| anapest | (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables | Synonyms: anapaest |
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| copestone | (noun) a stone that forms the top of wall or building | Synonyms: capstone, coping stone, stretcher |
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| (noun) a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination | Synonyms: capstone, finishing touch |
| hypesthesia | (noun) impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity | Synonyms: hypoesthesia |
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| pest | (noun) any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. | - |
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| (noun) a persistently annoying person | Synonyms: blighter, cuss, gadfly, pesterer |
| (noun) any epidemic disease with a high death rate | Synonyms: pestilence, plague |
| (noun) a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal | Synonyms: pestilence, pestis, plague |
| pesterer | (noun) a persistently annoying person | Synonyms: blighter, cuss, gadfly, pest |
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| pesthole | (noun) a breeding ground for epidemic disease | - |
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| pesthouse | (noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | Synonyms: lazar house, lazaret, lazarette, lazaretto |
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| pesticide | (noun) a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects) | - |
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| pestilence | (noun) a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of | Synonyms: canker |
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| (noun) any epidemic disease with a high death rate | Synonyms: pest, plague |
| (noun) a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal | Synonyms: pest, pestis, plague |
| pestis | (noun) a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal | Synonyms: pest, pestilence, plague |
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| pestle | (noun) a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar | - |
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| (noun) a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone | Synonyms: muller, pounder |
| (noun) machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores | Synonyms: stamp |
| pesto | (noun) a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil | - |
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| rinderpest | (noun) an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes | Synonyms: cattle plague |
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| tapestry | (noun) a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs | Synonyms: arras |
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| (noun) a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery | Synonyms: tapis |
| (noun) something that resembles a tapestry in its intricacy | - |
| tempest | (noun) (literary) a violent wind | - |
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| (noun) a violent commotion or disturbance | Synonyms: storm |
| tempestuousness | (noun) a state of wild storminess | - |
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| (noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: agitation, ferment, fermentation, unrest |