blain | (noun) an inflammatory swelling or sore | - |
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chamberlain | (noun) the treasurer of a municipal corporation | - |
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(noun) an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman | - |
chaplain | (noun) a clergyman ministering to some institution | - |
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chilblain | (noun) inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture | Synonyms: chilblains, pernio |
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complain | (verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off |
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(verb) make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge | - |
explain | (verb) make plain and comprehensible | Synonyms: explicate |
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(verb) define | - |
(verb) serve as a reason or cause or justification of | Synonyms: excuse |
floodplain | (noun) a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding | Synonyms: flood plain |
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peneplain | (noun) a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements | Synonyms: peneplane |
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plain | (adjective) not elaborate or elaborated; simple | - |
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(adjective) lacking patterns especially in color | Synonyms: unpatterned |
(adjective) free from any effort to soften to disguise | Synonyms: unvarnished |
(adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, patent, unmistakable |
(adjective) not mixed with extraneous elements | Synonyms: sheer, unmingled, unmixed |
(adjective) lacking embellishment or ornamentation | Synonyms: bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented |
(adjective) lacking in physical beauty or proportion | Synonyms: homely |
(noun) a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side | Synonyms: knit, knit stitch, plain stitch |
(noun) extensive tract of level open land | Synonyms: champaign, field |
(adverb) unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | Synonyms: apparently, evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plainly |
(verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: complain, kick, kvetch, quetch, sound off |
porcelain | (noun) ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic | - |
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slain | (adjective) killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors" | - |
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(noun) people who have been slain (as in battle) | - |
supervillain | (noun) a villain with superpowers | - |
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villain | (noun) a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately | Synonyms: scoundrel |
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(noun) the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction | Synonyms: baddie |