arles | (noun) money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract | Synonyms: earnest money |
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barley | (noun) a grain of barley | Synonyms: barleycorn |
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(noun) cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain | - |
barleycorn | (noun) a grain of barley | Synonyms: barley |
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(noun) a grain of barley | - |
beggarly | (adjective) marked by poverty befitting a beggar | Synonyms: mean |
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(adjective) (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt | Synonyms: mean |
biyearly | (adjective) occurring or payable twice each year | Synonyms: biannual, half-yearly, semiannual |
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(adjective) occurring every second year | Synonyms: biennial |
(adverb) every two years | Synonyms: biennially |
(adverb) twice a year | Synonyms: semiannually |
carload | (noun) a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile | - |
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(noun) the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car | Synonyms: boatload, shipload |
charlatan | (noun) a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes | Synonyms: mountebank |
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charlatanism | (noun) the dishonesty of a charlatan | Synonyms: quackery |
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charlock | (noun) weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields | Synonyms: Brassica kaber, chadlock, field mustard, Sinapis arvensis, wild mustard |
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charlotte | (noun) a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard | - |
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circularly | (adverb) in a circular manner | - |
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clearly | (adverb) without doubt or question | - |
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(adverb) in an intelligible manner | Synonyms: intelligibly, understandably |
(adverb) clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment | Synonyms: distinctly |
(adverb) in an easily perceptible manner | Synonyms: clear |
collarless | (adjective) without a collar | - |
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darling | (adjective) dearly loved | Synonyms: beloved, dear |
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(noun) a special loved one | Synonyms: dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite, pet |
(noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
dearly | (adverb) at a great cost | Synonyms: dear |
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(adverb) with affection | Synonyms: affectionately, dear |
(adverb) in a sincere and heartfelt manner | Synonyms: in a heartfelt way |
earl | (noun) a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount | - |
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earlap | (noun) one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm | Synonyms: earflap |
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earldom | (noun) the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess | - |
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(noun) the dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess | - |
earless | (adjective) lacking external ears | - |
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earlier | (adjective) (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early | Synonyms: earliest |
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(adverb) earlier in time; previously | Synonyms: before |
(adverb) comparatives of `soon' or `early' | Synonyms: sooner |
(adverb) before now | Synonyms: in the beginning, in the first place, originally, to begin with |
earliest | (adjective) (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early | Synonyms: earlier |
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(adverb) with the least delay | Synonyms: soonest |
earliness | (noun) quality of coming early or earlier in time | - |
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earlobe | (noun) the fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear | Synonyms: ear lobe |
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early | (adjective) at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time | - |
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(adjective) of an early stage in the development of a language or literature | - |
(adjective) being or occurring at an early stage of development | - |
(adjective) belonging to the distant past | Synonyms: former, other |
(adjective) very young | - |
(adjective) expected in the near future | - |
(adverb) before the usual time or the time expected | Synonyms: ahead of time, too soon |
(adverb) during an early stage | Synonyms: early on |
(adverb) in good time | Synonyms: betimes |
earlyish | (adjective) being somewhat early | - |
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ensnarl | (verb) entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh | Synonyms: enmesh, mesh |
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familiarly | (adverb) in an intimately familiar manner | - |
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fearless | (adjective) oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them | Synonyms: unafraid |
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(adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation | Synonyms: audacious, brave, dauntless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing |
fearlessly | (adverb) without fear | Synonyms: dauntlessly, intrepidly |
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fearlessness | (noun) the trait of feeling no fear | - |
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(noun) feeling no fear | Synonyms: bravery |
garland | (noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | Synonyms: chaplet, coronal, lei, wreath |
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(noun) an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. | Synonyms: florilegium, miscellany |
(verb) adorn with bands of flowers or leaves | - |
garlic | (noun) aromatic bulb used as seasoning | Synonyms: ail |
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(noun) bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves | Synonyms: Allium sativum |
garlicky | (adjective) relating to or tasting or smelling of garlic | - |
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gnarl | (noun) something twisted and tight and swollen | Synonyms: knot |
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(verb) make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath | Synonyms: croak, grumble, murmur, mutter |
(verb) twist into a state of deformity | - |
gnarled | (adjective) used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots | Synonyms: gnarly, knobbed, knotted, knotty |
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gnarly | (adjective) used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots | Synonyms: gnarled, knobbed, knotted, knotty |
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harlequin | (noun) a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte) | - |
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(verb) variegate with spots or marks | - |
harlequinade | (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, japery, prank |
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harlot | (noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl |
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harlotry | (noun) offering sexual intercourse for pay | Synonyms: prostitution, whoredom |
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intramuscularly | (adverb) in an intramuscular way | - |
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irregularly | (adverb) in an inconstant manner, not according to fixed rate or schedule | Synonyms: on an irregular basis |
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(adverb) at an uneven rate | - |
(adverb) having an irregular form | - |
linearly | (adverb) in a linear manner | - |
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marl | (noun) a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime | - |
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marlberry | (noun) tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries | Synonyms: Ardisia escallonoides, Ardisia paniculata |
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marlin | (noun) large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes | - |
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marline | (noun) a small usually tarred line of 2 strands | - |
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marlinespike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlingspike, marlinspike |
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marlingspike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlinespike, marlinspike |
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marlinspike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlinespike, marlingspike |
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marlite | (noun) metamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marl | Synonyms: marlstone |
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marlstone | (noun) metamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marl | Synonyms: marlite |
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marly | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling or abounding in marl | - |
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nearly | (adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | Synonyms: about, almost, most, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh |
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(adverb) in a close manner | Synonyms: closely, intimately |
oarlock | (noun) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing | Synonyms: peg, pin, rowlock, thole, tholepin |
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parlance | (noun) a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language | Synonyms: idiom |
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parlay | (noun) a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers | - |
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(verb) stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager | Synonyms: double up |
parley | (noun) a negotiation between enemies | - |
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(verb) discuss, as between enemies | - |
parliament | (noun) a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards | Synonyms: fantan, sevens |
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(noun) a legislative assembly in certain countries | - |
parliamentarian | (noun) an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures | - |
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parliamentary | (adjective) relating to or having the nature of a parliament | - |
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(adjective) having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament | - |
(adjective) in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly | - |
parlor | (noun) reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received | Synonyms: parlour |
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(noun) a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax | Synonyms: front room, living-room, living room, parlour, sitting room |
parlormaid | (noun) a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door | Synonyms: parlourmaid |
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parlour | (noun) reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received | Synonyms: parlor |
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(noun) a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax | Synonyms: front room, living-room, living room, parlor, sitting room |
parlourmaid | (noun) a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door | Synonyms: parlormaid |
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parlous | (adjective) fraught with danger | Synonyms: perilous, precarious, touch-and-go |
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particularly | (adverb) to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common | Synonyms: especially, peculiarly, specially |
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(adverb) uniquely or characteristically | Synonyms: peculiarly |
(adverb) specifically or especially distinguished from others | Synonyms: in particular |
pearl | (noun) a shade of white the color of bleached bones | Synonyms: bone, ivory, off-white |
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(noun) a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel | - |
(noun) a shape that is spherical and small | Synonyms: bead, drop |
(verb) gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean | - |
pearler | (noun) a diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls | Synonyms: pearl diver |
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pearlescent | (adjective) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors | Synonyms: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline |
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pearlfish | (noun) found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds | Synonyms: pearl-fish |
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pearlite | (noun) a lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite; a constituent of steel and cast iron | - |
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pearlweed | (noun) any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls | Synonyms: pearl-weed, pearlwort |
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pearlwort | (noun) any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls | Synonyms: pearl-weed, pearlweed |
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pearly | (adjective) of a white the color of pearls | Synonyms: pearly-white |
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(noun) informal terms for a human `tooth' | Synonyms: chopper |
peculiarly | (adverb) in a manner differing from the usual or expected | Synonyms: curiously, inexplicably, oddly |
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(adverb) uniquely or characteristically | Synonyms: particularly |
(adverb) to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common | Synonyms: especially, particularly, specially |
perpendicularly | (adverb) in a perpendicular manner | - |
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(adverb) straight up or down without a break | Synonyms: sheer |
popularly | (adverb) among the people | - |
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regularly | (adverb) in a regular manner | Synonyms: on a regular basis |
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(adverb) in a regular way without variation | - |
(adverb) having a regular form | - |
scarlatina | (noun) an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash | Synonyms: scarlet fever |
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scarlet | (adjective) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies | Synonyms: blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry-red, cherry, crimson, red, reddish, ruby-red, ruby, ruddy |
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(noun) a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge | Synonyms: orange red, vermilion |
scholarly | (adjective) characteristic of scholars or scholarship | - |
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similarly | (adverb) in like or similar manner | Synonyms: likewise |
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singularly | (adverb) in a singular manner or to a singular degree | - |
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snarl | (noun) something jumbled or confused | Synonyms: maze, tangle |
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(noun) a vicious angry growl | - |
(noun) an angry vicious expression | - |
(verb) make more complicated or confused through entanglements | Synonyms: embrangle, snarl up |
(verb) utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone | Synonyms: snap |
(verb) make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise | - |
(verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | Synonyms: entangle, mat, tangle |
snarled | (adjective) tangled in knots or snarls | Synonyms: knotty, snarly |
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snarly | (adjective) tangled in knots or snarls | Synonyms: knotty, snarled |
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sparling | (noun) the common smelt of Europe | Synonyms: European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus |
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(noun) common smelt of Europe | Synonyms: European smelt |
spectacularly | (adverb) in a spectacular manner | Synonyms: stunningly |
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starless | (adjective) not starry; having no stars or starlike objects | - |
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starlessness | (noun) The state of being without visible stars. | - |
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starlet | (noun) a small star | - |
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(noun) a young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star | - |
starlight | (noun) the light of the stars | - |
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starlike | (adjective) resembling a star | - |
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starling | (noun) gregarious birds native to the Old World | - |
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starlit | (adjective) lighted only by stars | - |
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sugarless | (adjective) not containing sugar | Synonyms: nonsweet |
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sugarloaf | (noun) a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar | Synonyms: loaf sugar, sugar loaf |
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tearless | (adjective) free from tears | Synonyms: dry-eyed |
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unclearly | (adverb) in a manner that is unclear | - |
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