alkanet | (noun) perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers | Synonyms: Anchusa officinalis, bugloss |
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antiferromagnet | (noun) any material that has antiferromagnetic properties. | - |
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baronet | (noun) a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight | Synonyms: Bart |
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basinet | (noun) a medieval steel helmet | - |
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bassinet | (noun) a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed | - |
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(noun) a perambulator that resembles a bassinet | - |
bayonet | (noun) a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon | - |
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beignet | (noun) a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar | Synonyms: French fritter |
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bennet | (noun) North American white-flowered avens | Synonyms: Geum canadense, white avens |
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(noun) avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers | Synonyms: Geum virginianum, white avens |
bluebonnet | (noun) a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side | Synonyms: Balmoral |
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(noun) low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States | Synonyms: buffalo clover, Lupinus subcarnosus, Texas bluebonnet |
bonnet | (noun) a hat tied under the chin | Synonyms: poke bonnet |
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(noun) protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine | Synonyms: cowl, cowling, hood |
brunet | (noun) a person with dark (brown) hair | Synonyms: brunette |
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cabinet | (noun) a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display | - |
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(noun) housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television | Synonyms: console |
(noun) a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock | Synonyms: locker, storage locker |
(noun) persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers | - |
clarinet | (noun) a single-reed instrument with a straight tube | - |
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cornet | (noun) a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves | Synonyms: horn, trump, trumpet |
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coronet | (noun) margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof | - |
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(noun) a small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign | - |
cygnet | (noun) a young swan | - |
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diamagnet | (noun) a substance that exhibits diamagnetism | - |
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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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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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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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ferromagnet | (noun) any material that has ferromagnetic properties. | - |
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fishnet | (noun) a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in | Synonyms: fishing net |
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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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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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genet | (noun) agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail | Synonyms: Genetta genetta |
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hairnet | (noun) a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place | - |
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hornet | (noun) large stinging paper wasp | - |
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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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jaconet | (noun) a lightweight cotton cloth with a smooth and slightly stiff finish; used for clothing and bandages | - |
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jennet | (noun) female donkey | Synonyms: jenny, jenny ass |
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linnet | (noun) small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead | Synonyms: Carduelis cannabina, lintwhite |
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(noun) small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico | Synonyms: Carpodacus mexicanus, house finch |
lionet | (noun) a small or young lion | - |
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magnet | (noun) (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | - |
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(noun) a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts | Synonyms: attracter, attraction, attractive feature, attractor |
martinet | (noun) someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms | Synonyms: disciplinarian, moralist |
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net | (noun) an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals | Synonyms: mesh, meshing, meshwork, network |
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(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, internet |
(noun) a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects | - |
(noun) game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton | - |
(noun) a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey) | - |
(noun) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) | Synonyms: earnings, lucre, net income, net profit, profit, profits |
paramagnet | (noun) magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it | - |
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planet | (noun) (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction | Synonyms: major planet |
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(noun) any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star | - |
(noun) a person who follows or serves another | Synonyms: satellite |
punnet | (noun) a small light basket used as a measure for fruits | - |
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rennet | (noun) a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket | - |
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sarcenet | (noun) a fine soft silk fabric often used for linings | Synonyms: sarsenet |
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sarsenet | (noun) a fine soft silk fabric often used for linings | Synonyms: sarcenet |
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satinet | (noun) a fabric with a finish resembling satin but made partly or wholly from cotton or synthetic fiber | Synonyms: satinette |
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signet | (noun) a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially) | - |
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sonnet | (noun) a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme | - |
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spinet | (noun) early model harpsichord with only one string per note | - |
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(noun) a small and compactly built upright piano | - |
stockinet | (noun) knit used especially for infants' wear and undergarments | Synonyms: stockinette |
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sunbonnet | (noun) a large bonnet that shades the face; worn by girls and women | - |
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tenet | (noun) a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof | Synonyms: dogma |
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toucanet | (noun) small toucan | - |
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wordnet | (noun) any of the machine-readable lexical databases modeled after the Princeton WordNet | - |
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