Synonyms of the word

light

• n. (physics, uncountable) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation…
• n. A source of illumination.
• n. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
• n. (in the plural, now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
• n. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
• n. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those…
• n. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
• n. A flame or something used to create fire.
• n. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
• n. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
• n. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
• n. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
• n. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
• n. The power of perception by vision.
• n. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
• n. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler…
• v. (transitive) To start (a fire).
• v. (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
• v. (transitive) To illuminate.
• v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
• v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
• adj. Having light.
• adj. Pale in colour.
• adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
• adj. Of low weight; not heavy.
• adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
• adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
• adj. Easy to endure or perform.
• adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
• adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
• adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached.
• adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
• adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
• adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
• adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
• adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
• adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
• adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
• adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
• adv. Carrying little.
• n. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
• v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter.
• v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
• v. To find by chance.
• v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice.
• v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.

ablaze

• adj. Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.
• adj. Radiant with bright light and color.
• adj. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
• adv. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming.
• adv. Lit up brightly and with color.
• adv. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.

abstemious

• adj. Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in…
• adj. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
• adj. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
• adj. (rare) Promotive of abstemiousness.

airy

• adj. Consisting of air.
• adj. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial.
• adj. Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.
• adj. Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
• adj. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful.
• adj. Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
• adj. Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
• adj. Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
• adj. (painting) Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.

alight

• v. (transitive) To make light or less heavy; lighten; alleviate.
• v. (intransitive, with from) To get off or exit a vehicle or animal; to descend; to dismount.
• v. (intransitive, with on) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop.
• v. (intransitive, followed by "upon") To find by accident.
• v. (transitive) To light; light up; illuminate.
• v. (transitive) To set light to; light.
• adj. Lit, on fire, switched on.
• adj. (figuratively) Lit; on fire, burning.

aspect

• n. Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
• n. The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
• n. The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
• n. A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
• n. One's appearance or expression.
• n. Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction;…
• n. Prospect; outlook.
• n. (grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal…
• n. (astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular…
• n. (obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.
• n. (obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
• n. (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a…

autofluorescent

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting autofluorescence.

bioluminescent

• adj. (biology, biochemistry) Exhibiting bioluminescence.

brainstorm

• v. To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming.
• v. To participate in a brainstorming session.
• n. (US) A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem.
• n. (An instance of) brainstorming.
• n. (Britain) An unexpected mental error.

brainwave

• n. Any of many rhythmic fluctuations of electric potential between parts of the brain, especially those seen…
• n. A sudden idea, understanding, or inspiration; a brainstorm.

bright

• adj. Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark.
• adj. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
• adj. Vivid, colourful, brilliant.
• adj. Happy, in good.
• adj. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; cheerful.
• adj. Illustrious; glorious.
• adj. Clear; transparent.
• adj. (archaic) Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.
• n. An artist's brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle…
• n. (obsolete) splendour; brightness.
• n. (neologism) A person with a naturalistic worldview with no supernatural or mystical elements.
• n. (US, in the plural) The high-beam intensity of motor vehicle headlamps.

brightness

• n. The quality of being bright.
• n. The perceived luminance of an object.
• n. Intelligence, cleverness.

buoyant

• adj. having buoyancy; able to float.
• adj. lighthearted and lively.

burn

• n. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
• n. A sensation resembling such an injury.
• n. The act of burning something.
• n. (slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
• n. (slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
• n. Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
• n. (Britain, chiefly prison slang) tobacco.
• n. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
• n. A disease in vegetables; brand.
• v. (transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
• v. (intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
• v. (transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable.
• v. (intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
• v. (transitive) To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
• v. (transitive) To injure (a person or animal) with heat or caustic chemicals.
• v. (transitive, surgery) To cauterize.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To sunburn.
• v. (transitive) To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect…
• v. (intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
• v. (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat;…
• v. (chemistry, dated) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
• v. (transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
• v. (transitive, slang) To betray.
• v. (transitive, slang) To insult or defeat.
• v. (transitive) To waste (time).
• v. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
• v. (intransitive, curling) To accidentally touch a moving stone.
• v. (transitive, card games) In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
• v. (photography) To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare…
• n. (Scotland, Northern England) A stream.

