awl | (noun) a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes | - |
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awlwort | (noun) small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal | Synonyms: Subularia aquatica |
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bawler | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bellower, roarer, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller |
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(noun) a loud weeper | - |
bawling | (noun) loud cries made while weeping | Synonyms: wailing |
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bradawl | (noun) an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws | Synonyms: pricker |
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brawl | (noun) a noisy fight in a crowd | Synonyms: free-for-all |
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(noun) an uproarious party | Synonyms: bash, do |
brawler | (noun) a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls) | - |
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crawl | (noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | Synonyms: crawling, creep, creeping |
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(noun) a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick | Synonyms: Australian crawl, front crawl |
(noun) a very slow movement | - |
crawler | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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(noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage | Synonyms: ass-kisser, lackey, sycophant, toady |
(noun) a person who crawls or creeps along the ground | Synonyms: creeper |
crawling | (noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | Synonyms: crawl, creep, creeping |
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crawlspace | (noun) low space beneath a floor of a building; gives workers access to wiring or plumbing | Synonyms: crawl space |
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drawl | (noun) a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels | - |
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drawler | (noun) someone who speaks with a drawl | - |
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flawlessness | (noun) the state of being without a flaw or defect | Synonyms: ne plus ultra, perfection |
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lawlessness | (noun) illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law | Synonyms: outlawry |
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(noun) a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) | Synonyms: anarchy |
nightcrawler | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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pawl | (noun) a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | Synonyms: click, detent, dog |
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scrawl | (noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: cacography, scratch, scribble |
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scrawler | (noun) a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read | Synonyms: scribbler |
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shawl | (noun) cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders | - |
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spawl | (noun) a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge | Synonyms: spall |
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sprawl | (noun) an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about | Synonyms: sprawling |
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(noun) an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities | Synonyms: conurbation, urban sprawl |
sprawler | (noun) a person who sprawls | - |
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sprawling | (noun) an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about | Synonyms: sprawl |
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trawl | (noun) a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths | Synonyms: dragnet, trawl net |
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(noun) a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) | Synonyms: setline, spiller, trawl line, trotline |
trawler | (noun) a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish | Synonyms: dragger |
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(noun) a fisherman who use a trawl net | - |
yawl | (noun) a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost | Synonyms: dandy |
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(noun) a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars) | - |