| prole | (noun) a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) | Synonyms: proletarian, worker |
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| propenonitrile | (noun) a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene | Synonyms: acrylonitrile, vinyl cyanide |
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| psychobabble | (noun) using language loaded with psychological terminology | - |
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| puddle | (noun) something resembling a pool of liquid | Synonyms: pool |
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| (noun) a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid | Synonyms: pool |
| (noun) a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry | - |
| purple | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes | Synonyms: the purple |
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| (noun) a color between red and blue | Synonyms: purpleness |
| (noun) (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status | Synonyms: the purple |
| pustule | (noun) a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus | - |
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| puzzle | (noun) a game that tests your ingenuity | - |
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| (noun) a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution | Synonyms: mystifier, puzzler, teaser |
| quadrangle | (noun) a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings | Synonyms: quad |
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| (noun) a four-sided polygon | Synonyms: quadrilateral, tetragon |
| quadrille | (noun) a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples | - |
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| (noun) music for dancing the quadrille | - |
| quadruple | (noun) a quantity that is four times as great as another | - |
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| (noun) a set of four similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: quadruplet, quartet, quartette |
| quartile | (noun) (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores | - |
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| quasiparticle | (noun) a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle | - |
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| quibble | (noun) an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections | Synonyms: cavil, quiddity |
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| quintuple | (noun) a set of five similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: quintet, quintette, quintuplet |
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| rabble | (noun) a disorderly crowd of people | Synonyms: mob, rout |
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| (noun) disparaging terms for the common people | Synonyms: ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff |
| raddle | (noun) a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking | Synonyms: reddle, ruddle |
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| radicle | (noun) (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve) | - |
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| raffle | (noun) a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money | - |
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| rale | (noun) a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders) | Synonyms: rattle, rattling |
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| ramble | (noun) an aimless amble on a winding course | Synonyms: meander |
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| ratatouille | (noun) a vegetable stew; usually made with tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, peppers, onion, and seasonings | - |
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| rathole | (noun) a small dirty uncomfortable room | - |
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| (noun) a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats | - |
| rationale | (noun) (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) | Synonyms: principle |
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| rattle | (noun) loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail | - |
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| (noun) a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken | - |
| (noun) a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders) | Synonyms: rale, rattling |
| razzle | (noun) any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent | Synonyms: razmataz, razzle-dazzle, razzmatazz |
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| receptacle | (noun) a container that is used to put or keep things in | - |
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| (noun) an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert | - |
| (noun) enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts | - |
| rectangle | (noun) a parallelogram with four right angles | - |
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| rectocele | (noun) protrusion or herniation of the rectum into the vagina; can occur if pelvic muscles are weakened by childbirth | Synonyms: proctocele |
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| reddle | (noun) a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking | Synonyms: raddle, ruddle |
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| reptile | (noun) any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms | Synonyms: reptilian |
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| resale | (noun) the selling of something purchased | - |
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| reshuffle | (noun) shuffling again | Synonyms: reshuffling |
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| (noun) a redistribution of something | - |
| reticle | (noun) a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument | Synonyms: graticule, reticule |
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| reticule | (noun) a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries | - |
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| (noun) a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument | Synonyms: graticule, reticle |
| reveille | (noun) a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise | - |
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| (noun) (military) signal to wake up | Synonyms: wake-up signal |
| reversible | (noun) a garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing) | - |
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| riddle | (noun) a coarse sieve (as for gravel) | - |
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| (noun) a difficult problem | Synonyms: brain-teaser, conundrum, enigma |
| ridgepole | (noun) a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters | Synonyms: ridge, rooftree |
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| ridicule | (noun) the act of deriding or treating with contempt | Synonyms: derision |
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| (noun) language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate | - |
| riffle | (noun) shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners | - |
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| (noun) a small wave on the surface of a liquid | Synonyms: ripple, rippling, wavelet |
| rifle | (noun) a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore | - |
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| rigamarole | (noun) a long and complicated and confusing procedure | Synonyms: rigmarole |
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| (noun) a set of confused and meaningless statements | Synonyms: rigmarole |
| rigmarole | (noun) a long and complicated and confusing procedure | Synonyms: rigamarole |
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| (noun) a set of confused and meaningless statements | Synonyms: rigamarole |
| ripple | (noun) a small wave on the surface of a liquid | Synonyms: riffle, rippling, wavelet |
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| (noun) (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value | - |
| rissole | (noun) minced cooked meat or fish coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat | - |
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| roble | (noun) tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns | Synonyms: California white oak, Quercus lobata, valley oak, valley white oak |
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| (noun) large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods; grown as a specimen in parks and large gardens | Synonyms: Platymiscium trinitatis |
| rocambole | (noun) European leek cultivated and used like leeks | Synonyms: Allium scorodoprasum, giant garlic, sand leek, Spanish garlic |
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| role | (noun) the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | Synonyms: function, office, part |
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| (noun) normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting | - |
| (noun) what something is used for | Synonyms: function, purpose, use |
| (noun) an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | Synonyms: character, part, persona, theatrical role |
| roselle | (noun) East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber | Synonyms: Hibiscus sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, rozelle, sorrel |
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| rouble | (noun) the basic unit of money in Russia | Synonyms: ruble |
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| roundtable | (noun) a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views | Synonyms: round-table conference, round table |
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| rozelle | (noun) East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber | Synonyms: Hibiscus sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, sorrel |
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| rubble | (noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | Synonyms: debris, detritus, dust, junk |
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| rubicelle | (noun) a yellow or orange variety of ruby spinel | - |
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| ruble | (noun) the basic unit of money in Russia | Synonyms: rouble |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Tajikistan | - |
| ruddle | (noun) a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking | Synonyms: raddle, reddle |
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| ruffle | (noun) a noisy fight | Synonyms: affray, disturbance, fray |
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| (noun) a high tight collar | Synonyms: choker, neck ruff, ruff |
| (noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim | Synonyms: flounce, frill, furbelow |
| rule | (noun) measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths | Synonyms: ruler |
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| (noun) a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior | Synonyms: regulation |
| (noun) something regarded as a normative example | Synonyms: convention, formula, normal, pattern |
| (noun) a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system | Synonyms: principle |
| (noun) a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct | Synonyms: principle |
| (noun) (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems | Synonyms: formula |
| (noun) prescribed guide for conduct or action | Synonyms: prescript |
| (noun) (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice | Synonyms: linguistic rule |
| (noun) directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted | - |
| (noun) any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order | - |
| (noun) dominance or power through legal authority | Synonyms: dominion |
| (noun) the duration of a monarch's or government's power | - |
| rumble | (noun) a fight between rival gangs of adolescents | Synonyms: gang fight |
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| (noun) a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage | - |
| (noun) a loud low dull continuous noise | Synonyms: grumble, grumbling, rumbling |
| rundle | (noun) one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder | Synonyms: rung, spoke |
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| rustle | (noun) a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind | Synonyms: rustling, whisper, whispering |
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| rutile | (noun) a mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form; occurs in metamorphic and plutonic rocks and is a major source of titanium | - |
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| sable | (noun) marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur | Synonyms: Martes zibellina |
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| (noun) a scarf (or trimming) made of sable | - |
| (noun) an artist's brush made of sable hairs | Synonyms: sable's hair pencil, sable brush |
| (noun) a very dark black | Synonyms: coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, soot black |
| (noun) the expensive dark brown fur of the marten | - |
| saccule | (noun) a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) | Synonyms: sacculus |
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| saddle | (noun) posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl | - |
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| (noun) a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal | - |
| (noun) a seat for the rider of a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycle seat |
| (noun) a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe | - |
| (noun) cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins | - |
| (noun) a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) | Synonyms: saddleback |
| sale | (noun) a particular instance of selling | - |
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| (noun) an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices | Synonyms: cut-rate sale, sales event |
| (noun) the general activity of selling | - |
| (noun) an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer) | Synonyms: sales agreement |
| (noun) the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling | - |
| sample | (noun) a small part of something intended as representative of the whole | - |
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| (noun) items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population | Synonyms: sample distribution, sampling |
| (noun) all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class | - |
| sandpile | (noun) a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in | Synonyms: sandbox, sandpit |
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| sanicle | (noun) a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers | Synonyms: snakeroot |
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| sarcostyle | (noun) one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber | Synonyms: myofibril, myofibrilla |
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| scale | (noun) a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals | - |
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| (noun) an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | - |
| (noun) a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass | Synonyms: weighing machine |
| (noun) a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) | Synonyms: plate, shell |
| (noun) (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) | Synonyms: musical scale |
| (noun) a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin | Synonyms: exfoliation, scurf |
| (noun) a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin | Synonyms: scale leaf |
| (noun) relative magnitude | - |
| (noun) the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it | - |
| (noun) an ordered reference standard | Synonyms: graduated table, ordered series, scale of measurement |
| schedule | (noun) a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to | Synonyms: agenda, docket |
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| (noun) an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur | - |
| schemozzle | (noun) (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess | Synonyms: shemozzle |
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| schnozzle | (noun) informal terms for the nose | Synonyms: beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, snoot, snout |
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| scrabble | (noun) an aimless drawing | Synonyms: doodle, scribble |
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| scramble | (noun) rushing about hastily in an undignified way | Synonyms: scamper, scurry |
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| (noun) an unceremonious and disorganized struggle | Synonyms: scuffle |
| scrapple | (noun) scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying | - |
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| scribble | (noun) an aimless drawing | Synonyms: doodle, scrabble |
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| (noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: cacography, scratch, scrawl |
| scruple | (noun) an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action | - |
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| (noun) uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety) | Synonyms: misgiving, qualm |
| (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains | - |
| scuffle | (noun) disorderly fighting | Synonyms: dogfight, hassle, rough-and-tumble, tussle |
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| (noun) an unceremonious and disorganized struggle | Synonyms: scramble |
| (noun) a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling | Synonyms: Dutch hoe, scuffle hoe |
| scumble | (noun) the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture | - |
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| scuttle | (noun) container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire | Synonyms: coal scuttle |
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| (noun) an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship | Synonyms: hatchway, opening |
| semicircle | (noun) a plane figure with the shape of half a circle | Synonyms: hemicycle |
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| sertindole | (noun) an antipsychotic medication used in the treatment of schizophrenia. | - |
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| settle | (noun) a long wooden bench with a back | Synonyms: settee |
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| shackle | (noun) a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) | Synonyms: bond, hamper, trammel |
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| (noun) a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar | - |
| shale | (noun) a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay | - |
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| shamble | (noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shambling, shuffle, shuffling |
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| shemozzle | (noun) (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess | Synonyms: schemozzle |
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| shingle | (noun) a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g. | - |
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| (noun) building material used as siding or roofing | Synonyms: shake |
| (noun) coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel) | - |
| shuffle | (noun) the act of mixing cards haphazardly | Synonyms: make, shuffling |
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| (noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shamble, shambling, shuffling |
| shuttle | (noun) bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads | - |
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| (noun) public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that flies back and forth between two points | - |
| (noun) badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers | Synonyms: bird, birdie, shuttlecock |
| sickle | (noun) an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle | Synonyms: reap hook, reaping hook |
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| sidesaddle | (noun) a saddle for a woman; rider sits with both feet on the same side of the horse | - |
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| silicle | (noun) short broad silique occurring in some cruciferous plants | - |
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| simile | (noun) a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as') | - |
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| simple | (noun) a person lacking intelligence or common sense | Synonyms: simpleton |
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| (noun) any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties | - |
| single | (noun) a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base | Synonyms: bingle |
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| (noun) the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number | Synonyms: 1, ace, I, one, unity |
| sinkhole | (noun) a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof | Synonyms: sink, swallow hole |
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| sizzle | (noun) a sizzling noise | - |
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