| backbench | (noun) any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons | - |
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| backbencher | (noun) a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader | - |
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| bench | (noun) a long seat for more than one person | - |
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| (noun) a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic | Synonyms: work bench, workbench |
| (noun) (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom | - |
| (noun) persons who administer justice | Synonyms: judiciary |
| (noun) the reserve players on a team | - |
| (noun) a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) | Synonyms: terrace |
| benchmark | (noun) a standard by which something can be measured or judged | - |
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| (noun) a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point | Synonyms: bench mark |
| chlorenchyma | (noun) parenchyma whose cells contain chloroplasts | - |
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| clench | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clasp, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold |
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| (noun) a small slip noose made with seizing | Synonyms: clinch |
| crossbench | (noun) any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition | - |
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| crossbencher | (noun) a member of the House of Commons who does not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition | - |
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| disenchantment | (noun) freeing from false belief or illusions | Synonyms: disillusion, disillusionment |
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| drenching | (noun) the act of making something completely wet | Synonyms: soaking, souse, sousing |
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| enchanter | (noun) a sorcerer or magician | - |
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| enchantingness | (noun) Quality of having the ability to enchant; being charming, delightful. | - |
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| enchantment | (noun) a magical spell | Synonyms: bewitchment |
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| (noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | Synonyms: captivation, enthrallment, fascination |
| (noun) a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation | Synonyms: spell, trance |
| enchantress | (noun) a female sorcerer or magician | Synonyms: witch |
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| (noun) a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive | Synonyms: Delilah, femme fatale, siren, temptress |
| enchilada | (noun) tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili | - |
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| enchiridion | (noun) a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location | Synonyms: handbook, vade mecum |
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| enchondroma | (noun) benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet) | - |
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| entrenchment | (noun) an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches | Synonyms: intrenchment |
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| frontbencher | (noun) a member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party | - |
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| henchman | (noun) someone who assists in a plot | Synonyms: collaborator, confederate, partner in crime |
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| intrenchment | (noun) an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches | Synonyms: entrenchment |
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| mesenchyme | (noun) mesodermal tissue that forms connective tissue and blood and smooth muscles | - |
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| oldwench | (noun) tropical Atlantic fish | Synonyms: Balistes vetula, Bessy cerca, oldwife, queen triggerfish |
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| parenchyma | (noun) animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels | - |
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| (noun) the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems | - |
| penchant | (noun) a strong liking | Synonyms: predilection, preference, taste |
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| quenching | (noun) the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning | Synonyms: extinction, extinguishing |
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| retrenchment | (noun) the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable | Synonyms: curtailment, downsizing |
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| (noun) entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense | - |
| stench | (noun) a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant | Synonyms: fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, reek, stink |
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| tench | (noun) freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water | Synonyms: Tinca tinca |
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| trench | (noun) a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth | - |
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| (noun) any long ditch cut in the ground | - |
| (noun) a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor | Synonyms: deep, oceanic abyss |
| trenchancy | (noun) keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect | Synonyms: incisiveness |
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| trencher | (noun) a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved | - |
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| (noun) someone who digs trenches | - |
| trencherman | (noun) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess | Synonyms: glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer |
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| wench | (noun) informal terms for a (young) woman | Synonyms: bird, chick, dame, doll, skirt |
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| wencher | (noun) someone who patronizes prostitutes | - |
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| workbench | (noun) a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic | Synonyms: bench, work bench |
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| wrench | (noun) a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt | Synonyms: spanner |
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| (noun) a jerky pulling movement | Synonyms: twist |
| (noun) a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments | Synonyms: pull, twist |