| angostura | (noun) the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters | Synonyms: angostura bark |
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| astuteness | (noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | Synonyms: perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness |
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| (noun) the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas | Synonyms: deepness, depth, profoundness, profundity |
| blastula | (noun) early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs | Synonyms: blastosphere |
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| breadstuff | (noun) food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked | Synonyms: bread, staff of life |
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| (noun) flour or meal or grain used in baking bread | - |
| canafistula | (noun) deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia | Synonyms: canafistola, Cassia fistula, drumstick tree, golden shower tree, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia |
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| costume | (noun) the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball | - |
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| (noun) the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class | - |
| (noun) unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place | - |
| (noun) the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments) | - |
| costumer | (noun) someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade) | Synonyms: costume designer, costumier |
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| costumier | (noun) someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade) | Synonyms: costume designer, costumer |
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| costusroot | (noun) annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs | Synonyms: Saussurea costus, Saussurea lappa |
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| disturbance | (noun) the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion | - |
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| (noun) a noisy fight | Synonyms: affray, fray, ruffle |
| (noun) activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption | Synonyms: perturbation |
| (noun) electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication | Synonyms: interference, noise |
| (noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult | Synonyms: commotion, disruption, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness | Synonyms: folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder |
| (noun) an unhappy and worried mental state | Synonyms: perturbation, upset |
| disturber | (noun) a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion | - |
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| dustup | (noun) an angry dispute | Synonyms: quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle |
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| dyestuff | (noun) a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair | Synonyms: dye |
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| estuary | (noun) the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix | - |
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| expostulation | (noun) the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest | Synonyms: objection, remonstrance, remonstration |
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| (noun) an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof | - |
| fistula | (noun) an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface | Synonyms: sinus |
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| (noun) a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse | Synonyms: fistulous withers |
| foodstuff | (noun) (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer | Synonyms: grocery |
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| (noun) a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food | Synonyms: food product |
| frustum | (noun) a truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed | - |
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| gesture | (noun) motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling | - |
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| (noun) something done as an indication of intention | - |
| (noun) the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals | Synonyms: motion |
| imposture | (noun) pretending to be another person | Synonyms: impersonation |
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| masturbation | (noun) manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure | Synonyms: onanism |
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| masturbator | (noun) a person who practices masturbation | Synonyms: onanist |
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| moisture | (noun) wetness caused by water | Synonyms: wet |
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| nasturtium | (noun) flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings | - |
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| (noun) any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers | - |
| pasturage | (noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: eatage, forage, grass, pasture |
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| (noun) succulent herbaceous vegetation of pastureland | Synonyms: herbage |
| pasture | (noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: eatage, forage, grass, pasturage |
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| (noun) a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock | Synonyms: grazing land, lea, ley, pasture land, pastureland |
| pastureland | (noun) a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock | Synonyms: grazing land, lea, ley, pasture, pasture land |
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| postulant | (noun) one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order | - |
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| postulate | (noun) (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning | Synonyms: posit |
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| postulation | (noun) (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument | Synonyms: predication |
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| (noun) a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority | Synonyms: petition, request |
| postulator | (noun) someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument | - |
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| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization | - |
| posture | (noun) the arrangement of the body and its limbs | Synonyms: attitude, position |
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| (noun) characteristic way of bearing one's body | Synonyms: bearing, carriage |
| (noun) capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war | Synonyms: military capability, military posture, military strength, strength |
| (noun) a rationalized mental attitude | Synonyms: position, stance |
| posturer | (noun) someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or mislead others | - |
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| posturing | (noun) adopting a vain conceited posture | - |
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| pustule | (noun) a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus | - |
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| stub | (noun) the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) | Synonyms: butt |
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| (noun) a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt | Synonyms: ticket stub |
| (noun) the part of a check that is retained as a record | Synonyms: check stub, counterfoil |
| (noun) a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost | - |
| (noun) a small piece | Synonyms: nub |
| stubbiness | (noun) the property of being short and broad | Synonyms: squatness |
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| stubble | (noun) short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days | - |
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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, husk, shuck, stalk, straw |
| stubbornness | (noun) the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome | Synonyms: mulishness, obstinacy, obstinance |
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| (noun) resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires | Synonyms: bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will |
| stucco | (noun) a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces | - |
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| stud | (noun) poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt | Synonyms: stud poker |
