avoirdupois | (noun) excess bodily weight | Synonyms: blubber, fat, fatness |
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(noun) a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) | Synonyms: avoirdupois weight |
buildup | (noun) the act of building up an accumulation | - |
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(noun) highly favorable publicity and praise | - |
(noun) the result of the process of accumulation | - |
dupe | (noun) a person who is tricked or swindled | Synonyms: victim |
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dupery | (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | Synonyms: fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on |
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duplex | (noun) an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase | Synonyms: duplex apartment |
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(noun) a house with two units sharing a common wall | Synonyms: duplex house, semidetached house |
duplicability | (noun) the quality of being reproducible | Synonyms: reproducibility |
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duplicate | (noun) a copy that corresponds to an original exactly | Synonyms: duplication |
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(noun) something additional of the same kind | Synonyms: extra |
duplication | (noun) the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something | Synonyms: gemination |
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(noun) a copy that corresponds to an original exactly | Synonyms: duplicate |
duplicator | (noun) apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material | Synonyms: copier |
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duplicity | (noun) acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another | Synonyms: double-dealing |
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(noun) a fraudulent or duplicitous representation | Synonyms: fraudulence |
holdup | (noun) robbery at gunpoint | Synonyms: armed robbery, heist, stickup |
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(noun) the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time | Synonyms: delay |
reduplication | (noun) the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof) | Synonyms: reiteration |
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(noun) a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word) | - |
(noun) the syllable added in a reduplicated word form | - |
(noun) repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next | Synonyms: anadiplosis |
roundup | (noun) the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police | - |
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(noun) the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold | - |
(noun) a summary list; as in e.g. "a news roundup" | - |
sendup | (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
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speedup | (noun) the act of accelerating; increasing the speed | Synonyms: acceleration, quickening |
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windup | (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: closing, completion, culmination, mop up |
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