water

The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water.


value

I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values -- dark, medium ... and light -- Joe Hing Lowe.


guard

The prison guard unlocked the door of the cell.


stock

He owns a controlling share of the company's stock.

They will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter.


ring

I'll give you a ring when the plane lands.


fiddle

Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely.


escape

They installed a second hatch as an escape.


jolt

All the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers.


cream

The cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War.

The cream of a collection of books or pictures.


channel

They offer more than one hundred channels.


distress

Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien.


fit

He had a laughing fit which lasted more than ten minutes.


kid

They were able to send their kids to college.


pocketbook

That car is too expensive for my pocketbook.

The publishers brought out small format pocketbooks of the whole of their nature series.


pull

The pull up the hill had him breathing harder.


boil

Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.


set

They played two sets of tennis after dinner.


shower

Her church group has planned an adoption shower.

Would male strippers be appropriate for the divorce shower?


hearth

They sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire.

The hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires.


burst

I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst.


pitch

It is hard to get this pitch off of my hand.

He was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors.


earth

She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth.


second

The treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here.


exile

They chose exile rather than assimilation.


nose

The nose of the rocket heated up on reentry.


channel

We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones.

Channel information towards a broad audience.


absorption

The absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.

The absorption of photons by atoms or molecules.


satisfaction

The satisfaction of their demand for better services.

The chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction.


grasp

He has a good grasp of accounting practices.


appropriation

A person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest.

The necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit.


stage

We are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected.

It set the stage for peaceful negotiations.


weather

Wooden garden furniture must be well oiled as it is continuously exposed to weather.


support

The foundation provided support for the experiment.


gang

Do a drop for the telephone gang through the ceiling of the wiring closet.


drink

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.


anesthetize

Anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth.

The patient must be anesthetized before the operation.


nail

The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome.


susurrus

The soft susurrus and sighs of the branches. -- Longfellow.


device

The device is small enough to wear on your wrist.

He would stoop to any device to win a point.


planting

The landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner.

He ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway.


organization

Over time, the spontaneous movement had become an organization.

His compulsive organization was not an endearing quality.


trial

He had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty.

Most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial.


vagina

The vagina receives the penis during coitus.

The vagina is elastic enough to allow the passage of a fetus.


flame

The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset.

The person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed.


sleeper

The winner was a true sleeper -- no one expected him to get it.

The British call a railroad tie a sleeper.


overwinter

Insects may overwinter in fallen fruit if it is not removed.

Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island.


render

She rendered the French poem into English.


impulse

The total impulse from the impact will depend on the kinetic energy of the bullet.


here

An Alzheimer patient's in here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.


rein

He reined in his horses in front of the post office.


deliberation

A little deliberation would have deterred them.


form

When icicles start to form on the eaves you know the roads will be icy.


sickness

Drugs have become a sickness they can not cure.


agency

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.


include

The list includes the names of many famous writers.


top

I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair.


consensus

The lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions.

Those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus.


union

Lightning produced an unusual union of the metals.


contour

It defines a major contour of this administration.


test

The test was standardized on a large sample of students.

When the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions.


passive

'The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice.

'The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive.


movement

Politicians have to respect a mass movement.

The second movement is slow and melodic.


instill

Her presence instilled faith into the children.


color

She used a different color for the trim.

Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies.


constituent

Needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected.


audience

We joined the audience just as the lights went down.


vice

Vice offends the moral standards of the community.


roominess

His unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess.

Roominess in this size car is always a compromise.


center

They were raising money to build a new center for research.


pickup

Garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays.

She needed the pickup that coffee always gave her.


cover

When the pot comes to a boil, cover it and reduce the heat to medium.


age

We age every day -- what a depressing thought!


efflux

The efflux of matter from a boil can be painful.


top

To be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school.


discovery

The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate.

The purpose of the voyage was discovery.


squeamishness

The program was withdrawn because of the squeamishness of some viewers.

He refused to allow squeamishness to deter him from his duty.


splash

I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.

The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful.


edition

They issued a limited edition of Bach recordings.

The boy is a younger edition of his father.


puddle

His chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines.

There were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain.


popularity

This gallant laboring to avoid popularity falls into a habit of affectation. -- Ben Jonson.

His charm soon won him affection and popularity.


oxygenate

After we oxygenated the river, the fish returned.


jump

Every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge.


underlay

To underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing.


shade

Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight.


correction

Market runups are invariably followed by a correction.

The correction of his vision with eye glasses.


expense

He kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting.


voice

After the fire a still small voice. -- 1 Kings 19:12.


populate

Populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting.


fuckup

Forgetting our anniversary was a major fuckup.


writing

He turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show.


pretension

The town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort.


taker

The study could not confirm the real percentage of drug takers in the country.


carpet

The larvae of some moths spin a web that resembles a carpet.


association

The host is not always injured by association with a parasite.

His association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break.


devotee

He was a devotee of Arnold Schwarzenegger.


failure

The mechanic's failure to check the brakes.

He resented my failure to return his call.


ceiling

He put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him.


roughness

The roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet.

Men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity.


fact

How much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell.


aroma

The toilet was emitting a pungent, foul aroma.


treatment

The right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system.


salvation

They turned to individualism as their salvation.


notice

His hard work soon attracted the teacher's notice.

He gave notice two months before he moved.


past

Reporters dug into the candidate's past.


handwriting

Handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis.


rail

Rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace.

She railed against the bad social policies.


construction

She wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons.

During the construction we had to take a detour.


love

Their love left them indifferent to their surroundings.


register

Did this event register in your parents' minds?

Did you register any change when I pressed the button?


penetrate

The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest.


martini

My boss is out on another of his three martini lunches.

Will you join us at six o'clock for martinis?


differ

The winter schedule differed from the spring schedule.


cord

The burglar tied up the victim with a cord.


enjoy

I plan to go travelling while I still enjoy good health.


receive

These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation.


batch

We made a batch of cookies to take to the party.


production

They export most of their agricultural production.

The widget making machine is being used for production now.


appeal

An appeal to raise money for starving children.

Their appeal was denied in the superior court.


object

The sole object of her trip was to see her children.

It was full of rackets, balls and other objects.


park

There are laws that protect the wildlife in this park.


need

God has no need of men to accomplish His work.


question

There is no question about the validity of the enterprise.


narrow

I can not narrow down the rules for this game.


period

A change soon put a period to my tranquility.


homer

The first baseman hit a homer to lead off the ninth.

