songbook | (noun) a book containing a collection of songs | - |
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songful | (adjective) richly melodious | Synonyms: canorous |
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songfulness | (noun) the property of being suitable for singing | Synonyms: lyricality, lyricism |
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songlike | (adjective) having a melody (as distinguished from recitative) | Synonyms: ariose |
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songster | (noun) any bird having a musical call | Synonyms: songbird |
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(noun) a person who sings with skill | - |
(noun) a composer of words or music for popular songs | Synonyms: ballad maker, songwriter |
songstress | (noun) a woman songster (especially of popular songs) | - |
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songwriter | (noun) a composer of words or music for popular songs | Synonyms: ballad maker, songster |
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soochong | (noun) a fine quality of black tea native to China | Synonyms: souchong |
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souchong | (noun) a fine quality of black tea native to China | Synonyms: soochong |
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sponge | (noun) primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies | Synonyms: parazoan, poriferan |
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(noun) a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | Synonyms: leech, parasite, sponger |
(noun) someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily | Synonyms: quick study |
(noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used | - |
(verb) wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten | - |
(verb) erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard | - |
(verb) soak up with a sponge | - |
(verb) gather sponges, in the ocean | - |
(verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite | Synonyms: bum, cadge, grub, mooch |
spongefly | (noun) hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges | Synonyms: spongillafly |
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spongelike | (adjective) like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed | Synonyms: spongy |
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(adjective) easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility | Synonyms: spongy, squashy, squishy |
sponger | (noun) a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | Synonyms: leech, parasite, sponge |
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(noun) a workman employed to collect sponges | - |
spongillafly | (noun) hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges | Synonyms: spongefly |
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sponginess | (noun) the porosity of a sponge | - |
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(noun) the property of being able to occupy less space | Synonyms: compressibility, squeezability |
spongioblast | (noun) any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia | - |
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spongioblastoma | (noun) a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal | Synonyms: glioblastoma |
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spongy | (adjective) like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed | Synonyms: spongelike |
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(adjective) easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility | Synonyms: spongelike, squashy, squishy |
strong | (adjective) having strength or power greater than average or expected | - |
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(adjective) having a strong physiological or chemical effect | Synonyms: potent, stiff |
(adjective) being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content | Synonyms: hard |
(adjective) strong and sure | Synonyms: firm |
(adjective) freshly made or left | Synonyms: warm |
(adjective) not faint or feeble | - |
(adjective) immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with | Synonyms: impregnable, inviolable, secure, unassailable, unattackable |
(adjective) of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection | - |
(adjective) having or wielding force or authority | Synonyms: potent |
(adjective) of good quality and condition; solidly built | Synonyms: solid, substantial |
strongbox | (noun) a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked | Synonyms: deedbox |
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stronghold | (noun) a strongly fortified defensive structure | Synonyms: fastness |
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strongly | (adverb) with strength or in a strong manner | - |
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(adverb) in a powerful manner | Synonyms: powerfully |
strongman | (noun) a powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violence | - |
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(noun) a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus | - |
strongroom | (noun) a burglarproof and fireproof room in which valuables are kept | - |
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tagalong | (noun) someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along | Synonyms: hanger-on |
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thong | (noun) leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip | Synonyms: lash |
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(noun) a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together | - |
(noun) a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe | Synonyms: flip-flop |
(noun) minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband | Synonyms: G-string |
(noun) underpants resembling a G-string; worn by women especially under very tight pants | - |
throng | (noun) a large gathering of people | Synonyms: concourse, multitude |
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(verb) press tightly together or cram | Synonyms: jam, mob, pack, pile |
thronged | (adjective) filled with great numbers crowded together | - |
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tongs | (noun) any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below | Synonyms: pair of tongs |
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tongue | (noun) the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot | - |
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(noun) metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side | Synonyms: clapper |
(noun) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity | Synonyms: clapper, glossa, lingua |
(noun) a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language | Synonyms: natural language |
(noun) a manner of speaking | - |
(noun) the tongue of certain animals used as meat | - |
(noun) a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea | Synonyms: spit |
(noun) any long thin projection that is transient | Synonyms: knife |
(verb) lick or explore with the tongue | - |
(verb) articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments | - |
tongued | (adjective) provided with or resembling a tongue; often used in combination | - |
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(adjective) having a manner of speaking as specified; often used in combination | - |
tonguefish | (noun) left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value | Synonyms: tongue-fish |
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tongueflower | (noun) orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue-shaped or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base | Synonyms: tongue-flower |
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tongueless | (adjective) lacking a tongue | - |
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(adjective) expressed without speech | Synonyms: mute, silent, unspoken, wordless |
tonguelike | (adjective) resembling a tongue in form or function | - |
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uncongenial | (adjective) not suitable to your tastes or needs | Synonyms: incompatible |
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(adjective) used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted | - |
(adjective) very unfavorable to life or growth | Synonyms: hostile, unfriendly |
uncongeniality | (noun) a disposition not to be congenial | - |
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(noun) The quality of not being pleasing; of being disagreeable. | - |
warmonger | (noun) a person who advocates war or warlike policies | Synonyms: militarist |
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warmongering | (noun) a policy of advocating war | Synonyms: war advocacy |
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weeklong | (adjective) lasting through a week | Synonyms: seven-day |
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whoremonger | (noun) a pimp who procures whores | Synonyms: whoremaster |
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(noun) a prostitute's customer | Synonyms: john, trick, whoremaster |
wordmonger | (noun) a writer who uses language carelessly or pretentiously with little regard for meaning | - |
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wrong | (adjective) contrary to conscience or morality or law | - |
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(adjective) not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth | Synonyms: incorrect |
(adjective) based on or acting or judging in error | - |
(adjective) characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules | Synonyms: faulty, incorrect |
(adjective) not appropriate for a purpose or occasion | Synonyms: improper |
(adjective) badly timed | Synonyms: ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely |
(adjective) used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward | - |
(adjective) not functioning properly | Synonyms: amiss, awry, haywire |
(adjective) not in accord with established usage or procedure | Synonyms: incorrect |
(noun) any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right | Synonyms: damage, legal injury |
(noun) that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law | Synonyms: wrongfulness |
(adverb) in an incorrect manner | Synonyms: incorrectly, wrongly |
(verb) treat unjustly; do wrong to | - |
wrongdoer | (noun) a person who transgresses moral or civil law | Synonyms: offender |
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wrongdoing | (noun) activity that transgresses moral or civil law | Synonyms: actus reus, misconduct, wrongful conduct |
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(noun) departure from what is ethically acceptable | Synonyms: error |
wrongful | (adjective) having no legally established claim | Synonyms: unlawful |
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(adjective) not just or fair | - |
(adjective) unlawfully violating the rights of others | - |
wrongfully | (adverb) in an unjust or unfair manner | - |
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wrongfulness | (noun) that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law | Synonyms: wrong |
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wrongheaded | (adjective) obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion | - |
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wrongheadedly | (adverb) in a wrongheaded manner | - |
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wrongly | (adverb) in an incorrect manner | Synonyms: incorrectly, wrong |
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(adverb) without justice or fairness | - |
wrongness | (noun) contrary to conscience or morality | - |
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(noun) the quality of not conforming to fact or truth | Synonyms: incorrectness |
(noun) inappropriate conduct | Synonyms: inappropriateness |
yearlong | (adjective) lasting through a year | - |
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