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#630. Requirement. -- N. requirement

• need

• wants

• necessities;

• necessaries

• necessaries of life

• stress

• exigency

• pinch

• sine qua non

• matter of necessity

• case of need

• case of life or death

• needfulness

• essentiality

• necessity

• indispensability

• urgency

• requisition

• (exaction)

• run upon

• demand

• call

• for

• charge

• claim

• command

• injunction

• mandate

• order

• precept

• desideratum

• want

• V. require

• need

• want

• have occasion for

• not be able to do without

• not be able to dispense with

• render necessary

• necessitate

• create a

• necessity for

• call for

• put

• in requisition

• make a requisition

• (demand) 741

• stand in need of

• lack

• desire

• be

• necessary

• Adj. required

• requisite

• needful

• necessary

• imperative

• essential

• indispensable

• prerequisite

• called for

• in demand

• in request

• urgent

• exigent

• pressing

• instant

• crying

• absorbing

• in want of

• destitute of

• Adv. ex necessitate rei

• of necessity

• Phr. there is no time to lose

• it cannot be spared

• it cannot be

• dispensed with

• mendacem memorem esse oportet [Lat][Quintilian]

• necessitas

• non habet legem[Lat]

• nec tecum possum trivere nec sine te [Lat][Martial]

• 2. Subservience to Ends

• Actual Subservience

#631. Instrumentality. -- N. instrumentality

• aid

• subservience

• subserviency

• mediation

• intervention

• medium

• vehicle

• hand

• agency

• minister

• handmaid

• midwife

• obstetrician

• gobetween

• cat's-paw

• stepping-stone

• opener

• key

• master key

• passkey

• latchkey

• "open sesame";

• passport

• passe-partout

• safe-conduct

• password

• instrument

• expedient

• means

• V. subserve

• minister

• mediate

• intervene

• be instrumental

• pander to

• officiate

• tend

• Adj. instrumental

• useful

• ministerial

• subservient

• intermediate

• intervening

• conducive

• Adv. through

• by

• per

• whereby

• thereby

• hereby

• by the agency of

• 170

• by dint of

• by virtue of

• in virtue of

• through the medium of

• along with

• on the shoulders of

• by means of

• by the aid of

• with

• the aid of

• per fas et nefas[Lat]

• by fair means or foul

• somehow

• somehow or

• other

• by hook or by crook

#632. Means. -- N. means

• resources

• wherewithal

• ways and means;

• capital

• revenue

• stock in trade

• provision

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• a shot in the locker

• appliances

• means and

• appliances

• conveniences

• cards to play

• expedients

• two

• strings to one's bow

• sheet anchor

• aid

• medium

• V. find means

• have means

• possess means

• Adj. instrumental

• mechanical

• Adv. by means of

• with

• by what means

• by all means

• by any means

• by

• some means

• wherewith

• herewith

• therewith

• wherewithal

• how

• through

• with the aid of

• by the aid of

• by the agency of

#633. Instrument. -- N. machinery

• mechanism

• engineering

• instrument

• organ

• tool

• implement

• utensil

• machine

• engine

• lathe

• gin

• mill

• air engine

• caloric engine

• heat engine

• gear

• tackle

• tackling

• rig

• rigging

• apparatus

• appliances

• plant

• materiel

• harness

• trappings

• fittings

• accouterments

• equipment

• appointments

• furniture

• upholstery;

• chattels

• paraphernalia

• mechanical powers

• lever

• leverage

• mechanical advantage

• crow

• crowbar

• jimmy

• arm

• limb

• wing

• oar

• paddle

• pulley

• wheel and axle

• wheelwork

• clockwork

• wheels

• within wheels

• pinion

• crank

• winch

• cam

• pedal

• capstan

• wheel

• inclined plane

• wedge

• screw

• spring

• mainspring;

• can hook

• glut

• jenny

• water wheel

• handle

• hilt

• haft

• shaft

• heft

• shank

• blade

• trigger

• tiller

• helm

• treadle

• key

• turnscrew

• screwdriver

• knocker

• hammer

• edge tool

• borer

• vice

• teeth

• nail

• rope

• peg

• support

• spoon

• arms

• oar

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• cardiograph

• snowplow

• Adj. instrumental

• mechanical

• brachial[Med]

#634. Substitute. -- N. substitute

• deputy

#635. Materials. -- N. material

• raw material

• stuff

• stock

• staple;

• adobe

• brown stone

• chinking

• clapboard

• daubing

• puncheon

• shake

• shingle

• bricks and mortar

• metal

• stone

• clay

• brick crockery

• compo

• composition

• concrete

• reinforced concrete

• cement

• wood

• ore

• timber

• materials

• supplies

• munition

• fuel

• grist

• household stuff pabulum

• ammunition

• contingents

• relay

• reinforcement

• baggage

• means

• calico

• cambric

• cashmere

• Adj. raw

• wooden

• adobe

#636. Store. -- N. stock

• fund

• mine

• vein

• lode

• quarry

• spring;

• fount

• fountain

• well

• wellspring

• milch cow

• stock in trade

• supply

• heap

• treasure

• reserve

• corps de reserve

• reserved fund

• nest egg

• savings

• crop

• harvest

• mow

• vintage

• store

• accumulation

• hoard

• rick

• stack

• lumber

• relay

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• storehouse

• storeroom

• depository

• depot

• cache

• repository

• repertory

• warehouse

• magazine

• buttery

• larder

• garner

• granary

• cannery

• safe-deposit vault

• thesaurus

• bank

• armory

• arsenal

• dock;

• gallery

• museum

• conservatory

• menagerie

• reservoir

• cistern

• tank

• pond

• mill pond;

• budget

• quiver

• bandolier

• portfolio

• coffer

• conservation

• storing

• storage

• V. store

• put by

• lay by

• set by

• stow away

• set apart

• lay apart;

• store treasure

• hoard treasure

• lay up

• heap up

• put up

• garner up

• save

• up

• bank

• cache

• accumulate

• amass

• hoard

• fund

• garner

• save

• reserve

• keep back

• hold back

• husband

• husband one's resources

• deposit

• stow

• stack

• load

• harvest

• heap

• collect

• lay in

• store

• keep

• file [papers]

• lay in

• preserve

• Adj. stored

• in store

• in reserve

• in ordinary

• spare

• supernumerary

• Phr. adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit[Lat]

#637. Provision. -- N. provision

• supply

• grist

• grist for the mill;

• subvention

• resources

• groceries

• grocery

• providing

• purveyance

• reinforcement

• commissariat

• provender

• ensilage

• viaticum

• caterer

• purveyor

• commissary

• quartermaster

• feeder

• batman

• victualer

• grocer

• comprador[Sp]

• restaurateur

• jackal

• pelican;

• sutler

• grocery shop [U. S.]

• grocery store

• V. provide

• make provision

• make due provision for

• lay in

• lay in a

• stock

• lay in a store

• supply

• suppeditate|

• furnish

• find

• find one in

• arm

• cater

• victual

• provision

• purvey

• forage

• beat up for

• stock

• stock

• with

• make good

• replenish

• fill

• fill up

• recruit

• feed

• have in store

• have in reserve

• keep

• keep by one

• keep on foot

• keep

• on hand

• have to fall back upon

• store

• provide against a rainy day

#638. Waste. -- N. consumption

• expenditure

• exhaustion

• dispersion

• ebb

• leakage

• loss

• wear and tear;

• waste

• prodigality

• misuse

• wasting

• rubbish

• (useless) 645. mountain in labor

• V. spend

• expend

• use

• consume

• swallow up

• exhaust

• impoverish;

• spill

• drain

• empty

• disperse

• cast away

• fool away

• muddle away

• throw away

• fling away

• fritter

• away

• burn the candle at both ends

• waste

• squander

• "waste its sweetness on the desert air" [Gray]

• cast one's bread

• upon the waters

• cast pearls before swine

• employ a steam engine to crack a

• nut

• waste powder and shot

• break a butterfly on a wheel

• labor in vain

• (useless) 6

• cut blocks with a razor

• pour water into a sieve

• leak

• run to waste

• ebb

• melt away

• run dry

• dry up

• Adj. wasted

• at a low ebb

• wasteful

• penny wise and pound foolish

• Phr. magno conatu magnas nugas[Lat]

• le jeu ne vaut pas la

• "idly busy rolls their world away" [Goldsmith]

#639. Sufficiency. -- N. sufficiency

• adequacy

• enough

• withal

• satisfaction

• competence

• no less

• quantum sufficit[Lat]

• Q.S.

• mediocrity

• fill

• fullness

• plenitude

• plenty

• abundance;

• copiousness

• amplitude

• galore

• lots

• profusion

• full measure;

• "good measure pressed down and running

• over." luxuriance

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• affluence

• fat of the land

• "a land flowing with milk

• and honey"

• cornucopia

• horn of plenty

• horn of Amalthaea

• mine

• (stock) 636

• outpouring

• flood

• tide

• repletion

• satiety

• V. be sufficient

• suffice

• do

• just do

• satisfy

• pass muster;

• have enough

• eat. one's fill

• drink one's fill

• have one's fill;

• roll in

• swim in

• wallow in

• wanton

• abound

• exuberate

• teem

• flow

• stream

• rain

• shower down

• pour

• pour

• in

• swarm

• bristle with

• superabound

• render sufficient

• replenish

• Adj. sufficient

• enough

• adequate

• up to the mark

• commensurate

• competent

• satisfactory

• valid

• tangible

• measured

• moderate

• full.

• ample

• plenty

• plentiful

• plenteous

• plenty as

• blackberries

• copious

• abundant

• abounding

• replete

• enough and to

• spare

• flush

• choke-full

• chock-full

• well-stocked

• well-provided

• liberal;

• unstinted

• unstinting

• without stint

• unsparing

• unmeasured

• lavish

• wholesale

• rich

• luxuriant

• affluent

• big with

• exhaustless

• inexhaustible

• Adv. sufficiently

• amply

• full

• in abundance

• sparing hand

• to one's heart's content

• ad libitum

• without stint

• Phr. "cut and come again" [Crabbe]

• das Beste ist gut genug[Ger]