accouchement | (noun) the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child | Synonyms: childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth |
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accoucheur | (noun) a physician specializing in obstetrics | Synonyms: obstetrician |
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accoucheuse | (noun) a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies | Synonyms: midwife |
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archduchess | (noun) a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria | - |
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archduchy | (noun) the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess | - |
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avouchment | (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: affirmation, avowal |
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barouche | (noun) a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top | - |
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blucher | (noun) a high shoe with laces over the tongue | - |
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bouchee | (noun) shell of puff paste | Synonyms: patty shell |
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capuchin | (noun) monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl | Synonyms: Cebus capucinus, ringtail |
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(noun) a hooded cloak for women | - |
cartouch | (noun) a cartridge (usually with paper casing) | Synonyms: cartouche |
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cartouche | (noun) a cartridge (usually with paper casing) | Synonyms: cartouch |
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couch | (noun) an upholstered seat for more than one person | Synonyms: lounge, sofa |
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(noun) a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment | - |
(noun) a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer | - |
couchette | (noun) a compartment on a European passenger train; contains 4 to 6 berths for sleeping | - |
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(noun) a sleeping berth in a couchette compartment. | - |
crouch | (noun) the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body | - |
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debauch | (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia |
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debauchee | (noun) a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained | Synonyms: libertine, rounder |
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debaucher | (noun) someone who assaults others sexually | Synonyms: ravisher, violator |
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debauchery | (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia |
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douche | (noun) irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents | - |
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(noun) a small syringe with detachable nozzles; used for vaginal lavage and enemas | Synonyms: douche bag |
duchess | (noun) the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right | - |
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duchy | (noun) the domain controlled by a duke or duchess | Synonyms: dukedom |
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embouchure | (noun) the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly | Synonyms: mouthpiece |
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euchre | (noun) a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand | Synonyms: five hundred |
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eunuch | (noun) a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction | Synonyms: castrate |
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eunuchoidism | (noun) the state of being a eunuch (either because of lacking testicles or because they failed to develop) | Synonyms: male hypogonadism |
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fuchsia | (noun) a vivid purplish-red color | - |
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(noun) any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti | - |
gaucheness | (noun) an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement | Synonyms: crudeness, crudity |
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gaucherie | (noun) a socially awkward or tactless act | Synonyms: faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism |
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(noun) the quality of being rustic or gauche | Synonyms: rusticity |
gaucho | (noun) a cowboy of the South American Pampas | - |
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grouch | (noun) a bad-tempered person | Synonyms: churl, crank, crosspatch, grump |
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much | (noun) a great amount or extent | - |
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muchness | (noun) greatness of quantity or measure or extent | - |
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nauch | (noun) an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls | Synonyms: nautch, nautch dance |
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nebuchadnezzar | (noun) a very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wine; used especially for display | - |
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nonesuch | (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
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nonsuch | (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, paragon, saint |
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nucha | (noun) the back side of the neck | Synonyms: nape, scruff |
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overmuch | (noun) a quantity that is more than what is appropriate | Synonyms: overabundance, overmuchness, superabundance |
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overmuchness | (noun) a quantity that is more than what is appropriate | Synonyms: overabundance, overmuch, superabundance |
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penuche | (noun) fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts | Synonyms: panocha, panoche, penoche |
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penuchle | (noun) a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist | Synonyms: bezique, pinochle, pinocle |
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pfannkuchen | (noun) puffy mildly sweet lemon-flavored egg mixture sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and served with jam or a wine or fruit sauce | Synonyms: german pancake |
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pouch | (noun) a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things | - |
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(noun) (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) | Synonyms: pocket |
(noun) an enclosed space | Synonyms: pocket, sac, sack |
slouch | (noun) a stooping carriage in standing and walking | - |
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(noun) an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions | - |
sloucher | (noun) a person who slouches; someone with a drooping carriage | - |
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souchong | (noun) a fine quality of black tea native to China | Synonyms: soochong |
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touch | (noun) the act of putting two things together with no space between them | Synonyms: touching |
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(noun) the feel of mechanical action | - |
(noun) a distinguishing style | Synonyms: signature |
(noun) the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) | Synonyms: cutaneous senses, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality |
(noun) the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin | Synonyms: feeling, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch sensation |
(noun) deftness in handling matters | - |
(noun) the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan) | - |
(noun) a suggestion of some quality | Synonyms: ghost, trace |
(noun) a communicative interaction | Synonyms: contact |
(noun) the event of something coming in contact with the body | Synonyms: touching |
(noun) a slight but appreciable amount | Synonyms: hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge |
(noun) a slight attack of illness | Synonyms: spot |
touchback | (noun) (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone | - |
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touchdown | (noun) a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line | - |
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(noun) a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes | - |
toucher | (noun) a person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact with someone or something | - |
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touchiness | (noun) feeling easily irritated | Synonyms: testiness, tetchiness |
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touching | (noun) the act of putting two things together with no space between them | Synonyms: touch |
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(noun) the event of something coming in contact with the body | Synonyms: touch |
touchline | (noun) either of the sidelines in soccer or rugby | - |
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touchscreen | (noun) a computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screen | Synonyms: touch screen |
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touchstone | (noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: criterion, measure, standard |
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touchwood | (noun) material for starting a fire | Synonyms: kindling, punk, spunk, tinder |
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trebuchet | (noun) catapult that uses a swinging arm to throw a projectile | Synonyms: trebucket |
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untouchable | (noun) belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India | Synonyms: Harijan |
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vouchee | (noun) (law) a person called into court to defend a title | - |
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voucher | (noun) a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed | Synonyms: coupon |
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(noun) a document that serves as evidence of some expenditure | - |
(noun) someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement | Synonyms: verifier |