pushcart | (noun) wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels | Synonyms: cart, go-cart, handcart |
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quadripartite | (adjective) involving four parties | Synonyms: four-party |
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quart | (noun) a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon | - |
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(noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters | - |
(noun) a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches | Synonyms: dry quart |
quartan | (adjective) occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria) | - |
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(noun) a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day | - |
quarter | (noun) clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent | - |
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(noun) the rear part of a ship | Synonyms: after part, poop, stern, tail |
(noun) piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp | - |
(noun) a district of a city having some distinguishing character | - |
(noun) an unspecified person | - |
(noun) a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar | - |
(noun) one of four equal parts | Synonyms: fourth, fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, quartern, twenty-five percent |
(noun) a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) | - |
(noun) a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) | - |
(noun) one of the four major division of the compass | - |
(noun) one of four periods into which the school year is divided | - |
(noun) (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided | - |
(noun) a fourth part of a year; three months | - |
(noun) a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour | - |
(verb) divide by four; divide into quarters | - |
(verb) divide into quarters | - |
(verb) pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him | Synonyms: draw, draw and quarter |
(verb) provide housing for (military personnel) | Synonyms: billet, canton |
quarterback | (noun) (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team | Synonyms: field general, signal caller |
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(noun) (football) the person who plays quarterback | Synonyms: field general, signal caller |
(verb) play the quarterback | - |
quarterdeck | (noun) the stern area of a ship's upper deck | - |
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quarterfinal | (noun) one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals | - |
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quartering | (noun) dividing into four equal parts | - |
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(noun) living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) | - |
(noun) a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages | - |
quarterlight | (noun) car window consisting of a small pivoted glass vent in the door of a car | - |
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quarterly | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of a quarter | - |
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(noun) a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year) | - |
(adverb) in three month intervals | Synonyms: every quarter |
(adverb) in diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon | - |
quartermaster | (noun) an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops | - |
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quartern | (noun) one of four equal parts | Synonyms: fourth, fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, quarter, twenty-five percent |
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quarters | (noun) housing available for people to live in | Synonyms: living quarters |
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quarterstaff | (noun) a long stout staff used as a weapon | - |
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quartervine | (noun) woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section | Synonyms: Bignonia capreolata, cross vine, quarter-vine, trumpet flower |
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quartet | (noun) a musical composition for four performers | Synonyms: quartette |
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(noun) four people considered as a unit | Synonyms: foursome, quartette |
(noun) a set of four similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: quadruple, quadruplet, quartette |
(noun) four performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: quartette |
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
quartette | (noun) a musical composition for four performers | Synonyms: quartet |
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(noun) four people considered as a unit | Synonyms: foursome, quartet |
(noun) a set of four similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: quadruple, quadruplet, quartet |
(noun) four performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: quartet |
quartic | (noun) an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree | Synonyms: biquadrate, biquadratic, fourth power |
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quartile | (noun) (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores | - |
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quarto | (noun) the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves | Synonyms: 4to |
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quartz | (noun) a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities | - |
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(noun) colorless glass made of almost pure silica | Synonyms: crystal, lechatelierite, quartz glass, vitreous silica |
quartzite | (noun) hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals | - |
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quartzose | (adjective) relating to or made of quartz | - |
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quasiparticle | (noun) a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle | - |
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rampart | (noun) an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes | Synonyms: bulwark, wall |
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redstart | (noun) European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins | Synonyms: redtail |
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(noun) flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail | Synonyms: American redstart, Setophaga ruticilla |
repartee | (noun) adroitness and cleverness in reply | - |
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restart | (verb) take up or begin anew | Synonyms: re-start, resume |
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(verb) start an engine again, for example | Synonyms: re-start |
sartor | (noun) a person whose occupation is making and altering garments | Synonyms: seamster, tailor |
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sartorial | (adjective) of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the sartorius muscle | - |
sartorius | (noun) a muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor; the longest muscle in the human body | Synonyms: musculus sartorius, sartorius muscle |
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shart | (verb) to intend to release flatulence but actually defecate | - |
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smart | (adjective) showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness | - |
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(adjective) capable of independent and apparently intelligent action | - |
(adjective) quick and brisk | - |
(adjective) improperly forward or bold | Synonyms: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, wise |
(adjective) characterized by quickness and ease in learning | Synonyms: bright |
(adjective) painfully severe | - |
(adjective) elegant and stylish | Synonyms: chic, voguish |
(noun) a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore | Synonyms: smarting, smartness |
(verb) be the source of pain | Synonyms: ache, hurt |
smarta | (noun) one of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy according to the Vedanta school of Hinduism | - |
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smarting | (noun) a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore | Synonyms: smart, smartness |
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smartly | (adverb) in a fashionable manner | Synonyms: modishly, sprucely |
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(adverb) with vigor; in a vigorous manner | Synonyms: vigorously |
(adverb) in a clever manner | Synonyms: cleverly |
smartness | (noun) elegance by virtue of being fashionable | Synonyms: chic, chichi, chicness, last word, modishness, stylishness, swank |
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(noun) liveliness and eagerness | Synonyms: alacrity, briskness |
(noun) intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty | Synonyms: brightness, cleverness |
(noun) a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore | Synonyms: smart, smarting |
smartphone | (noun) a mobile phone with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than basic feature phones | Synonyms: smart phone |
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softhearted | (adjective) easily moved to pity or sorrow | Synonyms: soft-boiled |
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softheartedness | (noun) a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless) | Synonyms: tenderness |
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spartan | (adjective) practicing great self-denial | Synonyms: ascetic, ascetical, austere |
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(adjective) unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment | Synonyms: severe |
(adjective) resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity | - |
spondylarthritis | (noun) arthritis that affects one or more of the intervertebral joints in the spine | - |
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stalwart | (adjective) used especially of persons | Synonyms: stouthearted |
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(adjective) dependable | Synonyms: stout |
(adjective) having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships | Synonyms: hardy, stout, sturdy |
(noun) a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) | Synonyms: loyalist |
stalwartness | (noun) the property of being strong and resolute | Synonyms: stoutness |
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start | (noun) the act of starting something | Synonyms: beginning, commencement |
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(noun) a sudden involuntary movement | Synonyms: jump, startle |
(noun) a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) | Synonyms: starting |
(noun) the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race) | Synonyms: head start |
(noun) a signal to begin (as in a race) | Synonyms: starting signal |
(noun) the beginning of anything | - |
(noun) a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game | Synonyms: scratch, scratch line, starting line |
(noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, starting time |
(verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | Synonyms: begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start out |
(verb) set in motion, cause to start | Synonyms: begin, commence, lead off |
(verb) play in the starting lineup | - |
(verb) bring into being | Synonyms: initiate, originate |
(verb) get off the ground | Synonyms: commence, embark on, start up |
(verb) begin or set in motion | Synonyms: get going, go |
(verb) get going or set in motion | Synonyms: start up |
(verb) depart for someplace | Synonyms: depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start out, take off |
(verb) bulge outward | Synonyms: bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, protrude |
(verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | Synonyms: jump, startle |
(verb) begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job | Synonyms: take up |
(verb) begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | Synonyms: begin |
(verb) have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | Synonyms: begin |
(verb) have a beginning characterized in some specified way | Synonyms: begin |
starter | (noun) a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough | - |
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(noun) a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle | Synonyms: crank |
(noun) an electric motor for starting an engine | Synonyms: starter motor, starting motor |
(noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetiser, appetizer |
(noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer |
(noun) the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition | Synonyms: dispatcher |
(noun) a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning | - |
starting | (adjective) appropriate to the beginning or start of an event | - |
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(adjective) (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear | - |
(noun) a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) | Synonyms: start |
startle | (noun) a sudden involuntary movement | Synonyms: jump, start |
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(verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanise, galvanize |
(verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | Synonyms: jump, start |
startled | (adjective) excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement | - |
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startling | (adjective) so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm | - |
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startlingly | (adverb) in a startling manner | - |
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startup | (noun) the act of starting a new operation or practice | Synonyms: inauguration |
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(noun) the act of setting in operation | - |
stonyhearted | (adjective) devoid of feeling for others | Synonyms: hardhearted, unfeeling |
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stouthearted | (adjective) used especially of persons | Synonyms: stalwart |
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stoutheartedness | (noun) the trait of having a courageous spirit | - |
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subartesian | (adjective) (of water) rising naturally in a well to a height appreciably above that of the surrounding water table but not flowing out of the well | - |
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subpart | (noun) a part of a part | - |
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swart | (adjective) naturally having skin of a dark color | Synonyms: dark-skinned, dusky, swarthy |
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swarthiness | (noun) a swarthy complexion | Synonyms: darkness, duskiness |
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swarthy | (adjective) naturally having skin of a dark color | Synonyms: dark-skinned, dusky, swart |
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sweetheart | (adjective) privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically) | - |
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(noun) a person loved by another person | Synonyms: steady, sweetie, truelove |
(noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner |
(noun) any well-liked individual | - |
(noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetie |
tart | (adjective) tasting sour like a lemon | Synonyms: lemonlike, lemony, sourish, tangy |
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(adjective) harsh | Synonyms: sharp-worded, sharp |
(noun) a small open pie with a fruit filling | - |
(noun) a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust | - |
(noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, whore, woman of the street, working girl |
tartan | (noun) a cloth having a crisscross design | Synonyms: plaid |
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tartar | (noun) an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums | Synonyms: calculus, tophus |
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(noun) a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman | Synonyms: dragon |
(noun) a salt used especially in baking powder | Synonyms: cream of tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate |
tartaric | (adjective) relating to or derived from or resembling tartar | - |
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tartlet | (noun) a small tart usually used as a canape | - |
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tartly | (adverb) in a tart manner | - |
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tartness | (noun) a sharp sour taste | Synonyms: acerbity |
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(noun) a rough and bitter manner | Synonyms: acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, jaundice, thorniness |
(noun) the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: sour, sourness |
tartrate | (noun) a salt or ester of tartaric acid | - |
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teacart | (noun) serving cart for serving tea or light refreshments | Synonyms: tea cart, tea trolley, tea wagon |
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tenderhearted | (adjective) easily moved by another's distress | - |
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(adjective) easily moved to love | - |
tenderheartedness | (noun) warm compassionate feelings | Synonyms: tenderness |
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tetartanopia | (noun) a form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned | Synonyms: yellow-blindness |
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thwart | (noun) a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat | Synonyms: cross thwart |
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(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil |
thwarted | (adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful | Synonyms: defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated |
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thwarter | (noun) someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | Synonyms: obstructer, obstructionist, obstructor, resister |
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thwarting | (adjective) preventing realization or attainment of a desire | Synonyms: frustrating, frustrative |
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(noun) an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts | Synonyms: foiling, frustration |
thwartwise | (adjective) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis | Synonyms: cross, transversal, transverse |
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tripartite | (adjective) involving three parties or elements | Synonyms: three-party, three-way |
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truehearted | (adjective) unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause | Synonyms: fast, firm, loyal |
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unarticulate | (adjective) without or deprived of the use of speech or words | Synonyms: inarticulate |
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unarticulated | (adjective) not consisting of segments that are held together by joints | - |
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(adjective) uttered without the use of normal words or syllables | - |
unartistic | (adjective) lacking aesthetic sensibility | Synonyms: inartistic |
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uncharted | (adjective) (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated | Synonyms: chartless, unmapped |
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unchartered | (adjective) not chartered | - |
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uncompartmented | (adjective) not compartmented; not divided into compartments or isolated units | - |
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underpart | (noun) a part lying on the lower side or underneath an animal's body | - |
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unearth | (verb) recover through digging | Synonyms: excavate |
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(verb) discover by investigation | - |
unearthly | (adjective) suggesting the operation of supernatural influences | Synonyms: eldritch, uncanny, weird |
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(adjective) concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul | Synonyms: spiritual |
unpartitioned | (adjective) not divided by partitions | - |
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upstart | (adjective) characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position | Synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue |
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(noun) a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright | Synonyms: kip |
(noun) a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class | Synonyms: arriviste, nouveau-riche, parvenu |
(noun) an arrogant or presumptuous person | - |
urarthritis | (noun) a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints | Synonyms: gout, gouty arthritis |
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valsartan | (noun) an angiotensin II inhibitor that is used to treat high blood pressure | Synonyms: Diovan |
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warmhearted | (adjective) marked by warmth of feeling like kindness and sympathy and generosity | - |
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warmheartedness | (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmness |
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(noun) a warmhearted feeling | Synonyms: warmth |
wart | (noun) (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus | Synonyms: verruca |
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(noun) any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) | - |
(noun) an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness) | - |
warthog | (noun) African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks | - |
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wartime | (noun) a period of time during which there is armed conflict | - |
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wartlike | (adjective) (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts | Synonyms: verrucose, warty |
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