Each of the pigeon fanciers released a homer at the same time.


palpitate

When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement.


moon

The clock had a moon that showed various phases.

He made a moon lamp that he used as a night light.


inexperience

I failed to get the job due to inexperience.

Procedural inexperience created difficulties.


navel

They argued whether or not Adam had a navel.

You were not supposed to show your navel on television.


retie

Retie the string and make it strong enough now.

She stopped walking for a moment to retie her shoe.


holder

Put your umbrella in the umbrella holder.


post

I'll post the news on the bulletin board.


smolder

The remains of the bonfire were left to smolder for hours.


unearth

The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President.


custody

The mother was awarded custody of the children.


contribution

I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project.

He expected his contribution to be repaid with interest.


scan

You could see the tumor in the CAT scan.

He made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars.


state

He was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him.

Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups.


shopping

Does her shopping at the mall rather than down town.


surrender

The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in.

The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered.


fetish

Common male fetishes are breasts, legs, hair, shoes, and underwear.


overreact

Please try not to overreact if she drives badly when she is first learning.

Don't overreact to the bad news -- take it easy.


zap

If it's not warm in the middle, zap it some more.


principal

She sent unruly pupils to see the principal.

A portion of your mortgage payment goes to reduce the principal, and the rest covers interest.


suggestion

Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.


shade

As the sun moved he readjusted the shade.


house

The house gets a percentage of every bet.


type

The word 'element' contains five different types of character.


yogi

Gurdjieff connects this type of breathing with yogi breathing.


selection

The store carried a large selection of shoes.

I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.


inclination

Artillery must take account of a weapon's precise inclination.

He walked with a heavy inclination to the right.


engage

The teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another.


arrangement

He changed the arrangement of the topics.


identity

The identity under numerical multiplication is 1.


eyeful

They wanted to see violence and they got an eyeful.


girlfriend

Marc went to the park with his girlfriend and watched the sunset with her.


wind

As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.


splash

Her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color.


spreader

Ellen used a spreader to butter her bagel.


seal

Close the lid tightly to get a good seal.


print

Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.


intend

She was intended to become the director.


reserve

We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's.


drip

I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.

The constant sound of dripping irritated him.


stoop

I won't stoop to reading other people's mail.


seizure

The seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.

The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.


career

The general had had a distinguished career.


garden

This house has a swimming pool, a tent, a swing set and a fountain in the garden.


stop

It came to a stop at the bottom of the hill.

The third baseman made some remarkable stops.


lifeline

She offered me a lifeline in my time of grief.

The airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin.


counsel

Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and other mental health professionals counsel clients.

The lawyer counselled his client to remain silent.


adjoin

The living room and dining room adjoin each other.

I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter.


automation

This factory floor is a showcase for automation and robotic equipment.

Automation replaces human workers by machines.


setter

Some crossword setters work for various newspapers under different pseudonyms.


juncture

We're at a crucial juncture in our relationship.

At that juncture he had no idea what to do.


zinger

She tried to think of some killer of an argument, a real zinger that would disarm all opposition.


umbrella

Quick, grab that umbrella before you get rained on!


disorder

The class was thrown into disorder when the teacher left the room.

The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.


manage

The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well.

She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old.


map

We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist.


irony

The irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated.


wade

Can we wade across the river to the other side?


tone

A clergyman improved the tone of the meeting.

They tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies.


ball

The children were playing ball on the beach.

She kicked him in the balls and got away.


shuffle

The data packets are shuffled before transmission.


oppose

The senator said he would oppose the bill.


demystify

The article was written to demystify the mechanics of the internal combustion engine.

Let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about.


square

You can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides.


zero

The zero sign in American Sign Language is considered rude in some cultures.

The probability is 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000 -- a number having five ciphers of zeros.


residence

He refused to live in the governor's residence.


administer

Administer critical remarks to everyone present.


commit

She committed herself to the work of God.


pass

He attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.


divest

The board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property.


bandwagon

The gaudy bandwagon led the circus parade.

When they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon.


relation

He was the hero according to his own relation.

He has distant relations back in New Jersey.


growth

Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.


relief

He enjoyed his relief from responsibility.

The contributions provided some relief for the victims.


trip

He recited the whole poem without a single trip.


matter

He always took some reading matter with him on the plane.


hearing

They make good music -- you should give them a hearing.


involvement

There was additional involvement of the liver and spleen.


bank

He sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents.

That bank holds the mortgage on my home.


evacuate

After the earthquake, residents were evacuated.


retroversion

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


charge

That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.


gravitate

Boys gravitate towards girls at that age.


series

The third series of Friends aired from 1996 to 1997.

The harmonic series has been much studied.


hear

We must hear the expert before we make a decision.

I heard a sound from outside the window.


beat

I got beaten up by thugs on my way home.


stretch

Beyond any stretch of his understanding.


rendition

Often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning.

They heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert.


endorsement

Companies sometimes pay millions for product endorsement by celebrities.

A star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements.


access

He took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge.


right

We're on the side of right in this contest.


afterthought

This whole remodeling was an afterthought, we were only going to paint and call it good.


picture

The author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland.

Too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures.


tread

She trod with care as the ground was slippery.


balance

This final payment, or credit, balances the account.


assume

When will the new President assume office?

He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town.


grace

It has become less common to say grace before having dinner.


rift

My marriage is in trouble, the fight created a rift between us and we can't reconnect.

The Grand Canyon is a rift in the Earth's surface, but is smaller than some of the undersea ones.


prime

I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat.


virus

The virus of jealousy is latent in everyone.

He caught a virus and had to stay home from school.


security

The watch dog gave her a feeling of security.

Bankers are reluctant to lend without good security.


fire

Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.


organization

This painting shows little organization at first glance, but little by little the structure becomes clear.

His organization of the work force was very efficient.


face

When he returned to work he met many new faces.


man

He taught me to set up the men on the chess board.


comparison

To bring a thing into comparison with another.


respect

Syngman Rhee kept imprisoned the Dowager Queen Yun Empress Sunjeong of the Korean Empire for fear of the respect the people held for her.

He is an intellectual giant, and I have great respect for him.


extract

To extract an essential oil from a plant.

I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions.


minute

You have twenty minutes to complete the test.


preferment

The preferment went to the younger candidate.


navel

The Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe.

Within the navel of this hideous wood, / Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. -- Milton.


creation

From its creation the plan was doomed to failure.

The restructure resulted in the creation of a number of shared services.


embarrassment

The outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals.


crutch

He uses drugs as a psychological crutch.

He walked on crutches for a month until the cast was removed from his leg.


zero

The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero.

The electromagnetic field does not drop all of the way to zero before a reversal.


presidency

After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency.

Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time.


wanton

The young man wantoned away his inheritance.


deflate

The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence.


whiff

The gust of air whiffed away the clouds.


cheat

Six years of a happy relationship, and then she had the nerve to cheat on me with a barman!

My husband cheated on me with his secretary.


crush

Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, crushed, broken or cut. -- Lev. xxii.


congener

The American shopkeeper differs from his European congener.

Lard was also used, though its congener, butter, was more frequently employed.


erase

Please erase the formula on the blackboard -- it is wrong!

Her painful memories seemingly erased completely.


confidence

Confidence is always borrowed, never owned.


curve

You should slow down when approaching a curve.


stampede

She and her husband would join in the general stampede. -- W. Black.

When he shouted 'fire' there was a stampede to the exits.


generate

We can't generate enough power for the entire city.

The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity.


rake

The enemy machine guns raked the roadway.


skip

He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible.


projection

A prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice.

Our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection.


slot

He followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees.


theme

The theme is announced in the first measures.


substitute

They tend to substitute for more mundane things.

I had no shallots so I substituted onion.


witness

She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.

As a witness to the event, I can tell you that he really said that.


relax

The rules relaxed after the new director arrived.


concentrate

Population tends to concentrate in cities.

These groups concentrate in the inner cities.


scoop

He got a scoop on the bribery of city officials.


face

He's always stuffing his face with chips.


categorize

First, categorize incoming messages according to the needed actions.


reshuffle

So as to prevent cheating, he was asked to reshuffle the cards.

The new Prime Minister reshuffled his cabinet.


ticker

I checked the prices on the ticker one last time before placing the trade.

To my surprise, the ticker showed that the deal had already gone through.


security

We support the armed services in the name of national security.


value

The value of a crotchet is twice that of a quaver.


compass

This writer attempts more than his talents can compass.


nonproliferation

Nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation are closely related goals.

They protested that the nonproliferation treaty was just a plot to maintain the hegemony of those who already had nuclear weapons.


network

To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a strong network.


program

Working mothers rely on the day care program.

You can't tell the players without a program.


value

Value the jewelry and art work in the estate.


slick

Careful in turn three -- there's an oil slick on the road.

The oil slick has now spread to cover the entire bay, critically endangering the sea life.


pause

When telling the scary story, he paused for effect.


air

Air travel involves too much waiting in airports.


cap

We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.


header

Your header is too long; "Local Cannibals" will suffice.


stress

He put the stress on the wrong syllable.


protection

They had no protection from the fallout.

The witnesses demanded police protection.


redefinition

Words like 'conservative' require periodic redefinition.

She provided a redefinition of his duties.


rawness

Their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops.

After taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on.


truncation

It is an obvious truncation of the verse.

They were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs.


refer

This plant can be referred to a known species.


squeeze

Increased expenses put a squeeze on profits.


amount

The amount he had in cash was insufficient.

The dogs need different amounts of food.


party

The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.

I'm throwing a huge party for my 21st birthday.


fall

When that became known the price of their stock went into free fall.


arrange

Arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order.


bang

When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang.

My bangs keep getting in my eyes when I swim.


music

He fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes.


knot

The bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest.


grace

It was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church.


handcart

He used a handcart to carry the rocks away.

Vendors were selling sunglasses, bagged snacks, and sundry other items from handcarts in the square.


derivative

The derivative of f: f(x) = x^2 is f': f'(x) = 2x.

'electricity' is a derivative of 'electric'.


amass

She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis.


lodge

We are lodging three foreign students this semester.


communication

The node had established communication with the network, but had as yet sent no data.

A secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms.


trail

You'll get your coat all muddy if you trail it around like that.

The bride's veiled trailed along the ground.


flee

The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.


captain

John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man.".


symbol

The lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.


enclosure

He faced punishment for creating the fenced enclosure in a public park.

The winning horse was first into the unsaddling enclosure.


definition

Exercise had given his muscles superior definition.


plant

The police used a plant to trick the thieves.

He claimed that the evidence against him was a plant.


drive

His drive and energy exhausted his co-workers.


edit

The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years.


increase

They proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare.


relax

Let's all relax after a hard day's work.


adhesion

A heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion.


wind

He put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind.


estimation

They had a high estimation of his ability.


flux

That high a neutron flux would be lethal in seconds.

The newness and flux of the computer industry.


adhere

The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism.


richness

They studied forerunners of richness or poverty.

The cut of her clothes and the richness of the fabric were distinctive.


capacity

The capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes.

The plant is working at 80 per cent capacity.


runoff

The runoff of nitrates is poisoning the lake.

When there is very heavy rainfall on California hillsides over a prolonged period, there is almost always ensuing surface runoff.


corrupt

Socrates was accused of corrupting young men.


concord

Both philosophers concord on this point.


fill

There was not enough fill for the trench.

The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.


pride

He had pride of ownership in his department.


chuck

This food's gone off-you'd better chuck it.


coolant

He added more coolant to the car's radiator.


sex

She didn't want to know the sex of the foetus.

Slime molds are sometimes erroneously said to have thirteen sexes.


train

Express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction.


aim

It was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs.


hair

In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.


toehold

American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks.

His father gave him a toehold in the oil business.


pig

After the ill-advised trade, the investor was stuck with worthless options for 10,000 tons of iron pig.

The conveyor carried the pigs from the smelter to the freight cars.


waste

Waste a joke on an unappreciative audience.


emphasis

He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech.


drain

Please drain the sink. It's full of dirty water.


estimate

I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds.


goal

The winning goal came with less than a minute left to play.

She failed in her goal to become captain of the team.


seating

There is seating for 40 students in this classroom.


probe

If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.


sell

I'll sell you all three for a hundred dollars.


change

He attributed the change to their marriage.

It is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic.


model

The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin.


pitcher

He has played every position except pitcher.


sawmill

He brought his portable sawmill and turned the old beams into interesting flooring.

The sawmill sells lumber to carpenters and sawdust to gardeners.


subject

He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors.

The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills.


gravity

The more remote the body the less the gravity.

Gravity is weaker than electromagnetism, but affects all matter and energy.


contact

They claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings.


producer

Maine is a leading producer of potatoes.

This microorganism is a producer of disease.


remember

After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember.


repression

His goal was the repression of insolence.


cut

He insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal.


grip

He was in the grip of a powerful emotion.


demonstration

The lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response.

The lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations.


ruin

You have brought ruin on this entire family.


gesture

The middle-finger gesture is really a nonverbal swear.

This Web browser can be controlled with mouse gestures.


disentangle

How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?


smokescreen

All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say.

Requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures.


puff

He huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain.


balance

She has to balance work and her domestic duties.


concoction

He volunteered to taste her latest concoction.

It suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction.


confront

John confronted it with emergency measures.


section

No section of the nation is more ardent than the South.

He always turns first to the business section.


feeling

I disliked him and the feeling was mutual.


joke

I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke.


stage

The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies.


compel

We compel all students to fill out this form.

Logic compels the wise, while fools feel compelled by emotions.


possession

The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession.

Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.


subscription

I have a monthly subscription to The Daily Telegraph newspaper.

My library subscription is about to expire.


assume

Mr. Jones will assume the position of a lifeguard until a proper replacement is found.


steam

It really steams me to see her treat him like that.


contact

The wire must not contact the metal cover.


match

Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together.

These two copies are supposed to be identical, but they don't match.


function

The function of an auger is to bore holes.


victory

The general always gets credit for his army's victory.


presence

I'm convinced that there was a presence in that building that I can't explain, which led to my heroic actions.


blood

The ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions.

Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products.


say

Did his face say anything about how he felt?


truth

They debated the truth of the proposition.


separatism

Demands for some form of separatism on grounds of religion have been perceived as a threat to mainstream education.

Separatism is a serious problem in Quebec.


sell

The French try to sell us their image as great lovers.

The new idea sold well in certain circles.


vengeance

He swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him.


drag

Too many laws are a drag on the use of new land.


effect

The magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise.

The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape.


attack

The cancer cells are attacking his liver.


aggravate

To aggravate my woes. -- Alexander Pope.

The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. -- Addison.


remainder

17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.


shipment

We're expecting another shipment of oranges tomorrow.

Shipment of hazardous waste on this route is strictly prohibited.


deliverable

We packaged the deliverable, a program called FLOOD.EXE, in an installer file.

Under this contract the deliverables include both software and hardware.


play

She played nervously with her wedding ring.


speculation

He knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it.

Speculations about the outcome of the election.


sacrifice

The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment.

The animals were sacrificed after the experiment.


head

The salmon are first headed and then scaled.


takeaway

In England they call takeout food 'takeaway'.

If you're hungry, there's a takeaway just around the corner.


attest

When will the appraiser attest the date of the painting?


view

He viewed the painting and praised the artist for his masterpiece.


dean

He is the dean of foreign correspondents.

Dean of the diplomatic corps-a country's most senior ambassador.


fertility

In most industrialized countries the fertility rate has dropped well below replacement rate.

In America the fertility rate of recent immigrants tends to be higher than that of native population.


wash

Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans.


inspire

The lung cancer patient can not inspire air very well.


community

A community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime (Oscar Wilde).


crumb

He gave only a crumb of information about his plans.

There were few crumbs of comfort in the report.


wall

He ducked behind the garden wall and waited.


consolidation

The defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them.


trade

The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions.


entertain

He entertained the notion of moving to South America.


tantrum

Many parents become embarrassed by their children throwing tantrums in public places.


provide

We aim to provide the local community with more green spaces.

The hostess provided lunch for all the guests.


river

Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.


void

Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.


luck

Sometimes it takes a bit of luck to get success.


walk

The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone.


approach

Would counsel please approach the bench? asked the judge.


patient

The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient.

The number of emergency patients has grown rapidly.


feedstock

The filtered extract of the mash is the feedstock for the fermenter.

Bio-materials may be substituted for petrochemical feedstocks as petroleum prices rise.


lighten

Lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents.

She lightened the load on the tired donkey.


corner

Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by.

The liquor store on the corner also sold lottery tickets.


wonder

I wonder whether this was the right thing to do.

She wondered whether it would snow tonight.


presidency

Ernest was a historian specializing in the presidency of Herbert Hoover.

In France, a presidency lasts for five years.


legitimation

He has filial rights because he obtained letters of legitimation from the king.

His parents' subsequent marriage resulted in his legitimation.


cast

The cast would need a great deal of machining to become a recognizable finished part.

The cast was praised for a fine performance.


tighten

Please tighten that screw a quarter-turn.


digress

She always digresses when telling a story.


conjecture

The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment.

I explained it, but it is pure conjecture whether he understood, or not.


dignity

Showed his true dignity when under pressure.


account

Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam.


judge

I judge a man's character by the cut of his suit.

I can not judge some works of modern art.


origin

Jupiter was the origin of the radiation.


resolve

I'll have to resolve the equation with the new values.


fend

The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died.

The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow.


record

Coffee production last year broke all previous records.


step

The architect wants to step the terrace.

She is always stepping on others to get ahead.


elaborate

Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?


function

A seemingly endless round of social functions.


program

He proposed an elaborate program of public works.


stone

Stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries.


excavate

Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team.


answer

His answer to any problem was to get drunk.


purse

He made the contribution out of his own purse.


land

Maybe that's how it works in TV-land, bu not in the real world.


evidence

There is no evidence that anyone was here earlier.


tube

In Paris the subway system is called the 'metro' and in London it is called the 'tube' or the 'underground'.


resign

He resigned the crown to follow his heart.


screen

They put screens in the windows for protection against insects.


news

We watch the 7 o'clock news every night.


enterprise

A micro enterprise is defined as a business having 5 or fewer employees and a low seed capital.

A growing enterprise must have a bold leader.


heartland

It was in the heartland of the French wine growing areas.

The home counties are the Conservative heartland.


plus

A water molecule is made up of two hydrogen atoms plus one of oxygen.


pop

Pop music, despite its commercial focus, includes many artistic gems.


running

He has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time.


nature

They tried to preserve nature as they found it.


rascal

If you have deer in the area, you may have to put a fence around your garden to keep the rascals out.


lesson

I hope this accident taught you a lesson!


introduce

Introduce the new neighbors to the community.


manhood

He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.

A strapping youth poised on the brink of manhood.


room

The rooms were very small but they had a nice view.


theory

They killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales.

The architect has a theory that more is less.


center

They received messages from several centers.


blow

He blew a lot of money on his new home theater.


remove

He removed his children to the countryside.


blind

They had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet.


interest

Primary colors can add interest to a room.


oat

The main forms of oat are meal and bran.


obstruct

The trees obstruct my view of the mountains.


reorganization

The reorganization was prescribed by federal bankruptcy laws.

After the takeover there was a thorough reorganization.


dereliction

The new soldier did not clean his cabin and was scolded for dereliction and disobedience.

What he did was a terrible dereliction of duty.


bitch

She said her son thought Hillary was a bitch.

Ann gossiped about me and mocked my work; sometimes she can be a real bitch!


quiet

The teacher did her best to quiet the children down.


reason

The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money.

We are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil.


chairperson

She was the chairperson of the board and she presided over the meeting.

Address your remarks to the chairperson.


chokehold

He grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled.

The president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public.


twin

The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse.


scopolamine

Transdermal scopolamine is used to treat motion sickness.

Someone sedated with scopolamine has difficulty lying.


rerun

We have to rerun the subjects -- they misunderstood the instructions.


performance

We congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal.

An inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto.


internationalize

Internationalize trade of certain drugs.


religion

Islam is a major religion in parts of Asia and Africa.

Eckankar is a new religion but Zoroastrianism is an old religion.


extension

Files with the .txt extension usually contain text.

Most applications provide extensions for the files they create.


violence

The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.


elaborate

What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?

She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation.


grace

A beautiful figure which she used in subtle movements of unparalleled grace.

The conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin.


precedence

Its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals.

Family takes precedence over work, in an emergency.


enrich

The oil boom enriched a lot of local people.


setup

It takes time to learn the setup around here.

The classroom setup was simple and efficient.


prefer

Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels.


cookery

People are needed who have experience in cookery.

Henry was not very good at cookery and most of his meals ended up burned.


post

He set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them.


expression

They stared at the newcomer with a puzzled expression.

His manner of expression showed how much he cared.


conflict

He noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings.

This form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing.


zone

The white zone is for loading and unloading only.

There is a no-smoking zone that extends 25 feet outside of each entrance.


station

The responsibilities of a man in his station.


leakiness

The leakiness of the boat made it dangerous to use.


insufficiency

The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.

Pointed out the insufficiencies in my report.


gimmick

A cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen.


act

He's acting strangely -- I think there's something wrong with him.


eclat

They gave him more eclat than he really deserved.


problem

She and her husband are having problems.


freshness

She loved the freshness of newly baked bread.


fence

If we fence in that field, it will be a good pasture for a horse.


washout

It was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road.

As an actor, he was a complete washout, so he went back to accounting.


reveal

The actress won't reveal how old she is.


path

The hurricane demolished houses in its path.

The path of a meteor, of a caravan, or of a storm.


rent

We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad.


hiccup

There was a loud hiccup from the back of the room and the class erupted in laughter.

He has the hiccups -- give him a glass of water.


suit

The family brought suit against the landlord.

If you take my advice, you'll file suit against him immediately.


issue

The last issue of penicillin was over a month ago.


climax

The deathbed scene is the climax of the play.


foundation

The foundation of a new scientific society.

There is little foundation for his objections.


override

Health considerations override financial concerns.

The Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law.


react

She reacts negatively to everything I say.


approach

He lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green.


overstate

He was suggested not to overstate at the interview.

I think it is overstating matters to say that an hour online is spending all night on the computer.


come

This kind of accident comes when you are careless.


bar

He drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar.

The street was lined with all-night bars.


push

Some details got lost in the push to get the project done.


harvest

The Chinese are said to harvest organs from executed criminals.


network

Retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life.


pillar

A thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite.


cinema

The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.


spray

The bridesmaid carried a spray of lily-of-the-valley.


steamroller

The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat.


security

Military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising.

The head of security was a former policeman.


draft

I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.


brand

There's a new brand of hero in the movies now.

Whenever Sally drinks her favorite beer, Coors' brand image floods her senses with scenes of being on a hot beach drinking something refreshing.


rounding

Taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small.

The error in the calculation was attributable to rounding.


unemployed

The long-term unemployed need assistance.

The unemployed are a growing portion of the population.


space

The first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth.

He said the space is the most important character in the alphabet.


discipline

He insisted on discipline among the troops.

The offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received.


event

In that event, the first possibility is excluded.


grain

Wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas.


keep

He is keeping three women in the guest cottage.


leg

After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.

Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.


acknowledge

In all thy ways acknowledge Him. -- Proverbs 3:6.

She acknowledged his complement with a smile.


gutter

The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground.


answer

There is no simple answer to corruption.

The answers were in the back of the book.


bench

She placed the workpiece on the bench, inspected it closely, and opened the cover.


electricity

They built a car that runs on electricity.

The stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it.


delay

Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered.


sew

Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?


clean

Clean up before you see your grandparents.


dig

My seven-year-old son always digs a hole in the middle of his mashed potatoes and fills it with gravy before he starts to eat them.


toke

The artist took a thoughtful toke off the joint, then passed it along.


squash

We all managed to squash into Mum's tiny car.

Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry.


identification

Identification of the gun was an important clue.

The thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest.


cradle

He was taught from the cradle never to cry.


season

This trip will season even the hardiest traveller.

Season the chicken breast after roasting it.


shape

The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.


deify

These young men deify financial success.


number

The word "fifteen", the Arabic numeral "15", and the Roman numeral "XV" are all numerals representing the number fifteen.

Zero, one, -1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers.


card

They have to card anybody who looks 21 or younger.

I heard you don't get carded at the other liquor store.


coarsen

Because the wool is poor quality it will coarsen the fabric.


plan

The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion.


convert

Could you convert my dollars into pounds?


ingenuity

Ingenuity is one of the characteristics of a beaver.


freeze

Don't go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!


scare

A bomb scare led them to evacuate the building.


push

Let's give one last push on our advertising campaign.


glorify

You are glorifying a rather mediocre building.


influence

Her wishes had a great influence on his thinking.


software

Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?

The market for software is expected to expand.


tease

Tease tissue for microscopic examinations.

She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior.


recognition

He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.

He was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman.


submit

The lawyers submitted the material to the court.


alleviator

Blessed is he who is an alleviator of suffering.


race

Some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings.


bond

A $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman.

Organic chemistry primarily consists of the study of carbon bonds, in their many variations.


people

There were at least 200 people in the audience.


revamp

They plan to revamp the historical theater in the old downtown.

They revamped their old house before selling it.


exchange

Deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable.


acknowledge

It is important to acknowledge the work of others in one's own writing.

The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne.


opinion

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived. -- Oscar Wilde.


claim

They struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day.


distance

The distance to Petersborough is thirty miles.

There is a long distance between Moscow and Vladivostok.


ingenuity

The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.


host

Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games.

Viruses depend on the host that they infect in order to be able to reproduce.


investment

This job calls for the investment of some hard thinking.

He made an emotional investment in the work.


tap

He was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently.


refinement

He described a refinement of this technique.


bravura

In a final bravura the ballerina appeared to be floating in water.

The music ends with a display of bravura.


despair

They were rescued from despair at the last minute.


stick

The policy so far is all stick and no carrot.

Cigarettes are taxed at one dollar per stick.


flip

I don't know what to do -- I may as well flip a coin!


impose

I can not impose that I get what I want.


converge

Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power.


habit

She had a habit twirling the ends of her hair.


bell

She heard the distant toll of church bells.


pattern

The American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics.


iceberg

Iceberg is still the most popular lettuce.


utility

A computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users.

I've bought a new disk utility that can recover deleted files.


balance

He took what he wanted and I got the balance.

The balance of the agreement remains in effect.


parity

Parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data.

The parity of the mother must be considered.


flagship

The retail company's store in London is their flagship.


rock

Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church -- Gospel According to Matthew.


obstruction

The filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan.


pulse

A transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube.


yesterday

Yesterday's solutions are not good enough.


line

That salesman must have practiced his fast line of talk.

'let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line.


part

The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.


sleep

We need to conduct an overnight sleep test to diagnose your sleep problem.


signal

The victory was a signal for wild celebration.


heartbeat

New York is the commercial heartbeat of America.


mail

I'll mail you the paper when it's written.


stretch

During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack.


interview

The reporter gave the witness an interview.

My interviews with teenagers revealed a weakening of religious bonds.


observe

Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals.

She observed that his presentation took up too much time.


pop

This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven.


cook

The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle.


relish

I don't relish the idea of going out tonight.


truth

The situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat.

He was famous for the truth of his portraits.


occupy

The young prince will soon occupy the throne.


sculpt

She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband.


purchase

They offer a free hamburger with the purchase of a drink.

They closed the purchase with a handshake.


experiment

The composer experimented with a new style.


snorter

The storm wasn't long but it was a snorter.


agony

Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly. -- Luke xxii. 44.


overdrive

Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given.


control

They instituted controls over drinking on campus.


cascade

Separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes.

Progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring.


contrast

The students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities.

The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student.


faddist

The faddist magazines have been hyping that lately.


avenue

They explored every avenue they could think of.

It promises to open new avenues to understanding.


read

The King will read the proclamation at noon.


loss

Loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt.


game

For actors, memorizing lines is no game.


gospel

Newton's writings were gospel for those who followed.


neighbor

What is the closest neighbor to the Earth?


lash

And big waves lash the frighted shores. -- John Dryden.


tense

Alternately relax and tense your calf muscle.

Tense the rope manually before tensing the spring.


buy

I'm going to buy my father something nice for his birthday.


basis

The whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture.


sweep

Her new show dog swept all championships.


endorsement

A Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement.

The association announced its endorsement of the policy.


sprinkling

Baptized with a sprinkling of holy water.


superlative

'most surely' is the superlative of the adverb 'surely'.


high

Summer temperatures reached an all-time high.


help

He was a great help to me when I was moving house.


satellite

A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite.

The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.


lump

Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?


immunity

The prosecutor offered the lieutenant immunity for all the crimes he would testify having known to be planned by the elusive drug baron.

He was granted immunity from prosecution.


pizza

Should we cook a frozen pizza for dinner?


demand

The automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips.


companion

His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.


restoration

The restoration of this painting will take years.

The restoration of this medieval church involved undoing all the Victorian modifications.


suppress

Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough.


entrance

Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.


chapter

He read a chapter every night before falling asleep.


government

He had considerable experience of government.


work

Work is done against friction to drag a bag along the ground.


begin

You can not even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war.

This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation.


resolution

It was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work.

He always wrote down his New Year's resolutions.


immunity

Some people have better immunity to diseases than others.


progress

Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.


slave

Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast kill'd/ Mine innocent child? Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing.


conserve

Children must be taught to conserve our national heritage.


channel

Poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs.

Gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street.


truth

He thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it.

Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence.


sufficiency

He questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence.

Her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency.


blaze

They chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes.


web

The trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn.

Some of that content is now only available on the Web.


move

I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, I was too lazy to move.


shock

Subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response.

Corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks.


leviathan

They were assigned the leviathan of textbooks.


transportation

Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.

The sentence was one of transportation for life.


snapshot

My snapshots haven't been developed yet.


rotation

The rotation of the dancer kept time with the music.


dig

In the wintertime, heavy truck tires dig into the road, forming potholes.

They dug an eight-foot ditch along the side of the road.


decree

The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed.


zero

In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string.

Write 0.0 to indicate a floating point number rather than the integer zero.


dress

Parents must feed and dress their child.


suspect

The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks.


content

They could read to their heart's content.


swim

We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore.


ship

Ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel.


trim

They traditionally trim the tree on Christmas Eve.


trust

The experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity.

He put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun.


establishment

He quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment.

The firm celebrated twenty years since their establishment by updating their look.


consultation

A consultation of several medical specialists.


hope

In spite of his troubles he never gave up hope.


sincerity

They demanded some proof of my sincerity.


fulfil

You made a promise, son, and now you must fulfil it.

My lady is positively fulfilled of grace.


racket

Power tools work quickly, but they sure make a racket.


negate

The investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.


excursion

While driving home I took an excursion and saw some deer.


trough

The neurologist pointed to a troubling trough in the pattern of his brain-waves.

The buoy bobbed between the crests and troughs of the waves moving across the bay.


demand

The boss demanded that he be fired immediately.


warrant

The dealer warrants all the cars he sells.


good

Among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization.


consumption

The consumption of energy has increased steadily.

The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.


focus

The controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion.

I believe I can bring the high degree of focus required for this important job.


rank

Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.


function

Price is a function of supply and demand.


inwardness

The sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness.

Inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright.


stay

Some of her friends decided it was time to go home, but she wanted to stay on until sunrise.


seat

This classroom seats two hundred students.


baseline

The ref missed the call. The ball hit the baseline.

The established a baseline for the budget.


effect

The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders.


marry

A justice of the peace will marry Jones and Smith.


active

"The ball was kicked by Fred." would, in active voice, be "Fred kicked the ball.".

'The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice.


crook

She held the baby in the crook of her arm.


blade

Gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures.


suit

To deal and shuffle, to divide and sort Her mingled suits and sequences. --.


communicate

Please communicate this message to all employees.

The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.


piracy

How shoud the international community respond to Somali piracy?


figure

I can't figure if he's telling the truth or lying.


school

When the school day was done we would walk home together.


deck

Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?


fit

I wanted to borrow my little sister's jeans, but they didn't fit.


wall

Competition was pushing them to the wall.


account

The paper was rejected on account of its length.


exchange

Exchange employees between branches of the company.


proportion

An inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations.


pig

He was a pig and his apartment a pigpen; take-away containers and pizza boxes in a long, moldy stream lined his counter tops.

The farmer kept a pen with two pigs that he fed from table scraps and field waste.


product

This is a product of lime and nitric acid.


salute

When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute.


married

My plan is to wait to have sex until i'm married.


spike

The seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor.

The second baseman sharpened his spikes before every game.


juice

Squeeze the orange and some juice will come out.


addition

The addition of flowers created a pleasing effect.

The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.


procurement

He was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies.

I have a lot of experience in the procurement of construction materials and sub-contracts.


interpretation

The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.

The edict was subject to many interpretations.


miss

The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten.


deuce

Love is a bodily infirmity... which breaks out the deuce knows how or why (Thackeray).


heart

Buddhists believe that suffering is right at the heart of all life.

The wood at the heart of a tree is the oldest.


upset

The biggest upset since David beat Goliath.

Everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time.


partition

The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British.


rudeness

The rudeness of the cabin gave it a rustic charm but little comfort.


material

The archives provided rich material for a definitive biography.


humour

The sensitive subject was treated with humour, but in such way that no one was offended.

She has a great sense of humour, and I always laugh a lot whenever we get together.


correct

Correct the alignment of the front wheels.


intimidate

He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.


vascularity

Reduced bodyfat brought out the vascularity in his arms.


chemistry

Their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other.


slope

The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.


follow

These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion.


tenderness

He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.

The best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness.


reunite

After ten years apart, the band will reunite.

Two of the members tried several times, but failed to reunite the band.


play

The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory.

He is playing his cards close to his chest.


discourage

We should discourage this practice among our youth.

Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.


blanket

The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.


submission

What was the date of submission of your proposal?

Several of his submissions were rejected by publishers.


club

He felt as if he had been hit with a club.


pump

I've pumped over 1000 gallons of water in the last ten minutes.


restore

To restore harmony among those who are at variance.


approval

Although she fussed at them, she secretly viewed all her children with approval.


playbook

They borrowed a page from the playbook of the opposition.

The 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene.


poison

Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her.


difference

You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference.

There are many differences between jazz and rock.


hit

We hit Detroit at one in the morning but kept driving through the night.


catcher

A catcher needs a lot of protective equipment.


inundate

The Dutch would sometimes inundate the land to hinder the Spanish army.

The basement was inundated after the storm.


vent

He vented her frustration when he got home.


onrush

From the bow she stared at the mesmerising onrush of the sea where it split and foamed.

The explosion interrupted the wild onrush of her thoughts.


appreciate

Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?

To test the power of bees to appreciate color.


clatter

The clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones.


strain

His responsibilities were a constant strain.


makeup

The two teams played a makeup one week later.


carrier

Refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business.


variation

An emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone.

Any variation in his routine was immediately reported.


image

A public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty.

A movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them.


pluck

She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled.


perceive

I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon.

She finally perceived the futility of her protest.


butter

Lora buttered the toast with unsalted butter.


defensibility

Client complaints create a felt need for the defensibility of individual actions.

They built their castles with an eye to their defensibility.


notice

We received a notice to vacate the premises.


stone

A heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone.

She had jewels made of all the rarest stones.


fantasy

She made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies.


pedal

There are three pedals on manual cars, two on automatics.


occasion

At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation.


visibility

That candidate does not have sufficient visibility to win an election.


drip

After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.

My broken pen dripped ink onto the table.


superlative

'least famous' is the superlative degree of the adjective 'famous'.

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


dash

He wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer.


real

Every integer is a real number, but not vice versa.

A real number can be regarded abstractly as an equivalence class of Cauchy sequences of real numbers.


date

They hoped to get together at an early date.


acquire

Children acquire language at an amazing rate.

I acquired a strong aversion to television.


knitting

She put down her knitting and went to answer the phone.


call

The unions called a general strike for Sunday.


show

All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper.


magnitude

They tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion.


passing

The coach sent in a passing play on third and long.


yacht

Would you like to go sailing on my uncle's yacht?

You are a true yachtsman! Are you a member of the local yacht club?


extent

The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.


pressure

She has felt pressure lately because her boss expects her to get the job done by the first.

The public brought pressure to bear on the government.


repair

To repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship.


laughter

Their loud laughter betrayed their presence.


sinking

He could not control the sinking of his legs.

After several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market.


cloud

He opened the door and was greeted by a cloud of bats.


suppress

The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.


wounded

The wounded lay on stretchers waiting for surgery.

They had to leave the wounded where they fell.


edition

It was too late for the morning edition.


constitutionalize

A good way of exercising is to constitutionalize.

A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970's.


signage

The signage in the airport is designed to point the way clearly to important locations.

The poor signage at Heathrow is only in English.


coat

When the dog shed its coat, it left hair all over the furniture and the carpet.


lead

The children were playing with lead soldiers.


draw

John only had four cards of the same suit; he had a drawing hand.


understanding

He has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect.

There was an understanding between management and the workers.


refocus

Refocus the image until it is very sharp.


deliver

Render a verdict (i.e., deliver a judgment).


synthesize

His operas synthesize music and drama in perfect harmony.


level

The hunter levels the gun before taking a shot.


processing

The processing of ore to obtain minerals.

The processing of newly arrived immigrants.


pack

You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice.


charge

The wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary.


graduate

This school graduates 2,000 students each year.


denier

Global warming denier (see: Wikipedia: Global warming denial).

Holocaust denier (see: Wikipedia: Holocaust denial).


holder

He's been an account holder with us since 2004.

In 2012, there were 28 living holders of the Victoria Cross or the George Cross.


blur

To blur a photograph by moving the camera while taking it.


study

He knocked lightly on the closed door of the study.

