oewn-enemy-n oewn-foe-n oewn-foeman-n oewn-opposition-n

an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies


oewn-energizer-n oewn-energiser-n oewn-vitalizer-n oewn-vitaliser-n oewn-animator-n

someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people


(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage


a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor


physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system


a dentist specializing in diseases of the dental pulp and nerve


a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security


the ultimate user for which something is intended


a person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others


oewn-engineer-n oewn-locomotive_engineer-n oewn-railroad_engineer-n oewn-engine_driver-n


a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate


a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching


a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something


a male enlisted person in the armed forces


a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer


a female enlisted person in the armed forces


a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study


oewn-ENT_man-n oewn-ear-nose-and-throat_doctor-n oewn-otolaryngologist-n oewn-otorhinolaryngologist-n oewn-rhinolaryngologist-n

a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat


an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity


new entrants to the country must go though immigration procedures


someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it


someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution


an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party


a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador


a person who is trained in or engaged in enzymology


the governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece


a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church


a resident of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus


oewn-epicure-n oewn-gourmet-n oewn-gastronome-n oewn-bon_vivant-n oewn-epicurean-n oewn-foodie-n

a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)


a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases


an inferior imitator of some distinguished writer, artist, or musician


a personal attendant of the British royal family


an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles


someone who gains access by the use of ladders


a person who escapes into a world of fantasy


an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping


a theologian who specializes in eschatology


an attendant who is employed to accompany someone


a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')


someone employed to spy on another country or business competitor


a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name


(Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood


one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature


a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty


a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.)


the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority

the election of Makarios III to archbishop gave him the status of the ethnarch of Cyprus


a person who is a member of an ethnic group


a zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats


a specialist in the etiology of diseases


a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College


a lexicographer who specializes in etymology


a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction


a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place


an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality


oewn-evangelist-n oewn-revivalist-n oewn-gospeler-n oewn-gospeller-n


(when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John


someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials)


a person who believes in organic evolution


someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications


a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire


a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan


a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America


a thinker who considers carefully and thoroughly


a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'


one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country


an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant


a person responsible for the administration of a business


a secretary having administrative duties and responsibilities


a vice president holding executive power


a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will


a person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts)


someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see


someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention


someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals


a person who is expelled from home or country by authority


a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country


a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable


a dentist specializing in the extraction of teeth


one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church


a witness who has knowledge not normally possessed by the average person concerning the topic that he is to testify about


a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically


someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)


a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)


an artist who is an adherent of expressionism


a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages


someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)


a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there


(psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings


a person who wears spectacles in order to see better


a spectator who can describe what happened


a member of the Fabian Society in Britain


a servant employed to do a variety of jobs


a person who subscribes to a variety of fads


oewn-fagot-n oewn-faggot-n oewn-fag-n oewn-fairy-n oewn-nance-n oewn-pansy-n oewn-queen-n oewn-queer-n oewn-poof-n oewn-poove-n oewn-pouf-n


oewn-fakir-n oewn-fakeer-n oewn-faqir-n oewn-faquir-n

a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man


a Spanish member of General Franco's political party


a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry


one of them was safe but they were unable to save the faller


a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support


a general practitioner who treats all the family members


a man whose family is of major importance in his life


oewn-fan-n oewn-buff-n oewn-devotee-n oewn-lover-n


a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject


a person having a strong liking for something


oewn-farmer-n oewn-husbandman-n oewn-granger-n oewn-sodbuster-n


oewn-farmhand-n oewn-fieldhand-n oewn-field_hand-n oewn-farm_worker-n


many Farsi emigrated to India near Bombay


an adherent of fascism or other authoritarian views


someone who advises you about fashionable clothing


he found the door fastened and wondered who the fastener was


oewn-fatalist-n oewn-determinist-n oewn-predestinarian-n oewn-predestinationist-n

anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny


a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)


`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military


a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization


a man who takes over all the functions of the real father


a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically


oewn-fatso-n oewn-fatty-n oewn-fat_person-n oewn-roly-poly-n oewn-butterball-n


an excessively polite and well-dressed boy


a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism


a United States politician favored mainly in his or her home state


a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds


an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds


a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government


an agricultural laborer in Arab countries


he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association


a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party)


oewn-feminist-n oewn-women-ap-s_rightist-n oewn-women-ap-s_liberationist-n oewn-libber-n


a person who won't take sides in a controversy


one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature)


a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary

it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain


a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting


a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat


a football official who works downfield behind the defensive secondary on the same sideline as the line judge


an officer holding the highest rank in the army


an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel


a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader


a military or naval pilot of fighter planes


a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization


a party who files a notice with a law court


a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes


a parent who murders his own son or daughter


the person who directs the making of a film


oewn-film_maker-n oewn-filmmaker-n oewn-film_producer-n oewn-movie_maker-n


a star who plays leading roles in the cinema


a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods


a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition


the minister responsible for state finances


a person skilled in large scale financial transactions


someone who is the first to observe something


someone who comes upon something after searching


a specialist in identifying fingerprints


oewn-fink-n oewn-snitch-n oewn-snitcher-n oewn-stoolpigeon-n oewn-stool_pigeon-n oewn-stoolie-n oewn-sneak-n oewn-sneaker-n oewn-canary-n

someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police


a performer who pretends to swallow fire


oewn-fireman-n oewn-firefighter-n oewn-fire_fighter-n oewn-fire-eater-n

a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires


an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires


someone who walks barefoot on burning coals


an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest


(during World War II in Britain) someone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air


(baseball) the person who plays first base


the offspring who came first in the order of birth


the leading woman in an art or profession


a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a 2nd lieutenant and below a captain


someone habitually a spectator at the openings of theatrical productions


a sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant


someone whose occupation is catching fish


someone who fits a garment to a particular person


someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)


a person who whips himself as a religious penance


a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification


a senior naval officer above the rank of captain


oewn-flak_catcher-n oewn-flak-n oewn-flack_catcher-n oewn-flack-n

a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer


a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome


a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation


a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver


a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress


someone who enjoys transient success but then fails


an associate who shares an apartment with you


the flight crewman responsible for mechanical operation while in flight


a medical officer specializing in aviation medicine


a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election


an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed


a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders)


the legislator who organizes his party's strategy


an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems

a floorwalker is called a shopwalker in Britain


the florist made up an attractive bouquet


a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession


oewn-flunky-n oewn-flunkey-n oewn-stooge-n oewn-yes-man-n


an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds


oewn-folk_singer-n oewn-jongleur-n oewn-minstrel-n oewn-poet-singer-n oewn-troubadour-n


a person who accepts the leadership of another


someone who travels behind or pursues another


a molester who touches the intimate parts of the victim

the woman charged that her jailer was a fondler


a person who adheres briefly to different diets


oewn-fool-n oewn-sap-n oewn-saphead-n oewn-muggins-n oewn-tomfool-n


a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger


a football player who has achieved a reputation for success


an official who enforces the rules at a football game


a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores


someone who hunts for food and provisions

in Japan a fungus forager can earn a good living


oewn-forecaster-n oewn-predictor-n oewn-prognosticator-n oewn-soothsayer-n

someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)


person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group

our forefathers brought forth a great nation


a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a foreign country for publication or broadcast


oewn-foreigner-n oewn-alien-n oewn-noncitizen-n oewn-outlander-n

a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country


a government minister for foreign relations


someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group


a person who exercises control and makes decisions


oewn-foreman-n oewn-chief-n oewn-gaffer-n oewn-honcho-n oewn-boss-n

a person who exercises control over workers

if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman


the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf


a person who seeks wealth through marriage


a person who foretells your personal future


a miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849


the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey


your foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents


someone who is raised as a daughter although not related by birth


a woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child


a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own


a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child


your foster sister is a female who is not a daughter of your parents but who is raised by your parents


someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth


oewn-founder-n oewn-beginner-n oewn-founding_father-n oewn-father-n

a person who founds or establishes some institution

George Washington is the father of his country


a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787


a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown


someone who has run the mile in less than 4 minutes


a mounted hunter who follows the hounds in pursuit of a fox


someone who makes frames (as for pictures)


an admirer of France and everything French


a person who hates France and everything French


a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth


either of two twins who developed from two separate fertilized eggs


a person who murders their brother or sister


oewn-freak-n oewn-monster-n oewn-monstrosity-n oewn-lusus_naturae-n

a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed


someone acting freely or even irresponsibly


(sports) a professional athlete who is free to sign a contract to play for any team


a person who has been freed from slavery


one of an interracial group of civil rights activists who rode buses through parts of the South in order to protest racial segregation


oewn-freelancer-n oewn-freelance-n oewn-free-lance-n oewn-free_lance-n oewn-independent-n oewn-self-employed_person-n

a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them


someone who gratifies physical appetites (especially for food and drink) with more than the usual freedom


someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others


a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love


an advocate of unrestricted international trade


an employee of a freight carrier who directs the receipt and delivery of goods


a person who follows the basic theories or practices of Sigmund Freud


a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms


a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work


a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict


a person you know well and regard with affection and trust


a member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party


oewn-front_man-n oewn-front-n oewn-figurehead-n oewn-nominal_head-n oewn-straw_man-n oewn-strawman-n

a person used as a cover for some questionable activity


someone who masturbates by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd)


a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman


a conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance

you may accuse me of being and old fuddy-duddy trying to stop young people having fun


someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice


someone who flees from an uncongenial situation


a leader and organizer and spokesman (especially a political leader)


(football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team


a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living


an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope


a person with some ability to read and write but not enough for daily practical needs


someone who solicits financial contributions


(formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket


a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future


a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship


a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets


an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set


someone who writes comic material for public performers


a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits)

she was clearly the gainer in that exchange


an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ)


a leader who stimulates and excites people to action


a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc


a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba


a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events


someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement


a person employed to take care of game and wildlife


the teacher in charge of games at a school


a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang


(Black English) a member of a youth gang


oewn-garbage_man-n oewn-garbageman-n oewn-garbage_collector-n oewn-garbage_carter-n oewn-garbage_hauler-n oewn-refuse_collector-n oewn-dustman-n

someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse


oewn-garmentmaker-n oewn-garment-worker-n oewn-garment_worker-n oewn-dressmaker-n


someone who cuts cloth etc. to measure in making garments


a wage earner who is served with a garnishment


oewn-garroter-n oewn-garrotter-n oewn-strangler-n oewn-throttler-n oewn-choker-n


a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics


a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances


a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract


someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying


someone who controls access to something

there are too many gatekeepers between the field officers and the chief


they were a society of hunters and gatherers


a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness


a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing


a carnival performer who does disgusting acts


a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric


the head of a religious order or congregation


officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel


a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses


someone who originates or causes or initiates something

he was the generator of several complaints


oewn-genius-n oewn-mastermind-n oewn-brain-n oewn-brainiac-n oewn-Einstein-n

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality


one of 40 gentlemen who attend the British sovereign on state occasions


a mathematician specializing in geometry


a specialist in the study of Germanic language or culture or literature


a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth


a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else


oewn-giant-n oewn-goliath-n oewn-behemoth-n oewn-monster-n oewn-colossus-n

someone that is abnormally large and powerful


oewn-giant-n oewn-hulk-n oewn-heavyweight-n oewn-whale-n

a very large person; impressive in size or qualities


the idealized American girl of the 1890s as pictured by C. D. Gibson


a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman


someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt


a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief


oewn-girl-n oewn-miss-n oewn-missy-n oewn-young_lady-n oewn-young_woman-n oewn-fille-n


