address | (noun) the ability to do or say what is appropriate for the occasion | Synonyms: savoir-faire |
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(noun) the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball | - |
(noun) the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience | Synonyms: speech |
(noun) a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described | - |
(noun) written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location | Synonyms: destination, name and address |
(noun) the manner of speaking to another individual | - |
(noun) (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored | Synonyms: computer address, reference |
(noun) the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with | - |
(verb) adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting | - |
(verb) speak to | Synonyms: turn to |
(verb) speak to someone | Synonyms: accost, come up to |
(verb) give a speech to | Synonyms: speak |
(verb) put an address on (an envelope) | Synonyms: direct |
(verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: cover, deal, handle, plow, treat |
(verb) direct a question at someone | - |
(verb) address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question | - |
(verb) access or locate by address | - |
(verb) greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name | Synonyms: call |
addressable | (adjective) capable of being addressed | - |
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addressed | (adjective) (of mail) marked with a destination | - |
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addressee | (noun) one to whom something is addressed | - |
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adrenal | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions | - |
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(adjective) near the kidneys | - |
(noun) either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney | Synonyms: adrenal gland, suprarenal gland |
adrenalectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands | Synonyms: suprarenalectomy |
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adrenaline | (noun) a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action | Synonyms: Adrenalin, epinephrin, epinephrine |
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adrenarche | (noun) the increase in activity of the adrenal glands just before puberty | - |
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adrenergic | (adjective) relating to epinephrine (its release or action) | Synonyms: sympathomimetic |
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(noun) drug that has the effects of epinephrine | Synonyms: adrenergic drug |
adrenocortical | (adjective) of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands | - |
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adrenocorticotrophic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotropic |
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adrenocorticotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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adrenocorticotropic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotrophic |
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adrenocorticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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adrenosterone | (noun) a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland | - |
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ambassadress | (noun) a woman ambassador | - |
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andrena | (noun) a bee that is a member of the genus Andrena | Synonyms: andrenid, mining bee |
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andrenid | (noun) a bee that is a member of the genus Andrena | Synonyms: andrena, mining bee |
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antiadrenergic | (adjective) relating to blocking or reducing adrenergic effects in the body | - |
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balldress | (noun) a suit or dress for formal occasions | - |
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bedrest | (noun) confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons) | Synonyms: bed rest |
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cadre | (noun) a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion | - |
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(noun) a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement | Synonyms: cell |
coatdress | (noun) a dress that is tailored like a coat and buttons up the front | - |
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daydream | (noun) absentminded dreaming while awake | Synonyms: air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie, revery |
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(verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | Synonyms: dream, stargaze, woolgather |
(verb) have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake | Synonyms: moon |
daydreamer | (noun) someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming | Synonyms: woolgatherer |
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daydreaming | (noun) absentminded dreaming while awake | Synonyms: air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, oneirism, reverie, revery |
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dread | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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(noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehension, apprehensiveness |
(verb) be afraid or scared of; be frightened of | Synonyms: fear |
dreaded | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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dreadful | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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(adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, awful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
(adjective) extremely disagreeable and unpleasant | - |
dreadfully | (adverb) of a dreadful kind | Synonyms: awfully, horribly |
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(adverb) in a dreadful manner | Synonyms: dismally |
dreadfulness | (noun) a quality of extreme unpleasantness | Synonyms: awfulness, horridness, terribleness |
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dreadlock | (noun) one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians | - |
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dreadnaught | (noun) battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber | Synonyms: dreadnought |
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dreadnought | (noun) battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber | Synonyms: dreadnaught |
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dream | (noun) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep | Synonyms: dreaming |
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(noun) imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake | Synonyms: dreaming |
