Crossword Helper

-- 1. surfeit, cloy -- supply or feed to surfeit

-- 1. scry -- divine by gazing into crystals

-- 1. pray -- address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer; "pray to the Lord"

-- 1. obey -- be obedient to

-- 1. murder, slay, hit, dispatch1, bump_off, off, polish_off, remove1 -- kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

-- 1. flay -- strip the skin off

-- 1. descry, spot, espy, spy -- catch sight of

-- 1. deny -- declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"

-- 1. defy, withstand, hold8, hold_up2 -- resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"

-- 1. count2, bet, depend, swear10, rely11, bank2, look2, calculate5, reckon5 -- have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"

-- 1. change2, alter, vary1 -- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"

-- 1. busy, occupy -- keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"

-- 1. bury -- cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"

-- 1. alter, neuter, spay, castrate2 -- remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"

-- 1. zany -- a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect

-- 1. whey, milk_whey -- the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese

-- 1. Urey, Harold_Urey, Harold_Clayton_Urey -- United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981)

-- 1. troy, troy_weight -- a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains

-- 1. tray -- an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food

-- 1. transcript, copy -- a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

-- 1. Tory1 -- an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution

-- 1. tody -- tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill

-- 1. toby, toby_jug, toby_fillpot_jug -- a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat

-- 1. tidy -- receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)

-- 1. three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce1, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace -- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

-- 1. sway -- controlling influence

-- 1. stay -- continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"

-- 1. ruby -- a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

-- 1. quay -- wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline

-- 1. pyxie, pixie, pixy, Pyxidanthera_barbulata -- creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas

-- 1. prey, quarry, target, fair_game -- a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"

-- 1. pony2 -- a range horse of the western United States

-- 1. play1, drama1, dramatic_play -- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"

-- 1. Orly -- a southeastern suburb of Paris; site of an international airport serving Paris

-- 1. orgy1, binge1, splurge -- any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending"

-- 1. O.K., OK, okay, okey, okeh -- an endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"

-- 1. O.K., OK, okay, okey, okeh -- an endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"

-- 1. navy, naval_forces -- an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare

-- 1. Min, Min_dialect, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Amoy, Taiwanese -- any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province

-- 1. Mary, Virgin_Mary, The_Virgin, Blessed_Virgin, Madonna -- the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

-- 1. Lyly, John_Lyly -- English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606)

-- 1. Lucy -- incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974

-- 1. lory -- small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits

-- 1. Livy, Titus_Livius -- Roman historian whose history of Rome filled 142 volumes (of which only 35 survive) including the earliest history of the war with Hannibal (59 BC to AD 17)

-- 1. lily -- any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers

-- 1. levy -- a charge imposed and collected

-- 1. lady2 -- a polite name for any woman; "a nice lady at the library helped me"

-- 1. jury -- a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law

-- 1. July -- the month following June and preceding August

-- 1. jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey -- a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

-- 1. Ivry, battle_of_Ivry, Ivry_la_Bataille -- a battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne

-- 1. hyrax, coney3, cony3, dassie, das -- any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

-- 1. holy_place, sanctum1, holy -- a sacred place of pilgrimage

-- 1. Grey2, Zane_Grey -- United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)

-- 1. gray, grayness, grey, greyness -- a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

-- 1. goby, gudgeon2 -- small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker

-- 1. Gary -- a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production

-- 1. gambit, ploy -- an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

-- 1. fury, rage, madness -- a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"

-- 1. Frey, Freyr -- (Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir

-- 1. envy, enviousness -- a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another

-- 1. Emmy -- an annual award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in television

-- 1. Edwy, Eadwig -- King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959)

-- 1. Eddy, Mary_Baker_Eddy, Mary_Morse_Baker_Eddy -- founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)

-- 1. duty, responsibility, obligation -- the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr

-- 1. Dufy, Raoul_Dufy -- French painter noted for brightly colored scenes (1877-1953)

-- 1. drey -- the nest of a squirrel

-- 1. dray, camion1 -- a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage

-- 1. dogie, dogy, leppy -- motherless calf in a range herd of cattle

-- 1. dodo, fogy, fogey, fossil -- someone whose style is out of fashion

-- 1. dinghy, dory, rowboat -- a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled

-- 1. Davy, Humphrey_Davy, Sir_Humphrey_Davy -- English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)

-- 1. cosy, tea_cosy, cozy, tea_cozy -- a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm

-- 1. cosy, tea_cosy, cozy, tea_cozy -- a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm

-- 1. concubine, courtesan1, doxy, paramour -- a woman who cohabits with an important man

-- 1. commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos -- a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"

-- 1. Cody, William_F._Cody, William_Frederick_Cody, Buffalo_Bill, Buffalo_Bill_Cody -- United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917)

-- 1. clay -- a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired

-- 1. city, metropolis, urban_center -- a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city"

-- 1. chaise, shay -- a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse

-- 1. cavy -- short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent

-- 1. buoy -- bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards

-- 1. bray -- the cry of an ass

-- 1. bouquet, corsage, posy, nosegay -- an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present

-- 1. bogy, bogie, bogey -- an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft

-- 1. body, organic_structure -- the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"

-- 1. bevy1 -- a large gathering of people of a particular type; "he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire"; "a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him"

-- 1. baby, babe, infant -- a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"

-- 1. army, regular_army, ground_forces -- a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

-- 1. ally -- a friendly nation

-- 1. alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse -- a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

-- 1. affray1, disturbance1, fray, ruffle -- a noisy fight

-- 1. aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry -- the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)

-- 1. aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry -- the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)

-- 1. idly, lazily1 -- in an idle manner; "this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people"

-- 1. competently, aptly, ably, capably -- with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently"

-- 1. appropriately, suitably, fittingly, befittingly, fitly, properly2, duly1 -- in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances; "he was appropriately dressed"; "If you don't behave properly, you'll have to leave!"; "I met the junior senator from Illinois and I was duly impressed"

-- 1. winy, winey -- having the taste of wine; "a rich winy taste"

-- 1. waxen, waxy -- made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy"

-- 1. wavy -- (of hair) having waves; "she had long wavy hair"

-- 1. wary -- marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; "they were wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers"

-- 1. very -- precisely as stated; "the very center of town"

-- 1. ugly -- displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"

-- 1. stringy, wiry -- lean and sinewy

-- 1. sexy -- marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes"

-- 1. scraggy, scraggly, boney, bony, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy -- being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"; "pale bony hands"

-- 1. ruly -- neat and tidy; "a small ruly beard"

-- 1. rose-colored, rosy -- reflecting optimism; "a rosy future"; "looked at the world through rose-colored glasses"

-- 1. ropy, ropey -- of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong

-- 1. puny -- inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses"

-- 1. oozing, oozy, seeping -- leaking out slowly

-- 1. nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy -- offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day"

-- 1. nary -- (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'; "heard nary a sound"

-- 1. many -- a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number; "many temptations"; "the temptations are many"; "a good many"; "a great many"; "many directions"; "take as many apples as you like"; "too many clouds to see"; "never saw so many people"

-- 1. lone, lonesome, only, sole, solitary -- being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky"

-- 1. lively, racy -- full of zest or vigor; "a racy literary style"

-- 1. lazy -- moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace"

-- 1. lacy, lacelike -- made of or resembling lace; "a lacy gown"; "a lacy leaf"

-- 1. labyrinthine, labyrinthian, mazy -- resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths"

-- 1. ink-black, inky, inky-black -- of the color of black ink

-- 1. icky, crappy, lousy, rotten3, shitty, stinking, stinky -- very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"

-- 1. homelike, homely, homey, homy -- having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable; "the homely everyday atmosphere"; "a homey little inn"

-- 1. greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous -- containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"

-- 1. frosty2, rimed, rimy -- covered with frost; "a frosty glass"; "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner

-- 1. eerie, eery -- inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening; "an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods"; "an eerie midnight howl"

-- 1. edgy, high-strung, highly_strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight -- being in a tense state

-- 1. easy1 -- posing no difficulty; requiring little effort; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma"

-- 1. drowsy, drowsing, dozy -- half asleep; "made drowsy by the long ride"; "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor"; "a tired dozy child"; "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair"

-- 1. dazed, foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous -- stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)

-- 1. crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily -- marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

-- 1. crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily -- marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

-- 1. chancy, fluky, flukey, iffy -- subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition"

-- 1. cagey, cagy, canny, clever -- showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"

-- 1. brumous, foggy, hazy, misty -- filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning"

-- 1. boxlike, boxy, box-shaped -- resembling a box in rectangularity

-- 1. boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged -- (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"

-- 1. blue, gamy, gamey, juicy1, naughty, racy, risque, spicy -- suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"

-- 1. bloodstained, gory1 -- covered with blood; "a bloodstained shirt"; "a gory dagger"

-- 1. bedewed, dewy -- wet with dew

-- 1. bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck -- very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

-- 1. awned, awny -- having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses; "awned wheatgrass"

-- 1. away -- not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"

-- 1. askew, awry, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff -- turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

-- 1. ash-grey, ash-gray, ashy -- of a light grey

-- 1. arty -- showily imitative of art or artists

-- 1. anserine, dopy1, dopey1, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky -- having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"

-- 1. aired, airy -- open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms"

-- 1. agile, nimble, quick, spry -- moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"

-- 1. aching, achy -- causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her old achy joints"