Specific
Words that have just one definition in WordNet and aren't considered a part of something else.
- step ladder
- a folding portable ladder hinged at the top
- fairness commission
- a commission delegated to ensure opportunities for the expression of opposing views
- spritsail
- a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit
- anterior synechia
- adhesion between the iris and the cornea
- ovoviviparous
- producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body
- defiant
- boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
- screwballer
- (baseball) a pitcher who throws screwballs
- baby oil
- an ointment for babies
- laicise
- reduce to lay status
- stock-index futures
- a futures contract based on a stock index; a bet on the future price of the indexed group of stocks
- salsola kali
- bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
- southern scup
- porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America
- wilting
- causing to become limp or drooping
- noise level
- the amplitude level of the undesired background noise
- slip stitch
- a loose stitch catching only a thread or two of fabric; designed to be invisible from the right side
- kilt
- a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland
- convoke
- call together
- coconut macaroon
- macaroon containing coconut
- cardium edule
- common edible European cockle
- graciously
- in a gracious or graceful manner