Related Words:
- flowering
collapse - having a flower or bloom; "a flowering plant" related words >
- accomplishment,
- advance,
- advancement,
- amplification,
- anthesis,
- balmy,
- bloom,
- blooming,
- bloomy,
- blossom,
- blossoming,
- blow,
- blowing,
- booming,
- budding,
- burgeoning,
- clear,
- crescent,
- developed,
- development,
- developmental change,
- efflorescence,
- efflorescent,
- elaboration,
- enlargement,
- evolution,
- evolutionary change,
- evolvement,
- evolving,
- expansion,
- explication,
- exuberant,
- fair,
- fat,
- floral,
- floreate,
- florescence,
- florescent,
- floriate,
- floriated,
- floricultural,
- florid,
- flourishing,
- flowerage,
- flowered,
- flowery,
- fruiting,
- full bloom,
- full-fledged,
- full-grown,
- fully developed,
- furtherance,
- garden,
- going strong,
- gradual change,
- growing,
- grown,
- grown-up,
- growth,
- halcyon,
- horticultural,
- hortulan,
- hypertrophied,
- in bloom,
- in blossom,
- in flower,
- in full swing,
- in good case,
- inflorescent,
- juvenal,
- juvenescent,
- juvenile,
- maturation,
- mature,
- multiflorous,
- natural development,
- natural growth,
- nonviolent change,
- overdeveloped,
- overgrown,
- palmy,
- piping,
- progress,
- progression,
- prospering,
- radiciflorous,
- rhizanthous,
- ripening,
- rise,
- rosy,
- sleek,
- sprouting,
- thriving,
- unfolding,
- unfoldment,
- uniflorous,
- upgrowth,
- vigorous,
- young,
- youngling,
- youthful,
- youthlike,
- youthy
- folksy
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- very informal and familiar; "a folksy radio commentator"; "a folksy style" related words >
- Bohemian,
- affable,
- casual,
- cordial,
- degage,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- familiar,
- free and easy,
- gracious,
- haymish,
- homely,
- homey,
- informal,
- irregular,
- loose,
- natural,
- offhand,
- offhanded,
- plain,
- relaxed,
- simple,
- sociable,
- unaffected,
- unassuming,
- unceremonious,
- unconstrained,
- unconventional,
- unofficial,
- unstudied
- chieftaincy
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- the position of chieftain related words >
- aedileship,
- ally,
- archbishopric,
- archduchy,
- archdukedom,
- archiepiscopacy,
- archiepiscopate,
- aristocracy,
- bishopric,
- body politic,
- buffer state,
- captive nation,
- chairmanship,
- chancellery,
- chancellorate,
- chancellorship,
- chiefery,
- chiefry,
- chieftainry,
- chieftainship,
- city-state,
- colony,
- commonweal,
- commonwealth,
- consulate,
- consulship,
- country,
- county,
- deanery,
- dictatorship,
- dictature,
- directorship,
- domain,
- dominion,
- duchy,
- dukedom,
- earldom,
- emirate,
- empery,
- empire,
- episcopacy,
- free city,
- governorship,
- grand duchy,
- headship,
- hegemony,
- hierarchy,
- kingdom,
- land,
- leadership,
- lordship,
- magistracy,
- magistrateship,
- magistrature,
- mandant,
- mandate,
- mandated territory,
- mandatee,
- mandatory,
- masterdom,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- mayoralty,
- mayorship,
- metropolitanate,
- metropolitanship,
- nation,
- nationality,
- nobility,
- papacy,
- pashadom,
- pashalic,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- polis,
- polity,
- pontificality,
- pontificate,
- popedom,
- popehood,
- popeship,
- possession,
- power,
- prefectship,
- prefecture,
- premiership,
- presidency,
- presidentship,
- prime-ministership,
- prime-ministry,
- princedom,
- princeship,
- principality,
- principate,
- proconsulate,
- proconsulship,
- protectorate,
- protectorship,
- province,
- provostry,
- provostship,
- puppet government,
- puppet regime,
- realm,
- rectorate,
- rectorship,
- regency,
- regentship,
- republic,
- ruling class,
- satellite,
- seigniory,
- seneschalship,
- seneschalsy,
- seneschalty,
- settlement,
- sheikhdom,
- sheriffalty,
- sheriffcy,
- sheriffdom,
- shrievalty,
- sovereign nation,
- state,
- sultanate,
- superpower,
- supervisorship,
- suzerainship,
- suzerainty,
- territory,
- toparchia,
- toparchy,
- tribunate,
- vizierate,
- viziership
- protectorate
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- a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty related words >
- aedileship,
- ally,
- archbishopric,
- archduchy,
- archdukedom,
- archiepiscopacy,
- archiepiscopate,
- aristocracy,
- bishopric,
- body politic,
- buffer state,
- captive nation,
- chairmanship,
- chancellery,
- chancellorate,
- chancellorship,
- chiefery,
- chiefry,
- chieftaincy,
- chieftainry,
- chieftainship,
- city-state,
- colony,
- commonweal,
- commonwealth,
- consulate,
- consulship,
- country,
- county,
- deanery,
- dictatorship,
- dictature,
- directorship,
- domain,
- dominion,
- duchy,
- dukedom,
- earldom,
- emirate,
- empery,
- empire,
- episcopacy,
- free city,
- governorship,
- grand duchy,
- headship,
- hegemony,
- hierarchy,
- kingdom,
- land,
- leadership,
- lordship,
- magistracy,
- magistrateship,
- magistrature,
- mandant,
- mandate,
- mandated territory,
- mandatee,
- mandatory,
- masterdom,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- mayoralty,
- mayorship,
- metropolitanate,
- metropolitanship,
- nation,
- nationality,
- nobility,
- papacy,
- pashadom,
- pashalic,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- polis,
- polity,
- pontificality,
- pontificate,
- popedom,
- popehood,
- popeship,
- possession,
- power,
- prefectship,
- prefecture,
- premiership,
- presidency,
- presidentship,
- prime-ministership,
- prime-ministry,
- princedom,
- princeship,
- principality,
- principate,
- proconsulate,
- proconsulship,
- protectorship,
- province,
- provostry,
- provostship,
- puppet government,
- puppet regime,
- realm,
- rectorate,
- rectorship,
- regency,
- regentship,
- republic,
- ruling class,
- satellite,
- seigniory,
- seneschalship,
- seneschalsy,
- seneschalty,
- settlement,
- sheikhdom,
- sheriffalty,
- sheriffcy,
- sheriffdom,
- shrievalty,
- sovereign nation,
- state,
- sultanate,
- superpower,
- supervisorship,
- suzerainship,
- suzerainty,
- territory,
- toparchia,
- toparchy,
- tribunate,
- vizierate,
- viziership
- self-determination
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- determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion related words >
- Communist threat,
- Declaration of Independence,
- Western imperialism,
- absolute monarchy,
- aristocracy,
- atrocity story,
- autarchy,
- autarky,
- autocracy,
- automatic control,
- automation,
- automatism,
- automatization,
- autonomousness,
- autonomy,
- banner,
- battle hymn,
- bloody shirt,
- coalition government,
- colonialism,
- colors,
- commonwealth,
- constitutional government,
- constitutional monarchy,
- crostarie,
- democracy,
- dictatorship,
- dominion rule,
- duarchy,
- duumvirate,
- dyarchy,
- expansionism,
- face,
- federal government,
- federation,
- feudal system,
- fiery cross,
- free will,
- garrison state,
- gerontocracy,
- gonfalon,
- gratuitousness,
- heteronomy,
- hierarchy,
- hierocracy,
- home rule,
- imperialist threat,
- independence,
- individualism,
- inner-direction,
- internationalism,
- internationality,
- limited monarchy,
- manifest destiny,
- martial law,
- martial music,
- meritocracy,
- militarism,
- military government,
- mob rule,
- mobocracy,
- monarchy,
- national anthem,
- nationalism,
- nationality,
- nationhood,
- neocolonialism,
- ochlocracy,
- oligarchy,
- pantisocracy,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- peoplehood,
- police state,
- pure democracy,
- regency,
- representative democracy,
- representative government,
- republic,
- rugged individualism,
- self-action,
- self-activity,
- self-containment,
- self-direction,
- self-government,
- self-motion,
- self-propulsion,
- self-regulation,
- self-reliance,
- self-sufficiency,
- social democracy,
- sovereign nationhood,
- sovereignty,
- spontaneity,
- spontaneousness,
- statehood,
- stratocracy,
- technocracy,
- thearchy,
- theocracy,
- totalitarian government,
- totalitarian regime,
- triarchy,
- triumvirate,
- tyranny,
- unforcedness,
- voluntariness,
- voluntarism,
- voluntaryism,
- volunteer,
- volunteering,
- war song,
- welfare state,
- yellow peril
- martial law
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- the body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law related words >
- Corpus Juris Canonici,
- Roman law,
- absolute monarchy,
- activation,
- admiralty law,
- aristocracy,
- arms race,
- autarchy,
- autocracy,
- autonomy,
- blue law,
- canon law,
- case law,
- chancery law,
- civil law,
- coalition government,
- colonialism,
- commercial law,
- common law,
- commonwealth,
- constitutional government,
- constitutional law,
- constitutional monarchy,
- corporation law,
- criminal law,
- crown law,
- decree law,
- democracy,
- dictatorship,
- dominion rule,
- droit des gens,
- dry law,
- duarchy,
- duumvirate,
- dyarchy,
- ecclesiastical law,
- equity,
- federal government,
- federation,
- feudal system,
- gag law,
- garrison state,
- gerontocracy,
- heteronomy,
- hierarchy,
- hierocracy,
- home rule,
- international law,
- jus civile,
- jus commune,
- jus inter gentes,
- jus publicum,
- law merchant,
- lex domicilii,
- lex fori,
- lex loci,
- lex mercatorum,
- lex non scripta,
- lex scripta,
- lex situs,
- limited monarchy,
- local law,
- meritocracy,
- militarism,
- militarization,
- military government,
- mob rule,
- mobilization,
- mobocracy,
- monarchy,
- neocolonialism,
- ochlocracy,
- oligarchy,
- pantisocracy,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- penal law,
- police state,
- positive law,
- public law,
- pure democracy,
- reactivation,
- regency,
- remilitarization,
- representative democracy,
- representative government,
- republic,
- sea law,
- self-determination,
- self-government,
- social democracy,
- statute law,
- stratocracy,
- substantive law,
- technocracy,
- thearchy,
- theocracy,
- totalitarian government,
- totalitarian regime,
- triarchy,
- triumvirate,
- tyranny,
- unwritten law,
- war clouds,
- war footing,
- wartime footing,
- welfare state,
- written law
- clot
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- a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
- change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood"
- cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state related words >
- Devonshire cream,
- adhere,
- agglomerate,
- agglomeration,
- ament,
- array,
- assemble,
- batch,
- battery,
- beat up,
- blockhead,
- blood clot,
- blunderer,
- blunderhead,
- body,
- bonnyclabber,
- boor,
- born fool,
- botcher,
- breccia,
- bumbler,
- bunch,
- bunch up,
- bundle,
- bungler,
- cake,
- casein,
- churn,
- clabber,
- clasp,
- cleave,
- clinch,
- cling,
- cling to,
- clod,
- clodhopper,
- clodknocker,
- clotted cream,
- clown,
- clump,
- cluster,
- coagulate,
- coagulum,
- cohere,
- collect,
- colloid,
- colloidize,
- come together,
- concrete,
- concretion,
- congeal,
- congenital idiot,
- conglomerate,
- conglomeration,
- congregate,
- converge,
- copulate,
- couple,
- crassamentum,
- cream,
- cretin,
- crowd,
- curd,
- curdle,
- date,
- defective,
- dolt,
- embolus,
- embrace,
- emulsify,
- emulsionize,
- flock together,
- flow together,
- forgather,
- freeze to,
- fumbler,
- fuse,
- gang around,
- gang up,
- gather,
- gather around,
- gawk,
- gel,
- gelatinate,
- gelatinize,
- golem,
- gowk,
- grasp,
- grow together,
- grume,
- half-wit,
- hang on,
- hang together,
- herd together,
- hive,
- hold,
- hold on,
- hold together,
- horde,
- huddle,
- hug,
- idiot,
- imbecile,
- incrassate,
- inspissate,
- jell,
- jellify,
- jelly,
- juggins,
- klutz,
- knot,
- league,
- legumin,
- link,
- looby,
- lopper,
- loppered milk,
- lout,
- lubber,
- lump,
- mass,
- meet,
- merge,
- mill,
- mongoloid idiot,
- moron,
- muster,
- natural,
- natural idiot,
- natural-born fool,
- oaf,
- ox,
- paracasein,
- persist,
- rally,
- rally around,
- rendezvous,
- seethe,
- set,
- simp,
- simpleton,
- slouch,
- slubberer,
- solidify,
- stay,
- stay put,
- stick,
- stick together,
- stream,
- surge,
- swarm,
- take hold of,
- thick,
- thicken,
- thrombus,
- throng,
- unite,
- whip,
- yokel
- fatherless
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- not having a known or legally responsible father
- having no living father related words >
- abandoned,
- aidless,
- baseborn,
- bastard,
- bereaved,
- bereft,
- defenseless,
- deprived,
- deserted,
- desolate,
- forlorn,
- forsaken,
- friendless,
- godforsaken,
- guideless,
- helpless,
- homeless,
- kithless,
- leaderless,
- misbegotten,
- motherless,
- natural,
- orphan,
- orphaned,
- outcast,
- parentless,
- pregnable,
- spurious,
- supposititious,
- unfriended,
- unprotected,
- untenable,
- vulnerable,
- widowed
- photographic
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- representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph
- relating to photography or obtained by using photography; "photographic equipment" related words >
- 3-D,
- accurate,
- cinematic,
- detailed,
- exact,
- faithful,
- filmic,
- freehand,
- graphic,
- lifelike,
- monochrome,
- natural,
- painty,
- panchromatic,
- pastose,
- photo,
- photoactive,
- photogenic,
- photosensitive,
- pictorial,
- picturable,
- pictural,
- picturesque,
- polychrome,
- precise,
- realistic,
- scenographic,
- scumbled,
- telephoto,
- telephotographic,
- three-dimensional,
- tintype,
- true to life,
- vivid
- brutality
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- a brutal barbarous savage act related words >
- Adam,
- Gothicism,
- Neanderthalism,
- abominableness,
- acuteness,
- animalism,
- animality,
- atrociousness,
- atrocity,
- awfulness,
- barbarism,
- barbarity,
- barbarousness,
- baseness,
- beastliness,
- bestiality,
- bloodiness,
- bloodlust,
- bloodthirst,
- bloodthirstiness,
- bloody-mindedness,
- brutalness,
- brutishness,
- cannibalism,
- carnal nature,
- carnal-mindedness,
- carnality,
- coarseness,
- contemptibleness,
- cruelness,
- cruelty,
- despicableness,
- destructiveness,
- detestableness,
- direness,
- disgustingness,
- dreadfulness,
- earthiness,
- egregiousness,
- extremity,
- fallen nature,
- fallen state,
- ferociousness,
- ferocity,
- fiendishness,
- fierceness,
- filth,
- flesh,
- fleshliness,
- force,
- foulness,
- fulsomeness,
- furiousness,
- grossness,
- harshness,
- hatefulness,
- heinousness,
- horribleness,
- ill breeding,
- impetuosity,
- impoliteness,
- incivility,
- inclemency,
- infamousness,
- inhumaneness,
- inhumanity,
- intensity,
- lapsed state,
- loathsomeness,
- lousiness,
- malignity,
- materialism,
- mercilessness,
- mindlessness,
- murderousness,
- nastiness,
- nefariousness,
- noisomeness,
- nonspirituality,
- notoriousness,
- obnoxiousness,
- odiousness,
- offensiveness,
- outrageousness,
- philistinism,
- pitilessness,
- postlapsarian state,
- rankness,
- repulsiveness,
- rigor,
- rottenness,
- roughness,
- ruthlessness,
- sadism,
- sadistic cruelty,
- sanguineousness,
- savagery,
- savagism,
- scandalousness,
- scurviness,
- severity,
- shabbiness,
- shamefulness,
- sharpness,
- shoddiness,
- sordidness,
- squalidness,
- squalor,
- swinishness,
- terribleness,
- terrorism,
- the Old Adam,
- the beast,
- the flesh,
- the offending Adam,
- the pits,
- troglodytism,
- truculence,
- uncivilizedness,
- uncleanness,
- uncouthness,
- uncultivatedness,
- uncultivation,
- unculturedness,
- ungentleness,
- unrefinement,
- unspirituality,
- vandalism,
- vehemence,
- venom,
- viciousness,
- vileness,
- violence,
- virulence,
- wanton cruelty,
- wildness,
- worthlessness,
- wretchedness
- status
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- the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" related words >
- angle,
- base,
- bearings,
- blood,
- bracket,
- branch,
- cachet,
- caliber,
- capacity,
- case,
- caste,
- category,
- character,
- circumstance,
- clan,
- class,
- condition,
- consequence,
- dignity,
- distance,
- distinction,
- division,
- echelon,
- eminence,
- estate,
- face,
- fix,
- footing,
- grade,
- ground,
- group,
- grouping,
- head,
- heading,
- hierarchy,
- high place,
- importance,
- jam,
- kin,
- kudos,
- label,
- level,
- location,
- lot,
- merit,
- modality,
- mode,
- order,
- part,
- pass,
- perspective,
- pickle,
- pigeonhole,
- place,
- plight,
- position,
- post,
- posture,
- power structure,
- precedence,
- predicament,
- prestige,
- prominence,
- quality,
- race,
- rank,
- rate,
- rating,
- relation,
- renown,
- reputation,
- repute,
- role,
- rubric,
- seat,
- section,
- sept,
- set,
- significance,
- situation,
- sphere,
- spot,
- stage,
- stand,
- standing,
- state,
- state of affairs,
- station,
- stature,
- status quo,
- strain,
- stratum,
- subdivision,
- subgroup,
- suborder,
- title,
- venue,
- viewpoint,
- worth
- JP,
- Justice,
- alderman,
- arbiter,
- arbitrator,
- archon,
- bailie,
- beak,
- bencher,
- burghermaster,
- burgomaster,
- cabinet member,
- cabinet minister,
- chancellor,
- chief executive,
- chief executive officer,
- city councilman,
- city father,
- city manager,
- commissar,
- commissioner,
- councillor,
- councilman,
- councilwoman,
- county commissioner,
- county supervisor,
- court,
- critic,
- dean,
- elder,
- executive,
- executive director,
- executive officer,
- executive secretary,
- headman,
- his honor,
- his lordship,
- his worship,
- impartial arbitrator,
- indicator,
- induna,
- judge,
- justice,
- legislator,
- lord mayor,
- maire,
- management,
- managing director,
- mayor,
- minister,
- minister of state,
- moderator,
- officer,
- official,
- portreeve,
- prefect,
- president,
- prexy,
- provost,
- reeve,
- referee,
- secretary,
- secretary of state,
- selectman,
- supervisor,
- syndic,
- the administration,
- third party,
- treasurer,
- umpire,
- unbiased observer,
- undersecretary,
- vice-chancellor,
- vice-president,
- warden
- hairdo
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- the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) related words >
- advancement
collapse
- gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts" related words >
- Great Leap Forward,
- accomplishment,
- advance,
- advancing,
- aggrandizement,
- amelioration,
- amendment,
- amplification,
- anabasis,
- ascent,
- bettering,
- betterment,
- blossoming,
- boost,
- career,
- course,
- development,
- developmental change,
- dignification,
- elaboration,
- elevation,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- ennoblement,
- enrichment,
- eugenics,
- euthenics,
- evolution,
- evolutionary change,
- evolvement,
- evolving,
- exaltation,
- expansion,
- expediting,
- expedition,
- explication,
- facilitation,
- flowering,
- forward motion,
- forwardal,
- forwarding,
- furtherance,
- furthering,
- go-ahead,
- gradual change,
- graduation,
- growth,
- headway,
- helping along,
- improvement,
- knighting,
- lend-lease,
- lending,
- lending at interest,
- lift,
- loan-sharking,
- loaning,
- magnification,
- march,
- maturation,
- melioration,
- mend,
- mending,
- moneylending,
- natural development,
- natural growth,
- nonviolent change,
- ongoing,
- onward course,
- passage,
- passing,
- pay raise,
- pickup,
- preference,
- preferential treatment,
- preferment,
- proficiency,
- progress,
- progression,
- progressiveness,
- promotion,
- raise,
- raising,
- recovery,
- restoration,
- revival,
- ripening,
- rise,
- rolling,
- rolling on,
- rushing,
- shylocking,
- special treatment,
- speeding,
- travel,
- upbeat,
- upgrading,
- uplift,
- uplifting,
- upping,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upward mobility,
- usury,
- way
- Austria,
- Barbados,
- Belgium,
- Brazil,
- Canada,
- Chile,
- Colombia,
- Dominican Republic,
- Ecuador,
- Ethiopia,
- Fiji,
- France,
- House of Lords,
- Iran,
- Ireland,
- Italy,
- Jamaica,
- Japan,
- Jordan,
- Laos,
- Liberia,
- Malagasy Republic,
- Malaysia,
- Mexico,
- Netherlands,
- Nicaragua,
- Norway,
- Paraguay,
- Philippines,
- Portugal,
- Rhodesia,
- Senate,
- South Africa,
- Swaziland,
- Switzerland,
- Trinidad and Tobago,
- Turkey,
- US,
- Venezuela,
- West Germany,
- assembly,
- bicameral legislature,
- board of aldermen,
- chamber of deputies,
- city board,
- city council,
- commission,
- common council,
- congress,
- court,
- diet,
- federal assembly,
- general assembly,
- house of assembly,
- legislative assembly,
- legislative body,
- legislative chamber,
- legislature,
- lower chamber,
- lower house,
- national assembly,
- parliament,
- provincial legislature,
- provincial parliament,
- representative town meeting,
- soviet,
- state assembly,
- state legislature,
- town meeting,
- unicameral legislature,
- upper chamber
- headdress
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- clothing for the head related words >
- fjord
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- a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway related words >
- horoscope
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- a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place
- a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets related words >
- imbecile
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- having a mental age of three to seven years related words >
- ament,
- amputee,
- anemic,
- apish,
- arrested,
- asinine,
- ass,
- asthenic,
- babbling,
- backward,
- batty,
- befooled,
- beguiled,
- besotted,
- blithering,
- bloodless,
- born fool,
- brainless,
- buffoonish,
- burbling,
- chicken,
- clot,
- cockeyed,
- congenital idiot,
- cowardly,
- crackbrained,
- cracked,
- crazy,
- credulous,
- cretin,
- cretinistic,
- cretinous,
- cripple,
- daffy,
- daft,
- dazed,
- debilitated,
- defective,
- deformity,
- dim-witted,
- dithering,
- dizzy,
- donkey,
- doting,
- driveling,
- drooling,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- dull,
- dumb,
- effete,
- etiolated,
- faint,
- faintish,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feeble,
- feebleminded,
- flabby,
- flaccid,
- flaky,
- floppy,
- fond,
- fool,
- foolheaded,
- foolish,
- fuddled,
- futile,
- gaga,
- golem,
- gone,
- goofy,
- gulled,
- gutless,
- half-baked,
- half-wit,
- half-witted,
- handicapped person,
- idiot,
- idiotic,
- imbecilic,
- impotent,
- inane,
- incapable,
- inept,
- infatuated,
- insane,
- jackass,
- jerk,
- juggins,
- kooky,
- languid,
- languorous,
- limber,
- limp,
- listless,
- loony,
- lustless,
- mad,
- marrowless,
- maudlin,
- maundering,
- mentally defective,
- mentally deficient,
- mentally handicapped,
- mentally retarded,
- mongoloid,
- mongoloid idiot,
- moron,
- moronic,
- natural,
- natural idiot,
- natural-born fool,
- nerveless,
- nincompoop,
- ninny,
- not all there,
- nutty,
- paralytic,
- paraplegic,
- pithless,
- pooped,
- powerless,
- quadriplegic,
- retarded,
- rubbery,
- sapless,
- sappy,
- screwy,
- senseless,
- sentimental,
- silly,
- simp,
- simple,
- simpleminded,
- simpleton,
- simpletonian,
- sinewless,
- slack,
- slobbering,
- slow,
- slow-witted,
- soft,
- spineless,
- strengthless,
- stupid,
- subnormal,
- the crippled,
- the handicapped,
- thoughtless,
- tomfool,
- unhardened,
- unnerved,
- unstrung,
- wacky,
- weak,
- weakly,
- wet,
- witless,
- zany
- Australia,
- Barbados,
- Belgium,
- Chamber of Deputies,
- Chile,
- Colombia,
- Dominican Republic,
- Ecuador,
- Ethiopia,
- Fiji,
- France,
- House of Commons,
- House of Representatives,
- Iran,
- Ireland,
- Italy,
- Jamaica,
- Japan,
- Jordan,
- Laos,
- Liberia,
- Malagasy Republic,
- Malaysia,
- Mexico,
- Netherlands,
- Nicaragua,
- Norway,
- Paraguay,
- Philippines,
- Portugal,
- Rhodesia,
- South Africa,
- Swaziland,
- Switzerland,
- Turkey,
- US,
- United Kingdom,
- Venezuela,
- West Germany,
- assembly,
- bicameral legislature,
- board of aldermen,
- chamber of deputies,
- city board,
- city council,
- commission,
- common council,
- congress,
- court,
- diet,
- federal assembly,
- general assembly,
- house of assembly,
- legislative assembly,
- legislative body,
- legislative chamber,
- legislature,
- lower chamber,
- national assembly,
- parliament,
- provincial legislature,
- provincial parliament,
- representative town meeting,
- soviet,
- state assembly,
- state legislature,
- town meeting,
- unicameral legislature,
- upper chamber,
- upper house
- firth
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- a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
- English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960) related words >
- half life
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- the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate) related words >
- activity,
- artificial radioactivity,
- contamination,
- curiage,
- decontamination,
- fallout,
- natural radioactivity,
- nuclear radiation,
- radiant energy,
- radiation,
- radioactive radiation,
- radioactivity,
- radiocarbon dating,
- radiolucency,
- radiopacity,
- radiosensibility,
- radiosensitivity,
- saturation point,
- specific activity
- activity,
- artificial radioactivity,
- contamination,
- curiage,
- decontamination,
- fallout,
- half-life,
- natural radioactivity,
- nuclear radiation,
- radiant energy,
- radiation,
- radioactive radiation,
- radiocarbon dating,
- radiolucency,
- radiopacity,
- radiosensibility,
- radiosensitivity,
- saturation point,
- specific activity
- unceremonious
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- without due formalities; "unceremonious dismissal from office"
- without ceremony or formality; "an unceremonious speech" related words >
- Bohemian,
- affable,
- casual,
- cordial,
- degage,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- familiar,
- folksy,
- free and easy,
- gracious,
- haymish,
- homely,
- homey,
- inconsiderate,
- informal,
- irregular,
- loose,
- natural,
- offhand,
- offhanded,
- plain,
- relaxed,
- sharp,
- simple,
- sociable,
- thoughtless,
- unaffected,
- unassuming,
- unconstrained,
- unconventional,
- ungracious,
- unofficial,
- unstudied
- naturistic
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- in accord with naturism related words >
- capability
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- the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally; "he worked to the limits of his capability"
- an aptitude that may be developed
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment; "the capability of a metal to be fused" related words >
- ability,
- ableness,
- address,
- adeptness,
- adequacy,
- adroitness,
- airmanship,
- aptitude,
- artfulness,
- artisanship,
- artistry,
- bravura,
- brilliance,
- bump,
- caliber,
- capableness,
- capacity,
- cleverness,
- command,
- competence,
- competency,
- condition,
- control,
- coordination,
- craft,
- craftsmanship,
- cunning,
- deftness,
- dexterity,
- dexterousness,
- dextrousness,
- diplomacy,
- dower,
- dowry,
- efficacy,
- efficiency,
- endowment,
- equipment,
- expertise,
- facility,
- faculty,
- finesse,
- fitness,
- fittedness,
- flair,
- forte,
- genius,
- gift,
- grace,
- grip,
- handiness,
- horsemanship,
- ingeniousness,
- ingenuity,
- instinct,
- know-how,
- long suit,
- makings,
- marksmanship,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- maturity,
- means,
- metier,
- natural endowment,
- natural gift,
- parts,
- potential,
- power,
- powers,
- practical ability,
- preparedness,
- proficiency,
- prowess,
- qualification,
- quickness,
- readiness,
- resource,
- resourcefulness,
- ripeness,
- savoir-faire,
- savvy,
- seamanship,
- seasoning,
- skill,
- skillfulness,
- speciality,
- strong flair,
- strong point,
- style,
- sufficiency,
- suitability,
- suitableness,
- suitedness,
- susceptibility,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- talent,
- talents,
- technical brilliance,
- technical mastery,
- technical skill,
- technique,
- tempering,
- the goods,
- the stuff,
- timing,
- trim,
- virtuosity,
- what it takes,
- wherewithal,
- wit,
- wizardry,
- workmanship
- defective
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- markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; "defective speech"
- having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective" related words >
- aberrant,
- abroad,
- adrift,
- adulterated,
- all abroad,
- all off,
- all wrong,
- ament,
- amiss,
- amputee,
- arrested,
- askew,
- astray,
- at fault,
- awry,
- backward,
- beside the mark,
- blemished,
- born fool,
- broken,
- callow,
- checked,
- cicatrized,
- clot,
- congenital idiot,
- corrupt,
- corrupted,
- cracked,
- crazed,
- cretin,
- cripple,
- damaged,
- debased,
- deceptive,
- defaced,
- deficient,
- deformed,
- deformity,
- delusive,
- deranged,
- deviant,
- deviational,
- deviative,
- disfigured,
- disordered,
- distorted,
- disturbed,
- embryonic,
- errant,
- erring,
- erroneous,
- exceptional,
- failing,
- fallacious,
- fallible,
- false,
- faultful,
- faulty,
- flawed,
- found wanting,
- golem,
- half-assed,
- half-wit,
- handicapped person,
- heretical,
- heterodox,
- hypoplastic,
- idiot,
- illogical,
- illusory,
- imbecile,
- immature,
- impaired,
- imperfect,
- imprecise,
- impure,
- in arrear,
- in arrears,
- in default,
- in short supply,
- inaccurate,
- inadequate,
- incapable,
- incompetent,
- incomplete,
- inexact,
- infant,
- injured,
- insufficient,
- juggins,
- keloidal,
- kinked,
- lacking,
- makeshift,
- marred,
- mediocre,
- mentally deficient,
- missing,
- mixed,
- mongoloid idiot,
- moron,
- natural,
- natural idiot,
- natural-born fool,
- needing,
- not enough,
- not perfect,
- not right,
- not true,
- off,
- off the track,
- on the blink,
- on the fritz,
- out,
- out of order,
- paralytic,
- paraplegic,
- part,
- partial,
- patchy,
- peccant,
- perverse,
- perverted,
- pimpled,
- pimply,
- quadriplegic,
- retarded,
- scabbed,
- scabby,
- scant,
- scanty,
- scarified,
- scarred,
- scrappy,
- self-contradictory,
- short,
- shy,
- sick,
- simp,
- simple,
- simpleton,
- sketchy,
- split,
- straying,
- subnormal,
- the crippled,
- the handicapped,
- too little,
- twisted,
- underdeveloped,
- undeveloped,
- unequal to,
- uneven,
- unfactual,
- unfinished,
- unhealthy,
- unorthodox,
- unperfected,
- unproved,
- unqualified,
- unsatisfactory,
- unsatisfying,
- unsettled,
- unsound,
- unsufficing,
- unthorough,
- untrue,
- vitiated,
- wanting,
- warped,
- wide,
- wrong
- trance
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- a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep related words >
- Walter Mitty,
- absence of mind,
- absentmindedness,
- absorption,
- abstractedness,
- abstraction,
- amnesia,
- animal hypnosis,
- autohypnosis,
- bemusement,
- brown study,
- castle-building,
- catalepsy,
- cataleptic,
- cataleptic hypnosis,
- cataplexy,
- catatonic stupor,
- coma,
- daydream,
- daydreamer,
- daydreaming,
- daze,
- depth of thought,
- dharana,
- dhyana,
- dream,
- dream state,
- dreaming,
- ecstasis,
- ecstasy,
- encephalitis lethargica,
- engrossment,
- enrapture,
- enravish,
- entrance,
- fantasy,
- fantasying,
- fit of abstraction,
- fugue,
- fugue state,
- half-conscious,
- high,
- hypnosis,
- hypnotherapy,
- hypnotic,
- hypnotic sleep,
- hypnotic trance,
- lethargic hypnosis,
- lethargy,
- mooning,
- moonraking,
- muse,
- musefulness,
- musing,
- muted ecstasy,
- narcohypnosis,
- narcolepsy,
- narcoma,
- narcosis,
- narcotic stupor,
- narcotization,
- nod,
- pipe dream,
- pipe-dreaming,
- preoccupation,
- rapture,
- ravish,
- reverie,
- samadhi,
- sedation,
- self-hypnosis,
- shock,
- sleeping sickness,
- sleepwalking,
- somnambulism,
- somnambulistic hypnosis,
- somnipathy,
- sopor,
- stargazing,
- study,
- stupor,
- swoon,
- thanatosis,
- woolgathering,
- yoga trance
- zoologist
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- a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals related words >
- anatomist,
- animal physiologist,
- anthropologist,
- bacteriologist,
- biochemist,
- biologist,
- biometrist,
- biophysicist,
- botanist,
- conchologist,
- cytologist,
- ecologist,
- entomologist,
- ethologist,
- geneticist,
- helminthologist,
- herpetologist,
- ichthyologist,
- malacologist,
- mammalogist,
- natural scientist,
- naturalist,
- ophiologist,
- ornithologist,
- physiologist,
- protozoologist,
- taxidermist,
- zoo-ecologist,
- zoographer,
- zoonomist,
- zoopathologist,
- zoophysicist,
- zootaxonomist
- biologist
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- (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms related words >
- anatomist,
- animal physiologist,
- anthropologist,
- bacteriologist,
- biochemist,
- biometrist,
- biophysicist,
- botanist,
- conchologist,
- cytologist,
- ecologist,
- entomologist,
- ethologist,
- geneticist,
- helminthologist,
- herpetologist,
- ichthyologist,
- malacologist,
- mammalogist,
- natural scientist,
- naturalist,
- ophiologist,
- ornithologist,
- physiologist,
- protozoologist,
- taxidermist,
- zoo-ecologist,
- zoographer,
- zoologist,
- zoonomist,
- zoopathologist,
- zoophysicist,
- zootaxonomist
- profit sharing
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- a system in which employees receive a share of the net profits of the business related words >
- Caesarism,
- Nazism,
- Stalinism,
- absolute monarchy,
- absolutism,
- arbitrariness,
- argumentum baculinum,
- aristocracy,
- autarchy,
- authoritarianism,
- autocracy,
- autonomy,
- benevolent despotism,
- big battalions,
- big stick,
- bond service,
- bondage,
- brute force,
- captivity,
- coalition government,
- colonialism,
- commonwealth,
- constitutional government,
- constitutional monarchy,
- control,
- czarism,
- debt slavery,
- democracy,
- deprivation of freedom,
- despotism,
- dictatorship,
- disenfranchisement,
- disfranchisement,
- domination,
- domineering,
- dominion rule,
- duarchy,
- duumvirate,
- dyarchy,
- enslavement,
- enthrallment,
- fascism,
- federal government,
- federation,
- feudal system,
- feudalism,
- feudality,
- force,
- garrison state,
- gerontocracy,
- heavy hand,
- helotism,
- helotry,
- heteronomy,
- hierarchy,
- hierocracy,
- high hand,
- home rule,
- indentureship,
- iron boot,
- iron hand,
- iron heel,
- kaiserism,
- limited monarchy,
- main force,
- martial law,
- meritocracy,
- militarism,
- military government,
- mob rule,
- mobocracy,
- monarchy,
- monocracy,
- naked force,
- neocolonialism,
- ochlocracy,
- oligarchy,
- one-man rule,
- one-party rule,
- oppression,
- pantisocracy,
- paternalism,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- peonage,
- physical force,
- police state,
- pure democracy,
- regency,
- reign of terror,
- representative democracy,
- representative government,
- republic,
- restraint,
- rule of might,
- self-determination,
- self-government,
- serfdom,
- serfhood,
- servility,
- servitude,
- slavery,
- social democracy,
- steamroller,
- stratocracy,
- subjection,
- subjugation,
- suppression,
- technocracy,
- terrorism,
- thearchy,
- theocracy,
- thought control,
- thrall,
- thralldom,
- totalitarian government,
- totalitarian regime,
- totalitarianism,
- totality,
- triarchy,
- triumvirate,
- ultima ratio,
- vassalage,
- villenage,
- welfare state
- reeve
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- female ruff
- fasten by passing through a hole or around something
- pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope"
- pass a rope through; "reeve an opening" related words >
- G-man,
- MP,
- alderman,
- archon,
- bailie,
- bailiff,
- beadle,
- beagle,
- bound bailiff,
- burghermaster,
- burgomaster,
- cabinet member,
- cabinet minister,
- captain,
- catchpole,
- chancellor,
- chief of police,
- city councilman,
- city father,
- city manager,
- commissar,
- commissioner,
- constable,
- councillor,
- councilman,
- councilwoman,
- county commissioner,
- county supervisor,
- deputy,
- deputy sheriff,
- detective,
- elder,
- fed,
- federal,
- flic,
- gendarme,
- government man,
- headman,
- induna,
- inspector,
- legislator,
- lictor,
- lieutenant,
- lord mayor,
- mace-bearer,
- magistrate,
- maire,
- marshal,
- mayor,
- minister,
- minister of state,
- mounted policeman,
- narc,
- officer,
- patrolman,
- peace officer,
- police captain,
- police commissioner,
- police constable,
- police inspector,
- police matron,
- police officer,
- police sergeant,
- policeman,
- policewoman,
- portreeve,
- roundsman,
- secretary,
- secretary of state,
- selectman,
- sergeant,
- sergeant at arms,
- sheriff,
- superintendent,
- supervisor,
- syndic,
- tipstaff,
- tipstaves,
- trooper,
- undersecretary,
- warden
- elaboration
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- developing in intricate and painstaking detail related words >
- accomplishment,
- adjunct,
- adornment,
- advance,
- advancement,
- amplification,
- architecture,
- arrangement,
- assembly,
- beautification,
- blossoming,
- building,
- casting,
- color,
- color patterns,
- composition,
- construction,
- conversion,
- copy,
- crafting,
- craftsmanship,
- creation,
- critique,
- cultivation,
- decor,
- decoration,
- development,
- developmental change,
- devising,
- dilation,
- dwelling upon,
- embellishment,
- emblazonment,
- emblazonry,
- embroidery,
- enlargement,
- erection,
- evolution,
- evolutionary change,
- evolvement,
- evolving,
- expansion,
- expatiation,
- explication,
- extraction,
- fabrication,
- fashioning,
- flourish,
- flower arrangement,
- flowering,
- formation,
- forming,
- formulation,
- framing,
- furniture arrangement,
- furtherance,
- garnish,
- garnishment,
- garniture,
- going over,
- gradual change,
- growing,
- growth,
- handicraft,
- handiwork,
- harvesting,
- illumination,
- iteration,
- machining,
- making,
- manufacture,
- manufacturing,
- maturation,
- milling,
- mining,
- molding,
- natural development,
- natural growth,
- nonviolent change,
- ornament,
- ornamentation,
- perfection,
- practicing,
- prefabrication,
- preparation,
- processing,
- producing,
- progress,
- progression,
- raising,
- reaffirmation,
- recap,
- recapitulation,
- recital,
- recountal,
- recounting,
- refinement,
- refining,
- rehash,
- rehearsal,
- reissue,
- reiteration,
- reprint,
- restatement,
- resume,
- retelling,
- review,
- ripening,
- rise,
- seasoning,
- shaping,
- smelting,
- summary,
- summing up,
- trim,
- trimming,
- unfolding,
- window dressing,
- working-out,
- workmanship
- social security
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- social welfare program in the U.S.; includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance related words >
- ADC,
- Medicaid,
- Medicare,
- accident insurance,
- actuary,
- annuity,
- assurance,
- aviation insurance,
- bail bond,
- bond,
- business life insurance,
- casualty insurance,
- certificate of insurance,
- court bond,
- cradle-to-grave security,
- credit insurance,
- credit life insurance,
- deductible,
- endowment insurance,
- family maintenance policy,
- fidelity bond,
- fidelity insurance,
- flood insurance,
- fraternal insurance,
- government insurance,
- guaranteed annual income,
- guaranteed income,
- health insurance,
- industrial life insurance,
- insurance,
- insurance agent,
- insurance broker,
- insurance company,
- insurance man,
- insurance policy,
- interinsurance,
- liability insurance,
- license bond,
- limited payment insurance,
- major medical insurance,
- malpractice insurance,
- marine insurance,
- mutual company,
- ocean marine insurance,
- old-age assistance,
- permit bond,
- policy,
- public assistance,
- relief,
- robbery insurance,
- sickness insurance,
- social insurance,
- social welfare,
- socialized medicine,
- state medicine,
- stock company,
- term insurance,
- theft insurance,
- underwriter,
- unemployment compensation,
- unemployment insurance,
- welfare,
- welfare capitalism,
- welfare payments,
- welfare state,
- welfare statism,
- welfarism,
- womb-to-tomb security
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