| absurd
|
(noun) a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless |
Synonyms:
the absurd |
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| accord
|
(noun) harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters |
Synonyms:
agreement |
|---|
| (noun) concurrence of opinion |
Synonyms:
conformity,
accordance |
| (noun) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns |
Synonyms:
pact,
treaty |
| (noun) sympathetic compatibility |
- |
| antbird
|
(noun) any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms |
Synonyms:
ant bird |
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| ard
|
(noun) a simple light plough without a mouldboard. |
Synonyms:
scratch plough,
ard plough |
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| armguard
|
(noun) a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports |
Synonyms:
bracer |
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| award
|
(noun) a grant made by a law court |
Synonyms:
awarding |
|---|
| (noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction |
Synonyms:
honor,
honour,
accolade,
laurels |
| (noun) something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery |
Synonyms:
prize |
| backboard
|
(noun) a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball |
Synonyms:
basketball backboard |
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| (noun) a board used to support the back of someone or something |
- |
| backsword
|
(noun) a stick used instead of a sword for fencing |
Synonyms:
singlestick,
fencing stick |
|---|
| (noun) a sword with only one cutting edge |
- |
| backyard
|
(noun) the grounds in back of a house |
- |
|---|
| bard
|
(noun) a lyric poet |
- |
|---|
| (noun) an ornamental caparison for a horse |
- |
| barnyard
|
(noun) a yard adjoining a barn |
- |
|---|
| baseboard
|
(noun) a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor |
Synonyms:
mopboard,
skirting board |
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| bastard
|
(noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous |
Synonyms:
prick,
shit,
asshole,
mother fucker,
motherfucker,
dickhead,
whoreson,
SOB,
son of a bitch,
cocksucker |
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| (noun) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents |
Synonyms:
illegitimate,
illegitimate child,
whoreson,
by-blow,
love child |
| (noun) derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin |
Synonyms:
mongrel |
| beard
|
(noun) the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face |
Synonyms:
whiskers,
face fungus |
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| (noun) a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses |
- |
| (noun) a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality) |
- |
| (noun) hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals |
- |
| (noun) tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface |
Synonyms:
byssus |
| bellbird
|
(noun) any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call |
- |
|---|
| billboard
|
(noun) large outdoor signboard |
Synonyms:
hoarding |
|---|
| biohazard
|
(noun) hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions |
- |
|---|
| (noun) any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare |
Synonyms:
biological agent |
| bird
|
(noun) warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food |
Synonyms:
fowl |
| (noun) informal terms for a (young) woman |
Synonyms:
doll,
skirt,
chick,
dame,
wench |
| (noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt |
Synonyms:
raspberry,
hiss,
razz,
razzing,
hoot,
snort,
Bronx cheer,
boo |
| (noun) badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers |
Synonyms:
shuttle,
shuttlecock,
birdie |
| blackbird
|
(noun) any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black |
Synonyms:
New World blackbird |
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| (noun) common black European thrush |
Synonyms:
merl,
merle,
ousel,
ouzel,
European blackbird,
Turdus merula |
| blackboard
|
(noun) sheet of slate; for writing with chalk |
Synonyms:
chalkboard |
|---|
| blackguard
|
(noun) someone who is morally reprehensible |
Synonyms:
heel,
dog,
hound,
cad,
bounder |
|---|
| blizzard
|
(noun) a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds |
Synonyms:
snowstorm |
|---|
| (noun) a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences |
Synonyms:
rash |
| blowhard
|
(noun) a very boastful and talkative person |
Synonyms:
vaunter,
boaster,
braggart,
bragger,
line-shooter |
|---|
| bluebird
|
(noun) fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies |
Synonyms:
fairy bluebird |
|---|
| (noun) blue North American songbird |
- |
| board
|
(noun) a committee having supervisory powers |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes |
Synonyms:
plank |
| (noun) a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose |
- |
| (noun) food or meals in general |
Synonyms:
table |
| (noun) a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view |
Synonyms:
display board,
display panel |
| (noun) a table at which meals are served |
Synonyms:
dining table |
| (noun) electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices |
Synonyms:
panel,
instrument panel,
control board,
control panel |
| (noun) a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities |
Synonyms:
card,
plug-in,
circuit board,
circuit card,
add-in |
| (noun) a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games |
Synonyms:
gameboard |
| boatyard
|
(noun) a place where boats are built or maintained or stored |
- |
|---|
| bodyguard
|
(noun) someone who escorts and protects a prominent person |
Synonyms:
escort |
|---|
| (noun) a group of men who escort and protect some important person |
- |
| bollard
|
(noun) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines) |
Synonyms:
bitt |
|---|
| bombard
|
(noun) a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family |
Synonyms:
bombardon |
|---|
| boulevard
|
(noun) a wide street or thoroughfare |
Synonyms:
avenue |
|---|
| bowerbird
|
(noun) any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females |
Synonyms:
catbird |
|---|
| brassard
|
(noun) armor plate that protects the arm |
- |
|---|
| breadboard
|
(noun) a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced |
Synonyms:
bread board |
|---|
| briard
|
(noun) old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat |
- |
|---|
| brickyard
|
(noun) a place where bricks are made and sold |
Synonyms:
brickfield |
|---|
| broadsword
|
(noun) a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab |
- |
|---|
| buckboard
|
(noun) an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles |
- |
|---|
| bustard
|
(noun) large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes |
- |
|---|
| butcherbird
|
(noun) shrikes that impale their prey on thorns |
- |
|---|
| (noun) large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns |
- |
| buzzard
|
(noun) a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States |
Synonyms:
Cathartes aura,
turkey buzzard,
turkey vulture |
|---|
| (noun) the common European short-winged hawk |
Synonyms:
Buteo buteo |
| buzzword
|
(noun) stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition |
Synonyms:
cant |
|---|
| byword
|
(noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people |
Synonyms:
saw,
proverb,
adage |
|---|
| camelopard
|
(noun) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa |
Synonyms:
Giraffa camelopardalis,
giraffe |
|---|
| canard
|
(noun) a deliberately misleading fabrication |
- |
|---|
| card
|
(noun) one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a card certifying the identity of the bearer |
Synonyms:
identity card |
| (noun) a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures) |
- |
| (noun) thin cardboard, usually rectangular |
- |
| (noun) a witty amusing person who makes jokes |
Synonyms:
wag,
wit |
| (noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement |
Synonyms:
posting,
bill,
notice,
poster,
placard |
| (noun) a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited |
Synonyms:
calling card,
visiting card |
| (noun) (golf) a record of scores (as in golf) |
Synonyms:
scorecard |
| (noun) a list of dishes available at a restaurant |
Synonyms:
menu,
carte,
carte du jour,
bill of fare |
| (noun) (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat |
Synonyms:
lineup,
batting order |
| (noun) a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities |
Synonyms:
board,
plug-in,
circuit board,
circuit card,
add-in |
| cardboard
|
(noun) a stiff moderately thick paper |
Synonyms:
composition board |
|---|
| cashcard
|
(noun) a payment card that entitles the holder to receive cash |
Synonyms:
cash card |
|---|
| catbird
|
(noun) any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females |
Synonyms:
bowerbird |
|---|
| (noun) North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing |
Synonyms:
Dumetella carolinensis,
gray catbird,
grey catbird |
| catchword
|
(noun) a favorite saying of a group, organization or individual |
Synonyms:
motto,
shibboleth,
slogan |
|---|
| (noun) a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page |
Synonyms:
guide word,
guideword |
| cedarbird
|
(noun) widely distributed over temperate North America |
Synonyms:
cedar waxwing,
Bombycilla cedrorun |
|---|
| centerboard
|
(noun) a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward |
Synonyms:
drop keel,
sliding keel,
centreboard |
|---|
| centreboard
|
(noun) a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward |
Synonyms:
drop keel,
sliding keel,
centerboard |
|---|
| chalkboard
|
(noun) sheet of slate; for writing with chalk |
Synonyms:
blackboard |
|---|
| chard
|
(noun) beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks |
Synonyms:
Swiss chard,
spinach beet,
leaf beet,
chard plant,
Beta vulgaris cicla |
|---|
| (noun) long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves |
Synonyms:
Swiss chard,
spinach beet,
leaf beet |
| checkerboard
|
(noun) a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors |
Synonyms:
checker board |
|---|
| cheeseboard
|
(noun) tray on which cheeses are served |
Synonyms:
cheese tray |
|---|
| chessboard
|
(noun) a checkerboard used to play chess |
Synonyms:
chess board |
|---|
| chipboard
|
(noun) a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin |
Synonyms:
hardboard |
|---|
| chord
|
(noun) a straight line connecting two points on a curve |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together |
- |
| churchyard
|
(noun) the yard associated with a church |
Synonyms:
God's acre |
|---|
| clapboard
|
(noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below |
Synonyms:
weatherboard,
weatherboarding |
|---|
| clapperboard
|
(noun) photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together |
- |
|---|
| clavichord
|
(noun) an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound |
- |
|---|
| clipboard
|
(noun) a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers |
- |
|---|
| clochard
|
(noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support |
Synonyms:
vagabond,
floater,
drifter,
vagrant |
|---|
| coastguard
|
(noun) a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters |
- |
|---|
| collard
|
(noun) variety of kale having smooth leaves |
- |
|---|
| concord
|
(noun) a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole |
Synonyms:
harmony,
concordance |
|---|
| (noun) the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations |
Synonyms:
agreement |
| (noun) agreement of opinions |
Synonyms:
harmony,
concordance |
| cord
|
(noun) a line made of twisted fibers or threads |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet |
- |
| (noun) a light insulated conductor for household use |
Synonyms:
electric cord |
| (noun) a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton |
Synonyms:
corduroy |
| corkboard
|
(noun) a heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking |
- |
|---|
| courtyard
|
(noun) an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings |
Synonyms:
court |
|---|
| coward
|
(noun) a person who shows fear or timidity |
- |
|---|
| cowbird
|
(noun) North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests |
- |
|---|
| cowherd
|
(noun) a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback |
Synonyms:
puncher,
cattleman,
cowboy,
cowhand,
cowman,
cowpoke,
cowpuncher |
|---|
| crossword
|
(noun) a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle |
Synonyms:
crossword puzzle |
|---|
| crownbeard
|
(noun) any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads |
Synonyms:
crown beard,
crown-beard |
|---|
| cupboard
|
(noun) a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space |
Synonyms:
closet |
|---|
| curd
|
(noun) a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd |
- |
|---|
| (noun) coagulated milk; used to make cheese |
- |
| custard
|
(noun) sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen |
- |
|---|
| daggerboard
|
(noun) a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel |
- |
|---|
| dartboard
|
(noun) a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts |
Synonyms:
dart board |
|---|
| dashboard
|
(noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. |
Synonyms:
splashboard,
splasher |
|---|
| (noun) instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls |
Synonyms:
fascia |
| dastard
|
(noun) a despicable coward |
- |
|---|
| dickeybird
|
(noun) small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds |
Synonyms:
dickey-bird,
dicky-bird,
dickybird |
|---|
| dickybird
|
(noun) small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds |
Synonyms:
dickey-bird,
dickeybird,
dicky-bird |
|---|
| diehard
|
(noun) one who adheres to traditional views |
Synonyms:
traditionalist |
|---|
| discard
|
(noun) anything that is cast aside or discarded |
- |
|---|
| (noun) (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit |
- |
| (noun) getting rid of something that is regarded as useless or undesirable |
Synonyms:
throwing away |
| discord
|
(noun) lack of agreement or harmony |
Synonyms:
strife |
|---|
| (noun) disagreement among those expected to cooperate |
Synonyms:
dissension |
| (noun) a harsh mixture of sounds |
Synonyms:
discordance |
| (noun) strife resulting from a lack of agreement |
Synonyms:
discordance |
| disregard
|
(noun) lack of attention and due care |
Synonyms:
neglect |
|---|
| (noun) willful lack of care and attention |
Synonyms:
neglect |
| dockyard
|
(noun) an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired |
- |
|---|
| dooryard
|
(noun) a yard outside the front or rear door of a house |
- |
|---|
| dotard
|
(noun) an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect |
- |
|---|
| drainboard
|
(noun) a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink |
Synonyms:
draining board |
|---|
| drunkard
|
(noun) a chronic drinker |
Synonyms:
rummy,
inebriate,
drunk,
wino,
sot |
|---|
| duckboard
|
(noun) a boardwalk laid across muddy ground |
- |
|---|
| dullard
|
(noun) a person who is not very bright |
Synonyms:
dolt,
pillock,
poor fish,
pudden-head,
pudding head,
stupe,
stupid,
stupid person |
|---|
| (noun) a person who evokes boredom |
Synonyms:
bore |
| eastward
|
(noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees |
Synonyms:
east,
E,
due east |
|---|
| fallboard
|
(noun) the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played |
Synonyms:
fall-board |
|---|
| farmyard
|
(noun) an area adjacent to farm buildings |
- |
|---|
| fiberboard
|
(noun) wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets |
Synonyms:
particle board,
fibreboard |
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