8-letter words containing OR
Embark on an exploration of 8-letter words that contain the letter OR. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate OR within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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tomorrow | 13 | the day after today | what are our tasks for tomorrow? |
director | 11 | the person who leads a musical group | - |
favorite | 14 | preferred above all others and treated with partiality | - |
horrible | 13 | provoking horror | war is beyond all words horrible |
original | 9 | something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | this painting is a copy of the original |
narrator | 8 | someone who tells a story | - |
gorgeous | 10 | dazzlingly beautiful | a gorgeous Victorian gown |
ordinary | 12 | lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered | the ordinary (or common) man in the street |
normally | 13 | under normal conditions | - |
neighbor | 14 | live or be located as a neighbor | the neighboring house |
attorney | 11 | a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice | - |
homework | 20 | preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) | - |
elevator | 11 | lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building | - |
passport | 12 | any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission | his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society |
behavior | 16 | (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation | - |
divorced | 15 | of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved | - |
reporter | 10 | a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories | - |
governor | 12 | a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) | - |
reported | 11 | made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account | his reported opinion |
informed | 14 | having much knowledge or education | an informed public |
stubborn | 12 | not responding to treatment | a stubborn infection |
enormous | 10 | extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree | an enormous boulder |
worrying | 15 | causing distress or worry or anxiety | a worrying situation |
recorded | 12 | (of securities) having the owner's name entered in a register | recorded holders of a stock |
superior | 10 | having a higher rank | superior officer |
northern | 11 | situated in or oriented toward the north | the northern suburbs |
doorbell | 11 | a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | - |
abortion | 10 | failure of a plan | - |
priority | 13 | status established in order of importance or urgency | national independence takes priority over class struggle |
victoria | 13 | queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901) | - |
tortured | 9 | experiencing intense pain especially mental pain | a tortured witness to another's humiliation |
platform | 15 | a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole | - |
bachelor | 15 | lead a bachelor's existence | - |
forehead | 15 | the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits | - |
forgiven | 15 | - | - |
scissors | 10 | a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze | - |
password | 14 | a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | he forgot the password |
adorable | 11 | lovable especially in a childlike or naive way | - |
majority | 20 | (elections) more than half of the votes | - |
ignorant | 9 | uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication | an ignorant man |
glorious | 9 | having great beauty and splendor | a glorious spring morning |
portrait | 10 | any likeness of a person, in any medium | the photographer made excellent portraits |
corridor | 11 | an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it | - |
organize | 18 | plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | - |
disorder | 10 | a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning | the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder |
immortal | 12 | any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | - |
corporal | 12 | possessing or existing in bodily form | what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind |
workshop | 20 | small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done | - |
mortgage | 12 | a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan | - |
operator | 10 | a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties | - |
interior | 8 | of or coming from the middle of a region or country | - |
landlord | 10 | a landowner who leases to others | - |
memorial | 12 | a structure erected to commemorate persons or events | - |
florence | 13 | a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries | - |
ordering | 10 | the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement | there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list |
survivor | 14 | one who lives through affliction | the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital |
morphine | 15 | an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain | - |
moreover | 13 | in addition | the cellar was dark; moreover, mice nested there |
recorder | 11 | someone responsible for keeping records | - |
predator | 11 | someone who attacks in search of booty | - |
fortress | 11 | a fortified defensive structure | - |
historic | 13 | belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past | historic victories |
ignoring | 10 | - | - |
restored | 9 | - | - |
shortcut | 13 | a route shorter than the usual one | - |
forensic | 13 | of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument | - |
metaphor | 15 | a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity | - |
morality | 13 | motivation based on ideas of right and wrong | - |
category | 14 | a collection of things sharing a common attribute | - |
thorough | 15 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | a thorough nuisance |
colorful | 13 | striking in variety and interest | a colorful period of history |
mornings | 11 | - | - |
abnormal | 12 | not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm | abnormal powers of concentration |
imported | 13 | used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source | imported wines |
colorado | 11 | a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains | - |
hardcore | 14 | extremely explicit | - |
informer | 13 | one who reveals confidential information in return for money | - |
organism | 11 | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | - |
airborne | 10 | moved or conveyed by or through air | - |
doorstep | 11 | the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | - |
decorate | 11 | be beautiful to look at | - |
absorbed | 13 | giving or marked by complete attention to | - |
porridge | 12 | soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick | - |
memorize | 21 | commit to memory; learn by heart | Have you memorized your lines for the play yet? |
scorpion | 12 | the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21 | - |
ancestor | 10 | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | - |
minority | 13 | any age prior to the legal age | - |
forecast | 13 | predict in advance | - |
lordship | 14 | a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge | - |
detector | 11 | rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave | - |
shortage | 12 | an acute insufficiency | - |
inferior | 11 | written or printed below and to one side of another character | - |
outdoors | 9 | outside a building | - |
horribly | 16 | of a dreadful kind | - |
orthodox | 19 | of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism | - |
dictator | 11 | a ruler who is unconstrained by law | - |
exorcism | 19 | freeing from evil spirits | - |
teamwork | 17 | cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective) | it will take money, good planning and, above all, teamwork |
radiator | 9 | a mechanism consisting of a metal honeycomb through which hot fluids circulate; heat is transferred from the fluid through the honeycomb to the airstream that is created either by the motion of the vehicle or by a fan | - |
cornered | 11 | forced to turn and face attackers | she had me cornered between the porch and her car |
sporting | 11 | exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play | a sporting solution of the disagreement |
foremost | 13 | ranking above all others | the foremost figure among marine artists |
formally | 16 | with official authorization | the club will be formally recognized |
horrific | 16 | causing fear or dread or terror | - |
temporal | 12 | the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb | - |
forwards | 15 | at or to or toward the front | - |
inventor | 11 | someone who is the first to think of or make something | - |
offshore | 17 | (of winds) coming from the land | offshore winds |
tortoise | 8 | usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica | - |
portland | 11 | freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains | - |
forsaken | 15 | - | - |
exterior | 15 | the region that is outside of something | - |
formerly | 16 | at a previous time | - |
organise | 9 | plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | - |
snorting | 9 | an act of forcible exhalation | - |
sorcerer | 10 | one who practices magic or sorcery | - |
explorer | 17 | someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) | - |
oriental | 8 | denoting or characteristic of countries of the Far East | oriental civilization |
portable | 12 | a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried | - |
sorority | 11 | a social club for female undergraduates | - |
foreplay | 16 | mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | - |
horseman | 13 | a man skilled in equitation | - |
clitoris | 10 | a female sexual organ homologous to the penis | - |
unworthy | 17 | not deserving | - |
wormhole | 16 | hole made by a burrowing worm | - |
explored | 18 | - | - |
deformed | 15 | so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | deformed thalidomide babies |
bordeaux | 18 | any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them | - |
informal | 13 | having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere | a relaxed informal manner |
investor | 11 | someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns | - |
tapeworm | 15 | ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates | - |
exorcist | 17 | someone who practices exorcism | - |
mortuary | 13 | a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation | - |
oriented | 9 | adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination | the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view |
comforts | 15 | things that make you comfortable and at ease | all the comforts of home |
vibrator | 13 | a mechanical device that vibrates | a reed is the vibrator that produces the sound |
splendor | 11 | a quality that outshines the usual | - |
folklore | 15 | the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture | - |
ornament | 10 | something used to beautify | - |
impostor | 12 | a person who makes deceitful pretenses | - |
chlorine | 13 | a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water) | - |
assorted | 9 | consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds | an arrangement of assorted spring flowers |
