Nouns are about amount, persons, color, region, personal, space, time, or thing {nouns}.
reduction in number {attrition}.
thirteen {baker's dozen}.
lack {dearth}.
decrease {decrement}.
characteristic {denominator, characteristic}.
two {deuce, two}.
decrease {diminution}.
zero {goose egg}.
gradually increasing stages {gradation}.
small increase {increment}.
infinite amount {infinitude}.
mixed group {menagerie}.
small details {minutiae}.
small amount {modicum}.
part {moiety}.
small lump {nodule, small lump}.
small amount {nubbin}.
small amount {paucity}.
plenty {plenitude}.
plenty {surfeit}.
three {triplicate}.
collection {trove}.
two {twain}.
small remainder {vestige}.
white {alabaster, color}.
orange {amber, color}.
blue {aqua}.
blue {aquamarine, color}.
dark brown {auburn}.
blue {azure}.
blue {baby blue}.
brownish white {beige}.
red {cardinal, color}.
red {carmine}.
light green {celadon}.
greenish-blue {cerulean}.
light yellow-green {chartreuse, color}.
light gray {columbine, color}.
red with some blue {crimson, color}.
light tan {ecru}.
purple-red {fuchsia, color}.
dark gray {gun-metal}.
purple {heliotrope, color}.
ultramarine and deep blue {indigo, ultramarine}.
light brown {khaki}.
violet {lavender, color}.
reddish-purple {magenta}.
brownish-red {maroon}.
light purple {mauve}.
dark yellow-brown {ochre}.
light green {olive, color}.
red {oxblood}.
silver {platinum blonde}.
light yellow {primrose, color}.
purple {puce}.
brown speckled with gray {roan}.
deep blue {royal blue}.
red {ruddy}.
reddish-brown {russet}.
black {sable, color}.
yellow-orange {saffron, color}.
pink {salmon, color}.
red with some orange {scarlet}.
dark green {sea green}.
light brown {sepia}.
light blue {sky blue}.
dark gray {slate, color}.
yellow-brown or reddish-brown {sorrel, color}.
green blue-green {spring green, color}.
light blue {steel blue}.
light brown {tan}.
brownish-gray {taupe}.
brownish-yellow or light yellow-brown {tawny}.
dark greenish-blue {teal blue}.
reddish-gold or reddish-brown {titian}.
dark yellow {topaz, color}.
blue blue-green {turquoise, color}.
indigo and deep blue {ultramarine, color}.
brownish-red {umber}.
many-colored {varicolored}.
red-orange {vermilion, color}.
bluish-purple {violet, color}.
green {virescent}.
yellowish-red {wallflower, color}.
assembly {assemblage}.
people in state {body politic}.
advisers {brain trust}.
secret society {cabal}.
small trained group {cadre}.
meeting {caucus}.
parade {cavalcade}.
100 soldiers {century, soldier}.
prisoners {chain gang}.
business group {chamber of commerce}.
coastal navy {coast guard}.
group living {collective}.
seminar {colloquium}.
group living {commune}.
gathering {conclave}.
legislature {congress}.
business group {consortium}.
people in political region {constituency}.
small group {contingent, people}.
assembly {convocation}.
people cooperating {co-op} {cooperative}.
small intimate group {coterie}.
ball {cotillion}.
advisers {council}.
small group {coven}.
small group sent from one group to another {deputation}.
small group of soldiers {detachment, soldier}.
small group of soldiers {detail}.
legislature {diet, legislature}.
two people {duo}.
hereditary rulers {dynasty}.
people in political region {electorate}.
small group of musicians {ensemble, people}.
people traveling with someone {entourage}.
explorers {expedition}.
political group {faction}.
Subversive group can spy and commit sabotage {fifth column}.
public discussion {forum}.
press (Edmund Burke) {fourth estate}.
secret fraternity {freemasonry}.
receptionists {front office}.
celebration {gala}.
Paths {gauntlet} can be between two lines of men who intend to injure.
farmer association {grange}.
group of skilled workers {guild}.
concubines of one man {harem}.
knowledgeable people {intelligentsia}.
judges {judiciary}.
court for predetermined judgment {kangaroo court}.
informal advisers {kitchen cabinet}.
friends {kith}.
non-clerical people {laity}.
large group {legion}.
conservatives {old guard}.
society with several leaders {oligarchy}.
institution around pope {papacy}.
legislature {parliament}.
rank {pecking order}.
political region under one government {polity}.
people {populace}.
insurgents {popular front}.
court of ministers and elders {presbytery}.
socialist-country permanent executive committee {presidium}.
royal advisers {privy council}.
walkers {promenade}.
low-ranking people as whole {rabble}.
assembly for purpose {rally, person}.
rulers {regime}.
attendants and followers {retinue}.
meeting of few students {seminar}.
religious school {seminary}.
legislature {senate}.
seven people {septet}.
volunteer association {service club}.
six people {sextet, people}.
opposition cabinet {shadow cabinet}.
assembly {soviet}.
permanent committee {standing committee}.
committee to schedule larger group {steering committee}.
single-topic conference {symposium}.
church-official council {synod}.
group to accomplish task {task force}.
gang {tong}.
court {tribunal}.
three rulers {triumvirate}.
artistic group {troupe}.
higher-class people {upper crust}.
small group that leads larger {vanguard}.
native {aborigine}.
follower of leader {accessory}.
maximally skilled person {ace}.
follower {acolyte}.
politically active person {activist}.
assistant {adjutant}.
teenager {adolescent}.
married person sexually active with another {adulterer}.
opponent {adversary}.
art appreciating person {aesthete}.
inciter {agitator, person}.
person suspending belief {agnostic}.
person alarming others {alarmist}.
person with no skin pigment {albino}.
People {ally} can assist people.
robot {android}.
person liking things about England {anglophile}.
devil {antichrist}.
person explaining dogma {apologist}.
deserter {apostate}.
ingratiating person {apple polisher}.
mediator {arbiter}.
main enemy {archenemy}.
upper-class person with inherited wealth {aristocrat}.
self-denying person {ascetic}.
non-believer in God {atheist}.
aborigine {autochthon}.
person exerting his or her power {autocrat}.
robot {automaton}.
archetype {avatar}.
sir {babu}.
drunkard {bacchant}.
college degree holder or unmarried man {bachelor}.
low-ranking legislator {backbencher}.
ballet lover {balletomane}.
aggressive woman {banshee}.
uncivilized person {barbarian}.
People {barfly} can frequent bars.
illegitimately born person {bastard}.
large aggressive woman {battle-ax}.
prostitute {bawd}.
People {beachcomber} can walk beaches looking for artifacts.
boyfriend {beau}.
People {benefactor} can assist others.
assistant to male at wedding {best man}.
engaged female {betrothed}.
hen {biddy}.
domestic spy agency {big brother}.
prejudiced person {bigot}.
dignitary {bigwig}.
walker using two legs {biped}.
prodigal person {black sheep}.
immoral person {blackguard}.
man {bloke}.
intimate male friend {blood brother}.
aristocrat {blue blood}.
puritanical person {bluenose}.
female scholar {bluestocking}.
evil spirit {bogy} {bogie}.
uncouth person {boor}.
boaster {braggart}.
upper class person {brahmin, aristocrat}.
military officer {brass, army}.
high military officer {brass hat}.
male members of group {brethren}.
female about to marry at wedding {bride}.
assistant to bride at wedding {bridesmaid}.
pirate {brigand}.
pirate {buccaneer}.
person not taking responsibility {buck passer}.
clownishly behaving person {buffoon}.
naive person {bumpkin}.
fat person {butterball}.
Drama hero can be moody, alone, sensitive, bold, free, and melancholy {Byronic hero}.
person behaving ungentlemanly {cad}.
Women {camp follower} can accompany male groups.
People {carpetbagger} from another region can enter regions to make money.
person used by another unwittingly {cat's-paw}.
faker {charlatan}.
prejudiced person in favor own group {chauvinist}.
child with rosy face, or second-ranked angel {cherub}.
rude surly person {churl}.
unimportant person {cipher}.
People {clotheshorse} can have many clothes.
proud person {cock of the walk}.
lower-class Londoner {cockney}.
eccentric person {codger}.
companion {cohort}.
co-worker {colleague}.
young Irish woman {colleen}.
non-royal person {commoner}.
communion receiver {communicant}.
fellow patriot {compatriot}.
peer {compeer}.
ally {confederate}.
People {confidant} can receive intimate information.
brother-like person {confrere}.
People {conscientious objector} can morally oppose being soldiers.
flirt {coquette}.
same-religion person {coreligionist}.
letter writer {correspondent}.
cosmopolitan person {cosmopolite}.
fop {coxcomb}.
low-class farmer {cracker, person}.
irritable person {crank, person}.
timid person {cream puff, person}.
stupid person {cretin}.
witch-like woman {crone}.
man whose wife is unfaithful {cuckold}.
blustery person {curmudgeon}.
People {cynic} can believe that people always act selfishly.
young woman {damsel}.
fop {dandy}.
debt non-repayer or lazy person {deadbeat}.
dead person {decedent}.
god {deity}.
leader arousing emotions and prejudices {demagogue}.
god-like person {demigod}.
person from whom another person pays expenses {dependent}.
People {derelict, person} can act irresponsibly.
Soldiers {deserter} can leave without intending to come back.
tyrant {despot}.
People {devil's advocate} can argue the opposite for sake of argument.
official {dignitary}.
lesbian {dike, person}.
person forced to leave his or her country {displaced person} (DP).
disagreer {dissident}.
person out of favor {dog in the manger}.
stupid person {dolt}.
timid person {doormat}.
stupid person {dotard}.
widowed aristocrat {dowager}.
lazy person {drone, lazy}.
dull person {drudge}.
city-dweller at ranch or farm {dude}.
enthusiastic worker {eager beaver}.
oddly behaving person {eccentric}.
People can think mainly about self {egoist}.
conceited person {egotist}.
small magical person {elf}.
person knowledgeable about food and drink {epicure}.
creative-person imitator or follower {epigone}.
person setting example {exemplar}.
person sent out of his or her country {exile}.
explainer {exponent, person}.
outgoing person {extrovert}.
fairy {faerie}.
People {fall guy} can receive blame for actions they did not do.
Fathers {family man} can put his family first.
People {fancier} can like specific objects.
well-dressed person {fashion plate}.
A person {favorite son} from a state can receive state-delegation votes.
communist sympathizer {fellow traveler}.
puppet {figurehead}.
agitator {firebrand}.
lackey {flunky}.
group {fenced enclosure} {fold}.
dandy {fop}.
ancestor {forebear}.
abandoned child {foundling}.
bluffer {four-flusher}.
pirate {freebooter}.
People {freethinker} can reject religious doctrine.
provocative person {gadfly}.
homeless boy {gamin}.
People {gastronome} can appreciate and know good food.
non-Jew {gentile, non-Jew}.
ghost {ghoul}.
Men {gigolo} can please older women for money.
Men {godfather} can care for children or community.
god {godhead}.
Women {gold digger} can want only money from men.
Living beings {golem} can have no soul or be unable to speak. In Talmud, Adam was a golem before receiving a soul. A 17th-century myth was the Golem of Prague. Golem also means shapeless or not completely formed thing.
People {gourmand} can enjoy good food.
gentile {goy}.
homeless poor child {guttersnipe}.
man born to non-mother spouse of one's parent {half-brother}.
woman born to non-mother spouse of one's parent {half-sister}.
shrew {harpy}.
Women {harridan} can speak harshly.
harasser {harrier}.
People {hatchet man} can do jobs too unpleasant for others.
rube {hayseed}.
star {headliner}.
not Jew, Christian, or Muslim {heathen}.
dishonorable man {heel}.
People {heir} can be in line to inherit.
People {heir apparent} can be inline to succeed a leader.
wild woman {hellcat}.
wild woman {hellion}.
non-believer in orthodoxy {heretic}.
rube {hick}.
self-important person {his nibs}.
peddler or advertisement writer {huckster}.
humane person {humanist}.
immoral woman {hussy}.
People {hypocrite} can proclaim something but do the opposite.
devotee {idolater}.
agitator {incendiary}.
current officeholder {incumbent}.
person with no or different religion {infidel}.
questioner {interlocutor}.
intruder {interloper}.
mediator {intermediary}.
questioner {interrogator}.
People {isolationist} can want nation not to participate in international affairs.
first-generation Japanese immigrants {issei}.
wicked woman {jezebel}.
People {kingmaker} can influence who becomes political leader.
ignoble man {knave}.
New York City resident {knickerbocker}.
Poet can have too much sensitivity and imagination {la poete maudit}.
servile person {lackey}.
Men {ladies' man} can dress and speak to please women.
not clergyman {layman}.
sexually active man {lecher}.
socialist {leftist}.
People {legman} can do project legwork.
Behavior or appearance can cause others to avoid people {leper}, or people can have leprosy.
Irish elf {leprechaun}.
Women {lesbian} can prefer sexual activity with females.
rent payer {lessee}.
rent collector {lessor}.
People {libertarian} can believe in personal freedom for most situations.
promiscuous person {libertine}.
person in lawsuit {litigant}.
seducer {lothario}.
stupid uncivilized person {lout}.
important person {luminary}.
An unmarried woman {maid of honor} assists bride at weddings.
discontented person {malcontent}.
People {malefactor} can intend evil toward another.
People {mark, person} can bet foolishly.
People {martinet} can insist on discipline.
People {martyr} can die for causes.
sexually aggressive man {masher}.
Australian buddy {mate}.
People {maverick} can think or act differently than others.
People {migrant} can work in a succession of places.
timid man or boy {milksop}.
dependent {minion}.
coquette {minx}.
People {misanthrope} can dislike people.
villain {miscreant}.
business leader {mogul}.
child {moppet}.
conservative {mossback}.
charlatan trickster or joker {mountebank}.
People {mouthpiece, person} can speak for another.
People {mugwump} can be too independent and self-respecting.
People {mulatto} can have a black parent and a white parent.
preserved dead person {mummy}.
Moscow resident {muscovite}.
People {muse, person} can inspire.
wealthy or important person {nabob}.
People {nationalist} can believe that nation should pursue its self-interest.
national socialist {nazi}.
klansman {nightrider}.
second-generation Japanese in America {nisei}.
People {nomad} can travel with whole household among regions.
minority {nonage}.
young woman {nymph}.
person in their eighties {octogenarian}.
People {octoroon} can have a white parent and a quadroon parent or white grandparent and seven black grandparents.
white person {ofay}.
cruel person {ogre}.
person with traditional values {old school person}.
People {opposite number} can have the same position in another organization.
Mexican-American teenage gangster {pachuco}.
People {pacifist} can be always against war.
heathen {pagan}.
Catholic {papist}.
baby held in carrier by native {papoose}.
excellence model {paragon}.
lover {paramour}.
long-time master {past master}.
organization supporter {patron}.
poor person {pauper}.
People {pedant} can speak like books.
Men {pederast} can commit sodomy with boys.
same-rank or same-accomplishment person {peer}.
retired person {pensioner}.
People {pessimist} can believe that bad outcomes will usually happen.
Art can have no effect on some people {philistine}.
black child {pickaninny}.
Gamblers {piker} can bet only small amounts.
People {pilgrim} can travel to religious sites.
People {pioneer} can be first to settle regions.
good person {pip}.
People {polemicist} can promulgate arguments.
coward {poltroon}.
vain talker {popinjay}.
People {populist} can favor common people and/or their supposed ideas over wealthy or scholarly people.
