alliteration | (noun) use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse | Synonyms: beginning rhyme, head rhyme, initial rhyme |
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alliterator | (noun) a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration | - |
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anthophyllite | (noun) a dark brown mineral of the amphibole group; magnesium iron silicate | - |
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argillite | (noun) a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages | - |
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callithump | (noun) a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | Synonyms: belling, callathump, charivari, chivaree, shivaree |
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(noun) a noisy boisterous parade | Synonyms: callathump, callithump parade |
carnallite | (noun) a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium | - |
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crystallite | (noun) any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock | - |
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ebullition | (noun) an unrestrained expression of emotion | Synonyms: blowup, effusion, gush, outburst |
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illiteracy | (noun) an inability to read | Synonyms: analphabetism |
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(noun) ignorance resulting from not reading | - |
illiterate | (noun) a person unable to read | Synonyms: illiterate person, nonreader |
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jollity | (noun) feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor | Synonyms: jolliness, joviality |
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mellitate | (noun) a salt of mellitic acid. | - |
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nullity | (noun) something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity) | - |
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(noun) the state of nonexistence | Synonyms: nihility, nothingness, void |
pellitory | (noun) a small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache | Synonyms: Anacyclus pyrethrum, pellitory-of-Spain |
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(noun) herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers | Synonyms: Parietaria difusa, pellitory-of-the-wall, wall pellitory |
pyrophyllite | (noun) a white or greenish aluminum silicate mineral (resembles talc) | - |
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satellite | (noun) man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon | Synonyms: artificial satellite, orbiter |
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(noun) any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star | - |
(noun) a person who follows or serves another | Synonyms: planet |
tallith | (noun) (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer | Synonyms: prayer shawl, tallis |
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tonsillitis | (noun) inflammation of the tonsils (especially the palatine tonsils) | - |
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tranquillity | (noun) a disposition free from stress or emotion | Synonyms: placidity, quiet, repose, serenity, tranquility |
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(noun) a state of peace and quiet | Synonyms: quietness, quietude, tranquility |
(noun) an untroubled state; free from disturbances | Synonyms: quiet, tranquility |
whatchamacallit | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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