GLOSSARY

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01-Abhor: hate

02-accolade: praise; approval

03-angular: awkward: e.g: an angular gait; bony and lean

04-anfractious: winding; tortuous

05-anchorite: (n) hermit; recluse

06-anguine: snakelike

07-anile; of or like an old woman

08-anodyne: relaxing

09-apace: swiftly

10-anserine: stupid; silly; foolish

11-apothegm: maxim; proverb

12-apposite: fitting; suitable

13-augean: very filthy

14-adjourn: postpone

15-adroit: cunning

16-aghast: horror-stricken

17-abase: humiliate

18-abash: disconcert

19-abate: lessen; subtract

20-adamant: unyielding; firm in purpose or opinion

21-adust: burned; scorched; gloomy

22-aflatus: inspiration

23-aggie: a playing marble

24-ai: a sloth

25-amerce: punish by imposing an arbitrary penalty

26-ancillary: subordinate (adj); a servant

27-argosy: a large merchant ship

28-arraign: charge

29-admonish: rebuke; reprimand; reproach

30-assent: accede; acquiesce; concur

31-assert: asseverate; aver; avow

32-angle: fish

33-ailing: sick

34-assail: attack violently

35-ambry: storeroom or cupboard

36-ascertain: discover; find out

37-backlash: revolt; reaction

38-baste: beat

39-bauble: trinkets

40-bate: (v) strife; contention

41-beaker: big drinking cup

42-bearing: behavior

43-bashful: shy

44-ballsy: tough and courageous

45-bedeck: adorn

46-bedlam: madhouse

47-bailout: financial rescue

48-bellow: moo

49-bequest: legacy

50-beleaguer: besiege

51-bestow: give

52-bigotry; fanaticism

53-billow: big wave

54-blanch: to pale

55-bleak: dreary

56-bleary: blurred

56-blemish: blot; stain; blotch

57-blissful: happy

58-blithe: joyous; joyful

59-bluff: mislead; hoodwink; a steep cliff; gruff

60-bolt: to gulp; eat hurriedly; run away

61-bootlegger: smuggler

62-bout: period; spell

63-brawl: fight

64-bray: neigh

65-bridegroom: fiancé

66-brigand: an outlaw or bandit

67-brimstone: sulphur

68-brisket: the chest of an animal

69-broil: brawl

70-browse: graze on: to scan

71-bucket: pail

72-bum: vagrant; tush; heinie; of poor quality; unfair; unpleasant; defective

73-botch: bungle

74-bunk: stopper

75-burnish: polish

76-blotch: an irregularly shaped spot

77-broach: bring up a topic for discussion; e.g.: broach a subject.

78-bootless: fruitless; e.g.: a bootless effort

79-borderline: indeterminate; dubious; e.g.: a borderline case of paranoia

80-bandeau: a narrow band for the hair

81-bougie: a wax candle

82-bantling: (uk) infant or young child

83-beadsman: an almsman; beggar

84-beldam: an old woman, particularly an ugly one

85-blatherskite: a worthless person; a deadbeat; nonsense or blather

86-brabble: to contest noisily; squabble

87-brouhaha: an uproar; a hubbub

88-buckshee: free of charge

89-bunco: a confidence game; brigand

90-bungling: incompetent; inept; incompetence

91-bunkum: (sl) senseless talk

92-cachet: a seal on a letter or document. A mark or quality: a profession with a cachet of glamour and prestige.

93-cachou: a pastille used to sweeten the breath.

94-cackle: the cry of a hen. Shrill, brittle laughter, foolish chatter.

95-cad: an ungentlemanly man

96-caddie: an attendant to a golfer

97-caddy: a small box or other container, esp. one for holding tea.

98-cadge: beg or get by begging.

99-caftan: a full-length tunic

100-cairn: a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path

101-caitiff: a cowardly and despicable person

102-cagey: careful, wary, shrewd

103-calamus: the sweet flag

104-calash: a carriage. A woman’s folding bonnet

105-callote; a skullcap

106-callow: immature

107-camel: a device used to raise a sunken vessel

108-canard: a deliberately misleading fabrication

109-camp: having unsuitable feminine qualities. E.g.: a camp man

110-canny: clever, cagey

111-cantankerous: ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable

112-caper: skip; a wild escapade or prank; a criminal plot or enterprise

113-chaff: banter,

114-chary: cautious

115-cheeky: impudent; saucy; insolent

116-craven: coward

117-chink: cranny

118-condone: forgive

119-cluster: group: a cluster of admirers.

120-crackdown: repression

121-capacious: spacious

122-canvass: a survey of public opinion

123-cant: inclination, slant, slope. Argot, jargon

124-carboy: a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container

125-carhop: a waiter at a drive-in restaurant

126-carnet: a collection of public transport tickets in the form of a booklet, usually sold at a discount. A customs permit, or other type of permit

127-carp: find fault and complain constantly

128-carouse: drink excessively; boisterous, drunken merrymaking

129-carping: naggingly critical or complaining

130-carrel: a nook near the stacks in a library, used for private study

131-cavil: raise trivial objections

132-cavort: play boisterously. E.g.: "The children cavorted in the garden"

133-claque: a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance

134-chagrin: to vex; to mortify

135-chafe: injury or wear caused by friction; vexation

136-chaff: make fun of

137-chaffer: haggle or barter

138-chaise: a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse

139-champaign: open countryside

140-chandelier: a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse. "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"

141-chandler: a person who makes or sells candles.

142-chap: a cleft, crack, or chink as in the surface of the earth or in the skin

143-chapfallen: crestfallen, dejected

144-chappy: cleft; gaping; open; dry (skin)

145-char: burn slightly; burn something to charcoal

146-charade: pretense

147-charger: a large horse; a large platter

148-chasten: punish; purify

149-chastise: punish

150-chattel: personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)

151-cheesy: of very poor quality; flimsy. Effusively or insincerely emotional: "a cheesy novel"

152-chevy: annoy continually or chronically: "This man chevies his female co-workers"

153-chicane: trick; deceive. A bridge hand that is void of trumps

154-chichi: showy

155-chide: scold; reprimand

156-chiffon: a sheer fabric of silk or rayon: "a thin chiffon blouse"

157-chine: spine; backbone

158-chink: a short metallic sound

159-chintzy: gaudy; trashy; cheap

160-chip: cheep, as a bird

161-chipper: cheerful, pert

162-chit: check; a child, esp. a pert girl

163-chippy: the chipping sparrow; (sl) whore

164-chop: quality: first chop. Swerve, as a ship in the wind

165-choppers: (sl) false teeth. A motorcycle, esp. one that is customized

166-choppy: rough with small waves: "choppy seas"

167-chuff: a rude insensitive person

168-chum: an intimate friend

169-chump: a blockhead; dolt

170-churl: a rude, boorish person. A niggard

171-circumvent: Encircle as a military tactic: "The Turks circumvented Vienna".

Beat through cleverness and wit: "She circumvented her competitors". Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues): "They tend to circumvent their responsibilities"

172-cittern: A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings

173-clabber: sour, curdled milk. Curdle

174-clamber: climb with difficulty. An awkward climb: "reaching the crest was a real clamber"

175-claque: a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance

176-claret: dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine

177-clatter: a rattling noise; a loud disturbance; noisy talk

178-clavus: corn (foot)

179-cliffhanger: a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end. An episode that ends in suspense

180-clique: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose. Coterie

181-clobber: hit or bash severely

182-clod: a compact mass: "a clod of mud caught him on the shoulder".

An awkward stupid person. Ground, earth

183-clodpoll: a stupid fellow; a dolt

184-clog: become or cause to become obstructed: "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall". Footwear usually with wooden soles

185-clot: a stupid or clumsy person

186-clough: a cliff. A rocky precipice

187-clout: influence: "the chairman's nephew has a lot of clout". (boxing) a blow with the fist

188-cluck: the sound made by a hen

189-clump: A grouping of a number of similar things: "a clump of trees".

Come together as in a cluster or flock: "The poets clump in this town every summer"

190-clunker: someone who is unsuccessful. A failure: "the first experiment was a real clunker". Jalopy: "the fenders had fallen off that old clunker"

191-clutch: grasp: "She clutched her purse".

192-clutter: muddle; scramble

193-coax: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering: "He coaxed her into going along"

194-cob: male swan; a shorted-legged horse.

195-cobbler: one who mends boots or shoes; a deep-dish fruit pie with a thick top crust. Tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit

196-cocker: pamper, spoil, coddle

197-cocky: conceited

198-codger: an amusingly eccentric, grumpy or old-fashioned old man

199-cog: a subordinate who performs an important but routine function

200-cohort: supporter, follower: Lula and his cohorts are afraid. group

201-coil: disturbance; fuss

202-collate: compare critically; of texts

203-colleen: an Irish girl

204-collop: a part or piece of anything; a portion. A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh

205-collude: conspire: "The two companies colluded to cause the value of the stock to fall"

206-commune: Communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity: "He seemed to commune with nature"

207-con: learn by heart: the student was trying to con

208-concuss: injure the brain

209-condign: deserved, adequate: condign censure

210-condone: Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with: "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"

211-conflagration:  a very intense and uncontrolled fire

212-conflate: combine: "The colours conflate well"

213-confute: prove to be false: "The physicist confuted his colleagues' theories"

214-conk: halt: "the car conked in the driveway". Hit, especially on the head: "The stranger conked him and he fainted"

215-contraption: gadget

216-connive: conspire, plot, scheme: the dealers connived with customs officials to bring in narcotics

217-contrite: rueful, ruthful: "The court heard that he was contrite and bitterly regretted his actions"

218-contrive: plan, devise: "They contrived to murder their boss"

219-conundrum: riddle, enigma.

220-convolute: Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive: "Don't convolute my words"

221-cony: rabbit; pica

222-concourse: throng; a wide hallway in a building where people can walk

223-coolie: an unskilled oriental laborer

224-cooper: a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs

225-coop: a farm building for housing poultry

226-cope: a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions

227-copse: brushwood, thicket, coppice: "an interposing copse blocked their way"

228-copycat: imitator, emulator

229-cormorant: rapacious, greedy

230-corporal: a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines

231-corsair: a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)

232-cosher: coddle; pamper

233-cosset: pamper; pet: "grandparents often cosset the children"

234-costive: suffering from constipation; sluggish; stingy

235-cote: a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)

236-cotillion: quadrille

237-cotta: a short surplice worn in some churches

238-coupe: a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment

239-couth: suave; knowledgeable

240-cove: a small inlet; Small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain

241-covey: a small collection of people; small flock of grouse or partridge

242-cowl: bonnet; hood: "there are powerful engines under the cowls of new cars"

243-cozen: deceive; lead on: "they cozen themselves with vain hopes and wishes"

244-crabbed: ill-tempered; hard to understand: crabbed writings

245-crabby: grouchy

246-crank: a bad-tempered person; crackpot

247-cranky: peevish; odd; eccentric; crooked (road)

248-cranny; crevice; fissure

249-crape: small very thin pancake; a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface

250-crass: coarse

251-craven: a coward

252-crackdown: repression

253-cul-de-sac: blind alley

254-creaky: decapitated; decrepit

255-creek: a small stream

256-creel: a wicker basket (used for carrying fish)

257-crib: a stall for cattle; a wicker basket.

258-crick: a painful cramp, as in the back or neck

259-crimp: obstruct; hamper

260-crimpy: wavy

261-cringe: cower

262-crisp: invigorating: crisp autumn air

263-crock: an earthenware vessel

264-croft: a small farm, esp. tenant farm

265-crone: a withered, witchlike old woman

266-crony: a close friend

267-cropper: heavy fall; tumble

268-crosscut: short cut

269-crotchet: an odd, whimsical, or stubborn notion

270-crotchety: capriciously stubborn or eccentric; perverse

271-crouch: cause to bend low as in fear or humility

272-croup: a pathological condition; the rump of certain animals

273-crouton: a small crisp piece of toasted or fried bread

274-crummy (crumby) (sl) miserable or wretched; shabby or cheap

275-crus: shank

276-cruse: a small jar or pot for holding water, wine or oil

277-cuddy: a small room or cupboard

278-cull; select; collect

279-culver: a dove; pigeon

280-cumshaw: a tip; gratuity

281-cur: mongrel

282-currish: snarling; bad-tempered

283-cuvette: a small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides

284-dab: tap gently; pat; a small amount: a dab of jelly. A quick light pat

285-daffy: silly; foolish; crazy

286-dainty: delicacy; exquisite

287-daft: mad; foolish

288-dais: a raised platform

289-dalliance: frivolous spending of time; flirtation

290-dally: flirt; waste time

291-dander: anger or temper

292-dampen: depress: dampen one’s spirits

293-dandy: fop(pish)

294-dandle: pamper or pet

295-dapper: neatly dressed; trim

296-darn: damn

297-dastard: coward

298-dashing: spirited; splendid: a dashing coat

299-debar: forbid; hinder; prevent

300-debonair: suave; urbane; affable

301-debouch: emerge or issue

302-debug: locate and correct errors in a computer program code. "debug this program"

303-decry: depreciate: decry the currency.

304-decumbent: reclining; lying down

305-deem: judge: I deem it advisable to flee

306-defile: corrupt; pollute

307-defer: postpone: let’s defer the exam

308-deflagrate: burn with great heat and intense light

309-deft: adroit

310-defray: pay

311-defuse: make less dangerous or tense: defuse an international crisis

312-degauss: demagnetize: "they degaussed the ship"

313-dejected: depressed

314-delict: a misdemeanor

315-delve: search carefully and laboriously

316-demeanor: deportment

317-demesne: estate

318-demote: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank: "She was demoted because she always speaks up"

319-demur: object; delay

320-demure: coy

321-dense: stupid

322-dependable: trustworthy

323-depot: a railroad or bus station; warehouse

324-derogate: belittle; minimize: "Don't derogate his influence"

325-desultory: purposeless; "the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties"

326-despondent: without or almost without hope: "despondent about his failure"

327-descry: see; discover;

328-dibble: a wooden hand tool with a pointed end

329-dicey: chancy; risky

330-dickens: deuce; devil

331-dicker: bargain; barter

332-dickey: a man’s detachable shirt front; a child’s bib or pinafore; a donkey

333-diddle: cheat; swindle; waste time

334-dig: a poke or punch; a sarcastic remark; gibe

335-ding: ring; clang

336-dinghy: a small boat

337-dingle: a small, wooded valley; dell.

338-dingy: dirty

339-dinky: insignificant

340-dink (sl) dick

341-dint: force or effort, exertion. succeed by dint of hard work

342-dippy: foolish (sl)

343-dirge: a funeral hymn or lament

344-dirk: dagger

345-dither: an excited state of agitation: he was in a dither

346-ditty: a simple song

347-diss: affront, insult. criticize

348-dobbin: workhorse

349-docker: a longshoreman; a dock worker

350-docket: abstract

351-dodder: shake or tumble as of old age. totter

352-dollop: a small measure (usually of food)

353-doddered: infirm or feeble.

354-dodge: avoid. kept dodging her questions.

355-dodger: trickster; a small printed handbill

356-domino: a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume. A mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes.

357-dot: dowry

358-dory: a small fishing boat

359-doughty: valiant

360-dowse: put out (fire, light); immerse

361-doxy: (sl) a loose woman; a paramour

362-doyen: the eldest member of a group.

363-drab: dreary; a slattern; a whore.

364-drabbet: a coarse linen fabric

365-draggy: dull and listless

366-dreadnought: a heavily armed battleship

367-dreary: dismal or bleak; boring or dull: dreary tasks.

368-dredge: come up with; unearth: dredge up bitter memories.

A power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed. (cooking) cover before cooking: "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it".

369-dregs: trash; a small amount; residue.

370-dressing: manure used to dress soil.

371-drivel: slobber; drool; senseless talk.

372-driver: golf club

373-drogue: a sea anchor

374-dross: worthless or dangerous material that should be removed. Slag. Scoria.

375-drossy: worthless.

376-droit: a legal right

377-drupe; a stone fruit

378-droll: comical in an odd or whimsical manner

379-drowse: to be half-asleep

380-drub: thrash with a stick; pound; throb

381-dub: to confer knighthood. To name; to entitle; to call.

382-duds: clothing; personal belongings.

383-duck: evade; dodge: duck responsability. heavy cotton or linen fabric: he was wearing ducks.

384-duff: a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron. [N. Amer] (informal) buttocks

385-duffer: an incompetent or dullwitted person

386-dull: sluggish: now business is getting duller and duller. overcast: the sky is getting duller.

387-dumpy: short and stout; squat; depressed or discontented

388-dungaree: a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric

389-dungeon: prison

390-dustup: a row; argument

391-effete: infertile; wornout; effeminate.

392-eidolon: a phantom

393-elate; joyful

394-enate: related on the mother's side: "my enate grandmother".

395-encroach: advance beyond the usual limit. Have a negative effect on, esp. by somehow restricting; infringe upon: "This encroaches on my rights as an individual"

396-enfeoff: surrender or give up

397-engaging: charming

398-ennui: boredom

399-equable: steady; serene: equable temper

400-ersatz: subtitute; artificial

401-eschew: avoid; shun

402-exquisite: intense; keen: exquisite pain.

403-fag: drudge; to toil

404-famulus: a close attendant

405-fanciful: unreal; imaginative

406-fancy: highly decorated: a fancy hat. fine; a fancy preserve. excessive: a fancy price.

407-fare: proceed or get along. "How is she faring in her new job?"

408-fastidious: exacting

409-fawn: a young deer

410-faze: disconcert

411-fealty: faithfulness; allegiance

412-fell: fierce; lethal; the hide of an animal; pelt

413-felon: a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail

414-ferret: hound or harry relentlessly

415-fen: bog

416-fib: an inconsequential lie

417-fiend: demon

418-fickle: capricious

419-filibuster: a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes

420-fillip: stimulus

421-filch: steal

422-filly: young mare

423-finicky: exacting especially about details. "a finicky eater"

424-fink: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police. Take the place of work of someone on strike

425-fizz: effervescent beverage

426-fizzle: fiasco. fail or die out

427-flabby: flaccid

428-flack: a press agent

429-flagging: drooping; languid; weakened

430-flagon: a large vessel for holding wine or other liquids

431-flail: an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing. Give a thrashing to; beat hard

432-flair: knack: a flair for painting.

433-flak: abusive criticism; dissention; opposition

434-flake: chip; bit; (sl)oddball

435-flam: a lie or hoax; deception; nonsense.

436-flambeau: a lighted torch

437-flamboyant: ornate; resplendent

438-flan: open pastry filled with fruit or custard

439-flapjack: pancake

440-flap: move noisily: "flags flapped in the strong wind". Move with a thrashing motion: "The bird flapped its wings". An excited state of agitation: "there was a terrible flap about the theft"

441-flashy: cheap and showy; gaudy

442-flat: fixed; a flat rate

443-flat-out: out-and-out; thoroughgoing

444-flatter: a hammer used by blacksmiths

445-flatus: fart

446-flaunt: show off: flaunt one's knowledge

447-flaw: a brief gust of wind; a squall

448-fleer: smark in contempt or derision

449-fleet: rapid

450-fleshpot: physical well-being and gratification

451-flip: marked by disrespect: impertinent; indifferent

452-flim-flam: nonsense

453-flivver: an old and cheap car

454-flout: scorn; insult

455-flub: botch or bungle

456-flue: pipe

457-fluke: a stroke of good luck

458-fluky: uncertain: a fluky wind

559-flume: a narrow gorge with a stream running through it

460-flummery: meaningless flattery or nonsense

461-flurry: a sudden gust of wind; a light snowfall

462-fluster: make or become upset

463-flux: fluctuation; change: plans in a state of flux

464-fop: dandy

465-forbear: resist: forbore replying

466-foray: a venture or initial attempt: his foray into politics

467-founder: to go lame (horses)

468-four-flush: bluff

469-fracas: brawl

470-frail: weak; a rush basket for holding fruit.

