exhibit | (noun) something shown to the public | Synonyms: display, showing |
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(noun) an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence | - |
exhibition | (noun) the act of exhibiting | - |
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(noun) a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display | Synonyms: expo, exposition |
exhibitioner | (noun) someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see | Synonyms: exhibitor, shower |
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exhibitionism | (noun) the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals | Synonyms: immodesty |
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(noun) extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself | - |
exhibitionist | (noun) someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention | Synonyms: show-off |
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(noun) someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals | Synonyms: flasher |
exhibitor | (noun) someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see | Synonyms: exhibitioner, shower |
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exhilaration | (noun) the feeling of lively and cheerful joy | Synonyms: excitement |
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extinguishing | (noun) the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning | Synonyms: extinction, quenching |
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falchion | (noun) a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point | - |
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farthing | (noun) a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny | - |
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farthingale | (noun) a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries | - |
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fashion | (noun) characteristic or habitual practice | - |
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(noun) consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode | - |
(noun) how something is done or how it happens | Synonyms: manner, mode, style, way |
(noun) the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior | - |
fashionableness | (noun) The state of being fashionable; stylishness; elegance. | - |
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fashioning | (noun) the act that results in something coming to be | Synonyms: devising, making |
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fashionmonger | (noun) someone who advises you about fashionable clothing | Synonyms: fashion consultant |
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fellowship | (noun) an association of people who share common beliefs or activities | Synonyms: family |
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(noun) money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research | - |
(noun) the state of being with someone | Synonyms: companionship, company, society |
fetichism | (noun) sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs) | Synonyms: fetishism |
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(noun) a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish) | Synonyms: fetishism |
fetishism | (noun) sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs) | Synonyms: fetichism |
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(noun) a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish) | Synonyms: fetichism |
fetishist | (noun) one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature) | - |
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filthiness | (noun) moral corruption or pollution | - |
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(noun) a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse | Synonyms: filth, foulness, nastiness |
finishing | (noun) the act of finishing | Synonyms: finish |
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(noun) a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) | Synonyms: coating, finish |
finocchio | (noun) aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads | Synonyms: fennel, Florence fennel |
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fishing | (noun) the act of someone who fishes as a diversion | Synonyms: sportfishing |
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(noun) the occupation of catching fish for a living | - |
flagship | (noun) the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag | - |
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(noun) the chief one of a related group | - |
flashiness | (noun) tasteless showiness | Synonyms: brashness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, loudness, meretriciousness, tawdriness |
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flashing | (noun) sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing | - |
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(noun) a short vivid experience | Synonyms: flash |
fleshiness | (noun) more than average fatness | Synonyms: corpulency, obesity |
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foothill | (noun) a relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain | - |
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foremanship | (noun) the position of foreman | - |
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forsythia | (noun) any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers | - |
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franchise | (noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) | Synonyms: enfranchisement |
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(noun) an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place | - |
(noun) a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area | Synonyms: dealership |
freethinker | (noun) a person who rejects religion | - |
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freethinking | (noun) the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct | Synonyms: rationalism |
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friendship | (noun) the state of being friends (or friendly) | Synonyms: friendly relationship |
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frothiness | (noun) the property of giving off bubbles | Synonyms: bubbliness, effervescence |
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furnishing | (noun) the act of providing a house or room with furniture and other removable items such as shelves, carpets, appliances, etc. | - |
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(noun) (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable | - |
(noun) (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel | Synonyms: trappings |
gamesmanship | (noun) the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game | - |
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gearshift | (noun) a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears | Synonyms: gear lever, gearstick, shifter |
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gelechiid | (noun) small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests | Synonyms: gelechiid moth |
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generalship | (noun) the office and authority of a general | Synonyms: generalcy |
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(noun) the leadership ability of a military general | - |
geographics | (noun) study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Synonyms: geography |
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ghillie | (noun) a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep | Synonyms: gillie |
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glochid | (noun) a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti) | Synonyms: glochidium |
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glochidium | (noun) a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti) | Synonyms: glochid |
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glutethimide | (noun) sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders | Synonyms: Doriden |
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gnathion | (noun) the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline | - |
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gnocchi | (noun) (Italian) a small dumpling made of potato or flour or semolina that is boiled or baked and is usually served with a sauce or with grated cheese | - |
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godchild | (noun) an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism | - |
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goethite | (noun) a red or yellow or brown mineral; an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust | Synonyms: gothite |
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gonadotrophin | (noun) hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Synonyms: gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotropin |
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gothite | (noun) a red or yellow or brown mineral; an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust | Synonyms: goethite |
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governorship | (noun) the office of governor | - |
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grandchild | (noun) a child of your son or daughter | - |
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graphic | (noun) an image that is generated by a computer | Synonyms: computer graphic |
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graphics | (noun) the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book | - |
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(noun) photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication | Synonyms: art, artwork, nontextual matter |
graphite | (noun) used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors | Synonyms: black lead, plumbago |
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groupthink | (noun) decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility) | - |
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guardianship | (noun) the responsibility of a guardian or keeper | Synonyms: keeping, safekeeping |
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(noun) attention and management implying responsibility for safety | Synonyms: care, charge, tutelage |
gumshield | (noun) (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth | Synonyms: mouthpiece |
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gymnosophist | (noun) member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism) | - |
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haematohiston | (noun) a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells | Synonyms: globin, hematohiston |
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haemophile | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac |
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haemophilia | (noun) congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son | Synonyms: bleeder's disease, hemophilia |
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haemophiliac | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophile, hemophile, hemophiliac |
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hagiographist | (noun) the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography | Synonyms: hagiographer, hagiologist |
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halophil | (noun) archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival | Synonyms: halophile |
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halophile | (noun) archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival | Synonyms: halophil |
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handkerchief | (noun) a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory | Synonyms: hankey, hankie, hanky |
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hardship | (noun) something hard to endure | Synonyms: asperity, grimness, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity |
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(noun) something that causes or entails suffering | - |
(noun) a state of misfortune or affliction | Synonyms: adversity, hard knocks |
haschisch | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: hash, hasheesh, hashish |
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hashish | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: haschisch, hash, hasheesh |
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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 |
headmastership | (noun) the position of headmaster | - |
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headmistressship | (noun) the position of headmistress | - |
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headship | (noun) the position of head | - |
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(noun) the position of headmaster or headmistress | - |
healthiness | (noun) the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease | Synonyms: good health |
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heliophila | (noun) any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes | - |
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helminthiasis | (noun) infestation of the body with parasitic worms | - |
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helminthic | (noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, anthelmintic, vermifuge |
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hematohiston | (noun) a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells | Synonyms: globin, haematohiston |
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hemimorphite | (noun) a white mineral; a common ore of zinc | Synonyms: calamine |
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hemophile | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophiliac |
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hemophilia | (noun) congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son | Synonyms: bleeder's disease, haemophilia |
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hemophiliac | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile |
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hemstitching | (noun) a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups | Synonyms: hemstitch |
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hi | (noun) an expression of greeting | Synonyms: hello, how-do-you-do, howdy, hullo |
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hiatus | (noun) a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure | Synonyms: foramen |
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(noun) a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) | - |
(noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | Synonyms: abatement, reprieve, respite, suspension |
hibachi | (noun) a portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking | - |
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hibernation | (noun) the act of retiring into inactivity | - |
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(noun) the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter | - |
(noun) cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals | - |
hibiscus | (noun) any plant of the genus Hibiscus | - |
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hiccough | (noun) (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion | Synonyms: hiccup, singultus |
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hiccup | (noun) (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion | Synonyms: hiccough, singultus |
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hick | (noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | Synonyms: bumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, rube, yahoo, yokel |
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hickey | (noun) a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover | Synonyms: love bite |
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(noun) a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne | Synonyms: pimple, zit |
hickory | (noun) American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts | Synonyms: hickory tree |
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(noun) valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees | - |
hiddenite | (noun) a green transparent form of the mineral spodumene used as a gemstone | - |
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hiddenness | (noun) the state of being covert and hidden | Synonyms: covertness |
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hide | (noun) body covering of a living animal | Synonyms: pelt, skin |
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(noun) the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) | Synonyms: fell |
hideaway | (noun) an area where you can be alone | Synonyms: retreat |
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(noun) a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws | Synonyms: den, hideout |
hideousness | (noun) dreadful ugliness; horrible repulsiveness | - |
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