candent

• adj. (now rare) Glowing as a result of its high temperature; incandescent, glowing with heat.

candescent

• adj. glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent.

casual

• adj. Happening by chance.
• adj. Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
• adj. Employed irregularly.
• adj. Careless.
• adj. Happening or coming to pass without design.
• adj. Informal, relaxed.
• adj. Designed for informal or everyday use.
• n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its…
• n. A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
• n. (Britain) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police…
• n. One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
• n. (video games, informal) A player of casual games.
• n. (dated) (Britain) A tramp.

clean

• adj. (heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
• adj. (heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
• adj. Smooth, exact, and performed well.
• adj. (obsolete) Total; utter.
• adj. (informal) Cool or neat.
• adj. (health) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
• adj. That does not damage the environment.
• adj. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
• adj. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
• adj. Well-proportioned; shapely.
• adj. (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
• n. Removal of dirt.
• n. (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground…
• v. (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
• v. (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
• v. (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
• v. (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
• v. (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
• v. (intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure…
• v. (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting…
• v. To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
• adv. Fully and completely.

clear

• adj. Transparent in colour.
• adj. Bright, not dark or obscured.
• adj. Free of obstacles.
• adj. Without clouds.
• adj. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
• adj. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
• adj. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
• adj. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
• adj. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
• adj. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
• adj. (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
• adj. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
• adj. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
• adj. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
• adj. Unmixed; entirely pure.
• adj. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
• adj. Without diminution; in full; net.
• adv. All the way; entirely.
• adv. Not near something or touching it.
• adv. free (or separate) from others.
• adv. (obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
• v. (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
• v. (ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
• v. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
• v. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
• v. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
• v. (intransitive) To become clear.
• v. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that…
• v. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
• v. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
• v. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
• v. To obtain a clearance.
• v. (sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending…
• v. To fell all trees of a forest.
• v. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
• v. (computing, transitive) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at…
• n. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest…
• n. (cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.).

combust

• v. To burn; to catch fire.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To erupt with enthusiasm or boisterousness.
• adj. (obsolete) Burnt.
• adj. (astrology) In close conjunction with the sun (so that its astrological influence is "burnt up"), sometimes…

condition

• n. A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
• n. A requirement, term, or requisite.
• n. (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal…
• n. The health status of a medical patient.
• n. The state or quality.
• n. A particular state of being.
• n. (obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.
• v. To subject to the process of acclimation.
• v. To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
• v. (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
• v. To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
• v. (transitive) To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.
• v. (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
• v. (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
• v. (US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up…
• v. To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged…

deficient

• adj. Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
• adj. Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
• adj. (mathematics) Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper…

descend

• v. (intransitive) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way,…
• v. (intransitive, poetic) To enter mentally; to retire.
• v. (intransitive, with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come…
• v. (intransitive) To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station;…
• v. (intransitive) To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters…
• v. (intransitive) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation…
• v. (intransitive, anatomy) To move toward the south, or to the southward.
• v. (intransitive, music) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
• v. (transitive) To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of.

device

• n. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
• n. (computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
• n. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
• n. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb.
• n. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience;…
• n. (heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs…
• n. (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
• n. (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
• n. (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
• n. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
• n. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.

devolve

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To roll (something) down; to unroll.
• v. (intransitive) To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially…
• v. (transitive) To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
• v. (intransitive) To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
• v. (intransitive) To degenerate; to break down.

digestible

• adj. Capable of being digested.

dismount

• n. (gymnastics) The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) to get off (something).
• v. (computing, transitive) to make a mounted drive unavailable for use.
• v. To come down; to descend.

easy

• adj. (now rare except in certain expressions) Comfortable; at ease.
• adj. Requiring little skill or effort.
• adj. Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.
• adj. Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.
• adj. (informal, pejorative, of a person) Consenting readily to sex.
• adj. Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.
• adj. (finance, dated) Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.
• adv. In a relaxed or casual manner.
• adv. In a manner without strictness or harshness.
• adv. Used an intensifier for large magnitudes.
• adv. Not difficult, not hard.
• n. Something that is easy.
• v. (rowing) Synonym of easy-oar.

ethics

• n. (philosophy) The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.
• n. Morality.
• n. The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession.

