assize | (noun) an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property | - |
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(noun) the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale | - |
assizes | (noun) the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts) | Synonyms: court of assize, court of assize and nisi prius |
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capsizing | (noun) (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water | - |
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downsizing | (noun) the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable | Synonyms: curtailment, retrenchment |
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emphasizing | (noun) the act of giving special importance or significance to something | Synonyms: accenting, accentuation |
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outsize | (noun) an unusual garment size (especially one that is very large) | - |
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size | (noun) the physical magnitude of something (how big it is) | - |
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(noun) the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing) | - |
(noun) a large magnitude | - |
(noun) the actual state of affairs | Synonyms: size of it |
(noun) any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics | Synonyms: sizing |
sizeableness | (noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, vastness, wideness |
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sizing | (noun) any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics | Synonyms: size |
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sizzle | (noun) a sizzling noise | - |
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synthesizer | (noun) (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments | Synonyms: synthesiser |
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(noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesiser, synthesist |