| affray | (noun) a noisy fight | Synonyms: disturbance, fray, ruffle |
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| (noun) noisy quarrel | Synonyms: altercation, fracas |
| affricate | (noun) a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') | Synonyms: affricate consonant, affricative |
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| affrication | (noun) the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate | - |
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| affricative | (noun) a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') | Synonyms: affricate, affricate consonant |
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| affright | (noun) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety | Synonyms: panic, terror |
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| affront | (noun) a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect | Synonyms: insult |
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| caffre | (noun) an offensive and insulting term for any Black African | Synonyms: caffer, kaffir, kafir |
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| saffranine | (noun) any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes | Synonyms: safranin, safranine |
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| saffron | (noun) a shade of yellow tinged with orange | Synonyms: orange yellow |
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| (noun) dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus | - |
| (noun) Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food | Synonyms: Crocus sativus, saffron crocus |
| taffrail | (noun) the railing around the stern of a ship | - |
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