English Dictionary

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To hamper

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Slow the movement of someone or something

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Stallion

Back 2

Semental

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Pooch

Back 3

Chucho (look at hint)

- (slang) A dog

- A dog of mixed breed

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Mongrel

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Mongrel

Back 4

Chucho

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Skunk

Back 5

Mofeta

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Barley

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Cebada

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Oat

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Avena

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Rye

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Centeno

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To hinder

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Estorbar

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Something

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Spurious

Back 10

Fake

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Procrustean

Back 11

Enforcing uniformity

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To grasp

Back 12

Seize firmly

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Miser (noun)

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(pejorative) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.Synonyms: see Thesaurus:miserEbenezer Scrooge was a stereotypical miser: he spent nothing he could save, neither giving to charity nor enjoying his wealth.

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To treble

Back 14

Triplicar

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Treble something

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Trench

Back 15

Trinchera

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Presume

Back 16

Presumir, pre-asumir

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Naught

Back 17

Nothing

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Premises

Back 18

Land and buildings (business)

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Business

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To render

Back 19

(transitive) To cause to become

"The shot ___ed her immobile"

(transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of

(transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver

(transitive) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media

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To purloin

Back 20

Steal (formal/humorous)

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Formal/humorous

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To wield

Back 21

Hold and use

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To decamp

Back 22

(intransitive) To break up camp and move on

(intransitive) To disappear suddenly and secretly

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Cant (noun)

Back 23

- (countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup

"He had the look of a prince, but the ___ of a fishmonger."

- (countable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group

- (uncountable) Empty, hypocritical talk

"People claim to care about the poor of Africa, but it is largely ___."

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Baffled

Back 24

Totally perplexed

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Somebody is

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Glee

Back 25

(uncountable) Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.Synonyms: merriment, mirth, gaiety, gloat

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To gild

Back 26

Cover thinly with gold

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Lid

Back 27

Párpado

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Howling

Back 28

Long, loud emotional utterance (of pain, of laughter,...) (aullido)

"The ___ of wolves is haunting at night."

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Towering

Back 29

Extremely tall

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Aghast

Back 30

Filled with horror

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Hitherto

Back 31

Until now

"services that were ___ tied to the geographical location of the consumer."

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Blast

Back 32

Destructive air wave

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To glare

Back 33

Stare in a fierce way

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A way of looking

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To glide

Back 34

(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly

"The water over which the boats ___ed was black and smooth, rising into huge foamless billows, the more terrible because they were silent."

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To strew (transitive)

Back 35

To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner

"to ___ sand over a floor"

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Physical

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To bespeak

Back 36

(transitive) To forbode; foretell

(transitive) To speak to; address

(transitive) To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest

"This act ___s his kindness"

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Billow

Back 37

Large sea wave

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Sea

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Fitful (adj)

Back 38

Irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits.

"His breathing was ___"

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Sweltering

Back 39

(of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky"The day was sweltering, so Lauren put on the shortest pair of shorts she could find and went to get ice-cream with her friend Rob."

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It is

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Unfathomable

Back 40

Not fully understood

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Deluge

Back 41

Severe flood

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Weather

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To gird

Back 42

Encircle with a belt

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Freight

Back 43

Goods transported in bulk

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Throng

Back 44

Large, packed crowd

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People

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Fiend

Back 45

Evil spirit, demon

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To writhe

Back 46

Retorcerse

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Dampness

Back 47

State of slightly wet

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Gale

Back 48

Very strong wind

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Viz.

Back 49

Namely, to wit, that is to say, specifically, as an illustration (see hint)

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Videlicet

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Forthwith (adv)

Back 50

Immediately, without delay

"... he shall ___ inform the arrested person of the cause of the arrest."

Hint 50

Time

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To soar

Back 51

To fly aloft with little effort, as a bird. "When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled."

- To mount upward on wings, or as on wings

- To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft

- To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high

"The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued."

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Frail

Back 52

Easily broken; mentally or physically fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm

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Hoop

Back 53

Aro de metal

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Shallow

Back 54

Of little depth

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Miscreant (adj/noun)

Back 55

One who has behaved badly, or illegally

"The teacher sent the ___s to see the school principal."

- One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain

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To carouse

Back 56

(From Middle French carousser, from German gar aus, from [[:de:gar austrinken]] ("to drink up entirely, guzzle").

(intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering. [from 1550s]We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.(intransitive) To drink to excess.If I survive this headache, I promise no more carousing at Brian's.

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To bid

Back 57

Offer

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To elope

Back 58

Run away to get married

Hint 58

They eloped

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To fathom

Back 59

(transitive) To get to the bottom of; to manage to comprehend (a problem etc.)

"I can't for the life of me ___ what this means"

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Outset

Back 60

Onset; the beginning or initial stage of something. [from 1759]He agreed and understood from the outset, so don't bother explaining again.

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Of something

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Epigram

Back 61

A brief but witty saying

A short, witty or pithy poem

"When an ___ one's composin',brevity is key,of stanzas: one should be chosen,and of lines: one more than three."

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Myrmidon

Back 62

Subordinate

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Suitor

Back 63

One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.(by extension) A person or organization that expresses an interest in working with, or taking over, another. ▼ show(law) A party to a suit or litigation.One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.

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Pique

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A feeling of enmity; ill-feeling, animosity; a transient feeling of wounded pride

"Wars had arisen ... upon a personal ___."

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To elicit

Back 65

- To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.

-To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.

"Fred wished to elicit the time of the meeting from Jane."

"Did you elicit a response?"

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Mente

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Sprightly

Back 66

Animated, vivacious or gay; lively.Full of life and vigor, especially with a light and springy step.(especially) Energetic and in good health.

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Cynosure

Back 67

- (usually) Ursa Minor or Polaris, the North Star, used as a guide by navigators

- (figuratively) That which serves to guide or direct; a guiding star

"let faith be your ___ to walk by"

- Something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration

"With anglophobia driving out anglophilia, the king came to represent the very ___ of patriotic zeal."

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The cynosure of some place

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Prone to

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Inclinado a

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To relapse (intransitive)

Back 69

Deteriorate after having improved (recaer)

Hint 69

Change state

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To stifle

Back 70

Suffocate

"Two firemen tragically ___ed in yesterday's fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom."

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Body

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Cunning (adj)

Back 71

Skill in deception (hint)

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Cunning

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To indulge

Back 72

Allow oneself the joy of

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Oneself

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Chagrin

Back 73

Distress at having failed, want of affection, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification

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Mood

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To hurl

Back 74

Throw with great force

A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling

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To gnash

Back 75

- Rechinar dientes

- (transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.

"gnashing your teeth"

- (transitive) To grind between the teeth.

"to gnash the air in fury"

"The dog was gnashing a carpet"

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Boca

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To swoon

Back 76

To faint, to lose consciousness.

Synonyms: black out, faint, pass out

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Lodging

Back 77

Temporal accommodation

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Flurry (noun)

Back 78

A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind (ráfaga)

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Unprepossesing

Back 79

Not attractive

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Something is

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Tawny

Back 80

Orange - brown color

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Hideous

Back 81

Extremely ugly

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Outrage

Back 82

An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.An offensive, immoral or indecent act.The resentful anger aroused by such acts.

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Blunder (noun)

Back 83

A clumsy or embarrassing mistake (metida de pata)

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Act

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Brink

Back 84

The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.the brink of a river(figurative) The edge or borderthe brink of successHe's on the brink of madness

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Feat (noun)

Back 85

A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment (hazaña)

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Action

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Upon

Back 86

On

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Deed

Back 87

- An action or act; something that is done.

"And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done?"

- A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.

"knightly deeds" "whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn"

- Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation

"I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed."

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Contention

Back 88

argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle (contienda)

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No es contención (people has it)

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Petulant

Back 89

- childishly irritable

"Lack of sleep is causing Dave's recent petulant behavior."

- (obsolete) forward; pert; insolent; wanton

Synonyms: huffy, snappish, irritable, grouchy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, crabby

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Mood

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To convey

Back 90

Make information known

Bring

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Counterfeit

Back 91

Fake imitation

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Untoward

Back 92

- Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous

"Over-hasty legislation will reveal unintended and ___ consequences."

- Unruly, troublesome

- Unseemly, improper

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Event is

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Adventitious

Back 93

- From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.

- Accidental, additional, appearing casually.

Synonyms

(from an external source) extrinsic

(accidental, additional) accidental, spontaneous, sporadic

Spanish: exógeno, aleatorio

Hint 93

Something is

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Hovel

Back 94

An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather

A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut (Chabola)

"It is right for the beggar to yearn truly for leaving the dirty ___."

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Big

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Grandiloquent

Back 95

(of a person, their language or writing) given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive amount of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid

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To attain

Back 96

(transitive) To accomplish; to achieve

"To ___ such a high level of proficiency requires hours of practice each day."

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Ingenuity

Back 97

The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways (ingenio)

"The pyramids demonstrate the ___ of the ancient Egyptians."

"Poverty is the mother of ___."

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False friend

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Sanguine

Back 98

Cheerfully optimistic

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To plunder

Back 99

To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack (Saquear) "The mercenaries ___ the small town."

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Somewhere

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Altogether

Back 100

- Without exception; wholly; completely

"Your advice will be ___ invaluable to me."

- On the whole; with everything considered

"___, I'm sorry it happened."

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To caress

Back 101

Touch gently, lovingly

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Hearth

Back 102

Floor of fireplace

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Imperishable

Back 103

Enduring forever

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Hull

Back 104

Casco (barco)

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Sneer

Back 105

Contemptuous smile

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Boca

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Riddle

Back 106

Acertijo

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Toil

Back 107

- Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature (derve, drudgery, swink, sweat, drudgery)

- Trouble, strife.

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Work

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To prevaricate

Back 108

- (transitive) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from)

- (intransitive) To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous (andarse con rodeos o evasivas)

"when it is an issue of animal safety, I believe that we cannot ___ on this issue either."

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Somebody

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To chuckle

Back 109

Laugh inwardly

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Zeal

Back 110

Great enthusiasm for a cause

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Vexed

Back 111

Annoyed, frustrated, worried

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Equanimity

Back 112

Calm in a difficult situation

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Relish

Back 113

Great enjoyment

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To heed

Back 114

Pay attention to

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somebody heeds to something

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To quaver

Back 115

- To shake in a trembling manner

- (intransitive) To use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing

- (transitive) To utter quaveringly

"We shall hear her quavering them ... to some sprightly airs of the opera."

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Gnarled

Back 116

Rough and twisted because of age

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Appearance

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To stagger

Back 117

Walk unsteadily and fall, reel, or totter (tambalearse)

"If you can call that running. More like the ___ of a wounded rhino."

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Movement

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To vouchsafe

Back 118

To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, a benefit, an outcome etc.

"God ___ed to the heathens the means of salvation"

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Needs CI

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To twirl

Back 119

Spin quickly and lightly around

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Glossy

Back 120

Shiny and smooth

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Foreboding

Back 121

A sense of evil to come

An evil omen

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Mind

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Lest

Back 122

To avoid the risk of

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To dread

Back 123

(transitive) To fear greatly.To anticipate with fear.I'm dreading getting the results of the test, as it could decide my whole life

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To bode

Back 124

Shortening of forebode

To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend; to presage; to foreshow

(intransitive) To foreshow something; to augur

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Cabinet

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Armario-escaparate

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To chastise

Back 126

To punish or scold someone (castigar)

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Somebody to another person

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To flog

Back 127

Punish with a whip or stick

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To befall

Back 128

Happen

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Reverie

Back 129

Pleasantly lost in thoughts

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Peevish

Back 130

- Characterized by or exhibiting petty bad temper, bad-tempered, moody, cross.

"I would rather figure things out on my own than ask that peevish librarian for help."

- Constantly complaining, whining; childishly fretful.

"Peevish patients in the doctor's waiting room."

- Easily annoyed, especially by things that are not important; irritable, querulous.

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Mood

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Jet

Back 131

Líquido o gas saliendo a presión

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To bustle

Back 132

- To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).

“The commuters bustled about inside the train station.“

- To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).

"The train station was bustling with commuters."

Synonyms

(to move busily) flit, hustle, scamper, scurry

(to exhibit an energetic abundance) abound, brim, bristle, burst, crawl, swell, teem

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Physical

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Novelty

Back 133

Novedad

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Blazing

Back 134

(informal) Very fast.(slang) Sexually attractive.The actress, with her perfectly-curved body, was simply blazing in her new movie!Of tremendous intensity or fervor; white-hot.It was a performance of blazing ferocity.

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To rap

Back 135

(intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock. ▼ show(transitive, dated) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on. ▼ show(metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.(ambitransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

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To instil

Back 136

To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age.To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop

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Mente

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To manumit

Back 137

Release from slavery

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Somebody

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Hut

Back 138

Cabaña

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Shrub

Back 139

Arbusto

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Sustantivo

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Scant (adj)

Back 140

- Very little, very few.

"Mary had ___ reason to believe John."

- Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; meager; not enough

"a ___ allowance of provisions or water; a ___ pattern of cloth for a garment"

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Gibbous moon

Back 141

Luna menguante

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Whit

Back 142

- The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota

"Now I was eight and very small,

And he was no ___ bigger

And so I smiled, but he poked out

His tongue, and called me, '******.'"

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Of something

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Misdemeanor

Back 143

Minor wrongdoing

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WAG

Back 144

Wifes and girlfriends

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Hoax

Back 145

Malicious /humorous deception

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To decry

Back 146

- (transitive) To denounce as harmful

"While ___ing bureaucracy and demanding participatory democracy they, themselves, frequently attempt to manipulate the very group of workers, blacks or students on whose behalf they demand participation."

- (transitive) To blame for ills

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Oath

Back 147

Solemn promise (divine)

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Denizen

Back 148

Fauna y flora

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Ludicrous

Back 149

- Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny

"He made a ludicrous attempt to run for office."

- Amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd (ridículo)

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Triffling (adj)

Back 150

- Trivial, or of little importance

"... it doesn't take him long to make any of them, and he sells them for some trifling sum of money."

- Idle or frivolous

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Something

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To supersede

Back 151

- (transitive) To take the place of

"Those older products have been ___ed by our new range."

- (transitive) To displace in favour of itself

"Modern US culture has ___ed the native forms."

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Someone supersedes another person

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Beneath

Back 152

Underneath

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Exertion

Back 153

Effort

Hint 153

No relacionado con coacción

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Dusky

Back 154

- Dimly lit, as at ___ (evening)

"I like it when it is ___, just before the street lights come on."

- Having a shade of color that is rather dark

"The ___ rose was of a muted color, not clashing with any of the other colors."

- ashen; having a greyish skin coloration

"The patient was in shock and had a ___ skin tone"

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Alas!

Back 155

Expresses pity or concern

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Lustre

Back 156

- Shine, polish or sparkle

"He polished the brass doorknob to a high ___."

- By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor

"After so many years in the same field, the job had lost its ___."

- Refinement, polish or quality

"He spoke with all the ___ a seasoned enthusiast should have."

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To betake oneself to

Back 157

Go to

"... he mechanically rose, and sleepily wondering what could be in the wind, ___ himself to the designated place ..."

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Hail

Back 158

Granizo

Praise

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Slumber

Back 159

Sleep

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Din

Back 160

A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion

Spanish: estruendo

"Think you a little din can daunt mine ears?"

"[B]red to war, / He knew the battle’s din afar, / And joyed to hear it swell."

"How often, hither wandering down,My Arthur found your shadows fair,And shook to all the liberal airThe dust and din and steam of town:"

"Invigorated by this jolt of misanthropy, he moved sleekly through the din, ignored his name when it was called, withdrew his elbow when it was plucked [...]"

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To deem

Back 161

Consider in a special way

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Mental

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To ensue (intransitive)

Back 162

To occur afterwards, as a result or effect

"Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ___."

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Abstract

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Appalling

Back 163

Horrifying and astonishing.That was an appalling waste of money.Extremely bad; terribleSynonymsawful, grotesque, horrid, hideous, terrible

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Hoary

Back 164

White or gray with age

"The old man bowed his ___ head in acquiescence."

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Appearance

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To roam

Back 165

Move aimlessly

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To revel

Back 166

To make merry; to have a gay, lively time

"It can be an opportunity to ___ in sounds and sensations, to not be so concerned about where we are going but to enjoy the moment and become comfortable where we are"

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Mingle

Back 167

Mix

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Rim

Back 168

Borde (noun)

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Surmise

Back 169

Conjetura

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Cosy

Back 170

Acogedor

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Snug (adj)

Back 171

Fitting closely but comfortably

Warm and comfortable; cosy.I felt snug tucked up in my snug bed

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Textile

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Expedient

Back 172

Practical but improper

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Something

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Lancet

Back 173

Bisturí

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To deter

Back 174

- (transitive) To prevent something from happening

- (transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage

- (transitive) To distract someone from something

"we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise

Synonyms dissuade

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To clutch

Back 175

Agarrar

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Peril

Back 176

Peligro

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Gulf

Back 177

Golfo

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Ruddy (adj)

Back 178

Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky (rubicundo)

Hint 178

Appearance

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Vault

Back 179

Bóveda

Hint 179

Arch

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Whatsoever

Back 180

At all

"He gave me no answer ____."

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To kindle

Back 181

Set on fire

Inspire

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Betrothed

Back 182

Prometido

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Lure

Back 183

- something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure

- (fishing) an artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fisha bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk

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Shabby

Back 184

- Torn or worn; unkempt

"They lived in a tiny apartment, with some old, ___ furniture."

- Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments

"The fellow arrived looking rather ___ after journeying so far"

- Mean; paltry; despicable

"___ treatment"

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Bum

Back 185

- (North America) A homeless person, usually a man

- (North America) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man

"Fred is becoming a ___ - he's not even bothering to work more than once a month."

"That mechanic's a ___ - he couldn't fix a yo-yo."

"That guy keeps interrupting the concert. Throw the ___ out!"

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Rolling boiling water

Back 186

Hirviendo a saco

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Interim (adj)

Back 187

- transitional

"Iraq's government is ___."

- temporary

"You are ___ manager until he returns from hospital."

Hint 187

Time

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Obnoxious

Back 188

Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible

"Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your ___ behaviour."

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To simmer

Back 189

Cocinar a fuego lento

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Sulky

Back 190

(often) silent and withdrawn after being upset

"the ___ child"

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Stooge

Back 191

Secuaz

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Person

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To wager

Back 192

(transitive) To bet something; to put it up as collateral

"I'd ___ my boots on it."

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Sly

Back 193

With skill in deception

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Sentient

Back 194

With feeling and unstructured consciousness

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To endow

Back 195

- (transitive) To provide with money or other benefits, as a permanent fund for support

"He won the handsomely ___ prizes of Infosys for economic research"

- (transitive) To enrich or furnish with something as a gift, quality or faculty

"For it is not aimlessly that Divine Providence ___ a human being with qualities so exceptional and exalted."

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Dyscrasia

Back 196

Abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body

Hint 196

Body

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Bile

Back 197

Bilis

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To lance

Back 198

Open by piercing with a lancet

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To brag

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(intransitive) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself

"to ___ of one's exploits, courage, or money"

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People brag

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Wart

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Verruga

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Gout

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Gota

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Enfermedad

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Rash

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Red eruption in the skin

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Physical

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Heady

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Extremely exciting (alcohol or narcotics)

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Mood

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Schnapps

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- (uncountable) A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.

- (countable) A serving of this beverage

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Arse

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Ano

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Endeavour

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Earnest activity that requires great effort

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Vicariously

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In a way that is experienced in the imagination through the actions of another person. "she was living vicariously through her children"; by proxy

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Shag

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Pelusa

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Physical

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To roil

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Enturbiar

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A liquid

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Caprice

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Capricho

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Solace

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Comfort among distress

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Contempt

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Lack of respect with dislike

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Dreary

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Depressingly dull or repetitive

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Weary

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- Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued

"A ___ traveller knocked at the door."

- Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick

"soldiers ___ of marching, or of confinement;  I grew ___ of studying and left the library."

- Expressive of fatigue

"He gave me a ___ smile."

- Causing ___ness; tiresome

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Bleak (adj)

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- Without color; pale; pallid

"When she came out she looked as pale and as ___ as one that were laid out dead"

- Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate

"The survey paints a ___ picture"

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Physical

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Ember

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Glowing coal or wood

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Maiden

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- (now chiefly literary) A girl or an unmarried young woman (doncella)

- A female virgin "She's unmarried and still a maiden."

- A maidservant.

- A clothes maiden.

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Shutter

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Contraventana

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Object

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To fling

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To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl

"Tis Fate that ___s the dice: and, as she ___s, / Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings."

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To mutter

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To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath (murmurar)

"The beggar ___ed words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup."

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Respite

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Rest from something unpleasant

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To shriek

Back 222

High-pitched piercing sound

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Minstrel

Back 223

Medieval bard

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To clasp

Back 224

Grab tightly

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Shroud

Back 225

That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment

Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet

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Chime

Back 226

Melodious bell

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To flutter

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Fly unsteadily

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Movement

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Stern

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Serious (authority/discipline)

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Countenance

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- Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face

- Favour; support; encouragement

- Calm facial expression, composure, self-control

Spanish: semblante, apariencia, expresión, rostro, faz

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To utter

Back 230

Make audible expression

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To bore

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Make a hole

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Grim (adj)

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dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding

"Life was ___ in many northern industrial towns."

rigid and unrelenting

"His ___ determination enabled him to win."

ghastly or sinister

"A ___ castle overshadowed the village"

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Ominous (adj)

Back 233

Something bad will happen

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Censer

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Incense container

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Chasm

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Abismo

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Mirth

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- The emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety

"And he began to laugh again, and that so heartily, that, though I did not see the joke as he did, I was again obliged to join him in his ___."

"They laughed as children do when they cannot contain themselves, and can not explain the cause of their ___ to grown people, but share it perfectly together."

Synonyms: delight, glee, hilarity, jollity

Antonyms: sadness, gloom

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Deft (adj)

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Diestro

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To shrug

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Encogerse de hombros

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Grisly

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Espeluznante

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To quiver

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Temblar

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Bearing

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Rodamiento

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Dread

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Pavor

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Groin

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Ingle

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Blissful

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Dichoso

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Skirmish

Back 245

(military) A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.(figuratively) Any minor dispute.A type of outdoor military style game using paintball or similar weapons.

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To wither

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Marchitarse

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To shatter

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Hacerse añicos

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Woe

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Pesar (noun)

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Wretched

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Miserable

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Lenient

Back 250

Clemente

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Stingy

Back 251

Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl

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Banter

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Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.Synonyms: pleasantry, raillery

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Scathing

Back 253

harshly or bitterly critical

harmful or painful; acerbic

(mordaz)

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To shove

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To push, especially roughly or with force

"The ship was anon shoven in the sea."

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Physical

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Gall

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(anatomy) The gall bladder. ▼ show(uncountable) A feeling of exasperation. ▼ show(uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah. ▲ hide1917, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 6, in The Oakdale Affair‎:“Durn ye!” he cried. “I’ll lam ye! Get offen here. I knows ye. Yer one o’ that gang o’ bums that come here last night, an’ now you got the gall to come back beggin’ for food, eh? I’ll lam ye!” and he raised the gun to his shoulder.

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Bleary

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Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion

(of eyes or vision) dim, unclear from water or rheum

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Somebody is

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To seep

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Filtrarse

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Something seeps in

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Clatter

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Estrépito

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To gasp

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Jadear

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To leer

Back 260

Mirar maliciosamente

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Somebody

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Gruelling

Back 261

So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking

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Physical

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To babble

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Balbucear

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Unconscionable

Back 263

Inconcebible

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Faint (adj)

Back 264

(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousnessI felt faint after my fifth gin and tonic.Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected ▼ showBarely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharpThere was a faint red light in the distance.Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energyfaint effortsfaint resistance

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Disingenuous

Back 265

Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; fake or deceptive

"I am not so vain as to think these Remarks free from faults, nor so ____ as not to confess them"

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False friend

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Dazzling

Back 266

Deslumbrante

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Swivel

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Rotating joint

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Object

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Panting

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Jadeante

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Physical

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Decoy

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A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.

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Despise

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Desprecio

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Paltry (adj)

Back 271

Trashy, trivial, of little value

"This is indeed a ___ flyer about a silly product."

Meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling

"Could someone hope to survive on such a ___ income?"

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Fluke

Back 272

Golpe de suerte

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Inmaterial

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Wary

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Cauteloso

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Grief

Back 274

- Suffering, hardship

"The neighbour's teenage give me ___ every time they see me."

- Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness

"She was worn out from so much ___." "The betrayal caused Jeff ___."

- (countable) Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.

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Anguish

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Angustia

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Cocoon

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Capullo

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Shimmer (noun)

Back 277

A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer

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Orchard

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Huerto

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Sturdy

Back 279

Of firm build; stiff; stout; strong.a sturdy oak tree▼ showSolid in structure or person.It was a sturdy building, able to withstand strong winds and cold weather.The dog was sturdy and could work all day without getting tired.(obsolete) Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn. ▼ showResolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality.a man of sturdy piety or patriotism

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Gruesome

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repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly (truculento)

"In the middle of the floor lay a skeleton [...]. Upon the bed lay a similar ___ thing, but smaller, while in a tiny cradle near-by was a third, a wee mite of a skeleton."

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Throb

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Latido

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Plea

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Súplica

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Feint

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Finta

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Hive

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Colmena

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Crease

Back 285

Pliegue

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Soothing

Back 286

With gently calming effect

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Giddy

Back 287

Dizzy, feeling dizzy or unsteady and as if about to fall down.The man became giddy upon standing up so fast.Causing dizziness: causing dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.They climbed to a giddy height.Lightheartedly silly, or joyfully elated. ▼ showThe boy was giddy when he opened his birthday presents.

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To stoop

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To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward

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Stool

Back 289

Banquito

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Outwardly (adv)

Back 290

externally or on the outside, or on the surface"The terrorist was outwardly a bank clerk."toward the outside

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Morose

Back 291

Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humor

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Brooding (adj)

Back 292

Deeply or seriously thoughtful

"You like T. S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land'? You must be so brooding and deep"

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Mind

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Trifle

Back 293

An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.Coordinate terms: tiramisu, bread puddingAnything that is of little importance or worth.Synonyms: bagatelle, minor detail, whiffle,

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Queer

Back 294

Extraño

(maricón)

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Midget

Back 295

Enano

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Ente

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Buttocks

Back 296

usually) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern. ▼ showSynonymsasscheek (crude)butt-cheekarsecheek (crude)bum-cheekcheekhammoundhurdies (plural only)

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Acorn

Back 297

Bellota

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Randy

Back 298

Feeling great sexual desire

"She was feeling a little ___."

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Mood

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Git

Back 299

Despicable person

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Somebody

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Cobblers

Back 300

(Cockney rhyming slang) testicles (___’s awls, for balls)

"Then she only goes and kicks me right in me ___, don’t she!"

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Bad word

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Chowder

Back 301

Thick soup of milk, bacon, onions, potatoes

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Food

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Toddler

Back 302

Young child

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Resentful

Back 303

Resentido

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Spleen

Back 304

Bazo

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Pomegranate

Back 305

Granada

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To tickle

Back 306

Hacer cosquillas

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Ribald (adj)

Back 307

Coarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way (obsceno, impúdico)

"His delicate purity felt a horror of ___ jests which our more hardened spirits cannot estimate!"

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Behavior

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Heathen

Back 308

Pagano

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He is a

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To defile

Back 309

- (transitive) To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil. Synonyms: contaminate, pollute, spoil, sully, dirty; Antonyms: clean, purify, make clean

- (transitive) To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.

- (transitive) To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane. Antonyms: hallow, sanctify, consecrate "To urinate on someone’s grave is an example of a way to defile it."

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Somebody

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Sanction

Back 310

Formal approval

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False friend

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Unwitting

Back 311

Unaware or uninformed; oblivious

Unintentional

"Some people, apparently, have thought about it and reached the conclusion that every case of being misinformed is ___."

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Not strictly related to 'wit'

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Surreptitious

Back 312

Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements)

"___ audiovisual commercial communication should be prohibited."

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Artichoke

Back 313

Alcachofa

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Malingering

Back 314

Evading duty by pretending to be incapacitated

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To tout (transitive)

Back 315

To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote

"China has ___ its policy of non-interference for decades."

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Somebody ~ something (business)

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Conceited

Back 316

Excessively proud of oneself

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Good breeding

Back 317

Buena cuna

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Agreeable

Back 318

Pleasurable

(colloquial) Willing; ready to agree or consent

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Pliant

Back 319

Easily influenced

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Somebody being

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To endear

Back 320

To make (someone) dear or precious

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Haughty

Back 321

Arrogantly superior (soberbio)

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Somebody

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Fastidious

Back 322

Very concerned about accuracy

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Demi-false friend

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acquainted

Back 323

Familiar with

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Unshackled

Back 324

Not chained

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Elated

Back 325

Ecstatically happy

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Supercilious

Back 326

Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty

"Now he was a sturdy, straw haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner."

"Buffeted by criticism of his policy on Europe, battered by rebellion in the ranks over his bill to legalize same-sex marriage and wounded by the perception that he is supercilious, contemptuous and out of touch with mainstream Conservatism, Mr. Cameron earlier this week took the highly unusual step of sending a mass e-mail (or, as he called it, “a personal note”) to his party’s grass-roots members."

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Cobblestones

Back 327

A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads

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Wading

Back 328

Walking with your feet in a shallow pool

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To groan

Back 329

To make a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief (gemir); a low, guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval (gruñir)

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Soiree

Back 330

Night party at private house

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Butler

Back 331

Mayordomo

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Person

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Dildo

Back 332

Vibrador

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To segue

Back 333

The act of changing smoothly from one situation to another

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Concourse

Back 334

Big gathering of people

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Social

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To cherish

Back 335

- To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care

- To have a deep appreciation of; to hold dear.Antonyms: despiseI cherish your friendship.

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Vain

Back 336

- Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason

- Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying

- Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile

"vain toil;  a vain attempt"

- Showy; ostentatious

Synonyms(overly proud of oneself) conceited; puffed up; inflated(pointless) pointless, futile, fruitless, ineffectual

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A person is

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Inducement

Back 337

An incentive that helps bring about a desired state. In some contexts, this can imply bribery.

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To bestow

Back 338

Confer (an honour, right, gift)

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To hinder

Back 339

(transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle"A drought hinders the growth of plants."

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Chap

Back 340

Boy or man

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Lad

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Ladle

Back 341

Cucharón

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To cast

Back 342

To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way

(now) To throw

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Heir

Back 343

Heredero

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Attorney

Back 344

Representante legal (abogado)

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Contrived

Back 345

Deliberately created (not spontaneous)

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Something

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Be engrossed in/by

Back 346

Having all the attention absorbed by

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Effusion

Back 347

- A liquid outpouring

- (figurative) An outpouring of speech or emotion

"Captain Spaulding: My friends, I am highly gratified by this magnificent display of ___ ..."

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Communication

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Compassionate

Back 348

- Having, feeling or showing ___; sympathetic

"There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and ___."

- Of a leave, given to someone because of a domestic emergency

"___ leave"

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Contrivance

Back 349

- a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective

"And along with each of these go their images, not the things themselves, — they too have come about by godlike ___."

- something overly artful or artificial

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To withhold (transitive)

Back 350

To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner (retener)

To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing

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No es contenerse

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Draughts

Back 351

Damas

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To stub

Back 352

Accidentally strike your toe against an object

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To grumble

Back 353

Low uttered complaint

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Fishmonger

Back 354

Someone who sells fish

Front 355

Behest (noun)

Back 355

A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request

"to do his master's high ___"

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Communication

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Bumper

Back 356

Parachoques

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Wrought

Back 357

Moldeado

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Puny

Back 358

Inferior in strength or significance

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Biz

Back 359

(slang) Business

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Noun

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Elan

Back 360

Distinctive and stylish elegance

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To arouse

Back 361

To stimulate feelings (provocar) "The new building proposals in the village are ___ unneeded discomfort."

To sexually stimulate"I can't keep my eyes off the dancer; she arouses me greatly."To wake from sleep or stupor."She was snoring and nothing would ___ her"

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Cashews

Back 362

Anacardos

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To abuse

Back 363

(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]He abused his authority.(transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly. [from mid 16th c.]Synonyms: maltreat, injure(transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage. [from early 17th c.]Synonyms: revile, reproach, vilify, vituperate, Thesaurus:offend▼ show(transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually. [from mid 20th c.](transitive, archaic) To violate; defile; to rape. [from around 1350 to 1470]

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To scamper

Back 364

To run quickly and lightly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner (corretear)

"The dog ___ed after the squirrel"

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Movimiento

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Jot

Back 365

Iota; the smallest letter or stroke of any writing. ▼ showA small amount, bit; the smallest amount.He didn't care a jot for his work.

Hint 365

A jot of something

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To berate

Back 366

To scold vehemently (reprender)

"A thousand times I ___ed myself for being drawn into such a trap as I might have known these pits easily could be."

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Communication

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Scorched

Back 367

Having everything destroyed for avoiding enemy salvage

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To salvage

Back 368

(transitive, of property, people or situations at risk) to rescue.(transitive, of discarded goods) to put to use.(transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.

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Flail

Back 369

Mayal

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Threshing

Back 370

Trilla

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Thrashing

Back 371

Inflict corporal punishment with repetitive blows

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Vow

Back 372

- A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order (voto)

"The old hermit, up in the mountains, took a ___ of silence."

- A declaration or assertion

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To pledge

Back 373

Promise solemnly and formally

"The candidate ___ed to build a new stadium."

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Ailing

Back 374

Ill or prone to illness

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To crave

Back 375

- (transitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for

"I have a ___ for sweets

- To ask for earnestly

"I humbly ___ your indulgence to read this letter until the end."

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Studded

Back 376

Dotted with tachuelas

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To mull

Back 377

Reflect deeply on a subject

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Mind

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Lewd

Back 378

Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude

"Onstage he was known for ricochet riffs on politics, social issues and cultural matters both high and low; tales of drug and alcohol abuse; ___ commentaries on relations between the sexes; and lightning-like improvisations on anything an audience member might toss at him."

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Scrambled

Back 379

Thrown together in a disorderly fashion

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To scramble

Back 380

Bring into random order

Front 381

To plow

Back 381

Arar

Hint 381

Movimiento

Front 382

Snooker

Back 382

Billar de bolas rojas

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To stuff

Back 383

Fill with a material

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Untenable

Back 384

Insostenible

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Gravel

Back 385

Grava

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Mistaken

Back 386

Erroneous."This is a clear case of mistaken identity." (with a copula verb) Having an incorrect belief."I think you must be mistaken." "He admitted he was mistaken about the budget numbers"

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To tax

Back 387

(transitive) To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest.(transitive) To impose and collect a tax on (something).Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.(transitive) To make excessive demands on.Do not tax my patience.▼ show(transitive) To accuse.(transitive) To examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.

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To prevail on (sb) to (do sth)

Back 388

(intransitive) To succeed in persuading or inducing

"I ___ed __ him __ wait."

"Jones began to be very importunate with the lady to unmask; and at length having ___ed, there appeared not Mrs Fitzpatrick, but the Lady Bellaston herself."

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To moan

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- (intransitive) To make a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure or similar sound (gemir)

- (transitive) To say in a ___, or with a ___ing voice.

"‘Please don't leave me,’ he ___ed."

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To call forth

Back 390

- (transitive) To summon, to call to speak.

"They were called forth as witnesses"

- (transitive) To induce, inspire

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Walnut

Back 391

Nuez

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To slump

Back 392

Fall heavily or suddenly

Front 393

Coveted

Back 393

Codiciado

Hint 393

Not tachuelas

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To curb (transitive)

Back 394

Put down by force or authority

"___ your dog."

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Human subject

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Stranded

Back 395

Cut off or left behind

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Sleazy

Back 396

- Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate

- raunchy or perverted in nature; tastelessly sexual; skeezy

- untrustworthy, unreliable, questionable, sketchy, shady, slimy

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Somebody is (bad)

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Sprinkler

Back 397

Aspersor

Front 398

Tingle

Back 398

- (intransitive) To ring

- A prickling or mildly stinging sensation

"Meanwhile the sick woman, frowning prodigiously, and openly scoffing at the whole procedure, was, in spite of herself, beginning to ___ with a feeling perilously near to excitement."

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Freight

Back 399

Mercancía

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Commendation

Back 400

Formal praise

Front 401

To defer something

Back 401

Postpone

Front 402

Blot

Back 402

Dark ink stain

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Reproof

Back 403

- expression of disapproval

- criticise, rebuke or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone

"___ not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee."

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Panegyric

Back 404

Public speech in praise of someone

Front 405

Rash (adj)

Back 405

Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty.

"rash words spoken in the heat of debate"

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Behavior

Front 406

To atone

Back 406

(ambitransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency

Synonyms: expiate, propitiate

Front 407

Conviction

Back 407

(countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law

(countable) A firmly held belief

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Alacrity

Back 408

Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm

"'I'll get into the clothes this minute, if they're here,' said Sam, with great ___"

Promptness; speed

"seeing a white man on the path, hoisted his weapon to his shoulder with ___"

Front 409

Gaily

Back 409

In a light-hearted way

Front 410

To ramble

Back 410

Walk for pleasure in the countryside

Front 411

Whim

Back 411

Sudden change of mind, unexplained

Hint 411

Whimsical

Front 412

Vice

Back 412

Vicio

Front 413

Hurdle race

Back 413

Carrera de obstáculos

Front 414

Slovenly

Back 414

Negligent of neatness, especially in dress and person

Hint 414

Appearance

Front 415

Eugenics

Back 415

Improving genetics by selective breeding

Front 416

Post-script

Back 416

Post-data

Front 417

Laconic

Back 417

Using very few words

Front 418

Threadbare

Back 418

- (of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show

"Unkempt, in threadbare clothes, with holed shoes and sun-cured hide, my costume is permanent: the traveler, the man from far away"

- damaged or shabby

"Holy Virgin stood in the main Convent of Glatz, in rather a threadbare condition, when the Prussians first approached;"

Front 419

To flog

Back 419

Beat with a whip or stick as a punishment

Front 420

Stately

Back 420

Imposing; grand, impressive (majestuoso)

"Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered."

Hint 420

Appearance

Front 421

Destitute

Back 421

Extremely poor and lacking means to provide for oneself

Hint 421

Somebody is

Front 422

To gape

Back 422

Be or become wide open

Hint 422

Physical

Front 423

Commission

Back 423

A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something)

"It was James Bond's ___ to defeat the bad guys."

An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers

"David received his ___ after graduating from West Point"

Front 424

Unassuming

Back 424

modest and having no pretensions or ostentation

"A shy, ___ scientist"

Hint 424

Somebody is

Front 425

Exonym

Back 425

A place name or a personal name used by foreigners instead of the native-language version used by its inhabitants

Front 426

Draconian

Back 426

With unforgiving laws

Front 427

To chuckle

Back 427

Laugh quietly or with restrain

Front 428

To bequeath

Back 428

Dar en herencia (legar)

Hint 428

Someone bequeaths something to another person

Front 429

To forfeit

Back 429

Lose something as a penalty for wrongdoing

Hint 429

Somebody forfeits something

Front 430

To vouch

Back 430

- To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest

- To warrant; to maintain by affirmations Synonyms: attest, affirm, avouch

"I can vouch that the match took place."

- To back; to support; to confirm.

Front 431

Duly

Back 431

In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; properly (debidamente) "The citizen's concern was duly noted in the meeting minutes."

Regularly; at the proper time

Front 432

To entreat

Back 432

Ask for earnestly

Front 433

To enact

Back 433

(transitive) to make (a bill) into law

Front 434

Notwithstanding

Back 434

- Nevertheless

"But ___, man, I'll do you your master what good I can"

- In spite of

Front 435

Breach

Back 435

- A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violenceSynonyms: break, rupture, fissure

- A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out

Front 436

To forsake

Back 436

Abandon

Front 437

Heresy

Back 437

Herejía

Front 438

To abet

Back 438

Assist or encourage in wrongdoing

"There are those who commit the crime and there are those who aid and ___."

Hint 438

Somebody abets another person at doing something

Front 439

To extenuate

Back 439

Lessen the seriousness of a crime

Hint 439

Legal

Front 440

Commendable

Back 440

Worthy of commendation; deserving praise; admirable, creditable, or meritorious

Front 441

Sentiment

Back 441

A general thought, feeling, or sense

Personal belief not founded on proof

Front 442

Pursuant to

Back 442

In conformance to (en virtud de)

"The present working paper is submitted ___ __ that decision"

Front 443

Stench

Back 443

Hedor

Front 444

To enjoin

Back 444

Direct somebody to do something with authority

"pointed to the ground as a sign that this spot would do, and put his finger on his lips to enjoin silence"

Hint 444

Somebody enjoins another person

Front 445

To subdue

Back 445

- To overcome, quieten, or bring under control

- To bring (a country) under control by force.

Synonyms: underbring

Front 446

Haze

Back 446

Neblina

Front 447

Barren

Back 447

Infertile

Front 448

Hay

Back 448

Heno

Front 449

Hedge

Back 449

Bush fence

Front 450

Lofty

Back 450

high, tall, having great height or stature

"When the night was half spent, I rose and walked on, till the day broke in all its beauty and the sun rose over the heads of the ___ hills and athwart the low gravelly plains."

Front 451

To forbear

Back 451

- (transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from

- (intransitive) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay

"Shall I go ... to battle, or shall I forbear?"

- (intransitive) To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed

- (intransitive) To control oneself when provoked

Front 452

Morsel

Back 452

Mouthful

Front 453

To mince

Back 453

Cut into small pieces

Front 454

Mischief

Back 454

Malicious behavior that causes discomfort (travesura)

Front 455

Loon

Back 455

An idler, a lout(slang) A crazy or deranged person.

Front 456

Lackey

Back 456

Lacayo

Front 457

Shrewd

Back 457

- showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters

- artful, tricky or cunning

- streetwise

(perspicaz)

Hint 457

Somebody is (good)

Front 458

Nimble (adj)

Back 458

Moving quickly and lightly (ágil)

Hint 458

Movement

Front 459

Rabble (noun)

Back 459

- A mob; a disorderly crowd

- The mass of common people; the lowest class of people

Front 460

August

Back 460

- Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable

"an ___ patron of the arts"

- Of noble birth

"an ___ lineage"

Front 461

Hinge

Back 461

Bisagra

Front 462

Schism

Back 462

Cisma

Front 463

To swagger

Back 463

- To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vain

- glorious; to bluster; to bully

"To be great is not ... to ___ at our footmen."

Front 464

Heap

Back 464

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people. ▼ showA pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.a heap of earth or stones▼ showA great number or large quantity of things. ▼ show(computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.(computing) Memory that is dynamically allocated.

Front 465

Shin

Back 465

Espinilla (pierna)

Hint 465

Body

Front 466

Allure

Back 466

The power to attract through personal charm

Front 467

Bill

Back 467

The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a turtle, platypus, or other animal

Front 468

Trough

Back 468

Abrevadero

Front 469

To vindicate

Back 469

Show to be right by providing proof

Hint 469

Someone vindicates

Front 470

Splinter

Back 470

Astilla

Hint 470

Object

Front 471

Secluded

Back 471

Hidden, isolated, remote

"No one, however, thought of the haughty and ___ young gentleman who ... when he rode on his black hunter into Dublin, avoided the village, and took the high-road by Inchicore."

Front 472

To peruse

Back 472

Examine in detail

Front 473

Havoc

Back 473

widespread devastation, destruction (estrago)

"As for Saul, he made ___ of the church."

"Ye gods, what ___ does ambition make / Among your works"

Front 474

Grating (noun)

Back 474

Unpleasantly harsh sound

Hint 474

Sensorial

Front 475

To fast

Back 475

Ayunar

Front 476

To tow

Back 476

(transitive) To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul. (Remolcar)

(running, cycling, motor racing, etc.) To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.

Front 477

Gibberish

Back 477

Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless

Hint 477

Communication

Front 478

To feign

Back 478

Make believe with the intention of deceiving (fingir)

Hint 478

Someday feigns that

Front 479

Levity

Back 479

Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; lack of appropriate seriousness; inclination to make a joke of serious matters

Hint 479

Relations

Front 480

Wreck

Back 480

Ship destroyed at sea

Front 481

To crouch

Back 481

Sit on one's heels

Front 482

Heel

Back 482

Talón

Front 483

Scrawny

Back 483

Very thin (escuálido)

"He was ___, read books, and went to school."

Hint 483

Physical

Front 484

Shawl

Back 484

Pañuelo-capucha

Front 485

Innuendo

Back 485

Indirect, malicious implication

Front 486

Ravage

Back 486

Depredation or devastation (estrago)

"the ___ of a lion; the ___s of fire or tempest; the ___s of an army, or of time"

Front 487

Lather

Back 487

The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water

Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse

A state of agitation

Front 488

Worldly

Back 488

Mundano

Front 489

Earnestly

Back 489

In an ___ manner; being very sincere; putting forth genuine effort

Front 490

To rebuke

Back 490

Express sharp criticism of someone because of their behavior (reprochar)

" his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton"

Hint 490

Somebody rebukes another person

Front 491

Sought

Back 491

Past tense of seek

Front 492

To surmise

Back 492

Suppose that something is true without having evidence

Front 493

Forbearance

Back 493

Patient self-control

Front 494

Wholly

Back 494

Entirely

Front 495

To surmount

Back 495

Deal with successfully, overcome

"this difficulty may perhaps be ___ed by care and art"

Hint 495

Action

Front 496

To fret

Back 496

Be visibly anxious

Hint 496

Mood

Front 497

Discernment

Back 497

- The ability to distinguish; judgement

- Discrimination

- The ability to distinguish between things

- The ability to perceive differences that exist

- The condition of understanding

Front 498

Derision

Back 498

Act of treating with disdain (sorna, desprecio)

Hint 498

Behavior

Front 499

Unfettered

Back 499

Not bound by shackles

Front 500

Pitch

Back 500

An effort to sell or promote something

"He gave me a sales pitch."

Hint 500

Business

Front 501

To purport to verb

Back 501

To intend

"He ___ _ become an international man of affairs."

Front 502

Misdeed

Back 502

That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime

"The petty ___s of his youth came back to haunt him when he ran for political office and his character was smeared."

Front 503

Spin a yarn

Back 503

Contar cuentos chinos

Front 504

Ire

Back 504

Ira

Front 505

Pensive

Back 505

Deeply or seriously thoughtful

Front 506

Wistful

Back 506

- Full of longing or yearning

"His eyes grew ___ as he recalled his university days"

- Sad and thoughtful (pensive sadness)

Hint 506

Presumably from *whistful, from whist ("silent") + -ful, based on older wistly.

Front 507

Sundial

Back 507

Reloj de sol

Front 508

Vine

Back 508

Vid

Front 509

Husky

Back 509

Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion (hoarse, gruff)

Front 510

Gruff (adj)

Back 510

having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature

hoarse-voiced

Front 511

Fractious

Back 511

Easily irritated or annoyed

"…in his present ___ mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information."

Hint 511

Mood

Front 512

Pungent

Back 512

- Capable of wounding

- Having a strong odor that stings the nose, said especially of acidic or spicy substances

"I accidentally dropped the bottle of ammonia and after few seconds, a very ___ stench could be detected"

- Having a strong taste that stings the tongue, said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste

Hint 512

Caustic

Front 513

Caustic

Back 513

Harsh or corrosive in tone (pungent)

Front 514

To saunter

Back 514

Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim (to stroll)

Hint 514

Movement

Front 515

Haphazard

Back 515

Dependent upon chance

Front 516

To swoon

Back 516

To faint, to lose consciousness

Hint 516

Physical

Front 517

To sway

Back 517

Mecerse

Front 518

Mellow

Back 518

Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or marijuana

Front 519

Hillbilly

Back 519

Palurdo

Front 520

Gilded

Back 520

Dorado

Front 521

To dawdle

Back 521

(intransitive) To spend time idly and unfruitfully, to waste time

"Come some evening and ___ over a dish of tea with me.

Front 522

Bashful

Back 522

Reluctant to withdraw attention to oneself

Front 523

Uproar

Back 523

Loud and impassioned noise or disturbance

Front 524

Dejection

Back 524

- A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.

- The act of humbling or abasing oneself.

- A low condition; weakness; inability.

Synonyms: despondency, downheartedness, crestfallenness

Spanish: abatimiento, desaliento, desánimo

Hint 524

Mood

Front 525

To comprise

Back 525

Consist of

Front 526

Skewed

Back 526

Sesgado

Front 527

Subterfuge

Back 527

Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

Front 528

Jaunty

Back 528

(Formerly spelt janty, from French gentil.)

Having a cheerful, lively and self-confident air

Front 529

Conservatory (noun)

Back 529

Vivero

Hint 529

Structure

Front 530

Skimming

Back 530

Failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes

Front 531

Racket

Back 531

A loud and disturbing noise

(countable) A racquet: an implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton

Hint 531

Sound

Front 532

Wail

Back 532

A cry of sorrow and grief

Front 533

Jerk

Back 533

Abrupt spasmodic movement

Front 534

To rustle

Back 534

A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves

"He heard the silken ___ of a dressing-gown being drawn on"

Front 535

To toss

Back 535

A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care

"toss a coin"

Front 536

Stale

Back 536

Lacking freshness or deteriorating from age

Hint 536

Musty

Front 537

Mold

Back 537

A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance (molde)

A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air (moho)

Front 538

Hatred

Back 538

A so strong dislike feeling that even demands action

Front 539

To swindle

Back 539

To defraud someone

To obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods

(estafar, timar)

Hint 539

To swindle someone

Front 540

Fender

Back 540

Guardabarros

Defensas de un barco

Front 541

Wreath

Back 541

Flower ring

Front 542

Scrubs

Back 542

Protective garment worn by surgeons during operations

Front 543

Composed

Back 543

Having one's feelings and expression under control

Hint 543

Human

Front 544

Irksome

Back 544

-Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition (bothersome, annoying, irritating, wearisome, tedious)

"He has this ___ habit of racing up to red lights, so he has to brake heavily."

Front 545

Pang (noun)

Back 545

Sudden sharp pain

Hint 545

Physical

Front 546

To spook

Back 546

Frighten or scare

Front 547

To chirp

Back 547

Sharp sound made by small birds or insects

Front 548

To caw

Back 548

Utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks or ravens

Front 549

Rook

Back 549

Torre (ajedrez)

Front 550

Crank

Back 550

Motor barco

Hint 550

Object

Front 551

Fussy

Back 551

Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be ill-tempered (especially of babies)

Front 552

Hood

Back 552

Aggressive and violent young criminal

Hint 552

Person

Front 553

Hamlet

Back 553

A community of people smaller than a village

Front 554

Clatter

Back 554

Estrépito

Front 555

To ditch

Back 555

Sever all ties with usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly

Front 556

Knack

Back 556

A special way of doing something (maña)

Front 557

To screech

Back 557

- A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface

- A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream

Front 558

Felony

Back 558

A serious crime

Front 559

Arson

Back 559

Malicious fire to destroy property

Front 560

Spool

Back 560

Carrete

Hint 560

Object

Front 561

Toll

Back 561

Peaje

Front 562

Booze (noun)

Back 562

Distilled alcoholic beverage

Front 563

Remorse

Back 563

Remordimiento

Front 564

Slack

Back 564

Not tense

Front 565

Veneer

Back 565

Ornamental coating

Front 566

Turmoil

Back 566

A state of great disorder or uncertainty

"This proposed rules are throwing their businesses

Front 567

Lush

Back 567

Produced in extreme abundance

Front 568

Kooky

Back 568

(slang) Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane

"His ___ behavior seemed charming at first, but soon got on our nerves."

Front 569

Ethnic slur

Back 569

Allegations about members of a given ethnicity to refer them in a pejorative manner

Front 570

Maggot

Back 570

The larva of the housefly

Front 571

Strife

Back 571

Conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.

Hint 571

Human interaction

Front 572

Raving

Back 572

Declaiming wildly

Front 573

Nefarious

Back 573

Extremely wicked

Front 574

Kinky

Back 574

With bizarre sexual tastes

Front 575

Unguarded

Back 575

Having no guard or protection; vulnerable

"The unguarded gatehouse was soon taken by the invading army." Displaying a lack of caution or thought

"I let out her secret in an unguarded moment."

Front 576

Boisterous

Back 576

Noisy, energetic and cheerful

Hint 576

Mood

Front 577

Borne (verb)

Back 577

Past participle of bear

Front 578

Insensible

Back 578

- Unable to be perceived by the senses

- Incapable or deprived of physical sensation

- Unable to be understood; unintelligible

- Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless

- Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent

- Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.

Front 579

To retort

Back 579

Say something in answer to a remark typically in a sharp manner

Front 580

Incensed

Back 580

Enraged; infuriated; spitefully or furiously angry

"I think it would ___ him to learn the truth."

Front 581

Spanking (noun)

Back 581

A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks."Domestic spanking is often endured over the knee (or lap), formal spanking rather applied over a contraption such as a tresle or A-frame, with or without constraints"

Front 582

To cuddle

Back 582

Hold a person or thing close, as for affection, comfort or warmth

Front 583

Fleece

Back 583

Outer coat of sheep

Front 584

To heed

Back 584

Pay close attention

Front 585

Whirring

Back 585

Sound of rapidly vibrating wings (zumbar)

Hint 585

Acoustic

Front 586

Growling

Back 586

The deep, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal; an aggressive grumbling (gruñir)

Front 587

To snuff

Back 587

To inhale through the nose

"He ___s the wind, his heels the sand excite."

Front 588

To puff

Back 588

Smoke and exhale strongly

Front 589

Ripple

Back 589

Small wave on the surface of a liquid

Front 590

To glide

Back 590

Move smoothly and effortlessly

Front 591

Nibble

Back 591

Small bite

Front 592

Nonchalant

Back 592

Marked by blithe unconcern

Front 593

Blithe

Back 593

Showing a lack of concern (indiferente)

"She had a ___ disregard of cultures outside the United States."

Hint 593

Somebody is (behavior)

Front 594

Slime (noun)

Back 594

Thick, viscous matter

Front 595

Wiper

Back 595

A mechanical device that cleans the windshield

Front 596

Scree

Back 596

(uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope. [from early 18th c.] ▼ show(uncountable, by extension) Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc.(countable) A slope made up of loose stony debris at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc.

Hint 596

Geology

Front 597

To dock

Back 597

Cut or shorten the tail of an animal

Hint 597

Animal

Front 598

Undertow

Back 598

The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore

Front 599

Dope

Back 599

Marijuana

Front 600

Grit (noun)

Back 600

Fortitude and determination (temple)

Front 601

To pitch

Back 601

Throw or toss in a light motion

Front 602

Twee (adj)

Back 602

(British) Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice

"Those Beatrix Potter animals are a little twee for my taste"

Hint 602

Something is twee

Front 603

Dainty

Back 603

Elegant; delicately small and pretty

"Those ___ limbs which nature lent / For gentle usage and soft delicacy."

Front 604

Slough

Back 604

(British) A muddy or marshy area "and not having sense enough to know honest air from poison, and the dry land from a vile, pestiferous ___."

Hint 604

Geographical

Front 605

Ravine (noun)

Back 605

A deep narrow steep-sided valley

Hint 605

Geographical

Front 606

Finch

Back 606

Small songbird (canario, jilguero, pinzón)

Front 607

Hunk

Back 607

A large piece of something without definite shape

Front 608

Nook

Back 608

Interior angle formed by two meeting walls

Hint 608

Structural

Front 609

To accrue (intransitive)

Back 609

Grow by addition

Front 610

Nub

Back 610

The most essential part of some idea or experience

"What do you think is the ___ of the problem?"

Hint 610

Abstract

Front 611

Sassy

Back 611

Improperly bold

Front 612

Unavailing

Back 612

Useless, fruitless, futile

"Supply-side measures will be ___ in the absence of an increase in the demand."

Hint 612

An effort, an attempt, are unavailing

Front 613

To disclaim

Back 613

To renounce all claim to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject

Front 614

Unaccountable

Back 614

inexplicable; unable to account for, or explain.not responsible; free from accountability or control.

Front 615

Circumspect

Back 615

Wary and unwilling to take risks

Front 616

To thwart (transitive)

Back 616

- Prevent someone from accomplishing something

- To prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate

"The police ___ed the would-be assassin"

"Our plans for a picnic were ___ed by the thunderstorm"

Front 617

Hackneyed

Back 617

Repeated too often

"The sermon was full of ___ phrases and platitudes"

Front 618

Trite

Back 618

Repeated too often; overfamiliar

Front 619

Acquiescence

Back 619

Reluctant acceptance of something without protest

Hint 619

Human interaction

Front 620

Nightgown

Back 620

Camisón

Front 621

Spooky

Back 621

Unpredictably excitable (escalofriante)

Front 622

Hectic

Back 622

- Pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin

"___ fever; a ___ patient"

- Very busy with activity and confusion; feverish

"The city center is so ___ at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds"

Hint 622

Physical / behavior

Front 623

To dupe

Back 623

To swindle, deceive, or trick

Front 624

Perk

Back 624

Benefit because of your job

Front 625

To spurn

Back 625

Reject with contempt (desdeñar)

"She would with one and ___ another and keep them all coming to her for support."

Front 626

Revulsion

Back 626

Intense aversion

Front 627

Heedless

Back 627

With careless unconcern

Front 628

Slick

Back 628

Marked by skill in deception

Front 629

To peddle

Back 629

Sell goods for a living from place to place

Front 630

To bumble (intransitive)

Back 630

To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes

"Spiders build webs and wait for insects to ___ into them."

Hint 630

Non physical

Front 631

Smug (adj)

Back 631

Irritatingly pleased with oneself, offensively self-complacent (engreído)

"The awareness of being a country where things work well has lent a ___ and arrogant tone to the Spanish political arena."

Hint 631

Behavior

Front 632

Resilient

Back 632

Recovering rapidly from adversity, depression, etc

Front 633

Bogus

Back 633

Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.Synonyms: phony, Thesaurus:fake

Front 634

To flim-flam

Back 634

Deceive somebody

Front 635

Dismal (adj)

Back 635

- Disappointingly inadequate

"He received a ___ compensation."

- Gloomy and bleak

"The storm made for a ___ weekend"

- Depressing

"She was lost in ___ thoughts of despair"

Hint 635

A dismal thing

Front 636

Mendacious

Back 636

(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest (mentiroso, embustero)

(of a statement, etc) False or untrue

Front 637

Bigoted

Back 637

Biased; strongly prejudiced; forming opinions without just cause

Front 638

To demean

Back 638

- To debase; to lower; to degrade

"Her son would ___ himself by a marriage with an artist's daughter."

- To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate

Front 639

To relinquish

Back 639

(transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something. To trade away

"to ___ a title"

Front 640

Jumble

Back 640

A mixture of often unrelated things (revoltijo)

"The newspaper letters, all capitals, made up a ___ of typefaces.

Front 641

Paling (noun)

Back 641

Fence made from pointed wooden or metal posts

Hint 641

Object

Front 642

Clump

Back 642

- A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass

- A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair

- Small group of trees or plants growing closely together

Hint 642

Geographical

Front 643

Skimpy

Back 643

Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing

"Have you ever seen such a skimpy bikini?" "They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert."

Hint 643

Appearance

Front 644

Gist

Back 644

The most vital part of some idea or experience

Hint 644

Of something

Front 645

Nuance

Back 645

Subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude (matiz)

Front 646

To loom

Back 646

Come into view indistinctly, often threatening (cernerse)

Hint 646

Visual

Front 647

Slanted

Back 647

Placed at an angle, on a slant (oblicuo)

Front 648

To glaze

Back 648

To install windows

Hint 648

Physical

Front 649

Poultry

Back 649

Domestic fowl

Hint 649

Noun

Front 650

Fowl

Back 650

Gallinaceous bird

Front 651

Strenuous

Back 651

Requiring great exertion

Front 652

To harness (transitive)

Back 652

To capture, control or put to use

Front 653

Grove

Back 653

Small wood

Hint 653

Geographical

Front 654

To retaliate

Back 654

Attack in return for a similar attack

Hint 654

Communication

Front 655

Amiss (adj)

Back 655

Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper

"It may not be amiss to ask advice."

Front 656

Poppy (noun)

Back 656

Amapola

Front 657

Steadfast

Back 657

Resolutely firm and unwavering

Front 658

Mischance

Back 658

Bad luck, misfortune

"But let this same be presently perform'd / Even when men's minds are wild, lest more ___ / On plots and errors happen."

Front 659

To haunt

Back 659

(of a ghost) manifest himself regularly at a place

Front 660

Penance

Back 660

Penitencia

A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act. ▼ showA sacrament in some Christian churches.Any instrument of self-punishment.

Front 661

Inured

Back 661

Accustomed to something (usually something unpleasant)

"His wild jungle life had ___ him to the sight of dead and dying animals"

Hint 661

Somebody is inured to something

Front 662

Swelling (noun)

Back 662

An abnormal enlargement of a part of the body, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid

Front 663

Janitor

Back 663

Someone employed to clean and maintain a building

Front 664

To rouse

Back 664

To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy (醒)

"Dubin slept through the ringing alarm, aware of Kitty trying to rouse him and then letting him sleep."

Hint 664

Change of status

Front 665

To avow (transitive)

Back 665

To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly

Hint 665

Not witness

Front 666

Unalloyed

Back 666

Pure

Front 667

Remonstrance

Back 667

A remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, protest or objection

"Fred's voice had taken a tone of grumbling ___"

Hint 667

Communication

Front 668

Connivance

Back 668

Willingness to allow or be secretly involved in an immoral or illegal act; to collude

"to break the wall of silence and ___ which often contribute to ensure impunity for their abusers."

Hint 668

Behavior

Front 669

To acquit

Back 669

Free someone from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty

Hint 669

Legal

Front 670

Caveat (noun)

Back 670

A warning

"with the ___ that these were speculative and should of course be tested"

Hint 670

Communication

Front 671

Reckless

Back 671

Temerario

Front 672

Profligate (adj)

Back 672

Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

"We are going to see many economic papers and business supported reports denigrating the old age pension scheme as being ___ and open to social abuse."

Front 673

Marred

Back 673

Blemished by injury or rough wear

Hint 673

Something is marred by something else (physical)

Front 674

Affront (noun)

Back 674

An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.Such behavior is an affront to society.

Front 675

Afresh

Back 675

In a new or different way

Front 676

Heyday

Back 676

Period of greatest prosperity

Front 677

To stray

Back 677

Move about aimlessly, often in search of food or employment

Front 678

To cater

Back 678

Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance (catering)

Hint 678

Catering

Front 679

Shed

Back 679

An outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage (cobertizo)

Front 680

Elusiveness

Back 680

The quality of being hard to grasp or pin down (elusivo)

"The elusive criminal was arrested"

Front 681

Philanderer

Back 681

A man who likes many women and has short sexual relations with them

Front 682

Kerb

Back 682

(British) The edge between the pavement and the roadway, consisting of a line of kerbstones

Hint 682

Object

Front 683

Gutter

Back 683

A channel that carries away rainwater

Hint 683

Object

Front 684

Dire

Back 684

Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.

"___ omens"

Front 685

Deceit

Back 685

The act of deceiving

Front 686

Yearning

Back 686

A wistful or melancholy longing (anhelo)

Front 687

Hitch (noun)

Back 687

A hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch"The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch"

Front 688

To veer

Back 688

Turn sharply (virar)

Hint 688

Physical

Front 689

Smut (uncountable)

Back 689

Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material

Front 690

Flaxen

Back 690

Of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown

Hint 690

Physical

Front 691

Unapologetic

Back 691

Unwillingly to express an apology

Front 692

Conundrum

Back 692

A difficult problem

Front 693

Unsettling

Back 693

That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing (Inquietante)

Front 694

Dump

Back 694

Vertedero

Front 695

Weenie

Back 695

Dick

Front 696

Mackerel

Back 696

Caballa

Front 697

Quarrel

Back 697

An angry dispute

Front 698

Wrangle (noun)

Back 698

An angry dispute

"... who had started to worry that the whole political ___ would never come to an end."

Front 699

Staggering

Back 699

So surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

Front 700

Spade (for a person)

Back 700

Offensive for black person

Front 701

To singe

Back 701

Burn superficially or lightly

Hint 701

Physical

Front 702

Remiss (adj)

Back 702

Failing in what duty requires (negligent)

"I would certainly be remiss if I did not give credit where credit was due."

Hint 702

Behavior

Front 703

Supple (adj)

Back 703

Pliant, flexible, easy to bend (flexible)

"The bow was made of ___ wood"

Front 704

Blemish (noun)

Back 704

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

Hint 704

Physical

Front 705

Patella

Back 705

Rótula

Front 706

Larder

Back 706

A small store room for storing foods or wines

Hint 706

Place

Front 707

To cram

Back 707

Completely fill (a place or container) to the point of overflowing

Hint 707

Physical

Front 708

Congenial

Back 708

Pleasing or liked on account of having qualities or interests that are similar to one's own

Front 709

Tart (adj)

Back 709

Sour, acid

Front 710

Saucer

Back 710

Platillo para la salsa

Front 711

Spur (noun)

Back 711

A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight (Espuela)

Hint 711

Object

Front 712

To allay (transitive)

Back 712

(transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm (aquietar)

"to ___ popular excitement"

"to ___ the tumult of the passions"

Front 713

To lurk (with adverb of place)

Back 713

Be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something

Front 714

Scoop

Back 714

Ladle

Exclusiva

Front 715

Surrogacy

Back 715

A woman carrying a pregnancy for another person

Front 716

Quaint

Back 716

Pleasantly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm

Front 717

Swath (noun)

Back 717

A broad sweep or expanse

"Five days after Hurricane Katrina, large swaths of New Orleans, such as Canal Street seen here, are still submerged in water"

Hint 717

Physical

Front 718

Mongering

Back 718

trading or peddling (typically, of a specified commodity (fish___)

Front 719

To grope

Back 719

Search with your hands

Touch another person closely and especially sexually

Front 720

Downtrodden

Back 720

(figuratively) Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated

oppress, suppress, exploit, persecute, step down on; put down; denigrate, subjugate

Front 721

Trodden

Back 721

Crushed by being walked on

Front 722

To strut (intransitive)

Back 722

To swell; protuberate; bulge or spread out

"The bellying canvas ___ed with the gale"

Hint 722

Physical

Front 723

To blight (transitive)

Back 723

to spoil or ruin (something)

Front 724

Belated

Back 724

Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened (tardío)

"Happy belated birthday!"

Front 725

Egregiously

Back 725

Conspicuously bad (used negatively) (～atrozmente)

"___ crimes; most ___ category of offence"

Front 726

Doomed

Back 726

Condenado

Front 727

Upsurge

Back 727

A sudden, strong rise or flow (estallido)

"Sri Lanka has suffered from a upsurge of violence since December."

Front 728

Entrenched

Back 728

Atrincherado (ideas)

Front 729

Eerie

Back 729

Strange, weird, fear-inspiring

Front 730

To recoil

Back 730

Recular

Front 731

Nostrum

Back 731

- A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects- An ineffective but favorite remedy for a problem, usually involving political action.

"As regards domestic policy the reflex ___ of right-wing attitudes apply: less tax, less government, libertarianism about matters such as gun control, encouragement of individual responsibility in health care and education, 'faith-based solutions' to social and welfare problems, and so forth."

Front 732

Unmoored

Back 732

No amarrado

Front 733

Creed

Back 733

Credo

Front 734

To acquiesce

Back 734

Accept something reluctantly but without protest (ceder)

Front 735

Curtailment

Back 735

Cutting short the tail of an animal

Front 736

To uproot

Back 736

To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate

(by extension) To remove utterly; to eradicate.

Front 737

Unrelenting

Back 737

Not relenting; having no pity; not being or becoming lenient, mild, gentle, or merciful; unyielding; inflexibly rigid; hard; stern; cruel

Front 738

To fester

Back 738

To become rotten (infectarse)

"Wounds immedicable / Rankle, and ___, and gangrene"

Front 739

Flimsy

Back 739

Endeble

Front 740

Rowdy

Back 740

Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous (ruidoso, escandaloso, alborotador)

"we were ___ when she left, but I warned everyone when she was coming back"

Hint 740

Behavior

Front 741

Infuriating

Back 741

Irritante

Front 742

Gushing (adj)

Back 742

- Flowing forth suddenly or violently

"Oh, then what ___s forth of living water are seen to flow out from the smitten Rock!"

- Inclined to ___; effusive

"a ___ tourist"

Hint 742

Behavior

Front 743

Dauntless

Back 743

Invulnerable to fear or intimidation (impertérrito)

Front 744

Callousness

Back 744

Insensibilidad

Front 745

Upheaval

Back 745

Convulsión, surgimiento

Front 746

Infatuation

Back 746

An unreasonable love or sexual attraction to (pasión)

Front 747

Relentless

Back 747

Unrelenting or unyielding in severity (implacable)

Front 748

Unrelenting

Back 748

Not relenting; having no pity; not being or becoming lenient, mild, gentle, or merciful; unyielding; inflexibly rigid; hard; stern; cruel.

Front 749

Reckless

Back 749

Temerario

Front 750

Whacky

Back 750

Zany, eccentric (raro, descabellado)

Front 751

Aught

Back 751

The digit zero for years

Front 752

Sophomoric

Back 752

Conceited and overconfident in knowledge but immature

Front 753

Pet peeve

Back 753

Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike

Front 754

To hoard

Back 754

To amass, usually for one's own personal collection

(acaparar)

Front 755

To cast down

Back 755

To make a person discouraged or dejected

Hint 755

To cast down someone

Front 756

Squeamish

Back 756

Easily made to feel sick or disgusted (quisquilloso)

Hint 756

Person

Front 757

Aloof

Back 757

Cool and distant

Front 758

Gook

Back 758

Derogatory term for East and Southeast Asians (wars)

Front 759

Frisky

Back 759

(informal) Sexually stimulated; horny

Front 760

Pot

Back 760

Marijuana

Front 761

Ceaseless

Back 761

Incesante

Front 762

Cyanide

Back 762

Cianuro

Front 763

Unfazed

Back 763

Not frightened or hesitant; undaunted; not put off (imperturbable)

Hint 763

Person

Front 764

To snort (intransitive)

Back 764

To make a ___; to exhale roughly through the nose

Hint 764

Live beings do it

Front 765

Hobo

Back 765

A homeless, usually penniless person, in some way associated with a life along the rails

Front 766

Lousy

Back 766

Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible (piojoso)

Front 767

Candid

Back 767

Straightforward, open and sincere

Front 768

Hefty

Back 768

Heavy

Strong, bulky

Hint 768

Physical

Front 769

Sleigh (noun)

Back 769

A vehicle, generally pulled by an animal, which moves over snow or ice on runners, used for transporting persons or goods (Santa)

Hint 769

Object

Front 770

Stave (noun)

Back 770

Staff (pentagrama)

Hint 770

Non-object (music)

Front 771

Shudder (noun)

Back 771

Escalofrío

Hint 771

Body

Front 772

Lodge

Back 772

A small house at the gates occupied by a gatekeeper

Front 773

Ridge

Back 773

(anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.

A long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed

Front 774

Gaudy

Back 774

Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless

Hint 774

Appearance

Front 775

Tenant

Back 775

A person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord

Front 776

Sedate (adj)

Back 776

Calm, dignified, and unhurried

Front 777

Glen (noun)

Back 777

A narrow valley

Hint 777

Geographical

Front 778

Winding (noun)

Back 778

A twisting movement or course

Hint 778

Movement

Front 779

To construe

Back 779

To interpret or explain the meaning of something

"this court must ___ according to the law."

Front 780

Tackle (noun)

Back 780

The equipment required for a task or sport

Front 781

To wiggle (intransitive)

Back 781

To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle

Front 782

To duck

Back 782

To lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something

Front 783

To upend

Back 783

To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat

Front 784

To thrive

Back 784

To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable.

Front 785

Acrimony

Back 785

A sharp and bitter hatred

Front 786

To detach

Back 786

Disengage something and remove it

Front 787

Skank

Back 787

(pejorative) A lewdly unattractive and disreputable person, often female, especially one with an air of tawdry promiscuity (furcia)

Front 788

Turd

Back 788

Solid piece of feces (zurullo)

Front 789

Tawdry

Back 789

Hortera

Hint 789

Appearance

Front 790

Cloven

Back 790

(Past participle of cleave)

Split or divided

Front 791

Hoof (noun)

Back 791

Pezuña

Front 792

Moniker

Back 792

A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute

Front 793

Rookie

Back 793

Beginner, newbie, noob, tyro, novice

Front 794

Bosom

Back 794

Seno

Front 795

Deranged

Back 795

disturbed or upset, especially mentally (trastornado, desquiciado)

"Though Bane’s voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s ___ wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment"

Front 796

Caper (noun)

Back 796

Dance about in a playful way (shortening for capriola)

Hint 796

Movement

Front 797

Lair

Back 797

A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground. Burrow, den (guarida)

Front 798

To pander

Back 798

To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.

To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in the gratification of.

Front 799

To defray

Back 799

To pay for something (sufragar)

Front 800

Swift

Back 800

Fast, quick, rapid

Front 801

Upscale

Back 801

Marked by wealth or quality; high-class

Front 802

Invective

Back 802

An expression which inveighs or rails against a person

A severe or violent censure or reproach

Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another

A harsh or reproachful accusation

"Politics can raise ___ to a low art."

Front 803

To avail oneself of

Back 803

Use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource)

Front 804

Slit (noun)

Back 804

Long, narrow cut or opening

Hint 804

Physical

Front 805

Dilatory

Back 805

(adj) Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision

"a ___ strategy"

Front 806

i.e.

Back 806

That is (id est)

Front 807

e.g.

Back 807

For the sake of example (exempli gratia)

Front 808

Licentious

Back 808

Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct (libertino)

"She thinks that young people nowadays are more ___ (inmoral, indecent) than before."

Disregarding accepted rules

Front 809

Heinous

Back 809

Utterly odious or wicked

Front 810

Entreaty

Back 810

An earnest or humble request

Front 811

To defer

Back 811

Put off (an action or event) to a later time

Front 812

Paddock

Back 812

A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially for horses.

Hint 812

Place

Front 813

Clearance

Back 813

- A permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information

- (retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise

Front 814

Tweaker

Back 814

(slang) A person addicted to methamphetamines

Front 815

To requite

Back 815

(Formal) Make appropriate return for (a favor, service, or wrongdoing)

"Good cryptographists are rare indeed; and thus their services, although seldom required, are necessarily well ___ed."

Front 816

To fidget

Back 816

(intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move around nervously or idly.

Front 817

Conversely

Back 817

(conjunctive) with a reversed relationship (a la inversa)

Front 818

To embroider

Back 818

Bordar

Front 819

Fiddly

Back 819

Requiring dexterity to operate

"The buttons on the tiny mobile phone were too ___."

Front 820

Spiteful

Back 820

Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious

Front 821

Impudence

Back 821

Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced

"The ___ children would not stop talking in class"

Front 822

To preclude

Back 822

Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible

"It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that the skies will clear by this afternoon!"

Front 823

Feud

Back 823

A state of long-standing mutual hostility.

Front 824

Mallard

Back 824

Pato real (con la cabeza verde)

Front 825

To bash (transitive)

Back 825

To strike heavily.

"He ___ed himself against the door"

To criticize harshly

"He ___ed my ideas"

Hint 825

2 meanings: physical / communication

Front 826

Tycoon

Back 826

A wealthy and powerful business person (magnate)

Front 827

Bin (statistics)

Back 827

Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc

Front 828

Culprit (noun)

Back 828

A person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed (culpable)

"I tightened the loose bolt that was the culprit; it should work now"

Hint 828

Person

Front 829

Cogent (adj)

Back 829

Clear, logical, and convincing

"The prosecution presented a ___ argument, convincing the jury of the defendant's guilt"

Hint 829

Communication

Front 830

Sorely

Back 830

In a desperate manner

"A resource strategy is ___ needed"

Front 831

Apricot

Back 831

Albaricoque

Front 832

To haggle

Back 832

To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller

Front 833

To simper

Back 833

Smile in an affectedly coquettish, coy, or ingratiating manner

"How the fools kotowed and ___ed while I looked over their jewels and speculated upon how much I could get for them!"

Hint 833

Behaviour (physical)

Front 834

To smirk

Back 834

Smile in an irritatingly smug, conceited, or silly way

Front 835

Forlorn (adj)

Back 835

Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

Abandoned, deserted, left behind

Miserable, as when lonely after being abandoned

Front 836

Appraisal

Back 836

A judgment or assessment of the value of something, especially a formal one (tasación)

Front 837

Entitlement

Back 837

The right to have something, whether actual or perceived

Front 838

To sag (intransitive)

Back 838

To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.

"A line or cable supported by its ends sags, even if it is tightly drawn."

Hint 838

Physical

Front 839

Echelon

Back 839

A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society

Front 840

To deaden

Back 840

(transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.(intransitive) To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).(transitive) To make soundproof

"to ___ a wall or a floor"

Front 841

Partridge

Back 841

Perdiz

Front 842

Bliss

Back 842

Perfect happiness

Front 843

Knapsack

Back 843

Backpack

Front 844

Hermitage

Back 844

The dwelling of a hermit, especially when small and remote

Front 845

Cradle

Back 845

Cuna

Front 846

To jettison

Back 846

To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load

Hint 846

Physical

Front 847

To pry

Back 847

To look where one is not welcome; to be nosey.

Front 848

To waver

Back 848

- To sway back and forth; to totter or reel

"Flowers ___red in the breeze."

- To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light

Hint 848

Physical

Front 849

Kindred

Back 849

(often) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin

Front 850

Unabated

Back 850

Continuing at full strength or intensity

Front 851

To plunge

Back 851

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse.

Front 852

Bullish

Back 852

(stock market) rising

Front 853

Bearish

Back 853

(stock market) Characterized by falling share prices.

Front 854

To bulge

Back 854

To stick out from (a surface).

"He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms ___ing out of his black T-shirt."

Hint 854

Physical

Front 855

Tally

Back 855

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number

Hint 855

Symbol

Front 856

To rant

Back 856

To speak or shout at length in an uncontrollable anger

"People like to say that we rant and rave, and we stir up troubles and conflicts"

Hint 856

Communication

Front 857

Reins (noun, usually plural)

Back 857

Riendas

Hint 857

Object

Front 858

Bemusement

Back 858

Puzzlement

Hint 858

Mood

Front 859

Marauding

Back 859

Raiding and pillaging

"a ___ band"

Front 860

To hobble

Back 860

To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with ___s

Hint 860

Physical

Front 861

Fief

Back 861

Feudo

Front 862

Tatters

Back 862

Jirones

Front 863

Blip

Back 863

A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.

A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.

(by extension) A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal.

Front 864

Arbitrage

Back 864

(finance) A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets

Hint 864

Finance

Front 865

Shale

Back 865

Esquisto (mineral)

Hint 865

Material

Front 866

To winnow

Back 866

- To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff

- To separate, sift, analyze, or test in this manner.

Hint 866

Agriculture

Front 867

Resilience

Back 867

The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.

Front 868

Salutary

Back 868

Saludable

Front 869

Purview (noun)

Back 869

The scope of the influence or concerns of something

"situations within the ___ of the Security Council Working Group"

Front 870

Uncanny

Back 870

Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way

Front 871

To nag

Back 871

- To continuously remind or complain to someone in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters

- To act inappropriately in the eyes of peers, to backstab, to verbally abuse

Hint 871

Behavior

Front 872

To sulk

Back 872

Be silent, morose, and bad-tempered out of annoyance or disappointment

Front 873

Frantic

Back 873

In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush

"They returned the missing child to his ___ mother"

Hint 873

Mood

Front 874

Prowess

Back 874

Skillfulness and manual ability; adroitness or dexterity (destreza)

Proeza

Front 875

Kinship

Back 875

relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption (parentesco)

Front 876

Sap

Back 876

Savia

Hint 876

Substance

Front 877

Albeit

Back 877

Though

Front 878

To indict

Back 878

- To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.

"a book that indicts modern values

- (legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.

"his former manager was indicted for fraud"

Front 879

Disenfranchisement

Back 879

Explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant, the right to vote, to a person or group of people.

Front 880

Tautology

Back 880

The saying of the same thing twice over in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style

Hint 880

Communication

Front 881

Blandishment (noun)

Back 881

Flattering or pleasing statement or action used as a means of gently persuading someone to do something (engatusar)

Hint 881

Communication

Front 882

Prospective

Back 882

Likely or expected to happen or become."Prospective students are those who have already applied to the university, but have yet to be admitted"

Front 883

To trudge (intransitive)

Back 883

To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps

Hint 883

Movement (people)

Front 884

Semiotic (adj)

Back 884

Related to the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation

Front 885

Shabby

Back 885

Torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged (zarrapastroso)

"They lived in a tiny apartment, with some old, ___ furniture"

Front 886

To hem in

Back 886

To surround and enclose

"electric fences to ___ __ cattle"

Front 887

To arraign (transitive)

Back 887

To call or bring someone before a court to answer a criminal charge (hacer comparecer)

"___ the carrier concerned before a competent national court or tribunal."

Hint 887

Law

Front 888

Incurious

Back 888

Lacking curiosity

Front 889

Gallant

Back 889

Brave; heroic (gallardo, cortés, galante)

Front 890

Ledger

Back 890

A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records (registro)

Front 891

Truism

Back 891

A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting

Front 892

Protracted

Back 892

Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual

"a ___ and bitter dispute"

Hint 892

An event is

Front 893

Beet (noun)

Back 893

Remolacha

Hint 893

Object

Front 894

Gunk

Back 894

Dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance. "I washed all the ___ off the light fixture, and found that it was white, not brown."

Hint 894

Uncountable

Front 895

Pesky

Back 895

Annoying, troublesome, irritating

"Users employ long time trying to eliminate those ___ messages"

Front 896

Cog

Back 896

A tooth on a gear

A gear; a ___wheel

An unimportant individual in a greater system

Hint 896

Object

Front 897

Chauvinism

Back 897

Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.

Front 898

Maudlin (adj)

Back 898

Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness (llorica)

(Middle English form of Mary Magdalene (typically depicted weeping))

Front 899

Mirage

Back 899

Espejismo

Front 900

Phony

Back 900

Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance (antonymous: genuine) "A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phony one"

Front 901

Staple

Back 901

A basic or essential supply."Rice is a staple in the diet of many cultures."

A recurring topic or character

"In Britain bins are a front-page staple"

Front 902

To ball (someone)

Back 902

To have sexual intercourse with

Hint 902

Physical

Front 903

Loins

Back 903

The lower abdomen, groin and genitalia (lomo=__)

Front 904

Sit ups

Back 904

Abdominales (ejercicio)

Front 905

To smooch

Back 905

Morrearse

Hint 905

Physical

Front 906

Ransom

Back 906

Money paid for the freeing of a hostage (rescate)

Front 907

Ransom

Back 907

Money paid for the freeing of a hostage (rescate)

Front 908

Blatant

Back 908

(of bad behavior) done openly and unashamedly

Hint 908

Behavior

Front 909

Seamy

Back 909

Sordid and disreputable

Front 910

Seamy

Back 910

Sordid, squalid or corrupt

"Lou Reed, lead singer of the Velvet Underground, veteran chronicler of life's wilder, ___er and more desperate side"

Hint 910

People

Front 911

Paramount

Back 911

More important than anything else

Front 912

Guise (noun)

Back 912

An external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something

Front 913

Accretion

Back 913

Growth or increase by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter

Front 914

Accretion

Back 914

Growth or increase by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter

Front 915

Demise (noun)

Back 915

A person's death

Hint 915

Event

Front 916

Prurient

Back 916

Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others

Hint 916

Behavior

Front 917

Tinge

Back 917

A small amount of something, especially of an added color (matiz, nota, toque)

Front 918

Probation

Back 918

A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may easily be removed for poor performance

A type of sentence where convicted criminals are allowed to continue living in the community but will automatically be sent to jail if they violate certain conditions

Front 919

To deadpan

Back 919

Say something amusing while affecting a serious manner

Hint 919

Communication

Front 920

Capacious

Back 920

Having a lot of space inside

Hint 920

Physical

Front 921

Aporias

Back 921

An irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or theory

Hint 921

Language

Front 922

Blurb

Back 922

A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes

Front 923

Snide (adj)

Back 923

Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way

"Don't make ___ remarks to me."

Front 924

Snippet

Back 924

A small part of something, such as a song or program; sample

Front 925

To sniff (computing)

Back 925

To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.

Hint 925

Computing

Front 926

To thaw (intransitive)

Back 926

(intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen

Front 927

To garble (transitive)

Back 927

To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to ___ a quotation

"The editor ___ed the story."

Front 928

To twiddle (transitive)

Back 928

To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around

"She sat and nervously ___ed her hair while she waited."

Front 929

To fledge

Back 929

(transitive) To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.(intransitive) To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.(transitive) To decorate with feathers.(intransitive) To complete the last moult and become a winged adult insect.

Hint 929

Action (long in time)

Front 930

Foraging (noun)

Back 930

The act of searching for food

Hint 930

Action

Front 931

Scaffolding

Back 931

A temporary modular system of tubes forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures (andamio)

Hint 931

Object

Front 932

Cruft (uncountable)

Back 932

(computing) Anything old or of inferior quality

(computing) Redundant, old or improperly written code, especially that which accumulates over time; clutter

Hint 932

Computing

Front 933

To scrub

Back 933

To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate

(databases) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets

Front 934

Unwieldy

Back 934

Difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or complexity (farragoso) Badly managed or operated

Front 935

To purport to

Back 935

To intend (pretender)

"He ___ become an international man of affairs"

Front 936

Lo and behold

Back 936

Used to express surprise (¡y quién lo iba a decir!)

Front 937

To gouge (transitive)

Back 937

To push, or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket

Front 938

Pent-up

Back 938

Repressed or suppressed, especially of emotions or impulses

Front 939

Predicament

Back 939

An unfortunate or trying position or condition; a tight spot

Front 940

Hurdle

Back 940

Valla (carrera de)

Front 941

To dangle

Back 941

To hang loosely with the ability to swing

"His feet would ___ in the water."

Hint 941

Physical

Front 942

To liken (transitive)

Back 942

To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else)

"The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber"

Front 943

Kink

Back 943

A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.

A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system

Front 944

Prerogative

Back 944

A right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class

Front 945

Gentry (mass noun)

Back 945

People of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth

Hint 945

Social

Front 946

Enticing

Back 946

Attractive or tempting; alluring

Front 947

Aegis

Back 947

The protection, backing, or support of a particular person or organization

Front 948

Offspring

Back 948

A person's child or children

Front 949

Sloppy

Back 949

Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful (chapucero)

"The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase."

Front 950

Vantage point

Back 950

A place or position affording a good view

Front 951

To bail

Back 951

(slang) To exit quickly

"With his engine in flames, the pilot had no choice but to ___."

Hint 951

Movement

Front 952

Chaff

Back 952

The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

"To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff."

Hint 952

Material

Front 953

Urchin

Back 953

A mischievous child

A street kid, a child from a poor neighborhood

Front 954

Pageant

Back 954

An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume (cabalgata)

A beauty ___

Front 955

Slack

Back 955

Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended

Front 956

Ripped

Back 956

Copied or stolen usually from an identified source.

(bodybuilding) Having extremely low bodyfat content so that the shape of the underlying muscles become pronounced. Said especially of well-defined abdominal muscles.

Front 957

Stringent

Back 957

Strict, precise, and exacting

Front 958

Minx

Back 958

An impudent, cunning, or boldly flirtatious girl or young woman

Hint 958

Person

Front 959

Twinge (noun)

Back 959

A sudden, sharp localized pain

"I got a ___ in my arm."

Hint 959

Physical

Front 960

Span (noun)

Back 960

The full extent of something from end to end

Front 961

Ordeal

Back 961

A painful or trying experience (calvario)

Front 962

To sap

Back 962

To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of

"Nor safe their dwellings were, for sapped by floods, / Their houses fell upon their household gods."

Front 963

To rally

Back 963

To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite

Front 964

To thrust

Back 964

To push or drive with force; to shove

"to ___ anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument"

Front 965

Snappy

Back 965

(informal) Rapid and without delay

"a snappy response"

"Make it snappy!"

Hint 965

Event

Front 966

Zit

Back 966

Espinilla (piel)

"Brad: Sara, did you take my Clearasil again?

Sara: I ran out of brown (paint).

Brad: Great. How am I supposed to cover up my ___s?"

Hint 966

Body

Front 967

To moot

Back 967

To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose

"a problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less ___ed, in this country"

Hint 967

Communication

Front 968

To soar

Back 968

to fly aloft with little effort, as a bird

Front 969

Slump

Back 969

A heavy or helpless collapse;

"Exhausted, he ___ed down onto the sofa."

a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period (bajón)

"Real estate prices ___ed during the recession."

Front 970

Unerring

Back 970

Always right or accurate

Front 971

To wilt (intransitive)

Back 971

(of a plant, leaf, or flower) become limp through heat, loss of water, or disease; droop (marchitarse, wither)

"Add the spinach, mix, and sauté very fast until it starts to ___."

Hint 971

Physical state

Front 972

Demeaning

Back 972

Degrading; that degrades

Causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others

"This principle of quotas, we believe, is ___ to women."

Front 973

Abulia

Back 973

An absence of willpower or an inability to act decisively, a symptom of schizophrenia or other mental illness

Front 974

To unravel

Back 974

- (transitive) To separate the threads (of); disentangle

"Stop playing with the seam of the tablecloth! You'll ___ it."

- (transitive) To clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve

"to ___ a plot"

Front 975

Volition

Back 975

The faculty or power of using one's will

Front 976

To yawn

Back 976

Bostezar

Front 977

To deplete

Back 977

Reduce the number or quantity of

Front 978

Acrasia

Back 978

The state of mind in which someone acts against their better judgment through weakness of will

lack of self-control; excess; intemperance

Front 979

Conducive

Back 979

(adj) Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result

"A small, dark kitchen is not ___ to elaborate cooking."

Front 980

To delude (someone)

Back 980

Make someone believe something that is not true

"To ___ the nation by an airy phantom."

Hint 980

Communication

Front 981

To sift

Back 981

Put a fine or loose substance through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles (colar)

Hint 981

Physical

Front 982

To posit

Back 982

Put forward as fact or as a basis for argument

Assume the existence of; to postulatePropose for consideration or study; to suggest.Put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.

Front 983

Tenure

Back 983

A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution

Front 984

Brat

Back 984

(pejorative) A child; especially, one who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish

Hint 984

Pejorative

Front 985

Turpitude

Back 985

Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness (vileza)

"Crimes of moral ___ are those involving an act of moral deficiency for example shoplifting, fraud, assault,..."

Hint 985

People

Front 986

Idiomatic

Back 986

- Pertaining or conforming to idiom, the natural mode of expression of a language.

"The inclusion or omission of definite articles follows idiomatic norms in each language and depends on context and intent."

- Resembling or characteristic of an idiom

"an idiomatic phrase that warns us against pollyannaism is counting one's chickens before they hatch"

Front 987

Disgruntled

Back 987

Unhappy; dissatisfied

frustrated

"Whether it be a ___ former employee, a current employee trying to..."

Hint 987

Person is

Front 988

Poplar

Back 988

Álamo, chopo

"The polen samples of that level have provided willow, ___, oak, beech and fir fossil grains."

Hint 988

Live being

Front 989

To scoff

Back 989

To jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision (burlarse)

"Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, / And fools who came to ___, remained to pray"

Hint 989

Behavior

Front 990

Keel

Back 990

(nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern (quilla)

Hint 990

Object

Front 991

To stammer

Back 991

To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech (tartamudear)

"waking up to a reality which takes you by surprise and in which you are barely able to ___ some words and feelings"

Hint 991

Communication

Front 992

To yank

Back 992

A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force) (tirón)

(slang) A masturbation session

"A quick ___ would relieve the sexual tension that simmered in him."

Hint 992

Physical

Front 993

Hanky-panky

Back 993

Sexual intercourse or other sexual activity, especially if illicit

Front 994

Bereaved

Back 994

Having suffered the death of a loved one

"___ relatives"

Hint 994

Feelings

Front 995

To blackball

Back 995

(transitive) To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization."If you're not from a moneyed, well-connected family, you can count on getting blackballed from the fraternity."

Front 996

Nose job

Back 996

(informal) A plastic surgical procedure to alter the appearance of the nose, especially for cosmetic reasons; the resulting physical appearance of the nose

Front 997

Chore

Back 997

A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one."Washing dishes is a chore, but we cannot just stop eating."

Front 998

Handcuffs

Back 998

Esposas

Front 999

Cot

Back 999

(US) A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes; a camp bed

Hint 999

Object

Front 1000

Solicitation

Back 1000

(United States) an inchoate offense that consists of a person offering money or inducing another to commit a crime with the specific intent that the person solicited commit the crime

Hint 1000

Human

Front 1001

Sodomy

Back 1001

Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality or homosexuality, but also (sometimes) anal or oral sex

Front 1002

Nifty

Back 1002

(colloquial) Good, smart; a general term for anything that is good, useful or beneficial

"are all easy with this ___ tool."

Hint 1002

Human

Front 1003

To savor

Back 1003

- to possess a particular taste or smell, or a distinctive quality

- to appreciate, enjoy or relish something

Front 1004

To rumble

Back 1004

To make a low, heavy, continuous sound

"If I don't eat, my stomach will ___."

"I could hear the thunder ___ing in the distance. "

Front 1005

Rigging

Back 1005

Dress; tackle; especially (nautical), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc

Front 1006

Foley

Back 1006

(uncountable) The creation of sound effects, and their addition to film and TV images

Hint 1006

Job

Front 1007

Prop

Back 1007

(theater) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform

"They used the trophy as a ___ in the movie."

Front 1008

Smidgeon

Back 1008

A very small quantity or amount

"Would you like some more cake?

— I'll have a ___."

"Move it a ___ to the right."

Front 1009

To belittle

Back 1009

To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is

Front 1010

Noughties

Back 1010

The first decade of a century: from 1900 to 1909, 2000 to 2009, etc.

Front 1011

Accolade

Back 1011

A special acknowledgment; an award

Front 1012

To delve

Back 1012

(intransitive) To dig the ground, especially with a shovel

(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out

Front 1013

Saliency

Back 1013

Ser sobresaliente

Front 1014

To mint

Back 1014

(transitive) To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence (acuñar) To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion

Hint 1014

Human action

Front 1015

Stub

Back 1015

Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump (tocón, muñón,...)

(computing) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior

Front 1016

Royalty

Back 1016

The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights on his property(by extension) Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc

Front 1017

Procurement

Back 1017

(uncountable) The purchasing department of a company

(countable) The act of obtaining; obtainment; attainment

"He was responsible for the ___ of materials and supplies."

Front 1018

Tender (noun)

Back 1018

- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card

"Your credit card has been declined so you need to provide some other ___ such as cash"

- (legal) A formal offer to buy or sell something

"We will submit our ___ to you within the week."

Front 1019

To hone

Back 1019

To sharpen with a sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool

To refine or master (a skill)

To make more acute, intense, or effective

Front 1020

To advocate (transitive)

Back 1020

To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly

To encourage support for something

"He became a tireless ___ for the needs of adults with IMD throughout Britain and internationally"

Hint 1020

Communication

Front 1021

Cheviche de bacalao

Back 1021

Esqueixada de bacallà

Front 1022

Wedge

Back 1022

Cuña

Front 1023

Shoddy (adj)

Back 1023

Of poor quality or construction

"Do not settle for ___ knives if you are serious about cooking."

Front 1024

Facetious

Back 1024

Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

"Robbie's joke about Heather's appearance was just him being ___."

Hint 1024

Behavior

Front 1025

Streak (noun)

Back 1025

An irregular line left from smearing or motion (trazo)

"The picture I took out the car window had ___."

Hint 1025

Physical

Front 1026

Uncompromising

Back 1026

Inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions (intransigente)

"That report will be objective, rigorous, and ___."

Hint 1026

Person

Front 1027

To exacerbate

Back 1027

Make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling, worse

Front 1028

To espouse

Back 1028

Adopt or support a cause, belief, or way of life

Front 1029

Injunction

Back 1029

The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting

"The board granted an ___ ordering that the practice be halted and imposed penalties."

Hint 1029

Communication

Front 1030

Fraught with

Back 1030

Filled with something undesirable

Front 1031

Adage

Back 1031

An old saying which has obtained credit by long use (refrán)

“As the old ___ that practice makes perfect."

Hint 1031

Communication

Front 1032

Overarching

Back 1032

That forms an overhead arch

(by extension) all-embracing or overwhelming

Front 1033

Inside job

Back 1033

(idiomatic) A crime or other illicit action committed by or with the help of someone either employed by the victim or entrusted with access to the victim's affairs and premises

Front 1034

Chunk

Back 1034

A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular

"a ___ of granite"

(computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block

Front 1035

To tamper

Back 1035

(intransitive) To alter by making unauthorized changes; to meddle

Front 1036

To raffle

Back 1036

(transitive) To award something by means of a ___ or random drawing, often used with off (rifar)

Front 1037

Outage (noun)

Back 1037

A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply

Front 1038

To churn

Back 1038

(transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream

Hint 1038

Physical

Front 1039

Griot

Back 1039

A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet

Hint 1039

Person

Front 1040

To slog

Back 1040

- To walk slowly, encountering resistance

"A miraculous desert rain. We ___, dripping, into As Safi, Jordan. We drive the sodden mules through wet streets."

- (by extension) To work slowly and deliberately (overcoming significant boredom)

Hint 1040

Movement

Front 1041

To unravel

Back 1041

(transitive) To separate the threads (of); disentangle

(transitive) To clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve.

"to ___ a plot, to ___ a mystery"

Front 1042

Goy

Back 1042

A non-Jew, a gentile

Front 1043

To whet

Back 1043

- (transitive) To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening

- (transitive) To stimulate or make more keen

"to ___ one's appetite or one's courage"

Hint 1043

see whetstone

Front 1044

Skit

Back 1044

Sketch (cómico)

Hint 1044

Communication

Front 1045

Oaf

Back 1045

- (pejorative) A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton; an idiot

"Ouch! You dropped that box on my feet, you lumbering ___!"

- (obsolete) An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.

Hint 1045

Person

Front 1046

Titbit

Back 1046

A small tasty morsel (of food, gossip etc.)

Front 1047

To splurge

Back 1047

(informal) To gush, to flow or move in a rush (chorrear)

"The tomato sauce was ___ed all over the chips"

(colloquial) To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money

Front 1048

To splurge

Back 1048

(informal) To gush, to flow or move in a rush (chorrear)

"The tomato sauce was splurged all over the chips"

(colloquial) To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money

Front 1049

To trawl

Back 1049

To take fish, or other marine animals, with a ___

To fish from a slow moving boat

To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area

Hint 1049

Physical action

Front 1050

To fritter away

Back 1050

(transitive) To squander or waste

"Yet many people ___ ___ countless dollars on unintended purchases simply because they don't budget."

Front 1051

Barring (preposition)

Back 1051

Unless something happens; excepting; in the absence of

"Barring any sudden storms, the plane should arrive on time."

Front 1052

Kitsch

Back 1052

Of art and decor: of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar (corny)

Front 1053

To abhor

Back 1053

(transitive) To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe

Front 1054

Rapport

Back 1054

A relationship of mutual trust and respect"He always tried to maintain a rapport with his customers."

Front 1055

Poodle

Back 1055

Caniche

Front 1056

Dung

Back 1056

(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement

Front 1057

Shenanigans

Back 1057

- Mischievous play, especially by children

"Billy and Tom are playing noisily upstairs again. They're up to their usual ___."

- Deceitful trick(s); trickery, games

Front 1058

Junk

Back 1058

Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash

A collection of miscellaneous items of little value

(slang) Any narcotic drug, especially heroin

(slang) Genitalia

Front 1059

Shaft

Back 1059

Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the drive___ of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive, an axle, etc.

Hint 1059

Object

Front 1060

Lukewarm

Back 1060

Between warm and cool

Front 1061

Tirade

Back 1061

A long, angry or violent speech; a diatribe

"The ___ was part of the country's appeal at the world body for nations to unite behind a campaign to put an end to Israel brutality."

Hint 1061

Communication

Front 1062

Unhinged

Back 1062

Mentally ill or unstable

"including Nirvana photographer Alice Wheeler and Love's estranged (and notoriously ___) father."

