My Words

a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings

roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

flavored with sour orange peel

a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission

light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity)

an inspiring symbol or ideal that serves as a rallying point in a struggle

of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water

a supporting column carved in the shape of a person

having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats

a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie

a state of mental disturbance and disorientation

lack of sophistication or worldliness

a mythological creature with a reptile body and wings

a word that names a part of a larger whole

a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group

an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)

the hole that an anchor rope passes through

a Cuban dance in duple time

a visible manifestation of a deity to a human person

any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell

any small town

a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings

the cancellation of a contract

unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey

any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

an intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language

a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language

the number from which the subtrahend is subtracted

local names for a cowboy

device for measuring pain caused by pressure

long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp

an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid

a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba

a plain or twilled fabric of wool and cotton used especially for warm shirts or skirts and pajamas

resembling or having the qualities of soap

large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)

a bright spot on a planet

one or more large merchant ships

grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber

have a strong tendency to occur side by side

a sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red

marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects

a sturdy laced walking shoe

the land between the Tigris and Euphrates

an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River

a river in southwestern Asia

a guide who conducts and informs sightseers

a coarse woolen cloth formerly used for undergarments and usually dyed bright red

of the same period

a relatively coarse lace; made by weaving and knotting cords

egg yolks and oil and vinegar

the worship of words

someone given to disputes over words

soft lump or unevenness in a yarn

(U.S.) the number that is represented as a 1 followed by 15 zeros

of or relating to epistemology

archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically

a new military recruit

notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex

a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file

relating to or exhibiting actinism

the property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects

take place as an additional or unexpected development

one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)

a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

the molding around a door or window

having independent but harmonically related melodic parts

a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing

requiring two hands or designed for two people

given to uttering bromides

dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality

fondle or pet affectionately

a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

the property of a word or expression having multiple meanings

small pearl-grey gull of northern regions

characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position

a dark grey cloud bearing rain

attached directly by the base

having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk

a plastic film that can polarize a beam of light

a pike fitted with an ax head

a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge

any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever

small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil

a former Turkish term of respect

a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces that must be arranged to match particular designs

fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast

loss of hair; the result of removing hair

(Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration

nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America

an eleven-sided polygon

an abrupt spasmodic movement

a crude idol of Krishna

based on exact thinking

reason methodologically and logically

evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan

a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings

deletion by an act of expunging or erasing

a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards

an opening for firing through

stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower

elaborately or excessively ornamented

a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja

acceptance as true or valid