advances (noun)
61James Watt — noun Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736 1819) • Syn: ↑Watt • Instance Hypernyms: ↑engineer, ↑applied scientist, ↑technologist, ↑inventor, ↑discoverer, ↑artifi …
62Leo Esaki — noun physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925) • Syn: ↑Esaki • Regions: ↑Japan, ↑Nippon, ↑Nihon • Instance Hypernyms: ↑physicist …
63masher — noun 1. a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women • Syn: ↑wolf, ↑woman chaser, ↑skirt chaser • Derivationally related forms: ↑mash • Hypernyms: ↑womanizer, ↑woma …
64molestation — noun 1. the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children) • Derivationally related forms: ↑molest • Hypernyms: ↑sexual assault, ↑sexual abuse, ↑sex crime, ↑sex offense 2. the act of… …
65plot line — noun the plot of a book or play or film • Syn: ↑storyline • Hypernyms: ↑plot * * * Usually, plot lines. dialogue that advances the plot, as in a play or motion picture script. [1955 60] * * * n. the course or main features of a narrative such as… …
66proposer — noun 1. someone who advances a suggestion or proposal the suggester of this absurd strategy was a fool • Syn: ↑suggester • Derivationally related forms: ↑propose, ↑suggest (for: ↑suggester) …
67rolling wave — noun a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore • Syn: ↑roller, ↑roll • Derivationally related forms: ↑roll (for: ↑roller) • Hypernyms: ↑wave, ↑ …
68skirt chaser — noun a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women • Syn: ↑wolf, ↑woman chaser, ↑masher • Derivationally related forms: ↑mash (for: ↑masher) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
69suggester — noun someone who advances a suggestion or proposal the suggester of this absurd strategy was a fool • Syn: ↑proposer • Derivationally related forms: ↑propose (for: ↑proposer), ↑suggest …
70whitelash — noun backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances • Syn: ↑white backlash • Hypernyms: ↑backlash …
