| abaya | (noun) (Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim women | - |
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| ayah | (noun) (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children | - |
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| ayapana | (noun) low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium | Synonyms: Ayapana triplinervis, Eupatorium aya-pana |
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| ayatollah | (noun) a high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well | - |
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| baya | (noun) common Indian weaverbird | Synonyms: Ploceus philippinus |
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| bayat | (noun) an oath of allegiance to an emir | - |
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| betrayal | (noun) an act of deliberate betrayal | Synonyms: perfidy, treachery, treason |
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| (noun) the quality of aiding an enemy | - |
| calisaya | (noun) Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark | Synonyms: Cinchona calisaya, Cinchona ledgeriana, Cinchona officinalis |
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| decayable | (adjective) liable to decay or spoil or become putrid | Synonyms: putrefiable, putrescible, spoilable |
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| defrayal | (noun) the act of paying money | Synonyms: defrayment, payment |
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| gayal | (noun) ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur | Synonyms: Bibos frontalis, mithan |
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| jambalaya | (noun) spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery | - |
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| kayak | (noun) a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos | - |
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| (verb) travel in a small canoe | - |
| layabout | (noun) person who does no work | Synonyms: bum, do-nothing, idler, loafer |
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| mayapple | (noun) North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit | Synonyms: May apple, Podophyllum peltatum, wild mandrake |
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| panchayat | (noun) a village council in India or southern Pakistan | Synonyms: panchayet, punchayet |
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| papaya | (noun) large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh | - |
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| (noun) tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit | Synonyms: Carica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya tree, pawpaw |
| payable | (adjective) subject to or requiring payment especially as specified | Synonyms: collectable, collectible |
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| (noun) a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit | Synonyms: account payable |
| payables | (noun) money that you currently expect to pay on notes and accounts | - |
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| pitahaya | (noun) highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice; often as large as a peach | - |
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| (noun) cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit | Synonyms: Acanthocereus pentagonus, Acanthocereus tetragonus, pitahaya cactus |
| playable | (adjective) capable of or suitable for being played or played on | - |
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| playact | (verb) perform on a stage or theater | Synonyms: act, play, roleplay |
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| playacting | (noun) the performance of a part or role in a drama | Synonyms: acting, performing, playing |
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| playactor | (noun) an actor who travels around the country presenting plays | Synonyms: barnstormer, play-actor, trouper |
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| portrayal | (noun) representation by drawing or painting etc | Synonyms: delineation, depiction |
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| (noun) acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture | Synonyms: characterization, enactment, personation |
| (noun) any likeness of a person, in any medium | Synonyms: portrait |
| (noun) a representation by picture or portraiture | Synonyms: depicting, depiction, portraying |
| (noun) a word picture of a person's appearance and character | Synonyms: portrait, portraiture |
| praya | (noun) colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long | - |
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| quayage | (noun) a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay | Synonyms: wharfage |
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| repayable | (adjective) subject to repayment | - |
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| unplayable | (adjective) not capable of or suitable for being played or played on | - |
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