A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH SYNONYMES.
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Jabber, v. n. Prate, chatter, prattle, gabble, talk rapidly, talk idly.
Jabber, v. a. Speak rapidly.
Jabber, n. Prate, prattle, gab, chatter, idle talk.
Jabberer, n. Prattler, chatterer, babbler, chatterbox.
Jack-a-lantern, n. Jack-with-a-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp, will-with-the-wisp, ignis fatuus.
Jack at all trades, Factotum, doer of all work.
Jack of all trades, Factotum, doer of all work.
Jack-a-dandy, n. Beau, fop, coxcomb, dandy, exquisite, popinjay, macaroni, jackanapes, man of dress, man milliner, vain fellow.
Jackanapes, n. [Written also Jackanape.] 1. Monkey, ape.
2. Beau, fop, dandy, jack-a-dandy.
Jackass, n. 1. Male ass.
2. Blockhead, simpleton, dunce.
Jackdaw, n. Daw (Corvus monedula).
Jacket, n. Jerkin, short coat.
Jack-ketch, n. Hangman, public executioner.
Jack-pudding, n. Buffoon, harlequin, mountebank, jester, droll, zany, clown, punch, scaramouch, merry-Andrew.
Jack-snipe, n. Judcock.
Jacobin, n. 1. Dominican, predicant, blackfriar, preaching friar.
2. Anarchist, turbulent demagogue.
Jacobinic, a. Turbulent, revolutionary.
Jacobinical, a. Turbulent, revolutionary.
Jaculate, v. a. Dart, throw, launch, hurl, let fly.
Jaculation, n. Darting, throwing, hurling, launching.
Jade, n. 1. Hack, tired horse, worthless horse.
2. Hussy, quean, base woman, sorry wench.
3. Young woman (in irony or slight contempt).
Jade, v. a. Tire, weary, fatigue, fag, exhaust, tire out, knock up.
Jag, n. Notch, denticulation, protuberant point.
Jagged, a. Notched, serrated, indented, denticulated, cleft, divided, uneven (on the edges).
Jaggedness, n. Unevenness (on the edges).
Jaguar, n. American tiger (Felis onca).
Jail, n. [Written also, but not commonly, Gaol.] Prison, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, tollbooth, jug, house of correction.
Jakes, n. Privy, necessary, back-house, water-closet.
Jam, v. a. Press, crowd, squeeze tight.
Jam, n. 1. Conserve (boiled in mass), thick preserve.
2. Pressure (from a crowd), crowding.
3. Crowd, throng, mass of people (crowded together).
Jamb, n. Side-piece (of a fireplace, a door, a window, &c.).
Jamestown weed, Thorn-apple, stramonium, stramony, Apple Peru (Datura stramonium).
Jangle, v. n. Wrangle, squabble, bicker, quarrel, dispute, spar, spat, jar, tiff, have words, have an altercation.
Jangle, v. a. Sound discordantly, utter inharmoniously.
Jangle, n. 1. Discord, discordant sound.
2. Wrangling, jangling.
Jangled, a. Discordant, inharmonious, out of tune.
Jangler, n. Wrangler, quarrelsome fellow.
Jangling, n. Wrangling, bickering, quarrelling, altercation, jangle, jar.
Janitor, n. Porter, concièrge, door-keeper.
Janty, a. [Written also Jaunty.] Showy, finical, airy, fluttering, bedizened, gairish, dressy, gay, fine, pranked out.
Japan, v. a. Varnish, lacquer.
Japan earth, Catechu, terra japonica, gambier, cutch.
Japanese, a. Of Japan.
Japanese, n. 1. Native of Japan.
2. Language of Japan.
Jar, v. n. 1. Vibrate harshly.
2. Clash, interfere, wrangle, contend, quarrel, bicker, spat, spar, jangle, squabble, tiff, have words, have an altercation.
Jar, v. a. Shake, agitate, jolt.
Jar, n. 1. Shake, agitation, jolt.
2. Discord, disagreement, quarrel, altercation, jarring, wrangling, bickering.
Jargon, n. 1. Gabble, gibberish, rigmarole, nonsense, balderdash, twaddle, palaver, flummery, moonshine, wish-wash, trash, stuff, unintelligible talk.
2. Slang, cant.
Jarring, a. 1. Discordant, harsh.
2. Wrangling, disagreeing, at variance.
3. Conflicting, incompatible, inconsistent.
Jarring, n. 1. Clashing, collision.
2. Shaking, agitation, jar.
3. Quarrel, dispute, altercation, bickering, wrangling.
Jaundice, n. (Med.) Icterus.
Jaundiced, a. 1. Bilious.
2. Biassed, narrow-minded, prejudiced.
Jaunt, n. Ramble, excursion, trip, tour, stroll, short journey.
Jaunty, a. [Written also Janty.] Airy, showy, finical, fluttering, bedizened, gairish, gay, fine.
Jaw, n. 1. Maxillary bone, jaw-bone.
2. [Low.] Scolding, abuse, railing, vituperation, abusive talk.
Jaw-bone, n. Jaw, maxillary bone.
Jaws, n. pl. Chaps, mouth.
Jaw-tooth, n. Grinder, molar.
Jealous, a. 1. Suspicious (especially of being supplanted in the affections of another).
2. Anxious, apprehensive, solicitous.
Jealousy, n. Suspicion (especially in matters of love).
Jeer, v. n. Sneer, scoff, flout, mock, gibe, fleer, rail, turn up the nose.
Jeer, v. a. Flout, taunt, deride, ridicule, mock, scoff, spurn, despise, contemn, chaff at, sneer at, jeer at, rail at, poke fun at, turn up the nose at.
Jeer, n. Sneer, scoff, taunt, gibe, biting jest, flout.
Jeerer, n. Scoffer, scorner, mocker, railer, ridiculer, derider, despiser.
Jeering, n. Mockery, derision.
Jehovah, n. God, Lord, Omnipotence, Omniscience, Providence, The Creator, Heaven, The Maker, The Deity, The Lord, The Godhead, The Infinite, The Eternal, The Omnipotent, The Preserver, The Trinity, the Holy Trinity, The Supreme Being, The First Cause, The Author of all things, God the Father.
Jejune, a. Barren, meagre, sterile, dry, bare, lean, uninteresting.
Jemmy, a. [Colloquial.] Spruce, finical, over-nice, over-neat, affectedly elegant, nice over-much.
Jentling, n. Blue chub.
Jeopard, v. a. Hazard, imperil, peril, endanger, jeopardize, risk, put in jeopardy, put at hazard, put at risk.
Jeopardize, v. a. [Modern.] Hazard, endanger, jeopard.
Jeopardy, n. Hazard, danger, peril, risk, venture.
Jeremiade, n. [Term of ridicule.] Tale of sorrow, lamentation, lament, doleful story.
Jerk, v. a. 1. Yerk, twitch, pull suddenly.
2. Throw suddenly.
Jerk, n. 1. Twitch, sudden pull.
2. Sudden throw.
Jerkin, n. Jacket, short coat.
Jest, v. n. Joke, crack a joke, perpetrate a joke.
Jest, n. 1. Joke, quip, quirk, crank, witticism, sally, jeu d'esprit.
2. Raillery, fun, sport.
Jester, n. 1. Joker, wag, humorist.
2. Buffoon, harlequin, mountebank, zany, droll, fool, clown, punch, punchinello, scaramouch, merry-Andrew, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.
Jesuitical, a. 1. Of the Jesuits.
2. [A sense introduced by partisans hostile to the Jesuits.] Crafty, cunning, deceitful.
Jetty, n. Mole.
Jeu d'esprit, [Fr.] Joke, jest, quirk, quip, crank, sally, witticism.
Jew, n. Hebrew, Israelite.
Jewel, n. Gem, brilliant, precious stone.
Jewelry, n. [Written also Jewellery.] Jewels, bijoutry, trinkets.
Jewish, a. Hebrew, Judaic, Judaical.
Jewry, n. Judea.
Jews-pitch, n. Asphaltum.
Jezebel, n. Beldam, hag, fury, ugly old woman, she-monster.
Jiffy, n. [Colloquial.] Instant, moment, second, twinkling, trice, flash, twinkling of an eye.
Jigger, n. 1. Throw, potter's wheel.
2. (Ent.) Chigre (Pulex penetrans).
Jiggumbob, n. [Low.] Trinket, toy, gimcrack, knickknack, bawble, gewgaw.
Jilt, n. Coquette, flirt.
Jilt, v. a. Trick or deceive (by playing the jilt).
Jilt, v. n. Play the jilt.
Jingle, v. n. [Written also Gingle.] Tinkle.
Jingle, n. Tinkling, jingling, tintinabulation, jingling sound.
Jingling, n. Jingle.
Job, n. Piece of work.
Job, v. n. Do job-work, work at jobs.
Jobbernowl, n. [Low.] Simpleton, fool, dunce.
Job-work, n. Piece-work.
Jockey, n. 1. Horse-jockey, dealer in horses.
2. Cheat, swindler, sharper, rogue, trickster, knave, impostor, blackleg, shark, slyboots.
Jockey, v. a. Cheat, trick, deceive, gull, dupe, overreach, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, circumvent, delude, hoodwink, diddle, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gammon, humbug, impose upon.
Jocose, a. Jocular, facetious, humorous, witty, waggish, droll, funny, comical, sportive, merry.
Jocoseness, n. Jocularity.
Jocular, a. Jocose.
Jocularity, n. Jocoseness, facetiousness, waggishness, waggery, drollery, sportiveness, merriment, pleasantry, mirth, fun.
Jocund, a. Joyous, joyful, merry, frolicsome, blithe, blithesome, sportive, jolly, playful, airy, lively, gay, debonair, buxom.
Jocundity, n. Joyousness, joyfulness, cheerfulness, hilarity, sprightliness, exhilaration, liveliness, vivacity, sportfulness, frolicsomeness, blithsomeness, jocularity, gayety, merriment, mirth, good humor, high spirits, high glee.
Jog, v. a. Push (gently), notify by a push.
Jog, n. 1. Push, slight shake.
2. Notch, denticulation, jag.
Joggle, v. a. Shake (by hitting), jostle.
Jog on, Trudge, lumber, travel slowly.
Jog-trot, n. Slow pace, slow trot.
John Bull, [Colloquial.] 1. English nation, England.
2. Englishman.
John-dory, n. Common dory (Zeus faber).
Join, v. a. 1. Add, annex, attach, append.
2. Connect, couple, combine, conjoin, link, cement, unite, unite together, join together.
3. Adjoin, be connected with.
4. Unite with, associate one's self with.
Join, v. n. Associate, confederate, unite, be united, league.
Joint, n. 1. Juncture, union.
2. Seam, commissure.
3. (Anat.) Articulation.
4. (Bot.) Knot.
5. (Bot.) Internode, space between two joints.
Joint, a. United, combined, concerted.
Joint, v. a. 1. (Carpentry.) Join, unite, fit together.
2. Disjoint, divide (at the joints), cut up (as meat).
Jointed, a. Articulated, with joints.
Jointer, n. (Carpentry.) Jointing plane.
Joint heir, Coheir.
Jointing-plane, n. Jointer.
Jointly, ad. Unitedly, together, conjointly, in conjunction.
Joist, n. Small floor-timber.
Joke, n. Jest, quip, quirk, crank, witticism, sally, jeu d'esprit.
Joke, v. n. Jest, crack a joke, perpetrate a joke.
Joker, n. Jester, wag, humorist.
Jollification, n. [Colloquial.] Conviviality, revelry, festivity, carouse, carousal, spree, revel, compotation, potation, wassail, orgies, bacchanals, saturnalia, debauch, merry frolic, jolly time, drinking bout.
Jollity, n. Merriment, gayety, mirth, fun, frolic, joviality, hilarity.
Jolly, a. 1. Merry, joyous, joyful, gay, jovial, airy, mirthful, jocund, playful, frolicsome, sportive, gamesome, funny, facetious, jocular, waggish, sprightly, lively, jocund, wanton.
2. Plump, stout, lusty, bouncing, portly, chubby, in good case.
Jolt, v. n. Be shaken (as a carriage by passing over rough ground).
Jolt, v. a. Shake (as a carriage does when passing over rough ground).
Jolt, n. Shaking, jolting.
Jolthead, n. Simpleton, fool, dunce.
Jolting, n. Jolt, shaking.
Jonathan, n. People of the United States, the United States as a nation.
Jorden, n. Urinal, chamber-pot.
Jostle, v. a. [Written also Justle.] 1. Collide, strike against, hit against.
2. Shake (by hitting), joggle.
Jot, n. Iota, tittle, whit, bit, grain, particle, atom, scrap, mite, ace, corpuscle, scintilla.
Jot down, Record, state, note, chronicle, register, set down, take down, make a note of, make a memorandum of.
Jotting, n. Memorandum.
Journal, n. 1. Diary, daily register.
2. Newspaper, magazine, periodical.
Journalize, v. a. Record, register, note, chronicle, set down, jot down.
Journey, n. Travel (by land), tour, excursion, trip, expedition.
Journey, v. n. Travel, ramble, roam, rove, take a tour, make a tour, take a trip, make an excursion.
Journeyman, n. 1. Day-laborer.
2. Hired mechanic.
Joust, n. Tilt.
Joust, v. n. Tilt.
Jove, n. (Myth.) Jupiter.
Jovial, a. Merry, joyous, joyful, gay, airy, mirthful.
Joviality, n. Merriment, gayety, mirth, fun, frolic, jollity, hilarity.
Joy, n. 1. Gladness, delight, glee, exultation, ecstasy, rapture, ravishment, transport, beatitude, beatification.
2. Happiness, felicity, bliss.
3. Cause of gladness.
Joy, v. n. Exult, rejoice, be glad, be delighted, be joyful.
Joyful, a. Glad, joyous, merry, buoyant, happy, jocund, blithe, blithesome, jolly, jovial, delighted.
Joyous, a. Glad, joyful.
Jubilant, a. Rejoicing, exulting, triumphing, shouting with joy.
Jubilee, n. Season of rejoicing.
Judaic, a. Jewish, Hebrew.
Judaical, a. Jewish, Hebrew.
Judaism, n. Religion of the Jews, Jewish religion.
Judcock, n. Jack-snipe (Scolopax gallinula), juddock.
Juddock, n. Judcock.
Judge, n. 1. Justice.
2. Arbiter, arbitrator, umpire, referee.
3. Critic, connoisseur.
Judge, v. n. Decide, determine, conclude, form an opinion, pass an opinion, pass judgment, get at the truth, arrive at the truth, sit in judgment.
Judge, v. a. 1. Try, doom, pass sentence upon.
2. Consider, regard, think, esteem, reckon, account, deem, believe, hold, suppose, imagine.
3. Appreciate, estimate, form an opinion about.
Judgment, n. 1. Discernment, understanding, intelligence, discrimination, taste, sagacity, penetration, wisdom, brains, prudence, ballast, depth, sense, mother-wit, quick parts, common sense, good sense, long head.
2. Determination, decision, conclusion, opinion, notion, estimate.
3. (Law.) Sentence, award, decree.
Judgment-day, n. Day of judgment, the last day.
Judgment-seat, n. Tribunal, court, bar, bench.
Judicature, n. 1. Administration of justice.
2. Jurisdiction.
Judicial, a. Juridical, forensic.
Judiciary, n. Body of judges.
Judicious, a. Sensible, wise, prudent, discreet, considerate, rational, reasonable, enlightened, sagacious, provident, sober, sound, staid, solid, cool, politic.
Jug, n. 1. [England.] Pitcher, ewer.
2. [Colloquial.] Prison, jail, tollbooth, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, house of correction.
Juggle, v. n. Conjure, play tricks, practise jugglery, practise magic or sorcery.
Juggle, n. Trick, imposture, imposition, deception, cheat, fraud.
Juggler, n. Sorcerer, magician, seer, conjurer, enchanter, charmer, wizard, necromancer, exorcist, diviner.
Jugglery, n. Legerdemain, trickery, imposture, deceit sleight of hand.
Juice, n. Sap, fluid part.
Juiceless, a. Sapless, dry.
Juicy, a. Succulent, moist, watery, sappy, lush, full of juice.
Jumble, v. a. Mix confusedly, throw together in disorder.
Jumble, n. Disorder, confusion, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, gallimaufry, olio, olla podrida, confused mass, disorderly mixture.
Jump, v. a. Jump over, leap over, skip over, pass by a leap.
Jump, v. n. Leap, spring, bound, skip, hop, vault, caper.
Jump, n. Leap, spring, bound, hop, vault, caper.
Junction, n. 1. Joining, union, combination, connection, linking, coupling.
2. Juncture, joint, place of meeting.
Juncture, n. 1. Joint, junction.
2. Conjuncture, crisis, exigency.
June-berry, n. 1. Shad-bush, shad-berry (Amelanchier Canadensis).
2. Service-berry (the fruit of the shad-bush).
Jungle, n. Thicket (of brushwood, shrubs, and woods), brake.
Junior, a. Younger.
Junket, n. Sweetmeat, delicacy.
Junto, n. Cabal, faction, combination (against a government), party, coterie, clique, set, gang, league, confederacy, secret council.
Juridical, a. Judicial, forensic.
Jurisconsult, n. Jurist, civilian, counsellor, lawyer.
Jurisdiction, n. Judicature, extent of authority, legal power.
Jurisprudence, n. Science of law.
Jurist, n. Civilian, jurisconsult, lawyer, counsellor.
Juror, n. Juryman.
Juryman, n. Juror.
Just, a. 1. Equitable, right, rightful, lawful, reasonable.
2. Honest, fair, upright, righteous, blameless, pure, conscientious, uncorrupt, virtuous, honorable, impartial, even-handed, straightforward.
3. Exact, true, proper, accurate, correct, normal, regular.
4. Deserved, merited, condign, suitable, due.
Just, ad. Exactly, precisely.
Just now, Very recently, a moment ago.
Justice, n. 1. Equity, equitableness, right, justness, fairness, impartiality, rectitude, fair play.
2. Judge, justiciary.
Justiciary, n. Judge, justice.
Justifiable, a. Defensible, warrantable, vindicable, right, fit, proper.
Justification, n. 1. Vindication, defence, exculpation, exoneration.
2. (Theol.) Absolution, sanctification, remission of sin.
Justify, v. a. 1. Vindicate, warrant, defend, maintain, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, set right.
2. (Theol.) Absolve, acquit, free from sin, clear from guilt.
3. (Printing.) Adjust.
Justle, v. a. [Written also Jostle.] 1. Collide, strike against, hit against.
2. Shake (by hitting), joggle.
Justness, n. 1. Justice, equity, equitableness, fairness, right.
2. Exactness, accuracy, propriety.
Jut, v. n. Project, protrude, stand out, jut out.
Jut out, v. n. Project, jut.
Juvenile, a. Young, youthful, childish.
Juxtaposition, n. Proximity, contiguity, contact.
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Kale, n. Colewort.
Kamachi, n. Horned-screamer (Palamedea cornuta).
Kamsin, n. Simoon, simoom, samiel.
Keen, a. 1. Eager, zealous, ardent, earnest, fervid, vehement.
2. Sharp, acute, with a fine edge.
3. Piercing, penetrating, cutting.
4. Severe, bitter, poignant, acrimonious, caustic.
5. Shrewd, discerning, quick, sagacious, astute, keen-sighted, keen-eyed, clear-sighted, long-headed.
Keen-eyed, a. Keen, keen-sighted, sharp-sighted.
Keenness, n. 1. Ardor, vehemence, eagerness, earnestness, fervor.
2. Sharpness, acuteness.
3. Severity, rigor, sternness.
4. Poignancy, causticity, acrimony, asperity, bitterness.
5. Shrewdness, sagacity, astuteness.
Keen-sighted, a. Keen, sharp-sighted, keen-eyed.
Keep, v. a. 1. Retain, detain, hold, hold fast.
2. Preserve, maintain, continue.
3. Restrain, withhold.
4. Guard, protect, take care of.
5. Fulfil, observe, adhere to, be faithful to, be true to, stand by.
6. Celebrate, honor, solemnize, commemorate, do honor to.
7. Sustain, support, maintain.
Keep, v. n. 1. Continue, remain.
2. Stay, abide, lodge, dwell.
3. Endure, last.
Keep, n. Stronghold, donjon.
Keep an eye on, Watch, mark, observe, have an eye on.
Keep dark, Keep one's own counsel, seal the lips, not breathe a syllable about it, keep the matter to one's self.
Keep under, Control, restrain, keep in subjection.
Keeping, n. 1. Care, custody, charge, guardianship.
2. Support, maintenance, feed.
3. Harmony, conformity, congruity, consistency, agreement.
Kelp, n. 1. Barilla, carbonate of soda (impure).
2. Sea-weed (from which barilla is made).
Ken, n. View, cognizance, sight.
Kennel, n. 1. Dog-house.
2. Pack of hounds.
3. Hole (of a wild animal), haunt.
4. Gutter.
Kennel, v. n. Dwell (as a dog), lodge, harbor, take shelter.
Kestrel, n. Windhover, castrel, stannel (Falco tinnunculus).
Key, n. 1. Clew, guide, explanation, solution, elucidation, clavis.
2. Tonic, key-note, fundamental note, first note of the scale.
Key-note, n. Tonic, key.
Khan, n. 1. Cham, sovereign prince (of Tartary).
2. Caravansary.
Kick the beam, Be outweighed, be overbalanced, be overpoised, be the lighter.
Kick up a dust, [Colloquial.] Make a commotion.
Kid, n. 1. Young goat.
2. Kit, small tub.
Kidnap, v. a. Abduct (any human being), carry off, steal away, run off with.
Kidnapping, n. Man-stealing, abduction.
Kill, v. a. Slay, slaughter, murder, despatch, assassinate, carry off, put to death, deprive of life, make away with, give one one's quietus, give a death-blow to.
Kilt, n. Fillibeg.
Kin, n. 1. Relationship (by blood or by marriage), consanguinity, affinity.
2. Relation, relative, kindred, kinsfolk, connection.
Kin, a. Related, allied, kindred, akin, congenial, cognate, of the same nature, of the same kind, of the same family.
Kind, a. Benevolent, beneficent, benignant, humane, gracious, friendly, kindly, complacent, complaisant, generous, obliging, bounteous, accommodating, philanthropic, compassionate, mild, benign, clement, good, amiable, charitable, gentle, lenient, indulgent, forbearing, tender, sympathetic, bland, affectionate, loving, good-natured, tender-hearted, kind-hearted.
Kind, n. 1. Race, genus, family, breed, species, set, class.
2. Sort, nature, character, manner, description, style.
Kind-hearted, a. Kind, tender-hearted.
Kind-heartedness, n. Kindness, kindliness.
Kindle, v. a. 1. Light, ignite, enkindle, inflame, set fire to, set on fire.
2. Excite, rouse, awaken, provoke, incite, stimulate, animate, whet, fire, exasperate, foment, enrage, set on, stir up, work up.
Kindle, v. n. 1. Take fire.
2. Get excited, grow warm, fly into a passion.
Kindliness, n. 1. Benignity, kindness, benevolence, humanity, charity, sympathy, compassion, amiability, kind-heartedness, good-nature, good feeling, fellow-feeling.
2. Mildness, softness, gentleness.
Kindly, a. 1. Natural, homogeneal, congenial, kindred, proper, appropriate.
2. Sympathetic, benevolent, gracious, kind.
Kindness, n. 1. Benevolence, beneficence, benignity, humanity, generosity, philanthropy, charity, kindliness, sympathy, tenderness, amiability, fellow-feeling, clemency, good feeling.
2. Kind act, good turn, kind office.
Kindred, n. 1. Relationship, affinity, consanguinity.
2. Relations, relatives, kin, kinsfolk, kinsmen.
Kindred, a. Related, cognate, allied, kin, congenial, akin, of the same kind, of the same nature, of the same family.
King, n. Sovereign, monarch.
Kingbird, n. Tyrant fly-catcher (Muscicapa tyrannus or Tyrannus intrepidus).
King-crab, n. Horse-shoe, horse-foot, horse-shoe crab.
King cup, n. Buttercup, golden cup.
Kingdom, n. 1. Sovereignty, empire, dominion, supremacy, dynasty, sovereign power, rule, monarchy, supreme power.
2. Realm, empire, state, nation.
3. Tract, region.
4. Division, department.
Kingly, a. 1. Royal, regal, monarchical, imperial.
2. Noble, august, imposing, splendid, magnificent, grand.
King of terrors, Death.
King's-English, n. Pure English.
King's-evil, n. Scrofula, struma.
Kingship, n. Royalty, monarchy.
King's-yellow, n. Yellow orpiment, yellow sulphuret of arsenic.
Kink, n. 1. Twist, knot, entanglement.
2. Whim, crotchet.
Kinsfolk, n. Relations, relatives, kin, kindred, kinsmen.
Kinsman, n. Relative, relation.
Kiss, v. a. Salute, greet with a kiss.
Kiss, n. Salute.
Kit, n. 1. Kid, small tub (as for pickled mackerel).
2. Small pail.
3. Outfit, working implements.
4. Violin (small), fiddle.
Kleptomania, n. Thievishness, klopemania propensity to steal, mania for stealing.
Klopemanla, n. Kleptomania.
Knack, n. 1. Toy, plaything, knick-knack, gimcrack, gewgaw, bawble, trifle, jiggumbob.
2. Dexterity, adroitness, dexterousness, skill, skilfulness, facility, aptness, aptitude, quickness, readiness, address, expertness.
Knag, n. Knot (in wood).
Knaggy, a. Knotty, gnarled.
