sumo#object__entity_with_spatial_feature spatial object (space, location or physical object) or description medium/container (e.g., string, language, image); in a 4D ontology, an object is something whose spatiotemporal extent is thought of as dividing into spatial parts roughly parallel to the time-axis
closed_exclusion: abstract process
supertype: entity (pm) physical
subtype: spatial_object__spatialobject object which as a direct spatial location, e.g., physical object, spatial region or shape
subtype: space point or extent in space
subtype: region topographic location, e.g., object surface, imaginary place, and geographic_Area; a region is the only kind of object which can be sumo#located at itself; sumo#region is not a subclass of sumo#self_connected_object because some regions, e.g., archipelagos, have parts which are not connected with one another
subtype: feature__F e.g., hole, gulf, bundary
subtype: dependent_place__dependentplace
subtype: relevant_part
subtype: physical_place
subtype: geographical_object
subtype: space the unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"
subtype: absolute_space physical space independent of what occupies it
subtype: location a point or extent in space
subtype: here the present location; this place; "where do we go from here?"
subtype: there a location other than here; that place; "you can take it from there"
subtype: home the country or state or city where you live; "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"; "his home is New Jersey"
subtype: base.location__home the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
subtype: Earth the abode of mortals (as contrasted with heaven or hell); "it was hell on earth"
subtype: line.location a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
subtype: part.line a line where the hair is parted; "his part was right in the middle"
subtype: axis a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
subtype: coordinate_axis one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system
subtype: x-axis the horizontal axis in a plane coordinate system
subtype: y-axis the vertical axis in a plane coordinate system
subtype: z-axis the third axis in a 3-dimensional coordinate system
subtype: major_axis the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid; passes through the two foci
subtype: semimajor_axis one-half the major axis of an ellipse; the distance from the center of an ellipse to one end
subtype: minor_axis the shorter or shortest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid
subtype: semiminor_axis one-half the minor axis of an ellipse
subtype: principal_axis__optic_axis a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted
subtype: aclinic_line__aclinicline__magnetic_equator an imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip
subtype: agonic_line an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is zero
subtype: isogonic_line__isogonal_line__isogone an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is the same
subtype: crest the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
subtype: timber_line__timberline__tree_line line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes
subtype: snow_line the line on a mountain above which there is perpetual snow and ice
subtype: fault_line__faultline (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
subtype: great_circle__greatcircle a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center
subtype: celestial_equator__celestialequator__equinoctial_circle__equinoctialcircle__equinoctial_line__equinoctialline__equinoctial the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles
subtype: right_ascension an arc of the celestial equator eastward from the vernal equinox
subtype: ecliptic the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator; "all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic"
subtype: equator an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles; "the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres"
subtype: celestial_horizon__celestialhorizon__horizon the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
subtype: hour_circle a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles
subtype: meridian__longitude__line_of_longitude an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude"
subtype: observer's_meridian a meridian that passes through the observer's zenith
subtype: prime_meridian__primemeridian meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich (England) longitude)
subtype: magnetic_meridian an imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the Earth
subtype: date_line__dateline__International_Date_Line an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian
subtype: vertical_circle a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the zenith and perpendicular to the horizon
subtype: hemline the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat
subtype: hipline.line the line formed by the lower edge of hip-length garment
subtype: hipline the line formed by measuring the hip at its greatest part
subtype: apparent_horizon__horizon__visible_horizon__visiblehorizon__sensible_horizon__skyline the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
subtype: isogram__isopleth__isarithm a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable
subtype: isobar an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time
subtype: isochrone an isogram connecting points at which something occurs or arrives at the same time
subtype: isohel an isogram connecting points receiving equal amounts of sunshine
subtype: isotherm an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time
subtype: flight_line place where airplanes are parked and the maintenance hangars (but not the runways or taxiways)
subtype: line_of_sight__line_of_vision a straight line along which an observer looks
subtype: parallel_of_latitude__latitude__line_of_latitude__parallel an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
subtype: polar_circle__polarcircle a line of latitude at the north or south poles
instance: Antarctic_Circle Arctic_Circle
subtype: horse_latitude__horselatitude either of two belts or regions near 30 degrees north or 30 degrees south; characterized by calms and light baffling winds
subtype: tropic either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics
instance: Tropic_of_Cancer Tropic_of_Capricorn
subtype: lunar_latitude__lunarlatitude an imaginary line around the moon parallel to its equator
subtype: itinerary__path__route an established line of travel or access
subtype: feeder_line a branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline)
subtype: main_line the principal route of a transportation system
subtype: data_track__track (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
subtype: air_lane__airlane__flight_path__airway a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
subtype: approach_path__approach__glide_path__glidepath__glide_slope__glideslope the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
subtype: traffic_pattern__trafficpattern__approach_pattern__pattern the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted"
subtype: flight_path the path of an aircraft or rocket through the air
subtype: beat.itinerary__round a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
subtype: bus_route__busroute the route regularly followed by a passenger bus
subtype: line_of_flight the path along which a freely moving object travels through the air
subtype: line_of_march.itinerary__lineofmarch the route along which a column advances
subtype: celestial_orbit__celestialorbit__orbit the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon"
subtype: geosynchronous_orbit a circular orbit around the Earth having a period of 24 hours
subtype: geostationary_orbit__geostationaryorbit a geosynchronous orbit that is fixed with respect to a position on the Earth
subtype: electron_orbit__orbit the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
subtype: beeline the most direct route; "he made a beeline for the bathroom"
subtype: circuit.itinerary an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to; "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit"
subtype: crosscut a diagonal path
subtype: supply_line__supply_route a route over which supplies can be delivered
subtype: line_of_fire the path of a missile discharged from a firearm
subtype: migration_route__migrationroute__flyway the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate
subtype: fairway.itinerary the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or costal waters
subtype: direction.itinerary__way a line leading to a place or point: "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"
subtype: bearing.direction__heading__aim the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
subtype: tack.bearing the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
subtype: course.direction__trend general line of orientation: "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
subtype: tendency.direction__trend a general direction in which something tends to move: "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"
subtype: trade_route__traderoute a route followed by traders (usually in caravans)
instance: Silk_Road
subtype: Northwest_Passage a water route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)
subtype: quarter-circle__quartercircle__quadrant a quarter of the circumference of a circle
subtype: rhumb_line__rhumbline__rhumb a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction
subtype: danger_line a line beyond which it is dangerous to go
subtype: side.line a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side"
subtype: waterline__water_line__waterline__water_level a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
subtype: load_line__Plimsoll_line__Plimsoll_mark__Plimsoll waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded
subtype: water_line__waterline__watermark a line marking the level reached by a body of water
subtype: high-water_mark a line marking the highest level reached
subtype: low-water_mark__lowwatermark a line marking the lowest level reached
subtype: watershed__water_parting__waterparting__divide a line that divides two adjacent river systems
subtype: continental_divide__continentaldivide the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges)
instance: Great_Divide__Great_Dividing_Range
subtype: path.line__track__course a line or route along which something travels or moves: "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
subtype: collision_course.path__collisioncourse a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged
subtype: inside_track.path__insidetrack the inner side of a curved racecourse
subtype: round.path the course along which communications spread; "the story is going the rounds in Washington"
subtype: steps__step the course along which a person has walked or is walking in; "I followed in his steps"; "he retraced his steps"
subtype: swath.path__belt a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
subtype: trail.path a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"
subtype: slot.trail the trail of an animal (especially a deer)
subtype: spoor the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game; "the hounds followed the fox's spoor"
subtype: line_of_force__field_line__fieldline an imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line at any point is the direction of the force at that point
subtype: electrical_line_of_force a line of force in an electrical field
subtype: magnetic_line_of_force a line of force in a magnetic field
subtype: point the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
subtype: punctum (anatomy) a point or small area
subtype: blind_spot__blindspot__optic_disc__opticdisc__optic_disk__opticdisk the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light
subtype: navel__umbilicu__bellybutton__omphalos__omphalus scar where the umbilical cord was attached
subtype: McBurney's_point a point one third of the way along a line drawn from the hip to the umbilicus; the point of maximum sensitivity in acute appendicitis
subtype: origin.point the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
subtype: node.point (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system
subtype: antinode (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system
subtype: origin__root__rootage__source__beginning the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
subtype: derivation.beginning the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"
subtype: spring.beginning a point at which water issues forth
subtype: headspring__fountainhead__head the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
subtype: headwaters the source of a river; "the headwaters of the Nile"
subtype: wellspring__wellhead the source of water for a well
subtype: jumping-off_place__jumpingoffplace__jumping-off_point__jumpingoffpoint a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
subtype: birthplace__cradle__place_of_origin__provenance where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"
subtype: home.beginning place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball"
subtype: point_source__pointsource a spatially constricted by concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution)
subtype: trail_head__trailhead the beginning of a trail
subtype: celestial_point a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere)
subtype: apex_of_the_sun's_way__apex__solar_apex__solarapex the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
subtype: antapex the point opposite in direction from the solar apex; the point the solar system is moving away from
subtype: point_of_apoapsis__apoapsis (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited
subtype: apogee apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth
subtype: aphelion apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun
subtype: apojove apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter
subtype: aposelene__apolune apoapsis in orbit around the moon
subtype: node.celestial_point (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane
subtype: ascending_node__ascendingnode the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going north
subtype: descending_node the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going south
subtype: equinoctial_point__equinoctialpoint__equinox (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
subtype: vernal_equinox (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Pisces
subtype: autumnal_equinox (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Virgo
subtype: nadir the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
subtype: point_of_periapsis__periapsis__periapsi (astronomy) the point in as orbit closest to the body being orbited
subtype: perigee periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth
subtype: perihelion periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun
subtype: perijove periapsis in orbit around Jupiter
subtype: periselene__perilune periapsis in orbit around the moon
subtype: celestial_pole__celestialpole__pole one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
subtype: north_celestial_pole__northcelestialpole the celestial pole above the northern hemisphere; near Polaris
subtype: south_celestial_pole__southcelestialpole the celestial pole above the southern hemisphere
subtype: zenith the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
subtype: midpoint__center__centre a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
subtype: bight the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
subtype: center_of_curvature__centre_of_curvature the center of the circle of curvature
subtype: bowels the center of the Earth
subtype: bull's_eye.midpoint__bull'seye__bull the center of a target
subtype: centroid__center_of_mass point representing the mean position of the matter in a body
subtype: barycenter (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve
subtype: center_of_gravity__centre_of_gravity the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act
subtype: storm_center.midpoint__stormcenter__storm_centre__stormcentre the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm
subtype: core the center of an object; "do not eat the apple core"
subtype: corncob the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
subtype: navel_point__navel the center point or middle of something
subtype: nombril the center point on a shield
subtype: core.midpoint the central part of the earth
subtype: nucleus__nucleu the positively charged dense center of an atom
subtype: nucleus.midpoint__nucleu (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail
subtype: trichion__crinion point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead
subtype: line_corner__corner the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle"
subtype: canthus either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet
subtype: nasal_canthus__nasalcanthu the inner corner of the eye
subtype: temporal_canthus the outer corner of the eye
subtype: crossing.point a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
subtype: focus.point__focu a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
subtype: geographic_point__geographical_point a point on the surface of the Earth
subtype: workplace__work a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today"
subtype: bakery__bakeshop__bakehouse a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold
subtype: patisserie a bakery specializing in French pastry
subtype: beehive any workplace where people are very busy
subtype: brokerage_house__brokeragehouse__brokerage place where a broker conducts his business
subtype: central__telephone_exchange__telephoneexchange__exchange a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
subtype: centrex (CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange
subtype: switchboard__patchboard__plugboard telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
subtype: colliery__pit a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
subtype: creamery a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold
subtype: drill_site__drillsite workplace that is the site of a drill hole
subtype: exchange.workplace a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
subtype: commodity_exchange__commodityexchange__commoditiesexchange__commoditiesmarket an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery
subtype: futures_exchange__futuresexchange__futures_market__futuresmarket a commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded
subtype: corn_exchange an exchange where grains are bought and sold
subtype: stock_exchange__stockexchange__stock_market__stockmarket__securities_market an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers
subtype: American_Stock_Exchange__AMEX__Curb a stock exchange in New York
subtype: Bourse the stock exchange in Paris
subtype: curb_market a stock market for trading in securities not listed on the New York Stock Exchange
subtype: New_York_Stock_Exchange__N._Y._Stock_Exchange__NYSE__big_board__bigboard a stock exchange in New York
subtype: over-the-counter_market__OTC_market a stock exchange where securities transactions are made via telephone and computer rather than on the floor of an exchange
subtype: farm workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm"
subtype: chicken_farm__chickenfarm farm where chickens are raised for sale
subtype: croft (Great Britain) a small farm worked by a crofter
subtype: dairy_farm__dairyfarm__dairy a farm where dairy products are produced
subtype: farmplace__farmstead a farm together with its buildings
subtype: grange an outlying farm
subtype: home-farm (British) a farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment
subtype: piggery__pig_farm__pigfarm a farm where pigs are raised or kept
subtype: cattle_ranch__ranch__spread__cattle_farm farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
subtype: sewage_farm a farm that is irrigated and fertilized with raw sewage
subtype: sheepwalk__sheeprun (British) farm devoted to raising sheep
subtype: stud_farm a farm where horses are bred
subtype: truck_farm__truckfarm__truck_garden__truckgarden a farm where vegetables are grown for market
subtype: vineyard__vinery a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced
subtype: fishery a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold
subtype: pearl_fishery__pearlfishery a fishery where they fish for pearl oysters
subtype: fish_farm a workplace (usually a pond) where fish are raised for food
subtype: smithy__forge a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
subtype: gasworks the workplace where coal gas is manufactured
subtype: glassworks a workplace where glass is made
subtype: ironworks__ironwork the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made
subtype: job.workplace a workplace; as in the expression "on the job"
subtype: research_lab__lab__laboratory__research_laboratory__science_lab__sciencelab__science_laboratory__sciencelaboratory a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
subtype: biology_lab__biologylab__biology_laboratory__biologylaboratory__bio_lab__biolab a laboratory for biological research
subtype: chemistry_lab__chemistrylab__chemistry_laboratory__chemistrylaboratory__chem_lab a laboratory for research in chemistry
subtype: physics_lab__physicslab__physics_laboratory__physicslaboratory a laboratory for research in physics
subtype: laundry workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
subtype: launderette__Laundromat a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers
subtype: washhouse a building or outbuilding where laundry is done
subtype: lumberyard a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale
subtype: oyster_bed__oyster_bank__oyster_park a workplace where oysters are bred and grown
subtype: proving_ground__provingground a workplace for testing new equipment or ideas
subtype: ropewalk__rope_yard workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made
subtype: roundhouse.workplace workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives
subtype: shipyard a workplace where ships are built or repaired
subtype: navy_yard__naval_shipyard__navalshipyard a military shipyard
subtype: Charlestown_Navy_Yard the navy yard in Boston where the frigate `Constitution' is anchored
subtype: shop_floor workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines; "the productive work is done on the shop floor"
subtype: studio workplace for the teaching or practice of an art; "she ran a dance studio"; "the music department provided studios for their students"; "you don't need a studio to make a passport photograph"
subtype: artist's_workroom__atelier a studio especially for an artist or designer
subtype: artist's_loft a factory loft that has been converted into an artist's workroom and living area
subtype: broadcasting_studio a studio where broadcasts originate
subtype: recording_studio__recordingstudio studio where tapes and records are recorded
subtype: studio.workplace workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded
subtype: tannery workplace where skins and hides are tanned
subtype: test_bed a place equipped with instruments for testing engines and machinery under working conditions
subtype: waterworks workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community
subtype: shop__workshop small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
subtype: bindery a workshop where books are bound
subtype: brickyard__brickfield a place where bricks are made and sold
subtype: chop_shop a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts
subtype: dye-works__dyework a workshop where dyeing is done
subtype: machine_shop__machineshop workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools
subtype: pottery.shop a workshop where clayware is made
subtype: print_shop__printshop a workplace where printing is done
subtype: saddlery workshop where a saddler works
subtype: sheltered_workshop__shelteredworkshop a workshop that offers jobs to members of the physically or developmentally disabled population
subtype: turnery.shop workshop where objects are made on a lathe
subtype: address__addres the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with
subtype: mailing_address__mailingaddres the address where a person or organization can be communicated with
subtype: PostalAddress
subtype: street_address the address where a person or organization can be found
subtype: abode__residence the address where a person lives; "it is his legal place of residence"
subtype: home.abode__place where you live; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"
subtype: business_address the address at which a business is located
instance: DSTO_address (SA)
subtype: confluence__junction__meeting a place where two things come together; "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"
subtype: epicenter__epicentre the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
subtype: magnetic_pole either of two points where the lines of force of the Earth's magnetic field are vertical
subtype: pole.geographic_point one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
instance: North_Pole South_Pole
subtype: port a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
subtype: entrepot__transshipment_center__transshipmentcenter a port where merchandise can be imported and re-exported without paying import duties; "Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millenium BC"
subtype: free_port a port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels
subtype: outport (British) a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)
subtype: port_of_entry__point_of_entry a port where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise
instance: Nogales.Arizona__nogale Panama_City.Florida__panamacity Tampa Brunswick.Georgia__brunswick Columbus.Georgia__columbu Gary Houghton Saginaw Erie Brownsville Laredo Aberdeen.Washington__aberdeen Bellingham
subtype: seaport__harbor__harbour a place where ships can take on or discharge cargo
subtype: coaling_station__coalingstation a seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal
subtype: port_of_call any port where a ship stops except its home port
instance: Pearl_Harbor
subtype: treaty_port a port in China or Korea or Japan that once was open to foreign trade on the basis of a trading treaty
instance: Durres__Durazzo Algiers__Algerian_capital Oran Luanda__Angolan_capital Buenos_Aires__capital_of_Argentina Antofagasta Valparaiso Cartagena Colon__Aspinwall Acapulco_de_Juarez__Acapulco Mazatlan Tampico Veracruz Santiago_de_Cuba__Santiago Montego_Bay Bridgetown__capital_of_Barbados Cotonou Arhus__Aarhus Aalborg__Alborg Djibouti.capital__djibouti__capital_of_Djibouti Oslo__Christiania__capital_of_Norway Bergen Stavanger Trondheim__Nidaros Malmo Goteborg__Goeteborg__Gothenburg Hannover__Hanover Helsinki__Helsingfors__capital_of_Finland__Finnish_capital Mariehamn__Maarianhamina Corinth__Korinthos Thessaloniki__Salonika__Salonica__Thessalonica Akko__Acre__Akka__Accho Haifa Jaffa__Joppa__Yafo Naples__Napoli Messina Brindisi La_Spezia Palermo Dubrovnik__Ragusa Victoria.British_Columbia__victoria Vancouver Saint_John__St._John Saint_John's.Newfoundland__saintjohn'__St._John's Hamilton.port__hamilton Thunder_Bay Hobart Chittagong Antwerpen__Antwerp__Anvers Gent__Gand__Ghent Natal Recife__Pernambuco Hull__Kingston-upon_Hull Liverpool Bristol Newcastle-upon-Tyne__Newcastle Pompey__Portsmouth Dublin__Irish_capital__capital_of_Ireland Cork Galway Limerick Waterford Ayr Glasgow Newport.Wales__newport Swansea El_Iskandriyah__Alexandria Cairo__El_Qahira__Egyptian_capital__capital_of_Egypt Semarang__Samarang Abadan Basra__Basia Osaka Yokohama Nagasaki Kisumu Mombasa Bordeaux Brest Calais Cannes Le_Havre Marseille__Marseilles Nantes Banjul__capital_of_Gambia Conakry__Konakri__capital_of_Guinea Stabroek__Georgetown Reykjavik__capital_of_Iceland Incheon__Inchon__Chemulpo Pusan Tarabulus__Tripoli Sur__Tyre Monrovia__Liberian_capital__capital_of_Liberia Benghazi Port_Louis Casablanca Auckland__Aukland Lagos Muscat__Masqat__capital_of_Oman Asuncion__capital_of_Paraguay Lisbon__Lisboa__capital_of_Portugal Porto__Oporto Setubal Doha__Bida__El_Beda__capital_of_Qatar Castries Pago_Pago__Pango_Pango Jiddah__Jidda Dakar__capital_of_Senegal Victoria.Seychelles__victoria__capital_of_Seychelles Freetown__capital_of_Sierra_Leone__capitalofsierraleone Mogadishu__Mogadiscio__capital_of_Somalia Cape_Town Durban Murmansk Rostov_na_Donu__Rostov__Rostov_on_Don Tallinn__capital_of_Estonia Riga__capital_of_Latvia Dneprodzerzhinsk Odesa__Odessa Baku__capital_of_Azerbaijan Barcelona Cadiz Cartagena.port__cartagena Malaga Sevilla__Seville Port_Sudan Paramaribo__capital_of_Suriname Bangkok__capital_of_Thailand__Krung_Thep Tunis__capital_of_Tunisia Antalya__Adalia Izmir__Smyrna Dubai Mobile Valdez San_Francisco Bridgeport Jacksonville Savannah New_Orleans Baltimore Alpena Duluth Portsmouth Charleston.South_Carolina__charleston Newport_News Norfolk Portsmouth.port__portsmouth Seattle Cuidad_Bolivar Maracaibo Haiphong Aden
subtype: hot_spot.point__hotspot__hotspot a point of intense heat or radiation
subtype: limit_point__limit__pointofaccumulation a mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
subtype: range the limits of the values a function can take; "the range of this function is the interval from 0 to 1"
subtype: midair some point in the air; above ground level; "the planes collided in midair"
subtype: abutment.point point of contact between two objects or parts
subtype: position__physical_object_position__place the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object: "he put the lamp back in its place"
subtype: half-mast a position some distance below the top of the mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress
subtype: lead.position (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base; "he took a long lead off first"
subtype: pole_position the most favorable position at the start of a race
subtype: polls__poll the place where people vote
subtype: pride_of_place the first or highest or most important or most ostentatious place
subtype: anomaly (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
subtype: site__situation physical position in relation to the surroundings
subtype: active_site the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs
subtype: locus.site__locu the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
subtype: locus_of_infection the specific site in the body where an infection originates
subtype: setting the physical position of something; "he changed the setting on the thermostat"
subtype: juxtaposition.position a side-by-side position
subtype: lie position or manner in which something is situated
subtype: post.position__station the position where something or someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand: "a sentry station"
subtype: bridgehead a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
subtype: observation_post__observationpost__lookout an elevated post affording a wide view
subtype: meteorological_observation_post__weather_station__weatherstation one of a networks of observation posts where meteorological data is recorded
subtype: outstation__outpost a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
subtype: pitch.position (British) a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk); "he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors"
subtype: landmark the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape; "the church steeple provided a convenient landmark"
subtype: right.position location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east: "he stood on the right"
subtype: stage_right__stageright__right_stage__rightstage the part of the stage on the actor's right
subtype: left.position location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east: "she stood on the left"
subtype: stage_left__stageleft__left_stage the part of the stage on the actor's left
subtype: rear_position__back__rear the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer: "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"
subtype: front.position the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage"
subtype: stand.position the position where a thing or person stands
subtype: cabstand__taxistand a place where taxis park while awaiting customers
subtype: station.position (Navy) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
subtype: vantage place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
subtype: vantage_point__vantagepoint__viewpoint a place from which something can be viewed; "from that vantage point he could survey the whole valley"
subtype: appropriate_position__appropriateposition__position the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in position"
subtype: pressure_point any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point
subtype: military_position__position a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
subtype: ground a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle); "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought to regain the lost ground"
subtype: line.military_position a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line"
subtype: firing_line.line__firingline the line from which soldiers deliver fire
subtype: battlefront__front__front_line__frontline the line along which opposing armies face each other
subtype: line_of_battle a line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack
subtype: battle_line the line along which warring troops meet
subtype: surface_intersection_corner__corner the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; "the corners of a cube"
subtype: topographic_point__topographicpoint__place__spot a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"
subtype: tomb__grave a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"
subtype: burial_chamber__sepulcher__sepulchre a chamber that is used as a grave
subtype: crypt a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
subtype: mausoleum a large burial chamber, usually above ground
subtype: Taj_Mahal beautiful mausoleum at Agra built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (completed in 1649) in memory of his favorite wife
subtype: repository.burial_chamber__monument a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
subtype: burial_vault__vault a burial chamber (usually underground)
subtype: charnel_house__charnelhouse__charnel a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
subtype: junction the place where two or more things come together
subtype: interchange a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
subtype: cloverleaf an interchange that does not require left-hand turns
subtype: crossroad__intersection__crossway__crossing__carrefour a junction where one street or road crosses another
subtype: street_corner__corner__turning_point__turningpoint the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
subtype: blind_corner__blindcorner a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving
subtype: level_crossing__levelcrossing__grade_crossing__gradecrossing intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass
subtype: p-n_junction__pnjunction the junction between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor; "a p-n junction has marked rectifying characteristics"
subtype: railway_junction__railwayjunction a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross
subtype: T-junction a junction where two roads or pipes etc. meet to form a T
subtype: traffic_circle__trafficcircle__circle__rotary__roundabout a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
subtype: place_of_birth__birthplace the place where someone was born
subtype: polling_place__pollingplace__polling_station__pollingstation a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election
subtype: end.topographic_point one of two places from which people are communicating to each other; "the phone rang at the other end" or "both ends wrote at the same time"
subtype: hiding_place a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself)
subtype: drop.hiding_place a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
subtype: hideout__hideaway__den a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws
subtype: lurking_place__lurkingplace a place suitable for lurking
subtype: heights__high a high place; "they stood on high and observed the coutryside" or "he doesn't like heights"
subtype: holy_place__sanctum__holy a sacred place of pilgrimage
subtype: mecca a place that attracts many visitors; "New York is a mecca for young artists"
subtype: nesting_place__nestingplace a place suitable for nesting
subtype: overlook a high place affording a good view
subtype: peak__crown__crest__top__summit the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock"
subtype: hilltop the peak of a hill; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills"
subtype: pinnacle.peak a lofty peak
subtype: mountain_peak the summit of a mountain
subtype: Mount_Adams__Adams a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high)
subtype: Adam's_Peak__Samanala a mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high)
subtype: El_Libertador a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high)
subtype: Mount_McKinley__McKinley__Mt._McKinley__Denali a mountain in south central Alaska; the highest peak in North America (20,300 feet high)
subtype: Mount_Ranier__Ranier__Mt._Ranier__Mount_Tacoma a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high)
subtype: Mount_Shasta__Shasta a volcanic mountain peak in the Cascade Range in northern California (14,162 feet high)
subtype: Mount_Sherman__Sherman a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high)
instance: Aconcagua Ancohuma Annapurna__Anapurna Mount_Ararat__Ararat__Mt._Ararat Bonete Cachi Changtzu Chimborazo Coropuna Dhaulagiri El_Muerto Mount_Everest__Everest__Mt._Everest Galan Gasherbrum Gosainthan Grand_Teton Huascaran Illampu Illimani K2'__Godwin_Austen__Mount_Godwin_Austen__Dapsang Kamet Kanchenjunga__Kanchanjanga__Kinchinjunga Mount_Kilimanjaro__Kilimanjaro Laudo Lhotse Llullaillaco Mount_Logan__Logan Makalu Matterhorn Mercedario Mont_Blanc__Monte_Bianco Mount_Elbert Muztagh_Ata__Muz_Tagh_Ata Nacimiento Nanda_Devi Nanga_Parbat North_Peak Nuptse Ojos_del_Salado Mount_Parnassus__Parnassus__Liakoura Pike's_Peak Pissis Pobeda_Peak__Pobedy_Peak Rakaposhi Mount_Rushmore__Rushmore__Mt._Rushmore Sajama Mount_Sinai__Sinai Tirich_Mir Tupungato Ulugh_Muztagh__Ulugh_Muz_Tagh Weisshorn Wheeler_Peak Mount_Whitney__Whitney Yerupaja
subtype: rendezvous.topographic_point__rendezvou a place where people meet; "he was waiting for them at the rendezvous"
subtype: scour a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
subtype: service_area__servicearea place on a highway providing garage services and eating and toilet facilities
subtype: showplace a place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty
subtype: solitude a solitary place
subtype: stop a spot where something halts or pauses; "his next stop is Atlanta"
subtype: bus_stop__busstop a place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers
subtype: checkpoint a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance
subtype: loading_zone__loadingzone__loading_area__loadingarea a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded
subtype: stopover a stopping place on a journey; "there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago"
subtype: target_area__target the location of the target that is to be hit
subtype: pool.topographic_point__puddle something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
subtype: parhelion__mock_sun__sundog a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
subtype: sunspot__macula a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the surface of the sun; associated with a strong magnetic field
subtype: vanishing_point the point beyond which something disappears or ceases to exist
subtype: focal_point__focus__focu a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
subtype: hilum the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle
subtype: infection_focus__infectionfocu__focus__focu__nidus__nidu a central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection"
subtype: region.location__part the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
subtype: atmosphere the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"
subtype: airspace the atmosphere above a nation and deemed to be under its jurisdiction
subtype: biosphere the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist
subtype: depth.region (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part; "from the depths of darkest Africa"; "signals received from the depths of space"
subtype: outer_space__outerspace__space any region in space outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in space without a tether"
subtype: interplanetary_space the part of outer space within the solar system
subtype: interplanetary_medium interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust
subtype: interstellar_space the space between stars
subtype: interstellar_medium interstellar space including streams of protons moving from the stars
subtype: heliosphere the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system
subtype: intergalactic_space__intergalacticspace the space between galaxies; "the Milky Way travels through intergalactic space"
subtype: deep_space any region in space outside the solar system
subtype: aerospace the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole
subtype: zone an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic
subtype: zona__zone (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure
subtype: zona_pellucida thick membrane around the mammalian ovum; can be penetrated by one sperm in the fertilization process; usually remains around the fertilized egg until it is implanted in the wall of the uterus
subtype: zonule__zonula small beltlike zone
subtype: combat_zone a military area where combat forces operate
subtype: beachhead__bridgehead__foothold an area in hostile territory that has been occupied and is held for further troops and supplies
subtype: danger_zone a dangerous area
subtype: drop_zone__dropping_zone an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops
subtype: tidal_zone__tidalzone an area subject to tidal action
subtype: belt.region an elongated region where a specific condition is found; "a belt of high pressure"
subtype: asteroid_belt the region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found
subtype: greenbelt__greenway a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city
instance: Bible_Belt Corn_Belt Van_Allen_belt
subtype: bottom the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill"
subtype: foot.bottom the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"
subtype: base.bottom (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment: "the base of the skull"
subtype: rock_bottom the absolute bottom
subtype: distance.region a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"
subtype: eden__paradise__nirvana__heaven__promised_land__Shangri-la any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
subtype: extremity.region the outermost or farthest region or point
subtype: bounds__boundary the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
subtype: hairline the natural margin formed by hair on the head
subtype: frontier.bounds an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
subtype: heliopause the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind and the wind from other stars meet
subtype: boundary_line__border__borderline__delimitation a line that indicates a boundary
subtype: fence_line__fenceline a boundary line created by a fence
subtype: property_line the boundary line between two pieces of property
subtype: state_line__stateline__stateboundary the boundary between two states
instance: Mason-Dixon_Line__Mason_and_Dixon_Line__Mason_and_Dixon's_Line
subtype: bourne__bourn an archaic term for a boundary
subtype: district_line the boundary between two districts
subtype: county_line the boundary between two counties
subtype: city_line the boundary of a city
subtype: edge.bounds__border the boundary of a surface
subtype: brink the edge of a steep place
subtype: end.bounds a boundary marking the extremities of something: "the end of town"
subtype: demarcation__demarcation_line__demarcationline the boundary of a specific area
subtype: city_limit__city_limits the limits of the area occupied by a city or town
subtype: upper_limit the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something
subtype: lower_limit__lowerlimit the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something
subtype: three-mile_limit the limit of a nation's territorial waters
subtype: outline the line that appears to bound an object
subtype: coastline the outline of a coast
subtype: silhouette an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
subtype: skyline the outline of objects seen against the sky
subtype: surface.bounds the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface"
subtype: interface (physical chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
subtype: oil-water_interface__oilwaterinterface an interface forming the boundary between the non-miscible liquids oil and water
subtype: hard_palate the bony part of the roof of the mouth
subtype: palate__roof_of_the_mouth the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities
subtype: side.surface__face a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf"
subtype: beam-ends (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel; "on her beam-ends" means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical
subtype: underside__bottom__undersurface the lower side of anything
subtype: base.underside a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base"
subtype: bilge where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom
subtype: bilges in a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side
subtype: heel the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground
subtype: Cuban_heel a broad heel of medium height on women's shoes
subtype: French_heel a fairly high narrow heel on women's shoes
subtype: spike_heel__spikeheel__stiletto_heel a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
subtype: stacked_heel__stackedheel a heel made of many layers of leather
subtype: wedge_heel__wedgeheel__wedge a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
subtype: wineglass_heel__wineglassheel a heel on a woman's shoe in the shape of a wineglass
subtype: sole the underside of footwear or a golfclub
subtype: half_sole shoe sole extending from the shank to the toe
subtype: insole__innersole the inner sole of a shoe or boot
subtype: outsole the outer sole of a shoe or boot
subtype: underbelly.underside lower side: "the underbellies of clouds"
subtype: front_end__frontend__front__forepart the side that is forward or prominent
subtype: forefront__head the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column"
subtype: lee_side__leeside__lee the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
subtype: backside__rear__back_end the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
subtype: nape__scruff__nucha the back side of the neck
subtype: rearward direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"
subtype: top_side__topside__upper_side__upperside__upside the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted"
subtype: crown.top_side__crest the center of a cambered road
subtype: poll.top_side the part of the head between the ears
subtype: pate.top_side__poll__crown the top of the head
subtype: tonsure.pate the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head
subtype: desktop the top of a desk
subtype: rooftop the top of a (usually flat) roof
subtype: celestial_sphere__celestialsphere__sphere__empyrean__firmament__heaven__vault_of_heaven__welkin the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
subtype: end.surface the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object: "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"
subtype: interior__inside the inner or enclosed surface of something
subtype: exterior__outside the outer side or surface of something
subtype: wavefront__wave_front (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium
subtype: photosphere the intensely luminous surface of the sun
subtype: shoreline a boundary line between land and water
instance: Rubicon
subtype: end either extremity of something that has length: "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"
subtype: bitter_end.end__bitterend (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt
subtype: bitthead the upper end of a bitt
subtype: point.end sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
subtype: arrowhead the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
subtype: barb.point a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
subtype: fluke.barb a barb on a harpoon or arrow
subtype: barb_of_barbed_wire__barb the pointed part of barbed wire
subtype: cusp point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
subtype: diamond_point__diamondpoint a very hard small point made from a diamond
subtype: pike.point a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)
subtype: pinpoint.point the sharp point of a pin
subtype: spearpoint__spearhead the head and sharpened point of a spear
subtype: magnetic_pole.end__magneticpole__pole one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
subtype: negative_magnetic_pole__negative_pole__south-seeking_pole__southseekingpole the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely
subtype: positive_magnetic_pole__positive_pole__north-seeking_pole__northseekingpole the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely
subtype: railhead.end the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway
subtype: terminus either end of a railroad or bus route
subtype: yardarm either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship
subtype: nerve_ending__nerveending__nerve_end__nerveend the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse
subtype: free_nerve_ending microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor
subtype: Pacinian_corpuscle a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitals
subtype: proprioceptor special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding the position and movement of the body
subtype: endpoint__end_point__endpoint__terminus a place of termination or completion
subtype: finish.end__destination__goal the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhuasted as their destination came into view"
subtype: finishing_line__finishingline__finish_line a line indicating the location of the finish of a race
subtype: tape.finishing_line the finishing line for a foot race; "he broke the tape in record time"
subtype: wire.finishing_line the finishing line on a racetrack
subtype: tip the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
subtype: fingertip the end (tip) of a finger
subtype: tiptoe the tip of a toe
subtype: extreme_point__extremepoint__extreme__extremum the point located farthest from the middle of something
subtype: apex__vertex__peak__acme the highest point of something
subtype: crown the part of a hat (the vertex) covering the crown of the head
subtype: roof_peak the highest point of a roof
subtype: limit as far as something can go
subtype: maximum the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right
subtype: minimum the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right
subtype: reach__range the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"
subtype: earshot__hearing the range within which a voice can be heard; "the children were told to stay within earshot"
subtype: eyeshot__view the range of the eye; "they were soon out of view"
subtype: rifle_shot__rifleshot__rifle_range__riflerange the distance that a rifle bullet will carry; "the target was out of rifle range"
subtype: hell_on_earth__hell__hellhole__snake_pit__snakepit__the_pits__inferno any place of pain and turmoil: "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";
subtype: inside__interior the region that is inside of something
subtype: midland the interior part of a country
subtype: midst__thick the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd"
subtype: penetralia the innermost parts
subtype: ionosphere the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons
subtype: layer a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
subtype: stratum one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism)
subtype: epidermis__cuticle the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
subtype: mantle.epidermis__pallium (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
subtype: stratum_corneum__stratumcorneum__corneum__horny_layer__hornylayer the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off
subtype: stratum_lucidum__stratumlucidum the layer of epidermis immediately under the stratum corneum in the skin of the palms and soles
subtype: stratum_granulosum__stratumgranulosum the layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum; contains cells (with visible granules) that die and move to the surface
subtype: stratum_germinativum__stratumgerminativum__stratum_basale__stratumbasale__malpighian_layer__rete_Malpighii the innermost layer of the epidermis
subtype: dermis__corium__derma the deep vascular inner layer of the skin
subtype: cambium the inner layer of the periosteum
subtype: paries__wall (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; "stomach walls"
subtype: abdominal_wall__abdominalwall a wall of the abdomen
subtype: substratum__substrate any stratum lying underneath another
subtype: horizon a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
subtype: soil_horizon a layer in a soil profile
subtype: A-horizon__A_horizon the top layer of a soil profile; usually contains humus
subtype: B-horizon__B_horizon immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils
subtype: C-horizon__C_horizon beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock
subtype: geological_horizon a layer of rock with a particular composition (especially of fossils); for dating the stratum
subtype: seam.stratum__bed a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds"
subtype: coal_seam a seam of coal
subtype: bed.stratum (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of standstone"
subtype: ore_bed__orebed a stratum of ore
subtype: asthenosphere the lower layer of the crust
subtype: chromosphere a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun
subtype: Earth's_crust__crust the outer layer of the Earth
subtype: horst a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land
subtype: exosphere the outermost atmospheric layer
subtype: hydrosphere the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor
subtype: lithosphere__geosphere the solid part of the earth
subtype: plate.lithosphere a rigid layer of the lithosphere that is believed to drift slowly
subtype: lower_mantle__lowermantle the deeper part of the mantle
subtype: mantle.layer the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
subtype: mesosphere the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere
subtype: ozone_layer__ozonelayer__ozonosphere a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun
subtype: stratosphere the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere
subtype: Earth's_surface__surface the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"
subtype: floor.Earth's_surface the bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.
subtype: thermosphere the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere
subtype: tropopause the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere
subtype: troposphere the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude)
subtype: upper_mantle__uppermantle the upper part of the mantle
subtype: snow a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
subtype: corn_snow granular snow formed by alternate thawing and freezing
subtype: game_line__line in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
subtype: balkline__baulk_line__baulkline__string_line line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
subtype: finishing_line__finishingline__finish_line a line indicating the location of the finish of a race
subtype: foul_line lines through 1st and 3rd base indicating the boundaries of a baseball field
subtype: bowling_foul_line__foul_line a line across a bowling alley that a bowler must not cross
subtype: basketball_foul_line__foul_line a line from which basketball players take penalty shots
subtype: baseball_baseline__baseline the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases
subtype: tennis_baseline__baseline the back line at each end of a tennis court
subtype: goal_line a line marking each end of the playing field or pitch; where the goals stand
subtype: red_line__redline a line that is colored red bisects an ice hockey rink
subtype: scrimmage_line__scrimmageline__line_of_scrimmage line parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American football; "the runner was tackled at the line of scrimmage"
subtype: out_of-bounds__sideline a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field
subtype: touchline either of the sidelines in soccer or Rugby
subtype: starting_line__start a line indicating the location of the start of a race
subtype: yardline in football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field
subtype: outside__exterior the region that is outside of something
subtype: outdoors__out-of-doors__open_air__open where the air is unconfined; "he wanted to get outdoors a little"; "the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open"
subtype: radius.region a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius; "they located it within a radius of 2 miles"
subtype: side a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location; "they always sat on the right side of the church"; "he never left my side"
subtype: dockside the region adjacent to a boat dock
subtype: north_side__northside the side that is on the north
subtype: east_side the side that is on the east
subtype: west_side the side that is on the west
subtype: south_side__southside the side that is on the south
subtype: bedside space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person); "the doctor stood at her bedside"
subtype: position_at_the_side_of_an_object__hand a position given by its location to the side of an object; "objections were voiced on every hand"
subtype: shipside the part of a wharf that is next to a ship
subtype: air.region the region above the ground; "her hand stopped in mid air"; "he threw the ball into the air"
subtype: vacuity__vacuum a region empty of matter
subtype: top the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page"
subtype: chapiter__capital the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
subtype: masthead the head or top of a mast
subtype: crown.top the enamel covered part of a tooth above the gum
subtype: jacket_crown__jacket (dentistry) an artificial crown fitted over a broken or decayed tooth
subtype: head.top the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list"
subtype: treetop__capitulum the upper branches and leaves of a tree
subtype: zodiac.region a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes
subtype: sign_of_the_zodiac__sign__mansion__house__planetary_house__planetaryhouse one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
instance: Aries_the_Ram__Aries Taurus_the_Bull__Taurus Gemini_the_Twins__Gemini Cancer_the_Crab__Cancer Leo_the_Lion__Leo Virgo_the_Virgin__Virgo Libra_the_Balance__Libra__Libra_the_Scales Scorpio_the_Scorpion__Scorpio Sagittarius_the_Archer__Sagittarius Capricorn__Capricon_the_Goat Aquarius_the_Water_Bearer__Aquarius__Water_Bearer Pisces_the_Fishes__Pisces
subtype: black_hole__blackhole a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field
subtype: mare__maria a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
instance: D-layer__D_region Appleton_layer__F_layer__F_region Kennelly-Heaviside_layer__Heaviside_layer__E_layer__E_region Witwatersrand__Rand__Reef
subtype: region a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"
subtype: area.region__country a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
subtype: arena the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially a sand-strewn area
subtype: bedground an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night
subtype: broadcast_area__broadcastarea the area over which a radio or tv transmission can be received
subtype: center.area__centre__middle__heart__eye an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
subtype: city_center__central_city__centralcity the central part of a city
subtype: financial_center__financialcenter the part of a city where financial institutions are centered
subtype: civic_center__civiccenter__hub__municipal_center__municipalcenter__down_town the center of a city
subtype: inner_city__innercity the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city
subtype: medical_center__medicalcenter the part of a city where medical facilities are centered
subtype: midfield the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)
subtype: seat.center a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
subtype: capital_city__capitalcity__capital a seat of government
subtype: Camelot (Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there
subtype: national_capital the capital city of a nation
instance: Windhoek Kabul__capital_of_Afghanistan Tirana__Albanian_capital Algiers__Algerian_capital Luanda__Angolan_capital St._John's.Antigua_and_Barbuda__st.john'__capital_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda__Saint_John's Buenos_Aires__capital_of_Argentina Sofia__Serdica__Bulgarian_capital Yangon__Rangoon Bujumbura__Usumbura__capital_of_Burundi Phnom_Penh__Pnom_Penh__Cambodian_capital Yaounde__capital_of_Cameroon Praia__Cidade_de_Praia__capital_of_Cape_Verde Bangui__capital_of_Central_Africa Colombo__capital_of_Sri_Lanka N'Djamena__Ndjamena__Fort-Lamy__capital_of_Chad Gran_Santiago__Santiago__Santiago_de_Chile__capital_of_Chile Beijing__Peking__Peiping__peiping__capital_of_Red_China Taipei__capital_of_Taiwan Bogota__capital_of_Colombia Brazzaville Kinshasa__Leopoldville San_Jose.Costa_Rica__sanjose__capital_of_Costa_Rica Yamoussukro Guatemala_City__capital_of_Guatemala Tegucigalpa__Honduran_capital San_Salvador__Salvadoran_capital Managua__capital_of_Nicaragua__Nicaraguan_capital Panama_City.Panama__panamacity__capital_of_Panama__Panamanian_capital Mexico_City__Ciudad_de_Mexico__Mexican_capital__capital_of_Mexico Havana__capital_of_Cuba__Cuban_capital Port-au-Prince__Haitian_capital Santo_Domingo__Ciudad_Trujillo__capital_of_the_Dominican_Republic Kingston.Jamaica__kingston__capital_of_Jamaica__Jamaican_capital Port_of_Spain__Port-of-Spain__capital_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago Nicosia__capital_of_Cyprus Prague__Praha__Prag__Czech_capital Porto_Novo__capital_of_Benin Lome__capital_of_Togo Copenhagen__Kobenhavn__Danish_capital Djibouti.capital__djibouti__capital_of_Djibouti Roseau Malabo Oslo__Christiania__capital_of_Norway Stockholm__capital_of_Sweden Berlin__German_capital Quito__capital_of_Ecuador Asmara__Asmera Addis_Ababa__New_Flower__capital_of_Ethiopia Suva Helsinki__Helsingfors__capital_of_Finland__Finnish_capital Athens__Athinai__capital_of_Greece__Greek_capital Jerusalem__capital_of_Israel Roma__Rome__Eternal_City__Italian_capital__capital_of_Italy Bucharest__Bucharesti__Bucuresti__capital_of_Romania Kigali__capital_of_Rwanda Ljubljana Belgrade__Beograd__capital_of_Yugoslavia Zagreb Canadian_capital__Ottawa__capital_of_Canada Canberra__Australian_capital__capital_of_Australia Kolonia Funafuti Tarawa__Bairiki Port_Moresby__capital_of_Papua_New_Guinea Vienna__Austrian_capital__capital_of_Austria Nassau__capital_of_the_Bahamas Manama__capital_of_Bahrain Dahka__Dacca__capital_of_Bangladesh Bruxelles__Brussels__Belgian_capital__capital_of_Belgium Gaborone__capital_of_Botswana Brasilia__Brazilian_capital__capital_of_Brazil London__Greater_London__British_capital__capital_of_the_United_Kingdom Dublin__Irish_capital__capital_of_Ireland Cairo__El_Qahira__Egyptian_capital__capital_of_Egypt New_Delhi__Indian_capital__capital_of_India Kathmandu__Katmandu__capital_of_Nepal Lhasa__Lassa__capital_of_Tibet__Forbidden_City Jakarta__Djakarta__capital_of_Indonesia Teheran__Tehran__capital_of_Iran__Iranian_capital Baghdad__Bagdad__capital_of_Iraq Tokyo__Tokio__Yeddo__Yedo__Edo__Japanese_capital__capital_of_Japan Amman__capital_of_Jordan Nairobi__capital_of_Kenya Kuwait_City__capital_of_Kuwait__Kuwait__Koweit Paris__City_of_Light__French_capital__capital_of_France Libreville__capital_of_Gabon Banjul__capital_of_Gambia Accra__capital_of_Ghana St._George's__capital_of_Grenada Conakry__Konakri__capital_of_Guinea Bissau__capital_of_Guinea-Bissau Stabroek__Georgetown Amsterdam__Dutch_capital__capital_of_The_Netherlands Budapest__Hungarian_capital__capital_of_Hungary Reykjavik__capital_of_Iceland Pyongyang__capital_of_North_Korea Seoul__capital_of_South_Korea Vientiane__Laotian_capital__capital_of_Laos Beirut__capital_of_Lebanon Maseru__capital_of_Lesotho Monrovia__Liberian_capital__capital_of_Liberia Tripoli__capital_of_Libya Vaduz__capital_of_Liechtenstein Luxembourg-Ville__Luxembourg__Luxemburg__Luxembourg_City__capital_of_Luxembourg Skopje__Skoplje__Uskub Antananarivo__capital_of_Madagascar Lilongwe__capital_of_Malawi Kuala_Lumpur__Malaysian_capital__capital_of_Malaysia Male Bamako Valletta__Valetta__capital_of_Malta Nouakchott Port_Louis Monaco-Ville Ulan_Bator__Ulaanbaatar__Urga__Kulun__capital_of_Mongolia Rabat__capital_of_Morocco Maputo__capital_of_Mozambique Wellington__capital_of_New_Zealand Niamey__capital_of_Niger Abuja__capital_of_Nigeria__Nigerian_capital Muscat__Masqat__capital_of_Oman Islamabad__capital_of_Pakistan Asuncion__capital_of_Paraguay Lima__capital_of_Peru Manila__capital_of_the_Philippines Warsaw__capital_of_Poland Lisbon__Lisboa__capital_of_Portugal Doha__Bida__El_Beda__capital_of_Qatar Basseterre Castries Kingstown.Saint_Vincent__kingstown Apia__capital_of_Western_Samoa San_Marino.capital__sanmarino__capital_of_San_Marino Sao_Tome Riyadh__capital_of_Saudi_Arabia Mecca Dakar__capital_of_Senegal Victoria.Seychelles__victoria__capital_of_Seychelles Freetown__capital_of_Sierra_Leone__capitalofsierraleone Singapore.capital__singapore__capital_of_Singapore Honiara Mogadishu__Mogadiscio__capital_of_Somalia Pretoria__capital_of_South_Africa__capitalofsouthafrica Moscow__capital_of_the_Russian_Federation__Russian_capital Madrid__capital_of_Spain__Spanish_capital Khartoum__capital_of_Sudan Paramaribo__capital_of_Suriname Mbabane__capital_of_Swaziland Bern__Berne__capital_of_Switzerland Damascus__capital_of_Syria Dar_es_Salaam__capital_of_Tanzania Bangkok__capital_of_Thailand__Krung_Thep Tunis__capital_of_Tunisia Ankara__Turkish_capital__capital_of_Turkey Kampala__capital_of_Uganda Abu_Dhabi__United_Arab_Emirates's_capital Washington__American_capital__capital_of_the_United_States Montevideo__capital_of_Uruguay Port_Vila__Vila__capital_of_Vanuatu Caracas__capital_of_Venezuela Hanoi__capital_of_Vietnam San'a__Sanaa__Sana Lusaka__capital_of_Zambia Harare__Salisbury__capital_of_Zimbabwe
subtype: provincial_capital the capital city of a province
instance: Edmonton Victoria.British_Columbia__victoria Winnipeg Fredericton Saint_John's.Newfoundland__saintjohn'__St._John's Halifax Toronto Charlottetown Quebec_City__Quebec Regina Whitehorse Darwin
subtype: state_capital__statecapital the capital city of a United States state
instance: Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Hobart Adelaide Perth Montgomery__capital_of_Alabama Juneau__capital_of_Alaska Phoenix.Arizona__phoenix__capitalofarizona Little_Rock__capital_of_Arkansas Sacramento__capital_of_California Denver__Mile-High_City__capital_of_Colorado Hartford__capital_of_Connecticut Dover__capital_of_Delaware Tallahassee__capital_of_Florida Atlanta__capital_of_Georgia Honolulu__capital_of_Hawaii__Hawaiian_capital Boise__capital_of_Idaho Springfield.Illinois__springfield__capitalofillinoi Indianapolis__capital_of_Indiana Des_Moines__capital_of_Iowa Topeka__capital_of_Kansas Frankfort__capital_of_Kentucky Baton_Rouge__capital_of_Louisiana Augusta.Maine__augusta__capital_of_Maine Annapolis__capital_of_Maryland Boston__Hub_of_the_Universe__Beantown__capital_of_Massachusetts Lansing__capital_of_Michigan Saint_Paul__St._Paul__capital_of_Minnesota Jackson.Mississippi__jackson__capitalofmississippi Jefferson_City__capital_of_Missouri Helena__capital_of_Montana Lincoln.Nebraska__lincoln__capital_of_Nebraska Carson_City__capital_of_Nevada Concord.New_Hampshire__concord__capital_of_New_Hampshire Trenton__capital_of_New_Jersey Santa_Fe__capital_of_New_Mexico Albany.New_York_State__albany__capital_of_New_York Raleigh__capital_of_North_Carolina Bismarck__capital_of_North_Dakota Columbus.Ohio__columbu__capitalofohio Oklahoma_City__capital_of_Oklahoma Salem.Oregon__salem__capital_of_Oregon Harrisburg__capital_of_Pennsylvania Providence__capital_of_Rhode_Island Columbia.South_Carolina__columbia__capital_of_South_Carolina Pierre__capital_of_South_Dakota Nashville__capital_of_Tennessee Austin__capital_of_Texas Salt_Lake_City__capital_of_Utah Montpelier__capital_of_Vermont Richmond__capital_of_Virginia Olympia.Washington_State__olympia__capitalofwashington Charleston.West_Virginia__charleston__capital_of_West_Virginia Madison__capital_of_Wisconsin Cheyenne.Wyoming__cheyenne__capital_of_Wyoming
instance: George_Town Bridgetown__capital_of_Barbados Bratislava__capital_of_Slovakia__Pressburg__Pozsony Sucre Belfast__capital_of_Northern_Ireland Edinburgh Cardiff Minsk__capital_of_Byelorussia Tallinn__capital_of_Estonia Riga__capital_of_Latvia Vilnius__Vilna__Vilno__Wilno__capital_of_Lithuania Kishinev__Chisinau__capital_of_Moldova Kiev__capital_of_the_Ukraine Yerevan__Jerevan__Erivan__capital_of_Armenia Baku__capital_of_Azerbaijan Tbilisi__Tiflis__capital_of_Georgia Astana__Akmola__capital_of_Kazakhstan Bishkek__Biskek__Frunze__capital_of_Kyrgystan Dushanbe__Dusanbe__Dyushambe__Stalinabad__capital_of_Tajikistan Ashkhabad__capital_of_Turkmenistan Tashkent__Taskent__capital_of_Uzbek
subtype: county_seat__county_courthouse the town or city that is the seat of government for a county
subtype: county_town__shire_town__shiretown (British) the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire
subtype: see the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
instance: Holy_See__The_Holy_See__State_of_the_Vatican_City
instance: La_Paz
subtype: midstream the middle of a stream
subtype: corner.area a place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "he glanced out of the corner of his eye"
subtype: remote_corner__corner a remote area; "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"
subtype: disaster_area a region whose population is affected by a general disaster
subtype: haunt__hangout__resort__repair__stamping_ground a frequently visited place
subtype: gathering_place a favorite haunt where people gather
subtype: fireside__hearth an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
subtype: hunting_ground.area__huntingground an area in which game is hunted
subtype: no-man's-land__no_man's_land an unoccupied area between opposing armies
subtype: circle_quadrant__quadrant the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle
subtype: quadrant.area any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes
subtype: staging_area__stagingarea an area where troops and equipment in transit are assembled before a military operation
subtype: open.area__clear a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water: "finally broke out of the forest into the open"
subtype: free_zone__free_port an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties
subtype: anchorage_ground__anchorageground__anchorage place for vessels to anchor
subtype: mooring__berth__slip a place where a craft can be made fast
subtype: roads__road__roadstead a partly sheltered anchorage
subtype: resort__holiday_resort__holidayresort__vacation_spot__playground an area where many people go for recreation
subtype: dude_ranch a holiday resort offering ranch activities (riding and camping)
subtype: ski_resort__skiresort a resort with lodging and facilities for skiing
subtype: watering_place__watering_hole__spa a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
instance: Wiesbaden
instance: Waikiki
subtype: city_block__block a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings; "he lives in the next block"
subtype: retreat.area a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
subtype: Camp_David retreat northwest of Washington used by the president of the United States
subtype: nook a sheltered and secluded place
subtype: nest.retreat a cosy or secluded retreat
subtype: pleasance a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion
subtype: sanctum__sanctum_sanctorum__sanctumsanctorum a place of inviolable privacy; "he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go"
subtype: safety.area__refuge a safe place; "He ran to safety"
subtype: harborage__harbourage a place of refuge (as for a ship)
subtype: danger.area a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger"
subtype: scene the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime"
subtype: light.scene an illuminated area; "he stepped into the light"
subtype: darkness.scene__dark__shadow an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
subtype: stage.scene any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations"
subtype: locale__venue__locus__locu the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
subtype: plane_section__planesection__section (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
subtype: cross_section__crosssection a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis
subtype: profile.cross_section a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers
subtype: soil_profile a vertical section of soil from the ground surface to the parent rock
subtype: section.area a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section"
subtype: outskirts__outskirt outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the outskirts of Houston" or "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd"
subtype: vicinity__locality__neighborhood__neighbourhood a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"
subtype: place.vicinity a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago"
subtype: proximity the region close around a person or thing
subtype: presence.proximity__front the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company"
subtype: scenery the appearance of a place
subtype: landscape an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
subtype: seascape.scenery a view of the sea
instance: Left_Bank__Latin_Quarter Montmartre Right_Bank
instance: Forbidden_City
subtype: shrubbery.area an area where a number of shrubs are planted
subtype: space.area an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"
subtype: crawlspace__crawl_space low space beneath a floor of a building; gives workers access to wiring or plumbing
subtype: disk_space__disc_space (computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk
subtype: disk_overhead__overhead (computer science) the disk space required for non-data information (used for location and timing)
subtype: swap_space__swap_file the disk space that is set aside for virtual memory
subtype: no-parking_zone a space where automobiles are not allowed to park
subtype: parking_space__parkingspace__parking_zone__parkingzone a space where an automobile can be parked
subtype: seat.space__place a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place"
subtype: perch.seat an elevated place serving as a seat
subtype: terreplein level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart
subtype: workspace space allocated for your work (as in an office)
subtype: tank_farm an area used exclusively for storing petroleum in large tanks
subtype: winner's_circle a small area at a racecourse where awards are given to the owners of winning horses
instance: Bermuda_Triangle Saxony__Sachsen__sachsen__Saxe
subtype: backwater any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress
subtype: military_field__field a region in which military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"
subtype: district__territory a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
subtype: administrative_district__administrative_division__territorial_division__territorialdivision a district defined for administrative purposes
subtype: borough one of the administrative divisions of a large city
instance: Greenwich Westminster__City_of_Westminster Bronx__The_Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten_Island
subtype: canton a small administrative division of a country
subtype: Swiss_canton one of the cantons of Switzerland
instance: Ticino__Tessin
subtype: city.administrative_district an incorporated administrative district established by state charter; "the city raised the tax rate"
subtype: commune the smallest administrative district of several European countries (Belgium and France and Italy and Switzerland)
subtype: country__state__land the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
subtype: banana_republic__bananarepublic a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas)
subtype: fatherland__homeland__motherland__mother_country__country_of_origin__native_land the country where you were born
subtype: old_country__oldcountry the country of origin of an immigrant
subtype: buffer_state__buffer_country a small neutral state between two rival powers
subtype: kingdom.country a country with a king as head of state
instance: Israel UK__Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland__Great_Britain__United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland__United_Kingdom__Britain
subtype: European_country__European_nation countries occupying the European continent
subtype: Scandinavian_country__Scandinavian_nation countries occupying Scandinavia
instance: Denmark__Kingdom_of_Denmark__Danmark Norway__Kingdom_of_Norway__Norge__Noreg Sweden__Kingdom_of_Sweden__Sverige
subtype: Balkan_country__Balkan_nation__Balkans__Balkan_state a country on the Balkan Peninsula
instance: Albania__Republic_of_Albania Bulgaria__Republic_of_Bulgaria Greece__Hellenic_Republic__Ellas Romania__Roumania__Rumania Macedonia
instance: Czech_Republic Slovakia__Slovak_Republic Germany__Federal_Republic_of_Germany__Deutschland__FRG East_Germany__German_Democratic_Republic West_Germany__Federal_Republic_of_Germany Finland__Republic_of_Finland__Suomi Italy__Italian_Republic__Italia Yugoslavia__Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia__Jugoslavija__Serbia_and_Montenegro Croatia__Republic_of_Croatia__Hrvatska Bosnia_and_Herzegovina__Republic_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina__Bosna_i_Hercegovina__Bosnia-Herzegovina__Bosnia Slovenia__Republic_of_Slovenia__Slovenija Austria__Republic_of_Austria__Oesterreich Flanders Belgium__Kingdom_of_Belgium__Belgique England Northern_Ireland Eire__Ireland__Irish_Free_State__Republic_of_Ireland Scotland France__French_Republic Netherlands__The_Netherlands__Kingdom_of_The_Netherlands__Holland__holland Hungary__Republic_of_Hungary__Magyarorszag Republic_of_Iceland__Iceland Liechtenstein__Principality_of_Liechtenstein Luxembourg__Grand_Duchy_of_Luxembourg__Luxemburg Monaco__Principality_of_Monaco Poland__Republic_of_Poland__Polska Portugal__Portuguese_Republic San_Marino__Republic_of_San_Marino Belarus__Republic_of_Belarus__Byelarus__Byelorussia__Belorussia__White_Russia Moldova__Republic_of_Moldava__Moldavia Andorra__Principality_of_Andorra Spain__Kingdom_of_Spain__Espana Switzerland__Swiss_Confederation__Suisse__Schweiz__Svizzera Holy_See__The_Holy_See__State_of_the_Vatican_City
subtype: African_country__African_nation countries occupying the African continent
instance: Namibia__Republic_of_Namibia Algeria__Democratic_and_Popular_Republic_of_Algeria__Algerie Angola__Republic_of_Angola Burundi__Republic_of_Burundi Republic_of_Cameroon__Cameroon__Cameroun Central_African_Republic__Central_Africa Republic_of_Chad__Chad__Tchad Republic_of_the_Congo__French_Congo Congo__Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo__Zaire__Belgian_Congo Ivory_Coast__Cote_d'Ivoire__Republic_of_Cote_d'Ivoire Benin__Republic_of_Benin__Dahomey Togo__Togolese_Republic Djibouti__Republic_of_Djibouti__Afars_and_Issas Equatorial_Guinea__Republic_of_Equitorial_Guinea__Spanish_Guinea Eritrea__State_of_Eritrea Ethiopia__Federal_Democratic_Republic_of_Ethiopia__Yaltopya__Abyssinia Rwanda__Rwandese_Republic__Ruanda Botswana__Republic_of_Botswana Egypt__Arab_Republic_of_Egypt__United_Arab_Republic Kenya__Republic_of_Kenya Gabon__Gabonese_Republic__Gabun Gambia__The_Gambia__Republic_of_The_Gambia Ghana__Republic_of_Ghana__Gold_Coast Guinea__Republic_of_Guinea__French_Guinea Guinea-Bissau__Republic_of_Guinea-Bissau__Guine-Bissau__Portuguese_Guinea Lesotho__Kingdom_of_Lesotho__Basutoland Liberia__Republic_of_Liberia Libya__Socialist_People's_Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya Republic_of_Madagascar__Madagascar__Malagasy_Republic Malawi__Republic_of_Malawi__Nyasaland Mali__Republic_of_Mali__French_Sudan Mauritania__Islamic_Republic_of_Mauritania__Mauritanie__Muritaniya Morocco__Kingdom_of_Morocco__Maroc__Marruecos__Al-Magrib Mozambique__Republic_of_Mozambique__Mocambique Niger__Republic_of_Niger Nigeria__Federal_Republic_of_Nigeria Senegal__Republic_of_Senegal Sierra_Leone__Republic_of_Sierra_Leone Somalia South_Africa__Republic_of_South_Africa Republic_of_the_Sudan__Sudan__Soudan Swaziland__Kingdom_of_Swaziland Tanzania__United_Republic_of_Tanzania Tunisia__Republic_of_Tunisia Uganda__Republic_of_Uganda Zambia__Republic_of_Zambia Zimbabwe__Republic_of_Zimbabwe__Rhodesia__Southern_Rhodesia
subtype: Asian_country__Asian_nation countries occupying the Asian continent
instance: Afghanistan__Islamic_State_of_Afghanistan Myanmar__Union_of_Burma__Burma Cambodia__Kingdom_of_Cambodia__Kampuchea China__People's_Republic_of_China__mainland_China__Communist_China__Red_China__PRC Bahrain__State_of_Bahrain__Bahrein Bangladesh__People's_Republic_of_Bangladesh__Bangla_Desh__East_Pakistan Bhutan__Kingdom_of_Bhutan India__Republic_of_India__Bharat Nepal__Kingdom_of_Nepal Tibet__Thibet__Xizang__Sitsang Iran__Islamic_Republic_of_Iran__Persia Iraq__Republic_of_Iraq__Al-Iraq__Irak Japan__Nippon__Nihon Jordan__Hashemite_Kingdom_of_Jordan Kuwait__State_of_Kuwait__Koweit North_Korea__Democratic_People's_Republic_of_Korea South_Korea__Republic_of_Korea Laos__Lao_People's_Democratic_Republic Lebanon__Lebanese_Republic Malaysia__Malaya Outer_Mongolia__Mongolia__Mongolian_People's_Republic Oman__Sultanate_of_Oman__Muscat_and_Oman Pakistan__Islamic_Republic_of_Pakistan__West_Pakistan Qatar__State_of_Qatar__Katar__State_of_Katar Saudi_Arabia__Kingdom_of_Saudi_Arabia Singapore__Republic_of_Singapore Armenia__Republic_of_Armenia__Hayastan Azerbaijan__Azerbaijani_Republic__Azerbajdzhan__Azerbajdzhan_Republic Sakartvelo__Georgia Kazakhstan__Republic_of_Kazakhstan__Kazakstan__Kazakh__Kazak Kyrgystan__Kyrgyz_Republic__Kirghizia__Kirgizia__Kirghiz__Kirgiz__Kirghizstan__Kirgizstan Tajikistan__Republic_of_Tajikistan__Tadzhikistan__Tadzhik__Tadjik__Tajik Uzbekistan__Republic_of_Uzbekistan__Uzbek Syria__Syrian_Arab_Republic Thailand__Kingdom_of_Thailand__Siam United_Arab_Emirates Vietnam__Socialist_Republic_of_Vietnam__Viet_Nam__Annam Yemen__Republic_of_Yemen
subtype: South_American_country__South_American_nation countries occupying the South American continent
instance: Argentina__Argentine_Republic__the_Argentine Chile__Republic_of_Chile Colombia__Republic_of_Colombia Ecuador__Republic_of_Ecuador Bolivia__Republic_of_Bolivia Brazil__Federative_Republic_of_Brazil__Brasil Guyana__Co-operative_Republic_of_Guyana__British_Guiana Paraguay__Republic_of_Paraguay Peru__Republic_of_Peru Suriname__Republic_of_Suriname__Surinam__Dutch_Guiana__Netherlands_Guiana Uruguay Venezuela__Republic_of_Venezuela
subtype: North_American_country__North_American_nation a country on the North American continent
subtype: Central_American_country__Central_American_nation countries occupying Central America; except for Belize and Costa Rica these countries are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments
instance: Costa_Rica__Republic_of_Costa_Rica Guatemala__Republic_of_Guatemala Belize__British_Honduras Honduras__Republic_of_Honduras Salvador__El_Salvador__Republic_of_El_Salvador Nicaragua__Republic_of_Nicaragua Panama__Republic_of_Panama
instance: Mexico__United_Mexican_States Canada USA__United_States_of_America__United_States__America__US__U.S.__U.S.A.
instance: Antigua_and_Barbuda Cape_Verde__Republic_of_Cape_Verde Sri_Lanka__Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka__Ceylon Comoros__Federal_Islamic_Republic_of_the_Comoros Republic_of_Cuba__Cuba Haiti__Republic_of_Haiti Dominican_Republic Jamaica.country__jamaica Barbados.country__barbado Trinidad_and_Tobago__Republic_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago Republic_of_Cyprus__Cyprus Commonwealth_of_Dominica__Dominica Fiji__Republic_of_Fiji State_of_Israel__Israel__Yisrael__Zion__Sion Etruria Australia__Commonwealth_of_Australia Federated_States_of_Micronesia__Micronesia__TT Republic_of_the_Marshall_Islands__Marshall_Islands Tuvalu Kiribati__Republic_of_Kiribati Nauru__Republic_of_Nauru Papua_New_Guinea__Independent_State_of_Papua_New_Guinea Bahamas__Commonwealth_of_the_Bahamas__Bahama_Islands sultanate Burkina_Faso Indonesia__Republic_of_Indonesia__Dutch_East_Indies Grenada Republic_of_Maldives__Maldives Republic_of_Malta__Malta Republic_of_Mauritius__Mauritius New_Zealand Palau__Republic_of_Palau__TT Republic_of_the_Philippines__Philippines Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis__Federation_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis__Saint_Christopher-Nevis__St._Christopher-Nevis__St._Kitts_and_Nevis St._Lucia__Saint_Lucia Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines__St._Vincent_and_the_Grenadines Independent_State_of_Samoa__Samoa__Western_Samoa__Samoa_i_Sisifo Sao_Tome_and_Principe__Democratic_Republic_of_Sao_Tome_and_Principe__Sao_Tome_e_Principe__Sao_Thome_e_Principe__St._Thomas_and_Principe Seychelles__Republic_of_Seychelles Solomon_Islands USSR__Soviet_Union__Russia__Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics Russia__Russian_Federation Ukraine__Ukrayina Turkmenistan__Turkomen__Turkmen__Turkmenia Kingdom_of_Tonga__Tonga__Friendly_Islands Turkey__Republic_of_Turkey Vanuatu__Republic_of_Vanuatu__New_Hebrides
subtype: county a territorial division for local government
instance: Avon Berkshire Cornwall Devonshire__Devon Gloucestershire__gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Somerset East_Sussex West_Sussex Leicestershire__Leicester Lincolnshire Northumberland North_Yorkshire West_Yorkshire South_Yorkshire Isle_of_Wight__Wight
subtype: county_palatine the territory of a count palatine
subtype: department.administrative_district the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
subtype: federal_district__federaldistrict a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation
instance: District_of_Columbia__DC
subtype: reservation.administrative_district__reserve a district that is reserved for particular purpose
subtype: indian_reservation a reservation set aside for the use of indians
subtype: preserve.reservation a reservation where animals are protected
subtype: shooting_preserve a preserve on which hunting is permitted during certain months of the year
subtype: shire (British) a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county
subtype: municipality.urban_area an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
subtype: city__metropolis__urban_center__urbancenter a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city"
subtype: capital_city__capitalcity__capital a seat of government
instance: Dunkerque__Dunkirk Durres__Durazzo Oran Constantine Hamilton Cordoba__Cordova Plovdiv__Philippopolis Mandalay Douala Kandy Vina_del_Mar Antofagasta Punta_Arenas Concepcion Valparaiso Lanzhou__Lanchou__Lanchow Shanghai Guangzhou__Canton__Kuangchou__Kwangchow Nanchang__Nan-chang Nanning__Nan-ning Shenyang__Mukden__Moukden__Fengtien Tianjin__Tientsin__T'ien-ching Nanjing__Nanking Chongqing__Chungking Xian__Sian__Singan__Changan__Hsian Luoyang__Loyang Hangzhou__Hangchow Taichung Hong_Kong Cali Medellin Cartagena Kananga__Luluabourg Lubumbashi__Elisabethville Abidjan San_Pedro_Sula Santa_Ana.Salvador__santaana Colon__Aspinwall Merida Campeche Cancun Acapulco_de_Juarez__Acapulco chihuahua Juarez__Ciudad_Juarez Ciudad_Victoria Culiacan Durango__Victoria_de_Durango Guadalajara Hermosillo Leon.Mexico__leon Matamoros Mazatlan Mexicali Monterrey Oaxaca_de_Juarez__Oaxaca Orizaba Puebla_de_Zaragoza__Puebla__Heroica_Puebla_de_Zaragoza San_Luis_Potosi Tepic Tampico Torreon Tijuana Tuxtla_Gutierrez Veracruz Villahermosa Santiago_de_Cuba__Santiago Guantanamo Santiago_de_los_Caballeros__Santiago San_Juan Montego_Bay Cotonou Arhus__Aarhus Aalborg__Alborg Bergen Stavanger Trondheim__Nidaros Malmo Lund Goteborg__Goeteborg__Gothenburg Uppsala__Upsala Aachen__Aix-la-Chapelle Chemnitz__Karl-Marx_Stadt Dresden Leipzig Solingen Weimar Bonn Cologne__Koln Braunschweig__Brunswick Dusseldorf Essen Frankfurt_on_the_Main__Frankfurt__Frankfort Halle-an-der-Saale__Halle Hamburg Hannover__Hanover Lubeck Mannheim Munich__Muenchen Nuremberg__Nurnberg Rostock Stuttgart Wiesbaden Wurzburg__Wuerzburg Guayaquil Espoo Tampere__Tammerfors Corinth__Korinthos Argos Delphi Mycenae Sparta Troy__Ilion__Ilium Thebes Thessaloniki__Salonika__Salonica__Thessalonica Sodom Gomorrah__Gomorrha Tel_Aviv-Jaffa__Tel_Aviv Haifa Jaffa__Joppa__Yafo Byzantium Pompeii Herculaneum Aquila_degli_Abruzzi__Aquila__L'Aquila Naples__Napoli Messina Bologna Brindisi Genoa__Genova Cremona La_Spezia Milan__Milano Pisa Siracusa__Syracuse Turin__Torino Bari Palermo Firenze__Florence Padua__Padova__Patavium Venice__Venezia Verona Dubrovnik__Ragusa Split Banff Calgary Vancouver Saint_John__St._John Hamilton.port__hamilton Sudbury Thunder_Bay Montreal Saskatoon Graz Linz__Lentia Salzburg Innsbruck Chittagong Antwerpen__Antwerp__Anvers Bruges__City_of_Bridges Charleroi Gent__Gand__Ghent Liege__Luik Namur Belo_Horizonte Natal Rio_de_Janeiro__Rio Recife__Pernambuco Sao_Paulo Lancaster Manchester Hull__Kingston-upon_Hull Liverpool Birmingham Oxford.England__oxford Cambridge Brighton Bristol Leeds Leicester Newcastle-upon-Tyne__Newcastle Pompey__Portsmouth Coventry Gloucester.England__gloucester Reading Sheffield Winchester.England__winchester Worcester.England__worcester Cork Galway Limerick Waterford Aberdeen.Scotland__aberdeen Glasgow Newport.Wales__newport Swansea El_Iskandriyah__Alexandria Aswan__Assuan__Assouan Giza__El_Giza Memphis.Egypt__memphi Luxor Suez Delhi__Old_Delhi Calcutta Bombay__Greater_Bombay Agra Hyderabad Chennai__Madras Salem.India__salem Bandung Medan Semarang__Samarang Abadan Mashhad__Meshed Isfahan__Esfahan__Aspadana Shiraz Tabriz Qum Persepolis Basra__Basia Mosul Edirne__Adrianople__Adrianopolis Babylon Ur Assur__Asur__Ashur Nineveh Utica.Phoenicia__utica Nagoya Osaka Yokohama Naha_City Kyoto Hiroshima Sapporo Kitakyushu Fukuoka Nagasaki Aqaba__Akaba Zarqa__Az_Zarqa Kisumu Mombasa Nakuru Bordeaux Brest Cannes Dijon Grenoble Le_Havre Lille Lyon__Lyons Marseille__Marseilles Nancy Nantes Nice Orleans Strasbourg__Strassburg Toulouse Versailles The_Hague__'s_Gravenhage__Den_Haag Eindhoven Nijmegen Rotterdam Leiden__Leyden Utrecht Thorshavn Incheon__Inchon__Chemulpo Kwangju Taegu__Tegu Pusan Tarabulus__Tripoli Saida__Sidon Sur__Tyre Benghazi Blantyre Zomba Timbuktu Casablanca Fez__Fes Marrakesh__Marrakech Tangier__Tangiers Auckland__Aukland Christchurch Ibadan Katsina Lagos Yerwa-Maiduguri__Maiduguri Zaria Karachi Lahore Faisalabad__Lyallpur Arequipa Cebu_City__Cebu Quezon_City Cracow__Krakow__Krakau Gdansk__Danzig Lodz Lublin Wroclaw__Breslau Braga Porto__Oporto Papeete Medina__Al_Madinah Jiddah__Jidda Hargeisa Cape_Town Johannesburg Kimberley Durban Bloemfontein Soweto Astrakhan Cherepovets Grozny__Groznyy Kaluga Kursk Nizhnyi_Novgorod__Nizhni_Novgorod__Gorki__Gorky__Gorkiy Kazan Leningrad__St._Petersburg__Peterburg__Petrograd__Saint_Petersburg Murmansk Nalchik Novgorod Perm__Molotov Rostov_na_Donu__Rostov__Rostov_on_Don Saratov Smolensk Ufa__ufa Volgograd__Stalingrad__Tsaritsyn Novosibirsk Chelyabinsk Omsk Vladivostok Gomel__Homel Klaipeda__Memel Kaunas__Kovna__Kovno Donetsk__Donetske__Stalino Chernobyl Dneprodzerzhinsk Dnepropetrovsk__Yekaterinoslav Kharkov__Kharkiv Odesa__Odessa Sebastopol__Sevastopol Yalta Almaty__Alma-Ata Samarkand__Samarcand Barcelona Cadiz Cartagena.port__cartagena Cordova__Cordoba Granada Jerez_de_la_Frontera__Jerez Leon.Spain__leon Malaga Oviedo San_Sebastian Sevilla__Seville Toledo.Spain__toledo Zaragoza__Saragossa Valencia.Spain__valencia Nyala Port_Sudan Omdurman Basel__Basle__Bale Geneva__Geneve__Genf Lausanne Zurich Aleppo__Alep Tabora Sfax__Safaqis Adana__Seyhan Antalya__Adalia Istanbul__Stambul__Stamboul__Constantinople Bursa__Brusa Izmir__Smyrna Jinja Gulu Dubai Pittsburgh_of_the_South__Birmingham Huntsville Mobile Selma Anchorage Tucson Anaheim Bakersfield Berkeley Beverly_Hills Fresno Long_Beach Los_Angeles__City_of_the_Angels Oakland Pasadena Riverside San_Bernadino San_Diego San_Francisco San_Jose.California__sanjose Santa_Ana.California__santaana Santa_Clara Colorado_Springs Pueblo.Colorado__pueblo Bridgeport New_Haven Waterbury Wilmington.Delaware__wilmington Fort_Lauderdale Jacksonville Miami Miami_Beach Orlando St._Augustine__Saint_Augustine St._Petersburg__Saint_Petersburg Tampa Augusta.Georgia__augusta Columbus.Georgia__columbu Macon Savannah Windy_City__Chicago Decatur.Illinois__decatur Peoria Rockford Evansville Fort_Wayne Gary South_Bend Davenport Cedar_Rapids Sioux_City Kansas_City.Kansas__kansascity Wichita.Kansas__wichita Lexington.Kentucky__lexington Louisville New_Orleans Shreveport Portland.Maine__portland Baltimore Cambridge.Massachusetts__cambridge Springfield Worcester.Massachusetts__worcester Salem.Massachusetts__salem Ann_Arbor Detroit__Motor_City__Motown Flint Grand_Rapids Duluth Minneapolis Independence Kansas_City.Missouri__kansascity Saint_Louis__St._Louis__Gateway_to_the_West Springfield.Missouri__springfield Billings Omaha.Nebraska__omaha Las_Vegas Reno Manchester.New_Hampshire__manchester Atlantic_City Jersy_City Newark Bayonne Camden Paterson Albuquerque Buffalo New_York__New_York_City Binghamton Niagara_Falls Rochester.New_York_State__rochester Schenectady Syracuse Utica.New_York_State__utica Charlotte Durham Greensboro Winston-Salem Fargo Akron Cleveland Cincinnati Dayton Toledo.Ohio__toledo Youngstown Tulsa Eugene Portland.Oregon__portland Allentown Erie Chester Philadelphia__City_of_Brotherly_Love Pittsburgh Scranton Newport.Rhode_Island__newport Charleston.South_Carolina__charleston Sioux_Falls Chattanooga Knoxville Memphis.Tennessee__memphi Abilene Amarillo Beaumont Brownsville Corpus_Christi Dallas El_Paso Fort_Worth Houston Laredo Lubbock Odessa San_Antonio Waco Wichita_Falls Burlington Newport_News Norfolk Lynchburg Portsmouth.port__portsmouth Roanoke Seattle Spokane Tacoma Beckley Clarksburg Huntington Morgantown Parkersburg Wheeling Green_Bay Milwaukee Racine Casper Vatican_City__Citta_del_Vaticano Cuidad_Bolivar Maracaibo Maracay Valencia.Venezuela__valencia Ho_Chi_Minh_City__Saigon Haiphong Aden Bulawayo
subtype: town an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work"
subtype: burg colloquial American term for a town; "I've lived in this burg all my life"
subtype: boom_town a town enjoying sudden prosperity
subtype: ghost_town__ghosttown a deserted town (especially in Western United States)
subtype: hometown the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again"
subtype: market_town a (usually small) town where a public market is held at stated times
instance: Nogales.northern_Mexico__nogale Austerlitz Viborg Mariehamn__Maarianhamina Knossos__Cnossos__Cnossus Actium Akko__Acre__Akka__Accho Bethlehem Tivoli__Tibur Agrigento__Acragas__Girgenti Nanaimo Churchill Yellowknife Kingston.Ontario__kingston Sault_Sainte_Marie Dawson Alost__Aalost Blackpool Stratford-on-Avon__Stratford-upon-Avon Hastings Canterbury Bangor.Northern_Ireland Tara Ayr Aberdare Bangor.Wales__bangor Saqqara__Saqqarah__Sakkara Calais Chablis Vichy Thule Monte_Carlo El_Aaium Cuzco__Cusco Setubal Abydos Antioch__Antakya__Antakiya Decatur.Alabama__decatur Gadsden Tuscaloosa Tuskegee Nome Flagstaff Nogales.Arizona__nogale Prescott Yuma.Arizona__yuma Fayetteville Fort_Smith Hot_Springs Jonesboro Pine_Bluff Texarkana.Arkansas__texarkana Barstow Eureka Monterey Palo_Alto Redding San_Mateo San_Pablo Santa_Barbara Boulder Farmington.Connecticut__farmington New_London Daytona_Beach Fort_Myers Gainesville Key_West Melbourne.Florida__melbourne Palm_Beach Panama_City.Florida__panamacity Pensacola Sarasota West_Palm_Beach Albany.Georgia__albany Athens.Georgia__athen Brunswick.Georgia__brunswick Oxford.Mississippi__oxford Valdosta Hilo Coeur_d'Alene Idaho_Falls Lewiston.Idaho__lewiston Nampa Pocatello Twin_Falls.Idaho__twinfall Carbondale Champaign East_Saint_Louis Moline Rock_Island Urbana Bloomington Lafayette.Indiana__lafayette Muncie Council_Bluffs Clinton Dubuque Mason_City Ottumwa Dodge_City Hays Lawrence Salina Bowling_Green Owensboro Paducah Alexandria Lafayette.Louisiana__lafayette Monroe.Louisiana__monroe Morgan_City Bangor.Maine__bangor Brunswick.Maine__brunswick Lewiston.Maine__lewiston Orono Aberdeen.Maryland__aberdeen Frederick Hagerstown Concord.Massachusetts__concord Gloucester.Massachusetts__gloucester Lexington.Massachusetts__lexington Medford.Massachusetts__medford Pittsfield Plymouth Alpena Houghton Jackson.Michigan__jackson Kalamazoo Marquette Monroe.Michigan__monroe Saginaw Traverse_City Bemidji Hibbing Mankato Rochester.Minnesota__rochester Saint_Cloud__St._Cloud Virginia.Minnesota__virginia Biloxi.Mississippi__biloxi Columbus.Mississippi__columbu Greenville Hattiesburg Meridian Natchez Tupelo Vicksburg Cape_Girardeau Columbia.Missouri__columbia Hannibal Poplar_Bluff St._Joseph__Saint_Joseph Sedalia Bozeman Great_Falls Missoula Grand_Island North_Platte Portsmouth New_Brunswick.New_Jersey__newbrunswick Princeton Carlsbad Farmington.New_Mexico__farmington Gallup Las_Cruces Los_Alamos Roswell Silver_City Taos Ithaca Elmont Kingston.New_York_State__kingston Newburgh Saratoga_Springs Watertown.New_York_State__watertown Asheville Chappel_Hill Fayetteville.North_Carolina__fayetteville Greenville.North_Carolina__greenville Wilmington.North_Carolina__wilmington Athens.Ohio__athen Mansfield Bartlesville Enid Lawton McAlester Muskogee.Oklahoma__muskogee Bend Klamath_Falls Medford.Oregon__medford Altoona Gettysburg Hershey Florence Greenville.South_Carolina__greenville Aberdeen.South_Dakota__aberdeen Rapid_City Columbia.Tennessee__columbia Jackson.Tennessee__jackson Johnson_City Bryan Del_Rio Galveston Lufkin McAllen Midland Paris.Texas__pari San_Angelo Sherman Texarkana.Texas__texarkana Tyler Victoria.Texas__victoria Ogden Provo Bennington Brattleboro Rutland Blacksburg Aberdeen.Washington__aberdeen Bellingham Kennewick Vancouver.Washington__vancouver Walla_Walla Yakima Fayetteville.West_Virginia__fayetteville Appleton Eau_Claire La_Crosse Superior Watertown.Wisconsin__watertown Wausau Jackson.Wyoming__jackson Lander Laramie Rock_Springs
subtype: prefecture.administrative_district the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
subtype: state.administrative_district__province the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
subtype: commonwealth the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
instance: Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Rico__Puerto_Rico__Porto_Rico__PR
subtype: American_state one of the 50 states of the United States
subtype: slave_state__slavestate any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the Civil War
subtype: free_state any state prohibiting slavery prior to the Civil War
instance: Alabama__Heart_of_Dixie__Camellia_State__AL Alaska__Last_Frontier__AK Arizona__Grand_Canyon_State__AZ Arkansas__Land_of_Opportunity__AR California__Golden_State__CA Colorado__Centennial_State__CO Connecticut__Nutmeg_State__Constitution_State__CT Delaware__Diamond_State__First_State__DE Florida__Sunshine_State__Everglade_State__FL Georgia__Empire_State_of_the_South__Peach_State__GA Hawaii__Aloha_State__HI Idaho__Gem_State__ID Illinois__Prairie_State__Land_of_Lincoln__IL Indiana__Hoosier_State__IN Iowa__Hawkeye_State__IA Kansas__Sunflower_State__KS Kentucky__Bluegrass_State__KY Louisiana__Pelican_State__LA Maine__Pine_Tree_State__ME Maryland__Old_Line_State__Free_State__MD Massachusetts__Bay_State__Old_Colony__MA Michigan__Wolverine_State__Great_Lakes_State__MI Minnesota__Gopher_State__North_Star_State__MN Mississippi__Magnolia_State__MS Missouri__Show_Me_State__MO Montana__Treasure_State__MT Nebraska__Cornhusker_State__NE Nevada__Silver_State__Battle_Born_State__Sagebrush_State__NV New_Hampshire__Granite_State__NH New_Jersey__Garden_State__NJ New_Mexico__Land_of_Enchantment__NM New_York_State__New_York__Empire_State__NY North_Carolina__Old_North_State__Tar_Heel_State__NC North_Dakota__Peace_Garden_State__ND Ohio__Buckeye_State__OH Oklahoma__Sooner_State__OK Oregon__Beaver_State__OR Pennsylvania__Keystone_State__PA Rhode_Island__Little_Rhody__Ocean_State__RI South_Carolina__Palmetto_State__SC South_Dakota__Coyote_State__Mount_Rushmore_State__SD Tennessee__Volunteer_State__TN Texas__Lone-Star_State__TX Utah__Beehive_State__Mormon_State__UT Vermont__Green_Mountain_State__VT Virginia__Old_Dominion__Old_Dominion_State__VA Washington_State__Washington__Evergreen_State__WA West_Virginia__Mountain_State__WV Wisconsin__Badger_State__WI Wyoming__Equality_State__WY
subtype: Italian_region Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes
instance: Abruzzi_e_Molise__Abruzzi Basilicata__Lucania Calabria Campania Emilia-Romagna Friuli-Venezia_Giulia Latium__Lazio Liguria Lombardy__Lombardia Marche__Marches Molise Piemonte__Piedmont Puglia__Apulia Sardegna__Sardinia Sicily__Sicilia Tuscany__Toscana Trentino-Alto_Adige Umbria Valle_D'Aosta Veneto__Venezia-Euganea__Venetia
subtype: Canadian_province Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes
instance: Alberta British_Columbia Manitoba New_Brunswick.Canada__newbrunswick Newfoundland.Canadian_province__newfoundland Nova_Scotia Ontario Prince_Edward_Island Quebec Saskatchewan
subtype: Australian_state one of the states constituting Australia
instance: Queensland__QLD New_South_Wales__NSW Victoria.Australian_state__victoria__VIC Tasmania South_Australia__SA Western_Australia__WA
subtype: Soviet_Socialist_Republic one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991)
instance: Soviet_Russia__Russia__Russian_Soviet_Federated_Socialist_Republic
instance: Gansu__Kansu Hebei__Hopei__Hopeh Szechwan__Sichuan__Szechuan Yunnan Chihuahua.state__chihuahua Lower_Saxony Bavaria Kosovo Tyrol__Tirol Assam Manipur Andhra_Pradesh Bihar Goa Gujarat__Gujerat Tamil_Nadu__Madras Orissa Indonesian_Borneo__Kalimantan Transvaal Abkhazia__Abkhaz Adzhar__Adzharia Buganda
subtype: township__town an administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal"
subtype: ward.administrative_district a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
subtype: city_district a district of a town or city
subtype: Barbary_Coast.city_district__barbarycoast a part of a city that is notorious for gambling dens and brothels and saloons and riotous night life (especially the waterfront of San Francisco after the gold rush of 1849); "we'll tolerate no Barbary Coast in this city!"
subtype: precinct a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
subtype: police_precinct a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force
subtype: voting_precinct__election_district one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place
subtype: business_district__downtown the commercial center of a town or city
instance: Tin_Pan_Alley
subtype: red-light_district__redlightdistrict a district with many brothels
subtype: quarter a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"
subtype: ghetto the quarter of many European cities in which Jews are required to live
subtype: kasbah the quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located
subtype: medina the ancient quarter of many North African cities
subtype: barrio.quarter a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)
subtype: waterfront the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water
subtype: seafront the waterfront of a seaside town
subtype: dockyard an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired
subtype: slum_area__slum a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
subtype: shantytown a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties
subtype: skid_row a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts
subtype: tenderloin__combat_zone a city district known for its vice and high crime rate
subtype: turf.city_district the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
subtype: enterprise_zone__enterprisezone a city district where development receives special tax advantages
subtype: outskirt__fringe a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"
instance: West_Berlin Bloomsbury Soho Wembley West_End Nob_Hill Beacon_Hill Coney_Island Harlem Hell's_Kitchen__Hell's_Half_Acre SoHo off-Broadway Times_Square
subtype: congressional_district__congressionaldistrict a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives
subtype: development.district a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; "such land is practical for small park developments"
subtype: housing_development__housingdevelopment a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management; "they live in the new housing development"
subtype: housing_project__housingproject a housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families
subtype: enclave an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
subtype: residential_district__residentialdistrict__residential_area__residentialarea a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
subtype: uptown a residential part of town away from the central commercial district
subtype: suburb__suburbia__suburban_area a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
subtype: addition.suburb a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
subtype: faubourg a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city: "in Faubourg Sainte Marie"
instance: Wimbledon Orly
subtype: exurbia a residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia
subtype: tenement_district a residential district occupied primarily with tenement houses
subtype: rabbit_warren__warren an overcrowded residential area
instance: Georgetown Greenwich_Village__Village
subtype: goldfield a district where gold is mined
subtype: jurisdiction in law; the territory within which power can be exercised
subtype: abbacy the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
subtype: archbishopric the territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop
subtype: archdeaconry the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon
subtype: bailiwick the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
subtype: caliphate.jurisdiction the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
subtype: diocese__bishopric the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
subtype: archdiocese the diocese of an archbishop
subtype: eparchy a diocese of the Eastern Christian Church
subtype: justiciary the jurisdiction of a justiciar
subtype: turf (informal) range of jurisdiction or influence: "a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system"
subtype: parish.jurisdiction the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
subtype: patriarchate the jurisdiction of a patriarch
subtype: venue in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held
subtype: viceroyalty a district or province governed by a viceroy
subtype: protectorate__associated_state a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty
subtype: australian_district
instance: Gold_Coast Fortitude_Valley Sunshine_Coast Whitsunday Adelaide Alice_Springs Armidale Auckland__Aukland Ayers_Rock Blackwater Brampton_Island Brisbane Broken_Hill Broome Bundaberg Burnie Cairns Canberra__Australian_capital__capital_of_Australia Coffs_Harbour Darwin Devonport Dubbo Dunk_Island Edinburgh Emerald Gladstone Coolangatta Gove Grafton Great_Keppel Hervey_Bay Hobart Kalgoorlie Karratha Kempsey Launceston Lizard_Island Lord_Howe_Island Mackay Maroochydore Maryborough McArthur_River Melbourne Mildura Moree Mount_Gambier Narrabri Newcastle Perth Port_Hedland Port_Lincoln Port_Macquarie Proserpine Renmark Rockhampton Sydney Tamworth Taree Thursday_Island Toowoomba Townsville Wellington__capital_of_New_Zealand Whyalla Arundel Ashmore Labrador Nerang Parkwood Robina Southport Surfers_Paradise
instance: Louisiana_Purchase Palatinate__Pfalz Mount_Athos__Athos Attica Boeotia Acadia Northwest_Territories Yukon_Territory__Yukon Northern_Territory__NT Acre Lake_District__Lakeland Galloway.district__galloway Lothian_Region East_Malaysia Sabah__North_Borneo Sarawak West_Malaysia Natal.district__natal American_Samoa__Eastern_Samoa__AS Aragon Castile__Castilla Catalonia Kordofan Darmstadt (pm)
subtype: demesne__domain__land territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
subtype: archduchy the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess
subtype: barony.demesne the domain of a baron
subtype: duchy__dukedom the domain controlled by a duke or duchess
subtype: earldom the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess
subtype: emirate.demesne the domain controlled by an emir
subtype: empire the domain ruled by an emperor or empress
instance: Roman_Empire Egyptian_Empire__Egypt Persia__Persian_Empire Russia.empire__russia Ottoman_Empire__Turkish_Empire
subtype: fiefdom.demesne the domain controlled by a feudal lord
subtype: grand_duchy__grandduchy the domain controlled by a grand duke or grand duchess
subtype: viscounty the domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess
subtype: kingdom.demesne__realm the domain ruled by a king or queen
subtype: principality__princedom territory ruled by a prince
instance: Wales__Cymru__Cambria Monaco__Principality_of_Monaco Muscovy
subtype: sheikdom__sheikhdom the domain ruled by a sheik
subtype: suzerainty the domain of a suzerain
instance: Kingdom_of_God
subtype: northland__North__septentrion any region lying in or toward the north
subtype: southland__South any region lying in or toward the south
subtype: practical_work_field__field somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected; "anthropologists do much of their work in the field"
subtype: geographical_area__geographic_area__geographical_region__geographic_region a demarcated area of the Earth
subtype: Andalusia__Andalucia a region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization
subtype: Appalachia an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina)
subtype: Nubia an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser
subtype: desert an arid region with little or no vegetation
instance: Arabian_Desert Atacama_Desert Australian_Desert Colorado_Desert Death_Valley Gila_Desert Gobi_Desert__Gobi Kalahari_Desert__Kalahari Libyan_Desert Mojave_Desert__Mojave__Mohave__Mohave_Desert Namib_Desert Negev_Desert__Negev Nubian_Desert Painted_Desert Patagonian_Desert Sahara_Desert__Sahara Sinai_Desert__Sinai
subtype: semidesert a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions
subtype: borderland__marchland the area on either side of a border or boundary
subtype: place__property any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House"
subtype: sanctuary a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
subtype: sanctum_sanctorum__sanctumsanctorum__holy_of_holies (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the Temple of Jerusalem where the Ark of the Covenant was kept
subtype: Tabernacle (Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus
subtype: centre__center a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"
subtype: hatchery a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs); "the park authorities operated a trout hatchery"
subtype: catchment_area__catchmentarea__catchment_basin__catchmentbasin__drainage_area__drainage_basin the geographical area draining into a river or reservoir
subtype: river_basin__riverbasin__basin the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; "flood control in the Missouri basin"
subtype: geographical_zone__zone any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude
subtype: climatic_zone any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude
subtype: Frigid_Zone__polar_zone__polarzone the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate
subtype: Antarctic_Zone__Antarctic__South_Frigid_Zone the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
subtype: Arctic_Zone__Arctic__North_Frigid_Zone the regions north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
subtype: Temperate_Zone the part of the Earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer or between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by temperate climate
instance: North_Temperate_Zone South_Temperate_Zone
subtype: subtropics__semitropics__semitropic regions adjacent to the tropics
instance: Torrid_Zone__tropical_zone__tropics
subtype: time_zone any of the 24 regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used
subtype: environs__environment__surroundings__surround the area in which something exists or lives: "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
subtype: ambiance__ambience the atmosphere of an environment
subtype: medium.environs the surrounding environment; "fish require an aqueous medium"
subtype: setting.environs__scene the context and environment in which something is set: "the perfect setting for a ghost story"
subtype: element.environs the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; "water is the element of fishes"
subtype: habitat the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs: "a marine habitat"
subtype: habitation the native habitat or home of an animal or plant
subtype: aerie__aery__eyrie__eyry any habitation at a high altitude
subtype: lair__den the habitation of wild animals
subtype: melting_pot__meltingpot an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated
subtype: parts__part the local environment; "he hasn't been seen around these parts in years"
subtype: dust_bowl a region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s
subtype: hemisphere half of the terrestrial globe
subtype: eastern_hemisphere__easternhemisphere__orient the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
subtype: northern_hemisphere the hemisphere north of the equator
subtype: southern_hemisphere the hemisphere south of the equator
subtype: western_hemisphere__westernhemisphere__occident__New_World the hemisphere that includes North and South America
subtype: hotspot__hot_spot__hotspot a place of political unrest and potential violence; "the United States cannot police all of the world's hot spots"
subtype: panhandle.geographical_area a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area; "Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia"
subtype: rural_area__ruralarea__country an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
subtype: backwoods__backwood__back_country__boondocks__boondock__hinterland a remote and undeveloped area
subtype: farmland__farming_area__farmingarea a rural area where farming is practiced
subtype: countryside rural regions
subtype: scrubland an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation
subtype: weald (Brit) an area of open or forested country
subtype: wold a tract of open rolling country (especially upland)
subtype: sphere_of_influence__sphere the geographical area in which one nation is very influential
subtype: field.geographical_area a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South Africa"
subtype: coalfield a region where there is coal underground
subtype: gasfield a region where there is natural gas underground
subtype: oilfield a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells)
subtype: settlement.geographical_area an area where a group of families live together
subtype: village__hamlet a settlement smaller than a town
subtype: kraal.village a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade
subtype: pueblo a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern U.S.
instance: Kampong__campong El_Alamein Jericho Jamestown
subtype: piece_of_land__tract__piece_of_ground__parcel_of_land__parcel an extended area of land
subtype: baseball_diamond__diamond__infield the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
subtype: centerfield__center the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher; "he hit the ball to deep center"
subtype: leftfield__left the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
subtype: outfield the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases
subtype: rightfield__right the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
subtype: short the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
subtype: railway_yard__railwayyard__yard an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
subtype: marshalling_yard__marshallingyard a railway yard in which trains are assembled and goods are loaded
subtype: oasis__oasi a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
subtype: battlefield__battleground__field_of_battle__field a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"
subtype: Camlan (Arthurian legend) the battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded
instance: Armageddon
subtype: minefield a region in which explosives mines have been placed
subtype: breeding_ground a place where animals breed
subtype: pesthole a breeding ground for epidemic disease
subtype: rookery a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
subtype: heronry a breeding ground for herons; a heron rookery
subtype: glade a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
subtype: field a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat"
subtype: curtilage__yard__grounds the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"
subtype: backyard the grounds in back of a house
subtype: courtyard__court a yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"
subtype: atrium the central area in a building; open to the sky
subtype: bailey.courtyard the outer courtyard of a castle
subtype: cloister a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
subtype: forecourt the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings
subtype: parvis a courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral)
subtype: dooryard a yard outside the front or rear door of a house
subtype: front_yard__frontyard the yard in front of a house; between the house and the street
subtype: garden.curtilage a yard or lawn adjoining a house
subtype: playground yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play
subtype: side_yard the grounds at either side of a house
subtype: campus a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
instance: Gold_Coast_campus_of_Griffith_Uni (QLD)
subtype: firebreak a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire
subtype: grainfield__grain_field__grainfield a field where grain is grown
subtype: cornfield__corn_field a field planted with corn
subtype: wheatfield__wheat_field__wheatfield a field planted with wheat
subtype: lawn a field of cultivated and mowed grass
subtype: paddy_field__paddyfield__paddy__rice_paddy an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown
subtype: grounds a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
subtype: playing_field__playingfield__athletic_field__playing_area__playingarea__field a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"
subtype: scene_of_action__arena a playing field where sports events take place
subtype: circus.scene_of_action__circu an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent; "they used the elephants to help put up the circus"
subtype: ball_field__diamond the baseball playing field
subtype: court a specially marked area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance"
subtype: badminton_court__badmintoncourt the court on which badminton is played
subtype: basketball_court the court on which basketball is played
subtype: home_court (basketball) the court where the host team plays its home games
subtype: handball_court the court on which handball is played
subtype: squash_court the indoor court in which squash is played
subtype: tennis_court the court on which tennis is played
subtype: volleyball_court the court on which volleyball is played
subtype: football_field__gridiron the playing field on which football is played
subtype: palestra__palaestra a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes
subtype: bowling_green__bowlinggreen a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls
subtype: industrial_park a tract at a distance from city center that is designed for a community of businesses and factories
subtype: grassland a land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life
subtype: hayfield__meadow a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
subtype: pasture__pastureland__grazing_land__grazingland__lea__ley a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
subtype: common_land__commons__common a pasture subject to common use
subtype: cow_pasture__cowpasture a pasture for cows
subtype: prairie a treeless grassy plain
instance: Great_Plains
subtype: savanna__savannah a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
subtype: veld__veldt elevated open grassland in southern Africa
subtype: mud_flat__mudflat a tract of low muddy land near an estuary; covered at high tide and exposed at low tide
subtype: parade_ground an area for holding parades
subtype: fairground an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses
subtype: midway the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located
subtype: fairway.piece_of_land a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement
subtype: park a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property; "there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park"
subtype: national_park a tract of land declared by the national government to be public property
instance: Acadia_National_Park Arches_National_Park Badlands_National_Park Big_Bend_National_Park Biscayne_National_Park Bruce_Canyon_National_Park Canyonlands_National_Park Capitol_Reef_National_Park Carlsbad_Caverns_National_Park Channel_Islands_National_Park Crater_Lake_National_Park Denali_National_Park Everglades_National_Park Gates_of_the_Arctic_National_Park Grand_Canyon_National_Park Grand_Teton_National_Park Great_Smoky_Mountains_National_Park Guadalupe_Mountains_National_Park Haleakala_National_Park Hawaii_Volcanoes_National_Park Hot_Springs_National_Park Isle_Royal_National_Park Katmai_National_Park Kenai_Fjords_National_Park Kings_Canyon_National_Park Kobuk_Valley_National_Park Lake_Clark_National_Park Lassen_Volcanic_National_Park Mammoth_Cave_National_Park Mesa_Verde_National_Park Mount_Ranier_National_Park North_Cascades_National_Park Olympic_National_Park Petrified_Forest_National_Park Platt_National_Park Redwood_National_Park Rocky_Mountain_National_Park Sequoia_National_Park Shenandoah_National_Park Theodore_Roosevelt_Memorial_National_Park Virgin_Islands_National_Park Voyageurs_National_Park Wind_Cave_National_Park Wrangell-St._Elias_National_Park Yellowstone_National_Park Yosemite_National_Park Zion_National_Park
subtype: commons__common__park__green a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"
subtype: amusement_park__amusementpark__funfair__pleasure_ground a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement
subtype: theme_park__themepark an amusement park that is organized around some theme (as the world of tomorrow)
instance: http://sunshinecoast.citysearch.com.au/profile?id=45110368
instance: Disneyland Walt_Disney_World
subtype: village_green__villagegreen a village park consisting of a plot of grassy land
instance: Central_Park
subtype: picnic_area__picnic_ground a tract of land set aside for picnicking
subtype: public_square__square an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
subtype: piazza__plaza a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place"
subtype: toll_plaza an area where tollbooths are located
subtype: range.piece_of_land a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze; "they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"; "he dreamed of a home on the range"
subtype: home_range__home_territory the area in which an animal normally ranges
subtype: sector.piece_of_land a portion of a military position
subtype: land_site__site the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located): "a good site for the school"
subtype: summer_camp__camp a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months; "city kids get to see the country at a summer camp"
subtype: day_camp__daycamp a camp providing care and activities for children during the daytime
subtype: apron.land_site (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green
subtype: bomb_site an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs; "they opened a parking lot on the bomb site"
subtype: campsite__campground__camping_site__campingsite__camping_ground__campingground__bivouac__encampment__camping_area__campingarea a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
subtype: cemetery__graveyard__burial_site__burial_ground__burying_ground__buryingground__memorial_park__necropolis a tract of land used for burials
subtype: potter's_field a cemetery for unknown or indigent people
subtype: excavation__dig the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig"
subtype: garbage_dump__garbagedump__dump__trash_dump__trashdump__rubbishdump__wasteyard__dumpsite a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
subtype: eitchen_midden__eitchenmidden__midden__kitchen_midden__kitchenmidden (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
subtype: garbage_heap__garbageheap__junk_heap__rubbish_heap__rubbishheap__scrapheap__trash_heap__trashheap__junk_pile__trash_pile__trashpile__refuse_heap an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
subtype: toxic_waste_dump__toxicwastedump__toxic_waste_site__toxicwastesite__toxic_dumpsite__toxicdumpsite a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally)
subtype: fairway the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short
subtype: putting_green__puttinggreen__green an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the trap"
subtype: launching_site__launchingsite a place for launching pads
subtype: monument an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
subtype: market_cross a cross-shaped monument set up in the marketplace of a town where public business is often conducted
subtype: premises land and buildings together considered as a place of business; "bread is baked on the premises"
subtype: rough the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
subtype: tee__teeing_ground the starting place for each hole on a golf course; "they were waiting on the first tee"
subtype: subdivision.piece_of_land an area composed of subdivided lots
subtype: mine_field a tract of land containing explosive mines
subtype: terrain a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; "they decided to attack across the rocky terrain"
subtype: plot_of_ground__plot__patch a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
subtype: bed.plot_of_ground a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses"
subtype: asparagus_bed__asparagusbed a bed in which asparagus is growing
subtype: flowerbed__bedofflower a bed in which flowers are growing
subtype: rose_bed__bed_of_roses a flower bed in which roses are growing
subtype: tulip_bed a flowerbed in which tulips are growing
subtype: hotbed a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants
subtype: seedbed a bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting
subtype: turnip_bed a bed in which turnips are growing
subtype: garden a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
subtype: flower_garden a garden featuring flowering plants
subtype: parterre an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern
subtype: formal_garden a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs
subtype: Tuileries_Gardens__Tuileries formal gardens next to the Louvre in Paris
subtype: woodlet__grove__orchard garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
subtype: apple_orchard__appleorchard a grove of apple trees
subtype: lemon_grove__lemongrove a grove of lemon trees
subtype: orange_grove grove of orange trees
subtype: peach_orchard__peachorchard a grove of peach trees
subtype: Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC; one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
subtype: herb_garden a garden for growing herbs
subtype: hop_garden__hopgarden__hop_field__hopfield a garden where hops are grown
subtype: kitchen_garden__kitchengarden__vegetable_garden__vegetablegarden__vegetablepatch a small garden where vegetables are grown
subtype: victory_garden__victorygarden a kitchen garden planted during wartime to relieve food shortages
subtype: landscaping a garden laid out for esthetic effect; "they spent a great deal of money on the landscaping"
subtype: market_garden a garden where fruit and vegetables are grown for marketing
subtype: rock_garden__rockery a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants
subtype: roof_garden a garden on a flat roof of a building
subtype: rose_garden a garden for growing roses
subtype: sunken_garden a garden set below the level of the ground surrounding it
subtype: tea_garden__teagarden a public garden where tea is served
subtype: topiary.garden a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals
subtype: lot a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake"
subtype: parking_lot__parkinglot__car_park__carpark__parking_area__parkingarea a lot where cars are parked
subtype: used-car_lot a parking lot where a dealer in used-cars displays cars for sale
subtype: vacant_lot__building_site a lot on which there are no permanent buildings
subtype: sandlot a vacant lot used by city boys to play games
subtype: yard.piece_of_land a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"
subtype: junkyard a field where junk is collected and stored for resale
subtype: schoolyard the yard associated with a school
subtype: churchyard__God's_acre the yard associated with a church
subtype: tiltyard (formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests
subtype: urban_area__urbanarea a geographical area constituting a city or town
subtype: megalopolis__megalopoli a very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns)
subtype: conurbation__urban_sprawl__urbansprawl an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
subtype: subtopia (Brit) monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings
subtype: municipality.urban_area an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
subtype: barrio an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country
instance: Rustbelt Twin_Cities
subtype: Victoria_Land a mountainous area of Antarctica bounded by the Ross Sea
subtype: wilderness__wild a wild and uninhabited area
subtype: barren__waste__wasteland an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
subtype: heathland__heath (British) a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
subtype: bush a large wilderness area
subtype: outback the remote bush country of Australia
subtype: frontier a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"
subtype: zone.geographical_area a circumscribed geographical region characterized by some distinctive features
subtype: island.zone a zone or area resembling an island
subtype: traffic_island__trafficisland__safety_island__safety_isle__safety_zone an island area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians
subtype: French_region a geographical subdivision of France
instance: French_Riviera__Cote_d'Azur Alsace__Alsatia__Elsass Anjou Aquitaine__Aquitania Artois Auvergne Basse-Normandie__Lower-Normandy Bourgogne__Burgundy Bretagne__Brittany__Breiz Centre Champagne-Ardenne__Champagne Corse__Corsica Franche-Comte Gascogne__Gascony Haute-Normandie__Upper-Normandy Ile-de-France Languedoc-Roussillon Limousin Lorraine__Lothringen Martinique Mayenne Midi-Pyrenees Nord-Pas-de-Calais Pays_de_la_Loire Picardie__Picardy Poitou-Charentes__Poitou Rhone-Alpes Provence
subtype: Baltic_State__Baltic_Republic European countries bordering the Baltic Sea
instance: Estonia__Republic_of_Estonia__Esthonia Latvia__Republic_of_Latvia Lithuania__Republic_of_Lithuania__Lietuva
subtype: Colony one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
instance: Connecticut.Colony__connecticut Delaware.Colony__delaware Georgia.Colony__georgia Maryland.Colony__maryland Massachusetts_Bay_Colony__Massachusetts New_Hampshire.Colony__newhampshire New_Jersey.Colony__newjersey New_York.Colony__newyork North_Carolina.Colony__northcarolina Pennsylvania.Colony__pennsylvania Rhode_Island.Colony__rhodeisland South_Carolina.Colony__southcarolina Virginia.Colony__virginia
instance: Bad_Lands__Badlands Barbary Caucasia__Caucasus East_USA Southeast_USA Southwest_USA Northeast_USA Northwest_USA Midwest_USA__Middle_West_USA West_USA Wild_West_USA Phrygia Pontus Illyria Caribbean Bengal Patagonia pampas Rhineland__Rheinland Southeast_Asia Manchuria Turkistan__Turkestan French_Indochina Central_America Czechoslovakia Bohemia northern_Europe Scandinavia Brandenburg Prussia__Preussen Ruhr_Valley__Ruhr Thuringia Karelia Epirus Laconia Lycia Lydia Thessalia__Thessaly Arcadia Middle_East__Near_East Fertile_Crescent West_Bank Galilee Gaza_Strip Golan_Heights Canaan__Palestine__Holy_Land__Promised_Land Juda__Judah Judea__Judaea Philistia Byzantine_Empire__Eastern_Roman_Empire Montenegro__Crna_Gora Dalmatia Serbia__Srbija Labrador Maritime_Provinces__Maritimes Klondike Austria-Hungary British_Empire East_Anglia Lancashire Yorkshire Northumbria West_Country Sussex Wessex Ulster Hindustan Sikkim Kanara__Canara Punjab Gujerat__Gujarat Maharashtra Levant Macedon__Macedonia__Makedonija Thrace Mesopotamia Babylonia Sumer Assyria Phoenicia__Phenicia Gallia__Gaul Riviera Midi Normandie__Normandy Orleanais Lyonnais Guiana ultima_Thule__Thule Lappland__Lapland Mongolia Western_Sahara__Spanish_Sahara Kashmir__Cashmere Parthia Siberia Livonia Colchis Donets_Basin__Donbass__Donbas Latin_America Galicia Leon.geographical_area__leon Sudan__Soudan Tanganyika Ionia New_England Mid-Atlantic_states Gulf_States Confederate_States_of_America__Confederacy__South__Dixie__Dixieland South_USA Deep_South Old_South Sunbelt Tidewater Piedmont Union__North North_USA Carolina Dakota.geographical_area__dakota Bluegrass_Country__Bluegrass__Bluegrass_Region Low_Countries Lusitania Silesia__Slask__Slezsko__Schlesien Big_Sur Silicon_Valley Sub-Saharan_Africa__Black_Africa Scythia West_Africa
subtype: biogeographical_region__biogeographicalregion an area of the Earth determined by distribution of flora and fauna
subtype: benthos__bentho__benthic_division__benthicdivision__benthonic_zone__benthoniczone a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones
subtype: irredenta__irridenta a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another
subtype: antipodes__antipode any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth; "the North Pole and the South Pole are antipodes"
subtype: unknown_region__unknownregion__terra_incognita__terraincognita an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out the unknown"
subtype: occident__West the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North and South America
subtype: Europe the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
subtype: dry_land__dryland__land__earth__solid_ground__solidground__terrafirma the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
subtype: the_Americas__America North and South America
subtype: archipelago a group of many islands in a large body of water
instance: Cape_Verde_Islands Tierra_del_Fuego Comoro_Islands__Iles_Comores West_Indies__the_Indies Antilles Greater_Antilles Lesser_Antilles__Caribees Leeward_Islands Windward_Islands Svalbard Lofoten Aland_islands__Aaland_islands__Ahvenanmaa Aleutian_Islands__Aleutians Oceania__Oceanica Australasia Austronesia Melanesia Micronesia Mariana_Islands__Marianas__Ladrone_Islands Caroline_Islands Marshall_Islands Gilbert_Islands Ellice_Islands__Tuvalu Polynesia Malay_Archipelago__East_Indies Sunda_Islands Greater_Sunda_Islands Lesser_Sunda_Islands__Nusa_Tenggara Bismarck_Archipelago Admiralty_Islands Hebrides__Hebridean_Islands__Hebridean_Isles__Western_Islands__Western_Isles Inner_Hebrides Outer_Hebrides Japanese_Islands__Japan__Japanese_Archipelago Ryukyu_Islands Orkney_Islands Shetland_Islands__Shetland__Zetland Palau_Islands__Palau__Belau__Pelew Philippines__Philippine_Islands Society_Islands Tuamotu_Archipelago__Paumotu_Archipelago__Low_Archipelago Tubuai_Islands__Austral_Islands Gambier_Islands Marquesas_Islands__Iles_Marquises Solomons__Solomon_Islands Balearic_Islands Alexander_Archipelago Hawaiian_Islands__Sandwich_Islands
subtype: ness__cape a strip of land projecting into a body of water
subtype: Cape_Sable.ness__capesable a cape at the southwest tip of Florida; the southernmost part of the United States mainland
subtype: spit.ness__tongue a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
instance: Cape_Horn Lindeness__Naze Cape_of_Good_Hope Cape_May Cape_Fear Cape_Hatteras
subtype: coastal_plain__coastalplain a plain adjacent to a coast
subtype: tidewater low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams
subtype: floor.dry_land the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"
subtype: foreland land forming the forward margin of something
subtype: woodland__forest__timberland__timber land that is covered with trees and shrubs
subtype: Black_Forest__Schwarzwald a hilly forest region in southwestern Germany
subtype: greenwood woodlands in full leaf; "the greenwood was Robin Hood's home"
subtype: jungle an impenetrable equatorial forest
subtype: tropical_rain_forest__rain_forest a tropical forest with heavy annual rainfall
subtype: riparian_forest woodlands along the banks of stream or river
subtype: Sherwood_Forest an ancient forest in central England; formerly a royal hunting ground; said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry band
subtype: silva__sylva the forest trees growing in a country or region
subtype: tree_farm a forest (or part of a forest) where trees are grown for commercial use
subtype: pinetum an area planted with pine trees or related conifers
subtype: hills__hill hilly land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"; "the Black Hills"
subtype: foothills__foothill hilly land on the lower slopes of mountains
instance: Cotswolds__Cotswold_Hills Nilgiri_Hills Black_Hills
subtype: island a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
subtype: Aegean_island an island in the Aegean Sea
instance: Aigina__Aegina Chios__Khios Cyclades__Kikladhes Dodecanese__Dhodhekanisos Lesbos__Lesvos__Mytilene Rhodes__Rodhos
subtype: barrier_island__barrierisland a long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore
instance: Hatteras_Island
subtype: isle__islet a small island
instance: Isle_of_Wight__Wight
subtype: Kodiak_Island__Kodiak an island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska; site of the first European settlement in the area which was founded by the Russians in 1784
subtype: South_Sea_Islands any islands in the southern or southwestern of central parts of the Pacific Ocean
instance: Anguilla Aran_Islands Cayman_Islands Antigua Atlantis Barbuda Redonda Bermuda__Bermudas Montserrat Sao_Tiago_Island Falkland_Islands Ceylon Chiloe Formosa__Taiwan Taiwan__China__Nationalist_China__Republic_of_China Guadalupe_Island Caribbean_Island Netherlands_Antilles Aruba Bonaire Curacao Saba Saint_Eustatius__St._Eustatius Saint_Martin__St._Martin__Saint_Maarten__St._Maarten Cuba Guadeloupe Hispaniola__Haiti__Hayti Puerto_Rico__Porto_Rico Jamaica Virgin_Islands Barbados Trinidad Tobago Cyprus Zealand__Seeland__Sjaelland Dominica Bioko Spitsbergen__Spitzbergen Galapagos_Islands__Galapagos Fiji_Islands__Fijis Viti_Levu Vanua_Levu Crete__Kriti Ithaki__Ithaca Egadi_Islands__Aegadean_Isles__Aegadean_Islands__Isole_Egadi__Aegates Lemnos__Limnos Capri Ischia Sardinia__Sardegna Sicilia__Sicily Greenland__Gronland__Kalaallit_Nunaat Baffin_Island Vancouver_Island Newfoundland.island__newfoundland Tasmanian_Island__Tasmania Guam__GU Saipan.island__saipan Wake_Island__Wake Nauru_Island__Nauru__Pleasant_Island Borneo__Kalimantan Bougainville Guadalcanal New_Britain New_Caledonia New_Guinea__Papua New_Ireland Bahrain_Island__Bahrain__Bahrein__Bahrein_Island British_Isles Great_Britain Ireland__Hibernia__Emerald_Isle Isle_of_Man__Man Anglesey_Island__Anglesey__Anglesea__Anglesea_Island__Mona Java Bali Timor Sumatra Celebes__Sulawesi Moluccas__Spice_Islands Hokkaido__Ezo__Yezo Honshu__Hondo Kyushu Shikoku Okinawa Ile-St-Louis Corsica__Corse Martinique Faroe_Islands__Faeroe_Islands__Faroes__Faeroes Iceland Madagascar Maldives__Maldive_Islands Malta Mauritius New_Zealand_Islands__New_Zealand Cebu Luzon Mindoro Visayan_Islands__Bisayas Azores__Acores Madeira_Islands Saint_Christopher__St._Christopher__Saint_Kitts__St._Kitts Nevis Sombrero Saint_Lucia__St._Lucia Saint_Vincent__St._Vincent Tahiti Samoa Principe Seychelles.island__seychelle Singapore.island__singapore Novaya_Zemlya__Nova_Zembla Majorca Canary_Islands__Canaries Tenerife Zanzibar Admiralty_Island Santa_Catalina__Catalina_Island Hawaii_Island__Hawaii Kahoolawe_Island__Kahoolawe Kauai_Island__Kauai Lanai_Island__Lanai Maui_Island__Maui Molokai_Island__Molokai Nihau_Island__Nihau Oahu_Island__Oahu Martha's_Vineyard Nantucket Ellis_Island Long_Island Galveston_Island Krakatau__Krakatao__Krakatoa
subtype: isthmus a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
subtype: Isthmus_of_Corinth a narrow isthmus between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf; a canal crosses the isthmus so that navigation is possible between the gulfs
subtype: Isthmus_of_Kra a narrow isthmus linking the Malay Peninsula to the Asian mainland
subtype: Isthmus_of_Suez__isthmusofsuez the isthmus in northeastern Egypt that connects Africa and Asia
subtype: Isthmus_of_Tehuantepec the narrowest part of southern Mexico is an isthmus between the Bay of Campeche on the north coast and the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the south coast
subtype: Karelian_Isthmus the isthmus between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga that connects Finland and Russia
instance: Isthmus_of_Panama
subtype: landmass a large continuous extent of land
subtype: continent one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
instance: Africa Antarctica__Antarctic_continent Asia Australian_continent Eurasia Gondwanaland Laurasia North_America Pangaea__Pangea South_America
subtype: subcontinent a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent
subtype: mainland the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
subtype: neck.dry_land a narrow elongated projecting strip of land
subtype: oxbow.dry_land the land inside an oxbow bend in a river
subtype: peninsula a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
subtype: Alaska_Peninsula.peninsula__alaskapeninsula a peninsula of southwestern Alaska
subtype: Lower_Peninsula the part of northern Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron
instance: Asia_Minor__Anatolia Balkan_Peninsula__Balkans Indochina__Indochinese_peninsula Yucatan_Peninsula__Yucatan Scandinavian_Peninsula__Scandinavia Jutland__Jylland Peloponnese__Peloponnesus__Peloponnesian_Peninsula Italian_Peninsula Nova_Scotia.peninsula__novascotia Arabian_Peninsula__Arabia Sinai_Peninsula__Sinai Korea__Korean_Peninsula__Choson Malay_Peninsula Iberian_Peninsula__Iberia Qatar_Peninsula__Qatar__Katar__Katar_Peninsula Somali_peninsula__Horn_of_Africa Kola_Peninsula Crimea Kamchatka_Peninsula Taimyr_Peninsula__Taymyr_Peninsula Alaska_Peninsula Seward_Peninsula Cape_Ann Cape_Cod Labrador-Ungava_peninsula Lower_California__Baja_California Upper_Peninsula
subtype: plain__champaign extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
subtype: flat a level tract of land
subtype: salt_flat__salt_plain a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water
subtype: llano an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America)
subtype: moor__moorland open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
subtype: snowfield a permanent wide expanse of snow
subtype: steppe extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)
subtype: tundra a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line
instance: Olympia
subtype: slash.dry_land an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
subtype: wonderland.dry_land a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder
subtype: Mediterranean_region
subtype: North_Africa
subtype: Chateau_Margaux
instance: Old_World Far_East European_mainland__Continent
subtype: whereabouts__whereabout the general location where something is; "I questioned him about his whereabouts on the night of the crime"
subtype: sodom any location known for vice and corruption
subtype: mountain_pass__pass__notch the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow"
subtype: col__gap a pass between mountain peaks
subtype: water_gap a pass in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows
subtype: wind_gap a pass in a mountain ridge with no stream flowing through it
subtype: defile__gorge a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
subtype: Khyber_Pass a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India
subtype: saddleback__saddle a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
instance: Cumberland_Gap
subtype: natural_enclosure__naturalenclosure__enclosure a naturally enclosed space
subtype: cave an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
subtype: cavern a large cave or a large chamber in a cave
subtype: Carlsbad_Caverns a group of caverns in southeastern New Mexico noted for their stalactites and stalagmites
subtype: cove.cave small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain
subtype: grotto__grot a small cave (usually with attractive features)
subtype: Lascaux a cave in southwestern France that contains Paleolithic paintings
subtype: cavern.natural_enclosure any large dark enclosed space; "his eyes were dark caverns"
subtype: matrix.natural_enclosure an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb)
subtype: expanse a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
subtype: sheet any broad thin expanse or surface: "a sheet of ice"
subtype: stretch.expanse a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"
subtype: slack.stretch a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in slack water"
subtype: sky outer space as viewed from the earth
subtype: blue_sky__blue__blue_air__wild_blue_yonder the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue"
subtype: mackerel_sky a sky filled with rows of cirrocumulus or small altocumulus clouds
subtype: shape__form the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"
subtype: solid.shape a three-dimensional shape
subtype: convex_shape__convexity a shape that curves or bulges outward
subtype: umbo a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum
subtype: camber.convex_shape a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
subtype: node.convex_shape__knob__thickening any thickened enlargement
subtype: ridge.convex_shape any long raised strip
subtype: raphe__rhaphe a ridge that forms a seam between two parts
subtype: palatine_raphe the seam at the middle of the hard palate
subtype: corrugation a ridge on a corrugated surface
subtype: point.convex_shape__tip a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
subtype: widow's_peak__widow'speak a V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead
subtype: cusp.point small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth
subtype: head.point the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
subtype: taper.convex_shape a convex shape that narrows toward a point
subtype: projection.convex_shape any solid convex shape that juts out from something
subtype: salient (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
subtype: jag.projection a sharp projection on an edge or surface; "he clutched a jag of the rock"
subtype: bulge__bump__hump__gibbosity__gibbousness__gibbousnes__prominence__protuberance__protrusion__extrusion__excrescence something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form
subtype: frontal_eminence__frontaleminence either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit
subtype: occipital_protuberance__occipitalprotuberance prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
subtype: caput a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula"
subtype: nub a small lump or protuberance
subtype: wart any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
subtype: spur.projection__spine any pointed projection
subtype: tail_end__tail any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
subtype: tongue.projection__knife any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
subtype: concave_shape__concaveshape__concavity a shape that curves inward
subtype: fossa__pit a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
subtype: glenoid_cavity__glenoidcavity__glenoid_fossa__glenoidfossa the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
subtype: glenoid_fossa__glenoidfossa__mandibular_fossa a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
subtype: pit_of_the_stomach__epigastric_fossa a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)
subtype: recess.concave_shape__reces__recession__niche__corner a small concavity
subtype: pharyngeal_recess a small recess in the wall of the pharynx
subtype: bowl.concave_shape__trough a concave shape with an open top
subtype: scoop.concave_shape__pocket a hollow concave shape made by removing something
subtype: depression.concave_shape__impression__imprint a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
subtype: dimple a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled"
subtype: groove__channel a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
subtype: dado a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
subtype: flute a groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column
subtype: quirk a narrow groove beside a beading
subtype: rabbet__rebate a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
subtype: track.groove a groove on a phonograph recording
subtype: rut a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
subtype: stria__striation any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue
subtype: dimple.depression any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball"
subtype: dip.depression a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road"
subtype: incision__scratch__slit__dent a depression scratched or carved into a surface
subtype: scotch__score a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
subtype: sag__droop a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat"
subtype: wrinkle__furrow__crease__crinkle__seam__line a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
subtype: crow's_foot__crow's_feet__laugh_line__laughline a wrinkle at the outer corner of your eyes
subtype: dermatoglyphic the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet)
subtype: line_of_life__life_line__lifeline a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live
subtype: line_of_heart__heart_line__heartline__love_line__mensal_line a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature
subtype: line_of_fate__line_of_destiny__line_of_Saturn a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be
subtype: crevice__cranny__crack__fissure__chap a long narrow depression in a surface
subtype: cup.concave_shape any cup-shaped concavity; "bees filled the waxen cups with honey"; "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup"; "the cup of her bra"
subtype: indentation.concave_shape a concave shape in a surface or edge or coastline etc.
subtype: notch.indentation a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface; "there were four notches in the handle of his revolver"
subtype: serration a single notch in a row of notches; "one of the serrations was broken off"
subtype: sawtooth a serration on a saw blade
subtype: thumb_index__thumbindex one of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sections
subtype: notch a V-shaped indentation; "mandibular notch"
subtype: incisure__incisura (anatomy) a notch or small hollow
subtype: mandibular_notch small indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone
subtype: cleft a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
subtype: cylinder.solid a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
subtype: roll.cylinder anything rolled up in cylindrical form
subtype: bolt.roll a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
subtype: rouleau a roll of coins wrapped in paper
subtype: rouleau.roll a roll of ribbon
subtype: roller.cylinder a cylinder that revolves
subtype: garden_roller heavy cast-iron cylinder used to flatten lawns
subtype: paint_roller__paintroller a roller that has an absorbent surface used for spreading paint
subtype: platen the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
subtype: sprocket roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through
subtype: trundle small wheel or roller
subtype: prayer_wheel a cylinder with Tibetan Buddhist prayers written on it; each revolution counts as uttering prayers
subtype: polyhedron a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces
subtype: convex_polyhedron a polyhedron any plane section of which is a convex polygon
subtype: concave_polyhedron__concavepolyhedron a polyhedron some of whose plane sections are concave polygons
subtype: prism a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
subtype: parallelepiped__parallelopiped__parallelepipedon__parallelopipedon a prism whose bases are parallelograms
subtype: cuboid a rectangular parallelepiped
subtype: rhombohedron a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)
subtype: quadrangular_prism a prism whose bases are quadrangles
subtype: triangular_prism a prism whose bases are triangles
subtype: pyramid.polyhedron a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
subtype: tetrahedron any polyhedron having four plane faces
subtype: pentahedron any polyhedron having five plane faces
subtype: hexahedron any polyhedron having six plane faces
subtype: rhombohedron a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)
subtype: octahedron any polyhedron having eight plane faces
subtype: decahedron any polyhedron having ten plane faces
subtype: dodecahedron any polyhedron having twelve plane faces
subtype: icosahedron any polyhedron having twenty plane faces
subtype: regular_polyhedron__regularpolyhedron__regular_convex_solid__regular_convex_polyhedron__Platonic_body__Platonic_solid__ideal_solid__idealsolid any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent
subtype: regular_tetrahedron__regulartetrahedron a tetrahedron with four equilateral triangular faces
subtype: cube__regular_hexahedron__regularhexahedron a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
subtype: quadrate.cube a cubelike object
subtype: regular_dodecahedron__regulardodecahedron a dodecahedron with twelve regular pentagons as faces
subtype: regular_octahedron__regularoctahedron an octahedron with eight equilateral triangles as faces
subtype: regular_icosahedron__regularicosahedron an icosahedron with twenty equilateral triangles as faces
subtype: prismatoid a polyhedron whose vertices all lie in one or the other of two parallel planes; the faces that lie in those planes are the bases of the prismatoid
subtype: prismoid a prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are trapezoids or parallelograms
subtype: trapezohedron a polyhedron whose faces are trapeziums
subtype: toroid the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus
subtype: anchor_ring__ring__halo__annulus__annulu__anulus__doughnut a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"
subtype: fairy_ring__fairyring__fairy_circle__fairycircle a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium
subtype: cast.solid__mold__stamp the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region"
subtype: block.solid__cube a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
subtype: goldbrick.block a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
subtype: ovoid an egg-shaped object
subtype: frustum the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed
subtype: truncated_pyramid__truncatedpyramid a frustum formed from a pyramid
subtype: truncated_cone__truncatedcone a frustum formed from a cone
subtype: plane.shape__sheet (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"
subtype: facet_plane__facetplane the plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube)
subtype: midplane__midline the median plane of the body (or some part of the body)
subtype: orbital_plane__orbitalplane (astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting
subtype: picture_plane__pictureplane the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work
subtype: tangent_plane__tangentplane the plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface
subtype: natural_shape__naturalshape a shape created by natural forces; not man-made
subtype: leaf_shape__leaf_form any of the various shape that leaves of plants can assume
subtype: flare.shape a shape that spreads outward; "the skirt had a wide flare"
subtype: figure.shape a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
subtype: plane_figure__planefigure__two-dimensional_figure__twodimensionalfigure a two-dimensional shape
subtype: heart.plane_figure a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines; "he drew a heart and called it a valentine"
subtype: polygon__polygonal_shape__polygonalshape a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
subtype: convex_polygon a polygon such that no side extended cuts any other side or vertex; it can be cut by a line in at most two points
subtype: concave_polygon__concavepolygon a polygon such that there is a straight line that cuts it in four or more points
subtype: reentrant_polygon__reentrantpolygon__reentering_polygon a polygon with one or more reentrant angles
subtype: regular_polygon a polygon with all sides and all angles equal
subtype: equilateral_triangle__equilateraltriangle__equiangular_triangle__equiangulartriangle a three-sided regular polygon
subtype: quadrilateral__quadrangle__tetragon a four-sided polygon
subtype: parallelogram a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length
subtype: rhombus__rhombu__rhomb a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
subtype: rhomboid a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
subtype: rectangle a parallelogram with four right angles
subtype: square__foursquare (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon; "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides"
subtype: quadrate a square-shaped object
subtype: box.rectangle a rectangular drawing; "the flowchart contained many boxes"
subtype: trapezium (in US) a quadrilateral with no parallel sides
subtype: trapezoid (in US) a quadrilateral with two parallel sides
subtype: trigon__triangle__trilateral a three-sided polygon
subtype: acute_triangle__acutetriangle__acute-angled_triangle a triangle whose interior angles are all acute
subtype: equilateral_triangle__equilateraltriangle__equiangular_triangle__equiangulartriangle a three-sided regular polygon
subtype: isosceles_triangle__isoscelestriangle a triangle with two equal sides
subtype: oblique_triangle__obliquetriangle a triangle that contains no right angle
subtype: obtuse_triangle__obtuse-angled_triangle a triangle that contains an obtuse interior angle
subtype: right_triangle__righttriangle__right-angled_triangle a triangle with one right angle
subtype: scalene_triangle__scalenetriangle a triangle with no two sides of equal length
subtype: wedge_shape__wedgeshape__wedge__cuneus any shape that is triangular in cross section
subtype: pentagon a five-sided polygon
subtype: hexagon a six-sided polygon
subtype: heptagon a seven-sided polygon
subtype: octagon an eight-sided polygon
subtype: nonagon a nine-sided polygon
subtype: decagon a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles
subtype: undecagon an eleven-sided polygon
subtype: dodecagon a twelve-sided polygon
subtype: spherical_polygon__sphericalpolygon a figure on the surface of of sphere bounded by arcs of 3 or more great circles
subtype: spherical_triangle__sphericaltriangle a spherical polygon formed by the arcs of 3 great circles
subtype: conic_section__conicsection__conic (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone
subtype: ellipse__oval a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant"
subtype: circle ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point; "he calculated the circumference of the circle"
subtype: circle_of_curvature__osculating_circle the circle that touches a curve (on the concave side) and whose radius is the radius of curvature
subtype: equator.circle a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts
subtype: epicycle a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid
subtype: parabola a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve
subtype: hyperbola an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone
subtype: oblong a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation
subtype: semicircle__hemicycle a plane figure with the shape of half a circle
subtype: sector a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle
subtype: star.plane_figure a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem
subtype: hexagram a regular polygon formed by completing two equilateral triangles from a regular hexagon
subtype: asterism.star (mineralogy) a six-rayed star-shaped figure seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light
subtype: pentacle__pentagram a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
subtype: paraboloid a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis
subtype: ellipsoid a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles; "the Earth is an ellipsoid"
subtype: tree_diagram__tree a figure that branches from a single root; "genealogical tree"
subtype: cladogram a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships
subtype: solid_figure__solidfigure__three-dimensional_figure__threedimensionalfigure a three-dimensional shape
subtype: sculpture.plastic_art a three-dimensional work of plastic art
subtype: bronze.sculpture a sculpture made of bronze
subtype: bust a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
subtype: carving.sculpture a sculpture created by carving (as wood or ivory or stone)
subtype: cinquefoil an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle
subtype: glyptic_art__glypticart__glyptography carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones)
subtype: anaglyph anything carved in low relief
subtype: cameo engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)
subtype: glyph glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief
subtype: glyptics__lithoglyptics the art of engraving on precious stones
subtype: intaglio__diaglyph glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo)
subtype: scrimshaw a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers
subtype: vermiculation a decoration consisting of wormlike carvings
subtype: woodcarving a carving created by carving wood
subtype: marble.sculpture a sculpture carved from marble
subtype: mobile sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents
subtype: clay_sculpture__mold__mould__molding__moulding__modeling sculpture produced by molding
subtype: piece.sculpture an object created by a sculptor; "it was not known who created the piece"
subtype: sculptural_relief__relief__relievo__rilievo__embossment sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
subtype: alto_relievo__alto_rilievo__high_relief a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth
subtype: bas_relief__basrelief__low_relief__lowrelief__basso_relievo__bassorelievo__basso_rilievo__bassorilievo a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut
subtype: mezzo-relievo__mezzorelievo__mezzo-rilievo__mezzorilievo__half-relief a sculptural relief between low relief and high relief
subtype: stabile a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support
subtype: statue a sculpture representing a human or animal
subtype: sphinx one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians
subtype: Statue_of_Liberty a large monumental statue symbolizing liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor
subtype: subfigure a figure that is a part of another figure
subtype: flank.subfigure a subfigure consisting of a side of something
subtype: hypotenuse the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
subtype: base.flank the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle"
subtype: hemisphere.subfigure half of a sphere
subtype: facet a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)
subtype: branch.subfigure__fork__leg a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork"
subtype: brachium (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal
subtype: thing_with_a_special_shape
subtype: flat_thing
subtype: car_with_a_special_shape
subtype: station_wagon__stationwagon__beach_wagon__beachwagon__wagon__beach_waggon__beachwaggon__station_waggon__stationwaggon__waggon a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
subtype: convertible a car that has top that can be folded or removed
subtype: hardtop a car that resembles a convertible but has a fixed rigid top
subtype: coupe a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment
subtype: minicar (British) a car that is even smaller than a subcompact car
subtype: minicab (British) a minicar used as a taxicab
subtype: minivan a small box-shaped passenger van; usually has removable seats; used as a family car
subtype: jeep__landrover a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain
subtype: limousine__limo large luxurious car; usually drive by a chauffeur
subtype: berlin a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats
subtype: compact_car__compactcar__compact a small and economical car
subtype: subcompact_car__subcompact a car smaller than a compact car
subtype: roadster__runabout__two-seater__twoseater an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat
subtype: touring_car__touringcar__phaeton__tourer large open car seating four with folding top
subtype: line.shape a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
subtype: curve a line on a graph representing data
subtype: regression_line__regression_curve a smooth curve fitted to the set of paired data in regression analysis; for linear regression the curve is a straight line
subtype: curved_shape__curve the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
subtype: normal_curve__bell-shaped_curve__Gaussian_curve__Gaussian_shape a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution
subtype: meander a curve in a stream
subtype: oxbow.meander a U-shaped curve in a stream
subtype: S-shape a double curve resembling the letter S
subtype: catenary the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points
subtype: Cupid's_bow.curved_shape__cupid'sbow the double curve of the upper lip when considered to resemble Cupid's bow
subtype: wave.curved_shape an undulating curve
subtype: sine_curve__sinusoid the curve of y=sin x
subtype: extrados the exterior curve of an arch
subtype: gooseneck something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose)
subtype: intrados the interior curve of an arch
subtype: crook__bend__turn a circular segment of a curve: "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
subtype: bight.crook a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
subtype: hook.curved_shape__crotchet a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
subtype: uncus__uncu (biology) any hook-shaped process or part
subtype: envelope.curved_shape a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves
subtype: arc a continuous portion of a circle
subtype: crenation__scallop one of a series of rounded teeth formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth etc.)
subtype: spiral.curved_shape a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at ever-greater distances from it
subtype: helix__spiral a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
subtype: sinuosity__sinuousness__sinuousnes having curves; "he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads"
subtype: arch.curved_shape a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
subtype: bell_shape__bell__campana the shape of a bell
subtype: bow.curved_shape__arc something curved in shape
subtype: rainbow an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
subtype: crescent any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
subtype: quadric_surface__quadricsurface__quadric a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree
subtype: hyperboloid a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis
subtype: line_roulette__roulette a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure
subtype: cycloid a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line
subtype: curate_cycloid a cycloid generated by a point inside the rolling circle
subtype: prolate_cycloid a cycloid generated by a point outside the rolling circle
subtype: epicycloid a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle
subtype: cardioid an epicycloid in which the rolling circle equals the fixed circle
subtype: hypocycloid a line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle
subtype: straight_line a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature; "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line"
subtype: perpendicular.straight_line a straight line at right angles to another line
subtype: asymptote a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity; "the asymptote of the curve"
subtype: tangent a straight line that touches but does not intersect a curve
subtype: secant a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points
subtype: radius.straight_line a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere)
subtype: diameter.straight_line a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface)
subtype: chord.straight_line a straight line connecting two points on a curve
subtype: element.straight_line a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
subtype: element_of_a_cone a straight line joining the apex and a point on the base
subtype: element_of_a_cylinder a straight line running the length of the cylinder
subtype: bias__diagonal a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side
subtype: diagonal.straight_line (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
subtype: vector.straight_line a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
subtype: ray.vector (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
subtype: geodesic_line__geodesic (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or a an arc of a great circle on a sphere)
subtype: perimeter a line enclosing a plane areas
subtype: centerline__center_line a line that bisects a plane figure
subtype: boundary__edge__bound a line determining the limits of an area
subtype: rim the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
subtype: margin.boundary__border__perimeter the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
subtype: periphery__fringe__outer_boundary__outerboundary the outside boundary or surface of something
subtype: brink.boundary__threshold__verge a region marking a boundary
subtype: upper_bound__upperbound (mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set
subtype: summit__crown__peak the uppermost part of a shape; "at the peak of the pyramid"
subtype: lower_bound__lowerbound (mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set
subtype: thalweg.boundary the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states
subtype: angular_shape__angularshape__angularity a shape having one or more sharp angles
subtype: furcation__bifurcation__forking a division into two or more branches
subtype: jog a sharp change in direction; "there was a jog in the road"
subtype: zigzag__zig__zag an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
subtype: crease__fold__plication__flexure__crimp__bend an angular shape made by folding
subtype: pleat__plait any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
subtype: box_pleat__boxpleat a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
subtype: inverted_pleat a box pleat reversed so that the fullness is turned inward
subtype: kick_pleat pleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walking
subtype: knife_pleat__knifepleat a single pleat turned in one direction
subtype: sunburst_pleat__sunray_pleat knife pleat cut on the bias to produce a flared effect
subtype: tuck a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place
subtype: dart a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
subtype: kink__twist__twirl a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
subtype: pucker__ruck an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
subtype: round_shape__roundshape a shape that is curved and without sharp angles
subtype: cone_shape__cone__conoid a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
subtype: funnel_shape__funnel a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
subtype: disc__disk__saucer something with a round shape like a flat circular plate
subtype: intervertebral_disc__intervertebral_disk a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two)
subtype: dot__point a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"
subtype: loop.round_shape anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a line or cord etc.) that is closed or nearly closed
subtype: belt.loop endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
subtype: caterpillar_tread__caterpillartread__caterpillar_tracks a belt around wheels to grip rough ground
subtype: half_track caterpillar tread goes around only rear wheels
subtype: conveyer_belt__conveyor_belt__conveyer__conveyor__transporter a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)
subtype: luggage_carousel__luggagecarousel__carousel__carrousel__luggagecarrousel carries luggage to air travelers
subtype: driving_belt__drivingbelt a belt that carries motion from a motor to the machinery
subtype: fan_belt__fanbelt a belt driven by the crankshaft that drives a fan that pulls air through the radiator
subtype: running_noose__runningnoose__noose__slip_noose a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled
subtype: clench__clinch a small slip noose made with seizing
subtype: double_clinch a clinch with two loops
subtype: inside_clinch a clinch with the end of the line inside the loop
subtype: outside_clinch__outsideclinch a clinch with the end of the line outside the loop
subtype: lobe.loop the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern
subtype: major_lobe__majorlobe the maximum lobe in the radiation pattern which is intended to be along the forward axis and which gives the effect of a beam
subtype: bight.loop a loop in a rope
subtype: gyre__coil__whorl__roll__curl__curlicue__ringlet__scroll a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
subtype: verticil a whorl of leaves growing around a stem
subtype: swirl__whirl__vortex__convolution the shape of something rotating rapidly
subtype: spheroid__ellipsoid_of_revolution a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes; "it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid"
subtype: sphere.round_shape a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center
subtype: physical_sphere__physicalsphere__sphere a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)
subtype: orb__globe any object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
subtype: crystal_ball__crystalball a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers
subtype: mothball__camphor_ball__camphorball a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing
subtype: time-ball a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatory
subtype: fireball the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
subtype: fireball.orb a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
subtype: globule a small globe or ball
subtype: bubble a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
subtype: air_bubble__airbubble a bubble of air
subtype: froth__foam a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
subtype: shaving_foam__shavingfoam toiletry consisting of a liquid preparation containing many small bubbles that soften the beard before shaving
subtype: head.froth the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container; "the beer had a large head of foam"
subtype: lather the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
subtype: soapsuds__suds__lather the froth produced by soaps or detergents
subtype: shaving_cream__shavingcream__shaving_soap__shavingsoap toiletry consisting of a preparation of soap and fatty acids that forms a rich lather for softening the beard before shaving
subtype: spume foam or froth on the sea
subtype: white_water__whitewater frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls
subtype: soap_bubble a bubble formed by a thin soap film
subtype: spherule a small sphere
subtype: pellet a small sphere
subtype: bolus.orb__bolu a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
subtype: cylinder.round_shape a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
subtype: brake_drum__brakedrum__drum a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
subtype: shank cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
subtype: bolt_shank__shank cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
subtype: shank.cylinder__stem cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
subtype: stalactite a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave
subtype: stalagmite a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
subtype: barrel__drum a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
subtype: tube__pipe a hollow cylindrical shape
subtype: torus__toru__toroid a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
subtype: drop.round_shape__bead__pearl a shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
subtype: teardrop anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring)
subtype: dewdrop a drop of dew
subtype: rim the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
subtype: distorted_shape__distortion a shape resulting from distortion
subtype: tortuosity__tortuousness__torsion__contortion__crookedness a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
subtype: warp.distorted_shape__buckle a shape distorted by twisting or folding
subtype: gnarl__knot something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots"
subtype: amorphous_shape__amorphousshape an ill-defined or arbitrary shape
subtype: shapelessness.amorphous_shape__shapelessnes an amorphous or indefinite shape; "a shapeless mass"
subtype: blob an indistinct shapeless form
subtype: space.amorphous_shape an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth"
subtype: pleural_space__pleuralspace the small potential space between the parietal and visceral layers of the pleura
subtype: subarachnoid_space a space in the meninges beneath the arachnoid membrane and above the pia mater that contains the cerebrospinal fluid
subtype: opening.space__gap an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"
subtype: Ranvier's_nodes__nodes_of_Ranvier small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons
subtype: foramen__hiatus a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
subtype: interventricular_foramen__foramen_of_Monro__Monro's_foramen the small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere
subtype: foramen_magnum__foramenmagnum the large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes
subtype: breach.opening an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
subtype: chasm a deep opening in the earth's surface
subtype: abyss__abys a bottomless gulf or pit
subtype: gulf.chasm a deep wide chasm
subtype: scissure__crack__cleft__crevice__fissure a long narrow opening
subtype: chap.scissure a crack in a lip caused usually by cold
subtype: chink a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
subtype: crevasse a deep fissure
subtype: fatigue_crack__fatiguecrack a crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue
subtype: geological_fault__fault__shift__fracture__break (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"
subtype: Denali_Fault a major open geological fault in Alaska
subtype: inclined_fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other
subtype: normal_fault__gravity_fault__common_fault an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
subtype: thrust_fault__overthrust_fault__reverse_fault__reversefault a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
subtype: strike-slip_fault a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
instance: San_Andreas_Fault
subtype: rift.scissure a narrow fissure in rock
subtype: slit.scissure a narrow fissure
subtype: split.scissure a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
subtype: vent.scissure__volcano a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
subtype: volcanic_crater__crater a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano
subtype: caldera a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression
subtype: maar a flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion; often filled with water
subtype: hole.opening an opening into or through something
subtype: aperture.hole an opening in something
subtype: pupil contractile aperture in the iris of the eye
subtype: micropyle minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pollen tube enters
subtype: stoma.aperture__pore a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem
subtype: bolt-hole a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den
subtype: bullet_hole a hole made by a bullet passing through it
subtype: cranny a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
subtype: leak.hole an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak"
subtype: ozone_hole__ozonehole an area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally depleted of ozone
subtype: perforation.hole a hole made in something; "a perforation of the eardrum"
subtype: rathole a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats
subtype: knothole a hole in a board where a knot came out
subtype: mouth-like_space_opening__mouth an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge); "he rode into the mouth of the canyon"; "they built a fire at the mouth of the cave"
subtype: rift a gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds"
subtype: rip__rent__split__tear an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"
subtype: window.opening an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function; "he could see them through a window in the trees"
subtype: swath the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine
subtype: void__vacancy__emptines an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"
subtype: hole.space an unoccupied space
subtype: pore any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
subtype: enclosed_space__cavity space that is surrounded by something
subtype: hollow a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"
subtype: pouch.enclosed_space__sac__sack__pocket an enclosed space
subtype: connexion__connection__link a connecting shape
subtype: node.connexion a connecting point at which several lines come together
subtype: join__articulation__joint__juncture__junction the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
subtype: esophagogastric_junction__esophagogastricjunction__oesophagogastric_junction the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium
subtype: circle.shape something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle"
subtype: column.shape__tower anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"
subtype: physical_endurant__PED
subtype: physical_entity__object spatial entity made of matter
subtype: physical_object__POB
subtype: agentive_physical_object__APO something or someone that can act on its own and produce changes in the world
subtype: entity_that_can_be_or_was_alive e.g., an animal, a cell
subtype: sentient_agent an agent that has rights but may or may not have responsibilities and the ability to reason; if the latter are present, then the agent is also a cognitive_agent; domesticated animals are an example of sentient_agents that are not also cognitive_agents
subtype: cognitive_agent__cognitiveagent (many specializations)$ sentient_agent with responsibilities and the ability to reason, deliberate, make plans, etc; this is essentially the legal/ethical notion of a person; chimpanzees, gorillas, dolphins, whales, and some extraterrestrials (if they exist) may be cognitive_agents
subtype: human a modern man (member of the only remaining species of the Homo genus)
subtype: man
subtype: woman
subtype: person__individual__someone__somebody__mortal__human__human_being__humanbeing__soul a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
subtype: self a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self"
subtype: number_one (informal) a reference to yourself or myself etc.; "take care of number one" means to put your own interests first
subtype: grownup__adult a fully developed person from maturity onward
subtype: caregiver a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult
subtype: catch.grownup__match a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
subtype: centrist__middle_of_the_roader__moderate__moderationist a person who takes a position in the political center
subtype: eccentric__character__type__case a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
subtype: conservative__conservativist a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
subtype: rugged_individualist__capitalist an advocate of capitalism
subtype: conformist someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters)
subtype: hardliner someone who is uncompromising
subtype: minimalist.conservative a conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics
subtype: reactionary__ultraconservative__extreme_right-winger__extremerightwinger an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
subtype: Bourbon a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South)
subtype: Blimp__Colonel_Blimp (British) any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
subtype: rightist__right-winger__rightwinger a member of a right wing political party
subtype: fascist an adherent of fascism or other right-wing authoritarian views
subtype: Blackshirt a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II
subtype: Nazi a German member of Adolf Hitler's political party
subtype: Brownshirt a member of the German Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms
subtype: storm_trooper__stormtrooper a member of the Nazi S.A.
instance: Karl_Adolf_Eichmann__Eichmann__Adolf_Eichmann Paul_Joseph_Goebbels__Goebbels__Joseph_Goebbels Hermann_Wilhelm_Goring__Goring__Goering__Hermann_Goring__Hermann_Goering__Hermann_Wilhaelm_Goering Walther_Richard_Rudolf_Hess__Hess__Rudolf_Hess Heinrich_Himmler__Himmler Adolf_Hitler__Hitler__Der_Fuhrer
subtype: monarchist__royalist an advocate of the principles of monarchy
subtype: Cavalier a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
subtype: Orleanist a supporter of the Orleans branch of the French Bourbons that was descended from a younger brother of Louis XIV
subtype: Tory.rightist__tory a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative
subtype: square_toes__square (informal) a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
subtype: traditionalist__diehard one who adheres to traditional views
subtype: Rip_van_Winkle.traditionalist__ripvanwinkle a person oblivious to social changes
subtype: elder.grownup__senior a person who is older than you are
subtype: doyen__dean a man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents"
subtype: doyenne a woman who is the senior member of a group
subtype: ex-spouse a person who was formerly a spouse
subtype: host a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
subtype: hostess.host a woman host
subtype: important_person__importantperson__influential_person__influentialperson__personage a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
subtype: big_shot__bigshot__big_wheel__bigwheel__head_honcho (informal) an important influential person
subtype: famous_person__celebrity a widely known person; "he was a baseball celebrity"
subtype: immortal a person (such as an author) of enduring fame; "Shakespeare is one of the immortals"
subtype: social_lion__lion a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after)
subtype: luminary__leading_light__leadinglight__guiding_light__guidinglight__notable__notability a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries"
subtype: personality.famous_person a person of considerable prominence; "she is a Hollywood personality"
subtype: colossus__behemoth__giant__heavyweight__titan a person of exceptional importance and reputation
subtype: elder_statesman.important_person__elderstatesman any influential person whose advice is highly respected
subtype: Excellency a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by Your or His or Her: "Your Excellency"
subtype: fixer__influence_peddler__influencepeddler someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
subtype: heavy_hitter__heavyhitter an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in
subtype: high-muck-a-muck__pooh-bah an arrogant or conceited person of importance
subtype: kingpin__top_banana__topbanana__bigwig the most important person in a group or undertaking
subtype: magnificio a person of distinguished rank or appearance
subtype: public_figure__name__figure a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music"
subtype: policy_maker someone who sets the plan pursued by a government or business etc.; "policy makers often make the right decision for the wrong reason"
subtype: power_broker__powerbroker a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control; "a power broker who does you a favor will expect you to return it"
subtype: sacred_cow a person unreasonably held to be immune to criticism
subtype: sirdar an important person in India
subtype: socialite a socially prominent person
subtype: sun.important_person a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc
subtype: VIP__very_important_person__high-up__dignitary__panjandrum__high_muckamuck an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
subtype: worthy word is often used humorously
subtype: Jack_of_all_trades a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well
subtype: progressive__liberal a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
subtype: latitudinarian a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct)
subtype: neoliberal a liberal who subscribes to neoliberalism
subtype: pluralist someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society
subtype: Whig urged social reform in 19th century England
subtype: liberal a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
subtype: militarist__warmonger a person who advocates war or warlike policies
subtype: war_hawk__warhawk__hawk an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
subtype: oldster__old_person__oldperson__senior_citizen an elderly person
subtype: antediluvian a very old (or old fashioned) person
subtype: centenarian someone who is at least 100 years old
subtype: curmudgeon a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
subtype: dodderer one who dodders from old age and weakness
subtype: dodo__fogy__fogey__fossil (informal) someone whose style is out of fashion
subtype: dotard an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect
subtype: has-been__hasbeen__back-number someone who is no longer popular
subtype: nonagenarian someone whose age is in the nineties
subtype: octogenarian someone whose age is in the eighties
subtype: old_boy__oldboy a vivacious elderly man
subtype: greybeard__old_man__graybeard__Methuselah a man who is very old
subtype: old_codger__oldcodger__codger used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man
subtype: patriarch.greybeard a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
subtype: mossback__old-timer__oldtimer__gaffer__old_geezer__oldgeezer__antique an elderly man
subtype: old_woman__oldwoman a woman who is old
subtype: beldam__beldame a woman of advanced age
subtype: granny__matriarch an old woman
subtype: hag__beldame__crone an ugly evil-looking old woman
subtype: mother.old_woman a term of address for an elderly woman
subtype: septuagenarian someone whose age is in the seventies
subtype: sexagenarian someone whose age is in the sixties
subtype: pacifist__pacificist__disarmer someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
subtype: peacenik__dove someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations
subtype: patrician a person of refined upbringing and manners
subtype: pledger someone who makes or gives a pledge
subtype: professional_person__professional a person engaged in one of the learned professions
subtype: careerist a professional who follows a career
subtype: career_girl a woman who follows a professional career
subtype: career_man a man who follows a professional career
subtype: craftsman a professional whose work is consistently of high quality; "as an actor he was a consummate craftsman"
subtype: critic a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
subtype: art_critic__artcritic a critic of paintings
instance: Roger_Eliot_Fry__Fry__Roger_Fry John_Ruskin__Ruskin
subtype: literary_critic a critic of literature
instance: Matthew_Arnold__Arnold Van_Wyck_Brooks__Brooks John_Anthony_Ciardi__Ciardi__John_Ciardi Jacques_Derrida__Derrida__derrida Herman_Northrop_Frye__Frye__Northrop_Frye William_Hazlitt__Hazlitt Henry_Louis_Mencken__Mencken__H._L._Mencken Ivor_Armstrong_Richards__Richards__I._A._Richards Sir_Stephen_Harold_Spender__Spender__Stephen_Spender Lionel_Trilling__Trilling Carl_Clinton_Van_Doren__Van_Doren__Carl_Van_Doren Edmund_Wilson__Wilson
subtype: newspaper_critic__newspapercritic a critic who writes a column for the newspapers
instance: Harley_Granville-Barker__Granville-Barker John_Orley_Allen_Tate__Tate__Allen_Tate
subtype: educator__pedagogue someone who educates
subtype: academic__academician__faculty_member__facultymember an educator who works at a college or university
subtype: professor someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
subtype: assistant_professor__assistantprofessor a teacher or lower rank than an associate professor
subtype: associate_professor__associateprofessor a teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor
subtype: full_professor a professor of the highest rank
subtype: Regius_professor holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron
subtype: visiting_professor a professor visiting another college or university to teach for a limited time
subtype: lector__lecturer__reader a public lecturer at certain universities
subtype: school_principal__principal__head_teacher__head the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"
subtype: chancellor (British) the honorary or titular head of a university
subtype: headmaster__schoolmaster__master presiding officer of a school
subtype: housemaster teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse
subtype: headmistress a woman headmaster
subtype: schoolmaster any person (or institution) who acts as an educator
subtype: instructor__teacher a person whose occupation is teaching
subtype: art_teacher__artteacher someone who teaches art
subtype: private_instructor__privateinstructor__coach__tutor a person who gives private instruction (as in singing or acting)
subtype: crammer.private_instructor a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations
subtype: demonstrator a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught
subtype: English_teacher__englishteacher__English_professor someone who teaches English
subtype: French_teacher someone who teaches French
subtype: governess__governes a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
subtype: instructress a woman instructor
subtype: math_teacher__mathematics_teacher__mathematicsteacher someone who teaches mathematics
subtype: geometry_teacher someone who teaches geometry
subtype: missionary someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
instance: David_Livingstone__Livingstone Marcus_Whitman__Whitman Saint_Francis_Xavier__Xavier
subtype: music_teacher__musicteacher someone who teaches music
subtype: piano_teacher__pianoteacher someone who teaches students to play the piano
subtype: preceptor__don (British) teacher at a university of college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
subtype: reading_teacher__readingteacher someone who teaches students to read
subtype: riding_master someone who teaches horsemanship
subtype: schoolteacher__school_teacher a teacher in a school below the college level
subtype: games-master__gamesmaster__games-mistress the teacher in charge of games at a school
subtype: schoolmarm__schoolmistress__mistress a woman schoolteacher
instance: John_Thomas_Scopes__Scopes__John_Scopes
subtype: science_teacher__scienceteacher someone who teaches science
subtype: section_man__sectionman someone who teaches a section of a large college course
subtype: catechist one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism
subtype: teaching_fellow a graduate student with teaching responsibilities
instance: Mary_McLeod_Bethune__Bethune Louis_Braille__Braille Dale_Carnegie__Carnegie John_Amos_Comenius__Comenius__Jan_Amos_Komensky John_Dewey__Dewey Friedrich_Wilhelm_August_Froebel__Froebel__Friedrich_Froebel Thomas_Hopkins_Gallaudet__Gallaudet Mark_Hopkins__Hopkins Robert_Maynard_Hutchins__Hutchins Lucy_Craft_Laney__Laney Abbott_Lawrence_Lowell__Lowell Horace_Mann__Mann William_Holmes_McGuffey__McGuffey Montessori__Maria_Montesorri James_Naismith__Naismith Carl_Orff__Orff Elizabeth_Palmer_Peabody__Peabody__peabody__elizabethpeabody Sir_Isaac_Pitman__Pitman Anne_Mansfield_Sullivan__Sullivan__Anne_Sullivan Booker_Taliaferro_Washington__Washington__Booker_T._Washington Andrew_Dickson_White__White__Andrew_D._White Emma_Hart_Willard__Willard John_Witherspoon__Witherspoon
subtype: health_professional__health_care_provider__caregiver a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
subtype: bonesetter someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones
subtype: electrologist someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots
subtype: medical_assistant__medicalassistant a person trained to assist medical professionals
subtype: medical_practitioner__medicalpractitioner__medical_man__medicalman someone who practices medicine
subtype: dentist__tooth_doctor__toothdoctor__dental_practitioner a person qualified to practice dentistry
subtype: dental_surgeon a dentist qualified to perform surgical procedures
subtype: endodontist a dentist specializing in diseases of the dental pulp and nerve
subtype: exodontist a dentist specializing in the extraction of teeth
subtype: orthodontist a dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
subtype: pedodontist a dentist who specializes in the care of children's teeth
subtype: periodontist a dentist specializing in diseases of the gums and other structure surrounding the teeth
subtype: prosthodontist a dentist who is expert in prosthodontics
subtype: doc__physician__MD__Dr.__medico a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"
subtype: abortionist a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies
subtype: allergist a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies
subtype: angiologist a physician who specializes in angiology
subtype: medical_extern__medicalextern__extern a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there
subtype: gastroenterologist a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
subtype: general_practitioner__generalpractitioner__GP a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses
subtype: country_doctor__countrydoctor a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital; "do country doctors still make house calls?"
subtype: family_doctor a general practitioner who treats all the family members
subtype: house_physician__housephysician__resident__resident_physician a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
subtype: medical_intern__medicalintern__intern__interne__houseman an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)
subtype: quack an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
subtype: medical_specialist__medicalspecialist__specialist practices one branch of medicine
subtype: anesthesiologist__anesthetist__anaesthetist a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated
subtype: baby_doctor__pediatrician__pediatrist__paediatrician a specialist in the care of babies
instance: Harold_Hirschsprung__Hirschsprung Benjamin_Spock__Spock
subtype: cardiologist__heart_specialist__heartspecialist__heart_surgeon__heartsurgeon a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart
subtype: chiropodist__foot_doctor__podiatrist a specialist in care for the feet
subtype: dermatologist__skin_doctor a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin
subtype: diagnostician__pathologist a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
subtype: etiologist__aetiologist a specialist in the etiology of diseases
instance: Sir_Howard_Walter_Florey__Florey__Howard_Florey Karl_Landsteiner__Landsteiner Sir_James_Paget__Paget Francis_Peyton_Rous__Rous__Peyton_Rous Rudolf_Karl_Virchow__Virchow__Rudolf_Virchow
subtype: diplomate medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group
subtype: ear_doctor__eardoctor__ear_specialist__earspecialist__otologist a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases
instance: Prosper_Meniere__Meniere
subtype: endocrinologist physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system
instance: Henry_Hubert_Turner__Turner
subtype: ENT_man__ear-nose-and-throat_doctor__otolaryngologist__otorhinolaryngologist__rhinolaryngologist a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat
subtype: gerontologist__geriatrician a specialist in gerontology
subtype: gynecologist__gynaecologist__woman's_doctor__woman'sdoctor a specialist in gynecology
subtype: hematologist__haematologist a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
subtype: internist a specialist in internal medicine
subtype: neurologist__brain_doctor__braindoctor a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it
instance: Jean_Martin_Charcot__Charcot__charcot Harvery_Williams_Cushing__Cushing__Harvey_Cushing Sigmund_Freud__Freud Baron_Richard_von_Krafft-Ebing__Krafft-Ebing__Richard_von_Krafft-Ebing Georges_Gilles_de_la_Tourette__Tourette__Gilles_de_la_Tourette Karl_Wernicke__Wernicke
subtype: obstetrician__accoucheur a physician specializing in obstetrics
subtype: perinatologist an obstetrician specializing in perinatology
subtype: oncologist a specialist in oncology
subtype: ophthalmologist__eye_doctor__eyedoctor__oculist a medical doctor specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye
instance: Hermann_Snellen__Snellen
subtype: orthopedist__orthopaedist a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
subtype: orthoptist a specialist in orthoptics
subtype: proctologist a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus
subtype: psychiatrist__head-shrinker__shrink a physician who specializes in psychiatry
subtype: alienist a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness
subtype: psychoanalyst__analyst a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
instance: Sigmund_Freud__Freud Melanie_Klein__Klein
instance: Karl_Theodor_Jaspers__Jaspers__Karl_Jaspers Charles_Frederick_Menninger__Menninger__Charles_Menninger Karl_Augustus_Menninger__Menninger__Karl_Menninger William_Claire_Menninger__Menninger__William_Menninger Harry_Stack_Sullivan__Sullivan
subtype: radiographer a person who makes radiographs
subtype: radiologist a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease
subtype: rheumatologist a physician specializing in rheumatic diseases
subtype: urologist a specialist in urology
subtype: operating_surgeon__operatingsurgeon__surgeon__sawbones a physician who specializes in surgery
subtype: amputator a surgeon who remove part or all of a limb
subtype: cosmetic_surgeon__plastic_surgeon__plasticsurgeon a surgeon who beautifies the body (especially the face)
subtype: neurosurgeon__brain_surgeon__brainsurgeon someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)
instance: Alexis_Carrel__Carrel Michael_Ellis_De_Bakey__De_Bakey William_Crawford_Gorgas__Gorgas Joseph_Lister__Lister__Baron_Lister James_Parkinson__Parkinson Walter_Reed__Reed
subtype: veterinarian__veterinary__veterinary_surgeon__vet a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
subtype: horse_doctor__horsedoctor a veterinarian who treats horses
instance: Robert_Barany__Barany Sir_David_Bruce__Bruce__David_Bruce Burrill_Bernard_Crohn__Crohn John_L._H._Down__Down Christiaan_Eijkman__Eijkman Etienne-Louis_Arthur_Fallot__etiennelouisarthurfallot__Fallot William_Gilbert__Gilbert William_Harvey__Harvey Thomas_Hodgkin__Hodgkin Aletta_Jacobs__Jacobs Edward_Jenner__Jenner Harry_F._Klinefelter__Klinefelter__Harry_Fitch_Kleinfelter Clemence_Sophia_Harned_Lozier__Lozier Sir_Patrick_Manson__Manson Friedrich_Anton_Mesmer__Mesmer__Franz_Anton_Mesmer Philippus_Aureolus_Paracelsus__Paracelsus__Theophrastus_Philippus_Aureolus_Bombastus_von_Hohenheim Peter_Mark_Roget__Roget Sir_Ronald_Ross__Ross Benjamin_Rush__Rush Albert_Schweitzer__Schweitzer Anna_Howard_Shaw__Shaw Sir_James_Young_Simpson__Simpson Thomas_Sydenham__Sydenham__The_English_Hippocrates Erik_Adolf_von_Willebrand__Willebrand__von_Willebrand__E._A._von_Willebrand
subtype: inoculator__vaccinator a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases
subtype: medical_officer__medicalofficer__medic a medical practitioner in the armed forces
subtype: flight_surgeon a medical officer specializing in aviation medicine
subtype: surgeon_general the senior medical officer in an army or navy
instance: Hippocrates
subtype: nurse one skilled in caring for the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
subtype: graduate_nurse__trained_nurse__trainednurse someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school
subtype: licensed_practical_nurse__LPN__practical_nurse__practicalnurse a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick
subtype: head_nurse__matron a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution
subtype: midwife__accoucheuse a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
subtype: probationer__student_nurse__studentnurse a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period
subtype: registered_nurse__RN a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration
subtype: nurse-midwife__nursemidwife a registered nurse who has received special training as a midwife
subtype: nurse_practitioner__nursepractitioner__NP__nurse_clinician__nurseclinician a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician
subtype: scrub_nurse__scrubnurse a nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery
subtype: visiting_nurse a nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes
instance: Edith_Louisa_Cavell__Cavell__Edith_Cavell Florence_Nightingale__Nightingale__the_Lady_with_the_Lamp Margaret_Higgins_Sanger__Sanger__Margaret_Sanger
subtype: pharmacist__druggist__chemist__pill_pusher__pill_roller a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
subtype: pharmacologist__pharmaceutical_chemist someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects)
instance: Otto_Loewi__Loewi
subtype: lawyer__attorney a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
subtype: advocate__counsel__counselor__counsellor__counselor-at-law__pleader a lawyer who pleads cases in court
subtype: ambulance_chaser__ambulancechaser a lawyer who incites accident victims to sue
subtype: barrister a British lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law
subtype: Counsel_to_the_Crown a barrister selected to serve as counsel to the British ruler
subtype: King's_Counsel Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a king
subtype: Queen's_Counsel Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen
subtype: serjeant-at-law__serjeant__sergeant-at-law__sergeant an English barrister of the highest rank
subtype: conveyancer a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties
subtype: defense_attorney__defenseattorney__defenselawyer the lawyer representing the defendant
subtype: divorce_lawyer__divorcelawyer a lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment
subtype: prosecutor__prosecuting_officer__prosecutingofficer__prosecuting_attorney__prosecutingattorney a lawyer who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
subtype: district_attorney__DA an official prosecutor for a judicial district
subtype: state's_attorney__state'sattorney__state_attorney__stateattorney a prosecuting attorney for a state
subtype: public_defender a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense
subtype: solicitor a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
subtype: law_agent__lawagent a solicitor holding a certificate from the Law Society of Scotland
subtype: trial_attorney__trialattorney__trial_lawyer__triallawyer a lawyer who specializes in defending clients before a court of law
instance: William_Jennings_Bryan__Bryan__the_Great_Commoner__The_Boy_Orator_of_the_Platte Clarence_Seward_Darrow__Darrow__Clarence_Darrow Arthur_Garfield_Hays__Hays William_Harrison_Hays__Hays__Will_Hays John_Edgar_Hoover__Hoover__J._Edgar_Hoover Francis_Scott_Key__Key President_Lincoln__Lincoln__Abraham_Lincoln
subtype: librarian__bibliothec a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services
subtype: cataloger__cataloguer a librarian who classifies publication according to a categorial system
subtype: practitioner__practician someone who practices a learned profession
subtype: clinician a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments
subtype: homeopath__homoeopath a practitioner of homeopathy
subtype: publisher a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music
instance: Karl_Baedeker__Baedeker Henry_Oscar_Houghton__Houghton Henry_Robinson_Luce__Luce__Henry_Luce Keith_Rupert_Murdoch__Murdoch__Rupert_Murdoch Adolph_Simon_Ochs__Ochs
subtype: yuppie a young upwardly mobile professional person; someone under 40 who prospered during the 1980s
subtype: sobersides a serious and sedate individual
subtype: sophisticate__man_of_the_world a worldly-wise person
subtype: city_slicker__city_boy a city dweller with sophisticated manners
subtype: cosmopolitan__cosmopolite a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
subtype: globetrotter__world_traveler__worldtraveler someone who travels widely and often
subtype: stay-at-home__homebody a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel
subtype: stoic__unemotional_person__unemotionalperson someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
subtype: thoroughbred a well-bred person
subtype: adventurer__venturer a person who enjoys taking risks
subtype: argonaut someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure
subtype: adventuress a woman adventurer
subtype: cowboy someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)
subtype: daredevil__madcap__hothead__swashbuckler__lunatic__harum-scarum__harumscarum a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
subtype: tearaway (British) a reckless and impetuous person
subtype: risk_taker__gambler someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement
subtype: hotspur a rash or impetuous person
subtype: mercenary__soldieroffortune a person hired to fight for another country than their own
subtype: mountaineer__mountain_climber someone who climbs mountains
subtype: alpinist a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs
instance: Sir_Edmund_Percival_Hillary__Hillary__Edmund_Hillary__Sir_Edmund_Hillary Tenzing_Norgay
subtype: parachutist__parachuter a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute
subtype: plunger__speculator someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
subtype: hedger.plunger someone who counterbalances one transaction (as a bet) against another in order to protect against loss
subtype: operator.plunger a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets
subtype: scalper someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost; "he got theater tickets through a scalper"
subtype: ticket_tout__tout (British) someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
subtype: venture_capitalist__venturecapitalist a speculator who makes money available for innovative projects (especially in high technology)
instance: Giovanni_Jacopo_Casanova_de_Seingalt__Casanova__Giovanni_Jacopo_Casanova__Casanova_de_Seingalt
subtype: unusual_person__unusualperson__anomaly a person who is unusual
subtype: anachronism.unusual_person a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age
subtype: aberrant one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
subtype: albino a person with albinism: white hair and pink eyes and milky skin
subtype: automaton__zombi__zombie someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed"
subtype: eccentric_person__eccentricperson__oddball a person with an unusual or odd personality
subtype: crackpot__crank__nut__nutcase__fruitcake__screwball a whimsically eccentric person
subtype: goliath__giant__behemoth__monster__colossus someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
subtype: Jekyll_and_Hyde__jekyllandhyde someone with two personalities - one good and one evil
subtype: kook__odd_fellow__oddfellow__odd_fish__oddfish__queer_bird__queerbird__queer_duck__queerduck__odd_man_out__oddmanout someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
subtype: misfit someone unable to adapt to their circumstances
subtype: anthropoid.misfit__ape person who resembles a non-human primate
subtype: dork__jerk a dull stupid fatuous person
subtype: addle-head__addlehead__loon__birdbrain a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought
subtype: rare_bird__rara_avis a rare or unique person
subtype: transsexual.unusual_person a person who has undergone a sex change operation
subtype: ugly_duckling an ugly or unpromising child who grows into a beautiful or worthy person
subtype: applicant__applier a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
subtype: aspirant__aspirer__wannabe an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"
subtype: bidder someone who makes an offer
subtype: claimant someone who claims a benefit or right or title; "claimants of unemployment compensation"; "he was a claimant to the throne"
subtype: Pretender a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
subtype: job_candidate__jobcandidate an applicant who is being considered for a job
subtype: material.applicant a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he was university material"; "she was vice-presidential material"
subtype: petitioner__suppliant__supplicant one praying humbly for something: "a suppliant for her favors"
subtype: besieger.petitioner an energetic petitioner
subtype: postulant one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order
subtype: solicitor.petitioner a petitioner who seeks contributions or trade
subtype: possible.applicant an applicant who might be suitable
subtype: probable an applicant likely to be chosen
subtype: submitter someone who submits something (as an application for a job or a manuscript for publication etc.) for the judgment of others; "he was a prolific submitter of proposals"
subtype: appointee.person__appointment a person who is appointed to a job or position
subtype: bad_person__badperson a person who does harm to others
subtype: wrongdoer__offender a person who transgresses moral or civil law
subtype: abuser__maltreater someone who abuses
subtype: attacker__aggressor__assailant__assaulter someone who attacks
subtype: ambusher an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack
subtype: avenger__retaliator someone who takes vengeance
subtype: beast__wolf__savage__brute__wildcat a cruelly rapacious person
subtype: bully__tough__hooligan__ruffian__roughneck__rowdy__yob__yobo__yobbo a cruel and brutal fellow
subtype: bullyboy a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction
subtype: muscleman a bully employed by a gangster
subtype: skinhead a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
subtype: tough_guy__toughguy__plug-ugly someone who bullies weaker people
subtype: Ted__Teddy_boy (Brit) a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
subtype: harasser__harrier a persistent attacker; "the harassers were not members of the regular army"
subtype: marauder__predator__vulture someone who attacks in search of booty
subtype: night_rider__nightrider__nightrider member of a secret mounted band in United States south after the Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge
subtype: raper__rapist someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse
subtype: shedder__spiller an attacker who sheds or spills blood; "a great hunter and spiller of blood"
subtype: stabber someone who stabs another person
subtype: stoner__lapidator an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill)
subtype: convict a person convicted of a criminal offence
subtype: first_offender__firstoffender someone convicted for the first time
subtype: criminal__felon__crook__outlaw__malefactor someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
subtype: accessory__accessary someone who helps another person commit a crime
subtype: abettor__abetter one who helps or encourages or incites another
subtype: accessory_after_the_fact__accessoryafterthefact a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony
subtype: accessory_before_the_fact a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration
subtype: accessory_during_the_fact a person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it
subtype: confederate__collaborator__henchman__partner_in_crime someone who assists in a plot
subtype: arsonist__incendiary__firebug a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
subtype: barnburner someone who burns down a barn
subtype: blackmailer__extortioner__extortionist a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
subtype: bootlegger__moonshiner someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
subtype: briber__suborner someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act
subtype: conspirator__plotter a member of a conspiracy
instance: Guy_Fawkes__Fawkes Titus_Oates__Oates
subtype: desperado__desperate_criminal__desperatecriminal a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
subtype: fugitive_from_justice__fugitive someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
subtype: absconder someone who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution
subtype: escapee someone who escapes
subtype: gangster__mobster a criminal who is a member of gang
subtype: apache a Parisian gangster
subtype: yardie member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence; "A much publicized raid on a yardie stronghold had first been simulated at Riot City"
instance: Alphonse_Capone__Capone__Al_Capone__Scarface
subtype: highbinder a corrupt politician
subtype: highjacker__hijacker someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination
subtype: hoodlum__hood__goon__punk__thug__tough__toughie__strong-armer an aggressive and violent young criminal
subtype: kidnapper__abductor__snatcher someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
subtype: crimper someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
subtype: shanghaier__seizer a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship
subtype: gangster's_moll__moll__gun_moll__gunmoll the girl friend of a gangster
subtype: murderer__liquidator__manslayer a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
subtype: assassin__assassinator__bravo a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors"
instance: John_Wilkes_Booth__Booth Lee_Harvey_Oswald__Oswald
subtype: butcher a brutal indiscriminate murderer
subtype: cutthroat someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
subtype: fratricide.murderer a person who murders their brother or sister
subtype: gunslinger__gunman__hired_gun__hiredgun__gun__triggerman__hit_man__hitman__torpedo__shooter a professional killer who uses a gun
subtype: hatchet_man__hatchetman__iceman a professional killer
subtype: infanticide.murderer a person who murders an infant
subtype: murderess__murderes a woman murderer
subtype: parricide.murderer someone who kills his or her parent
subtype: matricide.parricide a person who murders their mother
subtype: patricide.parricide a person who murders their father
subtype: ripper a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife; "Jack the ripper was probably a madman"
subtype: serial_killer__serial_murderer someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval
instance: Jack_the_Ripper
subtype: parolee__probationer someone released on probation or on parole
subtype: drug_peddler__pusher__peddler__drug_dealer__drug_trafficker an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
subtype: racketeer some who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
subtype: bagman a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money
subtype: raper__rapist someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse
subtype: recidivist__repeater__habitual_criminal someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
subtype: scofflaw one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses
subtype: smuggler__runner__contrabandist__mooncurser someone who imports or exports without paying duties
subtype: gunrunner__arms-runner a smuggler of guns
subtype: rumrunner someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border
subtype: thief__stealer a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
subtype: bandit__brigand an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
subtype: shoplifter__booster__lifter a thief who steals goods that are on display in a store
subtype: burglar a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
subtype: housebreaker__cat_burglar a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
subtype: dacoit__dakoit (in India and Burma) a member of an armed gang of robbers
subtype: embezzler__peculator__defalcator someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for their own use
subtype: body_snatcher__graverobber__ghoul someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
subtype: graverobber someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts
subtype: holdup_man__stickup_man__stickupman an armed thief
subtype: highwayman__highjacker__hijacker__road_agent a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
subtype: footpad__padder a highwayman who robs on foot
instance: Dick_Turpin__Turpin
subtype: larcenist__larcener a person who commits larceny
subtype: pickpocket__cutpurse__dip a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
subtype: plagiarist__plagiarizer__literarypirate__pirate someone who uses another person's words or ideas is they were his own
subtype: plunderer__pillager__looter__spoiler__raider__freebooter someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
subtype: pirate__buccaneer__sea_robber__searobber__sea_rover__searover someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
subtype: Barbary_pirate__corsair a pirate along the Barbary coast
instance: Khayr_ad-Din__Barbarossa
subtype: sea_king__seaking a Viking pirate chief
instance: Jean_Laffite__Laffite__Lafitte__Jean_Lafitte Sir_Henry_Morgan__Morgan__Henry_Morgan Bartholomew_Roberts__Roberts Edward_Teach__Teach__Thatch__Edward_Thatch__Blackbeard
subtype: robber a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
subtype: bank_robber a robber of banks
subtype: mugger a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)
subtype: rustler__cattle_thief someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)
subtype: safebreaker__safecracker__cracksman a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
subtype: snatcher a thief who grabs and runs; "a purse snatcher"
subtype: sneak_thief__pilferer__snitcher a thief who steals without using violence
subtype: wharf_rat.sneak_thief__wharfrat someone who lives near wharves and lives by pilfering from ships or warehouses
subtype: traitor__treasonist someone who betrays his country by committing treason
subtype: collaborator__collaborationist__quisling someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
subtype: fifth_columnist__fifthcolumnist__saboteur a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
subtype: traitress__traitres female traitor
instance: Benedict_Arnold__Arnold
subtype: violator__lawbreaker someone who violates the law
instance: William_H._Bonney__Bonney__Billie_the_Kid Jesse_James__James Robert_MacGregor__MacGregor__Rob_Roy
subtype: deceiver__cheat__cheater__trickster__beguiler__slicker someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
subtype: bluffer a person who tries to bluff other people
subtype: swindler__chiseller__chiseler__gouger__scammer__sharpie a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
subtype: cardsharp__cardsharper a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
subtype: clip_artist a swindler who fleeces the victim
subtype: confidence_man__con_man__conman__con_artist__conartist a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim
subtype: welcher__welsher someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager
subtype: steerer__decoy a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
subtype: roper.steerer a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)
subtype: shill a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others
subtype: dodger__fox__slyboot a shifty deceptive person
subtype: double-crosser__double-dealer__two-timer__twotimer__betrayer__traitor a person who says one thing and does another
subtype: Judas someone who betrays under the guise of friendship
subtype: falsifier someone who falsifies
subtype: finagler__wangler a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods
subtype: counterfeiter__forger someone who makes copies illegally
subtype: coiner.counterfeiter (British) a maker of counterfeit coins
subtype: paperhanger (informal) someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money
subtype: fortune_hunter__fortunehunter a person who seeks wealth through marriage
subtype: front_man__frontman__front__figurehead__nominal_head__nominalhead__straw_man__strawman a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
subtype: hypocrite__dissembler__phony__phoney__pretender a person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold
subtype: smoothie__smoothy__sweettalker someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
subtype: Tartuffe__Tartufe a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)
subtype: whited_sepulcher__whited_sepulchre a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous
subtype: impersonator__imitator someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another
subtype: mimic__mimicker someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)
subtype: imposter__impostor__pretender__fake__faker__fraud__sham__shammer__pseudo__pseud__role_player a person who makes deceitful pretenses
subtype: namedropper someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends
subtype: ringer.imposter a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
subtype: liar__prevaricator a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
subtype: perjurer__false_witness__falsewitnes a person who deliberately gives false testimony
subtype: storyteller__fibber__fabricator someone who tells lies
instance: Ananias
subtype: misleader someone who leads astray (often deliberately)
subtype: mountebank__charlatan a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
subtype: phrenologist__craniologist someone who claims to read your character from the shape of your skull
subtype: quack an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
subtype: obscurantist a person who is deliberately vague
subtype: sandbagger someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you
subtype: two-timer__twotimer someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody else
subtype: utterer someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins
subtype: juvenile_delinquent__delinquent a young offender
subtype: defector__deserter a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
subtype: deviationist an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
subtype: draft_dodger__draftdodger__draft_evader__draftevader someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve
subtype: renegade__turncoat someone who rebels and becomes and outlaw
subtype: transgressor someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command; "the way of transgressors is hard"
subtype: malfeasant one guilty of malfeasance
subtype: nonattender__no-show__truant someone who shirks duty
subtype: perpetrator__culprit someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
subtype: pimp__procurer__panderer__pander__pandar__fancy_man__fancyman__ponce someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
subtype: procuress__procures a woman pimp
subtype: whoremaster__whoremonger a pimp who procures whores
subtype: backslider__recidivist__reversionist someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
subtype: reprobate__miscreant a person without moral scruples
subtype: pervert__deviant__deviate__degenerate a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
subtype: fetishist one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature)
subtype: masochist someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment
subtype: flagellant.masochist a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification
subtype: molester someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities
subtype: nymphomaniac__nympho a woman with abnormal sexual desires
subtype: pederast__paederast__childmolester a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner
subtype: pedophile__paedophile an adult who is sexually attracted to children
subtype: sadist someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others
subtype: sadomasochist someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism
subtype: satyr__lecher man with strong sexual desires
subtype: sodomite__sodomist__sod someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
subtype: scapegrace__black_sheep__blacksheep a reckless and unprincipled reprobate
subtype: wretch performs some wicked deed
subtype: shark.wrongdoer a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest
subtype: shyster__pettifogger a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
subtype: sinner__evildoer a person who sins (without repenting)
subtype: magdalen a reformed prostitute
instance: St_Mary_Magdalene__Mary_Magdalene__Mary_Magdalen__St_Mary_Magdalen
subtype: usurper__supplanter one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
subtype: claim_jumper__claimjumper one who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim
subtype: war_criminal__warcriminal an offender who violates international law during times of war
subtype: decadent a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
subtype: destroyer__ruiner__undoer__waster__uprooter a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones"
subtype: annihilator a total destroyer
subtype: iconoclast__image_breaker__imagebreaker someone who tries to destroy traditional ideas or institutions
subtype: saboteur__wrecker someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
subtype: vandal someone who willfully destroys or defaces property
subtype: libertine__debauchee__rounder a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
subtype: adulterer__fornicator someone who commits adultery
subtype: adulteress__fornicatress__hussy__jade__loose_woman__slut__strumpet a woman adulterer
subtype: wencher someone who patronizes prostitutes
subtype: gigolo a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman
subtype: lounge_lizard__lizard a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him
subtype: profligate__rake__rip__blood__roue a dissolute man in fashionable society
subtype: ladies'_man__seducer__ladykiller a man who takes advantage of women
subtype: undoer a seducer who ruins a woman; "she awoke in the arms of her cruel undoer"
subtype: swinger.libertine__tramp a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
subtype: debaucher__violator__ravisher someone who assaults others sexually
subtype: womanizer__womaniser__philanderer a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them
subtype: Casanova any man noted for his amorous adventures
subtype: Don_Juan a successful womanizer (after the legendary profligate Spanish nobleman)
subtype: Lothario a successful womanizer (after a fictional seducer)
subtype: woman_chaser__womanchaser__wolf__skirt_chaser__skirtchaser__masher a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
subtype: panderer a person who serves or caters to the vulgar passions or plans of others (especially in order to make money)
subtype: polluter__defiler a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment
subtype: scalawag__scallywag white Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest
subtype: seducer a bad person who entices others into error or wrong-doing
subtype: shocker.bad_person a shockingly bad person
subtype: snake_in_the_grass__snake a deceitful or treacherous person
subtype: trampler someone who injures by trampling
subtype: varmint__vermin an irritating or obnoxious person
subtype: victimizer__victimiser a person who victimizes others; "I thought we were partners, not victim and victimizer"
subtype: slaver__slave_dealer__slavedealer__slave_trader__slavetrader a person engaged in slave trade
subtype: white_slaver__whiteslaver a person who forces women to become prostitutes
subtype: capitalist a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
subtype: businessperson__bourgeois__bourgeoi engages in industrial commercial enterprise
subtype: accountant__comptroller__controller someone who maintains and audits business accounts
subtype: auditor someone who audits accounts
subtype: bookkeeper someone who records the transactions of a business
subtype: certified_public_accountant__CPA an accountant certified by the state
subtype: chartered_accountant__charteredaccountant a British accountant who is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
subtype: cost_accountant a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production
subtype: account_executive__accountexecutive__account_representative__accountrepresentative__registered_representative__customer's_broker__customer's_man someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business
subtype: broker__agent__factor a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
subtype: auctioneer an agent who conducts an auction
subtype: insurance_broker__insurancebroker__insurance_agent__insuranceagent__general_agent__generalagent an agent who sells insurance
subtype: investment_banker__underwriter a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities
subtype: killer_bee an investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover
subtype: realtor__real_estate_broker__real_estate_agent__estate_agent__land_agent__house_agent__houseagent a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land; "in England they call a realtor a land agent"
subtype: ship_broker an agent for the ship owner; obtains cargo and may arrange for its loading or discharge
subtype: stockbroker an agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds
subtype: syndic one appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions
subtype: travel_agent someone who sells or arranges trips or tours for customers
subtype: businessman__man_of_affairs a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
subtype: arbitrageur__arbitrager__arb someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
subtype: baron__big_businessman__bigbusinessman__business_leader__king__magnate__mogul__power__top_executive__topexecutive__tycoon a very wealthy or powerful businessman: "an oil baron"
subtype: oil_tycoon__oiltycoon a powerful person in the oil business
subtype: businesswoman a female businessman
subtype: brothel_keeper__brothelkeeper__madam a woman who runs a house of prostitution
subtype: industrialist someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise
instance: Andrew_Carnegie__Carnegie Peter_Cooper__Cooper Glenn_Hammond_Curtiss__Curtiss__Glenn_Curtiss Gottlieb_Daimler__Daimler John_Deere__Deere George_Eastman__Eastman Henry_Ford__Ford Edsel_Bryant_Ford__Ford Henry_Ford_II__Ford Henry_Clay_Frick__Frick Gillette__King_Camp_Gilette Meyer_Guggenheim__Guggenheim Henry_John_Heinz__Heinz William_Henry_Hoover__Hoover__William_Hoover Howard_Robard_Hughes__Hughes__Howard_Hughes Friedrich_Krupp__Krupp Edwin_Herbert_Land__Land__Din_Land First_Viscount_Nuffield__Nuffield__William_Richard_Morris Wilhelm_von_Opel__Opel Elisha_Graves_Otis__Otis Robert_Owen__Owen Sri_Frederick_Handley_Page__Page John_Davison_Rockefeller__Rockefeller__John_D._Rockefeller Igor_Ivanovich_Sikorsky__Sikorsky__Igor_Sikorsky Ernest_Solvay__Solvay
subtype: oilman.businessman a person who owns or operates oil wells
subtype: wildcatter an oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field
subtype: operator.businessman someone who owns or operates a business; "who is the operator of this franchise?"
subtype: supermarketer an operator of a supermarket
subtype: proprietor__owner someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"
subtype: bookseller the proprietor of a bookstore
subtype: lessor__lease_giver__leasegiver someone who grants a lease
subtype: letter.proprietor owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
subtype: patronne__patron (Italian) the proprietor of an inn
subtype: innkeeper__host the owner or manager of an inn
subtype: hostess a woman innkeeper
subtype: padrone.innkeeper an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy
subtype: victualer__victualler an innkeeper (especially British)
subtype: proprietress a woman proprietor
subtype: newspaper_publisher__newspaperpublisher__publisher the proprietor of a newspaper
subtype: press_lord__presslord a powerful newspaper proprietor
instance: 1st_Baron_Beaverbrook__Beaverbrook__William_Maxwell_Aitken Alfred_Charles_William_Harmsworth__Harmsworth__Viscount_Northcliffe Benjamin_Harris__Harris William_Randolph_Hearst__Hearst Joseph_Pulitzer__Pulitzer James_Edmund_Scripps__Scripps Edward_Wyllis_Scripps__Scripps
subtype: renter an owner who receives payment for the use of their property by another
subtype: restaurateur__restauranter the proprietor of a restaurant
subtype: saloon_keeper the proprietor of a saloon
subtype: small_businessman__smallbusinessman a businessman who runs a business employing less than 100 people
subtype: concessionaire__concessioner someone who holds or operates a concession
subtype: syndicator a businessman who forms a syndicate
subtype: transactor someone who conducts or carries on business or negotiations
instance: Ezra_Cornell__Cornell Edward_Henry_Harriman__Harriman__E._H._Harriman James_Jerome_Hill__Hill__J._J._Hill Collis_Potter_Huntington__Huntington First_Baron_Marks_of_Broughton__Marks__Simon_Marks David_Sarnoff__Sarnoff Leland_Stanford__Stanford George_Stephenson__Stephenson Henry_Villard__Villard John_Wanamaker__Wanamaker Asron_Montgomery_Ward__Ward__Montgomery_Ward Frank_Winfield_Woolworth__Woolworth Rudolf_Wurlitzer__Wurlitzer
subtype: entrepreneur__enterpriser someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
instance: William_Henry_Gates__Gates__Bill_Gates Sir_Clive_Marles_Sinclair__Sinclair__Clive_Sinclair
subtype: exporter a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)
subtype: importer someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)
subtype: merchant__merchandiser a businessperson engaged in retail trade
subtype: baker someone who bakes commercially
subtype: bookdealer__book_seller a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books
subtype: meatman__butcher a retailer of meat
subtype: pork_butcher (British) a vendor of pork and products made from pork
subtype: clothier__haberdasher a merchant who sells men's clothing
subtype: fishmonger__fishwife someone who sells fish
subtype: grain_merchant__grainmerchant a merchant who deals in food grains
subtype: grocer a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)
subtype: greengrocer (British) a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables
subtype: ironmonger__hardwareman someone who sells hardware; "in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger"
subtype: jeweler__jeweller someone in the business of selling jewelry
subtype: milliner a merchant who designs and sells hats
subtype: poultryman__poulterer a dealer in poultry and poultry products
subtype: retailer__retail_merchant a merchant who sells goods at retail
subtype: chandler.retailer a retail dealer in provisions and supplies
subtype: ship's_chandler a dealer in sails and ropes and other supplies for sailing ships
subtype: licensee__licencee someone to who a license is granted
subtype: rug_merchant__rugmerchant a merchant who sells rugs
subtype: salt_merchant__salter someone who makes or deals in salt
subtype: schlockmeister__shlockmeister (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise
subtype: seller__marketer__vender__vendor__trafficker someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
subtype: ticket_agent__booking_clerk someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)
subtype: cosmetician someone who sells or applies cosmetics
subtype: flower_girl.seller__flowergirl a woman who sells flowers in the street
subtype: fruiterer (British) a person who sells fruit
subtype: cheap-jack__cheapjack__huckster a seller of shoddy goods
subtype: costermonger__barrow-man__barrow-boy a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow
subtype: pedlar__peddler__packman__hawker__pitchman someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
subtype: chapman archaic term for an itinerant peddler
subtype: muffin_man (British) formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins
subtype: sandboy (British) a peddler of sand at a seashore resort; used now only to express great happiness in the expression "happy as a sandboy"
subtype: selling_agent__sellingagent someone who sells goods (on commission) for others
subtype: trafficker__dealer a seller of illicit goods; "a trafficker in stolen cars"
subtype: drug_peddler__pusher__peddler__drug_dealer__drug_trafficker an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
subtype: underseller a seller that sells at a lower price than others do; "he went all over town looking for undersellers"
subtype: shopkeeper__tradesman__storekeeper__market_keeper a merchant who owns or manages a shop
subtype: dry_cleaner__drycleaner__cleaner the operator of dry-cleaning establishment
subtype: florist someone who grows and deals in flowers; "the florist made up an attractive bouquet"
subtype: hosier a tradesman who sells hosiery (and (in England) knitwear)
subtype: newsagent__newsdealer__newsvendor__newsstand_operator__newsstandoperator someone who sells newspapers
subtype: tobacconist a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles
subtype: stationer__stationeryseller a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies
subtype: trader__bargainer__dealer__monger someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
subtype: art_dealer__artdealer a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation
subtype: print_seller__printseller someone who sells etchings and engravings etc.
subtype: barterer a trader who exchanges goods and not money
subtype: bibliopole__bibliopolist a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books)
subtype: cutler a dealer in cutlery
subtype: draper a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)
subtype: linendraper (British) a retail dealer in yard goods
subtype: fence (informal) a dealer in stolen property
subtype: horse_trader__horsetrader a hard bargainer
subtype: mercer (British) a dealer in textiles (especially silks)
subtype: seedsman__seedman a dealer in seeds
subtype: slopseller (British) a dealer in cheap ready-made clothing
subtype: stamp_dealer__stampdealer a dealer in stamps (whose customers are stamp collectors)
subtype: stock_trader__stocktrader someone who buys and sells stock shares
subtype: profit_taker someone who sells stock shares at a profit
subtype: stockjobber (British) one who deals only with brokers or other jobbers
subtype: merchant-venturer__venturer a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)
subtype: vintner__wine_merchant someone who sells wine
instance: Charles_Henry_Harrod__Harrod Charles_Digby_Harrod__Harrod
subtype: shipper.businessperson someone who ships goods
subtype: consigner__consignor the person who delivers over or commits merchandise
subtype: supplier__provider someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
subtype: black_marketeer__blackmarketeer someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities
subtype: caterer someone who provides food and service (as for a party)
subtype: connection.supplier a supplier (especially of narcotics)
subtype: dispenser.supplier a person who dispenses
subtype: distributor__distributer someone who markets merchandise
subtype: jobber__middleman__wholesaler someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
subtype: meat_packer__packer a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
instance: Gustavus_Franklin_Swift__Swift
subtype: ship_chandler a dealer in equipment and supplies for ships
subtype: wool_stapler a dealer in wool
subtype: purveyor someone who supplies provisions (especially food)
subtype: recruiter.supplier someone who supplies members or employees
subtype: headhunter (informal) a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
subtype: talent_scout__scout someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
subtype: stockist one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods
subtype: sutler__victualer__victualler__provisioner a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
subtype: financier__moneyman a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
subtype: banker someone who owns or is an executive in a bank
subtype: cashier__teller__bank_clerk an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
instance: Rothschild
subtype: city_man a financier who works in one of the banks in the City of London
subtype: principal.financier__dealer the major party to a financial transaction; buys and sells for his own account
subtype: broker-dealer a financial specialist who trades for his own account and so acts both as a broker and principal
instance: James_Buchanan_Brady__Brady__Diamond_Jim_Brady__Diamond_Jim Jay_Cooke__Cooke Cosimo_de_Medici__Cosimo_the_Elder Stephen_Girard__Girard Jay_Gould__Gould Sir_Thomas_Gresham__Gresham William_Averell_Harriman__Harriman__Averell_Harriman Hopkins__Johns_Hopkins Andrew_William_Mellon__Mellon__Andrew_Mellon__Andrew_W._Mellon John_Pierpont_Morgan__Morgan__J._P._Morgan Robert_Morris__Morris Cecil_John_Rhodes__Rhodes__Cecil_Rhodes__Cecil_J._Rhodes Haym_Salomon__Salomon Cornelius_Vanderbilt__Vanderbilt__Commodore_VAnderbilt
subtype: holder.capitalist__bearer the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it; "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'"
subtype: ticket_holder holder of a ticket (for admission or for passage)
subtype: accumulator__collector__gatherer a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
subtype: conductor.accumulator the person who collects fares on a public conveyance
subtype: conductress__conductres a woman conductor
subtype: gleaner someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully
subtype: rent_collector a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner
instance: Isabella_Stewart_Gardner__Gardner
subtype: tenant a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
subtype: cotenant one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property
subtype: life_tenant a tenant whose legal right to retain possession of buildings or lands lasts as long as they (or some other person) lives
subtype: tenant_farmer a farmer who works land owned by someone else
subtype: investor someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns
subtype: contrarian an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors
subtype: bear.investor an investor with a pessimistic market outlook
subtype: bondholder a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation
subtype: bull.investor an investor with an optimistic market outlook
subtype: caller.investor an investor who buys a call option
subtype: depositor a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution
subtype: withdrawer a depositor who withdraws funds previously deposited
subtype: lender__loaner someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
subtype: creditor a lender to whom money is owed
subtype: mortgagee__mortgageholder the person who accepts a mortgage; "the bank became our mortgagee when it accepted our mortgage on our new home"
subtype: pawnbroker a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security
subtype: usurer__loan_shark__moneylender__shylock someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
subtype: rentier someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments
subtype: stockholder__shareholder__shareowner someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation
subtype: stockholder_of_record the stockholder whose name is registered on the books of the corporation as owning the shares at a particular time
subtype: materialist someone with great regard for worldly possessions
subtype: moneymaker someone who is successful in accumulating wealth
subtype: moneygrubber someone whose main interest in life is moneymaking
subtype: profiteer someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
instance: John_Jacob_Astor__Astor
subtype: captor__capturer a person who captures and holds people or animals
subtype: kidnapper__abductor__snatcher someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
subtype: surpriser a captor who uses surprise to capture the victim
subtype: changer__modifier a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu"
subtype: adulterator a changer who lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance
subtype: normalizer__normaliser a person who normalizes
subtype: standardizer__standardiser a person who sets a standard for things to conform to
subtype: commoner__common_man__common_person a person who holds no title
subtype: bourgeois__bourgeoi__burgher a member of the middle class
subtype: petit_bourgeois__petitbourgeoi a member of the lower middle class
subtype: nobody__cipher__cypher__nonentity a person of no influence
subtype: pip-squeak__pipsqueak__squirt__small_fry__smallfry someone who is small and insignificant
subtype: whippersnapper__jackanapes__lightweight someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
subtype: everyman the ordinary person
subtype: Joe_Blow__John_Doe__Joe_Bloggs__man_in_the_street a hypothetical average man
subtype: layman__layperson someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
subtype: lay_reader__layreader a layman authorized to read sermons
subtype: plebeian__pleb one of the common people
subtype: philistine__lowbrow a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
subtype: proletarian__prole__worker a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!"
subtype: rustic an unsophisticated country person
subtype: coon a an eccentric or undignified rustic; "I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts"
subtype: countryman.rustic a man who lives in the country and has country ways
subtype: countrywoman.rustic a woman who lives in the country and has country ways
subtype: hillbilly__bushwhacker a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
subtype: provincial__peasant a country person
subtype: cottar__cotter a peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands
subtype: muzhik__moujik__mujik__muzjik a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)
subtype: redneck__cracker a poor white person in the southern US
subtype: woodsman__woodman someone who lives in the woods
subtype: yokel__rube__hick__yahoo__hayseed__chawbacon not very intelligent or interested in culture
subtype: communicator a person who communicates with others
subtype: alarmist a person who alarms others needlessly
subtype: scaremonger a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble
subtype: allegorizer__allegoriser someone who communicates in allegories
subtype: announcer.communicator someone who proclaims a message publicly
subtype: caller.announcer someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice; "the callers were mothers summoning their children home for dinner"
subtype: caller-out__caller a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance; "you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing"
subtype: muezzin__muazzin__mu'adhdhin the Moslem official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day
subtype: town_crier__crier (formerly) an official who made public announcements
subtype: articulator.communicator someone who pronounces words
subtype: speaker__talker__utterer__verbalizer__verbaliser someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
subtype: alliterator a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration
subtype: caller-up__caller__phoner__telephoner the person initiating a telephone call; "there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone"
subtype: chatterer__babbler__prater__chatterbox__spouter an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
subtype: conversationalist__schmoozer someone skilled at conversation
subtype: deipnosophist someone skilled at across-the-table chit chat
subtype: conversational_partner__interlocutor a person who takes part in a conversation
subtype: drawler someone who speaks with a drawl
subtype: jabberer__driveller someone whose talk is trivial drivel
subtype: ejaculator a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation
subtype: growler.speaker a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl
subtype: inquirer__enquirer__questioner__querier__asker someone who asks a question
subtype: cross-examiner__crossexaminer__cross-questioner__crossquestioner someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier)
subtype: quizzer__examiner__tester someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications
subtype: inquisitor__interrogator a questioner who is excessively harsh
subtype: interviewer a person who conducts an interview
subtype: pollster__poll_taker__headcounter someone who conducts surveys of public opinion; "a pollster conducts public opinion polls"; "a headcounter counts heads"
subtype: lecturer someone who lectures professionally
instance: Helen_Adams_Keller__Keller__Helen_Keller
subtype: lisper a speaker who lisps
subtype: mentioner a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally
subtype: mutterer__mumbler a person who speaks indistinctly
subtype: narrator__storyteller__teller someone who tells a story
subtype: anecdotist__raconteur a person skilled in telling anecdotes
instance: Karl_Friedrich_Hieronymus_von_Munchhausen__Munchhausen__Munchausen__Baron_Munchausen
subtype: fabulist a person who tells or invents fables
instance: Aesop
subtype: griot a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
subtype: orator__speechmaker__rhetorician__public_speaker__speechifier a person who delivers a speech or oration
subtype: eulogist__panegyrist an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics
subtype: demagogue__demagog__rabble-rouser an orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience
subtype: elocutionist a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery
subtype: haranguer a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech
subtype: spellbinder an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound
subtype: tub-thumper__tubthumper a noisy and vigorous or ranting public speaker
instance: Edmund_Burke__Burke Marcus_Tullius_Cicero__Cicero__Tully Demosthenes Patrick_Henry__Henry Isocrates
subtype: prattler someone who speaks in a childish way
subtype: ranter__raver someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner
subtype: reciter someone who recites from memory
subtype: stammerer__stutterer someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions
subtype: talking_head__talkinghead a talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen
subtype: vociferator a loud and vehement speaker (usually in protest)
subtype: voicer a speaker who voices an opinion
subtype: wailer a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries
subtype: whisperer one who speaks in a whisper
subtype: witnesser__witness__informant someone who sees an event and reports what happened
subtype: attester__attestant someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something
subtype: testifier__deponent a person who testifies or gives a deposition
subtype: subvocalizer__subvocaliser someone who articulates speech without uttering sounds
subtype: asserter__declarer__affirmer__asseverator__avower someone who claims to speak the truth; "a bold asserter"; "a declarer of his intentions"; "affirmers of traditional doctrine"; "an asseverator of strong convictions"; "an avower of his own great intelligence"
subtype: postulator someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument
subtype: avower someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly
subtype: broadcaster someone who broadcasts on radio or television
subtype: announcer reads news, commercials on radio or television
subtype: radio_announcer an announcer whose voice is broadcast on radio
subtype: sports_announcer__sportscaster__sports_commentator an announcer who reads sports news or describes sporting events
subtype: newscaster someone who broadcasts the news
subtype: tv_announcer__television_announcer an announcer on television
subtype: broadcast_journalist__broadcastjournalist a journalist who broadcasts on radio or television
instance: Edward_Roscoe_Murrow__Murrow__Edward_R._Murrow Lowell_Jackson_Thomas__Thomas__Lowell_Thomas
subtype: disk_jockey__disc_jockey__dj a person who announces and plays popular recorded music
subtype: telecaster a television broadcaster
subtype: conferee a member of a conference
subtype: confessor.communicator someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)
subtype: letter_writer__correspondent someone who communicates by means of letters
subtype: pen_pal__penpal__pen-friend__penfriend a person you come to know by by frequent friendly correspondence
subtype: extrovert__extravert (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
subtype: gossiper__gossip__rumormonger__rumourmonger__newsmonger a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
subtype: female_gossiper__cat a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!"
subtype: scandalmonger a person who spreads malicious gossip
subtype: tattletale__tattler__taleteller__talebearer__telltale__blabbermouth someone who gossips indiscreetly
subtype: yenta a woman gossip
subtype: hisser someone who communicates disapproval by hissing
subtype: informant__source a person who supplies information
subtype: informer__betrayer__rat__squealer__blabber one who reveals confidential information in return for money
subtype: fink__snitch__snitcher__stoolpigeon__stoolie__sneaker__canary someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
subtype: copper's_nark__nark (British) an informer or spy working for the police
subtype: supergrass (British) a police informer who implicates many people
subtype: leaker a surreptitious informant; "the president wanted to know who the leakers were"
subtype: laudator__lauder__extoller someone who communicates high praise
subtype: applauder__clapper someone who applauds
subtype: negotiator__negotiant__treater someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)
subtype: mediator__go-between__intermediator__intermediary a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
subtype: mediatrix a woman who is a mediator
subtype: appeaser__conciliator__make-peace__pacifier__peacemaker__reconciler someone who tries to bring peace
subtype: arbitrator__arbiter someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
subtype: third_party.arbitrator__thirdparty someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction
subtype: diplomat a person who deals tactfully with others
subtype: harmonizer a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another
subtype: interpreter.mediator__translator someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
subtype: dragoman an interpreter and guide in the Near East
subtype: symbolizer__symbolist__symboliser someone skilled in the interpretation of symbols
instance: Edward_Fitzgerald__Fitzgerald Benjamin_Jowett__Jowett William_Tyndale__Tyndale__Tindale__William_Tindale__Tindal__William_Tindal Bishop_Ulfilas__Ulfilas__Ulfila__Bishop_Ulfila__Wulfila__Bishop_Wulfila
subtype: matchmaker__matcher__marriage_broker someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others
subtype: moderator someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence
subtype: modifier a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
subtype: second_hand an intermediate person; used in the phrase "at second hand"; "he could learn at second hand from books"
subtype: bargainer negotiator of the terms of a transaction; "he is a hard bargainer"
subtype: haggler an intense bargainer
subtype: compromiser a negotiator willing to compromise; "Henry Clay was known as the Great Compromiser"
subtype: holdout.negotiator a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms; "their star pitcher was a holdout for six weeks"
subtype: negotiatress__negotiatrix a woman negotiator
subtype: representative a person who represents others
subtype: agent.representative a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
subtype: business_agent an agent who handles business affairs for another; especially one who deals with employers
subtype: actor's_agent__actor'sagent__theatrical_agent a business agent for an actor
subtype: literary_agent an agent who represents an author is dealings with publishers
subtype: bailee the agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered
subtype: booker__booking_agent__bookingagent someone who engages a person or company for performances
subtype: showman__promoter__impresario a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
subtype: exhibitor__exhibitioner__shower someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see
subtype: organ-grinder__organgrinder a street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy
subtype: pornographer__porn_merchant someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores
instance: Phineas_Taylor_Barnum__Barnum__P._T._Barnum William_Frederick_Cody__Cody__William_F._Cody__Buffalo_Bill__Buffalo_Bill_Cody Sergei_Pavlovich_Diaghilev__Diaghilev__Sergei_Diaghilev Richard_D'Oyly_Carte__D'Oyly_Carte Solomon_Hurok__Hurok__Sol_Hurok Charles_Ringling__Ringling
subtype: surrogate a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
subtype: vicegerent someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy
subtype: employment_agent someone who runs an employment agency
subtype: freight_agent__freightagent an employee of a freight carrier who directs the receipt and delivery of goods
subtype: government_agent a representative or official of a government or administrative department of a government
subtype: G-man__FBI_agent__government_man a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
subtype: revenuer a government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging)
subtype: T-man a special law-enforcement agent of the United States Treasury
subtype: handler an agent who handles something or someone; "the senator's campaign handlers"
subtype: mill_agent the responsible official at a mill that is under absentee ownership
subtype: next_friend a person who acts on behalf of an infant or disabled person (in law)
subtype: parliamentary_agent__parliamentaryagent a person (in Britain) who is employed to look after the affairs of businesses that are affected by legislation of the British Parliament
subtype: proxy.agent__placeholder__procurator a person authorized to act for another
subtype: purchasing_agent an agent who purchases goods or services for another
subtype: secret_agent__intelligence_officer__intelligence_agent__operative a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
subtype: agent_provocateur__agentprovocateur a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts
subtype: undercover_agent__spy a secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
subtype: counterspy__mole a spy who works against enemy espionage
subtype: double_agent a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries
subtype: espionage_agent someone employed to spy on another country or business competitor
subtype: foreign_agent__foreignagent a spy for a foreign country
subtype: infiltrator.undercover_agent someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage
subtype: sleeper.undercover_agent a spy planted in advance for future use but not presently active
instance: Mata_Hari__Margarete_Gertrud_Zelle
subtype: shipping_agent the agent of a shipowner
subtype: shopper.agent a commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs her
subtype: special_agent__specialagent someone whose authority is limited to the special undertaking they have been instructed to perform
subtype: talent_agent an agent who represents performers
subtype: universal_agent__universalagent__general_agent__generalagent someone authorized to transact every kind of business for the principal
subtype: alderman a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council); "aldermen usually represent city wards"
subtype: assemblyman someone who is a member of a legislative assembly
subtype: assemblywoman a woman assemblyman
subtype: middleman__contact a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"
subtype: delegate a person appointed or elected to represent others
subtype: apostolic_delegate__apostolicdelegate (Roman Catholic) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has no formal diplomatic relations with it
subtype: emissary__envoy someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
subtype: legate__official_emissary a member of a legation
subtype: head_of_state__chief_of_state the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
subtype: prime_minister__primeminister__chancellor__premier the person who is head of state (in several countries)
subtype: Prime_Minister__PM__premier the person who holds the position of head of state in England
subtype: president.head_of_state the chief executive of a republic
subtype: ex-president a former president
instance: Vigdis_Finnbogadottir__Finnbogadottir
subtype: President_of_the_United_States__President__Chief_Executive the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government; "the President likes to jog every morning"
instance: President_John_Adams__Adams__John_Adams__President_Adams President_John_Quincy_Adams__Adams__John_Quincy_Adams__President_Adams Chester_Alan_Arthur__Arthur__Chester_A._Arthur__President_Arthur President_Buchanan__Buchanan__James_Buchanan George_Herbert_Walker_Bush__Bush__George_Bush__President_Bush George_Walker_Bush__Bush__George_Bush__George_W._Bush__Dubyuh__President_Bush James_Earl_Carter_Jr.__Carter__Jimmy_Carter__James_Earl_Carter__President_Carter Stephen_Grover_Cleveland__Cleveland__Grover_Cleveland__President_Cleveland William_Jefferson_Clinton__Clinton__Bill_Clinton__President_Clinton President_Coolidge__Coolidge__Calvin_Coolidge Dwight_David_Eisenhower__Eisenhower__Dwight_Eisenhower__Dwight_D._Eisenhower__Ike__President_Eisenhower President_Fillmore__Fillmore__Millard_Fillmore Gerald_Rudolph_Ford__Ford__Gerald_Ford__Gerald_R._Ford__President_Ford James_Abraham_Garfield__Garfield__James_Garfield__James_A._Garfield__President_Garfield Ulysses_Simpson_Grant__Grant__Ulysses_Grant__Ulysses_S._Grant__Hiram_Ulysses_Grant__President_Grant Warren_Gamaliel_Harding__Harding__Warren_Harding__President_Harding President_William_Henry_Harrison__Harrison__William_Henry_Harrison__President_Harrison President_Benjamin_Harrison__presidentbenjaminharrison__Harrison__Benjamin_Harrison__President_Harrison Rutherford_Birchard_Hayes__Hayes__Rutherford_B._Hayes__President_Hayes Herbert_Clark_Hoover__Hoover__Herbert_Hoover__President_Hoover Andrew_Jackson__Jackson__Old_Hickory President_Jefferson__Jefferson__Thomas_Jefferson President_Andrew_Johnson__Johnson__Andrew_Johnson__President_Johnson President_Lyndon_Johnson__Johnson__Lyndon_Johnson__Lyndon_Baines_Johnson__LBJ__President_Johnson John_Fitzgerald_Kennedy__Kennedy__Jack_Kennedy__JFK__President_Kennedy President_Lincoln__Lincoln__Abraham_Lincoln President_Madison__Madison__James_Madison President_McKinley__McKinley__William_McKinley President_Monroe__Monroe__James_Monroe Richard_Milhous_Nixon__Nixon__Richard_Nixon__Richard_M._Nixon__President_Nixon President_Pierce__Pierce__Franklin_Pierce James_Knox_Polk__Polk__James_Polk__James_K._Polk__President_Polk Ronald_Wilson_Reagan__Reagan__Ronald_Reagan__President_Reagam President_Theodore_Roosevelt__Roosevelt__Theodore_Roosevelt__President_Roosevelt President_Franklin_Roosevelt__Roosevelt__Franklin_Roosevelt__Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt__President_Roosevelt__FDR William_Howard_Taft__Taft__President_Taft President_Taylor__Taylor__Zachary_Taylor President_Truman__Truman__Harry_Truman__Harry_S_Truman President_Tyler__Tyler__John_Tyler President_Van_Buren__Van_Buren__Martin_Van_Buren President_Washington__Washington__George_Washington Thomas_Woodrow_Wilson__Wilson__Woodrow_Wilson__President_Wilson
subtype: sovereign__crowned_head__crownedhead__monarch a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
subtype: tsar__czar__tzar a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
instance: Boris_Fyodorovich_Godunov__Godunov__godunov__Boris_Godunov Ivan_IV__Ivan_Iv_Vasilievich__Ivan_the_Terrible Nicholas_I Nicholas_II Peter_I__Peter_the_Great
subtype: Emperor the male ruler of an empire
subtype: Empress a woman Emperor or the wife of an Emperor
instance: Catherine_I Catherine_II__Catherine__Catherine_the_Great
subtype: Holy_Roman_Emperor sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire
instance: Charlemagne__Charles_I__Charles_the_Great Charles_I__Charles_II__Charles_the_Bald Ferdinand_I Ferdinand_II Ferdinand_III Emperor_Francis_II__Francis_II Frederick_Barbarossa__Frederick_I__Barbarossa Frederick_II Otto_I__Otho_I__Otto_the_Great
subtype: Kaiser the Holy Roman Emperors or the Emperors of Austria or Germany until 1918
instance: Wilhelm_II__Kaiser_Wilhelm
subtype: mikado__tenno (archaic) the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno
subtype: Roman_Emperor__Emperor_of_Rome sovereign of the Roman Empire
instance: Marcus_Aurelius_Antoninus__Antoninus__Aurelius__Marcus_Aurelius__Marcus_Annius_Verus Antonius_Pius Augustus__Gaius_Octavianus__Gaius_Julius_Caesar_Octavianus__Octavian Caligula__Gaius__Gaius_Caesar Tiberius_Claudius_Drusus_Nero_Germanicus__Claudius__Claudius_I Constantine_the_Great__Constantine__Constantine_I Decius Domitian__Titus_Flavius_Domitianus Hadrian__Publius_Aelius_Hadrianus__Adrian Nero_Claudius_Caesar_Drusus_Germanicus__Nero__Lucius_Domitius_Ahenobarbus Marcus_Cocceius_Nerva__Nerva Tiberius_Claudius_Nero_Caesar_Augustus__Tiberius Titus_Flavius_Vespasianus__Titus Trajan__Marcus_Ulpius_Traianus Vespasian__Titus_Flavius_Sabinus_Vespasianus
instance: Francis_Joseph_I__Francis_Joseph__Franz_Joseph__Franz_Josef_I Genghis_Khan__Jinghis_Khan__Jenghiz_Khan Haile_Selassie__Ras_Tafari_Makonnen__Ras_Tafari Michinomiya_Hirohito__Hirohito Justinian_the_Great__Justinian__Justinian_I Kublai_Khan__Kubla_Khan__Kublai_Kaan Meiji_Tenno__Mutsuhito Montezuma_II Napoleon_Bonaparte__Napoleon__Napoleon_I__Bonaparte__the_Little_Corporal Napoleon_III__Charles_Louis_Napoleon_Bonaparte Shah_Jahan
subtype: male_monarch__king a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
subtype: Messiah the awaited King of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people
subtype: King_of_England the sovereign ruler of England
instance: Canute_the_Great__Canute__Cnut__Knut Charles_Stuart__Charles_I Charles_II Edgar Edward_I Edward_II Edward_III Edward_IV Edward_V Edward_VI Edward_VII__Albert_Edward Edward_VIII__Duke_of_Windsor Saint_Edward_the_Confessor__Edward_the_Confessor__St_Edward_the_Confessor Saint_Edward_the_Martyr__Edward_the_Martyr__St_Edward_the_Martyr Edwy__Eadwig George_I George_II George_III George_IV George_V George_VI King_Harold_I__Harold_I__Harold_Harefoot__Harefoot King_Harold_II__Harold_II Henry_I__Henry_Beauclerc Henry_II Henry_III Henry_IV__Bolingbroke__Henry_Bolingbroke Henry_V Henry_VI Henry_VII__Henry_Tudor Henry_VIII James_I James_II John_Lackland__John Richard_I__Richard_Coeur_de_Lion__Richard_the_Lion-Heart__Richard_the_Lion-Hearted Richard_II Richard_III William_I__William_the_Conqueror William_II__William_Rufus William_III__William_of_Orange William_IV__The_Sailor_King
subtype: King_of_France the sovereign ruler of France
instance: Hugh_Capet__Capet Charles_I__Charles_II__Charles_the_Bald Charles_VII Charles_IX Henry_II.King_of_France__henryii Louis_I__Louis_the_Pious Louis_II__Louis_le_Begue__Louis_the_Stammerer Louis_III Louis_IV__Louis_d'Outremer Louis_V__Louis_le_Faineant Louis_VI__Louis_the_Far__Louis_the_Wideawake__Louis_the_Bruiser Louis_VII Louis_VIII Louis_IX__Saint_Louis__St_Louis Louis_X__Louis_le_Hutin__Louis_the_Quarreller Louis_XI Louis_XII Louis_XIII Louis_XIV__Sun_King__Louis_the_Great Louis_XV Louis_XVI
subtype: Rameses__Ramesses__Ramses any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC
instance: Rameses_II__Ramesses_II__Ramses_II__Rameses_the_Great__Ramesses_the_Great__Ramses_the_Great
instance: Ahab Akhenaton__Akhenaten__Ikhanaton__Amenhotep_IV Alaric Alfred_the_Great__Alfred__AElfred Artaxerxes_I Artaxerxes_II Ashurbanipal__Assurbanipal__Asurbanipal Athelstan Attila__Scourge_of_God__Scourge_of_the_Gods Robert_the_Bruce__Bruce__Robert_I Carl_XVI_Gustav__carlxvigustav Clovis_I__Clovis Croesus.male_monarch__croesu Cyrus_II__Cyrus_the_Elder__Cyrus_the_Great Darius_I__Darius_the_Great Darius_III David Edmund_I Edmund_II__Edmund_Ironside Edward_the_Elder Edwin Egbert Ethelbert Ethelred_I__Ethelred Ethelred_the_Unready__Ethelred__Ethelred_II Fahd_ibn_Abdel_Aziz_al-Saud__Fahd Faisal_ibn_Abdel_Aziz_al-Saud__Faisal Farouk_I__Faruk_I Ferdinand_the_Great__Ferdinand_I Ferdinand_V__Ferdinand_the_Catholic Frederick_I Frederick_the_Great__Frederick_II Frederick_William_I Frederick_William_II Frederick_William_III Frederick_William_Iv Genseric__Gaiseric Gilgamesh Gordius Gustavus_I__Gustavus Gustavus_Adolphus__Gustavus__Gustavus_II Gustavus_V Hammurabi__Hammurapi Herod_the_Great__Herod Hezekiah__Ezekias ibn_Talal_Hussein__Hussein__Husain__Husayn__King_Hussein Jeroboam_I__Jeroboam Juan_Carlos_Victor_Maria_de_Borbon_y_Borbon__Juan_Carlos Kamehameha_I__Kamehameha_the_Great Leonidas Macbeth Mithridates_the_Great__Mithridates__Mithridates_VI Nebuchadnezzar_II__Nebuchadnezzar__Nebuchadrezzar__Nebuchadrezzar_II Olaf_II__Olav_II__Saint_Olaf__Saint_Olav__St_Olaf__St_Olav Otto_I__Otho_I__Otto_the_Great Philip_II Philip_II.male_monarch__philipii Pyrrhus Saul Sennacherib Solomon Tarquin_the_Proud__Tarquin__Tarquinius__Tarquinius_Superbus__Lucius_Tarquinius_Superbus Victor_Emanuel_II Victor_Emanuel_III Xerxes_I__Xerxes_the_Great
subtype: shah title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
instance: Mohammed_Reza_Pahlavi__Pahlavi__Pahlevi__Mohammed_Reza_Pahlevi
subtype: Hanoverian any of the British sovereigns belonging to the House of Hanover
instance: George_I George_II George_III George_IV Queen_Victoria__Victoria
subtype: personal_representative__personalrepresentative a person who manages the affairs of another
subtype: legal_representative__legalrepresentative a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will)
subtype: resident_commissioner the representative of Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representatives
subtype: union_representative__unionrepresentative a representative for a labor union
subtype: labor_organizer__labororganizer__organizer someone who enlists workers to join a union
instance: Eugene_Victor_Debs__Debs__Eugene_V._Debs
subtype: shop_steward__steward a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management
subtype: walking_delegate__walkingdelegate a union representative who visits workers at their jobs to see whether agreements are observed
subtype: settler.negotiator a negotiator who settles disputes
subtype: persuader__inducer someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on
subtype: lobbyist someone who tries to persuade legislators to vote for bills that the lobbyists favor
subtype: wheedler__coaxer someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing
subtype: popularizer__populariser__vulgarizer__vulgariser someone who makes attractive to the general public
subtype: presenter someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.)
subtype: promisee a person to whom a promise is made
subtype: promiser__promisor a person who makes a promise
subtype: vower someone who makes a solemn promise to do something or behave in a certain way; "young vowers of eternal love"; "there are many vowers of chastity but few who observe it"
subtype: propagandist a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government
subtype: sloganeer someone who coins and uses slogans to promote a cause
instance: Paul_Joseph_Goebbels__Goebbels__Joseph_Goebbels
subtype: disseminator__propagator someone who spreads the news
subtype: publicist__publicizer someone who publicizes
subtype: advertiser__advertizer__adman someone whose business is advertising
subtype: huckster a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
subtype: promoter__booster__plugger someone who is an active supporter and advocate
subtype: barker someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
subtype: tout__touter someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way
subtype: press_agent__publicity_man__publicityman__public_relations_man__PR_man someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure)
subtype: sensationalist__ballyhoo_artist someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention
subtype: quoter a communicator (speaker or writer) who uses quotations
subtype: rambler a person whose speech or writing is not well organized
subtype: reporter__newsman__newsperson a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
subtype: newswoman a female newsperson
subtype: television_reporter__television_newscaster__TV_reporter__TV_newsman someone who reports news stories via television
subtype: anchorman__anchor__anchorperson a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
subtype: responder__respondent__answerer someone who responds
subtype: equivocator__hedger a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer
subtype: interviewee a person who is interviewed
subtype: don't-know__don'tknow (colloquial) a person who responds "I don't know" in public opinion poll
subtype: testee__examinee someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination)
subtype: passer a student who passes and examination
subtype: roarer__bawler__bellower__screamer__screecher__shouter__yeller someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
subtype: crier a shouter who advertises the goods they sell
subtype: sender__transmitter someone who transmits a message; "return to sender"
subtype: signaler__signaller someone who communicates by signals
subtype: signalman a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard
subtype: toller__bell_ringer__bellringer__ringer a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
subtype: whistler makes a loud high sound
subtype: signer someone who can use sign language to communicate
subtype: swearer someone who takes a solemn oath
subtype: sympathizer commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
subtype: Job's_comforter someone whose comfort is actually discouraging
subtype: mental_telepathist__telepathist__thoughtreader__mind_reader someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly
subtype: waffler someone who speaks or writes in a vague and evasive manner
subtype: warner someone who gives a warning to others
subtype: waver.communicator someone who communicates by waving
subtype: wirer someone who sends a telegram
subtype: professional_writer__writer__author writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
subtype: abstractor__abstracter one who makes abstracts or summarizes information
subtype: alliterator a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration
subtype: authoress__authores a woman author
subtype: biographer someone who writes an account of another person's life
subtype: autobiographer someone who writes their own biography
instance: Plutarch Giles_Lytton_Strachey__Strachey__Lytton_Strachey
subtype: coauthor__joint_author__jointauthor a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
subtype: commentator a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
subtype: contributor a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book
subtype: drafter a writer of a draft
subtype: dramatist__playwright someone who writes plays
instance: Aeschylus Edward_Albee__Albee__Edward_Franklin_Albeen Maxwell_Anderson__Anderson Jean_Anouilh__Anouilh Aristophanes Sir_James_Matthew_Barrie__Barrie__James_Barrie__J._M._Barrie__James_Matthew_Barrie Samuel_Beckett__Beckett Bertolt_Brecht__Brecht Pedro_Calderon_de_la_Barca__Calderon__Calderon_de_la_Barca Miguel_de_Cervantes_Saavedra__Cervantes__Miguel_de_Cervantes__Cervantes_Saavedra Anton_Pavlovich_Chekhov__Chekhov__Chekov__Anton_Chekhov__Anton_Chekov__Anton_Pavlovich_Chekov Pierre_Corneille__Corneille Sir_Noel_Pierce_Coward__Coward__Noel_Coward Russel_Crouse__Crouse John_Dryden__Dryden Euripides Christopher_Fry__Fry Frederico_Garcia_Lorca__Garcia_Lorca__Lorca Hippolyte_Jean_Giraudoux__Giraudoux__Jean_Giraudoux Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe__Goethe Carlo_Goldoni__Goldoni Harley_Granville-Barker__Granville-Barker Moss_Hart__Hart Vaclav_Havel__Havel Christian_Friedrich_Hebbel__Hebbel__Friedrich_Hebbel Lillian_Hellman__Hellman Victor-Marie_Hugo__Hugo__Victor_Hugo Henrik_Ibsen__Ibsen William_Inge__Inge Eugene_Ionesco__Ionesco__ionesco Benjamin_Jonson__Jonson__Ben_Jonson George_Simon_Kaufman__Kaufman__George_S._Kaufman Bernd_Heinrich_Wilhelm_von_Kleist__Kleist__Heinrich_von_Kleist Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing__Lessing Howard_Lindsay__Lindsay Clare_Booth_Luce__Luce Count_Maurice_Maeterlinck__Maeterlinck David_Mamet__Mamet Christopher_Marlowe__Marlowe John_Marstan__Marstan Menander Thomas_Middleton__Middleton Arthur_Miller__Miller Moliere__Jean-Baptiste_Poquelin Ferenc_Molnar__Molnar Sean_O'Casey__O'Casey__o'casey Clifford_Odets__Odets Eugene_Gladstone_O'Neill__O'Neill__Eugene_O'Neill John_James_Osborne__Osborne__John_Osborne Titus_Maccius_Plautus__Plautus Sir_Terence_Mervyn_Rattigan__Rattigan__Terence_Rattigan Elmer_Leopold_Rice__Rice__Elmer_Rice__Elmer_Reizenstein Esme_Stuart_Lennox_Robinson__Robinson__Lennox_Robinson Augustin_Eugene_Scribe__Scribe Lucius_Annaeus_Seneca__Seneca William_Shakespeare__Shakespeare__Shakspere__William_Shakspere__the_bard__thebard George_Bernard_Shaw__Shaw__G._B._Shaw Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan__Sheridan Robert_Emmet_Sherwood__Sherwood Marvin_Neil_Simon__Simon__Neil_Simon Sophocles Sir_Tom_Stoppard__Stoppard__Tom_Stoppard__Thomas_Straussler Johan_August_Strindberg__Strindberg__August_Strindberg Edmund_John_Millington_Synge__Synge__J._M._Synge__John_Millington_Synge Terence__Publius_Terentius_Afer Tirso_de_Molina__Gabriel_Tellez Peter_Alexander_Ustinov__Ustinov__Sir_Peter_Ustinov Lope_de_Vega__Vega Thornton_Niven_Wilder__Wilder__Thornton_Wilder Thomas_Lanier_Williams__Williams__Tennessee_Williams William_Wycherley__Wycherley William_Butler_Yeats__Yeats__W._B._Yeats
subtype: encyclopedist__compiler a person who compiles (or writes for) encyclopedias
subtype: essayist__litterateur a writer of literary works
instance: Charles_Lamb__Lamb__Elia
subtype: folk_writer a writer of folktales
subtype: folk_poet a folk writer who composes in verse
subtype: framer someone who writes a new law or plan; "the framers of the Constitution"
subtype: gagster__gagman__gagwriter someone who writes comic material for public performers
subtype: ghostwriter__ghost a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
subtype: Gothic_romancer__gothicromancer a writer of Gothic romances
subtype: literary_hack__hack__hack_writer a mediocre and disdained writer
subtype: journalist a writer for newspapers and magazines
subtype: broadcast_journalist__broadcastjournalist a journalist who broadcasts on radio or television
subtype: columnist a journalist who writes editorials
subtype: gossip_columnist a journalist who writes a column of gossip about celebrities
subtype: newspaper_columnist__newspapercolumnist a columnist who writes for newspapers
subtype: newspaper_critic__newspapercritic a critic who writes a column for the newspapers
subtype: correspondent__newspaperman__newspaperwoman__newswriter__pressman a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
subtype: scribe__scribbler informal terms for journalists
subtype: sob_sister__sobsister a journalist who specializes in sentimental stories
subtype: sports_writer a journalist who writes about sports
instance: Alfred_Alistair_Cooke__Cooke__Alistair_Cooke Elizabeth_Merriwether_Gilmer__Gilmer__Dorothy_Dix Horace_Greeley__Greeley__greeley Edgar_Albert_Guest__Guest__Edgar_Guest Walter_Lippmann__Lippmann Henry_Louis_Mencken__Mencken__H._L._Mencken John_Reed__Reed Elizabeth_Cochrane_Seaman__Seaman__Elizabeth_Seaman__Nellie_Bly William_Lawrence_Shirer__Shirer Sir_Henry_Morton_Stanley__Stanley__Henry_M._Stanley__John_Rowlands Joseph_Lincoln_Steffens__Steffens__Lincoln_Steffens Isidor_Feinstein_Stone__Stone__I._F._Stone Theodore_Harold_White__White__T._H._White Alexander_Woollcott__Woollcott
subtype: librettist author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta
instance: William_Schwenk_Gilbert__Gilbert__William_Gilbert__Sir_William_Gilbert
subtype: lyricist a person who writes the words for songs
instance: Ira_Gershwin__Gershwin Oscar_Hammerstein_II__Hammerstein__Oscar_Hammerstein Lorenz_Milton_Hart__Hart__Lorenz_Hart Alan_Jay_Lerner__Lerner Timothy_Miles_Bindon_Rice__Rice__Sir_Tim_Rice
subtype: novelist someone who writes novels
instance: James_Agee__Agee Louisa_May_Alcott__Alcott Honore_de_Balzac__Balzac__Honore_Balzac William_Cuthbert_Faulkner__Faulkner__William_Faulkner__Falkner__William_Falkner Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe__Goethe Victor-Marie_Hugo__Hugo__Victor_Hugo Harry_Sinclair_Lewis__Lewis__Sinclair_Lewis George_Meredith__Meredith Marcel_Proust__Proust Emile_Zola__Zola
subtype: pamphleteer a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)
instance: Thomas_Paine__Paine__Tom_Paine
subtype: paragrapher a writer of paragraphs (as for publication on the editorial page of a newspaper)
subtype: poet a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
subtype: bard.poet a lyric poet
subtype: elegist the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead
subtype: poetess__poetes a woman poet
instance: Edna_Saint_Vincent_Millay__Millay__Edna_Millay Sappho
subtype: Poet_Laureate the poet officially appointed to the Royal Household in Great Britain; "the Poet Laureate is expected to provide poems for great national occasions"
subtype: sonneteer a poet who writes sonnets
instance: Alcaeus Guillaume_Apollinaire__Apollinaire__Wilhelm_Apollinaris_de_Kostrowitzki Matthew_Arnold__Arnold Jean_Arp__Arp__Hans_Arp Wystan_Hugh_Auden__Auden__W._H._Auden Charles_Pierre_Baudelaire__Baudelaire__Charles_Baudelaire William_Blake__Blake Giovanni_Boccaccio__Boccaccio Bertolt_Brecht__Brecht Rupert_Brooke__Brooke Elizabeth_Barrett_Browning__Browning Robert_Browning__Browning Robert_Burns__Burns Sixth_Baron_Byron_of_Rochdale__Byron__Lord_Byron__George_Gordon_Byron Pedro_Calderon_de_la_Barca__Calderon__Calderon_de_la_Barca Giosue_Carducci__Carducci Thomas_Carew__Carew Gaius_Valerius_Catullus__Catullus Geoffrey_Chaucer__Chaucer John_Anthony_Ciardi__Ciardi__John_Ciardi Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge__Coleridge Pierre_Corneille__Corneille Harold_Hart_Crane__Crane__Hart_Crane Cynewulf__Cynwulf Dante_Alighieri__Dante Walter_John_de_la_Mare__de_la_Mare__Walter_de_la_Mare Emily_Dickinson__Dickinson John_Donne__Donne John_Dryden__Dryden Thomas_Stearns_Eliot__Eliot__T._S._Eliot Edward_Fitzgerald__Fitzgerald Robert_Lee_Frost__Frost__Robert_Frost Frederico_Garcia_Lorca__Garcia_Lorca__Lorca William_Schwenk_Gilbert__Gilbert__William_Gilbert__Sir_William_Gilbert Allen_Ginsberg__Ginsberg Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe__Goethe Thomas_Gray__Gray Robert_Herrick__Herrick Hesiod Hugo_von_Hoffmannsthal__Hoffmannsthal James_Hogg__Hogg Homer Gerard_Manley_Hopkins__Hopkins Horace Alfred_Edward_Housman__Housman__A._E._Housman Edward_James_Hughes__Hughes__Ted_Hughes Victor-Marie_Hugo__Hugo__Victor_Hugo Henrik_Ibsen__Ibsen Randall_Jarrell__Jarrell John_Robinson_Jeffers__Jeffers__Robinson_Jeffers Juan_Ramon_Jimenez__Jimenez Benjamin_Jonson__Jonson__Ben_Jonson Erik_Axel_Karlfeldt__Karlfeldt John_Keats__Keats Francis_Scott_Key__Key Friedrich_Gottlieb_Klopstock__Klopstock Nicholas_Vachel_Lindsay__Lindsay__Vachel_Lindsay Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow__Longfellow Richard_Lovelace__Lovelace Amy_Lowell__Lowell Robert_Traill_Spence_Lowell_Jr.__Lowell__Robert_Lowell Titus_Lucretius_Carus__Lucretius Archibald_MacLeish__MacLeish Stephane_Mallarme__Mallarme Osip_Emilevich_Mandelstam__Mandelstam__Osip_Mandelstam__Mandelshtam Giambattista_Marini__Marini__Marino__Giambattista_Marino Christopher_Marlowe__Marlowe Jose_Julian_Marti__Marti Martial Andrew_Marvell__Marvell__marvell John_Edward_Masefield__Masefield__John_Masefield Edgar_Lee_Masters__Masters Vladimir_Vladimirovich_Mayakovski__Mayakovski George_Meredith__Meredith John_Milton__Milton Marianne_Craig_Moore__Moore__Marianne_Moore Thomas_Moore__Moore William_Morris__Morris Louis_Charles_Alfred_de_Musset__Musset__Alfred_de_Musset Alfred_Noyes__Noyes Omar_Khayyam Ovid__Publius_Ovidius_Naso Francis_Turner_Palgrave__Palgrave Petrarch__Petrarca__Francesco_Petrarca Pindar Ezra_Loomis_Pound__Pound__Ezra_Pound Aleksandr_Sergeyevich_Pushkin__Pushkin__Alexander_Pushkin James_Whitcomb_Riley__Riley Rainer_Maria_Rilke__Rilke Jean_Nicholas_Arthur_Rimbaud__Rimbaud__Arthur_Rimbaud Edwin_Arlington_Robinson__Robinson Alan_Seeger__Seeger Anne_Sexton__Sexton William_Shakespeare__Shakespeare__Shakspere__William_Shakspere__the_bard__thebard Percy_Bysshe_Shelley__Shelley Taras_Grigoryevich_Shevchenko__Shevchenko Sir_Philip_Sidney__Sidney Dame_Edith_Louisa_Sitwell__Sitwell__Dame_Edith_Sitwell Robert_Southey__Southey Sir_Stephen_Harold_Spender__Spender__Stephen_Spender Edmund_Spenser__Spenser Wallace_Stevens__Stevens Sir_John_Suckling__Suckling Algernon_Charles_Swinburne__Swinburne Arthur_Symons__Symons Torquato_Tasso__Tasso John_Orley_Allen_Tate__Tate__Allen_Tate Sara_Teasdale__Teasdale First_Baron_Tennyson__Tennyson__Alfred_Tennyson__Alfred_Lord_Tennyson Thespis Dylan_Marlais_Thomas__Thomas__Dylan_Thomas John_Trumbull__Trumbull Tristan_Tzara__Tzara__Samuel_Rosenstock Johann_Ludwig_Uhland__Uhland Paul_Verlaine__Verlaine Francois_Villon__Villon Virgil__Vergil__Publius_Vergilius_Maro Andrei_Voznesenski__Voznesenski Robert_Penn_Warren__Warren Isaac_Watts__Watts Phillis_Wheatley__Wheatley Walt_Whitman__Whitman John_Greenleaf_Whittier__Whittier William_Carlos_Williams__Williams William_Wordsworth__Wordsworth Sir_Thomas_Wyatt__Wyatt__Wyat__Sir_Thomas_Wyat Elinor_Morton_Hoyt_Wylie__Wylie William_Butler_Yeats__Yeats__W._B._Yeats Yevgeni_Aleksandrovich_Yevtushenko__Yevtushenko__Yevgeni_Yevtushenko Edward_Young__Young
subtype: rhymer__rhymester__versifier__poetizer a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
subtype: scenarist a writer of screenplays
subtype: scriptwriter someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas
subtype: screenwriter__film_writer someone who writes screenplays
instance: George_Lucas__Lucas Dalton_Trumbo__Trumbo
subtype: space_writer__spacewriter a writer paid by the area of the copy
subtype: speechwriter a writer who composes speeches for others to deliver
subtype: tragedian a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies
instance: Jean_Baptiste_Racine__Racine__Jean_Racine
subtype: wordmonger a writer who uses language carelessly or pretentiously with little regard for meaning
subtype: word-painter a writer of vivid or graphic descriptive power
subtype: wordsmith a fluent and prolific writer
instance: Horatio_Alger__Alger Hans_Christian_Andersen__Andersen Sherwood_Anderson__Anderson Louis_Aragon__Aragon Sholem_Asch__Asch__Shalom_Asch__Sholom_Asch Jane_Austen__Austen Imamu_Amiri_Baraka__Baraka__LeRoi_Jones Samuel_Beckett__Beckett Sir_Henry_Maxmilian_Beerbohm__Beerbohm__Max_Beerbohm Ambrose_Gwinett_Bierce__Bierce__Ambrose_Bierce Jorge_Luis_Borges__Borges__Jorge_Borges James_Boswell__Boswell Ray_Douglas_Bradbury__Bradbury__Ray_Bradbury Charlotte_Bronte__Bronte Emily_Jane_Bronte__Bronte__Emily_Bronte__Currer_Bell Anne_Bronte__Bronte Charles_Farrar_Browne__Browne__Artemus_Ward Pearl_Sydenstricker_Buck__Buck__Pearl_Buck John_Bunyan__Bunyan Frances_Eliza_Hodgson_Burnett__Burnett__burnett__franceshodgsonburnett Edgar_Rice_Burroughs__Burroughs William_Burroughs__Burroughs__William_Seward_Burroughs James_Branch_Cabell__Cabell Erskine_Preston_Caldwell__Caldwell__Erskine_Caldwell Albert_Camus__Camus Lewis_Carroll__Carroll__Dodgson__Reverend_Dodgson__Charles_Dodgson__Charles_Lutwidge_Dodgson Willa_Sibert_Cather__Cather__Willa_Cather Miguel_de_Cervantes_Saavedra__Cervantes__Miguel_de_Cervantes__Cervantes_Saavedra Raymond_Thornton_Chandler__Chandler__Raymond_Chandler Francois_Rene_Chateaubriand__Chateaubriand__Vicomte_de_Chateaubriand Gilbert_Keith_Chesterton__Chesterton__G._K._Chesterton Dame_Agatha_Mary_Clarissa_Christie__Christie__Agatha_Christie Sir_Winston_Leonard_Spenser_Churchill__Churchill__Winston_Churchill__Winston_S._Churchill Samuel_Langhorne_Clemens__Clemens__Mark_Twain Jean_Cocteau__Cocteau Sidonie_Gabrielle_Claudine_Colette__Colette William_Wilkie_Collins__Collins__Wilkie_Collins Sir_Arthur_Conan_Doyle__Conan_Doyle__A._Conan_Doyle__Arthur_Conan_Doyle Joseph_Conrad__Conrad__Teodor_Josef_Konrad_Korzeniowski James_Fenimore_Cooper__Cooper Stephen_Crane__Crane Edward_Estlin_Cummings__Cummings__e._e._cummings Clarence_Shepard_Day_Jr.__Day__Clarence_Day Daniel_Defoe__Defoe Thomas_De_Quincey__De_Quincey Charles_John_Huffam_Dickens__Dickens__Charles_Dickens John_Dos_Passos__Dos_Passos Feodor_Mikhailovich_Dostoyevsky__Dostoyevsky__Dostoevski__Dostoevsky__Feodor_Dostoyevsky__Fyodor_Dostoyevsky__Feodor_Dostoevski__Fyodor_Dostoevski__Feodor_Dostoevsky__Fyodor_Dostoevsky__Fyodor_Mikhailovich_Dostoyevsky__Feodor_Mikhailovich_Dostoevski__Fyodor_Mikhailovich_Dostoevski__Feodor_Mikhailovich_Dostoevsky__Fyodor_Mikhailovich_Dostoevsky Theodore_Herman_Albert_Dreiser__Dreiser__Theodore_Dreiser Alexandre_Dumas__Dumas Dame_Daphne_du_Maurier__du_Maurier Lawrence_George_Durrell__Durrell__Lawrence_Durrell Ilya_Grigorievich_Ehrenberg__Ehrenberg__Ilya_Ehrenberg George_Eliot__Eliot__Mary_Ann_Evans Ralph_Waldo_Emerson__Emerson James_Thomas_Farrell__Farrell Edna_Ferber__Ferber Henry_Fielding__Fielding Francis_Scott_Key_Fitzgerald__Fitzgerald__F._Scott_Fitzgerald Gustave_Flaubert__Flaubert Ian_Lancaster_Fleming__Fleming__Ian_Fleming Ford_Hermann_Hueffer__Ford__Ford_Madox_Ford Cecil_Scott_Forester__Forester__C._S._Forester Anatole_France__France__Jacques_Anatole_Francois_Thibault Benjamin_Franklin__Franklin Carlos_Fuentes__Fuentes Emile_Gaboriau__Gaboriau John_Galsworthy__Galsworthy Erle_Stanley_Gardner__Gardner Elizabeth_Cleghorn_Stevenson_Gaskell__Gaskell__Elizabeth_Gaskell Theodor_Seuss_Geisel__Geisel__Dr._Seuss Jean_Genet__Genet Kahlil_Gibran__Gibran Karl_Gjellerup__Gjellerup Nikolai_Vasilievich_Gogol__Gogol Sir_William_Gerald_Golding__Golding__William_Golding Oliver_Goldsmith__Goldsmith Edmond_Louis_Antoine_Huot_de_Goncourt__Goncourt__Edmond_de_Goncourt Jules_Alfred_Huot_de_Goncourt__Goncourt__Jules_de_Goncourt Nadine_Gordimer__Gordimer Maksim_Gorky__Gorky__Gorki__Maxim_Gorki__Aleksey_Maksimovich_Peshkov__Aleksey_Maximovich_Peshkov Kenneth_Grahame__Grahame Gunter_Wilhelm_Grass__Grass__Gunter_Grass Robert_Ranke_Graves__Graves__Robert_Graves Henry_Graham_Greene__Greene__Graham_Greene Zane_Grey__Grey Jakob_Ludwig_Karl_Grimm__Grimm Wilhelm_Karl_Grimm__Grimm Hagard__Rider_Haggard__Sir_Henry_Rider_Haggard Elizabeth_Sanderson_Haldane__elizabethsandersonhaldane__Haldane__Elizabeth_Haldane Edward_Everett_Hale__Hale Alex_Haley__Haley Marguerite_Radclyffe_Hall__Hall__Radclyffe_Hall Samuel_Dashiell_Hammett__Hammett__Dashiell_Hammett Knut_Hamsun__Hamsun__Knut_Pedersen Thomas_Hardy__Hardy James_Thomas_Harris__Harris__Frank_Harris Bret_Harte__Harte Nathaniel_Hawthorne__Hawthorne Ben_Hecht__Hecht Robert_Anson_Heinlein__Heinlein Joseph_Heller__Heller Ernest_Hemingway__Hemingway Hermann_Hesse__Hesse Paul_Johann_Ludwig_von_Heyse__Heyse__Paul_Heyse DuBois_Heyward__Heyward__Edwin_DuBois_Hayward Thomas_Wentworth_Storrow_Higginson__Higginson__Thomas_Higginson Ernst_Theodor_Amadeus_Hoffmann__Hoffmann__E._T._A._Hoffmann__Ernst_Theodor_Wilhelm_Hoffmann Oliver_Wendell_Holmes__Holmes William_Dean_Howells__Howells Edmond_Hoyle__Hoyle James_Langston_Hughes__Hughes__Langston_Hughes James_Henry_Leigh_Hunt__Hunt__Leigh_Hunt Aldous_Leonard_Huxley__Huxley__Aldous_Huxley John_Irving__Irving Washington_Irving__Irving Christopher_William_Bradshaw_Isherwood__Isherwood__Christopher_Isherwood Helen_Maria_Fiske_Hunt_Jackson__Jackson__Helen_Hunt_Jackson Jane_Jacobs__Jacobs William_Wymark_Jacobs__Jacobs__W._W._Jacobs Henry_James__James Johannes_Vilhelm_Jensen__Jensen Samuel_Johnson__Johnson__Dr._Johnson James_Augustine_Aloysius_Joyce__Joyce__James_Joyce Franz_Kafka__Kafka Helen_Adams_Keller__Keller__Helen_Keller Jean-Louis_Lebris_de_Kerouac__Kerouac__Jack_Kerouac Ken_Elton_Kesey__Kesey__Ken_Kesey Joseph_Rudyard_Kipling__Kipling__Rudyard_Kipling Arthur_Koestler__Koestler Jean_de_La_Fontaine__La_Fontaine Ringgold_Wilmer_Lardner__Lardner__Ring_Lardner Francois_de_La_Rochefoucauld__La_Rochefoucauld David_Herbert_Lawrence__Lawrence__D._H._Lawrence Thomas_Edward_Lawrence__Lawrence__T._E._Lawrence__Lawrence_of_Arabia John_le_Carre__le_Carre__David_John_Moore_Cornwell Elmore_John_Leonard__Leonard__Elmore_Leonard__Dutch_Leonard Mikhail_Yurievich_Lermontov__Lermontov Clive_Staples_Lewis__Lewis__C._S._Lewis Jack_London__London__John_Griffith_Chaney Clarence_Malcolm_Lowry__Lowry__Malcolm_Lowry John_Lyly__Lyly Edward_George_Earle_Bulwer-Lytton__Lytton__First_Baron_Lytton__Bulwer-Lytton Norman_Mailer__Mailer Bernard_Malamud__Malamud Sir_Thomas_Malory__Malory__Thomas_Malory Andre_Malraux__Malraux Thomas_Mann__Mann Kathleen_Mansfield_Beauchamp__Mansfield__Katherine_Mansfield John_Philip_Marquand__Marquand__John_Marquand Ngaio_Marsh__Marsh Alfred_Edward_Woodley_Mason__Mason__A._E._W._Mason William_Somerset_Maugham__Maugham__Somerset_Maugham__W._Somerset_Maugham Henri_Rene_Albert_Guy_de_Maupassant__Maupassant__Guy_de_Maupassant Andre_Maurois__Maurois__Emile_Herzog Carson_Smith_McCullers__McCullers__Carson_McCullers Herbert_Marshall_McLuhan__McLuhan__Marshall_McLuhan Herman_Melville__Melville Thomas_Merton__Merton Henry_Valentine_Miller__Miller__Henry_Miller Alan_Alexander_Milne__Milne__A._A._Milne Margaret_Munnerlyn_Mitchell__Mitchell__Margaret_Mitchell Nancy_Freeman_Mitford__Mitford__Nancy_Mitford Jessica_Lucy_Mitford__Mitford__Jessica_Mitford Michel_Eyquem_Montaigne__Montaigne__Michel_Montaigne Lucy_Maud_Montgomery__Montgomery__L._M._Montgomery Sir_Thomas_More__More__Thomas_More Toni_Morrison__Morrison Hector_Hugh_Munro__Munro__H._H._Munro__Saki Dame_Jean_Iris_Murdoch__Murdoch__Iris_Murdoch Louis_Charles_Alfred_de_Musset__Musset__Alfred_de_Musset Vladimir_vladimirovich_Nabokov__Nabokov__Vladimir_Nabokov Ogden_Nash__Nash Sir_Harold_George_Nicolson__Nicolson__Harold_Nicolson Benjamin_Franklin_Norris_Jr.__Norris__Frank_Norris Joyce_Carol_Oates__Oates Edna_O'Brien__O'Brien__o'brien Mary_Flannery_O'Connor__O'Connor__Flannery_O'Connor Liam_O'Flaherty__O'Flaherty John_Henry_O'Hara__O'Hara Philip_Michael_Ondaatje__Ondaatje__Michael_Ondaatje Baroness_Emmusca_Orczy__Orczy George_Orwell__Orwell__Eric_Arthur_Blair Thomas_Nelson_Page__Page Dorothy_Rothschild_Parker__Parker__Dorothy_Parker Boris_Leonidovich_Pasternak__Pasternak__Boris_Pasternak Alan_Stewart_Paton__Paton__Alan_Paton William_Sydney_Porter__Porter__O._Henry Ezra_Loomis_Pound__Pound__Ezra_Pound Ayn_Rand__Rand Kenneth_Roberts__Roberts Anna_Eleanor_Roosevelt__Roosevelt__Eleanor_Roosevelt Jean-Jacques_Rousseau__Rousseau Alfred_Damon_Runyon__Runyon__Damon_Runyon Ahmed_Salman_Rushdie__Rushdie__Salman_Rushdie Comte_Donatien_Alphonse_Francois_de_Sade__Sade__de_Sade__Marquis_de_Sade Jerome_David_Salinger__Salinger__J._D._Salinger George_Sand__Sand__Amandine_Aurore_Lucie_Dupin__Baroness_Dudevant Carl_Sandburg__Sandburg William_Saroyan__Saroyan Jean_Paul_Sartre__Sartre Dorothy_Leigh_Sayers__Sayers__Dorothy_Sayers__Dorothy_L._Sayers Johann_Christoph_Friedrich_von_Schiller__Schiller Sir_Walter_Scott__Scott__Walter_Scott Robert_William_Service__Service George_Bernard_Shaw__Shaw__G._B._Shaw Mary_Godwin_Wollstonecraft_Shelley__Shelley__Mary_Shelley__Mary_Wollstonecraft_Shelley Nevil_Shute_Norway__Shute__Nevil_Shute Georges_Joseph_Christian_Simenon__Simenon__Georges_Simenon Upton_Beall_Sinclair__Sinclair__Upton_Sinclair Isaac_Bashevis_Singer__Singer Tobias_George_Smollett__Smollett__Tobias_Smollett Baron_Snow_of_Leicester__Snow__C._P._Snow__Charles_Percy_Snow Alexander_Isayevich_Solzhenitsyn__Solzhenitsyn Susan_Sontag__Sontag Muriel_Sarah_Spark__Spark__Muriel_Spark__Dame_Muriel_Spark Frank_Morrison_Spillane__Spillane__Mickey_Spillane Madame_de_Stael__Stael__Baronne_Anne_Louise_Germaine_Necker_de_Steal-Holstein Sir_Richrd_Steele__Steele Gertrude_Stein__Stein John_Ernst_Steinbeck__Steinbeck__John_Steinbeck Stendhal__Marie_Henri_Beyle Sir_Leslie_Stephen__Stephen Laurence_Sterne__Sterne Robert_Louis_Balfour_Stevenson__Stevenson__Robert_Louis_Stevenson Francis_Richard_Stockton__Stockton__Frank_Stockton Abraham_Stoker__Stoker__Bram_Stoker Harriet_Elizabeth_Beecher_Stowe__Stowe__Harriet_Beecher_Stowe William_Styron__Styron Eugene_Sue__Sue John_Addington_Symonds__Symonds William_Makepeace_Thackeray__Thackeray Henry_David_Thoreau__Thoreau Alexis_Charles_Henri_Maurice_de_Tocqueville__Tocqueville Alice_B._Toklas__Toklas John_Ronald_Reuel_Tolkien__Tolkien__J._R._R._Tolkien Count_Lev_Nikolayevitch_Tolstoy__Tolstoy__Leo_Tolstoy Anthony_Trollope__Trollope Ivan_Sergeevich_Turgenev__Turgenev Louis_Untermeyer__Untermeyer John_Hoyer_Updike__Updike__John_Updike Carl_Clinton_Van_Doren__Van_Doren__Carl_Van_Doren Mario_Vargas_Llosa__Vargas_Llosa Jules_Verne__Verne Eugene_Luther_Vidal__Vidal__Gore_Vidal Voltaire__Arouet__Francois-Marie_Arouet Kurt_Vonnegut__Vonnegut John_Barrington_Wain__Wain__John_Wain Alice_Malsenior_Walker__Walker__Alice_Walker Richard_Horatio_Edgar_Wallace__Wallace__Edgar_Wallace Horatio_Walpole__Walpole__Horace_Walpole__Fourth_Earl_of_Orford Izaak_Walton__Walton Mary_Augusta_Arnold_Ward__Ward__Mrs._Humphrey_Ward Robert_Penn_Warren__Warren Evelyn_Arthur_Saint_John_Waugh__Waugh__Evelyn_Waugh Martha_Beatrice_Potter_Webb__Webb__Beatrice_Webb Herbert_George_Wells__Wells__H._G._Wells Eudora_Welty__Welty Franz_Werfel__Werfel Dame_Rebecca_West__West__Rebecca_West__Cicily_Isabel_Fairfield Elwyn_Brooks_White__White__E._B._White Patrick_Victor_Martindale_White__White__Patrick_White Eliezer_Wiesel__Wiesel__Elie_Wiesel Oscar_Fingal_O'Flahertie_Wills_Wilde__Wilde__Oscar_Wilde Thornton_Niven_Wilder__Wilder__Thornton_Wilder Angus_Frank_Johnstone_Wilson__Wilson__Sir_Angus_Wilson Owen_Wister__Wister Pelham_Grenville_Wodehouse__Wodehouse__P._G._Wodehouse Thomas_Clayton_Wolfe__Wolfe__Thomas_Wolfe Thomas_Kennerly_Wolfe_Jr.__Wolfe__Tom_Wolfe__Thomas_Wolfe Mary_Wollstonecraft_Godwin__Wollstonecraft__Mary_Wollstonecraft Ellen_Price_Wood__Wood__Mrs._Henry_Wood Adeline_Virginia_Stephen_Woolf__Woolf__Virginia_Woolf Herman_Wouk__Wouk Richard_Wright__Wright Willard_Huntington_Wright__Wright__S._S._Van_Dine Israel_Zangwill__Zangwill Stefan_Zweig__Zweig
subtype: contestant a person who participates in competitions
subtype: athlete__jock a person trained to compete in sports
subtype: acrobat an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
subtype: aerialist an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze)
subtype: ropewalker__ropedancer an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground
subtype: balancer an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions
subtype: circus_acrobat a acrobat who performs acrobatic feats in a circus
subtype: contortionist an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions
subtype: amateur.athlete does not play for pay
subtype: outdoor_man__outdoorman__sporting_man someone who enjoys outdoor activities
subtype: ball_hawk an team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ball
subtype: ballplayer__baseball_player an athlete who plays baseball
subtype: base_runner__runner a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
subtype: slugger__batter__hitter__batsman a ballplayer who is batting
subtype: bunter a batter who bunts
subtype: designated_hitter a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher
subtype: pinch_hitter__pinchhitter (baseball or softball) a substitute for the regular batter
subtype: switch-hitter a baseball player who can bat either right or left handed
subtype: whiffer a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike
subtype: fielder a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat
subtype: infielder (baseball or softball) a person who plays a position in the infield
subtype: catcher (baseball or softball) the person who plays the position of catcher
subtype: first_baseman__firstbaseman__first_sacker__firstsacker (baseball or softball) the person who plays first base
subtype: second_baseman__second_sacker (baseball or softball) the person who plays second base
subtype: shortstop (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
subtype: third_baseman__thirdbaseman__third_sacker__thirdsacker (baseball or softball) the person who plays third base
subtype: outfielder (baseball or softball) a person who plays in the outfield
subtype: right_fielder__rightfielder the person who plays right field
subtype: center_fielder the person who plays center field
subtype: left_fielder the person who plays left field
subtype: little_leaguer a player between 8 and 12 years of age who is a member of a little-league team
subtype: major_leaguer__majorleaguer__big_leaguer__bigleaguer a member of a major-league baseball team
subtype: minor_leaguer__minorleaguer a player on a minor-league baseball team
subtype: hurler__pitcher__twirler (baseball or softball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher has a sore arm"
subtype: left-handed_pitcher__left-hander__lefty__southpaw a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
subtype: right-handed_pitcher__right-hander__righthander (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the left hand
subtype: relief_pitcher__reliever__fireman a pitcher who does not start the game
subtype: screwballer (baseball) a pitcher who throws screwballs
subtype: starting_pitcher the pitcher who starts in a baseball game
subtype: utility_man.ballplayer__utilityman a baseball player valued for the ability to play at several positions
instance: Henry_Louis_Aaron__Aaron__Hank_Aaron Lawrence_Peter_Berra__Berra__Yogi__Yogi_Berra Joseph_Paul_DiMaggio__DiMaggio__Joe_DiMaggio Henry_Louis_Gehrig__Gehrig__Lou_Gehrig Mickey_Charles_Mantle__Mantle__Mickey_Mantle Willie_Howard_Mays_Jr.__Mays__Willie_Mays__the_Say_Hey_Kid John_Joseph_McGraw__McGraw__John_McGraw Stanley_Frank_Musial__Musial__Stan_Musial__stanmusial__Stan_the_Man Leroy_Robert_Paige__Paige__Satchel_Paige Jack_Roosevelt_Robinson__Robinson__Jackie_Robinson George_Herman_Ruth__Ruth__Babe_Ruth__Sultan_of_Swat Theodore_Samuel_Williams__Williams__Ted_Williams Carl_Yastrzemski__Yastrzemski Danton_True_Young__Young__Cy_Young
subtype: basketball_player__basketeer__cager an athlete who plays basketball
subtype: center.basketball_player (basketball) the person who plays center
subtype: dribbler a basketball player who is dribbling the ball to advance it
subtype: dunker a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots
subtype: forward.basketball_player the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team
instance: Julius_Winfield_Erving__Erving__Julius_Erving__Dr._J
subtype: guard.basketball_player the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
subtype: bounder__leaper__jumper an athlete who bounds or leaps (as in basketball)
subtype: climber someone who climbs as a sport
subtype: escalader someone who gains access by the use of ladders
subtype: mountaineer__mountain_climber someone who climbs mountains
subtype: rock_climber__cragsman a climber of vertical rock faces
subtype: cricketer an athlete who plays cricket
subtype: bowler.cricketer delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket
subtype: fieldsman__fielder a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting
subtype: outfielder.fieldsman a fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield
subtype: wicket-keeper stands behind the wicket to catch balls
instance: John_Berry_Hobbs__Hobbs__Sir_Jack_Hobbs Sir_Leonard_Hutton__Hutton
subtype: football_player__footballer an athlete who plays American football
subtype: back.football_player (football) a person who plays in the backfield
subtype: flankerback__flanker a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver
subtype: signal_caller__quarterback__field_general__fieldgeneral (football) the person who plays quarterback
subtype: running_back__runningback (football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage
subtype: fullback.running_back (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team
subtype: halfback.running_back (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position
subtype: tailback.back (football) the person who plays tailback
subtype: wingback.back (football) the person who plays wingback
subtype: ball_carrier (football) the football player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
subtype: forward_passer__forwardpasser__passer (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
subtype: rusher.ball_carrier (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball
subtype: blocker a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play
subtype: football_hero a football player who has achieved a reputation for success
subtype: kicker a player who kicks the football
subtype: dropkicker a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground
subtype: place-kicker__placekicker (football) a kicker who makes a place kick for a goal
subtype: punter (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground
subtype: line_backer__linebacker a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen
subtype: lineman.football_player one of the players on the line of scrimmage
subtype: football_snapper__center__snapper (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff"
subtype: football_end-line-man__end (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
subtype: split_end__splitend (football) an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linemen
subtype: tight_end__tightend (football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tackle
subtype: football_guard__guard the person who plays that position on a football team; "the left guard was injured on the play"
subtype: tackle.lineman the person who plays that position on a football team; "the right tackle is a straight A student"
subtype: pass_receiver__receiver__pass_catcher a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
subtype: tackler a football player who tackles the ball carrier
subtype: gymnast an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics
subtype: tumbler.gymnast a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
subtype: turner.tumbler a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
instance: Olga_Korbut__Korbut
subtype: ice-hockey_player__hockey_player an athlete who plays hockey
subtype: center.ice-hockey_player (ice hockey) the person who plays center
subtype: goalie__goalkeeper__goaltender__netkeeper the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal
instance: Wayne_Gretzky__Gretzky Robert_Orr__Orr__Bobby_Orr
subtype: hooker (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to hook the ball
subtype: hurdler an athlete who runs the hurdles
subtype: jumper.athlete an athlete who competes at jumping
subtype: hopper.jumper someone who hops; "at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children"
instance: Frederick_Carleton_Lewis__Lewis__Carl_Lewis
subtype: lacrosse_player an athlete who plays lacrosse
subtype: letterman an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport
subtype: Olympian__olympian an athlete who participates in the Olympic games
subtype: pentathlete an athlete who competes in a pentathlon
subtype: professional__pro an athlete who plays for pay
subtype: free_agent (sports) a professional athlete who is free to sign a contract to play for any team
subtype: semiprofessional__semipro an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis
subtype: runner.athlete a trained athlete who competes in foot races
subtype: marathoner__marathon_runner__road_runner__long-distance_runner someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)
subtype: miler a runner in a one-mile race
subtype: four-minute_man someone who has run the mile is less that 4 minutes
instance: Sir_Roger_Gilbert_Bannister__Bannister__Roger_Bannister John_Walker__Walker
subtype: sprinter someone who runs a short distance at top speed
instance: Frederick_Carleton_Lewis__Lewis__Carl_Lewis
subtype: sharpshooter.athlete an athlete noted for accurate aim
subtype: shot_putter an athlete who competes in the shot put
subtype: skater someone who skates
subtype: ice-skater__iceskater someone who engages in ice skating
subtype: roller-skater someone who engages in roller skating
subtype: skateboarder someone who skates on a skateboard
subtype: skier someone who skis
subtype: langlauffer a cross-country skier
subtype: ski_jumper__skijumper a skier who leaps through the air (especially on a ski jump)
subtype: skydiver__parachute_jumper__parachutejumper a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord
subtype: sledder someone who rides a sled
subtype: luger__slider someone who races the luge
subtype: tobogganist someone who rides a toboggan
subtype: soccer_player an athlete who plays soccer
subtype: goalie__goalkeeper__goaltender__netkeeper the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal
subtype: sportsman__sport__sportswoman someone who engages in sports
subtype: striker.athlete (soccer) a forward on a soccer team
subtype: substitute__reserve an athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out
subtype: bench_warmer__benchwarmer (sports) a substitute who seldom plays
subtype: pinch_hitter__pinchhitter (baseball or softball) a substitute for the regular batter
subtype: swimmer a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; "he was an Olympic swimmer"
subtype: backstroker someone who swims the backstroke
subtype: breaststroker someone who swims the breaststroke
subtype: diver__plunger someone who dives (into water)
instance: Gertrude_Caroline_Ederle__Ederle__Gertrude_Ederle
subtype: swinger someone who swings sports implements
subtype: tennis_player an athlete who plays tennis
subtype: tennis_pro__professional_tennis_player someone who earns a living playing or teaching tennis
instance: Arthur_Robert_Ashe__Ashe__Arthur_Ashe John_Donald_Budge__Budge__Don_Budge Maureen_Catherine_Connolly__Connolly__Little_Mo_Connolly James_Scott_Connors__Connors__Jimmy_Conors Margaret_Court__Court Dwight_Filley_Davis__Davis__Dwight_Davis Christine_Marie_Evert__Evert__Chris_Evert__Chrissie_Evert Althea_Gibson__Gibson Stephanie_Graf__Graf__Steffi_Graf Billie_Jean_Moffitt_King__King__Billie_Jean_King Rodney_George_Laver__Laver__Rod_Laver Ivan_Lendl__Lendl Helen_Wills_Moody__Moody__Helen_Wills__Helen_Newington_Wills Martina_Navratilova__Navratilova Monica_Seles__Seles William_Tatem_Tilden_Jr.__Tilden__Big_Bill_Tilden Virginia_Wade__Wade
subtype: pole_vaulter__vaulter__pole_jumper an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole
subtype: weightlifter__lifter an athlete who lifts barbells
subtype: winger (soccer; hockey; rugby; football) player in wing position
instance: Robert_Bruce_Mathias__Mathias__mathia__Bob_Mathias James_Cleveland_Owens__Owens__Jesse_Owens James_Francis_Thorpe__Thorpe__Jim_Thorpe Mildred_Ella_Didrikson_Zaharias__Zaharias__Babe_Zaharias__Didrikson__Babe_Didrikson__Mildred_Ella_Didrikson
subtype: defaulter a contestant who forfeits a match
subtype: entrant.contestant one who enters a competition
subtype: long_shot.contestant__longshot a contestant that is unlikely to win
subtype: also-ran__loser a contestant who loses the contest
subtype: opponent__opposition__opposite a contestant that you are matched against
subtype: player__participant a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
subtype: ballplayer__baseball_player an athlete who plays baseball
subtype: billiard_player someone who plays billiards
subtype: bowler rolls balls down an alley at pins
subtype: card_player someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games
subtype: bridge_player__hand a card player in a game of bridge; "we need a 4th hand for bridge"
subtype: bidder.bridge_player someone who makes a bid at cards
subtype: preemptor__pre-emptor__preemptor a bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid
subtype: bridge_partner one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game
subtype: raiser a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid
subtype: declarer__contractor the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
subtype: cardsharp__cardsharper a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
subtype: dealer.card_player the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game
subtype: eldest_hand__eldesthand__elder_hand__elderhand the card player on the dealer's left
subtype: shuffler.card_player the card player who shuffles the cards
instance: Ely_Culbertson__Culbertson
subtype: chess_player__chessplayer someone who plays the game of chess
subtype: chess_master__chessmaster a chess player of great skill
instance: Robert_James_Fischer__Fischer__Bobby_Fischer Anatoli_Yevgenevich_Karpov__Karpov__Anatoli_Karpov Gary_Kasparov__Kasparov__Gary_Weinstein Viktor_Lvovich_Korchnoi__Korchnoi__Viktor_Korchnoi Boris_Vasilevich_Spassky__Spassky__Boris_Spassky
subtype: patzer a poor chess player
subtype: dart_player someone who plays the game of darts
subtype: football_player__footballer an athlete who plays American football
subtype: golfer__golf_player__linksman someone who plays the game of golf
subtype: driver.golfer a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
subtype: golf_pro__professional_golfer someone who earns a living by playing or teaching golf
subtype: hacker someone who plays golf poorly
subtype: hooker.golfer a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers)
subtype: medal_winner__medalwinner__medalist__medallist (golf) the winner at medal play of a golf tournament
subtype: putter a golfer who is putting
subtype: slicer.golfer a golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers)
instance: William_Benjamin_Hogan__Hogan__Ben_Hogan Robert_Tyre_Jones__Jones__Bobby_Jones Jack_William_Nicklaus__Nicklaus__Jack_Nicklaus Gregory_John_Norman__Norman__Greg_Norman Arnold_Daniel_Palmer__Palmer__Arnold_Palmer Gene_Sarazen__Sarazen Lee_Buck_Trevino__Trevino__Lee_Trevino__Supermex
subtype: grandmaster a player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge
subtype: International_Grandmaster a chess player who has been awarded the highest title by the International Chess Federation
subtype: ice-hockey_player__hockey_player an athlete who plays hockey
subtype: lacrosse_player an athlete who plays lacrosse
subtype: most_valuable_player__MVP the player judged to be the most important to the sport
subtype: pool_player someone who shoots pool
subtype: scorer.player a player who makes a score in a game or contest
subtype: seeded_player__seed one of the outstanding players in a tournament
subtype: server.player (court games) the player who serves to start a point
subtype: shooter (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket)
subtype: soccer_player an athlete who plays soccer
subtype: stringer.player a member of a squad on a team; "a first stringer"; "a second stringer"
subtype: tennis_player an athlete who plays tennis
subtype: volleyball_player someone who plays the game of volleyball
subtype: pothunter.contestant someone who participates in contests in order to collect trophies
subtype: qualifier a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition; "the tournament was won by a late qualifier"
subtype: rival__challenger__competitor__competition__contender the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
subtype: champ__champion__title-holder__titleholder someone who has won first place in a competition
subtype: record-breaker__record-holder someone who breaks a record
subtype: comer someone with a promising future
subtype: finalist a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition
subtype: foe__enemy a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"
subtype: mortal_enemy an enemy who wants to kill you
subtype: front-runner__frontrunner__favorite__favourite a competitor thought likely to win
subtype: world-beater__worldbeater__king a competitor who holds a preeminent position
subtype: runner-up__second_best the competitor who finishes second
subtype: semifinalist one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination
subtype: street_fighter a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods
subtype: tier.rival any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
subtype: tilter.rival someone who engages in a tilt or joust
subtype: starter a contestant who is in the game at the beginning
subtype: starting_pitcher the pitcher who starts in a baseball game
subtype: winner.contestant__victor the contestant who wins the contest
subtype: medalist__medallist someone who has won a medal
subtype: upsetter an unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitor
subtype: walloper a winner by a wide margin
subtype: withdrawer.contestant a contestant who withdraws from competition
subtype: coward a person who shows fear or timidity
subtype: cur a cowardly and despicable person
subtype: caitiff (archaic) a cowardly and despicable person
subtype: dastard a malicious coward
subtype: poltroon__craven__recreant an abject coward
subtype: quaker__trembler one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear
subtype: shy_person__shyperson__shrinking_violet__shrinkingviolet someone who shrinks from familiarity with others
subtype: wallflower.shy_person remains on sidelines at social event
subtype: sissy__pantywaist__pansy__milksop__Milquetoast a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
subtype: waverer__vacillator__hesitator__hesitater one who hesitates (out of fear)
subtype: creator a person who grows or makes or invents things
subtype: architect__designer someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
subtype: landscape_architect__landscapearchitect__landscape_gardener__landscapegardener someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively
instance: Andrew_Jackson_Downing__Downing Andre_Le_Notre__Le_Notre Frederick_Law_Olmsted__Olmsted__olmsted Calvert_Vaux__Vaux
instance: Marcel_Lajos_Breuer__Breuer John_Merven_Carrere__Carrere Philibert_Delorme__Delorme__de_l'Orme__Philibert_de_l'Orme Richard_Buckminster_Fuller__Fuller__Buckminster_Fuller__R._Buckminster_Fuller Antonio_Gaudi__Gaudi Cass_Gilbert__Gilbert Walter_Gropius__Gropius Thomas_Hastings__thomashasting__Hastings Victor_Horta__Horta Richard_Morris_Hunt__Hunt Inigo_Jones__Jones Benjamin_Henry_Latrobe__Latrobe Le_Corbusier__Charles_Edouard_Jeanneret Pierre_Charles_L'Enfant__L'Enfant Leonardo_da_Vinci__Leonardo__da_Vinci Maya_Lin__Lin Sir_Edwin_Lutyens__Lutyens__Sir_Edwin_Landseer_Luytens Francois_Mansart__Mansart__mansart Charles_Follen_McKim__McKim Michelangelo_Buonarroti__Michelangelo Ludwig_Mies_Van_Der_Rohe__Mies_Van_Der_Rohe Pier_Luigi_Nervi__Nervi Andrea_Palladio__Palladio Ieoh_Ming_Pei__Pei__I._M._Pei Albert_Speer__Speer Edward_Durell_Stone__Stone Louis_Henry_Sullivan__Sullivan__Louis_Sullivan__Louis_Henri_Sullivan Kenzo_Tange__Tange William_Thornton__Thornton Richard_Upjohn__Upjohn Henri_Clemens_van_de_Velde__van_de_Velde__Henri_van_de_Velde Robert_Charles_Venturi__Venturi__Robert_Venturi Stanford_White__White Sir_Christopher_Wren__Wren Frank_Lloyd_Wright__Wright James_Wyatt__Wyatt
subtype: artist__creative_person a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
subtype: illustrator an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)
subtype: commercial_artist an illustrator who is supported by advertising
instance: Hablot_Knight_Browne__Browne__Phiz Norman_Rockwell__Rockwell
subtype: classic.artist an artist who has created classic works
subtype: classicist an artistic person who adheres to classicism
subtype: constructivist an artist of the school of constructivism
subtype: decorator__ornamentalist someone who decorates
subtype: draftsman__drawer an artist skilled at drawing
subtype: cartoonist a person who draws cartoons
instance: Jules_Feifer__Feifer Reuben_Lucius_Goldberg__Goldberg__Rube_Goldberg Sir_David_Alexander_Cecil_Low__Low__David_Low William_Henry_Mauldin__Mauldin__Bill_Mauldin Thomas_Nast__Nast Charles_Munroe_Schulz__Schulz__Charles_Schulz Saul_Steinberg__Steinberg Sir_John_Tenniel__Tenniel James_Grover_Thurber__Thurber__James_Thurber
subtype: pavement_artist someone who draws on the pavement with colored chalks (hoping that passers-by will give them money)
subtype: sketcher.draftsman someone who draws sketches
subtype: etcher someone who etches
subtype: expressionist an artist who is an adherent of expressionism
subtype: maestro__master an artist of consummate skill; "a master of the violin"; "one of the old masters"
subtype: old_master__oldmaster a great European painter prior to 19th century
instance: Sandro_Botticelli__Botticelli__Alessandro_di_Mariano_dei_Filipepi Pieter_Brueghel_the_Elder__Brueghel__Breughel__Bruegel__Pieter_Brueghel__Pieter_Breughel__Pieter_Bruegel__Breughel_the_Elder Michelangelo_Merisi_da_Caravaggio__Caravaggio Giovanni_Cimabue__Cimabue Antonio_Allegri_da_Correggio__Correggio Albrecht_Durer__Durer El_Greco__Greco__Domenikos_Theotocopoulos Jan_van_Eyck__Eyck__van_Eyck Giotto_di_Bondone__Giotto William_Hogarth__Hogarth Holbein_the_Elder__Holbein__Hans_Holbein Holbein_the_Younger__Holbein__Hans_Holbein Georges_de_La_Tour__La_Tour Leonardo_da_Vinci__Leonardo__da_Vinci Fra_Filippo_Lippi__Lippi Filippino_Lippi__Lippi Michelangelo_Buonarroti__Michelangelo Nicolas_Poussin__Poussin Raffaello_Santi__Raphael__Raffaello_Sanzio Rembrandt_Harmensz_van_Rijn__Rembrandt__Rembrandt_van_Rijn__Rembrandt_van_Ryn Pierre_Auguste_Renoir__Renoir Sir_Peter_Paul_Rubens__Rubens__Peter_Paul_Rubens Tintoretto__Jacopo_Robusti Titian__Tiziano_Vecellio Sir_Anthony_Vandyke__Vandyke__Van_Dyck Diego_Rodriguez_de_Silva_y_Velazquez__Velazquez Jan_Vermeer__Vermeer__Jan_van_der_Meer Paolo_Veronese__Veronese__Paola_Caliari Jean_Antoine_Watteau__Watteau__watteau
subtype: minimalist a practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism
subtype: modernist an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles
subtype: musician artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
subtype: arranger__adapter__transcriber a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
subtype: orchestrator an arranger who writes for orchestras
subtype: choirmaster__precentor__cantor the musical director of a choir
subtype: composer composes music as a profession
subtype: contrapuntist a composer who specializes in counterpoint
subtype: psalmist a composer of sacred songs; "David is called The Psalmist because he is believed to be the author of the Book of Psalms
subtype: songwriter__songster__ballad_maker a composer of words or music for popular songs
instance: Irving_Berlin__Berlin__Israel_Baline Hoagland_Howard_Carmichael__Carmichael__Hoagy_Carmichael George_Michael_Cohan__Cohan__George_M._Cohan Antoine_Domino__Domino__Fats_Domino Bob_Dylan__Dylan Stephen_Collins_Foster__Foster__Stephen_Foster Woodrow_Wilson_Guthrie__Guthrie__Woody_Guthrie Buddy_Holly__Holly__Charles_Hardin_Holley John_Lennon__Lennon Sir_James_Paul_McCartney__McCartney__Paul_McCartney Paul_Simon__Simon
instance: Johann_Sebastian_Bach__Bach Ludwig_van_Beethoven__Beethoven__van_Beethoven Louis-Hector_Berlioz__Berlioz__Hector_Berlioz Leonard_Bernstein__Bernstein Marc_Blitzstein__Blitzstein Johannes_Brahms__Brahms Maria_Luigi_Carlo_Zenobio_Cherubini__Cherubini__Luigi_Cherubini Frederic_Francois_Chopin__Chopin Aaron_Copland__Copland Sir_Noel_Pierce_Coward__Coward__Noel_Coward Karl_Czerny__Czerny Claude_Achille_Debussy__Debussy__Claude_Debussey Frederick_Delius__Delius Gaetano_Donizetti__Donizetti Antonin_Dvorak__Dvorak Sir_Edward_Elgar__Elgar Georges_Enesco__Enesco__George_Enescu George_Gershwin__Gershwin Mikhail_Ivanovich_Glinka__Glinka Christoph_Willibald_von_Gluck__Gluck Charles_Francois_Gounod__Gounod George_Percy_Aldridge_Grainger__Grainger__Percy_Grainger Edvard_hagerup_Grieg__Grieg__Edvard_Grieg Jacques_Francois_Fromental_Elie_Halevy__Halevy__Fromental_Halevy George_Frederick_Handel__Handel__Georg_Friedrich_Handel William_Christopher_Handy__Handy__W._C._Handy Franz_Joseph_Haydn__Haydn__Joseph_Haydn Paul_Hindemith__Hindemith Arthur_Honegger__Honegger Engelbert_Humperdinck__Humperdinck Charles_Edward_Ives__Ives Scott_Joplin__Joplin Jerome_David_Kern__Kern__Jerome_Kern Aram_Ilich_Khachaturian__Khachaturian__Aram_Khachaturian Leonard_Constant_Lambert__Lambert__Constant_Lambert Franz_Lehar__Lehar Franz_Liszt__Liszt Baron_Lloyd_Webber_of_Sydmonton__Lloyd_Webber__Andrew_Lloyd_Webber Frederick_Loewe__Loewe Jean_Baptiste_Lully__Lully Gustav_Mahler__Mahler Jules_Emile_Frederic_Massenet__Massenet Jakob_Ludwig_Felix_Mendelssohn-Bartholdy__Mendelssohn__Felix_Mendelssohn Gian_Carlo_Menotti__Menotti Giacomo_Meyerbeer__Meyerbeer__Jakob_Liebmann_Beer Darius_Milhaud__Milhaud Claudio_Monteverdi__Monteverdi Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart__Mozart Modest_Petrovich_Mussorgsky__Mussorgsky__Moussorgsky__Modest_Mussorgsky__Modest_Moussorgsky__Modest_Petrovich_Moussorgsky Carl_August_Nielson__Nielson Jacques_Offenbach__Offenbach Roy_Orbison__Orbison Giovanni_Pierluigi_da_Palestrina__Palestrina Cole_Albert_Porter__Porter__Cole_Porter Sergei_Sergeyevich_Prokofiev__Prokofiev Giacomo_Puccini__Puccini Sergei_Vasilievich_Rachmaninoff__Rachmaninoff__Sergei_Rachmaninoff__Rachmaninov__Sergei_Rachmaninov__Sergei_Vasilievich_Rachmaninov Ottorino_Respighi__Respighi Nikolai_Andreyevich_Rimsky-Korsakov__Rimsky-Korsakov__Rimski-Korsakov__Nikolai_Andreyevich_Rimski-Korsakov Richard_Rodgers__Rodgers Sigmund_Romberg__Romberg Giloacchino_Antonio_Rossini__Rossini Anton_Grigorevich_Rubinstein__Rubinstein__Anton_Gregor_Rubinstein Erik_Alfred_Leslie_Satie__Satie__Erik_Satie Artur_Schnabel__Schnabel Arnold_Schonberg__Schonberg__Schoenberg__Arnold_Schoenberg Franz_Peter_Schubert__Schubert__Franz_Schubert Robert_Alexander_Schumann__Schumann__Robert_Schumann Alexander_Nikolayevich_Scriabin__Scriabin Andres_Segovia__Segovia__segovia Roger_Huntington_Sessions__Sessions__Roger_Sessions Dmitri_Dmitrievich_Shostakovich__Shostakovich__Dmitri_Shostakovich Johan_Julius_Christian_Sibelius__Sibelius__Jean_Sibelius Stephen_Sondheim__Sondheim John_Philip_Sousa__Sousa__The_March_King Strauss_the_Elder__Strauss__Johann_Strauss Strauss_the_Younger__Strauss__Johann_Strauss Richard_Strauss__Strauss Igor_Fyodorovich_Stravinsky__Stravinsky__Igor_Stravinsky Arthur_Seymour_Sullivan__Sullivan__Arthur_Sullivan__Sir_Arthur_Sullivan Joseph_Deems_Taylor__Taylor__Deems_Taylor Peter_Ilich_Tchaikovsky__Tchaikovsky__Peter_Tchaikovsky__Pyotr_Tchaikovsky__Pyotr_Ilich_Tchaikovsky Georg_Philipp_Telemann__Telemann Edgard_Varese__Varese Ralph_Vaughan_Williams__Vaughan_Williams Guiseppe_Fortunino_Francesco_Verdi__Verdi__Giuseppe_Verdi Antonio_Lucio_Vivaldi__Vivaldi__Antonio_Vivaldi Wilhelm_Richard_Wagner__Wagner__Richard_Wagner Sir_William_Turner_Walton__Walton__Sir_William_Walton Baron_Karl_Maria_Friedrich_Ernst_von_Weber__Weber Kurt_Weill__Weill Hugo_Wolf__Wolf
subtype: music_director__musicdirector__conductor__director the person who leads a musical group
subtype: bandleader the leader of a dance band
instance: Benjamin_David_Goodman__Goodman__goodman__Benny_Goodman__the_King_of_Swing Woodrow_Charles_Herman__Herman__Woody_Herman Alton_Glenn_Miller__Miller__Glenn_Miller
subtype: bandmaster the conductor of a band
instance: John_Philip_Sousa__Sousa__The_March_King
subtype: drum_major the leader of a marching band or drum corps
subtype: drum_majorette a female drum major
instance: Leonard_Bernstein__Bernstein Arthur_Fiedler__Fiedler Sergei_Aleksandrovich_Koussevitzky__Koussevitzky__Serge_Koussevitzky Leonard_Constant_Lambert__Lambert__Constant_Lambert Eugene_Ormandy__Ormandy Seiji_Ozawa__Ozawa Leopold_Antoni_Stanislaw_Stokowski__Stokowski__Leopold_Stokowski George_Szell__Szell Arturo_Toscanini__Toscanini Bruno_Walter__Walter Sir_Henry_Joseph_Wood__Wood__Sir_Henry_Wood
subtype: virtuoso a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry
instance: Victor_Herbert__Herbert Yoko_Ono__Ono Carl_Orff__Orff
subtype: painter an artist who paints
subtype: abstractionist__abstract_artist a painter of abstract pictures
instance: Josef_Albers__Albers Piet_Mondrian__Mondrian
subtype: colorist a painter able to achieve special effects with color
subtype: cubist an artist who adheres to the principles of cubism
subtype: dauber an unskilled painter
subtype: distortionist a painter who introduces distortions
subtype: Fauve__fauvist a member of a group of French painters who followed Fauvism
subtype: impressionist a painter who follows the theories of impressionism
subtype: landscapist someone who paints landscapes
subtype: miniaturist someone who paints tiny pictures in great detail
subtype: oil_painter a painter who uses oil paints
subtype: old_master__oldmaster a great European painter prior to 19th century
subtype: pointilist a painter who uses the technique of pointilism
subtype: portraitist__portrait_painter__portrayer a painter or drawer of portraits
subtype: Postimpressionist an artist of the Postimpressionist school who revolted against impressionism
subtype: realist.painter a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style
subtype: scenic_artist__scene_painter__scenepainter an artist specializing in scenic subjects
subtype: watercolorist__watercolourist paints with watercolors
instance: Vanessa_Bell__Bell__Vanessa_Stephen Thomas_Hart_Benton__Benton Georges_Braque__Braque Paul_Cezanne__Cezanne Marc_Chagall__Chagall__chagall Giorgio_de_Chirico__Chirico John_Constable__Constable John_Singleton_Copley__Copley__John_Copley Jean_Baptiste_Camille_Corot__Corot Gustave_Courbet__Courbet Salvidor_Dali__Dali Honore_Daumier__Daumier Jacques_Louis_David__David Willem_de_Kooning__de_Kooning Ferdinand_Victor_Eugene_Delacroix__Delacroix__Eugene_Delacroix Adnre_Derain__Derain Raoul_Dufy__Dufy Max_Ernst__Ernst Jean_Honore_Fragonard__Fragonard Roger_Eliot_Fry__Fry__Roger_Fry Thomas_Gainsborough__Gainsborough Paul_Gauguin__Gauguin Alberto_Giacometti__Giacometti Francisco_Jose_de_Goya_y_Lucientes__Goya__Francisco_Goya__Francisco_de_Goya__Francisco_Jose_de_Goya Duncan_James_Corrow_Grant__Grant__Duncan_Grant Jaun_Gris__Gris Frederick_Childe_Hassam__Hassam__Childe_Hassam Katsushika_Hokusai__Hokusai__hokusai Winslow_Homer__Homer Jean_Auguste_Dominique_Ingres__Ingres Wassily_Kandinsky__Kandinsky Ernst_Ludwig_Kirchner__Kirchner Paul_Klee__Klee Gustav_Klimt__Klimt Franz_Joseph_Kline__Kline Lee_Krasner__leekrasner__Krasner Sir_Thomas_Lawrence__Lawrence Fernand_Leger__Leger Roy_Lichtenstein__Lichtenstein Laurence_Stephen_Lowry__Lowry__L._S._Lowry Rene_Magritte__Magritte Kazimir_Severinovich_Malevich__Malevich__Kazimir_Malevich Edouard_Manet__Manet Andrea_Mantegna__Mantegna Reginald_Marsh__Marsh Henri_Emile_Benoit_Matisse__Matisse__Henri_Matisse Jean_Francois_Millet__Millet Joan_Miro__Miro Modigliani__Amedeo_Modigliano Claude_Monet__Monet Samuel_Finley_Breese_Morse__Morse__Samuel_Morse__Samuel_F._B._Morse Anne_Mary_Robertson_Moses__Moses__Grandma_Moses Robert_Motherwell__Motherwell Edvard_Munch__Munch Bartolome_Esteban_Murillo__Murillo O'Keeffe__Georgia_Okeeffe Jose_Clemente_Orozco__Orozco__Jose_Orozco Maxfield_Frederick_Parrish__Parrish__Maxfield_Parrish Pablo_Picasso__Picasso Jackson_Pollock__Pollock Sir_Joshua_Reynolds__Reynolds Mark_Rothko__Rothko Le_Douanier_Rousseau__Rousseau__Henri_Rousseau John_Singer_Sargent__johnsingersargent__Sargent__sargent Georges_Pierre_Seurat__Seurat__Georges_Seurat Benjamin_Shahn__Shahn__Ben_Shahn David_Alfaro_Siqueiros__Siqueiros__David_Siqueiros Chaim_Soutine__Soutine Frank_Philip_Stella__Stella__Frank_Stella Gilbert_Charles_Stuart__Stuart__Gilbert_Stuart Thomas_Sully__Sully Yves_Tanguy__Tanguy Giovanni_Battista_Tiepolo__Tiepolo Mark_Tobey__Tobey Henri_Toulouse-Lautrec__Toulouse-Lautrec Trumbull__John_Trumbull Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner__Turner Maurice_Utrillo__Utrillo Vincent_van_Gogh__van_Gogh__Gogh Viktor_Vasarely__Vasarely Giorgio_Vasari__Vasari Marie_Louise_Elisabeth_Vigee-Lebrun__Vigee-Lebrun__Elisabeth_Vigee-Lebrun Maurice_de_Vlaminck__Vlaminck Jean_Edouard_Vuillard__Vuillard__Edouard_Vuillard Andy_Warhol__Warhol Weber__Max_Weber Benjamin_West__West James_Abbott_McNeill_Whistler__Whistler Grant_Wood__Wood Andrew_Wyeth__Wyeth
subtype: photographer someone who takes photographs professionally
subtype: cameraman__camera_operator__cinematographer a photographer who operates a movie camera
subtype: press_photographer__pressphotographer a photographer who works for a newspaper
instance: Mathew_B._Brady__Brady Alfred_Eisenstaedt__Eisenstaedt Dorothea_Lange__Lange Edward_Jean_Steichen__Steichen Alfred_Stieglitz__Stieglitz William_Henry_Fox_Talbot__Talbot__Fox_Talbot Edward_Weston__Weston
subtype: Pre-Raphaelite a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals
instance: William_Holman_Hunt__Hunt__Holman_Hunt Sir_John_Everett_Millais__Millais__millai Dante_Gabriel_Rossetti__Rossetti
subtype: printmaker__graphic_artist__graphicartist an artist who designs and makes prints
subtype: engraver.printmaker a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate
subtype: lithographer a printmaker who uses lithography
instance: Nathaniel_Currier__Currier Honore_Daumier__Daumier James_Merritt_Ives__Ives__James_Ives
subtype: romanticist__romantic an artist of the romantic period or someone influenced by romanticism
subtype: sculptor__sculpturer__carver__statue_maker an artist who creates sculptures
subtype: sculptress a woman sculptor
instance: Constantin_Brancusi__Brancusi Alexander_Calder__Calder Benvenuto_Cellini__Cellini Thomas_Crawford__Crawford Donatello__Donato_di_Betto_Bardi Sir_Jacob_Epstein__Epstein__Jacob_Epstein Daniel_Chester_French__French Alberto_Giacometti__Giacometti Dame_Barbara_Hepworth__Hepworth__Barbara_Hepworth Malvina_Hoffman__Hoffman Gaston_Lachaise__Lachaise Leonardo_da_Vinci__Leonardo__da_Vinci Maya_Lin__Lin Jacques_Lipchitz__Lipchitz Lysippus Aristide_Maillol__Maillol Michelangelo_Buonarroti__Michelangelo Modigliani__Amedeo_Modigliano Henry_Spencer_Moore__Moore__Henry_Moore Louise_Nevelson__Nevelson Isamu_Noguchi__Noguchi Pablo_Picasso__Picasso Francois_Auguste_Rene_Rodin__Rodin__Auguste_Rodin George_Segal__Segal David_Roland_Smith__Smith__David_Smith Lorado_Taft__Taft
subtype: stylist an artist who is a master of a particular style
subtype: surrealist an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism
subtype: symbolist a member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols
instance: Jean_Arp__Arp__Hans_Arp John_James_Audubon__Audubon Marcel_Duchamp__Duchamp Jasper_Johns__Johns Edward_Lear__Lear Louis_Comfort_Tiffany__Tiffany
subtype: builder__developer__constructor someone who contracts for and supervises the construction of a building
subtype: boatbuilder a person who builds boats
subtype: contractor someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
subtype: defense_contractor__defensecontractor a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense
subtype: hauler__haulier a haulage contractor
subtype: garbage_carter__garbagecarter__carter__garbage_hauler__garbagehauler a hauler of garbage; "there is a web site where licensed carters and would-be customers can make connections"
subtype: ship-breaker a contractor who buys old ships and breaks them up for scrap
subtype: subcontractor someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor
subtype: homebuilder__housebuilder someone who builds houses as a business
subtype: jerry-builder__jerrybuilder someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit
subtype: road_builder someone whose business is to build roads
subtype: shipbuilder.builder a person who builds ships as a business
subtype: choreographer someone who creates new dances
instance: Alvin_Ailey__Ailey Alicia_Alonso__Alonso Sir_Frederick_Ashton__Ashton George_Balanchine__Balanchine Mikhail_Baryshnikov__Baryshnikov Merce_Cunningham__Cunningham Agnes_George_De_Mille__De_Mille__Agnes_De_Mille Martha_Graham__Graham Lev_Ivanov__Ivanov Judith_Jamison__Jamison Robert_Joffrey__Joffrey Rudolph_Laban__Laban Leonide_Fedorovitch_Massine__leonidefedorovitchmassine__Massine__Leonid_Fyodorovich_Myasin Jerome_Robbins__Robbins__robbin Ted_Shawn__Shawn Ruth_St._Denis__St._Denis__Saint_Denis__Ruth_Saint_Denis Twyla_Tharp__Tharp Antony_Tudor__Tudor
subtype: couturier__fashion_designer__fashiondesigner__clothesdesigner someone who designs clothing
subtype: costumier__costumer__costume_designer__costumedesigner someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade)
instance: Christian_Dior__Dior Calvin_Richard_Klein__Klein__Calvin_Klein Elsa_Schiaparelli__Schiaparelli Gianni_Versace__Versace Charles_Frederick_Worth__charlesfrederickworth__Worth
subtype: crafter a creator of great skill in the manual arts; "the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen"
subtype: fantasist a creator of fantasies
subtype: farmer__husbandman__granger__sodbuster a person who operates a farm
subtype: contadino an Italian farmer
subtype: agriculturist__cultivator__grower__raiser someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
subtype: fruit_grower__fruitgrower someone who grows fruit commercially
subtype: beekeeper__apiarist__apiculturist a farmer who keeps bees for their honey
subtype: dairy_farmer__dairyfarmer__dairyman the owner or manager of a dairy
subtype: forester__tree_farmer__arboriculturist someone trained in forestry
subtype: lumberman__lumberjack__timberman__feller__faller a person that works at lumbering and fells trees
subtype: logger a lumberman who cuts logs into lengths after the trees have been felled
subtype: scorer a logger who marks trees to be felled
instance: Paul_Bunyan__Bunyan
subtype: plantation_owner__planter the owner or manager of a plantation
subtype: rancher a person who owns or operates a ranch
subtype: grazier a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market
subtype: smallholder (British) a person owning or renting a smallholding
subtype: small_farmer__smallfarmer a farmer on a small farm
subtype: crofter an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain
subtype: sower someone who sows
subtype: stockman__stock_raiser__stockraiser__stock_farmer__stockfarmer farmer who breed or raises livestock
subtype: stock_breeder__stockbreeder__breeder a person who breeds animals
subtype: cow_man__cowman__cattleman__beef_man a man who raises (or tends) cattle
subtype: sheepman a man who raises (or tends) sheep
subtype: tenant_farmer a farmer who works land owned by someone else
subtype: tiller.farmer someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
subtype: inventor__discoverer__artificer someone who is the first to think of or make something
subtype: patentee the inventor to whom a patent is issued
instance: Alexander_Graham_Bell__Bell__Alexander_Bell Sir_Henry_Bessemer__Bessemer John_Moses_Browning__Browning__John_M._Browning William_Seward_Burroughs__Burroughs Edmund_Cartwright__Cartwright Louis_Jacques_Mande_Daguerre__Daguerre Lee_De_Forest__De_Forest__The_Father_of_Radio George_Eastman__Eastman Thomas_Alva_Edison__Edison__Thomas_Edison Robert_Fulton__Fulton Richard_Jordan_Gatling__Gatling Gillette__King_Camp_Gilette Peter_Carl_Goldmark__Goldmark__Peter_Goldmark Charles_Goodyear__Goodyear James_Hargreaves__Hargreaves Hero_of_Alexandria__Hero__Heron Herman_Hollerith__Hollerith Elias_Howe__Howe Joseph_Marie_Jacquard__Jacquard__Joseph_M._Jacquard Edwin_Herbert_Land__Land__Din_Land Samuel_Pierpoint_Langley__Langley Peter_Paul_Mauser__Mauser__von_Mauser__P._P._von_Mauser Sir_Hiram_Stevens_Maxim__Maxim Cyrus_Hall_McCormick__McCormick__Cyrus_McCormick Ottmar_Mergenthaler__Mergenthaler Samuel_Finley_Breese_Morse__Morse__Samuel_Morse__Samuel_F._B._Morse Eadweard_Muybridge__Muybridge__Edward_James_Muggeridge Elisha_Graves_Otis__Otis Isaac_Merrit_Singer__Singer__Isaac_M._Singer Elmer_Ambrose_Sperry__Sperry Francis_Edgar_Stanley__Stanley Charles_Proteus_Steinmetz__Steinmetz William_Henry_Fox_Talbot__Talbot__Fox_Talbot Nikola_Tesla__Tesla James_Watt__Watt George_Westinghouse__Westinghouse Sir_Charles_Wheatstone__Wheatstone Eli_Whitney__Whitney Orville_Wright__Wright Wilbur_Wright__Wright Count_Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin__Zeppelin
subtype: shaper__maker a person who makes things
subtype: basketweaver__basketmaker someone skilled in weaving baskets
subtype: belt_maker a maker of belts
subtype: bookmaker a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books
subtype: beer_maker__brewer someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
subtype: chandler a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints
subtype: candlemaker a person who makes or sells candles
subtype: wax-chandler__waxchandler one who deals in wax candles
subtype: shoemaker__cobbler a person who makes or repairs shoes
subtype: bootmaker__boot_maker a maker of boots
subtype: confectioner__candymaker someone who makes candies and other sweets
instance: Milton_Snavely_Hershey__Hershey
subtype: author__generator__source someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"
subtype: coiner someone who is a source of new words or new expressions
subtype: glassmaker some who makes glass
subtype: hatmaker__hatter__milliner__modiste someone who makes and sells hats
subtype: ironworker a person who makes articles of iron
subtype: puddler a worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling
subtype: jewelry_maker__jewelrymaker__jeweler__jeweller someone who makes jewelry
subtype: goldsmith__goldworker an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold
instance: Peter_Carl_Faberge__Faberge
subtype: silversmith__silverworker someone who makes or repairs articles of silver
instance: Paul_Revere__Revere
subtype: maltster__maltman a maker of malt
subtype: manufacturer__producer someone who manufactures something
subtype: arms_manufacturer someone who manufactures arms and munitions
instance: Alfred_Krupp__Krupp Peter_Paul_Mauser__Mauser__von_Mauser__P._P._von_Mauser
subtype: brewer the owner or manager of a brewery
subtype: distiller someone who distills alcoholic liquors
subtype: food_manufacturer a person who manufactures food products
instance: W._K._Kellogg__Kellogg__Will_Keith_Kellog
subtype: sericulturist a producer of raw silk
instance: Cyrus_Hall_McCormick__McCormick__Cyrus_McCormick John_Mercer__Mercer Isaac_Merrit_Singer__Singer__Isaac_M._Singer Eli_Whitney__Whitney
subtype: needleworker someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle
subtype: edger.needleworker a person who puts finishing edges on a garment
subtype: embroiderer someone who ornaments with needlework
subtype: embroideress a woman embroiderer
subtype: garmentmaker__garmentworker__garment_worker__garmentworker a person who makes garments
subtype: cloakmaker__furrier someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments
subtype: dressmaker__modiste__needlewoman__seamstress__sempstress someone who makes or mends dresses
instance: Betsy_Griscom_Ross__Ross__Betsy_Ross
subtype: outfitter someone who provides outfits
subtype: stitcher a garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps
subtype: tailor__seamster__sartor a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
subtype: fitter someone who fits a garment to a particular person
subtype: knitter someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining yarn or thread
subtype: sewer someone who sews; "a sewer of fine gowns"
subtype: baster.sewer__tacker a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
subtype: sewing-machine_operator someone who sews by operating a sewing machine
subtype: tucker.sewer a sewer who tucks
subtype: patternmaker someone who makes patterns (as for sewing or carpentry or metalworking)
subtype: perfumer a person who makes (and sells) perfumes
subtype: piano_maker__pianomaker a person who makes pianos
instance: Heinrich_Engelhard_Steinway__Steinway__Henry_Steinway__Henry_Engelhard_Steinway
subtype: saddler a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses
subtype: sailmaker a maker of sails
subtype: shirtmaker a maker of shirts
subtype: thread_maker__spinner__spinster someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
subtype: steelmaker__steelworker__steelman a worker engaged in making steel
subtype: tentmaker someone who makes or repairs tents
subtype: toolmaker someone skilled in making or repairing tools
subtype: winemaker__vintner__wine_maker someone who makes wine
subtype: violin_maker someone who makes violins
instance: Nicolo_Amati__Amati__Nicola_Amati Andrea_Guarneri__Guarneri__Guarnieri__Guarnerius Guiseppe_Guarneri__Guarneri__Guarnieri__Guarnerius Antonio_Stradivari__Stradivari__Stradivarius__Antonius_Stradivarius
subtype: watchmaker__horologist__horologer someone who makes or repairs watches
subtype: wigmaker someone who makes and sells wigs
subtype: modeler__modeller a person who creates models
instance: Madame_Tussaud__Tussaud__tussaud__Marie_Tussaud__Marie_Grosholtz
subtype: originator__conceiver__mastermind someone who creates new things
subtype: beginner__founder__founding_father__father a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
subtype: cofounder one of a group of founders
subtype: colonizer someone who helps to found a colony
instance: Sir_Walter_Raleigh__Raleigh__Walter_Raleigh__Ralegh__Walter_Ralegh__Sir_Walter_Ralegh Cecil_John_Rhodes__Rhodes__Cecil_Rhodes__Cecil_J._Rhodes
subtype: foundress__foundres a woman founder
subtype: innovator__pioneer someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
subtype: proposer__mover (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
subtype: nominator someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election
subtype: suggester__proposer someone who advances a suggestion or proposal; "the suggester of this absurd strategy was a fool"
subtype: producer someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)
subtype: film_maker__film_producer__movie_maker__moviemaker a producer of motion pictures
subtype: auteur a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works
subtype: New_Waver a film maker who follows New Wave ideas
instance: Allen_Stewart_Konigsberg__Allen__Woody_Allen Bernardo_Bertolucci__Bertolucci Frank_Capra__Capra Sir_Charles_Spencer_Chaplin__Chaplin__Charlie_Chaplin Jean_Cocteau__Cocteau Francis_Ford_Coppola__Coppola Cecil_Blount_De_Mille__De_Mille__Cecil_B._De_Mille Vittorio_De_Sica__De_Sica Walter_Elias_Disney__Disney__Walt_Disney Sergei_Mikhailovich_Eisenstein__Eisenstein__Sergei_Eisenstein John_Ford__Ford Jean_Luc_Godard__Godard Samuel_Goldwyn__Goldwyn__Sam_Goldwyn David_Lewelyn_Wark_Griffith__Griffith__D._W._Griffith Howard_Robard_Hughes__Hughes__Howard_Hughes John_Huston__Huston Norman_Jewison__Jewison Krzysztof_Kieslowski__Kieslowski Sir_Alexander_Korda__Korda__Sandor_Kellner Stanley_Kubrick__Kubrick Akira_Kurosawa__Kurosawa Shelton_Jackson_Lee__Lee__Spike_Lee Ernst_Lubitsch__Lubitsch George_Lucas__Lucas Louis_Burt_Mayer__Mayer__Louis_B._Mayer Sydney_Pollack__Pollack Charles_Robert_Redford__Redford__Robert_Redford Martin_Scorsese__Scorsese David_Oliver_Selznick__Selznick__David_O._Selznick Mack_Sennett__Sennett Spielburg__Steven_Spielberg George_Stevens__Stevens Oliver_Stone__Stone Quentin_Jerome_Tarantino__Tarantino__Quentin_Tarantino Andrei_Arsenevich_Tarkovsky__Tarkovsky__Andrei_Tarkovsky Jacques_Tati__Tati__Jacques_Tatischeff Francois_Truffaut__Truffaut Don_Luchino_Visconti_Conte_di_Modrone__Visconti__Luchino_Visconti Josef_von_Sternberg__von_Sternberg Andrzej_Wajda__Wajda Charles_Dudley_Warner__Warner George_Orson_Welles__Welles__Orson_Welles Samuel_Wilder__Wilder__Billy_Wilder William_Wyler__Wyler Darryl_Francis_Zanuck__Zanuck__Darryl_Zanuck Fred_Zinnemann__Zinnemann
subtype: theatrical_producer someone who produces theatrical performances
instance: Harley_Granville-Barker__Granville-Barker Sir_Herbert_Beerbohm_Tree__Tree Florenz_Ziegfeld__Ziegfeld__Flo_Ziegfeld
subtype: disputant a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
subtype: accuser someone who imputes guilt or blame
subtype: debater__arguer someone who engages in debate
subtype: devil's_advocate__devil'sadvocate someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument
subtype: disprover__rebutter__refuter a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument
subtype: wrangler someone who argues noisily or angrily
subtype: denier one who denies
subtype: logomach__logomachist someone given to disputes over words
subtype: obstructionist__obstructor__obstructer__resister__thwarter someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take
subtype: naysayer someone with an aggressively negative attitude
subtype: stonewaller one who stonewalls or refuses to answer or cooperate
subtype: quarreler__quarreller a disputant who quarrels
subtype: quibbler__caviller__caviler__pettifogger a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections
subtype: radical a person who has radical ideas or opinions
subtype: anarchist__nihilist__syndicalist an advocate of anarchism
instance: Mikhail_Aleksandrovich_Bakunin__Bakunin__Mikhail_Bakunin Emma_Goldman__Goldman Pyotr_Alexeyevich_Kropotkin__Kropotkin__Prince_Peter_Kropotkin Nicola_Sacco__Sacco Benjamin_Ricketson_Tucker__Tucker Bartolomeo_Vanzetti__Vanzetti
subtype: Bolshevik__Marxist__pinko__red__bolshie emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
subtype: extremist a person who holds extreme views
subtype: leveler__leveller a radical who advocates the abolition of political or economic or social inequalities
subtype: revolutionist__revolutionary__subversive__subverter a radical supporter of political or social revolution
subtype: counterrevolutionist__counterrevolutionary a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution
subtype: dynamiter__dynamitist a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause
subtype: Girondist a member of the moderate republican party during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins
subtype: insurgent__insurrectionist__freedom_fighter__freedomfighter__rebel a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
subtype: mutineer open rebellion and refusal to obey authorities (especially by seamen or soldiers)
instance: Nat_Turner__Turner Denmark_Vesey__Vesey Sir_William_Wallace__Wallace
instance: Marie_Anne_Charlotte_Corday_d'Armont__Corday__Charlotte_Corday Georges_Jacques_Danton__Danton Ernesto_Guevara_de_la_Serna__Guevara__Che_Guevara Mao_Tsetung__Mao__Mao_Zedong Jean_Paul_Marat__Marat Jose_Julian_Marti__Marti Karl_Marx__Marx Comte_de_Mirabeau__Mirabeau__Honore-Gabriel_Victor_Riqueti Maxmillien_Marie_Isidore_de_Robespierre__Robespierre Leon_Trotsky__Trotsky__Lev_Davidovich_Bronstein Francisco_Villa__Villa__Pancho_Villa__Doroteo_Arango Emiliano_Zapata__Zapata Zhou_En-lai__Chou_En-lai
subtype: terrorist a radical who employs terror as a political weapon
instance: Jacobin
subtype: Trotskyite__Trotskyist__Trot radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
subtype: Young_Turk a radical who agitates for reform
subtype: reformist__reformer__crusader__meliorist a disputant who advocates reform
subtype: abolitionist__emancipationist a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
instance: Henry_Ward_Beecher__Beecher John_Brown__Brown Frederick_Douglass__Douglass William_Lloyd_Garrison__Garrison Harriet_Elizabeth_Beecher_Stowe__Stowe__Harriet_Beecher_Stowe Arthur_Tappan__Tappan Sojourner_Truth__Truth Harriet_Tubman__Tubman Theodore_Dwight_Weld__Weld
subtype: birth-control_campaigner__birthcontrolcampaigner__birth-control_reformer__birthcontrolreformer a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning
instance: Marie_Charlotte_Carmichael_Stopes__Stopes__Marie_Stopes
subtype: Chartist a 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people
subtype: civil_rights_leader__civil_rights_worker a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
instance: Julian_Bond__Bond William_Edward_Burghardt_Du_Bois__Du_Bois__W._E._B._Du_Bois Medgar_Wiley_Evers__Evers__Medgar_Evers James_Leonard_Farmer__Farmer Jesse_Louis_Jackson__Jackson__Jesse_Jackson Martin_Luther_King_Jr.__King__Martin_Luther_King Malcolm_X__Malcolm_Little James_Howard_Meredith__Meredith__James_Meredith Rosa_Parks__Parks Paul_Bustill_Robeson__Robeson__robeson__paulrobeson Roy_Wilkins__Wilkins Whitney_Moore_Young_Jr.__Young__Whitney_Young
subtype: protester__demonstrator someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
subtype: picket.protester a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
subtype: dry__prohibitionist a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
instance: Carry_Amelia_Moore_Nation__Nation__Carry_Nation Frances_Elizabeth_Caroline_Willard__Willard
subtype: environmentalist__conservationist someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution
subtype: Green an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
instance: Rachel_Louise_Carson__Carson__Rachel_Carson Barbara_Ward__Ward__Baroness_Jackson_of_Lodsworth
subtype: feminist__women's_rightist__women'srightist__women's_liberationist__women'sliberationist__libber a supporter of feminism
subtype: suffragette a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)
instance: Simone_de_Beauvoir__Beauvoir Betty_Naomi_Friedan__Friedan__Betty_Friedan Charlotte_Anna_Perkins_Gilman__Gilman Lucretia_Coffin_Mott__Mott Alice_Paul__Paul Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton__Stanton Gloria_Steinem__Steinem Lucy_Stone__Stone Sojourner_Truth__Truth Mary_Wollstonecraft_Godwin__Wollstonecraft__Mary_Wollstonecraft Frances_Wright__Wright__Fanny_Wright
subtype: hippie__hippy__hipster__flowerchild someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
subtype: insurgent__insurrectionist__freedom_fighter__freedomfighter__rebel a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
subtype: militant__activist a militant reformer
subtype: Black_Muslim activist member of a largely Black American group called The Nation of Islam
instance: Elijah_Muhammad__Muhammad
subtype: Black_Panther a member of the Black Panthers political party
instance: Malcolm_X__Malcolm_Little
subtype: non-resistant__nonresistant__passive_resister__passiveresister a reformer who believes in passive resistance
subtype: Utopian an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer; "a Utopian believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man"
instance: Anthony_Comstock__Comstock John_Huss__Huss__Hus__Jan_Hus Robert_Owen__Owen Girolamo_Savonarola__Savonarola Francis_Everett_Townsend__Townsend John_Wilkes__Wilkes
subtype: engineer__applied_scientist__appliedscientist__technologist a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
subtype: aeronautical_engineer an engineer concerned with the design and construction of aircraft
instance: Reginald_Joseph_Mitchell__Mitchell__R._J._Mitchell
subtype: aerospace_engineer__aerospaceengineer an engineer of aircraft and space vehicles
subtype: army_engineer__military_engineer a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work
subtype: sapper a military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications)
subtype: sapper.army_engineer a military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines
subtype: automotive_engineer an engineer concerned with the design and construction of automobiles
subtype: civil_engineer__civilengineer an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)
subtype: highway_engineer__highwayengineer a civil engineer who specializes in the design and construction of roads and highways
instance: David_Barnard_Steinman__Steinman
subtype: electrical_engineer a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity
instance: Vannevar_Bush__Bush Lee_De_Forest__De_Forest__The_Father_of_Radio Ray_M._Dolby__Dolby Oliver_Heaviside__Heaviside Arthur_Edwin_Kennelly__Kennelly__A._E._Kennelly Guglielmo_Marconi__Marconi Ernst_Werner_von_Siemens__Siemens Sir_Clive_Marles_Sinclair__Sinclair__Clive_Sinclair Charles_Proteus_Steinmetz__Steinmetz Nikola_Tesla__Tesla Elihu_Thomson__Thomson
subtype: marine_engineer__naval_engineer__navalengineer an officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's engines
subtype: mechanical_engineer a person trained to design and construct machines
subtype: tribologist a specialist in tribology
subtype: metallurgist__metallurgical_engineer__metallurgicalengineer an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals
instance: Sir_Henry_Bessemer__Bessemer
subtype: mining_engineer an engineer concerned with the construction and operation of mines
subtype: computer_programmer__programmer__coder__softwareengineer a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs
subtype: hacker.computer_programmer a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers
subtype: rocket_engineer__rocket_scientist an engineer who builds and tests rockets
instance: Wernher_Magnus_Maximilian_von_Braun__Braun__von_Braun__Wernher_von_Braun
subtype: surveyor an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures
subtype: lineman.surveyor the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole
subtype: locator__locater a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims
instance: Gottlieb_Daimler__Daimler Rudolf_Christian_Karl_Diesel__Diesel__Rudolf_Diesel Bryan_Donkin__Donkin Alexandre_Gustave_Eiffel__Eiffel George_Washington_Goethals__Goethals Hugo_Junkers__Junkers Charles_Franklin_Kettering__Kettering__Charles_Kettering Leonardo_da_Vinci__Leonardo__da_Vinci John_Augustus_Roebling__Roebling__John_Roebling Claude_Elwood_Shannon__Shannon__shannon__Claude_Shannon__Claude_E._Shannon Sir_Charles_William_Siemens__Siemens__Karl_Wilhelm_Siemens Elmer_Ambrose_Sperry__Sperry Richard_Trevithick__Trevithick Thomas_Augustus_Watson__Watson James_Watt__Watt
subtype: entertainer a person who tries to please or amuse
subtype: bombshell.entertainer an entertainer who has a sensational effect; "she was a blonde bombshell"
subtype: busker a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing)
subtype: drawing_card__drawingcard__draw__attraction__attractor an entertainer who attracts large audiences; "he was the biggest drawing card they had"
subtype: humorist__humourist someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way
subtype: parodist__lampooner mimics literary or musical style for comic effect
subtype: caricaturist someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner
instance: Sir_Henry_Maxmilian_Beerbohm__Beerbohm__Max_Beerbohm
subtype: punster someone overly fond of making puns
subtype: satirist__ironist a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
instance: Juvenal__Decimus_Junius_Juvenalis Francois_Rabelais__Rabelais Jonathan_Swift__Swift__Dean_Swift
subtype: wag__wit__card (informal) a witty amusing person who makes jokes
instance: Robert_Charles_Benchley__Benchley__Robert_Benchley Samuel_Langhorne_Clemens__Clemens__Mark_Twain Ringgold_Wilmer_Lardner__Lardner__Ring_Lardner Stephen_Butler_Leacock__Leacock__Stephen_Leacock Edward_Lear__Lear Donald_Robert_Perry_Marquis__Marquis__Don_Marquis__donmarqui William_Penn_Adair_Rogers__Rogers__Will_Rogers Henry_Wheeler_Shaw__Shaw__Josh_Billings James_Grover_Thurber__Thurber__James_Thurber
subtype: master_of_ceremonies__emcee__host a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
subtype: compere British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc
subtype: Lord_of_Misrule a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration
subtype: question_master__quizmaster (British) the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game
subtype: ringmaster the person in charge of performances in a circus ring
subtype: toastmaster the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet
subtype: toast_mistress a woman toastmaster
instance: Edward_Vincent_Sullivan__Sullivan__Ed_Sullivan
subtype: performer__performing_artist an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
subtype: histrion__actor__player__thespian__role_player a theatrical performer
subtype: actress__actres a female actor
subtype: leading_lady__leadinglady actress who plays the leading female role
subtype: starlet a young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star
subtype: tragedienne an actress who specializes in tragic roles
instance: Tallulah_Bankhead__Bankhead Georgiana_Emma_Barrymore__Barrymore__Georgiana_Barrymore Ethel_Barrymore__Barrymore Ingrid_Bergman__Bergman Sarah_Bernhardt__Bernhardt__Henriette_Rosine_Bernard Shirley_Temple_Black__Black__Shirley_Temple Katherine_Cornell__Cornell Joan_Crawford__Crawford Bette_Davis__Davis Marlene_Dietrich__Dietrich__Maria_Magdalene_von_Losch Eleonora_Duse__Duse Jane_Fonda__Fonda Lynn_Fontanne__Fontanne Greta_Garbo__Garbo__Greta_Louisa_Gustafsson Judy_Garland__Garland Lillian_Gish__Gish Jean_Harlow__Harlow__Harlean_Carpenter Helen_Hayes__Hayes Katharine_Houghton_Hepburn__Hepburn__hepburn__Katharine_Hepburn Glenda_Jackson__Jackson Grace_Patricia_Kelly__Kelly__Grace_Kelly__Princess_Grace_of_Monaco Lillie_Langtry__Langtry__the_Jersey_Lillie__Emilie_Charlotte_le_Breton Gertrude_Lawrence__Lawrence Eva_Le_Gallienne__Le_Gallienne Vivien_Leigh__Leigh Beatrice_Lillie__Lillie__Lady_Peel Sophia_Loren__Loren__Sofia_Scicolone Mary_Martin__Martin Anna_Amalia_Mercouri__Mercouri__Melina_Mercouri Marilyn_Monroe__Monroe__Norma_Jean_Baker Alla_Nazimova__Nazimova Mary_Pickford__Pickford__Gladys_Smith Ginger_Rogers__Rogers__Virginia_McMath Moira_Shearer__Shearer Sarah_Kemble_Siddons__Siddons__Sarah_Siddons Cornelia_Otis_Skinner__Skinner Meryl_Streep__Streep Barbra_Joan_Streisand__Streisand__Barbra_Streisand Gloria_Swanson__Swanson__Gloria_May_Josephine_Svensson Elizabeth_Taylor__Taylor Dame_Alice_Ellen_Terry__Terry__Dame_Ellen_Terry Dame_Sybil_Thorndike__Thorndike Ethel_Waters__Waters Mae_West__West Natalie_Wood__Wood Loretta_Young__Young
subtype: barnstormer__playactor__trouper an actor who travels around the country presenting plays
subtype: character_actor__characteractor an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles
subtype: comedian an actor in a comedy
subtype: comedienne.comedian a female actor in a comedy
instance: Eleanor_Gwynn__Gwynn__Gywn__Gynne__Nell_Gwynn__Nell_Gywn__Nell_Gwynne__Eleanor_Gwyn__Eleanor_Gwynne
subtype: ham_actor__hamactor__ham an unskilled actor who overacts
subtype: heavy.histrion an actor who plays villainous roles
subtype: ingenue.histrion an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl
subtype: leading_man__leadingman actor who plays the leading male role
subtype: mime__mimer__mummer__pantomimer__pantomimist an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
instance: Marcel_Marceau__Marceau
subtype: plant.histrion an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
subtype: scene-stealer__scenestealer an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene; "babies are natural scene-stealers"
subtype: star.histrion__principal__lead an actor who plays a principal role
subtype: co-star one of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film
subtype: film_star__movie_star__moviestar a star who plays leading roles in the cinema
subtype: matinee_idol__matineeidol__idol someone who is adored blindly and excessively
subtype: heartthrob an object of infatuation
subtype: television_star__TV_star a star in a television show
subtype: supernumerary__spear_carrier__spearcarrier__extra a minor actor in crowd scenes
subtype: tragedian.histrion one who specializes in tragic roles
subtype: understudy__standby an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
subtype: upstager a selfish actor who upstages the other actors
subtype: walk-on plays a small part in a dramatic production
instance: Allen_Stewart_Konigsberg__Allen__Woody_Allen Fred_Astaire__Astaire Maurice_Barrymore__Barrymore__Herbert_Blythe Lionel_Barrymore__Barrymore John_Barrymore__Barrymore Humphrey_DeForest_Bogart__Bogart__Humphrey_Bogart John_Wilkes_Booth__Booth Richard_Burbage__Burbage__burbage Richard_Burton__Burton Jimmy_Cagney__Cagney__James_Cagney Maurice_Chevalier__Chevalier Frank_Cooper__Cooper__Gary_Cooper Sir_Noel_Pierce_Coward__Coward__Noel_Coward Harry_Lillis_Crosby__Crosby__Bing_Crosby James_Byron_Dean__Dean__James_Dean Robert_De_Niro__De_Niro Gerard_Depardieu__Depardieu John_Drew__Drew Douglas_Elton_Fairbanks__Fairbanks__Douglas_Fairbanks__Julius_Ullman Douglas_Fairbanks_Jr.__Fairbanks Henry_Fonda__Fonda William_Clark_Gable__Gable__gable__Clark_Gable David_Garrick__Garrick__garrick Mel_Columcille_Gerard_Gibson__Gibson__Mel_Gibson Arthur_John_Gielgud__Gielgud__Sir_John_Gielgud Cary_Grant__Grant Harley_Granville-Barker__Granville-Barker Sir_Alec_Guinness__Guinness__Alec_Guinness Thomas_J._Hanks__Hanks__Tom_Hanks Reginald_Carey_Harrison__Harrison__Rex_Harrison__Sir_Rex_Harrison John_Heming__Heming__Hemminge__John_Hemminge Dustin_Hoffman__Hoffman Sir_Anthony_Philip_Hopkins__Hopkins__Anthony_Hopkins__Sir_Anthony_Hopkins Leslie_Howard_Stainer__Howard__Leslie_Howard Al_Jolson__Jolson__Asa_Yoelson Boris_Karloff__Karloff__William_Henry_Pratt Edmund_Kean__Kean Joseph_Francis_Keaton__Keaton__Buster_Keaton Eugene_Curran_Kelly__Kelly__Gene_Kelly Charles_Laughton__Laughton Lee_Yuen_Kam__Lee__Bruce_Lee Jack_Lemmon__Lemmon__John_Uhler Harold_Clayton_Lloyd__Lloyd__Harold_Lloyd Peter_Lorre__Lorre__Laszlo_Lowestein Bela_Lugosi__Lugosi__Bela_Ferenc_Blasko Alfred_Lunt__Lunt E._G._Marshall__Marshall Steve_Martin__Martin James_Neville_Mason__Mason__James_Mason Robert_Mitchum__Mitchum Dudley_Stuart_John_Moore__Moore__Dudley_Moore Paul_Newman__Newman Sir_Laurence_Kerr_Olivier__Olivier__Laurence_Olivier__Baron_Olivier_of_Birghton Peter_Seamus_O'Toole__O'Toole__Peter_O'Toole Sidney_Poitier__Poitier Charles_Robert_Redford__Redford__Robert_Redford Sir_Ralph_David_Richardson__Richardson__Ralph_Richardson Edward_Goldenberg_Robinson__Robinson__Edward_G._Robinson George_C._Scott__Scott Peter_Sellers__Sellers Francis_Albert_Sinatra__Sinatra__Frank_Sinatra Otis_Skinner__Skinner Konstantin_Sergeevich_Stanislavsky__Stanislavsky__Konstantin_Stanislavsky__Konstantin_Sergevich_Alekseev James_Maitland_Stewart__Stewart__Jimmy_Stewart Erich_von_Stroheim__Stroheim Spencer_Tracy__Tracy Sir_Herbert_Beerbohm_Tree__Tree Peter_Alexander_Ustinov__Ustinov__Sir_Peter_Ustinov John_Wayne__Wayne__Duke_Wayne George_Orson_Welles__Welles__Orson_Welles
subtype: artiste a public performer (a dancer or singer)
subtype: baton_twirler__batontwirler__twirler someone who twirls a baton
subtype: drum_majorette.baton_twirler__drummajorette a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band
subtype: comic__comedian a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comic acts
subtype: merry_andrew__merryandrew__clown__buffoon a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
subtype: harlequin a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
subtype: jester__fool a professional clown employed to to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages
subtype: whiteface a clown whose face is covered with white make-up
subtype: zany a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
instance: Emmett_Kelly__Kelly__Weary_Willie
subtype: comedienne a female comedian
subtype: gagman__standup_comedian__standupcomedian a comedian who uses gags
subtype: jokester__joker a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes
subtype: top_banana__topbanana the leading comedian in a burlesque show
instance: George_Burns__Burns__Nathan_Birnbaum Sir_Charles_Spencer_Chaplin__Chaplin__Charlie_Chaplin Jimmy_Durante__Durante W._C._Fields__Fields__William_Claude_Dukenfield Oliver_Hardy__Hardy Benny_Hill__Hill__Alfred_Hawthorne Leslie_Townes_Hope__Hope__Bob_Hope Joseph_Francis_Keaton__Keaton__Buster_Keaton Sir_Harry_MacLennan_Lauder__Lauder__Harry_Lauder Arthur_Stanley_Jefferson_Laurel__Laurel__Stan_Laurel Steve_Martin__Martin Julius_Marx__Groucho__groucho__marx Leonard_Marx__Chico__Marx Arthur_Marx__Harpo__Marx Herbert_Marx__Zeppo__Marx Dudley_Stuart_John_Moore__Moore__Dudley_Moore
subtype: rodeo_rider__rodeorider__cowboy a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
subtype: professional_dancer__dancer a performer who dances
subtype: ballet_dancer a dancer who is a member of a ballet company
subtype: ballerina__danseuse a female ballet dancer
subtype: prima_ballerina__primaballerina a leading female ballet dancer
subtype: danseur_noble__danseurnoble__danseur a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina
subtype: ballet_master a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company
subtype: baller_mistress a woman who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company
subtype: belly_dancer__bellydancer__exotic_dancer a woman who performs a solo Oriental dance using exaggerated abdominal movements
subtype: chorus_girl__showgirl__chorine a woman who dances in a chorus line
subtype: hoofer__stepper a professional dancer
subtype: nautch_girl a professional dancing girl in India
subtype: tap_dancer__tapdancer a dancer who who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes
subtype: taxi_dancer a woman employed to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance
instance: Alicia_Alonso__Alonso Fred_Astaire__Astaire George_Balanchine__Balanchine Mikhail_Baryshnikov__Baryshnikov Merce_Cunningham__Cunningham Agnes_George_De_Mille__De_Mille__Agnes_De_Mille Isadora_Duncan__Duncan Dame_Margot_Fonteyn__Fonteyn Martha_Graham__Graham Judith_Jamison__Jamison Tamara_Karsavina__Karsavina Eugene_Curran_Kelly__Kelly__Gene_Kelly Dame_Alicia_Markova__Markova__Lilian_Alicia_Marks Leonide_Fedorovitch_Massine__leonidefedorovitchmassine__Massine__Leonid_Fyodorovich_Myasin Arthur_Mitchell__Mitchell Lola_Montez__Montez__Marie_Dolores_Eliza_Rosanna_Gilbert Vaslav_Nijinsky__Nijinsky__Waslaw_Nijinsky Rudolf_Nureyev__Nureyev Anna_Pavlova__Pavlova Ginger_Rogers__Rogers__Virginia_McMath Salome Ted_Shawn__Shawn Moira_Shearer__Shearer Ruth_St._Denis__St._Denis__Saint_Denis__Ruth_Saint_Denis Maria_Tallchief__Tallchief Twyla_Tharp__Tharp Antony_Tudor__Tudor Galina_Sergeevna_Ulanova__Ulanova__Galina_Ulanova Gaetan_Vestris__Vestris
subtype: executant a performer (usually of musical works)
subtype: fire-swallower__fire-eater a performer who pretends to swallow fire
subtype: fire_walker someone who walks barefoot on burning coals
subtype: headliner__star a performer who receives prominent billing
subtype: juggler a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity
subtype: magician__prestidigitator__conjurer__conjuror__illusionist someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
subtype: escapologist__escape_expert someone who is expert in the art of escaping
subtype: mind_reader__telepathist__thoughtreader a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice)
subtype: minstrel a performer in a minstrel show
subtype: corner_man__end_man__endman a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor
subtype: interlocutor__middleman the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
subtype: monologist an entertainer who performs along
subtype: instrumentalist__musician__player someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
subtype: accompanist__accompanyist a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano)
subtype: bandsman a player in a band (especially a military band)
subtype: bassoonist a musician who plays the bassoon
subtype: bell_ringer__bellringer someone who plays musical handbells
subtype: carillonneur a musician who plays a carillon
subtype: cellist some who plays a violoncello
instance: Pablo_Casals__Casals
subtype: clarinetist__clarinettist a musician who plays the clarinet
instance: Benjamin_David_Goodman__Goodman__goodman__Benny_Goodman__the_King_of_Swing
subtype: flutist__flute_player__fluteplayer someone who plays the flute
subtype: guitarist__guitar_player a musician who plays the guitar
instance: James_Marshall_Hendrix__Hendrix__Jimi_Hendrix Riley_B_King__King__B._B._King Andres_Segovia__Segovia__segovia
subtype: harpist__harper someone who plays the harp
subtype: harpsichordist someone who plays the harpsichord
instance: Wanda_Landowska__Landowska
subtype: jazz_musician__jazzman a musician who plays or composes jazz music
subtype: syncopator a musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band); "they called themselves the Dixie Syncopators"
instance: Louis_Armstrong__Armstrong__Satchmo Miles_Dewey_Davis_Jr.__Davis__Miles_Davis Edward_Kennedy_Ellington__Ellington__Duke_Ellington Lionel_Hampton__Hampton__hampton Woodrow_Charles_Herman__Herman__Woody_Herman Thelonious_Sphere_Monk__Monk__Thelonious_Monk Ferdinand_Joseph_La_Menthe_Morton__Morton__Jelly_Roll_Morton King_Oliver__Oliver__Joseph_Oliveer Arthur_Tatum__Tatum__Art_Tatum Thomas_Wright_Waller__Waller__Fats_Waller
subtype: koto_player a (Japanese) musician who plays the koto
subtype: lutist__lutanist__lutenist a musician who plays the lute
subtype: oboist a musician who plays the oboe
subtype: organist a person who plays an organ
instance: Johann_Sebastian_Bach__Bach Albert_Schweitzer__Schweitzer
subtype: percussionist a musician who plays percussion instruments
subtype: drummer someone who plays a drum
subtype: tympanist__timpanist a person who plays the kettledrums
instance: Ringo_Starr__Starr__Richard_Starkey
subtype: xylophonist someone who plays a xylophone
subtype: pianist__piano_player__pianoplayer a person who plays the piano
instance: Frederic_Francois_Chopin__Chopin Karl_Czerny__Czerny Dame_Myra_Hess__Hess Vladimir_Horowitz__Horowitz Jerry_Lee_Lewis__Lewis Franz_Liszt__Liszt Ignace_Jan_Paderewski__Paderewski Sergei_Vasilievich_Rachmaninoff__Rachmaninoff__Sergei_Rachmaninoff__Rachmaninov__Sergei_Rachmaninov__Sergei_Vasilievich_Rachmaninov Anton_Grigorevich_Rubinstein__Rubinstein__Anton_Gregor_Rubinstein Arthur_Rubinstein__Rubinstein__Artur_Rubinstein Artur_Schnabel__Schnabel Rudolf_Serkin__Serkin
subtype: piper__bagpiper someone who plays the bagpipe
subtype: pipe_major the chief piper in a band of bagpipes
subtype: recorder_player someone who plays the recorder
subtype: rhythm_and_blues_musician a performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues music
instance: Antoine_Domino__Domino__Fats_Domino
subtype: rock_'n'_roll_musician__rocker a performer (or composer) of rock music
subtype: rock_star a famous singer of rock music
instance: Charles_Edward_Berry__Berry__Chuck_Berry William_John_Clifton_Haley_Jr.__Haley__Bill_Haley George_Harrison__Harrison Buddy_Holly__Holly__Charles_Hardin_Holley Michael_Philip_Jagger__Jagger__Mick_Jagger John_Lennon__Lennon Jerry_Lee_Lewis__Lewis Sir_James_Paul_McCartney__McCartney__Paul_McCartney James_Douglas_Morrison__Morrison__Jim_Morrison Elvis_Aron_Presley__Presley__Elvis_Presley Ringo_Starr__Starr__Richard_Starkey
subtype: saxophonist a musician who plays the saxophone
instance: Coleman_Hawkins__colemanhawkin__Hawkins Charles_Christopher_Parker__Parker__Charlie_Parker__Yardbird_Parker__Bird_Parker Lester_Willis_Young__Young__Pres_Young
subtype: singer__vocalist__vocalizer__vocaliser a person who sings
subtype: alto.singer a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
subtype: countertenor a male singer with a voice above that of a tenor
subtype: baritone__barytone a male singer
subtype: basso__bass an adult male singer with the lowest voice
subtype: canary (informal) a female singer
subtype: caroler__caroller a singer of carols
subtype: castrato a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice
subtype: chorister a singer in a choir
subtype: choirboy a boy who sings in a choir
subtype: contralto a woman singer having a contralto voice
instance: Marian_Anderson__Anderson Ernestine_Schumann-Heink__Schumann-Heink
subtype: crooner__balladeer a singer of popular ballads
instance: Harry_Lillis_Crosby__Crosby__Bing_Crosby Francis_Albert_Sinatra__Sinatra__Frank_Sinatra
subtype: folk_singer__jongleur__minstrel__poet-singer__troubadour a singer of folk songs
instance: Woodrow_Wilson_Guthrie__Guthrie__Woody_Guthrie Peter_Seeger__Seeger__Pete_Seeger
subtype: hummer a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words
subtype: lieder_singer a singer of lieder
subtype: madrigalist a singer of madrigals
subtype: opera_star__operastar__operatic_star singer of lead role in an opera
subtype: diva__prima_donna a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
subtype: rock_star a famous singer of rock music
subtype: songster a person who sings
subtype: songstress a woman songster (especially of popular songs)
subtype: soprano a female singer
subtype: coloratura_soprano__coloratura a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music
instance: Maria_Meneghini_Callas__Callas__Maria_Callas Dame_Nellie_Melba__Melba__Helen_Porter_Mitchell
subtype: mezzo__mezzo-soprano a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto
instance: Eileen_Farrell__Farrell Jenny_Lind__Lind__Swedish_Nightingale Marta_Brigit_Nilsson__Nilsson__Brigit_Nilsson Jessye_Norman__Norman Mary_Leontyne_Price__Price__Leontyne_Price Beverly_Sills__Sills Dame_Joan_Sutherland__Sutherland__Joan_Sutherland Renata_Tebaldi__Tebaldi Dame_Kiri_Janette_Te_Kanawa__Te_Kanawa__Dame_Kiri_Te_Kanawa Helen_Traubel__Traubel
subtype: tenor an adult male with a tenor voice
instance: Enrico_Caruso__Caruso Placido_Domingo__Domingo__domingo John_McCormick__McCormick Lauritz_Lebrecht_Hommel_Melchior__Melchior__Lauritz_Melchior Luciano_Pavarotti__Pavarotti
subtype: thrush.singer (informal) a woman who sings popular songs
subtype: torch_singer__torchsinger a singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch songs
subtype: voice.singer (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"
subtype: yodeller a singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs)
instance: Pearl_Mae_Bailey__Bailey__Pearl_Bailey Maurice_Chevalier__Chevalier Marlene_Dietrich__Dietrich__Maria_Magdalene_von_Losch Bob_Dylan__Dylan Ella_Fitzgerald__Fitzgerald Judy_Garland__Garland Julio_Iglesias__Iglesias Mahalia_Jackson__Jackson Michael_Joe_Jackson__Jackson__Michael_Jackson Al_Jolson__Jolson__Asa_Yoelson Janis_Joplin__Joplin Riley_B_King__King__B._B._King Sir_Harry_MacLennan_Lauder__Lauder__Harry_Lauder Madonna_Louise_Ciccone__Madonna Robert_Nesta_Marley__Marley__Bob_Marley Dean_Martin__Dino_Paul_Crocetti__Martin Ethel_Merman__Merman Roy_Orbison__Orbison Edith_Piaf__Piaf__Edith_Giovanna_Gassion__Little_Sparrow Paul_Bustill_Robeson__Robeson__robeson__paulrobeson Paul_Simon__Simon Bessie_Smith__Smith Kathryn_Elizabeth_Smith__Smith__Kate_Smith Barbra_Joan_Streisand__Streisand__Barbra_Streisand Sarah_Vaughan__Vaughan Ethel_Waters__Waters Tammy_Wynette__Wynette__Tammy_Wynetter_Pugh
subtype: sitar_player__sitarplayer a musician who plays the sitar
instance: Ravi_Shankar__Shankar
subtype: soloist a musician who performs a solo
subtype: recitalist a musician who gives recitals
subtype: trombonist__trombone_player a musician who plays the trombone
subtype: cornetist__trumpeter a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
subtype: bugler someone who plays a bugle
instance: Louis_Armstrong__Armstrong__Satchmo John_Birks_Gillespie__Gillespie__Dizzy_Gillespie
subtype: violinist__fiddler a musician who plays the violin
instance: Georges_Enesco__Enesco__George_Enescu Stephane_Grappelli__Grappelli Fritz_Kreisler__Kreisler Sir_Yehudi_Menuhin__Menuhin__Yehudi_Menuhin Niccolo_Paganini__Paganini Isaac_Stern__Stern Antonio_Lucio_Vivaldi__Vivaldi__Antonio_Vivaldi Efrem_Zimbalist__Zimbalist Pinchas_Zukerman__Zukerman
subtype: puppeteer one who operates puppets or marionettes
instance: Jim_Henson__Henson
subtype: Savoyard.performer__savoyard a person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan
subtype: snake_charmer a performer who uses movements and music to control snakes
subtype: straight_man a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian
subtype: stripper__striptease_artist__striptease__stripteaser__exotic_dancer__ecdysiast__peeler a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
instance: Gypsy_Rose_Lee__Lee__Rose_Louise_Hovick
subtype: vaudevillian a performer who works in vaudeville
instance: George_Burns__Burns__Nathan_Birnbaum Sophie_Tucker__Tucker
subtype: ventriloquist a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy
subtype: pleaser a pleasing entertainer; "he is quite the crowd pleaser"
subtype: expert a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully
subtype: adept__ace__maven__virtuoso__genius__hotshot__star__whiz__whizz__wizard__wiz someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
subtype: track_star__trackstar a star runner
subtype: agronomist an expert in soil management and field-crop production
subtype: all-rounder__allrounder__all_arounder__allarounder a versatile person who is expert at many things; "she's the best all-rounder they've seen in years"
subtype: analyst someone who is skilled at analyzing data
subtype: intelligence_analyst a government analyst of information about an enemy or potential enemy
subtype: assayer an analyst who assays (performs chemical tests on) metals
subtype: systems_analyst__systemsanalyst a person skilled at systems analysis
subtype: analyst.expert an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions
subtype: credit_analyst an analyst who studies the financial statements and financial history of applicants for credit in order to evaluate their creditworthiness
subtype: financial_analyst__financialanalyst__securities_analyst an analyst who studies the financial performance of corporations
subtype: industry_analyst an analyst of conditions affecting a particular industry
subtype: oil-industry_analyst an analyst of the oil industry
subtype: market_analyst an analyst of conditions affecting a market (especially the stock market)
subtype: anatomist an expert in anatomy
subtype: comparative_anatomist__comparativeanatomist anatomist who compares the anatomy of different animals
instance: Sir_Richard_Owen__Owen
subtype: histologist anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues
instance: Camillo_Golgi__Golgi Marcello_Malpighi__Malpighi Santiago_Ramon_y_Cajal__Ramon_y_Cajal Theodor_Schwann__Schwann
instance: Bartolommeo_Eustachio__Eustachio Herbert_McLean_Evans__Evans Galen Georg_Meissner__Meissner Johannes_Peter_Muller__Muller Andreas_Vesalius__Vesalius Kaspar_Friedrich_Wolff__Wolff
subtype: antiquary__antiquarian an expert or collector of antiquities
subtype: arbiter__supreme_authority__supremeauthority someone with the power to settle matters at will; "she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion"
subtype: archer__bowman a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow
subtype: longbowman a medieval English archer who used a longbow
instance: William_Tell__Tell
subtype: authority.expert an expert whose views are taken as definitive; "he is an authority on corporate law"
subtype: adviser__advisor__consultant an expert who gives advice
subtype: amicus_curiae__friend_of_the_court an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest
subtype: backroom_boy__brain_truster__braintruster an expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official status
subtype: beauty_consultant someone who gives you advice about your personal appearance
subtype: counselor__counsellor some who gives advice about problems
subtype: Dutch_uncle a counselor who admonishes frankly and sternly
instance: Nestor
subtype: county_agent__agricultural_agent__extension_agent__extensionagent an advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics
subtype: fashion_consultant__fashionconsultant__fashionmonger someone who advises you about fashionable clothing
subtype: investment_adviser__investment_advisor someone who advises others how to invest their money
subtype: management_consultant adviser to business about efficient management practices
subtype: media_consultant__mediaconsultant__medai_guru__medaiguru someone who advises about the use of communication media
subtype: security_consultant an adviser about alarm systems to prevent burglaries
subtype: tipster__tout one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
subtype: Church_Father__Father an early writer accepted as an authority on the teachings and practices of the Christian church
subtype: connoisseur__cognoscenti an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts
subtype: esthete__aesthete one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature
subtype: oenophile__oenophilist__wine_lover a connoisseur of fine wines; a grape nut
subtype: evaluator__judge an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
subtype: valuator__appraiser one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things
subtype: valuer (Brit) someone who assesses the monetary worth of possessions
subtype: critic.evaluator anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
subtype: appraiser__authenticator one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity
subtype: drama_critic__dramacritic__theater_critic__theatercritic a critic of theatrical performances
instance: Alexander_Woollcott__Woollcott
subtype: grader a judge who assigns grades to something
subtype: wool_sorter__wool_stapler a person who sorts wool into different grades
subtype: music_critic__musiccritic a critic of musical performances
instance: Joseph_Deems_Taylor__Taylor__Deems_Taylor
subtype: panelist__panellist a member of a panel
subtype: juror__juryman__jurywoman someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury
subtype: foreperson the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf
subtype: foreman a man who is foreperson of a jury
subtype: forelady__forewoman a woman who is foreperson of a jury
subtype: petit_juror__petitjuror__petty_juror__pettyjuror a member of a petit jury
subtype: reviewer__referee__reader someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
subtype: scanner.reviewer someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables
subtype: taster__tastetester__sampler someone who samples food or drink for its quality
subtype: wine_taster a taster who evaluates the quality of wines
subtype: liturgist an authority on liturgies
subtype: master.authority__professional an authority qualified to teach apprentices
subtype: past_master.master__pastmaster someone who was formerly a master
subtype: black_belt.expert__blackbelt a person who attained the rank of expert in the martial arts (judo or karate)
subtype: calculator__reckoner__figurer__computer an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
subtype: number_cruncher.calculator__numbercruncher someone able to perform complex and lengthy calculations
subtype: statistician__actuary someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)
subtype: surveyor.statistician someone who conducts a statistical survey
subtype: computer_expert__computer_guru an authority on computers and computing
subtype: UNIX_guru an expert on the UNIX operating system
subtype: cosmetologist an expert in the use of cosmetics
subtype: efficiency_expert__efficiency_engineer an expert in increasing the efficient use of machines and personnel
subtype: genealogist an expert in genealogy
subtype: geographer an expert on geography
subtype: cartographer__map_maker__mapmaker a person who makes maps
instance: Sebastian_Cabot__Cabot
instance: Gerardus_Mercator__Mercator__Gerhard_Kremer
subtype: horticulturist an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
subtype: nurseryman__gardener someone who takes care of a garden
subtype: transplanter a gardener who moves plants to new locations
instance: Luther_Burbank__Burbank
subtype: investigator someone who investigates
subtype: claims_adjuster__adjuster__adjustor__claims_adjustor__claim_agent__claimagent one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement
subtype: coroner__medical_examiner__medicalexaminer a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes
subtype: detective an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
subtype: private_detective__privatedetective__PI__private_eye__privateeye__private_investigator__privateinvestigator__operative__shamus__sherlock someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
subtype: hotel_detective__hoteldetective__house_detective__housedetective__house_dick__housedick a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store
subtype: inquiry_agent__inquiryagent (British) a private detective
subtype: store_detective__storedetective a private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage
subtype: sleuth__sleuthhound a detective who follows a trail
subtype: examiner__inspector an investigator who observes carefully; "the examiner searched for clues"
subtype: bank_examiner an official appointed to audit the accounts of banks in a given jurisdiction
subtype: checker one who checks the correctness of something
subtype: scrutinizer__scrutiniser a careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care
subtype: scrutineer (British) someone who examines votes at an election
subtype: ombudsman a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government
instance: Samuel_Wiesenthal__Wiesenthal
subtype: jurist__legal_expert__legalexpert a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations
subtype: Mufti a jurist who interprets Muslim law
instance: Jeremy_Bentham__Bentham Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.__Holmes Charles_Evans_Hughes__Hughes John_Jay__Jay John_Marshall__Marshall William_Hubbs_Rehnquist__Rehnquist__William_Rehnquist Harlan_Fiske_Stone__Stone Frederick_Moore_Vinson__Vinson Earl_Warren__Warren
subtype: lapidary__lapidarist an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them
subtype: logician__logistician a person skilled at symbolic logic
subtype: dialectician a logician skilled in dialectic
subtype: syllogist__syllogizer__syllogiser logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning
instance: William_Stanley_Jevons__Jevons Charles_Franklin_Peirce__Peirce__Charles_Peirce Willard_Van_Orman_Quine__Quine Bertrand_Arthur_William_Russell__Russell__russell__Bertrand_Russell__Earl_Russell John_Venn__Venn
subtype: mnemonist an expert in the use of mnemonics; someone able to perform unusual feats of memory
subtype: mythologist an expert on mythology
instance: Joseph_Campbell__Campbell
subtype: observer__commentator an expert who observes and comments on something
subtype: annotator a commentator who writes notes to a text
subtype: out-and-outer__outandouter (slang) someone who is excellent at something
subtype: parliamentarian an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures
instance: Henry_Martin_Robert__Robert
subtype: past_master someone who has long and thorough experience in a given activity
subtype: prosthetist an expert in prosthetics
subtype: scout__pathfinder__guide someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
subtype: hunting_guide__huntingguide guide to people hunting in unfamiliar territory
subtype: shark.expert a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways; "a card shark"
subtype: shot.expert__shooter a person who shoots (as regards their ability); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter"
subtype: marksman__sharpshooter__crack_shot__crackshot someone skilled in shooting
subtype: franc-tireur__franctireur a sharpshooter (in the French army)
subtype: rifleman someone skilled in the use of a rifle
subtype: sniper a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place
subtype: gunman__gun a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
subtype: trapshooter a person who engages in shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled into the air by a trap
subtype: specialist__specializer an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
subtype: enologist__oenologist__fermentologist a specialist in wine making
subtype: attache a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission
subtype: cultural_attache an attache who is a specialist in cultural matters
subtype: military_attache an attache who is a specialist in military matters
subtype: canonist a specialist in canon law
subtype: criminologist a specialist in criminology
instance: Alphonse_Bertillon__Bertillon
subtype: dietician__dietitian__nutritionist a specialist in the study of nutrition
subtype: educationist__educationalist a specialist in the theory of education
subtype: fingerprint_expert__fingerprintexpert__fingerprint_specialist__fingerprintspecialist__fingerprint_man__fingerprintman a specialist in identifying fingerprints
subtype: graphologist__handwriting_expert__handwritingexpert a specialist in inferring character from handwriting
subtype: interior_designer__designer__interior_decorator__house_decorator__housedecorator__room_decorator__decorator a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings
instance: Charles_Eames__Eames
subtype: meteorologist a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
subtype: weatherman__weather_forecaster__weatherforecaster predicts the weather
subtype: optometrist__oculist a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
subtype: orientalist a specialist in oriental subjects
subtype: tree_surgeon__arborist a specialist in treating damaged trees
subtype: talent a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
subtype: technician.expert someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique
subtype: therapist__healer a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
subtype: naprapath a therapist who practices naprapathy
subtype: alleviator a therapist who makes suffering more endurable
subtype: chiropractor a therapist who practices chiropractic
subtype: electrotherapist someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity
subtype: herbalist__herbdoctor a therapist who heals by the use of herbs
subtype: naturopath a therapist who practices naturopathy
subtype: osteopath__osteopathist a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles
subtype: physical_therapist__physiotherapist therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder
subtype: massager someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation
subtype: masseur a male massager
subtype: masseuse a female massager
subtype: psychotherapist__clinical_psychologist a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
subtype: speech_therapist a therapist who treats speech defects and disorders
subtype: old-timer__oldtimer__veteran__old_hand__oldhand__warhorse__old_stager__oldstager__stager an experienced person; someone who has given long service
subtype: face.person (synecdoche) a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces"
subtype: good_person a person who is good to other people
subtype: benefactor__helper a person who helps people or institutions
subtype: benefactress a woman benefactor
subtype: bondsman__bondswoman someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
subtype: donor.benefactor__giver__presenter person who makes a gift of property
subtype: abnegator one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something
subtype: almsgiver a person who gives alms
subtype: Indian_giver one who ask you to return the present he has given you
subtype: philanthropist__altruist someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
instance: Andrew_Carnegie__Carnegie Peter_Cooper__Cooper Ezra_Cornell__Cornell Solomon_Guggenheim__Guggenheim John_Harvard__Harvard Milton_Snavely_Hershey__Hershey Hopkins__Johns_Hopkins Andrew_William_Mellon__Mellon__Andrew_Mellon__Andrew_W._Mellon Alfred_Bernhard_Nobel__Nobel__Alfred_Nobel First_Viscount_Nuffield__Nuffield__William_Richard_Morris John_Davison_Rockefeller__Rockefeller__John_D._Rockefeller Cornelius_Vanderbilt__Vanderbilt__Commodore_VAnderbilt Elihu_Yale__Yale
subtype: subscriber__contributor someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money
subtype: subsidizer__subsidiser someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy
subtype: tipper a person who leaves a tip; "a generous tipper"
subtype: donor (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)
subtype: blood_donor someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions
subtype: universal_donor a person whose type O Rh-negative blood may be safely transfused into persons with other blood types
subtype: organ_donor__organdonor someone from whom an organ is taken for transplantation
subtype: good_Samaritan__Samaritan a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble
subtype: humanitarian__do-gooder__improver someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
subtype: liberator someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
subtype: emancipator__manumitter someone who frees others from bondage; "Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator"
subtype: obliger__accommodator someone who performs a service or does a favor
subtype: offerer__offeror someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection
subtype: patron__sponsor__supporter someone who supports or champions something
subtype: backer__angel invests in a theatrical production
subtype: godfather someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild
subtype: godparent a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism
subtype: godfather.godparent any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism
subtype: godmother any woman who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism
subtype: guarantor__surety__warrantor__warranter one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another
subtype: patroness__patrones a woman who is a patron
subtype: provider someone who provides the means for subsistence
subtype: savior__saviour__rescuer__deliverer a person who rescues you from harm or danger
subtype: messiah__christ any expected deliverer
subtype: sparer someone who refrains from injuring or destroying
subtype: uncle.benefactor a source of help and advice and encouragement; "he played uncle to lonely students"
subtype: brick.good_person a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
subtype: giver someone who devotes themselves completely; "there are no greater givers than those who give themselves"
subtype: plaster_saint__plastersaint a person (considered to be) without human failings; "he's no plaster saint"
subtype: holy_man__saint__holy_person__angel person of exceptional holiness
subtype: Buddha one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment
subtype: fakir__fakeer__faqir__faquir a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
subtype: dervish an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
subtype: whirling_dervish__whirler a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling
subtype: square_shooter__straight_shooter__straight_arrow a frank and honest person
subtype: sweetheart any well-liked individual; "he's a sweetheart"
subtype: individualist a person who pursues independent thought or action
subtype: dropout.individualist someone who withdraws from a social group or environment
subtype: loner__lone_wolf__lone_hand a person who avoids the company or assistance of others
subtype: hermit__recluse__solitudinarian__troglodyte one who lives in solitude
instance: John_the_Baptist
subtype: mugwump__independent a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
subtype: night_owl__nightowl__nighthawk__nightbird a person who likes to be active late at night
subtype: nudist__naturist a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion
subtype: withdrawer.individualist an individualist who withdraws from social interaction
subtype: inhabitant__dweller__denizen a person who inhabits a particular place
subtype: Australian__Aussie a native or inhabitant of Australia
subtype: Australian_Aborigine__Aborigine__Abo__Aboriginal__native_Australian a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
subtype: Australian_researcher
instance: nataliya@dstc.edu.au p.eklund@gu.edu.au peter.deer@dsto.defence.gov.au r.cole@gu.edu.au t.tilley@gu.edu.au daniel.goodburn@dsto.defence.gov.au
subtype: Austronesian a native or inhabitant of Austronesia
subtype: Nauruan a native or inhabitant of Nauru
subtype: Polynesian a native or inhabitant of Polynesia
subtype: Fijian.Polynesian__fijian a native or inhabitant of Fiji
subtype: Samoan a native or inhabitant of the Samoan Islands
subtype: Tahitian.Polynesian__tahitian a native or inhabitant of Tahiti
subtype: Tongan a native or inhabitant of Tonga
subtype: New_Zealander a native or inhabitant of New Zealand
subtype: American a native or inhabitant of the United States
subtype: African-American__Afro-American an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
subtype: Creole a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States especially Louisiana
subtype: Anglo-American an American who was born in England or whose ancestors were English
subtype: Alabaman__Alabamian a resident of Alabama
subtype: Alaskan a resident of Alaska
subtype: Arizonan__Arizonian a resident of Arizona
subtype: Arkansan__Arkansawyer a resident of Arkansas
subtype: Bay_Stater a resident of Massachusetts
subtype: Californian a resident of California
subtype: Carolinian a resident of the Carolinas
subtype: Coloradan a resident of Colorado
subtype: Connecticuter a resident of Connecticut
subtype: Delawarean__Delawarian a resident of Delaware
subtype: Floridian a resident of Florida
subtype: Franco-American an American who was born in France or whose ancestors were French
subtype: German_American an American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German
subtype: Georgian a resident of the American state of Georgia
subtype: Hawaiian.American__hawaiian a resident of Hawaii
subtype: Idahoan a resident of Idaho
subtype: Illinoisan a resident of Illinois
subtype: Indianan__Hoosier a resident of Indiana
subtype: Iowan a resident of Iowa
subtype: Kansan a resident of Kansas
subtype: Kentuckian a resident of Kentucky
subtype: Louisianan__Louisianian a resident of Louisiana
subtype: Mainer__Down_Easter a resident of Maine
subtype: Michigander__Wolverine a resident of Michigan
subtype: Minnesotan a resident of Minnesota
subtype: Mississippian a resident of Mississippi
subtype: Missourian a resident of Missouri
subtype: Montanan a resident of Montana
subtype: Nebraskan__Cornhusker a resident of Nebraska
subtype: Nevadan a resident of Nevada
subtype: New_Hampshirite a resident of New Hampshire
subtype: New_Yorker a resident of New York
subtype: East-sider a resident of the east side of Manhattan in New York City
subtype: West-sider a resident of the west side of Manhattan in New York City
subtype: North_Carolinian a resident of North Carolina
subtype: North_Dakotan a resident of North Dakota
subtype: Ohioan__Buckeye a resident of Ohio
subtype: Oregonian a resident of Oregon
subtype: Pennsylvanian a resident of Pennsylvania
subtype: Rhode_Islander a resident of Rhode Island
subtype: South_Carolinian a resident of South Carolina
subtype: South_Dakotan a resident of South Dakota
subtype: Tennessean a resident of Tennessee
subtype: Texan a resident of Texas
subtype: Utahan a resident of Utah
subtype: Vermonter a resident of Vermont
subtype: Virginian a resident of Virginia
subtype: Washingtonian a resident of the state of Washington
subtype: Washingtonian.American__washingtonian a resident of the city of Washington
subtype: West_Virginian a resident of West Virginia
subtype: Wisconsinite a resident of Wisconsin
subtype: Wyomingite a resident of Wyoming
subtype: Puerto_Rican a resident of Puerto Rico
subtype: Yankee-Doodle__Yankee__Yank an American
subtype: New_Englander__Yankee__Yank an American who lives in New England
subtype: Yankee__Yank__Northerner an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
subtype: Federal_soldier__Federal__Union_soldier a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
subtype: Southerner an American who lives in the South
subtype: Confederate a supporter of the Confederate States of America
subtype: Confederate_soldier a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
subtype: bushwhacker a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
subtype: Rebel__Reb__Johnny_Reb__Johnny__grayback (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms
subtype: Spanish_American__Hispanic_American__Hispanic__Latino an American whose first language was Spanish
subtype: Tory an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
subtype: Alsatian a native or inhabitant of Alsace
subtype: borderer an inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England)
subtype: cottager__cottage_dweller someone who lives in a cottage
subtype: easterner an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S.
subtype: islander__island-dweller an inhabitant of an island
subtype: landlubber__landsman__landman a person who lives and works on land
subtype: liver.inhabitant someone who lives in a place; "a liver in cities"
subtype: Northerner an inhabitant of the North
subtype: Occidental a native inhabitant of the Occident
subtype: Philistine a non-Semitic inhabitant of ancient Philistia
subtype: plainsman an inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plains of North America)
subtype: resident__occupant__occupier someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
subtype: Latin_American__Spanish_American a resident of Latin America
subtype: spic__spik__spick ethnic slur; offensive terms for persons of Latin American descent
subtype: criollo.Latin_American a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish); "Mexico is a country of mestizos, criollos, and indigenes"
subtype: coaster.resident a resident of a coastal area
subtype: colonial a resident of a colony
subtype: dalesman a person who lives in the dales of Northern England
subtype: Galilean__Galilaean a resident of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ)
subtype: inmate one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)
subtype: metropolitan a person who lives in a metropolis
subtype: outlier.resident a person who lives away from his place of work
subtype: owner-occupier__owneroccupier a occupant who owns the home that he/she lives in
subtype: sojourner a temporary resident
subtype: stater a resident of a particular state or group of states; "Keystone stater"; "farm staters"
subtype: suburbanite a resident of a suburb
subtype: tenant.resident any occupant who dwells in a place
subtype: towner__townsman a resident of a town or city
subtype: townee (Brit; informal) townsman unacquainted with country life especially a slick and flashy male city dweller
subtype: townie__towny resident of a college town not affiliated with the college
subtype: tellurian__earthling__earthman an inhabitant of the earth
subtype: Trinidadian inhabitant or native of Trinidad
subtype: villager one who has lived in a village most of their life
subtype: westerner an inhabitant of a western area; especially of the U.S.
subtype: native__indigen__indigene a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person
subtype: Levantine (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant
subtype: Mauritian a native or inhabitant of Mauritius
subtype: Filipino a native or inhabitant of the Philippines
subtype: Tagalog.Filipino__tagalog a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila
subtype: Visayan__Bisayan a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines
subtype: Cebuan inhabitant of the island of Cebu; a member of the Visayan people of the Philippines
subtype: Russian a native or inhabitant of Russia
subtype: Tatar.Russian__tatar a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups)
subtype: Votyak__Udmurt a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia
subtype: Komi a member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia
subtype: Cheremiss__Cheremis__Mari a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia
subtype: Inger__Ingrian__Ingerman a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built
subtype: Carelian__Karelian a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia
subtype: Ostyak__Khanty a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Ural mountains)
subtype: Mordvin__Mordva__Mordvinian a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia
subtype: Nganasan.Russian__nganasan a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr peninsula in Siberia
subtype: Ostyak-Samoyed__Selkup one of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia
subtype: Samoyed a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia
subtype: Vepse__Veps__Vepsian a member of a Finnish people of Russia
subtype: Vogul__Mansi a member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains
subtype: Yeniseian a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia
subtype: Great_Russian a member of the chief East Slavonic people of Soviet Russia
subtype: Muscovite a resident of Moscow
subtype: Georgian.Russian__georgian a native or inhabitant of Asian Georgia
subtype: Siberian a native or inhabitant of Siberia
subtype: Seychellois a native or inhabitant of Seychelles
subtype: American.native__american a native or inhabitant of America
subtype: Creole.American__creole a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Spanish America
subtype: North_American a native or inhabitant of North America
subtype: Bermudan__Bermudian a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
subtype: Canadian a native or inhabitant of Canada
subtype: French_Canadian a Canadian descended from early French settlers and whose native language is French
subtype: Acadian an early French settler in the Maritimes
subtype: Cajun a Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia (`Cajun' comes from `Acadian')
subtype: Canuck US slang for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular
subtype: Central_American a native or inhabitant of Central America
subtype: Costa_Rican a native or inhabitant of Costa Rica
subtype: Guatemalan a native or inhabitant of Guatemala
subtype: Honduran a native or inhabitant of Honduras
subtype: Mexican a native of inhabitant of Mexico
subtype: greaser__wetback__taco ethnic slur; offensive terms for a person of Mexican descent
subtype: Mexican-American__Mexicano a Mexican (or person of Mexican descent) living in the United States
subtype: Nicaraguan a native or inhabitant of Nicaragua
subtype: Panamanian a native or inhabitant of Panama
subtype: South_American a native or inhabitant of South America
subtype: Argentinian a native or inhabitant of Argentina
subtype: Bolivian a native or inhabitant of Bolivia
subtype: Brazilian a native or inhabitant of Brazil
subtype: Carioca a native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro
subtype: Chilean a native or inhabitant of Chile
subtype: Colombian a native or inhabitant of Colombia
subtype: Ecuadorian__Ecuadoran a native or inhabitant of Ecuador
subtype: Salvadoran__Salvadorian__Salvadorean a native or inhabitant of El Salvador
subtype: Guyanese a native or inhabitant of Guyana
subtype: Paraguayan a native or inhabitant of Paraguay
subtype: Peruvian a native or inhabitant of Peru
subtype: Uruguayan a native or inhabitant of Uruguay
subtype: Venezuelan a native or inhabitant of Venezuela
subtype: West_Indian a native or inhabitant of the West Indies
subtype: Anguillan a native or inhabitant of the island of Anguilla in the West Indies
subtype: Antiguan a native or inhabitant of Antigua
subtype: Bahamian a native or inhabitant of the Bahamas
subtype: Barbadian a native or inhabitant of Barbados
subtype: Cuban a native or inhabitant of Cuba
subtype: Haitian a native or inhabitant of Haiti
subtype: Jamaican a native or inhabitant of Jamaica
subtype: Montserratian a native or inhabitant of Montserrat
subtype: Grenadian a native or inhabitant of Grenada
subtype: Tobagonian a native or inhabitant of the island of Tobago in the West Indies
subtype: innocent__inexperienced_person__inexperiencedperson a person who lacks knowledge of evil
subtype: intellectual__intellect a person who uses the mind creatively
subtype: juvenile_person__juvenile a youthful person
subtype: lover a person who loves or is loved
subtype: leader a person who rules or guides or inspires others
subtype: money_handler__moneyhandler__money_dealer__moneydealer a person who receives or invests or pays out money
subtype: national__subject a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
subtype: nonreligious_person a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity
subtype: nonworker a person who does nothing
subtype: peer__equal__match__compeer a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
subtype: perceiver__observer__beholder a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
subtype: precursor__forerunner a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
subtype: primitive_person__primitiveperson__primitive a person who belongs to early stage of civilization
subtype: religionist__religious_person__religiousperson a person who manifests devotion to a deity
subtype: sensualist a person who enjoys sensuality
subtype: traveler__traveller a person who changes location
subtype: unfortunate_person__unfortunateperson__unfortunate a person who suffers misfortune
subtype: unwelcome_person__unwelcomeperson__persona_non_grata a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome
subtype: unskilled_person__unskilledperson a person who lacks technical training
subtype: worker a person who works at a specific job; "he is a good worker"
subtype: African a native or inhabitant of Africa
subtype: person_of_color__person_of_colour (formal) any non-European non-White person
subtype: White__white_person__whiteperson__Caucasian a member of the Caucasoid race
subtype: Slav any member of the people of Eastern Europe or Russian Asia who speak a Slavonic language
subtype: Gentile a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus
subtype: Jew__Hebrew__Israelite a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
subtype: European a person of European nationality
subtype: abstinent__abstainer__nondrinker a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
subtype: achiever__winner__success__succes a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success"
subtype: acquaintance__friend a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"
subtype: acquirer a person who acquires something (usually permanently)
subtype: actor__doer__worker a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker"
subtype: adjudicator a person who adjudicates
subtype: admirer a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves
subtype: adversary__antagonist__opponent__opposer someone who offers opposition
subtype: advisee someone who receives advice
subtype: advocator__advocate__proponent__exponent a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
subtype: affiant a person who makes an affidavit
subtype: amateur someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
subtype: apprehender a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice)
subtype: appreciator a person who is fully aware of something and understand it; "he is not an appreciator of our dilemma"
subtype: arrogator a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess
subtype: authority (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; "the authorities have issued a curfew"
subtype: autodidact a person who is self-taught
subtype: baby_boomer__boomer a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s; "they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers"
subtype: baby_buster__buster a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically
subtype: baldhead__baldpate__baldy a person whose head is bald
subtype: balker__baulker a person who refuses to comply
subtype: bullfighter someone who fights bulls
subtype: bather a person who takes a bath
subtype: bedfellow a person with whom you share a bed
subtype: best.person the person who is most outstanding or excellent; "he could beat the best of them"
subtype: biter someone who bites
subtype: blond__blonde a person with fair skin and hair
subtype: bodybuilder__musclebuilder someone who does special exercises to develop the musculature
subtype: bomber.person a person who plants bombs
subtype: brunet__brunette a person with dark (brown) hair
subtype: buster a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something; "dam buster"; "sanction buster"; crime buster"
subtype: candidate__prospect someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
subtype: case.person a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"
subtype: celebrator__celebrant__celebrater a person who is celebrating
subtype: charmer a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness)
subtype: child.person__baby an immature childish person; "he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!"
subtype: clumsy_person a person with poor motor coordination
subtype: aggregator__collector a person who collects things
subtype: combatant__battler__belligerent__fighter someone who fights (or is fighting)
subtype: complexifier someone makes things complex
subtype: compulsive a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things
subtype: copycat__imitator__emulator__ape__aper someone who copies the words or behavior of another
subtype: crawler__creeper a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
subtype: wight__creature a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
subtype: social_dancer__dancer a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)
subtype: dead_person__dead_soul__deceased_person__deceased__decedent__departed someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done"
subtype: debaser__degrader a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins)
subtype: defecator__voider__shitter a person who defecates
subtype: delayer a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late
subtype: deliverer a person who gives up or transfers money or goods
subtype: demander a person who makes demands
subtype: dichromat a person with any of the various forms of dichromacy
subtype: differentiator__discriminator a person who differentiates
subtype: disentangler__unraveler__unraveller a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state
subtype: dissenter__dissident__protester__objector__contestant a person who dissents from some established policy
subtype: divider a person who separates something into parts or groups
subtype: look-alike__double__image someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother"
subtype: dresser.person a person who dresses in a particular way; "she's an elegant dresser"; "he's a meticulous dresser"
subtype: driveller__dribbler__slobberer__drooler a person who dribbles; "that baby is a dribbler; he needs a bib"
subtype: drug_user__substance_abuser__substanceabuser__user a person who takes drugs
subtype: ectomorph a person with a thin non-muscular body
subtype: effecter__effector one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose
subtype: Elizabethan a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I; "William Shakespeare was an Elizabethan"
subtype: emotional_person__emotionalperson a person subject to strong states of emotion
subtype: endomorph a heavy person with a soft and rounded body
subtype: enjoyer a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something
subtype: explorer__adventurer someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
subtype: faddist a person who subscribes to a variety of fads
subtype: faller a person who falls; "one of them was safe but they were unable to save the faller"; "a faller among thieves"
subtype: fastener a person who fastens or makes fast; "he found the door fastened and wondered who the fastener was"
subtype: fiduciary a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary; "it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain"
subtype: first-rater__firstrater one who is first-rate
subtype: follower an ordinary person who accepts the leadership of another
subtype: free_spirit__free_agent__freewheeler someone acting freely or even irresponsibly
subtype: friend a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
subtype: fugitive__runaway someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the seatshops"
subtype: gainer a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits); "she was clearly the gainer in that exchange"
subtype: weight_gainer__gainer a person who gains weight
subtype: gambler a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events
subtype: gatherer a person who gathers; "they were a society of hunters and gatherers"
subtype: good_guy any person who is on your side
subtype: bad_guy__badguy any person who is not on your side
subtype: granter a person who grants or gives something
subtype: greeter__saluter__welcomer a person who greets; "the newcomers were met by smiling greeters"
subtype: grinner a person who grins
subtype: groaner a person who groans
subtype: grunter a person who grunts
subtype: guesser a person who guesses
subtype: handicapped_person__handicappedperson a person who has some handicap that interferes with normal functions
subtype: hater a person who hates
subtype: heterosexual_person__heterosexual__straight_person__straight a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
subtype: homosexual__homo__gay someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
subtype: homunculus a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
subtype: hope.person someone (or something) on which expectations are centered; "he was their best hope for a victory"
subtype: hoper a person who hopes; "only an avid hoper could expect the team to win now"
subtype: huddler a person who crouches; "low huddlers against the wind"
subtype: hugger a person who hugs
subtype: idler__loafer__do-nothing__layabout__bum person who does no work
subtype: immune a person who is immune to a particular infection
subtype: interpreter someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles"
subtype: jewel__gem a person who is a brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry
subtype: slayer__killer someone who causes the death of a person or animal
subtype: relative__relation a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
subtype: kneeler.person a person in a kneeling position
subtype: knocker a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance); "open the door and see who the knocker is"
subtype: knower__apprehender a person who knows or apprehends
subtype: large_person__largeperson a person of greater than average size
subtype: laugher a person who is laughing or who laughs easily
subtype: learner__assimilator someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
subtype: left-hander__lefty__southpaw a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right; "their pitcher was a southpaw"
subtype: life.person a living person; "his heroism saved a life"
subtype: lightning_rod__lightningrod someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another
subtype: polyglot__linguist a person who speaks more than one language
subtype: literate_person__literate a person who can read and write
subtype: liver.person a person who has a special life style; "a high liver"
subtype: longer__thirster__yearner a person with a strong desire for something; "a longer for money"; "a thirster after blood"; "a yearner for knowledge"
subtype: loose_cannon__loosecannon a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous
subtype: machine.person an efficient person; "the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine"
subtype: mailer.person a person who mails something
subtype: malcontent a person who is discontented or disgusted
subtype: human_being__humanbeing__man the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself"
subtype: manipulator a person who handles things manually
subtype: man_jack__manjack a single individual; "every man jack"
subtype: masturbator a person who practices masturbation
subtype: measurer a person who makes measurements
subtype: nonmember a person who is not a member
subtype: mesomorph a person with a well-developed muscular body
subtype: mestizo a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
subtype: middlebrow (informal) someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow
subtype: miracle_man__miracleman__miracle_worker__miracleworker a person who claims or is alleged to perform miracles
subtype: misogamist a person who hates marriage
subtype: mixed-blood__mixedblood a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races
subtype: modern a contemporary person
subtype: mutilator__maimer__mangler a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples
subtype: namer a person who gives a name or names; "the owner is usually the namer of a boat"
subtype: namesake a person with the same name as another
subtype: neglecter a person who is neglectful and gives little attention or respect to people or responsibilities; "he tried vainly to impress his neglecters"
subtype: neighbor__neighbour a person who lives (or is located) near another
subtype: neutral one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
subtype: nondescript a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
subtype: nonparticipant a person who does not participate
subtype: nonsmoker a person who does not smoke tobacco
subtype: nude_person__nude a naked person
subtype: nurser a person who treats something carefully; "a great nurser of pennies"
subtype: occultist some who practices the occult arts
subtype: old_maid.person__oldmaid a person who is primly fastidious
subtype: outcaste a person belonging to no caste
subtype: outdoorsman a person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing)
subtype: owner__possessor a person who owns something; "they are searching for the owner of the car"; "who is the owner of that friendly smile?"
subtype: pamperer__spoiler someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
subtype: forgiver__pardoner__excuser a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense
subtype: partner a person who is a member of a partnership
subtype: party.person a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part"
subtype: passer.person a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
subtype: personage another word for person; a person not meriting identification; "a strange personage appeared at the door"
subtype: personification.person one who personifies an abstract quality
subtype: perspirer__sweater a person who perspires
subtype: philosopher.person a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity
subtype: chooser__picker__selector a person who chooses or selects out
subtype: urinator__pisser a person who urinates
subtype: planner__contriver__deviser a person who makes plans
subtype: powderer someone who applies or scatters powder
subtype: preserver someone who keeps safe from harm or danger
subtype: propositus the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action
subtype: pursuer a person who pursues some plan or goal; "a pursuer of truth"
subtype: pussycat a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable
subtype: quarter.person an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter"
subtype: quitter a person who gives up too easily
subtype: rectifier.person a person who corrects or sets right; "a rectifier of prejudices"
subtype: redhead__carrottop someone who has red hair
subtype: registrant a person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register (and who obtains certain rights thereby)
subtype: reliever__allayer a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears"
subtype: repeater.person a person who repeats; "the audience consisted largely of repeaters who had seen the movie many times"
subtype: rescuer__recoverer__saver someone who saves something from danger or violence
subtype: rester a person who rests
subtype: restrainer.person__controller a person who directs and restrains
subtype: rich_person__wealthy_person__wealthyperson__have a person who possesses great material wealth
subtype: right-hander__righthander a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left
subtype: riser.person a person who rises (especially from bed); "he's usually a late riser"
subtype: roundhead a brachycephalic person
subtype: swayer__ruler a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe"
subtype: rusher a person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously
subtype: scratcher.person a person who scratches to relieve an itch
subtype: second-rater__mediocrity a person of second-rate ability or value: "a team of aging second-raters"; "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him"
subtype: cloud_seeder__cloudseeder__seeder a person who seeds clouds
subtype: quester__seeker__searcher someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after truth"
subtype: sentimentalist__romanticist someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality
subtype: sex_object__sexobject any person regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification
subtype: shaker.person__mover a person who wields power and influence; "movers and shakers in the business world"; "a shaker of traditional beliefs"; "a mover of mountains"
subtype: signatory__signer someone who signs and is bound by a document
subtype: significant_other__significantother a person with whom you have shared a long-term sexual relationship
subtype: simpleton__simple a person lacking intelligence or common sense
subtype: six-footer__sixfooter a person who is at least six feet tall
subtype: slave a person who is owned by someone
subtype: sleepyhead a sleepy person
subtype: sloucher a person who slouches; someone with a drooping carriage
subtype: small_person__smallperson a person of below average size
subtype: smasher a person who smashes something
subtype: smiler a person who smiles
subtype: sneezer a person who sneezes
subtype: sniffer a person who sniffs
subtype: snuffler a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by mucus)
subtype: socializer a person who takes part in social activities
subtype: sort.person a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort"
subtype: sounding_board a person whose reactions to something serve as an indication of its acceptability; "I would use newspapermen as a sounding board for such policies"
subtype: sphinx.person an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
subtype: expectorator__spitter a person who spits (ejects saliva from the mouth)
subtype: sprawler a person who sprawls; "he is such a sprawler he needs a bed to himself"
subtype: spurner a person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt; "she was known as a spurner of all suitors"; "he was no spurner of rules"
subtype: squinter__squint-eye a person with strabismus
subtype: stifler__smotherer a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses; "he is a real conversation stifler"; "I see from all the yawn smotherers that it is time to stop"
subtype: stigmatic__stigmatist a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ)
subtype: stooper a person who carries himself or herself with the head and shoulders habitually bent forward
subtype: struggler a person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort
subtype: guinea_pig__subject__case a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
subtype: surrenderer a person who yields or surrenders
subtype: survivor.person one who outlives another; "he left his farm to his survivors"
subtype: suspect someone who is under suspicion
subtype: tempter a person who tempts others; "Satan is the great tempter of mankind"
subtype: termer a person who serves a specified term; "there are not many fourth termers in the Senate"
subtype: terror__scourge__threat a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
subtype: testator__testate a person who makes a will
subtype: thin_person__skin_and_bones a person who is unusually thin
subtype: third-rater__thirdrater one who is third-rate or distinctly inferior
subtype: thrower someone who projects something through the air (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)
subtype: tiger a fierce or audacious person; "he's a tiger on the tennis court"; "it aroused the tiger in me"
subtype: toucher a person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact with someone or something
subtype: transfer.person__transferee someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another; "the best student was a transfer from LSU"
subtype: transsexual a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex
subtype: transvestite__cross-dresser__crossdresser someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex
subtype: attempter__trier__essayer one who tries
subtype: unfastener__undoer__opener__untier a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens; "children are talented undoers of their shoelaces"
subtype: user a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
subtype: vanisher a person who disappears
subtype: dupe__victim a person who is tricked or swindled
subtype: Victorian a person who lived during the reign of Victoria
subtype: waiter a person who waits or awaits
subtype: waker a person who awakes; "an early waker"
subtype: wanter__needer a person who wants or needs something; "an owner of many things and needer of none"
subtype: ward a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
subtype: warrior someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
subtype: watcher a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body
subtype: weakling__doormat__wus a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
subtype: squirmer__wiggler__wriggler one who can't stay still (especially a child): "the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips"
subtype: winker a person who winks
subtype: withholder.person a person who refrains from granting; "a withholder of payments"
subtype: witness (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
subtype: yawner a person who yawns
subtype: male_or_female_person
subtype: in_relationship_person
subtype: Person
subtype: living_physical_entity alive physical entity
subtype: living_thing__organism__being a living (or once living) entity that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
subtype: cell the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; cells may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
subtype: non-agentive_physical_object__NAPO e.g., a bottle
subtype: information_bearing_object__informationbearingobject This notion is useful to group together all information bearing physical entities, including video, audio and documents. An information bearing object may have an author (a generic agent) and may be owned by a legal agent. It is a tangible object. See http://www.cycfoundation.org/concepts/CompositeTangibleAndIntangibleObject for more details.
subtype: physical_entity_part_or_substance
subtype: feature__F e.g., hole, gulf, bundary
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subtype: mathematical_point__point a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates"
subtype: 2D_object
subtype: 3D_object
subtype: information_bearing_thing__informationbearingthing http://www.cyc.com/cycdoc/vocab/info-vocab.html#InformationBearingThing
subtype: self_connected_object object that does not consist of two or more disconnected parts
subtype: collection__physical_collection such a collection has members like a class, but unlike a class, it has a position in space-time and members can be added and subtracted without thereby changing the identity of the collection; some examples are toolkits, football teams, and flocks of sheep
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