sculptor | 12 | an artist who creates sculptures | - |
honorary | 14 | given as an honor without the normal duties | an honorary degree |
tortilla | 8 | thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour | - |
doorknob | 15 | a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain) | - |
honoring | 12 | conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | - |
orphaned | 14 | deprived of parents by death or desertion | - |
ordained | 10 | fixed or established especially by order or command | - |
coloring | 11 | a digestible substance used to give color to food | - |
rhetoric | 13 | high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | - |
reformed | 14 | caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one | a reformed drunkard |
humorous | 13 | full of or characterized by humor | humorous stories |
lavatory | 14 | a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | - |
coronary | 13 | obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus) | - |
advisory | 15 | giving advice | an advisory memorandum |
endeavor | 12 | attempt by employing effort | we endeavor to make our customers happy |
foretold | 12 | - | - |
dishonor | 12 | a state of shame or disgrace | he was resigned to a life of dishonor |
censored | 11 | suppressed or subject to censorship | the censored press in some countries |
seashore | 11 | the shore of a sea or ocean | - |
backdoor | 17 | an entrance at the rear of a building | - |
enforced | 14 | forced or compelled or put in force | a life of enforced inactivity |
forcibly | 18 | in a forcible manner | keep in mind the dangers of imposing our own values and prejudices too forcibly |
scorched | 16 | dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | the earth was scorched and bare |
foreskin | 15 | a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis | - |
vigorous | 12 | characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity | a vigorous hiker |
foreseen | 11 | - | - |
motorway | 16 | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | - |
woodwork | 19 | the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | - |
exorcise | 17 | expel through adjuration or prayers | exorcise evil spirits |
worthing | 15 | - | - |
rigorous | 9 | rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard | rigorous application of the law |
euphoria | 13 | a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation | - |
hormonal | 13 | of or relating to or caused by hormones | hormonal changes |
licorice | 12 | deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots | - |
wormwood | 17 | any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium | - |
receptor | 12 | an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation | - |
footwork | 18 | skillful maneuvering or dealing | she needs some fancy footwork to cover all those lies |
chloride | 14 | any compound containing a chlorine atom | - |
senorita | 8 | a Spanish title or form of address used to or of an unmarried girl or woman; similar to the English `Miss' | - |
anorexic | 17 | a person suffering from anorexia nervosa | - |
teleport | 10 | transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another | - |
corvette | 13 | a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer | - |
bookworm | 19 | a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit | - |
forceful | 16 | forceful and definite in expression or action | - |
demeanor | 11 | (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | - |
ulterior | 8 | coming at a subsequent time or stage | without ulterior argument |
workload | 16 | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time | - |
animator | 10 | someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people | - |
enforcer | 13 | one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior | - |
tailored | 9 | (of clothing) custom-made | - |
worsened | 12 | changed for the worse in health or fitness | - |
workings | 16 | the internal mechanism of a device | - |
borrower | 13 | someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent | - |
labrador | 11 | the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada | - |
mediator | 11 | a negotiator who acts as a link between parties | - |
allegory | 12 | a short moral story (often with animal characters) | - |
pastoral | 10 | a musical composition that evokes rural life | - |
enamored | 11 | marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness | Narcissus was a beautiful Greek youth who became enamored of his own reflection |
euphoric | 15 | exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation | - |
organist | 9 | a person who plays an organ | - |
conveyor | 16 | a person who conveys (carries or transmits) | - |
emporium | 14 | a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain | - |
surveyor | 14 | an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures | - |
tutorial | 8 | a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students | - |
anorexia | 15 | a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite | - |
firework | 18 | (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. | - |
imitator | 10 | someone who copies the words or behavior of another | - |
executor | 17 | a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will | - |
foretell | 11 | make a prediction about; tell in advance | - |
mirrored | 11 | like or characteristic of a mirror image | - |
ordnance | 11 | large but transportable armament | - |
torturer | 8 | someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion) | - |
eldorado | 10 | an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers | - |
educator | 11 | someone who educates young people | - |
