| acoustic | (noun) a remedy for hearing loss or deafness | - |
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| acoustician | (noun) a physicist who specializes in acoustics | - |
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| acousticophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice | Synonyms: phonophobia |
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| acoustics | (noun) the study of the physical properties of sound | - |
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| adjuster | (noun) one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement | Synonyms: adjustor, claim agent, claims adjuster, claims adjustor |
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| adjustment | (noun) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Synonyms: alteration, modification |
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| (noun) the act of adjusting something to match a standard | Synonyms: readjustment, registration |
| (noun) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances | Synonyms: accommodation, fitting |
| (noun) an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances | Synonyms: allowance |
| (noun) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) | Synonyms: adaptation, adaption |
| adjustor | (noun) one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement | Synonyms: adjuster, claim agent, claims adjuster, claims adjustor |
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| austenite | (noun) a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron; cools to form pearlite or martensite | - |
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| austereness | (noun) extreme plainness | Synonyms: severeness, severity |
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| austerity | (noun) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) | Synonyms: asceticism, nonindulgence |
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| austral | (noun) the basic unit of money in Argentina; equal to 100 centavos | - |
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| australopithecine | (noun) any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago | - |
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| baluster | (noun) one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing | - |
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| balusters | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balustrade, banister, bannister, handrail |
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| balustrade | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, banister, bannister, handrail |
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| blockbuster | (noun) an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) | Synonyms: megahit, smash hit |
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| (noun) a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block) | - |
| bloodlust | (noun) a desire for bloodshed | - |
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| bluster | (noun) a swaggering show of courage | Synonyms: bravado |
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| (noun) vain and empty boasting | Synonyms: braggadocio, rhodomontade, rodomontade |
| (noun) a violent gusty wind | - |
| (noun) noisy confusion and turbulence | - |
| blusterer | (noun) a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly | Synonyms: loudmouth |
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| boustrophedon | (noun) an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs' | - |
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| broncobuster | (noun) a person who breaks horses | Synonyms: bronco buster, buster |
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| bust | (noun) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking | Synonyms: binge, bout, tear |
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| (noun) a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person | - |
| (noun) the chest of a woman | Synonyms: female chest |
| (noun) a complete failure | Synonyms: fizzle, flop |
| bustard | (noun) large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes | - |
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| buster | (noun) a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something | - |
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| (noun) a person who breaks horses | Synonyms: bronco buster, broncobuster |
| (noun) a robust child | - |
| (noun) an informal form of address for a man | Synonyms: dude, fellow |
| (noun) a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically | Synonyms: baby buster |
| bustier | (noun) a close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress | - |
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| bustle | (noun) a rapid active commotion | Synonyms: ado, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir |
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| (noun) a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt | - |
| catacaustic | (noun) a caustic curve formed by light reflecting from a curved surface. | - |
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| caustic | (noun) the envelope of light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface or object | - |
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| (noun) any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue | - |
| claustrophobe | (noun) a person suffering from claustrophobia | - |
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| claustrophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space | - |
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| claustrum | (noun) a layer of grey matter in the brain adjacent to the lenticular nucleus | - |
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| cluster | (noun) a grouping of a number of similar things | Synonyms: bunch, clump, clustering |
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| clusterfuck | (noun) A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong | - |
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| clustering | (noun) a grouping of a number of similar things | Synonyms: bunch, clump, cluster |
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| combustibility | (noun) the quality of being capable of igniting and burning | Synonyms: burnability, combustibleness |
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| combustible | (noun) a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power | Synonyms: combustible material |
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| combustibleness | (noun) the quality of being capable of igniting and burning | Synonyms: burnability, combustibility |
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| combustion | (noun) the act of burning something | Synonyms: burning |
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| (noun) a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light | Synonyms: burning |
| (noun) a state of violent disturbance and excitement | - |
| crust | (noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: cheekiness, freshness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence |
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| (noun) the outer layer of the Earth | Synonyms: Earth's crust |
| (noun) a hard outer layer that covers something | Synonyms: encrustation, incrustation |
| crustacean | (noun) any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton | - |
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| custard | (noun) sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen | - |
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| custodian | (noun) one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals | Synonyms: keeper, steward |
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| custodianship | (noun) the position of custodian | - |
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| custody | (noun) holding by the police | - |
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| (noun) (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child | Synonyms: hands |
| (noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | Synonyms: detainment, detention, hold |
| custom | (noun) accepted or habitual practice | Synonyms: usage, usance |
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| (noun) habitual patronage | - |
| (noun) a specific practice of long standing | Synonyms: tradition |
| (noun) money collected under a tariff | Synonyms: customs, customs duty, impost |
| customariness | (noun) The state or quality of agreeing with, or being established by, custom or common usage. | - |
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| customer | (noun) someone who pays for goods or services | Synonyms: client |
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| customhouse | (noun) a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country | Synonyms: customshouse |
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| customs | (noun) money collected under a tariff | Synonyms: custom, customs duty, impost |
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| customshouse | (noun) a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country | Synonyms: customhouse |
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| degustation | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: relishing, savoring, savouring, tasting |
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| disgust | (noun) strong feelings of dislike | - |
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| disgustingness | (noun) extreme unpalatability to the mouth | Synonyms: distastefulness, nauseatingness, sickeningness, unsavoriness |
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| (noun) the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind | Synonyms: unsavoriness |
| distrust | (noun) the trait of not trusting others | Synonyms: distrustfulness, mistrust |
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| (noun) doubt about someone's honesty | Synonyms: misgiving, mistrust, suspicion |
| distrustfulness | (noun) the trait of not trusting others | Synonyms: distrust, mistrust |
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| dust | (noun) fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air | - |
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| (noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | Synonyms: debris, detritus, junk, rubble |
| (noun) free microscopic particles of solid material | - |
| dustbin | (noun) a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected | Synonyms: ash-bin, ash bin, ashbin, ashcan, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin |
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| dustcart | (noun) a truck for collecting domestic refuse | Synonyms: garbage truck |
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| dustcloth | (noun) a piece of cloth used for dusting | Synonyms: duster, dustrag |
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| duster | (noun) a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter | - |
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| (noun) a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles | Synonyms: dust coat, gabardine, gaberdine, smock |
| (noun) a piece of cloth used for dusting | Synonyms: dustcloth, dustrag |
| (noun) a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand | Synonyms: dust storm, sandstorm, sirocco |
| dustiness | (noun) the state of being covered with dust | - |
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| dustman | (noun) someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse | Synonyms: garbage carter, garbage collector, garbage hauler, garbage man, garbageman, refuse collector |
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| dustmop | (noun) a dry swab for dusting floors | Synonyms: dry mop, dust mop |
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| dustpan | (noun) a short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept | - |
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| (noun) the quantity that a dustpan will hold | Synonyms: dustpanful |
| dustpanful | (noun) the quantity that a dustpan will hold | Synonyms: dustpan |
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| dustrag | (noun) a piece of cloth used for dusting | Synonyms: dustcloth, duster |
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| dustup | (noun) an angry dispute | Synonyms: quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle |
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| encaustic | (noun) a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application | - |
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| encrustation | (noun) a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay | Synonyms: incrustation |
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| (noun) a hard outer layer that covers something | Synonyms: crust, incrustation |
| (noun) the formation of a crust | Synonyms: incrustation |
| exhaust | (noun) system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged | Synonyms: exhaust system |
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| (noun) gases ejected from an engine as waste products | Synonyms: exhaust fumes, fumes |
| exhaustion | (noun) the act of exhausting something entirely | - |
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| (noun) serious weakening and loss of energy | Synonyms: debilitation, enervation, enfeeblement |
| (noun) extreme fatigue | - |
| filibuster | (noun) (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches | - |
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| (noun) a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes | Synonyms: filibusterer |
| filibusterer | (noun) a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes | Synonyms: filibuster |
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| fluster | (noun) a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset | Synonyms: perturbation |
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| frustration | (noun) an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts | Synonyms: foiling, thwarting |
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| (noun) the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals | Synonyms: defeat |
| (noun) a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized | - |
| frustum | (noun) a truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed | - |
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| fustian | (noun) a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap | - |
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| (noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing | Synonyms: blah, bombast, claptrap, rant |
| gust | (noun) a strong current of air | Synonyms: blast, blow |
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| gustation | (noun) the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth | Synonyms: gustatory modality, sense of taste, taste |
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| gusto | (noun) vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment | Synonyms: relish, zest, zestfulness |
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| haustorium | (noun) a root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host | - |
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| holocaust | (noun) an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire) | - |
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| hustings | (noun) the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making) | - |
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| hustle | (noun) a rapid active commotion | Synonyms: ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, stir |
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| (noun) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | Synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, sting |
| hustler | (noun) a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties | Synonyms: operator, wheeler dealer |
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| (noun) a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | Synonyms: floozie, floozy, hooker, slattern, street girl, streetwalker |
| illustration | (noun) a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used to make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand | - |
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| (noun) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | Synonyms: example, instance, representative |
| (noun) artwork that helps make something clear or attractive | - |
| (noun) showing by example | Synonyms: exemplification |
| illustrator | (noun) an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.) | - |
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| illustriousness | (noun) the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence | Synonyms: greatness |
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| incrustation | (noun) a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay | Synonyms: encrustation |
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| (noun) a hard outer layer that covers something | Synonyms: crust, encrustation |
| (noun) the formation of a crust | Synonyms: encrustation |
| industrialisation | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialization |
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| industrialism | (noun) an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship | - |
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| industrialist | (noun) someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise | - |
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| industrialization | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialisation |
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| industriousness | (noun) persevering determination to perform a task | Synonyms: diligence, industry |
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| industry | (noun) the organized action of making of goods and services for sale | Synonyms: manufacture |
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| (noun) persevering determination to perform a task | Synonyms: diligence, industriousness |
| (noun) the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise | - |
| inexhaustibility | (noun) The state or condition of being impossible to exhaust; of being unlimited. | - |
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| injustice | (noun) an unjust act | Synonyms: iniquity, shabbiness, unfairness |
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| (noun) the practice of being unjust or unfair | Synonyms: unjustness |
| joust | (noun) a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances | Synonyms: tilt |
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| justice | (noun) judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being just or fair | Synonyms: justness |
| (noun) a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice | Synonyms: judge, jurist |
| justiciar | (noun) formerly a high judicial officer | Synonyms: justiciary |
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