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oewn-00010745-s | ravenous | ravenous as wolves | devouring or craving food in great quantities |
oewn-00010745-s | voracious | voracious sharks | devouring or craving food in great quantities |
oewn-00011179-s | greedy | don't be greedy with the cookies | wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume |
oewn-00011346-s | piggish | piggish table manners | resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy |
oewn-00011346-s | piggy | the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father | resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy |
oewn-00011346-s | porcine | the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father | resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy |
oewn-00011346-s | swinish | swinish slavering over food | resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy |
oewn-00011776-a | abstract | abstract words like `truth' and `justice' | existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment |
oewn-00012090-s | conceptional | a plan abstract and conceptional | being of the nature of a notion or concept |
oewn-00012090-s | notional | to improve notional comprehension | being of the nature of a notion or concept |
oewn-00012090-s | notional | a notional response to the question | being of the nature of a notion or concept |
oewn-00012381-s | conceptual | conceptual discussions | being or characterized by concepts or their formation |
oewn-00012381-s | conceptual | a schizophrenic loses the ability to do conceptual thinking | being or characterized by concepts or their formation |
oewn-00012708-s | ideal | a poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content | constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception |
oewn-00012951-s | ideological | ideological application of a theory | concerned with or suggestive of ideas |
oewn-00012951-s | ideologic | ideological application of a theory | concerned with or suggestive of ideas |
oewn-00012951-s | ideological | the drama's symbolism was very ideological | concerned with or suggestive of ideas |
oewn-00012951-s | ideologic | the drama's symbolism was very ideological | concerned with or suggestive of ideas |
oewn-00013179-a | concrete | concrete objects such as trees | capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary |
oewn-00013461-s | objective | objective benefits | belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events |
oewn-00013461-s | objective | an objective example | belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events |
oewn-00013461-s | objective | there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind | belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events |
oewn-00013681-s | tangible | tangible evidence | capable of being treated as fact |
oewn-00013681-s | real | his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor | capable of being treated as fact |
oewn-00013906-a | abundant | an abundant supply of water | present in great quantity |
oewn-00014377-s | abounding | abounding confidence | existing in abundance |
oewn-00014377-s | galore | whiskey galore | existing in abundance |
oewn-00014509-s | ample | had ample food for the party | affording an abundant supply |
oewn-00014509-s | copious | copious provisions | affording an abundant supply |
oewn-00014509-s | plentiful | food is plentiful | affording an abundant supply |
oewn-00014509-s | plenteous | a plenteous grape harvest | affording an abundant supply |
oewn-00014509-s | rich | a rich supply | affording an abundant supply |
oewn-00014877-s | copious | she took copious notes | large in number or quantity (especially of discourse) |
oewn-00014877-s | voluminous | a subject of voluminous legislation | large in number or quantity (especially of discourse) |
oewn-00015134-s | easy | easy money | obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally |
oewn-00015284-s | riotous | their riotous blooming | produced or growing in extreme abundance |
oewn-00015517-s | thick | the top was thick with dust | abounding; having a lot of |
oewn-00015626-s | long | long on brains | having or being more than normal or necessary |
oewn-00015626-s | long | in long supply | having or being more than normal or necessary |
oewn-00015892-s | plentiful | rhinoceroses were once plentiful here | existing in great number or quantity |
oewn-00016043-s | rampant | a rampant growth of weeds | (of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth |
oewn-00016173-s | rank | rank jungle vegetation | growing profusely |
oewn-00016388-s | teeming | the Third World's teeming millions | abundantly filled with especially living things |
oewn-00016388-s | teeming | the teeming boulevard | abundantly filled with especially living things |
oewn-00016570-s | torrential | torrential rains | pouring in abundance |
oewn-00016794-a | scarce | fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought | deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand |
oewn-00017062-s | rare | rare herbs | not widely distributed |
oewn-00017062-s | rare | rare patches of green in the desert | not widely distributed |
oewn-00017224-s | tight | tight money | affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow |
oewn-00017224-s | tight | a tight market | affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow |
oewn-00017390-a | abused | an abused wife | subjected to cruel treatment |
oewn-00017547-s | battered | a battered child | exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury |
oewn-00017547-s | battered | the battered woman syndrome | exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury |
oewn-00017820-a | acceptable | acceptable levels of radiation | worthy of acceptance or satisfactory |
oewn-00017820-a | acceptable | performances varied from acceptable to excellent | worthy of acceptance or satisfactory |
oewn-00018107-s | bankable | bankable funds | acceptable to or at a bank |
oewn-00018260-s | unexceptionable | two unexceptionable witnesses | completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach |
oewn-00018260-s | unexceptionable | a judge's ethics should be unexceptionable | completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach |
oewn-00018473-s | unobjectionable | the ends are unobjectionable; it's the means that one can't accept | not objectionable |
oewn-00018622-a | unacceptable | a word unacceptable in polite society | not acceptable; not welcome |
oewn-00018622-a | unacceptable | an unacceptable violation of personal freedom | not acceptable; not welcome |
oewn-00018888-s | exceptionable | a thoroughly unpleasant highly exceptionable piece of writing | liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to |
oewn-00018888-s | objectionable | found the politician's views objectionable | liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to |
oewn-00019169-a | accessible | a town accessible by rail | capable of being reached |
oewn-00019387-s | approachable | a site approachable from a branch of the Niger | easily approached |
oewn-00019769-s | handy | found a handy spot for the can opener | easy to reach |
oewn-00020447-s | unapproachable | an unapproachable chalet high in the mountains | inaccessibly located or situated |
oewn-00020447-s | unreachable | an unreachable canyon | inaccessibly located or situated |
oewn-00020447-s | unreachable | the unreachable stars | inaccessibly located or situated |
oewn-00020824-a | accommodating | the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in | helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation |
oewn-00020824-a | accommodating | made a special effort to be accommodating | helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation |
oewn-00021147-s | complaisant | to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover | showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others |
oewn-00021147-s | obliging | the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave | showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others |
oewn-00021440-a | unaccommodating | the unaccommodating bus driver pulled out while she was banging on the door | not accommodating |
oewn-00021803-a | accurate | an accurate reproduction | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy |
oewn-00021803-a | accurate | the accounting was accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy |
oewn-00021803-a | accurate | accurate measurements | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy |
oewn-00021803-a | accurate | an accurate scale | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy |
oewn-00022256-s | close | a close translation | marked by fidelity to an original |
oewn-00022256-s | faithful | a faithful copy of the portrait | marked by fidelity to an original |
oewn-00022256-s | faithful | a faithful rendering of the observed facts | marked by fidelity to an original |
oewn-00022889-s | surgical | a surgical air strike | performed with great precision |
oewn-00022999-s | straight | set the record straight | in keeping with the facts |
oewn-00022999-s | straight | made sure the facts were straight in the report | in keeping with the facts |
oewn-00023315-s | veracious | a veracious account | precisely accurate |
oewn-00024282-s | wide | the kick was wide | not on target |
oewn-00024282-s | wide | the arrow was wide of the mark | not on target |
oewn-00024282-s | wide of the mark | the arrow was wide of the mark | not on target |
oewn-00024282-s | wide | a claim that was wide of the truth | not on target |
oewn-00024458-a | accustomed to | accustomed to doing her own work | in the habit of or adapted to |
oewn-00024458-a | accustomed to | I've grown accustomed to her face | in the habit of or adapted to |
oewn-00024458-a | used to | we are used to better service in this restaurant | in the habit of or adapted to |
oewn-00024914-a | unaccustomed to | unaccustomed to wearing suits | not habituated to; unfamiliar with |
oewn-00025079-s | new | new experiences | (often followed by `to') unfamiliar |
oewn-00025079-s | new | experiences new to him | (often followed by `to') unfamiliar |
oewn-00025079-s | new | errors of someone new to the job | (often followed by `to') unfamiliar |
oewn-00025245-s | unused to | feet unused to shoes | infrequently exposed to |
oewn-00025583-s | acid | an acid reaction | having the characteristics of an acid |
oewn-00025841-a | alkaline | alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone | relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7 |
oewn-00027360-a | acknowledged | the acknowledged leader of the community | recognized or made known or admitted |