People {poseur} can want to impress others.
People {pretender} can think that he or she can defeat or replace champion or leader.
smug and small-minded person {prig}.
People with disease can lead doctor to test other family members {proband}.
ancestor {progenitor}.
offspring {progeny}.
advocate {proponent}.
prospective customer {prospect, person}.
tavern drinker {publican}.
wit {pundit}.
People {purist} can insist on following defined rules.
short slight human {pygmy}.
People can have one white grandparent and three black grandparents {quadroon}.
traitor {quisling}.
prejudiced person {racist}.
immoral man {rake, person}.
not idealist {realist}.
People {recluse} can stay away from public.
coward {recreant}.
south USA white laborer {redneck}.
immoral person {reprobate}.
professional poker player {rounder}.
unskilled laborer {roustabout}.
People {royalist} can be loyal to king.
simple-minded person {rube}.
mistake-prone person {sad sack}.
wise person {sage, person}.
third-generation Japanese immigrants {sansei}.
person knowing subject {savant}.
irresponsible person {scapegrace}.
boastful coward {scaramouch}.
heir {scion}.
People {scourge} can cause widespread harm.
prophet {seer}.
person in his or her seventies {septuagenarian}.
ghost {shade, ghost}.
cheater {sharp}.
shrill ill-tempered woman {shrew, woman}.
tricky lawyer {shyster}.
brother or sister {sibling} (sib).
aristocrat {silk-stocking}.
People {skeptic} can doubt and question.
slow person {sluggard}.
sly person {slyboots}.
sneaky person {snake in the grass}.
crybaby {sob sister}.
People can want to be in higher social classes {social climber}.
questionably reasoning person {sophist}.
knowledgeable person {sophisticate}.
drunk {sot}.
intimate {soul mate}.
People {sounding board, person} can listen to other's ideas.
lefthander {southpaw}.
ghost {specter}.
old unmarried woman {spinster}.
abusive woman {spitfire}.
People {sport, person} can like to play.
elf or pixie {sprite}.
native woman {squaw}.
starving person {starveling}.
stodgy conservative {stick-in-the-mud}.
People {stickler} can follow rules and insist that others do so.
person used by another {stooge}.
police informer or spy {stool pigeon}.
city-street child {street arab}.
adolescent {stripling}.
prostitute {strumpet}.
attractive man {stud, man}.
pompous person {stuffed shirt}.
person ruled by king {subject, monarchy}.
pre-adolescent {subteen}.
not yet weaned mammal {suckling}.
Women {suffragette} can agitate for right to vote.
Men {suitor} can want to marry a woman.
extra {supernumerary}.
supplicating person {suppliant} {supplicant}.
country boy or boyfriend {swain}.
dandy {swell}.
voluptuary {sybarite}.
flatterer and attendant {sycophant}.
slender graceful young woman {sylph}.
renter {tenant}.
shrewish woman {termagant}.
person unable to enforce his will {tinhorn}.
blond-haired person {towhead}.
People {traditionalist} can follow traditions.
eater {trencherman}.
caveman {troglodyte}.
Scandinavian cave dweller or dweller under bridges {troll} can have magical powers.
People {turncoat} can switch loyalties.
despot {tyrant}.
sophomore {tyro}.
homeless person or public nuisance {vagrant}.
scoundrel {varlet}.
brain dead {vegetable}.
People {vegetarian} can eat only fruits and vegetables.
People {villain} can intend to harm another.
harsh woman {virago}.
Women {virgin} can have never had sexual intercourse.
prophet {visionary}.
guest {visitant}.
evil bad-tempered woman {vixen}.
sensuous person {voluptuary}.
People {voyeur} can secretly observe sexual events or objects.
wit {wag}.
homeless abandoned child {waif}.
timid person {wallflower, person}.
person under guardian or court {ward}.
experienced person {war-horse}.
People {water rat} can love to swim.
young woman {wench}.
People {werewolf} can change into wolves.
Illegal immigrants can cross through water {wetback}.
scapegoat {whipping boy}.
man whose wife died {widower}.
wisecracker {wisenheimer}.
ghost {wraith}.
nationalist {xenophobe}.
brute {yahoo}.
People {yes-man} can always agree with another.
People {zealot} can have devotion to a cause.
abbot {abbé}.
female abbot {abbess}.
church or monastery leader {abbot}.
professor {academician}.
business record keeper {accountant}.
gymnast {acrobat}.
assistant {aide, assistant}.
church official {alderman}.
permanent diplomatic-mission leader {ambassador}.
religious hermit {anchorite}.
news reader {anchorman} {anchorwoman}.
historian {antiquarian}.
pharmacist {apothecary}.
student of tradesman {apprentice}.
church official {archbishop}.
duke {archduke}.
building designer {architect}.
skilled worker {artisan}.
beginning professor {assistant professor}.
middle-stage professor {associate professor}.
Anglo-Saxon prince {atheling}.
highest lawyer {attorney general}.
Writers can be great poets {bard}.
circus announcer {barker}.
male low-level nobility {baron, noble}.
minor church official {beadle}.
People {beautician} can beautify others.
English royal guardsman {beefeater}.
hotel baggage carrier {bellboy}.
Ottoman governor, Egyptian official, or Tunisian king {bey}.
high church official {bishop}.
iron wright or manual iron worker {blacksmith} {smith} {smithy}.
ship deck officer {boatswain} {bosun}.
policeman {bobby}.
iron worker {boilermaker}.
innkeeper, hotel manager, nightclub owner, or restaurateur {boniface}.
bet arranger {bookmaker} {bookie}.
shoe shiner {bootblack}.
People {bouncer} can evict unruly patrons.
brass worker {brazier}.
securities-trade arranger {broker}.
treasurer {bursar}.
People {busboy} can remove dirty dishes at restaurants.
captain's young servant {cabin boy}.
person carrying golf bag for another {caddie, golf}.
ruler {caesar}.
high-class prostitute {call girl}.
middle-ranking military officer {captain}.
royal minister {chamberlain}.
non-profit-institution leader {chancellor}.
treasurer {chancellor of the exchequer}.
dealer {chandler}.
minister to military or lay group {chaplain}.
cleaning woman {charwoman}.
back doctor {chiropractor}.
chorus member {chorine}.
house, road, and other public-work designer {civil engineer}.
low church official {clergyman}.
priest {cleric}.
doctor {clinician}.
clothing seller {clothier}.
shoemaker {cobbler, shoe}.
coal miner {collier}.
communist official {commissar}.
financial official {comptroller}.
first violinist {concertmaster}.
female sex partner {concubine}.
Priests {confessor} can listen to confessions.
guardian {conservator}.
ruler's spouse {consort}.
sheriff {constable}.
financial official {controller}.
indentured worker {coolie}.
Young people {copyboy} can carry copy around newsrooms.
People {copyreader} can proofread.
psychologist {counselor, psychologist}.
Public officials {county agent} can help farmers.
deliverer {courier}.
high-class prostitute {courtesan}.
court attendant {courtier}.
clothing designer {couturier}.
boat steerer {coxswain}.
dice game manager {croupier}.
man in line to throne {crown prince}.
church official {curate}.
art museum collection manager {curator}.
parish priest {curé}.
janitor {custodian}.
French king's oldest son {dauphin}.
unskilled laborer {day laborer}.
low church official or layman assisting minister {deacon}.
faculty administrator senior group member {dean}.
elected representative {delegate}.
authorized assistant {deputy}.
detective {dick}.
follower {disciple}.
clergyman {divine}.
part-time teacher {docent}.
servant {domestic}.
drawer {draftsman}.
Celtic priest {druid}.
marching-band leader {drum major}.
high female nobility {duchess, person}.
high male nobility {duke}.
middle male nobility {earl}.
exotic dancer {ecdysiast}.
lay church official {elder, person}.
voter in assembly {elector}.
government agent sent to another country {emissary}.
ruler of more than one state {emperor}.
civil, electrical, chemical, or mechanical work designer {engineer}.
government agent sent to another country {envoy, person}.
horse rider {equestrian}.
person accompanying another {escort}.
person with rank just below knight {esquire}.
administrator {executive}.
People {extern} can work for organizations outside regular locations.
employee with many tasks {factotum}.
People {fakir} can perform to receive money.
Arab peasant {fellah}.
scholarly-group member {fellow}.
advertising or marketing person {flak, person}.
jazz-age woman {flapper}.
detective {flatfoot}.
servant {footman}.
monk {friar}.
business representative {front man}.
official {functionary}.
fur seller {furrier}.
electrician or old person {gaffer, old person}.
doctor {general practitioner} (GP).
glass worker {glazier}.
sailor {gob}.
thug {goon}.
Women {governess} can teach wealthy-people's children.
state or province leader {governor, leader}.
noble {grandee}.
detective {gumshoe}.
Women {gun moll} can accompany gangsters during crimes.
men's clothes and accessory seller {haberdasher}.
taxi driver {hack, person}.
Persons {hacker, person} can explore boundaries of what is possible in computing.
actor or amateur radio operator {ham, person}.
Persons can schedule other-person's work {handler}.
noblewoman's woman servant {handmaiden}.
clown {harlequin}.
prostitute {harlot}.
partner in crime {henchman}.
roadside robber {highwayman}.
mercenary {hireling}.
dancer {hoofer}.
prostitute {hooker}.
Locomotive operators {hostler} can work only in local yards.
Women {housemother} can supervise dormitories.
People {informant} can impart information.
hospital patient {in-patient}.
questioner from authority {inquisitor}.
student worker {intern}.
post-graduate medical worker {internist}.
court humorist {jester}.
Job lot buyer sells for installation {jobber}.
furniture and cabinet maker {joiner}.
master tradesman working for another {journeyman}.
armored horsemen {knight}.
wandering knight {knight-errant}.
Noblewomen {lady-in-waiting} can attend queens or princesses.
Tibetan or Mongolian monk {lama}.
mineralologist {lapidary}.
emissary {legate}.
libretto writer {librettist}.
People {licentiate} can have obtained licenses.
vassal or lord {liege}.
British sailor {limey}.
Lenders {loan shark} can charge high interest and demand payment.
dockworker {longshoreman}.
feudal estate owner {lord}.
highest chancellor {lord chancellor}.
People {lyricist} can write lyrics.
Women {madam} can have prostitution businesses.
former prostitute {magdalen} {magdalene}.
law administrator {magistrate}.
important or rich businessman {magnate, businessman}.
Unmarried noblewomen {maid-in-waiting} can attend queens or princesses.
headwaiter {majordomo}.
nursemaid {mammy}.
high public official {mandarin}.
marquis {marchese}.
marquise {marchioness}.
state ruler {margrave}.
sailor {mariner}.
People {marshal} can execute court orders.
bricklayer or concrete worker {mason} {masonry}.
bullfighter {matador, bullfighter}.
family or clan female leader {matriarch}.
elderly dignified woman {matron}.
Doctors {medical examiner} can examine bodies for causes of death.
spiritualist {medium}.
beggar or poor friar {mendicant}.
teacher and encourager {mentor}.
savior {messiah}.
intermediary for sale {middleman}.
sailor {midshipman} {middy}.
Women {midwife} can aid baby delivery.
grain grinder {miller}.
cloth seller {milliner}.
People {moderator} can mediate debates or conferences.
Women {moll} can accompany gangsters.
seller {monger}.
People {monitor, person} can control other's movements in areas, or screens can allow monitoring.
funeral parlor owner {mortician}.
Muslim religion and law teacher {mullah}.
masked dancer {mummer}.
Women {nanny} can care for wealthy parents' children.
narcotics agent {nark}.
People {naturalist} can observe and study nature.
predictor of future and communer with dead {necromancer}.
beginner {neophyte}.
beginner or person training to take religious vows {novice} {novitiate}.
woman in religious order {nun}.
papal representative {nuncio}.
official {officiary}.
People {ombudsman} can act on citizen complaints.
People {optician} can measure for and sell glasses.
prophet {oracle}.
formal speaker {orator}.
person has procedure in hospital but does not stay {out-patient}.
horse riding attendant {outrider}.
region controller {overlord}.
messenger or errand person {page}.
knight-like person {paladin}.
casket carrier {pallbearer}.
liaison for sexual encounters {panderer}.
dignitary {panjandrum}.
legislator {parliamentarian}.
minister {parson}.
minister {pastor}.
family or clan male leader {patriarch}.
saint for activity or entity {patron saint}.
People {pawnbroker} can loan or give money in exchange for keeping goods.
schoolteacher {pedagogue}.
unskilled laborer {peon}.
Egyptian king more than 2300 years ago {pharaoh}.
People {pharmacist} can formulate and dispense drugs.
prostitute {pickup}.
woman {piece}.
Men {pimp} can schedule prostitutes.
People {pitchman} can appear in advertisements.
non-uniformed on-duty policeman {plainclothesman}.
People {playwright} can write dramas.
prospective fraternity member {pledge, person}.
government representative {plenipotentiary}.
official poet {poet laureate}.
pope {pontiff}.
Rider can guide horses pulling carriage {postillion}.
post office administrator {postmaster} {postmaster general}.
People {postulant} {pre-novice} can prepare to become novices.
powerful person {potentate}.
clay worker {potter}.
Licensed nurses {practical nurse} can practice under registered nurses or physicians.
teacher {preceptor}.
high official {prefect}.
bishop or high church official {prelate}.
government leader in parliamentary systems {premier}.
president {prexy}.
queen's husband {prince consort}.
exam supervisor {proctor}.
Roman provincial official {procurator} handled finances and emperor's estates.
pimp {procurer}.
People {promoter, person} can stage productions.
Ship officers {purser} can handle money.
woman {queen}.
storyteller {raconteur}.
real estate broker {realtor}.
parish priest, or school principal or headmaster {rector}.
porter {redcap}.
board member {regent}.
Nurses {registered nurse} can practice independently.
official recorder {registrar}.
restaurant owner {restaurateur}.
People {rhetorician} can study and use rhetoric.
noble person {royalty}.
Sexton or assistant at liturgy handles vessels and vestments {sacristan}.
horse-equipment seller {saddler}.
People {salutatorian} can give the greeting at meetings.
Governors {satrap} can be responsible only to king.
wood sawer {sawyer}.
Medieval writers can be bards {scop}.
writer or copyist {scribe}.
reserve player {scrub}.
dishwasher {scullion}.
USA navy construction engineer {seabee}.
People {second, dueling} can assist duelists.
house robber {second-story man}.
New England town official {selectman}.
peasant {serf}.
Officials {sergeant at arms} can keep order in courts or assemblies.
attendant {servitor}.
church caretaker {sexton}.
magician {shaman}.
detective {shamus}.
Tenant farmers {sharecropper} can pay rent in crops.
Arab leader {sheik}.
swindler's accomplice {shill}.
ship building worker {shipfitter}.
Japanese first commander {shogun}.
union member selected to represent workers {shop steward}.
Prophetess {sibyl} was at Delphi.
musician {sideman}.
signer {signatory}.
father or lord {sire}.
porter {skycap}.
prostitute {slattern}.
detective {sleuth}.
senator {solon}.
wizard {sorcerer}.
king {sovereign, king}.
rock hunter {spelunker}.
People {squatter} with no title can settle on land.
noble attendant to knight {squire, person}.
heating, ventilation, and cooling system installer and repairer {steam fitter}.
People {steeplejack} can work on high structures.
dockworker {stevedore}.
household manager for estate {steward}.
stone layer or wall builder {stonemason}.
comedian's foil {straight man}.
foreman or temporary boss {straw boss}.
prostitute {streetwalker}.
