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	abase	abase v. To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
	abbess	abbess n. The lady superior of a nunnery.
	abbey	abbey n. The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
	abbot	abbot n. The superior of a community of monks.
	abdominal	abdominal n. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
	abduction	abduction n. A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.
	abed	abed adv. In bed; on a bed.
	abhorrence	abhorrence n. The act of detesting extremely.
	abhorrent	abhorrent adj. Very repugnant; hateful.
	abidance	abidance n. An abiding.
	abject	abject adj. Sunk to a low condition.
	able-bodied	able-bodied adj. Competent for physical service.
	abnegate	abnegate v. To renounce (a right or privilege).
	aboriginal	aboriginal adj. Primitive; unsophisticated.
	aborigines	aborigines n. The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
	aboveboard	aboveboard adv. & adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
	abrade	abrade v. To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.
	abrasion	abrasion n. That which is rubbed off.
	abridge	abridge v. To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
	abridgment	abridgment n. A condensed form as of a book or play.
	abscess	abscess n. A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
	abscission	abscission n. The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
	absolution	absolution n. Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.
	absolve	absolve v. To free from sin or its penalties.
	absorption	absorption n. The act or process of absorbing.
	abstain	abstain v. To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).
	abstinence	abstinence n. Self denial.
	abusive	abusive adj. Employing harsh words or ill treatment.
	academician	academician n. A member of an academy of literature, art, or science.
	academy	academy n. Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.
	access	access n. A way of approach or entrance; passage.
	accessible	accessible adj. Approachable.
	accession	accession n. Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
	accessory	accessory n. A person or thing that aids the principal agent.
	acclaim	acclaim v. To utter with a shout.
	accommodate	accommodate v. To furnish something as a kindness or favor.
	accompaniment	accompaniment n. A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.
	accompanist	accompanist n. One who or that which accompanies.
	accomplice	accomplice n. An associate in wrong-doing.
	accordion	accordion n. A portable free-reed musical instrument.
	accost	accost v. To speak to.
	accouter	accouter v. To dress.
	accredit	accredit v. To give credit or authority to.
	accursed	accursed adj. Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
	accusatory	accusatory adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
	accustom	accustom v. To make familiar by use.
	acerbity	acerbity n. Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.
	acetate	acetate n. A salt of acetic acid.
	acetic	acetic adj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
	Achillean	Achillean adj. Invulnerable.
	achromatic	achromatic adj. Colorless,
	acoustic	acoustic adj. Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.
	acquaint	acquaint v. To make familiar or conversant.
	acquiescence	acquiescence n. Passive consent.
	acquire	acquire v. To get as one's own.
	acquisition	acquisition n. Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor.
	acquit	acquit v. To free or clear, as from accusation.
	acquittal	acquittal n. A discharge from accusation by judicial action.
	acquittance	acquittance n. Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
	acreage	acreage n. Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
	acrimonious	acrimonious adj. Full of bitterness.
	actionable	actionable adj. Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
	actuary	actuary n. An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
	actuate	actuate v. To move or incite to action.
	addendum	addendum n. Something added, or to be added.
	addle	addle v. To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.
	adduce	adduce v. To bring forward or name for consideration.
	adhesion	adhesion n. The state of being attached or joined.
	adieu	adieu inter. Good-by; farewell.
	adjudge	adjudge v. To award or bestow by formal decision.
	adjuration	adjuration n. A vehement appeal.
	adjutant	adjutant adj. Auxiliary.
	admissible	admissible adj. Having the right or privilege of entry.
	admonish	admonish v. To warn of a fault.
	ado	ado n. unnecessary activity or ceremony.
	adoration	adoration n. Profound devotion.
	adroit	adroit adj. Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.
	adulterant	adulterant n. An adulterating substance.
	adulterate	adulterate v. To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
	advent	advent n. The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage.
	advert	advert v. To refer incidentally.
	advisory	advisory adj. Not mandatory.
	advocacy	advocacy n. The act of pleading a cause.
	advocate	advocate n. One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court.
	aerial	aerial adj. Of, pertaining to, or like the air.
	aeronaut	aeronaut n. One who navigates the air, a balloonist.
	aeronautics	aeronautics n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
	aerostat	aerostat n. A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
	aerostatics	aerostatics n. The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
	affectation	affectation n. A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
	affiliate	affiliate n. Some auxiliary person or thing.
	affirmative	affirmative adj. Answering yes; to a question at issue.
	affix	affix v. To fasten.
	affluence	affluence n. A profuse or abundant supply of riches.
	affront	affront n. An open insult or indignity.
	afire	afire adv. & adj. On fire, literally or figuratively.
	afoot	afoot adv. In progress.
	aforesaid	aforesaid adj. Said in a preceding part or before.
	afresh	afresh adv. Once more, after rest or interval.
	agglomerate	agglomerate v. To pile or heap together.
	aggravation	aggravation n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
	aggregate	aggregate n. The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
	aggress	aggress v. To make the first attack.
	aggression	aggression n. An unprovoked attack.
	aggrieve	aggrieve v. To give grief or sorrow to.
	agrarian	agrarian adj. Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.
	aide-de-camp	aide-de-camp n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
	ailment	ailment n. Slight sickness.
	airy	airy adj. Delicate, ethereal.
	alabaster	alabaster n. A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
	albeit	albeit conj. Even though.
	alchemy	alchemy n. Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold.
	alder	alder n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.
	alderman	alderman n. A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
	aldermanship	aldermanship n. The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
	alienate	alienate v. To cause to turn away.
	alienation	alienation n. Estrangement.
	aliment	aliment n. That which nourishes.
	alkali	alkali n. Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.
	allay	allay v. To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.
	allege	allege v. To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court.
	allegory	allegory n. The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.
	allot	allot v. To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person.
	allotment	allotment n. Portion.
	allude	allude v. To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.
	allusion	allusion n. An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.
	alluvion	alluvion n. Flood.
	altar	altar n. Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned.
	alteration	alteration n. Change or modification.
	altercate	altercate v. To contend angrily or zealously in words.
	alto	alto n. The lowest or deepest female voice or part.
	altruism	altruism n. Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
	altruist	altruist n. One who advocates or practices altruism.
	amalgam	amalgam n. An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
	amatory	amatory adj. Designed to excite love.
	ambitious	ambitious adj. Eagerly desirous and aspiring.
	ambrosial	ambrosial adj. Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
	ambulance	ambulance n. A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.
	ambulate	ambulate v. To walk about
	ambush	ambush n. The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy.
	amenable	amenable adj. Willing and ready to submit.
	Americanism	Americanism n. A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States.
	amicable	amicable adj. Done in a friendly spirit.
	amity	amity n. Friendship.
	amour	amour n. A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
	ampere	ampere n. The practical unit of electric-current strength.
	ampersand	ampersand n. The character &; and.
	amphitheater	amphitheater n. An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
	amplitude	amplitude n. Largeness.
	amputate	amputate v. To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
	amusement	amusement n. Diversion.
	anachronism	anachronism n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
	anagram	anagram n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
	anatomy	anatomy n. That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
	anecdote	anecdote n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
	anemic	anemic adj. Affected with anemia.
	anemometer	anemometer n. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
	anesthetic	anesthetic adj. Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.
	anew	anew adv. Once more.
	angelic	angelic adj. Saintly.
	Anglophobia	Anglophobia n. Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.
	Anglo-Saxon	Anglo-Saxon n. The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.
	anhydrous	anhydrous adj. Withered.
	animadvert	animadvert v. To pass criticism or censure.
	animalcule	animalcule n. An animal of microscopic smallness.
	annalist	annalist n. Historian.
	annex	annex v. To add or affix at the end.
	annotate	annotate v. To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
	annuity	annuity n. An annual allowance, payment, or income.
	annunciation	annunciation n. Proclamation.
	anode	anode n. The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
	anonymous	anonymous adj. Of unknown authorship.
	antagonism	antagonism n. Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.
	ante	ante v. In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
	antecede	antecede v. To precede.
	antechamber	antechamber n. A waiting room for those who seek audience.
	antedate	antedate v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
	antemeridian	antemeridian adj. Before noon.
	antemundane	antemundane adj. Pertaining to time before the world's creation.
	antenatal	antenatal adj. Occurring or existing before birth.
	anteroom	anteroom n. A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
	anthracite	anthracite n. Hard coal.
