| avowal | (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: affirmation, avouchment |
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| bestowal | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowment, conferment, conferral |
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| (noun) a gift that is bestowed or conferred | Synonyms: bestowment |
| boardwalk | (noun) a walkway made of wooden boards; usually at seaside | - |
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| browallia | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers | Synonyms: bush violet |
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| cakewalk | (noun) a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake | - |
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| (noun) an easy accomplishment | - |
| catwalk | (noun) narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge) | - |
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| (noun) narrow platform extending out into an auditorium | - |
| chuckwalla | (noun) a herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico | Synonyms: Sauromalus obesus |
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| codswallop | (noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: applesauce, folderol, rubbish, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash |
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| crosswalk | (noun) a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other | Synonyms: crossing, crossover |
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| disavowal | (noun) denial of any connection with or knowledge of | Synonyms: disclaimer |
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| drywall | (noun) a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses | Synonyms: dry wall, wallboard |
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| firewall | (noun) (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust | - |
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| (noun) a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle | - |
| (noun) (computing) a security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer network to attack from crackers; commonly used on local area networks that are connected to the internet | - |
| floorwalker | (noun) an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems | Synonyms: shopwalker |
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| footwall | (noun) the lower wall of an inclined fault | - |
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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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| 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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| jaywalker | (noun) a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally | - |
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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 | - |
| narwal | (noun) small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk | Synonyms: Monodon monoceros, narwhal, narwhale |
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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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| paywall | (noun) A mechanism used to limit access to only paying users | - |
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| renewal | (noun) the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation | Synonyms: reclamation, rehabilitation |
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| (noun) the act of renewing | - |
| (noun) filling again by supplying what has been used up | Synonyms: refilling, replacement, replenishment |
| ropewalk | (noun) workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made | Synonyms: rope yard |
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| ropewalker | (noun) an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground | Synonyms: ropedancer |
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| seawall | (noun) a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away | Synonyms: breakwater, bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, mole |
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| sheepwalk | (noun) farm devoted to raising sheep | Synonyms: sheeprun |
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| shopwalker | (noun) an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems | Synonyms: floorwalker |
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| sidewalk | (noun) walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway | Synonyms: pavement |
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| sidewall | (noun) a wall that forms the side of a structure | - |
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| (noun) the side of an automobile tire | - |
| skywalk | (noun) an elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed) | - |
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| sleepwalker | (noun) someone who walks about in their sleep | Synonyms: noctambulist, somnambulist |
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| sleepwalking | (noun) walking by a person who is asleep | Synonyms: noctambulation, noctambulism, somnambulation, somnambulism |
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| spacewalker | (noun) an astronaut who is active outside a spacecraft in outer space | - |
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| stonewaller | (noun) one who stonewalls or refuses to answer or cooperate; someone who delays by lengthy speeches etc. | - |
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| stonewalling | (noun) stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate | - |
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| streetwalker | (noun) a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | Synonyms: floozie, floozy, hooker, hustler, slattern, street girl |
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| swale | (noun) a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges) | - |
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| swallow | (noun) the act of swallowing | Synonyms: deglutition, drink |
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| (noun) small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations | - |
| (noun) a small amount of liquid food | Synonyms: sup |
| swallowtail | (noun) a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back | Synonyms: morning coat, swallow-tailed coat |
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| swallowwort | (noun) perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers | Synonyms: celandine, Chelidonium majus, greater celandine, swallow wort |
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| (noun) tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics | Synonyms: Asclepias curassavica, blood flower |
| waldmeister | (noun) fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine | Synonyms: sweet woodruff |
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| (noun) Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula | Synonyms: Asperula odorata, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, sweet woodruff, woodruff |
| wale | (noun) thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship | Synonyms: strake |
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| (noun) a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions | Synonyms: weal, welt, wheal |
| walk | (noun) the act of traveling by foot | Synonyms: walking |
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| (noun) (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls | Synonyms: base on balls, pass |
| (noun) a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground | - |
| (noun) the act of walking somewhere | - |
| (noun) careers in general | Synonyms: walk of life |
| (noun) a path set aside for walking | Synonyms: paseo, walkway |
| (noun) manner of walking | Synonyms: manner of walking |
| walkabout | (noun) nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine | - |
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| (noun) a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally | - |
| (noun) a walking trip or tour | - |
| walkaway | (noun) an easy victory | Synonyms: blowout, laugher, romp, runaway, shoo-in |
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| walker | (noun) an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk | Synonyms: baby-walker, go-cart |
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| (noun) a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk | Synonyms: Zimmer, Zimmer frame |
| (noun) a shoe designed for comfortable walking | - |
| (noun) a person who travels by foot | Synonyms: footer, pedestrian |
| walking | (noun) the act of traveling by foot | Synonyms: walk |
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| walkingstick | (noun) any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies | Synonyms: stick insect, walking stick |
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| walkout | (noun) a strike in which the workers walk out | - |
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| (noun) the act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest | - |
| walkover | (noun) any undertaking that is easy to do | Synonyms: breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap |
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| (noun) backbends combined with handstands | - |
| walkway | (noun) a path set aside for walking | Synonyms: paseo, walk |
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| wall | (noun) an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure | - |
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| (noun) an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes | Synonyms: bulwark, rampart |
| (noun) a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden) | - |
| (noun) a layer of material that encloses space | - |
| (noun) (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure | Synonyms: paries |
| (noun) anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect | - |
| (noun) a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) | - |
| (noun) a difficult or awkward situation | - |
| wallaby | (noun) any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored | Synonyms: brush kangaroo |
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| wallah | (noun) usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing | - |
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| wallboard | (noun) a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses | Synonyms: dry wall, drywall |
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| wallet | (noun) a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money | Synonyms: billfold, notecase, pocketbook |
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| walleye | (noun) pike-like freshwater perches | Synonyms: dory, jack salmon, Stizostedion vitreum, walleyed pike |
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| (noun) strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward | Synonyms: divergent strabismus, exotropia |
| wallflower | (noun) remains on sidelines at social event | - |
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| (noun) perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum | Synonyms: Cheiranthus cheiri, Erysimum cheiri |
| (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers | - |
| wallop | (noun) a severe blow | - |
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| (noun) a forceful consequence; a strong effect | Synonyms: impact |
| walloper | (noun) a gross untruth; a blatant lie | Synonyms: whopper |
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| (noun) a winner by a wide margin | - |
| (noun) a very hard hitter | - |
| walloping | (noun) a sound defeat | Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, whipping |
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| wallow | (noun) an indolent or clumsy rolling about | - |
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| (noun) a puddle where animals go to wallow | - |
| wallpaper | (noun) a decorative paper for the walls of rooms | - |
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| wallpaperer | (noun) a worker who papers walls | Synonyms: wall-paperer |
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| wally | (noun) a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid | - |
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| walnut | (noun) nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell | - |
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| (noun) any of various trees of the genus Juglans | Synonyms: walnut tree |
| (noun) hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling | - |
| walrus | (noun) either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber | Synonyms: sea horse, seahorse |
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| waltz | (noun) a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat | Synonyms: valse |
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| (noun) music composed in triple time for waltzing | - |
| (noun) an assured victory (especially in an election) | Synonyms: walk-in |
| waltzer | (noun) a dancer who waltzes | - |
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| withdrawal | (noun) the act of withdrawing | - |
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| (noun) formal separation from an alliance or federation | Synonyms: secession |
| (noun) the termination of drug taking | Synonyms: drug withdrawal |
| (noun) the act of taking out money or other capital | - |
| (noun) a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation | Synonyms: coitus interruptus, onanism, pulling out, withdrawal method |
| (noun) the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc. | - |
| (noun) the act of ceasing to participate in an activity | - |
| (noun) a retraction of a previously held position | Synonyms: backdown, climb-down |
| (noun) avoiding emotional involvement | Synonyms: detachment |
| zinnwaldite | (noun) a mica containing iron and lithium | - |
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