Anthropology is the study of human beings.


memory

Memory is a facility common to all animals.


constellate

The poets constellate in this town every summer.


alphabet

In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet.

The Greek alphabet has only twenty-four letters.


infamy

A date which will live in infamy -- Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.

Infamy, infamy -- they've all got it in for me! -- Kenneth Williams as Julius Caesar in Carry On Cleo.


despair

He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive.

One harsh word would send her into the depths of despair.


folly

Trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly.


responsibility

Why didn't you clean the house? That was your responsibility!


triumph

The agreement was a triumph for common sense.


tread

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.


scrap

Scrap the old airplane and sell the parts.

These two fellows are always scrapping over something.


express

Can you express this distance in kilometers?

Italians express coffee rather than filter it.


crystallize

I crystallized the copper sulphate by slowly cooling a saturated solution.


efficiency

The efficiency of the planning department is deplorable.


vow

The old hermit, up in the mountains, took a vow of silence.


veil

The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.


release

The release of iodine from the thyroid gland.

A new release from the London Symphony Orchestra.


street

They walked the streets of the small town.


third

He was cut down on a close play at third.

The play ended with Jones standing on third.


radiate

This plants radiate spines in all directions.

Spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel.


election

The results of the election will be announced tonight.


revival

A revival of a neglected play by Moliere.


complaint

Don't come too close, I've got this nasty complaint.

I have no complaints about the quality of his work, but I don't enjoy his company.


potentiate

These anti-depressants potentiate the analgesic action of opiates.


narcolepsy

He believes that narcolepsy is attributable to an inability to suppress REM sleep during waking.

Excitement induced narcolepsy caused him to sleep through the most important events of his life.


vegetation

Their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation.


bandy

We bandied around these difficult questions.


socialize

He never socializes with his colleagues.


population

He deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals.

It is an estimate of the mean of the population.


back

The titles are printed on the backs of the books.


analogy

The models show by analogy how matter is built up.

The operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain.


nightclub

There are both gays and heteros in this nightclub.

The gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night.


belt

The rotund man had difficulty belting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue.


carry

This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison.


cancel

The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.


local

The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local.

The local seemed to take forever to get to New York.


patch

When ice skating, be sure to stay away from reeds, there's always thin patches of ice there and you could fall through.


afforest

After we leave the quarry, we intend to afforest the land and turn it into a nature reserve.


quarry

A British term for 'quarry' is 'stone pit'.

Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara.


gas

The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.


genre

The still-life has been a popular genre in painting since the 17th century.

The computer game Half-Life redefined the first-person shooter genre.


finger

Human hands have five fingers: the thumb, the forefinger (or index finger), the middle finger, the ring finger and the little finger.


reach

This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour.


lock

If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will lock.


swing

It took time to get into the swing of things.


ping

I'll ping my accountant -- April 15 is nearing.

My car was pinging until my last oil change.


underbelly

The soft underbelly of the Axis -- Winston Churchill.

The area by the canal is the underbelly of town -- not something you'd see in the guidebooks.


sober

She's in no state to go home by herself, so make sure she doesn't drink anything else, and she'll soon sober up.


abort

I wasted a year of my life working on an abort.

He sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area.


expedite

He expedited the search by alphabetizing the papers.


bone

I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam.


storage

I'd recommend backing up these files to storage before reinstalling the operating system.

There's a lot of storage space in the loft.


contact

Litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid.

He used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor.


curl

She curled farther down under the covers.


tick

Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box.


site

The Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers.


batter

The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.

To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the cake batter.


size

The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.


totality

Appalled by the totality of the destruction.

The totality of war and its consequences.


commitment

His business commitments took him to London.


disappearance

What was responsible for the disappearance of the rainforest?

He regretted the disappearance of Greek from school curricula.


stay

You can stay with me while you are in town.

Stay a bit longer -- the day is still young.


stampede

The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating.


awareness

I gradually passed from sleep to full awareness.


mark

I filled the bottle up to the 500ml mark.


record

The track record shows that he will be a good president.


change

Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb.

After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt.


softening

Refrigeration delayed the softening of the fruit.

He observed the softening of iron by heat.


kettle

There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.

To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.


mingle

He was about to mingle in an unpleasant affair.

Resourcefully he mingled music and dance.


excogitate

The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate.

Excogitate a way to measure the speed of light.


team

We need more volunteers for the netball team.

The IT manager leads a team of three software developers.


silence

When the motor stopped, the silence was almost deafening.


circus

They used the elephants to help put up the circus.

The children always love to go to the circus.


view

If there are any rabbits in this park, they keep carefully out of our view.

He took the computer with a view to pawning it.


flare

She could not control her flare of rage.


spin

One of the planet's moons has a slower spin than the others.


version

His version of the fight was different from mine.

An experimental version of the night fighter.


offspring

Industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring.


allowance

He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room.

A child's allowance should not be too generous.


bombshell

News of the attack came like a bombshell.


generation

They had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade.

Dams were built for the generation of electricity.


population

The population of New Jersey will not stand for this!

They hired hunters to keep down the deer population.


glimpse

I have only begun to glimpse the magnitude of the problem.

We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine.


interest

He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.

How much interest do you pay on your mortgage?


recognition

Experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer.

A politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces.


reading

He bought some reading material at the airport.


penetration

The penetration of upper management by women.

Any penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.


agree

All parties agree in the expediency of the law.


outburst

The man let out an outburst of invective.


predecease

Husbands usually predecease their wives.


affinity

In anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans.


exploit

We must exploit the resources we are given wisely.


morale

Morale is an important quality in soldiers. With good morale they'll charge into a hail of bullets; without it they won't even cross a street.

After the layoffs morale was at an all time low, they were so dispirited nothing was getting done.


direction

They proposed a new direction for the firm.


symbol

The eagle is a symbol of the United States.

Chinese people use word symbols for writing.


hollow

He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians.

Hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks.


fly

All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.


desire

Too much desire can seriously affect one's judgment.


issue

She found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room.

Politicians never discuss the real issues.


declare

His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast.


vamp

Vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting.


consideration

He showed no consideration for her feelings.

After much consideration, I have decided to stay.


salvation

In Islam, salvation is achieved by praying in the mosque to Allah and following the sunnah of Muhammad.

The salvation of his party was the president's major concern.


determination

The determination of molecular structures.

His determination showed in his every movement.


property

Self-confidence is not an endearing property.

The president was concerned about the property across from the White House.