| thorn | (noun) something that causes irritation and annoyance | Synonyms: irritant |
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| (noun) a Germanic character of runic origin | - |
| (noun) a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf | Synonyms: pricker, prickle, spikelet, spine, sticker |
| thornbill | (noun) any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill | - |
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| thorniness | (noun) the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines | Synonyms: bristliness, prickliness, spininess |
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| (noun) a rough and bitter manner | Synonyms: acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, jaundice, tartness |
| (noun) The property of being full of difficulties, complexities, or controversial points. | - |
| togetherness | (noun) affectionate closeness | - |
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| tornado | (noun) a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive | Synonyms: crack, crack cocaine |
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| (noun) a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground | Synonyms: twister |
| tornillo | (noun) shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods | Synonyms: Prosopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean, screwbean mesquite |
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| tournament | (noun) a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner | Synonyms: tourney |
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| (noun) a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize | - |
| tournedos | (noun) thick steak cut from the beef tenderloin | - |
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| tourney | (noun) a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner | Synonyms: tournament |
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| tourniquet | (noun) bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure | Synonyms: compression bandage |
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| tricorn | (noun) cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points | Synonyms: tricorne |
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| tricorne | (noun) cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points | Synonyms: tricorn |
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| turn | (noun) the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course | Synonyms: turning |
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| (noun) the act of turning away or in the opposite direction | - |
| (noun) taking a short walk out and back | - |
| (noun) a favor for someone | Synonyms: good turn |
| (noun) (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession | Synonyms: play |
| (noun) turning or twisting around (in place) | Synonyms: twist |
| (noun) a short performance that is part of a longer program | Synonyms: act, bit, number, routine |
| (noun) a movement in a new direction | Synonyms: turning |
| (noun) an unforeseen development | Synonyms: turn of events, twist |
| (noun) a circular segment of a curve | Synonyms: bend, crook, twist |
| (noun) (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive | Synonyms: bout, round |
| (noun) a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) | Synonyms: go, spell, tour |
| turnability | (noun) The property of being able to turn | - |
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| turnabout | (noun) turning in the opposite direction | Synonyms: reversal, reverse, reversion, turnaround |
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| (noun) a decision to reverse an earlier decision | Synonyms: change of mind, flip-flop, reversal, turnaround |
| turnaround | (noun) turning in the opposite direction | Synonyms: reversal, reverse, reversion, turnabout |
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| (noun) act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip | Synonyms: turnround |
| (noun) an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around | - |
| (noun) a decision to reverse an earlier decision | Synonyms: change of mind, flip-flop, reversal, turnabout |
| (noun) time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip | Synonyms: turnaround time |
| turnbuckle | (noun) an oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tension | - |
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| turncoat | (noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | Synonyms: apostate, deserter, ratter, recreant, renegade |
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| turncock | (noun) faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid | Synonyms: cock, stopcock |
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| (noun) one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off | - |
| turndown | (noun) the act of refusing an offer | Synonyms: nonacceptance |
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| turner | (noun) cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food | Synonyms: food turner |
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| (noun) one of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope | - |
| (noun) a lathe operator | - |
| (noun) a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein | - |
| turnery | (noun) products made on a lathe | - |
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| (noun) workshop where objects are made on a lathe | - |
| turning | (noun) the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course | Synonyms: turn |
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| (noun) act of changing in practice or custom | - |
| (noun) the activity of shaping something on a lathe | - |
| (noun) the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe | - |
| (noun) a movement in a new direction | Synonyms: turn |
| (noun) a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe | - |
| turnip | (noun) root of any of several members of the mustard family | - |
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| (noun) widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root | Synonyms: Brassica rapa, white turnip |
| turnkey | (noun) someone who guards prisoners | Synonyms: gaoler, jailer, jailor, prison guard, screw |
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| turnoff | (noun) a side road where you can turn off | - |
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| (noun) something causing antagonism or loss of interest | Synonyms: negative stimulation |
| turnout | (noun) attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election) | - |
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| (noun) (ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip | - |
| (noun) what is produced in a given time period | Synonyms: output, outturn |
| (noun) a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park | Synonyms: widening |
| (noun) a set of clothing (with accessories) | Synonyms: getup, outfit, rig |
