defense 7 2 verb, noun v, n noun • (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
• the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
• protection from harm
• (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
• the justification for some act or belief
• (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
• the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
• an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
• a structure used to defend against attack
• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
• the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
nonsense 8 2 noun n noun • a message that seems to convey no meaning
• ornamental objects of no great value
adjective satellite • having no intelligible meaning
sense 5 1 verb, noun v, n noun • a general conscious awareness
• the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
• the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
• sound practical judgment
• a natural appreciation or ability
verb • perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
• detect some circumstance or entity automatically
• become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
• discern
dense 5 1 adjective adj adjective satellite • permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
• hard to pass through because of dense growth
• having high relative density or specific gravity
• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
• having component parts closely crowded together
expense 7 2 noun n noun • amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
• a detriment or sacrifice
• money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer
verb • reduce the estimated value of something
immense 7 2 adjective adj adjective satellite • unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
intense 7 2 adjective adj adjective • possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
adjective satellite • extremely sharp or severe
• (of color) having the highest saturation
license 7 2 verb, noun v, n noun • a legal document giving official permission to do something
• freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
• excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
• the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
verb • authorize officially
offense 7 2 noun n noun • a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others
• a feeling of anger caused by being offended
• a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right
• the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
• the action of attacking an enemy
tense 5 1 noun, adjective n, adj adjective • in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
• pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
• taut or rigid; stretched tight
noun • a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
verb • become stretched or tense or taut
• increase the tension on
• become tense, nervous, or uneasy
• cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
dispense 8 2 verb v verb • administer or bestow, as in small portions
• grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
• give or apply (medications)
incense 7 2 verb v noun • a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
• the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned
verb • perfume especially with a censer
• make furious
pretense 8 2 noun n noun • the act of giving a false appearance
• pretending with intention to deceive
• imaginative intellectual play
• a false or unsupportable quality
• an artful or simulated semblance
suspense 8 2 noun n noun • apprehension about what is going to happen
• an uncertain cognitive state
• excited anticipation of an approaching climax
ultradense 10 4 adjective adj
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commonsense 11 3 noun n adjective satellite • exhibiting native good judgment
condense 8 2 verb v verb • undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
• make more concise
• remove water from
• cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
• become more compact or concentrated
• develop due to condensation
• compress or concentrate
frankincense 12 3 noun n noun • an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
lense 5 2 noun n noun • a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
recompense 10 3 verb, noun v, n noun • payment or reward (as for service rendered)
• the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
verb • make amends for; pay compensation for
• make payment to; compensate
hypertense 10 3 adjective adj
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cense 5 1 verb v verb • perfume especially with a censer
flense 6 1 verb v verb • strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal)
antisense 9 4 noun, adjective n, adj noun • A molecule which interacts with a complementary strand of nucleic acids, so as to suppress its transcription.
hyperintense 12 5 adjective adj
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mense 5 2 verb, noun v, n
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missense 8 3 noun, adjective n, adj
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multisense 10 4 noun n
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nondefense 10 3 adjective adj
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overintense 11 4
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prepense 8 3 adjective adj verb • To weigh or consider beforehand; to consider.
• To deliberate beforehand.
adjective • Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived, premeditated.
propense 8 3 adjective adj
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recondense 10 3 verb v
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relicense 9 3 verb v verb • To issue a renewed license
spense 6 2 verb, noun v, n
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sublicense 10 3 verb, noun v, n
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subsense 8 3 noun n noun • A sense of a word that reflects a part or aspect of a more general sense
gossypium barbadense 19 8 noun n noun • small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States; yields cotton with unusually long silky fibers
allium canadense 15 7 noun n noun • North American bulbous plant
asarum canadense 15 7 noun n noun • deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States
geum canadense 13 5 noun n noun • North American white-flowered avens
helianthemum canadense 21 9 noun n noun • perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts
lilium canadense 15 7 noun n noun • common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown
maianthemum canadense 20 9 noun n noun • small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers
menispermum canadense 20 8 noun, adjective n, adj noun • a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits
teucrium canadense 17 7 noun n noun • subshrub with serrate leaves and cream-colored to pink or purple flowers in spikelike racemes; North America
extense 7 3
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protense 8 3 noun, adjective n, adj
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recense 7 3 verb v
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subtense 8 3 noun n
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