baleen | (noun) a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets | Synonyms: whalebone |
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canteen | (noun) a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers | - |
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(noun) restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat | - |
(noun) a recreation room in an institution | - |
(noun) a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen | Synonyms: mobile canteen |
(noun) sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc. | - |
carageen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carrageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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careen | (noun) pitching dangerously to one side | Synonyms: rock, sway, tilt |
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carrageen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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carragheen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carageen, carrageen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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colleen | (noun) an Irish girl | - |
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dasheen | (noun) tropical starchy tuberous root | Synonyms: cocoyam, edda, taro, taro root |
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(noun) herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves | Synonyms: Colocasia esculenta, dalo, taro, taro plant |
(noun) edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants | Synonyms: cocoyam, eddo, taro |
dudeen | (noun) a clay pipe with a short stem | - |
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eighteen | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one | Synonyms: 18, XVIII |
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evergreen | (noun) a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year | Synonyms: evergreen plant |
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fedayeen | (noun) (plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel | - |
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fifteen | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one | Synonyms: 15, XV |
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fourteen | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one | Synonyms: 14, XIV |
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green | (noun) street names for ketamine | Synonyms: cat valium, honey oil, jet, K, special K, super acid, super C |
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(noun) green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass | Synonyms: greenness, viridity |
(noun) any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables | Synonyms: greens, leafy vegetable |
(noun) an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course | Synonyms: putting green, putting surface |
(noun) a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area | Synonyms: common, commons, park |
keen | (noun) a funeral lament sung with loud wailing | - |
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lateen | (noun) a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean | Synonyms: lateen sail |
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mangosteen | (noun) two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples | - |
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(noun) East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit | Synonyms: Garcinia mangostana, mangosteen tree |
moreen | (noun) a heavy fabric of wool (or wool and cotton) used mostly in upholstery or for curtains | - |
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mujahadeen | (noun) a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad | Synonyms: mujahadein, mujahadin, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahideen, mujahidin |
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mujahedeen | (noun) a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad | Synonyms: mujahadeen, mujahadein, mujahadin, mujahedin, mujahideen, mujahidin |
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mujahideen | (noun) a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad | Synonyms: mujahadeen, mujahadein, mujahadin, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahidin |
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nankeen | (noun) a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color | - |
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nineteen | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one | Synonyms: 19, XIX |
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palankeen | (noun) a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers | Synonyms: palanquin |
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peen | (noun) the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes) | - |
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poteen | (noun) unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey | - |
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preteen | (noun) a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age) | Synonyms: preteenager |
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queen | (noun) the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs | - |
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(noun) an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males | Synonyms: queen mole rat |
(noun) female cat | Synonyms: tabby |
(noun) (chess) the most powerful piece | - |
(noun) one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen | - |
(noun) a female sovereign ruler | Synonyms: female monarch, queen regnant |
(noun) the wife or widow of a king | - |
(noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queer |
(noun) something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind | - |
(noun) a female competitor who holds a preeminent position | - |
sateen | (noun) a cotton fabric with a satiny finish | - |
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screen | (noun) a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame | - |
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(noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | Synonyms: concealment, cover, covert |
(noun) a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles | Synonyms: sieve |
(noun) partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space | - |
(noun) a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight | Synonyms: blind |
(noun) the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube | Synonyms: CRT screen |
(noun) a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing | Synonyms: projection screen, silver screen |
(noun) the personnel of the film industry | Synonyms: filmdom, screenland |
seventeen | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one | Synonyms: 17, XVII |
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shebeen | (noun) unlicensed drinking establishment | - |
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sheen | (noun) the visual property of something that shines with reflected light | Synonyms: luster, lustre, shininess |
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silkscreen | (noun) a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil | Synonyms: serigraph, silk screen print |
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sixteen | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one | Synonyms: 16, XVI |
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smokescreen | (noun) an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure | Synonyms: smoke screen |
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(noun) (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements | Synonyms: smoke screen |
spleen | (noun) a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses | Synonyms: lien |
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(noun) a feeling of resentful anger | Synonyms: irascibility, quick temper, short temper |
sunscreen | (noun) a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn | Synonyms: sun blocker, sunblock |
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teen | (noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity | Synonyms: adolescent, stripling, teenager |
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tendergreen | (noun) Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage | Synonyms: Brassica perviridis, Brassica rapa perviridis, spinach mustard |
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thirteen | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one | Synonyms: 13, baker's dozen, long dozen, XIII |
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touchscreen | (noun) a computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screen | Synonyms: touch screen |
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tureen | (noun) large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews | - |
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unseen | (noun) a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit | Synonyms: spiritual domain, spiritual world |
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velveteen | (noun) a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet | - |
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windscreen | (noun) transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle | Synonyms: windshield |
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wintergreen | (noun) spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil | Synonyms: boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry |
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(noun) any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola | Synonyms: pyrola |
(noun) creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil | Synonyms: checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry |