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verb
- To generate a wave.
- To swing and miss at a pitch.
- To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
- To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
- To have an undulating or wavy form.
- To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
- To produce waves to the hair.
- To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
- To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
- To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
- To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
noun
- A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands.
- One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.
- A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
- Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
- A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
- The ocean.
- A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
- A sudden, but temporary, uptick in something.
- A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.
noun
- A succession of small waves.
- A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- A quick skim through the pages of a book.
- A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.
- The act of shuffling cards; the sound made while shuffling cards.
verb
- To ruffle with a rippling action.
- To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
- To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
- To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
- To leaf through rapidly.
- To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
- To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
noun
- A T wave.
- Tuesday.
- Tenor.
- Thursday.
- The sports statistic for ties in a given period under a given criteria.
- A technical foul.
- The Ford Motor Company's Model T automobile.
- Testosterone. (Compare E, estrogen.)
- Trailer car.
- A T cell.
- A T-beam.
- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA; specifically, the subway or train.
- A T-shirt.
name
prefix
adj
- Teen.
- American Library Association abbreviation of twentieth, a book size range (12.5-15 cm in height).
- Transgender (TG) or transsexual (TS) (sometimes used in contrast to cisgender M or F; compare NB).
- Taxable.
character
noun
noun
- A very large wave.
- A poured-concrete foundation for a building.
- A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and other accessories.
- A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
- The slack part of a sail.
- A paving stone; a flagstone.
- A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.
- The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation.
- An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
- A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.
- A carton containing 24 cans (chiefly of beer).
- Part of a tectonic plate that is being, or has been, subducted.
verb
noun
- A very large wave.
- Any bird in the taxonomic family Anhimidae, endemic to South America, being large, bulky birds with a small downy head, long legs and large feet.
- A march played at the circus to arouse the crowd.
- A video that unexpectedly frightens the viewer by cutting to a loud scream and disturbing image.
- An effeminate gay man; a man who is obviously homosexual.
- An exclamation mark.
- A large, attention-getting headline.
- A healthy, vigorous person.
- A very hard hit.
- Something exceptionally good.
- A powerful shot.
- A difficult catch.
- One who screams; one who shouts; one who sings harshly.
- A particularly high mark (clean catch of a kicked ball).
noun
- The part of a wave that has not yet broken.
- An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
- The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
- A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
- A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
- The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
- A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.
- The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
- The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
- The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
- The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
- The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
- The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
- That which supports or sustains; support.
- A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
- Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
- The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
- The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
verb
- To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
- To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
- To put (something) on one's shoulders.
- To place (something) against one's shoulders.
- To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
- To accept responsibility for.
- To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
- To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
- To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
noun
- An ideal wave.
- Something to be peeled.
- A person whose job it is to peel fruit or vegetable produce.
- An edible crab that is about to shed its shell.
- A household utensil for peeling fruit or vegetables.
- Something that is peeling, about to peel, or prone to peeling.
- Someone who breaks horses.
- One who peels.
- A police officer.
- A plant which impoverishes the soil by demanding high value nutrients and so requires the use of fertilizers.
- An industrial food-processing machine for removing the peels or skins.
- A person who works by peeling the bark off trees.
- potato peeler
- A stripper; one who disrobes for entertainment.
noun
- The foamy portion of a wave.
- Dope (an illicit drug used for making horses run faster or to change their personality).
- The liquid part of such a dish; the broth.
- Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture.
- An unfortunate situation; trouble, problems (a fix, a mess); chaos.
- Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
- A serving of such a dish, typically in a bowl.
- Thick fog or cloud (also pea soup).
- Nitroglycerine or gelignite, especially when used for safe-cracking.
- A liquid or gelatinous substrate, especially the mixture of organic compounds that is believed to have played a role in the origin of life on Earth.
- Processing chemicals into which film is dipped, such as developer.
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adj
noun
- A standing wave in a rapid.
- A dish composed of a starchy food (rice, tortillas, crackers, etc.) topped by a protein (beans, cheese, meat, etc.) in combination with fresh vegetables, assembled on the plate by the diner.
- A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
- The text string within which another string is searched for. (see: needle in a haystack)
noun
- A shock wave.
- A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance.
- Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
- Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
- A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).
- A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.
- An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
- A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
- A sudden, heavy impact.
- A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
- Something so surprising that it is stunning.
- A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
verb
- To give an electric shock to.
- To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.
- To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
- To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.
- To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
adj
noun
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- the event of something being raised upward
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- a ride in a car
- the act of raising something
verb
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- move upwards
- move upward
- make audible
- cancel officially
- make off with belongings of others
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- invigorate or heighten
- raise in rank or condition
- take off or away by decreasing
- rise up
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- take illegally
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- put an end to
- remove (hair) by scalping
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- remove from a surface
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
adj
- With tall waves.
- 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).
- Most exalted; foremost.
- 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.
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.
adv
noun
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- a growth in strength or number or importance
- the act of changing location in an upward direction
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- a movement upward; rise above the ground
- the amount a salary is increased
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
- an increase in cost
- increase in price or value
verb
- move upward
- increase in value or to a higher point
- rise to one's feet
- rise up
- come to the surface
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- move to a better position in life or to a better job
- go up or advance
- become more extreme
- get up and out of bed
- rise in rank or status
- become heartened or elated
- exert oneself to meet a challenge
- take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- increase in volume
- come up, of celestial bodies
- return from the dead
noun
- A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
- The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
- The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).
- A waste receptacle.
- A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
- The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
- A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended.
- A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case
- The hollow basal part of a feather.
- A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
- Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.
- Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
- A statistic derived from launch angle and exit velocity of a ball hit in play.
verb
noun
- The roar of the surf; the sound of waves breaking on the shore.
- A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
- Synonym of crowd.
- Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.
verb
adj
noun
- The swell of the sea; a single wave; billow.
- A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.
- A large body of salt water.
- Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.
- A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.
- A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.
- A constant flux of gluons splitting into quarks, which annihilate to produce further gluons.
- The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
- A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.
- Anything resembling the vastness or turbulence of the sea.
verb
- undermine or cause to waver
- move or cause to move back and forth
- move with or as if with a tremor
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
- move back and forth or sideways
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- get rid of
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
noun
- building material used as siding or roofing
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
noun
- A wave that knocks a surfer into the water.
- One who dumps a boyfriend or girlfriend; the one of a romantic couple who terminates the relationship.
- A small vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites.
- A program that outputs the contents of storage or a data structure.
- A dropper of refuse, particularly not in landfill sites/recycling sites.
noun
- A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.
- The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; — called also knot.
- The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.
- A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane.
- A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
- A hole in the gnomon of a sundial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the Sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.
- The word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts.
- The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work.
- A region of an electric circuit connected only by (ideal) wires (i.e the voltage between any two points on the same node must be zero).
- A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
- The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.
- A leaf node.
- A computer or other device attached to a network.
- A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.
noun
- A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).
- The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
- The right side or direction.
- That which complies with justice, law or reason.
- The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
- The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
- A legal, just or moral entitlement.
- The right hand or fist.
adv
- In a correct manner.
- According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
- Immediately, directly.
- On the right side.
- Towards the right side.
- Exactly, precisely.
- Very, extremely, quite.
intj
- I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion).
- Yes, that is correct; I agree.
- Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
- Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.
- Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
verb
- To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
- To set upright.
- To return to normal upright position.
- To correct.
adj
- Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.
- Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →
- Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true.
- Healthy, sane, competent.
- Real; veritable (used emphatically).
- Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
- Designed to be placed or worn outward.
- Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
- Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
- Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
- All right; not requiring assistance.
noun
- A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).
- The left side or direction.
- The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.
- A punch delivered with the left fist.
- The left hand or fist.
adv
adj
- Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river.
- Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
- Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
adj
noun
noun
noun
- Creation of a complex waveform by summation of simpler waveforms.
- The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
- The combination of thesis and antithesis.
- The reunion of parts that have been divided.
- An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.
- The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
- A deduction from the general to the particular.
- In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.
- The uniting of ideas into a sentence.
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