| afforestation | (noun) the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) | - |
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| armrest | (noun) a support for the arm | - |
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| arrest | (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: apprehension, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody |
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| (noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption | Synonyms: check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage |
| arrester | (noun) a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier | Synonyms: arrester hook |
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| backrest | (noun) a support that you can lean against while sitting | Synonyms: back |
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| bedrest | (noun) confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons) | Synonyms: bed rest |
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| chrestomathy | (noun) a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language | - |
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| clerestory | (noun) part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light | Synonyms: clearstory |
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| crest | (noun) a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal | - |
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| (noun) (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet | - |
| (noun) the center of a cambered road | Synonyms: crown |
| (noun) the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave | - |
| (noun) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | Synonyms: crown, peak, summit, tip, top |
| dearest | (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
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| deforestation | (noun) the removal of trees | Synonyms: disforestation |
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| (noun) the state of being clear of trees | - |
| disforestation | (noun) the removal of trees | Synonyms: deforestation |
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| disinterest | (noun) tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement | Synonyms: neutrality |
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| (noun) lack of interest | - |
| disinterestedness | (noun) freedom from bias or from selfish motives | - |
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| extraterrestrial | (noun) a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | Synonyms: alien, extraterrestrial being |
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| firestone | (noun) a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns | - |
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| (noun) a piece of flint that is struck to light a fire | - |
| firestorm | (noun) an outburst of controversy | - |
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| (noun) a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area | - |
| footrest | (noun) a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person | Synonyms: footstool, ottoman, tuffet |
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| forest | (noun) the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area | Synonyms: wood, woods |
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| (noun) land that is covered with trees and shrubs | Synonyms: timber, timberland, woodland |
| forestage | (noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) | Synonyms: apron, proscenium |
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| forestalling | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: obviation, preclusion |
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| forestay | (noun) an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast | - |
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| forester | (noun) someone trained in forestry | Synonyms: arboriculturist, tree farmer |
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| forestiera | (noun) any plant of the genus Forestiera | - |
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| forestry | (noun) the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber | - |
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| goldcrest | (noun) European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch | Synonyms: golden-crested kinglet, Regulus regulus |
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| handrest | (noun) a support for the hand | - |
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| headrest | (noun) a rest for the head | - |
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| (noun) a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash | Synonyms: head restraint |
| interest | (noun) a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) | Synonyms: pastime, pursuit |
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| (noun) a reason for wanting something done | Synonyms: sake |
| (noun) the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) | Synonyms: interestingness |
| (noun) a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something | Synonyms: involvement |
| (noun) (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Synonyms: interest group |
| (noun) a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed | - |
| (noun) (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something | Synonyms: stake |
| interestedness | (noun) the state of being interested | - |
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| interestingness | (noun) the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) | Synonyms: interest |
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| meerestone | (noun) an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab | Synonyms: mearstone, merestone |
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| merestone | (noun) an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab | Synonyms: mearstone, meerestone |
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| metrestick | (noun) a rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters) | Synonyms: meterstick |
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| overestimate | (noun) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high | Synonyms: overestimation, overrating, overreckoning |
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| (noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overappraisal, overestimation, overvaluation |
| overestimation | (noun) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high | Synonyms: overestimate, overrating, overreckoning |
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| (noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overappraisal, overestimate, overvaluation |
| paresthesia | (noun) abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage | Synonyms: paraesthesia |
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| perestroika | (noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy | - |
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| prestidigitation | (noun) manual dexterity in the execution of tricks | Synonyms: sleight of hand |
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| prestidigitator | (noun) someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience | Synonyms: conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, magician |
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| prestige | (noun) a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc. | Synonyms: prestigiousness |
