alibi | (noun) (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question | - |
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(noun) a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. | Synonyms: exculpation, excuse, self-justification |
bilimbi | (noun) East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit | Synonyms: Averrhoa bilimbi |
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kohlrabi | (noun) fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant | Synonyms: turnip cabbage |
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(noun) plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea gongylodes |
krubi | (noun) malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet | Synonyms: Amorphophallus titanum, titan arum |
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niqaabi | (noun) an observant Muslim woman who covers her face and hands when in public or in the presence of any man outside her immediate family | - |
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obi | (noun) a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas | Synonyms: obeah |
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(noun) (West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery | Synonyms: obeah |
rabbi | (noun) spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law | - |
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rbi | (noun) a run that is the result of the batter's performance | Synonyms: run batted in |
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tabi | (noun) a sock with a separation for the big toe; worn with thong sandals by the Japanese | Synonyms: tabis |
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wasabi | (noun) the thick green root of the wasabi plant that the Japanese use in cooking and that tastes like strong horseradish; in powder or paste form it is often eaten with raw fish | - |
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(noun) a Japanese plant of the family Cruciferae with a thick green root | - |
zombi | (noun) several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur | Synonyms: zombie |
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(noun) a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force | Synonyms: living dead, zombie |
(noun) someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way | Synonyms: automaton, zombie |
(noun) a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies | Synonyms: snake god, zombie |
(noun) (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body | Synonyms: zombi spirit, zombie, zombie spirit |