algin | (noun) a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier | Synonyms: alginic acid |
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biggin | (noun) a child's tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin | - |
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gin | (noun) a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points | Synonyms: gin rummy, knock rummy |
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(noun) a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers | Synonyms: cotton gin |
(noun) a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose | Synonyms: noose, snare |
(noun) strong liquor flavored with juniper berries | - |
margin | (noun) an amount beyond the minimum necessary | - |
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(noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: allowance, leeway, tolerance |
(noun) the blank space that surrounds the text on a page | - |
(noun) the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities | Synonyms: security deposit |
(noun) (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold | Synonyms: gross profit, gross profit margin |
(noun) the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary | Synonyms: border, perimeter |
noggin | (noun) informal terms for a human head | Synonyms: attic, bean, bonce, dome, noodle |
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origin | (noun) properties attributable to your ancestry | Synonyms: descent, extraction |
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(noun) the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero | - |
(noun) an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Synonyms: inception, origination |
(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
(noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | Synonyms: beginning, root, rootage, source |
(noun) the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived | - |
pidgin | (noun) an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages | - |
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reagin | (noun) an immunoglobulin E that is formed as an antibody against allergens (such as pollen); attaches to cell membranes causing the release of histamine and other substances responsible for the local inflammation characteristic of an allergy | - |
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smidgin | (noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | Synonyms: iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, tittle, whit |
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virgin | (noun) a person who has never had sex | - |
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