471-fraise: a barrier or defense of pointed stakes or barbed wire

472-fray: a scuffle or brawl; to strain; chafe: nerves frayed by noise

473-frazzle: irritate; nervous exhaustion: worn to a frazzle

474-freckle: a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin

475-fret: agitate

476-fretful: peevish

477-friable: brittle

478-fribble: waste time. Fritter away; frivolous person

479-frieze: a coarse, shaggy woolen cloth with an uncut nap

480-frippery: ostentation

481-froe: an iron cleaver or splitting tool

482-frosh: (inf) a freshman

483-froward: obstinate

484-frowzy: slovenly; musty

485-frump: a dull, plain, unfashionable girl

486-fuddle: intoxicate, tipple, drink

487-fuddyduddy: one who is old-fashioned and fussy

488-fudge: nonsense; humbug

489-fulmar: a guul-like bird

490-funk: panic; a cowardly person

491-furbish: polish

492-fusty: moldy; old-fashioned

493-fyke: a fishing net

494-fylfot: a swastika

495-gad: a spike or other pointed tool for breaking rock or ore

496-gage: pledge; challenge

497-gaggle: a flock of geese. Make a noise characteristic of a goose

498-galvanize: to arise to awareness or action; spur

499-gam: a school of whales; a person's leg(sl)

500-gamble: to bet

501-gambol: to frolic

502-game: crippled; lame; plucky; resolute

503-gammon: a smoked ham

504-gamy: plucky; scandalous; disreputable

505-gape: yawn

506-garble: distort: the radio operator garbled the message completely

507-gargle: rinse or medicate

508-garish: gaudy; loud and flashy: garish make-up

509-garland: wreath

510-garner: a granary; gather, amass

511-garret: attic

512-gat: channel

513-garrote: strangulation

514-gauntlet: a challenge; fling down the gauntlet

515-genial: kindly

516-gaunt: thin and bony

517-gauze: a mist or haze

518-gawk: an awkward, loutish person

519-germane: pertinent

520-gherkin: small prickly cucumber

521-ghat: stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water

522-ghoul: a grave robber

523-gibber: prattle and chatter unintelligibly

524-gibberish: prattle

525-gibbous: protuberant; humpbacked

526-gibbet: gallows

527-gibe: scoff

528-giblet: the heart, liver or gizzard of a fowl.

529-gig: a fast, light rowboat; two-wheeled carriage

530-gimlet: a small tool for boring holes; a cocktail made with vodka and lime juice

531-gimmick: a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident: "it sounds good but what's the gimmick?". Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known: "she eased the ball-shaped gimmick back into its socket". Any clever manoeuvre: "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen".

532-gimp: a limping gait. A person who limps; spirit, pep. (sl)

533-gin: a machine for hoisting or moving heavy objects. A pile driver

534-gingerly: cautious

535-gin mill (sl)saloon

536-girth: circumference

537-gist: essence

538-glade: an open space in a forest

539-gladiate: sword-shaped, as a leaf

540-glair: raw egg white used in sizing or glazing

541-glance: shine briefly; glint; graze: "the baseball glanced the fence; deflection

542-glare: a sheet or surface of ice

543-glean: collect bit by bit

544-glen: a valley

545-glib: marked by lack of intellectual depth: "glib generalizations"; "a glib response to a complex question". Having only superficial plausibility: "glib promises". Artfully persuasive in speech: "a glib tongue".

546-gloaming: dusk; twilight

547-glister: glisten

548-glitz: (sl) flashiness

549-gloat: dwell on with satisfaction. Gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy. Malicious satisfaction

550-glogg: scandinavian punch made of claret and aquavit with spices and raisins and orange peel and sugar

551-glop: (sl) a messy mixture, as of food

552-gloze: minimize

553-gnar: snarl; growl

554-gnarl: a protruding knot on a tree

555-gnome: aphorism

556-gob: a small piece or lump

557-gobbler: a male turkey

558-goblet: a drinking glass

559-gore: a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails

560-gormandize: eat (devour) gluttonously

561-gourmand: a person who delights in eating well and heartily

562-grab: an Oriental coastal vessel

563-grabby: greedy

564-grail: chalice

565-granary: a building for storing threshed grain

566-grapnel: a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope. A light anchor for small boats

567-grasping: avaricious

568-graupel: precipitation consisting of pellets of snow

569-grisly: gruesome

570-gritty: plucky

571-groom: prepare; "I may groom your fiancee for Congress."

572-grovel: show submission or fear: "artists are expected to grovel, aren't they?"

573-grub: drudge: grub for a living.

574-grubby: dirty, unkempt

575-gruel: a thin, watery porridge

576-grueling: demanding and exhausting: "a grueling hike"

577-gruesome: shocking; a gruesome murder.

578-gruff: stern: a gruff reply. Hoarse, harsh: a gruff voice

579-grum: morose, glum

580-grump: a complaining person.

581-gullet: the throat

582-gullible: easily duped

583-gutsy: plucky

584-guttersnipe: a street urchin

585-gyp: swindle

586-hack: cut: hack millions of the budget. (inf) manage: couldn't hack a second job.

A rough dry cough. Hackney, jade, hireling.

587-hackney: hire out; trite

588-haft: a handle or hilt, esp. a handle of a tool or a weapon

589-hag: a witch; sorceress

590-haggard: gaunt; uncontrolled, appearing worn and exhausted

591-haggle: bargain, dicker

592-halcyon: calm; prosperous: golden halcyon years

593-halt: waver; limp or hobble

594-hangdog: a despicable or sneaky person. Shamefaced or guilty

595-hanker: crave

596-hanky: handkerchief

597-hark: listen attentively

598-harlot: whore

599-harpy: a predatory person; a shrewd woman

600-harrier: a hawk; a hound

601-harrowing: agonizing: a harrowing experience

602-hash: a jumble or hodgepodge

603-havoc: devastation; destroy or pillage; chaos: a wild party that created havoc in the house

604-hawker: peddler

605-haywire: broken

606-heady: intoxicating: a heady success. A heady perfume. Obstinate

607-hearty: a good fellow; a sailor

608-heavy: villain

609-hebdomad: week

610-heckle: badger

611-heehaw: bray; guffaw

612-heel: list (ship)

613-heeltap: a small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking. One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.

614-hinge: a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend: "his absence is the hinge of our plan"

615-heft: weight

616-hellbender: a large salamander

617-hellcat: vixen

618-helot: a serf, bondsman

619-hickey: pimple; gadget

620-hideous: repulsive

621-hiemal: of winter

622-hirsine: of goat

623-highball: a railroad signal indicating full speed ahead. Move ahead at full speed

624-hind: posterior: hind legs. A female red deer. A fish

625-hindmost: last

626-hirsute: hairy

627-hoary: very old; ancient

628-hoax: an act intended to trick

629-hob: a hobgoblin; sprite or elf

630-hobble: limp

631-hobbledehoy: a gawky adolescent boy

632-hobby: a small falcon

633-hobo: a tramp; vagrant

634-hobnob: socialize with, esp. with people of higher class or status: "He hobnobs with the best of society"

635-hocus: deceive

636-hocus-pocus: a trick; a deception or chicanery

637-hod: a coal scuttle

638-hoe-down: a square dance

639-hogan: an earth-covered Navaho dwelling

640-ho-hum: boring and conventional: a ho-hum teacher

641-hokey-pokey: chicanery; hocus-pocus

642-hokum: nonsense

643-holster: a sheath (usually leather) for carrying a handgun. A belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools

644-hominy: hulled corn with the bran and germ remove

645-holler: yell or shout

646-hoity-toity: pompous; light-headed; flighty

647-hone: make perfect or complete: "hone your French in Paris!". A whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors. Sharpen with a hone: "hone a knife". Perfect: hone a writing style. Whine or moan. Hanker

648-hooch: alcoholic liquor; marijuana. (sl) A dwelling esp, a thatched hut

649-hoodoo: voodoo; bad luck

650-hoodwink: trick

651-hoosegow: (sl) jail

652-hostler: stableman

653-hose: stockings; socks

654-houri: a voluptuous and pretty woman

655-hoyden: a high-spirited, often boisterous girl or woman

656-hubble-bubble: a hookah

657-huckster: peddler; hawker; a mean, deceptive person

658-huff: pique

659-hugger-mugger: muddle; secrecy

660-hullaballoo: uproar

661-humbug: hoax; deceive

662-humdrum: monotonous

663-hummock: knoll

664-hunch: an impression that something might be the case. The act of bending yourself into a humped position

665-hunker: crouch

666-husbandman: farmer

667-hussy: a saucy girl

668-hype: (sl) deception

669-imbibe: drink

670-imbrue: stain or saturate

671-impale: pierce with a sharp stake or point: "impale a shrimp on a skewer". Kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole: "the enemies were impaled and left to die"

672-impart: bestow: impart advice.

673-impend: be imminent or about to happen: "changes are impending"

674-impress: (crime) Take (someone) against their will for compulsory service, especially on board of a ship: "the men were impressed after being drugged"

675-impinge: collide or strike: sound waves impinge on the eardrum. Encroach, trespass: impinging on my privacy.

676-imprecate: curse

677-inane: empty: an empty comment

678-incense: infuriate

679-inception: commencement

680-inchoative: initial

681-incur: make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to: "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health". Get, receive

682-incubus: nightmare

683-indemnity: protection against future loss. Legal exemption from liability for damages. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

684-indenture: formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt

685-indict: to charge

686-inept: foolish; inappropriate

687-ineffable: indescribable: ineffable delight

688-ingle: a fireplace

689-inhume: inter; bury

690-iniquity: sin; gross injustice

691-inimical; adverse; hostile

692-inkhorn: pedantic; recondite: inkhorn words

693-inkling: a hint or intimation; a vague idea

694-intermate; annouce; proclaim

695-inveigh: protest vehemently

696-inveigle: Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering: "He inveigled her into going along"

697-involute: complex

698-jabber: talk rapidly or idly

699-jack: a man who serves as a sailor.

700-jackboot: an aggressive totalitarian

701-jade: nag; a shrewish woman

702-jactitation: self-praise, boasting; (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law);

(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness

703-jaeger: a huntsman or hunting attendant

704-jalousie; a blind or shutter having adjustable horizontal slats for regulating the passage of air

705-jamboree: a noisy celebration

706-jam session: a highly informal discussion

707-jape: joke or quip; make sport of

708-jar: clash: we ourselves often jar with the landscape. Shock, discord

709-jaunt: a short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure

710-javelin: An athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible. A spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events

711-jayhawker: a robber; bandit

712-jeer: mock

713-jejune: dull; jejune words and useless phrases; puerile: jejune answer

714-jell: congeal; crystallize

715-jenny: female donkey

716-jennet: a small Spanish saddle horse

717-jeopardy: danger

718-jig: dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions.

