bottlecap | (noun) a cap that seals a bottle | - |
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decapitation | (noun) killing by cutting off the head | Synonyms: beheading |
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(noun) execution by cutting off the victim's head | Synonyms: beheading |
decapod | (noun) crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax | Synonyms: decapod crustacean |
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(noun) cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones | - |
icecap | (noun) a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak) | Synonyms: ice cap |
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kneecap | (noun) a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint | Synonyms: kneepan, patella |
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recap | (noun) a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion | Synonyms: recapitulation, review |
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(noun) a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads | Synonyms: retread |
recapitulation | (noun) (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement) | - |
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(noun) a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion | Synonyms: recap, review |
(noun) (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated | - |
(noun) emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species | Synonyms: palingenesis |
recapture | (noun) the act of taking something back | Synonyms: retaking |
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(noun) a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount | - |
toecap | (noun) a protective leather or steel cover for the toe of a boot or shoe, reinforcing or decorating it | - |
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whitecap | (noun) a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white | Synonyms: white horse |
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