Related Words:
- shuttle
collapse - bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads
- public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points
- travel back and forth between two points related words >
- Amtrak,
- air transport,
- air travel,
- airfreight,
- alternate,
- back and fill,
- baggage train,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- cable railroad,
- choo-choo,
- cog railroad,
- cog railway,
- come and go,
- commute,
- ebb and flow,
- el,
- electric,
- electric train,
- elevated,
- express,
- express train,
- flier,
- freight,
- freight train,
- freighter,
- funicular,
- goods train,
- hand loom,
- hitch and hike,
- interurban,
- knitting machine,
- lightning express,
- limited,
- local,
- loom,
- metro,
- metronome,
- milk train,
- monorail,
- oscillator,
- parliamentary,
- parliamentary train,
- pass and repass,
- passenger train,
- pendulum,
- rack-and-pinion railroad,
- railroad train,
- range,
- rattler,
- reciprocate,
- ride and tie,
- rocker,
- rocking chair,
- rocking stone,
- rolling stock,
- seesaw,
- shunt,
- shuttle service,
- shuttle train,
- shuttlecock,
- special,
- streamliner,
- subway,
- swing,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- teeterboard,
- teetery-bender,
- to-and-fro,
- train,
- tube,
- underground,
- vibrator,
- wax and wane,
- way train,
- weaver,
- wibble-wabble,
- wigwag,
- zigzag
- admit,
- back,
- barge in,
- be admitted,
- bestraddle,
- bestride,
- board,
- break in,
- breeze in,
- buckle down,
- burst in,
- bust in,
- climb on,
- come barging in,
- come breezing in,
- come busting in,
- come in,
- creep in,
- cross the threshold,
- crowd in,
- drop in,
- edge in,
- enter,
- fall,
- gain admittance,
- get in,
- get on,
- go aboard,
- go in,
- go into,
- go on board,
- have an entree,
- have an in,
- hop in,
- insert,
- intrude,
- irrupt,
- jam in,
- look in,
- mount,
- pack in,
- pile in,
- pop in,
- press in,
- push in,
- put in,
- set foot in,
- slip in,
- squeeze in,
- step in,
- take in,
- thrust in,
- visit,
- wedge in,
- work in
- wigwag
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- signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code
- send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code related words >
- Lissajous figure,
- Roman candle,
- aid to navigation,
- alarm,
- alternate,
- alternation,
- amber light,
- back and fill,
- back-and-forth,
- balefire,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- beacon,
- beacon fire,
- bell,
- bell buoy,
- blinker,
- blue peter,
- brandish,
- buoy,
- caution light,
- come and go,
- coming and going,
- ebb and flow,
- flap,
- flare,
- flaunt,
- float,
- flourish,
- flutter,
- flux and reflux,
- fly,
- fog bell,
- fog signal,
- fog whistle,
- foghorn,
- glance,
- go light,
- gong buoy,
- green light,
- heliograph,
- high sign,
- hitch and hike,
- international alphabet flag,
- international numeral pennant,
- kick,
- leer,
- marker beacon,
- nod,
- nudge,
- parachute flare,
- pass and repass,
- pilot flag,
- poke,
- police whistle,
- quarantine flag,
- radio beacon,
- reciprocate,
- reciprocation,
- red flag,
- red light,
- rhythmic play,
- ride and tie,
- rocket,
- sailing aid,
- seesaw,
- seesawing,
- semaphore,
- semaphore flag,
- semaphore telegraph,
- shake,
- shuttle,
- shuttlecock,
- sign,
- signal,
- signal beacon,
- signal bell,
- signal fire,
- signal flag,
- signal gong,
- signal gun,
- signal lamp,
- signal light,
- signal mast,
- signal post,
- signal rocket,
- signal shot,
- signal siren,
- signal tower,
- sine wave,
- spar buoy,
- stop light,
- swing,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- teeter-tottering,
- teetering,
- the nod,
- the wink,
- to-and-fro,
- tottering,
- touch,
- traffic light,
- traffic signal,
- undulate,
- ups and downs,
- wag,
- watch fire,
- wave,
- wax and wane,
- white flag,
- wibble-wabble,
- wield,
- wigwag flag,
- wink,
- yellow flag,
- zigzag
- ticker tape
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- a continuous thin ribbon of paper on which stock quotes are written related words >
- American Stock Exchange,
- Amex,
- Mystik tape,
- Scotch tape,
- Wall Street,
- adhesive tape,
- band,
- bandage,
- batten,
- belt,
- board,
- bourse,
- bulletin board,
- card,
- catalog card,
- cellophane tape,
- cloth tape,
- commodity exchange,
- corn pit,
- curb,
- curb exchange,
- curb market,
- disc,
- exchange,
- exchange floor,
- fascia,
- file,
- filing card,
- fillet,
- film,
- friction tape,
- girdle,
- index card,
- lath,
- library catalog,
- ligula,
- ligule,
- list,
- magnetic tape,
- masking tape,
- microcard,
- microdot,
- microfiche,
- microfilm,
- motion-picture film,
- outside market,
