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male4
2 verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
adjective

• being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation

noun

• an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)

• the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands

• a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

adjective satellite

• characteristic of a man

• for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys

fail4
1 verb, nounv, n
verb

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• be unsuccessful

• disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

• stop operating or functioning

• be unable

• judge unacceptable

• fail to get a passing grade

• fall short in what is expected

• become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close

• prove insufficient

• deteriorate

hail4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

• many objects thrown forcefully through the air

• enthusiastic greeting

verb

• praise vociferously

• be a native of

• call for

• greet enthusiastically or joyfully

• precipitate as small ice particles

nail4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits

• a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

• a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard

verb

• attach something somewhere by means of nails

• take into custody

• hit with great force

• succeed in obtaining a position

• succeed at easily

• locate exactly

• complete a pass

rail4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

• short for railway

• a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

• a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

• any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

verb

• complain bitterly

• enclose with rails

• provide with rails

• separate with a railing

• convey (goods etc.) by rails

• travel by rail or train

• lay with rails

• fish with a handline over the rails of a boat

• spread negative information about

• criticize severely

sail4
1 verbv
noun

• a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

• an ocean trip taken for pleasure

• any structure that resembles a sail

verb

• traverse or travel on (a body of water)

• move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions

• travel on water propelled by wind

• travel on water propelled by wind or by other means

trail5
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a track or mark left by something that has passed

• a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

• evidence pointing to a possible solution

verb

• to lag or linger behind

• go after with the intent to catch

• move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly

• hang down so as to drag along the ground

• drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground

female6
2 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

noun

• an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)

• a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies

adjective satellite

• characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

• for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls

cocktail8
2 nounn
noun

• a short mixed drink

• an appetizer served as a first course at a meal

veil4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a garment that covers the head and face

• a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

• the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

• a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

verb

• to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

retail6
2 verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale

adverb

• at a retail price

verb

• be sold at the retail level

• sell on the retail market

detail6
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

• a small part that can be considered separately from the whole

• extended treatment of particulars

• a crew of workers selected for a particular task

• a temporary military unit

verb

• provide details for

• assign to a specific task

jail4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

verb

• lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

mail4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service

• the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office

• a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system

• any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered

• (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

verb

• send via the postal service

• cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

wail4
1 verbv
noun

• a cry of sorrow and grief

verb

• emit long loud cries

• cry weakly or softly

frail5
1 adjectiveadj
adjective

• physically weak

noun

• the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds

• a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)

adjective satellite

• wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

• easily broken or damaged or destroyed

gale4
1 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

horsetail9
2 nounn
noun

• perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in Northern Hemisphere; some in Africa and South America

ponytail8
3 nounn
noun

• a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail

tail4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

• the time of the last part of something

• any projection that resembles the tail of an animal

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

• (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head

• the rear part of an aircraft

• the rear part of a ship

verb

• go after with the intent to catch

• remove or shorten the tail of an animal

• remove the stalk of fruits or berries

toenail7
2 nounn
noun

• the nail at the end of a toe

verb

• drive obliquely

telltale8
2 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• someone who gossips indiscreetly

adjective satellite

• disclosing unintentionally something concealed

ail3
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• aromatic bulb used as seasoning

verb

• be ill or unwell

• cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

bail4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial

• the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)

verb

• release after a security has been paid

• deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period

• secure the release of (someone) by providing security

• empty (a vessel) by bailing

• remove (water) from a vessel with a container

blackmail9
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information

verb

• exert pressure on someone through threats

• obtain through threats

email5
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in

verb

• communicate electronically on the computer

voicemail9
3 nounn
noun

• a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed

abigail7
3 nounn
noun

• A lady's maid.

tale4
1 nounn
noun

• a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

• a trivial lie

wholesale9
2 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers

adverb

• at a wholesale price

• on a large scale without careful discrimination

adjective satellite

• ignoring distinctions

verb

• sell in large quantities

flail5
1 verbv
noun

• an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing

verb

• give a thrashing to; beat hard

• move like a flail; thresh about

foxtail7
2 nounn
noun

• grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes

ale3
1 nounn
noun

• a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume

dale4
1 nounn
noun

• an open river valley (in a hilly area)

pale4
1 verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• a wooden strip forming part of a fence

adjective satellite

• very light colored; highly diluted with white

• (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

• lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness

• abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

• not full or rich

verb

• turn pale, as if in fear

sale4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a particular instance of selling

• the general activity of selling

• an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices

• the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling

• an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer)

scale5
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• an ordered reference standard

• relative magnitude

• the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it

• a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin

• a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

• (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)

• a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass

• an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks

• a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

• a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals

verb

• measure by or as if by a scale

• pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard

• take by attacking with scaling ladders

• reach the highest point of

• climb up by means of a ladder

• remove the scales from

• measure with or as if with scales

• size or measure according to a scale

whale5
1 nounn
noun

• a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

• any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head

verb

• hunt for whales

entail6
2 verbv
noun

• land received by fee tail

• the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple

verb

• have as a logical consequence

• impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result

• limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs

fantail7
2 nounn
noun

• an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship

handrail8
2 nounn
noun

• a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling

hobnail7
2 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots

verb

• supply with hobnails

folktale8
2 nounn
noun

• a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk

avail5
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a means of serving

verb

• take advantage of

• be of use to, be useful to

• take or use

countervail11
3 verbv
verb

• compensate for or counterbalance

• oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

derail6
2 verbv
verb

• cause to run off the tracks

• run off or leave the rails

doornail8
2 nounn
noun

• a nail with a large head; formerly used to decorate doors

grail5
1 nounn
noun

• the object of any prolonged endeavor

• (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper

monorail8
3 nounn
noun

• a railway having a single track

pail4
1 nounn
noun

• a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

• the quantity contained in a pail

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