bandleader | (noun) the leader of a dance band | - |
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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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boundlessness | (noun) the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit | Synonyms: infiniteness, infinitude, limitlessness, unboundedness |
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bundle | (noun) a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing | Synonyms: sheaf |
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(noun) a collection of things wrapped or boxed together | Synonyms: package, packet, parcel |
(noun) a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) | Synonyms: big bucks, big money, megabucks, pile |
candle | (noun) stick of wax with a wick in the middle | Synonyms: taper, wax light |
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(noun) the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin | Synonyms: candela, cd, standard candle |
candleberry | (noun) deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries | Synonyms: bayberry, Myrica pensylvanica, swamp candleberry, waxberry |
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candlelight | (noun) the light provided by a burning candle | Synonyms: candle flame |
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candlemaker | (noun) a person who makes or sells candles | - |
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candlenut | (noun) large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles | Synonyms: Aleurites moluccana, varnish tree |
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(noun) seed of candlenut tree; source of oil used in varnishes | - |
candlepin | (noun) a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin | - |
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candlepins | (noun) a bowling game using slender bowling pins | Synonyms: candlepin bowling |
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candlepower | (noun) luminous intensity measured in candelas | Synonyms: light intensity |
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candlesnuffer | (noun) an implement with a small cup at the end of a handle; used to extinguish the flame of a candle | - |
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candlestick | (noun) a holder with sockets for candles | Synonyms: candle holder |
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candlewick | (noun) the wick of a candle | - |
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(noun) loops of soft yarn are cut to give a tufted pattern | - |
candlewood | (noun) any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light | - |
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chandler | (noun) a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints | - |
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(noun) a retail dealer in provisions and supplies | - |
chandlery | (noun) a storeroom where candles are kept | - |
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(noun) candles and other commodities sold by a chandler | - |
doorhandle | (noun) a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain) | Synonyms: doorknob |
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endlessness | (noun) the property of being (or seeming to be) without end | - |
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fondler | (noun) a lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one | Synonyms: petter |
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(noun) a molester who touches the intimate parts of the victim | - |
footcandle | (noun) a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle | - |
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friendlessness | (noun) being without friends | - |
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grindle | (noun) primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America | Synonyms: Amia calva, bowfin, dogfish |
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groundlessness | (noun) the quality of lacking substance or value | Synonyms: idleness |
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handle | (noun) the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it | Synonyms: grip, handgrip, hold |
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handlebar | (noun) the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle | - |
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handler | (noun) (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team | Synonyms: coach, manager |
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(noun) one who trains or exhibits animals | Synonyms: animal trainer |
(noun) an agent who handles something or someone | - |
landler | (noun) a moderately slow Austrian country dance in triple time; involves spinning and clapping | - |
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(noun) music in triple time for dancing the landler | - |
mindlessness | (noun) the trait of acting rashly and without prudence | Synonyms: heedlessness, rashness |
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(noun) total lack of meaning or ideas | Synonyms: inanity, pointlessness, senselessness, vacuity |
panhandle | (noun) the handle of a pan | - |
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(noun) a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area | - |
panhandler | (noun) a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money | - |
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rundle | (noun) one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder | Synonyms: rung, spoke |
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soundlessness | (noun) the property of making no sound | Synonyms: quietness |
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spindle | (noun) a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning | - |
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(noun) any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts | Synonyms: arbor, mandrel, mandril |
(noun) a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc. | - |
(noun) any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object | Synonyms: spike |
(noun) (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle | - |
spindleberry | (noun) any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries | Synonyms: spindle tree, spindleberry tree |
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spindlelegs | (noun) long thin legs | Synonyms: spindleshanks |
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(noun) a thin person with long thin legs | Synonyms: spindleshanks |
spindleshanks | (noun) long thin legs | Synonyms: spindlelegs |
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(noun) a thin person with long thin legs | Synonyms: spindlelegs |
swindle | (noun) the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | Synonyms: cheat, fraud, rig |
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swindler | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer |
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trundle | (noun) small wheel or roller | - |
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(noun) a low bed to be slid under a higher bed | Synonyms: truckle, truckle bed, trundle bed |
windlessness | (noun) calmness without winds | Synonyms: stillness |
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