(noun) a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe) | Synonyms: pipe dream |
(noun) a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality | - |
(noun) a cherished desire | Synonyms: ambition, aspiration |
(noun) someone or something wonderful | - |
(verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | Synonyms: daydream, stargaze, woolgather |
(verb) experience while sleeping | - |
dreamed | (adjective) conceived of or imagined or hoped for | - |
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dreamer | (noun) a person who escapes into a world of fantasy | Synonyms: escapist, wishful thinker |
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(noun) someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations | Synonyms: idealist |
(noun) someone who is dreaming | - |
dreamfully | (adverb) in a dreamy manner | Synonyms: dreamily, moonily |
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dreamily | (adverb) in a dreamy manner | Synonyms: dreamfully, moonily |
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dreaminess | (noun) a relaxed comfortable feeling | Synonyms: languor |
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dreaming | (noun) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep | Synonyms: dream |
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(noun) imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake | Synonyms: dream |
dreamland | (noun) a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination | Synonyms: dreamworld, never-never land |
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dreamless | (adjective) untroubled by dreams | - |
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dreamlike | (adjective) resembling a dream | Synonyms: surreal |
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dreamworld | (noun) a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination | Synonyms: dreamland, never-never land |
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dreamy | (adjective) dreamy in mood or nature | Synonyms: moony, woolgathering |
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(adjective) lacking spirit or liveliness | Synonyms: lackadaisical, languid, languorous |
drear | (adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry |
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drearily | (adverb) in a cheerless manner | Synonyms: dismally |
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dreariness | (noun) extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest | Synonyms: boringness, insipidity, insipidness |
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dreary | (adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, gloomy, grim, sorry |
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(adjective) lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise | Synonyms: drab |
dreck | (noun) merchandise that is shoddy or inferior | Synonyms: schlock, shlock |
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dredge | (noun) a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed | - |
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(verb) remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water | - |
(verb) search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost | Synonyms: drag |
(verb) cover before cooking | - |
dredger | (noun) a barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging | - |
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dreg | (noun) a small amount of residue | - |
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dregs | (noun) sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid | Synonyms: settlings |
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drekkar | (noun) a Viking longship, described in historical sources as elegant and ornately decorated, and used by those who went raiding and plundering. | - |
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drench | (verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | Synonyms: douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse |
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(verb) permeate or impregnate | Synonyms: imbrue |
(verb) force to drink | - |
(verb) drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged | Synonyms: swamp |
drenched | (adjective) abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination | Synonyms: drenched in |
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drenching | (noun) the act of making something completely wet | Synonyms: soaking, souse, sousing |
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dress | (adjective) (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes | Synonyms: full-dress |
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(adjective) suitable for formal occasions | Synonyms: full-dress |
(noun) a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice | Synonyms: frock |
(noun) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion | Synonyms: attire, garb |
(noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: apparel, clothes, wearing apparel |
(verb) put on clothes | Synonyms: get dressed |
(verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
(verb) apply a bandage or medication to | - |
(verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, set |
(verb) dress or groom with elaborate care | Synonyms: plume, preen, primp |
(verb) give a neat appearance to | Synonyms: curry, groom |
(verb) dress in a certain manner | Synonyms: dress up |
(verb) kill and prepare for market or consumption | Synonyms: dress out |
(verb) convert into leather | - |
(verb) put a dressing on | - |
(verb) put a finish on | - |
(verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | Synonyms: clip, crop, cut back, lop, prune, snip, trim |
(verb) provide with decoration | Synonyms: decorate |
(verb) cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width | - |
(verb) decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods | Synonyms: garnish, trim |
(verb) arrange in ranks | Synonyms: line up |
dressage | (noun) maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider | - |
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dressed | (adjective) dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination | Synonyms: appareled, attired, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed |
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(adjective) (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth | Synonyms: polished |
(adjective) treated with medications and protective covering | - |
(adjective) dressed in fancy or formal clothing | Synonyms: dolled up, dressed-up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, spiffed up, spruced up, togged up |
dresser | (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: bureau, chest, chest of drawers |
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(noun) a cabinet with shelves | - |
(noun) low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup | Synonyms: dressing table, toilet table, vanity |
(noun) a wardrobe assistant for an actor | Synonyms: actor's assistant |
(noun) a person who dresses in a particular way | - |
dressing | (noun) the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes | Synonyms: grooming |
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(noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: bandaging, binding |
(noun) processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather | - |
(noun) a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Synonyms: medical dressing |
(noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | Synonyms: fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization |
(noun) savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type | Synonyms: salad dressing |
(noun) a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables | Synonyms: stuffing |
dressmaker | (noun) a person who makes garments | Synonyms: garment-worker, garment worker, garmentmaker |
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dressmaking | (noun) the craft of making dresses | - |
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dressy | (adjective) in fancy clothing | - |
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drey | (noun) the nest of a squirrel | - |
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foundress | (noun) a woman founder | - |
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hairdresser | (noun) someone who cuts or beautifies hair | Synonyms: hairstylist, styler, stylist |
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hairdressing | (noun) care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair | Synonyms: hair care, haircare |
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(noun) a toiletry for the hair | Synonyms: hair grease, hair oil, hair tonic |
handrest | (noun) a support for the hand | - |
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headdress | (noun) clothing for the head | Synonyms: headgear |
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headrest | (noun) a rest for the head | - |
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(noun) a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash | Synonyms: head restraint |
hundred | (adjective) being ten more than ninety | Synonyms: 100, c, one hundred |
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(noun) ten 10s | Synonyms: 100, C, century, one C |
hundredfold | (adverb) by a factor of one hundred | Synonyms: a hundred times |
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hundredth | (adjective) the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order | Synonyms: 100th, centesimal |
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(noun) one part in a hundred equal parts | Synonyms: one-hundredth, one percent |
(noun) position 100 in a countable series of things | - |
hundredweight | (noun) a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds | Synonyms: cwt, long hundredweight |
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(noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds | Synonyms: cental, centner, cwt, quintal, short hundredweight |
(noun) a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms in the metric system | Synonyms: centner, doppelzentner, metric hundredweight |
hydremia | (noun) blood disorder in which there is excess fluid volume compared with the cell volume of the blood | - |
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hyperadrenalism | (noun) a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity | Synonyms: Cushing's disease |
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hyperadrenocorticism | (noun) a glandular disorder caused by excessive cortisol | Synonyms: Cushing's syndrome |
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hypoadrenalism | (noun) a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin | Synonyms: Addison's disease, Addison's syndrome, hypoadrenocorticism |
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hypoadrenocorticism | (noun) a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin | Synonyms: Addison's disease, Addison's syndrome, hypoadrenalism |
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kindred | (adjective) related by blood or marriage | - |
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(adjective) similar in quality or character | Synonyms: akin |
(noun) group of people related by blood or marriage | Synonyms: clan, kin, kin group, kinship group, tribe |
laundress | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | Synonyms: laundrywoman, washerwoman, washwoman |
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madrepore | (noun) corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands | Synonyms: madriporian coral, stony coral |
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mandrel | (noun) any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts | Synonyms: arbor, mandril, spindle |
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misaddress | (verb) put a wrong address on | Synonyms: misdirect |
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nightdress | (noun) lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women | Synonyms: gown, night-robe, nightgown, nightie |
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noradrenaline | (noun) a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses | Synonyms: norepinephrine |
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norethynodrel | (noun) a progesterone derivative used in oral contraceptives and in the control of menstruation and the treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding | - |
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overdress | (verb) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | Synonyms: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up |
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(verb) dress too warmly | Synonyms: overclothe |
overdressed | (adjective) dressed too elaborately | - |
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padre | (noun) a chaplain in one of the military services | Synonyms: Holy Joe, military chaplain, sky pilot |
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quadrennium | (noun) a period of four years | - |
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redress | (noun) act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil | Synonyms: remediation, remedy |
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(noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, restitution |
(verb) make reparations or amends for | Synonyms: compensate, correct, right |
scoundrel | (noun) a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately | Synonyms: villain |
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scoundrelly | (adjective) lacking principles or scruples | Synonyms: blackguardly, rascally, roguish |
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shirtdress | (noun) a dress that is tailored like a shirt and has buttons all the way down the front | - |
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spandrel | (noun) an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them | Synonyms: spandril |
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