| admonisher | (noun) someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided | Synonyms: monitor, reminder |
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| ambusher | (noun) an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack | - |
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| backsheesh | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip |
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| baksheesh | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: backsheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip |
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| banshee | (noun) (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death | Synonyms: banshie |
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| bloodshed | (noun) indiscriminate slaughter | Synonyms: battue, bloodbath, bloodletting |
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| (noun) the shedding of blood resulting in murder | Synonyms: gore |
| blusher | (noun) makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks | Synonyms: blush, paint, rouge |
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| (noun) yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched | Synonyms: Amanita rubescens, blushing mushroom |
| bombshell | (noun) an explosive bomb or artillery shell | - |
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| (noun) a shocking surprise | Synonyms: thunderbolt, thunderclap |
| (noun) an entertainer who has a sensational effect | - |
| bookshelf | (noun) a shelf on which to keep books | - |
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| broadsheet | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
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| burnisher | (noun) a hand tool with polished agate tips (or other gemstone) for rubbing the gold leaf in order to obtain a highly polished surface, used in gilding. | Synonyms: burnishing tool |
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| bushel | (noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks | - |
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| (noun) a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches | - |
| cashew | (noun) kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted | Synonyms: cashew nut |
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| (noun) tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted | Synonyms: Anacardium occidentale, cashew tree |
| clamshell | (noun) the shell of a clam | - |
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| (noun) a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam | Synonyms: grapple |
| cockleshell | (noun) a small light flimsy boat | - |
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| cowshed | (noun) a barn for cows | Synonyms: byre, cow barn, cowbarn, cowhouse |
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| crasher | (noun) someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying | Synonyms: gatecrasher, unwelcome guest |
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| crosshead | (noun) metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth | - |
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| (noun) a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text | Synonyms: crossheading |
| crossheading | (noun) a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text | Synonyms: crosshead |
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| crusher | (noun) a device that crushes something | - |
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| dasheen | (noun) tropical starchy tuberous root | Synonyms: cocoyam, edda, taro, taro root |
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| (noun) herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves | Synonyms: Colocasia esculenta, dalo, taro, taro plant |
| (noun) edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants | Synonyms: cocoyam, eddo, taro |
| disheartenment | (noun) a communication that leaves you disheartened or daunted | - |
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| (noun) the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles | Synonyms: discouragement, dismay |
| dishwasher | (noun) a machine for washing dishes | Synonyms: dish washer, dishwashing machine |
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| (noun) someone who washes dishes | - |
| eggshell | (noun) the exterior covering of a bird's egg | Synonyms: shell |
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| extinguisher | (noun) a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires | Synonyms: asphyxiator, fire extinguisher |
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| finisher | (noun) an animal that wins in a contest of speed | - |
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| (noun) a race car that finishes a race | - |
| (noun) a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process | - |
| (noun) a painter who applies a finishing coat | - |
| (noun) (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game | Synonyms: closer |
| (noun) a racing driver who finishes a race | - |
| fisher | (noun) large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal | Synonyms: black cat, fisher cat, Martes pennanti, pekan |
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| (noun) someone whose occupation is catching fish | Synonyms: fisherman |
| fisherman | (noun) someone whose occupation is catching fish | Synonyms: fisher |
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| fishery | (noun) a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold | Synonyms: piscary |
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| flasher | (noun) an electrical device that automatically turns a lamp on and off (as for an advertising display) | - |
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| (noun) a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages | Synonyms: blinker |
| (noun) someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals | Synonyms: exhibitionist |
| freshener | (noun) anything that freshens | - |
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| fresher | (noun) a first-year undergraduate | Synonyms: freshman |
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| freshet | (noun) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow | Synonyms: spate |
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| garnishee | (noun) a wage earner who is served with a garnishment | - |
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| gatecrasher | (noun) someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying | Synonyms: crasher, unwelcome guest |
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| groundsheet | (noun) a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture | Synonyms: ground cloth |
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| gusher | (noun) an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary | - |
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| haberdasher | (noun) a merchant who sells men's clothing | Synonyms: clothier |
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| haberdashery | (noun) the drygoods sold by a haberdasher | Synonyms: men's furnishings |
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| (noun) a store where men's clothes are sold | Synonyms: clothing store, haberdashery store, mens store |
| hasheesh | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: haschisch, hash, hashish |
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| hogshead | (noun) a large cask especially one holding 63 gals | - |
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| (noun) a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages | - |
| kingfisher | (noun) nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish | - |
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| kosher | (noun) food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law | - |
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| kosherness | (noun) The property of being fit to eat under Jewish dietary laws. | - |
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| lampshell | (noun) marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide | Synonyms: brachiopod, lamp shell |
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| languisher | (noun) a person who languishes | - |
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| lasher | (noun) a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip | - |
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| mainsheet | (noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind | Synonyms: sheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet |
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| masher | (noun) a kitchen utensil used for mashing (e.g. potatoes) | - |
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| (noun) a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women | Synonyms: skirt chaser, wolf, woman chaser |
| mishegaas | (noun) (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity | Synonyms: meshugaas, mishegoss |
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| mishegoss | (noun) (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity | Synonyms: meshugaas, mishegaas |
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| moonshell | (noun) marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires | Synonyms: moon shell |
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| musher | (noun) a traveler who drives (or travels with) a dog team | - |
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| newssheet | (noun) report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group | Synonyms: newsletter |
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| nosher | (noun) someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals | Synonyms: snacker |
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| nutshell | (noun) the shell around the kernel of a nut | - |
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| paysheet | (noun) a list of employees and their salaries | Synonyms: payroll |
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| (noun) the total amount of money paid in wages | Synonyms: payroll |
| penpusher | (noun) a clerk who does boring paperwork | Synonyms: pencil pusher |
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| perisher | (noun) bounder | - |
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| polisher | (noun) a power tool used to buff surfaces | Synonyms: buffer |
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| potsherd | (noun) a shard of pottery | - |
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| publisher | (noun) a firm in the publishing business | Synonyms: publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house |
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| (noun) a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music | - |
| (noun) the proprietor of a newspaper | Synonyms: newspaper publisher |
| pusher | (noun) a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, stroller |
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| (noun) a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes | Synonyms: zori |
| (noun) someone who pushes | Synonyms: shover |
| (noun) an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs | Synonyms: drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler |
| (noun) one who intrudes or pushes himself forward | Synonyms: thruster |
| rasher | (noun) a commercially important fish of the Pacific coast of North America | Synonyms: Sebastes miniatus, vermillion rockfish |
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| ravisher | (noun) someone who assaults others sexually | Synonyms: debaucher, violator |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| refinisher | (noun) a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture | Synonyms: preserver, renovator, restorer |
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| refresher | (noun) a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments | Synonyms: refresher course |
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| (noun) a drink that refreshes | - |
| (noun) a fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts more than one day | - |
| rusher | (noun) a person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously | - |
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| (noun) someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory | - |
| (noun) (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball | - |
| seashell | (noun) the shell of a marine organism | - |
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| sheaf | (noun) a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing | Synonyms: bundle |
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| shear | (noun) a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it | - |
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| (noun) (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves | - |
| shearer | (noun) a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals | - |
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| (noun) a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles | - |
| shearing | (noun) removing by cutting off or clipping | - |
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| shears | (noun) large scissors with strong blades | - |
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| shearwater | (noun) long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves | - |
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| sheatfish | (noun) large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe | Synonyms: European catfish, Silurus glanis |
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| sheath | (noun) a protective covering (as for a knife or sword) | - |
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| (noun) a dress suitable for formal occasions | Synonyms: cocktail dress |
| (noun) an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part | Synonyms: case |
| sheathing | (noun) protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior | Synonyms: overlay, overlayer |
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| shebang | (noun) an entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang' | - |
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| shebeen | (noun) unlicensed drinking establishment | - |
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| shed | (noun) an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage | - |
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| shedder | (noun) an attacker who sheds or spills blood | Synonyms: spiller |
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| shedding | (noun) loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales | Synonyms: desquamation, peeling |
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| (noun) the process whereby something is shed | Synonyms: sloughing |
| sheen | (noun) the visual property of something that shines with reflected light | Synonyms: luster, lustre, shininess |
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| sheeny | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew | Synonyms: hymie, kike, yid |
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| sheep | (noun) woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat | - |
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| (noun) a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision | - |
| (noun) a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon | - |
| sheepcote | (noun) a pen for sheep | Synonyms: fold, sheep pen, sheepfold |
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| sheepdog | (noun) any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep | Synonyms: sheep dog, shepherd dog |
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| sheepfold | (noun) a pen for sheep | Synonyms: fold, sheep pen, sheepcote |
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| sheepherder | (noun) a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock | Synonyms: sheepman, shepherd |
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| sheepishness | (noun) feeling embarrassed about yourself | Synonyms: shamefacedness |
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| sheepman | (noun) a man who raises (or tends) sheep | - |
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| (noun) a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock | Synonyms: sheepherder, shepherd |
| sheeprun | (noun) farm devoted to raising sheep | Synonyms: sheepwalk |
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| sheepshank | (noun) a knot for shortening a line | - |
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| sheepshead | (noun) large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico | Synonyms: Archosargus probatocephalus |
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| sheepshearing | (noun) act of shearing sheep | - |
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| (noun) a festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared | - |
| (noun) the time or season when sheep are sheared | - |
| sheepskin | (noun) a document certifying the successful completion of a course of study | Synonyms: diploma |
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| (noun) tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing | Synonyms: fleece |
| (noun) skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on | Synonyms: lambskin, parchment |
| sheepwalk | (noun) farm devoted to raising sheep | Synonyms: sheeprun |
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| sheesha | (noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water | Synonyms: calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, nargileh, shisha, water pipe |
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| sheet | (noun) bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs | Synonyms: bed sheet |
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| (noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind | Synonyms: mainsheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet |
| (noun) a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width | Synonyms: flat solid |
| (noun) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | Synonyms: canvas, canvass, sail |
| (noun) paper used for writing or printing | Synonyms: piece of paper, sheet of paper |
| (noun) newspaper with half-size pages | Synonyms: rag, tabloid |
| (noun) any broad thin expanse or surface | - |
| (noun) (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape | Synonyms: plane |