addressee | (noun) one to whom something is addressed | - |
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advisee | (noun) someone who receives advice | - |
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aniseed | (noun) liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors | Synonyms: anise, anise seed |
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assessee | (noun) a person (or property) that is assessed | - |
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axseed | (noun) European herb resembling vetch; naturalized in the eastern United States; having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods | Synonyms: Coronilla varia, crown vetch |
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benniseed | (noun) small oval seeds of the sesame plant | Synonyms: sesame seed |
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beseechingness | (noun) The state or quality of one who begs or implores. | - |
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birdseed | (noun) food given to birds; usually mixed seeds | Synonyms: bird feed, bird food |
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blackseed | (noun) grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus | Synonyms: carpet grass, smut grass, Sporobolus poiretii |
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cottonseed | (noun) seed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil | - |
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devisee | (noun) someone to whom property (especially realty) is devised by will | - |
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dropseed | (noun) a grass of the genus Sporobolus | Synonyms: drop-seed |
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flaxseed | (noun) the seed of flax used as a source of oil | Synonyms: linseed |
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fricassee | (noun) pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings | - |
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fusee | (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | Synonyms: fuse, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming |
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(noun) a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind | Synonyms: fuzee |
(noun) a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains | Synonyms: fuzee |
(noun) a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring | Synonyms: fusee drive |
hayseed | (noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | Synonyms: bumpkin, chawbacon, hick, rube, yahoo, yokel |
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heartseed | (noun) herbaceous vine of tropical America and Africa | Synonyms: Cardiospermum grandiflorum |
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lessee | (noun) a tenant who holds a lease | Synonyms: leaseholder |
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licensee | (noun) someone to whom a license is granted | - |
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linseed | (noun) the seed of flax used as a source of oil | Synonyms: flaxseed |
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moonseed | (noun) plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds | - |
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oilseed | (noun) any of several seeds that yield oil | Synonyms: oil-rich seed |
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overseer | (noun) a person who directs and manages an organization | Synonyms: superintendent |
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pharisee | (noun) a self-righteous or sanctimonious person | - |
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placeseeker | (noun) a disparaging term for an appointee | Synonyms: placeman |
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promisee | (noun) a person to whom a promise is made | - |
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pumpkinseed | (noun) small brilliantly colored North American sunfish | Synonyms: Lepomis gibbosus |
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rapeseed | (noun) seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil | - |
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see | (noun) the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located | - |
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seed | (noun) the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract | Synonyms: come, cum, ejaculate, semen, seminal fluid |
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(noun) anything that provides inspiration for later work | Synonyms: germ, source |
(noun) one of the outstanding players in a tournament | Synonyms: seeded player |
(noun) a small hard fruit | - |
(noun) a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa | - |
seedbed | (noun) a bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting | - |
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seedcake | (noun) a sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon | Synonyms: seed cake |
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seedcase | (noun) the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) | Synonyms: cod, pod |
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seeder | (noun) a kitchen utensil that removes seeds from fruit | - |
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(noun) a mechanical device that sows grass seed or grain evenly over the ground | - |
(noun) a person who seeds clouds | Synonyms: cloud seeder |
seediness | (noun) a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing | Synonyms: manginess, shabbiness, sleaziness |
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seedling | (noun) young plant or tree grown from a seed | - |
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seedman | (noun) a dealer in seeds | Synonyms: seedsman |
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seedpod | (noun) a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant | Synonyms: pod |
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seedsman | (noun) a dealer in seeds | Synonyms: seedman |
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seedtime | (noun) the time during which seeds should be planted | - |
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(noun) any time of new development | - |
seeing | (noun) normal use of the faculty of vision | Synonyms: eyesight, sightedness |
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(noun) perception by means of the eyes | Synonyms: beholding, visual perception |
seek | (noun) the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk | - |
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seeker | (noun) a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves) | - |
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(noun) someone making a search or inquiry | Synonyms: quester, searcher |
seeking | (noun) the act of searching for something | Synonyms: quest |
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(noun) an attempt to acquire or gain something | - |
seemliness | (noun) a sense of propriety and consideration for others | Synonyms: grace |
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seepage | (noun) the process of seeping | Synonyms: ooze, oozing |
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seer | (noun) a person with unusual powers of foresight | Synonyms: illusionist, visionary |
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(noun) an authoritative person who divines the future | Synonyms: oracle, prophesier, prophet, vaticinator |
(noun) an observer who perceives visually | - |
seersucker | (noun) a light puckered fabric (usually striped) | - |
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seesaw | (noun) a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end | Synonyms: dandle board, teeter-totter, teeter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board |
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sightseeing | (noun) going about to look at places of interest | Synonyms: rubber-necking |
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sightseer | (noun) a tourist who is visiting sights of interest | Synonyms: excursionist, rubberneck, tripper |
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tickseed | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America | Synonyms: coreopsis, tick-weed, tickweed |
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unseemliness | (noun) a lack of consideration for others | - |
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unseen | (noun) a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit | Synonyms: spiritual domain, spiritual world |
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wormseed | (noun) rank-smelling tropical American pigweed | Synonyms: American wormseed, Chenopodium ambrosioides, Mexican tea, Spanish tea |
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