-
aileron
0
n 1: an airfoil that controls lateral motion
-
aitchbone
0
n 1: a cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone
-
an
0
n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in
Nursing, AN]
-
anklebone
0
n 1: the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones
to form the ankle joint [syn: anklebone, astragal,
astragalus, talus]
-
anon
0
adv 1: at another time; "ever and anon"
2: (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while; "see you anon"
-
argon
0
n 1: a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert
gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
[syn: argon, Ar, atomic number 18]
-
autobahn
0
n 1: an expressway in a German-speaking country
-
axon
0
n 1: long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of
the neuron [syn: axon, axone]
-
backbone
0
n 1: a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith
is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the
ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" [syn:
anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin,
lynchpin]
2: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try
it" [syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand,
gumption]
3: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and
protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" [syn:
spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone,
back, rachis]
4: the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of
the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is
shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of
the book" [syn: spine, backbone]
5: the part of a network that connects other networks together;
"the backbone is the part of a communication network that
carries the heaviest traffic"
-
ban
0
n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition,
ban, proscription]
2: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
3: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
4: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn:
ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding]
5: a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: Bachelor of Arts in
Nursing, BAN]
v 1: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
[syn: ban, censor]
2: prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure;
"Smoking is banned in this building"
3: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn:
banish, ban]
4: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban,
ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
-
baton
0
n 1: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra
or choir [syn: baton, wand]
2: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn:
truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick,
billy club]
3: a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an
office or an authority
4: a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major
or drum majorette
5: a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay
race
-
billabong
0
n 1: a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows
intermittently
2: a branch of a river made by water flowing from the main
stream only when the water level is high
-
bonbon
0
n 1: a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or
nuts coated in chocolate
-
bone
0
adj 1: consisting of or made up of bone; "a bony substance";
"the bony framework of the body"
n 1: rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of
vertebrates [syn: bone, os]
2: the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
[syn: bone, osseous tissue]
3: a shade of white the color of bleached bones [syn: bone,
ivory, pearl, off-white]
v 1: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on
my Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: cram, grind
away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot
up, bone]
2: remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it"
[syn: bone, debone]
-
bong
0
n 1: a dull resonant sound as of a bell
v 1: ring loudly and deeply; "the big bell bonged"
-
brawn
0
n 1: possessing muscular strength [syn: brawn, brawniness,
muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness]
-
breastbone
0
n 1: the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the
first seven pairs of ribs [syn: sternum, breastbone]
-
cabochon
0
n 1: a highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without
facets
-
canton
0
n 1: a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the
capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
[syn: Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton]
2: a small administrative division of a country
v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter,
billet, canton]
2: divide into cantons, of a country
-
carillon
0
n 1: set of bells hung in a bell tower
2: playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower
[syn: bell ringing, carillon, carillon playing]
-
cheekbone
0
n 1: the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence
of the cheek [syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone,
zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os
zygomaticum]
-
chiffon
0
n 1: a sheer fabric of silk or rayon
-
chon
0
n 1: 100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea
2: 100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea
-
collarbone
0
n 1: bone linking the scapula and sternum [syn: clavicle,
collarbone]
-
con
0
adv 1: in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was
written pro and con" [ant: pro]
n 1: an argument opposed to a proposal [ant: pro]
2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn:
convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird]
3: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person
to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game,
bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence
game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam]
v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick,
nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct,
gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]
2: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your
lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, con,
learn]
-
crayon
0
n 1: writing implement consisting of a colored stick of
composition wax used for writing and drawing [syn:
crayon, wax crayon]
v 1: write, draw, or trace with a crayon
-
cretonne
0
n 1: an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for
slipcovers and draperies
-
croissant
0
n 1: very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll [syn: crescent roll,
croissant]
-
cyclotron
0
n 1: an accelerator that imparts energies of several million
electron-volts to rapidly moving particles
-
dacron
0
n 1: a kind of polyester fabric [syn: Dacron, Terylene]
-
dawn
0
n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning,
aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break
of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow]
[ant: sundown, sunset]
2: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning
of the world" [syn: dawn, morning]
3: an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
v 1: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It
dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was
penetrated with sorrow" [syn: click, get through,
dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate,
fall into place]
2: appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"
3: become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
-
decagon
0
n 1: a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles
-
demijohn
0
n 1: large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small
handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork
-
denouement
0
n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events
2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary
or dramatic work
-
don
0
n 1: a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
2: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge
or Oxford) [syn: preceptor, don]
3: the head of an organized crime family [syn: don, father]
4: Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds
to Irish Danu
5: a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea
of Azov [syn: Don, Don River]
6: a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is
prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto"
v 1: put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?";
"He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess
donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately
robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: wear, put on,
get into, don, assume]
-
drawn
0
adj 1: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or
suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her
mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from
sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face";
"shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young
face"- Charles Dickens [syn: careworn, drawn,
haggard, raddled, worn]
2: having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut; "the
drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug"
-
fawn
0
n 1: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color;
"she wore dun" [syn: dun, greyish brown, grayish
brown, fawn]
2: a young deer
v 1: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep,
cringe, cower, grovel]
2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle,
bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up]
3: have fawns; "deer fawn"
-
foregone
0
adj 1: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of
foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers";
"relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast,
departed, foregone, gone]
-
gone
0
adj 1: destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese" [syn: done
for(p), kaput(p), gone(a)]
2: dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn:
asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased,
departed, gone]
3: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone
times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a
departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed,
foregone, gone]
4: no longer retained; "gone with the wind"
-
herringbone
0
n 1: a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern
2: a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the
lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent
columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving,
masonry, parquetry, embroidery [syn: herringbone,
herringbone pattern]
-
hipbone
0
n 1: large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up
of the ilium and ischium and pubis [syn: hipbone,
innominate bone]
-
ion
0
n 1: a particle that is electrically charged (positive or
negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or
gained one or more electrons
-
jawbone
0
n 1: the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
[syn: lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular
bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl]
v 1: talk idly or casually and in a friendly way [syn:
shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone]
-
john
0
n 1: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn:
toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy,
bathroom]
2: youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216;
succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard
I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by
the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) [syn: John,
King John, John Lackland]
3: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be
the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book
of Revelation [syn: John, Saint John, St. John, Saint
John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the
Evangelist, John the Divine]
4: a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger,
john, trick]
5: the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn:
John, Gospel According to John]
-
khan
0
n 1: a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian
countries
2: an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that
provides accommodation for caravans [syn: caravansary,
caravanserai, khan, caravan inn]
-
lawn
0
n 1: a field of cultivated and mowed grass
-
marrowbone
0
n 1: a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in
flavoring soup
-
micron
0
n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
[syn: micron, micrometer]
-
moron
0
n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot,
imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit,
retard]
2: a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires
-
neutron
0
n 1: an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal
to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic
nucleus
-
non
0
adv 1: negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak
French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not
many"; "not much"; "not at all" [syn: not, non]
-
nylon
0
n 1: a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient
synthetic fibers
2: a synthetic fabric
-
on
0
adv 1: with a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the
view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the
circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along";
"march on" [syn: along, on]
2: indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his
spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?"
3: in a state required for something to function or be
effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on"
adj 1: in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the
switch is in the on position" [ant: off]
2: (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or
shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night" [ant:
cancelled, off]
-
pawn
0
n 1: an article deposited as security
2: a person used by another to gain an end [syn: instrument,
pawn, cat's-paw]
3: (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and
captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more
powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
4: borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of
the loan
v 1: leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your
grandfather's gold watch" [syn: pawn, soak, hock]
-
pecan
0
n 1: wood of a pecan tree
2: tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its
nuts [syn: pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya
illinoinsis]
3: smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
-
photon
0
n 1: a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary
particle that is its own antiparticle
-
pompon
0
n 1: decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk;
usually worn on a hat [syn: pompon, pom-pom]
2: dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida
southward [syn: pompon, black margate, Anisotremus
surinamensis]
-
prawn
0
n 1: any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: prawn,
shrimp]
2: shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers;
most are edible
v 1: fish for prawns
-
proton
0
n 1: a stable particle with positive charge equal to the
negative charge of an electron
-
pylon
0
n 1: a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in
a race
2: a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power
lines; "power pylons are a favorite target for terrorists"
[syn: pylon, power pylon]
-
radon
0
n 1: a radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration
of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs
naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is
considered a hazard to health [syn: radon, Rn, atomic
number 86]
-
rapprochement
0
n 1: the reestablishing of cordial relations [syn:
reconciliation, rapprochement]
-
redbone
0
n 1: a speedy red or red-and-tan American hound
-
salon
0
n 1: gallery where works of art can be displayed
2: a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work [syn: salon,
beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty
shop]
3: elegant sitting room where guests are received
-
scone
0
n 1: small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds
or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally)
on a griddle
-
shinbone
0
n 1: the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg
between the knee and ankle [syn: tibia, shinbone, shin
bone, shin]
-
spawn
0
n 1: the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or
molluscs
v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn]
2: lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"
-
swan
0
n 1: stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and
usually white plumage as adult
v 1: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before
God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify,
assert, avow, aver, swan, swear]
2: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods";
"roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam
across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the
next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll,
wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble,
rove, range, drift, vagabond]
3: sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the
mountains"
-
thereon
0
adv 1: on that; "text and commentary thereon" [syn: thereon,
on it, on that]
-
trombone
0
n 1: a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length
can be varied by a U-shaped slide
-
wan
0
adj 1: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or
feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun";
"the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks
fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the
pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn:
pale, pallid, wan, sick]
2: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or
emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her
wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: pale, pallid, wan]
3: lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness;
"a wan smile"
n 1: a computer network that spans a wider area than does a
local area network [syn: wide area network, WAN]
v 1: become pale and sickly
-
whalebone
0
n 1: a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales;
used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets [syn:
whalebone, baleen]
-
wishbone
0
n 1: the furcula of a domestic fowl [syn: wishbone, wishing
bone]
-
withdrawn
0
adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an
unsocial reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive,
withdrawn]
2: tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man"
[syn: indrawn, withdrawn]
-
won
0
adj 1: not subject to defeat; "with that move it's a won game"
[ant: lost]
n 1: the basic unit of money in South Korea [syn: South Korean
won, won]
2: the basic unit of money in North Korea [syn: North Korean
won, won]
-
yawn
0
n 1: an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth;
usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not
suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it
was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy" [syn:
yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy]
v 1: utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired;
"The child yawned during the long performance"
2: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape, yawn,
yaw]
-
yon
0
adv 1: at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is
archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered
here and yon"- Calder Willingham [syn: yonder, yon]
adj 1: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder
valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn:
yonder, yon]
-
huron
0
n 1: the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes [syn: Lake Huron,
Huron]
-
nippon
0
n 1: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese
Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile
manufacture and ship building [syn: Japan, Nippon,
Nihon]
-
yuan
0
n 1: the basic unit of money in China [syn: yuan, kwai]
2: the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 [syn: Yuan,
Yuan dynasty, Mongol dynasty]
-
mon
0
n 1: the second day of the week; the first working day [syn:
Monday, Mon]
2: a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent
parts of Thailand
3: the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon
-
amman
0
n 1: the capital and largest city of Jordan [syn: Amman,
capital of Jordan]
-
bonn
0
n 1: a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the
capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989
-
braun
0
n 1: the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945) [syn:
Braun, Eva Braun]
2: United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he
designed a missile used against England); he led the United
States Army team that put the first American satellite into
space (1912-1977) [syn: Braun, von Braun, Wernher von
Braun, Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun]
-
conn
0
v 1: conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
-
hahn
0
n 1: German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of
nuclear fission (1879-1968) [syn: Hahn, Otto Hahn]
-
han
0
n 1: imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from
206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed
its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of
Chinese civilization [syn: Han, Han dynasty]
-
kahn
0
n 1: United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974) [syn:
Kahn, Louis Isadore Kahn]
-
ron
0
n 1: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria [syn: Ron,
Bokkos, Daffo]
-
shawn
0
n 1: United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated
with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972) [syn: Shawn, Ted
Shawn]
-
xian
0
n 1: a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire
221-206 BC [syn: Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan,
Hsian]
-
amon
0
n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath;
worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon,
Amun]
-
aton
0
n 1: the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a
monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten [syn: Aten,
Aton]
-
bataan
0
n 1: the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese
forces besieged American forces in World War II; United
States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area
in 1945 [syn: Bataan, Corregidor]
-
bhutan
0
n 1: a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast
of India [syn: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan]
-
ceylon
0
n 1: an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of
India
2: a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the
United Kingdom in 1948 [syn: Sri Lanka, Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon]
-
dhahran
0
n 1: an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the
Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment
complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and
wounding more than 300 people
-
exon
0
n 1: sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein
structures; "exons are interspersed with introns" [syn:
exon, coding DNA] [ant: intron, noncoding DNA]
-
gabon
0
n 1: a republic on the west coast of Africa [syn: Gabon,
Gabonese Republic, Gabun]
-
gibran
0
n 1: United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931) [syn:
Gibran, Kahlil Gibran]