| bluff | (noun) the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards | Synonyms: four flush |
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| (noun) pretense that your position is stronger than it really is | - |
| (noun) a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion) | - |
| bluffer | (noun) a person who tries to bluff other people | Synonyms: four-flusher |
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| bluffness | (noun) good-natured frankness | - |
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| bouffant | (noun) a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance | - |
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| bouffe | (noun) opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken | Synonyms: comic opera, opera bouffe, opera comique |
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| breadstuff | (noun) food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked | Synonyms: bread, staff of life |
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| (noun) flour or meal or grain used in baking bread | - |
| buff | (noun) an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) | Synonyms: buffer |
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| (noun) a medium to dark tan color | Synonyms: caramel, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown |
| (noun) bare skin | - |
| (noun) an ardent follower and admirer | Synonyms: devotee, fan, lover |
| (noun) a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen | - |
| buffalo | (noun) any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo, Cape buffalo | Synonyms: Old World buffalo |
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| (noun) large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains | Synonyms: American bison, American buffalo, Bison bison |
| (noun) meat from an American bison | - |
| buffalofish | (noun) any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley | Synonyms: buffalo fish |
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| (noun) large carp-like North American fish | - |
| buffer | (noun) a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact | Synonyms: fender |
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| (noun) a power tool used to buff surfaces | Synonyms: polisher |
| (noun) an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track | Synonyms: cowcatcher, fender, pilot |
| (noun) (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system | Synonyms: buffer storage, buffer store |
| (noun) an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) | Synonyms: buff |
| (noun) a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict | Synonyms: buffer zone |
| (noun) (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH | - |
| buffet | (noun) a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers | Synonyms: counter, sideboard |
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| (noun) usually inexpensive bar | Synonyms: snack bar, snack counter |
| (noun) a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves | - |
| buffeting | (noun) repeated heavy blows | Synonyms: pounding |
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| bufflehead | (noun) small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage | Synonyms: Bucephela albeola, butterball, dipper |
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| buffoon | (noun) a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior | Synonyms: clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew |
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| (noun) a rude or vulgar fool | Synonyms: clown |
| buffoonery | (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prank |
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| candlesnuffer | (noun) an implement with a small cup at the end of a handle; used to extinguish the flame of a candle | - |
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| chauffeur | (noun) a person paid to drive a privately owned car | - |
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| chauffeuse | (noun) a woman chauffeur | - |
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| cuff | (noun) the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg | Synonyms: turnup |
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| (noun) shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs | Synonyms: handcuff, handlock, manacle |
| cufflink | (noun) jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt | - |
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| dandruff | (noun) loose scales shed from the scalp | - |
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| (noun) a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp | - |
| duff | (noun) a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron | Synonyms: plum duff |
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| duffel | (noun) a coarse heavy woolen fabric | Synonyms: duffle |
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| (noun) a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings | Synonyms: duffel bag, duffle, duffle bag |
| duffer | (noun) an incompetent or clumsy person | - |
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| duffle | (noun) a coarse heavy woolen fabric | Synonyms: duffel |
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| (noun) a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings | Synonyms: duffel, duffel bag, duffle bag |
| dyestuff | (noun) a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair | Synonyms: dye |
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| earcuff | (noun) a non-pierced earring of varying size (i.e. small wrap or hook big enough to hang over the whole ear and dangle) worn on the rim of the ear. | Synonyms: ear cuff, ear hook earring, ear wrap |
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| earmuff | (noun) either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather | - |
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| fisticuffs | (noun) fighting with the fists | Synonyms: boxing, pugilism |
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| (noun) a fight with bare fists | Synonyms: fistfight, slugfest |
| fluff | (noun) a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) | - |
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| (noun) something of little value or significance | Synonyms: bagatelle, frippery, frivolity |
| (noun) any light downy material | - |
| fluffiness | (noun) a light softness | Synonyms: downiness, featheriness |
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| foodstuff | (noun) (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer | Synonyms: grocery |
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| (noun) a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food | Synonyms: food product |
| gauffer | (noun) an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats | Synonyms: goffer |
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| (noun) an iron used to press pleats and ridges | Synonyms: gauffering iron, goffer, goffering iron |
| gruffness | (noun) a throaty harshness | Synonyms: hoarseness, huskiness |
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| (noun) an abrupt discourteous manner | Synonyms: abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, shortness |
| guff | (noun) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) | Synonyms: buncombe, bunk, bunkum, hogwash, rot |
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| guffaw | (noun) a burst of deep loud hearty laughter | Synonyms: belly laugh |
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| handcuff | (noun) shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs | Synonyms: cuff, handlock, manacle |
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| huff | (noun) a state of irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: miff, seeing red |
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| huffiness | (noun) a passing state of anger and resentment | - |
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| huffing | (noun) an act of forcible exhalation | Synonyms: puffing, snorting |
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| huffishness | (noun) a feeling of sulky resentment | Synonyms: sulkiness |
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| insufficiency | (noun) lack of an adequate quantity or number | Synonyms: deficiency, inadequacy |
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| (noun) (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally | - |
| (noun) a lack of competence | Synonyms: inadequacy |
| insufflation | (noun) an act of blowing or breathing on or into something | - |
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| (noun) (medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity) | - |
| kerfuffle | (noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult | Synonyms: commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, to-do |
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| luff | (noun) the act of sailing close to the wind | - |
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| (noun) (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast | - |
| luffa | (noun) any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge | Synonyms: dishcloth gourd, rag gourd, sponge gourd, strainer vine |
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| (noun) the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer | Synonyms: loofa, loofah, loufah sponge |
| moufflon | (noun) wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia | Synonyms: mouflon, Ovis musimon |
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| muff | (noun) (sports) dropping the ball | Synonyms: fumble |
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| (noun) a warm tubular covering for the hands | - |
| muffin | (noun) a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan | Synonyms: gem |
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| muffle | (noun) a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature | - |
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| muffler | (noun) a scarf worn around the neck | - |
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| (noun) a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise | Synonyms: silencer |
| (noun) a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations | Synonyms: damper |
| pouffe | (noun) thick cushion used as a seat | Synonyms: hassock, ottoman, pouf, puff |
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| powderpuff | (noun) a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin | Synonyms: puff |
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| puff | (noun) a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) | Synonyms: drag, pull |
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| (noun) forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth | Synonyms: blow |
| (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comfort, comforter, quilt |
| (noun) a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin | Synonyms: powderpuff |
| (noun) thick cushion used as a seat | Synonyms: hassock, ottoman, pouf, pouffe |
| (noun) exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) | - |
| (noun) a light inflated pastry or puff shell | - |
| (noun) a short light gust of air | Synonyms: puff of air, whiff |
| puffball | (noun) any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature | Synonyms: true puffball |
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| (noun) any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | Synonyms: earthball, false truffle, hard-skinned puffball |
| puffbird | (noun) brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers | - |
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| puffer | (noun) any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | Synonyms: blowfish, globefish, pufferfish |
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| (noun) delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver | Synonyms: blowfish, pufferfish, sea squab |
| pufferfish | (noun) any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | Synonyms: blowfish, globefish, puffer |
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| (noun) delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver | Synonyms: blowfish, puffer, sea squab |
| puffery | (noun) a flattering commendation (especially when used for promotional purposes) | - |
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| puffin | (noun) any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills | - |
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| puffiness | (noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness |
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| (noun) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | Synonyms: lump, swelling |
| puffing | (noun) an act of forcible exhalation | Synonyms: huffing, snorting |
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| (noun) blowing tobacco smoke out into the air | - |
| ragamuffin | (noun) a dirty shabbily clothed urchin | Synonyms: tatterdemalion |
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| rebuff | (noun) a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) | Synonyms: slight |
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| (noun) an instance of driving away or warding off | Synonyms: repulse, snub |
| rechauffe | (noun) warmed leftovers | - |
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| reshuffle | (noun) shuffling again | Synonyms: reshuffling |
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| (noun) a redistribution of something | - |
| reshuffling | (noun) shuffling again | Synonyms: reshuffle |
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| ruff | (noun) (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit | Synonyms: trumping |
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| (noun) common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season | Synonyms: Philomachus pugnax |
