of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator


capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers


real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers


measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle


of or relating to rabbis or their teachings


of or relating to or involving a sacrament


of or relating to or occurring in the night


pertaining to or used at the dining table


of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep


of or related to or near the sigmoid colon and the upper part of the rectum


derived from two separately fertilized eggs


(neuroscience) of or relating to or resembling a dendrite


of or relating to the cerebral hemispheres


pertaining to or characterized by or affected by pneumonia


of or relating to or inside the intestines


of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton


of or relating to or functioning as an adjective


of or relating to or functioning as an adverb


`raise' is monomorphemic but `rays' is not


of or relating to or functioning as a clause


of or relating to or functioning as a phrase


relating to or formed with the infinitive


of or relating to or serving as an index


of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae


of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics


(of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one


accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested


pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust


of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream


of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants)


of or relating to the work of an actuary


of or relating to the psychology of language


among our robotic devices is a vacuum cleaner


of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn


of or involving or guided by expansionism


having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation


relating to or having the characteristics of a family

children of the same familial background


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of or relating to the philosophical study of causation


of or relating to the cast-off skins or cuticles of various animals


of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples


of or relating to or located in East Africa


of or relating to or located in the East Indies


of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples


of or relating to or constituting a phenotype


of or relating to or constituting a genotype


of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms


of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms


concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment


of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings


relating to the methodology of some discipline


relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane)


relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea


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through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)


of or relating to or characterized by transition

adolescence is a transitional stage between childhood and adulthood


of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body


of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy


of or relating to or constituting development


of or relating to times before written history


relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean


relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean


of or relating to the theological doctrine of synergism


of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of monism

the monistic school would regard national law and international law as an integrated whole


of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism

a Manichaean conflict between good and evil


of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of pluralism


of or relating to the pleura or the walls of the thorax


of or relating to or located near a hilum


relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear


of or relating to or resembling a lobule


of or relating to or exhibiting anastomosis


relating to or associated with the bronchi


of or relating to or involving arterioles


of or relating to or involving bronchioles


of or relating to the biological study of physiology


relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals


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geomorphological features of the Black Hills


relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language


of or relating to or characteristic of death


containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead


relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood


of or relating to or characterized by euphony


of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks)


resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment


relating to or characteristic of Christianity


being historically related to both Judaism and Christianity


of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism


of or relating to or tending toward universalism


of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents


of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents


of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism


of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism


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of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church


having equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles having opposite signs and separated by a small distance


relating to or causing change in either shape or size of a material body or geometric figure


of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Anglican church


of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baptist church


of or pertaining to or characteristic of a Congregational church


of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church


of or relating to or characterizing revivalism


of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of the Protestant Church adhering to the views of Luther


of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley


of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon Church


of or relating to or characterizing Unitarianism


relating to or composed for an orchestra


arranged for performance by an orchestra


able to refract light without spectral color separation


relating to or arranged according to temporal order


of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language


of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language


of or pertaining to or characteristic of Germany or its people or language


relating to or characteristic of East Germany


relating to or characteristic of the Celts


of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages

Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British


of or pertaining to France or the people of France


of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the people of Spain


of or relating to the Iberian Peninsula or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of the region of Lusitania or its people or language


of or relating to or characteristic of Portugal or the people of Portugal or their language


of or relating to or characteristic of Sicily or the people of Sicily


of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Finland or the people of Finland


of or relating to or characteristic of Sweden or its people or culture or language


of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language


of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures


of or relating to or characteristic of Denmark or the Danes or their language


of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people


of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture


relating to or characteristic of Luxembourg


of or relating to Switzerland or its people or culture


of or relating to Austria or its people or culture


of or relating to Poland or its people or culture


of or relating to Polynesia or its people or culture


relating to or characteristic of Hungary


of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language


of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languages


of or relating to or characteristic of the country of Romania or its people or languages


of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages


of or relating to or characteristic of Latvia or its people or language


of or relating to or characteristic of Lithuania or its people or language


of or relating to or characteristic of Moldova or its people or culture


of or relating to or characteristic of Kyrgyzstan or its people or culture


of or relating to or characteristic of Tajikistan or it people or culture


of or relating to or characteristic of Turkmenistan or its people or culture


of or relating to or characteristic of Ukraine or its people or culture


of or relating to or characteristic of Uzbekistan or its people or culture


of or relating to the people or language or culture of the region of Serbia


of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language


of or relating to or characteristic of Slovenia or its people or language


of or relating to or characteristic of Slovakia or its people or language


of or relating to or characteristic of Bosnia-Herzegovina or the people of Bosnia


of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures


of or relating to the Chinese people or their language or culture


of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language


of or relating to a grammatical paradigm


of or relating to or characteristic of Tibet or its people or their language


of or relating to or characteristic of Chile or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Peru or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Ecuador or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Panama or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Venezuela or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Brazil or the people of Brazil


of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Paraguay or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Uruguay or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Bolivia or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Colombia or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Korea or its people or language


of or relating to or characteristic of North Korea or its people or their culture


of or relating to or characteristic of South Korea or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the people of Europe


of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture


of or relating to or characteristic of Cambodia or its people or language


of or relating to or characteristic of Manchuria or its people or their culture


of or relating to or characteristic of Honduras or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of El Salvador or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba


of or relating to or characteristic of Bavaria or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium


of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it


of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its culture


of or relating to or characteristic of Naples or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Milan or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Tuscany or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Venice or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of the Tyrol or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Vienna or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of Glasgow or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language


of or relating to or characteristic of Hindustan or its people or language


of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture


of or relating to or characteristic of Indonesia or its people or languages


of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of Athens or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people


of or relating to Thrace or its people or culture


of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy


of or relating to or characteristic of comedy


of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy

a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama


relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters


of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep


of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750


relating to ocean depths between 200 and 2000 meters (corresponds to the continental slope)


relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters)


of or relating to the area of Palestine and its inhabitants


of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire


concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis


of or relating to the stomach and intestines


relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure

the problem now is not a constitutional one; it is a functional one


characteristic of or affected by neurosis


relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities


of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states


of or relating to Quebec (especially to the French speaking inhabitants or their culture)


of or relating to or characteristic of Assam or its people or culture or language


of or relating to or characteristic of Austronesia or its people or culture


of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of Andorra or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of the Scottish district of Galloway or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Calcutta or its inhabitants


of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals


having or involving a trajectory of less than one orbit


of or relating to the theory of reductionism


of or relating to or caused by meteorites


of or relating to or resembling an asteroid


relating to or involving piezoelectricity


of or relating to or affected by hyperthyroidism


having the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activity


of or relating to or used in instruction


of or relating to a catechism summarizing the principles of Christianity


of or relating to or involving catechesis


of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism


of or relating to the cortex and the hypothalamus


relating to or connecting the cortex and thalamus


preceding and favoring gestation; of or relating to physiological changes associated with ovulation and formation of the corpus luteum


of or relating to progesterone (or to a drug with effects like those of progesterone)


of or relating to the theory or practice of macrobiotics


relating to a vice president or vice-presidency


surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart)


