| hachure | (noun) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | Synonyms: crosshatch, hatch, hatching |
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| headache | (noun) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness | Synonyms: concern, vexation, worry |
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| (noun) pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs | Synonyms: cephalalgia, head ache |
| heartache | (noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | Synonyms: brokenheartedness, grief, heartbreak |
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| hemidrachm | (noun) an ancient Greek silver coin equal to 1/2 drachm or 3 obols in value. | - |
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| hexachlorophene | (noun) antibacterial substance that is a water-soluble powder used in antiseptic soaps and toothpaste | - |
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| hibachi | (noun) a portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking | - |
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| huamachil | (noun) common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | Synonyms: camachile, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind |
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| huarache | (noun) a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps | Synonyms: huaraches |
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| huaraches | (noun) a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps | Synonyms: huarache |
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| huisache | (noun) tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery | Synonyms: Acacia farnesiana, cassie, flame tree, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle |
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| impeachability | (noun) the state of being liable to impeachment | Synonyms: indictability |
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| impeachment | (noun) a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office | - |
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| isotach | (noun) a line joining points with constant wind speed. | - |
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| kachina | (noun) a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift | - |
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| (noun) a deified spirit of the Pueblo people | - |
| (noun) a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit | - |
| kwacha | (noun) the basic unit of money in Malawi | Synonyms: Malawi kwacha |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Zambia | Synonyms: Zambian kwacha |
| lachrymation | (noun) shedding tears | Synonyms: lacrimation, tearing, watering |
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| lachrymator | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lacrimator, tear gas, teargas |
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| laryngotracheobronchitis | (noun) inflammation of the larynx and trachea and bronchial passageways | - |
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| leach | (noun) the process of leaching | Synonyms: leaching |
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| leaching | (noun) the process of leaching | Synonyms: leach |
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| loach | (noun) slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes | - |
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| logomach | (noun) someone given to disputes over words | Synonyms: logomachist |
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| logomachist | (noun) someone given to disputes over words | Synonyms: logomach |
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| logomachy | (noun) argument about words or the meaning of words | - |
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| machete | (noun) a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation | Synonyms: matchet, panga |
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| machicolation | (noun) a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy | - |
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| machilid | (noun) wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed | Synonyms: jumping bristletail |
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| machination | (noun) a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends | Synonyms: intrigue |
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| machinator | (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: coconspirator, conspirator, plotter |
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| machine | (noun) any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks | - |
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| (noun) a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine | Synonyms: auto, automobile, car, motorcar |
| (noun) a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point | Synonyms: simple machine |
| (noun) a group that controls the activities of a political party | Synonyms: political machine |
| (noun) an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently | - |
| (noun) an efficient person | - |
| machinery | (noun) machines or machine systems collectively | - |
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| (noun) a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions | - |
| machinist | (noun) a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools | Synonyms: mechanic, shop mechanic |
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| machismo | (noun) exaggerated masculinity | - |
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| machmeter | (noun) speedometer for measuring the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound | - |
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| macho | (noun) a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo | - |
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| malachite | (noun) a green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects | - |
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| mariachi | (noun) a group of street musicians in Mexico | - |
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| methacholine | (noun) parasympathomimetic drug (trademark Mecholyl) that stimulates secretions and smooth muscle activity | Synonyms: Mecholyl |
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| microbrachia | (noun) abnormally small arms | - |
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| mishpachah | (noun) (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends) | Synonyms: mishpocha |
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| motorcoach | (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | Synonyms: autobus, bus, charabanc, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, omnibus, passenger vehicle |
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| moustache | (noun) an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | Synonyms: mustache |
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| moustachio | (noun) a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) | Synonyms: handle-bars, mustachio |
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| mustache | (noun) an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | Synonyms: moustache |
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| mustachio | (noun) a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) | Synonyms: handle-bars, moustachio |
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| nacho | (noun) a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled | - |
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| nanomachine | (noun) a machine of the size of close to one nanometre | - |
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| naumachia | (noun) a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans | Synonyms: naumachy |
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| naumachy | (noun) a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans | Synonyms: naumachia |
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| nonachievement | (noun) an act that does not achieve its intended goal | Synonyms: nonaccomplishment |
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| nonachiever | (noun) a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates | Synonyms: underachiever, underperformer |
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| orach | (noun) any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes | Synonyms: orache |
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| orache | (noun) any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes | Synonyms: orach |