719-jerky: (sl) foolish

720-jettison: cast off or overboard

721-jetty: pier

722-jibe: (inf) agree

723-jingo: blatant patriot, chauvinist

724-jive: misleading; phony

725-jocular: given to joke

726-jocund: merry

727-jolt: bump into; an unexpected shock or reversal

728-josh: banter; joke; a joking remark

729-joss: a Chinese idol or image

730-jostle; collide; push

731-jounce: bounce, jolt

732-joust; a tilting match

733-jowl: the cheek

734-jury: makeshift: a jury rig

735-kain: tax or rent payments made in kind

736-kibosh: prevent from happening or developing: "kibosh the process". Block, halt

737-kaput: destroyed; wretched; incapacitated

738-kedge: a light anchor

739-keel: ship; capsize

740-keen: strong: keen sensation; íercing: a keen wind. Wail loudly

741-keg: a small cask or barrel

742-kempt: tidy, trim: a nice kempt beard

743-kennel: gutter along the street. A shelter for a dog

744-kern: a loutish person

745-kerf: a groove or notch

746-kernel: core

747-ketch: a sailing vessel

748-kewpie: a small doll with a curl of hair on the top of the head

749-kibe: an ulcerated chilblain

750-kibitz: meddle

751-kickback: repercussion

752-kickshaw: delicacy; a trinket; gewgaw

753-kidney: kind; sort

754-kilderkin: cask

755-kindle: give birth to young (rabbits)

756-kirtle: a woman's long dress or coat

757-kip: bed; sleep; an untanned hide of a young animal

758-kitsch: pretentious bad taste esp. in the arts

759-kitty: a pool of money

760-klutz (sl) a dull-witted person; a bungler

761-kloof: a deep ravine in South Africa

762-knee jerk: a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon

763-knell: toll, ring: knell the bells

764-knob: knoll; a prominent rounded hill or mountain

765-knockabout: boisterous; rowdy

766-knot: a shore bird

767-knout: a leather scourge used to flog criminals

768-knurl: a protuberance

769-knucklehead: blockhead

770-kohl: a preparation used esp. by women as eye make-up

771-kvetch: complain

772-lacustrine: of or pertaining to lakes

773-lag (sl) arrest, sentence

774-lager: a type of beer

775-laidback: easygoing

776-lake: a deep red

777-lambaste: (sl) beat

778-lambent: luminous

779-lanai: a verandah

780-lanate: having wooly hairs

781-lancet: a surgical knife

782-lanner: a falcon

783-lanugo: fine, soft hair

784-lanyard: a short rope or cord

785-lapin: a rabbit

786-larceny: theft

787-lascar: an East Indian sailor

788-lash: secure or bind

789-latent: dormant: a latent talent

790-latchet: a leather thong or strap used to fasten a shoe on the foot

791-latten: brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils

792-larder: pantry

793-lawn: a very fine, thin fabric of cotton or linen

794-layette: clothing or other equipment for a newborn child

795-levee: pier

796-leveret: a young hare

797-lea: grassland; meadow

798-leaguer: a siege

799-lean-to: rough shelter whose roof has only one slope

800-lee: cover; shelter

801-leister: a spear used for fishing

802-le(t)ch: a strong sexual desire

803-lewd: lustful, indecent

804-lickspittle: toady

805-lickerish: lascivious; lecherous

806-lilt: a light, happy tune or song

807-limber: pliable, supple

808-limn: describe; depict by painting or drawing

809-limp: weak: a limp handshake

810-linger: persist: the memory still lingers

811-list: tilt; heel

812-lockjaw: tetanus

813-loft: a balcony or gallery as in a church; a coop in which pigeons are kept

814-lofty: noble; pompous; haughty

815-logy: sluggish

816-looby: a clumsy fellow; lubber

817-loon: a mad or simple-minded person

818-lop: trim: lop dead branches

819-lope: run with a steady gait

820-loppy: pendulous

821-lory: a parrot

822-lough: a lake

823-lout: an awkward stupid person; oaf

824-loutish: clumsy or boorish

825-lowbred: coarse, vulgar

826-lowdown: despicable, base

827-lower: look angry ro threatening

828-lox: smoked salmon

829-lubber: a clumsy fellow; an unexperienced sailor

830-lubricious: wanton; salatious

831-lucent: luminous

832-lucubrate: work or write like a scholar

833-low: moo

834-ludicrous: laughable

835-lug: drag or haul

836-luge: a racing sled for one or two people

837-lugger: a small boat used for fishing

838-lugubrious; mournful

839-lukewarm: indifferent

840-lull: become quiet or less intensive: "the fighting lulled for a moment"

841-lummox: an extremely clumsy, ungainly person

842-lump: collection; totality; a dull-witted person

843-lumps: punishment in the form of beating: take one's lumps

844-lumper: a laborer employed to load and unload ships

845-lumpish: stupid, dull

846-luscious: seductive

847-lupine: rapacious; ravenous

848-lurid: gruesome; sallow or pallid in color

849-lush: plentiful; thriving; sensual

850-lustrum: a period of five years

851-lusty; robust; powerful: a lusty drink

852-mackintosh: a raincoat

853-maelstrom: a whrilpool of extraordinary size or violence

854-maggot: whim

855-magpie: a person who chatters

856-mail: (Middle Ages) flexible armour made of interlinked metal rings

857-maize: corn

858-maim: disable or disfigure

859: main: physical strength; might and main

860-maladroit: clumsy

861-malady: disease

862-malapert: an impudent, saucy person

863-malison: curse

864-mallet: hammer

865-malm: a soft, grayish limestone

866-manacle: handcuff

867-manger: a trough in which feed for livestock is placed

868-mange: a contagious skin disease

869-mantel: shelf that projects from wall above fireplace: "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece"

870-march: frontier

871-marsh: fen; swamp or bog

872-mar: damage or deface; blemish

873-maraud: raid or plunder

874-marquise: a marchioness; marquee

875-martinet: a rigid military disciplinarian

876-maunder: talk aimlessly; wander

877-maudlin: effusively or tearfully sentimental

878-maul: bruise or tear: a hunter mauled by a bear

879-maven: expert

880-maverick: dissenter

881-mawkish: excessively sentimental

882-mazer: a large drinking bowl or goblet made of hard wood or metal

883-mead: an alcoholic beverage made from fermented honey and water

884-mean: moderation; inferior; shabby: a mean hut

885-melee: a noisy riotous fight; scrimmage

886-menace: threat(en)

887-mendatious: lying: a mendatious child. False: a mendatious statement

888-menial: a domestic servant

889-mensal: belonging to or used at the table

890-mephitis: stench

891-mesmerize: hypnotize

892-mesne: intermediate: intervening

893-mete: a boundary line or limit

894-mew: meow; hideaway

895-mewl: whimper

896-micturate: urinate

897-mien: expression; a person of noble mien

898-miff: a bad-tempered mood; huff

899-millstone: a heavy weight; a burden

900-minatious: minatory; menacing

901-mince: euphemize: let's not mince words

902-mingle: mix

903-minion: one who's esteemed or favored; sycophant

904-mire; bog

905-minx: a pert, impudent or flirtatious young girl

906-mischief: damage or injury caused by a person or thing: the broken window was the mischief of vandals

907-miscreant: villain

908-miscue: a blunder or mistake

909-mitigate: moderate

910-mixer: a sociable person

911-mizzle: rain in fine, mistlike droplets

912-moil: toil; confusion, turmoil

913-mollify: placate

914-mollycoddle: a pampered darling; an effeminate man; treat with excessive indulgence: "let's not mollycoddle our students!"

915-muss: mess

916-mush: a travel by dog sled

917-murk: darkness; gloom

918-muse: a state of deep meditation

919-munch: chew

920-mungo: reclaimed wool of low quality

921-murky: obscure: murky ideas

922-muzzy: muddled; indistinct; blurred

923-nadir: the lowest point: the nadir of ther fortune

924-nag: annoy, torment

925-nana: nurse(maid); a grandmother

926-nappe: a sheet of water flowing over a dam or similar structure

927-nappy: fuzzy; a large serving dish

928-natty: dapper

929-naughty: indecent: a naughty wink

930-neb: a beak of a bird; a nose; snout

931-nebbish: a weakwilled and timid person

932-nervy: brazen

933-nescience: ignorance

934-nether: lower or under

935-nibble: morsel

936-nicker: neigh softly

937-nick: cut short; check

938-nide: a nest of pheasant

939-nifty(sl) firstrate

940-niggard: miser

941-niggle: carp; a minor complaint or problem

942-niggling: fussy; exacting

943-nigrescence: nigritude

944-nimble: brisk; spry; sprightly

945-nimiety: excess

946-niminy-piminy: affectedly refined

947-nincompoop: fool

948-nisus: an effort or endevor

949-nival: of, or growing in or under snow

950-nobble: steal

951-niveous: snowy

952-nobby: stylish

953-node: a protuberance or swelling

954-nodus: complication

955-noggin: a small mug or cup

956-nook: a small corner

957-noodle: (sl)the head; fool

958-nostrum: patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; cure-all, panacea

959-nosy: prying; inquisitive

960-notch: a V-shaped cut

961-notion: a belief; opinion; idea; whim

962-noxious: harmful to health; corrupting: noxious ideas

963-nub: a nubble or knob, core: the nub of a story

964-nubbin: a small piece

965-nucha: nape

966-nugatory: trifling

967-nullah: ravine or gully

968-numen: (religion) a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion)

969-nurture: nourish

970-nutation: uncontrolled nodding

971-oblate: a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life

972-oblique: dishonest: oblique answer

973-obliterate: wipe out

974-obnoxious: odious

975-obtest: supplicate; entreat

976-obtrude: impose...

977-obtrusive: not easily ignored: "equally obtrusive was the graffiti"; "the obtrusive behaviour of a spoiled child". Noticeable

978-obviate: make unnecessary

979-occlude: obstruct: occlude an artery

980-off-color: improper

981-offbeat: unconventional

982-: officious: unofficial

983-offing: the near or immediate future

984-off-key: irregular

985-offish: aloof

986-offscouring: refuse

987-ogle: stare at

988-ogre: a cruel wicked and inhuman person

989-onager: a wild ass

900-onset: start: onset of a cold.

901-onslaught: assault

902-ooze: soft thin mud; bog

903-oozy: dripping

904-oppugn: challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of: "we must oppugn your judgment in this matter". Question

905-ouch: a setting for a precious stone. A brooch or a buckle set with jewels

906-outgoing: friendly; sociable

907-outset: start

908-pace: with the permission of

909-packman: a peddler

910-paddock: pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race; [Austral, NZ] A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation: "a bean paddock"

911-paddy: rice

912-paint: a pinto

913-paean: a song or joyful praise or exult

914-pail: bucket

915-painter: (naut) rope

916-pale: a stake; picket; a fence enclosing an area

917-palsy: paralysis

918-palter: equivocate

919-paltry: worthless

920-panache: swagger; dash; verve

921-pannier: a large wicker basket

922-pant: throb

923-pap: worthless or oversimplified ideas; soft diet; nipple, tit, teat

924-parang: a stout straight knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia

925-pantoffle: a slipper

926-pantywaist: (sl) a pansy, fag, gay

927-papoose: a North American Indian infant

928-papule: pimple

929-par: normal

930-paragon: peerless: a paragon of virtue

931-parch: become very dry; sear: the sun parched the earth

932-parget: ornamental plaster

933-parlous: perilous

934-parka: a kind of heavy jacket

935-pathos: a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow): "the film captured all the pathos of their situation". A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others: "the blind are too often objects of pathos"

936-parlay: bet

937-parley: a negotiation between enemies

938-parvenu: nouveau-riche

939-parquet: a floor made of parquetry

940-parse: (grammar) analyse syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence); "the program failed to parse the line of text correctly"

941-parry: deflect or ward off

942-pate: head

943-paten: plate

944-patter: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson); a quick succession of light rapid sounds:  "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet". Rain gently:  It has only pattered, but the roads are slick"

945-patten: a wooden sandal, shoe or clog

946-pavid: timid

947-peag: wampum

948-pedicular: of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy

949-peer: look searchingly: "we peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around". [Brit] A nobleman (duke, marquis, earl, viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage. equal, match

950-peeve: vex

951-pelf: wealth (dishonestly acquired)

952-pelisse: a sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur

953-pell-mell: helter-skelter

954-pellucid: transparent; translucent

955- pelt: bombard: pelt each other with snowballs. Cast: pelting stones at windows

956-pen: a female swan

957-penchant: a strong inclination

958-pending: pendant: the meeting is still pending. imminent; during

959-pennant: pennon; streamer

960-pensile: suspended

961-peon: a menial worker

962-pep: energy; vim

963-perchance: perhaps

964-perry: a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider

965-perforate: Having a hole cut through: "perforate ears". "Perforate the sheets of paper". "The bullet perforated her chest"

966-percuss: strike or tap firmly: "the doctor percussed his chest and back"

967-peremptory: autocratic, dominating: a peremptory decree

968-perfunctory: cursory, passing, pro forma: "a perfunctory inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "perfunctory courtesy"

969-perpend: ponder

970-petrous: stonelike

971-perky: animated; jaunty

972-perquisite: a tip; gratuity

973-pert: saucy; vivacious; jaunty; a pert little hat

974-pervade: permeate

975-pervious: open; permeable

976-pesky: annoying

977-pew: a bench

978-petulant: ill-tempered; contemptuous

979-pettifogger: a petty unescrupulous lawyer

980-pettish: ill-tempered

981-petty: insignicant

982-phial: vial

983-philter: love potion

984-phony: spurious

985-pica: craving

986-picayune: paltry

987-picky: fussy

988-piddle: squander; piddle away one's time; piss

989-piddling: trifling; trivial

991-piffle: nonsense

992-piggin: a small wooden bucket

993-piggish: greedy: a piggish appetite

994-pile: a funeral pyre; a very big building

995-pilfer: filch

996-pip: a disease of poultry. A minor nonspecific ailment. A small hard seed found in some fruits. Kill by firing a missile. Defeat thoroughly: "He pipped the floor with his opponents"

997-pillion: a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.

998-pinion: a bird's wing

999-pinnace: a boat for communication between ship and shore

1000-pinnacle: summit; acme: the pinnacle of achievement

1001-piping: extremely: piping hot cookies

1002-pipsqueak: someone who is small and insignificant. Small fry

1003-pique: arouse; pique my curiosity

1004-pishogue: black magic, witchcraft

1005-pirogue: a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log

1006-pismire; an ant

1007-pizzle: animal's penis

1008-pita: usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling

1009-pith: heart; strength; signifiance

1010-pixilated: bemused; whimsical; (sl) drunk

1011-pixy: an elfin creature

1012-placket: a pocket especially in a woman skirt

1013-plaintive: mournful

1014-plangent: loud and resounding: "plangent bells"; "the plangent minority"

1015-plat: plait or braid

1016-plump: chubby; abundant; ample: a plump reward

1017-ply: a bias; inclination

1018-poky: dawdling; slow; frumpish; shabby; small and cramped: a poky flat

1019-polled: hornless

1020-polymath: pundit; savant; learned person

1021-poncho: a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head

1022-poniard: a dagger

1023-popinjay: a vain talkative, conceited person

1024-poppycock: senseless talk; humbug

1025-pore: read or study carefully and attentively

1026-pogrom: massacre

1027-pop: father

1028-portend: indicate; suggest

1029-plush: (inf) luxurious; a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet

1030-posset: sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer; coddle, cosset, pamper

1031-porridge: soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

1032-porringer: a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle): "the child was eating pottage from a porringer"

1033-porter: a dark beer

1034-portly: stout; corpulent

1035-poser: a baffling question or problem

1036-posh: smart and fashionable

1037-posse: a search party

1038-possessed: calm; collected;

1039-posy: nosegay

1040-pourpoire: tip; gratuity

1041-pouf: [Brit, offensive] A homosexual man; thick cushion used as a seat

1042-pother: a commotion; disturbance; fuss

1043-pout: marine eel-like mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas.

Catfish common in eastern United States

1044-powwow: a conference or gathering

1045-pram: a flat-bottomed boat; baby buggy

1046-prance: spring

1047-prate: prattle

1048-preen: clean with one's bill: "The birds preened". Pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement. Dress or groom with elaborate care: "She likes to preen when going to the opera"

1049-preclude: prevent

1050-predacious: predatory

1051-prig: a person regarded as arrogant and annoying; snob

1052-prink: dress up; deck out

1053-pricey: expensive

1054-prim: formal, neat

1055-primal: original; primary

1056-prime: chief; dawn; spring

1057-prissy: finicky; fussy and prudish

1058-prize: capture

1059-pry: snoop

1060-proselyte: a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism

1061-proscribe: forbid, prohibit: "I proscribe you to call me late at night"

1062-protract: prolong

1063-protrude: project

1064-provost: the keeper of a prison

1065-puckish: mischievous

1066-pug (sl) a boxer

1067-puissance: power, might

1068-puke: vomit

1069-pukka: geniune, authentic, first class

1070-pule: whine; whimper

1071-pullet: a young hen

1072-pullulate: germinate

1073-pommel (pummel) beat

1074-punch: vigor or drive

1075-puncher:  cowboy

1076-punctilious: precise, scrupulous:  "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"

1077-pundit: a learned person; authority or critic: a ppolitical pundit

1078-pungent: penetrating; biting; caustic: a pungent satire

1079-punk: decayed wood used as tinder

1080-punt: an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole; (sport) kick the ball; place a bet on

1081-puny: Inferior in strength or significance: "a puny physique"; "puny excuses";

runty

1082-purge: purify

1083-purlieu: an outer adjacent area of any place; environs

1084-purloin: steal; filch

1085-purple; high rank: born to the purple. Elaborate and ornate: purple prose

1086-purport: aim; intend propose: "the letter purports to express people's opinion"; the pervading meaning or tenor: "caught the general purport of the conversation"

1087-purpose: aim; goal

1088-purvey: supply; furbish

1089-purview: scope; outlook

1090-pushing: energetic; enterprising; agressive: pushful; pushy

1091-putsch: coup; takeover

1092-quack: charlatan; mountebank

1093-quaff: drink heartily; a hearty draft

1094-quagmire: predicament

1095-quail: cower: when his eyes beheld the mountain, he quailed

1096-quaint; strange: quaint island customs

1097-qualm: misgiving; scruple; a mild state of nausea, queasiness

1098-quandary: dillema

1099-quarrel: a bolt for a crossbow

1100-quarry: a hunted animal; prey: "he fell quarry to muggers"; stone pit

1101-quash: anull esp. by judicial action

1102-quay: wharf

1103-quean: whore

1104-queer: strange

1105-queasy: nauseated

1106-query; question; inquiry

1107-quell: suppress

1108-quench: extinguish

1109-queue: q; pigtail

1110-quirk: vagary

1111-quick: the living: the quick and the dead; essence; the quick of the matter

1112-quicksilver: unpredictable; mercurial

1113-quidnunc: busybody

1114-quiescent; inactive or still; dormant

1115-quip: a cleverly sarcastic remark

1116-quiver: a portable case for arrows

1117-quizzical: questioning; teasing; mocking

1118-rabblerouser: a demagogue

1119-rabid: fanatical: a rabid soccer fan; uncontrollable: rabid thirst

1120-racket: a clamor; uproar

1121-racy: piquant; ribald

1122-raddle: a red ochre; interweave; tiwst together

1123-raddled: worn-out and broken-down

1124-raffish: vulgar; showy; rakish

1125-raffle: rubbish; debris

1126-ragamuffin: a dirty or unkempt child

1127-rage: a fad; craze

1128-ragged: imperfect; sloppy: a ragged performance; harsh, rasping: a ragged cry

1129-ragout: a meat and vegetable stew

1130-ragtag: shaggy and unkempt, falling apart; ramshackle

1131-rail: complain violently (against/about); condemn; a bird

1132-raiment: clothing

1133-rake: a libertine; roué; rakehell

1134-raffish: low-class, vulgar, showy or jaunty in appearance; dissolute

1135-rally: banter or jest

1136-rambling: roaming; sprawling

1137-ramate: branched

1138-rambunctious: boisterous: disorderly

1139-ramshackle: rickety, shaky

1140-rancid: rank; offensive: rancid remarks

1141-randy: lecherous

1142-ranger: a wanderer; rover

1143-rank: highly fertile: rank earth; indecent; disgusting; complete: a rank amateur