(often used in combination) consisting of or having a given number or kind of volumes


of or relating to or affected by hypothermia


of or relating to or affected by hyperthermia


of or relating to or produced by the botulinus


relating to or tending toward organicism


of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole)


capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents)


capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution)


of or relating to or resulting from mutation


of or pertaining to or marked by genetic mutation


tending to undergo or resulting from mutation


falling or striking of light rays on something


of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country


characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation


of or relating to or advocating nativism


advocating the perpetuation of native societies

the old nativist prejudice against the foreign businessman


relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species


cultivated cabbage and wild cabbage are conspecific


relating to or resulting from experience


relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages


of or relating to a mediator or the duties of a mediator


of or related to or directed toward mediation


of or relating to a curator or the duties of a curator


of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb


relating to or based on or involving comparison


relating to or characteristic of art or artists


relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics


of or relating to constituents within a sentence


of or relating to relations between sentences


of or relating to an embolism or embolus


a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened


of or relating to or resembling a gallinacean


of or relating to or determined by geodesy


of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism


characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way

`horse' and `hoarse' are homophonous words


of or relating to or in accord with liturgy


relating to or generated by a Markov process


of or relating to or characteristic of marble


of or relating to or resembling or abounding in marl


of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism


based on the meter as a standard of measurement


not based on the meter as a standard of measurement


relating to or having the nature of myth


consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl


family and ordinal names of animals and plants


of or relating to or denoting the Paleozoic era


of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing


relating to or having the character of a promise


occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria)


of or relating to or consisting of a quarter


representing the perfect example of a class or quality


relating to or produced by roentgenography


relating to or characterized by rotation


of or relating to or caused by putrefaction

the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank


of or relating to or marking the 50th anniversary


of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years


of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years


of or relating to or completing a period of 300 years


the national socialist party came to power in Germany in 1933


relating to or consistent with or typical of the ideology and practice of Nazism or the Nazis


of or relating to capitalism or capitalists


of or relating to or causing fermentation


of or relating to or produced by evolution


able by oracular means to expose a witch


of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum


of or relating to holography or holograms


of or relating to or required by canon law


a canonical book of the Christian New Testament


pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist communism"


relating to or characteristic or suggestive of a symphony


relating to or determined by or in context


of or relating to or providing nutrition


of or relating to or characterized by motion


relating to or demonstrating ferromagnetism


of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people


of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Central America or its people or languages


of or relating to or conforming to idiom


belonging to or characteristic of a dialect


involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments


of or relating to or produced by an enzyme


relating to the technical aspects of drama


relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact


having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number


oewn-aneurysmal-a oewn-aneurismal-a oewn-aneurysmatic-a oewn-aneurismatic-a


relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine


relating to or characteristic of providence

assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan


of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy


of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists


relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid


relating to or involving or causing hemolysis


of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system


of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine


of or relating to the urinary system of the body


of or relating to or resembling atheroma

atheromatous degeneration of the arteries


of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen


belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease


relating to or resembling or being emphysema


of or relating to or located in a mesentery


involving or resulting from calcification


involving or resulting from calcification of fibrous tissue


of or relating to or exhibiting pyknosis


of or relating to or constituting vertebrae


of or relating to the neocortex of the cerebrum


of or relating to the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum


of or relating to or in the style of a musical fugue


of or relating to the parasympathetic nervous system


having an effect similar to that resulting from stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system

parasympathomimetic drugs slow the heart rate


of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers


equal to zero when raised to a certain power


of or pertaining to large bone marrow cells


of or relating to the substance that forms a sheath around the axon of some nerve fibers


of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution


of or relating to Darwin's theories as modified by modern genetic findings


of or relating to a modern version of Lamarckism


pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result


of or involving or caused by or being microbes


of or relating to the cochlea of the ear


of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones


of or relating to or near the small of the back and the back part of the pelvis between the hips


oewn-flagellate-a oewn-flagellated-a oewn-whiplike-a oewn-lash-like-a

having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)


of or relating to or made from a ceramic


constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic


relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization


the Olympic Games were a Panhellenic celebration


of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language


of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its people or culture


of or relating to or characteristic of the Bronze Age culture of Crete


of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Mycenae or its inhabitants


of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea


of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization


of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times


of or relating to ancient Boeotia or its people or to the dialect spoken there in classical times


of or relating to a gateway on the west of ancient Athens


of or relating to the ancient Greek city of Argos or its people


having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.


of or relating to or located in the endothelium


of or relating to or belonging to the subclass Eutheria


of or relating to or located in or near the mitral valve


relating to or resembling the miter worn by some clerics


of or relating to or constituting a follicle


of or relating to or dealing with philology


of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia


of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia


of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers


obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material


living in or being an environment rich in organic matter but lacking oxygen


of living being in an oxygenated environment lacking organic matter


of or relating to the science of geography


having shoulders or shoulders as specified; usually used as a combining form


I merely drew an etymological distinction


of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture


of or relating to or characterized by propaganda


related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes


of or relating to or characteristic of Paris or its inhabitants


of or relating to or employing dialectic


of or relating to or characteristic of Turkey or its people or language


relating to or coming from Europe and Africa


relating to, or coming from, Europe and Asia

His mother was Eurasian, and his father Chinese


of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people

Moroccan mosques cannot be entered by infidels


of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language


of or relating to or characteristic of Corsica or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Sardinia or its people or its language


relating to the Alps and their inhabitants

Alpine countries, Switzerland, Italy, France, and Germany


relating to the Andes and their inhabitants


resembling or having the qualities of soap


bearing or consisting of or resembling umbels


of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works


of or relating to Mexico or its inhabitants


of or relating to a style of architecture in England in the 15th century


of or relating to George Bernard Shaw or his works


of or relating to William Shakespeare or his works


of or relating to B. F. Skinner or his behaviorist psychology


of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled


of or relating to Karl Gauss or his mathematical theories of magnetics or electricity or astronomy or probability


of or relating to or in the manner of Aeschylus


of or relating to Alexander the Great or his empire


oewn-Aristotelian-a oewn-Aristotelean-a oewn-Aristotelic-a oewn-peripatetic-a

of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy


of or relating to Honore de Balzac or his writings


of or relating to Ludwig van Beethoven or his music


of or relating to Prince Otto von Bismarck or his accomplishments


of or relating to or in the style of Humphrey Bogart


of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar


oewn-cesarean-a oewn-cesarian-a oewn-caesarean-a oewn-caesarian-a


of or relating to Samuel Taylor Coleridge or his writings


of or relating to or originating in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus


of or relating to or in the manner of Oliver Cromwell


of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings


of or relating to Demosthenes or his oratory


of or relating to John Dewey or his philosophy


of or relating to or in the manner of John Donne


of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski


of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws


of or relating to Albert Einstein or his theories


of or relating to Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled as queen


of or relating to or in the manner of Erasmus


of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his psychoanalytic ideas


of or relating to or in the manner of Robert Frost


of or relating to Mahatma Gandhi or his teachings


of or relating to or in the manner of Goethe


of or relating to or in the manner of George Frederick Handel


of or relating to Hegel or his dialectic philosophy


of or relating to or suggestive of Adolf Hitler or his Nazi regime in Germany


of or relating to the Hittite people or their language or culture


of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen


of or relating to or in the manner of Marcel Proust


of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy


of or relating to Socrates or to his method of teaching


of or relating to Carl Jung or his psychological theories


of or relating to Immanuel Kant or his philosophy


of or relating to John Maynard Keynes or to his economic theories


of or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophy


of or relating to or in the manner of Abraham Lincoln


of or pertaining to Martin Luther or his teachings

the Lutheran doctrine of justification by faith alone


of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary


of or relating to the Arabian prophet Muhammad or to the religion he founded


of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him


of or relating to a commercial treaty where two nations agree to accord each other the same favorable terms that would be offered in treaties with any other nation


of or relating to or in the manner of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart


of or relating to or like Napoleon Bonaparte


of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science


of or relating to Louis Pasteur or his experiments


of or relating to Ivan Pavlov or his experiments


of or relating to or like or in the manner of Jean Piaget


being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym


of or relating to Pythagoras or his geometry


of or relating to Richard Wagner or his music


of or relating to or in the state of Washington


of or relating to the capital of the United States


of or relating to the people who run the federal government


of or relating to or in the manner of George Washington


of or relating to Riemann's non-Euclidean geometry


of or relating to or like or in the manner of Franklin Roosevelt


of or relating to or like or in the manner of the Roman Seneca


of or relating to or like or in the manner of Stravinsky


relating to or like or in the manner of Henry David Thoreau


of or relating to the language of the Hebrews


of or relating to or characteristic of the Hebrews


relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth


of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia


of or relating to or symptomatic of dyslexia


of or relating to the people or culture of Moravia


of or relating to or characteristic of ambassadors


oewn-amoebic-a oewn-amebic-a oewn-amoeban-a oewn-ameban-a oewn-amoebous-a oewn-amebous-a


relating to anemia or suffering from anemia


specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor


especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge


of or relating to the countries or cultures or people of West Africa


belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language


containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid


of or relating to or characteristic of Angola or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Anguilla or its people


relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews


of or relating to or characteristic of Antigua or its people


of or relating to antiques or antiquities


of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquities


of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals)


relating to or associated with Arabia or its people


of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms


of or belonging to an aspect (as an aspect of the verb)


relating to or characteristic of the times of the Roman Emperor Augustus


of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages


of or relating to or characteristic of the Bahama Islands or their inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of Bahrain or its people or language


of or relating to or characteristic of Bangladesh or its people or language


relating to or designating languages that possess characteristics of Bantu


of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture


of or relating to people who speak Bantu


of or relating to or characteristic of Barbados or its inhabitants


being a bard or relating to a bard's poetry


of or relating to Saint Benedict or his works


of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Benin or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Bermuda or its inhabitants


of or pertaining to or characteristic of Bhutan or its people or culture or language


of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips


of or relating to or consisting of two terms


having a valence of two or having two valences


bearing or characterized by a blade or sword; often used in combination


having a blade or blades; often used in combination


of or relating to or characteristic of blastomycosis


of or relating to or derived from or containing boron


of or relating to or characteristic of Brunei or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Bulgaria or its people


of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy

his bureaucratic behavior annoyed his colleagues


of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Burundi or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of California or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of Cameroon or its people


characteristic of cannibals or exhibiting cannibalism


of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era


of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems


of or relating to or practicing casuistry


relating to or characteristic of the Catalan language


relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants


of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy


relating to or causing or involving catalysis


characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs


of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language


of or relating to or producing fruit of the plants of the genus Citrus


of or relating to plants of the genus Citrus


characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect


of or relating to or characteristic of the Congo region or its people


having to do with a consul or his office or duties


of or relating to the Copts or their church or language or art

the distinctive Coptic art of 6th-century Christian Egypt


of or relating to Costa Rica or its people


oewn-creaseproof-a oewn-wrinkleproof-a oewn-crease-resistant-a oewn-wrinkle-resistant-a


of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana


of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both


of or relating to or denoting the third period of the Mesozoic era


of or relating the principles of cybernetics


of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm


of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center


of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops


of or relating to or exhibiting cyclothymia


of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture


relating to or written in the alphabet used for writing Slavic languages


of or relating to Dalmatia or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people


of or relating to the reduction of a fever


relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion


of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi


characteristic of or resembling a demagogue


relating to a specific field of academic study

economics in its modern disciplinary sense


drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study


of or relating to Djibouti or its people or culture


of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative


of or relating to or provided in a domicile


of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order


of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people


of or belonging to or suitable for a duke


of or relating to or characteristic of the era of Edward VII in England


of or relating to the biological science of entomology


of or relating to or characteristic of Eritrea or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Ethiopia or its people or languages


relating to geometry as developed by Euclid


of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord


of or relating to Fiji or its people or language or culture


of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs


of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture


of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him


of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of Gambia or its inhabitants


of or relating to the Hanoverian kings of England


of or relating to or characteristic of the American state of Georgia or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of the Asian republic of Georgia or its people or language


of or relating to the former British colony of Georgia


of or relating to the language of Germans


of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language


of or relating to Gibraltar or its inhabitants


of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert


of or relating to or resembling gladiators or their combat


relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland


of or relating to or involving gonadotropin


of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths


characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German


concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party


of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect


of or relating to Pope Gregory XIII or the calendar he introduced in 1582


of or relating to Pope Gregory I or to the plainsong chants of the Roman Catholic Church


of or relating to or characteristic of Grenada or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of Guatemala or its residents


of or relating to or characteristic of Guinea or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of Guyana or its inhabitants


having the characteristics of a gyroscope


of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people


of or relating to the former English royal House of Hanover or their supporters


of or relating to the West Indian island of Hispaniola


related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture

the Hispanic population of California is growing rapidly


of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work


of or relating to Hippocrates or the school of medicine that took his name


of or relating to the practice of homeopathy


of or relating to the practice of allopathy


relating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the works attributed to him


of or relating to the study of hydraulics


moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil)


of or relating to hydropathy or its administration


of or relating to Iceland or its people or culture and language


of or relating to the former Indo-European people


of or relating to the Indo-European language family


relating to or characteristic of a tribe


of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture


of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture


of or pertaining to Andrew Jackson or his presidency or his concepts of popular democracy


of or relating to James I or his reign or times


of or relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution


of or relating to Jamaica (the island or the country) or to its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language


having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism


of or relating to or characteristic of Jordan or its people


of or relating to or having the characteristics of journalism


of or pertaining to or befitting the Roman deity Jupiter


of or pertaining to or characteristic of or resembling the planet Jupiter


of or relating to or characteristic of Julius Caesar


of or relating to the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis


of or relating to or characteristic of Kashmir or its people or culture


of or pertaining to Kazakhstan or to the Kazakhs or their culture


of or relating to or characteristic of Kenya or its people


of or relating to Kurdistan or the Kurds or their language and culture


of or relating to the capital of Kuwait or its residents

Kuwaiti streets are lined with luxury stores


of or relating to the kingdom of Kuwait or its people


of or relating to the English city of Lancaster or its residents


of or relating to the former English royal house or their supporters


of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand


relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Laputa or its people


of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language


of or relating to the ancient region of Latium


relating to languages derived from Latin


relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages


of or relating to or characteristic of Lebanon or its people


of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants


of or relating to Liechtenstein or its inhabitants


tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput


of or produced by or involved in lithography


of or relating to Liverpool or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of the grand duchy of Luxemburg or its people


of or relating to the capital city of Luxemburg


of or relating to Macedonia or its inhabitants


of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of conduct he recommended


of or relating to Madagascar or its people


relating to or characteristic of Malawi or its people or culture


of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago


of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia

Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers


of or relating to or characteristic of Mali or its people


of or relating to the island or republic of Malta or its inhabitants


of or relating to Thomas Malthus or to Malthusianism


of or relating to or characteristic of the English city of Manchester or its residents


of or relating to the Isle of Man or its inhabitants or their language


of or related to the island or country of Mauritius or its inhabitants


of or relating to a mayor or the office of mayor


of or relating to or characteristic of or located near the Mediterranean Sea


of or relating to megaliths or the people who erected megaliths


relating to or made of or similar to a membrane


of or relating to Gregor Mendel or in accord with Mendel's laws


containing, or impregnated with, menthol


relating to or characteristic of a meritocracy


giving milk; bred or suitable primarily for milk production


of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium


of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures


of or relating to the modern Mongolian People's Republic


(offensive) of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome


of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia


characteristic of or resembling a Mongol


of or relating to Montserrat or the inhabitants of Montserrat


relating to or characteristic of the Moors


of or relating to the people of Mozambique


of or relating to or located in Mozambique


of or relating to the residents of Moscow


of or relating to the island republic of Nauru or its residents


relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man


of or relating to or resembling a nebula

the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system


of or relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age (characterized by the use of eoliths)


of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age (following the paleolithic)


of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic)


of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic)


of or relating to or suffering from neuralgia


of or relating to or suffering from neurasthenia


of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor


of or relating to Nicaragua or is people


a Nigerian novelist won the Nobel Prize for literature this year


of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages


of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it


contributing to the process of nitrogen fixation


of or relating to or containing nitrogen


relating to or characterized by or having nodules


of or relating to movement that is not uniform or not without rotation


Hitler wanted Nordic people to rule Europe


of or relating to or constituting the Scandinavian group of languages


of or relating to or characteristic of the Normans


of or relating to or characteristic of Normandy


of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus


of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants


of or relating to or being computer software for which the source code is freely available


relating to a mood of verbs in some languages


relating to or concerned with logical implication


relating to verbs in the imperative mood


relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements


relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood

not all questions have an interrogative construction


of or relating to normal binocular vision


pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities

outdoor education is the area of teacher training concerned with training for outdoor activities


of or pertaining to or characteristic of the city of Oxford, England, or its inhabitants


of or pertaining to or characteristic of Oxford University


of or relating to Pakistan or its people or language


of or relating to Papua or its people or language


relating to or of the nature of paralysis


administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection)


pertaining to Parthia or its people or language or culture


of or relating to or consisting of participles


indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts


(Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole


of or derived from a personal or family name


of or relating to or derived from pectin


relating to or having or lying within a scrotum


of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost


of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members


of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists


of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment


composing or characteristic of an orchestral group


of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people


pertaining to the phonic method of teaching reading


containing or characteristic of phosphorus


relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing


having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons


comparison between human and porcine pleasures


(of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals


beyond or distal to a ganglion (referring especially to the unmyelinated fibers that originate from cells in autonomic ganglia)


pertaining to the period following a seizure or convulsion


of or relating to the period following the millennium


oewn-praetorian-a oewn-praetorial-a oewn-pretorian-a oewn-pretorial-a


of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites


of or relating to or formed with a preposition


of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once


of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism


of or relating to or based on probability


of or relating to the Roman Catholic philosophy of probabilism


of or relating to or characteristic of a procession


of or relating to or typical of a proconsul


of or relating to or characteristic of Prussia or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language


of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism


of or relating to or produced by chemical reactions at high temperatures


relating to or exhibiting pyroelectricity


of or relating to or produced by pyrography


of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation


of or relating to the craft of making fireworks


of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans)


of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables


of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece


of or concerning Qatar or its inhabitants


involving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable


involving the second and no higher power of a quantity or degree


involving the fourth and no higher power of a quantity or degree


oewn-quadraphonic-a oewn-quadriphonic-a oewn-quadrasonic-a oewn-quadrisonic-a


the quincentennial celebration of the founding of the city


of or relating to the Quechua or their language


of or relating to or characteristic of Francois Rabelais or his works


having no parts resembling rays; not having ray flowers


of or relating to or resulting in redemption


of or relating to or connected with residence

a residential requirement for the doctorate


entitled to the residue of an estate (after payment of debts and specific gifts)


exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance


pertaining to the drawing in phase of respiration


of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration


containing or using responses; alternating


of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion)


of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it


producing or possessing or resembling rhizomes


of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism


relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language


of or relating to the Romani or their language or culture


pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance


of or relating to Samoa or its people or language or culture


of or relating to San Marino or its people


of or relating to or having the characteristics of a satyr

this satyric old man pursues young girls


of or relating to Saudi Arabia or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendants (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language


of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language


of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism


of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia


of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy


of or relating to or characteristic of Semites


of or relating to the group of Semitic languages

Semitic tongues have a complicated morphology


of or relating to or characteristic of Senegal or its people


of or relating to the languages of the Thai people


of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Siberia or the Siberians


of or relating to Sierra Leone or its people


of or relating to the island nation of Singapore and its people


The Sinhalese are the main ethnic group of Sri Lanka


of or relating to the Sinhalese languages


of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture


of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of less than one billion dollars


of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture


of or relating to any of the group of Sotho languages


pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata


pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend or allowance


of or relating to or having the nature or function of a substantive (i.e. a noun or noun equivalent)


of or relating to or characteristic of the African Republic of the Sudan or its people


of or relating to the island of Sumatra or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of Swaziland or its people or their language


of or relating to or infected with syphilis


of or relating to a systole or happening during a systole


of or relating to or happening during an extrasystole


of or relating to or characteristic of the island of Tahiti or its residents or their language and culture


of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language


of or pertaining to or arranged in table form


of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself


of or relating to the republic of Tanzania or its people


of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot


relating to or derived from or resembling tartar


of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds


relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day


of or relating to or characteristic of Texas or its residents


of or relating to fabrics or fabric making


of or relating to or characteristic of thermions


the movie director had thespian cooperation


of or relating to the African country of Togo or its people


of or relating to the island monarchy of Tonga or its people


of or relating to uniform movement without rotation


of or relating to or denoting the first period of the Mesozoic era


of or relating to the island of Trinidad


of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants


of or relating to Tunisia or its inhabitants


of or relating to the city of Tunis or its residents


of or relating to the people who speak the Turkic language


of or relating to or characteristic of Uganda or its people


in or relating to or obtained from urine


acting to increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine


of or relating to or associated with the uvula


relating to or operating by means of valves


of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles


relating to clothing (especially vestments)


of or relating to or resembling a vestment


of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine


of or relating to or characteristic of Vietnam or its people or its language


relating to a case used in some languages


(of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled


of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language


of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants


of or relating to or characteristic of Zaire or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of Zambia or its people


of or relating to or characteristic of New Zealand or its people


relating to or located at or near the zenith


of or relating to or characteristic of Zimbabwe or its people


relating to or characteristic of a supporter of Zionism


relating to or characteristic of Zionism


relating to or concerned with the combined affairs of two administrative zones

Bizonal currency was used in occupied Germany after World War II


characteristic of or associated with the Britons


resembling the bright orange of the root of the carrot plant


oewn-philhellenic-a oewn-philhellene-a oewn-Graecophile-a oewn-Graecophilic-a

characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things


relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind


rupestral drawings in the caves of Northern Spain


relating to or in the manner of Franz Kafka or his writings


pertaining to or resembling or befitting Faust or Faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values


pertaining to or characteristic of an invitation


of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude


he played some basic scalar patterns on his guitar


centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own


relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use


of vessels whose keel is not far below the waterline


resembling a shelf (or considered to resemble a shelf)


of or relating to or characteristic of the culture of the Shonas


of or relating to food that can be prepared quickly


alternately left and right with respect to a central point


of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia


of or relating to or belonging to the order Dictyoptera


relating to or characteristic of insects of the order Isoptera


relating or constituting or qualified to create a legal or financial obligation


pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear


containing bones (especially fossil bones)


relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery


relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants)


pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism


of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks)


of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye


pertaining to the dense specialized portion of a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis


having two equal arms because of the median position of the centromere


having the form of a straight rod because the centromere is in a terminal position


related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis


of or relating to an instrument for examining the interior of the bronchi


relating to plants of the division Bryophyta


of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people


of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae


of or relating to or caused by streptococci


of or relating to or resembling or consisting of a thallus


pertaining to or characteristic of thallophytes


of or relating to or characterized by ulceration


too small to be seen without an ultramicroscope


(of the testis) remaining in the abdomen instead of descending into the scrotum


resembling waves in form or outline or motion


of or relating to or being the location where something is purchased


relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate


of or relating to a bladder (especially the urinary bladder)


of or relating to the measurement of viscosity


pertaining to the power of salvation or redemption


intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system


(of pitches) made with the arm moving parallel to the ground


relating to or being a word processing system that prints the text exactly as it appears on the computer screen


relating to genes or characteristics or conditions carried on the X chromosome


of or relating to the language or culture of the Yuma people


of or relating to the language or culture of the Zapotec people


of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)


of or relating to or constituting zoonosis

the Ebola virus is believed to be zoonotic


of or relating to the cheek region of the face


oewn-.22_caliber-a oewn-.22-caliber-a oewn-.22_calibre-a oewn-.22-calibre-a

of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures twenty-two hundredths of an inch in diameter


oewn-.38_caliber-a oewn-.38-caliber-a oewn-.38_calibre-a oewn-.38-calibre-a

of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter


oewn-.45_caliber-a oewn-.45-caliber-a oewn-.45_calibre-a oewn-.45-calibre-a

of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures forty-five hundredths of an inch in diameter


taking place related or acquired under home healthcare


of or relating to Cambridge or Cambridge University


in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born


of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians


before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born


of the period before the Common Era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians


oewn-barely-r oewn-hardly-r oewn-just-r oewn-scarcely-r oewn-scarce-r


exactly at this moment or the moment described

we've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them


oewn-hardly-r oewn-scarcely-r oewn-barely-r oewn-scarce-r


in an annoying manner or to an annoying degree


in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature


in such a manner as to make something clearly evident


The teacher treats the children unkindly


oewn-merely-r oewn-simply-r oewn-just-r oewn-only-r oewn-but-r


in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment


a concern with what may have happened anciently


to an exceedingly great extent or degree

He had vastly overestimated his resources


our budget will be significantly affected by these new cuts


our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts


the kidney stones were removed ultrasonically


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(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct


totally and definitely; without question


oewn-partially-r oewn-partly-r oewn-part-r oewn-in_part-r

to some extent; in some degree; not wholly


oewn-wholly-r oewn-entirely-r oewn-completely-r oewn-totally-r oewn-all-r oewn-altogether-r oewn-whole-r oewn-right-r

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely


oewn-entirely-r oewn-exclusively-r oewn-solely-r oewn-alone-r oewn-only-r

without any others being included or involved


oewn-absolutely-r oewn-perfectly-r oewn-utterly-r oewn-dead-r

completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers


She performed perfectly on the balance beam


in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner


to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)


These news will only make you more upset


(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')


(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well


with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly

we can ill afford to buy a new car just now


without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor


with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display


indicating high probability; in all likelihood


thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form


to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree


in a manner affording benefit or advantage


in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage

the venture turned out badly for the investors


I'm afraid the film was well over budget


without skill or in a displeasing manner


with great or especially intimate knowledge


(used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully


oewn-okay-r oewn-O.K.-r oewn-all_right-r oewn-alright-r


He performed unsatisfactorily as a manager


oewn-badly-r oewn-severely-r oewn-gravely-r oewn-seriously-r

fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated


I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it


with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')


(comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner


to the highest degree of inferiority or badness


used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected


to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons


even as he lay dying they argued over his estate


oewn-rather-r oewn-kind_of-r oewn-kinda-r oewn-sort_of-r


of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)


at all times; all the time and on every occasion


you can always resign if you don't like it


in a manner involving or inclined to conjecture and supposition


he was consecutively ill, then well, then ill again


oewn-constantly-r oewn-always-r oewn-forever-r oewn-perpetually-r oewn-incessantly-r


without variation or change, in every case


not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; not ever; at no time in the past or future


oewn-occasionally-r oewn-on_occasion-r oewn-once_in_a_while-r oewn-now_and_then-r oewn-now_and_again-r oewn-at_times-r oewn-from_time_to_time-r

he was arrogant and occasionally callous


on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

sometimes she wished she were back in England


to the same degree (often followed by `as')


oewn-long_ago-r oewn-long_since-r oewn-lang_syne-r oewn-langsyne-r

of the distant or comparatively distant past


we were pretty much lost when we met the forest ranger


(degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely


paradoxically, ice ages seem to occur when the sun gets hotter


he usually behaves rather conventionally


she always behaves rather unconventionally


used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or especially to emphasize a negative statement


after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'

he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either


oewn-bloody-r oewn-damn-r oewn-all-fired-r oewn-all-firedly-r


to or in any or all places; pronoun, location; quantifier: universal


in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means


oewn-anyhow-r oewn-anyway-r oewn-anyways-r oewn-in_any_case-r oewn-at_any_rate-r oewn-in_any_event-r

used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement


in the actual state of affairs and often contrary to expectations

he might have been killed; as it is he was severely injured


oewn-however-r oewn-nevertheless-r oewn-withal-r oewn-still-r oewn-yet-r oewn-all_the_same-r oewn-even_so-r oewn-nonetheless-r oewn-notwithstanding-r oewn-at_the_same_time-r

despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it


oewn-so_far-r oewn-thus_far-r oewn-up_to_now-r oewn-hitherto-r oewn-heretofore-r oewn-as_yet-r oewn-yet-r oewn-til_now-r oewn-until_now-r

used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time


It was the same story; only this time she came out better


Victory, however it was brought about, was sweet


The results, however general, are important


the first part was easy; the second, however, took hours


I don't want to go to a restaurant; besides, we can't afford it


oewn-furthermore-r oewn-moreover-r oewn-what_is_more-r oewn-in_addition-r

computer chess games are getting cheaper all the time; furthermore, their quality is improving


to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)


to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)

further complicated by uncertainty about the future


to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense)


to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense)

went the furthest of all the children in her education


with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation


at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative


oewn-very-r oewn-really-r oewn-real-r oewn-rattling-r


oewn-mighty-r oewn-mightily-r oewn-powerful-r oewn-right-r

(Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree


henceforth she will be known as Mrs. Smith


following this in time or order or place; after this

hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance


oewn-instantaneously-r oewn-outright-r oewn-instantly-r oewn-in_a_flash-r


(old-fashioned or informal) in a little while


oewn-soon-r oewn-shortly-r oewn-presently-r oewn-before_long-r


he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive


in a spirited or lively manner; with animation and vivacity


oewn-frequently-r oewn-often-r oewn-oftentimes-r oewn-oft-r oewn-ofttimes-r


oewn-inexplicably-r oewn-curiously-r oewn-oddly-r oewn-peculiarly-r

in a manner differing from the usual or expected


oewn-reasonably-r oewn-moderately-r oewn-pretty-r oewn-jolly-r oewn-somewhat-r oewn-fairly-r oewn-middling-r oewn-passably-r


to a degree that exceeds the bounds of reason or moderation


his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory


oxidation ponds are extensively used for sewage treatment in the Midwest


oewn-decidedly-r oewn-unquestionably-r oewn-emphatically-r oewn-definitely-r oewn-in_spades-r oewn-by_all_odds-r


in accordance with truth or fact or reality


(used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc.


they said the car would break down and indeed it did


in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)

in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire


an archaic word originally meaning `in truth' but now usually used to express disbelief


the child was infected in utero from the mother


in isolation and without reference to anything else


naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill


in a manner at variance with what is natural or normal

The early Church not unnaturally adopted the position that failure to see the messianic character of his work was really caused by the people's own blindness


oewn-obviously-r oewn-evidently-r oewn-manifestly-r oewn-patently-r oewn-apparently-r oewn-plainly-r oewn-plain-r

unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')


oewn-apparently-r oewn-seemingly-r oewn-ostensibly-r oewn-on_the_face_of_it-r

irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land


oewn-again-r oewn-once_again-r oewn-once_more-r oewn-over_again-r


oewn-by_chance-r oewn-accidentally-r oewn-circumstantially-r oewn-unexpectedly-r


her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue


put that box out of the way so that no one trips on it


the mob boss wanted his rival out of the way


in a remote location or at a distance from the usual route


such erratic behavior was out of the way for him


in order to experience something different, you need to go off the beaten path


forming a hindrance, impediment, or obstruction

she might have succeeded in her ambition, had not circumstances been in her way


oewn-fortunately-r oewn-fortuitously-r oewn-luckily-r oewn-as_luck_would_have_it-r


sadly he died before he could see his grandchild


oewn-unfortunately-r oewn-unluckily-r oewn-regrettably-r oewn-alas-r


oewn-therefore-r oewn-hence-r oewn-thence-r oewn-thus-r oewn-so-r

(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result


(used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently


atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible


(in formal usage, especially legal usage) for that or for it

ordering goods and enclosing payment therefor


affecting the pursuit of a vocation or occupation


involving close contact; confronting each other

the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner


preferred to settle the matter one-on-one


the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table


face-to-face with; literally `face to face'


without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy


perhaps; indicating possibility of being more remarkable (greater or better or sooner) than


agreed to provide essentials but nothing beyond


farther along in space or time or degree


in addition, by way of addition; furthermore


oewn-extremely-r oewn-exceedingly-r oewn-super-r oewn-deathly-r


oewn-madly-r oewn-insanely-r oewn-deadly-r oewn-deucedly-r oewn-devilishly-r


in intelligence he was head and shoulders above the others in his class


oewn-excessively-r oewn-overly-r oewn-to_a_fault-r oewn-too-r

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits


oewn-besides-r oewn-too-r oewn-also-r oewn-likewise-r oewn-as_well-r


within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time

he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves


oewn-ultimately-r oewn-finally-r oewn-in_the_end-r oewn-at_last-r oewn-at_long_last-r

as the end result of a succession or process


after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay


he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations


it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished


oewn-immediately-r oewn-instantly-r oewn-straightaway-r oewn-straight_off-r oewn-directly-r oewn-now-r oewn-right_away-r oewn-at_once-r oewn-forthwith-r oewn-like_a_shot-r

without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening


used to preface a command or reproof or request


in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard


(prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity


oewn-happily-r oewn-merrily-r oewn-mirthfully-r oewn-gayly-r oewn-blithely-r oewn-jubilantly-r


referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present


oewn-firm-r oewn-firmly-r oewn-steadfastly-r oewn-unwaveringly-r


with firmness and conviction; without compromise

he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration


directly and without evasion; not roundabout


the alternatives that are variously represented by the participants


oewn-very_well-r oewn-fine-r oewn-alright-r oewn-all_right-r oewn-OK-r

an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence


without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion)


he openly flaunted his affection for his sister


practically orientated institutions such as business schools


practically the first thing I saw when I got off the train


at the time or occasion immediately following


with barely enough money for immediate needs


oewn-terribly-r oewn-awfully-r oewn-awful-r oewn-frightfully-r


oewn-terribly-r oewn-atrociously-r oewn-awfully-r oewn-abominably-r oewn-abysmally-r oewn-rottenly-r


in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner


The percentage of lead in our drinking water is unacceptably high


he behaved abusively toward his children


there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning


in the slightest degree or in any respect

Are you at all interested? No, not at all


completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')


in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly


I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand


oewn-a_lot-r oewn-lots-r oewn-a_good_deal-r oewn-a_great_deal-r


comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.


the result was, de facto, a one-party system


to all intents and purposes the case is closed


oewn-subsequently-r oewn-later-r oewn-afterwards-r oewn-afterward-r oewn-after-r oewn-later_on-r

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time


at a very fast tempo (faster than allegro)


oewn-intentionally-r oewn-deliberately-r oewn-designedly-r oewn-on_purpose-r oewn-purposely-r oewn-advisedly-r oewn-by_choice-r oewn-by_design-r

with intention; in an intentional manner


without intention; in an unintentional manner


(sentence connectors) because of the reason given


she can't boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal


with greater reason; for a still stronger, more certain reason

if you are wrong then, a fortiori, so am I


altogether he earns close to a million dollars


used of a group whose members acted or were acted upon collectively and when `all' and `together' can be separated by other words


without preparation or reflection; without a rational basis


meanwhile I will not think about the problem


the sketch was so largely drawn that you could see it from the back row


oewn-last-r oewn-lastly-r oewn-in_conclusion-r oewn-finally-r


oewn-absently-r oewn-abstractedly-r oewn-inattentively-r oewn-absentmindedly-r

in an absentminded or preoccupied manner


when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount


oewn-ahead-r oewn-onward-r oewn-onwards-r oewn-forward-r oewn-forwards-r oewn-forrader-r


the horse was three lengths ahead going into the home stretch


to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future)

moved the appointment ahead from Tuesday to Monday


to a more advanced or advantageous position


his little sister came along to the movies


in addition (usually followed by `with')

we sent them food and some clothing went along in the package


in line with a length or direction (often followed by `by' or `beside')


indicates continuity or persistence or concentration


in a state required for something to function or be effective


parents and teachers alike demanded reforms


between him and the dim light a form was outlined faintly


oewn-randomly-r oewn-indiscriminately-r oewn-haphazardly-r oewn-willy-nilly-r oewn-arbitrarily-r oewn-at_random-r oewn-every_which_way-r


to a particular destination either specified or understood


in or to a reversed position or direction


used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction


in or to various places; first this place and then that; location pronoun

he worked here and there but never for long in one town


oewn-about-r oewn-almost-r oewn-most-r oewn-nearly-r oewn-near-r oewn-nigh-r oewn-virtually-r oewn-well-nigh-r

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but


oewn-chiefly-r oewn-principally-r oewn-primarily-r oewn-mainly-r oewn-in_the_main-r


oewn-back-r oewn-backward-r oewn-backwards-r oewn-rearward-r oewn-rearwards-r


oewn-forward-r oewn-forwards-r oewn-frontward-r oewn-frontwards-r oewn-forrad-r oewn-forrard-r


in or to or toward an original condition


I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring


having the wind against the forward side of the sails

the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback


at right angles to the length of a ship or airplane


in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'


moving from one place to another and back again

he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York


moving backward and forward along a given course


the new musical was visually and aurally appealing


the jet was directed axially toward the cathode


by catalytic action; in a catalytic manner

catalytically stabilized combustion of propane


for cosmetic purposes to improve appearance


by using a microscope; so as to be visible only with a microscope; as seen with a microscope


as if by using a microscope; with extreme precision and attention to detail; in minute detail

every manuscript was edited microscopically


this phenomenon is thermodynamically impossible


oewn-below-r oewn-at_a_lower_place-r oewn-to_a_lower_place-r oewn-beneath-r


oewn-above-r oewn-higher_up-r oewn-in_a_higher_place-r oewn-to_a_higher_place-r


in addition; over and above what is expected


oewn-contemptuously-r oewn-disdainfully-r oewn-scornfully-r oewn-contumeliously-r


oewn-insanely-r oewn-crazily-r oewn-dementedly-r oewn-madly-r


she is behaving rather sanely these days even though we know she is schizophrenic


oewn-hebdomadally-r oewn-weekly-r oewn-every_week-r oewn-each_week-r


oewn-annually-r oewn-yearly-r oewn-every_year-r oewn-each_year-r


in a manner or to a degree that dazzles the beholder


at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal)


in a depressing manner or to a depressing degree


the ray has a dorsoventrally flattened body


oewn-particularly-r oewn-peculiarly-r oewn-especially-r oewn-specially-r

to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

he was particularly fussy about spelling


the pope must speak ex cathedra for an encyclical to be infallible


even atheists can be eschatologically minded


with specific intentions; for the express purpose

she needs the money expressly for her patients


oewn-quickly-r oewn-rapidly-r oewn-speedily-r oewn-chop-chop-r oewn-apace-r oewn-in_short_order-r


quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)


the radon level in the basement was impermissibly high


oewn-everlastingly-r oewn-eternally-r oewn-forever-r oewn-evermore-r


to infinity; without or seemingly without limit


for a long time without essential change


for a limited time only; not permanently


oewn-ad_lib-r oewn-ad_libitum-r oewn-spontaneously-r oewn-impromptu-r


complained continually that there wasn't enough money


for a very long or seemingly endless time


details known by only a few highly placed persons


to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect


involving the use of histology or histological techniques


he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge


in a strenuous manner; strongly or vigorously

he objected strenuously to the stand his party was taking


he strove mightily to achieve a better position in life


to the full extent possible; all the way


concrete that sets hard within a few hours


oewn-deplorably-r oewn-lamentably-r oewn-sadly-r oewn-woefully-r


Hollywood has grown too sophisticated to turn out anything really amusingly bad these days


oewn-downstairs-r oewn-down_the_stairs-r oewn-on_a_lower_floor-r oewn-below-r


with the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing


in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing


oewn-down-r oewn-downwards-r oewn-downward-r oewn-downwardly-r

spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position


away from a more central or a more northerly place

was sent down to work at the regional office


he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black


the story was passed down from father to son


oewn-up-r oewn-upwards-r oewn-upward-r oewn-upwardly-r

spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position


to a more central or a more northerly place


toward the source or against the current


away from the source or with the current


in the direction of the defending team's end of the playing field

he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards


without restrictions or stipulations or further payments


at or to or in the direction of one's home or family


at, to, or toward the place where you reside


fought his way homeward through the deep snow


rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left


oewn-insofar-r oewn-in_so_far-r oewn-so_far-r oewn-to_that_extent-r oewn-to_that_degree-r

insofar as it can be ascertained, the horse lung is comparable to that of man


used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is more of something


used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is less of something


comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent


before the usual time or the time expected


(old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far


at or to or from a great distance in space


I can only go so far before I have to give up


to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)


over great areas or distances; everywhere


in a fictional manner (created by the imagination)


oewn-finely-r oewn-fine-r oewn-delicately-r oewn-exquisitely-r


oewn-first-r oewn-firstly-r oewn-foremost-r oewn-first_of_all-r oewn-first_off-r


at first he didn't notice anything strange


on first seeing (someone or something); immediately


after an initial impression, which later proves incorrect


at first blush the offer seemed attractive


oewn-and_so_forth-r oewn-and_so_on-r oewn-etcetera-r oewn-etc.-r


oewn-at_heart-r oewn-at_bottom-r oewn-deep_down-r oewn-inside-r oewn-in_spite_of_appearance-r


oewn-at_least-r oewn-leastways-r oewn-leastwise-r oewn-at_any_rate-r

if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)


in an unhurried way or at one's convenience


at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence)


in a very agitated manner; as if possessed by an evil spirit


the soldiers were furtively crawling through the night


the Senate unanimously approved the bill


without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner


oewn-normally-r oewn-usually-r oewn-unremarkably-r oewn-commonly-r oewn-ordinarily-r


oewn-unusually-r oewn-remarkably-r oewn-unco-r oewn-notably-r


oewn-recently-r oewn-late-r oewn-lately-r oewn-of_late-r oewn-latterly-r


economic changes are proceeding erratically


the snake moved gradually toward its victim


in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is


to this place (especially toward the speaker)


in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail


we'll adjourn here for lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon


to or toward that place; away from the speaker


in that matter; in that respect; on that point


historically they have never coexisted peacefully


the hen settled herself on the nest most peacefully


with respect to science; in a scientific way


in an unscientific way; not according to the principles of science

they proceeded unscientifically when they dissected the mummy


oewn-outside-r oewn-outdoors-r oewn-out_of_doors-r oewn-alfresco-r


(intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration

our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War


used to form the superlative, greatest in size or degree

the king cobra is the most dangerous snake


used to form the superlative, smallest in size or degree

The garter snake is the least dangerous snake


nobody, least of all Joe, agreed with me


oewn-mutely-r oewn-wordlessly-r oewn-silently-r oewn-taciturnly-r


oewn-inevitably-r oewn-necessarily-r oewn-of_necessity-r oewn-needs-r

in such a manner as could not be otherwise


oewn-newly-r oewn-freshly-r oewn-fresh-r oewn-new-r


the drapery served organically to cover the Madonna


in a machinelike manner; without feeling


unofficially, he serves as the treasurer


in or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function


in or at or near a periphery or according to a peripheral role or function or relationship


a phylogenetically primitive part of the brain


of or relating to physiological processes; with respect to physiology


clean it well, preferably with warm water


with regard to social relationships involving authority


they fought toe-to-toe for the nomination


in contact with each other or in proximity


oewn-jointly-r oewn-collectively-r oewn-conjointly-r oewn-together_with-r

our salaries collectively couldn't pay for the damage


subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)


he observed the snakes so he could describe their behavior


oewn-regardless-r oewn-irrespective-r oewn-disregardless-r oewn-no_matter-r oewn-disregarding-r

in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

he carried on regardless of the difficulties


regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously


oewn-once-r oewn-formerly-r oewn-at_one_time-r oewn-erstwhile-r oewn-erst-r


immediately following or undeservedly benefiting from

the CEO resigned on the coattails of the scandal


(contrastive) from another point of view

on the other hand, she is too ambitious for her own good


on the one hand, she is a gifted chemist


concurrently with the conference an exhibition of things associated with Rutherford was held


his books were lined up unsystematically on the shelf


he acted inconsistently when he bought these stocks


He knocked over the red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth


in a democratic manner; based on democratic principles


undemocratically, he made all the important decisions without his colleagues


the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough


economically this proposal makes no sense


in a manner that closely resembles the original object


doing something reprehensible or showing clear evidence of having done something reprehensible


with regard to technical skill and the technology available


according to the exact meaning; according to the facts

technically, a bank's reserves belong to the stockholders


by means of heat from the interior of the earth


by means of heat or with respect to thermal properties


with respect to the science of linguistics


she studied the phenomenon cross-linguistically


in the flesh; without involving anyone else


explain the phenomenon neurobiologically


with regard to a nation taken as a whole


psychologically similar but materially different


it aided him materially in winning the argument


in a surgical manner; by means of surgery


They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing


the brothers were called Felix and Max, respectively


this is primarily a question of economics


oewn-probably-r oewn-likely-r oewn-in_all_likelihood-r oewn-in_all_probability-r oewn-belike-r

with considerable certainty; without much doubt


notably in the social sciences, the professors teach too much


oewn-appropriately-r oewn-suitably-r oewn-fittingly-r oewn-befittingly-r oewn-fitly-r oewn-properly-r oewn-duly-r

in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances


this poison is a thousand-fold more toxic


according to nature; by natural means; without artificial help


not according to nature; not by natural means


in a slowly developing and long lasting manner


the dust adhered electrostatically to the surface


blood pressure is homeostatically regulated


oewn-surely-r oewn-certainly-r oewn-sure-r oewn-for_sure-r oewn-for_certain-r oewn-sure_enough-r oewn-sure_as_shooting-r

definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')


Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks


intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)


(usually followed by `that') to an extent or degree as expressed


in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied

They're happy and I hope they will remain so


to a certain unspecified extent or degree


with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily')


in a relaxed manner; or without hardship


they learn much, factually, about the problems of retirement and provision for old age, and, psychologically, in the sharing of their thoughts on retirement


in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived


used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly

you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out


to be nominally but not actually independent


as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis; as a modifier to add slight emphasis

actually, we all help clear up after a meal


the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air


sure enough, he asked her for money again


an interjection expressing agreement; Yes, you are indeed correct


above and beyond all other consideration


after all, she is your boss, so invite her


oewn-all_in_all-r oewn-on_the_whole-r oewn-altogether-r oewn-tout_ensemble-r

with everything considered (and neglecting details)


not stopping short of sexual intercourse


it cost me a week's salary and then some


structurally open and not compact or close


he was on trial for allegedly murdering his wife


he works comfortably on three continents


she could have been lying comfortably in bed getting the same relief


she lay on the couch, her body uncomfortably twisted


oewn-by_and_large-r oewn-generally-r oewn-more_often_than_not-r oewn-mostly-r


in any way necessary; by any possible means

I'll pass this course by hook or by crook


he worked on his book by fits and starts


oewn-by_the_way-r oewn-by_the_bye-r oewn-incidentally-r oewn-apropos-r


these stories were transmitted by word of mouth


(of drugs) through the mouth rather than through injection; by mouth


we'll go to Tibet come hell or high water


so as to be complete; with everything necessary


oewn-precisely-r oewn-exactly-r oewn-just-r oewn-properly-r

he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do


there is more at stake than your modesty


the car salesman threw in the radio, for good measure


oewn-for_love_or_money-r oewn-for_anything-r oewn-for_any_price-r oewn-for_all_the_world-r

she wouldn't give up her pets for love or money


as a particular one of several possibilities


from the beginning, especially without relying on resources or other advantages


nearly opposite to the direction from which wind is coming


in a close relation or position in time or space


the two phenomena are intimately connected


in a relative manner; by comparison to something else


the patients are predominantly indigenous


oewn-slowly-r oewn-slow-r oewn-easy-r oewn-tardily-r

without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')


in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly

she admitted publicly to being a communist


kept private or confined to those intimately concerned

it was discussed privately between the two men


they were secretly delighted at his embarrassment


by a group of people rather than an individual


the houses were jumbled together cheek by jowl


oewn-head_over_heels-r oewn-heels_over_head-r oewn-topsy-turvy-r oewn-topsy-turvily-r oewn-in_great_confusion-r

we ran head over heels toward the shelter


in a feckless manner; irresponsibly and incompetently


carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment


he believed her story hook, line, and sinker


lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner


oewn-in_due_course-r oewn-in_due_season-r oewn-in_good_time-r oewn-in_due_time-r oewn-when_the_time_comes-r

we'll get to this question in due course


for an extended time or at a distant time


incidentally; in the course of doing something else


oewn-secretly-r oewn-in_secret-r oewn-on_the_Q.T.-r oewn-on_the_QT-r

met secretly to discuss the invasion plans


oewn-in_the_first_place-r oewn-earlier-r oewn-in_the_beginning-r oewn-to_begin_with-r oewn-originally-r

why didn't you tell me in the first place?


eventually or after a lengthy period of time


she praised and criticized him in the same breath


she tried unsuccessfully to persuade him to buy a new car


the rocket launch went off like clockwork


oewn-like_hell-r oewn-like_mad-r oewn-like_crazy-r oewn-like_sin-r oewn-like_thunder-r oewn-like_the_devil-r

(informal) with great speed or effort or intensity; used for emphasis


used ironically to indicate the opposite of what is stated


some of the girls did go to extremes, but it was all in fun


the presidential candidate made a remark off the cuff


spoke to him intimately and confidentially


he got down on all fours to play with his grandson


on average he watches three movies a week


in theory; according to the assumed facts


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he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends


that question really put him on the spot


in a manner that uses the most flattering or best aspects of

the dress brought out her figure to advantage


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under the circumstances I cannot buy the house


in or toward the northern parts of a state


to a great depth psychologically or emotionally


to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree


attacked wildly, slashing and stabbing over and over


in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner


he could determine uniquely the properties of the compound


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the unknown word turned up over and over again in the text


in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree


for an indefinite number of successive days


for an indefinite number of successive weeks


week by week, the betrayal gnawed at his heart


month by month, the betrayal gnawed at his heart


he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock


the evidence amply (or fully) confirms our suspicions


this marathon would exhaust him unnecessarily


she put the slippers under the bed neatly


the children worked on the project independently


not taken into account or excluded from consideration

these problems apart, the country is doing well


separated or at a distance in place or position or time


oewn-as_needed-r oewn-as_required-r oewn-pro_re_nata-r oewn-PRN-r

according to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions)


clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment


oewn-excellently-r oewn-magnificently-r oewn-splendidly-r oewn-famously-r


without consideration; in an inconsiderate manner

inconsiderately, he asked to be invited for dinner


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the performance was at a gratifyingly high level


he stood by unhelpfully while the house burned down


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oewn-competently-r oewn-aptly-r oewn-ably-r oewn-capably-r

with competence; in a competent capable manner


the defendant stared unemotionally at the victim's family


with self-possession (especially in times of stress)


the temperature decreases correspondingly


toward or in the lower or central part of town


best of all, we don't have any homework!


he played best after a couple of martinis


the play was dramatically interesting, but the direction was bad


oewn-namely-r oewn-viz.-r oewn-that_is_to_say-r oewn-to_wit-r oewn-videlicet-r


with enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner

they discussed the question enthusiastically


without enthusiasm; showing no enthusiasm

the children opened the presents unenthusiastically


in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease


the divinely appointed means of rescue from temporal existence