sassaby | (noun) a large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal | Synonyms: Damaliscus lunatus, topi |
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sassafras | (noun) dried root bark of the sassafras tree | - |
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(noun) yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America | Synonyms: Sassafras albidum, sassafras tree |
sassing | (noun) an impudent or insolent rejoinder | Synonyms: back talk, backtalk, lip, mouth, sass |
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sassy | (adjective) improperly forward or bold | Synonyms: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, saucy, smart, wise |
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seagrass | (noun) any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds | - |
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shortgrass | (noun) any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains | Synonyms: short-grass |
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silkgrass | (noun) valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico | Synonyms: Indian millet, mountain rice, Oryzopsis hymenoides, silk grass |
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spyglass | (noun) a small refracting telescope | Synonyms: field glass, glass |
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subclass | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order | - |
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sunglass | (noun) a convex lens that focuses the rays of the sun; used to start a fire | - |
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sunglasses | (noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun | Synonyms: dark glasses, shades |
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superclass | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic class below a phylum and above a class | - |
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supergrass | (noun) a police informer who implicates many people | Synonyms: grass |
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surpass | (verb) be or do something to a greater degree | Synonyms: exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount |
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(verb) move past | Synonyms: go by, go past, pass, pass by, travel by |
(verb) distinguish oneself | Synonyms: excel, stand out |
(verb) be greater in scope or size than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, transcend |
surpassing | (adjective) far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree | Synonyms: exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious |
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(adjective) exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence | Synonyms: transcendent |
surpassingly | (adverb) to an extraordinary degree | Synonyms: passing |
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tallgrass | (noun) any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture | Synonyms: tall-grass |
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tasse | (noun) one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs | Synonyms: tasset |
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tassel | (noun) adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end | - |
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tasseled | (adjective) fringed or adorned with tassels | Synonyms: tasselled |
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tasselled | (adjective) fringed or adorned with tassels | Synonyms: tasseled |
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tasset | (noun) one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs | Synonyms: tasse |
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terrasse | (verb) provide (a house) with a terrace | Synonyms: terrace |
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thalassaemia | (noun) an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin | Synonyms: Mediterranean anaemia, Mediterranean anemia, thalassemia |
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thalassemia | (noun) an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin | Synonyms: Mediterranean anaemia, Mediterranean anemia, thalassaemia |
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thalassic | (adjective) relating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seas | - |
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trespass | (noun) entry to another's property without right or permission | Synonyms: encroachment, intrusion, usurpation, violation |
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(noun) a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages | - |
(verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) | Synonyms: overstep, transgress |
(verb) break the law | - |
(verb) enter unlawfully on someone's property | Synonyms: intrude |
(verb) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law | Synonyms: sin, transgress |
(verb) make excessive use of | Synonyms: take advantage |
trespasser | (noun) someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission | Synonyms: interloper, intruder |
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trespassing | (adjective) gradually intrusive without right or permission | Synonyms: encroaching, invasive |
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unassailable | (adjective) without flaws or loopholes | Synonyms: bulletproof, ironclad, unshakable, watertight |
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(adjective) impossible to assail | Synonyms: untouchable |
(adjective) immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with | Synonyms: impregnable, inviolable, secure, strong, unattackable |
unassailably | (adverb) in an unalterable and unchangeable manner | Synonyms: immutably, unalterably, unchangeably |
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unassertive | (adjective) inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence | - |
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unassertively | (adverb) in an unassertive manner | - |
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unassertiveness | (noun) diffidence about self promotion | - |
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unassignable | (adjective) incapable of being transferred | Synonyms: nontransferable, untransferable |
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unassigned | (adjective) not assigned | - |
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unassisted | (adjective) lacking help | - |
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(adjective) unsupported by other people | Synonyms: single-handed, unbacked |
unassuming | (adjective) not arrogant or presuming | Synonyms: retiring |
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unassumingly | (adverb) in an unassuming manner | - |
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unassumingness | (noun) a quality of naturalness and simplicity | Synonyms: sincerity |
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unassured | (adjective) lacking boldness or confidence | - |
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unbiassed | (adjective) characterized by a lack of partiality | Synonyms: indifferent, unbiased |
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(adjective) without bias | Synonyms: unbiased |
unclassifiable | (adjective) not possible to classify | - |
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unclassified | (adjective) not arranged in any specific grouping | - |
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(adjective) not subject to a security classification | - |
uncompassionate | (adjective) lacking compassion or feeling for others | - |
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underclass | (adjective) belonging to the lowest and least privileged social stratum | - |
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(noun) the social class lowest in the social hierarchy | Synonyms: lower class |
underclassman | (noun) an undergraduate who is not yet a senior | Synonyms: lowerclassman |
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underpass | (noun) an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway | Synonyms: subway |
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unembarrassed | (adjective) not embarrassed | Synonyms: unabashed |
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unimpassioned | (adjective) free from emotional appeal; marked by reasonableness | - |
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unpassable | (adjective) incapable of being passed | Synonyms: impassable |
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unreassuring | (adjective) not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety | Synonyms: worrisome |
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unsurpassable | (adjective) not to be exceeded | - |
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unsurpassed | (adjective) not capable of being improved on | Synonyms: unexceeded, unexcelled |
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vassal | (noun) a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord | Synonyms: feudatory, liege, liege subject, liegeman |
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vassalage | (noun) the state of a serf | Synonyms: serfdom, serfhood |
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videocassette | (noun) a cassette for videotape | - |
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wassail | (noun) a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas | - |
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(verb) propose a toast to | Synonyms: drink, pledge, salute, toast |
(verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | Synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopee, racket, revel, whoop it up |
wassailer | (noun) someone who enjoys riotous drinking | Synonyms: carouser |
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(noun) someone who who drinks to the health of someone or the success of some venture | Synonyms: toaster |
weatherglass | (noun) a simple barometer for indicating changes in atmospheric pressure | - |
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wheatgrass | (noun) a grass of the genus Agropyron | Synonyms: wheat-grass |
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windlass | (noun) lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds | Synonyms: winch |
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wineglass | (noun) a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served | - |
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witchgrass | (noun) North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land | Synonyms: old witch grass, old witchgrass, Panicum capillare, tumble grass, witch grass |
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(noun) European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed | Synonyms: Agropyron repens, couch grass, dog grass, quack grass, quackgrass, quick grass, witch grass |
wrasse | (noun) chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored | - |
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yardgrass | (noun) coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere | Synonyms: Eleusine indica, goose grass, wire grass, yard grass |
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