1144-ranking: pre-eminent, of the highest rank

1145-rant: rave; speak or shout at length in an uncontrollable anger

1146-rapacious: ravenous

1147-rape: abduction; violation: rape of justice

1148-rapport: relationship

1149-rapscallion: a rascal; scamp

1150-rash: impetuous

1151-rasher: (UK) a strip of bacon

1152-raspy: grating; rough

1153-rate: berate

1154-rating: a scolding

1155-rattle: chatter

1156-rattletrap: a rickety worn-out vehicle

1157-rattling: animated: a rattling chat; very: a rattling good party

1158-raucous: boisterous: a raucous party

1159-raunchy: lustful; randy: a raunchy film

1160-raven: devour

1161-raving: wild: a raving maniac

1162-ravish: enrapture; violate

1163-realm: kingdom

1164-recondite: abstruse; hidden

1165-recoup: make up for: recoup a loss

1166-recreant: a faithless or disloyal person; craven

1167-recrement: waste matter; dross

1168-redcap: military policeman, MP; porter

1169-redolent: aromatic

1170-redoubt: fortification; stronghold

1171-redound: return or recoil: "fame redounds to the heroes"; contribute: "everything redounded to his glory"

1172-remittal: remission

1173-reek: stench

1174-refuse: trash

1175-regal: royal: regal attire

1176-regale: a great feast

1177-relentless: pitiless: a relentless persecussion

1178-remiss: negligent

1179-rent: rip; a breach of relations between persons

1180-repair: go; repair to the parlor; haunt

1181-repast: meal

1182-replenish: fill again; refill: "replenish my glass, please"

1183-reprieve: temporary relief

1184-reprobate: a person without moral scruples

1185-repugn: oppose or resist

1186-resilience: buoyancy; elasticity

1187-respite: delay; postpone

1188-restive: uneasy

1189-restraint: limitation; constraint

1190-resumption: act of resuming

1191-retainer: a (domestic) servant

1192-retch: (try to) vomit

1193-retinue: entourage; suite; the group following and attending to some important person

1194-revetment: a barrier against explosives; a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment

1195-revile: use abusive language

1196-revisal: revision

1197-revue: a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians; review

1198-rickety: shaky; feeble with age

1199-riffle: twitch or flutter: "the paper riffled"; look through a book or other written material: "He riffled through the report";  a small wave on the surface of a liquid

1200-rigamarole: nonsense

1201-rile: vex

1202-rill: rivulet; a small brook

1203-rimose: full of cracks

1204-rimple: a fold; wrinkle

1205-rip: slash; a dissolute person; an old or worthless horse

1206-riparian: of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream: "riparian land"

1207-rip-off: (sl) thief; theft

1208-ripping: excellent: "I had a ripping time at the party

1209-ripple: a small wave on the surface of a liquid

1210-roaring: thriving: a roaring trade; very: roaring drunk

1211-roborant: restoring vigor or strength

1212-roister: revel noisily

1213-rogue: scoundrel; scamp

1214-rood: crucifix

1215-rook: a crowlike bird; swindle (sl)

1216-rookie: a novice

1217-rotund: plump

1218-roustabout: a laborer in a circus

1219-rout: an overwhelming defeat; rabble

1220-roux: a mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces

1221-rover: wanderer; pirate(vessel)

1222-rowen: the second growth of grass in a season; aftermath

1223-ruck: a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things:

"his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth); become wrinkled or drawn together: "her lips rucked"

1224-ruddle: a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking; twist or braid together, interlace; redden as if with a red ochre colour

1225-rufescent: crimson; blood-red; carmine

1226-ruffian: a thug or gangster

1227-ruffle: stir up (water) so as to form ripples; trouble or vex: "ruffle somebody's composure"; a noisy fight

1228-rumble: gang fight

1229-rummer: a large drinking cup or glass

1230-rumple: crease

1231-rumpus: a noisy clamor

1232-run-of-the-mill: average

1233-ruse: a deceptive manoeuvre (especially to avoid capture); artifice

1234-rusk: biscuit

1235-ruttish: lustful; libidinous

1236-ryot; a peasant in India

1237-sabulous: gritty; sandy

1238-salacious: lustful; bawdy

1239-sally: witticism; quip; jaunt

1240-salver: a tray for serving food or drink

1241-samovar: a metal urn with a spigot at the base; used in Russia to boil water for tea

1242-samp: a coarse hominy

1243-sanatorium: sanitarium; a health resort

1244-sap: vitality

1245-sappy: juicy

1246-saw: a familiar saying

1247-sash: a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame;

a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

1248-sassy: improperly forward or bold: "don't be sassy with me"

1249-saunter: stroll

1250-scab: strikebreaker

1251-scabrous: scaly; knotty: difficult to handle; salacious, off-color: a scabrous novel

1252-scamper: a hasty run

1253-scathe: criticize harshly; damage, harm, hurt

1254-schizoid: a chizophrenic person; schizy

1255-schlemiel: a habitual bungler; dolt

1256-schlep: an arduous journey; a stupid person; move slowly or laboriously

1257-schlimazel: (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything

1258-schmaltz: maudlin sentimentality; excessively sentimental art or music

1259-schlock: merchandise of inferior quality

1260-schmeer: an aggregate of persons or things: he bought the whole schmeer;

bribe

1261-schmo: a jerk; schmuck; a stupid person

1262-schmooze: chat idly; chat

1263-schnapps: any of various strong liquor

1264-schnook: a dupe

1265-schnorrer: parasite

1266-schooner: a large beer glass

1267-schorl: black tourmaline

1268-schuss: a straight, steep course for skiing

1269-scintilla: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount; A sparkling glittering particle

1270-scoff: mock

1271-scission: division

1272-sconce: a small fort; (sl) head or scull

1273-scone: small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle

1274-scoop: a ladle; dipper

1275-scooter: a flat-bottomed sailboat

1276-scot: money that is assessed or paid

1277-scotch: cut or score; frugal

1278-scoundrel: a villain

1279-scour: examine minutely: "the police scoured the country for the fugitive"

clean with hard rubbing: "she scoured his back". Rub hard or scrub: "scour the counter tops". Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid: "scour the wound with antibiotics"

1280-scourings: dregs; scum

1281-scow: any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends

1282-scrag: a bony or scrawny person or animal; strangle

1283-scraggy: ragged; unkempt; jagged; rough

1284-scrappy: quarrelsome

1285-screak: screech

1286-screwy: crazy

1287-screed: a long monotonous harangue; a long piece of writing

1288-scrimmage: tussle

1289-scrimp: economize severely

1290-scrip: a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency

1291-scrofulous: corrupt

1292-scrub: a stunted tree or shrub

1293-scrubby: straggly or stunted; paltry

1294-scruff: nape

1295-scruffy: shabby

1296-scud: run or move very quickly or hastily:  "She scudded into the yard"

1297-scuffle: brawl, scramble; a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling;

fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters: "the drunken men started to scuffle". Walk by dragging one's feet: "he scuffled out of the room"

1298-scrutable: comprehensible

1299-scuff: a flat, backless slipper

1300-scullery: A small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done

1301-scunner: aversion

1302-scuttle: to move about or proceed hurriedly: "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scuttled to higher ground". Deliberately sink a ship or boat: "rather than let the ship fall into American hands, they scuttled it". Intentionally undermine, ruin, or cause to fail (a plan, etc.): "they scuttled the child marriage bill".  An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

1303-scuttlebutt: a drinking fountain on a ship

1304-seafarer: a sailor or marine

1305-seamy: sordid; base: "the seamy side of life"

1306-seedy: shabby; unwell; squallid

1307-seemly: suitable: "a seemly behavior"

1308-seer: prophet

1309-see-through: transparent

1310-seidel: a beer mug

1311-seine: a large fishing net

1312-seism: earthquake

1313-sempstress: a seamstress

1314-senary: having six things or parts

1315-sendal: a large thin silk...

1316-send-off: an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture. A start given to contestants: "I was there with my parents at the send-off"

1317-send-up: an amusing imitation or parody

1318-senescent: aging

1319-sennet: a barracuda

1320-sensate: perceived by the senses

1321-sentient: conscious

1322-serf: a person in servitude

1323-sere (sear) withered; dry

1324-serviette: a table napkin

1325-setaceous: bristly

1326-settee: a small sofa

1327-set-to: a brief but vigorous fight

1328-shabby: threadbare; wornout

1329-shaft: a spear or arrow

1330-shag: a fabric with long coarse nap: "he bought a shag rug". A strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded. A matted tangle of hair or fibre: "the dog's woolly shag". [Brit, vulgar] Slang for sexual intercourse. A lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn. [Brit, vulgar] Have sexual intercourse: they shagged in the back of the car". Dance the shag

1331-shaggy: unkempt

1332-shaky: weak: a shaky table. Precarious: a shaky alliance

1333-shallop: an open boat

1334-shambles: slaughterhouse

1335-shamus: (sl) policeman

1336-serge: a twilled woollen fabric

1337-surge: rise rapidly: "the dollar surged against the yen". A large sea wave; billow

1338-shank: the earky part of a period of a time: "please stay, it is the shank of the evening

1339-shanty: shack

1340-shard; a piece of broken pottery

1341-sharpie: an alert and energetic person; a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games; a shallow-draft sailing boat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States;  a pen with indelible ink that will write on any surface

1342-sheen: shininess

1343-sheer: a swerving course; transparent: sheer chiffon; pure: sheer happiness

1344-shenanigan: prankishness; mischief; treachery; deceit

1345-scheol: hell; (religion) the world of the dead: "No one goes to Scheol with all his immense wealth"

1346-shibboleth: a slogan; catchword

1347-shift: get along: shift for himself; chemise

1348-shilly-shally: hesitant

1349-shingles: herpes zoster

1350-shinny: a simple form of hockey

1351-shipshape: tidy

1352-shirty: angry

1353-shiver: shatter

1354-shoal: crowd

1355-shortcoming: flaw

1356-show bill: an ad poster

1357-shred: particle

1358-shrew: scold

1359-shrieval: of or pertaining to a sheriff

1360-shrivel: wither, as with a loss of moisture: "the fruit dried and shriveled"; shrink

1361-shudder: tremble

1362-shul: a synagogue

1363-shun: avoid: shun his neighbor

1364-sibyl: a female prophet

1365-sinewy: strong

1366-sippet: a small sop; a small, thin piece of toasted bread soaked in milk, broth, or the like; a small piece of toasted or fried bread cut into some special shape and used for garnishing

1367-sirloin: the portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump

1368-sissy: milksop

1369-sixpenny: paltry

1370-size: a gelatinous substance

1371-skald: bard

1372-skate: a chap; fellow

1373-skean: a knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland

1374-skein: coils of worsted yarn; a V-shaped group of geese or swans in flight

1375-skep: beehive

1376-sketchy: incomplete; superficial; slight

1377-skew: distort: asymetric

1378-skewer: spit

1379-skillet: a frying pan

1380-skim: glance: skim through the paper; read superficially: skim the book; a thin layer or film

