cymbal | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together | - |
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cymbalist | (noun) a performer on the cymbals | - |
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detribalisation | (noun) the decline or termination of tribal organization | Synonyms: detribalization |
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(noun) the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living | Synonyms: detribalization |
detribalization | (noun) the decline or termination of tribal organization | Synonyms: detribalisation |
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(noun) the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living | Synonyms: detribalisation |
earthball | (noun) any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | Synonyms: false truffle, hard-skinned puffball, puffball |
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embalmer | (noun) a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives | - |
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embalmment | (noun) preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals | - |
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eyeball | (noun) the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye | Synonyms: orb |
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fastball | (noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | Synonyms: bullet, heater, hummer, smoke |
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fireball | (noun) the luminous center of a nuclear explosion | - |
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(noun) a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning) | - |
(noun) a highly energetic and indefatigable person | Synonyms: ball of fire, human dynamo, powerhouse |
(noun) an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) | Synonyms: bolide |
football | (noun) any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal | Synonyms: football game |
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(noun) the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football | - |
footballer | (noun) an athlete who plays American football | Synonyms: football player |
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garibaldi | (noun) a loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves; styled after the red flannel shirts worn by Garibaldi's soldiers | - |
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gimbal | (noun) an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips | - |
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globalisation | (noun) growth to a global or worldwide scale | Synonyms: globalization |
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globalization | (noun) growth to a global or worldwide scale | Synonyms: globalisation |
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goofball | (noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | Synonyms: bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goose, jackass, twat, zany |
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(noun) a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior | Synonyms: buffoon, clown, goof, merry andrew |
greaseball | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent | Synonyms: dago, ginzo, Guinea, wop |
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groundball | (noun) (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground | Synonyms: ground ball, grounder, hopper |
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hairball | (noun) a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) | Synonyms: hair ball, trichobezoar |
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handball | (noun) a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands | - |
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(noun) a small rubber ball used in playing the game of handball | - |
hardball | (noun) baseball as distinguished from softball | - |
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(noun) a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics | - |
herbal | (noun) tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs | Synonyms: herb tea, herbal tea |
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herbalist | (noun) a therapist who heals by the use of herbs | Synonyms: herb doctor |
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highball | (noun) a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass | - |
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hullabaloo | (noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval |
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imbalance | (noun) lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something | Synonyms: disproportion, dissymmetry |
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(noun) a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium | Synonyms: instability, unbalance |
jambalaya | (noun) spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery | - |
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jumbal | (noun) small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie | Synonyms: jumble |
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kabala | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah |
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kabbala | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah |
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kabbalah | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, qabala, qabalah |
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kabbalism | (noun) adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation | Synonyms: cabalism |
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kabbalist | (noun) an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters | Synonyms: cabalist |
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knuckleball | (noun) a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin | Synonyms: knuckler |
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meatball | (noun) ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth | - |
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microbalance | (noun) balance for weighing very small objects | - |
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mothball | (noun) a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing | Synonyms: camphor ball |
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myrobalan | (noun) small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit | Synonyms: cherry plum, myrobalan plum, Prunus cerasifera |
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netball | (noun) a team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post | - |
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oddball | (noun) a person with an unusual or odd personality | Synonyms: eccentric, eccentric person, flake, geek |
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paintball | (noun) a game that simulates military combat; players on one team try to eliminate players on the opposing team by shooting capsules of paint at them | - |
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(noun) a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball | - |
pinball | (noun) a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets | Synonyms: pinball game |
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puffball | (noun) any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature | Synonyms: true puffball |
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(noun) any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | Synonyms: earthball, false truffle, hard-skinned puffball |
punchball | (noun) an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing | Synonyms: punch bag, punching bag, punching ball |
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pushball | (noun) a game using a leather ball six feet in diameter; the two side try to push it across the opponents' goal | - |
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qabala | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabalah |
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qabalah | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala |
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racquetball | (noun) a game played on a handball court with short-handled rackets | - |
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(noun) the ball used in playing the game of racquetball | - |
ribald | (noun) a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language | - |
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ribaldry | (noun) behavior or language bordering on indelicacy | Synonyms: gaminess, raciness, spiciness |
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(noun) ribald humor | - |
robalo | (noun) a kind of percoid fish | - |
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screwball | (noun) a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown | - |
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(noun) a whimsically eccentric person | Synonyms: crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case |
screwballer | (noun) (baseball) a pitcher who throws screwballs | - |
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snowball | (noun) snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) | - |
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(noun) ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup | - |
(noun) ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce | - |
(noun) plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions | Synonyms: Abronia elliptica, sweet sand verbena |
softball | (noun) a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger | Synonyms: softball game |
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(noun) ball used in playing softball | - |
sourball | (noun) round piece of tart hard candy | - |
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spitball | (noun) an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it | Synonyms: spitter |
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(noun) a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere | - |
sportsball | (noun) Sports of an unspecified kind, usually condescending | - |
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stickball | (noun) a form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle | Synonyms: stickball game |
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subaltern | (noun) a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain | - |
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tambala | (noun) 100 tambala equal 1 kwacha in Malawi | - |
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tetherball | (noun) a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole | - |
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timbale | (noun) individual serving of minced e.g. meat or fish in a rich creamy sauce baked in a small pastry mold or timbale shell | - |
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(noun) small pastry shell for creamy mixtures of minced foods | Synonyms: timbale case |
trackball | (noun) an electronic device consisting of a rotatable ball in a housing; used to position the cursor and move images on a computer screen | - |
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tribalisation | (noun) the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis | Synonyms: tribalization |
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tribalism | (noun) the beliefs of a tribal society | - |
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(noun) the state of living together in tribes | - |
tribalization | (noun) the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis | Synonyms: tribalisation |
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unbalance | (noun) a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium | Synonyms: imbalance, instability |
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(noun) a state of mental disturbance and disorientation | Synonyms: derangement, mental unsoundness |
verbalisation | (noun) the activity of expressing something in words | Synonyms: verbalization |
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(noun) the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization | Synonyms: verbalization |
verbaliser | (noun) someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) | Synonyms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer |
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verbalism | (noun) the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions | Synonyms: expression, verbal expression |
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(noun) overabundance of words | Synonyms: verbiage |
verbalization | (noun) the activity of expressing something in words | Synonyms: verbalisation |
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(noun) the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization | Synonyms: verbalisation |
verbalizer | (noun) someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) | Synonyms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser |
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volleyball | (noun) a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands | Synonyms: volley ball, volleyball game |
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(noun) an inflated ball used in playing volleyball | Synonyms: volley ball |