| afterglow | (noun) the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event | - |
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| (noun) a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset | - |
| airflow | (noun) the flow of air | Synonyms: air flow, flow of air |
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| arrow | (noun) a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow | - |
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| (noun) a mark to indicate a direction or relation | Synonyms: pointer |
| backflow | (noun) a flow that returns toward its source | Synonyms: backflowing |
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| barrow | (noun) a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels | Synonyms: garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow |
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| (noun) (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs | Synonyms: burial mound, grave mound, tumulus |
| (noun) the quantity that a barrow will hold | Synonyms: barrowful |
| bedfellow | (noun) a person with whom you share a bed | Synonyms: bedmate |
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| (noun) a temporary associate | - |
| bellow | (noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | Synonyms: bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl |
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| billow | (noun) a large sea wave | Synonyms: surge |
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| blow | (noun) a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon | - |
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| (noun) forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth | Synonyms: puff |
| (noun) street names for cocaine | Synonyms: C, coke, nose candy, snow |
| (noun) an impact (as from a collision) | Synonyms: bump |
| (noun) an unpleasant or disappointing surprise | Synonyms: shock |
| (noun) an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating | Synonyms: black eye, reversal, reverse, setback |
| (noun) a strong current of air | Synonyms: blast, gust |
| bow | (noun) a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments | - |
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| (noun) a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments | - |
| (noun) a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow | - |
| (noun) a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces | Synonyms: bowknot |
| (noun) a decorative interlacing of ribbons | - |
| (noun) something curved in shape | Synonyms: arc |
| (noun) front part of a vessel or aircraft | Synonyms: fore, prow, stem |
| (noun) an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience | Synonyms: curtain call |
| (noun) bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting | Synonyms: bowing, obeisance |
| brow | (noun) the part of the face above the eyes | Synonyms: forehead |
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| (noun) the arch of hair above each eye | Synonyms: eyebrow, supercilium |
| (noun) the peak of a hill | Synonyms: hilltop |
| bungalow | (noun) a small house with a single story | Synonyms: cottage |
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| burrow | (noun) a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter | Synonyms: tunnel |
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| chow | (noun) breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China | Synonyms: chow chow |
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| (noun) informal terms for a meal | Synonyms: chuck, eats, grub |
| chowchow | (noun) a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger | - |
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| (noun) chopped pickles in mustard sauce | - |
| cockcrow | (noun) the first light of day | Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup |
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| counterblow | (noun) a return blow; a retaliatory blow | - |
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| counterglow | (noun) a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space | Synonyms: gegenschein |
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| cow | (noun) female of domestic cattle: | Synonyms: moo-cow |
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| (noun) mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull' | - |
| (noun) a large unpleasant woman | - |
| crossbow | (noun) a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel) | - |
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| crow | (noun) black birds having a raucous call | - |
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| (noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, bragging, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing |
| (noun) the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it) | - |
| curassow | (noun) large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food | - |
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| deathblow | (noun) the blow that kills (usually mercifully) | Synonyms: coup de grace |
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| dhow | (noun) a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs | - |
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| elbow | (noun) the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow | - |
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| (noun) the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow joint | - |
| (noun) a sharp bend in a road or river | - |
| (noun) a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it | - |
| (noun) hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped | Synonyms: articulatio cubiti, cubital joint, cubitus, elbow joint, human elbow |
| escrow | (noun) a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition | - |
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| eyebrow | (noun) the arch of hair above each eye | Synonyms: brow, supercilium |
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| eyeshadow | (noun) makeup consisting of a cosmetic substance used to darken the eyes | - |
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| fallow | (noun) cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons | - |
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| farrow | (noun) the production of a litter of pigs | Synonyms: farrowing |
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| fellow | (noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, gent, lad |
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| (noun) a man who is the lover of a man or woman | Synonyms: beau, boyfriend, swain |
| (noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: associate, companion, comrade, familiar |
| (noun) a person who is member of one's class or profession | Synonyms: colleague, confrere |
| (noun) an informal form of address for a man | Synonyms: buster, dude |
| (noun) a member of a learned society | - |
| (noun) one of a pair | Synonyms: mate |
| floorshow | (noun) a series of acts at a night club | Synonyms: cabaret, floor show |
