6 1 noun n noun
• a formal association of people with similar interests
Example sentence • Medieval guilds played a significant role in the economic and social life of Europe.
9 2 verb v
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Example sentence • The new addition to the house outbuilds the original structure.
8 2 verb v verb
• To dismantle or deconstruct (something previously built).
8 2 verb v verb
• To build up (literally).
Example sentence • He upbuilds his confidence through daily affirmations.
5 1 noun n noun
• something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
Example sentence • He needs to take two pills every day for his headache.
5 1 verb v noun
• a quantity sufficient to satisfy
verb
• make full, also in a metaphorical sense
Example sentence • She fills the cup with water.
6 1 noun n noun
• pen made from a bird's feather
Example sentence • Hedgehogs have quills on their backs for protection.
6 1 noun n noun
• an ability that has been acquired by training
Example sentence • He has excellent communication skills .
5 1 noun n noun
• a local and well-defined elevation of the land
Example sentence • The children rolled down the grassy hills .
7 2 verb v
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Example sentence • The setting sun engilds the mountain peaks.
5 1 verb v noun
• a formal association of people with similar interests
verb
• decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
Example sentence • She gilds the picture frame with gold leaf.
7 2 Example sentence • She carefully regilds the antique frame to restore its beauty.
5 1 noun n noun
• any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway
8 2 noun n
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6 1 verb v noun
• constitution of the human body
verb
• make by combining materials and parts
Example sentence • He builds homes for a living.
9 3
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Example sentence • The artist overgilds the picture with excessive gold leaf.
5 1 noun n noun
• United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855)
Example sentence • The noise of the textile mills filled the air in the industrial town.
5 1 noun n noun
• a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
Example sentence • Fish breathe through their gills .
5 2 noun n noun
• any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group
Example sentence • Many natural compounds contain acyls .
6 2 noun
• the univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5; derived from propylene
Example sentence • Allylic carbon atoms in allyls are sp2-hybridized.
7 2
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Example sentence • Researchers are studying the properties of alphyls .
8 2 noun n noun
• a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest
Example sentence • The children were amazed by the intricate tunnels in the anthills .
6 2 noun n noun
• a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
Example sentence • The blacksmith used anvils to shape the hot metal.
7 2 noun
• a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens
6 2 noun n noun
• a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters)
5 2 noun n noun
• fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelops the seed
Example sentence • The pomegranate has juicy arils .
5 2 noun, adjective n, adj
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Example sentence • The reaction of aryls with halogens can yield aryl halides.
5 2 noun n noun
• the upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk
Example sentence • The leaves of the plant grow in the axils of the stems.
9 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• The material that has been used to refill an excavation.
verb
• To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.
Example sentence • The construction crew backfills the trench after laying the pipes.
7 2 noun n noun
• the univalent radical derived from toluene
Example sentence • The hydroxylation of benzyls forms benzyl alcohols.
6 2 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• the chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems
Example sentence • She collects various types of beryls as gemstones.
5 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• a statute in draft before it becomes law
Example sentence • I need to pay my utility bills by the end of the month.
9 2 noun n noun
• diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
Example sentence • The bluebills migrate during the winter months.
9 2 noun n noun
• important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States
Example sentence • The lake is known for its abundant population of bluegills .
9 2 adjective adj noun
• tropical American heron related to night herons
Example sentence • The boatbills are known for their distinctive boat-shaped beaks.
10 2 noun n noun
• tropical American heron related to night herons
Example sentence • Many broadbills have colorful plumage and beautiful crests.
7 2 noun n noun
• a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
Example sentence • The rhythm of the poem is created by a series of dactyls .
7 2 verb v verb
• remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
Example sentence • He distils his own whiskey at home.
9 2 noun n noun
• the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
7 2
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9 2 noun n noun
• the downward slope of a hill
adverb
• toward a lower or inferior state
adjective satellite
• sloping down rather steeply
Example sentence • We enjoyed skiing on the downhills during our winter vacation.
9 2 noun n noun
• primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
adjective satellite
• having a beak resembling that of a duck
Example sentence • The platypus and the echidna are both types of duckbills .
11 2 noun n
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9 2 noun n noun
• a foul or degraded condition
Example sentence • The farmer cleaned out the chicken coop and piled the dung in the dunghills .
6 2
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6 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom
7 2 noun n noun
• a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Example sentence • The fibrils in the muscle tissue help with contraction.
9 2
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Example sentence • Contamination from oil spills can cause fishkills in nearby bodies of water.
8 2 verb v Example sentence • He fulfills all his responsibilities at work.
7 2 verb v Example sentence • She fulfils her duties as a teacher by diligently preparing lessons and engaging with students.
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