offhanded | (adjective) casually thoughtless or inconsiderate | Synonyms: offhand |
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(adjective) with little or no preparation or forethought | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, unrehearsed |
(adverb) in a casually inconsiderate manner | Synonyms: offhand, offhandedly |
(adverb) without previous thought or preparation | Synonyms: offhand, offhandedly |
offhandedly | (adverb) in a casually inconsiderate manner | Synonyms: offhand, offhanded |
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(adverb) without previous thought or preparation | Synonyms: offhand, offhanded |
openhanded | (adjective) given or giving freely | Synonyms: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal |
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openhandedness | (noun) liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit | Synonyms: largess, largesse, magnanimity, munificence |
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orphan | (noun) a young animal without a mother | - |
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(noun) the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column | - |
(noun) a child who has lost both parents | - |
(noun) someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision | - |
(verb) deprive of parents | - |
orphanage | (noun) a public institution for the care of orphans | Synonyms: orphans' asylum |
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(noun) the condition of being a child without living parents | Synonyms: orphanhood |
orphaned | (adjective) deprived of parents by death or desertion | - |
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orphanhood | (noun) the condition of being a child without living parents | Synonyms: orphanage |
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overhand | (adjective) with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level | Synonyms: overarm, overhanded |
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(adjective) sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together) | Synonyms: oversewn |
overhanded | (adjective) with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level | Synonyms: overarm, overhand |
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overhang | (noun) projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else | - |
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(verb) be suspended over or hang over | Synonyms: beetle |
(verb) project over | - |
panhandle | (noun) the handle of a pan | - |
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(noun) a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area | - |
(verb) beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money | - |
panhandler | (noun) a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money | - |
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paperhanger | (noun) one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper | Synonyms: paperer |
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(noun) someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money | - |
paperhanging | (noun) the application of wallpaper | Synonyms: papering |
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penchant | (noun) a strong liking | Synonyms: predilection, preference, taste |
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perchance | (adverb) through chance | Synonyms: by chance |
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(adverb) by chance | Synonyms: maybe, mayhap, peradventure, perhaps, possibly |
perchloromethane | (noun) a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined | Synonyms: carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, tetrachloromethane |
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phanerogam | (noun) plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores | Synonyms: seed plant, spermatophyte |
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phaneromania | (noun) an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting) | - |
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phantasm | (noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow |
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(noun) a ghostly appearing figure | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre |
phantasma | (noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantom, shadow |
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(noun) a ghostly appearing figure | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantom, specter, spectre |
phantasmagoria | (noun) a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream) | - |
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phantasmagoric | (adjective) characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions | Synonyms: phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealistic |
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phantasmagorical | (adjective) characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions | Synonyms: phantasmagoric, surreal, surrealistic |
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phantasmal | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a phantom | Synonyms: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, spectral, spiritual |
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phantasy | (noun) imagination unrestricted by reality | Synonyms: fantasy |
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(noun) something many people believe that is false | Synonyms: fancy, fantasy, illusion |
(noun) fiction with a large amount of imagination in it | Synonyms: fantasy |
phantom | (adjective) something apparently sensed but having no physical reality | - |
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(noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, shadow |
(noun) a ghostly appearing figure | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, specter, spectre |
photomechanical | (adjective) of or relating to or involving various methods of using photography to make plates for printing | - |
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photomechanics | (noun) the technique of using photomechanical methods to make photographs into plates for printing | - |
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(noun) the process whereby printing surfaces (plates or cylinders) are produced by photographic methods | Synonyms: photoplate making |
plainchant | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line | Synonyms: plainsong |
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polyurethan | (noun) any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber | Synonyms: polyurethane |
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polyurethane | (noun) any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber | Synonyms: polyurethan |
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redshank | (noun) a common Old World wading bird with long red legs | Synonyms: Tringa totanus |
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righthander | (noun) a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left | Synonyms: right-hander, right hander |
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scrimshank | (verb) avoid work | - |
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scrimshanker | (noun) a shirker | - |
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secondhand | (adjective) previously used or owned by another | Synonyms: used |
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(adjective) derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand | - |
(adverb) by indirect means | - |
servomechanical | (adjective) of or involving servomechanisms | Synonyms: servo |
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servomechanism | (noun) control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system | Synonyms: servo, servosystem |
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shandy | (noun) a drink made of beer and lemonade | Synonyms: shandygaff |
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shandygaff | (noun) a drink made of beer and lemonade | Synonyms: shandy |
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shanghai | (verb) take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship | Synonyms: impress |
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shanghaier | (noun) a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship | Synonyms: seizer |
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shank | (noun) a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball | - |
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(noun) lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals | Synonyms: cannon |
(noun) the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole | Synonyms: waist |
(noun) cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill | - |
(noun) cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head | - |
(noun) cylinder forming a long narrow part of something | Synonyms: stem |
(noun) the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle | - |
(noun) a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg | - |
(verb) hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction | - |
shanny | (noun) European scaleless blenny | Synonyms: Blennius pholis |
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shantung | (noun) a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation) | - |
