respects 8 2 verb, noun v, n noun • (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem
effects 7 2 noun n noun • property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business
affects 7 2 verb v noun • the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
verb • have an effect upon
• act physically on; have an effect upon
• connect closely and often incriminatingly
• make believe with the intent to deceive
• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
deflects 8 2 verb v verb • prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
• turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
• turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
• draw someone's attention away from something
• impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
directs 7 2 verb v adjective • direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
• straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
• in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
• moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
• similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
• (of a current) flowing in one direction only
adverb • without deviation
adjective satellite • having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
• being an immediate result or consequence
• in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
• lacking compromising or mitigating elements
verb • command with authority
• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
• guide the actors in (plays and films)
• govern or manage
• take somebody somewhere
• cause to go somewhere
• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
• lead, as in the performance of a composition
• give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
• specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
• put an address on (an envelope)
• plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
erects 6 2 verb v adjective • upright in position or posture
adjective satellite • of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
verb • construct, build, or erect
• cause to rise up
infects 7 2 verb v verb • communicate a disease to
• contaminate with a disease or microorganism
• corrupt with ideas or an ideology
• affect in a contagious way
rejects 7 2 verb, noun v, n noun • the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
verb • not accept something given or offered
• not accept as true
• deem wrong or inappropriate
• reject with contempt
• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
• refuse entrance or membership
• dismiss from consideration or a contest
bisects 7 2 verb v verb • cut in half or cut in two
defects 7 2 noun n noun • an imperfection in a bodily system
• a failing or deficiency
• an imperfection in an object or machine
• a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
verb • desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
dejects 7 2 verb v verb • lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
disjects 8 2 verb v
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ejects 6 2 verb v verb • put out or expel from a place
• eliminate (a substance)
• leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule
• cause to come out in a squirt
elects 6 2 verb v noun • an exclusive group of people
adjective satellite • selected as the best
• elected but not yet installed in office
verb • select by a vote for an office or membership
• choose
expects 7 2 verb v verb • regard something as probable or likely
• consider obligatory; request and expect
• look forward to the probable occurrence of
• consider reasonable or due
• look forward to the birth of a child
• be pregnant with
exsects 7 2
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inflects 8 2 verb v verb • change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
• vary the pitch of one's speech
injects 7 2 verb v verb • give an injection to
• to introduce (a new aspect or element)
• force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
• take by injection
• feed intravenously
• to insert between other elements
insects 7 2 noun n noun • small air-breathing arthropod
• a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
inspects 8 2 verb v verb • look over carefully
• come to see in an official or professional capacity
• examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
neglects 8 2 verb v noun • lack of attention and due care
• the state of something that has been unused and neglected
• willful lack of care and attention
• the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
• failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
verb • leave undone or leave out
• fail to do something; leave something undone
• fail to attend to
• give little or no attention to
objects 7 2 noun n noun • a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
• the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
• (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon
• the focus of cognitions or feelings
• (computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer
verb • express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent
• be averse to or express disapproval of
pandects 8 2 noun n noun • Usually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law divided in 50 books, compiled in the 6th century C.E. by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (c. 482–565).
• (by extension) Also in the plural form pandects: a comprehensive collection of laws; specifically, the whole body of law of a country; a legal code.
• (by extension) A treatise or similar work that is comprehensive as to a particular topic; specifically a manuscript of the entire Bible.
perfects 8 2 adjective adj adjective • being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
noun • a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
adjective satellite • without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
• precisely accurate or exact
verb • make perfect or complete
praefects 9 2 noun n
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praelects 9 2 noun n
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prefects 8 2 noun n noun • a chief officer or chief magistrate
prelects 8 2 verb v
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projects 8 2 noun n noun • any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
• a planned undertaking
verb • communicate vividly
• extend out or project in space
• transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
• project on a screen
• cause to be heard
• draw a projection of
• make or work out a plan for; devise
• present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
• put or send forth
• throw, send, or cast forward
• regard as objective
prospects 9 2 noun n noun • the possibility of future success
• belief about (or mental picture of) the future
• someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
• the visual percept of a region
• a prediction of the course of a disease
verb • search for something desirable
• explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals
reejects 8 2
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reelects 8 2 verb v reerects 8 2
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refects 7 2
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reflects 8 2 verb v verb • manifest or bring back
• reflect deeply on a subject
• to throw or bend back (from a surface)
• be bright by reflecting or casting light
• show an image of
• give evidence of a certain behavior
• give evidence of the quality of
reinfects 9 2 verb v reinjects 9 2 verb, noun v, n
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reinspects 10 2 verb v
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resects 7 2 verb • To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.
selects 7 2 verb v adjective satellite • of superior grade
• selected or chosen for special qualifications
verb • pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
subsects 8 2
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suspects 8 2 noun n noun • someone who is under suspicion
• a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
adjective satellite • not as expected
verb • imagine to be the case or true or probable
• regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
• hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
trajects 8 2 verb, noun v, n
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transects 9 2 verb v verb • cut across or divide transversely
transfects 10 2 verb v verb • To introduce foreign material into eukaryotic cells.
trisects 8 2 verb v analects 8 3 noun n noun • a collection of excerpts from a literary work
acrolects 9 3 noun n noun • The variety of speech that is considered most suitable for formal occasions (typically using only standard forms).
aftereffects 12 4 noun n noun • any result that follows its cause after an interval
• a delayed effect of a drug or therapy
basilects 9 3 noun n noun • A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers.
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