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oewn-00137425-a | due | payment is due | owed and payable immediately or on demand |
oewn-00137678-s | callable | callable bonds | subject to a demand for payment before due date |
oewn-00137816-s | collect | a collect call | payable by the recipient on delivery |
oewn-00137816-s | collect | the letter came collect | payable by the recipient on delivery |
oewn-00138209-s | overdue | an overdue installment | past due; not paid at the scheduled time |
oewn-00138209-s | delinquent | a delinquent account | past due; not paid at the scheduled time |
oewn-00138366-s | receivable | accounts receivable | awaiting payment |
oewn-00138462-s | on time | we were short of cash, so we purchased our refrigerator on time | payable in installments within a designated period of time |
oewn-00138769-s | repayable | business loans are usually repayable in regular installments | subject to repayment |
oewn-00138909-a | undue | an undue loan | not yet payable |
oewn-00139211-a | undue | undue influence | not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances |
oewn-00139211-a | undue | I didn't want to show undue excitement | not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances |
oewn-00139211-a | undue | accused of using undue force | not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances |
oewn-00139582-s | apposite | the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images | being of striking appropriateness and pertinence |
oewn-00139582-s | apt | an apt reply | being of striking appropriateness and pertinence |
oewn-00140180-a | a priori | an a priori judgment | involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact |
oewn-00140394-a | a posteriori | a posteriori demonstration | involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes |
oewn-00141501-a | arbitrable | an arbitrable wage and health benefits policy | appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration |
oewn-00141501-a | arbitrable | an arbitrable dispute | appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration |
oewn-00141810-a | columned | a columned portico | having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form) |
oewn-00141810-a | columned | trees with columned trunks | having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form) |
oewn-00141810-a | columned | white-columned houses | having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form) |
oewn-00142257-s | columnar | columnar construction | characterized by columns |
oewn-00142379-s | columniform | trees with columniform trunks | having the form of a column |
oewn-00142379-s | columnar | columnar forms | having the form of a column |
oewn-00142379-s | columnlike | a columnlike tree trunk | having the form of a column |
oewn-00142697-s | pillared | the pillared portico | having pillars |
oewn-00143086-a | arboreal | arboreal apes | inhabiting or frequenting trees |
oewn-00143308-a | arenaceous | arenaceous limestone | resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas |
oewn-00143308-a | arenaceous | arenaceous grasses | resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas |
oewn-00143538-a | argillaceous | argillaceous rocks | resembling or containing clay |
oewn-00143675-a | armed | armed robbery | (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms |
oewn-00144185-a | unarmed | went alone and unarmed | (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms |
oewn-00144185-a | unarmed | unarmed peasants were shot down | (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms |
oewn-00144185-a | unarmed | unarmed vehicles | (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms |
oewn-00144469-s | barehanded | fought barehanded | with bare hands |
oewn-00145370-s | bulletproof | bulletproof glass | not penetrable by bullets |
oewn-00145370-s | bulletproof | bulletproof vest | not penetrable by bullets |
oewn-00146351-s | bristly | a horse with a short bristly mane | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. |
oewn-00146351-s | bristly | bristly shrubs | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. |
oewn-00146351-s | burred | burred fruits | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. |
oewn-00146351-s | setaceous | setaceous whiskers | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. |
oewn-00146974-s | brushlike | brushlike blue blooms | resembling a brush |
oewn-00147478-a | armed | the many-armed goddess Shiva | having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination |
oewn-00148054-a | armless | the armless Venus de Milo | having no arms |
oewn-00149002-a | artful | the artful dodger | marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft |
oewn-00149002-a | artful | an artful choice of metaphors | marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft |
oewn-00149346-s | cunning | cunning men often pass for wise | marked by skill in deception |
oewn-00149346-s | foxy | a foxy scheme | marked by skill in deception |
oewn-00149346-s | slick | a slick evasive answer | marked by skill in deception |
oewn-00149346-s | sly | sly as a fox | marked by skill in deception |
oewn-00149346-s | tricky | tricky Dick | marked by skill in deception |
oewn-00149346-s | wily | a wily old attorney | marked by skill in deception |
oewn-00149910-s | precious | an insufferably precious performance | obviously contrived to charm |
oewn-00149910-s | cute | a child with intolerably cute mannerisms | obviously contrived to charm |
oewn-00150120-s | scheming | a scheming wife | concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest |
oewn-00150120-s | scheming | a scheming gold digger | concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest |
oewn-00150388-s | deep | deep political machinations | exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy |
oewn-00150388-s | deep | a deep plot | exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy |
oewn-00150729-s | manipulative | the early manipulative techniques of a three-year-old child | skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage |
oewn-00151129-a | artless | an artless manner | simple and natural; without cunning or deceit |
oewn-00151129-a | artless | artless elegance | simple and natural; without cunning or deceit |
oewn-00151323-s | careless | an impression of careless elegance | effortless and unstudied |
oewn-00151323-s | careless | danced with careless grace | effortless and unstudied |
oewn-00151470-a | articulate | articulate speech | expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language |
oewn-00151470-a | articulate | an articulate orator | expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language |
oewn-00151470-a | articulate | articulate beings | expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language |
oewn-00151773-s | facile | able to dazzle with his facile tongue | expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively |
oewn-00151773-s | silver | silver speech | expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively |
oewn-00152103-s | speaking | the speaking animal | capable of speech |
oewn-00152373-a | inarticulate | inarticulate beasts | without or deprived of the use of speech or words |
oewn-00152373-a | inarticulate | remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal | without or deprived of the use of speech or words |
oewn-00152373-a | inarticulate | inarticulate with rage | without or deprived of the use of speech or words |
oewn-00152373-a | inarticulate | an inarticulate cry | without or deprived of the use of speech or words |
oewn-00153272-s | dumb | dumb animals | lacking the power of human speech |
oewn-00153372-s | incoherent | incoherent with grief | unable to express yourself clearly or fluently |
oewn-00153553-s | mute | a mute appeal | expressed without speech |
oewn-00153553-s | silent | a silent curse | expressed without speech |
oewn-00153553-s | unspoken | unspoken grief | expressed without speech |
oewn-00153897-s | dumb | struck dumb | temporarily incapable of speaking |
oewn-00153897-s | speechless | speechless with shock | temporarily incapable of speaking |
oewn-00154164-a | speaking | human beings--the speaking animals | capable of or involving speech or speaking |
oewn-00154164-a | speaking | a speaking part in the play | capable of or involving speech or speaking |
oewn-00154351-s | tongued | golden-tongued | having a manner of speaking as specified; often used in combination |
oewn-00154351-s | tongued | sharp-tongued | having a manner of speaking as specified; often used in combination |
oewn-00154507-a | nonspeaking | had a nonspeaking role in the play | not capable of or especially not involving speech or spoken lines |
oewn-00155165-a | ashamed | are you ashamed for having lied? | feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse |
oewn-00155165-a | ashamed | felt ashamed of my torn coat | feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse |
oewn-00155537-s | embarrassed | too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street | made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride |
oewn-00155537-s | humiliated | humiliated that his wife had to go out to work | made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride |
oewn-00155537-s | mortified | felt mortified by the comparison with her sister | made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride |
oewn-00155850-s | guilty | a guilty look | showing a sense of guilt |
oewn-00156411-s | audacious | an audacious trick to pull | unrestrained by convention or propriety |
oewn-00156411-s | barefaced | a barefaced hypocrite | unrestrained by convention or propriety |
oewn-00156411-s | brazen | brazen arrogance | unrestrained by convention or propriety |
oewn-00156987-s | shameless | a shameless imposter | feeling no shame |
oewn-00156987-s | unblushing | an unblushing apologist for fascism | feeling no shame |
oewn-00157153-s | unembarrassed | an unembarrassed greeting as if nothing untoward had happened | not embarrassed |
oewn-00157368-a | assertive | an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue | aggressively self-assured |
oewn-00157368-a | assertive | pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act | aggressively self-assured |