fluoride | 12 | a salt of hydrofluoric acid | - |
sycamore | 15 | thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore | - |
forklift | 18 | a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them | - |
lovelorn | 11 | unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love | - |
corpsman | 14 | - | - |
unsavory | 14 | not pleasing in odor or taste | - |
panorama | 12 | the visual percept of a region | - |
anterior | 8 | a tooth situated at the front of the mouth | his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors |
auditory | 12 | of or relating to the process of hearing | auditory processing |
divorcee | 14 | a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband | - |
abductor | 13 | a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line | - |
vaporize | 22 | decrease rapidly and disappear | all my stock assets have vaporized |
theorist | 11 | someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | - |
scorcher | 15 | a very hard hit ball | - |
borealis | 10 | - | - |
bullhorn | 13 | a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier | - |
foraging | 13 | the act of searching for food and provisions | - |
cortical | 12 | of or relating to a cortex | - |
workable | 17 | capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are | - |
pectoral | 12 | either of two large muscles of the chest | - |
corroded | 12 | eaten away as by acid or oxidation | - |
tandoori | 9 | - | - |
overlord | 12 | a person who has general authority over others | - |
endorsed | 10 | - | - |
shorties | 11 | - | - |
bordello | 11 | a building where prostitutes are available | - |
doctoral | 11 | of or relating to a doctor or doctorate | doctoral dissertation |
doornail | 9 | a nail with a large head; formerly used to decorate doors | - |
jamboree | 19 | a gay festivity | - |
memorise | 12 | commit to memory; learn by heart | - |
moralist | 10 | someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms | - |
orgasmic | 13 | - | - |
objector | 19 | a person who dissents from some established policy | - |
chlorate | 13 | any salt of chloric acid | - |
claymore | 15 | an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy | - |
workroom | 17 | room where work is done | - |
sporadic | 13 | recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances | a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids |
agitator | 9 | one who agitates; a political troublemaker | - |
normalcy | 15 | being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning | - |
flooring | 12 | the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure) | - |
motorcar | 12 | a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine | - |
trapdoor | 11 | - | - |
restorer | 8 | a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture | - |
porthole | 13 | an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through | - |
bodywork | 21 | the exterior body of a motor vehicle | - |
forcible | 15 | impelled by physical force especially against resistance | forcible entry |
overwork | 18 | the act of working too much or too long | he became ill from overwork |
oxymoron | 20 | conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence') | - |
enormity | 13 | the quality of being outrageous | - |
foregone | 12 | well in the past; former | dreams of foregone times |
freeborn | 13 | born free of free parents | - |
meteoric | 12 | of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions | meteoric (or meteorological) phenomena |
clitoral | 10 | of or relating to the clitoris | - |
corduroy | 14 | a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton | - |
wordplay | 17 | a humorous play on words | - |
violator | 11 | someone who violates the law | - |
thoracic | 15 | of or relating to the chest or thorax | - |
scornful | 13 | expressing extreme contempt | - |
evermore | 13 | for a limitless time | brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore |
forester | 11 | someone trained in forestry | - |
formalin | 13 | a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens | - |
humoring | 14 | the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | - |
mortally | 13 | - | - |
creditor | 11 | a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists | - |
defector | 14 | a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | - |
savoring | 12 | taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most |
assessor | 8 | an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it | - |
formless | 13 | having no definite form or distinct shape | an aggregate of formless particles |
laboring | 11 | doing arduous or unpleasant work | the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton |
odorless | 9 | having no odor | odorless gas |
ringworm | 14 | infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches | - |
plethora | 13 | extreme excess | - |
forehand | 15 | (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke | - |
sorriest | 8 | - | - |
forestry | 14 | the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber | - |
importer | 12 | someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country) | - |
workmate | 17 | a fellow worker | - |
fortieth | 14 | the ordinal number of forty in counting order | - |
motorist | 10 | someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile | - |
theorize | 20 | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | - |
reworked | 16 | - | - |
engorged | 11 | overfull as with blood | - |
heliport | 13 | an airport for helicopters | - |
implored | 13 | - | - |
cordless | 11 | not having a cord | cordless telephone |
abhorred | 14 | - | - |
woodworm | 17 | a larva of a woodborer | - |
seahorse | 11 | small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position | - |
silkworm | 17 | larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon | - |
porpoise | 12 | any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth | - |
haftorah | 17 | a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah | - |
longhorn | 12 | long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States | - |
moorings | 11 | - | - |
ordinate | 9 | appoint to a clerical posts | - |
wordless | 12 | expressed without speech | choking exasperation and wordless shame |
forested | 12 | covered with forest | efforts to protect forested lands of the northwest |
motoring | 11 | the act of driving an automobile | - |
cornmeal | 12 | coarsely ground corn | - |
valorous | 11 | having or showing valor | - |
toreador | 9 | someone who fights bulls | - |
balmoral | 12 | a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side | - |
exporter | 17 | a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale) | - |
illusory | 11 | based on or having the nature of an illusion | Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy |
injector | 17 | a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) | - |
monorail | 10 | a railway having a single track | - |
negatory | 12 | - | - |
cortisol | 10 | an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism | - |
cremator | 12 | - | - |
whoreson | 14 | insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | - |
workbook | 21 | a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them | - |
vaporise | 13 | turn into gas | - |
tricolor | 10 | a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag) | - |
unformed | 14 | not formed or organized | an as yet unformed government |
purveyor | 16 | someone who supplies provisions (especially food) | - |
reformer | 13 | a disputant who advocates reform | - |
foreword | 15 | a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book | - |
hawthorn | 17 | a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus | - |
morbidly | 16 | in a morbid manner or to a morbid degree | he was morbidly fascinated by dead bodies |
tamworth | 16 | - | - |
therefor | 14 | (in formal usage, especially legal usage) for that or for it | ordering goods and enclosing payment therefor |
shoehorn | 14 | a device used for easing the foot into a shoe | - |
fluorine | 11 | a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite | - |
doorpost | 11 | a jamb for a door | - |
colorist | 10 | a painter able to achieve special effects with color | - |
cornball | 12 | - | - |
sikorsky | 19 | United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972) | - |
sonorous | 8 | full and loud and deep | a herald chosen for his sonorous voice |
albacore | 12 | large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters | - |
forelock | 17 | a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears | - |
forgiver | 15 | a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense | - |
handwork | 19 | a work produced by hand labor | - |
highborn | 17 | belonging to the peerage | - |
horniest | 11 | - | - |
marjoram | 19 | aromatic Eurasian perennial | - |
moribund | 13 | not growing or changing; without force or vitality | - |
cornetto | 10 | - | - |
diaspora | 11 | the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel | - |
casework | 17 | close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment | - |
warhorse | 14 | an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service | - |
whoredom | 17 | offering sexual intercourse for pay | - |
workweek | 22 | hours or days of work in a calendar week | - |
vortices | 13 | - | - |
tortuous | 8 | highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | tortuous legal procedures |
roadwork | 16 | - | - |
slumlord | 11 | - | - |
bordered | 12 | having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term | black-bordered handkerchief |
boringly | 14 | in a tedious manner | boringly slow work |
forenoon | 11 | the time period between dawn and noon | - |
moralize | 19 | interpret the moral meaning of | moralize a story |
cordwood | 15 | firewood cut and stacked in cords; wood sold by the cord | - |
corsetry | 13 | - | - |
deportee | 11 | a person who is expelled from home or country by authority | - |
uxorious | 15 | foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife | - |
storeyed | 12 | having stories as indicated | - |
swordman | 14 | - | - |
unforced | 14 | not brought about by coercion or force | - |
sportive | 13 | given to merry frolicking | - |
rogatory | 12 | - | - |
sonority | 11 | having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | - |
reorient | 8 | orient once again, after a disorientation | - |
resistor | 8 | an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | - |
phosphor | 18 | a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes | - |
reformat | 13 | - | - |
armories | 10 | - | - |
exorcize | 26 | expel through adjuration or prayers | - |
foresail | 11 | the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel | - |
forename | 13 | the name that precedes the surname | - |
forswear | 14 | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | - |
forsworn | 14 | - | - |
foredeck | 18 | the deck between the bridge and the forecastle | - |
horridly | 15 | in a hideous manner | - |
horsefly | 17 | large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals | - |
ironwork | 15 | work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc) | the houses had much ornamental ironwork |
gasworks | 16 | the workplace where coal gas is manufactured | - |
gormless | 11 | (British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality | - |
choruses | 13 | - | - |
absorber | 12 | (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation | - |
worthily | 17 | in a worthy manner; with worthiness | - |
vaporous | 13 | resembling or characteristic of vapor | vaporous clouds |
stormier | 10 | - | - |
theorise | 11 | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | - |
unhorsed | 12 | - | - |
sawhorse | 14 | a framework for holding wood that is being sawed | - |
selector | 10 | a switch that is used to select among alternatives | - |
sorehead | 12 | someone who is peevish or disgruntled | - |
perforce | 15 | - | - |
quatorze | 26 | - | - |
aphorism | 15 | a short pithy instructive saying | - |
extensor | 15 | a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part | - |
flatworm | 16 | parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body | - |
forsooth | 14 | - | - |
doorstop | 11 | a stop that keeps open doors from moving | - |
doorsill | 9 | the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | - |
doorjamb | 20 | a jamb for a door | - |
dormouse | 11 | small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather | - |
hornbill | 13 | bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers | - |
inchworm | 18 | small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae | - |
glowworm | 17 | the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly | - |
lordosis | 9 | an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column | - |
monitory | 13 | serving to warn | shook a monitory finger at him |
motorman | 12 | the operator of streetcar | - |
corniest | 10 | - | - |
cornpone | 12 | cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern) | - |
conjuror | 17 | a witch doctor who practices conjury | - |
decorous | 11 | according with custom or propriety | - |
dilatory | 12 | wasting time | - |
unsorted | 9 | not categorized or sorted | - |
workflow | 21 | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done | - |
wormlike | 17 | totally submissive | - |
vomitory | 16 | an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium | - |
voracity | 16 | excessive desire to eat | - |
vigorish | 15 | an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest | - |
stressor | 8 | any agent that causes stress to an organism | - |
timeworn | 13 | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | parroting some timeworn axiom |
timorous | 10 | timid by nature or revealing timidity | timorous little mouse |
secretor | 10 | any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream | - |
soreness | 8 | an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress | - |
poorness | 10 | the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | - |
porphyry | 21 | any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals | - |
preorder | 11 | - | - |
reabsorb | 12 | undergo resorption | - |
armorial | 10 | of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms | armorial bearing |
boresome | 12 | - | - |
buzzword | 32 | stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition | - |
adorably | 14 | in an adorable manner | the toddler behaved adorably |
actuator | 10 | a mechanism that puts something into automatic action | - |
forestal | 11 | - | - |
foresaid | 12 | - | - |
foremast | 13 | the mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts | - |
forgoing | 13 | the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) | - |
forcedly | 17 | - | - |
forebear | 13 | a person from whom you are descended | - |
disfavor | 15 | an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | - |
hackwork | 24 | professional work done according to formula | - |
hornpipe | 15 | an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone | - |
humorist | 13 | someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way | - |
glorying | 13 | - | - |
mayoress | 13 | a woman mayor | - |
morosely | 13 | in a morose manner | he fell morosely on the bed |
moorland | 11 | open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss | - |
nugatory | 12 | of no real value | a nugatory law |
organdie | 10 | a sheer stiff muslin | - |
coauthor | 13 | a writer who collaborates with others in writing something | - |
colorant | 10 | - | - |
corselet | 10 | a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece | - |
abortive | 13 | failing to accomplish an intended result | an abortive revolt |
shitwork | 18 | trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores | - |
unvisors | 11 | - | - |
urochord | 14 | primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva | - |
urinator | 8 | a person who urinates | - |
ursiform | 13 | - | - |
valorise | 11 | - | - |
valorize | 20 | - | - |
utilidor | 9 | - | - |
unworded | 13 | - | - |
unworked | 16 | - | - |
unwormed | 14 | - | - |
unworths | 14 | - | - |
uphoords | 14 | - | - |
waveform | 19 | the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time | - |
waxworms | 23 | - | - |
waxworks | 25 | - | - |
webworks | 20 | - | - |
webworms | 18 | - | - |
wardcorn | 14 | - | - |
wanwordy | 18 | - | - |
wanworth | 17 | - | - |
waldhorn | 15 | - | - |
wallwort | 14 | - | - |
wartwort | 14 | not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun | - |
warworks | 18 | - | - |
warriors | 11 | - | - |
warlords | 12 | - | - |
whipworm | 21 | - | - |
whorlbat | 16 | - | - |
whortles | 14 | - | - |
wellborn | 13 | of good or upper-class lineage | a rich and wellborn husband |
whipcord | 19 | a strong worsted or cotton fabric with a diagonal rib | - |
wherefor | 17 | - | - |
wooralis | 11 | - | - |
wooraras | 11 | - | - |
wooraris | 11 | - | - |
wordages | 13 | - | - |
wordbook | 18 | a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings) | - |