| ball | (noun) a pitch that is not in the strike zone | - |
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| (noun) a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs | Synonyms: baseball, baseball game |
| (noun) round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games | - |
| (noun) a spherical object used as a plaything | - |
| (noun) a solid projectile that is shot by a musket | Synonyms: musket ball |
| (noun) a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass | - |
| (noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | Synonyms: ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis |
| (noun) a lavish dance requiring formal attire | Synonyms: formal |
| (noun) a compact mass | Synonyms: chunk, clod, clump, glob, lump |
| (noun) an object with a spherical shape | Synonyms: globe, orb |
| baseball | (noun) a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs | Synonyms: ball, baseball game |
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| (noun) a ball used in playing baseball | - |
| basketball | (noun) a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop | Synonyms: basketball game, hoops |
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| (noun) an inflated ball used in playing basketball | - |
| beachball | (noun) large and light ball; for play at the seaside | Synonyms: beach ball |
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| beanball | (noun) a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head | Synonyms: beaner |
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| bergall | (noun) common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States | Synonyms: cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus |
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| birdcall | (noun) a device for imitating a birdcall | - |
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| (noun) the characteristic sound produced by a bird | Synonyms: birdsong, call, song |
| blackball | (noun) the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto | Synonyms: barring |
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| blowball | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls | Synonyms: dandelion |
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| bookstall | (noun) a shop where books are sold | Synonyms: bookshop, bookstore |
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| brandyball | (noun) a British candy flavored with brandy | - |
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| buckyball | (noun) a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene | Synonyms: buckminsterfullerene |
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| butterball | (noun) small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage | Synonyms: Bucephela albeola, bufflehead, dipper |
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| (noun) a rotund individual | Synonyms: fat person, fatso, fatty, roly-poly |
| call | (noun) (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee | - |
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| (noun) a visit in an official or professional capacity | - |
| (noun) a brief social visit | - |
| (noun) the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date | Synonyms: call option |
| (noun) a method of contacting a person by phone | Synonyms: phone call, telephone call |
| (noun) a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition | Synonyms: cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell |
| (noun) the characteristic sound produced by a bird | Synonyms: birdcall, birdsong, song |
| (noun) a request | - |
| (noun) a demand | Synonyms: claim |
| (noun) a demand for a show of hands in a card game | - |
| (noun) an instruction that interrupts the program being executed | - |
| (noun) a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement | Synonyms: margin call |
| cannonball | (noun) a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon | Synonyms: cannon ball, round shot |
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| carryall | (noun) a capacious bag or basket | Synonyms: holdall, tote, tote bag |
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| catcall | (noun) a cry expressing disapproval | - |
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| catchall | (noun) an enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends | - |
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| coverall | (noun) a loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing | - |
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| downfall | (noun) a sudden decline in strength or number or importance | Synonyms: fall |
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| (noun) failure that results in a loss of position or reputation | Synonyms: ruin, ruination |
| (noun) the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) | Synonyms: precipitation |
| 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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| earthball | (noun) any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | Synonyms: false truffle, hard-skinned puffball, puffball |
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| evenfall | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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| eyeball | (noun) the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye | Synonyms: orb |
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| fall | (noun) a sudden drop from an upright position | Synonyms: spill, tumble |
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| (noun) the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | Synonyms: capitulation, surrender |
| (noun) a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity | - |
| (noun) a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity | Synonyms: dip, drop, free fall |
| (noun) a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity | Synonyms: drop |
| (noun) a sudden decline in strength or number or importance | Synonyms: downfall |
| (noun) when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat | Synonyms: pin |
| (noun) a movement downward | - |
| (noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope |
| (noun) the season when the leaves fall from the trees | Synonyms: autumn |
| (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
| fastball | (noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | Synonyms: bullet, heater, hummer, smoke |
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| fingerstall | (noun) a sheath worn to protect a finger | Synonyms: cot |
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| fireball | (noun) the luminous center of a nuclear explosion | - |
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| (noun) a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning) | - |
| (noun) a highly energetic and indefatigable person | Synonyms: ball of fire, human dynamo, powerhouse |
| (noun) an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) | Synonyms: bolide |
| 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 | - |
| football | (noun) any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal | Synonyms: football game |
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| (noun) the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football | - |
| footfall | (noun) the sound of a step of someone walking | Synonyms: footstep, step |
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| footstall | (noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | Synonyms: pedestal, plinth |
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| footwall | (noun) the lower wall of an inclined fault | - |
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| frontstall | (noun) medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head | Synonyms: chamfron, chanfron, front-stall, testiere |
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| gall | (noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: cheekiness, crust, freshness, impertinence, impudence, insolence |
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| (noun) a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats | Synonyms: bile |
| (noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | Synonyms: bitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment |
| (noun) abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury | - |
| (noun) a skin sore caused by chafing | - |
| (noun) an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle | Synonyms: saddle sore |
| gildhall | (noun) the meeting place of a medieval guild | - |
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| goofball | (noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | Synonyms: bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goose, jackass, twat, zany |
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| (noun) a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior | Synonyms: buffoon, clown, goof, merry andrew |
| greaseball | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent | Synonyms: dago, ginzo, Guinea, wop |
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| groundball | (noun) (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground | Synonyms: ground ball, grounder, hopper |
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| guildhall | (noun) the hall of a guild or corporation | - |
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| hairball | (noun) a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) | Synonyms: hair ball, trichobezoar |
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| hall | (noun) a large building for meetings or entertainment | - |
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| (noun) a large room for gatherings, receiving guests, or entertainment | - |
| (noun) an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open | Synonyms: hallway |
| (noun) a college or university building containing living quarters for students | Synonyms: dorm, dormitory, residence hall, student residence |
| (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule |
| (noun) the large room of a manor or castle | Synonyms: manor hall |
| (noun) a large and imposing house | Synonyms: manse, mansion, mansion house, residence |
| (noun) a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research | - |
| handball | (noun) a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands | - |
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| (noun) a small rubber ball used in playing the game of handball | - |
| hardball | (noun) baseball as distinguished from softball | - |
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| (noun) a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics | - |
| headstall | (noun) the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head | Synonyms: headpiece |
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| highball | (noun) a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass | - |
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| holdall | (noun) a capacious bag or basket | Synonyms: carryall, tote, tote bag |
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| icefall | (noun) a steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall | - |
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| knuckleball | (noun) a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin | Synonyms: knuckler |
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| landfall | (noun) the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water) | - |
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| (noun) the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water) | - |
| mall | (noun) a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk | Synonyms: promenade |
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| (noun) mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | Synonyms: center, centre, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall |
| marshall | (noun) a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law | Synonyms: marshal |
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| (noun) (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank | Synonyms: marshal |
| meatball | (noun) ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth | - |
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| mothball | (noun) a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing | Synonyms: camphor ball |
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| netball | (noun) a team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post | - |
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| nightfall | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, twilight |
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| oddball | (noun) a person with an unusual or odd personality | Synonyms: eccentric, eccentric person, flake, geek |
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| outfall | (noun) the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water | - |
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| overall | (noun) (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps) | - |
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| (noun) a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work | Synonyms: boilers suit, boilersuit |
| overcall | (noun) (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) | Synonyms: overbid |
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| paintball | (noun) a game that simulates military combat; players on one team try to eliminate players on the opposing team by shooting capsules of paint at them | - |
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| (noun) a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball | - |
| pall | (noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | Synonyms: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle |
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| (noun) burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped | Synonyms: cerement, shroud, winding-clothes, winding-sheet |
| (noun) a sudden numbing dread | Synonyms: chill |
| paywall | (noun) A mechanism used to limit access to only paying users | - |
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| pinball | (noun) a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets | Synonyms: pinball game |
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| pitfall | (noun) a trap in the form of a concealed hole | Synonyms: pit |
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| (noun) an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty | Synonyms: booby trap |
| pratfall | (noun) an embarrassing mistake | Synonyms: bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup |
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| (noun) a fall onto your buttocks | - |
| puffball | (noun) any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature | Synonyms: true puffball |
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| (noun) any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | Synonyms: earthball, false truffle, hard-skinned puffball |
| punchball | (noun) an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing | Synonyms: punch bag, punching bag, punching ball |
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| pushball | (noun) a game using a leather ball six feet in diameter; the two side try to push it across the opponents' goal | - |
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| racquetball | (noun) a game played on a handball court with short-handled rackets | - |
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| (noun) the ball used in playing the game of racquetball | - |
| rainfall | (noun) water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere | Synonyms: rain |
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| recall | (noun) the act of removing an official by petition | - |
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| (noun) the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) | Synonyms: recollection, reminiscence |
| (noun) a call to return | - |
| (noun) a bugle call that signals troops to return | - |
| (noun) a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) | Synonyms: callback |
| robocall | (noun) An phone call made by an automated service | - |
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| screwball | (noun) a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown | - |
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| (noun) a whimsically eccentric person | Synonyms: crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case |
| 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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| shortfall | (noun) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required | Synonyms: deficit, shortage |
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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 | - |
| small | (noun) a garment size for a small person | - |
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| (noun) the slender part of the back | - |
| snowball | (noun) snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) | - |
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| (noun) ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup | - |
| (noun) ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce | - |
| (noun) plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions | Synonyms: Abronia elliptica, sweet sand verbena |
| snowfall | (noun) precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals | Synonyms: snow |
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| softball | (noun) a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger | Synonyms: softball game |
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| (noun) ball used in playing softball | - |
| sourball | (noun) round piece of tart hard candy | - |
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| spall | (noun) a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge | Synonyms: spawl |
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| spitball | (noun) an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it | Synonyms: spitter |
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| (noun) a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere | - |
| sportsball | (noun) Sports of an unspecified kind, usually condescending | - |
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| squall | (noun) sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation | - |
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| stall | (noun) a tactic used to mislead or delay | Synonyms: stalling |
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| (noun) small area set off by walls for special use | Synonyms: booth, cubicle, kiosk |
| (noun) a booth where articles are displayed for sale | Synonyms: sales booth, stand |
| (noun) small individual study area in a library | Synonyms: carrel, carrell, cubicle |
| (noun) a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed | - |
| (noun) seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater | - |
| (noun) a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge | - |
| stickball | (noun) a form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle | Synonyms: stickball game |
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| tall | (noun) a garment size for a tall person | - |
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| tetherball | (noun) a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole | - |
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| thrall | (noun) someone held in bondage | - |
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| (noun) the state of being under the control of another person | Synonyms: bondage, slavery, thraldom, thralldom |
| thumbstall | (noun) protective covering for an injured thumb | - |
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| trackball | (noun) an electronic device consisting of a rotatable ball in a housing; used to position the cursor and move images on a computer screen | - |
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| volleyball | (noun) a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands | Synonyms: volley ball, volleyball game |
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| (noun) an inflated ball used in playing volleyball | Synonyms: volley ball |
| 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 | - |
| waterfall | (noun) a steep descent of the water of a river | Synonyms: falls |
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| windfall | (noun) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | Synonyms: bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven |
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| (noun) fruit that has fallen from the tree | - |