- over-the-counter market,
- phonograph record,
- pit,
- plank,
- plastic tape,
- platter,
- quotation board,
- ribband,
- ribbon,
- scoreboard,
- scorecard,
- scoresheet,
- shred,
- slat,
- slip,
- spill,
- spline,
- stock exchange,
- stock market,
- stock ticker,
- strake,
- strap,
- strip,
- strop,
- taenia,
- tape,
- tape measure,
- tapeline,
- telephone market,
- the Big Board,
- the Exchange,
- third market,
- ticker,
- videotape,
- wheat pit
- waver
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- the act of moving back and forth
- someone who communicates by waving
- sway to and fro related words >
- alternate,
- back and fill,
- beat,
- beating,
- bicker,
- blench,
- bob,
- bobble,
- boggle,
- careen,
- change,
- coggle,
- dance,
- dangle,
- demur,
- dither,
- ebb and flow,
- equivocate,
- falter,
- fight shy of,
- flap,
- flick,
- flicker,
- flinch,
- flip,
- flit,
- flitter,
- flop,
- flounder,
- fluctuate,
- flutter,
- go pitapat,
- go through phases,
- gutter,
- halt,
- hang back,
- hang off,
- have qualms,
- hem and haw,
- hesitate,
- hold off,
- librate,
- lurch,
- make bones about,
- nutate,
- oscillate,
- palpitate,
- palpitation,
- palter,
- pause,
- pendulate,
- pitapat,
- pitch,
- pitter-patter,
- play,
- pull back,
- pulse,
- quail,
- quiver,
- recoil,
- reel,
- resonate,
- ring the changes,
- rock,
- roll,
- scruple,
- seesaw,
- shake,
- shift,
- shilly-shally,
- shrink,
- shuffle,
- shy,
- shy at,
- slat,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- stagger,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- strain,
- swag,
- sway,
- swing,
- swinging,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- tergiversate,
- throb,
- toss,
- totter,
- trim,
- turn,
- vacillate,
- vary,
- vibrate,
- wag,
- waggle,
- wave,
- wax and wane,
- whiffle,
- wince,
- wobble
- scrim
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- a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater related words >
- act drop,
- asbestos,
- asbestos board,
- backdrop,
- batten,
- border,
- cloth,
- coulisse,
- counterweight,
- curtain,
- curtain board,
- cyclorama,
- decor,
- drop,
- drop curtain,
- fire curtain,
- flat,
- flipper,
- hanging,
- rag,
- scene,
- scenery,
- screen,
- side scene,
- stage screw,
- tab,
- tableau,
- teaser,
- tormentor,
- transformation,
- transformation scene,
- wing,
- wingcut,
- woodcut
- alternate,
- back and fill,
- bob,
- bobble,
- careen,
- change,
- changeable,
- chop and change,
- coggle,
- dally,
- dallying,
- dangle,
- demurring,
- dickey,
- dillydallying,
- dither,
- double-minded,
- doubtful,
- doubting,
- ebb and flow,
- eccentric,
- equivocate,
- erratic,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fickle,
- fiddle-faddle,
- flounder,
- fluctuant,
- fluctuate,
- fluctuating,
- flutter,
- go through phases,
- halt,
- halting,
- hang in doubt,
- hem and haw,
- hesitant,
- hesitate,
- hesitating,
- inconstant,
- indecisive,
- insecure,
- irresolute,
- librate,
- lurch,
- mercurial,
- nutate,
- oscillate,
- oscillating,
- pendulate,
- pendulous,
- pitch,
- reel,
- resonate,
- ring the changes,
- rock,
- roll,
- rootless,
- seesaw,
- shake,
- shaky,
- shift,
- shifting,
- shilly-shally,
- shilly-shallying,
- shuffle,
- stagger,
- stop to consider,
- swag,
- sway,
- swing,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- tentative,
- tergiversate,
- think twice,
- timid,
- toss,
- totter,
- turn,
- uncertain,
- unresolved,
- unsettled,
- unstable,
- unsteady,
- unsure,
- vacillating,
- vacillatory,
- vary,
- vibrate,
- volatile,
- wag,
- waggle,
- wave,
- waver,
- wavering,
- wax and wane,
- weak,
- weak-kneed,
- whiffle,
- wigwag,
- wobble,
- wobbly
- cadre
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- a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion related words >
- KP,
- army,
- army group,
- battalion,
- battery,
- battle group,
- board,
- board of directors,
- board of regents,
- board of trustees,
- brigade,
- bunch,
- cabal,
- cabinet,
- camarilla,
- case,
- casement,
- casing,
- cell,
- charmed circle,
- chassis,
- circle,
- clan,
- clique,
- closed circle,
- cohort,
- column,
- combat command,
- combat team,
- company,
- corps,
- coterie,
- council,
- crew,
- crowd,
- detachment,
- detail,
- directorate,
- directory,
- division,
- doorframe,
- elite,
- elite group,
- executive arm,
- executive committee,
- executive hierarchy,
- fabric,
- field army,
- field train,
- file,
- flying column,
- frame,
- framework,
- framing,
- garrison,
- governing board,
- governing body,
- group,
- infrastructure,
- ingroup,
- inner circle,
- interlocking directorate,
- junta,
- junto,
- kitchen police,
- lattice,
- latticework,
- legion,
- management,
- maniple,
- mob,
- organization,
- outfit,
- phalanx,
- picture frame,
- platoon,
- posse,
- rank,
- regiment,
- ring,
- sash,
- section,
- set,
- shell,
- skeleton,
- squad,
- squadron,
- steering committee,
- tactical unit,
- task force,
- the administration,
- the brass,
- the executive,
- the people upstairs,
- top brass,
- train,
- troop,
- unit,
- we-group,
- window case,
- window frame,
- wing
- abut on,
- arch over,
- back,
- be based on,
- bear on,
- bestride,
- board,
- bridge,
- clear,
- climb on,
- command,
- dominate,
- extend over,
- get in,
- get on,
- go aboard,
- go on board,
- hang over,
- hop in,
- imbricate,
- jump in,
- jut,
- lap,
- lap over,
- lean on,
- lie on,
- lie over,
- look down upon,
- mount,
- outtop,
- overarch,
- overhang,
- overlap,
- overlie,
- overlook,
- override,
- overshadow,
- overtop,
- perch,
- pile in,
- rely on,
- repose on,
- rest on,
- ride,
- rise above,
- shingle,
- sit on,
- span,
- stand on,
- straddle,
- stride,
- surmount,
- top,
- tower above,
- tower over
- SEC
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- (of champagne) moderately dry related words >
- AEC,
- Appalachian Regional Commission,
- Atomic Energy Commission,
- CAB,
- CIA,
- Central Intelligence Agency,
- Civil Aeronautics Board,
- District of Columbia,
- Domestic Council,
- EDA,
- EEOC,
- EIB,
- EPA,
- Environmental Protection Agency,
- FAA,
- FBI,
- FCA,
- FCC,
- FDA,
- FPC,
- FTC,
- Federal Aviation Agency,
- Federal Communications Commission,
- Federal Maritime Commission,
- Federal Power Commission,
- GAO,
- GSA,
- General Accounting Office,
- General Services Administration,
- Government Printing Office,
- ICC,
- Indian Claims Commission,
- Interstate Commerce Commission,
- Library of Congress,
- NASA,
- NLRB,
- NSF,
- National Mediation Board,
- National Science Foundation,
- National Security Council,
- OEO,
- Panama Canal Company,
- Railroad Retirement Board,
- Smithsonian Institution,
- TVA,
- Tennessee Valley Authority,
- USIA,
- VA
- paneling
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- a panel or section of panels in a wall or door related words >
- Formica,
- Masonite,
- beam,
- billet,
- board,
- boarding,
- clapboard,
- cord,
- cordwood,
- deal,
- driftwood,
- firewood,
- hardboard,
- hardwood,
- laminated wood,
- lath,
- lathing,
- lathwork,
- log,
- lumber,
- panelboard,
- panelwork,
- plank,
- planking,
- plasterboard,
- plyboard,
- plywood,
- pole,
- post,
- puncheon,
- shake,
- sheathing,
- sheathing board,
- sheeting,
- shingle,
- sideboard,
- siding,
- slab,
- slat,
- softwood,
- splat,
- stave,
- stick,
- stick of wood,
- stovewood,
- three-by-four,
- timber,
- timbering,
- timberwork,
- two-by-four,
- wallboard,
- weatherboard,
- wood
- weigh anchor
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- heave up an anchor in preparation for sailing related words >
- board,
- break ground,
- cast away,
- cast loose,
- cast off,
- cat the anchor,
- detach,
- disengage,
- doff,
- drop the mooring,
- embark,
- embus,
- emplane,
- enplane,
- entrain,
- free,
- go aboard,
- go on board,
- go on shipboard,
- liberate,
- loose,
- loose for sea,
- loosen,
- put to sea,
- release,
- remove,
- take off,
- take ship,
- unbar,
- unbind,
- unbolt,
- unbuckle,
- unbutton,
- unchain,
- unclasp,
- undo,
- unfasten,
- unfetter,
- unglue,
- unlace,
- unlatch,
- unleash,
- unlock,
- unloose,
- unloosen,
- unmoor,
- unstick,
- unstrap,
- untie,
- up-anchor
- tormentor
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- someone who torments related words >
- act drop,
- annoyer,
- asbestos,
- asbestos board,
- backdrop,
- badgerer,
- batten,
- border,
- bully,
- cloth,
- coulisse,
- counterweight,
- curtain,
- curtain board,
- cyclorama,
- decor,
- drop,
- drop curtain,
- fire curtain,
- flat,
- flipper,
- hanging,
- harasser,
- harrier,
- heckler,
- nag,
- nudnik,
- nudzh,
- persecutor,
- pest,
- pesterer,
- plaguer,
- rag,
- sadist,
- scene,
- scenery,
- screen,
- side scene,
- stage screw,
- tab,
- tableau,
- tease,
- teaser,
- torment,
- transformation,
- transformation scene,
- wing,
- wingcut,
- woodcut
- firewood
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- wood used for fuel; "they collected and cut their own firewood" related words >
- backlog,
- bavin,
- beam,
- billet,
- board,
- boarding,
- brush,
- brushwood,
- clapboard,
- cord,
- cordwood,
- deal,
- driftwood,
- fagot,
- hardwood,
- kindling,
- kindlings,
- lath,
- lathing,
- lathwork,
- log,
- lumber,
- panelboard,
- paneling,
- panelwork,
- plank,
- planking,
- plyboard,
- plywood,
- pole,
- post,
- puncheon,
- shake,
- sheathing,
- sheathing board,
- sheeting,
- shingle,
- sideboard,
- siding,
- slab,
- slat,
- softwood,
- splat,
- stave,
- stick,
- stick of wood,
- stovewood,
- three-by-four,
- timber,
- timbering,
- timberwork,
- two-by-four,
- weatherboard,
- wood,
- yule clog,
- yule log
- embark
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- set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career"
- go on board related words >
- air-express,
- airfreight,
- airmail,
- assume,
- begin,
- board,
- commence,
- consign,
- dispatch,
- drop a letter,
- embark on,
- embus,
- emplane,
- engage in,
- enplane,
- enter,
- enter upon,
- entrain,
- expedite,
- export,
- express,
- forward,
- freight,
- get off,
- get under way,
- go aboard,
- go into,
- go off soundings,
- go on board,
- go on shipboard,
- go to sea,
- have way upon,
- initiate,
- jump off,
- launch,
- mail,
- open,
- post,
- push off,
- put off,
- put to sea,
- remit,
- sail,
- sail away,
- send,
- send away,
- send forth,
- send off,
- set about,
- set to,
- ship,
- shove off,
- start,
- tackle,
- take on,
- take ship,
- take up,
- transmit,
- weigh anchor
- flounder
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- any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
- flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
- behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college" related words >
- agonize over,
- alternate,
- back and fill,
- be all thumbs,
- be at sea,
- be hard put,
- be uncertain,
- beat about,
- blunder,
- blunder away,
- blunder into,
- blunder on,
- blunder upon,
- boggle,
- botch,
- bumble,
- bungle,
- butcher,
- capsize,
- careen,
- career,
- come a cropper,
- commit a gaffe,
- doubt,
- ebb and flow,
- fall,
- fall down,
- fall flat,
- fall headlong,
- fall over,
- fall prostrate,
- falter,
- faux pas,
- feel unsure,
- flounce,
- fluctuate,
- fumble,
- get a cropper,
- go through phases,
- grope,
- grovel,
- have trouble,
- heave,
- hobbyhorse,
- labor,
- labor under difficulties,
- list,
- lumber,
- lurch,
- make heavy weather,
- mar,
- miscue,
- muddle,
- muff,
- murder,
- oscillate,
- pendulate,
- pitch,
- pitch and plunge,
- pitch and toss,
- play havoc with,
- plunge,
- pound,
- puzzle over,
- question,
- rear,
- reel,
- ring the changes,
- rock,
- roll,
- scend,
- seesaw,
- seethe,
- shift,
- shuffle,
- slip,
- spoil,
- sprawl,
- spread-eagle,
- stagger,
- strive,
- struggle,
- stumble,
- sway,
- swing,
- take a fall,
- take a flop,
- take a header,
- take a pratfall,
- take a spill,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- thrash about,
- tilt,
- toil,
- topple,
- topple down,
- topple over,
- toss,
- toss and tumble,
- toss and turn,
- totter,
- travail,
- trip,
- tumble,
- turn,
- turn turtle,
- vacillate,
- vary,
- volutation,
- walk on eggshells,
- wallop,
- wallow,
- waver,
- wax and wane,
- welter,
- wobble,
- wonder,
- wonder whether,
- yaw
- cord
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- a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the bundle was tied with a cord"
- a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton
- a light insulated conductor for household use
- a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet
- bind or tie with a cord
- stack in cords; "cord firewood" related words >
- beam,
- billet,
- board,
- boarding,
- braid,
- brail,
- cable,
- clapboard,
- cordwood,
- deal,
- driftwood,
- firewood,
- hardwood,
- lath,
- lathing,
- lathwork,
- ligament,
- ligation,
- ligature,
- line,
- log,
- lumber,
- panelboard,
- paneling,
- panelwork,
- plank,
- planking,
- plyboard,
- plywood,
- pole,
- post,
- puncheon,
- rope,
- shake,
- sheathing,
- sheathing board,
- sheeting,
- shingle,
- sideboard,
- siding,
- slab,
- slat,
- softwood,
- splat,
- spun yarn,
- stave,
- stick,
- stick of wood,
- stovewood,
- string,
- tendon,
- thong,
- three-by-four,
- timber,
- timbering,
- timberwork,
- twine,
- twist,
- two-by-four,
- weatherboard,
- wire,
- wood,
- yarn
- backdrop
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- scenery hung at back of stage related words >
- act drop,
- arena,
- asbestos,
- asbestos board,
- back,
- background,
- batten,
- border,
- cloth,
- coulisse,
- counterweight,
- curtain,
- curtain board,
- cyclorama,
- decor,
- distance,
- drop,
- drop curtain,
- field,
- fire curtain,
- flat,
- flipper,
- ground,
- hanging,
- hinterland,
- locale,
- mise-en-scene,
- rag,
- rear,
- scene,
- scenery,
- screen,
- setting,
- side scene,
- stage,
- stage screw,
- stage set,
- stage setting,
- tab,
- tableau,
- teaser,
- theater,
- tormentor,
- transformation,
- transformation scene,
- wing,
- wingcut,
- woodcut
- asbestos
collapse
- a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer related words >
- act drop,
- amianthus,
- asbestos board,