a friendly informal reference to a grown woman


a female assistant who has a range of duties


a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved


Mary and her girlfriend organized the party


a girl who is a member of the Girl Scouts


an extremely talented young female person


a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins


there are no greater givers than those who give themselves


(ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat


someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass


oewn-glass_cutter-n oewn-glass-cutter-n oewn-glassworker-n oewn-glazier-n oewn-glazer-n


someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass


someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully


someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters


a scholiast who writes glosses or glossaries


oewn-glutton-n oewn-gourmand-n oewn-gourmandizer-n oewn-trencherman-n

a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess


a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people


oewn-gonif-n oewn-goniff-n oewn-ganef-n oewn-ganof-n

(Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)


a representative or official of a government or administrative department of a government


a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation


oewn-goalkeeper-n oewn-goalie-n oewn-goaltender-n oewn-netkeeper-n oewn-netminder-n

the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal


a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls


an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism


someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild


any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism


any woman who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism


a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism


an employee whose duties include running errands


a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)


biblical names of the enemies of God's people who wage war against God at the end of the world

in the Book of Ezekiel Gog is a ruler from the land of Magog but in the Book of Revelation Gog and Magog are nations under the rule of Satan


oewn-go-getter-n oewn-whizz-kid-n oewn-whiz-kid-n oewn-ball_of_fire-n


an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf


oewn-goldbrick-n oewn-goof-off-n oewn-ne-ap-er-do-well-n oewn-good-for-nothing-n oewn-no-account-n oewn-good-for-naught-n


a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort


a woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement


a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field


an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold


(Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means


someone who earns a living by playing or teaching golf


a wife who is left alone much of the time because her husband is playing golf


a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs


a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola


a person in desperate straits; someone doomed


a practitioner of the affected elegant style of the Spanish poet Gongora


a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group


a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble


a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior


oewn-gossip-n oewn-gossiper-n oewn-gossipmonger-n oewn-rumormonger-n oewn-rumourmonger-n oewn-newsmonger-n

a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others


a journalist who writes a column of gossip about celebrities


one of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries


an attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye


a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)


an unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately


someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school


a student who continues studies after graduation


a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax


a high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klan


the wife of a grand duke or a woman holding that rank in her own right


a middle-aged or elderly woman who is stylish and highly respected


a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal


oewn-grandfather-n oewn-gramps-n oewn-granddad-n oewn-grandad-n oewn-granddaddy-n oewn-grandpa-n


director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal)


oewn-grandma-n oewn-grandmother-n oewn-granny-n oewn-grannie-n oewn-gran-n oewn-nan-n oewn-nanna-n


a player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge


someone who performs with an eye to the applause from spectators in the grandstand


a person who makes a grant in legal form


someone who specializes in graphic design


a specialist in inferring character from handwriting


a man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife


a person who earns a living by digging graves


someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection


someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts


a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market


a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field

he is one of the greats of American music


a child of your grandson or granddaughter


a daughter of your grandson or granddaughter


a soldier who is a member of the United States Army Special Forces


a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables


someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course


the newcomers were met by smiling greeters


a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen)


a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village


worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made


a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)


a man participant in his own marriage ceremony


a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding


oewn-grouch-n oewn-grump-n oewn-crank-n oewn-churl-n oewn-crosspatch-n


in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section


someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)


a commissioned officer (especially one in the Royal Air Force) equivalent in rank to a colonel in the army


an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around)


a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl


an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker

infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts


oewn-guarantor-n oewn-surety-n oewn-warrantor-n oewn-warranter-n

one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another


the person who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage


oewn-prison_guard-n oewn-jailer-n oewn-jailor-n oewn-gaoler-n oewn-screw-n oewn-turnkey-n


a person who keeps watch over something or someone


the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team


a soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards'


oewn-guerrilla-n oewn-guerilla-n oewn-irregular-n oewn-insurgent-n

a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment


a visitor to whom hospitality is extended


a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.


the person in whose honor a gathering is held


a person with temporary permission to work in another country

a Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists


someone who shows the way by leading or advising


a drinker who swallows large amounts greedily


oewn-gunman-n oewn-gunslinger-n oewn-hired_gun-n oewn-gun-n oewn-gun_for_hire-n oewn-triggerman-n oewn-hit_man-n oewn-hitman-n oewn-torpedo-n oewn-shooter-n


a noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant in the marines


a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher


a recognized leader in some field or of some movement


each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion


a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)


someone who drinks heavily (especially alcoholic beverages)


oewn-guy-n oewn-cat-n oewn-hombre-n oewn-bozo-n oewn-sod-n


member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism)


someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa


oewn-Gypsy-n oewn-Gipsy-n oewn-Romany-n oewn-Rommany-n oewn-Romani-n oewn-Roma-n oewn-Bohemian-n

a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)


a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm

true hackers subscribe to a code of ethics and look down upon crackers


a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism


oewn-hag-n oewn-beldam-n oewn-beldame-n oewn-witch-n oewn-crone-n


the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography


oewn-hairdresser-n oewn-hairstylist-n oewn-stylist-n oewn-styler-n


a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions


an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca


a general term used by foreign soldiers to refer to the Iraqi people

to American soldiers, the hajji are the alien people from whom the enemy emerges


a member of a people of southeastern China (especially Hong Kong, Canton, and Taiwan) who migrated from the north in the 12th century


a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty)


(football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position


one of siblings who have only one parent in common


an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different racial groups or cultures


an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different racial group (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)


oewn-fathead-n oewn-goof-n oewn-goofball-n oewn-bozo-n oewn-jackass-n oewn-goose-n oewn-cuckoo-n oewn-twat-n oewn-zany-n


