aglet | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aiglet, aiguillette |
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(noun) metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon | Synonyms: aiglet |
aiglet | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aglet, aiguillette |
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(noun) metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon | Synonyms: aglet |
aiguillette | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aglet, aiglet |
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amulet | (noun) a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease | Synonyms: talisman |
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anklet | (noun) an ornament worn around the ankle | Synonyms: ankle bracelet |
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(noun) a sock that reaches just above the ankle | Synonyms: anklets, bobbysock, bobbysocks |
(noun) a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle | - |
anklets | (noun) a sock that reaches just above the ankle | Synonyms: anklet, bobbysock, bobbysocks |
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annulet | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet |
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(noun) (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a small ring | - |
applet | (noun) a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface | - |
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armlet | (noun) a band worn around the arm for decoration | Synonyms: arm band |
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athlete | (noun) a person trained to compete in sports | Synonyms: jock |
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athleticism | (noun) intense energy | Synonyms: strenuosity |
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athletics | (noun) an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition | Synonyms: sport |
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(noun) participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity | - |
(noun) a contest between athletes | Synonyms: athletic competition, athletic contest |
auklet | (noun) any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts | - |
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axletree | (noun) a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve | - |
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ballet | (noun) a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers | Synonyms: concert dance |
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(noun) music written for a ballet | - |
balletomane | (noun) a ballet enthusiast | - |
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balletomania | (noun) extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets | - |
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bandelet | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet |
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bandelette | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet |
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bandlet | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelet, bandelette, square and rabbet |
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bartlett | (noun) juicy yellow pear | Synonyms: bartlett pear |
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billet | (noun) lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home) | - |
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(noun) a short personal letter | Synonyms: line, note, short letter |
blether | (noun) idle or foolish and irrelevant talk | Synonyms: chin music, idle talk, prate, prattle |
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bletia | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudobulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers | - |
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bloodletting | (noun) formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) | - |
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(noun) indiscriminate slaughter | Synonyms: battue, bloodbath, bloodshed |
bolete | (noun) any fungus of the family Boletaceae | - |
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bomblet | (noun) one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb | Synonyms: cluster bomblet |
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bonelet | (noun) a small bone; especially one in the middle ear | Synonyms: ossicle, ossiculum |
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booklet | (noun) a small book usually having a paper cover | Synonyms: brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet |
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bracelet | (noun) jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration | Synonyms: bangle |
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(noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: watch bracelet, watchband, watchstrap, wristband |
bractlet | (noun) a small bract | Synonyms: bracteole |
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branchlet | (noun) a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year | Synonyms: sprig, twig |
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bristletail | (noun) small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail | - |
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brooklet | (noun) a small brook | - |
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bulblet | (noun) small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers | Synonyms: bulbil |
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bullet | (noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | Synonyms: fastball, heater, hummer, smoke |
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(noun) a projectile that is fired from a gun | Synonyms: slug |
(noun) a high-speed passenger train | Synonyms: bullet train |
bullethead | (noun) a head shaped like a bullet | - |
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bulletin | (noun) a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast) | - |
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cabriolet | (noun) small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood | Synonyms: cab |
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camlet | (noun) a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair | - |
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(noun) a garment made of camlet fabric | - |
capelet | (noun) a small cape that covers the shoulders and is worn predominantly by women. | - |
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cappelletti | (noun) small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings | Synonyms: ravioli |
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chalet | (noun) a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style | - |
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chaplet | (noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | Synonyms: coronal, garland, lei, wreath |
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circlet | (noun) decorated metal band worn around the head | - |
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(noun) a small circle | - |
collet | (noun) a band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewelry setting | - |
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(noun) a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting | Synonyms: ferrule |
(noun) a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe | Synonyms: collet chuck |
completeness | (noun) (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system | - |
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(noun) the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed | - |
completion | (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: closing, culmination, mop up, windup |
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(noun) (American football) a successful forward pass in football | Synonyms: pass completion |
corselet | (noun) a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece | Synonyms: corslet |
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corslet | (noun) a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece | Synonyms: corselet |
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couplet | (noun) a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed | - |
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(noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
coverlet | (noun) a decorative bedspread (usually quilted) | - |
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cutlet | (noun) thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled | Synonyms: escallop, scallop, scollop |
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cytoskeleton | (noun) a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence | - |
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daleth | (noun) the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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decolletage | (noun) a low-cut neckline on a woman's dress | - |
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deletion | (noun) the act of deleting something written or printed | - |
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(noun) the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage | Synonyms: cut, excision |
(noun) (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome | - |
(noun) any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases | Synonyms: omission |
depletion | (noun) the act of decreasing something markedly | - |
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(noun) the state of being depleted | - |
dilettante | (noun) an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge | Synonyms: dabbler, sciolist |
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doublet | (noun) a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance | - |
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doublethink | (noun) believing two contradictory ideas at the same time | - |
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doubleton | (noun) (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player | - |
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doubletree | (noun) a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast | - |
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driblet | (noun) a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) | Synonyms: drib, drop |
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droplet | (noun) a tiny drop | - |
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drupelet | (noun) a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe | - |
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eaglet | (noun) a young eagle | - |
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endoskeleton | (noun) the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates) | - |
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epaulet | (noun) adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder | Synonyms: epaulette |
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epaulette | (noun) adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder | Synonyms: epaulet |
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exoskeleton | (noun) the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs | - |
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expletive | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, oath, swearing, swearword |
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(noun) a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line | - |
eyelet | (noun) a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar | Synonyms: eyehole |
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(noun) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines | Synonyms: cringle, grommet, grummet, loop |
(noun) fabric decorated with small holes with finely stitched edges that form an ornamental pattern. | - |
filet | (noun) lace having a square mesh | Synonyms: fillet |
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(noun) a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef | Synonyms: fillet |
(noun) a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish | Synonyms: fillet, fish filet, fish fillet |
fillet | (noun) a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband | Synonyms: taenia, tenia |
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(noun) fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members | Synonyms: stopping |
(noun) lace having a square mesh | Synonyms: filet |
(noun) a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus | Synonyms: lemniscus |
(noun) a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef | Synonyms: filet |
(noun) a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish | Synonyms: filet, fish filet, fish fillet |
flageolet | (noun) a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes | Synonyms: shepherd's pipe, treble recorder |
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(noun) a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried | Synonyms: haricot |
flannelette | (noun) a cotton fabric imitating flannel | - |
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flatlet | (noun) a tiny flat | - |
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frontlet | (noun) an adornment worn on the forehead | Synonyms: frontal |
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fruitlet | (noun) a diminutive fruit, especially one that is part of a multiple fruit | - |
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gantlet | (noun) a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim | Synonyms: gauntlet |
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(noun) the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times | - |
(noun) a glove of armored leather; protects the hand | Synonyms: gauntlet, metal glove |
(noun) a glove with long sleeve | Synonyms: gauntlet |
(noun) to offer or accept a challenge | Synonyms: gauntlet |
gauntlet | (noun) a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim | Synonyms: gantlet |
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(noun) a glove of armored leather; protects the hand | Synonyms: gantlet, metal glove |
(noun) a glove with long sleeve | Synonyms: gantlet |
(noun) to offer or accept a challenge | Synonyms: gantlet |
giblet | (noun) edible viscera of a fowl | Synonyms: giblets |
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giblets | (noun) edible viscera of a fowl | Synonyms: giblet |
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gimlet | (noun) hand tool for boring holes | Synonyms: auger, screw auger, wimble |
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(noun) a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice | - |
goblet | (noun) a drinking glass with a base and stem | - |
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(noun) a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup | Synonyms: chalice |
gullet | (noun) the passage between the pharynx and the stomach | Synonyms: esophagus, gorge, oesophagus |
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hamlet | (noun) a community of people smaller than a village | Synonyms: crossroads |
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(noun) a settlement smaller than a town | Synonyms: village |
haslet | (noun) heart and liver and other edible viscera especially of hogs; usually chopped and formed into a loaf and braised | - |
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homiletics | (noun) the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies | - |
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(noun) the art of preaching | - |
incompleteness | (noun) the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect | Synonyms: rawness |
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inlet | (noun) an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container | Synonyms: intake |
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(noun) an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) | Synonyms: recess |
islet | (noun) a small island | Synonyms: isle |
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isopleth | (noun) a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable | Synonyms: isarithm, isogram |
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kinglet | (noun) small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice | - |
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lancelet | (noun) small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates | Synonyms: amphioxus |
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leaflet | (noun) a thin triangular flap of a heart valve | Synonyms: cusp |
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(noun) a small book usually having a paper cover | Synonyms: booklet, brochure, folder, pamphlet |
(noun) part of a compound leaf | - |
let | (noun) a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again | Synonyms: net ball |
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letch | (noun) man with strong sexual desires | Synonyms: lech, lecher, satyr |
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letdown | (noun) a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized | Synonyms: disappointment |
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