| alfalfa | (noun) leguminous plant grown for hay or forage | - |
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| (noun) important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop | Synonyms: lucerne, Medicago sativa |
| alfilaria | (noun) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | Synonyms: alfileria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
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| alfileria | (noun) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | Synonyms: alfilaria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
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| alfresco | (adjective) in the open air | Synonyms: open-air |
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| (adverb) outside a building | Synonyms: out of doors, outdoors, outside |
| behalf | (noun) as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as `on behalf of' rather than `in behalf of') | - |
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| (noun) for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive) | - |
| calf | (noun) young of domestic cattle | - |
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| (noun) young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo | - |
| (noun) the muscular back part of the shank | Synonyms: sura |
| (noun) fine leather from the skin of a calf | Synonyms: calfskin |
| calfskin | (noun) fine leather from the skin of a calf | Synonyms: calf |
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| cardinalfish | (noun) small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters | - |
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| coalface | (noun) the part of a coal seam that is being cut | - |
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| coalfield | (noun) a region where there is coal underground | - |
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| dealfish | (noun) deep-sea ribbonfish | Synonyms: Trachipterus arcticus |
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| half | (adjective) (of siblings) related through one parent only | - |
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| (adjective) consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity | - |
| (adjective) partial | - |
| (noun) one of two equal parts of a divisible whole | Synonyms: one-half |
| (noun) one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval | - |
| (adverb) partially or to the extent of a half | - |
| halfback | (noun) (American football) the position of a back on a football team, generally smaller in size than a fullback | - |
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| (noun) (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position | - |
| halfbeak | (noun) tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw | - |
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| halfhearted | (adjective) feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm | Synonyms: half-hearted, lukewarm, tepid |
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| halfheartedness | (noun) the characteristic of being half-hearted; not sincere; lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve. | - |
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| halfpenny | (noun) an English coin worth half a penny | Synonyms: ha'penny |
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| halfpennyworth | (noun) the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny | Synonyms: ha'p'orth |
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| halftime | (noun) an intermission between the first and second half of a game | - |
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| halftone | (noun) an engraving used to reproduce an illustration | Synonyms: halftone engraving, photoengraving |
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| (noun) a print obtained from photoengraving | - |
| halfway | (adjective) equally distant from the extremes | Synonyms: center, centre, middle, midway |
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| (adjective) including only half or a portion | - |
| (adjective) at a point midway between two extremes | - |
| (adverb) at half the distance; at the middle | Synonyms: midway |
| malfeasance | (noun) wrongful conduct by a public official | - |
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| malfeasant | (noun) one guilty of malfeasance | - |
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| malformation | (noun) something abnormal or anomalous | Synonyms: miscreation |
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| (noun) an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | Synonyms: deformity, misshapenness |
| malformed | (adjective) so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | Synonyms: deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, misshapen |
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| malfunction | (noun) a failure to function normally | - |
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| (verb) fail to function or function improperly | Synonyms: misfunction |
| malfunctioning | (adjective) not performing or able to perform its regular function | Synonyms: nonfunctional |
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| palfrey | (noun) especially a light saddle horse for a woman | - |
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| sucralfate | (noun) medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it | Synonyms: Carafate |
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