backgammon | (noun) a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice | - |
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cacodaemon | (noun) an evil spirit | Synonyms: cacodemon |
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cacodemon | (noun) an evil spirit | Synonyms: cacodaemon |
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cardamon | (noun) aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces | Synonyms: cardamom, cardamum |
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(noun) rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning | Synonyms: cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum |
cinnamon | (noun) spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground | - |
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(noun) tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon | Synonyms: Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum |
(noun) aromatic bark used as a spice | Synonyms: cinnamon bark |
common | (adjective) having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual | - |
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(adjective) belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public | - |
(adjective) commonly encountered | Synonyms: usual |
(adjective) of low or inferior quality or value | Synonyms: coarse |
(adjective) being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language | Synonyms: vernacular, vulgar |
(adjective) of or associated with the great masses of people | Synonyms: plebeian, unwashed, vulgar |
(adjective) to be expected; standard | - |
(adjective) common to or shared by two or more parties | Synonyms: mutual |
(adjective) lacking refinement or cultivation or taste | Synonyms: coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar |
(noun) a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area | Synonyms: commons, green, park |
daemon | (noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daimon, demon, devil, fiend |
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(noun) a person who is part mortal and part god | Synonyms: demigod |
daimon | (noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daemon, demon, devil, fiend |
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demon | (noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daemon, daimon, devil, fiend |
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(noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person | Synonyms: devil, fiend, monster, ogre |
(noun) someone extremely diligent or skillful | - |
endopsammon | (noun) The microscopic fauna of sand and mud. | - |
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epipsammon | (noun) Microscopic flora and fauna found on the surface of and/or attached to sand grains. | - |
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etymon | (noun) a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes | Synonyms: root |
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eudaemon | (noun) a benevolent spirit | Synonyms: eudemon, good spirit |
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eudemon | (noun) a benevolent spirit | Synonyms: eudaemon, good spirit |
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gammon | (noun) meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) | Synonyms: ham, jambon |
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(noun) hind portion of a side of bacon | - |
gnomon | (noun) indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial | - |
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hegemon | (noun) a leading or paramount power | - |
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ichneumon | (noun) northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs | Synonyms: Herpestes ichneumon |
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lemon | (noun) an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory | Synonyms: stinker |
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(noun) a strong yellow color | Synonyms: gamboge, lemon yellow, maize |
(noun) a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons | - |
(noun) yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh | - |
(noun) a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit | Synonyms: Citrus limon, lemon tree |
mammon | (noun) wealth regarded as an evil influence | - |
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persimmon | (noun) orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe | - |
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(noun) any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros | Synonyms: persimmon tree |
salmon | (adjective) of orange tinged with pink | Synonyms: pink-orange, pinkish-orange |
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(noun) any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn | - |
(noun) a pale pinkish orange color | - |
(noun) flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae | - |
sermon | (noun) an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) | Synonyms: discourse, preaching |
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(noun) a moralistic rebuke | Synonyms: preaching |
summon | (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilise, mobilize |
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(verb) call in an official matter, such as to attend court | Synonyms: cite, summons |
(verb) ask to come | - |
(verb) gather or bring together | Synonyms: come up, muster, muster up, rally |
(verb) cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively | Synonyms: call up |
telamon | (noun) a figure of a man used as a supporting column | Synonyms: atlas |
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uncommon | (adjective) not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind | - |
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(adjective) marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind | Synonyms: rare |