Christian ascetics {stylite} lived on pillars.
secondary-rank person {subaltern}.
Physicians {surgeon} can be skilled in cutting and sewing tissue.
Suppliers {sutler} can get provisions for regiments.
sailor {swab, sailor}.
Hindu yogi {swami}.
pirate or flamboyant man {swashbuckler}.
chimney sweeper {sweep}.
syndicate member {syndic}.
prostitute {tart, prostitute}.
Dancers {taxi dancer} can receive customers' money to dance with them.
commercial driver {teamster}.
money handler at bank {teller}.
secondary ruler or ruler of one-fourth of nation {tetrarch}.
Anglo-Saxon lords {thane}.
People {theoretician} can study and work on theories.
actor {thespian}.
Disinterested persons {third party} can help two parties transact business.
People {tinker} can curiously modify machinery or objects, or be metal-item repairers.
People {toastmaster} can introduce speakers and propose toasts at meetings.
bullfighter {toreador}.
matador or assistant {torero}.
horserace information giver {tout, person}.
actor in tragedies {tragedian} {tragedienne}.
prostitute {trollop}.
Officials {truant officer} can apprehend students absent from school without permission.
compositor {typesetter}.
compositor {typographer}.
Actors {understudy} can be ready to assume roles in case of incapacity.
People {underwriter} can supply finances for activities or businesses.
high-interest-rate lender {usurer}.
People {valedictorian} can give farewell speeches.
People {valet} can perform personal services.
Sick persons {valetudinarian} can think only about their health.
People {ventriloquist} can speak for a dummy.
animal doctor {veterinarian}.
Anglican clergymen {vicar} can lead parishes.
Rulers can claim to represent God {vicegerent}, or people can be substitutes.
Governors {viceroy} can represent king.
People {vigilante} can hunt suspected criminals without authorization.
winemaker {vintner}.
count's son or younger brother {viscount}.
prime minister {vizier}.
sworn to worship or serve {votary}.
wagon builder {wainwright}.
local politician {ward heeler}.
prison administrator {warden}.
witch {warlock}.
Women {wet nurse} can nurse babies for mothers.
People {wildcatter} can drill for oil on speculation.
assistant to dignitary {yeoman}.
Hindu meditation practitioner {yogi}.
no restraint {abandon, noun}.
washing {ablution}.
denial to oneself {abnegation}.
180-degree turn {about face}.
abstaining {abstention}.
abstaining {abstinence}.
acceding {accession}.
praise {accolade}.
animosity {acrimony}.
perceptiveness {acuity, perceptiveness}.
insightfulness {acumen}.
entry {admittance}.
adoration {adulation}.
sponsorship {aegis}.
unnatural behavior designed to draw attention {affectation}.
attraction {affinity, attraction}.
inspiration {afflatus}.
insult {affront}.
good feeling after action {afterglow}.
additional name {agnomen}.
goal {aim}.
speed {alacrity}.
attractiveness {allure}.
argument {altercation}.
brotherly love {amity}.
behavior without rules {anarchy}.
spirit {anima}.
critical commentary {animadversion}.
antagonism {animosity}.
indifference {antipathy}.
poise {aplomb}.
disapproval {approbation}.
passion {ardor}.
artificial behavior {artifice}.
bad temper {asperity}.
assuming something {assumption}.
very bad action {atrocity}.
boldness {audacity}.
quality {aura, quality}.
spending sparingly {austerity}.
greed {avarice}.
eagerness {avidity}.
work that is not one's job {avocation}.
lowest college degree {baccalaureate}.
initially performing difficult task {baptism of fire}.
competition among major rivals {battle royal}.
posture {bearing, body}.
crazy behavior {bedlam}.
freedom {blank check}.
layoff {bloodletting}.
favor {boon}.
pretended courage {bravado}.
excellent {bravura}.
taking disagreement to fighting stage {brinkmanship}.
irritant {bugbear}.
vacation having or viewing activities similar to one's job {busman's holiday}.
frank expression {candor}.
change of mind {caprice}.
one of the seven deadly sins {cardinal sin}.
one of the seven important virtues {cardinal virtue}.
job type {career}.
posture {carriage}.
embarrassment {chagrin}.
ability to inspire devotion from others {charisma}.
boldness {cheek}.
trickery {chicanery}.
heraldic shield {coat of arms}.
dependence {coattail}.
inner state {cockles of the heart}.
ostracism {cold shoulder}.
nervous reaction to fear or pain {cold sweat}.
deserved punishment {comeuppance}.
compliance {complaisance}.
acting as accomplice {complicity}.
remorse {compunction}.
pride {conceit, pride}.
lust {concupiscence}.
agreement among group members {consensus}.
custom {consuetude}.
flirting {coquetry}.
crowning {coronation}.
face {countenance, face}.
increasing belief {credence}.
certificate from authority authorizing work type {credential}.
readily believing {credulity}.
pretended crying {crocodile tears}.
gathering people to achieve cause {crusade}.
desire {cupidity}.
bending knees to bow {curtsy}.
control {custody, control}.
expressionless {dead pan}.
setting course without using instruments {dead reckoning}.
one of the seven deadly sins {deadly sin}.
immoral behavior {debauchery}.
weakness {debility}.
good behavior {decorum, good behavior}.
deferring {deference}.
diplomatic tactic {demarche}.
attitude toward others {demeanor}.
mark against {demerit}.
death {demise}.
attitude toward others {deportment}.
immorality {depravity}.
destroying {depredation}.
disuse {desuetude}.
plan {device}.
delaying {dilatation}.
quandary {dilemma, quandary}.
following rules {discipline, rule following}.
disharmony {discord}.
dishevelment {dishabille}.
temperament {disposition, temperament}.
immoral behavior {dissolution, immorality}.
excellence {distinction, person}.
time-passer {diversion}.
foretelling {divination}.
highest academic degree {doctorate}.
liking home life {domesticity}.
rule {dominion}.
senility {dotage}.
cross-dressing {drag, cross-dressing}.
practice {dry run}.
resentment {dudgeon}.
deception {duplicity}.
coercion {duress}.
hearing distance {earshot}.
learning {edification}.
likeness {effigy}.
insolence {effrontery}.
energy {elbow grease}.
expressing affection {endearment}.
animosity {enmity}.
urgent request {entreaty}.
calm {equanimity}.
belching {eructation}.
knowledge {erudition}.
adventuring {escapade}.
expressing idea {espousal}.
moral principle {ethic}.
great happiness {euphoria}.
evoking feelings {evocation}.
trip {excursion}.
loathing or protesting {execration}.
mass leaving {exodus}.
something expected {expectation, prediction}.
deed {exploit}.
sending person out of country or location {expulsion}.
erasing {expunction}.
skill {facility}.
ability {faculty}.
surname {family name}.
Actions can try to ascertain people's ideas {feeler}.
feminine characteristics {femininity}.
loyalty {fidelity}.
imagined object or idea {figment}.
attempting to elicit useful information {fishing expedition}.
whipping {flagellation}.
showing off patriotism {flag-waving}.
minor personal weakness {foible}.
raid or attempt {foray}.
planning {forethought}.
weakness {frailty}.
sexual promiscuity {free love}.
fun behavior {frivolity}.
depression {funk}.
uproar {furor}.
taking small loss to make larger gain {gambit}.
gaining advantage by deception {gamesmanship}.
ancestor list {genealogy}.
civilized behavior and politeness {gentility}.
flowing movements {grace}.
facial expression during disgust or pain {grimace}.
skillful deception {guile}.
appearance {guise}.
clothing {habiliment}.
moral and civilized behavior {highroad}.
knowledge of results {hindsight}.
dramatic behavior {histrionics}.
public respect {homage}.