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| (noun) adult male horse kept for breeding | Synonyms: studhorse |
| (noun) an upright in house framing | Synonyms: scantling |
| (noun) ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt) | Synonyms: rivet |
| (noun) a man who is virile and sexually active | Synonyms: he-man, macho-man |
| studbook | (noun) official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses | - |
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| student | (noun) a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution | Synonyms: educatee, pupil |
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| (noun) someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs | Synonyms: assimilator, learner, scholar |
| studentship | (noun) the position of student | - |
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| studhorse | (noun) adult male horse kept for breeding | Synonyms: stud |
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| studio | (noun) workplace for the teaching or practice of an art | - |
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| (noun) an apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen | Synonyms: studio apartment |
| (noun) workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded | - |
| studiousness | (noun) diligent study | - |
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| study | (noun) a detailed critical inspection | Synonyms: survey |
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| (noun) a room used for reading and writing and studying | - |
| (noun) preliminary drawing for later elaboration | Synonyms: sketch |
| (noun) attentive consideration and meditation | Synonyms: cogitation |
| (noun) a branch of knowledge | Synonyms: bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, subject, subject area, subject field |
| (noun) applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) | Synonyms: work |
| (noun) a state of deep mental absorption | - |
| (noun) a written document describing the findings of some individual or group | Synonyms: report, written report |
| (noun) a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique | - |
| (noun) someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play) | - |
| studying | (noun) reading carefully with intent to remember | Synonyms: perusal, perusing, poring over |
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| stuff | (noun) miscellaneous unspecified objects | - |
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| (noun) unspecified qualities required to do or be something | - |
| (noun) a critically important or characteristic component | - |
| (noun) senseless talk | Synonyms: hooey, poppycock, stuff and nonsense |
| (noun) information in some unspecified form | - |
| (noun) informal terms for personal possessions | Synonyms: clobber |
| (noun) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Synonyms: material |
| stuffer | (noun) an advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mail | - |
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| (noun) a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display | Synonyms: animal stuffer, taxidermist |
| stuffiness | (noun) dull and pompous gravity | Synonyms: stodginess |
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| (noun) the quality of being close and poorly ventilated | Synonyms: closeness |
| (noun) state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat | - |
| stuffing | (noun) padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture | - |
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| (noun) a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables | Synonyms: dressing |
| stultification | (noun) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | Synonyms: constipation, deadening, impairment |
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| (noun) derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent | Synonyms: befooling |
| stumble | (noun) an unsteady uneven gait | Synonyms: lurch, stagger |
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| (noun) an unintentional but embarrassing blunder | Synonyms: misstep, trip-up, trip |
| stumblebum | (noun) an awkward stupid person | Synonyms: clod, gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, oaf |
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| (noun) a second-rate prize fighter | Synonyms: palooka |
| stumbler | (noun) a walker or runner who trips and almost falls | Synonyms: tripper |
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| (noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | Synonyms: blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack |
| stump | (noun) (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket | - |
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| (noun) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it | Synonyms: ambo, dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox |
| (noun) the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed | - |
| (noun) the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled | Synonyms: tree stump |
| stumper | (noun) a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem | Synonyms: poser, sticker, toughie |
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| stumping | (noun) campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches) | - |
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| stumpknocker | (noun) inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish | Synonyms: Lepomis punctatus, spotted sunfish |
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| stunner | (noun) an unexpected and amazing event | - |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, sweetheart |
| stunt | (noun) a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention | - |
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| (noun) a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth | - |
| stuntedness | (noun) smallness of stature | Synonyms: puniness, runtiness |
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| stunting | (noun) the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft | Synonyms: acrobatics, aerobatics, stunt flying |
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| stupa | (noun) a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists | Synonyms: tope |
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| stupe | (noun) a person who is not very bright | Synonyms: dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupid, stupid person |
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| stupefaction | (noun) the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic | - |
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| (noun) marginal consciousness | Synonyms: grogginess, semiconsciousness, stupor |
| (noun) a feeling of stupefied astonishment | - |
| stupid | (noun) a person who is not very bright | Synonyms: dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid person |
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| stupidity | (noun) a stupid mistake | Synonyms: betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility |
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| (noun) a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience | - |
| stupor | (noun) marginal consciousness | Synonyms: grogginess, semiconsciousness, stupefaction |
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| (noun) the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally | Synonyms: daze, shock |
| sturdiness | (noun) the property of something that is strongly built | - |
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| (noun) resoluteness evidenced by strength of character | - |
| (noun) the state of being vigorous and robust | - |
| sturgeon | (noun) large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone | - |
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| stutter | (noun) a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds | Synonyms: stammer |
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| stutterer | (noun) someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions | Synonyms: stammerer |
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| tempestuousness | (noun) a state of wild storminess | - |
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| (noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: agitation, ferment, fermentation, unrest |
| testudo | (noun) a movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification | - |
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| understudy | (noun) an actor able to replace a regular performer when required | Synonyms: standby |
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| vesture | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wear, wearable |
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| (noun) something that covers or cloaks like a garment | - |