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oewn-00251349-s | daredevil | a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff | presumptuously daring |
oewn-00251605-s | foolhardy | foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker | marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences |
oewn-00251605-s | reckless | a reckless driver | marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences |
oewn-00251605-s | rash | a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest | marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences |
oewn-00252000-s | heroic | the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy | having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes |
oewn-00252000-s | heroic | heroic explorers | having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes |
oewn-00252239-s | nervy | the nervy feats of mountaineers | showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger |
oewn-00252395-s | vaulting | vaulting ambition | revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights |
oewn-00252547-s | overvaliant | a foolish overvaliant act | having or showing undue valor or boldness |
oewn-00253176-s | coy | like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled | modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures |
oewn-00253364-s | timorous | timorous little mouse | timid by nature or revealing timidity |
oewn-00253364-s | timorous | in a timorous tone | timid by nature or revealing timidity |
oewn-00253364-s | fearful | cast fearful glances at the large dog | timid by nature or revealing timidity |
oewn-00253820-a | bound | bound and gagged hostages | confined by bonds |
oewn-00254062-s | chained | enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones | bound with chains |
oewn-00254062-s | enchained | enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones | bound with chains |
oewn-00254062-s | in chains | prisoners in chains | bound with chains |
oewn-00254335-s | furled | furled sails bound securely to the spar | rolled up and secured |
oewn-00254335-s | furled | a furled flag | rolled up and secured |
oewn-00254335-s | rolled | his rolled umbrella hanging on his arm | rolled up and secured |
oewn-00254735-s | trussed | the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied | bound or secured closely |
oewn-00254735-s | tied | the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied | bound or secured closely |
oewn-00254735-s | trussed | a trussed chicken | bound or secured closely |
oewn-00254912-s | wired | wired bundles of newspapers | tied or bound with wire |
oewn-00255382-a | laced | snugly laced shoes | closed with a lace |
oewn-00255612-a | tied | a neatly tied bundle | fastened with strings or cords |
oewn-00255746-s | knotted | his carefully knotted necktie | tied with a knot |
oewn-00255923-a | tangled | pushed back her tangled hair | in a confused mass |
oewn-00255923-a | tangled | the tangled ropes | in a confused mass |
oewn-00256174-s | afoul | with its sails afoul | especially of a ship's lines etc |
oewn-00256174-s | foul | with its sails afoul | especially of a ship's lines etc |
oewn-00256174-s | foul | a foul anchor | especially of a ship's lines etc |
oewn-00256319-s | enmeshed | enmeshed in financial difficulties | caught as if in a mesh |
oewn-00256448-s | entangled | toiled through entangled growths of mesquite | twisted together in a tangled mass |
oewn-00256586-s | snarled | snarled thread | tangled in knots or snarls |
oewn-00256784-s | matted | tried to push through the matted undergrowth | tangled in a dense mass |
oewn-00257502-a | bound | bound volumes | secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form |
oewn-00257502-a | bound | leather-bound volumes | secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form |
oewn-00257749-s | brassbound | a brassbound campaign chest | having trim or fittings of brass |
oewn-00257749-s | brassbound | the heavy brassbound door | having trim or fittings of brass |
oewn-00258328-a | unbound | an unbound book | not secured within a cover |
oewn-00258445-s | looseleaf | a looseleaf notebook | being or having leaves that can be easily removed or rearranged |
oewn-00258956-s | boxed | boxed sections of the report | enclosed in or set off by a border or box |
oewn-00258956-s | boxed | boxed announcements in the newspaper | enclosed in or set off by a border or box |
oewn-00259277-s | edged | a black-edged card | having a specified kind of border or edge |
oewn-00259277-s | edged | rough-edged leaves | having a specified kind of border or edge |
oewn-00259277-s | edged | dried sweat left salt-edged patches | having a specified kind of border or edge |
oewn-00261646-s | bourgeois | a bourgeois mentality | conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class |
oewn-00262352-s | quality | people of quality | of high social status |
oewn-00262352-s | quality | a quality family | of high social status |
oewn-00262874-s | wellborn | a rich and wellborn husband | of good or upper-class lineage |
oewn-00263658-a | courageous | set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory | possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching |
oewn-00264329-s | desperate | made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber | showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort |
oewn-00264329-s | heroic | they took heroic measures to save his life | showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort |
oewn-00264706-s | gallant | a gallant warrior | unflinching in battle or action |
oewn-00264706-s | gallant | put up a gallant resistance to the attackers | unflinching in battle or action |
oewn-00265128-s | stalwart | a stalwart knight | used especially of persons |
oewn-00265128-s | stouthearted | a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army | used especially of persons |
oewn-00265325-s | undaunted | undaunted in the face of death | resolutely courageous |
oewn-00265436-s | valiant | a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack | having or showing valor |
oewn-00265436-s | valiant | a valiant soldier | having or showing valor |
oewn-00266362-s | craven | the craven fellow turned and ran | lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful |
oewn-00266362-s | craven | a craven proposal to raise the white flag | lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful |
oewn-00266855-s | faint | faint heart ne'er won fair lady | lacking conviction or boldness or courage |
oewn-00267500-a | gutsy | you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do | marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited |
oewn-00267500-a | gutsy | a gutsy red wine | marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited |
oewn-00267851-a | gutless | he was a yellow gutless worm | lacking courage or vitality |
oewn-00268318-a | breathing | the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs | passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination |
oewn-00268318-a | breathing | the heavy-breathing person on the telephone | passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination |
oewn-00268737-a | breathless | breathless at thought of what I had done | not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty |
oewn-00268737-a | breathless | breathless from running | not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty |
oewn-00268737-a | breathless | followed the match with breathless interest | not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty |
oewn-00269139-s | asphyxiating | asphyxiating gasses | tending to deprive of oxygen |
oewn-00269249-s | choking | the choking June dust | causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat |
oewn-00269249-s | smothering | the smothering soft voices | causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat |
oewn-00269249-s | smothering | smothering heat | causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat |
oewn-00269249-s | suffocating | the room was suffocating--hot and airless | causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat |
oewn-00269735-a | crystalline | granite is crystalline | consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals |
oewn-00269929-s | crystallized | quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized | having both internal structure and external form of a crystal |
oewn-00270230-s | polycrystalline | polycrystalline metals | composed of aggregates of crystals |
oewn-00270446-s | amorphous | an amorphous mineral | without real or apparent crystalline form |
oewn-00270446-s | amorphous | amorphous structure | without real or apparent crystalline form |
oewn-00270624-a | landed | the landed gentry | owning or consisting of land or real estate |
oewn-00270624-a | landed | landed property | owning or consisting of land or real estate |
oewn-00270760-a | landless | the landless peasantry | owning no land |
oewn-00270855-a | light | a room that is light when the shutters are open | characterized by or emitting light |
oewn-00270855-a | light | the inside of the house was airy and light | characterized by or emitting light |
oewn-00271362-s | ablaze | streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees | lighted with red light as if with flames |
oewn-00271362-s | inflamed | the inflamed clouds at sunset | lighted with red light as if with flames |
oewn-00271362-s | reddened | reddened faces around the campfire | lighted with red light as if with flames |
oewn-00271722-s | bioluminescent | fireflies are bioluminescent | (of living organisms) emitting light |
oewn-00271888-s | bright | the room was bright and airy | having lots of light either natural or artificial |
oewn-00271888-s | bright | a stage bright with spotlights | having lots of light either natural or artificial |
oewn-00272154-s | floodlit | the floodlit courtyard | illuminated by means of floodlights |
oewn-00272446-s | illuminated | illuminated advertising | provided with artificial light |
oewn-00272446-s | lighted | looked up at the lighted windows | provided with artificial light |
oewn-00272446-s | lit | a brightly lit room | provided with artificial light |
oewn-00272446-s | lighted | a well-lighted stairwell | provided with artificial light |
oewn-00272679-s | incandescent | an incandescent bulb | emitting light as a result of being heated |
oewn-00272832-s | lamplit | our lamplit mountain retreat | lighted by a lamp |