class

Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.


stripe

Businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal.


check

As he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name.

A check on its dependability under stress.


brush

The dentist recommended two brushes a day.


acquisition

That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.


minister

The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire congregation.

Clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches.


easiness

The very easiness of the deed held her back.


contradistinction

Sculpture in contradistinction to painting.

We used hamburgers and soda in contradistinction to healthy food.


home

Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home.


inclination

The alkaline inclination of the local waters.

An inclination of his head indicated his agreement.


assurance

His assurance in his superiority did not make him popular.


save

The relief pitcher got credit for a save.


tremor

She felt a tremor in her stomach before going on stage.


response

This situation developed in response to events in Africa.


touch

He could not touch the meaning of the poem.

Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her.


obstacle

Lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement.

The poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education.


socialization

Force socialization rarely creates strong friendships, but there are exceptions.

There was too much socialization with the enlisted men.


rank

The strike was supported by the union rank and file.

He rose from the ranks to become a colonel.


youth

Her youth and beauty is what attracted him to her.


violate

This sentence violates the rules of syntax.


pencil

This artist's favorite medium is pencil.


smoothness

The weather system of the Pacific is determined by the uninterrupted smoothness of the ocean.

His oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police.


adhocracy

The need for informational flexibility can lead to adhocracy.

The choice between bureaucracy and adhocracy represents a common dilemma.


allowance

The captain was obliged to allowance his crew.


lie

Lie down on the bed until you feel better.

She lied when she told me she was only 29.


shtik

How did you ever fall for a shtik like that?


walk

After the blizzard he shoveled the front walk.


average

If you average 10, 20 and 24, you get 18.

The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40.


get

The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake.


earshot

I'll row out on the lake but stay within earshot.

The children were told to stay within earshot.


department

His work established a new department of literature.


maneuver

Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver.


excite

The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.


strand

He tried to pick up the strands of his former life.


shot

The shot flew twenty metres, and nearly landed on the judge's foot.


spread

The invaders spread their language all over the country.


custody

He was mistreated while in police custody.


clime

Plants from a cold clime travel best in winter.

After working hard all of his life, Max retired to warmer climes in Florida.


clap

The children began to clap in time with the music.


deliberation

It was the deliberation of his act that was insulting.


corner

The southeastern corner of the Mediterranean.


misdirect

The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver.


pay

Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays.


sexualize

Some languages sexualize all nouns and do not have a neuter gender.

The god was sexualized and married to another god.


board

He got out the board and set up the pieces.


update

I need to update my records to take account of the most recent transaction.

We updated the kitchen in the old house.


reinstatement

Her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly.

Many people are unhappy with the sacking of the chief constable and demand his immediate reinstatement.


falsity

The belief that the world is flat is a falsity.

Argument could not determine its truth or falsity.


escalation

Higher wages caused an escalation of prices.

There was a gradual escalation of hostilities.


sophistication

He practiced the art of sophistication upon reason.

Understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication.


bridge

Her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose.

Rugby players often break the bridge of their noses.


watch

Put a little baking soda in some vinegar and watch what happens.


avail

It will avail them to dispose of their booty.

He availed himself of the available resources.


excuse

That thing is a poor excuse for a gingerbread man. Hasn't anyone taught you how to bake?


denizen

The bald eagle is a denizen of the northern part of the state.

The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep.


plan

He plans to be in graduate school next year.


bite

As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.


relief

Was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?


authority

She lost all her respect and authority after turning up drunk to the meeting.

This book is the final authority on the life of Milton.


forge

We decided to forge ahead with our plans even though our biggest underwriter backed out.


cross

A mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey.


shower

The game was interrupted by a brief shower.


crisis

They went bankrupt during the economic crisis.

After the crisis the patient either dies or gets better.


diet

The diet of the Giant Panda consists mainly of bamboo.

He's been reading a steady diet of nonfiction for the last several years.


incorporate

Incorporate this document with those pertaining to the same case.


promulgation

The promulgation was written in English.

