arithmancy | (noun) divination by means of numbers | - |
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asthma | (noun) respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin | Synonyms: asthma attack, bronchial asthma |
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asthmatic | (noun) a person suffering from asthma | - |
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benchmark | (noun) a standard by which something can be measured or judged | - |
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(noun) a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point | Synonyms: bench mark |
birthmark | (noun) a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth | Synonyms: nevus |
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brahman | (noun) the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category | Synonyms: brahmin |
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(noun) a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas | Synonyms: brahmin |
(noun) a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family) | Synonyms: brahmin |
bushman | (noun) a dweller in the Australian bush country | - |
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churchman | (noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: cleric, divine, ecclesiastic |
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coachman | (noun) a man who drives a coach (or carriage) | - |
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drachma | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Greece | Synonyms: Greek drachma |
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(noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | Synonyms: drachm, dram |
earthman | (noun) an inhabitant of the earth | Synonyms: earthling, tellurian, worldling |
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freshman | (noun) a first-year undergraduate | Synonyms: fresher |
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(noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter |
hashmark | (noun) an insignia worn to indicate years of service | Synonyms: hash mark, service stripe |
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henchman | (noun) someone who assists in a plot | Synonyms: collaborator, confederate, partner in crime |
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leishmaniasis | (noun) sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies | Synonyms: kala azar, leishmaniosis |
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leishmaniosis | (noun) sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies | Synonyms: kala azar, leishmaniasis |
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marshmallow | (noun) spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar | - |
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matchmaker | (noun) someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others | Synonyms: marriage broker, matcher |
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matchmaking | (noun) mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others | - |
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mishmash | (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
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ohmage | (noun) the ohmic resistance of a conductor | - |
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pitchman | (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | Synonyms: hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar |
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(noun) an aggressive salesman who uses a fast line of talk to sell something | - |
ploughman | (noun) a man who plows | Synonyms: plower, plowman |
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sandwichman | (noun) a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders | - |
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schmaltz | (noun) (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | Synonyms: schmalz, shmaltz |
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schmalz | (noun) (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | Synonyms: schmaltz, shmaltz |
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shmaltz | (noun) (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | Synonyms: schmaltz, schmalz |
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speechmaker | (noun) a person who delivers a speech or oration | Synonyms: orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier |
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speechmaking | (noun) delivering an address to a public audience | Synonyms: oral presentation, public speaking, speaking |
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switchman | (noun) a man who operates railroad switches | - |
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washman | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | - |
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watchmaker | (noun) someone who makes or repairs watches | Synonyms: horologer, horologist |
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watchman | (noun) a guard who keeps watch | Synonyms: security guard, watcher |
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yashmac | (noun) the face veil worn by Muslim women | Synonyms: yashmak |
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yashmak | (noun) the face veil worn by Muslim women | Synonyms: yashmac |
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