bequest | (noun) (law) a gift of personal property by will | Synonyms: legacy |
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blues | (noun) a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes | - |
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(noun) a state of depression | Synonyms: blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours |
bluestem | (noun) tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States | Synonyms: Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii, blue stem |
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bluestocking | (noun) a woman having literary or intellectual interests | Synonyms: bas bleu |
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bluestone | (noun) bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building | - |
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conquest | (noun) success in mastering something difficult | - |
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(noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquering, subjection, subjugation |
(noun) an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone | Synonyms: seduction |
equestrian | (noun) a person skilled in equitation | Synonyms: horseback rider |
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fatigues | (noun) military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor | - |
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gruesomeness | (noun) the quality of being ghastly | Synonyms: ghastliness, grimness, luridness |
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guess | (noun) an estimate based on little or no information | Synonyms: dead reckoning, guessing, guesswork, shot |
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(noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise |
guesser | (noun) a person who guesses | - |
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guessing | (noun) an estimate based on little or no information | Synonyms: dead reckoning, guess, guesswork, shot |
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guesstimate | (noun) an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing | Synonyms: guestimate |
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guesswork | (noun) an estimate based on little or no information | Synonyms: dead reckoning, guess, guessing, shot |
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guest | (noun) (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network | Synonyms: client, node |
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(noun) a visitor to whom hospitality is extended | Synonyms: invitee |
(noun) a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc. | - |
guesthouse | (noun) a house separate from the main house; for housing guests | - |
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guestimate | (noun) an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing | Synonyms: guesstimate |
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guestroom | (noun) a bedroom that is kept for the use of guests | - |
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guestworker | (noun) a person with temporary permission to work in another country | Synonyms: guest worker |
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houseguest | (noun) a guest entertained in your house | Synonyms: house guest |
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inquest | (noun) an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death | - |
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lues | (noun) a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) | Synonyms: lues venerea, pox, syph, syphilis |
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marquess | (noun) a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl | - |
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(noun) nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count | Synonyms: marquis |
muesli | (noun) mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits | - |
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quesadilla | (noun) a tortilla that is filled with cheese and heated | - |
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quest | (noun) the act of searching for something | Synonyms: seeking |
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(noun) a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Synonyms: pursuance, pursuit |
quester | (noun) someone making a search or inquiry | Synonyms: searcher, seeker |
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question | (noun) uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something | Synonyms: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness |
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(noun) an instance of questioning | Synonyms: enquiry, inquiry, interrogation, query |
(noun) the subject matter at issue | Synonyms: head |
(noun) a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote | Synonyms: motion |
(noun) a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply | Synonyms: interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence |
(noun) an informal reference to a marriage proposal | - |
questioner | (noun) someone who asks a question | Synonyms: asker, enquirer, inquirer, querier |
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questioning | (noun) a request for information | Synonyms: inquiring |
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questionnaire | (noun) a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information | - |
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request | (noun) the verbal act of requesting | Synonyms: asking |
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(noun) a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority | Synonyms: petition, postulation |
requester | (noun) one praying humbly for something | Synonyms: petitioner, suppliant, supplicant |
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sequestration | (noun) the act of segregating or sequestering | Synonyms: segregation |
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(noun) seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized | Synonyms: requisition |
(noun) a writ that authorizes the seizure of property | - |
(noun) the action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions | - |
unquestionability | (noun) the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt | Synonyms: indisputability, indubitability, unquestionableness |
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unquestionableness | (noun) the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt | Synonyms: indisputability, indubitability, unquestionability |
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values | (noun) beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something) | - |
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