5 1 noun n noun
• a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
Example sentence • We sang hymns at the church service.
5 1 noun n noun
• one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
Example sentence • He lost both his limbs in a tragic accident.
4 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
Example sentence • I bought a new set of chrome rims for my car.
5 1 verb v Example sentence • He swims every morning before work.
5 1 noun n Example sentence • She followed her whims and decided to travel to Bali on a whim.
4 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• A simulation or simulator.
5 1 verb, adjective v, adj adjective satellite
• being of delicate or slender build
7 2 noun n noun
• written matter preceding the main text of a book
Example sentence • I have to study for my prelims tomorrow.
4 1 verb v adjective
• made dim or less bright
adjective satellite
• lacking in light; not bright or harsh
verb
• switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
Example sentence • He dims the lights in the theater before the show starts.
4 1 noun n noun
• game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table
5 1 verb v noun
• a state of arrangement or appearance
verb
• remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
Example sentence • She trims her hair every two months.
9 2 noun n noun
• the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing)
Example sentence • The horse uses its forelimbs to gallop.
10 3 noun n noun
• a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
Example sentence • Famous authors often use pseudonyms to write under different names.
5 1 noun
• the top edge of a vessel or other container
Example sentence • The champagne glass brims with bubbles.
9 2 verb v noun
• an abnormality of development in which the upper part of an arm or leg is missing so the hands or feet are attached to the body like stumps; rare condition that results from taking thalidomide during pregnancy
8 2 noun n noun
• someone who journeys in foreign lands
Example sentence • The pilgrims traveled to the holy site to seek blessings.
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• (used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
Example sentence • She wore a pair of denims to the party.
8 3 noun n noun
• two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
Example sentence • The thesaurus is a helpful tool when you need to find synonyms for a word.
5 1 noun n Example sentence • The glims of sunlight danced on the water's surface.
5 1 verb v Example sentence • The artist's brush limns the contours of the landscape.
5 1 verb
• To make affectedly precise or proper.
Example sentence • The prims function returns the minimum spanning tree of a given graph.
6 1 noun n noun
• a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
Example sentence • We practiced our strategies for the upcoming tournament in scrims .
5 1 noun n noun
• a thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices
Example sentence • The carpenter used shims to level the kitchen cabinets.
5 1 verb v noun
• a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
adjective satellite
• used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed
verb
• travel on the surface of water
Example sentence • She skims through the magazine to find her favorite article.
4 1 verb v noun
• a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
7 2 noun n noun
• money collected under a tariff
Example sentence • We had to go through customs at the airport.
7 2 noun n adjective
• situated at the bottom or lowest position
noun
• the lower side of anything
verb
• provide with a bottom or a seat
Example sentence • She put her keys in the pocket of her bottoms .
7 2 noun n Example sentence • She woke up with a terrible case of the megrims .
7 2 noun n noun
• 100 santimi equal 1 lats in Latvia
8 3 noun n noun
• a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word
Example sentence • Many people struggle to remember the meanings of various acronyms .
8 3 noun n
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Example sentence • She published several books under allonyms to keep her identity a secret.
9 3 noun, adjective n, adj
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Example sentence • The museum displayed a beautiful collection of analcimes .
7 3 noun n noun
• a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
Example sentence • Internet trolls often use anonyms to hide their true identity.
8 3 noun n noun
• a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
Example sentence • Synonyms are words with the same meanings, while antonyms are words with opposite meanings.
9 3 noun n noun
• a short pithy instructive saying
Example sentence • He often quoted apothegms from famous philosophers in his speeches.
9 2 noun n noun
• the use of an archaic expression
Example sentence • Some scholars argue that archaisms can create a sense of nostalgia in literature.
8 3 noun n
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Example sentence • Spanish and español are autonyms for the Spanish language.
6 2 verb v verb
• make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
Example sentence • The heavy fog bedims the entire city, making it difficult to see.
7 2 verb v
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Example sentence • She begrims her hands by gardening without gloves.
10 3 noun n noun
• a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center
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Example sentence • The mist dislimns the shapes of the buildings.
9 2 noun n noun
• a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions)
Example sentence • Frequent system updates can lead to occasional downtimes .
7 3 noun n noun
• the person for whom something is named
9 3 noun n
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Example sentence • The use of ethnonyms can help in identifying and categorizing different cultures.
7 3 noun n
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Example sentence • Many exonyms are the result of historical, cultural, or linguistic differences between regions.
6 2 noun n noun
• a Muslim ruler or governor or judge
Example sentence • The hakims diagnosed him with an ear infection.
6 2 noun n noun
• living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
Example sentence • In some cultures, harems were common practice.
10 4 noun n noun
• two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
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