lotusland | (noun) an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence | Synonyms: lotus land |
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maillot | (noun) tights for dancers or gymnasts | - |
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(noun) a woman's one-piece bathing suit | Synonyms: tank suit |
matelote | (noun) highly seasoned soup or stew made of freshwater fishes (eel, carp, perch) with wine and stock | - |
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melilot | (noun) erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement | Synonyms: melilotus, sweet clover |
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melilotus | (noun) erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement | Synonyms: melilot, sweet clover |
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neckcloth | (noun) an ornamental white cravat | Synonyms: stock |
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nightclothes | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightwear, sleepwear |
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ocelot | (noun) nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat | Synonyms: Felis pardalis, panther cat |
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oilcloth | (noun) cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin | - |
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overclothe | (verb) dress too warmly | Synonyms: overdress |
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overclothes | (noun) clothing for use outdoors | Synonyms: outerwear |
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pelota | (noun) a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket | Synonyms: jai alai |
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pilot | (noun) small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner | Synonyms: pilot burner, pilot light |
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(noun) an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track | Synonyms: buffer, cowcatcher, fender |
(noun) something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | Synonyms: archetype, original |
(noun) a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors | Synonyms: pilot film, pilot program |
(noun) someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight | Synonyms: airplane pilot |
(noun) a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor | - |
(verb) operate an airplane | Synonyms: aviate, fly |
(verb) act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance | Synonyms: navigate |
pilotage | (noun) the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place | Synonyms: navigation, piloting |
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(noun) the occupation of a pilot | Synonyms: piloting |
pilotfish | (noun) small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas | Synonyms: Naucrates ductor |
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pilothouse | (noun) an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated | Synonyms: wheelhouse |
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piloting | (noun) the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place | Synonyms: navigation, pilotage |
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(noun) the occupation of a pilot | Synonyms: pilotage |
pilotless | (adjective) lacking a pilot | - |
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plainclothesman | (noun) a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty | - |
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plot | (noun) a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Synonyms: game, secret plan |
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(noun) the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. | - |
(noun) a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object | - |
(noun) a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation | Synonyms: patch, plot of ground, plot of land |
(verb) plan secretly, usually something illegal | - |
(verb) make a plot of | Synonyms: plat |
(verb) make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed | Synonyms: diagram |
(verb) devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet) | - |
plotted | (adjective) with planning and intention | Synonyms: aforethought, planned |
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plotter | (noun) an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures | - |
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(noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: coconspirator, conspirator, machinator |
(noun) a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action | Synonyms: schemer |
(noun) a clerk who marks data on a chart | Synonyms: mapper |
poikilotherm | (noun) an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals | Synonyms: ectotherm |
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poikilothermic | (adjective) of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment | Synonyms: ectothermic, heterothermic, poikilothermous |
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poikilothermous | (adjective) of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment | Synonyms: ectothermic, heterothermic, poikilothermic |
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pollotarianism | (noun) the practice of following a diet that includes chicken or other poultry, but not meat from mammals. | - |
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polyglot | (adjective) having a command of or composed in many languages | - |
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(noun) a person who speaks more than one language | Synonyms: linguist |
psilotsin | (noun) a substituted tryptamine alkaloid and a serotonergic psychedelic substance, present in most psychedelic mushrooms together with its phosphorylated counterpart psilocybin. | Synonyms: psilocin, psilocine, psilocyn |
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reallot | (verb) allot again | - |
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reallotment | (noun) a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) | Synonyms: reallocation, reapportionment |
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sackcloth | (noun) a coarse cloth resembling sacking | - |
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(noun) a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse | - |
saddlecloth | (noun) stable gear consisting of a blanket placed under the saddle | Synonyms: horse blanket, saddle blanket |
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sailcloth | (noun) a strong fabric (such as cotton canvas) used for making sails and tents | - |
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sandlot | (noun) a vacant lot used by city boys to play games | - |
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sellotape | (verb) fasten or attach with sellotape | Synonyms: scotch tape |
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shallot | (noun) small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning | - |
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(noun) type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning | Synonyms: Allium ascalonicum, Allium cepa aggregatum, eschalot, multiplier onion |
(noun) aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion | - |
slot | (noun) a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail) | - |
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(noun) a slot machine that is used for gambling | Synonyms: one-armed bandit |
(noun) (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board | Synonyms: expansion slot |
(noun) a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable | - |
(noun) the trail of an animal (especially a deer) | - |
(noun) a position in a hierarchy or organization | - |
(noun) a time assigned on a schedule or agenda | Synonyms: time slot |
(verb) assign a time slot | - |
sloth | (noun) apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: acedia, laziness |
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(noun) any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits | Synonyms: tree sloth |
(noun) a disinclination to work or exert yourself | Synonyms: slothfulness |
slothful | (adjective) disinclined to work or exertion | Synonyms: faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, work-shy |
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slothfulness | (noun) a disinclination to work or exert yourself | Synonyms: sloth |
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splotch | (noun) an irregularly shaped spot | Synonyms: blotch, splodge |
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(verb) blotch or spot | - |
splotched | (adjective) marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots | Synonyms: blotched, blotchy |
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synchrocyclotron | (noun) cyclotron that achieves relativistic velocities by modulating the frequency of the accelerating electric field | - |
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tablecloth | (noun) a covering spread over a dining table | - |
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terrycloth | (noun) a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes | Synonyms: terry, terry cloth |
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unclothe | (verb) get undressed | Synonyms: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, undress |
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(verb) take the covers off | - |
(verb) strip | - |
unclothed | (adjective) not wearing clothing | - |
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underclothed | (adjective) inadequately clothed | Synonyms: half-clothed, scantily clad |
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underclothes | (noun) undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments | Synonyms: underclothing, underwear |
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underclothing | (noun) undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments | Synonyms: underclothes, underwear |
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valvulotomy | (noun) incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction | Synonyms: valvotomy |
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waistcloth | (noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | Synonyms: cincture, girdle, sash, waistband |
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washcloth | (noun) bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body | Synonyms: face cloth, flannel, washrag |
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zealot | (noun) a fervent and even militant proponent of something | Synonyms: drumbeater, partisan |
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zealotry | (noun) excessive intolerance of opposing views | Synonyms: fanaticism, fanatism |
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zloty | (noun) the basic unit of money in Poland | - |
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