a member of Hindu people descended from brahmins and Rajputs who live in Nepal


a member of the Nepalese force that has been part of the British army for 200 years; known for fierceness in combat


a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria


a member of a Dravidian people living in Pakistan


a member of a native Indian group in South America


a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles


a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire


a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru


a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family)


a native or inhabitant of the Philippines


a member of the chief stock of Russian people living in European Russia; used to distinguish ethnic Russians from other peoples incorporated into Russia


a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia


a native or inhabitant of the Samoan Islands


a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa


any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries


a member of a southeast African people living in Swaziland and adjacent areas


people of Ireland or of Irish extraction


a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers


the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland


a member of the predominant ethnic group in Cambodia


a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China


a member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara


a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)


any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language


a member of a people of Turkic speech living in the Volga region in eastern Russia


a former Turkish term of respect; especially for government officials


a member of a Turkic people living near Lake Aral in central Asia


a Muslim who is a member of a Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan)


a member of a people vast regions of central Siberia


a member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas


a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas


oewn-Uzbek-n oewn-Uzbeg-n oewn-Uzbak-n oewn-Usbek-n oewn-Usbeg-n

a member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas


a member of a Turkic people of northeastern Siberia (mainly in the Lena river basin)


any member of a people speaking a language in the Tungusic family


a member of the Tungus speaking people who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia; related to the Manchu


a member of the Manchu speaking people of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century


the Mongol people living in the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia


a member of a west African people living in the tropical forest region of southern Nigeria


a member of the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria


a member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria


a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country


a native or inhabitant of the United States


a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States


an American who was born in Britain or one whose ancestors were British


a member or descendant of any of the aboriginal peoples of Alaska


an American who was born in France or whose ancestors were French


an American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German


a native or resident of the American state of Georgia


a member or descendant of the indigenous Polynesian people who lived in the Hawaiian Islands


a native or resident of New York (especially of New York City)


a native or resident of the state of Washington


a native or resident of the city of Washington


an American (especially to non-Americans)


oewn-Welshman-n oewn-Welsh-n oewn-Cambrian-n oewn-Cymry-n


someone (especially a German) who speaks a Germanic language


a native or inhabitant of the former republic of East Germany


oewn-Kraut-n oewn-Krauthead-n oewn-Boche-n oewn-Jerry-n oewn-Hun-n

offensive term for a person of German descent


member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism


a member of a tall dark (mostly Muslim) people inhabiting Somalia


a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea


a Polynesian native or inhabitant of Tonga


a member of the French-speaking people living in Belgium


oewn-Yugoslav-n oewn-Jugoslav-n oewn-Yugoslavian-n oewn-Jugoslavian-n


a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries


a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia


a member of the Negroid people of southern South Africa


a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities


(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries


(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus


(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini


(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer


(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo


(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo


(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra


(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio


(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius


(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn


(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius


(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces


someone for whom hope has been abandoned


one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something


one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work


one who makes abstracts or summarizes information


a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution


one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility


a novice learning the rudiments of some subject


one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group


one who helps or encourages or incites another


a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred


a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills


a reformer who favors abolishing slavery


the earliest known inhabitants of a region


a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies


an authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or repeal


a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point


a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages


someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline


an administrator in a college or university


an educator who works at a college or university


a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation


someone elected to honorary membership in an academy


the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures


someone who helps another person commit a crime


a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony


a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration


a person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it


one paid to accompany or assist or live with another


a person who endorses a promissory note without compensation or benefit but simply as a favor to the borrower


a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano)


a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)


someone who maintains and audits business accounts


oewn-account_executive-n oewn-account_representative-n oewn-registered_representative-n oewn-customer-ap-s_broker-n oewn-customer-ap-s_man-n

someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business


a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused


oewn-ace-n oewn-adept-n oewn-champion-n oewn-sensation-n oewn-maven-n oewn-mavin-n oewn-virtuoso-n oewn-genius-n oewn-hotshot-n oewn-star-n oewn-superstar-n oewn-whiz-n oewn-whizz-n oewn-wizard-n oewn-wiz-n

someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field


oewn-achiever-n oewn-winner-n oewn-success-n oewn-succeeder-n

his son would never be the achiever that his father was


someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches


a physicist who specializes in acoustics


I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances


a person who acquires something (usually permanently)


an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination


an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze)


the case officer designated to perform an act during a clandestine operation (especially in a hostile area)


a person who is a participating member of an organization

the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees


a citizen who takes an active role in the community (as in crime prevention and neighborhood watch)


oewn-actor-n oewn-histrion-n oewn-player-n oewn-thespian-n oewn-role_player-n


someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or activity


oewn-addict-n oewn-nut-n oewn-freak-n oewn-junkie-n oewn-junky-n

someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction


a discussant who offers an example or a reason or a proof


a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes


a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another


oewn-adjuster-n oewn-adjustor-n oewn-claims_adjuster-n oewn-claims_adjustor-n oewn-claim_agent-n

one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement


an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer


a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer


someone who manages a government agency or department


the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor


the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral


a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves


someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided


oewn-adolescent-n oewn-stripling-n oewn-teenager-n oewn-teen-n

a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity


someone (such as a child) who has been adopted


a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child


a changer who lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance


someone who commits adultery or fornication


oewn-adulteress-n oewn-fornicatress-n oewn-hussy-n oewn-jade-n oewn-loose_woman-n oewn-slut-n oewn-strumpet-n oewn-trollop-n


oewn-adversary-n oewn-antagonist-n oewn-opponent-n oewn-opposer-n oewn-resister-n


a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party

a hostile witness can be asked leading questions and cross-examined


an adviser helped students select their courses


oewn-advocate-n oewn-advocator-n oewn-proponent-n oewn-exponent-n

a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea


oewn-advocate-n oewn-counsel-n oewn-counselor-n oewn-counsellor-n oewn-counselor-at-law-n oewn-pleader-n


an engineer concerned with the design and construction of aircraft


an engineer of aircraft and space vehicles


a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization


an affluent person; a person who is financially well off


a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer


a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission


a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations


a sergeant of the lowest rank in the military


an agent who handles business affairs for another; especially one who deals with employers


an agent who represents an author in dealings with publishers


an operative serving as a penetration into an intelligence target


a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts


an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating


a confident assertive person who acts as instigator


one who agitates; a political troublemaker


a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)


someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something


someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)


a female newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in


a person who tills the soil for a living


oewn-agriculturist-n oewn-agriculturalist-n oewn-cultivator-n oewn-grower-n oewn-raiser-n

someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil


an expert in soil management and field-crop production


a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in an air force


a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force


a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight


a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink


a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town


one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone


oewn-alcoholic-n oewn-alky-n oewn-dipsomaniac-n oewn-boozer-n oewn-lush-n oewn-soaker-n oewn-souse-n

a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually


a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)


a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska


a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt)


the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment


a fugitive remaining in the United States after an immigration judge has ordered them deported

the government has categorized more than 320,000 foreigners as alien absconders


an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile


someone to whom the title of property is transferred


a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness


someone from whom the title of property is transferred


a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources


a mathematician whose specialty is algebra


a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies


a therapist who makes suffering more endurable


a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration


a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion


a versatile person who is expert at many things

she's the best all-rounder they've seen in years


an associate who provides cooperation or assistance


an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients


a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order


a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs


a very close and trusted friend who seems almost a part of yourself


a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef


a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)


someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime


a businessman who arranges an amalgamation of two or more commercial companies


(Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively)


(Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus


a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another


an unethical lawyer who incites accident victims to sue


an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack


an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest


one of a group of rabbis (active AD 250-500) who discussed the Mishnaic law in the law schools of Palestine and Mesopotamia where they explained and applied earlier teachings and whose discussions are recorded in the Talmud; they emphasized the study of Torah and the importance of personal action and the fulfillment of the commandments


someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid


one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love


a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb


someone who has had a limb removed by amputation


a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church)


someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy


an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet


a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis


someone who is skilled at analyzing data


an analyst who studies the financial statements and financial history of applicants for credit in order to evaluate their creditworthiness


an analyst who studies the financial performance of corporations


an analyst of conditions affecting a particular industry


an analyst of conditions affecting a market (especially the stock market)


someone skilled in planning marketing campaigns


an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions


oewn-ancestor-n oewn-ascendant-n oewn-ascendent-n oewn-antecedent-n oewn-root-n

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)


a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute


a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated


someone who provides financial support for some venture


a physician who specializes in angiology


a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage


an admirer of England and things English


a person who hates England and everything English


a person who owns, shows, judges, or breeds animals


the technician who produces animated cartoons


a commentator who writes notes to a text


reads news, commercials on radio or television


someone who proclaims a message publicly


a person suffering from anorexia nervosa


any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge


an editor who makes selections for an anthology


a social scientist who specializes in anthropology


a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)

the antis smelled victory after a long battle


a person who is opposed to the United States and its policies


a follower of the doctrine of antinomianism


someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected

the antipopes resided in Avignon during the Great Schism


someone who hates and would persecute Jews


a soldier in the Australian and New Zealand army corps during World War I


a person assumed to have been raised by apes


someone afflicted by aphakia; someone lacking the natural lenses of the eyes


someone affected by aphasia or inability to use or understand language


someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms


a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution


(New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel


any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people


an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform


(Roman Catholic Church) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has no formal diplomatic relations with it


a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party


a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization)


someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last


the party who appeals a decision of a lower court


oewn-apple_polisher-n oewn-bootlicker-n oewn-fawner-n oewn-groveller-n oewn-groveler-n oewn-truckler-n

someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect


a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice)


a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research


oewn-aspirant-n oewn-aspirer-n oewn-hopeful-n oewn-wannabe-n oewn-wannabee-n


one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things


one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity


a person who is fully aware of something and understands it


someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission)


a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture


a member of one of a group of Semitic peoples inhabiting Aram and parts of Mesopotamia from the 11th to the 8th century BC


a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America


someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue

the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature


someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)


someone with the power to settle matters at will

she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion


(Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop


a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria


a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria


an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture


a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow


someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)


a person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives


oewn-archpriest-n oewn-hierarch-n oewn-high_priest-n oewn-prelate-n oewn-primate-n


a member of the council of the Areopagus


a native or inhabitant of the city of Argos


an adherent of Arianism (the belief that Jesus Christ was not truly God)


a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism


a person of liberal ideals who takes no action to realize them


a nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms


an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.


a worker skilled in making armor or arms

a sword made by a famous English armorer


someone who manufactures arms and munitions


a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in an army


the child of a career officer of the United States Army


a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work


a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance


a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess


a criminal who illegally sets fire to property


a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation


the director in charge of the artistic features of a theatrical production (costumes and scenery and lighting)


an editor who is responsible for illustrations and layouts in printed matter


oewn-artilleryman-n oewn-cannoneer-n oewn-gunner-n oewn-machine_gunner-n


an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)


a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination


a person who poses for a painter or sculptor


a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

his assassins were hunted down like animals


a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders


an analyst who assays (performs chemical tests on) metals


someone who is a member of a legislative assembly


oewn-asserter-n oewn-declarer-n oewn-affirmer-n oewn-asseverator-n oewn-avower-n


oewn-asshole-n oewn-bastard-n oewn-cocksucker-n oewn-dickhead-n oewn-shit-n oewn-mother_fucker-n oewn-motherfucker-n oewn-prick-n oewn-whoreson-n oewn-son_of_a_bitch-n oewn-SOB-n

insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous


(law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)


oewn-assistant-n oewn-helper-n oewn-help-n oewn-supporter-n

a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose


a teacher of lower rank than an associate professor


a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor

he had to consult his associate before continuing


a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise

associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners


a teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor


someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon


a person trained to travel in a spacecraft

the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts


an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies


a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography


an astronomer who studies the evolution and space-time relations of the universe


an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism


someone who does not believe in the existence of a god


a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission


oewn-attacker-n oewn-aggressor-n oewn-assailant-n oewn-assaulter-n


someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another


someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something


the chief law officer of a country or state


a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization


a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit


(ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy


the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle


a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework


a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works


a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner

my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime


an expert whose views are taken as definitive


(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others


someone who is regarded as an authority by someone else


an authority who authorizes (people or actions)

the agents report back to their authorizers


someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way


oewn-automobile_mechanic-n oewn-auto-mechanic-n oewn-car-mechanic-n oewn-mechanic-n oewn-grease_monkey-n

someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles


an engineer concerned with the design and construction of automobiles


oewn-aviator-n oewn-aeronaut-n oewn-flier-n oewn-flyer-n


someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly


(in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children


a high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well


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


the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)


a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk


I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby


a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s

they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers


a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically


oewn-baby_doctor-n oewn-pediatrician-n oewn-pediatrist-n oewn-paediatrician-n


someone who runs an establishment that houses and cares for babies for a fee


a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working


a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home


(classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus


(classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus


a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus


(football) a person who plays in the backfield


a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader


a football official who stands deep behind the defensive secondary in the middle of the field


an expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official status


someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage


a meddler who insists on giving unwanted advice


someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality


he was romancing the old bag for her money


a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in shopping bags


a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money


the agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered


an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.


the person who delivers personal property (goods or money) in trust to the bailee in a bailment


an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions


oewn-baldhead-n oewn-baldpate-n oewn-baldy-n oewn-skinhead-n oewn-skin-n


a boy who retrieves balls for tennis players


a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence


(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play


a trained dancer who is a member of a ballet company


a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company


a woman who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company


a team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ball


the bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight


the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull


a bullfighter who is required to fight bulls less than four years of age


the horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low


a matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight


an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band


a player in a band (especially a military band)


a commissioner appointed to supervise banks; a state superintendent of banks


the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game


a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank


an examiner appointed to audit the accounts of banks in a given jurisdiction


someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts


an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds


a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade


negotiator of the terms of a transaction


someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers


a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting


oewn-barnstormer-n oewn-playactor-n oewn-play-actor-n oewn-trouper-n

an actor who travels around the country presenting plays


oewn-baron-n oewn-big_businessman-n oewn-business_leader-n oewn-king-n oewn-magnate-n oewn-mogul-n oewn-power-n oewn-top_executive-n oewn-tycoon-n


a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank


a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight

since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart.


a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution


oewn-bartender-n oewn-barkeep-n oewn-barkeeper-n oewn-mixologist-n

an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar


a trader who exchanges goods and not money


a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)


early Amerindians related to the Pueblo; known for skill in making baskets


an adult male singer with the lowest voice


oewn-bastard-n oewn-by-blow-n oewn-love_child-n oewn-illegitimate_child-n oewn-illegitimate-n oewn-whoreson-n

the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents


a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches


a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy


a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron


(baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment


an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer


oewn-batter-n oewn-hitter-n oewn-slugger-n oewn-batsman-n


(baseball) someone who teaches batters how to bat better


a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function


a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another


an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures


an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price


a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)


oewn-beast-n oewn-wolf-n oewn-savage-n oewn-brute-n oewn-wildcat-n


a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter


a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior


someone who gives you advice about your personal appearance


someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed


someone whose favorite drink is beer or ale


a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan


a witty or clever person with a fine mind


one who believes in the existence of a god or gods


a supporter who accepts something as true


someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels


a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals


someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity


oewn-beloved-n oewn-dear-n oewn-dearest-n oewn-honey-n oewn-love-n oewn-baby-n oewn-darling-n oewn-deary-n oewn-dearie-n oewn-sweetheart-n oewn-sweetie-n

a beloved person; used as terms of endearment


a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)


the recipient of funds or other benefits


a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa


a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved

the bereaved do not always need to be taken care of


a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of


one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury


an enemy who lays siege to your position


the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others


a superior person having claim to precedence

the common man has been kept in his place by his betters


oewn-bettor-n oewn-better-n oewn-wagerer-n oewn-punter-n


the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire


(formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt


a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers


someone trained in compiling bibliographies


someone who loves (and usually collects) books


a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books)


someone who marries one person while already legally married to another


a totalitarian leader and invader of privacy


a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own


oewn-big_shot-n oewn-big_gun-n oewn-big_wheel-n oewn-big_cheese-n oewn-big_deal-n oewn-big_enchilada-n oewn-big_fish-n oewn-head_honcho-n


a person who speaks two languages fluently


someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards


a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men


someone with special training in biochemistry


someone who writes an account of a person's life


(biology) a scientist who studies living organisms


a physicist who applies the methods of physics to biology


a person with a strong interest in birds


a person who identifies and studies birds in their natural habitats


the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births


a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning


a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes


a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ


an English recruit (who wore a uniform that was black and tan) serving in the Irish constabulary to suppress the Sinn Fein rebellion of 1919 to 1921


a person who attained the rank of expert in the martial arts (judo or karate)


a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them


someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities


an activist member of a largely American group of Blacks called the Nation of Islam


a member of the Black Panthers political party


a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II


a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil


gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures


a person who speaks disrespectfully of sacred things


a workman employed to blast with explosives


a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.)


someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged


a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them)


a person with a severe visual impairment


a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play


a male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brother


someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions


someone who sniffles and weeps with loud sobs


an infant born with a bluish color; usually has a defective heart


a person dressed all in blue (as a soldier or sailor)


oewn-bluejacket-n oewn-navy_man-n oewn-sailor-n oewn-sailor_boy-n


a woman having literary or intellectual interests


a person who tries to bluff other people


oewn-boatswain-n oewn-bos-ap-n-n oewn-bo-ap-s-ap-n-n oewn-bosun-n oewn-bo-ap-sun-n

a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen


a pupil who lives at school during term time


someone who forces their way aboard ship


an informal term for a British policeman


an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s)


oewn-bodybuilder-n oewn-muscle_builder-n oewn-muscle-builder-n oewn-musclebuilder-n oewn-muscleman-n

someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature


someone who escorts and protects a prominent person


(British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research


a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life


a native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic


oewn-Bolshevik-n oewn-Marxist-n oewn-red-n oewn-bolshie-n oewn-bolshy-n

emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries


a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party


the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target


a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery


an entertainer who has a sensational effect


a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation


someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else


someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones


a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books


someone who engages a person or company for performances


someone who records the transactions of a business


a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)


a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books


someone who spends a great deal of time reading


a thief who steals goods that are in a store


someone who makes or sells illegal liquor


an inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England)


someone who patrols the borders of a country


someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent


a Christian who has experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus


the boss hired three more men for the new job


a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds


a biologist specializing in the study of plants


an opportunist who profits from the misfortunes of others


a visitor of a city boulevard (especially in Paris)


a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting


someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)


a hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty


someone who pursues fugitives or criminals for whom a reward is offered


a member of the European royal family that ruled France


a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South)


a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins


a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket


someone who fights with his fists for sport


a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China


a friendly informal reference to a grown man


a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches


oewn-cub-n oewn-lad-n oewn-laddie-n oewn-sonny-n oewn-sonny_boy-n

a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)


oewn-boyfriend-n oewn-fellow-n oewn-beau-n oewn-swain-n

a man who is the lover of a man or woman

if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked


a man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend


oewn-bragger-n oewn-braggart-n oewn-boaster-n oewn-blowhard-n oewn-line-shooter-n oewn-vaunter-n


a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II


a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas


a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)


someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems


a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes


a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls)


one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents


a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone


someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water


someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act


a craftsman skilled in building with bricks


a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony


an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding


an operative who acts as a courier or go-between from a case officer to a secret agent in a hostile area


one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game


a general officer ranking below a major general


a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch


someone who broadcasts on radio or television


a journalist who broadcasts on radio or television


a financial specialist who trades for his own account and so acts both as a broker and principal


an outstanding person; as if produced by boiling down a savory broth


a male with the same parents as someone else


(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address


a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)


used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement


a member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms


a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular


a native or resident of Birmingham, England


oewn-buddy-n oewn-brother-n oewn-chum-n oewn-crony-n oewn-pal-n oewn-sidekick-n

a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities


someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)


a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country


oewn-bull-n oewn-bruiser-n oewn-strapper-n oewn-Samson-n


an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later


oewn-bull-n oewn-cop-n oewn-copper-n oewn-fuzz-n oewn-pig-n


oewn-bully-n oewn-tough-n oewn-hooligan-n oewn-ruffian-n oewn-roughneck-n oewn-rowdy-n oewn-yob-n oewn-yobo-n oewn-yobbo-n


a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction


oewn-bungler-n oewn-blunderer-n oewn-fumbler-n oewn-bumbler-n oewn-stumbler-n oewn-sad_sack-n oewn-botcher-n oewn-butcher-n oewn-fuckup-n

someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence


someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself


a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit


a thief who enters a building with intent to steal


a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria


the military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries


a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right


the treasurer at a college or university


a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes


a dweller in the Australian bush country


nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa


a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War


the newspaper editor responsible for business news


a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)


a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise


a traveler whose expenses are paid by the business he works for


a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money


a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something


oewn-busybody-n oewn-nosy-parker-n oewn-nosey-parker-n oewn-quidnunc-n

a person who meddles in the affairs of others


(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine


a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market


a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table


oewn-butt-n oewn-goat-n oewn-laughingstock-n oewn-stooge-n


a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head


someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball)


oewn-buyer-n oewn-purchaser-n oewn-emptor-n oewn-vendee-n


an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters


a young man acting as a servant on a ship


a woodworker who specializes in making furniture


oewn-cad-n oewn-bounder-n oewn-blackguard-n oewn-dog-n oewn-hound-n oewn-heel-n


an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player


a military trainee (as at a military academy)


oewn-calculator-n oewn-reckoner-n oewn-figurer-n oewn-estimator-n oewn-computer-n

an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)


someone able to perform complex and lengthy calculations


oewn-caliph-n oewn-calif-n oewn-kaliph-n oewn-kalif-n oewn-khalif-n oewn-khalifah-n

the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth

many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world


the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company


oewn-caller-n oewn-caller-up-n oewn-phoner-n oewn-telephoner-n

there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone


someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice

the callers were mothers summoning their children home for dinner


a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance

you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing


the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands


a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone


an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin


a photographer who operates a movie camera


a politician who is running for public office


someone living temporarily in a tent or lodge for recreation


a girl who is a member of Campfire Girls; for girls age 7-18


a follower who is not a member of an ingroup


a prostitute who provides service to military personnel


someone who lives in the same camp you do


a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites


someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)


oewn-cannibal-n oewn-man-eater-n oewn-anthropophagus-n oewn-anthropophagite-n


soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire


a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter


the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos


the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate


oewn-captain-n oewn-headwaiter-n oewn-maitre_d-ap-hotel-n oewn-maitre_d-ap--n

a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers


the naval officer in command of a military ship


an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant


a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion


a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine


a player who holds a card or cards in a card game


a person who holds a credit card or debit card


(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes


a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart


someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games


oewn-cardsharp-n oewn-card_sharp-n oewn-cardsharper-n oewn-card_sharper-n oewn-sharper-n oewn-sharpie-n oewn-sharpy-n oewn-card_shark-n

a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games


a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity


a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult


a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)


an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily

he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected


someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner


a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects


someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way


an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously

after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south


a knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle)


(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others


someone whose employment involves carrying something


a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons


any man noted for his amorous adventures


a person requiring professional services

a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor


an operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service


a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)


a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice


someone injured or killed in an accident


someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement


someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious


a librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system


something that causes an important event to happen

the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country


a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man


a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect


(baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher


one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism)


a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist


someone who provides food and service (as for a party)


the ecclesiastical title of the leaders of the Nestorian and Armenian churches


a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War


a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount


oewn-caveman-n oewn-cave_man-n oewn-cave_dweller-n oewn-troglodyte-n


an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist


an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity


a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable


someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes


(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback


(basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team


(ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team


oewn-centrist-n oewn-middle_of_the_roader-n oewn-moderate-n oewn-moderationist-n

a person who takes a position in the political center


(ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers


an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state

in addition to accounting and auditing, CPAs also prepare tax returns for individuals and corporations


oewn-chachka-n oewn-tsatske-n oewn-tshatshke-n oewn-tchotchke-n oewn-tchotchkeleh-n

(Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman


a heavy smoker (usually of cigarettes) who lights one off of another


the chairman of the board of directors of a corporation


an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman


the treasurer of a municipal corporation


a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)


oewn-champion-n oewn-fighter-n oewn-hero-n oewn-paladin-n


someone who has won first place in a competition


the honorary or titular head of a university


the person who is head of government (in several countries)


the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom


the British cabinet minister responsible for finance


a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints


a retail dealer in provisions and supplies


a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy


oewn-chap-n oewn-fellow-n oewn-feller-n oewn-fella-n oewn-lad-n oewn-gent-n oewn-blighter-n oewn-cuss-n oewn-bloke-n


one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people


a clergyman ministering to some institution


a person paid to drive a privately owned car


oewn-character-n oewn-eccentric-n oewn-type-n oewn-case-n

a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)


an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles


a witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives


the teacher led her charges across the street


the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador


an enlisted man who handles his unit's administrative matters after hours


a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness)


a British or Canadian accountant who is a member of a professional body that has a royal charter


one of the original members when an organization was founded


a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities


a 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people


oewn-charwoman-n oewn-char-n oewn-cleaning_woman-n oewn-cleaning_lady-n


the mistress of a chateau or large country house


oewn-chatterer-n oewn-babbler-n oewn-prater-n oewn-chatterbox-n oewn-magpie-n oewn-spouter-n

an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker


oewn-chauvinist-n oewn-jingoist-n oewn-jingo-n oewn-flag-waver-n oewn-hundred-percenter-n oewn-patrioteer-n


a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind


someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women


a man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women


a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis


one who checks the correctness of something


an attendant who checks coats or baggage


someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event


he has become a cheerleader for therapeutic cloning


a scientist who specializes in chemistry


Egyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza


someone who chews (especially someone who chews tobacco)


someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way


the head of the police force in a county (or similar area)


the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)


the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm


the judge who presides over a supreme court


the senior officer of a service of the armed forces


a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank


oewn-child-n oewn-kid-n oewn-youngster-n oewn-minor-n oewn-shaver-n oewn-nipper-n oewn-small_fry-n oewn-tiddler-n oewn-tike-n oewn-tyke-n oewn-fry-n oewn-nestling-n


a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age


he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived


a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age


a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect

she was incensed that this chit of a girl should dare to make a fool of her in front of the class


an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation


(ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus


one who is the object of choice; who is given preference


a member of an indigenous people living on the Chukchi Peninsula


oewn-chump-n oewn-fool-n oewn-gull-n oewn-mark-n oewn-patsy-n oewn-fall_guy-n oewn-sucker-n oewn-soft_touch-n oewn-mug-n

a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of


(Yiddish) a person characterized by chutzpa


(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom


a religious person who goes to church regularly


an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters


a guide who conducts and informs sightseers


a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition


oewn-cipher-n oewn-cypher-n oewn-nobody-n oewn-nonentity-n


an acrobat who performs acrobatic feats in a circus


a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community


the newspaper editor in charge of editing local news


a financier who works in one of the banks in the City of London


a city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing


an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)


a libertarian who is actively concerned with the protection of civil liberties


a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups


a public official who is a member of the civil service


someone who claims a benefit or right or title


one who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim


someone who has the power of clairvoyance


an artistic person who adheres to classicism


the operator of dry-cleaning establishment


a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church


oewn-cleric-n oewn-churchman-n oewn-divine-n oewn-ecclesiastic-n

a clergyman or other person in religious orders


an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)


an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable


a member of the Anasazi people living in the southwestern United States who built rock or adobe dwellings on ledges in the sides of caves


someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains

the lead climber looked strong still but his partner often slumped in his ropes


a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments


someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments


a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time


someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches


(baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game


whoever is the closer has to turn out the lights and lock up


a negative term for a homosexual man who chooses not to reveal his sexual orientation


oewn-clown-n oewn-buffoon-n oewn-goof-n oewn-goofball-n oewn-merry_andrew-n

a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior


a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)


(sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team


an assistant football coach in charge of the linemen


an assistant baseball coach in charge of pitchers


a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles


a writer who collaborates with others in writing something


a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action


a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II


used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man


one of two or more beneficiaries of the same benefit


someone who is the first of two or more people to discover something


a female student at a coeducational college or university


a subordinate who performs an important but routine function


a cognitive scientist who studies the neurophysiological foundations of mental phenomena


a scientist who studies cognitive processes


a skilled worker who coins or stamps money


someone who is a source of new words or new expressions


oewn-collaborator-n oewn-cooperator-n oewn-partner-n oewn-pardner-n

an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest

the musician and the librettist were collaborators


someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force


a person who is member of one's class or profession


oewn-colleague-n oewn-co-worker-n oewn-fellow_worker-n oewn-workfellow-n


a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)


a student enrolled in a college or university


a student (or former student) at a college or university


a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general


any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)


a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music


the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle


a ceremonial escort for the (regimental) colors


a sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors


a painter able to achieve special effects with color


a native or inhabitant of the city of Colossae in ancient Phrygia


oewn-colossus-n oewn-behemoth-n oewn-giant-n oewn-heavyweight-n oewn-titan-n

a person of exceptional importance and reputation


oewn-combatant-n oewn-battler-n oewn-belligerent-n oewn-fighter-n oewn-scrapper-n


airplane pilot who fights in an action between two military forces


a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool


a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts


a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II

she wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman


someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others


a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain


the officer who holds the supreme command

in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief


an officer in command of a military unit


a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids


a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day


an illustrator who is supported by advertising


an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit


a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps


an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)


a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral


someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city


oewn-companion-n oewn-comrade-n oewn-fellow-n oewn-familiar-n oewn-associate-n

a friend who is frequently in the company of another


an employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workers


anatomist who compares the anatomy of different animals


British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc


a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)


someone who composes music, usually as a profession


oewn-compositor-n oewn-typesetter-n oewn-setter-n oewn-typographer-n


a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government


a United States federal official who regulates the national banks


a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things


someone trained in computer science and linguistics who uses computers for natural language processing


a scientist who specializes in the theory of computation and the design of computers


a person who uses computers for work or entertainment or communication or business


someone who holds or operates a concession


a collector and student of mollusc shells


a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter


oewn-conciliator-n oewn-make-peace-n oewn-pacifier-n oewn-peacemaker-n oewn-reconciler-n


oewn-concubine-n oewn-courtesan-n oewn-doxy-n oewn-paramour-n

a woman who cohabits with an important man


the person who collects fares on a public conveyance


someone who makes candies and other sweets


oewn-confederate-n oewn-collaborator-n oewn-henchman-n oewn-partner_in_crime-n


a supporter of the Confederate States of America


a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War


six honorary were conferred; the conferees were...


someone who converses or confers (as in a conference)


a priest who hears confession and gives absolution


someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)


someone to whom private matters are confided


a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim


oewn-swindler-n oewn-defrauder-n oewn-chiseller-n oewn-chiseler-n oewn-gouger-n oewn-scammer-n oewn-grifter-n

a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud


a believer in the teachings of Confucius


a member of a congregation (especially that of a church or synagogue)


a member of the United States House of Representatives


informal abbreviation of `representative'


(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)


an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts


someone who is victorious by force of arms


an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century)


one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience


a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas


someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters)


someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct


a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England


a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism


the person to whom merchandise is delivered over


the person who delivers over or commits merchandise


the husband or wife of a reigning monarch


oewn-conspirator-n oewn-coconspirator-n oewn-plotter-n oewn-machinator-n


a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff


an advocate of constitutional government


a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.


an artist of the school of constructivism


a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country


a person who is in a position to give you special assistance

he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor


a person devoted to the contemplative life


a person of nearly the same age as another


an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions


someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things


the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps


a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book


someone with a compulsive desire to exert control over situations and people


the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings


(medieval Spain and Portugal) a Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsion


a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief


a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties


a person who conveys (carries or transmits)


oewn-convict-n oewn-con-n oewn-inmate-n oewn-yard_bird-n oewn-yardbird-n

a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison


a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense


a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs


someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously


a joint partner (as in a business enterprise)


oewn-copycat-n oewn-imitator-n oewn-emulator-n oewn-ape-n oewn-aper-n

someone who copies the words or behavior of another


an editor who prepares text for publication


someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts


a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy


oewn-coquette-n oewn-flirt-n oewn-vamp-n oewn-vamper-n oewn-minx-n oewn-tease-n oewn-prickteaser-n

a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men


someone having the same religion as another person


the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding


a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers


a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes


a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines


someone who communicates by means of letters


a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media


a surgeon who beautifies the body (especially the face)


a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries


a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia


a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production


one of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film


a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow


someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade)


one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property


a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands


someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp


a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl


a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain


someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration


someone who attends a counter (as in a diner)


a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution


someone who attempts to prevent terrorism


a male singer with a voice above that of a tenor


a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital

do country doctors still make house calls?


Henry Clay was known as the Great Compromiser


a man who lives in the country and has country ways


a woman who lives in the country and has country ways


an advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics


a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey


an attendant at the court of a sovereign


oewn-cousin-n oewn-first_cousin-n oewn-cousin-german-n oewn-full_cousin-n


oewn-couturier-n oewn-fashion_designer-n oewn-clothes_designer-n oewn-designer-n


a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model


oewn-cowpuncher-n oewn-puncher-n oewn-cowpoke-n oewn-cowhand-n oewn-cowherd-n

a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback


someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)


a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging


local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)


a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments


the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew


a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)


someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border)


a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things

crackers are often mistakenly called hackers


oewn-crackpot-n oewn-crank-n oewn-nut-n oewn-nut_case-n oewn-fruitcake-n oewn-screwball-n


oewn-craftsman-n oewn-artisan-n oewn-journeyman-n oewn-artificer-n

a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft


a creator of great skill in the manual arts

the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen


a professional whose work is consistently of high quality

as an actor he was a consummate craftsman


a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations


a person who crawls or creeps along the ground


oewn-crazy-n oewn-loony-n oewn-looney-n oewn-nutcase-n oewn-weirdo-n


a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else


a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists


oewn-creep-n oewn-weirdo-n oewn-weirdie-n oewn-weirdy-n oewn-spook-n

someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric


a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells


oewn-criminal-n oewn-felon-n oewn-crook-n oewn-outlaw-n oewn-malefactor-n

someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime


someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers


a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish)

Mexico is a country of mestizos, criollos, and indigenes


someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back


someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments


anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something


a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art


an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain


a member of the House of Commons who does not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition


someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier)


someone who helps people (especially children) at a traffic crossing


a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party


someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table


the Crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims


decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms


an artist who adheres to the principles of cubism


a member of an unorthodox cult who generally lives outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader


an attache who is a specialist in cultural matters


a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked

she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch


the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine


a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans


a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans


oewn-curate-n oewn-minister_of_religion-n oewn-minister-n oewn-parson-n oewn-pastor-n oewn-rector-n

a person authorized to conduct religious worship

clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches


the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)


a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas


one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals


a foreign purchaser who buys goods outright for resale


a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer


someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)


someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat


a computer user who uses the internet; someone who explores cyberspace


a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology


a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices


oewn-cyclist-n oewn-bicyclist-n oewn-bicycler-n oewn-wheeler-n oewn-biker-n


someone who is critical of the motives of others


a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control


a geneticist who specializes in the cellular components associated with heredity


a biologist who studies the structure and function of cells


a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)


oewn-czarina-n oewn-tsarina-n oewn-tzarina-n oewn-czaritza-n oewn-tsaritsa-n


an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge


oewn-dad-n oewn-dada-n oewn-daddy-n oewn-pa-n oewn-papa-n oewn-pappa-n oewn-pop-n

an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk


a person who lives in the dales of northern England


oewn-dallier-n oewn-dillydallier-n oewn-dilly-dallier-n oewn-mope-n oewn-lounger-n


oewn-dame-n oewn-doll-n oewn-wench-n oewn-skirt-n oewn-chick-n oewn-bird-n


oewn-damsel-n oewn-demoiselle-n oewn-damoiselle-n oewn-damosel-n oewn-damozel-n


oewn-dame-n oewn-madam-n oewn-ma-ap-am-n oewn-lady-n oewn-gentlewoman-n

a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady


a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)


one of a pair of people who dance together


oewn-dandy-n oewn-dude-n oewn-fop-n oewn-gallant-n oewn-sheik-n oewn-beau-n oewn-swell-n oewn-fashion_plate-n oewn-clotheshorse-n

a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance


a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina


oewn-daredevil-n oewn-madcap-n oewn-hothead-n oewn-swashbuckler-n oewn-lunatic-n oewn-harum-scarum-n

a reckless impetuous irresponsible person


a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly


oewn-darling-n oewn-favorite-n oewn-favourite-n oewn-pet-n oewn-dearie-n oewn-deary-n oewn-ducky-n


her daughter cared for her in her old age


formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne


oewn-dawdler-n oewn-drone-n oewn-laggard-n oewn-lagger-n oewn-trailer-n oewn-poke-n

someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind


a schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home


someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming


in the Odyssey Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence


a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages


a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders


a Protestant layman who assists the minister


oewn-dead_person-n oewn-dead_soul-n oewn-deceased_person-n oewn-deceased-n oewn-decedent-n oewn-departed-n

I wonder what the dead person would have done


a reader capable of reading and interpreting illegible or obscure text


the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text


a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)


someone who quits school before graduation


someone who withdraws from a social group or environment


a father who willfully defaults on his obligation to provide financial support for his offspring


a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way

the deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as possible


a person with a severe auditory impairment


the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game


an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college


(Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals


a man who is the senior member of a group

he is the dean of foreign correspondents


a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins)


a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt


a young woman making her debut into society


a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)


oewn-deceiver-n oewn-cheat-n oewn-cheater-n oewn-trickster-n oewn-beguiler-n oewn-slicker-n

someone who leads you to believe something that is not true


a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor


oewn-defamer-n oewn-maligner-n oewn-slanderer-n oewn-vilifier-n oewn-libeler-n oewn-backbiter-n oewn-traducer-n

one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel


someone who fails to meet a financial obligation


someone who fails to make a required appearance in court


someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions


a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense


a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it


a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late


a person appointed or elected to represent others


a person who gives up or transfers money or goods


a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices


a person with great powers and abilities


someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite


a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics


he worked like a demon to finish the job on time


someone who acts as if possessed by a demon


someone who participates in a public display of group feeling


someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer


a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught


a woman who supervises a den of Cub Scouts


someone who plays the role of a den mother

he serves as den mother to all the freshmen in this dormitory


someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays)


someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures)


a dentist qualified to perform surgical procedures


a person qualified to practice dentistry


a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)


a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution


someone suffering psychological depression


an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent


someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies


a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others


a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)


a person without a home, job, or property


a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin


an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements


a person considered as descended from some ancestor


a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)


oewn-deserter-n oewn-apostate-n oewn-renegade-n oewn-turncoat-n oewn-recreant-n oewn-ratter-n

a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.


the member of a party who is designated to refrain from alcohol and so is sober when it is time to drive home


a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher


he is believed to be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack


a military officer who is not assigned to active duty


the police sergeant on duty in a police station


a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)


a person who is frightened and in need of help


oewn-destroyer-n oewn-ruiner-n oewn-undoer-n oewn-waster-n oewn-uprooter-n

a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to


oewn-detective-n oewn-investigator-n oewn-tec-n oewn-police_detective-n

a police officer who investigates crimes


an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public


oewn-detractor-n oewn-disparager-n oewn-depreciator-n oewn-knocker-n

one who disparages or belittles the worth of something


any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty


someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use)


an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)


someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument


someone to whom property (especially realty) is devised by will


someone who devises real property in a will


someone who eats greedily or voraciously


a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis


a person with any of the various forms of dichromacy


a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine


a specialist in the study of diet and nutrition


a person who (or that which) differentiates


oewn-dimwit-n oewn-nitwit-n oewn-half-wit-n oewn-doofus-n


a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)


someone employed to provide service in a dining room


a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese


an official engaged in international negotiations


a person who deals tactfully with others


medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group


someone who controls resources and expenditures


someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show


the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency


a middle-aged man with lecherous inclinations


someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)


someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another


a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state


oewn-disk_jockey-n oewn-disc_jockey-n oewn-d.j.-n oewn-DJ-n

a person who announces and plays popular recorded music


employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service


a messenger who carries military dispatches (usually on a motorcycle)


a person forced to flee from home or country


oewn-dissenter-n oewn-dissident-n oewn-protester-n oewn-objector-n oewn-contestant-n

a person who dissents from some established policy


a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion


an official prosecutor for a judicial district


a manager who supervises the sales activity for a district


a thinker who moves away from the problem as stated and often has novel ideas and solutions


a person who separates something into parts or groups


someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers


a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband


a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife


a lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment


oewn-doctor-n oewn-doc-n oewn-physician-n oewn-MD-n oewn-Dr.-n oewn-medico-n


a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution

she is a doctor of philosophy in physics


(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching

the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages


one who dodders from old age and weakness


oewn-dodo-n oewn-fogy-n oewn-fogey-n oewn-fossil-n


an employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and cats


formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa


a fighter pilot who engages in an aerial dogfights


someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for


a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions


a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do


a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household


oewn-domestic_partner-n oewn-significant_other-n oewn-spousal_equivalent-n oewn-spouse_equivalent-n

a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship


(Roman Catholic Church) a priest who is an honorary member of the papal household


a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship)


a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic


oewn-dominus-n oewn-dominie-n oewn-domine-n oewn-dominee-n

a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson


any successful womanizer (after the legendary profligate Spanish nobleman)


oewn-donor-n oewn-giver-n oewn-presenter-n oewn-bestower-n oewn-conferrer-n


(medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)


any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero)


a person who responds `I don't know' in a public opinion poll

70% in favor, 13% opposed and 17% don't-knows


oewn-doorkeeper-n oewn-doorman-n oewn-door_guard-n oewn-hall_porter-n oewn-porter-n oewn-gatekeeper-n oewn-ostiary-n


the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church


someone who sleeps in any convenient place


an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect


someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)


a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries


oewn-double-crosser-n oewn-double-dealer-n oewn-two-timer-n oewn-betrayer-n oewn-traitor-n

a person who says one thing and does another


someone who draws two incomes from the government (usually by combining a salary and a pension)


someone who demands physical evidence in order to be convinced (especially when this demand is out of place)


someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations


a widow holding property received from her deceased husband


a woman who is the senior member of a group


someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve


someone who is drafted into military service


a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines


an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government)


a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman


a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen


British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution)


a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)


the person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment


the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else


oewn-drawing_card-n oewn-draw-n oewn-attraction-n oewn-attractor-n oewn-attracter-n

an entertainer who attracts large audiences

he was the biggest drawing card they had


a person who dresses in a particular way


oewn-modiste-n oewn-needlewoman-n oewn-seamstress-n oewn-sempstress-n


oewn-dribbler-n oewn-driveller-n oewn-slobberer-n oewn-drooler-n


a basketball player who is dribbling the ball to advance it


a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline


oewn-drinker-n oewn-imbiber-n oewn-toper-n oewn-juicer-n

a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)


a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver


someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle


a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground


oewn-drudge-n oewn-peon-n oewn-navvy-n oewn-galley_slave-n

a laborer who is obliged to do menial work


a person who controls an organization dealing in illegal drugs


a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland


the leader of a marching band or drum corps


a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band


someone arrested on the charge of being drunk and disorderly

they delivered the drunk-and-disorderlies to the county jail


oewn-drunkard-n oewn-drunk-n oewn-rummy-n oewn-sot-n oewn-inebriate-n oewn-wino-n


an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God

a Druze is permitted to conform outwardly to the faith of the unbelievers among whom he lives


a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages


a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant


the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right


a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank


oewn-dueler-n oewn-dueller-n oewn-duelist-n oewn-duellist-n


oewn-dumbbell-n oewn-dummy-n oewn-dope-n oewn-boob-n oewn-booby-n oewn-pinhead-n


oewn-dunce-n oewn-dunderhead-n oewn-numskull-n oewn-blockhead-n oewn-bonehead-n oewn-lunkhead-n oewn-hammerhead-n oewn-knucklehead-n oewn-loggerhead-n oewn-muttonhead-n oewn-shithead-n oewn-dumbass-n oewn-fuckhead-n

a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence


a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots


an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it

he was a dunker--he couldn't eat a doughnut without a cup of coffee to dunk it in


a counselor who admonishes frankly and sternly


a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause


oewn-eager_beaver-n oewn-busy_bee-n oewn-live_wire-n oewn-sharpie-n oewn-sharpy-n


a Boy Scout who has earned many merit badges


a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases


a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount


an officer of the English peerage who organizes royal processions and other ceremonies


a person who gets up very early in the morning


a person who arrives early before others do


someone who earn wages in return for their labor


an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S.


a resident of the east side of Manhattan in New York City


someone who consumes food for nourishment


a secret listener to private conversations


oewn-eccentric-n oewn-eccentric_person-n oewn-flake-n oewn-oddball-n oewn-geek-n

a person with an unusual or odd personality


someone who selects according to the eclectic method


a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment


a libertarian who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state


an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods


a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste


a person who puts finishing edges on a garment


a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)


someone belonging to (or as if belonging to) the era of Edward VII


one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose


an expert in increasing the efficient use of machines and personnel


a person who believes in the equality of all people


an intellectual; a very studious and academic person

in spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead


a self-centered person with little regard for others


an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology


a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation


an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders


any influential person whose advice is highly respected


official who won the office in a free election


a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity


a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines


an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person


someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots


someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity


the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead


in England they call an elevator man a liftman


someone who believes in rule by an elite group


a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I


a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery


Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator


a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives


someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use


a physician who specializes in embryology


a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties


oewn-emigrant-n oewn-emigre-n oewn-emigree-n oewn-outgoer-n

someone who leaves one country to settle in another


the boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau


(French) a person who exercises power or influence in certain areas without holding an official position

the President's wife is an eminence grise in matters of education


oewn-emir-n oewn-amir-n oewn-emeer-n oewn-ameer-n

an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)


someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else


a person subject to strong states of emotion


a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor


a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism


a person who is qualified and ready to work


a parent whose children have grown up and left home


oewn-enchantress-n oewn-temptress-n oewn-siren-n oewn-Delilah-n oewn-femme_fatale-n

a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive


a person who compiles information for encyclopedias


a heavy person with a soft and rounded body