a commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beings
<noun.artifact>

worldly good

worldly possession

all the property that someone possesses
<noun.possession>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

worldly belongings

worldly goods

worldly possessions

sample sentences

"he left all his worldly possessions to his daughter"

a commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beings
<noun.artifact>

worldly good

worldly possession

all the property that someone possesses
<noun.possession>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

worldly belongings

worldly goods

worldly possessions

sample sentences

"he left all his worldly possessions to his daughter"

marked by materialism
<adj.all>

materialistic

mercenary

worldly-minded

experienced in and wise to the ways of the world
<adj.all>

worldly-wise

spanning or extending throughout the entire world
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

world-wide

worldwide

sample sentences

"worldwide distribution"
"a worldwide epidemic"

of worldwide scope or applicability
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 21

cosmopolitan

ecumenical

general

oecumenical

universal

world-wide

worldwide

sample sentences

"an issue of cosmopolitan import"
"the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley
"universal experience"

involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
<adj.all>   (a)   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

global

planetary

world

world-wide

worldwide

sample sentences

"global war"
"global monetary policy"
"neither national nor continental but planetary"
"a world crisis"
"of worldwide significance"

any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
<noun.animal>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

worm

a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

dirt ball

insect

louse

worm

screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
<noun.artifact>

worm

a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
<noun.communication>

worm

sample sentences

"worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers"

to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

squirm

twist

worm

wrestle

wriggle

writhe

sample sentences

"The prisoner writhed in discomfort"
"The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

a family of worms
<noun.animal>

worm family

rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

Virginia fence

snake fence

snake-rail fence

worm fence

poorly known family of small tropical shallow-water fishes related to gobies
<noun.animal>

worm fish

gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion
<noun.artifact>

worm gear

a genus of worms
<noun.animal>

worm genus

a lizard of the genus Amphisbaena; harmless wormlike limbless lizard of warm or tropical regions having concealed eyes and ears and a short blunt tail
<noun.animal>

worm lizard

any of several small slim salamanders of the Pacific coast of the United States
<noun.animal>

slender salamander

worm salamander

small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States
<noun.animal>

Carphophis amoenus

thunder snake

worm snake

wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes
<noun.animal>

blind snake

worm snake

gear with the thread of a worm
<noun.artifact>

worm wheel

infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms
<adj.all>

vermiculate

worm-eaten

wormy

resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical
<adj.all>

vermiform

worm-shaped

fossil trail of a worm
<noun.object>

wormcast

cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm
<noun.substance>

wormcast

hole made by a burrowing worm
<noun.object>

wormhole

totally submissive
<adj.all>

cringing

groveling

grovelling

wormlike

wormy

rank-smelling tropical American pigweed
<noun.plant>

American wormseed

Chenopodium ambrosioides

Mexican tea

Spanish tea

wormseed

slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic
<noun.plant>

Erysimum cheiranthoides

wormseed mustard

any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
<noun.plant>

wormwood

a dark bitter oil obtained from wormwood leaves; flavors absinthe liqueurs
<noun.substance>

absinthe oil

wormwood oil

silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets
<noun.plant>

Artemisia frigida

prairie sagewort

wormwood sage

totally submissive
<adj.all>

cringing

groveling

grovelling

wormlike

wormy

infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms
<adj.all>

vermiculate

worm-eaten

wormy

showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

careworn

drawn

haggard

raddled

worn

sample sentences

"looking careworn as she bent over her mending"
"her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"
"that raddled but still noble face"
"shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens

affected by wear; damaged by long use
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

worn

sample sentences

"worn threads on the screw"
"a worn suit"
"the worn pockets on the jacket"