| 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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| 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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| 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 |
| garnishee | (noun) a wage earner who is served with a garnishment | - |
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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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| hasheesh | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: haschisch, hash, hashish |
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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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| newssheet | (noun) report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group | Synonyms: newsletter |
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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 |
| 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 |
| sheeting | (noun) fabric from which bed sheets are made | - |
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| spreadsheet | (noun) a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen | - |
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| worksheet | (noun) a sheet of paper with multiple columns; used by an accountant to assemble figures for financial statements | - |
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| (noun) a piece of paper recording work planned or done on a project | - |