	anthropomorphous	anthropomorphous adj. Having or resembling human form.
	antic	antic n. A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
	Antichrist	Antichrist n. Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
	anticyclone	anticyclone n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
	antilogy	antilogy n. Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
	antipathize	antipathize v. To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
	antiphon	antiphon n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
	antiphony	antiphony n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
	antipodes	antipodes n. A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
	antiquary	antiquary n. One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
	antiquate	antiquate v. To make old or out of date.
	antiseptic	antiseptic n. Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms.
	antispasmodic	antispasmodic adj. Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
	antistrophe	antistrophe n. The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
	aphorism	aphorism n. Proverb.
	apiary	apiary n. A place where bees are kept.
	apostasy	apostasy n. A total departure from one's faith or religion.
	apostle	apostle n. Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
	apothecary	apothecary n. One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
	appellate	appellate adj. Capable of being appealed to.
	appellation	appellation n. The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
	append	append v. To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.
	appertain	appertain v. To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
	appraise	appraise v. To estimate the money value of.
	apprehend	apprehend v. To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
	apprehensible	apprehensible adj. Capable of being conceived.
	aqueduct	aqueduct n. A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
	arbiter	arbiter n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
	arbitrary	arbitrary adj. Fixed or done capriciously.
	arbitrate	arbitrate v. To act or give judgment as umpire.
	arboretum	arboretum n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
	arcade	arcade n. A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
	archaeology	archaeology n. The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.
	archaism	archaism n. Obsolescence.
	archangel	archangel n. An angel of high rank.
	archbishop	archbishop n. The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
	archdeacon	archdeacon n. A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
	archetype	archetype n. A prototype.
	aristocracy	aristocracy n. A hereditary nobility
	aristocrat	aristocrat n. A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
	armada	armada n. A fleet of war-vessels.
	armory	armory n. An arsenal.
	arraign	arraign v. To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.
	arrange	arrange v. To put in definite or proper order.
	arrear	arrear n. Something overdue and unpaid.
	arrogate	arrogate v. To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
	Artesian	Artesian well n. A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
	Arthurian	Arthurian adj. Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.
	artifice	artifice n. Trickery.
	artless	artless adj. Ingenuous.
	ascendant	ascendant adj. Dominant.
	ascension	ascension n. The act of rising.
	ascent	ascent n. A rising, soaring, or climbing.
	ashen	ashen adj. Pale.
	askance	askance adv. With a side or indirect glance or meaning.
	aspirant	aspirant n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
	aspiration	aspiration n. An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.
	assay	assay n. The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.
	assent	assent v. To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.
	assess	assess v. To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).
	assessor	assessor n. An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
	assets	assets n. pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
	assignee	assignee n. One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
	assimilate	assimilate v. To adapt.
	assonance	assonance n. Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
	assonant	assonant adj. Having resemblance of sound.
	assonate	assonate v. To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
	atheism	atheism n. The denial of the existence of God.
	athirst	athirst adj. Wanting water.
	athwart	athwart adv. From side to side.
	atomizer	atomizer n. An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
	atone	atone v. To make amends for.
	attache	attache n. A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
	attest	attest v. To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.
	attorney-general	attorney-general n. The chief law-officer of a government.
	auburn	auburn adj. Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
	augur	augur v. To predict.
	Augustinian	Augustinian adj. Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
	aura	aura n. Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
	aural	aural adj. Of or pertaining to the ear.
	auricle	auricle n. One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
	auricular	auricular adj. Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
	auriferous	auriferous adj. Containing gold.
	aurora	aurora n. A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere.
	auspice	auspice n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
	autarchy	autarchy n. Unrestricted power.
	authentic	authentic adj. Of undisputed origin.
	authenticity	authenticity n. The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
	automaton	automaton n. Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.
	autopsy	autopsy n. The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.
	autumnal	autumnal adj. Of or pertaining to autumn.
	aviary	aviary n. A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
	avidity	avidity n. Greediness.
	avocation	avocation n. Diversion.
	awry	awry adv. & adj. Out of the proper form, direction, or position.
	aye	aye adv. An expression of assent.
	azalea	azalea n. A flowering shrub.
	azure	azure n. The color of the sky.
	Baconian	Baconian adj. Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.
	bacterium	bacterium n. A microbe.
	badger	badger v. To pester.
	baffle	baffle v. To foil or frustrate.
	bailiff	bailiff n. An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
	baize	baize n. A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
	bale	bale n. A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
	balsam	balsam n. A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
	barcarole	barcarole n. A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.
	baritone	baritone adj. Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
	barograph	barograph n. An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
	barometer	barometer n. An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.
	barring	barring prep. Apart from.
	bass	bass adj. Low in tone or compass.
	baste	baste v. To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
	baton	baton n. An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege.
	battalion	battalion n. A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
	batten	batten n. A narrow strip of wood.
	batter	batter n. A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.
	bauble	bauble n. A trinket.
	bawl	bawl v. To proclaim by outcry.
	beatitude	beatitude n. Any state of great happiness.
	beau	beau n. An escort or lover.
	beck	beck v. To give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
	bedeck	bedeck v. To cover with ornament.
	bedlam	bedlam n. Madhouse.
	befog	befog v. To confuse.
	beget	beget v. To produce by sexual generation.
	begrudge	begrudge v. To envy one of the possession of.
	belay	belay v. To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
	belie	belie v. To misrepresent.
	belittle	belittle v. To disparage.
	belle	belle n. A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
	benefice	benefice n. A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
	beneficiary	beneficiary n. One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property.
	benignant	benignant adj. Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
	benison	benison n. Blessing.
	bereave	bereave v. To make desolate with loneliness and grief.
	berth	berth n. A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc.
	beseech	beseech v. To implore.
	beset	beset v. To attack on all sides.
	besmear	besmear v. To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
	bestial	bestial adj. Animal.
	bestrew	bestrew v. To sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
	bestride	bestride v. To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
	bethink	bethink v. To remind oneself.
	betide	betide v. To happen to or befall.
	betimes	betimes adv. In good season or time.
	betroth	betroth v. To engage to marry.
	betrothal	betrothal n. Engagement to marry.
	bevel	bevel n. Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
	bibliomania	bibliomania n. The passion for collecting books.
	bibliophile	bibliophile n. One who loves books.
	bibulous	bibulous adj. Fond of drinking.
	bide	bide v. To await.
	biennial	biennial n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
	bier	bier n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
	bigamist	bigamist n. One who has two spouses at the same time.
	bigamy	bigamy n. The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
	bight	bight n. A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
	biograph	biograph n. A bibliographical sketch or notice.
	biped	biped n. An animal having two feet.
	blase	blase adj. Sated with pleasure.
	blaspheme	blaspheme v. To indulge in profane oaths.
	blazon	blazon v. To make widely or generally known.
	blithesome	blithesome adj. Cheerful.
	bodily	bodily adj. Corporeal.
	bole	bole n. The trunk or body of a tree.
	bolero	bolero n. A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
	boll	boll n. A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
	bombard	bombard v. To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
	bombardier	bombardier n. A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
	bore	bore v. To weary by tediousness or dullness.
	borough	borough n. An incorporated village or town.
	bosom	bosom n. The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
	Bowdlerize	Bowdlerize v. To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.
	bowler	bowler n. In cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
	brae	brae n. Hillside.
	braggart	braggart n. A vain boaster.
	brandish	brandish v. To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
	bray	bray n. A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
	braze	braze v. To make of or ornament with brass.
	brazier	brazier n. An open pan or basin for holding live coals.
	breaker	breaker n. One who trains horses, dogs, etc.
	breech	breech n. The buttocks.
	brethren	brethren n. pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
	bric-a-brac	bric-a-brac n. Objects of curiosity or for decoration.
	bridle	bridle n. The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.
	brigade	brigade n. A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
	brigadier	brigadier n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
	brigand	brigand n. One who lives by robbery and plunder.
	brimstone	brimstone n. Sulfur.
	brine	brine n. Water saturated with salt.
	bristle	bristle n. One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
	Britannia	Britannia n. The United Kingdom of Great Britain.
	Briticism	Briticism n. A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.
	brogan	brogan n. A coarse, heavy shoe.
	brogue	brogue n. Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.
	brokerage	brokerage n. The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
	bronchitis	bronchitis n. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
	bronchus	bronchus n. Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
	brooch	brooch n. An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.
	brotherhood	brotherhood n. Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
	browbeat	browbeat v. To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.
	brusque	brusque adj. Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.
	buffoonery	buffoonery n. Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.
	bulbous	bulbous adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
	bullock	bullock n. An ox.
	bulrush	bulrush n. Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
	bulwark	bulwark n. Anything that gives security or defense.
	bumper	bumper n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.
	bungle	bungle v. To execute clumsily.
	bureau	bureau n. A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
	bureaucracy	bureaucracy n. Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business.
	burgess	burgess n. In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia.
	burgher	burgher n. An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
	bursar	bursar n. A treasurer.
	bustle	bustle v. To hurry.
	butt	butt v. To strike with or as with the head, or horns.
	butte	butte n. A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
	buttress	buttress n. Any support or prop.
	by-law	by-law n. A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like.
	cabalism	cabalism n. Superstitious devotion to one's religion.
	cadaverous	cadaverous adj. Resembling a corpse.
	cadence	cadence n. Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops.
	cadenza	cadenza n. An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
	caitiff	caitiff adj. Cowardly.
	cajolery	cajolery n. Delusive speech.
	calculable	calculable adj. That may be estimated by reckoning.
	calculus	calculus n. A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
	Calvary	Calvary n. The place where Christ was crucified.
	Calvinism	Calvinism n. The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.
	Calvinize	Calvinize v. To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism.
	came	came n. A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
	cameo	cameo n. Any small engraved or carved work in relief.
	Canaanite	Canaanite n. A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine.
	canary	canary adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow.
	canon	canon n. Any rule or law.
	cantata	cantata n. A choral composition.
	canto	canto n. One of the divisions of an extended poem.
	cantonment	cantonment n. The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
	capillary	capillary n. A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells.
	caprice	caprice n. A whim.
	captivate	captivate v. To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty.
	carcass	carcass n. The dead body of an animal.
	cardiac	cardiac adj. Pertaining to the heart.
	cardinal	cardinal adj. Of prime or special importance.
	caret	caret n. A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
	caricature	caricature n. a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted.
	carnage	carnage n. Massacre.
	carnal	carnal adj. Sensual.
	carouse	carouse v. To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
	cartilage	cartilage n. An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
	cartridge	cartridge n. A charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
	caste	caste n. The division of society on artificial grounds.
	cataclysm	cataclysm n. Any overwhelming flood of water.
	cathode	cathode n. The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
	cat-o-nine-tails	cat-o-nine-tails n. An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy.
	causal	causal adj. Indicating or expressing a cause.
	cauterize	cauterize v. To burn or sear as with a heated iron.
	cede	cede v. To pass title to.
	censorious	censorious adj. Judging severely or harshly.
	centenary	centenary adj. Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.
	ceremonious	ceremonious adj. Observant of ritual.
	cessation	cessation n. Discontinuance, as of action or motion.
	cession	cession n. Surrender, as of possessions or rights.
	chameleon	chameleon adj. Changeable in appearance.
	chancery	chancery n. A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
	charlatan	charlatan n. A quack.
	chasten	chasten v. To purify by affliction.
	chastise	chastise v. To subject to punitive measures.
	chastity	chastity n. Sexual or moral purity.
	chateau	chateau n. A castle or manor-house.
	chattel	chattel n. Any article of personal property.
	check	check v. To hold back.
	chiffon	chiffon n. A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
	chivalry	chivalry n. The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices.
	cholera	cholera n. An acute epidemic disease.
	choleric	choleric adj. Easily provoked to anger.
	choral	choral adj. Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
	Christendom	Christendom n. That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed.
	chromatic	chromatic adj. Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
	chronometer	chronometer n. A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
	cipher	cipher v. To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)
	circulate	circulate v. To disseminate.
	citadel	citadel n. Any strong fortress.
	cite	cite v. To refer to specifically.
	claimant	claimant n. One who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
	clairvoyance	clairvoyance n. Intuitive sagacity or perception.
	clamorous	clamorous adj. Urgent in complaint or demand.
	clan	clan n. A tribe.
	clandestine	clandestine adj. Surreptitious.
	clangor	clangor n. Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor.
	clarion	clarion n. A small shrill trumpet or bugle.
	clearance	clearance n. A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail.
	clemency	clemency n. Mercy.
	close-hauled	close-hauled adj. Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible.
	clothier	clothier n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
	coagulant	coagulant adj. Producing coagulation.
	coagulate	coagulate v. To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment.
	codicil	codicil n. A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.
	coercion	coercion n. Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical.
	coercive	coercive adj. Serving or tending to force.
	cognate	cognate adj. Akin.
	collier	collier n. One who works in a coal-mine.
	colloquialism	colloquialism n. Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation.
	colloquy	colloquy n. Conversation.
	colossus	colossus n. Any strikingly great person or object.
	comely	comely adj. Handsome.
	commentary	commentary n. A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work.
	commingle	commingle v. To blend.
	commissariat	commissariat n. The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
	commission	commission v. To empower.
	committal	committal n. The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
	commodity	commodity n. Something that is bought and sold.
	commotion	commotion n. A disturbance or violent agitation.
	commute	commute v. To put something, especially something less severe, in place of.
	compensate	compensate v. To remunerate.
	competence	competence n. Adequate qualification or capacity.
	competent	competent adj. Qualified.
	complaisant	complaisant adj. Agreeable.
	compliant	compliant adj. Yielding.
	complicity	complicity n. Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer.
	composure	composure n. Calmness.
	compulsion	compulsion n. Coercion.
	compulsory	compulsory adj. Forced.
	compute	compute v. To ascertain by mathematical calculation.
	conceive	conceive v. To form an idea, mental image or thought of.
	concerto	concerto n. A musical composition.
	concession	concession n. Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim.
	conciliate	conciliate v. To obtain the friendship of.
	conclusive	conclusive adj. Sufficient to convince or decide.
	concurrence	concurrence n. Agreement.
	concussion	concussion n. A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow.
	condensation	condensation n. The act or process of making dense or denser.
	condescend	condescend v. To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors.
	condolence	condolence n. Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune.
	conduce	conduce v. To bring about.
	conducive	conducive adj. Contributing to an end.
	conductible	conductible adj. Capable of being conducted or transmitted.
	conduit	conduit n. A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
	confectionery	confectionery n. The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
	confer	confer v. To bestow.
	conferee	conferee n. A person with whom another confers.
	confessor	confessor n. A spiritual advisor.
	confinement	confinement n. Restriction within limits or boundaries.
	confiscate	confiscate v. To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury.
	confluent	confluent n. A stream that unites with another.
	conformable	conformable adj. Harmonious.
	conformance	conformance n. The act or state or conforming.
	conformation	conformation n. General structure, form, or outline.
	conformity	conformity n. Correspondence in form, manner, or use.
	confront	confront v. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles.
	congest	congest v. To collect into a mass.
	conjecture	conjecture n. A guess.
	conjugal	conjugal adj. Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.
	conjugate	conjugate adj. Joined together in pairs.
	conjugation	conjugation n. The state or condition of being joined together.
	conjunction	conjunction n. The state of being joined together, or the things so joined.
	connive	connive v. To be in collusion.
	connote	connote v. To mean; signify.
	connubial	connubial adj. Pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
	consanguineous	consanguineous adj. Descended from the same parent or ancestor.
	conscientious	conscientious adj. Governed by moral standard.
	conscious	conscious adj. Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks.
	conscript	conscript v. To force into military service.
	consecrate	consecrate v. To set apart as sacred.
	consecutive	consecutive adj. Following in uninterrupted succession.
	consensus	consensus n. A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.
	conservatism	conservatism n. Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.
	conservatory	conservatory n. An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.
	consign	consign v. To entrust.
	consignee	consignee n. A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
	consignor	consignor n. One who entrusts.
	consonance	consonance n. The state or quality of being in accord with.
	consonant	consonant adj. Being in agreement or harmony with.
	consort	consort n. A companion or associate.
	conspirator	conspirator n. One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose.
	conspire	conspire v. To plot.
	constable	constable n. An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
	constellation	constellation n. An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars.
	constituency	constituency n. The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
	constituent	constituent n. One who has the right to vote at an election.
	consul	consul n. An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
	consulate	consulate n. The place in which a consul transacts official business.
	consumption	consumption n. Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc.
	consumptive	consumptive adj. Designed for gradual destruction.
	contagion	contagion n. The communication of disease from person to person.
	contagious	contagious adj. Transmitting disease.
	contemporaneous	contemporaneous adj. Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
	contemptible	contemptible adj. Worthy of scorn or disdain.
	contemptuous	contemptuous adj. Disdainful.
	contender	contender n. One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry.
	contiguity	contiguity n. Proximity.
	continence	continence n. Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion.
	contingency	contingency n. Possibility of happening.
	contingent	contingent adj. Not predictable.
	continuance	continuance n. Permanence.
	continuation	continuation n. Prolongation.
	contraband	contraband n. Trade forbidden by law or treaty.
	contraposition	contraposition n. A placing opposite.
	contravene	contravene v. To prevent or obstruct the operation of.
	contrivance	contrivance n. The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
	contrive	contrive v. To manage or carry through by some device or scheme.
	contumacy	contumacy n. Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
	contuse	contuse v. To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
	contusion	contusion n. A bruise.
	convalesce	convalesce v. To recover after a sickness.
	convalescence	convalescence n. The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
	convalescent	convalescent adj. Recovering health after sickness.
	convene	convene v. To summon or cause to assemble.
	convenience	convenience n. Fitness, as of time or place.
	converge	converge v. To cause to incline and approach nearer together.
	convergent	convergent adj. Tending to one point.
	conversant	conversant adj. Thoroughly informed.
	convex	convex adj. Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle.
	conveyance	conveyance n. That by which anything is transported.
	convivial	convivial adj. Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.
	convolution	convolution n. A winding motion.
	convolve	convolve v. To move with a circling or winding motion.
	convoy	convoy n. A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation.
	convulse	convulse v. To cause spasms in.
	convulsion	convulsion n. A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body.
	cornice	cornice n. An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling.
	corollary	corollary n. A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration.
	coronation	coronation n. The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.
	coronet	coronet n. Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign.
	corporal	corporal adj. Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind.
	corps	corps n. A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together.
	corpuscle	corpuscle n. A minute particle of matter.
	corrigible	corrigible adj. Capable of reformation.
	corrosive	corrosive n. That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
	corruptible	corruptible adj. Open to bribery.
	cosmic	cosmic adj. Pertaining to the universe.
	cosmogony	cosmogony n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.
	cosmography	cosmography n. The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
	cosmology	cosmology n. The general science of the universe.
	cosmopolitan	cosmopolitan adj. Common to all the world.
	cosmopolitanism	cosmopolitanism n. A cosmopolitan character.
	cosmos	cosmos n. The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement.
	counter-claim	counter-claim n. A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.
	counting-house	counting-house n. A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc.
	countryman	countryman n. A rustic.
	courser	courser n. A fleet and spirited horse.
	covenant	covenant n. An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties.
	covey	covey n. A flock of quails or partridges.
	coxswain	coxswain n. One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer.
	crag	crag n. A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge.
	cranium	cranium n. The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain.
	craving	craving n. A vehement desire.
	creamery	creamery n. A butter-making establishment.
	credence	credence n. Belief.
	crematory	crematory adj. A place for cremating dead bodies.
	crevasse	crevasse n. A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier.
	crevice	crevice n. A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces.
	criterion	criterion n. A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion.
	crockery	crockery n. Earthenware made from baked clay.
	crucible	crucible n. A trying and purifying test or agency.
	cryptogram	cryptogram n. Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning.
	cudgel	cudgel n. A short thick stick used as a club.
	culinary	culinary adj. Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen.
	cull	cull v. To pick or sort out from the rest.
	culpable	culpable adj. Guilty.
	culvert	culvert n. Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.
	curable	curable adj. Capable of being remedied or corrected.
	curator	curator n. A person having charge as of a library or museum.
	curio	curio n. A piece of bric-a-brac.
	curt	curt adj. Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression.
	curtsy	curtsy n. A downward movement of the body by bending the knees.
	cycloid	cycloid adj. Like a circle.
	cygnet	cygnet n. A young swan.
	cynical	cynical adj. Exhibiting moral skepticism.
	cynicism	cynicism n. Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.

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