| broach | (noun) a decorative pin worn by women | Synonyms: breastpin, brooch |
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| (verb) bring up a topic for discussion | Synonyms: initiate |
| broached | (adjective) of a cask or barrel | Synonyms: abroach |
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| cachalot | (noun) large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris | Synonyms: black whale, Physeter catodon, sperm whale |
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| cache | (noun) a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons) | - |
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| (noun) (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics | Synonyms: memory cache |
| (noun) a secret store of valuables or money | Synonyms: hoard, stash |
| (verb) save up as for future use | Synonyms: hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash |
| cachectic | (adjective) relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia | - |
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| cachet | (noun) a seal on a letter | - |
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| (noun) an indication of approved or superior status | Synonyms: seal, seal of approval |
| (noun) a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal | Synonyms: lettre de cachet |
| cachexia | (noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | Synonyms: cachexy, wasting |
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| cachexy | (noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | Synonyms: cachexia, wasting |
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| cachinnate | (verb) laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way | - |
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| cachinnation | (noun) loud convulsive laughter | - |
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| cachou | (noun) a scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco) | - |
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| camachile | (noun) common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | Synonyms: huamachil, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind |
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| campeachy | (noun) spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye | Synonyms: bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, logwood, logwood tree |
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| catachresis | (noun) strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths') | - |
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| catachrestic | (adjective) constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis | Synonyms: catachrestical |
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| catachrestical | (adjective) constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis | Synonyms: catachrestic |
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| chachalaca | (noun) slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds | - |
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| chachka | (noun) (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket | Synonyms: tchotchke, tsatske, tshatshke |
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| (noun) (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman | Synonyms: tchotchke, tchotchkeleh, tsatske, tshatshke |
| coach | (noun) a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver | Synonyms: coach-and-four, four-in-hand |
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| (noun) a railcar where passengers ride | Synonyms: carriage, passenger car |
| (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | Synonyms: autobus, bus, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle |
| (noun) a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) | Synonyms: private instructor, tutor |
| (noun) (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team | Synonyms: handler, manager |
| (verb) teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports | Synonyms: train |
| (verb) drive or operate a coach or carriage | - |
| coachbuilder | (noun) a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles | - |
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| coaching | (noun) the job of a professional coach | Synonyms: coaching job |
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| coachman | (noun) a man who drives a coach (or carriage) | - |
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| coachwhip | (noun) a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip | Synonyms: coachwhip snake, Masticophis flagellum |
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| (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers | Synonyms: Fouquieria splendens, Jacob's staff, ocotillo, vine cactus |
| cockroach | (noun) any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests | Synonyms: roach |
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| coronach | (noun) a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person | Synonyms: dirge, lament, requiem, threnody |
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| dacha | (noun) Russian country house | - |
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| dachshund | (noun) small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows | Synonyms: badger dog, dachsie |
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| dachsie | (noun) small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows | Synonyms: badger dog, dachshund |
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| detach | (verb) come to be detached | Synonyms: come away, come off |
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| (verb) cause to become detached or separated; take off | - |
| (verb) separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment | - |
| detachable | (adjective) designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage | - |
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| detached | (adjective) used of buildings; standing apart from others | - |
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| (adjective) being or feeling set or kept apart from others | Synonyms: isolated, separated, set-apart |
| (adjective) showing lack of emotional involvement | Synonyms: degage, uninvolved |
| (adjective) no longer connected or joined | Synonyms: separated |
| (adjective) not fixed in position | Synonyms: free |
| (adjective) lacking affection or warm feeling | Synonyms: unaffectionate, uncaring |
| detachment | (noun) the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | Synonyms: disengagement |
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| (noun) coming apart | Synonyms: breakup, separation |
| (noun) avoiding emotional involvement | Synonyms: withdrawal |
| (noun) a small unit of troops of special composition | - |
| (noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: insularism, insularity, insulation |
| diachronic | (adjective) used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time | Synonyms: historical |
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| diachrony | (noun) the study of linguistic change | Synonyms: diachronic linguistics, historical linguistics |
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| dibrach | (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables | Synonyms: pyrrhic |
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| drachm | (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | Synonyms: drachma, dram |
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| (noun) a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce | Synonyms: fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram |
| (noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters | Synonyms: fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram |
| drachma | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Greece | Synonyms: Greek drachma |
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| (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | Synonyms: drachm, dram |
| each | (adjective) (used of count nouns) every one considered individually; quantifier, singular, universal pronoun; quantifier, singular, universal | - |
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| (adverb) to or from every one of two or more (considered individually) | Synonyms: apiece, for each one, from each one, to each one |
| earache | (noun) an ache localized in the middle or inner ear | Synonyms: otalgia |
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| earreach | (noun) the range within which a voice can be heard | Synonyms: earshot, hearing |
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| encroach | (verb) advance beyond the usual limit | Synonyms: impinge, infringe |
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| (verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: entrench, impinge, trench |
| encroacher | (noun) someone who enters by force in order to conquer | Synonyms: invader |
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| encroaching | (adjective) gradually intrusive without right or permission | Synonyms: invasive, trespassing |
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| encroachment | (noun) entry to another's property without right or permission | Synonyms: intrusion, trespass, usurpation, violation |
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| (noun) influencing strongly | Synonyms: impact, impingement |
| (noun) any entry into an area not previously occupied | Synonyms: intrusion, invasion |
| fastnacht | (noun) doughnut traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday | - |
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| gazpacho | (noun) a soup made with chopped tomatoes and onions and cucumbers and peppers and herbs; served cold | - |
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| gouache | (noun) a watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum | - |
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| (noun) an opaque watercolor prepared with gum | - |
| guacharo | (noun) nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter | Synonyms: oilbird, Steatornis caripensis |
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| hachure | (noun) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | Synonyms: crosshatch, hatch, hatching |
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| headache | (noun) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness | Synonyms: concern, vexation, worry |
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| (noun) pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs | Synonyms: cephalalgia, head ache |
| heartache | (noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | Synonyms: brokenheartedness, grief, heartbreak |
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| hemidrachm | (noun) an ancient Greek silver coin equal to 1/2 drachm or 3 obols in value. | - |
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| hexachlorophene | (noun) antibacterial substance that is a water-soluble powder used in antiseptic soaps and toothpaste | - |
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| hibachi | (noun) a portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking | - |
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| (verb) cook over a hibachi grill | - |
| huamachil | (noun) common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | Synonyms: camachile, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind |
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| huarache | (noun) a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps | Synonyms: huaraches |
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| huaraches | (noun) a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps | Synonyms: huarache |
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| huisache | (noun) tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery | Synonyms: Acacia farnesiana, cassie, flame tree, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle |
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| impeach | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: accuse, criminate, incriminate |
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| (verb) charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office | - |
| (verb) challenge the honesty or veracity of | - |
| impeachability | (noun) the state of being liable to impeachment | Synonyms: indictability |
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| impeachment | (noun) a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office | - |
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| irreproachable | (adjective) free of guilt; not subject to blame | Synonyms: blameless, inculpable, unimpeachable |
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| irreproachably | (adverb) in an irreproachable and blameless manner | Synonyms: blamelessly |
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| isotach | (noun) a line joining points with constant wind speed. | - |
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| kachina | (noun) a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift | - |
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| (noun) a deified spirit of the Pueblo people | - |
| (noun) a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit | - |
| kwacha | (noun) the basic unit of money in Malawi | Synonyms: Malawi kwacha |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Zambia | Synonyms: Zambian kwacha |
| lachrymal | (adjective) of or relating to tears | Synonyms: lacrimal |
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| (adjective) relating to or located near the organ that produces tears | Synonyms: lacrimal |
| lachrymation | (noun) shedding tears | Synonyms: lacrimation, tearing, watering |
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| lachrymator | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lacrimator, tear gas, teargas |
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| lachrymatory | (adjective) relating to or prompting tears | Synonyms: lacrimatory |
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| lachrymose | (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolorous, dolourous, tearful, weeping |
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| laryngotracheobronchitis | (noun) inflammation of the larynx and trachea and bronchial passageways | - |
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| leach | (noun) the process of leaching | Synonyms: leaching |
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| (verb) remove substances from by a percolating liquid | Synonyms: strip |
| (verb) permeate or penetrate gradually | Synonyms: percolate |
| (verb) cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate | - |
| leaching | (noun) the process of leaching | Synonyms: leach |
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| loach | (noun) slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes | - |
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| logomach | (noun) someone given to disputes over words | Synonyms: logomachist |
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| logomachist | (noun) someone given to disputes over words | Synonyms: logomach |
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| logomachy | (noun) argument about words or the meaning of words | - |
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| machete | (noun) a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation | Synonyms: matchet, panga |
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| machicolate | (verb) supply with projecting galleries | - |
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| machicolation | (noun) a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy | - |
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| machilid | (noun) wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed | Synonyms: jumping bristletail |
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| machinate | (verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | Synonyms: cabal, complot, conjure, conspire |
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| (verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, organise, organize, prepare |
| machination | (noun) a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends | Synonyms: intrigue |
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| machinator | (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: coconspirator, conspirator, plotter |
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| machine | (noun) any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks | - |
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| (noun) a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine | Synonyms: auto, automobile, car, motorcar |
| (noun) a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point | Synonyms: simple machine |
| (noun) a group that controls the activities of a political party | Synonyms: political machine |
| (noun) an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently | - |
| (noun) an efficient person | - |
| (verb) make by machinery | - |
| (verb) turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery | - |
| machinelike | (adjective) resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine | Synonyms: automatic, automatonlike, robotic, robotlike |
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| machinery | (noun) machines or machine systems collectively | - |
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| (noun) a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions | - |
| machinist | (noun) a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools | Synonyms: mechanic, shop mechanic |
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| machismo | (noun) exaggerated masculinity | - |
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| machmeter | (noun) speedometer for measuring the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound | - |
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| macho | (adjective) used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner | Synonyms: butch |
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| (noun) a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo | - |
| malachite | (noun) a green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects | - |
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| mariachi | (noun) a group of street musicians in Mexico | - |
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| methacholine | (noun) parasympathomimetic drug (trademark Mecholyl) that stimulates secretions and smooth muscle activity | Synonyms: Mecholyl |
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| microbrachia | (noun) abnormally small arms | - |
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| mishpachah | (noun) (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends) | Synonyms: mishpocha |
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| motorcoach | (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | Synonyms: autobus, bus, charabanc, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, omnibus, passenger vehicle |
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| moustache | (noun) an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | Synonyms: mustache |
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| moustachio | (noun) a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) | Synonyms: handle-bars, mustachio |
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