n. a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"

n. relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"

n. position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"

v. take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon"

v. take precedence or surpass others in rank

v. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

adj. of education beyond the secondary level; "higher education"; "higher learning"

adj. advanced in complexity or elaboration; "higher finance"; "higher mathematics"

adj. having a strong unpleasant smell

adj. abounding with or resembling weeds; "a weedy path"; "weedy plants that take over a garden"

adj. characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"

adj. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"

adj. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

n. a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other

n. a line of people or vehicles waiting for something

n. a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights

n. a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"

n. a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle

n. (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?"

n. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt

n. status established in order of importance or urgency; "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle"

n. high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"

n. higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service

n. the state of being held in high esteem and honor

n. a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.; "he wanted to achieve power and prestige"

n. (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot

n. the status of being a champion; "he held the title for two years"

n. proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"

n. a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"

n. higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service

n. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt

n. relative position in a graded series; "always a step behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with the fashions"

n. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"

n. the status of being a champion; "he held the title for two years"

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

v. organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws"

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

v. feel admiration for

v. bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"

v. regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"

v. issue a decree; "The King only can decree"

v. announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"

v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

adj. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"

adj. driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies"

adj. offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"

adj. designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"- Margaret Mead

adj. designed to arouse lust; "pornographic films and magazines"

adj. excessively abundant

adj. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"

adj. of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

adj. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

adj. 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"

adj. offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance

adj. disagreeable to the sense

adj. unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"

adj. far exceeding the normal: "a glaring error"; "gross inefficiency"

adj. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

adj. having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"

adj. thorough; "had a good workout"; "gave the house a good cleaning"

adj. bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"

adj. feeling no shame; "a shameless imposter"; "an unblushing apologist for fascism"

adj. extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves"

adj. open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"

adj. recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"

adj. without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion"

adj. not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"

adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"

adj. conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"

adj. widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"

adj. not embarrassed; "a tinseled charm and unabashed sentimentality"- Jerome Stone; "an unembarrassed greeting as if nothing untoward had happened"

adj. invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"

adj. not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"

adj. without reservation or exception

adj. far exceeding the normal: "a glaring error"; "gross inefficiency"

adj. constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact"

adj. having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"

adj. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"

adj. having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"

adj. thorough; "had a good workout"; "gave the house a good cleaning"

adj. unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"

adj. furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life"

adj. free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes"

adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people

adj. providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"

adj. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"

adj. thorough; "a sound thrashing"

adj. financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"

adj. not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial"

adj. including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"

adj. including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"

adj. not mixed with impurities; "unadulterated maple syrup"

adj. without reservation or exception

adj. sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy

adj. perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance"

v. group with

adj. at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill; "an advanced degree"; "an advanced text in physics"; "special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University"

adj. being at a peak or culminating point; "broad day"; "full summer"

adj. consisting of or causing a climax; "a climactic development"

adj. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"

adj. highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"

adj. overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks"

adj. of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses"

adj. more than usual: "high risks"; "high winds"; "great expectations"; "great worry"

adj. advanced in complexity or elaboration; "higher finance"; "higher mathematics"

adj. ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual; "soaring prices"

adj. at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill; "an advanced degree"; "an advanced text in physics"; "special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University"

adj. being at a peak or culminating point; "broad day"; "full summer"

adj. consisting of or causing a climax; "a climactic development"

adj. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"

adj. highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"

adj. overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks"

adj. of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses"

adj. more than usual: "high risks"; "high winds"; "great expectations"; "great worry"

adj. of education beyond the secondary level; "higher education"; "higher learning"

adj. ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual; "soaring prices"

adj. smelling of onions or garlic

adj. smelling like bilge water

adj. offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

adj. stale and unclean smelling

adj. (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

adj. of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution

adj. (British informal) malodorous

adj. emitting an odor; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack"

adj. giving off a strong unpleasant smell

adj. smelling of fermentation or staleness

adj. producing or bearing berries

adj. producing in abundance; "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil"

adj. marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"

adj. producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs"

adj. bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"

adj. characterized by abundance of verdure

adj. humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language"

adj. having lewd thoughts

adj. using foul or obscene language; "noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once"

adj. suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"

adj. dealing with salacious or indecent material; "a scabrous novel"

adj. dealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions; "scatological literature"

adj. offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

adj. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"

adj. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"

adj. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

adj. causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

adj. suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details"

adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

adj. causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"

adj. dirty and disgusting; "worry about the gossip and secretiveness and other scrimy sides"- Al Hine

adj. of the nature of vermin; very offensive or repulsive

adj. incorrigible; "a bodacious gossip"

adj. not lessened or diminished; "unrelieved suffering"

adj. (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers; "good clean fun"; "a clean joke"

adj. conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana