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unresistible, a. irresistible.

unresisting, a. passive, submissive, long-suffering.

unrest, n. unquietness, restlessness, uneasiness, disquietude, inquietude.

unrestrained, a. unbridled, ungoverned, uncurbed, riotous, impotent, saturnalian, rampant; licentious, dissolute, profligate.

unrestraint, n. freedom, liberty, license, abandon.

unrestricted, a. unlimited, unfettered, uncircumscribed.

unrevivable, a. irrevivable, irresuscitable.

unrighteous, a. unholy, evil, iniquitous, wicked, vicious.

unrivaled, a. peerless, matchless, inimitable, incomparable, supreme.

unroll, v. unfold, unfurl, evolve.

unrolling, n. unfolding, unfurling, evolvement, evolution.

unromantic, a. prosaic, pragmatical, matter-of-fact, practical, literal.

unruly, a. turbulent, ungovernable, refractory, insubordinate, fractious, insurgent, indocile, disobedient, froward, vicious, intractable, rebellious.

unsafe, a. insecure, risky, perilous, dangerous, hazardous, imperiled, precarious.

unsafety, n. insecurity, danger, risk, peril, hazard, jeopardy.

unsalable, a. invendible, unmarketable.

unsatisfactory, a. disappointing, insufficient.

unsatisfiable, a. insatiable, insatiate.

unsavory, a. offensive, rank, unpleasant; insipid, savorless, mawkish, unpalatable, vapid.

unsay, v. recall, retract, recant.

unsaying, n. recantation, retraction.

unscrupulous, a. unprincipled, unconscientious, dishonest, dishonorable, knavish.

unsearchable, a. inscrutable.

unseasonable, a. inopportune, ill-timed, untimely, premature.

unseasonably, adv. malapropos, untimely.

unseemly, a. unbecoming, improper, indecorous.

unseen, a. invisible, unperceived, secret, unnoticed, unobserved, clandestine, surreptitious, furtive, concealed, underhand.

unselfish, a. magnanimous, disinterested, altruistic, charitable.

unselfishness, n. magnanimity, altruism, beneficence, liberality.

unsentimental, a. matter-of-fact, prosaic, pragmatical, practical.

unserviceableness, n. inutility.

unsettle, v. disorder, derange, upset, unhinge, disconcert.

unsettled, a. undetermined, dubious, unadjusted, controvertible, disputable; irresolute, fickle, changeable; roily, feculent, turbid.

unshapely, a. misshapen, deformed.

unsheltered, a. exposed, unprotected.

unshod, a. discalced, barefooted, discalceated.

unshrinking, a. unflinching, determined, resolute.

unsightly, a. offensive, repulsive.

unskilled, a. unpracticed, unskillful, empirical.

unskillful, a. maladroit, inexpert, unskilled, clumsy.

unsociable, a.morose, uncompanionable, inaffable, ungenial, taciturn.

unsolvable, a. insoluble, inexplicable.

unsophisticated, a. unadulterated; innocent, guileless, gullible, ingenuous.

unsound, a. defective, impaired; sophistical, fallacious, illogical, untenable.

unsparing, a. liberal, ungrudging, profuse; severe, unmerciful.

unspeakable, a. ineffable, unutterable, inexpressible.

unspotted, a. spotless, pure.

unstable, a. insecure, unsteady, irresolute, inconstant, erratic.

unsteadfast, a. unstable, inconstant, wavering, irresolute.

unsteady, a. inconstant, precarious, wavering, variable, vacillating, wabbly.

unstinted, a. plentiful.

unstudied, a. extemporaneous, extempore, impromptu, offhand.

unsubmissive, a. insubordinate, refractory.

unsuccessful, a. unfortunate, unlucky, unprosperous; abortive, fruitless, unavailing, bootless, ineffectual, futile.

unsuitable, a. inappropriate, incongruous, incompatible.

unsupplied, a. destitute.

unsurmountable, a. insuperable.

unsurpassed, a. peerless, transcendent, superior, unrivaled, matchless.

unsusceptible, a. unimpressionable, unfeeling.

unsuspecting, a. unsuspicious, gullible, credulous, indubious, unsophisticated.

unsustainable, a. untenable, controvertible.

untangle, v. unravel, disentangle.

untaxed, a. scot-free, exempt.

unteachable, a. indocile, intractable.

unthankful, a. ungrateful.

unthankfulness, n. ingratitude.

untidy, a. disorderly, slatternly, littered.

