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Collect
To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
Mass
A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ..
Estimate
To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the..
Close
Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.
Fundamentally
Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents.
Appertaining
of Appertain
Phonetics
The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.
Relative
Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.
Phonology
The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise ..
Hourglass
An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury ..
Rally
A political mass meeting.
Empiricism
The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.
Dovecote
A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
Casuistry
The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules a..
Vie
To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.
Emulate
Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.
Alternate
That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
Verify
To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like.
Pentad
Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ..
Relief
Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry.
Than
A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the ..
Bigger
compar. of Big.
Surrogate
A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.
Ape
A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of th..
Confirmation
The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.
Same
Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.
Alike
Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
Metaphor
The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.
Parallelism
The quality or state of being parallel.
Resemblance
The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.
Contribute
To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to contribute f..
Proportional
Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional.
Inimitable
Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence.
Unequaled
Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding; surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness.
Parable
Procurable.
Peerless
Having no peer or equal; matchless; superlative.
Insular
Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.
Consult
To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
Cadmium
A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer ..
Invincible
Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle.
Deficient
Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient st..
Comparing
of Compare
Allegory
A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The real subject is thus kept out of view..
Kinematics
The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions.
Mobilization
The act of mobilizing.
Rodeo
A round-up. See Round-up.
Excellence
The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
Preeminence
The quality or state of being preeminent; superiority in prominence or in excellence; distinction above others in quality, rank, etc.; rarely, in a bad sense, superiority or notoriety in evil; ..
Priority
The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.
Indefinitely
In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to use a word indefinitely.
Sterling
Same as Starling, 3.
Proportionately
In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally.
Replacement
The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes.
Partly
In part; in some measure of degree; not wholly.
Mildly
In a mild manner.
Relatively
In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely.
Incompletely
In an incomplete manner.
Infinitely
Without bounds or limits; beyond or below assignable limits; as, an infinitely large or infinitely small quantity.
Fairly
In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly.
Eminently
In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.
Exceedingly
To a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. It signifies more than very.
Partially
In part; not totally; as, partially true; the sun partially eclipsed.
Simply
In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.
Merely
Purely; unmixedly; absolutely.
Perfectly
In a perfect manner or degree; in or to perfection; completely; wholly; throughly; faultlessly.
Purely
In a pure manner (in any sense of the adjective).
Conference
The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
Chaff
Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
Census
A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years.
Comparable
Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.
Differ
To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from.
Quadrivalent
Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are qu..
Worse
Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; -- used both in a physical and moral sense.
Philology
Criticism; grammatical learning.
Paleography
An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography.
Sideboard
A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.
Undifferentiated
Not differentiated; specifically (Biol.), homogenous, or nearly so; -- said especially of young or embryonic tissues which have not yet undergone differentiation (see Differentiation, 3), tha..
Commensurate
To reduce to a common measure.
Highly
In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.
Ratiocinative
Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinative..
Equalize
To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes.
Homogeneous
Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; -- opposed to heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or principles; homogeneous bodies.
Similar
Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.
Analogous
Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.
Identical
The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing.
Alien
Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
towering
of Tower
Incommensurable
Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and dia..
Immortal
Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance.
Absolutely
In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.
Subserve
To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote.
Fail
To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from s..
Collection
The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.
Hollow
Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.
Serve
To copulate with; to cover; as, a horse serves a mare; -- said of the male.
Simulation
The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true.
Alleged
of Allege
Such
Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standar..
Alternative
Offering a choice of two things.
Most
Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all.
Alternate
Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
Proximate
Nearest; next immediately preceding or following.
Duplicate
To make a duplicate of (something); to make a copy or transcript of.
Discrete
Separate; distinct; disjunct.
Awfully
In an awful manner; in a manner to fill with terror or awe; fearfully; reverently.
Corral
A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc.
Imitate
To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.
Resemble
To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.
Nearness
The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.
Juxtapose
To place in juxtaposition.
Changeling
One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies.
Personnel
The body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from materiel.
Alone
Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
Counterfeit
Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
Compile
To put together; to construct; to build.
Chat
To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.
Crypt
A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory.
Dissimilar
Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.
Substitute
One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else
Deliberate
Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a del..
