| alehoof | (noun) trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta | Synonyms: field balm, gill-over-the-ground, Glechoma hederaceae, ground ivy, Nepeta hederaceae, runaway robin |
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| bombproof | (noun) a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids | Synonyms: air-raid shelter, bomb shelter |
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| disproof | (noun) the act of determining that something is false | Synonyms: falsification, falsifying, refutal, refutation |
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| (noun) any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something | Synonyms: falsification, refutation |
| ganof | (noun) (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) | Synonyms: ganef, gonif, goniff |
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| goof | (noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | Synonyms: bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany |
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| (noun) a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior | Synonyms: buffoon, clown, goofball, merry andrew |
| hoof | (noun) the foot of an ungulate mammal | - |
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| (noun) the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals | - |
| poof | (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
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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) | - |
| reproof | (noun) an act or expression of criticism and censure | Synonyms: rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproval |
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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 | - |
| 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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| sunroof | (noun) an automobile roof having a sliding or raisable panel | Synonyms: sunshine-roof |
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| waterproof | (noun) a water-resistant coat | Synonyms: raincoat |
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| (noun) any fabric impervious to water | - |
| 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 |
| woof | (noun) the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving | Synonyms: filling, pick, weft |
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