| buckyball | (noun) a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene | Synonyms: buckminsterfullerene |
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| butterball | (noun) small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage | Synonyms: Bucephela albeola, bufflehead, dipper |
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| (noun) a rotund individual | Synonyms: fat person, fatso, fatty, roly-poly |
| cabal | (noun) a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) | Synonyms: conspiracy |
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| (noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | Synonyms: camarilla, faction, junto |
| (verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | Synonyms: complot, conjure, conspire, machinate |
| cabala | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah |
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| cabalism | (noun) adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation | Synonyms: kabbalism |
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| cabalist | (noun) an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters | Synonyms: kabbalist |
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| (noun) a member of a cabal | - |
| cabalistic | (adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning | Synonyms: cryptic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline |
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| cabbala | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah |
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| cabbalah | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabala, cabbala, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah |
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| cannibal | (noun) a person who eats human flesh | Synonyms: anthropophagite, anthropophagus, man-eater |
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| cannibalic | (adjective) marked by barbarity suggestive of a cannibal; rapaciously savage | - |
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| cannibalise | (verb) eat human flesh | Synonyms: cannibalize |
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| (verb) use parts of something to repair something else | Synonyms: cannibalize |
| cannibalism | (noun) the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind | - |
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| cannibalistic | (adjective) characteristic of cannibals or exhibiting cannibalism | - |
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| cannibalize | (verb) eat human flesh | Synonyms: cannibalise |
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| (verb) use parts of something to repair something else | Synonyms: cannibalise |
| cannonball | (noun) a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon | Synonyms: cannon ball, round shot |
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| cembalo | (noun) a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots | Synonyms: harpsichord |
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| cobalamin | (noun) a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia | Synonyms: antipernicious anemia factor, cyanocobalamin, vitamin B12 |
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| cobalt | (noun) a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition | Synonyms: atomic number 27, Co |
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| cobaltite | (noun) a rare silvery-white mineral; important ore of cobalt | - |
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| counterbalance | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer |
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| (noun) a compensating equivalent | Synonyms: offset |
| (noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, equilibrium, equipoise |
| (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, countervail, neutralize |
| (verb) contrast with equal weight or force | Synonyms: oppose |
| (verb) adjust for | Synonyms: compensate, correct, even off, even out, even up, make up |
| counterbalanced | (adjective) brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another | Synonyms: counterpoised |
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| cristobalite | (noun) a white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks | - |
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| cyanocobalamin | (noun) a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia | Synonyms: antipernicious anemia factor, cobalamin, vitamin B12 |
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| cymbal | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together | - |
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| cymbalist | (noun) a performer on the cymbals | - |
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| detribalisation | (noun) the decline or termination of tribal organization | Synonyms: detribalization |
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| (noun) the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living | Synonyms: detribalization |
| detribalise | (verb) cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity | Synonyms: detribalize |
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| detribalization | (noun) the decline or termination of tribal organization | Synonyms: detribalisation |
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| (noun) the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living | Synonyms: detribalisation |
| detribalize | (verb) cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity | Synonyms: detribalise |
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| earthball | (noun) any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | Synonyms: false truffle, hard-skinned puffball, puffball |
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| embalm | (verb) preserve a dead body | - |
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| embalmer | (noun) a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives | - |
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| embalmment | (noun) preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals | - |
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| eyeball | (noun) the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye | Synonyms: orb |
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| (verb) look at | Synonyms: eye |
| fastball | (noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | Synonyms: bullet, heater, hummer, smoke |
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| fireball | (noun) the luminous center of a nuclear explosion | - |
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| (noun) a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning) | - |
| (noun) a highly energetic and indefatigable person | Synonyms: ball of fire, human dynamo, powerhouse |
| (noun) an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) | Synonyms: bolide |
| football | (noun) any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal | Synonyms: football game |
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| (noun) the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football | - |
| footballer | (noun) an athlete who plays American football | Synonyms: football player |
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| garibaldi | (noun) a loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves; styled after the red flannel shirts worn by Garibaldi's soldiers | - |
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| gimbal | (noun) an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips | - |
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| gimbaled | (adjective) supported on gimbals and remaining steady or level when the base tips | - |
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| global | (adjective) involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope | Synonyms: planetary, world-wide, world, worldwide |
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| (adjective) having the shape of a sphere or ball | Synonyms: ball-shaped, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical |
| globalisation | (noun) growth to a global or worldwide scale | Synonyms: globalization |
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| globalise | (verb) make world-wide in scope or application | Synonyms: globalize |
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| globalization | (noun) growth to a global or worldwide scale | Synonyms: globalisation |
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| globalize | (verb) make world-wide in scope or application | Synonyms: globalise |
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| globally | (adverb) worldwide | Synonyms: internationally |
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| (adverb) with respect to the whole earth | - |
| goofball | (noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | Synonyms: bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goose, jackass, twat, zany |
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| (noun) a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior | Synonyms: buffoon, clown, goof, merry andrew |
