| aper | (noun) someone who copies the words or behavior of another | Synonyms: ape, copycat, emulator, imitator |
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| apercu | (noun) a short synopsis | - |
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| aperea | (noun) South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig | Synonyms: Cavia porcellus, wild cavy |
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| aperient | (adjective) mildly laxative | - |
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| (noun) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels | Synonyms: cathartic, physic, purgative |
| aperiodic | (adjective) not recurring at regular intervals | Synonyms: nonperiodic |
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| aperitif | (noun) alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer | - |
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| aperture | (noun) an man-made opening; usually small | - |
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| (noun) a device that controls amount of light admitted | - |
| (noun) a natural opening in something | - |
| apery | (noun) the act of mimicking; imitative behavior | Synonyms: mimicry |
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| caper | (noun) gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement | Synonyms: frolic, gambol, play, romp |
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| (noun) a crime (especially a robbery) | Synonyms: job |
| (noun) a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement | Synonyms: antic, joke, prank, put-on, trick |
| (noun) a playful leap or hop | Synonyms: capriole |
| (noun) pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces | - |
| (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis | - |
| (verb) jump about playfully | - |
| capercaillie | (noun) large black Old World grouse | Synonyms: capercailzie, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus |
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| capercailzie | (noun) large black Old World grouse | Synonyms: capercaillie, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus |
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| chaperon | (noun) one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people | Synonyms: chaperone |
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| (verb) accompany as a chaperone | Synonyms: chaperone |
| chaperone | (noun) one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people | Synonyms: chaperon |
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| (verb) accompany as a chaperone | Synonyms: chaperon |
| diaper | (noun) garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement | Synonyms: napkin, nappy |
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| (noun) a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures | - |
| draper | (noun) a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods) | - |
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| drapery | (noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | Synonyms: curtain, drape, mantle, pall |
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| (noun) cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds | - |
| flypaper | (noun) paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies | - |
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| japery | (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, prank |
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| kidnaper | (noun) someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) | Synonyms: abductor, kidnapper, snatcher |
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| landscaper | (noun) someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively | Synonyms: landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscapist |
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| leaper | (noun) someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition) | Synonyms: bounder |
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| linendraper | (noun) a retail dealer in yard goods | - |
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| napery | (noun) linens for the dining table | Synonyms: table linen |
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| newspaper | (noun) the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher | Synonyms: paper |
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| (noun) a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements | Synonyms: paper |
| (noun) a business firm that publishes newspapers | Synonyms: newspaper publisher, paper |
| (noun) cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers | Synonyms: newsprint |
| newspapering | (noun) journalism practiced for the newspapers | - |
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| newspaperman | (noun) a male journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | Synonyms: pressman |
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| newspaperwoman | (noun) a female journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | - |
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| notepaper | (noun) writing paper intended for writing short notes or letters | - |
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| oilpaper | (noun) paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil | - |
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| paper | (noun) the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher | Synonyms: newspaper |
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| (noun) a medium for written communication | - |
| (noun) an essay (especially one written as an assignment) | Synonyms: composition, report, theme |
| (noun) a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses | - |
| (noun) a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements | Synonyms: newspaper |
| (noun) a business firm that publishes newspapers | Synonyms: newspaper, newspaper publisher |
| (noun) a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses | - |
| (verb) cover with paper | - |
| (verb) cover with wallpaper | Synonyms: wallpaper |
| paperback | (adjective) (of books) having a flexible binding | Synonyms: paperbacked |
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| (noun) a book with paper covers | Synonyms: paper-back book, paperback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book, softback, softback book |
| paperbacked | (adjective) (of books) having a flexible binding | Synonyms: paperback |
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| paperboard | (noun) a cardboard suitable for making posters | Synonyms: poster board, posterboard |
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| paperboy | (noun) a boy who sells or delivers newspapers | - |
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| paperclip | (noun) a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together | Synonyms: gem clip, paper clip |
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| paperer | (noun) one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper | Synonyms: paperhanger |
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| paperhanger | (noun) one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper | Synonyms: paperer |
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| (noun) someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money | - |
| paperhanging | (noun) the application of wallpaper | Synonyms: papering |
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| papering | (noun) the application of wallpaper | Synonyms: paperhanging |
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| paperknife | (noun) dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books | Synonyms: letter opener, paper knife |
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| paperlike | (adjective) of or like paper | Synonyms: chartaceous, papery |
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| papermaking | (noun) the craft of making paper | - |
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| papers | (noun) writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) | Synonyms: document, written document |
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| paperweight | (noun) a weight used to hold down a stack of papers | - |
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| paperwork | (noun) work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc. | - |
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| papery | (adjective) of or like paper | Synonyms: chartaceous, paperlike |
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| (adjective) thin and paperlike | - |
| raper | (noun) someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse | Synonyms: rapist |
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| reaper | (noun) farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields | Synonyms: harvester |
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| (noun) someone who helps to gather the harvest | Synonyms: harvester |
| sandpaper | (noun) stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand | Synonyms: emery paper |
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| (verb) rub with sandpaper | Synonyms: sand |
| sandpapery | (adjective) having the abrasive texture of sandpaper | - |
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| scraper | (noun) any of various hand tools for scraping | - |
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| shaper | (noun) a machine tool for shaping metal or wood | Synonyms: shaping machine |
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| (noun) a person who makes things | Synonyms: maker |
| skyscraper | (noun) a very tall building with many stories | - |
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| taper | (noun) stick of wax with a wick in the middle | Synonyms: candle, wax light |
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| (noun) a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame | Synonyms: wick |
| (noun) the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone) | - |
| (noun) a convex shape that narrows toward a point | - |
| (verb) give a point to | Synonyms: point, sharpen |
| (verb) diminish gradually | - |
| tapered | (adjective) becoming gradually narrower | Synonyms: narrowing, tapering |
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| tapering | (adjective) gradually decreasing until little remains | Synonyms: dwindling, tapering off |
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| (adjective) becoming gradually narrower | Synonyms: narrowing, tapered |
| (noun) the act of gradually lowering the size or amount | - |
| wallpaper | (noun) a decorative paper for the walls of rooms | - |
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| (verb) cover with wallpaper | Synonyms: paper |
| wallpaperer | (noun) a worker who papers walls | Synonyms: wall-paperer |
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