| interlocking | (noun) the act of interlocking or meshing | Synonyms: interlock, mesh, meshing |
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| (noun) contact by fitting together | Synonyms: engagement, mesh, meshing |
| jerkin | (noun) a tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of leather) worn by men in former times | - |
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| jerkiness | (noun) the quality of being spasmodic and irregular | Synonyms: fitfulness |
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| jerking | (noun) an abrupt spasmodic movement | Synonyms: jerk, jolt, saccade |
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| karyokinesis | (noun) organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis | - |
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| kicking | (noun) the act of delivering a blow with the foot | Synonyms: boot, kick |
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| (noun) a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics | Synonyms: kick |
| kidskin | (noun) soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat | Synonyms: kid |
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| kilderkin | (noun) an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons | - |
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| kin | (noun) group of people related by blood or marriage | Synonyms: clan, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe |
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| (noun) a person having kinship with another or others | Synonyms: family, kinsperson |
| kina | (noun) the basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea | - |
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| kinaesthesia | (noun) the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc | Synonyms: feeling of movement, kinesthesia |
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| (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
| kinaesthesis | (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
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| kinanesthesia | (noun) inability to sense movement | - |
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| kinase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme | - |
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| kind | (noun) a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality | Synonyms: form, sort, variety |
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| kindergarten | (noun) a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school | - |
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| kindergartener | (noun) a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten | Synonyms: kindergartner, preschooler |
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| kindergartner | (noun) a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten | Synonyms: kindergartener, preschooler |
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| kindheartedness | (noun) sympathy arising from a kind heart | Synonyms: kind-heartedness |
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| kindjal | (noun) a kind of short sword or dagger with a slightly curved blade, probably originated in Chechnya. | - |
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| kindliness | (noun) friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition | Synonyms: helpfulness |
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| kindling | (noun) the act of setting something on fire | Synonyms: firing, ignition, inflammation, lighting |
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| (noun) material for starting a fire | Synonyms: punk, spunk, tinder, touchwood |
| kindness | (noun) a kind act | Synonyms: benignity |
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| (noun) the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic | - |
| (noun) tendency to be kind and forgiving | Synonyms: forgivingness |
| kindred | (noun) group of people related by blood or marriage | Synonyms: clan, kin, kin group, kinship group, tribe |
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| kine | (noun) domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age | Synonyms: Bos taurus, cattle, cows, oxen |
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| kinematics | (noun) the branch of mechanics concerned with motion without reference to force or mass | - |
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| kinescope | (noun) a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen | Synonyms: picture tube, television tube |
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| kinesiology | (noun) the branch of physiology that studies the mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement | - |
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| kinesis | (noun) a movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation | - |
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| kinesthesia | (noun) the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc | Synonyms: feeling of movement, kinaesthesia |
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| (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
| kinesthesis | (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
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| kinesthetics | (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, muscle sense, sense of movement |
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| kinetics | (noun) the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies | Synonyms: dynamics |
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| kinetochore | (noun) a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape | Synonyms: centromere |
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| kinetosis | (noun) the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle | Synonyms: motion sickness |
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| kinfolk | (noun) people descended from a common ancestor | Synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept |
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| king | (noun) (chess) the weakest but the most important piece | - |
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| (noun) one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king | - |
| (noun) a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward | - |
| (noun) a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom | Synonyms: male monarch, Rex |
| (noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman | Synonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon |
| (noun) a male competitor who holds a preeminent position | - |
| (noun) the husband or widower of a queen | - |
| (noun) preeminence in a particular category or group or field | - |
| kingbird | (noun) large American flycatcher | Synonyms: Tyrannus tyrannus |
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| kingbolt | (noun) bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle | Synonyms: kingpin, swivel pin |
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| kingcup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup |
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| (noun) swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups | Synonyms: Caltha palustris, cowslip, marsh marigold, May blob, meadow bright, water dragon |
| kingdom | (noun) a basic group of natural objects | - |
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| (noun) a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state | - |
| (noun) the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia | - |
| (noun) the domain ruled by a king or queen | Synonyms: realm |
| (noun) a country with a king as head of state | - |
| (noun) a domain in which something is dominant | Synonyms: land, realm |
| kingfish | (noun) any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast | - |
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| (noun) large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters | Synonyms: cero, pintado, Scomberomorus regalis |
| (noun) small silvery marine food fish found off California | Synonyms: chenfish, Genyonemus lineatus, white croaker |
| (noun) large game fish of Australia and New Zealand | Synonyms: Seriola grandis |
| (noun) the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States | - |
| kingfisher | (noun) nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish | - |
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| kinglet | (noun) small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice | - |
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| kingmaker | (noun) an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence | - |
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| kingpin | (noun) bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle | Synonyms: kingbolt, swivel pin |
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| (noun) the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins | Synonyms: headpin |
| (noun) the most important person in a group or undertaking | Synonyms: bigwig, top banana |
| kingship | (noun) the dignity or rank or position of a king | - |
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| kingsnake | (noun) any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals | Synonyms: king snake |
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| kingwood | (noun) Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood | Synonyms: Dalbergia cearensis, kingwood tree |
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| (noun) handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork | - |
| kinin | (noun) any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and delay the senescence of leaves | Synonyms: cytokinin |
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| kink | (noun) a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation | - |
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| (noun) an eccentric idea | - |
| (noun) a person with unusual sexual tastes | - |
| (noun) a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight | Synonyms: twirl, twist |
| (noun) a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) | Synonyms: crick, rick, wrick |
| kinkajou | (noun) a kind of gray-brown lemur (Perodicticus potto) | Synonyms: Perodicticus potto, potto |
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| (noun) arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail | Synonyms: honey bear, Potos caudivolvulus, Potos flavus, potto |
| kino | (noun) East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning | Synonyms: Pterocarpus marsupium |
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| (noun) a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning | Synonyms: gum kino, kino gum |
| kinsfolk | (noun) people descended from a common ancestor | Synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, phratry, sept |
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| kinship | (noun) (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption | Synonyms: family relationship, relationship |
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| (noun) a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character | Synonyms: affinity |
| kinsman | (noun) a male relative | - |
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| kinsperson | (noun) a person having kinship with another or others | Synonyms: family, kin |
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| kinswoman | (noun) a female relative | - |
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| knocking | (noun) the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing) | Synonyms: knock |
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| lambkin | (noun) a very young lamb | - |
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| lambskin | (noun) the skin of a lamb with the wool still on | - |
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| (noun) skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on | Synonyms: parchment, sheepskin |
| lankiness | (noun) a tall and thin physique | - |
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| lawmaking | (noun) the act of making or enacting laws | Synonyms: legislating, legislation |
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| leakiness | (noun) the condition of permitting leaks or leakage | - |
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| licking | (noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | Synonyms: beating, drubbing, lacing, thrashing, trouncing, whacking |
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| (noun) an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest | Synonyms: defeat |
| liking | (noun) a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment | - |
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| limpkin | (noun) wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call | Synonyms: Aramus pictus |
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| locking | (noun) the act of locking something up to protect it | Synonyms: lockup |
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| looking | (noun) the act of searching visually | Synonyms: looking for |
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| (noun) the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look | Synonyms: look, looking at |
| lovemaking | (noun) sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people | Synonyms: love, love life, making love, sexual love |
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| luckiness | (noun) an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes | Synonyms: good fortune, good luck |
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| lymphokine | (noun) a cytokine secreted by helper T cells in response to stimulation by antigens and that acts on other cells of the immune system (as by activating macrophages) | - |
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| mackinaw | (noun) a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design | - |
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| (noun) a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes | Synonyms: Mackinaw boat |
| (noun) a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States | Synonyms: Mackinaw blanket |
| (noun) a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material | Synonyms: Mackinaw coat |
| mackintosh | (noun) a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric | Synonyms: macintosh |
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| (noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | Synonyms: mac, macintosh, mack |
| making | (noun) the act that results in something coming to be | Synonyms: devising, fashioning |
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| (noun) (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something | - |
| (noun) an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something | Synonyms: qualification |
| manakin | (noun) any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior | - |
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| (noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes | Synonyms: form, manikin, mannequin, mannikin |
| (noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | Synonyms: fashion model, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model |
| manikin | (noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes | Synonyms: form, manakin, mannequin, mannikin |
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| (noun) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal | Synonyms: homunculus, mannikin |
| (noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | Synonyms: fashion model, manakin, mannequin, mannikin, model |
| mankind | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, world |
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| mannikin | (noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes | Synonyms: form, manakin, manikin, mannequin |
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| (noun) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal | Synonyms: homunculus, manikin |
| (noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | Synonyms: fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, model |
| mapmaking | (noun) the making of maps and charts | Synonyms: cartography |
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| marking | (noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: grading, scoring |
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| (noun) the act of making a visible mark on a surface | - |
| (noun) a pattern of marks | - |
| (noun) a distinguishing symbol | Synonyms: mark, marker |
| masking | (noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: cover, covering, screening |
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| (noun) scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen | Synonyms: masking piece |
| (noun) the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation | - |
| matchmaking | (noun) mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others | - |
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| matrikin | (noun) one related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enate, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib, matrisib |
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| meatpacking | (noun) wholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers) | Synonyms: meat-packing business, meat packing |
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| merrymaking | (noun) a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity | Synonyms: conviviality, jollification |
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| metalworking | (noun) the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner | Synonyms: metalwork |
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| mistaking | (noun) putting the wrong interpretation on | Synonyms: misinterpretation, misunderstanding |
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| mockingbird | (noun) long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds | Synonyms: Mimus polyglotktos, mocker |
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| moleskin | (noun) a durable cotton fabric with a velvety nap | - |
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| moneymaking | (noun) the act of making money (and accumulating wealth) | - |
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| moviemaking | (noun) the production of movies | Synonyms: film making, movie making |
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| muckraking | (noun) the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures) | - |
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| murkiness | (noun) the quality of being cloudy | Synonyms: cloudiness, muddiness |
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| (noun) an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance | Synonyms: fog, fogginess, murk |
| muskiness | (noun) having the olfactory properties of musk | - |
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| mutchkin | (noun) a Scottish unit of liquid measure equal to 0.9 United States pint | - |
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| napkin | (noun) a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing | Synonyms: serviette, table napkin |
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| (noun) garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement | Synonyms: diaper, nappy |
| necking | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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| (noun) the molding at the top of a column | Synonyms: gorgerin |
| oilskin | (noun) a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof | Synonyms: slicker |
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| onionskin | (noun) a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies | Synonyms: flimsy |
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