ache | (noun) a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain | Synonyms: aching |
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(verb) have a desire for something or someone who is not present | Synonyms: languish, pine, yearn, yen |
(verb) be the source of pain | Synonyms: hurt, smart |
(verb) feel physical pain | Synonyms: hurt, suffer |
achene | (noun) small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall | - |
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achenial | (adjective) pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit | - |
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apache | (noun) a Parisian gangster | - |
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attache | (noun) a shallow and rectangular briefcase | Synonyms: attache case |
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(noun) a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission | - |
attached | (adjective) associated in an exclusive sexual relationship | Synonyms: committed |
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(adjective) used of buildings joined by common sidewalls | - |
(adjective) fond and affectionate | - |
(adjective) being joined in close association | Synonyms: affiliated, connected |
bachelor | (noun) a man who has never been married | Synonyms: unmarried man |
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(noun) a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon | Synonyms: bachelor-at-arms, knight bachelor |
(verb) lead a bachelor's existence | Synonyms: bach |
bachelorette | (noun) a young unmarried woman who lives alone | Synonyms: bachelor girl |
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bachelorhood | (noun) the state of being an unmarried man | - |
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(noun) the time of a man's life prior to marriage | - |
backache | (noun) an ache localized in the back | - |
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bellyache | (noun) an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region | Synonyms: gastralgia, stomach ache, stomachache |
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(verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bitch, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk |
bellyacher | (noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | Synonyms: complainer, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner |
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bleached | (adjective) (used of color) artificially produced; not natural | Synonyms: colored, coloured, dyed |
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(adjective) having lost freshness or brilliance of color | Synonyms: faded, washed-out, washy |
bleacher | (noun) a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.) | - |
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bleachers | (noun) (used in the plural) an outdoor grandstand without a roof; patrons are exposed to the sun as linens are when they are bleached | - |
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broached | (adjective) of a cask or barrel | Synonyms: abroach |
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cache | (noun) a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons) | - |
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(noun) (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics | Synonyms: memory cache |
(noun) a secret store of valuables or money | Synonyms: hoard, stash |
(verb) save up as for future use | Synonyms: hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash |
cachectic | (adjective) relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia | - |
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cachet | (noun) a seal on a letter | - |
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(noun) an indication of approved or superior status | Synonyms: seal, seal of approval |
(noun) a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal | Synonyms: lettre de cachet |
cachexia | (noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | Synonyms: cachexy, wasting |
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cachexy | (noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | Synonyms: cachexia, wasting |
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detached | (adjective) used of buildings; standing apart from others | - |
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(adjective) being or feeling set or kept apart from others | Synonyms: isolated, separated, set-apart |
(adjective) showing lack of emotional involvement | Synonyms: degage, uninvolved |
(adjective) no longer connected or joined | Synonyms: separated |
(adjective) not fixed in position | Synonyms: free |
(adjective) lacking affection or warm feeling | Synonyms: unaffectionate, uncaring |
earache | (noun) an ache localized in the middle or inner ear | Synonyms: otalgia |
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encroacher | (noun) someone who enters by force in order to conquer | Synonyms: invader |
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gouache | (noun) a watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum | - |
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(noun) an opaque watercolor prepared with gum | - |
headache | (noun) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness | Synonyms: concern, vexation, worry |
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(noun) pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs | Synonyms: cephalalgia, head ache |
heartache | (noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | Synonyms: brokenheartedness, grief, heartbreak |
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huarache | (noun) a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps | Synonyms: huaraches |
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huaraches | (noun) a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps | Synonyms: huarache |
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huisache | (noun) tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery | Synonyms: Acacia farnesiana, cassie, flame tree, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle |
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laryngotracheobronchitis | (noun) inflammation of the larynx and trachea and bronchial passageways | - |
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machete | (noun) a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation | Synonyms: matchet, panga |
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moustache | (noun) an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | Synonyms: mustache |
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mustache | (noun) an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | Synonyms: moustache |
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mustached | (adjective) having a moustache | Synonyms: mustachioed |
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orache | (noun) any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes | Synonyms: orach |
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panache | (noun) a feathered plume on a helmet | - |
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(noun) distinctive and stylish elegance | Synonyms: dash, elan, flair, style |
poached | (adjective) cooked in hot water | Synonyms: boiled, stewed |
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poacher | (noun) small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters | Synonyms: sea poacher, sea poker |
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(noun) a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs) | - |
(noun) someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another | - |
preacher | (noun) someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel | Synonyms: preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer |
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rachet | (noun) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction | Synonyms: ratch, ratchet |
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reproacher | (noun) someone who finds fault or imputes blame | Synonyms: rebuker, reprover, upbraider |
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rhinotracheitis | (noun) a respiratory infection of the nose and throat in cattle | - |
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sachem | (noun) a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) | Synonyms: sagamore |
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(noun) a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall) | - |
sachet | (noun) a small soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to perfume items in a drawer or chest | - |
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schoolteacher | (noun) a teacher in a school below the college level | Synonyms: school teacher |
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semidetached | (adjective) attached on one side only | - |
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soutache | (noun) a narrow braid used as a decorative trimming | - |
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stomachache | (noun) an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region | Synonyms: bellyache, gastralgia, stomach ache |
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stomacher | (noun) garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century | - |
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tacheometer | (noun) a theodolite designed for rapid measurements | Synonyms: tachymeter |
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teacher | (noun) a personified abstraction that teaches | - |
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(noun) a person whose occupation is teaching | Synonyms: instructor |
teachership | (noun) the position of teacher | - |
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toothache | (noun) an ache localized in or around a tooth | Synonyms: odontalgia |
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trachea | (noun) membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi | Synonyms: windpipe |
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(noun) one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids | - |
tracheal | (adjective) relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea | - |
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tracheid | (noun) long tubular cell peculiar to xylem | - |
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tracheitis | (noun) inflammation of the trachea | - |
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tracheobronchitis | (noun) common respiratory infection characterized by inflammation of the trachea and the bronchi | - |
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tracheophyte | (noun) green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms | Synonyms: vascular plant |
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tracheostomy | (noun) a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes | Synonyms: tracheotomy |
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tracheotomy | (noun) a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes | Synonyms: tracheostomy |
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treacherous | (adjective) dangerously unstable and unpredictable | Synonyms: unreliable |
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(adjective) tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | Synonyms: perfidious, punic |
treacherously | (adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner | Synonyms: faithlessly, false, traitorously, treasonably |
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treacherousness | (noun) The characteristic of providing insecure footing or support; of being marked by hidden dangers, hazards, or perils. | - |
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treachery | (noun) an act of deliberate betrayal | Synonyms: betrayal, perfidy, treason |
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(noun) betrayal of a trust | Synonyms: perfidiousness, perfidy |
unattached | (adjective) not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship | Synonyms: uncommitted |
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(adjective) not fastened together | - |
(adjective) (of animals) able to swim about; not attached | Synonyms: free-swimming |
unbleached | (adjective) not artificially colored or bleached | Synonyms: uncolored, undyed |
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unreached | (adjective) inaccessibly located or situated | Synonyms: out of reach, unapproachable, unreachable |
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