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| flow | (noun) the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression | Synonyms: stream |
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| (noun) the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) | Synonyms: flowing |
| (noun) dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas | Synonyms: current, stream |
| (noun) any uninterrupted stream or discharge | - |
| (noun) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | Synonyms: catamenia, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period |
| (noun) something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously | Synonyms: stream |
| (noun) the amount of fluid that flows in a given time | Synonyms: flow rate, rate of flow |
| furbelow | (noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim | Synonyms: flounce, frill, ruffle |
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| furrow | (noun) a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) | - |
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| (noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, line, seam, wrinkle |
| glow | (noun) light from nonthermal sources | Synonyms: luminescence |
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| (noun) an appearance of reflected light | Synonyms: gleam, gleaming, lambency |
| (noun) a feeling of considerable warmth | - |
| (noun) the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised | Synonyms: incandescence |
| (noun) the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface | Synonyms: glowing, radiance |
| (noun) a steady even light without flames | - |
| (noun) an alert and refreshed state | Synonyms: freshness |
| handbarrow | (noun) a rectangular frame with handles at both ends; carried by two people | - |
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| handbow | (noun) a bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow | - |
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| harrow | (noun) a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil | - |
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| haymow | (noun) a loft in a barn where hay is stored | Synonyms: hayloft, mow |
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| (noun) a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | - |
| hedgerow | (noun) a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes | Synonyms: hedge |
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| highbrow | (noun) a person of intellectual or erudite tastes | - |
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| hollow | (noun) a depression hollowed out of solid matter | Synonyms: hole |
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| (noun) a small valley between mountains | Synonyms: holler |
| (noun) a cavity or space in something | - |
| hoosegow | (noun) slang for a jail | Synonyms: hoosgow |
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| hoosgow | (noun) slang for a jail | Synonyms: hoosegow |
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| horseshow | (noun) a competitive exhibition of horses | - |
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| inflow | (noun) the process of flowing in | Synonyms: influx |
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| know | (noun) the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people | - |
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| kotow | (noun) a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission | Synonyms: kowtow |
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| kowtow | (noun) a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission | Synonyms: kotow |
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| longbow | (noun) a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England | - |
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| low | (noun) the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving | Synonyms: first, first gear, low gear |
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| (noun) a low level or position or degree | - |
| (noun) an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation | Synonyms: depression |
| lowbrow | (noun) a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits | Synonyms: anti-intellectual, philistine |
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| mallow | (noun) any of various plants of the family Malvaceae | - |
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| marrow | (noun) the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones | Synonyms: bone marrow |
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| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
| (noun) large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins | Synonyms: vegetable marrow |
| (noun) very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones | Synonyms: bone marrow |
| (noun) any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh | Synonyms: marrow squash, vegetable marrow |
| marshmallow | (noun) spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar | - |
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| meadow | (noun) a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay | Synonyms: hayfield |
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| meow | (noun) the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) | Synonyms: mew, miaou, miaow, miaul |
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| miaow | (noun) the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) | Synonyms: meow, mew, miaou, miaul |
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| middlebrow | (noun) someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow | - |
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| minnow | (noun) very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams | Synonyms: Phoxinus phoxinus |
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| morrow | (noun) the next day | - |
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| mow | (noun) a loft in a barn where hay is stored | Synonyms: hayloft, haymow |
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| narrow | (noun) a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water | - |
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| now | (noun) the momentary present | - |
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| outflow | (noun) the discharge of a fluid from some container | Synonyms: escape, leak, leakage |
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| (noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outpouring, spring |
| (noun) the process of flowing out | Synonyms: effluence, efflux |
| overflow | (noun) a large flow | Synonyms: flood, outpouring |
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| (noun) the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity | Synonyms: overspill, runoff |
| overthrow | (noun) the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force) | - |
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| (noun) the act of disturbing the mind or body | Synonyms: derangement, upset |
| oxbow | (noun) a wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes around the neck of an ox | - |
