aiguillette | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aglet, aiglet |
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ambiguity | (noun) unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning | Synonyms: equivocalness |
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(noun) an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context | - |
anguish | (noun) extreme mental distress | Synonyms: torment, torture |
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(noun) extreme distress of body or mind | - |
arguing | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
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beguilement | (noun) an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations | Synonyms: distraction |
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(noun) magnetic personal charm | Synonyms: animal magnetism, bewitchery |
beguiler | (noun) a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness) | Synonyms: charmer |
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(noun) someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | Synonyms: cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster |
beguine | (noun) a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba | - |
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(noun) music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance | - |
bloodguilt | (noun) the state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder | - |
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bourguignon | (noun) reduced red wine with onions and parsley and thyme and butter | Synonyms: bourguignon sauce, Burgundy sauce |
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consanguinity | (noun) (anthropology) the condition of being related by blood | Synonyms: blood kinship, cognation |
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contiguity | (noun) the attribute of being so near as to be touching | Synonyms: adjacency, contiguousness |
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disguise | (noun) the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | Synonyms: camouflage |
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(noun) any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity | - |
(noun) an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something | Synonyms: camouflage |
distinguishability | (noun) Capability of being perceived as different or distinct. | - |
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exiguity | (noun) the quality of being meager | Synonyms: leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness |
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extinguisher | (noun) a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires | Synonyms: asphyxiator, fire extinguisher |
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extinguishing | (noun) the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning | Synonyms: extinction, quenching |
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guib | (noun) antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns | Synonyms: bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus |
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guidance | (noun) the act of setting and holding a course | Synonyms: direction, steering |
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(noun) the act of guiding or showing the way | Synonyms: steering |
(noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counsel, counseling, counselling, direction |
guide | (noun) a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something | - |
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(noun) a model or standard for making comparisons | Synonyms: template, templet |
(noun) something that offers basic information or instruction | Synonyms: guidebook |
(noun) someone employed to conduct others | Synonyms: usher |
(noun) someone who can find paths through unexplored territory | Synonyms: pathfinder, scout |
(noun) someone who shows the way by leading or advising | - |
guidebook | (noun) something that offers basic information or instruction | Synonyms: guide |
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guideline | (noun) a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior | Synonyms: guidepost, rule of thumb |
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(noun) a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action | Synonyms: road map |
(noun) a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters | - |
guidepost | (noun) a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior | Synonyms: guideline, rule of thumb |
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(noun) a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way | Synonyms: signpost |
guideword | (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: catchword, guide word |
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guild | (noun) a formal association of people with similar interests | Synonyms: club, gild, lodge, order, social club, society |
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guilder | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Dutch florin, florin, gulden |
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(noun) the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: florin, gulden |
guildhall | (noun) the hall of a guild or corporation | - |
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guile | (noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | Synonyms: chicane, chicanery, shenanigan, trickery, wile |
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(noun) the quality of being crafty | Synonyms: craftiness |
(noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, slyness, wiliness |
guillemot | (noun) small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas | - |
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guilloche | (noun) an architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands | - |
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guillotine | (noun) instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people | - |
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(noun) closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill | Synonyms: closure by compartment |
guilt | (noun) remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense | Synonyms: guilt feelings, guilt trip, guilty conscience |
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(noun) the state of having committed an offense | Synonyms: guiltiness |
guiltiness | (noun) the state of having committed an offense | Synonyms: guilt |
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guiltlessness | (noun) a state of innocence | Synonyms: blamelessness, inculpability, inculpableness |
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guimpe | (noun) a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress | - |
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(noun) a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit | - |
guinea | (noun) a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world | Synonyms: guinea fowl, Numida meleagris |
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(noun) a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings | - |
guise | (noun) an artful or simulated semblance | Synonyms: pretence, pretense, pretext |
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guitar | (noun) a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking | - |
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guitarfish | (noun) primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body | - |
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guitarist | (noun) a musician who plays the guitar | Synonyms: guitar player |
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indistinguishability | (noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identicalness, identity |
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languisher | (noun) a person who languishes | - |
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linguica | (noun) a highly seasoned Portuguese pork sausage flavored with garlic and onions | - |
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linguine | (noun) pasta in long slender flat strips | Synonyms: linguini |
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linguini | (noun) pasta in long slender flat strips | Synonyms: linguine |
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linguist | (noun) a person who speaks more than one language | Synonyms: polyglot |
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(noun) a specialist in linguistics | Synonyms: linguistic scientist |
linguistics | (noun) the scientific study of language | - |
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(noun) the humanistic study of language and literature | Synonyms: philology |
neurolinguist | (noun) someone trained in neuroscience and linguistics who studies brain processes during language production and reception | - |
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neurolinguistics | (noun) the branch of linguistics that studies the relation between language and the structure and function of the nervous system | - |
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ouguiya | (noun) the basic unit of money in Mauritania | - |
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penguin | (noun) short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers | - |
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psycholinguist | (noun) a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language | - |
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psycholinguistics | (noun) the branch of cognitive psychology that studies the psychological basis of linguistic competence and performance | - |
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roguishness | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, shenanigan |
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(noun) the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks | Synonyms: prankishness, rascality |
sanguification | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis |
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sanguine | (noun) chalk of a reddish-brown colour that resembles dried blood | Synonyms: red chalk |
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(noun) a blood-red color | - |
sanguineness | (noun) feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident | Synonyms: sanguinity |
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sanguinity | (noun) feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident | Synonyms: sanguineness |
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sociolinguist | (noun) a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication | - |
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sociolinguistics | (noun) the study of language in relation to its sociocultural context | - |
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unambiguity | (noun) clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity | Synonyms: unequivocalness |
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unguiculate | (noun) a mammal having nails or claws | Synonyms: unguiculate mammal |
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unguis | (noun) any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin | Synonyms: horny structure |
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waveguide | (noun) a hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves; used in radar | Synonyms: wave guide |
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