alcohol | (noun) a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent | Synonyms: alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant |
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(noun) any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation | - |
alcoholic | (adjective) characteristic of or containing alcohol | - |
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(adjective) addicted to alcohol | Synonyms: alcohol-dependent |
(noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | Synonyms: alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker, souse |
alcoholise | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholize |
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(verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholize |
alcoholism | (noun) an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: dipsomania, potomania |
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(noun) habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms | Synonyms: alcohol addiction, drunkenness, inebriation |
alcoholize | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholise |
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(verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholise |
(verb) subject to the influence of alcohol | - |
alcove | (noun) a small recess opening off a larger room | Synonyms: bay |
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balconied | (adjective) having balconies or a balcony | - |
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balcony | (noun) a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet | - |
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(noun) an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium | - |
chalcocite | (noun) a heavy grey mineral that is an ore of copper | Synonyms: copper glance |
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chalcopyrite | (noun) a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide | Synonyms: copper pyrites |
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decalcomania | (noun) the art of transferring designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface | - |
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(noun) either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface | Synonyms: decal |
falcon | (noun) diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight | - |
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(verb) hunt with falcons | - |
falconer | (noun) a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry | Synonyms: hawker |
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falconine | (adjective) relating to or resembling a falcon | - |
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falconry | (noun) the art of training falcons to hunt and return | - |
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gerfalcon | (noun) large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases | Synonyms: Falco rusticolus, gyrfalcon |
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gyrfalcon | (noun) large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases | Synonyms: Falco rusticolus, gerfalcon |
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malcontent | (adjective) discontented as toward authority | Synonyms: disaffected, ill-affected, rebellious |
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(noun) a person who is discontented or disgusted | - |
nonalcoholic | (adjective) characterized by the absence of alcohol | - |
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unbalconied | (adjective) not having balconies | - |
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