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adj
- appropriate, suitable; believable; promising, having a good potential
- probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring
- Reasonably to be expected; apparently destined, probable
- attractive; pleasant
- plausible; within the realm of credibility
- leading with high probability to some specified outcome
adv
noun
adj
- Advantageous or very favourable.
- Made of, or relating to, gold.
- Fine, without problems.
- Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold.
- Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.
- Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
- Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
- Relating to the elderly or retired.
verb
noun
adj
- Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified).
- Belonging to a category whose members are all preferred or liked over nonmembers.
noun
- A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
- A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
- A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
- A bookmark in a web browser.
- A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
verb
adj
- Best; of the highest quality or rank.
- Situated on the top of something.
- Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.
noun
- A garment worn to cover the torso.
- A stroke on the top of the ball.
- The highest or uppermost part of something.
- A top quark.
- A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
- A lid, cap or cover of a container.
- A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
- the part of something that is usually the top.
- The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
- A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top; topspin
- (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
- A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
- A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
- The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- Highest pitch or loudest volume.
- The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
- Oral stimulation of the male member, a blowjob.
- The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
- The near end of somewhere
- A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
- A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.
adv
verb
- To anally penetrate in gay sex.
- To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
- To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
- To commit suicide.
- To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed.
- To murder.
- To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
- To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
- To cover on the top or with a top.
- To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
- To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
- To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
- To cover with another dye.
- To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
noun
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- Pasture; feed, for animals.
- A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- A screen.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- A pickoff.
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- A good defensive play by an infielder.
- An interception.
- An anchor.
- That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
verb
- To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- To screen.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
- To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
noun
- The best or most preferable part.
- One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
- Anything that can be chosen.
- The power to choose.
- Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?
- An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
adj
intj
adj
- lowest in rank or importance
- most unlikely or unsuitable
- immediately past
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
- occurring at the time of death
- conclusive in a process or progression
- highest in extent or degree
- not to be altered or undone
adj
adv
verb
noun
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the last or lowest in an ordering or series
- a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
- the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
- a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
- a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
adj
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- socially right or correct
- appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
- in or into a satisfactory condition
- intended for the right hand
- in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
- having the axis perpendicular to the base
- (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward
- (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
- precisely accurate
adj
- being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
- free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
- in conformance with justice or law or morality
- correct in opinion or judgment
- of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
adv
- precisely, exactly
- immediately
- completely
- toward or on the right; also used figuratively
- in the right manner; correctly; suitably
- an interjection expressing agreement; Yes, you are indeed correct
- (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely
- in accordance with moral or social standards
- in an accurate manner
verb
- make reparations or amends for
- put in or restore to an upright position
- regain an upright or proper position
- make right or correct
noun
- an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
- location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
- the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
- those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
- the hand that is on the right side of the body
- a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
- anything in accord with principles of justice
- (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
adj
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- having the normally expected amount
- deserving of esteem and respect
- promoting or enhancing well-being
- agreeable or pleasing
- of moral excellence
- having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- thorough
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- financially safe
- resulting favorably
- exerting force or influence
- capable of pleasing
- appealing to the mind
- in excellent physical condition
- tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
- not forged
- not left to spoil
- generally admired
adj
- having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
- morally admirable
adv
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
- completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
noun
noun
- Something selected as being the best, preference; choice.
- A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.
- A ridge or low barrier.
- A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
- A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
- A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
- The texture of a piece of fabric.
- A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)
- A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy.
verb
adj
- Foremost in rank or importance.
- Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
- Coming from in front.
- Placed at the top or the front.
verb
- To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- To form a head.
- To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
- To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- To go in front of.
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- To move in a specified direction.
- To check or restrain.
- To remove the head from a fish.
- To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- To set on the head.
noun
- A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- The uppermost part of a valley.
- The antlers of a deer.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- The headstock of a guitar.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- The top edge of a sail.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The toilet of a ship.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- Headway; progress.
- Mind; one's own thoughts.
- Topic; subject.
- The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- The glans penis.
- The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- A headmaster or headmistress.
- Denouement; crisis.
- The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- Leader; chief; mastermind.
- Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- An individual person.
- The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- The bow of a vessel.
- A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- The population of game.
- The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- A single animal.
- The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- A headland.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
adj
noun
- a long narrow cleft
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- a chance to do something
- witty remark
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a usually brief attempt
- the act of cracking something
verb
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- make a sharp sound
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- pass through (a barrier)
- break partially but keep its integrity
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- tell spontaneously
- cause to become cracked
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
adj
- Most exalted; foremost.
- Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
- Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
- Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
- Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
- Remote (to the north or south) from the equator; situated at (or constituting) a latitude which is expressed by a large number.
- Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
- Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
- Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
- Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.
- Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- Luxurious; rich.
- Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
- Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
- Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
- Above the batter's shoulders.
- Keen, enthused.
- Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
- Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
- Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
- Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
- Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
- Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
- Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
- Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
- With tall waves.
adv
noun
- The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
- A drug that gives such a high.
- A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
- A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven).or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
- The highest card dealt or drawn.
- A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
adj
- Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
- Exceptional in quality.
- Princely; royal.
- Having supreme, ultimate power.
- Exercising power of rule.
verb
noun
- A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.
- A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33+¹⁄₃ standard bottles.
- One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
- A monarch; the ruler of a country.
- A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.
- A former Australian gold coin, minted from 1855–1931, of one pound value.
- Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
noun
- Rank; condition; quality.
- A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
- Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
- Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
- Any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government.
- A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
- A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.
- A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
- The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.
- A mess; disorder.
- The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
- The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
- The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
- The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
- A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
- An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
verb
adj
- Lower in rank, status, or quality.
- Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
- (of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.
- On the side of a flower which is next to the bract.
- Situated further below (another part of the body), a direction that in humans corresponds to caudad.
- Situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body.
- Situated below some other organ (said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx).
- Of low rank, standard or quality.
- Denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes.
- Below the horizon.
- Printed in subscript.
noun
adv
- comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.
- from a position of superiority or authority
adj
- (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
- (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness
noun
- something superior in quality or condition or effect
- someone who bets
- a superior person having claim to precedence
- the superior one of two alternatives
verb
adj
adj
noun
- A stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica.
- Prunus americana (American plum)
- Prunus sect. Armeniaca (better known as apricots)
- Prunus rivularis (creek plum or hog plum)
- A desirable or choice thing of its kind; a prize selection; a choice appointment, assignment etc.
- A fool, an idiot.
- Prunus mume, an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume.
- A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums.
- An edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica (European plum), often of a dark red or purple colour.
- Prunus ursina (bear's plum)
- Prunus angustifolia (Chickasaw plum or sand plum)
- Prunus hortulana (hortulan plum)
- Prunus nigra (Canadian plum or black plum)
- Prunus spinosa (sloe)
- Prunus subcordata (Klamath plum or Oregon plum)
- Prunus salicina (Chinese plum or Japanese plum)
- Prunus cerasifera (cherry plum or myrobalan)
- A testicle.
verb
adv
adj
- Singularly superior; the best.
- Alone in a category.
- Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
noun
adv
- As recently as.
- Without others or anything further; exclusively.
- Used to express surprise or consternation at an action.
- Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned.
- No more than; just.
conj
adj
- Greatest, most excellent, extreme, most superior, highest, or utmost.
- Dominant, having power over all others.
- Situated at the highest part or point.
verb
noun
- A pizza having a large number of the most common toppings, such as pepperoni, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, etc.
- Anything from which all skin, bones, and other parts which are not eaten have been removed, such as a skinless fish fillet.
- The highest point.
- A breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached.
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