| matchbook | (noun) a small folder of paper safety matches | - |
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| matchbox | (noun) a box for holding matches | - |
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| matchbush | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches | Synonyms: matchweed |
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| matcher | (noun) someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others | Synonyms: marriage broker, matchmaker |
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| matchet | (noun) a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation | Synonyms: machete, panga |
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| matchlessness | (noun) The state or condition of being matchless, of having no equal. | Synonyms: peerlessness |
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| matchlock | (noun) an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge | - |
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| matchmaker | (noun) someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others | Synonyms: marriage broker, matcher |
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| matchmaking | (noun) mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others | - |
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| matchstick | (noun) a short thin stick of wood used in making matches | - |
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| matchup | (noun) the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition | Synonyms: match-up |
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| matchweed | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches | Synonyms: matchbush |
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| matchwood | (noun) fragments of wood | - |
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| (noun) wood suitable for making matchsticks | - |
| (noun) wood in small pieces or splinters | Synonyms: splinters |
| midwatch | (noun) a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.) | Synonyms: graveyard watch, middle watch, night watch |
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| mismatch | (noun) a bad or unsuitable match | - |
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| mutchkin | (noun) a Scottish unit of liquid measure equal to 0.9 United States pint | - |
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| nautch | (noun) an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls | Synonyms: nauch, nautch dance |
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| notch | (noun) a small cut | Synonyms: nick, snick |
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| (noun) a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface | - |
| (noun) the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks | Synonyms: mountain pass, pass |
| (noun) a V-shaped indentation | - |
| nuthatch | (noun) any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects | Synonyms: nutcracker |
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| overwatch | (noun) surveillence by a unit within a video game which would cause the unit to make an action in response to an enemy unit's action | - |
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| oystercatcher | (noun) black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc. | Synonyms: oyster catcher |
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| patch | (noun) a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole | - |
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| (noun) sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment) | Synonyms: darn, mend |
| (noun) a protective cloth covering for an injured eye | Synonyms: eyepatch |
| (noun) a connection intended to be used for a limited time | Synonyms: temporary hookup |
| (noun) a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body | Synonyms: bandage |
| (noun) a small contrasting part of something | Synonyms: dapple, fleck, maculation, speckle, spot |
| (noun) a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program | - |
| (noun) a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation | Synonyms: plot, plot of ground, plot of land |
| (noun) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | Synonyms: piece, spell, while |
| patchboard | (noun) telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords | Synonyms: plugboard, switchboard |
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| patchcord | (noun) a length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboard | - |
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| patchiness | (noun) unevenness in quality or performance | - |
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| patching | (noun) the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it | - |
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| patchouli | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly |
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| (noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin |
| patchouly | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouli |
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| (noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouli, Pogostemon cablin |
| patchwork | (noun) sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern | - |
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| (noun) a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together | Synonyms: patchwork quilt |
| (noun) a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas | Synonyms: hodgepodge, jumble |
| petchary | (noun) a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird | Synonyms: gray kingbird, grey kingbird, Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis |
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| pitch | (noun) the action or manner of throwing something | - |
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| (noun) an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump | Synonyms: auction pitch |
| (noun) a high approach shot in golf | Synonyms: pitch shot |
| (noun) the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it | Synonyms: delivery |
| (noun) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | Synonyms: lurch, pitching |
| (noun) the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration | - |
| (noun) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane | Synonyms: rake, slant |
| (noun) promotion by means of an argument and demonstration | Synonyms: sales pitch, sales talk |
| (noun) a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk) | - |
| (noun) a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer | Synonyms: soccer field |
| (noun) any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue | Synonyms: tar |
| pitchblende | (noun) a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore | Synonyms: uraninite |
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| pitcher | (noun) the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit | Synonyms: mound |
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| (noun) an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring | Synonyms: ewer |
| (noun) (baseball) the person who does the pitching | Synonyms: hurler, twirler |
| (noun) (botany) a leaf that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer | - |
| (noun) the quantity contained in a pitcher | Synonyms: pitcherful |
| pitcherful | (noun) the quantity contained in a pitcher | Synonyms: pitcher |
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| pitchfork | (noun) a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay | - |
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| pitching | (noun) (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team | - |
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| (noun) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | Synonyms: lurch, pitch |
| pitchman | (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | Synonyms: hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar |
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| (noun) an aggressive salesman who uses a fast line of talk to sell something | - |
| pitchstone | (noun) dark acid granitic glass | - |
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| portwatcher | (noun) a watchman on a wharf | Synonyms: port watcher |
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| potlatch | (noun) a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment) | - |
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| ramontchi | (noun) small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums | Synonyms: batoko palm, Flacourtia indica, governor's plum, governor plum, Madagascar plum |
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| ratch | (noun) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction | Synonyms: rachet, ratchet |
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| ratchet | (noun) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction | Synonyms: rachet, ratch |
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| rematch | (noun) something (especially a game) that is played again | Synonyms: replay |
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| retch | (noun) an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting | Synonyms: heave |
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| rewatch | (noun) to watch a show or television one more time | - |
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| satchel | (noun) luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap | - |
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| scotch | (noun) a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) | Synonyms: score |
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| scratch | (noun) an indication of damage | Synonyms: mark, scar, scrape |
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| (noun) (golf) a handicap of zero strokes | - |
| (noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: cacography, scrawl, scribble |
| (noun) a harsh noise made by scraping | Synonyms: scrape, scraping, scratching |
| (noun) dry mash for poultry | Synonyms: chicken feed |
| (noun) a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game | Synonyms: scratch line, start, starting line |
| (noun) a competitor who has withdrawn from competition | - |
| (noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
| (noun) a depression scratched or carved into a surface | Synonyms: dent, incision, prick, slit |
| (noun) an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off | Synonyms: abrasion, excoriation, scrape |
| scratcher | (noun) a device used for scratching | - |
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| (noun) a person who scratches to relieve an itch | - |
| (noun) a workman who uses a tool for scratching | - |
| scratchiness | (noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | Synonyms: abrasiveness, harshness |
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| scratching | (noun) a harsh noise made by scraping | Synonyms: scrape, scraping, scratch |
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| scratchpad | (noun) (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information | - |
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| scutcheon | (noun) a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms | Synonyms: escutcheon |
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| (noun) a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers | Synonyms: escutcheon, finger plate |
| sketch | (noun) preliminary drawing for later elaboration | Synonyms: study |
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| (noun) short descriptive summary (of events) | Synonyms: resume, survey |
| (noun) a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: cartoon |
| (noun) a brief literary description | Synonyms: vignette |
| sketchbook | (noun) a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn | Synonyms: sketch block, sketch pad |
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| sketcher | (noun) an implement for sketching | - |
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| (noun) someone who draws sketches | - |
| sketchiness | (noun) incompleteness of details | - |
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| snatch | (noun) the act of catching an object with the hands | Synonyms: catch, grab, snap |
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| (noun) a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion | - |
| (noun) (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment | Synonyms: kidnapping |
| (noun) obscene terms for female genitals | Synonyms: cunt, puss, pussy, slit, twat |
| (noun) a small fragment | Synonyms: bit |
| snatcher | (noun) someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) | Synonyms: abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper |
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| (noun) a thief who grabs and runs | - |
| snitch | (noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | Synonyms: canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon |
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| snitcher | (noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | Synonyms: canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon |
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| (noun) a thief who steals without using violence | Synonyms: pilferer, sneak thief |
| spatchcock | (noun) flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed) | - |
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| splotch | (noun) an irregularly shaped spot | Synonyms: blotch, splodge |
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| stitch | (noun) a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing | - |
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| (noun) a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running | - |
| stitcher | (noun) a garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps | - |
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| stitchery | (noun) needlework on which you are working with needle and thread | Synonyms: sewing |
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| stitching | (noun) joining or attaching by stitches | Synonyms: sewing |
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| stitchwort | (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, starwort, Stellaria holostea |
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| stopwatch | (noun) a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) | Synonyms: stop watch |
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| stretch | (noun) exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent | Synonyms: stretching |
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| (noun) the act of physically reaching or thrusting out | Synonyms: reach, reaching |
| (noun) extension to or beyond the ordinary limit | - |
| (noun) a straightaway section of a racetrack | - |
| (noun) the capacity for being stretched | Synonyms: stretchability, stretchiness |
| (noun) a large and unbroken expanse or distance | - |
| (noun) an unbroken period of time during which you do something | Synonyms: stint |
| stretchability | (noun) the capacity for being stretched | Synonyms: stretch, stretchiness |
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| stretcher | (noun) a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles | - |
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| (noun) a stone that forms the top of wall or building | Synonyms: capstone, copestone, coping stone |
| (noun) a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it | - |
| (noun) a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting | - |
| stretchiness | (noun) the capacity for being stretched | Synonyms: stretch, stretchability |
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| stretching | (noun) exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent | Synonyms: stretch |
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| (noun) act of expanding by lengthening or widening | - |
| swatch | (noun) a sample piece of cloth | - |
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| switch | (noun) the act of changing one thing or position for another | Synonyms: shift, switching |
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| (noun) a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other | - |
| (noun) a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment | - |
| (noun) control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit | Synonyms: electric switch, electrical switch |
| (noun) railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock | - |
| (noun) hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure | - |
| (noun) an event in which one thing is substituted for another | Synonyms: permutation, replacement, substitution, transposition |
| switchblade | (noun) a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button | Synonyms: flick-knife, flick knife, switchblade knife |
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| switchboard | (noun) telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords | Synonyms: patchboard, plugboard |
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| switcher | (noun) a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip | Synonyms: whipper |
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| switcheroo | (noun) a sudden unexpected switch | - |
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| switching | (noun) the act of changing one thing or position for another | Synonyms: shift, switch |
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| switchman | (noun) a man who operates railroad switches | - |
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| tchotchke | (noun) (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket | Synonyms: chachka, tsatske, tshatshke |
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| (noun) (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman | Synonyms: chachka, tchotchkeleh, tsatske, tshatshke |
| tchotchkeleh | (noun) (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman | Synonyms: chachka, tchotchke, tsatske, tshatshke |
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| tetchiness | (noun) feeling easily irritated | Synonyms: testiness, touchiness |
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| thatch | (noun) a house roof made with a plant material (as straw) | Synonyms: thatched roof |
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| (noun) hair resembling thatched roofing material | - |
| (noun) plant stalks used as roofing material | - |
| thatcher | (noun) someone skilled in making a roof from plant stalks or foliage | - |
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| twitch | (noun) a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition | Synonyms: twitching, vellication |
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| twitching | (noun) a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition | Synonyms: twitch, vellication |
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| vetch | (noun) any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants | - |
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| vetchling | (noun) any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils | - |
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| vetchworm | (noun) larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops | Synonyms: corn earworm, cotton bollworm, Heliothis zia, tobacco budworm, tomato fruitworm |
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| watch | (noun) a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe | Synonyms: vigil |
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| (noun) the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) | Synonyms: vigil |
| (noun) a small portable timepiece | Synonyms: ticker |
| (noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter |
| (noun) a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty | - |
| (noun) the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty | - |
| watchband | (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchstrap, wristband |
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| watchdog | (noun) a dog trained to guard property | Synonyms: guard dog |
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| (noun) a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste | - |
| watcher | (noun) a guard who keeps watch | Synonyms: security guard, watchman |
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| (noun) a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) | Synonyms: looker, spectator, viewer, witness |
| (noun) a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body | - |
| watchfulness | (noun) vigilant attentiveness | Synonyms: vigilance, weather eye |
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| (noun) the process of paying close and continuous attention | Synonyms: alertness, vigilance, wakefulness |
| watching | (noun) the act of observing; taking a patient look | Synonyms: observance, observation |
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| watchmaker | (noun) someone who makes or repairs watches | Synonyms: horologer, horologist |
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