| anapest | (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables | Synonyms: anapaest |
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| pest | (noun) any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. | - |
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| (noun) a persistently annoying person | Synonyms: blighter, cuss, gadfly, pesterer |
| (noun) any epidemic disease with a high death rate | Synonyms: pestilence, plague |
| (noun) a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal | Synonyms: pestilence, pestis, plague |
| rinderpest | (noun) an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes | Synonyms: cattle plague |
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| tempest | (noun) (literary) a violent wind | - |
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| (noun) a violent commotion or disturbance | Synonyms: storm |