untillable, a. inarable.

unfilled, a. fallow.

untimely, a. premature, unseasonable, inopportune, ill-timed, malapropos.

untiring, a. indefatigable, unceasing, tireless, unremitting, unwearied.

untrodden, a. trackless, pathless.

untrue, a. inveracious, mendacious, false, untruthful, unfaithful.

untruth, n. falsehood, fiction, fabrication, lie.

untruthful, a. inveracious, mendacious, lying.

untruthfulness, n. mendacity, inveracity, falsehood.

untwist, v. unravel, disentangle, feaze.

unused, a. unaccustomed, unfamiliar.

unusual, a. uncommon, curious, rare, odd, unique, extraordinary, anomalous, irregular.

unutterable, a. unspeakable, ineffable.

unvarying, a. invariable, monotonous, uniform.

unveil, v. expose, uncover, reveal, disclose.

unviolated, a. inviolate, inviolated, inviolable.

unwarrantable, a. unjustifiable, indefensible.

unwavering, a. steadfast, resolute.

unwearied, a. indefatigable.

unweighable, a. imponderable.

unwholesome, a. baneful, insalubrious. See unhealthy.

unwieldy, a. ponderous, cumbersome, clumsy.

unwilling, a. reluctant, indisposed, loath, disinclined, averse.

unwind v. disentangle, unravel.

unwise, a. imprudent, injudicious, inexpedient, indiscreet.

unwittingly, adv. unknowingly, undesignedly, inadvertently.

unworthy, a. unmeritorious, undeserving, despicable, contemptible.

unwritten, a. traditional.

unyielding, a. inflexible, stiff, unbending, incompliant, indomitable, insubmissive, tenacious, unimpressible, impliable, obdurate, intractable, game, resolute.

upbraid, v. reproach, scold, chide, rate, reprove, reprimand, twit.

upbraiding, n. scolding, reproach, reprimand, censure, reprehension.

up grade. ascent, acclivity.

uphill, a. ascending, acclivous, rising.

uphold, v. support, sustain, vindicate, defend.

upkeep, n. maintenance.

upper, n. vamp (of a shoe).

upper-hand, n. advantage, mastery, dominion, control.

upper ten. (Colloq.) aristocracy, élite, _bon ton_.

uppish, a. (Colloq.) proud, arrogant, assuming.

upright, a. erect, perpendicular, vertical; honorable, honest.

uprightness, n. perpendicularity, verticality, erectness; honesty, integrity.

uproar, n. turmoil, _fracas_, clamor, tumult, commotion, din, hubbub.

uproarious, a. (Colloq.) clamorous, obstreperous, boisterous, noisy, turbulent.

uproot, v. eradicate, extirpate.

uprooting, n. eradication, extirpation.

upset, v. overturn, overset, capsize, invert, overthrow; disconcert, discompose, perturb, agitate, unnerve, excite.

upshot, n. event, result, issue, outcome, consequence.

upside down. inverted; disordered, topsy-turvy.

upstart, n. parvenu, snob, mushroom.

up to snuff. (Slang) knowing, acute, sharp.

upward, a. ascending, acclivous (sloping upward).

urge, v. egg, importune, exhort; impel, force; incite, instigate, goad.

urgency, n. insistence, pressure; importunity; exigency, stress, necessity; incitement.

urgent, a. pressing, imperative, insistent, exigent, importunate, pertinacious, imperious.

urine, n. piss, emiction; stale (urine of horses and cattle). Associated words: uronology, urinal, urinate, urination, micturition, urethra, uric, uretic, uriniferous, enuresis, anuresis, diabetis, strangury, urolith, lateritious sediment, uroscopy, urinary, urea, diuretic.

usage, n. treatment; custom, practice, use.

use, n. employment, application, service, utilization, exploitation; necessity, need; utility, avail, advantage, usefulness, service; custom, usage, practice. Antonyms: disuse, obsolescence, desuetude, inutility. Associated Words: obsolescent, obsolete, obsoletism, utilitarian, utilitarianism, utilizable, chrestomathic.

use, v. employ, apply, utilize, exploit; treat, behave toward; practice, exercise; consume, exhaust; accustom, habituate, familiarize, inure.

useful, a. serviceable, advantageous, available.

usefulness, n. utility, advantage.

useless, a. unserviceable, futile, worthless, unavailing, bootless, ineffectual, null, nugatory, abortive.

uselessness, n. inutility, futility, unserviceableness.

usher, v. show to a seat; introduce, forerun, precede, herald, escort.

usual, a. ordinary, general, accustomed, conventional, prevailing, everyday. Antonyms: See unusual.

usually, adv. ordinarily, generally, customarily, commonly.

usurp, v. arrogate, seize, appropriate, accroach.

usurpation, n. arrogation, seizure, appropriation.

utility, n. usefulness. Antonym: inutility. Associated Words: utilitarian, utilitarianism, utilizable.

utilize, v. use, employ, exploit.

utmost, a. farthest out, extreme, last; greatest, maximum, uttermost.

Utopian, a. chimerical, visionary, fanciful, air-built.

utter, v. speak, pronounce, express.

utter, a. complete, absolute, perfect; unconditional, unqualified, peremptory.

utterable, a. pronounceable, expressible.

utterance, n. speech, articulation.

utterly, adv. entirely, completely, wholly, unconditionally, altogether.

uttermost, a. extreme, utmost, farthest.

V

Vacancy, n. emptiness; space, vacuum, chasm, gap; leisure, vacation, intermission.

vacant, a. empty, unfilled, void, uninhabited, untenanted; leisure, unemployed. Antonyms: full, filled, occupied.

vacate, v. empty, evacuate, resign, abdicate; annul, abrogate, invalidate.

vacation, n. evacuation, resignation, abdication; invalidation, abrogation; intermission, holidays, recess.

vaccinate, v. inoculate.

vaccination, n. inoculation (with the cowpox).

vacillate, v. fluctuate, waver, veer, oscillate, whiffle.

vacillating, a. irresolute, changeable, wavering, undecided, inconstant.

vacillation, n. fluctuation, indecision, changeableness, oscillation, irresolution, inconstancy.

vagabond, n. vagrant, tramp, mendicant, beggar; rascal, rogue, scamp, knave.

vagabond, a. vagrant, wandering, nomadic, landloping.

vagabondage, n. vagrancy, vagabondism, nomadism.

vagary, n. whim, caprice, fancy, freak, whimsey, humor.

vagrancy, n. vagabondage.

vagrant, n. tramp; beggar, vagabond, rascal.--a. wandering, nomadic, vagabond.

vague, a. indefinite, ambiguous, obscure, uncertain, groundless, hazy, indistinct.

vagueness, n. indefiniteness, ambiguity, obscurity, uncertainty.

vain, a. conceited, arrogant, egotistical, overweening, vainglorious; nugatory, fruitless, ineffectual, frustrate, unavailing, bootless, futile, abortive, ineffective, empty; delusive, chimerical, unsatisfying, unsubstantial, deceitful.

vainglorious, a. boastful, pretentious, assuming, arrogant, conceited, overweening.

vainglory, n. vanity, boasting, gasconade.

vale, n. dell, valley, dale, dingle.

valiant, a. See brave.

valid, a. cogent, logical, justifiable, efficacious, well-grounded. Antonyms: See invalid.

validity, n. strength, cogency, soundness, force. Antonym: invalidity.

valise, n. portmanteau, satchel, gripsack.

valley, n. vale, hollow, bottom, dale, ravine, dingle, glen, clough, dell.

valor, n. See bravery.

valuable, a. costly, precious, rare, expensive; esteemed, worthy; serviceable, useful.

valuable, n. treasure.

valuation, n. appraisement, appraisal.

value, n. worth, excellence.

value, v. appraise; prize, esteem, appreciate.

vamose, v. (Slang) decamp, depart quickly, go.

vampire, n. extortioner, bloodsucker.

vandal, n. destroyer, iconoclast, hun.

vanish, v. See disappear.

vanishing, a. evanescent, disappearing, transient.--n. disappearance, evanescence.

vanity, n. unsubstantialness, unreality, inanity, delusiveness, emptiness, sham; conceit, self-admiration, egotism.

vanquish, v. overcome, defeat, subjugate, subdue, rout, overpower.

vanquishment, n. defeat, subjugation, routing, conquering.

vapid, a. lifeless, spiritless; insipid, stale, tasteless; prosy, tame.

vapidity, n. lifelessness; insipidity, tastelessness; prosiness, tameness.

vapor, n. gas, haze, fog, fume, effluvium, exhalation, reek, emanation, rack. Associated Words: atmology, atmolysis, atomize, atomization, exhale, emanate.

vaporize, v. evaporate.

vaporous, a. halituous, vapory, foggy.

variability, n. variableness, mutability, inconstancy, unsteadfastness.

variable, a. mutable, changeable. See changeable. Antonyms: invariable, unchangeable.

variance, n. change, alteration; dissension, disagreement, difference, nonconformity.

variation, n. mutation, change; deviation, diversity, discrepancy; diversification.

varied, a. various, diversified, different, motley.

variegated, a. mottled, diversified, motley, divers-colored, party-colored, polychrome.

variety, n. diversity, diversification, multiplicity, variousness; assortment, collection; kind, class, species.

various, a. manifold, diverse, sundry, numerous, multifarious.

varnish, v. lacquer, japan, enamel, glaze; gloss over, palliate, extenuate.

varnish, n. lacquer; gloss, palliation, extenuation.

vary, v. diversify, variegate, modify; deviate, depart, swerve; disagree; modify, alternate.

vassal, n. feudatory, beneficiary, subject, liege, liegeman.

vast, a. spacious, immense, monstrous, huge, extensive, immeasurable.

vault, n. crypt, tomb, catacomb, ossuarium.

vault, v. leap over, spring, bound, jump; tumble.

vaulted, a. arched, concave.

vaunt, v. See boast.

veal, n. Associated Word: vituline.

veering, n. shift, shifting; vacillation, tergiversation; temporizing, time-serving.

vegetable, n. plant, truck.

vegetable oyster. salsify.

vegetate, v. sprout, grow, germinate, pullulate; rusticate, hibernate.

vehemence, n. fervency, impetuosity, intensity, zeal. See ardor.

vehement, a. fervent, impetuous, ardent, passionate, eager.

vehicle, n. conveyance, carriage; medium, instrument; excipient.

veil, v. screen, cloak, disguise, shroud, mask, conceal.

veil, n. disguise, pretense, cloak, mask, mantilla.

veiled, a. hidden, disguised, incognito.

vein, n. Associated Word: venous. See blood vessel.

vein, n. seam, lode.

venal, a. purchasable, mercenary, hireling.

vend, v. See sell.

venerate, v. reverence, revere, honor, esteem.

veneration, n. reverence, honor.

venereal disease. gonorrhea, clap; syphilis.

venereal sore. chancre, chancroid (soft chancre).

venery, n. amorousness, amativeness; sexual intercourse, coition.

vengeance, n. retribution, avengement, revenge; Nemesis, retaliation. Associated Word: wreak.

venial, a. pardonable. Antonyms: See unpardonable.

vent, n. airhole, aperture, venthole; touchhole; spiracle blowhole; outlet, emission, escape.

vent, v. emit, utter, say, discharge.

venthole, n. touchhole, vent, bung, orifice, spiracle.

ventriloquism, n. ventriloquy, gastriloquy.

ventriloquist, n. gastriloquist, polyphonist.

venture, n. chance, risk, hazard, contingency.

venture, v. dare, hazard, risk.

venturesome, a. daring, bold, intrepid, undaunted, temerarious.

Venus, n. Aphrodite, Cytherea; Morning Star, Lucifer Phosphor; Evening Star, Hesper, Hesperus.

veracious, a. truthful.

veracity, n. truthfulness. Associated Words: compurgation, compurgator, compurgatorial.

veranda, n. porch, piazza.

verbal, a. oral.

verbiage, n. wordiness, verbosity, perissology, prolixity, pleonasm.

verdant, a. See green.

verdict, n. finding, decision.

verification, n. confirmation, corroboration, authentication, attestation, proof.

verify, v. corroborate, confirm, attest, authenticate, prove.

vermifuge, n. anthelmintic, helminthagogue.

verse, n. stitch; poetry, versification; stanza, stave, staff, text; l'envoi.

versed, a. acquainted, skilled, proficient, conversant.

versification, n. orthometry.

version, n. rendition, translation.

vertex, n. apex, top, summit, crown, zenith.

vertical, a. upright, perpendicular, plumb. Antonyms: horizontal, flat, level.

very, a. veritable, true, real, actual, unquestionable, identical, same, selfsame.

very, adv. exceedingly, highly, greatly, extremely, excessively, surpassingly.

vessel, n. dish, utensil, receptacle; boat, ship; duct, canal, tube.

vest, n. waistcoat.

vest, v. invest.

vestibule, n. hall, antechamber, lobby.

vestige, n. trace, sign, mark.

vestments, n. pl. canonicals (priestly garments); pontificals; cassock, cotta (choir vestments). Associated Words: vested, vestiarian, vestiary, vestry.

vestry, n. vestry-room, sacristy.

veterinarian, n. veterinary surgeon, horse doctor, farrier, horse leech.

veterinary art. farriery.

veterinary surgeon. veterinarian, farrier.

vex, v. tease, plague, harass, torment, tantalize, hector, annoy, irritate, trouble, bother, distress.

vexation, n. discomfiture, irritation, chagrin, mortification, annoyance.

vexatious, a. annoying, troublesome, carking, irritating, provoking, aggravating, afflictive, burdensome, anxious.

vibrate, v. brandish, flourish, swing; oscillate, librate; quiver, shake; fluctuate, vacillate.

vibration, n. oscillation, swinging, vacillation, libration.

vibratory, a. vibratile, oscillatory, swinging, fluctuating, oscillating, libratory.

vicar, n. deputy, lieutenant, vicegerent.

vice, n. sin, iniquity, licentiousness, immorality; defect, fault, blemish, imperfection.

vicinity, n. neighborhood, vicinage; nearness, propinquity, proximity.

vicious, a. immoral, evil; defective, faulty, imperfect; refractory, unruly, unmanageable; foul, noxious; (Colloq.) malignant, hateful.

victim, n. (Colloq.) gull, dupe, gudgeon, cully, prey.

victor, n. conqueror, champion, master.

victorious, a. triumphant, conquering, successful, exultant.

victory, n. triumph, conquest, mastery. Antonyms: See defeat. Associated Words: trophy, epinicial.

victualler, n. caterer.

vie, v. contend, compete, emulate.

view, n. scene, landscape, vista, perspective, panorama, prospect, scenery; seeing, sight, survey, inspection, aspect, scrutiny, supervision, beholding; opinion, judgment, impression, conception; design, intention, intent.

viewy, a. visionary, fanciful, quixotic; spectacular, panoramic, picturesque.

vigilance, n. watchfulness, circumspection, attention, caution.

vigilant, a. watchful, attentive, circumspect, wakeful.

vigor, n. strength, force, lustiness, energy, endurance, virility, hardihood.

vigorous, a. strong, lusty, robust; energetic, cogent, forcible, luxuriant.

vile, a. base, depraved, vicious, iniquitous, felonious, atrocious, outrageous, shameless; worthless, mean, despicable, contemptible, abject, scurvy, sordid, debased, ignoble, miserable, wretched.

vilify, v. malign, revile, vituperate, traduce, calumniate.

village, n. hamlet, borough, thorpe, dorp, burg. Antonyms: city, town.

villain, n. See scoundrel.

villainous, a. unprincipled, knavish, arrant, depraved, atrocious.

villainy, n. depravity, wickedness, turpitude, rascality, scoundrelism, atrocity.

vim, n. (Colloq.) activity, energy, spirit, life. Antonyms: lifelessness, languor.

vindicate, v. justify.

vindication, n. justification, defense.

vindicator, n. justifier, champion, advocate.

vindictive, a. revengeful, implacable, malevolent, rancorous.

vine, n. Associated Words: lattice, trellis, tendril, arbor, pergola, bower, bine, cordon, amplectant, capreolate, cirrose, pourridie, cirrus.

vinegar, n. Associated Words: acetic, acetification, acetify, mother, guile, wort, gyle, insolation, cruet.

vinegary, a. acetous, sour, unamiable.

violate, v. break, disobey, transgress, contravene, profane, desecrate.

violation, n. transgression, infringement, breach, infraction, contravention, profanation, desecration. Antonyms: inviolability, keeping, obedience.

violator, n. trespasser, infringer, transgressor, infractor.

violence, n. force, impetuosity, vehemence, intensity, severity, wildness, fury; injury, violation, profanation, outrage, assault.

violent, a. passionate, vehement, impetuous, fierce, impotent, ungovernable, outrageous, poignant, severe. Antonyms: See mild.

violet, n. mauve.

violin, n. fiddle; kit.

virgin, n. vestal.

virgin, a. vestal, virginal; chaste, pure, stainless; impregnant.

virginal generation. parthenogenesis.

virginity, n. maidenhood, chastity.

