arcdegree | (noun) a measure for arcs and angles | Synonyms: degree |
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axletree | (noun) a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve | - |
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bourtree | (noun) a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies | Synonyms: black elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra |
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chickeree | (noun) far western United States counterpart of the red squirrel | Synonyms: Douglas squirrel, Tamiasciurus douglasi |
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chivaree | (noun) a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | Synonyms: belling, callathump, callithump, charivari, shivaree |
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conferee | (noun) a member of a conference | - |
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(noun) a person on whom something is bestowed | - |
decree | (noun) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Synonyms: edict, fiat, order, rescript |
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degree | (noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality | Synonyms: grade, level |
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(noun) the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime) | - |
(noun) the highest power of a term or variable | - |
(noun) an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study | Synonyms: academic degree |
(noun) a measure for arcs and angles | Synonyms: arcdegree |
(noun) a unit of temperature on a specified scale | - |
(noun) a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | Synonyms: level, point, stage |
doubletree | (noun) a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast | - |
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dungaree | (noun) a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric | Synonyms: denim, jean |
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emigree | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigrant, emigre, outgoer |
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entree | (noun) an entrance, especially a theatrical entrance onto a stage or as if onto a stage | - |
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(noun) something that provides access (to get in or get out) | Synonyms: entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway |
(noun) the right to enter | Synonyms: access, accession, admission, admittance |
(noun) the principal dish of a meal | Synonyms: main course |
filagree | (noun) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | Synonyms: filigree, fillagree |
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filaree | (noun) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | Synonyms: alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
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filigree | (noun) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | Synonyms: filagree, fillagree |
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fillagree | (noun) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | Synonyms: filagree, filigree |
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free | (noun) people who are free | Synonyms: free people |
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greegree | (noun) an African amulet | Synonyms: gres-gris, grigri |
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honoree | (noun) a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments | - |
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jamboree | (noun) a gay festivity | Synonyms: blowout, gala, gala affair |
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kedgeree | (noun) a dish of rice and hard-boiled eggs and cooked flaked fish | - |
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mentoree | (noun) one who is being mentored | Synonyms: mentee |
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millidegree | (noun) a unit of temperature equal to one-thousandth of a degree | - |
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murderee | (noun) a victim who is murdered | - |
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pedigree | (noun) ancestry of a purebred animal | Synonyms: bloodline |
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(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, stemma, stock |
(noun) line of descent of a purebred animal | - |
puree | (noun) food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender | - |
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referee | (noun) (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play | Synonyms: ref |
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(noun) someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication | Synonyms: reader, reviewer |
(noun) an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case | - |
retiree | (noun) someone who has retired from active working | Synonyms: retired person |
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rooftree | (noun) a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters | Synonyms: ridge, ridgepole |
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sangaree | (noun) sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water | Synonyms: sangria |
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saree | (noun) a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body | Synonyms: sari |
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scree | (noun) a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff | Synonyms: talus |
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shivaree | (noun) a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | Synonyms: belling, callathump, callithump, charivari, chivaree |
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shoetree | (noun) a wooden or metal device that is inserted into a shoe to preserve its shape when it is not being worn | - |
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soiree | (noun) a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house) | - |
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spree | (noun) a brief indulgence of your impulses | Synonyms: fling |
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swingletree | (noun) a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling | Synonyms: whiffletree, whippletree |
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three | (noun) one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips | Synonyms: trey |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
transferee | (noun) someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another | Synonyms: transfer |
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(noun) (law) someone to whom a title or property is conveyed | - |
tree | (noun) a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | - |
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(noun) a figure that branches from a single root | Synonyms: tree diagram |
whiffletree | (noun) a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling | Synonyms: swingletree, whippletree |
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whippletree | (noun) a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling | Synonyms: swingletree, whiffletree |
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