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| airgun | (noun) a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air | Synonyms: air gun, air rifle |
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| blowgun | (noun) a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing | Synonyms: blow tube, blowpipe, blowtube |
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| bosun | (noun) a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen | Synonyms: bo's'n, bo'sun, boatswain, bos'n |
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| bun | (noun) small rounded bread either plain or sweet | Synonyms: roll |
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| dun | (noun) horse of a dull brownish grey color | - |
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| (noun) a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color | Synonyms: fawn, grayish brown, greyish brown |
| faun | (noun) ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr | - |
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| flashgun | (noun) a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | Synonyms: flash, flash bulb, flash lamp, flashbulb, photoflash |
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| fun | (noun) activities that are enjoyable or amusing | Synonyms: merriment, playfulness |
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| (noun) violent and excited activity | - |
| (noun) a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement | Synonyms: playfulness |
| (noun) verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously) | Synonyms: play, sport |
| funrun | (noun) a footrace run for fun (often including runners who are sponsored for a charity) | Synonyms: fun run |
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| gun | (noun) the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies | - |
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| (noun) a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) | - |
| (noun) large but transportable armament | Synonyms: artillery, heavy weapon, ordnance |
| (noun) a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine | Synonyms: grease gun |
| (noun) a pedal that controls the throttle valve | Synonyms: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, throttle |
| (noun) a professional killer who uses a gun | Synonyms: gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman |
| (noun) a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability) | Synonyms: gunman |
| handgun | (noun) a firearm that is held and fired with one hand | Synonyms: pistol, shooting iron, side arm |
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| homespun | (noun) a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home | - |
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| leprechaun | (noun) a mischievous elf in Irish folklore | - |
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| millrun | (noun) a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel | Synonyms: millrace |
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| noun | (noun) a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action | - |
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| (noun) the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition | - |
| nun | (noun) a buoy resembling a cone | Synonyms: conical buoy, nun buoy |
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| (noun) a woman religious | - |
| (noun) the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
| overrun | (noun) too much production or more than expected | Synonyms: overproduction |
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| oyabun | (noun) a Japanese supervisor | - |
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| popgun | (noun) plaything consisting of a toy gun that makes a popping sound | - |
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| pronoun | (noun) a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase | - |
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| pun | (noun) a humorous play on words | Synonyms: paronomasia, punning, wordplay |
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| rerun | (noun) a program that is broadcast again | - |
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| run | (noun) the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace | Synonyms: running |
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| (noun) a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely | Synonyms: tally |
| (noun) (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team | Synonyms: running, running game, running play |
| (noun) a regular trip | - |
| (noun) a short trip | - |
| (noun) the act of testing something | Synonyms: test, trial |
| (noun) an unbroken chronological sequence | - |
| (noun) the pouring forth of a fluid | Synonyms: discharge, outpouring |
| (noun) a row of unravelled stitches | Synonyms: ladder, ravel |
| (noun) a race run on foot | Synonyms: foot race, footrace |
| (noun) a race between candidates for elective office | Synonyms: campaign, political campaign |
| (noun) an unbroken series of events | Synonyms: streak |
| (noun) a small stream | Synonyms: rill, rivulet, runnel, streamlet |
| (noun) the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.) | - |
| (noun) unrestricted freedom to use | - |
| (noun) the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation | - |
| scattergun | (noun) firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges | Synonyms: shotgun |
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| sheeprun | (noun) farm devoted to raising sheep | Synonyms: sheepwalk |
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| shogun | (noun) a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68 | - |
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| shotgun | (noun) firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges | Synonyms: scattergun |
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| staplegun | (noun) a hand-held machine for driving staples home | Synonyms: staple gun, tacker |
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| sun | (noun) any star around which a planetary system revolves | - |
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| (noun) the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system | Synonyms: Sun |
| (noun) a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc | - |
| (noun) the rays of the sun | Synonyms: sunlight, sunshine |
| tabun | (noun) the first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare | Synonyms: GA |
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| tun | (noun) a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals | - |
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| vodoun | (noun) a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities | Synonyms: hoodooism, voodoo, voodooism |
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