- asbestos curtain,
- backdrop,
- batten,
- border,
- cloth,
- coulisse,
- counterweight,
- curtain,
- curtain board,
- cyclorama,
- decor,
- drop,
- drop curtain,
- earth flax,
- fire break,
- fire curtain,
- fire line,
- fire resistance,
- fire retardant,
- fire wall,
- fireproofing,
- flat,
- flipper,
- hanging,
- mountain flax,
- rag,
- scene,
- scenery,
- screen,
- side scene,
- stage screw,
- tab,
- tableau,
- teaser,
- tormentor,
- transformation,
- transformation scene,
- wing,
- wingcut,
- woodcut
- merry-go-round
collapse
- a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose); "if we lose the election the whole legislative merry-go-round will have to start over" related words >
- soviet
collapse
- an elected governmental council in a Communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
- of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people; "Soviet leaders" related words >
- British Cabinet,
- Sanhedrin,
- US Cabinet,
- advisory body,
- assembly,
- association,
- bench,
- bicameral legislature,
- board,
- board of aldermen,
- body of advisers,
- borough council,
- brain trust,
- cabinet,
- camarilla,
- chamber,
- chamber of deputies,
- city board,
- city council,
- commission,
- common council,
- conference,
- congress,
- consultative assembly,
- council,
- council fire,
- council of ministers,
- council of state,
- council of war,
- county council,
- court,
- deliberative assembly,
- diet,
- directory,
- divan,
- federal assembly,
- general assembly,
- house of assembly,
- junta,
- kitchen cabinet,
- legislative assembly,
- legislative body,
- legislative chamber,
- legislature,
- lower chamber,
- lower house,
- national assembly,
- parish council,
- parliament,
- privy council,
- provincial legislature,
- provincial parliament,
- representative town meeting,
- staff,
- state assembly,
- state legislature,
- syndicate,
- synod,
- town meeting,
- tribunal,
- unicameral legislature,
- upper chamber,
- upper house
- oscillation
collapse
- (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
- the process of oscillating between states related words >
- alternation,
- beat,
- cyclicalness,
- equivocation,
- fluctuation,
- intermittence,
- intermittency,
- meter,
- pendulation,
- pendulum motion,
- periodicalness,
- periodicity,
- piston motion,
- pulsation,
- reappearance,
- recurrence,
- regular wave motion,
- reoccurrence,
- return,
- rhythm,
- seasonality,
- seesawing,
- shifting,
- shilly-shally,
- shilly-shallying,
- shuffling,
- teeter-tottering,
- teetering,
- tottering,
- undulation,
- vacillation,
- variation,
- vicissitude,
- wavering,
- wobbling
- subsistence
collapse
- minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; "social security provided only a bare subsistence"
- the state of existing in reality; having substance
- a means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of subsistence" related words >
- Lenten,
- Spartan,
- TLC,
- abstemious,
- accommodation,
- accommodations,
- aliment,
- alimentation,
- alimony,
- ascetic,
- austere,
- bed,
- bed and board,
- being,
- board,
- board and room,
- bread,
- bread and butter,
- care,
- daily bread,
- dwarfed,
- dwarfish,
- economic support,
- endowment,
- ens,
- entity,
- esse,
- essence,
- exiguous,
- existence,
- facilities,
- food,
- frugal,
- impoverished,
- jejune,
- keep,
- lean,
- life,
- limited,
- livelihood,
- living,
- lodgings,
- maintenance,
- manna,
- materiality,
- meager,
- mean,
- meat,
- miserly,
- mothering,
- narrow,
- niggardly,
- nourishment,
- nurture,
- nutriment,
- occurrence,
- paltry,
- parsimonious,
- poor,
- presence,
- price support,
- provision,
- puny,
- rations,
- salt,
- scant,
- scanty,
- scrawny,
- scrimp,
- scrimpy,
- skimp,
- skimpy,
- slender,
- slight,
- slim,
- small,
- spare,
- sparing,
- starvation,
- stingy,
- stinted,
- straitened,
- stunted,
- subsidization,
- subsidy,
- subsisting,
- substantiality,
- subvention,
- support,
- survival,
- sustainment,
- sustenance,
- sustentation,
- tender loving care,
- thin,
- unnourishing,
- unnutritious,
- upkeep,
- victuals,
- watered,
- watery
- tottering
collapse
- (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse; "a tottering empire"
- unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man" related words >
- Lissajous figure,
- alternation,
- ambling,
- ambulation,
- anile,
- back-and-forth,
- backpacking,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- claudicant,
- collapsing,
- coming and going,
- crabbed,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- creeping like snail,
- debilitated,
- deciduous,
- declining,
- declivitous,
- decrepit,
- decurrent,
- deliberate,
- descendant,
- descending,
- dilapidated,
- doddered,
- doddering,
- doddery,
- down,
- down-reaching,
- downcoming,
- downfalling,
- downgoing,
- downhill,
- downsinking,
- downward,
- drooping,
- dropping,
- easy,
- ebb and flow,
- falling,
- faltering,
- feeble,
- flagging,
- fluctuation,
- flux and reflux,
- foot-dragging,
- footing,
- footing it,
- footwork,
- fossilized,
- gentle,
- gerontal,
- gerontic,
- going on foot,
- gradual,
- groggy,
- halting,
- hiking,
- hitchhiking,
- hitching,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- hoofing,
- idle,
- indolent,
- infirm,
- languid,
- languorous,
- lazy,
- legwork,
- leisurely,
- limping,
- lumbering,
- marching,
- moderate,
- mossbacked,
- moth-eaten,
- mummylike,
- on the decline,
- on the descendant,
- on the downgrade,
- on the skids,
- on the wane,
- oscillation,
- palsied,
- papery-skinned,
- pedestrianism,
- pendulation,
- perambulation,
- plummeting,
- plunging,
- poking,
- poky,
- ramshackle,
- ravaged with age,
- reciprocation,
- relaxed,
- reluctant,
- rhythmic play,
- ricketish,
- rickety,
- rocky,
- run to seed,
- rusty,
- sagging,
- sauntering,
- seesaw,
- seesawing,
- senile,
- setting,
- shaky,
- shifting,
- shriveled,
- shuffling,
- sine wave,
- sinking,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow as death,
- slow as molasses,
- slow as slow,
- slow-crawling,
- slow-foot,
- slow-going,
- slow-legged,
- slow-moving,
- slow-paced,
- slow-poky,
- slow-running,
- slow-sailing,
- slow-stepped,
- sluggish,
- snail-paced,
- snaillike,
- spidery,
- spindly,
- staggering,
- stricken in years,
- strolling,
- submerging,
- subsiding,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- teeter-tottering,
- teetering,
- teetery,
- tentative,
- thumbing,
- thumbing a ride,
- timeworn,
- to-and-fro,
- toddling,
- tortoiselike,
- tottery,
- tramping,
- treading,
- trudging,
- tumbledown,
- turtlelike,
- unhurried,
- unsteady,
- ups and downs,
- vacillation,
- variation,
- vicissitude,
- waddling,
- walking,
- wavering,
- weak,
- wigwag,
- withered,
- wizened,
- wobbly
- planking
collapse
- the work of covering an area with planks
- (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship)
- planks collectively; a quantity of planks related words >
- bank,
- beam,
- billet,
- board,
- boarding,
- border,
- broadside,
- cheek,
- chop,
- clapboard,
- coast,
- cord,
- cordwood,
- deal,
- driftwood,
- firewood,
- flank,
- hand,
- handedness,
- hardwood,
- haunch,
- hip,
- jowl,
- laterality,
- lath,
- lathing,
- lathwork,
- log,
- lumber,
- many-sidedness,
- multilaterality,
- panelboard,
- paneling,
- panelwork,
- plank,
- plyboard,
- plywood,
- pole,
- post,
- profile,
- puncheon,
- quarter,
- shake,
- sheathing,
- sheathing board,
- sheeting,
- shingle,
- shore,
- side,
- sideboard,
- siding,
- slab,
- slat,
- softwood,
- splat,
- stave,
- stick,
- stick of wood,
- stovewood,
- temple,
- three-by-four,
- timber,
- timbering,
- timberwork,
- two-by-four,
- unilaterality,
- weatherboard,
- wood
- reciprocate
collapse
- alternate the direction of motion of; "the engine reciprocates the propeller"
- act, feel, or give mutually or in return; "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!" related words >
- accord,
- act in concert,
- act together,
- affiliate,
- agree,
- agree with,
- ally,
- alternate,
- amalgamate,
- answer,
- answer to,
- associate,
- back and fill,
- band,
- band together,
- bandy,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- be in league,
- be quits with,
- change,
- chime in with,
- club together,
- coact,
- coalesce,
- coequal,
- collaborate,
- collude,
- combine,
- come and go,
- come back at,
- commute,
- compensate,
- complement,
- concert,
- concord,
- concur,
- confederate,
- consolidate,
- conspire,
- cooperate,
- correspond,
- correspond to,
- cotton to,
- counter,
- counterchange,
- do business with,
- ebb and flow,
- empathize,
- equal,
- exchange,
- fall in with,
- federate,
- fuse,
- get along,
- get along with,
- get back at,
- get even with,
- get heads together,
- get on with,
- get together,
- give and take,
- give in exchange,
- give in return,
- go partners,
- hang together,
- harmonize,
- harmonize with,
- hit back at,
- hitch and hike,
- hold together,
- hook up,
- identify with,
- interchange,
- join,
- join in,
- join together,
- keep together,
- league,
- league together,
- logroll,
- make common cause,
- match,
- merge,
- partner,
- pass and repass,
- pay back,
- permute,
- play ball,
- pull together,
- put heads together,
- recompense,
- repay,
- requite,
- respond,
- respond to,
- retaliate,
- retort,
- return,
- return the compliment,
- ride and tie,
- seesaw,
- shuttle,
- shuttlecock,
- sing in chorus,
- stand together,
- strike back,
