baldric | (noun) a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip | Synonyms: baldrick |
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baldrick | (noun) a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip | Synonyms: baldric |
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baldy | (noun) a person whose head is bald or shaved | Synonyms: baldhead, baldpate, skin, skinhead |
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bale | (noun) a large bundle bound for storage or transport | - |
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baleen | (noun) a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets | Synonyms: whalebone |
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balefire | (noun) a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration | Synonyms: bonfire |
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balefulness | (noun) the quality or nature of being harmful or evil | Synonyms: maleficence, mischief |
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balibago | (noun) shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament | Synonyms: Hibiscus tiliaceus, mahagua, mahoe, majagua, purau |
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balk | (noun) an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base | - |
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(noun) one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof | Synonyms: baulk, rafter |
(noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment |
(noun) the area on a billiard table behind the balkline | Synonyms: baulk |
balker | (noun) a person who refuses to comply | Synonyms: baulker, noncompliant |
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balkiness | (noun) likely to stop abruptly and unexpectedly | - |
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balkline | (noun) line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game | Synonyms: baulk-line, string line |
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ball | (noun) a pitch that is not in the strike zone | - |
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(noun) a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs | Synonyms: baseball, baseball game |
(noun) round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games | - |
(noun) a spherical object used as a plaything | - |
(noun) a solid projectile that is shot by a musket | Synonyms: musket ball |
(noun) a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass | - |
(noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | Synonyms: ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis |
(noun) a lavish dance requiring formal attire | Synonyms: formal |
(noun) a compact mass | Synonyms: chunk, clod, clump, glob, lump |
(noun) an object with a spherical shape | Synonyms: globe, orb |
ballad | (noun) a narrative poem of popular origin | Synonyms: lay |
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(noun) a narrative song with a recurrent refrain | Synonyms: lay |
ballade | (noun) a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy | - |
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balladeer | (noun) a singer of popular ballads | Synonyms: crooner |
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ballast | (noun) any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship | - |
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(noun) an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps | Synonyms: light ballast |
(noun) a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) | Synonyms: ballast resistor, barretter |
(noun) an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings | - |
(noun) coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads | - |
ballcock | (noun) floating ball that controls level in a water tank | Synonyms: ball cock |
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balldress | (noun) a suit or dress for formal occasions | - |
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ballerina | (noun) a female ballet dancer | Synonyms: danseuse |
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ballet | (noun) a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers | Synonyms: concert dance |
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(noun) music written for a ballet | - |
balletomane | (noun) a ballet enthusiast | - |
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balletomania | (noun) extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets | - |
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ballgame | (noun) a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) | Synonyms: ball game |
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(noun) a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation | Synonyms: new ballgame |
ballista | (noun) ancient missile weapon that throws bolts or stones | Synonyms: bolt thrower |
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ballistics | (noun) the science of flight dynamics | - |
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(noun) the trajectory of an object in free flight | Synonyms: ballistic trajectory |
ballistocardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph | - |
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ballistocardiograph | (noun) a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles | Synonyms: cardiograph |
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ballock | (noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | Synonyms: ball, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis |
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balloon | (noun) large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air | - |
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(noun) small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck | - |
balloonfish | (noun) similar to but smaller than porcupinefish | Synonyms: Diodon holocanthus |
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ballooning | (noun) flying in a balloon | - |
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balloonist | (noun) someone who flies a balloon | - |
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ballot | (noun) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | Synonyms: balloting, vote, voting |
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(noun) a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting | - |
balloting | (noun) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | Synonyms: ballot, vote, voting |
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ballottement | (noun) a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus) | - |
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ballpark | (noun) a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games) | Synonyms: park |
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(noun) near to the scope or range of something | Synonyms: approximate range |
ballpen | (noun) a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper | Synonyms: ballpoint, ballpoint pen, Biro |
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ballplayer | (noun) an athlete who plays baseball | Synonyms: baseball player |
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ballpoint | (noun) a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper | Synonyms: ballpen, ballpoint pen, Biro |
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ballroom | (noun) large room used mainly for dancing | Synonyms: dance hall, dance palace |
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ballup | (noun) something badly botched or muddled | Synonyms: balls-up, cockup, mess-up |
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ballyhoo | (noun) blatant or sensational promotion | Synonyms: hoopla, hype, plug |
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balm | (noun) semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation | Synonyms: ointment, salve, unction, unguent |
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(noun) any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing | - |
balminess | (noun) the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing | Synonyms: softness |
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balmoral | (noun) a sturdy laced walking shoe | - |
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baloney | (noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle |
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balsa | (noun) forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts | Synonyms: Ochroma lagopus |
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(noun) strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats | Synonyms: balsa wood |
balsam | (noun) an ointment containing a fragrant resin | - |
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(noun) any seed plant yielding balsam | - |
(noun) any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes | - |
balsamroot | (noun) a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots | - |
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baluster | (noun) one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing | - |
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balusters | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balustrade, banister, bannister, handrail |
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balustrade | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, banister, bannister, handrail |
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bam | (noun) a sudden very loud noise | Synonyms: bang, blast, clap, eruption |
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bambino | (noun) a young child who is just beginning to walk | Synonyms: toddler, tot, yearling |
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bamboo | (noun) woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture | - |
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(noun) the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles | - |
ban | (noun) a decree that prohibits something | Synonyms: prohibition, proscription |
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(noun) an official prohibition or edict against something | Synonyms: banning, forbiddance, forbidding |
(noun) 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania | - |
(noun) 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova | - |
(noun) a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10. | Synonyms: dit, Hart, hartley |
banality | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: bromide, cliche, commonplace, platitude |
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banana | (noun) elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh | - |
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(noun) any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits | Synonyms: banana tree |
band | (noun) a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) | - |
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(noun) an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material | Synonyms: banding, stripe |
(noun) a restraint put around something to hold it together | - |
(noun) jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger | Synonyms: ring |
(noun) a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) | Synonyms: ring |
(noun) a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration | - |
(noun) a driving belt in machinery | - |
(noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | Synonyms: banding, stria, striation |
(noun) a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure | Synonyms: isthmus |
(noun) a range of frequencies between two limits | - |
(noun) instrumentalists not including string players | - |
(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups | Synonyms: circle, lot, set |
(noun) a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing | Synonyms: dance band, dance orchestra |
bandage | (noun) a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body | Synonyms: patch |
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bandaging | (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: binding, dressing |
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bandana | (noun) large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief | Synonyms: bandanna |
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bandanna | (noun) large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief | Synonyms: bandana |
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bandbox | (noun) a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats) | - |
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bandeau | (noun) an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts | Synonyms: bra, brassiere |
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bandelet | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet |
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bandelette | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet |
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banderilla | (noun) a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight | - |
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banderillero | (noun) the bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight | - |
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bandicoot | (noun) any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous | - |
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banding | (noun) an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material | Synonyms: band, stripe |
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(noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | Synonyms: band, stria, striation |
bandit | (noun) an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band | Synonyms: brigand |
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banditry | (noun) the practice of plundering in gangs | - |
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bandleader | (noun) the leader of a dance band | - |
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bandlet | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelet, bandelette, square and rabbet |
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bandmaster | (noun) the conductor of a band | - |
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bandoleer | (noun) a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers | Synonyms: bandolier |
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bandolier | (noun) a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers | Synonyms: bandoleer |
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bandoneon | (noun) a type of concertina popular in South America | - |
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bandsaw | (noun) an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels | Synonyms: band saw |
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bandsman | (noun) a player in a band (especially a military band) | - |
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bandstand | (noun) a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air | Synonyms: outdoor stage, stand |
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bandtail | (noun) wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon | Synonyms: band-tail pigeon, band-tailed pigeon, Columba fasciata |
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bandwagon | (noun) a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band | - |
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(noun) a popular trend that attracts growing support | - |
bandwidth | (noun) a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel | - |
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bandyleg | (noun) a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) | Synonyms: bandy leg, bow leg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara |
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bane | (noun) something causing misery or death | Synonyms: curse, nemesis, scourge |
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baneberry | (noun) a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries | Synonyms: cohosh, herb Christopher |
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(noun) a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea | - |
bang | (noun) a conspicuous success | Synonyms: hit, smash, smasher, strike |
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(noun) a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead | Synonyms: fringe |
(noun) a sudden very loud noise | Synonyms: bam, blast, clap, eruption |
(noun) a vigorous blow | Synonyms: bash, belt, knock, smash |
(noun) the swift release of a store of affective force | Synonyms: boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill |
banger | (noun) firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing | Synonyms: cracker, firecracker |
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(noun) (British informal) pork sausage | - |
banging | (noun) the act of subjecting to strong attack | Synonyms: battering |
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(noun) a continuing very loud noise | - |
bangle | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bauble, fallal, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket |
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(noun) jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration | Synonyms: bracelet |
bangtail | (noun) a horse bred for racing | Synonyms: race horse, racehorse |
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banian | (noun) a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India | Synonyms: banyan |
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(noun) East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks | Synonyms: banian tree, banyan, banyan tree, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan |
banishment | (noun) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone | Synonyms: proscription |
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(noun) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) | Synonyms: Coventry, ostracism |
banister | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, balustrade, bannister, handrail |
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banjo | (noun) a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body | - |
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bank | (noun) a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning) | - |
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(noun) a building in which the business of banking is transacted | Synonyms: bank building |
(noun) a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home | Synonyms: coin bank, money box, savings bank |
(noun) a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities | Synonyms: banking company, banking concern, depository financial institution |
(noun) an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers | - |
(noun) a long ridge or pile | - |
(noun) sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) | - |
(noun) a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force | Synonyms: camber, cant |
(noun) a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies) | - |
(noun) the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games | - |
bankbook | (noun) a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks | Synonyms: passbook |
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