balbriggan | (noun) a cotton knit fabric used for underwear | - |
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outrigger | (noun) a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull | - |
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priggishness | (noun) exaggerated and arrogant properness | Synonyms: primness |
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rigger | (noun) a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists | Synonyms: rigger brush |
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(noun) a sailing vessel with a specified rig | - |
(noun) someone who rigs ships | - |
(noun) someone who works on an oil rig | Synonyms: oil rigger |
rigging | (noun) gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails | Synonyms: tackle |
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(noun) formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel | Synonyms: rig |
sprigger | (noun) a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books | Synonyms: stemmer, stripper |
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trigger | (noun) an act that sets in motion some course of events | Synonyms: induction, initiation |
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(noun) lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun | Synonyms: gun trigger |
(noun) a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen | - |
triggerfish | (noun) any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin | - |
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triggerman | (noun) a professional killer who uses a gun | Synonyms: gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo |
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wriggle | (noun) the act of wiggling | Synonyms: squirm, wiggle |
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wriggler | (noun) larva of a mosquito | Synonyms: wiggler |
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(noun) one who can't stay still (especially a child) | Synonyms: squirmer, wiggler |