- swap,
- swing,
- switch,
- sympathize,
- team up,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- throw in together,
- tie in,
- tie up,
- to-and-fro,
- trade,
- transpose,
- understand one another,
- unite,
- unite efforts,
- wax and wane,
- wibble-wabble,
- wigwag,
- work together,
- zigzag
- softwood
collapse
- wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) related words >
- arborary,
- arboreal,
- arboreous,
- arborescent,
- arboresque,
- arborical,
- arboriform,
- beam,
- billet,
- board,
- boarding,
- bushlike,
- bushy,
- citrous,
- clapboard,
- coniferous,
- cord,
- cordwood,
- deal,
- deciduous,
- dendriform,
- dendritic,
- dendroid,
- driftwood,
- evergreen,
- firewood,
- hardwood,
- lath,
- lathing,
- lathwork,
- log,
- lumber,
- nondeciduous,
- panelboard,
- paneling,
- panelwork,
- piny,
- plank,
- planking,
- plyboard,
- plywood,
- pole,
- post,
- puncheon,
- scrubbly,
- scrubby,
- scrublike,
- shake,
- sheathing,
- sheathing board,
- sheeting,
- shingle,
- shrubby,
- shrublike,
- sideboard,
- siding,
- slab,
- slat,
- splat,
- stave,
- stick,
- stick of wood,
- stovewood,
- three-by-four,
- timber,
- timbering,
- timberwork,
- treelike,
- two-by-four,
- weatherboard,
- wood
- flipper
collapse
- the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming
- a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater) related words >
- Australian crawl,
- act drop,
- aquaplaning,
- aquatics,
- asbestos,
- asbestos board,
- backdrop,
- backstroke,
- balneation,
- bathe,
- bathing,
- batten,
- border,
- breaststroke,
- butterfly,
- cloth,
- coulisse,
- counterweight,
- crawl,
- curtain,
- curtain board,
- cyclorama,
- decor,
- diving,
- dog paddle,
- drop,
- drop curtain,
- fin,
- fire curtain,
- fishtail,
- flapper,
- flat,
- floating,
- hanging,
- natation,
- rag,
- scene,
- scenery,
- screen,
- side scene,
- sidestroke,
- stage screw,
- surfboarding,
- surfing,
- swim,
- swimming,
- tab,
- tableau,
- teaser,
- tormentor,
- transformation,
- transformation scene,
- treading water,
- wading,
- waterskiing,
- wing,
- wingcut,
- woodcut
- act drop,
- adjunct,
- adornment,
- arrangement,
- asbestos,
- asbestos board,
- backdrop,
- batten,
- border,
- cloth,
- color,
- color patterns,
- coulisse,
- counterweight,
- curtain,
- curtain board,
- cyclorama,
- decoration,
- drop,
- drop curtain,
- elaboration,
- embellishment,
- emblazonment,
- emblazonry,
- embroidery,
- fire curtain,
- flat,
- flipper,
- flourish,
- flower arrangement,
- furniture arrangement,
- garnish,
- garnishment,
- garniture,
- hanging,
- illumination,
- ornament,
- ornamentation,
- rag,
- scene,
- scenery,
- screen,
- side scene,
- stage screw,
- tab,
- tableau,
- teaser,
- tormentor,
- transformation,
- transformation scene,
- trim,
- trimming,
- window dressing,
- wing,
- wingcut,
- woodcut
- splat
collapse
- a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair
- a single splash; "he heard a splat as it hit the floor"
- flatten on impact; "The snowballs splatted on the trees"
- split open and flatten for cooking; "splat fish over an open fire"
- give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact related words >
- bang,
- beam,
- billet,
- board,
- boarding,
- bump,
- burst,
- bust,
- clap,
- clapboard,
- clash,
- cord,
- cordwood,
- crack,
- crash,
- crump,
- deal,
- driftwood,
- firewood,
- flap,
- flop,
- hardwood,
- knock,
- lath,
- lathing,
- lathwork,
- log,
- lumber,
- panelboard,
- paneling,
- panelwork,
- plank,
- planking,
- plyboard,
- plywood,
- pole,
- post,
- puncheon,
- rap,
- report,
- shake,
- sheathing,
- sheathing board,
- sheeting,
- shingle,
- sideboard,
- siding,
- slab,
- slam,
- slap,
- slat,
- smack,
- softwood,
- stave,
- stick,
- stick of wood,
- stovewood,
- swap,
- tap,
- three-by-four,
- thwack,
- timber,
- timbering,
- timberwork,
- two-by-four,
- weatherboard,
- whack,
- wham,
- whap,
- whomp,
- whop,
- wood
- apple-polish,
- bend,
- bend the knee,
- blench,
- bootlick,
- bow,
- bow and scrape,
- crawl,
- creep,
- cringe,
- crouch,
- dodder,
- fawn,
- flatter,
- flinch,
- get down,
- grovel,
- halt,
- hunch,
- hunch down,
- kneel,
- kowtow,
- lick the dust,
- lickspittle,
- limp,
- quail,
- quiver,
- recoil,
- scrouch down,
- shake,
- shrink,
- skulk,
- slink,
- sneak,
- squat,
- stoop,
- teeter,
- toadeat,
- toady,
- totter,
- tremble,
- truckle,
- wallow,
- welter,
- wince
- cabinet
collapse
- a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
- housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
- a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
- persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers related words >
- British Cabinet,
- Canterbury,
- Sanhedrin,