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| prestigiousness | (noun) a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc. | Synonyms: prestige |
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| rainforest | (noun) a forest with heavy annual rainfall | Synonyms: rain forest |
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| reforestation | (noun) the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting | Synonyms: re-afforestation |
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| rest | (noun) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) | Synonyms: ease, relaxation, repose |
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| (noun) a support on which things can be put | - |
| (noun) a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration | - |
| (noun) something left after other parts have been taken away | Synonyms: balance, remainder, residual, residue, residuum |
| (noun) a state of inaction | - |
| (noun) euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) | Synonyms: eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, sleep |
| (noun) a pause for relaxation | Synonyms: relief, respite, rest period |
| restatement | (noun) a revised statement | - |
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| restaurant | (noun) a building where people go to eat | Synonyms: eatery, eating house, eating place |
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| restauranter | (noun) the proprietor of a restaurant | Synonyms: restaurateur |
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| restaurateur | (noun) the proprietor of a restaurant | Synonyms: restauranter |
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| rester | (noun) a person who rests | - |
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| restfulness | (noun) the attribute of being restful | - |
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| restharrow | (noun) European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners | Synonyms: Ononis repens, rest-harrow |
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| (noun) Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots | Synonyms: Ononis spinosa, rest-harrow |
| restitution | (noun) getting something back again | Synonyms: regaining, restoration, return |
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| (noun) the act of restoring something to its original state | - |
| (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress |
| restiveness | (noun) characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright | Synonyms: skittishness |
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| (noun) The characteristic of being resistant of control, stubborn. | - |
| (noun) the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters | Synonyms: jitteriness, jumpiness, nervousness |
| restlessness | (noun) inability to rest or relax or be still | Synonyms: queasiness, uneasiness |
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| (noun) the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active | - |
| (noun) a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion | Synonyms: fidget, fidgetiness |
| (noun) a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay | Synonyms: impatience |
| restoration | (noun) the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state | - |
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| (noun) getting something back again | Synonyms: regaining, restitution, return |
| (noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed | - |
| (noun) a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc. | - |
| (noun) the state of being restored to its former good condition | Synonyms: refurbishment, renovation |
| restorative | (noun) a device for treating injury or disease | Synonyms: corrective |
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| (noun) a medicine that strengthens and invigorates | Synonyms: tonic |
| restorer | (noun) a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture | Synonyms: preserver, refinisher, renovator |
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| restrainer | (noun) a person who directs and restrains | Synonyms: controller |
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| (noun) a chemical that is added to a photographic developer in order to retard development and reduce the amount of fog on a film | - |
| restraint | (noun) the act of controlling by restraining someone or something | - |
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| (noun) a device that retards something's motion | Synonyms: constraint |
| (noun) discipline in personal and social activities | Synonyms: control |
| (noun) lack of ornamentation | Synonyms: chasteness, simpleness, simplicity |
| (noun) a rule or condition that limits freedom | - |
| (noun) the state of being physically constrained | Synonyms: constraint |
| restriction | (noun) an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) | Synonyms: limitation |
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| (noun) the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) | Synonyms: confinement |
| (noun) a principle that limits the extent of something | Synonyms: limitation |
| restrictiveness | (noun) a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits | Synonyms: unpermissiveness |
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| (noun) a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat') | - |
| restroom | (noun) a toilet that is available to the public | Synonyms: comfort station, convenience, public convenience, public lavatory, public toilet, toilet facility, wash room |
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| trestle | (noun) sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop | - |
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| (noun) a supporting tower used to support a bridge | - |
| trestlework | (noun) a supporting structure composed of a system of connected trestles; for a bridge or pier or scaffold e.g. | - |
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| underestimate | (noun) an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value | Synonyms: underestimation, underrating, underreckoning |
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| underestimation | (noun) an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value | Synonyms: underestimate, underrating, underreckoning |
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| uninterestingness | (noun) inability to capture or hold one's interest | - |
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| unrest | (noun) a feeling of restless agitation | - |
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| (noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness |
| unrestraint | (noun) the quality of lacking restraint | - |
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| wrester | (noun) someone who obtains something by pulling it violently with twisting movements | - |
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| wrestle | (noun) the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat | Synonyms: grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestling |
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| wrestler | (noun) combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground | Synonyms: grappler, matman |
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| wrestling | (noun) the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down | Synonyms: grappling, rassling |
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| (noun) the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat | Synonyms: grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle |