| pegboard | (noun) a board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted | - |
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| pericarditis | (noun) inflammation of the pericardium | - |
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| pericardium | (noun) a serous membrane with two layers that surrounds the heart | - |
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| petard | (noun) an explosive device used to break down a gate or wall | - |
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| pilchard | (noun) small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring | Synonyms: Sardina pilchardus, sardine |
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| (noun) small fatty fish usually canned | Synonyms: sardine |
| placard | (noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | Synonyms: bill, card, notice, poster, posting |
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| plasterboard | (noun) wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls | Synonyms: gypsum board |
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| plugboard | (noun) telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords | Synonyms: patchboard, switchboard |
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| plyboard | (noun) a laminate made of thin layers of wood | Synonyms: plywood |
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| pochard | (noun) heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head | Synonyms: Aythya ferina |
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| pollard | (noun) a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed | - |
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| (noun) a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage | - |
| poniard | (noun) a dagger with a slender blade | Synonyms: bodkin |
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| postcard | (noun) a card for sending messages by post without an envelope | Synonyms: mailing-card, post card, postal card |
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| posterboard | (noun) a cardboard suitable for making posters | Synonyms: paperboard, poster board |
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| punchboard | (noun) a small board full of holes; each hole contains a slip of paper with symbols printed on it; a gambler pays a small sum for the privilege of pushing out a slip in the hope of obtaining one that entitles him to a prize | - |
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| racecard | (noun) a program for a race meeting; lists the races and the names of the horses | - |
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| railyard | (noun) an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines | Synonyms: railway yard, yard |
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| rearguard | (noun) a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body | - |
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| rearward | (noun) direction toward the rear | - |
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| regard | (noun) a long fixed look | Synonyms: gaze |
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| (noun) (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point | Synonyms: respect |
| (noun) paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) | Synonyms: attentiveness, heed, paying attention |
| (noun) an attitude of admiration or esteem | Synonyms: esteem, respect |
| (noun) (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare | Synonyms: compliments, wish |
| (noun) a feeling of friendship and esteem | Synonyms: respect |
| (noun) the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) | Synonyms: esteem, respect |
| retard | (noun) a person of subnormal intelligence | Synonyms: changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron |
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| retardant | (noun) any agent that retards or delays or hinders | Synonyms: retardation, retardent |
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| retardation | (noun) the act of slowing down or falling behind | Synonyms: lag, slowdown |
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| (noun) a decrease in rate of change | Synonyms: deceleration, slowing |
| (noun) lack of normal development of intellectual capacities | Synonyms: backwardness, mental retardation, slowness, subnormality |
| (noun) any agent that retards or delays or hinders | Synonyms: retardant, retardent |
| (noun) the extent to which something is delayed or held back | - |
| retarded | (noun) people collectively who are mentally retarded | Synonyms: developmentally challenged, mentally retarded |
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| retardent | (noun) any agent that retards or delays or hinders | Synonyms: retardant, retardation |
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| reward | (noun) an act performed to strengthen approved behavior | Synonyms: reinforcement |
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| (noun) benefit resulting from some event or action | Synonyms: advantage |
| (noun) the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property | - |
| (noun) a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing | Synonyms: payoff, wages |
| (noun) payment made in return for a service rendered | - |
| safeguard | (noun) a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. | Synonyms: guard, precaution |
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| (noun) a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war | Synonyms: safe-conduct |
| sard | (noun) a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony | Synonyms: sardine, sardius |
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| sardine | (noun) any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned | - |
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| (noun) small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring | Synonyms: pilchard, Sardina pilchardus |
| (noun) small fatty fish usually canned | Synonyms: pilchard |
| (noun) a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony | Synonyms: sard, sardius |
| sardius | (noun) a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony | Synonyms: sard, sardine |
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| sardonyx | (noun) an onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a different colored mineral | - |
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| scabbard | (noun) a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet | - |
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| schoolyard | (noun) the yard associated with a school | - |
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| scoreboard | (noun) a large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information) | - |
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| scorecard | (noun) (golf) a record of scores (as in golf) | Synonyms: card |
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| seaboard | (noun) the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort | Synonyms: seaside |
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| seaward | (noun) the direction toward the sea | - |
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| shard | (noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact | Synonyms: fragment, sherd |
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| shipyard | (noun) a workplace where ships are built or repaired | - |
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| shovelboard | (noun) a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface | Synonyms: shuffleboard |
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| shuffleboard | (noun) a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface | Synonyms: shovelboard |
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| sideboard | (noun) a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers | Synonyms: buffet, counter |
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| (noun) a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib | - |
| (noun) a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity | - |
| signboard | (noun) structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted | Synonyms: sign |
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| skateboard | (noun) a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot | - |
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| skateboarder | (noun) someone who skates on a skateboard | - |
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| skateboarding | (noun) the sport of skating on a skateboard | - |
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| sluggard | (noun) an idle slothful person | Synonyms: slug |
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| snowboard | (noun) a board that resembles a broad ski or a small surfboard; used in a standing position to slide down snow-covered slopes | - |
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| snowboarder | (noun) someone who slides down snow-covered slopes while standing on a snowboard | - |
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| snowboarding | (noun) the act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard | - |
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| soundboard | (noun) (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument | Synonyms: sounding board |
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| southeastward | (noun) the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees | Synonyms: SE, sou'-east, southeast |
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| southward | (noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees | Synonyms: due south, S, south |
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| southwestward | (noun) the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees | Synonyms: sou'-west, southwest, SW |
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| spikenard | (noun) an aromatic ointment used in antiquity | Synonyms: nard |
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| splashboard | (noun) protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side | Synonyms: washboard |
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| (noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. | Synonyms: dashboard, splasher |
| springboard | (noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched | Synonyms: jumping-off point, point of departure |
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| (noun) a flexible board for jumping upward | - |
| standard | (noun) any distinctive flag | Synonyms: banner |
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| (noun) an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support) | - |
| (noun) the ideal in terms of which something can be judged | Synonyms: criterion |
| (noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: criterion, measure, touchstone |
| (noun) the value behind the money in a monetary system | Synonyms: monetary standard |
| (noun) a board measure = 1980 board feet | - |
| standardisation | (noun) the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Synonyms: calibration, standardization |
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| (noun) the imposition of standards or regulations | Synonyms: normalisation, normalization, standardization |
| (noun) the condition in which a standard has been successfully established | Synonyms: standardization |
| standardiser | (noun) a person who sets a standard for things to conform to | Synonyms: standardizer |
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| standardization | (noun) the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Synonyms: calibration, standardisation |
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| (noun) the imposition of standards or regulations | Synonyms: normalisation, normalization, standardisation |
| (noun) the condition in which a standard has been successfully established | Synonyms: standardisation |
| standardizer | (noun) a person who sets a standard for things to conform to | Synonyms: standardiser |
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| starboard | (noun) the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose | - |
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| stardom | (noun) the status of being acknowledged as a star | - |
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| stardust | (noun) a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality | - |
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| steelyard | (noun) a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length | Synonyms: beam scale, lever scale |
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| steward | (noun) someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else | - |
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| (noun) a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management | Synonyms: shop steward |
| (noun) one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals | Synonyms: custodian, keeper |
| (noun) an attendant on an airplane | Synonyms: flight attendant |
| (noun) the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements | - |
| stewardess | (noun) a woman steward on an airplane | Synonyms: air hostess, hostess |
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| stewardship | (noun) the position of steward | - |
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| stockyard | (noun) enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily | - |
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| straightforwardness | (noun) the quality of being direct and straightforward | Synonyms: downrightness |
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| (noun) without hypocrisy | Synonyms: singleness |
| strawboard | (noun) a coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp | - |
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| surfboard | (noun) a narrow buoyant board for riding surf | - |
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| surfboarder | (noun) someone who engages in surfboarding | Synonyms: surfer |
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| surfboarding | (noun) the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave | Synonyms: surfing, surfriding |
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| sward | (noun) surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots | Synonyms: greensward, sod, turf |
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| switchboard | (noun) telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords | Synonyms: patchboard, plugboard |
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| tabard | (noun) a short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald | - |
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| tachycardia | (noun) abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute) | - |
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| tailboard | (noun) a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading | Synonyms: tailgate |
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| tankard | (noun) large drinking vessel with one handle | - |
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| tardigrade | (noun) an arthropod of the division Tardigrada | - |
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| tardiness | (noun) the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time | - |
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| teardrop | (noun) a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands | Synonyms: tear |
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| (noun) anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring) | - |
| teeterboard | (noun) a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end | Synonyms: dandle board, seesaw, teeter-totter, teeter, teetertotter, tilting board |
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| tiltyard | (noun) (formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests | - |
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| timecard | (noun) a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day | - |
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| (noun) a card recording an employee's starting and quitting times each work day | - |
| unitard | (noun) a tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles); worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performance | Synonyms: body suit, cat suit, leotard |
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| vanguard | (noun) the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field | Synonyms: cutting edge, forefront |
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| (noun) the leading units moving at the head of an army | Synonyms: van |
| (noun) any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) | Synonyms: avant-garde, new wave, van |
| vardenafil | (noun) virility drug (trade name Levitra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men | Synonyms: Levitra |
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| vineyard | (noun) a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced | Synonyms: vinery |
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| wakeboard | (noun) a buoyant board (resembling a surfboard) that is used to ride over water while being pulled behind a motorboat | Synonyms: wake board |
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| wallboard | (noun) a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses | Synonyms: dry wall, drywall |
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| ward | (noun) block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care | Synonyms: hospital ward |
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| (noun) a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) | Synonyms: cellblock |
| (noun) a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections | - |
| (noun) a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another | - |
| warden | (noun) the chief official in charge of a prison | - |
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| wardenship | (noun) the position of warden | - |
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| warder | (noun) a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners | - |
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| wardership | (noun) the position of warder | - |
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| wardress | (noun) a woman warder | - |
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| wardrobe | (noun) a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes | Synonyms: closet, press |
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| (noun) collection of clothing belonging to one person | - |
| (noun) collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company | - |