Vocabulary Words

adjective

generally recognized

noun

(chiefly in the plural) Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result. (+4 more)

noun, verb

(ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing. (+15 more)

noun, verb

A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour. (+18 more)

noun

A place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured. (+1 more)

noun

One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly.

noun, verb

A defect or failing (+8 more)

noun, verb

A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps). (+8 more)

noun

(familiar) A wife or girlfriend (+22 more)

noun, verb

A kind of fine, white linen. (+18 more)

noun, verb

A person who is meek, docile and easily led. (+6 more)

adjective, noun, verb

(by extension) Hobbling (+13 more)

noun, verb

A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination (+8 more)

noun, verb

(founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell. (+14 more)

adjective, noun, verb

(often in combination) realm, domain. (+31 more)

noun, verb

A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another. (+11 more)

noun

A female landlord.

noun

(with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided. (+2 more)

noun, verb

A mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides (+7 more)

noun, verb

A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path. (+2 more)

noun

(used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare. (+10 more)

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