amperage | (noun) the strength of an electrical current measured in amperes | - |
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anchorage | (noun) the act of anchoring | - |
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(noun) place for vessels to anchor | Synonyms: anchorage ground |
(noun) a fee for anchoring | - |
(noun) the condition of being secured to a base | - |
(noun) the provision of a sense of security or steadfastness | - |
aragonite | (noun) a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite | - |
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arbitrage | (noun) a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price | - |
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arbitrager | (noun) someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) | Synonyms: arb, arbitrageur |
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arbitrageur | (noun) someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) | Synonyms: arb, arbitrager |
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asparaginase | (noun) antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia | Synonyms: Elspar |
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asparagine | (noun) a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus) | - |
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asparagus | (noun) edible young shoots of the asparagus plant | - |
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(noun) plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable | Synonyms: Asparagus officinales, edible asparagus |
astragal | (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: bead, beading, beadwork |
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(noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: anklebone, astragalus, talus |
astragalus | (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: anklebone, astragal, talus |
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average | (noun) a statistic describing the location of a distribution | Synonyms: norm |
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(noun) an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual | - |
(noun) (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities | - |
averageness | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding | Synonyms: mediocrity |
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(noun) the state of being that is average; indicates normality but with connotations of mediocrity | - |
barrage | (noun) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target | Synonyms: barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling |
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(noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | Synonyms: bombardment, onslaught, outpouring |
beverage | (noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: drink, drinkable, potable |
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borage | (noun) an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked | - |
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(noun) hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach | Synonyms: Borago officinalis, tailwort |
brag | (noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: bragging, crow, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing |
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braggadocio | (noun) vain and empty boasting | Synonyms: bluster, rhodomontade, rodomontade |
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braggart | (noun) a very boastful and talkative person | Synonyms: blowhard, boaster, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter |
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bragger | (noun) a very boastful and talkative person | Synonyms: blowhard, boaster, braggart, line-shooter, vaunter |
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bragging | (noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, crow, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing |
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brokerage | (noun) place where a broker conducts his business | Synonyms: brokerage house |
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(noun) a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller | Synonyms: brokerage firm, securities firm |
(noun) the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties | - |
caragana | (noun) any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod | Synonyms: pea tree |
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carageen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carrageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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carrageen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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carrageenan | (noun) a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae | Synonyms: carrageenin |
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carrageenin | (noun) a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae | Synonyms: carrageenan |
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carragheen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carageen, carrageen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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cellarage | (noun) a storage area in a cellar | - |
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(noun) a charge for storing goods in a cellar | - |
choragus | (noun) (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus | - |
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courage | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courageousness |
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courageousness | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courage |
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coverage | (noun) the extent to which something is covered | - |
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(noun) the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television | Synonyms: reportage, reporting |
(noun) the total amount and type of insurance carried | Synonyms: insurance coverage |
crag | (noun) a steep rugged rock or cliff | - |
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cragsman | (noun) a climber of vertical rock faces | Synonyms: rock climber |
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demurrage | (noun) detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | - |
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(noun) a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | - |
diaphragm | (noun) a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens | Synonyms: stop |
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(noun) electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves | - |
(noun) a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix | Synonyms: contraceptive diaphragm, pessary |
(noun) (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration | Synonyms: midriff |
discouragement | (noun) the act of discouraging | - |
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(noun) the expression of opposition and disapproval | - |
(noun) the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles | Synonyms: disheartenment, dismay |
dishrag | (noun) a cloth for washing dishes | Synonyms: dishcloth |
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disparagement | (noun) the act of speaking contemptuously of | Synonyms: dispraise |
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(noun) a communication that belittles somebody or something | Synonyms: depreciation, derogation |
disparager | (noun) one who disparages or belittles the worth of something | Synonyms: depreciator, detractor, knocker |
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drag | (noun) the act of dragging (pulling with force) | - |
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(noun) a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) | Synonyms: puff, pull |
(noun) clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man) | - |
(noun) something tedious and boring | - |
(noun) something that slows or delays progress | - |
(noun) the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid | Synonyms: retarding force |
dragee | (noun) pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy | - |
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(noun) sugar-coated nut or fruit piece | - |
(noun) silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes | - |
dragger | (noun) a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish | Synonyms: trawler |
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(noun) someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something | Synonyms: puller, tugger |
dragnet | (noun) a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths | Synonyms: trawl, trawl net |
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(noun) a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals) | - |
dragoman | (noun) an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government) | - |
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dragon | (noun) any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body | Synonyms: flying dragon, flying lizard |
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(noun) a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman | Synonyms: tartar |
(noun) a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings | Synonyms: European dragon, firedrake |
dragonet | (noun) small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America | - |
