| address | (noun) the ability to do or say what is appropriate for the occasion | Synonyms: savoir-faire |
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| (noun) the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball | - |
| (noun) the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience | Synonyms: speech |
| (noun) a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described | - |
| (noun) written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location | Synonyms: destination, name and address |
| (noun) the manner of speaking to another individual | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored | Synonyms: computer address, reference |
| (noun) the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with | - |
| (verb) adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting | - |
| (verb) speak to | Synonyms: turn to |
| (verb) speak to someone | Synonyms: accost, come up to |
| (verb) give a speech to | Synonyms: speak |
| (verb) put an address on (an envelope) | Synonyms: direct |
| (verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: cover, deal, handle, plow, treat |
| (verb) direct a question at someone | - |
| (verb) address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question | - |
| (verb) access or locate by address | - |
| (verb) greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name | Synonyms: call |
| addressable | (adjective) capable of being addressed | - |
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| addressed | (adjective) (of mail) marked with a destination | - |
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| addressee | (noun) one to whom something is addressed | - |
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| ambassadress | (noun) a woman ambassador | - |
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| balldress | (noun) a suit or dress for formal occasions | - |
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| bedrest | (noun) confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons) | Synonyms: bed rest |
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| coatdress | (noun) a dress that is tailored like a coat and buttons up the front | - |
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| dress | (adjective) (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes | Synonyms: full-dress |
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| (adjective) suitable for formal occasions | Synonyms: full-dress |
| (noun) a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice | Synonyms: frock |
| (noun) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion | Synonyms: attire, garb |
| (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: apparel, clothes, wearing apparel |
| (verb) put on clothes | Synonyms: get dressed |
| (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
| (verb) apply a bandage or medication to | - |
| (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, set |
| (verb) dress or groom with elaborate care | Synonyms: plume, preen, primp |
| (verb) give a neat appearance to | Synonyms: curry, groom |
| (verb) dress in a certain manner | Synonyms: dress up |
| (verb) kill and prepare for market or consumption | Synonyms: dress out |
| (verb) convert into leather | - |
| (verb) put a dressing on | - |
| (verb) put a finish on | - |
| (verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | Synonyms: clip, crop, cut back, lop, prune, snip, trim |
| (verb) provide with decoration | Synonyms: decorate |
| (verb) cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width | - |
| (verb) decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods | Synonyms: garnish, trim |
| (verb) arrange in ranks | Synonyms: line up |
| dressage | (noun) maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider | - |
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| dressed | (adjective) dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination | Synonyms: appareled, attired, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed |
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| (adjective) (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth | Synonyms: polished |
| (adjective) treated with medications and protective covering | - |
| (adjective) dressed in fancy or formal clothing | Synonyms: dolled up, dressed-up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, spiffed up, spruced up, togged up |
| dresser | (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: bureau, chest, chest of drawers |
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| (noun) a cabinet with shelves | - |
| (noun) low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup | Synonyms: dressing table, toilet table, vanity |
| (noun) a wardrobe assistant for an actor | Synonyms: actor's assistant |
| (noun) a person who dresses in a particular way | - |
| dressing | (noun) the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes | Synonyms: grooming |
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| (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: bandaging, binding |
| (noun) processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather | - |
| (noun) a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Synonyms: medical dressing |
| (noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | Synonyms: fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization |
| (noun) savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type | Synonyms: salad dressing |
| (noun) a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables | Synonyms: stuffing |
| dressmaker | (noun) a person who makes garments | Synonyms: garment-worker, garment worker, garmentmaker |
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| dressmaking | (noun) the craft of making dresses | - |
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| dressy | (adjective) in fancy clothing | - |
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| foundress | (noun) a woman founder | - |
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| hairdresser | (noun) someone who cuts or beautifies hair | Synonyms: hairstylist, styler, stylist |
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| hairdressing | (noun) care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair | Synonyms: hair care, haircare |
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| (noun) a toiletry for the hair | Synonyms: hair grease, hair oil, hair tonic |
| handrest | (noun) a support for the hand | - |
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| headdress | (noun) clothing for the head | Synonyms: headgear |
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| headrest | (noun) a rest for the head | - |
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| (noun) a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash | Synonyms: head restraint |
| laundress | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | Synonyms: laundrywoman, washerwoman, washwoman |
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| misaddress | (verb) put a wrong address on | Synonyms: misdirect |
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| nightdress | (noun) lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women | Synonyms: gown, night-robe, nightgown, nightie |
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| overdress | (verb) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | Synonyms: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up |
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| (verb) dress too warmly | Synonyms: overclothe |
| overdressed | (adjective) dressed too elaborately | - |
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| redress | (noun) act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil | Synonyms: remediation, remedy |
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| (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, restitution |
| (verb) make reparations or amends for | Synonyms: compensate, correct, right |
| shirtdress | (noun) a dress that is tailored like a shirt and has buttons all the way down the front | - |
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| sundress | (noun) a light loose sleeveless summer dress with a wide neckline and thin shoulder straps that expose the arms and shoulders | - |
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| topdress | (verb) scatter manure or fertilizer over (land) | - |
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| unaddressed | (adjective) not addressed | - |
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| underdress | (verb) dress informally and casually | Synonyms: dress down |
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| (verb) dress without sufficient warmth | - |
| underdressed | (adjective) inadequately or too informally clothed | - |
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| undress | (noun) partial or complete nakedness | - |
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| (verb) get undressed | Synonyms: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe |
| (verb) remove (someone's or one's own) clothes | Synonyms: disinvest, divest, strip |
| undressed | (adjective) having removed clothing | Synonyms: unappareled, unattired, unclad, ungarbed, ungarmented |
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| (adjective) of lumber or stone or hides; not finished or dressed | - |
| wardress | (noun) a woman warder | - |
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