| assault | (noun) close fighting during the culmination of a military attack | - |
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| (noun) a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped | - |
| (noun) the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will | Synonyms: rape, ravishment, violation |
| assaulter | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: aggressor, assailant, attacker |
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| baulk | (noun) one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof | Synonyms: balk, rafter |
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| (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment |
| (noun) the area on a billiard table behind the balkline | Synonyms: balk |
| baulker | (noun) a person who refuses to comply | Synonyms: balker, noncompliant |
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| caterwaul | (noun) the yowling sound made by a cat in heat | - |
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| caul | (noun) the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) | Synonyms: embryonic membrane, veil |
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| (noun) part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines | Synonyms: gastrocolic omentum, greater omentum |
| cauldron | (noun) a very large pot that is used for boiling | Synonyms: caldron |
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| cauliflower | (noun) compact head of white undeveloped flowers | - |
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| (noun) a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea botrytis |
| caulk | (noun) a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight | Synonyms: caulking |
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| caulking | (noun) a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight | Synonyms: caulk |
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| chaulmoogra | (noun) East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy | Synonyms: chaulmoogra tree, chaulmugra, Hydnocarpus kurzii, Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii |
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| chaulmugra | (noun) East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy | Synonyms: chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra tree, Hydnocarpus kurzii, Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii |
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| default | (noun) loss due to not showing up | - |
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| (noun) an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified | Synonyms: default option |
| (noun) loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid | Synonyms: nonpayment, nonremittal |
| (noun) act of failing to meet a financial obligation | Synonyms: nonpayment, nonremittal |
| defaulter | (noun) a contestant who forfeits a match | - |
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| (noun) someone who fails to meet a financial obligation | Synonyms: deadbeat |
| (noun) someone who fails to make a required appearance in court | - |
| epaulet | (noun) adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder | Synonyms: epaulette |
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| epaulette | (noun) adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder | Synonyms: epaulet |
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| epauliere | (noun) armor plate that protects the shoulder | - |
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| fauld | (noun) a piece of armor plate below the breastplate | - |
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| fault | (noun) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | Synonyms: error, mistake |
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| (noun) (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area) | - |
| (noun) the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection | Synonyms: demerit |
| (noun) responsibility for a bad situation or event | - |
| (noun) (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.) | - |
| (noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Synonyms: break, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift |
| (noun) an imperfection in an object or machine | Synonyms: defect, flaw |
| faultfinder | (noun) someone who is critical of the motives of others | Synonyms: cynic |
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| faultfinding | (noun) persistent petty and unjustified criticism | Synonyms: carping |
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| faultiness | (noun) the state of being defective | Synonyms: defectiveness |
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| faulting | (noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Synonyms: break, fault, fracture, geological fault, shift |
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| faultlessness | (noun) the quality of being without an error or fault | Synonyms: impeccability |
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| footfault | (noun) a fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline | - |
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| haul | (noun) the act of drawing or hauling something | Synonyms: draw, haulage |
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| (noun) the quantity that was caught | Synonyms: catch |
| haulage | (noun) the act of drawing or hauling something | Synonyms: draw, haul |
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| hauler | (noun) a haulage contractor | Synonyms: haulier |
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| haulier | (noun) a haulage contractor | Synonyms: hauler |
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| hauling | (noun) the activity of transporting goods by truck | Synonyms: truckage, trucking |
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| haulm | (noun) stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding | Synonyms: halm |
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| hydraulics | (noun) study of the mechanics of fluids | Synonyms: fluid mechanics |
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| maul | (noun) a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges | Synonyms: sledge, sledgehammer |
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| mauler | (noun) a fighter who batters the opponent | - |
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| maulers | (noun) large strong hand (as of a fighter) | Synonyms: hooks, meat hooks |
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| maulstick | (noun) a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush | Synonyms: mahlstick |
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| miaul | (noun) the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) | Synonyms: meow, mew, miaou, miaow |
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| monaul | (noun) brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia | Synonyms: monal |
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| overhaul | (noun) periodic maintenance on a car or machine | Synonyms: inspection and repair, service |
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| (noun) the act of improving by renewing and restoring | Synonyms: redevelopment, renovation |
| somersault | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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| somersaulting | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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| summersault | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summerset |
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| tarpaulin | (noun) waterproofed canvas | Synonyms: tarp |
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| vault | (noun) the act of jumping over an obstacle | Synonyms: hurdle |
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| (noun) an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof | - |
| (noun) a burial chamber (usually underground) | Synonyms: burial vault |
| (noun) a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables | Synonyms: bank vault |
| vaulter | (noun) an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole | Synonyms: pole jumper, pole vaulter |
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| vaulting | (noun) a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down | Synonyms: curvet |
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| (noun) (architecture) a vaulted structure | - |