beech | (noun) any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions | Synonyms: beech tree |
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(noun) wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles | Synonyms: beechwood |
biotech | (noun) the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes | Synonyms: biotechnology |
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breech | (noun) opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded | Synonyms: rear of barrel, rear of tube |
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cromlech | (noun) a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone | Synonyms: dolmen, portal tomb |
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horseleech | (noun) any of several large freshwater leeches | - |
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lech | (noun) man with strong sexual desires | Synonyms: lecher, letch, satyr |
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leech | (noun) carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end | Synonyms: bloodsucker, hirudinean |
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(noun) a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | Synonyms: parasite, sponge, sponger |
nebbech | (noun) (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton | Synonyms: nebbish |
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screech | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
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(noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
speech | (noun) the mental faculty or power of vocal communication | Synonyms: language |
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(noun) (language) communication by word of mouth | Synonyms: language, oral communication, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication |
(noun) the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience | Synonyms: address |
(noun) words making up the dialogue of a play | Synonyms: actor's line, words |
(noun) a lengthy rebuke | Synonyms: lecture, talking to |
(noun) the exchange of spoken words | - |
(noun) your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally | Synonyms: delivery, manner of speaking |
(noun) something spoken | - |
tech | (noun) a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences | Synonyms: technical school |
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