| (noun) a high tight collar | Synonyms: choker, neck ruff, ruffle |
| (noun) an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal | Synonyms: frill |
| ruffian | (noun) a cruel and brutal fellow | Synonyms: bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo |
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| ruffianism | (noun) violent lawless behavior | - |
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| ruffle | (noun) a noisy fight | Synonyms: affray, disturbance, fray |
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| (noun) a high tight collar | Synonyms: choker, neck ruff, ruff |
| (noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim | Synonyms: flounce, frill, furbelow |
| scruff | (noun) the back side of the neck | Synonyms: nape, nucha |
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| scuff | (noun) the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet) | - |
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| (noun) a slipper that has no fitting around the heel | Synonyms: mule |
| scuffer | (noun) a lightweight flexible sandal with a sturdy sole; worn as play shoes by children and as sportswear by adults | - |
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| scuffle | (noun) disorderly fighting | Synonyms: dogfight, hassle, rough-and-tumble, tussle |
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| (noun) an unceremonious and disorganized struggle | Synonyms: scramble |
| (noun) a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling | Synonyms: Dutch hoe, scuffle hoe |
| shuffle | (noun) the act of mixing cards haphazardly | Synonyms: make, shuffling |
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| (noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shamble, shambling, shuffling |
| shuffleboard | (noun) a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface | Synonyms: shovelboard |
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| shuffler | (noun) someone who walks without raising the feet | - |
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| (noun) the card player who shuffles the cards | - |
| shuffling | (noun) the act of mixing cards haphazardly | Synonyms: make, shuffle |
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| (noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shamble, shambling, shuffle |
| snuff | (noun) sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose | Synonyms: sniff |
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| (noun) finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose | - |
| (noun) a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time | - |
| (noun) the charred portion of a candlewick | - |
| snuffbox | (noun) a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket | - |
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| snuffer | (noun) a cone-shaped implement with a handle; for extinguishing candles | - |
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| (noun) a person who uses snuff | Synonyms: snuff user |
| (noun) a person who snuffs out candles | - |
| snuffers | (noun) scissors for cropping and holding the snuff of a candlewick | - |
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| snuffle | (noun) the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) | Synonyms: sniffle, snivel |
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| snuffler | (noun) a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by mucus) | - |
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| souffle | (noun) light fluffy dish of egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites mixed with e.g. cheese or fish or fruit | - |
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| stuff | (noun) miscellaneous unspecified objects | - |
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| (noun) unspecified qualities required to do or be something | - |
| (noun) a critically important or characteristic component | - |
| (noun) senseless talk | Synonyms: hooey, poppycock, stuff and nonsense |
| (noun) information in some unspecified form | - |
| (noun) informal terms for personal possessions | Synonyms: clobber |
| (noun) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Synonyms: material |
| stuffer | (noun) an advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mail | - |
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| (noun) a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display | Synonyms: animal stuffer, taxidermist |
| stuffiness | (noun) dull and pompous gravity | Synonyms: stodginess |
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| (noun) the quality of being close and poorly ventilated | Synonyms: closeness |
| (noun) state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat | - |
| stuffing | (noun) padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture | - |
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| (noun) a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables | Synonyms: dressing |
| sufferance | (noun) patient endurance especially of pain or distress | - |
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| (noun) a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations | Synonyms: acceptance, toleration |
| sufferer | (noun) a person suffering from an illness | Synonyms: diseased person, sick person |
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| (noun) one who suffers for the sake of principle | Synonyms: martyr |
| suffering | (noun) feelings of mental or physical pain | Synonyms: hurt |
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| (noun) psychological suffering | Synonyms: distress, hurt |
| (noun) a state of acute pain | Synonyms: agony, excruciation |
| (noun) misery resulting from affliction | Synonyms: woe |
| sufficiency | (noun) the quality of being sufficient for the end in view | Synonyms: adequacy |
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| (noun) an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose | Synonyms: enough |
| (noun) sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations | - |
| suffix | (noun) an affix that is added at the end of the word | Synonyms: postfix |
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| suffixation | (noun) formation of a word by means of a suffix | - |
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| suffocation | (noun) killing by depriving of oxygen | Synonyms: asphyxiation |
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| (noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) | Synonyms: asphyxiation |
| suffragan | (noun) an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese | Synonyms: suffragan bishop |
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| suffrage | (noun) a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment | Synonyms: right to vote, vote |
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| suffragette | (noun) a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century) | - |
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