Hint 1062

People

Front 1063

Ranter (noun)

Back 1063

One who rants; a noisy, boisterous speaker or declaimer

Hint 1063

Person

Front 1064

Rampant

Back 1064

Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner (desenfrenado)

"Weeds are ___ in any neglected garden."

Front 1065

Crook

Back 1065

A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure"She held the baby in the crook of her arm."

A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal

"People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I′m not a crook. I′ve earned everything I′ve got"

Front 1066

Boon

Back 1066

A good; a blessing or benefit; a great privilege; a thing to be thankful for

"Finding the dry cave was a ___ to the weary travellers."

Hint 1066

Abstract

Front 1067

To blanch

Back 1067

To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water

Hint 1067

Cooking

Front 1068

Bumpkin

Back 1068

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel (paleto, palurdo)

Front 1069

Playwright

Back 1069

Dramaturgo

Front 1070

Diffident

Back 1070

Lacking confidence in oneself; distrustful of one's own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest reserve

Front 1071

Evanescent

Back 1071

Vanishing, disappearing

Ephemeral, momentary, fleeting

Front 1072

Recrudescent

Back 1072

(adj) breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression

"This seems to be a ___ strain of the plague rather than a new disease altogether."

Front 1073

Cunning

Back 1073

Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour

Front 1074

Mendacity

Back 1074

The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty

A lie, deceit or falsehood

Front 1075

Baseness

Back 1075

The quality of being unworthy to hold virtues or value

Synonyms depravity

Antonyms honor, morality

Front 1076

Inchoate

Back 1076

Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature (embrional)

Hint 1076

State

Front 1077

Sham

Back 1077

Intended to deceive; false

"It was only a ___ wedding: they didn't care much for one another but wanted their parents to stop hassling them."

Front 1078

Poignant

Back 1078

- Incisive; penetrating

"His comments were ___ and witty."

- Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant

"A ___ reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke."

- Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving

Front 1079

Pathos

Back 1079

The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression

Front 1080

Performative utterance

Back 1080

(philosophy) A sentence or other linguistic expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something

"I now pronounce you husband and wife" (when uttered by the authorized officiator during a marriage ceremony)

Front 1081

Trope

Back 1081

A figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression

Front 1082

Unrequited

Back 1082

(of a feeling, especially love) not returned

Front 1083

To extol (transitive)

Back 1083

Praise enthusiastically (ensalzar, exaltar)

"Enthusiasts also ___ the virtues of blogs as a way of communicating with clients."

Hint 1083

Communication

Front 1084

Dearth (noun)

Back 1084

- A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine

- (by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply

Hint 1084

Abstract

Front 1085

To beset (transitive)

Back 1085

- To surround or hem in

- To attack, especially from all sides

“but to be sure it is necessary he should keep some arms for his own safety; for his house hath been ___ more than once;..."

Hint 1085

Physical

Front 1086

Contradistinction

Back 1086

Distinction made by contrasting the different qualities of two things

Front 1087

Trait

Back 1087

A distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person

"The number one personality trait I hate is hypocrisy. Why can't you be consistent!?"

Front 1088

Etiology

Back 1088

The cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition

"I do not know where the idea first arose of enlisting internal excitations of the sensory organs as well as external sensory stimuli; but it is in fact done in all the more recent accounts of the ___ of dreams."

Hint 1088

Health

Front 1089

To contend

Back 1089

- To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight

- To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend

Front 1090

Gnawing

Back 1090

Persistently worrying or distressing

"Her comment ___ed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else"

Front 1091

To waffle

Back 1091

To speak or write vaguely and evasively

"Again the answer was "___," for this did not say that no air units had been alerted."

Hint 1091

Communication

Front 1092

Assiduous

Back 1092

Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious

"Klein rose to prominence in the 1960s by ___ application of accounting methods to the music industry."

Hint 1092

Demi-False friend

Front 1093

Misapprehension

Back 1093

A failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding (malentendido)

"Previously, people had laboured under the ___ that only the government should be involved in disaster risk reduction."

Hint 1093

No es aprehensión

Front 1094

Peg

Back 1094

A short pin or bolt, typically tapered at one end, that is used for securing something in place, hanging things on, or marking a position (un clavo-chincheta)

Hint 1094

Object

Front 1095

Normative

Back 1095

Establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard norm, especially of behavior

Front 1096

Milieu

Back 1096

A person's social environment

Front 1097

Bonkers (adj)

Back 1097

(informal) Mad; crazy

Front 1098

Hubristic (adj)

Back 1098

Prepotente

Hint 1098

Attitude

Front 1099

Inkling (noun)

Back 1099

A slight suspicion or hint

"The first ___ of serious trouble was an angry mob"

"I had no ___ of just how true that was."

Front 1100

Bummer

Back 1100

(chiefly) A disappointment, a pity, a shame

"That's a total ___"

Hint 1100

Abstract

Front 1101

Squint (noun)

Back 1101

The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus

"He looks handsome although he's got a slight ___."

Hint 1101

Somebody has it (physical)

Front 1102

Tramp

Back 1102

(pejorative) A homeless person, a vagabond

Front 1103

Onus

Back 1103

- A legal obligation

"The ___ is on the landlord to make sure the walls are protected from mildew."

- (uncountable) Burden of proof, ___ probandi

"The ___ is on those who disagree with my proposal to explain why."

Hint 1103

Social

Front 1104

Frill (noun)

Back 1104

A luxury (también un volante)

Front 1105

To lease

Back 1105

- (transitive) To operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (or ___hold) from the owner (or freeholder)

- (intransitive) To grant a ___; to let or rent

Front 1106

Lean (adj)

Back 1106

(of a person or animal) slim; not fleshy

(of meat) having little fat

Front 1107

Slate

Back 1107

Pizarra

Hint 1107

Material

Front 1108

To glean

Back 1108

To collect (grain, grapes, etc.) left behind after the main harvest or gathering

"to glean a field"

Obtain (information) from various sources, often with difficulty

"He said Iran was 'well aware of what priceless technological information' could be gleaned from the aircraft."

Hint 1108

Communication

Front 1109

Upfront (adv)

Back 1109

In advance, beforehand

"It is normal for the majority of the shareholders to grant a loan ___ of its participation in the recapitalization."

Hint 1109

Time

Front 1110

Gait

Back 1110

Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving

Front 1111

Mores

Back 1111

The essential or characteristic customs and conventions of a society or community

Front 1112

Drapery

Back 1112

Cloth, curtains, or clothing hanging in loose folds

Front 1113

Fealty

Back 1113

Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; fidelity; allegiance; faithfulness

The oath by which this obligation was assumed

Hint 1113

Social

Front 1114

Modicum

Back 1114

A small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable (jot)

"Unable to garner even a ___ of support for his plan, he conceded to follow the others"

Hint 1114

Of something

Front 1115

Dictum

Back 1115

A formal pronouncement from an authoritative source

Front 1116

To lull

Back 1116

(transitive) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm

Front 1117

To desecrate

Back 1117

Treat a sacred place or thing with violent disrespect

Front 1118

To desiccate

Back 1118

Disecar

Front 1119

To subvert

Back 1119

(transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly

"This would ___ the principles of all knowledge."

Front 1120

Hapless (adj)

Back 1120

Very unlucky; ill-fated

"The ___ squad, which was outscored 517-268 in 2008, became the first in league history to go 0-16"

Hint 1120

Abstract

Front 1121

To lampoon

Back 1121

To satirize or poke fun at

"...over a few cartoons ___ing Muslims..."

Hint 1121

Communication

Front 1122

Quip

Back 1122

A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe (ocurrencia)

"Churchill's famous ___ about democracy, which he called the worst form of government, except for all the rest."

Hint 1122

Communication

Front 1123

To shun

Back 1123

- (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently

"___ the non-believers!"

- (transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc)

Hint 1123

Behaviour

Front 1124

Diapers

Back 1124

Pañales

Front 1125

Self-abasement

Back 1125

The belittling or humiliation of oneself (flagelarse)

Front 1126

To flout

Back 1126

To express contempt for the rules and law by (word or action)

"The manoeuvres of Microsoft and appear to comply with the letter of the regulations, even if they ___ their spirit."

Hint 1126

Behavior

Front 1127

Epiphenomenon

Back 1127

Secondary effect or by-product

Front 1128

Glib (adj)

Back 1128

- Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.

- Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.

"a ___ tongue; a ___ speech"

Hint 1128

Person

Front 1129

To plead

Back 1129

To beg, beseech, or implore (rogar)

"He ___ed with me not to leave the house."

Front 1130

To reify

Back 1130

Make something abstract more concrete or real (cosificar)

Front 1131

Drab (adj)

Back 1131

Dull, uninteresting, particularly of colour

"The sins of Kalamazoo are neither scarlet nor crimson. The sins of Kalamazoo are a convict gray, a dishwater ___."

Front 1132

Prolegomenon

Back 1132

(usually) A prefatory discussion; a formal essay or critical discussion serving to introduce and interpret an extended work

Front 1133

Wily

Back 1133

Skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully

"Horatio's new girlfriend is a ___ coquette and poor Horatio is too smitten to see it."

Hint 1133

Person

Front 1134

Estrangement

Back 1134

The fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of a social group

Front 1135

Rugged

Back 1135

Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough

Front 1136

Tray

Back 1136

A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, rigid object upon which things are carried.

"I carefully arranged the dishes on the ___ and brought it upstairs"

Front 1137

Brash (adj)

Back 1137

Impudent or shameless

"Felix shrugs off Ricardo's ___ comments as both fighters prepare for their bout in New York"

Front 1138

Amenable

Back 1138

- Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions (receptivo)

"The children were very ___ with the new nanny."

- Willing to comply with; agreeable

Hint 1138

Person

Front 1139

Bereft (adj)

Back 1139

Deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of

"This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! ___ of life, 'e rests in peace!"

Front 1140

To blare

Back 1140

(intransitive) To make a loud sound

"The trumpet ___ing in my ears gave me a headache."

Hint 1140

Acoustic

Front 1141

To retaliate

Back 1141

(intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront"John insulted Peter to retaliate for Peter's acid remark earlier."

Front 1142

Stag

Back 1142

An adult male deer

Front 1143

Prick

Back 1143

A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing

(slang) The penis. [from 16th c.](slang) Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying. [from 16th c.]

Front 1144

To belabor

Back 1144

(transitive) To labour about; labour over; work hard upon; ply diligently

Hint 1144

Human

Front 1145

To shingle

Back 1145

(transitive) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like ___s on a roof (cortarse las puntas)

Hint 1145

Body

Front 1146

Ply

Back 1146

A layer of material

"two-___ toilet paper"

Front 1147

Regress

Back 1147

(noun) The act of passing back; passage back; return; (opposite of progress)

Hint 1147

Act

Front 1148

Fallow (adj)

Back 1148

(of agricultural land) Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season

(of agricultural land) Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time

Hint 1148

Geographical

Front 1149

Ratchet

Back 1149

Matraca (objeto)

Front 1150

Footling (adj)

Back 1150

Trivial; unimportant; useless; silly; inept; irritating

"For 28 footling days the 58-nation General Assembly had been debating the now-famous U.S. afterthought"

Front 1151

High-brow

Back 1151

Intellectual or rarefied in taste

Front 1152

Low-brow

Back 1152

Not highly intellectual or cultured

Front 1153

Inasmuch as

Back 1153

To the extent that; in so far as

Front 1154

To budge

Back 1154

To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs

"The Minister for Finance refused to ___ on the new economic rules."

Hint 1154

Human

Front 1155

Felicitous

Back 1155

Well chosen or suited to the circumstances (oportuno, afortunado, acertado)

"I wish warmly to thank America for its ___ initiative in calling for this meeting."

Front 1156

To fray (intransitive)

Back 1156

- To unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope

"The ribbon ___ed at the cut end."

- To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person's mental strength)

"The hectic day ended in ___ed nerves."

Hint 1156

Physical

Front 1157

To mollify

Back 1157

To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort

"All that charity can do where injustice exists is here and there to somewhat ___ the effects of injustice."

Front 1158

Provenance

Back 1158

Procedencia

Front 1159

Bespoke

Back 1159

Individually or custom made

"Marc Valeric sold 125 bespoke hats in two weeks to women desperate to dress properly for royal receptions."

Hint 1159

Not evidence of

Front 1160

To huddle (intransitive)

Back 1160

To crowd together

"The sheep ___ed together seeking warmth."

Hint 1160

Physical

Front 1161

Impasse

Back 1161

A situation in which no progress is possible, especially because of disagreement; a deadlock

Front 1162

Finesse

Back 1162

Impressive delicacy and skill

Front 1163

To impinge

Back 1163

(transitive) To make a physical impact (on); to collide, to crash (upon)

Have an effect, especially a negative one

Front 1164

To extricate (transitive)

Back 1164

To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle

"I finally managed to ___ myself from the tight jacket."

"The firemen had to use the jaws of life to ___ Monica from the car wreck"

Front 1165

Rejoinder

Back 1165

A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty; especially an answer to a question

"I made an appropriate ___, and he smiled wanly."

Front 1166

Beatnik

Back 1166

A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and therewith is supposed to reject of conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior

A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style

Front 1167

Fringe

Back 1167

- A decorative border

"the ___ of a picture"

- A marginal or peripheral part

"the confines of grace and the ___s of repentance"

Front 1168

Mushy

Back 1168

- Resembling or having the consistency of ___; semiliquid, pasty, or granular

"I don't especially like ___ oatmeal."

- Soft; squishy

"The brake pedal is ___ sometimes when I step on it."

- Overly sappy, corny, or cheesy

"Skip the ___, romantic scenes and get to the action"

Front 1169

To balk

Back 1169

Hesitate

To stop short and refuse to go on

"The horse ___ed."

Front 1170

Cavity

Back 1170

Caries

Front 1171

Kludgy (adj)

Back 1171

Sloppy, hasty, shoddy, or inelegant

"This is kind of a ___ solution, but it will work for now"

Front 1172

Udder

Back 1172

Ubre

Front 1173

To obliterate (transitive)

Back 1173

To remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy

"Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost ___ed lines engraved there."

Front 1174

Hindrance

Back 1174

A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone

Front 1175

To mosh

Back 1175

(intransitive) To dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild, aggressive, or spastic movements

Hint 1175

Physical

Front 1176

Derelict (adj)

Back 1176

(adj) Abandoned, forsaken; given up by the natural owner or guardian; (of a ship) abandoned at sea, dilapidated, neglected; (of a spacecraft) abandoned in outer space

"There was a ___ ship on the island."

Front 1177

Sleight (noun)

Back 1177

Cunning; craft; artful practice

An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation

Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill

"Except by ___ of logic and distortion of historical fact, the two positions cannot be harmonized."

Hint 1177

Action

Front 1178

Shanty (noun)

Back 1178

A roughly-built hut or cabin

"A ___ can be any size or shape, four pieces of plywood banged together with a plywood roof, or as elaborate as one I was told about by a Minneapolis fisherman that has four rooms with gas heat and wall-to-wall carpeting."

Front 1179

Cuckold

Back 1179

A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact

Front 1180

To demote

Back 1180

Opposite to promote

Front 1181

Autotelic

Back 1181

Having an end or purpose in itself

Front 1182

To coalesce

Back 1182

(of separate elements) To join into a single mass or whole

"The droplets ___ed into a puddle"

Hint 1182

Physical

Front 1183

Despondency

Back 1183

Low spirit from loss of hope or courage; dejection (desaliento)

"We are human beings experiencing disappointment and ___."

Hint 1183

Mood

Front 1184

Lark

Back 1184

Alondra

(by extension) One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks

Synonyms: early bird, early riser

Antonyms: owl

Hint 1184

Person

Front 1185

Privy to (info)

Back 1185

With knowledge of; party to; let in on

"He was ___ __ the discussions."

Front 1186

To enervate

Back 1186

Make someone feel drained of energy or vitality (debilitate)

Antonym: strengthen

Hint 1186

False friend

Front 1187

To embolden (someone)

Back 1187

Give someone the courage or confidence to do something

Front 1188

To disparage

Back 1188

To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue

"those forbidding appearances which sometimes ___ the actions of men sincerely pious"

Front 1189

Binge drinking

Back 1189

The consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol in a short period of time

"Fights caused by ___ ___ are a major problem in Cardiff"

Front 1190

Jumpscare

Back 1190

Susto fácil de que sale un bicho de pronto

Front 1191

Scruffy (noun)

Back 1191

(v. neat) (informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated (or computationally intractable) to be solved with the sorts of homogeneous system favoured by the "neats"

Hint 1191

Person

Front 1192

Boid

Back 1192

A computer simulation of an animal that flies in flocks or swarms

Front 1193

Spurious

Back 1193

false, not authentic, not genuine

Front 1194

Overcast

Back 1194

Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds

Front 1195

To trounce (transitive)

Back 1195

to win against (someone) by a wide margin; to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily (vapulear)

Hint 1195

Human

Front 1196

Pantry

Back 1196

A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to food storage and/or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller. Since the pantry is not typically temperature-controlled (unlike a refrigerator or root cellar), the foods stored in a pantry are usually shelf-stable staples such as grains, flours, and preserved foods (despensa)

Front 1197

To kit (transitive)

Back 1197

To assemble or collect something into ___s or sets or to give somebody a ___. See also ___ out and other derived phrases

"We need to ___ the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool."

Front 1198

To accrue (intransitive)

Back 1198

To increase, to augment; to come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent

Front 1199

Farce (noun)

Back 1199

Farsa

Hint 1199

Abstract

Front 1200

Grudge

Back 1200

(countable) Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill-feeling about something or someone, especially due to a past bad deed or mistreatment (rencor)

"to hold a ___ against someone"

Hint 1200

Behavior

Front 1201

Afoul (with of)

Back 1201

In a state of entanglement or conflict (with)

"He had a knack for running ___ __ the law."

Front 1202

To lynch

Back 1202

- (pejorative) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging

Front 1203

One-off

Back 1203

Occurring once, one-time, independent of any pattern.

Front 1204

Abridged

Back 1204

Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work

"The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length."

Front 1205

To groom

Back 1205

To attend to one's appearance and clothing

"Every calf should ___ itself properly, turn around, stand up and lie down normally and lie with its legs stretched out."

Hint 1205

Human

Front 1206

To recoup

Back 1206

To make back, as an investment

"He barely managed to ___ his money. He sold out for just what he had invested."

"to ___ losses made at the gaming table"

Front 1207

Beaker

Back 1207

A flat-bottomed vessel, with a lip, used as a laboratory container (como un cilindro gordo con un ladito para echar)

Front 1208

Grille

Back 1208

A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack

Front 1209

Hunch

Back 1209

A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen

"I have a ___ they'll find a way to solve the problem."

Hint 1209

Abstract

Front 1210

To meliorate

Back 1210

(Borrowed from Late Latin)

(transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem

"They offered some compromises in an effort to ___ the disagreement."

Front 1211

To flounder

Back 1211

(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered

"He gave a good speech, but ___ed when audience members asked questions he could not answer well."

Hint 1211

Behavior

Front 1212

Polity

Back 1212

(politics) An organizational structure of the government of a state, church, etc

(political science) A politically organized unit; a state.Different nations have different forms of polities, from provinces and states to territories and municipalities

Front 1213

To fly-tip

Back 1213

To dispose of waste (garbage) illegally, rather than at an authorized dump location

Front 1214

Underling

Back 1214

A subordinate, or person of lesser rank or authority

Front 1215

To vie

Back 1215

(intransitive) To rival; to struggle for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something

"Her suitors were all ___ing for her attention

Front 1216

To maroon

Back 1216

To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island

Front 1217

To tromp

Back 1217

(chiefly) To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot

"Mother yelled at my brothers for ___ing through her flowerbed."

Front 1218

Serendipity

Back 1218

An unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected, but fortunate, discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident

Front 1219

Mercurial

Back 1219

Volatile, changeable

"his mercurial temperament"

Front 1220

To sic

Back 1220

(transitive) To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs

"He ___ed his dog on me!"

Front 1221

Garish

Back 1221

Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste

"The dress fits her well, but the pattern is rather ___."

Front 1222

Rigged

Back 1222

(for a trial, election, or competition) Pre-arranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance

"There was a vicious rumour that the final was ___, as the defense seemed useless"

Front 1223

Vis-à-vis

Back 1223

In relation to; with regard to

"The changes ___ the previous code block are marked in bold."

Front 1224

Reed

Back 1224

(countable) A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the ___

Front 1225

Miffed

Back 1225

(informal) Somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed

"This is a tantrum by a man full of arrogance who is ___ because things are not turning the way he wants them."

Hint 1225

Person

Front 1226

Pleat

Back 1226

(sewing) A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance

Front 1227

Sea urchin

Back 1227

Erizo de mar

Front 1228

Parole

Back 1228

The release of a former prisoner under condition of compliance with specific terms

"The defendant shall be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole"

Front 1229

Dismissive

Back 1229

Showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss

Front 1230

Catty

Back 1230

(informal) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy or upset, particularly among women

Front 1231

Rapt (adj)

Back 1231

(comparable) Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed

"The children watched in ___ attention as the magician produced object after object from his hat."

Front 1232

Throng

Back 1232

A group of people crowded or gathered closely together; a multitude

Front 1233

To dish out

Back 1233

(transitive) To distribute or deliver something

"She can ___ __ criticism but she can't take it."

Front 1234

Unassailable

Back 1234

secure against attack; impregnable

(by extension) undeniable, incontestable or incontrovertible

"She won the debate with her ___ logic."

Front 1235

Esprit de corps

Back 1235

(idiomatic) A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit

Front 1236

Plucky

Back 1236

Having or showing ___, courage or spirit in trying circumstances

"He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his ___."

Front 1237

Upstart

Back 1237

One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous

Hint 1237

Person

Front 1238

To smolder

Back 1238

(intransitive) To burn with no flame and little smoke

"The remains of the bonfire were left to ___ for hours."

Hint 1238

Physical

Front 1239

Abject (adj)

Back 1239

Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position

"An ___ surrender that you will spend the rest of your married life sheepishly trying to justify to your partner."

Front 1240

I.P.O.

Back 1240

The first sale of stock by a private company to the public

Hint 1240

Initial Public Offering

Front 1241

To usher

Back 1241

To guide people to their seats

To accompany or escort (someone)

Front 1242

Fluky

Back 1242

Lucky

Front 1243

Jailbait

Back 1243

(slang) A sexually mature person (usually female) below the legal age of consent who is regarded (usually by an adult male) as being attractive and/or seductive

Front 1244

Tacky

Back 1244

- (colloquial) Of low quality

"That market stall sells all sorts of ___ ornaments."

- (colloquial) In poor taste

"That was a ___ thing to say."

- gaudy, flashy, showy, garish

- dowdy, shabbily dressed

- shabby, dowdy in one's appearance

Front 1245

To heft

Back 1245

(transitive) To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy

"He ___ed the sack of concrete into the truck."

(transitive) To test the weight of something by lifting it

Front 1246

Multifarious

Back 1246

Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold

"It is divided into parts that are too small and ___."

Front 1247

To boggle (intransitive)

Back 1247

(verb) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused

"He ___ed at the surprising news."

Front 1248

Vagary

Back 1248

An erratic, unpredictable occurrence or action

"Pitch Lake owes its appearance on the surface to no convulsion or ___ at all, but to a most slow, orderly, and respectable process of nature."

Front 1249

Astray (adverb)

Back 1249

In a wrong or unknown and wrongly-motivated direction (extraviado)

Front 1250

Carnivorous plant

Back 1250

Planta carnívora

Front 1251

Ansatz

Back 1251

Educated guess that is verified later by its results

(mathematics) A mathematical assumption used to describe a certain phenomenon, posited in order to help provisionally solve an equation or other problem

Front 1252

To wage (transitive)

Back 1252

To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest)

"China ___s war to funeral strippers."

Front 1253

Scourge

Back 1253

(uncountable) A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction

"Graffiti is the ___ of building owners everywhere"

Front 1254

Bloke

Back 1254

(informal) A man, a fellow; an ordinary man, a man on the street

"It was a Cockney ___ who had never seen a cow till he came inside. Cragg said it took some ___s like that, and city fellows are the worse."

Hint 1254

Human

Front 1255

To best (transitive)

Back 1255

To surpass in skill or achievement

To beat in a contest

"You bested me, Uncle. I've never seen you fight like that before.”

Front 1256

Rad (noun)

Back 1256

(slang) clipping of radical excellent

Front 1257

Chug

Back 1257

A large gulp of drink

"He drank his beer in three ___s."

Front 1258

Hubby

Back 1258

(informal) Husband

"Laura thought Jack was the most wonderful ___ in the world."

Front 1259

Brazen

Back 1259

Shamelessly shocking and offensive; audacious; impudent; barefaced; immodest, unblushing

"She was ___ enough to deny stealing the handbag even though she was caught on closed-circuit television doing so."

Front 1260

Bogeyman

Back 1260

A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories

(by extension) Any make-believe threat, especially one used to intimidate or distract

"The alleged link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda turned out to be a ___."

Front 1261

Slimy

Back 1261

- Of or pertaining to, resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, yielding, abounding in slime; viscous; glutinous

"___ things did crawl with legs

Upon the ___ sea."

