archduke | (noun) a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria | - |
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auk | (noun) black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas | - |
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auklet | (noun) any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts | - |
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baranduki | (noun) terrestrial Siberian squirrel | Synonyms: baronduki, barunduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus |
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baronduki | (noun) terrestrial Siberian squirrel | Synonyms: baranduki, barunduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus |
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barunduki | (noun) terrestrial Siberian squirrel | Synonyms: baranduki, baronduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus |
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burunduki | (noun) terrestrial Siberian squirrel | Synonyms: baranduki, baronduki, barunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus |
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chukka | (noun) a shoe that comes up to the ankle and is laced through two or three pairs of eyelets; often made of suede | Synonyms: chukka boot |
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(noun) (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided | Synonyms: chukker |
chukker | (noun) (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided | Synonyms: chukka |
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cuke | (noun) cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons | Synonyms: cucumber |
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dibbuk | (noun) (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior | Synonyms: dybbuk |
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duke | (noun) a British peer of the highest rank | - |
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(noun) a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank | - |
dukedom | (noun) the domain controlled by a duke or duchess | Synonyms: duchy |
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(noun) the dignity or rank or position of a duke | - |
dybbuk | (noun) (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior | Synonyms: dibbuk |
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eukaryote | (noun) an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells | Synonyms: eucaryote |
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fluke | (noun) parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host | Synonyms: trematode, trematode worm |
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(noun) either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean | - |
(noun) flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor | Synonyms: flue |
(noun) a barb on a harpoon or arrow | - |
(noun) a stroke of luck | Synonyms: good fortune, good luck |
gerenuk | (noun) slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns | Synonyms: Litocranius walleri |
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interleukin | (noun) any of several lymphokines that promote macrophages and killer T cells and B cells and other components of the immune system | - |
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juke | (noun) (football) a deceptive move made by a football player | Synonyms: fake |
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(noun) a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox | Synonyms: jook, jook house, jook joint, juke house, juke joint |
jukebox | (noun) a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin | Synonyms: nickelodeon |
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kapuka | (noun) small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental | Synonyms: Griselinia littoralis |
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khukuri | (noun) a curved steel knife with a razor-sharp edge used in combat by the Gurkhas; has cultural and religious significance in Nepal | - |
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leukaemia | (noun) malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer | Synonyms: cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukemia |
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leukemia | (noun) malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer | Synonyms: cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukaemia |
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leukocyte | (noun) blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system | Synonyms: leucocyte, WBC, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle |
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leukocytosis | (noun) an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia) | Synonyms: leucocytosis |
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leukoderma | (noun) a congenital skin condition characterized by spots or bands of unpigmented skin | - |
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leukoencephalitis | (noun) inflammation of the white matter of the brain | - |
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leukoma | (noun) eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea | Synonyms: leucoma |
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leukopenia | (noun) an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count | Synonyms: leucopenia |
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leukorrhea | (noun) discharge of white mucous material from the vagina; often an indication of infection | Synonyms: leucorrhea |
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leukotomy | (noun) surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes | Synonyms: frontal lobotomy, leucotomy, lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy |
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lukewarmness | (noun) a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin | Synonyms: tepidity, tepidness |
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(noun) lack of passion, force or animation | Synonyms: tepidness |
mukataa | (noun) an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center | - |
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nuke | (noun) the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb | Synonyms: atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, thermonuclear warhead |
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padauk | (noun) tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain | Synonyms: amboyna, padouk, Pterocarpus indicus |
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(noun) the wood of any of the padauk trees, used in decorative cabinetwork. | - |
padouk | (noun) tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain | Synonyms: amboyna, padauk, Pterocarpus indicus |
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peruke | (noun) a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries | Synonyms: periwig |
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puka | (noun) small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers | Synonyms: Meryta sinclairii |
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(noun) South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers | Synonyms: Griselinia lucida |
puke | (noun) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | Synonyms: bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, rat, rotter, scum bag, scumbag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot |
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(noun) the matter ejected in vomiting | Synonyms: barf, vomit, vomitus |
puking | (noun) the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: disgorgement, emesis, regurgitation, vomit, vomiting |
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puku | (noun) an African antelope closely related to the waterbuck | Synonyms: Adenota vardoni |
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rebuke | (noun) an act or expression of criticism and censure | Synonyms: reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval |
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rebuker | (noun) someone who finds fault or imputes blame | Synonyms: reproacher, reprover, upbraider |
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seppuku | (noun) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society | Synonyms: hara-kiri, harakiri, harikari |
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souk | (noun) an open-air market in an Arabian city | - |
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sukiyaki | (noun) thin beef strips (or chicken or pork) cooked briefly at the table with onions and greens and soy sauce | - |
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suksdorfia | (noun) any of several American plants of the genus Suksdorfia having orbicular to kidney-shaped somewhat succulent leaves and white or rose or violet flowers in terminal panicles | - |
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ukase | (noun) an edict of the Russian tsar | - |
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uke | (noun) a small guitar having four strings | Synonyms: ukulele |
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ukulele | (noun) a small guitar having four strings | Synonyms: uke |
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zumbooruk | (noun) a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies | Synonyms: camel cavalry, zamboorak, zamburak, zamburek, zumbooruck |
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