beanfeast | (noun) an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees | - |
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beast | (noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Synonyms: animal, animate being, brute, creature, fauna |
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(noun) a cruelly rapacious person | Synonyms: brute, savage, wildcat, wolf |
beastliness | (noun) unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather | - |
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(noun) the quality of being deliberately mean | Synonyms: meanness |
breast | (noun) the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest | - |
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(noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | Synonyms: boob, bosom, knocker, tit, titty |
(noun) the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen | Synonyms: chest |
(noun) meat carved from the breast of a fowl | Synonyms: white meat |
breastbone | (noun) the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs | Synonyms: sternum |
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breastpin | (noun) a decorative pin worn by women | Synonyms: broach, brooch |
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breastplate | (noun) armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass | Synonyms: aegis, egis |
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breaststroke | (noun) a swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick | - |
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breaststroker | (noun) someone who swims the breaststroke | - |
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breastwork | (noun) fortification consisting of a low wall | Synonyms: parapet |
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cotoneaster | (noun) any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits | - |
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east | (noun) a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city | - |
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(noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees | Synonyms: due east, E, eastward |
(noun) the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point | - |
easter | (noun) a wind from the east | Synonyms: east wind, easterly |
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easterly | (noun) a wind from the east | Synonyms: east wind, easter |
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easterner | (noun) an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S. | - |
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eastward | (noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees | Synonyms: due east, E, east |
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feast | (noun) something experienced with great delight | - |
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(noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors) | Synonyms: fete, fiesta |
(noun) a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed | Synonyms: banquet, spread |
(noun) a ceremonial dinner party for many people | Synonyms: banquet |
feasting | (noun) eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) | Synonyms: banqueting |
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hippeastrum | (noun) amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers | Synonyms: Hippeastrum puniceum |
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least | (noun) something that is of no importance | - |
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noreaster | (noun) a storm blowing from the northeast | Synonyms: northeaster |
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northeast | (noun) a location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city | - |
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(noun) the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees | Synonyms: NE, nor'-east, northeastward |
(noun) the direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point | - |
northeaster | (noun) a storm blowing from the northeast | Synonyms: noreaster |
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northeastward | (noun) the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees | Synonyms: NE, nor'-east, northeast |
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oleaster | (noun) any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits | - |
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redbreast | (noun) small Old World songbird with a reddish breast | Synonyms: Erithacus rubecola, Old World robin, robin, robin redbreast |
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southeast | (noun) a location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city | - |
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(noun) the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees | Synonyms: SE, sou'-east, southeastward |
(noun) the direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point | - |
southeaster | (noun) a strong wind from the southeast | Synonyms: sou'easter |
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southeastward | (noun) the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees | Synonyms: SE, sou'-east, southeast |
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yeast | (noun) any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division | - |
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(noun) a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey | Synonyms: barm |