- (slang) friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; sneaky

Front 1262

To slate

Back 1262

(chiefly) To criticise harshly

"The play was ___ed by the critics."

Front 1263

Stipend

Back 1263

A scholarship granted to a student

A fixed payment, generally small and occurring at regular intervals; a modest allowance"My stipend for doing public service is barely enough to cover living expenses."

Front 1264

Fern (noun)

Back 1264

Helecho

Front 1265

Tug of war

Back 1265

a game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams

Front 1266

Meerkat

Back 1266

Suricato

Front 1267

To plod

Back 1267

(intransitive) To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over)

Front 1268

Rote

Back 1268

The process of learning or committing something to memory through mechanical repetition, usually by hearing and repeating aloud, often without full attention to comprehension or thought for the meaning

"They didn’t have copies of the music for everyone, so most of us had to learn the song by rote."

Hint 1268

Mind

Front 1269

Scavenger

Back 1269

Someone who ___s, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things

An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion (carroñero)

Front 1270

Carcass

Back 1270

The body of a dead animal

Front 1271

To deface

Back 1271

To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner

"After the painting was ___ed a decade ago, it went viral and has been a tourist attraction ever since."

Front 1272

Fanny

Back 1272

(British) The female genitalia

"Her dress was so short you could nearly see her ___"

Front 1273

Jagged

Back 1273

Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut

Having a rough quality

Front 1274

To cringe

Back 1274

- (intransitive) To shrink, cower, tense or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment

"He ___ed as the bird collided with the window."

- An embarrassing event, item or behaviour which causes an onlooker to ___

Front 1275

Baleful

Back 1275

Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering

"round he throws his ___ eyes, that witnessed huge affliction and dismay ..."

Front 1276

To guffaw

Back 1276

Laugh loudly and heartily

"two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light; while a mingled ___ from Heathcliff and Hareton put the copestone on my rage and humiliation."

Front 1277

To chortle

Back 1277

Laugh in a noisy, gleeful way

A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle

"He frequently interrupted himself with ___s while he told us his favorite joke."

Front 1278

Parsimony

Back 1278

Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

(by extension) The principle of using the fewest resources or explanations to solve a problem

Front 1279

Clique

Back 1279

- A small, exclusive group of individuals; cabal

"This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own ___s."

- (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph

"The problem of finding the largest ___ in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete."

Front 1280

Quarry

Back 1280

(mining) A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate

"Michelangelo personally ___ed marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara."

Front 1281

Humdrum (adj)

Back 1281

Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring (rutinario)

"It is fantasy that permits periodic scape from the alienating ___ of daily existence that makes life bearable."

Front 1282

Ado

Back 1282

trouble; troublesome business; fuss

"Probably a crab would be filled with a sense of personal outrage if it could hear us class it without ___ or apology as a crustacean, and thus dispose of it. 'I am no such thing,' it would say; 'I am myself, myself alone.'"

Front 1283

Slipshod

Back 1283

Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash

"Newspapers pointed at greedy contractors who used shoddy materials, ___ methods and the help of corrupt officials to bypass building codes."

Front 1284

To dress

Back 1284

To treat (a wound, or wounded person)

"the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently ___ed."

Front 1285

Dispense with

Back 1285

Prescindir de

Front 1286

Hag

Back 1286

A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard

Front 1287

Snout

Back 1287

Hocico 🐽

Front 1288

Liner

Back 1288

A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean ___

Front 1289

Fag

Back 1289

(UK) A cigarette

Front 1290

Gallows

Back 1290

Wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging (patíbulo)

Front 1291

To garrison

Back 1291

To assign troops to a military post

To occupy with troops

Front 1292

Tanistry (historical)

Back 1292

A form of tenure, in ancient Scotland and Ireland, whereby succession was passed to an elected member of the same extended family

"They also have to make allowance, in place of primogeniture, for the practice of ___, that is, the naming of a successor who was not necessarily the ruler's son."

Front 1293

Chaperone

Back 1293

An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior

Front 1294

Dragnet

Back 1294

- (fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water

- (law enforcement) Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects

"Giving them an ability to securely browse the web (both clear and onion) in a way which allows them to evade ___ surveillance also allows them to conduct investigations securely."

Front 1295

Posh

Back 1295

Associated with the upper classes

"She talks with a posh accent." Stylish, elegant, exclusive (expensive)

"After the performance they went out to a very posh restaurant."

(usually) Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else

"We have a right posh git moving in next door"

Front 1296

TLC

Back 1296

Tender Loving Care

Front 1297

Pawn shop

Back 1297

To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a ___

"But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better ___ it, babe."

Front 1298

Jiffy (noun)

Back 1298

(colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time [from 1785]

"I’ll be back in a ___."

Front 1299

City slicker

Back 1299

(colloquial) One accustomed to a city or urban lifestyle or unsuited to life in the country

"They were a couple of ___ ___s and if they had seen a cow before, they certainly didn't act like it."

Front 1300

Sear (adj)

Back 1300

Dry; withered, especially of vegetation

Front 1301

Attuned

Back 1301

(of a musical instrument) Tuned to the correct pitch

Brought into harmony; harmonized

Having been changed to fit in with a particular context or to be in sync with a phenomenon

Front 1302

To dab

Back 1302

(transitive) To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing

"I dabbed my face with a towel."

(transitive) To apply a substance in this way

"He dabbed moisturizing liquid on his face."

Front 1303

To cackle

Back 1303

(intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does

(intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry

"The witch ___ed evilly."

(intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle

Front 1304

Pushover

Back 1304

Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change his/her mind or comply

"I'm a ___ when it comes to buying new kitchen gadgets."

Someone who lets himself be picked or bullied on without defending or stand up for him/herself

Front 1305

To meddle

Back 1305

(intransitive) To have sex. [from 14thc.]

To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly. [from 14thc

Front 1306

To jangle

Back 1306

(intransitive) To make a rattling metallic sound

"Like sweet bells ___ed, out of tune, and harsh."

"the musical ___ of sleigh bells"

Front 1307

Saggy

Back 1307

Baggy or loose-fitting

That sinks or droops from wear or its own weight

Front 1308

Chubby

Back 1308

Of a person, slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence soft, plump, and rounded

"Obviously the ___ child was eating too much."

Front 1309

Neato

Back 1309

(colloquial) Neat (in the sense of being excellent or desirable)

"Oh ___! My car is fixed."

Front 1310

To snag

Back 1310

- (slang) To obtain or pick up (something)

"Ella ___ed a bottle of water from the fridge before leaving for her jog."

- (slang) To stealthily steal with legerdemain prowess (something)

"The smiling little girl ___ed her phone while performing a dance; but now was far-off among the crowd."

Front 1311

Silken

Back 1311

Made of silk "a ___ veil"

Having a smooth, soft, or light texture, like that of silk; suggestive of silk

(figuratively) Smoothly uttered; flowing, subtle, or convincing in presentation

Front 1312

Grub

Back 1312

(uncountable) Food.

Front 1313

To foot (a bill)

Back 1313

(colloquial) To pay (a bill)

Front 1314

Plump (adj)

Back 1314

Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight

"a ___ baby;  ___ cheeks"

Front 1315

Gooey

Back 1315

of or relating to ___soft, sticky and viscous

Front 1316

Husk

Back 1316

- The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside

"A coconut has a very thick husk."

- Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something

"His attorney was a dried-up ___ of a man."

Front 1317

Carapace

Back 1317

A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal (caparazón?)

Front 1318

To sock

Back 1318

(transitive) To hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to

"If you're supposed to ___ somebody in the jaw, and you sort of feel like doing it, you should do it."

Front 1319

To glomp

Back 1319

(slang) to embrace enthusiastically; to pounce on and hug, often from a running start

"You ___ onto her, and she punts you through the wall....but you don't care!"

Front 1320

Superbly (adv)

Back 1320

excellently, done to the best possibly degree, admirably

Front 1321

Teensy

Back 1321

(childish) tiny

"There's only a ___ chance that I'll be able to make your party, as I'm up to my eyeballs in work."

Front 1322

Clad (adj)

Back 1322

(past tense) To clothe

"His followers were neither ideologues nor philosophers nor clerics but shabbily ___ fifteen-year-olds who looked twice their age ..."

Front 1323

Goop

Back 1323

(informal) A thick, slimy substance; ___

Front 1324

Lampshade

Back 1324

A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions so it doesn't cause glare by shining directly in one's eyes

Front 1325

Puddle

Back 1325

A small pool of water, usually on a path or road. [from 14th c.]

Front 1326

Rump (noun)

Back 1326

The hindquarters of an animal

A cut of meat from the ___ of an animal

The buttocks

Front 1327

Tsundere

Back 1327

chiefly) def A character, usually a girl, who fits the archetype of being cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warm and caring side

Front 1328

To crank

Back 1328

(transitive) To turn by means of a ___

"Motorists had to ___ their engine by hand."

(transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a ___

"I turn the key and ___ the engine; yet it doesn't turn over"

Front 1329

To jog

Back 1329

- To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt

"___ one's elbow"

- To shake, stir or rouse

"I tried desperately to ___ my memory."

Front 1330

Scuffed

Back 1330

referring to something that has been scratched or marked by contact with another object

"I bought a ___ skateboard from a second-hand store"

Front 1331

CGI (computing)

Back 1331

Initialism of Computer-generated imagery

Front 1332

Charring (noun)

Back 1332

- present participle of ___

- The incomplete combustion of organic material

"To address this question a series of experimental ___s were carried out on modern specimens in a laboratory kiln in an attempt to replicate the archaeological material."

Hint 1332

Charcoal

Front 1333

Toodle pip

Back 1333

(humorous) goodbye

"Right, I'm off. ___ ___!"

Front 1334

Ruse

Back 1334

A trick, action intended to deceive (ardid, estratagema, treta)

"No doubt this is a ___ to remove the reduction from the text."

Front 1335

Apron

Back 1335

An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills.

Front 1336

Popsicle

Back 1336

Frozen soplink fruit, flavored soplink sugar or the like, on a stick, of a size to be one serving.

Front 1337

MIA (military)

Back 1337

Initialism of (see hint)

"When his patrol didn't come back from the front, he and all his buddies were listed as ___"

Hint 1337

Missing In Action

Front 1338

Psyche (used abruptly after a sentence)

Back 1338

indicate that the speaker is only joking

Front 1339

Manna

Back 1339

(biblical) Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.

Front 1340

Smitgereens

Back 1340

Fragments or splintered pieces; numerous tiny disconnected items

"The urn shattered into ___ the moment it hit the ground"

Front 1341

Proceeds

Back 1341

- Revenue; gross revenue

"They will donate all ___—the entire amount collected in ticket sales—from the show to charity"

- Profits; net revenue

"They will donate net ___—whatever money is left after they pay their expenses—from the show to charity."

Front 1342

Keep (historical)

Back 1342

The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.

(According to , the word comes "from the Middle English term kype, meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel".)

Front 1343

Dastardly

Back 1343

in the manner of a ___; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous

treacherous; given to backstabbing

"Deception is afoot, and now Florence must reveal the actual truth before ___ plans bind her to treachery."

Front 1344

Paramour

Back 1344

An illicit lover, either male or female

Front 1345

Rain check

Back 1345

(idiomatic) In social interactions, a polite way to turn down an invitation, with the implication one is simply postponing it and that another time would be acceptable

"I can't go with you to the museum this Saturday, but can I take a ___ ___ and go some other day?"

Front 1346

Bucko

Back 1346

Young lad; friend, pal (used in addressing someone).

Front 1347

Cranky

Back 1347

(of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition; shaky.

Grouchy, irritable; easily upset

"He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky."

Front 1348

Fancy schmancy

Back 1348

(informal) Fancy, especially in a contrived or pretentious fashion

Front 1349

Goober

Back 1349

(slang) A foolish, simple, or amusingly silly person

(slang) To drool; to dribble.(slang) To drip or slather; to apply (some gooey substance) to a surface

Front 1350

Goofball

Back 1350

(informal) A foolish or silly person

"If that ___ would put half the effort into her studies as she does into her juggling, she might do very well."

Front 1351

Chummy

Back 1351

(informal) friendly; on, or trying to be on, intimate terms

Hint 1351

chum; mate

Front 1352

To scramble

Back 1352

(intransitive) To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface

(intransitive) To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner

Front 1353

Waiver

Back 1353

The act of not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege

(legal) A legal document releasing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless)

Also used for such a form even before it is filled out and signed

"I had to sign a waiver when I went skydiving, agreeing not to sue even if something went wrong."

Something that releases a person from a requirement

"I needed a waiver from the department head to take the course because I didn't technically have the prerequisite courses."

Front 1354

To flaunt

Back 1354

- (intransitive) To wave or flutter smartly in the wind

"The house came into sight, above the cedar grove beyond whose black interstices an apple orchard ___ed in the sunny afternoon."

- (transitive) To parade, display with ostentation

"She's always ___ing her designer clothes."

Front 1355

Ache for

Back 1355

To desire or want something, or someone, very much

"He ___ed __ her as he'd never ached for any woman"

Front 1356

To crumple up

Back 1356

(intransitive) To become ___ed or messily folded __

(transitive) To ___ or messily fold (something)

(intransitive) To collapse; to give up and fold in a stressful situation

Front 1357

Locket

Back 1357

A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item

Front 1358

To wriggle

Back 1358

- (intransitive) To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm

"Teachers often lose their patience when children ___ in their seats."

- (transitive) To cause to or make something ___

"He was sitting on the lawn, ___ his toes in the grass."

Front 1359

Makeshift (adj)

Back 1359

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted

"They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter."

Front 1360

Hard shoulder

Back 1360

A verge to the side of a highway, which should be used only in case of an emergency (especially on a motorway)

Front 1361

Cloister

Back 1361

A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:such arcade in a monastery; (claustro)

Front 1362

Snug (noun)

Back 1362

(British) A small, comfortable back room in a pub

Front 1363

Tarpaulin

Back 1363

(countable) A ___, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket

"Throw a ___ over that woodpile before it gets wet"

Front 1364

To crimp

Back 1364

- To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.

"Cornish pasties are crimped during preparation."

- (electricity) To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened

"He ___ed the wire in place."

- To pinch and hold; to seize.

Front 1365

Splint

Back 1365

A narrow strip of wood split or peeled off of a larger piece.(medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.

Front 1366

Pliers

Back 1366

A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things

"I need a pair of pliers to get a good grip on that broken screw"

Front 1367

Shiv

Back 1367

A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).

Front 1368

To pelt

Back 1368

(transitive) To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.

Front 1369

To stall

Back 1369

- (transitive) To employ delaying tactics against

"He ___ed the creditors as long as he could."

- (intransitive) To employ delaying tactics

"Soon it became clear that she was ___ing to give him time to get away."

Front 1370

Dapper (adj)

Back 1370

Neat, trim

Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy

Front 1371

Blook

Back 1371

- A book serialized on a blog (weblog) platform

- A book about blogging

- A printed book containing content which first appeared on a blog

Front 1372

To boondoggle

Back 1372

(intransitive) To waste time on a pointless activity

"Opponents consider this another billion-dollar government ___."

Front 1373

To jape

Back 1373

(intransitive) To jest; play tricks; joke

"Now the Lond of Egypt longeth to the Soudan, yet the Soudan longeth not to the Lond of Egypt. And when I say this, I do ___ with words, and may hap ye understond me not."

(transitive) To mock; deride; gibe; trick; befool

Front 1374

To kibble

Back 1374

To grind coarsely

"___ed oats"

Something that has been ___ed, especially grain for use as animal feed

Front 1375

Lenticular (noun)

Back 1375

A picture made using ___ printing where different images appear from different viewing angles

"Cracker Jack prizes and CD covers often have ___ images on them."

Front 1376

Hold-up

Back 1376

(colloquial) A delay or wait

"What is the ___?"

Front 1377

To burrow

Back 1377

To dig a tunnel or hole.

Front 1378

Prong

Back 1378

- A thin, pointed, projecting part

"a pitchfork with four ___s"

- A branch; a fork.

"the two ___s of a river"

- (colloquial) penis.

"Is that my wang!? Micky Paintbrush, have you painted my papal ___ on that nudy man!?"

Front 1379

Spiffy

Back 1379

(informal) Dapper; fine or neat, especially in style of clothing or other appearance

"The charming twins came last week, and you should see their clothes. ‘___’ is the word."

Front 1380

Pratfall

Back 1380

A fall onto the buttocks

A humiliating mistake

A staged trip or fall, often for comedic purposes.The motivational speaker started with a pratfall so he could speak about the importance of getting back up.

Front 1381

Belligerent

Back 1381

Engaged in warfare, warring

Eager to go to war, warlike

Front 1382

Drool

Back 1382

saliva trickling from the mouth

Front 1383

To cull

Back 1383

To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group)

"JOE DALLESANDRO ___ed from Andy Warhol's FLESH — anonymous; sleeve notes from The Smiths' eponymous album

Front 1384

Chaplain

Back 1384

A member of a religious body (often, but not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to give pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc. (capellán?)

Front 1385

Gauntlet

Back 1385

Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat

Front 1386

Menial

Back 1386

Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant

Of or relating to unskilled work.

Front 1387

To suplex

Back 1387

(wrestling) A wrestling move in which the wrestler picks up his or her opponent off the ground (or mat) and then, using a large portion of his or her own body weight, drives the opponent down on the mat by throwing them over their center of gravity, usually arching their back.

Front 1388

Boulder

Back 1388

A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land

Front 1389

Wimpy

Back 1389

(informal) Having the characteristics of a ___; feeble, indecisive, cowardly

Front 1390

Beaming

Back 1390

Smilingly happy; showing happy emotion

Front 1391

Weenie

Back 1391

(diminutive) A hot dog, ___, wurst or sausage, often cut into pieces for children

(slang) A penis

(slang) Someone considered weak and unimportant

(slang) A geek or nerd, especially a computer user with a deficient social life

Front 1392

Dork

Back 1392

(vulgar) A penis. [from the 20th c.]

(pejorative) A quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends. Often confused with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same level of intelligence. [from the 20th c.]

Front 1393

To pound

Back 1393

(transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly

(transitive) To crush to pieces;

Front 1394

Scrapbook

Back 1394

a book, similar to a notebook or journal, in which personal or family memorabilia and photos are collected and arranged

Front 1395

Shambles

Back 1395

- a scene of great disorder or ruina great mess or clutter

"This website is a ___."

- a scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation

Front 1396

Schtick

Back 1396

A characteristic trait or theme.

Front 1397

Hinterland

Back 1397

The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port

A remote or undeveloped area, a backwater

Front 1398

Lunge

Back 1398

A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword

Front 1399

Assailant

Back 1399

Someone who attacks or ___s another violently, or criminally; an attacker

Front 1400

Noogie

Back 1400

(slang) An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly

Front 1401

Glossies

Back 1401

Having a smooth, silklike, reflective surface

(chiefly) a glossy magazine

"The supermarket ___ are full of celebrity gossip and fad diets"

Front 1402

Off-the-cut

Back 1402

(idiomatic) Extemporaneous; without prior preparation; spontaneous; impromptu

"He made a few __-__-___ remarks before launching into his prepared speech."

Front 1403

Schlock

Back 1403

Commodity that is shoddy or inferior

Front 1404

Bane (noun)

Back 1404

A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse

"the ___ of my existence"

Front 1405

Zoinks

Back 1405

Expression of surprise, fear, etc.

Front 1406

Brahmin

Back 1406

A scholar, teacher, priest, intellectual, researcher, scientist, knowledge-seeker, or knowledge worker

A social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA

A learned person of refined taste and mild manners

Front 1407

Lumpen

Back 1407

(Marxism) the lowest stratum of the proletariata social underclass; the riffraff

Front 1408

To snub

Back 1408

(transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone

"He was naturally shy, and being only made of velveteen, some of the more expensive toys quite ___ed him."

Front 1409

To woo

Back 1409

(transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's support

(transitive) (often of a man) To try to persuade someone to marry oneself; to solicit in love

Front 1410

Fodder

Back 1410

Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

Front 1411

Caddy

Back 1411

A small box, can, or chest to keep things in

Front 1412

Quince

Back 1412

Membrillo

Front 1413

Hick

Back 1413

(pejorative) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. [from early 18th c.]

Front 1414

Bishonen

Back 1414

An Asian aesthetic of young men whose beauty (and sex appeal) transcends the boundary of gender or sexual orientation, found in manga, etc.

Front 1415

To thwap

Back 1415

To make, or cause to make, a heavy smacking sound

Front 1416

Platoon

Back 1416

(military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company

Front 1417

Squire

Back 1417

A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight

Front 1418

To overdraw

Back 1418

To withdraw more money from an account than there is credit; to make an ___

Front 1419

Onerous

Back 1419

imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort

"[I]t has become an ___ duty, a wearisome and distasteful task."

Front 1420

Paucity

Back 1420

Fewness in number; too few

"___ of connections with new and non-redundant social circles may create isolation and eventually degrade social capital."

Front 1421

Graft

Back 1421

(countable) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit

Front 1422

Unsavory

Back 1422

- Not ___; without flavor

- Of bad taste; distasteful

- Making an activity undesirable

- Disreputable, not respectable, of questionable moral character

"His ___ reputation as a mobster came back to haunt him when he ran for mayor of New York."

Front 1423

Crone (noun)

Back 1423

An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag

Front 1424

Liminal

Back 1424

Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold

Hint 1424

limen = umbral

Front 1425

Peacock

Back 1425

Pavo real

Front 1426

Plaintiff

Back 1426

(legal) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers

Front 1427

Sultry

Back 1427

(weather) Hot and humid. [from late 16th c.]

(weather) Very hot and dry; torrid

(figuratively) Sexually enthralling

Front 1428

Willowy

Back 1428

(of a person) tall, slender and graceful

Front 1429

Riveting

Back 1429

Commanding the attention of spectators

(transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using ___

(transitive) To install ___

(transitive) To command the attention of

Front 1430

Patron

Back 1430

- One who protects or supports; a defender

- A regular customer, as of a certain store or restaurant

"This car park is for ___s only."

- A property owner who hires a contractor for construction works

- An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble

- (historical) A master who had freed his slave but still retained some paternal rights over him

Front 1431

Commonality

Back 1431

The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics

Such a shared attribute or characteristic

Front 1432

Woodlouse

Back 1432

Cochinita

Front 1433

To wean

Back 1433

(transitive) To cease giving milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder

Front 1434

To quell

Back 1434

- (obsolete) To kill. [9th-19th c.]

- (transitive) To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit. [from 10th c.]

"The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the sovereign, and enabled him to ___ the disaffected minority."

"Northward marching to ___ the sudden revolt."

Front 1435

To abide

Back 1435

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere

"The old oak tree ___ the wind endlessly."

Front 1436

To elucidate

Back 1436

(transitive) To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon

"The business, however, though not perfectly ___ed by this speech, soon ceased to be a puzzle."

Front 1437

Apex

Back 1437

The "highest" or the greatest point of something

"the ___ of the building"

Front 1438

To go haywire

Back 1438

Behaving erratically or uncontrollably, especially of a machine or mechanical process; usually used with the verb "go"

"hideIt was working fine until it went ___ and wouldn't stop printing blank sheets."

"Those kids go ___ when they don't get what they want."

"Everything ___, including cranky pack horse which kept getting off trail."

Front 1439

Curtly

Back 1439

Rudely brief

Front 1440

Raucous

Back 1440

- Harsh and rough-sounding

"At night, ___ sounds come from the swamp."

- Disorderly and boisterous

"Acts of vandalism were committed by a ___ gang of drunkards."

- Loud and annoying

"The new neighbors had a ___ party"

Front 1441

Overseer

Back 1441

One who ___s or supervises

"It is often deemed advisable to knock a man slave down, in order to tie him, but it is considered cowardly and inexcusable, in an ___, thus to deal with a woman"

Front 1442

Doomsday

Back 1442

- The day when God is expected to judge the world; end times- judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution

Front 1443

Scads (in the plural)

Back 1443

A large number or quantity

"___ of reputable cardiologists now voice the same concerns."

Front 1444

Quibble

Back 1444

A trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument

"He harped on his ___ about how the dark red paint should be described as carmine rather than burgundy."

Front 1445

Calf

Back 1445

A young cow or bull

Front 1446

Godspeed

Back 1446

The wish that the outcome of someone's actions is positive for them, typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavor

Front 1447

Teat

Back 1447

- The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted

- An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants (tetilla)

Front 1448

To wreak

Back 1448

(transitive) To cause, inflict or let out, especially if causing harm or injury

"The earthquake ___ed havoc in the city."

" She ___ed her anger on his car."

Front 1449

To condone

Back 1449

- (transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked)

- (transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked)

Front 1450

Burly

Back 1450

(usually) Large, well-built, and muscular

"He’s a big, ___ rugby player who works as a landscape gardener."

Front 1451

To gobble

Back 1451

To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf i often used with up

"He ___ed four hot dogs in three minutes."

Front 1452

Imprimatur

Back 1452

(printing) An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies

(by extension) Any mark of official approval

"The high court lent its prestige and its imprimatur to what became known as 'separate but equal' segregation"

Front 1453

Barrister

Back 1453

(legal) A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts

Front 1454

To bleat

Back 1454

Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry

"The Mass was occasionally interrupted by the gentle ___ of a sheep or the snort of a pig"

Front 1455

Flake (noun, person)

Back 1455

(informal) A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living

"She makes pleasant conversation, but she's kind of a ___ when it comes time for action"

Front 1456

Muddle

Back 1456

A mixture; a confusion; a garble

"The ___ of nervous speech he uttered did not have much meaning."

Front 1457

To bolster

Back 1457

To brace, reinforce, secure, or support

"We will also pro-actively ___ youth participation"

Front 1458

To inveigh

Back 1458

(intransitive) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism

"Only last week, three aggressively written pamphlets crossed my desk ___ing against the euro."

Hint 1458

Communication

Front 1459

Soot

Back 1459

Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

Spanish: hollín

Front 1460

Craggy

Back 1460

Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features

"The goat climbed up the ___ rocks."

Front 1461

Flummoxed

Back 1461

Confused, perplexed or flustered (desconcertado)

"He's good at what he knows, but he gets completely ___ when new problems arise"

Front 1462

Meek (adj)

Back 1462

Quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive

"They'd eat her all the sooner if she was ___ to them. Fight or be eaten."

Front 1463

Rudderless

Back 1463

Without a ___, unsteerable, without guidance

Front 1464

Sleek

Back 1464

Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy

"___ hair"

Front 1465

Full of beans

Back 1465

With a lot of energy (British slang)

Front 1466

Saucy

Back 1466

- Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce

- Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a way that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart

- Impudently bold; pert

- Sharp; pungent; piquant

- Mildly erotic

"I enjoyed the dancing, but my wife found it a little too ___."

Front 1467

Slapstick

Back 1467

(uncountable) A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations

Front 1468

Cask

Back 1468

A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks

Front 1469

Heist

Back 1469

A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum

- (slang) A ___ film: a film whose plot centers around an attempted robbery

Front 1470

To shirk

Back 1470

- (transitive) To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from

- (intransitive) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away

"If you have a job, don't ___ from it by staying off work"

Front 1471

To pootle along

Back 1471

(intransitive) To walk, ride, drive etc. leisurely

Front 1472

Canopy

Back 1472

- A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed

- Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors

- The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest

Front 1473

To nick

Back 1473

- (transitive) To steal

"Someone's nicked my bike"

- (transitive) To arrest

"The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he'd broken into."

Front 1474

Sloe

Back 1474

Endrino (pacharán, gin)

- The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)

- The tree Prunus spinosa

- Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit

Front 1475

Lintel

Back 1475

(architecture) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above

Front 1476

Payload

Back 1476

- That part of a cargo that produces revenue

- The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft

- That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite

- (computing) The functional part of a computer virus or another type of malware program, rather than the part that spreads it

- (communication) The actual data in a data stream

Front 1477

To enthuse

Back 1477

- (intransitive) to show enthusiasm

"a splendid performance, and I was __ing over it — Julian Huxley"

- (proscribed) to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm or to be enthusiastic

"The novelty of the film ___ed the audience."

Front 1478

Cameltoe

Back 1478

(slang) The visible outline of a woman's labia or vulva, as a consequence of wearing tight pants

Front 1479

Road head

Back 1479

******* in a car

Front 1480

Cenotaph

Back 1480

A monument, ideally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere; especially members of the armed forces who died in battle

Hint 1480

from Old Greek κενός ("empty") + τάφος ("tomb").

Front 1481

Extant

Back 1481

- Still in existence (existent, existing)

- Currently existing; not having disappeared

- Still alive; not extinct

Front 1482

To prowl

Back 1482

(transitive) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty

"Watch the lioness ___ing in the shrubbery for zebras."

"It's tough to sneak vandalism into Wikipedia as there are plenty of other users ___ling the Recent Changes page"

Front 1483

To limp

Back 1483

- (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg

- (intransitive) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion

"The bomber ___ed home on one engine."

Front 1484

Chav

Back 1484

(UK) A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle

Front 1485

Bailiff

Back 1485

- A private administrator, particularly anchor

- Steward

- (historical) A steward: the manager of a medieval manor charged with collecting its rents, etc

- (historical) An overseer: a supervisor of tenant farmers, serfs, or slaves, usually as part of his role as steward (see above)

Front 1486

Furlough

Back 1486

- A leave of absence or vacation

- (US) especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner

- Sabático

Front 1487

Grievance

Back 1487

- (countable) Something which causes grief

- (countable) A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint

- (uncountable) Feelings of being wronged; outrage.

Front 1488

Strand

Back 1488

- Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord

- A string

- An individual length of any fine, string-like substance

"strand of spaghetti, strand of hair"

Front 1489

Lint

Back 1489

- a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds

- clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.

Front 1490

Scrawl (noun)

Back 1490

Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting

Front 1491

Grubby

Back 1491

- Dirty, unwashed, unclean

"He's a ___ little boy, always playing around by the stream"

- Having ___s in it

Front 1492

Copper (person)

Back 1492

(slang, law enforcement) A police officer (cop)

Front 1493

To fume (emotions)

Back 1493

To feel or express great anger

"He's still ___ing about the argument they had yesterday."

Front 1494

Corny

Back 1494

- Boring and unoriginal

"The duct tape and wire were a pretty ___ solution."

- Hackneyed or excessively sentimental

"The movie was okay, but the love scene was really ___."

"'Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, And so are you.' How ___ is that!"

Front 1495

Gripping (adj)

Back 1495

Which catches someone's attention; exciting

(Synonyms: interesting, absorbing, fascinating)

"a ___ action film"

Front 1496

Stilted

Back 1496

- Stiff and artificially formal

"He gave a ___ bow and left."

- Pompous

Front 1497

Frieze

Back 1497

A banner with a series of pictures

"The classroom had an alphabet ___ that showed an animal for each letter."

Front 1498

Inmate

Back 1498

A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient)

Front 1499

To daub

Back 1499

- (intransitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes (apply, coat, cover, plaster, smear)

"The artist just seemed to ___ on paint at random and suddenly there was a painting."

Front 1500

To maim (intransitive)

Back 1500

To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body

"Three chairs of the steamer type, all ___ed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden"

Front 1501

Squeegee

Back 1501

A tool consisting of a rubber blade at right angles to a handle, used for spreading, pushing or wiping liquid material on, across or off a surface, especially when cleaning glass, eg the windscreen of a vehicle or a shop window, to remove soapy water. [from the 17th c.]

Front 1502

Rubble

Back 1502

The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry

"The walls are more than two metres thick, with the outer rows made up of large blocks and the inner ones with ___ or smaller stones."

Front 1503

Plywood

Back 1503

(uncountable) Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.

Front 1504

Hunchbacked

Back 1504

Having an abnormally curved or hunched back

Front 1505

Snare (noun)

Back 1505

A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather)

"He felt a ___ tightening around his throat; he gasped and threw a leg out of the bed, where it jerked for a second or two, thumping the steel frame, and died."

Front 1506

To poach

Back 1506

(transitive) To cook something in simmering liquid.(intransitive) To be cooked in simmering liquid

(transitive) To take game or fish illegally

(transitive) To take anything illegally or unfairly.

Front 1507

Boarding house

Back 1507

- A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals

- A boarding school building where boarders live during term time

Front 1508

Quackery

Back 1508

- (legal) The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud

- (countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine

Front 1509

To dally

Back 1509

- To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle

"It is time that the Prime Minister stopped dallying with other concepts."

- (ambitransitive) To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet

Front 1510

Star-crossed

Back 1510

ill-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars”.The star-crossed lovers looked into each other's eyes, before dying.Synonyms: ill-starred

Front 1511

Heist

Back 1511

A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum

(slang) A heist film: a film whose plot centers around an attempted robbery.

Front 1512

Fist pump

Back 1512

- The forward thrust of one's fist, as in celebration.

- The hitting together of two people's fists, as e.g. a greeting.

Front 1513

Strain

Back 1513

The act of straining, or the state of being strained.A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.he jumped up with a strain; the strain upon the sailboat's riggingAn injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.

Front 1514

To sprain

Back 1514

To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxationto sprain one's ankle

Front 1515

Turnstile

Back 1515

A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid.

Front 1516

Juniper

Back 1516

Enebro

Front 1517

Flab

Back 1517

(informal) Soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat (spare tire, roll of fat)

Front 1518

Cold sore

Back 1518

A small bump (namely a vesicle) on the lips resulting from infection by herpes simplex viruses (mostly HHV1 but also HHV2)

Front 1519

Dumbbell

Back 1519

(weightlifting) A weight consisting of two disks or spheres attached to a short bar; used for exercise and weight training

Front 1520

Friar

Back 1520

A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).

Front 1521

Charter

Back 1521

- A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges

- A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.

Front 1522

To mete out

Back 1522

To distribute something in portions; to apportion or dole out

"The brave government is not one that dares to mete out harsh punishment to companies, but one that is just as severe toward itself."

Front 1523

Pillory

Back 1523

A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation

Front 1524

Moat

Back 1524

A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation

Front 1525

Feast

Back 1525

A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.We had a feast to celebrate the harvest.Something delightfulIt was a feast for the eyes.A festival; a holy day or holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary

Front 1526

Juror

Back 1526

(legal) A member of a jury.

Front 1527

To pamper

Back 1527

(transitive) To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence (mimar)

"___ yourself for a few days in this marvelous health spa."

Front 1528

Ineffaceable

Back 1528

Unable to be erased or forgotten

" Mr. Disbrowe was reclining on a well-worn horsehair-covered sofa, his frequent reclinings on which piece of furniture had stamped a deep and quite ___ impression of his weighty form upon the cushion."

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Runt

Back 1529

- The smallest animal of a litter

- The smallest child in the family, as in "the runt of the family"

- Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person

- (computing) An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes

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To avert

Back 1530

(transitive) To turn aside or away

"To ___ the eyes from an object"

(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of

"How can the danger be ___ed?"

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Uncharted

Back 1531

not surveyed or mapped ▲ hide1979, Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyFar out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.

Front 1532

Lanyard

Back 1532

A cord used to hold a small object such as a key, whistle, card, or knife, worn around the neck or wrist: a form of necklace or wristband

Front 1533

Wunderkind

Back 1533

A child prodigy; a phenom.A highly talented or gifted individual; one who is successful at a young age

Front 1534

To neuter

Back 1534

To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals

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Gutted

Back 1535

(UK) Deeply disappointed; annoyed; down.

The thing I was most gutted about was that I had planned to finish knitting a patchwork cot blanket. It never did get finished.

Front 1536

Rebuttal

Back 1536

The act of refuting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.A statement, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents.

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Incumbent

Back 1537

- Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.

"Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust."

- Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.

- Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.

- Being the current holder of an office or a title.

"If the incumbent senator dies, he is replaced by a person appointed by the governor."

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To befit

Back 1538

to be fit forHis conduct was not befitting an officer of his station.

Front 1539

Mob

Back 1539

A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action. ▼ show(collective noun) A group of animals such as horses or cattle.The Mafia, or a similar group that engages in organized crime (preceded by the). ▼ show(video games) A non-player character, especially one that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game

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Hoodlum

Back 1540

the word originated in San Francisco from a particular street gang's call to unemployed Irishmen to "huddle 'em" (to beat up Chinese migrants)

A gangster; a hired thug.

Synonyms: criminal

A rough or violent youth.

Synonyms: troublemaker

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To nitpick

Back 1541

- To correct minutiae or find fault in unimportant details.

"Someone will invariably nitpick about any spelling error posted to the forums."

- (archaic) To pick nits - lice eggs - from someone’s hair.

"Watch the mother gorilla nitpick the baby’s fur clean."

Synonyms cavilflyspeck

Front 1542

Pulse

Back 1542

pulse (plural pulses)Any annual legume yielding from 1 to 12 grains or seeds of variable size, shape and colour within a pod, and used as food for humans or animals.

Front 1543

To oust

Back 1543

(transitive) To expel; to remove.The protesters became so noisy that they were finally ousted from the meeting.Synonymsbanish, dismiss, eject, excludeAntonymsaccept, harbor, shelter

Front 1544

To loiter

Back 1544

To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idlySynonyms: lepak (Malaysia, Singapore), linger, hang aroundFor some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside.

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Triage

Back 1545

- Assessment or sorting according to quality.

- (medicine) The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury).

- (computing) The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed.

- That which is picked out, especially broken coffee beans

Front 1546

Pundit

Back 1546

An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic. [from 19th c.] ▼ showA learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar

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Shieling (noun)

Back 1547

(From Scots shiel (from Old Norse skjól) + -ing.)

- An area of summer pasture used for cattle, sheep etc.

"The cattle at Mosfell were kept in a shieling, and Thordis stayed there while the Thing took place."

- A shepherd's hut or shack

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Cairn

Back 1548

- A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument

- A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.

Synonyms burial mound

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Feisty

Back 1549

- Tenacious, energetic, spunky.

- Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.

- Easily offended and ready to bicker.

Front 1550

Tad

Back 1550

(informal) A small amount; a little bit.Could you lean the picture to the left just a tad more?

Front 1551

Under the weather

Back 1551

(idiomatic) Somewhat ill or gloomy.(idiomatic) Somewhat intoxicated or suffering from a hangover.(idiomatic) Experiencing adversity. ▼ showSynonyms(somewhat ill or gloomy) off one's feed, out of sorts(somewhat intoxicated) out of sorts(experiencing adversity) out of sorts

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Nape

Back 1552

The back part of the neck.(zoology) The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head.Synonymsnucha, nuchal (medicine)scruff, scruff of the neckwithers (of a horse)

Front 1553

Cougar

Back 1553

A mountain lion; Puma concolor.

Synonyms: catamount, catamountain, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma, red tiger

Hyponym: Florida panther

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Contractor

Back 1554

- A person or company that builds or improves buildings.

- A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.

- A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.

- A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee.

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Cahoots

Back 1555

Collusion or collaboration to nefarious ends

"Being frustrated or up in cahoots"

Front 1556

Recidivism

Back 1556

Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.The increase in criminal activity was attributed to recidivism

Front 1557

Tacet

Back 1557

(music) An instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece.

Front 1558

Chilling

Back 1558

Becoming cold. ▼ showCausing cold.Causing mild fear.It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it.

Front 1559

Overhaul

Back 1559

A major repair, remake, renovation, or revision.The engine required a complete overhaul to run properly

Front 1560

Kingpin

Back 1560

(motorized vehicles) The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place—a kingbolt.

Front 1561

Fennel

Back 1561

Hinojo

Front 1562

Creepy-crawly

Back 1562

Any small crawling animal such as a spider, insect or worm.

Front 1563

Tenet

Back 1563

An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization

Front 1564

Pod

Back 1564

(botany) A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.Synonyms: capsule, case, container, hull, husk, shell, seedpod, vesselA small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations.(obsolete) A bag; a pouch.(collective) A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami.Synonyms: gam

Front 1565

Mutiny

Back 1565

An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers (motín)

Front 1566

Cuff

Back 1566

The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist

Front 1567

Stump

Back 1567

The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb

Front 1568

Grassroots

Back 1568

Of, or relating to people or society at the local level

Front 1569

Groundswell

Back 1569

(nautical) A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance

(by extension) A broadly-based shifting of public opinion

Front 1570

To debunk

Back 1570

(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something"Sailing round the world debunked the theory that the earth was flat."

Front 1571

Meeple

Back 1571

A small person-shaped figure used as a player's token in a board game.

Front 1572

Fad

Back 1572

A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time. ▲ hide2004, Andre R. Young, "Encore", Encore:You're a fad, that means you're something that we've already had, but once you're gone, you don't come back.

Front 1573

To dispense with

Back 1573

(transitive) To eliminate or do without.I wish he would dispense with the pleasantries and get to the point.

Front 1574

Galore

Back 1574

(postpositive) In abundance.After the shipwreck there was whisky galore to be had for the taking.▼ show

Front 1575

To jam

Back 1575

To get something stuck in a confined space.My foot got jammed in a gap between the rocks.Her poor little baby toe got jammed in the door.I jammed the top knuckle of my ring finger.▼ showTo brusquely force something into a space; cram, squeeze.They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.The rush-hour train was jammed with commuters.▼ showTo cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up"A single accident can jam the roads for hours.To block or confuse a broadcast signal.

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Thrift

Back 1576

(uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).His thrift can be seen in how little the trashman takes from his house.▼ show(countable) A savings bank.Usually, home mortgages are obtained from thrifts.(countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.(obsolete) Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity; profit. ▼ show

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Rueful

Back 1577

- Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow, especially in a wry or humorous way

- Inspiring pity or compassion

- Bad; woeful; deplorable.

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Till

Back 1578

- A cash register.

- A removable box within a cash register containing the money.

"Pull all the tills and lock them in the safe."

- The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.

"My count of my till was 30 dollars short."

Front 1579

Plummy (of a voice)

Back 1579

(of a voice) rich, mellow and carefully articulated, especially with an upper-class accent

Front 1580

Tad

Back 1580

(informal) A small amount; a little bit

"Could you lean the picture to the left just a _ more?"

Front 1581

Dogged

Back 1581

stubbornly persevering, steadfast

Front 1582

Bootleggers

Back 1582

An illegal trader of goods, especially

Front 1583

Ilk

Back 1583

A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together

Front 1584

Bout

Back 1584

A period of something, usually painful or unpleasanta bout of drought.

Front 1585

Acme

Back 1585

The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination

"The very ___ and pitch of life for epic poetry."

"The moment when a certain power reaches the ___ of its supremacy."

Front 1586

To furlough

Back 1586

(transitive) To have (an employee) not work in order to reduce costs; to send (someone) on furlough

Front 1587

Pram

Back 1587

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position; a perambulator.

Front 1588

Warren

Back 1588

- The system of burrows where rabbits live.

- An enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, especially rabbits.

- (figuratively) A mazelike place of dark alleys etc in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.

Front 1589

To snoop

Back 1589

To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.If I had not snooped on her, I wouldn't have found out that she lied about her degree.

Front 1590

Whimper

Back 1590

low intermittent sob

Front 1591

To jinx

Back 1591

(transitive) To cast a spell on.(transitive) To bring bad luck to.(transitive) To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically.

Front 1592

Cheeky

Back 1592

(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.

Front 1593

To clobber

Back 1593

(transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.

"So the temptation to ___ was always there, and it was sometimes more difficult not to strike than it would have been to strike, and the consequences be damned."

Front 1594

Bonnet

Back 1594

A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.

Front 1595

Boy band

Back 1595

(music) A pop group whose members are all (usually attractive) young men

Front 1596

Doofus

Back 1596

(slang) A person with poor judgment and taste.Stocks Genius or Dot-Com Doofus? – Wired NewsDanny is such a doofus

Front 1597

Fence

Back 1597

Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods. ▼ showThe place whence such a middleman operates

Front 1598

Skinny dipping

Back 1598

swimming in the nude, as opposed to with a swimsuit.She took off all her clothes and went skinny dipping in the river.

Front 1599

To strong-arm

Back 1599

To bully; to intimidate.(often, figuratively) To coerce, to muscle.

Front 1600

Tenuous

Back 1600

Thin in substance or consistency

Synonyms: delicate, gossamer, Thesaurus: fragile

"The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands."

"Far from being amicable, the numbers seemed to turn their backs on each other, and I couldn't find a pair with even the most tenuous connection"

Front 1601

To teem

Back 1601

- To be stocked to overflowing.

- To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.

"Fish ___ in this pond."

Front 1602

Spate

Back 1602

- A river flood; an overflow or inundation (riada) "At the edge of the burn, where the path turns downward, there is a patch of shingle washed up by some ___."

- A sudden rush or increase

Front 1603

Dapper

Back 1603

Neat, trim.

Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.

Quick; little and active

Front 1604

kludge

Back 1604

(informal, electronics engineering) An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before doing a finished design.(informal) Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently.(informal, computing) An amalgamated mass of unrelated parts.(informal, computing) A badly written or makeshift piece of software; a hack.

Front 1605

Cavalier (adj)

Back 1605

Not caring enough about something important.

"Such a ___ attitude might seem to suggest that doctors consider the uterus as dispensable an organ as, say, an appendix—and some feminists have accused the medical profession of just such callousness […]"

Front 1606

unbridle

Back 1606

(transitive, figurative) To remove restraint from.If we unbridle our greed and lust we will be nothing but animals.

Front 1607

Fishy

Back 1607

Suspicious; inspiring doubt.I don't trust him; his claims seem fishy to me

Front 1608

Skillet

Back 1608

(US) A pan for frying, generally large and heavy.Heat some oil in a cast-iron skillet and add the onions

Front 1609

Curd

Back 1609

The coagulated part of any liquid

Front 1610

Grubby

Back 1610

Dirty, unwashed, unclean.He's a grubby little boy, always playing around by the stream.

Front 1611

Mink

Back 1611

(plural mink or minks) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neovison vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).

Front 1612

Mink

Back 1612

(plural mink or minks) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neovison vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).

Front 1613

Jaunt

Back 1613

(archaic) A wearisome journey. ▼ showA short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey

Front 1614

Tenet

Back 1614

An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization

Front 1615

Sanguine

Back 1615

Warm; ardent.a sanguine temperAnticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope. [from early 16th c.]Antonyms: despondent▼ showI'm sanguine about the eventual success of the project.

Front 1616

To scour

Back 1616

(transitive) To clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.He scoured the burnt food from the pan.

Front 1617

Tug of war

Back 1617

A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.(idiomatic) A dispute between two parties, particularly an entrenched, back-and-forth dispute.

Front 1618

Wonk

Back 1618

- (derogatory, informal) An overly studious person, particularly student; a nerd

- (by extension, informal) A policy ___ or other intellectual expert

Front 1619

Stowaway

Back 1619

A person who hides on board a ship, train, etc. so as to get a free passage.

Front 1620

Libel

Back 1620

- (countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.

- (uncountable) The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly.

- (countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire

Front 1621

Watershed

Back 1621

(hydrology, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.

- (hydrology, US, Canada) A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin.

- A critical point marking a change in course or development.

Front 1622

Snot

Back 1622

(informal, uncountable) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose

Front 1623

Backlog

Back 1623

A large log to burn at the back of a fire. ▼ showA reserve source or supply.An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders or unfinished work.He went to work on Saturday to try to work through the backlog of papers on his desk

Front 1624

Turf

Back 1624

(uncountable) A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.(countable) A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.

Front 1625

Canny

Back 1625

Careful, prudent, cautious.The politician gave a canny response to the reporter's questions.Knowing, shrewd, astute.The canny lawyer knew just how to get what he wanted.Frugal, thrifty.Synonyms: Thesaurus:frugalcanny investments

Front 1626

Lice

Back 1626

Plural form of louse (piojo)

Front 1627

Sidekick

Back 1627

(in the late 19th and early 20th century was a slang term for the front pocket of a pair of trousers, as the safest from theft.)

- (informal) An assistant to another person, especially to a superior or more important person. (Antonyms mentor, Synonyms: acolyte, deuteragonist, pupil, wingman)

- (authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre, etc., a good foil of the protagonist, a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character.

Front 1628

Haulier

Back 1628

A person or company engaged in the transportation of goods.

Front 1629

Mogul

Back 1629

A rich or powerful person; a magnate. Synonyms: magnate, tycoon, captain of industry

"a Silicon Valley tech ___"

Front 1630

Magpie

Back 1630

Urraca

Front 1631

Tonsil

Back 1631

Amígdala

Front 1632

Sodding

Back 1632

(UK, mildly, vulgar) An intensifier

"Open the ___ door!"

Front 1633

****

Back 1633

(vulgar, slang) The vagina or vulva.(offensive, vulgar, slang, mainly, UK, NZ) A contemptible and stupid person, idiot.

Front 1634

Gaffe

Back 1634

A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.

Synonyms: blooper, blunder, mistake, slip, slip-up

Spanish: metida de pata (Latin America), metedura de pata (Spain), desliz, pifia, cagada (vulgar), gazapo

Front 1635

Stately home

Back 1635

(British) synonym of country house, especially one owned by the aristocracy ▲ hide1967, The Kinks, Sunny AfternoonThe tax man's taken all my doughAnd left me in my stately homeLazing on a sunny afternoon

Front 1636

Retinue

Back 1636

A group of servants or attendants, especially of someone considered important.the queen’s retinues

Front 1637

To intersperse

Back 1637

To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other: ▲ hide1991, Frank Biocca, Television and Political Advertising: Signs, codes, and images, page 76:For example, a commercial sequence might intersperse pictures of a senator working in his office with shots of ordinary Americans happily working in various walks of life.

Front 1638

Pitched

Back 1638

- Having a slope.

"a pitched roof"

- (not comparable) Having a specified tonal range.

"a high-pitched scream."

(not comparable) Fought from predetermined positions at a specified time and place.

"a pitched battle"

Front 1639

Timber

Back 1639

- (uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.

- (outside, North America, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.

- (countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.

"the timbers of a ship"

- Material for any structure.

Front 1640

Weatherboard

Back 1640

- (nautical) The windward side of a vessel.

- (nautical) A plank placed over an opening to keep out driven water.

- Any of a series of horizontal boards used to cover the exterior of a timber-framed building; clapboard.

"The homestead lies half a mile from the road, a small bungalow built of weatherboard with an iron roof and with verandas on three sides […]"

Front 1641

Cladding

Back 1641

- (rare) Clothing; clothes.

- Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre.

- (construction) A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building. Synonyms: siding

Front 1642

Bay window

Back 1642

- (architecture) A window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.

- (figuratively) A protruding belly.

Front 1643

Thatch

Back 1643

- Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

- (West Indies) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.

- A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.

- (by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.

Front 1644

Cottage

Back 1644

A small house.Synonyms: cot, hutA seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.Most cottages in the area were larger and more elaborate than my home.

Front 1645

Buttress

Back 1645

(architecture) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

Synonyms: counterfort, brace

Hyponym: flying buttress

Coordinate term: pilaster

(by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.

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Moorland

Back 1646

Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.Synonymsmoor

Front 1647

Moor

Back 1647

- An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath

- A cold, biting wind blew across the moor, and the travellers hastened their step.

"In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor."

Front 1648

Heath

Back 1648

- A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.

- Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.

Synonyms(shrub) heather

Spanish: páramo, brezal

Front 1649

Marsh

Back 1649

An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.Coordinate terms: bog, moor, swampSpanish: ciénaga, marisma, pantano

Front 1650

Bog

Back 1650

- (Originally Irish & Scottish) An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp (bogland, bogmire, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, peat bog, slough, swamp, swampland, quagmire, wetlands; moss (Scottish); pakihi (NZ); muskeg (Canadian))

- (figuratively) Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.

- (uncountable) The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.

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House martin

Back 1651

Avión común

Front 1652

Robin

Back 1652

Petirrojo

Front 1653

Kestrel

Back 1653

Cernícalo

Front 1654

Beech

Back 1654

Haya

Front 1655

Thistle

Back 1655

Cardo

Front 1656

Haunt

Back 1656

A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.The shopping mall is a popular haunt of the local teenagers in this town.I went back the town I used to live and visited all my old haunts.▼ show(dialect) A ghost. A feeding place for animals.

Front 1657

Peat

Back 1657

Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.]Spanish: turba

Front 1658

Daisy

Back 1658

Margarita

Front 1659

Stile

Back 1659

A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass. ▼ show

Front 1660

Mahogany

Back 1660

Caoba

Front 1661

To garnish

Back 1661

To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish. ▼ show(cooking) To ornament with something placed around it.a dish garnished with parsley

Spanish: guarnecer

Front 1662

Relish

Back 1662

A pleasant taste ▼ showenjoyment; pleasure. ▼ showA quality or characteristic tinge. ▼ show(followed by "for") A taste (for); liking (of); fondness. ▼ showA cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.

Front 1663

Cockle

Back 1663

Berberecho

Los cárdidos o cardíidos (Cardiidae) son una familia de moluscos bivalvos. Varias especies de la familia son conocidas vulgarmente como berberechos, en especial la especie europea comestible (Cerastoderma edule). Sus conchas son comunes en muchas playas del mundo. Las valvas se distinguen por su simetría acorazonada, y fuertes y pronunciadas costillas longitudinales. Los berberechos viven enterrados, en zonas próximas a la costa.

Front 1664

Whelk

Back 1664

Búsano

Front 1665

Suet

Back 1665

The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.

Front 1666

Limestone

Back 1666

An abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO3); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.

Spanish: caliza

Front 1667

Chieftain

Back 1667

A leader of a clan or tribe.(by extension) A leader of a group.The robber chieftain divided up the spoils.

Front 1668

Mound

Back 1668

An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defenseSynonyms: bulwark, rampartA natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.

Spanish: túmulo, montículo

Front 1669

Barrow

Back 1669

(chiefly British) A hill.A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.Synonyms: tumulus

Spanish: túmulo

Front 1670

Rampart

Back 1670

A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.(usually, in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.

Spanish: baluarte, muralla, terraplén

Front 1671

To smelt

Back 1671

to fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore; to meld

Front 1672

Farmstead

Back 1672

The main building of a farm.A farm, including its buildings.

Front 1673

Whammy

Back 1673

a serious or devastating setbackan evil spell; a curse or hex

Front 1674

Trove

Back 1674

A treasure trove; a collection of treasure.A collection of things.

Front 1675

Brinkmanship

Back 1675

Pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to risk a dangerous policy rather than concede a point.The diplomat accused the other nation's leader of brinkmanship for refusing to redeploy the troops along their nations' shared border.

Front 1676

To throttle

Back 1676

- (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.)

- (transitive) To strangle or choke someone

- (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate

- (intransitive) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.

- (transitive) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated

Front 1677

Sleaze

Back 1677

(uncountable) Low moral standards. ▼ show(informal, countable) A person of low moral standards. ▼ show(informal, countable) A man who is sexually aggressive or forward with women to the point of causing disgust. ▼ show(informal, uncountable) sleazy materiala tabloid newspaper full of sleaze

Front 1678

Grouse

Back 1678

(countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles. [from 1530s](red grouse) Synonyms: moorbird, moorcock, moorfowl

Front 1679

Crockery

Back 1679

- Crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively

- Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.

Spanish: vajilla

Front 1680

Coaster

Back 1680

- Something that coasts, such as a sled or toboggan.

- (nautical) A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters.

- (nautical) A sailor who travels only in coastal waters.

- A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.

- A small piece of material used to protect the surface of a table, upon which one places cups or mugs (beer mat, beermat)

Front 1681

To dovetail

Back 1681

- (woodworking, transitive) to unite with a dovetail joint, a type of joint where adjoining boards are fastened by interlocking fan-shaped cutouts

Synonyms: culvertail

- (by extension) to fit together well

"The parts of your essay should dovetail so that it is cohesive and coherent."

"The decision of the executive board dovetails neatly with the prior projects the company has taken up."

Front 1682

Primer

Back 1682

- (historical, Catholic ecclesiastical) A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including [...] (Synonyms: book of hours, prayer book)

- (historical, Protestant ecclesiastical) Similar works issued in England for private prayer in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer.

- A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell.

- An introductory text on any subject, particularly basic concepts.

Front 1683

Seabream

Back 1683

Dorada

Front 1684

To doxx

Back 1684

(Internet, slang) To publish personal information (of an individual) on the Internet.(Internet, slang) To reveal who the operator of an anonymous online account is without their consent

Front 1685

Afield

Back 1685

Away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual); usually preceded by far (or farther, further). ▼ showOn the field.We now have both teams afield and can begin the match.Out in the open.

Front 1686

Kudos

Back 1686

Praise; accolades.The talented, young playwright received much kudos for his new drama.▼ showCredit for one's achievements.

Front 1687

Dud

Back 1687

(informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.(informal) A failure of any kind. ▼ show(informal) A loser; an unlucky person.A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.(obsolete, informal) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.

Front 1688

Arrear

Back 1688

Work to be done, obligation. ▼ show

Unpaid debt.

That which is in the rear or behind.

Front 1689

To mire

Back 1689

(transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.to mire a horse or wagonSynonyms: bemire, enmire(intransitive) To sink into mud.(transitive, figurative) To weigh down.(intransitive) To soil with mud or foul matter. ▼ showSynonyms: bemire

Front 1690

Vermin

Back 1690

(countable or uncountable) Any one of various common types of small insects or animals which cause harm and annoyance

"The area was plagued by all sorts of vermin: fleas, lice, mice, and rats to name a few.

Front 1691

Sludge

Back 1691

- Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.

- A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.

- A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.

- A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a body of water.

Front 1692

To score

Back 1692

(transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.(intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.

Front 1693

Vernacular

Back 1693

Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous.a vernacular disease(architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.(art) Connected to a collective memory; not imported.

Front 1694

Fiduciary

Back 1694

(legal) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.a fiduciary contracta fiduciary dutyPertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.

Front 1695

Footfall

Back 1695

- (countable) The sound made by a footstep.

- (chiefly, British, uncountable) Foot (pedestrian) traffic.

Front 1696

Litmus

Back 1696

(uncountable) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens, that changes color when exposed to pH levels greater than or less than certain critical levels.A simple test of acidity in a liquid using litmus, usually in the form of litmus paper.A simple test of any attribute; a litmus test.

Front 1697

Conflation

Back 1697

- (countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.

- (uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.

"The ___ of the legitimate and peaceful expression of nationalist beliefs with acts of terrorism and other crimes"

Front 1698

Wonky

Back 1698

- Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre. (Synonyms: awry, lonkie, misaligned, skew-whiff)

- (chiefly, British, Australia, NZ) Feeble, shaky or rickety. (Synonyms: rickety)

- (informal, computing, especially Usenet) Suffering from intermittent bugs. (Synonyms: buggy, broken)

- (informal) Generally incorrect.

Front 1699

To shell

Back 1699

To remove the outer covering or shell of something.To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.(informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).(intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.(intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.Nuts shell in falling.Wheat or rye shells in reaping.(computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line. ▼ showTo form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).

Front 1700

Cocky

Back 1700

Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.

Front 1701

To rebuff

Back 1701

To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out

Front 1702

Stencil

Back 1702

A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface.

Front 1703

Moat

Back 1703

A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.Synonyms: fosse

Front 1704

Giddy

Back 1704

Dizzy, feeling dizzy or unsteady and as if about to fall down.The man became giddy upon standing up so fast.▼ showCausing dizziness: causing dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.They climbed to a giddy height.Lightheartedly silly, or joyfully elated. ▼ showThe boy was giddy when he opened his birthday presents.

Front 1705

Smiddy (smithy)

Back 1705

The location where a smith (particularly a blacksmith) works, a forge.Traditionally a village smithy was a busy place because the smith's work was so necessary.

Front 1706

Geezer

Back 1706

(informal, chiefly, British, dated in US) A male person.Synonyms: Thesaurus:man(UK, chiefly, Cockney, slang) Someone affable but morally dubious; a wide boy.Synonyms: spiv, wide boy▼ show(UK, slang) Term of address for a male.Synonyms: mate, Thesaurus:friendHi, geezer, you alright?

Front 1707

Plight (noun)

Back 1707

- A dire or unfortunate situation. [from 14th c.]

"Though we say we are quite clear about it and understand when someone uses the expression, unlike that other expression, maybe we're in the same ___ with regard to them both."

Front 1708

Chard

Back 1708

Acelga

Front 1709

Hitman

Back 1709

A contract killer; especially one paid by mafia

Front 1710

Savoury

Back 1710

Savoury food is salty or spicy and not sweet in taste:a savoury dish/sauce/flavoursavoury dumplings/pancakesA pie can be sweet or savoury.

Front 1711

Wokeness

Back 1711

(US, slang) The quality or state of being woke (aware of social justice issues)

Front 1712

To vamp up

Back 1712

(transitive) To patch, repair, or refurbish. ▼ show(transitive) Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing. ▼ show

Front 1713

To bask

Back 1713

To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.to bask in the sun

Front 1714

Bedridden

Back 1714

Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness

Front 1715

Carried away

Back 1715

(idiomatic) Made excessively emotional or excited, so that one goes too far.I only meant to buy one new dress, but I got carried away and ended up with five.

Front 1716

Ned

Back 1716

(Scotland, slang, pejorative, offensive) A person, usually a youth, of low social standing and education, a violent disposition and with a particular style of dress (typically sportswear or Burberry), speech and behaviour.

Front 1717

Hullabaloo

Back 1717

- A clamour, a commotion; a fuss or uproar. Synonyms: ado, hype, to-do

"They made such a hullabaloo about the change that the authorities were forced to change it back."

Front 1718

To jeer

Back 1718

(intransitive, jeer at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language. ▼ show(transitive, archaic) To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt. ▼ show

Abuchear

Front 1719

Regal

Back 1719

Of or relating to royalty.regal authority; the regal title▼ showBefitting a king, queen, emperor, or empress.Befitting a king, or emperor.

Front 1720

Kludge

Back 1720

- (informal, electronics, engineering) An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before doing a finished design.

- (informal) Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently.

- (informal, computing) An amalgamated mass of unrelated parts.

- (informal, computing) A badly written or makeshift piece of software; a hack.

Front 1721

Ebb

Back 1721

The receding movement of the tide.The boats will go out on the ebb.▼ showA gradual decline. ▼ show(especially in the phrase 'at a low ebb') A low state; a state of depression. ▼ show

Front 1722

Scion

Back 1722

A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family. ▼ showThe heir to a throne.A guardian.

Front 1723

To capsize

Back 1723

(intransitive, nautical) To overturn.(transitive, nautical) To cause (a ship) to overturn. ▼ show(intransitive, of knots) To deform under stress.

Front 1724

Translational

Back 1724

Relating to translation, in its various senses:(translation studies) Relating the act of translating text etc. from one language into another.(physics) Relating to movement of a body in a straight line.(sciences) Relating to the transfer of scientific knowledge into practical applications.translational medicine(genetics) Relating to the process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins.translational regulation

Front 1725

Catfish

Back 1725

(internet) Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.(internet) Such a fake profile.

Front 1726

Arty-farty

Back 1726

(informal, derogatory) Pretentiously artistic; self-important or self-indulgent, especially when describing an artistic project.I've had enough of this arty-farty modern sculpture!

Front 1727

Eggnog

Back 1727

A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas.Synonyms: egg flip, egg-hot

Front 1728

Foible

Back 1728

(mostly, in plural) A quirk, idiosyncrasy, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.Try to look past his foibles and see the friendly fellow underneath.▼ showA weakness or failing of character.Synonyms: fault

Front 1729

To divvy

Back 1729

(informal, transitive) To divide into portions

"We divvied the money into equal portions to split between us."

Front 1730

Botched

Back 1730

Made or repaired in a clumsy or incompetent manner.Synonyms: bungled

(chapucero)

Front 1731

Corny

Back 1731

- Boring and unoriginal

"The duct tape and wire was a pretty corny solution."

- Hackneyed or excessively sentimental (cursi, Synonyms: kitsch, kitschy, cheesy, tacky, campy, schlocky, schmaltzy)

"The movie was okay, but the love scene was really corny."

"He sent a bouquet of twelve red roses and a card: "Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, And so are you." How corny is that!"

Front 1732

Runaway

Back 1732

- Having run away; escaped; fugitive.a runaway thief

- (of a horse or other animal) Having escaped from the control of the rider or driver. "a runaway donkey"

- Pertaining to or accomplished by running away or elope. "a runaway marriage"

- Easily won, as a contest "a runaway victory at the polls"

- Accelerating out of control. "a runaway train, a runaway greenhouse effect"

- unchecked; rampant. "runaway prices"

Front 1733

Chonky

Back 1733

(Internet slang, of an animal) Alternative form of chonk (“adorably chunky or large”)

"Fat Bear Week has showcased some of the healthiest, hungriest, and chonkiest bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve"

Front 1734

Todger

Back 1734

(UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, colloquial) A penis.Few people are very patient when they′ve had less down time than Warren Beatty′s todger.

Front 1735

Lido

Back 1735

(British) Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities.(British) An outdoor swimming pool.

Front 1736

Crackdown

Back 1736

Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement (represión)

"After a harsh police crackdown last week fueled anger and swelled protests, President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla who was imprisoned under the dictatorship and has now become the target of pointed criticism herself, tried to appease dissenters by embracing their cause on Tuesday."

Front 1737

Dawg

Back 1737

Pronunciation spelling of dog.That dawg won't hunt.(slang) Dude, bud, pal, used to address a close male friend.Synonyms: Thesaurus:friendSup, dawg.

Front 1738

Tress

Back 1738

- A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.

- A long lock of hair

(Trenza)

Front 1739

Knockoff

Back 1739

An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually lower in quality and price than the original.It's not a name-brand bag; it's just a cheap knockoff.

Front 1740

Windfall

Back 1740

Something that has been blown down by the wind.A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind.They couldn't reach the branches, so they ate the windfalls.(figuratively) A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift.Synonyms: godsend, boon

Front 1741

Marmite

Back 1741

(UK, informal) Something which people either love or hate.

Front 1742

Shindig

Back 1742

A noisy party or festivities.A noisy argument.

Front 1743

Jammers

Back 1743

(slang) (adj) Of a place or room: full.

"Jesus, it's jammers," said Aesop, looking around the pub when they pushed open the door.

Front 1744

Runoff

Back 1744

That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area. ▼ showDissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.The runoff of nitrates is poisoning the lake.(sports) A second or further round of a competition, after other competitors (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.(politics) A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.There will now be a runoff as neither front runner received more than 50% of the vote.

Front 1745

Bougey

Back 1745

(pronounced: boo-G) a condensed version of the word bourgeoise, used to refer to capitalists, the upper class, gaudiness, and profit-oriented viewpointsThe hotel's marble arches and gold tables made it look bougey.

Front 1746

On call

Back 1746

Available to be summoned.He spent the weekend on call and couldn't fully relax.Get the surgeon on call in here right now!Who is on call tonight?

Front 1747

Banger

Back 1747

A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.(British) A firework that makes a bang.(sexuality, slang) A person who has sex.Coordinate terms: bang, gangbang, gangbanger

(British, sexuality, slang) A woman's breast.(British, sexuality, slang) A man's penis.(British, NZ, Australia, food, slang) A sausage.Synonyms: snagbangers and mash

(British, music, slang) A powerfully energetic piece of music, especially dance music. ▼ show(slang, by extension) Any particularly good or pleasing thing

Front 1748

Forlorn

Back 1748

Abandoned, deserted, left behind.

Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.

Unlikely to succeed; hopeless

Front 1749

To spellbind

Back 1749

(transitive) To captivate, or hold the attention of, as if by a magic spell; to entrance.

Front 1750

Reprieve

Back 1750

1571, in sense of “to take back to prison”, from Middle English repryen (1494), probably from Middle French repris, form of reprendre ("take back"); cognate to reprise.

The cancellation or postponement of a punishment (indulto) The prisoner was saved from execution; the governor had requested a reprieve.A document authorizing such an action.Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.

Front 1751

To heckle

Back 1751

(transitive) To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses. [from later 18th c.](transitive) To insult, tease, make fun of or badger, especially during a comedy performance.Promise that you won't heckle me after my performance.(textiles) To prepare flax for spinning using special combs called hackles

Front 1752

Sledgehammer

Back 1752

A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.

Front 1753

To live off the land

Back 1753

to sustain a living by eating produce that one harvests or hunts from the countryside (vivir de la tierra)

Front 1754

Backdrop

Back 1754

A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage (decorado)

An image that serves as a visual background.The setting or background of an acted performance.(figurative) Any background situation.Against a backdrop of falling interest rates, the new savings account is looking less appealing.

Front 1755

Cygnet

Back 1755

The young of a swan.

Front 1756

Astroturfing

Back 1756

(originally, US politics, now, social media, marketing) The disguising of an orchestrated campaign as a "grass-roots" event – i.e., a spontaneous upwelling of public opinion.

Front 1757

Barnacle

Back 1757

Percebe

Front 1758

Grotty

Back 1758

(slang, British, Canada, Australia, NZ) unpleasant, dirty, slovenly or offensive.

Front 1759

Hoe / ho

Back 1759

(slang) A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.

Front 1760

Craic

Back 1760

(Irish, Northern England) Fun, especially through enjoyable company, a pleasant conversation

Front 1761

Breadwinner

Back 1761

The primary income-earner in a household.

Front 1762

Prude

Back 1762

A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature (mojigato)

Front 1763

Batty

Back 1763

(slang) Mad, crazy, silly

Front 1764

To diss

Back 1764

(North America, British, slang) To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.

Front 1765

To call off

Back 1765

(transitive) To recall; to cancel or call a halt to.Synonyms: cancel, withcallIf you want me to call off the dog, then get off my land.After four months, the police called off the search for the missing boy.

Front 1766

Kingpin

Back 1766

(transportation) The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place—a kingbolt.(transportation) The pivot or connector between a tractor and trailer in the fifth-wheel coupling of semi-trailer truck.(ten-pin bowling) The pin at the centre of the triangle of bowling pins (originally the tallest pin in kayles). Sometimes also the headpin at the apex.The most important person in an undertaking or organization.The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard.

Front 1767

Bridle

Back 1767

The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.

Front 1768

To jaywalk

Back 1768

(chiefly, North America, legal) To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for vehicles rather than on the sidewalk.

Front 1769

Bib

Back 1769

An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.Similar items of clothing such as the Chinese dudou and Vietnamese yem.(sports) A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race.(sports) A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.Synonyms: pinny

Front 1770

To batten down the hatches

Back 1770

From the practice aboard a ship of sealing hatches to prevent water getting below-decks in a storm by using covers secured by strips of material, called battens, firmly attached to the frame of the hatch opening.

(idiomatic) To prepare for trouble.

Front 1771

Pothead

Back 1771

(derogatory slang) A person who smokes cannabis frequently, to excess.That pothead Shane has a nasty bong.

Front 1772

Diehard

Back 1772

Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.Fanatically opposing progress or reform.Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.For a Roman Catholic teacher, he sure is a diehard fundamentalist.

Front 1773

Outwith

Back 1773

Preposition(now, chiefly Scotland, Northern England) Outside; beyond; outside of. ▲ hide2009, Sarah Ludford MEP, Letters, The Guardian, 17 Jun 09:It is not acceptable to have EU-US deals on extradition, information collection and exchange, and border controls which are cooked up in secret and outwith the democratic control of the European and national parliaments

Front 1774

Mullet

Back 1774

Lisa (pez)

Front 1775

Mullet

Back 1775

Lisa (pez)

Front 1776

To gaslight

Back 1776

(chiefly, transitive) To manipulate someone such that they doubt their own memory, perceptions of reality, or sanity, typically for malevolent reasons.

"[The men of McHale's Navy] decide to 'gaslight' the already befuddled captain, to convince him he is going insane."

Front 1777

To gaslight

Back 1777

(chiefly, transitive) To manipulate someone such that they doubt their own memory, perceptions of reality, or sanity, typically for malevolent reasons.

"[The men of McHale's Navy] decide to 'gaslight' the already befuddled captain, to convince him he is going insane."

Front 1778

Minging

Back 1778

(UK, slang) Very unattractive; ugly.(UK, slang) Unclean or dirty; disgusting and foul-smelling.

Front 1779

Minging

Back 1779

(UK, slang) Very unattractive; ugly.(UK, slang) Unclean or dirty; disgusting and foul-smelling.

Front 1780

Ableism

Back 1780

Discrimination against persons with disabilities or favour of those without

Front 1781

Lorne sausage

Back 1781

A traditional Scottish food in the form of a square sausage, usually made from ground meat, rusk and spices.

Front 1782

Lorne sausage

Back 1782

A traditional Scottish food in the form of a square sausage, usually made from ground meat, rusk and spices.

Front 1783

Slander

Back 1783

A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.

Front 1784

Foe

Back 1784

Enemy

Front 1785

Foe

Back 1785

Enemy

Front 1786

Towpath

Back 1786

A path alongside a canal or river, originally for horses towing barges, now more often used as a footpath.

Front 1787

Towpath

Back 1787

A path alongside a canal or river, originally for horses towing barges, now more often used as a footpath.

Front 1788

Soapbox

Back 1788

(literally) A crate for packing soap.(figuratively) Any physical or media platform which gives prominence to the person on it and the views they espouse.The madman obtained a soapbox which he stood on at the corner of Broadway and Wall street, to shout out his prophesy of the end of the world.▼ show(figuratively) A talk about one's pet topic (or the topic itself), especially when only tangentially relevant to an ongoing discussion.He's been on his soapbox all day about the new football coach.

Front 1789

Soapbox

Back 1789

(literally) A crate for packing soap.(figuratively) Any physical or media platform which gives prominence to the person on it and the views they espouse.The madman obtained a soapbox which he stood on at the corner of Broadway and Wall street, to shout out his prophesy of the end of the world.▼ show(figuratively) A talk about one's pet topic (or the topic itself), especially when only tangentially relevant to an ongoing discussion.He's been on his soapbox all day about the new football coach.

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Conducto

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a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to anotherheating and air-conditioning ductsHyponym: air ductan enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs, telephone cables, or other conductorsHyponym: bus duct(anatomy) a vessel for conveying lymph or glandular secretions such as tears or bile

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Spud

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(informal) A potato

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Showdown

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The final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor.

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Slog

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(countable, uncountable, chiefly, British, AU and Canada) A long, tedious walk or march.(countable, uncountable, chiefly, British, AU and Canada, by extension) A hard, persistent effort, session of work or period.

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Snowpack

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An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.

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Squiggly

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(informal) Not straight; wavy and irregular.She didn't have a ruler, so she drew a squiggly line to highlight the main points.

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Limber

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Flexible, pliant, bendable.He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.

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Limber

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Flexible, pliant, bendable.He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.

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Limber

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Flexible, pliant, bendable.He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.

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Harried

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Stressed, rushed, panicked, overly busy or preoccupied.The entire place teemed with harried executives who had no time to talk to one another.

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Vapid

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Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.Lifeless, dull, or banal.Tasteless, bland, or insipid.

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To ogle

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(transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously

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To ogle

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(transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously

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To sconce

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(transitive) To place in a secure environment

"She shall not see me, I will ensconce mee behinde the Arras."

"They found the sharp new heap they were seeking, and ensconced themselves within the protection of three great elms that grew in a bunch within a few feet of the grave."

- (intransitive) To settle comfortably.

"Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam."

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Gravelly

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Full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles.Synonyms: gravelish, gravelousAntonyms: ungravelly▼ showOf a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping.

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Gravelly

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Full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles.Synonyms: gravelish, gravelousAntonyms: ungravelly▼ showOf a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping.