beginner | (noun) someone new to a field or activity | Synonyms: initiate, novice, tiro, tyro |
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(noun) a person who founds or establishes some institution | Synonyms: father, founder, founding father |
beginning | (noun) the act of starting something | Synonyms: commencement, start |
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(noun) the first part or section of something | - |
(noun) the event consisting of the start of something | - |
(noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | Synonyms: origin, root, rootage, source |
(noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time |
binnacle | (noun) a nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm) | - |
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breadwinner | (noun) one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents | - |
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cachinnation | (noun) loud convulsive laughter | - |
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cinnabar | (noun) large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort | Synonyms: Callimorpha jacobeae, cinnabar moth |
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(noun) a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury | - |
cinnamene | (noun) a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene | Synonyms: phenylethylene, styrene, vinylbenzene |
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cinnamon | (noun) spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground | - |
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(noun) tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon | Synonyms: Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum |
(noun) aromatic bark used as a spice | Synonyms: cinnamon bark |
dinner | (noun) the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday | - |
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(noun) a party of people assembled to have dinner together | Synonyms: dinner party |
dinnertime | (noun) the customary or habitual hour for the evening meal | Synonyms: suppertime |
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dinnerware | (noun) the tableware (plates and platters and serving bowls etc.) used in serving a meal | - |
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djinn | (noun) (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals | Synonyms: djinni, djinny, genie, jinnee, jinni |
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djinni | (noun) (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals | Synonyms: djinn, djinny, genie, jinnee, jinni |
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djinny | (noun) (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals | Synonyms: djinn, djinni, genie, jinnee, jinni |
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finnan | (noun) haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter | Synonyms: finnan haddie, finnan haddock, smoked haddock |
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grinner | (noun) a person who grins | - |
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grinning | (noun) a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement | Synonyms: grin, smile, smiling |
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hinny | (noun) hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile | - |
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inn | (noun) a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers | Synonyms: auberge, hostel, hostelry, lodge |
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innards | (noun) internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity) | Synonyms: entrails, insides, viscera |
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innateness | (noun) the quality of being innate | - |
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innersole | (noun) the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests | Synonyms: insole |
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innervation | (noun) the distribution of nerve fibers to an organ or body region | - |
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(noun) the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland | Synonyms: excitation, irritation |
inning | (noun) (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat | Synonyms: frame |
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innings | (noun) the batting turn of a cricket player or team | - |
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innkeeper | (noun) the owner or manager of an inn | Synonyms: boniface, host |
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innocence | (noun) the quality of innocent naivete | Synonyms: artlessness, ingenuousness, naturalness |
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(noun) a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense | - |
(noun) the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil | Synonyms: pureness, purity, sinlessness, whiteness |
innocency | (noun) an innocent quality or thing or act | - |
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innocense | (noun) white and lavender to pale-blue flowers grow in perfect rings of widely spaced bands around the stems forming a kind of pagoda; California | Synonyms: Collinsia bicolor, Collinsia heterophylla, purple chinese houses |
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innocent | (noun) a person who lacks knowledge of evil | Synonyms: inexperienced person |
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innovation | (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, initiation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination |
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(noun) a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation | Synonyms: invention |
(noun) the creation of something in the mind | Synonyms: conception, design, excogitation, invention |
innovativeness | (noun) originality by virtue of introducing new ideas | - |
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innovator | (noun) someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art | Synonyms: groundbreaker, pioneer, trailblazer |
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innuendo | (noun) an indirect (and usually malicious) implication | Synonyms: insinuation |
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innumerableness | (noun) a number beyond counting | Synonyms: countlessness |
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jinnee | (noun) (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals | Synonyms: djinn, djinni, djinny, genie, jinni |
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jinni | (noun) (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals | Synonyms: djinn, djinni, djinny, genie, jinnee |
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linnet | (noun) small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead | Synonyms: Carduelis cannabina, lintwhite |
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(noun) small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico | Synonyms: Carpodacus mexicanus, house finch |
minniebush | (noun) low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs | Synonyms: Menziesia pilosa, minnie bush |
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minnow | (noun) very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams | Synonyms: Phoxinus phoxinus |
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ninny | (noun) a stupid foolish person | Synonyms: nincompoop, poop |
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picaninny | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child | Synonyms: piccaninny, pickaninny |
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piccaninny | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child | Synonyms: picaninny, pickaninny |
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pickaninny | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child | Synonyms: picaninny, piccaninny |
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pinna | (noun) the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear | Synonyms: auricle, ear |
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(noun) division of a usually pinnately divided leaf | Synonyms: pinnule |
pinnace | (noun) a boat for communication between ship and shore | Synonyms: cutter, ship's boat, tender |
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pinnacle | (noun) (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or tower | - |
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(noun) a lofty peak | - |
(noun) the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | Synonyms: acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, summit, superlative, tiptop, top |
pinnatiped | (noun) aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers | Synonyms: pinniped, pinniped mammal |
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pinner | (noun) a woman's cap with two long flaps pinned on | - |
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pinning | (noun) a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin | - |
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pinniped | (noun) aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers | Synonyms: pinnatiped, pinniped mammal |
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pinnule | (noun) division of a usually pinnately divided leaf | Synonyms: pinna |
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pinny | (noun) a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing | Synonyms: jumper, pinafore |
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plainness | (noun) the appearance of being plain and unpretentious | - |
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(noun) an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful | Synonyms: homeliness |
(noun) clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous | Synonyms: perspicuity, perspicuousness |
(noun) the state of being unmixed with other material | - |
shinney | (noun) a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck | Synonyms: shinny |
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shinny | (noun) a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck | Synonyms: shinney |
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sinner | (noun) a person who sins (without repenting) | Synonyms: evildoer |
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sinning | (noun) an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will | Synonyms: sin |
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skinner | (noun) a person who prepares or deals in animal skins | - |
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(noun) a worker who drives mules | Synonyms: mule driver, mule skinner, muleteer |
skinniness | (noun) the bodily property of lacking flesh | Synonyms: scrawniness |
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skinny | (noun) confidential information about a topic or person | - |
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spinnability | (noun) the quality of being suitable for spinning or the capability of being spun (used of textile fibers) | - |
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spinnaker | (noun) a large and usually triangular headsail; carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind | - |
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spinnbarkeit | (noun) the capacity of a viscous liquid (especially the cervical mucus) to be drawn out into a strand or blown up into a bubble | - |
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spinner | (noun) fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water | - |
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(noun) board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game | - |
(noun) someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) | Synonyms: spinster, thread maker |
spinney | (noun) a copse that shelters game | - |
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spinning | (noun) creating thread | - |
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thinner | (noun) a diluting agent | Synonyms: diluent, dilutant |
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thinness | (noun) the property of having little body fat | Synonyms: leanness, spareness |
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(noun) relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width | Synonyms: slenderness, tenuity |
(noun) a consistency of low viscosity | - |
(noun) the property of being very narrow or thin | Synonyms: fineness |
(noun) the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness | Synonyms: spareness, sparseness, sparsity |
(noun) The property of lacking substance or strength. | - |
thinning | (noun) the act of diluting something | Synonyms: cutting |
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tinner | (noun) someone who makes or repairs tinware | Synonyms: tinsmith |
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tinning | (noun) the application of a protective layer of tin | Synonyms: tin-plating |
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(noun) the application of a thin layer of soft solder to the ends of wires before soldering them | - |
tinnitus | (noun) a ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears; a symptom of an ear infection or Meniere's disease | - |
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tintinnabulation | (noun) the sound of a bell ringing | Synonyms: ring, ringing |
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topminnow | (noun) small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control | Synonyms: live-bearer, poeciliid, poeciliid fish |
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(noun) freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish | Synonyms: helleri, swordtail, Xyphophorus helleri |
uncertainness | (noun) being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance | Synonyms: precariousness, uncertainty |
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whinny | (noun) the characteristic sounds made by a horse | Synonyms: neigh, nicker, whicker |
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winner | (noun) the contestant who wins the contest | Synonyms: victor |
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(noun) a gambler who wins a bet | - |
(noun) a person with a record of successes | Synonyms: achiever, succeeder, success |
winning | (noun) succeeding with great difficulty | - |
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winnings | (noun) something won (especially money) | Synonyms: profits, win |
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winnow | (noun) the act of separating grain from chaff | Synonyms: sifting, winnowing |
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winnowing | (noun) the act of separating grain from chaff | Synonyms: sifting, winnow |
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zinnia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads | Synonyms: old maid, old maid flower |
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zinnwaldite | (noun) a mica containing iron and lithium | - |
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