| greaseball | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent | Synonyms: dago, ginzo, Guinea, wop |
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| groundball | (noun) (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground | Synonyms: ground ball, grounder, hopper |
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| hairball | (noun) a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) | Synonyms: hair ball, trichobezoar |
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| handball | (noun) a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands | - |
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| (noun) a small rubber ball used in playing the game of handball | - |
| hardball | (noun) baseball as distinguished from softball | - |
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| (noun) a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics | - |
| herbal | (adjective) of or relating to herbs | - |
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| (noun) tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs | Synonyms: herb tea, herbal tea |
| herbalist | (noun) a therapist who heals by the use of herbs | Synonyms: herb doctor |
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| highball | (noun) a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass | - |
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| hullabaloo | (noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval |
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| imbalance | (noun) lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something | Synonyms: disproportion, dissymmetry |
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| (noun) a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium | Synonyms: instability, unbalance |
| imbalanced | (adjective) being or thrown out of equilibrium | Synonyms: unbalanced |
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| intertribal | (adjective) between or among tribes | - |
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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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| jumbal | (noun) small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie | Synonyms: jumble |
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| kabala | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah |
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| kabbala | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah |
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| kabbalah | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, qabala, qabalah |
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| kabbalism | (noun) adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation | Synonyms: cabalism |
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| kabbalist | (noun) an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters | Synonyms: cabalist |
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| kabbalistic | (adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning | Synonyms: cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, qabalistic, sibylline |
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| knuckleball | (noun) a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin | Synonyms: knuckler |
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| lowball | (verb) make a deliberately low estimate | Synonyms: underestimate |
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| meatball | (noun) ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth | - |
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| microbalance | (noun) balance for weighing very small objects | - |
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| mothball | (noun) a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing | Synonyms: camphor ball |
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| (verb) put into long-term storage | - |
| myrobalan | (noun) small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit | Synonyms: cherry plum, myrobalan plum, Prunus cerasifera |
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| netball | (noun) a team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post | - |
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| nonverbal | (adjective) involving little use of language | - |
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| (adjective) being other than verbal communication | Synonyms: gestural |
| (adjective) lacking verbal skill | - |
| nonverbally | (adverb) without words | Synonyms: non-verbally |
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| oddball | (noun) a person with an unusual or odd personality | Synonyms: eccentric, eccentric person, flake, geek |
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| outbalance | (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outweigh, overbalance, preponderate |
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| overbalance | (verb) cause to be off balance | - |
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| (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, preponderate |
| paintball | (noun) a game that simulates military combat; players on one team try to eliminate players on the opposing team by shooting capsules of paint at them | - |
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| (noun) a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball | - |
| piebald | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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| pinball | (noun) a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets | Synonyms: pinball game |
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| puffball | (noun) any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature | Synonyms: true puffball |
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| (noun) any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | Synonyms: earthball, false truffle, hard-skinned puffball |
| punchball | (noun) an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing | Synonyms: punch bag, punching bag, punching ball |
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| pushball | (noun) a game using a leather ball six feet in diameter; the two side try to push it across the opponents' goal | - |
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| qabala | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabalah |
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| qabalah | (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | Synonyms: cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala |
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| qabalistic | (adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning | Synonyms: cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, kabbalistic, sibylline |
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| racquetball | (noun) a game played on a handball court with short-handled rackets | - |
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| (noun) the ball used in playing the game of racquetball | - |
| ribald | (adjective) humorously vulgar | Synonyms: bawdy, off-color |
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| (noun) a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language | - |
| ribaldry | (noun) behavior or language bordering on indelicacy | Synonyms: gaminess, raciness, spiciness |
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| (noun) ribald humor | - |
| robalo | (noun) a kind of percoid fish | - |
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| screwball | (adjective) foolish; totally unsound | Synonyms: crazy, half-baked, softheaded |
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| (noun) a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown | - |
| (noun) a whimsically eccentric person | Synonyms: crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case |
| screwballer | (noun) (baseball) a pitcher who throws screwballs | - |
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| snowball | (noun) snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) | - |
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| (noun) ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup | - |
| (noun) ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce | - |
| (noun) plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions | Synonyms: Abronia elliptica, sweet sand verbena |
| (verb) increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate | - |
| (verb) throw snowballs at | - |
| softball | (noun) a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger | Synonyms: softball game |
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| (noun) ball used in playing softball | - |
| sourball | (noun) round piece of tart hard candy | - |
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| spitball | (noun) an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it | Synonyms: spitter |
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| (noun) a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere | - |