antichristianity: irreligion 989 N. antichronism: anachronism 115 N. anticipate: anachronism 115 V. priority 116 V. futurity 121 V. earliness 132 V. expectation 507 V. foresight 510 V. preparation 673 V. hope 858 V. anticipation: preparation 673 N. hope 858 N. foresight 510 N. earliness 132 N. anachronism 115 N. expectation 507 N. anticipatory: earliness 132 Adj. anticlimax: nonincrease, decrease 36 N. absurdity 497 N. disappointment 509 N. ridiculousness 853 N. anti-clockwise: Evolution 313 Adv. anticyclone: quiescence 265 N. wind 349 N. antidote: remedy 662 N. antifebrile: remedy 662 Adj. remedy 662 N. antifungal: remedy 662 N. antifungals: preservation 670 N. antigravity: repulsion 289 N. antigropelos: clothing 225 N. antiinflammatory: remedy 662 N. antilock brakes: refuge 666 N. antilogarithm: number 84 N. antilogy: intuition 477 N. antiluetic: remedy 662 Adj. antimacassar: covering 223 N. antimony: bane 663 N. Antinomian: heterodoxy 984 N. antinomy: illegality 964 N. Antionous: beauty 845 N. antiorgastic: moderation 174 Adj. antipathy: dislike 867 N. hate 898 N. antiphon: music 415 N. answer 462 N. worship 990 N. antiphony: music 415 N. worship 990 N. answer 462 N. antiphrasis: neologism 563 N. antipodal: contraposition 237 Adj. antipodean: contrariety 14 Adj. distance 196 Adj. antipodes: contraposition 237 N. distance 196 N. antipoison: remedy 662 N. antiquarian: scholar 492 N. the past 122 N. antiquarianism: the past 122 N. antiquary: the past 122 N. scholar 492 N. recorder 553 N. antiquated: age 128 Adj. oldness 124 Adj. antique: oldness 124 Adj. antiqueness: the past 122 N. antiques store: mart 799 N. antiquity: the past 122 N. oldness 124 N. antiscriptural: heterodoxy 984 Adj. antiseptic: remedy 662 N. antiskid tires: refuge 666 N. antisocial: misanthropy 911 Adj. antispasmodic: moderation 174 N. remedy 662 N. antispast: poetry 597 N. antistrophe: poetry 597 N. antithesis: ornament 577 N. elegance 578 N. contrariety 14 Phr. contrariety 14 N. vigor 574 N. antithetical: contrariety 14 Adj. vigor 574 Adj. ornament 577 Adj. antitoxin: remedy 662 N. antitussive: remedy 662 N. antitype: prototype 22 N. antiviral: remedy 662 N. antler: sharpness 253 N. antonomasia: nomenclature 564 N. antonym: contraposition 237 N. nomenclature 564 N. anvil: support 215 N. anxiety: desire 865 N. care 459 N. pain 828 N. fear 860 N. anxious expectation: expectation 507 N. anxious meeting: worship 990 N. anxious to go: excitation 824 Adj. anxious: desire 865 Adj. anxious-bench: temple 1000 N. anxious-seat: temple 1000 N. any port in a storm: arrival 292 Phr. refuge 666 Phr. any: part 51 N. quantity 25 Adj. absence of choice 609a N. anybody: generality 78 N. anyhow: neglect 460 Adv. method 627 N. anything is possible: possibility 470 Phr. anything will do: indifference 866 Phr. anytime you're ready: assent 488 Phr. anytime: leisure 685 Adv. aorist: course 109 N. different time 119 N. aoristic: course 109 Adj. different time 119 Adj. aorta: conduit 350 N. AP: news 532 N. apace: haste 684 Adv. earliness 132 Adv. velocity 274 Adv. apache: killing 361 N. evil 913 N. aparejo: support 215 N. apart: unity 87 Adv. unity 87 Adj. disjunction 44 Adv. disjunction 44 Adj. distance 196 Adv. apartment house: abode 189 N. apartment: abode 189 N. receptacle 191 N. apartments to let: imbecility folly 499 N. apathetic: insensibility 823 Adj. apathy: insensibility 823 N. indifference 866 N. apaulette: ornament 847 N. ape: imitation 19 N. imitation 19 V. absence of Intellect 450a V. Apelles: artist 559 N. apercu: compendium 596 N. aperient: opening 260 Adj. remedy 662 Adj. cleanness 652 N. aperitif: sweetness 396 N. apertion: opening 260 N. apertness: opening 260 N. aperture: opening 260 N. apex: summit 210 N. aphelion: distance 196 N. aphid: deterioration 659 N. Aphis: deterioration 659 N. aphonia: aphony 581 N. aphonous: aphony 581 Adj. aphony: aphony 581 N. aphorism: maxim 496 N. aphoristic: maxim 496 Adj. aphrodisia: violence 173 N. Aphrodite: beauty 845 N. apiarian: husbandry 370 N. apiarist: husbandry 370 N. apiary: husbandry 370 N. Apicius: gluttony 957 N. apiculate: sharpness 253 Adj. apiculated: sharpness 253 Adj. apiece: speciality 79 Adv. aping: absence of Intellect 450a N. imitation 19 Adj. apish: imitation 19 Adj. imbecility folly 499 Adj. aplanatic: achromatism 429 Adj. aplomb: stability 150 N. intelligence, wisdom 498 N. resolution 604 N. Apocalypse: Judeo-christian revelation 985 N. apocalyptic: Judeo-christian revelation 985 Apocrypha: Judeo-christian revelation 985 N. apocryphal: uncertainty 475 Adj. error 495 Adj. heterodoxy 984 Adj. apodeictic: demonstration 478 Adj. apodeictical: demonstration 478 Adj. apodeixis: demonstration 478 N. apodictic: demonstration 478 Adj. apodixis: demonstration 478 N. apograph: copy 21 N. Apollo: world 318 N. musician 416 N. luminary 423 N. beauty 845 N. Apollyon: satan 978 N. apologetic: vindication 937 Adj. Pretext 617 Adj. apologist: vindication 937 N. apologize: vindication 937 N. atonement 952 V. apologue: metaphor 521 N. teaching 537 N. description 594 N. apology: penitence 950 N. atonement 952 N. vindication 937 N. apophthegm: maxim 496 N. apophysis: convexity 250 N. apoplexy: impotence 158 N. apostasy: tergiversation 607 N. improbity 940 N. heterodoxy 984 N. apostate: tergiversation 607 N. heterodoxy 984 N. conversion 144 N. apostatize: tergiversation 607 V. apostle: teacher 540 N. learner 541 N. Judeo-christian revelation 985 N. Apostles' Creed: orthodoxy 983a N. apostleship: churchdom 995 N. Apostolic Church: orthodoxy 983a N. apostolic: Judeo-christian revelation 985 churchdom 995 Adj. apostolical: Judeo-christian revelation 985 apostrophe: indication 550 N. allocution 586 N. soliloquy 589 N. request 765 N. apostrophize: soliloquy 589 V. allocution 586 V. apothecaries' weight: gravity 319 N. apothecary: remedy 662 N. apothegm: maxim 496 N. apotheosis: reproduction 163 N. heaven 981 N. idolatry 991 N. apozem: liquefaction 335 N. calefaction 384 N. appal: painfulness 830 V. appall: painfulness 830 V. fear 860 V. appalling: painfulness 830 Adj. appanage: property 780 N. giving 784 N. apparatus: instrument 633 N. apparel: clothing 225 N. clothing 225 V. apparent: manifestation 525 Adj. visibility 446 Adj. extrinsicality 6 Adj. probability 472 Adj. appearance 448 Adj. apparently: appearance 448 Adv. probability 472 Adv. apparition: dimsightedness 443 N. demon 980 N. apparitor: messenger 534 N. appeach: accusation 938 V. appeachment: accusation 938 N. appeal motion: lawsuit 969 N. appeal to arms: warfare 722 V. contention 720 V. warfare 722 N. contention 720 N. appeal to authority: conformity 82 V. appeal to for: dueness 924 V. appeal to the law: lawsuit 969 V. appeal to the sword: warfare 722 N. appeal to: evidence 467 V. request 765 V. allocution 586 V. appeal: lawsuit 969 N. request 765 N. allocution 586 N. appear for: deputy 759 V. appear in print: printing 591 V. appear to one's eyes: visibility 446 V. appear: beginning 66 V. eventuality 151 V. visibility 446 V. appearance 448 V. manifestation 525 V. appearance: appearance 448 N. extrinsicality 6 N. visibility 446 N. appease: moderation 174 V. inexcitability 826 V. appelation: nomenclature 564 N. appelative: nomenclature 564 N. appelidage: adjunct 39 N. appellant: dueness 924 N. accusation 938 N. appellate: tribunal 966 Adj. append: addition 37 V. sequence 63 V. pendency 214 V. appendage: sequel 65 N. accompaniment 88 N. appendicitis: disease 655 N. appendix: sequel 65 N. apperception: identification 465b N. appertain to: property 780 V. relation 9 V. component 56 V. possession 777 V. appetence: desire 865 N. appetency: desire 865 N. appetible: desire 865 Adj. appetite: desire 865 N. appetition: desire 865 N. appetize: desire 865 V. appetizer: savoriness 394 N. condiment 393 N. food 298 N. appetizing: excitation 824 Adj. pleasurableness 829 Adj. desire 865 Adj. savoriness 394 Adj. applaud to the echo: approbation 931 V. applaud to the very echo: approbation 931 V. applaud: approbation 931 V. applause: approbation 931 N. apple brandy: drunkenness 959 N. apple butter: sweetness 396 N. apple green: greenness 435 Adj. apple of discord: discord 713 N. apple of one's eye: favorite 899 N. apple off another tree: difference 15 N. apple slump: food 298 N. apple: food 298 N. applejack: drunkenness 959 N. appliance: use 677 N. appliances: means 632 N. instrument 633 N. applicability: agreement 23 N. tendency 176 N. utility 644 N. applicable: relation 9 Adj. agreement 23 Adj. utility 644 Adj. expedience 646 Adj. applicant: petitioner 767 N. desire 865 N. application of the sponge: nonpayment 808 N. application: request 765 N. metaphor 521 N. thought 451 N. use 677 N. apply a remedy: remedy 662 V. apply the attention to: attention 457 V. apply the brake: slowness 275 V. apply the compass: measurement 466 V. apply the eye to: attention 457 V. apply the match to: calefaction 384 V. apply the mind to: attention 457 V. apply the mind: thought 451 V. apply the sponge: obliteration 552 V. nonpayment 808 V. apply the torch to: calefaction 384 V. apply the torch: excitation 824 V. apply to: request 765 V. apply: borrowing 788 V. use 677 V. metaphor 521 V. appoggiato: melody concord 413 N. appoggiatura: melody concord 413 N. appoint: command 741 V. commission 755 V. apportionment 786 V. appointment: apportionment 786 N. sociality 892 N. commission 755 N. command 741 N. appointments: instrument 633 N. apportion: disjunction 44 V. arrangement 60 V. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. apportionment 786 V. apportioning: apportionment 786 Adj. apportionment: arrangement 60 N. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 N. disjunction 44 N. apportionment 786 N. apposite: agreement 23 Adj. apposition: agreement 23 N. contiguity 199 N. interpretation 522 N. appprove: assent 488 V. appraisal: value 812a N. appraise: measurement 466 V. price 812 V. value 812a V. appraisement: measurement 466 N. value 812a N. appreciable: measurement 466 Adj. appreciate: thought 451 V. approbation 931 V. taste 850 V. value 812a V. measurement 466 V. judgment 480 V. intellect 450 V. knowledge 490 V. appreciation: judgment 480 N. knowledge 490 N. approbation 931 N. apprehend: belief 484 V. knowledge 490 V. fear 860 V. lawsuit 969 V. apprehension: fear 860 N. lawsuit 969 N. taking 789 N. knowledge 490 N. idea 453 N. danger 665 N. apprehensive: fear 860 Adj. apprehensiveness: fear 860 N. apprentice oneself to: undertaking 676 V. apprentice: learner 541 N. apprenticeship: learning 539 N. apprise: information 527 V. apprized of: knowledge 490 Adj. approach of time advent: futurity 121 N. approach!: approach 286 Int. approach: destiny 152 V. nearness 197 N. approach 286 N. approach 286 V. method 627 N. futurity 121 V. approaching age: futurity 121 N. approaching ages: futurity 121 N. approaching days: futurity 121 N. approaching hours: futurity 121 N. approaching life: futurity 121 N. approaching time: futurity 121 N. approaching years: futurity 121 N. approaching: approach 286 Adj. approbate: approbation 931 V. approbation: respect 928 N. approbation 931 N. repute 873 N. appropinquate: approach 286 V. appropinquation: approach 286 N. appropriate: borrowing 788 V. stealing 791 V. apportionment 786 V. speciality 79 Adj. agreement 23 Adj. taking 789 V. appropriation: apportionment 786 N. taking 789 N. stealing 791 N. approval: consent 762 N. approbation 931 N. assent 488 N. approve: approbation 931 V. approved: approbation 931 Adj. approvement: approbation 931 N. approving: approbation 931 Adj. approximate: approach 286 V. similarity 17 Adj. similarity 17 V. nearness 197 V. approximately: qualification 469 Adv. nearness 197 Adv. approximating: relation 9 Adj. approximation: supposition 514 N. relation 9 N. similarity 17 N. numeration 85 N. approach 286 N. approximative: relation 9 Adj. approach 286 Adj. approximatively: nearness 197 Adv. appulse: contiguity 199 N. impulse 276 N. approach 286 N. convergence 290 N. appurtenance: accompaniment 88 N. component 56 N. appurtenances: property 780 N. appurtenant to: relation 9 Adj. apricot-colored: orange 439 Adj. April fool: dupe 547 N. laughingstock 857 N. April showers: changeableness 149 N. apron: defense 717 N. canonicals 999 N. clothing 225 N. aprotype: printing 591 N. apse: temple 1000 N. apt to: liability 177 Adj. apt: agreement 23 Adj. learning 539 Adj. skill 698 Adj. aptitude: skill 698 N. willingness 602 N. agreement 23 N. tendency 176 N. learning 539 N. aptness: agreement 23 N. tendency 176 N. skill 698 N. aqua regia: calefaction 384 N. aqua: water 337 N. aquamarine: greenness 435 N. aquarium: husbandry 370 N. aquatic: water 337 Adj. aquatics: navigation 267 N. amusement 840 N. aquatint: engraving 558 N. aquatinta: engraving 558 N. aqueduct: conduit 350 N. aqueous: water 337 Adj. aquiline: angularity 244 Adj. Arab: traveler 268 N. carrier 271 N. araba: vehicle 272 N. arabesque: ornament 847 N. Arabian nights: imagination 515 N. arable: agriculture 371 Adj. arado: property 780 N. arbiter: director 694 N. advice 695 N. judge 967 N. judgment 480 N. arbitrager: stock market 799a N. arbitrageur: stock market 799a N. arbitrament of the sword: warfare 722 N. arbitrament: judgment 480 N. arbitrariness: absence of choice 609a N. illegality 964 N. arbitrary power: severity 739 N. arbitrary: severity 739 Adj. insolence 885 Adj. authority 737 Adj. caprice 608 Adj. obstinacy 606 Adj. unconformity 83 Adj. irrelation 10 Adj. illegality 964 Adj. arbitrate: judgment 480 V. mediation 724 V. arbitration: judgment 480 N. mediation 724 N. arbitrator: judgment 480 N. judge 967 N. consignee 758 N. mediation 724 N. arbitrement: judgment 480 N. Arbor Day: amusement 840 N. arbor vitae: symmetry 242 N. arbor: support 215 N. rotation 312 N. receptacle 191 N. abode 189 N. amusement 840 N. arborary: vegetable 367 Adj. arboreous: vegetable 367 Adj. arborescence: symmetry 242 N. roughness 256 N. arborescent: roughness 256 Adj. vegetable 367 Adj. symmetry 242 Adj. arboretum: vegetable 367 N. agriculture 371 N. arborical: vegetable 367 Adj. arboriculture: agriculture 371 N. arboriform: symmetry 242 Adj. arc light: luminary 423 N. arc: curvature 245 N. arcade: opening 260 N. abode 189 N. curvature 245 N. Arcades ambo: similarity 17 N. bad man 949 N. Arcadia: pleasure 827 N. heaven 981 N. Arcadian: artlessness 703 Adj. innocence 946 Adj. arcanum: secret 533 N. arch over: curvature 245 V. arch: concavity 252 N. intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. convexity 250 N. curvature 245 V. curvature 245 N. support 215 N. greatness 31 Adj. cunning 702 Adj. archaebacteria: life 359 N. archaeo-: the past 122 Adv. archaeological: the past 122 Adj. archaeologist: scholar 492 N. archaeology: the past 122 N. archaic: oldness 124 Adj. neologism 563 Adj. archaism: the past 122 N. oldness 124 N. neologism 563 N. archangel: angel 977 N. archbishop: clergy 996 N. archbishopric: churchdom 995 N. archdeacon: clergy 996 N. archduchy: government 737a N. archduke: master 745 N. archdukedom: government 737a N. archebiosis: production 161 N. arched ceiling: curvature 245 N. arched roof: curvature 245 N. arched: convexity 250 Adj. curvature 245 Adj. concavity 252 Adj. archegenesis: organization 357 N. production 161 N. Archeozoic: oldness 124 Adj. archer: amusement 840 N. propulsion 284 N. combatant 726 N. archery ground: amusement 840 N. archery: propulsion 284 N. amusement 840 N. archetype: prototype 22 N. idea 453 N. Archeus: life 359 N. archiater: advice 695 N. archiepiscopacy: churchdom 995 N. archiepiscopal: churchdom 995 Adj. archipelagic: island 346 Adj. archipelago: island 346 N. architect: producer 164 N. agent 690 N. architectonic: production 161 Adj. architecture: ornament 847 N. arrangement 60 N. production 161 N. texture 329 N. architrave: summit 210 N. archive: record 551 N. archlute: musical instruments 417 N. archmologist: the past 122 N. archon: master 745 N. deputy 759 N. judge 967 N. archtraitor: knave 941 N. arclike: curvature 245 Adj. arctic: cold 383 Adj. contraposition 237 Adj. arctics: clothing 225 N. arcuate: curvature 245 Adj. curvature 245 V. arcuation: curvature 245 N. ardent expectation: expectation 507 N. ardent friendship: friendship 888 N. ardent imagination: imagination 515 N. ardent: desire 865 Adj. feeling 821 Adj. heat 382 Adj. love 897 Adj. ardor: activity 682 N. feeling 821 N. desire 865 N. arduous: difficulty 704 Adj. area defense: defense 717 N. area: place 182 N. region 181 N. arefaction: dryness 340 N. arena: space 180 N. region 181 N. vision 441 N. arena 728 N. arenaceous: pulverulence 330 Adj. arenarious: pulverulence 330 Adj. arenose: pulverulence 330 Adj. areola: circularity 247 N. areolar: crossing 219 Adj. areometer: density 321 N. Areopagus: tribunal 966 N. ares: space 180 N. arescent: dryness 340 Adj. aretology: duty 926 N. Argand: luminary 423 N. argent: whiteness 430 Adj. whiteness 430 N. argentine: whiteness 430 Adj. argil: softness 324 N. argillaceous: softness 324 Adj. argol: uncleanness 653 N. argosy: ship 273 N. argot: neologism 563 N. argue: reasoning 476 V. indication 550 V. evidence 467 V. arguementum baculinum: compulsion 744 N. arguer: reasoning 476 N. argufy: reasoning 476 V. argument: meaning 516 N. demonstration 478 N. reasoning 476 N. topic 454 N. argumentation: reasoning 476 N. argumentative: reasoning 476 Adj. arguments: reasoning 476 N. Argus: vision 441 N. Argus-eyed: care 459 Adj. vision 441 Adj. argute: intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. aria: music 415 N. Arianism: heterodoxy 984 N. arid: unproductiveness 169 Adj. dryness 340 Adj. weariness 841 Adj. aridity: dryness 340 N. Ariel: traveler 268 N. Jupiter 979 N. velocity 274 N. messenger 534 N. arietation: impulse 276 N. arietta: music 415 N. aright: good 618 Adv. ariolation: prediction 511 N. ariose: melody concord 413 Adj. arise: existence 1 V. beginning 66 V. eventuality 151 V. effect 154 V. ascent 305 V. visibility 446 V. Aristarchus: taste 850 N. aristarchy: government 737a N. aristate: sharpness 253 Adj. Aristides: good man 948 N. aristocracy: government 737a N. nobility 875 N. aristocrat: nobility 875 N. aristocratic: government 737a Adj. nobility 875 Adj. Aristotelian: reasoning 476 Adj. Arithmancy: prediction 511 Phr. arithmetic: numeration 85 N. arithmetical progression: number 84 N. arithmetical: numeration 85 Adj. arithmetically: numeration 85 Adv. arithmetician: numeration 85 N. ark: ship 273 N. refuge 666 N. abode 189 N. arm chair: support 215 N. arm in arm: sociality 892 Adv. friendship 888 Adv. accompaniment 88 Adv. arm of the law: legality 963 N. arm of the sea: gulf, lake 343 N. arm: preparation 673 V. warfare 722 V. provision 637 V. instrument 633 N. part 51 N. power 157 V. arms 727 N. armada: combatant 726 N. Armageddon: contention 720 N. armament: preparation 673 N. arms 727 N. armaments: arms 727 N. armature: arms 727 N. armchair general: judgment 480 N. armed at all points: defense 717 Adj. preparation 673 Adj. armed cap a pie: preparation 673 Adj. armed cap-a-pie: warfare 722 Adj. defense 717 Adj. armed force: combatant 726 N. armed to the teeth: preparation 673 Adj. defense 717 Adj. warfare 722 Adj. armed with patience: inexcitability 826 Adj. armed: warfare 722 Adj. defense 717 Adj. armet: defense 717 N. armful: quantity 25 N. armiger: nobility 875 N. armigerent: combatant 726 N. armigerous: warfare 722 Adj. armillary sphere: measurement 466 N. armistice: pacification 723 N. armless: impotence 158 Adj. armlet: circularity 247 N. gulf, lake 343 N. armor plated: covering 223 Adj. armor: defense 717 N. arms 727 N. armored cruiser: combatant 726 N. armored vest: defense 717 N. armored: defense 717 Adj. armorial bearings: indication 550 N. armorial: indication 550 Adj. armory: store 636 N. workshop 691 N. arms 727 N. arms: arms 727 N. title 877 N. warfare 722 N. instrument 633 N. indication 550 N. Armstrong gun: arms 727 N. army list: list 86 N. army: assemblage 72 N. multitude 102 N. combatant 726 N. army-navy surplus store: mart 799 N. arnica: remedy 662 N. aroma: fragrance 400 N. aromatic bitters: bitterness 392b N. aromatic perfume: fragrance 400 N. aromatic: fragrance 400 Adj. aromaticity: resonance 408 N. around the corner: expectation 507 Adj. around: circumjacence 227 Adv. arousal: sexuality 374a N. arouse oneself: activity 682 V. arouse: motive 615 V. excitation 824 V. aroynt!: ejection 297 Int. malediction 908 Int. arpent: length 200 N. arpents: space 180 N. arquebus: arms 727 N. arquebusade: remedy 662 N. arraign: accusation 938 V. lawsuit 969 V. arraignment: lawsuit 969 N. accusation 938 N. arrange in a series: continuity 69 V. arrange in words: phrase 566 V. arrange itself: order 58 V. arrange matters: pacification 723 V. arrange with: inclusion 76 V. arrange: plan 626 V. compromise 774 V. musician 416 V. arrangement 60 V. arranged: order 58 Adj. arrangement 60 Adj. arrangement: order 58 N. pacification 723 N. payment 807 N. arrangement 60 N. preparation 673 N. arrant: greatness 31 Adj. manifestation 525 Adj. publication 531 Adj. badness 649 Adj. improbity 940 Adj. arras: ornament 847 N. arrastra: pulverulence 330 N. array: clothing 225 V. preparation 673 N. preparation 673 V. ostentation 882 N. multitude 102 N. assemblage 72 N. continuity 69 N. order 58 N. ornament 847 V. clothing 225 N. arrears: debt 806 N. arrest the attention: attention 457 V. arrest the mind: attention 457 V. arrest the thoughts: attention 457 V. arrest: restraint 751 N. lawsuit 969 V. restraint 751 V. cessation 142 V. lawsuit 969 N. arrestation: restraint 751 N. arriero: director 694 N. arrish: productiveness 168 N. arrival: arrival 292 N. cessation 142 N. arrive at a conclusion: judgment 480 V. arrive at the truth: discovery 480a V. arrive on time: punctuality 132a V. arrive: cessation 142 V. eventuality 151 V. arrival 292 V. arriving: arrival 292 Adj. arroba: gravity 319 N. arrogance: pride 878 N. insolence 885 N. severity 739 N. arrogant: severity 739 Adj. pride 878 Adj. vanity 880 Adj. insolence 885 Adj. arrogate to oneself: undueness 925 V. arrogate: undueness 925 V. dueness 924 V. insolence 885 V. severity 739 V. arrosion: friction 331 N. arrow of time: time 106 N. arrow: velocity 274 N. propulsion 284 N. arms 727 N. arrowhead: writing 590 N. arrowheaded: sharpness 253 Adj. arrows: indication 550 N. arrowy: sharpness 253 Adj. arroyo: conduit 350 N. arsenal: store 636 N. arsenic: bane 663 N. arsenious acid: bane 663 N. arsenious oxide: bane 663 N. arson: calefaction 384 N. arsonist: bad man 949 N. art of memory: memory 505 N. art of reasoning: reasoning 476 N. art of war: warfare 722 N. art school: school 542 N. art: cunning 702 N. skill 698 N. business 625 N. representation 554 N. arteriosclerosis: disease 655 N. artery: conduit 350 N. method 627 N. artesian well: gulf, lake 343 N. river 348 N. artful dodge: cunning 702 N. deception 545 N. artful dodger: thief 792 N. artful: cunning 702 Adj. falsehood 544 Adj. courtesy 894 Adj. artfulness: falsehood 544 N. arthropod: animal 366 N. artichoke: food 298 N. article of faith: theology 983 N. belief 484 N. article: part 51 N. merchandise 798 N. dissertation 595 N. book 593 N. materiality 316 N. substantiality 3 N. record 551 N. articled clerk: learner 541 N. articles of agreement: conditions 770 N. articles: conditions 770 N. belief 484 N. articulate sound: voice 580 N. articulate: voice 580 Adj. voice 580 V. articulated vehicle: vehicle 272 N. articulation: junction 43 N. voice 580 N. artifice: plan 626 N. cunning 702 N. artificer: agent 690 N. artificial intelligence: life 359 N. artificial life: life 359 N. artificial memory: memory 505 N. artificial resin: resin 356a N. artificial respirator: life 359 N. artificial sweetener: sweetness 396 N. artificial: inelegance 579 Adj. cunning 702 Adj. falsehood 544 Adj. ornament 577 Adj. deception 545 Adj. affectation 855 Adj. artificiality: cunning 702 N. artillery: combatant 726 N. arms 727 N. loudness 404 N. artilleryman: combatant 726 N. artisan: agent 690 N. artist: artist 559 N. plan 626 N. agent 690 N. artiste: musician 416 N. artistic: elegance 578 Adj. taste 850 Adj. beauty 845 Adj. skill 698 Adj. artistical: beauty 845 Adj. artistically: skill 698 Adv. artists: drama 599 N. artless: artlessness 703 Adj. discourtesy 895 Adj. artlessness: artlessness 703 N. aruspex: oracle 513 N. aruspice: oracle 513 N. Aruspicy: prediction 511 Phr. as a as can be: completeness 52 Adv. as a body: whole 50 Adv. as a consequence: effect 154 Adv. as a matter of course: expectance 871 Adv. demonstration 478 Adv. certainty 474 Adv. conformity 82 Adv. as a rule: habit 613 Adv. as a whole: whole 50 Adv. as bad as bad can be: badness 649 Adj. as bad would have it: chance 156 Adv. as boundless as the sea: infinity 105 Phr. as broad as long: equality 27 Adj. as chance would have it: chance 156 Adv. destiny 152 Adv. as compared with: comparison 464 Adv. as far as possible: completeness 52 Adv. as far as: relation 9 Adv. time 106 Adv. as for: relation 9 Adv. as full as a vetch: completeness 52 Adj. as God is my witness: affirmation 535 Adv. as good as one's word: veracity 543 Adj. observance 772 Adj. probity 939 Adj. as good as: equality 27 Adj. nearness 197 Adv. as good would have it: chance 156 Adv. as Greek to one: unintelligibility 519 Adj. as if it were: similarity 17 Adv. as if: supposition 514 Adv. similarity 17 Adv. as ill luck would have it: untimeliness 135 Adv. as ill-luck would have it: chance 156 Adv. as in duty: duty 926 Adv. as is one's wont: habit 613 Adv. as it may be: circumstance 8 Adv. chance 156 Adv. as it may chance: chance 156 Adv. as it may happen: circumstance 8 Adv. chance 156 Adv. chance 621 Adv. as it may turn out: eventuality 151 Adv. circumstance 8 Adv. as it may turn up: chance 156 Adv. as it ought to be: right 922 Adj. as it seems good to: will 600 Adv. as it seems: appearance 448 Adv. as it should be: right 922 Adj. as it were: similarity 17 Adv. metaphor 521 Adv. as lief: willingness 602 Adv. as like a dock as a daisy: dissimilarity 18 Adj. as like as it can stare: similarity 17 Adj. as little as may be: smallness 32 Adv. as long as my arm: length 200 Adj. as luck may have it: possibility 470 Adv. as luck would have it: chance 156 Adv. as matters stand: circumstance 8 Adv. as much again: duplication 90 Adv. as one goes: transference 270 Adv. as one man: assent 488 Adv. as one thinks proper: will 600 Adv. as one: cooperation 709 Adv. synchronism 120 Adv. melody concord 413 Adv. as opposite as the poles: contrariety 14 Adj. as poles asunder: contraposition 237 Adv. as regards: relation 9 Adv. as relates to: relation 9 Adv. as respects: relation 9 Adv. as soon as: synchronism 120 Adv. as the case may be: circumstance 8 Adv. chance 156 Adv. as the crow flies: direction 278 Adv. as the day is long: diuturnity 110 Adv. as the dial to the sun: veracity 543 Adv. as the matter stands: state 7 Adv. as the needle to the pole: veracity 543 Adv. as the saying goes: maxim 496 Adv. as the saying is: maxim 496 Adv. as the sparks fly upwards: habit 613 Adv. as the story goes: news 532 Adv. as the story runs: news 532 Adv. as the tree falls: eventuality 151 Adv. as the wind blows: circumstance 8 Adv. as the world goes: eventuality 151 Adv. habit 613 Adv. as they say: maxim 496 Adv. news 532 Adv. as thick as hops: assemblage 72 Adj. as things are: state 7 Adv. as things go: circumstance 8 Adv. habit 613 Adv. as things: eventuality 151 Adv. as times go: circumstance 8 Adv. as to: relation 9 Adv. as usual: conformity 82 Adv. habit 613 Adv. as well as: addition 37 Adv. as you please: obedience 743 Phr. consent 762 Adv. as you were: regression 283 Phr. restoration 660 Adv. as you wish: obedience 743 Phr. as: motive 615 Adv. asbestos: insulation, fire extinction 388a N. ascend the throne: government 737a V. ascend: improvement 658 V. ascent 305 V. navigation 267 V. increase 35 V. greatness 31 V. ascendancy: success 731 N. ascendency: power 157 N. influence 175 N. Ascension Day: rite 998 N. ascension: ascent 305 N. ascent: ascent 305 N. improvement 658 N. obliquity 217 N. increase 35 N. repute 873 N. ascertain one's direction: direction 278 V. ascertain: stability 150 V. judgment 480 V. ascertained: certainty 474 Adj. knowledge 490 Adj. ascertainment: discovery 480a N. ascetic: asceticism 955 Adj. asceticism 955 N. asceticism: asceticism 955 N. ascititious: extrinsicality 6 Adj. addition 37 Adj. completeness 52 Adj. ascribe importance to: importance 642 V. ascribe to: attribution 155 V. ascription: attribution 155 N. asessor: judgment 480 N. Ash Wednesday: regularity of recurrence 138 N. rite 998 N. ash: calefaction 384 N. ashame: humility 879 V. ashamed: humility 879 Adj. ashcake: food 298 N. ash-colored: gray 432 Adj. ashdrop: furnace 386 N. ashen: gray 432 Adj. achromatism 429 Adj. ashes: corpse 362 N. uncleanness 653 N. ashore: land 342 Adv. ashpan: furnace 386 N. ashy: gray 432 Adj. achromatism 429 Adj. Asian mystery: secret 533 N. Asiatic cholera: disease 655 N. aside from the purpose: irrelation 10 Adj. aside: laterality 236 Adv. faintness 405 Adv. concealment 528 Adv. soliloquy 589 Adv. asinine: carrier 271 Adj. imbecility folly 499 Adj. ask about: inquiry 461 V. ask for mercy: pity 914 V. ask leave: permission 760 V. ask one for: request 765 V. ask pardon: forgiveness 918 V. ask permission: permission 760 V. ask trouble: request 765 V. ask: request 765 V. barter 794 V. inquiry 461 V. price 812 V. askant askance: dimsightedness 443 V. askew: distortion 243 Adj. asking: request 765 N. asleep: inactivity 683 Adj. Asmodeus: demon 980 N. asomatous: immateriality 317 Adj. asp: evil 913 N. animal 366 N. aspartame: sweetness 396 N. Aspasia: libertine 962 N. aspect: appearance 448 N. state 7 N. situation 183 N. aspects: intrinsicality 5 N. asperges: rite 998 N. asperity: roughness 256 N. discourtesy 895 N. resentment 900 N. irascibility 901 N. asperous: roughness 256 Adj. asperse: detraction 934 V. aspersion: rite 998 N. detraction 934 N. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 N. malediction 908 N. asphalt: smoothness 255 N. resin 356a N. asphaltic: resin 356a Adj. asphaltite: resin 356a Adj. asphaltum: resin 356a N. asphodel: beauty 845 N. asphyxia: death 360 N. disease 655 N. asphyxiate: killing 361 V. aspick: animal 366 N. aspirant: petitioner 767 N. desire 865 N. politics 737b N. aspirate: voice 580 V. sound 402 N. aspiration: hope 858 N. desire 865 N. worship 990 N. aspire after: intention 620 V. desire 865 V. aspire at: intention 620 V. aspire: worship 990 V. ascent 305 V. aspiring: desire 865 Adj. asportation: transference 270 N. ass in lion's skin: deceiver 548 N. bungler 701 N. ass: fool 501 N. carrier 271 N. assafoetida: fetor 401 N. assagai: arms 727 N. assail: attack 716 V. painfulness 830 V. detraction 934 V. assailant: combatant 726 N. attack 716 N. opponent 710 N. Assama: heaven 981 N. assassin: destroyer 165 N. killing 361 N. assassinate: killing 361 V. assassination: killing 361 N. assault and battery: attack 716 N. assault rifle: arms 727 N. assault: attack 716 N. attack 716 V. assay: experiment 463 N. experiment 463 V. measurement 466 V. assayist: experiment 463 N. assegai: arms 727 N. assemblage: assemblage 72 N. convergence 290 N. junction 43 N. council 696 N. assemble: assemblage 72 V. council 696 V. assembled: assemblage 72 Adj. assembly room: abode 189 N. assembly: laity 997 N. sociality 892 N. council 696 N. assemblage 72 N. assemblyman: government 737a N. council 696 N. assemblyroom: amusement 840 N. assemblywoman: government 737a N. assent: belief 484 N. content 831 V. consent 762 V. consent 762 N. assent 488 N. assent 488 V. concord 714 V. assenting: assent 488 Adj. assentment: assent 488 N. assert positively: affirmation 535 V. assert roundly: affirmation 535 V. assert: affirmation 535 V. dueness 924 V. asserting: affirmation 535 Adj. assertion: affirmation 535 N. asses' bridge: unintelligibility 519 N. assess: price 812 V. value 812a V. measurement 466 V. judgment 480 V. assessment: judgment 480 N. price 812 N. value 812a N. measurement 466 N. assessor: judge 967 N. asset: willingness 602 N. assets: accounts 811 N. property 780 N. money 800 N. asseverate: affirmation 535 V. asseveration: affirmation 535 N. asshole: ignoramus 493 N. assiduity: activity 682 N. assiduous: activity 682 Adj. assiduousness: activity 682 N. assify: insensibility 823 V. assign as cause: attribution 155 V. assign dower: giving 784 V. assign places to: arrangement 60 V. assign the parts: arrangement 60 V. assign: giving 784 V. apportionment 786 V. duty 926 V. transfer 783 V. commission 755 V. assignat: money 800 N. assignation: sociality 892 N. assignee: receiving 785 N. assignment: transfer 783 N. apportionment 786 N. commission 755 N. assimilate to: conversion 144 V. assimilate: similarity 17 V. agreement 23 V. salubrity 656 V. uniformity 16 V. assimilation: agreement 23 N. identification 465b N. conversion 144 N. imitation 19 N. production 161 N. assist: aid 707 V. assistance: aid 707 N. assistant judge: judge 967 N. assistant secretary: servant 746 N. assistant: auxiliary 711 N. assister: presence 186 V. assize: measurement 466 N. tribunal 966 N. ass-kisser: flatterer 935 N. Associate Justice: judge 967 N. associate with: sociality 892 V. accompaniment 88 V. mixture 41 V. associate: accompaniment 88 N. friend 890 N. auxiliary 711 N. assemblage 72 V. junction 43 V. relation 9 V. party 712 V. Associated Press: news 532 N. associated with: accompaniment 88 Adj. associated: relation 9 Adj. association of ideas: metaphor 521 N. analogy 514a N. supposition 514 N. thought 451 N. intellect 450 N. association of thought: thought 451 N. association: analogy 514a N. party 712 N. metaphor 521 N. intuition 477 N. accompaniment 88 N. assemblage 72 N. correlation 12 N. relation 9 N. cooperation 709 N. assoil: acquittal 970 V. assonance: poetry 597 N. assonant: melody concord 413 Adj. assort: arrangement 60 V. assorted: multiformity 81 Adj. assortment: arrangement 60 N. assemblage 72 N. class 75 N. assuage: moderation 174 V. relief 834 V. assuagement: moderation 174 N. assuaging: relief 834 Adj. assuasive: relief 834 Adj. assuefaction: habit 613 N. assuetude: habit 613 N. assume a character: representation 554 V. assume a lofty bearing: insolence 885 V. assume a name: misnomer 565 V. assume a new phase: conversion 144 V. assume authority: government 737a V. assume command: government 737a V. assume the appearance: appearance 448 V. assume the character of: conversion 144 V. assume the command: command 741 V. assume the conclusion: intuition 477 V. assume the form of: conversion 144 V. assume the nature of: conversion 144 V. assume the offensive: attack 716 V. assume the semblance of: appearance 448 V. assume the shape of: conversion 144 V. assume the state of: conversion 144 V. assume: supposition 514 V. belief 484 V. intuition 477 V. insolence 885 V. severity 739 V. dueness 924 V. taking 789 V. falsehood 544 V. assumed name: misnomer 565 N. assumed position: supposition 514 N. assumed title: misnomer 565 N. assumed: supposition 514 Adj. assuming: insolence 885 Adj. assumption: conversion 144 N. insolence 885 N. undueness 925 N. hope 858 N. supposition 514 N. misjudgment 481 N. severity 739 N. maxim 496 N. assurance: expectation 507 N. insolence 885 N. vanity 880 N. hope 858 N. security 771 N. affirmation 535 N. belief 484 N. certainty 474 N. chance 156 N. promise 768 N. assure oneself: belief 484 V. assure: security 771 V. hope 858 V. affirmation 535 V. belief 484 V. certainty 474 V. promise 768 V. assured: certainty 474 Adj. belief 484 Adj. assuredly: assent 488 Adv. astatic: levity 320 Adj. asteism: ridicule 856 N. asterisk: indication 550 N. astern: rear 235 Adv. asteroids: world 318 N. Asteroth: Jupiter 979 N. asthenia: weakness 160 N. asthenic: weakness 160 Adj. astigmatic sight: dimsightedness 443 N. astigmatic: dimsightedness 443 Adj. astigmatism: dimsightedness 443 N. astir: activity 682 Adj. excitation 824 Adj. astonish: inexpectation 508 V. wonder 870 V. astonished at nothing: expectance 871 Adj. astonishing: greatness 31 Adj. astonishingly: greatness 31 Adv. astonishment: wonder 870 N. astound: excitation 824 V. fear 860 V. wonder 870 V. Astraea: right 922 N. astragal: ornament 847 N. astral body: immateriality 317 N. astral influence: necessity 601 N. astral plane: immateriality 317 N. astral: world 318 Adj. astray from: deviation 279 Adv. astray: uncertainty 475 Adj. error 495 Adj. astriction: junction 43 N. astride on: support 215 Adv. astringency: contraction 195 N. acridity 401a N. astringent bitters: bitterness 392b N. astringent: acridity 401a Adj. contraction 195 Adj. astringents: contraction 195 N. astrolabe: measurement 466 N. astrologer: oracle 513 N. astrology: prediction 511 N. intuition 477 N. astronaut: mariner 269 N. astronautics: navigation 267 N. astronomer: world 318 N. astronomical telescope: optical instruments 445 N. astronomical unit: length 200 N. astronomy: world 318 N. astute: cunning 702 Adj. intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. asunder: distance 196 Adv. disjunction 44 Adj. disjunction 44 Adv. asylum: refuge 666 N. defense 717 N. asymmetric: unconformity 83 Adj. distortion 243 Adj. asymmetry: distortion 243 N. asymptote: convergence 290 N. asymptotic: convergence 290 Adj. asymptotical: convergence 290 Adj. at a different time: different time 119 Adv. at a disadvantage: inferiority 34 Adv. at a discount: disapprobation 932 Adj. discount 813 Adv. disrepute 874 Adj. at a foots pace: slowness 275 Adv. at a funeral pace: slowness 275 Adv. at a glacial pace: slowness 275 Phr. at a glance: vision 441 Adv. at a great rate: velocity 274 Adv. at a later date: posteriority 117 Adv. at a later period: posteriority 117 Adv. at a loose end: leisure 685 Adj. at a loss for: desire 865 Adj. at a loss: difficulty 704 Adj. irresolution 605 Adj. uncertainty 475 Adj. at a low ebb: waste 638 Adj. insufficiency 640 Adj. depression 308 Adj. lowness 207 Adv. inferiority 34 Adv. smallness 32 Adj. deterioration 659 Adj. at a nonplus: uncertainty 475 Adj. difficulty 704 Adj. at a pinch: difficulty 704 Adv. at a premium: dearness 814 Adj. at a reduction: cheapness 815 Adv. at a snail's pace: slowness 275 Adv. at a stand: inaction 681 Adv. quiescence 265 Adv. permanence 141 Adv. at a standstill: permanence 141 Adv. quiescence 265 Adj. difficulty 704 Adj. at a stretch: continuity 69 Adv. at a stroke: instantaneity 113 Adv. at a subsequent: posteriority 117 Adv. at a venture: essay 675 Adv. chance 621 Adv. at all events: compensation 30 Adv. qualification 469 Adv. certainty 474 Adv. truth 494 Adv. resolution 604 Adv. at all hazards: resolution 604 Adv. at all points: completeness 52 Adv. at all risks: resolution 604 Adv. at all times: frequency 136 Adv. at an end: end 67 Adj. at anchor: safety 664 Adj. stability 150 Adj. location 184 Adj. quiescence 265 Adj. at another time: different time 119 Adv. at any cost: resolution 604 Adv. at any hazard: resolution 604 Adv. at any price: resolution 604 Adv. perseverance 604a Adv. at any rate: resolution 604 Adv. compensation 30 Adv. certainty 474 Adv. truth 494 Adv. at any risk: resolution 604 Adv. at any sacrifice: resolution 604 Adv. at any time: different time 119 Adv. at arm's length: distance 196 Adv. at bay: danger 665 Adj. difficulty 704 Adj. defense 717 Adv. at beat of drum: command 741 Adv. at bottom: intrinsicality 5 Adv. at call: activity 682 Adj. at close quarters: nearness 197 Adv. at cost price: cheapness 815 Adv. at cost: cheapness 815 Adv. at cross purposes: difficulty 704 Adj. opposition 708 Adv. discord 713 Adj. contrariety 14 Adj. error 495 Adj. at cross-purposes: disorder 59 Adv. at daggers drawn: hate 898 Adj. opposition 708 Adj. discord 713 Adj. enmity 889 Adj. at death's door: death 360 Adj. at ease: facility 705 Adj. freedom 748 Adj. pleasure 827 Adj. content 831 Adj. physical pleasure 377 Adj. at enmity: enmity 889 Adj. at established periods: regularity of recurrence 138 Adv. at fault: failure 732 Adj. unskillfulness 699 Adj. guilt 947 Adj. uncertainty 475 Adj. ignorance 491 Adj. at feud: discord 713 Adj. at first blush: manifestation 525 Adv. at first sight: vision 441 Adv. appearance 448 Adv. at fixed established: regularity of recurrence 138 Adv. at full speed: velocity 274 Adv. at great cost: dearness 814 Adv. at half speed: moderation 174 Adv. slowness 275 Adv. at hand: the present time 118 Adv. destiny 152 Adj. nearness 197 Adj. utility 644 Adj. at haphazard: chance 621 Adv. at harness: preparation 673 Adj. at heart: feeling 821 Adv. affections 820 Adv. at high words: discord 713 Adj. at home in: knowledge 490 Adj. skill 698 Adj. habit 613 Adj. at home with: facility 705 Adj. friendship 888 Adj. at home: presence 186 Adv. interiority 221 Adv. assemblage 72 N. agreement 23 Adj. content 831 Adj. at intervals: discontinuity 70 Adv. interval 198 Adv. at issue upon: negation 536 Adj. at issue with: dissent 489 Adv. at issue: eventuality 151 Adj. contention 720 Adj. discord 713 Adj. opposition 708 Adj. at its height: greatness 31 Adj. superiority 33 Adv. at large: diffuseness 573 Adv. freedom 748 Adj. at last: lateness 133 Adv. at least: smallness 32 Adv. at leisure: inactivity 683 Adv. leisure 685 Adj. at length: lateness 133 Adv. length 200 Adv. at liberty: exemption 927a Adj. at loggerheads: contention 720 Adj. hate 898 Adj. discord 713 Adj. at long odds: difficulty 704 Adv. at loose ends: leisure 685 Adj. at most: smallness 32 Adv. at no great distance: nearness 197 Adv. at no hand: smallness 32 Adv. at no period: neverness 107 Adv. at no time: neverness 107 Adv. negation 536 Adv. at odds with: disagreement 24 Adj. at odds: discord 713 Adj. at once: instantaneity 113 Adv. earliness 132 Adv. at one fell swoop: taking 789 Adv. instantaneity 113 Adv. violence 173 Adv. at one jump: instantaneity 113 Adv. at one with: agreement 23 Adj. concurrence 178 Adj. assent 488 Adj. concord 714 Adj. at one's beck and call: obedience 743 Adj. subjection 749 Adj. aid 707 Adj. at one's beck: aid 707 Adj. at one's books: learning 539 Adv. at one's call: obedience 743 Adj. servant 746 Adj. at one's command: authority 737 Adj. obedience 743 Adj. possession 777 Adj. at one's disposal: possession 777 Adj. at one's door: nearness 197 Adv. at one's ease: physical pleasure 377 Adv. leisure 685 Adj. prosperity 734 Adj. freedom 748 Adj. content 831 Adj. at one's elbow: nearness 197 Adv. at one's feet: nearness 197 Adv. at one's finger's end: nearness 197 Adv. at one's last gasp: hopelessness 859 Adj. at one's leisure: lateness 133 Adv. at one's orders: obedience 743 Adj. at one's own risk: duty 926 Adv. at one's pleasure: authority 737 Adv. at one's post: preparation 673 Adj. at one's side: nearness 197 Adv. at one's wit's end: difficulty 704 Adj. uncertainty 475 Adj. at one's word: belief 484 V. at open war with: enmity 889 Adj. at peace: concord 714 Adj. at play: amusement 840 Adv. at pleasure: will 600 Adv. choice 609 Adv. at present: the present time 118 Adv. at prime cost: cheapness 815 Adv. at railway speed: velocity 274 Adv. at random: chance 621 Adv. at regular intervals: regularity of recurrence 138 Adv. at rest at a stand: quiescence 265 Adj. at rest: repose 687 Adv. content 831 Adj. at right angles: verticality 212 Adv. at sea: ignorance 491 Adj. uncertainty 475 Adj. ocean 341 Adv. at short notice: transientness 111 Adv. earliness 132 Adv. haste 684 Adv. at sight: earliness 132 Adv. at sixes and sevens: disorder 59 Adv. discord 713 Adj. at some other time: different time 119 Adv. at stake: intention 620 Adj. danger 665 Adj. at stated periods: order 58 Adv. at stated times: regularity of recurrence 138 Adv. at sunrise: morning 125 Adv. at sunset: lateness 133 Adv. at that instant: different time 119 Adv. at that moment: different time 119 Adv. at that point in time: time 106 Adv. at that point: time 106 Adv. at that time: different time 119 Adv. at the back of: rear 235 Adv. at the bar: lawyer 968 Adj. at the beginning: beginning 66 Adv. at the bottom of: cause 153 Adj. at the breast: infant 129 Adj. at the deadline: punctuality 132a Adv. at the eleventh hour: lateness 133 Adv. occasion 134 Adv. at the end of his tether: ignorance 491 Adj. at the end of one's rope: difficulty 704 Adj. at the feet of: subjection 749 Adj. at the first blush: appearance 448 Adv. vision 441 Adv. at the foot of: lowness 207 Adv. at the halt: quiescence 265 Adv. at the head of: direction 693 Adv. repute 873 Adj. at the head: precession 280 Adv. authority 737 Adj. at the heels of: rear 235 Adv. nearness 197 Adv. at the helm: direction 693 Adv. at the last extremity: danger 665 Adj. at the last gasp: death 360 Adj. at the last: end 67 Adv. at the least: smallness 32 Adv. at the mercy of: liability 177 Adj. subjection 749 Adj. at the most: smallness 32 Adv. at the office: workshop 691 Adj. at the point of death: death 360 Adj. at the point of the sword: violence 173 Adv. severity 739 Adv. compulsion 744 Adv. at the point of: nearness 197 Adv. at the present time: the present time 118 Adv. at the same instant: instantaneity 113 Adv. at the same time: compensation 30 Adv. synchronism 120 Adv. at the shop: workshop 691 Adj. at the sword's point: warfare 722 Adv. at the tail of: rear 235 Adv. at the threshold: nearness 197 Adv. at the top of one's lungs: loudness 404 Adv. at the top of one's speed: velocity 274 Adv. at the top of one's voice: loudness 404 Adv. at the top of the scale: superiority 33 Adv. at the top of the tree: repute 873 Adj. summit 210 Adv. at the very moment: synchronism 120 Adv. at this moment: the present time 118 Adv. at this time of day: the present time 118 Adv. at this time: the present time 118 Adv. at times: frequency 136 Adv. at variance with: disagreement 24 Adj. at variance: enmity 889 Adj. discord 713 Adj. opposition 708 Adj. disagreement 24 Adj. dissent 489 Adv. at various times: different time 119 Adv. at war with: opposition 708 Adj. warfare 722 Adj. at war: disagreement 24 Adj. contention 720 Adj. at which time: different time 119 Adv. at wholesale: discount 813 Adv. at will: will 600 Adv. at work: activity 682 Adj. workshop 691 Adj. agency 170 Adj. at your peril!: threat 909 Int. at your service: aid 707 Phr. at: sociality 892 N. ataghan: arms 727 N. atajo: assemblage 72 N. atavism: reversion 145 N. atelier: painting 556 N. workshop 691 N. athanasia: perpetuity 112 N. Athanasian Creed: orthodoxy 983a N. athanor: furnace 386 N. atheism: heterodoxy 984 N. irreligion 989 N. atheist: irreligion 989 N. atheistic: irreligion 989 Adj. atheling: nobility 875 N. atherosclerosis: disease 655 N. athirst: desire 865 Adj. athlete: strength 159 N. combatant 726 N. athletic sports: contention 720 N. amusement 840 N. athletic supporter: clothing 225 N. athletic: strength 159 Adj. athleticism: strength 159 N. athletics: contention 720 N. strength 159 N. athwart: opposition 708 Adv. crossing 219 Adv. Atlantean: strength 159 Adj. Atlantes: support 215 N. Atlantis: imagination 515 N. Atlas: strength 159 N. support 215 N. list 86 N. arrangement 60 N. representation 554 N. atmosphere: circumjacence 227 N. air 338 N. atmospheric air: air 338 N. atmospheric: air 338 Adj. blueness 438 Adj. atole: food 298 N. atoll: island 346 N. atom: smallness 32 N. inextension 180a N. littleness 193 N. atomic clock: chronometry 114 N. atomic explosion: snap 406 N. atomic power: power 157 N. atomic submarine: ship 273 N. atomic: littleness 193 Adj. unity 87 Adj. smallness 32 Adj. tenacity 327 Adj. atomize: destruction 162 V. atomy: littleness 193 N. atone for: atonement 952 V. atone: deity 976 V. reward 973 V. atonement 952 V. atonement: atonement 952 N. reward 973 N. deity 976 N. restitution 790 N. atony: weakness 160 N. atop: summit 210 Adv. atrabilious: dejection 837 Adj. atramentous: blackness 431 V. atrium: receptacle 191 N. atrocious: malevolence 907 Adj. vice 945 Adj. atrocity: malevolence 907 N. vice 945 N. guilt 947 N. atrophy: contraction 195 N. deterioration 659 N. disease 655 N. attaboy!: continuance in action 143 Int. attach importance to: importance 642 V. attach some weight to: belief 484 V. attach: junction 43 V. love 897 V. lawsuit 969 V. attache: servant 746 N. consignee 758 N. attached to: love 897 Adj. attachment: junction 43 N. love 897 N. attack tooth and nail: attack 716 V. attack: disease 655 N. attack 716 N. attack 716 V. detraction 934 V. attacking: attack 716 Adj. attaghan: arms 727 N. attain a point: success 731 V. attain majority: adolescence 131 V. attain the goal: completion 729 V. attain: arrival 292 V. attainable: possibility 470 Adj. attainder: imperfection 651 N. condemnation 971 N. attainment: learning 539 N. skill 698 N. attainments: knowledge 490 N. attaint: condemnation 971 V. attaintment: condemnation 971 N. attainture: condemnation 971 N. attar: fragrance 400 N. attemper: mixture 41 V. moderation 174 V. attempered: affections 820 Adj. attempt impossibilities: impossibility 471 V. attempt: essay 675 N. essay 675 V. attend mass: worship 990 V. rite 998 V. attend service: worship 990 V. attend services: rite 998 V. attend the sacrament: rite 998 V. attend to business: business 625 V. attend to one's work: business 625 V. attend to orders: obedience 743 V. attend upon: servant 746 V. attend: sequence 281 V. presence 186 V. accompaniment 88 V. attention 457 V. remedy 662 V. aid 707 V. attendance: presence 186 N. attendant: accompaniment 88 Adj. accompaniment 88 N. sequence 281 N. servant 746 N. attention to detail: care 459 N. attention 457 N. attention!: hearing 418 Int. attention 457 Int. attention: care 459 N. attention 457 N. respect 928 N. attentive: attention 457 Adj. attenuate: nonincrease, decrease 36 V. contraction 195 V. pulverulence 330 V. attenuated: narrowness, thinness 203 Adj. attenuation: pulverulence 330 N. contraction 195 N. attest: promise 768 V. indication 550 V. evidence 467 V. affirmation 535 V. attestation: evidence 467 N. indication 550 N. attested copy: security 771 N. attic fan: refrigeration 385 N. attic salt: wit 842 N. attic wit: wit 842 N. Attic: elegance 578 Adj. receptacle 191 N. wit 842 Adj. taste 850 Adj. summit 210 N. Atticism: elegance 578 N. wit 842 N. Attila: evil 913 N. attire: clothing 225 V. clothing 225 N. attitude: form 240 N. circumstance 8 N. situation 183 N. attitudinarian: ostentation 882 N. attitudinize: affectation 855 V. attogram: gravity 319 N. attollent: elevation 307 Adj. attorney at law: lawyer 968 N. attorney: lawyer 968 N. consignee 758 N. legality 963 N. attract attention: ostentation 882 V. attract notice: attention 457 V. attract the attention: visibility 446 V. attention 457 V. attract the mind: attention 457 V. attract the thoughts: attention 457 V. attract: attraction 288 V. motive 615 V. pleasurableness 829 V. desire 865 V. love 897 V. attractability: motive 615 N. pleasurableness 829 N. attracting: attraction 288 Adj. attraction of gravitation: attraction 288 N. attraction: power 157 N. attraction 288 N. motive 615 N. pleasurableness 829 N. desire 865 N. attractive: attraction 288 Adj. motive 615 Adj. pleasurableness 829 Adj. beauty 845 Adj. love 897 Adj. attractiveness: motive 615 N. pleasurableness 829 N. attraction 288 N. love 897 N. sexuality 374a N. attractivity: attraction 288 N. attrahent: attraction 288 Adj. attributable: attribution 155 Adj. attribute to: attribution 155 V. attribute: accompaniment 88 N. power 157 N. attributed: attribution 155 Adj. attribution: attribution 155 N. circumstance 8 N. attrite: pulverulence 330 Adj. friction 331 Adj. attrition: friction 331 N. attroupement: assemblage 72 N. attune: preparation 673 V. music 415 V. attuned to: habit 613 Adj. au bout de son latin: intuition 477 Adj. ignorance 491 Adj. difficulty 704 Adj. au courant: knowledge 490 Adj. au fait with: knowledge 490 Adj. au fait: skill 698 Adj. au fond: intrinsicality 5 Adv. AU: length 200 N. auburn: brown 433 Adj. auction: sale 796 N. mart 799 N. auctioneer: consignee 758 N. sale 796 N. audacious: insolence 885 Adj. courage 861 Adj. audacity: insolence 885 N. courage 861 N. rashness 863 N. audibility: sound 402 N. hearing 418 N. audible: sound 402 Adj. audience chamber: council 696 N. audience: hearing 418 N. allocution 586 N. conversation 588 N. audit: numeration 85 V. inquiry 461 V. accounts 811 N. accounts 811 V. auditing firm: accounts 811 N. audition: hearing 418 N. experiment 463 N. auditor: hearing 418 N. learner 541 N. accounts 811 N. numeration 85 N. auditorium: school 542 N. drama 599 N. auditory apparatus: hearing 418 N. auditory: hearing 418 Adj. hearing 418 N. drama 599 N. Augean stable: uncleanness 653 N. Augean task: difficulty 704 N. auger: perforator 262 N. aught: part 51 N. quantity 25 Adj. augment: adjunct 39 N. addition 37 V. increase 35 V. augmentation: increase 35 N. adjunct 39 N. expansion 194 N. augur well: hope 858 V. augur: oracle 513 N. prediction 511 V. rotation 312 N. augural: prediction 511 Adj. augurate: prediction 511 V. auguration: prediction 511 N. augurial: prediction 511 Adj. augurous: prediction 511 Adj. augury: omen 512 N. prediction 511 N. august: repute 873 Adj. greatness 31 Adj. Augustinian: clergy 996 N. auld lang syne: the past 122 N. Aum: spell 993 N. aumbry: temple 1000 N. aunt: consanguinity 11 N. aura: wind 349 N. sensations of touch 380 N. aureate: yellowness 436 Adj. aurelia: infant 129 N. aureola: light 420 N. aureole: repute 873 N. aureolin: yellowness 436 N. auricle: hearing 418 N. auricomous: yellowness 436 Adj. auricular confession: rite 998 N. auricular: concealment 528 Adj. hearing 418 Adj. aurist: remedy 662 N. aurora australis: luminary 423 N. aurora borealis: luminary 423 N. aurora: morning 125 N. light 420 N. dimness 422 N. luminary 423 N. auscultation: hearing 418 N. auspice: omen 512 N. auspices: influence 175 N. expectation 507 N. prediction 511 N. safety 664 N. auspicial: prediction 511 Adj. auspicious: hope 858 Adj. occasion 134 Adj. prediction 511 Adj. prosperity 734 Adj. austere: severity 739 Adj. discourtesy 895 Adj. asceticism 955 Adj. austerity: discourtesy 895 N. asceticism 955 N. severity 739 N. unsavoriness 395 N. impiety 988 N. Austin Friars: clergy 996 N. Austral: contraposition 237 Adj. Austromancy: prediction 511 Phr. authentic: existence 1 Adj. certainty 474 Adj. truth 494 Adj. authenticate: evidence 467 V. authentication: evidence 467 N. security 771 N. authenticity: truth 494 N. Author of all things: deity 976 N. Author of our being: deity 976 N. author: cause 153 N. producer 164 N. book 593 N. authoritative: command 741 Adj. certainty 474 Adj. government 737a Adj. authoritativeness: authority 737 N. authority: authority 737 N. power 157 N. permission 760 N. dueness 924 N. government 737a N. sage 500 N. influence 175 N. evidence 467 N. information 527 N. authorization: permission 760 N. authorize: authority 737 V. commission 755 V. permission 760 V. dueness 924 V. authorized: government 737a Adj. dueness 924 Adj. author's proof: printing 591 N. authorship: writing 590 N. production 161 N. style 569 N. auto da fe: killing 361 N. auto dealer: mart 799 N. auto repair shop: mart 799 N. auto: vehicle 272 N. autobiography: description 594 N. autobus: journey 266 N. autochthonal: inhabitant 188 Adj. autochthones: inhabitant 188 N. autochthonous: inhabitant 188 Adj. autocracy: government 737a N. severity 739 N. autocrat: master 745 N. autocratic: will 600 Adj. government 737a Adj. autoeroticism: sexuality 374a N. autograph: writing 590 N. indication 550 N. autography: indication 550 N. Autolycus: thief 792 N. merchant 797 N. automaniac: madman 504 N. automatic gun: arms 727 N. automatic pistol: arms 727 N. automatic: necessity 601 Adj. automaton: necessity 601 N. automobile: journey 266 N. vehicle 272 N. autonomasia: metaphor 521 N. autonomous: freedom 748 Adj. autonomy: government 737a N. freedom 748 N. autoplagiarism: stealing 791 N. autopsy: interment 363 N. vision 441 N. autoptical: visibility 446 Adj. manifestation 525 Adj. autoradiography: representation 554 N. autotype: engraving 558 N. autumn: evening 126 N. autumnal equinox: evening 126 N. autumnal: evening 126 Adj. aux absents les os: absence 187 Phr. aux aguets: expectation 507 Adj. ambush 530 Adv. auxiliary forces: combatant 726 N. auxiliary: benefactor 912 N. aid 707 Adj. auxiliary 711 N. combatant 726 N. avail oneself of: use 677 V. avail: utility 644 N. utility 644 V. use 677 N. success 731 V. available: utility 644 Adj. avails: receipt 810 N. acquisition 775 N. avalanche: descent 306 N. redundancy 641 N. avant-courier: precursor 64 N. avant-garde: precursor 64 N. avarice: greed 817a N. gluttony 957 N. parsimony 819 N. avaricious: greed 817a Adj. parsimony 819 Adj. gluttony 957 Adj. avast!: relinquishment 624 Int. prohibition 761 Int. quiescence 265 Int. cessation 142 Int. avatar: deity 976 N. idolatry 991 N. change 140 N. avaunt!: ejection 297 Int. disappearance 449 Int. avaunt: disappearance 449 V. Ave Maria: worship 990 N. ave!: courtesy 894 Int. repute 873 Int. avenge: revenge 919 V. avengeance: revenge 919 N. avengement: revenge 919 N. avenger: revenge 919 N. avenging: revenge 919 Adj. avenue: agriculture 371 N. method 627 N. aver: affirmation 535 V. average circumstances: mediocrity 736 N. average: mean 29 Adj. mean 29 N. middle 68 Adj. imperfection 651 Adj. averment: affirmation 535 N. averruncate: extraction 301 V. aversation: unwillingness 603 N. dislike 867 N. averse from: dislike 867 Adj. hate 898 Adj. averse: unwillingness 603 Adj. dissuasion 616 Adj. averseness: unwillingness 603 N. dislike 867 N. aversion: hate 898 N. dislike 867 N. avert the eyes: blindness 442 V. avert: hindrance 706 V. averuncate: ejection 297 V. Avesta: pseudo-revelation 986 N. aviary: husbandry 370 N. abode 189 N. aviate: navigation 267 V. aviation: navigation 267 N. aviator: mariner 269 N. aviatrix: mariner 269 N. avid: desire 865 Adj. avidity: greed 817a N. avile: detraction 934 V. disapprobation 932 V. avocado: food 298 N. avocation: business 625 N. avoid: unwillingness 603 V. avoidance 623 V. dislike 867 V. avoidance: avoidance 623 N. avoiding: avoidance 623 Adj. avoidless: certainty 474 Adj. necessity 601 Adj. avoirdupois weight: gravity 319 N. avolation: avoidance 623 N. escape 671 N. avouch: affirmation 535 V. avouchment: affirmation 535 N. avow: disclosure 529 V. affirmation 535 V. assent 488 V. avowal: disclosure 529 N. assent 488 N. avulsion: disjunction 44 N. extraction 301 N. AWACS: warning 668 N. await: destiny 152 V. expectation 507 V. futurity 121 V. lateness 133 V. awake a doubt: unbelief doubt 485 V. awake to: attention 457 Adj. awake: intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. activity 682 Adj. excitation 824 V. care 459 Adj. awaken the attention: attention 457 V. awaken the echoes: loudness 404 V. awaken the memory: memory 505 V. awaken the mind: attention 457 V. awaken the thoughts: attention 457 V. awaken to: information 527 V. awaken: information 527 V. excitation 824 V. awakened conscience: penitence 950 N. award: giving 784 V. giving 784 N. trophy 733 N. judgment 480 N. judgment 480 V. aware of: knowledge 490 Adj. away from the purpose: irrelation 10 Adj. away with melancholy!: cheerfulness 836 Int. away with!: ejection 297 Int. abrogation 756 Int. relinquishment 782 Int. contempt 930 Int. disapprobation 932 Int. away: absence 187 Adj. distance 196 Adv. awe: wonder 870 N. respect 928 V. fear 860 N. fear 860 V. awe-inspiring: fear 860 Adj. aweless: courage 861 Adj. insolence 885 Adj. disrespect 929 Adj. awe-stricken: fear 860 Adj. awestruck: wonder 870 Adj. fear 860 Adj. awful silence: silence 403 N. awful: silence 403 Adj. fear 860 Adj. awfully: greatness 31 Adv. awhile: transientness 111 Adv. awkward squad: bungler 701 N. awkward: ugliness 846 Adj. ridiculousness 853 Adj. vulgarity 851 Adj. inexpedience 647 Adj. painfulness 830 Adj. unskillfulness 699 Adj. inelegance 579 Adj. difficulty 704 Adj. awkwardness: difficulty 704 N. vulgarity 851 N. awl: sharpness 253 Adj. perforator 262 N. awl-shaped: sharpness 253 Adj. awn: sharpness 253 N. awned: sharpness 253 Adj. awning: covering 223 N. shade 424 N. awny: sharpness 253 Adj. awry: evil 619 Adj. distortion 243 Adj. ax: sharpness 253 N. impulse 276 N. arms 727 N. scourge 975 N. axial: centrality 222 Adj. Axinomancy: prediction 511 Phr. axiom: maxim 496 N. axiomatic: maxim 496 Adj. certainty 474 Adj. axis of rotation: rotation 312 N. axis: support 215 N. rotation 312 N. axle shaft: rotation 312 N. axle: rotation 312 N. support 215 N. axletree: support 215 N. ay there's the rub: difficulty 704 Phr. ay: assent 488 Adv. ayah: servant 746 N. keeper 753 N. ayatollah: clergy 996 N. aye: perpetuity 112 Adv. perpetuity 112 N. assent 488 Adv. ayudante: auxiliary 711 N. azimuth circle: verticality 212 N. azimuth: horizontality 213 N. direction 278 N. azoic: inorganization 358 Adj. azote: scourge 975 N. bane 663 N. azotic: insalubrity 657 Adj. azure: blueness 438 Adj. azygous: unity 87 Adj. centrality 222 Adj.
B.C.: time 106 Adv. B.T.U.: heat 382 N. bête noire: hate 898 N. baa: ululation 412 V. Baal: idolatry 991 N. Jupiter 979 N. pseudo-revelation 986 N. babble: conversation 588 N. river 348 V. faintness 405 V. unmeaningness 517 N. loquacity 584 V. babblement: conversation 588 N. babbler: loquacity 584 N. fool 501 N. babbling: imbecility folly 499 Adj. babe in arms: infant 129 N. babe: infant 129 N. Bab-ed-Din: pseudo-revelation 986 N. Babel: disorder 59 N. loquacity 584 N. neologism 563 N. discord 414 N. language 560 N. babish: imbecility folly 499 Adj. Babism: heterodoxy 984 N. Babist: heterodoxy 984 N. baboon: ugliness 846 N. babu English: neologism 563 N. babu: recorder 553 N. babushka: clothing 225 N. baby food: pulpiness 354 N. baby linen: clothing 225 N. baby scale: gravity 319 N. baby: infant 129 Adj. infant 129 N. fool 501 N. babyhood: youth 127 N. imbecility folly 499 N. babyish: infant 129 Adj. imbecility folly 499 Adj. babysitter: keeper 753 N. baccalaureate: repute 873 N. baccarat: amusement 840 N. baccate: pulpiness 354 Adj. Bacchal: drunkenness 959 N. Bacchanal: drunkenness 959 N. bacchanalia: drunkenness 959 N. Bacchanalian: drunkenness 959 N. bacchanals: drunkenness 959 N. Bacchante: drunkenness 959 N. bachelor girl: celibacy 904 N. woman 374 N. bachelor: celibacy 904 N. bachelorhood: celibacy 904 N. bachelorship: celibacy 904 N. back away: recession 287 V. back down: regression 283 V. back friend: enemy 891 N. back lot: drama 599 N. back off: recession 287 V. back out of: relinquishment 624 V. tergiversation 607 V. back out: regression 283 V. back stairs: ambush 530 N. back to back: rear 235 Adv. back up: support 215 V. aid 707 V. back: convexity 250 N. rear 235 N. rear 235 Adj. regression 283 Adv. aid 707 V. money 800 V. backbite: disapprobation 932 V. detraction 934 V. backbiter: detractor 936 N. backbiting: detraction 934 N. backbone: resolution 604 N. courage 861 N. affections 820 N. perseverance 604a N. centrality 222 N. interiority 221 N. intrinsicality 5 N. support 215 N. backdate: anachronism 115 V. back-dated check: money 800 N. back-door: method 627 N. backdown: submission 725 N. backer: drama 599 N. auxiliary 711 N. politics 737b N. backfire: insulation, fire extinction 388a N. backform: neologism 563 V. back-formation: neologism 563 N. backgammon: amusement 840 N. background information: concealment 528 Phr. background radiation: calefaction 384 N. background session: concealment 528 Phr. background: distance 196 N. rear 235 N. backgrounder: concealment 528 Phr. backhanded: circuit 629 Adj. backhoe: vehicle 272 N. backlog: furnace 386 N. backpacker: traveler 268 N. backplate: defense 717 N. backset: adversity 735 N. backsettler: inhabitant 188 N. backside scut: rear 235 N. backslider: tergiversation 607 N. backsliding: impiety 988 N. regression 283 N. tergiversation 607 N. relapse 661 N. vice 945 N. heterodoxy 984 N. backstairs influence: cunning 702 N. back-stairs: method 627 N. backtrack: regression 283 V. backward movement: regression 283 N. backward slash: indication 550 N. backward: lateness 133 Adj. lateness 133 Adv. unwillingness 603 Adj. backwardation: discount 813 N. backwardness: unwillingness 603 N. dislike 867 N. backwards and forwards: interchange 148 Adv. oscillation 314 Adv. backwards: regression 283 Adv. backwater: regression 283 N. regression 283 V. backwoods: limit 233 N. backwoodsman: inhabitant 188 N. agriculture 371 N. Baconian method: inquiry 461 N. bacteria: littleness 193 N. disease 655 N. bacteriology: organization 357 N. bacterium: disease 655 N. bad blood: hate 898 N. malevolence 907 N. bad business: hopelessness 859 N. bad case: intuition 477 N. bad chance: improbability 473 N. bad circumstances: poverty 804 N. bad compliment: disapprobation 932 N. bad debt: debt 806 N. bad example: bad man 949 N. bad fairy: demon 980 N. bad faith: nonobservance 773 N. improbity 940 N. bad favor: disrepute 874 N. bad grammar: solecism 568 N. bad habit: habit 613 N. bad hand: bungler 701 N. writing 590 N. bad humor: sullenness 901a N. resentment 900 N. bad intent: malevolence 907 N. bad intention: malevolence 907 N. bad job: evil 619 N. unskillfulness 699 N. hopelessness 859 N. bad joke: vulgarity 851 N. bad language: disapprobation 932 N. malediction 908 N. bad likeness: misrepresentation 555 N. bad luck: adversity 735 N. bad man: bad man 949 N. knave 941 N. illegality 964 N. bad manners: discourtesy 895 N. bad money: money 800 N. bad name: disrepute 874 N. bad odor: fetor 401 N. disrepute 874 N. bad repute: disrepute 874 N. bad spirit: demon 980 N. bad spirits: dejection 837 N. bad taste: vulgarity 851 N. bad temper: sullenness 901a N. resentment 900 N. irascibility 901 N. bad time: untimeliness 135 N. bad times: adversity 735 N. bad turn: malevolence 907 N. evil 619 N. bad woman: bad man 949 N. bad: wrong 923 Adj. uncleanness 653 Adj. badness 649 Adj. evil 619 Adj. fetor 401 Adj. fetor 401 N. disapprobation 932 Adj. badaud: fool 501 N. badge of authority: scepter 747 N. badge of infamy: disrepute 874 N. badge of slavery: servant 746 N. badge: indication 550 N. badger dog: animal 366 N. badger game: stealing 791 N. badger: stealing 791 V. thief 792 N. painfulness 830 V. badinage: ridicule 856 V. wit 842 N. ridicule 856 N. badli: substitute 634 N. deputy 759 N. badly off: adversity 735 Adj. poverty 804 Adj. badly: badness 649 Adv. badness: badness 649 N. evil 619 N. bad-tempered: irascibility 901 Adj. Baedeker: journey 266 N. baffle all description: unconformity 83 V. baffle description: wonder 870 V. baffle: hindrance 706 V. success 731 V. bag and baggage: property 780 N. bag: stealing 791 V. receptacle 191 N. acquisition 775 V. location 184 V. taking 789 V. bagatelle: unimportance 643 N. amusement 840 N. baggage car: vehicle 272 N. baggage: materials 635 N. property 780 N. libertine 962 N. baggala: ship 273 N. baggy: incoherence 47 Adj. bagman: consignee 758 N. petitioner 767 N. bagnio: impurity 961 N. bagpipes: musical instruments 417 N. bah!: contempt 930 Int. bail one's own boat: conduct 692 V. bail up: stealing 791 V. bail: security 771 N. receptacle 191 N. bailiff: director 694 N. servant 746 N. consignee 758 N. jurisdiction 965 N. bailiwick: politics 737b N. jurisdiction 965 N. government 737a N. Bairam: rite 998 N. amusement 840 N. bait the hook: motive 615 V. deception 545 V. bait with a silver hook: motive 615 V. bait: painfulness 830 V. motive 615 N. malevolence 907 V. refreshment 689 N. deception 545 N. food 298 N. attack 716 V. giving 784 N. baited trap: deception 545 N. bake: calefaction 384 V. bakehouse: furnace 386 N. baker's dozen: five, &c 98 N. bakery: mart 799 N. bakeshop: mart 799 N. baking: heat 382 Adj. heat 382 N. bakshish: giving 784 N. bal costume: amusement 840 N. bal masque: amusement 840 N. bal: amusement 840 N. balais: jewelry 847a N. balance accounts with: payment 807 V. balance accounts: accounts 811 V. balance sheet: accounts 811 N. money 800 N. balance: mean 29 N. remainder 40 N. equality 27 V. compensation 30 V. accounts 811 N. money 800 N. irresolution 605 V. measurement 466 N. comparison 464 V. gravity 319 N. numeration 85 V. equality 27 N. balanced: stability 150 Adj. symmetry 242 Adj. balbucinate: stammering 583 V. balbutiate: stammering 583 V. balcony: convexity 250 N. bald as a coot: divestment 226 Adj. bald: ugliness 846 Adj. simplicity 849 Adj. feebleness 575 Adj. divestment 226 Adj. weariness 841 Adj. baldacchino: temple 1000 N. baldachin: covering 223 N. temple 1000 N. baldachino: covering 223 N. baldaquin: covering 223 N. balderdash: unmeaningness 517 N. baldric: outline 230 N. circularity 247 N. bale out: ejection 297 V. bale: assemblage 72 N. contents 190 N. evil 619 N. baleen: elasticity 325 N. bale-fire: indication 550 N. baleful: badness 649 Adj. balista: arms 727 N. balister: arms 727 N. balistraria: defense 717 N. balize: indication 550 N. balk one's hope: disappointment 509 V. balk: deception 545 V. hindrance 706 V. disappointment 509 N. regression 283 V. disappointment 509 V. balky: regression 283 Adj. obstinacy 606 Adj. ball cartridge: arms 727 N. ball dress: ostentation 882 N. ball lightning: luminary 423 N. ball: arms 727 N. amusement 840 N. allocution 586 V. propulsion 284 N. rotundity 249 N. sociality 892 N. ballad monger: poetry 597 N. ballad: music 415 N. poetry 597 N. ballast: compensation 30 N. refuge 666 N. intelligence, wisdom 498 N. gravity 319 N. ballet dancer: drama 599 N. ballet girl: drama 599 N. ballet: drama 599 N. amusement 840 N. ballista: propulsion 284 N. arms 727 N. ballistics: propulsion 284 N. warfare 722 N. arms 727 N. balloon: navigation 267 N. ship 273 N. levity 320 N. balloonery: navigation 267 N. ballooning: navigation 267 N. balloonist: mariner 269 N. ballot: politics 737b N. ballproof: defense 717 Adj. ballroom dance: amusement 840 N. ballroom: amusement 840 N. balm in Gilead: hope 858 N. relief 834 N. balm: moderation 174 N. condiment 393 N. fragrance 400 N. remedy 662 N. Balmoral: clothing 225 N. balmy sleep: inactivity 683 N. balmy: inactivity 683 Adj. relief 834 Adj. fragrance 400 Adj. balneal: water 337 Adj. balneation: water 337 N. balourdise: unskillfulness 699 N. balsam: remedy 662 N. balsamic: remedy 662 Adj. relief 834 Adj. baluster: support 215 N. balustrade: support 215 N. inclosure 232 N. bam: falsehood 544 N. bambino: infant 129 N. bamboozle: deception 545 V. concealment 528 V. ban: malediction 908 N. prohibition 761 N. prohibition 761 V. banana: food 298 N. band of hope: sobriety 958 N. band ribband: connection 45 N. band together: cooperation 709 V. band: party 712 N. filament 205 N. prison 752 N. musician 416 N. music 415 N. assemblage 72 N. outline 230 N. circularity 247 N. musical instruments 417 N. bandage: junction 43 V. connection 45 N. support 215 N. support 215 V. covering 223 N. remedy 662 N. prison 752 N. band-box: receptacle 191 N. banded together: concurrence 178 Adj. concord 714 Adj. party 712 Adj. banderole: indication 550 N. bandit: thief 792 N. bandog: safety 664 N. warning 668 N. bandolier: store 636 N. bandrol: indication 550 N. bands: canonicals 999 N. bandura: musical instruments 417 N. bandurria: musical instruments 417 N. bandwagon: fashion 852 N. bandy about: publication 531 V. bandy arguments: reasoning 476 V. bandy legged: distortion 243 Adj. bandy with: contention 720 V. bandy words: reasoning 476 V. conversation 588 V. bandy: distortion 243 Adj. interchange 148 V. agitation 315 V. bane: evil 913 N. evil 619 N. badness 649 N. bane 663 N. baneful: badness 649 Adj. bane 663 Adj. banewort: bane 663 N. bang: punishment 972 V. ship 273 N. impulse 276 N. impulse 276 V. loudness 404 N. snap 406 V. banger: arms 727 N. banish: exclusion 55 V. ejection 297 V. seclusion, exclusion 893 V. punishment 972 V. banished: seclusion, exclusion 893 Adj. banishment: punishment 972 N. ejection 297 N. seclusion, exclusion 893 N. banister: support 215 N. banjo: musical instruments 417 N. bank account: money 800 N. Bank holiday: amusement 840 N. bank note: money 800 N. Bank of Elegance: money 800 N. bank up: preservation 670 V. bank vault: treasury 802 N. bank: obliquity 217 N. defense 717 N. pitfall 667 N. store 636 V. land 342 N. store 636 N. treasury 802 N. banker: merchant 797 N. treasurer 801 N. amusement 840 N. bankrupt: nonpayment 808 N. failure 732 Adj. failure 732 N. nonpayment 808 Adj. bankruptcy: failure 732 N. nonpayment 808 N. banlieue: nearness 197 N. circumjacence 227 N. banner: indication 550 N. banneret: indication 550 N. nobility 875 N. bannerol: indication 550 N. banquet: food 298 N. food 298 V. amusement 840 N. amusement 840 V. banquette: defense 717 N. banshee: Jupiter 979 N. demon 980 N. bantam-cock: blusterer 887 N. banter: wit 842 N. wit 842 V. ridicule 856 N. ridicule 856 V. bantling: infant 129 N. posterity 167 N. banyan day: insufficiency 640 N. fasting 956 N. banyan: vegetable 367 N. baptism: nomenclature 564 N. rite 998 N. baptismal regeneration: rite 998 N. baptismal: rite 998 Adj. Baptist: heterodoxy 984 N. baptistery: temple 1000 N. baptize: nomenclature 564 V. rite 998 V. bar association: lawyer 968 N. Bar Mitzvah: rite 998 N. bar of justice: tribunal 966 N. bar out: exclusion 55 V. bar room: abode 189 N. bar shot: arms 727 N. bar sinister: illegality 964 N. disrepute 874 N. imperfection 651 N. bar the way: hindrance 706 V. bar: length 200 N. prohibition 761 V. abode 189 N. support 215 N. closure 261 V. melody concord 413 N. hindrance 706 N. hindrance 706 V. prison 752 N. lawyer 968 N. exclusion 55 V. bara khana: food 298 N. bara: food 298 N. barachois: gulf, lake 343 N. baragouin: unmeaningness 517 N. barb the dart: painfulness 830 V. barb: carrier 271 N. sharpness 253 V. sharpness 253 N. barbacan: defense 717 N. Barbados tar: oil 356 N. barbaresque: commonality 876 Adj. barbarian: commonality 876 Adj. commonality 876 N. evil 913 N. barbaric: commonality 876 Adj. malevolence 907 Adj. vulgarity 851 Adj. barbarism: solecism 568 N. inelegance 579 N. vulgarity 851 N. commonality 876 N. neologism 563 N. barbarity: discourtesy 895 N. malevolence 907 N. barbarous: amorphism 241 Adj. malevolence 907 Adj. commonality 876 Adj. vulgarity 851 Adj. inelegance 579 Adj. barbarousness: commonality 876 N. barbe: clothing 225 N. barbecue: food 298 N. preparation 673 V. barbed wire fence: prison 752 N. barbed: clothing 225 Adj. sharpness 253 Adj. barbican: defense 717 N. barbiturates: intemperance 954 N. barbouillage: writing 590 N. bard: poetry 597 N. musician 416 N. barde: instrument 633 N. barded: clothing 225 Adj. bare facts: eventuality 151 N. bare possibility: improbability 473 N. bare subsistence: insufficiency 640 N. bare supposition: supposition 514 N. bare: simplicity 849 Adj. divestment 226 Adj. insufficiency 640 Adj. disclosure 529 V. divestment 226 V. smallness 32 Adj. manifestation 525 Adj. bareback: divestment 226 Adj. barebacked: divestment 226 Adj. barebone: narrowness, thinness 203 Adj. barefaced: manifestation 525 Adj. barefaced-: insolence 885 Adj. barefoot: divestment 226 Adj. bare-footed: poverty 804 Adj. bareheaded: respect 928 Adj. barely pass muster: imperfection 651 V. barely possible: possibility 470 Adj. barely: smallness 32 Adv. difficulty 704 Adv. bareness: divestment 226 N. barf: ejection 297 N. ejection 297 V. cold 383 N. bargain and sale: barter 794 N. transfer 783 N. bargain by inch of candle: compact 769 V. bargain for: expectation 507 V. bargain: barter 794 V. discount 813 N. cheapness 815 N. compact 769 V. compact 769 N. mediation 724 V. barter 794 N. barge: ship 273 N. bargee: mariner 269 N. bargeman: mariner 269 N. barghest: demon 980 N. baritone: resonance 408 N. barium sulphate: whiteness 430 N. bark at: disapprobation 932 V. bark up the wrong tree: unskillfulness 699 V. bark: covering 223 N. ship 273 N. cry 411 N. ululation 412 V. threat 909 V. barkantine: ship 273 N. barkbound: restraint 751 Adj. barkeeper: servant 746 N. barleycorn: littleness 193 N. barm: levity 320 N. bubble; cloud 353 N. barmaster: judge 967 N. Barmecide feast: fasting 956 N. barmote: tribunal 966 N. barn door fowl: animal 366 N. barn raising: sociality 892 N. barn: abode 189 N. barnacles: optical instruments 445 N. barney: deception 545 N. discord 713 N. barometer: measurement 466 N. air 338 N. Baron Munchausen: exaggeration 549 N. Baron of the Exchequer: judge 967 N. Baron: judge 967 N. nobility 875 N. marriage 903 N. baronet: nobility 875 N. baronetcy: nobility 875 N. baronial: pride 878 Adj. baroque: vulgarity 851 Adj. vulgarity 851 N. ridiculousness 853 Adj. baroscope: air 338 N. barouche: vehicle 272 N. barque: ship 273 N. barrack: abode 189 N. disrespect 929 V. barracker: detractor 936 N. barracoon: defense 717 N. barranca: interval 198 N. barranco: interval 198 N. barrater: knave 941 N. barrator: knave 941 N. barratrous: improbity 940 Adj. barratry: improbity 940 N. barred: crossing 219 Adj. variegation 440 Adj. barrel along: haste 684 V. velocity 274 V. barrel organ: musical instruments 417 N. barrel plating: covering 223 N. barrel: velocity 274 V. rotundity 249 N. receptacle 191 N. optical instruments 445 N. barren: unproductiveness 169 Adj. absence 187 Adj. barricade: defense 717 N. prison 752 N. hindrance 706 V. hindrance 706 N. inclosure 232 N. barrier: refuge 666 N. hindrance 706 N. defense 717 N. prison 752 N. inclosure 232 N. barring out: disobedience 742 N. resistance 719 N. barring: nonaddition, subtraction 38 Adv. exclusion 55 Adv. barrister at law: lawyer 968 N. barrister: lawyer 968 N. barrow: height 206 N. vehicle 272 N. interment 363 N. bartender: servant 746 N. barter: barter 794 N. barter 794 V. transfer 783 N. interchange 148 N. correlation 12 N. barway: ingress 294 N. barytone: resonance 408 N. base coin: money 800 N. base note: resonance 408 N. base of operations: attack 716 N. plan 626 N. base viol: musical instruments 417 N. base: support 215 N. improbity 940 Adj. vice 945 Adj. servility 886 Adj. commonality 876 Adj. cowardice 862 Adj. support 215 V. base 211 N. number 84 N. badness 649 Adj. baseball cap: clothing 225 N. baseball: amusement 840 N. baseboard: base 211 N. baseborn: commonality 876 Adj. based on: base 211 Adj. evidence 467 Adj. baselard: arms 727 N. baseless: inexistence 2 Adj. unsubstantiality 4 Adj. basement floor: lowness 207 N. basement: receptacle 191 N. base 211 N. base-minded: improbity 940 Adj. baseness: improbity 940 N. cowardice 862 N. disrepute 874 N. bashaw: severity 739 N. master 745 N. bashful: modesty 881 Adj. bashfulness: modesty 881 N. bashi-bazouk: combatant 726 N. basilica: temple 1000 N. basilisk: vision 441 N. arms 727 N. bad man 949 N. basin: plain 344 N. abode 189 N. receptacle 191 N. concavity 252 N. basis: base 211 N. support 215 N. bask in the sunshine: physical pleasure 377 V. prosperity 734 V. pleasure 827 V. bask in: physical pleasure 377 V. bask: heat 382 V. basket of: contents 190 N. basket: receptacle 191 N. basketball: amusement 840 N. basophobia: journey 266 N. bass clarinet: musical instruments 417 N. bass note: resonance 408 N. bass viol: musical instruments 417 N. bass: musical instruments 417 N. music 415 N. resonance 408 N. animal 366 N. basset horn: musical instruments 417 N. basset: visibility 446 V. bassetting: visibility 446 N. bassinet: receptacle 191 N. defense 717 N. basso: resonance 408 N. bassoon: musical instruments 417 N. bassorilievo: convexity 250 N. sculpture 557 N. basta!: satiety 869 Int. bastard: undueness 925 Adj. baste: ship 273 N. impulse 276 V. punishment 972 V. Bastille: prison 752 N. bastinado: punishment 972 N. punishment 972 V. bastion: defense 717 N. bat: impulse 276 N. arms 727 N. batch: quantity 25 N. assemblage 72 N. batching: preparation 673 N. preparation 673 Adj. bate: discount 813 V. nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. nonincrease, decrease 36 V. Bath chair: vehicle 272 N. bath room: receptacle 191 N. bath: insertion 300 N. water 337 N. Bathala: Jupiter 979 N. bathe: insertion 300 V. plunge 310 V. water 337 V. bathed in tears: lamentation 839 Adj. bathometer: depth 208 N. measurement 466 N. bathos: absurdity 497 N. ridiculousness 853 N. bathroom: receptacle 191 N. bathybic: ocean 341 Adj. bathycolpian: depth 208 Adj. bathymetry: depth 208 N. bating: exclusion 55 Adv. batman: provision 637 N. baton: support 215 N. scepter 747 N. batophobia: height 206 N. fear 860 N. batta: reward 973 N. battalia: combatant 726 N. battalion: combatant 726 N. batten upon: food 298 V. batter to pieces: destruction 162 V. batter: ship 273 N. impulse 276 V. battered: fatigue 688 Adj. deterioration 659 Adj. battering ram: impulse 276 N. arms 727 N. battering train: arms 727 N. battery: ship 273 N. combatant 726 N. arms 727 N. battle array: warfare 722 N. battle cry: indication 550 N. warfare 722 N. battle ground: discord 713 N. battle of life: activity 682 N. battle royal: contention 720 N. battle wagon: combatant 726 N. battle with: warfare 722 V. battle: contention 720 N. warfare 722 N. battle-ax: arms 727 N. battled: warfare 722 Adj. battlefield: warfare 722 N. battle-field: arena 728 N. battle-ground: arena 728 N. battlement: notch 257 N. defense 717 N. battleship: combatant 726 N. battologize: repetition 104 V. diffuseness 573 V. battology: repetition 104 N. diffuseness 573 N. battue: attack 716 N. killing 361 N. pursuit 622 N. bauble: amusement 840 N. unimportance 643 N. bavardage: loquacity 584 N. baverdage: unmeaningness 517 N. bavin: fuel 388 N. bawarchi-khana: receptacle 191 N. bawcock: sociality 892 N. bawd: libertine 962 N. bawdry: impurity 961 N. bawdy: impurity 961 Adj. bawdyhouse: impurity 961 N. bawl: cry 411 V. bawn: abode 189 N. bay at the moon: ululation 412 V. bay leaves: condiment 393 N. bay rum: fragrance 400 N. bay salt: vaporization 336 N. bay the moon: inutility 645 V. bay window: opening 260 N. curvature 245 N. bay: ululation 412 V. gulf, lake 343 N. concavity 252 N. brown 433 Adj. bayadere: amusement 840 N. bayard: carrier 271 N. bayonet: killing 361 V. attack 716 V. arms 727 N. bayou: river 348 N. bays: title 877 N. trophy 733 N. bazaar: mart 799 N. be a candidate: offer 763 V. be a citizen of: government 737a V. be a component: component 56 V. be a coward: cowardice 862 V. be a football: subjection 749 V. be a liar: falsehood 544 V. be a mere machine: subjection 749 V. be a participator in: action 680 V. be a party to: action 680 V. cooperation 709 V. be a puppet: subjection 749 V. be a reproach: disrepute 874 V. be a role model: prototype 22 V. be a spectator of: vision 441 V. be a subject of: government 737a V. be able: power 157 V. be about: business 625 V. activity 682 V. be abrogated: abrogation 756 V. be absent: absence 187 V. be absurd: absurdity 497 V. be accordant: agreement 23 V. be accredited: commission 755 V. be acquainted with: friendship 888 V. be acquainted: sociality 892 V. be active: activity 682 V. be advised by: advice 695 V. be affected with: disease 655 V. be affected: affections 820 V. be afraid: irresolution 605 V. fear 860 V. be after: intention 620 V. pursuit 622 V. be aged: age 128 V. be agitated: agitation 315 V. feeling 821 V. be alive: life 359 V. activity 682 Int. be all and end all: whole 50 N. be all ears: hearing 418 V. be all over with one: death 360 V. be all over with: failure 732 V. be all over: end 67 V. destruction 162 V. adversity 735 V. be all things to all men: courtesy 894 V. be all up with: failure 732 V. be all up: destruction 162 V. be all with: destruction 162 V. be alone: unity 87 V. be an actor: action 680 V. be an example: prototype 22 V. be an excuse for: vindication 937 N. be an idle man: leisure 685 V. be an object: importance 642 V. be answerable for: promise 768 V. be artless: artlessness 703 V. be as good as one's word: completion 729 V. probity 939 V. be asked in church: marriage 903 V. be asleep: inactivity 683 V. be assured: belief 484 Adv. affirmation 535 Adv. be at a stand: quiescence 265 V. be at an end: cessation 142 V. be at cross purposes: error 495 V. misinterpretation 523 V. opposition 708 V. be at home in: facility 705 V. be at home with: sociality 892 V. be at home: sociality 892 V. be at issue: reasoning 476 V. be at loggerheads: enmity 889 V. be at one with: assent 488 V. be at one's feet: submission 725 V. be at one's post: duty 926 V. be at one's service: offer 763 V. be at peace: peace 721 V. be at right angles to: perpendicularity 216a V. be at sea: unintelligibility 519 V. be at the head of: authority 737 V. be at the helm: direction 693 V. be at the mercy of: subjection 749 V. be at work on: business 625 V. be at work: action 680 V. be at: intention 620 V. be attentive: attention 457 V. be au courant: knowledge 490 V. be aware of: knowledge 490 V. be banded together: cooperation 709 V. be based on: support 215 V. be beautiful: beauty 845 V. be become visible: visibility 446 V. be beforehand: earliness 132 V. foresight 510 V. priority 116 V. be behind: rear 235 V. be beneficial: goodness 648 V. be benevolent: benevolence 906 V. be bent upon: desire 865 V. be better: improvement 658 V. be black: blackness 431 V. be blind to: blindness 442 V. ignorance 491 V. be blind: blindness 442 V. be blunt: bluntness 254 V. be born so: intrinsicality 5 V. be born: life 359 V. be borne: inexcitability 826 V. be bound for: direction 278 V. be bound to: duty 926 V. be bright: light 420 V. be brittle: brittleness 328 V. be broad: breadth, thickness 202 V. be brought to bed of: production 161 V. be buoyed up: levity 320 V. be busy: untimeliness 135 V. activity 682 V. be called to the bar: lawyer 968 V. be called within the bar: lawyer 968 V. be called: nomenclature 564 V. be capricious: caprice 608 V. be careful: care 459 V. be caught napping: neglect 460 V. dullness 843 V. be cautious: caution 864 V. be censorious: disapprobation 932 V. be central: centrality 222 V. be certain: certainty 474 V. be cheap: cheapness 815 V. be cheerful: cheerfulness 836 V. be clean: cleanness 652 V. be closeted with: advice 695 V. conversation 588 V. be cloud: concealment 528 V. be cold: cold 383 V. be commissioned: commission 755 V. be complete: completeness 52 V. be composed of: composition 54 V. be composed: inexcitability 826 V. be comprised in: existence 1 V. be concave: concavity 252 V. be concealed: concealment 528 V. be concise: conciseness 572 V. be concordant: concord 714 V. be confuted: confutation 479 V. be conscious of disgrace: disrepute 874 V. humility 879 V. be conscious of glory: repute 873 V. be conscious of shame: humility 879 V. be conscious of: intellect 450 V. be constituted by: existence 1 V. be contained in: existence 1 V. be content: content 831 V. be contiguous: contiguity 199 V. be contingent on: qualification 469 V. be contrary: contrariety 14 V. be converted into: conversion 144 V. be converted: piety 987 V. be convoluted: convolution 248 V. be courageous: courage 861 V. be courteous: courtesy 894 V. be cowardly: cowardice 862 V. be credulous: credulity 486 V. be cunning: cunning 702 V. be curious: curiosity 455 V. be current: belief 484 V. be curved: curvature 245 V. be dark: darkness 421 V. be deaf to: refusal 764 V. be deaf: deafness 419 V. be dear: dearness 814 V. be deceived: error 495 V. deception 545 V. dupe 547 V. be deep: depth 208 V. be deeply impressed with: memory 505 V. be defeated: failure 732 V. be dejected: dejection 837 V. be dense: density 321 V. be deputy: deputy 759 V. be desirous: desire 865 V. be destined: necessity 601 V. be destroyed: destruction 162 V. be deteriorated: deterioration 659 V. be different: difference 15 V. be difficult: difficulty 704 V. be diffuse: diffuseness 573 V. be diffused: presence 186 V. be dim: dimness 422 V. be dimsighted: dimsightedness 443 V. be disappointed: disappointment 509 V. be disclosed: disclosure 529 V. be discontented: discontent 832 V. be discontinuous: discontinuity 70 V. be discordant: discord 414 V. discord 713 V. be discourteous: disrespect 929 V. be dishonest: improbity 940 V. be disintegrated: pulverulence 330 V. be disinterested: disinterestedness 942 V. be disjoined: disjunction 44 V. be dismissed: learning 539 V. be disorderly: disorder 59 V. be disrespectful: disrespect 929 V. be disseminated: presence 186 V. be distant: distance 196 V. be distinguished: repute 873 V. be doing: business 625 V. be doomed: necessity 601 V. be doubtful: unbelief doubt 485 V. be down upon: attack 716 V. severity 739 V. be drunk: drunkenness 959 V. be dry: dryness 340 V. be due to: effect 154 V. be due: dueness 924 V. be dull: dullness 843 V. be early: earliness 132 V. be easy: facility 705 V. be economical: economy 817 V. be effaced: obliteration 552 V. be elastic: elasticity 325 V. be electrocuted: punishment 972 V. be eloquent: speech 582 V. be employed in: business 625 V. be endured: inexcitability 826 V. be engaged in: business 625 V. be entangled with: mixture 41 V. be entitled to: dueness 924 V. be equal: equality 27 V. be equivocal: equivocalness 520 V. be erroneous: error 495 V. be even with: retaliation 718 V. payment 807 V. be evidence: evidence 467 V. be excited: feeling 821 V. excitation 824 V. be excluded from: exclusion 55 V. be executed: punishment 972 V. be exempt: exemption 927a V. be expedient: expedience 646 V. be exposed to danger: danger 665 V. be exposed to: eventuality 151 V. be exterior: exteriority 220 V. be extinct: inexistence 2 V. be faithful to: observance 772 V. be false: falsehood 544 V. be fashionable: fashion 852 V. be fastidious: fastidiousness 868 V. be fatigued: fatigue 688 V. be few: fewness 103 V. be fine: dryness 340 V. be firm: stability 150 V. be flogged: punishment 972 V. be fluid: fluidity 333 V. be forgetful: oblivion 506 V. be formed of: composition 54 V. be fragrant: fragrance 400 V. be free with one: artlessness 703 V. be free: freedom 748 V. be friendly: friendship 888 V. be friends: friendship 888 V. be gazetted: nonpayment 808 V. be general: generality 78 V. be given to understand: interpretation 522 V. be going about: generality 78 V. be gone: departure 293 V. disappearance 449 V. be good enough: request 765 Adv. be good: goodness 648 V. be governed by: government 737a V. be grateful: gratitude 916 V. be grave: dejection 837 V. be great: greatness 31 V. be guided by: conformity 82 V. be habitual: habit 613 V. be hanged: punishment 972 V. be hard upon: attack 716 V. severity 739 V. be harmonious: melody concord 413 V. be hateful: hate 898 V. be heard: hearing 418 V. be heavy: gravity 319 V. be hidden: invisibility 447 V. be high: height 206 V. be hoarse with talking: loquacity 584 V. be honorable: probity 939 V. be hopeful: hope 858 V. be horizontal: horizontality 213 V. be hot: heat 382 V. be humble: humility 879 V. be hungry: desire 865 V. be hurtful: badness 649 V. be identical: identity 13 V. be ignoble: commonality 876 V. be ignorant: ignorance 491 V. be ill off: adversity 735 V. be ill timed: untimeliness 135 V. be ill: disease 655 V. be impatient: excitability 825 V. be impenitent: impenitence 951 V. be imperfect: imperfection 651 V. be impious: impiety 988 V. be implicated in: component 56 V. be important: importance 642 V. be impossible: impossibility 471 V. difficulty 704 V. be impotent: impotence 158 V. be impressed with: feeling 821 V. be imprisoned: prisoner 754 V. be improbable: improbability 473 V. be improved by: improvement 658 V. be impure: impurity 961 V. be in a daze: fear 860 V. be in a fair way: hope 858 V. be in a hurry: haste 684 V. be in a state: state 7 V. be in a stew: excitability 825 V. be in a taking: pain 828 V. be in action: agency 170 V. action 680 V. be in at the death: arrival 292 V. perseverance 604a V. completion 729 V. be in business: barter 794 V. be in charge of: direction 693 V. be in circulation: money 800 V. be in clover: pleasure 827 V. be in danger: danger 665 V. be in debt: debt 806 V. be in deep trouble: danger 665 V. be in difficulty: difficulty 704 V. be in elysium: pleasure 827 V. be in error: error 495 V. be in every mouth: assent 488 V. be in fashion: assent 488 V. be in favor of: approbation 931 V. be in favor with: approbation 931 V. be in front: front 234 V. be in haste: haste 684 V. be in health: health 654 V. be in high favor with: approbation 931 V. be in league with: cooperation 709 V. be in love with: love 897 V. be in motion: motion 264 V. be in office: authority 737 V. be in one's mind: memory 505 V. be in one's possession: possession 777 V. be in one's power: power 157 V. be in one's thoughts: memory 505 V. be in orbit: height 206 V. be in order: order 58 V. be in question: inquiry 461 V. be in the ascendant: importance 642 V. be in the blood: intrinsicality 5 V. be in the chair: direction 693 V. be in the city: barter 794 V. be in the hands of: business 625 V. be in the nick of time: punctuality 132a V. be in the power of: government 737a V. be in the rear of: sequence 281 V. be in the same boat: cooperation 709 V. be in the trail of: sequence 281 V. be in the vanguard: precedence 62 V. be in the wake of: sequence 281 V. be in the way of: difficulty 704 V. hindrance 706 V. be in the wrong box: unskillfulness 699 V. error 495 V. be in the wrong: error 495 V. be in time: punctuality 132a V. be in trouble: evil 619 V. be in two places at once: impossibility 471 V. be in want: insufficiency 640 V. be in: undertaking 676 V. be inactive: inaction 681 V. inactivity 683 V. be inattentive: inattention 458 V. be included in: inclusion 76 V. be incomplete: incompleteness 53 V. be incredulous: incredulity 487 V. be incumbent: duty 926 V. be incurious: incuriosity 456 V. be indifferent: indifference 866 V. be inelegant: inelegance 579 V. be inequitable: wrong 923 V. be inert: physical inertness 172 V. be inexpedient: inexpedience 647 V. be inferior: inferiority 34 V. be infinite: infinity 105 V. be influential: influence 175 V. be informed of: information 527 V. be informed: learning 539 V. be inglorious: disrepute 874 V. be inimical: enmity 889 V. be innocent: innocence 946 V. be inodorous: inodorousness 399 V. be insane: insanity 503 V. be insensible: physical insensibility 376 V. insensibility 823 V. be inside: interiority 221 V. be insolent: insolence 885 V. be instantaneous: instantaneity 113 V. be instrumental: instrumentality 631 V. be insufficient: insufficiency 640 V. be intelligent: intelligence, wisdom 498 V. be intelligible: intelligibility 518 V. be intemperate: intemperance 954 V. be interested in: benevolence 906 V. be intrinsic: intrinsicality 5 V. be introduced to: friendship 888 V. be inverted: inversion 218 V. be invisible: invisibility 447 V. be irascible: irascibility 901 V. be irreligious: irreligion 989 V. be irresolute: irresolution 605 V. be it so: assent 488 Adv. consent 762 Adv. be jealous: jealousy 920 V. be joined: junction 43 V. be justified by the event: vindication 937 N. be kept waiting: lateness 133 V. be known by the name of: nomenclature 564 V. be large: size 192 V. be larger than: expansion 194 V. be late: lateness 133 V. be latent: latency, implication 526 V. be lax: laxity 738 V. be left: remainder 40 V. be lenient: lenity 740 V. be let out: ejection 297 V. be liable: liability 177 V. be liberal: liberality 816 V. be light: levity 320 V. be listened to: influence 175 V. be little more or less: smallness 32 Adv. be little: littleness 193 V. be long: length 200 V. be loquacious: loquacity 584 V. be lost to view: disappearance 449 V. be lost: loss 776 V. be loud: loudness 404 V. be low: lowness 207 V. be made of: composition 54 V. be made up of: composition 54 V. be malevolent: malevolence 907 V. be manifest: manifestation 525 V. be married: marriage 903 V. be mask: concealment 528 V. be master of one's time: leisure 685 V. be master of: knowledge 490 V. skill 698 V. be master: authority 737 V. be merged in: component 56 V. be mistaken: error 495 V. be mixed: mixture 41 V. be moderate: moderation 174 V. be modest: modesty 881 V. be moist: moisture 339 V. be narrow: narrowness, thinness 203 V. be near the truth: discovery 480a V. be near: nearness 197 V. be necessary: requirement 630 V. be negligent: neglect 460 V. be neutral: absence of choice 609a V. be no more: inexistence 2 V. death 360 V. be noble: nobility 875 V. be nobody: commonality 876 V. be null and void: inexistence 2 V. be numerous: multitude 102 V. be obedient: obedience 743 V. be obstinate: obstinacy 606 V. be occupied with: business 625 V. be occupied: untimeliness 135 V. be of a character: affections 820 V. be of good cheer: hope 858 V. be of good heart: hope 858 V. be of opinion: belief 484 V. be of use to: aid 707 V. be of use: benevolence 906 V. be off like a shot: avoidance 623 V. be off!: ejection 297 Int. be off: nonobservance 773 V. departure 293 V. be OK: content 831 V. be old: oldness 124 V. be on a footing: state 7 V. be on a level with: equality 27 V. be on active service: warfare 722 V. be on foot: eventuality 151 V. be on one side: laterality 236 V. be on one's best behavior: virtue 944 V. be on one's good behavior: duty 926 V. virtue 944 V. be on one's guard: caution 864 V. be on one's legs: speech 582 V. be on pins and needles: pain 828 V. be on service: warfare 722 V. be on the anvil: business 625 V. be on the fence: tergiversation 607 V. be on the safe side: caution 864 V. be on the stocks: business 625 V. be on thorns for: desire 865 V. be on time: punctuality 132a V. be one of the guys: assent 488 V. be one: unity 87 V. be one's chance: eventuality 151 V. be one's fate: chance 156 V. necessity 601 V. be one's fortune: eventuality 151 V. be one's lot: eventuality 151 V. be one's property: property 780 V. be oneself again: restoration 660 V. be opaque: opacity 426 V. be opposite: contraposition 237 V. be ordered: command 741 V. be orthogonal: perpendicularity 216a V. be ostentatious: ostentation 882 V. be out of all patience: excitability 825 V. be out of circulation: money 800 V. be outspoken: disapprobation 932 V. be owing to: effect 154 V. be pacified: concord 714 V. pacification 723 V. be parsimonious: parsimony 819 V. be part of the group: assent 488 V. be part of: component 56 V. be partial to: love 897 V. be past: course 109 V. the past 122 V. be pendent: pendency 214 V. be penitent: penitence 950 V. be perfect: perfection 650 V. be perpendicular: perpendicularity 216a V. be persuaded: motive 615 V. choice 609 V. be pious: piety 987 V. be pleased with: pleasure 827 V. be pleased: pleasure 827 V. be poor: poverty 804 V. be possessed of: possession 777 V. be possible: possibility 470 V. be powerful: power 157 V. be praised: approbation 931 V. be precipitate: haste 684 V. be prepared: preparation 673 V. be present to the mind: attention 457 V. be present: presence 186 V. be probable: probability 472 V. be prodigal: prodigality 818 V. be profitable: acquisition 775 V. be prominent: convexity 250 V. be prompt: punctuality 132a V. be proof against: resistance 719 V. be prosperous: prosperity 734 V. be proud of: repute 873 V. pride 878 V. be proud: pride 878 V. be public: publication 531 V. be published: publication 531 V. be pungent: pungency 392 V. be put to one's shifts: difficulty 704 V. be quiescent: quiescence 265 V. be quiet!: silence 403 Int. be quit of: relinquishment 782 V. be quits with: payment 807 V. be quits: retaliation 718 V. be rare: infrequency 137 V. be rash: rashness 863 V. be ready: preparation 673 V. be received: belief 484 V. receiving 785 V. be recognized: influence 175 V. be reconciled to: content 831 V. be rectangular: perpendicularity 216a V. be red: redness 434 V. be reduced to powder: pulverulence 330 V. be regular: conformity 82 V. be regulated by: conformity 82 V. be related to: consanguinity 11 V. be related: relation 9 V. be relieved: relief 834 V. be resolved into: composition 54 V. be resolved: resolution 604 V. be responsible: duty 926 V. be rich: wealth 803 V. be rid of: deliverance 672 V. relinquishment 782 V. be ridiculous: ridiculousness 853 V. be rife: influence 175 V. be right: right 922 V. be rightly served: punishment 972 V. be rough: roughness 256 V. be rude: discourtesy 895 V. be run after: repute 873 V. be safe: safety 664 V. preservation 670 V. be salubrious: salubrity 656 V. be sane: sanity 502 V. be satiated: satiety 869 V. be savory: savoriness 394 V. be scandalized at: disapprobation 932 V. be seated on the throne: government 737a N. be secluded: seclusion, exclusion 893 V. be seized in common: participation 778 V. be selfish: selfishness 943 V. be sensible of: physical sensibility 375 V. be sensible: sensibility 822 V. be severe: severity 739 V. be sharp: sharpness 253 V. be short: shortness 201 V. be sick of: weariness 841 V. be sick: ejection 297 V. be silent!: silence 403 Int. be silent: silence 403 V. taciturnity 585 V. be similar: similarity 17 V. be simple: simplicity 849 V. be situate: situation 183 V. be situated: situation 183 V. be skeptical as to: unbelief doubt 485 V. be skillful: skill 698 V. be slow to: noncompletion 730 V. refusal 764 V. be small: smallness 32 V. be smaller than: contraction 195 V. be so good as: request 765 Adv. be sociable: sociality 892 V. be somebody: importance 642 V. be something: importance 642 V. be sorry for: pity 914 V. penitence 950 V. be sour: sourness 397 V. be sovereign: government 737a V. be spared: life 359 V. be spliced: marriage 903 V. be sponsor for: duty 926 V. be still!: silence 403 Int. be straight: straightness 246 V. be strong: strength 159 V. be stronger: strength 159 V. be studious: learning 539 V. be subject: subjection 749 V. be subjected to: eventuality 151 V. be successful: success 731 V. be sufficient: sufficiency 639 V. be sullen: sullenness 901a V. be superior: superiority 33 V. be supported: support 215 V. be surprised: wonder 870 V. be sweet upon: endearment 902 V. be sweet: sweetness 396 V. be sworn: affirmation 535 V. be taken by surprise: inexpectation 508 V. be taken: death 360 V. be tasteless: insipidity 391 V. be taught: learning 539 V. be temperate: temperance 953 V. be tenacious: tenacity 327 V. be that as it may: compensation 30 Adv. be the aggressor: attack 716 V. be the case: truth 494 V. existence 1 V. be the cause of: cause 153 V. be the death of one: amusement 840 V. be the due: dueness 924 V. be the dupe of: dupe 547 V. be the duty of: duty 926 V. be the effect of: effect 154 V. be the making of: goodness 648 V. aid 707 V. be the possessor of: property 780 V. be the precursor: prediction 511 V. be the rage: fashion 852 V. be the same: smallness 32 Adv. be the sign: indication 550 V. be the victim of: pain 828 V. be the worse for: deterioration 659 Adj. be there: presence 186 V. be through: presence 186 V. be tired of: weariness 841 V. be tired with: weariness 841 V. be tolerated: content 831 V. be transient: transientness 111 V. be transparent: transparency 425 V. be triumphant: success 731 V. be true: truth 494 V. be ugly: ugliness 846 V. be unaccustomed: desuetude 614 V. be uncertain: uncertainty 475 V. be unclean: uncleanness 653 V. be uncomformable: unconformity 83 V. be under a cloud: disapprobation 932 V. be under an obligation: gratitude 916 V. duty 926 V. be under consideration: attention 457 V. be under fire: warfare 722 V. be undue: undueness 925 V. be unequal: inequality 28 V. be unexpected: inexpectation 508 V. be ungrateful: ingratitude 917 V. be uniform: uniformity 16 V. be unimportant: unimportance 643 V. be unintelligible: unintelligibility 519 V. be unlike: dissimilarity 18 V. be unmeaning: unmeaningness 517 V. be unpalatable: unsavoriness 395 V. be unprepared: nonpreparation 674 V. be unproductive: unproductiveness 169 V. be unskillful: unskillfulness 699 V. be unsuccessful: failure 732 V. be unwilling: unwillingness 603 V. be up with: adversity 735 V. be uppermost in the mind: thought 451 V. attention 457 V. be upstaged: inferiority 34 V. be useful: utility 644 V. be useless: inutility 645 V. be vain of: repute 873 V. vanity 880 V. be vain: vanity 880 V. be variegated: variegation 440 V. be vertical: verticality 212 V. be vicious: vice 945 V. be violent: violence 173 V. be virtuous: virtue 944 V. be visible: appearance 448 V. be vulgar: vulgarity 851 V. be wafted: navigation 267 V. be warm: discovery 480a V. be watery: water 337 V. be weak: weakness 160 V. be wedded to an opinion: obstinacy 606 V. be wedded to: love 897 V. be white: whiteness 430 V. be willing: willingness 602 V. be without: loss 776 V. exemption 777a V. be wonderful: wonder 870 V. be wont: habit 613 V. be worse: deterioration 659 V. be worthy of notice: importance 642 V. be worthy of regard: importance 642 V. be worthy of: dueness 924 V. be wrong: wrong 923 V. be: existence 1 V. belief 484 V. beach comber: traveler 268 N. river 348 N. beach umbrella: shade 424 N. beach: land 342 N. beacon: indication 550 N. warning 668 N. beacon-fire: indication 550 N. bead roll: list 86 N. bead: ornament 847 V. direction 693 V. ornament 847 N. beading: ornament 847 N. beadle: stopper 263 N. jurisdiction 965 N. clergy 996 N. beadledom: government 737a N. bead-like: rotundity 249 Adj. beadroll: worship 990 N. beads: rite 998 N. beadsman: servant 746 N. clergy 996 N. beagle: animal 366 N. beak: front 234 N. convexity 250 N. judge 967 N. beaked: curvature 245 Adj. beaker: receptacle 191 N. beam of hope: hope 858 N. beam splitter: optical instruments 445 N. beam: support 215 N. laterality 236 N. gravity 319 N. light 420 N. light 420 V. beauty 845 V. beaming: beauty 845 Adj. beamy: beauty 845 Adj. light 420 Adj. bean counter: accounts 811 N. bean feast: amusement 840 N. bean the name of: nomenclature 564 V. bear a charmed life: prosperity 734 V. safety 664 V. bear a grudge: hate 898 V. malevolence 907 V. bear a hand: action 680 V. bear a heavy hand on: severity 739 V. bear a helping hand: aid 707 V. bear a price: price 812 V. bear a sense: meaning 516 V. bear away the bell: goodness 648 V. success 731 V. bear away: taking 789 V. bear company: accompaniment 88 V. bear date: chronometry 114 V. bear down upon: attack 716 V. bear down: violence 173 V. insolence 885 V. bear false witness: falsehood 544 V. bear fruit: production 161 V. prosperity 734 V. utility 644 V. success 731 V. bear garden: disorder 59 N. arena 728 N. discord 713 N. bear good will: friendship 888 V. benevolence 906 V. bear hard upon: badness 649 V. bear harmless: defense 717 V. bear ill: excitability 825 V. bear in mind: attention 457 V. thought 451 V. bear in the memory: memory 505 V. bear in the mind: memory 505 V. bear in the thoughts: memory 505 V. bear leader: teacher 540 N. bear love to: love 897 V. bear malice: hate 898 V. revenge 919 V. malevolence 907 V. enmity 889 V. resentment 900 V. bear no resemblance to: dissimilarity 18 V. bear obedience to: obedience 743 V. bear off: deviation 279 V. taking 789 V. bear on: support 215 V. bear one company: sociality 892 V. bear oneself: conduct 692 V. bear out: vindication 937 N. evidence 467 V. bear pain: pain 828 V. bear part in: cooperation 709 V. bear pit: husbandry 370 N. bear resemblance: similarity 17 V. bear respect for: respect 928 V. bear spleen: hate 898 V. malevolence 907 V. bear the appearance of: appearance 448 V. bear the bell: repute 873 V. bear the brunt of: feeling 821 V. bear the brunt: inexcitability 826 V. difficulty 704 V. defense 717 V. bear the burden: business 625 V. bear the cross: pain 828 V. bear the impress: indication 550 V. bear the palm: repute 873 V. superiority 33 V. bear the semblance of: appearance 448 V. bear through: aid 707 V. bear up against: resistance 719 V. courage 861 V. bear up under: resistance 719 V. bear up: courage 861 V. cheerfulness 836 V. relief 834 V. approach 286 V. perseverance 604a V. bear upon: influence 175 V. relation 9 V. bear well: inexcitability 826 V. bear with: forgiveness 918 V. inexcitability 826 V. lenity 740 V. permission 760 V. bear witness: evidence 467 V. bear: merchant 797 N. transference 270 V. possibility 470 V. support 215 V. discourtesy 895 N. stock market 799a N. feeling 821 V. production 161 V. bearable: imperfection 651 Adj. beard the lion in his den: courage 861 V. beard: insolence 885 V. roughness 256 N. filament 205 N. courage 861 V. sharpness 253 N. defiance 715 V. bearded: sharpness 253 Adj. roughness 256 Adj. beardless: youth 127 Adj. bearer bond: securities 799b N. bearer: carrier 271 N. servant 746 N. bearing rein: prison 752 N. bearing upon: agreement 23 Adj. bearing with: inexcitability 826 Adj. bearing: direction 278 N. meaning 516 N. support 215 N. relation 9 N. conduct 692 N. bearings: circumstance 8 N. situation 183 N. bearish: discourtesy 895 Adj. bearskin: clothing 225 N. defense 717 N. beast of burden: carrier 271 N. agent 690 N. beast: carrier 271 N. animal 366 N. uncleanness 653 N. discourtesy 895 N. beastly: uncleanness 653 Adj. beasts of the field: animal 366 N. beat a retreat: regression 283 V. avoidance 623 V. submission 725 V. beat about for: experiment 463 V. beat about the bush: diffuseness 573 V. circuit 629 V. intuition 477 V. falsehood 544 V. beat against: opposition 708 V. counteraction 179 V. beat all others: superiority 33 V. beat an alarm: alarm 669 V. beat back: defense 717 V. beat black and blue: punishment 972 V. beat down: destruction 162 V. barter 794 V. parsimony 819 V. insolence 885 V. beat hollow: superiority 33 V. success 731 V. transcursion 303 V. beat into the head: teaching 537 V. beat into: teaching 537 V. beat it: velocity 274 V. beat of drum: command 741 N. warfare 722 N. alarm 669 N. beat off: defense 717 V. beat one's brains: thought 451 V. beat one's breast: lamentation 839 V. beat one's chest: defiance 715 V. beat the air: inutility 645 V. beat the alarm: alarm 669 V. beat the bushes: experiment 463 V. beat the drum: musician 416 V. indication 550 V. beat the war drums: defiance 715 V. beat time: chronometry 114 V. musician 416 V. beat to a jelly: punishment 972 V. beat to a mummy: punishment 972 V. beat up against: opposition 708 V. beat up for recruits: preparation 673 V. aid 707 V. beat up for: provision 637 V. beat up one's quarters: sociality 892 V. inquiry 461 V. beat up: semiliquidity 352 V. beat: roll 407 V. servility 886 N. success 731 V. method 627 N. punishment 972 V. pulverulence 330 V. agitation 315 V. regularity of recurrence 138 V. business 625 N. regularity of recurrence 138 N. oscillation 314 V. region 181 N. ship 273 N. impulse 276 V. transcursion 303 V. oscillation 314 N. superiority 33 V. beaten ground: habit 613 N. beaten path: habit 613 N. method 627 N. beaten track: habit 613 N. method 627 N. beatic: pleasurableness 829 Adj. pleasure 827 Adj. beatific: heaven 981 Adj. pleasurableness 829 Adj. beatification: piety 987 N. beatified: pleasure 827 Adj. beatify: pleasurableness 829 V. piety 987 V. beating: impulse 276 N. failure 732 N. punishment 972 N. beatitude: pleasure 827 N. beau ideal: perfection 650 N. beau: man 373 N. fop 854 N. love 897 N. beaucatcher: roughness 256 N. beauteous: beauty 845 Adj. beautification: pleasure 827 N. beautified: ornament 577 Adj. ornament 847 Adj. beautiful: symmetry 242 Adj. beauty 845 Adj. beautify: beauty 845 V. ornament 847 V. beautifying: beauty 845 N. beautiless: ugliness 846 Adj. beauty is only skin deep: pleasurableness 829 Phr. beauty of holiness: piety 987 N. beauty parlor: workshop 691 N. beauty unadorned: beauty 845 N. beauty: beauty 845 N. symmetry 242 N. beaver dam: hindrance 706 N. beaver hat: clothing 225 N. becalm: quiescence 265 V. becalmed: quiescence 265 Adj. because: cause 153 Adv. attribution 155 Adv. answer 462 Adv. reasoning 476 Adv. motive 615 Adv. bechance: eventuality 151 V. becharm: pleasurableness 829 V. beck: command 741 N. river 348 N. indication 550 N. beckon: indication 550 V. motive 615 V. command 741 V. become a habit: habit 613 V. become added: addition 37 V. become alive: information 527 V. become aroused: sexuality 374a V. become audible: hearing 418 V. become awake to: information 527 V. become bankrupt: nonpayment 808 V. become better: improvement 658 V. become bound to: promise 768 V. duty 926 V. become broad: breadth, thickness 202 V. become colorless: achromatism 429 V. become deteriorated: deterioration 659 V. become enamored: love 897 V. become extinct: inexistence 2 V. become friendly: friendship 888 V. become high: height 206 V. become in order: order 58 V. become insane: insanity 503 V. become insolvent: nonpayment 808 V. become known: disclosure 529 V. become large: size 192 V. become larger: superiority 33 V. expansion 194 V. become of: eventuality 151 V. become old: oldness 124 V. become one: beauty 845 V. agreement 23 V. become public: publication 531 V. become red: redness 434 V. become rich: wealth 803 V. become sane: sanity 502 V. become small: littleness 193 V. contraction 195 V. become smaller: inferiority 34 V. contraction 195 V. become solid: density 321 V. become sponsor for: duty 926 V. promise 768 V. become the aggressor: attack 716 V. become unclean: uncleanness 653 V. become uniform: uniformity 16 V. become visible: appearance 448 V. become worse: deterioration 659 V. become: ornament 847 V. conversion 144 V. existence 1 V. duty 926 V. becoming: agreement 23 Adj. expedience 646 Adj. beauty 845 Adj. ornament 847 Adj. dueness 924 Adj. becripple: impotence 158 V. bed of downs: physical pleasure 377 N. bed of roses: physical pleasure 377 N. prosperity 734 N. bed: agriculture 371 N. marriage 903 N. layer 204 N. receptacle 191 N. support 215 N. bedarken: darkness 421 V. bedaub: covering 223 V. bedazzle: light 420 V. bedding: support 215 N. bedeck: ornament 847 V. bedel: jurisdiction 965 N. bedesman: servant 746 N. bedevil: derangement 61 V. sorcery 992 V. bedevilment: sorcery 992 N. bedew: moisture 339 V. bedfellow: friend 890 N. bedgown: clothing 225 N. bedight: ornament 847 V. ornament 847 Adj. bedim: darkness 421 V. dimness 422 V. bedizen: color 428 V. ornament 847 V. bedizened: vulgarity 851 Adj. Bedlam: disorder 59 N. bedlamite: madman 504 N. bedmaker: servant 746 N. bedmate: friend 890 N. Bedouin: thief 792 N. bedridden: disease 655 Adj. bedrock: base 211 N. bedroom: receptacle 191 N. bedstead: support 215 N. bedtime: evening 126 N. bedwarf: contraction 195 V. bee in one's bonnet: insanity 503 N. bee: animal 366 N. sociality 892 N. agent 690 N. sibilation 409 N. beef headed: imbecility folly 499 Adj. beef: food 298 N. beefcake: sexuality 374a N. beefeater: combatant 726 N. beefsteak: food 298 N. beehive: husbandry 370 N. workshop 691 N. beeline: direction 278 N. Beelzebub: satan 978 N. beer: food 298 N. drunkenness 959 N. beery: drunkenness 959 Adj. beeswax: semiliquidity 352 N. beet root: food 298 N. beet sugar: sweetness 396 N. beetle headed: imbecility folly 499 Adj. beetle: height 206 V. pendency 214 V. convexity 250 V. beetlebrain: fool 501 N. beetlehead: fool 501 N. beetling: height 206 Adj. pendency 214 Adj. befall: eventuality 151 V. befated: necessity 601 V. befit the occasion: expedience 646 V. befit the season: expedience 646 V. befit the time: expedience 646 V. befit: expedience 646 V. agreement 23 V. duty 926 V. befitting: expedience 646 Adj. dueness 924 Adj. befog: concealment 528 V. befool: insanity 503 V. deception 545 V. befooled: failure 732 Adj. before an audience: drama 599 Adv. before Christ: time 106 Adv. before its time: earliness 132 Adv. before long: earliness 132 Adv. before now: priority 116 Adv. the past 122 Adv. before one: visibility 446 Adj. before one's eyes: manifestation 525 Adv. front 234 Adv. visibility 446 Adj. visibility 446 Adv. before one's face: front 234 Adv. before one's time: earliness 132 Adv. before the floats: drama 599 Adv. before the ink is dry: earliness 132 Adv. before the wind: direction 278 Adv. before then: priority 116 Adv. before: precedence 62 Adv. priority 116 Adv. presence 186 Adv. front 234 Adv. choice 609 Adv. precession 280 Adv. precedence 62 Adj. beforehand: priority 116 Adv. earliness 132 Adv. beforementioned: precedence 62 Adj. before-mentioned: priority 116 Adj. befoul: uncleanness 653 V. befriend: aid 707 V. friendship 888 V. befringed: roughness 256 Adj. befuddle: drunkenness 959 V. beg a boon: request 765 V. beg from door to door: request 765 V. beg hard: request 765 V. beg leave: permission 760 V. request 765 V. beg one's bread: request 765 V. poverty 804 V. beg one's life: pity 914 V. beg pardon: atonement 952 V. forgiveness 918 V. penitence 950 V. beg permission: permission 760 V. beg the question: intuition 477 V. beg: master 745 N. request 765 V. begawd: ornament 847 V. beget: production 161 V. beggar all description: unconformity 83 V. beggar description: wonder 870 V. beggar on horseback: insolence 885 N. beggar the imagination: wonder 870 V. beggar: petitioner 767 N. commonality 876 N. poverty 804 N. disrepute 874 V. beggar'd all description: nomenclature 564 Phr. beggared: nonpayment 808 Adj. poverty 804 Adj. beggarly: unimportance 643 Adj. poverty 804 Adj. disrepute 874 Adj. commonality 876 Adj. servility 886 Adj. beggar-my-neighbor: amusement 840 N. beggar's lice: sharpness 253 N. beggary: poverty 804 N. begging letter: request 765 N. begging: request 765 N. begilt: ornament 847 Adj. begin a new phase: conversion 144 V. begin again: repetition 104 V. beginning 66 V. begin at the beginning: beginning 66 V. begin at the wrong end: unskillfulness 699 V. begin de novo: beginning 66 V. begin one's: undertaking 676 V. begin: beginning 66 V. beginner: learner 541 N. beginning of the end: destruction 162 N. beginning: beginning 66 Adj. beginning 66 N. begird: circumjacence 227 V. begirt: circumscription 229 Adj. beglerbeg: master 745 N. begone dull care!: cheerfulness 836 Int. begone!: departure 293 Int. ejection 297 Int. abrogation 756 Int. begonia: beauty 845 N. begrease: uncleanness 653 V. begrime: uncleanness 653 V. begrudge: unwillingness 603 V. refusal 764 V. parsimony 819 V. beguile the time: inaction 681 V. amusement 840 V. beguile: deception 545 V. error 495 V. content 831 V. begum: nobility 875 N. begun: beginning 66 Adj. behalf: good 618 N. behave oneself: conduct 692 V. fashion 852 V. courtesy 894 V. behavior: conduct 692 N. behead: punishment 972 V. killing 361 V. behemoth: size 192 N. behest: command 741 N. behind a screen: concealment 528 Adj. concealment 528 Adv. behind in payments: nonpayment 808 Adj. behind one's back: absence 187 Adv. rear 235 Adv. latency, implication 526 Adv. concealment 528 Adv. behind the age: ignorance 491 Adj. oldness 124 Adj. behind the curtain: concealment 528 Adv. invisibility 447 Adj. knowledge 490 Adj. behind the scenes: latency, implication 526 Adv. concealment 528 Adv. knowledge 490 Adj. invisibility 447 Adj. cause 153 Adv. drama 599 Adv. behind the veil: concealment 528 Adv. behind time: lateness 133 Adv. behind: sequence 63 Adv. rear 235 Adv. sequence 281 Adv. behindhand: lateness 133 Adj. shortcoming 304 Adv. adversity 735 Adj. nonpayment 808 Adj. behold!: attention 457 Int. behold: spectator 444 V. vision 441 V. beholden to: duty 926 Adj. beholden: gratitude 916 Adj. beholder: spectator 444 N. behoof: good 618 N. behoove: duty 926 V. behooving: duty 926 Adj. being at fault: oblivion 506 Phr. being in fault: oblivion 506 Phr. being: existence 1 N. substantiality 3 N. bejeweled: jewelry 847a Adj. bel esprit: humorist 844 N. Bel: Jupiter 979 N. belabor: ship 273 N. punishment 972 V. impulse 276 V. belated: lateness 133 Adj. ignorance 491 Adj. belaud: approbation 931 V. belay: junction 43 V. hindrance 706 V. belch out: ejection 297 V. beldam: evil 913 N. beldame: violence 173 N. belduque: sharpness 253 N. beleaguer: attack 716 V. belfry: temple 1000 N. Belial: satan 978 N. demon 980 N. belie: opposition 708 V. falsehood 544 V. negation 536 V. belief: belief 484 N. believe in: belief 484 V. believe: belief 484 V. supposition 514 V. piety 987 V. believed: belief 484 Adj. believer: piety 987 N. believing: belief 484 Adj. piety 987 Adj. belike: probability 472 Adv. belittle: underestimation 483 V. detraction 934 V. bell book and candle: spell 993 N. bell boy: servant 746 N. bell pepper: condiment 393 N. bell shape: rotundity 249 N. bell shaped: concavity 252 Adj. rotundity 249 Adj. curvature 245 Adj. bell the cat: courage 861 V. bell: musical instruments 417 N. indication 550 N. resonance 408 N. belladonna: bane 663 N. belle tournure: beauty 845 N. bellicose: contention 720 Adj. warfare 722 Adj. bellied: convexity 250 Adj. belligerency: contention 720 N. belligerent: combatant 726 N. warfare 722 Adj. contention 720 Adj. belling: ululation 412 N. bellman: messenger 534 N. bellmare: precursor 64 N. Bellona: warfare 722 N. bellow like a bull: lamentation 839 V. bellow: loudness 404 V. cry 411 V. ululation 412 V. bellows: wind 349 N. voice 580 N. bellwether: precursor 64 N. director 694 N. belly god: gluttony 957 N. belly laugh: amusement 840 N. belly out: convexity 250 V. belly timber: food 298 N. belly: convexity 250 N. interiority 221 N. bellyful: completeness 52 N. Belomancy: prediction 511 Phr. belong to: inclusion 76 V. duty 926 V. dueness 924 V. property 780 V. power 157 V. component 56 V. relation 9 V. possession 777 V. belonging to: relation 9 Adj. belongings: property 780 N. beloved well beloved: love 897 Adj. below its full complement: imperfection 651 Adj. below its full strength: imperfection 651 Adj. below par: smallness 32 Adj. inferiority 34 Adv. lowness 207 Adv. badness 649 Adj. imperfection 651 Adj. discount 813 Adv. commonality 876 Adj. below stairs: lowness 207 Adv. below the mark: smallness 32 Adj. inferiority 34 Adv. below the salt: commonality 876 Adv. below: lowness 207 Adv. belt: gulf, lake 343 N. circularity 247 N. circumjacence 227 V. outline 230 N. Belus: Jupiter 979 N. belvedere: vision 441 N. bemingle: mixture 41 V. bemire: uncleanness 653 V. bemoan: lamentation 839 V. bemused: inattention 458 Adj. bench centrifuge: rotation 312 N. bench: support 215 N. council 696 N. tribunal 966 N. bencher: lawyer 968 N. bend an ear: hearing 418 V. bend backwards: rear 235 V. bend before the storm: submission 725 V. bend down: submission 725 V. bend forwards: front 234 V. bend one's course: direction 278 V. journey 266 V. bend one's looks upon: vision 441 V. bend one's mind to: attention 457 V. bend one's steps towards: direction 278 V. bend one's steps: pursuit 622 V. journey 266 V. bend over: convexity 250 V. bend sinister: disrepute 874 N. bend the attention to: attention 457 V. bend the bow: exertion 686 V. bend the brows: disapprobation 932 V. bend the eye to: attention 457 V. bend the head: depression 308 V. bend the knee to: respect 928 V. bend the knee: servility 886 V. depression 308 V. submission 725 V. worship 990 V. courtesy 894 V. bend the mind to: attention 457 V. bend the mind: thought 451 V. bend the neck: submission 725 V. bend to one's will: authority 737 V. bend to one's yoke: submission 725 V. bend to the rules: conformity 82 V. bend to: tendency 176 V. bend towards: direction 278 V. bend: angularity 244 V. submission 725 V. angularity 244 N. curvature 245 N. curvature 245 V. direction 278 V. deviation 279 V. depression 308 V. circuition 311 V. softness 324 V. obliquity 217 N. bending: curvature 245 N. direction 278 N. beneath consideration: unimportance 643 Adj. beneath notice: unimportance 643 Adj. beneath one: improbity 940 Adj. beneath one's dignity: improbity 940 Adj. beneath regard: unimportance 643 Adj. beneath the sod: interment 363 Adv. beneath: lowness 207 Adv. Benedict: marriage 903 N. Benedictine: clergy 996 N. benediction: approbation 931 N. worship 990 N. gratitude 916 N. benedictory: approbation 931 Adj. benefaction: giving 784 N. benefactor: benefactor 912 N. good man 948 N. benefice: churchdom 995 N. beneficence: goodness 648 N. benevolence 906 N. beneficent: benevolence 906 Adj. beneficial interest: property 780 N. beneficial: good 618 Adj. goodness 648 Adj. beneficially: goodness 648 Adv. beneficiary: possessor 779 N. receiving 785 N. clergy 996 N. benefit: good 618 N. benevolence 906 V. property 780 N. acquisition 775 N. aid 707 V. use 677 N. utility 644 V. goodness 648 V. benefits forgot: ingratitude 917 N. benevolence: price 812 N. disinterestedness 942 N. benevolence 906 N. love 897 N. benevolent: benevolence 906 Adj. Bengal heat: heat 382 N. benighted: darkness 421 Adj. ignorance 491 Adj. benign: salubrity 656 Adj. benignant: benevolence 906 Adj. benignity: benevolence 906 N. benison: approbation 931 N. Benjamin's mess: whole 50 N. superiority 33 N. benolin: cleanness 652 N. benshie: Jupiter 979 N. bent on: desire 865 Adj. bent upon: intention 620 Adj. desire 865 Adj. willingness 602 Adj. resolution 604 Adj. bent: desire 865 N. willingness 602 N. angularity 244 Adj. inclosure 232 N. tendency 176 N. affections 820 N. benthal: depth 208 Adj. Benthamite: philanthropy 910 N. benthopelagic: depth 208 Adj. benumb: physical insensibility 376 V. numbness 381 V. refrigeration 385 V. insensibility 823 V. benumbed: numbness 381 Adj. benzene: cleanness 652 N. benzine benzol: cleanness 652 N. benzoin: remedy 662 N. beplaster: flattery 933 V. bepraise: approbation 931 V. bequeath: giving 784 V. bequest: giving 784 N. berate: disapprobation 932 V. bereave: taking 789 V. bereaved: poverty 804 Adj. loss 776 Adj. bereavement: death 360 N. loss 776 N. taking 789 N. bereft of reason: insanity 503 Adj. bereft of: insufficiency 640 Adj. bereft: taking 789 Adj. loss 776 Adj. poverty 804 Adj. bergamot: fragrance 400 N. berlin: vehicle 272 N. berloque: roll 407 N. Bernardine: clergy 996 N. bersagliere: combatant 726 N. berserk: violence 173 N. insanity 503 Adj. berserker: violence 173 N. berth: abode 189 N. support 215 N. business 625 N. business 625 V. beryl: greenness 435 N. jewelry 847a N. beseech: request 765 V. worship 990 V. beseem: duty 926 V. beset with difficulties: difficulty 704 Adj. beset: painfulness 830 V. request 765 V. sequence 281 V. circumjacence 227 V. besetting sin: vice 945 N. besetting: habit 613 Adj. generality 78 Adj. beshrew!: malediction 908 Int. beshrew: malediction 908 V. beside oneself: excitation 824 Adj. insanity 503 Adj. beside the mark: irrelation 10 Adj. error 495 Adj. beside the point: irrelation 10 Adj. beside the purpose: irrelation 10 Adj. beside the question: irrelation 10 Adj. beside the transaction: irrelation 10 Adj. beside: nearness 197 Adv. unconformity 83 Adv. laterality 236 Adv. besides: addition 37 Adv. besiege: request 765 V. attack 716 V. besique: amusement 840 N. beslaver: flattery 933 V. beslime: uncleanness 653 V. beslubber: flattery 933 V. besmear: covering 223 V. uncleanness 653 V. besom: cleanness 652 N. besot: drunkenness 959 V. besotted: misjudgment 481 Adj. bespangle: ornament 847 V. bespatter: detraction 934 V. disapprobation 932 V. flattery 933 V. bespeak: earliness 132 V. evidence 467 V. meaning 516 V. commission 755 V. request 765 V. caution 864 V. bespeckle: variegation 440 V. bespot: variegation 440 V. besprinkle: mixture 41 V. variegation 440 V. best friend: friend 890 N. best love: courtesy 894 N. best man: friend 890 N. marriage 903 N. best part: greatness 31 N. whole 50 N. best room: receptacle 191 N. best seller: approbation 931 N. best wishes: congratulation 896 Phr. best: perfection 650 Adj. goodness 648 Adj. bestead: utility 644 V. bestial: impurity 961 Adj. bestir oneself: activity 682 V. haste 684 V. bestow consideration upon: thought 451 V. bestow one's hand upon: marriage 903 V. bestow thought upon: thought 451 V. bestow: giving 784 V. bestowal: giving 784 N. bestowment: giving 784 N. bestraddle: support 215 V. bestrew: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. bestride: support 215 V. height 206 V. bet: chance 621 N. chance 621 V. beta rays: calefaction 384 N. betacism: language 560 N. betake oneself to: journey 266 V. business 625 V. undertaking 676 V. bethel: temple 1000 N. bethink oneself: memory 505 V. thought 451 V. bethral: restraint 751 V. bethrall: restraint 751 V. subjection 749 V. betide: eventuality 151 V. betimes: earliness 132 Adv. betoken: evidence 467 V. prediction 511 V. indication 550 V. betongue: disapprobation 932 V. betray itself: visibility 446 V. betray the cloven foot: malevolence 907 V. betray: improbity 940 V. disclosure 529 V. deception 545 V. betrayal: improbity 940 N. betrayer: knave 941 N. betrim: preparation 673 V. betroth: marriage 903 V. promise 768 N. promise 768 V. betrothal: promise 768 N. betrothed: love 897 N. marriage 903 Adj. betrothment: promise 768 N. marriage 903 N. better advised: improvement 658 Adj. better for: improvement 658 Adj. better half: marriage 903 N. better off: improvement 658 Adj. better sort magnates: nobility 875 N. better: goodness 648 Adj. improvement 658 Adj. improvement 658 V. betterment: improvement 658 N. betting house: chance 621 N. betting ring: chance 621 N. betting: chance 621 N. betty: woman 374 N. between cup and lip: transientness 111 Adv. between hawk and buzzard: pain 828 Adj. between ourselves: concealment 528 Adv. between the lines: latency, implication 526 Adv. between the teeth: faintness 405 Adv. between two fires: danger 665 Adj. between two stools: difficulty 704 Adj. between you and me: concealment 528 Adv. between: interposition 228 Adv. betwixt and between: interposition 228 Adv. betwixt: interposition 228 Adv. bevel: obliquity 217 N. bever: food 298 N. beverage: food 298 N. bevy: assemblage 72 N. multitude 102 N. bewail: regret 833 V. lamentation 839 V. beware!: warning 668 Int. beware: warning 668 V. bewilder: uncertainty 475 V. misteaching 538 V. inattention 458 V. wonder 870 V. bewildered: imbecility folly 499 Adj. insanity 503 Adj. bewilderment: wonder 870 N. uncertainty 475 N. ignorance 491 N. bewitch: sorcery 992 V. love 897 V. pleasurableness 829 V. motive 615 V. bewitchery: motive 615 N. sorcery 992 N. bewitching: pleasurableness 829 Adj. love 897 Adj. bewitchment: motive 615 N. bey: master 745 N. beyond a doubt: certainty 474 Adj. beyond all bounds: greatness 31 Adv. beyond all dispute: certainty 474 Adj. beyond all hope: prosperity 734 Adv. success 731 Adv. beyond all praise: virtue 944 Adj. perfection 650 Adj. approbation 931 Adj. beyond all question: certainty 474 Adj. beyond compare: greatness 31 Adv. superiority 33 Adj. beyond comparison: greatness 31 Adv. superiority 33 Adj. beyond comprehension: unintelligibility 519 Adj. beyond control: impossibility 471 Adj. beyond expectation: inexpectation 508 Adj. beyond expression: greatness 31 Adj. beyond measure: greatness 31 Adv. redundancy 641 Adv. beyond mortal ken: concealment 528 Adv. beyond one's depth: impossibility 471 Adj. unintelligibility 519 Adj. depth 208 Adv. beyond one's grasp: impossibility 471 Adj. beyond one's power: impossibility 471 Adj. beyond one's reach: impossibility 471 Adj. beyond price: dearness 814 Adj. beyond question: certainty 474 Adj. beyond remedy: hopelessness 859 Adj. beyond saving: deterioration 659 Adj. beyond seas: extraneousness 57 Adv. beyond the grave: concealment 528 Adv. beyond the mark: transcursion 303 Adv. redundancy 641 Adv. beyond the pale of: unconformity 83 Adj. beyond the pale: prohibition 761 Adj. beyond the veil: concealment 528 Adv. beyond: superiority 33 Adv. distance 196 Adv. bezonian: commonality 876 N. bhang: intemperance 954 N. bane 663 N. bhisti: river 348 N. bias: misjudgment 481 V. wrong 923 N. affections 820 N. motive 615 V. error 495 N. misjudgment 481 N. obliquity 217 N. tendency 176 N. inequality 28 N. imbecility folly 499 N. biased: inequality 28 Adj. bib: clothing 225 N. drunkenness 959 V. bibacious: drunkenness 959 Adj. bibacity: drunkenness 959 N. bibber: lamentation 839 V. drunkenness 959 N. bibble-babble: loquacity 584 N. Bible Christian: heterodoxy 984 N. biblical: Judeo-christian revelation 985 biblioclasm: destruction 162 N. biblioclast: destroyer 165 N. bibliography: book 593 N. bibliolatry: heterodoxy 984 N. idolatry 991 N. knowledge 490 N. Bibliomancy: prediction 511 Phr. bibliomania: knowledge 490 N. bibliomaniac: scholar 492 N. bibliophile: scholar 492 N. bibliopole: book 593 N. bibliopolist: book 593 N. bibliotheca: book 593 N. bibulous: food 298 Adj. bice: blueness 438 N. bicentennial: regularity of recurrence 138 N. bicephalous: duplication 90 Adj. bichhona: support 215 N. bichloride of mercury: bane 663 N. bicipital: duplication 90 Adj. bicker: discord 713 V. agitation 315 V. bickering: disagreement 24 N. bicolor: variegation 440 Adj. biconjugate: bisection 91 Adj. bicorn: curvature 245 Adj. bicornuous: curvature 245 Adj. bicornute: curvature 245 Adj. bicuspid: bisection 91 Adj. bicycle: vehicle 272 N. bid a long farewell: relinquishment 624 V. bid defiance to: defiance 715 V. bid fair to: tendency 176 V. bid fair: probability 472 V. prediction 511 V. hope 858 V. bid for: intention 620 V. offer 763 V. request 765 V. barter 794 V. bid Godspeed: courtesy 894 V. bid goodbye: departure 293 V. bid the banns: marriage 903 V. bid welcome: courtesy 894 V. bid: offer 763 N. command 741 V. offer 763 V. bidder: petitioner 767 N. bidding: command 741 N. biddy: servant 746 N. bide one's time: lateness 133 V. inaction 681 V. expectation 507 V. bide: permanence 141 V. lateness 133 V. inexcitability 826 V. bidental: duplication 90 Adj. bidet: carrier 271 N. biduous: duality 89 Adj. biennial: regularity of recurrence 138 Adj. vegetable 367 N. bienseance: courtesy 894 N. bier: interment 363 N. bifacial: duplication 90 Adj. bifarious: duplication 90 Adj. bifid: bisection 91 Adj. bifocals: optical instruments 445 N. bifold: duplication 90 Adj. biform: duplication 90 Adj. biformity: duality 89 N. bifurcate: angularity 244 Adj. angularity 244 V. bisection 91 V. bisection 91 Adj. bifurcated: bisection 91 Adj. bifurcation: bisection 91 N. angularity 244 N. bifurcous: bisection 91 Adj. big bang: expansion 194 N. big bug: nobility 875 N. Big Dipper: world 318 N. big gin: receptacle 191 N. big gun: nobility 875 N. big with: sufficiency 639 Adj. production 161 Adj. big: size 192 Adj. greatness 31 Adj. expansion 194 Adj. bigamy: marriage 903 N. bighead: disease 655 N. bight: gulf, lake 343 N. bigot: certainty 474 N. obstinacy 606 N. heterodoxy 984 N. impiety 988 N. bigoted: misjudgment 481 Adj. impiety 988 Adj. heterodoxy 984 Adj. imbecility folly 499 Adj. obstinacy 606 Adj. bigotry: impiety 988 N. misjudgment 481 N. credulity 486 N. obstinacy 606 N. wrong 923 N. heterodoxy 984 N. big-sounding words: ornament 577 N. big-sounding: affectation 855 Adj. loudness 404 Adj. ornament 577 Adj. bigswoln: expansion 194 Adj. bigwig: nobility 875 N. scholar 492 N. sage 500 N. bijou: jewelry 847a N. goodness 648 N. beauty 845 N. bijoutry: jewelry 847a N. bike: vehicle 272 N. bilabiate: duplication 90 Adj. bilander: ship 273 N. bilateral symmetry: symmetry 242 N. bilateral: duplication 90 Adj. laterality 236 Adj. bilayer: layer 204 N. bilbo: arms 727 N. bilboes: prison 752 N. bile: resentment 900 N. bilge: opening 260 V. convexity 250 N. base 211 N. lowness 207 N. bilgewater: uncleanness 653 N. biliary calculus: disease 655 N. bilingual: language 560 Adj. bilious: dejection 837 Adj. bilk: stealing 791 V. deception 545 V. disappointment 509 V. bill and coo: endearment 902 V. bill of costs: list 86 N. bill of exchange: money 800 N. security 771 N. bill of fare: plan 626 N. food 298 N. list 86 N. bill of indemnity: forgiveness 918 N. bill of indictment: accusation 938 N. bill of lading: list 86 N. bill of right: lawsuit 969 N. bill of sale: security 771 N. Bill Sikes: thief 792 N. bill: indication 550 N. list 86 N. lawsuit 969 N. publication 531 N. book 593 N. plan 626 N. arms 727 N. money 800 N. debt 806 N. debt 806 V. accounts 811 N. price 812 N. security 771 N. billet on: location 184 V. billet: indication 550 N. correspondence 592 N. apportionment 786 V. billet-doux: correspondence 592 N. endearment 902 N. billhook: sharpness 253 N. billiard room: receptacle 191 N. billiard table: horizontality 213 N. billiards: amusement 840 N. billing and cooing: endearment 902 N. Billingsgate: neologism 563 N. malediction 908 N. billion: five, &c 98 N. billow: river 348 N. billows: ocean 341 N. bills of mortality: death 360 N. Billy goat: man 373 N. billy: receptacle 191 N. arms 727 N. billycock: clothing 225 N. bimonthly: regularity of recurrence 138 Adj. bin: receptacle 191 N. bina: musical instruments 417 N. binary number: number 84 N. binary: duality 89 Adj. binate: duality 89 Adj. bind hand and foot: restraint 751 V. bind oneself: promise 768 V. bind over: duty 926 V. compulsion 744 V. bind up together together: junction 43 V. bind up wounds: restoration 660 V. bind: compulsion 744 V. covering 223 V. junction 43 V. duty 926 V. conditions 770 V. bindery: workshop 691 N. binding: duty 926 Adj. book 593 N. bindle stiff: petitioner 767 N. bine: vegetable 367 N. bing: assemblage 72 N. binocular: optical instruments 445 N. binoculars: optical instruments 445 N. binomial: duality 89 Adj. biocide: preservation 670 N. biogenesis: production 161 N. biogeny: production 161 N. biograph: appearance 448 N. biographer: recorder 553 N. description 594 N. biography: record 551 N. description 594 N. biology: life 359 N. organization 357 N. bioplasm: organization 357 N. biopsy: remedy 662 N. biosphere: region 181 N. abode 189 N. biotaxy: organization 357 N. biparous: duality 89 Adj. bipartite: bisection 91 Adj. bipartition: bisection 91 N. biped: animal 366 N. biplane: ship 273 N. biplicity: duality 89 N. biquadrate: quadruplication 96 V. birch bark canoe: ship 273 N. birch rod: scourge 975 N. birch: punishment 972 V. scourge 975 N. bird cage: husbandry 370 N. bird in hand: possession 777 N. retention 781 N. bird of bad omen: hopelessness 859 N. bird of ill omen: hopelessness 859 N. omen 512 N. warning 668 N. bird of passage: traveler 268 N. bird: animal 366 N. birdlime: connection 45 N. deception 545 N. birdman: mariner 269 N. bird's eye view: vision 441 N. birds of a feather: similarity 17 N. birds of prey: severity 739 N. bird's-eye view: appearance 448 N. bird-witted: inattention 458 Adj. biretta: canonicals 999 N. birth: beginning 66 N. production 161 N. paternity 166 N. nobility 875 N. birthday party: sociality 892 N. birthday: regularity of recurrence 138 N. birthmark: blemish 848 N. birthplace: cause 153 N. birthright: dueness 924 N. birth-throe: production 161 N. bis!: approbation 931 Int. bis: repetition 104 Adv. bise: wind 349 N. bisect: bisection 91 V. bisected: bisection 91 Adj. bisection: middle 68 N. bisection 91 N. bisexual: unconformity 83 Adj. sexuality 374a Adj. bisexuality: sexuality 374a N. bishop: food 298 N. clergy 996 N. bishopdom: churchdom 995 N. bishopric: churchdom 995 N. bishop's palace: temple 1000 N. bishop's purple: purple 437 N. bison: animal 366 N. bisquit: food 298 N. bissextile: regularity of recurrence 138 N. bister: brown 433 N. bistoury: sharpness 253 N. bisulcate: furrow 259 Adj. bisulcated: furrow 259 Adj. bisulcous: furrow 259 Adj. bit by bit: speciality 79 Adv. degree 26 Adv. slowness 275 Adv. part 51 Adv. bit cut: part 51 N. bit of blue sky: hope 858 N. bit of waste paper: impotence 158 N. bit with the fate of: prediction 511 Adj. bit: smallness 32 N. prison 752 N. information 527 N. bitartrate of potash: remedy 662 N. bitch it: failure 732 V. bitch: unskillfulness 699 V. woman 374 N. libertine 962 N. bite in: furrow 259 V. engraving 558 V. bite one's thumb: resentment 900 V. bite one's tongue: taciturnity 585 V. bite the dust: failure 732 V. submission 725 V. bite the thumb: disrespect 929 V. bite the tongue: pungency 392 V. bite: refrigeration 385 V. painfulness 830 V. engraving 558 V. dupe 547 V. deception 545 V. acridity 401a N. physical pain 378 V. food 298 V. deception 545 N. biting: painfulness 830 Adj. discourtesy 895 Adj. cold 383 Adj. pungency 392 Adj. acridity 401a Adj. disapprobation 932 Adj. bito: conduit 350 N. bit-player: drama 599 N. bitten: love 897 Adj. bitter as gall: bitterness 392b Phr. unsavoriness 395 Adj. bitter disappointment: disappointment 509 N. bitter draught: painfulness 830 N. bitter enemy: enemy 891 N. bitter pill to take: bitterness 392b Phr. bitter pill: painfulness 830 N. adversity 735 N. hate 898 N. bitter resentment: resentment 900 N. bitter words: disapprobation 932 N. bitter: malevolence 907 Adj. hate 898 Adj. resentment 900 Adj. painfulness 830 Adj. unsavoriness 395 Adj. bitterness 392b Adj. acridity 401a Adj. cold 383 Adj. pungency 392 Adj. discourtesy 895 Adj. bitterish: bitterness 392b Adj. bitterly: greatness 31 Adv. cold 383 Adv. bitterness of feeling: hate 898 N. bitterness: pain 828 N. resentment 900 N. bitterness 392b N. regret 833 N. enmity 889 N. bitters: bitterness 392b N. bittersweet: pleasurableness 829 N. bitumen: resin 356a N. bituminous coal: fuel 388 N. bituminous: resin 356a Adj. bivalve: duplication 90 Adj. bivalvular: duplication 90 Adj. bivouac: location 184 V. abode 189 N. quiescence 265 N. warning 668 N. biweekly: regularity of recurrence 138 Adj. bizarre: unconformity 83 Adj. ridiculousness 853 Adj. improbability 473 Adj. ugliness 846 Adj. bizarrerie: unconformity 83 N. blab: disclosure 529 V. blabber: loquacity 584 N. black and white: light 420 N. achromatism 429 N. black as a shoe: blackness 431 V. black as a tinker's pot: blackness 431 V. black as jet: blackness 431 V. black as midnight: blackness 431 V. black as my hat: blackness 431 V. black as November: blackness 431 V. black as thunder: blackness 431 V. black body: darkness 421 N. black coat: clergy 996 N. black death: disease 655 N. Black Friars: clergy 996 N. black game: animal 366 N. black grouse: animal 366 N. black hole of Calcutta: assemblage 72 N. black hole: darkness 421 N. prison 752 N. black in the face: excitation 824 Adj. black lead: painting 556 N. black letter: printing 591 N. neologism 563 N. black list: disapprobation 932 N. black look: disapprobation 932 N. black looks: discourtesy 895 N. sullenness 901a N. black Maria: vehicle 272 N. black pepper: condiment 393 N. black sheep: unconformity 83 N. bad man 949 N. black squall: wind 349 N. black swan: unconformity 83 N. black: vice 945 Adj. gray 432 N. darkness 421 Adj. blackness 431 V. blackness 431 N. blackamoor: blackness 431 N. blackball: exclusion 55 V. seclusion, exclusion 893 V. blackberry: food 298 N. blackboard: writing 590 N. black-browed: malevolence 907 Adj. blackcock: animal 366 N. blacken: blackness 431 V. detraction 934 V. blackguard: discourtesy 895 Adj. discourtesy 895 N. improbity 940 Adj. knave 941 N. bad man 949 N. vulgarity 851 Adj. blackguardism: discourtesy 895 N. vulgarity 851 N. black-hearted: malevolence 907 Adj. blackjack: amusement 840 N. arms 727 N. blackleg: tergiversation 607 N. disease 655 N. thief 792 N. black-letter: oldness 124 Adj. blacklist: disapprobation 932 V. blackmail: reward 973 N. booty 793 N. stealing 791 N. black-mouthed: detractor 936 Adj. blackness: darkness 421 N. blackness 431 N. blackquarter: disease 655 N. blacksmith: agent 690 N. blacksnake: scourge 975 N. bladder: receptacle 191 N. blade: man 373 N. instrument 633 N. arms 727 N. fop 854 N. sharpness 253 N. blague: boasting 884 N. boasting 884 V. falsehood 544 N. falsehood 544 V. blain: blemish 848 N. convexity 250 N. blame: attribution 155 V. disapprobation 932 N. disapprobation 932 V. blameless: innocence 946 Adj. blameworthy: disapprobation 932 Adj. vice 945 Adj. guilt 947 Adj. blanc-bec: bungler 701 N. blanch: achromatism 429 V. whiteness 430 V. blanched: whiteness 430 Adj. blancmange: food 298 N. bland: feebleness 575 Adj. insipidity 391 Adj. moderation 174 Adj. courtesy 894 Adj. blandiloquence: flattery 933 N. blandiloquent: flattery 933 Adj. blandiment: endearment 902 N. blandishment: motive 615 N. endearment 902 N. flattery 933 N. blandness: insipidity 391 N. blank cartridge: impotence 158 N. blank despondency: dejection 837 N. blank verse: poetry 597 N. blank: impotence 158 N. unsubstantiality 4 N. unsubstantiality 4 Adj. inexistence 2 Adj. inexistence 2 N. blanket cloth: covering 223 N. blanket: covering 223 N. calefaction 384 N. blare: loudness 404 N. loudness 404 V. ululation 412 V. blarney: flattery 933 N. blase: expectance 871 Adj. weariness 841 Adj. satiety 869 Adj. blaspheme: impiety 988 V. blasphemer: impiety 988 N. blasphemous: impiety 988 Adj. blasphemy: impiety 988 N. blast off: navigation 267 V. blast!: malediction 908 Int. blast: loudness 404 N. adversity 735 N. attack 716 V. wind 349 N. violence 173 N. destruction 162 V. snap 406 V. snap 406 N. blatant: imbecility folly 499 Adj. loudness 404 Adj. ululation 412 Adj. blather: loquacity 584 V. blatter: loquacity 584 V. ululation 412 V. blaze about: publication 531 V. blaze abroad: publication 531 V. blaze of glory: repute 873 N. blaze: indication 550 V. heat 382 N. light 420 V. light 420 N. indication 550 N. heat 382 V. calefaction 384 V. blazing star: luminary 423 N. blazing: heat 382 Adj. light 420 Adj. blazon forth: ostentation 882 V. blazon: publication 531 V. repute 873 V. bleach: achromatism 429 V. whiteness 430 V. bleaching powder: cleanness 652 N. bleak: cold 383 Adj. blear: dimness 422 Adj. blearedness: dimsightedness 443 N. blear-eyed: dimsightedness 443 Adj. bleat: ululation 412 V. bleb: convexity 250 N. bleed freely: liberality 816 V. bleed: expenditure 809 V. dearness 814 V. remedy 662 V. physical pain 378 V. pain 828 V. bleeding heart: pain 828 N. bleeding: excretion 299 N. remedy 662 N. blemish: imperfection 651 N. blemish 848 N. deterioration 659 Adj. amorphism 241 V. ugliness 846 V. blench: avoidance 623 V. fear 860 V. blend in: ambush 530 V. blend into the background: ambush 530 V. blend: combination 48 V. mixture 41 V. blending: combination 48 N. blennorrhagia: disease 655 N. blennorrhoea: disease 655 N. bless my heart!: wonder 870 Int. bless one's stars: gratitude 916 V. rejoicing 838 V. bless the mark!: wonder 870 Int. bless us: wonder 870 Int. bless: deity 976 V. approbation 931 V. pleasurableness 829 V. worship 990 V. blessed: pleasure 827 Adj. blessing: good 618 N. approbation 931 N. blessings: prosperity 734 N. blest with: possession 777 Adj. blest: pleasure 827 Adj. blether: loquacity 584 V. Bletonism: prediction 511 Phr. blight one's hope: disappointment 509 V. blight: deterioration 659 Adj. adversity 735 N. deterioration 659 N. blighted hope: disappointment 509 N. blighted: deterioration 659 Adj. blind a trail: deception 545 V. blind alley: closure 261 N. blind as a bat: dimsightedness 443 Adj. blindness 442 Adj. blind as a beetle: blindness 442 Adj. blind as a buzzard: blindness 442 Adj. blind as a mole: blindness 442 Adj. blind as an owl: blindness 442 Adj. blind bargain: rashness 863 N. uncertainty 475 N. chance 621 N. blind coal: fuel 388 N. blind corner: closure 261 N. blind experiment: experiment 463 N. blind hookey: amusement 840 N. blind impulse: necessity 601 N. blind man's holiday: darkness 421 N. blind of one eye: dimsightedness 443 Adj. blind one's eyes: deception 545 V. blind orifice: opening 260 N. blind poker: amusement 840 N. blind side: misjudgment 481 N. obstinacy 606 N. blind the eyes: concealment 528 V. blind to: insensibility 823 Adj. blind: Pretext 617 N. deception 545 N. ambush 530 N. shade 424 N. blindness 442 Adj. blindness 442 V. inattention 458 Adj. concealment 528 V. necessity 601 Adj. blinded: blindness 442 Adj. ignorance 491 Adj. blindfold: blindness 442 Adv. deception 545 V. blindness 442 V. concealment 528 V. blindfolded: blindness 442 Adv. ignorance 491 Adj. blindly: blindness 442 Adv. blindman's bluff: amusement 840 N. blindness: blindness 442 N. ignorance 491 N. blink at: blindness 442 V. blink: dimsightedness 443 V. avoidance 623 V. neglect 460 V. irresolution 605 V. blinkard: dimsightedness 443 N. blinker: dimsightedness 443 N. ambush 530 N. bliss: pleasure 827 N. blissful: pleasure 827 Adj. blister: convexity 250 N. heat 382 V. blithe: cheerfulness 836 Adj. blithesome: cheerfulness 836 Adj. blitz: instantaneity 113 Adj. blizzard: wind 349 N. bloated with pride: pride 878 Adj. bloated: expansion 194 Adj. distortion 243 Adj. convexity 250 Adj. bloater: food 298 N. blob: convexity 250 N. blobber lip: blemish 848 N. blobber-lipped: blemish 848 Adj. block of buildings: abode 189 N. block out: preparation 673 V. form 240 V. block printing: printing 591 N. block the way: hindrance 706 V. block up: hindrance 706 V. closure 261 V. block: size 192 N. scourge 975 N. hindrance 706 V. hindrance 706 N. fool 501 N. hardness 323 N. support 215 N. counteraction 179 V. density 321 N. blockade: hindrance 706 N. closure 261 V. closure 261 N. restraint 751 N. blockhead: fool 501 N. blockhouse: defense 717 N. blockish: imbecility folly 499 Adj. blocks of ice: refrigerator 387 N. blond: achromatism 429 Adj. whiteness 430 Adj. blood boiling: excitability 825 N. blood heat: heat 382 N. blood horse: carrier 271 N. blood hot: heat 382 Adj. blood hound: animal 366 N. blood poisoning: disease 655 N. blood shed: killing 361 N. blood stained: killing 361 Adj. blood thirsty: killing 361 Adj. blood warm: heat 382 Adj. blood: consanguinity 11 N. fluidity 333 N. fop 854 N. killing 361 N. nobility 875 N. bloodhound: odor 398 N. blood-hound: evil 913 N. bloodless: peace 721 Adj. innocence 946 Adj. bloodlessness: weakness 160 N. bloodletting: ejection 297 N. remedy 662 N. bloodshed: warfare 722 N. bloodshot: blemish 848 Adj. bloodstone: jewelry 847a N. bloodstroke: disease 655 N. bloodsucker: evil 913 N. bloodthirsty: malevolence 907 Adj. bloody flux: excretion 299 N. disease 655 N. bloody minded: killing 361 Adj. bloody: killing 361 Adj. uncleanness 653 Adj. bloodyminded: malevolence 907 Adj. bloom: youth 127 N. beauty 845 V. beauty 845 N. prosperity 734 V. health 654 V. blueness 438 N. health 654 N. bloomer: clothing 225 N. bloomers: clothing 225 N. blooming: beauty 845 Adj. blossom: vegetable 367 N. prosperity 734 V. blot in one's escutcheon: disrepute 874 N. blot out: destruction 162 V. obliteration 552 V. blot sully: disrepute 874 V. blot: uncleanness 653 V. blemish 848 N. disrepute 874 N. guilt 947 N. error 495 N. blackness 431 V. obliteration 552 N. blotch: blemish 848 N. blackness 431 V. blotter: cleanness 652 N. blouse: clothing 225 N. blow a hurricane: wind 349 V. blow a kiss: endearment 902 V. blow about: publication 531 V. blow down: destruction 162 V. blow dry: dryness 340 V. blow for blow: retaliation 718 N. blow great guns: wind 349 V. blow hard: wind 349 V. blow hot and cold: caprice 608 V. tergiversation 607 V. irresolution 605 V. falsehood 544 V. intuition 477 V. blow in: prodigality 818 V. blow off: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. blow one's brains out: killing 361 V. blow one's cool: violence 173 V. blow one's horn: repute 873 V. blow one's top: violence 173 V. blow open: opening 260 V. blow out one's brains: killing 361 V. blow out: cessation 142 V. darkness 421 V. gluttony 957 N. insulation, fire extinction 388a V. blow over: the past 122 V. blow the coals: excitation 824 V. blow the fire: calefaction 384 V. blow the horn: musician 416 V. blow the trumpet: repute 873 V. blow to smithereens: destruction 162 V. blow up: excitation 824 V. disapprobation 932 N. snap 406 V. wind 349 V. expansion 194 V. violence 173 V. violence 173 N. destruction 162 V. disapprobation 932 V. blow upon: accusation 938 V. detraction 934 V. blow valve: safety 664 N. blow with the wind: changeableness 149 V. assent 488 V. conformity 82 V. blow: painfulness 830 N. stream 347 V. ejection 297 V. wind 349 N. impulse 276 V. impulse 276 N. ship 273 N. wind 349 V. vegetable 367 N. punishment 972 N. pain 828 N. prodigality 818 V. prosperity 734 V. failure 732 N. fatigue 688 V. action 680 N. evil 619 N. disappointment 509 N. inexpectation 508 N. snap 406 V. boasting 884 V. blowed: redness 434 Adj. blowhole: airpipe 351 N. blowing: wind 349 Adj. wind 349 N. blown over: the past 122 Adj. blown upon: disrepute 874 Adj. disapprobation 932 Adj. blown: fatigue 688 Adj. pride 878 Adj. blow-off valve: refuge 666 N. blowout: cessation 142 N. food 298 N. blowpipe: wind 349 N. airpipe 351 N. blowth: vegetable 367 N. blowzy: expansion 194 Adj. redness 434 Adj. blubber lip: blemish 848 N. blubber: oil 356 N. lamentation 839 V. Blucher boot: clothing 225 N. bludgeon man: combatant 726 N. evil 913 N. bludgeon: arms 727 N. blue and red: purple 437 N. blue and yellow: greenness 435 N. blue blood of Castile: nobility 875 N. Blue book: list 86 N. record 551 N. blue devils: dejection 837 N. blue jeans: clothing 225 N. blue laws: impiety 988 N. blue light: indication 550 N. blue lights: alarm 669 N. blue moon: diuturnity 110 N. blue Peter: indication 550 N. blue ribbon: title 877 N. blue ruin: drunkenness 959 N. blue sky hypothesis: supposition 514 N. blue sky: air 338 N. blue stocking: affectation 855 N. blue: blueness 438 N. blueness 438 Adj. knowledge 490 Adj. bluebeard: marriage 903 N. libertine 962 N. blueblack: blackness 431 N. bluejacket: mariner 269 N. blueness: blueness 438 N. blues: dejection 837 N. bluestocking: scholar 492 N. bluff off: deception 545 V. bluff: bluntness 254 Adj. discourtesy 895 Adj. insolence 885 Adj. boasting 884 V. boasting 884 N. amusement 840 N. deception 545 N. height 206 N. violence 173 Adj. deception 545 V. bluffer: boasting 884 N. bluish: blueness 438 Adj. bluishness: blueness 438 N. blunder headed: imbecility folly 499 Adj. blunder: error 495 N. error 495 V. absurdity 497 N. unskillfulness 699 N. unskillfulness 699 V. failure 732 N. failure 732 V. blunderbuss: arms 727 N. blunderer: bungler 701 N. blunderhead: bungler 701 N. blunt the edge of: weakness 160 V. blunt tool: inutility 645 N. blunt: dissuasion 616 V. discourtesy 895 Adj. insensibility 823 V. artlessness 703 Adj. physical insensibility 376 V. bluntness 254 Adj. moderation 174 V. physical inertness 172 Adj. money 800 N. imbecility folly 499 Adj. bluntness: bluntness 254 N. blunt-witted: imbecility folly 499 Adj. blur: uncleanness 653 V. blemish 848 N. disrepute 874 N. blurred: invisibility 447 Adj. blurt out: information 527 V. disclosure 529 V. blush for: humility 879 V. blush up to the eves: humility 879 V. blush: humility 879 N. redness 434 V. modesty 881 N. feeling 821 N. redness 434 N. feeling 821 V. ornament 847 N. blushing honors: repute 873 N. modesty 881 N. blushing: modesty 881 N. modesty 881 Adj. redness 434 Adj. bluster: violence 173 V. defiance 715 V. insolence 885 N. insolence 885 V. threat 909 V. violence 173 N. blusterer: boasting 884 N. blusterer 887 N. blustering: wind 349 Adj. insolence 885 Adj. violence 173 Adj. bo: petitioner 767 N. boa: clothing 225 N. boar: man 373 N. animal 366 N. board of control: direction 693 N. council 696 N. Board of Education: school 542 N. board of green cloth: tribunal 966 N. Board of Studies: school 542 N. board of works: council 696 N. Board school: school 542 N. board walk: abode 189 N. board: attack 716 V. tribunal 966 N. council 696 N. director 694 N. hardness 323 N. food 298 N. journey 266 V. support 215 N. layer 204 N. stock market 799a N. boarder: inhabitant 188 N. boarding school: school 542 N. boarding: attack 716 N. boards: arena 728 N. boast: vanity 880 V. boasting 884 N. affectation 855 V. boasting 884 V. pride 878 V. boaster: boasting 884 N. boastful: boasting 884 Adj. boasting: boasting 884 N. affectation 855 N. boasting 884 Adj. boaston: amusement 840 N. boat race: contention 720 N. boat shaped: curvature 245 Adj. boat: ship 273 N. boating: navigation 267 N. boatman: mariner 269 N. boatswain: mariner 269 N. bob a courtesy: courtesy 894 V. bob a curtsy: courtesy 894 V. Bob Acres: cowardice 862 N. bob and weave: cunning 702 V. bob for: experiment 463 V. bob up and down: oscillation 314 V. bob: oscillation 314 V. agitation 315 V. depression 308 V. vehicle 272 N. leap 309 V. bobbery: loudness 404 N. bobbin: rotation 312 N. bobbing: fuel 388 N. bobsled: vehicle 272 N. bobsleigh: vehicle 272 N. bocage: vegetable 367 N. bock beer: food 298 N. bode: prediction 511 V. bodement: prediction 511 N. bodice: clothing 225 N. bodily enjoyment: physical pleasure 377 N. bodily pain: physical pain 378 N. bodily suffering: physical pain 378 N. bodily: whole 50 Adv. substantiality 3 Adv. substantiality 3 Adj. materiality 316 Adj. bodkin: interposition 228 N. sharpness 253 N. perforator 262 N. Body and Blood of Christ: piety 987 N. body clothes: clothing 225 N. body color: painting 556 N. body forth: representation 554 V. body of Christ: orthodoxy 983a N. body of doctrine: knowledge 490 N. body of knowledge: knowledge 490 N. body of water: river 348 N. body pain: physical pain 378 N. body politic: mankind 372 N. government 737a N. body: mankind 372 N. materiality 316 N. assemblage 72 N. substantiality 3 N. party 712 N. whole 50 N. bodyguard: defense 717 N. keeper 753 N. boeotia: commonality 876 N. Boeotian: vulgarity 851 N. Boeotic: imbecility folly 499 Adj. bog: marsh 345 N. uncleanness 653 N. bogeyman: demon 980 N. boggart: demon 980 N. boggle: irresolution 605 V. unskillfulness 699 V. difficulty 704 V. amusement 840 N. boggy: marsh 345 Adj. bogie: demon 980 N. bogle: demon 980 N. bog-trotter: commonality 876 N. bogus check: nonpayment 808 N. bogus cheque: nonpayment 808 N. bogus money: money 800 N. bogus: deception 545 Adj. Bohemian: traveler 268 N. vulgarity 851 Adj. boil down: contraction 195 V. boil over: excitability 825 V. violence 173 V. resentment 900 V. agitation 315 V. boil with indignation: resentment 900 V. boil with rage: resentment 900 V. boil: convexity 250 N. excitability 825 V. resentment 900 V. violence 173 V. disease 655 N. calefaction 384 V. excitation 824 V. bubble; cloud 353 V. vaporization 336 V. agitation 315 V. heat 382 V. boiler: furnace 386 N. boilerplate: unmeaningness 517 N. boiling imagination: imagination 515 N. boiling over: resentment 900 Adj. excitation 824 Adj. excitability 825 N. feeling 821 Adj. boiling: vaporization 336 Adj. calefaction 384 N. resentment 900 Adj. boisterous: haste 684 Adj. excitability 825 Adj. wind 349 Adj. violence 173 Adj. boisterousness: excitability 825 N. violence 173 N. bold as a lion: courage 861 Adj. bold as brass: courage 861 Adj. bold font: indication 550 N. bold hand: writing 590 N. bold imagination: imagination 515 N. bold stroke: courage 861 N. plan 626 N. bold the scales even: right 922 V. bold up to execration: malediction 908 V. bold: vigor 574 Adj. convexity 250 Adj. courage 861 Adj. boldfaced-: insolence 885 Adj. boldness: vigor 574 N. courage 861 N. bold-spirited: courage 861 Adj. bole: whole 50 N. bolero: amusement 840 N. bolster up: support 215 V. improvement 658 V. vindication 937 N. bolster: support 215 N. aid 707 V. bolt in: restraint 751 V. bolt out of the blue: inexpectation 508 N. bolt the door: prohibition 761 V. bolt: prison 752 N. gluttony 957 N. connection 45 N. simpleness 42 V. arms 727 N. hindrance 706 V. avoidance 623 V. food 298 V. propulsion 284 V. velocity 274 V. closure 261 V. verticality 212 Adj. junction 43 V. bolthead: receptacle 191 N. bolus: food 298 N. remedy 662 N. bomb burst: snap 406 N. bomb calorimeter: thermometer 389 N. bomb vessel: combatant 726 N. bomb: attack 716 V. wit 842 V. destruction 162 V. arms 727 N. bombard: attack 716 V. bombardier: combatant 726 N. bombardment: attack 716 N. bombardon tuba: musical instruments 417 N. bombast: ornament 577 N. ridiculousness 853 N. unmeaningness 517 N. boasting 884 N. Bombastes Furioso: blusterer 887 N. bombastic: exaggeration 549 Adj. ornament 577 Adj. ridiculousness 853 Adj. bombed: drunkenness 959 Adj. bomber: ship 273 N. bombilation: loudness 404 N. bombinate: roll 407 V. bombination: roll 407 N. bon ton: fashion 852 N. bon vivant: gluttony 957 N. bon voyage!: departure 293 Int. bon voyage: navigation 267 Phr. bona fide: veracity 543 Adv. probity 939 Adv. veracity 543 Adj. bonanza: wealth 803 N. redundancy 641 N. bonbon: sweetness 396 N. bond coupon: securities 799b N. bond holder: stock market 799a N. bond of union: relation 9 N. connection 45 N. bond: money 800 N. retention 781 N. security 771 N. compact 769 N. prison 752 N. connection 45 N. dueness 924 N. lending 787 N. bondage: subjection 749 N. bonded together: party 712 Adj. bonds of harmony: concord 714 N. bonds: securities 799b N. servant 746 N. treasury 802 N. bondslave: servant 746 N. bondsman: servant 746 N. bondswoman: servant 746 N. bone house: interment 363 N. bone of contention: discord 713 N. contention 720 N. inquiry 461 N. bone to pick: difficulty 704 N. discord 713 N. resentment 900 N. bone: density 321 N. strength 159 N. hardness 323 N. boner: sexuality 374a N. bones: corpse 362 N. musical instruments 417 N. boneset: remedy 662 N. bonesetter: remedy 662 N. bonfire: celebration 883 N. heat 382 N. amusement 840 N. bonhomie: artlessness 703 N. benevolence 906 N. Boniface: friend 890 N. Bonjour: clothing 225 N. bon-mot: wit 842 N. bonnet rouge: disobedience 742 N. bonnet: clothing 225 N. bonny: cheerfulness 836 Adj. bonus: redundancy 641 N. giving 784 N. receipt 810 N. reward 973 N. bony: hardness 323 Adj. bonze: clergy 996 N. boo: disrespect 929 N. boob: convexity 250 N. booby: fool 501 N. boodle: giving 784 N. book exercise: teaching 537 N. book learning: book 593 N. knowledge 490 N. book madness: knowledge 490 N. book of fate: necessity 601 N. Book of Mormon: pseudo-revelation 986 N. book: teaching 537 V. record 551 V. list 86 N. accounts 811 V. bookcase: receptacle 191 N. booked: death 360 Adj. booking: record 551 N. bookish: knowledge 490 Adj. bookishness: knowledge 490 N. bookkeeper: recorder 553 N. accounts 811 N. bookkeeping: accounts 811 N. book-learned: knowledge 490 Adj. bookless: ignoramus 493 Adj. booklet: book 593 N. bookmaking: chance 156 N. books: accounts 811 N. bookseller: book 593 N. bookseller's shop: book 593 N. bookshop: book 593 N. bookstore: book 593 N. mart 799 N. bookworm: scholar 492 N. booly: traveler 268 N. boom: loudness 404 V. defense 717 N. hindrance 706 N. snap 406 V. snap 406 N. impulse 276 V. velocity 274 V. navigation 267 V. support 215 N. loudness 404 N. boomerang: recoil 277 N. arms 727 N. booming: impulse 276 N. resonance 408 Adj. impulse 276 Adj. boon companion: friend 890 N. boon: giving 784 N. good 618 N. boor: commonality 876 N. boorish: vulgarity 851 Adj. commonality 876 Adj. discourtesy 895 Adj. boorishness: vulgarity 851 N. booster: remedy 662 N. boot: receptacle 191 N. clothing 225 N. good 618 N. importance 642 V. scourge 975 N. booted and spurred: preparation 673 Adj. bootee: clothing 225 N. booth: abode 189 N. mart 799 N. bootikin: clothing 225 N. bootless: inutility 645 Adj. failure 732 Adj. boots: servant 746 N. booty: booty 793 N. booze: drunkenness 959 V. boozy: drunkenness 959 Adj. bordel: impurity 961 N. bordello: impurity 961 N. border upon: nearness 197 V. border: beginning 66 N. circumjacence 227 N. edge 231 Adj. edge 231 N. agriculture 371 N. ornament 847 N. borderer: nearness 197 N. bordering upon: nearness 197 Adj. nearness 197 Adv. bordering: limit 233 Adj. borderland: nearness 197 N. contiguity 199 N. bore out of all patience: weariness 841 V. bore out of one's life: weariness 841 V. bore out of one's skull: weariness 841 V. bore to death: weariness 841 V. bore: weariness 841 V. river 348 N. satiety 869 V. painfulness 830 V. pain 828 N. opening 260 V. opening 260 N. breadth, thickness 202 N. painfulness 830 N. weariness 841 N. Boreal: contraposition 237 Adj. cold 383 Adj. Boreas: wind 349 N. boredom: incuriosity 456 N. weariness 841 N. borer: perforator 262 N. instrument 633 N. boring: dullness 843 Adj. frequency 136 Adj. born under a lucky star: prosperity 734 Adj. born under an evil star: adversity 735 Adj. borne down: failure 732 Adj. dejection 837 Adj. borne: imbecility folly 499 Adj. borough: abode 189 N. borrow: borrowing 788 V. debt 806 V. borrowed plumes: borrowing 788 N. deception 545 N. borrower: debt 806 N. borrowing: borrowing 788 N. boscage: vegetable 367 N. bosh!: unimportance 643 Int. bosh: unmeaningness 517 N. untruth 546 N. bosk: vegetable 367 N. bosom buddy: friend 890 N. bosom friend: friend 890 N. bosom friendship: friendship 888 N. bosom: affections 820 N. interiority 221 N. intellect 450 N. boss one around: direction 693 V. boss: convexity 250 N. direction 693 V. director 694 N. master 745 N. bossed: convexity 250 Adj. bossy: convexity 250 Adj. boston: amusement 840 N. botanic garden: agriculture 371 N. botany 369 N. botanic: vegetable 367 Adj. botany 369 Adj. botanical: botany 369 Adj. botanist: botany 369 N. botanize: botany 369 V. Botanomancy: prediction 511 Phr. botany: organization 357 N. botany 369 N. botch: restoration 660 V. unskillfulness 699 N. unskillfulness 699 V. botchery: error 495 N. unskillfulness 699 N. failure 732 N. both: duality 89 Adj. bother: pain 828 N. painfulness 830 N. activity 682 N. uncertainty 475 V. painfulness 830 V. difficulty 704 V. botheration: pain 828 N. bothering: painfulness 830 Adj. bothy: abode 189 N. bottle green: greenness 435 Adj. bottle up in the memory: memory 505 V. bottle up: concealment 528 V. restraint 751 V. bottle: preservation 670 V. receptacle 191 N. bottle-holder: auxiliary 711 N. bottom dollar: money 800 N. end 67 N. bottom of one's heart: affections 820 N. bottom of Pandora's box: hope 858 N. bottom upwards: inversion 218 Adj. bottom: concavity 252 N. ship 273 N. perseverance 604a N. support 215 V. base 211 N. base 211 Adj. courage 861 N. bottomless pit: hell 982 N. bottomless: depth 208 Adj. botttomless pit: depth 208 N. boudoir: receptacle 191 N. bough: curvature 245 N. vegetable 367 N. part 51 N. bought: curvature 245 N. bouilli: food 298 N. bouillon: food 298 N. boulder: rotundity 249 N. boulebards: circumjacence 227 N. bouleverse: excitation 824 Adj. bouleversement: revolution 146 N. bounce back: recoil 277 V. bounce upon one: inexpectation 508 V. bounce upon: arrival 292 V. bounce: leap 309 V. elasticity 325 V. untruth 546 N. boasting 884 N. recoil 277 N. violence 173 V. violence 173 N. insolence 885 N. bouncing: size 192 Adj. bound back: recoil 277 V. bound by: duty 926 Adj. bound for: intention 620 Adj. direction 278 Adj. bound to: duty 926 Adj. bound: circumscription 229 V. promise 768 Adj. certainty 474 Adj. leap 309 V. velocity 274 V. leap 309 N. duty 926 Adv. boundary line: limit 233 N. boundary: limit 233 N. bounden duty: duty 926 N. boundless: infinity 105 Adj. space 180 Adj. boundlessness: infinity 105 N. bounds: limit 233 N. outline 230 N. bounteous: liberality 816 Adj. benevolence 906 Adj. bounteousness: liberality 816 N. bountiful: liberality 816 Adj. benevolence 906 Adj. bountifulness: liberality 816 N. bounty: giving 784 N. liberality 816 N. benevolence 906 N. bouquet: fragrance 400 N. ornament 847 N. bourdon: support 215 N. music 415 N. bourgeois: printing 591 N. commonality 876 N. bourgeoisie: commonality 876 N. bourn: limit 233 N. bourse: mart 799 N. stock market 799a N. bout: regularity of recurrence 138 N. action 680 N. contention 720 N. amusement 840 N. irreligion 989 N. bovine: animal 366 Adj. imbecility folly 499 Adj. bow down and worship: worship 990 V. bow kneed: distortion 243 Adj. bow legged: distortion 243 Adj. bow out: ejection 297 V. bow shot: nearness 197 N. bow submission: submission 725 V. bow the head: depression 308 V. bow the knee: courtesy 894 V. worship 990 V. depression 308 V. bow to: submission 725 V. respect 928 V. bow window: opening 260 N. curvature 245 N. bow: front 234 N. courtesy 894 N. curvature 245 V. convexity 250 N. depression 308 N. depression 308 V. musical instruments 417 N. arms 727 N. ornament 847 N. servility 886 V. respect 928 N. courtesy 894 V. curvature 245 N. bowed down: dejection 837 Adj. humility 879 Adj. bowed: curvature 245 Adj. convexity 250 Adj. bowelless: pitilessness 914a Adj. bowels of the earth: depth 208 N. bowels: pity 914 N. interiority 221 N. bower: abode 189 N. receptacle 191 N. amusement 840 N. bowers of bliss: heaven 981 N. bowie knife: sharpness 253 N. arms 727 N. bowing and scraping: courtesy 894 N. bowl along: journey 266 V. velocity 274 V. bowl: receptacle 191 N. rotation 312 V. bowlder: rotundity 249 N. bow-legged: curvature 245 Adj. bowling alley: amusement 840 N. bowling green: horizontality 213 N. smoothness 255 N. bowls: amusement 840 N. bowman: propulsion 284 N. combatant 726 N. bowstring: punishment 972 V. scourge 975 N. killing 361 V. bowwow: ululation 412 N. bow-wow: ululation 412 V. box car: vehicle 272 N. box on the ear: resentment 900 N. punishment 972 N. box the compass: rotation 312 V. tergiversation 607 V. direction 278 V. box the ears: punishment 972 V. box up: restraint 751 V. box wagon: vehicle 272 N. box: contention 720 V. receptacle 191 N. abode 189 N. boxer shorts: clothing 225 N. boxer: combatant 726 N. boxes: drama 599 N. boxing ring: arena 728 N. boxing: contention 720 N. boy: infant 129 N. man 373 N. servant 746 N. boyar: nobility 875 N. boycott: ejection 297 V. boyhood: youth 127 N. boyish: infant 129 Adj. brabble: discord 713 N. contention 720 N. brabbler: irascibility 901 N. brace game: deception 545 N. brace up one's loins: strength 159 V. brace: strength 159 V. refreshment 689 V. duality 89 N. connection 45 N. junction 43 V. melody concord 413 N. carrier 271 N. bracelet: circularity 247 N. jewelry 847a N. bracer: remedy 662 N. braces: indication 550 N. brachial: instrument 633 Adj. brachygraphy: writing 590 N. bracing: salubrity 656 Adj. refreshment 689 N. bracken: vegetable 367 N. bracket: duality 89 V. support 215 N. junction 43 V. connection 45 N. brackets: indication 550 N. brackish: saltiness 392a Adj. brad: connection 45 N. bradawl: perforator 262 N. Bradshaw: journey 266 N. brae: height 206 N. brag: amusement 840 N. boasting 884 N. boasting 884 V. braggadocio: boasting 884 N. braggardism: boasting 884 N. braggart: boasting 884 Adj. boasting 884 N. blusterer 887 N. Brahm: Jupiter 979 N. Brahma: Jupiter 979 N. Brahman: heterodoxy 984 N. Brahmi: writing 590 N. Brahmin: heterodoxy 984 N. clergy 996 N. Brahminical: heterodoxy 984 Adj. Brahminism: heterodoxy 984 N. braid: connection 45 N. variegation 440 V. crossing 219 N. junction 43 V. crossing 219 V. Braille: blindness 442 N. Braille-type: blindness 442 N. brain dead: absence of Intellect 450a N. brain storm: insanity 503 N. brain work: thought 451 N. brain: killing 361 V. intellect 450 N. brainless: absence of Intellect 450a Adj. imbecility folly 499 Adj. brainpan: intellect 450 N. brains: intellect 450 N. intelligence, wisdom 498 N. brainsick: inattention 458 Adj. brainstorm: imagination 515 V. brainy: intellect 450 Adj. intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. brake: vegetable 367 N. prison 752 N. bramble: sharpness 253 N. bane 663 N. bran: pulverulence 330 N. brancard: vehicle 272 N. branch off: bisection 91 V. divergence 291 V. branch office bureau: workshop 691 N. branch out: diffuseness 573 V. branch: part 51 N. posterity 167 N. vegetable 367 N. branchiae: wind 349 N. branching: bisection 91 N. symmetry 242 Adj. symmetry 242 N. brand of discord: discord 713 N. brand with reproach: accusation 938 V. brand: calefaction 384 V. fuel 388 N. luminary 423 N. indication 550 N. arms 727 N. disrepute 874 N. disrepute 874 V. disapprobation 932 V. detraction 934 V. brandish: ostentation 882 V. oscillation 314 V. agitation 315 V. brand-new: newness 123 Adj. brandy: drunkenness 959 N. brangle: discord 713 V. brangler: opponent 710 N. brank: scourge 975 N. branny: pulverulence 330 Adj. brash: disease 655 N. brasier: furnace 386 N. brass farthing: unimportance 643 N. brass: mixture 41 N. insolence 885 N. brass-band: musical instruments 417 N. brass-colored: orange 439 Adj. brassiere: clothing 225 N. brat: infant 129 N. bratling: infant 129 N. bravado: boasting 884 N. brave a thousand years: diuturnity 110 V. brave danger: courage 861 V. brave: feeling 821 V. inexcitability 826 V. courage 861 Adj. courage 861 V. defiance 715 V. health 654 Adj. combatant 726 N. bravery: courage 861 N. bravissimo!: approbation 931 Int. bravo!: approbation 931 Int. bravo: killing 361 N. rashness 863 N. bravura: music 415 N. brawl: discord 713 N. discord 713 V. disorder 59 N. amusement 840 N. cry 411 V. brawler: opponent 710 N. disobedience 742 N. blusterer 887 N. brawny: strength 159 Adj. size 192 Adj. bray: pulverulence 330 V. ululation 412 V. braze: junction 43 V. brazen out: insolence 885 V. brazen: insolence 885 Adj. brazen-faced: insolence 885 Adj. brazier: receptacle 191 N. Brazil tea: food 298 N. breach of faith: improbity 940 N. breach of law: illegality 964 N. breach of promise: improbity 940 N. breach of the peace: discord 713 N. breach of trust: improbity 940 N. breach: discord 713 N. disjunction 44 N. unconformity 83 N. interval 198 N. undueness 925 N. breach-loader: arms 727 N. breachy: interval 198 Adj. disobedience 742 Adj. bread and cheese: food 298 N. bread of life: piety 987 N. bread stuffs: food 298 N. bread: food 298 N. breadbasket: receptacle 191 N. breadfruit: food 298 N. breadth: light 420 N. breadth, thickness 202 N. break a custom: unconformity 83 V. break a habit: unconformity 83 V. break a lance with: warfare 722 V. attack 716 V. break a law: unconformity 83 V. break a usage: unconformity 83 V. break away: escape 671 V. avoidance 623 V. break bread: food 298 V. break bulk: ejection 297 V. break cover: beginning 66 V. break dancing: amusement 840 N. break down: destruction 162 N. destruction 162 V. shortcoming 304 V. deterioration 659 Adj. failure 732 V. break forth: egress 295 V. break ground: beginning 66 V. break in upon: discontinuity 70 V. untimeliness 135 V. ingress 294 V. hindrance 706 V. derangement 61 V. break in: subjection 749 V. ingress 294 V. husbandry 370 V. teaching 537 V. break into: ingress 294 V. break jail: escape 671 V. break loose from prison: escape 671 V. break loose: liberation 750 V. escape 671 V. break no bones: goodness 648 V. break of day: dimness 422 N. morning 125 N. break of: restoration 660 V. break off a custom: desuetude 614 V. break off a habit: desuetude 614 V. break off a usage: desuetude 614 V. break off: abrogation 756 V. relinquishment 624 V. cessation 142 V. discontinuity 70 V. break on the wheel: physical pain 378 V. punishment 972 V. painfulness 830 V. break one's back: failure 732 V. break one's faith: improbity 940 V. break one's fast: food 298 V. break one's heart: pain 828 V. dejection 837 V. break one's neck: death 360 V. break one's promise: improbity 940 V. break one's word: improbity 940 V. break open: violence 173 V. break out: violence 173 V. excitability 825 V. beginning 66 V. disease 655 V. escape 671 V. break Priscian's head: solecism 568 V. break prison: liberation 750 V. break short: brittleness 328 V. break silence: speech 582 V. break squares with: discord 713 V. break the back of: success 731 V. break the back: impotence 158 V. break the heart: painfulness 830 V. break the ice: beginning 66 V. break the law: illegality 964 N. break the lee: friendship 888 V. break the neck of: success 731 V. break the neck: impotence 158 V. break the peace: violence 173 V. contention 720 V. break the ranks: derangement 61 V. break the record: superiority 33 V. break the seal: disclosure 529 V. break the thread: discontinuity 70 V. break through a custom: desuetude 614 V. break through a habit: desuetude 614 V. break through a usage: desuetude 614 V. break through the clouds: visibility 446 V. disclosure 529 V. break through: dereliction of duty 927 V. break up of the system: death 360 N. disease 655 N. break up: destruction 162 N. destruction 162 V. end 67 N. disjunction 44 V. decomposition 49 V. deterioration 659 Adj. revolution 146 N. break with the past: revolution 146 V. break with: discord 713 V. break: change 140 N. interval 198 N. disjunction 44 N. disjunction 44 V. part 51 V. incompleteness 53 N. discontinuity 70 N. guilt 947 N. vehicle 272 N. brittleness 328 V. confutation 479 V. disclosure 529 V. teaching 537 V. refreshment 689 N. abrogation 756 V. nonobservance 773 V. nonpayment 808 V. dereliction of duty 927 V. discontinuity 70 V. breakable: brittleness 328 Adj. breakbone fever: disease 655 N. breakdown: amusement 840 N. failure 732 N. breaker: island 346 N. traveler 268 N. breakers ahead: danger 665 N. pitfall 667 N. breakers: river 348 N. pitfall 667 N. breakfast: food 298 N. food 298 V. breaking out: disease 655 N. excitability 825 N. breaking up: destruction 162 N. breakneck: rashness 863 Adj. breakup: divorce 905 N. breakwater: refuge 666 N. breast high: height 206 Adv. breast the current: resistance 719 V. breast the tide: opposition 708 V. breast the wave: resistance 719 V. breast: interiority 221 N. convexity 250 N. intellect 450 N. opposition 708 V. affections 820 N. breastplate: defense 717 N. breastwork: defense 717 N. breath of air: wind 349 N. breath of life: life 359 N. breath of one's nostrils: importance 642 N. life 359 N. breath: faintness 405 N. animality 364 N. wind 349 N. instantaneity 113 N. breathe freely: pleasure 827 V. breathe in: reception 296 V. breathe more freely: relief 834 V. breathe one's last: death 360 V. breathe revenge: revenge 919 V. resentment 900 V. breathe vengeance: revenge 919 V. breathe: evidence 467 V. refreshment 689 V. affections 820 V. speech 582 V. voice 580 V. disclosure 529 V. meaning 516 V. faintness 405 V. life 359 V. wind 349 V. ejection 297 V. existence 1 V. information 527 V. breathing rate: life 359 N. breathing time: repose 687 N. pacification 723 N. breathing: life 359 N. life 359 Adj. breathinghole: airpipe 351 N. breathless expectation: expectation 507 N. breathless impatience: desire 865 N. breathless: fear 860 Adj. desire 865 Adj. feeling 821 Adj. fatigue 688 Adj. haste 684 Adj. aphony 581 Adj. attention 457 Adj. wonder 870 Adj. bred in the bone: intrinsicality 5 Adj. bred in the lap of luxury: intemperance 954 Adj. breech: rear 235 N. breeches pocket: money 800 N. treasury 802 N. breeches: clothing 225 N. breechesmaker: clothing 225 N. breed: preparation 673 V. consanguinity 11 N. class 75 N. production 161 V. posterity 167 N. husbandry 370 V. teaching 537 V. breeder: husbandry 370 N. breeding: fashion 852 N. courtesy 894 N. husbandry 370 N. breeze: wind 349 N. discord 713 N. breezeway: receptacle 191 N. breezy: cheerfulness 836 Adj. wind 349 Adj. brethren: laity 997 N. brett: vehicle 272 N. breve: melody concord 413 N. brevet rank: repute 873 N. brevet: command 741 N. commission 755 N. permission 760 N. brevier: printing 591 N. brevipennate: littleness 193 Adj. brevity: conciseness 572 N. shortness 201 N. brew: mixture 41 V. preparation 673 V. brewing: preparation 673 N. destiny 152 Adj. preparation 673 Adj. Briarean: multitude 102 Adj. briary: sharpness 253 Adj. bribe: giving 784 V. reward 973 N. purchase 795 V. giving 784 N. offer 763 V. motive 615 V. motive 615 N. compensation 30 N. expenditure 809 N. bribery and corruption: motive 615 N. bribery: purchase 795 N. improbity 940 N. brick crockery: materials 635 N. brick: good man 948 N. calefaction 384 N. hardness 323 N. probity 939 N. brickbat: arms 727 N. propulsion 284 N. brick-colored: redness 434 Adj. bricklayer: agent 690 N. bricks and mortar: materials 635 N. bridal: marriage 903 Adj. marriage 903 N. bride: marriage 903 N. bridegroom: marriage 903 N. bridesmaid: marriage 903 N. bridesman: marriage 903 N. bridewell: prison 752 N. bridge over: junction 43 V. pacification 723 V. facility 705 V. compromise 774 V. connection 45 V. bridge party: sociality 892 N. bridge whist: amusement 840 N. bridge: method 627 N. connection 45 N. amusement 840 N. bridle one's tongue: caution 864 V. bridle path: method 627 N. bridle road: method 627 N. bridle track: method 627 N. bridle up: resentment 900 V. bridle: prison 752 N. restraint 751 V. husbandry 370 V. pride 878 V. brief: transientness 111 Adj. compendium 596 N. description 594 N. conciseness 572 Adj. shortness 201 Adj. briefly thyself remember: memory 505 Phr. briefly: transientness 111 Adv. earliness 132 Adv. conciseness 572 Adv. brier: sharpness 253 N. bane 663 N. brig: ship 273 N. brigade major: master 745 N. brigade: combatant 726 N. brigadier: master 745 N. brigand: thief 792 N. brigandage: stealing 791 N. brigandine: defense 717 N. brigantine: ship 273 N. bright as day: light 420 Adj. bright as noonday: light 420 Adj. bright as silver: light 420 Adj. bright days: prosperity 734 N. bright eyed: beauty 845 Adj. bright idea: plan 626 N. bright prospect: hope 858 N. bright side: pleasurableness 829 N. bright thought: wit 842 N. plan 626 N. bright: light 420 Adj. repute 873 Adj. hope 858 Adj. beauty 845 Adj. cheerfulness 836 Adj. color 428 Adj. intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. brighten up: cheerfulness 836 V. improvement 658 V. brighten: light 420 V. brightness: light 420 N. brigue: party 712 N. contention 720 N. brilliancy: light 420 N. beauty 845 N. brilliant idea: wit 842 N. brilliant: goodness 648 N. repute 873 Adj. beauty 845 Adj. jewelry 847a N. brim over: redundancy 641 V. brim: edge 231 N. brimful: completeness 52 Adj. brimmer: completeness 52 N. brimming: completeness 52 Adj. brimstone: fuel 388 N. brinded: variegation 440 Adj. brindled: variegation 440 Adj. brine: saltiness 392a N. ocean 341 N. pungency 392 N. pungency 392 V. bring about: completion 729 V. cause 153 V. bring aid: aid 707 V. bring an action against: accusation 938 V. lawsuit 969 V. bring back to the memory: memory 505 V. bring back: restitution 790 V. bring before the public: publication 531 V. bring forth: production 161 V. manifestation 525 V. bring forward: attention 457 V. evidence 467 V. manifestation 525 V. teaching 537 V. improvement 658 V. bring grist to the mill: utility 644 V. acquisition 775 V. bring home to: attribution 155 V. condemnation 971 V. accusation 938 V. evidence 467 V. belief 484 V. bring home: acquisition 775 V. bring in a verdict: judgment 480 V. bring in danger: danger 665 V. bring in its train: accompaniment 88 V. motive 615 V. bring in question: negation 536 V. inquiry 461 V. bring in the fashion: fashion 852 V. bring in: reception 296 V. price 812 V. unbelief doubt 485 V. receipt 810 V. bring into a focus: assemblage 72 V. convergence 290 V. bring into being: production 161 V. bring into court: evidence 467 V. bring into disorder: derangement 61 V. bring into existence: production 161 V. existence 1 V. bring into notice: manifestation 525 V. bring into order: arrangement 60 V. bring into play: use 677 V. bring into question: inquiry 461 V. bring into relation with: relation 9 V. bring into trouble: badness 649 V. bring into view: manifestation 525 V. bring low: depression 308 V. disrepute 874 V. bring near: nearness 197 V. similarity 17 V. bring new blood: excitation 824 V. bring off: deliverance 672 V. bring on: cause 153 V. improvement 658 V. bring out: manifestation 525 V. printing 591 V. discovery 480a V. bring over: belief 484 V. bring pain: painfulness 830 V. bring round: belief 484 V. restoration 660 V. bring through: deliverance 672 V. completion 729 V. bring to a close: completion 729 V. bring to a crisis: resolution 604 V. bring to a deadlock: difficulty 704 V. bring to a focus: focus 74 V. centrality 222 V. bring to a head: completion 729 V. bring to a point: focus 74 V. bring to a stand: cessation 142 V. bring to a standstill: cessation 142 V. bring to account: disapprobation 932 V. bring to an end: end 67 V. bring to an issue: focus 74 V. bring to bay: attack 716 V. bring to bear upon: agency 170 V. use 677 V. relation 9 V. bring to bear: completion 729 V. bring to book: accounts 811 V. disapprobation 932 V. evidence 467 V. bring to bring pass: cause 153 V. bring to justice: lawsuit 969 V. bring to life: life 359 V. bring to light: discovery 480a V. disclosure 529 V. manifestation 525 V. bring to market: sale 796 V. bring to maturity: preparation 673 V. completion 729 V. bring to mind: memory 505 V. bring to naught: failure 732 V. bring to one's senses: sanity 502 V. motive 615 V. bring to pass: completion 729 V. bring to perfection: perfection 650 V. completion 729 V. bring to remembrance: memory 505 V. bring to terms: pacification 723 V. bring to the bar: lawsuit 969 V. bring to the block: punishment 972 V. bring to the front: manifestation 525 V. bring to the gallows: punishment 972 V. bring to the hammer: sale 796 V. bring to the parish: poverty 804 V. bring to the test: experiment 463 V. bring to trial: lawsuit 969 V. bring to: conversion 144 V. quiescence 265 V. bring together evidence: evidence 467 V. bring together: assemblage 72 V. bring under one's notice: attention 457 V. bring under the hammer: sale 796 V. bring up the rear: rear 235 V. bring up to: teaching 537 V. bring up: production 161 V. ejection 297 V. teaching 537 V. bring: transference 270 V. bringing forth: production 161 N. bringword: information 527 V. brink: edge 231 N. briny: saltiness 392a Adj. Bris: rite 998 N. brisk as a bee: activity 682 Adj. cheerfulness 836 Adj. brisk as a lark: activity 682 Adj. brisk: activity 682 Adj. physical energy 171 Adj. transientness 111 Adj. briskness: activity 682 N. bristle up: convexity 250 V. resentment 900 V. bristle with: redundancy 641 V. sharpness 253 V. sufficiency 639 V. bristle: sharpness 253 N. bristling with arms: warfare 722 Adj. bristling: sharpness 253 Adj. Britannia metal: deception 545 N. Briticism: neologism 563 N. British lion: resolution 604 N. British Thermal Unit: heat 382 N. British: inhabitant 188 Adj. brittle as glass: brittleness 328 Adj. brittle: brittleness 328 Adj. brittleness: brittleness 328 N. britzka: vehicle 272 N. broach one's: undertaking 676 V. broach: ejection 297 V. jewelry 847a N. publication 531 V. cause 153 V. beginning 66 V. affirmation 535 V. broad accent: voice 580 N. broad awake: care 459 Adj. activity 682 Adj. Broad Church: heterodoxy 984 N. broad daylight: light 420 N. broad farce: wit 842 N. broad grin: rejoicing 838 N. broad highway: method 627 N. broad hint: information 527 N. broad humor: wit 842 N. broad meaning: meaning 516 N. broad: affirmation 535 Adj. gulf, lake 343 N. breadth, thickness 202 Adj. generality 78 Adj. impurity 961 Adj. broadcast: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 Adj. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. broad-hearted: benevolence 906 Adj. broadhorn: ship 273 N. broad-minded: disinterestedness 942 Adj. broadsheet: book 593 N. broad-shouldered: strength 159 Adj. broadside on: laterality 236 Adv. broadside: laterality 236 N. publication 531 N. attack 716 N. broadsword: arms 727 N. Brobdingnagian: size 192 N. size 192 Adj. brocade: ornament 847 N. brocatelle: ornament 847 N. brochure: book 593 N. broder: exaggeration 549 V. brogan: clothing 225 N. brogue: neologism 563 N. stammering 583 N. clothing 225 N. broil: discord 713 N. contention 720 N. heat 382 V. broiling sun: heat 382 N. broke: deterioration 659 Adj. broken accents: stammering 583 N. broken color: color 428 N. broken down: dejection 837 Adj. deterioration 659 Adj. failure 732 Adj. broken English: neologism 563 N. broken fortune: poverty 804 N. broken fortunes: adversity 735 N. broken heart: pain 828 N. dejection 837 N. broken hearted: hopelessness 859 Adj. broken meat: inutility 645 N. broken sentences: stammering 583 N. broken thread: discontinuity 70 N. broken voice: stammering 583 N. broken winded: fatigue 688 Adj. broken: weakness 160 Adj. deterioration 659 Adj. discontinuity 70 Adj. failure 732 Adj. broken-hearted: dejection 837 Adj. pain 828 Adj. broken-winded: disease 655 Adj. broker: consignee 758 N. merchant 797 N. stock market 799a N. brokerage: price 812 N. brokery: barter 794 N. bronchia: airpipe 351 N. broncho: carrier 271 N. bronchocele: disease 655 N. bronchus: airpipe 351 N. bronco: carrier 271 N. bronze: brown 433 V. sculpture 557 N. brood over: dejection 837 V. thought 451 V. brood: multitude 102 N. posterity 167 N. brooding: preparation 673 Adj. brook: river 348 N. inexcitability 826 V. brooklet: river 348 N. broom: cleanness 652 N. broth: food 298 N. brothel: vice 945 N. impurity 961 N. Brother Jonathan: inhabitant 188 N. brother: consanguinity 11 N. similarity 17 N. equality 27 N. brotherhood: party 712 N. assemblage 72 N. similarity 17 N. consanguinity 11 N. friendship 888 N. brotherly love: love 897 N. benevolence 906 N. brotherly: friendship 888 Adj. benevolence 906 Adj. brougham: vehicle 272 N. brought to bed of: production 161 Adj. brow: front 234 N. summit 210 N. edge 231 N. browbeat: fear 860 V. insolence 885 V. disrespect 929 V. browbeaten: humility 879 Adj. brown as a berry: brown 433 Adj. brown as mahogany: brown 433 Adj. brown as the oak leaves: brown 433 Adj. Brown Bess: arms 727 N. Brown Jones and Robinson: commonality 876 N. brown stone: materials 635 N. brown study: thought 451 N. inattention 458 N. brown: brown 433 N. brown 433 Adj. Brownian: heterodoxy 984 N. brownie: demon 980 N. brown-noser: flatterer 935 N. browse: food 298 V. bruin: discourtesy 895 N. bruise: evil 619 N. badness 649 V. pulverulence 330 V. bruiser: combatant 726 N. bruit about: publication 531 V. bruit: publication 531 N. news 532 N. brumal: cold 383 Adj. Brummagem: deception 545 Adj. brunch word: conciseness 572 N. brunette: brown 433 Adj. brunt: beginning 66 N. impulse 276 N. difficulty 704 N. brush away: abrogation 756 V. ejection 297 V. brush off: ejection 297 V. brush up: cleanness 652 V. improvement 658 V. preparation 673 V. brush: contention 720 N. painting 556 N. velocity 274 V. roughness 256 N. cleanness 652 V. brushwood: vegetable 367 N. brusque: discourtesy 895 Adj. violence 173 Adj. haste 684 Adj. brusquerie: haste 684 N. discourtesy 895 N. brustle: snap 406 V. brutal: discourtesy 895 Adj. malevolence 907 Adj. brutality: vulgarity 851 N. vice 945 N. absence of Intellect 450a N. discourtesy 895 N. malevolence 907 N. brutalize: deterioration 659 Adj. insensibility 823 V. discourtesy 895 V. vice 945 V. brute creation: animal 366 N. brute force: illegality 964 N. compulsion 744 N. strength 159 N. violence 173 N. absence of Intellect 450a N. severity 739 N. brute instinct: absence of Intellect 450a N. brute matter: inorganization 358 N. materiality 316 N. brute memory: teaching 537 N. brute strength: severity 739 N. brute: discourtesy 895 N. animal 366 N. evil 913 N. brutify: insensibility 823 V. discourtesy 895 V. brutish: malevolence 907 Adj. intemperance 954 Adj. commonality 876 Adj. vulgarity 851 Adj. brutum fulmen: failure 732 N. Bryanite: heterodoxy 984 N. bubble up: agitation 315 V. ascent 305 V. bubble: river 348 V. bubble; cloud 353 N. deception 545 N. error 495 N. vaporization 336 V. unsubstantiality 4 N. vaporization 336 N. levity 320 N. littleness 193 N. transientness 111 N. bubble; cloud 353 V. bubbling: bubble; cloud 353 Adj. bubble; cloud 353 N. bubbly: vaporization 336 Adj. bubonic plague: disease 655 N. buccaneer: thief 792 N. buccaneering: stealing 791 N. buccanier: thief 792 N. Bucephalus: carrier 271 N. buck fever: excitability 825 N. buck jump: leap 309 V. leap 309 N. buck: leap 309 N. fop 854 N. blackness 431 N. man 373 N. leap 309 V. animal 366 N. cleanness 652 V. buck-basket: receptacle 191 N. bucket shop: chance 621 N. bucket: receptacle 191 N. insulation, fire extinction 388a N. buckjumper: leap 309 N. buckle on one's armor: preparation 673 V. buckle to: resolution 604 V. exertion 686 V. buckle with: contention 720 V. buckle: connection 45 N. junction 43 V. convolution 248 N. buckled: convolution 248 Adj. buckler: defense 717 N. buckram: affectation 855 N. bucolic: husbandry 370 Adj. poetry 597 N. bud from: effect 154 V. bud: cause 153 N. effect 154 N. expansion 194 V. insertion 300 V. beginning 66 N. Buddha: pseudo-revelation 986 N. Jupiter 979 N. Buddhism: heterodoxy 984 N. Buddhist: heterodoxy 984 Adj. heterodoxy 984 N. budding: youth 127 Adj. expansion 194 N. buddy: friend 890 N. accompaniment 88 N. auxiliary 711 N. budge: motion 264 V. budget of information: news 532 N. budget of news: news 532 N. budget: receptacle 191 N. store 636 N. accounts 811 N. assemblage 72 N. budmash: bad man 949 N. buffalo nickel: money 800 N. buffalo: animal 366 N. buffer: defense 717 N. hindrance 706 N. buffet the waves: opposition 708 V. difficulty 704 V. navigation 267 V. buffet: agitation 315 V. punishment 972 V. punishment 972 N. resentment 900 N. evil 619 N. impulse 276 V. ship 273 N. receptacle 191 N. abode 189 N. badness 649 V. buffle headed: imbecility folly 499 Adj. buffo: drama 599 N. buffoon: drama 599 N. humorist 844 N. laughingstock 857 N. buffoonery: ridiculousness 853 N. ridicule 856 N. wit 842 N. amusement 840 N. drama 599 N. bug bear: fear 860 N. bug: uncleanness 653 N. sibilation 409 N. bugaboo: alarm 669 N. fear 860 N. bugbear: imagination 515 N. bug-bear: alarm 669 N. buggery: sexuality 374a N. buggy: vehicle 272 N. bugle call: indication 550 N. command 741 N. bugle: warfare 722 N. musical instruments 417 N. buglehorn: musical instruments 417 N. build castles in the air: impossibility 471 V. build up: composition 54 V. build upon: belief 484 V. build: form 240 N. production 161 V. form 240 V. builder: agent 690 N. building: production 161 N. abode 189 N. buildings: abode 189 N. built on: base 211 Adj. built upon.sand: danger 665 Adj. bulb: expansion 194 N. rotundity 249 N. convexity 250 N. bulbous: expansion 194 Adj. rotundity 249 Adj. convexity 250 Adj. bulbul: musician 416 N. bulge: convexity 250 N. convexity 250 V. bulk: greatness 31 N. whole 50 N. size 192 N. bulkhead in: covering 223 V. bulkhead: covering 223 V. hindrance 706 N. bulky: size 192 Adj. bull calf: fool 501 N. bull dog: animal 366 N. bull head: fool 501 N. bull in a china shop: disorder 59 N. Bull Moose Party: politics 737b N. bull: animal 366 N. merchant 797 N. command 741 N. solecism 568 N. absurdity 497 N. error 495 N. man 373 N. stock market 799a N. bulldog courage: courage 861 N. perseverance 604a N. bulldog: courage 861 N. resolution 604 N. bulldozer: vehicle 272 N. bullet train: vehicle 272 N. bullet: rotundity 249 N. arms 727 N. bulletin: correspondence 592 N. news 532 N. bulletproof vest: defense 717 N. bulletproof window: defense 717 N. bulletproof: defense 717 Adj. bullfight: contention 720 N. bullion: money 800 N. bullock: animal 366 N. man 373 N. bull's eye: success 731 N. centrality 222 N. bull's-eye: luminary 423 N. intention 620 N. bullwhip: scourge 975 N. bully for you!: approbation 931 Int. bully: fear 860 V. bad man 949 N. evil 913 N. threat 909 V. blusterer 887 N. insolence 885 V. courage 861 N. cheerfulness 836 Adj. severity 739 V. combatant 726 N. goodness 648 Adj. ship 273 N. rashness 863 N. bullyrag: painfulness 830 V. bulrush: unimportance 643 N. bulwark: defense 717 N. bum boat: ship 273 N. bum one's fingers: unskillfulness 699 V. bum: petitioner 767 N. bum-bailiff: jurisdiction 965 N. bumbledom: jurisdiction 965 N. government 737a N. bumcombe: falsehood 544 N. bummer: inactivity 683 N. bump against: impulse 276 V. bump: convexity 250 N. impulse 276 N. bumper: completeness 52 N. bumpkin: commonality 876 N. bumptious: contempt 930 Adj. insolence 885 Adj. pride 878 Adj. bun: food 298 N. Buna-S: elasticity 325 N. bunch backed: distortion 243 Adj. bunch: assemblage 72 N. convexity 250 N. convexity 250 V. bunchy: convexity 250 Adj. bunco: stealing 791 V. buncombe: flattery 933 N. boasting 884 N. bunder: arrival 292 N. bundle on: slowness 275 V. haste 684 V. bundle out: ejection 297 V. bundle: assemblage 72 N. journey 266 V. bundobast: compact 769 N. bung up: closure 261 V. bung: stopper 263 N. bungalow: abode 189 N. bungle: unskillfulness 699 V. bungler: unskillfulness 699 N. bungler 701 N. bungling: unskillfulness 699 Adj. unskillfulness 699 N. bunk: support 215 N. bunker: receptacle 191 N. defense 717 N. bunko game: deception 545 N. bunko man: thief 792 N. bunko: deception 545 V. stealing 791 V. bunkum: boasting 884 N. flattery 933 N. bun-kum: falsehood 544 N. bunt: impulse 276 V. bunting: indication 550 N. Bunyanesque: size 192 Adj. buoy up: hope 858 V. buoy: elevation 307 V. levity 320 N. buoyancy: hope 858 N. levity 320 N. elasticity 325 N. buoyant: hope 858 Adj. ascent 305 Adj. levity 320 Adj. elasticity 325 Adj. prosperity 734 Adj. cheerfulness 836 Adj. buoyed up: hope 858 Adj. bur: coherence 46 N. sharpness 253 N. roughness 256 N. engraving 558 N. burden of a song: repetition 104 N. burden the memory with: memory 505 V. burden: hindrance 706 N. pain 828 N. redundancy 641 N. melody concord 413 N. gravity 319 N. contents 190 N. painfulness 830 N. burdensome: gravity 319 Adj. badness 649 Adj. hindrance 706 Adj. painfulness 830 Adj. bureau de change: conversion 144 N. bureau of engraving: money 800 N. bureau: receptacle 191 N. jurisdiction 965 N. mart 799 N. tribunal 966 N. bureaucracy: government 737a N. bureaucrat: director 694 N. burgee: indication 550 N. burgess: inhabitant 188 N. burgh: abode 189 N. burgher: inhabitant 188 N. burghmote: tribunal 966 N. burglar: thief 792 N. burglary: stealing 791 N. burgomaster: master 745 N. burgrave: master 745 N. burial ground: interment 363 N. burial place: interment 363 N. burial: interment 363 Adj. interment 363 N. rite 998 N. buried in a napkin: neglect 460 Adj. buried in oblivion: oblivion 506 Adj. buried in: circumscription 229 Adj. buried: depth 208 Adj. concealment 528 Adj. burin: engraving 558 N. burke: killing 361 V. burlap: texture 329 N. burlesque: ridiculousness 853 N. disrespect 929 V. ridicule 856 V. ridicule 856 Adj. ridiculousness 853 Adj. drama 599 N. ridicule 856 N. misrepresentation 555 V. misrepresentation 555 N. copy 21 N. imitation 19 V. burletta: drama 599 N. burly: size 192 Adj. burn daylight: inactivity 683 V. burn in: calefaction 384 V. burn into memory: record 551 V. burn out: refrigeration 385 V. cessation 142 V. insulation, fire extinction 388a V. burn the midnight oil: learning 539 V. burn to a cinder: calefaction 384 V. burn to the ground: calefaction 384 V. burn to: desire 865 V. burn up the track: velocity 274 V. burn: heat 382 V. love 897 V. excitability 825 V. nearness 197 V. calefaction 384 V. discovery 480a V. river 348 N. punishment 972 V. burner: luminary 423 N. burning ghat: interment 363 N. burning glass: optical instruments 445 N. burning pain: physical pain 378 N. burning shame: disrepute 874 N. burning with curiosity: curiosity 455 Adj. burning: excitability 825 Adj. desire 865 Adj. resentment 900 Adj. calefaction 384 N. heat 382 Adj. feeling 821 Adj. burnish: smoothness 255 V. beauty 845 V. burnished: light 420 Adj. burnisher: smoothness 255 N. burnoose: clothing 225 N. burnous: clothing 225 N. burnout: cessation 142 N. burnt offering: atonement 952 N. worship 990 N. burnt: calefaction 384 Adj. redness 434 Adj. burr: sharpness 253 N. stridor 410 V. burried: interment 363 Adj. burro: carrier 271 N. burrock: hindrance 706 N. burrow: location 184 V. concavity 252 V. bursar: treasurer 801 N. bursary: treasury 802 N. treasurer 801 N. burst forth: beginning 66 V. expansion 194 V. visibility 446 V. burst in upon: ingress 294 V. burst in: ingress 294 V. burst into a flame: excitability 825 V. burst into tears: lamentation 839 V. burst into: ingress 294 V. burst like a thunderclap: inexpectation 508 V. burst of eloquence: speech 582 N. burst of laughter: amusement 840 N. burst on the ear: snap 406 V. burst one's bubble: dissuasion 616 V. burst out: excitability 825 V. amusement 840 V. violence 173 V. egress 295 V. burst through: egress 295 V. burst upon one: inexpectation 508 V. burst upon the sight: visibility 446 V. burst upon the view: visibility 446 V. burst upon: arrival 292 V. burst with anger: resentment 900 V. burst with envy: envy 921 V. burst with grief: lamentation 839 V. burst: violence 173 N. instantaneity 113 N. violence 173 V. resentment 900 N. brittleness 328 V. snap 406 N. excitability 825 N. disjunction 44 V. bursting of a bomb: prodigy 872 N. bursting of a bubble: disclosure 529 N. bursting of a shell: prodigy 872 N. burthen: gravity 319 N. bury the hatchet: pacification 723 V. bury: circumscription 229 V. insertion 300 V. interment 363 V. concealment 528 V. bus: journey 266 N. vehicle 272 N. busby: clothing 225 N. bush pilot: mariner 269 N. bush: part 51 N. plain 344 N. vegetable 367 N. bushed: uncertainty 475 Adj. bushel: size 192 N. receptacle 191 N. multitude 102 N. greatness 31 N. bushfighting: contention 720 N. bushranger: thief 792 N. bushwhacker: combatant 726 N. freedom 748 N. bushy: roughness 256 Adj. business: eventuality 151 N. barter 794 N. conduct 692 N. action 680 N. business 625 N. topic 454 N. pursuit 622 N. businesslike: business 625 Adj. activity 682 Adj. conduct 692 Adj. order 58 Adj. business-like: skill 698 Adj. buskin: clothing 225 N. drama 599 N. buskined: drama 599 Adj. buss: courtesy 894 N. endearment 902 N. ship 273 N. endearment 902 V. bust: representation 554 N. amusement 840 N. busted: deterioration 659 Adj. bustle: agitation 315 V. haste 684 N. haste 684 V. activity 682 N. clothing 225 N. physical energy 171 N. activity 682 V. agitation 315 N. bustling: eventuality 151 Adj. activity 682 Adj. busy as a bee: activity 682 Adj. busy bee: activity 682 N. busy hum of men: activity 682 N. busy oneself in: activity 682 V. busy: activity 682 Adj. business 625 Adj. busybody: activity 682 N. but a step: nearness 197 Adv. but I didn't believe it: unconformity 83 Phr. but in practise unlikely: possibility 470 Phr. but now: the present time 118 Adv. but: unconformity 83 Adv. limit 233 N. compensation 30 Adv. qualification 469 Adv. butane: fuel 388 N. butcha: posterity 167 N. butcher shop: mart 799 N. butcher: killing 361 N. killing 361 V. evil 913 N. butchery: killing 361 N. butler: servant 746 N. butt against: impulse 276 V. butt end: end 67 N. butt: attack 716 V. laughingstock 857 N. impulse 276 V. receptacle 191 N. intention 620 N. butte: horizontality 213 N. butter dish: receptacle 191 N. butter: softness 324 N. oil 356 N. flattery 933 N. flattery 933 V. buttercup: beauty 845 N. butterfingers: bungler 701 N. butterfly: irresolution 605 N. beauty 845 N. variegation 440 N. buttery: store 636 N. buttock: rear 235 N. button the lips: taciturnity 585 V. button top: inutility 645 N. button up one's pockets: nonpayment 808 V. button up: restraint 751 V. closure 261 V. button: junction 43 V. unimportance 643 N. convexity 250 N. pendency 214 N. connection 45 N. littleness 193 N. buttoned up: concealment 528 Adj. buttonhole: weariness 841 V. buttonholer: weariness 841 N. buttress: support 215 N. defense 717 N. butyraceous: unctuousness 355 Adj. buxom: cheerfulness 836 Adj. buy a pig in a poke: rashness 863 V. chance 621 V. buy and sell: barter 794 V. buy for a mere nothing: cheapness 815 V. buy for an old song: cheapness 815 V. buy in: purchase 795 V. buy long: stock market 799a V. buy low and sell high: barter 794 V. buy over the counter: purchase 795 V. buy the farm: death 360 V. buy: purchase 795 V. buyer: stock market 799a N. purchase 795 N. merchant 797 N. buying and selling: barter 794 N. buying: purchase 795 N. buzz about: publication 531 V. buzz: news 532 N. sibilation 409 V. stridor 410 V. resonance 408 N. ululation 412 V. buzzard dollar: money 800 N. buzzard: fool 501 N. buzzed: drunkenness 959 Adj. buzzer: resonance 408 N. buzzsaw: disjunction 44 N. by a balanced hatchet: prediction 511 Phr. by a balanced sieve: prediction 511 Phr. by a dash if the pen: authority 737 Adv. by a dash of the pen: command 741 Adv. by a hair's breadth: punctuality 132a Adv. by a side wind: latency, implication 526 Adv. circuit 629 Adv. cunning 702 Adv. by a stroke of the pen: authority 737 Adv. command 741 Adv. by a strong arm: compulsion 744 Adv. by a suspended ring: prediction 511 Phr. by a wand: prediction 511 Phr. by accident: chance 156 Adv. by all manner of means: willingness 602 Adv. by all means: willingness 602 Adv. means 632 Adv. permission 760 Adv. consent 762 Adv. by an indirect course: circuit 629 Adv. by and by: earliness 132 Adv. different time 119 Adv. by any means: means 632 Adv. by appearances in the air: prediction 511 Phr. by arrows: prediction 511 Phr. by birds: prediction 511 Phr. by by installments: part 51 Adv. by cable: haste 684 Adv. by catches: discontinuity 70 Adv. by chance: chance 156 Adv. chance 621 Adv. by choice: choice 609 Adv. will 600 Adv. by clockwork: uniformity 16 Adv. order 58 Adv. by common consent: assent 488 Adv. by crooked paths: improbity 940 Adv. by crystal gazing: prediction 511 Phr. by currents: prediction 511 Phr. by degrees: degree 26 Adv. slowness 275 Adv. by design: intention 620 Adv. by dice: prediction 511 Phr. by dint of: power 157 Adv. instrumentality 631 Adv. by divine right: dueness 924 Adv. deity 976 Adj. by dough of cakes: prediction 511 Phr. by drawing lots: prediction 511 Phr. by dreams: prediction 511 Phr. by driblets: part 51 Adv. by end: motive 615 N. by express: haste 684 Adv. by fair means or foul: instrumentality 631 Adv. by finger rings: prediction 511 Phr. by fishes: prediction 511 Phr. by fits and snatches: disorder 59 Adv. by fits and starts: caprice 608 Adv. haste 684 Adv. agitation 315 Adv. irregularity of recurrence 139 Adv. discontinuity 70 Adv. disorder 59 Adv. by fits: disorder 59 Adv. by force of arms: compulsion 744 Adv. by force: violence 173 Adv. compulsion 744 Adv. strength 159 Adv. by forced marches: haste 684 Adv. by fountains: prediction 511 Phr. by George: affirmation 535 Adv. by ghosts: prediction 511 Phr. by halves: incompleteness 53 Adv. by heart: memory 505 Adv. by herbs: prediction 511 Phr. by hook or by crook: instrumentality 631 Adv. by implication: latency, implication 526 Adj. by inches: slowness 275 Adv. degree 26 Adv. part 51 Adv. by inference: evidence 467 Adv. latency, implication 526 Adj. by intuition: intuition 477 Adv. by itself: unity 87 Adv. by jerks: discontinuity 70 Adv. by jingo: affirmation 535 Adv. by Jove: affirmation 535 Adv. by leaps and bounds: velocity 274 Adv. by leave: permission 760 Adv. by little and little: degree 26 Adv. slowness 275 Adv. by main force: strength 159 Adv. violence 173 Adv. by meal: prediction 511 Phr. by means of: means 632 Adv. agency 170 Adv. instrumentality 631 Adv. by meteors: prediction 511 Phr. by mice: prediction 511 Phr. by mirrors: prediction 511 Phr. by my troth: affirmation 535 Adv. veracity 543 Adv. by no manner of means: smallness 32 Adv. negation 536 Adv. by no means: dissent 489 Phr. smallness 32 Adv. by no: negation 536 Adv. by numbers: prediction 511 Phr. by one: possession 777 Adj. by oracles: prediction 511 Phr. by order: command 741 Adv. by passages in books: prediction 511 Phr. by pebbles: prediction 511 Phr. by possibility: possibility 470 Adv. by precious stones: prediction 511 Phr. by preference: choice 609 Adv. by purpose: motive 615 N. by reason of: motive 615 Adv. by red-hot iron: prediction 511 Phr. by regular gradations: order 58 Adv. by regular intervals: order 58 Adv. by regular stages: order 58 Adv. by regular steps: order 58 Adv. by right: dueness 924 Adv. by rote: memory 505 Adv. by rule of thumb: essay 675 Adv. by rule: conformity 82 Adv. by sacrificial fire: prediction 511 Phr. by salt: prediction 511 Phr. by shadows or manes: prediction 511 Phr. by skips: discontinuity 70 Adv. by slow degrees: slowness 275 Adv. degree 26 Adv. by smoke from the altar: prediction 511 Phr. by snatches: part 51 Adv. discontinuity 70 Adv. by some means: means 632 Adv. by spurts: haste 684 Adv. by stealth: concealment 528 Adv. by steps: order 58 Adv. by storm: violence 173 Adv. by stress of weather: compulsion 744 Adv. by stress of: necessity 601 Adv. by telegraph: news 532 Adv. haste 684 Adv. by that time: time 106 Adv. by the agency of: agency 170 Adv. instrumentality 631 Adv. means 632 Adv. by the aid of: instrumentality 631 Adv. means 632 Adv. aid 707 Adv. by the authority of: authority 737 Adv. by the Bible: prediction 511 Phr. by the by: irrelation 10 Adv. occasion 134 Adv. relation 9 Adv. by the card: conformity 82 Adv. by the entrails of fishes: prediction 511 Phr. by the features: prediction 511 Phr. by the hand: prediction 511 Phr. by the Marrowbone stage: journey 266 Adv. by the mode of laughing: prediction 511 Phr. by the side of: laterality 236 Adv. by the stars at birth: prediction 511 Phr. by the way: relation 9 Adv. irrelation 10 Adv. occasion 134 Adv. transference 270 Adv. chance 621 Adv. by turns: interchange 148 Adv. correlation 12 Adv. regularity of recurrence 138 Adv. by ventriloquism: prediction 511 Phr. by virtue of: power 157 Adv. instrumentality 631 Adv. by walking in a circle: prediction 511 Phr. by water: prediction 511 Phr. by way of parenthesis: occasion 134 Adv. by way of: direction 278 Adv. method 627 N. by what means: means 632 Adv. by what mode: method 627 N. by wholesale: greatness 31 Adv. by winds: prediction 511 Phr. by wireless: news 532 Adv. by word of mouth: speech 582 Adv. by writings in ashes: prediction 511 Phr. by: motive 615 Adj. instrumentality 631 Adv. bye: seclusion, exclusion 893 Adj. byelaw: legality 963 N. bygone days: the past 122 N. bygone: oblivion 506 Adj. the past 122 Adj. bylaw: legality 963 N. by-name: nomenclature 564 N. misnomer 565 N. bypath: method 627 N. bypaths and crooked ways: deviation 279 N. byplay: information 527 N. indication 550 N. byre: abode 189 N. byroad: deviation 279 N. method 627 N. by-room: receptacle 191 N. byssa: dislike 867 N. byssus: roughness 256 N. bystander: presence 186 N. spectator 444 N. nearness 197 N. byte: information 527 N. byway: method 627 N. byword of reproach: disrepute 874 N. byword: maxim 496 N. neologism 563 N. nomenclature 564 N. by-word: contempt 930 N.
cab: vehicle 272 N. cabal: plan 626 N. party 712 N. cabala: latency, implication 526 N. spell 993 N. cabalistic: concealment 528 Adj. sorcery 992 Adj. cabaret: abode 189 N. cabaset: defense 717 N. cabbage: money 800 N. stealing 791 V. cabdriver: traveler 268 N. cabin: abode 189 N. receptacle 191 N. cabined cribbed confined: restraint 751 Adj. cabinet council: council 696 N. cabinet member: government 737a N. cabinet picture: painting 556 N. cabinet: workshop 691 N. council 696 N. receptacle 191 N. government 737a N. cable: connection 45 N. news 532 N. messenger 534 N. cabman: director 694 N. traveler 268 N. caboose: furnace 386 N. cabriolet: vehicle 272 N. cacation: excretion 299 N. cachalot: size 192 N. cache: store 636 N. store 636 V. cachexia: weakness 160 N. disease 655 N. cachexy: weakness 160 N. disease 655 N. cachinnation: amusement 840 N. cacique: master 745 N. cackle: conversation 588 N. amusement 840 V. loquacity 584 N. ululation 412 V. cacodemon: demon 980 N. cacoepy: stridor 410 N. voice 580 N. aphony 581 N. cacography: writing 590 N. caconym: neologism 563 N. cacophonous: stridor 410 Adj. discord 414 Adj. cacophony: stridor 410 N. discord 414 N. inelegance 579 N. cad: servant 746 N. vulgarity 851 N. commonality 876 N. cadaster: list 86 N. cadastral: list 86 Adj. cadaver: corpse 362 N. cadaverous: corpse 362 Adj. achromatism 429 Adj. ugliness 846 Adj. caddy: receptacle 191 N. cadeau: giving 784 N. cadence: motion 264 N. music 415 N. descent 306 N. sound 402 N. cadenza: music 415 N. cadet: infant 129 N. combatant 726 N. master 745 N. cadge: request 765 V. cadger: merchant 797 N. petitioner 767 N. cadi: judge 967 N. cadmium: orange 439 N. cadmium-yellow: yellowness 436 N. caduceus: scepter 747 N. spell 993 N. caducity: transientness 111 N. age 128 N. deterioration 659 N. caecal: closure 261 Adj. caecum: closure 261 N. caesura: disjunction 44 N. discontinuity 70 N. interval 198 N. cafe: abode 189 N. caftan: clothing 225 N. cafuzo: mixture 41 N. cag: receptacle 191 N. cage: restraint 751 V. prison 752 N. husbandry 370 V. husbandry 370 N. receptacle 191 N. abode 189 N. Cagliostro: sorcerer 994 N. deceiver 548 N. cahoot: party 712 N. cahotage: disorder 59 N. agitation 315 N. Cain: killing 361 N. caique: ship 273 N. cairn: indication 550 N. interment 363 N. caisson: receptacle 191 N. caitiff: commonality 876 N. evil 913 N. bad man 949 N. cajole: motive 615 V. flattery 933 V. deception 545 V. cajolery: motive 615 N. flattery 933 N. falsehood 544 N. cake: sweetness 396 N. coherence 46 V. density 321 N. density 321 V. cake-walk: amusement 840 N. calabash: receptacle 191 N. calaboose: prison 752 N. calambac: fragrance 400 N. calambour: fragrance 400 N. calamiform: sharpness 253 Adj. calamitous: painfulness 830 Adj. adversity 735 Adj. calamity: evil 619 N. adversity 735 N. calash: clothing 225 N. vehicle 272 N. calathiform: concavity 252 Adj. calcareous: gray 432 Adj. calcination: calefaction 384 N. calcine: calefaction 384 V. calcitrate: impulse 276 V. calcitration: impulse 276 N. calculable: numeration 85 Adj. calculate upon: belief 484 V. calculate: numeration 85 V. inquiry 461 V. intention 620 V. calculated to: tendency 176 Adj. calculated: predetermination 611 Adj. calculating machine: numeration 85 N. calculating: intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. calculation: numeration 85 N. inquiry 461 N. expectation 507 N. caution 864 N. calculator: numeration 85 N. calculous: hardness 323 Adj. calculus of differences: numeration 85 N. calculus: numeration 85 N. caldron texture: mixture 41 N. caldron: conversion 144 N. receptacle 191 N. furnace 386 N. workshop 691 N. Caledonian: inhabitant 188 N. calefaction: calefaction 384 N. calembour: equivocalness 520 N. calendar year: chronometry 114 N. calendar: record 551 V. record 551 N. chronometry 114 N. calender: smoothness 255 V. calenture of the brain: insanity 503 N. calenture: imagination 515 N. disease 655 N. calf: infant 129 N. animal 366 N. fool 501 N. Caliban: ugliness 846 N. caliber: intelligence, wisdom 498 N. degree 26 N. size 192 N. breadth, thickness 202 N. opening 260 N. calibrate: breadth, thickness 202 V. calico: materials 635 N. calidity: heat 382 N. caligation: darkness 421 N. caliginous: darkness 421 Adj. calipers: measurement 466 N. caliph: master 745 N. caliphate: government 737a N. calisthenics: teaching 537 N. beauty 845 N. caliver: arms 727 N. calk: restoration 660 V. call a spade a spade: artlessness 703 V. call a spade 'a spade': plainness 576 V. call at: sociality 892 V. call attention to: attention 457 V. indication 550 V. call away the attention: inattention 458 V. call boy: drama 599 N. call by hard names: disapprobation 932 V. call by ugly names: disapprobation 932 V. call fairly: nomenclature 564 Adj. call fitly: nomenclature 564 Adj. call for: request 765 V. requirement 630 N. command 741 V. requirement 630 V. call forth: excitation 824 V. use 677 V. call Heaven to witness: affirmation 535 V. call in question: negation 536 V. dissent 489 V. unbelief doubt 485 V. call in: advice 695 V. call into being: production 161 V. call into notice: manifestation 525 V. call into play: use 677 V. call names: disapprobation 932 V. disrespect 929 V. call of duty: duty 926 N. call off the attention: inattention 458 V. call out: defiance 715 V. cry 411 V. call over the coals: disapprobation 932 V. call over: numeration 85 V. call properly: nomenclature 564 Adj. call to account: dereliction of duty 927 V. disapprobation 932 V. accusation 938 V. call to order: disapprobation 932 V. command 741 V. call to the bar: lawyer 968 V. call to witness: evidence 467 V. call to: allocution 586 V. request 765 V. call up spirits: sorcery 992 V. call up: excitation 824 V. motive 615 V. memory 505 V. call upon for: dueness 924 V. call upon: sociality 892 V. request 765 V. command 741 V. advice 695 V. motive 615 V. memory 505 V. duty 926 V. call: evidence 467 V. indication 550 N. deity 976 V. phrase 566 V. motive 615 N. advice 695 V. command 741 N. possession 777 N. sociality 892 N. churchdom 995 V. duty 926 N. nomenclature 564 V. callable bond: securities 799b N. callable: command 741 Adj. callaesthetics: beauty 845 N. callant: infant 129 N. called for: requirement 630 Adj. called to the ministry: clergy 996 Adj. callidity: skill 698 N. calligraphy: writing 590 N. calling attention to: attention 457 N. calling forth: excitation 824 N. calling: business 625 N. duty 926 N. Calliope: poetry 597 N. callosity: hardness 323 N. callous: physical insensibility 376 Adj. insensibility 823 Adj. callousness: insensibility 823 N. callow: youth 127 Adj. infant 129 Adj. infant 129 N. divestment 226 Adj. calls: securities 799b N. calm as a mill pond: horizontality 213 Adj. calm before a storm: reversion 145 N. calm belief: belief 484 N. calm down: inexcitability 826 V. moderation 174 V. calm opinion: belief 484 N. calm: inexcitability 826 Adj. horizontality 213 Adj. moderation 174 V. peace 721 N. peace 721 Adj. leisure 685 Adj. dissuasion 616 V. quiescence 265 N. quiescence 265 Adj. moderation 174 Adj. calmness: inexcitability 826 N. calomel: remedy 662 N. caloric engine: instrument 633 N. caloric: heat 382 N. calorie: heat 382 N. calorific: heat 382 Adj. calorimeter: thermometer 389 N. calote: canonicals 999 N. calotte: canonicals 999 N. calotype: painting 556 N. caloyer: clergy 996 N. caludicate: slowness 275 V. calumet of peace: pacification 723 N. peace 721 N. calumet of war: warfare 722 N. calumet: indication 550 N. calumniate: detraction 934 V. calumniator: detractor 936 N. calumniatory: detraction 934 Adj. calumnious: detraction 934 Adj. calumny: detraction 934 N. calvary: temple 1000 N. Calvin Klein: clothing 225 N. Calvinism: heterodoxy 984 N. Calvinist: heterodoxy 984 N. Calvins: clothing 225 N. calyx: receptacle 191 N. cam: instrument 633 N. camarade: friend 890 N. camarilla: party 712 N. camarista: servant 746 N. camber: convexity 250 N. cambist: merchant 797 N. treasurer 801 N. camboose: furnace 386 N. Cambrian: oldness 124 Adj. inhabitant 188 N. cambric: crossing 219 N. materials 635 N. camel backed: distortion 243 Adj. camel bird: velocity 274 N. camel: carrier 271 N. camelopard: height 206 N. camelot: merchant 797 N. cameo appearance: drama 599 N. cameo: convexity 250 N. sculpture 557 N. camera buff: artist 559 N. camera technician: artist 559 N. cameraman: artist 559 N. camerated: receptacle 191 Adj. Camilla: velocity 274 N. camisade: attack 716 N. camisole: clothing 225 N. camorra: party 712 N. camouflage: defense 717 N. ambush 530 N. ambush 530 V. camouflaged: ambush 530 Adj. camp meeting: worship 990 N. camp on the trail: sequence 281 V. camp: location 184 V. abode 189 N. arena 728 N. campagna: space 180 N. plain 344 N. campaign contribution: politics 737b N. campaign worker: politics 737b N. campaign: conduct 692 N. warfare 722 N. warfare 722 V. politics 737b N. politics 737b V. campaigner: combatant 726 N. campaigning: journey 266 N. warfare 722 N. politics 737b N. campaniform: rotundity 249 Adj. concavity 252 Adj. campanile: height 206 N. campaniliform: rotundity 249 Adj. campanulate: rotundity 249 Adj. campestral: plain 344 Adj. campestrial: plain 344 Adj. campestrian: plain 344 Adj. campestrine: plain 344 Adj. camphor: resin 356a N. Campus Martins: arena 728 N. can hook: instrument 633 N. can such things be!: wonder 870 Int. Can you top that: unconformity 83 Int. can: power 157 V. preservation 670 V. receptacle 191 N. Canadian: inhabitant 188 Adj. inhabitant 188 N. canaille: commonality 876 N. canakin: receptacle 191 N. canal boat: ship 273 N. canal: opening 260 N. conduit 350 N. method 627 N. canaliculated: furrow 259 Adj. canaliferous: furrow 259 Adj. canard: news 532 N. untruth 546 N. canary: animal 366 N. disclosure 529 N. cancan: conversation 588 N. amusement 840 N. cancel: nonobservance 773 V. obliteration 552 N. obliteration 552 V. abrogation 756 N. abrogation 756 V. canceling: abrogation 756 N. cancellated: crossing 219 Adj. cancellation: obliteration 552 N. cancelli: receptacle 191 N. cancer: disease 655 N. bane 663 N. painfulness 830 N. candelabra: luminary 423 N. candelabrum: luminary 423 N. candelia: wind 349 N. candent: heat 382 Adj. candid: whiteness 430 Adj. manifestation 525 Adj. veracity 543 Adj. artlessness 703 Adj. probity 939 Adj. candidacy: politics 737b N. candidate for Bedlam: madman 504 N. candidate: desire 865 N. politics 737b N. petitioner 767 N. candidature: offer 763 N. candied: sweetness 396 Adj. candle ends: remainder 40 N. candle: fuel 388 N. luminary 423 N. candle-holder: auxiliary 711 N. candlelight: evening 126 N. dimness 422 N. candlelighting: evening 126 N. Candlemas: regularity of recurrence 138 N. rite 998 N. candlestick: luminary 423 N. candor: veracity 543 N. artlessness 703 N. probity 939 N. candy store: mart 799 N. candy: density 321 V. sweetness 396 N. sweetness 396 V. candystriper: remedy 662 N. cane sugar: sweetness 396 N. cane: arms 727 N. scourge 975 N. punishment 972 V. canescent: whiteness 430 Adj. canicula: luminary 423 N. canicular days: heat 382 N. canicular: heat 382 Adj. canine appetite: greed 817a N. canine madness: dislike 867 N. canine: animal 366 Adj. canister shot: arms 727 N. canister: receptacle 191 N. canker rash: disease 655 N. canker worm of care: painfulness 830 N. canker: bane 663 N. deterioration 659 Adj. disease 655 N. painfulness 830 N. deterioration 659 N. cankered: disease 655 Adj. deterioration 659 Adj. sullenness 901a Adj. cankerworm: bane 663 N. destroyer 165 N. canker-worm: evil 913 N. canned goods: preservation 670 N. cannery: store 636 N. workshop 691 N. cannibal: evil 913 N. cannibalism: vice 945 N. cannibalize: substitution 147 V. canning: preservation 670 N. cannon ball: velocity 274 N. cannon fodder: combatant 726 N. cannon shot: arms 727 N. cannon: loudness 404 N. impulse 276 N. arms 727 N. cannonade: attack 716 N. cannonball: vehicle 272 N. cannoneer: combatant 726 N. cannular: opening 260 Adj. canny: intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. cunning 702 Adj. canoe: ship 273 N. canon law: precept 697 N. legality 963 N. canon regular: clergy 996 N. canon secular: clergy 996 N. canon: legality 963 N. clergy 996 N. music 415 N. interval 198 N. precept 697 N. canoness: clergy 996 N. canonical: churchdom 995 Adj. conformity 82 Adj. Judeo-christian revelation 985 canonicals: clothing 225 N. canonicals 999 N. canonicate: churchdom 995 N. canonist: theology 983 N. orthodoxy 983a N. canonization: repute 873 N. idolatry 991 N. rite 998 N. canonize: idolatry 991 V. canonry: churchdom 995 N. canons: belief 484 N. orthodoxy 983a N. canopy of heaven: world 318 N. canopy: covering 223 N. canorous: melody concord 413 Adj. can't hold a candle to: inferiority 34 Adj. cant hook: impulse 276 N. cant: falsehood 544 V. impiety 988 N. neologism 563 N. falsehood 544 N. intuition 477 N. impulse 276 V. obliquity 217 N. nomenclature 564 N. cantankerous: irascibility 901 Adj. sullenness 901a Adj. cantata: music 415 N. cantatrice: musician 416 N. canteen: abode 189 N. receptacle 191 N. canter: journey 266 V. Canterbury tale: untruth 546 N. canterbury: receptacle 191 N. cantharides: physical energy 171 N. canticle: music 415 N. cantilever: support 215 N. cantilevered: weakness 160 Adj. canting: impiety 988 Adj. falsehood 544 Adj. affectation 855 Adj. cantle: part 51 N. cantlet: smallness 32 N. canto: poetry 597 N. cantonment: location 184 N. abode 189 N. cantrap: spell 993 N. canty: cheerfulness 836 Adj. Canuck: inhabitant 188 N. canvas: navigation 267 N. painting 556 N. arena 728 N. canvass a subject: dissertation 595 V. canvass: inquiry 461 V. reasoning 476 V. request 765 N. request 765 V. canvasser: petitioner 767 N. canzonet: poetry 597 N. music 415 N. caoutchouc: elasticity 325 N. cap gun: snap 406 N. cap in hand: respect 928 Adj. servility 886 Adv. request 765 Adj. cap of maintenance: scepter 747 N. cap: courtesy 894 V. summit 210 N. completion 729 V. retaliation 718 V. snap 406 N. covering 223 V. height 206 V. superiority 33 V. clothing 225 N. capability: intrinsicality 5 N. power 157 N. influence 175 N. skill 698 N. facility 705 N. capable of being shown: manifestation 525 Adj. capable of refutation: confutation 479 Adj. capable: skill 698 Adj. power 157 Adj. capacious memory: memory 505 N. capacious: space 180 Adj. size 192 Adj. capacity for: skill 698 N. capacity: size 192 N. skill 698 N. business 625 N. intellect 450 N. power 157 N. intrinsicality 5 N. intelligence, wisdom 498 N. cap-a-pie: completeness 52 Adv. caparison: clothing 225 N. clothing 225 V. cape: height 206 N. convexity 250 N. clothing 225 N. caper: leap 309 N. leap 309 V. amusement 840 V. capful of wind: wind 349 N. capful: quantity 25 N. smallness 32 N. capillament: filament 205 N. capillary: filament 205 Adj. capilliform: filament 205 Adj. capital crime: guilt 947 N. capital joke: wit 842 N. capital messuage: abode 189 N. capital punishment: punishment 972 N. capital: means 632 N. wealth 803 N. importance 642 Adj. goodness 648 Adj. summit 210 N. summit 210 Adj. abode 189 N. money 800 N. capitalist: wealth 803 N. capitals: letter 561 N. printing 591 N. capitation tax: price 812 N. capitation: numeration 85 N. capitol: defense 717 N. capitular: churchdom 995 Adj. clergy 996 N. capitulate: submission 725 V. capitulation: submission 725 N. Capnomancy: prediction 511 Phr. capon: man 373 N. caporal: director 694 N. capote: clothing 225 N. capouch: canonicals 999 N. capping: courtesy 894 N. capriccio: music 415 N. caprice 608 N. capriccioso: music 415 Adv. caprice: irresolution 605 N. caprice 608 N. absence of motive 615a N. capricious: caprice 608 Adj. absence of motive 615a Adj. changeableness 149 Adj. irregularity of recurrence 139 Adj. irresolution 605 Adj. capriciousness: irregularity of recurrence 139 N. caprice 608 N. capriole: leap 309 N. caps.: printing 591 N. capsheaf: summit 210 N. capsicum: condiment 393 N. capsize: success 731 V. inversion 218 V. capsized: failure 732 Adj. capstan: elevation 307 N. instrument 633 N. capsular: receptacle 191 Adj. concavity 252 Adj. capsule: receptacle 191 N. covering 223 N. Captain Bobadil: blusterer 887 N. captain general: master 745 N. captain: superiority 33 N. director 694 N. master 745 N. captation: flattery 933 N. caption: nomenclature 564 N. taking 789 N. beginning 66 N. captious: irascibility 901 Adj. disapprobation 932 Adj. caprice 608 Adj. captiousness: discourtesy 895 N. captivate: love 897 V. motive 615 V. restraint 751 V. pleasurableness 829 V. captivated: pleasure 827 Adj. captivating: pleasurableness 829 Adj. love 897 Adj. captive: prisoner 754 N. retention 781 N. love 897 N. captivity: restraint 751 N. captor: taking 789 N. capture: taking 789 N. taking 789 V. Capuchin: clergy 996 N. caput: council 696 N. caquet: loquacity 584 N. car radio: hearing 418 N. car: vehicle 272 N. carabineer: combatant 726 N. carack: ship 273 N. caracole: journey 266 V. leap 309 V. leap 309 N. caracoler: journey 266 V. caraffe: receptacle 191 N. carambole: impulse 276 N. caramel: sweetness 396 N. carapace: defense 717 N. carat: indication 550 N. gravity 319 N. caravan: journey 266 N. vehicle 272 N. caravansary: abode 189 N. caravel: ship 273 N. carbine: arms 727 N. carbon tetrachloride: insulation, fire extinction 388a N. carbon: calefaction 384 N. fuel 388 N. carbonaceous: fuel 388 Adj. carbonaro: disobedience 742 N. carbonate of ammonia: pungency 392 N. carbonate of lead: whiteness 430 N. carbonic acid: bane 663 N. carbonic gas: bane 663 N. carbonization: calefaction 384 N. carboy: receptacle 191 N. carbuncle: redness 434 N. disease 655 N. jewelry 847a N. carcanet: jewelry 847a N. carcass: arms 727 N. texture 329 N. corpse 362 N. carcelage: reward 973 N. carcinoma: disease 655 N. card file: list 86 N. card games: amusement 840 N. card index: list 86 N. card sharper: thief 792 N. card sharping: deception 545 N. card: indication 550 N. arrangement 60 V. plan 626 N. correspondence 592 N. cardcase: receptacle 191 N. cardiac arrest: disease 655 N. cardiac: cheerfulness 836 Adj. cardiacal: cheerfulness 836 Adj. cardialgia: disease 655 N. cardigan: clothing 225 N. cardinal bird: orange 439 N. cardinal flower: orange 439 N. cardinal grosbeak: orange 439 N. cardinal lobelia: orange 439 N. cardinal point: importance 642 N. cardinal points: direction 278 N. cardinal virtues: virtue 944 N. cardinal: goodness 648 Adj. clothing 225 N. importance 642 Adj. clergy 996 N. cardinalate: churchdom 995 N. cardinal's hat: canonicals 999 N. cardinalship: churchdom 995 N. cardiograph: instrument 633 N. cardioid: curvature 245 Adj. curvature 245 N. cardiomyopathy: disease 655 N. carditis: disease 655 N. cards to play: means 632 N. cards: amusement 840 N. care for: importance 642 V. love 897 V. desire 865 V. care nothing about: indifference 866 V. care nothing for: contempt 930 V. indifference 866 V. care will kill a cat: care 459 Phr. care: care 459 N. fear 860 N. painfulness 830 N. pain 828 N. economy 817 N. restraint 751 N. business 625 N. adversity 735 N. careen: restoration 660 V. career: conduct 692 N. business 625 N. careful regardful: care 459 Adj. careful: economy 817 Adj. caution 864 Adj. carefully: care 459 Adv. careless: inattention 458 Adj. neglect 460 Adj. feebleness 575 Adj. insensibility 823 Adj. rashness 863 Adj. indifference 866 Adj. carelessness: neglect 460 N. rashness 863 N. caress: endearment 902 N. endearment 902 V. caressed: endearment 902 Adj. caressing: endearment 902 Adj. endearment 902 N. caret: incompleteness 53 N. incompleteness 53 Phr. insufficiency 640 V. caretaker: consignee 758 N. careworn: pain 828 Adj. dejection 837 Adj. cargador: carrier 271 N. cargo: merchandise 798 N. greatness 31 N. contents 190 N. property 780 N. caribou: animal 366 N. caricatura: exaggeration 549 N. misrepresentation 555 N. caricature: misrepresentation 555 N. ridicule 856 V. misrepresentation 555 V. exaggeration 549 N. copy 21 N. imitation 19 V. imitation 19 N. ridicule 856 N. caricaturist: artist 559 N. humorist 844 N. caries: disease 655 N. cariole: vehicle 272 N. carious: uncleanness 653 Adj. cark: pain 828 N. pain 828 V. carking care: painfulness 830 N. carking cares: pain 828 N. carking: painfulness 830 Adj. carle: commonality 876 N. carlock: semiliquidity 352 N. carman: director 694 N. Carmelite: clergy 996 N. carminative: moderation 174 N. remedy 662 N. carmine: redness 434 N. carnage: killing 361 N. carnal knowledge: sexuality 374a N. carnal: sexuality 374a Adj. impurity 961 Adj. irreligion 989 Adj. carnality: intemperance 954 N. impurity 961 N. carnal-minded: impurity 961 Adj. carnation: redness 434 N. carnival: amusement 840 N. carnivorous: food 298 Adj. carol: cheerfulness 836 V. rejoicing 838 V. musician 416 V. music 415 N. carom: impulse 276 V. impulse 276 N. carousal: food 298 N. amusement 840 N. intemperance 954 N. carouse: amusement 840 V. drunkenness 959 V. food 298 V. amusement 840 N. carousel: rotation 312 N. carouser: drunkenness 959 N. carp at: disapprobation 932 V. carped: base 211 N. carpenter: agent 690 N. carper: detractor 936 N. carpet knight: fop 854 N. servility 886 N. sensualist 954a N. carphology: agitation 315 N. carping: disapprobation 932 Adj. disapprobation 932 N. carrefour: method 627 N. carriage: vehicle 272 N. conduct 692 N. appearance 448 N. transference 270 N. motion 264 N. receptacle 191 N. carrier 271 N. carried away by passion: excitation 824 Adj. carried by acclamation: assent 488 Adj. carried: assent 488 Adj. carrier pigeon: carrier 271 N. messenger 534 N. carrier: carrier 271 N. ship 273 N. combatant 726 N. carriole: vehicle 272 N. carrion: corpse 362 N. uncleanness 653 N. carrom: impulse 276 N. carronade: arms 727 N. carroty: redness 434 Adj. carry a point: success 731 V. carry all before one: success 731 V. carry away: motive 615 V. taking 789 V. carry back: restitution 790 V. carry by storm: success 731 V. carry coals to Newcastle: inutility 645 V. redundancy 641 V. carry coals: humility 879 V. carry conviction: belief 484 V. carry in the memory: memory 505 V. carry in the mind: memory 505 V. carry in the thoughts: memory 505 V. carry into effect: conduct 692 V. completion 729 V. carry into execution: action 680 V. completion 729 V. observance 772 V. carry off: taking 789 V. stealing 791 V. carry on a conversation: conversation 588 V. carry on a trade: barter 794 V. business 625 V. carry on an argument: reasoning 476 V. carry on an inquiry: inquiry 461 V. carry on business: business 625 V. carry on hostilities: warfare 722 V. carry on war: warfare 722 V. carry on: continuance in action 143 V. conduct 692 V. pursuit 622 V. action 680 V. carry one off one's legs: propulsion 284 V. carry one's thoughts back: memory 505 V. carry oneself: conduct 692 V. carry out an inquiry: inquiry 461 V. carry out: conduct 692 V. completion 729 V. observance 772 V. carry over: transference 270 V. accounts 811 V. carry owls to Athens: redundancy 641 V. carry sail: velocity 274 V. navigation 267 V. carry the appearance of: appearance 448 V. carry the day: success 731 V. carry the semblance of: appearance 448 V. carry through: conduct 692 V. completion 729 V. carry to a great height: greatness 31 V. carry too much sail: rashness 863 V. carry weight: influence 175 V. evidence 467 V. importance 642 V. carry with a high hand: authority 737 V. pride 878 V. carry: tendency 176 V. support 215 V. transference 270 V. motive 615 V. insolence 885 V. carrying distance: hearing 418 N. carrying: transference 270 N. cart away: displacement 185 V. cart horse: carrier 271 N. cart: carrier 271 N. vehicle 272 N. mart 799 N. cartage: transference 270 N. cartel: defiance 715 N. pacification 723 N. cooperation 709 N. compact 769 N. carter: traveler 268 N. cartes sur table: manifestation 525 Adv. veracity 543 Adv. Carthusian: clergy 996 N. cartilage: tenacity 327 N. density 321 N. hardness 323 N. cartilaginous: hardness 323 Adj. carting: transference 270 N. cartload: greatness 31 N. contents 190 N. cartographic: measurement 466 Adj. cartographical: measurement 466 Adj. cartography: representation 554 N. cartoon: painting 556 N. cartouche: arms 727 N. ornament 847 N. cartridge: arms 727 N. cartulary: list 86 N. record 551 N. caruncle: convexity 250 N. carve in stone: record 551 V. carve one's way: progression 282 V. carve: curvature 245 N. apportionment 786 V. form 240 V. production 161 V. disjunction 44 V. sculpture 557 V. representation 554 V. carvel: ship 273 N. carver: artist 559 N. carving: sculpture 557 N. Caryatides: support 215 N. cascade: river 348 N. case harden: strength 159 V. case hardened: physical insensibility 376 Adj. case in point: conformity 82 N. agreement 23 N. case of conscience: duty 926 N. case of life or death: requirement 630 N. case of need: requirement 630 N. case: lawsuit 969 N. topic 454 N. receptacle 191 N. disease 655 N. information 527 N. covering 223 N. covering 223 V. inclosure 232 N. reasoning 476 N. grammar 567 N. business 625 N. caseation: density 321 N. caseharden: habit 613 V. insensibility 823 V. casehardened: obstinacy 606 Adj. insensibility 823 Adj. casein: density 321 N. casemate: abode 189 N. defense 717 N. casemated: defense 717 Adj. casement: opening 260 N. caseous: density 321 Adj. casern: abode 189 N. cash account: accounts 811 N. cash at hand: money 800 N. cash book: accounts 811 N. cash keeper: treasurer 801 N. cash register: numeration 85 N. treasury 802 N. cash: payment 807 V. money 800 N. cashbook: record 551 N. cashier: treasurer 801 N. abrogation 756 V. cashmere: materials 635 N. casing: covering 223 N. casino: party 712 N. cask: receptacle 191 N. casket: receptacle 191 N. casque: defense 717 N. casquetel: defense 717 N. Cassandra: oracle 513 N. warning 668 N. cassino: amusement 840 N. Cassiopea's chair: world 318 N. cassock: canonicals 999 N. cast a glance: vision 441 V. cast a gloom: dejection 837 V. darkness 421 V. cast a horoscope: prediction 511 V. cast a nativity: prediction 511 V. sorcery 992 V. cast a shade on: dejection 837 V. cast a shade: darkness 421 V. cast a shadow: darkness 421 V. shade 424 V. cast a sheep's eye upon: desire 865 V. cast a sheep's eye: modesty 881 V. cast a slur on: accusation 938 V. cast a slur upon: disrepute 874 V. disapprobation 932 V. cast a spell: necessity 601 V. sorcery 992 V. cast a stone at: accusation 938 V. cast adrift: abrogation 756 V. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. ejection 297 V. liberation 750 V. cast anchor: location 184 V. arrival 292 V. cast aside: abrogation 756 V. relinquishment 782 V. cast aspersions: detraction 934 V. cast away care: cheerfulness 836 V. cast away: rejection 610 V. waste 638 V. failure 732 Adj. abrogation 756 V. relinquishment 782 V. cast behind one: refusal 764 V. cast behind one's back: oblivion 506 V. cast behind: abrogation 756 V. relinquishment 782 V. cast blame upon: disapprobation 932 V. cast dishonor upon: disrepute 874 V. cast down: depression 308 V. cast for: experiment 463 V. cast forth: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. cast gloom: darkness 421 V. cast in a different mold: dissimilarity 18 Adj. cast in one's lot with: cooperation 709 V. choice 609 V. cast in one's teeth: accusation 938 V. cast in the eye: dimsightedness 443 N. cast in the same mold: similarity 17 Adj. cast into prison: restraint 751 V. cast into the shade: humility 879 V. repute 873 V. disrepute 874 V. cast iron: hardness 323 N. cast light in: light 420 V. cast light upon: light 420 V. cast lots: chance 621 V. cast of countenance: appearance 448 N. cast of mind: affections 820 N. cast of soul: affections 820 N. cast of the dice: chance 156 N. cast off a custom: desuetude 614 V. cast off a habit: desuetude 614 V. cast off a usage: desuetude 614 V. cast off trammels: liberation 750 V. cast off: relinquishment 782 Adj. abrogation 756 V. divestment 226 V. remainder 40 Adj. relinquishment 782 V. cast one's net: experiment 463 V. cast out of doors: abrogation 756 V. cast out: abrogation 756 V. cast overboard: relinquishment 782 V. rejection 610 V. disuse 678 V. cast pearls before swine: waste 638 V. inutility 645 V. cast reflection: disapprobation 932 V. cast reproach: disapprobation 932 V. cast sheep's eyes upon: endearment 902 V. cast the eyes back: the past 122 V. cast the eyes on: vision 441 V. cast the eyes over: attention 457 V. cast the first stone at: accusation 938 V. cast the lead: depth 208 V. cast the parts: arrangement 60 V. cast the skin: divestment 226 V. cast to an anchor: quiescence 265 V. cast to the dogs: rejection 610 V. disuse 678 V. destruction 162 V. relinquishment 782 V. cast to the winds: rejection 610 V. disuse 678 V. relinquishment 782 V. cast up accounts: accounts 811 V. cast up: numeration 85 V. eventuality 151 V. ejection 297 V. cast: sculpture 557 V. condemnation 971 V. tendency 176 N. affections 820 Adj. apportionment 786 V. giving 784 V. plan 626 V. rejection 610 V. sculpture 557 N. appearance 448 N. color 428 N. depression 308 V. propulsion 284 V. form 240 N. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. smallness 32 N. copy 21 N. form 240 V. castaneous: brown 433 Adj. castanet: musical instruments 417 N. castaway: seclusion, exclusion 893 N. bad man 949 N. caste: class 75 N. repute 873 N. castellan: keeper 753 N. servant 746 N. castellated: defense 717 Adj. caster: rotation 312 N. receptacle 191 N. castigate: disapprobation 932 V. punishment 972 V. castigation: disapprobation 932 N. punishment 972 N. castigator: detractor 936 N. castigatory: punishment 972 Adj. casting vote: judgment 480 N. casting weight: inequality 28 N. casting-weight: compensation 30 N. castle in the air: imagination 515 N. Castle of Indolence: inactivity 683 N. castle: abode 189 N. defense 717 N. castle-buildier: imagination 515 N. castle-building: imagination 515 N. castles in Spain: hope 858 N. castles in the air: hope 858 N. castling: interchange 148 N. cast-off clothes: inutility 645 N. Castor and Pollux: duality 89 N. castor: clothing 225 N. castrametation: abode 189 N. warfare 722 N. castrate: nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. cleanness 652 V. impotence 158 V. casual acquaintance: friend 890 N. casual: chance 156 Adj. uncertainty 475 Adj. casually: chance 156 Adv. chance 621 Adv. casualty: eventuality 151 N. chance 156 N. killing 361 N. evil 619 N. adversity 735 N. casuist: reasoning 476 N. casuistical: duty 926 Adj. casuistry: duty 926 N. intuition 477 N. cat house: impurity 961 N. cat jumps: eventuality 151 Adv. cat o'nine tails: scourge 975 N. cat: ship 273 N. animal 366 N. roll 407 N. vision 441 N. scourge 975 N. catabolism: organization 357 N. catachresis: metaphor 521 N. misinterpretation 523 N. catachrestical: metaphor 521 Adj. cataclasm: disjunction 44 N. cataclysm: revolution 146 N. destruction 162 N. river 348 N. catacomb: interment 363 N. catadupe: river 348 N. catafalque: interment 363 N. catalepsy: quiescence 265 N. cataleptic: quiescence 265 Adj. catalo: mixture 41 N. catalog: list 86 N. list 86 V. catalogue: list 86 N. arrangement 60 V. catalysis: decomposition 49 N. catalytic: decomposition 49 Adj. catamaran: ship 273 N. combatant 726 N. catamenia: regularity of recurrence 138 N. catamenial: regularity of recurrence 138 Adj. cat-and-dog life: discord 713 N. cataplasm: remedy 662 N. catapult upwards: ascent 305 V. catapult: arms 727 N. cataract: dimsightedness 443 N. river 348 N. blindness 442 N. catarrh: excretion 299 N. catastrophe: evil 619 N. completion 729 N. adversity 735 N. catcall: musical instruments 417 N. disapprobation 932 N. catch a disease: disease 655 V. catch a glimpse of: vision 441 V. catch a likeness: representation 554 V. catch a sight of: vision 441 V. catch a sound: hearing 418 V. catch a Tartar: retaliation 718 V. dupe 547 V. unskillfulness 699 V. catch a weasel asleep: activity 682 Phr. impossibility 471 V. catch a whiff of: discovery 480a V. catch an idea: intelligence, wisdom 498 V. catch an infection: disease 655 V. catch at a straw: misuse 679 V. hope 858 V. catch at straws: rashness 863 V. unskillfulness 699 V. unimportance 643 V. credulity 486 V. overestimation 482 V. catch at: willingness 602 V. taking 789 V. desire 865 V. catch basin: receptacle 191 N. catch by surprise: inexpectation 508 V. catch drain: receptacle 191 N. catch fire: calefaction 384 V. catch hold of: taking 789 V. catch in a trap: deception 545 V. catch napping: inexpectation 508 V. catch one's death: death 360 V. catch the attention: attention 457 V. catch the ear: hearing 418 V. catch the eye: attention 457 V. visibility 446 V. catch the flame: feeling 821 V. catch the infection: feeling 821 V. excitation 824 V. catch the mind: attention 457 V. catch the thoughts: attention 457 V. catch tripping: discovery 480a V. catch unawares: inexpectation 508 V. catch up: taking 789 V. catch: qualification 469 N. taking 789 V. taking 789 N. receiving 785 V. deception 545 V. deception 545 N. discovery 480a V. hearing 418 V. music 415 N. connection 45 N. imitation 19 V. intelligibility 518 V. catch-: qualification 469 Phr. catching of the breath: wind 349 N. catching: insalubrity 657 Adj. catchpenny: cheapness 815 Adj. deception 545 Adj. unimportance 643 Adj. catchpoll: jurisdiction 965 N. catchweed: sharpness 253 N. catchword: indication 550 N. printing 591 N. catechetical: inquiry 461 Adj. catechism: inquiry 461 N. belief 484 N. catechist: inquiry 461 N. catechize: inquiry 461 V. catechumen: laity 997 N. learner 541 N. categorema: class 75 N. categorical: certainty 474 Adj. demonstration 478 Adj. affirmation 535 Adj. categorically true: truth 494 Adj. category: class 75 N. state 7 N. quantity 25 N. catenary: curvature 245 N. catenation: continuity 69 N. cater: provision 637 V. caterer: provision 637 N. caterpillar: infant 129 N. vehicle 272 N. caterwaul: ululation 412 V. caterwauling: discord 414 N. endearment 902 N. cates: food 298 N. catgut scraper: musician 416 N. cathartic: cleanness 652 Adj. cleanness 652 N. cathedral: temple 1000 N. catheretic: painfulness 830 Adj. calefaction 384 N. catheter: remedy 662 N. Catholic Church: orthodoxy 983a N. catholic: orthodoxy 983a Adj. heterodoxy 984 N. piety 987 Adj. generality 78 Adj. catholical: generality 78 Adj. catholicism: generality 78 N. heterodoxy 984 N. orthodoxy 983a N. catholicity: generality 78 N. orthodoxy 983a N. catholicon: remedy 662 N. Catiline: knave 941 N. cation-exchange resin: resin 356a N. catnip: remedy 662 N. catopsis: vision 441 N. catoptrics: light 420 N. Catoptromancy: prediction 511 Phr. cat's concert: discord 414 N. cat's cradle: crossing 219 N. cat's eye: jewelry 847a N. cat's paw: dupe 547 N. catsitter: keeper 753 N. cat's-paw: auxiliary 711 N. instrumentality 631 N. cattle plague: disease 655 N. cattle prod: arms 727 N. cattle rustler: thief 792 N. cattle thief: thief 792 N. cattle truck: vehicle 272 N. cattle: animal 366 N. carrier 271 N. catty: detraction 934 Adj. Caucasian mystery: theology 983 N. caucus: council 696 N. council 696 V. caudal: end 67 Adj. rear 235 Adj. caudate: pendency 214 Adj. caudex crib: support 215 N. cauf: husbandry 370 N. caught napping: inattention 458 Adj. nonpreparation 674 Adj. caught tripping: ignorance 491 Adj. caulk: restoration 660 V. causal: cause 153 Adj. causality: cause 153 N. causation: circumstance 8 N. cause 153 N. agency 170 N. cause a doubt: unbelief doubt 485 V. cause anger: resentment 900 V. cause desire: desire 865 V. cause discontent: discontent 832 V. cause error: error 495 V. cause evil: badness 649 V. cause for alarm: danger 665 N. cause laughter: amusement 840 V. cause pain: painfulness 830 V. cause pleasure: pleasurableness 829 V. cause sensation: physical sensibility 375 V. cause shame: disrepute 874 V. cause to be believed: belief 484 V. cause: cause 153 N. cause 153 V. lawsuit 969 N. production 161 V. caused by: effect 154 Adj. caused: cause 153 Adj. causeless: chance 156 Adj. chance 621 Adj. causerie: conversation 588 N. causeway: method 627 N. causidical: jurisdiction 965 Adj. causing pain: painfulness 830 Adj. causing pleasure: pleasurableness 829 Adj. causiticity: physical energy 171 N. caustic: calefaction 384 N. malevolence 907 Adj. discourtesy 895 Adj. painfulness 830 Adj. bitterness 392b N. curvature 245 N. physical energy 171 Adj. feeling 821 Adj. cautel: caution 864 N. cautelous: caution 864 Adj. cauterization: calefaction 384 N. cauterize: calefaction 384 V. cauterizer: calefaction 384 N. cautery: calefaction 384 N. caution: caution 864 V. warning 668 N. warning 668 V. security 771 N. caution 864 N. cautionary: warning 668 Adj. cautious: caution 864 Adj. cautiously: caution 864 Adv. cautiousness: warning 668 N. caution 864 N. cavalcade: continuity 69 N. journey 266 N. cavalier: discourtesy 895 Adj. contempt 930 Adj. rashness 863 Adj. traveler 268 N. insolence 885 Adj. cavalry: combatant 726 N. cavatina: music 415 N. cave in: concavity 252 V. shortcoming 304 V. submission 725 V. cave of Adullam: discontent 832 N. relinquishment 624 N. cave of Despair: hopelessness 859 N. dejection 837 N. cave of Eolus: wind 349 N. cave: interiority 221 N. abode 189 N. receptacle 191 N. concavity 252 N. caveat actor: warning 668 Phr. caveat emptor: purchase 795 Phr. compact 769 Phr. caveat: warning 668 N. command 741 N. Cavendish: pungency 392 N. cavern: concavity 252 N. cavernous: concavity 252 Adj. rarity 322 Adj. cavesson: prison 752 N. caviare to the general: taste 850 N. caviare: pungency 392 N. condiment 393 N. cavil: disapprobation 932 V. disapprobation 932 N. unbelief doubt 485 V. intuition 477 V. dissent 489 V. caviler: detractor 936 N. cavilling: dissent 489 N. cavity: concavity 252 N. caw: ululation 412 V. cayenne: condiment 393 N. pungency 392 N. caymon: evil 913 N. cazique: master 745 N. CB: hearing 418 N. C-clamp: connection 45 N. CD: money 800 N. ceasar: master 745 N. cease and desist!: prohibition 761 Int. cease to breathe: death 360 V. cease to exist: inexistence 2 V. cease to live: death 360 V. cease: cessation 142 V. ceaseless: perpetuity 112 Adj. ceaselessness: continuity 69 N. cecity: blindness 442 N. cede: submission 725 V. relinquishment 782 V. giving 784 V. cedilla: indication 550 N. ceiling: covering 223 N. height 206 N. summit 210 N. celebrant: worship 990 N. celebrate keep: celebration 883 V. celebrated: repute 873 Adj. celebration 883 Adj. celebrating: celebration 883 Adj. celebration: rite 998 N. celebration 883 N. repute 873 N. celebrity: memory 505 N. repute 873 N. nobility 875 N. celerity: velocity 274 N. celestial bliss: heaven 981 N. celestial spaces: world 318 N. celestial: world 318 Adj. deity 976 Adj. heaven 981 Adj. celibacy: celibacy 904 N. cell: prison 752 N. seclusion, exclusion 893 N. receptacle 191 N. abode 189 N. concavity 252 N. cellar: receptacle 191 N. lowness 207 N. cellaret: receptacle 191 N. cellarway: opening 260 N. cellular: sponge 252a Adj. receptacle 191 Adj. cellule: receptacle 191 N. celluloid: imitation 19 N. cement a party: party 712 V. cement a union: combination 48 V. cement: connection 45 N. coherence 46 V. hardness 323 N. tenacity 327 N. materials 635 N. cementation: coherence 46 N. cemented: concord 714 Adj. cemetery: interment 363 N. cenobite: seclusion, exclusion 893 N. clergy 996 N. cenotaph: interment 363 N. Cenozoic: oldness 124 Adj. censer: rite 998 N. censor: judgment 480 N. detractor 936 N. judge 967 N. censorious: fastidiousness 868 Adj. disapprobation 932 Adj. censoriousness: disapprobation 932 N. censurable: guilt 947 Adj. censure: disapprobation 932 N. disapprobation 932 V. censurer: discontent 832 N. detractor 936 N. census: numeration 85 N. list 86 N. cent: unimportance 643 N. money 800 N. centaur: unconformity 83 N. centenarian: veteran 130 N. centenary: five, &c 98 Adj. five, &c 98 N. regularity of recurrence 138 N. centennial: five, &c 98 Adj. regularity of recurrence 138 Adj. center in: convergence 290 V. center of buoyancy: centrality 222 N. center of gravity: centrality 222 N. center of life: existence 1 N. center of oscillation: centrality 222 N. center of percussion: centrality 222 N. center of pressure: centrality 222 N. center round: assemblage 72 V. convergence 290 V. center: middle 68 N. focus 74 N. centrality 222 N. centerboard: base 211 N. centered in self: selfishness 943 Adj. centesimal: quinquesection, &c 99 Adj. centigram: gravity 319 N. centimeter: length 200 N. cento: poetry 597 N. central air conditioning: refrigeration 385 N. central heating: furnace 386 N. central processing unit: intellect 450 N. central: centrality 222 Adj. middle 68 Adj. centrality: symmetry 242 N. centrality 222 N. centralization: combination 48 N. centrality 222 N. centralize: combination 48 V. centrality 222 V. centrally: centrality 222 Adv. centrical: centrality 222 Adj. centricalness: centrality 222 N. centrifugal force: rotation 312 N. centrifugal: attraction 288 Adj. divergence 291 Adj. centrifuge tube: receptacle 191 N. centrifuge: rotation 312 N. centripetal: convergence 290 Adj. repulsion 289 Adj. cents-off coupon: discount 813 N. centuple: five, &c 98 Adj. centuplicate: five, &c 98 Adj. centurial: five, &c 98 Adj. centuriate: five, &c 98 V. centurion: master 745 N. century: period 108 N. five, &c 98 N. cephalalgia: physical pain 378 N. ceramic ware: sculpture 557 N. ceramic: sculpture 557 Adj. ceramics: calefaction 384 N. cerate: remedy 662 N. cerberus: stopper 263 N. safety 664 N. cereal: food 298 Adj. cerealia: food 298 N. cereals: food 298 N. cerebral: intellect 450 Adj. cerebration: thought 451 N. cerebrum: intellect 450 N. cerecloth: interment 363 N. cerement: interment 363 N. covering 223 N. oil 356 N. ceremonial salutation: courtesy 894 N. ceremonial: rite 998 N. rite 998 Adj. ostentation 882 Adj. ostentation 882 N. ceremonialism: rite 998 N. ceremonious: respect 928 Adj. ostentation 882 Adj. ceremony: rite 998 N. celebration 883 N. ostentation 882 N. cerograph: engraving 558 N. cerography: engraving 558 N. writing 590 N. Ceromancy: prediction 511 Phr. ceroplastic: sculpture 557 Adj. certain cure: remedy 662 N. certain: speciality 79 Adj. affirmation 535 Adj. truth 494 Adj. belief 484 Adj. plurality 100 Adj. certainty 474 Adj. certainly: truth 494 Adv. assent 488 Adv. certainty 474 Adv. certainty: belief 484 N. certainty 474 N. certificate of deposit: money 800 N. certificate: evidence 467 N. record 551 N. security 771 N. certified accountant: accounts 811 N. certify: evidence 467 V. affirmation 535 V. certitude: certainty 474 N. cerulean: blueness 438 Adj. cerulescent: blueness 438 Adj. ceruse: whiteness 430 N. cespitose: vegetable 367 Adj. cess: price 812 N. uncleanness 653 N. cessation of life: death 360 N. cessation: cessation 142 N. cession: relinquishment 624 N. submission 725 N. relinquishment 782 N. cesspool: uncleanness 653 N. cestus: connection 45 N. circularity 247 N. cha-cha: amusement 840 N. chador: shade 424 N. chafe: discontent 832 V. resentment 900 V. painfulness 830 V. excitability 825 V. calefaction 384 V. physical pain 378 V. pain 828 V. chaff: unimportance 643 N. ridicule 856 N. ridicule 856 V. commonality 876 N. chaffer: barter 794 V. chafing at the bit: excitation 824 Adj. chafing dish: receptacle 191 N. chafing: excitability 825 Adj. chafing-dish: furnace 386 N. chagrin: pain 828 N. chagrined: pain 828 Adj. chain lightning: drunkenness 959 N. luminary 423 N. chain of reasoning: reasoning 476 N. chain shot: arms 727 N. chain: crossing 219 N. jewelry 847a N. length 200 N. connection 45 N. junction 43 V. prison 752 N. chain-link fence: prison 752 N. chair: school 542 N. celebration 883 V. scepter 747 N. direction 693 N. support 215 N. director 694 N. chairman: director 694 N. chairperson: director 694 N. chairwoman: director 694 N. chaise: vehicle 272 N. chalcedony: jewelry 847a N. chalcography: engraving 558 N. chalet: abode 189 N. chalice: receptacle 191 N. chalk engraving: engraving 558 N. chalk out: painting 556 V. plan 626 V. chalk talk: teaching 537 N. chalk talker: teacher 540 N. chalk: indication 550 V. painting 556 N. whiteness 430 N. land 342 N. chalky: whiteness 430 Adj. challenge comparison: goodness 648 V. challenge: unbelief doubt 485 V. accusation 938 V. accusation 938 N. defiance 715 N. defiance 715 V. inquiry 461 N. dueness 924 V. chalybeate: remedy 662 Adj. chamber fellow: friend 890 N. chamber maid: servant 746 N. chamber of deputies: council 696 N. chamber: abode 189 N. receptacle 191 N. council 696 N. chamberlain: servant 746 N. chambers: mart 799 N. chameleon: variegation 440 N. changeableness 149 N. chamfer: furrow 259 N. chamois: leap 309 N. champ a bit: excitability 825 V. champ at the bit: resentment 900 V. Champ de Allars: arena 728 N. champ the bit: disobedience 742 V. resentment 900 V. champ: food 298 V. champagne: drunkenness 959 N. champaign country: plain 344 N. champaign: plain 344 Adj. champain: disrepute 874 N. champak: fragrance 400 N. champion: combatant 726 N. deputy 759 N. auxiliary 711 N. goodness 648 N. defense 717 N. championship: aid 707 N. chance it: chance 621 V. chance medley: chance 156 N. chance: chance 156 N. chance 156 V. possibility 470 N. probability 472 N. absence of motive 615a N. chance 621 N. chance 621 V. chancel: temple 1000 N. chancellor: master 745 N. deputy 759 N. judge 967 N. chancery suit: lateness 133 N. chances are in favor of: probability 472 Phr. chancy: chance 621 Adj. chandelier: luminary 423 N. chandler: merchant 797 N. change and change about: changeableness 149 V. change bands: interchange 148 V. change color: feeling 821 V. humility 879 V. change for: substitution 147 V. change hands: transfer 783 V. change money: money 800 V. change of intention: tergiversation 607 N. change of mind: tergiversation 607 N. change of opinion: unbelief doubt 485 N. change of purpose: tergiversation 607 N. change of state: revolution 146 N. conversion 144 N. change one's intention: tergiversation 607 V. change one's mind: tergiversation 607 V. change one's note: tergiversation 607 V. change one's place: motion 264 V. change one's purpose: tergiversation 607 V. change one's quarters: motion 264 V. change sides: tergiversation 607 V. change the face of: revolution 146 V. change: change 140 N. change 140 V. irresolution 605 V. mart 799 N. money 800 N. changeable: uncertainty 475 Adj. change 140 Adj. form 240 Adj. changeableness 149 Adj. changeableness: transientness 111 N. change 140 N. changeableness 149 N. irresolution 605 N. changed: change 140 Adj. changeful: tergiversation 607 Adj. changeableness 149 Adj. changeling: substitution 147 N. fool 501 N. changer: merchant 797 N. changing: changeableness 149 Adj. channel: furrow 259 N. opening 260 N. conduit 350 N. method 627 N. chant: musician 416 V. worship 990 N. music 415 N. chanticleer: animal 366 N. chantry: temple 1000 N. Chanukkah: rite 998 N. Chaomancy: prediction 511 Phr. chaos is come again: disorder 59 Phr. chaos: agitation 315 N. amorphism 241 N. disorder 59 N. chaotic: disorder 59 Adj. chap book: book 593 N. chap: interval 198 N. man 373 N. chaparajos: clothing 225 N. chaparal: vegetable 367 N. chapel: temple 1000 N. chaperon: care 459 V. safety 664 N. chapfallen: dejection 837 Adj. humility 879 Adj. chaplain: churchdom 995 N. clergy 996 N. chaplaincy: churchdom 995 N. chaplainship: churchdom 995 N. chaplet: ornament 847 N. circularity 247 N. trophy 733 N. chapman: merchant 797 N. chaps: edge 231 N. chapter and verse: truth 494 Adv. chapter house: temple 1000 N. chapter of accidents: eventuality 151 N. chance 156 N. chapter: council 696 N. book 593 N. part 51 N. topic 454 N. churchdom 995 N. chaqueta: clothing 225 N. char: calefaction 384 V. character: class 75 N. affections 820 N. drama 599 N. unconformity 83 N. state 7 N. intrinsicality 5 N. letter 561 N. characteristic: indication 550 N. intrinsicality 5 Adj. difference 15 Adj. speciality 79 Adj. speciality 79 N. indication 550 Adj. characterize: description 594 V. nomenclature 564 V. characterized: affections 820 Adj. charade: secret 533 N. drama 599 N. charcoal: calefaction 384 N. fuel 388 N. blackness 431 N. painting 556 N. charge interest: money 800 V. charge on: attribution 155 V. charge with: accusation 938 V. charge: commission 755 N. accusation 938 V. accusation 938 N. price 812 V. direction 693 N. price 812 N. debt 806 V. barter 794 V. commission 755 V. command 741 V. command 741 N. attack 716 V. attack 716 N. precept 697 N. advice 695 N. advice 695 V. requirement 630 N. business 625 N. impulse 276 N. completeness 52 V. restraint 751 N. chargeable on: duty 926 Adj. chargeable: debt 806 Adj. charged with: possession 777 Adj. charger: carrier 271 N. combatant 726 N. chargeship: business 625 N. business 625 V. chariot: vehicle 272 N. charioteer: traveler 268 N. director 694 N. charitable: giving 784 Adj. liberality 816 Adj. benevolence 906 Adj. charitableness: benevolence 906 N. charity: pity 914 N. giving 784 N. liberality 816 N. benevolence 906 N. charivari: roll 407 N. loudness 404 N. charlatan: ignoramus 493 N. deceiver 548 N. humorist 844 N. affectation 855 N. boasting 884 N. charlatanism: affectation 855 N. falsehood 544 N. charlatanry: ignorance 491 N. falsehood 544 N. charlatism: ignorance 491 N. Charles's wain: world 318 N. Charley: keeper 753 N. charm bracelet: jewelry 847a N. charm: love 897 V. motive 615 N. spell 993 N. sorcery 992 V. beauty 845 N. pleasurableness 829 V. motive 615 V. preservation 670 N. charmed: love 897 Adj. sorcery 992 Adj. charmer: sorcerer 994 N. charming: pleasurableness 829 Adj. love 897 Adj. charnel house: interment 363 N. chart: advice 695 N. plan 626 N. list 86 N. representation 554 N. information 527 N. charter poll: security 771 N. charter: dueness 924 N. security 771 N. compact 769 N. permission 760 V. permission 760 N. commission 755 N. legality 963 N. chartered accountant: accounts 811 N. chartered libertine: libertine 962 N. chartered: permission 760 Adj. dueness 924 Adj. legality 963 Adj. charwoman: servant 746 N. agent 690 N. chary: caution 864 Adj. economy 817 Adj. parsimony 819 Adj. Charybdis: rotation 312 N. chase: pursuit 622 V. ornament 847 V. pursuit 622 N. vegetable 367 N. repulsion 289 V. convexity 250 V. chaser: artist 559 N. chaser-balancer: irresolution 605 V. chasm: interval 198 N. opening 260 N. chassepot: arms 727 N. chaste: simplicity 849 Adj. purity 960 Adj. taste 850 Adj. symmetry 242 Adj. plainness 576 Adj. elegance 578 Adj. chasten: moderation 174 V. punishment 972 V. chastened: inexcitability 826 Adj. chastening: punishment 972 N. chastise with scorpions: severity 739 V. chastise: disapprobation 932 V. punishment 972 V. chastisement: punishment 972 N. chastity: simplicity 849 N. purity 960 N. chasuble: canonicals 999 N. chat: conversation 588 N. conversation 588 V. chateau: abode 189 N. chatelaine: jewelry 847a N. chatoyant: variegation 440 Adj. chattels real: property 780 N. chattels: instrument 633 N. property 780 N. chatter: loquacity 584 N. loquacity 584 V. chatterbox: loquacity 584 N. chatterer: loquacity 584 N. conversation 588 N. chattering of teeth: cold 383 N. chattering: loquacity 584 Adj. chatti: receptacle 191 N. chatty: sociality 892 Adj. conversation 588 Adj. loquacity 584 Adj. chauffeur: traveler 268 N. chauki: prison 752 N. chaunt the praises of: approbation 931 V. chaunt: music 415 N. musician 416 V. worship 990 N. chaunter: musician 416 N. chauntress: musician 416 N. Chauvinism: boasting 884 N. chavar: clothing 225 N. chaw-bacon: commonality 876 N. cheap and nasty: cheapness 815 Adj. cheap as dirt: cheapness 815 Adj. cheap at the price: cheapness 815 Adj. cheap: unimportance 643 Adj. worthlessness 812b Adj. cheapness 815 Adj. cheapen: barter 794 V. parsimony 819 V. cheapness: worthlessness 812b N. cheapness 815 N. cheat sheet: memory 505 N. cheat: deception 545 N. deception 545 V. deceiver 548 N. check it out: experiment 463 Phr. check oneself: inexcitability 826 V. check out: experiment 463 V. check palliate: moderation 174 V. check roll: list 86 N. check the books: accounts 811 V. check the growth of: shortness 201 V. check: experiment 463 N. restraint 751 V. inexcitability 826 V. debt 806 N. money 800 N. hindrance 706 V. hindrance 706 N. dissuasion 616 N. indication 550 N. experiment 463 V. variegation 440 N. slowness 275 V. counteraction 179 N. numeration 85 V. measurement 466 N. adversity 735 N. checker cab: vehicle 272 N. checker roll: list 86 N. checker: variegation 440 V. checkered: changeableness 149 Adj. checkers: variegation 440 N. amusement 840 N. checking account: money 800 N. checklist: list 86 N. checkmate: success 731 N. success 731 V. failure 732 N. checks: money 800 N. checquers: amusement 840 N. cheek by jole: accompaniment 88 Adv. nearness 197 Adv. cheek by jowl: laterality 236 Adv. nearness 197 Adv. accompaniment 88 Adv. cheek: refuge 666 N. counter evidence 468 V. laterality 236 N. cheeks: duality 89 N. cheep: ululation 412 V. cheer the heart: relief 834 V. cheerfulness 836 V. cheer to the echo: approbation 931 V. cheer to the very echo: approbation 931 V. cheer up!: cheerfulness 836 Int. cheer up: cheerfulness 836 V. cheer: sociality 892 N. amusement 840 N. approbation 931 V. approbation 931 N. courtesy 894 V. courage 861 V. hope 858 V. amusement 840 V. cheerfulness 836 V. cheerfulness 836 N. relief 834 V. pleasure 827 N. aid 707 V. cry 411 V. food 298 N. hope 858 N. cheerful: rejoicing 838 Adj. cheerfulness 836 Adj. content 831 Adj. cheerfully: cheerfulness 836 Adv. cheerfulness: pleasure 827 N. content 831 N. cheerfulness 836 N. cheering: cheerfulness 836 Adj. hope 858 Adj. pleasurableness 829 Adj. willingness 602 Adj. cheerless: painfulness 830 Adj. dejection 837 Adj. pain 828 Adj. cheerly: cheerfulness 836 Adj. cheery: cheerfulness 836 Adj. cheesecake: sexuality 374a N. cheesepairings: remainder 40 N. cheeseparings: uncleanness 653 N. cheetah: variegation 440 N. chef de cuisine: proficient 700 N. servant 746 N. chela: learner 541 N. chemical mace: arms 727 N. chemiluminescent: luminary 423 Adj. chemise: clothing 225 N. chemist: remedy 662 N. chemistry: conversion 144 N. cheque: money 800 N. chequer: variegation 440 V. chequers: variegation 440 N. cherish a belief: belief 484 V. cherish an idea: thought 451 V. cherish an opinion: belief 484 V. cherish feeling: feeling 821 V. cherish hope: hope 858 V. cherish: aid 707 V. love 897 V. endearment 902 V. cherry bomb: snap 406 N. cherry cheeked: beauty 845 Adj. cherry: purity 960 Adj. cherry-colored: redness 434 Adj. cherub: angel 977 N. cherubic: angel 977 Adj. cherubim: angel 977 N. chess: amusement 840 N. chessboard: variegation 440 N. chest of drawers: receptacle 191 N. chest on chest: receptacle 191 N. chest: treasury 802 N. receptacle 191 N. chest-beating: defiance 715 N. chestnut: brown 433 Adj. news 532 N. chest-thumping: defiance 715 N. cheval-glass: optical instruments 445 N. chevalier: nobility 875 N. chevron: indication 550 N. chew the cud upon: thought 451 V. chew: food 298 V. pungency 392 V. chiaroscuro: light 420 N. darkness 421 N. blackness 431 N. gray 432 N. painting 556 N. chic: fashion 852 Adj. ostentation 882 N. ostentation 882 Adj. fashion 852 N. chicane: intuition 477 N. deception 545 N. cunning 702 N. chicanery: cunning 702 N. intuition 477 N. deception 545 N. chi-chi: neologism 563 N. chick: shade 424 N. chickaree: velocity 274 N. chicken: infant 129 N. animal 366 N. chickenhearted: cowardice 862 Adj. chicote: scourge 975 N. chid: disapprobation 932 Adj. chide: disapprobation 932 V. chiding: disapprobation 932 N. Chief Baron: judge 967 N. Chief Justice: judge 967 N. government 737a N. chief part: greatness 31 N. chief: repute 873 N. master 745 N. importance 642 N. importance 642 Adj. chiefdom: government 737a N. chiefly: greatness 31 Adv. chieftain: master 745 N. chiffonnier: commonality 876 N. chiffonniere: receptacle 191 N. chignon: clothing 225 N. child: fool 501 N. posterity 167 N. infant 129 N. childbirth: production 161 N. childhood friend: friend 890 N. childhood: youth 127 N. childish treble mute: aphony 581 N. childish: feebleness 575 Adj. imbecility folly 499 Adj. credulity 486 Adj. infant 129 Adj. child-like: imbecility folly 499 Adj. children of darkness: impiety 988 N. child's play: unimportance 643 N. chili peppers: condiment 393 N. chiliad: five, &c 98 N. chill to the marrow: refrigeration 385 V. chill: cold 383 N. cold 383 Adj. refrigeration 385 V. dissuasion 616 V. chilled to the bone: cold 383 Adj. chilliness: cold 383 N. chilly: cold 383 Adj. chime in with: concord 714 V. assent 488 V. conformity 82 V. agreement 23 V. chime: resonance 408 V. melody concord 413 N. roll 407 V. melody concord 413 V. chimera: unconformity 83 N. imagination 515 N. chimerical: imagination 515 Adj. chimes: repetition 104 N. chiming: repetition 104 Adj. chimney corner: abode 189 N. chimney: opening 260 N. airpipe 351 N. china anniversary: celebration 883 N. china jubilee: celebration 883 N. china wedding: celebration 883 N. china: sculpture 557 N. calefaction 384 N. chinch: uncleanness 653 N. chine: rear 235 N. Chinese calendar: chronometry 114 N. chinese water torture: scourge 975 N. chink: money 800 N. interval 198 N. resonance 408 V. chinking: materials 635 N. Chinook: neologism 563 N. wind 349 N. chip in: cooperation 709 V. chip of the old block: similarity 17 N. chip off the old block: posterity 167 N. copy 21 N. chip: sharpness 253 V. contraction 195 V. part 51 N. disjunction 44 V. smallness 32 N. indication 550 N. chipmunk: velocity 274 N. chipped ice: refrigerator 387 N. chipping: smallness 32 N. chirography: writing 590 N. chirology: indication 550 N. Chiromancy: prediction 511 Phr. chirp: ululation 412 V. musician 416 V. cheerfulness 836 V. rejoicing 838 V. chirrup: ululation 412 V. musician 416 V. cheerfulness 836 V. rejoicing 838 V. chirurgery: remedy 662 N. chirurgical: remedy 662 Adj. chirurgy: remedy 662 N. chisel: sharpness 253 N. perforator 262 N. form 240 V. production 161 V. sculpture 557 V. chiseling: engraving 558 N. chit: infant 129 N. littleness 193 N. correspondence 592 N. chitchat: conversation 588 N. chitterings: interiority 221 N. chitty: correspondence 592 N. chivalric: philanthropy 910 Adj. chivalrous spirit: disinterestedness 942 N. chivalrous: warfare 722 Adj. courage 861 Adj. probity 939 Adj. disinterestedness 942 Adj. chivalry: possession 777 N. disinterestedness 942 N. warfare 722 N. philanthropy 910 N. courage 861 N. chivarras: clothing 225 N. chivarros: clothing 225 N. chlamys: clothing 225 N. chloral: physical insensibility 376 N. chloride of lime: cleanness 652 N. chloride of sodium: vaporization 336 N. chloroform: insensibility 823 V. physical insensibility 376 N. chloroformed: insensibility 823 Adj. chlorosis: disease 655 N. chlorotic: disease 655 Adj. chock full: completeness 52 Adj. chock-full: sufficiency 639 Adj. chocolate: food 298 N. brown 433 Adj. choice of words: style 569 N. choice: choice 609 N. goodness 648 Adj. choice 609 Adj. choir: temple 1000 N. musician 416 N. clergy 996 N. choke damp: bane 663 N. choke full: completeness 52 Adj. choke off: hindrance 706 V. choke: hindrance 706 V. redundancy 641 V. closure 261 V. killing 361 V. choke-full: sufficiency 639 Adj. chokidar: keeper 753 N. chokra: servant 746 N. choky: prison 752 N. choler: resentment 900 N. cholera: disease 655 N. choleric: irascibility 901 Adj. choose: choice 609 V. choosing: choice 609 Adj. chop into pieces: destruction 162 V. chop logic: reasoning 476 V. chop up: shortness 201 V. chop: change 140 V. disjunction 44 V. indication 550 N. chopfallen: dejection 837 Adj. chophouse: abode 189 N. chopping sea: river 348 N. chopping: size 192 Adj. chops: food 298 N. beginning 66 N. edge 231 N. chor: thief 792 N. choral: music 415 Adj. chorale: music 415 N. chords: melody concord 413 N. chore boy: messenger 534 N. chorea: agitation 315 N. disease 655 N. choregus: director 694 N. chorister: musician 416 N. clergy 996 N. chorography: situation 183 N. chorus of applause: approbation 931 N. chorus of praise: approbation 931 N. chorus singer: drama 599 N. musician 416 N. chorus: musician 416 N. cry 411 N. music 415 N. assent 488 N. chose in action: property 780 N. chose in possession: possession 777 N. chosen: choice 609 Adj. chotahazri: food 298 N. chouse: deception 545 V. chowchow: mixture 41 N. mixture 41 Adj. chowder: food 298 N. chowderhead: fool 501 N. chrestomathy: language 560 N. chrism: rite 998 N. Christ: deity 976 N. christcross-row: letter 561 N. christen: nomenclature 564 V. Christendom: orthodoxy 983a N. churchdom 995 N. christening: rite 998 N. Christian charity: benevolence 906 N. Christian community: orthodoxy 983a N. Christian Science: heterodoxy 984 N. Christian Scientist: heterodoxy 984 N. Christian: piety 987 Adj. orthodoxy 983a N. orthodoxy 983a Adj. piety 987 N. Christianism: orthodoxy 983a N. Christianity: orthodoxy 983a N. Christmas box: giving 784 N. Christmas party: sociality 892 N. Christmas: rite 998 N. regularity of recurrence 138 N. chromatic dispersion: color 428 N. chromatic: color 428 Adj. melody concord 413 Adj. chromatics: color 428 N. chromatism: color 428 N. chromato pseudo blepsis: dimsightedness 443 N. chromatogenous: color 428 Adj. chromatography: color 428 N. chromatology: color 428 N. chromatoscope: optical instruments 445 N. chromatrope: optical instruments 445 N. chrome-yellow: yellowness 436 N. chromolithograph: engraving 558 N. chromolithography: engraving 558 N. chromosome: organization 357 N. chromosphere: world 318 N. chronic: diuturnity 110 Adj. chronicle: chronometry 114 N. chronometry 114 V. record 551 N. record 551 V. chronicler: recorder 553 N. chronogram: chronometry 114 N. chronogrammatical: chronometry 114 Adj. chronograph: chronometry 114 N. chronographer: chronometry 114 N. chronography: description 594 N. chronologer: chronometry 114 N. chronological: chronometry 114 Adj. chronologist: chronometry 114 N. chronometer: chronometry 114 N. measurement 466 N. chronometrical: chronometry 114 Adj. chronometry: chronometry 114 N. Chrononhotonthologos: blusterer 887 N. chronoscope: chronometry 114 N. chrysalis: infant 129 N. chrysolite: perfection 650 N. jewelry 847a N. chrysology: money 800 N. chub faced: size 192 Adj. chubby faced: size 192 Adj. chuck under the chin: endearment 902 V. chuck up: ejection 297 V. chuck: chance 621 N. propulsion 284 V. ululation 412 V. chuck-a-luck: chance 621 N. chucker-out: ejection 297 N. chuckle headed: imbecility folly 499 Adj. chuckle: amusement 840 N. ululation 412 V. boasting 884 V. amusement 840 V. chucklehead: fool 501 N. chudder: clothing 225 N. chuff: commonality 876 N. chugalug: food 298 V. chum: friend 890 N. chunk: part 51 N. chup rao!: silence 403 Int. chup!: taciturnity 585 Int. silence 403 Int. chupatty: food 298 N. Church Catechism: orthodoxy 983a N. church government: churchdom 995 N. Church of Christ: orthodoxy 983a N. Church of Rome: heterodoxy 984 N. church yard: interment 363 N. church: certainty 474 N. churchdom 995 N. temple 1000 N. churchdom: churchdom 995 N. churchman: clergy 996 N. churchwarden: clergy 996 N. churchyard cough: disease 655 N. churchyard: temple 1000 N. churl: parsimony 819 N. commonality 876 N. churlish: parsimony 819 Adj. commonality 876 Adj. discourtesy 895 Adj. irascibility 901 Adj. malevolence 907 Adj. churlishness: discourtesy 895 N. malevolence 907 N. irascibility 901 N. sullenness 901a N. churn: agitation 315 V. semiliquidity 352 V. chut!: silence 403 Int. taciturnity 585 Int. chute: river 348 N. chutney: condiment 393 N. chyle: fluidity 333 N. CIA: government 737a N. ciao: departure 293 N. cibarious: food 298 Adj. cicatrix: record 551 N. cicatrization: restoration 660 N. cicatrize: restoration 660 V. Cicero: speech 582 N. cicerone: interpreter 524 N. information 527 N. Ciceronian: elegance 578 Adj. speech 582 Adj. cicisbeo: love 897 N. cider: food 298 N. cienaga: marsh 345 N. cigar store: mart 799 N. cigar: pungency 392 N. cigarette: pungency 392 N. cilia: filament 205 N. roughness 256 N. ciliated: roughness 256 Adj. cilium: filament 205 N. cimeter: arms 727 N. Cimmerian darkness: darkness 421 N. cinchona: remedy 662 N. cincture: circularity 247 N. cinder: calefaction 384 N. fuel 388 N. Cinderella: servant 746 N. commonality 876 N. cinders: uncleanness 653 N. cinderwench: commonality 876 N. cinema: drama 599 N. cinematograph: appearance 448 N. cinematographer: artist 559 N. cinematography: representation 554 N. drama 599 N. cinerary urn: interment 363 N. cinerary: interment 363 Adj. cineration: calefaction 384 N. cinereous: gray 432 Adj. cineritious: gray 432 Adj. cingle: outline 230 N. cinnabar: redness 434 N. cinnamon: condiment 393 N. brown 433 Adj. cipher: unimportance 643 N. unsubstantiality 4 N. number 84 N. numeration 85 V. zero 101 N. concealment 528 V. indication 550 N. letter 561 N. Circe: motive 615 N. sorcerer 994 N. Circean cup: intemperance 954 N. Circean: sorcery 992 Adj. circination: rotation 312 N. circle of acquaintance: sociality 892 N. circle of the sciences: knowledge 490 N. circle: region 181 N. circularity 247 N. party 712 N. circlet: outline 230 N. circularity 247 N. circling: convolution 248 Adj. circuit: journey 266 N. circuition 311 N. outline 230 N. region 181 N. circuit 629 N. convolution 248 N. circuition: circuition 311 N. circuitous: deviation 279 Adj. circuition 311 Adj. circuit 629 Adj. circuitously: deviation 279 Adv. circular letter: publication 531 N. circular note: credit 805 N. circular reasoning: intuition 477 N. circular saw: disjunction 44 N. circular: correspondence 592 N. publication 531 N. circularity 247 Adj. curvature 245 Adj. book 593 N. circularity: circularity 247 N. circulate: circuition 311 V. rotation 312 V. publication 531 V. money 800 V. circulating decimal: number 84 N. circulating medium: money 800 N. circulation: rotation 312 N. publication 531 N. money 800 N. expenditure 809 N. circuition 311 N. circumambience: circumjacence 227 N. circumambient: circumjacence 227 Adj. circumambulate: journey 266 V. circuition 311 V. circumambulation: circuition 311 N. circumbendibus: circuit 629 N. convolution 248 N. circumcise: disjunction 44 V. circumcision: disjunction 44 N. rite 998 N. circumduction: obliteration 552 N. circumference: outline 230 N. circumferential: circumjacence 227 Adj. circumfluent: circumjacence 227 Adj. circuition 311 Adj. circumforanean: journey 266 Adj. circumforaneous: journey 266 Adj. circuition 311 Adj. circumfuse: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. circumfusion: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 N. circumgyration: rotation 312 N. circumjacence: situation 183 N. circumjacence 227 N. exteriority 220 N. location 184 N. circumjacent: circumjacence 227 Adj. circumlocution: diffuseness 573 N. circumlocutory: diffuseness 573 Adj. circumnavigate: navigation 267 V. circuition 311 V. circumnavigation: navigation 267 N. circuition 311 N. circumrotation: rotation 312 N. circumrotatory: rotation 312 Adj. circumscribe: contraction 195 V. circumscription 229 V. inclosure 232 V. prohibition 761 V. circumscribed: circumscription 229 Adj. circumscription: circumscription 229 N. circumspect: caution 864 Adj. circumspection: attention 457 N. care 459 N. caution 864 N. circumstance: circumstance 8 N. eventuality 151 N. circumstances: property 780 N. circumstantial account: description 594 N. circumstantial evidence: probability 472 N. evidence 467 N. circumstantial: circumstance 8 Adj. circumvallation: circumscription 229 N. inclosure 232 N. defense 717 N. circumvent: circuition 311 V. hindrance 706 V. success 731 V. circumjacence 227 V. cunning 702 V. deception 545 V. circumvention: circuition 311 N. deception 545 N. cunning 702 N. circumvest: clothing 225 V. circumvolution: convolution 248 N. rotation 312 N. circumvolve: rotation 312 V. circuration: husbandry 370 N. circus: abode 189 N. drama 599 N. arena 728 N. cirrocumulus: bubble; cloud 353 N. cirrostratus: bubble; cloud 353 N. cirrus: bubble; cloud 353 N. Cistercian: clergy 996 N. cistern: receptacle 191 N. store 636 N. cit: inhabitant 188 N. citadel: defense 717 N. citation: evidence 467 N. lawsuit 969 N. command 741 N. insulation, fire extinction 388a N. accusation 938 N. cite: lawsuit 969 V. conformity 82 V. evidence 467 V. command 741 V. accusation 938 V. cither: musical instruments 417 N. cithern: musical instruments 417 N. citizen of the world: philanthropy 910 N. citizen: inhabitant 188 N. citizen's band: hearing 418 N. citrine: yellowness 436 Adj. citron-colored: yellowness 436 Adj. city park: amusement 840 N. city: abode 189 N. government 737a Adj. government 737a N. civet: fragrance 400 N. civic crown: trophy 733 N. civic: mankind 372 Adj. civil law: legality 963 N. civil service list: list 86 N. civil war: warfare 722 N. civil: courtesy 894 Adj. fashion 852 Adj. laity 997 Adj. civilian: lawyer 968 N. laity 997 N. civility: courtesy 894 N. civilization: improvement 658 N. fashion 852 N. courtesy 894 N. civilize: courtesy 894 V. civilized life: fashion 852 N. civilized: courtesy 894 Adj. civism: philanthropy 910 N. clack: loquacity 584 N. loquacity 584 V. roll 407 V. snap 406 V. ululation 412 V. clad: clothing 225 Adj. claim relationship with: consanguinity 11 V. claim: property 780 N. lawsuit 969 N. dueness 924 N. request 765 V. request 765 N. command 741 V. command 741 N. requirement 630 N. dueness 924 V. claimant: petitioner 767 N. dueness 924 N. claiming: dueness 924 Adj. clairobscur: light 420 N. clairvoyance: sorcery 992 N. clairvoyant: sorcerer 994 N. clam: food 298 N. clamant: cry 411 Adj. clamber: ascent 305 V. clammy: semiliquidity 352 Adj. clamor for: request 765 V. clamor: cry 411 N. lamentation 839 V. disapprobation 932 N. disapprobation 932 V. clamorous: loudness 404 Adj. disapprobation 932 Adj. excitability 825 Adj. cry 411 Adj. request 765 Adj. clamp: junction 43 V. connection 45 N. clan: mankind 372 N. consanguinity 11 N. party 712 N. paternity 166 N. assemblage 72 N. class 75 N. clandestine: concealment 528 Adj. clang: loudness 404 N. loudness 404 V. snap 406 V. clangor: loudness 404 N. clangorous: loudness 404 Adj. clank: stridor 410 V. clannishness: misjudgment 481 N. clanship: cooperation 709 N. clap on the back: motive 615 V. approbation 931 V. clap on the shoulder: motive 615 V. clap on: addition 37 V. clap one's hands on: taking 789 V. clap one's hands: rejoicing 838 V. clap spurs to one's horse: velocity 274 V. clap the hands: approbation 931 V. clap together: junction 43 V. clap under hatches: restraint 751 V. clap up: restraint 751 V. clap: snap 406 V. approbation 931 N. clapboard: materials 635 N. clapperclaw: contention 720 V. disapprobation 932 V. clapping of hands: approbation 931 N. clapping: approbation 931 N. claptrap: intuition 477 N. untruth 546 N. ostentation 882 N. clarence: vehicle 272 N. claret: food 298 N. claret-colored: redness 434 Adj. clarichord: musical instruments 417 N. clarify: interpretation 522 V. cleanness 652 V. clarinet: musical instruments 417 N. clarion: musical instruments 417 N. warfare 722 N. clarity: transparency 425 N. claronet: musical instruments 417 N. clash of arms: contention 720 N. clash: counteraction 179 V. impulse 276 N. snap 406 V. discord 713 N. discord 713 V. disagreement 24 V. clashing: opposition 708 N. counteraction 179 N. disagreement 24 N. contrariety 14 N. clasp: taking 789 V. endearment 902 V. outline 230 N. nearness 197 V. coherence 46 V. connection 45 N. junction 43 V. class: class 75 N. learner 541 N. school 542 N. arrangement 60 V. classfellow: friend 890 N. classic: symmetry 242 Adj. oldness 124 Adj. classical education: teaching 537 N. classical: taste 850 Adj. elegance 578 Adj. classicalism: elegance 578 N. classicism: elegance 578 N. classics: language 560 N. classification: arrangement 60 N. identification 465b N. classify: arrangement 60 V. identification 465b V. classis: council 696 N. classman: repute 873 N. friend 890 N. classmate: friend 890 N. clatter: loudness 404 N. roll 407 V. Claude Duval: thief 792 N. Claude tint: yellowness 436 N. claudication: failure 732 N. slowness 275 N. clause: part 51 N. book 593 N. clauses: conditions 770 N. claustral: temple 1000 Adj. clavate: convexity 250 Adj. clavated: convexity 250 Adj. clavichord: musical instruments 417 N. clavier: musical instruments 417 N. claviform: convexity 250 Adj. clavis: interpretation 522 N. claw coat: clothing 225 N. claw: taking 789 V. clawback: flatterer 935 N. claws: retention 781 N. clay: materials 635 N. corpse 362 N. softness 324 N. land 342 N. clay-cold: cold 383 Adj. claymore: arms 727 N. clean as a new penny: cleanness 652 Adj. clean as a whistle: completeness 52 Adv. perfection 650 Adv. cleanness 652 Adv. clean bill of health: health 654 N. clean forgotten: oblivion 506 Adj. clean hand: proficient 700 N. clean hands: innocence 946 N. probity 939 N. clean out: ejection 297 V. clean sweep: revolution 146 N. clean: perfection 650 Adv. completeness 52 Adv. cleanness 652 V. cleanness 652 Adj. clean-cut: truth 494 Adj. cleaned: cleanness 652 Adj. cleaning: cleanness 652 N. cleanliness: cleanness 652 N. cleanly: cleanness 652 Adj. cleanness: cleanness 652 N. cleanse: cleanness 652 V. cleansing: cleanness 652 Adj. clear as a bell: melody concord 413 Adj. clear as crystal: transparency 425 Adj. clear as day: intelligibility 518 Adj. manifestation 525 Adj. certainty 474 Adj. clear as daylight: manifestation 525 Adj. clear as mud: unintelligibility 519 Adj. clear as noonday: manifestation 525 Adj. intelligibility 518 Adj. clear away: ejection 297 V. clear coast: facility 705 N. clear conscience: innocence 946 N. clear decks: ejection 297 V. clear eye: vision 441 N. clear for action: preparation 673 V. clear glance: vision 441 N. clear grit: resolution 604 N. clear obscure: light 420 N. clear of: distance 196 Adv. clear off old scores: payment 807 V. clear off: ejection 297 V. clear out: ejection 297 V. cleanness 652 V. clear sight: vision 441 N. clear sky: hope 858 N. clear stage: right 922 N. facility 705 N. occasion 134 N. clear the course: passage 302 V. clear the decks: preparation 673 V. clear the ground: facility 705 V. clear the skirts of: vindication 937 N. clear the throat: ejection 297 V. clear up: interpretation 522 V. intelligibility 518 V. light 420 V. clear witted: intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. clear: vindication 937 N. payment 807 V. simpleness 42 V. melody concord 413 Adj. light 420 Adj. visibility 446 Adj. innocence 946 Adj. transparency 425 Adj. intelligibility 518 Adj. manifestation 525 Adj. certainty 474 Adj. cleanness 652 V. facility 705 V. liberation 750 V. acquisition 775 V. acquittal 970 V. clearage: ejection 297 N. clearance: ejection 297 N. preparation 673 N. payment 807 N. acquittal 970 N. clear-cut: truth 494 Adj. clear-eyesighted: vision 441 Adj. clear-headed: intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. clearing: region 181 N. clearness: voice 580 N. intelligibility 518 N. cleavage: disjunction 44 N. texture 329 N. cleave dimidiate: bisection 91 V. cleave: disjunction 44 V. coherence 46 V. cleaver: sharpness 253 N. cleavers: sharpness 253 N. cledge: land 342 N. clef: melody concord 413 N. cleft: bisection 91 Adj. interval 198 N. clem: fasting 956 V. clemency: lenity 740 N. pity 914 N. clement: inexcitability 826 Adj. pity 914 Adj. lenity 740 Adj. clench: compact 769 V. retention 781 V. taking 789 V. clepe: nomenclature 564 V. clepsydra: chronometry 114 N. clerestory: receptacle 191 N. clergy list: list 86 N. clergy: clergy 996 N. clergyman: clergy 996 N. clerical error: error 495 N. clerical: churchdom 995 Adj. clericalism: churchdom 995 N. clericals: clergy 996 N. clerk of works: director 694 N. clerk: clergy 996 N. consignee 758 N. servant 746 N. writing 590 N. recorder 553 N. scholar 492 N. auxiliary 711 N. clerkship: commission 755 N. Cleromancy: prediction 511 Phr. clever stroke: plan 626 N. clever: intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. skill 698 Adj. cleverness: skill 698 N. clew: indication 550 N. rotundity 249 N. interpretation 522 N. clich��: unmeaningness 517 N. click: snap 406 V. clickety-clack: roll 407 N. client: servant 746 N. purchase 795 N. clientele: purchase 795 N. clientship: subjection 749 N. cliff: height 206 N. verticality 212 N. climacteric: age 128 N. climate: region 181 N. air 338 N. climatology: air 338 N. climax: summit 210 N. sexuality 374a N. violence 173 N. superiority 33 N. sexuality 374a V. climb: ascent 305 V. clime: region 181 N. clinch a question: confutation 479 V. clinch an argument: confutation 479 V. clinch the fist at: threat 909 V. clinch: closure 261 V. taking 789 V. retention 781 V. completion 729 V. certainty 474 V. junction 43 V. neologism 563 N. clincher: confutation 479 N. cling like a bur: coherence 46 V. cling like ivy: coherence 46 V. cling to hope: hope 858 V. cling to one another: cooperation 709 V. cling to: observance 772 V. desire 865 V. perseverance 604a V. love 897 V. willingness 602 V. nearness 197 V. habit 613 V. cling: coherence 46 V. clinical depression: insanity 503 N. clinical thermometer: thermometer 389 N. remedy 662 N. clink: resonance 408 V. stridor 410 V. clinker: calefaction 384 N. uncleanness 653 N. clinometer: angularity 244 N. clinquant: ornament 847 N. vulgarity 851 N. Clio: description 594 N. clip one's words: stammering 583 V. clip the wings of: hindrance 706 V. prohibition 761 V. impotence 158 V. clip the wings: slowness 275 V. inutility 645 V. clip y: impulse 276 V. clip: shortness 201 V. motion 264 N. impulse 276 N. clipper: ship 273 N. clipping: smallness 32 N. clique: council 696 N. party 712 N. clivers: sharpness 253 N. cloaca: conduit 350 N. uncleanness 653 N. Cloacina: uncleanness 653 N. cloak: ambush 530 N. concealment 528 V. clothing 225 N. clock radio: chronometry 114 N. clock: chronometry 114 N. measurement 466 N. clockwork precision: truth 494 N. clock-work precision: frequency 136 N. clockwork: instrument 633 N. clod: bungler 701 N. commonality 876 N. fool 501 N. land 342 N. size 192 N. clodhopper: commonality 876 N. clod-hopper: fool 501 N. clod-pated: imbecility folly 499 Adj. clod-poll: fool 501 N. clog the wheels: hindrance 706 V. clog: clothing 225 N. hindrance 706 N. hindrance 706 V. cloisonné: ornament 847 N. cloisonne ware: ornament 847 N. cloisonne: ornament 847 Adj. sculpture 557 N. cloister: restraint 751 V. temple 1000 N. abode 189 N. cloistered: temple 1000 Adj. cloisters: temple 1000 N. closable: closure 261 Adj. close a shutter: shade 424 V. close application: attention 457 N. close as wax: concealment 528 Adj. close at hand: destiny 152 Adj. nearness 197 Adj. futurity 121 Adj. close attention: attention 457 N. close call: escape 671 N. close fisted: parsimony 819 Adj. close handed: parsimony 819 Adj. close in upon: convergence 290 V. close in with: assent 488 V. close inquiry: inquiry 461 N. close of day: evening 126 N. close one's ears: deafness 419 V. close one's eyes to: nonobservance 773 V. inattention 458 V. close one's eyes: death 360 V. close one's ranks: preparation 673 V. close prisoner: prisoner 754 N. close quarters: nearness 197 N. close resemblance: similarity 17 N. close study: attention 457 N. thought 451 N. close the curtain: concealment 528 V. close the door upon: restraint 751 V. close the eyes: blindness 442 V. inactivity 683 V. close the hand: refusal 764 V. close the lips: taciturnity 585 V. close the pleadings: lawsuit 969 V. close the purse: refusal 764 V. close the temple of Janus: pacification 723 V. close thought: attention 457 N. close to the wind: direction 278 Adv. close to: nearness 197 Adv. contiguity 199 Adj. close upon: futurity 121 Adv. nearness 197 Adv. posteriority 117 Adv. smallness 32 Adv. close with: convergence 290 V. attack 716 V. contention 720 V. consent 762 V. compact 769 V. coherence 46 V. close: similarity 17 Adj. density 321 Adj. copy 21 Adj. end 67 N. end 67 V. region 181 N. nearness 197 Adj. junction 43 Adj. closure 261 V. parsimony 819 Adj. heat 382 Adj. truth 494 Adj. concealment 528 Adj. conciseness 572 Adj. completion 729 N. compact 769 V. narrowness, thinness 203 Adj. closed: closure 261 Adj. closed-circuit TV: representation 554 N. closely packed: assemblage 72 Adj. closely related: consanguinity 11 Adj. correlation 12 Adj. closeness: junction 43 N. narrowness, thinness 203 N. concealment 528 N. closet cynic: seclusion, exclusion 893 N. closet: receptacle 191 N. ambush 530 N. closetongued: taciturnity 585 Adj. closing bracket: indication 550 N. closure: cessation 142 N. closure 261 N. clot: density 321 V. land 342 N. density 321 N. cloth diaper: clothing 225 N. cloth: crossing 219 N. business 625 N. cleanness 652 N. clothe in words: phrase 566 V. clothe: clothing 225 V. clothed with authority: government 737a Adj. clothes drier: dryness 340 N. clothes: clothing 225 N. clotheshorse: support 215 N. clothesline: dryness 340 N. clothespress: receptacle 191 N. clothier: clothing 225 N. clothing: calefaction 384 N. clothing 225 N. covering 223 N. clot-pate: fool 501 N. clot-poll: fool 501 N. clotted: semiliquidity 352 Adj. cloud built: unsubstantiality 4 Adj. cloud formed: unsubstantiality 4 Adj. cloud nine: pleasure 827 N. cloud of dust: pulverulence 330 N. cloud of sand: pulverulence 330 N. cloud of skirmishers: combatant 726 N. cloud of smoke: pulverulence 330 N. cloud of words: diffuseness 573 N. cloud: bubble; cloud 353 N. dimness 422 N. gaseity 334 N. assemblage 72 N. air 338 N. adversity 735 N. ambush 530 N. opacity 426 N. opacity 426 Adj. shade 424 N. multitude 102 N. cloudburst: river 348 N. cloudcapt: height 206 Adj. cloud-compeller: Jupiter 979 N. clouded over: hopelessness 859 Adj. clouded perception: imbecility folly 499 N. clouded: variegation 440 Adj. concealment 528 Adj. adversity 735 Adj. dejection 837 Adj. cloudiness: turbidity 426a N. cloudland: imagination 515 N. cloudless: light 420 Adj. pleasure 827 Adj. cloudliness: bubble; cloud 353 N. clouds gathering: danger 665 N. clouds in the horizon: warning 668 N. danger 665 N. cloudtopt: height 206 Adj. cloudtouching: height 206 Adj. cloudy: bubble; cloud 353 Adj. darkness 421 Adj. dimness 422 Adj. turbidity 426a Adj. clough: height 206 N. cloven foot: malevolence 907 N. vice 945 N. cloven hoof: indication 550 N. cloven: bisection 91 Adj. clover: physical pleasure 377 N. cloves: condiment 393 N. clown harlequin: drama 599 N. clown: commonality 876 N. vulgarity 851 N. humorist 844 N. clownish: commonality 876 Adj. vulgarity 851 Adj. cloy: redundancy 641 V. satiety 869 V. cloyment: satiety 869 N. club footed: distortion 243 Adj. club law: compulsion 744 N. illegality 964 N. club shaped: convexity 250 Adj. club together: party 712 V. sociality 892 V. cooperation 709 V. club: abode 189 N. sociality 892 N. party 712 N. focus 74 N. arms 727 N. clubbable: sociality 892 Adj. clubbism: sociality 892 N. clubhouse: abode 189 N. clubs: amusement 840 N. cluck: ululation 412 V. clue: indication 550 N. answer 462 N. clump of trees: vegetable 367 N. clump: convexity 250 N. assemblage 72 N. clumsy: inexpedience 647 Adj. unskillfulness 699 Adj. ugliness 846 Adj. Cluniac: clergy 996 N. clunker: vehicle 272 N. Cluricaune: demon 980 N. cluster: assemblage 72 N. assemblage 72 V. clustering: arrangement 60 N. clutch: retention 781 V. taking 789 N. taking 789 V. clutches: retention 781 N. authority 737 N. clutter: roll 407 N. clypeate: curvature 245 Adj. clypeiform: curvature 245 Adj. clyster: insertion 300 N. cm: length 200 N. CMV: disease 655 N. C-note: money 800 N. coacervate: assemblage 72 N. coacervation: assemblage 72 N. coach house: receptacle 191 N. coach painter: artist 559 N. coach road: method 627 N. coach up: learning 539 V. coach: teaching 537 V. teacher 540 N. vehicle 272 N. coachman: director 694 N. traveler 268 N. coact: cooperation 709 V. coaction: cooperation 709 N. compulsion 744 N. coactive: restraint 751 Adj. cooperation 709 Adj. compulsion 744 Adj. coadjutancy: cooperation 709 N. coadjutant: cooperation 709 Adj. coadjutor: auxiliary 711 N. coadjutrix: auxiliary 711 N. coadjuvancy: aid 707 N. cooperation 709 N. coadjuvant: aid 707 Adj. cooperation 709 Adj. coagency: concurrence 178 N. cooperation 709 N. coagmentation: assemblage 72 N. coagulate: density 321 V. coagulation: density 321 N. coagulum: density 321 N. coaid: auxiliary 711 N. coal fire: furnace 386 N. coal pitch: blackness 431 N. coal: fuel 388 N. coal-black: blackness 431 V. coalesce: combination 48 V. identity 13 V. coalescence: identity 13 N. combination 48 N. coalescent: identity 13 Adj. coalescing: identity 13 Adj. coalition: party 712 N. cooperation 709 N. coaptation: agreement 23 N. coarctate: contraction 195 V. coarctation: nonincrease, decrease 36 N. contraction 195 N. narrowness, thinness 203 N. hindrance 706 N. restraint 751 N. coarse grained: texture 329 Adj. coarse: stridor 410 Adj. impurity 961 Adj. vulgarity 851 Adj. uncleanness 653 Adj. texture 329 Adj. nonpreparation 674 Adj. coarseness of grain: texture 329 N. coast clear: safety 664 N. coast guard: keeper 753 N. coast line: outline 230 N. coast: navigation 267 V. edge 231 N. journey 266 V. land 342 N. coastal: land 342 Adj. coaster: ship 273 N. coasting: navigation 267 Adj. coat of arms: indication 550 N. coat of mail: defense 717 N. coat: layer 204 N. layer 204 V. covering 223 N. covering 223 V. clothing 225 N. coated lens: optical instruments 445 N. coating: lining 224 N. covering 223 N. coats of an onion: layer 204 N. coax: motive 615 V. endearment 902 V. flattery 933 V. cob: punishment 972 V. carrier 271 N. cobalt: blueness 438 N. cobble: restoration 660 V. cobbler: clothing 225 N. restoration 660 N. coble: ship 273 N. cobra: evil 913 N. cobweb: unimportance 643 N. deception 545 N. levity 320 N. uncleanness 653 N. cobwebs of antiquity: oldness 124 N. cobwebs of sophistry: intuition 477 N. cocaine: intemperance 954 N. cochineal: redness 434 N. cochleate: convolution 248 Adj. cochleous: convolution 248 Adj. cock and bull story: untruth 546 N. cock boat: ship 273 N. cock of the roost: master 745 N. goodness 648 N. cock of the walk: master 745 N. cock the eye: vision 441 V. cock up: verticality 212 V. convexity 250 V. cock: man 373 N. animal 366 N. indication 550 N. cockade: indication 550 N. title 877 N. cock-a-hoop: boasting 884 Adj. cheerfulness 836 Adj. cockarouse: master 745 N. cockatrice: vision 441 N. deceiver 548 N. evil 913 N. bad man 949 N. unconformity 83 N. cockcrow: morning 125 N. cockcrowing: morning 125 N. cocker: fold 258 V. endearment 902 V. school 542 N. cock-eyed: dimsightedness 443 Adj. cockle up: fold 258 V. cockle: endearment 902 V. cockles of one's heart: affections 820 N. cockleshell: ship 273 N. cockloft: receptacle 191 N. cockney: commonality 876 N. inhabitant 188 N. commonality 876 Adj. cockpit: receptacle 191 N. council 696 N. arena 728 N. cockshut time: dimness 422 N. cock-shut: evening 126 N. cock-sparrow: littleness 193 N. cocksure: belief 484 Adj. cockswain: mariner 269 N. cocktail: drunkenness 959 N. cocoa: food 298 N. cocoon: infant 129 N. cocotte: libertine 962 N. coction: calefaction 384 N. Cocytus: hell 982 N. cod: covering 223 N. coddle oneself: selfishness 943 V. coddle: endearment 902 V. code violation: insulation, fire extinction 388a N. code: precept 697 N. legality 963 N. codex: book 593 N. codger: parsimony 819 N. codicil: security 771 N. sequel 65 N. codification: legality 963 N. codify: legality 963 V. codlin, codling: infant 129 N. coefficiency: accompaniment 88 N. cooperation 709 N. coefficient of expansion: calefaction 384 N. coefficient: number 84 N. accompaniment 88 N. Coelebs: celibacy 904 N. coeliac: interiority 221 Adj. coeliac-flux: excretion 299 N. coeliac-passion: excretion 299 N. coemption: purchase 795 N. coequal: equality 27 Adj. coerce: restraint 751 V. compulsion 744 V. severity 739 V. coercion: absence of choice 609a N. severity 739 N. compulsion 744 N. restraint 751 N. coercive: compulsion 744 Adj. severity 739 Adj. coetaneous: synchronism 120 Adj. coetanian: synchronism 120 N. coeternal: perpetuity 112 Adj. synchronism 120 Adj. coeval with birth: intrinsicality 5 Adj. coeval: synchronism 120 Adj. coevous: synchronism 120 Adj. coexist: accompaniment 88 V. contiguity 199 V. synchronism 120 V. coexistence: existence 1 N. accompaniment 88 N. synchronism 120 N. contiguity 199 N. coexisting: synchronism 120 Adj. coextension: equality 27 N. parallelism 216 N. coextensive: symmetry 242 Adj. parallelism 216 Adj. coffee house: abode 189 N. coffee: food 298 N. coffer: treasury 802 N. receptacle 191 N. store 636 N. cofferdam: exclusion 55 N. coffin: interment 363 N. cog the dice: deception 545 V. cog: sharpness 253 N. ship 273 N. deception 545 V. flattery 933 V. cogency: power 157 N. demonstration 478 N. cogent reasoning: reasoning 476 N. cogent: demonstration 478 Adj. power 157 Adj. coggery: deception 545 N. cogitate: thought 451 V. cogitation: thought 451 N. cogitative faculties: intellect 450 N. cognate: relation 9 Adj. consanguinity 11 Adj. cognation: agreement 23 N. relation 9 N. cognition: knowledge 490 N. cognitive disorder: insanity 503 N. cognitive faculties: intellect 450 N. cognitive powers: intellect 450 N. cognitive: knowledge 490 Adj. cognizable: knowledge 490 Adj. cognizance: knowledge 490 N. identification 465b N. cognizant of: knowledge 490 Adj. cognomen: nomenclature 564 N. cognominal: nomenclature 564 Adj. cognomination: nomenclature 564 N. cognoscence: knowledge 490 N. cognoscible: knowledge 490 Adj. cohabitation: location 184 N. marriage 903 N. co-heir: participation 778 N. co-heirship: participation 778 N. cohere: density 321 V. junction 43 V. coherence 46 V. coherence: junction 43 N. coherence 46 N. coherent: agreement 23 Adj. density 321 Adj. cohering: coherence 46 Adj. cohesion: density 321 N. cohesive: coherence 46 Adj. density 321 Adj. cohibit: restraint 751 V. prohibition 761 V. cohibition: dissuasion 616 N. restraint 751 N. cohibitive: restraint 751 Adj. cohobate: vaporization 336 V. cohobation: vaporization 336 N. cohort: combatant 726 N. cohue: assemblage 72 N. coif: clothing 225 N. coiffure: clothing 225 N. coign: angularity 244 N. coil: difficulty 704 N. complexity 59a N. convolution 248 N. convolution 248 V. circuition 311 N. coiled: convolution 248 Adj. coin a term: neologism 563 V. coin money: acquisition 775 V. coin words: neologism 563 V. coin: production 161 V. imagination 515 V. money 800 N. money 800 V. coinage of the brain: imagination 515 N. coinage: production 161 N. coincide: identity 13 Adj. identity 13 V. concurrence 178 V. contiguity 199 V. assent 488 V. coincidence: identity 13 N. contiguity 199 N. concurrence 178 N. synchronism 120 N. coincident: synchronism 120 Adj. coinciding: concurrence 178 Adj. coiner of words: neologism 563 N. coiner: thief 792 N. money 800 N. coistril: cowardice 862 N. coition: junction 43 N. coitus: sexuality 374a N. cojuror: evidence 467 N. coke bottle green: greenness 435 Adj. coke: calefaction 384 N. fuel 388 N. colander: opening 260 N. colature: cleanness 652 N. cold as a frog: cold 383 Adj. cold as a stone: cold 383 Adj. cold as charity: insensibility 823 Adj. cold 383 Adj. cold as Christmas: cold 383 Adj. cold as iron: cold 383 Adj. cold as lead: cold 383 Adj. cold as marble: cold 383 Adj. cold blood: insensibility 823 N. cold blooded: insensibility 823 Adj. cold cash: money 800 N. cold comfort: discontent 832 N. cold dark matter: darkness 421 N. cold fit: insensibility 823 N. cold heart: insensibility 823 N. cold hearted: enmity 889 Adj. insensibility 823 Adj. cold laboratory: refrigerator 387 N. cold room: refrigerator 387 N. cold soda: refreshment 689 N. cold sore: disease 655 N. cold steel: arms 727 N. cold storage: refrigerator 387 N. cold sweat: fear 860 N. dislike 867 N. cold water cure: remedy 662 N. cold: cold 383 Adj. cold 383 N. achromatism 429 Adj. blueness 438 Adj. feebleness 575 Adj. malevolence 907 Adj. indifference 866 Adj. enmity 889 Adj. cold-blooded: inexcitability 826 Adj. malevolence 907 Adj. cold-hearted: malevolence 907 Adj. coldly: cold 383 Adv. coldness: cold 383 N. insensibility 823 N. indifference 866 N. colic: physical pain 378 N. Coliseum: arena 728 N. collaborator: auxiliary 711 N. collapse: deterioration 659 N. descent 306 N. failure 732 V. failure 732 N. fatigue 688 N. impotence 158 N. contraction 195 V. shortcoming 304 V. contraction 195 N. impotence 158 V. noncompletion 730 V. collar: clothing 225 N. circularity 247 N. prison 752 N. taking 789 V. collate: comparison 464 V. continuity 69 V. list 86 V. collateral evidence: evidence 467 N. collateral: security 771 N. consanguinity 11 Adj. laterality 236 Adj. collation: food 298 N. comparison 464 N. colleague: accompaniment 88 N. auxiliary 711 N. friend 890 N. colleagueship: cooperation 709 N. collect evidence: evidence 467 V. collect in a dragnet: assemblage 72 V. collect into a focus: assemblage 72 V. collect knowledge: learning 539 V. collect one's thoughts: thought 451 V. collect: acquisition 775 V. worship 990 N. intelligibility 518 V. assemblage 72 V. judgment 480 V. store 636 V. collectanea: assemblage 72 N. compendium 596 N. collected: inexcitability 826 Adj. collection: assemblage 72 N. collective: generality 78 Adj. collectively: whole 50 Adv. accompaniment 88 Adv. collectiveness: whole 50 N. collectivism: government 737a N. collector: assemblage 72 N. master 745 N. director 694 N. college education: teaching 537 N. college of Laputa: misteaching 538 N. college: school 542 N. collegiate education: teaching 537 N. collegiate school: school 542 N. collegiate: school 542 Adj. collide: impulse 276 V. collie: animal 366 N. collier: ship 273 N. colligate: assemblage 72 V. colligation: assemblage 72 N. collimation: direction 278 N. colliquation: liquefaction 335 N. colliquative: liquefaction 335 Adj. colliquefaction: liquefaction 335 N. collision: contention 720 N. opposition 708 N. impulse 276 N. counteraction 179 N. collocate: assemblage 72 V. arrangement 60 V. collocation: arrangement 60 N. assemblage 72 N. location 184 N. collocution: conversation 588 N. collogue: flattery 933 V. collop: part 51 N. colloquial meaning: meaning 516 N. colloquial: metaphor 521 Adj. neologism 563 Adj. conversation 588 Adj. colloquialism: neologism 563 N. metaphor 521 N. colloquy: conversation 588 N. colluctation: contention 720 N. collude: cooperation 709 V. collusion: deception 545 N. cooperation 709 N. collusive: falsehood 544 Adj. collusory: falsehood 544 Adj. colluvies: uncleanness 653 N. collyrium: remedy 662 N. colon: indication 550 N. cessation 142 N. colonel: master 745 N. colonial: oldness 124 Adj. colonist: inhabitant 188 N. colonization: location 184 N. colonize: location 184 V. colonnade: continuity 69 N. abode 189 N. colony: location 184 N. inhabitant 188 N. colophon: sequel 65 N. color blindness: dimsightedness 443 N. color highly: exaggeration 549 V. color photograph: painting 556 N. color photography: painting 556 N. color printing: engraving 558 N. color sergeant: master 745 N. color too highly: exaggeration 549 V. color up: humility 879 V. redness 434 V. color: exaggeration 549 V. redness 434 N. falsehood 544 V. Pretext 617 N. painting 556 V. probability 472 N. appearance 448 N. blackness 431 N. color 428 N. color 428 V. resentment 900 V. colorable: deception 545 Adj. probability 472 Adj. Colorado beetle: evil 913 N. coloration: color 428 N. colored: color 428 Adj. colorific: color 428 Adj. colorimeter: color 428 N. coloring matter: color 428 N. coloring: qualification 469 N. color 428 N. exaggeration 549 N. meaning 516 N. colorless: weakness 160 Adj. achromatism 429 Adj. feebleness 575 Adj. colors flying: celebration 883 N. colors: indication 550 N. variegation 440 N. title 877 N. colossal: size 192 Adj. Colosseum: arena 728 N. colossus: size 192 N. height 206 N. colporteur: merchant 797 N. colt: infant 129 N. carrier 271 N. fool 501 N. colter: sharpness 253 N. columbarium: abode 189 N. columbary: abode 189 N. columbine: drama 599 N. columella: support 215 N. column: continuity 69 N. combatant 726 N. printing 591 N. record 551 N. journey 266 N. rotundity 249 N. height 206 N. support 215 N. columnar: rotundity 249 Adj. colures: world 318 N. colza oil: oil 356 N. coma: physical insensibility 376 N. inactivity 683 N. insensibility 823 N. comatose: insensibility 823 Adj. physical insensibility 376 Adj. inactivity 683 Adj. comb: punishment 972 V. sharpness 253 N. cleanness 652 V. combat: contention 720 N. warfare 722 V. combatant: combatant 726 N. combative: warfare 722 Adj. contention 720 Adj. combativeness: contention 720 N. combe: concavity 252 N. combination lock: prison 752 N. combination: interchange 148 N. party 712 N. opening 260 N. number 84 N. composition 54 N. combination 48 N. junction 43 N. mixture 41 N. cooperation 709 N. combinatorial: interchange 148 Adj. combine: cooperation 709 V. mixture 41 V. combination 48 V. component 56 V. combined: combination 48 Adj. combustibility: calefaction 384 N. combustible: calefaction 384 Adj. fuel 388 Adj. fuel 388 N. combustion chamber: furnace 386 N. combustion: calefaction 384 N. come about: improvement 658 V. come across: discovery 480a V. arrival 292 V. come after: sequence 63 V. posteriority 117 V. come again: regularity of recurrence 138 V. come ahead: progression 282 V. come along!: journey 266 Int. come amiss: disagreement 24 V. discord 713 V. untimeliness 135 V. inexpedience 647 V. come and go: oscillation 314 V. come ashore: land 342 V. come at one's call: obedience 743 V. come at: arrival 292 V. come away: recession 287 V. come back: regression 283 V. arrival 292 V. come before: priority 116 V. precedence 62 V. come between: interposition 228 V. come bring into operation: agency 170 V. come by one's own: acquisition 775 V. come by: acquisition 775 V. come come to: restoration 660 V. come down a cropper: descent 306 V. come down a peg: descent 306 V. come down in flames: failure 732 V. come down in price: cheapness 815 V. come down on one's knees: atonement 952 V. come down upon: severity 739 V. come down with the dust: payment 807 V. come down with: payment 807 V. come down: descent 306 V. come first: superiority 33 V. precedence 62 V. come forth: existence 1 V. visibility 446 V. eventuality 151 V. egress 295 V. come forward: visibility 446 V. offer 763 V. progression 282 V. ostentation 882 V. come forwards: progression 282 V. come from: effect 154 V. come hither!: approach 286 Int. come home to the feelings: excitation 824 V. come home: arrival 292 V. come if you dare!: defiance 715 Int. come in conflict with: opposition 708 V. come in contact: arrival 292 V. contiguity 199 V. come in for a share: participation 778 V. come in for one's share: apportionment 786 V. come in for: possession 777 V. acquisition 775 V. property 780 V. come in its turn: regularity of recurrence 138 V. come in sight: disclosure 529 V. visibility 446 V. come in: ingress 294 V. arrival 292 V. receiving 785 V. come into a collision: impulse 276 V. come into a sum of money: wealth 803 V. come into existence: eventuality 151 V. existence 1 V. beginning 66 V. come into one's head: thought 451 V. come into operation: action 680 V. come into possession: acquisition 775 V. transfer 783 V. come into the views of: cooperation 709 V. come into the world: beginning 66 V. life 359 V. come into use: habit 613 V. come into view: visibility 446 V. come into vogue: repute 873 V. come into: ingress 294 V. come like a thunder clap: inexpectation 508 V. come near!: approach 286 Int. come near: approach 286 V. come next: sequence 63 V. come of age: adolescence 131 V. come of: effect 154 V. come off ill: failure 732 V. come off second best: failure 732 V. come off successful: success 731 V. come off well: success 731 V. come off: disjunction 44 V. escape 671 N. eventuality 151 V. Pretext 617 N. come on like a lion: violence 173 V. come on!: defiance 715 Int. come on: sequence 63 V. destiny 152 V. attack 716 V. futurity 121 V. eventuality 151 V. come one: progression 282 V. come onto: discovery 480a V. come out of school: disclosure 529 V. come out of: egress 295 V. effect 154 V. come out with: speech 582 V. disclosure 529 V. come out: drama 599 V. publication 531 V. visibility 446 V. disclosure 529 V. come over: deception 545 V. tergiversation 607 V. motive 615 V. consent 762 V. come play: agency 170 V. come round again: regularity of recurrence 138 V. come round one: motive 615 V. come round to an opinion: tergiversation 607 V. belief 484 V. come round to: conversion 144 V. assent 488 V. come round: eventuality 151 V. consent 762 V. pacification 723 V. concord 714 V. motive 615 V. regularity of recurrence 138 V. restoration 660 V. come short of: inferiority 34 V. shortcoming 304 V. insufficiency 640 V. come short: shortcoming 304 V. come thick upon: multitude 102 V. come to a conclusion: judgment 480 V. come to a crisis: completion 729 V. come to a deadlock: difficulty 704 V. cessation 142 V. come to a determination: resolution 604 V. come to a full stop: cessation 142 V. come to a head: completeness 52 V. completion 729 V. superiority 33 V. come to a resolution: resolution 604 V. come to a resolve: resolution 604 V. come to a stand: cessation 142 V. difficulty 704 V. come to a standstill: cessation 142 V. difficulty 704 V. come to an agreement: assent 488 V. come to an anchor: quiescence 265 V. location 184 V. come to an understanding: intelligibility 518 V. concord 714 V. pacification 723 V. compact 769 V. assent 488 V. come to an untimely end: death 360 V. come to blows: warfare 722 V. contention 720 V. come to close quarters: warfare 722 V. approach 286 V. attack 716 V. come to dust: pulverulence 330 V. death 360 V. come to grief: adversity 735 V. pain 828 V. failure 732 V. come to hand: arrival 292 V. receiving 785 V. come to its end: completion 729 V. come to land: land 342 V. come to life again: restoration 660 V. come to life: life 359 V. come to light: disclosure 529 V. come to man's estate: adolescence 131 V. come to nothing: failure 732 V. unproductiveness 169 V. shortcoming 304 V. come to one: receiving 785 V. come to one's ears: information 527 V. come to one's knowledge: information 527 V. knowledge 490 V. come to one's senses: sanity 502 V. come to oneself: restoration 660 V. refreshment 689 V. come to pass: state 7 V. eventuality 151 V. come to pieces: disjunction 44 V. come to terms: pacification 723 V. submission 725 V. consent 762 V. compact 769 V. conditions 770 V. compromise 774 V. assent 488 V. come to the aid: aid 707 V. come to the fore: front 234 V. come to the front: transcursion 303 V. front 234 V. importance 642 V. repute 873 V. come to the gallows: punishment 972 V. come to the pinch: difficulty 704 V. come to the point: plainness 576 V. conciseness 572 V. reasoning 476 V. attention 457 V. speciality 79 V. come to the push: difficulty 704 V. come to the rescue: deliverance 672 V. come to the same thing: equality 27 V. come to the scratch: contention 720 V. come to think of it: occasion 134 Phr. come to: effect 154 V. cooperation 709 V. equality 27 V. whole 50 V. conversion 144 V. arrival 292 V. restoration 660 V. price 812 V. money 800 V. possession 777 V. numeration 85 V. come together: convergence 290 V. assemblage 72 V. come unawares: inexpectation 508 V. come under the ferule: disapprobation 932 V. come under: inclusion 76 V. come up to scratch: courage 861 V. come up to: equality 27 V. arrival 292 V. come up with: arrival 292 V. come upon for: dueness 924 V. come upon one: inexpectation 508 V. come upon the parish: poverty 804 V. come upon the stage: visibility 446 V. come upon: inexpectation 508 V. arrival 292 V. acquisition 775 V. come uppermost: thought 451 V. come what may: certainty 474 Adv. rashness 863 Adv. come what will: certainty 474 Adv. come!: 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314 N. coming before: precedence 62 N. coming days: futurity 121 N. coming hours: futurity 121 N. coming life: futurity 121 N. coming time: futurity 121 N. coming years: futurity 121 N. coming: futurity 121 Adj. destiny 152 Adj. comity: courtesy 894 N. comma: cessation 142 N. indication 550 N. command a sum: wealth 803 V. command a view of: vision 441 V. command money: wealth 803 V. command of language: speech 582 N. vigor 574 N. style 569 N. command of money: wealth 803 N. command of temper: inexcitability 826 N. command of words: speech 582 N. vigor 574 N. command one's passions: virtue 944 V. command respect: respect 928 V. command: command 741 V. command 741 N. direction 693 N. government 737a N. possession 777 V. requirement 630 N. height 206 V. commandant: master 745 N. commandeer: compulsion 744 V. taking 789 V. commander in chief: master 745 N. commander: master 745 N. commanding belief: belief 484 Adj. commanding view: vision 441 N. commanding: command 741 Adj. importance 642 Adj. commemorate: memory 505 V. celebration 883 V. record 551 V. commemoration: celebration 883 N. memory 505 N. record 551 N. commemorative: celebration 883 Adj. commence: beginning 66 V. commencement de la fin: end 67 N. commencement: beginning 66 N. commend: approbation 931 V. commendable: good 618 Adj. approbation 931 Adj. virtue 944 Adj. commendation: approbation 931 N. commendatory: approbation 931 Adj. commensurability: agreement 23 N. commensurable: numeration 85 Adj. commensurate: agreement 23 Adj. numeration 85 Adj. sufficiency 639 Adj. comment upon: reasoning 476 V. interpretation 522 V. comment: judgment 480 V. reasoning 476 N. interpretation 522 N. commentary: interpretation 522 N. dissertation 595 N. commentator: dissertation 595 N. judgment 480 N. interpreter 524 N. commerce with: conversation 588 V. commerce: amusement 840 N. conversation 588 N. government 737a N. barter 794 N. commercial arithmetic: accounts 811 N. commercial at: indication 550 N. commercial 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commit to memory: memory 505 V. commit to prison: restraint 751 V. commit to the flames: calefaction 384 V. commit to the hands of: commission 755 V. commit to writing: record 551 V. commit: amusement 840 N. commission 755 V. restraint 751 V. action 680 V. lawsuit 969 V. committal: lawsuit 969 N. committed: promise 768 Adj. committee: consignee 758 N. council 696 N. committeeman: master 745 N. commix: mixture 41 V. commixion: mixture 41 N. commixtion: mixture 41 N. commixture: mixture 41 N. commode: receptacle 191 N. commodious: utility 644 Adj. commodities exchange: stock market 799a N. commodity: merchandise 798 N. commodore: master 745 N. common air: air 338 N. common carrier: ship 273 N. vehicle 272 N. common cause: concurrence 178 N. common consent: assent 488 N. common herd: commonality 876 N. common law: oldness 124 N. legality 963 N. common measure: number 84 N. common run: generality 78 N. common saying: maxim 496 N. common sense: intelligence, wisdom 498 N. common sergeant: judge 967 N. common sewer: uncleanness 653 N. common state of things: habit 613 N. common stock: securities 799b N. participation 778 N. common weal: utility 644 N. good 618 N. common: habit 613 Adj. frequency 136 Adj. conformity 82 Adj. expectance 871 Adj. unimportance 643 Adj. plain 344 N. vulgarity 851 Adj. generality 78 Adj. normality 80 Adj. commonality 876 Adj. commonalty: inferiority 34 N. commonality 876 N. commoner: commonality 876 N. commonly: frequency 136 Adv. commonness: normality 80 N. frequency 136 N. commonplace book: compendium 596 N. record 551 N. commonplace saying: maxim 496 N. commonplace: habit 613 Adj. unimportance 643 Adj. plainness 576 Adj. knowledge 490 Adj. mean 29 Adj. dullness 843 Adj. commons: food 298 N. mart 799 N. commonweal: mankind 372 N. commonwealth public good: utility 644 N. commonwealth: government 737a N. mankind 372 N. commorant: inhabitant 188 N. commotion: agitation 315 N. discord 713 N. commune with oneself: thought 451 V. commune with: conversation 588 V. commune: government 737a N. communicable: giving 784 Adj. communicant: worship 990 N. communicate: information 527 V. giving 784 V. worship 990 V. rite 998 V. communication: junction 43 N. giving 784 N. news 532 N. information 527 N. communicative: information 527 Adj. communicativeness: information 527 N. communicatory: information 527 Adj. communion table: temple 1000 N. communion: rite 998 N. participation 778 N. party 712 N. communiqué: information 527 N. communique: information 527 Adj. communism: politics 737b N. participation 778 N. philanthropy 910 N. Communist Party: politics 737b N. communist: participation 778 N. disobedience 742 N. evil 913 N. philanthropy 910 N. communistic: participation 778 Adj. community at large: mankind 372 N. community of goods: participation 778 N. community of possessions: participation 778 N. community: party 712 N. mankind 372 N. commutate: barter 794 V. commutation: compensation 30 N. substitution 147 N. interchange 148 N. compromise 774 N. barter 794 N. commutative: interchange 148 Adj. commute: compromise 774 V. interchange 148 V. substitution 147 V. commuter: traveler 268 N. commutual: correlation 12 Adj. compact disk: record 551 N. compact: contraction 195 Adj. compact 769 N. undertaking 676 N. conciseness 572 Adj. shortness 201 Adj. unity 87 Adj. coherence 46 Adj. junction 43 Adj. density 321 Adj. compaction: contraction 195 N. compactness: contraction 195 N. compages: texture 329 N. whole 50 N. compagination: junction 43 N. companion: accompaniment 88 N. combatant 726 N. friend 890 N. companionable: sociality 892 Adj. companionship: accompaniment 88 N. sociality 892 N. company: accompaniment 88 N. drama 599 N. party 712 N. combatant 726 N. sociality 892 N. assemblage 72 N. comparable: relation 9 Adj. comparison 464 Adj. comparative anatomy: zoology 368 N. comparative estimate: comparison 464 N. comparative grammar: language 560 N. comparative physiology: zoology 368 N. comparative: degree 26 Adj. comparison 464 Adj. comparatively: smallness 32 Adv. compare notes: comparison 464 V. advice 695 V. compare to: comparison 464 V. compare with: comparison 464 V. compared with: comparison 464 Adj. comparison: comparison 464 N. relation 9 N. number 84 N. comparisons are odious: comparison 464 Phr. comparisons are odorous: comparison 464 Phr. compartition: disjunction 44 N. compartment: part 51 N. region 181 N. place 182 N. receptacle 191 N. compass about: circumscription 229 V. compass of thought: intelligence, wisdom 498 N. compass: degree 26 N. completion 729 V. direction 693 N. intention 620 V. measurement 466 N. space 180 N. circumjacence 227 V. compassion: lenity 740 N. pity 914 N. compassionate: pity 914 Adj. pity 914 V. compatibility: agreement 23 N. possibility 470 N. compatible: agreement 23 Adj. possibility 470 Adj. compatriot: inhabitant 188 N. friend 890 N. compeer: equality 27 N. friend 890 N. compel: power 157 V. necessity 601 V. compulsion 744 V. compellation: nomenclature 564 N. compelled: compulsion 744 Adj. compelling: compulsion 744 Adj. compend: compendium 596 N. compendious: shortness 201 Adj. conciseness 572 Adj. compendium 596 Adj. compendium: contraction 195 N. compendium 596 N. compensate: compensation 30 V. restitution 790 V. reward 973 V. compensating: compensation 30 Adj. compensation: payment 807 N. atonement 952 N. reward 973 N. compromise 774 N. retaliation 718 N. compensation 30 N. restitution 790 N. compensatory: compensation 30 Adj. reward 973 Adj. compense: compensation 30 V. compete with: contention 720 V. competence: sufficiency 639 N. skill 698 N. wealth 803 N. competency: power 157 N. competent: power 157 Adj. sufficiency 639 Adj. skill 698 Adj. competition: opposition 708 N. contention 720 N. competitive: opposition 708 Adj. contention 720 Adj. competitor: combatant 726 N. petitioner 767 N. opponent 710 N. compilation: assemblage 72 N. compendium 596 N. compile an abstract: compendium 596 V. compile: assemblage 72 V. compendium 596 V. complacency: courtesy 894 N. pleasure 827 N. content 831 N. complacent: courtesy 894 Adj. benevolence 906 Adj. complain of: disease 655 V. complain without cause: lamentation 839 V. complain: lamentation 839 V. complainer: discontent 832 N. complaint: lamentation 839 N. disease 655 N. complaisance: courtesy 894 N. complaisant: courtesy 894 Adj. benevolence 906 Adj. complement: completeness 52 N. number 84 N. remainder 40 N. adjunct 39 N. complemental: correlation 12 Adj. complementary: correlation 12 Adj. number 84 Adj. complete a purchase: purchase 795 V. complete answer: confutation 479 N. complete: completeness 52 V. compact 769 V. completion 729 V. arrival 292 V. completeness 52 Adj. whole 50 Adj. greatness 31 Adj. perfection 650 V. completed: completion 729 Adj. completely: completeness 52 Adv. completion 729 Adv. completeness: whole 50 N. completeness 52 N. completion 729 N. completing: completeness 52 Adj. completion 729 Adj. completion: completion 729 N. compact 769 N. completeness 52 N. arrival 292 N. complex conjugate: number 84 N. complex number: number 84 N. complex: whole 50 N. disorder 59 Adj. complexity 59a Adj. number 84 Adj. complexed: complexity 59a Adj. complexify: complexity 59a V. complexion: state 7 N. color 428 N. appearance 448 N. complexity: disorder 59 N. complexity 59a N. difficulty 704 N. complexness: complexity 59a N. complexus: complexity 59a N. whole 50 N. compliance: willingness 602 N. obedience 743 N. consent 762 N. observance 772 N. compliant: obedience 743 Adj. complicate: complexity 59a V. derangement 61 V. complicated: convolution 248 Adj. difficulty 704 Adj. complexity 59a Adj. complication: complexity 59a N. complice: auxiliary 711 N. complicity: cooperation 709 N. compliment: congratulation 896 V. approbation 931 V. courtesy 894 N. complimentary: approbation 931 Adj. compliments of the season: congratulation 896 N. complot: plan 626 N. comply with: consent 762 V. observance 772 V. willingness 602 V. conformity 82 V. comply: obedience 743 V. complying: obedience 743 Adj. compo: covering 223 N. materials 635 N. component part: part 51 N. component 56 N. component: component 56 N. comport oneself: conduct 692 V. comport with: agreement 23 V. comportment: conduct 692 N. compos mentis: sanity 502 Adj. compose: music 415 V. inexcitability 826 V. pacification 723 V. printing 591 V. musician 416 V. moderation 174 V. production 161 V. component 56 V. composition 54 V. writing 590 V. composed: inexcitability 826 Adj. composer: musician 416 N. melody concord 413 N. music 415 N. composing room: printing 591 N. composing rule: printing 591 N. composing stand: printing 591 N. composing stick: printing 591 N. composing: pacification 723 Adj. composing-frame: printing 591 N. composite: mixture 41 Adj. composition: materials 635 N. atonement 952 N. compromise 774 N. printing 591 N. writing 590 N. painting 556 N. music 415 N. inclusion 76 N. composition 54 N. combination 48 N. barter 794 N. style 569 N. compositor: printing 591 N. compost: uncleanness 653 N. composure: inexcitability 826 N. compote: receptacle 191 N. food 298 N. compound arithmetic: measurement 466 N. compound for: substitution 147 V. barter 794 V. compound lens: optical instruments 445 N. compound: mixture 41 V. combination 48 N. compromise 774 V. comprehend: inclusion 76 V. knowledge 490 V. intelligibility 518 V. composition 54 V. comprehensibility: intelligibility 518 N. comprehension: composition 54 N. inclusion 76 N. knowledge 490 N. intelligence, wisdom 498 N. comprehensive argument: reasoning 476 N. 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computable: numeration 85 Adj. computation: numeration 85 N. compute: numeration 85 V. computer graphics: representation 554 N. painting 556 N. computer: numeration 85 N. comrade: friend 890 N. comradeship: sociality 892 N. comtation: drunkenness 959 N. con brio: music 415 Adv. con over: memory 505 V. learning 539 V. thought 451 V. con.: impurity 961 N. con: assent 488 Adv. memory 505 V. conation: will 600 N. concamerate: curvature 245 V. concameration: curvature 245 N. concatenation: junction 43 N. continuity 69 N. concave lens: optical instruments 445 N. concave: concavity 252 Adj. concavity: concavity 252 N. conceal: covering 223 V. invisibility 447 V. unintelligibility 519 V. concealment 528 V. concealed: ambush 530 Adj. ignorance 491 Adj. latency, implication 526 Adj. concealment 528 Adj. concealment: invisibility 447 N. latency, implication 526 N. concealment 528 N. cunning 702 N. concede: assent 488 V. disclosure 529 V. motive 615 V. permission 760 V. consent 762 V. giving 784 V. conceit: imagination 515 N. wit 842 N. affectation 855 N. idea 453 N. imbecility folly 499 N. supposition 514 N. vanity 880 N. conceited: misjudgment 481 Adj. affectation 855 Adj. vanity 880 Adj. conceitedness: vanity 880 N. conceivable: possibility 470 Adj. conceive a dislike to: dislike 867 V. conceive an aversion to: hate 898 V. conceive as: belief 484 V. conceive: imagination 515 V. knowledge 490 V. belief 484 V. beginning 66 V. productiveness 168 V. concentrate: preservation 670 V. convergence 290 V. assemblage 72 V. centrality 222 V. concentration: assemblage 72 N. centrality 222 N. convergence 290 N. concentric: centrality 222 Adj. concentual: melody concord 413 Adj. conception: intellect 450 N. imagination 515 N. idea 453 N. belief 484 N. concern oneself with: business 625 V. concern: merchant 797 N. fear 860 N. discontent 832 N. importance 642 N. business 625 N. eventuality 151 N. relation 9 V. relation 9 N. pain 828 N. concerned: pain 828 Adj. concerning: relation 9 Adv. concert room: amusement 840 N. concert: concurrence 178 N. cooperation 709 V. cooperation 709 N. plan 626 V. music 415 N. agreement 23 N. predetermination 611 V. concertina: musical instruments 417 N. concerto: music 415 N. concession: discount 813 N. giving 784 N. permission 760 N. consent 762 N. concessional: giving 784 Adj. concetto: wit 842 N. conchoid: curvature 245 N. conchoidal: curvature 245 Adj. conchology: covering 223 N. concierge: keeper 753 N. conciliate: motive 615 V. pacification 723 V. content 831 V. courtesy 894 V. forgiveness 918 V. conciliation: concord 714 N. atonement 952 N. pacification 723 N. forgiveness 918 N. conciliatory: concord 714 Adj. pacification 723 Adj. content 831 Adj. courtesy 894 Adj. forgiveness 918 Adj. conciliatrix: libertine 962 N. concinnity: elegance 578 N. beauty 845 N. concise: shortness 201 Adj. conciseness 572 Adj. concisely: conciseness 572 Adv. conciseness: shortness 201 N. conciseness 572 N. concision: shortness 201 N. conclave: churchdom 995 N. assemblage 72 N. council 696 N. conclude: end 67 V. judgment 480 V. resolution 604 V. compact 769 V. concluding: completion 729 Adj. conclusion: end 67 N. judgment 480 N. belief 484 N. maxim 496 N. completion 729 N. conclusive: certainty 474 Adj. completion 729 Adj. judgment 480 Adj. demonstration 478 Adj. answer 462 Adj. end 67 Adj. reasoning 476 N. conclusiveness: demonstration 478 N. concoct: falsehood 544 V. concoction: preparation 673 N. concomitance: accompaniment 88 N. synchronism 120 N. concomitant: accompaniment 88 Adj. accompaniment 88 N. synchronism 120 Adj. concord: assent 488 N. cooperation 709 N. melody concord 413 N. agreement 23 N. concord 714 N. concordance: agreement 23 N. list 86 N. assent 488 N. word 562 N. concordant: agreement 23 Adj. concord 714 Adj. concordat: compact 769 N. concours: contention 720 N. concourse: assemblage 72 N. convergence 290 N. concremation: calefaction 384 N. concrete: hardness 323 Adj. density 321 V. hardness 323 N. materials 635 N. density 321 Adj. coherence 46 N. density 321 N. concretion accretion: coherence 46 N. concretion: density 321 N. concubinage: impurity 961 N. concubine: libertine 962 N. concupiscence: desire 865 N. impurity 961 N. sexuality 374a N. concupiscent: impurity 961 Adj. concur: cooperation 709 V. synchronism 120 V. concurrence 178 V. convergence 290 V. assent 488 V. concurrence: assent 488 N. cooperation 709 N. observance 772 N. convergence 290 N. concurrence 178 N. agreement 23 N. synchronism 120 N. concurrent: synchronism 120 Adj. concurrence 178 Adj. convergence 290 Adj. concurring: concurrence 178 Adj. concussion: impulse 276 N. condemn: disapprobation 932 V. condemnation 971 V. condemnation: disapprobation 932 N. accusation 938 N. condemnation 971 N. condemnatory: disapprobation 932 Adj. condemnation 971 Adj. condemned: condemnation 971 Adj. condensation: contraction 195 N. density 321 N. condense: liquefaction 335 V. conciseness 572 V. fluidity 333 V. density 321 V. contraction 195 V. compendium 596 V. condensed: conciseness 572 Adj. condescend: humility 879 V. condescending: humility 879 Adj. condescension: humility 879 N. courtesy 894 N. condign: dueness 924 Adj. condiment: food 298 N. condiment 393 N. condisciple: learner 541 N. condition: nobility 875 N. state 7 N. qualification 469 N. supposition 514 N. repute 873 N. conditional: conditions 770 Adj. qualification 469 Adj. state 7 Adj. circumstance 8 Adj. conditionally: state 7 Adv. circumstance 8 Adv. qualification 469 Adv. conditions 770 Adv. conditioned response: absence of Intellect 450a N. conditioned upon: qualification 469 Adv. conditioned: qualification 469 Adj. conditions: circumstance 8 Adv. conditions 770 N. condole with: lamentation 839 V. condolence 915 V. condole: pity 914 V. condolence: courtesy 894 N. congratulation 896 N. lamentation 839 N. condolence 915 N. condonation: forgiveness 918 N. condone: forgiveness 918 V. condottiere: traveler 268 N. combatant 726 N. conduce to: cause 153 V. conduce: concurrence 178 V. cooperation 709 V. tendency 176 V. utility 644 V. aid 707 V. conducement: tendency 176 N. conducive: tendency 176 Adj. instrumentality 631 Adj. utility 644 Adj. conduciveness: tendency 176 N. conduct an inquiry: inquiry 461 V. conduct oneself: conduct 692 V. conduct to: direction 278 V. conduct: direction 693 V. direction 693 N. conduct 692 V. transference 270 V. conduct 692 N. conducting: conduct 692 Adj. conduction: transference 270 N. calefaction 384 N. conductivity: power 157 N. calefaction 384 N. conductor: traveler 268 N. carrier 271 N. director 694 N. conduit: egress 295 N. passage 302 N. ingress 294 N. conduit 350 N. conduplicate: duality 89 Adj. duality 89 V. condyle: convexity 250 N. cone peak: sharpness 253 N. cone: angularity 244 N. rotundity 249 N. cone-shaped: sharpness 253 Adj. conestoga wagon: vehicle 272 N. conestoga wain: vehicle 272 N. confabulate: conversation 588 V. confabulation: conversation 588 N. confection: sweetness 396 N. confectionary: sweetness 396 N. confectionery: mart 799 N. confederacy: party 712 N. confederate: cooperation 709 V. auxiliary 711 N. confederated: party 712 Adj. Confederates: party 712 N. confederation: party 712 N. cooperation 709 N. confer a benefit: goodness 648 V. confer a privilege: permission 760 V. confer a right: dueness 924 V. confer an obligation: goodness 648 V. confer honor on: repute 873 V. confer power: power 157 V. confer with: conversation 588 V. confer: advice 695 V. giving 784 V. council 696 V. conference: conversation 588 N. advice 695 N. council 696 N. conferva: vegetable 367 N. confess and avoid: vindication 937 N. confess: assent 488 V. disclosure 529 V. penitence 950 V. rite 998 V. confession of faith: assent 488 N. theology 983 N. confession: disclosure 529 N. penitence 950 N. confessional: disclosure 529 N. temple 1000 N. confessions: description 594 N. confessor: clergy 996 N. confidant: auxiliary 711 N. confidante: friend 890 N. confide in: belief 484 V. confide: hope 858 V. confidence trick: deception 545 N. confidence: hope 858 N. safety 664 N. belief 484 N. expectation 507 N. courage 861 N. confident: belief 484 Adj. affirmation 535 Adj. hope 858 Adj. courage 861 Adj. confidential: concealment 528 Adj. secret 533 Adj. confidentially: concealment 528 Adv. confiding: belief 484 Adj. credulity 486 Adj. artlessness 703 Adj. configuration: form 240 N. confine: circumscription 229 V. edge 231 N. limit 233 N. restraint 751 V. confined conceptions: misjudgment 481 N. confined ideas: misjudgment 481 N. confined notions: misjudgment 481 N. confined views: misjudgment 481 N. confined: misjudgment 481 Adj. disease 655 Adj. confinement: production 161 N. circumscription 229 N. restraint 751 N. confines: nearness 197 N. confirm: rite 998 V. evidence 467 V. demonstration 478 V. judgment 480 V. assent 488 V. compact 769 V. confirmation: rite 998 N. consent 762 N. evidence 467 N. assent 488 N. affirmation 535 N. confirmatory: evidence 467 Adj. confirmed habit: habit 613 N. confirmed: stability 150 Adj. confiscate: condemnation 971 V. penalty 974 V. taking 789 V. confiscation: penalty 974 N. taking 789 N. confiture: sweetness 396 N. conflagration: calefaction 384 N. conflexure: curvature 245 N. conflict with: counteraction 179 V. conflict: opposition 708 N. disagreement 24 N. contention 720 N. discord 713 V. conflicting evidence: counter evidence 468 N. conflicting: contrariety 14 Adj. counteraction 179 Adj. confluence: convergence 290 N. river 348 N. junction 43 N. confluent: convergence 290 Adj. conflux: assemblage 72 N. convergence 290 N. confluxible: convergence 290 Adj. conform to rule: conformity 82 V. conform to the fashion: fashion 852 V. conform to: assent 488 V. uniformity 16 V. conformity 82 V. conform: expedience 646 V. conformable to rule: conformity 82 Adj. conformable: agreement 23 Adj. habit 613 Adj. conformably: conformity 82 Adv. conformance: agreement 23 N. conformity 82 N. conformation: form 240 N. conformity to rule: truth 494 N. conformity: habit 613 N. frequency 136 N. conformity 82 N. uniformity 16 N. agreement 23 N. confound!: malediction 908 Int. confound: success 731 V. wonder 870 V. derangement 61 V. confutation 479 V. uncertainty 475 V. destruction 162 V. indiscrimination 465a V. confounded: badness 649 Adj. confoundedly: greatness 31 Adv. confraternity: party 712 N. friendship 888 N. confrere: auxiliary 711 N. friend 890 N. confrication: friction 331 N. confront danger: courage 861 V. confront witnesses: evidence 467 V. confront: front 234 V. comparison 464 V. opposition 708 V. resistance 719 V. Confucius: pseudo-revelation 986 N. confuse: derangement 61 V. inattention 458 V. indiscrimination 465a V. uncertainty 475 V. unintelligibility 519 V. humility 879 V. confused: uncertainty 475 Adj. obscurity 571 Adj. invisibility 447 Adj. multiformity 81 Adj. disorder 59 Adj. dimness 422 Adj. confusedness: disorder 59 N. confusion of tongues: language 560 N. neologism 563 N. confusion of vision: dimsightedness 443 N. confusion seize!: malediction 908 Int. confusion: humility 879 N. disorder 59 N. confutable: confutation 479 Adj. confutation: confutation 479 N. correction 527a V. negation 536 N. confute: confutation 479 V. confuted: confutation 479 Adj. confuting: confutation 479 Adj. congeal: density 321 V. refrigeration 385 V. congelation: refrigeration 385 N. congener: similarity 17 Adj. inclusion 76 Adj. congenerous: inclusion 76 Adj. congenial: love 897 Adj. agreement 23 Adj. concord 714 Adj. congeniality: agreement 23 N. congenital: affections 820 Adj. intrinsicality 5 Adj. congenite: intrinsicality 5 Adj. congeries: assemblage 72 N. congestion: assemblage 72 N. redundancy 641 N. conglaciation: refrigeration 385 N. conglobation: assemblage 72 N. conglomerate: assemblage 72 N. assemblage 72 V. density 321 N. coherence 46 N. conglomeration: assemblage 72 N. conglutinate: coherence 46 V. conglutination: coherence 46 N. congratulate oneself: congratulation 896 V. rejoicing 838 V. congratulate: congratulation 896 V. congratulation: rejoicing 838 N. congratulation 896 N. congratulatory: congratulation 896 Adj. congregate: assemblage 72 V. congregation: assemblage 72 N. laity 997 N. worship 990 N. Congregationalist: heterodoxy 984 N. congress: assemblage 72 N. convergence 290 N. conversation 588 N. council 696 N. Congressional Records: record 551 N. congressional: council 696 Adj. congressman: council 696 N. congreve rocket: arms 727 N. congreve: fuel 388 N. arms 727 N. congruence: agreement 23 N. congruity: agreement 23 N. congruous: agreement 23 Adj. conic: rotundity 249 Adj. conical: rotundity 249 Adj. sharpness 253 Adj. coniform: sharpness 253 Adj. conjectural: supposition 514 Adj. conjecturality: supposition 514 N. conjecture: supposition 514 V. supposition 514 N. conjoin: junction 43 V. conjoint: junction 43 Adj. conjointly: addition 37 Adv. conjugal: marriage 903 Adj. conjugate: duality 89 Adj. word 562 Adj. conjugation: conversion 144 N. junction 43 N. duality 89 N. grammar 567 N. conjunct: junction 43 Adj. conjunction: junction 43 N. conjunctive: circumstance 8 N. conjuncture: occasion 134 N. conjuration: deception 545 N. sorcery 992 N. conjure up a vision: imagination 515 V. conjure: deception 545 V. request 765 V. sorcery 992 V. conjuring: deception 545 N. conjuror: deceiver 548 N. proficient 700 N. sorcerer 994 N. connate: cause 153 Adj. intrinsicality 5 Adj. consanguinity 11 Adj. connatural: uniformity 16 Adj. similarity 17 Adj. connaturality: uniformity 16 N. similarity 17 N. connaturalize: similarity 17 V. connaturalness: uniformity 16 N. similarity 17 N. connect: relation 9 V. junction 43 V. connection 45 V. connected: relation 9 Adj. connection: connection 45 N. correlation 12 N. consanguinity 11 N. relation 9 N. coherence 46 N. connections: amusement 840 N. connective: connection 45 N. connivance: permission 760 N. connive at: permission 760 V. neglect 460 V. connoisseur: taste 850 N. proficient 700 N. judgment 480 N. scholar 492 N. connotate: indication 550 V. connotative: indication 550 Adj. connote: indication 550 V. connubial: marriage 903 Adj. conoid: rotundity 249 N. conoscente: taste 850 N. conquer: success 731 V. conqueror: success 731 N. conquest: success 731 N. subjection 749 N. consanguineous: consanguinity 11 Adj. consanguinity: paternity 166 N. woman 374 N. consanguinity 11 N. conscience: duty 926 N. knowledge 490 N. conscience-smitten: penitence 950 Adj. conscience-stricken: penitence 950 Adj. conscientious: copy 21 Adj. duty 926 Adj. probity 939 Adj. conscientiousness: duty 926 N. conscious of: knowledge 490 Adj. conscious: physical sensibility 375 Adj. consciousness: physical sensibility 375 N. intellect 450 N. knowledge 490 N. conscript: combatant 726 N. conscription: compulsion 744 N. consecrate: use 677 V. repute 873 V. piety 987 V. churchdom 995 V. consecrated: piety 987 Adj. consecration: piety 987 N. churchdom 995 N. repute 873 N. rite 998 N. consectary reasoning: reasoning 476 N. consectary: demonstration 478 Adj. consecution: sequence 63 N. continuity 69 N. consecutive: sequence 63 Adj. continuity 69 Adj. consecutively: slowness 275 Adv. consecutiveness: continuity 69 N. consensus: assent 488 N. consent: consent 762 N. assent 488 N. consent 762 V. assent 488 V. concurrence 178 N. agreement 23 V. agreement 23 N. content 831 V. melody concord 413 N. consentaneous: agreement 23 Adj. consentaneousness: agreement 23 N. consenting: consent 762 Adj. consequence: eventuality 151 N. effect 154 N. importance 642 N. consequent: sequence 63 Adj. consequential: demonstration 478 Adj. pride 878 Adj. consequently: effect 154 Adv. reasoning 476 Adv. demonstration 478 Adv. conservation: permanence 141 N. preservation 670 N. store 636 N. conservatism: preservation 670 N. politics 737b N. Conservative Party: politics 737b N. conservative policy: inaction 681 N. conservative: permanence 141 Adj. preservation 670 Adj. Conservatives: party 712 N. conservator of the peace: judge 967 N. conservatory: agriculture 371 N. furnace 386 N. store 636 N. receptacle 191 N. conserve: sweetness 396 N. consider as: belief 484 V. consider: judgment 480 V. belief 484 V. inquiry 461 V. thought 451 V. attention 457 V. reasoning 476 V. considerable: size 192 Adj. importance 642 Adj. greatness 31 Adj. considerate: care 459 Adj. intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. consideration: giving 784 N. reward 973 N. benevolence 906 N. importance 642 N. motive 615 N. attention 457 N. idea 453 N. thought 451 N. substitution 147 N. qualification 469 N. respect 928 N. considering: reasoning 476 Adv. imperfection 651 Adv. consign to oblivion: oblivion 506 V. consign to the flames: calefaction 384 V. consign to the grave: interment 363 V. consign: commission 755 V. transfer 783 V. transference 270 V. giving 784 V. consignee: commission 755 N. consignee 758 N. consignificative: interpretation 522 Adj. consignment: apportionment 786 N. commission 755 N. giving 784 N. consilience: concurrence 178 N. consist in: existence 1 V. consist of: composition 54 V. consistence: density 321 N. consistency: uniformity 16 N. agreement 23 N. consistent: uniformity 16 Adj. agreement 23 Adj. consistently with: conformity 82 Adv. consistorial court: churchdom 995 N. consistory: churchdom 995 N. council 696 N. consociation: sociality 892 N. consolation: relief 834 N. condolence 915 N. deity 976 N. consolatory: relief 834 Adj. console: condolence 915 V. relief 834 V. support 215 N. consolidate: coherence 46 V. combination 48 V. density 321 V. consolidation: coherence 46 N. density 321 N. Consols: treasury 802 N. consomme: food 298 N. consonance: agreement 23 N. melody concord 413 N. uniformity 16 N. consonant: letter 561 N. agreement 23 Adj. melody concord 413 Adj. consort with: agreement 23 V. consort: marriage 903 N. sociality 892 V. accompaniment 88 N. consortship: sociality 892 N. conspection: vision 441 N. conspectuity: vision 441 N. conspectus: compendium 596 N. conspicuity: visibility 446 N. conspicuous: visibility 446 Adj. manifestation 525 Adj. repute 873 Adj. conspicuousness: visibility 446 N. conspiracy: plan 626 N. conspirator: plan 626 N. knave 941 N. conspire: cooperation 709 V. concurrence 178 V. constable: jurisdiction 965 N. master 745 N. constabulary: jurisdiction 965 N. constancy: obedience 743 N. probity 939 N. perseverance 604a N. stability 150 N. frequency 136 N. uniformity 16 N. constant flow: continuity 69 N. constant: frequency 136 Adj. stability 150 Adj. truth 494 Adj. perseverance 604a Adj. probity 939 Adj. continuity 69 Adj. constantly: perpetuity 112 Adv. frequency 136 Adv. constellation: world 318 N. luminary 423 N. repute 873 N. consternation: fear 860 N. constipate: density 321 V. constipated: density 321 Adj. constipation: density 321 N. closure 261 N. constituent: component 56 N. constituents: politics 737b N. constitute a whole: whole 50 V. constitute: composition 54 V. component 56 V. production 161 V. constituting: composition 54 Adj. constitution: texture 329 N. dueness 924 N. legality 963 N. composition 54 N. intrinsicality 5 N. state 7 N. constitutional government: government 737a N. constitutional monarchy: government 737a N. politics 737b N. constitutional: journey 266 N. dueness 924 Adj. legality 963 Adj. constitutionalism: legality 963 N. constitutionality: legality 963 N. constrain: compulsion 744 V. restraint 751 V. constrained: modesty 881 Adj. subjection 749 Adj. restraint 751 Adj. constraint: compulsion 744 N. subjection 749 N. restraint 751 N. modesty 881 N. constrict: contraction 195 V. constringe: contraction 195 V. construable: interpretation 522 Adj. construct: production 161 V. construction: production 161 N. form 240 N. texture 329 N. interpretation 522 N. constructive evidence: evidence 467 N. constructive: latency, implication 526 Adj. construe: interpretation 522 V. consubstantiation: rite 998 N. consuetude: habit 613 N. consuetudinary: habit 613 Adj. consul: consignee 758 N. deputy 759 N. consulship: government 737a N. consult one's own wishes: selfishness 943 V. consult one's pillow: lateness 133 V. consult the barometer: experiment 463 V. consult the wishes of: aid 707 V. consult together: advice 695 V. consult: advice 695 V. consultation: advice 695 N. consume the midnight oil: learning 539 V. consume time: time 106 V. inactivity 683 V. consume: waste 638 V. destruction 162 V. use 677 V. consumed with curiosity: curiosity 455 Phr. consuming: painfulness 830 Adj. consummate: perfection 650 Adj. completion 729 V. completeness 52 Adj. greatness 31 Adj. consummation: completion 729 N. end 67 N. consumption: use 677 N. destruction 162 N. contraction 195 N. waste 638 N. disease 655 N. contact lenses: optical instruments 445 N. contact: contiguity 199 V. contiguity 199 N. contacts: luminary 423 N. contagion: transference 270 N. insalubrity 657 N. contagious: transference 270 Adj. insalubrity 657 Adj. contain: composition 54 V. inclusion 76 V. container: circumscription 229 N. containing air: air 338 Adj. containing: composition 54 Adj. containment: circumscription 229 V. contaminate: uncleanness 653 V. deterioration 659 Adj. contaminated: disease 655 Adj. contamination: deterioration 659 N. uncleanness 653 N. contango: discount 813 N. contemn: contempt 930 V. contemper: moderation 174 V. contemplate of: intention 620 V. contemplate: attention 457 V. thought 451 V. vision 441 V. expectation 507 V. contemplation: vision 441 N. expectation 507 N. intention 620 N. contemplative: thought 451 Adj. contemporaneous: synchronism 120 Adj. contemporary: synchronism 120 Adj. synchronism 120 N. contemporation: moderation 174 N. contempt of danger: courage 861 N. contempt: ridicule 856 N. contempt 930 N. contemptible: contempt 930 Adj. improbity 940 Adj. ridiculousness 853 Adj. unimportance 643 Adj. contemptuous: contempt 930 Adj. disrespect 929 Adj. contemptuously: contempt 930 Adv. contemptuousness: contempt 930 N. contend for: contention 720 V. vindication 937 N. contend with difficulties: difficulty 704 V. contend with: contention 720 V. contend: opposition 708 V. affirmation 535 V. reasoning 476 V. warfare 722 V. contention 720 V. contending: contention 720 Adj. warfare 722 Adj. content: assent 488 Adj. content 831 V. content 831 N. content 831 Adj. pleasure 827 Adj. willingness 602 Adj. inexcitability 826 Adj. contented: content 831 Adj. contentedly: content 831 Adv. contentedness: content 831 N. contention: reasoning 476 N. contention 720 N. contentious: discord 713 Adj. contention 720 Adj. warfare 722 Adj. irascibility 901 Adj. contentiousness: discord 713 N. contently: content 831 Adv. contentment: content 831 N. contents of the larder: food 298 N. contents: component 56 N. list 86 N. contents 190 N. interiority 221 N. compendium 596 N. conterminable: end 67 Adj. limit 233 Adj. conterminate: end 67 Adj. limit 233 Adj. conterminous: end 67 Adj. contiguity 199 Adj. contesseration: assemblage 72 N. contest: contention 720 N. contention 720 V. contestation: contention 720 N. context: printing 591 N. circumstance 8 N. accompaniment 88 N. contexture: texture 329 N. contiguity: nearness 197 N. contiguity 199 N. contiguous: nearness 197 Adj. contiguity 199 Adj. continence: purity 960 N. continent: purity 960 Adj. land 342 N. continental shelf: gulf, lake 343 N. continental slope: gulf, lake 343 N. continental: land 342 Adj. contingence: chance 156 N. contingency: chance 156 N. uncertainty 475 N. possibility 470 N. liability 177 N. eventuality 151 N. circumstance 8 N. qualification 469 N. contingent interest: property 780 N. contingent on: uncertainty 475 Adj. contingent: uncertainty 475 Adj. expenditure 809 N. circumstance 8 Adj. apportionment 786 N. qualification 469 Adj. chance 156 Adj. possibility 470 Adj. extrinsicality 6 Adj. liability 177 Adj. contingents: materials 635 N. aid 707 N. continual: perpetuity 112 Adj. frequency 136 Adj. continually: frequency 136 Adv. continuance: diuturnity 110 N. continuance in action 143 N. perseverance 604a N. continuation school: school 542 N. continuation: adjunct 39 N. continuance in action 143 N. sequence 63 N. sequel 65 N. continue last endure: time 106 V. continue: existence 1 V. diuturnity 110 V. continuance in action 143 V. perseverance 604a V. continued existence: perpetuity 112 N. continued success: success 731 N. continued: continuity 69 Adj. continuing: time 106 Adj. continuance in action 143 Adj. continuity: continuity 69 N. continuous: continuity 69 Adj. continuously: continuity 69 Adv. contort: distortion 243 V. convolution 248 V. contortion: distortion 243 N. contortionist: drama 599 N. contour: outline 230 N. form 240 N. appearance 448 N. contra: contrariety 14 Adv. contraband: illegality 964 Adj. deception 545 Adj. prohibition 761 Adj. contrabandist: thief 792 N. contrabasso: musical instruments 417 N. contract a debt: debt 806 V. contract a habit: habit 613 V. contract a trick: habit 613 V. contract an obligation: promise 768 V. contract: contraction 195 V. compact 769 V. compact 769 N. promise 768 N. narrowness, thinness 203 V. undertaking 676 V. contracted: contraction 195 Adj. narrowness, thinness 203 Adj. contractile: contraction 195 Adj. contractility: contraction 195 N. contracting: contraction 195 Adj. contraction: closure 261 N. writing 590 N. contraction 195 N. compendium 596 N. narrowness, thinness 203 N. contradict: opposition 708 V. contrariety 14 V. counter evidence 468 V. dissent 489 V. negation 536 V. contradiction: negation 536 N. contrariety 14 N. dissent 489 N. contradictory evidence: counter evidence 468 N. contradictory: contrariety 14 Adj. counter evidence 468 Adj. negation 536 Adj. contradistinction: difference 15 N. contrafagotto: musical instruments 417 N. contraindicate: dissuasion 616 V. contraindication: warning 668 N. dissuasion 616 N. contralto: resonance 408 N. contraposition: inversion 218 N. contraposition 237 N. contrapuntist: melody concord 413 N. contrariant: contrariety 14 Adj. contrariety: opposition 708 N. inversion 218 N. contrariety 14 N. counteraction 179 N. contrarily: contrariety 14 Adv. contrarious: contrariety 14 Adj. contrariwise: contrariety 14 Adv. contrary to expectation: inexpectation 508 Adj. contrary to reason: impossibility 471 Adj. contrary: contrariety 14 Adj. counteraction 179 Adj. opposition 708 Adj. caprice 608 Adj. contras: combatant 726 N. contrast with: contrariety 14 V. contrast: comparison 464 N. difference 15 V. contrariety 14 N. comparison 464 V. contrasted: contrariety 14 Adj. contrate wheel: circularity 247 N. contravallation: defense 717 N. contravene: counter evidence 468 V. opposition 708 V. hindrance 706 V. negation 536 V. counteraction 179 V. contrariety 14 V. confutation 479 Adj. contravention: negation 536 N. opposition 708 N. contrectation: touch 379 N. contretemps: untimeliness 135 N. hindrance 706 N. adversity 735 N. contribute: cause 153 V. tendency 176 V. concurrence 178 V. aid 707 V. giving 784 V. contribution: giving 784 N. contributor: politics 737b N. contrite: penitence 950 Adj. contrition: friction 331 N. penitence 950 N. contrivance: plan 626 N. contrive to: success 731 V. contrive: production 161 V. plan 626 V. cunning 702 V. contrived: falsehood 544 Adj. contriving: cunning 702 Adj. control: opposition 708 V. restraint 751 V. restraint 751 N. authority 737 N. direction 693 N. influence 175 N. power 157 N. government 737a N. direction 693 V. controlled experiment: experiment 463 N. controversial: reasoning 476 Adj. discord 713 Adj. controversialist: reasoning 476 N. combatant 726 N. controversy: contention 720 N. reasoning 476 N. controvert: reasoning 476 V. confutation 479 V. negation 536 V. discord 713 V. controvertible: error 495 Adj. unbelief doubt 485 Adj. reasoning 476 Adj. uncertainty 475 Adj. controvertist: reasoning 476 N. contumacious: obstinacy 606 Adj. disobedience 742 Adj. contumacy: obstinacy 606 N. disobedience 742 N. contumelious: insolence 885 Adj. contempt 930 Adj. discourtesy 895 Adj. disrespect 929 Adj. contumely: discourtesy 895 N. disrespect 929 N. contempt 930 N. disapprobation 932 N. contund: pulverulence 330 V. contuse: pulverulence 330 V. contusion: pulverulence 330 N. conundrum: equivocalness 520 N. secret 533 N. wit 842 N. convalescence: restoration 660 N. convalescent: restoration 660 Adj. convection: levity 320 N. calefaction 384 N. transference 270 N. convective heat: furnace 386 N. convene: assemblage 72 V. convenience: leisure 685 N. conveniences: means 632 N. convenient: expedience 646 Adj. conveniently: expedience 646 Adv. convent school: school 542 N. convent: temple 1000 N. seclusion, exclusion 893 N. conventicle: council 696 N. temple 1000 N. assemblage 72 N. convention: compact 769 N. assemblage 72 N. council 696 N. pacification 723 N. conventional: fashion 852 Adj. compact 769 Adj. conformity 82 Adj. habit 613 Adj. conventionalism: habit 613 N. conventionality: conformity 82 N. habit 613 N. conventions of society: fashion 852 N. conventual: clergy 996 N. temple 1000 Adj. converge: nearness 197 V. centrality 222 V. convergence 290 V. convergence: assemblage 72 N. nearness 197 N. convergence 290 N. convergency: convergence 290 N. convergent: convergence 290 Adj. converging: convergence 290 Adj. conversable: conversation 588 Adj. sociality 892 Adj. conversant with: knowledge 490 Adj. conversant: skill 698 Adj. conversation: speech 582 N. conversation 588 N. conversational: conversation 588 Adj. sociality 892 Adj. conversationist: conversation 588 N. converse: contrariety 14 Adj. contraposition 237 Adj. conversation 588 N. conversation 588 V. conversing: conversation 588 Adj. conversion of currency: conversion 144 N. conversion: change 140 N. conversion 144 N. piety 987 N. convert into: conversion 144 V. change 140 V. convert to use: use 677 V. convert: piety 987 V. tergiversation 607 N. belief 484 V. conversion 144 N. piety 987 N. convertable bond: securities 799b N. converted into: conversion 144 Adj. converted: piety 987 Adj. convertibility: identity 13 N. conversion 144 N. convertible terms: interpretation 522 N. nomenclature 564 N. convertible: equality 27 Adj. conversion 144 Adj. convex lens: optical instruments 445 N. convex: convexity 250 Adj. convexity: curvature 245 V. convexity 250 N. convexo-concave lens: optical instruments 445 N. convey away: stealing 791 V. convey the knowledge of: information 527 V. convey: transference 270 V. transfer 783 V. meaning 516 V. conveyance: transference 270 N. vehicle 272 N. transfer 783 N. conveyancer: lawyer 968 N. conveyancing: transfer 783 N. conveyer: carrier 271 N. convict: condemnation 971 V. belief 484 V. bad man 949 N. conviction: demonstration 478 N. confutation 479 N. belief 484 N. condemnation 971 N. convince: demonstration 478 V. teaching 537 V. belief 484 V. convinced: belief 484 Adj. convincement: belief 484 N. convincing: demonstration 478 Adj. convivial: sociality 892 Adj. conviviality: sociality 892 N. convocate: assemblage 72 V. convocation: council 696 N. churchdom 995 N. convoke: assemblage 72 V. convoluted: convolution 248 Adj. convolution: rotation 312 N. crossing 219 N. convolution 248 N. convoy: safety 664 V. safety 664 N. transference 270 V. convulse with laughter: amusement 840 V. convulse: derangement 61 V. violence 173 V. agitation 315 V. physical pain 378 V. painfulness 830 V. convulsed with laughter: amusement 840 Adj. convulsed with rage: resentment 900 Adj. convulsion: disorder 59 N. physical pain 378 N. agitation 315 N. revolution 146 N. violence 173 N. convulsive: violence 173 Adj. agitation 315 Adj. coo: ululation 412 V. cook an account: accounts 811 V. cook house: receptacle 191 N. cook the books: accounts 811 V. cook: falsehood 544 V. calefaction 384 V. improvement 658 V. servant 746 N. preparation 673 V. cookery: preparation 673 N. cookie: food 298 N. cooking: preparation 673 N. cookshop: abode 189 N. cool as a cucumber: cold 383 Adj. inexcitability 826 Adj. indifference 866 Adj. cool as a custard: inexcitability 826 Adj. cool as custard: cold 383 Adj. cool calm and collected: inexcitability 826 Phr. cool down: inexcitability 826 V. cool one's heels: inaction 681 V. lateness 133 V. cool: cold 383 Adj. enmity 889 Adj. indifference 866 Adj. caution 864 Adj. dissuasion 616 V. intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. refrigeration 385 V. moderation 174 V. moderation 174 Adj. gray 432 Adj. discourtesy 895 Adj. cooled: refrigeration 385 Adj. cooler: refrigerator 387 N. cool-headed: intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. inexcitability 826 Adj. coolie: combatant 726 N. carrier 271 N. cooling: refrigeration 385 Adj. refrigeration 385 N. coolness: insensibility 823 N. inexcitability 826 N. caution 864 N. hate 898 N. coolth: inexcitability 826 N. coonskin cap: clothing 225 N. coop: restraint 751 V. prison 752 N. abode 189 N. co-op: mart 799 N. cooperate: cooperation 709 V. cooperating: cooperation 709 Adj. cooperation: agreement 23 N. concurrence 178 N. assent 488 N. cooperation 709 N. participation 778 N. cooperative learning: teaching 537 N. cooperative: cooperation 709 Adj. cooperatively: cooperation 709 Adv. cooperator: auxiliary 711 N. cooptation: choice 609 N. coordinate: equality 27 Adj. arrangement 60 V. coordinates: measurement 466 N. co-ordination: equality 27 N. cop: safety 664 N. jurisdiction 965 N. copal: resin 356a N. co-parcenary: participation 778 N. co-parcener: participation 778 N. co-parceny: participation 778 N. copartner: friend 890 N. co-partner: accompaniment 88 N. participation 778 N. copartnership: 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representation 554 N. copycat: imitation 19 N. copying: imitation 19 N. copyist: imitation 19 N. artist 559 N. writing 590 N. copyright: property 780 N. coquet with: irresolution 605 V. coquet: endearment 902 V. affectation 855 V. tergiversation 607 V. falsehood 544 V. flattery 933 V. coquetry: tergiversation 607 N. affectation 855 N. endearment 902 N. flattery 933 N. coquette: affectation 855 N. love 897 N. fop 854 N. coquetting: tergiversation 607 Adj. coracle: ship 273 N. coral reef: pitfall 667 N. coral: jewelry 847a N. corbeille: receptacle 191 N. corbel: support 215 N. cord: filament 205 N. prison 752 N. connection 45 N. size 192 N. cordage: connection 45 N. size 192 N. cordated: curvature 245 Adj. cordial friendship: friendship 888 N. cordial: feeling 821 Adj. courtesy 894 Adj. pleasurableness 829 Adj. remedy 662 N. willingness 602 Adj. pungency 392 N. friendship 888 Adj. cordiality: willingness 602 N. feeling 821 N. friendship 888 N. cordiform: curvature 245 Adj. cordite: snap 406 N. arms 727 N. cordon: outline 230 N. inclosure 232 N. circularity 247 N. title 877 N. corduroy road: furrow 259 N. corduroy: furrow 259 Adj. cordwain: covering 223 N. cordwainer: clothing 225 N. agent 690 N. core: centrality 222 N. importance 642 N. intrinsicality 5 N. coriaceous: tenacity 327 Adj. Corinthian: taste 850 N. coriolus force: rotation 312 N. cork jacket: refuge 666 N. cork up: restraint 751 V. closure 261 V. cork: stopper 263 N. levity 320 N. corking pin: connection 45 N. corkscrew: convolution 248 N. perforator 262 N. extraction 301 N. circuition 311 N. cormorant: desire 865 N. gluttony 957 N. corn fed: size 192 Adj. corn husk: covering 223 N. corn syrup: sweetness 396 N. corn: convexity 250 N. food 298 N. cornea: vision 441 N. corned: drunkenness 959 Adj. corneous: hardness 323 Adj. corner stone: support 215 N. defense 717 N. importance 642 N. corner the market: barter 794 V. corner: possession 777 V. possession 777 N. hindrance 706 V. receptacle 191 N. angularity 244 N. cornet: musical instruments 417 N. master 745 N. cornet-a-pistons: musical instruments 417 N. cornice: summit 210 N. cornicultate: sharpness 253 Adj. Cornish hug: deception 545 N. corno Inglese: musical instruments 417 N. cornopean: musical instruments 417 N. cornucopia: sufficiency 639 N. cornute: convexity 250 Adj. sharpness 253 Adj. cornuted: sharpness 253 Adj. corollary: adjunct 39 N. judgment 480 N. corona: circularity 247 N. coronach: lamentation 839 N. coronation: commission 755 N. celebration 883 N. coroner: jurisdiction 965 N. coronet: circularity 247 N. scepter 747 N. title 877 N. corporal major: master 745 N. corporal: materiality 316 Adj. master 745 N. corporality: materiality 316 N. corporate body: party 712 N. corporate jet: ship 273 N. corporate plane: ship 273 N. corporate: junction 43 Adj. corporation: party 712 N. jurisdiction 965 N. convexity 250 N. size 192 N. corporeal hereditaments: property 780 N. corporeal nature: animality 364 N. corporeal: materiality 316 Adj. animality 364 Adj. substantiality 3 Adj. corporeity: materiality 316 N. substantiality 3 N. corps de reserve: store 636 N. corps: combatant 726 N. assemblage 72 N. corpse: corpse 362 N. corpse-like: corpse 362 Adj. corpulence: size 192 N. breadth, thickness 202 N. corpulent: size 192 Adj. corpus delicti: lawsuit 969 N. guilt 947 N. corpus: materiality 316 N. corpuscle: smallness 32 N. corpuscular: littleness 193 Adj. smallness 32 Adj. corradiation: focus 74 N. convergence 290 N. corral: circumscription 229 V. inclosure 232 N. correct ear: hearing 418 N. correct just reasoning: reasoning 476 N. correct memory: memory 505 N. correct style: grammar 567 N. correct: information 527 V. disclosure 529 V. truth 494 Adj. correction 527a V. punishment 972 V. virtue 944 Adj. disapprobation 932 V. dueness 924 Adj. restoration 660 V. improvement 658 V. elegance 578 Adj. probity 939 Adj. order 58 Adj. correction: confutation 479 N. punishment 972 N. disapprobation 932 N. correction 527a N. improvement 658 N. correctitude: truth 494 N. corrective: correction 527a Adj. remedy 662 Adj. remedy 662 N. correctness: truth 494 N. corregidor: master 745 N. correlation: relation 9 N. correlation 12 N. correlative: relation 9 Adj. correlation 12 Adj. correspond with: correspondence 592 V. correspond: agreement 23 V. correspondence: similarity 17 N. agreement 23 N. correspondence 592 N. correspondent: agreement 23 Adj. news 532 N. corridor train: vehicle 272 N. corridor: method 627 N. receptacle 191 N. corridors of time: course 109 N. corrigendum: error 495 N. corrigible: improvement 658 Adj. corrival: combatant 726 N. corrivalry: contention 720 N. corrivalship: contention 720 N. corrivation: river 348 N. corroborant: remedy 662 Adj. corroborate: demonstration 478 V. assent 488 V. evidence 467 V. corroboration: evidence 467 N. assent 488 N. corroborative: evidence 467 Adj. corrode: deterioration 659 Adj. painfulness 830 V. calefaction 384 V. corroding: painfulness 830 Adj. corrosion: deterioration 659 N. corrosive sublimate: bane 663 N. corrosive: physical energy 171 Adj. badness 649 Adj. corrugate: fold 258 V. contraction 195 V. roughness 256 V. corrugated fastener: connection 45 N. corrugation: contraction 195 N. roughness 256 N. fold 258 N. derangement 61 N. corrupt: deterioration 659 Adj. illegality 964 Adj. vice 945 V. improbity 940 Adj. uncleanness 653 V. uncleanness 653 Adj. vice 945 Adj. corrupting: badness 649 Adj. corruption: neologism 563 N. vice 945 N. improbity 940 N. deterioration 659 N. disease 655 N. decomposition 49 N. uncleanness 653 N. corsage: clothing 225 N. corsair: thief 792 N. corse: corpse 362 N. corselet: clothing 225 N. corset: clothing 225 N. cortege: adjunct 39 N. continuity 69 N. accompaniment 88 N. journey 266 N. servant 746 N. cortex: covering 223 N. cortical: covering 223 Adj. coruscate: light 420 V. coruscation: light 420 N. corvette: ship 273 N. combatant 726 N. corybantic: insanity 503 Adj. Corypheus: teacher 540 N. director 694 N. Coscinomancy: prediction 511 Phr. cosey: sociality 892 Adj. cosign: security 771 V. cosmetic: remedy 662 N. cosmetics: ornament 847 N. cosmic distance: distance 196 N. cosmic radiation: calefaction 384 N. cosmic: world 318 Adj. cosmical: world 318 Adj. cosmogony: world 318 N. cosmography: world 318 N. cosmology: world 318 N. cosmonaut: mariner 269 N. Cosmoplast: deity 976 N. cosmopolitan: mankind 372 Adj. philanthropy 910 Adj. abode 189 Adj. cosmopolite: philanthropy 910 N. mankind 372 N. cosmorama: appearance 448 N. cosmos: world 318 N. cosponsor: security 771 N. security 771 V. Cossack: combatant 726 N. cosset: endearment 902 V. favorite 899 N. cost a pretty penny: dearness 814 V. cost control: economy 817 N. cost little: cheapness 815 V. cost much: dearness 814 V. cost what it may: resolution 604 Adv. cost: value 812a N. price 812 V. price 812 N. costate: furrow 259 Adj. cost-cutting: economy 817 N. costerman: merchant 797 N. costermonger: merchant 797 N. costive: taciturnity 585 Adj. costiveness: taciturnity 585 N. costless: cheapness 815 Adj. costly: goodness 648 Adj. dearness 814 Adj. costume jewelry: jewelry 847a N. deception 545 N. costume: clothing 225 Adj. clothing 225 N. canonicals 999 N. costumier: clothing 225 N. drama 599 N. cosy: physical pleasure 377 Adj. sociality 892 Adj. cot: abode 189 N. support 215 N. cote: abode 189 N. cotenancy: participation 778 N. co-tenant: participation 778 N. coterie: party 712 N. sociality 892 N. cothurnus: drama 599 N. cotidal: ocean 341 Adj. cotillon: amusement 840 N. cotquean: fool 501 N. woman 374 N. cottage: abode 189 N. cottager: inhabitant 188 N. cotter: inhabitant 188 N. cottier: inhabitant 188 N. cotton: filament 205 N. cottonseed oil: oil 356 N. CO-two extinguisher: insulation, fire extinction 388a N. couch in terms: phrase 566 V. couch one's lance: contention 720 V. couch potato: incogitancy 452 N. couch: horizontality 213 V. support 215 N. concealment 528 V. depression 308 V. couchant: horizontality 213 Adj. coucicouci: imperfection 651 Adj. cougar: evil 913 N. cough up: payment 807 V. cough: wind 349 V. coulee: river 348 N. coulter: sharpness 253 N. council chamber: council 696 N. council: government 737a N. party 712 N. council 696 N. churchdom 995 N. councilman: council 696 N. master 745 N. councilor: council 696 N. councilwoman: master 745 N. council 696 N. counsel: lawyer 968 N. advice 695 N. advice 695 V. counsellor at law: lawyer 968 N. counsellor: lawyer 968 N. counselor: advice 695 N. count me out: dissent 489 Phr. count of: motive 615 Adv. count the cost: caution 864 V. count upon: probability 472 V. belief 484 V. expectation 507 V. count: nobility 875 N. numeration 85 V. part 51 N. judgment 480 V. countdown: propulsion 284 N. countenance: aid 707 N. aid 707 V. appearance 448 N. front 234 N. approbation 931 V. counter evidence: counter evidence 468 N. confutation 479 V. counter march: regression 283 N. counter motion: regression 283 N. counter movement: regression 283 N. counter order: abrogation 756 N. abrogation 756 V. counter protest: counter evidence 468 N. counter revolution: revolution 146 N. counter statement: answer 462 N. counter to: opposition 708 Adv. counter: indication 550 N. support 215 N. number 84 N. contrariety 14 Adj. mart 799 N. counteract: compensation 30 V. counteraction 179 V. hindrance 706 V. opposition 708 V. counteracting: counteraction 179 Adj. counteraction: compensation 30 N. counteraction 179 N. opposition 708 N. counterbalance: compensation 30 N. compensation 30 V. counterblast: counteraction 179 N. counter-blast: retaliation 718 N. counterchange: interchange 148 V. correlation 12 V. countercharm: spell 993 N. countercheck: hindrance 706 V. indication 550 N. counterclaim: compensation 30 N. counter-clockwise: Evolution 313 Adv. countercurrent: rotation 312 N. counterfeit: copy 21 N. money 800 N. deception 545 N. deception 545 Adj. imitation 19 V. imitation 19 N. falsehood 544 V. counterfoil: indication 550 N. counterjumper: servant 746 N. countermand: abrogation 756 V. abrogation 756 N. countermarch: regression 283 V. countermark: indication 550 N. countermine: opposition 708 V. counter-mine: plan 626 V. counterpane: covering 223 N. counterpart: contraposition 237 N. similarity 17 N. copy 21 N. counterplot: retaliation 718 N. opposition 708 N. plan 626 N. counter-plot: plan 626 V. counterpoint: melody concord 413 N. counterpoise: gravity 319 N. hindrance 706 N. counteraction 179 V. compensation 30 V. compensation 30 N. counterpoison: remedy 662 N. counter-project: retaliation 718 N. counter-rotate: Evolution 313 V. counter-rotation: Evolution 313 N. counter-scarp: defense 717 N. countersign: assent 488 V. indication 550 N. security 771 V. evidence 467 V. counter-stroke: retaliation 718 N. countervail: inequality 28 V. compensation 30 V. counter evidence 468 V. countervailing: counter evidence 468 Adj. compensation 30 Adj. counterwork: opposition 708 V. countess: nobility 875 N. counting chamber: optical instruments 445 N. countinghouse: mart 799 N. countless: infinity 105 Adj. countrified: vulgarity 851 Adj. country dance: amusement 840 N. country seat: abode 189 N. country: abode 189 N. agriculture 371 Adj. government 737a N. countryman: commonality 876 N. friend 890 N. counts: speciality 79 N. County Council school: school 542 N. county council: council 696 N. county court judge: judge 967 N. county court: tribunal 966 N. county park: amusement 840 N. county seat: abode 189 N. county town: abode 189 N. county: government 737a N. government 737a Adj. part 51 N. coup de grace: end 67 N. killing 361 N. completion 729 N. punishment 972 N. coup de main: violence 173 N. action 680 N. coup de theatre: appearance 448 N. prodigy 872 N. ostentation 882 N. coup: instantaneity 113 N. plan 626 N. action 680 N. coupe de main: attack 716 N. coupe de plume: writing 590 N. coupe: vehicle 272 N. couple with: accompaniment 88 V. couple: junction 43 V. duality 89 N. duality 89 V. marriage 903 V. coupled with: addition 37 Adv. accompaniment 88 Adj. coupled: duality 89 Adj. couplet: poetry 597 N. coupon: securities 799b N. money 800 N. discount 813 N. coupon-clipper: stock market 799a N. courage: courage 861 N. courageous: courage 861 Adj. courier: traveler 268 N. interpreter 524 N. messenger 534 N. course of conduct: conduct 692 N. course of events: eventuality 151 N. course of study: teaching 537 N. course of things: eventuality 151 N. course of time: course 109 N. course: pursuit 622 V. order 58 N. continuity 69 N. arena 728 N. time 106 N. method 627 N. teaching 537 N. river 348 N. food 298 N. direction 278 N. navigation 267 V. journey 266 V. journey 266 N. motion 264 N. layer 204 N. conduct 692 N. courseness: vulgarity 851 N. courser: carrier 271 N. velocity 274 N. courses: regularity of recurrence 138 N. coursing: pursuit 622 N. killing 361 N. court assize: tribunal 966 N. court card: plan 626 N. court dress: ostentation 882 N. court martial: tribunal 966 N. Court of Admiralty: tribunal 966 N. court of appeal: tribunal 966 N. council 696 N. court of arbitration: tribunal 966 N. court of Arches: churchdom 995 N. tribunal 966 N. Court of Chancery: tribunal 966 N. court of common council: tribunal 966 N. Court of Common Pleas: tribunal 966 N. court of error: tribunal 966 N. Court of Exchequer: tribunal 966 N. court of final appeal: certainty 474 N. court of honor: probity 939 N. court of justice: tribunal 966 N. court of law: tribunal 966 N. Court of Probate: tribunal 966 N. court of record: tribunal 966 N. court oyer and terminer: tribunal 966 N. court: servant 746 N. judge 967 N. region 181 N. abode 189 N. receptacle 191 N. motive 615 V. tribunal 966 N. council 696 N. request 765 V. fashion 852 N. desire 865 V. endearment 902 V. flattery 933 V. legality 963 N. pursuit 622 V. court-baron: tribunal 966 N. courteous: courtesy 894 Adj. courteously: courtesy 894 Adv. courtesan: libertine 962 N. courtesy: submission 725 V. respect 928 N. courtesy 894 N. submission 725 N. oscillation 314 V. depression 308 V. depression 308 N. courtesy 894 V. courtier: servility 886 N. flatterer 935 N. courtier-like: flattery 933 Adj. courtierly: flattery 933 Adj. courtly: fashion 852 Adj. nobility 875 Adj. courts: government 737a N. courtship: love 897 N. endearment 902 N. courtyard: place 182 N. receptacle 191 N. cousin once removed: consanguinity 11 N. cousin twice removed: consanguinity 11 N. cousin: consanguinity 11 N. cousin-german: consanguinity 11 N. cousinhood: consanguinity 11 N. cove: gulf, lake 343 N. receptacle 191 N. concavity 252 N. covenant of indemnity: forgiveness 918 N. security 771 N. covenant: security 771 N. conditions 770 N. compact 769 V. promise 768 V. compact 769 N. cover glass: optical instruments 445 N. cover up one's tracks: concealment 528 V. cover with dust: uncleanness 653 V. cover: book 593 N. preservation 670 N. refuge 666 N. Pretext 617 N. cleanness 652 N. height 206 V. ambush 530 N. layer 204 V. covering 223 N. covering 223 V. clothing 225 V. stopper 263 N. safety 664 V. concealment 528 V. compensation 30 V. covercle: covering 223 N. covered with: generality 78 Adj. covered: covering 223 Adj. invisibility 447 Adj. covering: clothing 225 N. covering 223 Adj. covering 223 N. coverlet: covering 223 N. covert way: method 627 N. covert: abode 189 N. invisibility 447 Adj. latency, implication 526 Adj. concealment 528 Adj. refuge 666 N. coverture: marriage 903 N. covet: greed 817a V. desire 865 V. envy 921 V. coveting: desire 865 N. covetous: greed 817a Adj. parsimony 819 Adj. envy 921 Adj. selfishness 943 Adj. covetousness: greed 817a N. covey: assemblage 72 N. multitude 102 N. covin: falsehood 544 N. deception 545 N. covinous: falsehood 544 Adj. deception 545 Adj. cow house: abode 189 N. cow pony: carrier 271 N. cow shed: abode 189 N. cow: woman 374 N. animal 366 N. fear 860 V. coward: cowardice 862 Adj. cowardice 862 N. cowardice: irresolution 605 N. cowardice 862 N. cowardliness: cowardice 862 N. cowardly: cowardice 862 Adj. irresolution 605 Adj. cowboy: husbandry 370 N. cowcatcher: defense 717 N. cower: servility 886 V. depression 308 V. fear 860 V. cowardice 862 V. cowherd: husbandry 370 N. cowhide: scourge 975 N. punishment 972 V. cowkeeper: husbandry 370 N. cowl: canonicals 999 N. cowled: covering 223 Adj. cowlstaff: support 215 N. coworker: agent 690 N. coxcomb: fop 854 N. vanity 880 N. coxcombry: affectation 855 N. vanity 880 N. coxcomical: affectation 855 Adj. coxswain: mariner 269 N. coy: fear 860 Adj. modesty 881 Adj. coyote: animal 366 N. cozen: deception 545 V. cozenage: deception 545 N. CPU: intellect 450 N. crab: sourness 397 N. difficulty 704 N. crabbed hand: writing 590 N. crabbed: unintelligibility 519 Adj. sullenness 901a Adj. discourtesy 895 Adj. obscurity 571 Adj. sourness 397 Adj. difficulty 704 Adj. crabbedness: sullenness 901a N. crabby: difficulty 704 Adj. crab-like motion: regression 283 N. crab-like: deviation 279 Adj. regression 283 Adj. crack a bottle with: sociality 892 V. crack a bottle: food 298 V. drunkenness 959 V. crack a joke: wit 842 V. crack house: vice 945 N. crack of doom: end 67 N. futurity 121 N. destruction 162 N. crack one's brains: thought 451 V. crack one's invention: imagination 515 V. crack open: discovery 480a V. crack shot: proficient 700 N. propulsion 284 N. crack: snap 406 V. skill 698 Adj. discovery 480a V. goodness 648 Adj. disjunction 44 N. disjunction 44 V. discontinuity 70 N. instantaneity 113 N. interval 198 N. furrow 259 N. brittleness 328 V. boasting 884 V. deterioration 659 Adj. crackajack: goodness 648 Adj. crackbrained: insanity 503 Adj. cracked bell: nonresonance 408a N. cracked: stridor 410 Adj. insanity 503 Adj. imperfection 651 Adj. cracker: food 298 N. furnace 386 N. snap 406 N. crackerjack: proficient 700 N. cracking tower: calefaction 384 N. cracking: calefaction 384 N. crackle: snap 406 V. cracksman: thief 792 N. proficient 700 N. cradle hole: furrow 259 N. cradle: support 215 N. preparation 673 N. receptacle 191 N. location 184 V. cause 153 N. youth 127 N. beginning 66 N. aid 707 V. craft: ship 273 N. business 625 N. skill 698 N. cunning 702 N. craftiness: skill 698 N. cunning 702 N. craftmanship: writing 590 N. craftsman: agent 690 N. crafty: cunning 702 Adj. crag: sharpness 253 N. hardness 323 N. land 342 N. cragged: roughness 256 Adj. craggy: sharpness 253 Adj. roughness 256 Adj. craichy: weakness 160 Adj. craig: height 206 N. crake: boasting 884 N. boasting 884 V. cram down the throat: compulsion 744 V. belief 484 V. cram: teaching 537 V. learning 539 V. gluttony 957 N. expansion 194 V. assemblage 72 V. closure 261 V. crambo: poetry 597 N. crammed to overflowing: redundancy 641 Adj. crammed: completeness 52 Adj. crammer: teacher 540 N. untruth 546 N. cramp iron: connection 45 N. cramp: hindrance 706 V. physical pain 378 N. contraction 195 V. weakness 160 V. impotence 158 V. connection 45 N. littleness 193 Adj. cramped hand: writing 590 N. cramped: littleness 193 Adj. inelegance 579 Adj. cran: receptacle 191 N. cranch: food 298 V. pulverulence 330 V. disjunction 44 V. crane neck: curvature 245 N. crane: vehicle 272 N. elevation 307 N. angularity 244 N. crane's bill: beauty 845 N. craniology: intellect 450 N. cranioscopy: intellect 450 N. cranium: intellect 450 N. crank: instrument 633 N. wit 842 N. scourge 975 N. madman 504 N. crankle: fold 258 N. fold 258 V. crankling: roughness 256 Adj. cranky: weakness 160 Adj. disease 655 Adj. cranny: interval 198 N. crap: excretion 299 N. uncleanness 653 N. crape: lamentation 839 N. convolution 248 V. craps: chance 621 N. crapulence: intemperance 954 N. gluttony 957 N. crapulent: gluttony 957 Adj. crapulous: intemperance 954 Adj. drunkenness 959 Adj. uncleanness 653 Adj. crash: destruction 162 N. destruction 162 V. impulse 276 N. descent 306 V. snap 406 V. crasis: composition 54 N. intrinsicality 5 N. combination 48 N. crass ignorance: ignorance 491 N. crass: greatness 31 Adj. crassamentum: density 321 N. crassitude: breadth, thickness 202 N. semiliquidity 352 N. crate: receptacle 191 N. vehicle 272 N. crater: concavity 252 N. depth 208 N. craunch: pulverulence 330 V. food 298 V. disjunction 44 V. cravat: clothing 225 N. crave after: desire 865 V. crave: request 765 V. greed 817a V. craven: cowardice 862 Adj. submission 725 V. craving: greed 817a N. desire 865 Adj. craw: receptacle 191 N. crawl with: redundancy 641 V. crawl: slowness 275 V. regression 283 V. servility 886 V. crayons: painting 556 N. craze: insanity 503 N. fashion 852 N. crazed: insanity 503 Adj. crazy: weakness 160 Adj. insanity 503 Adj. madman 504 N. creak: stridor 410 N. stridor 410 V. creaking: stridor 410 Adj. stridor 410 N. weakness 160 Adj. creaky: weakness 160 Adj. cream of tartar: remedy 662 N. cream of the jest: wit 842 N. cream: semiliquidity 352 N. oil 356 N. importance 642 N. goodness 648 N. creamcolored: yellowness 436 Adj. creamer: receptacle 191 N. creampuff: impotence 158 N. creamy: whiteness 430 Adj. yellowness 436 Adj. crease: fold 258 N. fold 258 V. create a diversion: refuge 666 V. create a: requirement 630 V. create desire: desire 865 V. create laughter: amusement 840 V. create pain: painfulness 830 V. create pleasure: pleasurableness 829 V. create: imagination 515 V. production 161 V. cause 153 V. deity 976 V. created being: animal 366 N. creation of the brain: imagination 515 N. creation: nonimitation 20 N. world 318 N. deity 976 N. production 161 N. beginning 66 N. effect 154 N. creative: nonimitation 20 Adj. production 161 Adj. imagination 515 Adj. creativeness: dissimilarity 18 N. nonimitation 20 N. Creator of all things: deity 976 N. creator: producer 164 N. creature comforts: physical pleasure 377 N. food 298 N. creature of impulse: impulse 612 N. creature: servant 746 N. substantiality 3 N. animal 366 N. effect 154 N. mankind 372 N. carrier 271 N. creche: school 542 N. credence to: belief 484 V. credence: belief 484 N. temple 1000 N. credenda: belief 484 N. credential: evidence 467 N. credentials: indication 550 N. credibility: probability 472 N. belief 484 N. credible: belief 484 Adj. possibility 470 Adj. probability 472 Adj. credibleness: probability 472 N. credit account: credit 805 N. credit card: credit 805 N. credit to one's account: credit 805 V. credit: credit 805 V. virtue 944 N. approbation 931 N. belief 484 N. accounts 811 V. credit 805 N. money 800 N. property 780 N. authority 737 N. belief 484 V. repute 873 N. creditable: repute 873 Adj. virtue 944 Adj. dueness 924 Adj. approbation 931 Adj. credited: credit 805 Adj. crediting: credit 805 Adj. creditor: credit 805 N. credulity: credulity 486 N. credulous person: credulity 486 N. credulous: belief 484 Adj. credulity 486 Adj. misjudgment 481 Adj. dupe 547 Adj. credulousness: credulity 486 N. creed: belief 484 N. theology 983 N. creed-bound: obstinacy 606 Adj. creek: river 348 N. interval 198 N. gulf, lake 343 N. creel: receptacle 191 N. creep in: ingress 294 V. creep into: ingress 294 V. creep out: disclosure 529 V. creep upon one: inexpectation 508 V. creep with: multitude 102 V. redundancy 641 V. creep: slowness 275 V. sensations of touch 380 V. creeper: vegetable 367 N. creeping thing: animal 366 N. creeping: slowness 275 Adj. slowness 275 N. creese: arms 727 N. cremation: calefaction 384 N. interment 363 N. crematorium: interment 363 N. crematory: interment 363 N. creme de la creme: goodness 648 N. cremona: musical instruments 417 N. crenate: notch 257 Adj. crenated: notch 257 Adj. crenelle: notch 257 N. crenulate: notch 257 V. creole: extraneousness 57 N. crepe: convolution 248 Adj. crepitate: snap 406 V. crepitation: snap 406 N. crepuscular: dimness 422 Adj. crepuscule: morning 125 N. dimness 422 N. crescendo: music 415 Adv. increase 35 Adv. crescent shaped: curvature 245 Adj. crescent: abode 189 N. curvature 245 N. crescentic: curvature 245 Adj. cresset: indication 550 N. crest fallen: dejection 837 Adj. crest: summit 210 N. pride 878 N. indication 550 N. sharpness 253 N. roughness 256 N. crestate: sharpness 253 Adj. crestfallen: humility 879 Adj. cretaceous: whiteness 430 Adj. oldness 124 Adj. crevasse: interval 198 N. crevice: interval 198 N. crew: assemblage 72 N. inhabitant 188 N. mariner 269 N. party 712 N. crib sheet: memory 505 N. crib: stealing 791 V. interpretation 522 N. support 215 N. parsimony 819 N. cribbage: amusement 840 N. cribble: opening 260 N. cribriform: opening 260 Adj. crick: physical pain 378 N. cricket ground: horizontality 213 N. cricket: amusement 840 N. cricketground: amusement 840 N. crier: messenger 534 N. crim: impurity 961 N. crime: vice 945 N. guilt 947 N. criminal law: legality 963 N. criminal: vice 945 Adj. bad man 949 N. criminality: guilt 947 N. vice 945 N. criminate: accusation 938 V. crimination: accusation 938 N. criminatory: accusation 938 Adj. criminologist: scholar 492 N. criminousness: guilt 947 N. crimp: contraction 195 V. stealing 791 V. taking 789 V. deceiver 548 N. convolution 248 V. notch 257 V. junction 43 V. brittleness 328 Adj. crimple: fold 258 V. crimson: redness 434 N. cringe to: submission 725 V. cringe: servility 886 V. cringing: servility 886 Adj. crinite: roughness 256 Adj. crinkle: fold 258 N. fold 258 V. angularity 244 V. crinkled: angularity 244 Adj. crinoline: clothing 225 N. crinose: roughness 256 Adj. cripple: disease 655 N. hindrance 706 V. deterioration 659 Adj. inutility 645 V. weakness 160 V. impotence 158 N. impotence 158 V. crippled: impotence 158 Adj. disease 655 Adj. crisis: circumstance 8 N. the present time 118 N. occasion 134 N. eventuality 151 N. difficulty 704 N. crisp: roughness 256 V. brittleness 328 Adj. convolution 248 V. conciseness 572 Adj. roughness 256 Adj. Crispin: clothing 225 N. crisscross: amusement 840 N. criterion: indication 550 N. experiment 463 N. evidence 467 N. Crithomancy: prediction 511 Phr. critic: dissertation 595 N. taste 850 N. detractor 936 N. judgment 480 N. critical situation: difficulty 704 N. critical: danger 665 Adj. detraction 934 Adj. difficulty 704 Adj. occasion 134 Adj. circumstance 8 Adj. importance 642 Adj. disapprobation 932 Adj. criticise: taste 850 V. criticism: detraction 934 N. judgment 480 N. dissertation 595 N. disapprobation 932 N. criticize: detraction 934 V. judgment 480 V. disapprobation 932 V. critique: discrimination 465 N. judgment 480 N. dissertation 595 N. croak: ululation 412 V. lamentation 839 V. discontent 832 V. warning 668 V. stammering 583 V. croaker: discontent 832 N. dejection 837 N. croaking: aphony 581 Adj. Croat: combatant 726 N. crock: receptacle 191 N. fool 501 N. crockery: calefaction 384 N. crocodile tears: falsehood 544 N. crocodile: evil 913 N. animal 366 N. crocus: yellowness 436 N. Croesus: wealth 803 N. croft: abode 189 N. cromlech: interment 363 N. crone: veteran 130 N. fool 501 N. crony: friend 890 N. favorite 899 N. crook backed: distortion 243 Adj. crook: curvature 245 V. bad man 949 N. deviation 279 V. curvature 245 N. thief 792 N. crooked as a ram's horn: distortion 243 Adj. crooked path: difficulty 704 N. crooked stick: discourtesy 895 N. crooked temper: irascibility 901 N. crooked: cunning 702 Adj. ugliness 846 Adj. improbity 940 Adj. angularity 244 Adj. distortion 243 Adj. latency, implication 526 Adj. crookedness: obliquity 217 N. distortion 243 N. crop out: visibility 446 V. crop up: visibility 446 V. reproduction 163 V. eventuality 151 V. beginning 66 V. crop: receptacle 191 N. acquisition 775 N. store 636 N. effect 154 N. shortness 201 V. food 298 V. taking 789 V. crop-out: disclosure 529 V. cropper: descent 306 N. croquet ground: horizontality 213 N. amusement 840 N. croquet lawn: horizontality 213 N. amusement 840 N. croquet: amusement 840 N. crosier: canonicals 999 N. cross as a cat: irascibility 901 Adj. cross as a dog: irascibility 901 Adj. cross as crabs: irascibility 901 Adj. cross as the tongs: irascibility 901 Adj. cross as two sticks: irascibility 901 Adj. cross cut: mid-course 628 N. cross fire: difficulty 704 N. interchange 148 N. attack 716 N. opposition 708 N. cross purposes: discord 713 N. error 495 N. cross sea: river 348 N. cross swords: warfare 722 V. cross the bar: death 360 V. cross the mind: thought 451 V. cross the path of: hindrance 706 V. cross the Rubicon: beginning 66 V. transcursion 303 V. choice 609 V. cross the Stygian ferry: death 360 V. cross: opposition 708 Adj. crossing 219 Adj. refusal 764 V. mixture 41 N. rite 998 N. counteraction 179 V. crossing 219 Adv. crossing 219 N. crossing 219 V. scourge 975 N. adversity 735 N. painfulness 830 V. title 877 N. mixture 41 V. resentment 900 Adj. irascibility 901 Adj. sullenness 901a Adj. passage 302 V. crossbarred: crossing 219 Adj. crossbow: arms 727 N. crossbreed: unconformity 83 N. cross-debt: compensation 30 N. cross-demand: compensation 30 N. Crossed Friars: clergy 996 N. crossed in love: hate 898 Adj. crossed: crossing 219 Adj. failure 732 Adj. cross-examination: inquiry 461 N. cross-examine: inquiry 461 V. crossgrained: obstinacy 606 Adj. sullenness 901a Adj. cross-hairs: optical instruments 445 N. crossing: crossing 219 Adj. crossing 219 N. crossness: irascibility 901 N. crosspatch: discourtesy 895 N. cross-purposes: misinterpretation 523 N. cross-question: inquiry 461 V. cross-reading: misinterpretation 523 N. crossroad: method 627 N. crosswise: crossing 219 Adv. crossword puzzle: amusement 840 N. crotch: angularity 244 N. crotchet: misjudgment 481 N. caprice 608 N. melody concord 413 N. crotchety: misjudgment 481 Adj. obstinacy 606 Adj. caprice 608 Adj. crouch before: submission 725 V. crouch: lowness 207 V. depression 308 V. fear 860 V. servility 886 V. crouched: lowness 207 Adj. crouching: submission 725 Adj. servility 886 Adj. croup: rear 235 N. croupier: director 694 N. crow over: boasting 884 V. crow to pluck: resentment 900 N. crow: amusement 840 V. amusement 840 N. instrument 633 N. blackness 431 N. ululation 412 V. boasting 884 V. crowbar: instrument 633 N. crowd sail: velocity 274 V. crowd: nearness 197 V. party 712 N. redundancy 641 N. multitude 102 V. multitude 102 N. assemblage 72 N. assemblage 72 V. crowded to suffocation: assemblage 72 Adj. crowded: multitude 102 Adj. crown all: completion 729 V. crown law: legality 963 N. crown post: support 215 N. crown wheel: circularity 247 N. crown with laurel: repute 873 V. crown with success: success 731 V. crown: summit 210 V. completion 729 V. trophy 733 N. summit 210 N. clothing 225 N. reward 973 N. title 877 N. money 800 N. commission 755 V. scepter 747 N. circularity 247 N. crowned head: master 745 N. crowned with success: success 731 Adj. crowning of the edifice: completion 729 N. crowning point: summit 210 N. crowning touch: completion 729 N. crowning: superiority 33 Adj. end 67 Adj. completion 729 Adj. crow's feet: fold 258 N. crow's nest: summit 210 N. crucial test: experiment 463 N. crucial: crossing 219 Adj. demonstration 478 Adj. cruciate: crossing 219 Adj. physical pain 378 V. painfulness 830 V. cruciation: physical pain 378 N. crucible: receptacle 191 N. workshop 691 N. furnace 386 N. conversion 144 N. experiment 463 N. crucifix: rite 998 N. crucifixion: physical pain 378 N. punishment 972 N. cruciform: crossing 219 Adj. crucify: physical pain 378 V. painfulness 830 V. punishment 972 V. crude: nonpreparation 674 Adj. imperfection 651 Adj. incompleteness 53 Adj. color 428 Adj. inelegance 579 Adj. crudity: nonpreparation 674 N. cruel as death: malevolence 907 Phr. cruel: severity 739 Adj. painfulness 830 Adj. malevolence 907 Adj. cruelly: greatness 31 Adv. cruelness: malevolence 907 N. cruelty: malevolence 907 N. cruet: receptacle 191 N. cruise: navigation 267 N. navigation 267 V. cruiser: ship 273 N. combatant 726 N. cruisp: ship 273 N. crumb of comfort: relief 834 N. crumb: pulverulence 330 N. smallness 32 N. crumble into dust: decomposition 49 V. brittleness 328 V. crumble to dust: destruction 162 V. crumble to: brittleness 328 V. crumble: weakness 160 V. brittleness 328 V. pulverulence 330 V. deterioration 659 Adj. nonincrease, decrease 36 V. crumbling: danger 665 Adj. oldness 124 Adj. deterioration 659 Adj. crumbly: pulverulence 330 Adj. crumenal: money 800 Adj. crump: curvature 245 Adj. violence 173 V. distortion 243 Adj. crumple up: contraction 195 V. destruction 162 V. crumple: roughness 256 V. fold 258 N. fold 258 V. crunch: disjunction 44 V. contraction 195 V. food 298 V. pulverulence 330 V. crupper: rear 235 N. crusade: warfare 722 N. cruse: receptacle 191 N. crush hat: clothing 225 N. crush one's hope: disappointment 509 V. crush one's hopes: hopelessness 859 V. crush to atoms: destruction 162 V. crush to pieces: destruction 162 V. crush under an iron heel: severity 739 V. crush under foot: destruction 162 V. crush: humility 879 V. pulverulence 330 V. contraction 195 V. assemblage 72 N. disappointment 509 V. crushed: pain 828 Adj. crushing: painfulness 830 Adj. crust: covering 223 N. crustacean: animal 366 N. crusty: sullenness 901a Adj. crutch: support 215 N. angularity 244 N. Crutched Friars: clergy 996 N. crux: cause 153 N. difficulty 704 N. cry aloud: request 765 V. cry down: disapprobation 932 V. detraction 934 V. cry for help: request 765 V. cry for joy: rejoicing 838 V. cry for quarter: pity 914 V. cry for: desire 865 V. cry havoc: warfare 722 V. cry of wolf: alarm 669 N. cry one's eyes out: lamentation 839 V. cry oneself blind: lamentation 839 V. cry out against: dissuasion 616 V. disapprobation 932 V. cry out lustily: lamentation 839 V. cry out: cry 411 V. cry peccavi: penitence 950 V. cry 'shame' upon: disapprobation 932 V. cry to: request 765 V. cry up: approbation 931 V. ostentation 882 V. cry 'wolf!': falsehood 544 V. cry wolf: alarm 669 V. cry 'wolf': fear 860 V. cry you mercy!: pity 914 Int. deprecation 766 Int. cry you mercy: forgiveness 918 Adv. cry: ululation 412 V. ululation 412 N. cry 411 N. lamentation 839 N. publication 531 N. news 532 N. indication 550 N. voice 580 N. voice 580 V. habit 613 N. cry 411 V. lamentation 839 V. crying evil: evil 619 N. crying shame: disrepute 874 N. crying sin: vice 945 N. crying: requirement 630 Adj. ululation 412 Adj. cry 411 Adj. ululation 412 N. crypt: receptacle 191 N. interment 363 N. ambush 530 N. temple 1000 N. cryptic: concealment 528 Adj. cryptical: concealment 528 Adj. cryptography: concealment 528 N. writing 590 N. crystal gazer: oracle 513 N. crystal gazing: prediction 511 N. crystal: hardness 323 N. transparency 425 N. crystalline: density 321 Adj. transparency 425 Adj. crystallizable: density 321 Adj. crystallization: hardness 323 N. density 321 N. crystallize: density 321 V. Crystallomancy: prediction 511 Phr. csako: clothing 225 N. cst aside: neglect 460 V. cub: infant 129 N. vulgarity 851 N. commonality 876 N. cubbyhole: receptacle 191 N. cube root: triality 92 N. cube: angularity 244 N. triplication 93 V. triality 92 N. cubeb: condiment 393 N. cubic zirconia: jewelry 847a N. cubical: angularity 244 Adj. cubicle: receptacle 191 N. cubit: length 200 N. cucking stool: scourge 975 N. cuckold: divorce 905 N. cuckoldom: impurity 961 N. cuckoo clock: chronometry 114 N. cuckoo: ululation 412 N. repetition 104 N. imitation 19 N. roll 407 N. ululation 412 V. cucullate: covering 223 Adj. cuddle: endearment 902 V. cuddy: carrier 271 N. cudgel one's brains: thought 451 V. imagination 515 V. cudgel: arms 727 N. impulse 276 N. scourge 975 N. cue rest: support 215 N. cue: information 527 N. indication 550 N. Pretext 617 N. business 625 N. cuff: punishment 972 V. clothing 225 N. impulse 276 N. punishment 972 N. cuirass: defense 717 N. cuisine: food 298 N. culbute: inversion 218 N. descent 306 N. culbuter: inversion 218 V. cul-de-sac: concavity 252 N. closure 261 N. culinary art: preparation 673 N. culinary: food 298 Adj. cull: dupe 547 N. choice 609 V. fewness 103 V. taking 789 V. cullender: opening 260 N. cullibility: credulity 486 N. cullion: bad man 949 N. culls: relinquishment 782 N. cully: deception 545 V. dupe 547 N. culm: fuel 388 N. culminate: superiority 33 V. completion 729 V. summit 210 V. height 206 V. culminating point: summit 210 N. culminating: superiority 33 Adj. summit 210 Adj. culmination: superiority 33 N. summit 210 N. completion 729 N. culottes: clothing 225 N. culpability: guilt 947 N. culpable: vice 945 Adj. guilt 947 Adj. culprit: bad man 949 N. cult: worship 990 N. cultivate the soil: preparation 673 V. cultivate: agriculture 371 V. physical sensibility 375 V. improvement 658 V. aid 707 V. cultivated taste: taste 850 N. cultivated: courtesy 894 Adj. taste 850 Adj. cultivation: agriculture 371 N. improvement 658 N. preparation 673 N. taste 850 N. cultivator: agriculture 371 N. culture tube: receptacle 191 N. culture: knowledge 490 N. improvement 658 N. taste 850 N. cultured pearl: jewelry 847a N. culverin: arms 727 N. culvert: conduit 350 N. cumber: gravity 319 V. hindrance 706 V. cumbersome: gravity 319 Adj. inexpedience 647 Adj. hindrance 706 Adj. painfulness 830 Adj. cumbrous: painfulness 830 Adj. gravity 319 Adj. inexpedience 647 Adj. hindrance 706 Adj. cummerbund: clothing 225 N. cumulation: assemblage 72 N. cumulative evidence: evidence 467 N. cumulative vote: politics 737b N. cumulostratus: bubble; cloud 353 N. cumulus: bubble; cloud 353 N. cunctation: lateness 133 N. cuneate: angularity 244 Adj. cuneiform character: writing 590 N. cuneiform: writing 590 Adj. angularity 244 Adj. cunning as a fox: cunning 702 Adj. cunning as a serpent: cunning 702 Adj. cunning blade: proficient 700 N. cunning man: sorcerer 994 N. proficient 700 N. cunning: skill 698 Adj. predetermination 611 Adj. deception 545 Adj. intelligence, wisdom 498 N. cunning 702 Adj. cunning 702 N. cunningly: cunning 702 Adv. cunningness: cunning 702 N. cup bearer: servant 746 N. cup of Circe: physical pleasure 377 N. cup of: contents 190 N. cup tossing: chance 621 N. cup: receptacle 191 N. drunkenness 959 N. remedy 662 V. concavity 252 N. food 298 N. cupboard: receptacle 191 N. cupellation: vaporization 336 N. calefaction 384 N. Cupid: beauty 845 N. love 897 N. cupidity: greed 817a N. desire 865 N. cupola: height 206 N. convexity 250 N. cupping: remedy 662 N. cup-shaped: concavity 252 Adj. cur: animal 366 N. bad man 949 N. curable: restoration 660 Adj. remedy 662 Adj. curableness: restoration 660 N. curacy: churchdom 995 N. curate: clergy 996 N. curative: relief 834 Adj. restoration 660 Adj. curator: consignee 758 N. curb roof: angularity 244 N. curb: moderation 174 V. slowness 275 V. dissuasion 616 N. restraint 751 N. restraint 751 V. prison 752 N. curbstone: limit 233 N. curcuma paper: experiment 463 N. curd: density 321 V. pulpiness 354 N. density 321 N. curdle: density 321 V. curdled: semiliquidity 352 Adj. cure: preservation 670 V. churchdom 995 N. clergy 996 N. relief 834 V. restoration 660 V. restoration 660 N. health 654 V. remedy 662 N. cure-all: preservation 670 N. cureless: hopelessness 859 Adj. curfew: evening 126 N. curiosity: curiosity 455 N. expectation 507 N. unconformity 83 N. prodigy 872 N. curious as a cat: curiosity 455 Adj. curious: unconformity 83 Adj. curiosity 455 Adj. truth 494 Adj. expectation 507 Adj. beauty 845 Adj. desire 865 Adj. curiouser and curiouser: curiosity 455 Phr. curiously: greatness 31 Adv. curiousness: curiosity 455 N. Curist: heterodoxy 984 N. curl cloud: bubble; cloud 353 N. curl paper: roughness 256 N. curl up one's lip: contempt 930 V. curl: convolution 248 N. convolution 248 V. roughness 256 N. fold 258 V. curvature 245 V. curvature 245 N. curling: curvature 245 N. amusement 840 N. curly brackets: indication 550 N. curmudgeon: difficulty 704 N. parsimony 819 N. commonality 876 N. currency counter: money 800 N. currency exchange: money 800 N. currency: publication 531 N. money 800 N. current belief: assent 488 N. current of ideas: thought 451 N. current of things: eventuality 151 N. current of thought: thought 451 N. current of time: course 109 N. current opinion: assent 488 N. current: existence 1 Adj. river 348 N. wind 349 N. eventuality 151 Adj. the present time 118 Adj. language 560 Adj. news 532 Adj. publication 531 Adj. habit 613 Adj. currently reported: news 532 Adj. currently rumored: news 532 Adj. curricle: vehicle 272 N. curriculum: teaching 537 N. curry favor with: flattery 933 V. love 897 V. curry: condiment 393 N. friction 331 V. curse and swear: malediction 908 V. curse!: malediction 908 Int. curse: bane 663 N. adversity 735 N. painfulness 830 N. malediction 908 N. malediction 908 V. cursed: badness 649 Adj. malediction 908 Adj. cursing: malediction 908 Adj. malediction 908 N. cursitor: lawyer 968 N. cursive hand: writing 590 N. cursory: haste 684 Adj. transientness 111 Adj. inattention 458 Adj. curt: taciturnity 585 Adj. conciseness 572 Adj. shortness 201 Adj. curtail: nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. shortness 201 V. curtailment: nonaddition, subtraction 38 N. shortness 201 N. curtain lecture: disapprobation 932 N. curtain: concealment 528 V. defense 717 N. ambush 530 N. shade 424 N. drama 599 N. curtness: taciturnity 585 N. curtsy: submission 725 V. depression 308 N. courtesy 894 V. courtesy 894 N. submission 725 N. depression 308 V. oscillation 314 V. curule: council 696 Adj. curvation: curvature 245 N. curvature: curvature 245 N. curve: curvature 245 V. deviation 279 V. curved surface: rotundity 249 N. curved: curvature 245 Adj. curvet: agitation 315 V. oscillation 314 V. leap 309 N. leap 309 V. circuition 311 N. curviform: curvature 245 Adj. curvilineal: curvature 245 Adj. curvilinear: curvature 245 Adj. curvity: curvature 245 N. cushat: animal 366 N. cushion: relief 834 N. pleasure 827 N. support 215 N. softness 324 N. cushiony: softness 324 Adj. cushy job: inaction 681 N. cusp: angularity 244 N. sharpness 253 N. cusped: sharpness 253 Adj. cuspidate: sharpness 253 Adj. cuspidated: sharpness 253 Adj. cuspidor: receptacle 191 N. custodian: safety 664 N. keeper 753 N. custody: retention 781 N. safety 664 N. restraint 751 N. custom: fashion 852 N. price 812 N. sale 796 N. barter 794 N. habit 613 N. oldness 124 N. frequency 136 N. customary: oldness 124 Adj. normality 80 N. frequency 136 Adj. generality 78 Adj. customer: purchase 795 N. customhouse officer: jurisdiction 965 N. customhouse: mart 799 N. customs union: compact 769 N. cut a dash: ostentation 882 V. cut a figure in society: fashion 852 V. cut a figure: ostentation 882 V. repute 873 V. appearance 448 V. cut a passage through: opening 260 V. cut a poor figure: disrepute 874 V. cut a sorry figure: disrepute 874 V. cut a splash: ostentation 882 V. cut a splurge: ostentation 882 V. cut across: passage 302 V. cut adrift: disjunction 44 V. cut along: velocity 274 V. cut and come again: sufficiency 639 Phr. repetition 104 Phr. cut and dried: arrangement 60 Adj. cut and run: avoidance 623 V. cut and thrust: attack 716 V. cut away: nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. velocity 274 V. cut back expenses: economy 817 V. cut blocks with a razor: misuse 679 V. waste 638 V. intuition 477 V. unskillfulness 699 V. cut both ways: counter evidence 468 V. cut capers: leap 309 V. cut costs: economy 817 V. cut dead: seclusion, exclusion 893 V. cut direct: seclusion, exclusion 893 N. cut down: depression 308 V. destruction 162 V. shortness 201 V. killing 361 V. cut expenses: economy 817 V. cut in two: bisection 91 V. cut into ribbons: destruction 162 V. cut jokes: wit 842 V. cut of one s jib: appearance 448 N. cut of one's jib: form 240 N. cut off from: seclusion, exclusion 893 V. cut off with a shilling: taking 789 V. cut off: nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. loss 776 Adj. hindrance 706 V. killing 361 V. disjunction 44 V. cut one short: aphony 581 V. cut one's own throat: unskillfulness 699 V. cut one's stick: departure 293 V. avoidance 623 V. cut one's way through: passage 302 V. cut open: opening 260 V. cut out for: skill 698 Adj. cut out work for: direction 693 V. cut out work: preparation 673 V. cut out: plan 626 V. remedy 662 V. nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. substitution 147 V. superiority 33 V. cut purse: thief 792 N. cut short: cessation 142 V. destruction 162 V. shortness 201 V. cut the first turf: beginning 66 V. cut the knot: facility 705 V. cut the throat: killing 361 V. cut to pieces: destruction 162 V. killing 361 V. cut to the heart: excitation 824 V. painfulness 830 V. cut to the quick: painfulness 830 V. excitation 824 V. cut up root and branch: destruction 162 V. cut up rough: resentment 900 V. cut up: painfulness 830 V. disjunction 44 V. pain 828 Adj. discontent 832 V. dejection 837 Adj. disapprobation 932 V. destruction 162 V. cut: discontinuity 70 N. ejection 297 V. shortness 201 V. interval 198 N. disjunction 44 V. layer 204 N. form 240 N. form 240 V. sharpness 253 V. notch 257 N. drunkenness 959 Adj. impulse 276 N. agriculture 371 V. attack 716 N. discourtesy 895 V. seclusion, exclusion 893 V. notch 257 V. painfulness 830 V. physical pain 378 N. method 627 N. engraving 558 N. sculpture 557 V. neglect 460 V. refrigeration 385 V. seclusion, exclusion 893 N. cutaneous: covering 223 Adj. cutcherry: jurisdiction 965 N. cute: taste 850 Adj. skill 698 Adj. cuteness: intelligence, wisdom 498 N. cuticle: covering 223 N. cuticular: covering 223 Adj. cutlass: arms 727 N. cutlery: sharpness 253 N. cutter: ship 273 N. sharpness 253 N. vehicle 272 N. cutters: sharpness 253 N. cutthroat: evil 913 N. killing 361 N. cutting edge: sharpness 253 N. cutting instrument: disjunction 44 N. cutting words: disapprobation 932 N. cutting: cold 383 Adj. disapprobation 932 Adj. feeling 821 Adj. sharpness 253 Adj. part 51 N. painfulness 830 Adj. cuttings: compendium 596 N. choice 609 N. cuttystool: penitence 950 N. cwt.: five, &c 98 N. cwt: gravity 319 N. cyanide: bane 663 N. cyanogen: blueness 438 N. cyclamate: sweetness 396 N. cycle: vehicle 272 N. circularity 247 N. regularity of recurrence 138 N. cyclical: regularity of recurrence 138 Adj. cyclist: traveler 268 N. cycloid: circularity 247 N. cycloidal: circularity 247 Adj. Cyclone fence: prison 752 N. cyclone: wind 349 N. rotation 312 N. Cyclopean: strength 159 Adj. size 192 Adj. greatness 31 Adj. cyclopedia: school 542 N. knowledge 490 N. Cyclops: dupe 547 N. size 192 N. unconformity 83 N. strength 159 N. cygnet: animal 366 N. cylinder: rotundity 249 N. cylindric: rotundity 249 Adj. cylindrical: rotundity 249 Adj. rotundity 249 N. cylindricity: rotundity 249 N. cylindroid: rotundity 249 Adj. rotundity 249 N. cymbal: musical instruments 417 N. cymbals: resonance 408 N. cymbiform: curvature 245 Adj. cymophanous: variegation 440 Adj. cynanche: disease 655 N. cynic.: unbelief doubt 485 N. cynic: incredulity 487 N. misanthropy 911 N. detractor 936 N. asceticism 955 N. cynical: detraction 934 Adj. disapprobation 932 Adj. contempt 930 Adj. incredulity 487 Adj. asceticism 955 Adj. seclusion, exclusion 893 Adj. cynicism: misanthropy 911 N. detraction 934 N. asceticism 955 N. discourtesy 895 N. unbelief doubt 485 N. incredulity 487 N. cynosure: indication 550 N. direction 693 N. repute 873 N. Cynthia of the minute: changeableness 149 N. cypress: interment 363 N. lamentation 839 N. Cyprian: libertine 962 N. cyst: receptacle 191 N. cystic: receptacle 191 Adj. cytomegalovirus: disease 655 N. cytoplasm: organization 357 N. czar: master 745 N. czarevna: master 745 N. czarina: master 745 N. czarita: master 745 N. czarowitz: master 745 N.
d la sourdine: faintness 405 Adv. D.V.: possibility 470 Adv. désillusionner: disclosure 529 V. désorienté: uncertainty 475 Adj. dab: smallness 32 N. proficient 700 N. impulse 276 V. impulse 276 N. covering 223 V. ship 273 N. dabble: water 337 V. uncleanness 653 V. inactivity 683 V. dabbled: moisture 339 Adj. dabbler: ignoramus 493 N. dabbling: activity 682 N. dabster: proficient 700 N. dacker: irresolution 605 V. dacoit: thief 792 N. dactyl: poetry 597 N. Dactyliomancy: prediction 511 Phr. dactylology: indication 550 N. Dactylomancy: prediction 511 Phr. dactylonomy: numeration 85 N. indication 550 N. dad: paternity 166 N. dado: base 211 N. daedal: difference 15 Adj. variegation 440 Adj. daedalian: convolution 248 Adj. skill 698 Adj. daemon: demon 980 N. daeva: demon 980 N. daffodil: beauty 845 N. daft: insanity 503 Adj. dagger: arms 727 N. painfulness 830 N. daggle: pendency 214 V. uncleanness 653 V. Dago: extraneousness 57 N. Dagon: pseudo-revelation 986 N. daguerreotype: representation 554 N. representation 554 V. painting 556 N. dahabeah: ship 273 N. daily and hourly: frequency 136 Adv. daily: record 551 N. regularity of recurrence 138 Adj. frequency 136 Adv. publication 531 N. dainty: pleasurableness 829 Adj. fastidiousness 868 Adj. taste 850 Adj. pleasurableness 829 N. savoriness 394 N. savoriness 394 Adj. physical pleasure 377 N. food 298 N. beauty 845 Adj. dairy: receptacle 191 N. mart 799 N. dais: scepter 747 N. support 215 N. dak bungalow: abode 189 N. dak: messenger 534 N. dalal: consignee 758 N. dale: concavity 252 N. dalliance: endearment 902 N. dally with: irresolution 605 V. dally: amusement 840 V. inactivity 683 V. lateness 133 V. endearment 902 V. dalmatic: canonicals 999 N. Daltonism: dimsightedness 443 N. dam up: closure 261 V. hindrance 706 V. dam: hindrance 706 N. paternity 166 N. closure 261 V. gulf, lake 343 N. river 348 V. damage: evil 619 N. deterioration 659 Adj. deterioration 659 N. loss 776 N. price 812 N. damages: penalty 974 N. damascene: variegation 440 V. damask: redness 434 N. dame: teacher 540 N. nobility 875 N. woman 374 N. dame's school: school 542 N. damn it!: malediction 908 Int. damn with faint praise: contempt 930 V. disapprobation 932 V. damn you to hell!: malediction 908 Int. damn you!: malediction 908 Int. damn!: malediction 908 Int. damn: malediction 908 V. condemnation 971 V. damnable: badness 649 Adj. damnation: condemnation 971 N. damnatory: condemnation 971 Adj. disapprobation 932 Adj. damned: badness 649 Adj. damnify: badness 649 V. deterioration 659 Adj. Damon and Pythias: friend 890 N. damp on the spirits: dejection 837 N. damp one's hopes: dejection 837 V. damp the sound: nonresonance 408a V. damp the spirits: dejection 837 V. damp: hindrance 706 V. dejection 837 V. dissuasion 616 V. insulation, fire extinction 388a V. refrigeration 385 V. moisture 339 V. moisture 339 Adj. moderation 174 V. dullness 843 V. dampen the reverberations: nonresonance 408a V. dampened: nonresonance 408a Adj. damper: dissuasion 616 N. dejection 837 N. hindrance 706 N. food 298 N. nonresonance 408a N. refrigerator 387 N. damsel: infant 129 N. damson: sweetness 396 N. Danae: wealth 803 N. dance attendance on: request 765 V. sequence 281 V. servility 886 V. courtesy 894 V. dance attendance upon: servant 746 V. dance attendance: lateness 133 V. dance music: music 415 N. dance off one's shoes: leap 309 V. dance the back step: regression 283 V. dance the war dance: defiance 715 V. dance upon nothing: punishment 972 V. dance: amusement 840 N. rejoicing 838 V. agitation 315 V. agitation 315 N. oscillation 314 V. leap 309 V. amusement 840 V. oscillation 314 N. dancer: amusement 840 N. dander: resentment 900 N. dandi: vehicle 272 N. Dandie Dinmont: animal 366 N. dandified: affectation 855 Adj. dandiprat: littleness 193 N. fop 854 N. dandle: endearment 902 V. dandruff: uncleanness 653 N. dandy: fop 854 N. ship 273 N. dandyism: affectation 855 N. danger over: safety 664 N. danger past: safety 664 N. danger signal: alarm 669 N. danger: danger 665 N. dangerous classes: evil 913 N. dangerous illness: disease 655 N. dangerous person: pitfall 667 N. dangerous: danger 665 Adj. dangle before the eyes: ostentation 882 V. dangle: oscillation 314 V. pendency 214 V. ostentation 882 V. dangler: sequence 281 N. dank: moisture 339 Adj. dapper: littleness 193 Adj. beauty 845 Adj. dapperling: littleness 193 N. dapple: brown 433 Adj. dappled: variegation 440 Adj. Darby and Joan: seclusion, exclusion 893 N. marriage 903 N. dare say: probability 472 V. supposition 514 V. dare: defiance 715 V. defiance 715 N. courage 861 V. daredevil: rashness 863 N. dare-devil: blusterer 887 N. daring imagination: imagination 515 N. daring: defiance 715 N. courage 861 Adj. courage 861 N. dark ages: ignorance 491 N. dark as a pit: darkness 421 Adj. dark as pitch: darkness 421 Adj. dark cloud: adversity 735 N. dark color: blackness 431 N. dark horse: politics 737b N. dark lantern: luminary 423 N. dark matter: darkness 421 N. dark star: darkness 421 N. dark: unintelligibility 519 Adj. improbity 940 Adj. dejection 837 Adj. latency, implication 526 Adj. invisibility 447 Adj. blindness 442 Adj. blackness 431 V. dimness 422 Adj. darkness 421 Adj. concealment 528 Adj. darken: blackness 431 V. unintelligibility 519 V. darkness 421 V. dimness 422 V. darkened: darkness 421 Adj. darkie: blackness 431 N. darkish: dimness 422 Adj. darkling: darkness 421 Adj. darkly: blindness 442 Adv. darkness of meaning: obscurity 571 N. darkness that can be felt: darkness 421 N. darkness visible: darkness 421 N. darkness: ignorance 491 N. blackness 431 N. dimness 422 N. darkness 421 N. latency, implication 526 N. darksome: darkness 421 Adj. darling: love 897 Adj. love 897 N. favorite 899 N. darn: restoration 660 V. dart to and fro: haste 684 V. dart: velocity 274 N. arms 727 N. velocity 274 V. propulsion 284 V. Darwinism: organization 357 N. dash at: attack 716 V. dash down: depression 308 V. dash forward: velocity 274 V. dash of the pen: writing 590 N. dash off: haste 684 V. velocity 274 V. painting 556 V. writing 590 V. activity 682 V. dash on: haste 684 V. velocity 274 V. dash one's hope: disappointment 509 V. dash one's hopes: failure 732 V. dejection 837 V. hopelessness 859 V. dash out one's brains: killing 361 V. dash: mixture 41 N. ostentation 882 N. courage 861 N. dejection 837 V. haste 684 N. activity 682 N. indication 550 V. indication 550 N. impulse 276 V. velocity 274 N. mixture 41 V. smallness 32 N. ship 273 N. dashboard: refuge 666 N. dashed hopes: hopelessness 859 N. dashed: humility 879 Adj. dejection 837 Adj. dashing: fashion 852 Adj. courage 861 Adj. ostentation 882 Adj. dastard: cowardice 862 Adj. cowardice 862 N. dastardly: cowardice 862 Adj. dastardness: cowardice 862 N. dastardy: cowardice 862 N. dasturi: reward 973 N. data: supposition 514 N. information 527 N. reasoning 476 N. evidence 467 N. database: list 86 N. arrangement 60 N. date: time 106 N. chronometry 114 N. chronometry 114 V. daub: misrepresentation 555 N. misrepresentation 555 V. uncleanness 653 V. dauber: artist 559 N. bungler 701 N. daubing: misrepresentation 555 N. materials 635 N. daughter: posterity 167 N. daunt: fear 860 V. dauntless: courage 861 Adj. davenport: receptacle 191 N. davus sum non Aedipus: dullness 843 Phr. dawdle: lateness 133 V. slowness 275 N. slowness 275 V. irresolution 605 V. inactivity 683 N. inactivity 683 V. dawdling: inactivity 683 N. dawn of hope: hope 858 N. dawn: priority 116 V. knowledge 490 N. morning 125 N. beginning 66 V. beginning 66 N. precursor 64 N. dimness 422 N. dawplucker: detractor 936 N. day after day: diuturnity 110 Adv. frequency 136 Adv. day and night: frequency 136 Adv. day blindness: dimsightedness 443 N. day book: accounts 811 N. day by day: repetition 104 Adv. time 106 Adv. regularity of recurrence 138 Adv. day dream: hope 858 N. imagination 515 N. day laborer: agent 690 N. day lily: beauty 845 N. Day of Atonement: rite 998 N. day of Judgment: end 67 N. futurity 121 N. day of reckoning: revenge 919 N. day of rest: repose 687 N. day school: school 542 N. day star: luminary 423 N. day wear: clothing 225 N. day: the present time 118 N. period 108 N. light 420 N. daybook: record 551 N. daybreak: morning 125 N. dimness 422 N. daydreaming: inattention 458 Adj. daylight: light 420 N. days gone by: the past 122 N. days of old: the past 122 N. days of the week: regularity of recurrence 138 N. days of yore: the past 122 N. days past: the past 122 N. dayspring: morning 125 N. daze: light 420 V. wonder 870 V. dazed: uncertainty 475 Adj. dazzle: inattention 458 V. dimsightedness 443 V. respect 928 V. light 420 V. wonder 870 V. blindness 442 V. dazzlement: light 420 N. dazzling: heat 382 Adj. beauty 845 Adj. DDB: dullness 843 Phr. de facto: existence 1 Adv. de novo: repetition 104 Adv. de rigueur: compulsion 744 Adv. deacon: worship 990 V. clergy 996 N. deaconess: clergy 996 N. deaconry: churchdom 995 N. deaconship: churchdom 995 N. deactivate: cessation 142 V. dead against: contrariety 14 Adj. dead and gone: death 360 Adj. dead as a doornail: death 360 Adj. dead as a doorpost: death 360 Adj. dead as a herring: death 360 Adj. dead as a mutton: death 360 Adj. dead as nits: death 360 Adj. dead asleep: inactivity 683 Adj. dead beat: servility 886 N. failure 732 Adj. impotence 158 Adj. dead calm: quiescence 265 N. dead certainty: certainty 474 N. dead color: painting 556 V. dead cut: seclusion, exclusion 893 N. dead drunk: drunkenness 959 Adj. dead duck: hopelessness 859 N. dead failure: failure 732 N. dead flat: horizontality 213 N. dead heat: equality 27 N. dead house: interment 363 N. dead languages: language 560 N. dead letter: impotence 158 N. dereliction of duty 927 N. laxity 738 N. unmeaningness 517 N. inutility 645 N. dead level: horizontality 213 N. dead lift: exertion 686 N. difficulty 704 N. dead lock: cessation 142 N. quiescence 265 N. dead march: interment 363 N. dead of night: evening 126 N. darkness 421 N. dead reckoning: numeration 85 N. measurement 466 N. dead secret: secret 533 N. dead set at: attack 716 N. dead set: difficulty 704 N. dead shot: proficient 700 N. dead silence: silence 403 N. dead sound: nonresonance 408a N. dead stand: quiescence 265 N. cessation 142 N. dead stop: cessation 142 N. quiescence 265 N. dead to honor: improbity 940 Adj. dead to shame: insolence 885 Adj. dead to: insensibility 823 Adj. dead wall: hindrance 706 N. dead water: gulf, lake 343 N. dead weight: hindrance 706 N. dead: nonresonance 408a Adj. death 360 Adj. completeness 52 Adj. killing 361 Adj. physical insensibility 376 Adj. achromatism 429 Adj. physical inertness 172 Adj. deadbolt: prison 752 N. deaden the reverberations: nonresonance 408a V. deaden the sound: nonresonance 408a V. deaden: impotence 158 V. moderation 174 V. insensibility 823 V. deadened: numbness 381 Adj. deadhead: cheapness 815 N. deadlock: difficulty 704 N. deadly dull and boring: dullness 843 Phr. deadly sin: guilt 947 N. deadly weapon: killing 361 N. arms 727 N. deadly: insalubrity 657 Adj. badness 649 Adj. killing 361 Adj. death 360 Adj. destruction 162 Adj. deadness: insensibility 823 N. deads: inutility 645 N. deaf and dumb: aphony 581 Adj. deaf as a beetle: deafness 419 Adj. deaf as a post: deafness 419 Adj. deaf as a trunkmaker: deafness 419 Adj. deaf as an adder: deafness 419 Adj. deaf to advice: obstinacy 606 Adj. deaf to reason: sullenness 901a Adj. deaf to: refusal 764 Adj. insensibility 823 Adj. deaf: inattention 458 Adj. deafness 419 Adj. deafen: loudness 404 V. deafness 419 V. deafened: deafness 419 Adj. deafening: loudness 404 Adj. deafmute: aphony 581 Adj. deaf-mute: deafness 419 Adj. deafness: deafness 419 N. deal a blow at: attack 716 V. deal a blow to: deterioration 659 Adj. punishment 972 V. deal a deathblow: killing 361 V. deal board: hardness 323 N. deal destruction: destruction 162 V. deal fairly: probity 939 V. deal hard measure to: severity 739 V. deal hardly with: severity 739 V. deal honorably: probity 939 V. deal impartially: probity 939 V. deal in the marvelous: exaggeration 549 V. deal in: barter 794 V. sale 796 V. deal out: giving 784 V. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. deal retributive justice: punishment 972 V. deal squarely: probity 939 V. deal with a subject: dissertation 595 V. deal with the prosecutor: acquittal 970 N. deal with: conduct 692 V. barter 794 V. deal: barter 794 N. greatness 31 N. arrangement 60 V. apportionment 786 N. apportionment 786 V. compact 769 N. dealer: merchant 797 N. dealer's price: discount 813 N. dealing seconds: deception 545 N. dealing: eventuality 151 N. conduct 692 N. barter 794 N. dealings of Providence: deity 976 N. dealings: action 680 N. dean: clergy 996 N. deanery: churchdom 995 N. temple 1000 N. dear at any price: inutility 645 Adj. dear bought: dearness 814 Adj. dear me!: wonder 870 Int. dear: favorite 899 N. love 897 Adj. dearness 814 Adv. dearness 814 Adj. dearly beloved: love 897 Adj. dearly: dearness 814 Adv. dearness: dearness 814 N. dearth of ideas: dullness 843 N. dearth: insufficiency 640 N. death bed: death 360 N. death blow: death 360 N. death chair: scourge 975 N. death feud: revenge 919 N. death in the pot: insalubrity 657 N. pitfall 667 N. Death knocks at the door: death 360 Phr. death like: ugliness 846 Adj. death rattle: death 360 N. death song: death 360 N. death struggle: contention 720 N. death warrant: death 360 N. condemnation 971 N. death watch: death 360 N. warning 668 N. death: end 67 N. cessation 142 N. death 360 N. deathbed repentance: penitence 950 N. deathblow: killing 361 N. failure 732 N. end 67 N. deathless: repute 873 Adj. perpetuity 112 Adj. deathlike silence: silence 403 N. deathlike: silence 403 Adj. debacle: descent 306 N. river 348 N. violence 173 N. destruction 162 N. debar: restraint 751 V. prohibition 761 V. hindrance 706 V. debark: arrival 292 V. land 342 V. debarkation: arrival 292 N. debase: uncleanness 653 V. disrepute 874 V. depression 308 V. deterioration 659 Adj. money 800 V. debased: lowness 207 Adj. improbity 940 Adj. debasement: improbity 940 N. lowness 207 N. deterioration 659 N. disrepute 874 N. debatable: uncertainty 475 Adj. reasoning 476 Adj. debate: reasoning 476 N. reasoning 476 V. conversation 588 N. irresolution 605 V. contention 720 N. debater polemic: reasoning 476 N. debauch: impurity 961 V. intemperance 954 N. deterioration 659 Adj. debauched: intemperance 954 Adj. impurity 961 Adj. debauchee: libertine 962 N. debauchery: intemperance 954 N. impurity 961 N. debenture: security 771 N. money 800 N. credit 805 N. debile: weakness 160 Adj. debilitate: weakness 160 V. debility: weakness 160 N. debit: debt 806 N. accounts 811 V. debitor: debt 806 N. debonair: cheerfulness 836 Adj. debonnaire: cheerfulness 836 Adj. debouch: egress 295 N. egress 295 V. departure 293 V. debouche: egress 295 N. debris: part 51 N. pulverulence 330 N. inutility 645 N. debt of nature: death 360 N. debt: property 780 N. debt 806 N. debtor: debt 806 N. nonpayment 808 N. debut: beginning 66 N. essay 675 N. debutant: learner 541 N. drama 599 N. decade: five, &c 98 N. period 108 N. time 106 N. decadence: deterioration 659 N. decadency: deterioration 659 N. decagon: angularity 244 N. decalogue: duty 926 N. decamp: departure 293 V. avoidance 623 V. decampment: departure 293 N. decant: transference 270 V. decanter: receptacle 191 N. decapitate: punishment 972 V. decapitation: punishment 972 N. decarbonized iron: hardness 323 N. decay of memory: oblivion 506 N. decay: deterioration 659 Adj. adversity 735 V. deterioration 659 N. oldness 124 N. contraction 195 V. uncleanness 653 N. nonincrease, decrease 36 V. disease 655 N. decayed: weakness 160 Adj. uncleanness 653 Adj. disease 655 Adj. deterioration 659 Adj. adversity 735 Adj. decease: death 360 N. deceased: death 360 Adj. deceit: falsehood 544 N. deception 545 N. deceitful: falsehood 544 Adj. deception 545 Adj. cunning 702 Adj. error 495 Adj. deceive oneself: error 495 V. deceive: error 495 V. misteaching 538 V. falsehood 544 V. deception 545 V. deceived: deception 545 Adj. deceiver: deceiver 548 N. deceiving: deception 545 Adj. decency: purity 960 N. decenniumm lustrum: period 108 N. decent: imperfection 651 Adj. purity 960 Adj. decentralize: decomposition 49 V. deception: falsehood 544 N. deception 545 N. deceptious: deception 545 Adj. deceptive: intuition 477 Adj. deception 545 Adj. decession: departure 293 N. dechristianize: irreligion 989 V. decide: certainty 474 V. choice 609 V. judgment 480 V. cause 153 V. resolution 604 V. decided case: lawsuit 969 N. decided: greatness 31 Adj. end 67 Adj. certainty 474 Adj. affirmation 535 Adj. resolution 604 Adj. decidedly: greatness 31 Adv. deciduous: descent 306 Adj. deterioration 659 Adj. transientness 111 Adj. decimal: quinquesection, &c 99 Adj. number 84 Adj. number 84 N. five, &c 98 Adj. decimate: punishment 972 V. deterioration 659 Adj. killing 361 V. weakness 160 V. fewness 103 V. nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. quinquesection, &c 99 V. decimation: fewness 103 N. quinquesection, &c 99 N. decipher: interpretation 522 V. decision: judgment 480 N. resolution 604 N. choice 609 N. intention 620 N. lawsuit 969 N. decisive: demonstration 478 Adj. certainty 474 Adj. decjed out: ostentation 882 Adj. deck: base 211 N. clothing 225 V. amusement 840 N. ornament 847 V. receptacle 191 N. deckle-edged: nonpreparation 674 Adj. declaim against: disapprobation 932 V. declaim: speech 582 V. declamation: speech 582 N. ornament 577 N. declamatory: ornament 577 Adj. speech 582 Adj. loquacity 584 Adj. Declaration Day: amusement 840 N. declaration of faith: belief 484 N. theology 983 N. declaration of war: discord 713 N. declaration: lawsuit 969 N. affirmation 535 N. declaratory: meaning 516 Adj. information 527 Adj. affirmation 535 Adj. declare null and void: abrogation 756 V. nonobservance 773 V. declare war: discord 713 V. declare: affirmation 535 V. meaning 516 V. declension of strength: weakness 160 N. declension: nonincrease, decrease 36 N. descent 306 N. grammar 567 N. deterioration 659 N. refusal 764 N. impiety 988 N. declensions: intrinsicality 5 N. declination: deviation 279 N. deterioration 659 N. descent 306 N. rejection 610 N. declinature: refusal 764 N. decline of day: evening 126 N. decline of life: age 128 N. decline: deterioration 659 Adj. nonincrease, decrease 36 N. refusal 764 V. adversity 735 V. deterioration 659 N. disease 655 N. rejection 610 V. descent 306 V. weakness 160 V. age 128 V. nonincrease, decrease 36 V. oldness 124 N. declining years: age 128 N. declining: age 128 Adj. refusal 764 N. declivity: obliquity 217 N. descent 306 N. decoction: calefaction 384 N. decollate: punishment 972 V. decollation: punishment 972 N. decoloration: achromatism 429 N. decolorize: achromatism 429 V. decompose: decomposition 49 V. decomposed: decomposition 49 Adj. decomposition: disjunction 44 N. decomposition 49 N. decompound: decomposition 49 V. deconsecrate: abrogation 756 V. deconsecration: abrogation 756 N. decorate: ornament 847 V. decoration: scepter 747 N. title 877 N. trophy 733 N. ornament 847 N. beauty 845 N. decorative: ornament 847 Adj. decorous: dueness 924 Adj. respect 928 Adj. purity 960 Adj. decorticate: divestment 226 V. decortication: divestment 226 N. decorum: duty 926 N. purity 960 N. fashion 852 N. decoy duck: motive 615 N. deceiver 548 N. decoy: deception 545 N. deceiver 548 N. motive 615 N. decoy-duck: deception 545 N. decrassify: cleanness 652 V. improvement 658 V. decrease of size: contraction 195 N. decrease: deterioration 659 N. contraction 195 V. nonaddition, subtraction 38 N. nonincrease, decrease 36 V. nonincrease, decrease 36 N. decreased: nonincrease, decrease 36 Adj. decreasing: nonincrease, decrease 36 Adj. decree: legality 963 V. judgment 480 N. command 741 N. command 741 V. legality 963 N. decrement: contraction 195 N. nonincrease, decrease 36 N. decrement 40a N. decrepid: deterioration 659 Adj. decrepit: age 128 Adj. weakness 160 Adj. disease 655 Adj. deterioration 659 Adj. decrepitation: snap 406 N. decrepitude: deterioration 659 N. age 128 N. weakness 160 N. decretal: command 741 Adj. command 741 N. decretive: command 741 Adj. decretory: command 741 Adj. decry: disapprobation 932 V. detraction 934 V. decumbence: horizontality 213 N. decumbency: horizontality 213 N. decumbent: horizontality 213 Adj. decuple: five, &c 98 Adj. decurrent: descent 306 Adj. decursive: descent 306 Adj. decurtate: shortness 201 Adj. decurtation: shortness 201 N. decussate: crossing 219 V. decussation: crossing 219 N. dedecoration: disrepute 874 N. dedecorous: disrepute 874 Adj. discourtesy 895 Adj. dedicate to: repute 873 V. dedicate: use 677 V. dedication: repute 873 N. deduce: judgment 480 V. nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. deducible: evidence 467 Adj. demonstration 478 Adj. deduct: nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. taking 789 V. deduction: nonaddition, subtraction 38 N. judgment 480 N. reasoning 476 N. decrement 40a N. experiment 463 N. deed of indemnity: security 771 N. forgiveness 918 N. deed of release: pacification 723 N. deed poll: security 771 N. deed without a name: guilt 947 N. deed: action 680 N. record 551 N. evidence 467 N. security 771 N. deeds of arms: contention 720 N. deem as: belief 484 V. deep application: attention 457 N. deep as a well: depth 208 Adj. deep attention: attention 457 N. deep background: concealment 528 Phr. deep death song: lamentation 839 N. deep felt: feeling 821 Adj. deep freeze: refrigerator 387 N. deep in debt: debt 806 Adj. deep knowledge: knowledge 490 N. deep laid: cunning 702 Adj. deep mourning: lamentation 839 N. deep musing: thought 451 Adj. inattention 458 N. deep note: resonance 408 N. deep pockets: wealth 803 N. deep potations: drunkenness 959 N. deep reflection: thought 451 N. deep seated: interiority 221 Adj. depth 208 Adj. deep sense: feeling 821 N. deep sigh: lamentation 839 N. deep study: attention 457 N. deep thought: attention 457 N. deep: cunning 702 Adj. feeling 821 Adj. color 428 Adj. greatness 31 Adj. depth 208 Adj. intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. ocean 341 N. loudness 404 Adj. deep-colored: color 428 Adj. deep-dyed: physical energy 171 Adj. deepen: increase 35 V. depth 208 V. deep-freeze: preservation 670 V. deep-laid plan: plan 626 N. deeply involved: debt 806 Adj. deep-mouthed: ululation 412 Adj. feeling 821 Adj. resonance 408 Adj. deepness: depth 208 N. deep-read: knowledge 490 Adj. deep-rooted: stability 150 Adj. strength 159 Adj. habit 613 Adj. affections 820 Adj. deep-sounding: resonance 408 Adj. deep-toned: resonance 408 Adj. deer hound: animal 366 N. deer: animal 366 N. deev: demon 980 N. deface: amorphism 241 V. obliteration 552 V. deterioration 659 Adj. ugliness 846 V. defacement: amorphism 241 N. defalcation: nonpayment 808 N. incompleteness 53 N. contraction 195 N. shortcoming 304 N. defamation: detraction 934 N. defamatory: disapprobation 932 Adj. detraction 934 Adj. defame: disrepute 874 V. disapprobation 932 V. detraction 934 V. defamer: detractor 936 N. defatigation: weariness 841 N. default: nonpayment 808 N. debt 806 N. shortcoming 304 N. neglect 460 N. defaulter: thief 792 N. debt 806 N. nonpayment 808 N. bad man 949 N. defeasance: abrogation 756 N. defeasible: confutation 479 Adj. defeat one's hope: disappointment 509 V. defeat the purpose: failure 732 V. defeat: confutation 479 V. disappointment 509 V. hindrance 706 V. success 731 V. failure 732 N. defeated: failure 732 Adj. defecate: cleanness 652 V. defecation: cleanness 652 N. defect: decrement 40a N. incompleteness 53 N. imperfection 651 N. blemish 848 N. vice 945 N. defection: tergiversation 607 N. relinquishment 624 N. disobedience 742 N. defective: incompleteness 53 Adj. imperfection 651 Adj. defend: defense 717 V. vindication 937 N. defendant: lawsuit 969 N. vindication 937 N. accusation 938 N. defended: defense 717 Adj. defender of the faith: defense 717 Phr. defender: defense 717 N. defending: defense 717 Adj. defense not defiance: defense 717 Phr. defense: defense 717 N. government 737a N. vindication 937 N. defenseless: danger 665 Adj. impotence 158 Adj. weakness 160 Adj. defenselessness: danger 665 N. defensible: safety 664 Adj. vindication 937 Adj. defensive: defense 717 Adj. defensively: defense 717 Adv. defer to: assent 488 V. respect 928 V. submission 725 V. defer: lateness 133 V. deference: obedience 743 N. respect 928 N. deferential: respect 928 Adj. deferral: lateness 133 N. deferred payment: debt 806 N. deferring: lateness 133 N. defiance of danger: courage 861 N. defiance: defiance 715 N. disobedience 742 N. courage 861 N. threat 909 N. defiant: threat 909 Adj. defiance 715 Adj. deficiency of blood: weakness 160 N. deficiency: vice 945 N. imperfection 651 N. insufficiency 640 N. inferiority 34 N. incompleteness 53 N. deficient: imperfection 651 Adj. insufficiency 640 Adj. inferiority 34 Adj. incompleteness 53 Adj. shortcoming 304 Adj. deficit: incompleteness 53 N. debt 806 N. defigure: ugliness 846 V. defile: deterioration 659 Adj. disrepute 874 V. uncleanness 653 V. journey 266 V. interval 198 N. impurity 961 V. defilement: uncleanness 653 N. disrepute 874 N. impurity 961 N. define: interpretation 522 V. nomenclature 564 V. defined: manifestation 525 Adj. definite: truth 494 Adj. manifestation 525 Adj. intelligibility 518 Adj. visibility 446 Adj. speciality 79 Adj. limit 233 Adj. certainty 474 Adj. definiteness: perspicuity 570 N. definition: interpretation 522 N. perspicuity 570 N. definitive work: book 593 N. definitive: end 67 Adj. affirmation 535 Adj. resolution 604 Adj. definitively true: truth 494 Adj. deflagration: calefaction 384 N. deflate: money 800 V. dissuasion 616 V. deflation: money 800 N. deflect: curvature 245 V. deviation 279 V. deflection: curvature 245 N. deviation 279 N. deflexion: curvature 245 N. deflexure: deviation 279 N. defloration: impurity 961 N. deflower: deterioration 659 Adj. impurity 961 V. defluxion: egress 295 N. river 348 N. defoedation: uncleanness 653 N. deterioration 659 N. deform: distortion 243 V. amorphism 241 V. deformed: distortion 243 Adj. deforming: amorphism 241 N. deformity: amorphism 241 N. distortion 243 N. ugliness 846 N. blemish 848 N. defraud: stealing 791 V. deception 545 V. defray: payment 807 V. defrayment: payment 807 N. deft: agreement 23 Adj. skill 698 Adj. defunct: inexistence 2 Adj. death 360 Adj. corpse 362 N. defy danger: courage 861 V. defy: courage 861 V. defiance 715 V. threat 909 V. defying: defiance 715 Adj. degeneracy: deterioration 659 N. degenerate: deterioration 659 Adj. degenerateness: deterioration 659 N. degeneration: deterioration 659 N. deglutition: food 298 N. taking 789 N. degradation: disrepute 874 N. deterioration 659 N. degrade: deterioration 659 Adj. disrepute 874 V. degrading: disrepute 874 Adj. improbity 940 Adj. vice 945 Adj. degree: degree 26 N. repute 873 N. term 71 N. degrees Celsius: heat 382 N. degrees centigrade: heat 382 N. degrees Fahrenheit: heat 382 N. degrees Kelvin: heat 382 N. degustation: taste 390 N. dehiscence: opening 260 N. dehort: dissuasion 616 V. warning 668 V. dehortation: dissuasion 616 N. warning 668 N. dehortatory: dissuasion 616 Adj. advice 695 Adj. dehumidifier: refrigeration 385 N. dehydrate: dryness 340 V. dehydrated: dryness 340 Adj. deification: idolatry 991 N. heaven 981 N. deify: repute 873 V. idolatry 991 V. deign: consent 762 V. humility 879 V. deism: irreligion 989 N. heterodoxy 984 N. Deist: heterodoxy 984 N. irreligion 989 N. deistical: irreligion 989 Adj. Deity: deity 976 N. deject: dejection 837 V. dejectedness: dejection 837 N. dejection: dejection 837 N. excretion 299 N. pain 828 N. dekko!: attention 457 Int. delabrement: deterioration 659 N. delaceration: deterioration 659 N. delaminate: layer 204 V. delation: lateness 133 N. accusation 938 N. delator: information 527 N. delay: diuturnity 110 N. slowness 275 N. lateness 133 N. lateness 133 V. delayed: lateness 133 Adj. dele: obliteration 552 Int. delectability: savoriness 394 N. pleasurableness 829 N. delectable: pleasurableness 829 Adj. savoriness 394 Adj. delectation: pleasure 827 N. delection: pleasure 827 N. delegate: transference 270 V. commission 755 N. commission 755 V. consignee 758 N. deputy 759 N. delegation: commission 755 N. deleterious: badness 649 Adj. insalubrity 657 Adj. deterioration 659 Adj. deletion: obliteration 552 N. deletory: destruction 162 Adj. deliberate application: attention 457 N. deliberate attention: attention 457 N. deliberate study: attention 457 N. deliberate thought: attention 457 N. deliberate: thought 451 V. leisure 685 Adj. slowness 275 Adj. advice 695 V. deliberately: lateness 133 Adv. will 600 Adv. predetermination 611 Adv. intention 620 Adv. leisure 685 Adv. deliberation: thought 451 N. caution 864 N. deliberative: council 696 Adj. thought 451 Adj. delicacy: difficulty 704 N. purity 960 N. probity 939 N. taste 850 N. beauty 845 N. savoriness 394 N. disease 655 N. truth 494 N. food 298 N. weakness 160 N. unwillingness 603 N. delicat: fastidiousness 868 Adj. delicate distinction: difference 15 N. delicate ear: hearing 418 N. delicate point: difficulty 704 N. delicate: beauty 845 Adj. pleasurableness 829 Adj. purity 960 Adj. difficulty 704 Adj. narrowness, thinness 203 Adj. truth 494 Adj. color 428 Adj. savoriness 394 Adj. texture 329 Adj. fastidiousness 868 Adj. delicatessen: savoriness 394 N. mart 799 N. delicious: pleasurableness 829 Adj. savoriness 394 Adj. deliciousness: savoriness 394 N. delight in: pleasure 827 V. delight: pleasure 827 N. pleasurableness 829 V. cheerfulness 836 V. delighted: rejoicing 838 Adj. delightful: pleasurableness 829 Adj. savoriness 394 Adj. Delilah: libertine 962 N. delineate: representation 554 V. delineation: representation 554 N. description 594 N. delinquency: guilt 947 N. delinquent: bad man 949 N. deliquation: liquefaction 335 N. deliquesce: liquefaction 335 V. deliquescence: liquefaction 335 N. deliquescent: liquefaction 335 Adj. delirious: insanity 503 Adj. excitability 825 Adj. delirium tremens: drunkenness 959 N. delirium: insanity 503 N. excitability 825 N. delitescence: seclusion, exclusion 893 N. invisibility 447 N. delitescent: invisibility 447 Adj. latency, implication 526 Adj. seclusion, exclusion 893 Adj. deliver a speech: speech 582 V. deliver judgment: judgment 480 V. deliver oneself from: liberation 750 V. deliver over: giving 784 V. deliver up one's arms: submission 725 V. deliver: speech 582 V. giving 784 V. deliverance 672 V. voice 580 V. transference 270 V. liberation 750 V. deliverance: deliverance 672 N. relief 834 N. liberation 750 N. delivery service: messenger 534 N. delivery: production 161 N. voice 580 N. speech 582 N. giving 784 N. dell: concavity 252 N. Delphian oracle: oracle 513 N. Delphic oracle: latency, implication 526 N. equivocalness 520 N. delta: land 342 N. delude: error 495 V. deception 545 V. deluge: river 348 V. redundancy 641 V. river 348 N. water 337 N. assemblage 72 N. water 337 V. delusion: error 495 N. insanity 503 N. deception 545 N. delusional: insanity 503 Adj. delusive: error 495 Adj. deception 545 Adj. delusory: deception 545 Adj. delve into: inquiry 461 V. dissertation 595 V. delve: concavity 252 V. agriculture 371 V. demagogue: disobedience 742 N. director 694 N. opponent 710 N. demagogy: government 737a N. demand deposit: money 800 N. demand: price 812 V. inquiry 461 V. dueness 924 N. price 812 N. property 780 N. command 741 V. command 741 N. requirement 630 N. dueness 924 V. demanding: fastidiousness 868 Adj. demean oneself: conduct 692 V. humility 879 V. improbity 940 V. demeanor: fashion 852 N. conduct 692 N. appearance 448 N. demelé: discord 713 N. demency: insanity 503 N. dementate: insanity 503 V. dementation: insanity 503 N. demented: insanity 503 Adj. dementia: insanity 503 N. demerit: vice 945 N. demesne: abode 189 N. property 780 N. demi-: bisection 91 Adj. demigod: courage 861 N. good man 948 N. demigration: journey 266 N. demijohn: receptacle 191 N. demi-jour: dimness 422 N. demimonde: commonality 876 N. libertine 962 N. demirep: libertine 962 N. demise: death 360 N. transfer 783 N. lending 787 V. demised: death 360 Adj. demisemiquaver: melody concord 413 N. demission: abrogation 756 N. demiurge: Jupiter 979 N. demiurgus: agent 690 N. demivolt: leap 309 N. democracy: government 737a N. politics 737b N. commonality 876 N. democrat: commonality 876 N. Democratic Party: politics 737b N. democratic republic: government 737a N. Democrats: party 712 N. Democritus the Abderite: rejoicing 838 N. demoiselle: infant 129 N. demolish: destruction 162 V. confutation 479 V. demolishment: destruction 162 N. demolition: destruction 162 N. demon in human shape: bad man 949 N. evil 913 N. demon: evil 619 N. demon 980 N. bane 663 N. violence 173 N. satan 978 N. demonetize: money 800 V. demoniac: demon 980 N. demoniacal: vice 945 Adj. malevolence 907 Adj. excitation 824 Adj. demon 980 Adj. demonic possession: demon 980 N. demonic: demon 980 Adj. demonical: demon 980 Adj. demonically: demon 980 Adv. demonism: idolatry 991 N. demonolatry: idolatry 991 N. demonology: demon 980 N. sorcery 992 N. demonomy: sorcery 992 N. demonophobia: hate 898 N. demonry: demon 980 N. demonship: sorcery 992 N. demonstrable: demonstration 478 Adj. demonstrate: demonstration 478 V. manifestation 525 V. numeration 85 V. demonstrated: demonstration 478 Adj. demonstrating: demonstration 478 Adj. demonstration: demonstration 478 N. manifestation 525 N. ostentation 882 N. demonstrative: manifestation 525 Adj. indication 550 Adj. demonstration 478 Adj. excitability 825 Adj. demonstrator: interpreter 524 N. demon-worship: idolatry 991 N. demoralization: deterioration 659 N. vice 945 N. demoralize: deterioration 659 Adj. vice 945 V. demoralized: impotence 158 Adj. vice 945 Adj. demoralizing: vice 945 Adj. demos: commonality 876 N. Demosthenes: speech 582 N. demulcent: moderation 174 Adj. moderation 174 N. remedy 662 Adj. demur: unwillingness 603 N. irresolution 605 V. unwillingness 603 V. dissent 489 V. irresolution 605 N. demure: modesty 881 Adj. unbelief doubt 485 N. unbelief doubt 485 V. inexcitability 826 Adj. dejection 837 Adj. affectation 855 Adj. demureness: modesty 881 N. affectation 855 N. demurrer: lawsuit 969 N. demurring: unwillingness 603 Adj. den of Cacus: stealing 791 N. den of thieves: stealing 791 N. den: uncleanness 653 N. receptacle 191 N. abode 189 N. prison 752 N. denary: five, &c 98 Adj. denaturalize: deterioration 659 Adj. denaturalized: unconformity 83 Adj. denature: deterioration 659 Adj. dendriform: symmetry 242 Adj. dendroid: symmetry 242 Adj. dendrology: botany 369 N. dengue fever: disease 655 N. denial: negation 536 N. refusal 764 N. denied: negation 536 Adj. denigrate: blackness 431 V. denims: clothing 225 N. denization: freedom 748 N. denizen: inhabitant 188 N. freedom 748 N. denizens of the air: Jupiter 979 N. denizens of the sea: animal 366 N. denominate designate: nomenclature 564 V. denominate: phrase 566 V. denomination: party 712 N. nomenclature 564 N. class 75 N. denominational education: teaching 537 N. denominational school: school 542 N. denominational: theology 983 Adj. dissent 489 Adj. denominator: number 84 N. denotable: indication 550 Adj. denotative: indication 550 Adj. denote: speciality 79 V. indication 550 V. denouement: end 67 N. effect 154 N. disclosure 529 N. completion 729 N. denounce: detraction 934 V. disapprobation 932 V. malediction 908 V. accusation 938 V. denouncement: accusation 938 N. dense: assemblage 72 Adj. density 321 Adj. unintelligibility 519 Adj. densitometer: measurement 466 N. optical instruments 445 N. density: density 321 N. dent: concavity 252 V. notch 257 N. notch 257 V. concavity 252 N. dental: letter 561 N. dentate: notch 257 Adj. dentated: notch 257 Adj. denticulate: notch 257 Adj. denticulated: sharpness 253 Adj. notch 257 Adj. dentiform: sharpness 253 Adj. dentifrice: cleanness 652 N. dentistry: remedy 662 N. denudation: divestment 226 N. denude: divestment 226 V. denuded of: insufficiency 640 Adj. denuded: divestment 226 Adj. loss 776 Adj. denunciation: malediction 908 N. threat 909 N. disapprobation 932 N. accusation 938 N. denunciatory: disapprobation 932 Adj. accusation 938 Adj. deny absolutely: negation 536 V. deny emphatically: negation 536 V. deny entirely: negation 536 V. deny flatly: negation 536 V. deny oneself: refusal 764 V. seclusion, exclusion 893 V. temperance 953 V. worship 990 V. avoidance 623 V. deny peremptorily: negation 536 V. deny wholly: negation 536 V. deny: refusal 764 V. resignation 757 V. negation 536 V. unbelief doubt 485 V. denying: negation 536 Adj. deobstruct: facility 705 V. deobstruent: cleanness 652 N. remedy 662 Adj. deodand: penalty 974 N. deodorant: inodorousness 399 N. deodorization: inodorousness 399 N. deodorize: inodorousness 399 V. cleanness 652 V. deodorized: inodorousness 399 Adj. deodorizer: inodorousness 399 N. deodorizing: inodorousness 399 Adj. deontology: duty 926 N. deoppilate: facility 705 V. deoppilation: facility 705 N. de-orbit: arrival 292 V. deorganization: derangement 61 N. deorganize: derangement 61 V. deosculation: endearment 902 N. deoxidization: change 140 N. depart from: deviation 279 N. deviation 279 V. relinquishment 624 V. depart this life: death 360 V. depart: departure 293 V. recession 287 V. displacement 185 V. departed this life: death 360 Adj. departed: inexistence 2 Adj. death 360 Adj. departing: departure 293 Adj. department head: government 737a N. department store: mart 799 N. department: business 625 N. region 181 N. class 75 N. part 51 N. jurisdiction 965 N. departmental: government 737a Adj. departure: recession 287 N. departure 293 N. death 360 N. disappearance 449 N. avoidance 623 N. depend on: qualification 469 V. depend upon: belief 484 Adv. belief 484 V. evidence 467 V. subjection 749 V. effect 154 V. depend: uncertainty 475 V. pendency 214 V. qualification 469 V. dependant: servant 746 N. dependence on: belief 484 N. dependence: subjection 749 N. uncertainty 475 N. chance 156 N. coherence 46 N. circumstance 8 N. dependency: pendency 214 N. uncertainty 475 N. subjection 749 N. possession 777 N. property 780 N. relation 9 N. dependent on: liability 177 Adj. uncertainty 475 Adj. dependent upon: effect 154 Adj. dependent: pendency 214 Adj. subjection 749 Adj. servant 746 N. deperdition: loss 776 N. dephlegmation: dryness 340 N. depict: representation 554 V. painting 556 V. depicting: painting 556 N. depictment: representation 554 N. depicture: representation 554 V. depilation: divestment 226 N. depilatory: remedy 662 N. deplane: arrival 292 V. depletion: insufficiency 640 N. deplorable: adversity 735 Adj. painfulness 830 Adj. badness 649 Adj. deplore: regret 833 V. lamentation 839 V. deploy: expansion 194 V. depone: affirmation 535 V. deponent: evidence 467 N. depopulate: seclusion, exclusion 893 V. ejection 297 V. depopulation: seclusion, exclusion 893 N. deport: ejection 297 V. deportation: transference 270 N. ejection 297 N. deportment: conduct 692 N. deposal: abrogation 756 N. depose: evidence 467 V. abrogation 756 V. laxity 738 V. affirmation 535 V. deposit: money 800 N. expenditure 809 N. security 771 N. store 636 V. density 321 V. density 321 N. location 184 V. depositary: treasurer 801 N. deposition: abrogation 756 N. location 184 N. evidence 467 N. affirmation 535 N. record 551 N. laxity 738 N. depository: treasury 802 N. store 636 N. depot: focus 74 N. store 636 N. mart 799 N. depravation: deterioration 659 N. deprave: deterioration 659 Adj. depraved: badness 649 Adj. deterioration 659 Adj. vice 945 Adj. depravement: deterioration 659 N. depravity: badness 649 N. deterioration 659 N. vice 945 N. deprecate: lamentation 839 V. detraction 934 V. pity 914 V. dissuasion 616 V. deprecation 766 V. disapprobation 932 V. deprecated: deprecation 766 Adj. deprecation: dissuasion 616 N. deprecation 766 N. deprecatory: deprecation 766 Adj. detraction 934 Adj. depreciate: nonincrease, decrease 36 V. detraction 934 V. underestimation 483 V. disapprobation 932 V. depreciated: underestimation 483 Adj. cheapness 815 Adj. depreciating: underestimation 483 Adj. depreciation: underestimation 483 N. disapprobation 932 N. detraction 934 N. nonincrease, decrease 36 N. cheapness 815 N. discount 813 N. depredation: stealing 791 N. depredator: thief 792 N. deprehension: taking 789 N. depress the spirits: dejection 837 V. depress: depression 308 V. dejection 837 V. concavity 252 V. dullness 843 V. depressed spirits: dejection 837 N. depressed: concavity 252 Adj. depression 308 Adj. insanity 503 Adj. depressing: painfulness 830 Adj. dejection 837 Adj. depression of spirits: dejection 837 N. depression: dejection 837 N. insanity 503 N. depression 308 N. notch 257 N. concavity 252 N. depth 208 N. lowness 207 N. hopelessness 859 N. depressive: painfulness 830 Adj. deprivation: loss 776 N. taking 789 N. deprive of color: achromatism 429 V. deprive of life: killing 361 V. deprive of power: impotence 158 V. deprive of strength: weakness 160 V. deprive of: taking 789 V. nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. deprived of: loss 776 Adj. deprivement: taking 789 N. depth of misery: pain 828 N. depth of thought: thought 451 N. depth of water: depth 208 N. depth of winter: cold 383 N. depth: intelligence, wisdom 498 N. depth 208 N. depurate: cleanness 652 V. depurative: remedy 662 Adj. depuratory: remedy 662 Adj. deputation: commission 755 N. depute: commission 755 V. deputy commissioner: master 745 N. deputy: substitute 634 N. deputy 759 N. commission 755 N. authority 737 N. dequantitate: nonincrease, decrease 36 V. derail: cessation 142 V. derange the head: insanity 503 V. derange: disorder 59 V. derangement 61 V. amorphism 241 V. deranged: disorder 59 Adj. derangement 61 Adj. insanity 503 Adj. derangement: disorder 59 N. derangement 61 N. insanity 503 N. Derby day: contention 720 N. amusement 840 N. derelict: land 342 N. relinquishment 782 Adj. relinquishment 782 N. seclusion, exclusion 893 Adj. dereliction of duty: dereliction of duty 927 N. dereliction: relinquishment 782 N. guilt 947 N. dereplication: identification 465b N. deride: disrespect 929 V. ridicule 856 V. derision: rejoicing 838 N. ridicule 856 N. disrespect 929 N. contempt 930 N. derisive: ridicule 856 Adj. contempt 930 Adj. disrespect 929 Adj. derisory: ridicule 856 Adj. derivable from: effect 154 Adj. attribution 155 Adj. derivation from: attribution 155 N. derivation: copy 21 N. cause 153 N. effect 154 N. word 562 N. derivative: word 562 Adj. effect 154 N. effect 154 Adj. copy 21 Adj. word 562 N. copy 21 N. derive from: attribution 155 V. receipt 810 V. derive its origin from: effect 154 V. derive its origin: cause 153 V. derive pleasure: pleasure 827 V. derive: judgment 480 V. acquisition 775 V. derived from within: intrinsicality 5 Adj. derived from without: extrinsicality 6 Adj. derived from: effect 154 Adj. derm: covering 223 N. dermal: covering 223 Adj. dermatoid: covering 223 Adj. dermatologist: remedy 662 N. dermatology: covering 223 N. derogate from: disrepute 874 V. derogate: improbity 940 V. detraction 934 V. derogation: disrepute 874 N. derogatory: disrepute 874 Adj. detraction 934 Adj. improbity 940 Adj. derrick: elevation 307 N. derring-do: courage 861 N. dervish: clergy 996 N. descant upon a subject: dissertation 595 V. descant: music 415 N. diffuseness 573 V. descend to details: description 594 V. descend to particulars: description 594 V. speciality 79 V. descend: nonincrease, decrease 36 V. descent 306 V. descendant: posterity 167 N. descendent: descent 306 Adj. descending: descent 306 Adj. descension: descent 306 N. descent: paternity 166 N. descent 306 N. cause 153 N. continuity 69 N. nonincrease, decrease 36 N. acquisition 775 N. describe a circle: circularity 247 V. circuition 311 V. describe: representation 554 V. description 594 V. described: description 594 Adj. description: nomenclature 564 N. description 594 N. class 75 N. descriptive: description 594 Adj. descry: vision 441 V. desecrate: misuse 679 V. disrespect 929 V. impiety 988 V. desecrating: impiety 988 Adj. desecration: misuse 679 N. impiety 988 N. desert: resignation 757 V. virtue 944 N. relinquishment 624 V. avoidance 623 V. plain 344 N. unproductiveness 169 N. absence 187 Adj. sweetness 396 N. deserted: absence 187 Adj. hindrance 706 Adj. seclusion, exclusion 893 Adj. deserter: tergiversation 607 N. desertful: virtue 944 Adj. desertion: relinquishment 624 N. seclusion, exclusion 893 N. desertless: vice 945 Adj. deserve notice: importance 642 V. deserve praise: approbation 931 V. deserve: right 922 V. dueness 924 V. deserved: right 922 Adj. dueness 924 Adj. deserving of praise: approbation 931 Adj. deserving of: belief 484 Adj. deserving: dueness 924 Adj. virtue 944 Adj. desiccate: dryness 340 V. desiccation: dryness 340 N. desiccative: dryness 340 N. desiderate: requirement 630 V. desire 865 V. desideratum: inquiry 461 N. requirement 630 N. desire 865 N. design: intention 620 V. plan 626 N. intention 620 N. painting 556 N. plan 626 V. representation 554 N. prototype 22 N. painting 556 V. designate: speciality 79 V. phrase 566 V. designated driver: temperance 953 N. designation: nomenclature 564 N. commission 755 N. class 75 N. designed: predetermination 611 Adj. designedly: intention 620 Adv. designer clothes: clothing 225 N. designer: artist 559 N. plan 626 N. designing: representation 554 N. cunning 702 Adj. designless: chance 621 Adj. desinence: end 67 N. cessation 142 N. desirability: expedience 646 N. desirable: expedience 646 Adj. desire 865 Adj. desirableness: expedience 646 N. desire: intention 620 V. love 897 V. desire 865 V. desire 865 N. hope 858 N. pleasurableness 829 V. requirement 630 V. willingness 602 V. will 600 N. greed 817a N. desired: desire 865 Adj. desiring: desire 865 Adj. desirous: desire 865 Adj. desist!: prohibition 761 Int. desist: cessation 142 V. relinquishment 624 V. inaction 681 V. desistance: cessation 142 N. desk: receptacle 191 N. support 215 N. desolate: destruction 162 V. dejection 837 Adj. hopelessness 859 Adj. seclusion, exclusion 893 Adj. unity 87 Adj. desolating: painfulness 830 Adj. desolation: pain 828 N. hopelessness 859 N. seclusion, exclusion 893 N. destruction 162 N. despair: pain 828 N. pain 828 V. dejection 837 N. dejection 837 V. hopelessness 859 N. hopelessness 859 V. fear 860 N. despairing: hopelessness 859 Adj. despatch: haste 684 N. command 741 N. completion 729 V. conduct 692 V. activity 682 N. news 532 N. killing 361 V. food 298 V. ejection 297 V. completion 729 N. correspondence 592 N. despect: contempt 930 N. desperado: blusterer 887 N. evil 913 N. rashness 863 N. desperate: violence 173 Adj. impossibility 471 Adj. difficulty 704 Adj. hopelessness 859 Adj. rashness 863 Adj. greatness 31 Adj. desperately: greatness 31 Adv. desperation: rashness 863 N. hopelessness 859 N. excitability 825 N. resolution 604 N. resentment 900 N. despicable: disrepute 874 Adj. contempt 930 Adj. despiciency: contempt 930 N. despisal: contempt 930 N. despise danger: courage 861 V. despise: contempt 930 V. despised: contempt 930 Adj. despisedness: contempt 930 N. despisement: contempt 930 N. despite: malevolence 907 N. despiteful: malevolence 907 Adj. despoil: stealing 791 V. deterioration 659 Adj. taking 789 V. despond: hopelessness 859 V. dejection 837 V. despondency: dejection 837 N. hopelessness 859 N. fear 860 N. desponding: dejection 837 Adj. despot: master 745 N. severity 739 N. despotic: illegality 964 Adj. despotical: illegality 964 Adj. despotism: authority 737 N. severity 739 N. illegality 964 N. despumate: cleanness 652 V. desquamation: divestment 226 N. dess: layer 204 N. dessert: food 298 N. dessicated: dryness 340 Adj. dessicator: dryness 340 N. destinate: intention 620 V. destination: end 67 N. arrival 292 N. necessity 601 N. intention 620 N. destine: necessity 601 V. intention 620 V. destined: necessity 601 Adj. destiny 152 Adj. destiny: futurity 121 N. destiny 152 N. expectation 507 N. necessity 601 N. destitute of: requirement 630 Adj. insufficiency 640 Adj. destitute: poverty 804 Adj. destitution: poverty 804 N. desto: music 415 Adv. destrier: combatant 726 N. destroy one's hopes: hopelessness 859 V. destroy: inaction 681 V. deterioration 659 Adj. badness 649 V. destruction 162 V. inexistence 2 V. abrogation 756 V. destroyed: destruction 162 Adj. failure 732 Adj. destroyer: destroyer 165 N. ship 273 N. combatant 726 N. evil 913 N. destroying: destruction 162 Adj. destruction 162 N. destruction of life: destruction 162 N. destruction: revolution 146 N. destruction 162 N. destructive: destruction 162 Adj. badness 649 Adj. desuetude: relinquishment 624 N. disuse 678 N. desuetude 614 N. desultory: discontinuity 70 Adj. multiformity 81 Adj. irregularity of recurrence 139 Adj. changeableness 149 Adj. deviation 279 Adj. agitation 315 Adj. disorder 59 Adj. desume: borrowing 788 V. detach: incoherence 47 V. disjunction 44 V. detached: irrelation 10 Adj. incoherence 47 Adj. incuriosity 456 Adj. detachment: disjunction 44 N. part 51 N. combatant 726 N. detail: description 594 V. apportionment 786 V. ornament 847 N. details: smallness 32 N. speciality 79 N. unimportance 643 N. detain: retention 781 V. detainee: prisoner 754 N. detect: discovery 480a V. detectable: measurement 466 Adj. detection: discovery 480a N. detective: information 527 N. detector: indication 550 N. detent: connection 45 N. detention: retention 781 N. deter: dissuasion 616 V. fear 860 V. deterge: cleanness 652 V. detergent: cleanness 652 N. remedy 662 Adj. deteriorate: deterioration 659 Adj. deteriorated: badness 649 Adj. deterioration 659 Adj. deterioration: deterioration 659 N. relapse 661 N. stability 150 Adj. nonincrease, decrease 36 N. regression 283 N. determinability: measurement 466 N. determinable: measurement 466 Adj. determinate: speciality 79 Adj. certainty 474 Adj. judgment 480 Adj. intention 620 Adj. determination: end 67 N. intention 620 N. resolution 604 N. judgment 480 N. will 600 N. determine once for all: resolution 604 V. determine: certainty 474 V. resolution 604 V. will 600 V. discovery 480a V. judgment 480 V. answer 462 V. direction 278 V. cause 153 V. speciality 79 V. end 67 V. quantity 25 V. measurement 466 V. determined: resolution 604 Adj. courage 861 Adj. deterration: disclosure 529 N. detersion: cleanness 652 N. detersive: remedy 662 Adj. detest: dislike 867 V. hate 898 V. detestable: badness 649 Adj. detestation: hate 898 N. dislike 867 N. dethrone: laxity 738 V. abrogation 756 V. dethronement: laxity 738 N. abrogation 756 N. detonate: snap 406 V. violence 173 V. detonating: violence 173 Adj. detonation: snap 406 N. violence 173 N. detonize: violence 173 V. detort: misinterpretation 523 V. detortion: distortion 243 N. detour: circuit 629 N. deviation 279 N. curvature 245 N. detract: detraction 934 V. nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. detracting: detraction 934 Adj. detraction: disapprobation 932 N. detraction 934 N. detractor: detractor 936 N. detraction 934 N. detractory: detraction 934 Adj. detrain: arrival 292 V. detriment: deterioration 659 N. detrimental: badness 649 Adj. detrition: pulverulence 330 N. friction 331 N. detritus: inutility 645 N. pulverulence 330 N. part 51 N. detrude: depression 308 V. ejection 297 V. detruncate: nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. detruncation: nonaddition, subtraction 38 N. detrusion: depression 308 N. detrusive: depression 308 Adj. deuce: duality 89 N. amusement 840 N. deuced: painfulness 830 Adv. deucedly: greatness 31 Adv. deuterogamy: marriage 903 N. deva: Jupiter 979 N. devalue: money 800 V. Devanagari: writing 590 N. devastate: destruction 162 V. devastating: destruction 162 Adj. devastation: attack 716 N. destruction 162 N. develop into: conversion 144 V. develop: production 161 V. expansion 194 V. Evolution 313 V. developing: conversion 144 N. development: Evolution 313 N. expansion 194 N. production 161 N. effect 154 N. increase 35 N. conversion 144 N. devex: curvature 245 Adj. devexity: obliquity 217 N. curvature 245 N. Devi: Jupiter 979 N. deviate: variation 20a V. change 140 V. curvature 245 V. deviation 279 V. divergence 291 V. deviating: deviation 279 Adj. deviation from rectitude: guilt 947 N. improbity 940 N. deviation: sexuality 374a N. divergence 291 N. deviation 279 N. curvature 245 N. variation 20a N. change 140 N. device: cunning 702 N. indication 550 N. plan 626 N. devil incarnate: bad man 949 N. evil 913 N. devil take the hindmost!: avoidance 623 Int. cowardice 862 Int. devil take the hindmost: haste 684 Phr. devil take!: malediction 908 Int. Devil to pay: disorder 59 N. violence 173 N. evil 619 N. devil worship: satan 978 N. devil: demon 980 N. bad man 949 N. pungency 392 V. devilish: satan 978 Adj. malevolence 907 Adj. vice 945 Adj. devilishly: greatness 31 Adv. devilism: satan 978 N. devil-may-care: rashness 863 Adj. indifference 866 Adj. insolence 885 Adj. devil's tattoo: roll 407 N. devils: satan 978 N. devilship: satan 978 N. devil-worship: idolatry 991 N. devious: curvature 245 Adj. deviation 279 Adj. devise: giving 784 N. plan 626 V. imagination 515 V. giving 784 V. devisee: possessor 779 N. receiving 785 N. devoid of interest: weariness 841 Adj. devoid of truth: error 495 Adj. devoid of: insufficiency 640 Adj. exemption 777a Adj. devoid: absence 187 Adj. devoir: courtesy 894 N. devoirs: respect 928 N. devolution: deterioration 659 N. transfer 783 N. devolve on: duty 926 V. devolve: transfer 783 V. Devonian: oldness 124 Adj. devote oneself to: resolution 604 V. undertaking 676 V. devote the eye to: attention 457 V. devote the thoughts to: attention 457 V. devote to destruction: malediction 908 V. devote to: repute 873 V. devote: necessity 601 V. use 677 V. devoted friendship: friendship 888 N. devoted to: habit 613 Adj. devoted: adversity 735 Adj. obedience 743 Adj. pain 828 Adj. love 897 Adj. piety 987 Adj. devotedness: resolution 604 N. devotee to Bacchus: drunkenness 959 N. devotee: activity 682 N. impiety 988 N. piety 987 N. desire 865 N. devotion: resolution 604 N. activity 682 N. obedience 743 N. love 897 N. respect 928 N. disinterestedness 942 N. piety 987 N. worship 990 N. devotional: worship 990 Adj. devour: destruction 162 V. food 298 V. gluttony 957 N. devoured by desire: desire 865 Adj. devoured by: feeling 821 Adj. devouring element: heat 382 N. devouring mind: curiosity 455 N. devout: piety 987 Adj. worship 990 Adj. devoutless: irreligion 989 Adj. devoutly: feeling 821 Adv. dew: moisture 339 N. Dewali: regularity of recurrence 138 N. dewan: master 745 N. dewy eve: evening 126 N. dewy: moisture 339 Adj. dexter: dextrality 238 Adj. dextrality 238 N. dexterity: skill 698 N. dexterous: skill 698 Adj. dexterousness: skill 698 N. dextrad: dextrality 238 Adv. dextral: dextrality 238 Adj. dextrality: dextrality 238 N. dextrally: dextrality 238 Adv. dextro-: dextrality 238 Adj. dextrorsal: dextrality 238 Adj. dextrorse: dextrality 238 Adj. dextrose: sweetness 396 N. dey: master 745 N. dhobi: cleanness 652 N. dhow: ship 273 N. diabolic possession: demon 980 N. diabolic: satan 978 Adj. malevolence 907 Adj. badness 649 Adj. vice 945 Adj. diabolical: malevolence 907 Adj. diabolism: satan 978 N. diabolology: satan 978 N. diacoustics: sound 402 N. diacritical: indication 550 Adj. diadem: scepter 747 N. diagnosis: remedy 662 N. discrimination 465 N. identification 465b N. diagnostic: speciality 79 Adj. experiment 463 N. indication 550 Adj. indication 550 N. diagnostics: intrinsicality 5 N. remedy 662 N. diagram: representation 554 N. Diaion: resin 356a N. dial: chronometry 114 N. dialect: language 560 N. neologism 563 N. dialectic: reasoning 476 Adj. language 560 Adj. dialectician: reasoning 476 N. dialectics: reasoning 476 N. dialogism: allocution 586 N. dialogist: conversation 588 N. dialogue: conversation 588 N. diameter: breadth, thickness 202 N. diametrically opposed: contrariety 14 Adj. diametrically opposite: contrariety 14 Adj. contraposition 237 Adj. diamond anniversary: celebration 883 N. diamond cut diamond: cunning 702 Phr. retaliation 718 N. diamond in the rough: good man 948 N. diamond jubilee: celebration 883 N. diamond stylus: hearing 418 N. diamond wedding: celebration 883 N. diamond: goodness 648 N. jewelry 847a Adj. angularity 244 N. jewelry 847a N. diamonds: amusement 840 N. Diana: world 318 N. purity 960 N. diapason: melody concord 413 N. diaper: clothing 225 N. ornament 847 N. diaphaneity: transparency 425 N. diaphanous: transparency 425 Adj. diaphonics: sound 402 N. diaphoresis: excretion 299 N. diaphragm: middle 68 N. interposition 228 N. diaporesis: uncertainty 475 N. diarrhoea: excretion 299 N. diary: chronometry 114 N. record 551 N. diaskeaust: book 593 N. diaster: production 161 N. diastole: expansion 194 N. diatessaron: melody concord 413 N. diathermal: calefaction 384 Adj. diathermancy: calefaction 384 N. diathermanous: calefaction 384 Adj. diathesis: intrinsicality 5 N. state 7 N. affections 820 N. diatonic chromatic scale: melody concord 413 N. diatonic: melody concord 413 Adj. diatribe: disapprobation 932 N. dib: indication 550 N. dibble: agriculture 371 V. perforator 262 N. dibs: money 800 N. dicacity: insolence 885 N. dice box: chance 621 N. dice: chance 621 N. dicer: chance 621 N. dicey: chance 621 Adj. dichotomize: bisection 91 V. dichotomous: bisection 91 Adj. dichotomy: bisection 91 N. angularity 244 N. dichroic: dimsightedness 443 Adj. dichroism: variegation 440 N. dichromatic: variegation 440 Adj. Dick Turpin: thief 792 N. dick: safety 664 N. dicker: five, &c 98 N. dicky bird: animal 366 N. dictate: command 741 N. authority 737 V. insolence 885 V. advice 695 V. command 741 V. motive 615 N. writing 590 V. dictation: authority 737 N. command 741 N. dictator: master 745 N. dictatorial: insolence 885 Adj. dictatorship: government 737a N. severity 739 N. diction: style 569 N. dictionary: word 562 N. school 542 N. list 86 N. interpretation 522 N. dictum: maxim 496 N. affirmation 535 N. command 741 N. didactic: teaching 537 Adj. didder: cold 383 V. diddle: deception 545 V. diduction: disjunction 44 N. die a natural death: completion 729 V. death 360 V. die a violent death: killing 361 V. death 360 V. die and make no sign: impenitence 951 V. die at one's post: perseverance 604a V. die away from the memory: oblivion 506 V. die away: nonincrease, decrease 36 V. cessation 142 V. die for: endearment 902 V. desire 865 V. die game: impenitence 951 V. die hard: obstinacy 606 V. resistance 719 V. die in harness: continuance in action 143 V. perseverance 604a V. die in one's shoes: punishment 972 V. die in the last ditch: perseverance 604a V. die of old age: completion 729 V. die out: inexistence 2 V. insulation, fire extinction 388a V. die unshriven: impenitence 951 V. die with ennui: weariness 841 V. die with laughter: amusement 840 V. die with one's boots on: continuance in action 143 V. die: engraving 558 N. death 360 V. end 67 V. inexistence 2 V. deterioration 659 Adj. prototype 22 N. dies irae: end 67 N. dies non: neverness 107 N. repose 687 N. diet: council 696 N. food 298 N. dietary: food 298 N. remedy 662 N. dietetic: food 298 Adj. remedy 662 Adj. dietetics: remedy 662 N. differ in opinion: dissent 489 V. differ: difference 15 V. discord 713 V. difference engine: numeration 85 N. difference: dissimilarity 18 N. discord 713 N. difference 15 N. number 84 N. inequality 28 N. differences: compromise 774 V. different thing: difference 15 N. different time: different time 119 N. different: difference 15 Adj. multiformity 81 Adj. incomparability 464a Adj. differentia: difference 15 N. speciality 79 N. differential calculus: numeration 85 N. differential: number 84 N. number 84 Adj. differentiation: numeration 85 N. discrimination 465 N. differently: difference 15 Adv. differing: difference 15 Adj. difficult to deal with: difficulty 704 Adj. difficult to please: fastidiousness 868 Adj. difficult: difficulty 704 Adj. fastidiousness 868 Adj. difficulties: poverty 804 N. difficulty: complexity 59a N. difficulty 704 N. hindrance 706 N. diffide: unbelief doubt 485 V. diffidence: fear 860 N. modesty 881 N. diffident: fear 860 Adj. modesty 881 Adj. diffluent: river 348 Adj. diffraction grating: optical instruments 445 N. diffuse: publication 531 V. diffuseness 573 Adj. gaseity 334 V. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. diffusely: diffuseness 573 Adv. diffuseness: repetition 104 N. diffuseness 573 N. diffusion suffusion: mixture 41 N. diffusion: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 N. presence 186 N. rarity 322 N. dig a mine: plan 626 V. preparation 673 V. dig out: discovery 480a V. dig the foundations: preparation 673 V. dig up the hatchet: warfare 722 V. dig up the tomahawk: warfare 722 V. dig: agriculture 371 V. depth 208 V. concavity 252 V. digamy: marriage 903 N. digenesis: production 161 N. digenetic: production 161 Adj. digest: compendium 596 N. plan 626 V. thought 451 V. calefaction 384 V. arrangement 60 V. arrangement 60 N. inexcitability 826 V. digestion: arrangement 60 N. preparation 673 N. diggings: abode 189 N. dight: ornament 847 V. smallness 32 N. clothing 225 V. dighted: clothing 225 Adj. digit: number 84 N. digital clock: chronometry 114 N. digitated: sharpness 253 Adj. digladiation: contention 720 N. diglot: language 560 Adj. dignification: repute 873 N. dignified: greatness 31 Adj. repute 873 Adj. pride 878 Adj. dignify: repute 873 V. dignitaries of the church: clergy 996 N. dignity: repute 873 N. pride 878 N. probity 939 N. digraph: letter 561 N. digress: deviation 279 V. diffuseness 573 V. digression: deviation 279 N. circuit 629 N. digressive: diffuseness 573 Adj. digs: abode 189 N. dijudication: judgment 480 N. dike: inclosure 232 N. defense 717 N. conduit 350 N. furrow 259 N. interval 198 N. gulf, lake 343 N. dilaceration: disjunction 44 N. dilapidate: deterioration 659 Adj. dilapidated: deterioration 659 Adj. dilapidation: destruction 162 N. deterioration 659 N. dilatability: expansion 194 N. dilatation: increase 35 N. rarity 322 N. dilate: diffuseness 573 V. increase 35 V. expansion 194 V. rarity 322 V. dilating: diffuseness 573 N. dilation: breadth, thickness 202 N. expansion 194 N. dilatory: lateness 133 Adj. slowness 275 Adj. inactivity 683 Adj. dilection: love 897 N. dilemma: uncertainty 475 N. difficulty 704 N. state 7 N. choice 609 N. reasoning 476 N. dilettante: ignoramus 493 N. taste 850 N. dilettanteism: taste 850 N. dilettanti: scholar 492 N. dilettantism: knowledge 490 N. ignorance 491 N. taste 850 N. diligence: vehicle 272 N. attention 457 N. activity 682 N. diligent application: attention 457 N. diligent attention: attention 457 N. diligent study: attention 457 N. diligent thought: attention 457 N. diligent: activity 682 Adj. Dillinger: thief 792 N. dillydally: irresolution 605 V. dilly-dally: inactivity 683 V. dilucidation: interpretation 522 N. diluent: water 337 N. water 337 Adj. dilute: weakness 160 V. water 337 V. diluted: water 337 Adj. dilution: water 337 N. diluvian: oldness 124 Adj. dim sight: dimsightedness 443 N. dim the lights: darkness 421 V. dim: invisibility 447 Adj. opacity 426 Adj. dimness 422 V. dimness 422 Adj. darkness 421 V. unintelligibility 519 Adj. dime novel: description 594 N. dime: money 800 N. dimension: size 192 N. space 180 N. dim-eyed: dimsightedness 443 Adj. dimidiation: bisection 91 N. diminish the number: fewness 103 V. diminish: smallness 32 V. nonincrease, decrease 36 V. nonaddition, subtraction 38 V. contraction 195 V. diminished: inferiority 34 Adj. diminuendo: music 415 Adv. diminution: nonincrease, decrease 36 N. contraction 195 N. diminutive: smallness 32 Adj. littleness 193 Adj. dimness: dimness 422 N. dimple: notch 257 N. concavity 252 N. dimsighted: blindness 442 Adj. dim-sighted: imbecility folly 499 Adj. dimsightedness 443 Adj. dimsightedness: dimsightedness 443 N. dim-sightedness: blindness 442 N. dimwit: fool 501 N. din in the ear: roll 407 V. loudness 404 V. repetition 104 V. din in the ears: loquacity 584 V. din: loudness 404 N. dinarchy: government 737a N. dine with Duke Humphrey: unity 87 V. fasting 956 V. dine: food 298 V. diner: food 298 N. dingdong: roll 407 N. ding-dong: repetition 104 Adv. dingle: concavity 252 N. dingy: gray 432 Adj. ugliness 846 Adj. blackness 431 V. dimness 422 Adj. darkness 421 Adj. ship 273 N. achromatism 429 Adj. dining car: vehicle 272 N. dining room: receptacle 191 N. dinner: food 298 N. dinosaur: animal 366 N. dint: concavity 252 N. concavity 252 V. power 157 N. impulse 276 N. diocesan: clergy 996 N. diocese: churchdom 995 N. Diogenes: seclusion, exclusion 893 N. misanthropy 911 N. dionaea: deception 545 N. dioptrics: light 420 N. diorama: painting 556 N. appearance 448 N. diorism: discrimination 465 N. dioristic: discrimination 465 Adj. dip into: attention 457 V. inquiry 461 V. learning 539 V. dip one's hands in blood: malevolence 907 V. dip one's hands into: taking 789 V. dip one's pen in ink: writing 590 V. dip the pen in gall: detraction 934 V. dip: descent 306 N. direction 278 V. obliquity 217 N. depression 308 N. insertion 300 V. insertion 300 N. direction 278 N. rite 998 V. water 337 V. plunge 310 V. plunge 310 N. depression 308 V. concavity 252 N. diphthong: letter 561 N. diphyletic: duality 89 Adj. posterity 167 Adj. diploma: commission 755 N. evidence 467 N. diplomacy: cunning 702 N. mediation 724 N. compact 769 N. diplomat: consignee 758 N. diplomate: consignee 758 N. diplomatic immunity: acquittal 970 N. diplomatic: courtesy 894 Adj. cunning 702 Adj. diplomatics: mediation 724 N. diplomatist: mediation 724 N. consignee 758 N. dipper: receptacle 191 N. dipsomania: desire 865 N. drunkenness 959 N. dipsomaniac: madman 504 N. diptych: list 86 N. record 551 N. dire necessity: necessity 601 N. dire: adversity 735 Adj. painfulness 830 Adj. badness 649 Adj. fear 860 Adj. direct attention to: attention 457 V. teaching 537 V. direct hit: success 731 N. direct line: straightness 246 N. direct one's course: direction 278 V. direct one's steps: pursuit 622 V. direct the attention to: information 527 V. attention 457 V. direct the eye to: attention 457 V. direct the eyes to: vision 441 V. direct the mind to: attention 457 V. direct: command 741 V. artlessness 703 Adj. direction 693 V. teaching 537 V. straightness 246 Adj. direction 278 Adj. directed towards: direction 278 Adj. directed: direction 278 Adj. directing post: indication 550 N. directing: direction 693 Adj. direction: precept 697 N. command 741 N. authority 737 N. direction 693 N. indication 550 N. teaching 537 N. direction 278 N. government 737a N. directional microphone: hearing 418 N. directly on point: agreement 23 Adj. directly: earliness 132 Adv. direction 278 Adv. directness: straightness 246 N. director of the FBI: government 737a N. director: director 694 N. teacher 540 N. drama 599 N. direction 693 N. directorship: government 737a N. directory: list 86 N. council 696 N. direful: fear 860 Adj. diremption: disjunction 44 N. direption: stealing 791 N. dirge: music 415 N. lamentation 839 N. interment 363 N. dirigible: ship 273 N. dirk: arms 727 N. dirt bike: journey 266 N. dirt cheap: cheapness 815 Adj. dirt: uncleanness 653 N. uncleanness 653 V. blemish 848 N. dirty politics: politics 737b N. dirty sky: wind 349 N. bubble; cloud 353 N. dirty weather: wind 349 N. dirty: dimness 422 Adj. opacity 426 Adj. turbidity 426a Adj. uncleanness 653 Adj. uncleanness 653 V. disrepute 874 Adj. improbity 940 Adj. diruption: destruction 162 N. disability: impotence 158 N. disable: impotence 158 V. unproductiveness 169 V. inutility 645 V. restraint 751 V. disabled: impotence 158 Adj. disablement: impotence 158 N. disabuse: information 527 V. disclosure 529 V. dissuasion 616 V. disaccord: discord 713 N. disadvantage: evil 619 N. inexpedience 647 N. disadvantageous: badness 649 Adj. evil 619 Adj. inexpedience 647 Adj. disaffected: enmity 889 Adj. disaffection: dissent 489 N. hate 898 N. disaffirm: negation 536 V. disagree: disagreement 24 V. dissent 489 V. discord 713 V. disagreeable c: dislike 867 Adj. disagreeable: painfulness 830 Adj. disagreeing: discord 713 Adj. disagreement 24 Adj. disagreement: difference 15 N. disagreement 24 N. discord 713 N. disallow: prohibition 761 V. disallowance: prohibition 761 N. disallowed: undueness 925 Adj. disannul: abrogation 756 V. disappear!: disappearance 449 Int. disappear: inexistence 2 V. unsubstantiality 4 V. departure 293 V. disappearance 449 V. escape 671 V. disappearance: disappearance 449 N. disappearing: disappearance 449 Adj. disappoint one's hope: disappointment 509 V. disappoint: disappointment 509 V. discontent 832 V. disappointed: disappointment 509 Adj. disappointing: discontent 832 Adj. disappointment: discontent 832 N. disappointment 509 N. disapprobation: disrepute 874 N. disapprobation 932 N. disapproval: disapprobation 932 N. disapprove: disapprobation 932 V. condemnation 971 V. disapproved: disapprobation 932 Adj. disapprover: detractor 936 N. disapproving: disapprobation 932 Adj. disarm: impotence 158 V. content 831 V. pity 914 V. disarrange: derangement 61 V. disarray: disorder 59 N. disassociation: disjunction 44 N. disaster: adversity 735 N. evil 619 N. disastrous: painfulness 830 Adj. adversity 735 Adj. evil 619 Adj. badness 649 Adj. disavow: negation 536 V. disavowal: negation 536 N. tergiversation 607 N. disband: disjunction 44 V. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. liberation 750 V. disbar: abrogation 756 V. punishment 972 V. disbelief: unbelief doubt 485 N. irreligion 989 N. disbelieve: unbelief doubt 485 V. irreligion 989 V. disbench: abrogation 756 V. punishment 972 V. disbowel: ejection 297 V. disbranch: disjunction 44 V. disburden one's heart: disclosure 529 V. disburden one's mind: disclosure 529 V. disburden oneself of: relinquishment 782 V. disburden: facility 705 V. relief 834 V. disburdened: facility 705 Adj. disburse: expenditure 809 V. disbursement: expenditure 809 N. disc: exteriority 220 N. front 234 N. discard from one's mind: inattention 458 V. discard: refusal 764 V. relinquishment 782 V. nonobservance 773 V. disuse 678 V. relinquishment 624 V. ejection 297 V. rejection 610 V. abrogation 756 V. discarded: error 495 Adj. discards: relinquishment 782 N. disceptation: reasoning 476 N. discern: vision 441 V. knowledge 490 V. intelligence, wisdom 498 V. discernible: visibility 446 Adj. discerning: intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. discernment: taste 850 N. intelligence, wisdom 498 N. vision 441 N. discrimination 465 N. discerptible: disjunction 44 Adj. discerption: disjunction 44 N. discharge a duty: duty 926 V. discharge a function: utility 644 V. discharge an obligation: duty 926 V. observance 772 V. discharge from one's mind: inattention 458 V. discharge from the memory: oblivion 506 V. discharge itself: egress 295 V. river 348 V. discharge of duty: virtue 944 N. discharge one's duty: virtue 944 V. discharge the office of: business 625 V. discharge: propulsion 284 N. excretion 299 N. violence 173 V. propulsion 284 V. egress 295 N. ejection 297 N. ejection 297 V. acquittal 970 V. acquittal 970 N. exemption 927a V. abrogation 756 V. exemption 927a N. snap 406 N. conduct 692 V. completion 729 V. liberation 750 N. violence 173 N. liberation 750 V. security 771 N. observance 772 N. observance 772 V. payment 807 N. payment 807 V. duty 926 N. discind: disjunction 44 V. disciple of Zimmermann: seclusion, exclusion 893 N. disciple: learner 541 N. Judeo-christian revelation 985 N. disciples of Christ: orthodoxy 983a N. disciplinal: teaching 537 Adj. disciplinarian: teacher 540 N. severity 739 N. discipline orderliness: order 58 N. discipline: teaching 537 N. teaching 537 V. restraint 751 N. punishment 972 N. worship 990 N. disclaim: abrogation 756 V. resignation 757 V. negation 536 V. refusal 764 V. rejection 610 V. disclaimer: negation 536 N. refusal 764 N. disclose: discovery 480a V. manifestation 525 V. information 527 V. disclosure 529 V. disclosed: disclosure 529 Adj. manifestation 525 Adj. disclosure: disclosure 529 N. discovery 480a N. manifestation 525 N. discoid: layer 204 Adj. exteriority 220 Adj. flatness 251 Adj. discolor: deterioration 659 Adj. discoloration: achromatism 429 N. deterioration 659 N. discolored: ugliness 846 Adj. blemish 848 Adj. achromatism 429 Adj. deterioration 659 Adj. discombobulate: derangement 61 V. discomfit: disappointment 509 V. success 731 V. discomfiture: failure 732 N. discomfort: physical pain 378 N. pain 828 N. discommend: disapprobation 932 V. discommendation: disapprobation 932 N. discommode: hindrance 706 V. discommodious: inexpedience 647 Adj. discommodity: inexpedience 647 N. discompose: inattention 458 V. hindrance 706 V. painfulness 830 V. disrepute 874 V. resentment 900 V. derangement 61 V. discomposure: derangement 61 N. pain 828 N. disconcert: discontent 832 V. hopelessness 859 V. disrepute 874 V. inattention 458 V. derangement 61 V. hindrance 706 V. disconcerted dashed: failure 732 Adj. disconcerted: inattention 458 Adj. disappointment 509 Adj. disconfirm: confutation 479 V. disconformity: unconformity 83 N. discongruity: disagreement 24 N. disconnect: discontinuity 70 V. cessation 142 V. disjunction 44 V. disconnected: irrelation 10 Adj. part 51 Adj. discontinuity 70 Adj. disconnection: disjunction 44 N. irrelation 10 N. disconsolate: dejection 837 Adj. disconsolateness: dejection 837 N. discontent: dissent 489 N. pain 828 N. discontent 832 N. discontented: discontent 832 Adj. dissent 489 Adj. pain 828 Adj. discontentment: discontent 832 N. discontinuance: relinquishment 624 N. cessation 142 N. discontinue: discontinuity 70 V. cessation 142 V. discontinuity: disjunction 44 N. discontinuity 70 N. discontinuous: instantaneity 113 Adj. discontinuity 70 Adj. disjunction 44 Adj. discord: disorder 59 N. stridor 410 N. discord 414 N. discord 713 N. enmity 889 N. disagreement 24 N. discordance: disagreement 24 N. discord 414 N. dissent 489 N. discordant: discord 713 Adj. irrelation 10 Adj. disagreement 24 Adj. multiformity 81 Adj. stridor 410 Adj. discord 414 Adj. color 428 Adj. discordantly: disagreement 24 Adv. discount coupon: discount 813 N. discount rate: money 800 N. discount: qualification 469 N. money 800 V. discount 813 N. discount 813 V. decrement 40a N. nonincrease, decrease 36 V. discounted: cheapness 815 Adj. discountenance: hindrance 706 N. hindrance 706 V. refusal 764 N. refusal 764 V. discounting: discount 813 Adj. discourage: fear 860 V. dejection 837 V. dissuasion 616 V. disappointment 509 V. discouraged: dejection 837 Adj. discouragement: dissuasion 616 N. hindrance 706 N. discourse with: conversation 588 V. discourse: conversation 588 N. rite 998 N. dissertation 595 N. speech 582 V. teaching 537 N. dissertation 595 V. discoursive: conversation 588 Adj. dissertation 595 Adj. discourteous: discourtesy 895 Adj. discourteously: discourtesy 895 Adv. discourtesy: disrespect 929 N. discourtesy 895 N. discous: breadth, thickness 202 Adj. discover itself: visibility 446 V. disclosure 529 V. discover: discovery 480a V. knowledge 490 V. answer 462 V. vision 441 V. disclosure 529 V. discovery: answer 462 N. experiment 463 N. discovery 480a N. knowledge 490 N. discredit: unbelief doubt 485 V. disrepute 874 N. disrepute 874 V. unbelief doubt 485 N. discreditable: disrepute 874 Adj. vice 945 Adj. discreet: skill 698 Adj. caution 864 Adj. discrepance: variation 20a N. discrepancy: variation 20a N. disagreement 24 N. discrepant: disagreement 24 Adj. discrete: disjunction 44 Adj. discontinuity 70 Adj. discretion: caution 864 N. will 600 N. choice 609 N. skill 698 N. discretional: choice 609 Adj. will 600 Adj. discretionary: will 600 Adj. freedom 748 Adj. discriminate: taste 850 V. difference 15 V. discrimination 465 V. intelligence, wisdom 498 V. discriminating: discrimination 465 Adj. discrimination: comparison 464 N. discrimination 465 N. intelligence, wisdom 498 N. difference 15 N. discriminative: difference 15 Adj. discrimination 465 Adj. disculpate: vindication 937 N. discumbency: horizontality 213 N. discursion: journey 266 N. discursive faculties: intellect 450 N. discursive: journey 266 Adj. deviation 279 Adj. reasoning 476 Adj. diffuseness 573 Adj. conversation 588 Adj. dissertation 595 Adj. discursory: reasoning 476 Adj. discus: amusement 840 N. propulsion 284 N. discuss a subject: dissertation 595 V. discuss: food 298 V. thought 451 V. inquiry 461 V. reasoning 476 V. discussion: dissertation 595 N. reasoning 476 N. inquiry 461 N. disdain: indifference 866 N. contempt 930 N. contempt 930 V. disdainful: pride 878 Adj. contempt 930 Adj. disease: disease 655 N. diseased mind: insanity 503 N. diseased: disease 655 Adj. disembark: arrival 292 V. disembarkation: arrival 292 N. disembarrass: facility 705 V. disembarrassed: facility 705 Adj. disembodied: immateriality 317 Adj. disembody: decomposition 49 V. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. immateriality 317 V. disembogue: egress 295 V. river 348 V. disembowel: ejection 297 V. disembroil: arrangement 60 V. disenable: impotence 158 V. disenchant: dissuasion 616 V. painfulness 830 V. disenchantment: dissuasion 616 N. discovery 480a N. disencumber: facility 705 V. disencumbered: facility 705 Adj. disencumbrance: facility 705 N. disendow: abrogation 756 V. disendowment: abrogation 756 N. disengage: liberation 750 V. facility 705 V. disjunction 44 V. disengaged: offer 763 Adj. disengagement: disjunction 44 N. liberation 750 N. disentangle: arrangement 60 V. liberation 750 V. facility 705 V. Evolution 313 V. disjunction 44 V. simpleness 42 V. interpretation 522 V. disentanglement: facility 705 N. disenthral: liberation 750 V. disenthrall: liberation 750 V. disenthrallment: liberation 750 N. disenthralment: liberation 750 N. disenthrone: abrogation 756 V. disentitle: undueness 925 V. disentitled: undueness 925 Adj. disespouse: divorce 905 V. disestablish: displacement 185 V. abrogation 756 V. disestablishment: abrogation 756 N. disesteem: disrespect 929 N. disapprobation 932 N. disestimation: disrespect 929 N. disfavor: opposition 708 V. hate 898 N. disfigure: deterioration 659 Adj. ugliness 846 V. amorphism 241 V. blemish 848 V. disfigured: ugliness 846 Adj. disfigurement: amorphism 241 N. ugliness 846 N. blemish 848 N. disfranchise: undueness 925 V. disfranchised: undueness 925 Adj. disfranchisement: undueness 925 N. disfurnish: divestment 226 V. disgorge: ejection 297 V. restitution 790 V. payment 807 V. disgrace oneself: disrepute 874 V. improbity 940 V. disgrace: improbity 940 N. disrepute 874 V. disrepute 874 N. humility 879 V. disgraced: disrepute 874 Adj. disgraceful: disrepute 874 Adj. improbity 940 Adj. vice 945 Adj. disgruntled: disappointment 509 Adj. disguise: concealment 528 N. untruth 546 N. deception 545 N. falsehood 544 V. concealment 528 V. ambush 530 N. disguised: deception 545 Adj. drunkenness 959 Adj. disguisement: deception 545 N. disgust of life: dejection 837 N. disgust: dislike 867 N. dislike 867 V. weariness 841 N. unsavoriness 395 V. weariness 841 V. painfulness 830 V. disgusting: hate 898 Adj. painfulness 830 Adj. weariness 841 Adj. dislike 867 Adj. dish of tea: sociality 892 N. dish: food 298 N. destruction 162 V. receptacle 191 N. dishabille: clothing 225 N. divestment 226 N. dishearten: hindrance 706 V. discontent 832 V. dejection 837 V. dissuasion 616 V. disheartened: dejection 837 Adj. disheartening: painfulness 830 Adj. dished: failure 732 Adj. disherison: taking 789 N. dishevel: derangement 61 V. crossing 219 V. disheveled: incoherence 47 Adj. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 Adj. dishing: concavity 252 Adj. dishonest: falsehood 544 Adj. improbity 940 Adj. dishonestly: improbity 940 Adv. dishonesty: improbity 940 N. dishonor oneself: improbity 940 V. dishonor: disrespect 929 V. improbity 940 N. nonpayment 808 V. disrespect 929 N. disrepute 874 N. disrepute 874 V. dishonorable: improbity 940 Adj. dishonored bills: nonpayment 808 N. dishwater: uncleanness 653 N. disillusion one of: information 527 V. disillusion: dissuasion 616 V. disillusionment: correction 527a N. dissuasion 616 N. disinclination: unwillingness 603 N. dislike 867 N. disincline: dissuasion 616 V. dislike 867 V. disinclined: unwillingness 603 Adj. dislike 867 Adj. disinfect: cleanness 652 V. disinfectant: cleanness 652 N. remedy 662 Adj. disinfection: restoration 660 N. cleanness 652 N. disinform: misteaching 538 V. disinformation: misteaching 538 N. disingenuous: falsehood 544 Adj. improbity 940 Adj. disinherit: transfer 783 V. taking 789 V. disintegrate: cessation 142 V. pulverulence 330 V. disjunction 44 V. disintegration: decomposition 49 N. cessation 142 N. pulverulence 330 N. disinter: interment 363 V. discovery 480a V. disinterest: incuriosity 456 N. disinterested: disinterestedness 942 Adj. disinterestedness: disinterestedness 942 N. disinterment: interment 363 N. disjoin: disjunction 44 V. disjoined: disjunction 44 Adj. disjoint: disjunction 44 V. disjointed: disorder 59 Adj. impotence 158 Adj. disjunction: discontinuity 70 N. decomposition 49 N. incoherence 47 N. disjunction 44 N. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 N. disjunctive: disjunction 44 Adj. discontinuity 70 Adj. disk: exteriority 220 N. front 234 N. diskette: record 551 N. diskindness: malevolence 907 N. dislike: disapprobation 932 V. disapprobation 932 N. enmity 889 N. dislike 867 V. unwillingness 603 V. dislike 867 N. disliked: dislike 867 Adj. hate 898 Adj. disliking: dislike 867 Adj. dislimb: disjunction 44 V. dislocate: disjunction 44 V. derangement 61 V. dislocated: disorder 59 Adj. dislocation: disjunction 44 N. derangement 61 N. displacement 185 N. dislodge: ejection 297 V. displacement 185 V. dislodgment: ejection 297 N. disloyal: improbity 940 Adj. disloyalty: improbity 940 N. dismal: painfulness 830 Adj. dejection 837 Adj. dismals: dejection 837 N. dismantle: destruction 162 V. disuse 678 V. nonpreparation 674 V. divestment 226 V. deterioration 659 Adj. inutility 645 V. dismantled: nonpreparation 674 Adj. dismask: disclosure 529 V. dismast: inutility 645 V. deterioration 659 Adj. dismay: fear 860 V. fear 860 N. disme: money 800 N. dismember: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. disjunction 44 V. dismemberment: disjunction 44 N. dismiss from one's mind: inattention 458 V. dismiss from the mind: incogitancy 452 V. dismiss from the thoughts: incogitancy 452 V. dismiss: liberation 750 V. punishment 972 V. relinquishment 782 V. abrogation 756 V. disuse 678 V. learning 539 V. refusal 764 V. dismissal: liberation 750 N. abrogation 756 N. dismount: arrival 292 V. descent 306 V. inutility 645 V. disobedience: disobedience 742 N. nonobservance 773 N. illegality 964 N. disobedient: disobedience 742 Adj. disobey: disobedience 742 V. defiance 715 V. disoblige: malevolence 907 V. disobliging: malevolence 907 Adj. disomatous: duplication 90 Adj. disorder: amorphism 241 N. disease 655 N. derangement 61 V. derangement 61 N. disorder 59 N. disordered intellect: insanity 503 N. disordered reason: insanity 503 N. disorderly person: disorder 59 N. bad man 949 N. disorderly: disorder 59 Adj. violence 173 Adj. vice 945 Adj. disorganization: derangement 61 N. destruction 162 N. deterioration 659 N. disorganize: derangement 61 V. destruction 162 V. deterioration 659 Adj. disorganized: disorder 59 Adj. disown: negation 536 V. dispair: disjunction 44 V. dispansion: expansion 194 N. disparage: detraction 934 V. disapprobation 932 V. underestimation 483 V. disrespect 929 V. disparagement: malediction 908 N. disrespect 929 N. disapprobation 932 N. detraction 934 N. disparaging: detraction 934 Adj. disrespect 929 Adj. disapprobation 932 Adj. disparate: dissimilarity 18 Adj. inequality 28 Adj. disjunction 44 Adj. disparity: difference 15 N. dissimilarity 18 N. disagreement 24 N. inequality 28 N. dispart: disjunction 44 V. dispassion: inexcitability 826 N. dispassionate belief: belief 484 N. dispassionate opinion: belief 484 N. dispassionate: inexcitability 826 Adj. dispatch: haste 684 N. command 741 N. completion 729 V. completion 729 N. conduct 692 V. killing 361 V. activity 682 N. news 532 N. food 298 V. ejection 297 V. correspondence 592 N. dispel: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. destruction 162 V. displacement 185 V. repulsion 289 V. dispensable: inutility 645 Adj. dispensary: remedy 662 N. dispensation: giving 784 N. apportionment 786 N. exemption 927a N. command 741 N. relinquishment 782 N. permission 760 N. dispensatory: remedy 662 N. dispense with: disuse 678 V. permission 760 V. exemption 927a V. dispense: apportionment 786 V. sale 796 V. giving 784 V. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. dispeople: ejection 297 V. seclusion, exclusion 893 V. dispermic: duality 89 Adj. dispermy: duality 89 N. disperse themselves: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. disperse: disjunction 44 V. waste 638 V. divergence 291 V. decomposition 49 V. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. dispersed: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 Adj. dispersion: disjunction 44 N. decomposition 49 N. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 N. distance 196 N. transference 270 N. divergence 291 N. light 420 N. waste 638 N. dispirit: dejection 837 V. dissuasion 616 V. displace: transference 270 V. displacement 185 V. derangement 61 V. displaced: displacement 185 Adj. displacement: change 140 N. displacement 185 N. transference 270 N. displacency: dislike 867 N. disapprobation 932 N. displant: displacement 185 V. display: appearance 448 N. manifestation 525 N. manifestation 525 V. ostentation 882 N. ostentation 882 V. displease: painfulness 830 V. displeased: pain 828 Adj. displeasing: painfulness 830 Adj. displeasure: pain 828 N. resentment 900 N. displode: violence 173 V. displosion: violence 173 N. displume: taking 789 V. disport: amusement 840 V. disposable diaper: clothing 225 N. disposable pipette: receptacle 191 N. disposal: arrangement 60 N. use 677 N. sale 796 N. dispose of: use 677 V. completion 729 V. relinquishment 782 V. giving 784 V. sale 796 V. arrangement 60 V. dispose: motive 615 V. arrangement 60 V. tendency 176 V. disposed to doubt: incredulity 487 Adj. disposed: motive 615 Adj. willingness 602 Adj. disposition: order 58 N. arrangement 60 N. willingness 602 N. affections 820 N. intrinsicality 5 N. dispossess oneself of: relinquishment 782 V. dispossess: transfer 783 V. taking 789 V. dispossessed: loss 776 Adj. dispossession: taking 789 N. dispraise: disapprobation 932 N. disapprobation 932 V. dispread: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 Adj. disprize: underestimation 483 V. disproof: confutation 479 N. counter evidence 468 N. disproportion: disagreement 24 N. disproportionate: disagreement 24 Adj. disproportionated: disagreement 24 Adj. disproportionateness: disagreement 24 N. disprove: confutation 479 V. disputable: uncertainty 475 Adj. unbelief doubt 485 Adj. disputant: reasoning 476 N. combatant 726 N. opponent 710 N. discord 713 N. disputation: reasoning 476 N. disputatious: reasoning 476 Adj. discord 713 Adj. irascibility 901 Adj. dispute: negation 536 V. lawsuit 969 N. discord 713 N. unbelief doubt 485 V. reasoning 476 V. discord 713 V. disputed point: discord 713 N. disqualification: unskillfulness 699 N. impotence 158 N. nonpreparation 674 N. disqualified: undueness 925 Adj. unskillfulness 699 Adj. impotence 158 Adj. nonpreparation 674 Adj. disqualify: impotence 158 V. inutility 645 V. undueness 925 V. disquiet: changeableness 149 N. agitation 315 N. excitability 825 N. pain 828 N. painfulness 830 V. fear 860 V. disquietude: fear 860 N. changeableness 149 N. excitability 825 N. disquiparant: inequality 28 Adj. irrelation 10 Adj. disquisition: dissertation 595 N. disquisitionary: dissertation 595 Adj. disregard of time: anachronism 115 N. disregard: insensibility 823 V. contempt 930 V. inexcitability 826 V. neglect 460 V. inattention 458 V. inattention 458 N. disrespect 929 V. disregarded: disrespect 929 Adj. disregarding: insensibility 823 Adj. disrelish: dislike 867 V. hate 898 V. dislike 867 N. disreputable: vice 945 Adj. disrepute 874 Adj. disrepute: disrepute 874 N. disrespect: discourtesy 895 N. disrespect 929 N. disrespectful: disrespect 929 Adj. disrespectfully: disrespect 929 Adv. disrobe: divestment 226 V. disruption: destruction 162 N. discord 713 N. disjunction 44 N. dissatisfaction: pain 828 N. discontent 832 N. dissatisfied: discontent 832 Adj. dissatisfy: discontent 832 V. dissect: disjunction 44 V. inquiry 461 V. decomposition 49 V. dissecting microscope: optical instruments 445 N. dissection anatomy: disjunction 44 N. dissection: decomposition 49 N. inquiry 461 N. disseize: taking 789 V. dissemblance: dissimilarity 18 N. dissemble: falsehood 544 V. deception 545 V. dissembler: deceiver 548 N. dissembling: falsehood 544 N. disseminate: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. publication 531 V. teaching 537 V. dissemination: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 N. dissension: disagreement 24 N. discord 713 N. dissent 489 N. dissent: discord 713 V. heterodoxy 984 N. discontent 832 N. refusal 764 N. unwillingness 603 V. unwillingness 603 N. dissent 489 V. dissent 489 N. unbelief doubt 485 N. refusal 764 V. dissenter: heterodoxy 984 N. dissent 489 N. discontent 832 N. dissentient: discontent 832 Adj. discord 713 Adj. dissent 489 Adj. dissent 489 N. dissenting: dissent 489 Adj. heterodoxy 984 Adj. dissepiment: interposition 228 N. dissert upon a subject: dissertation 595 V. dissertation: dissertation 595 N. disservice: evil 619 N. inutility 645 N. disserviceable: badness 649 Adj. dissever: disjunction 44 V. discontinuity 70 V. disseverance: disjunction 44 N. dissidence: disagreement 24 N. discord 713 N. dissident: dissent 489 Adj. heterodoxy 984 Adj. discontent 832 Adj. discontent 832 N. dissilience: violence 173 N. dissimilar: difference 15 Adj. dissimilarity 18 Adj. multiformity 81 Adj. dissimilaritude: dissimilarity 18 N. dissimilarity: difference 15 N. nonuniformity 16a N. dissimilarity 18 N. multiformity 81 N. dissimilitude: nonuniformity 16a N. disagreement 24 N. dissimulate: falsehood 544 V. dissimulation: falsehood 544 N. dissipate: prodigality 818 V. destruction 162 V. dissipated: prodigality 818 Adj. impurity 961 Adj. dissipation: intemperance 954 N. impurity 961 N. amusement 840 N. physical pleasure 377 N. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 N. dissociability: seclusion, exclusion 893 N. dissocial: seclusion, exclusion 893 Adj. dissociate: disjunction 44 V. dissociation: irrelation 10 N. dissogeny: production 161 N. dissolute: intemperance 954 Adj. impurity 961 Adj. vice 945 Adj. dissolution: destruction 162 N. liquefaction 335 N. death 360 N. abrogation 756 N. decomposition 49 N. dissolve: unsubstantiality 4 V. abrogation 756 V. disappearance 449 V. liquefaction 335 V. decomposition 49 V. inexistence 2 V. destruction 162 V. dissolved in tears: lamentation 839 Adj. dissolving views: disappearance 449 N. appearance 448 N. dissonance: discord 713 N. disagreement 24 N. discord 414 N. dissonant: discord 414 Adj. dissuade: dissuasion 616 V. dissuaded: dissuasion 616 Adj. dissuading: dissuasion 616 Adj. dissuasion: confutation 479 N. dissuasion 616 N. dissuasive: dissuasion 616 Adj. dissyllable: letter 561 N. distain: uncleanness 653 V. distal: distance 196 Adj. distance of time: the past 122 N. diuturnity 110 N. distance oneself from: distance 196 V. distance: length 200 N. success 731 V. transcursion 303 V. progression 282 V. distance 196 V. distance 196 N. space 180 N. recession 287 V. distant relation: consanguinity 11 N. distant: distance 196 Adj. distantly related: consanguinity 11 Adj. distaste: dislike 867 N. distasteful: painfulness 830 Adj. distemper: color 428 N. painting 556 N. disease 655 N. distemperature: disease 655 N. distend: elasticity 325 V. expansion 194 V. length 200 V. distended: expansion 194 Adj. distension: expansion 194 N. distich: poetry 597 N. distichous: bisection 91 Adj. distill: vaporization 336 V. river 348 V. egress 295 V. distillate: oil 356 N. distillation: egress 295 N. vaporization 336 N. calefaction 384 N. distinct: sound 402 Adj. affirmation 535 Adj. voice 580 Adj. manifestation 525 Adj. visibility 446 Adj. disjunction 44 Adj. intelligibility 518 Adj. distinction: difference 15 N. discrimination 465 N. repute 873 N. nobility 875 N. distinctive feature: speciality 79 N. distinctive: difference 15 Adj. discrimination 465 Adj. distinctness: visibility 446 N. voice 580 N. distinguish: discrimination 465 V. vision 441 V. distinguishable: difference 15 Adj. distinguished: superiority 33 Adj. repute 873 Adj. distinguishing: difference 15 Adj. distort: misrepresentation 555 V. ugliness 846 V. falsehood 544 V. misinterpretation 523 V. distortion 243 V. distorted: distortion 243 Adj. distortion: ugliness 846 N. obliquity 217 N. distortion 243 N. dimsightedness 443 N. falsehood 544 N. misrepresentation 555 N. distract the mind: inattention 458 V. distract: neglect 460 V. excitation 824 V. distracted: inattention 458 Adj. uncertainty 475 Adj. insanity 503 Adj. excitation 824 Adj. distracting: excitation 824 Adj. distraction: inattention 458 N. excitability 825 N. distrain: taking 789 V. price 812 V. lawsuit 969 V. distraint: taking 789 N. distrait: inattention 458 Adj. distraught: uncertainty 475 Adj. insanity 503 Adj. distress: taking 789 N. poverty 804 N. pain 828 N. painfulness 830 V. distressed: poverty 804 Adj. distressing: painfulness 830 Adj. distribute: arrangement 60 V. apportionment 786 V. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. printing 591 V. distribution of shade: darkness 421 N. distribution: arrangement 60 N. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 N. apportionment 786 N. district court: tribunal 966 N. district: region 181 N. distrust: unbelief doubt 485 V. incredulity 487 V. fear 860 V. unbelief doubt 485 N. distrustful as to: unbelief doubt 485 Adj. distrustful: incredulity 487 Adj. disturb the soul: excitation 824 V. disturb: derangement 61 V. painfulness 830 V. excitation 824 V. change 140 V. agitation 315 V. disturbance: discord 713 N. disorder 59 N. derangement 61 N. agitation 315 N. disturbed: pain 828 Adj. disunion: disjunction 44 N. disorder 59 N. discord 713 N. disunite: disjunction 44 V. discord 713 V. disunited: discord 713 Adj. disunity: disjunction 44 N. disusage: desuetude 614 N. disuse 678 N. disuse: desuetude 614 N. desuetude 614 V. relinquishment 624 V. disuse 678 N. disuse 678 V. disused: desuetude 614 Adj. disuse 678 Adj. disvaluation: disapprobation 932 N. disvalue: disapprobation 932 V. ditch: defense 717 N. inclosure 232 N. furrow 259 N. gulf, lake 343 N. conduit 350 N. ditchwater: uncleanness 653 N. ditheism: heterodoxy 984 N. dithyramb: music 415 N. poetry 597 N. dithyrambic: insanity 503 Adj. poetry 597 Adj. ditto: repetition 104 Adv. ditty bag: receptacle 191 N. ditty box: receptacle 191 N. ditty: music 415 N. diurnal: regularity of recurrence 138 Adj. diuturnal: diuturnity 110 Adj. diuturnity: diuturnity 110 N. divagate: deviation 279 V. divagation: deviation 279 N. divan: council 696 N. scepter 747 N. support 215 N. tribunal 966 N. divaricate: difference 15 V. divergence 291 V. divarication: nonuniformity 16a N. bisection 91 N. divergence 291 N. dive into: inquiry 461 V. dive: navigation 267 V. plunge 310 N. plunge 310 V. divellicate: disjunction 44 V. diver: plunge 310 N. diverge: variation 20a V. deviation 279 V. divergence 291 V. divergence: nonuniformity 16a N. divergence 291 N. deviation 279 N. nonassemblage, dispersion 73 N. dissimilarity 18 N. disagreement 24 N. divergency: variation 20a N. divergence 291 N. divergent: dissimilarity 18 Adj. divergence 291 Adj. disagreement 24 Adj. diverging: divergence 291 Adj. divers: difference 15 Adj. multiformity 81 Adj. multitude 102 Adj. divers-colored: variegation 440 Adj. diverse: difference 15 Adj. multiformity 81 Adj. diversified varied: nonuniformity 16a Adj. diversified: dissimilarity 18 Adj. variation 20a Adj. multiformity 81 Adj. difference 15 Adj. diversify: change 140 V. diversion: amusement 840 N. change 140 N. deviation 279 N. diversity: difference 15 N. nonuniformity 16a N. dissimilarity 18 N. multiformity 81 N. divert from its course: deviation 279 V. divert the attention: inattention 458 V. divert the mind: incogitancy 452 V. divert: deviation 279 V. neglect 460 V. deception 545 V. amusement 840 V. diverted: incogitancy 452 Adj. diverting: amusement 840 Adj. divertissement: amusement 840 N. drama 599 N. Dives: wealth 803 N. divest oneself of: relinquishment 782 V. divest oneself: abrogation 756 V. divest: divestment 226 V. taking 789 V. divested: divestment 226 Adj. divestment: taking 789 N. divestment 226 N. divide into four parts: quadrisection 97 V. divide into three parts: trisection 94 V. divide with: bisection 91 V. divide: numeration 85 V. apportionment 786 V. bisection 91 V. arrangement 60 V. part 51 V. disjunction 44 V. choice 609 V. divided: part 51 Adj. dividend: part 51 N. number 84 N. apportionment 786 N. dividers: measurement 466 N. divination: prediction 511 N. supposition 514 N. sorcery 992 N. divine government: deity 976 N. divine right: authority 737 N. divine service: worship 990 N. divine: deity 976 Adj. theology 983 N. orthodoxy 983a Adj. supposition 514 V. prediction 511 V. clergy 996 N. perfection 650 Adj. divineness: deity 976 N. divining rod: indication 550 N. spell 993 N. divinity: theology 983 N. deity 976 N. divisible: disjunction 44 Adj. number 84 Adj. division by five: quinquesection, &c 99 N. division in the camp: discord 713 N. division: combatant 726 N. apportionment 786 N. part 51 N. discord 713 N. numeration 85 N. arrangement 60 N. disjunction 44 N. class 75 N. divisor: number 84 N. Divorce court: tribunal 966 N. divorce: disjunction 44 N. disjunction 44 V. divorce 905 N. divorce 905 V. divorcee: divorce 905 N. divorcement: divorce 905 N. divulge: disclosure 529 V. divulsion: disjunction 44 N. Dixie: pleasure 827 N. Dixie's land: pleasure 827 N. dizdar: master 745 N. dizen: ornament 847 V. dizzard: fool 501 N. dizziness: dimsightedness 443 N. insanity 503 N. dizzy height: height 206 N. dizzy round: rotation 312 N. dizzy: ignorance 491 Adj. inattention 458 Adj. DJ: news 532 N. DNA virus: disease 655 N. do a booming business: prosperity 734 V. do a good turn: benevolence 906 V. goodness 648 V. do a job on: destruction 162 V. do a mischief: badness 649 V. do a trade: business 625 V. do a world of good: goodness 648 V. do all in one's power: exertion 686 V. do all one can: exertion 686 V. do amiss: vice 945 V. do an ill office to: malevolence 907 V. do as much as in one lies: exertion 686 V. do as others do: conformity 82 V. do away with: ejection 297 V. destruction 162 V. inaction 681 V. abrogation 756 V. do battle against: opposition 708 V. do battle with: opposition 708 V. do battle: warfare 722 V. do business with: barter 794 V. do business: business 625 V. do by halves: neglect 460 V. failure 732 V. do credit to: approbation 931 V. do double duty: exertion 686 V. do duty: rite 998 V. duty 926 V. business 625 V. do evil: badness 649 V. do for: killing 361 V. destruction 162 V. punishment 972 V. success 731 V. do good: goodness 648 V. benevolence 906 V. do harm to: malevolence 907 V. do harm: badness 649 V. do homage to: courtesy 894 V. respect 928 V. do honor to: repute 873 V. celebration 883 V. respect 928 V. do in vain: failure 732 V. do in: destruction 162 V. do insufficiently: insufficiency 640 V. do into: interpretation 522 V. do it in one's sleep: facility 705 V. do it: sexuality 374a V. do justice to a subject: dissertation 595 V. do justice to: food 298 V. vindication 937 N. approbation 931 V. right 922 V. duty 926 V. do like: imitation 19 V. do mischief: badness 649 V. do no harm: goodness 648 V. do nothing but: frequency 136 V. do nothing: inaction 681 V. inactivity 683 V. do of one's own accord: will 600 V. do one's best take pains: activity 682 V. do one's best: essay 675 V. exertion 686 V. do one's bidding: obedience 743 V. do one's duty: virtue 944 V. probity 939 V. duty 926 V. do one's heart good: pleasurableness 829 V. do one's level best: exertion 686 V. do one's office: observance 772 V. do one's utmost: exertion 686 V. do one's worst: malevolence 907 V. deterioration 659 Adj. do over again: repetition 104 V. do over: covering 223 V. do penance: atonement 952 V. do service to: aid 707 V. do service: worship 990 V. do suit and service: obedience 743 V. do the amiable: courtesy 894 V. do the best one can: exertion 686 V. do the dirty work of: servility 886 V. do the honors: respect 928 V. sociality 892 V. courtesy 894 V. do the needful: payment 807 V. do the work: exertion 686 V. do things by halves: unskillfulness 699 V. noncompletion 730 V. do thoroughly: completion 729 V. do to rags: calefaction 384 V. do up: restoration 660 V. do violence to: undueness 925 V. nonobservance 773 V. do violence: badness 649 V. do what one chooses: will 600 V. freedom 748 V. do what one is told: obedience 743 V. do what one likes: freedom 748 V. do what one pleases: freedom 748 V. do what one wishes: freedom 748 V. do without: disuse 678 V. do wonders: success 731 V. activity 682 V. do wrong: wrong 923 V. do your worst!: defiance 715 Int. threat 909 Int. Do$a: nobility 875 N. do: request 765 Adv. content 831 V. success 731 V. completion 729 V. conduct 692 V. action 680 V. sufficiency 639 V. deception 545 V. state 7 V. production 161 V. agreement 23 V. docibleness: willingness 602 N. docile: learning 539 Adj. willingness 602 Adj. docility: willingness 602 N. learning 539 N. docimastic: experiment 463 Adj. dock walloper: mariner 269 N. dock: abode 189 N. shortness 201 V. store 636 N. workshop 691 N. tribunal 966 N. docked: incompleteness 53 Adj. docket: security 771 N. record 551 N. evidence 467 N. indication 550 V. indication 550 N. dockyard: workshop 691 N. doctor an account: accounts 811 V. doctor: scholar 492 N. improvement 658 V. restoration 660 V. remedy 662 N. remedy 662 V. advice 695 N. doctrinaire: blusterer 887 N. affectation 855 N. scholar 492 N. certainty 474 N. misjudgment 481 N. doctrinal: belief 484 Adj. teaching 537 Adj. doctrine: belief 484 N. knowledge 490 N. document: evidence 467 N. record 551 N. documentary evidence: evidence 467 N. documentary: drama 599 N. dodder: age 128 V. dodecahedron: angularity 244 N. dodge: avoidance 623 V. cunning 702 N. inquiry 461 V. oscillation 314 N. deviation 279 V. motion 264 V. cunning 702 V. dodging: transference 270 N. doe: velocity 274 N. animal 366 N. woman 374 N. doer of dirty work: flatterer 935 N. servility 886 N. doer: agent 690 N. doff the cap: courtesy 894 V. doff: divestment 226 V. dog cheap: cheapness 815 Adj. dog days: heat 382 N. dog in the manger: selfishness 943 N. dog Latin: neologism 563 N. dog star: luminary 423 N. dog trot: slowness 275 N. dog: man 373 N. pursuit 622 V. ugliness 846 N. bad man 949 N. animal 366 N. sequence 281 V. dogcart: vehicle 272 N. doge: master 745 N. dogged resolution: obstinacy 606 N. dogged: courage 861 Adj. obstinacy 606 Adj. sullenness 901a Adj. dogger: ship 273 N. doggerel verses: ridiculousness 853 N. doggerel: poetry 597 N. vulgarity 851 Adj. ridiculousness 853 Adj. doggish: discourtesy 895 Adj. doghold: abode 189 N. doghouse: abode 189 N. dogma: belief 484 N. dogmatic: misjudgment 481 Adj. affirmation 535 Adj. obstinacy 606 Adj. dogmatics: affirmation 535 N. dogmatism: obstinacy 606 N. affirmation 535 N. certainty 474 N. dogmatist: obstinacy 606 N. blusterer 887 N. certainty 474 N. dogmatize: certainty 474 V. misjudgment 481 V. affirmation 535 V. dogmatizer: certainty 474 N. dogobah: temple 1000 N. dog's age: diuturnity 110 N. dog's ear: fold 258 N. dogsick: dislike 867 Adj. dogsitter: keeper 753 N. dog-weary: fatigue 688 Adj. doily: cleanness 652 N. doing time: prisoner 754 Adj. restraint 751 Adj. doing: eventuality 151 Adj. action 680 N. action 680 Adj. doings: eventuality 151 N. action 680 N. doit: unimportance 643 N. money 800 N. dokhma: interment 363 N. doldrums: dejection 837 N. sullenness 901a N. dole out: parsimony 819 V. giving 784 V. apportionment 786 V. dole: giving 784 N. apportionment 786 N. pain 828 N. insufficiency 640 N. doleful: dejection 837 Adj. dolesome: dejection 837 Adj. doll: littleness 193 N. representation 554 N. amusement 840 N. dollar mark: indication 550 N. dollar sign: indication 550 N. dollar: money 800 N. dolley: carrier 271 N. dolor: pain 828 N. dolorific: painfulness 830 Adj. dolorous: painfulness 830 Adj. dolour: physical pain 378 N. dolphin: ocean 341 N. dolt: fool 501 N. doltish: imbecility folly 499 Adj. domain: class 75 N. property 780 N. government 737a N. Domdaniel: hell 982 N. dome car: vehicle 272 N. dome: height 206 N. convexity 250 N. Domesday book: record 551 N. list 86 N. domesman: judge 967 N. domestic animals: animal 366 N. domestic: abode 189 Adj. interiority 221 Adj. husbandry 370 Adj. servant 746 N. seclusion, exclusion 893 Adj. inhabitant 188 Adj. domesticate: husbandry 370 V. location 184 V. domesticated: location 184 Adj. inhabitant 188 Adj. domestication: location 184 N. husbandry 370 N. domesticity: seclusion, exclusion 893 N. husbandry 370 N. domicile: abode 189 N. domiciled: inhabitant 188 Adj. presence 186 Adj. domiciliary visit: inquiry 461 N. domiciliary: inhabitant 188 Adj. domiciliated: inhabitant 188 Adj. dominance: influence 175 N. dominant: melody concord 413 N. authority 737 Adj. influence 175 Adj. dominate: influence 175 V. authority 737 V. dominating: strength 159 Adj. domination: influence 175 N. government 737a N. domineer: severity 739 V. insolence 885 V. domineering: severity 739 N. insolence 885 Adj. insolence 885 N. Dominican: clergy 996 N. dominion: government 737a N. domino: clothing 225 N. ambush 530 N. dominos: amusement 840 N. Don Juan: libertine 962 N. Don Quixote: rashness 863 N. madman 504 N. don: teacher 540 N. nobility 875 N. scholar 492 N. clothing 225 V. donation: giving 784 N. expenditure 809 N. donative: giving 784 N. giving 784 Adj. done for: deterioration 659 Adj. completion 729 Adj. failure 732 Adj. done up: fatigue 688 Adj. impotence 158 Adj. deterioration 659 Adj. failure 732 Adj. done with: disuse 678 Adj. done: deterioration 659 Adj. completion 729 Adj. donjon: defense 717 N. prison 752 N. donkey: carrier 271 N. fool 501 N. Donnybrook Fair: disorder 59 N. discord 713 N. donnybrook: disorder 59 N. discord 713 N. donor: giving 784 N. donship: nobility 875 N. don't buckle under: stability 150 V. don't even think of it: defiance 715 Phr. don't give in: stability 150 V. don't hesitate: consent 762 Adv. don't make waves: assent 488 V. don't tell a soul: concealment 528 Phr. don't tread on me: defiance 715 Phr. don't wake a sleeping cat: warning 668 Phr. caution 864 V. don't you dare: defiance 715 Phr. prohibition 761 Phr. donzel: servant 746 N. doodle: musician 416 V. fool 501 N. doodlesack: musical instruments 417 N. doolie: vehicle 272 N. dooly: vehicle 272 N. doom: destruction 162 N. condemnation 971 V. necessity 601 V. necessity 601 N. death 360 N. destiny 152 V. end 67 N. judgment 480 V. doomed: pain 828 Adj. doomsday: end 67 N. futurity 121 N. door jamb: support 215 N. door post: support 215 N. door: inclosure 232 N. opening 260 N. ingress 294 N. egress 295 N. beginning 66 N. covering 223 N. edge 231 N. method 627 N. doorbell: resonance 408 N. doorkeeper: stopper 263 N. doorway: opening 260 N. dope: discrimination 465 N. dophagy: vice 945 N. doquet: evidence 467 N. security 771 N. dormant: physical inertness 172 Adj. latency, implication 526 Adj. inactivity 683 Adj. dormer: opening 260 N. dormitory: receptacle 191 N. dormouse: inactivity 683 N. dorp: abode 189 N. dorsal region: rear 235 N. dorsal: rear 235 Adj. dorser: receptacle 191 N. dorsigerous: support 215 Adj. dorsum: rear 235 N. convexity 250 N. dory: ship 273 N. dose: remedy 662 V. apportionment 786 N. remedy 662 N. part 51 N. quantity 25 N. dosser: receptacle 191 N. dossil: covering 223 N. stopper 263 N. dot: giving 784 N. smallness 32 N. inextension 180a N. place 182 N. variegation 440 V. indication 550 N. indication 550 V. dotage: insanity 503 N. imbecility folly 499 N. age 128 N. dotard: veteran 130 N. fool 501 N. dotation: giving 784 N. dote on: love 897 V. dote upon: love 897 V. dote: imbecility folly 499 V. insanity 503 V. doting: age 128 Adj. insanity 503 Adj. dottings: record 551 N. double acrostic: wit 842 N. double base: musical instruments 417 N. double bassoon: musical instruments 417 N. double bond: resonance 408 N. double contingency: uncertainty 475 N. double coupon discount: discount 813 N. double dealing: improbity 940 N. falsehood 544 N. deception 545 N. falsehood 544 Adj. double down: fold 258 V. double eagle: money 800 N. double entente: wit 842 N. equivocalness 520 N. impurity 961 N. double entry bookkeeping: accounts 811 N. double faced: falsehood 544 Adj. double handed: falsehood 544 Adj. double hearted: falsehood 544 Adj. double helical: curvature 245 Adj. double meaning: equivocalness 520 N. double minded: falsehood 544 Adj. double quotes: indication 550 N. double reef topsails: safety 664 V. double ripper: vehicle 272 N. double sawbuck: money 800 N. double sight: dimsightedness 443 N. double the fist at: threat 909 V. double the fist: defiance 715 V. double tongued: falsehood 544 Adj. double up: impotence 158 V. double: duality 89 Adj. cunning 702 V. falsehood 544 Adj. regression 283 V. fold 258 V. fold 258 N. substitution 147 N. duplication 90 Adj. similarity 17 N. duplication 90 V. improbity 940 Adj. doubleacrostic: letter 561 N. double-blind experiment: experiment 463 N. doubled: duplication 90 Adj. double-digit inflation: money 800 N. double-distilled: physical energy 171 Adj. double-edged: physical energy 171 Adj. double-faced: duplication 90 Adj. improbity 940 Adj. double-headed: duplication 90 Adj. double-hearted: improbity 940 Adj. double-minded: irresolution 605 Adj. double-shotted: physical energy 171 Adj. doublet: clothing 225 N. double-tongued: equivocalness 520 Adj. improbity 940 Adj. doublets: duality 89 N. doubleword: information 527 N. doubling: duplication 90 N. fold 258 N. cunning 702 N. doubly-dyed: color 428 Adj. doubt not: belief 484 V. doubt the truth of: unbelief doubt 485 V. doubt: unbelief doubt 485 N. unbelief doubt 485 V. irreligion 989 N. irreligion 989 V. uncertainty 475 N. darkness 421 V. uncertainty 475 V. doubter: unbelief doubt 485 N. doubtful meaning: unintelligibility 519 N. doubtful: uncertainty 475 Adj. inquiry 461 Adj. unbelief doubt 485 Adj. doubtfulness: uncertainty 475 N. doubting: unbelief doubt 485 Adj. doubtless: certainty 474 Adj. certainty 474 Adv. assent 488 Adv. douche: water 337 N. dough: pulpiness 354 N. money 800 N. softness 324 N. dough-faced: servility 886 Adj. doughnut: food 298 N. doughty: courage 861 Adj. doughy: softness 324 Adj. dour: severity 739 Adj. douse the lights: darkness 421 V. douse: plunge 310 V. water 337 V. insulation, fire extinction 388a V. punishment 972 N. dove of peace: peace 721 N. dove: peace 721 N. innocence 946 N. dovecote: abode 189 N. dove-like: innocence 946 Adj. dovetail: agreement 23 V. junction 43 V. crossing 219 V. interposition 228 V. insertion 300 V. dovetailed: angularity 244 Adj. dovetailing: interposition 228 N. dovish: peace 721 Adj. dowager: woman 374 N. divorce 905 N. dowdy: uncleanness 653 Adj. vulgarity 851 N. vulgarity 851 Adj. uncleanness 653 N. dower: property 780 N. dowerless: poverty 804 Adj. Dowex: resin 356a N. down at the elbows: disrepute 874 Adj. down fallen: dejection 837 Adj. down in one's luck: dejection 837 Adj. down in the dumps: dejection 837 Adj. down in the mouth: humility 879 Adj. discontent 832 Adj. dejection 837 Adj. down in the world: adversity 735 Adj. disrepute 874 Adj. down on one's knees: humility 879 Adj. down on ones marrowbones: servility 886 Adj. down on one's marrowbones: humility 879 Adj. down on one's uppers: humility 879 Adj. down stairs: lowness 207 Adv. down to the ground: completeness 52 Adv. down under: fold 258 V. down: height 206 N. smoothness 255 N. softness 324 N. roughness 256 N. levity 320 N. downcast: dejection 837 Adj. downfall: destruction 162 N. descent 306 N. failure 732 N. adversity 735 N. downhearted: dejection 837 Adj. downhill: descent 306 Adv. obliquity 217 N. downpour: river 348 N. downreaching: depth 208 Adj. downright: greatness 31 Adj. greatness 31 Adv. manifestation 525 Adj. artlessness 703 Adj. downs: plain 344 N. downtrodden: disrepute 874 Adj. dejection 837 Adj. failure 732 Adj. submission 725 Adj. subjection 749 Adj. contempt 930 Adj. downwards: lowness 207 Adv. descent 306 Adv. downy: smoothness 255 Adj. roughness 256 Adj. softness 324 Adj. dowry: wealth 803 N. property 780 N. dowse: impulse 276 V. ship 273 N. impulse 276 N. doxology: worship 990 N. doxy: libertine 962 N. doyen: age 128 N. doyley: cleanness 652 N. doze off: inactivity 683 V. doze: inactivity 683 N. inactivity 683 V. dozen: five, &c 98 N. dozy: inactivity 683 Adj. Dr: scholar 492 N. drab: gray 432 Adj. uncleanness 653 N. libertine 962 N. drabble in the mud: uncleanness 653 V. drabble: uncleanness 653 V. drachma: gravity 319 N. Draco: director 694 N. severity 739 N. Draconian: severity 739 Adj. draff: uncleanness 653 N. draft horse: carrier 271 N. draft off: displacement 185 V. transference 270 V. draft: plan 626 N. money 800 N. writing 590 V. painting 556 N. representation 554 N. transference 270 N. compendium 596 N. credit 805 N. draftsman: artist 559 N. drag a chain: subjection 749 V. drag a lengthened chain: exertion 686 V. drag a lengthening chain: diuturnity 110 V. drag before the public: publication 531 V. drag chain: hindrance 706 N. drag into the open day: publication 531 V. drag into: compulsion 744 V. composition 54 V. drag on: diuturnity 110 V. drag through the mire: disrepute 874 V. drag through the mud: disrespect 929 V. drag towards: attraction 288 V. drag up: elevation 307 V. drag weight: hindrance 706 N. drag: transference 270 V. hindrance 706 N. motive 615 V. traction 285 V. slowness 275 V. vehicle 272 N. prison 752 N. draggle: uncleanness 653 V. draggle-tail: uncleanness 653 N. draggle-tailed: uncleanness 653 Adj. dragnet: generality 78 N. dragoman: interpreter 524 N. dragon: irascibility 901 N. unconformity 83 N. violence 173 N. dragonnade: attack 716 N. punishment 972 N. dragoon: combatant 726 N. compulsion 744 V. insolence 885 V. malevolence 907 V. drain into: river 348 V. drain of resources: insufficiency 640 V. drain the cup: drunkenness 959 V. food 298 V. drain to the dregs: ejection 297 V. taking 789 V. drain: prodigality 818 V. waste 638 V. remedy 662 V. cleanness 652 V. conduit 350 N. dryness 340 V. egress 295 V. egress 295 N. uncleanness 653 N. taking 789 V. drainage: dryness 340 N. cleanness 652 N. ejection 297 N. egress 295 N. drained: insufficiency 640 Adj. drake: man 373 N. dram drinker: drunkenness 959 N. dram: food 298 N. pungency 392 N. motive 615 N. drunkenness 959 N. drama: representation 554 N. drama 599 N. dramatic author: drama 599 N. dramatic poetry: poetry 597 N. dramatic writer: drama 599 N. dramatic: ostentation 882 Adj. drama 599 Adj. dramatist: drama 599 N. dramaturgy: drama 599 N. drape: clothing 225 V. draper: clothing 225 N. drapery: clothing 225 N. drastic: physical energy 171 Adj. draught copy: plan 626 N. draught off: nonassemblage, dispersion 73 V. draught: depth 208 N. combatant 726 N. remedy 662 N. plan 626 N. painting 556 N. wind 349 N. traction 285 N. multitude 102 N. food 298 N. draughts: amusement 840 N. draughtsman: artist 559 N. draw a conclusion: judgment 480 V. demonstration 478 V. draw a cordon round: seclusion, exclusion 893 V. draw a curtain: shade 424 V. draw a deep breath: feeling 821 V. draw a fine line: discrimination 465 V. draw a long breath: relief 834 V. draw a parallel: comparison 464 V. relation 9 V. draw a picture: description 594 V. draw a straight furrow: probity 939 V. draw an abstract: compendium 596 V. draw an inference: judgment 480 V. draw aside the veil: disclosure 529 V. draw aside: deviation 279 V. draw back: regression 283 V. avoidance 623 V. draw breath: refreshment 689 V. life 359 V. draw down: cause 153 V. draw first blood: attack 716 V. draw forth: use 677 V. draw from: receipt 810 V. draw in one's horns: humility 879 V. modesty 881 V. submission 725 V. tergiversation 607 V. draw in pencil: painting 556 V. draw in: contraction 195 V. reception 296 V. draw lots: chance 621 V. draw near: futurity 121 V. nearness 197 V. approach 286 V. draw off the attention: inattention 458 V. draw off: ejection 297 V. hindrance 706 V. taking 789 V. draw on futurity: earliness 132 V. draw on: motive 615 V. futurity 121 V. eventuality 151 V. draw out: diuturnity 110 V. diffuseness 573 V. manifestation 525 V. discovery 480a V. extraction 301 V. lateness 133 V. length 200 V. draw over: motive 615 V. draw poker: amusement 840 N. draw profit: acquisition 775 V. draw tears from the eyes: painfulness 830 V. draw the breath of life: life 359 V. draw the curtain: concealment 528 V. draw the line: discrimination 465 V. draw the pen through: obliteration 552 V. draw the purse strings: nonpayment 808 V. draw the sword against: attack 716 V. draw the sword: warfare 722 V. draw the teeth of: impotence 158 V. draw the trigger: warfare 722 V. draw the veil: disclosure 529 V. draw together: assemblage 72 V. cooperation 709 V. draw towards: attraction 288 V. draw up a round robin: resistance 719 V. disapprobation 932 V. draw up a statement: description 594 V. draw up: writing 590 V. order 58 V. quiescence 265 V. draw upon: money 800 V. draw with a longbow: exaggeration 549 V. draw: traction 285 V. taking 789 V. acquisition 775 V. money 800 V. motive 615 V. extraction 301 V. attraction 288 V. equality 27 N. drawback: evil 619 N. imperfection 651 N. hindrance 706 N. discount 813 N. drawbridge: escape 671 N. method 627 N. drawcansir: blusterer 887 N. drawee: money 800 N. drawer: receptacle 191 N. artist 559 N. money 800 N. drawers: clothing 225 N. drawing knife: sharpness 253 N. drawing lots: chance 621 N. drawing room: assemblage 72 N. receptacle 191 N. drawing shave: sharpness 253 N. drawing the veil: concealment 528 V. drawing to: attraction 288 N. drawing: representation 554 N. painting 556 N. traction 285 N. traction 285 Adj. plan 626 N. drawing-room: fashion 852 N. drawl: slowness 275 N. stammering 583 V. inactivity 683 V. slowness 275 V. length 200 V. stammering 583 N. drawn battle: equality 27 N. pacification 723 N. noncompletion 730 N. drawn game: noncompletion 730 N. equality 27 N. drawn: equality 27 Adj. draw-to-a-close: end 67 V. dray horse: carrier 271 N. dray: vehicle 272 N. drayman: traveler 268 N. dread: fear 860 Adj. fear 860 N. dreadful: fear 860 Adj. badness 649 Adj. painfulness 830 Adj. dejection 837 Adj. dreadfully: greatness 31 Adv. dreadless: courage 861 Adj. dreadnought: clothing 225 N. combatant 726 N. dream of Alnaschar: hope 858 N. dream of Alnashar: imagination 515 N. dream of: intention 620 V. imagination 515 V. dream up: imagination 515 V. dream: imagination 515 N. inactivity 683 V. imagination 515 V. error 495 V. error 495 N. inattention 458 V. thought 451 V. unsubstantiality 4 N. inactivity 683 N. dreamer: imagination 515 N. madman 504 N. dreaming on other things: inattention 458 Adj. dreaming: imagination 515 N. dreamland: imagination 515 N. dreamy: unsubstantiality 4 Adj. inattention 458 Adj. inactivity 683 Adj. dreary: dejection 837 Adj. unity 87 Adj. painfulness 830 Adj. dredge: elevation 307 V. elevation 307 N. assemblage 72 V. extraction 301 V. dredger: elevation 307 N. dredging machine: elevation 307 N. dreggy: uncleanness 653 Adj. dregs of society: commonality 876 N. dregs of the people: commonality 876 N. dregs: inutility 645 N. remainder 40 N. uncleanness 653 N. dreidel: rotation 312 N. drench with physic: remedy 662 V. drench: food 298 N. water 337 V. moisture 339 V. river 348 V. redundancy 641 V. drenched: redundancy 641 Adj. drenching rain: river 348 N. drenching: water 337 Adj. dress coat: clothing 225 N. dress down: punishment 972 V. dress the ground: preparation 673 V. agriculture 371 V. dress the wounds: remedy 662 V. dress up: ornament 847 V. preparation 673 V. representation 554 V. falsehood 544 V. dress: equality 27 V. punishment 972 V. agreement 23 V. clothing 225 N. clothing 225 V. preparation 673 V. ornament 847 V. fashion 852 N. ostentation 882 N. uniformity 16 V. dressed to advantage: ornament 847 Adj. dressed to kill: ornament 847 Adj. ostentation 882 Adj. dressed to the nines: ornament 847 Adj. ostentation 882 Adj. dresser: support 215 N. remedy 662 N. dressing gown: clothing 225 N. dressing: disapprobation 932 N. dressmaker: clothing 225 N. dribble: egress 295 V. river 348 V. dribbling: egress 295 N. driblet: smallness 32 N. dried: dryness 340 Adj. drier: dryness 340 N. drift away: recession 287 V. drift with the stream: facility 705 V. drift with the tide: facility 705 V. drift: wind 349 N. intention 620 N. navigation 267 V. meaning 516 N. approach 286 V. deviation 279 V. transference 270 N. motion 264 V. tendency 176 N. assemblage 72 N. direction 278 N. drifted: transference 270 Adj. driftless: chance 621 Adj. drill: teaching 537 N. teaching 537 V. rotation 312 N. perforator 262 N. opening 260 V. drink deep: drunkenness 959 V. drink down all unkindness: drunkenness 959 Phr. drink hard: drunkenness 959 V. drink in knowledge: learning 539 V. drink in the ozone: refreshment 689 V. drink in: food 298 V. drink like a fish: drunkenness 959 V. drink money: giving 784 N. drink one's fill: sufficiency 639 V. food 298 V. drink to: courtesy 894 V. celebration 883 V. drink up: physical pleasure 377 V. food 298 V. drink: drunkenness 959 V. food 298 N. reception 296 V. drunkenness 959 N. drinking bout: intemperance 954 N. drinking song: poetry 597 N. drinking the hemlock: punishment 972 N. drinking: reception 296 N. food 298 N. drunkenness 959 N. drip: river 348 V. remedy 662 N. dripping exunge: oil 356 N. dripping: moisture 339 Adj. drive a bargain: barter 794 V. parsimony 819 V. drive a hard bargain: parsimony 819 V. drive a roaring trade: prosperity 734 V. success 731 V. drive a trade: barter 794 V. business 625 V. drive apart: repulsion 289 V. drive at: meaning 516 V. intention 620 V. drive dull care away: amusement 840 V. cheerfulness 836 V. drive from: repulsion 289 V. drive home to: belief 484 V. drive home: completion 729 V. drive in: insertion 300 V. drive into a corner: success 731 V. subjection 749 V. hindrance 706 V. drive mad: insanity 503 V. drive one hard: attack 716 V. drive one mad: resentment 900 V. drive one nuts: insanity 503 V. drive to despair: hopelessness 859 V. drive to the last: lateness 133 V. drive to the wall: success 731 V. drive: haste 684 N. direction 693 V. propulsion 284 V. impulse 276 V. journey 266 V. assemblage 72 N. journey 266 N. compulsion 744 V. drivel: ejection 297 V. imbecility folly 499 V. insanity 503 V. driveler: fool 501 N. loquacity 584 N. driveling: imbecility folly 499 Adj. imbecility folly 499 N. driven into a corner: difficulty 704 Adj. driven to extremity: difficulty 704 Adj. driven to one's wit's end: difficulty 704 Adj. driven to the wall: difficulty 704 Adj. driver: director 694 N. traveler 268 N. driveway: opening 260 N. driving from: repulsion 289 N. driving rain: river 348 N. drizzle: river 348 N. river 348 V. droger: ship 273 N. drogher: ship 273 N. droil: inactivity 683 V. inactivity 683 N. drole de corps: humorist 844 N. drole: amusement 840 N. bad man 949 N. droll: ridiculousness 853 Adj. drollery: ridiculousness 853 N. amusement 840 N. wit 842 N. drollish: ridiculousness 853 Adj. dromedary: carrier 271 N. drone: ululation 412 N. melody concord 413 N. music 415 N. inactivity 683 N. dronish: inactivity 683 Adj. drony: inactivity 683 Adj. drool: ejection 297 V. droop: deterioration 659 Adj. dejection 837 V. fatigue 688 V. descent 306 V. pain 828 V. disease 655 V. drooping spirits: dejection 837 N. drooping: weakness 160 Adj. disease 655 Adj. fatigue 688 Adj. drop a hint: information 527 V. drop a tear: lamentation 839 V. drop all idea of: relinquishment 624 V. drop asleep: inactivity 683 V. drop astern: regression 283 V. drop by drop: degree 26 Adv. part 51 Adv. drop dead: death 360 V. drop down dead: death 360 V. drop down: descent 306 V. drop from the clouds: inexpectation 508 V. drop game: deception 545 N. drop in the ocean: smallness 32 N. unimportance 643 N. drop in: arrival 292 V. sociality 892 V. insertion 300 V. drop into a good thing: prosperity 734 V. drop into the grave: death 360 V. drop like a lead balloon: plunge 310 V. drop off: nonincrease, decrease 36 V. death 360 V. inactivity 683 V. drop out: learning 539 V. noncompletion 730 V. drop scene: drama 599 N. drop tears: lamentation 839 V. drop the big one: destruction 162 V. drop the charges: acquittal 970 V. drop the mask: disclosure 529 V. drop the subject: inattention 458 V. drop too much: drunkenness 959 N. drop: scourge 975 N. cessation 142 N. impotence 158 V. relinquishment 624 V. drunkenness 959 N. relinquishment 782 V. smallness 32 N. fatigue 688 V. weakness 160 V. drama 599 N. river 348 V. descent 306 V. descent 306 N. rotundity 249 N. production 161 V. noncompletion 730 V. droplet: smallness 32 N. dropped from the clouds: inexpectation 508 Adj. dropping fire: discontinuity 70 N. dropping: river 348 N. dropsical: redundancy 641 Adj. expansion 194 Adj. dropsy: expansion 194 N. droshki: vehicle 272 N. drosky: vehicle 272 N. dross: uncleanness 653 N. drossiness: uncleanness 653 N. drought: insufficiency 640 N. dryness 340 N. representation 554 N. drouth: desire 865 N. drouthy: desire 865 Adj. drove: assemblage 72 N. multitude 102 N. drover: husbandry 370 N. drown care: amusement 840 V. drown the voice: aphony 581 V. drown: killing 361 V. success 731 V. water 337 V. failure 732 V. drowsiness: inactivity 683 N. fatigue 688 N. weariness 841 N. drowsy: inactivity 683 Adj. fatigue 688 Adj. weariness 841 Adj. drowze: inactivity 683 V. drub: success 731 V. punishment 972 V. drubbing: failure 732 N. drudge: agent 690 N. exertion 686 V. drudgery: exertion 686 N. activity 682 N. drug habit: intemperance 954 N. drug in the market: redundancy 641 N. cheapness 815 N. drug store: remedy 662 N. &