Powwow
To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.
Counsel
Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.
Etymology
That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning.
Ringer
One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.
Refer
To carry or send back.
Skill
Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
Origin
The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.
Equate
To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; ..
Mediocre
Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary.
Privilege
A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franc..
Derivation
A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
Arrest
To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
Guillotine
A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim.
Other
Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).
Amass
To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.
Cumulate
To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.
Pew
One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but..
Judgment
The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, whether of moral qualities, intellectual con..
Replacement
The act of replacing.
Discuss
To break to pieces; to shatter.
Correlation
Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correl..
Respect
To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.
Prominently
In a prominent manner.
Equivalence
The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.
Again
In return, back; as, bring us word again.
Runt
Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals.
Partner
One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b) Either one of a couple who dance together. (..
Semblance
Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.
Simile
A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison.
Pair
A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." Macaulay. [Now mostly or ..
Identity
The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.
Sameness
The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like.
Preeminently
In a preeminent degree.
Assimilation
The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.
Confluence
The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.
Compare
To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discr..
Separated
of Separate
Stack
A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatc..
Lower
Compar. of Low, a.
Inventory
An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a..
Clammy
Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.
Imitation
The act of imitating.
Palaver
Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.
Tall
High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall perso..
Weigh
A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.
Twin
Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.
Ascendancy
Alt. of Ascendance
Hole
Whole.
Likeness
The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable.
Totally
In a total manner; wholly; entirely.
Utterly
In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain.
Vault
An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
Stall
A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.
Equality
The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; a..
Inadequate
Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
Unlike
Not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance; as, the cases are unlike.
Mirror
A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.
Copy
An abundance or plenty of anything.
Shabby
Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
Cavity
Hollowness.
Want
The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of fo..
Proxy
The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.
Choice
Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.
Confer
To bring together for comparison; to compare.
Contrast
To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.
Carbon
An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, an..
Exchange
The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.
Crib
A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.
Concurrence
The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.
Like
Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of the resemblance; as, they are l..
Balancing
of Balance
Star
One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.
Unskillful
Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.
Extremely
In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold.
Grim
Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.
Panel
A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
Correspondence
Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.
Detached
of Detach
Simulate
Feigned; pretended.
Dummy
Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
Fake
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
Incommensurate
Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable.
Buoyancy
The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water.
Secondary
Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
Corresponding
of Correspond
Matchable
Capable of being matched; comparable on equal conditions; adapted to being joined together; correspondent.
Duplicate
Double; twofold.
Liken
To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage.
Cabin
A cottage or small house; a hut.
Negotiate
To transact business; to carry on trade.
Akin
Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.
Much
Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time.
Parallel
Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
Sub
A subordinate; a subaltern.
Comparatively
According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely.
Prerogative
An exclusive or peculiar privilege; prior and indefeasible right; fundamental and essential possession; -- used generally of an official and hereditary right which may be asserted without que..
Dissemblance
Want of resemblance; dissimilitude.
Removed
of Remove
Unallied
Not allied; having no ally; having no connection or relation; as, unallied species or genera.
Vicar
One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.
Relation
The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.
Verify
To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.
Divergence
Alt. of Divergency
Equivalent
Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.
Change
To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance.
Completely
In a complete manner; fully.
Substitution
The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution o..
Transcendent
Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent valor.
Only
One alone; single; as, the only man present; his only occupation.
Deputy
One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the dep..
Disconnected
of Disconnect
Trivial
Found anywhere; common.
Congenial
Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.
Apart
Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
Equal
Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subj..
Understudy
To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part.
Isolated
of Isolate
Moderately
In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent.
Community
Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.
Affinity
Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship ..
Maladroit
Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful.
Agnate
Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.
Coupe
The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British railways.
Characteristic
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
Representative
Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
Proportionate
Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.
Referable
Capable of being referred, or considered in relation to something else; assignable; ascribable.
Physic
The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine.
Canvass
To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote.
Parity
The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning.
Chamber
A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.
Double
Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.
Discriminate
Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.
Juxtaposition
A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.
Comparison
The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.
Preeminent
Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of, others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad qualities; as, p..
Accumulate
To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.
Small
Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small ..
Similitude
The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance.
Somewhat
More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.
Confront
To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
Assembly
A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment.
Disjunct
Disjoined; separated.
Separate
To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
Disparity
Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color.
Opposition
The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
Accordance
Agreement; harmony; conformity.
Beautiful
Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.
Closeness
The state of being close.
Exotic
Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.
Conformity
Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.
Homologous
Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure.
Downright
Straight down; perpendicularly.
Beside
At the side of; on one side of.
Close
To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
Approximation
The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating.
Splendid
Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun.
Similarity
The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features.
Diversity
A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
Outlandish
Foreign; not native.
Segregate
Separate; select.
Extraneous
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter.
Independent
Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.
Unparalleled
Having no parallel, or equal; unequaled; unmatched.
Suggest
To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.
Stack
A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
Oppose
To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
Incomparable
Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent.
Strange
Belonging to another country; foreign.
Spare
To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.
Imperfect
Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.
Bulk
Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
Greatness
The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.
Match
Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one..
Near
At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.
Sui generis
Of his or its own kind.
Unique
Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole.
Partition
The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.
Incompetent
Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.
Symbol
A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, ..
Supreme
Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power.
Superlative
Lifted up to the highest degree; most eminent; surpassing all other; supreme; as, superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of superlative beauty; the superlative glory of the divine character...
Mimic
Alt. of Mimical
Correspond
To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout.
Correlative
Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.
Immeasurably
In an immeasurable manner or degree.
Collect
To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.
Surpassing
of Surpass
Ultimate
Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final.
Favor
Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.
Shade
Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light...
Evoke
To call out; to summon forth.
Unrivaled
Having no rival; without a competitor; peerless.
Matchless
Having no equal; unequaled.
Relief
The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; ..
Great
Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
Even
Evening. See Eve, n. 1.
Opposing
of Oppose
Rival
A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
Rare
Early.
Tally
Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
Sympathetic
Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.
Aeroplane
A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.
Proportion
The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or o..
Predominance
The quality or state of being predominant; superiority; ascendency; prevalence; predomination.
Perfect
Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; with..
Majority
The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
Dead
Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a d..
Room
Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes up too much room.
Gather
To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.
Raise
To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.
Difference
The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat,..
Makeshift
That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.
Touch
To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.
Sign
That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.
Full
Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house f..
Success
Act of succeeding; succession.
Paragon
A companion; a match; an equal.
Assemble
To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.
Prepotency
The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
Supremacy
The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king or a parliament.
Seniority
The quality or state of being senior.
Precedence
Alt. of Precedency
Assimilate
To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
Matching
of Match
Approximate
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
Serve
To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, as an inferior, domestic, serf, slave, hired ..
Follow
To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.
Analogy
A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, bec..
Survey
To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.
Little
Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.
Confrontation
Act of confrontating.
Correspondent
Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing.
Preponderance
Alt. of Preponderancy
Ratio
The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed b..
Token
Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah.
Disguise
To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive.
Confirm
To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.
Lead
One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tub..
Muster
Something shown for imitation; a pattern.
Booth
A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation.
Hold
The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
Relate
To bring back; to restore.
Mean
To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?
Division
The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.
Prestige
Delusion; illusion; trick.
Petty
Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.
Reason
A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficie..
Junction
The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.
Mobilize
To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps.
Bunch
A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
Check
A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so men..
Concourse
A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence.
Mass
The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.
Part
One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, w..
Rally
To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
Parley
Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oral conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce.
Gathering
of Gather
Aggregate
To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."
Anatomy
The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
Box
A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in ga..
Plate
A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.
Base
Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.
Lexicology
The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.
Morphology
That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and ..
Glottology
The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology.
Pigeonhole
A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote.
Measure
A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is ..
Grammar
The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a ..
Approach
To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
Conglomerate
Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light.
Ghost
The spirit; the soul of man.
Bargain
An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party bi..
Balance
An apparatus for weighing.
Agreement
State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council.
Group
A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of trees; a group of isles.
Board
A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.
Join
To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
Combination
The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.
Uniform
Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the tempe..
Clump
An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.
Alliance
The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compac..
Combine
To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical union.
Border
The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.
Cell
A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.
Cluster
A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.
