allies | (noun) an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy | - |
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amenities | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: comforts, conveniences, creature comforts |
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authorities | (noun) the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit | Synonyms: government, regime |
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caries | (noun) soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth | Synonyms: cavity, dental caries, tooth decay |
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civies | (noun) civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform | Synonyms: civvies |
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civvies | (noun) civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform | Synonyms: civies |
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congeries | (noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together | Synonyms: aggregate, conglomeration |
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contemporaries | (noun) all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age | Synonyms: coevals, generation |
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eighties | (noun) the time of life between 80 and 90 | Synonyms: mid-eighties |
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(noun) the decade from 1980 to 1989 | Synonyms: 1980s |
(noun) the decade from 1880 to 1889 | Synonyms: 1880s |
fifties | (noun) the time of life between 50 and 60 | Synonyms: mid-fifties |
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(noun) the decade from 1950 to 1959 | Synonyms: 1950s |
flies | (noun) (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains) | - |
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follies | (noun) a revue with elaborate costuming | - |
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formalities | (noun) a requirement of etiquette or custom | Synonyms: formality |
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forties | (noun) the time of life between 40 and 50 | Synonyms: mid-forties |
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(noun) the decade from 1940 to 1949 | Synonyms: 1940s |
fries | (noun) strips of potato fried in deep fat | Synonyms: chips, french-fried potatoes, french fries |
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funnies | (noun) a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book | Synonyms: cartoon strip, comic strip, strip |
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hippies | (noun) a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music | Synonyms: flower people, hipsters |
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hostilities | (noun) fighting; acts of overt warfare | Synonyms: belligerency |
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humanities | (noun) studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills) | Synonyms: arts, humanistic discipline, liberal arts |
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jammies | (noun) (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers | Synonyms: pajama, pj's, pyjama |
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jimmies | (noun) bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream | Synonyms: sprinkles |
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liabilities | (noun) anything that is owed to someone else | - |
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nineties | (noun) the time of life between 90 and 100 | Synonyms: mid-nineties |
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(noun) the decade from 1990 to 1999 | Synonyms: 1990s |
(noun) the decade from 1890 to 1899 | Synonyms: 1890s |
paries | (noun) (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure | Synonyms: wall |
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rabies | (noun) an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain | Synonyms: hydrophobia, lyssa, madness |
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sanies | (noun) a fluid product of inflammation | Synonyms: festering, ichor, purulence, pus, suppuration |
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scabies | (noun) a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation | Synonyms: itch |
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series | (noun) (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions | - |
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(noun) a periodical that appears at scheduled times | Synonyms: serial, serial publication |
(noun) a serialized set of programs | Synonyms: serial |
(noun) (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams | - |
(noun) similar things placed in order or happening one after another | - |
(noun) a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection | - |
(noun) (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other | - |
seventies | (noun) the time of life between 70 and 80 | Synonyms: mid-seventies |
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(noun) the decade from 1970 to 1979 | Synonyms: 1970s |
sixties | (noun) the time of life between 60 and 70 | Synonyms: mid-sixties |
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(noun) the decade from 1960 to 1969 | Synonyms: 1960s |
skivvies | (noun) (used in the plural) men's underwear consisting of cotton undershirt and underpants | - |
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species | (noun) a specific kind of something | - |
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(noun) (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed | - |
subspecies | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species | Synonyms: race |
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sundries | (noun) miscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified | - |
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superficies | (noun) outer surface of an area or a body | - |
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(noun) the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance | - |
thirties | (noun) the time of life between 30 and 40 | Synonyms: mid-thirties, thirty-something |
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(noun) the decade from 1930 to 1939 | Synonyms: 1930s |
twenties | (noun) the time of life between 20 and 30 | Synonyms: mid-twenties |
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(noun) the decade from 1920 to 1929 | Synonyms: 1920s |
undies | (noun) women's underwear | - |
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willies | (noun) feelings of uneasiness | - |
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