juggle | (noun) throwing and catching several objects simultaneously | Synonyms: juggling |
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(noun) the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression | Synonyms: juggling |
juggler | (noun) a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity | - |
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jugglery | (noun) the performance of a juggler | - |
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(noun) artful trickery designed to achieve an end | - |
juggling | (noun) throwing and catching several objects simultaneously | Synonyms: juggle |
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(noun) the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression | Synonyms: juggle |
jungle | (noun) a place where hoboes camp | Synonyms: hobo camp |
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(noun) an impenetrable equatorial forest | - |
(noun) a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival | - |
kinglet | (noun) small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice | - |
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lactoglobulin | (noun) a globular protein found in milk. | - |
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langlaufer | (noun) a cross-country skier | - |
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langley | (noun) unit of solar radiation | - |
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lithoglyptics | (noun) the art of engraving on precious stones | Synonyms: glyptics |
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longlegs | (noun) long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons | Synonyms: Himantopus stilt, long-legs, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbird |
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macroglia | (noun) tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells | Synonyms: astroglia |
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macroglossia | (noun) a congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally large tongue; often seen in cases of Down's syndrome | - |
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maglev | (noun) high-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction | Synonyms: magnetic levitation |
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mangle | (noun) clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers | - |
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mangler | (noun) a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples | Synonyms: maimer, mutilator |
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manglietia | (noun) a genus of flowering tree of the family Magnoliaceae found from Malay to southern China | Synonyms: genus Manglietia |
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meaninglessness | (noun) the quality of having no value or significance | - |
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(noun) a message that seems to convey no meaning | Synonyms: bunk, hokum, nonsense, nonsensicality |
metheglin | (noun) spiced or medicated mead | - |
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microglia | (noun) neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic | - |
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microgliacyte | (noun) a cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue | - |
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mingling | (noun) the action of people mingling and coming into contact | - |
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myoglobin | (noun) a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until needed | - |
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myoglobinuria | (noun) the presence of myoglobin in the urine | - |
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neglect | (noun) failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | Synonyms: carelessness, negligence, nonperformance |
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(noun) willful lack of care and attention | Synonyms: disregard |
(noun) the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern | Synonyms: neglectfulness, negligence |
(noun) lack of attention and due care | Synonyms: disregard |
(noun) the state of something that has been unused and neglected | Synonyms: disuse |
neglecter | (noun) a person who is neglectful and gives little attention or respect to people or responsibilities | - |
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neglectfulness | (noun) the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern | Synonyms: neglect, negligence |
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neglige | (noun) a loose dressing gown for women | Synonyms: housecoat, negligee, peignoir, wrapper |
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negligee | (noun) a loose dressing gown for women | Synonyms: housecoat, neglige, peignoir, wrapper |
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negligence | (noun) failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | Synonyms: carelessness, neglect, nonperformance |
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(noun) the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern | Synonyms: neglect, neglectfulness |
neuroglia | (noun) sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system | Synonyms: glia |
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neurogliacyte | (noun) a cell of the neuroglia | Synonyms: glial cell, neuroglial cell |
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niggler | (noun) someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way | Synonyms: carper |
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nitroglycerin | (noun) a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) | Synonyms: glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerine, Nitrospan, Nitrostat, trinitroglycerin |
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nitroglycerine | (noun) a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) | Synonyms: glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerin, Nitrospan, Nitrostat, trinitroglycerin |
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odontoglossum | (noun) any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors | - |
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ogler | (noun) a viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person | - |
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oligodendroglia | (noun) tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers | Synonyms: oligodendria |
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otoganglion | (noun) an autonomic ganglion whose postganglionic fibers are distributed to the parotid gland | Synonyms: otic ganglion |
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oxyhaemoglobin | (noun) the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs | Synonyms: oxyhemoglobin |
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oxyhemoglobin | (noun) the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs | Synonyms: oxyhaemoglobin |
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paigle | (noun) early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers | Synonyms: cowslip, Primula veris |
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(noun) Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel | Synonyms: oxlip, Primula elatior |
paragliding | (noun) gliding in a parasail | Synonyms: parasailing |
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pegleg | (noun) a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg | Synonyms: leg, peg, wooden leg |
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pentangle | (noun) a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon | Synonyms: pentacle, pentagram |
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petroglyph | (noun) a carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people) | - |
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piglet | (noun) a young pig | Synonyms: piggy, shoat, shote |
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plexiglass | (noun) a light transparent weather resistant thermoplastic | Synonyms: Plexiglas |
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polyglot | (noun) a person who speaks more than one language | Synonyms: linguist |
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porbeagle | (noun) voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific | Synonyms: Lamna nasus |
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prostaglandin | (noun) a potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen); produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity | - |
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quadrangle | (noun) a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings | Synonyms: quad |
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(noun) a four-sided polygon | Synonyms: quadrilateral, tetragon |
raglan | (noun) a garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves | - |
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rectangle | (noun) a parallelogram with four right angles | - |
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ridgling | (noun) a colt with undescended testicles | Synonyms: ridgel, ridgeling, ridgil |
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ringleader | (noun) a person who leads (especially in illicit activities) | - |
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ringlet | (noun) any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae | Synonyms: ringlet butterfly |
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(noun) a little ring | - |
(noun) lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl | Synonyms: curl, whorl |
(noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | Synonyms: coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, roll, scroll, whorl |
salpiglossis | (noun) any plant of the genus Salpiglossis | - |
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sandglass | (noun) timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage | - |
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semigloss | (noun) a paint that dries with a finish between glossy and flat | - |
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seraglio | (noun) living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household | Synonyms: hareem, harem, serail |
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shingle | (noun) a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g. | - |
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(noun) building material used as siding or roofing | Synonyms: shake |
(noun) coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel) | - |
shingler | (noun) a worker who shingles roofs | - |
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shingles | (noun) eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia | Synonyms: herpes zoster, zoster |
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shingling | (noun) the laying on of shingles | - |
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(noun) (geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction | - |
siglum | (noun) a sign, abbreviation, letter, or character standing for words in ancient manuscripts or on coins or medals. | - |
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single | (noun) a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base | Synonyms: bingle |
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(noun) the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number | Synonyms: 1, ace, I, one, unity |
singleness | (noun) the quality of concentrating on one central objective | - |
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(noun) without hypocrisy | Synonyms: straightforwardness |
singles | (noun) tennis played with one person on each side | - |
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(noun) badminton played with one person on each side | - |
singlestick | (noun) a stick used instead of a sword for fencing | Synonyms: backsword, fencing stick |
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singlet | (noun) a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body | Synonyms: undershirt, vest |
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singleton | (noun) the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt | - |
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(noun) a set containing a single member | - |
(noun) a single object (as distinguished from a pair) | - |
smuggler | (noun) someone who imports or exports without paying duties | Synonyms: contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner |
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smuggling | (noun) secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due | - |
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snuggle | (noun) a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace | Synonyms: cuddle, nestle |
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snuggling | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching |
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spangle | (noun) adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing | Synonyms: diamante, sequin |
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spyglass | (noun) a small refracting telescope | Synonyms: field glass, glass |
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squiggle | (noun) a short twisting line | Synonyms: curlicue |
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(noun) an illegible scrawl | - |
straggle | (noun) a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons) | - |
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straggler | (noun) someone who strays or falls behind | Synonyms: strayer |
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stranglehold | (noun) a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe | - |
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(noun) complete power over a person or situation | Synonyms: chokehold, throttlehold |
strangler | (noun) someone who kills by strangling | Synonyms: choker, garroter, garrotter, throttler |
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(noun) an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree | Synonyms: strangler tree |
strangles | (noun) an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes | Synonyms: equine distemper |
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strangling | (noun) the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe | Synonyms: choking, strangulation, throttling |
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struggle | (noun) strenuous effort | - |
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(noun) an energetic attempt to achieve something | Synonyms: battle |
(noun) an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) | Synonyms: battle, conflict |
struggler | (noun) a person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort | - |
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sunglass | (noun) a convex lens that focuses the rays of the sun; used to start a fire | - |
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sunglasses | (noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun | Synonyms: dark glasses, shades |
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swingletree | (noun) a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling | Synonyms: whiffletree, whippletree |
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tagliatelle | (noun) pasta cut in narrow ribbons | - |
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tangle | (noun) something jumbled or confused | Synonyms: maze, snarl |
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(noun) a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven | - |
tanglebush | (noun) spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits | Synonyms: desert olive, Forestiera neomexicana |
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thyroglobulin | (noun) an iodine containing protein that is obtained from the thyroid gland and exhibits the general properties of the globulins | - |
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tiglon | (noun) offspring of a male tiger and a female lion | Synonyms: tigon |
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tingle | (noun) a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings | Synonyms: prickling, tingling |
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(noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright | Synonyms: chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill |
tingling | (noun) a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings | Synonyms: prickling, tingle |
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toggle | (noun) a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable) | - |
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(noun) a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions | Synonyms: on-off switch, on/off switch, toggle switch |
(noun) any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time | - |
triangle | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle | - |
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(noun) any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles | - |
(noun) a three-sided polygon | Synonyms: trigon, trilateral |
(noun) something approximating the shape of a triangle | - |
triglyceride | (noun) glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body | - |
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