| bastard | (noun) derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin | Synonyms: mongrel |
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| (noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: asshole, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
| (noun) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents | Synonyms: by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson |
| bastardisation | (noun) an act that debases or corrupts | Synonyms: bastardization |
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| bastardization | (noun) an act that debases or corrupts | Synonyms: bastardisation |
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| (noun) declaring or rendering bastard | - |
| bastardy | (noun) the status of being born to parents who were not married | Synonyms: bar sinister, illegitimacy |
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| bustard | (noun) large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes | - |
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| cornstarch | (noun) starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener | Synonyms: cornflour |
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| custard | (noun) sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen | - |
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| dastard | (noun) a despicable coward | - |
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| dastardliness | (noun) despicable cowardice | - |
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| daystar | (noun) a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky | Synonyms: Lucifer, morning star, Phosphorus |
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| earthstar | (noun) any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star | - |
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| instar | (noun) an insect or other arthropod between molts | - |
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| jumpstart | (noun) starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car | Synonyms: jump-start |
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| loadstar | (noun) something that serves as a model or guide | Synonyms: lodestar |
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| (noun) guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy | Synonyms: lodestar |
| lodestar | (noun) something that serves as a model or guide | Synonyms: loadstar |
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| (noun) guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy | Synonyms: loadstar |
| mustard | (noun) pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds | Synonyms: table mustard |
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| (noun) leaves eaten as cooked greens | Synonyms: Indian mustard, leaf mustard, mustard greens |
| (noun) any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica | - |
| nonstarter | (noun) a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered | - |
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| (noun) a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently | Synonyms: failure, loser, unsuccessful person |
| polestar | (noun) the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it | Synonyms: North Star, polar star, Polaris, pole star |
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| redstart | (noun) European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins | Synonyms: redtail |
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| (noun) flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail | Synonyms: American redstart, Setophaga ruticilla |
| star | (noun) the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub | Synonyms: star topology |
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| (noun) a star-shaped character * used in printing | Synonyms: asterisk |
| (noun) (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior | - |
| (noun) any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night | - |
| (noun) an actor who plays a principal role | Synonyms: lead, principal |
| (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
| (noun) a performer who receives prominent billing | Synonyms: headliner |
| (noun) a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem | - |
| starboard | (noun) the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose | - |
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| starch | (noun) a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles | Synonyms: amylum |
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| (noun) a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering | - |
| starches | (noun) foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread) | - |
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| stardom | (noun) the status of being acknowledged as a star | - |
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| stardust | (noun) a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality | - |
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| stare | (noun) a fixed look with eyes open wide | - |
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| starer | (noun) a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility) | - |
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| starets | (noun) a religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church | - |
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| starfish | (noun) echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk | Synonyms: sea star |
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| starflower | (noun) common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States | Synonyms: Ornithogalum umbellatum, sleepy dick, summer snowflake |
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| stargazer | (noun) heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head | - |
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| (noun) a physicist who studies astronomy | Synonyms: astronomer, uranologist |
| (noun) someone indifferent to the busy world | Synonyms: lotus-eater |
| stargazing | (noun) observation of the stars | - |
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| starkness | (noun) an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation | Synonyms: bareness |
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| (noun) the quality of being complete or utter or extreme | Synonyms: absoluteness, utterness |
| starlessness | (noun) The state of being without visible stars. | - |
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| starlet | (noun) a small star | - |
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| (noun) a young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star | - |
| starlight | (noun) the light of the stars | - |
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| starling | (noun) gregarious birds native to the Old World | - |
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| starship | (noun) a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction) | Synonyms: spaceship |
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| start | (noun) the act of starting something | Synonyms: beginning, commencement |
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| (noun) a sudden involuntary movement | Synonyms: jump, startle |
| (noun) a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) | Synonyms: starting |
| (noun) the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race) | Synonyms: head start |
| (noun) a signal to begin (as in a race) | Synonyms: starting signal |
| (noun) the beginning of anything | - |
| (noun) a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game | Synonyms: scratch, scratch line, starting line |
| (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, starting time |
| starter | (noun) a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough | - |
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| (noun) a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle | Synonyms: crank |
| (noun) an electric motor for starting an engine | Synonyms: starter motor, starting motor |
| (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetiser, appetizer |
| (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer |
| (noun) the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition | Synonyms: dispatcher |
| (noun) a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning | - |
| starting | (noun) a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) | Synonyms: start |
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| startle | (noun) a sudden involuntary movement | Synonyms: jump, start |
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| startup | (noun) the act of starting a new operation or practice | Synonyms: inauguration |
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| (noun) the act of setting in operation | - |
| starvation | (noun) the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine | Synonyms: starving |
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| (noun) a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period | Synonyms: famishment |
| starveling | (noun) someone who is starving (or being starved) | - |
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| starving | (noun) the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine | Synonyms: starvation |
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| starwort | (noun) low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side | Synonyms: greater stitchwort, Stellaria holostea, stitchwort |
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| superstar | (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
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| upstart | (noun) a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright | Synonyms: kip |
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| (noun) a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class | Synonyms: arriviste, nouveau-riche, parvenu |
| (noun) an arrogant or presumptuous person | - |
| wistaria | (noun) any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria | Synonyms: wisteria |
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