antepenultimate | (noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenult, antepenultima |
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bedmate | (noun) a person with whom you share a bed | Synonyms: bedfellow |
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bichromate | (noun) a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid | Synonyms: dichromate |
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bromate | (noun) a chemical compound that contains the bromate ion. | - |
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bunkmate | (noun) someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself | - |
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campmate | (noun) someone who lives in the same camp you do | - |
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carbamate | (noun) a salt (or ester) of carbamic acid | - |
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checkmate | (noun) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king | Synonyms: mate |
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(noun) complete victory | - |
chromate | (noun) any salt or ester of chromic acid | - |
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classmate | (noun) an acquaintance that you go to school with | Synonyms: class fellow, schoolfellow, schoolmate |
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climate | (noun) the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time | Synonyms: clime |
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(noun) the prevailing psychological state | Synonyms: mood |
cyclamate | (noun) any salt or ester of cyclamic acid. | - |
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dichromate | (noun) a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid | Synonyms: bichromate |
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diplomate | (noun) medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group | - |
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directmate | (noun) A type of problem where White, moving first, is required to checkmate Black in a specified number of moves against any defence. | - |
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estimate | (noun) a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody | Synonyms: estimation |
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(noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | Synonyms: approximation, estimation, idea |
(noun) the respect with which a person is held | Synonyms: estimation |
(noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: appraisal, estimation |
(noun) a statement indicating the likely cost of some job | - |
flatmate | (noun) an associate who shares an apartment with you | - |
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glutamate | (noun) a salt or ester of glutamic acid | - |
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guesstimate | (noun) an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing | Synonyms: guestimate |
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guestimate | (noun) an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing | Synonyms: guesstimate |
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hamate | (noun) the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers | Synonyms: hamate bone, os hamatum, unciform bone |
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helpmate | (noun) a helpful partner | Synonyms: helpmeet |
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housemate | (noun) someone who resides in the same house with you | - |
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humate | (noun) material that is high in humic acids | - |
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illegitimate | (noun) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents | Synonyms: bastard, by-blow, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson |
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inmate | (noun) one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital) | - |
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(noun) a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated | Synonyms: inpatient |
(noun) a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison | Synonyms: con, convict, yard bird, yardbird |
intimate | (noun) someone to whom private matters are confided | Synonyms: confidant |
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mate | (noun) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king | Synonyms: checkmate |
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(noun) an exact duplicate | Synonyms: match |
(noun) South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate | - |
(noun) a person's partner in marriage | Synonyms: better half, married person, partner, spouse |
(noun) the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) | - |
(noun) the officer below the master on a commercial ship | Synonyms: first mate |
(noun) informal term for a friend of the same sex | - |
(noun) a fellow member of a team | Synonyms: teammate |
(noun) South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea | Synonyms: Ilex paraguariensis, Paraguay tea |
(noun) one of a pair | Synonyms: fellow |
meclofenamate | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Meclomen) used to treat arthritis | Synonyms: meclofenamate sodium, Meclomen |
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meprobamate | (noun) a sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety | Synonyms: Equanil, Meprin, Miltown |
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messmate | (noun) (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship) | - |
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miltomate | (noun) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: jamberry, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry, tomatillo |
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overestimate | (noun) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high | Synonyms: overestimation, overrating, overreckoning |
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(noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overappraisal, overestimation, overvaluation |
penultimate | (noun) the next to last syllable in a word | Synonyms: penult, penultima |
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playmate | (noun) a companion at play | Synonyms: playfellow |
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primate | (noun) any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet | - |
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(noun) a senior clergyman and dignitary | Synonyms: archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate |
roommate | (noun) an associate who shares a room with you | Synonyms: roomie, roomy |
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schoolmate | (noun) an acquaintance that you go to school with | Synonyms: class fellow, classmate, schoolfellow |
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shipmate | (noun) an associate on the same ship with you | - |
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stablemate | (noun) a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person | Synonyms: stable companion |
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stalemate | (noun) drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check | - |
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(noun) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | Synonyms: dead end, deadlock, impasse, standstill |
stomate | (noun) a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass | Synonyms: pore, stoma |
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sublimate | (noun) the product of vaporization of a solid | - |
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tablemate | (noun) someone you dine with | Synonyms: dining companion |
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teammate | (noun) a fellow member of a team | Synonyms: mate |
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ultimate | (noun) the finest or most superior quality of its kind | - |
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underestimate | (noun) an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value | Synonyms: underestimation, underrating, underreckoning |
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workmate | (noun) a fellow worker | - |
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