1381-skimp: scanty; skimpy

1382-skindeep: shallow

1383-skinflint: a miser

1384-skipper: the master of a ship

1385-skittish: nervous; shy; undependable or fickle

1386-skive: pare

1387-skulk: lurk; malinger

1388-skullduggery: crafty deception or trickery

1389-skycap: an airport employee who carries luggage

1390-slag: scoria

1391-slack: sluggish; loose: a slack rope; negligent: a slck worker

1392-slam-bang: swiftly and noisily; recklessly

1393-slake: quench: slake my thirst; moderate: slake his anger

1394-slapjack: flapjack; pancake

1395-slashing: dashing; pelting: a slashing hailstorm; brilliant, intense: slashing color

1396-slatternly: slovenly; untidy

1397-slaver: slobber

1398-slavish: servile: a slavish devotion

1399-sleazy: flimsy; cheap; shoddy; vulgar: sleazy bars

1400-sleek: glossy: sleek dark hair; thriving

1401-sleight: deftness; dexterity

1402-slicker: a raincoat; a swindler

1403-slimy: vile; foul

1405-sling: a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice; a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel; slingshot

1406-sloe: blackthorn

1407-slog: strike with heavy blows: "I slogged the thug"

1408-sloop: a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow

1409-slop: soft and/or slush; unappetizing watery food or soup

1410-slops: swill; human shit

1411-sloppy: muddy: sloppy ground; watery and unappetizing: sloppy stew;

untidy; messy: a sloppy house; slipshod: sloppy work

1412-slosh: slush

1413-slot: the track or trail of an animal esp. a deer

1414-slothful: sluggish; lazy

1415-slouch: an awkward, lazy or inept person

1416-slough: (slew) a stagnant swamp

1417-slough: dead tissue separated from a living structure

1418-slug: a round bullet larger than buckshot; a shot of liquor; a sluggard

1419-sluice: an artificial channel

1420-slurp: eat or drink something noisily

1421-slush: sentimental drivel; partially melted snow or ice

1422-smacking: spanking: a smacking breeze

1423-smarmy: sleek

1424-smashing (inf) wonderful

1425-smattering: superficial or piecemeal knowledge

1426-smearcase: cottage cheese

1427-smidgen:bit; mite

1428-smirch: soil; stain or dirty with a smearing agent

1429-snappish: irritable; curt

1430-snappy: brisk; smart or chic in appearance

1431-snarl: speak angrily

1432-snatch: bit: a snatch of dialogue; abrief period of time: sleep in snatches

1433-snatchy: intermitent

1434-snazzy: fashionable (sl)

1435-sneak: a stealthy or underhand person

1436-sneaking: secret

1437-sneer: scorn

1438-snide: sarcastic

1439-snip: a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off).

Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of: "snip the plants in the garden"

1440-snifter:  a globular glass with a small top; used for serving brandy; brandy glass

1441-sniffy: haughty

1442-snicker: snigger

1443-snippet: a tidbit or morsel

1444-snippy: impertinent; fragmentary (inf)

1445-snitch: a thief; an informer; squealer

1446-snood: an ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair; pins or ties at the back of the head; a ring of material worn as a neck scarf or hood

1447-snooty: haughty; high-class; exclusive

1448-snot: flegm; an untrustworthy or malicious person

1449-snotty: mean or nasty

1450-snub: reject outright and bluntly: "she snubbed his proposal"; unusually short:

"a snub nose"

1451-sobriquet: an affectionate or humorous nickname

1452-soggy: soaked; dull; humid; sultry

1453-soil: tarnish: a reputation soiled by scandal

1454-sojourn: reside temporarily

1455-soothsay: predict

1456-soothsayer: seer

1457-sopor: stupor

1458-sorcerer: wizard

1459-sortilege: witchcraft

1460-sot: a chronic drunkard

1461-sottish: drunken

1462-sough: make a murmuring sound; purl: "the water was soughing"

1463-spang: precisely; squarely; right: spang in the middle of the table

1464-spanking: remarkable; brisk and fresh: a spanking breeze; exceedingly: a spanking clean shirt

1465-spark: a young dandy; a lover; suitor

1466-sparky: lively

1467-spartan: severe: a spartan diet

1468-spat: a brief, petty quarrel; a slap or smack

1469-spate: a sudden flood; rush or outpouring: a spate of angry words

1470-spatter: soil; defame

1471-speaking: striking: a speaking likeness

1472-specious: false: a specious argument

1473-spew: vomit

1474-speil: a lengthy, usually extravagant speech

1475-spigot: faucet

1476-spike: a young small mackerel

1477-spile: a post used as a foundation, pile; a wooden plug; bung

1478-spill: a piece of wood or rolled paper used to light a fire

1479-spillikin: a jackstraw

1480-spindly: slender and elongated

1481-spinet: a small, compact upright piano

1482-spiny: difficult

1483-spinoff: by-product

1484-spital: a hospital, especially one for contagious disease

1485-spiteful: malicious

1486-spittle: spit; saliva

1487-splanchnic: visceral

1488-splat:  a single splash: "he heard a splat as it hit the floor"

1489-splinter: a small thin sharp bit of wood, glass or metal: "he got a splinter in his finger"; withdraw from an organization or communion: "after the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics splintered"

1490-splitting: acute; piercing

1491-splashy: showy

1492-spoof: tomfoolery; a hoax; light parody

1493-spook: ghost; spy

1494-spooky: eerie; skittish

1495-spoony: (dated) sentimentally amorous

1496-spoor: the track or trail of an animal, esp. a wild animal

1497-spotty: lacking consistency; uneven

1498-sprag: a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline

1499-spray: a quantity of small objects flying through the air: "a spray of bullets";

a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist; nebulizer

1500-springe: a noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare

1501-springy: elastic; resilient

1502-sprite: ghost

1503-spud: (sl) potato

1504-spunk: pluck; punk (tinder)

1505-spunky: spirited; plucky

1506-spurious: false; bastard

1507-spurn: scorn

1508-sputum: spit

1509-squab: a young unfledged pigeon; a short fat person; a soft cushion, a couch

1510-squabble: bicker

1511-squashy: like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness; (of soil) soft and watery:

"the ground was squashy under foot"; muddy; pulpy

1512-squat: short and thick

1513-squaw: a North American indian

1514-squeak: pass or win by a slight margin: squeak thru the driving test

1515-squeal: make a high-pitched, screeching noise: "my car engine makes a squeaking noise"; give away information about somebody; something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin

1516-squeamish: easily nauseated or offended; prudish

1517-squelch: squash

1518-squib: firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise

1519-stager: veteran

1520-stakeout: surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime)

1521-staid: fixed; permanent

1522-stalemate: deadlock

1523-stalwart: robust

1524-stamina: strength; endurance

1525-stammer: stutter

1526-staunch: true

1527-standstill: a halt

1528-stamping ground: one's customary environment or favorite gathering place

1529-stance: attitude or position

1530-stanchion: an upright post, pole or support

1531-stand-in: a sub

1532-stand-off: tie; draw

1533-standoffish: aloof

1534-starchy: stiff; formal

1535-stash: a secret store of valuables or money; lay(sock) away; hive up

1536-stasis: inaction; motionlessness

1537-stave: a staff or cudgel; stanza

1538-sterling: of the highest quality: a sterling character

1539-stem: stanch

1540-stein: beer mug

1541-stench: stink

1542-stickler: a person who insists on something unyieldingly: a stickler for neatness; something puzzling or difficult

1543-sticky: adhesive; warm and humid; muggy

1544-stilted: stiffly or artificially formal

1545-stiff-necked: stubborn; unyielding

1546-stingy: scanty or meager: a stingy meal

1547-stint: limit; restrict

1548-stithy: an anvil

1549-stocky: chubby; plump; sturdy

1550-stodgy: heavy: stodgy food; dull; narrow and commonplace

1551-stogy: a cheap cigar

1552-stoic: impassive; stolid

1553-stooge: a straight man to a comedian; puppet; stool pigeon

1554-stoop: a small verandah

1555-stopple: a stopper; plug

1556-stoup (stoop) a basin for holy water at the entrance of a church

1557-strand: beach

1558-strapper: a tall sturdy person

1559-strapping: tall and sturdy

1560-strafe: attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane:

"civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender"; attack; assail

1561-straddle: range or extend over; occupy a certain area: "the plants straddle the entire state"; a noncommittal or equivocal position; a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars; range, span

1562-streamer: a long, narrow flag, banner or pennant; a paper headline that runs thru a full page

1563-strew: scatter

1564-stricken: level: a stricken measure of flour

1565-stricture: censure

1566-strident: shrill: a strident voice

1567-striker: harpoon(er)

1568-stringent: severe: stringent safety measures

1569-strife: contention

1570-stridulous: making a shrill, creaking sound

1571-stripe: a stroke or blow, as with a whip; sort, kind: of the same stripe

1572-stum: unfermented grape juice or wine, often used to raise fermentation in dead or vapid wines; must; wine revived by new fermentation, resulting from the admixture of must

1573-stupe: a hot medigated compress

1574-stymy: block; thwart

1576-stygian: hellish

1577-succussion: shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity

1578-sunder: sever

1579-sundry: several

1580-summer: lintel

1581-sumpter: a pack animal such as a horse

1582-sump: an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine; a well or other hole in which water has collected; cesspool

1583-sumptuous: lavish

1584-supercilious: disdainful

1585-supersede: replace

1586-supine: lethargic; passive; inclined; sloping

1587-suppliant: beseeching

1588-supervene:; ensue

1589-sural: relating to the calf of the leg

1590-surfeit: satiate

1591-surly: gruff

1592-surrey:  light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats

1593-sutler: a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army

1594-sweltering: very hot

1595-svelte: slim

1596-swab: wash with a swab or a mop: "swab the ship's decks"

1597-swagger: brag; boast

1598-swain: a young shepherd; a lover

1599-swale: a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)

1600: swank: grand; ostentatious; elegance

1601-swap: exchange

1602-sward: (swarth) a lawn or meadow

1603-swarthy: having a dark complexion

1604-swat: slap

1605-swash: the movement or sound of water: "the swash of waves on the beach";

dash a liquid upon or against: "the mother swashed the baby's face with water";

show off

1606-sway: oscilate; veer

1607-swig: gulp

1608-swill: drink eagerly

1609-swipe: (sl) steal

1610-swirl: spin

1611-sweltry: sweltering

1612-swipe: a heavy sweeping blow; a lever, esp. one that raises the bucket in a well

