a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient


tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese


beef stewed in beer seasoned with garlic and served with boiled potatoes


puffy dish of cheese and eggs (whites beaten separately) and white sauce


braised chicken with onions and mushrooms in a wine and tomato sauce


thin slices of chicken stuffed with cheese and ham and then sauteed


chicken fried than oven-baked and served with milk gravy


chicken simmered in broth with onions and paprika then mixed with sour cream


chicken prepared in a cream sauce with mushrooms and served over pasta; usually topped with cheese


a pasta dish with cream sauce and mushrooms


pounded chicken cutlets rolled around butter (that has been seasoned with herbs) and then covered with crumbs and fried


ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans


meat or fish stir-fried with vegetables (e.g., celery, onions, peppers or bean sprouts) seasoned with ginger and garlic and soy sauce; served with rice; created in the United States and frequently served in Chinese restaurants there


usually made of flaked salt cod and mashed potatoes


scallops in white wine sauce served in scallop shells


meat pie with filling of meat and vegetables


minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried


a dish of minced meat topped with mashed potatoes


minced cooked meat or fish coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat


well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants or minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock


omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fish


minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried


toasted English muffin topped with ham and a poached egg (or an oyster) and hollandaise sauce


tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili


small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds


hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped


fondue made of cheese melted in wine for dipping bread and sometimes fruits


fondue made of chocolate melted with milk or cream for dipping fruits


cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces


cubes of beef cooked in hot oil and then dipped in various tasty sauces


bread slice dipped in egg and milk and fried; topped with sugar or fruit or syrup


boiled rice mixed with scallions and minced pork or shrimp and quickly scrambled with eggs


Italian omelet with diced vegetables and meats; cooked until bottom is set then inverted into another pan to cook the top


hind legs of frogs used as food; resemble chicken and cooked as chicken


boned poultry stuffed then cooked and covered with aspic; served cold


well-seasoned balls of ground fish and eggs and crushed crumbs simmered in fish stock


made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach


eggs (scrambled or fried) served with ham


chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned


spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery


cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables


a dish of rice and hard-boiled eggs and cooked flaked fish


baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables


seafood in Newburg sauce served on toast or rice


lobster in Newburg sauce served on buttered toast or rice


shrimp in Newburg sauce usually served in a rice ring


lobster butter and cream and egg yolks seasoned with onions and sherry or Madeira


diced lobster mixed with Mornay sauce placed back in the shell and sprinkled with grated cheese and browned


dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency


mixed diced fruits or vegetables; hot or cold


ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth


meat patties rolled in rice and simmered in a tomato sauce


pie made with meat or fowl enclosed in pastry or covered with pastry or biscuit dough


small pie filled with minced seasoned pork


a meat pie that is usually eaten at Christmas in Quebec


pasta somewhat resembling little moustaches


casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs


sliced veal knuckle or shin bone cooked with olive oil and wine and tomatoes and served with rice or vegetables


a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup


very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones


a dish of roast pheasant served in a manner characteristic of expensive restaurants


small frankfurters wrapped in biscuit dough and baked


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rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes


pilaf made with bulgur wheat instead of rice and usually without meat


Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese


Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment


dried beans cooked with pork and tomato sauce


soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick


deep-dish meat and vegetable pie or a meat stew with dumplings


dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice


rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese


a dish consisting of a slice of meat that is rolled around a filling and cooked


flaked fish baked in a loaf with bread crumbs and various seasonings


pot roast marinated several days in seasoned vinegar before cooking; usually served with potato dumplings


sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour


large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic


hard-cooked egg encased in sausage meat then breaded and deep-fried


creamy scrambled eggs on toast spread with anchovy paste


scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying


pie of hash covered with mashed potatoes and browned in the oven


spaghetti with meatballs in a tomato sauce


spicy rice with tomatoes and onions and green peppers


steak with sauteed kidneys and onions cooked in wine and stock then covered with pastry and baked


like steak and kidney pie but without steak


ground beef mixed with raw egg and e.g. onions and capers and anchovies; eaten raw


strips of steak sauteed with green peppers and onions


steak covered with crushed peppercorns pan-broiled and served with brandy-and-butter sauce


sauteed strips of beef and mushrooms in sour cream sauce served with noodles


parboiled head of cabbage scooped out and filled with a hash of chopped e.g. beef or ham and baked; served with tomato or cheese sauce


(Judaism) roasted fowl intestines with a seasoned filling of matzo meal and suet


parboiled green peppers stuffed usually with rice and meat and baked briefly


tomato cases filled with various mixtures and baked briefly


tomato cases filled with various salad mixtures and served cold


fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream


thin beef strips (or chicken or pork) cooked briefly at the table with onions and greens and soy sauce


steak braised in tomato and onion mixture


dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed


a meat mixture covered with cornbread topping that resembles a Mexican dish


vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried


beef or chicken or seafood marinated in spicy soy sauce and grilled or broiled


a pate or fancy meatloaf baked in an earthenware casserole


cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast


thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour


a tortilla rolled cupped around a filling


a flour tortilla folded around a filling


a tortilla that is filled with cheese and heated


a flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it


a flat tortilla topped with refried beans


dried beans cooked and mashed and then fried in lard with various seasonings


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any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients

he volunteered to taste her latest concoction


a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients


a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.


a sweet filling made of prunes or apricots


a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage


a hypothetical substance believed to maintain life indefinitely; once sought by alchemists


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a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it


a drink to follow immediately after another drink


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a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg


a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)


a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event


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a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent


a mixture containing half alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit


a serving (of wine) poured out in honor of a deity


(facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage


an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home


an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor


an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub


alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer


drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling


a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops


a dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces)


a dark lager produced in Munich since the 10th century; has a distinctive taste of malt


a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring


a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September


a strong lager made originally in Germany for the Oktoberfest celebration; sweet and copper-colored


a pale lager with strong flavor of hops; first brewed in the Bohemian town of Pilsen


a general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent


a general name in southern Germany for wheat beers


a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling


a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer


a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume


English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)


an amber colored ale brewed with pale malts; similar to bitter but drier and lighter


a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley


a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops


fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley


honey diluted in water; becomes mead when fermented


drink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcohol


carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger


Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot


made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm


a season's yield of wine from a vineyard


wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes


pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation


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pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began


a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there


pink sparkling wine originally from Germany


red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere)


dry fruity light red wine drunk within a few months after it is made; from the Beaujolais district in southeastern France


red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France


a sweet white wine from the Canary Islands


dry white table wine of Chablis, France or a wine resembling it


dry white table wine resembling Chablis but made from Chardonnay grapes


dry red California table wine made from purple Pinot grapes


dry white California table wine made from white Pinot grapes


any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them


dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany


dry red wine made from a grape grown widely in Bordeaux and California


any of various wines produced in California


a wine from southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast


still sweet wine often served with dessert or after a meal


(trademark) a sweet aromatic French wine (red or white) used chiefly as an aperitif


inexpensive wine sold in large bottles or jugs


fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry


German white wine from the Moselle valley or a similar wine made elsewhere


dry white wine from the Loire valley in France


any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)


fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California


a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany)


any of various wines from the Rhone River valley in France


dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain


any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)


full-bodied red wine from around the town of Saint Emilion in Bordeaux


semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California


sweet wine from grapes partially sun-dried on the vine or on straw mats


wine containing not more than 14 percent alcohol usually served with a meal


cheap French table wine of unspecified origin


any of several white wines flavored with aromatic herbs; used as aperitifs or in mixed drinks


made in California and the Loire valley in France


a dry white Italian wine made from Verdicchio grapes


a dry white French wine (either still or sparkling) made in the Loire valley


wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as `vin rouge', `vino rosso', `rotwein', `red wine', etc.), or by general class (as `vin ordinaire', `vin de table', `vino da tavola', `tafelwein', `table wine', etc.)


a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape


wine to which alcohol (usually grape brandy) has been added


an amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islands


sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal


dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif


dark sweet or semisweet dessert wine from Sicily


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an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented


nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs


whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash


homemade gin especially that made illegally


Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds


any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses


alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots


distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice


dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France


high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France


Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing


from fermented juice of black morello cherries


made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing


a colorless plum brandy popular in the Balkans


strong liquor flavored with juniper berries


gin flavored with sloes (fruit of the blackthorn)


liquor distilled from fermented molasses


any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes


fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey


a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)


Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant


unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia


a liquor made from fermented mash of grain


mixture of two or more whiskeys or of a whiskey and neutral spirits


whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels


whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn


any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum)


whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley


whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt


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whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still


strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal


strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise


liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed


a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks


aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils; made at monastery near Grenoble, France


sweet liqueur flavored with vanilla and cacao beans


sweet green or white mint-flavored liqueur


golden Italian liqueur flavored with herbs


type of curacao having higher alcoholic content


liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin


distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries


similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood


(registered trademark) a liqueur flavored with anise


small drink served after dinner (especially several liqueurs poured carefully so as to remain in separate layers)


sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds


an Italian liqueur made with elderberries and flavored with licorice


South African mixed drink made by mixing ice cream with whisky


a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass


an alcoholic drink intended to wake one up early in the morning


an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholic


an alcoholic drink supposed to cure a hangover


a farewell drink (especially one offered to a horseman ready to depart); usually alcoholic


club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol


port wine mulled with oranges and cloves


a cocktail made with vodka and spicy tomato juice


a cocktail made with vodka and beef bouillon or consomme


tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit


tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice


an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice


he stopped at the bar for a quick refresher


a thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk


a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice


a mixed drink made of wine mixed with a sparkling water


hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg


a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice


a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)


a cocktail made of vodka or gin and orange juice and Galliano


bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice


a cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters


a manhattan cocktail made with Scotch whiskey


a cocktail made of tequila and triple sec with lime and lemon juice


a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth


a cocktail made of gin and sweet vermouth


a cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit slices


a cocktail made of gin and brandy with lemon juice and grenadine shaken with an egg white and ice


sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer


sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water


a cocktail made with bourbon with bitters and Pernod and sugar served with lemon peel


a cocktail made with vodka and orange juice


a cocktail made of orange liqueur with lemon juice and brandy


a highball with Scotch malt whiskey and club soda


a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice


a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar


a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy


a drink consisting of whiskey without a mixer


any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice


a mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices and served hot


several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur


an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)


sweetened coffee with Irish whiskey and whipped cream


small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream


coffee made by passing boiling water through a perforated container packed with finely ground coffee


strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans


strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk


equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream


a strong sweetened coffee served over ice with cream


dehydrated coffee that can be made into a drink by adding hot water

the advantages of instant coffee are speed of preparation and long shelf life


a superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia


a flavoring made from coffee mixed with chocolate


a flavoring made by boiling down the juice of the bitter cassava; used in West Indian cooking


a drink made from pulverized coffee beans; usually sweetened


a beverage made from juice pressed from apples


alcoholic drink from fermented cider; `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage


strong cider (as made in western England)


sweet cider heated with spices and citrus fruit


a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider


a liquor concocted from a mixture of ingredients (such as prunes and raisins and milk and sugar) that can be fermented to produce alcohol; made by prison inmates


any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality


an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped


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a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot


an ice-cream soda made with ice cream floating in root beer


frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream


the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking


drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit


the juice of cranberries (always diluted and sweetened)


grape juice before or during fermentation


bottled or freshly squeezed juice of oranges


orange juice that has been concentrated and frozen


the juice of pineapples (usually bottled or canned)


usually freshly squeezed juice of lemons


the juice of tomatoes (usually bottled or canned)


usually freshly squeezed juice of carrots


brand name for canned mixed vegetable juices


an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia


a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice


a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage


sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice


sweetened beverage of lime juice and water


sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice


powder made of dried milk and malted cereals


South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate


wine heated with sugar and spices and often citrus fruit


wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg


nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated)


