motley
miscellanea
miscellany
mixed bag
variety
mixture
potpourri
assortment
salmagundi
smorgasbord
oddments
omnium-gatherum
hodgepodge
mingle-mangle
ragbag
mishmash
farrago
compendium
oddment
selection
zoo
trove
set
bunching
grab bag
Whitman's sampler
collage
medley
lodge
sundry
family grouping
item set
dance card
array
fully-stocked
junk
cluster
anthology
clustering
clump
bunch
bric-a-brac
lot
caboodle
stack
shopping list
junkheap
cumulus
mound
bits and bats
pile
heap
odds and sods
cumulation
agglomerate
stromatic
catalogue
arrangement
treasure
bill of goods
cladome
bagful
olla podrida
many and varied
let me count the ways
flotsam and jetsam
mixed
catena
miscellaneous
assorted
armoury
complex
armory
inventory
job lot
hotlist
pack
bits and bobs
subcollection
fleet
diverse
vari-
laundry list
expo
rummage
gallery
exhibition
exposition
sundry
fully-stocked
stromatic
motley
mixed
miscellaneous
assorted
diverse
motley
miscellanea
miscellany
mixed bag
variety
mixture
potpourri
assortment
salmagundi
smorgasbord
oddments
omnium-gatherum
hodgepodge
mingle-mangle
ragbag
mishmash
farrago
compendium
oddment
selection
zoo
trove
set
bunching
grab bag
Whitman's sampler
collage
medley
lodge
family grouping
item set
dance card
array
junk
cluster
anthology
clustering
clump
bunch
bric-a-brac
lot
caboodle
stack
shopping list
junkheap
cumulus
mound
bits and bats
pile
heap
odds and sods
cumulation
agglomerate
catalogue
arrangement
treasure
bill of goods
cladome
bagful
olla podrida
flotsam and jetsam
catena
armoury
complex
armory
inventory
job lot
hotlist
pack
bits and bobs
subcollection
fleet
laundry list
expo
rummage
gallery
exhibition
exposition
noun
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
- a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
adj
- consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
verb
noun
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- noticeable heterogeneity
- (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
- a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- a difference that is usually pleasant
noun
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
- any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
- an event that combines things in a mixture
- the act of mixing together
noun
- A varied collection (of items).
- A part of something that is left over, such as a piece of cloth.
- A person who does not fit in with others or is considered to be strange in some way.
- A part of a book that is not a portion of the text, such as the title, index, etc. (usually plural).
- Something strange or unusual.
- An item that was originally part of a set but is sold individually; an excess item of stock.
- Something that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.
- A remaining number or amount (after a calculation).
noun
- A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ
- The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ
- The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ
- A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
- A musical piece.
- Something selected.
- The process or act of selecting.
- A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ
- A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
noun
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- Set theory.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- An object made up of several parts.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
verb
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To adjust.
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
adj
noun
- A collection of objects lodged together.
- A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
- The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt.
- An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.
- A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
- A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
- A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
- A local chapter of a trade union.
- A den or cave.
- The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
- A family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons.
verb
- To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
- To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
- To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
- To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
- To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
- To drive (an animal) to covert.
- To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.
- To firmly fix in a specified position.
- To stay in any place or shelter.
- To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
adj
- Consisting of an assortment of different kinds; miscellaneous.
- Of various types, especially when numerous; diverse, varied.
- More than one or two but not very many; a number of, several.
adv
noun
- A minor miscellaneous item.
- Synonym of extra (“a run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat”)
- A food item eaten as an accompaniment to a meal; a side dish; also, such an item eaten on its own as a light meal.
pron
noun
- A group of related items.
- A group of individuals who are related by blood and/or by marriage.
- The method in which individuals are grouped together into families that live together.
- The system of grouping children of differing ages together, used primarily at the preschool level.
- A taxonomic grouping at the family level.
- The strategy of putting related inventory items together.
- A group of family members who are posed together.
noun
- A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
- A large collection.
- A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
- A militia.
- An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
- Clothing and ornamentation.
- A microarray.
- A group of hedgehogs.
- Common name for matrix.
- Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
- Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
verb
noun
- A collection of miscellaneous items of little value.
- A Chinese sailing vessel.
- The genitalia, especially of a male.
- Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash, garbage.
- Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.
- Salt beef.
- Pieces of old cable or cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.
- Nonsense; gibberish.
- Material or resources of a kind lacking commercial value.
verb
noun
- any collection in its entirety
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
verb
noun
- An extensive collection
- A combination of interdependent, yet individually replaceable, software components or technologies used together on a system.
- A fall or crash, a prang.
- A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.
- A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
- A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
- A large amount of an object.
- An implementation of a protocol suite (set of protocols forming a layered architecture).
- A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
- A vertical drainpipe.
- Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
- A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
- The amount of money a player has on the table.
- The quantity of a given item which fills up an inventory slot or bag.
- A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
- A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
- A smokestack.
- A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
- A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
- A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
- A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
- A linear data structure in which items inserted are removed in reverse order (the last item inserted is the first one to be removed).
verb
- To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
- To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.
- To collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.
- To operate cumulatively.
- To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.
- To crash; to fall.
- To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
- To have excessive ink transfer.
- To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
noun
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
- a small natural hill
- structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
- the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
verb
noun
noun
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
- a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
- a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
verb
noun
- A complete (usually alphabetical) list of items.
- A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
- A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.
- A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc.
- A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.
- A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.
- A list of all the publications in a library.
verb
phrase
noun
- A collection of miscellaneous items or fragments of little importance.
- That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally).
- The remains of a shipwreck still floating in the water.
- People considered to be of little worth.
noun
- An assemblage of related things; a collection.
- A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
- A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.
- A problem.
- An abnormal mental condition caused by repressed emotions.
- A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
- A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
- An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
- A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
- A complex number.
- A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
- A network of interconnected systems.
verb
adj
- A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
- Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
- Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
- Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
- Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
- Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
noun
- a complete collection of similar things
- a large indefinite quantity
- a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
- an association of criminals
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- a group of hunting animals
- a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
- a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
- a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
verb
- arrange in a container
- fill to capacity
- compress into a wad
- carry, as on one's back
- set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- press tightly together or cram
- hike with a backpack
- press down tightly
- seal with packing
- have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
- load with a pack
- treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
noun
- Any group of associated items.
- A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
- Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.
- An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.
- A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
- A large, coordinated group of people.
- A group of vessels or vehicles.
adj
- Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
- Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
verb
- To flee, to escape, to speed away.
- To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
- To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
- To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
- To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
- To move or change in position.
- To take the cream from; to skim.
- To evanesce, disappear, die out.
adj
- Consisting of many different elements; various.
- Capable of various forms; multiform.
- Composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics in terms of, for example, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc., and having a sizeable representation of people that are minorities in a given area.
- Belonging to a minority group.
- Different; dissimilar; distinct; not the same
adv
prefix
noun
- A disorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble.
- A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship.
- A thorough search, usually resulting in disorder.
- The act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage.
verb
- To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.
- To search a vessel for smuggled goods.
- To arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.
- To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.
noun
- A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
- An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
- A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side
- A part of a monocle, a projection off the ring holding the lens, which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.
- The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
- The spectators of an event, collectively.
- The production control room.
- The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.
- The, often elevated and in the rear, part of a courtroom where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
- A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.
- An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art.
- A level or drive in a mine.
- A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
verb
noun
- a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
- a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic
- an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse
- (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur
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