amplitude | (noun) greatness of magnitude | - |
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(noun) the property of copious abundance | Synonyms: bountifulness, bounty |
(noun) (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave | - |
aplite | (noun) light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars | - |
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hairsplitter | (noun) a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions | - |
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hairsplitting | (noun) making too fine distinctions of little importance | Synonyms: word-splitting |
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sidesplitter | (noun) a joke that seems extremely funny | Synonyms: belly laugh, howler, riot, scream, thigh-slapper, wow |
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split | (noun) division of a group into opposing factions | Synonyms: schism |
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(noun) the act of rending or ripping or splitting something | Synonyms: rent, rip |
(noun) extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back) | - |
(noun) an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity | Synonyms: split up, stock split |
(noun) (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl | - |
(noun) a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts | - |
(noun) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | Synonyms: rent, rip, snag, tear |
(noun) a lengthwise crack in wood | - |
(noun) a promised or claimed share of loot or money | - |
(noun) a bottle containing half the usual amount | - |
splitsaw | (noun) a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood | Synonyms: ripsaw |
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splitsville | (noun) separation or breakup or divorce | - |
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splitter | (noun) a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics | Synonyms: divider |
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(noun) a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone | - |
(noun) a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences | Synonyms: rail-splitter |
splitworm | (noun) greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm | Synonyms: Phthorimaea operculella, potato moth, potato tuber moth |
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