adverb | (noun) a word that modifies something other than a noun | - |
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(noun) the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses | - |
arb | (noun) someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) | Synonyms: arbitrager, arbitrageur |
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barb | (noun) one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather | - |
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(noun) a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove | - |
(noun) the pointed part of barbed wire | - |
(noun) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | Synonyms: dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam |
blurb | (noun) a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books) | Synonyms: endorsement, indorsement |
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cowherb | (noun) European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort | Synonyms: cow cockle, Saponaria vaccaria, Vaccaria hispanica, Vaccaria pyramidata |
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curb | (noun) the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess | Synonyms: bridle, check |
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(noun) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | Synonyms: curbing, kerb |
(noun) a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse | Synonyms: curb bit |
garb | (noun) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion | Synonyms: attire, dress |
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herb | (noun) aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | - |
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(noun) a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests | Synonyms: herbaceous plant |
kerb | (noun) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | Synonyms: curb, curbing |
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orb | (noun) the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye | Synonyms: eyeball |
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(noun) an object with a spherical shape | Synonyms: ball, globe |
potherb | (noun) any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning | - |
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proverb | (noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | Synonyms: adage, byword, saw |
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rhubarb | (noun) long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened | Synonyms: pieplant |
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(noun) plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous | Synonyms: rhubarb plant |
sorb | (noun) acid gritty-textured fruit | Synonyms: sorb apple |
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suburb | (noun) a residential district located on the outskirts of a city | Synonyms: suburban area, suburbia |
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verb | (noun) a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence | - |
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(noun) the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence | - |
willowherb | (noun) a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs | - |
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