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| quack | The cry of a duck | An unqualified medical practitioner | ||
| quadrille | A kind of dance | A type of card game | ||
| quail | To shrink back with fear, to be cowed | A small migratory bird | ||
| quark | An hypothetical unit of subatomic particles | A low-fat soft cheese | ||
| quarrel | A noisy dispute | A short, heavy bolt or arrow | ||
| quarry | A place fron which stone etc. is dug | Intended victim or prey | A square or diamond-shaped pane of glass | |
| quart | A measure of capacity | A sequence of four cards of same suit | ||
| quitter | A person who quits | An ulcer of a horse's hoof | ||
| quiver | To tremble with a rapid tremulous motion | A portable case for arrows | ||
| rabble | A noisy crowd, mob | An iron tool for stirring molten metal | ||
| race | A contest of speed | A major division of humankind | A root of ginger | |
| rack | An open framework | Destruction | To draw off wine from lees | Light vapoury clouds |
| racket | Bat used for tennis, squash etc | A clamour, confused noise | ||
| raddle | To paint with ruddle (red ochre) | A lath in a fence | ||
| raffle | A lottery | Rubbish, lumber, debris | ||
| rag | A torn piece of cloth | To tease | Ragtime music | A hard, coarse, rough stone |
| rail | A bar of wood or metal | Complain strongly | A wading bird of the family Rallidae | |
| rake | A toothed implement | A dissolute man | Inclination, slope | |
| rakish | Characteristic of a rake | With masts sharply inclined | ||
| rally | To reunite, bring together again | To ridicule or tease in a good-humoured way | ||
| rand | Monetary unit of South Africa | A strip of leather between sole & heel of a boot | ||
| rank | Relative degree of excellence etc. | Excessively luxuriant in growth | ||
| rap | To strike with a slight, sharp blow | The least amount | ||
| rape | Forced sexual intercourse | The plant, Brassica napus | The refuse of grapes after wine is expressed | A division of Sussex |
| rare | Exceptional, seldom existing | (Of meat) underdone | ||
| rate | The proportional measure of something | To chide angrily, to scold | ||
| rating | The act of assessing | A scolding, a harsh reprimand | ||
| rattan | A type of palm | The beat of a drum, a rataplan | ||
| rave | To wander in mind, be delirious | A cart-rail | ||
| ray | A beam of light | A type of marine fish | The second note of the tonic sol-fa scale | |
| ream | 500 sheets of paper | To enlarge the bore of a hole | ||
| rear | The back or hindmost part | To bring up, to breed | ||
| recession | A slump, especially in trade | The act of giving back to a former owner | ||
| recoil | To shrink back | The act of recoiling | ||
| reef | A ridge of rock, coral, etc. in the sea | A horizontal strip across the top of a sail | ||
| reefer | A person who reefs | A marijuana cigarette | ||
| reel | A cylindrical device for winding thread etc. | To stagger, sway | A lively dance | |
| reeve | Chief magistrate of a district | To pass through a ring | The female of the ruff | |
| refrain | To abstain from | A recurring phrase or line, a chorus | ||
| regal | Relating to a king or queen | A small portable reed-organ | ||
| regalia | The insignia of royalty | A superior Cuban cigar | ||
| relief | Allevation of pain, discomfort etc. | Method of carving, moulding etc | ||
| rennet | Curdled milk from a calf's stomach | A variety of apple | ||
| rent | A periodic payment for use of land etc. | A tear, slit or breach | ||
| repose | Rest, cessation of activity etc. | To place, to put | ||
| rest | To cease from exertion, motion or activity | The residue, remainder | ||
| retort | Incisive, witty or angry reply | A vessel used for distilling liquids | ||
| reveal | To allow to appear | The depth of a wall as revealed in side of a door,etc. | ||
| revolute | (Of a leaf) rolled backwards from the edge | Bringing about great changes | ||
| rhea | A flightless bird of the family Rheidae | The ramie plant | ||
| rick | A stack of corn, hay etc. | To wrench or sprain | ||