His promulgation of the policy proved to be premature.


hostility

He could no longer contain his hostility.


bottom

They did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms.


distribute

The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia.

The function distributes the values evenly.


forwarding

The forwarding of resumes to the personnel department.

The forwarding of mail to a new address is done automatically.


play

They gave full play to the artist's talent.


probation

Probation is part of the sentencing process.

You'll be on probation for first six months. After that, if you work out, they'll hire you permanently.


military

Their military is the largest in the region.


consult

They had to consult before arriving at a decision.


education

A girl's education was less important than a boy's.


liberty

At liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes.

Liberty to think or feel or do just as one pleases.


date

Scientists often can not date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings.


vary

His moods vary depending on the weather.


breeze

The breeze rustled the papers on her desk.


subsidy

A subsidy for research in artificial intelligence.

Manufacturing firms are supported by government subsidies in some countries.


literature

One aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature.


caller

There were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone.


drag

Time seems to drag when you're waiting for a bus.


breakdown

After so much stress, he suffered a breakdown and simply gave up.

His warning came after the breakdown of talks in London.


lecture

She lectured to the class about her travels.


circumference

A danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe.

He had walked the full circumference of his land.


calibrate

He calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale.


fail

She studied hard but failed nevertheless.


push

You need to push quite hard to get this door open.


drop

It was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height.

That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn't break any bones.


char

"Among other native delicacies, they give you fresh char.".

"I had to scrub the kitchen today, because the char couldn't come".


connection

The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train.

The plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta.


urgency

They departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs.


contact

He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia.


parade

The floats and horses in the parade were impressive, but the marching bands were really amazing.


power

He needed a lot of power to hit the ball out of the stadium.

The mysterious presence of an evil power.


affiliation

Welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university.


addition

The addition of a leap day every four years.

The addition of a bathroom was a major improvement.


figure

Elections figure prominently in every government program.

How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?


dimple

The accident created a dimple in the hood of the car.

There are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball.


trailer

The trailer for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun.

At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer.


intention

The intention of this legislation is to boost the economy.


mandate

The new director of the school board mandated regular tests.


sight

He was a familiar sight on the television.


keep

She kept her maiden name after she married.


oppression

The oppression of the poor by the aristocracy was one cause of the French Revolution.


strain

The rope strained when the weight was attached.


hook

He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.


homogenization

The network's homogenization of political news.


building

The entire building complained about the noise.

The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.


gown

The relations between town and gown are always sensitive.

In the perennial town versus gown battles, townies win some violent battles, but the collegians are winning the war.


delight

His delight to see her was obvious to all.


solemnize

The couple chose to solemnize their relationship in a secular ceremony, instead of having a wedding.

The King solemnized this day of morning.


success

His success in the marathon was unexpected.

The election was a remarkable success for the Whigs.


refresher

He stopped at the bar for a quick refresher.


block

Block the signals emitted by this station.

The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage.


writing

The idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings.


studio

His studio was cramped when he began as an artist.

You don't need a studio to make a passport photograph.


harass

This man harasses his female co-workers.


cost

The average cost of a new house is twice as much as t was 20 years ago.

The total cost of the new complex was an estimated $1.5 million.


frame

His starved flesh hung loosely on his once imposing frame.


segregate

Experiments show clearly that genes segregate.

Many towns segregated into new counties.


sound

The main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast.


pronunciation

The pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners.


utter

He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand.


dinner

Guests should never be late to a dinner party.

On Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church.


reverence

The French treat food with gentle reverence.


resolution

Printing at higher resolution will cause a reduction in performance.

They never did achieve a final resolution of their differences.


eliminate

Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics.

This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration.


kick

The kick must be synchronized with the arm movements.

A sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick.


professionalization

The professionalization of American sports.


rush

The linebackers were ready to stop a rush.


tipper

The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world.


seem

There seems no reason to go ahead with the project now.


section

The history of this work is discussed in the next section.

A graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course.


button

The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it.

They passed out campaign buttons for their candidate.


arousal

To influence the arousal of brain and behavior.

The purpose of art is the arousal of emotions.


pick

Don't always pick on your little brother.


vote

She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant.


agency

The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. -- Woodward.


nude

The marketing rule 'nude sells' spread from verbal to visual mainstream media in the 20th century.


largeness

The might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness.

A man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views.


capacity

He should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary.


inject

He injected new life into the performance.


advantage

The enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.

The experience gave him the advantage over me.


story

The book tells the story of two roommates.

Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children.


reappearance

His reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited.


characterize

You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist.

This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover.


club

Each club played six home games with teams in its own division.


square

The carpenter who built this room must have lost his square.


dig

She takes a dig at me every chance she gets.


association

Conditioning is a form of learning by association.


impregnation

The impregnation of wood with preservative.

The impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue.


act

She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role.

I started acting at the age of eleven in my local theatre.


recruit

The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants.


acquaintance

I know of the man; but have no acquaintance with him.

I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances.


finalize

As soon as we get the plane tickets, we'll finalize our reservations with the hotel.


view

The most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views.


tool

He was a tool, no more than a pawn to her.

I don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine.


heartbeat

The policeman waited for a heartbeat in vain.


renovate

They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.


tree

This lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer.


tradecraft

The CIA chief of station accepted responsibility for his agents' failures of tradecraft.

Instructional designers are trained in something that might be called tradecraft.


believe

We didn't believe his stories from the War.


crop

The annual crop of students brings many new ideas.

The latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores.


wrangle

The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street.


foundation

He lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study.

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is the parent organization of the Wiktionary collaborative project.


render

The face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting.


occurrence

The occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets.


wake

The motorboat's wake capsized the canoe.


ash

The woods planted in ash will see a different mix of species.


gig

Our guitar player had another gig so we had to get a sub.


cognate

English is a cognate of Greek, German, Russian and Persian.

English and, Russian, Icelandic and Irish are all cognates.


elapse

He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.

Several days elapsed before they met again.


license

The intolerable license with which the newspapers break ... the rules of decorum -- Edmund Burke.

When liberty becomes license dictatorship is near -- Will Durant.


harbour

The city has an excellent natural harbour.

The neighbourhood is a well-known harbour for petty thieves.


abuse

All abuse, whether physical, verbal, psychological or sexual, is bad.

The child showed signs of physical abuse.


extension

The dancer was praised for her uncanny extension.

Good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability.


domesticity

A royal family living in unpretentious domesticity.


strangle

The imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries.

A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes.


load

I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.


repair

One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich.


revenge

When I left my wife, she tried to set fire to the house in revenge.


fuel

More fuel is needed during the winter months.

They developed alternative fuels for aircraft.


fondler

The woman charged that her jailer was a fondler.


flip

He flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University.


poster

I saw a poster for it on the side of a bus.

A poster advertised the coming attractions.


cuisine

The restaurant is noted for its excellent cuisine.

French cuisine is considered to be one of the world's most refined and elegant styles of cooking.


catch

I would love to have dinner but I have to catch a plane.

We caught something of his theory in the lecture.


ticket

This car could be just the ticket for a small family.

Joe will be running on an anti-crime ticket.


way

They didn't have much in the way of clothing.


triangulate

The land surveyor worked by triangulating the plot.


invite

Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?

The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference.


average

The snowfall this month is below average.


exalt

The man was exalted from a humble carpenter to a minister.


upset

Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.


death

He seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life.


preparation

He left the preparation of meals to his wife.

The resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance.


absorb

He absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe.


donate

Some of the members may donate privately.

She donates to her favorite charity every month.


eccentricity

For an ellipse, the eccentricity is the ratio of the distance from the center to a focus divided by the length of the semi-major axis.

A circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity.


fiddle

She always fiddles with her van on the weekend.


taste

To ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste.

He got a taste of life on the wild side.


nightlife

In the summer the nightlife shifts to the dance clubs.

A futile search for intelligent nightlife.


stress

Some people put the stress on the first syllable of "controversy"; others put it on the second.

The intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area.


piggyback

An amendment to piggyback the current law.

He piggybacked her child so she could see the show.


induction

He was ordered to report for induction into the army.


modify

Please modify this letter to make it more polite.

He modified his views on same-gender marriage.


form

By adding "-ness", you can form a noun from an adjective.


cost

The bill will cost them 500 million dollars.


button

Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender.

The elevator was operated by push buttons.


mess

My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today.


blockage

There was a blockage in the sewer, so we called out the plumber.

We had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe.


partnership

The action teams worked in partnership with the government.

Effective language learning is a partnership between school, teacher and student.


gap

The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.


touch

Please can I have a look, if I promise not to touch?

Carrie touched his shoulder with the stick.


foot

We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.

There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.


metadata

Most websites contain metadata to tell the computer how to lay the words out on the screen.

A library catalog is metadata because it describes publications.


ruin

This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election.


daughter

I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter.

Her daughter cared for her in her old age.


accession

Accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent.

The librarian shelved the new accessions.


wash

This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court.


mark

He left an indelible mark on the American theater.


analyze

The inspector analyzed the building's soundness.


chew

The steak was tough to chew as it had been cooked too long.


pocket

Lydia put the change in her left pocket.


section

There are three synagogues in the Jewish section.

Sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue.


group

There is a group of houses behind the hill.

A group of people gathered in front of the Parliament to demonstrate against the Prime Minister's proposals.


inject

Now lie back while we inject you with the anesthetic.


sultriness

The sultriness of her look was unmistakable.


mire

Our people should not be mired in the past.


instruction

Students receive instruction in the arts and sciences.

Instruction will be provided on how to handle difficult customers.


afflict

She was afflicted by the death of her parents.


dish

We gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present.


opinion

In my opinion, white chocolate is better than milk chocolate.

I would like to know your opinions on the new systems.


kinship

Anthropology's kinship with the humanities.

Felt a deep kinship with the other students.


defense

They were developed for the defense program.


middle

In the middle of the marathon, David collapsed from fatigue.


flick

Flick a piece of paper across the table.


buzz

The buzz of excitement was so great that a formal denial was issued.


adoxography

Elizabethan schoolboys were taught adoxography, the art of eruditely praising worthless things.

Adoxography is particularly useful to lawyers.


excite

There are drugs designed to excite certain nerves in our body.


preempt

Discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor.

Live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour.


conceive

Assisted procreation can help those trying to conceive.


militia

Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia -- United States Constitution.


amuse

I watch these movies because they amuse me.


tear

He took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear.

There were big tears rolling down Lisa's cheeks.


snatch

Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away.

Overheard snatches of their conversation.


construction

The engineer marvelled at his construction.

Construction is underway on the new bridge.


criticize

Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either.


fiefdom

The duke's fiefdom had been greatly expanded as a reward for his dutiful military service on behalf of the king.

Most of our company's computers are standardized, but the IT director allows the employees in his own little fiefdom to specify their own machines.


whimsy

Whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it.

He had a whimsy about flying to the moon.


shadiness

There's too much shadiness to take good photographs.


build

They had to build up their fortress to protect against attack.


system

That language has a complex system for indicating gender.

They have to operate under a system they oppose.


finish

My horse was several lengths behind at the finish.

The winner is the team with the most points at the finish.


operation

The power of its engine determines its operation.


abridge

The new law might abridge our freedom of expression.

He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff.


attack

He published an unexpected attack on my work.


combust

The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question.


portmanteau

'Motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining 'motor' and 'hotel'.


association

You can not be convicted of criminal guilt by association.

He joined the Modern Language Association.


identity

A right identity, x * I = x for any x in the structure.

You can lose your identity when you join the army.


barrage

They laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops.


log

They kept a log of all transmission by the radio station.


afford

We can't afford to send our children to college.


cocoon

Families cocoon around the T.V. set most evenings.


rehearsal

A rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding.


upstage

She only wore that dress to upstage everyone.

When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress.


wateriness

The haziness and wateriness of his disquisitions.


drawing

He did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures.


mixture

He drank a mixture of beer and lemonade.

The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.


detention

His detention was politically motivated.


collapse

The collapse of the old star under its own gravity.


handle

About his altar, handling holy things -- John Milton.


influence

Used her parents' influence to get the job.


compress

The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement.


herald

Rouge Dragon is a herald at the College of Arms.

The chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet.


holiday

No mail is delivered on federal holidays.


portfolio

He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.

He holds the portfolio for foreign affairs.


chore

Washing dishes is a chore, but we can not just stop eating.


middle

A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end -- Aristotle.


activity

The level of activity declines with age.


street

The whole street protested the absence of lights.


footprint

The computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches.

The footprints of an earlier civilization.


seize

Birds of prey often seize small mammals.

The invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants.


profession

My father was a barrister by profession.


transplant

These delicate plants do not transplant easily.


demon

He worked like a demon to finish the job on time.


mainstream

His thinking was in the American mainstream.

His ideas were well outside the mainstream, but he presented them intelligently, and we were impressed if not convinced.


precaution

He put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution.

To take precautions against risks of accident.


reflect

People do that sort of thing every day, without ever stopping to reflect on the consequences.

The teacher's ability reflects well on the school.


scrub

Surgeons must scrub prior to an operation.


undo

A single mistake undid the President and he had to resign.


fuzz

He tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz.


probity

In a world where financial probity may not be widespread.

He enjoys an exaggerated reputation for probity.


protest

The senator rose to register his protest.

They finished the game under protest to the league president.


embodiment

A circle was the embodiment of his concept of life.


glimpse

From the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake.

He caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning.


abatement

The abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.


aim

He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face.


surface

It was not what it appeared to be on the surface.

The cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface.


boot

When arriving at the office, first thing I do is booting my machine.


gem

He had the gem set in a ring for his wife.


toilet

He made his morning toilet and went to breakfast.


strip

He welded together some pieces of strip.

She did a strip right in front of everyone.


force

A force out was recorded on the scorecard.

A public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens.


manipulation

His manipulation of his friends was scandalous.

He found that the new manager was known for his Machiavellian manipulations in his last two positions.


piano

Most of the works by Frédéric Chopin are for the piano.

He can play "Happy Birthday" on the piano.


operation

Consolidate the companies various operations.


peradventure

This proves beyond peradventure that he is innocent.


patronage

The restaurant had an upper class patronage.

Even before noon there was a considerable patronage.


circulate

This letter is being circulated among the faculty.


muscle

The senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign.

Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.


direct

Direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself.

He directed all his energies into his dissertation.


plant

Plant bugs in the dissident's apartment.


snap

The infielder's snap and throw was a single motion.

Children can manage snaps better than buttons.


continent

Pioneers had to cross the continent on foot.


beat

In the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name.


dollar

The dollar coin has never been popular in the United States.


relieve

This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations.


conserve

Conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit.

Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard.


closure

They regretted the closure of the day care center.

He needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure.


vision

The runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision.


scraping

All that bowing and scraping did not impress him.

They collected blood scrapings for analysis.


brother

I would like to thank the brother who just spoke.


whitewash

Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin.

In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.


develop

Children must develop a sense of right and wrong.

We have developed a new theory of evolution.


dexterity

She twirled the knife through her fingers with impressive dexterity.

Playing computer games can improve your manual dexterity.


potluck

Here's a good potluck of beans and stew.

Having arrived unannounced we had to take potluck.


shot

He tried to get unposed shots of his friends.


refrigerate

Please refrigerate your uncooked meats at or below 40 Fahrenheit.


care

Care should be taken when holding babies.


setting

He changed the setting on the thermostat.


prohibition

They were restrained by a prohibition in their charter.

In 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US.


treatment

His treatment of the race question is badly biased.

His treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture.


life

It was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it.


exhibition

There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.


scrap

The unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap.

That car isn't good for anything but scrap.


cleat

Cleat running shoes for better traction.


knuckleball

Even the pitcher doesn't know where his knuckleball is going.

Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield is best known for his use of the knuckleball.


book

He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book.


piece

The children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests.

He sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage.


bondage

He sought release from his bondage to Satan.


grip

In Britain they call a bobby pin a grip.

They kept a firm grip on the two top priorities.


shape

Geometry is the mathematical science of shape.


twilight

I could just make out her face in the twilight.


role

My neighbor was the lead role in last year's village play.


proliferate

The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.


trip

A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.

The questions on the test tripped him up.


expect

We were expecting a visit from our relatives.


flowage

Rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation.

Many campsites were located near the flowage.


follow

We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba.

It follows that your assertion is false.


noise

He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise.

They heard indistinct noises of people talking.


policy

You should have read the small print on your policy.


pull

He grabbed the pull and opened the drawer.


affair

He used a hook-shaped affair with a long handle to unlock the car.


pressure

The sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal.


reality

The reality of his situation slowly dawned on him.

The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend.


party

He planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day.


result

This measure will result in good or in evil.


assumption

He acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts.


intellect

Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.


word

There was then a long discussion of whether to capitalize words like "east".


restraint

The room was simply decorated with great restraint.

The car did not have proper restraints fitted.


scavenge

She scavenged the garbage cans for food.


recreation

For recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles.

Drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation.


question

His claim to the property has come under question.


gargle

Every morning he gargled a little cheap Scotch.


fuss

Don't fuss too much over the grandchildren -- they are quite big now.


work

He was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey.


wish

They should respect the wishes of the people.


attitude

The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.

The actor struck just the right attitude.


steam

Her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man.


dissipation

Mindless dissipation of natural resources.


drought

When England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought.

Farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season.


move

If you roll a six, you can make two moves.


officer

The club elected its officers for the coming year.


transfer

The transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise.

The best student was a transfer from LSU.


fatigue

Growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills.

He was hospitalized for extreme fatigue.


belabor

She was belabored by her fellow students.


torrent

The houses were swept away in the torrent.


work

The symphony was hailed as an ingenious work.

Erosion is the work of wind or water over time.


member

Canada is a member of the United Nations.

The library was a member of the interlibrary loan association.


recognition

Territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991.

The partners were delighted with the recognition of their work.


succession

A succession of stalls offering soft drinks.


go

She was going that way anyway, so she offered to show him where it was.


spin

The campaign put a favorable spin on the story.


sort

She served a creamy sort of dessert thing.


grunt

He went from grunt to chairman in six years.

Infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts.


crash

You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable.

The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace.


wait

She used to wait down at the Dew Drop Inn.


switch

I want to switch this red dress for a green one.


mince

Mince tastes really good fried in a pan with some chopped onion and tomato.


replicate

On entering a host cell, a virus will start to replicate.


applaud

Although we don't like your methods, we applaud your motives.


blend

Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.


spend

He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper.


installation

He gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame.

The telephone installation took only a few minutes.


pound

Pound the roots with a heavy flat stone.


donate

I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake.


hew

One of the most widely used typefaces in the world was hewn by the English printer and typographer John Baskerville.


breed

Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs.


sit

In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session.


review

Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem.


body

The whole body filed out of the auditorium.


stabilize

The country will stabilize after the next election ends.


lead

Joe is a great addition to our sales team, he has numerous leads in the paper industry.


base

He told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green.

Bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia.


inadequacy

Juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents.

The inadequacy of unemployment benefits.


upgrade

With my phone company, I get a free upgrade every twelve months if I keep topping up 10 pounds a month.


criticism

The senator received severe criticism from his opponent.

The politician received a lot of public criticism for his controversial stance on the issue.


pity

The blind are too often objects of pity.


embellish

The old book cover was embellished with golden letters.


tilt

The court's tilt toward conservative rulings.


facility

The assembly plant is an enormous facility.


fire

Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party.

There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.


torture

In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder.

Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture.


passage

She struggled to play the difficult passages.


rise

Her spirits rose when she heard the good news.


hang

Let's hang this cute animal in the nursery.


breed

He experimented on a particular breed of white rats.