addend | (noun) a number that is added to another number (the augend) | - |
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augend | (noun) a number to which another number (the addend) is added | - |
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backbend | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor | - |
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bend | (noun) curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) | Synonyms: curve |
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(noun) diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left | Synonyms: bend dexter |
(noun) movement that causes the formation of a curve | Synonyms: bending |
(noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication |
(noun) a circular segment of a curve | Synonyms: crook, turn, twist |
blend | (noun) the act of blending components together thoroughly | Synonyms: blending |
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(noun) a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings | Synonyms: portmanteau, portmanteau word |
(noun) an occurrence of thorough mixing | - |
bookend | (noun) a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table) | - |
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boyfriend | (noun) a man who is the lover of a man or woman | Synonyms: beau, fellow, swain |
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dividend | (noun) that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly | - |
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(noun) a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus) | - |
(noun) a number to be divided by another number | - |
end | (noun) the part you are expected to play | - |
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(noun) (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line | - |
(noun) a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold | Synonyms: oddment, remainder, remnant |
(noun) a final part or section | - |
(noun) the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it | Synonyms: goal |
(noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: close, closing, conclusion, ending |
(noun) the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence | Synonyms: last |
(noun) either extremity of something that has length | Synonyms: terminal |
(noun) a boundary marking the extremities of something | - |
(noun) the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object | - |
(noun) one of two places from which people are communicating to each other | - |
(noun) (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage | - |
(noun) a final state | Synonyms: death, destruction |
(noun) the point in time at which something ends | Synonyms: ending |
fiend | (noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person | Synonyms: demon, devil, monster, ogre |
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(noun) a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause) | Synonyms: fanatic |
(noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daemon, daimon, demon, devil |
friend | (noun) a person you know well and regard with affection and trust | - |
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(noun) a person with whom you are acquainted | Synonyms: acquaintance |
(noun) an associate who provides cooperation or assistance | Synonyms: ally |
(noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter |
girlfriend | (noun) a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved | Synonyms: girl, lady friend |
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(noun) any female friend | - |
godsend | (noun) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | Synonyms: bonanza, boom, bunce, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall |
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lagend | (noun) goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered | Synonyms: lagan, ligan |
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legend | (noun) brief description accompanying an illustration | Synonyms: caption |
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(noun) a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events | Synonyms: fable |
loanblend | (noun) a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) | Synonyms: hybrid, loan-blend |
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mend | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixing, fixture, mending, repair, reparation |
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(noun) sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment) | Synonyms: darn, patch |
minuend | (noun) the number from which the subtrahend is subtracted | - |
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prebend | (noun) the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon | - |
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pretend | (noun) the enactment of a pretense | Synonyms: make-believe |
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reverend | (noun) a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | Synonyms: clergyman, man of the cloth |
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schoolfriend | (noun) a friend who attends the same school | - |
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stipend | (noun) a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose | - |
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subtrahend | (noun) the number to be subtracted from the minuend | - |
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trend | (noun) a general tendency to change (as of opinion) | Synonyms: drift, movement |
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(noun) the popular taste at a given time | Synonyms: style, vogue |
(noun) general line of orientation | Synonyms: course |
(noun) a general direction in which something tends to move | Synonyms: tendency |
weekend | (noun) a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday | - |
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