abelmosk | (noun) bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus | Synonyms: Abelmoschus moschatus, Hibiscus moschatus, musk mallow |
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asker | (noun) someone who asks a question | Synonyms: enquirer, inquirer, querier, questioner |
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asking | (noun) the verbal act of requesting | Synonyms: request |
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asterisk | (noun) a star-shaped character * used in printing | Synonyms: star |
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basilisk | (noun) small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America | - |
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(noun) ancient brass cannon | - |
(noun) (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance | - |
basket | (noun) a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop | Synonyms: field goal |
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(noun) a container that is usually woven and has handles | Synonyms: handbasket |
(noun) horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball | Synonyms: basketball hoop, hoop |
(noun) the quantity contained in a basket | Synonyms: basketful |
basketball | (noun) a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop | Synonyms: basketball game, hoops |
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(noun) an inflated ball used in playing basketball | - |
basketeer | (noun) an athlete who plays basketball | Synonyms: basketball player, cager |
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basketful | (noun) the quantity contained in a basket | Synonyms: basket |
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basketmaker | (noun) someone skilled in weaving baskets | Synonyms: basketweaver |
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basketry | (noun) the craft of basket making | - |
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basketweaver | (noun) someone skilled in weaving baskets | Synonyms: basketmaker |
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bassarisk | (noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings | Synonyms: Bassariscus astutus, cacomistle, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail |
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bearskin | (noun) tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions | Synonyms: busby, shako |
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(noun) the pelt of a bear | - |
blatherskite | (noun) foolish gibberish | Synonyms: blather |
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bosk | (noun) a small wooded area | - |
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breadbasket | (noun) a basket for serving bread | - |
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(noun) an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion | Synonyms: stomach, tum, tummy |
(noun) a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain | - |
brisket | (noun) a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef | - |
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briskness | (noun) liveliness and eagerness | Synonyms: alacrity, smartness |
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buckskin | (noun) horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail | - |
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(noun) a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin | - |
buckskins | (noun) (used in the plural) breeches made of buckskin | - |
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busker | (noun) a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money | - |
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buskin | (noun) a boot reaching halfway up to the knee | Synonyms: combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot |
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buttinsky | (noun) a meddler who tends to butt in | - |
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calfskin | (noun) fine leather from the skin of a calf | Synonyms: calf |
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cask | (noun) a cylindrical container that holds liquids | Synonyms: barrel |
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(noun) the quantity a cask will hold | Synonyms: caskful |
casket | (noun) small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables | Synonyms: jewel casket |
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(noun) box in which a corpse is buried or cremated | Synonyms: coffin |
caskful | (noun) the quantity a cask will hold | Synonyms: cask |
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cheapskate | (noun) a miserly person | Synonyms: tightwad |
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coonskin | (noun) a raccoon cap with the tail hanging down the back | Synonyms: coonskin cap |
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cornhusk | (noun) the husk of an ear of corn | - |
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cornhusker | (noun) a worker who husks corn | - |
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cornhusking | (noun) the act of removing the husks from ears of corn | - |
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(noun) a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn | Synonyms: husking bee |
cowskin | (noun) leather made from the hide of a cow | Synonyms: cowhide |
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cusk | (noun) large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod | Synonyms: Brosme brosme, torsk |
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(noun) elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth | Synonyms: burbot, eelpout, ling, Lota lota |
(noun) the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters | - |
cytoskeleton | (noun) a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence | - |
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damask | (noun) a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it | - |
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(noun) a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern | - |
deerskin | (noun) leather from the hide of a deer | - |
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desk | (noun) a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments | - |
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deskman | (noun) the police sergeant on duty in a police station | Synonyms: desk sergeant, station keeper |
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desktop | (noun) (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear | Synonyms: background, screen background |
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(noun) the top of a desk | - |
disk | (noun) a flat circular plate | Synonyms: disc |
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(noun) sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove | Synonyms: disc, phonograph record, phonograph recording, platter, record |
(noun) (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored | Synonyms: disc, magnetic disc, magnetic disk |
(noun) something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate | Synonyms: disc, saucer |
diskette | (noun) a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer | Synonyms: floppy, floppy disk |
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doeskin | (noun) a fine smooth soft woolen fabric | - |
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(noun) soft leather from deerskin or lambskin | - |
drosky | (noun) an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used in Poland and Russia | Synonyms: droshky |
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dusk | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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duskiness | (noun) a swarthy complexion | Synonyms: darkness, swarthiness |
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(noun) the state of being poorly illuminated | Synonyms: dimness |
dyskinesia | (noun) abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements | - |
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eggwhisk | (noun) a mixer for beating eggs or whipping cream | Synonyms: eggbeater |
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endoskeleton | (noun) the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates) | - |
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esker | (noun) (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets | - |
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exoskeleton | (noun) the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs | - |
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flask | (noun) bottle that has a narrow neck | - |
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(noun) the quantity a flask will hold | Synonyms: flaskful |
flaskful | (noun) the quantity a flask will hold | Synonyms: flask |
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foreskin | (noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis | Synonyms: prepuce |
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(noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris | Synonyms: prepuce |
frisk | (noun) the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs | Synonyms: frisking |
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friskiness | (noun) lively high-spirited playfulness | Synonyms: frolicsomeness, sportiveness |
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frisking | (noun) the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs | Synonyms: frisk |
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gasket | (noun) seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint | - |
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gaskin | (noun) lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle | - |
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gasmask | (noun) a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases | Synonyms: gas helmet, respirator |
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goatskin | (noun) the hide of a goat | - |
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greenskeeper | (noun) someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course | - |
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groundskeeper | (noun) someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field) | Synonyms: groundkeeper, groundsman |
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handbasket | (noun) a container that is usually woven and has handles | Synonyms: basket |
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helpdesk | (noun) a service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network | Synonyms: help desk |
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hipflask | (noun) a flask that holds spirits | Synonyms: pocket flask |
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hoopskirt | (noun) a skirt stiffened with hoops | Synonyms: crinoline |
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husk | (noun) outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds | - |
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(noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | Synonyms: chaff, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble |
huskiness | (noun) the property of being big and strong | Synonyms: ruggedness, toughness |
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(noun) a throaty harshness | Synonyms: gruffness, hoarseness |
husking | (noun) the removal of covering | Synonyms: baring, denudation, stripping, uncovering |
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husky | (noun) breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog | Synonyms: Eskimo dog |
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kidskin | (noun) soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat | Synonyms: kid |
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kiosk | (noun) small area set off by walls for special use | Synonyms: booth, cubicle, stall |
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lambskin | (noun) the skin of a lamb with the wool still on | - |
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(noun) skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on | Synonyms: parchment, sheepskin |
lentisk | (noun) an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin | Synonyms: mastic, mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus |
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lutefisk | (noun) dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency | Synonyms: lutfisk |
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lutfisk | (noun) dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency | Synonyms: lutefisk |
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mask | (noun) activity that tries to conceal something | - |
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(noun) a covering to disguise or conceal the face | - |
(noun) a protective covering worn over the face | - |
(noun) a party of guests wearing costumes and masks | Synonyms: masque, masquerade, masquerade party |
masker | (noun) a participant in a masquerade | Synonyms: masquer, masquerader |
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masking | (noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: cover, covering, screening |
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(noun) scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen | Synonyms: masking piece |
(noun) the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation | - |
miniskirt | (noun) a very short skirt | Synonyms: mini |
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moleskin | (noun) a durable cotton fabric with a velvety nap | - |
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mollusk | (noun) invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell | Synonyms: mollusc, shellfish |
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morangoska | (noun) a Portuguese variation of Caipirinha made using strawberries instead of lime. | - |
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mudskipper | (noun) found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins | Synonyms: mudspringer |
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musk | (noun) the scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer | - |
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(noun) an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative | - |
muskat | (noun) any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes | Synonyms: muscat |
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muskellunge | (noun) large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America | Synonyms: Esox masquinongy |
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(noun) flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish | - |
musket | (noun) a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen | - |
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musketeer | (noun) a foot soldier armed with a musket | - |
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musketry | (noun) the technique of using small arms (especially in battle) | - |
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(noun) musketeers and their muskets collectively | - |
muskiness | (noun) having the olfactory properties of musk | - |
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muskmelon | (noun) the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers | Synonyms: sweet melon |
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(noun) any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell | Synonyms: Cucumis melo, sweet melon, sweet melon vine |
muskrat | (noun) beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur | Synonyms: musquash, Ondatra zibethica |
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(noun) the brown fur of a muskrat | Synonyms: muskrat fur |
muskwood | (noun) musk-scented shrub or tree of southern and southeastern Australia having creamy-yellow flower heads | Synonyms: Olearia argophylla |
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numskull | (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, shithead |
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obelisk | (noun) a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top | - |
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(noun) a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used | Synonyms: dagger |
oilskin | (noun) a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof | Synonyms: slicker |
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omphaloskepsis | (noun) literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption | Synonyms: navel-gazing |
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