alikeness | (noun) similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things | Synonyms: likeness, similitude |
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bike | (noun) a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals | Synonyms: bicycle, cycle, wheel |
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(noun) a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame | Synonyms: motorcycle |
biker | (noun) a person who rides a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycler, bicyclist, cyclist, wheeler |
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bikers | (noun) originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers | Synonyms: rockers |
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dike | (noun) a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea | Synonyms: dam, dyke |
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(noun) (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine | Synonyms: butch, dyke |
dislike | (noun) an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | Synonyms: disapproval, disfavor, disfavour |
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(noun) a feeling of aversion or antipathy | - |
epikeratophakia | (noun) using a piece of donated corneal tissue to repair the eye of someone who has had a cataract removed | - |
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garpike | (noun) primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth | Synonyms: billfish, gar, garfish, Lepisosteus osseus |
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handspike | (noun) a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever | - |
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hike | (noun) a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure | Synonyms: hiking, tramp |
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(noun) the amount a salary is increased | Synonyms: raise, rise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase |
(noun) an increase in cost | Synonyms: boost, cost increase, rise |
hiker | (noun) a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) | Synonyms: tramp, tramper |
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hitchhiker | (noun) a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles | - |
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instalike | (noun) something that is so good that it deserves to be instantly voted for on social media | - |
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kike | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew | Synonyms: hymie, sheeny, yid |
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klondike | (noun) a form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up; descending sequences of cards of alternating colors are built on these piles; as aces become available they are placed above the seven piles; the object is to build sequences in suit from ace to king as the remaining cards are dealt out one at a time | - |
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ladylikeness | (noun) behavior befitting a lady | - |
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like | (noun) a kind of person | Synonyms: ilk |
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(noun) a similar kind | Synonyms: the like, the likes of |
likelihood | (noun) the probability of a specified outcome | Synonyms: likeliness |
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likeliness | (noun) the probability of a specified outcome | Synonyms: likelihood |
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likeness | (noun) picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing | Synonyms: semblance |
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(noun) similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things | Synonyms: alikeness, similitude |
likening | (noun) the act of comparing similarities | - |
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lorikeet | (noun) any of various small lories | - |
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marlinespike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlingspike, marlinspike |
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marlingspike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlinespike, marlinspike |
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marlinspike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlinespike, marlingspike |
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mike | (noun) device for converting sound waves into electrical energy | Synonyms: mic, microphone |
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minibike | (noun) small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars | Synonyms: motorbike |
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moniker | (noun) a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) | Synonyms: byname, cognomen, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet |
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motorbike | (noun) small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars | Synonyms: minibike |
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pike | (noun) any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere | - |
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(noun) medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet | - |
(noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, motorway, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
(noun) a sharp point (as on the end of a spear) | - |
(noun) highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh | - |
pikeblenny | (noun) tropical American fishes; males are aggressively defensive of their territory | - |
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pikestaff | (noun) the staff of a pike | - |
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shrike | (noun) any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals | - |
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spike | (noun) sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes | - |
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(noun) a large stout nail | - |
(noun) any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object | Synonyms: spindle |
(noun) a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal) | - |
(noun) a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur) | - |
(noun) a very high narrow heel on women's shoes | Synonyms: spike heel, stiletto heel |
(noun) each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves) | - |
(noun) a transient variation in voltage or current | - |
(noun) a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline | - |
(noun) (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis | - |
(noun) fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn | Synonyms: capitulum, ear |
spikelet | (noun) a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf | Synonyms: pricker, prickle, spine, sticker, thorn |
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spikemoss | (noun) any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella | Synonyms: little club moss, spike moss |
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spikenard | (noun) an aromatic ointment used in antiquity | Synonyms: nard |
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strike | (noun) a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions | Synonyms: work stoppage |
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(noun) a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball | Synonyms: ten-strike |
(noun) an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective | - |
(noun) a conspicuous success | Synonyms: bang, hit, smash, smasher |
(noun) (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders | - |
(noun) a gentle blow | Synonyms: rap, tap |
strikebreaker | (noun) someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike | Synonyms: blackleg, rat, scab |
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strikebreaking | (noun) confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers | - |
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strikeout | (noun) an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes | - |
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striker | (noun) the part of a mechanical device that strikes something | - |
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(noun) an employee on strike against an employer | - |
(noun) someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating | - |
(noun) a forward on a soccer team | - |
(noun) someone who hits | Synonyms: hitter |
tike | (noun) a young person of either sex | Synonyms: child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tyke, youngster |
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(noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | Synonyms: barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, peasant, tyke |
trike | (noun) a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals | Synonyms: tricycle, velocipede |
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turnpike | (noun) an expressway on which tolls are collected | Synonyms: toll road |
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(noun) (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid | - |
unlikelihood | (noun) the improbability of a specified outcome | Synonyms: unlikeliness |
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unlikeliness | (noun) the improbability of a specified outcome | Synonyms: unlikelihood |
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unlikeness | (noun) dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness | Synonyms: dissimilitude |
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womanlike | (noun) the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female | Synonyms: womanliness |
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