light upon
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encounter
look on
catch
chance
stumble across
run across
stumble against
stumble upon
surprise
hot
find oneself
cross someone's mind
overtake
sit up
rude awakening
finding
marvel
fumble
chance upon
plunder
throw someone a curve
amaze
run into
throw off balance
come upon
blurt out
turn up
in for
fancying
stumble on
blitz out
change up
unhoped-for
eye-opener
unthought-of
unhoped
leap to mind
mysterize
unthought
amazement
go so far as
take by surprise
questful
eureka moment
habit of thought
habit of mind
unexpectedness
conjecture
astonishment
bowl a googly
wild hair
envisioning
found
see
heavens above
enigmatize
have a look
oh
belie
cor
happen upon
chance on
double take
fall upon
scratch one's head
vagulate
come across
discover
fall between the cracks
attain
strike
turn up for the book
enigma
curiously
imagining
ehh
flash
end up
holy balls
mistrust
oh my word
run down
spring to mind
twig
oh my stars
light
holy crickets
fetch up
picture
boom
happen on
no plan survives contact with the enemy
hot
unhoped-for
unthought-of
unhoped
unthought
questful
found
curiously
surprise
rude awakening
finding
fancying
eye-opener
amazement
eureka moment
habit of thought
habit of mind
unexpectedness
astonishment
envisioning
double take
turn up for the book
enigma
imagining
light upon
happen across
encounter
look on
catch
chance
stumble across
run across
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find oneself
cross someone's mind
overtake
sit up
marvel
fumble
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surprise
plunder
throw someone a curve
amaze
run into
throw off balance
come upon
blurt out
turn up
stumble on
blitz out
change up
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mysterize
go so far as
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conjecture
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wild hair
see
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belie
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vagulate
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attain
strike
flash
end up
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run down
spring to mind
twig
light
fetch up
picture
happen on
verb
- To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
- To execute someone extrajudicially.
- To confront (someone or something) face to face.
- To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
noun
- A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between people not in a sexual relationship, that usually does not lead to the establishment of a relationship, and may or may not happen again. A sexual encounter could be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is a sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
- A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
- A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
- A match between two opposing sides.
- An extrajudicial killing or execution.
verb
- To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or infection.
- To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- Of fire, to spread or be conveyed to.
- To be held back or impeded.
- To get pregnant.
- To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- To be hit by something.
- To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- To have something be held back or impeded.
- To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- To travel by means of.
- To become infected by (an illness).
- To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- To charm or entrance.
- To grip or entangle.
- To handle an exception.
- To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- To spread by infection or similar means.
- To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- To germinate and set down roots.
- To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
noun
- The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- The game of catching a ball.
- A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- A fragment of music or poetry.
- The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- The act of seizing or capturing.
- A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- The first contact of an oar with the water.
- A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- Something which is captured or caught.
adj
- Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
- Stolen.
- Not covered by funds on account.
- Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
- Extremely fast or with great speed.
- Sexually aroused; randy.
- Very good, remarkable, exciting.
- Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
- Feverish.
- Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.
- Very physically and/or sexually attractive.
- Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
- Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
- Popular; in demand.
- Easily provoked to anger.
- Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
- Fresh; just released.
- Having or giving off a high temperature.
- Characterized by police presence or activity.
- Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
- Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier.
- Extremely attracted to.
- Electrically charged.
- Radioactive.
- Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
adv
verb
verb
- To show sudden interest or surprise.
- To not go to bed (notionally remaining in a sitting position).
- To sit erect.
- For a young lady to open her house for several successive nights for any visitors who wish to pay their respects.
- To assume a sitting position from a position lying down.
- To bounce, especially to a comfortable height.
noun
- The act of discovering something by chance, an instance of finding something by chance.
- A result of research or an investigation.
- That which is found, a find, a discovery.
- Tools or materials used in shoe making or repair.
- A self-contained component of assembled jewellery.
- A formal conclusion by a judge, jury or regulatory agency on issues of fact.
verb
- To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly.
- To cause to appear; to find by searching, etc.
- To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
- To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc. upwards.
- To party hard, especially when involving alcohol or drugs.
- To belay or make fast a line on a cleat or pin.
verb
noun
verb
- To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
- Used to emphasise a proposition.
- To date frequently.
- To be the setting or time of.
- To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
- To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
- To visit for a medical appointment.
- To reference or to study for further details.
- To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
- To watch (a movie) at a cinema, or a show on television etc.
- To understand.
- To witness or observe by personal experience.
- To form a mental picture of.
- To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
- To wait upon; attend, escort.
- To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
- To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
- To include as one of something's experiences.
- To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
intj
noun
intj
- Expression of surprise.
- A word to precede an added comment or afterthought.
- A word to precede an offhand or annoyed remark.
- An invocation or address (similar to the vocative in languages with noun declension), often with a term of endearment.
- Expression of wonder, amazement, or awe.
- Expression of understanding, affirmation, recognition, or realization.
- Expression of pain. See ouch.
- Expression of mild scepticism.
- A word to mark a spoken phrase as imaginary.
- Exclamation for drama or emphasis (often poetic).
- Space filler or extra syllable, especially in (popular) music.
verb
noun
verb
- To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
- To fill with lies; to lie to.
- To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
- To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
- To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood.
- To give a false representation of.
verb
verb
verb
verb
- find unexpectedly
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- make a discovery, make a new finding
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- see for the first time; make a discovery
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
verb
- find unexpectedly
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- indicate (a certain time) by striking
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- stop work in order to press demands
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- attain
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- produce by ignition or a blow
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cause to experience suddenly
- drive something violently into a location
- occupy or take on
- disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- smooth with a strickle
- pierce with force
- hook by a pull on the line
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
noun
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
- a gentle blow
- a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
- a conspicuous success
noun
- Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
- A species of grasshopper, Oedaleonotus enigma.
- A riddle, or a difficult problem.
- Mysteriousness; obscurity; lack of clarity.
- The Talaud kingfisher, Todiramphus enigma.
- A rare species of moth, Heliothis enigma.
- A style of literature characterized by obscurity and hints of transcendental meaning.
- A protein with three LIM domains (a conserved cysteine- and histidine-rich structure of two adjacent zinc fingers) at the C terminus that regulates protein phosphorylation.
- Riddles and puzzles, collectively.
verb
- To send by some startling or sudden means.
- To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
- To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
- To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
- To burst out into violence.
- To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
- To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)
- To expand (blown glass) into a disc.
- To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
- To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
- To expose one's intimate body part or piece of clothing, often momentarily. (Contrast streak.)
- To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).
- To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
- To perform a flash.
- To be visible briefly.
- To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
- To make visible briefly.
- To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
- To communicate quickly.
noun
- A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
- The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
- A pool.
- Pizzazz, razzle-dazzle.
- Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
- A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
- The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.
- A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
- A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).
- A form of military insignia.
- A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
- A flashlight; an electric torch.
- The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.
- A very short amount of time.
- A tattoo flash (example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo).
- A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
adj
verb
- To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
- To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.
- To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary.
- To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.
- To run against and sink, as a vessel.
- To read quickly a list or other short text.
- To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
- To decline in quality or condition.
- To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.
- To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
- To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
verb
- To find by chance.
- To start (a fire).
- To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
- To become ignited; to take fire.
- To set fire to; to set burning.
- To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
- To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
- To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
adj
- Easy to endure or perform.
- Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
- Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
- Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
- Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
- Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
- Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
- With low viscosity.
- Easily interrupted by stimulation.
- Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
- Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
- Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
- Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
- Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
- Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
- Served with extra milk or cream.
- Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.
- Having little or relatively little actual weight; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
- Gentle; having little force or momentum.
- Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
- Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
- Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
noun
- A low-alcohol lager.
- A source of illumination.
- A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
- A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.
- A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
- A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
- A cigarette lighter.
- The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
- Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
- Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
- The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler who is receiving instructions.
- A flame or something used to create fire.
- A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
- See lights (“lungs”).
- A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
- Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, although not visible, are commonly called ultraviolet and infrared light.
- The power of perception by vision.
adv
verb
noun
- A painting.
- Situation.
- ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).
- A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
- A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
- The art of painting; representation by painting.
- An image; a representation as in the imagination.
- A figure; a model.
- A sample of an illegal drug.
- A photograph.
- A format string in the COBOL programming language.
- An attractive sight.
intj
- Used to suggest something happening suddenly and unexpectedly.
- The sound of a bass drum beating.
- Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.
- The sound of a cannon firing.
noun
- A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
- The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
- A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
- A rapid expansion or increase.
- A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
- A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
- An instance of booming.
- One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
- A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
- A microphone supported on such a pole.
- A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
- A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
- The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones are transversally mounted.
- A gymnastics apparatus similar to a balance beam.
verb
- To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
- To flourish, grow, or progress.
- To make something boom.
- To subject to a sonic boom.
- To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
- Of a Eurasian bittern, to make its deep, resonant territorial vocalisation.
- To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.
- To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
- To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
- To raise or lower with a crane boom.
verb
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