| bailee | (noun) the agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered | - |
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| baleen | (noun) a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets | Synonyms: whalebone |
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| bandoleer | (noun) a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers | Synonyms: bandolier |
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| bleeder | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac |
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| bleeding | (noun) the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel | Synonyms: haemorrhage, hemorrhage |
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| bleep | (noun) a short high tone produced as a signal or warning | Synonyms: beep |
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| colleen | (noun) an Irish girl | - |
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| electrosleep | (noun) unconsciousness brought about by the passage of a low voltage electric current through the brain | - |
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| enrollee | (noun) a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study | - |
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| fleece | (noun) outer coat of especially sheep and yaks | Synonyms: wool |
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| (noun) a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing | - |
| (noun) the wool of a sheep or similar animal | - |
| (noun) tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing | Synonyms: sheepskin |
| fleer | (noun) someone who flees from an uncongenial situation | Synonyms: fugitive, runaway |
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| (noun) contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words | - |
| fleet | (noun) a group of warships organized as a tactical unit | - |
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| (noun) a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership | - |
| (noun) group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership | - |
| (noun) group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership | - |
| fleetingness | (noun) the property of lasting for a very short time | Synonyms: ephemerality, ephemeralness |
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| fleetness | (noun) rapidity of movement | - |
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| glee | (noun) great merriment | Synonyms: gleefulness, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness |
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| (noun) malicious satisfaction | Synonyms: gloat, gloating |
| gleefulness | (noun) great merriment | Synonyms: glee, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness |
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| gleet | (noun) a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea | - |
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| horseleech | (noun) any of several large freshwater leeches | - |
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| jubilee | (noun) a special anniversary (or the celebration of it) | - |
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| keteleeria | (noun) Asiatic conifers resembling firs | - |
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| lee | (noun) the side of something that is sheltered from the wind | Synonyms: lee side, leeward |
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| leech | (noun) carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end | Synonyms: bloodsucker, hirudinean |
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| (noun) a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | Synonyms: parasite, sponge, sponger |
| leechee | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: lichee, lichi, litchee, litchi, litchi nut, lychee |
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| leek | (noun) related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves | - |
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| (noun) plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum | Synonyms: Allium porrum, scallion |
| leer | (noun) a suggestive or sneering look or grin | - |
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| (noun) a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls | Synonyms: sneer |
| lees | (noun) the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage | - |
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| leeward | (noun) the side of something that is sheltered from the wind | Synonyms: lee, lee side |
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| (noun) the direction in which the wind is blowing | - |
| leeway | (noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: allowance, margin, tolerance |
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| (noun) (of a ship or plane) sideways drift | - |
| mallee | (noun) any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts | - |
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| melee | (noun) a noisy riotous fight | Synonyms: battle royal, scrimmage |
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| nosebleed | (noun) bleeding from the nose | Synonyms: epistaxis |
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| paleencephalon | (noun) the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: palaeencephalon, paleoencephalon |
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| parolee | (noun) someone released on probation or on parole | Synonyms: probationer |
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| pistoleer | (noun) someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed) | - |
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| shirtsleeve | (noun) the sleeve of a shirt | - |
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| shirtsleeves | (noun) not wearing a jacket | - |
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| sleekness | (noun) the smooth feel of silk fabric | Synonyms: silkiness |
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| (noun) the quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored | - |
| sleep | (noun) a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended | Synonyms: slumber |
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| (noun) euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) | Synonyms: eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, rest |
| (noun) a torpid state resembling deep sleep | Synonyms: sopor |
| (noun) a period of time spent sleeping | Synonyms: nap |
| sleeper | (noun) an unexpected hit | - |
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| (noun) tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water | Synonyms: sleeper goby |
| (noun) a passenger car that has berths for sleeping | Synonyms: sleeping car, wagon-lit |
| (noun) one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track | Synonyms: crosstie, railroad tie, tie |
| (noun) a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed | - |
| (noun) pajamas with feet; worn by children | - |
| (noun) a rester who is sleeping | Synonyms: slumberer |
| (noun) an unexpected achiever of success | - |
| (noun) a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal | - |
| sleepiness | (noun) a very sleepy state | Synonyms: drowsiness, somnolence |
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| sleeping | (noun) the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate | - |
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| (noun) quiet and inactive restfulness | Synonyms: dormancy, quiescence, quiescency |
| (noun) the state of being asleep | - |
| sleeplessness | (noun) a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep | Synonyms: wakefulness |
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| sleepover | (noun) an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children) | - |
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| sleepwalker | (noun) someone who walks about in their sleep | Synonyms: noctambulist, somnambulist |
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| sleepwalking | (noun) walking by a person who is asleep | Synonyms: noctambulation, noctambulism, somnambulation, somnambulism |
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| sleepwear | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightclothes, nightwear |
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| sleepyhead | (noun) a sleepy person | - |
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| sleet | (noun) partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow) | - |
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| sleeve | (noun) the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm | Synonyms: arm |
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| (noun) small case into which an object fits | - |
| spleen | (noun) a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses | Synonyms: lien |
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| (noun) a feeling of resentful anger | Synonyms: irascibility, quick temper, short temper |
| spleenwort | (noun) any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium | - |
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