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There are many words in English language which can be perfectly used for a number of words. These words help in expressing ideas in a short and correct manner for the right occasion. Such words not only enhance the vocabulary but also enable you to economise in the use of words to a great extent. Try to learn as many as you can. Related to Numbers - A collection of poems - anthology - A number of merchant ships protected by warships (in war-time) - convoy - A number of stars grouped together - constellation - A number of hired applauders, i.e. persons paid to clap - claque - A number of people at church - congregation - A number of people gathered together for some common purpose - gathering, assembly, society - A group of people who get together to work for some cause of common interest - coterie - A number of workmen, prisoners, thieves - gang - A number of sheep - flock - A number of geese - gaggle - A number of leopards - leap - A number of lions, monkeys - pride, troop - A number of herrings, mackerel - shoal - A number of fish taken in a net - catch, haul - A number of whales, porpoises - school, gam - A number of oxen or horses (two or more) harnessed together - team - A number of ships, cars, buses - fleet Related to Places - A place where bees are kept - apiary - A place where birds are kept - aviary - A place where fishes are kept - aquarium - A dwelling-place of an animal underground - burrow - A squirrel's home - drey - A nest of a bird of prey - eyrie, aerie - A place where spirituous liquors are produced - distillery - A place where clothes are washed and ironed - laundry - A place where Government records are kept - archives - A place where treasures of art, curiosities, etc. are preserved or exhibited - museum - A place where fruit trees are grown - orchard Related to the Literary Sphere - A work whose writer is unknown - anonymous - A record of one's life written by oneself - autobiography - The history of the life of a person - biography - The heading or short description of a newspaper article, chapter of a book etc. - caption - A humorous play, having a happy ending - comedy - A list of books in a library - catalogue, bibliography - A book in which the events of each day are recorded - diary - A books containing the words of a language with their definitions, in alphabetical order - dictionary - A book of names and addresses - directory - A short speech by a player at the end of a play - epilogue - A brief summary of a book - epitome - A book containing information on all branches of knowledge - encyclopedia - To remove the offensive portions of a book - expurgate - A speech delivered without earlier preparation - extempore - A noisy or vehement speech intended to excite passions - harangue - A written account, usually in book form of the interesting and memorable experiences of one's life - memoirs - A note to help the memory - memorandum - A declaration of plans and promises put forward by a candidate for election, political party or a sovereign - manifesto - A short speech by a player at the beginning of a play - prologue - Literary theft, or passing off an author's original work as one's own - plagiarism - Speaking aloud to oneself - soliloquy - A play with a sad or tragic end - tragedy Related to Religion - One who believes that man can have no knowledge of God but only of natural phenomena - agnostic - One who renounces his religious vows or forsakes his religious principles - apostate - One who does not believe in existence of God - atheist - One intolerantly devoted to a particular creed - bigot - To utter profane language against God or anything holy - blaspheme - A breaker of church images - iconoclast - Worship of images or idols - idiolatory - One who believes in God - theist - One who believes in only one God - monotheist - One who believes in many Gods - polytheist Related to Government - To give up a throne or other office of dignity - abdicate - Absence of government - anarchy - Government by Sovereign of uncontrolled authority - autocracy, despotism - Government by departments of states - bureaucracy - Government of the people, for the people and by the people - democracy - Government by the nobility - aristocracy - The right of self-government - autonomy - Government by a few - oligarchy - Government by the wealthy - plutocracy - Government by divine guidance - theocracy - To decide a political question by the direct vote of the whole electorate - referendum - Sweeping governmental change - revolution - The science of government - politics Related to Professions - One who attends to the diseases of the eye - oculist - One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles - optician - One who attends to the teeth - dentist - One skilled in the care of hands and feet - chiropodist - A physician who assists women at child-birth - obstetrician - One who drives a motorcar - chauffeur - One who makes or sells candles - chandler - One who preserves the skins of animals and mounts them so as to resemble the living animals - taxidermist - One who compiles a dictionary - lexicographer - One who writes books - author - One skilled in the treatment of diseases of animals - veterinarian - A tradesman who manages funerals - undertaker - One who draws up contracts and lends money on interest - scrivener - One who lends money and keeps goods as security - pawnbroker - A teacher who travels from place to place to give instruction. - peripatetic - One who travels from place to place selling miscellaneous articles - hawker, pedlar - One who collects postage stamps - philatelist - One who lends money at exorbitant interest - usurer - One who takes care of a building - janitor - One who sells sweets and pastries - confectioner - One who works in a coalmine - collier - One who flies an aeroplane - pilot, aviator - One who studies rocks and soils - geologist - One who shoes horses - farrier - A professional rider in horses races - jockey - One who deals in silks, cotton, woollen, and linen goods - mercer - One who deals in wines - vintner - One who deals in fish - fishmonger - One who deals in iron and hardware - ironmonger - One who sells fruits, vegetables, etc. from a barrow - costermonger - One who sets type in a printing office - compositor Related to Medicine - A substance which destroys or weakens germs antiseptic - Any medicine which produces insensibility anaesthetic - A medicine to counteract poison antidote - Want or poorness of blood anaemia - A medicine which alleviates pain anodyne - To cut off a person's body a part which is infected amputate - One who is recovering from illness convalescent - To be able to tell the nature of disease by its symptoms diagnose - A disease affecting many persons at the same place and time epidemic - A disease confined to a particular district or place endemic - To disinfect by smoke fumigate - Free or exempt from infection immune - A person who is sick invalid - A cure for all diseases panacea - A disease widely epidemic pandemic - Confinement to one place to avoid spread of infection quarantine Related to Characteristics and Actions - One who devotes his life to the welfare and interests of other people - altruist - One who can use both hands with equal ease - ambidexterous - One who fishes with a rod - angler - One who kills secretly or by surprise - assassin - A person who collects things belonging to ancient times - antiquary - One who is always finding faults - censorious - One living at the same time as another - contemporary - One who sneers at the aims and beliefs of his fellowmen - cynic - One who delights in speaking about oneself - egotist - One who exalts his own opinion - egoist - One who dies for a noble cause - martyr - One who retires from society to live a solitary life - recluse, hermit - One who maliciously sets fire to buildings - incendiary - One who is banished from his home or his country - exile - One who takes refuge in a foreign country - refugee, alien - One who runs away from justice or the law - fugitive - One who walks in his sleep - somnambulist - One who looks on the bright side of things - optimist - One who looks on the dark side of things - pessimist - A hater of mankind - misanthropist - One who knows everything - omniscient - One who is all powerful - omnipotent - One who is present everywhere - omnipresent - One who devotes his service or wealth for the love of mankind - philanthropist - One new to anything - novice, tyro, neophyte - One who engages in any pursuit for the love of it, and not for gain - amateur - One who journeys to a holy place - pilgrim - A leader of the people who can sway his followers by his oratory - demagogue - One who has special skill in judging art, music, tastes, etc. - connoisseur - One whose reasoning is clever yet false - sophist - One who makes a display of his learning - pedant - One who is indifferent to pain or pleasure - stoic - One who loves his country and serves it devotedly - patriot - One devoted to the pleasures of eating and drinking - epicure - One who poses to be what he is not - hypocrite, impostor - One who foretells events - prophet - One who pretends to know a great deal about everything - mountebank, charlatan, quack - One versed in many languages - linguist - One who cannot pay one's debts - insolvent - One who takes over after another in office or employment - successor - One who has been before another in office or employment - predecessor - One who is opposed to intellectual progress - obscurant - One who abstains from alcoholic drinks - teetotaller - One who hides away on a ship to obtain a free passage - stowaway - One who spends very little - miser - One who spends too much - spendthrift Related to War - An unprovoked attack by an enemy - aggression - Shells, bombs, military stores - ammunition - A place where naval or military weapons are made or stored - ordinance - An agreement between belligerents to stop fighting - armistice - A general pardon of offenders - amnesty - To reduce to nothing - annihilate - Nations carrying on warfare - belligerents - To surround a place with the intention of capturing - besiege - To camp in the open air without tents or covering - bivouac - To seize for military use - commandeer - A person who is forced by law to become a soldier - conscript - An order prohibiting ships to leave the ports - embargo - A number of firearms being discharged continuously - fusillade - To make an examination or preliminary survey of enemy territory - reconnoitre for military objectives Related to Marriage and Children - One who marries a second wife or husband while the legal spouse is alive - bigamist - One vowed to a single or unmarried life - celibate - One engaged to be married - fiancé, fiancee - A child whose parents are dead - orphan - A hater of marriage - misogamist - One who has more than two wives at a time - polygamist Related to Death - Dead and decaying flesh (esp. of animals) - carrion - A monument set up for persons who are buried elsewhere - cenotaph - To preserve a dead body from putrefaction - embalm - Words inscribed on a tomb - epitaph - An examination of dead body - postmortem, autopsy - An account in the newspaper of the funeral of one deceased - obituary - The property left to someone by a will - legacy - Occurring after death - posthumous - The act of killing a human being - homicide - Murder of a new born child - infanticide - Murder of a brother - fratricide - Murder of a sister - sororicide - Murder of a mother - matricide - Murder of a father - patricide - Murder of a parent - parricide - Murder of a king - regicide Related to Sciences and Arts - The study of all heavenly bodies and the earth in relation to them - astronomy - The science of land management - agronomics - The study of mankind - anthropology - The study of physical life or living matter - biology - The study of plants - botany - The art of beautiful handwriting - calligraphy - The science which deals with the varieties of human race - ethnology - The study of the origin and history of words - etymology - The study of coins - numismatics - The study of human face - physiognomy - The art of making fireworks - pyrotechnics - The study of birds - ornithology - The study of languages - philology - At home equally on land or in water - amphibious - The inside of a nut - kernel - The central or innermost part of fruit - core - The animals of a certain region - fauna - The plants and vegetation of a certain region - flora - Absence of rain for a long time - drought - To supply land with water by artificial means - irrigate - One who studies plant and animal life - naturalist - A cud-chewing animal, e.g. the cow - ruminant - A gnawing animal, e.g. the rat - rodent - A four-footed animal - quadruped - Animals which carry their young in a pouch, e.g. kangaroo - marsupials - Soil composed largely of decayed vegetable matter - humus - A preparation for killing insects - insecticide - A plant or animal growing on another - parasite - Living for many years - perennial Miscellaneous - Loud enough to be heard - audible - Not distinct enough to be heard - inaudible - Fit for food - edible - Unfit for human consumption - inedible - Fit to be chosen or selected - eligible - Not having the qualities for being chosen - ineligible - Writing that is easy to read - legible - Writing that is difficult to decipher - illegible - Able to read - literate - Unable to read - illiterate - Born of married parents - legitimate - Born of unmarried parents - illegitimate - To send back a person to his own country - repatriate - To banish from one's country - expatriate - To move from one country to another - migrate - One who leaves his country to settle in another - emigrant - One who comes into a foreign country to settle there - immigrant - Incapable of being redeemed from evil, i.e. beyond correction - incorrigible - That which cannot be rubbed out or blotted out - ineffaceable, indelible - That which cannot be conquered - invincible - Incapable of making errors - infallible - That which cannot be avoided or prevented - inevitable - Incapable of being burnt - incombustible - That which easily catches fire - inflammable, flammable - That which cannot be seen - invisible - Living for ever - immortal - Increase the gravity of an offence - aggravate - Ordinary or commonplace remark - platitude - That which cannot be satisfied - insatiable - That which cannot be repaired - irreparable - That which cannot be imitated - inimitable - Persons (or efforts) that cannot be wearied - indefatigable - One who eats too much - glutton - To destroy completely - annihilate - A statement open to more than one interpretation - ambiguous - A round about way of speaking - circumlocution - Cautious observation of events, etc. - circumspection - That which cannot be hurt - invulnerable
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