| ankle | (noun) a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus | Synonyms: ankle joint, articulatio talocruralis, mortise joint |
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| anklebone | (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: astragal, astragalus, talus |
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| anklet | (noun) an ornament worn around the ankle | Synonyms: ankle bracelet |
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| (noun) a sock that reaches just above the ankle | Synonyms: anklets, bobbysock, bobbysocks |
| (noun) a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle | - |
| anklets | (noun) a sock that reaches just above the ankle | Synonyms: anklet, bobbysock, bobbysocks |
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| ankus | (noun) an elephant goad with a sharp spike and a hook | - |
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| ankyloglossia | (noun) a congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue | Synonyms: tongue tie |
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| ankylosaur | (noun) having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's | Synonyms: ankylosaurus |
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| ankylosaurus | (noun) having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's | Synonyms: ankylosaur |
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| ankylose | (verb) undergo ankylosis | Synonyms: ancylose |
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| (verb) produce ankylosis by surgery | Synonyms: ancylose |
| ankylosis | (noun) abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint | Synonyms: anchylosis |
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| ankylotic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the abnormality ankylosis | - |
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| antitank | (adjective) designed for defense against armored vehicles | - |
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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 | - |
| (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bet, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
| (verb) enclose with a bank | - |
| (verb) cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning | - |
| (verb) tip laterally | - |
| (verb) put into a bank account | Synonyms: deposit |
| (verb) be in the banking business | - |
| (verb) do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank | - |
| (verb) act as the banker in a game or in gambling | - |
| bankable | (adjective) acceptable to or at a bank | - |
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| (adjective) guaranteed to bring a profit | - |
| bankbook | (noun) a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks | Synonyms: passbook |
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| banker | (noun) a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank | - |
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| (noun) the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game | - |
| banking | (noun) transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc. | - |
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| (noun) engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc. | - |
| banknote | (noun) a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | Synonyms: bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, bill, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, note |
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| bankroll | (noun) a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.) | Synonyms: roll |
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| (verb) provide with sufficient funds; finance | - |
| bankrupt | (adjective) financially ruined | Synonyms: belly-up |
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| (noun) someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts | Synonyms: insolvent |
| (verb) reduce to bankruptcy | Synonyms: break, ruin, smash |
| bankruptcy | (noun) a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent | - |
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| (noun) inability to discharge all your debts as they come due | Synonyms: failure |
| (noun) a state of complete lack of some abstract property | - |
| banksia | (noun) any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds | - |
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| blank | (adjective) (of a surface) not written or printed on | Synonyms: clean, white |
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| (adjective) not charged with a bullet | - |
| (adjective) complete and absolute | Synonyms: utter |
| (adjective) without comprehension | - |
| (noun) a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet | Synonyms: blank shell, dummy |
| (noun) a piece of material ready to be made into something | - |
| (noun) a blank gap or missing part | Synonyms: lacuna |
| (noun) a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing | Synonyms: space |
| (verb) keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning | - |
| blanket | (adjective) broad in scope or content | Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide |
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| (noun) bedding that keeps a person warm in bed | Synonyms: cover |
| (noun) a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor | - |
| (noun) anything that covers | Synonyms: mantle |
| (verb) cover as if with a blanket | - |
| (verb) form a blanket-like cover (over) | - |
| blanketed | (adjective) covered with (or as if with) a blanket | - |
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| blankly | (adverb) in a blank and uncomprehending manner | - |
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| blankness | (noun) the state of being blank; void; emptiness | - |
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| canker | (noun) a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of | Synonyms: pestilence |
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| (noun) an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth) | Synonyms: canker sore |
| (noun) a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark | - |
| (verb) infect with a canker | - |
| (verb) become infected with a canker | - |
| cankerous | (adjective) having an ulcer or canker | Synonyms: ulcerated, ulcerous |
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| cankerweed | (noun) herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes | Synonyms: Nabalus alba, Prenanthes alba, white lettuce |
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| cankerworm | (noun) green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees | - |
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| cantankerous | (adjective) having a difficult and contrary disposition | Synonyms: crotchety, ornery |
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| (adjective) stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate | Synonyms: bloody-minded |
| cantankerously | (adverb) in a bad mood | - |
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| clank | (noun) a loud resonant repeating noise | Synonyms: clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clash, crash |
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| (verb) make a clank | - |
| clanker | (noun) something that makes a clanking noise. | - |
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| clanking | (adjective) having a hard nonresonant metallic sound | - |
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| crank | (adjective) (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail | Synonyms: cranky, tender, tippy |
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| (noun) a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle | Synonyms: starter |
| (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
| (noun) a bad-tempered person | Synonyms: churl, crosspatch, grouch, grump |
| (noun) a whimsically eccentric person | Synonyms: crackpot, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwball |
| (verb) rotate with a crank | Synonyms: crank up |
| (verb) bend into the shape of a crank | - |
| (verb) fasten with a crank | - |
| (verb) start by cranking | Synonyms: crank up |
| (verb) travel along a zigzag path | Synonyms: zigzag |
| crankcase | (noun) housing for a crankshaft | - |
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| crankiness | (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition | Synonyms: contrariness, crotchetiness, grumpiness |
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| crankshaft | (noun) a rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank | - |
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| cranky | (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy |
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| (adjective) (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail | Synonyms: crank, tender, tippy |
| dank | (adjective) of high quality especially of marijuana | - |
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| (adjective) unpleasantly cool and humid | Synonyms: clammy |
| dankness | (noun) unpleasant wetness | Synonyms: clamminess |
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| embank | (verb) enclose with banks, as for support or protection | - |
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| embankment | (noun) a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection | - |
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| flank | (noun) the side between ribs and hipbone | - |
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| (noun) a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg | - |
| (noun) the side of military or naval formation | Synonyms: wing |
| (noun) a subfigure consisting of a side of something | - |
| (verb) be located at the sides of something or somebody | - |
| flanker | (noun) a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation | - |
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| (noun) a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver | Synonyms: flanker back |
| fogbank | (noun) a large mass of fog on the sea (as seen from a distance) | - |
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| foreshank | (noun) a cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg | - |
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| frank | (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, forthright, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
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| (adjective) clearly manifest; evident | - |
| (noun) device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced. | Synonyms: franking |
| (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst |
| (verb) exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks | - |
| (verb) stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing | Synonyms: postmark |
| frankfurter | (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frank, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst |
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| frankincense | (noun) an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation | Synonyms: gum olibanum, olibanum, thus |
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| franking | (noun) device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced. | Synonyms: frank |
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| franklin | (noun) a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth | - |
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| frankly | (adverb) (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | Synonyms: candidly, honestly |
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| frankness | (noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | Synonyms: candidness, candor, candour, directness, forthrightness |
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| (noun) the trait of being blunt and outspoken | Synonyms: outspokenness |
| gangplank | (noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | Synonyms: gangboard, gangway |
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| gank | (verb) to kill with little effort in a video game | - |
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| greenshank | (noun) large European sandpiper with greenish legs | Synonyms: Tringa nebularia |
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| hank | (noun) a coil of rope or wool or yarn | - |
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| hanker | (verb) desire strongly or persistently | Synonyms: long, yearn |
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| hankering | (noun) a yearning for something or to do something | Synonyms: yen |
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| hankey | (noun) a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory | Synonyms: handkerchief, hankie, hanky |
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| hankie | (noun) a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory | Synonyms: handkerchief, hankey, hanky |
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| hanky | (noun) a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory | Synonyms: handkerchief, hankey, hankie |
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| hindshank | (noun) a cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg | - |
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| humankind | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humans, man, mankind, world |
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| lank | (adjective) long and thin and often limp | - |
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| (adjective) long and lean | Synonyms: spindly |
| lankiness | (noun) a tall and thin physique | - |
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| lanky | (adjective) tall and thin and having long slender limbs | Synonyms: gangling, gangly, rangy |
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| (adjective) tall and thin | Synonyms: gangling, gangly |
| mankind | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, world |
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| manky | (adjective) inferior and worthless | - |
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| mountebank | (noun) a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes | Synonyms: charlatan |
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| nankeen | (noun) a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color | - |
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| nanoplankton | (noun) microscopic organisms found in plankton | - |
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| outflank | (verb) get the better of | Synonyms: best, outdo, scoop, trump |
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| (verb) go around the flank of (an opposing army) | Synonyms: go around |
| outrank | (verb) take precedence or surpass others in rank | Synonyms: rank |
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| palankeen | (noun) a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers | Synonyms: palanquin |
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| phytoplankton | (noun) photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae | - |
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| plank | (noun) an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party | - |
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| (noun) a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes | Synonyms: board |
| (verb) cook and serve on a plank | - |
| (verb) cover with planks | Synonyms: plank over |
| (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: flump, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down |
| planking | (noun) the work of covering an area with planks | - |
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| (noun) (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship) | - |
| (noun) planks collectively; a quantity of planks | - |
| plankton | (noun) the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water | - |
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| planktonic | (adjective) of or relating to plankton | - |
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| potamoplankton | (noun) plankton that inhabit rivers | - |
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| prank | (noun) a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement | Synonyms: antic, caper, joke, put-on, trick |
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| (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery |
| (verb) dress up showily | - |
| (verb) dress or decorate showily or gaudily | - |
| prankish | (adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful | Synonyms: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, puckish, wicked |
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| prankishness | (noun) the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks | Synonyms: rascality, roguishness |
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| prankster | (noun) someone who plays practical jokes on others | Synonyms: cut-up, hoaxer, practical joker, tricker, trickster |
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| rank | (adjective) growing profusely | - |
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| (adjective) complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: absolute, downright, out-and-out, right-down, sheer |
| (adjective) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | Synonyms: crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross |
| (adjective) very fertile; producing profuse growth | - |
| (adjective) very offensive in smell or taste | - |
| (noun) a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another | - |
| (noun) the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army) | Synonyms: rank and file |
| (noun) the body of members of an organization or group | Synonyms: membership |
| (noun) relative status | - |
| (noun) position in a social hierarchy | Synonyms: social rank, social station, social status |
| (verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: grade, order, place, range, rate |
| (verb) take or have a position relative to others | - |
| (verb) take precedence or surpass others in rank | Synonyms: outrank |
| ranked | (adjective) arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks | Synonyms: graded, stratified |
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| ranker | (noun) an enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces | - |
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| (noun) a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status | - |
| ranking | (adjective) having a higher rank | Synonyms: higher-ranking, superior |
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| (noun) position on a scale in relation to others in status or rank or achievement | - |
| rankle | (verb) gnaw into; make resentful or angry | Synonyms: eat into, fret, grate |
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| rankness | (noun) the attribute of having a strong offensive smell | Synonyms: fetidness, foulness, malodorousness, stinkiness |
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| (noun) the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth | Synonyms: fertility, prolificacy, richness |
| redshank | (noun) a common Old World wading bird with long red legs | Synonyms: Tringa totanus |
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| riverbank | (noun) the bank of a river | Synonyms: riverside |
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| sandbank | (noun) a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide | - |
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| scrimshank | (verb) avoid work | - |
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| scrimshanker | (noun) a shirker | - |
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| shank | (noun) a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball | - |
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| (noun) lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals | Synonyms: cannon |
| (noun) the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole | Synonyms: waist |
| (noun) cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill | - |
| (noun) cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head | - |
| (noun) cylinder forming a long narrow part of something | Synonyms: stem |
| (noun) the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle | - |
| (noun) a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg | - |
| (verb) hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction | - |