apophatism | (noun) the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not) | - |
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backchat | (noun) light teasing repartee | Synonyms: banter, give-and-take, raillery |
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caliphate | (noun) the office of a caliph | - |
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(noun) the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph | - |
cataphatism | (noun) the religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam `in his own image') | - |
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chat | (noun) songbirds having a chattering call | Synonyms: Old World chat |
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(noun) birds having a chattering call | Synonyms: New World chat |
(noun) an informal conversation | Synonyms: confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze |
chateau | (noun) an impressive country house (or castle) in France | - |
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chatelaine | (noun) a chain formerly worn at the waist by women; for carrying a purse or bunch of keys etc. | - |
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(noun) the mistress of a chateau or large country house | - |
chatroom | (noun) a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic) | Synonyms: chat room |
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chattel | (noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc) | Synonyms: movable, personal chattel |
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chatter | (noun) noisy talk | Synonyms: cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak |
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(noun) the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) | Synonyms: chattering |
(noun) the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine | Synonyms: chattering |
chatterbox | (noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: babbler, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouter |
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(noun) orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf | Synonyms: Epipactis gigantea, giant helleborine, stream orchid |
chatterer | (noun) passerine bird of New World tropics | Synonyms: cotinga |
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(noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: babbler, chatterbox, magpie, prater, spouter |
chattering | (noun) the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) | Synonyms: chatter |
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(noun) the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine | Synonyms: chatter |
chitchat | (noun) light informal conversation for social occasions | Synonyms: causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle |
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crosshatch | (noun) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | Synonyms: hachure, hatch, hatching |
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cushat | (noun) Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck | Synonyms: Columba palumbus, ringdove, wood pigeon |
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eschatologist | (noun) a theologian who specializes in eschatology | - |
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eschatology | (noun) the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind | - |
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eschaton | (noun) (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives | Synonyms: crack of doom, Day of Judgement, Day of Judgment, day of reckoning, Doomsday, doomsday, end of the world, Judgement Day, Judgment Day, Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment |
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exarchate | (noun) a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church | Synonyms: eparchy |
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ghat | (noun) stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water | - |
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ghatti | (noun) an Indian gum from the dhawa tree; used as a substitute for gum arabic | Synonyms: ghatti gum |
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hat | (noun) an informal term for a person's role | - |
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(noun) headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim | Synonyms: chapeau, lid |
hatband | (noun) a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim | - |
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hatbox | (noun) a round piece of luggage for carrying hats | - |
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hatch | (noun) a movable barrier covering a hatchway | - |
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(noun) a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open | Synonyms: hatchback, hatchback door, liftgate |
(noun) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | Synonyms: crosshatch, hachure, hatching |
(noun) the production of young from an egg | Synonyms: hatching |
hatchback | (noun) a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open | Synonyms: hatch, hatchback door, liftgate |
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(noun) a car having a hatchback door | - |
hatchel | (noun) a comb for separating flax fibers | Synonyms: heckle |
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hatchery | (noun) a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs) | - |
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hatchet | (noun) a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood) | - |
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(noun) weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians | Synonyms: tomahawk |
hatching | (noun) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | Synonyms: crosshatch, hachure, hatch |
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(noun) the production of young from an egg | Synonyms: hatch |
hatchling | (noun) any recently hatched animal (especially birds) | - |
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hatchway | (noun) an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship | Synonyms: opening, scuttle |
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hate | (noun) the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action | Synonyms: hatred |
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hatefulness | (noun) the quality of being hateful | Synonyms: objectionableness, obnoxiousness |
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hatemonger | (noun) one who arouses hatred for others | - |
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hater | (noun) a person who hates | - |
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hatful | (noun) as many or as much as a hat will hold | - |
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(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
hatmaker | (noun) someone who makes and sells hats | Synonyms: hatter, milliner, modiste |
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hatpin | (noun) a long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair | - |
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hatrack | (noun) a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats | Synonyms: coat rack, coatrack |
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hatred | (noun) the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action | Synonyms: hate |
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hatter | (noun) someone who makes and sells hats | Synonyms: hatmaker, milliner, modiste |
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horchata | (noun) Spanish traditional beverage, made of ground almonds, sesame seeds, rice, barley, tigernuts (chufas), or melon seeds | - |
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khat | (noun) the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant | Synonyms: African tea, Arabian tea, cat, kat, qat, quat |
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lechatelierite | (noun) colorless glass made of almost pure silica | Synonyms: crystal, quartz, quartz glass, vitreous silica |
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mahatma | (noun) (Hinduism) term of respect for a brahmin sage | - |
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manhattan | (noun) a cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters | - |
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matriarchate | (noun) a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line | Synonyms: matriarchy |
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nuthatch | (noun) any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects | Synonyms: nutcracker |
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organophosphate | (noun) an insecticide that interferes with an insect's nervous system | - |
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orthophosphate | (noun) a salt of phosphoric acid | Synonyms: inorganic phosphate, phosphate |
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patriarchate | (noun) a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | Synonyms: patriarchy |
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(noun) the jurisdiction of a patriarch | - |
phosphatase | (noun) any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates | - |
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phosphate | (noun) carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid | - |
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(noun) a salt of phosphoric acid | Synonyms: inorganic phosphate, orthophosphate |
polyphosphate | (noun) a salt or ester of polyphosphoric acid | - |
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pyrophosphate | (noun) a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid | - |
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shattering | (noun) the act of breaking something into small pieces | Synonyms: smashing |
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stonechat | (noun) common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast | Synonyms: Saxicola torquata |
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sulphate | (noun) a salt or ester of sulphuric acid | Synonyms: sulfate |
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sunhat | (noun) a hat with a broad brim that protects the face from direct exposure to the sun | Synonyms: sun hat |
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thatch | (noun) a house roof made with a plant material (as straw) | Synonyms: thatched roof |
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(noun) hair resembling thatched roofing material | - |
(noun) plant stalks used as roofing material | - |
thatcher | (noun) someone skilled in making a roof from plant stalks or foliage | - |
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tshatshke | (noun) (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket | Synonyms: chachka, tchotchke, tsatske |
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(noun) (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman | Synonyms: chachka, tchotchke, tchotchkeleh, tsatske |
whatchamacallit | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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whatchamacallum | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatsis, widget |
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whatnot | (noun) miscellaneous curios | Synonyms: bric-a-brac, knickknack, knickknackery, nicknack |
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whatsis | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, widget |
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whinchat | (noun) brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows | Synonyms: Saxicola rubetra |
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xanthate | (noun) a salt or ester of xanthic acid | - |
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