10 3 verb, noun v, n noun
• A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out.
verb
• To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle
Example sentence • The sailors used parbuckles to hoist the cargo onto the ship.
12 3 adjective adj verb
• To take part in exciting romantic adventures.
10 3 noun n noun
• (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
Example sentence • She put on her spectacles to read the small print.
11 4 noun n noun
• a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness
Example sentence • During the Jewish festival of Sukkot, people build temporary tabernacles to commemorate the time when the Israelites lived in booths in the desert.
9 3 noun n noun
• marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
Example sentence • The old ship was covered in barnacles .
9 3 noun n noun
• a nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm)
8 3 noun n noun
• hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur
Example sentence • Breeding karakuls requires careful selection to maintain desirable traits.
8 3 noun n noun
• any amazing or wonderful occurrence
Example sentence • She believed in miracles and prayed every day for her mother's health to improve.
9 3 noun n noun
• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
Example sentence • She overcame numerous obstacles to achieve her dream of becoming a doctor.
9 3 noun n noun
• a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist
Example sentence • My grandma loves to play penuchles with her friends every Friday night.
9 3 noun n noun
• a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist
Example sentence • I play pinochles every Friday night with my friends.
11 4 noun n adjective
• concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return
noun
• something (a term or expression or concept) that has an inverse relation to something else
adjective satellite
• of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function
Example sentence • The reciprocals of 3 and 1/3 are each other.
9 3 noun n noun
• something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold
Example sentence • The octopus uses its tentacles to catch prey.
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Example sentence • He unmanacles the prisoner and sets him free.
7 2 noun n verb
• annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism
Example sentence • The tailor uses needles to sew clothes.
7 2 noun n noun
• a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
Example sentence • She won a bag of colorful marbles at the fair.
8 2 noun n noun
• eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
Example sentence • He was diagnosed with shingles , a painful skin rash caused by the varicella-zoster virus.
9 2 noun n noun
• bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream
Example sentence • I love cupcakes with colorful sprinkles on top.
7 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
8 2 noun n noun
• a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
verb
• yield to out of weakness
Example sentence • The truckles of cheese were neatly stacked on the shelf.
6 2 noun n noun
• a large number or amount
Example sentence • She brought oodles of books to the library.
8 2 noun n noun
• the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
verb
• sniff or smell inquiringly
Example sentence • He had a case of the snuffles and couldn't stop sneezing.
12 4 noun n noun
• shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
Example sentence • The sweet fragrance of honeysuckles filled the air.
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• an oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tension
Example sentence • The construction crew used turnbuckles to tighten the cables of the suspension bridge.
9 3 verb v Example sentence • He always unbuckles his seatbelt as soon as he arrives home.
7 2 noun n noun
• the common European annual marigold
6 2 verb v noun
• a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
Example sentence • He ambles through the park every morning.
6 2 noun n noun
• the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally
Example sentence • The artist painted a beautiful mural of angels on the ceiling of the chapel.
7 2 noun n noun
• the quantity that can be contained in the arms
Example sentence • She walked into the garden and gathered armfuls of flowers.
7 2 noun n noun
• the quantity that a bag will hold
Example sentence • She brought two bagfuls of groceries from the store.
7 2 noun n noun
• a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
Example sentence • The beadles were responsible for maintaining order in the village.
8 2 noun n
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Example sentence • They loaded the supplies onto the boatfuls and prepared for the long journey.
7 2 verb v verb
• startle with amazement or fear
Example sentence • The complexity of the math problem boggles my mind.
8 2 noun n
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Example sentence • She carried bookfuls of knowledge in her mind.
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7 2 noun n noun
• a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
verb
• store (liquids or gases) in bottles
Example sentence • There are many empty bottles on the table.
8 2 noun n noun
• the quantity contained in a bowl
Example sentence • She served three bowlfuls of soup to the hungry guests.
8 2 verb, noun v, n verb
• To rattle; to make a scampering noise.
7 2 noun, adjective n, adj adjective
• of or relating to a wedding
noun
• archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast
7 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
Example sentence • She held the bridles of the two horses tightly.
8 2 noun n adjective satellite
• having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
Example sentence • The brindles in the painting depicted a beautiful array of colors.
6 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
verb
• cause to go through a recurring sequence
Example sentence • The market goes through cycles of booms and busts.
7 2 verb v verb
• move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees
Example sentence • She dandles her baby sister on her lap.
7 2 verb v verb
• take one's time; proceed slowly
Example sentence • He dawdles through his chores and takes forever to finish them.
7 2 verb v noun
• brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily
verb
• to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
Example sentence • The fireworks display dazzles the crowd.
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