| carrot | (noun) promise of reward as in "carrot and stick" | - |
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| (noun) orange root; important source of carotene | - |
| (noun) perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions | Synonyms: cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa |
| (noun) deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant | - |
| dogtrot | (noun) a steady trot like that of a dog | - |
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| foxtrot | (noun) a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences | Synonyms: fox-trot |
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| grot | (noun) a small cave (usually with attractive features) | Synonyms: grotto |
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| heartrot | (noun) any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees) | - |
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| lerot | (noun) dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa | - |
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| parrot | (noun) usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds | - |
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| (noun) a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated | - |
| rot | (noun) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) | Synonyms: buncombe, bunk, bunkum, guff, hogwash |
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| (noun) (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action | Synonyms: breakdown, decomposition, putrefaction, rotting |
| (noun) a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor | Synonyms: putrefaction |
| tarot | (noun) any of a set of (usually 78) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used for playing card games and for divination by fortunetellers | Synonyms: tarot card |
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| tommyrot | (noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tosh, twaddle |
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| trot | (noun) a slow pace of running | Synonyms: jog, lope |
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| (noun) a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together | - |
| (noun) a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) | Synonyms: crib, pony |