n. misanthrope
(a) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.; renegade; recreant; ratter
(b) a proposition obtained by conversion
(c) someone who dislikes people in general
(d) a physician specializing in obstetrics
n. entomology
(a) something that strongly attracts attention and admiration
(b) the branch of zoology that studies insects
(c) a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; guiding light; notable; notability
(d) person who resembles a nonhuman primate
n. pachyderm
(a) any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant
(b) an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; bricole; mangonel; onager
(c) an inlaid furniture decoration; buhl
(d) mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
adj. impecunious
(a) not having enough money to pay for necessities; penniless; penurious; pinched
(b) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; floating; vagabond
(c) not produced by natural forces
(d) destructive of images used in religious worship
adj. posthumous
(a) of or relating to the cerebrum or brain
(b) occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
(c) in an early stage of development
(d) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; sneaky; surreptitious |
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n. severance
(a) the act of severing
(b) a club used as a weapon
(c) a stock or supply of foods; viands; victuals
(d) the dead body of a human being; corpse; stiff; clay; remains
adj. agrarian
(a) relating to rural matters
(b) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; floating; vagabond
(c) confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
(d) marked by rude or peremptory shortness; curt
n. horde
(a) a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair
(b) an indirect way of expressing something
(c) a moving crowd; swarm
(d) a newspaper or official journal
n. cadence
(a) the topmost projecting part of an entablature
(b) an ornamental caparison for a horse
(c) righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
(d) the close of a musical section; meter; metre; measure; beat
n. conferment
(a) a small or minor detail
(b) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend; scrooge; churl
(c) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift; conferral
(d) the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean; littoral zone; sands |
