| hatrack | (noun) a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats | Synonyms: coat rack, coatrack |
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| haversack | (noun) a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | Synonyms: back pack, backpack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack |
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| hayrack | (noun) a frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry | Synonyms: hayrig |
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| (noun) a rack that holds hay for feeding livestock | - |
| haystack | (noun) a stack of hay | Synonyms: hayrick, rick |
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| highjack | (noun) seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination | Synonyms: hijack |
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| highjacker | (noun) a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it | Synonyms: highwayman, hijacker, road agent |
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| (noun) someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination | Synonyms: hijacker |
| highjacking | (noun) robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force | Synonyms: hijacking |
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| hijack | (noun) seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination | Synonyms: highjack |
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| hijacker | (noun) a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it | Synonyms: highjacker, highwayman, road agent |
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| (noun) someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination | Synonyms: highjacker |
| hijacking | (noun) robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force | Synonyms: highjacking |
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| hitchrack | (noun) a fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying | Synonyms: hitching bar |
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| hogback | (noun) a narrow ridge of hills | Synonyms: horseback |
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| hopsack | (noun) a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing | Synonyms: hopsacking |
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| hopsacking | (noun) a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing | Synonyms: hopsack |
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| horseback | (noun) the back of a horse | - |
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| (noun) a narrow ridge of hills | Synonyms: hogback |
| huckaback | (noun) toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric | Synonyms: huck |
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| humpback | (noun) large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives | Synonyms: humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae |
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| (noun) a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine | Synonyms: crookback, hunchback |
| (noun) an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | Synonyms: hunchback, kyphosis |
| hunchback | (noun) a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine | Synonyms: crookback, humpback |
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| (noun) an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | Synonyms: humpback, kyphosis |
| hydrocracking | (noun) the process whereby hydrocarbon molecules of petroleum are broken down into kerosene and gasolene by the addition of hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst | - |
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| jack | (noun) any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas | - |
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| (noun) male donkey | Synonyms: jackass |
| (noun) tool for exerting pressure or lifting | - |
| (noun) one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince | Synonyms: knave |
| (noun) small flag indicating a ship's nationality | - |
| (noun) game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks | Synonyms: jackstones |
| (noun) an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug | - |
| (noun) a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling | - |
| (noun) immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted | Synonyms: jackfruit, jak |
| (noun) someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor | Synonyms: laborer, labourer, manual laborer |
| (noun) a small worthless amount | Synonyms: diddley, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddly, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, shit, squat |
| jackal | (noun) Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair | - |
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| (noun) a jackal native to Europe and Asia with a golden coat | Synonyms: Canis aureus, golden jackal |
| (noun) a jackal native to Africa with a black back | Synonyms: black-backed jackal, Canis mesomelas |
| (noun) a jackal native to Southern Africa with a stripe down its side | Synonyms: Canis adustus, side-striped jackal |
| (noun) a canid living in the deserts of Northern Africa related to the goldn jackal and the grey wolf | Synonyms: African golden wolf, Canis anthus, Egyptian jackal, grey jackal |
| jackanapes | (noun) someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous | Synonyms: lightweight, whippersnapper |
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| jackass | (noun) male donkey | Synonyms: jack |
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| (noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | Synonyms: bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, twat, zany |
| jackboot | (noun) (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot | Synonyms: hessian, Hessian boot, Wellington, Wellington boot |
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| jackdaw | (noun) common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery | Synonyms: Corvus monedula, daw |
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| jacket | (noun) a short coat | - |
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| (noun) an outer wrapping or casing | - |
| (noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | Synonyms: cap, crown, crownwork, jacket crown |
| (noun) the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition | - |
| (noun) the outer skin of a potato | - |
| jackfruit | (noun) immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted | Synonyms: jack, jak |
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| (noun) East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds | Synonyms: Artocarpus heterophyllus, jackfruit tree |
| jackhammer | (noun) a hammer driven by compressed air | Synonyms: air hammer, pneumatic hammer |
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| jackknife | (noun) a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out | - |
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| (noun) a large knife with one or more folding blades | Synonyms: clasp knife |
| jacklight | (noun) a light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night | - |
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| jackpot | (noun) the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker) | Synonyms: kitty, pot |
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| (noun) any outstanding award | - |
| jackrabbit | (noun) large hare of western North America | - |
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| jacks | (noun) a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball | Synonyms: jackstones, knucklebones |
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| jackscrew | (noun) screw-operated jack | Synonyms: screw jack |
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| jacksmelt | (noun) a relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length) | Synonyms: Atherinopsis californiensis |
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| jacksnipe | (noun) American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting | Synonyms: Calidris melanotos, pectoral sandpiper |
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| (noun) a small short-billed Old World snipe | Synonyms: half snipe, Limnocryptes minima |
| jackstones | (noun) a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball | Synonyms: jacks, knucklebones |
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| (noun) game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks | Synonyms: jack |
| jackstraw | (noun) a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws | Synonyms: spillikin |
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| jackstraws | (noun) a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others | Synonyms: spillikins |
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| kickback | (noun) a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction | - |
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| knack | (noun) a special way of doing something | Synonyms: bent, hang |
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| knacker | (noun) someone who buys up old horses for slaughter | - |
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| (noun) someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them | - |
| knackwurst | (noun) short thick highly seasoned sausage | Synonyms: knockwurst |
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| knapsack | (noun) a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | Synonyms: back pack, backpack, haversack, packsack, rucksack |
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| knickknack | (noun) miscellaneous curios | Synonyms: bric-a-brac, knickknackery, nicknack, whatnot |
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| (noun) a small inexpensive mass-produced article | Synonyms: novelty |
| knickknackery | (noun) miscellaneous curios | Synonyms: bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, whatnot |
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| lack | (noun) the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | Synonyms: deficiency, want |
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| lackey | (noun) a male servant (especially a footman) | Synonyms: flunkey, flunky |
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| (noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage | Synonyms: ass-kisser, crawler, sycophant, toady |
| lampblack | (noun) a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink | Synonyms: carbon black, crock, smut, soot |
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| leatherback | (noun) wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle | Synonyms: Dermochelys coriacea, leatherback turtle, leathery turtle |
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| leatherjack | (noun) any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales | Synonyms: leatherjacket |
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| leatherjacket | (noun) any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes | Synonyms: leatherfish |
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| (noun) any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales | Synonyms: leatherjack |
| (noun) tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies | - |
| linebacker | (noun) (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage | Synonyms: line backer |
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| (noun) a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen | Synonyms: line backer |
| lobsterback | (noun) British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution) | Synonyms: redcoat |
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| lumberjack | (noun) a short warm outer jacket | Synonyms: lumber jacket |
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| (noun) a person who fells trees | Synonyms: faller, feller, logger, lumberman |
| mack | (noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | Synonyms: mac, macintosh, mackintosh |
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| mackerel | (noun) any of various fishes of the family Scombridae | - |
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| (noun) flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish | - |
| mackinaw | (noun) a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design | - |
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| (noun) a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes | Synonyms: Mackinaw boat |
| (noun) a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States | Synonyms: Mackinaw blanket |
| (noun) a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material | Synonyms: Mackinaw coat |
| mackintosh | (noun) a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric | Synonyms: macintosh |
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| (noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | Synonyms: mac, macintosh, mack |
| mackle | (noun) a printed impression that is blurred or doubled | - |
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| meatpacking | (noun) wholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers) | Synonyms: meat-packing business, meat packing |
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| mossback | (noun) an extremely old-fashioned conservative | - |
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| natterjack | (noun) common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops | Synonyms: Bufo calamita |
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| nicknack | (noun) miscellaneous curios | Synonyms: bric-a-brac, knickknack, knickknackery, whatnot |
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| nutcracker | (noun) speckled birds that feed on nuts | - |
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| (noun) any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects | Synonyms: nuthatch |
| (noun) a compound lever used to crack nuts open | - |
| outback | (noun) the bush country of the interior of Australia | - |
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| pack | (noun) a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film) | - |
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| (noun) a bundle (especially one carried on the back) | - |
| (noun) a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect | - |
| (noun) a cream that cleanses and tones the skin | Synonyms: face pack |
| (noun) a group of hunting animals | - |
| (noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Synonyms: camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle |
| (noun) an association of criminals | Synonyms: gang, mob, ring |
| (noun) a complete collection of similar things | - |
