activewear | (noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear | Synonyms: athletic wear, sportswear |
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agueweed | (noun) gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers | Synonyms: ague weed, five-flowered gentian, Gentiana quinquefolia, Gentianella quinquefolia, stiff gentian |
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(noun) perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine | Synonyms: boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum, thoroughwort |
answer | (noun) a nonverbal reaction | - |
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(noun) the speech act of replying to a question | - |
(noun) a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation | Synonyms: reply, response |
(noun) a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem | Synonyms: resolution, result, solution, solvent |
(noun) the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims | - |
answerability | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: accountability, answerableness |
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answerableness | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: accountability, answerability |
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answerer | (noun) someone who responds | Synonyms: respondent, responder |
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avower | (noun) someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly | - |
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(noun) someone who claims to speak the truth | Synonyms: affirmer, asserter, asseverator, declarer |
awe | (noun) a feeling of profound respect for someone or something | Synonyms: fear, reverence, veneration |
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(noun) an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration | - |
bantamweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the flyweight division and lighter than those in the featherweight division. | - |
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(noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds | - |
(noun) weighs 115-126 pounds | - |
basketweaver | (noun) someone skilled in weaving baskets | Synonyms: basketmaker |
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beachwear | (noun) clothing to be worn at a beach | - |
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bedwetter | (noun) someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed | Synonyms: bed wetter, wetter |
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beetleweed | (noun) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | Synonyms: coltsfoot, galax, Galax urceolata, galaxy, wandflower |
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beggarweed | (noun) West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil | Synonyms: Desmodium purpureum, Desmodium tortuosum |
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bellflower | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: campanula |
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bellower | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, roarer, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller |
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bellwether | (noun) sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell | - |
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(noun) someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity | - |
benweed | (noun) widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity | Synonyms: ragweed, ragwort, Senecio jacobaea, tansy ragwort |
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bestower | (noun) person who makes a gift of property | Synonyms: conferrer, donor, giver, presenter |
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betweenbrain | (noun) the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon | Synonyms: diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon |
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bindweed | (noun) any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit | - |
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bioweapon | (noun) any weapon usable in biological warfare | Synonyms: bioarm, biological weapon |
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bittersweet | (noun) twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds | Synonyms: American bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork |
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(noun) poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America | Synonyms: bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, Solanum dulcamara, woody nightshade |
bitterweed | (noun) any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma | Synonyms: ambrosia, ragweed |
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(noun) widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: bristly oxtongue, bugloss, oxtongue, Picris echioides |
biweekly | (noun) a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year) | - |
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blower | (noun) large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales, dolphins, porpoises, narwhals | Synonyms: cetacean, cetacean mammal |
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(noun) a device that produces a current of air | - |
(noun) a fan run by an electric motor | Synonyms: electric fan |
blueweed | (noun) a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: blue devil, blue thistle, Echium vulgare, viper's bugloss |
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borrower | (noun) someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent | - |
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bowel | (noun) the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus | Synonyms: gut, intestine |
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bowels | (noun) the center of the Earth | - |
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bower | (noun) a framework that supports climbing plants | Synonyms: arbor, arbour, pergola |
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bowerbird | (noun) any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females | Synonyms: catbird |
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brainpower | (noun) mental ability | Synonyms: brain, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit |
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brewer | (noun) the owner or manager of a brewery | - |
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(noun) someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water | Synonyms: beer maker |
brewery | (noun) a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation | - |
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brookweed | (noun) water pimpernel of Europe to China | Synonyms: Samolus valerandii |
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(noun) American water pimpernel | Synonyms: Samolus floribundus, Samolus parviflorus |
broomweed | (noun) annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers | Synonyms: broom-weed, Gutierrezia texana |
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bugleweed | (noun) any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover | Synonyms: bugle |
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(noun) a mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small whitish flowers; eastern United States | Synonyms: Lycopus virginicus |
butterflower | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup |
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butterweed | (noun) any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packera; often placed in genus Senecio | - |
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(noun) American ragwort with yellow flowers | Synonyms: ragwort, Senecio glabellus |
camphorweed | (noun) aromatic plant of western United States | Synonyms: Trichostema lanceolatum, turpentine camphor weed, vinegarweed |
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cancerweed | (noun) sage of eastern United States | Synonyms: cancer weed, Salvia lyrata |
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candlepower | (noun) luminous intensity measured in candelas | Synonyms: light intensity |
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candyweed | (noun) bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers | Synonyms: orange milkwort, Polygala lutea, yellow bachelor's button, yellow milkwort |
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cankerweed | (noun) herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes | Synonyms: Nabalus alba, Prenanthes alba, white lettuce |
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capeweed | (noun) European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears | Synonyms: California dandelion, cat's-ear, gosmore, Hypochaeris radicata |
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carpetweed | (noun) annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America | Synonyms: Indian chickweed, Molluga verticillata |
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catchweed | (noun) annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia | Synonyms: cleavers, clivers, Galium aparine, goose grass, spring cleavers |
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cauliflower | (noun) compact head of white undeveloped flowers | - |
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(noun) a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea botrytis |
chafeweed | (noun) weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike | Synonyms: Gnaphalium sylvaticum, wood cudweed |
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chaffweed | (noun) weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves | Synonyms: bastard pimpernel, false pimpernel |
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cheeseflower | (noun) erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States | Synonyms: cheese, high mallow, Malva sylvestris, tall mallow |
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chewer | (noun) someone who chews (especially someone who chews tobacco) | - |
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chickweed | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Stellaria | - |
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(noun) any of various plants related to the common chickweed | Synonyms: clammy chickweed, mouse-ear chickweed, mouse ear, mouse eared chickweed |
chiggerflower | (noun) erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers | Synonyms: Asclepias tuberosa, butterfly weed, chigger flower, Indian paintbrush, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root |
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chimneysweep | (noun) someone who cleans soot from chimneys | Synonyms: chimneysweeper, sweep |
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chimneysweeper | (noun) someone who cleans soot from chimneys | Synonyms: chimneysweep, sweep |
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clammyweed | (noun) strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs | Synonyms: Polanisia dodecandra, Polanisia graveolens |
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clearweed | (noun) a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves | Synonyms: dead nettle, Pilea pumilla, richweed |
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cobweb | (noun) a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web | - |
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(noun) filaments from a web that was spun by a spider | Synonyms: gossamer |
(noun) a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider | - |
commonweal | (noun) the good of a community | Synonyms: common good |
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commonwealth | (noun) a politically organized body of people under a single government | Synonyms: body politic, country, land, nation, res publica, state |
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(noun) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | Synonyms: democracy, republic |
(noun) a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another | - |
(noun) the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico) | - |
coneflower | (noun) any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center | - |
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(noun) any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones | - |
(noun) a wildflower of the genus Ratibida | - |
cornflower | (noun) an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers | Synonyms: bachelor's button, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus |
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(noun) plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried | Synonyms: strawflower, Uvularia grandiflora |
cottonweed | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers | - |
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(noun) an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts | Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea, pearly everlasting |
counterweight | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, equaliser, equalizer |
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crazyweed | (noun) any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock | Synonyms: crazy weed, locoweed |
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crewelwork | (noun) embroidery done with loosely twisted worsted yarn | - |
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crewet | (noun) bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table | Synonyms: cruet |
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cruiserweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the middleweight division and lighter than those in the super heavyweight division. | Synonyms: light heavyweight |
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(noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds | Synonyms: light heavyweight |
cuckooflower | (noun) a bitter cress of Europe and America | Synonyms: Cardamine pratensis, cuckoo flower, lady's smock, meadow cress |
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cudweed | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color | - |
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(noun) any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads | Synonyms: cotton rose, filago |
(noun) perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States | Synonyms: Artemisia gnaphalodes, Artemisia ludoviciana, prairie sage, western mugwort, white sage |
cupflower | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: nierembergia |
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(noun) Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat | Synonyms: chalice vine, Solandra guttata, trumpet flower |
dayflower | (noun) any plant of the family Commelinaceae | Synonyms: spiderwort |
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disembowelment | (noun) the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude | Synonyms: evisceration |
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dishtowel | (noun) a towel for drying dishes | Synonyms: dish towel, tea towel |
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dowel | (noun) a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together | Synonyms: dowel pin, joggle |
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doweling | (noun) fastening by dowels | - |
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dower | (noun) a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband | - |
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(noun) money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage | Synonyms: dowery, dowry, portion |
dowery | (noun) money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage | Synonyms: dower, dowry, portion |
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drawee | (noun) the person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment | - |
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drawer | (noun) a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out | - |
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(noun) an artist skilled at drawing | Synonyms: draftsman |
(noun) the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else | - |
drawers | (noun) (used in the plural) underpants worn by women | Synonyms: bloomers, knickers, pants |
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(noun) underpants worn by men | Synonyms: boxers, boxershorts, shorts, underdrawers |
duckweed | (noun) any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds | - |
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dweeb | (noun) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious | Synonyms: grind, nerd, swot, wonk |
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dweller | (noun) a person who inhabits a particular place | Synonyms: denizen, habitant, indweller, inhabitant |
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dwelling | (noun) housing that someone is living in | Synonyms: abode, domicile, dwelling house, habitation, home |
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dyeweed | (noun) small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental | Synonyms: dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, Genista tinctoria, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, woodwaxen |
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edelweiss | (noun) alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts | Synonyms: Leontopodium alpinum |
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empowerment | (noun) the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant | Synonyms: authorisation, authorization |
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eveningwear | (noun) attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening | Synonyms: evening clothes, evening dress, formalwear |
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ewe | (noun) female sheep | - |
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ewer | (noun) an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring | Synonyms: pitcher |
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fanweed | (noun) foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America | Synonyms: field pennycress, French weed, mithridate mustard, penny grass, stinkweed, Thlaspi arvense |
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farewell | (noun) the act of departing politely | Synonyms: leave-taking, leave, parting |
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(noun) an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting | Synonyms: word of farewell |
featherweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the bantamweight division and lighter than those in the lightweight division. | - |
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(noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds | - |
(noun) weighs 126-139 pounds | - |
(noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds | - |
fingerflower | (noun) tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock | Synonyms: common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, fairy bell, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerroot |
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firepower | (noun) (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target | - |
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fireweed | (noun) tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant | Synonyms: Epilobium angustifolium, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup |
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(noun) an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers | Synonyms: Erechtites hieracifolia |
flameflower | (noun) plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots | Synonyms: flame-flower, flame flower, Talinum aurantiacum |
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(noun) a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers | Synonyms: flame-flower, flame flower, kniphofia, tritoma |