distillate | (noun) a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling | Synonyms: distillation |
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distillation | (noun) the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors | Synonyms: distillment |
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(noun) a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling | Synonyms: distillate |
distiller | (noun) someone who distills alcoholic liquors | - |
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distillery | (noun) a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation | Synonyms: still |
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distillment | (noun) the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors | Synonyms: distillation |
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doorsill | (noun) the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | Synonyms: doorstep, threshold |
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downhill | (noun) a ski race down a trail | - |
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(noun) the downward slope of a hill | - |
drill | (noun) systematic training by multiple repetitions | Synonyms: exercise, practice, practice session, recitation |
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(noun) (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms | - |
(noun) similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored | Synonyms: Mandrillus leucophaeus |
(noun) a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows) | - |
drilling | (noun) the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum | Synonyms: boring, oil production |
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(noun) the act of drilling | Synonyms: boring |
duckbill | (noun) small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae | Synonyms: duck-billed platypus, duckbilled platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus |
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(noun) primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout | Synonyms: paddlefish, Polyodon spathula |
dunghill | (noun) a heap of dung or refuse | Synonyms: midden, muckheap, muckhill |
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(noun) a foul or degraded condition | - |
escadrille | (noun) an air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I) | - |
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(noun) a small squadron | - |
espadrille | (noun) a sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber and a cloth upper part | - |
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faille | (noun) a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton | - |
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fibrillation | (noun) act or process of forming fibrils | - |
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(noun) muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination | - |
fill | (noun) a quantity sufficient to satisfy | - |
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(noun) any material that fills a space or container | Synonyms: filling |
fillagree | (noun) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | Synonyms: filagree, filigree |
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fille | (noun) a young female | Synonyms: girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman |
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filler | (noun) the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar | - |
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(noun) anything added to fill out a whole | Synonyms: makeweight |
(noun) copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper | - |
(noun) 100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary | - |
(noun) used for filling cracks or holes in a surface | - |
fillet | (noun) a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband | Synonyms: taenia, tenia |
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(noun) fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members | Synonyms: stopping |
(noun) lace having a square mesh | Synonyms: filet |
(noun) a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus | Synonyms: lemniscus |
(noun) a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef | Synonyms: filet |
(noun) a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish | Synonyms: filet, fish filet, fish fillet |
filling | (noun) the act of filling something | - |
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(noun) the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving | Synonyms: pick, weft, woof |
(noun) (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth | - |
(noun) a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc. | - |
(noun) flow into something (as a container) | - |
(noun) any material that fills a space or container | Synonyms: fill |
fillip | (noun) anything that tends to arouse | Synonyms: bonus |
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filly | (noun) a young female horse under the age of four | - |
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flotilla | (noun) a fleet of small craft | - |
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(noun) a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships | - |
foothill | (noun) a relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain | - |
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fothergilla | (noun) any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains | Synonyms: witch alder |
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frijolillo | (noun) shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans | Synonyms: coral bean, frijolito, mescal bean, Sophora secundiflora |
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frill | (noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim | Synonyms: flounce, furbelow, ruffle |
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(noun) ornamental objects of no great value | Synonyms: falderol, folderal, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery |
(noun) an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal | Synonyms: ruff |
(noun) (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs | - |
fritillary | (noun) butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver | - |
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(noun) any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers | Synonyms: checkered lily |
fulfillment | (noun) the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc) | Synonyms: fulfilment |
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(noun) a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires | Synonyms: fulfilment |
fusillade | (noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms | Synonyms: burst, salvo, volley |
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gaillardia | (noun) any plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy | - |
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gazillion | (noun) a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) | Synonyms: bazillion, billion, jillion, million, trillion, zillion |
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gerbille | (noun) small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping | Synonyms: gerbil |
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ghillie | (noun) a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep | Synonyms: gillie |
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gill | (noun) respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water | Synonyms: branchia |
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(noun) any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus | Synonyms: lamella |
(noun) a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces | - |
(noun) a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters | - |
gillie | (noun) a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep | Synonyms: ghillie |
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(noun) a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief | - |
gillyflower | (noun) Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors | Synonyms: carnation, clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus |
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(noun) any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers | Synonyms: stock |
ginmill | (noun) a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | Synonyms: bar, barroom, saloon, taproom |
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goodwill | (noun) a disposition to kindness and compassion | Synonyms: good will, grace |
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(noun) the friendly hope that something will succeed | Synonyms: good will |
(noun) (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets) | Synonyms: good will |
gorilla | (noun) largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa | Synonyms: Gorilla gorilla |
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granadilla | (noun) the egg-shaped edible fruit of tropical American vines related to passionflowers | - |
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(noun) tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit | Synonyms: giant granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis |
(noun) Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit | Synonyms: Passiflora edulis, purple granadillo |
(noun) considered best for fruit | Synonyms: Passiflora ligularis, sweet granadilla |
granadillo | (noun) West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony | Synonyms: Brya ebenus, granadilla tree |
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grevillea | (noun) any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea | - |
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grill | (noun) a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate | Synonyms: grille, grillwork |
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(noun) a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill | Synonyms: grillroom |
grille | (noun) a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate | Synonyms: grill, grillwork |
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(noun) grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator | Synonyms: radiator grille |
(noun) small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted | Synonyms: lattice, wicket |
grilling | (noun) cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) | Synonyms: broil, broiling |
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grillroom | (noun) a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill | Synonyms: grill |
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grillwork | (noun) mesh netting made of wires | Synonyms: wirework |
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(noun) a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate | Synonyms: grill, grille |
grisaille | (noun) chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief | - |
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gristmill | (noun) a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain) | - |
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guerilla | (noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | Synonyms: guerrilla, insurgent, irregular |
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guerrilla | (noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | Synonyms: guerilla, insurgent, irregular |
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guillemot | (noun) small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas | - |
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guilloche | (noun) an architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands | - |
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guillotine | (noun) instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people | - |
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(noun) closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill | Synonyms: closure by compartment |
handbill | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, throwaway |
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hawkbill | (noun) pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell | Synonyms: Eretmochelys imbricata, hawksbill, hawksbill turtle, tortoiseshell turtle |
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hawksbill | (noun) pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell | Synonyms: Eretmochelys imbricata, hawkbill, hawksbill turtle, tortoiseshell turtle |
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hediondilla | (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers | Synonyms: coville, creosote bush, Larrea tridentata |
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hill | (noun) (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands | Synonyms: mound, pitcher's mound |
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(noun) structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Synonyms: mound |
(noun) a local and well-defined elevation of the land | - |
hillbilly | (noun) a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person | Synonyms: bushwhacker |
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hilliness | (noun) the quality of being hilly | - |
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hillock | (noun) a small natural hill | Synonyms: hammock, hummock, knoll, mound |
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hillside | (noun) the side or slope of a hill | - |
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hilltop | (noun) the peak of a hill | Synonyms: brow |
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hornbill | (noun) bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers | - |
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hydrilla | (noun) submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways | Synonyms: Hydrilla verticillata |
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ill | (noun) an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining | Synonyms: ailment, complaint |
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illation | (noun) the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation | Synonyms: inference |
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illegality | (noun) unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute | - |
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illegibility | (noun) the quality of writing (print or handwriting) that cannot be deciphered | - |
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illegitimacy | (noun) unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law | - |
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(noun) the status of being born to parents who were not married | Synonyms: bar sinister, bastardy |
illegitimate | (noun) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents | Synonyms: bastard, by-blow, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson |
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illiberality | (noun) a disposition not to be liberal (generous) with money | - |
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illicitness | (noun) the quality of not conforming strictly to law | - |
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illiquidity | (noun) the quality of being illiquid; a lack of liquidity; difficulty in selling out an asset. | - |
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illiteracy | (noun) an inability to read | Synonyms: analphabetism |
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(noun) ignorance resulting from not reading | - |
illiterate | (noun) a person unable to read | Synonyms: illiterate person, nonreader |
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illness | (noun) impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Synonyms: malady, sickness, unwellness |
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illogic | (noun) invalid or incorrect reasoning | Synonyms: illogicality, illogicalness, inconsequence |
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illogicality | (noun) invalid or incorrect reasoning | Synonyms: illogic, illogicalness, inconsequence |
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illogicalness | (noun) invalid or incorrect reasoning | Synonyms: illogic, illogicality, inconsequence |
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illuminance | (noun) the luminous flux incident on a unit area | Synonyms: illumination |
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illuminant | (noun) something that can serve as a source of light | - |
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illumination | (noun) painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) | Synonyms: miniature |
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(noun) the luminous flux incident on a unit area | Synonyms: illuminance |
(noun) an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding | Synonyms: clarification, elucidation |
(noun) the degree of visibility of your environment | - |
(noun) a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination | Synonyms: light |
illusion | (noun) the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas | Synonyms: delusion, head game |
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(noun) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | Synonyms: conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick |
(noun) something many people believe that is false | Synonyms: fancy, fantasy, phantasy |
(noun) an erroneous mental representation | Synonyms: semblance |
illusionist | (noun) a person with unusual powers of foresight | Synonyms: seer, visionary |
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(noun) someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience | Synonyms: conjurer, conjuror, magician, prestidigitator |
illusoriness | (noun) The quality of resulting from an illusion; of being deceptive, imaginary, unreal. | - |
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illustration | (noun) a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used to make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand | - |
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(noun) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | Synonyms: example, instance, representative |
(noun) artwork that helps make something clear or attractive | - |
(noun) showing by example | Synonyms: exemplification |
illustrator | (noun) an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.) | - |
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illustriousness | (noun) the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence | Synonyms: greatness |
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instillation | (noun) the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop | Synonyms: instillment, instilment |
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(noun) a liquid that is instilled drop by drop | - |
instillator | (noun) medical apparatus that puts a liquid into a cavity drop by drop | - |
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instilling | (noun) teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition | Synonyms: inculcation, ingraining |
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instillment | (noun) the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop | Synonyms: instillation, instilment |
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ivorybill | (noun) large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct | Synonyms: Campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpecker |
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jaboncillo | (noun) evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans | Synonyms: China tree, chinaberry, false dogwood, Sapindus saponaria |
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jillion | (noun) a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) | Synonyms: bazillion, billion, gazillion, million, trillion, zillion |
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ketembilla | (noun) maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves | Synonyms: kitambilla, kitembilla |
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(noun) a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India | Synonyms: Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa, ketembilla tree, kitambilla, kitembilla |