Knarl, n. Knot, knob, snag.
Knarled, a. Knotty, knotted, knurly, gnarled.
Knave, n. 1. Villain, rascal, scoundrel, rogue, cheat, caitiff, swindler, sharper, trickster, scamp, scapegrace, scalawag.
2. Jack (of cards).
Knavery, n. Villany, rascality, fraud, knavishness, dishonesty, criminality, trickery, wickedness.
Knavish, a. Dishonest, unprincipled, fraudulent, trickish, tricky, roguish.
Knavishness, n. Knavery, dishonesty, wickedness.
Kneepan, n. Patella.
Knick-knack, n. Toy, trifle, plaything, gimcrack, gewgaw, bawble, knack, jiggumbob.
Knight, n. Cavalier, chevalier, horseman, horse-soldier, equestrian.
Knight-errantry, n. Chivalry, knighthood.
Knighthood, n. Chivalry, knight-errantry.
Knit, v. a. Join, unite, connect.
Knob, n. Protuberance, boss, bunch, hunch, stud.
Knock, n. 1. Rap (as at a door), clap.
2. Blow, slap, cuff, buffet, box.
Knock, v. n. Rap (as at a door).
Knock, v. a. Beat, strike, hit, bump, slap.
Knock down, 1. Fell, prostrate.
2. Knock off (by auction).
Knock under, Submit, yield, knuckle, give up, lower one's flag, kiss the rod, lick the dust, eat humble pie, draw in one's horns.
Knock up, [Colloquial.] Fatigue, beat out, weary, exhaust, tire, fag.
Knoll, n. Hillock, mound.
Knot, n. 1. Entanglement, complication.
2. Tie, connection, bond of union.
3. Joint, node, knag.
4. Tuft, bunch.
5. Group, band, clique, gang, crew, squad, cluster, set, pack.
6. Nautical mile.
Knot, v. a. Entangle, tie, complicate.
Knot-grass, n. Dog's-grass, couch-grass, twitch-grass, wheat-grass, dog-wheat (Triticum repens).
Knotted, a. Knotty, knurly.
Knotty, a. 1. Knotted, gnarled, full of knots, knaggy, knurly.
2. Intricate, difficult, perplexing, embarrassing, hard, troublesome.
Know, v. a. 1. Perceive, apprehend, comprehend, understand, discern, be aware of, be assured of, see through, make out.
2. Recognize, be acquainted with.
3. Distinguish, discriminate.
Know, v. n. 1. Have knowledge.
2. Be informed, be made aware.
3. Be sure, feel certain.
Knowing, a. Intelligent, skilful, competent, qualified, experienced, accomplished, proficient, well-informed.
Knowledge, n. 1. Apprehension, comprehension, perception, understanding, discernment, judgment.
2. Learning, erudition, scholarship, enlightenment, lore, acquirements, attainments.
3. Cognizance, cognition, notice, information.
Knuckle, v. n. Yield (obsequiously), submit, cringe, stoop, crouch, give up, knock under.
Knurly, a. Knotty, knotted, knarled.
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Labor, n. 1. Toil, work, exertion, effort, pains, drudgery.
2. Travail, parturition, childbirth, delivery.
Labor, v. n. 1. Toll, strive, drudge, work, exert one's self, take pains.
2. Suffer, be afflicted, be distressed.
3. Travail, be in travail, be in labor.
Labored, a. Elaborate, studied, carefully wrought.
Laborer, n. Workman, operative.
Laborious, a. 1. Industrious, sedulous, assiduous, diligent, toiling, hard-working, painstaking.
2. Difficult, arduous, onerous, toilsome, tiresome, wearisome, fatiguing, irksome, hard, Herculean.
Laboriousness, n. Toilsomeness, difficulty.
Labor of love, Gratuitous service.
Labyrinth, n. Maze, perplexity, intricacy.
Labyrinthian, n. Mazy, confused.
Lacerate, v. a. Tear, sever, mangle, rend, lancinate, laniate, claw, tear asunder, tear to pieces.
Laceration, n. Tearing, rending.
Laches, n. pl. (Law.) Negligence, remissness, neglect of duty.
Lack, v. a. Want, need, be in want of, be in need of, be destitute of, be without.
Lack, v. n. 1. Be in want.
2. Be wanting.
Lack, n. Need, deficiency, destitution, want, scantiness, insufficiency, scarcity, dearth, default, defectiveness, shortness, shortcoming, deficit.
Lack-brain, n. Simpleton, dunce.
Lackadaisical, a. Sorrowful (affectedly), sad, melancholy, gloomy.
Lackaday, interj. Alas.
Lackey, n. Footman, footboy, errand-boy.
Lackey, v. a. Attend (as a servant), wait on, dance attendance on.
Laconic, a. Short, brief, concise, succinct, compact, sententious, terse, pithy, curt.
Laconical, a. Short, brief, concise, succinct, compact, sententious, terse, pithy, curt.
Lacquer, n. Varnish (of shell-lac).
Lacquer, v. a. Varnish (with lacquer), japan.
Lactescence, n. Milkiness.
Lad, n. Boy, stripling, youngster, youth, schoolboy, yonker, young man.
Lade, v. a. 1. Load, freight.
2. Dip, bale.
Lading, n. Freight, cargo, load, burden.
Lady, n. 1. Mistress, matron.
2. Woman of rank, woman of distinction.
3. Woman of refinement, well-bred woman, genteel woman.
4. Wife, spouse.
Lady-like, a. Genteel, courtly, refined, well-bred.
Lady-love, n. Sweetheart, flame.
Lag, v. n. Loiter, linger, saunter, fall behind, move slowly.
Laggard, n. Loiterer, lingerer, idler, lagger, saunterer.
Lagger, n. Loiterer, laggard.
Lagoon, n. Lake (shallow and communicating with the sea).
Laic, a. Lay.
Laical, a. Lay.
Lair, n. Couch (of a beast), resting place.
Laity, n. Laymen, body of the people, the people (as distinguished from the clergy).
Lake, n. Pond, loch, mere, pool, lagoon.
Lamantine, n. Manatee, sea-cow.
Lamb, n. Young sheep.
Lamb of God, Christ, Jesus.
Lambent, a. Playing about (like the tongue in licking), touching lightly, gliding over.
Lambkin, n. Little lamb.
Lame, a. 1. Crippled, halt, hobbling.
2. Defective, imperfect.
3. Insufficient, unsatisfactory, weak, feeble, poor.
Lame, v. a. Cripple, make lame.
Lame duck, Defaulter (at the stock exchange).
Lamella, n. [L.] Scale, lamina, layer, coat, flake, coating, thin plate.
Lamellar, a. Lamellate, lamellated, laminar, laminated, foliated, foliaceous, scaly, flaky, schistose.
Lamellate, a. Lamellar.
Lamellated, a. Lamellar.
Lament, v. n. Mourn, grieve, weep, wail, moan, complain.
Lament, v. a. Bewail, deplore, bemoan, mourn.
Lament, n. 1. Wailing, moaning, moan, lamentation, plaint, complaint.
2. Dirge, elegy, epicedium, mournful song, funeral song.
Lamentable, a. 1. Deplorable, to be lamented.
2. Mournful, wailing.
Lamentation, n. Wailing, moaning, moan, plaint, complaint, lament, ululation, hubbubboo.
Lamina, n. Scale, layer, coat, coating, lamella, thin plate.
Laminar, n. Laminated.
Laminated, a. Laminar, lamellar, lamellated.
Lamm, v. a. [Low.] Beat, drub, thrash, maul, bruise, thwack, pommel, wallop.
Lampoon, n. Pasquinade, satire, squib.
Lampoon, v. a. Satirize, abuse, defame, slander, calumniate, lash.
Lanate, a. Woolly.
Lanated, a. Woolly.
Lance, n. Spear, javelin.
Lance, v. a. 1. Hurl, throw, launch, dart, send, fling, toss, pitch, jaculate, let fly.
2. Pierce, cut with a lancet.
Lance-shaped, a. Lanceform.
Lanciform, a. Lance-shaped.
Lancinate, v. a. Tear, rend, sever, mangle, lacerate, laniate, claw, tear to pieces.
Land, n. 1. Ground, soil, earth.
2. Region, country, district, tract.
3. Real estate.
Land, v. a. Disembark, put on shore, set on shore.
Land, v. n. Disembark, debark, go on shore, come to land.
Landing, n. 1. Coming to land.
2. Landing-place.
Landing-place, n. Landing.
Landloper, n. 1. Landlubber.
2. Wanderer, vagrant, traveller, vagabond, nomad.
Landloping, n. Wandering, travelling.
Landlord, n. 1. Owner, proprietor.
2. Host, inn-keeper.
Landlubber, n. [Sailor's term of contempt.] Landloper.
Landrail, n. Corn-crake, daker-hen (Orex pratensis).
Landscape, n. View, prospect, rural scene.
Land-waiter, n. Tide-waiter.
Lane, n. Alley, narrow street, narrow passage or way.
Lang-syne, ad. [Scottish.] Long since, long ago.
Lang-syne, n. The good old time, past times, days gone by, days of yore.
Language, n. 1. Speech, tongue, vernacular, idiom, dialect, mother-tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue, oral speech.
2. Style, expression, phraseology, diction, form of expression.
Languid, a. 1. Faint, exhausted, drooping, pining, languishing, flagging, weak, feeble, not strong, not vigorous.
2. Dull, torpid, listless, spiritless, heavy, inactive, slow, sluggish.
Languidness, n. 1. Languor, faintness, feebleness, lassitude.
2. Dulness, listlessness, heaviness.
Languish, v. n. 1. Droop, pine, faint, fade, wither, decline, fall, become feeble, pine away, waste away.
2. Look tender, have the air of a lover.
Languishment, n. 1. Feebleness, decline, weakness.
2. Look of tenderness.
Languor, n. 1. Feebleness, debility, languidness, faintness, languishment.
2. Dulness, torpidness, listlessness, heaviness, ennui.
Laniate, v. a. Lacerate, tear, rend, sever, mangle, lancinate, claw, tear to pieces, tear asunder.
Lank, a. Lean, thin, meagre, attenuated, slim, slender, starveling, skinny, scraggy, gaunt, emaciated.
Lankness, n. Leanness, thinness, slimness, meagreness, slenderness.
Lanky, a. [Low.] Slim, slender, tall, and thin.
Lanuginous, a. (Bot.) Downy, woolly.
Lap, v. a. 1. Fold, turn over, lay over.
2. Wrap, cover, twist round.
3. Lick, lick up, take up with the tongue.
Lap, v. n. Be folded over, be laid over.
Lapidary, n. Lapidist.
Lapidescence, n. Lapidification, petrifaction.
Lapidification, n. Lapidescence, petrifaction.
Lapidist, n. Lapidary.
Lapse, n. 1. Flow, gliding, flowing, smooth course.
2. Fall, decline, declension, falling off.
3. Slip, fault, error, shortcoming.
Lapse, v. n. 1. Slip, glide, pass slowly.
2. Fail in duty, commit a fault, fall from innocence.
3. (Law.) Become void.
Lapsus linguæ, [L.] Slip of the tongue.
Lapwing, n. Pewit (Tringa vanellus or Vanellus cristatus).
Larboard, n. (Naut.) Port, left-hand side.
Larceny, n. Theft, stealing, pilfering, robbery, thievery, shoplifting, petty larceny.
Lard, v. a. 1. Grease.
2. Intermix, interlay, interlard.
Large, a. 1. Big, great, bulky, huge, immense, vast, of great size.
2. Extensive, expanded, spacious, broad, wide.
3. Abundant, plentiful, ample, full, copious, liberal.
4. Capacious, comprehensive.
Large-bellied, a. Abdominous, big-bellied, pot-bellied.
Largess, n. Bounty, present, donation, gift, endowment, grant, bequest.
Lariat, n. Lasso.
Larmier, n. (Arch.) Drip, corona.
Larum, n. [Contraction of Alarum.] Alarm, alarum, tocsin, alarm-bell.
Larva, n. Caterpillar, grub.
Lascivious, a. Lustful, lecherous, libidinous, lickerish, salacious, concupiscent, lewd, prurient, wanton, loose, unchaste, incontinent.
Lash, n. 1. Thong (of a whip), scourge, whip.
2. Stroke, stripe.
Lash, v. a. 1. Scourge, whip.
2. Beat, beat against.
3. Bind, tie, tie together.
4. Censure, satirize, lampoon, abuse.
Lash the waves, Make vain efforts, try in vain, beat the air, fish in the air, milk the ram.
Lass, n. Girl, damsel, maiden, lassie, miss.
Lassie, n. [Scotch.] Girl, lass.
Lassitude, n. Weariness, exhaustion, fatigue, prostration, languor, languidness, ennui.
Lasso, n. Lariat.
Last, a. 1. Latest.
2. Hindmost.
3. Final, ultimate.
4. Highest, greatest, utmost, extreme.
Last, ad. 1. The last time.
2. After all the rest.
3. Finally, in conclusion.
Last, v. n. 1. Endure, remain, continue.
2. Hold out, be unexhausted, be unconsumed.
Lasting, a. Enduring, permanent, durable, of long continuance.
Lastingness, n. Permanence, durability, continuance, fixedness.
Lastly, ad. Finally, in fine, at last, at length, in the end, in conclusion.
Late, a. 1. Slow, tardy, long delayed.
2. Far advanced.
3. Recently deceased.
4. Recent.
Late, ad. 1. Not early, not promptly, after the proper time, at the eleventh hour, a day after the fair.
2. Recently, lately, not long ago.
Lately, ad. Recently, latterly, late, of late, not long ago.
Latent, a. Concealed, hidden, secret, occult, veiled, unseen.
Lather, n. Foam (of soap and water), froth.
Latifoliate, a. (Bot.) Broad-leaved.
Latifolious, a. (Bot.) Broad-leaved.
Latin, a. 1. Of the Latins, of ancient Rome, Roman.
2. Classic, classical, in the manner of the Latins.
Latin, n. Language of ancient Rome, Latin language.
Latinism, n. Latin idiom.
Latinity, n. Latin style.
Latitude, n. 1. Extent, range, scope, amplitude, compass.
2. Freedom, liberty, indulgence, free play.
3. Laxity, loose interpretation, indefinite meaning.
4. (Geog.) Angular distance from the equator.
5. (Astron.) Angular distance from the ecliptic.
Latitudinarian, a. Liberal (in opinion), lax, free, not orthodox, not strict.
Latitudinarianism, n. Heterodoxy, liberalism.
Latten, n. Sheet tin, tinned iron-plate.
Latter, a. 1. Last mentioned (of two).
2. Recent, modern.
Latterly, ad. Lately, recently, of late.
Lattice, n. Trellis, lattice-work.
Lattice-work, n. Lattice, trellis.
Laud, v. a. Praise, extol, celebrate, magnify.
Laudable, a. Commendable, praiseworthy.
Laudanum, n. Tincture of opium.
Laudation, n. Praise, commendation, eulogy, compliment, encomium.
Laudatory, a. Commendatory, panegyrical, eulogistic, complimentary, encomiastic, lavish of praise.
Laugh, n. Laughter, cachinnation, guffaw, roar.
Laugh, v. n. Snicker, giggle, roar, titter.
Laugh at, Ridicule, deride, mock, scoff, scoff at, sneer at, laugh to scorn, make fun of, poke fun at.
Laugh to scorn, Ridicule, deride, despise, sneer at, laugh at, treat with contempt.
Laughable, a. Comical, droll, funny, ludicrous, farcical, ridiculous.
Laughing, a. Merry, mirthful, gay.
Laughing, n. Laughter.
Laughing-gas, n. Nitrous oxide, protoxide of nitrogen, exhilarating gas.
Laughter, n. Laughing, laugh.
Laughing-stock, n. Butt (of jests), object of ridicule.
Launch, v. a. 1. Throw, hurl, cast, dart, lance.
2. Slide from the stocks (as a ship).
Launch, v. n. Enlarge, expatiate, descant, dilate, launch out.
Launch out, Enlarge, launch, expatiate.
Laundress, n. Washerwoman.
Laureate, n. Poet-laureate, court-poet.
Lave, v. a. Wash, bathe.
Lavement, n. (Med.) Clyster, enema, injection.
Lavish, a. Profuse, prodigal, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful, extravagant, too free, over-liberal.
Lavish, v. a. Waste, squander, dissipate, spend lavishly.
Law, n. 1. Rule, (prescribed by authority), regulation, canon, statute, enactment, decree, ordinance, edict, order, expressed command.
2. Formula, principle, form.
3. Code, body of rules.
4. Jurisprudence, science of laws, legal science.
5. Mosaic code.
6. Suit, process, litigation.
7. Observed order of facts, invariable sequence of phenomena.
8. Uniform and constant operation of any natural force (under the same conditions), method of the Divine Agency, God in Nature.
Lawful, a. 1. Legal, legalized, legitimate, constitutional.
2. Allowable, permissible.
3. Rightful, just, proper.
Lawfulness, n. Legality, conformity to law.
Lawgiver, n. Legislator, law-maker.
Lawsuit, n. Action, suit in law.
Lawyer, n. Counsellor, counsel, advocate, attorney, solicitor, barrister, limb of the law, attorney-at-law.
Lax, a. 1. Loose, slack, relaxed, not tight, not tense.
2. Soft, flabby, not firm, not solid.
3. Remiss, latitudinarian, not strict.
4. Licentious, dissolute.
Laxative, a. Loosening, aperient, deobstruent.
Laxative, n. Laxative medicine.
Laxity, n. 1. Looseness, slackness, laxness, latitude.
2. Remissness.
3. Dissoluteness, licentiousness.
Laxness, n. Looseness, laxity.
Lay, v. a. 1. Put, place, lay down.
2. Impose, assess.
3. Impute, charge, ascribe.
4. Spread (on a surface).
5. Prepare, set in order, get ready.
6. Contrive, scheme, devise.
7. Allay, quiet, calm, still, appease.
8. Bet, stake, wager, risk, hazard.
9. Produce, bring forth and deposit (as eggs).
10. (Naut.) Depress, sink, sail away from so as to lose sight of.
11. (Law.) Allege, state, name.
Lay, n. [Rare.] 1. Row, stratum, layer.
2. Bet, wager, stake, pledge.
3. [U. S.] Share of profit.
4. Song.
Lay, a. Laic, laical.
Lay aside, Reject, discard, put away, lay on the shelf.
Lay by, Reserve, keep, retain, husband.
Lay down, 1. Resign, give up, offer up.
2. Leave, quit, relinquish.
3. Advance, propound, assert, allege.
Layer, n. 1. Stratum, bed, LAY.
2. Course (as of bricks).
3. Shoot or twig (laid in the ground for propagation).
Lay hold of, Seize, catch.
Lay in, Store, provide, lay up.
Lay one's self out, Strive, labor, try, struggle, exert one's self.
Lay open, Expose, reveal, exhibit, disclose, unveil, divulge, publish, show, make known.
Lay out, 1. Spend, expend, disburse.
2. Plan, dispose, arrange.
Lay over, Spread over, cover the surface of.
Lay siege to, Besiege, beset.
Lay to heart, Feel keenly, be greatly grieved at, be much troubled about, be much affected by, take to heart, take on about.
Lay up, 1. Store, provide, treasure up, lay in.
2. Confine to the bed or the house.
Lay waste, Desolate, destroy, ruin.
Lazaretto, n. Hospital, infirmary, pest-house, lazar-house.
Lazar-house, n. Hospital, lazaretto.
Lazy, a. Slothful, sluggish, indolent, idle, inert, inactive, supine, torpid, slack, dronish, lumpish.
Lea, n. Meadow, mead, grass land, sward land.
Lead, v. a. 1. Guide (by the hand, or something connected with the hand).
2. Conduct, direct, escort, go before as guide.
3. Head, be at the head of.
4. Allure, entice, induce, persuade, draw, prevail on.
5. Pass, spend.
Lead, v. n. 1. Show the way (by going before).
2. Be the commander (as of troops).
3. Conduce, contribute, tend, serve.
Lead, n. 1. Guidance, direction, leadership.
2. Precedence.
Lead captive, Carry into captivity.
Leader, n. 1. Guide, director, conductor, corypheus, cock of the walk, cock of the roost, first fiddle.
2. Chief, chieftain, commander.
Leadership, n. Guidance, direction, lead, conduct.
Leading, a. 1. Governing, ruling.
2. Chief, principal, capital, most important.
Lead the way, Go before (as guide).
Lead off, Begin, take the lead.
Leaf, n. Blade.
Leaflet, n. Small leaf.
Leaf-stalk, n. (Bot.) Petiole.
League, n. 1. Alliance, confederation, confederacy, combination, coalition, union.
2. Three geographical miles.
League, v. n. Unite, combine, confederate, form a league, form an alliance.
Leagued, a. United, combined, allied, confederated, confederate, banded.
Leak, n. Fissure (letting a liquid in or out), chink, crevice, hole.
Lean, v. n. 1. Incline (from a perpendicular).
2. Recline, bear, rest.
3. Tend, have a tendency.
Lean, v. a. Rest, incline for support.
Lean, a. 1. Thin, poor, gaunt, emaciated, meagre, lank, skinny, fallen away.
2. Barren, jejune, tame, prosy, dull.
3. Scanty, slender, pitiful, inadequate, not full or abundant, not plentiful, not ample, not enough.
Leaning, n. Bent, inclination, bias, propensity, proneness, tendency.
Lean-to, n. Penthouse.
Leap, v. n. Jump, bound, spring, vault, hop, caper.
Leap, v. a. Jump over, bound across.
Leap, n. Jump, spring, bound, vault, hop, caper.
Leap-year, n. Bissextile.
Learn, v. a. 1. Get a knowledge of, acquire skill in, make one's self acquainted with, make one's self master of.
2. Be informed of.
Learn by heart, Memorize, commit to memory, get by heart.
Learned, a. 1. Erudite, lettered, deep-read.
2. Knowing, skilled, experienced, well-informed.
Learning, n. 1. Acquisition of knowledge.
2. Erudition, scholarship, acquirements, attainments, lore, acquired knowledge.
Lease, v. a. Let (for a term of years).
Leash, n. 1. Thong or string (for holding a dog or a hawk).
2. Three (greyhounds, &c.).
Leash, v. a. Tie, tie together.
Least, a. Smallest, minutest.
Least, ad. In the smallest degree.
Leathery, a. Tough, coriaceous.
Leave, n. 1. Permission, liberty, allowance, license.
2. Withdrawal, retirement, departure.
Leave, v. a. 1. Quit, vacate, withdraw from, depart from, go away from, retire from, get away from.
2. Abandon, forsake, desert, relinquish, renounce, put aside, lay aside, give up, give over.
3. Let alone, let be, suffer to remain undisturbed, forbear to meddle with.
4. Commit, consign, refer.
5. Stop, forbear, cease from, desist from, refrain from, leave off, break off, make an end of.
6. Permit, allow, let, give leave, give permission.
7. Bequeath, demise, devise, will, give by will.
Leave, v. n. Desist, stop, cease, forbear, leave off.
Leave off, (Active.) Forbear, desist from, break off.
Leave off, (Neuter.) Desist, stop, leave.
Leave out, Omit.
Leaven, n. 1. Yeast, ferment, barm, emptyings, fermenting substance.
2. Pervading influence.
Leaven, v. a. 1. Produce or excite fermentation in.
2. Imbue, infect, vitiate, taint.
Leavings, n. pl. Remains, remnants, relics, fragments, scraps, pieces, refuse, odds and ends.
Leaves, n. pl. Foliage.
Lecherous, a. Lewd, lascivious, libidinous, lustful, carnal, salacious, lickerish, concupiscent, prurient, wanton, unchaste, incontinent.
Lechery, n. Lewdness, lasciviousness, concupiscence, lust, carnal desire, animal appetite.
Lection, n. Reading, version, interpretation.
Lecture, n. 1. Discourse, prelection.
2. Formal censure, lesson.
Lecture, v. a. 1. Deliver a lecture to.
2. Reprove formally.
Ledge, n. 1. Shelf.
2. Ridge of rocks.
Lee, a. To leeward (opposed to weather).
Lee, n. Leeward, lee side, side sheltered from the wind.
Leer, v. n. Look askance (in contempt).
Lees, n. pl. Dregs, sediment, settlings, precipitate, dunder.
Leeward, n. Lee, lee side.
Legacy, n. Bequest, devise, gift by will.
Legal, a. Lawful, legitimate, legalized, authorized or sanctioned (by law), according to law.
Legality, n. Lawfulness, conformity to law.
Legalize, v. a. 1. Authorize, permit by law.
2. Sanction, legitimate, legitimize, make legal, confirm by law.
Legate, n. 1. Ambassador, deputy, envoy, delegate.
2. The Pope's ambassador.
Legation, n. Embassy, deputation, body of diplomatists.
Legend, n. 1. Fable, myth, fiction, doubtful narrative, fictitious story.
2. Motto (round a coin or a medal).
Legendary, a. Fabulous, fictitious, mythical.
Legerdemain, n. Juggle, juggling, sleight of hand.
Legible, a. 1. Readable, plain, fair.
2. Manifest, apparent, recognizable, discoverable.
Legion, n. 1. Army, host, military force, body of troops.
2. Multitude, great number.
Legislate, v. n. Make laws, enact laws.
Legislative, a. Law-making.
Legislator, n. Lawgiver, lawmaker.
Legislature, n. Legislative body.
Legitimacy, n. 1. Legality, lawfulness, accordance with law.
2. Genuineness.
Legitimate, a. 1. Legal, lawful, in accordance with law.
2. Born in wedlock, lawfully begotten.
3. Genuine, not spurious.
Legitimate, v. a. Legalize, make legitimate.
Legitimize, v. a. Legalize, make legitimate.
Legume, n. (Bot.) Simple pod (of two valves).
Legumes, n. pl. Pulse, fruit of leguminous plants.
Leisure, n. Spare hours, spare time, time to spare.
Lend, v. a. 1. Loan, accommodate with.
2. Give, grant, afford, furnish, bestow, confer, impart.
Lend a hand, Render assistance, put one's shoulder to the wheel, hold out a helping hand, give one a lift, give one a turn, do one a favor, help a lame dog over a stile.
Length, n. 1. Extent, longitude.
2. Long duration.
Lengthen, v. a. 1. Elongate, extend (in space), stretch, draw out.
2. Protract, continue, prolong, extend (in time), spin out.
Lengthen, v. n. Become longer, grow longer, increase in length.
Lengthways, ad. Longitudinally.
Lengthwise, ad. Longitudinally.
Lengthy, a. Long, lengthened, prolonged, prolix, not short, not brief.
Lenience, n. Clemency, mildness, lenity, mercy, tenderness, gentleness, forbearance.
Leniency, n. Clemency, mildness, lenity, mercy, tenderness, gentleness, forbearance.
Lenient, a. 1. Softening, assuasive, soothing, mitigating, mitigative, lenitive.
2. Mild, gentle, clement, merciful, tender, forbearing, long-suffering, not rigorous, not severe.
Lenitive, a. Soothing, assuasive, emollient, lenient, mitigative, balmy, sedative, demulcent.
Lenitive, n. Palliative, emollient, soothing medicine.
Lenity, n. Mildness, clemency, gentleness, tenderness, mercy, kindness, forbearance, lenience, leniency.
Lens-shaped, a. Lentiform, lenticular.
Lenten, a. Sparing, meagre, slender.
Lentiform, a. Lens-shaped.
Lenticular, a. Lens-shaped.
Lentiginous, a. Scurfy, scabby, scaly, scabbed, furfuraceous.
Lentisk, n. Mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus).
Lentiscus, n. Mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus).
Leonine, a. Lion-like.
Leopard's-bane, n. Arnica.
Lepidolite, n. (Min.) Rose mica, lithia mica.
Lepidote, a. (Bot.) Scaly, leprous.
Lepidoted, a. (Bot.) Scaly, leprous.
Leprous, a. 1. Infected with leprosy.
2. (Bot.) Scaly, lepidote, lepidoted.
Lese-majesty, n. [Preferably written Leze-majesty.] Treason.
Lesion, n. (Med.) Injury, hurt, disorder, derangement, morbid change.
Less, a. Smaller, inferior.
Less, ad. Not so much, in a less degree.
Less, n. Not so much, smaller quantity.
Lessen, v. a. 1. Diminish, decrease, reduce, abate, abridge, make less.
2. Lower, degrade.
Lessen, v. n. Decrease, diminish, abate, dwindle, shrink, be reduced.
Lessening, n. Diminution, decrement, decrease, reduction, abatement.
Lesser, a. Less, smaller, inferior.
Lesser-Bear, n. [With The prefixed.] Little Bear, ursa minor.
Lesson, n. 1. Exercise (of a learner), task.
2. Instruction, precept.
3. Reproof, rebuke, lecture, formal censure.
Lest, conj. That not, for fear that.
Let, v. a. 1. Allow, permit, suffer, give leave to, give permission to.
2. Lease, put to hire.
Let, n. Hinderance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction.
Let alone, Leave, let be, suffer to remain undisturbed, forbear to meddle with.
Let be, Leave, let alone.
Let bygones be bygones, Let the past be forgotten.
Let down, Lower, depress.
Let drive, Discharge, let loose.
Let fly, Discharge, let loose.
Let go, Release, loose, set free, let loose, let slip, cast off, let out.
Lethal, a. [Rare.] Deadly, mortal, fatal.
Lethargic, a. Drowsy, dull, torpid, let loose, heavy, stupid, stupefied, comatose, morbidly sleepy.
Lethargical, a. Drowsy, dull, torpid, let loose, heavy, stupid, stupefied, comatose, morbidly sleepy.
Lethargy, n. Stupor, torpor, coma, stupefaction, hypnotism, stupidity, morbid drowsiness.
Lethean, a. Oblivious.
Let in, Admit, permit to enter.
Let into, Admit, permit to enter.
Let loose, Release, liberate, let free, free from restraint, let out, let go, set at liberty.
Let off, 1. Discharge, explode.
2. Excuse, exonerate, exempt.
Let out, 1. Release, liberate, set free, let loose, free from restraint, set at liberty.
2. Extend, loosen.
3. Blab, disclose, divulge, reveal.
Let slip, Loose, let go.
Letter, n. 1. Alphabetic character.
2. Epistle, note.
3. Literal meaning, literal sense, verbal expression.
Lettered, a. Learned, literary, bookish, well-read, deep-read, book-learned.
Letters, n. pl. 1. Literature, learning, erudition.
2. Correspondence.
Levant, n. The East, Eastern coasts of the Mediterranean.
Levee, n. 1. Time of rising.
2. Ceremonious party (properly in the morning), reception, entertainment, soirée.
3. Embankment (along a river to prevent inundation).
Level, a. 1. Horizontal.
2. Even, flat, plain.
3. Flush, on a level, of the same height.
4. Of the same rank, condition, &c., on a par.
Level, v. a. 1. Make horizontal.
2. Bring to the same level.
3. Raze, demolish, destroy.
4. Aim, direct, point, take aim.
5. Adapt, suit, fit, proportion.
Level, n. 1. Horizontal surface, horizontal line.
2. State of equality, equal elevation.
Leverage, n. Purchase (obtained by the lever).
Levigate, v. a. Pulverize, comminute, triturate, grind, bruise, bray, reduce to powder.
Levigation, n. Pulverization, comminution, trituration.
Levity, n. 1. Lightness.
2. Frivolity, flightiness, giddiness, volatility, want of seriousness.
Levy, v. a. 1. Raise, muster, call together.
2. Collect, gather.
Lewd, a. Lustful, libidinous.
Lexicon, n. Dictionary, glossary, vocabulary, word-book.
Leze-majesty, n. [Sometimes written Lese-majesty.] Treason.
Liability, n. 1. Responsibility, accountableness, accountability, bounden duty.
2. Exposedness.
Liable, a. 1. Answerable, responsible, accountable, amenable.
2. Exposed, subject, obnoxious.
Liaison, n. [Fr.] 1. Union, bond of union.
2. Amour, love intrigue.
Libel, n. 1. Lampoon, pasquinade, defamatory publication.
2. (Law.) Charge, statement of complaint.
Libel, v. a. 1. Lampoon, defame (by some publication).
2. (Law.) Proceed against by a libel, bring a charge against.
Libellous, a. [Written also Libelous.] Defamatory.
Liberal, a. 1. Generous, bountiful, free, beneficent, munificent, princely, charitable, open-hearted, free-hearted, unselfish, disinterested.
2. Enlarged, catholic, tolerant, unbigoted, high-minded, magnanimous, honorable, chivalrous.
3. Large, full, unstinted, abundant, ample, plentiful.
Liberal, n. Liberalist, advocate of liberal principles.
Liberalism, n. Latitudinarianism.
Liberalist, n. Liberal.
Liberality, n. 1. Generosity, bounty, beneficence, munificence, disinterestedness, bountifulness, charity.
2. Present, gift, benefaction.
3. Catholicity, toleration, magnanimity, candor, impartiality, largeness of mind, high-mindedness.
Liberalize, v. a. Enlarge, make liberal, free from prejudice.
Liberate, v. a. Release, free, emancipate, manumit, disinthrall, ransom, discharge, deliver, set free, set at liberty, let go, let loose, let out.
Liberation, n. Deliverance, discharge, release.
Libertine, n. Rake, debauchee, voluptuary, profligate, dissolute man, man of pleasure.
Libertine, a. Licentious, dissolute, of lax morals.
Libertinism, n. Licentiousness, dissoluteness, debauchery.
Liberty, n. 1. Freedom (after previous restraint), liberation from restraint, independence.
2. Privilege, immunity, franchise.
3. Leave, permission, license.
Liberties, n. pl. 1. Limits (of a prison, &c.).
2. Unwarrantable freedom.
Libidinous, a. Lascivious, lustful, carnal, lecherous, lickerish, lewd, prurient, salacious, concupiscent, wanton, loose, unchaste, incontinent.
Librate, v. a. Balance, poise, hold in equipoise.
Libratory, a. Balancing.
License, n. 1. Permission, privilege, leave, right.
2. Permit, warrant.
3. Laxity, excessive liberty, exorbitant freedom.
License, v. a. Permit, allow, grant authority to, give a permit or warrant to.
Licentious, a. Dissolute, debauched, profligate, rakish, libertine, loose, lax, lewd.
Lick, v. a. 1. Pass the tongue over.
2. Lap, take up with the tongue.
3. [Low.] Beat, flog, thrash, lamm.
Lick, n. 1. Taste.
2. [Low.] Blow, slap.
3. Salt-lick.
Lickerish, a. 1. Hankering (to lick or taste), craving, longing.
2. Lecherous, libidinous.
3. Dainty, nice, fastidious.
Licking, n. 1. Lapping.
2. [Low.] Whipping, beating, flogging, thrashing, castigation.
Lickspittle, n. Abject parasite, mean flatterer.
Lid, n. 1. Cover, covercle.
2. Eyelid.
Lie, n. Fib, intentional untruth, criminal falsehood, suggestio falsi (suggestion of what is false), suppressio veri (suppression of what is true).
Lie, v. n. 1. Falsify, fib, tell a lie.
2. Recline, lie, couch, lie down, be prostrate, be recumbent.
3. Be placed, be laid.
4. Be, rest, remain.
5. Be situated, be located.
6. Consist.
7. (Law.) Be sustainable.
Lie at one's door, Be chargeable to.
Lie by, 1. Remain near.
2. Rest, intermit labor.
Lie in, Be confined, be in child-bed.
Lie in one's throat, Lie outrageously.
Lie on, Be incumbent on, belong to, lie with.
Lie over, 1. Be deferred, be postponed.
2. Remain unpaid (said of a note).
Lie to, (Naut.) Stop, check headway.
Lie under, Be subject to.
Lie upon, Lie on.
Lie with, 1. Lodge with, sleep with.
2. Belong to, be incumbent on, lie on.
Lief, ad. Willingly, gladly, freely.
Liege, a. Bound by feudal tenure (to service, as a vassal or to protection, as a lord).
Liege, n. Superior, sovereign, liege lord.
Lien, n. Legal claim.
Lieu, n. [Fr.] Place, room, stead.
Life, n. 1. Vitality, the vital spark, the breath of life, the breath of one's nostrils.
2. Time from birth to death.
3. Animated existence.
4. Mode or course of living.
5. Conduct, deportment, behavior.
6. Animation, vigor, spirit, vivacity, briskness, sprightliness, activity.
7. Biography, memoir.
8. Real person, living form.
9. Society, social manners, human affairs, course of things.
Lifeless, a. 1. Dead, defunct, extinct, inanimate.
2. Torpid, sluggish, inert, dull, tame, spiritless, passive.
Lift, v. a. Raise, elevate, lift up.
Lift, n. 1. Lifting, raising.
2. [Colloquial.] Aid, assistance, help.
3. Rise (as of a lock in canals), degree of elevation.
Lift-lock, n. Lock (of a canal).
Ligament, n. Band, ligature.
Ligature, n. Band, bandage, ligament, tie.
Light, n. 1. Medium of vision.
2. Diffusion of luminous rays.
3. Daybreak, sunrise, dawn, daylight.
4. Candle, lamp, taper, light-house, &c.
5. Instruction, knowledge, comprehension, insight.
7. Illustration, explanation, elucidation.
8. Window, pane of glass, &c.
9. Public notice.
10. Aspect, point of view.
Light, a. 1. Buoyant, of little weight, not heavy, not dense.
2. Easy to be borne, not burdensome.
3. Easy to be done, not difficult.
4. Porous, spongy, not clammy (said of bread).
5. Loose, sandy (said of soil).
6. Unincumbered, unburdened, free from impediments, not heavily laden.
7. Slight, trifling, small, inconsiderable, moderate.
8. Gossamery, flimsy, unsubstantial.
9. Frivolous, fickle, unsteady, volatile, unsettled.
10. Gay, airy, buoyant, light-hearted.
11. Bright, clear, not dark.
12. Whitish, of a whitish shade.
Light, v. a. 1. Kindle, inflame, ignite, set fire to, set on fire, apply the match to.
2. Give light to, guide by light.
3. Illuminate, lighten, illume, irradiate.
Light on, 1. Happen upon, fall upon by chance, happen to find, light upon.
2. Alight on.
Lighten, v. n. 1. Flash [said of lightning].
2. [Colloquial.] Grow lighter, clear off.
Lighten, v. a. 1. Illuminate, irradiate, illume, light.
2. Ease, make lighter, make easier.
Light-fingered, a. Thievish.
Light-hearted, a. Gladsome, cheerful, joyful, joyous.
Light-horse, n. Light-armed cavalry.
Light-house, n. Pharos.
Lightning-rod, n. Paratonnerre.
Lights, n. pl. Lungs (of a brute).
Lightsome, a. 1. Luminous, full of light.
2. Gay, buoyant, lively, cheerful, blithesome, blithe, merry.
Light upon, Light on.
Lign-aloes, n. Agalloch, aloes wood.
Ligneous, a. Woody.
Lignine, n. (Chem.) Woody fibre.
Lignite, n. (Min.) Fossil wood.
Like, a. 1. Similar, resembling, analogous, allied, parallel, cognate, of a piece.
2. Equal, same.
3. Likely, probable.
Like, n. 1. Equal.
2. Preference, partiality, liking.
Like, ad. 1. In the manner of, in the same manner as.
2. Likely, probably.
Like, v. a. 1. Approve, be pleased with, take pleasure in.
2. Relish, enjoy, be fond of.
3. Esteem, fancy, have a regard for, take a liking to, take to, take a fancy to; find to one's mind, taste, or fancy.
Like, v. n. Choose, prefer, elect, list, think fit, be pleased.
Like blazes, [Low.] Furiously.
Likelihood, n. Probability, verisimilitude.
Likely, a. 1. Probable, credible.
2. In a fair way, to be expected.
3. Pleasing, agreeable, that may be liked.
4. [Colloquial, U. S.] Respectable, worthy, estimable, of good reputation.
Liken, v. a. Compare, show the resemblance of.
Likeness, n. 1. Resemblance, similarity, similitude, semblance, form, external appearance.
2. Copy, fac-simile, counterpart, image, representation, portrait, effigy, statue.
Likewise, ad. Also, too, besides, moreover, furthermore, in addition, to boot, in like manner.
Liking, n. 1. Fondness, partiality, desire, wish.
2. Inclination, disposition, tendency, turn, penchant, leaning, bias, propensity, proclivity, proneness, predisposition, appetency.
Liliputian, a. Pygmean, little, small, tiny, puny, dwarfish, diminutive.
Lily of the valley, May lily (Convallaria majalis).
Limb, n. 1. Member.
2. Branch, bough.
Limb of the law, Lawyer, counsellor, counsel, barrister, advocate, attorney, solicitor, attorney-at-law.
Limber, a. Supple, pliable, pliant, flexible, lithe.
Limbo, n. Hell, limbus, infernal regions, shades below.
Limbus, n. [L.] Limbo.
Lime, n. 1. Quicklime, protoxide of calcium.
2. Linden, lime-tree.
Limit, n. 1. Bound, frontier, boundary, confine, bourn, termination, precinct, marches.
2. Restriction, restraint, obstruction, check, hinderance.
Limit, v. a. 1. Bound, circumscribe, define, set bounds to, fix the limits of.
2. Restrain, restrict.
Limitation, n. Restriction, restraint.
Limning, n. Painting (in water colors).
Limp, a. Limber, flaccid, flexile.
Limp, v. n. Halt, hobble, walk lamely.
Limp, n. Halt, limping gait.
Limpid, a. Clear, lucid, pure, bright, transparent, pellucid.
Limpidity, n. Clearness, brightness, purity, transparency, limpidness.
Limpidness, n. Limpidity.
Lin, n. 1. Pool, pond.
2. [Scottish.] Cataract, waterfall.
Linden, n. Lime-tree.
Line, n. 1. Streak, extended mark.
2. Straight direction.
3. Parallel direction.
4. Thread, cord, string, rope.
5. Row, rank.
6. Row of words (across a page).
7. Note, short letter.
8. Equator, equinoctial circle.
9. One twelfth of an inch.
10. Lineage, race, family.
11. Course, method.
12. Occupation, employment, calling, business, pursuit.
Line, v. a. 1. Cover on the inside.
2. Place along the side of.
Lineage, n. Progeny, race, family, house, genealogy, descent, descendants, line, birth, breed, extraction, ancestry.
Lineal, a. 1. In a direct line (from an ancestor).
2. Linear, in the direction of a line.
Lineament, n. Outline (particularly of the face), feature, trait, line.
Linear, a. Lineal, in the direction of a line.
Linen, n. 1. Cloth of flax, flaxen fabric.
2. Under garments.
Linger, v. n. Loiter, delay, tarry, lag, saunter, be slow, wait long, remain long.
Lingering, a. 1. Delaying, loitering.
2. Protracted.
Lingo, n. (Low.) Language, speech.
Linguiform, a. (Bot.) Tongue-shaped, lingulate.
Linguist, n. Adept in languages.
Linguistics, n. Glossology, glottology.
Lingulate, a. (Bot.) Linguiform, tongue-shaped.
Liniment, n. Embrocation, soft ointment.
Link, n. Connective, copula, vinculum, bond.
Link, v. a. Connect, conjoin, join, unite, bind, tie.
Linseed, n. Flaxseed.
Linsey-woolsey, a. 1. Of linen and wool.
2. Vile, mean, worthless.
Linsey-woolsey, n. 1. Cloth of linen and wool.
2. Motley composition.
Lintel, n. Head-piece (of a door-frame or a window-frame).
Lion, n. 1. King of beasts.
2. Object of interest, rare spectacle.
Lion's share, Largest portion, greater part.
Lion-hearted, a. Brave, courageous, intrepid, dauntless, bold, valiant.
Lion-like, a. Leonine.
Lippitude, n. Blearedness, dimsightedness.
Lip, n. Edge or border (of the mouth, &c.).
Liquefaction, n. Melting, dissolving, thawing, fusion, dissolution.
Liquefy, v. a. Melt, dissolve, fuse, make liquid.
Liqueur, n. [Fr.] Cordial, aromatized spirit.
Liquid, a. 1. Fluid.
2. Mellifluous, dulcet, soft, clear, flowing.
Liquid, n. Fluid, liquor, liquid substance.
Liquidate, v. a. Settle, adjust, pay, extinguish, pay off, clear off.
Liquidation, n. Settlement, discharge, adjustment, payment.
Liquidity, n. Fluidity, liquidness.
Liquidness, n. Fluidity, liquidity.
Liquor, n. 1. Liquid, fluid, liquid substance.
2. Spirituous or alcoholic liquid.
Liquor of flints, Soluble glass, silicate of soda (or of potash).
List, n. 1. Register, roll, catalogue, inventory, schedule, invoice.
2. Border, bound, limit.
3. Strip (of cloth, on the edge), selvage.
4. (Arch.) Fillet, annulet, listel.
List, v. n. Wish, choose, desire, prefer, elect, think fit, think best, think proper.
Listel, n. (Arch.) Fillet, annulet, list.
Listen, v. n. Hearken, hark, hear, give ear, lend an ear, incline an ear, prick up the ears, be all ear.
Listless, a. Inattentive, indifferent, heedless, careless, thoughtless.
Lists, n. pl. Arena, palæstra, race-course.
Literal, n. 1. As regards letters.
2. According to the exact meaning, not figurative.
3. Following the exact words, not free.
Literary, a. 1. Of literature or learning.
2. Learned, lettered, bookish, well-read, book-learned.
Literati, [L. pl.] n. Scholars, savans, the learned, learned men.
Literatim, ad. [L.] Letter for letter.
Literature, n. 1. Learning, erudition, letters.
2. The humanities, the Muses, belles lettres, polite literature.
3. Literary productions, literary works.
Litharge, n. Protoxide of lead (fused and semi-vitrified).
Lithe, a. Limber, flexible, flexile, pliable, pliant, supple.
Lithesome, a. Limber, flexible, flexile, pliable, pliant, supple.
Lithia, n. Oxide of lithium.
Lithograph, n. Lithographic engraving.
Litigate, v. a. Contest in law, defend in a lawsuit.
Litigate, v. n. Dispute in law, carry on a lawsuit.
Litigation, n. Lawsuit, suit at law, judicial contest.
Litigious, a. Contentious, disputatious, quarrelsome.
Litter, n. 1. Vehicle with a bed (borne by hand).
2. Bedding of straw, hay, &c.
3. Things negligently scattered.
4. Brood.
Litter, v. a. 1. Cover with straw, hay, &c., for bedding.
2. Cover with things negligently scattered.
3. Give birth to (said of quadrupeds), bring forth.
Little, a. 1. Small (in size or extent), minute, diminutive, tiny, not great, not large.
2. Small (in quantity, amount or duration), not much.
3. Inconsiderable, petty, slight, slender, feeble, moderate, scanty.
4. Mean, selfish, narrow, paltry, contemptible.
Little, ad. Slightly, in a small degree, in some degree.
Little Bear, n. [With The prefixed.] Lesser Bear, ursa minor.
Littoral, a. Of the shore.
Liturgy, n. Ritual, formulary of public worship.
Live, v. n. 1. Exist, breathe, have being, have life, be alive, keep soul and body together.
2. Remain, continue, endure, be permanent.
3. Dwell, abide, reside, have lodgings, have one's quarters, be quartered.
4. Feed, subsist, be nourished, be supported, obtain a livelihood.
5. Enjoy life, be happy.
Live coal, Burning coal.
Live, a. Living, alive, not dead.
Live in clover, Luxuriate, wanton, revel, live luxuriously.
Lively, a. 1. Active, agile, nimble, dapper, supple, brisk, alert, quick, stirring, spry, smart.
2. Animated, spirited, sprightly, vivacious, airy, gay, blithe, blithesome, buoyant, joyous, frolicsome, buxom, debonair, full of life.
3. Vivid, bright, brilliant.
4. Vigorous, forcible, strong, nervous, glowing, sparkling, racy, piquant, impassioned.
Liver of sulphur, Sulphuret of potassium (fused).
Liver-leaf, n. Liverwort.
Liverwort, n. Liver-leaf.
Livery, n. 1. Dress (for distinction, as of servants).
2. (Law.) Delivery.
Live-stock, n. Stock, domestic animals (on a farm).
Livid, a. Discolored (as flesh by a bruise), black and blue, of a lead color.
Living, a. 1. Existing, breathing, live, not dead.
2. Active, vigorous, lively.
Living, n. 1. Livelihood, maintenance, support, subsistence, keeping, feed.
2. Benefice, ecclesiastical living.
3. Mode of life, course of life.
Lixivium, n. Lye.
Lo, interj. Look, see, behold.
Load, n. 1. Burden, weight.
2. Lading, cargo, freight.
3. Encumbrance, pressure, clog, incubus, drag weight, dead weight.
Load, v. a. 1. Freight, lade, put or lay a load upon.
2. Encumber, oppress, burden, weigh down.
Loadstar, n. [Written also Lodestar.] Polestar.
Loadstone, n. Magnet, natural magnet.
Loaf, v. n. [Colloquial.] Lounge, be idle, idle away one's time.
Loafer, n. Idler, lounger, vagrant, vagabond, idle wanderer.
Loam, n. Mould.
Loan, v. a. Lend.
Loath, a. Reluctant, backward, unwilling, averse, disinclined, indisposed, not disposed.
Loathe, v. a. Abhor, detest, hate, nauseate, abominate, feel disgust at, shrink from, recoil from.
Loathing, n. Abhorrence, disgust, detestation, abomination, hatred, antipathy, horror.
Loathsome, a. 1. Disgusting, sickening, nauseous, nauseating, repulsive, offensive, revolting, palling.
2. Hateful, detestable, odious, shocking, abominable; abhorrent, execrable.
Loaves and fishes, Gains, rewards, emoluments.
Lobelia, n. Indian tobacco (a name of the North American species; Lobelia inflata).
Local, a. Topical.
Locality, n. Position, situation, place, location.
Locate, v. a. 1. Place, set, establish, fix.
2. Determine the place of, designate the site of.
3. Set off (as tracts of land), fix the boundaries of.
Location, n. 1. Situation, place, locality.
2. Locating, establishing, marking out the limits or boundaries.
Loch, n. [Scottish.] Lake, pond, mere, pool.
Lock, n. 1. Lift-lock (of a canal).
2. Tuft, flock.
Lock, v. a. 1. Fasten (with a lock), close fast.
2. Confine (by locking), shut up, lock up.
3. Enclose, encircle, embrace.
Lock up, 1. Clasp, fasten, lock, close fast.
2. Confine, shut up.
Locked-jaw, n. Trismus, tetanus (of the jaw).
Lock-jaw, n. Trismus, tetanus (of the jaw).
Locofoco match, Lucifer match.
Locomotion, n. 1. Motion from place to place.
2. Power to move from place to place.
Locomotive, a. Able to move from place to place.
Locomotive, n. Locomotive engine.
