baroness | (noun) a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron | - |
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bones | (noun) (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | Synonyms: castanets, clappers, finger cymbals |
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boneset | (noun) perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine | Synonyms: agueweed, Eupatorium perfoliatum, thoroughwort |
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(noun) European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America | Synonyms: common comfrey, Symphytum officinale |
bonesetter | (noun) someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones | - |
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boneshaker | (noun) any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable | - |
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conessi | (noun) tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea | Synonyms: Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, ivory tree, kurchee, kurchi |
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crossbones | (noun) two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death | - |
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deaconess | (noun) a woman deacon | - |
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dishonesty | (noun) lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | Synonyms: knavery |
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(noun) the quality of being dishonest | - |
ecphonesis | (noun) an exclamatory rhetorical device | Synonyms: exclamation |
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honestness | (noun) the quality of being honest | Synonyms: honesty |
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honesty | (noun) the quality of being honest | Synonyms: honestness |
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(noun) southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration | Synonyms: Lunaria annua, money plant, satin flower, satinpod, silver dollar |
jackstones | (noun) a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball | Synonyms: jacks, knucklebones |
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(noun) game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks | Synonyms: jack |
knucklebones | (noun) a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball | Synonyms: jacks, jackstones |
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lazybones | (noun) a lazy person | - |
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lioness | (noun) a female lion | - |
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lonesomeness | (noun) a disposition toward being alone | Synonyms: aloneness, loneliness, solitariness |
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marchioness | (noun) a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess | Synonyms: marquise |
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(noun) the wife or widow of a marquis | - |
nones | (noun) the fifth of the seven canonical hours; about 3 p.m. | - |
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nonessential | (noun) anything that is not essential | Synonyms: inessential |
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nonesuch | (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
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patroness | (noun) a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron | Synonyms: patronne |
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pythoness | (noun) a witch with powers of divination | - |
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sawbones | (noun) a physician who specializes in surgery | Synonyms: operating surgeon, surgeon |
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