backsaw | (noun) a handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge | Synonyms: back saw |
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bandsaw | (noun) an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels | Synonyms: band saw |
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bedstraw | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Galium | - |
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bucksaw | (noun) a saw that is set in a frame in the shape of an H; used with both hands to cut wood that is held in a sawbuck | - |
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bylaw | (noun) a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members | - |
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catclaw | (noun) erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida | Synonyms: black bead, cat's-claw, Pithecellobium unguis-cati |
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caw | (noun) the sound made by corvine birds | - |
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chainsaw | (noun) portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain | Synonyms: chain saw |
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chaw | (noun) a wad of something chewable as tobacco | Synonyms: chew, cud, plug, quid, wad |
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claw | (noun) sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles | - |
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(noun) a bird's foot | - |
(noun) a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods | Synonyms: chela, nipper, pincer |
(noun) a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something | Synonyms: hook |
coleslaw | (noun) basically shredded cabbage | Synonyms: slaw |
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craw | (noun) a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food | Synonyms: crop |
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cushaw | (noun) globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind | - |
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(noun) plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds | Synonyms: Cucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita mixta |
daw | (noun) common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery | Synonyms: Corvus monedula, jackdaw |
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draw | (noun) the act of drawing or hauling something | Synonyms: haul, haulage |
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(noun) poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer | Synonyms: draw poker |
(noun) (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage | Synonyms: draw play |
(noun) a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer | Synonyms: hook, hooking |
(noun) a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack | - |
(noun) anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random | Synonyms: lot |
(noun) the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided | Synonyms: standoff, tie |
(noun) a gully that is shallower than a ravine | - |
(noun) an entertainer who attracts large audiences | Synonyms: attracter, attraction, attractor, drawing card |
flaw | (noun) an imperfection in an object or machine | Synonyms: defect, fault |
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(noun) defect or weakness in a person's character | - |
(noun) an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness | - |
forepaw | (noun) front paw; analogous to the human hand | - |
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fretsaw | (noun) fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines | Synonyms: jigsaw, scroll saw |
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gangsaw | (noun) a power saw that has several parallel blades making simultaneous cuts | - |
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gewgaw | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bangle, bauble, fallal, gaud, novelty, trinket |
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guffaw | (noun) a burst of deep loud hearty laughter | Synonyms: belly laugh |
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hacksaw | (noun) saw used with one hand for cutting metal | Synonyms: hack saw, metal saw |
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handsaw | (noun) a saw used with one hand for cutting wood | Synonyms: carpenter's saw, hand saw |
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haw | (noun) the nictitating membrane of a horse | - |
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(noun) a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus | Synonyms: hawthorn |
hawkshaw | (noun) someone who is a detective | Synonyms: dick, gumshoe |
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isaw | (noun) a street food from the Philippines, made from barbecued pig or chicken intestines | - |
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jackdaw | (noun) common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery | Synonyms: Corvus monedula, daw |
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jackstraw | (noun) a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws | Synonyms: spillikin |
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jaw | (noun) holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object | - |
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(noun) the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth | - |
(noun) the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth | - |
jigsaw | (noun) fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines | Synonyms: fretsaw, scroll saw |
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(noun) a portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cut | Synonyms: reciprocating saw, saber saw |
kickshaw | (noun) something considered choice to eat | Synonyms: dainty, delicacy, goody, treat |
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law | (noun) the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system | Synonyms: practice of law |
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(noun) a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society | Synonyms: natural law |
(noun) a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | Synonyms: law of nature |
(noun) the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | Synonyms: jurisprudence, legal philosophy |
(noun) legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity | - |
(noun) the collection of rules imposed by authority | Synonyms: jurisprudence |
(noun) the force of policemen and officers | Synonyms: constabulary, police, police force |
lockjaw | (noun) an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages | Synonyms: tetanus |
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macaw | (noun) long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots | - |
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mackinaw | (noun) a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design | - |
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(noun) a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes | Synonyms: Mackinaw boat |
(noun) a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States | Synonyms: Mackinaw blanket |
(noun) a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material | Synonyms: Mackinaw coat |
maw | (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: cakehole, gob, hole, trap, yap |
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mayhaw | (noun) hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves | Synonyms: Crataegus aestivalis, summer haw |
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outlaw | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: criminal, crook, felon, malefactor |
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papaw | (noun) fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples | Synonyms: pawpaw |
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(noun) small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit | Synonyms: Asimina triloba, papaw tree, pawpaw |
paw | (noun) a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped | - |
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(noun) the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | Synonyms: hand, manus, mitt |
pawpaw | (noun) fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples | Synonyms: papaw |
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(noun) small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit | Synonyms: Asimina triloba, papaw, papaw tree |
(noun) tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit | Synonyms: Carica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya, papaya tree |
pilaw | (noun) rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes | Synonyms: pilaf, pilaff, pilau |
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pitsaw | (noun) a large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks; one man stood above the log and the other in a pit below | - |
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raw | (noun) informal terms for nakedness | Synonyms: altogether, birthday suit |
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rickshaw | (noun) a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person | Synonyms: jinrikisha, ricksha |
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ripsaw | (noun) a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood | Synonyms: splitsaw |
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saw | (noun) hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting | - |
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(noun) a power tool for cutting wood | Synonyms: power saw, sawing machine |
(noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | Synonyms: adage, byword, proverb |
scofflaw | (noun) one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses | - |
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scrimshaw | (noun) a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers | - |
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seesaw | (noun) a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end | Synonyms: dandle board, teeter-totter, teeter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board |
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slaw | (noun) basically shredded cabbage | Synonyms: coleslaw |
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southpaw | (noun) a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right | Synonyms: left-hander, lefty |
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(noun) a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand | Synonyms: left-handed pitcher, left-hander, left hander, lefthander, lefty |
splitsaw | (noun) a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood | Synonyms: ripsaw |
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squaw | (noun) derogatory terms for an American Indian woman | - |
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straw | (noun) a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth | Synonyms: drinking straw |
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(noun) a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white | Synonyms: pale yellow, wheat |
(noun) plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder | - |
(noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | Synonyms: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, stubble |
taw | (noun) a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles | Synonyms: shooter |
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(noun) the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
thaw | (noun) a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile | - |
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(noun) warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt | Synonyms: thawing, warming |
(noun) the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid | Synonyms: melt, melting, thawing |
waw | (noun) the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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whipsaw | (noun) a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people | Synonyms: lumberman's saw, two-handed saw, two-man saw |
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yaw | (noun) an erratic deflection from an intended course | Synonyms: swerve |
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