LIST OF ONE WORD FOR A GROUP
1) A hundred years=century
2) A child whose parents are dead=orphan
3) Life of a person written by himself=autobiography
4) Science of life and living things= biology
5) Life history of a person written by another=biography
6) Aircraft with two pairs of wings,one above the other=biplane.
7) List of the days,weeks,months,of a particular year=calendar
8) That which makes it difficult to recognize the presence or real nature
of something=camouflage
9) Group of military operations with a set purpose,usually in one area=campaign
10) Grounds of a school,or university,where the main buildings are=campus
11) Soldiers who fight on horse-back=infantry
12) Incapable of making mistakes or doing wrong=infallible
13) Person with no belief in religion=infidel
14) That can be spread by touch=contagious
15) That can be spread by means of germs carried in the atmosphere or
in water=infectious
16) Yearly return of the date of an event=anniversary
17) That may be easily set on fire=inflammable
18) Allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly
seen=transparent
19) That cannot be seen through=opaque
20) Helping neither side in war or quarrel=neutral
21) Fit to be eaten=edible
22) Official in charge of a museum=curator
23) One who does not believe in the existence of God=atheist.
24) One who collects postage-stamps=philatelist
25) A place where birds are kept=aviary
26) A person trained for sompeting in physical exercise and outdoor
games=athlete
27) A traveller through outer space=astronaut
28) One who studies the science of the sun,moon,stars,and
planets=astronomer
29) A person who helps others,especially those who are poor or in
trouble=philanthropist
30) A place where bees are kept=apiary
31) An artificial pond or tank for keeping and showing living
fish=aquarium
32) One who goes on a journey to a holy place=pilgrim
33) A man who remains unmarried=bachelor
34) A woman who remains unmarried=spinster
35) A woman whose husband is dead=widow
36) A man whose wife is dead=widower
37) One who abstains from alcoholic drinks=teetotaller
38) A person who visits other countries for pleasure=tourist
39) That which can be easily understood=intelligible
40) A person who always looks at the bright side of things=optimist
41) A person who always looks at the dark side of things=pessimist
42) A person who writes the life of another person=biographer
43) A plant or animal that draws sustenance from another=parasite
44) A person who does no work and lives on others=drone
45) The dead body of a human being=corpse
46) The dead body of an animal=carcase
47) A child born after the death of its father=posthumous
48) The act of killing oneself=suicide
49) A person who represents his country's economic,political and other
interestes in another country=ambassador
50) An operation performed on a dead body to find out the cause of
death=post-mortem
51) A gathering of worshippers=congregation
52) A person who is a great lover of his country=patriot
53) A person who is sent to preach his religion,especially among people
who are ignorant of it=missionary
54) A person who loves wealth for its own sake and is not inclined to spend
it=miser
55) A person who spends extravagantly=spendthrift
56) A person who gets(goods) secretly and illegally into or out of a country
=smuggler
57) A person who smuggles alcoholic liquor or sells it illegelly=bootlegger
58) A person who sends goods to another country=exporter
59) A person who brings in goods from a foreign country=importer
60) Sudden happening which makes quick action necessary=emergency
61) A person who goes away from one's own country to another to settle
there=emigrant
62) A person who comes as a settler into another country=immigrant
63) Going back from the reach of memory=immemorial
64) Not yet fully developed=immature
65) That which is sure to happen=inevitable
66) Difficult or impossible to read=illegible
67) (A child) born of parents who were not married=illegitimate
68) Unable to read or write=illeterate
69) Not favouring one more than another=impartial
70) That which cannot be seen= invisible
71) That which cannot be heard=inaudible
72) That which cannot be believed=incredible
73) That which cannot be solved=insoluble
74) That which cannot be conquered=invincible
75) That which cannot be explained=inexplicable
76) That which cannot be divided=indivisible
77) That which cannot be blotted our or effaced=indelible
78) That which cannot be recalled or altered=irrevocable
79) That which cannot be done without=indispensable
80) That which cannot be approched=inaccessible
81) That which cannot be destroyed=indestructible
82) That which cannot be perceived by the senses=imperceptible
83) (One) who cannot be elected or selected under the rules=ineligible
84) One who is all-powerful=omnipotent
85) One who knows everything=omniscient
86) One who is present everywhere=omnipresent
87) One who is unable to pay one's debts=insolvent;bankrupt
88) One who believes implicitly in fate=fatalist
89) A person indifferent to both pleasure and pain=stoic
90) One who plays a game for pleasure and not professionally=amateur
91) The want of government in a country=anarchy
92) Government by officials=bureaucracy
93) Government by nobles=autocracy
94) Government of the people,for the people and by the people=democracy
95) Government carried on by the people or its elected representatives=republic
96) Custom of having more than one wife at the same time=polygamy
97) Custom of having more than one hsuband at the same time=polyandry
98) Having two wives or husbands living=bigamy
99) Practice of being married to only one person at a time=monogamy
100) The female singing voice between contralto and soprano=mezzo-soprano
Hmm.. Good Sir..!!! :) ☺
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ReplyDeletethank u sir.. keep on updating such vocabularies..bcoz we need it.. :) :)
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