bushwhacker | (noun) a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person | Synonyms: hillbilly |
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(noun) a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War | - |
chachalaca | (noun) slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds | - |
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chachka | (noun) (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket | Synonyms: tchotchke, tsatske, tshatshke |
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(noun) (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman | Synonyms: tchotchke, tchotchkeleh, tsatske, tshatshke |
chacma | (noun) greyish baboon of southern and eastern Africa | Synonyms: chacma baboon, Papio ursinus |
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hacek | (noun) a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation | Synonyms: wedge |
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hachure | (noun) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | Synonyms: crosshatch, hatch, hatching |
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hacienda | (noun) the main house on a ranch or large estate | - |
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(noun) a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries | - |
hack | (noun) a horse kept for hire | - |
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(noun) an old or over-worked horse | Synonyms: jade, nag, plug |
(noun) a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. | - |
(noun) a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money | Synonyms: cab, taxi, taxicab |
(noun) a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil | - |
(noun) one who works hard at boring tasks | Synonyms: drudge, hacker |
(noun) a mediocre and disdained writer | Synonyms: hack writer, literary hack |
(noun) a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends | Synonyms: machine politician, political hack, ward-heeler |
hackamore | (noun) rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading | Synonyms: halter |
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hackathon | (noun) an event involving a marathon coding session | - |
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hackberry | (noun) small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States | Synonyms: sugarberry |
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(noun) any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits | Synonyms: nettle tree |
hackbut | (noun) an obsolete firearm with a long barrel | Synonyms: arquebus, hagbut, harquebus |
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hackee | (noun) small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches | Synonyms: eastern chipmunk, ground squirrel, striped squirrel, Tamias striatus |
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hacker | (noun) one who works hard at boring tasks | Synonyms: drudge, hack |
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(noun) a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm | - |
(noun) someone who plays golf poorly | - |
hackle | (noun) long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants | - |
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hackles | (noun) a feeling of anger and animosity | Synonyms: dander |
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hackmatack | (noun) poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves | Synonyms: balsam poplar, Populus balsamifera, tacamahac |
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hackney | (noun) a compact breed of harness horse | - |
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(noun) a carriage for hire | Synonyms: hackney carriage, hackney coach |
hacksaw | (noun) saw used with one hand for cutting metal | Synonyms: hack saw, metal saw |
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hackwork | (noun) professional work done according to formula | - |
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(noun) (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) undistinguished literary work produced to order. | - |
indomethacin | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin) | Synonyms: Indocin |
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methacholine | (noun) parasympathomimetic drug (trademark Mecholyl) that stimulates secretions and smooth muscle activity | Synonyms: Mecholyl |
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phacelia | (noun) any plant of the genus Phacelia | Synonyms: scorpion weed, scorpionweed |
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phacoemulsification | (noun) extracapsular surgery for cataracts in which ultrasonic sound breaks the cortex and nucleus of the lens into small fragments that are then vacuumed away through a small tube | - |
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schistorrhachis | (noun) a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis | Synonyms: rachischisis, spina bifida |
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shack | (noun) small crude shelter used as a dwelling | Synonyms: hovel, hut, hutch, shanty |
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shackle | (noun) a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) | Synonyms: bond, hamper, trammel |
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(noun) a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar | - |
sphacelus | (noun) the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) | Synonyms: gangrene, mortification, necrosis |
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(noun) necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass | Synonyms: gangrene, slough |
stomachache | (noun) an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region | Synonyms: bellyache, gastralgia, stomach ache |
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tacamahac | (noun) poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves | Synonyms: balsam poplar, hackmatack, Populus balsamifera |
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toothache | (noun) an ache localized in or around a tooth | Synonyms: odontalgia |
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whack | (noun) the act of hitting vigorously | Synonyms: belt, knock, rap, whang |
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(noun) the sound made by a sharp swift blow | - |
whacker | (noun) something especially big or impressive of its kind | Synonyms: whopper |
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whacking | (noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | Synonyms: beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing |
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whacko | (noun) a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad | Synonyms: nutter, wacko |
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