chockablock | (adjective) packed full to capacity | Synonyms: chock-full, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full |
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counterblow | (noun) a return blow; a retaliatory blow | - |
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deathblow | (noun) the blow that kills (usually mercifully) | Synonyms: coup de grace |
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diablotin | (noun) a thin round slice of bread usually served with soup, especially consomme. | - |
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doubloon | (noun) a former Spanish gold coin | - |
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flyblown | (adjective) blemished, especially of reputation | - |
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(adjective) foul and run-down and repulsive | Synonyms: sordid, squalid |
(adjective) spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies | Synonyms: maggoty |
glassblower | (noun) someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass | - |
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inkblot | (noun) a blot made with ink | - |
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lifeblood | (noun) an essential or life-giving force | - |
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(noun) the blood considered as the seat of vitality | - |
loblolly | (noun) thick gruel | - |
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microblog | (noun) a blog in which there is a limitation on the length of individual postings. | - |
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oblong | (adjective) deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction | - |
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(adjective) (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides | - |
(noun) a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation | - |
oblongness | (noun) the property of being shaped like a rectangle | Synonyms: rectangularity |
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obloquy | (noun) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions | Synonyms: calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, traducement |
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(noun) state of disgrace resulting from public abuse | Synonyms: opprobrium |
overblown | (adjective) past the stage of full bloom | - |
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(adjective) puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: grandiloquent, pompous, pontifical, portentous |
pueblo | (noun) a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States | - |
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pureblood | (adjective) having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal | Synonyms: pedigree, pedigreed, pureblooded, thoroughbred |
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(noun) a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses | Synonyms: purebred, thoroughbred |
pureblooded | (adjective) having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal | Synonyms: pedigree, pedigreed, pureblood, thoroughbred |
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roadblock | (noun) a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. | Synonyms: barricade |
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(noun) any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective | Synonyms: barrier |
shadblow | (noun) any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit | Synonyms: Juneberry, service tree, serviceberry, shadbush |
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sunblock | (noun) a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn | Synonyms: sun blocker, sunscreen |
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tabloid | (noun) newspaper with half-size pages | Synonyms: rag, sheet |
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(noun) sensationalist journalism | Synonyms: tab, yellow journalism |
temblor | (noun) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity | Synonyms: earthquake, quake, seism |
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troublous | (adjective) full of trouble | - |
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unblock | (verb) make (assets) available | Synonyms: free, release, unfreeze |
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(verb) play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding | - |
(verb) clear or remove an obstruction from | - |
unbloody | (adjective) achieved without bloodshed | Synonyms: nonviolent |
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whistleblower | (noun) an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it | Synonyms: whistle-blower, whistle blower |
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windblown | (adjective) used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds | - |
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