agnail | (noun) a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected | Synonyms: hangnail |
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doornail | (noun) a nail with a large head; formerly used to decorate doors | - |
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fingernail | (noun) the nail at the end of a finger | - |
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hangnail | (noun) a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected | Synonyms: agnail |
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hobnail | (noun) a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots | - |
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nail | (noun) a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener | - |
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(noun) horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits | - |
(noun) a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard | - |
seasnail | (noun) small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish | Synonyms: Liparis liparis, sea snail, snailfish |
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(noun) any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks, tritons, moon shells, neritids | - |
snail | (noun) freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell | - |
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(noun) edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic | Synonyms: escargot |
thumbnail | (noun) the nail of the thumb | - |
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toenail | (noun) the nail at the end of a toe | - |
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treenail | (noun) a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast | Synonyms: trenail, trunnel |
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trenail | (noun) a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast | Synonyms: treenail, trunnel |
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