perutz 6 2 noun n noun • English biochemist (born in Austria); studied the molecular structure of blood (1914-2002)
grassroots 10 2 noun, adjective n, adj adjective satellite • fundamental
• of or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group
cahoots 7 2 noun n foots 5 1 noun n noun • the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
• a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
• the lower part of anything
• the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
• lowest support of a structure
• any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
• travel by walking
• a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
• an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
• (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
• a support resembling a pedal extremity
verb • pay for something
• walk
• add a column of numbers
hoots 5 1 noun n noun • a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
• something of little value
verb • to utter a loud clamorous shout
• utter the characteristic sound of owls
breadroots 10 2 noun n noun • densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots
cheroots 8 2 noun n noun • a cigar with both ends cut flat
enroots 7 2 verb v
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outroots 8 2
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roseroots 9 3 adjective adj noun • Rhodiola rosea, a perennial crassulaceous plant with many claimed health benefits that grows in cold regions.
sheroots 8 2
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snakeroots 10 3 noun n noun • a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers
• any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
unroots 7 2 verb v verb • To tear up by the roots; to uproot.
uproots 7 2 verb v verb • move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
• destroy completely, as if down to the roots
• pull up by or as if by the roots
slyboots 8 2 noun n noun • a shifty deceptive person
gumboots 8 2 noun n noun • A type of boot made of rubber.
• A style of popular music traditionally associated with gold miners.
• Generic black tea.
misroutes 9 2 verb v verb • To route incorrectly; to send the wrong way.
alumroots 9 3 noun n noun • any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera
arrowroots 10 3 noun n noun • a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
• white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
• canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
bandicoots 10 3 noun n noun • any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous
beetroots 9 2 noun n noun • beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption
• round red root vegetable
bhoots 6 1 noun n
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bigfoots 8 2 noun n verb • (sometimes capitalized) To control or manage forcefully; to exercise authority over.
• (sometimes capitalized) To behave in an authoritative, commanding manner.
birthroots 10 2 noun n noun • trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth
bitterroots 11 3 noun n noun • showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower
bloodroots 10 2 noun n noun • perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant
briarroots 10 3 noun n noun • hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea
brierroots 10 2
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bumbershoots 12 3 noun n noun • An umbrella, especially when erroneously seen as a stereotypically English accessory.
cloots 6 1 noun n
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clubroots 9 2 noun n
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cocksfoots 10 2 noun n noun • Any of the genus Dactylis of Eurasian and North African bluegrasses.
colicroots 10 3 noun n noun • any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
coltsfoots 10 2 noun n noun • An herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East.
• Various flowering plants in the genus Petasites native to Europe or Asia.
• Homogyne alpina (alpine coltsfoot or purple colt's-foot).
coots 5 1 noun n noun • slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
coralroots 10 3 noun n noun • European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock
crapshoots 10 2 noun • a risky and uncertain venture
• playing craps
crowfoots 9 2 noun n noun • any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
disroots 8 2 verb v
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feverroots 10 3 noun n noun • coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers
finfoots 8 2 noun n noun • Three species in three monospecific genera of aquatic bird in the family Heliornithidae.
flatfoots 9 2 noun n noun • (chiefly in the plural) A condition in which the arch of the foot makes contact with the ground
• A person having the above condition
• (law enforcement) (plural typically flatfoots) A policeman
verb • To walk around in the course of work, especially when investigating.
• To dance in the style of Appalachian clogging.
• To gulp an entire drink (bottle, glass, can, etc.) without pausing between swallows.
• To perform an action inefficiently or awkwardly.
• To wrongfoot.
folkmoots 9 2 noun n
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freeboots 9 2 noun n verb • To pillage or plunder.
• To rehost (online media) without legal authorization.
galloots 8 2 verb, noun v, n
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galoots 7 2 noun n noun • a disreputable or clumsy man
gingerroots 11 3 noun n noun • pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery
goosefoots 10 3 noun n noun • Any of many flowering plants, of the subfamily Chenopodioideae, having small greenish flowers.
hardboots 9 2 noun n
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hotfoots 8 2 verb v noun • a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
adverb • without delay; speedily
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