revenue | (noun) the entire amount of income before any deductions are made | Synonyms: gross, receipts |
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(noun) government income due to taxation | Synonyms: tax income, tax revenue, taxation |
revue | (noun) a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians | Synonyms: review |
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rogue | (noun) a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel | Synonyms: knave, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, varlet |
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roue | (noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society | Synonyms: blood, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip |
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rue | (noun) (French) a street or road in France | - |
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(noun) sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment | Synonyms: regret, ruefulness, sorrow |
(noun) leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy | - |
(noun) European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy | Synonyms: herb of grace, Ruta graveolens |
sacque | (noun) a woman's full loose hiplength jacket | Synonyms: sack |
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segue | (noun) the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another | - |
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silique | (noun) narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae | Synonyms: siliqua |
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sprue | (noun) a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation | Synonyms: psilosis, tropical sprue |
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statue | (noun) a sculpture representing a human or animal | - |
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synagogue | (noun) (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation | Synonyms: tabernacle, temple |
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technique | (noun) a practical method or art applied to some particular task | - |
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(noun) skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity | Synonyms: proficiency |
tissue | (noun) part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function | - |
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(noun) a soft thin (usually translucent) paper | Synonyms: tissue paper |
tongue | (noun) the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot | - |
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(noun) metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side | Synonyms: clapper |
(noun) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity | Synonyms: clapper, glossa, lingua |
(noun) a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language | Synonyms: natural language |
(noun) a manner of speaking | - |
(noun) the tongue of certain animals used as meat | - |
(noun) a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea | Synonyms: spit |
(noun) any long thin projection that is transient | Synonyms: knife |
toque | (noun) a small round woman's hat | Synonyms: pillbox, turban |
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(noun) a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs | - |
torque | (noun) a twisting force | Synonyms: torsion |
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travelogue | (noun) a film or illustrated lecture on traveling | Synonyms: travelog |
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true | (noun) proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment | - |
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value | (noun) the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable | - |
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(noun) relative darkness or lightness of a color | - |
(noun) a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed | - |
(noun) an ideal accepted by some individual or group | - |
(noun) the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else | Synonyms: economic value |
(noun) (music) the relative duration of a musical note | Synonyms: note value, time value |
vendue | (noun) the public sale of something to the highest bidder | Synonyms: auction, auction sale |
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venue | (noun) in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held | - |
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(noun) the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | Synonyms: locale, locus |
virtue | (noun) the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong | Synonyms: moral excellence, virtuousness |
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(noun) morality with respect to sexual relations | Synonyms: chastity, sexual morality |
(noun) any admirable quality or attribute | Synonyms: merit |
(noun) a particular moral excellence | - |
vogue | (noun) the popular taste at a given time | Synonyms: style, trend |
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(noun) a current state of general acceptance and use | - |