atomiser | (noun) a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | Synonyms: atomizer, nebuliser, nebulizer, spray, sprayer |
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camise | (noun) a loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages | - |
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chemise | (noun) a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | Synonyms: sack, shift |
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(noun) a woman's sleeveless undergarment | Synonyms: shift, shimmy, slip, teddy |
commiseration | (noun) an expression of sympathy with another's grief | Synonyms: condolence |
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(noun) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | Synonyms: pathos, pity, ruth |
compromise | (noun) a middle way between two extremes | Synonyms: via media |
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(noun) an accommodation in which both sides make concessions | - |
compromiser | (noun) a negotiator willing to compromise | - |
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demise | (noun) the time when something ends | Synonyms: death, dying |
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demisemiquaver | (noun) a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note | Synonyms: thirty-second note |
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economiser | (noun) a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste | Synonyms: economizer |
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hemidemisemiquaver | (noun) a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note | Synonyms: sixty-fourth note |
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miser | (noun) a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably) | - |
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miserabilism | (noun) mid-20th century French art movement. | - |
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miserableness | (noun) a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune | Synonyms: misery, wretchedness |
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miserliness | (noun) total lack of generosity with money | - |
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misery | (noun) a feeling of intense unhappiness | - |
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(noun) a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune | Synonyms: miserableness, wretchedness |
misestimation | (noun) a mistake in calculating | Synonyms: miscalculation, misreckoning |
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premise | (noun) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | Synonyms: assumption, premiss |
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premises | (noun) land and the buildings on it | - |
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promise | (noun) grounds for feeling hopeful about the future | Synonyms: hope |
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(noun) a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future | - |
promisee | (noun) a person to whom a promise is made | - |
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promiser | (noun) a person who makes a promise | Synonyms: promisor |
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remise | (noun) (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte) | - |
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(noun) a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles | Synonyms: carriage house, coach house |
(noun) an expensive or high-class hackney | - |
samisen | (noun) a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretless fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum | Synonyms: shamisen |
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shamisen | (noun) a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretless fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum | Synonyms: samisen |
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surmise | (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal |
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systemiser | (noun) an organizer who puts things in order | Synonyms: orderer, systematiser, systematist, systematizer, systemizer |
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victimiser | (noun) a person who victimizes others | Synonyms: victimizer |
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