| burl | (noun) soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design | Synonyms: knot, slub |
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| (noun) a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree | - |
| (noun) the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer | - |
| burlap | (noun) coarse jute fabric | Synonyms: gunny |
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| burlesque | (noun) a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease) | - |
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| (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
| churl | (noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | Synonyms: barbarian, boor, Goth, peasant, tike, tyke |
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| (noun) a bad-tempered person | Synonyms: crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump |
| (noun) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend | Synonyms: niggard, scrooge, skinflint |
| colourlessness | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, achromatism, colorlessness |
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| courlan | (noun) wading bird of South America and Central America | Synonyms: Aramus guarauna |
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| curl | (noun) lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl | Synonyms: ringlet, whorl |
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| (noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | Synonyms: coil, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl |
| curler | (noun) a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it | Synonyms: crimper, hair curler, roller |
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| curlew | (noun) large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill | - |
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| curlicue | (noun) a short twisting line | Synonyms: squiggle |
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| (noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | Synonyms: coil, curl, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl |
| curliness | (noun) (of hair) a tendency to curl | Synonyms: waviness |
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| curling | (noun) a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target | - |
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| flavourlessness | (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavorlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness, tastelessness |
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| furlong | (noun) a unit of length equal to 220 yards | - |
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| furlough | (noun) a temporary leave of absence from military duty | - |
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| hurl | (noun) a violent throw | Synonyms: cast |
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| hurler | (noun) (baseball) the person who does the pitching | Synonyms: pitcher, twirler |
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| hurling | (noun) a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each | - |
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| neighbourliness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors | Synonyms: good-neighborliness, good-neighbourliness, neighborliness |
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| purl | (noun) a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the righthand side | Synonyms: purl stitch |
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| (noun) gold or silver wire thread | - |
| purlieu | (noun) an outer adjacent area of any place | Synonyms: environs |
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| purloo | (noun) thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S. | Synonyms: chicken purloo, poilu |
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| savourlessness | (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavorlessness, flavourlessness, savorlessness, tastelessness |
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| surliness | (noun) a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger | Synonyms: biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, temper |
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