| artichoke | (noun) a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart | Synonyms: globe artichoke |
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| (noun) Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head | Synonyms: artichoke plant, Cynara scolymus, globe artichoke |
| backstroke | (noun) a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back | - |
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| backstroker | (noun) someone who swims the backstroke | - |
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| bialystoker | (noun) flat crusty-bottomed onion roll | Synonyms: bialy |
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| bloke | (noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad |
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| bookend | (noun) a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table) | - |
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| booker | (noun) someone who engages a person or company for performances | Synonyms: booking agent |
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| breaststroke | (noun) a swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick | - |
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| breaststroker | (noun) someone who swims the breaststroke | - |
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| brokenheartedness | (noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | Synonyms: grief, heartache, heartbreak |
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| broker | (noun) a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission | Synonyms: agent, factor |
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| brokerage | (noun) place where a broker conducts his business | Synonyms: brokerage house |
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| (noun) a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller | Synonyms: brokerage firm, securities firm |
| (noun) the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties | - |
| choke | (noun) a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine | - |
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| (noun) a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current | Synonyms: choke coil, choking coil |
| chokecherry | (noun) a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds | Synonyms: chokecherry tree, Prunus virginiana |
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| (noun) the fruit of the chokecherry tree | - |
| chokedamp | (noun) the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life | Synonyms: blackdamp |
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| chokehold | (noun) a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind | Synonyms: choke hold |
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| (noun) complete power over a person or situation | Synonyms: stranglehold, throttlehold |
| chokepoint | (noun) a point of congestion or blockage | - |
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| (noun) a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel | Synonyms: bottleneck, constriction |
| choker | (noun) a high tight collar | Synonyms: neck ruff, ruff, ruffle |
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| (noun) necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck | Synonyms: collar, dog collar, neckband |
| (noun) someone who kills by strangling | Synonyms: garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler |
| (noun) an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation | - |
| chokey | (noun) British slang (dated) for a prison | Synonyms: choky |
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| coke | (noun) street names for cocaine | Synonyms: blow, C, nose candy, snow |
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| (noun) carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal | - |
| cooker | (noun) a utensil for cooking | - |
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| cookery | (noun) the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | Synonyms: cooking, preparation |
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| cowpoke | (noun) a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | Synonyms: cowhand, cowherd, cowpuncher, puncher |
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| crookedness | (noun) having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being deceitful and underhanded | Synonyms: deviousness |
| (noun) a tortuous and twisted shape or position | Synonyms: contortion, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness |
| downstroke | (noun) a stroke normally made in a downward direction | - |
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| foretoken | (noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come | Synonyms: augury, preindication, sign |
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| heatstroke | (noun) collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat | Synonyms: heat hyperpyrexia |
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| hogchoker | (noun) useless as food; in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and Panama | Synonyms: Trinectes maculatus |
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| hooker | (noun) a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | Synonyms: floozie, floozy, hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker |
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| (noun) (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot | - |
| (noun) a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers) | - |
| instroke | (noun) the stroke of an engine piston moving away from the crankshaft | - |
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| iridokeratitis | (noun) inflammation of the iris and cornea of the eye | - |
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| joke | (noun) a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement | Synonyms: antic, caper, prank, put-on, trick |
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| (noun) activity characterized by good humor | Synonyms: jest, jocularity |
| (noun) a triviality not to be taken seriously | - |
| (noun) a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter | Synonyms: gag, jape, jest, laugh |
| joker | (noun) a playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester | - |
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| (noun) an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent | - |
| (noun) a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes | Synonyms: jokester |
| (noun) a person who does something thoughtless or annoying | Synonyms: turkey |
| jokester | (noun) a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes | Synonyms: joker |
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| karaoke | (noun) singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs) | - |
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| keystroke | (noun) the stroke of a key; one depression of a key on a keyboard | Synonyms: key stroke |
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| looker | (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
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| (noun) a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) | Synonyms: spectator, viewer, watcher, witness |
| masterstroke | (noun) an achievement demonstrating great skill or mastery | - |
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| moke | (noun) British informal for donkey | - |
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| nonsmoker | (noun) a passenger car for passengers who want to avoid tobacco smoke | Synonyms: nonsmoking car |
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| (noun) a person who does not smoke tobacco | - |
| okeh | (noun) an endorsement | Synonyms: O.K., OK, okay, okey |
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| okey | (noun) an endorsement | Synonyms: O.K., OK, okay, okeh |
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| onlooker | (noun) someone who looks on | Synonyms: looker-on |
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| outspokenness | (noun) the trait of being blunt and outspoken | Synonyms: frankness |
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| outstroke | (noun) the stroke of an engine piston moving toward the crankshaft | - |
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| ozokerite | (noun) a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles | Synonyms: ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, ozocerite |
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| parroket | (noun) any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots | Synonyms: parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroquet |
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| pawnbroker | (noun) a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security | - |
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| poke | (noun) (boxing) a blow with the fist | Synonyms: biff, clout, lick, punch, slug |
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| (noun) a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) | Synonyms: jab, jabbing, poking, thrust, thrusting |
| (noun) a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases | Synonyms: carrier bag, paper bag, sack |
| (noun) someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind | Synonyms: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer |
| (noun) tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous | Synonyms: garget, Phytolacca americana, pigeon berry, scoke |
| poker | (noun) any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand | Synonyms: poker game |
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| (noun) fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire | Synonyms: fire hook, salamander, stove poker |
| pokeweed | (noun) perennial of the genus Phytolacca | - |
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| pokey | (noun) a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) | Synonyms: clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, poky, slammer |
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| powerbroker | (noun) a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control | Synonyms: power broker |
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| provoker | (noun) someone who deliberately foments trouble | Synonyms: firebrand, inciter, instigant, instigator |
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| revoke | (noun) the mistake of not following suit when able to do so | Synonyms: renege |
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| rookery | (noun) a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks) | - |
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| scoke | (noun) tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous | Synonyms: garget, Phytolacca americana, pigeon berry, poke |
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| semicoke | (noun) Semicoke is a solid residue obtained by carbonization of coal at a relatively low temperature (below 700° C). | - |
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| sidestroke | (noun) a swimming stroke in which the arms move forward and backward while the legs do a scissors kick | - |
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| slowpoke | (noun) someone who moves slowly | Synonyms: plodder, slowcoach, stick-in-the-mud |
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| smoke | (noun) the act of smoking tobacco or other substances | Synonyms: smoking |
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| (noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | Synonyms: bullet, fastball, heater, hummer |
| (noun) tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder | Synonyms: roll of tobacco |
| (noun) street names for marijuana | Synonyms: dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, Mary Jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, weed |
| (noun) something with no concrete substance | - |
| (noun) an indication of some hidden activity | - |
| (noun) a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas | Synonyms: fume |
| (noun) a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion | Synonyms: smoking |
| smokehouse | (noun) a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish | Synonyms: meat house |
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| smoker | (noun) a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke | Synonyms: smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment |
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| (noun) a party for men only (or one considered suitable for men only) | Synonyms: stag party |
| (noun) a person who smokes tobacco | Synonyms: tobacco user |
| smokescreen | (noun) an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure | Synonyms: smoke screen |
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| (noun) (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements | Synonyms: smoke screen |
| smokestack | (noun) a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated | Synonyms: stack |
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| snooker | (noun) a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball | - |
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| spoke | (noun) support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim | Synonyms: radius, wheel spoke |
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| (noun) one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder | Synonyms: rundle, rung |
| spokeshave | (noun) a small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes) | - |
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| spokesman | (noun) a male spokesperson | - |
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| spokesperson | (noun) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | Synonyms: interpreter, representative, voice |
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| spokeswoman | (noun) a female spokesperson | - |
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| stockbroker | (noun) an agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds | - |
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| stokehold | (noun) (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired | Synonyms: fireroom, stokehole |
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| stokehole | (noun) (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired | Synonyms: fireroom, stokehold |
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| stoker | (noun) a mechanical device for stoking a furnace | - |
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| (noun) a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship) | Synonyms: fireman |
| stroke | (noun) (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand | Synonyms: shot |
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| (noun) a light touch with the hands | Synonyms: stroking |
| (noun) a single complete movement | - |
| (noun) any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing | - |
| (noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | Synonyms: diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, virgule |
| (noun) a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush | - |
| (noun) the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam | Synonyms: cam stroke, throw |
| (noun) a light touch | - |
| (noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | Synonyms: accident, chance event, fortuity |
| (noun) the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew | - |
| (noun) (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club | - |
| (noun) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain | Synonyms: apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA |
| sunchoke | (noun) sunflower tuber eaten raw or boiled or sliced thin and fried as Saratoga chips | Synonyms: Jerusalem artichoke |
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| sunstroke | (noun) sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat | Synonyms: insolation, siriasis, thermic fever |
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| toke | (noun) a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette | - |
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| token | (noun) a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines | - |
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| (noun) something of sentimental value | Synonyms: keepsake, relic, souvenir |
| (noun) an individual instance of a type of symbol | Synonyms: item |
| (noun) something serving as a sign of something else | - |
| upstroke | (noun) a stroke normally made in an upward direction | - |
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| yoke | (noun) stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team | - |
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| (noun) fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment | - |
| (noun) a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together | Synonyms: coupling |
| (noun) support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end | - |
| (noun) a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke | - |
| (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome |
| (noun) an oppressive power | - |
| yokel | (noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | Synonyms: bumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, hick, rube, yahoo |
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