abbot | (noun) the superior of an abbey of monks | Synonyms: archimandrite |
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aliquot | (noun) an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity | Synonyms: aliquot part |
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alumroot | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera | Synonyms: alumbloom |
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apricot | (noun) a shade of pink tinged with yellow | Synonyms: peach, salmon pink, yellowish pink |
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(noun) downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach | - |
(noun) Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach | Synonyms: apricot tree |
argot | (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular |
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arrowroot | (noun) white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch | Synonyms: American arrowroot, Maranta arundinaceae, obedience plant |
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(noun) canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained | Synonyms: achira, Canna edulis, Canna indica, indian shot |
(noun) a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant | - |
ascot | (noun) a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin | - |
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autopilot | (noun) a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course | Synonyms: automatic pilot, robot pilot |
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(noun) a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness | Synonyms: automatic pilot |
ballot | (noun) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | Synonyms: balloting, vote, voting |
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(noun) a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting | - |
balsamroot | (noun) a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots | - |
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bandicoot | (noun) any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous | - |
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beetroot | (noun) round red root vegetable | Synonyms: beet |
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(noun) beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption | Synonyms: Beta vulgaris rubra |
bergamot | (noun) small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy | Synonyms: bergamot orange, Citrus bergamia |
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bigot | (noun) a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own | - |
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birthroot | (noun) trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth | Synonyms: purple trillium, red trillium, Trillium erectum |
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bitterroot | (noun) showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower | Synonyms: Lewisia rediviva |
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bloodroot | (noun) perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant | Synonyms: puccoon, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort |
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blot | (noun) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | Synonyms: smear, smirch, spot, stain |
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(noun) a blemish made by dirt | Synonyms: daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot |
boot | (noun) the act of delivering a blow with the foot | Synonyms: kick, kicking |
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(noun) a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed | - |
(noun) footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg | - |
(noun) compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools | Synonyms: automobile trunk, luggage compartment, trunk |
(noun) an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg | Synonyms: iron boot, iron heel, the boot |
(noun) protective casing for something that resembles a leg | - |
(noun) the swift release of a store of affective force | Synonyms: bang, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill |
bot | (noun) botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human | - |
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bowknot | (noun) a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces | Synonyms: bow |
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breadroot | (noun) densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots | Synonyms: Indian breadroot, pomme blanche, pomme de prairie, Psoralea esculenta |
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briarroot | (noun) hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea | - |
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buckshot | (noun) small lead shot for shotgun shells | Synonyms: bird shot, duck shot |
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bullshot | (noun) a cocktail made with vodka and beef bouillon or consomme | - |
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burbot | (noun) elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth | Synonyms: cusk, eelpout, ling, Lota lota |
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cachalot | (noun) large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris | Synonyms: black whale, Physeter catodon, sperm whale |
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cahoot | (noun) collusion | - |
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carrot | (noun) promise of reward as in "carrot and stick" | - |
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(noun) orange root; important source of carotene | - |
(noun) perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions | Synonyms: cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa |
(noun) deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant | - |
carrycot | (noun) box-shaped baby bed with handles (for a baby to sleep in while being carried) | - |
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chamberpot | (noun) a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom | Synonyms: potty, thunder mug |
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chariot | (noun) a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage | - |
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(noun) a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome | - |
cheroot | (noun) a cigar with both ends cut flat | - |
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chicot | (noun) handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute | Synonyms: bonduc, Gymnocladus dioica, Kentucky coffee tree |
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chimneypot | (noun) a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft | - |
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clawfoot | (noun) a deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw | Synonyms: pes cavus |
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clot | (noun) a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid | Synonyms: coagulum |
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cloveroot | (noun) hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: clover-root, Geum urbanum, herb bennet, wood avens |
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clubfoot | (noun) congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes | Synonyms: talipes |
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cocksfoot | (noun) widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass | Synonyms: cockspur, Dactylis glomerata, orchard grass |
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coffeepot | (noun) tall pot in which coffee is brewed | - |
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colicroot | (noun) any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic | Synonyms: colic root, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root |
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coltsfoot | (noun) perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly | Synonyms: Tussilago farfara |
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(noun) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | Synonyms: beetleweed, galax, Galax urceolata, galaxy, wandflower |
compatriot | (noun) a person from your own country | - |
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coot | (noun) slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks | - |
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copilot | (noun) a relief pilot on an airplane | Synonyms: co-pilot |
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coralroot | (noun) European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock | Synonyms: Cardamine bulbifera, coral-root bittercress, coralwort, Dentaria bulbifera |
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costusroot | (noun) annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs | Synonyms: Saussurea costus, Saussurea lappa |
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cot | (noun) a small bed that folds up for storage or transport | Synonyms: camp bed |
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(noun) baby bed with high sides made of slats | Synonyms: crib |
(noun) a sheath worn to protect a finger | Synonyms: fingerstall |
counterplot | (noun) a plot intended to subvert another plot | Synonyms: counterplan |
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countershot | (noun) a return shot; a retaliatory shot | - |
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crackpot | (noun) a whimsically eccentric person | Synonyms: crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwball |
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crapshoot | (noun) playing craps | Synonyms: crap game, crap shooting |
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(noun) a risky and uncertain venture | - |
crinkleroot | (noun) North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots | Synonyms: Cardamine diphylla, crinkle-root, crinkle root, Dentaria diphylla, pepper root, toothwort |
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crowfoot | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, goldcup, kingcup |
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depot | (noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | Synonyms: terminal, terminus |
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(noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: entrepot, storage, store, storehouse |
despot | (noun) a cruel and oppressive dictator | Synonyms: autocrat, tyrant |
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dicot | (noun) flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside | Synonyms: dicotyledon, exogen, magnoliopsid |
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divot | (noun) a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club) | - |
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(noun) (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke | - |
dogtrot | (noun) a steady trot like that of a dog | - |
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dot | (noun) street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | Synonyms: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen |
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(noun) the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code | Synonyms: dit |
(noun) a very small circular shape | Synonyms: point |
earshot | (noun) the range within which a voice can be heard | Synonyms: earreach, hearing |
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entrepot | (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: depot, storage, store, storehouse |
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(noun) a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties | Synonyms: transshipment center |
ergot | (noun) a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid | Synonyms: Claviceps purpurea |
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(noun) a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus | - |
escargot | (noun) edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic | Synonyms: snail |
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eschalot | (noun) type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning | Synonyms: Allium ascalonicum, Allium cepa aggregatum, multiplier onion, shallot |
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eyeshot | (noun) the range of the eye | Synonyms: view |
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eyespot | (noun) an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color | Synonyms: ocellus |
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faggot | (noun) a bundle of sticks and branches bound together | Synonyms: fagot |
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(noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
fagot | (noun) a bundle of sticks and branches bound together | Synonyms: faggot |
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(noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
feedlot | (noun) a building where livestock are fattened for market | - |
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feverroot | (noun) coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers | Synonyms: horse gentian, tinker's root, Triostium perfoliatum, wild coffee |
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fingerroot | (noun) tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock | Synonyms: common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, fairy bell, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerflower |
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flagroot | (noun) perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Acorus calamus, calamus, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag |
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flatfoot | (noun) a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out | Synonyms: pes planus, splayfoot |
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(noun) a policeman who patrols a given region | Synonyms: patrolman |
flowerpot | (noun) a container in which plants are cultivated | Synonyms: pot |
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foot | (noun) travel by walking | - |
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(noun) any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates | Synonyms: invertebrate foot |
(noun) the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings | Synonyms: animal foot |
(noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure |
(noun) a support resembling a pedal extremity | - |
(noun) the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint | Synonyms: human foot, pes |
(noun) (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm | Synonyms: metrical foot, metrical unit |
(noun) an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot | Synonyms: infantry |
(noun) the lower part of anything | - |
(noun) a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger | - |
(noun) a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard | Synonyms: ft |
forefoot | (noun) a front foot of a quadruped | - |
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foxtrot | (noun) a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences | Synonyms: fox-trot |
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fumeroot | (noun) delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: Fumaria officinalis, fumewort, fumitory |
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(noun) herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers | Synonyms: Corydalis solida, fumewort |
fusspot | (noun) thinks about unfortunate things that might happen | Synonyms: fuss-budget, worrier, worrywart |
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galoot | (noun) a disreputable or clumsy man | - |
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gigot | (noun) lamb leg suitable for roasting | Synonyms: leg of lamb |
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gingerroot | (noun) pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery | Synonyms: ginger |
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goatsfoot | (noun) short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers | Synonyms: goat's foot, Oxalis caprina |
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goosefoot | (noun) any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers | - |
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grapeshot | (noun) a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot | Synonyms: grape |
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griot | (noun) a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village | - |
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grot | (noun) a small cave (usually with attractive features) | Synonyms: grotto |
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guillemot | (noun) small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas | - |
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gunshot | (noun) the act of shooting a gun | Synonyms: gunfire |
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guyot | (noun) a seamount of volcanic origin (especially in the Pacific Ocean) | - |
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haricot | (noun) a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried | Synonyms: flageolet |
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(noun) a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans | - |
harlot | (noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl |
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headshot | (noun) a shot aimed at a person's head | - |
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(noun) an attempt to put the soccer ball into the net by using the head | - |
(noun) a photograph of a person's head | - |
heartrot | (noun) any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees) | - |
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helot | (noun) (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | Synonyms: serf, villein |
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hindfoot | (noun) a rear foot of a quadruped | - |
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honeypot | (noun) South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes | Synonyms: king protea, Protea cynaroides |
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hoot | (noun) something of little value | Synonyms: damn, darn, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn |
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(noun) a loud raucous cry (as of an owl) | - |
(noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | Synonyms: bird, boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort |