Specific
Words that have just one definition in WordNet and aren't considered a part of something else.
- steel-wool pad
- abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing
- fillip
- anything that tends to arouse
- ravishing
- stunningly beautiful
- john tuzo wilson
- Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)
- medical extern
- a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there
- low-ceilinged
- having a lower than normal ceiling
- keokuk
- Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848)
- chronic wasting disease
- a wildlife disease (akin to bovine spongiform encephalitis) that affects deer and elk
- antisubmarine
- defensive against enemy submarines
- unpointed
- not having a point especially a sharp point
- aztec
- a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519
- high-tension
- subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage
- unnerved
- deprived of courage and strength
- barrelhouse
- a cheap drinking and dancing establishment
- grossly
- in a gross manner
- panto
- an abbreviation of pantomime
- afflatus
- a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration
- stewardess
- a woman steward on an airplane
- change ringing
- ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing
- agate line
- space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising