crochet | (noun) needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle | Synonyms: crocheting |
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crocket | (noun) an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable | - |
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croquet | (noun) a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg | - |
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crotchet | (noun) a small tool or hooklike implement | - |
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(noun) a strange attitude or habit | Synonyms: oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness |
(noun) a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note | Synonyms: quarter note |
(noun) a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook | Synonyms: hook |
cruet | (noun) bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table | Synonyms: crewet |
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crumpet | (noun) a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle | - |
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curet | (noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | Synonyms: curette |
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curvet | (noun) a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down | Synonyms: vaulting |
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cutlet | (noun) thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled | Synonyms: escallop, scallop, scollop |
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cygnet | (noun) a young swan | - |
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diamagnet | (noun) a substance that exhibits diamagnetism | - |
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diet | (noun) the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) | Synonyms: dieting |
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(noun) a prescribed selection of foods | - |
(noun) the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal) | - |
(noun) a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan) | - |
disquiet | (noun) the trait of seeming ill at ease | Synonyms: unease, uneasiness |
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(noun) a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments | Synonyms: anxiousness |
docket | (noun) a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to | Synonyms: agenda, schedule |
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(noun) (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities | - |
doublet | (noun) a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance | - |
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dragnet | (noun) a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths | Synonyms: trawl, trawl net |
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(noun) a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals) | - |
dragonet | (noun) small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America | - |
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driblet | (noun) a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) | Synonyms: drib, drop |
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droplet | (noun) a tiny drop | - |
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drugget | (noun) a rug made of a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a wool filling | - |
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drupelet | (noun) a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe | - |
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duet | (noun) (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble) | Synonyms: pas de deux |
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(noun) a musical composition for two performers | Synonyms: duette, duo |
(noun) a pair who associate with one another | Synonyms: couple, duo, twosome |
(noun) two performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: duette, duo |
(noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
duvet | (noun) a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider | Synonyms: continental quilt, eiderdown |
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eaglet | (noun) a young eagle | - |
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egret | (noun) any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season | - |
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electromagnet | (noun) a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet | - |
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emmet | (noun) social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers | Synonyms: ant, pismire |
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epaulet | (noun) adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder | Synonyms: epaulette |
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epithet | (noun) descriptive word or phrase | - |
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(noun) a defamatory or abusive word or phrase | Synonyms: name |
esparcet | (noun) Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain | Synonyms: holy clover, Onobrychis viciaefolia, Onobrychis viciifolia, sainfoin, sanfoin |
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estaminet | (noun) a small (and usually shabby) cafe selling wine and beer and coffee | - |
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ethernet | (noun) a type of network technology for local area networks; coaxial cable carries radio frequency signals between computers at a rate of 10 megabits per second | - |
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exoplanet | (noun) A planet which exists outside Earth's solar system | - |
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eyelet | (noun) a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar | Synonyms: eyehole |
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(noun) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines | Synonyms: cringle, grommet, grummet, loop |
(noun) fabric decorated with small holes with finely stitched edges that form an ornamental pattern. | - |
facet | (noun) a distinct feature or element in a problem | Synonyms: aspect |
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(noun) a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone) | - |
fanjet | (noun) a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust | Synonyms: fan-jet, fanjet engine, turbofan, turbofan engine, turbojet, turbojet engine |
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(noun) an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine | Synonyms: fan-jet, turbofan, turbojet |
faucet | (noun) a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir | Synonyms: spigot |
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ferret | (noun) domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits | - |
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(noun) musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct | Synonyms: black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes |
ferromagnet | (noun) any material that has ferromagnetic properties. | - |
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fidget | (noun) a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion | Synonyms: fidgetiness, restlessness |
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filet | (noun) lace having a square mesh | Synonyms: fillet |
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(noun) a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef | Synonyms: fillet |
(noun) a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish | Synonyms: fillet, fish filet, fish fillet |
fillet | (noun) a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband | Synonyms: taenia, tenia |
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(noun) fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members | Synonyms: stopping |
(noun) lace having a square mesh | Synonyms: filet |
(noun) a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus | Synonyms: lemniscus |
(noun) a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef | Synonyms: filet |
(noun) a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish | Synonyms: filet, fish filet, fish fillet |
fishnet | (noun) a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in | Synonyms: fishing net |
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flageolet | (noun) a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes | Synonyms: shepherd's pipe, treble recorder |
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(noun) a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried | Synonyms: haricot |
flatlet | (noun) a tiny flat | - |
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fleet | (noun) a group of warships organized as a tactical unit | - |
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(noun) a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership | - |
(noun) group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership | - |
(noun) group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership | - |
flibbertigibbet | (noun) a female fool | Synonyms: foolish woman |
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floret | (noun) a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) | Synonyms: floweret |
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floweret | (noun) a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) | Synonyms: floret |
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freshet | (noun) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow | Synonyms: spate |
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fret | (noun) a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch | - |
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(noun) an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief) | Synonyms: Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern |
(noun) a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion | Synonyms: worn spot |
(noun) agitation resulting from active worry | Synonyms: lather, stew, sweat, swither |
frontlet | (noun) an adornment worn on the forehead | Synonyms: frontal |
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fruitlet | (noun) a diminutive fruit, especially one that is part of a multiple fruit | - |
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furket | (noun) A forked pole, about four feet in length, used as a support for muskets. | Synonyms: musket rest |
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gadget | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gismo, gizmo, widget |
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gannet | (noun) large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish | - |
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gantlet | (noun) a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim | Synonyms: gauntlet |
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(noun) the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times | - |
(noun) a glove of armored leather; protects the hand | Synonyms: gauntlet, metal glove |
(noun) a glove with long sleeve | Synonyms: gauntlet |
(noun) to offer or accept a challenge | Synonyms: gauntlet |
garget | (noun) tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous | Synonyms: Phytolacca americana, pigeon berry, poke, scoke |
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garnet | (noun) any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive | - |
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garret | (noun) floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage | Synonyms: attic, loft |
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gasket | (noun) seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint | - |
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gauntlet | (noun) a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim | Synonyms: gantlet |
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(noun) a glove of armored leather; protects the hand | Synonyms: gantlet, metal glove |
(noun) a glove with long sleeve | Synonyms: gantlet |
(noun) to offer or accept a challenge | Synonyms: gantlet |
gearset | (noun) a set of gears | - |
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genet | (noun) agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail | Synonyms: Genetta genetta |
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get | (noun) a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent | - |
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gibbet | (noun) alternative terms for gallows | Synonyms: gallous, gallows-tree, gallows tree |
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giblet | (noun) edible viscera of a fowl | Synonyms: giblets |
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gifset | (noun) A set of images in the GIF format | - |
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gimlet | (noun) hand tool for boring holes | Synonyms: auger, screw auger, wimble |
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(noun) a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice | - |
gleet | (noun) a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea | - |
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gobbet | (noun) a lump or chunk of raw meat | - |
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goblet | (noun) a drinking glass with a base and stem | - |
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(noun) a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup | Synonyms: chalice |
gorget | (noun) armor plate that protects the neck | - |
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gourmet | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gastronome |
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greenmarket | (noun) an open-air marketplace for farm products | Synonyms: farmer's market, green market |
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grivet | (noun) white and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face | Synonyms: Cercopithecus aethiops |
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grommet | (noun) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines | Synonyms: cringle, eyelet, grummet, loop |
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groundsheet | (noun) a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture | Synonyms: ground cloth |
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grummet | (noun) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines | Synonyms: cringle, eyelet, grommet, loop |
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gullet | (noun) the passage between the pharynx and the stomach | Synonyms: esophagus, gorge, oesophagus |
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gusset | (noun) a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment | Synonyms: inset |
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(noun) a metal plate used to strengthen a joist | Synonyms: gusset plate |
(noun) a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate | Synonyms: voider |
hairnet | (noun) a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place | - |
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hamlet | (noun) a community of people smaller than a village | Synonyms: crossroads |
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(noun) a settlement smaller than a town | Synonyms: village |
handbasket | (noun) a container that is usually woven and has handles | Synonyms: basket |
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handset | (noun) telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle | Synonyms: French telephone |
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haslet | (noun) heart and liver and other edible viscera especially of hogs; usually chopped and formed into a loaf and braised | - |
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hatchet | (noun) a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood) | - |
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(noun) weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians | Synonyms: tomahawk |
headset | (noun) receiver consisting of a pair of headphones | - |
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helmet | (noun) a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows | - |
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(noun) armor plate that protects the head | - |
helpmeet | (noun) a helpful partner | Synonyms: helpmate |
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hogget | (noun) a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared | Synonyms: hog, hogg |
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hornet | (noun) large stinging paper wasp | - |
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hypermarket | (noun) a huge supermarket (usually built on the outskirts of a town) | - |
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imaret | (noun) a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey | - |
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inlet | (noun) an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container | Synonyms: intake |
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(noun) an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) | Synonyms: recess |
inset | (noun) a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment | Synonyms: gusset |
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(noun) an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted | Synonyms: insert |
(noun) a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one | - |
internet | (noun) a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange | Synonyms: cyberspace, net |
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intranet | (noun) a restricted computer network; a private network created using World Wide Web software | - |
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islet | (noun) a small island | Synonyms: isle |
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jacket | (noun) a short coat | - |
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(noun) an outer wrapping or casing | - |
(noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | Synonyms: cap, crown, crownwork, jacket crown |
(noun) the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition | - |
(noun) the outer skin of a potato | - |