apparatchik | (noun) a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party | - |
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(noun) a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization) | - |
backscratcher | (noun) a long-handled scratcher for scratching your back | - |
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(noun) someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage | - |
batch | (noun) a collection of things or persons to be handled together | Synonyms: clutch |
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(noun) all the loaves of bread baked at the same time | - |
(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
brierpatch | (noun) tangled mass of prickly plants | Synonyms: brier, brier patch |
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bycatch | (noun) unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species | Synonyms: by-catch |
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catch | (noun) the act of catching an object with the hands | Synonyms: grab, snap, snatch |
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(noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: apprehension, arrest, collar, pinch, taking into custody |
(noun) a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth | - |
(noun) a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window | - |
(noun) a restraint that checks the motion of something | Synonyms: stop |
(noun) a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident | Synonyms: gimmick |
(noun) a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion) | - |
(noun) anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching) | - |
(noun) a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect | Synonyms: match |
(noun) the quantity that was caught | Synonyms: haul |
catchall | (noun) an enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends | - |
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catcher | (noun) the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws | - |
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(noun) (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher | Synonyms: backstop |
catchfly | (noun) mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone | Synonyms: lychnis |
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(noun) any plant of the genus Silene | Synonyms: campion, silene |
catching | (noun) (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team | - |
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(noun) the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | Synonyms: detection, espial, spotting, spying |
(noun) becoming infected | Synonyms: contracting |
catchment | (noun) a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area) | - |
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catchphrase | (noun) a phrase that has become a catchword | Synonyms: catch phrase |
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catchweed | (noun) annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia | Synonyms: cleavers, clivers, Galium aparine, goose grass, spring cleavers |
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catchword | (noun) a favorite saying of a group, organization or individual | Synonyms: motto, shibboleth, slogan |
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(noun) a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page | Synonyms: guide word, guideword |
cowcatcher | (noun) an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track | Synonyms: buffer, fender, pilot |
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crosshatch | (noun) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | Synonyms: hachure, hatch, hatching |
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crosspatch | (noun) a bad-tempered person | Synonyms: churl, crank, grouch, grump |
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deathwatch | (noun) bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death | Synonyms: deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum |
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(noun) minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers | Synonyms: book louse, booklouse, Liposcelis divinatorius |
despatch | (noun) the act of sending off something | Synonyms: dispatch, shipment |
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(noun) killing a person or animal | Synonyms: dispatch |
(noun) the property of being prompt and efficient | Synonyms: dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness |
(noun) an official report (usually sent in haste) | Synonyms: communique, dispatch |
dispatch | (noun) the act of sending off something | Synonyms: despatch, shipment |
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(noun) killing a person or animal | Synonyms: despatch |
(noun) the property of being prompt and efficient | Synonyms: despatch, expedition, expeditiousness |
(noun) an official report (usually sent in haste) | Synonyms: communique, despatch |
dispatcher | (noun) the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition | Synonyms: starter |
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(noun) employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service | - |
dogwatch | (noun) either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm | - |
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eyepatch | (noun) a protective cloth covering for an injured eye | Synonyms: patch |
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flycatcher | (noun) any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing | Synonyms: Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher |
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(noun) large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing | Synonyms: New World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher |
gnatcatcher | (noun) very small North American and South American warblers | - |
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hatch | (noun) a movable barrier covering a hatchway | - |
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(noun) a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open | Synonyms: hatchback, hatchback door, liftgate |
(noun) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | Synonyms: crosshatch, hachure, hatching |
(noun) the production of young from an egg | Synonyms: hatching |
hatchback | (noun) a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open | Synonyms: hatch, hatchback door, liftgate |
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(noun) a car having a hatchback door | - |
hatchel | (noun) a comb for separating flax fibers | Synonyms: heckle |
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hatchery | (noun) a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs) | - |
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hatchet | (noun) a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood) | - |
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(noun) weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians | Synonyms: tomahawk |
hatching | (noun) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | Synonyms: crosshatch, hachure, hatch |
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(noun) the production of young from an egg | Synonyms: hatch |
hatchling | (noun) any recently hatched animal (especially birds) | - |
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hatchway | (noun) an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship | Synonyms: opening, scuttle |
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latch | (noun) catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove | - |
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(noun) spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key | Synonyms: door latch |
latchet | (noun) a leather strap or thong used to attach a sandal or shoe to the foot | - |
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latchkey | (noun) key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door | - |
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latchstring | (noun) opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outside | - |
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match | (noun) lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction | Synonyms: friction match, lucifer |
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(noun) an exact duplicate | Synonyms: mate |
(noun) a burning piece of wood or cardboard | - |
(noun) something that resembles or harmonizes with | - |
(noun) a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete | - |
(noun) a pair of people who live together | Synonyms: couple, mates |
(noun) a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | Synonyms: compeer, equal, peer |
(noun) a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect | Synonyms: catch |
(noun) the score needed to win a match | - |
matchboard | (noun) a board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor) | - |
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matchbook | (noun) a small folder of paper safety matches | - |
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matchbox | (noun) a box for holding matches | - |
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matchbush | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches | Synonyms: matchweed |
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matcher | (noun) someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others | Synonyms: marriage broker, matchmaker |
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matchet | (noun) a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation | Synonyms: machete, panga |
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matchlessness | (noun) The state or condition of being matchless, of having no equal. | Synonyms: peerlessness |
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matchlock | (noun) an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge | - |
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matchmaker | (noun) someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others | Synonyms: marriage broker, matcher |
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matchmaking | (noun) mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others | - |
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matchstick | (noun) a short thin stick of wood used in making matches | - |
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matchup | (noun) the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition | Synonyms: match-up |
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matchweed | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches | Synonyms: matchbush |
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matchwood | (noun) fragments of wood | - |
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(noun) wood suitable for making matchsticks | - |
(noun) wood in small pieces or splinters | Synonyms: splinters |
midwatch | (noun) a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.) | Synonyms: graveyard watch, middle watch, night watch |
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mismatch | (noun) a bad or unsuitable match | - |
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nuthatch | (noun) any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects | Synonyms: nutcracker |
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overwatch | (noun) surveillence by a unit within a video game which would cause the unit to make an action in response to an enemy unit's action | - |
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oystercatcher | (noun) black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc. | Synonyms: oyster catcher |
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patch | (noun) a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole | - |
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(noun) sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment) | Synonyms: darn, mend |
(noun) a protective cloth covering for an injured eye | Synonyms: eyepatch |
(noun) a connection intended to be used for a limited time | Synonyms: temporary hookup |
(noun) a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body | Synonyms: bandage |
(noun) a small contrasting part of something | Synonyms: dapple, fleck, maculation, speckle, spot |
(noun) a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program | - |
(noun) a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation | Synonyms: plot, plot of ground, plot of land |
(noun) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | Synonyms: piece, spell, while |
patchboard | (noun) telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords | Synonyms: plugboard, switchboard |
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patchcord | (noun) a length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboard | - |
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patchiness | (noun) unevenness in quality or performance | - |
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patching | (noun) the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it | - |
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patchouli | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly |
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(noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin |
patchouly | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouli |
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(noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouli, Pogostemon cablin |
patchwork | (noun) sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern | - |
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(noun) a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together | Synonyms: patchwork quilt |
(noun) a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas | Synonyms: hodgepodge, jumble |
portwatcher | (noun) a watchman on a wharf | Synonyms: port watcher |
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potlatch | (noun) a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment) | - |
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ratch | (noun) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction | Synonyms: rachet, ratchet |
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ratchet | (noun) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction | Synonyms: rachet, ratch |
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rematch | (noun) something (especially a game) that is played again | Synonyms: replay |
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rewatch | (noun) to watch a show or television one more time | - |
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satchel | (noun) luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap | - |
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scratch | (noun) an indication of damage | Synonyms: mark, scar, scrape |
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(noun) (golf) a handicap of zero strokes | - |
(noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: cacography, scrawl, scribble |
(noun) a harsh noise made by scraping | Synonyms: scrape, scraping, scratching |
(noun) dry mash for poultry | Synonyms: chicken feed |
(noun) a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game | Synonyms: scratch line, start, starting line |
(noun) a competitor who has withdrawn from competition | - |
(noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
(noun) a depression scratched or carved into a surface | Synonyms: dent, incision, prick, slit |
(noun) an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off | Synonyms: abrasion, excoriation, scrape |
scratcher | (noun) a device used for scratching | - |
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(noun) a person who scratches to relieve an itch | - |
(noun) a workman who uses a tool for scratching | - |
scratchiness | (noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | Synonyms: abrasiveness, harshness |
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scratching | (noun) a harsh noise made by scraping | Synonyms: scrape, scraping, scratch |
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scratchpad | (noun) (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information | - |
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snatch | (noun) the act of catching an object with the hands | Synonyms: catch, grab, snap |
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(noun) a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion | - |
(noun) (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment | Synonyms: kidnapping |
(noun) obscene terms for female genitals | Synonyms: cunt, puss, pussy, slit, twat |
(noun) a small fragment | Synonyms: bit |
snatcher | (noun) someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) | Synonyms: abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper |
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(noun) a thief who grabs and runs | - |
spatchcock | (noun) flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed) | - |
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stopwatch | (noun) a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) | Synonyms: stop watch |
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swatch | (noun) a sample piece of cloth | - |
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thatch | (noun) a house roof made with a plant material (as straw) | Synonyms: thatched roof |
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(noun) hair resembling thatched roofing material | - |
(noun) plant stalks used as roofing material | - |
thatcher | (noun) someone skilled in making a roof from plant stalks or foliage | - |
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watch | (noun) a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe | Synonyms: vigil |
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(noun) the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) | Synonyms: vigil |
(noun) a small portable timepiece | Synonyms: ticker |
(noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter |
(noun) a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty | - |
(noun) the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty | - |
watchband | (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchstrap, wristband |
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watchdog | (noun) a dog trained to guard property | Synonyms: guard dog |
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(noun) a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste | - |
watcher | (noun) a guard who keeps watch | Synonyms: security guard, watchman |
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(noun) a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) | Synonyms: looker, spectator, viewer, witness |
(noun) a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body | - |
watchfulness | (noun) vigilant attentiveness | Synonyms: vigilance, weather eye |
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(noun) the process of paying close and continuous attention | Synonyms: alertness, vigilance, wakefulness |
watching | (noun) the act of observing; taking a patient look | Synonyms: observance, observation |
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watchmaker | (noun) someone who makes or repairs watches | Synonyms: horologer, horologist |
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watchman | (noun) a guard who keeps watch | Synonyms: security guard, watcher |
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watchstrap | (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchband, wristband |
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watchtower | (noun) an observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemies | - |
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watchword | (noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: countersign, parole, password, word |
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(noun) a slogan used to rally support for a cause | Synonyms: battle cry, cry, rallying cry, war cry |
whatchamacallit | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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whatchamacallum | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatsis, widget |
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wristwatch | (noun) a watch that is worn strapped to the wrist | Synonyms: wrist watch |
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