beanfeast | (noun) an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees | - |
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beefeater | (noun) officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch | Synonyms: yeoman, yeoman of the guard |
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defeat | (noun) an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest | Synonyms: licking |
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(noun) the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals | Synonyms: frustration |
defeated | (noun) people who are defeated | Synonyms: discomfited |
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defeatism | (noun) acceptance of the inevitability of defeat | - |
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defeatist | (noun) someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions | Synonyms: negativist |
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fealty | (noun) the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign) | Synonyms: allegiance |
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fear | (noun) an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) | Synonyms: fearfulness, fright |
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(noun) an anxious feeling | Synonyms: care, concern |
(noun) a feeling of profound respect for someone or something | Synonyms: awe, reverence, veneration |
fearfulness | (noun) the trait of being afraid | - |
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(noun) an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) | Synonyms: fear, fright |
fearlessness | (noun) the trait of feeling no fear | - |
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(noun) feeling no fear | Synonyms: bravery |
feasibility | (noun) the quality of being doable | Synonyms: feasibleness |
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feasibleness | (noun) the quality of being doable | Synonyms: feasibility |
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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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feat | (noun) a notable achievement | Synonyms: effort, exploit |
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feather | (noun) turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls | Synonyms: feathering |
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(noun) branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds | - |
featherbed | (noun) a mattress stuffed with feathers | Synonyms: feather bed |
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featherbedding | (noun) the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required | - |
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featheredge | (noun) a thin tapering edge | - |
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featherfoil | (noun) a plant of the genus Hottonia | Synonyms: feather-foil |
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featheriness | (noun) a light softness | Synonyms: downiness, fluffiness |
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feathering | (noun) turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls | Synonyms: feather |
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feathertop | (noun) northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles | Synonyms: feathertop grass, Pennistum villosum |
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(noun) a variety of reed grass | Synonyms: Calamagrostis acutiflora, feather reed grass |
featherweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the bantamweight division and lighter than those in the lightweight division. | - |
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(noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds | - |
(noun) weighs 126-139 pounds | - |
(noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds | - |
feature | (noun) an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles | - |
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(noun) the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin | Synonyms: lineament |
(noun) a prominent attribute or aspect of something | Synonyms: characteristic |
(noun) (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind | Synonyms: feature of speech |
(noun) the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater | Synonyms: feature film |
(noun) a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: feature article |
featurelessness | (noun) The state or condition of being without distinguishing features. | - |
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gayfeather | (noun) any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads | Synonyms: blazing star, button snakeroot, gay-feather, snakeroot |
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infeasibility | (noun) the quality of not being doable | Synonyms: unfeasibility |
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malfeasance | (noun) wrongful conduct by a public official | - |
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malfeasant | (noun) one guilty of malfeasance | - |
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misfeasance | (noun) doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner | - |
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nonfeasance | (noun) a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do | - |
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tortfeasor | (noun) a party who has committed a tort | Synonyms: tort-feasor |
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unfeasibility | (noun) the quality of not being doable | Synonyms: infeasibility |
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