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| (noun) a U-shaped curve in a stream | - |
| (noun) the land inside an oxbow bend in a river | - |
| peepshow | (noun) a short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth | - |
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| (noun) an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass | Synonyms: raree-show |
| pillow | (noun) a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person | - |
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| playfellow | (noun) a companion at play | Synonyms: playmate |
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| plow | (noun) a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing | Synonyms: plough |
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| powwow | (noun) (informal) a quick private conference | Synonyms: huddle |
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| (noun) a council of or with Native Americans | - |
| prow | (noun) front part of a vessel or aircraft | Synonyms: bow, fore, stem |
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| rainbow | (noun) an illusory hope | - |
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| (noun) an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain | - |
| restharrow | (noun) European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners | Synonyms: Ononis repens, rest-harrow |
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| (noun) Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots | Synonyms: Ononis spinosa, rest-harrow |
| row | (noun) the act of rowing as a sport | Synonyms: rowing |
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| (noun) (construction) a layer of masonry | Synonyms: course |
| (noun) a continuous chronological succession without an interruption | - |
| (noun) an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line | - |
| (noun) a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side | - |
| (noun) a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally) | - |
| (noun) an angry dispute | Synonyms: dustup, quarrel, run-in, words, wrangle |
| saddlebow | (noun) handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle | Synonyms: pommel |
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| sallow | (noun) any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal | - |
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| scarecrow | (noun) an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds | Synonyms: bird-scarer, scarer, straw man, strawman |
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| schoolfellow | (noun) an acquaintance that you go to school with | Synonyms: class fellow, classmate, schoolmate |
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| scow | (noun) a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold | - |
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| (noun) any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends | - |
| serow | (noun) short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of southern and southeastern Asia | - |
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| shadblow | (noun) any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit | Synonyms: Juneberry, service tree, serviceberry, shadbush |
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| shadow | (noun) refuge from danger or observation | - |
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| (noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom |
| (noun) an indication that something has been present | Synonyms: tincture, trace, vestige |
| (noun) a premonition of something adverse | - |
| (noun) an unilluminated area | Synonyms: dark, darkness |
| (noun) a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements | Synonyms: shadower, tail |
| (noun) an inseparable companion | - |
| (noun) a dominating and pervasive presence | - |
| (noun) shade within clear boundaries | - |
| shallow | (noun) a stretch of shallow water | Synonyms: shoal |
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| shopwindow | (noun) a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store | Synonyms: display window, shop window, show window |
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| show | (noun) an act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment | - |
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| (noun) pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression | Synonyms: appearance |
| (noun) something intended to communicate a particular impression | Synonyms: display |
| sideshow | (noun) a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus) | - |
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| (noun) a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event | - |
| snow | (noun) street names for cocaine | Synonyms: blow, C, coke, nose candy |
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| (noun) precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals | Synonyms: snowfall |
| (noun) a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground | - |
| snowplow | (noun) a vehicle used to push snow from roads | Synonyms: snowplough |
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| sorrow | (noun) something that causes great unhappiness | Synonyms: grief |
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| (noun) an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement | - |
| (noun) sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment | Synonyms: regret, rue, ruefulness |
| (noun) the state of being sad | Synonyms: sadness, sorrowfulness |
| sow | (noun) an adult female hog | - |
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| sparrow | (noun) any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects | Synonyms: true sparrow |
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| (noun) small brownish European songbird | Synonyms: dunnock, hedge sparrow, Prunella modularis |
| swallow | (noun) the act of swallowing | Synonyms: deglutition, drink |
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| (noun) small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations | - |
| (noun) a small amount of liquid food | Synonyms: sup |
| tallow | (noun) obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants | - |
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| throw | (noun) the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) | - |
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| (noun) casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly | - |
| (noun) bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something | - |
| (noun) the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam | Synonyms: cam stroke, stroke |
| (noun) a single chance or instance | - |
| tomorrow | (noun) the near future | - |
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| (noun) the day after today | - |
| topminnow | (noun) small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control | Synonyms: live-bearer, poeciliid, poeciliid fish |
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| (noun) freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish | Synonyms: helleri, swordtail, Xyphophorus helleri |