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a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring


carbonated drink containing an extract from bark of birch trees


carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts


sweet carbonated drink flavored with vanilla


made of milk and flavored syrup with soda water


carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid


carbonated drink containing extracts of roots and herbs


carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras


lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine


a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee


a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans


black coffee with Cognac and lemon peel and sugar


a punch made of fruit juices mixed with water or soda water (with or without alcohol)


a punch made of spirits and milk and sugar and spices


a mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice


a mixed drink made of pineapple juice and coconut cream and rum


an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl


a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl


a punch made of claret and brandy with lemon juice and sugar and sometimes sherry or curacao and fresh fruit


a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas


a cocktail made of rum and lime or lemon juice with sugar and sometimes bitters


a cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur, and milk or cream


a punch made of rum and brandy and water or tea sweetened with sugar syrup


a punch made of Moselle and sugar and sparkling water or champagne flavored with sweet woodruff


a punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor


Scandinavian punch made of claret and aquavit with spices and raisins and orange peel and sugar


a drink resembling beer; made from fermented cassava juice


a brew made by fermenting molasses and other sugars with the sap of spruce trees (sometimes with malt)


a mixed drink made of sweetened lime juice and soda water usually with liquor


dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea

the store shelves held many different kinds of tea


a measured amount of tea in a bag for an individual serving of tea


a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water


a beverage that resembles tea but is not made from tea leaves


a beverage for children containing hot water and milk and sugar and a small amount of tea


tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs


infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves


tea-like drink made from camomile leaves and flowers


tea made by exposing tea leaves steeped in water to the direct rays of the sun; usually served with ice


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a fine variety of black tea grown in northern India


a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java


a fine quality of black tea native to China


tea leaves that have been steamed and dried without fermenting


Chinese tea leaves that have been partially fermented before being dried


a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants


drinking water (often spring water) that is put into bottles and offered for sale


pure natural water from a stream or brook; often distinguished from soda water


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effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide


water naturally or artificially impregnated with mineral salts or gasses; often effervescent; often used therapeutically


sparkling mineral water from springs at Vichy, France or water similar to it


a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling


food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated


a spicy dish that originated in northern Africa; consists of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew


a cheese dish made with egg and bread crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes


pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves)


a pill or tablet containing several vitamins


a pill containing one or more vitamins; taken as a dietary supplement


food traditionally eaten by African-Americans in the South


(usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink

he lived on the thin slops that food kitchens provided


a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold


a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour-based batter and cooked in a special moulded pan


a street food from the Philippines, made from barbecued pig or chicken intestines


a sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond powder or ground almond, and food colouring.


Spanish traditional beverage, made of ground almonds, sesame seeds, rice, barley, tigernuts (chufas), or melon seeds


A sauce made from pureed garlic and chilis named after the town of Si Racha in Thailand


A grilled sandwich whose principal filling is cheese


a Canadian dish made with french fries and cheese curds topped with a light brown gravy


a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat) "medallions of veal"


a type of tea that is more oxidized than oolong, green and white teas.


Rye flour is used to bake the traditional sourdough breads of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Czech Republic, Poland and Scandinavia.


a beverage brewed from lightly oxidized tea leaves.


A number of regions have their own variations of prosciutto, each with degrees of protected status, but the most prized are the Prosciutto di Parma PDO from the Emilia-Romagna region and the Prosciutto di San Daniele PDO from the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.


Calamondin is usually used in its not-so-ripe stage as sour seasoning for many Southeast Asian food such as the shomai.


I take my coffee with a drop of vanilla liqueur to taste.


a strong liquor made from rowan infusion with the addition of natural caramel, wine distillate and fruit distillates.


a slightly spicy mustard originating from Russia.

The sarepta mustard derives its name from the town of Sarepta.


a strong liqueur prepared by infusing vodka with the fruit of Cornelian cherry.

I tried dogwood vodka on my trip to Armenia.


liqueur infused with blueberries, blueberry juice, or blueberry flavoring.

Blueberry liqueur is a flavorful, versatile alcoholic drink that goes great simply on the rocks.


a liqueur infused with raspberries, rasberry juice, or raspberry flavoring.

Homemade raspberry liqueur is a good remedy for common cold.


any of a variety of sweet alcoholic drinks made from apricots.

Apricot brandy is my favourite type of apricot liqueur.


a cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc., with refined spirit.


any of a variety of strong alcoholic drinks made from blackthorn fruit.


a Polish mead, made using three units of water for each unit of honey.


a Portuguese variation of Caipirinha made using strawberries instead of lime.


fragrant leaves of Cymbopogon citratus, used in cooking, in traditional medicine and are often found in herbal supplements and teas.


sugar in the form of large crystals, often used for decoration.

Rock sugar may look fancy, but it takes much longer to dissolve.


an aspic made from low-grade cuts of pig meat, such as trotters, containing a significant proportion of connective tissue.

Pork jelly is a popular appetizer and, nowadays, is sometimes prepared in a more modern version using lean meat, with or without pig leftovers which are substituted with store-bought gelatin.


a dark, strong honey with a rich fragrance of stewed fruit or fig jam, not as sweet as nectar honeys.

Honeydew honey is popular in some areas, but in other areas, beekeepers have difficulty selling the stronger-flavored product.


a Polish mead, made using equal amounts of water and honey.


a Polish mead, made using two units of water for each unit of honey.


soup made from carrots and other ingredients.

In 1908, diarrhea killed many babies in Germany. Professor Moro, at that time the head of a children hospital in Heidelberg, found out by experiment that a simple carrot soup decreased the death rate of babies suffering from diarrhea by nearly 50%.


any of a variety of alcoholic liqueurs made from plums.


a small onion with a sweeter taste than that of a common onion.

Pearl onions are a staple to the cuisine of Northern Europe, especially Sweden.


red wine made from Alicante Bouschet grapes.


a dark, very strong lager, fermented at cooler temperatures.

The late 1990s saw to the re-launch of Baltic porters by several German breweries.


a top-fermented barley/wheat beer brewed mainly in Belgium and the Netherlands.


strong alcoholic beverage with apple flavour.


a variant of sour rye soup made with wheat flour instead of soured rye flour.


the white translucent edible berry of a group of cultivars of the red currant (Ribes rubrum).

White currants are rarely specified in savoury cooking recipes compared with their red counterparts.


any of a variety of strong alcoholic drinks made of walnuts.


a variety of apple bred in Poland; it is harvested in October.

The flesh of the Ligol apple is compact, firm and hard.


any of a variety of strong alcoholic liqueurs made from aronia berries.


any of a variety of strong alcoholic liqueurs made from quince fruit.


a usually creamy soup made with champignon mushrooms.


a simple type of soup where a basic roux is thinned with cream or milk and then mushrooms and/or mushroom broth are added.

Canned cream of mushroom soup has been described as "America's béchamel".


This rich and creamy cauliflower soup is just the thing on a chilly day - and it's inexpensive too.


honey in which some of the glucose content has spontaneously crystallized from solution as the monohydrate.


any of a variety of strong alcoholic liqueurs made from peaches.

This homemade peach liqueur is delicious and easy to make.


a famous Middle Eastern condiment made from dried hyssop leaves, mixed with sesame seeds, dried sumac, and often salt, as well as other spices.


an alcoholic beverage made by infusing mulberries in strong alcohol.

My aunt makes the best mulberry liqueur.


any of a variety of strong alcoholic drinks made of gooseberies.


an alcoholic beverage made from cranberries.

Awhile back, King-Man's colleague Mary told me she often makes her own cranberry liqueur this time of year.


any of a variety of strong alcoholic drinks made of blackberries.


any of various liqueurs made from blackcurrants.


a dried rhizome or its powdered form of Kaempferia galanga, used in cooking in Indonesia.


cookies made with poppy seeds and honey; traditional Polish Christmas sweet treats.


coffee or espresso topped with whipped cream.


an edible fruit of the small tree Prunus cerasifera.


seasoning that consists of a mix of pepper and various herbs (usually basil, marjoram, oregano, sage, parsley, thyme and pepper).


a variation of the Caipirinha made with black vodka instead of cachaça.


a thin round slice of bread usually served with soup, especially consomme.

A recipe for consomme diablotins that contains French bread, flour, olive oil, tapioca.


a leaf from the curry tree, valued as seasoning in southern and west-coast Indian and Sri Lankan cooking.

In the absence of tulsi leaves, curry leaves are used for rituals, such as pujas.


large lemonlike fruit segmented into finger-like sections; most varieties contain no pulp or juice.


a small fruit with fleshy pulp; tastes like a combination of grape and grapefruit.


Among grain vodkas, rye and wheat vodkas are generally considered superior.


a mix of water, sugar, and various ingredients (such as alcohol), used to infuse cakes.

A simple trick to keep you cake nice and moist is brushing it with soaking syrup right after you take it out of the oven.


root vegetable common in central and eastern European cuisine, where it is used in soups and stews, or simply eaten raw, as a snack (similar to carrots).


a sauce similar to Worcestershire sauce, manufactured by John Burgess & Son and Crosse & Blackwell; used for meat.


A yeast dough is any dough made with the use of yest.

I know this recipe for yeast dough says I can use dried yeast, but I prefer using fresh yeast.


The plant Haoma yielded the essential ingredient for the ritual drink, parahaoma.


a beverage prepared by infusion of sage leaves.


Most experts agree that a hen turkey is better than a tom.


Discover the health benefits of this culinary plant which is always handy and feel free to enjoy a cup of aromatic dill tea whenever you feel like it.


Clapp's Favourite is a useful early-season pear, ripening in mid-August.

Your Clapp's Favourite pear tree is in flowering group 4.


seed of cannabis plant; can be eaten raw, ground into a meal, sprouted, or made into dried sprout powder.


water heated to or past the boiling point.

There's a kettle of boiling water on the stove.


a concentrated liquid extract from tea leaves.

Mix the tea essence with water to make it drinkable.


An addition to cat food or a type of cat food that prevents the forming of hairballs in the cat's stomach.

Princess Fluffypaw is throwing up again, maybe we should get her on hairball formula?


a side product of washing the starch from the mash, often used in animal feeding.

Potato pulp is often dried and dehydrated since it contains a lot of water.


a macerated substance, sometimes used to infuse vodka with flavor.


the practice of following a diet that includes chicken or other poultry, but not meat from mammals.

Vegetarianism, pescetarianism and pollotarianism diets are all strict diets that regulate consumption — the most strict diet of all is a vegan diet.


The practice of eating mainly vegetarian food, but making occasional exceptions for social, pragmatic, cultural, or nutritional reasons.

Flexitarianism will be the next 'mega trend' leading to sales of vegetarian foods in the UK to grow by 10% by 2016, according to food trends agency The Food People.


a vegetarian diet that includes dairy products, vegetables, fruits, grains, and nuts.

The concept and practice of lacto-vegetarianism among a significant number of people comes from ancient India.


a diet that consists primarily of foods of vegetable origin but also includes some animal products, such as eggs (ovo), milk, and cheese (lacto), but no meat, fish, or poultry.

Ovo-Lacto vegetarianism is the most popular style of vegetarianism in the United States, while Lacto is the most popular worldwide.


oil extracted from the nuts of Aleurites moluccanus.


A dietary supplement containing live bacteria, usually taken after a course of antibiotics to replenish the damaged gastrointestinal flora.

The first commercially sold dairy-based probiotic was Yakult, a fermented milk with added Lactobacillus casei, in 1935.


strong alcoholic beverage with pepper flavor.


communication by means of transmitted signals


the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information

they could not act without official communication from Moscow


mutual communication; communication with each other

they intercepted intercommunication between enemy ships


oewn-dissemination-n oewn-airing-n oewn-public_exposure-n oewn-spreading-n

the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate


the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)


the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions


a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled


message that is transmitted by radio or television


a message transmitted by means of the sun's rays


an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication


a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information


a medium that usually, but not always, provides little involvement together with substantial stimulus; includes speech, television, cartoons


a medium that usually, but not always, provides complete involvement together without considerable stimulus; includes radio, film, photography


a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves


a medium for the expression or achievement of something

his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views


medium for radio and television broadcasting

the program was on the air from 9 til midnight


the notion of an office running without paper is absurd


a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book


a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)


a blank leaf in the front or back of a book


a blank leaf inserted between the leaves of a book


one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains


a sheet that can be easily torn out of a publication


something that covers (the top or bottom) half of a page


a page of a book displaying the title and author and publisher


a first page of some books displaying only the title of the book


any page in the sports section of a newspaper


oewn-spread-n oewn-spread_head-n oewn-spreadhead-n oewn-facing_pages-n

two facing pages of a book or other publication


a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature


an oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine


oewn-pagination-n oewn-folio-n oewn-page_number-n oewn-paging-n


paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes


a sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top


writing paper intended for writing short notes or letters


brand name for a slip of notepaper that has an adhesive that allows it to stick to a surface and be removed without damaging the surface


a size of paper used especially in Britain


a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication


a sheet of paper with multiple columns; used by an accountant to assemble figures for financial statements


a path over which electrical signals can pass

a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company


(often plural) a means of communication or access


a range of frequencies between two limits


a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals)


an alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government)


(metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood

the writer is the lens through which history can be seen


oewn-liaison-n oewn-link-n oewn-contact-n oewn-inter-group_communication-n

a channel for communication between groups

he provided a liaison with the guerrillas


(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public


transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)


oewn-hypermedia-n oewn-hypermedia_system-n oewn-interactive_multimedia-n oewn-interactive_multimedia_system-n

a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together


machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected

Let me introduce the word hypertext to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be presented or represented on paper


a medium that disseminates moving pictures


press that engages in sensational journalism (especially concerning the private lives of public figures)


a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology


the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines


a medium that disseminates printed matter


any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information

the hard disk in you computer is magnetic storage


a medium that disseminates via telecommunications


oewn-mail-n oewn-mail_service-n oewn-postal_service-n oewn-post-n

the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office

the mail handles billions of items every day


any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service


free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas


oewn-first_class-n oewn-1st_class-n oewn-first-class_mail-n oewn-1st-class_mail-n

mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection


mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system


a notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada)


express mail carried by relays of riders on horseback; especially between Missouri and California around 1860


mail consisting of large numbers of identical items (circulars or advertisements) sent to individual addresses at less than 1st-class rates and paid for in one lot


advertising sent directly to prospective customers via the mail


journalism that presents a story primarily through the use of pictures


printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press


a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements


a newspaper written and published by students in a school


nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication


a page or text that is vertically divided

the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject


an article giving opinions or perspectives


a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine

they ran a feature on retirement planning


a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication


a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses


an article in a newspaper or magazine or journal that represents opinions and ideas and discussion rather than bare facts


a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale


a publication (such as a book) that has been modified or updated and offered again for sale


(Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided


it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter


the first line of a piece of writing (as a newspaper story)


a short newspaper article about a particular person or group


a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story


a newspaper column devoted to personal problems


a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature


(often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically


a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed


a method of contacting a person by phone


a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for


lets you transfer your incoming calls to any telephone that you can dial direct


a telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program


a way of letting you know that someone else is calling when you are using your telephone


a telephone call made within a local calling area


a telephone call made outside the local calling area


a long-distance telephone call at charges above a local rate


a telephone call in which more than two people participate


a telephone call that you request be made at a specific time in order to wake you up


a way of adding a third party to your conversation without the assistance of a telephone operator


communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire


a cheaper form of telegram that is sent abroad for delivery the next day


telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire


the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service


mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates


third-class mail consisting of advertising and often addressed to `resident' or `occupant'


a message transmitted by wireless telegraphy


telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire


a system for distributing radio or tv programs


communicates two or more signals over a common channel


oewn-television-n oewn-telecasting-n oewn-TV-n oewn-video-n

broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects


the visible part of a television transmission

they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone


(computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display


the audible part of a transmitted signal

they always raise the audio for commercials


television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver


a television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail


electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers)


a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds; suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data


(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in

you cannot send packages by electronic mail


a service providing free email delivery in exchange for exposure to advertising


a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email


indisputable evidence (especially of a crime)


unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)


the sending and processing of e-mail by computer


(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command


oewn-fiber_optics-n oewn-fiberoptics-n oewn-fibre_optics-n oewn-fibreoptics-n

the transmission of light signals via glass fibers


quality or fidelity of a received broadcast


the detection that a signal is being received


(electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase


modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave


modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave


modulation of the phase of the carrier wave


modulation that imposes a signal on a train of pulses


modulation of the time between successive pulses


(electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave


the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people


a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols


the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written


a language that is no longer learned as a native language


a language that is to be translated into another language


the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated


one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed


a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable


extended verbal expression in speech or writing


discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation


a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language

he always spoke in grammatical sentences


a sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses


a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause


a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows


a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause


a sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses


formal expression containing variables; becomes a sentence when variables are replaced by constants


a unit of language that native speakers can identify

words are the blocks from which sentences are made


a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase


a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent


a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other

to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'


a word that strongly resembles another word in spelling


a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it


a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings


a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades


a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language


a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned


a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds


a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs

words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message


(linguistics) a word that is derived from another word

`electricity' is a derivative of `electric'


a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness


a word that is considered to be unmentionable


oewn-form-n oewn-word_form-n oewn-signifier-n oewn-descriptor-n

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached


any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive


a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning


a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page


(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent


a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)


a content word that can be qualified by a modifier


two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation

the word `bow' is an example of a heteronym


a word that names the whole of which a given word is a part

`hat' is a holonym for `brim' and `crown'


two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings


a word that is more generic than a given word


a word that is more specific than a given word


a significant word used in indexing or cataloging


a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)


a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English


a word that names a part of a larger whole

`brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat'


a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing

Washington is a metonym for the United States government


an anagram that means the opposite of the original word or phrase


a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion


word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable


a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward


a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived


a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived


the form of a word that is used to denote more than one


the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton


a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error


oewn-root-n oewn-root_word-n oewn-base-n oewn-stem-n oewn-theme-n oewn-radical-n

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed


a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes


the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary


the entry in a dictionary of information about a word


one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed)

her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'


a saying of Jesus that is regarded as authentic although it is not recorded in the Gospels


an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language

`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'


word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable


word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole


word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult


(grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many')


(logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition


a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts the existence of at least one thing for which the proposition is true


a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts that the proposition is true for all members of a class of things


a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)


a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate

Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so `analog clock' is a retronym


any word or group of words functioning as a noun


two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context


a word or expression used for some particular thing


a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline


a word that denotes a manner of doing something


a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme


the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end


a very long word (a foot and a half long)


the syllable added in a reduplicated word form


antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., `wet' and `dry')


antonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of `wet' and `parched' is mediated by the similarity of `parched' to `dry')


a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go'


minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units


minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function


a variant phonological representation of a morpheme

the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme


a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns


`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'


a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form


an affix that is added in front of the word


a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs


the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)

I don't like words that have -ism as an ending


an affix that is added at the end of the word


an inflection that is added at the end of a root word


an affix that is inserted inside the word


(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties


the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)


(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated


(grammar) a constituent that is acted upon


the object that receives the direct action of the verb


the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb


nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence


the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb


any grammatical case other than the nominative


the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb


the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb


oewn-genitive-n oewn-genitive_case-n oewn-possessive-n oewn-possessive_case-n


a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective

an example of the attributive genetive is `John's' in `John's mother'


the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed


the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb


a constituent in Latin grammar; a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier


a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence


(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction


a constituent of a sentence at the first step in an analysis: e.g., subject and predicate


a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit


a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner


(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence


a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence


a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function


a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb


a clause introduced by a relative pronoun

`who visits frequently' is a relative clause in the sentence `John, who visits frequently, is ill'


a subordinate clause that limits or restricts the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies


a subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies


a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction


a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction


an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence


a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb


one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements


(logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula

`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates


an infinitive with an adverb between `to' and the verb (e.g., `to boldly go')


one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context


any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar


the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition


the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence


a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun)


a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with


oewn-modal_auxiliary_verb-n oewn-modal_auxiliary-n oewn-modal_verb-n oewn-modal-n

an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality


the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses


a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action


a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things


a noun that does not specify either masculine or feminine gender


a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized


a noun that denotes any or all members of a class


`meek' in `blessed are the meek' is an adnoun


a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence


a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb


a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies


a word that expresses an attribute of something


an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice')


an adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., `a nervous disease' or `a musical instrument')


the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution


the comparative form of an adjective or adverb

`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'


the superlative form of an adjective or adverb

`fastest' is the superlative of the adjective `fast'


a word that modifies something other than a noun


a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'


a participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e.g., `flying across the country' in `flying across the country the Rockies came into view'


a word or group of words function as an adverb


one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases


(grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase


a determiner (as `the' in English) that indicates specificity of reference


a determiner (as `a' or `some' in English) that indicates nonspecific reference


a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word


a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase


a pronoun that points out an intended referent


oewn-conjunction-n oewn-conjunctive-n oewn-connective-n oewn-continuative-n

an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences


a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents


a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause


a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs


the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)

in English the subject and the verb must agree in number


a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party

stop talking about yourself in the third person


a pronoun expressing a distinction of person


a pronoun or pronominal phrase (as `each other') that expresses a mutual action or relationship between the individuals indicated in the plural subject

The sentence `They cared for each other' contains a reciprocal pronoun


a pronoun (as `that' or `which' or `who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent


pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker or writer of the language in which they occur


pronouns and verbs used to refer to the person addressed by the language in which they occur


pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur


a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent


a verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at the agent

the sentence `he washed' has a reflexive verb


a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness


a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female


a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male


a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)


a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time


a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking


the use of the present tense to describe past actions or states


a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation


a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past


a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future


a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses


an English verb followed by one or more particles where the combination behaves as a syntactic and semantic unit

`turn out' is a phrasal verb in the question `how many turned out to vote?'


a participle expressing present action; in English is formed by adding -ing


a participle that expresses completed action


a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical


a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object


a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object


(linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause


the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause


the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause


the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause


the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process


the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb


the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause


the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause


the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb


a language unit by which a person or thing is known


an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great')


oewn-assumed_name-n oewn-fictitious_name-n oewn-Doing_Business_As-n oewn-DBA-n

(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation


the name derived from a person (real or imaginary)

Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down


Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople


a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename

most applications provide extensions for the files they create


oewn-filename-n oewn-file_name-n oewn-computer_filename-n oewn-computer_file_name-n

(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file


(law) a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin


a geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine are grown


a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)


a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor


the name of a brokerage firm in which stock is held on behalf of a customer


slang for something (especially for an illegal drug)


an alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods)


oewn-surname-n oewn-family_name-n oewn-cognomen-n oewn-last_name-n

the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)


a name between your first name and your surname


the first name given to Christians at birth or christening


the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome


oewn-nickname-n oewn-moniker-n oewn-cognomen-n oewn-sobriquet-n oewn-soubriquet-n oewn-byname-n

a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph


the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'


a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role


the name that appears on the by-line to identify the author of a work


oewn-appellation-n oewn-denomination-n oewn-designation-n oewn-appellative-n

identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others


a name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix)


an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'

the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title


title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey)


a title that Leo X bestowed on Henry VIII and later withdrew; parliament restored the title and it has been used by English sovereigns ever since


a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename


a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for a woman


a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman


a German courtesy title or form of address for an unmarried woman


a Hebrew title of respect for a wise and highly educated man


a German courtesy title or form of address for a man


a form of address for an unmarried woman


a Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher


a Spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the English `Mr' or `sir'


a Spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the English `Mrs' or `madam'


a Spanish title or form of address used to or of an unmarried girl or woman; similar to the English `Miss'


an Italian title or form of address for a married woman


an Italian title or form of address for an unmarried woman


a title of respect for various ecclesiastical officials (as cathedral deans and canons and others)


a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge


a title used to address any peeress except a duchess


`your majesty' is the appropriate title to use in addressing a king


the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.

he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title


the name by which a geographical place is known


a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

the heading seemed to have little to do with the text


a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text


the heading or caption of a newspaper article


the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry


the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page


a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type


a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book


the title (or a shortened title) of a book used as a running head


oewn-dropline-n oewn-drop_line-n oewn-stepped_line-n oewn-stagger_head-n oewn-staggered_head-n oewn-stephead-n

a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right


a newspaper headline that runs across the full page


a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with

Title 8 provided federal help for schools


(usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action


a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work


an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work

the credits were given at the end of the film


brief description accompanying an illustration


a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)


translation back into the original language

the teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion


translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen


translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage


(prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables


(prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet


(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot


(prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot


a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article


a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch


communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)


something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation


a transcription from one alphabet to another


a transcription intended to represent each distinct speech sound with a separate symbol


a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system


oewn-longhand-n oewn-running_hand-n oewn-cursive-n oewn-cursive_script-n

rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper


a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts


a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings


a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right


a clearly written style of longhand with large round curves


a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols


a particular orthography or writing system


an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it


a writing system having an alphabet of 38 letters in which the Armenian language is written


the script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written


the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written


a script (probably adapted from the Aramaic about the 7th century BC) from which later Indian scripts developed


oewn-Devanagari-n oewn-Devanagari_script-n oewn-Nagari-n oewn-Nagari_script-n

a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi


the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language


the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language


a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries


forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage


a system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages


a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy


a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)


an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains


a number usually of 3 digits assigned to a telephone area as in the United States and Canada


code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser; printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information


system using colors to designate classifications


oewn-cipher-n oewn-cypher-n oewn-cryptograph-n oewn-secret_code-n


a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)


oewn-ZIP_code-n oewn-ZIP-n oewn-postcode-n oewn-postal_code-n

a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail


(computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions


(computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program


(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored


(computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represents each character; used in most microcomputers


(computer science) 128 characters that make up the ASCII coding scheme

the ASCII character set is the most universal character coding set


code using a string of 8 binary digits to represent characters


(telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors


an error correction code that is recorded in each sector of a magnetic disk and used to catch errors in the data


(computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory


a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation


the machine-language output of a compiler that is ready for execution on a particular computer


the portion of a set of operation descriptions that specifies the operation to be performed; the set of operations in a computer


program instructions written as an ASCII text file; must be translated by a compiler or interpreter or assembler into the object code for a particular computer before execution


the address of a web page on the world wide web


a document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser


the opening page of a web site; also, the first page opened when a web browser is launched (default or start-up page)


oewn-web_site-n oewn-website-n oewn-internet_site-n oewn-site-n

a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web

the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers


a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic)


a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet

a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc.


letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language

he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show


while the spoken word stands for something, the written word stands for something that stands for something


a word that is written with two letters in an alphabetic writing system


a word that is written with three letters in an alphabetic writing system


a word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system


four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh) or JHVH (Jehovah) signifying the Hebrew name for God which the Jews regarded as too holy to pronounce


a writing system based on alphabetic characters


an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs'


an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia


a writing system whose characters represent syllables


an undeciphered writing system used in Crete in the 17th century B.C.


a syllabic script used in Greece in the 13th century B.C.


a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests


a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt


a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch


a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals


the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)


(usually plural) the collected work of an author

the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings


the writings of the early Church Fathers


creative writing of recognized artistic value


published writings in a particular style on a particular subject


written works (especially in books or magazines)

he always took some reading matter with him on the plane


written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient


written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person


verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message


creative writing valued for esthetic content


a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people

he has read Plato's Dialogues in the original Greek


an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor


an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology


a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact


a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction


a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror


an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story


graphic novel that originated in Japan, usually intended for adults and characterized by highly stylized art


novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end


fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies


literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society


a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies


a novel in which actual persons and events are disguised as fictional characters


a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life


a romance that deals with desolate and mysterious and grotesque events


a romantic novel containing scenes in which the heroine is sexually violated


a French novel in the form of a long chronicle of a family or other social group


a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events


a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie


a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account


a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie


a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution


a narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered


a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events


the legend of King Arthur and his court at Camelot


oewn-fable-n oewn-parable-n oewn-allegory-n oewn-apologue-n

a short moral story (often with animal characters)


a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop


an allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678


a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people


myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil


(New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message


the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.

the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal


the deathbed scene is the climax of the play


a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one


a literary genre that presents a fictional character's sequence of thoughts in the form of a monologue


a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy


a written evaluation of a work of literature


a method of literary criticism that analyzes details of a text in order to reveal its structure and meaning


comparison of a particular text with related materials in order to establish authenticity


literary criticism based on close analysis of the text


the scientific study of biblical writings to determine their origin and meaning


the study of existing manuscripts of the Scriptures in order to determine the original text


a vast body of textual criticism of the Hebrew Scriptures including notes on features of writing and on the occurrence of certain words and on variant sources and instructions for pronunciation and other comments that were written between AD 600 and 900 by Jewish scribes in the margins or at the end of texts


a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed


the literary genre of works intended for the theater


ordinary writing as distinguished from verse


a rhythmical prose employing the poetic devices of alliteration and assonance


literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints


a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation


a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)


a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines


a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order


verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus


a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy


unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)


a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person

`The president is George W. Bush, Who is happy to sit on his tush, While sending his armies to fight, For anything he thinks is right' is a clerihew


a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed


(ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)


he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind


oewn-eclogue-n oewn-bucolic-n oewn-idyll-n oewn-idyl-n

a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life


oewn-epic_poem-n oewn-heroic_poem-n oewn-epic-n oewn-epos-n

a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds


an epic in Latin by Virgil; tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War; provides an illustrious historical background for the Roman Empire


unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern


an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines


a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba


a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas


English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third


a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme


a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables


a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.


a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy


a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy


an epic poem written in Middle High German and based on the legends of Siegfried and Teutonic kings


(in ancient Greece) an epic poem adapted for recitation


a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd


a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse


a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg


a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab bcbd cdcd ee


a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme


an ode form used by Pindar; has triple groups of triple units


ode sung by the chorus in classical Greek drama


a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry


a quatrain in iambic pentameter with abab rhyme scheme


a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis


a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation


(Roman Catholic Church) a Latin versicle meaning `lift up your hearts'


a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister


a rhymed couplet that forms a complete syntactic unit


a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style


a quatrain consisting of two heroic couplets written in an elevated style; the rhyme scheme is abab


a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter


a stanza with eight lines of iambic pentameter and a concluding Alexandrine with the rhyme pattern abab bcbc c

the Spenserian stanza was introduced by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene


one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama


the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem


a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot)


writing of poor quality; characterized by affected choice of archaic words


matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage

he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it


a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site


a cookie that is stored temporarily and is destroyed when you close the link


a cookie that is saved permanently on your hard drive


there were more than a thousand words of text


the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)

pictures made the text easier to understand


electronic text that is stored and used in the form of a digital image


electronic text that is stored as strings of characters and that can be displayed in a variety of formats


typewritten matter especially a typewritten copy of a manuscript


a surface area where something has been erased

another word had been written over the erasure


the blank space that surrounds the text on a page


oewn-indentation-n oewn-indention-n oewn-indent-n oewn-indenture-n

the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line


(computer science) dump of the contents of the chief registers in the CPU; usually used for debugging


(computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs


matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials


written matter preceding the main text of a book


written matter following the main text of a book


any of the various versions in the development of a written work


text that is in a form that computer can store or display on a computer screen


(computer science) matter that is in a form that a computer can store or display it on a computer screen


(computer science) matter that is held in a computer and is typed or printed on paper


a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)

he always turns first to the business section


the section of a newspaper that reports on sports


a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)


a clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract


a clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount


a clause in an insurance policy that provides for double the face value of the policy in the case of accidental death


a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)


an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent

when I demanded my money he showed me the joker in the contract


a clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration

the reserve clause was used to bind players to a particular ball club


a clause that is appended to a legislative bill


a major division of a long written composition


a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

he read a chapter every night before falling asleep


a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series


a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance


a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising


a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication


(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse


(rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth


an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show


a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book


a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)


a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise


oewn-conclusion-n oewn-end-n oewn-close-n oewn-closing-n oewn-ending-n


a short passage added at the end of a literary work

the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters


a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play


(rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration

he summarized his main points in his peroration


supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book


a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it


textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end


a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article