abseil | (noun) (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body | Synonyms: rappel |
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nonpareil | (noun) colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies | - |
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(noun) a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar | - |
(noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
veil | (noun) a garment that covers the head and face | Synonyms: head covering |
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(noun) a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl | Synonyms: humeral veil |
(noun) the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) | Synonyms: caul, embryonic membrane |
(noun) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms | Synonyms: velum |