| mudhif | (noun) a reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drained | - |
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| muff | (noun) (sports) dropping the ball | Synonyms: fumble |
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| (noun) a warm tubular covering for the hands | - |
| naif | (noun) a naive or inexperienced person | - |
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| neckerchief | (noun) a kerchief worn around the neck | - |
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| niff | (noun) an unpleasant smell | Synonyms: pong |
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| oaf | (noun) an awkward stupid person | Synonyms: clod, gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, stumblebum |
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| payoff | (noun) a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing | Synonyms: reward, wages |
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| (noun) the final payment of a debt | Synonyms: final payment |
| (noun) payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment | Synonyms: bribe |
| (noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: issue, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield |
| pelf | (noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
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| pikestaff | (noun) the staff of a pike | - |
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| pilaf | (noun) rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes | Synonyms: pilaff, pilau, pilaw |
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| pilaff | (noun) rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes | Synonyms: pilaf, pilau, pilaw |
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| plaintiff | (noun) a person who brings an action in a court of law | Synonyms: complainant |
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| playoff | (noun) any final competition to determine a championship | - |
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| pontiff | (noun) the head of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ |
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| poof | (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
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| pouf | (noun) thick cushion used as a seat | Synonyms: hassock, ottoman, pouffe, puff |
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| (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, queen, queer |
| powderpuff | (noun) a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin | Synonyms: puff |
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| prof | (noun) someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university | Synonyms: professor |
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| proof | (noun) the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something | Synonyms: substantiation, validation |
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| (noun) a trial photographic print from a negative | - |
| (noun) any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something | Synonyms: cogent evidence |
| (noun) a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it | - |
| (noun) (printing) an impression made to check for errors | Synonyms: test copy, trial impression |
| (noun) a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume) | - |
| puff | (noun) a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) | Synonyms: drag, pull |
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| (noun) forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth | Synonyms: blow |
| (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comfort, comforter, quilt |
| (noun) a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin | Synonyms: powderpuff |
| (noun) thick cushion used as a seat | Synonyms: hassock, ottoman, pouf, pouffe |
| (noun) exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) | - |
| (noun) a light inflated pastry or puff shell | - |
| (noun) a short light gust of air | Synonyms: puff of air, whiff |
| putoff | (noun) a pretext for delay or inaction | - |
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| quaff | (noun) a hearty draft | - |
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| quarterstaff | (noun) a long stout staff used as a weapon | - |
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| quiff | (noun) a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead) | - |
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| rebuff | (noun) a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) | Synonyms: slight |
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| (noun) an instance of driving away or warding off | Synonyms: repulse, snub |
| reef | (noun) one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind | - |
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| (noun) a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water | - |
| ref | (noun) (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play | Synonyms: referee |
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| relief | (noun) aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped | - |
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| (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: alleviation, easement, easing |
| (noun) assistance in time of difficulty | Synonyms: ministration, succor, succour |
| (noun) the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged | - |
| (noun) sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background | Synonyms: embossment, relievo, rilievo, sculptural relief |
| (noun) a change for the better | Synonyms: easing, moderation |
| (noun) the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced | Synonyms: alleviation, assuagement |
| (noun) someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) | Synonyms: backup, backup man, fill-in, reliever, stand-in, substitute |
| (noun) (law) redress awarded by a court | - |
| (noun) the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress) | Synonyms: ease |
| (noun) a pause for relaxation | Synonyms: respite, rest, rest period |
| reproof | (noun) an act or expression of criticism and censure | Synonyms: rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproval |
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| riff | (noun) a jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation | - |
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| riffraff | (noun) disparaging terms for the common people | Synonyms: rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail |
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| roof | (noun) a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building | - |
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| (noun) protective covering on top of a motor vehicle | - |
| (noun) an upper limit on what is allowed | Synonyms: cap, ceiling |
| (noun) the inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space | - |
| ruff | (noun) (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit | Synonyms: trumping |
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| (noun) common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season | Synonyms: Philomachus pugnax |
| (noun) a high tight collar | Synonyms: choker, neck ruff, ruffle |
| (noun) an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal | Synonyms: frill |
| runoff | (noun) a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner | - |
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| (noun) the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity | Synonyms: overflow, overspill |
| satinleaf | (noun) tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit | Synonyms: caimitillo, Chrysophyllum oliviforme, damson plum, satin leaf |
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| scarf | (noun) a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration | - |
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| (noun) a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end | Synonyms: scarf joint |
| sclaff | (noun) a poor golf stroke in which the club head hits the ground before hitting the ball | - |
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| scoff | (noun) showing your contempt by derision | Synonyms: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoffing |
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| scruff | (noun) the back side of the neck | Synonyms: nape, nucha |
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| scuff | (noun) the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet) | - |
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| (noun) a slipper that has no fitting around the heel | Synonyms: mule |
| scurf | (noun) (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts | - |
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| (noun) a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin | Synonyms: exfoliation, scale |
| self | (noun) your consciousness of your own identity | Synonyms: ego |
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| (noun) a person considered as a unique individual | - |
| selloff | (noun) a sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade | - |
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| serf | (noun) (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | Synonyms: helot, villein |
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| serif | (noun) a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character | Synonyms: seriph |
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| setoff | (noun) structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly | Synonyms: offset, set-back |
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| shandygaff | (noun) a drink made of beer and lemonade | Synonyms: shandy |
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| sheaf | (noun) a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing | Synonyms: bundle |
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| shelf | (noun) a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects | - |
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| (noun) a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water | Synonyms: ledge |
| sheriff | (noun) the principal law-enforcement officer in a county | - |
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| shinleaf | (noun) North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters | Synonyms: Pyrola elliptica, wild lily of the valley |
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| skiff | (noun) any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor | - |
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| sniff | (noun) sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose | Synonyms: snuff |
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| snuff | (noun) sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose | Synonyms: sniff |
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| (noun) finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose | - |
| (noun) a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time | - |
| (noun) the charred portion of a candlewick | - |
| spiff | (noun) attractiveness in appearance or dress or manner | - |
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| spliff | (noun) marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking | Synonyms: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, stick |
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| spoof | (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, takeoff, travesty |
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| staff | (noun) a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose | - |
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| (noun) (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written | Synonyms: stave |
| (noun) a rod carried as a symbol | - |
| (noun) the body of teachers and administrators at a school | Synonyms: faculty |
| (noun) personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task | - |
| (noun) building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration | - |
| standoff | (noun) the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand | Synonyms: repulsion |
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| (noun) the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided | Synonyms: draw, tie |
| stiff | (noun) the dead body of a human being | Synonyms: cadaver, clay, corpse, remains |
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| (noun) an ordinary man | - |
| stuff | (noun) miscellaneous unspecified objects | - |
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| (noun) unspecified qualities required to do or be something | - |
| (noun) a critically important or characteristic component | - |
| (noun) senseless talk | Synonyms: hooey, poppycock, stuff and nonsense |
| (noun) information in some unspecified form | - |
| (noun) informal terms for personal possessions | Synonyms: clobber |
| (noun) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Synonyms: material |
| sugarloaf | (noun) a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar | Synonyms: loaf sugar, sugar loaf |
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| sunroof | (noun) an automobile roof having a sliding or raisable panel | Synonyms: sunshine-roof |
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| surf | (noun) waves breaking on the shore | Synonyms: breaker, breakers |
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| sweetleaf | (noun) small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers; leaves and bark yield a yellow dye | Synonyms: Symplocus tinctoria |
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| takeoff | (noun) a departure; especially of airplanes | - |
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| (noun) humorous or satirical mimicry | Synonyms: mockery, parody |
| (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, travesty |
| (noun) the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne | - |
| tariff | (noun) a government tax on imports or exports | Synonyms: duty |
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| teeoff | (noun) the act of hitting a golf ball from the teeing ground at the start of each hole | - |
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| teff | (noun) an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay | Synonyms: Eragrostic abyssinica, Eragrostis tef, teff grass |
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| thief | (noun) a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it | Synonyms: stealer |
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| tiff | (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble |
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| tipstaff | (noun) staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable | - |
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| toff | (noun) informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person | Synonyms: nob |
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| tradeoff | (noun) an exchange that occurs as a compromise | Synonyms: trade-off |
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| tuff | (noun) hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash | Synonyms: tufa |
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| turf | (noun) range of jurisdiction or influence | - |
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| (noun) the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own | - |
| (noun) surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots | Synonyms: greensward, sod, sward |
| turnoff | (noun) a side road where you can turn off | - |
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| (noun) something causing antagonism or loss of interest | Synonyms: negative stimulation |
| unbelief | (noun) a rejection of belief | Synonyms: disbelief |
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| velvetleaf | (noun) tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States | Synonyms: Abutilon theophrasti, butter-print, China jute, Indian mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetweed |
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| (noun) arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States | Synonyms: Lavatera arborea, tree mallow, velvet-leaf |
| waif | (noun) a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned | Synonyms: street child |
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| waterleaf | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Hydrophyllum | - |
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| waterproof | (noun) a water-resistant coat | Synonyms: raincoat |
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| (noun) any fabric impervious to water | - |
| werewolf | (noun) a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again | Synonyms: loup-garou, lycanthrope, wolfman |
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| wharf | (noun) a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats | Synonyms: dock, pier, wharfage |
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| whiff | (noun) a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike | - |
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| (noun) a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil | - |
| (noun) a short light gust of air | Synonyms: puff, puff of air |
| witloof | (noun) young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head | Synonyms: Belgian endive, French endive |
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| (noun) widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched | Synonyms: Cichorium endivia, endive |
| wolf | (noun) any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs | - |
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| (noun) a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women | Synonyms: masher, skirt chaser, woman chaser |
| (noun) a cruelly rapacious person | Synonyms: beast, brute, savage, wildcat |
| woodruff | (noun) any plant of the genus Asperula | - |
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| (noun) Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula | Synonyms: Asperula odorata, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, sweet woodruff, waldmeister |
| woof | (noun) the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving | Synonyms: filling, pick, weft |
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| zarf | (noun) an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup | - |
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