| accused
|
a defendant in a criminal proceeding |
- |
| aged
|
people who are old collectively |
elderly |
| agueweed
|
gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers |
Gentiana quinquefolia,
Gentianella quinquefolia,
stiff gentian,
ague weed,
five-flowered gentian |
| agueweed
|
perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine |
Eupatorium perfoliatum,
boneset,
thoroughwort |
| airspeed
|
the speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying |
- |
| aniseed
|
liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors |
anise,
anise seed |
| axseed
|
European herb resembling vetch; naturalized in the eastern United States; having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods |
Coronilla varia,
crown vetch |
| baffled
|
people who are frustrated and perplexed |
- |
| bed
|
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep |
- |
| bed
|
a plot of ground in which plants are growing |
- |
| bed
|
a depression forming the ground under a body of water |
bottom |
| bed
|
(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock) |
- |
| bed
|
a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit |
seam |
| bed
|
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance |
layer |
| bed
|
the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc. |
- |
| bed
|
a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track |
- |
| beetleweed
|
tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall |
galaxy,
Galax urceolata,
galax,
wandflower,
coltsfoot |
| beggarweed
|
West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil |
Desmodium purpureum,
Desmodium tortuosum |
| beloved
|
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment |
love,
honey,
dear,
dearest |
| benniseed
|
small oval seeds of the sesame plant |
sesame seed |
| benweed
|
widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity |
ragweed,
ragwort,
Senecio jacobaea,
tansy ragwort |
| bereaved
|
a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved |
bereaved person |
| betrothed
|
the person to whom you are engaged |
- |
| bilsted
|
a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap |
red gum,
sweet gum,
sweet gum tree,
American sweet gum,
Liquidambar styraciflua |
| bindweed
|
any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit |
- |
| biped
|
an animal with two feet |
- |
| birdseed
|
food given to birds; usually mixed seeds |
bird feed,
bird food |
| bitterweed
|
widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States |
Picris echioides,
oxtongue,
bristly oxtongue,
bugloss |
| bitterweed
|
any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma |
ambrosia,
ragweed |
| blackseed
|
grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus |
Sporobolus poiretii,
smut grass,
carpet grass |
| bloodshed
|
the shedding of blood resulting in murder |
gore |
| bloodshed
|
indiscriminate slaughter |
battue,
bloodbath,
bloodletting |
| blueweed
|
a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States |
blue devil,
Echium vulgare,
viper's bugloss,
blue thistle |
| bobsled
|
formerly two short sleds coupled together |
bobsleigh |
| bobsled
|
a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism |
bob,
bobsleigh |
| breed
|
a special variety of domesticated animals within a species |
strain,
stock |
| breed
|
a special type |
- |
| brookweed
|
American water pimpernel |
Samolus floribundus,
Samolus parviflorus |
| brookweed
|
water pimpernel of Europe to China |
Samolus valerandii |
| broomweed
|
annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers |
Gutierrezia texana,
broom-weed |
| bugleweed
|
a mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small whitish flowers; eastern United States |
Lycopus virginicus |
| bugleweed
|
any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover |
bugle |
| butterweed
|
American ragwort with yellow flowers |
ragwort,
Senecio glabellus |
| butterweed
|
any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packera; often placed in genus Senecio |
- |
| camphorweed
|
aromatic plant of western United States |
vinegarweed,
Trichostema lanceolatum,
turpentine camphor weed |
| cancerweed
|
sage of eastern United States |
Salvia lyrata,
cancer weed |
| candyweed
|
bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers |
Polygala lutea,
orange milkwort,
yellow bachelor's button,
yellow milkwort |
| cankerweed
|
herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes |
Nabalus alba,
Prenanthes alba,
white lettuce |
| capeweed
|
European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears |
Hypochaeris radicata,
gosmore,
California dandelion,
cat's-ear |
| carpetweed
|
annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America |
Indian chickweed,
Molluga verticillata |
| catchweed
|
annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia |
Galium aparine,
goose grass,
spring cleavers,
cleavers,
clivers |
| chafeweed
|
weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike |
Gnaphalium sylvaticum,
wood cudweed |
| chaffweed
|
weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves |
bastard pimpernel,
false pimpernel |
| chased
|
a person who is being chased |
pursued |
| chickenfeed
|
a trifling sum of money |
small change,
chump change |
| chickweed
|
any of various plants of the genus Stellaria |
- |
| chickweed
|
any of various plants related to the common chickweed |
mouse ear,
mouse eared chickweed,
mouse-ear chickweed,
clammy chickweed |
| childbed
|
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child |
confinement,
travail,
labor,
labour,
parturiency,
lying-in |
| cirriped
|
marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces |
cirripede,
barnacle |
| clammyweed
|
strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs |
Polanisia dodecandra,
Polanisia graveolens |
| classified
|
a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type |
classified ad,
classified advertisement |
| clearweed
|
a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves |
richweed,
dead nettle,
Pilea pumilla |
| cottonseed
|
seed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil |
- |
| cottonweed
|
an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts |
pearly everlasting,
Anaphalis margaritacea |
| cottonweed
|
any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers |
- |
| cowshed
|
a barn for cows |
cow barn,
cowbarn,
cowhouse,
byre |
| crazyweed
|
any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock |
locoweed,
crazy weed |
| cred
|
credibility among young fashionable urban individuals |
street cred,
street credibility |
| creed
|
any system of principles or beliefs |
credo |
| creed
|
the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group |
gospel,
religious doctrine,
church doctrine |
| crossbreed
|
(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species |
cross,
hybrid |
| cudweed
|
any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color |
- |
| cudweed
|
any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads |
cotton rose,
filago |
| cudweed
|
perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States |
prairie sage,
western mugwort,
white sage,
Artemisia gnaphalodes,
Artemisia ludoviciana |
| damned
|
people who are condemned to eternal punishment |
- |
| daybed
|
an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night |
divan bed |
| daybed
|
a long chair; for reclining |
chaise,
chaise longue |
| deathbed
|
the last few hours before death |
- |
| deathbed
|
the bed on which a person dies |
- |
| deceased
|
someone who is no longer alive |
dead person,
dead soul,
deceased person,
decedent,
departed |
| deed
|
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it |
deed of conveyance,
title |
| deed
|
something that people do or cause to happen |
act,
human action,
human activity |
| defeated
|
people who are defeated |
discomfited |
| departed
|
someone who is no longer alive |
dead person,
dead soul,
deceased,
deceased person,
decedent |
| disabled
|
people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped |
handicapped |
| discomfited
|
people who are defeated |
defeated |
| dogsled
|
a sled pulled by dogs |
dog sled,
dog sleigh |
| doomed
|
people who are destined to die soon |
lost |
| dropseed
|
a grass of the genus Sporobolus |
drop-seed |
| duckweed
|
any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds |
- |
| dyeweed
|
small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental |
whin,
dyer's greenweed,
dyer's-broom,
Genista tinctoria,
greenweed,
woadwaxen,
woodwaxen |
| elevated
|
a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
overhead railway,
el,
elevated railroad,
elevated railway |
| enlightened
|
people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity |
initiate |
| ezed
|
the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet |
Z,
z,
zed,
zee,
izzard |
| fanweed
|
foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America |
mithridate mustard,
penny grass,
stinkweed,
French weed,
field pennycress,
Thlaspi arvense |
| featherbed
|
a mattress stuffed with feathers |
feather bed |
| feed
|
food for domestic livestock |
provender |
| fireweed
|
tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant |
rosebay willowherb,
giant willowherb,
Epilobium angustifolium,
wickup |
| fireweed
|
an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers |
Erechtites hieracifolia |
| fissiped
|
terrestrial carnivores; having toes separated to the base: dogs; cats; bears; badgers; raccoons |
fissiped mammal |
| flatbed
|
freight car without permanent sides or roof |
flat,
flatcar |
| flatbed
|
an open truck bed or trailer with no sides; used to carry large heavy objects |
- |
| flaxseed
|
the seed of flax used as a source of oil |
linseed |
| flowerbed
|
a bed in which flowers are growing |
bed of flowers,
flower bed |
| frostweed
|
perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts |
Helianthemum canadense,
Crocanthemum canadense,
frost-weed,
frostwort |
| frostweed
|
tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States |
Verbesina virginica,
Virginia crownbeard,
frost-weed |
| governed
|
the body of people who are citizens of a particular government |
- |
| gravelweed
|
perennial herb with yellow flowers; southern and south central United States |
Verbesina helianthoides |
| greed
|
excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves |
- |
| greed
|
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) |
rapacity,
covetousness,
avarice,
avaritia |
| greenweed
|
small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental |
whin,
dyer's greenweed,
dyer's-broom,
dyeweed,
Genista tinctoria,
woadwaxen,
woodwaxen |
| groundspeed
|
the speed of an aircraft relative to the ground |
- |
| gulfweed
|
brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea |
Sargassum bacciferum,
sargasso,
sargassum |
| gumweed
|
any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock |
rosinweed,
gum plant,
tarweed |
| gypsyweed
|
common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes |
Veronica officinalis,
common speedwell |
| handicapped
|
people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped |
disabled |
| hatred
|
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action |
hate |
| hawkweed
|
any of various plants of the genus Pilosella |
- |
| hawkweed
|
any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion |
- |
| hayseed
|
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture |
rube,
hick,
chawbacon,
bumpkin,
yahoo,
yokel |
| heartseed
|
herbaceous vine of tropical America and Africa |
Cardiospermum grandiflorum |
| heed
|
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) |
regard,
paying attention,
attentiveness |
| hogweed
|
tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers |
Heracleum sphondylium,
cow parsnip |
| horseweed
|
erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States |
richweed,
horse balm,
stone root,
stone-root,
stoneroot,
Collinsonia canadensis |
| horseweed
|
common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron |
Erigeron canadensis,
Canadian fleabane,
Conyza canadensis,
fleabane |
| hotbed
|
a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad) |
- |
| hotbed
|
a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants |
- |
| hundred
|
ten 10s |
C,
century,
100,
one C |
| infrared
|
the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range |
infrared frequency |
| infrared
|
electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves |
infrared emission,
infrared light,
infrared radiation |
| insured
|
a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc. |
insured person |