| hazel | (noun) a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes | - |
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| (noun) any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk | Synonyms: hazelnut, hazelnut tree |
| (noun) Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts | Synonyms: hazel tree, Pomaderris apetala |
| (noun) the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris) | - |
| heel | (noun) the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation | - |
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| (noun) (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft | - |
| (noun) the lower end of a ship's mast | - |
| (noun) the back part of the human foot | - |
| (noun) one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread | - |
| (noun) someone who is morally reprehensible | Synonyms: blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, hound |
| hostel | (noun) inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips) | Synonyms: student lodging, youth hostel |
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| (noun) a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers | Synonyms: auberge, hostelry, inn, lodge |
| hotel | (noun) a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services | - |
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| hovel | (noun) small crude shelter used as a dwelling | Synonyms: hut, hutch, shack, shanty |
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| hydrogel | (noun) a colloidal gel in which water is the dispersion medium | - |
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| hydromel | (noun) honey diluted in water; becomes mead when fermented | - |
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| infidel | (noun) a person who does not acknowledge your god | Synonyms: gentile, heathen, pagan |
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| isohel | (noun) an isogram connecting points receiving equal amounts of sunshine | - |
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| jewel | (noun) a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry | Synonyms: gem, precious stone |
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| (noun) a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry | Synonyms: gem |
| jezebel | (noun) a shameless impudent scheming woman | - |
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| keel | (noun) one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability | - |
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| (noun) the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly | - |
| (noun) a projection or ridge that suggests a keel | - |
| kennel | (noun) outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog | Synonyms: dog house, doghouse |
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| kernel | (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
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| (noun) a single whole grain of a cereal | - |
| (noun) the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone | Synonyms: meat |
| kestrel | (noun) small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind | Synonyms: Falco tinnunculus |
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| (noun) small North American falcon | Synonyms: American kestrel, Falco sparverius, sparrow hawk |
| knawel | (noun) widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers | Synonyms: knawe, Scleranthus annuus |
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| kneel | (noun) supporting yourself on your knees | Synonyms: kneeling |
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| kummel | (noun) liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin | - |
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| label | (noun) an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object | - |
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| (noun) a brief description given for purposes of identification | - |
| (noun) trade name of a company that produces musical recordings | Synonyms: recording label |
| (noun) a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction | - |
| lapel | (noun) lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar | - |
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| laurel | (noun) (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory | Synonyms: bay wreath, laurel wreath |
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| (noun) any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family | - |
| lenticel | (noun) one of many raised pores on the stems of woody plants that allow the interchange of gas between the atmosphere and the interior tissue | - |
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| level | (noun) indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid | Synonyms: spirit level |
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| (noun) a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale | Synonyms: floor, storey, story |
| (noun) a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line | Synonyms: horizontal surface |
| (noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality | Synonyms: degree, grade |
| (noun) height above ground | - |
| (noun) an abstract place usually conceived as having depth | Synonyms: layer, stratum |
| (noun) a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | Synonyms: degree, point, stage |
| (noun) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group | Synonyms: grade, tier |
| libel | (noun) a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person | - |
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| (noun) the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks | - |
| lintel | (noun) horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window | Synonyms: header |
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| lorchel | (noun) a large fungus of the family Helvellaceae | - |
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| mackerel | (noun) any of various fishes of the family Scombridae | - |
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| (noun) flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish | - |
| mandrel | (noun) any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts | Synonyms: arbor, mandril, spindle |
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| mangonel | (noun) catapult operated by manpower pulling cords attached to a lever and slign to launch projectiles | Synonyms: bricole, traction trebuchet |
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| mantel | (noun) shelf that projects from wall above fireplace | Synonyms: chimneypiece, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece |
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| marcel | (noun) a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron | - |
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| marvel | (noun) something that causes feelings of wonder | Synonyms: wonder |
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| materiel | (noun) equipment and supplies of a military force | Synonyms: equipage |
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| millwheel | (noun) water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill | Synonyms: mill wheel |
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| minstrel | (noun) a singer of folk songs | Synonyms: folk singer, jongleur, poet-singer, troubadour |
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| (noun) a performer in a minstrel show | - |
| mispickel | (noun) a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic | Synonyms: arsenopyrite |
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| model | (noun) the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) | Synonyms: modeling, modelling |
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| (noun) representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) | Synonyms: simulation |
| (noun) a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process | Synonyms: framework, theoretical account |
| (noun) something to be imitated | Synonyms: example, exemplar, good example |
| (noun) a representative form or pattern | Synonyms: example |
| (noun) a type of product | - |
| (noun) a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor | Synonyms: poser |
| (noun) someone worthy of imitation | Synonyms: role model |
| (noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | Synonyms: fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin |
| mongrel | (noun) an inferior dog or one of mixed breed | Synonyms: cur, mutt |
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| (noun) derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin | Synonyms: bastard |
| morel | (noun) any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap | - |
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| morsel | (noun) a small amount of solid food; a mouthful | Synonyms: bit, bite |
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| (noun) a small quantity of anything | - |
| motel | (noun) a motor hotel | - |
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| muscadel | (noun) wine from muscat grapes | Synonyms: muscadelle, muscat, muscatel |
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| muscatel | (noun) sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine | Synonyms: muscat, muscat grape |
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| (noun) wine from muscat grapes | Synonyms: muscadel, muscadelle, muscat |
| mussel | (noun) marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc. | - |
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| (noun) black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine | - |
| navel | (noun) a scar where the umbilical cord was attached | Synonyms: belly button, bellybutton, omphalos, omphalus, umbilicus |
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| (noun) the center point or middle of something | Synonyms: navel point |
| newel | (noun) the central pillar of a circular staircase | - |
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| (noun) the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail | Synonyms: newel post |
| newsreel | (noun) a short film and commentary about current events | - |
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| nickel | (noun) a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar | - |
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| (noun) five dollars worth of a drug | Synonyms: nickel note |
| (noun) a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite | Synonyms: atomic number 28, Ni |
| norethynodrel | (noun) a progesterone derivative used in oral contraceptives and in the control of menstruation and the treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding | - |
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| norgestrel | (noun) synthetic progestin used in oral contraceptives | - |
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| nosewheel | (noun) a wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gear | - |
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| novel | (noun) a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction | - |
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| (noun) an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story | - |
| oenomel | (noun) wine mixed with honey | - |
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| oriel | (noun) a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall | Synonyms: oriel window |
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| ousel | (noun) common black European thrush | Synonyms: blackbird, European blackbird, merl, merle, ouzel, Turdus merula |
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| ouzel | (noun) common black European thrush | Synonyms: blackbird, European blackbird, merl, merle, ousel, Turdus merula |
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| overmantel | (noun) a shelf over a mantelpiece | - |
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| paddlewheel | (noun) a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat | Synonyms: paddle wheel |
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| panel | (noun) sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something | - |
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| (noun) electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices | Synonyms: board, control board, control panel, instrument panel |
| (noun) a soft pad placed under a saddle | - |
| (noun) (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with `okay' or `cancel' | Synonyms: dialog box |
| (noun) a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails | Synonyms: gore |
| (noun) a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc | - |
| (noun) a committee appointed to judge a competition | Synonyms: jury |
| (noun) (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen) | Synonyms: venire |
| parallel | (noun) something having the property of being analogous to something else | Synonyms: analog, analogue |
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| (noun) an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | Synonyms: latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude |
| (noun) (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes) | - |
| parcel | (noun) the allotment of some amount by dividing something | Synonyms: portion, share |
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| (noun) a wrapped container | Synonyms: package |
| (noun) a collection of things wrapped or boxed together | Synonyms: bundle, package, packet |
| (noun) an extended area of land | Synonyms: parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract |
| parimutuel | (noun) betting where winners share the total amount wagered | - |
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| passel | (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
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| pastel | (noun) any of various pale or light colors | - |
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| pedicel | (noun) a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle | Synonyms: pedicle |
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| peel | (noun) the rind of a fruit or vegetable | Synonyms: skin |
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| pel | (noun) (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot) | Synonyms: picture element, pixel |
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| pennoncel | (noun) a small pennant borne on a lance | Synonyms: pennoncelle, penoncel |
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| penoncel | (noun) a small pennant borne on a lance | Synonyms: pennoncel, pennoncelle |
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| personnel | (noun) group of people willing to obey orders | Synonyms: force |
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| (noun) the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management | Synonyms: personnel department, personnel office, staff office |
| petrel | (noun) relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land | - |
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| pickerel | (noun) any of several North American species of small pike | - |
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| (noun) flesh of young or small pike | - |
| pimpernel | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Anagallis | - |
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| (noun) European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads | Synonyms: burnet bloodwort, Poterium sanguisorba, salad burnet |
| pinwheel | (noun) a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire | Synonyms: catherine wheel |
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| (noun) a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind | Synonyms: pinwheel wind collector |
| (noun) a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim | - |
| (noun) perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels | Synonyms: Aeonium haworthii |
| pipistrel | (noun) small European brown bat | Synonyms: pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus |
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| pixel | (noun) (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot) | Synonyms: pel, picture element |
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| pointel | (noun) a tool used by an engraver | Synonyms: graver, graving tool, pointrel |
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| pointrel | (noun) a tool used by an engraver | Synonyms: graver, graving tool, pointel |
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| pommel | (noun) handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle | Synonyms: saddlebow |
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| (noun) an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger | Synonyms: knob |
| (noun) a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse | - |
| pretzel | (noun) glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot | - |
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| pumpernickel | (noun) bread made of coarse rye flour | Synonyms: black bread |
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| quarrel | (noun) an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges | - |
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| (noun) an angry dispute | Synonyms: dustup, row, run-in, words, wrangle |
| rappel | (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: abseil |
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| ratel | (noun) nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia | Synonyms: honey badger, Mellivora capensis |
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| ravel | (noun) a row of unravelled stitches | Synonyms: ladder, run |
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| rebel | (noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist |
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| (noun) someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action | Synonyms: maverick |
| reel | (noun) a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps | Synonyms: Scottish reel |
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| (noun) an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines | Synonyms: Virginia reel |
| (noun) a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound | Synonyms: bobbin, spool |
| (noun) winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod | - |
| (noun) a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector | - |
| (noun) music composed for dancing a reel | - |
| revel | (noun) unrestrained merrymaking | Synonyms: revelry |
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| ridgel | (noun) a colt with undescended testicles | Synonyms: ridgeling, ridgil, ridgling |
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| riel | (noun) the basic unit of money in Cambodia; equal to 100 sen | - |
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| rijstafel | (noun) dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice | Synonyms: rijstaffel, rijsttaffel |
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| rijstaffel | (noun) dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice | Synonyms: rijstafel, rijsttaffel |
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| rijsttaffel | (noun) dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice | Synonyms: rijstafel, rijstaffel |
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| rondel | (noun) a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas | Synonyms: rondeau |
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| roundel | (noun) round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit | - |
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| (noun) (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a filled circle | - |
| (noun) English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third | - |
| rowel | (noun) a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur | - |
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| rubel | (noun) the basic unit of money in Belarus | - |
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| runnel | (noun) a small stream | Synonyms: rill, rivulet, run, streamlet |
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| samiel | (noun) a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa | Synonyms: simoom, simoon |
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| sapropel | (noun) sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans | - |
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