ampoule | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampul, ampule, phial, vial |
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compound | (noun) an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient) | - |
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(noun) a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts | - |
(noun) a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes. | Synonyms: compound word |
(noun) (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight | Synonyms: chemical compound |
compounding | (noun) the act of combining things to form a new whole | Synonyms: combination, combining |
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copout | (noun) a failure to face some difficulty squarely | - |
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downpour | (noun) a heavy rain | Synonyms: cloudburst, deluge, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout |
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dropout | (noun) someone who quits school before graduation | - |
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(noun) someone who withdraws from a social group or environment | - |
eelpout | (noun) marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas | Synonyms: pout |
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(noun) elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth | Synonyms: burbot, cusk, ling, Lota lota |
espousal | (noun) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception | Synonyms: acceptance, acceptation, adoption |
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(noun) archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast | Synonyms: bridal |
(noun) the act of becoming betrothed or engaged | Synonyms: betrothal |
expounder | (noun) a person who explains | Synonyms: expositor |
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expounding | (noun) a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic | Synonyms: exposition |
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hornpout | (noun) catfish common in eastern United States | Synonyms: Ameiurus Melas, horned pout, pout |
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impounding | (noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | Synonyms: impoundment, internment, poundage |
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impoundment | (noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | Synonyms: impounding, internment, poundage |
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inpour | (noun) an inflow | Synonyms: inpouring, inrush |
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inpouring | (noun) an inflow | Synonyms: inpour, inrush |
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iodocompound | (noun) a compound containing the covalent iodine radical | - |
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outpouring | (noun) a large flow | Synonyms: flood, overflow |
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(noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | Synonyms: barrage, bombardment, onslaught |
(noun) the pouring forth of a fluid | Synonyms: discharge, run |
(noun) a sudden rapid flow (as of water) | Synonyms: flush, gush |
(noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outflow, spring |
pompousness | (noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness |
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potpourri | (noun) a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume | - |
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(noun) a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources | Synonyms: medley, pastiche |
(noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
pouch | (noun) a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things | - |
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(noun) (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) | Synonyms: pocket |
(noun) an enclosed space | Synonyms: pocket, sac, sack |
poudrin | (noun) small crystals of ice | Synonyms: diamond dust, frost mist, frost snow, ice crystal, ice needle, snow mist |
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pouf | (noun) thick cushion used as a seat | Synonyms: hassock, ottoman, pouffe, puff |
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(noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, queen, queer |
pouffe | (noun) thick cushion used as a seat | Synonyms: hassock, ottoman, pouf, puff |
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poulet | (noun) the flesh of a chicken used for food | Synonyms: chicken, volaille |
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poulette | (noun) allemande sauce with chopped parsley | - |
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poulterer | (noun) a dealer in poultry and poultry products | Synonyms: poultryman |
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poultice | (noun) a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. | Synonyms: cataplasm, plaster |
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poultry | (noun) a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl | Synonyms: domestic fowl, fowl |
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(noun) flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food | - |
poultryman | (noun) a dealer in poultry and poultry products | Synonyms: poulterer |
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pounce | (noun) the act of pouncing | - |
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pound | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammer, hammering, pounding |
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(noun) a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs | Synonyms: dog pound |
(noun) a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) | Synonyms: pound sign |
(noun) a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec | Synonyms: lbf. |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence | Synonyms: British pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Cypriot pound |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Egyptian pound |
(noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence | Synonyms: Irish pound, Irish punt, punt |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Lebanese pound |
(noun) the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Sudanese pound |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Syrian pound |
(noun) 16 ounces avoirdupois | Synonyms: lb |
(noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy | - |
poundage | (noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | Synonyms: impounding, impoundment, internment |
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(noun) weight expressed in pounds | - |
(noun) a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals | - |
(noun) a charge based on weight measured in pounds | - |
poundal | (noun) a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound; equal to 0.1382 newtons | Synonyms: pdl |
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pounder | (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, pestle |
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(noun) (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds | - |
pounding | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammer, hammering, pound |
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(noun) repeated heavy blows | Synonyms: buffeting |
(noun) an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) | Synonyms: throb, throbbing |
pourboire | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, tip |
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pout | (noun) catfish common in eastern United States | Synonyms: Ameiurus Melas, horned pout, hornpout |
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(noun) marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas | Synonyms: eelpout |
(noun) a disdainful grimace | Synonyms: moue, wry face |
pouter | (noun) one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out | Synonyms: pouter pigeon |
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(noun) someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression | Synonyms: gloomy Gus, picklepuss, sourpuss |
poutine | (noun) a Canadian dish made with french fries and cheese curds topped with a light brown gravy | - |
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spouse | (noun) a person's partner in marriage | Synonyms: better half, married person, mate, partner |
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spout | (noun) an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain | - |
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spouter | (noun) a spouting whale | - |
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(noun) an oil well that is spouting | - |
(noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, prater |
tenpounder | (noun) game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller | Synonyms: Elops saurus, ladyfish |
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vapour | (noun) the process of becoming a vapor | Synonyms: evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vaporization |
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(noun) a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance | Synonyms: vapor |
vapourousness | (noun) cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor | Synonyms: haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness |
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vapours | (noun) a state of depression | Synonyms: blue devils, blues, megrims, vapors |
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waterspout | (noun) a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof) | - |
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(noun) a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist | - |
(noun) a heavy rain | Synonyms: cloudburst, deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent |