| bylaw | (noun) a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members | - |
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| catclaw | (noun) erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida | Synonyms: black bead, cat's-claw, Pithecellobium unguis-cati |
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| claw | (noun) sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles | - |
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| (noun) a bird's foot | - |
| (noun) a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods | Synonyms: chela, nipper, pincer |
| (noun) a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something | Synonyms: hook |
| clawback | (noun) finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way | - |
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| clawfoot | (noun) a deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw | Synonyms: pes cavus |
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| clawhammer | (noun) a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails | Synonyms: carpenter's hammer, claw hammer |
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| coleslaw | (noun) basically shredded cabbage | Synonyms: slaw |
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| flaw | (noun) an imperfection in an object or machine | Synonyms: defect, fault |
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| (noun) defect or weakness in a person's character | - |
| (noun) an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness | - |
| flawlessness | (noun) the state of being without a flaw or defect | Synonyms: ne plus ultra, perfection |
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| law | (noun) the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system | Synonyms: practice of law |
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| (noun) a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society | Synonyms: natural law |
| (noun) a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | Synonyms: law of nature |
| (noun) the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | Synonyms: jurisprudence, legal philosophy |
| (noun) legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity | - |
| (noun) the collection of rules imposed by authority | Synonyms: jurisprudence |
| (noun) the force of policemen and officers | Synonyms: constabulary, police, police force |
| lawbreaker | (noun) someone who violates the law | Synonyms: law offender, violator |
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| lawcourt | (noun) a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws | Synonyms: court of justice, court of law, law court |
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| lawfulness | (noun) the quality of conforming to law | - |
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| lawgiver | (noun) a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws | Synonyms: lawmaker |
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| lawlessness | (noun) illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law | Synonyms: outlawry |
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| (noun) a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) | Synonyms: anarchy |
| lawmaker | (noun) a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws | Synonyms: lawgiver |
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| lawmaking | (noun) the act of making or enacting laws | Synonyms: legislating, legislation |
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| lawman | (noun) an officer of the law | Synonyms: law officer, peace officer |
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| lawn | (noun) a field of cultivated and mowed grass | - |
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| lawrencium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium | Synonyms: atomic number 103, Lr |
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| lawsuit | (noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | Synonyms: case, causa, cause, suit |
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| lawyer | (noun) a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice | Synonyms: attorney |
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| lawyerbush | (noun) stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth | Synonyms: bush lawyer, lawyer bush, Rubus australis, Rubus cissoides |
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| outlaw | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: criminal, crook, felon, malefactor |
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| outlawry | (noun) illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law | Synonyms: lawlessness |
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| owlclaws | (noun) stout perennial herb of western United States having flower heads with drooping orange-yellow rays; causes spewing sickness in sheep | Synonyms: Helenium hoopesii, orange sneezeweed |
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| pilaw | (noun) rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes | Synonyms: pilaf, pilaff, pilau |
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| scalawag | (noun) one who is playfully mischievous | Synonyms: imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scallywag, scamp |
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| (noun) a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel | Synonyms: knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scallywag, varlet |
| (noun) a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest) | Synonyms: scallywag |
| scofflaw | (noun) one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses | - |
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| slaw | (noun) basically shredded cabbage | Synonyms: coleslaw |
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| umbrellawort | (noun) a plant of the genus Mirabilis | - |
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| unlawfulness | (noun) the quality of failing to conform to law | - |
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