n. a shelter from danger or hardship

n. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

adj. afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

adj. very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"

n. an area where you can be alone

n. a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

n. an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

n. a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

n. a place where a craft can be made fast

n. a safe place; "He ran to safety"

n. a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

n. area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing

n. a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

n. a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)

n. a sacred place of pilgrimage

n. a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person

n. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated

n. a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"

n. the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

n. a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games); "take me out to the ballpark"

n. a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"

n. place for vessels to anchor

n. a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

n. landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out; "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late"

n. structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods

n. a landing built out into the water

n. a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

n. covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container); "he removed the top of the carton"; "he couldn't get the top off of the bottle"; "put the cover back on the kettle"

n. protective covering that provides protection from the weather

n. an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly"

n. a health facility where patients receive treatment

n. a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment

adj. not marked by the use of reason; "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"

adj. affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"

adj. not prudent or wise; "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"; "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger

adj. characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia"

adj. not consistent with or using reason; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals"

adj. guided by whim and fancy; "flighty young girls"

adj. guided by whim and fancy; "flighty young girls"

adj. (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment

adj. not consistent with or using reason; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals"

adj. not reasonable; not showing good judgment

adj. incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"

adj. devoid of intelligence

adj. showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom; "an unwise investor is soon impoverished"

adj. poorly conceived or thought out; "an ill-conceived plan to take over the company"

adj. lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for"- Glenway Westcott

adj. mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane"

adj. showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"