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| outreach | (noun) the act of reaching out | - |
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| overachievement | (noun) better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) | - |
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| overachiever | (noun) a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated | - |
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| pacha | (noun) a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt | Synonyms: pasha |
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| pachinko | (noun) a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board | - |
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| pachisi | (noun) an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board | Synonyms: parchesi, parchisi |
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| pachouli | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: patchouli, patchouly |
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| (noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: patchouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin |
| pachuco | (noun) a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes | - |
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| pachycephalosaur | (noun) bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found | Synonyms: pachycephalosaurus |
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| pachycephalosaurus | (noun) bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found | Synonyms: pachycephalosaur |
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| pachycheilia | (noun) an abnormal thickness of the lips | - |
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| pachyderm | (noun) any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus | - |
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| pachyderma | (noun) thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction | Synonyms: nevoid elephantiasis |
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| pachysandra | (noun) any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover | - |
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| pachytene | (noun) the third stage of the prophase of meiosis | - |
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| panache | (noun) a feathered plume on a helmet | - |
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| (noun) distinctive and stylish elegance | Synonyms: dash, elan, flair, style |
| parachute | (noun) rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall | Synonyms: chute |
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| parachuter | (noun) a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute | Synonyms: parachute jumper, parachutist |
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| parachuting | (noun) descent with a parachute | Synonyms: jump |
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| parachutist | (noun) a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute | Synonyms: parachute jumper, parachuter |
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| peach | (noun) a shade of pink tinged with yellow | Synonyms: apricot, salmon pink, yellowish pink |
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| (noun) downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh | - |
| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| (noun) cultivated in temperate regions | Synonyms: peach tree, Prunus persica |
| peachick | (noun) a young peafowl | Synonyms: pea-chick |
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| peachwood | (noun) tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry | Synonyms: brazilwood, Caesalpinia echinata, peach-wood, pernambuco wood |
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| pistachio | (noun) nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel | Synonyms: pistachio nut |
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| (noun) small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts | Synonyms: pistachio tree, Pistacia vera |
| poacher | (noun) small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters | Synonyms: sea poacher, sea poker |
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| (noun) a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs) | - |
| (noun) someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another | - |
| poaching | (noun) cooking in simmering liquid | - |
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| preacher | (noun) someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel | Synonyms: preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer |
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| preachification | (noun) moralization delivered tediously in a preachy manner | - |
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| preaching | (noun) an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) | Synonyms: discourse, sermon |
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| (noun) a moralistic rebuke | Synonyms: sermon |
| preachment | (noun) a sermon on a moral or religious topic | Synonyms: homily |
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| psychomachy | (noun) a conflict of the soul (as with the body or between good and evil). | - |
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| rachet | (noun) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction | Synonyms: ratch, ratchet |
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| rachis | (noun) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord | Synonyms: back, backbone, spinal column, spine, vertebral column |
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| (noun) axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence | - |
| rachischisis | (noun) a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis | Synonyms: schistorrhachis, spina bifida |
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| rachitis | (noun) childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus | Synonyms: rickets |
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| (noun) inflammation of the vertebral column | - |
| reach | (noun) the act of physically reaching or thrusting out | Synonyms: reaching, stretch |
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| (noun) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: | Synonyms: ambit, compass, orbit, range, scope |
| (noun) the limit of capability | Synonyms: compass, grasp, range |
| (noun) the limits within which something can be effective | Synonyms: range |
| reaching | (noun) accomplishment of an objective | Synonyms: arrival |
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| (noun) the act of physically reaching or thrusting out | Synonyms: reach, stretch |
| reproach | (noun) a mild rebuke or criticism | - |
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| (noun) disgrace or shame | - |
| reproacher | (noun) someone who finds fault or imputes blame | Synonyms: rebuker, reprover, upbraider |
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| rhinotracheitis | (noun) a respiratory infection of the nose and throat in cattle | - |
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| roach | (noun) any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests | Synonyms: cockroach |
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| (noun) European freshwater food fish having a greenish back | Synonyms: Rutilus rutilus |
| (noun) the butt of a marijuana cigarette | - |
| (noun) street names for flunitrazepam | Synonyms: circle, forget me drug, Mexican valium, R-2, roofy, rope, rophy |
| (noun) a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead | - |
| rugelach | (noun) pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves) | Synonyms: ruggelach, rugulah |
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| ruggelach | (noun) pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves) | Synonyms: rugelach, rugulah |
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| sachem | (noun) a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) | Synonyms: sagamore |
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| (noun) a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall) | - |
| sachet | (noun) a small soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to perfume items in a drawer or chest | - |
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| sandarach | (noun) a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes | Synonyms: sandarac |
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| schistorrhachis | (noun) a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis | Synonyms: rachischisis, spina bifida |
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