soapfish | (noun) fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin; found in the warm Atlantic coastal waters of America | - |
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soldierfish | (noun) the larger squirrelfishes | Synonyms: soldier-fish |
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sottishness | (noun) lack of restraint in use of alcohol | - |
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(noun) stupefaction from drink | - |
spadefish | (noun) deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters | Synonyms: angelfish, Chaetodipterus faber |
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spearfish | (noun) any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare | - |
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sportfishing | (noun) the act of someone who fishes as a diversion | Synonyms: fishing |
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squeamishness | (noun) the trait of being excessively fastidious and easily shocked | - |
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(noun) a mild state of nausea | Synonyms: qualm, queasiness |
squirrelfish | (noun) very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark | - |
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(noun) similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States | Synonyms: Lagodon rhomboides, pinfish, sailor's-choice |
squish | (noun) the noise of soft mud being walked on | - |
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standoffishness | (noun) a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner | Synonyms: aloofness, remoteness, withdrawnness |
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starfish | (noun) echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk | Synonyms: sea star |
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stockfish | (noun) fish cured by being split and air-dried without salt | - |
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stonefish | (noun) venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock | Synonyms: Synanceja verrucosa |
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stylishness | (noun) elegance by virtue of being fashionable | Synonyms: chic, chichi, chicness, last word, modishness, smartness, swank |
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suckerfish | (noun) marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects | Synonyms: remora, sucking fish |
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sunfish | (noun) small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies, black bass, bluegills, pumpkinseed | Synonyms: centrarchid |
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(noun) among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters | Synonyms: headfish, mola, ocean sunfish |
(noun) the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae | - |
surffish | (noun) small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America | Synonyms: surf fish, surfperch |
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(noun) a fish of the Pacific coast of North America | Synonyms: surf fish, Umbrina roncador, yellowfin croaker |
surgeonfish | (noun) brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail | - |
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swinishness | (noun) The quality of resembling a swine; being gluttonous, coarse, debased. | - |
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swish | (noun) a brushing or rustling sound | - |
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swordfish | (noun) large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night | Synonyms: Xiphias gladius |
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(noun) flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks | - |
tarnish | (noun) discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation | - |
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thievishness | (noun) having a disposition to steal | Synonyms: larcenous |
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threadfish | (noun) fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins | Synonyms: Alectis ciliaris, thread-fish |
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tilefish | (noun) yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters | Synonyms: Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps |
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(noun) important marine food fishes | Synonyms: blanquillo |
toadfish | (noun) bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth | Synonyms: Opsanus tau |
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tomboyishness | (noun) masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women) | Synonyms: hoydenism |
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tonguefish | (noun) left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value | Synonyms: tongue-fish |
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triggerfish | (noun) any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin | - |
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trumpetfish | (noun) tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down | Synonyms: Aulostomus maculatus |
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trunkfish | (noun) any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates | Synonyms: boxfish |
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undernourishment | (noun) not having enough food to develop or function normally | Synonyms: malnourishment |
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unselfishness | (noun) acting generously | Synonyms: generosity |
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(noun) the quality of not putting yourself first but being willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for others | - |
uppishness | (noun) assumption of airs beyond one's station | Synonyms: uppityness |
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vanisher | (noun) a person who disappears | - |
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vanishing | (noun) a sudden disappearance from sight | - |
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(noun) a sudden or mysterious disappearance | - |
vanquisher | (noun) someone who is victorious by force of arms | Synonyms: conqueror |
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varnish | (noun) a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface | - |
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varnisher | (noun) someone who applies a finishing coat of varnish | - |
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vigorish | (noun) an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest | Synonyms: usury |
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(noun) a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster | Synonyms: rake-off |
vinegarishness | (noun) a sourness resembling that of vinegar | Synonyms: vinegariness |
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waggishness | (noun) waggish behavior | Synonyms: waggery |
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weakfish | (noun) food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out | Synonyms: Cynoscion regalis |
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(noun) lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States | - |
whitefish | (noun) silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere | - |
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(noun) flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere | - |
(noun) any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring | - |
wish | (noun) the particular preference that you have | - |
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(noun) an expression of some desire or inclination | Synonyms: indirect request |
(noun) (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare | Synonyms: compliments, regard |
(noun) a specific feeling of desire | Synonyms: want, wishing |
wishbone | (noun) the furcula of a domestic fowl | Synonyms: wishing bone |
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wishfulness | (noun) an unrealistic yearning | - |
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wishing | (noun) a specific feeling of desire | Synonyms: want, wish |
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wolffish | (noun) large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins | Synonyms: catfish, wolf fish |
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(noun) large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail | Synonyms: lancet fish, lancetfish |
womanishness | (noun) the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) | Synonyms: effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, unmanliness |
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wreckfish | (noun) brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks | Synonyms: Polyprion americanus, stone bass |
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