bluff | (noun) the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards | Synonyms: four flush |
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(noun) pretense that your position is stronger than it really is | - |
(noun) a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion) | - |
breadstuff | (noun) food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked | Synonyms: bread, staff of life |
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(noun) flour or meal or grain used in baking bread | - |
buff | (noun) an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) | Synonyms: buffer |
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(noun) a medium to dark tan color | Synonyms: caramel, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown |
(noun) bare skin | - |
(noun) an ardent follower and admirer | Synonyms: devotee, fan, lover |
(noun) a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen | - |
cuff | (noun) the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg | Synonyms: turnup |
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(noun) shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs | Synonyms: handcuff, handlock, manacle |
dandruff | (noun) loose scales shed from the scalp | - |
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(noun) a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp | - |
duff | (noun) a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron | Synonyms: plum duff |
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dyestuff | (noun) a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair | Synonyms: dye |
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earcuff | (noun) a non-pierced earring of varying size (i.e. small wrap or hook big enough to hang over the whole ear and dangle) worn on the rim of the ear. | Synonyms: ear cuff, ear hook earring, ear wrap |
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earmuff | (noun) either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather | - |
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fluff | (noun) a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) | - |
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(noun) something of little value or significance | Synonyms: bagatelle, frippery, frivolity |
(noun) any light downy material | - |
foodstuff | (noun) (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer | Synonyms: grocery |
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(noun) a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food | Synonyms: food product |
guff | (noun) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) | Synonyms: buncombe, bunk, bunkum, hogwash, rot |
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handcuff | (noun) shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs | Synonyms: cuff, handlock, manacle |
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huff | (noun) a state of irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: miff, seeing red |
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luff | (noun) the act of sailing close to the wind | - |
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(noun) (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast | - |
muff | (noun) (sports) dropping the ball | Synonyms: fumble |
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(noun) a warm tubular covering for the hands | - |
powderpuff | (noun) a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin | Synonyms: puff |
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puff | (noun) a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) | Synonyms: drag, pull |
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(noun) forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth | Synonyms: blow |
(noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comfort, comforter, quilt |
(noun) a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin | Synonyms: powderpuff |
(noun) thick cushion used as a seat | Synonyms: hassock, ottoman, pouf, pouffe |
(noun) exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) | - |
(noun) a light inflated pastry or puff shell | - |
(noun) a short light gust of air | Synonyms: puff of air, whiff |
rebuff | (noun) a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) | Synonyms: slight |
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(noun) an instance of driving away or warding off | Synonyms: repulse, snub |
ruff | (noun) (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit | Synonyms: trumping |
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(noun) common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season | Synonyms: Philomachus pugnax |
(noun) a high tight collar | Synonyms: choker, neck ruff, ruffle |
(noun) an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal | Synonyms: frill |
scruff | (noun) the back side of the neck | Synonyms: nape, nucha |
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scuff | (noun) the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet) | - |
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(noun) a slipper that has no fitting around the heel | Synonyms: mule |
snuff | (noun) sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose | Synonyms: sniff |
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(noun) finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose | - |
(noun) a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time | - |
(noun) the charred portion of a candlewick | - |
stuff | (noun) miscellaneous unspecified objects | - |
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(noun) unspecified qualities required to do or be something | - |
(noun) a critically important or characteristic component | - |
(noun) senseless talk | Synonyms: hooey, poppycock, stuff and nonsense |
(noun) information in some unspecified form | - |
(noun) informal terms for personal possessions | Synonyms: clobber |
(noun) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Synonyms: material |
tuff | (noun) hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash | Synonyms: tufa |
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woodruff | (noun) any plant of the genus Asperula | - |
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(noun) Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula | Synonyms: Asperula odorata, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, sweet woodruff, waldmeister |