| tup | (noun) uncastrated adult male sheep | Synonyms: ram |
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| turboprop | (noun) an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine | Synonyms: propjet, turbo-propeller plane |
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| turnip | (noun) root of any of several members of the mustard family | - |
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| (noun) widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root | Synonyms: Brassica rapa, white turnip |
| turnup | (noun) the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg | Synonyms: cuff |
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| tutorship | (noun) teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) | Synonyms: tuition, tutelage |
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| tweep | (noun) A person using Twitter | - |
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| twerp | (noun) someone who is regarded as contemptible | Synonyms: twirp, twit |
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| twirp | (noun) someone who is regarded as contemptible | Synonyms: twerp, twit |
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| ump | (noun) an official at a baseball game | Synonyms: umpire |
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| underlip | (noun) the lower lip | - |
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| upkeep | (noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order | Synonyms: care, maintenance |
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| (noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence | Synonyms: maintenance, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation |
| vamp | (noun) piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe | - |
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| (noun) an improvised musical accompaniment | - |
| (noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men | Synonyms: coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, tease, vamper |
| vibraharp | (noun) a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound | Synonyms: vibes, vibraphone |
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| vicarship | (noun) the religious institution under the authority of a vicar | Synonyms: vicariate |
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| viceroyship | (noun) the position of viceroy | - |
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| viziership | (noun) the position of vizier | - |
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| wallop | (noun) a severe blow | - |
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| (noun) a forceful consequence; a strong effect | Synonyms: impact |
| wardenship | (noun) the position of warden | - |
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| wardership | (noun) the position of warder | - |
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| warp | (noun) yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof | - |
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| (noun) a moral or mental distortion | Synonyms: warping |
| (noun) a shape distorted by twisting or folding | Synonyms: buckle |
| (noun) a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting | Synonyms: deflection |
| warship | (noun) a government ship that is available for waging war | Synonyms: combat ship, war vessel |
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| washup | (noun) the act of washing yourself (or another person) | Synonyms: bathing |
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| (noun) the act of washing dishes | Synonyms: dishwashing |
| wasp | (noun) social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting | - |
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| watchstrap | (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchband, wristband |
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| waxycap | (noun) any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance | - |
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| weatherstrip | (noun) a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | Synonyms: weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstripping |
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| whelp | (noun) young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf | Synonyms: pup |
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| whip | (noun) a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object | Synonyms: lash, whiplash |
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| (noun) an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping | - |
| (noun) (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club | - |
| (noun) a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit | - |
| (noun) a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline | Synonyms: party whip |
| whitecap | (noun) a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white | Synonyms: white horse |
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| whitecup | (noun) prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose | Synonyms: Nierembergia repens, Nierembergia rivularis |
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| whoop | (noun) a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement | - |
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| wickiup | (noun) a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States | Synonyms: wikiup |
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| wickup | (noun) tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant | Synonyms: Epilobium angustifolium, fireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb |
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| wikiup | (noun) a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States | Synonyms: wickiup |
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| wimp | (noun) a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy | Synonyms: chicken, crybaby |
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| windup | (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: closing, completion, culmination, mop up |
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| wiretap | (noun) the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information | Synonyms: tap |
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| wisp | (noun) a flock of snipe | - |
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| (noun) a small tuft or lock | - |
| (noun) a small bundle of straw or hay | - |
| (noun) a small person | - |
| wop | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent | Synonyms: dago, ginzo, greaseball, Guinea |
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| workmanship | (noun) skill in an occupation or trade | Synonyms: craft, craftsmanship |
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| workshop | (noun) a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving | - |
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| (noun) small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done | Synonyms: shop |
| worship | (noun) the activity of worshipping | - |
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| (noun) a feeling of profound love and admiration | Synonyms: adoration |
| wrap | (noun) cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person | Synonyms: wrapper |
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| (noun) the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped | Synonyms: wrapper, wrapping |
| (noun) a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla | - |
| yap | (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: cakehole, gob, hole, maw, trap |
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| yelp | (noun) a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) | Synonyms: yelping, yip |
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| yip | (noun) a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) | Synonyms: yelp, yelping |
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| yottaflop | (noun) (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system, equal to one septillion floating-point operations a second. | Synonyms: YFLOPS |
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| zap | (noun) a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact | - |
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| zep | (noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge |
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| zettaflop | (noun) (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system, equal to one sextillion floating-point operations a second. | Synonyms: ZFLOPS |
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| zip | (noun) a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab | Synonyms: slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper |
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| (noun) forceful exertion | Synonyms: energy, vigor, vigour |
| (noun) a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zippo |