| (noun) a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass | Synonyms: railroad siding, sidetrack, siding |
| (noun) the group that gathers together for a particular occasion | - |
| turnover | (noun) the act of upsetting something | Synonyms: overturn, upset |
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| (noun) the volume measured in dollars | Synonyms: dollar volume |
| (noun) a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling | - |
| (noun) the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers | Synonyms: employee turnover, turnover rate |
| turnpike | (noun) an expressway on which tolls are collected | Synonyms: toll road |
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| (noun) (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid | - |
| turnround | (noun) act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip | Synonyms: turnaround |
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| turnspit | (noun) a roasting spit that can be turned | - |
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| turnstile | (noun) a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering | - |
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| turnstone | (noun) migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food | - |
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| turntable | (noun) a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played | - |
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| (noun) a rotatable platform with a track; used to turn locomotives and cars | - |
| (noun) a revolving tray placed on a dining table | Synonyms: lazy Susan |
| turnup | (noun) the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg | Synonyms: cuff |
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| turnverein | (noun) a club of tumblers or gymnasts | - |
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| ultramodernity | (noun) The property of being extremely modern. | - |
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| unclearness | (noun) incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear | - |
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| unconcern | (noun) the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern | Synonyms: indifference, nonchalance |
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| (noun) a feeling of lack of concern | - |
| undernourishment | (noun) not having enough food to develop or function normally | Synonyms: malnourishment |
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| unfairness | (noun) an unjust act | Synonyms: iniquity, injustice, shabbiness |
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| (noun) injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards | Synonyms: inequity |
| (noun) partiality that is not fair or equitable | - |
| unicorn | (noun) an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead | - |
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| upturn | (noun) an upward movement or trend as in business activity | - |
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| urn | (noun) a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet | - |
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| (noun) a large pot for making coffee or tea | - |
| utterness | (noun) the quality of being complete or utter or extreme | Synonyms: absoluteness, starkness |
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| varna | (noun) (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) | - |
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| varnish | (noun) a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface | - |
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| varnisher | (noun) someone who applies a finishing coat of varnish | - |
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| vernacular | (noun) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | - |
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| (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang |
| vernation | (noun) (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens | - |
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| vernier | (noun) a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale | Synonyms: vernier scale |
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| vernix | (noun) a white cheeselike protective material that covers the skin of a fetus | Synonyms: vernix caseosa |
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| vernonia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue | Synonyms: ironweed |
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| warner | (noun) someone who gives a warning to others | - |
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| warning | (noun) a message informing of danger | - |
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| (noun) cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) | Synonyms: admonition, monition, word of advice |
| (noun) notification of something, usually in advance | - |
| western | (noun) a sandwich made from a western omelet | Synonyms: western sandwich |
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| westerner | (noun) an inhabitant of a western area; especially of the U.S. | - |
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| whitethorn | (noun) thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America | Synonyms: Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha, English hawthorn, may |
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| wilderness | (noun) a bewildering profusion | - |
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| (noun) a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition | Synonyms: wild |
| (noun) (politics) a state of disfavor | - |
| windburn | (noun) redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind | - |
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| wivern | (noun) a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs | Synonyms: wyvern |
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| woodfern | (noun) any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris | Synonyms: wood-fern, wood fern |
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| wyvern | (noun) a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs | Synonyms: wivern |
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| yarn | (noun) a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving | Synonyms: thread |
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| (noun) the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events | Synonyms: narration, recital |
| yearner | (noun) a person with a strong desire for something | Synonyms: longer, thirster |
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| yearning | (noun) prolonged unfulfilled desire or need | Synonyms: hungriness, longing |
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| zithern | (noun) a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers | Synonyms: cither, zither |
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