| avenger | (noun) someone who takes vengeance | Synonyms: retaliator |
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| averting | (noun) the act of preventing something from occurring | - |
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| (noun) the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away | Synonyms: aversion |
| awakening | (noun) the act of waking | Synonyms: wakening, waking up |
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| awarding | (noun) a grant made by a law court | Synonyms: award |
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| awning | (noun) a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun | Synonyms: sunblind, sunshade |
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| babbitting | (noun) lining a surface or bearing with Babbitt metal | - |
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| babbling | (noun) gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby | Synonyms: babble, lallation |
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| babysitting | (noun) the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home | Synonyms: baby sitting |
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| backflowing | (noun) a flow that returns toward its source | Synonyms: backflow |
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| backgrounding | (noun) the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system | Synonyms: background processing |
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| backing | (noun) the act of providing approval and support | Synonyms: backup, championship, patronage |
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| (noun) something forming a back that is added for strengthening | Synonyms: mount |
| (noun) financial resources provided to make some project possible | Synonyms: financial backing, financial support, funding, support |
| backlighting | (noun) lighting from behind | - |
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| backpacking | (noun) carrying something in a pack on the back | Synonyms: packing |
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| backsliding | (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting |
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| badgering | (noun) the act of harassing someone | Synonyms: bedevilment, torment, worrying |
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| bagging | (noun) coarse fabric used for bags or sacks | Synonyms: sacking |
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| baiting | (noun) harassment especially of a tethered animal | - |
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| baking | (noun) cooking by dry heat in an oven | - |
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| (noun) making bread or cake or pastry etc. | - |
| balancing | (noun) getting two things to correspond | Synonyms: reconciliation |
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| ballooning | (noun) flying in a balloon | - |
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| balloting | (noun) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | Synonyms: ballot, vote, voting |
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| bandaging | (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: binding, dressing |
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| banding | (noun) an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material | Synonyms: band, stripe |
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| (noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | Synonyms: band, stria, striation |
| bang | (noun) a conspicuous success | Synonyms: hit, smash, smasher, strike |
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| (noun) a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead | Synonyms: fringe |
| (noun) a sudden very loud noise | Synonyms: bam, blast, clap, eruption |
| (noun) a vigorous blow | Synonyms: bash, belt, knock, smash |
| (noun) the swift release of a store of affective force | Synonyms: boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill |
| banger | (noun) firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing | Synonyms: cracker, firecracker |
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| (noun) (British informal) pork sausage | - |
| banging | (noun) the act of subjecting to strong attack | Synonyms: battering |
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| (noun) a continuing very loud noise | - |
| bangle | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bauble, fallal, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket |
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| (noun) jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration | Synonyms: bracelet |
| bangtail | (noun) a horse bred for racing | Synonyms: race horse, racehorse |
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| banking | (noun) transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc. | - |
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| (noun) engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc. | - |
| banning | (noun) an official prohibition or edict against something | Synonyms: ban, forbiddance, forbidding |
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| banqueting | (noun) eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) | Synonyms: feasting |
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| banteng | (noun) wild ox of the Malay Archipelago | Synonyms: banting, Bos banteng, tsine |
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| banting | (noun) wild ox of the Malay Archipelago | Synonyms: banteng, Bos banteng, tsine |
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| barbecuing | (noun) roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire | - |
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| bareboating | (noun) boating by chartering a bareboat and providing your own crew and provisions | - |
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| bargaining | (noun) the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement | - |
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| baring | (noun) the removal of covering | Synonyms: denudation, husking, stripping, uncovering |
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| barong | (noun) a knife resembling a cleaver; used in the Philippines | - |
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| barracking | (noun) shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree | Synonyms: heckling |
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| barring | (noun) the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto | Synonyms: blackball |
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| basting | (noun) moistening a roast as it is cooking | - |
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| (noun) a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together | Synonyms: baste, basting stitch, tacking |
| bathing | (noun) immersing the body in water or sunshine | - |
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| (noun) the act of washing yourself (or another person) | Synonyms: washup |
| battering | (noun) the act of subjecting to strong attack | Synonyms: banging |
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| batting | (noun) (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base | - |
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| (noun) stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber | Synonyms: batten |
| batwing | (noun) one of a pair of swinging doors (as at the entrance to a western saloon) | - |
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| bawling | (noun) loud cries made while weeping | Synonyms: wailing |
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| beading | (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: astragal, bead, beadwork |
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| (noun) ornamentation with beads | Synonyms: beadwork |
| beagling | (noun) hunting rabbits with beagles | - |
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| bearing | (noun) a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily | - |
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| (noun) heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield | Synonyms: armorial bearing, charge, heraldic bearing |
| (noun) dignified manner or conduct | Synonyms: comportment, mien, presence |
| (noun) characteristic way of bearing one's body | Synonyms: carriage, posture |
| (noun) the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies | Synonyms: aim, heading |
| (noun) relevant relation or interconnection | - |
| beating | (noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | Synonyms: drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking |
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| (noun) the act of overcoming or outdoing | Synonyms: whipping |
| becomingness | (noun) the quality of being becoming | - |
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| bedding | (noun) coverings that are used on a bed | Synonyms: bed clothing, bedclothes |
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| (noun) material used to provide a bed for animals | Synonyms: bedding material, litter |
| bedspring | (noun) (usually in the plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed | - |
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| beekeeping | (noun) the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey | Synonyms: apiculture |
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| befooling | (noun) derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent | Synonyms: stultification |
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| begging | (noun) a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) | Synonyms: beggary, mendicancy |
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| beginning | (noun) the act of starting something | Synonyms: commencement, start |
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| (noun) the first part or section of something | - |
| (noun) the event consisting of the start of something | - |
| (noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | Synonyms: origin, root, rootage, source |
| (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time |
| beheading | (noun) killing by cutting off the head | Synonyms: decapitation |
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| (noun) execution by cutting off the victim's head | Synonyms: decapitation |
| beholding | (noun) perception by means of the eyes | Synonyms: seeing, visual perception |
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| being | (noun) a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Synonyms: organism |
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| (noun) the state or fact of existing | Synonyms: beingness, existence, face of the earth |
| beingness | (noun) the state or fact of existing | Synonyms: being, existence, face of the earth |
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| belching | (noun) a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: belch, burp, burping, eructation |
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| (noun) the forceful expulsion of something from inside | - |
| beleaguering | (noun) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack | Synonyms: besieging, military blockade, siege |
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| believing | (noun) the cognitive process that leads to convictions | - |
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| belittling | (noun) the act of belittling | - |
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| (noun) a belittling comment | Synonyms: denigration |
| belling | (noun) a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | Synonyms: callathump, callithump, charivari, chivaree, shivaree |
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| bellowing | (noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | Synonyms: bellow, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl |
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| belonging | (noun) happiness felt in a secure relationship | - |
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| belongings | (noun) something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone | Synonyms: holding, property |
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| belting | (noun) the material of which belts are made | - |
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| bending | (noun) the act of bending something | - |
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| (noun) the property of being bent or deflected | Synonyms: deflection, deflexion |
| (noun) movement that causes the formation of a curve | Synonyms: bend |
| berating | (noun) a severe rebuke | Synonyms: blowing up |
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| beseechingness | (noun) The state or quality of one who begs or implores. | - |
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| besieging | (noun) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack | Synonyms: beleaguering, military blockade, siege |
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| bettong | (noun) short-nosed rat kangaroo | - |
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| bhang | (noun) a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India | - |
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| bickering | (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff |
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| bicycling | (noun) riding a bicycle | - |
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| bidding | (noun) a request to be present | Synonyms: summons |
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| (noun) (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make | Synonyms: bid |
| (noun) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something | Synonyms: bid, command, dictation |
| bilingual | (noun) a person who speaks two languages fluently | Synonyms: bilingualist |
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| bilingualism | (noun) the ability to speak two languages colloquially | - |
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| bilingualist | (noun) a person who speaks two languages fluently | Synonyms: bilingual |
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| billabong | (noun) a branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high | - |
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| (noun) a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently | - |
| billing | (noun) request for payment of a debt | Synonyms: charge |
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| billingsgate | (noun) foul-mouthed or obscene abuse | Synonyms: scurrility |
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| biltong | (noun) meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun | - |
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| binding | (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: bandaging, dressing |
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| (noun) the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book | Synonyms: back, book binding, cover |
| (noun) strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration | - |
| (noun) one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall | Synonyms: ski binding |
| (noun) the capacity to attract and hold something | - |
| binge | (noun) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking | Synonyms: bout, bust, tear |
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| (noun) any act of immoderate indulgence | Synonyms: orgy, splurge |
| binger | (noun) someone addicted to crack cocaine | Synonyms: crack addict |
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| bingle | (noun) a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base | Synonyms: single |
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| bingo | (noun) a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards | Synonyms: beano, keno, lotto |
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| binturong | (noun) arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair | Synonyms: Arctictis bintourong, bearcat |
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| bioengineering | (noun) the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments | Synonyms: biotechnology, ergonomics |
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| birdnesting | (noun) hunting for birds' nests to get the eggs | - |
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| birdsong | (noun) the characteristic sound produced by a bird | Synonyms: birdcall, call, song |
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| birefringence | (noun) splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly | Synonyms: double refraction |
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| birling | (noun) rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport) | Synonyms: logrolling |
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| birthing | (noun) the process of giving birth | Synonyms: birth, giving birth, parturition |
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| bitewing | (noun) a dental X-ray film that can be held in place by the teeth during radiography | - |
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| bivouacking | (noun) the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | Synonyms: camping, encampment, tenting |
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