| navigable | (adjective) able to be sailed on or through safely | - |
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| navigate | (verb) act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance | Synonyms: pilot |
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| (verb) travel on water propelled by wind or by other means | Synonyms: sail, voyage |
| (verb) direct carefully and safely | - |
| navigation | (noun) the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place | Synonyms: pilotage, piloting |
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| (noun) the work of a sailor | Synonyms: sailing, seafaring |
| (noun) ship traffic | - |
| navigational | (adjective) of or relating to navigation | - |
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| navigator | (noun) in earlier times, a person who explored by ship | - |
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| (noun) the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course | - |
| (noun) the ship's officer in charge of navigation | Synonyms: sailing master |
| navvy | (noun) a laborer who is obliged to do menial work | Synonyms: drudge, galley slave, peon |
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| navy | (noun) a dark shade of blue | Synonyms: dark blue, navy blue |
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| (noun) an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare | Synonyms: naval forces |
| nelfinavir | (noun) a protease inhibitor (trade name Viracept) used in treating HIV usually in combination with other drugs | Synonyms: Viracept |
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| neobehaviorism | (noun) a school of psychology based on the general principles of behaviorism but broader and more flexible in concept. It stresses experimental research and laboratory analyses in the study of overt behavior and in various subjective phenomena that cannot be directly observed and measured, such as fantasies, love, stress, empathy, trust, and personality. | - |
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| nonflavored | (adjective) without flavoring added | Synonyms: nonflavoured, unflavored, unflavoured |
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| nonflavoured | (adjective) without flavoring added | Synonyms: nonflavored, unflavored, unflavoured |
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| octave | (noun) a musical interval of eight tones | Synonyms: musical octave |
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| (noun) a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse | - |
| (noun) a feast day and the seven days following it | - |
| octavo | (noun) the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves | Synonyms: 8vo, eightvo |
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| outbrave | (verb) be braver than | - |
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| (verb) resist bravely | - |
| ovoflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: hepatoflavin, lactoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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| palaver | (noun) loud and confused and empty talk | Synonyms: empty talk, empty words, hot air, rhetoric |
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| (noun) flattery intended to persuade | Synonyms: blandishment, cajolery |
| (verb) have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds | - |
| (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle |
| (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
| palsgrave | (noun) (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands | Synonyms: palatine |
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| papaverine | (noun) an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive | Synonyms: Kavrin |
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| papovavirus | (noun) any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas | - |
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| pavage | (noun) the act of applying paving materials to an area | Synonyms: paving |
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| (noun) a tax toward paving streets | - |
| pavan | (noun) a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: pavane |
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| (noun) music composed for dancing the pavane | Synonyms: pavane |
| pavane | (noun) a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: pavan |
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| (noun) music composed for dancing the pavane | Synonyms: pavan |
| pave | (noun) a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows | - |
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| (verb) cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic | - |
| paved | (adjective) covered with a firm surface | - |
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| pavement | (noun) the paved surface of a thoroughfare | Synonyms: paving |
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| (noun) walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway | Synonyms: sidewalk |
| (noun) material used to pave an area | Synonyms: paving, paving material |
| pavilion | (noun) large and often sumptuous tent | Synonyms: marquee |
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| paving | (noun) the act of applying paving materials to an area | Synonyms: pavage |
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| (noun) the paved surface of a thoroughfare | Synonyms: pavement |
| (noun) material used to pave an area | Synonyms: pavement, paving material |
| pavior | (noun) a machine for laying pavement | Synonyms: paving machine, paviour |
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| paviour | (noun) a machine for laying pavement | Synonyms: paving machine, pavior |
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| pavis | (noun) (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position | Synonyms: pavise |
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| pavise | (noun) (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position | Synonyms: pavis |
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| pavlova | (noun) a dessert consisting of a meringue base or cup filled with fruit and whipped cream | - |
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| pavonia | (noun) any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers | - |
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| peavey | (noun) a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs | Synonyms: cant dog, dog hook, peavy |
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| peavy | (noun) a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs | Synonyms: cant dog, dog hook, peavey |
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| pentavalent | (adjective) having a valence of five | - |
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| photoengraving | (noun) an engraving used to reproduce an illustration | Synonyms: halftone, halftone engraving |
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| photogravure | (noun) using photography to produce a plate for printing | Synonyms: rotogravure |
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| (noun) an intaglio print produced by gravure | Synonyms: gravure, heliogravure |
| (noun) printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods | - |
| picornavirus | (noun) a group of single-strand RNA viruses with a protein coat | - |
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| planoconcave | (adjective) flat on one side and concave on the other | - |
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| postcava | (noun) receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart; formed from the union of the two iliac veins | Synonyms: inferior vena cava |
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| pravastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after nonfatal heart attacks | Synonyms: Pravachol |
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| precava | (noun) receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins | Synonyms: superior vena cava |
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| primigravida | (noun) (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time | Synonyms: gravida I |
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| protoavis | (noun) most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having bird-like jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs | - |
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| quaver | (noun) a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note | Synonyms: eighth note |
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| (noun) a tremulous sound | - |
| (verb) sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below | Synonyms: trill, warble |
| (verb) give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency | Synonyms: waver |
| quavering | (adjective) (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear | Synonyms: tremulous |
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| quaveringly | (adverb) in an unsteady quavering manner | - |
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| ravage | (noun) (usually plural) a destructive action | Synonyms: depredation |
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| (verb) make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes | Synonyms: harry |
| (verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: desolate, devastate, lay waste to, scourge, waste |
| ravaged | (adjective) having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence | Synonyms: despoiled, pillaged, raped, sacked |
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| ravaging | (adjective) ruinously destructive and wasting | - |
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| (noun) plundering with excessive damage and destruction | Synonyms: devastation |
| rave | (noun) an extravagantly enthusiastic review | - |
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| (noun) a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played | - |
| (verb) praise enthusiastically | Synonyms: gush |
| (verb) talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner | Synonyms: jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rant, spout |
| (verb) participate in an all-night techno dance party | - |
| ravehook | (noun) a hooked hand tool used to prepare the seams of a boat for oakum | - |
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| ravel | (noun) a row of unravelled stitches | Synonyms: ladder, run |
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| (verb) tangle or complicate | Synonyms: knot, tangle |
| (verb) disentangle | Synonyms: ravel out, unravel |
| raveling | (noun) a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric | Synonyms: ravelling |
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| ravelling | (noun) a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric | Synonyms: raveling |
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| raven | (noun) large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail | Synonyms: Corvus corax |
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| (verb) eat greedily | Synonyms: devour, guttle, pig |
| (verb) feed greedily | - |
| (verb) prey on or hunt for | Synonyms: predate, prey |
| (verb) obtain or seize by violence | - |
| ravenala | (noun) giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers | Synonyms: Ravenala madagascariensis, traveler's tree, traveller's tree |
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| ravening | (adjective) excessively greedy and grasping | Synonyms: rapacious, voracious |
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| (adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | Synonyms: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, vulturine, vulturous |
| (adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities | Synonyms: edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravenous, voracious, wolfish |
| ravenous | (adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities | Synonyms: edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, voracious, wolfish |
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| (adjective) extremely hungry | Synonyms: esurient, famished, sharp-set, starved |
| ravenously | (adverb) in the manner of someone who is very hungry | Synonyms: hungrily |
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| ravenousness | (noun) excessive desire to eat | Synonyms: edacity, esurience, voraciousness, voracity |
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| raver | (noun) someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner | Synonyms: ranter |
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| (noun) a participant in a rave dancing party | - |
| ravigote | (noun) veloute sauce seasoned with chopped chervil, chives, tarragon, shallots and capers | Synonyms: ravigotte |
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| ravigotte | (noun) veloute sauce seasoned with chopped chervil, chives, tarragon, shallots and capers | Synonyms: ravigote |
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| ravine | (noun) a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water) | - |
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| raving | (adjective) talking or behaving irrationally | Synonyms: raving mad, wild |
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| (noun) declaiming wildly | - |
| (adverb) in a raving manner | Synonyms: ravingly |
| ravingly | (adverb) in a raving manner | Synonyms: raving |
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| ravioli | (noun) small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings | Synonyms: cappelletti |
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| ravish | (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, transport |
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| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, violate |
| ravisher | (noun) someone who assaults others sexually | Synonyms: debaucher, violator |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| ravishing | (adjective) stunningly beautiful | - |
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| ravishingly | (adverb) in a ravishing manner or to a ravishing degree | - |
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| ravishment | (noun) the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will | Synonyms: assault, rape, violation |
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| (noun) a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment | Synonyms: entrancement |
| reave | (verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rifle, strip |
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| ribavirin | (noun) an inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be used to treat serious virus infections | Synonyms: Virazole |
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| riboflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: hepatoflavin, lactoflavin, ovoflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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| ritonavir | (noun) a protease inhibitor (trade name Norvir) used in treating HIV | Synonyms: Norvir |
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| rotavirus | (noun) the reovirus causing infant enteritis | - |
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| rotogravure | (noun) using photography to produce a plate for printing | Synonyms: photogravure |
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| (noun) printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press | - |
| (noun) printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press | - |
| saquinavir | (noun) a weak protease inhibitor (trade name Invirase) used in treating HIV | Synonyms: Invirase |
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| savage | (adjective) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | Synonyms: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious |
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| (adjective) without civilizing influences | Synonyms: barbarian, barbaric, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild |
| (adjective) marked by extreme and violent energy | Synonyms: ferocious, fierce, furious |
| (adjective) wild and menacing | Synonyms: feral, ferine |
| (noun) a member of an uncivilized people | Synonyms: barbarian |
| (noun) a cruelly rapacious person | Synonyms: beast, brute, wildcat, wolf |
| (verb) criticize harshly or violently | Synonyms: blast, crucify, pillory |
| (verb) attack brutally and fiercely | - |
| savagely | (adverb) in a vicious manner | Synonyms: brutally, viciously |
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| (adverb) wildly; like an animal | - |
| savageness | (noun) the property of being untamed and ferocious | Synonyms: savagery |
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| savagery | (noun) a brutal barbarous savage act | Synonyms: barbarism, barbarity, brutality |
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| (noun) the trait of extreme cruelty | Synonyms: brutality, ferociousness, viciousness |
| (noun) the property of being untamed and ferocious | Synonyms: savageness |
| savanna | (noun) a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions | Synonyms: savannah |
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| savannah | (noun) a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions | Synonyms: savanna |
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| savant | (noun) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field | Synonyms: initiate, learned person, pundit |
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| savarin | (noun) a sponge cake baked in a ring mold | - |
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| save | (noun) (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring | - |
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| (verb) make unnecessary an expenditure or effort | Synonyms: make unnecessary |
| (verb) record data on a computer | Synonyms: write |
| (verb) to keep up and reserve for personal or special use | Synonyms: preserve |
| (verb) accumulate money for future use | Synonyms: lay aside, save up |
| (verb) spend less; buy at a reduced price | - |
| (verb) retain rights to | Synonyms: hold open, keep, keep open |
| (verb) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of | Synonyms: economise, economize |
| (verb) bring into safety | Synonyms: bring through, carry through, pull through |
| (verb) save from ruin, destruction, or harm | Synonyms: relieve, salvage, salve |
| (verb) save from sins | Synonyms: deliver, redeem |
| (verb) refrain from harming | Synonyms: spare |
| saved | (adjective) rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin | - |
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| (adjective) guarded from injury or destruction | Synonyms: protected |
| saveloy | (noun) a ready-cooked and highly seasoned pork sausage | - |
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| saver | (noun) someone who saves (especially money) | - |
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| (noun) someone who saves something from danger or violence | Synonyms: recoverer, rescuer |
| savin | (noun) procumbent or spreading juniper | Synonyms: dwarf juniper, Juniperus sabina |
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| saving | (adjective) bringing about salvation or redemption from sin | Synonyms: redeeming, redemptive |
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| (adjective) characterized by thriftiness | - |
| (noun) an act of economizing; reduction in cost | Synonyms: economy |
| (noun) the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | Synonyms: preservation |
| (noun) recovery or preservation from loss or danger | Synonyms: deliverance, delivery, rescue |
| savings | (noun) a fund of money put by as a reserve | Synonyms: nest egg |
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| savior | (noun) a person who rescues you from harm or danger | Synonyms: deliverer, rescuer, saviour |
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| saviour | (noun) a person who rescues you from harm or danger | Synonyms: deliverer, rescuer, savior |
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| savor | (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavor, flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savour, smack, tang |
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| (verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in | Synonyms: bask, enjoy, relish, savour |
| (verb) taste appreciatively | Synonyms: savour |
| (verb) give taste to | Synonyms: savour |
| (verb) have flavor; taste of something | Synonyms: savour, taste |
| savoriness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavorsomeness, flavoursomeness |
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