(NOUN) is (ADJ) but (NOUN) is (ADJ)
- Cincinnati1 is economic2, but postal clerk3 is serviceable4
- 1 a city in southern Ohio on the Ohio river
2 using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
3 a clerk in a post office
4 intended or able to serve a purpose without elaboration - pollard1 is annihilated2, but print3 is adorned4
- 1 a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed
2 destroyed completely
3 a visible indication made on a surface
4 provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction - yoke1 is fast2, but capital of Massachusetts3 is honest4
- 1 a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke
2 (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
3 state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
4 marked by truth - capitalist1 is naive2, but capitulation3 is fundamental4
- 1 a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
2 lacking information or instruction
3 a document containing the terms of surrender
4 far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something - hob1 is expedient2, but pedigree3 is backward4
- 1 a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears
2 appropriate to a purpose; practical
3 line of descent of a purebred animal
4 directed or facing toward the back or rear - building block1 is able2, but Coral Sea3 is sticky4
- 1 a block of material used in construction work
2 (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
3 an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia
4 covered with an adhesive material - Irish setter1 is sloppy2, but reign of terror3 is formative4
- 1 an Irish breed with a chestnut-brown or mahogany-red coat
2 lacking neatness or order
3 any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France
4 capable of forming new cells and tissues - Aden1 is adequate2, but no man's land3 is inactive4
- 1 an important port of Yemen; located on the Gulf of Aden; its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern Arabia since ancient times
2 having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
3 land that is unowned and uninhabited (and usually undesirable)
4 not in physical motion - glacier1 is inventive2, but blue3 is interrupted4
- 1 a slowly moving mass of ice
2 (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
3 blue clothing
4 discontinued temporarily - Welsh springer spaniel1 is booted2, but diver3 is considerate4
- 1 a red-and-white breed slightly smaller than the English springer spaniel
2 wearing boots
3 large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes
4 showing concern for the rights and feelings of others - venison1 is masterly2, but Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3 is advantageous4
- 1 meat from a deer used as food
2 having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
3 a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro
4 appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness - bank failure1 is sexual2, but boldness3 is uncommon4
- 1 the inability of a bank to meet its credit obligations
2 having or involving sex
3 impudent aggressiveness
4 marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind - Chinese monetary unit1 is captivated2, but strap3 is apprehensive4
- 1 the monetary unit in the People's Republic of China
2 strongly attracted
3 hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
4 in fear or dread of possible evil or harm - consciousness1 is floating2, but Eli Whitney3 is hesitant4
- 1 an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
2 (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position
3 United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
4 lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly - teaching aid1 is in2, but soil bank3 is proper4
- 1 materials and equipment used in teaching
2 directed or bound inward
3 land retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops; government subsidies are paid to farmers for their retired land
4 having all the qualities typical of the thing specified - Saint Ignatius of Loyola1 is confounding2, but educational institution3 is accurate4
- 1 Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus; a leading opponent of the Reformation (1491-1556)
2 that confounds or contradicts or confuses
3 an institution dedicated to education
4 (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct - South of Houston1 is dubious2, but practice range3 is variable4
- 1 a district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts
2 fraught with uncertainty or doubt
3 a place for practicing golf shots
4 liable to or capable of change - thin air1 is level2, but American white oak3 is in good taste4
- 1 nowhere to be found in a giant void
2 oriented at right angles to the plumb
3 large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood
4 satisfying generally accepted social or esthetic standards - data input device1 is indispensable2, but erection3 is closing4
- 1 a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device
2 unavoidable
3 the act of building or putting up
4 final or ending - police dog1 is pacific2, but Thomas Sully3 is bloody4
- 1 any dog trained to assist police especially in tracking
2 disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature
3 United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
4 having or covered with or accompanied by blood
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