| firmware | (noun) (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory | Synonyms: microcode |
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| flatware | (noun) silverware eating utensils | Synonyms: silver |
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| (noun) tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece | - |
| floorwalker | (noun) an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems | Synonyms: shopwalker |
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| flowage | (noun) the act of flooding; filling to overflowing | Synonyms: flood |
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| (noun) a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area | - |
| (noun) gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat) | - |
| flyswat | (noun) an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects | Synonyms: flyswatter, swatter |
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| flyswatter | (noun) an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects | Synonyms: flyswat, swatter |
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| flyway | (noun) the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate | Synonyms: migration route |
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| footwall | (noun) the lower wall of an inclined fault | - |
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| forewarning | (noun) an early warning about a future event | Synonyms: premonition |
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| forward | (noun) a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team | - |
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| (noun) the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey | - |
| forwarding | (noun) the act of sending on to another destination | - |
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| (noun) the advancement of some enterprise | Synonyms: furtherance, promotion |
| forwardness | (noun) prompt willingness | Synonyms: eagerness, readiness, zeal |
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| (noun) an advanced stage | - |
| (noun) offensive boldness and assertiveness | Synonyms: bumptiousness, cockiness, pushiness |
| freeware | (noun) software that is provided without charge | - |
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| freeway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
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| freshwater | (noun) water that is not salty | Synonyms: fresh water |
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| gangway | (noun) a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site) | - |
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| (noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | Synonyms: gangboard, gangplank |
| (noun) passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores | Synonyms: aisle |
| gateway | (noun) an entrance that can be closed by a gate | - |
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| getaway | (noun) a rapid escape (as by criminals) | Synonyms: lam |
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| (noun) the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration | Synonyms: pickup |
| giveaway | (noun) an unintentional disclosure | - |
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| (noun) a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards | Synonyms: game show |
| (noun) a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group | - |
| glassware | (noun) an article of tableware made of glass | Synonyms: glasswork |
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| graniteware | (noun) a kind of stone-grey enamelware | - |
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| greensward | (noun) surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots | Synonyms: sod, sward, turf |
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| greenway | (noun) a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city | Synonyms: greenbelt |
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| groupware | (noun) software that can be used by a group of people who are working on the same information but may be distributed in space | - |
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| gunwale | (noun) wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel | Synonyms: gun rest, gunnel |
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| hallway | (noun) an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open | Synonyms: hall |
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| hardware | (noun) (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system | Synonyms: computer hardware |
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| (noun) major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile) | - |
| (noun) instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal | Synonyms: ironware |
| hardwareman | (noun) someone who sells hardware | Synonyms: ironmonger |
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| hatchway | (noun) an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship | Synonyms: opening, scuttle |
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| hawala | (noun) an underground banking system based on trust whereby money can be made available internationally without actually moving it or leaving a record of the transaction | - |
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| headwaiter | (noun) a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers | Synonyms: captain, maitre d', maitre d'hotel |
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| headwater | (noun) the source of a river | - |
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| headway | (noun) forward movement | Synonyms: head |
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| (noun) vertical space available to allow easy passage under something | Synonyms: clearance, headroom |
| hideaway | (noun) an area where you can be alone | Synonyms: retreat |
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| (noun) a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws | Synonyms: den, hideout |
| highwater | (noun) the tide when the water is highest | Synonyms: high tide, high water |
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| highway | (noun) a major road for any form of motor transport | Synonyms: main road |
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| highwayman | (noun) a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it | Synonyms: highjacker, hijacker, road agent |
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| hogwash | (noun) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) | Synonyms: buncombe, bunk, bunkum, guff, rot |
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| holloware | (noun) silverware serving dishes | Synonyms: hollowware |
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| hollowware | (noun) silverware serving dishes | Synonyms: holloware |
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| housewarming | (noun) a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home | - |
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| inwardness | (noun) the quality or state of being inward or internal | - |
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| (noun) preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values) | Synonyms: internality |
| (noun) preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values | - |
| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
| ironware | (noun) instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal | Synonyms: hardware |
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| jawan | (noun) (India) a private soldier or male constable | - |
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| jaywalker | (noun) a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally | - |
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| kalansuwa | (noun) a cap that is wrapped around by a turban and worn by Muslim religious elders | - |
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| kawaka | (noun) New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress | Synonyms: Libocedrus plumosa |
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| kilowatt | (noun) a unit of power equal to 1000 watts | Synonyms: kW |
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| kitchenware | (noun) hardware utensils for use in a kitchen | - |
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| kittiwake | (noun) small pearl-grey gull of northern regions; nests on cliffs and has a rudimentary hind toe | - |
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| kiwano | (noun) a fruit that has orange skin and lime green, jelly-like flesh with a refreshingly fruity taste, and texture similar to a passionfruit or pomegranate; grows on the annual vine Cucumis metuliferus. | - |
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| kwacha | (noun) the basic unit of money in Malawi | Synonyms: Malawi kwacha |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Zambia | Synonyms: Zambian kwacha |
| kwai | (noun) the basic unit of money in China | Synonyms: yuan |
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| kwanza | (noun) the basic unit of money in Angola | - |
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| kwashiorkor | (noun) severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein | - |
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| lacquerware | (noun) a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals | - |
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| leeward | (noun) the side of something that is sheltered from the wind | Synonyms: lee, lee side |
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| (noun) the direction in which the wind is blowing | - |
| leeway | (noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: allowance, margin, tolerance |
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| (noun) (of a ship or plane) sideways drift | - |
| limewater | (noun) solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid | - |
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| longways | (noun) country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other | Synonyms: longways dance |
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| lowan | (noun) Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds | Synonyms: leipoa, Leipoa ocellata, mallee fowl |
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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 |
| lusterware | (noun) pottery with a metallic sheen produced by adding metallic oxides to the glaze | - |
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| malware | (noun) malicious software, designed to break into a system | - |
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| megawatt | (noun) a unit of power equal to one million watts | - |
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| meltwater | (noun) melted snow or ice | - |
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| metalware | (noun) household articles made of metal (especially for use at table) | - |
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| microwave | (noun) kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food | Synonyms: microwave oven |
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| (noun) a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data | - |
| midwatch | (noun) a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.) | Synonyms: graveyard watch, middle watch, night watch |
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| midway | (noun) the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located | - |
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| milkwagon | (noun) wagon for delivering milk | Synonyms: milk wagon |
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| milliwatt | (noun) a unit of power equal to one thousandth of a watt | - |
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| moonwalk | (noun) an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon | - |
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| (noun) a kind of dance step in which the dancer seems to be sliding on the spot | - |
| motorway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
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| mouthwash | (noun) a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth | Synonyms: gargle |
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| mulloway | (noun) large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre | Synonyms: jewfish, Sciaena antarctica |
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| narwal | (noun) small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk | Synonyms: Monodon monoceros, narwhal, narwhale |
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| nawab | (noun) a governor in India during the Mogul empire | Synonyms: nabob |
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| nightwalker | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, red worm, wiggler |
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| northeastward | (noun) the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees | Synonyms: NE, nor'-east, northeast |
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| northward | (noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees | Synonyms: due north, N, north |
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| northwestward | (noun) the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees | Synonyms: nor'-west, northwest, NW |
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| nowadays | (noun) the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech | Synonyms: present |
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| outwardness | (noun) the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior | Synonyms: externality |
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| (noun) a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts) | - |
| (noun) concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit | - |
| ovenware | (noun) heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served | - |
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| overwatch | (noun) surveillence by a unit within a video game which would cause the unit to make an action in response to an enemy unit's action | - |
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| pantywaist | (noun) a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive | Synonyms: milksop, Milquetoast, pansy, sissy |
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| parkway | (noun) a wide scenic road planted with trees | Synonyms: drive |
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| passageway | (noun) a passage between rooms or between buildings | - |
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| (noun) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | Synonyms: passage |
| pathway | (noun) a trodden path | Synonyms: footpath |
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| (noun) a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain | Synonyms: nerve pathway, nerve tract, tract |
| paywall | (noun) A mechanism used to limit access to only paying users | - |
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| pesewa | (noun) 100 pesewas equal 1 cedi in Ghana | - |
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| pigwash | (noun) wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk | Synonyms: pigswill, slop, slops, swill |
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| pipsissewa | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila | Synonyms: prince's pine |
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| portwatcher | (noun) a watchman on a wharf | Synonyms: port watcher |
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| raceway | (noun) a canal for a current of water | Synonyms: race |
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| (noun) a course over which races are run | Synonyms: racecourse, racetrack, track |
| railway | (noun) line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight | Synonyms: railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system |
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| (noun) a line of track providing a runway for wheels | Synonyms: railroad, railroad track |
| railwayman | (noun) an employee of a railroad | Synonyms: railroad man, railroader, railway man, trainman |
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| rainwater | (noun) drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds | Synonyms: rain |
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| ransomware | (noun) malicious software that makes a computer unusable unless a payment is made to the attacker | - |
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