(Old Testament) the minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them


an agent who handles something or someone


a person who has some condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically or mentally or socially


a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks


an executioner who hangs the condemned person


a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech


any of the British rulers who were members of the House of Hanover


the harassers were not members of the regular army


a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)


a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another


a musician who sings or plays in harmony


oewn-Hasid-n oewn-Hassid-n oewn-Chasid-n oewn-Chassid-n

a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism


one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior


oewn-hatmaker-n oewn-hatter-n oewn-milliner-n oewn-modiste-n


an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations


a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies


a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)


a performer who receives prominent billing


a football official in charge of recording yardage gained or lost


oewn-headman-n oewn-tribal_chief-n oewn-chieftain-n oewn-chief-n


the person in charge of nursing in a medical institution


the head of a household or family or tribe


the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government


an executioner who beheads the condemned person


oewn-health_professional-n oewn-primary_care_provider-n oewn-PCP-n oewn-health_care_provider-n oewn-caregiver-n

a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability


oewn-hearer-n oewn-listener-n oewn-auditor-n oewn-attender-n


one whose mental imagery is auditory rather than visual or motor


one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action


an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers


a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional relationships


oewn-heathen-n oewn-pagan-n oewn-gentile-n oewn-infidel-n

a person who does not acknowledge your god


a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim)


a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard)


an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in


a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds


a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds


an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds


linguist specializing in the Hebrew language


someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections


a gardener who takes care of and trims hedges


someone who counterbalances one transaction (as a bet) against another in order to protect against loss


a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer


someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures


a type of primitive man who lived in Europe


a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another


an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor


the person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate


a person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative


a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)

he chased the young hellions out of his yard


a person who holds a high position in a hierarchy


employee hired for domestic or farm work


anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues


a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs


a person who has hemiplegia (is paralyzed on one side of the body)


oewn-hemophiliac-n oewn-haemophiliac-n oewn-bleeder-n oewn-hemophile-n oewn-haemophile-n

someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding


(formal) a person who announces important news

the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet


a therapist who heals by the use of herbs


a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church


a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)


oewn-hermaphrodite-n oewn-intersex-n oewn-gynandromorph-n oewn-androgyne-n oewn-epicene-n oewn-epicene_person-n

one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


oewn-hermit-n oewn-recluse-n oewn-solitary-n oewn-solitudinarian-n oewn-troglodyte-n


a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians


the principal character in a work of fiction


a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)


(classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god


the main good female character in a work of fiction


a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds


a German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English


oewn-heterosexual-n oewn-heterosexual_person-n oewn-straight_person-n oewn-straight-n

a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex


a person of intellectual or erudite tastes


a senior diplomat from one country to another who is assigned ambassadorial rank


a soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands


an arrogant or conceited person of importance


(Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person


a preeminent authority or major proponent of a movement or doctrine

he's the high priest of contemporary jazz


oewn-highjacker-n oewn-highwayman-n oewn-hijacker-n oewn-road_agent-n

a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it


someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination


a civil engineer who specializes in the design and construction of roads and highways


a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)


a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person


oewn-hippie-n oewn-hippy-n oewn-hipster-n oewn-flower_child-n

someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle


someone who communicates disapproval by hissing


a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it


a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles


a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC


a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use


someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait


a person who pursues an activity in their spare time for pleasure


a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers


a person regarded as greedy and pig-like


the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it


a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms

their star pitcher was a holdout for six weeks


an official who remains in office after his term


a member of a religion that expresses ecstatic fervor


a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown


oewn-homebuilder-n oewn-home-builder-n oewn-housebuilder-n oewn-house-builder-n


a person hired to help in another's home (especially one employed by a local authority to help the infirm with domestic work)


a homeless was found murdered in Central Park


the British cabinet minister who is head of the Home Office


a person who hates or fears homosexual people


oewn-homosexual-n oewn-homophile-n oewn-homo-n oewn-gay-n

someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex


a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell


a wife who has married a man with whom she has been living for some time (especially if she is pregnant at the time)


a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound

the honker was fined for disturbing the peace


a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments


an escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral


oewn-hood-n oewn-hoodlum-n oewn-goon-n oewn-punk-n oewn-thug-n oewn-tough-n oewn-toughie-n oewn-strong-armer-n

an aggressive and violent young criminal


(rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot


a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers)


a lively and ineffectual upper-class young man


someone (or something) on which expectations are centered


only an avid hoper could expect the team to win now


at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children


a musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn)


a person who breeds and cares for horses


a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses


an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)


a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear


a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there


(medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor


a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms


someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself


a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store


oewn-hotelier-n oewn-hotelkeeper-n oewn-hotel_manager-n oewn-hotelman-n oewn-hosteller-n


a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house


a man in charge of children in an institution


a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income


a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household


teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse


someone who resides in the same house with you


a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people


a painter of houses or similar buildings


a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital

the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital


a custodian who lives in and cares for a house while the regular occupant is away (usually without an exchange of money)


oewn-housewife-n oewn-homemaker-n oewn-lady_of_the_house-n oewn-woman_of_the_house-n

a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income


in England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker


a commissioner in charge of public housing


one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift


the Incan ruler under whom the Incan empire reached its widest extent (died in 1525)


a person who writes radio or tv advertisements


a French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries


a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts


an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans


someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms


a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words


someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way


a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine


a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century


an unemployed person who participates in a hunger march


a member of a hunting and gathering society


guide to people hunting in unfamiliar territory


a married man; a woman's partner in marriage


a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband


a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress


an adherent of the religious reforms of John Huss


a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties


a person with hyperopia; a farsighted person


a person who has abnormally high blood pressure


oewn-hypnotist-n oewn-hypnotizer-n oewn-hypnotiser-n oewn-mesmerist-n oewn-mesmerizer-n


a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments


oewn-hypocrite-n oewn-dissembler-n oewn-dissimulator-n oewn-phony-n oewn-phoney-n oewn-pretender-n

a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives


a person who has abnormally low blood pressure


a native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times)


a native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus


someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions


a destroyer of images used in religious worship


someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations


either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)


oewn-idiot-n oewn-imbecile-n oewn-cretin-n oewn-moron-n oewn-changeling-n oewn-half-wit-n oewn-retard-n


person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory)


oewn-idler-n oewn-loafer-n oewn-do-nothing-n oewn-layabout-n oewn-bum-n


someone who is adored blindly and excessively


oewn-idolater-n oewn-idolizer-n oewn-idoliser-n oewn-idol_worshiper-n


a lover blind with admiration and devotion


(Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide


a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there


a person (such as an author) of enduring fame


a person who is immune to a particular infection


a medical scientist who specializes in immunology


oewn-imp-n oewn-scamp-n oewn-monkey-n oewn-rascal-n oewn-rapscallion-n oewn-scalawag-n oewn-scallywag-n


someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another


an imported person brought from a foreign country

the lead role was played by an import from Sweden


a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events


someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)


oewn-imposter-n oewn-impostor-n oewn-pretender-n oewn-fake-n oewn-faker-n oewn-fraud-n oewn-sham-n oewn-shammer-n oewn-pseudo-n oewn-pseud-n oewn-role_player-n


an artist who follows the theories of Impressionism


a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship


a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship


someone who is not competent to take effective action


the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study


a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes (especially on Indian reservations)


the leader of a group of Native Americans


an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you


a person inducted into an organization or social group

Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame


someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise


oewn-infantryman-n oewn-marcher-n oewn-foot_soldier-n oewn-footslogger-n


one of lesser rank or station or quality


(baseball) a person who plays a position in the infield


an intruder (as troops) with hostile intent


someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage


oewn-informer-n oewn-betrayer-n oewn-rat-n oewn-squealer-n oewn-blabber-n

one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority


an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage)


an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl


oewn-initiate-n oewn-learned_person-n oewn-pundit-n oewn-savant-n

someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field


one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)


a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases


a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated


oewn-inquirer-n oewn-enquirer-n oewn-questioner-n oewn-querier-n oewn-asker-n


an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition


an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations


a military officer responsible for investigations


a person who initiates a course of action


oewn-instigator-n oewn-provoker-n oewn-inciter-n oewn-instigant-n oewn-firebrand-n

someone who deliberately foments trouble


oewn-insurance_broker-n oewn-insurance_agent-n oewn-general_agent-n oewn-underwriter-n


a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.


oewn-insurgent-n oewn-insurrectionist-n oewn-freedom_fighter-n oewn-rebel-n

a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)


a government analyst of information about an enemy or potential enemy


a person who specializes in interior design


oewn-interior_decorator-n oewn-house_decorator-n oewn-room_decorator-n oewn-decorator-n

a person who specializes in interior decoration


a person who takes part in a conversation


the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk


oewn-intern-n oewn-interne-n oewn-houseman-n oewn-medical_intern-n

an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience


an auditor who is an employee of the company whose records are audited and who provides information to the management and board of directors


a chess player who has been awarded the highest title by an international chess organization


a member of a socialist or communist international


the internees were enemy aliens and suspected terrorists


(Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio


someone who mediates between speakers of different languages


someone who uses art to represent something

his paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature


(law) a party who interposes in a pending proceeding


(psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts


someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission


someone who enters by force in order to conquer


someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury


an official who can invalidate or nullify

my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was


someone who is the first to think of or make something


someone who advises others how to invest their money


a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities


someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns


someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating


a strong man of exceptional physical endurance


in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger


someone who is indifferent or hostile to religion


a scholar who is knowledgeable in Islamic studies


an adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism


an advocate of isolationism in international affairs


a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment


a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well


a follower of Andrew Jackson or his ideas


(Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')


any distinguished personage during the reign of James I


a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution


a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts


a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly


an unknown or fictitious woman who is a party to legal proceedings


every politician has a following of janissaries


someone employed to clean and maintain a building


(Old Testament) the youngest son of Noah


a member of an Indo-European people widely scattered throughout the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and consisting of Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs


(India) a private soldier or male constable


a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally


a musician who plays or composes jazz music


a follower of Thomas Jefferson or his ideas and principles


someone with two personalities - one good and one evil


someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit


a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages


a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry


someone in the business of selling jewelry


someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers


an applicant who is being considered for a job


any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing


someone whose comfort is actually discouraging


someone employed to ride horses in horse races


an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus


someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise)


an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings


oewn-John_Doe-n oewn-Joe_Blow-n oewn-Joe_Bloggs-n oewn-man_in_the_street-n


a woodworker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood


a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes


a person who does something thoughtless or annoying


a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him


someone who betrays under the guise of friendship


a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice


a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander


an officer assigned to the judge advocate general


the senior legal advisor to a branch of the military


Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes


a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity


a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way


as the jumper neared the ground he lost control


a follower or advocate of Carl Jung's theories


a son who has the same first name as his father


a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations


someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury


a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit


oewn-kaffir-n oewn-kafir-n oewn-caffer-n oewn-caffre-n

an offensive and insulting term for any Black African


the chairman of the Kashag and essentially head of the Tibetan government-in-exile


a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash


the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918


someone who drives slowly along the curb seeking sex from prostitutes or other women


a musician who plays a keyboard instrument


a follower of the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes


a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries


one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914


(Yiddish) a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others


oewn-kidnapper-n oewn-kidnaper-n oewn-abductor-n oewn-snatcher-n

someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)


someone who causes the death of a person or animal


an investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover


an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence

the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker


the sovereign ruler of England when male


a competitor who holds a preeminent position


the most important person in a group or undertaking


Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a king


a barrister selected to serve as counsel to the British ruler


police are searching for relatives of the deceased


oewn-blood_relation-n oewn-blood_relative-n oewn-cognate-n oewn-sib-n

one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another


a person having kinship with another or others


oewn-enate-n oewn-matrikin-n oewn-matrilineal_kin-n oewn-matrisib-n oewn-matrilineal_sib-n


oewn-agnate-n oewn-patrikin-n oewn-patrilineal_kin-n oewn-patrisib-n oewn-patrilineal_sib-n


a more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss


an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks


someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive


someone who buys up old horses for slaughter


someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them


originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit


a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon


a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command


in the Arthurian legend, a knight of King Arthur's court


a wandering knight travelling in search of adventure


a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher


a man who belongs to a Masonic order in the United States


someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining yarn or thread


a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)

open the door and see who the knocker is


(Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person


someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others


oewn-kook-n oewn-odd_fellow-n oewn-odd_fish-n oewn-queer_bird-n oewn-queer_duck-n oewn-odd_man_out-n

someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group


a member of the royal or warrior Hindu caste


oewn-labor_coach-n oewn-birthing_coach-n oewn-doula-n oewn-monitrice-n

an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes


oewn-laborer-n oewn-manual_laborer-n oewn-labourer-n oewn-jack-n

someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor


a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding)


a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess


a maid who is a lady's personal attendant


a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism


a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)


a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)


an elected official still in office but not slated to continue


a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates)


(when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights


a cartoonist who draws parodies or satirical renditions of cultural or social or political situations


an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal


(formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance


a person who administers a landed estate


a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany


an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage


oewn-landscape_architect-n oewn-landscape_gardener-n oewn-landscaper-n oewn-landscapist-n

someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively


a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones


an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them


a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip


oewn-lass-n oewn-lassie-n oewn-young_girl-n oewn-jeune_fille-n


a school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work)


a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin


a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct)


believer in imminent approach of the millennium; practitioner of active evangelism


a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints


a person who is laughing or who laughs easily


someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath


a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws


a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice


someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person


a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church


any witness who does not testify as an expert witness


the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar


the person who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tomb; this miracle caused the enemies of Jesus to begin the plan to put him to death


actress who plays the leading female role


the president wanted to know who the leakers were


oewn-learner-n oewn-scholar-n oewn-assimilator-n oewn-student-n

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs


a public lecturer at certain universities


someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church


oewn-leech-n oewn-parasite-n oewn-sponge-n oewn-sponger-n

a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage


oewn-left-handed_pitcher-n oewn-left-hander-n oewn-left_hander-n oewn-lefthander-n oewn-lefty-n oewn-southpaw-n

a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand


a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right


a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will)


a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)


someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters


an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths


owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire


an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport


a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions


the largest or most massive thing of its kind


a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (especially the branch that provided male assistants to the temple priests)


a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language


a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly


a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties


a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets


someone who releases people from captivity or bondage


someone who believes the doctrine of free will


a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained


a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services


author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta


a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick


an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications)


holds a license (degree) from a (European) university


a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour


a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service


an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade


a commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel


a commissioned officer in the Navy ranking above a lieutenant and below a commander


a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general


an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of a state of the United States


an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant and above ensign


an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents


a British peer whose title lapses at death


a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment


a tenant whose legal right to retain possession of buildings or lands lasts as long as they (or some other person) live


an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 106 pounds


a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds


an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 179 pounds


an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 156 pounds


someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another


a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds


an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds


an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 140 pounds


a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)


a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen


a specialist in the study of freshwater ponds and lakes


football official who assists the referee by keeping track of the official time during the game


one of the players on the line of scrimmage


the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole


a commissioned officer with combat units (not a staff officer or a supply officer)


official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside)


an employee who works on an assembly line


a person who speaks more than one language


(formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets


a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after)


someone who tries to attract social lions as guests


someone who can understand spoken words by watching the movements of a speaker's lips


(law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties


(law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation

plaintiffs and defendants are both litigants


a person who litters public places with refuse


my little brother just had his 50th birthday


legendary follower of Robin Hood; noted for his size and strength


a player between 8 and 12 years of age who is a member of a little-league team


a girl in a fairy tale who meets a wolf while going to visit her grandmother


infant who shows signs of life after birth


an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game


someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer


a person whose occupation is catching lobsters


a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims


a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)


someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession


someone who maintains that any statement that cannot be verified empirically is meaningless


someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place


a woman hired to help children cross a road safely near a school


a person who avoids the company or assistance of others


a medieval English archer who used a longbow


a person with a strong desire for something


oewn-lookout-n oewn-lookout_man-n oewn-sentinel-n oewn-sentry-n oewn-watch-n oewn-spotter-n oewn-scout-n oewn-picket-n

a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event


a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous


the highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords


a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration


the senior cabinet minister in the British Cabinet who has no official duties


a Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction


oewn-failure-n oewn-loser-n oewn-nonstarter-n oewn-unsuccessful_person-n

a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently


an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)


one at a disadvantage and expected to lose


(Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction


(Old Testament) when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his family were told to flee without looking back; Lot's wife was disobedient and was immediately changed into a pillar of salt


a successful womanizer; a man who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women


a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly


a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him


oewn-lout-n oewn-clod-n oewn-stumblebum-n oewn-goon-n oewn-oaf-n oewn-lubber-n oewn-lummox-n oewn-lump-n oewn-gawk-n


an undergraduate who is not yet a senior


an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age

a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor


a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)


a member of the Lubavitch movement; a follower of Chabad Hasidism


one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment


oewn-lumberman-n oewn-lumberjack-n oewn-logger-n oewn-feller-n oewn-faller-n


oewn-luminary-n oewn-leading_light-n oewn-guiding_light-n oewn-notable-n oewn-notability-n

a celebrity who is an inspiration to others

he was host to a large gathering of luminaries


a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics


a person with a mania for setting things on fire


someone who moves forward suddenly (as in fencing)


a craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins)


