broadcast | (noun) message that is transmitted by radio or television | - |
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(noun) a radio or television show | Synonyms: program, programme |
broadcaster | (noun) a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions | Synonyms: spreader |
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(noun) someone who broadcasts on radio or television | - |
broadcasting | (noun) taking part in a radio or tv program | - |
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(noun) a medium that disseminates via telecommunications | Synonyms: broadcast medium |
cardcastle | (noun) an unstable construction with playing cards | Synonyms: card-house, cardhouse, house of cards |
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cast | (noun) the act of throwing dice | Synonyms: roll |
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(noun) the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel | Synonyms: casting |
(noun) a violent throw | Synonyms: hurl |
(noun) object formed by a mold | Synonyms: casting |
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal | Synonyms: plaster bandage, plaster cast |
(noun) container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens | Synonyms: mold, mould |
(noun) the visual appearance of something or someone | Synonyms: form, shape |
(noun) the actors in a play | Synonyms: cast of characters, dramatis personae |
(noun) the distinctive form in which a thing is made | Synonyms: mold, mould, stamp |
castanets | (noun) (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | Synonyms: bones, clappers, finger cymbals |
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castaway | (noun) a shipwrecked person | Synonyms: shipwreck survivor |
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(noun) a person who is rejected (from society or home) | Synonyms: Ishmael, outcast, pariah |
caste | (noun) in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony | - |
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(noun) a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth | - |
(noun) (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity | - |
(noun) social status or position conferred by a system based on class | - |
caster | (noun) a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable | Synonyms: castor |
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(noun) a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar | Synonyms: castor |
(noun) a worker who casts molten metal into finished products | - |
castigation | (noun) verbal punishment | Synonyms: chastisement |
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(noun) a severe scolding | Synonyms: bawling out, chewing out, dressing down, earful, going-over, upbraiding |
casting | (noun) the act of creating something by casting it in a mold | Synonyms: molding |
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(noun) the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel | Synonyms: cast |
(noun) the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie | - |
(noun) object formed by a mold | Synonyms: cast |
castle | (noun) interchanging the positions of the king and a rook | Synonyms: castling |
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(noun) a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack | - |
(noun) (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard | Synonyms: rook |
(noun) a large and stately mansion | Synonyms: palace |
castling | (noun) interchanging the positions of the king and a rook | Synonyms: castle |
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castor | (noun) a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material) | Synonyms: beaver |
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(noun) a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable | Synonyms: caster |
(noun) a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar | Synonyms: caster |
castrate | (noun) a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction | Synonyms: eunuch |
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castration | (noun) neutering a male animal by removing the testicles | Synonyms: emasculation |
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(noun) surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men) | - |
(noun) the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work | Synonyms: expurgation |
castrato | (noun) a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice | - |
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colorcast | (noun) a television program that is broadcast in color | Synonyms: colourcast |
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colourcast | (noun) a television program that is broadcast in color | Synonyms: colorcast |
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conacaste | (noun) tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber | Synonyms: elephant's ear, Enterolobium cyclocarpa |
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downcast | (noun) a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine | - |
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forecast | (noun) a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop | Synonyms: prognosis |
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forecaster | (noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) | Synonyms: predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer |
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forecasting | (noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: foretelling, prediction, prognostication |
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forecastle | (noun) living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed | Synonyms: fo'c'sle |
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newscast | (noun) a broadcast of news or commentary on the news | - |
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newscaster | (noun) someone who broadcasts the news | - |
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outcast | (noun) a person who is rejected (from society or home) | Synonyms: castaway, Ishmael, pariah |
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outcaste | (noun) a person belonging to no caste | - |
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overcast | (noun) a cast that falls beyond the intended spot | - |
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(noun) a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling | Synonyms: overcasting |
(noun) the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds | Synonyms: cloud cover, cloudiness |
(noun) gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover | Synonyms: cloudiness |
overcasting | (noun) a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling | Synonyms: overcast |
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rebroadcast | (noun) a broadcast that repeated at a later time | - |
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recasting | (noun) changing a particular word or phrase | Synonyms: rephrasing, rewording |
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roughcast | (noun) a rough preliminary model | - |
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(noun) a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls | - |
simulcast | (noun) a broadcast that is carried simultaneously by radio and television (or by FM and AM radio) | - |
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sportscast | (noun) a broadcast of sports news or commentary | - |
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sportscaster | (noun) an announcer who reads sports news or describes sporting events | Synonyms: sports announcer, sports commentator |
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telecast | (noun) a television broadcast | - |
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telecaster | (noun) a television broadcaster | - |
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telecasting | (noun) broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects | Synonyms: television, TV, video |
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upcast | (noun) air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine | - |
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wormcast | (noun) fossil trail of a worm | - |
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(noun) cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm | - |