backcloth | (noun) scenery hung at back of stage | Synonyms: backdrop, background |
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behemoth | (noun) someone that is abnormally large and powerful | Synonyms: colossus, giant, goliath, monster |
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(noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation | Synonyms: colossus, giant, heavyweight, titan |
betroth | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: affiance, engage, plight |
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bookcloth | (noun) a woven fabric (usually cotton) used for book covers. | Synonyms: book cloth |
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booth | (noun) small area set off by walls for special use | Synonyms: cubicle, kiosk, stall |
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(noun) a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment | - |
(noun) a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches | - |
both | (adjective) (used with count nouns) two considered together; the two | - |
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breechcloth | (noun) a garment that provides covering for the loins | Synonyms: breechclout, loincloth |
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broadcloth | (noun) a closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib | - |
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(noun) a densely textured woolen fabric with a lustrous finish | - |
broth | (noun) a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock | - |
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(noun) liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces | Synonyms: stock |
bucktooth | (noun) a large projecting front tooth | - |
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cerecloth | (noun) a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud | - |
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cheesecloth | (noun) a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses | - |
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cloth | (noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | Synonyms: fabric, material, textile |
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dishcloth | (noun) a cloth for washing dishes | Synonyms: dishrag |
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dogtooth | (noun) a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England | - |
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(noun) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars | Synonyms: canine, canine tooth, cuspid, eye tooth, eyetooth |
(noun) perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated | Synonyms: dog's-tooth violet, dogtooth violet |
dustcloth | (noun) a piece of cloth used for dusting | Synonyms: duster, dustrag |
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eyetooth | (noun) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars | Synonyms: canine, canine tooth, cuspid, dogtooth, eye tooth |
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forsooth | (adverb) an archaic word originally meaning `in truth' but now usually used to express disbelief | - |
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froth | (noun) a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid | Synonyms: foam |
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(verb) exude or expel foam | - |
(verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming | Synonyms: effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, sparkle |
(verb) make froth or foam and become bubbly | Synonyms: spume, suds |
haircloth | (noun) cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments | Synonyms: hair |
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hawkmoth | (noun) any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed | Synonyms: hawk moth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth |
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horsecloth | (noun) a cloth for the trapping of a horse | - |
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loincloth | (noun) a garment that provides covering for the loins | Synonyms: breechcloth, breechclout |
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loth | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath |
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(adjective) unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom | Synonyms: loath, reluctant |
mammoth | (adjective) so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth | Synonyms: gigantic |
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(noun) any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks | - |
moth | (noun) typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae | - |
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neckcloth | (noun) an ornamental white cravat | Synonyms: stock |
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oilcloth | (noun) cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin | - |
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sabertooth | (noun) any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene | Synonyms: saber-toothed tiger |
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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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sawtooth | (noun) a serration on a saw blade | - |
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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 |
smooth | (adjective) having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities | - |
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(adjective) of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth | - |
(adjective) (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected | Synonyms: legato |
(adjective) of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence | - |
(adjective) (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves | Synonyms: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, unruffled |
(adjective) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication | Synonyms: bland, politic, suave |
(adjective) lacking obstructions or difficulties | - |
(adjective) smooth and unconstrained in movement | Synonyms: fluent, fluid, liquid |
(noun) the act of smoothing | - |
(verb) make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing | Synonyms: smoothen |
(verb) make (a surface) shine | Synonyms: polish, shine, smoothen |
(verb) free from obstructions | Synonyms: smooth out |
sooth | (noun) truth or reality | - |
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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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tolbooth | (noun) a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls | Synonyms: tollbooth, tollhouse |
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tollbooth | (noun) a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls | Synonyms: tolbooth, tollhouse |
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tooth | (noun) a means of enforcement | - |
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(noun) toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell | - |
(noun) something resembling the tooth of an animal | - |
(noun) one of a number of uniform projections on a gear | - |
(noun) hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense | - |
troth | (noun) a solemn pledge of fidelity | Synonyms: plight |
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(noun) a mutual promise to marry | Synonyms: betrothal, engagement |
unsmooth | (adjective) having or caused by an irregular surface | Synonyms: rough |
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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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wroth | (adjective) vehemently incensed and condemnatory | Synonyms: wrathful, wrothful |
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zeroth | (adjective) preceding even the first | - |
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