1613-swoon: faint

1614-swizzle: any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice;  mixed drink

1615-swoop: move down on as if in an attack:  "the raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"; a very rapid raid;

a swift descent through the air

1616-sybarite: gossip; voluptuary

1617-tabby: a female cat; an old maid;

1618-tabla: a small hand drum of India

1619-tableau: a vivid or graphic description

1620-taciturn: habitually untalkative

1621-tackle: (fishing) gear

1622-tacky: sticky; tawdry: tacky clothes

1623-takings: receipts esp. of money

1624-talus: ankle

1625-tam-o’-shanter: a Scottish cap

1626-tandem: one behind the other

1627-tang: ring: the bells tang

1628-tangle: snarl

1629-tangeble: concrete: tangible evidence

1630-tankard: a large drinking cup

1631-tantamount: equivalent

1632-tanvity: at full gallop (speed)

1633-tartar: a violent person

1634-tattle: gossip

1635-tatty: shabby; frayed

1636-taut: neat; tidy; strained; tense

1637-taw: a game of marbles

1638-taxing: burdensome; wearing

1639-tenable: logical: a tenable theory

1640-tenacious: persistent

1641-tend: look after: tend a child

1642-tenebrific: gloomy

1643-tern: a three-mast schooner

1644-teeter: totter

1645-terse: effectively concise

1646-tester: a canopy over a bed

1647-testy: techy; peevish

1648-thill: one of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft

1649-thew: a well-developed sinew or muscle

1650-thick-witted: stupid

1651-thimbleful: a very small quantity

1652-thimblerig: A swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under; a shell game

1653-tither: farther: the tither side of the pond;

1654-thrifty: prosperous

1655-thready: thin: a thready voice

1656-threshold: outset; an entrance or doorway

1657-throng: multitude

1658-throttle: strangle; choke; suppress: tried to throttle the press

1659-throwaway: a free handbill distributed on the street

1660-thumbnail: brief: a thumbnail sketch

1661-thumping: large; whopping

1662-thwack: whack

1663-thwart: a seat across a boat on which the oarsman sits; transverse; perverse; stubborn

1664-ticklish: touchy; delicate

1665-tie-in: a connection or relation

1666-tilbury: a light open carriage

1667-timorous: timid

1668-tinker: bungler; a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts; spend time idly: "the old lady is usually tinkering in her little house";

try to fix or mend: "can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"

1669-tip: topple

1670-tip-off: a hint or warning

1671-tirewoman; a dressing assistant

1672-titivate: spruce up

1673-titilate: stimulate or excite pleasantly

1674-tittle: iota; the tiniest bit

1675-tirade: a long and violent speech

1676-titter: giggle

1677-tittle-tattle: petty gossip

1678-tittup: prance

1679-tope: a small shark; a dome-shaped Buddhist shrine

1680-toque: a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs; a small round woman's hat

1681-topi: a lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun;

a large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal

1682-topiary: a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals

1683-torpedo: a pro assassin or thug

1684-tosspot: a drunkard

1685-tousle: dishevel

1686-tout: barker; pitchman

1687-tractable: governable; malleable

1688-trenchant: vigorous: a trenchant argument

1689-trundle: move heavily: "the tram trundled down the avenue"; a low bed to be slid under a higher bed; small wheel or roller

1690-trable: capable of being tried or tested

1691-trick: weak or defective: a trick knee

1692-trollop: strumpet; trull; harlot

1693-troche: pastille

1694-trounce: thrash

1695-trumpery: deception; nonsense

1696-truncheon: cudgel

1697-tuck: a beat or tap, esp. on a drum; energy; vigor

1698-tumid: swollen: tumid stomach

1699-tummler: a lively mischievous man

1700-turbid: muddy: turbid water; muddled: turbid feelings

1701-turgid: bloated: turgid legs

1702-turner:  a tumbler or gymnast

1703-turnkey: jailer

1704-turnpike: tollgate

1705-turpitude: depravity; baseness

1706-tush: tusk

1707-twaddle: foolish talk

1708-tweak: slut; a slight adjustment or modification; pull or pull out sharply: "tweak the flowers off the bush"; adjust finely: "tweak the engine"

1709-twerp: a silly or contemptible person

1710-twit: taunt or ridicule

1711-twitter: chirrup; chitter

1712-ubiquitous: omnipresent

1713-u-boat: a German sub

1714-ulotrichous: having wooly or crispy hair

1715-ululate; howl; wail loudly

1716-umbrage: offense

1717-umbrageous: shady; irritable

1718-unctuous: greasy

1719-uncouth: crude; unrefined

1720-undergrown: puny

1721-underling: a subordinate

1722-underlying: implicit: hidden: underlying meaning; prior: an underlying financial claim

1723-ungainly: clumsy; unwieldy

1724-unmeet: improper; unseemly

1725-unruffled: calm

1726-unscathed: unharmed; uninjured

1727-unshod: not having or wearing shoes

1728-unseemly: indecorous

1729-unstrung: unnerved

1730-untenable: unholdable; indefensible

1731-unwashed: plebeian: the unwashed masses

1732-up-and-coming: promising

1733-upbeat: optimistic; cheerful

1734-upcoming: forthcoming

1735-upend: overturn; overthrow

1736-upfront: frank: upfront about her finances; required in advance: upfront cash

1737-uproar: tumult

1738-upshot: outcome

1739: uptake: comprehesion: very quick at the uptake

1740-urchin: scamp

1741-vamp: refurbish

1742-vapid: flat

1743-vaunt: jump

1744-venal: corruptible; marked by corrupt dealings: a venal administration

1745-vendee: a buyer

1746-vendetta: a blood feud

1747-vendue: auction

1748-venom: poison

1749-venial: pardonable: a venial offense

1750-vernal: youthful

1751-venire: (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen); panel

1752-verderer: an officer who manages royal forest

1753-veracious: truthful

1754-verboten: forbidden

1755-verge: brink: the verge of a stream; incline; a rod, wand or staff carried as an emblem of authority

1756-verve: energy; vitality

1757-vesture: clothing; apparel

1758-vet: examine: vet a manuscript

1759-vex: bother; annoy

1760-vexatious: annoying

1761-viand: an item of food; a choice dish

1762-vicarious: experienced at secondhand: "read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement"; (medicine) occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function: "vicarious menstruation"; suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another: "vicarious atonement"

1763-vicious: violent: a vicious storm; dangerous: a vicious shark

1764-victual: food

1765-villipend: despise; disparage or abuse

1766-vindicate: justify or support: vindicate his claim

1767-vindictive; revengeful

1768-virago: scold

1769-vim: vigor

1770-virescent; greenish

1771-visage: aspect; appearance

1772-vitellus: the yolk of an egg

1773-vitiate: debase

1774-voguish: chic

1775-volitation: flight

1776-volitant: flying

1777-volition: will

1778-voluble: fluent

1779-votary: monk or nun; devotee

1780-wacky: crazy: a wacky idea

1781-waddy: an aboriginal war club; [Austral] a piece of wood; stick; peg; also, a walking stick

1782-wadi: a valley

1783-wag: a mischievous person

1784-wail: lament

1785-waif: a small flag for signaling; waft

1786-wain: a large open farm wagon

1787-wallah: one employed in a particular occupation or activity: a kitchen wallah

1788-wanton: excessive: wanton spending; luxuriant; wanton tresses

1789-washed-out: exhausted

1790-washed-up: finished

1791-waspish: easily annoyed; snappish

1792-waver: sway; vacilate: wavered over buying the new car

1793-wax: grow: the seas wax calm

1794-wayward: stubborn; willful: a wayward boy

1795-weal: welt

1796-weedy: spindly; gawky

1797-weird: eerie

1798-welter: turmoil: jumble: a welter of papers and magazines

1799-wen: A common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked; sebacious cyst

1800-wend: go : wend your way home

1801-whang: beat; a lashing blow

1802-wheal: a small acute swelling on the skin

1803-whelp: young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf; birth: "the dog whelped"

1804-whet: hone

1805-whicker: whinny

1806-whiffle: vacillate

1807-whippersnapper: an insignificant and pretentious person

1808-wildcat: risky or unsound, esp.

1809-wince: flinch

1810-wily: sly

1811-windjammer: a large sailing ship

1812-windy: empty: windy talk

1813-wing-footed: swift; fleet

1814-wink: blink

1815-wingding: a lavish or lively party

1816-winy: intoxicating; heady

1817-wiseacre: an offensively self-assured person

1818-wishy-washy: feeble

1819-wisp: a small tuft or lock: wisps of hair"; a small person: "a mere wisp of a girl"

1820-wistful: wishful

1821-withe: band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems; strong flexible twig

1822-withdrawn: modest; shy; remote

1823-withy: tough

1824-wizard: a sorcerer; a skillful or clever person

1825-wizen: wither or sear; dry up; shrivel

1826-wobbly: unsteady; shaky

1827-woeful: mournful

1828-wold: an unforested rolling plain; moor

1829-wont: accustomed: the poor are wont to complain

1830-woozy: dazed; dizzy

1831-wraith: an apparition of a living person; the ghost of a dead person

1832-wrangle: quarrel; bicker

1833-wrath: anger

1834-wrap-up: a brief summary, as of the news

1835-wriggler: the larva of a mosquito

1836-writhe: twist

1837-wroth: wrathful; angry

1838-xebec: a small three-masted vessel, with projecting bow stern and convex decks, formerly used in the Mediterranean for transporting merchandise, etc.

1839-yahoo: a crude or brutish person

1840-yak: talk meaninglessly

1841-yammer: whine

1842-yank: pull suddenly; jerk

1843-yap: yelp; yawp; yip

1844-yawl: a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars); a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost; wail: emit long loud cries: "yawl with sorrow"

1845-yeanling (adj) infant

1846-yeti: abominable snowman

1847-yielding: docile

1848-yokefellow: yokemate; a work companion

1849-yowl: wail

1850-yule: Xmas

1851-zappy: (sl) zippy; a zappy ad

1852-zax: a tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates

1853-zealotry: fanaticism

1854-zingy: pleasantly stimulating

1855-zip: vim

1856-zippy: lively

1857-zaftig: full-bosomed