Astrology methods {horoscope} can try to predict future events.
humbleness {humility}.
doing the opposite of what one proclaims {hypocrisy}.
eccentricity {idiosyncrasy}.
dishonor {ignominy}.
type {ilk}.
difficult situation or misunderstanding {imbroglio}.
situation with no way out {impasse}.
obstruction {impediment}.
idea that is hard to understand {imponderable}.
infliction {imposition}.
weakness {inanition}.
silly remark {inanity}.
movement into {incursion}.
no purpose {indirection}.
shame {infamy}.
sin {iniquity}.
hint {inkling}.
heresy investigation {inquisition}.
calm {insouciance}.
acting against one's leadership {insubordination}.
mind {intellect}.
anger {ire}.
ignoring real situation {ivory tower}.
great joy {jubilation}.
praise {kudos}.
running away {lam}.
laziness {languor}.
torpor {lassitude}.
freedom {latitude, freedom}.
rewards for action {laurels}.
high sexual activity {lechery}.
indifference-caused slowness {lethargy}.
humor {levity}.
link between people {liaison, link}.
generosity {liberality}.
ancestor succession {lineage}.
facial feature {lineament}.
saying one believes but not really {lip service}.
disagreement {loggerheads}.
plot {machination}.
generosity {magnanimity}.
name before marriage {maiden name}.
authorization {mandate}.
behavior peculiar to person {mannerism, behavior}.
bow {manumission}.
good action {masterstroke}.
mother's name {matronymic}.
feelings of power {megalomania}.
untruthfulness {mendacity}.
failing to realize {miasma}.
countenance {mien}.
humor {mirth}.
name {moniker}.
obsession {monomania}.
boredom {monotony}.
blackness as culture {negritude}.
dishonorable fame {notoriety}.
obedience {obeisance}.
journey {odyssey}.
ordaining {ordination}.
showing off {ostentation}.
gloom {pall}.
paleness {pallor}.
spasm {paroxysm}.
predilection {penchant}.
doubt {peradventure}.
treachery {perfidy}.
objectivity {perspective}.
reverential behavior {piety}.
irritation {pique}.
situation in which one can perform one's intentions {plain sailing}.
praise {plaudit}.
difficult situation {plight}.
strategy {ploy}.
bearing {poise, bearing}.
disposition {predilection}.
right {prerogative}.
feeling that something will happen {presentiment}.
deceptive action {pretense}.
lacking food, water, and/or shelter {privation}.
integrity {probity}.
tendency {proclivity}.
profound thinking {profundity}.
disposition {propensity}.
proper behavior {propriety}.
protesting {protestation}.
power {puissance}.
beauty {pulchritude}.
observing formalities {punctilio}.
sight {purview}.
death {quietus}.
animosity {rancor}.
harmony with another {rapport}.
ecstasy {rapture}.
reasoning {ratiocination}.
recognition {recognizance}.
alternative {recourse}.
moral behavior {rectitude}.
civilized behavior {refinement}.
behavior pattern {regimen}.
remembering {remembrance}.
renouncing {renunciation}.
reaction to punish {reprisal, punish}.
repelling {repulsion}.
restraint {reserve, not acting out}.
determination {resolve, determination}.
disgust with turning away {revulsion}.
trick {ruse}.
abusing the sacred {sacrilege}.
short quick action or sentence {sally}.
moral objection to behavior {scruple}.
perception {sensibility}.
emotionality {sentimentality}.
loving look {sheep's eye}.
laziness {sloth, laziness}.
not drunken behavior {sobriety}.
comfort {solace}.
supporting group goals {solidarity}.
feeling that unattained goal was really not worth reaching anyway {sour grapes}.
acting without planning {spontaneity, impulse}.
person's best skill {strong suit}.
submitting {submission}.
help {succor}.
family name {surname}.
boredom {tedium}.
rashness {temerity}.
not drinking alcohol {temperance}.
histrionics {theatrics}.
servitude {thrall} {thralldom}.
struggle {throes}.
lethargy {torpor}.
toil {travail}.
fear {trepidation}.
distress {tribulation}.
fidelity {troth}.
lovers' meeting {tryst}.
crowd and noises {tumult}.
depravity {turpitude}.
tutoring {tutelage}.
offense {umbrage}.
whim {vagary}.
pride {vanity, pride}.
feud {vendetta}.
truthfulness {veracity}.
staying watchful all night {vigil}.
high skill {virtuosity}.
countenance {visage}.
body-health measurements {vital statistics}.
will {volition}.
death watch {wake}.
feeling that one needs to travel {wanderlust}.
defeat {waterloo}.
marriage {wedlock}.
trick {wile}.
habit {wont}.
good work {yeoman's service}.
vulnerable point {Achilles' heel}.
disaster {act of God}.
England {Albion}.
veterans' group {American Legion}.
room with full breakfast {American Plan}.
England {Anglia}.
rural paradise {Arcadia, paradise}.
world's end {Armageddon}.
lost continent {Atlantis}.
classic period {Augustan Age}.
western island paradise {Avalon}.
bourgeois {Babbitt}.
sinful place {Babylon, sinful}.
guidebook {Baedeker}.
dandy {Beau Brummel}.
boo or raspberry {Bronx cheer}.
paper lamp {Chinese lantern, lamp}.
states whose main religion is Christianity {Christendom}.
first name {Christian name}.
rags to riches person {Cinderella}.
goddess of wisdom and skill {Columbia, goddess}.
British royal court {Court of St. James}.
take decisive step {cross the Rubicon}.
sea bottom {Davy Jones's locker}.
day action starts {D-day}.
library classification system {Dewey decimal system}.
United States honor {Distinguished Service Medal}.
lothario {Don Juan}.
doubter {doubting Thomas}.
female pays {Dutch}.
generous uncle {Dutch uncle}.
paradise {Eden, paradise}.
rich paradise {El Dorado}.
USA television award {Emmy}.
room with no breakfast {European plan}.
carouser {Falstaff}.
person controlled by the devil {Faust}.
vertical wheel ride at fair {Ferris wheel}.
ghost sailing ship {Flying Dutchman}.
riders at the Apocalypse including conquest on white horse, war on red horse, famine on black horse, and plague on gray horse {Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse}.
high society {Four Hundred}.
mixed-origin monster {Frankenstein}.
secret-cult member {Freemason}.
giant {Gargantua}.
fast and successful conclusion {Garrison finish}.
last land {Gibraltar, end}.
female assistant {girl Friday}.
FBI agent {G-man}.
farewell {Godspeed}.
giant {Goliath}.
time standard {Greenwich time}.
string panty {G-string}.
cigar {Havana, cigar}.
choosing between small thing and nothing {Hobson's choice} {Hobson choice}.
evangelist {Holy Joe}.
strong defender {Horatius at the bridge}.
slim bowling-pin-shaped club {Indian club}.
two fingers in V shown behind head {Indian sign}.
elite {Ivy League}.
biting cold {Jack Frost}.
Junior Chamber of Commerce member {Jaycee}.
alternating personalities {Jekyll and Hyde}.
drunkard {John Barleycorn}.
signature {John Hancock}.
signature {John Henry}.
female lover {Juliet}.
small celluloid doll {Kewpie doll}.
service club {Kiwanis}.
Catholic service club {Knights of Columbus}.
Santa Claus {Kris Kringle}.
southern night riders {Ku Klux Klan}.
city area where many people are from countries that use Romance languages {Latin Quarter}.
artistic area {Left Bank}.
French honorary society {Legion of Honor}.
USA military honor {Legion of Merit}.
easy life {life of Riley}.
seductive female demon {Lilith}.
small {Lilliputian}.
insurance company {Lloyd's of London}.
devil {Lucifer}.
military rifle {M-1 rifle}.
lifejacket {Mae West}.
criminal organization {Mafia}.
small town {Main Street}.
male assistant {man Friday}.
Fat Tuesday before Ash Wednesday {Mardi Gras}.
teacher {Mark Hopkins}.
border between Maryland and Pennsylvania {Mason-Dixon line}.
first day in May {May Day}.
danger call {Mayday}.
Pilgrim ship {Mayflower}.
unfairly hunting out communists and sympathizers {McCarthyism}.
genuine article {McCoy}.
Legion of Merit medal {Medal for Merit}.
highest USA military honor {Medal of Honor}.
poison drink {Mickey Finn}.
king requiring sacrifice {Moloch}.
bottle filled with flammable liquid {Molotov cocktail}.
telegraph code {Morse code}.
nursery rhymes {Mother Goose}.
loose dress {Mother Hubbard}.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police person {Mountie}.
propriety enforcer {Mrs. Grundy}.
USA reserve military force {National Guard}.
anxious person {nervous Nellie}.
economic reforms enacted during Great Depression {New Deal}.
overwhelming flow {Niagra}.
king of the fairies {Oberon}.
western world {Occident}.
service club {Odd Fellow}.
USA flag {Old Glory}.
devil {Old Nick}.
eastern world {Orient}.
USA movie award {Oscar}.
public address system {PA system}.
huge lumberjack {Paul Bunyan}.
voyeur {Peeping Tom}.
top-quality lawyer {Philadelphia lawyer}.
People {Pollyanna} can be always sunny.
man in line for British throne {Prince of Wales}.
train sleeping car {Pullman car}.
marionette or puppet show {Punch-and-Judy show}. Punch is fat and short buffoon, and Judy is harassing woman.
Punch or buffoon {Punchinello}.
USA medal for injury in battle {Purple Heart}.
success but with high cost {Pyrrhic victory}.
French diplomatic corps {Quai d'Orsay}.
service organization for help in disasters {Red Cross}.
USA college student selected to study at Oxford University {Rhodes scholar}.
person unaware of recent happenings {Rip Van Winkle}.
People {Robin Hood} can take from rich and give to poor.
Isolated people {Robinson Crusoe} cannot come home.
male lover {Romeo}.
key to understanding {Rosetta stone}.
service club {Rotarian}.
Soldiers {Roughrider} can have fought in Spanish-American War.
Religious service organizations {Salvation Army} can help needy.
People {Samaritan} can stop to help unfortunate persons.
strong man {Samson}.
loyal servant or companion {Sancho Panza}.
storyteller {Scheherazade}.
British detective police {Scotland Yard}.
USA-president protectors {Secret Service}.
housing voucher {Section Eight}.
moral discourse {Sermon on the Mount}.
paradise {Shangri-la}.
greedy merchant {Shylock}.
slavedriver {Simon Legree}.
Confederate flag {Stars and Bars}.
USA flag {Stars and Stripes}.
USA flag {Star-Spangled Banner}.
Statue of Columbia {Liberty Lighting the World} stands in New York City harbor {Statue of Liberty}.
magician or escape artist {Svengali}.
joint movements and long strokes {Swedish massage} {Swedish movements}.
Scottish wool bonnet for men with pompom {Tam O'Shanter}.
corrupt political organization {Tammany}.
natural man {Tarzan}.
jazz {Tin Pan Alley}.
queen of the fairies {Titania}.
small person {Tom Thumb}.
USA drama award {Tony}.
Gift can gain advantage {Trojan horse}.
no difference {Tweedledum and Tweedledee}.
honored unidentified soldier {Unknown Soldier}.
rocket {V-1}.
victory day {V-day}.
British military honor {Victoria Cross}.
stock exchange and business center {Wall Street}.
Mocker {Wandering Jew} of Jesus at his crucifixion must roam forever.
USA-president residence {White House}.
British government district {Whitehall}.
accurate and daring marksman {William Tell}.
paradise {Xanadu}.
Socrates' harassing wife {Xanthippe}.
young unconventional artist or aggressive and ambitious person {Young Turk}.
land {acreage}.
air above country {airspace}.
church geographic division {archdiocese}.
autocracy {autarchy}.
stagnated area {backwater} {back water}.
bailiff's district {bailiwick}.
city area mainly occupied by Latin Americans {barrio}.
controlled outpost {beachhead}.
urban district {borough}.
city area where derelicts live {bowery}.
not main road {byway}.
district in Switzerland {canton}.
farm for commune {collective farm}.
public land in town {common}.
prison for political prisoners {concentration camp}.
federation {confederacy}.
church district around several churches under bishop {diocese}.
area controlled by formal director {directorate}.
region including several states ruled by emperor {empire}.
country inside another country {enclave}.
surroundings {environs}.
wide level land {expanse}.
lewd show {fleshpot}.
port open to ships from all countries {free port}.
land facing water, buildings, or street {frontage}.
grassy area {greensward}.
town {hamlet}.
safe place {haven}.
central or main area {heartland}.
outlying areas {hinterland}.
location from which many people have traveled to another place {jumping-off place}.
farm commune in Israel {kibbutz}.
animal den or cave {lair}.
area where dirt has been dumped to raise it {landfall}.
place in which one waits indefinitely with unresolved status {limbo}.
place {locale}.
borderline between two regions {march}.
building that receives communications {nerve center}.
church diocese or county in Louisiana {parish}.
pasture {pasturage}.
edge {periphery}.
open area in town {plaza}.
district for police or elections {precinct}.
area controlled by prefect or high official {prefecture}.
area controlled by prince {principality}.
outlying or neighboring area {purlieu}.
land area that supplies rock {quarry, rock}.
kingdom {realm}.
area frequented by prostitutes {red-light district}.
fort {redoubt}.
state governed by elected officials {republic}.
land used by road, railroad, or utility {right-of-way}.
politically corrupt urban district {rotten borough}.
land or other region {sector, land}.
area under bishop {see, bishopric}.
all oceans {seven seas}.
English region {shire}.
city area with derelicts {skid row}.
person's home area {stamping ground}.
location from which many people have traveled to another place {stepping-off place}.
country governed by engineering bureaucrats {technocracy}.
end {terminus}.
area near shore controlled by nation {three-mile limit}.
state requiring land ownership for citizenship {timocracy}.
beautiful area for viewing {vista}.
city street with nightclubs or theaters {white way}.
City area {zone, city} can be designated for a purpose, such as light industry or housing {zoning}.
highest position {acme}.
adjoining addition {adjunct}.
atmosphere {ambiance}.
opposite location on globe {antipodes, opposites}.
highest position {apex, highest}.
foundation {bedrock}.
marker {benchmark, marker}.
Weights {bookend} can prevent books from falling over on shelves.
Processes have steps {bottleneck, flow} where flow slows and inventory builds.
hiding or storage place {cache, hidden}.
junction {conjuncture}.
horn-shaped object {cornet, horn}.
two bones in X-shape {crossbones}.
cross {crux}.
no junction, disjoint {disjunction, disjoint}.
unbalanced ratio {disproportion}.
expansion {distention}.
path with angle {dogleg}.
surface point above sphere inner point {epicenter}.
face {facet}.
distance between water and boat or dock surface {freeboard}.
encroachment {inroad}.
Two surfaces can share a surface {interface}.
path traveled {itinerary}.
junction {juncture}.
two objects side-by-side {juxtaposition}.
Two sets of parallel lines can overlap perpendicularly {lattice, structure}.
lowest position {nadir}.
sphere {orb, sphere}.
nearness {propinquity}.
scene {scenario}.
area cut by scythe {swath}.
region elevations {topography}.
same form {uniformity}.
abnormality {aberration}.
ending situation {abolition}.
something acquired {acquisition, acquired}.
measure {admeasure}.
mixture {admixture}.
yes {affirmative}.
meeting schedule {agenda}.
mixed collection {agglomerate}.
convenience {amenity}.
connection between two objects {anastamosis}.
something shunned {anathema}.
soothing agent {anodyne}.
deviation from normal {anomaly}.
metal used in alloys {antinomy}.
revelation or world end {apocalypse}.
high ideal {apotheosis}.
structure that has function {apparatus}.
name {appellation, name}.
accessory {appurtenance}.
a type's original {archetype, original}.
manmade object {artifact}.
appointment for lovers to meet {assignation}.
safe haven {asylum}.
patronage {auspice}.
cacophony {babel}.
drunken party {bacchanal}.
drunken festival {bacchanalia}.
previous edition {back number}.
reaction {backlash}.
trifle {bagatelle}.
soothing agent {balm}.
forked flag {banderole}.
trouble cause {bane}.
diagonal from lower left to upper right {bar sinister}.
insult {barb, insult}.
enormous something {behemoth}.
request {behest}.
indicator {bellwether}.
worthless stuff {bill of goods}.
good report {bill of health}.
magic {black art}.
stone that makes one become smooth talker {blarney stone}.
fast moving manner {blue streak}.
automatic advancement to next round {bye}.
specialness {cachet}.
loud noise {cacophony}.
per capita tax {capitation}.
slaughter {carnage}.
disaster {cataclysm}.
ceding {cession}.
belt around something {cincture}.
party {clambake}.
loud protest from many people at once {clamor}.
clanging {clangor}.
clearness {clarity, clearness}.
compression {compaction}.
harmony {concert}.
harmony {concord}.
fire {conflagration}.
assignment {consignment}.
component, such as person in voting district {constituent}.
coffee, tea, juice, and pastry {continental breakfast}.
contrast {contradistinction}.
payment record {counterfoil}.
standard {criterion}.
representative sample {cross section}.
English colony {crown colony}.
object of interest {cynosure}.
letter with unreadable or non-existent address {dead letter}.
burden {deadweight}.
quick defeat {debacle}.
room decorations {decor}.
uninhabited and forbidding land {desolation}.
decider {determinant, decider}.
object that deters {deterrent}.
cause {dint}.
difference {disparity, difference}.
exemption {dispensation}.
difference {distinction, difference}.
trick {dodge}.
brawl {donnybrook}.
object of interest {drawing card}.
waste {dross}.
ticket {ducat}.
easy task {duck soup}.
level {echelon}.
flow {efflux}.
drink with good effects {elixir}.
something added {embellishment, addition}.
burden {encumbrance}.
goal {end, goal}.
puzzle {enigma}.
thing {entity}.
best example {epitome}.
shield with coat of arms {escutcheon}.
and {etcetera}.
contact with {exposure, contact}.
spectacle {extravaganza}.
copy {facsimile}.
solid piece used to smooth fluid flow {fairing}.
preliminary promotion {fanfare}.
appropriateness and high quality {felicity}.
failure {fiasco}.
day of fun {field day}.
covering for private matter {fig leaf}.
incentive {fillip}.
initial rewards {first fruits}.
highest quality {first water}.
floating lost goods {flotsam}.
spring or source {fountainhead}.
cable car {funicular railway}.
statement about non-specific things {generality}.
mark indicating value {hallmark}.
chance event {happenstance}.
sign of things to come {harbinger}.
study of ancestry and coats of arms {heraldry}.
statement contradicting orthodoxy {heresy}.
great destruction {holocaust}.
most sacred thing {holy of holies}.
political campaign {hustings}.
putting underwater {immersion}.
stimulus {impetus}.
authorization {imprimatur}.
inconsistent {incongruity}.
no effect {inefficacy}.
roads and utilities {infrastructure}.
jettisoned or discarded goods {jetsam}.
large mass advancing {juggernaut, unstoppable}.
stop {kibosh}.
bell toll {knell}.
hand tricks {legerdemain}.
drink {libation}.
objects from one's past {memorabilia}.
wrong name {misnomer}.
story of group {mythos}.
rival {nemesis}.
feature {nicety}.
present time {nonce}.
small flower bunch {posy} {nosegay}.
useless drug {nostrum}.
small difference {nuance}.
essence {nub}.
near future {offing}.
magic words {open sesame}.
excrement {ordure}.
embellishment {ornamentation}.
show {pageantry}.
cover {panoply}.
wide view {panorama}.
equality {parity, equality}.
hell {perdition}.
phantom {phantasm, phantom}.
language mixture {pidgin}.
just rewards {poetic justice}.
splendor {pomp}.
drink {potation}.
something coming before {precursor, before}.
requirement {prerequisite}.
first example {prototype, first example}.
source {provenance}.
God can intervene to provide good luck {providence}.
Wood arrangements {pyre} can burn corpses at funerals.
fireworks {pyrotechnics}.
situation in which it is difficult to decide {quandary}.
pursued object {quarry, pursued}.
essence {quintessence, essence}.
former {quondam}.
shed with cylindrical tin roof {quonset hut}.
plunder {rapine}.
party after wedding {reception}.
reclaiming {reclamation}.
removing private or secret information from public document {redaction}.
backward flow {reflux}.
safe haven {refuge}.
meal {repast}.
storage place {repository}.
rescinding contract {rescission}.
equal-value restoration {restitution}.
strictness {rigor}.
ceremony {rite}.
fireworks type {roman candle}.
problem, catch {rub, problem}.
irritating skin agent for pain relief {rubefacient}.
directions {rubric}.
rule {rudiment}.
idea that no one can question {sacred cow}.
holiness {sanctity}.
withdrawing {secession}.
dog that assists blind people {seeing-eye dog}.
chance {serendipity}.
happiness {seventh heaven}.
seal {signet}.
easy salaried job {sinecure}.
investigating {spadework}.
coin {specie}.
place from which to dive into subject {springboard}.
dirty place {squalor}.
First bid {stalking-horse} only tests the market and does not expect to win.
place {stead}.
drinking cup with two handles {stirrup cup}.
regular business stock {stock-in-trade}.
trick {subterfuge}.
assumption {supposition}.
sustaining substance {sustenance}.
whispering sounds {susurrus}.
two things can work together to perform function {synergism}.
combination {synthesis, combination}.
object conferring protection through magic {talisman}.
principle {tenet}.
reading, writing, and arithmetic {three R's}.
criterion {touchstone}.
curved lines {tracery}.
poor imitation {travesty, imitation}.
sample used to test people's reactions {trial balloon}.
nonsense {trumpery}.
Dark Ages rounded-letter alphabet {uncial}.
foundation {underpinning}.
sudden change {vicissitude}.
something no longer wanted {white elephant}.
impossible goal {will-o'-the-wisp}.
faint or thin thing {wisp}.
finding people with unorthodox beliefs {witch-hunt}.
wrath {wroth}.
threat to native people from increased Asian immigration {yellow peril}.
something suspended temporarily {abeyance}.
coming {advent}.
result {aftermath}.
something that preceded something else {antecedent, time}.
times before Middle Ages {antiquity}.
quickness {celerity}.
ceasing {cessation}.
event sequence {chronology}.
regularity {clockwork}.
beginning {commencement}.
requirement that people stay home after a time {curfew}.
day and time {dateline}.
quickness {dispatch, done quickly}.
time when nothing exciting is happening {dog days}.
later twilight after sunset {dusk}.
short era {epoch}.
long period {era}.
evening or day before {eve}.
end {finality}.
preliminary feeling of danger or bad luck {foreboding}.
precursor {forerunner}.
preliminary sampling {foretaste}.
preliminary sign {foretoken}.
completion {fruition}.
impasse {hiatus, impasse}.
beginning {inception}.
period between two similar periods {intercession}.
period between rulers {interregnum}.
joyful season or anniversary {jubilee}.
devotional period of nine days {novena}.
forever {perpetuity}.
preliminary information {portent}.
postponement or short rest {respite}.
period of success {salad days}.
period of clowning {silly season}.
after midnight to dawn {small hours}.
ceasing {surcease}.
farewell performance {swan song}.
forever {time immemorial}.
one-third year {trimester}.
time for starting action {zero hour}.
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