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Number of Pangrams: 3

Maximum Puzzle Score: 276

Number of Answers: 58

Points Needed for Genius: 193

Genius requires between 27 and 51 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 83% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 276 was in the 91st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on July 19, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 58 possible answers rank it in the 89th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on July 7, 2024.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

It takes a 7-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on July 19, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.4.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



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Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 175
  • loll 170
  • toot 159
  • naan 158
  • nana 158
  • lilt 128
  • till 128
  • tilt 128
  • tint 118
  • mama 112
  • mamma 112
  • acacia 106
  • acai 106
  • nene 106
  • anal 105
  • onto 103
  • toon 103
  • anon 101
  • boob 101
  • booboo 101
  • onion 100
  • lull 99
  • lulu 99
  • olio 99
  • papa 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • poop 94
  • allay 93
  • ally 93
  • dodo 93
  • mitt 93
  • tatty 93
  • baba 92
  • ratatat 91
  • tact 91
  • tart 91
  • tartar 91
  • attar 90
  • nanny 90
  • cocci 89
  • radar 89
  • tutu 89
  • loon 88
  • mono 88
  • moon 88
  • array 87
  • epee 87
  • peep 87
  • tattoo 87


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 88,207 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,165 unique words.
Below are the distributions of the lengths of these words.



Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

You may be wondering why these words aren't here*:

  • acritarch
  • ahchoo
  • aircoach
  • airth
  • aitch
  • archi
  • cachaca
  • cahoot
  • caroach
  • caroch
  • carritch
  • carroch
  • chao
  • charr
  • charro
  • chiao
  • chico
  • chicot
  • chiro
  • chirr
  • choc
  • choric
  • chott
  • cirrhotic
  • cithara
  • cooch
  • cratch
  • haar
  • haha
  • hootch
  • horah
  • hotch
  • ohia
  • orach
  • orchitic
  • ortho
  • rachitic
  • ratch
  • rath
  • rotch
  • tahr
  • tathata
  • thio
  • thir
  • thoria
  • thoric
  • thoro
  • thro
  • titch
  • toroth
  • trichroic
  • trochaic
  • trochar

*Because the New York Times considers them obscure or offensive.

achoo

No Definition Found.

arch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An inverted U shape.
  2. An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
  3. An architectural element having the shape of an arch
  4. Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
  5. An arc; a part of a curve.
  6. A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
  7. Curved part of the bottom of a foot.
verb
  1. To form into an arch shape
  2. To cover with an arch or arches.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A chief.
adjective
  1. Knowing, clever, mischievous.
  2. Principal; primary.

archaic

noun
  1. (usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
  2. (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
adjective
  1. Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
  2. (of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity.
  3. Belonging to the archaic period

arhat

noun
  1. One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
  2. One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta.

arthritic

noun
  1. A person with arthritis.
adjective
  1. Of, or affected by arthritis.

attach

verb
  1. To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
  2. To adhere; to be attached.
  3. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
  4. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.
  5. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
  6. To take, seize, or lay hold of.
  7. To arrest, seize.

catarrh

noun
  1. Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.
  2. A discharge of fluid associated with this condition.

catch

noun
  1. The act of seizing or capturing.
  2. The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
  3. The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
  4. The game of catching a ball.
  5. Something which is captured or caught.
  6. (by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
  7. A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
  8. A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
  9. (sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
  10. A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
  11. A fragment of music or poetry.
  12. A state of readiness to capture or seize; an ambush.
  13. A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
  14. A type of strong boat, usually having two masts; a ketch.
  15. A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
  16. The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
  17. The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
  18. A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
  19. The first contact of an oar with the water.
  20. A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
  21. Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
  22. A slight remembrance; a trace.
verb
  1. (heading) To capture, overtake.
  2. (heading) To seize hold of.
  3. (heading) To intercept.
  4. (heading) To receive (by being in the way).
  5. (heading) To take in with one's senses or intellect.
  6. (heading) To seize attention, interest.
  7. (heading) To obtain or experience

cathartic

noun
  1. A laxative.
adjective
  1. Purgative; inducing (mental or physical) catharsis
  2. That releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience

chai

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A female gypsy.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Short for masala chai, a beverage made with black teas, steamed milk and sweet spices, based loosely on Indian recipes.

chair

noun
  1. An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
  2. The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
  3. An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.
  4. One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
  5. A distinguished professorship at a university.
  6. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
  7. The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
verb
  1. To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
  2. To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
  3. To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
noun
  1. A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
noun
  1. A chair-like device used for performing execution by electrocution.
  2. An electrically powered wheelchair.
  3. A transitional hold in which an attacking wrestler hoists an opponent up onto his/her shoulders so that they are both facing in the same direction.

chaotic

noun
  1. A character having a chaotic alignment.
adjective
  1. Filled with chaos.
  2. Extremely disorganized or in disarray.
  3. Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a small change to them may yield a very different outcome.
  4. Aligned against following or upholding laws and principles.

char

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A charred substance.
verb
  1. To burn something to charcoal.
  2. To burn slightly or superficially so as to affect colour.
noun
  1. One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A charred substance.
noun
  1. One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A time; a turn or occasion.
  2. A turn of work; a labour or item of business.
  3. An odd job, a chore or piece of housework.
  4. A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady.
verb
  1. To turn, especially away or aside.
  2. To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant.
  3. To perform; to do; to finish.
  4. To work or hew (stone, etc.).

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A character (text element such as a letter or symbol).

Etymology 5

noun
  1. Tea, sometimes specifically masala chai
noun
  1. Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.

chariot

noun
  1. A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
  2. A light four-wheeled carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
  3. (xiangqi) rook
verb
  1. To convey by, or as if by, chariot.
  2. To ride in a chariot.

chart

noun
  1. A map.
  2. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.
  3. A written deed; a charter.
  4. A subspace of a manifold used as part of an atlas
verb
  1. To draw a chart or map of.
  2. To draw or figure out (a route or plan).
  3. To record systematically.
  4. (of a record or artist) To appear on a hit-recording chart.

chat

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Informal conversation.
  2. A conversation to stop an argument or settle situations.
  3. (totum pro parte, typically with definite article) The entirety of users in a chatroom or a single member thereof.
  4. An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
  5. Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.
  6. Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.
verb
  1. To be engaged in informal conversation.
  2. To talk more than a few words.
  3. To talk of; to discuss.
  4. To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A small potato, such as is given to swine.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (local use) Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A louse (small, parasitic insect).

Etymology 5

noun
  1. Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India, or served as a starter in an Indian restaurant

chia

noun
  1. A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
  2. Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

chic

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Good form; style.
  2. A person with (a particular type of) chic.
adjective
  1. Elegant, stylish.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture.

chica

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A Latin-American girl; a Latina.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An orange-red dyestuff obtained by boiling the leaves of the bignonia.

chichi

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (Latin America, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.

chit

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
  2. A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The embryonic growing bud of a plant
  2. An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.
verb
  1. To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
  2. To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.
  3. To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
  2. A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system; scrip.
  3. A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
  4. A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
  5. A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
  6. A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. Shit.
interjection
  1. Shit.

chitchat

noun
  1. Light conversation; casual talk, usually about trivial matters.
  2. Gossip.
verb
  1. To engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant matters.

choir

noun
  1. Singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together.
  2. The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.
  3. (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
  4. Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.
verb
  1. To sing in concert.

coach

noun
  1. A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
  2. A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
  3. (originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor.
  4. A single-decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
  5. The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
  6. (chiefly US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.
verb
  1. To train.
  2. To instruct; to train.
  3. To study under a tutor.
  4. To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
  5. To convey in a coach.

cochair

noun
  1. Someone who serves as the chair of a meeting or organization together with one or more other chairs.
verb
  1. To chair (a meeting) jointly.

coho

noun
  1. An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.

cohort

noun
  1. A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
  2. A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.
  3. Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 men.
  4. An accomplice; abettor; associate.
  5. Any band or body of warriors.
  6. A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.
  7. A colleague.
  8. A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.
verb
  1. To associate with such a group

crotch

noun
  1. The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place.
  2. The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.
  3. Either the male or female genitalia.
  4. In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table.
  5. The open counter (negative space) formed by two downward strokes that meet at an internal acute angle, potentially above a vertex, as in the letters "V" and "Y".
verb
  1. To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to.
  2. (logging, western US) To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs that will haul it.

hair

noun
  1. A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
  2. The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
  3. A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
  4. A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
  5. A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.
  6. Haircloth; a hair shirt.
  7. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
  8. Complexity; difficulty; quality of being hairy
verb
  1. To remove the hair from.
  2. To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).
  3. To cause to have hair; to provide with hair
  4. To string the bow for a violin.

haricot

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A common bean.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A stew of lamb and vegetables.

hart

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
  2. A red deer or one of related species.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
  2. Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
  3. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
  4. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
  5. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
  6. A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
  7. Personality, disposition.
  8. A wight or being.
  9. A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes <3.
  10. A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
  11. The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
  12. The centre, essence, or core.

hatch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
  2. A trapdoor.
  3. An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
  4. A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
  5. An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
  6. A gullet.
  7. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
  8. A floodgate; a sluice gate.
  9. A bedstead.
  10. An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
verb
  1. To close with a hatch or hatches.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The act of hatching.
  2. Development; disclosure; discovery.
  3. (poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
  4. (often as mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.
  5. A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper) — compare the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched."
verb
  1. (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
  2. (of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
  3. To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
  4. To devise.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).
  2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.

hath

verb
  1. To possess, own.
  2. To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
  3. Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
  4. To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).
  5. To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
  6. To experience, go through, undergo.
  7. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
  8. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
  9. Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
  10. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
  11. To give birth to.
  12. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
  13. To accept as a romantic partner.
  14. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
  15. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
  16. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
  17. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
  18. To defeat in a fight; take.
  19. (obsolete outside Ireland) To be able to speak (a language).
  20. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
  21. To trick, to deceive.
  22. (often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
  23. (often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
  24. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
  25. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
  26. (of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
  27. To make an observation of (a bird species).

hitch

noun
  1. A sudden pull.
  2. Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.
  3. A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
  4. A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
  5. A hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch.
  6. A period of time spent in the military.
verb
  1. To pull with a jerk.
  2. To attach, tie or fasten.
  3. To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.
  4. Contraction of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.
  5. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
  6. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.
  7. To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

hoar

noun
  1. A white or greyish-white colour.
  2. Hoariness; antiquity.
verb
  1. To become mouldy or musty.
adjective
  1. Of a white or greyish-white colour.
  2. Hoarily bearded.
  3. Musty; mouldy; stale.

hooch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.

hoorah

No Definition Found.

hoot

noun
  1. A derisive cry or shout.
  2. The cry of an owl.
  3. A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)
  4. A small particle.
verb
  1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
  2. To make the cry of an owl, a hoo.
  3. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
  4. To sound the horn of a vehicle

hora

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A branch of traditional Indian astrology, dealing with the finer points of predictive methods.

horror

noun
  1. An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
  2. Something horrible; that which excites horror.
  3. Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
  4. A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
  5. An individual work in this genre.
  6. A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.
  7. An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.
  8. (plural) Delirium tremens.

ichor

noun
  1. The liquid that in Greek mythology was said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods
  2. Any bloodlike fluid
  3. A watery, fetid discharge from a sore
  4. Yellow bile

itch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch.
  2. A constant teasing desire or want.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
  2. To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
  3. To cause to feel an itch.
  4. To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.

oath

noun
  1. A solemn pledge or promise, appealing to a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest to the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
  2. A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge.
  3. A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity.
  4. A curse, a curse word.
verb
  1. To pledge.

orthotic

noun
  1. An orthopedic appliance designed to support, straighten or improve the functioning of a body part; an orthosis.
adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to orthotics.
  2. Of Greek typography: having an upright form, distinct from the cursive and chancery types.

rhotic

noun
  1. A rhotic consonant or rhotic vowel (R-coloured vowel).
adjective
  1. (of an English accent) That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ even when not followed by a vowel, as in bar (/bɑːɹ/) and bard or barred (/bɑːɹd/); (of an English speaker) who speaks with such an accent.
  2. (of a phoneme) Having a sound quality associated with the letter R; having the sound of any of certain IPA symbols, including /ɹ/, /ɻ/, /ɚ/, /ɝ/ and /r/.

rich

verb
  1. To enrich.
  2. To become rich.
adjective
  1. Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
  2. Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.
  3. Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
  4. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.
  5. Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.
  6. Not faint or delicate; vivid.
  7. Very amusing.
  8. Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous.
  9. Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
  10. Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.
  11. Trading at a price level which is high relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.

roach

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including:

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A cockroach.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An extra curve of material added to the leech (aft edge) of a sail to increase the sail area.
  2. A kind of headdress worn by some of the indigenous peoples of North America.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. (smoking) Marijuana; cannabis used as a drug.
  2. (smoking) A butt of a marijuana cigarette.
  3. (smoking) The filter of a rolled cigarette or joint, made from card or paper.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A bed or stratum of some mineral.
  2. Gritty or coarse rock; especially Portland stone or similar limestone.

tach

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Tachometer

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (costers) A hat.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Tachycardia.

that

noun
  1. Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
adverb
  1. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
  2. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
  3. To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
pronoun
  1. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
  2. The known (thing); used to refer to something just said.
  3. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality or proposition; used to emphatically affirm or deny a previous statement or question.
  4. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition.
  5. Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.
conjunction
  1. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
  2. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
  3. Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
  4. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
  5. Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
  6. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
  7. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
  8. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.

thatch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
  2. Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
  3. A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
  4. (by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.

thoracic

noun
  1. One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectoral fins.
adjective
  1. Of the thorax.

throat

noun
  1. The front part of the neck.
  2. The gullet or windpipe.
  3. A narrow opening in a vessel.
  4. Station throat.
  5. The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
  6. The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
  7. That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.
  8. The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
  9. The inside of a timber knee.
  10. The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
verb
  1. To utter in or with the throat.
  2. To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.)
  3. To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.

tooth

noun
  1. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
  2. A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
  3. A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
  4. A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
  5. A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
  6. The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
  7. Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
  8. An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
verb
  1. To provide or furnish with teeth.
  2. To indent; to jag.
  3. To lock into each other, like gear wheels.

torah

No Definition Found.

torch

noun
  1. A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.
  2. A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.
  3. An arsonist.
  4. A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.
verb
  1. To set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick).

troth

noun
  1. An oath, pledge, or promise.
  2. Truth; something true.
verb
  1. To pledge to marry somebody.

hatha

No Definition Found.

horchata

noun
  1. A sweet beverage variously made with rice, chufa or morro seeds, water, sugar, and cinnamon, and sometimes with milk.