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shanty | (noun) small crude shelter used as a dwelling | Synonyms: hovel, hut, hutch, shack |
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(noun) a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors | Synonyms: chantey, chanty, sea chantey |
shantytown | (noun) a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties | - |
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sheepshank | (noun) a knot for shortening a line | - |
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shorthand | (adjective) written in abbreviated or symbolic form | - |
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(noun) a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system | Synonyms: stenography, tachygraphy |
spindleshanks | (noun) long thin legs | Synonyms: spindlelegs |
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(noun) a thin person with long thin legs | Synonyms: spindlelegs |
stagehand | (noun) an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production | Synonyms: stage technician |
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stephanion | (noun) the craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus | - |
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stephanotis | (noun) any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers | - |
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straphanger | (noun) a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support | - |
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(noun) a commuter who uses public transportation | - |
strophanthin | (noun) a bitter and very toxic glycoside derived from plants of the genus Strophanthus; in moderate doses it is a cardiac stimulant but in larger doses it is a powerful poison; used in Africa as an arrow poison | - |
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strophanthus | (noun) any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds | - |
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sycophancy | (noun) fawning obsequiousness | - |
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sycophant | (noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage | Synonyms: ass-kisser, crawler, lackey, toady |
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sycophantic | (adjective) attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery | Synonyms: bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, toadyish |
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(adjective) attempting to win favor by flattery | Synonyms: bootlicking, fawning, toadyish |
tetrachloromethane | (noun) a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined | Synonyms: carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, perchloromethane |
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thanatology | (noun) the branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects) | - |
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thanatophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of death | - |
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thanatopsis | (noun) an essay expressing a view on the subject of death | - |
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thane | (noun) a man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land) | - |
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(noun) a feudal lord or baron | - |
thaneship | (noun) the position of thane | - |
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thank | (verb) express gratitude or show appreciation to | Synonyms: give thanks |
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thankful | (adjective) feeling or showing gratitude | Synonyms: grateful |
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thankfully | (adverb) let us be thankful that | - |
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(adverb) in a thankful manner; with thanks | Synonyms: gratefully |
thankfulness | (noun) warm friendly feelings of gratitude | Synonyms: appreciativeness, gratefulness |
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thankless | (adjective) not feeling or showing gratitude | Synonyms: ungrateful, unthankful |
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(adjective) not likely to be rewarded | Synonyms: unappreciated, ungratifying |
thanks | (noun) with the help of or owing to | - |
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(noun) an acknowledgment of appreciation | - |
thanksgiving | (noun) a short prayer of thanks before a meal | Synonyms: blessing, grace |
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theophany | (noun) a visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person | - |
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thirdhand | (adjective) derived from what is primary or original by two intermediate steps | - |
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(adverb) by doubly indirect means | - |
trenchancy | (noun) keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect | Synonyms: incisiveness |
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trenchant | (adjective) clearly or sharply defined to the mind | Synonyms: clear-cut, distinct |
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(adjective) characterized by or full of force and vigor | Synonyms: hard-hitting |
(adjective) having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect | Synonyms: searching |
trenchantly | (adverb) in a vigorous and effective manner | - |
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tribromoethanol | (noun) an intravenous anesthetic | Synonyms: tribromoethyl alcohol |
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tribromomethane | (noun) colorless liquid haloform CHBr3 | Synonyms: bromoform |
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trichloroethane | (noun) a heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage | Synonyms: TCE, trichloroethylene |
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trichloromethane | (noun) a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic | Synonyms: chloroform |
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trifluoromethane | (noun) colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform) | Synonyms: fluoroform |
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triiodomethane | (noun) a yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor; sometimes used as an antiseptic dressing | Synonyms: iodoform |
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triumphant | (adjective) joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success | Synonyms: exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal |
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(adjective) experiencing triumph | Synonyms: victorious |
triumphantly | (adverb) in a triumphant manner | - |
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trochanter | (noun) one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached | - |
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tryptophan | (noun) an amino acid that occurs in proteins; is essential for growth and normal metabolism; a precursor of niacin | Synonyms: tryptophane |
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tryptophane | (noun) an amino acid that occurs in proteins; is essential for growth and normal metabolism; a precursor of niacin | Synonyms: tryptophan |
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unchangeability | (noun) the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Synonyms: changelessness, unchangeableness, unchangingness |
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unchangeable | (adjective) not changeable or subject to change | - |
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unchangeableness | (noun) the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Synonyms: changelessness, unchangeability, unchangingness |
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unchangeably | (adverb) in an unalterable and unchangeable manner | Synonyms: immutably, unalterably, unassailably |
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unchanged | (adjective) not made or become different | - |
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(adjective) remaining in an original state | Synonyms: unaltered |
unchanging | (adjective) conforming to the same principles or course of action over time | - |
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(adjective) showing little if any change | Synonyms: stable, static |
unchangingness | (noun) the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Synonyms: changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness |
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underhand | (adjective) with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level | Synonyms: underarm, underhanded |
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(adjective) marked by deception | Synonyms: sneaky, underhanded |
(adverb) with the hand swung below shoulder level | Synonyms: underarm |
(adverb) slyly and secretly | Synonyms: underhandedly |
underhanded | (adjective) with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level | Synonyms: underarm, underhand |
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(adjective) marked by deception | Synonyms: sneaky, underhand |
underhandedly | (adverb) slyly and secretly | Synonyms: underhand |
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