4 1 noun n noun
• money or goods contributed to the poor
Example sentence • The beggar asked for alms from the passing pedestrians.
6 1 noun n noun
• an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of 150 Psalms
Example sentence • The choir sang a collection of psalms at the concert.
5 1 noun n noun
• any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing
Example sentence • She applied soothing balms to her sunburned skin.
5 1 noun n noun
• the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
verb
• touch, lift, or hold with the hands
Example sentence • She had sweat on the palms of her hands.
5 1 noun n noun
• a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
Example sentence • The proms at our school are always elegant events.
5 1 noun n noun
• a (usually) large and scholarly book
Example sentence • He spent hours reading through ancient tomes at the library.
5 1 noun n noun
• stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding
Example sentence • She used halms as mulch for her garden.
5 1 noun n noun
• A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.
7 2 verb v Example sentence • The calm weather becalms the sailors, leaving them stranded at sea.
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7 2 verb v Example sentence • He embalms deceased bodies as part of his job.
7 2 verb v
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Example sentence • He carefully imbalms the body of the deceased before the funeral.
9 3 noun, adjective n, adj
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Example sentence • She decorated her living room with beautiful ladypalms .
7 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flamethrowers
Example sentence • The military napalms enemy strongholds to destroy any potential threats.
3 1 noun n noun
• A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
verb
• To chant the sacred syllable om.
Example sentence • The conference room was filled with the soothing oms of the participants.
5 1 noun n noun
• a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
Example sentence • She baked a loaf of bread with fresh barms .
6 1 noun n noun
• A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.
6 1 noun n noun
• uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety)
Example sentence • I don't have any qualms about speaking in front of large audiences.
4 1 noun n Example sentence • I saw two toms in the barn.
6 1 noun n noun
• any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
Example sentence • The field was filled with various bromes .
5 1 noun n noun
• a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
Example sentence • The domes of the cathedral were visible from afar.
6 1 noun n noun
• a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
Example sentence • My garden is filled with colorful gnomes .
7 1 noun n noun
• a large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders
5 1 noun n noun
• (obsolete outside dialectal) The holly.
5 1 noun n adjective
• used of your own ground
noun
• where you live at a particular time
adverb
• at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
verb
• provide with, or send to, a home
Example sentence • Many people dream of owning their own homes .
5 1 noun n noun
• a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
Example sentence • Farmers often prefer loams for growing crops because they have a good balance of clay, sand, and silt.
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4 1 noun n noun
• German physicist who formulated Ohm's law (1787-1854)
Example sentence • The resistance of this circuit is 10 ohms .
5 1 noun n noun
• a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
Example sentence • She loves reading poems before going to bed.
5 1 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part
Example sentence • Apples and pears are both types of pomes .
5 1 verb v verb
• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Example sentence • The lion roams freely in the jungle.
5 1 noun n noun
• a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
Example sentence • Tourists flocked to see the ancient tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
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5 1 verb v Example sentence • He gloms onto any trend that comes along.
4 1 noun n verb
• To eat with noisy enjoyment.
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• An act or instance of nominating.
Example sentence • I am craving some delicious noms for dinner.
4 1 noun n noun
• a disparaging term for a British person
Example sentence • I bought two poms for my daughter to cheer with at her school's football game.
6 1 noun n noun
• a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
Example sentence • She could see the rhombs in the stained glass windows reflecting vibrant colors across the room.
4 1 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
Example sentence • I have a collection of old NES roms .
12 4 noun n
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Example sentence • Many people believe that bachelordoms are a thing of the past.
8 2 verb v
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Example sentence • The beach beswarms with tourists during the summer months.
8 2 noun, adjective n, adj Example sentence • The police confiscated several firearms during the raid.
7 2 noun n noun
• A communal bathhouse in Islamic countries.
6 2 noun n
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Example sentence • Muslim pilgrims wear ihrams during the Hajj.
5 2 noun n noun
• (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
Example sentence • The imams preached a sermon about unity and love.
8 3 verb v
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Example sentence • He overarms the football across the field.
7 2 noun n noun
• organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
Example sentence • The pogroms that occurred in Eastern Europe resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians.
7 2 noun n noun
• a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation
Example sentence • They greeted each other with salaams .
10 2 noun n noun
• the domain ruled by a sheik
Example sentence • The sheikhdoms in the Arabian Peninsula are known for their vast oil reserves.
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Example sentence • The rise of yuppiedoms can be seen in the gentrification of certain neighborhoods.
9 3 noun n noun
• a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
Example sentence • Damaged acrosomes can lead to fertility problems.
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