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dragonfly | (noun) slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. | Synonyms: darning needle, devil's darning needle, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder |
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dragonhead | (noun) American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers | Synonyms: Dracocephalum parviflorum, dragon's head |
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dragoon | (noun) a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen | - |
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dustrag | (noun) a piece of cloth used for dusting | Synonyms: dustcloth, duster |
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effleurage | (noun) a rhythmic stroking | - |
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encouragement | (noun) the act of giving hope or support to someone | Synonyms: boost |
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(noun) the expression of approval and support | - |
(noun) the feeling of being encouraged | - |
enragement | (noun) a feeling of intense anger and impatience | Synonyms: infuriation |
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entourage | (noun) the group following and attending to some important person | Synonyms: cortege, retinue, suite |
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estragon | (noun) fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning | Synonyms: tarragon |
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(noun) aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia | Synonyms: Artemisia dracunculus, tarragon |
farrago | (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
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forage | (noun) the act of searching for food and provisions | Synonyms: foraging |
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(noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: eatage, grass, pasturage, pasture |
forager | (noun) someone who hunts for food and provisions | - |
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foraging | (noun) the act of searching for food and provisions | Synonyms: forage |
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fosterage | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing |
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(noun) encouragement; aiding the development of something | Synonyms: fostering |
fragility | (noun) quality of being easily damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: breakability, frangibility, frangibleness |
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(noun) lack of physical strength | Synonyms: delicacy |
fragment | (noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact | Synonyms: shard, sherd |
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(noun) an incomplete piece | - |
(noun) a piece broken off or cut off of something else | - |
fragmentation | (noun) separating something into fine particles | Synonyms: atomisation, atomization |
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(noun) the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes | - |
(noun) (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk | - |
(noun) the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships | - |
fragrance | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness |
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(noun) a distinctive odor that is pleasant | Synonyms: aroma, perfume, scent |
fragrancy | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrance, redolence, sweetness |
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garage | (noun) an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles | - |
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(noun) a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired | Synonyms: service department |
harborage | (noun) (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship) | Synonyms: harbourage |
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harbourage | (noun) (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship) | Synonyms: harborage |
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kilometrage | (noun) the number of kilometres travelled by a vehicle. | - |
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leverage | (noun) investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) | Synonyms: leveraging |
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(noun) strategic advantage; power to act effectively | - |
(noun) the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever | Synonyms: purchase |
leveraging | (noun) investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) | Synonyms: leverage |
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lighterage | (noun) the transportation of goods on a lighter | - |
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(noun) the fee charged for carrying goods in lighters | - |
mirage | (noun) something illusory and unattainable | - |
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(noun) an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects | - |
moorage | (noun) the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes | Synonyms: dockage, docking, tying up |
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(noun) a place where a craft can be made fast | Synonyms: berth, mooring, slip |
(noun) a fee for mooring | - |
operagoer | (noun) a patron of the opera | - |
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outrage | (noun) the act of scandalizing | Synonyms: scandalisation, scandalization |
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(noun) a wantonly cruel act | - |
(noun) a disgraceful event | Synonyms: scandal |
(noun) a feeling of righteous anger | Synonyms: indignation |
outrageousness | (noun) the quality of being outrageous | Synonyms: enormity |
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(noun) excessive excess | Synonyms: exorbitance |
overage | (noun) a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations | - |
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paragliding | (noun) gliding in a parasail | Synonyms: parasailing |
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paragneiss | (noun) a gneiss derived from a sedimentary rock. | - |
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paragon | (noun) an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept | Synonyms: beau ideal, idol, perfection |
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(noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, saint |
paragonite | (noun) a colorless or pale brown mica with sodium | - |
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paragram | (noun) a pun made by changing the letters of a word, especially the initial letter. | - |
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paragraph | (noun) one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line | - |
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paragrapher | (noun) a writer of paragraphs (as for publication on the editorial page of a newspaper) | - |
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pasturage | (noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: eatage, forage, grass, pasture |
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(noun) succulent herbaceous vegetation of pastureland | Synonyms: herbage |
peerage | (noun) the peers of a kingdom considered as a group | Synonyms: baronage |
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pendragon | (noun) the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons | - |
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phragmacone | (noun) the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite | Synonyms: phragmocone |
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phragmocone | (noun) the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite | Synonyms: phragmacone |
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pilferage | (noun) the act of stealing small amounts or small articles | - |
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plunderage | (noun) the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard) | - |
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porterage | (noun) the transportation of burdens by porters | - |
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(noun) the charge for carrying burdens by porters | - |
pragmatic | (noun) an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land | Synonyms: pragmatic sanction |
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pragmatics | (noun) the study of language use | - |
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pragmatism | (noun) the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth | Synonyms: realism |
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(noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value | - |
pragmatist | (noun) a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of their actions | - |
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(noun) an adherent of philosophical pragmatism | - |
rag | (noun) a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) | - |
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(noun) a small piece of cloth | Synonyms: shred, tag, tag end, tatter |
(noun) newspaper with half-size pages | Synonyms: sheet, tabloid |
(noun) music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) | Synonyms: ragtime |
(noun) a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities | Synonyms: rag week |