stilt | (noun) long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons | Synonyms: Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt plover, stiltbird |
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(noun) long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia | Synonyms: Australian stilt |
(noun) one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground | - |
(noun) a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure | Synonyms: pile, piling, spile |
stiltbird | (noun) long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons | Synonyms: Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt, stilt plover |
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tilt | (noun) pitching dangerously to one side | Synonyms: careen, rock, sway |
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(noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical | Synonyms: inclination, lean, leaning, list |
(noun) a slight but noticeable partiality | - |
(noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation |
(noun) a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances | Synonyms: joust |
tilter | (noun) a device for emptying a cask by tilting it without disturbing the dregs | - |
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(noun) someone who engages in a tilt or joust | - |
tilth | (noun) arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops | Synonyms: cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land |
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(noun) the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth | - |
tiltyard | (noun) (formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests | - |
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