Locum tenens, [L.] Deputy, substitute, lieutenant, agent, proxy.
Locust, n. [U. S., where this name is improperly applied to the harvest-fly.] Cicada, harvest-fly.
Lode, n. Metallic vein, mineral vein.
Lodestar, n. [Written also Loadstar.] Polestar.
Lodge, n. 1. Cottage, cot, small house.
2. Den, lair, haunt.
3. Association (as of freemasons), secret society.
4. Collection, group.
Lodge, v. a. 1. Place, put, deposit.
2. Plant, infix, fix.
3. Harbor, quarter, provide lodging for.
4. Lay flat, beat down.
Lodge, v. n. 1. Inhabit (for a season), dwell, live, reside, abide.
2. Sojourn, tarry, rest, stop, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent, put up, take lodgings, have lodgings.
Lodging, n. 1. Place of rest, apartment for sleeping.
2. Habitation (for a season), abode, residence, dwelling quarters, dwelling-place, place of residence, headquarters.
Loftiness, n. 1. Height, elevation, altitude.
2. Pride, haughtiness.
3. Sublimity, dignity.
Lofty, a. 1. High, elevated.
2. Proud, haughty, arrogant, magisterial.
3. Sublime, dignified.
Logan, n. Rocking-stone.
Loggerhead, n. Simpleton, dunce.
Logic, n. 1. Science of reasoning, science of the laws of thought, analysis of the process of reasoning.
2. Dialectics, application of logical principles, applied logic.
Logical, a. 1. Of logic.
2. Dialectical, according to the rules of logic, that conforms to the laws of thought.
3. Coherent, consistent.
4. Discriminating, skilled in reasoning, versed in logic.
Logomachy, n. Dispute, controversy, altercation, bickering, wrangling, war of words, words.
Logwood, n. Campeachy wood.
Loins, n. pl. Reins, lumbar region.
Loiter, v. n. Lag, linger, delay, saunter, dillydally, move slowly.
Loitering, a. Dilatory, lingering.
Loll, v. n. Lounge, recline, lean, sprawl, lie at ease.
Lone, a. 1. Solitary, isolated, secluded, lonely, alone.
2. Unfrequented, deserted, uninhabited, unoccupied, lonesome.
Loneliness, n. Solitariness, seclusion, solitude, retirement, isolation.
Lonely, a. 1. Apart, retired, solitary, secluded, isolated, sequestered, remote, dreary, lonesome.
2. Lone, alone, solitary, unaccompanied, companionless.
Lonesome, a. 1. Solitary, lonely, secluded, deserted, lone.
2. Desolate, cheerless, dismal, gloomy, dreary.
Long, a. 1. Extended, lengthy, not short.
2. Protracted, prolonged, long-winded, spun out.
3. Slow, dilatory, slack, lingering, tardy, not quick.
Long home, The tomb, the sepulchre, the grave, narrow house, house of death.
Long, ad. 1. To a great extent.
2. A long time, for a long time.
3. Throughout, all along.
Long for, Crave, hanker for, hanker after, lust after, pine for, have a longing for, yearn for, aspire after.
Long-breathed, a. Long-winded.
Longe, n. & v. n. [Fr.] Pass, thrust, allonge, lunge.
Longevity, n. Long life.
Long-headed, a. Sagacious, discerning, intelligent, acute, shrewd, clear-sighted, keen-sighted.
Longing, n. Craving, yearning, hankering, itching, aspiration, breathing, continual wish, earnest desire, wistful eye, lickerish tooth.
Longitudinally, ad. Lengthwise, from end to end.
Long-sighted, a. Far-sighted.
Long-spun, a. Lengthy, tedious, long-winded, spun out.
Long-suffering, a. Forbearing, patient, not easily provoked.
Long-suffering, n. Forbearance, clemency, patient endurance (of injuries).
Long-winded, a. 1. Long-breathed.
2. Protracted, prolonged, spun out.
3. Tedious, wearisome.
Look, v. n. 1. Direct the eye.
2. Turn the thoughts, apply the mind.
3. Mind, consider, take care, take heed.
4. Front, face, be turned, be directed.
5. Appear, seem; have, wear, or present the appearance; strike one as being.
Look, v. a. Influence by looks.
Look, interj. See, lo, behold.
Look, n. 1. Gaze.
2. Appearance, aspect, complexion.
3. Mien, air of the face, cast of countenance.
Look after, 1. Attend to, take care of, see to.
2. Seek, search for, look for.
3. Expect, wait for.
Look down upon, Despise, contemn, spurn, regard with contempt.
Look for, 1. Expect.
2. Search, seek, look after.
Look in the face, Face, meet boldly.
Look into, Investigate, examine, study, consider, inspect closely, observe narrowly.
Look on, 1. Be a spectator.
2. Regard, esteem, consider, look upon.
Look out, (Active.) Search for, look up.
Look out, (Neuter.) Be on the watch, be on one's guard.
Look over, Examine, cast the eye over.
Look sharp, Be vigilant, have all one's eyes about one.
Look to, 1. Watch, take care of, look after.
2. Rely on, depend on.
Look upon, Regard, consider, esteem, look on.
Look up, Search for, look out.
Look up to, Respect, honor, defer to, think much of, think highly of.
Loon, n. 1. (Ornith.) Great northern diver (Colymbus glacialis).
2. Simpleton, fool, dunce.
Looper, n. Canker-worm, span-worm, geometer.
Loophole, n. 1. Opening (in the wall of a fortification), aperture.
2. Plea, pretext, pretence, excuse, way for evasion, way of escape.
Loose, v. a. 1. Unfasten, untie, unbind, unloose, cast off.
2. Release, liberate, free, set free.
3. Detach, disconnect, disengage.
Loose, a. 1. Unbound, untied, not fastened, not confined.
2. Movable, not fast, not fixed.
3. Slack, relaxed, not tense, not tight.
4. Open, not close, not compact, not dense.
5. Prolix, rambling, not concise.
6. Vague, indefinite, indistinct, indeterminate, ill-defined, not precise, not exact.
7. Lax in the bowels, not costive.
8. Immoral, dissolute, wanton, unchaste, of lax morals.
Loosen, v. a. 1. Slacken, relax, make loose, make less tight.
2. Release, unloose, loose, let loose.
3. Make lax (as the bowels).
Lop, v. a. 1. Cut, cut off.
2. Dock, crop, curtail, prune, cut short.
3. Drop, let fall.
Loquacious, a. Talkative, garrulous, chatty, conversable, cozy.
Loquacity, n. Talkativeness, garrulity, gift of gab.
Lord, n. 1. Master, ruler, governor, sovereign, king.
2. Noble, nobleman, peer.
3. Husband.
4. God, Jehovah.
Lord it over, Rule, rule over, domineer over.
Lord over, Rule, rule over, domineer over.
Lorgnette, n. [Fr.] Opera-glass.
Lordliness, n. 1. Dignity, majesty.
2. Pride, haughtiness.
Lordly, a. 1. Dignified, majestic.
2. Proud, haughty, domineering, imperious, overbearing.
Lord's-day, n. Sunday, the Sabbath, the Christian Sabbath, first day of the week, the day of rest.
Lordship, n. 1. Authority, dominion, rule, sway, command, control, government, direction, domination, empire.
2. Manor, feudal estate of a nobleman.
Lord's-prayer, n. Pater noster.
Lord's-supper, n. Eucharist, communion, sacrament, Christian sacrament.
Lore, n. Learning, erudition, knowledge.
Loriot, n. Witwall, golden oriole (of Europe; Oriolus galbula).
Lose, v. a. 1. Be deprived of, fail to keep, let slip, let slip through the fingers.
2. Forfeit, fail to win, fail to obtain.
3. Waste, squander, misspend, throw away, make no use of.
4. Miss, wander from.
5. Be bereaved of, be deprived of.
Lose caste, Be disgraced.
Lose ground, 1. Fall behind.
2. Decline, lose credit.
Lose heart, Despair, be discouraged, give up hope.
Lose one's heart, Fall in love.
Lose one's self, 1. Be bewildered.
2. Slumber, fall asleep.
Loss, n. 1. Privation, deprivation, bereavement.
2. Forfeiture, failure to win.
3. Destruction, overthrow, damage, detriment, ruin.
4. Waste, squandering.
Lost, a. 1. Missing, not to be found.
2. Forfeited, missed.
3. Misspent, wasted, squandered, dissipated, thrown away.
4. Bewildered, confused, perplexed, puzzled, distracted, benighted, posed, nonplussed, at a loss, at fault, in a maze, in the dark.
5. Abstracted, preoccupied, absent, absent-minded, dreamy, napping.
6. Depraved, corrupt, abandoned, profligate, dissolute, reprobate, graceless, shameless, obdurate, hardened, incorrigible, irreclaimable.
7. Ruined, destroyed, perished, gone, vanished, disappeared, departed.
Lost to, Insensible to, unconscious of.
Lot, n. 1. Destiny, doom, allotment, apportionment, fate.
2. Chance, hazard, fortune, hap, haphazard.
3. Portion, parcel, division.
4. Piece or land.
5. [Colloquial U. S.] Great quantity, great number.
Lotion, n. Wash.
Loud, a. 1. Resounding, high-sounding.
2. Deafening, stunning, stentorian.
3. Clamorous, vociferous, boisterous, noisy.
Loud, ad. Loudly.
Loudly, ad. Loud, not low.
Lounge, v. n. Recline, loll, loaf, live lazily, spend time idly.
Lounger, n. Idler.
Lout, n. Bumpkin, clown, boor, lubber, bungler, fumbler, clumsy fellow, awkward fellow.
Loutish, a. Clownish, rude, boorish, awkward.
Lovable, a. Amiable, lovely, sweet, winning.
Love, v. a. 1. Have affection for, regard with affection.
2. Have a passionate affection for, be in love with, be enamoured of.
3. Like, be pleased with.
Love, v. n. Delight, take pleasure.
Love, n. 1. Affection, affectionate regard.
2. Attachment, passionate affection, the tender passion.
3. Liking, fondness.
4. Lover, person beloved.
5. Cupid, god of love.
Love-apple, n. Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum or Solanum lycopersicum).
Love-child, n. Bastard, illegitimate child, natural child.
Love-feasts, n. pl. Agapæ.
Love-letter, n. Billet-doux.
Lovely, a. Pleasing, delightful, charming, delectable, enchanting, winning, sweet, amiable, that inspires love.
Loving, a. Affectionate, fond, attached.
Loving-cup, n. Grace cup.
Loving-kindness, n. Mercy, favor, tenderness, tender regard.
Low, a. 1. Depressed, not high, not elevated, of little height.
2. Not acute, shrill, or sharp; grave.
3. Cheap, not dear, reasonable.
4. Ignoble, abject, degraded, servile, slavish, menial, mean, base, plebeian, vulgar, untitled, base-born, common.
5. Undignified, grovelling, vile, base-minded, low-minded, shabby, scurvy, dirty.
6. Dishonorable, disreputable, derogatory, unhandsome, unbecoming, disgraceful, unmanly, ungentlemanly.
7. Moderate, not great, not intense.
8. Weak, exhausted, reduced, feeble.
9. Plain, simple, not luxurious, not rich.
Low, ad. 1. With little elevation.
2. Near the ground.
3. To a reduced state, in a low condition.
4. Softly, in a low tone, not loudly.
5. Cheaply, at a moderate price.
Low, v. n. Bellow, moo.
Low, n. Moo, lowing.
Low-born, a. Of mean birth, of low extraction.
Low-bred, a. Vulgar, unrefined.
Lower, v. a. 1. Depress, detrude, drop, sink, let down, bring down, take down.
2. Degrade, debase, disgrace, humble, humiliate.
3. Lessen, diminish, reduce, decrease.
Lower, v. n. 1. Grow dark, be clouded, appear gloomy, appear stormy.
2. Frown, glower, look sullen, look black.
Lowering, a. Cloudy, clouded, overcast, lurid, murky.
Lowering, n. Depression, diminution, reduction.
Lowing, n. Low, moo.
Lowliness, n. 1. Humility, humbleness, meekness, self-abasement, submissiveness.
2. Lowness, meanness, abjectness.
Lowly, a. 1. Low, not high.
2. Humble, meek, resigned, submissive.
3. Mean, not great, without dignity.
4. Modest, unpretending, not lofty.
Low-minded, a. Base-minded, base, mean, servile, vile, grovelling, slavish, abject, low.
Low-priced, a. Low, cheap.
Low-spirited, a. Dispirited, dejected, depressed, disheartened, discouraged, down-hearted, desponding, cast down, in low spirits.
Low spirits, Dejection, dejectedness, depression, despondency, melancholy, hypochondria.
Loyal, a. Faithful, true, not perfidious, not treacherous.
Loyalty, n. Allegiance, fealty, fidelity.
Lozenge, n. 1. Rhomb, rhombus, oblique-angled parallelogram (with equal sides).
2. Troche.
Lubber, n. Clown, boor, lout, bungler, fumbler, clumsy fellow, awkward fellow.
Lubberly, a. Clumsy, awkward, bungling, fumbling.
Lubricate, v. a. Smooth, make slippery.
Lubricity, n. Smoothness, slipperiness.
Luce, n. Pike, pickerel, true-jack (Esox lucius).
Lucid, a. 1. Shining, radiant, luminous, bright, beaming, resplendent, effulgent.
2. Clear, transparent, pure, pellucid, limpid, diaphanous, crystalline.
3. Distinct, intelligible, perspicuous, plain.
4. Sane, sober, sound (in mind).
Lucifer, n. 1. Venus, Phosphorus, the morning star.
2. Satan, Belial, Apollyon, Devil, arch-fiend, the tempter, the evil one, the man of sin, the wicked one, the old serpent, the prince of darkness, the foul fiend, the enemy, the author of evil.
Lucifer match, Locofoco match.
Luciferous, a. Luminiferous.
Luck, n. Chance, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, fate.
Luckily, ad. Fortunately, by good luck, as good luck would have it.
Luckless, a. Unfortunate, unlucky, unprosperous, unsuccessful, ill-fated, ill-starred.
Lucky, a. 1. Fortunate (in an unexpected way), happy, blessed, in luck.
2. Prosperous, auspicious, propitious, favorable.
Lucrative, a. Profitable, remunerative, gainful, paying.
Lucre, n. Gain, profit, emolument, pelf, riches, wealth, mammon.
Lucubration, n. 1. Study (by night), meditation, speculation, cogitation.
2. Composition, writing.
Luculent, a. Lucid, clear, transparent, bright.
Ludicrous, a. Laughable, comical, odd, ridiculous, droll, funny, farcical, absurd.
Luff, v. n. (Naut.) Sail nearer the wind, bring the bow into the wind.
Lug, v. a. Pull, tug, haul, drag.
Lug, n. [Low.] Heavy load.
Luggage, n. 1. Baggage, bag and baggage.
2. Effects, traps, things, stuff.
Lugubrious, a. Mournful, sorrowful, doleful, sad, gloomy, melancholy.
Lukewarm, a. 1. Tepid, blood warm, slightly warm.
2. Indifferent, unconcerned, listless, cold, torpid, dull, dead, not ardent, not zealous.
Lull, v. a. Compose, quiet, calm, still, hush, tranquillize, put to rest.
Lull, v. n. Subside, cease, become calm.
Lull, n. Calm, calmness.
Lumbago, n. (Med.) Rheumatism in the loins.
Lumbar region, Loins, reins.
Lumber, n. 1. Trash, trumpery, rubbish.
2. [U. S.] Sawed or split timber.
Lumber, v. n. 1. Heap in disorder.
2. Fill with trumpery.
Lumber, v. n. 1. Trudge, move heavily.
2. [U. S.] Cut timber, prepare logs for lumber.
Lumbering, a. 1. Trudging, moving slowly.
2. Cumbrous, cumbersome, clumsy, awkward, unwieldy.
Luminiferous, a. Luciferous, producing light.
Luminous, a. 1. Bright, shining, radiant.
2. Lucid, clear, perspicuous.
Lump, n. 1. Shapeless mass.
2. Whole, gross, aggregate.
Lump, v. a. Throw into an aggregate, take in the gross.
Lumper, n. Laborer, (employed in loading or unloading a ship).
Lumpish, a. Dull, heavy, stupid, gross, inactive.
Lump-fish, n. Lump-sucker.
Lump-sucker, n. Lump-fish (Cyclopterus lumpus).
Lunacy, n. Insanity, madness, mania, derangement, craziness, mental aberration.
Lunar caustic, Nitrate of silver (fused).
Lunate, a. (Bot.) Crescent-shaped.
Lunated, a. (Bot.) Crescent-shaped.
Lunatic, a. 1. Insane, mad, deranged, crazy, out of one's head.
2. For lunatics.
Lunatic, n. Madman, maniac, insane person.
Lunatic asylum, Madhouse, bedlam, insane asylum, insane hospital, hospital for the insane.
Lunch, n. Luncheon.
Lunch, v. n. Take a lunch.
Luncheon, n. Lunch, slight meal.
Lune, n. Crescent, half-moon.
Lunge, n. Pass, thrust, allonge, longe.
Lungs, n. pl. Organs of respiration, lights.
Lurch, n. (Naut.) Sudden roll.
Lurch, v. n. (Naut.) Roll suddenly.
Lure, n. Enticement, bait, attraction, allurement, decoy, temptation.
Lure, v. a. Entice, allure, attract, decoy, tempt, seduce, inveigle, lead by the nose.
Lurid, a. Gloomy, murky, ghastly, dismal.
Lurk, v. n. 1. Lie hid, lie concealed, lie in wait.
2. Skulk, keep out of sight, keep out of the way.
Lurking-hole, n. Ambush, ambuscade, retreat, cover, hiding-place.
Lurking-place, n. Ambush, ambuscade, retreat, cover, hiding-place.
Luscious, a. 1. Honeyed, excessively sweet.
2. Delicious, savory, palatable, grateful.
Lusern, n. Lynx.
Lush, a. Juicy, succulent, watery, sappy, moist, full of juice.
Lust, n. 1. Cupidity, inordinate desire.
2. Concupiscence, carnality, lechery, pruriency, lasciviousness, carnal desire, animal appetite.
Lust after, 1. Long for, desire eagerly.
2. Have carnal desire for.
Lustful, a. Concupiscent, libidinous, lecherous, lascivious, prurient, lickerish, rampant, carnal.
Lustration, n. Purification, cleansing.
Lustre, n. [Written also Luster.] 1. Brightness, brilliancy, splendor, gleam, radiance, resplendence, refulgence.
2. Distinction, repute, renown, eminence, celebrity, glory, honor, eclat.
3. Chandelier, candelabrum.
Lustrous, a. Bright, shining, beaming, luminous, radiant, brilliant.
Lusty, a. Stout, vigorous, robust, stalwart, athletic, muscular, brawny, burly, sturdy.
Lusus naturæ, [L.] Freak of nature.
Luthern, n. Dormer, dormer-window.
Luxate, v. a. Dislocate, disjoint, put out of joint.
Luxation, n. Displacement (of a joint), dislocation, disjointing.
Luxuriance, n. Exuberance, superabundance, profusion, rank growth.
Luxuriancy, n. Exuberance, superabundance, profusion, rank growth.
Luxuriant, a. Exuberant, profuse, superabundant, plentiful, plenteous.
Luxuriate, v. n. 1. Flourish, grow luxuriantly.
2. Revel, wanton, live luxuriously, live in clover.
Luxurious, a. Voluptuous, given to luxury.
Luxuriously, ad. Voluptuously, in luxury, in clover, on velvet, on a bed of roses, in the lap of luxury.
Luxury, n. 1. Voluptuousness, luxuriousness, sensuality, epicurism.
2. Pleasure, gratification.
3. Dainty, treat.
Lye, n. Lixivium.
Lying, a. False, mendacious, untruthful, untrue.
Lying, n. Falsehood.
Lying-in, Childbirth.
Lynch, v. a. [U. S.] Punish without trial, inflict summary punishment on.
Lynch law, [U. S.] Mob law.
Lynx, n. Lusern.
Lynx-eyed, a. Discerning, perspicacious, sharp-sighted, eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-eyed, Argus-eyed.
Lyric, n. Lyric poem.
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Macaroni, n. 1. Italian paste, Genoese paste.
2. Beau, exquisite, fop, popinjay, coxcomb, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man milliner, man of dress, vain fellow.
Macerate, v. a. 1. Mortify, make lean, wear away.
2. Soften (by steeping), steep, soak, digest.
Maceration, n. 1. Mortification.
2. Softening, steeping, soaking.
Machiavelian, a. Artful, designing, insidious, sly, shrewd, astute, subtle, diplomatic, arch, intriguing, cunning, crafty, wily, crooked, tricky, deceitful.
Machiavelism, n. Duplicity, chicane, guile, chicanery, trickery, cunning, circumvention, deceit, deception, artifice, dissimulation, double-dealing, hocus-pocus.
Machination, n. Plot, complot, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, stratagem, trick.
Machine, n. Engine, piece of mechanism.
Machinery, n. 1. Enginery, mechanism.
2. Supernatural agency (in poems).
Macrocosm, n. Universe, great world, wide world.
Maculate, a. Spotted.
Maculated, a. Spotted.
Mad, a. 1. Insane, crazy, crazed, distracted, lunatic, delirious, out of one's head.
2. Frantic, furious, enraged, raging, violent.
3. Angry, exasperated, provoked, incensed, in a passion.
Madcap, n. Hotspur, blood, wild fellow, hot-brained or hot-headed fellow.
Madden, v. a. Irritate, provoke, enrage, infuriate, exasperate, inflame, make mad, drive mad, turn one's head, lash into fury, make one's blood boil.
Madhouse, n. Bedlam, lunatic hospital, lunatic asylum, hospital for the insane.
Madman, n. Lunatic, maniac, bedlamite, insane person, crazy person.
Madness, n. 1. Insanity, derangement, craziness, lunacy, distraction, mania, mental aberration.
2. Frenzy, fury, rage.
Madrigal, n. Pastoral poem.
Magazine, n. 1. Warehouse, storehouse, entrepot.
2. Periodical pamphlet.
Maggot, n. 1. Grub.
2. Caprice, whim, crotchet, quirk, freak, vagary, humor, fancy, whimsey, wrinkle, odd fancy.
Maggoty, a. 1. Fly-blown, full of maggots.
2. Whimsical, crotchety, capricious, fantastic, fantastical, odd, strange.
Magic, n. Sorcery, necromancy, enchantment, the black art.
Magic, a. Necromantic.
Magical, a. Necromantic.
Magician, n. Sorcerer, enchanter, necromancer, conjurer.
Magilp, n. Gumption.
Magisterial, a. Domineering, lordly, imperious, proud, arrogant, lofty.
Magistrate, n. Officer (in civil service).
Magnanimity, n. Generosity, disinterestedness, high-mindedness, greatness or nobleness of mind, elevation of soul, chivalrous spirit.
Magnanimous, a. Noble, elevated, lofty, generous, disinterested, chivalrous, liberal, high-minded, great-souled.
Magnate, n. Noble, nobleman, grandee, man of rank, distinguished person.
Magnesite, n. Meerschaum, sea-foam, hydrous silicate of magnesia.
Magnet, n. 1. Loadstone, natural magnet.
2. Artificial magnet.
Magnetic, a. Attractive
Magnetical, a. Attractive
Magnetism, n. Power of attraction.
Magnetize, v. a. Make magnetic.
Magnificence, n. Grandeur, splendor, pomp, éclat, grand appearance.
Magnificent, a. Grand (in appearance), splendid, pompous, imposing, stately, superb.
Magnify, v. a. 1. Enlarge, augment, amplify, exaggerate, make great, increase the size of (to the eye).
2. Extol, exalt, elevate, celebrate, glorify, bless, laud, praise highly.
Magniloquence, n. Bombast, grandiloquence, turgidity, inflation, fustian, flourish, pompous language.
Magniloquent, a. Grandiloquent, bombastic, inflated, swelling, declamatory, turgid, pompous, stilted, high-flowing, highfalutin.
Magnitude, n. 1. Size, bulk, volume, extent, dimension, capacity.
2. Greatness, importance.
3. (Math.) Quantity.
Mahometan, n. Mohammedan, Mussulman.
Mahometanism, n. Mohammedanism, Islamism, Islam.
Maid, n. 1. Girl, lass, lassie, virgin, maiden, damsel, young lady.
2. Maid-servant, female servant.
Maiden, n. Girl, virgin, maid.
Maiden, a. 1. Of maids, of virgins.
2. Pure, chaste, undefiled, virgin.
3. Fresh, new.
Maidenhood, n. Virginity, virgin purity.
Maidenly, a. Modest, gentle, reserved.
Maiden speech, First speech (in public).
Maid-servant, n. Maid, female servant.
Mail, n. 1. Defensive armor.
2. Post, conveyance for mailed matter.
3. Mailed matter.
Mail, v. a. Put in the mail, put in the post-office, send by post.
Maim, v. a. Cripple, mutilate, disable.
Main, a. Chief, principal, leading, most important.
Main, n. 1. Ocean, great sea.
2. Continent, mainland.
3. Main conduit, main pipe, main duct.
4. Force, power, strength, might.
Mainland, n. Continent.
Mainly, ad. Chiefly, principally, in the main.
Main-spring, n. Prime mover.
Main-stay, n. Principal support, chief reliance.
Maintain, v. a. 1. Sustain, support, preserve, uphold, keep.
2. Defend, vindicate, assert, justify.
3. Continue, keep up, carry on.
4. Provide food for, supply with means of living.
Maintain, v. n. Affirm, aver, allege, say, contend, hold the opinion, hazard the opinion.
Maintenance, n. 1. Support, vindication, justification, defence; preservation.
2. Sustenance, food, victuals, provisions, bread, livelihood, subsistence.
Maize, n. Indian corn (Zea mays).
Majestic, a. August, imposing, dignified, noble, princely, stately, imperial, grand, royal.
Majesty, n. Grandeur, dignity, stateliness.
Major, a. Greater.
Major-domo, n. Steward.
Majority, n. 1. Greater number, more than half.
2. Manhood, full age.
Majuscule, n. Capital letter (in ancient manuscripts).
Make, v. a. 1. Create, bring into being.
2. Frame, fashion, mould, shape, form, figure.
3. Produce, effect, be productive of.
4. Constitute, compose.
5. Perform, do, execute, practise.
6. Secure, gain, acquire, get.
7. Compel, constrain, force.
8. Represent, show.
Make, v. n. 1. Proceed, go, travel, journey, tend, move.
2. Contribute, conduce, operate, have effect.
Make, n. Structure, construction, texture, constitution.
Make a clean breast, Make a full confession.
Make a figure, Figure, make a distinguished appearance, be distinguished, be conspicuous.
Make against, Tend to injure.
Make as if, Appear, seem, feign, pretend, make believe, act as if.
Make away with, Kill, destroy.
Make-believe, Pretend, feign, appear, seem, act as if, make as if.
Make-believe, a. Pretended, counterfeited, sham, mock, clap-trap.
Make bold, Presume, venture, dare, take the liberty, have the presumption.
Make choice of, Choose, select, pick out.
Make for, 1. Move toward, go toward, strike for.
2. Favor, tend to the advantage of.
Make free with, Treat without ceremony, treat as one's own, use without leave.
Make good, 1. Defend, maintain, vindicate, justify, stand by.
2. Fulfil, accomplish.
3. Establish, verify, confirm, prove, substantiate.
4. Compensate for, make compensation for, supply by an equivalent, make up for.
Make haste, Be quick, bear a hand.
Make head against, Stem, resist successfully.
Making, Composition, constitution, formation.
Make known, Publish, declare, bring to light, proclaim.
Make light of, Consider as of no consequence, treat with contempt.
Make love to, Court, woo, make suit to.
Make mention of, Speak of, take notice of, allude to, refer to.
Make merry, Feast, be jovial, be joyful.
Make much of, Cherish, foster, fondle, pet, coddle, treat with fondness.
Make no bones, Have no scruple, make no scruple.
Make no difference, Be as well, be a matter of indifference, make no matter.
Make no doubt, Be confident, have no doubt.
Make no matter, Make no difference, be a matter of indifference, be as well.
Make nothing for, Be of no value to, be of no use to, have no effect in aiding or supporting.
Make oath, Swear, take an oath.
Make of, 1. Understand, interpret.
2. Effect or produce from.
3. Consider, account, esteem.
Make off with, 1. Take away, carry off.
2. Steal, pilfer, filch, purloin, cabbage.
Make one's mouth water, Excite or whet the appetite.
Make one's toilet, Arrange one's dress, attend to one's dress.
Make out, (Active.) 1. Discover, ascertain, learn, determine, interpret, decipher, get a clear understanding of.
2. Prove, establish.
3. Prepare, draw up.
4. Provide, furnish, supply.
Make out, (Neuter.) Succeed, be able at last.
Maker, n. 1. [With The prefixed.] Creator, God.
2. Manufacturer, former, builder, constructor.
3. Author, writer, composer.
4. (Law.) Signer of a promissory note.
Make over, Transfer, convey, alienate, demise.
Make sail, (Naut.) Set the sails, hoist the sails, spread the sails.
Makeshift, n. Substitute, temporary, expedient.
Make sport of, Mock, ridicule, deride, scout, scoff at, jeer at, laugh at.
Make suit to, 1. Court the favor of, endeavor to gain the favor of.
2. Court, woo, make love to.
Make sure of, Secure, make certain.
Make the best of, Put the best face on, turn to the best account.
Make tracks, Depart, go, start, set out, be off.
Make up, (Active.) 1. Collect, get together.
2. Constitute, form.
3. Reconcile, settle, adjust.
4. Compensate, make good, make up for.
5. Supply, furnish, provide.
6. Determine, bring to a conclusion.
Make up, (Neuter.) Settle a difference, become reconciled.
Make up for, Compensate, make good, make up.
Make up to, [Colloquial.] Accost, address, speak to.
Make water, 1. Urinate, void urine.
2. (Naut.) Leak.
Make way, 1. Advance, proceed.
2. Clear a way, open a passage.
Malacology, n. Science of mollusks or molluscous animals.
Maladroit, a. Awkward, clumsy, unskilful, unskilled, bungling, unhandy, inapt, inexpert, without dexterity.
Malady, n. Disease, distemper, disorder, complaint, ail, ailment, sickness, illness, indisposition.
Malapert, a. Saucy, impudent, rude, forward, flippant, bold, impertinent, impudent, insolent, cavalier.
Malapertness, n. Insolence, sauciness, impudence, rudeness.
Malapropos, ad. [Fr.] Unseasonably, unsuitably.
Malaria, n. Miasma, miasm, noxious exhalation, bad air.
Malcontent, a. Discontented, dissatisfied, unsatisfied.
Male, a. He.
Male, n. Male animal.
Malediction, n. Curse, denunciation, execration, imprecation, anathema, fulmination, ban.
Malefactor, n. Culprit, felon, convict, criminal, outlaw.
Malefeasance, n. (Law.) Wrong doing, ill conduct, illegal deed.
Malepractice, n. [Written also and preferably Malpractice.] Misconduct, malpractice.
Malevolence, n. Malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, malignity, rancor, venom, hate, grudge, ill-will.
Malevolent, a. Malicious, malignant, spiteful, ill-disposed, ill-natured.
Malice, n. Malevolence, maliciousness, malignity, rancor, venom, hate, spite, ill-will.
Malicious, a. Malevolent, malignant, spiteful, ill-disposed, ill-natured.
Maliciousness, n. Malevolence, malice, malignity, ill-will.
Malign, a. 1. Malicious, malevolent, malignant, ill-disposed.
2. Injurious, pernicious, unfavorable, baneful, very bad.
Malign, v. a. Revile, slander, abuse, calumniate, asperse, defame, blacken, traduce, scandalize, disparage, vilify.
Malignancy, n. Malice, malignity.
Malignant, a. 1. Malign, malicious, malevolent.
2. (Med.) Dangerous, fatal.
Maligner, n. Vilifier, slanderer, traducer, calumniator, backbiter, libeller, defamer.
Malignity, n. 1. Malice, malevolence, maliciousness, malignancy, hatred, animosity, ill-will.
2. Virulence, fatality.
Malinger, v. n. Feign illness (as a soldier, to avoid duty), sham sickness, play the hypocrite, sham Abraham.
Mall, n. [Written also Maul.] Beetle, heavy mallet.
Mall, v. a. [Written also Maul.] Beat, bruise.
Mall, n. Public walk.
Mallet, n. Wooden hammer.
Malpractice, n. [Written also Malepractice.] Misconduct, misbehavior, misdoing, dereliction, malversation.
Maltreat, v. a. Abuse, ill treat, ill use.
Maltreatment, n. Abuse, ill treatment, bad treatment.
Malversation, n. Misconduct (in office), fraudulent conduct (as embezzlement, &c.).
Mamma, n. [Childish term.] Mother.
Mamma, n. [L. pl. Mammas.] Breast, teat, dug, udder.
Mammal, n. Mammifer, one of the mammalia.
Mammalia, n. pl. [L.] Mammals, mammifers, viviparous animals that suckle their young.
Mammifer, n. Mammal, one of the mammalia.
Mammon, n. 1. Riches, wealth.
2. God of riches.
Mammoth, n. Fossil elephant (Elephas primigenus).
Mammoth, a. Gigantic, very large.
Man, n. 1. Person, individual, body, somebody, one, personage, soul, living soul, some one, human being.
2. Mankind, the human race.
3. Male person.
4. Adult male.
5. Piece (as chess, draughts, &c.).
Man, v. a. Furnish with men, supply with hands.
Manacle, n. Shackle (for the hands), handcuff, hand-fetter.
Manacle, v. a. 1. Handcuff.
2. Shackle, fetter, tie, restrain, confine.
Manage, v. a. 1. Conduct, direct, regulate, superintend, supervise, administer, carry on, have the charge of.
2. Rule (with address or artifice), control, govern, guide.
3. Wield, handle.
Manage, v. n. Manœuvre, concert measures, contrive ways, direct affairs, pull the wires or strings.
Manageable, a. Tractable, governable.
Management, n. 1. Conduct, control, direction, charge, administration, superintendence, care, surveillance.
2. Contrivance, prudent conduct, cunning practice.
Manager, n. 1. Director, superintendent, overseer, supervisor, comptroller, governor.
2. Economist, good economist.
Manatee, n. Lamantine, sea-cow.
Manciple, n. Steward (of a college), purveyor.
Mandate, n. Command, order, injunction, precept, charge, requirement.
Mandatory, a. Preceptive, directory.
Mandible, n. 1. Jaw.
2. (Ornith.) Beak, bill.
Mandrake, n. May-apple (Podyphyllum peltatum).
Manducate, v. a. Chew, masticate.
Manducation, n. Chewing, mastication.
Man-eater, n. Cannibal.
Man-eaters, n. pl. Anthropophagi, cannibals.
Manège, n. [Fr.] 1. Horsemanship.
2. Riding-school.
Maneuver, n. [Written also Manœuvre.] 1. Evolution, movement.
2. Scheme, plan, plot, stratagem, artful management, adroit procedure.
Maneuver, v. n. [Written also Manœuvre.] 1. Perform evolutions.
2. Contrive, plan, plot, manage, pull the wires or strings.
Maneuverer, n. [Written also Manœuvrer.] Tactician, adroit manager, wire-puller.
Manful, a. Courageous, bold, brave, stout, strong, vigorous, daring, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, manly.
Manganese, n. Black oxide of manganese (the oxide having the same name as the metal), peroxide or deutoxide of manganese.
Mangel-wurzel, n. [Written also Mangold-wurzel.] Field-beet, scarcity-root (Beta altissima).
Mangle, v. a. Lacerate, hack, tear (in cutting).
Mangold-wurzel, n. Mangel-wurzel.
Mangy, a. Scabby, infected with mange.
Manhaden, n. [Preferably written Menhaden.] Hardhead, mossbunker, pauhaugen.
Man-hater, n. Misanthrope, cynic.
Manhood, n. 1. Virility.
2. Courage, bravery, hardihood, firmness, resolution.
Mania, [n. missing?] 1. Raging madness, violent insanity.
2. Vehement desire.
Mania a potu, [L.] Delirium tremens, the horrors.
Maniac, n. Madman, lunatic, bedlamite, insane person.
Manicheism, n. Dualism, doctrine of two supreme principles (good and evil).
Manifest, a. Apparent, open, obvious, plain, evident, patent, clear, palpable, visible, unmistakable, glaring, notorious.
Manifest, v. a. Show, exhibit, reveal, declare, display, disclose, prove, evince, discover, express, set forth, bring to light, expose to view, hold up to view, make known.
Manifestation, n. Exhibition, revelation, display, expression.
Manifesto, n. Declaration (of a sovereign or a government).
Manifold, a. Numerous, multiplied, various, many, of divers kinds.
Manioc, n. Cassava, tapioca.
Manipulate, v. a. & n. Work or operate with the hands.
Manipulation, n. Manual operations.
Manis, n. Pangolin, scaly ant-eater.
Man-killer, n. Murderer, manslayer, homicide.
Mankind, n. 1. Man, the human race.
2. Men, the lords of creation.
Manliness, n. Bravery, courage, intrepidity, heroism, firmness, resolution, nobleness.
Manly, a. Brave, courageous, intrepid, stout, bold, firm, undaunted, vigorous, strong, daring, heroic, noble, manful.
Man-midwife, n. Accoucheur, obstetrician.
Manner, n. 1. Method, mode, fashion, form, way, style, cast.
2. Custom, habit, practice.
3. Degree, measure, extent.
4. [Sing, and pl.] Sort, kind, sorts, kinds.
5. Behavior, carriage, deportment.
Mannerism, n. Sameness of manner.
Mannerly, a. Courteous, civil, polite, urbane, complaisant, gentlemanly, refined, well-bred.
Manners, n. pl. Morals, habits, carriage, behavior, deportment, bearing, breeding, air, customary conduct.
Manoeuvre, n. [Written also Maneuver.] 1. Evolution, movement.
2. Scheme, plan, plot, stratagem, artifice, ruse, trick, finesse, artful management, adroit procedure.
Manoeuvre, v. n. 1. Perform evolutions.
2. Contrive, plan, plot, manage, pull the wires or strings.
Manoeuvrer, n. [Written also Maneuverer.] Tactician, adroit manager, wire-puller.
Man of straw, Imaginary person.
Man-of-war, n. Ship of war.
Manor, n. Lordship, feudal estate of a nobleman.
Manor-house, n. Hall.
Mansard-roof, n. Curb-roof, gambrel-roof.
Manse, n. [Scotland.] Parsonage, parsonage house.
Mansion, n. Dwelling, seat, residence, habitation, dwelling-house, mansion-house.
Mansion-house, n. Dwelling-house, mansion.
Manslaughter, n. Homicide (without malice).
Man-slayer, n. Murderer, homicide, man-killer.
Mantilla, n. Small mantle.
Mantle, n. 1. Cloak.
2. Cover, covering.
3. Mantel-piece, mantel-tree, mantel-shelf.
Mantle, v. a. Cloak, overspread, cover.
Mantle, v. n. 1. Expand, spread, be expanded.
2. Be suffused (said of blood rushing to the face).
3. Effervesce, bubble, foam, sparkle, froth.
Mantel-piece, n. Mantle.
Mantel-shelf, n. Mantle.
Mantel-tree, n. Mantle.
Mantua-maker, n. Dressmaker.
Manual, n. Of the hand, by the hand.
Manual, n. Hand-book.
Manufactory, n. Mill, factory.
Manufacture, n. 1. Production, fabrication.
2. Manufactured product.
Manufacture, v. a. Make by art.
Manumission, n. Emancipation, enfranchisement, liberation.
Manumit, v. a. Free, liberate, release, emancipate, enfranchise, set free.
Manure, v. a. Fertilize, enrich.
Manure, n. Fertilizer, compost, dressing, fertilizing mixture.
Manuscript, n. Copy, written paper.
Many, a. Numerous, manifold, various, multiplied, divers.
Many, n. Multitude, people, many persons, many people.
Many-sided, 1. Of many sides.
2. Liberal, not narrow, not bigoted.
Many times, Often, frequently, repeatedly, often times.
Map, n. Chart.
Mar, v. a. Injure, spoil, ruin, disfigure, hurt, damage, harm.
Marasmus, n. Atrophy, emaciation, decline, gradual wasting.
Maraud, v. n. Rove for plunder.
Maraud, n. Marauding, ravage, plunder.
Marauder, n. Plunderer, ravager, pillager, robber, freebooter, highwayman, brigand, footpad, outlaw, bandit.
March, v. n. 1. Walk (by regular steps, as soldiers), move forward.
2. Walk in a steady manner.
March, n. 1. Military movement, passage of soldiers.
2. Stately walk.
3. Progression, advance.
4. Military tune.
Marches, n. pl. Borders, limits, frontiers, confines, precincts, boundaries.
Mare, n. Female horse.
Mare's-nest, n. [Colloquial.] Absurdity, absurd or ridiculous thing (such as wags impose upon the credulous by way of hoax or practical joke).
Mare's-tail, n. Cirrus, cat's-tail.
Margin, n. Border, edge, rim, brim, verge, brink, confine, limit, skirt.
Marine, a. 1. Oceanic, pelagic, of the sea.
2. Maritime, naval, nautical.
Marine, n. 1. Navy, shipping, sea affairs.
2. Soldier (of a ship of war).
Mariner, n. Seaman, sailor, seafarer, tar, seafaring man.
Mariput, n. Zoril (Viverra zorilla).
Marital, a. Of a husband, incident to a husband.
Maritime, a. 1. Marine, naval, nautical, of the sea.
2. Near the sea.
Mark, n. 1. Sign, token, note, symbol, index.
2. Indication, evidence, proof, badge, symptom.
3. Line, impression, stamp, print, incision.
4. Trace, track, vestige, footprint.
5. Object (aimed at).
6. Eminence, consequence, distinction.
7. Cross (made as a signature).
Mark, v. a. 1. Distinguish by a mark, put a mark upon.
2. Stamp, brand, trace a line or lines upon.
3. Notice, note, observe, remark, take notice of.
Mark, v. n. Observe, note, remark, take notice.
Marked, a. Notable, remarkable, noted, prominent, conspicuous, eminent, distinguished.
Market, n. 1. Mart, emporium, entrepot, place of traffic.
2. Market-house, market-place.
3. Sale, opportunity to sell.
Marketable, a. Salable.
Market-place, n. Market-house, bazaar.
Mark out, Designate, indicate, point out.
Marriage, n. 1. Nuptials, wedding, espousals, spousals, nuptial rites.
2. Matrimony, wedlock.
Maroon, n. Chestnut color.
Maroon, a. Of a chestnut color.
Marrow, n. 1. Medulla, pith.
2. Essence, quintessence, best part, essential part.
Marrow-bones, n. pl. [Colloquial.] Knees.
Marry, v. a. 1. Join in marriage, unite in marriage.
2. Wed, espouse, take for husband or wife, lead to the altar, bestow one's hand upon.
3. Give in marriage.
Marry, v. n. Enter into the married state, assume the conjugal relation, take a husband or a wife.
Marsh, n. Fen, bog, quagmire, morass, swamp, slough.
Marshal, v. a. Arrange, range, rank, dispose, array, draw up, set in order.
Marsh-samphire, n. Glass-wort, salt-wort (Salicornia herbacea).
Marshy, a. Boggy, fenny, swampy, wet.
Mart, n. Market, emporium, entrepot, place of traffic.
Martial, a. 1. Suited to war.
2. Warlike, brave, given to war.
3. Military, not civil.
Martinet, n. Precisian, formalist, strict or severe disciplinarian.
Marvel, n. Wonder, prodigy, miracle.
Marvel, v. n. Wonder, be surprised, be astonished.
Marvellous, a. [Written also Marvelous.] Wondrous, wonderful, amazing, stupendous, astonishing, miraculous, very extraordinary, most strange.
Masculine, a. 1. Male, of the male sex, not female.
2. Manly, virile, manlike, not feminine, not effeminate.
Mash, v. a. Bruise, crush.
Mask, n. 1. Cover (for the face), veil, visor, cloak, screen, blind, disguise.
2. Subterfuge, evasion, trick, shift, pretence, pretext, plea.
3. Masquerade, revel, piece of mummery.
Mask, v. a. 1. Put a mask on.
2. Disguise, conceal, hide, cloak, veil, screen, shroud, cover.
Masker, n. Mummer, buffoon.
Mason, n. 1. Builder in stone or brick.
2. Free-mason.
Masquerade, n. Mask, revel, piece of mummery.
Mass, n. 1. Lump, heap, collection.
2. Size, magnitude, bulk, dimension, quantity of matter.
3. Assemblage, congeries.
4. Whole, aggregate, totality, body.
Mass, n. Communion service (in the Roman Catholic Church), celebration of the Lord's Supper.
Massacre, v. a. Butcher (human beings), murder, kill, slay, slaughter.
Massacre, n. Butchery, slaughter, carnage.
Mass-book, n. Missal.
Massicot, n. Yellow protoxide of lead (not fused; when fused it forms litharge).
Massive, a. Bulky, heavy, weighty, ponderous.
Massy, a. Bulky, heavy, weighty, ponderous.
Master, n. 1. Ruler, director, governor, manager, chief, head, superintendent, overseer, principal, lord, goodman.
2. Commander, captain.
3. Teacher, instructor, tutor, preceptor, school-master, pedagogue.
4. Owner, proprietor, holder, possessor.
5. Proficient, adept, master-hand.
Master, v. a. 1. Overpower, overcome, conquer, subdue, subjugate, vanquish.
2. Acquire, learn thoroughly, make one's self master of.
Master, a. Main, chief, leading, principal, cardinal, prime, especial, great, grand, most important.
Masterdom, n. Dominion, rule, ascendency.
Master-hand, n. Adept, proficient, dab, dabster, good hand, capital hand, nice hand.
Masterly, a. Skilful, clever, dexterous, expert, adroit.
Master-mind, n. Master-spirit.
Master-piece, n. Chef-d'œuvre, paragon, master-stroke, master-work, capital performance.
Mastership, n. 1. Headship.
2. Dominion, rule, sway, mastery, supreme power.
3. Superiority, supremacy, upper hand.
Master-spirit, n. Master-mind.
Master-stroke, n. Master-piece.
Master-work, n. Master-piece.
Mastery, n. 1. Dominion, rule, sway, command, mastership, supreme power.
2. Superiority, pre-eminence, ascendency, supremacy, victory, conquest, upper hand.
3. Acquirement, attainment, acquisition.
4. Skill, dexterity, great proficiency.
Masticate, v. a. Chew, eat, manducate, munch.
Mastication, n. Chewing, manducation.
Masturbation, n. Onanism, self-pollution, secret vice, self-abuse.
Mat, v. a. Braid, weave, plait, plat.
Match, v. a. 1. Rival, be equal to.
2. Adapt, suit, fit, proportion.
3. Marry, give in marriage.
Matchless, a. Unrivalled, unparalleled, unequalled, peerless, incomparable, exquisite, inimitable, excellent, first-rate, superlatively good, of the best, of the first water.
Mate, n. Associate, companion, fellow, compeer.
Maté, n. Brazil tea.
Material, a. 1. Physical, corporeal, bodily, not spiritual.
2. Essential, important, momentous, vital.
Material, n. Matter, substance, stuff.
Materially, ad. 1. Substantially, in substance, not in form merely.
2. Importantly, essentially, vitally.
Maternal, a. Motherly.
Matins, n. pl. Morning prayers, morning service.
Matrice, n. Mould (especially a mould in which printers' letters are cast, and a mould in which coin is cast), matrix.
Matrimonial, a. Connubial, nuptial, conjugial, hymeneal, bridal, conjugal.
Matrimony, n. Marriage, wedlock, nuptial state.
Matrix, n. [L.] Mould, matrice.
Matron, n. 1. Wife, married woman, mother of a family.
2. Elderly woman.
Matronal, a. Matron-like.
Matron-like, a.. Motherly, elderly, grave, sedate, matronal.
Matronly, a.. Motherly, elderly, grave, sedate, matronal.
Matted, a. Entangled, twisted together.
Matter, n. 1. Substance, body.
2. Stuff, material, raw material.
3. Topic, subject, question, subject-matter, matter in hand.
4. Affair, business, concern, thing, event, course of things.
5. Trouble, cause of distress.
6. Importance, consequence, import, moment.
7. Pus, purulence, purulent matter.
Matter, v. n. Signify, import, be of importance, be of consequence.
Matter-of-fact, n. Fact, reality, actuality.
Matter-of-fact, a. Practical, sensible, plain.
Mattock, n. Grub-axe, grubbing-hoe.
Maturate, v. n. Suppurate.
Maturation, n. Suppuration.
Mature, a. 1. Perfected by time, complete, perfect, ripe.
2. Prepared, ready, well-considered, well-digested.
Mature, v. a. 1. Ripen.
2. Perfect, bring to perfection, bring to maturity.
Mature, v. n. Become ripe.
Maturity, n. 1. Completion, ripeness.
2. Time of being due (said of a promissory note, &c.).
Maudlin, a. 1. Intoxicated, inebriated, fuddled, muddled, disguised, corned, tipsy, mellow, drunk, slewed, groggy, in liquor, half seas over.
2. Silly, weak, childish.
Maugre, prep. [Used only in burlesque.] Notwithstanding, in spite of, in defiance of.
Maul, n. [Written also Mall.] Beetle, heavy mallet.
Maul, v. a. [Written also Mall.] Beat, bruise.
Maunder, v. n. 1. Mutter (as a beggar,) grumble, murmur.
2. Talk incoherently.
Maunderer, n. Grumbler, murmurer.
Mausoleum, n. Sepulchral monument.
Mauvaise honte, [Fr.] Bashfulness, false modesty.
Maw, n. 1. Stomach (of animals).
2. Craw, crop, first stomach (of a bird).
Mawkish, a. Insipid, flat, vapid, tasteless, stale.
Maxim, n. Proverb, saying, saw, adage, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, by-word, sententious precept.
May-apple, n. Mandrake (Podophyllum peltatum).
Maybe, ad. Perhaps, possibly, haply, peradventure, it may be, as luck may have it.
May-beetle, Cockchafer, dor, dor-bug, tree-beetle, dor-beetle, dummador.
May-bug, Cockchafer, dor, dor-bug, tree-beetle, dor-beetle, dummador.
May-flower, n. 1. [England.] Hawthorn, whitethorn.
2. [New England.] Trailing arbutus (Epigæa repens).
Mayhap, ad. Perchance, perhaps, it may be, probably, belike, it may happen.
May-lily, n. Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis).
Maze, n. 1. Labyrinth, meander, winding course.
2. Intricacy, perplexity, bewilderment, embarrassment, uncertainty.
Mazy, a. Labyrinthian, confused.
Mead, n. 1. Metheglin.
2. [Poetical.] Meadow.
Meadow, n. Mead, lea, grass land, sward land.
Meagre, a. [Written also Meager.] 1. Lean, thin, emaciated, spare, poor, lank, gaunt, skinny, fallen away.
2. Tame, feeble, jejune, vapid, bald, barren, dull, prosing, prosy.
Meal, n. 1. Repast, collation.
2. Flour, grain in powder.
Mealy, a. Farinaceous.
Mealy-mouthed, a. Over-cautious in speech, averse to telling the whole truth, inclined to mince matters, not plain-spoken.
Mean, a. 1. Middle, medium, average.
2. Intermediate, intervening, coming between.
3. Ignoble, plebeian, untitled, low, base-born, ordinary, common, vulgar, coarse, homespun.
4. Base, abject, grovelling, vile, contemptible, despicable, servile, beggarly, sneaking, dirty, scurvy, shabby, sorry, disingenuous, unfair, rascally, pitiful, base-minded, low-minded, dishonorable.
5. Sordid, penurious, miserly, stingy, niggardly, illiberal, ungenerous, selfish, narrow, mercenary, narrow-minded.
6. Small, little, paltry, insignificant, diminutive, petty, poor, wretched.
Mean, n. 1. Medium, mediocrity, middle state, middle course.
2. Instrument, method, mode, way, means.
Mean, v. a. 1. Intend, purpose, design, have in view.
2. Signify, indicate, imply, denote, purport, import, express.
Mean, v. n. Intend, purpose, design, have in view, propose to one's self.
Meander, n. Labyrinth, maze, winding course.
Meander, v. n. Wind, be tortuous, run in a serpentine course.
Meandering, a. Winding, serpentine, tortuous.
Meaning, n. 1. Intention, intent, purpose, design, aim, object.
2. Signification, sense, acceptation, explanation, interpretation.
3. Import, purport, significance.
Meanness, n. 1. Smallness, littleness, scantiness, slenderness, lowness, poverty, meagreness, poorness.
2. Abjectness, vileness, baseness, contemptibleness, abasement, despicableness.
3. Illiberality, ungenerousness, sordidness, penuriousness.
Means, n. sing. & pl. 1. Instrument, method, mode, way.
2. Resource, appliance, expedient, shift, step, measure.
3. Revenue, income, resources, the wherewithal, ways and means.
Mean-spirited, a. Base, low, beggarly, vile, grovelling, pitiful, despicable, abject, low-minded, base-minded.
Meantime, ad. In the mean time, in the interim.
Meanwhile, ad. In the mean time, in the interim.
Measles, n. pl. Rubeola.
Measurable, a. 1. Mensurable.
2. Moderate, temperate.
Measure, n. 1. Standard (of size or of quantity).
2. Rule, gauge.
3. Degree, extent.
4. Metre.
Measure, v. a. 1. Mete.
2. Estimate, appraise, judge of.
3. Adjust, proportion, gauge.
4. Distribute, allot, apportion, mete out.
Measureless, a. Immeasurable, unlimited, immense.
Measurement, n. Mensuration.
Meat, n. 1. Food, aliment, nutriment, sustenance, nourishment, provision, victuals, viands, diet, regimen, cheer, pabulum, subsistence, rations, feed, fare, provender, fodder, prog.
2. Flesh (for food).
Meat-pie, n. 1. Mince-pie.
2. Pasty
Mechanic, n. Artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, operative, workman, hand, artificer.
Mechanical, a. Involuntary, blind, automatic.
Mechanism, n. 1. Mechanical action, mechanical agency.
2. Machinery.
Meddle, v. n. Interfere, intermeddle, take part (officiously).
Meddler, n. Intermeddler, busybody.
Meddlesome, a. Interfering, intermeddling, pragmatical, officious.
Meddling, a. Interfering, intermeddling, pragmatical, officious.
Medial, a. Mean, average.
Median, a. Middle.
Mediate, v. n. Interpose, intercede, arbitrate.
Mediation, n. Interposition, intervention, arbitration.
Mediator, n. 1. Intercessor.
2. Christ, Jesus, the Messiah.
Medical, a. 1. Of medicine, of the healing art.
2. Medicinal, healing, curative.
Medicament, n. Remedy, medicine, healing application.
Medicate, v. a. 1. Tincture or impregnate with something medicinal.
2. Heal, cure, treat with medicine.
Medicinal, a. Healing, curative, medical.
Medicine, n. 1. Drug, physic, medicament, remedy, nostrum.
2. Healing art.
Mediocrity, n. 1. Inferiority, moderate degree, middle state.
2. Average, average standard, medial standard.
Meditate, v. a. 1. Plan, contrive, devise, scheme, concoct, intend, purpose, compass.
2. Contemplate, study, chew, ruminate, think on, reflect upon, revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, dwell intently upon, chew the cud upon.
Meditate, v. n. Muse, ponder, think, reflect, rack, beat or cudgel one's brains, collect one's thoughts, advise with one's pillow.
Meditation, n. Contemplation, reflection, study, musing, pondering, deep thought, close attention.
Mediterranean, a. Midland.
Medium, n. 1. Intervening substance.
2. Means, instrumentality.
3. Mean average, mean proportion.
4. (Painting.) Menstruum.
5. (Logic.) Middle term.
Medley, n. Mixture, miscellany, jumble, farrago, hotch-potch, hodge-podge, salmagundi, gallimaufry, mish-mash, pot-pourri, olio, mélange, confused mass.
Meeching, n. Sneaking, skulking, base, creeping, cowardly, vile, mean, contemptible.
Meed, n. Reward, recompense, remuneration.
Meek, a. Humble, lowly, submissive, mild, soft, gentle, modest, demure.
Meekness, n. Humbleness, humility, lowliness, lowness, demureness, condescension, self-abasement, gentleness, modesty, submission, submissiveness, mildness.
Meerschaum, n. (Min.) 1. Magnesite, sea-foam, hydrous silicate of magnesia.
2. Turkish pipe.
Meet, a. Fit, proper, fitting, befitting, suitable, suited, adapted, appropriate, congenial.
Meet, v. a. 1. Come together (from opposite directions).
2. Confront, encounter, come up to face to face.
3. Find, meet with, light on, fall upon, fall in with, happen upon.
4. Fulfil, comply with.
Meet, v. n. 1. Encounter one another.
2. Unite, join, converge, come in contact.
3. Assemble, congregate, muster, collect, come together, flock together, meet together.
Meet with, 1. Find, meet, light on, fall upon, fall in with, happen upon.
2. Suffer, be subjected to.
Meeting, n. 1. Interview, encounter.
2. Assembly, assemblage, congregation, concourse, gathering, company, collection of people.
Meeting-house, n. Church, temple, house of worship, house of God.
Megrims, n. pl. Dejection, melancholy.
Melancholy, n. Dejection, depression, gloominess, sadness, gloom, despondency, hypochondria, blues, blue devils, dumps, megrims, vapors, low spirits, depression of spirits.
Melancholy, a. Dejected, dispirited, depressed, sad, sorrowful, lackadaisical, atrabillous, gloomy, hypochondriac, blue, dumpish, mopish, glum, downcast, desponding, down-hearted, chap-fallen, crest-fallen, hypped, low-spirited, cast down, in the dumps, with a long face, down in the mouth, out of sorts.
Mélange, n. [Fr.] Mixture, medley, farrago, jumble, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, salmagundi, olio, olla podrida, pot-pourri, gallimaufry, mish-mash, confused mass.
Mélée, n. [Fr.] Fight (of combatants confusedly mixed), affray, contest, row, fray, broil, brawl, rumpus.
Meliorate, v. a. Improve, better, mend, amend, emend, ameliorate, make better.
Melioration, n. Improvement, amendment, emendation, amelioration.
Mellifluence, n. Smoothness, softness, mellowness, sweetness, sweet flow.
Mellifluent, a. Smooth, soft, mellow, euphonious, euphonic, sweet, silver-toned, sweetly flowing.
Mellifluous, a. Smooth, soft, mellow, euphonious, euphonic, sweet, silver-toned, sweetly flowing.
Mellite, n. Honey-stone.
Mellow, a. 1. Ripe, mature.
2. Soft, mellifluous, smooth, silver-toned, sweetly flowing.
3. Perfected, well prepared.
4. Drunk, tipsy, fuddled, disguised, half seas over.
Mellow, v. a. 1. Ripen, mature.
2. Perfect, bring to perfection.
Melodious, a. Musical, tuneful, sweet, dulcet, ariose.
Melody, n. 1. Pleasing succession of sounds (as distinguished from harmony or the concord of sounds), sweetness of sound.
2. Song, descant, tune.
Melt, v. a. 1. Liquefy (by heat), fuse.
2. Soften, make gentle, make susceptible.
Melt, v. n. 1. Dissolve, become liquid.
2. Be softened, be made gentle.
Member, n. 1. Limb.
2. Part, portion, constituent, component part, subordinate part.
3. Head, clause, branch.
Membership, n. 1. Being a member.
2. Society, association, members, body of members.
Memento, n. Memorial, remembrancer, souvenir.
Memoir, n. 1. Personal narrative, familiar biography.
2. Record, register, journal, written account.
Memorable, a. Signal, notable, remarkable, extraordinary.
Memorandum, n. Note, minute.
Memorial, n. Monument, commemorative record.
Memorial, a. Commemorative.
Memoria technica, [L.] Mnemonics.
Memoriter, a. From memory, by heart.
Memorize, v. a. 1. Learn, learn by heart, commit to memory.
2. Cause to be remembered, hand down to memory by records.
Memory, n. 1. Recollection, remembrance, reminiscence.
2. Memorial, commemorative record.
3. Fame, renown, reputation, celebrity.
Menace, v. a. Threaten, denounce, defy.
Menace, n. Threat, threatening, denunciation.
Mend, v. a. 1. Repair, refit, retouch, patch up, touch up.
2. Improve, ameliorate, meliorate, correct, rectify, reform, amend, emend, make better.
Mend, v. n. Improve, amend, become better.
Mendacious, a. False, lying, deceitful, fallacious.
Mendacity, n. 1. Disposition to lie, habit of lying.
2. Falsehood, deceit, duplicity, artifice, trickery.
Mendicancy, n. Beggary, mendicity.
Mendicant, n. Beggar, pauper, starveling, poor or indigent person.
Mendicity, n. Beggary, mendicancy.
Menhaden, n. [Sometimes written Manhaden.] Hardhead, pauhaugen, moss-bunker.
Menial, a. Servile, slavish, low, mean, base, abject, vile, sorry.
Menial, n. Servant, domestic, waiter, lackey, underling, flunkey, understrapper, valet, footman, slave, Helot, serf, bondsman.
Meniver, n. [Written also Miniver.] Ermine, stoat.
Menses, n. pl. Catamenia, monthly courses, menstrual discharges, menstrual flux.
Menstrual, a. 1. Monthly.
2. Catamenial.
Menstruum, n. Solvent, medium.
Mensurable, a. Measurable.
Mensuration, n. 1. Measuring, measurement.
2. Surveying, survey.
Mental, a. Intellectual, spiritual, rational, ideal, subjective, psychological, metaphysical.
Mention, n. [Used chiefly in the phrase make mention of.] Cursory reference or allusion.
Mention, v. a. Declare, name, tell, state, communicate, impart, report, cite, speak of, make known, make mention of, allude to, refer to.
Mentor, n. Counsellor, adviser, monitor, guide, instructor.
Mephitic, a. Fetid, foul, noisome, noxious, poisonous, pestilential, baleful.
Mephitical, a. Fetid, foul, noisome, noxious, poisonous, pestilential, baleful.
Mephitic air, Carbonic-acid, carbonic-acid gas, choke-damp, foul air.
Mephitis, n. (Chem.) Noxious exhalation.
Mephitism, n. (Chem.) Noxious exhalation.
Mercantile, a. Commercial, trading, engaged in commerce.
Mercenary, a. 1. Venal, hired, hireling.
2. Sordid, avaricious, covetous, penurious, parsimonious, stingy, miserly, niggardly, mean, selfish, close, close-fisted.
Mercenary, n. Hireling.
Merchandise, n. Commodities, goods, wares.
Merchant, n. Trader (particularly a wholesale trader), tradesman.
Merchantable, a. 1. Marketable, of the ordinary quality.
2. Salable, vendible, that may be sold.
Merciful, a. Gracious, kind, compassionate, tender, benignant, lenient, mild, gentle, pitiful, tender-hearted.
Merciless, a. Pitiless, cruel, unfeeling, unmerciful, uncompassionate, inexorable, unrelenting, relentless, fell.
Mercurial, a. 1. Sprightly, active, spirited, quick, lively, prompt, nimble.
2. Of mercury or quicksilver.
Mercury, n. Quicksilver.
Mercy, n. Clemency, lenity, lenience, leniency, compassion, pity, tenderness, kindness, mildness, gentleness.
Mercy-seat, n. Propitiatory.
Mere, a. Bare, simple, nothing else but.
Mere, n. Pool, lake.
Merely, ad. Simply, purely, only, solely, barely.
Meretricious, a. 1. Of harlots.
2. Libidinous, lustful.
3. Deceitful (by false show), spurious, false, sham, make-believe, not genuine.
Merge, v. a. Immerse, immerge, submerge, sink, plunge, dip.
Merge, v. n. Be lost, be swallowed up.
Meridian, n. 1. Noon, noontide, mid-day, twelve o'clock.
2. Summit, culmination.
Meridional, a. Mid-day.
Merit, n. 1. Desert, worth, worthiness, excellence, credit.
2. Claim, right.
Merit, v. a. Deserve, have a right to, be entitled to.
Meritorious, a. Deserving, worthy, good, excellent.
Merling, n. Whiting (Gadus merlangus).
Merriment, n. Mirth, jollity, gayety, hilarity, joviality, sportiveness, jocularity, liveliness.
Merry, a. Mirthful, jovial, gleeful, gay, hilarious, sportive, jocund, joyous, facetious, lively, jolly, buxom, frolicsome, blithe, blithesome, airy, gladsome, vivacious, debonair, wanton, light-hearted.
Merry-Andrew, n. Buffoon, zany, harlequin, scaramouch, fool, mountebank, jester, droll, punch, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.
Merry-making, n. Festival, convivial entertainment.
Merry-thought, n. Wish-bone.
Mesh, n. Interstice (of a net).
Meshy, a. Reticulated, decussated.
Mesmerism, n. Animal magnetism.
Mess, n. 1. Dish.
2. Set (who eat together), company.
3. Medley, mixture, miscellany, farrago, hotch-potch, hodge-podge, jumble, salmagundi, mish-mash, olio, olla podrida, confused mass, mélange.
Mess, v. n. Eat in company, take meals at the same table.
Messenger, n. 1. Emissary, express, courier.
2. Harbinger, forerunner, herald.
Messieurs, n. pl. [Fr.] [Abbreviated Messrs.] Sirs, gentlemen.
Metamorphic rocks, Stratified primary rocks.
Metamorphose, v. a. Transform, transmute, transfigure, change the form of.
Metamorphosis, n. Transformation, transmutation, transfiguration, change of form.
Metaphor, n. Similitude (without the signs of comparison), simile (expressed in a word).
Metaphoric, a. Figurative.
Metaphorical, a. Figurative.
Metaphysical, a. Mental, intellectual, psychological.
Metaphysics, n. Psychology, pneumatology, mental philosophy, philosophy of the mind, mental science.
Mete, v. a. Measure.
Mete, n. Measure, bound, limit, term, boundary, terminus, butt.
Meteorolite, n. Aerolite, meteoric stone.
Meter, n. [Written also Metre.] Measure (of verse), poetical measure, rhythmical arrangement (of syllables).
Method, n. 1. Arrangement, system, classification, orderly disposition.
2. Way (viewed theoretically), mode, manner, process, course, means, modus operandi.
Methodic, a. Orderly, systematical, regular, systematic.
Methodical, a. Orderly, systematical, regular, systematic.
Methodize, v. a. Regulate, arrange, put in order.
Methylic-alcohol, n. Wood-spirit, pyroxylic spirit, pyroxylic acid.
Metre, n. [Written also Meter.] Measure (of verse), rhythmical arrangement (of syllables), poetical measure.
Metrical, a. Measured.
Metropolis, n. Chief city, capital.
Metropolitan, n. Archbishop, primate.
Metropolitan, a. Of the metropolis.
Mettle, n. Spirit, nerve, vigor, ardor, pluck, hardihood, courage.
Mettlesome, a. Spirited, ardent, fiery, lively, gay, brisk, sprightly, courageous.
Mew, n. Gull, sea-mew, cob, sea-cob.
Mew, v. a. 1. Confine, incase, coop, imprison, shut up.
2. Shed (feathers), moult.
Mewl, v. n. Cry, squall, bawl.
Mews, n. pl. Stables.
Miasm, n. Malaria, noxious exhalation, bad air.
Miasma, n. Malaria, noxious exhalation, bad air.
Mickle, a. [Scottish.] Much, great.
Microcosm, n. Little world, the world in miniature, the world in little, epitome of the universe.
Microcosmic salt, Phosphate of soda and ammonia.
Microscopic, a. 1. [Applied to the eye.] Able to see minute objects.
Microscopical, a. 1. [Applied to the eye.] Able to see minute objects.
2. With a microscope, by the aid of a microscope.
3. Very small, very minute.
Mid, a. Middle.
Mid-day, a. Meridional.
Mid-day, n. Noon, noontide, meridian.
Middle, a. Mean, medial, half way, between the extremes.
Middle, n. Midst, centre, central part.
Middleman, n. 1. Agent, broker, factor,
2. Commoner.
Middle classes, Bourgeoisie.
Middling, a. Ordinary, average, moderate, passable, tolerable, well enough, pretty well, not bad.
Midland, a. 1. Inland.
2. Mediterranean.
Midnight, n. The dead of night, twelve o'clock at night.
Midriff, n. Diaphragm.
Midships, ad. Amidships.
Midst, n. Middle, centre, central part.
Midsummer, n. Summer solstice.
Midwife, n. Accoucheuse.
Midwifery, n. Obstetrics.
Mien, n. Air, look, aspect, manner, port, carriage, demeanor, external appearance, bearing.
Miff, n. [Colloquial.] Pique, slight anger.
Miff, v. a. [Colloquial.] Affront, displease, offend slightly.
Might, n. Power, strength, puissance, force, main, potency, efficacy, ability, efficiency.
Mighty, a. 1. Strong, powerful, robust, vigorous, sturdy, puissant, courageous, valiant, valorous, bold, able, capable.
2. Vast, enormous, immense, huge, stupendous, monstrous, Cyclopean, Herculean, very great.
3. Violent, vehement, impetuous.
4. Forcible, efficacious, effective.
Mighty, ad. [Colloquial.] Very.
Migrate, v. n. Change residence (from one country to another).
Migration, n. Change of residence (from one country to another).
Migratory, a. Nomadic, wandering.
Mild, a. 1. Tender, kind, gentle, merciful, clement, compassionate, indulgent, pacific, not severe, not harsh, not cruel.
2. Soft, gentle, bland, pleasant, not violent, not intense.
3. Lenitive, assuasive, mollifying, soothing, emollient, demulcent, not acrid, not corrosive.
Mildew, n. Rust, blight, blast, mould, must, mustiness, smut.
Militant, a. Fighting, contending, belligerent.
Military, a. 1. Soldierly, soldier-like.
2. Martial, warlike.
Military, n. Soldiery, army, body of soldiers.
Militate against, War against, contend against, operate against, be opposed to, be repugnant to, be hostile to.
Militia, n. Trainband.
Milkiness, n. Lactescence.
Milk-livered, a. Cowardly, timorous, white-livered.
Milkmaid, n. Dairymaid.
Milksop, n. 1. Piece of bread sopped in milk.
2. Poltroon, craven, dastard, coward, effeminate man.
Milkweed, n. Silkweed, wild cotton.
Milky Way, n. Galaxy.
Mill, n. 1. Manufactory.
2. [U. S.] One tenth of a cent.
3. Fight, contest.
Mill, v. a. 1. Stamp (as coin) on the edge.
2. Full (as cloth).
3. [Low.] Beat (with the fists).
Miller, n. Moth.
Miller's-thumb, n. River bull-head (Cottus gobio).
Millionnaire, n. Nabob, Crœsus, Dives, capitalist, very rich person, person of great wealth.
Milt, n. 1. (Anat.) Spleen.
2. Semen (of fishes), sperm, soft roe.
Milter, n. Male fish.
Mime, n. Mimic.
Mimetic, a. Imitative, mimic.
Mimetical, a. Imitative, mimic.
Mimic, a. Imitative, mimetic, mimetical.
Mimical, a. Imitative, mimetic, mimetical.
Mimic, v. a. Ape, imitate, mock, counterfeit.
Mimic, n. Mime.
Minaret, n. Turret (of a Mahometan mosque).
Minatory, a. Threatening, menacing.
Mince, v. a. 1. Hash, cut into small pieces.
2. Extenuate, palliate, be mealy-mouthed about, be reserved in speaking of.
Mince, v. n. Affect delicacy.
Mince-pie, n. Meat-pie.
Mince-meat, a. Chopped meat.
Minced-meat, a. Chopped meat.
Mincing, a. Affected, over-nice.
Mind, n. 1. Soul, spirit, inner man.
2. Intellect, understanding, reason, sense, brains, thinking principle, intellectual powers, common sense, intellectual faculties.
3. Inclination, disposition, will, wish, liking, desire.
4. Belief, opinion, thoughts, sentiments.
5. Memory, remembrance, recollection.
Mind, v. a. 1. Notice, heed, regard, mark, attend to, take notice of, pay attention to, give heed to, fix the mind on, trouble one's head about.
2. Obey, be obedient to.
3. [Poetical.] Remind, put in mind.
Mindful of, Regardful of, heedful of, observant of, attentive to.
Mindless, a. 1. Destitute of mind.
2. Regardless, careless, heedless, forgetful, neglectful, negligent.
Mine, v. a. Sap, undermine.
Mineral, n. Inorganic body.
Mineral oil, Petroleum, mineral tar, rock oil, mineral oil, Barbadoes tar, Seneca oil.
Mineral pitch, Asphaltum, native bitumen, Jew's pitch.
Mineral tar, Mineral oil.
Minever, n. [Written also Meniver.] Ermine, stoat.
Mingle, v. a. 1. Mix, intermix, commingle, intermingle, compound, blend.
2. Jumble, confound, confuse, huddle together, shuffle together.
Miniature, n. Small portrait.
Miniature, a. Little, small, diminutive.
Minikin, a. Small, little, diminutive, wee, tiny, Pygmy, Pygmean, Liliputian, dwarfish.
Minim, n. 1. Minnow, pink.
2. Drop, sixtieth part of a drachm.
3. (Music.) Two crotchets, half a semibreve.
Minimum, n. Least quantity, least part.
Minion, n. Favorite (in an ill sense), creature, dependant, parasite, hanger-on.
Minister, n. 1. Administrator (of executive authority), executive officer (of a sovereign or of a government).
2. Ambassador, envoy, plenipotentiary.
3. Clergyman, divine, priest, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman.
Minister, v. a. Give, afford, supply, furnish.
Minister, v. n. Serve, perform service, do service.
Minister to, Aid, help, assist, succor, give assistance to, supply with what is needed.
Ministration, n. Agency, instrumentality.
Ministry, n. 1. Cabinet, council, administration.
2. Office of a clergyman, ecclesiastical function.
Minium, n. Red lead, red oxide of lead.
Mink, n. Minx, North-American pole-cat (Mustela vison).
Minnow, n. Minim, pink (Lenciscus phoxinus).
Minor, a. 1. Less, smaller.
2. Inferior, subordinate.
3. Inconsiderable, petty.
Minority, n. 1. Nonage, pupilage.
2. Smaller number.
Minstrel, n. Musician, singer, bard.
Minstrelsy, n. Music, melody, harmony.
Minute, a. 1. Little, slender, capillary, very small.
2. Circumstantial, particular, critical.
Minute, n. 1. Sixtieth part of an hour.
2. Sixtieth part of a degree.
3. Note, memorandum.
Minute, v. a. Note, take a note of, jot down.
Minutiæ, n. pl. [L.] Minute particulars, minor details.
Minx, n. Mink, North-American pole-cat (Mustela vison).
Miracle, n. Marvel, wonder, prodigy.
Miraculous, a. 1. Supernatural.
2. Wonderful, extraordinary, passing strange, very strange, unaccountable.
Mire, n. Mud, ooze, slime.
Mire, v. n. Sink in mud.
Mirror, n. 1. Reflector, looking-glass.
2. Speculum.
3. Pattern, model, exemplar, example, prototype, archetype, protoplast, paragon.
Mirror, v. a. Reflect.
Mirth, n. Merriment, hilarity, jollity, joviality, gayety, merry-making, sport, fun.
Mirthful, a. Merry, jovial, gay, lively, cheerful, jocund, vivacious, jolly, playful, sportive, frolicsome.
Miry, a. Muddy.
Misadventure, n. Mischance, mishap, misfortune, reverse, ill-luck.
Misanthrope, n. Man-hater.
Misapply, v. a. Misemploy, abuse, pervert, make an ill use of.
Misapprehend, v. a. Misunderstand, misconceive, mistake.
Misapprehension, n. Misunderstanding, misconception, mistake.
Misbehave, v. n. Behave ill.
Misbehavior, n. Misconduct, miscarriage, ill conduct, ill behavior.
Miscalculate, v. a. Misreckon.
Miscall, v. a. Misname, misterm.
Miscarriage, n. 1. Failure, mishap, mischance.
2. Abortion, untimely birth.
3. Misconduct, misbehavior, ill conduct, ill behavior.
Miscarry, v. n. 1. Fail, be unsuccessful, be defeated.
2. Go wrong, fail in conveyance.
Miscegenation, n. [Recent.] Amalgamation.
Miscellaneous, a. Diversified, various, promiscuous, mixed, mingled, of various kinds.
Miscellany, n. Mixture, medley, diversity, variety, olio, farrago, salmagundi, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, mish-mash, gallimaufry, mélange, miscellaneous collection, olla podrida.
Mischance, n. Misfortune, mishap, ill-luck, misadventure, calamity.
Mischief, n. 1. Evil, ill, harm, injury, damage, hurt, detriment, disadvantage, prejudice.
2. Trouble, misfortune, ill consequence.
Mischievous, a. 1. Hurtful, injurious, detrimental, pernicious, destructive, noxious.
2. Vicious, wicked, sinful, prone to mischief.
Misconceive, v. a. Misapprehend, misunderstand, misjudge, mistake.
Misconduct, n. Misbehavior, ill conduct, bad conduct.
Misconduct, v. a. Mismanage, manage ill.
Misconstrue, v. a. 1. Mistranslate, misrender.
2. Misinterpret, explain wrongly.
Misdate, n. Anachronism.
Miscreant, n. 1. [Rare.] Unbeliever, infidel, sceptic.
2. Villain, scoundrel, knave, rascal, rogue, scamp, scapegrace, ruffian, vile wretch, caitiff.
Misdeed, n. Transgression, trespass, offence, delinquency, misdemeanor, fault, misdoing, crime, evil deed.
Misdemeanor, n. Transgression, trespass, fault, misdeed.
Misdoing, n. Offence, misdeed.
Misemploy, v. a. Misuse, misapply, pervert, abuse, make an ill use of.
Misemployment, n. Misuse, abuse.
Miser, n. Niggard, curmudgeon, hunks, skinflint, lickpenny, churl, sordid wretch.
Miserable, a. 1. Unhappy (as respects the condition of the mind), wretched, distressed, afflicted, comfortless, disconsolate, forlorn, broken-hearted, heart-broken.
2. Worthless, valueless, very poor (in quality).
3. Low, mean, abject, despicable, contemptible.
Miserly, a. Covetous, avaricious, niggardly, sordid, stingy, parsimonious, penurious, close, mean, close-fisted.
Misery, n. 1. Distress, wretchedness, woe, tribulation, desolation, sorrow, grief, affliction, heartache, heavy heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, great unhappiness.
2. Calamity, misfortune.
Misfortune, n. Disaster, calamity, reverse, affliction, visitation, trial, blow, stroke, adversity, distress, hardship, trouble, ill-luck, ill fortune.
Misgiving, n. Doubt, distrust, suspicion, want of confidence.
Misguide, v. a. Mislead, misdirect.
Mishap, n. Misfortune, mischance, misadventure, calamity, ill luck.
Mish-mash, n. Mixture, medley, mélange, miscellany.
Misinterpret, v. a. Misconstrue, explain wrongly, put a wrong construction on, put a false construction on, give a false coloring to.
Misjudge, v. a. Mistake, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive.
Mislay, v. a. 1. Misplace.
2. Lose.
Mismanage, v. a. Misconduct, manage ill, make a mess of, make a botch of, make sad work of.
Mismanagement, n. Bad management, ill management.
Misname, v. a. Miscall, misterm.
Misnomer, n. 1. (Law.) Misnaming, mistaking of the true name (of a person).
2. Wrong name, inapplicable title.
Misogynist, n. Woman-hater.
Misplace, v. a. Mislay, put in a wrong place.
Misprint, n. Error of the press.
Misprize, v. a. Undervalue, underrate, underestimate, slight, hold cheap.
Misreckon, v. a. Miscalculate.
Misrender, v. a. Misconstrue, mistranslate.
Misrepresent, v. a. Misstate, falsify.
Misrepresentation, n. Misstatement, falsification.
Misrule, n. Disorder, anarchy, confusion, tumult.
Miss, v. a. 1. Fail to hit, fail to reach, fail of hitting, fail of reaching.
2. Lose, fail of finding.
3. Forego, pass by, leave out, go without.
4. Feel the want of, feel the loss of.
Miss, v. n. 1. Fail to hit, fall short, miss one's aim.
2. Fail, miscarry, not succeed, come to nothing, end in smoke.
Miss, n. 1. Mistake, error, blunder, slip, trip, oversight, failure, fault, lapse.
2. Girl, lass, lassie, maiden, damsel, maid, young lady.
Missal, n. Mass-book, prayer-book, service-book.
Misshapen, a. Ill-shaped.
Missile, n. Projectile.
Missile, a. Missive, to be thrown.
Mission, n. 1. Commission, office, duty, charge, business, errand.
2. Delegation, embassy.
3. Missionary station.
Missionary, n. Evangelist.
Missive, a. 1. To be sent, fit for sending.
2. Missile, to be thrown.
Missive, n. Letter.
Miss of, Fail to find.
Misspell, v. a. Spell wrong.
Misspend, v. a. Squander, lavish, misuse, waste, fool away, fritter away, muddle away, spend foolishly.
Misstate, v. a. Misrepresent, falsify, state wrongly.
Misstatement, n. Misrepresentation, falsification, wrong statement.
Misstep, n. Wrong step, false step.
Mist, n. Fog, haze.
Mistake, v. a. 1. Misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive.
2. Take (one for another).
Mistake, v. n. Err, make a mistake, be at fault, be wide of the mark, be on the wrong scent, be in the wrong box, bark up the wrong tree.
Mistake, n. 1. Misapprehension, misunderstanding, misconception.
2. Blunder, error, slip, fault, lapse, trip, oversight.
Misterm, v. a. Miscall, misname.
Mistranslate, v. a. Misconstrue, misrender.
Mistress, n. 1. Female head, female sovereign.
2. Instructress, female teacher.
3. Sweetheart, flame, doxy.
4. Concubine, paramour.
Mistrust, n. Distrust, suspicion, doubt, misgiving, want of confidence.
Mistrust, v. a. 1. Distrust, doubt, be suspicious of.
2. Fear, apprehend, suspect.
Mistrustful, a. Distrustful, suspicious.
Misunderstand, v. a. Misapprehend, misconceive, mistake.
Misunderstanding, n. Misapprehension, misconception.
Misuse, v. a. 1. Misemploy, misapply, desecrate, profane, pervert, put to a wrong use.
2. Abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, ill-use.
3. Waste, squander, fool away, fritter away, muddle away, spend foolishly.
Misuse, n. Abuse, perversion, prostitution, profanation.
Mite, n. Particle, atom, monad, corpuscle, molecule.
Mitigate, v. a. Moderate, alleviate, appease, soothe, soften, mollify, pacify, assuage, quiet, still, calm, quell, allay, abate, temper, attemper, lessen, dull, qualify, blunt.
Mitigation, n. Alleviation, moderation, relief.
Mitigative, a. Lenitive, lenient, soothing, mollifying, assuaging, assuasive, emollient, mild.
Mix, v. a. Mingle, commingle, commix, unite, combine, blend, amalgamate, compound, incorporate.
Mix, v. n. Be mixed, be blended.
Mixed, a. 1. Mingled, blended.
2. Promiscuous, of various kinds.
Mixture, n. 1. Compound, medley, olio, farrago, salmagundi, hotch-potch, gallimaufry, hodge-podge, olio.
2. Miscellany, variety, diversity.
Mizzen, a. (Naut.) Hindmost.
Mizzle, v. n. 1. Rain (in small drops), drizzle.
2. [Colloquial.] Abscond, run away, take one's self off.
Mnemonic, a. 1. Of the memory.
2. For the help of the memory, to assist the memory.
Mnemonics, n. Memoria technica.
Moan, v. a. [Poetical.] Lament, deplore, mourn, bemoan, weep for, grieve for.
Moan, v. n. Grieve, mourn, make lamentation.
Moat, n. Ditch, fosse, graff.
Mob, n. 1. Tumultuous rabble, rude multitude, lawless crowd.
2. Populace, canaille, riff-raff, lower orders, vulgar herd, scum of society, dregs of the people, rag-tag-and-bob-tail.
3. Mob-cap.
Mob-cap, n. Mob.
Mobility, n. Susceptibility of motion.
Mobilize, v. a. (Mil.) Draft (troops) for active service.
Mob-law, n. Lynch-law.
Mock, v. a. 1. Ape, mimic, imitate, counterfeit, take off.
2. Deride, ridicule, jibe, jeer, taunt, scout, chaff, laugh at, make game of, make fun of, treat with contempt, treat with scorn, make a butt of, make merry with, poke fun at.
3. Illude, deceive, disappoint, balk, cheat, dupe.
Mock, a. False, counterfeit, pretended, feigned, assumed, sham, spurious, clap-trap, not real, make-believe.
Mocker, n. Scoffer, scorner, derider, railer, despiser, jeerer.
Mockery, n. 1. Ridicule, derision, scorn, jeering, contemptuous mimicry.
2. Sport, subject of ridicule.
3. Show, imitation, counterfeit.
Mock-lead, n. [Term used by miners.] Black-jack, blende, sulphuret of zinc, false galena.
Mock-nightingale, n. Black-cap warbler, black-cap.
Mock-sun, n. Parhelion, sundog.
Mode, n. 1. Way (viewed practically), method, manner, style, process, course, means, form, fashion, custom.
2. Modification, quality, affection, accident.
Model, n. 1. Pattern, prototype, paradigm, archetype.
2. Standard, gauge.
Model, v. a. Shape, mould, form, plan, fashion.
Moderate, a. 1. Temperate, sparing, frugal, not excessive.
2. Cheap, unexpensive.
3. Reasonable, judicious, deliberate, cool, mild, not extreme, not violent.
Moderate, v. a. Assuage, soothe, allay, mitigate, soften, mollify, appease, temper, attemper, quiet, quell, still, pacify, repress, subdue, abate, reduce, lessen, dull, blunt.
Moderation, n. 1. Temperance, frugality, sobriety.
2. Calmness, coolness, deliberateness, sedateness, mildness, equanimity, composure.
Moderator, n. Chairman, president, presiding officer.
Modern, a. Recent, late, new, novel, not ancient, not antique.
Modest, a. 1. Unpretending, unobtrusive, unassuming, retiring, humble, unostentatious, meek, not presumptuous.
2. Chaste, pure.
3. Moderate, not excessive, not extravagant.
Modesty, n. 1. Unobtrusiveness, meekness, humility, retiring disposition, freedom from presumption.
2. Chastity, purity.
Modicum, n. Pittance, fragment, trifle, small allowance, small portion.
Modification, n. 1. Alteration, variation, qualification, change.
2. Form, mode, affection, accident.
Modify, v. a. 1. Shape, give form to, give a special mode to.
2. Alter, change, vary, give a new form to.
Modish, a. Fashionable, stylish, genteel, courtly, in fashion, in vogue, à la mode, having a run, the rage.
Modulate, v. a. 1. Attune, harmonize, tune.
2. Inflect (as the voice), vary in tune and accentuation.
Modus operandi, [L.] Process, way, method, mode of operation, way of doing.
Mohammedan, n. Mahometan, Mussulman, Moslem.
Mohammedanism, n. Mahometanism, Islamism, Islam.
Moiety, n. Half.
Moil, v. n. Labor, toil, drudge.
Moist, a. Damp, humid, dank, wet.
Moisten, v. a. Dampen, damp.
Moisture, n. Dampness, humidity.
Molar, n. Grinder, grinding tooth, molar tooth, double tooth.
Molasses, n. Treacle.
Mole, n. 1. Jetty, pier, breakwater.
2. [Zoöl.] Mouldwarp, molewarp.
Mole-cricket, n. Churr-worm, fen-cricket (Gryllotalpa vulgaris).
Molecular, a. Corpuscular.
Molecule, n. 1. Atom, ultimate particle (of an element), indivisible particle.
2. Group of atoms (in a compound body), cluster of atoms.
Mole-eyed, a. Blind, purblind, myopic, short-sighted, near-sighted.
Molest, v. a. Disturb, trouble, annoy, vex, tease, incommode, discommode, harass, worry, plague, bore, torment, bother, pester, harry, badger, irritate, fret, chafe, hector, gull, disturb, disquiet, infest.
Molewarp, n. Mole, mouldwarp.
Mollify, v. a. 1. Soften, make soft.
2. Appease, pacify, compose, soothe, tranquillize, calm, quiet.
3. Assuage, mitigate, moderate, ease, allay, abate, temper, attemper, relieve, lessen, qualify, dull, blunt.
Mollusca, n. pl. Mollusks.
Mollusks, n. pl. Shell-fish (with thick entire shells, like the clam), testacea, testaceans.
Moment, n. 1. Instant, second, trice, flash, jiffy, twinkling, twinkling of an eye.
2. Importance, consequence, weight, significance, value, import.
Momentarily, ad. Momently, every moment.
Momentary, a. Instantaneous.
Momently, ad. Momentarily, every moment.
Momentous, a. Important, weighty, significant, grave, serious, of importance, of great consequence.
Momentum, n. [L.] Impetus.
Monad, n. 1. Atom, molecule, ultimate particle, indivisible particle.
2. (Zoöl.) Minute animalcule.
Monarch, n. 1. Autocrat, despot.
2. Sovereign, king, emperor, potentate.
Monarchic, a. Kingly, royal, regal, imperial.
Monarchical, a. Kingly, royal, regal, imperial.
Monarchy, n. Kingdom, empire.
Monastery, n. Convent, cloister, abbey, priory, nunnery.
Monastic, a. Monkish.
Monastical, a. Monkish.
Monasticism, n. Monastic life.
Money, n. Coin (or its representative), cash, rhino, circulating medium, standard of value.
Money-chest, n. Coffer, safe, strong-box.
Moneyed, a. Rich, wealthy, affluent, opulent, well off, well to do.
Monger, n. [Rare, except in composition.] Dealer, trader, trafficker.
Mongrel, a. Hybrid, mule.
Monition, n. 1. Warning, admonition, counsel.
2. Information, indication, advice, hint, notice.
Monitor, n. 1. Adviser, counsellor, mentor.
2. Overseer (in a school).
Monkey, n. Ape.
Monk-fish, n. Angel-fish (Squatina angelus).
Monkshood, n. Aconite, wolfsbane.
Monoclinous, a. (Bot.) Hermaphrodite.
Monologue, n. Soliloquy.
Monomania, n. Hallucination, illusion, delusion, self-deception, partial insanity, insanity on one subject.
Monopolize, v. a. Forestall, engross, engross the whole of.
Monopoly, n. Exclusive possession.
Monospermous, a. (Bot.) One-seeded.
Monosyllable, n. Word of one syllable.
Monotone, n. 1. Single tone, unvaried sound.
2. Sameness or uniformity of tone.
Monotonous, a. Uniform, unvaried.
Monotony, n. Uniformity, sameness, want of variety.
Monster, n. 1. Prodigy, monstrosity, moon-calf, unnatural production.
2. Ruffian, wretch, miscreant, villain, demon.
Monstrosity, n. 1. Monstrousness.
2. Prodigy, monster.
Monstrous, a. 1. Unnatural, preternatural, abnormal, prodigious.
2. Huge, enormous, immense, vast, colossal, stupendous, extraordinary, Cyclopean, Herculean.
Monument, n. Memorial, testimonial, remembrancer, record.
Monumental, a. 1. Of a monument.
2. Memorial, commemorative.
Mood, n. Temper, humor, disposition, vein, frame of mind.
Moody, a. 1. Angry, petulant, irritable, snappish, pettish, sour, crusty, crabbed, waspish, captious, snarling, peevish, testy, fretful, ill-tempered, out of humor, out of temper.
2. Sullen, perverse, wayward, sulky, humorsome, glum, grum, glowering, morose, spleeny, frowning, stubborn, dogged, intractable, cross-grained.
Moon, n. Satellite, secondary planet.
Moon-calf, n. 1. Monster, deformed creature.
2. Blockhead, simpleton, fool, dunce.
Moonlight, n. Moonshine.
Moonshine, n. 1. Moonlight.
2. Nonsense, trash, stuff, twaddle, fudge, flummery, balderdash.
Moor, n. 1. Heath, extensive waste.
2. Marsh, fen, swamp, bog, morass, slough, quagmire.
Moor-buzzard, n. Harpy, duck-hawk, marsh-harrier (Circus æruginosus).
Moor-cock, n. Gorcock, red grouse, red ptarmigan, red game (Lagopus scoticus).
Moor-hen, n. Gallinule, water-hen, spotted crake (Gallinula chloropus, or Crex porzana).
Moorish, a. Moresque, arabesque.
Moose, n. Elk, moose-deer (Cervus alces or Alces malchis).
Moose-deer, n. Elk, moose.
Moot, v. a. Debate, discuss, dispute, argue.
Mooted, a. Debatable, disputable, disputed, unsettled, in question.
Moot, a. Debatable, disputable, disputed, unsettled, in question.
Mop-board, n. Skirting, wash-board, skirting-board.
Mope, v. n. 1. Be sad, be gloomy, be dejected, look downcast, look blue, wear a long lace, laugh on the wrong side of the mouth.
2. Be dull, be listless, be inattentive, be stupid, take no interest in any thing.
Mopish, a. 1. Sad, gloomy, downcast, dejected, depressed, desponding, down-hearted, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, melancholy, dumpish, glum, blue, hypped, cast down, in the dumps, with a long face, down in the mouth, out of sorts.
2. Dull, spiritless, listless, inattentive.
Moppet, n. Rag-baby.
Mopsey, n. Rag-baby.
Moral, a. 1. Ethical, of morals, of ethics, regarding duties, touching obligations.
2. Accountable, bound by duty, bound to do what is right.
3. Virtuous, good, just, upright, honest, of good principles.
4. Probable, not demonstrative.
Moral, n. 1. Practical application (of a fable, &c.).
2. Practical lesson (of any event).
Moral faculty, Conscience, sense of right and wrong, moral sense.
Moralist, n. Moral philosopher.
Morality, n. 1. Morals, ethics, moral philosophy.
2. Virtue, goodness.
Moralize, v. a. 1. Apply to a moral purpose, make a moral use of, draw a moral from.
2. Give a moral tone to.
3. Make moral or virtuous.
Moralize, v. n. Make moral reflections, talk or write about morality.
Morals, n. pl. 1. Morality, ethics, moral philosophy.
2. Conduct, behavior, habits, manners, course of life.
Moral sense, Conscience, moral faculty.
Morass, n. Marsh, fen, bog, quagmire, swamp, slough.
Morbid, a. Diseased, sickly, unsound, unhealthy, tainted, vitiated, corrupted, indicative of disease.
Morbific, a. Noxious, deleterious, unwholesome, unhealthy, pestilential, poisonous, unfavorable to health.
Mordacious, a. 1. Biting, pungent, stinging, cutting, sharp, mordant.
2. Poignant, caustic, sarcastic, satirical.
Mordant, a. Biting, mordacious.
More, a. 1. Greater degree of, greater amount of.
2. In greater numbers.
3. Added, additional, other besides.
More, ad. 1. To a greater degree.
2. Again, further, another time.
More, n. 1. Greater degree, greater quantity.
2. Else, other thing.
Moreover, conj. & ad. Besides, further, also, likewise, too, furthermore, more than that, over and above that.
Moresque, a. Moorish, arabesque.
Moribund, a. Dying, at the point of death, on one's death-bed, at death's door, with one foot in the grave, on one's last legs, at the last gasp.
Morion, n. Helmet, helm, head-piece.
Mormon, n. 1. (Zoöl.) Colter-neb, Labrador auk, common puffin (Fratercula arctica).
2. Mormonite.
Mormonite, n. Mormon.
Morn, n. [Poetical.] Morning.
Morning, n. 1. Dawn, daybreak, aurora, sunrise, morn, break of day, peep of day, prime of day, first blush of the morning.
2. Forenoon, early part of the day.
3. Early part, spring-time.
Morning star, n. Lucifer, Phosphorus, Venus.
Morose, a. Crabbed, sullen, churlish, sour, sulky, perverse, wayward, spleeny, spleenish, splenetic, humorsome, dogged, gloomy, moody, cross-grained.
Moroseness, n. Crabbedness, sullenness, moodiness, churlishness, sourness, sulkiness, sulks, spleen, ill-temper, bad blood, black looks.
Morphia, n. Morphine.
Morphine, n. 1. Morphia.
2. Sulphate of morphia.
Morse, n. Walrus, sea-horse, sea-cow (Trichechus rosmarus).
Morsel, n. Bite, mouthful, bit of food.
Mortal, a. 1. Subject to death, destined to die.
2. Deadly, fatal, destructive.
3. Extreme, violent, unto death, likely to kill.
4. Human, of man.
5. [Colloquial.] Long, tedious, trying.
Mortal, n. Man, human being.
Mortality, n. 1. Subjection to death, necessity of dying.
2. Death, destruction, corruption.
3. Frequency of death, number of deaths.
4. Mankind, humanity, human nature.
Mortar, n. 1. Piece of ordnance for throwing bombs.
2. Cement.
Mortgage, n. & v. a. Pledge (for the payment of a debt).
Mortification, n. 1. (Med.) Gangrene, sphacelus, necrosis.
2. Discontent, dissatisfaction, displeasure, vexation, chagrin, disappointment.
3. Humiliation, self-abasement, self-denial.
Mortify, v. a. 1. Gangrene, gangrenate.
2. Disappoint, dissatisfy, displease, vex, harass, plague, worry, disquiet, chagrin, annoy, trouble.
3. Humiliate, humble, shame, confound, abase, abash, put down.
Mortify, v. n. Gangrene, lose vitality.
Mortuary, n. Cemetery, graveyard, churchyard, burial-place, necropolis, burial ground, city of the dead.
Mortuary, a. Of the dead.
Mosaic, a. 1. Inlaid, tessellated.
2. Of Moses.
Mosaical, a. 1. Inlaid, tessellated.
2. Of Moses.
Moslem, n. Mahometan, Mohammedan, Mussulman.
Mosque, n. Mahometan temple.
Moss-agate, n. Mocha-stone.
Moss-bunker, n. Menhaden, pauhaugen, hardhead.
Moss-pink, n. Ground-pink (Phlox subulata).
Moss-trooper, n. Bandit, marauder.
Most, a. Greatest number of.
Most, ad. In the greatest degree.
Most, n. 1. Greatest part, greatest number.
2. Utmost.
Mostly, ad. Mainly, chiefly, for the most part, for the greatest part.
Most of all, Especially, principally, chiefly, above all.
Mote, n. Spot, speck, mite, particle, atom, corpuscle.
Moth, n. (Ent.) Miller.
Mother, n. Mamma, female parent, dam (applied to a beast).
Mother, a. 1. Native, natural.
2. Vernacular.
Mother Carey's chicken, Stormy petrel (Procellaria pelagica).
Motherly, a. Maternal, affectionate, kind, tender.
Mother-of-pearl, n. Nacre.
Mother-wit, n. Native wit, common sense.
Motion, n. 1. [Opposed to Rest.] Movement, action, passage, change of place.
2. Impulse, prompting, suggestion.
3. Proposition (especially one made in a deliberative body), proposal.
Motionless, a. Still, quiescent, stationary, at rest, at a stand, stock still, standing still.
Motive, n. Inducement, incentive, impulse, incitement, stimulus, prompting, influence, reason, ground, principle, consideration, cause, occasion, prime mover, why and wherefore.
Motley, a. 1. Variegated, dappled, mottled.
2. Heterogeneous, of various kinds.
Mottled, a. Variegated, spotted, motley, speckled, dappled, piebald, of various colors.
Mould, n. [Sometimes written Mold.] 1. Loam.
2. Mustiness, mildew, mouldiness, rust, blight, smut.
3. Matrix, matrice.
4. Form, shape, cast, fashion.
Mould, v. a. [Sometimes written Mold.] Form, shape, fashion, carve, model.
Moulder, v. n. Crumble, perish, decay, turn to dust, fall into decay, fall to pieces, waste away.
Mouldwarp, n. Molewarp, mole.
Mouldy, a. Musty, rusty, mildewed.
Moult, v. n. [Sometimes written Molt.] Shed feathers, hair, &c.
Moult, v. a. Shed (feathers, hair, &c.), mew.
Mound, n. 1. Hillock, heap.
2. Rampart, bulwark, defence.
Mount, n. [Used before a proper name and in poetry.] Mountain, high hill.
Mount, v. n. 1. Rise, ascend, arise, uprise, tower, soar, go up, rise on high.
2. Get on horseback.
Mount, v. a. 1. Ascend, climb, scale, escalade, get upon.
2. Put or raise (upon something).
3. Embellish, cover with ornaments.
4. (Mil.) Carry, be furnished with.
Mount guard, Do duty as sentinel.
Mountain, n. Mount, high hill, vast eminence.
Mountain-ash, (European) n. Rowan-tree, quicken-tree, fowler's service-tree, roan-tree (Pyrus aucuparia or Sorbus aucuparia).
Mountebank, n. Pretender, charlatan, empiric, quack, quack doctor.
Mourn, v. n. Grieve, lament, be sorrowful.
Mourn, v. a. Deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan, grieve for, sorrow over.
Mournful, a. Sad, distressing, afflicting, afflictive, grievous, calamitous, lamentable, melancholy, deplorable, woful.
Mournfulness, n. Sorrow, mourning, grief.
Mourning, n. 1. Lamentation, sorrow, grief.
2. Weeds, symbol of sorrow.
Mouse, v. n. 1. Catch mice.
2. Peer, search, pry about, look closely.
Mouth, n. 1. Chaps, jaws, cavity between the jaws.
2. Aperture (in a vessel for receiving or discharging any thing).
3. Entrance (as of a cave or a river), inlet.
Mouth, v. n. Vociferate, rant.
Mouth-piece, n. 1. Piece (in a wind instrument) for the mouth.
2. Speaker (in behalf of several persons).
Movables, n. pl. Goods, wares, effects, furniture, chattels, movable property.
Move, v. a.. 1. Impel, put in motion.
2. Incite, instigate, rouse, actuate, influence, persuade, induce, prevail upon, act upon.
3. Affect, touch, impress.
4. Propose (in a deliberative body), recommend, suggest, offer for consideration.
Move, v. n. 1. Stir, budge, change place or posture.
2. Go, proceed, walk, march.
3. Act, live, have power of motion.
4. Remove, change residence.
Move, n. Movement, motion, change of place.
Movement, n. 1. Motion, move, change of place.
2. (Mus.) Strain.
Moving, a. Affecting, touching, pathetic, impressive.
Much, a. Abundant, plenteous, a great deal of, a great quantity or amount of.
Much, ad. 1. Greatly, abundantly, far, by far, to a great degree.
2. Often, long, frequently, earnestly, a great deal.
3. Nearly, almost, about the same.
Mucilaginous, a. Slimy, gummy, ropy, mucous, glutinous, viscid.
Muckworm, n. Miser, niggard, churl, curmudgeon, codger, skinflint, scrimp, screw, lickpenny, hunks, sordid wretch.
Mucous, a. Slimy, ropy, mucilaginous, gummy, glutinous, viscid.
Mud, n. Mire.
Muddle, v. a. 1. Make muddy, make turbid.
2. Stupefy, fuddle, inebriate, make half drunk, make tipsy.
Muddle away, Waste, misuse, squander, fool away, fritter away, spend foolishly.
Muddled, a. Fuddled, tipsy, disguised, mellow, in liquor, half drunk, half seas over, the worse for liquor.
Muddy, a. 1. Miry.
2. Turbid, dirty, foul, soiled.
3. Confused, dull, stupid, heavy, muddy-headed, muddy-brained.
Muddy-brained, a. Dull, muddy, stupid.
Muddy-headed, a. Dull, muddy, stupid.
Muffle, v. a. Wrap, cover, shroud.
Muggy, a. 1. Wet, damp, moist.
2. Close, warm, oppressive (said of the weather).
Mulct, n. Fine, amercement, forfeit, forfeiture, pecuniary penalty.
Mulct, v. a. Fine, amerce, impose a fine upon.
Mule, n. Hybrid, mongrel, hinny.
Muliebrity, n. Womanhood, feminality, femineity.
Mulish, a. Stubborn, dogged, obstinate, headstrong, cross-grained, intractable.
Mulishness, n. Stubbornness, doggedness, obstinacy.
Mullion, n. [Arch.] Munnion.
Multangular, a. Polygonal.
Multifarious, a. Multiform, manifold, various, divers, diversified, different, of many sorts, of various kinds, of all sorts and kinds; this, that, or the other.
Multiform, a. 1. Many-shaped, of many shapes, of many forms.
2. Manifold, multifarious.
Multiplicity, n. Great number.
Multiplied, a. Numerous, many.
Multiply, v. a. Increase (in number), make more, make many.
Multiply, v. n. Increase, grow in number.
Multitude, n. 1. Host, legion, crowd, throng, concourse, confluence, army, swarm, a great number, a great many.
2. Rabble, mob, the populace, the vulgar, dregs of the people, scum of society.
Mum, a. Silent, mute, speechless, dumb.
Mumble, v. n. Mutter, speak inarticulately.
Mumbler, n. Mutterer.
Mummer, n. Masker, buffoon.
Mummery, n. 1. Masking, masquerade, buffoonery, harlequinade, foolery, tomfoolery.
2. Empty show, solemn mockery, vain ceremony.
Mumpish, a. Sullen, sulky, morose, moody, spleeny, spleenish.
Munch, v. a. [Colloquial.] Eat (with the lips closed), masticate, mandicate, chew.
Mundane, a. Earthly, terrene, terrestrial, terraqueous, worldly, sublunary, under the sun.
Municipal, a. Civic, civil, not military.
Munificence, n. Liberality, generosity, bountifulness, bounty.
Munificent, a. Liberal, bountiful, generous, bounteous, beneficent, princely, free, free-hearted.
Muniment, n. 1. Fortification, stronghold, citadel, fortress, fort.
2. (Law.) Record, title deeds and papers.
Munition, n. Ammunition, military stores.
Munnion, n. (Arch.) Mullion.
Murder, n. Homicide (with malice), slaughter, massacre, assassination, butchery, manslaughter.
Murder, v. a. Kill (with malice), slay, assassinate, despatch, put to death.
Murder the king's English, Use bad grammar, commit a solecism, break Priscian's head.
Murderer, n. Slaughterer, assassin, slayer, killer, butcher, cut-throat.
Murderous, a. Sanguinary, bloody, cruel, savage, fell, bloodthirsty.
Muriate, n. Hydrochlorate.
Muriatic acid, Hydrochloric acid, marine acid, spirit of sea-salt.
Murky, a. Dark, gloomy, obscure, dim, cloudy, clouded, dusky, lurid, overcast, lowering.
Murmur, n. 1. Whisper; low, continuous sound.
2. Complaint, plaint, whimper.
3. Mutter, indistinct utterance.
Murmur, v. n. 1. Make a low, continued sound.
2. Complain, mutter, repine, croak, grumble.
Murmurer, n. Censurer, complainer, repiner, objector, fault-finder.
Murrain, n. Cattle-plague.
Muscadel, n. Muscat, muscatel.
Muscadine, n. Muscat, muscatel.
Muscat, n. Muscadel, muscadine.
Muscatel, n. Muscadel, muscadine.
Muscovado, n. Unclayed sugar.
Muscovy-duck, n. Musk-duck.
Muscular, a. Brawny, sinewy, strong, stalwart, vigorous, powerful, sturdy, lusty, athletic, Herculean, able-bodied.
Muse, n. Revery, abstraction, musing.
Muse, v. n. 1. Ponder, meditate, contemplate, reflect, cogitate, deliberate, ruminate, think, brood.
2. Be absent-minded, be in a revery, be in a brown study.
Muse, v. a. [Poetical.] Consider, ponder, meditate on, think on.
Muses, n. pl. [With The prefixed.] The tuneful Nine, the tuneful quire (Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania).
Mush, n. [U. S.] Supawn, hasty-pudding (made of Indian meal).
Mushroom, n. 1. Cryptogamous plant.
2. Upstart, parvenu.
Mushroom, a. Ephemeral, short-lived.
Music, n. 1. Melody, harmony, symphony, minstrelsy.
2. Science of harmonical sounds.
Musical, a. Melodious, harmonious, tuneful, symphonious, dulcet, sweet-sounding.
Musing, n. Revery, abstraction, muse, meditation, reflection, contemplation, brown study, deep thought.
Musk-duck, n. Muscovy-duck (Anas moschata).
Musk-rat, n. 1. Musquash (Ondatra zibethicus).
2. Desman, muscovy (Mygale moschata).
Muss, n. Scramble, confused struggle.
Mussulman, n. Mahometan, Mohammedan.
Must, v. n. Be obliged to, be required to, be bound to, be necessitated to, be under the necessity of.
Must, n. 1. Grape-juice (unfermented), new wine.
2. Mould, fust, mustiness, mildew, blight, rust, smut.
Muster, v. a. Assemble, collect, gather, congregate, convene, bring together, call together, get together, muster up.
Muster, v. n. Be assembled, meet together.
Muster, n. Gathering, assemblage.
Muster up, Muster, get together.
Musty, a. Mouldy, fusty, soured, fetid, foul, spoiled, stale.
Mutability, n. 1. Changeableness, mutableness, inconstancy, variableness.
2. Instability, fickleness, vacillation.
Mutable, a. 1. Changeable, alterable, variable, ever-changing.
2. Inconstant, unsettled, vacillating, fickle, unstable.
Mutableness, n. Mutability.
Mutation, n. Change, alteration, variation.
Mute, a. 1. Dumb, unable to speak, incapable of speech.
2. Silent, speechless, taciturn, mum.
Mutilate, v. a. Disfigure, maim, cripple.
Mutilation, n. Disfigurement.
Mutinous, a. Turbulent, contumacious, seditious, insurrectionary, refractory, unruly, insubordinate, riotous, insurgent, rebellious.
Mutiny, v. n. Rebel, rise, strike, resist authority.
Mutiny, n. Sedition, revolt, rebellion, insurrection, riot, rising, uprising.
Mutter, v. n. Grumble, murmur.
Mutter, v. a. Utter indistinctly.
Mutter, n. Murmur, indistinct utterance.
Mutual, a. Reciprocal, interchanged, correlative, reciprocally given and received.
Muzzle, n. 1. Snout.
2. Mouth, nozzle.
Muzzy, a. [Colloquial.] Stupefied, bewildered, confused, bemused, half-drunk.
Myopic, a. Near-sighted, short-sighted, dim-sighted, purblind.
Myopy, n. Near-sightedness.
Myriad, n. Ten thousand.
Mysterious, a. Unknown, enigmatical, obscure, hidden, occult, inscrutable, recondite, mystic.
Mystery, n. Secret, enigma, riddle.
Mystic, a. Mysterious, hidden, enigmatical, obscure, occult, recondite, inscrutable, abstruse, dark, cabalistic, transcendental.
Mystical, a. Mysterious, hidden, enigmatical, obscure, occult, recondite, inscrutable, abstruse, dark, cabalistic, transcendental.
Mystify, v. a. Perplex, puzzle, bewilder, embarrass, pose.
Myth, n. Fable, invention, allegory, parable, fiction, fabulous story.
Mythic, a. Fabulous, mythological, fictitious.
Mythical, a. Fabulous, mythological, fictitious.
Mythologic, a. Fabulous, mythical.
Mythological, a. Fabulous, mythical.
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Nab, v. a. [Colloquial.] Seize (suddenly), catch, clutch, grasp, snatch, lay hands on, lay hold on, take possession of.
Nabob, n. Millionnaire, Crœsus, very rich man, man of great wealth, man of fortune.
Nacre, n. Mother-of-pearl.
Nacreous, a. Pearly, iridescent, irisated, pavonine.
Nag, n. Horse (especially a small horse), pony.
Naiad, n. (Myth.) Water-nymph.
Nail, n. Claw, talon.
Naïve, a. [Fr.] Artless, unaffected, ingenuous, natural, plain, simple, unsophisticated, candid.
Naïveté, n. [Fr.] Artlessness, ingenuousness, naturalness, simplicity, native candor, unaffected plainness.
Naked, a. 1. Nude, uncovered, bare, denuded, unclothed, undressed, in puris naturalibus.
2. Exposed, defenceless, unarmed, unprotected, unguarded.
3. Manifest, unconcealed, evident, open, plain.
4. Simple, mere, sheer.
Nakedness, n. Nudity.
Namby-pamby, a. Finical, affectedly fine.
Name, n. 1. Appellation, title, epithet, denomination, designation, descriptive term.
2. Reputation, repute, credit, character.
3. Note, distinction, fame, renown, celebrity, eminence, honor.
Name, v. a. 1. Denominate, entitle, style, term, call, dub, phrase, christen, give an appellation to.
2. Mention, speak of, call by name.
3. Nominate, designate, specify.
Namely, ad. Particularly, videlicet, that is, that is to say, to wit, to particularize.
Nap, n. v. Doze, slumber, drowse, take a short sleep.
Nap, n. Doze, slumber, short sleep.
Naphtha, n. Rock oil, mineral oil.
Nappy, a. [Scottish.] Drunk, fuddled, intoxicated, tipsy, corned, muddled, groggy.
Narcissus, n. Daffodil.
Narcotic, a. Stupefying, stupefactive.
Narrate, v. a. Relate, recite, recount, rehearse, tell, detail, describe, give an account of.
Narration, n. 1. Recital, description, rehearsal, relation, account, statement.
2. Story, history, narrative, tale, chronicle.
Narrative, n. Narration, relation, tale, account, recital, rehearsal, description, story, history, chronicle.
Narrator, n. Relater, historian.
Narrow, a. 1. Of little breadth.
2. Contracted, circumscribed, limited, confined, straitened, cramped, pinched, scanty, incapacious, of small extent.
3. Bigoted, selfish, niggardly, mean, ungenerous, parsimonious, covetous, mercenary, illiberal.
4. Close, near, within a little, with little to spare, within narrow limits.
Narrow, v. a. Contract, restrict, limit, cramp.
Narrow house, Grave, tomb, sepulchre, house of death.
Narrows, n. pl. Strait, sound.
Narrow-minded, a. Illiberal, bigoted, prejudiced, warped, biassed, partial, of narrow or contracted views.
Narwhal, n. Sea-unicorn, unicorn-fish, unicorn-whale (Monodon monoceros).
Nascent, a. Incipient, opening, initial, dawning, inchoative, initiatory, rudimental, beginning, commencing, at the start, in the act of evolution.
Nastiness, n. 1. Filth, filthiness, dirtiness, foulness, impurity, uncleanness, pollution, defilement, squalor.
2. Obscenity, smuttiness, indecency, ribaldry.
Nasty, a. 1. Filthy, foul, unclean, impure, dirty, polluted, denied, nauseous, disgusting, sickening, loathsome, offensive, repulsive, squalid.
2. Obscene, smutty, gross, indelicate, lewd, indecent, ribald, loose.
Natal, a. Native, of birth.
Natal day, Birthday.
Natch-bone, n. Aitch-bone, edge-bone.
Nation, n. 1. State, commonwealth, realm, nationality.
2. People, community, population, race.
National, a. Public, general.
Nationality, n. 1. National character.
2. State, realm, nation, commonwealth.
Native, a. 1. Natal, of birth.
2. Vernacular, vulgar, mother.
3. Indigenous, natural, congenital, original, genuine, intrinsic, real, unartificial, home-bred, not acquired, bred in the bone, that runs in the blood.
Native, n. Original inhabitant.
Nativity, n. Birth.
Natty, a. [Colloquial.] Neat, spruce, fine, jaunty, trig, trim, finical, foppish, dandyish.
Natural, a. 1. Of nature.
2. Original, indigenous, essential, characteristic, native, not acquired, not assumed.
3. Regular, normal, not exceptional, not violent, in the course of nature, adapted to nature, consistent with nature, conformable to nature.
4. Illegitimate, born out of wedlock.
Natural, n. Fool, simpleton, dunce.
Natural child, Bastard, love-child, illegitimate child.
Naturalize, v. a. Adopt as a citizen, adopt as native.
Nature, n. 1. World, creation, universe, system of created things, aggregate of phenomena, world of matter and of mind, sum of causes and effects.
2. Sum total of sensible objects, world of matter.
3. Character, essence, constitution, quality.
4. Kind, sort, species.
5. Temper, disposition, humor, mood, grain.
6. Mind, intelligence, intelligent being.
7. Active principle of the universe, soul of the universe, God.
8. Regular course of things, usual or established order of events.
9. What is natural, conformity with nature, accordance with truth or reality.
Naught, n. Nothing, nought.
Naught, a. Worthless, bad, of no value.
Naughtiness, n. 1. Wickedness, vice, badness, iniquity.
2. Perverseness, frowardness.
Naughty, a. 1. Wicked, bad, corrupt, sinful.
2. Perverse, froward, mischievous.
Nausea, n. 1. Seasickness.
2. Qualm, sickness of the stomach, inclination to vomit.
3. Disgust, loathing, repugnance, aversion, strong dislike.
Nauseate, v. n. Feel nausea, feel disgust, grow qualmish.
Nauseate, v. a. 1. Sicken, disgust, revolt, make sick, turn one's stomach, make one's gorge rise.
2. Loathe, abhor, detest, abominate, feel nausea or disgust at, shrink from, recoil from.
Nauseous, a. Disgusting, loathsome, nauseating, sickening, revolting, repulsive, distasteful, offensive, abominable, foul.
Naval, a. Nautical, marine, maritime.
Navel-string, n. Umbilical cord.
Navew, n. French turnip (Brassica napus).
Navicular, a. (Anat. & Bot.) Boat-shaped, cymbiform.
Navigate, v. n. Sail, cruise, course, go in a vessel, plough the waves, plough the deep.
Navigate, v. a. 1. Sail over, sail on, pass in a vessel.
2. Steer, direct (in sailing), guide the course of.
Navigator, n. Sailor, seaman.
Navy, n. Fleet, ships of war.
Nay, ad. 1. No.
2. Not only so, but more; not this only, but also.
Near, a. 1. Nigh, close, neighboring, adjacent, contiguous, proximate, adjoining, not far, not distant, bordering upon, approximate to, close upon, close by, hard upon, close at hand.
2. Imminent, impending, forthcoming, approaching, threatening, at hand, about to happen, going to happen.
3. Intimate, dear, familiar, closely allied, closely attached.
4. Direct, short, straight.
Near, ad. Nearly.
Near, prep. Nigh, close to, close by, not far from.
Nearly, ad. 1. Approximately, not remotely.
2. Almost, well-nigh, within a little.
3. Closely, intimately.
Near-sighted, a. Short-sighted, myopic, purblind.
Neat, a. 1. Clean, cleanly, unsoiled, tidy, spotless, unsullied, immaculate, unstained, pure.
2. Nice, spruce, trim.
3. Chaste, simple, in good taste.
Neat-cattle, n. Bovine animals (bulls, oxen, cows, calves, heifers, steers), beeves.
Neatly, ad. Cleanly, in a neat manner.
Neatness, n. 1. Cleanness, cleanliness, tidiness.
2. Nicety, spruceness, trimness.
3. Chasteness, simplicity.
Neb, n. Beak, bill, nib.
Nebulosity, n. Cloudiness, haziness, mistiness.
Nebulous, a. Cloudy, hazy, misty.
Necessary, a. 1. Inevitable, unavoidable, that must be, not to be avoided.
2. Requisite, essential, indispensable, needful, that cannot be spared.
3. Involuntary, not free.
Necessary, n. 1. Requisite, requirement, necessity, essential, indispensable thing, sine qua non.
2. Privy, jakes, water-closet, back-house.
Necessitate, v. a. Compel, force, oblige, make necessary, render unavoidable.
Necessitous, a. Needy, indigent, poor, penniless, moneyless, destitute, distressed, pinched, reduced, in need, in want, short of money, out of money, out of pocket, out of cash.
Necessity, n. 1. Compulsion, fatality, fate, destiny, irresistible force.
2. Indispensableness, indispensability, inevitableness.
3. Need, needfulness, urgency, exigency, pressing want.
4. Requirement, requisite, essential, necessary, indispensable thing, sine qua non.
Neck-cloth, n. Cravat, neckerchief, necktie.
Neckerchief, n. Cravat, neck-cloth.
Neckhandkerchief, n. Cravat, neck-cloth.
Necktie, n. Cravat, neckcloth.
Necrology, n. Obituary, register of deaths.
Necromancer, n. Sorcerer, conjurer, enchanter, juggler, charmer, diviner, wizard, magician, exorcist, seer, soothsayer.
Necromancy, n. Sorcery, magic, divination, enchantment, conjuration, black art, magical art.
Necropolis, n. Cemetery, churchyard, graveyard, mortuary, burial-ground, burial-place, city of the dead.
Need, n. 1. Necessity, want, exigency, urgency, emergency.
2. Indigence, poverty, penury, destitution, distress.
Need, v. a. Want, require, lack, be in want of, stand in want of.
Needful, a. Necessary, requisite, essential, indispensable.
Needle-shaped, a. Aciform, acicular, aciculate.
Needless, a. Unnecessary, useless, not requisite, not needed.
Needs, ad. Necessarily.
Needy, a. Indigent, destitute, poor, necessitous.
Nefarious, a. Abominable, atrocious, detestable, execrable, iniquitous, scandalous, wicked, infamous, villanous, heinous, flagitious, very wicked.
Negation, n. Denial, disavowal, disclaimer.
Neglect, v. a. 1. Omit, leave out, pass over.
2. Disregard, slight, contemn, overlook, pay no heed to, pay no regard to, leave out of view, leave on one side, not care a straw for.
Neglect, n. 1. Omission (of a particular act of duty), failure, default, negligence, remissness.
2. Slight, disregard, disrespect.
Neglectful, a. Heedless, careless, negligent, thoughtless.
Negligence, n. Neglect (as a habit), carelessness, thoughtlessness, remissness, heedlessness, disregard, inattention, laches.
Negligent, a. Careless (habitually), thoughtless, heedless, remiss, regardless, inattentive, neglectful.
Negotiate, v. n. Treat, bargain.
Negotiate, v. a. 1. Treat for, arrange for.
2. Pass, put into circulation.
Negotiation, n. Transaction.
Negro-corn, n. Doura, Indian millet, Guinea corn (Sorghum vulgare).
Neigh, v. n. Whinny.
Neighborhood, n. Vicinity, vicinage, environs.
Neighborly, a. Friendly, kind, civil, social, obliging, attentive, on friendly terms.
Neither, pron. & a. Not either, nor one nor the other.
Neither head nor tail, Neither one thing nor the other, nothing distinct or definite.
Neither here nor there, 1. Nowhere, neither in one place nor another.
2. Irrelevant, not to the purpose.
Nem. con. [L. Contracted from nemine contradicente, no one speaking against.] Unanimously, with one accord, with one consent, to a man, as one man, one and all, on all hands, in chorus, without a dissenting voice.
Neologism, n. 1. New word or phrase.
2. Neology, use of new words or phrases.
Neology, n. 1. Neologism, use of new words or phrases.
2. (Theol.) Rationalism, rationalistic interpretation.
Neophyte, n. 1. Convert, proselyte, catechumen.
2. Beginner, tyro, pupil.
Nephritis, n. [L.] (Med.) Inflammation of the kidneys.
Nerve, n. 1. Strength, power, force.
2. Courage, pluck, fortitude, firmness, resolution, hardihood, manhood.
Nerve, v. a. Strengthen, invigorate, fortify, brace.
Nervous, a. 1. Of the nerves.
2. Sinewy, strong, vigorous, robust, forcible, powerful.
3. Timid, timorous, easily agitated.
Nervousness, n. 1. Strength, force, power, vigor.
2. Timidity, timorousness, trepidation, tremor, flutter, nervous agitation.
Nescience, n. Ignorance.
Nest, n. Aerie.
Nestle, v. n. Snuggle, cuddle, snug, harbor, lodge, lie close.
Net, n. Snare, gin, trap, toil.
Net, a. Clear, without deductions.
Net, v. a. Clear, get or gain over and above expenses.
Nether, a. Lower.
Nettle, v. a. Fret, chafe, ruffle, irritate, vex, tease, harass, provoke, incense, exasperate, sting.
Net-work, n. Netting, reticulated or decussated work.
Neutral, a. Indifferent, of neither party, taking no part with either side.
Neutralize, v. a. Counterbalance, render neutral, render inert, destroy the effect of, render of no effect.
Never, ad. 1. At no time, not at any time, not ever.
2. In no degree, not at all.
Nevertheless, ad. However, notwithstanding, not at all the less.
New, a. 1. Novel, fresh, of recent origin, not old.
2. Recent, modern, not ancient, of the present day.
3. Just discovered, recently made known.
4. Unaccustomed, unused, not habituated, not familiar.
News, n. Tidings, intelligence, information, advice, word, piece of information, recent accounts.
Newsmonger, n. Quidnunc.
Newspaper, n. Gazette, journal.
Newt, n. Eft, salamander.
Next, a. Nearest.
Next door to, 1. Next house to.
2. Near to, bordering on.
Nib, n. 1. Bill, beak, neb.
2. Point (of a pen).
Nibble, v. a. & n. Gnaw, bite (by nips), browse.
Nice, a. 1. Exact, accurate, precise, critical, definite, strict, rigorous.
2. Fastidious, dainty, squeamish, punctilious, finical, difficult, over-scrupulous, exacting, hard to please, very particular.
3. Subtile, fine, refined, minute.
4. Delicate, dainty, luscious, soft, tender, savory, delicious, palatable.
5. [Colloquial.] Pleasant, agreeable, delightful, good.
Niceness, n. 1. Exactness, accuracy, precision, nicety.
2. Scrupulousness, fastidiousness, delicacy, daintiness, squeamishness.
Nicety, n. 1. Accuracy, exactness, precision, truth, niceness.
2. Fastidiousness, daintiness, purism, squeamishness.
3. Subtilty, nice point, minute distinction.
4. Delicacy, dainty, tidbit, delicate morsel.
Niche, n. Nook, recess.
Nick, n. 1. Critical point (of time), critical moment, fortunate conjuncture.
2. Notch, dent, dint, indentation, incision.
Nick, v. a. Notch, cut notches in.
Nickname, n. Sobriquet, by-name.
Nictate, v. n. [Rare.] Wink, blink.
Nictation, n. Winking.
Niggard, n. Miser, curmudgeon, churl, hunks, lickpenny, skinflint, scrimp, screw, mean fellow, sordid wretch.
Niggard, a. Parsimonious, niggardly.
Niggardliness, n. Parsimony, stinginess, avarice, meanness.
Niggardly, a. 1. Parsimonious, covetous, stingy, avaricious, miserly, penurious, sordid, mean, illiberal, mercenary, niggard, close, close-fisted.
2. Saving, sparing, chary.
Nigh, a. Near, adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, close by, close, close at hand, bordering upon, not far off, not distant, approximate to, hard by.