attache | (noun) a shallow and rectangular briefcase | Synonyms: attache case |
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(noun) a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission | - |
attachment | (noun) the act of fastening things together | Synonyms: fastening |
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(noun) the act of attaching or affixing something | Synonyms: affixation |
(noun) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion | Synonyms: adherence, adhesion |
(noun) a supplementary part or accessory | - |
(noun) a connection that fastens things together | Synonyms: bond |
(noun) a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding | - |
(noun) a feeling of affection for a person or an institution | Synonyms: fond regard |
catachresis | (noun) strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths') | - |
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detachment | (noun) the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | Synonyms: disengagement |
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(noun) coming apart | Synonyms: breakup, separation |
(noun) avoiding emotional involvement | Synonyms: withdrawal |
(noun) a small unit of troops of special composition | - |
(noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: insularism, insularity, insulation |
heartache | (noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | Synonyms: brokenheartedness, grief, heartbreak |
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isotach | (noun) a line joining points with constant wind speed. | - |
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moustache | (noun) an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | Synonyms: mustache |
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moustachio | (noun) a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) | Synonyms: handle-bars, mustachio |
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mustache | (noun) an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | Synonyms: moustache |
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mustachio | (noun) a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) | Synonyms: handle-bars, moustachio |
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pistachio | (noun) nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel | Synonyms: pistachio nut |
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(noun) small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts | Synonyms: pistachio tree, Pistacia vera |
soutache | (noun) a narrow braid used as a decorative trimming | - |
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stachyose | (noun) a tetrasaccharide found in the tubers of the Chinese artichoke | - |
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tach | (noun) measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation | Synonyms: tachometer |
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tacheometer | (noun) a theodolite designed for rapid measurements | Synonyms: tachymeter |
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tachistoscope | (noun) scientific instrument used by psychologists; presents visual stimuli for brief exposures | Synonyms: t-scope |
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tachogram | (noun) a graphical record of speed and distance produced by a tachograph | - |
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tachograph | (noun) a tachometer that produces a graphical record of its readings; used to record the speed and duration of trips in a motor vehicle | - |
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tachometer | (noun) measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation | Synonyms: tach |
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tachycardia | (noun) abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute) | - |
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tachygraphy | (noun) a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system | Synonyms: shorthand, stenography |
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tachylite | (noun) a basic or basalt glass | - |
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tachymeter | (noun) a theodolite designed for rapid measurements | Synonyms: tacheometer |
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