- US Cabinet,
- advisors,
- advisory body,
- advisory council,
- adytum,
- armoire,
- assembly,
- association,
- bench,
- board,
- board of directors,
- board of regents,
- board of trustees,
- body of advisers,
- booking office,
- borough council,
- box office,
- brain trust,
- branch,
- branch office,
- buffet,
- bunker,
- bureau,
- cadre,
- camarilla,
- cellaret,
- chamber,
- chambers,
- chancellery,
- chancery,
- chassis,
- chest,
- chest of drawers,
- chiffonier,
- city council,
- closet,
- clothespress,
- committee,
- commode,
- common council,
- conference,
- congress,
- console,
- consulate,
- consultative assembly,
- corporate headquarters,
- council,
- council fire,
- council of ministers,
- council of state,
- council of war,
- county council,
- court,
- credenza,
- cupboard,
- davenport,
- deliberative assembly,
- den,
- desk,
- diet,
- directorate,
- directory,
- divan,
- drawer,
- dresser,
- embassy,
- escritoire,
- executive arm,
- executive committee,
- executive hierarchy,
- executive office,
- governing board,
- governing body,
- headquarters,
- holy of holies,
- home office,
- housing,
- infrastructure,
- interlocking directorate,
- junta,
- kitchen cabinet,
- legation,
- legislature,
- locker,
- lowboy,
- main office,
- management,
- ministry,
- office,
- parish council,
- press,
- privy council,
- radio,
- radio receiver,
- radio set,
- radio telescope,
- receiver,
- receiving set,
- retreat,
- sanctum,
- sanctum sanctorum,
- secretaire,
- secretary,
- set,
- shadow cabinet,
- shelf,
- shop,
- sideboard,
- soviet,
- staff,
- steering committee,
- study,
- syndicate,
- synod,
- tallboy,
- the administration,
- the brass,
- the executive,
- the people upstairs,
- ticket office,
- top brass,
- tribunal,
- vargueno,
- vitrine,
- wardrobe,
- whatnot,
- wireless,
- wireless set
- banquet
collapse
- a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed; "a banquet for the graduating seniors"; "the Thanksgiving feast"; "they put out quite a spread"
- a ceremonial dinner party for many people related words >
- Lucullan feast,
- Mardi Gras,
- Saturnalia,
- bean-feast,
- beano,
- blow,
- blowout,
- carnival,
- carouse,
- celebration,
- do,
- do justice to,
- eat heartily,
- eat up,
- fair,
- feast,
- feed,
- festal board,
- festival,
- festive occasion,
- festivity,
- fete,
- field day,
- fiesta,
- gala,
- gala affair,
- gala day,
- gaudy,
- great doings,
- groaning board,
- harvest home,
- high jinks,
- indulge,
- jamboree,
- joyance,
- jubilation,
- kermis,
- mad round,
- merrymaking,
- party,
- picnic,
- polish the platter,
- put it away,
- regale,
- regalement,
- repast,
- revel,
- revelment,
- revelry,
- round of pleasures,
- spread,
- treat,
- tuck,
- waygoose,
- wayzgoose,
- wine and dine
- carousel
collapse
- large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on
- carries luggage to air travelers related words >
- Ferris wheel,
- Highland games,
- Olympiad,
- Olympic games,
- chute-the-chutes,
- chutes,
- disk,
- field day,
- flying horses,
- games,
- gymkhana,
- meet,
- merry-go-round,
- rally,
- regatta,
- roller,
- roller coaster,
- rolling stone,
- rotator,
- rotor,
- roundabout,
- rundle,
- seesaw,
- swing,
- teeter-totter,
- the Olympics,
- top,
- tournament,
- tourney,
- track meet,
- wheel,
- whip,
- whirlabout,
- whirler,
- whirligig
- top brass
collapse
- the most important persons in a governing body related words >
- ADC,
- CO,
- Establishment,
- OD,
- VIP,
- aide,
- aide-de-camp,
- baron,
- big gun,
- big man,
- big name,
- bigwig,
- board,
- board of directors,
- board of regents,
- board of trustees,
- brass,
- brass hat,
- brigadier,
- brigadier general,
- bureaucracy,
- cabinet,
- cadre,
- captain,
- celebrity,
- chicken colonel,
- chief of staff,
- colonel,
- commandant,
- commander,
- commander in chief,
- commanding officer,
- commissioned officer,
- company officer,
- council,
- dignitary,
- dignity,
- directorate,
- directory,
- elder,
- exec,
- executive arm,
- executive committee,
- executive hierarchy,
- executive officer,
- father,
- field marshal,
- field officer,
- figure,
- first lieutenant,
- five-star general,
- four-star general,
- general,
- general officer,
- generalissimo,
- governing board,
- governing body,
- great man,
- hierarchy,
- higher echelons,
- higher-ups,
- important person,
- infrastructure,
- interests,
- interlocking directorate,
- jemadar,
- junior officer,
- lieutenant,
- lieutenant colonel,
- lieutenant general,
- lion,
- lords of creation,
- magnate,
- major,
- major general,
- man of mark,
- management,
- marechal,
- marshal,
- ministry,
- mogul,
- nabob,
- name,
- notability,
- notable,
- officer,
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