| riddle | A puzzle, conundrum or enigma | To pass through a riddle, to sift | ||
| riffle | To ruffle, to flick rapidly through | In gold mining, a groove or channel set in a sluice | ||
| rig | To furnish or fit | To manipulate fraudulently | ||
| ring | A circlet | To give a clear vibrating sound | ||
| rip | To tear or cut forcibly | An eddy | ||
| ripple | To run in small waves or undulations | A comb for removing seeds from flax | ||
| roach | A freshwater fish | A curved part of a fore-and-aft sail | ||
| road | A track or way for travelling on | (Of a dog) to follow (a game bird) by its scent | ||
| roan | (Of a horse) with coat interspersed with hairs of another colour | A soft flexible sheepskin leather | ||
| rock | The solid part of the earth's crust | To move backwards & forwards | ||
| rocket | A type of forework or signal flare | A plant of the genus Hesperis or Sisymbrium | ||
| rode | Past tense of RIDE | (Of a woodcock or wildfowl) to fly in the evening | ||
| roe | Fish eggs | A small species of deer | ||
| roost | A bird's perch | A powerful tidal current | ||
| root | Part of a plant that conveys nourishment | Turn up (ground) with snout etc. | ||
| rose | A flowering shrub | Past tense of RISE | ||
| rout | An utter defeat and overthrow | To root (up or out) | ||
| rove | To wander,ramble, roam | To draw out & twist (wool etc.) | Metal plate through which a rivet is passed | |
| row | A line of people or things | To propel by oars | ||
| rubber | A soft, elastic substance | A series of three games at whist etc. | ||
| ruck | A multitude, a crowd | To wrinkle, to crease | ||
| ruckle | To ruck | To make a rattling or gurgling noise | ||
| rue | To grieve or be sorry for | A plant of the genus Ruta | ||
| ruff | A broad pleated frill | A small freshwater fish | The act of trumping at cards | |
| rush | To drive, urge etc. with haste | A plant of the family Juncaceae | ||
| rut | A deep track or groove | Periodic sexual excitement of male deer etc. | ||
| sac | A pouch in an animal or vegetable | An priviledge granted to a lord of a manor | ||
| sack | A large bag | To plunder or pillage | ||
| saga | A medieval prose narrative | Plural of sagum (Roman military cloak) | ||
| sage | A grey-leaved aromatic plant | Wise, discreet, prudent | ||
| Salian | Relating to the Salti or ancient Roman priests of Mars | Relating to an early Frankish tribe | ||
| sally | A military rush | The handle of a bell-ringer's rope | ||
| salve | A healing ointment | To save from desruction | ||
| salvo | A discharge of guns etc. as a salute | A saving clause, a proviso | ||
| sap | The vital juice of plants | To undermine | ||
| sash | An ornamental band | The frame holding the glass of a window | ||
| saw | A toothed cutting implement | A saying, proverb | Past tense of SEE | |
| scale | Protective plates of a fish | A weighing machine | A graded classification system | |
| scar | A mark left by a wound etc. | A cragg, cliff | A parrotfish | |
| scarf | A strip of material worn round the neck | To join the ends of (timber) with a scarf joint | ||
| scarp | A steep slope | In heraldry, a diminutive of the bend sinister | ||
| scat | Go away!, be off! | Excrement | Jazz singing in meaningless syllables | |
| school | An educational institution | A shoal of fish | ||
| sconce | A flat candlestick with a handle | A blockhouse, bulwark | ||
| scotch | To put an end to, frustrate | A block for a wheel or other round object | ||
| scour | To clean by friction | To rove, to range | ||
| scout | A person sent out to bring information | To treat with contempt and disdain | ||
| scribble | To write or draw carelessly | To card roughly | ||
| scrip | A provisional certificate | A small bag | ||
| scrub | Clean by hard rubbing | Brushwood, undergrowth | ||
| scuttle | A coal container | To hurry along, scurry | A hole with a lid in a shp's side or deck | |
| seal | An amphibious marine mammal | A die or stamp | ||
| second | Next after the first | 1/60th of a minute | ||
| see | To perceive by the eye | The diocese of a bishop or archbishop | ||
| seer | A person who sees, a prophet | An Indian unit of weight | ||
| septiform | Sevenfold | Shaped like a septum | ||
| service | The act of serving | The service tree | ||
| set | To place, to put, to stand | A number of related things | ||
| settle | To place firmly | A long, high-backed bench | ||
| shanty | A rude hut or cabin | A song sung by sailors | ||
| share | A portion of a whole | A ploughshare | ||
| shed | To pour out, to let fall | A slight simple building | ||
| sheet | A thin, flat broad piece of anything | A rope attached to the clew of a sail | ||
| shelve | To place on a shelf | To slope gradually | ||
| shingle | Small rounded pebbles on seashore | A rectangular wooden roofing tile | ||
| shiver | To tremble or shake | A tiny fragment, a sliver | ||
| shoal | A large number, multitude, crowd | (Of water) shallow | ||
| shock | A violent collision | A thick mass of hair | A collection of sheaves of grain | |
| shore | Land at the borders of a body of water | A prop, a stay | ||
| shot | A missile for a firearm | That has been shot | A reckoning, a bill | Past tense of SHOOT |
| shrub | A woody plant smaller than a tree | A drink composed of sweetened fruit juice | ||
| sick | Ill, affected by some disease | To chase or attack | ||
| size | Measurement, extent, etc. | A sticky solution used to glaze paper | ||
| skate | An ice-skate, roller-skate | A fish of the genus Raja | ||
| skiff | A small light boat | To skim (as a stone on water) | ||
| skip | To progress by hopping from foot to foot | A container for collecting refuse | ||
| slab | A thin, flat piece of anything | Thick, slimy, viscous, sticky | ||
| slack | Not drawn tight | Small pieces of coal | ||
| slam | To shut (a door etc.) suddenly & noisily | In whist etc. the winning of every trick | ||
| slat | A thin narrow strip | To fling, to dash, to slap | ||
| slate | A fine-grained laminated rock | To criticize savagely | ||
| slew | Past tense of SLAY | To turn, twist or swing as on a pivot | ||
| sling | A strap etc. used to support or raise things | A sweetened drink of spirits | ||
| slip | To slide unintentionally | A small piece of paper | A creamy mixture of clay and water | |
| slop | To spill or allow to overflow | A workman's loose overall | ||
| slot | An aperture, slit | The track of a deer | A bar or bolt fastening a door | |
| slug | A shell-less gastropod | To hit hard | ||
| slum | A squalid neighbourhood | The non-lubricating part of crude oil | ||
| smack | A blow with the flat of the hand | A slight taste of | A one-masted vessel | |
| smelt | Past tense of SMELL | A small food fish | To fuse ore so as to extract metal | |
| snarl | To growl in a sharp tone with teeth bared | To entangle | ||
| snook | A gesture of derision | A tropical American fish | ||
| snuff | The charred part of a candle wick | Powdered tobacco | ||
| soil | The ground | To make dirty | To feed (cattle etc.) with green food | |
| sole | Underside of the foot | A flatfish | Single, only, unique | |
| sorrel | A herb with acid leaves | Of a reddish- or yellowish-brown | ||
| sound | The sensation produced through the ear | Whole, unimpared | To measure the depth of | A narrow passage of water |
| spade | A digging implement | A suit of playing cards | ||
| span | Full extent from end to end | Nautically, a rope or chain | All new, brand new | Past tense of SPIN |
| spar | A stout pole | Make motions of boxing | Easily split crystalline mineral | |
| spat | A short gaiter | A petty quarrel | The spawn of shellfish | Past tense of SPIT |
| spell | To say or write the letters forming a word | A charm, incantation | A shift or turn of work | A splinter of wood etc. |
| spelt | Past tense of SPELL | A variety of wheat | ||
| spencer | A short overcoat or jacket | A fore-and-aft trysail | ||
| spike | Any pointed object | Botanically, an inflorescence closely attached to a stem | ||
| spill | To cause (liquid etc.) to fall or run out | A slip of paper or wood for lighting candles etc. | ||
| spire | A tapering, conical structure | A spiral, a coil | ||
| spit | To eject (saliva etc.) | A spade's depth of earth | A rod for skewering meat for roasting | |
| splat | A flat strip of wood forming part of a chair back | A sharp splattering sound | ||
| spoke | A rod connecting hub & rim of a wheel | Past tense of SPEAK | ||
| spray | Water etc. flying in small drops | A small branch or sprig | ||
| sprig | A small branch, twig, or shoot | A small headless nail | ||
| spruce | Neat, trim, smart | A conifer of the genus Picea | ||
| sprue | A hole through which molten metal is poured into a mould | A tropical disease | ||
| sprung | Past tense of SPRING | Provided with springs | ||
| spun | Past tese of SPIN | Produced by a spinning process | ||
| squash | To crush, to press flat | A fleshy edible gourdlike fruit | ||
| squinch | An arch across internal angle of a square tower | To screw (one's face or eyes up) | ||
| stable | Firmly fixed, established | A building for horses | ||
| stadia | An instrument for measuring distance | Plural of stadium | ||
| staff | A stick or pole to aid walking | A type of mortar | ||
| stake | A stout pointed stick or pole | A wager in a competition or game etc. | ||
| stale | Not fresh | The urine of horses or cattle | ||
| stalk | The stem or axis of a plant | To pursue prey stealthily | ||
| stall | A booth or shed in a market etc. | To play for time | ||
| staple | A U-shaped piece of metal for fixing | The principal article of commerce | ||
| staunch | Loyal, constant, trustworthy | To stop (blood) flowing | ||
| stay | To continue in same place or condition | A support, a prop | A rope supporting a mast | |
| steep | Sharply inclined | To soak (in liquid) | ||
| steer | To guide | A young male of the ox kind | ||
| steeve | Angle of elevation of a bowsprit | A spar or derrick for stowing cargo | ||
| stem | Main body or stalk of a plant | To draw up, to check, to hold back | ||
| stew | To cook by boiling slowly | An artificial oyster bed | ||
| stick | A short slender length of wood | To thrust the point of | ||
| stifle | To smother, suffocate | The stifle-joint | ||
| still | At rest, motionless | A distilling vessel | ||
| stole | A garment like a broad scarf | Past tense of STEAL | ||
| stove | A fuel-burning apparatus for heating & cooking | Past tense of STAVE | ||
| strain | To stretch tight | Race, stock, family, breed | ||
| strand | To run or force aground | Each of the threads of a rope etc. | ||
| strip | To pull the covering from | A long narrow piece | ||
| stroke | An act of striking | To caress | ||
| strut | To walk with a pompous, conceited gait | A brace | ||
| stud | A large-headed nail | A number of horses kept for riding, racing etc. | ||
| sturdy | Robust, lusty, vigorous | A disease of sheep | ||
| sty | A pen or enclosure for pigs | An inflamed swelling on edge of eyelid | ||
| suffix | A letter or syllable appended to the end of a word | To add as a suffix | ||
| summer | A season of the year | A heavy horizontal beam or glider | ||
| surcharge | An extra charge or cost | To put an extra charge on | ||
| swallow | To take into the stomach | Small migratory bird of the family Hirundinidae | ||
| swarm | A cluster of bees issuing from a hive | To climb up by clasping with arms & legs | ||
| swash | To make a noise as of splashing water | Sloping | ||
| tack | A small, sharp, flat-headed nail | A horses' saddle, bridle, etc. | ||
| tail | Hindmost part of an animal | Limitation of ownership | ||
| taipan | A large Australian snake | The head of a foreign business in China | ||
| take | To lay hold of, grasp | The act of taking | ||
| tamper | Material used to tamp a hole | To meddle (with) | ||
| tang | A strong taste or flavour | A ringing or clanging sound | ||
| tangle | To knot together or intertwine in a confused mass | A type of seaweed | ||
| tango | A Latin American dance | A bright orange colour | ||
| tap | To strike lightly or gently | A device for controlling the flow of liquid or gas | ||
| tare | A vetch | An allowance made for the packing around goods | ||
| tart | A pie containing fruit etc. | A prostitute (slang) | Sharp to the taste, acid | |
| tartan | A chequered pattern | A small Mediterranean one-masted vessel | ||
| tassel | A pendant ornament | A small piece of wood or stone fixed into a wall | ||
| tat | Rubbish, rags | To make by knotting | ||
| tattoo | The beat of drums recalling soldiers | To mark (the skin) by pricking & inserting pigments | ||
| taunt | To reproach sarcastically | (Of masts) exceptionally tall | ||
| taw | To dress or make leather with mineral agents | A game of marbles | ||
| tee | In golf, the area at the start of each hole | The 20th letter of the alphabet | ||
| teem | To be prolific & abundant | To pour (down) as rain etc. | ||
| tell | To relate, to recount | In Middle Eastern archaeology, a mound | ||
| temple | A building for worship | Flat part of side of the head | An attachment in a loom for keeping fabric stretched | |
| temporal | Of or relating to this life | Positioned at the temples | ||
| tend | To have a bent, inclination or attitude | To attend, look after | ||
| tender | A person who tends | Not tough or hard | Offer, present | |
| tense | Stretched tight | In grammer, a form taken by a verb to indicate time | ||
| tent | A portable canvas shelter | A Spanish wine | A small roll of lint etc. inserted in a wound | |
| tenter | A frame for stretching cloth | A person who is in charge | ||
| tern | A small seabird | Ternate; a set of three | ||
| terrier | A small active dog | A book in which private lands are described | ||
| test | A critical trial | A shell, exoskeleton | ||
| thing | Any object or thought | A Scandinavian public assembly | ||
| thought | The act or process of thinking | Past tense of THINK | ||
| thrasher | A person who thrashes | A North American songbird | ||
| thrum | To play carelessly on a stringed instrument | The fringe of warp threads left after web is cut off | ||
| thrush | A bird of the family Turdidae | A fungal disease | ||
| tick | The sound of a clock | A parasitic arachnid | A cover for the filling of mattresses | |
| till | Up to, up to the time of | A money drawer | To cultivate for crops | An unstratified clay |
| tip | The point, end or extremity | To cause to lean | ||
| tire | To exhaust the strength of | A band round the rim of a wheel | ||
| toll | A tax or duty | (Of a bell) to ring with slow, uniform strokes | ||
| top | The highest point of anything | A spinning toy | ||
| tope | To drink excessively | A grove | A Buddhist monument | A small European shark |
| torse | A wreath | A surface generated by a continuously moving line | ||
| tot | A small child | To add (up) | To collect items for resale | |
| totter | A person who tots | To walk or stand unsteadily | ||
| tow | To pull (a vehicle) behind another | The course part of hemp or flax after combing | ||
| trace | A token, vestige or sign of something | Strap etc. by which a horse draws a vehicle | ||
| tract | A stretch of territory | A short treatise | A Roman Catholic anthem | |
| trap | A device for catching animals | To adorn | A dark igneous rock | |
| traverse | To travel across | Lying or being across, transverse | ||
| tribune | A champion of popular rights & liberties | A bishop's throne in an apse | ||
| trice | An instant | Nautically, to haul | ||
| troll | To roll or reel out (a song) carelessly | A mythological Scandinavian giant | ||
| tropic | A parallel of latitude | Relating to tropism | ||
| truck | A strong, four-wheeled vehicle | Exchange of commodities | ||
| tuck | To press close together | The beat or roll of a drum | ||
| tucker | A person or thing which tucks | An ornamental frilling of lace or muslin | ||
| tum-tum | The sound of a stringed instrument | A West Indian dish of boiled plantain | ||
| tuna | A marine fish | A prickly pear | ||
| turbo | A model of car fitted with a turbocharger | A gastropod of the genus Turbo | ||
| tutu | A New Zealand shrub | A ballet dancer's short skirt | ||
| One who twits (reproaches with some fault etc.) | Utter a succession of short notes | |||
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