| sword | (noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | Synonyms: blade, brand, steel |
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| swordfish | (noun) large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night | Synonyms: Xiphias gladius |
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| (noun) flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks | - |
| swordplay | (noun) the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully | Synonyms: play |
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| swordsman | (noun) someone skilled at fencing | Synonyms: fencer |
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| swordsmanship | (noun) skill in fencing | - |
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| swordtail | (noun) freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish | Synonyms: helleri, topminnow, Xyphophorus helleri |
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| tailwort | (noun) hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach | Synonyms: borage, Borago officinalis |
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| tapeworm | (noun) ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates | Synonyms: cestode |
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| teamwork | (noun) cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective) | - |
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| teleworking | (noun) employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem | Synonyms: telecommuting |
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| tetterwort | (noun) perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant | Synonyms: bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis |
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| thoroughwort | (noun) perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine | Synonyms: agueweed, boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum |
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| threadworm | (noun) small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children | Synonyms: Enterobius vermicularis, pinworm |
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| throatwort | (noun) European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat | Synonyms: Campanula trachelium, nettle-leaved bellflower |
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| timework | (noun) work paid for at a rate per unit of time | - |
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| toothwort | (noun) North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots | Synonyms: Cardamine diphylla, crinkle-root, crinkle root, crinkleroot, Dentaria diphylla, pepper root |
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| trestlework | (noun) a supporting structure composed of a system of connected trestles; for a bridge or pier or scaffold e.g. | - |
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| trustworthiness | (noun) the trait of deserving trust and confidence | Synonyms: trustiness |
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| umbrellawort | (noun) a plant of the genus Mirabilis | - |
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| underworld | (noun) (religion) the world of the dead | Synonyms: Hades, Hell, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol |
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| (noun) the criminal class | - |
| untrustworthiness | (noun) the trait of not deserving trust or confidence | Synonyms: untrustiness |
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| unworthiness | (noun) the quality or state of lacking merit or value | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting | Synonyms: inappropriateness |
| vetchworm | (noun) larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops | Synonyms: corn earworm, cotton bollworm, Heliothis zia, tobacco budworm, tomato fruitworm |
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| wartwort | (noun) not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun | Synonyms: devil's milk, Euphorbia helioscopia, sun spurge, wartweed |
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| watchword | (noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: countersign, parole, password, word |
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| (noun) a slogan used to rally support for a cause | Synonyms: battle cry, cry, rallying cry, war cry |
| waterworks | (noun) workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community | - |
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| (noun) a public utility that provides water | Synonyms: water company |
| waxwork | (noun) an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax | Synonyms: wax figure |
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| (noun) twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds | Synonyms: American bittersweet, bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine |
| webworm | (noun) several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed | - |
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| wheatworm | (noun) small roundworm parasitic on wheat | Synonyms: Tylenchus tritici, wheat eel, wheat eelworm |
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| wheelwork | (noun) mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears) | - |
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| whitlowwort | (noun) any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves; widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds; formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail) | - |
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| whorlywort | (noun) a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America | Synonyms: Culver's physic, Culver's root, Culvers physic, Culvers root, Veronicastrum virginicum |
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| wickerwork | (noun) work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches) | Synonyms: caning, wicker |
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| wirework | (noun) mesh netting made of wires | Synonyms: grillwork |
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| wireworm | (noun) wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants | - |
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| woodwork | (noun) the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | Synonyms: carpentry, woodworking |
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| (noun) work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture | - |
| woodworker | (noun) makes things out of wood | Synonyms: woodman, woodsman |
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| woodworking | (noun) the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | Synonyms: carpentry, woodwork |
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| woodworm | (noun) a larva of a woodborer | - |
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| word | (noun) a unit of language that native speakers can identify | - |
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| (noun) a promise | Synonyms: parole, word of honor |
| (noun) information about recent and important events | Synonyms: intelligence, news, tidings |
| (noun) a brief statement | - |
| (noun) an exchange of views on some topic | Synonyms: discussion, give-and-take |
| (noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: countersign, parole, password, watchword |
| (noun) a verbal command for action | - |
| (noun) a string of bits stored in computer memory | - |
| wordbook | (noun) a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings) | - |
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| wordfinder | (noun) a thesaurus organized to help you find the word you want but cannot think of | Synonyms: word finder |
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| wordiness | (noun) boring verbosity | Synonyms: long-windedness, prolixity, prolixness, windiness |
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| wording | (noun) the manner in which something is expressed in words | Synonyms: choice of words, diction, phraseology, phrasing, verbiage |
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| wordmonger | (noun) a writer who uses language carelessly or pretentiously with little regard for meaning | - |
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| wordnet | (noun) any of the machine-readable lexical databases modeled after the Princeton WordNet | - |
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| wordplay | (noun) a humorous play on words | Synonyms: paronomasia, pun, punning |
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| words | (noun) words making up the dialogue of a play | Synonyms: actor's line, speech |
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| (noun) an angry dispute | Synonyms: dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, wrangle |
| (noun) the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number | Synonyms: language, lyric |
| (noun) the words that are spoken | - |
| (noun) language that is spoken or written | - |
| wordsmith | (noun) a fluent and prolific writer | - |
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| work | (noun) activity directed toward making or doing something | - |
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| (noun) the occupation for which you are paid | Synonyms: employment |
| (noun) a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing | Synonyms: piece of work |
| (noun) a place where work is done | Synonyms: workplace |
| (noun) the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it) | Synonyms: body of work, oeuvre |
| (noun) applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) | Synonyms: study |
| (noun) (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force | - |
| workaholic | (noun) person with a compulsive need to work | - |
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| workaholism | (noun) compulsiveness about working | - |
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| workbag | (noun) container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing) | Synonyms: workbasket, workbox |
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| workbasket | (noun) container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing) | Synonyms: workbag, workbox |
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| workbench | (noun) a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic | Synonyms: bench, work bench |
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| workboard | (noun) a horizontal board that provides a supported surface for manual work | Synonyms: work-board |
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| workbook | (noun) a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them | - |
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| workbox | (noun) container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing) | Synonyms: workbag, workbasket |
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| workday | (noun) the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage | Synonyms: working day |
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| (noun) a day on which work is done | Synonyms: work day, working day |
| worker | (noun) sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae | - |
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| (noun) a person who works at a specific occupation | - |
| (noun) a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) | Synonyms: prole, proletarian |
| (noun) a person who acts and gets things done | Synonyms: actor, doer |
| workfellow | (noun) an associate that one works with | Synonyms: co-worker, colleague, fellow worker |
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| workflow | (noun) progress (or rate of progress) in work being done | Synonyms: work flow |
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| workforce | (noun) the force of workers available | Synonyms: hands, manpower, men, work force |
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| workhorse | (noun) a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor | - |
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| (noun) machine that performs dependably under heavy use | - |
| workhouse | (noun) a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months | - |
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| (noun) a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor | - |
| working | (noun) a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked | Synonyms: workings |
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| workingman | (noun) an employee who performs manual or industrial labor | Synonyms: working man, working person, workman |
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| workings | (noun) the internal mechanism of a device | Synonyms: works |
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| (noun) a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked | Synonyms: working |
| workload | (noun) work that a person is expected to do in a specified time | Synonyms: work load |
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| workman | (noun) an employee who performs manual or industrial labor | Synonyms: working man, working person, workingman |
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| workmanship | (noun) skill in an occupation or trade | Synonyms: craft, craftsmanship |
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| workmate | (noun) a fellow worker | - |
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| workout | (noun) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | Synonyms: exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion |
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| workpiece | (noun) work consisting of a piece of metal being machined | - |
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| workplace | (noun) a place where work is done | Synonyms: work |
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| workroom | (noun) room where work is done | - |
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| works | (noun) performance of moral or religious acts | Synonyms: deeds |
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| (noun) the internal mechanism of a device | Synonyms: workings |
| (noun) buildings for carrying on industrial labor | Synonyms: industrial plant, plant |
| (noun) everything available; usually preceded by `the' | Synonyms: full treatment, kit and boodle, kit and caboodle, whole caboodle, whole kit, whole kit and boodle, whole kit and caboodle, whole shebang, whole works |
| worksheet | (noun) a sheet of paper with multiple columns; used by an accountant to assemble figures for financial statements | - |
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| (noun) a piece of paper recording work planned or done on a project | - |
| workshop | (noun) a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving | - |
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| (noun) small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done | Synonyms: shop |
| workspace | (noun) space allocated for your work (as in an office) | - |
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| workstation | (noun) a desktop digital computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer | - |
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| worktable | (noun) a table designed for a particular task | Synonyms: work table |
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| workwear | (noun) heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work | - |
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| workweek | (noun) hours or days of work in a calendar week | Synonyms: week |
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| world | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, mankind |
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| (noun) all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you | Synonyms: reality |
| (noun) the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife | Synonyms: earth, earthly concern, worldly concern |
| (noun) people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest | Synonyms: domain |
| (noun) people in general considered as a whole | Synonyms: populace, public |
| (noun) the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on | Synonyms: Earth, earth, globe |
| (noun) everything that exists anywhere | Synonyms: cosmos, creation, existence, macrocosm, universe |
| (noun) a part of the earth that can be considered separately | - |
| worldliness | (noun) the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment | Synonyms: mundaneness, mundanity, sophistication |
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| (noun) concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs | - |
| worldling | (noun) a person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world | - |
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| (noun) an inhabitant of the earth | Synonyms: earthling, earthman, tellurian |
| worm | (noun) any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae | - |
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| (noun) screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack | - |
| (noun) a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network | - |
| (noun) a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect | Synonyms: dirt ball, insect, louse |
| wormcast | (noun) fossil trail of a worm | - |
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| (noun) cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm | - |
| wormhole | (noun) hole made by a burrowing worm | - |
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| wormseed | (noun) rank-smelling tropical American pigweed | Synonyms: American wormseed, Chenopodium ambrosioides, Mexican tea, Spanish tea |
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| wormwood | (noun) any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium | - |
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| worrier | (noun) thinks about unfortunate things that might happen | Synonyms: fuss-budget, fusspot, worrywart |
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| worriment | (noun) a difficulty that causes anxiety | Synonyms: inconvenience, troublesomeness |
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| worry | (noun) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness | Synonyms: concern, headache, vexation |
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| (noun) a strong feeling of anxiety | Synonyms: trouble |
| worrying | (noun) the act of harassing someone | Synonyms: badgering, bedevilment, torment |
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| (noun) the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes | - |
| worrywart | (noun) thinks about unfortunate things that might happen | Synonyms: fuss-budget, fusspot, worrier |
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| worse | (noun) something inferior in quality or condition or effect | - |
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| worsening | (noun) changing something with the result that it becomes worse | - |
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| (noun) process of changing to an inferior state | Synonyms: declension, decline in quality, deterioration |
| worship | (noun) the activity of worshipping | - |
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| (noun) a feeling of profound love and admiration | Synonyms: adoration |