| (noun) a large indefinite quantity | Synonyms: battalion, large number, multitude, plurality |
| package | (noun) a wrapped container | Synonyms: parcel |
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| (noun) (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory | Synonyms: computer software, software, software package, software program, software system |
| (noun) a collection of things wrapped or boxed together | Synonyms: bundle, packet, parcel |
| packaging | (noun) the business of packing | - |
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| (noun) material used to make packages | - |
| (noun) a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | Synonyms: promo, promotion, promotional material, publicity |
| packer | (noun) a workman employed to pack things into containers | Synonyms: bagger, boxer |
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| (noun) a wholesaler in the meat-packing business | Synonyms: meat packer |
| (noun) a hiker who wears a backpack | Synonyms: backpacker |
| packet | (noun) a small package or bundle | - |
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| (noun) a boat for carrying mail | Synonyms: mail boat, mailboat, packet boat |
| (noun) (computer science) a message or message fragment | - |
| (noun) a collection of things wrapped or boxed together | Synonyms: bundle, package, parcel |
| packhorse | (noun) a workhorse used as a pack animal | - |
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| packing | (noun) the enclosure of something in a package or box | Synonyms: boxing |
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| (noun) carrying something in a pack on the back | Synonyms: backpacking |
| (noun) any material used especially to protect something | Synonyms: packing material, wadding |
| packinghouse | (noun) a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products | Synonyms: packing plant |
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| (noun) a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed | - |
| packman | (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | Synonyms: hawker, peddler, pedlar, pitchman |
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| packrat | (noun) any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects | Synonyms: bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea, pack rat, trade rat |
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| (noun) a collector of miscellaneous useless objects | - |
| packsack | (noun) a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | Synonyms: back pack, backpack, haversack, knapsack, rucksack |
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| packsaddle | (noun) a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached | - |
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| packthread | (noun) a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages | - |
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| paperback | (noun) a book with paper covers | Synonyms: paper-back book, paperback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book, softback, softback book |
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| payback | (noun) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | Synonyms: retribution, vengeance |
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| (noun) financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment) | - |
| piggyback | (noun) the act of carrying something piggyback | - |
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| placket | (noun) a piece of cloth sewn under an opening | - |
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| playback | (noun) the act of reproducing recorded sound | - |
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| (noun) electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material | - |
| polack | (noun) a person of Polish descent | - |
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| pollack | (noun) important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod | Synonyms: Pollachius pollachius, pollock |
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| (noun) lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish | Synonyms: pollock |
| prickleback | (noun) small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines | - |
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| (noun) small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research | Synonyms: stickleback |
| pullback | (noun) (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops) | - |
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| (noun) a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back | Synonyms: tieback |
| quack | (noun) the harsh sound of a duck | - |
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| (noun) an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice | - |
| quackery | (noun) medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings | Synonyms: empiricism |
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| (noun) the dishonesty of a charlatan | Synonyms: charlatanism |
| quackgrass | (noun) European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed | Synonyms: Agropyron repens, couch grass, dog grass, quack grass, quick grass, witch grass, witchgrass |
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| quarterback | (noun) (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team | Synonyms: field general, signal caller |
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| (noun) (football) the person who plays quarterback | Synonyms: field general, signal caller |
| racetrack | (noun) a course over which races are run | Synonyms: racecourse, raceway, track |
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| rack | (noun) a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately | Synonyms: single-foot |
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| (noun) a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body | - |
| (noun) a support for displaying ot holding various articles | Synonyms: stand |
| (noun) an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims | Synonyms: wheel |
| (noun) the destruction or collapse of something | Synonyms: wrack |
| (noun) rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton | - |
| racker | (noun) an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack | - |
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| racket | (noun) an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit | Synonyms: fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise |
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| (noun) a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games | Synonyms: racquet |
| (noun) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience | Synonyms: dissonance, noise |
| (noun) a loud and disturbing noise | - |
| racketeer | (noun) someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) | - |
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| racketeering | (noun) engaging in a racket | - |
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| racketiness | (noun) the auditory effect characterized by loud and constant noise | Synonyms: noisiness |
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| ransacking | (noun) a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion) | Synonyms: rummage |
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