4 1 noun n noun
• money or goods contributed to the poor
Example sentence • The beggar asked for alms from the passing pedestrians.
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
• 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.
5 1 noun n Example sentence • She followed her whims and decided to travel to Bali on a whim.
6 2 noun n noun
• a domain in which something is dominant
Example sentence • The realms of science and art often intersect.
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.
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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7 2 noun n noun
• written matter preceding the main text of a book
Example sentence • I have to study for my prelims tomorrow.
6 2 noun n noun
• (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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
5 1 noun
• the top edge of a vessel or other container
Example sentence • The champagne glass brims with bubbles.
5 1 noun n Example sentence • The glims of sunlight danced on the water's surface.
4 1 noun n noun
• athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
Example sentence • I go to the gyms every day to work out.
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.
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.
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.
5 1 verb, adjective v, adj adjective satellite
• being of delicate or slender build
5 1 verb v Example sentence • He swims every morning before work.
4 1 verb v noun
• a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
7 2 verb v Example sentence • The calm weather becalms the sailors, leaving them stranded at sea.
8 2 verb v
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Example sentence • The beach beswarms with tourists during the summer months.
7 2 verb v Example sentence • He embalms deceased bodies as part of his job.
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.
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 .
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.
10 3 noun n
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Example sentence • The rise of yuppiedoms can be seen in the gentrification of certain neighborhoods.
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 .
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