blacktopping | (noun) a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock | Synonyms: blacktop |
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chopper | (noun) a grounder that bounces high in the air | Synonyms: chop |
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(noun) a butcher's knife having a large square blade | Synonyms: cleaver, meat cleaver |
(noun) an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades | Synonyms: eggbeater, helicopter, whirlybird |
(noun) informal terms for a human `tooth' | Synonyms: pearly |
choppiness | (noun) used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather | Synonyms: rough water, roughness |
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clodhopper | (noun) a thick and heavy shoe | Synonyms: brogan, brogue, work shoe |
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clopping | (noun) the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface | Synonyms: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clumping, clunking |
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copper | (noun) any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings | - |
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(noun) a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper | Synonyms: copper color |
(noun) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman | Synonyms: bull, cop, fuzz, pig |
(noun) a copper penny | - |
(noun) a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor | Synonyms: atomic number 29, Cu |
copperhead | (noun) common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States | Synonyms: Agkistrodon contortrix |
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(noun) venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia | Synonyms: Denisonia superba |
copperplate | (noun) an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved | Synonyms: copperplate engraving |
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(noun) a print made from an engraved copperplate | - |
(noun) a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings | - |
coppersmith | (noun) someone who makes articles from copper | - |
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copperware | (noun) utensils made with copper | - |
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coppice | (noun) a dense growth of bushes | Synonyms: brush, brushwood, copse, thicket |
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cropper | (noun) small farmers and tenants | Synonyms: sharecrop farmer, sharecropper |
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doorstopper | (noun) a stop that keeps open doors from moving | Synonyms: doorstop |
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doppelganger | (noun) a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart | - |
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doppelzentner | (noun) a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms in the metric system | Synonyms: centner, hundredweight, metric hundredweight |
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dropper | (noun) pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time | Synonyms: eye dropper |
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droppings | (noun) fecal matter of animals | Synonyms: dung, muck |
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eavesdropper | (noun) a secret listener to private conversations | - |
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estoppel | (noun) a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled | - |
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floppy | (noun) a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer | Synonyms: diskette, floppy disk |
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foppishness | (noun) the manner and dress of a fop or dandy | Synonyms: dandyism |
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froghopper | (noun) a variety of spittlebug | - |
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grasshopper | (noun) terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping | Synonyms: hopper |
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(noun) a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao) | - |
hopper | (noun) (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground | Synonyms: ground ball, groundball, grounder |
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(noun) terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping | Synonyms: grasshopper |
(noun) funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below | - |
(noun) a machine used for picking hops | Synonyms: hop-picker |
(noun) someone who hops | - |
inopportuneness | (noun) the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time | Synonyms: untimeliness |
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koppie | (noun) a small hill rising up from the African veld | Synonyms: kopje |
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leafhopper | (noun) small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants | - |
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lopper | (noun) a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees | Synonyms: pruner, pruning hook |
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mopper | (noun) a worker who uses a mop to clean a surface | - |
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moppet | (noun) a little girl (usually one you are fond of) | - |
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mopping | (noun) cleaning with a mop | Synonyms: swabbing |
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oppa | (noun) a male who is older than the speaker, especially used by Korean female | - |
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opponent | (noun) someone who offers opposition | Synonyms: adversary, antagonist, opposer, resister |
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(noun) a contestant that you are matched against | Synonyms: opposite, opposition |
opportuneness | (noun) timely convenience | Synonyms: patness, timeliness |
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opportunism | (noun) taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others | Synonyms: expedience, self-interest, self-seeking |
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opportunist | (noun) a person who places expediency above principle | Synonyms: self-seeker |
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opportunity | (noun) a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances | Synonyms: chance |
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opposer | (noun) someone who offers opposition | Synonyms: adversary, antagonist, opponent, resister |
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opposite | (noun) a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other | Synonyms: antonym, opposite word |
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(noun) a contestant that you are matched against | Synonyms: opponent, opposition |
(noun) a relation of direct opposition | Synonyms: contrary, reverse |
(noun) something inverted in sequence or character or effect | Synonyms: inverse |
oppositeness | (noun) the relation between opposed entities | Synonyms: opposition |
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opposition | (noun) the act of hostile groups opposing each other | Synonyms: confrontation |
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(noun) the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with | Synonyms: resistance |
(noun) a body of people united in opposing something | - |
(noun) an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) | Synonyms: enemy, foe, foeman |
(noun) a contestant that you are matched against | Synonyms: opponent, opposite |
(noun) a direction opposite to another | - |
(noun) the relation between opposed entities | Synonyms: oppositeness |
oppositionality | (noun) The quality of opposing or of being in conflict. | - |
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oppression | (noun) the act of subjugating by cruelty | Synonyms: subjugation |
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(noun) a feeling of being oppressed | Synonyms: oppressiveness |
(noun) the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: | - |
oppressiveness | (noun) unwelcome burdensome difficulty | Synonyms: burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness |
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(noun) a feeling of being oppressed | Synonyms: oppression |
oppressor | (noun) a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures | - |
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opprobrium | (noun) a state of extreme dishonor | Synonyms: infamy |
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(noun) state of disgrace resulting from public abuse | Synonyms: obloquy |
outcropping | (noun) the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land | Synonyms: outcrop, rock outcrop |
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planthopper | (noun) related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants | Synonyms: plant hopper |
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popper | (noun) a container for cooking popcorn | - |
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(noun) a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite) | - |
poppet | (noun) a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines | Synonyms: poppet valve |
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popping | (noun) a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork | Synonyms: pop |
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poppy | (noun) annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers | - |
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poppycock | (noun) senseless talk | Synonyms: hooey, stuff, stuff and nonsense |
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sandhopper | (noun) small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches | Synonyms: beach flea, sand flea, sand hopper |
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sharecropper | (noun) small farmers and tenants | Synonyms: cropper, sharecrop farmer |
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shopper | (noun) someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy | - |
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(noun) a commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs her | - |
shopping | (noun) searching for or buying goods or services | - |
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(noun) the commodities purchased from stores | - |
showstopper | (noun) something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal | Synonyms: show-stopper |
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(noun) an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down | Synonyms: show-stopper, stopper |
sloppiness | (noun) the quality of not being careful or taking pains | Synonyms: carelessness |
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(noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | Synonyms: drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, soupiness |
(noun) a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for | Synonyms: slovenliness, unkemptness |
(noun) the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water | Synonyms: muddiness, wateriness |
stoppage | (noun) the act of stopping something | Synonyms: stop |
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(noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube | Synonyms: block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stop |
(noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption | Synonyms: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop |
stopper | (noun) blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly | Synonyms: plug, stopple |
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(noun) (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit | - |
(noun) an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down | Synonyms: show-stopper, showstopper |
(noun) a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply | Synonyms: conversation stopper |
stopping | (noun) the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch | - |
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(noun) fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members | Synonyms: fillet |
stopple | (noun) blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly | Synonyms: plug, stopper |
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topper | (noun) a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur | Synonyms: beaver, dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat |
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(noun) a woman's short coat | - |
(noun) an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before | - |
(noun) a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.) | - |
(noun) a worker who makes or adds the top to something | - |
(noun) the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others | Synonyms: best |
topping | (noun) a flavorful addition on top of a dish | - |
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treehopper | (noun) small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs | - |
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whopper | (noun) something especially big or impressive of its kind | Synonyms: whacker |
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(noun) a gross untruth; a blatant lie | Synonyms: walloper |