expression

• n. A particular way of phrasing an idea.
• n. A colloquialism or idiom.
• n. A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
• n. (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
• n. (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
• n. (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
• n. Of a mother, the process of expressing milk.
• n. A specific blend of whisky.

face

• n. (anatomy) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.
• n. One's facial expression.
• n. The public image; outward appearance.
• n. The frontal aspect of something.
• n. (figuratively) Presence; sight; front.
• n. The directed force of something.
• n. Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
• n. Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
• n. The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
• n. (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces…
• n. Any surface; especially a front or outer one.
• n. The numbered dial of a clock or watch, the clock face.
• n. (slang) The mouth.
• n. (slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
• n. (slang, professional wrestling) Short for baby face. A wrestler whose on-ring persona is embodying heroic…
• n. (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
• n. (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
• n. (card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same…
• n. (heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
• n. (typography) A typeface.
• n. Mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
• n. (computing) An interface.
• n. The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
• v. (transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to…
• v. (transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
• v. (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person).
• v. (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
• v. (transitive) To have as an opponent.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.
• v. (obsolete) To confront impudently; to bully.
• v. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
• v. To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
• v. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception,…
• v. (engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting,…

faint

• adj. (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness.
• adj. Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected.
• adj. hardly perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.
• adj. Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy.
• adj. Slight; minimal.
• n. The act of fainting, syncope.
• n. (rare) The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
• v. (intransitive) To lose consciousness. Caused by a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as…
• v. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
• v. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

fall

• n. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
• n. A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
• n. (chiefly Canada, US, obsolete elsewhere) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the…
• n. A loss of greatness or status.
• n. (sports) A crucial event or circumstance.
• n. A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover…
• n. (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
• n. The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
• n. See falls.
• n. An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To move downwards.
• v. (transitive) To be moved downwards.
• v. (intransitive) To happen, to change negatively.
• v. (transitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
• v. (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or…
• v. (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
• v. (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the…
• v. (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
• v. (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
• v. (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.

fat-free

• adj. Not containing fat.

fatless

• adj. Without fat, especially in the senses: made without fat, fat-free.

flimsy

• adj. Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.
• n. Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.
• n. (informal, in the plural) Skimpy underwear.

floaty

• adj. (of a dress) lightweight, so as to rise when the wearer is walking.
• adj. (music) light, hypnotic and relaxing.
• adj. Having a feeling of extreme calm, as if floating through the air.
• n. (informal) A lilo or similar item that floats on water and can be sat on.
• n. (informal) A particle of food, etc. found floating in liquid.

floodlighted

• v. simple past tense and past participle of floodlight.

floodlit

• adj. Lit by floodlights.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of floodlight.

fluorescent

• adj. Of or relating to fluorescence.
• adj. Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
• adj. Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the…
• adj. Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid.
• n. A fluorescent light.

fooling

• v. present participle of fool.
• n. The act of one who fools.

friable

• adj. Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
• adj. (of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency.
• adj. (of poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk.
• adj. (mathematics, of a number) smooth: that factors completely into small prime numbers.

friend

• n. A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels…
• n. A boyfriend or girlfriend.
• n. An associate who provides assistance.
• n. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
• n. A person who backs or supports something.
• n. (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
• n. (colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
• n. (object-oriented programming) A function or class granted special access to the private and protected…
• n. (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device.
• n. (obsolete) A paramour of either sex.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
• v. (transitive) To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate…

frivolous

• adj. Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.
• adj. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight.
• adj. (law) In litigation, a lawsuit filed by a party who is aware the claim is without merit and has no reasonable…

gentle

• adj. Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
• adj. Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
• adj. Docile and easily managed.
• adj. Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
• adj. Polite and respectful rather than rude.
• adj. (archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
• v. (intransitive) to become gentle.
• v. (transitive) to ennoble.
• v. (transitive, animal husbandry) to break; to tame; to domesticate.
• v. (transitive) To soothe; to calm.
• n. (archaic) A person of high birth.
• n. (archaic) A maggot used as bait by anglers.
• n. A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.

idle

• adj. (obsolete) Empty, vacant.
• adj. Not being use appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
• adj. Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing.
• adj. Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
• adj. Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
• adj. (obsolete) Light-headed; foolish.
• v. (transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
• v. (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
• v. (intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.

ignite

• v. (transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something).
• v. (transitive) to spark off (something), to trigger.
• v. (intransitive) to commence burning.
• v. (chemistry, transitive) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible…

igniter

• n. Any device that is used to ignite something, especially a fuel mixture, or a charge of explosive.

ignitor

• n. Alternative spelling of igniter.

ill

• adj. (obsolete) Evil; wicked (of people).
• adj. (archaic) Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
• adj. Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
• adj. Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
• adj. Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
• adj. Having an urge to vomit.
• adj. (hip-hop slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
• adj. (slang) Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
• adv. Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.
• n. (often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
• n. Harm or injury.
• n. Evil; moral wrongfulness.
• n. A physical ailment; an illness.
• n. (US, slang) PCP, phencyclidine.

illume

• v. (archaic) To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine.

illuminate

• v. (transitive) To shine light on something.
• v. (transitive) To decorate something with lights.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To clarify or make something understandable.
• v. (transitive) To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To make spectacular.
• v. (intransitive) To glow; to light up.
• v. (intransitive) To be exposed to light.
• v. (transitive, military) To direct a radar beam toward.
• n. Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.
• adj. (obsolete) enlightened.

illuminated

• adj. irradiated by light, lit.
• adj. (of a manuscript) decorated and illustrated.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of illuminate.

illuminating

• adj. Providing illumination or light.
• adj. (figuratively) Providing clarification or explanation; educational, revealing.
• v. present participle of illuminate.

illumination

• n. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
• n. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
• n. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).

illumine

• v. (transitive) To illuminate.
• v. (intransitive, rare) To light up.

incandescent

• adj. emitting light as a result of being heated.
• adj. shining very brightly.
• adj. showing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc.
• n. An incandescent lamp or bulb.

inflamed

• adj. Resulting from or affected by inflammation.
• adj. Appearing to be in flames; as if made of fire.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of inflame.

insight

• n. A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used…
• n. Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.
• n. (marketing) Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to…
• n. Intuitive apprehension of the inner nature of a thing or things; intuition.
• n. (artificial intelligence) An extended understanding of a subject resulting from identification of relationships…

insignificant

• adj. Not significant; not important, consequential, or having a noticeable effect.

insufficient

• adj. Not sufficient.

lamplit

• adj. Illuminated by a lamp or lamps.

land

• n. The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
• n. Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings…
• n. A country or region.
• n. A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
• n. The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
• n. A general country, state, or territory.
• n. (often in combination) realm, domain.
• n. (agriculture) The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is…
• n. (Ireland, colloquial) A fright.
• n. (electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
• n. In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
• n. (travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
• n. (obsolete) The ground or floor.
• n. (nautical) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called…
• n. In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is…
• v. (intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
• v. (dated) To alight, to descend from a vehicle.
• v. (intransitive) To come into rest.
• v. (intransitive) To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.
• v. (transitive) To bring to land.
• v. (transitive) To acquire; to secure.
• v. (transitive) To deliver.
• adj. Of or relating to land.
• adj. Residing or growing on land.
• n. lant; urine.

light

• n. (physics, uncountable) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation…
• n. A source of illumination.
• n. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
• n. (in the plural, now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
• n. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
• n. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those…
• n. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
• n. A flame or something used to create fire.
• n. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
• n. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
• n. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
• n. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
• n. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
• n. The power of perception by vision.
• n. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
• n. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler…
• v. (transitive) To start (a fire).
• v. (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
• v. (transitive) To illuminate.
• v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
• v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
• adj. Having light.
• adj. Pale in colour.
• adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
• adj. Of low weight; not heavy.
• adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
• adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
• adj. Easy to endure or perform.
• adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
• adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
• adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached.
• adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
• adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
• adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
• adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
• adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
• adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
• adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
• adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
• adv. Carrying little.
• n. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
• v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter.
• v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
• v. To find by chance.
• v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice.
• v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.

light-footed

• adj. Fleet, swift, not plodding, capable of running spritely.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of light-foot, ran.

light-headed

• adj. Alternative spelling of lightheaded.

lighted

• v. simple past tense and past participle of light.
• adj. Filled with light; illuminated.

lighten

• v. (transitive) To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
• v. (transitive) To make light or lighter in weight.
• v. (transitive) To make less serious or more cheerful.
• v. (transitive) To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
• v. (intransitive) To become light or lighter in weight.
• v. (intransitive) To become less serious or more cheerful.
• v. (intransitive) To become brighter or clearer; to brighten.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to flash.
• v. (transitive) To emit or disclose in, or as if in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
• v. To descend; to light.
• v. To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.

lighter

• adj. comparative form of light: more light.
• n. One who, or that which, lights.
• n. A small, reusable handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes.
• n. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading…
• v. To transfer cargo or fuel from a ship, lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.
• adj. comparative form of light: more light.

lighter-than-air

• adj. that is lighter than air, describing materials or aircraft.

lightheaded

• adj. Dizzy or feeling faint, usually caused by a drop in blood pressure to the brain.

lighting

• n. The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
• n. The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.
• n. The process of annealing metals.
• v. present participle of light.

lightly

• adv. In a light manner.

lightness

• n. (uncountable) the condition of being illuminated.
• n. (uncountable) the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour.
• n. (countable) The product of being illuminated.
• n. The state of having little weight, or little force.
• n. Agility of movement.
• n. Freedom from worry.
• n. Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.

lightsome

• adj. Characterised by light; luminous; emitting or manifesting light; radiant.
• adj. Upbeat; cheery; light graceful.

lit

• v. simple past tense and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”).
• v. simple past tense and past participle of light (“alight: land, come down on”).
• v. (US, dialectal) To run or light (alight).
• adj. Illuminated.
• adj. (slang) intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned.
• adj. (slang) Sexually aroused (usually of a female), especially visibly sexually aroused.
• adj. (slang) Excellent, fantastic; captivating.
• adj. (obsolete) Little.
• n. (obsolete) Little.
• n. (Britain dialectal) Colour; blee; dye; stain.
• v. (transitive) To colour; dye.
• n. Abbreviation of literature.

lite

• adj. Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially.
• adj. Lightweight.
• adj. Informal spelling of light.
• adj. (usually used postpositively) Lacking substance or seriousness; watered down.
• n. (Britain, dialect) A little, bit.
• adj. (Britain, dialect) few; little.
• v. (Britain, dialect) To expect; wait.
• v. (Britain, dialect) To rely.
• n. (Britain, dialect) The act of waiting; a wait.

livid

• adj. Having a dark, bluish appearance.
• adj. Pale, pallid.
• adj. (informal) So angry that one turns pale, very angry, furious.

look

• v. (intransitive, often with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
• v. To appear, to seem.
• v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
• v. (intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find.
• v. To face or present a view.
• v. To expect or anticipate.
• v. (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
• v. (transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
• v. (dated, sometimes figuratively) To show oneself in looking.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To expect.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
• v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
• interj. Pay attention.
• n. The action of looking, an attempt to see.
• n. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
• n. A facial expression.

loose

• v. (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
• v. (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.
• v. (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
• v. (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.
• v. (archery) to shoot (an arrow).
• v. (obsolete) To set sail.
• v. (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
• adj. Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
• adj. Not held or packaged together.
• adj. Not under control.
• adj. Not fitting closely.
• adj. Not compact.
• adj. Relaxed.
• adj. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
• adj. Indiscreet.
• adj. (dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
• adj. (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
• adj. (dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.
• n. (archery) The release of an arrow.
• n. (obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
• n. (rugby) All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
• n. Freedom from restraint.
• n. A letting go; discharge.
• interj. (archery) begin shooting; release your arrows.
• v. Misspelling of lose.

low-cal

• adj. Dietetic, a version of food with reduced calories.

luminance

• n. the quality of being luminous.
• n. the amount of light that passes through, is emitted, or is reflected from a particular area, and falls…
• n. the luminous flux emitted in a given direction divided by the product of the projected area of the source…

luminescent

• adj. emitting light by luminescence.

luminosity

• n. (uncountable) the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance.
• n. (physics) the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor.
• n. (astronomy) the rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions.

luminousness

• n. The quality of being luminous.

morality

• n. (uncountable) Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect…
• n. (countable) A set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable…
• n. (countable) A set of personal guiding principles for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether…
• n. (countable, archaic) A lesson or pronouncement which contains advice about proper behavior.
• n. (uncountable, rare) Moral philosophy, the branch of philosophy which studies the grounds and nature of…
• n. (countable, rare) A particular theory concerning the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good,…

morals

• n. plural of moral.

nonfat

• adj. Containing no fat; fat-free.

pale

• adj. Light in color.
• adj. (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
• adj. Feeble, faint.
• v. (intransitive) To turn pale; to lose colour.
• v. (intransitive) To become insignificant.
• v. (transitive) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
• n. (obsolete) Paleness; pallor.
• n. A wooden stake; a picket.
• n. (archaic) Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
• n. (by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).
• n. The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
• n. (heraldry) A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
• n. (archaic) A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
• n. (archaic) The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
• n. A cheese scoop.
• n. A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
• v. To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.

palish

• adj. somewhat pale.

pass

• v. (heading) Physical movement.
• v. (heading) To change in state or status, to advance.
• v. (heading) To move through time.
• v. (heading) To be accepted.
• v. (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
• v. (heading) To do or be better.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed.
• n. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise…
• n. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
• n. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
• n. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
• n. An attempt.
• n. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
• n. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
• n. A sexual advance.
• n. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
• n. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into…
• n. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
• n. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit…
• n. (baseball) An intentional walk.
• n. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
• n. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
• n. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
• n. (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the…
• n. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
• n. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
• n. (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

pastel

• n. Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender.
• n. A drawing made with any of those colors.
• n. A type of dried paste used to make crayons.
• n. A crayon made from such a paste.
• n. A traditional dish in various Latin American countries, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.

perch

• n. Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
• n. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae.
• n. Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
• n. a rod, staff, or branch of a tree etc used as a roost by a bird.
• n. A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
• n. a position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
• n. (dated) a linear measure of 5½ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¼ chain; the related square measure.
• n. a cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
• n. (textiles) a frame used to examine cloth.
• n. A bar used to support a candle (especially in a church).
• v. (intransitive) To rest on (or as if on) a perch; to roost.
• v. (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
• v. (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.

perspective

• n. A view, vista or outlook.
• n. The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
• n. The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
• n. (figuratively) The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure…
• n. The ability to consider things in such relative perspective.
• n. A perspective glass.
• n. A sound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally.
• adj. Of, in or relating to perspective.
• adj. (obsolete) Providing visual aid; of or relating to the science of vision; optical.

phosphorescent

• adj. Having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away,…
• n. A phosphorescent substance.

position

• n. A place or location.
• n. A post of employment; a job.
• n. A status or rank.
• n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
• n. A posture.
• n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
• n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
• n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
• n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
• v. To put into place.

powdery

• adj. Of or pertaining to powder.

promiscuous

• adj. Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.
• adj. Made without careful choice; indiscriminate.
• adj. Indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners.
• adj. (networking) The mode in which a NIC gathers all network traffic instead of getting only the traffic intended…

pure

• adj. Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
• adj. Free of foreign material or pollutants.
• adj. Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
• adj. (of a branch of science) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
• adj. (phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
• adj. (of sound) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
• adv. (Liverpudlian) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
• v. (golf) to hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately.
• n. Alternative form of puer.

reddened

• adj. Made red.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of redden.

return

• v. (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
• v. (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn back, retreat.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To turn (something) round.
• v. (transitive) To place or put back something where it had been.
• v. (transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
• v. (transitive) To take back something to a vendor for a refund.
• v. To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
• v. (tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
• v. (card games) To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
• v. (cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in…
• v. (transitive) To say in reply; to respond.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
• v. (transitive, computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
• v. (transitive, dated) To retort; to throw back.
• v. (transitive) To report, or bring back and make known.
• v. (by extension, Britain) To elect according to the official report of the election officers.
• n. The act of returning.
• n. A return ticket.
• n. An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
• n. An answer.
• n. An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc…
• n. Gain or loss from an investment.
• n. (taxation, finance): A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax…
• n. (computing) A carriage return character.
• n. (computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
• n. (computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
• n. A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
• n. (American football) Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
• n. (cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
• n. (architecture) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building,…

sandy

• adj. Covered with sand.
• adj. Sprinkled with sand.
• adj. Like sand, especially in texture.
• adj. Having the colour of sand.

scant

• adj. Very little, very few.
• adj. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
• adj. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
• v. (transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint.
• v. (intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle.
• n. (masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
• n. (masonry) A sheet of stone.
• n. (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
• adv. With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

scene

• n. The location of an event that attracts attention.
• n. (theater) The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the…
• n. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go…
• n. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence,…
• n. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play,…
• n. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their…
• n. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
• n. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often,…
• n. An element of fiction writing.
• n. A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere…
• v. (transitive) To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

shallow

• adj. Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
• adj. Extending not far downward.
• adj. Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
• adj. Lacking interest or substance.
• adj. Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
• adj. (obsolete) Not deep in tone.
• adj. (tennis) Not far forward, close to the net.
• n. A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.
• n. A fish, the rudd.
• v. To make or become less deep.

short

• adj. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
• adj. (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
• adj. Having little duration; opposite of long.
• adj. (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of…
• adj. (cricket, Of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
• adj. (cricket, Of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
• adj. (golf, of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
• adj. (of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. (See shortbread,…
• adj. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
• adj. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
• adj. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
• adj. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
• adj. (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
• adj. In a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying…
• adv. Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
• adv. Unawares.
• adv. Without achieving a goal or requirement.
• adv. (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing…
• adv. (finance) With a negative ownership position.
• n. A short circuit.
• n. A short film.
• n. Used to indicate a short-length version of a size.
• n. (baseball) A shortstop.
• n. (finance) A short seller.
• n. (finance) A short sale.
• n. A summary account.
• n. (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
• n. (programming) An integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
• v. (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
• v. (intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
• v. (transitive) To shortchange.
• v. (transitive) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
• v. (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for…
• v. (obsolete) To shorten.
• prep. Deficient in.
• prep. (finance) Having a negative position in.

sick

• adj. Having an urge to vomit.
• adj. (chiefly US) In poor health.
• adj. (colloquial) Mentally unstable, disturbed.
• adj. (colloquial) In bad taste.
• adj. Tired of or annoyed by something.
• adj. (slang) Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
• adj. In poor condition.
• adj. (agriculture) Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.
• n. Sick people in general as a group.
• n. (Britain, colloquial) vomit.
• v. To vomit.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To fall sick; to sicken.
• v. (rare) Alternative spelling of sic.

sluttish

• adj. (vulgar) Like a slut; sexually promiscuous.
• adj. (chiefly dated) Dirty or untidy; disorderly.

soft

• adj. Easily giving way under pressure.
• adj. (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
• adj. (of a sound) Quiet.
• adj. Gentle.
• adj. Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
• adj. Gentle in action or motion; easy.
• adj. Weak in character; impressible.
• adj. Requiring little or no effort; easy.
• adj. Not bright or intense.
• adj. Having a slight angle from straight.
• adj. (linguistics) Voiced; sonant.
• adj. (linguistics, rare) voiceless.
• adj. (linguistics, Slavic languages) palatalized.
• adj. (slang) Lacking strength or resolve, wimpy.
• adj. (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
• adj. (Britain, colloquial) Foolish.
• adj. (physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non magnetic when an external…
• adj. (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
• adj. Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
• adj. (Britain, of a man) Effeminate.
• adj. Agreeable to the senses.
• adj. Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
• interj. (archaic) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
• adv. (obsolete) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
• n. A soft or foolish person; an idiot.

spark

• n. A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.
• n. A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
• n. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
• n. (figuratively) A small amount of something, such as an idea, that has the potential to become something…
• n. (in plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.
• n. (Britain, slang) An electrician.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).
• v. (transitive) To light; to kindle.
• v. (intransitive) To give off a spark or sparks.
• n. A gallant, a foppish young man.
• n. A beau, lover.
• v. To woo, court.

sparkle

• n. A little spark; a scintillation.
• n. Brilliance; luster.
• v. (intransitive) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles.
• v. (by extension) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle.
• v. (intransitive) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
• v. (intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce.
• v. (transitive) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To disperse.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To scatter on or over.

status

• n. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
• n. Prestige or high standing.
• n. A situation or state of affairs.
• n. (law) The legal condition of a person or thing.
• n. (social networking) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message…

sunlit

• adj. Illuminated by sunlight.

sunstruck

• adj. Afflicted with sunstroke.

swooning

• v. present participle of swoon.
• n. A swoon or faint.

temperate

• adj. Moderate; not excessive.
• adj. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions.
• adj. Proceeding from temperance.
• adj. Living in an environment that is temperate, not extreme.
• v. (obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.

thin

• adj. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
• adj. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
• adj. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
• adj. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
• adj. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
• adj. (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head…
• adj. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
• adj. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
• n. (philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete…
• n. Any food produced or served in thin slices.
• v. (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
• v. (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
• v. To dilute.
• v. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
• adv. Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

tripping

• v. present participle of trip.
• adj. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
• adj. (heraldry, not comparable) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if…
• adj. (slang) Undergoing a hallucinogenic trip.
• n. The act of one who trips.

twinkle

• v. (of a source of light) to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
• v. (chiefly of eyes) to be bright with delight.
• v. to bat, blink or wink the eyes.
• v. to flit to and fro.
• n. a sparkle or glimmer of light.
• n. a sparkle of delight in the eyes.
• n. a flitting movement.

unaccented

• adj. Of a word, having no diacritical mark; accentless.
• adj. Of a vowel or syllable, pronounced with no, or little stress.
• adj. Not pronounced with a distinctive accent.

unchaste

• adj. Not chaste; not continent; libidinous; lewd.

unclouded

• adj. Not cloudy; clear.

undemanding

• adj. Not demanding.

unhorse

• v. To forcibly remove from a horse.
• v. (by extension) To disrupt or unseat; to remove from a position.

unimportant

• adj. petty; not important or noteworthy.

unstressed

• adj. (of a vowel) not stressed or accentuated.
• adj. not subject to stress.

verve

• n. Excitement of imagination such as that which animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing.
• n. artistic energy and enthusiasm.
• n. vigour, vitality and liveliness.
• n. rapture, enthusiasm.
• n. spirit, energy.

view

• n. (physical) Visual perception.
• n. A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
• n. (psychological) Opinion, judgement, imagination.
• n. (computing, databases) A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational…
• n. (computing, programming) The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted…
• n. A wake.
• v. (transitive) To look at.
• v. (transitive) To regard in a stated way.

vitality

• n. The capacity to live and develop.
• n. Energy or vigour.
• n. That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.

wakeful

• adj. Awake; not sleeping.
• adj. Sleepless.
• adj. Vigilant and alert; watchful.

wanton

• adj. (obsolete) Undisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled.
• adj. Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste.
• adj. (obsolete) Playful, sportive; being merry or carefree (often used figuratively).
• adj. (obsolete) Self-indulgent, fond of excess; luxurious.
• adj. Capricious, reckless of morality, justice etc.; acting without regard for the law or the well-being of…
• adj. (obsolete) Extravagant, unrestrained; excessive (of speech or thought).
• n. A pampered or coddled person.
• n. An overly playful person; a trifler.
• n. A self-indulgent person, fond of excess.
• n. (archaic) A lewd or immoral person, especially a prostitute.
• v. (intransitive) To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
• v. (transitive) To waste or squander, especially in pleasure (often with away).
• v. (intransitive) To act wantonly; to be lewd or lascivious.

weak

• adj. Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
• adj. Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
• adj. Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible;…
• adj. Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
• adj. (grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including.
• adj. (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
• adj. (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
• adj. (slang) Bad or uncool.
• adj. (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted…
• adj. Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
• adj. Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
• adj. Lacking in vigour or expression.
• adj. Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
• adj. (stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.
• adj. (photography) Lacking contrast.

white

• adj. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
• adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.
• adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
• adj. Relatively light or pale in colour.
• adj. Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
• adj. (of a person or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
• adj. (of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
• adj. (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong…
• adj. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
• adj. Honourable, fair; decent.
• adj. Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
• adj. (archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
• adj. (obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
• adj. (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
• adj. (of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.
• adj. (typography) Not containing characters; see white space.
• adj. (typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said…
• n. The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
• n. A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
• n. The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
• n. (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
• n. Any butterfly of the Pieris genus.
• n. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cue ball in cue games.
• n. (countable and uncountable) White wine.
• n. (slang) Cocaine.
• n. (archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which…
• n. The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
• n. A white pigment.
• v. (transitive) To make white; to whiten; to bleach.