Putnam's Word Book

zil, avalanche, curling, skate, skee, skating, skeeing, brash, glare

chilled

moss.

glacial,

on, opinion, fancy, impre

ltless, consu

, foolishness, fatuit

n. im

cile, foolish, f

g, futile, ineffectual; indolent,

inaction, laziness; futility, v

rone, lounger, loafer

rds: idolater, idolatrous, idolatry, idolize, iconoplast, iconoclast, iconodule

deify, wor

o'-the-wisp, Jack-w

lebeian, untitled; ba

norable, shameful, in

dishonor, reproach, obl

iterate, sciolist, wisea

rudition, unenlightenment, ne

d, untaught, uneducated, unlettered, nescient; quackish, charlatanic.

ngly, unconsciously, ina

on. ignoramus

gard, slight, co

, unwell; evil, unfa

neasy, uncomfo

a. ominous,

nlawful, contraband, u

unlawfulness,

ard, adulterine; ille

v. illegitimat

s, parsimonious, stingy

, stinginess; narrow-minde

prohibited

malady, sick

allacious, soph

llucination, chimera, ph

sive, illusory, c

idate, picture, dem

ion, exemplification; com

tment, grudge, rancor, mal

effigy, figure;

iconoclast, ido

ng. iconocla

p iconolatry

visionary, chimerical

conception, notion, con

, fancy; think, supp

. idiot, wi

iocy, fatuity, fo

d, a. e

it; personate, impersonate, mimi

y, impersonation, mimesis; pasticcio; p

copying, mimicking, m

ollower, mimic, mime, a

. inherence,

. inherent,

, embryonic, crude, unri

ctly, straightway, at once, now, instanter.

infinite, illimita

plunge into, dip, im

, plunged into; engros

sion, immersing; eng

exorbitant, inordinate,

indelicate, shameless;

delicacy, impudicity; lewdn

ssolute, vicious, profliga

centiousness, depravity

eathlessness, ath

permanent, impassi

ision, forcible

v. com

, fair, disinterested,

rness, equity, disin

mpenetrable, pat

ess, restive, fretf

, v. r

cle, barrier, obstru

. imminent,

a. impervious,

ncontrition, obdu

nrepentant, obdurate, incorr

compulsory, obligatory

y, deficient, undeveloped, abo

coming, infirmity, foible, deformity, d

sterial, domineering, dictat

permanent, indest

v. personat

sonation, impersonati

mimic, personat

pplicable, impudent, saucy, rud

ermeable, impenetr

ntum, force, imp

a. mal

sable, vindictive, pit

till, inculcate

. tacit, i

ch, supplicate, e

supplication

l, disrespectful, saucy, insolent, impertinent, c

sy, inurbanity, incivility

teriality, consequence; p

, material, essential;

lude, dupe, dec

essive, stately,

ty, n. impr

racticable, unfeas

cheat, charlatan, moun

, imposition, charl

ility, n. u

, a. impossib

te, v. f

ion, n. f

. incarcera

on, durance, immurement, dur

ised, offhand, extem

nseemly, indecent, inappro

leness, unfitness, indec

e, rectify, better, mend; ut

rment, amelioration;

eliorative, bene

nce, impertinence, e

impertinent, flippant

ve, incentive; i

te, capricious, hasty;

ted, infected; adulterated, alloyed, sophisticated; unchas

on; adulteration, alloy, sophistication; unchastity, l

potence, incapability, incompe

altogethe

xactness, incorrec

rect, inexact, erron

vity, inertness, st

nt, dormant, inoperative, sluggish, sta

ertia, lethargy, dormancy, stagnation,

ent, deficient; defectiv

unsuitable, unbeco

nt, unsuitable, in

abstraction, heedlessness, d

, absent-minded, inadver

, n. in

, inherent, innate, i

etent, disqualified,

arnification, Avata

y, inconsiderate, in

ible, censer, thurification, thuri

ur, incitement, stimulus

t, happening, epi

al, oontingent, fortuitous; sub

e, stimulate, arous

s, instigation, incita

esy, rudeness, incomity

t; tendency, propensity, pron

, ascent, descent, grade

encircle, circumscri

ng, closure, barrier, f

mprise, compre

n, n. co

eds; tontine, annuity. As

chless, transcendent, inimitab

, unqualified, incapable; i

defective, imperfect, def

. inconceivable, ab

ughtless, heedless, i

dance, incoherence, cont

g, incoherent, contradictor

ness, mutability, vari

hangeable, volatile, fli

andy, incommodious,

erroneous, inexact, wrong;

accuracy, inexactnes

olific, wax; aggravate, enhance, extend, augment, inten

etion, increment, accession, am

motion. ac

v. cremate,

ion, n.

obligatory, im

ce, impediment, incubus

rremediable, immedicable;

obligation; deb

delicacy, shamelessness, ob

cene, indelicate, shameles

indetermination, irresolut

ve, vacillating, hesitati

ng, persistent, unremitt

terminate, equivocal, ambi

inement, rudeness, i

d, indecorous, immodest

surance; restitution, reim

epression, indenture, serrature,

elf-government, liberty, au

, autonomous; self-reliant; ex

half-breed. Associated words: tepee, wigwam, tomahawk, lodge, wickiup, sachemdom, pueblo, calumet, totem, tot

blanket

achem, sannup,

child.

awan, suckanhock, colcol

nce. Mahar

ess or queen

man. squa

bber. ca

designate, be

signifying; symptom, evidenc

(as in a hotel

ation, charge, arrai

ncern, nonchalance, insouciance; mediocrity, inferi

chalant, perfunctory, apathetic, insouciant; ne

undabout, circu

a. unwise,

isdom, folly, imprud

nclined, unwilling, loath,

lination, averseness, re

ble, incontestable, indu

ble, a. in

tractable, refr

aziness, indulgence, slot

slothful, supine,

entive, incitement

mor, pamper, cocker; grant, allow, permit.

ndness, favor, lenity, forbearance; absolution. Anton

earing, kind, leni

nce. technology

edulous, persistent, hard-working. Ant

iligence, activity; labor

ence, inherence.--a.

effectual, unavail

tive, inefficacious; sl

nductile, inext

nductility, inexte

e, a. dis

ortion, unevenness, irregularity;

able, indefensible, unju

ble, a. ex

g, relentless, implacabl

ned, unpractised, undisc

ladroit, unskil

ineffable, unspeak

ity, n. in

able, unerring, sure

ignominious, scandalous, op

, ignominy, odium,

hood; minority,

n. bab

aralysis. p

harm. Antonyms: repel,

ion, contamination,

gious, pestiferous,

deduce, im

tion, conclusion, i

r, subordinate, menial, m

inate. Antonyms: pe

ubordinacy, medio

hinker, atheist, u

, n. See

ble, accendible; irascib

ssociated words: phlogistic, phlogogenous

phlogistic; sedit

expand, enla

wn up; bombastic, pompous,

. distention

n. modulat

tiffness; firmness, pertinaci

, rigid, impliable; immov

persuasion, restraint; auth

e, induce, sway, control, p

us, unconventional, easy

, n. uncere

intelligence, instruction;

transgress; encroach

n, violation, breach, encroac

nabridged,

. inventive,

e, n. unth

nstituent, elemen

esidentiary, resident, citizen. An

adhering, inexistent,

le, a. he

. heritage, pa

, barbarous, fiend

ty, brutality, barba

ion, injecting; enem

m, hurt, impair, disfi

icious, deleterious, baneful, noxious, maleficent

tion, defacement, violation, lesion. Associated words: vulnerable,

nequity, unfair

int, intimati

d, n. s

tous, atramental

arquetry, parq

interior,

ss; bay, recess, bight, e

, n. o

, tavern, hotel; caba

nborn, inher

scure, esoteric, innermost parts

uilelessness, guiltlessness, i

fensive, sinless, artless, inculpable, irreproachable, irrepre

a. curious,

y, interrogation; research

us, intrusive, prying, meddlesome. Antony

deranged, delirious, dementate; p

dlam, bethlehem,

frenzy, delirium, mania, hallucination, aberration of mind, bedlamism; paranoia, mon

easable; voracious,

mprehensible, inexpl

culum, entomophilous, entornophily, entomtaxy, entomotomy, insecticidal, insectifuge, insectile, larva, lepi

n. pl. Insectiv

a. insectivorou

mophilous, entomophily, entomotaxy, entomotomy, insecticidal, insectifuge, insectile, larva, lepidopter

n. pl. Insectiv

a. insectivorou

r. insectici

afe, precarious, ricket

fely, risk, instabi

narcosis, lethargy, numbness, narcoma, insuscep

orpid, unimpressible, unsusceptible, unconsc

. indivisible,

, intercalate, interje

ion, interpolation, int

nternal, inn

entrails; pene

n. disc

tance, pettiness, immateri

ess; unimportant, immateri

dissembling, false, hypocr

ty, disingenuousness, h

nnuendo, intimati

rsist, press,

pertinacity, importunity, ur

rsistent, import

entrap, seduce, invei

sunstroke, siri

tumely, impertinence, contum

ntumelious, overbearing,

uble; unexplainable, i

t, v.

on (breathing in); divin

spiriting, eleva

ithstanding, desp

v. instat

ion, n. i

quest, solicitation, urgency

, forthwith, at once, insta

metatarsus,

indoctrinate, edif

ation, indoctrination, inculcation, education, adm

g, didactic, preceptive

or, tutor, master, coach, mento

utensil, implement;

lerable, unendurable;

, n. deficien

equate, deficient, in

indignity

offend, aff

ve, contemptuous, con

n. assuranc

sure, indemni

lt, rebellion, insu

us, mutinous, insubord

, revolter, mutinee

diaglyph. A

owledge, discernmen

iscerning, astute, bright

excess, immoder

mmoderate, excess

purpose, propose,

ancé (male), fi

extreme, e

ggravate, exace

design, plan

emeditated. Antonyms: unintent

ediate, interpo

ediation, interpos

ator, interceder, pr

cation, reciprocity, pe

ipation; advantage, benefit, weal, behoof; usury.

udiced, partial. Antonyms: dis

conflict; intermeddle

collision; intermeddling, i

g, n. inte

n. intruder,

rvening, interjacent;

remittent, peri

rior, inside, inner; esot

construe, tran

translation; exegesis, exegetics, herme

tion poin

tice (space between

. intermediate

erence, interposition;

enum, alimentary canal; chitterlings. Associated words: enterology, splanchnology, enterography, splanchnography, enteropathy, enteroplasty, enterotomy, enteralgia,

. insufferable

bigotry, dogmati

igoted, unforbea

ortification; encroachment, i

plication, entang

ted, entangled, involv

ination, cabal, plot; amour (

lot, scheme, m

lotter, schemer, Figaro, in

scheming, Mac

, innate, real, genuin

lude, prolegomenon, prologue, foreword; presen

preliminary, pr

e, invade, encroach

hment, obtrusion, inf

. Antonyms: unintrusive

v. commit

, encroach, trespas

id, of no efficacy;

a. vale

n. valetu

ul, abrogate, canc

ullification, abro

n. valetud

id, aggression; violation, infrin

v. wheed

, n. wheedli

v. probe, s

. examination, i

objectionabl

indomitable,

erceptible, micro

n. bidding,

sk, summon; allur

n. prayer, s

lable, instinctive, autom

testines, bowels, guts; visc

ittle, atom, mite, jo

. Erin, Em

a. prismat

r-de-luce, fle

a. Hi

rnian, Milesian,

smooth;

ains, handcuffs, shackles

s pneumonia

ble, a. ir

, anomalous, exceptional, unsymmetric

ess, abnormality, asymmetry, an

mpious, godless, sacrilegi

vacillating, inconstant

ision, vacillation, in

naccountable, unans

ul, spleeny, choleric, petulan

stimulate; provoke, ve

e, ichthyocol, ichthy

Associated words: insular, insularity, ar

, segregate, dissoci

d, separate, solitary

tion, segregation; l

lly forth, debouch; proceed, e

rs. Associated

e. macaroni,

prurigo; sycosis (barber'

. tingling

eburnean, eburnine, eburin

hederaceous, hederal, hede

loq.) thrust

er, gabble, babble.--v. gab

dolt, simpleton, wit

sontag, blazer, sweater, reefer, jersey, jumper, cardigan j

jadeite; nag, plug;

eft, barb, protub

aggy, notched, serr

lockup, calaboose

ird. p

arden, turnk

er. typh

, conserve; crow

crowd, press, w

g) carousal, revel

scord, dissonance; wrangling,

ang; quarrel, wrangl

dant, dissonant, cl

porter, concierge; (fema

, geisha, coolie, Mikado, samurai, shizoku, heimin, kwazoku,

acquer, var

lt, vibration.--v. jolt, jounce,

bble, gabble, twaddle, bosh; can

icterus.--v

prejudiced,

showy, finical,

; maxilla (upper jaw)

d, upbraid, berate

. agnathic

cle. ma

r, n. gu

suspicious,

. suspicion

deride, ridicul

derision, ridicule, s

a. gelatino

il, risk, expose,

ize, v.

nger, peril, ha

. twitc

beef. c

abrupt, un

icism, quip, jeu d'

, v.

buffoon, merry-andrew,

lery, banter, persiflage, face

ish, jocular, fa

sh; protrude, project.--

ee, Pharisee, Levite. Associated words: Yiddish, ghetto, kosher, tref,

Judaic, Israelitish

eggar. s

iage broker

. gem, b

n. jewels

h. asphalt

she-devil, fury,

loq.) agree,

q.)moment, insta

tte, flirt; sw

coquett

ingling, tintinnabulat

k; situatio

waggish, sportive, mer

g, jocose, sportiv

waggishness, waggery,

jolt, jar, shov

e, jostle; suggest

e. hoecake

link, conjoin, mortise, dowel, splice, knit, dovetail, mingle, coalesce

oupling, bond; woo

int, joggle joint, mortise joint, mi

ogy, arthrography, synosteology arthrectomy, synovia, articular, bursa, synovi

ombined, jo

culated, hinged;

ndylous, anarthro

ocosity, sally, jeu d'espri

rally, ba

ying, banter, persiflage

tively, jestingly,

mirthful, sportive, gay, facetious, boon, waggish

ke good-natured, joke,

jounce, jolting.--v

le, bit, mite, atom, scin

memorandum,

hake, jolting.--v.

r, record; diary; periodical, publi

, travel, jaunt, peregrination. Associated wo

ftsman, artisan. Antony

, v.

n. J

ful, gay, merry, sporti

ty, jollity, sport

, jubilation, mirth, festivi

ubilant, exhilarating, happy, buoy

, a. j

oyful, exultan

rejoicing, exul

betrayer

us, treacherous, d

distinguish, discriminate, decide; esteem, th

nnoisseur, critic; puisne; deemster (Isle of Man). Associated words

n. pl. j

ament, arbitration, adjudgment; sentence, d

court, tribunal,

tive, judicatory, j

rudent, discree

, demijohn, flagon; b

or, magician, conjurer; c

ain, prestidigitation, magic, conjurin

. sap, lu

, lush, luscious. Antonyms

use, disarrange

ion, disarray, mixture, ent

nd, leap, hop, caper

ing, bound, hop, v

union, coalit

eam; crisis, conjunct

cket, brake, b

at; feast, banquet.--v. feas

l, tribunal, ass

council, cabal,

impanel, panel, venire, ven

n, n.

served, due; reasonable, conscionable, equitable, fair; unbiased, impartial correct, exac

tly; closely, nearly, almo

y, impartiality; judge. An

arrantable, defen

dication, exuplpation

stificatior, vin

rant, excuse, exonorate, e

ash, bump, jo

tly, fairly, equit

fairness, equity, impa

oject, protrude.--n

projecting

jection, projec

pier, mo

youthful, you

. youthfulnes

oq.) overturn, c

iscerning; piercing, poignant, excruciating, a crimonious, morda

intenance, support; strongho

n, continue; guard, shield, defend, protect, screen, preserve; entertain, harbor; obser

, withhold; restra

associate with, a

subjection, restr

nt, curator, custodian, guardia

bstain from,

tention, retention; maintenance support, subsistence, board; conformity, congruity, ha

reserving, withholding; res

ceed, contin

n. memento

o. adh

in subjection,

maintain,

Colloq.) con

h, substance, essence, marrow. Associated words:

. coal oil,

aldron (a la

n. tympano;

claviger, clavigerous, cle

. pitc

ation, elucidation, clavis; wharf, qu

d, n. c

te, recalcitrate, winch;

kicking,

citration, calcitration, wi

lcitrant, calcit

ang) deceive,

, v. a

. abductor,

ng, n. a

logy, nephrotomy, nephritis, renal,

t, kind, varie

aped, a.

one. neph

h, execute, lynch, massacre, burke, immolate, guillotine, decim

, butcher, assassin, assass

holocaust, execution, fusillade, carnage, murder, manslaughter, chaud-medley, lynching, guillotine, burkis

deadly, destructive; captiv

n. f

Colloq.) con

elatives, relations, ki

a. ki

clement, benignant, gracious, benevolent, kind-heart

rain, breed, nature, genre, sort, st

ompassionate, leni

, fire, ignite, inc

kindling, incit

y, a.

ence, kindliness, graciousness, clemency, c

p; relatives, relations

ted, congenial,

pl. cow

ciated words: regicide royalty, regnal, regnant, regn

dominion, sovereig

ereign, august, majestic, grand. Antonyms

evil. s

arl, become

glement, twist; crotchet, w

led, knotted; crotchety

, n. re

v. osc

n, buss, smack; pa

lation.--a. oscu

(back kitchen); galley (Nautical). Assoc

. acqua

k, kickshaws, gewgaw, bauble; skill, readiness, aptitu

t, gnarl, kna

arled, knurly, gnarly,

n, rascal, scamp

ality, scoundrelism, chica

rincipled, rasc

, genuflection, ham, hock, gonitis,

smallclothes,

n. patell

desk. p

. pl. ma

. pl. knee breech

gewgaw, bauble, trinket,

, barong, sword, billhook, saber; scalpel, lancet, bistoury; jackknife, pen-knife, pocket-knife. Associated words: cutler, c

rms; champion, part

ivalry. Associate

. chivalrou

lump, tubercle, knop, stud,

bump; strike, beat.-

loq.) wander abou

fell, floo

ee, n.

yield, subm

. hilloc

n. See

cluster, group, band, bevy, gang, company; joint, node,

snarl. Antonyms: disen

gy, gnarled, gnarly; snar

ed, crossgrained; intrica

e, intelligible, recognizable. Antonyms: unknowabl

Colloq.) wise

wise, clever; expressive, significan

y, wittingly, designedly, sagely, purpose

, apprehension, cognition, understanding, ken; omniscience (universal knowledge); prescience (forekno

e bone

oq.) submit to, y

camera (