poor box alms box mite box | box for collecting alms, especially one in a church |
words | language that is spoken or written, he has a gift for words, she put her thoughts into words |
poor law | a law providing support for the poor |
palaver hot air empty words empty talk rhetoric | loud and confused and empty talk, mere rhetoric |
Standard and Poor's Standard and Poor's Index | a broadly based stock market index |
actor's line speech words | words making up the dialogue of a play, the actor forgot his speech |
string of words word string linguistic string | a linear sequence of words as spoken or written |
lyric words language | the text of a popular song or musicalomedy number, his compositions always started with the lyrics, he wrote both words and music, the song uses colloquial language |
wording diction phrasing phraseology choice of words verbiage | the manner in which something is expressed in words, use concise military verbiage- G.S.Patton |
words | the words that are spoken, I listened to his words very closely |
wind malarkey malarky idle words jazz nothingness | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk, that's a lot of wind, don't give me any of that jazz |
sweet nothings honeyed words | inconsequential expressions of affection, he whispered sweet nothings into her ear |
quarrel wrangle row words run-in dustup | an angry dispute, they had a quarrel, they had words |
f bomber grinder hero hero sandwich hoagie hoagy Cuban sandwich Italian sandwich poor boy sub submarine submarine sandwich torpedo wedge zep | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments), different names are used in different sections of the United States |
poor people poor | people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group), the urban poor need assistance |
white trash poor white trash | (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished |
poor devil wretch | someone you feel sorry for |
poor person have-not | a person with few or no possessions |
speller good speller poor speller | someone who spells words |
stupid stupid person stupe dullard dolt pudding head pudden-head poor fish pillock | a person who is not very bright, The economy, stupid! |
scarlet pimpernel red pimpernel poor man's weatherglass Anagallis arvensis | herb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weather |
horse gram horse grain poor man's pulse Macrotyloma uniflorum Dolichos biflorus | twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder, sometimes placed in genus Dolichos |
butterfly flower poor man's orchid schizanthus | any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers |
poor rates | a local tax for the relief of the poor |
words per minute wpm | the rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing) |
call on the carpet take to task rebuke rag trounce reproof lecture reprimand jaw dress down call down scold chide berate bawl out remonstrate chew out chew up have words lambaste lambast dcc | censure severely or angrily, The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car, The deputy ragged the Prime Minister, The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup |
pusillanimous poor-spirited unmanly | lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution, contemptibly fearful |
hapless miserable misfortunate pathetic piteous pitiable pitiful poor wretched | deserving or inciting pity, a hapless victim, miserable victims of war, the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic- Galsworthy, piteous appeals for help, pitiable homeless children, a pitiful fate, Oh, you poor thing, his poor distorted limbs, a wretched life |
poor | unsatisfactory, a poor light for reading, poor morale, expectations were poor |
poor | having little money or few possessions, deplored the gap between rich and poor countries, the proverbial poor artist living in a garret |
poor | lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances, a poor land, the area was poor in timber and coal, food poor in nutritive value |
poor | characterized by or indicating poverty, the country had a poor economy, they lived in the poor section of town |
inadequate poor short | not sufficient to meet a need, an inadequate income, a poor salary, money is short, on short rations, food is in short supply, short on experience |
in other words put differently | otherwise stated, in other words, we are broke |