oewn-ma-n oewn-mama-n oewn-mamma-n oewn-mom-n oewn-momma-n oewn-mommy-n oewn-mammy-n oewn-mum-n oewn-mummy-n oewn-mumma-n


a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms

Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni


an official who carries a mace of office


the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine


oewn-machine_politician-n oewn-ward-heeler-n oewn-political_hack-n oewn-hack-n

a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends


a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools


a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo


an economist who specializes in macroeconomics


(an Irish term of address expressing affection) darling


a woman who runs a house of prostitution


an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman


a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States


oewn-magician-n oewn-prestidigitator-n oewn-conjurer-n oewn-conjuror-n oewn-illusionist-n

someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience


a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)


a person of distinguished rank or appearance


someone who collects things that have been discarded by others


a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians


a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja


a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja


(Hinduism) term of respect for a brahmin sage


(Islam) a messianic leader who (according to popular Muslim belief) will appear before the end of the world and restore justice and religion


oewn-maid-n oewn-maidservant-n oewn-housemaid-n oewn-amah-n


oewn-mailman-n oewn-postman-n oewn-mail_carrier-n oewn-letter_carrier-n oewn-carrier-n


a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain


a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject


the chief steward or butler of a great household


a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general


leader of the majority party in a legislature


a member of a major-league baseball team


a zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks


a person who is discontented or disgusted


someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command


the leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent

maliks rule the hinterland of Afghanistan under the protection of warlords


someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity


an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.


an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

there were two women and six men on the bus


a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman


an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)


the generic use of the word to refer to any human being


the chief stationed two men outside the building


adviser to business about efficient management practices


the editor in charge of all editorial activities of a newspaper or magazine


a high public official of imperial China


any high government official or bureaucrat


a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group


a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah


a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something


a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness


a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails


oewn-mannequin-n oewn-manikin-n oewn-mannikin-n oewn-manakin-n oewn-fashion_model-n oewn-model-n

a woman who wears clothes to display fashions


a heavily armed and mounted soldier in medieval times


a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal


someone inclined to act first and think later


a man devoted to literary or scholarly activities


a guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II


oewn-marathoner-n oewn-marathon_runner-n oewn-road_runner-n oewn-long-distance_runner-n

someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)


oewn-marauder-n oewn-predator-n oewn-vulture-n oewn-piranha-n


a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess


a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)


the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany


oewn-Marine-n oewn-devil_dog-n oewn-leatherneck-n oewn-shipboard_soldier-n

a member of the United States Marine Corps


a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land


a naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's engines


oewn-mariner-n oewn-seaman-n oewn-tar-n oewn-Jack-tar-n oewn-Jack-n oewn-old_salt-n oewn-seafarer-n oewn-gob-n oewn-sea_dog-n


a person who is stranded (as on an island)

when the tide came in I was a maroon out there


a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl


nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count


(medieval Spain and Portugal) a disparaging term for a Jew who converted to Christianity in order to avoid persecution but continued to practice their religion secretly


a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law


(in some countries) a military officer of highest rank


someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms


one who suffers for the sake of principle


one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion


a character, animal or object that is adopted by a team or group as a symbolic figure


someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment


a craftsman who works with stone or brick


a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah)


someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation


a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident


an authority qualified to teach apprentices


someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution


oewn-master-n oewn-captain-n oewn-sea_captain-n oewn-skipper-n

an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship


the senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard ship


a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)


a senior noncommissioned officer in the Army or Marines


someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others


the officer below the master on a commercial ship


informal term for a friend of the same sex


the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)


an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously


a person judged suitable for admission or employment


someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter


someone with great regard for material possessions


a witness whose testimony is both relevant to the matter at issue and required in order to resolve the matter


a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)


someone who has been admitted to a college or university


a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified


a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution


a married woman serving as the attendant to the bride at a wedding


someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action


the girl chosen queen of a May Day festival


a wholesaler in the meat-packing business


a person trained to design and construct machines


a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism


(golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament


an officious annoying person who interferes with others


someone who advises about the use of communication media


a person trained to assist medical professionals


a medical practitioner in the armed forces


a scientist who studies disease processes


someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead


an Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriarchate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem


an eastern Christian in Egypt or Syria who adheres to the Orthodox faith as defined by the council of Chalcedon in 451 and as accepted by the Byzantine emperor


a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.)


one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)


a skilled worker who mends or repairs things


a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics


a Russian member of the liberal minority group that advocated gradual reform and opposed the Bolsheviks before and during the Russian Revolution


a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally


a person hired to fight for another country than their own


a businessperson engaged in retail trade


a feudal lord who was lord to his own tenants on land held from a superior lord


a member of one of the various peoples inhabiting Mesoamerica


a person with a well-developed muscular body


a boy who earns money by running errands


(nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship)


a woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)


a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)


an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals


a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions


policewoman who is assigned to write parking tickets


a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church


an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city


a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry


in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity


a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto


an economist who specializes in microeconomics


a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes


a man who is roughly between 45 and 65 years old


someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow


a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds


an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds


a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training


a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies


traveler who moves from one region or country to another


the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno


a braggart soldier (a stock figure in comedy)


a person who advocates war or warlike policies


a military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nation


an attache who is a specialist in military matters


oewn-military_chaplain-n oewn-padre-n oewn-Holy_Joe-n oewn-sky_pilot-n

a chaplain in one of the military services


the head of a government established by the military (as in a defeated country)


any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

an officer is responsible for the lives of his men


a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners


a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies


the responsible official at a mill that is under absentee ownership


someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)


a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity)


a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery


oewn-mime-n oewn-mimer-n oewn-mummer-n oewn-pantomimer-n oewn-pantomimist-n

an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression


someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)


someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors

I turned around and there, a few hundred feet away, was our government minder, Li Wong Su, huffing and puffing toward us


a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice)


someone who paints tiny pictures in great detail


a practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism


a conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics


an engineer concerned with the construction and operation of mines


a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador


a person appointed to a high office in the government


leader of the minority party in a legislature


a player on a minor-league baseball team


an American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolution


a person who claims or is alleged to perform miracles


a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)


someone unable to adapt to their circumstances


someone who leads astray (often deliberately)


a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular


hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings


someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program


someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country


informal term of address for someone's wife


a woman master who directs the work of others


an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man


a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more racial groups


an expert in the use of mnemonics; someone able to perform unusual feats of memory


a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers


a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos


a person distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain


oewn-ideal-n oewn-paragon-n oewn-nonpareil-n oewn-saint-n oewn-apotheosis-n oewn-nonesuch-n oewn-nonsuch-n

model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal


someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence


a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer)


someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence


someone who presides over a forum or debate


in the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly


an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles


a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising


a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857


a biologist who studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life


someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities


a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent parts of Thailand


an advocate of the principles of monarchy


an advocate of the theory that economic fluctuations are caused by increases or decreases in the supply of money


someone whose main interest in life is moneymaking


someone who is successful in accumulating wealth


a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive)


someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time)


someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something


used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'


(Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests


oewn-monster-n oewn-fiend-n oewn-devil-n oewn-demon-n oewn-ogre-n


oewn-moocher-n oewn-mooch-n oewn-cadger-n oewn-scrounger-n

someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)


an often derogatory term for a member of the Unification Church


a person who holds a second job (usually after hours)


a worker who uses a mop to clean a surface


a little girl (usually one you are fond of)


a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems


the bank became our mortgagee when it accepted our mortgage on our new home


the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid

we became mortgagors when the bank accepted our mortgage and loaned us the money to buy our new home


oewn-mortician-n oewn-undertaker-n oewn-funeral_undertaker-n oewn-funeral_director-n

one whose business is the management of funerals


a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland)


the player judged to be the most important to the sport


a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)


a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother


a person who cares for the needs of others (especially in an overprotective or interfering way)


a boy excessively attached to his mother; lacking normal masculine interests


a daughter who is favored by and similar to her mother


every mother's son who could walk was there


a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists)


someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile


prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds


a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes


a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.


oewn-mourner-n oewn-griever-n oewn-sorrower-n oewn-lamenter-n

a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)


a person conceived as a consumer of food


the movers were very careful with the grand piano


one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)


the Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day


formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins


a jurist who interprets Muslim religious law


the law seems to give more protection to the mugger than to the muggee


a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)


a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)


someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884


a Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad


an Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts


oewn-muleteer-n oewn-mule_skinner-n oewn-mule_driver-n oewn-skinner-n


a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque


a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)


the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him


oewn-muser-n oewn-muller-n oewn-ponderer-n oewn-ruminator-n

a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation


a traveler who drives (or travels with) a dog team


artist who composes or conducts music as a profession


someone who plays a music as a profession


oewn-mutant-n oewn-mutation-n oewn-variation-n oewn-sport-n

(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration


a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples


someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers)


a person who speaks softly and indistinctly


oewn-muzhik-n oewn-moujik-n oewn-mujik-n oewn-muzjik-n

a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)


a native or inhabitant of ancient Mycenae


a botanist who specializes in the study of fungi


a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms)


a person with myopia; a nearsighted person


a follower who carries out orders without question


someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension


a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient)


a worker who attaches something by nailing it


an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental


they studied all the great names in the history of France


someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends


the owner is usually the namer of a boat


a woman who is the custodian of children


a lawman concerned with narcotics violations


an informer or spy working for the police


an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government


a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)


an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms


a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in a navy


naval officer in command of a fleet of warships


in earlier times, a person who explored by ship


the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course


a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare


a governor in India during the Mogul empire


a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life


a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics


oewn-obstructionist-n oewn-obstructor-n oewn-obstructer-n oewn-resister-n oewn-thwarter-n

someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take


someone with an aggressively negative attitude


a member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome


a German member of Adolf Hitler's political party


derogatory term for a person who is fanatically dedicated to, or seeks to control, some activity, practice, etc.


someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will


one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead


someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle


someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked


a person who is neglectful and gives little attention or respect to people or responsibilities

he tried vainly to impress his neglecters


someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)


a person who lives (or is located) near another


a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism


a liberal who subscribes to neoliberalism


a lexicographer of new words and expressions


a powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends


an intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession


someone trained in neuroscience and linguistics who studies brain processes during language production and reception


a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it


a neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain


someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)


one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute


an advocate of neutrality in international affairs


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a supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New Deal


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a critic who writes a column for the newspapers


someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin


(law) a person who acts on behalf of an infant or disabled person


the person who is (or persons who are) most closely related to a given person


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a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend


a person who likes to be active late at night


member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge


someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief


someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard


a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu


an observant Muslim woman who covers her face and hands when in public or in the presence of any man outside her immediate family


a person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan


someone who makes small and unjustified criticisms


an undercover agent who is given no official cover


a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons


a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism


someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election


someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office


a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)


a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel


a person who is not easily classified and not very interesting


a person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons)

the former senator is treated as a nonperson by this administration


a student who is very slow in learning to read


someone who does not live in a particular place

described by an admiring nonresident as a green and pleasant land


a reformer who believes in passive resistance


a member of the American Baptist Convention


someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals


a guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when canceling a reservation


someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions


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someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows


Nubians now form an ethnic minority in Egypt


a chemist who specializes in nuclear chemistry


a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics


someone who nudges; someone who gives a gentle push

he needs a regular nudger to keep him awake


a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion


an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws


(obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child


a mathematician specializing in number theory


a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion)


a collector and student of money (and coins in particular)


one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)


someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training


a registered nurse who has received special training as a midwife


a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician


(Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status


an infant considered in relation to its nurse


a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad


someone who performs a service or does a favor