Virgin Mary. Madonna, Theotokos (Theol.). Associated Words: mariolatry, mariolater, hyperdulia, Ave Maria.

virile, a. masculine, vigorous, strong; potent. Antonyms: invirile, emasculated, impotent.

virility, n. manhood, manly vigor. Antonyms: invirility, impotency, emasculation.

virtual, a. potential, energizing; practical, essential.

virtually, adv. practically, really, substantially, potentially.

virtue, n. excellence, worth, goodness, purity, morality, integrity. Associated Words: aretology, aretaics.

virtuous, a. good, exemplary, moral, pure, continent, upright.

virulent, a. poisonous, venomous; malignant, bitter, acrimonious.

visible, a. perceivable, perceptible, discernible, apparent, evident, manifest. Antonyms: invisible, imperceptible.

vision, n. sight; apparition, dream, phantasm, specter, phantom, hallucination, illusion.

visionary, a. dreamy, imaginative, romantic, fanciful, illusory, chimerical, Utopian.

visionary, n. castle-builder, dreamer, illusionist.

visitor, n. guest. Antonym: host.

vitiate, v. debase, corrupt, demoralize, contaminate, deprave, spoil.

vitiation, n. debasement, corruption, demoralization, depravation, contamination.

vixen, n. virago, scold, shrew, termagant, Tartar, Xantippe, spitfire.

voice, n. utterance, speech; vote, choice, election, suffrage. Associated Words: phonology, phonetics, phonation, phonography, oral, vocal, non-vocal, aphonic, arsis, ictus, vocalize, modulate, modulation, inflection.

void, a. vacant, empty, vacuous; destitute, devoid, lacking; ineffectual, invalid, nugatory, vain.

void, v. evacuate, eject, discharge, egest, pass; nullify, abrogate, annul.

voidance, n. evacuation, discharge, egestion.

volatile, a. See changeable.

volcano, n. Associated Words: crater, lapilli, lava, scoria, obsidian, volcanic, eruption, belch.

volley, n. salvo; outpouring, storm, discharge.

voluble, a. glib, fluent, oily, talkative.

volume, n. book, tome; dimensions, compass, size, bulk, mass.

voluntary, a. free, volitional, unforced, spontaneous. Antonyms: See involuntary.

volunteer, n. Antonym: conscript.

voluptuary, n. sensualist, epicure, sybarite, _bon vivant_. Antonym: ascetic.

voluptuous, a. sensual, epicurean, sybaritic. Antonyms: ascetic, abstemious, austere.

vomit, v. puke; spew, emit, belch, disgorge, eject.

vomiting, n. emesis, vomition, puking, spew. Associated Words: emetic, antemetic, qualmish, gag, retch, nausea, nauseate.

voracious, a. rapacious, ravenous, insatiable, fierce, gluttonous, cormorant.

voracity, n. rapacity, voraciousness, greediness.

votary, n. devotee, votarist.

vote, n. suffrage; ballot, ticket; referendum, plebiscite. Associated Words: enfranchise, enfranchisement, disenfranchise, disenfranchisement, suffragist, elect, election electoral, electorate, acclamation, franchise, poll.

vote, v. (Colloq.) declare.

voter, n. elector, suffragist.

voters, n. pl. electorate.

voting place. poll.

vouch, v. attest, corroborate, warrant.

voucher, n. attestator.

vow, n. pledge. Associated Words: votary, votive.

vowel, n. Associated Words: macron, breve, diæresis.

vulgar, a. unrefined, plebeian, ignoble, low-born, coarse, inelegant, ribald, risque, broad, gross. Antonyms: refined, dainty, pure, chaste.

vulgarity, n. unrefinement, dowdiness.

vulgar-looking, a. dowdy.

W

Wabble, v. stagger, vacillate, reel.

waddle, v. toddle, totter.

wade, v. ford.

wading birds. Grallatores, Grallæ.

wading place. ford.

wage, v. stake, bet, wager.

wager, v. bet, stake, pledge, hazard, speculate.

wages, n. compensation, pay, earnings, hire, salary.

waggery, n. humor, facetiousness, pleasantry, drollery, jesting, jocularity.

waggish, a. frolicsome, facetious, roguish, arch, sportive, prankish.

wagon, n. vehicle, wain; caravan, van.

wagon-maker, n. wainwright, wagonwright, wheelwright.

waif, n. estray, stray, wastrel.

waist, n. corsage, bodice; blouse, basque; girth (waist measure).

waistcoat, n. vest, doublet.

wait, v. tarry, stay, linger, await, abide; (Colloq.) delay, postpone, defer, procrastinate.

wait, n. waiting, delay, halt, stop; ambush, ambuscade.

waiter, n. attendant, servitor, lackey, _garçon_ (Fr.); salver, tray.