| rearwards | (adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear | Synonyms: back, backward, backwards, rearward |
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| rectilinear | (adjective) characterized by a straight line or lines | Synonyms: rectilineal |
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| rectilinearity | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that is rectilinear, straight. | - |
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| rehear | (verb) hear or try a court case anew | Synonyms: retry |
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| rehearing | (noun) the act of hearing again | Synonyms: relistening |
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| rehearsal | (noun) (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory | - |
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| (noun) a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert) | Synonyms: dry run |
| rehearse | (verb) engage in a rehearsal (of) | Synonyms: practice, practise |
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| relearn | (verb) learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it | - |
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| research | (noun) systematic investigation to establish facts | - |
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| (noun) a search for knowledge | Synonyms: enquiry, inquiry |
| (verb) inquire into | Synonyms: explore, search |
| (verb) attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner | - |
| researcher | (noun) a scientist who devotes himself to doing research | Synonyms: investigator, research worker |
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| schmear | (noun) (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together | Synonyms: schmeer, shmear |
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| sear | (adjective) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture | Synonyms: dried-up, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered |
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| (verb) make very hot and dry | Synonyms: scorch |
| (verb) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | Synonyms: blacken, char, scorch |
| (verb) cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat | Synonyms: parch |
| (verb) become superficially burned | Synonyms: scorch, singe |
| search | (noun) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | Synonyms: hunt, hunting |
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| (noun) boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas | - |
| (noun) an investigation seeking answers | - |
| (noun) the examination of alternative hypotheses | - |
| (noun) an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property | Synonyms: lookup |
| (verb) inquire into | Synonyms: explore, research |
| (verb) try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of | Synonyms: look for, seek |
| (verb) subject to a search | - |
| (verb) search or seek | Synonyms: look |
| searcher | (noun) large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America | Synonyms: Calosoma scrutator, searcher beetle |
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| (noun) someone making a search or inquiry | Synonyms: quester, seeker |
| (noun) a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items | - |
| searching | (adjective) exploring thoroughly | - |
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| (adjective) diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation | Synonyms: inquisitory, probing |
| (adjective) having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect | Synonyms: trenchant |
| searchingly | (adverb) in a searching manner | - |
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| searchlight | (noun) a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction | - |
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| seared | (adjective) having the surface burned quickly with intense heat | - |
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| searing | (adjective) severely critical | - |
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| searobin | (noun) American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries | Synonyms: sea robin |
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| shear | (noun) a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it | - |
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| (noun) (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves | - |
| (verb) become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain | - |
| (verb) cut with shears | - |
| (verb) cut or cut through with shears | - |
| (verb) shear the wool from | Synonyms: fleece |
| sheared | (adjective) having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers | Synonyms: shorn |
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| (adjective) (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length | - |
| shearer | (noun) a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals | - |
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| (noun) a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles | - |
| shearing | (noun) removing by cutting off or clipping | - |
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| shears | (noun) large scissors with strong blades | - |
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| shearwater | (noun) long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves | - |
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| sheepshearing | (noun) act of shearing sheep | - |
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| (noun) a festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared | - |
| (noun) the time or season when sheep are sheared | - |
| shmear | (noun) (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together | Synonyms: schmear, schmeer |
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| sidearm | (adjective) (of pitches) made with the arm moving parallel to the ground | - |
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| (adverb) in a sidearm manner | - |
| sleepwear | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightclothes, nightwear |
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| smear | (noun) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | Synonyms: blot, smirch, spot, stain |
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| (noun) a blemish made by dirt | Synonyms: blot, daub, slur, smirch, smudge, spot |
| (noun) a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope | Synonyms: cytologic smear, cytosmear |
| (noun) slanderous defamation | Synonyms: malignment, vilification |
| (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smirch, sully |
| (verb) make a smudge on; soil by smudging | Synonyms: blur, smudge, smutch |
| (verb) stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance | - |
| (verb) cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it | Synonyms: daub |
| softhearted | (adjective) easily moved to pity or sorrow | Synonyms: soft-boiled |
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| softheartedness | (noun) a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless) | Synonyms: tenderness |
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| spear | (noun) a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon | Synonyms: lance, shaft |
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| (noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | Synonyms: fishgig, fizgig, gig, lance |
| (verb) pierce with a spear | - |
| (verb) thrust up like a spear | Synonyms: spear up |
| spearfish | (noun) any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare | - |
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| spearhead | (noun) the head and sharpened point of a spear | Synonyms: spear-point, spearpoint |
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| (noun) the leading military unit in an attack | - |
| (noun) someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.) | - |
| (verb) be the leader of | - |
| spearmint | (noun) common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring | Synonyms: Mentha spicata |
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| spearpoint | (noun) the head and sharpened point of a spear | Synonyms: spear-point, spearhead |
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| sportswear | (noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear | Synonyms: activewear, athletic wear |
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| squirearchy | (noun) the gentry who own land (considered as a class) | Synonyms: landed gentry |
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| stearate | (noun) an ester of stearic acid. | - |
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| (noun) a salt of stearic acid. | - |
| stearic | (adjective) of or relating to or composed of fat | - |
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| stearin | (noun) an ester of glycerol and stearic acid | - |
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| stonyhearted | (adjective) devoid of feeling for others | Synonyms: hardhearted, unfeeling |
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| stouthearted | (adjective) used especially of persons | Synonyms: stalwart |
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| stoutheartedness | (noun) the trait of having a courageous spirit | - |
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| swear | (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon, rely |
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| (verb) make a deposition; declare under oath | Synonyms: depone, depose |
| (verb) utter obscenities or profanities | Synonyms: blaspheme, curse, cuss, imprecate |
| (verb) promise solemnly; take an oath | - |
| (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, verify |
| swearer | (noun) someone who takes a solemn oath | - |
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| (noun) someone who uses profanity | - |
| swearing | (noun) a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury | Synonyms: oath |
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| (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearword |
| swearword | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing |
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| sweetheart | (adjective) privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically) | - |
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| (noun) a person loved by another person | Synonyms: steady, sweetie, truelove |
| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner |
| (noun) any well-liked individual | - |
| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetie |
| swimwear | (noun) tight fitting garment worn for swimming | Synonyms: bathing costume, bathing suit, swimming costume, swimsuit |
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| talebearer | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: blabbermouth, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale |
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| talebearing | (adjective) prone to communicate confidential information | Synonyms: blabbermouthed, leaky, tattling |
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| tear | (noun) a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands | Synonyms: teardrop |
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| (noun) the act of tearing | - |
| (noun) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking | Synonyms: binge, bout, bust |
| (noun) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | Synonyms: rent, rip, snag, split |
| (verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly | Synonyms: bust, rupture, snap |
| (verb) to separate or be separated by force | - |
| (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull |
| (verb) move quickly and violently | Synonyms: buck, charge, shoot, shoot down |
| (verb) fill with tears or shed tears | - |
| tearaway | (adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | Synonyms: brainish, hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, madcap |
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| (noun) a reckless and impetuous person | - |
| teardrop | (noun) a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands | Synonyms: tear |
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| (noun) anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring) | - |
| tearful | (adjective) filled with or marked by tears | - |
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| (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, weeping |
| tearfully | (adverb) with tears; in a tearful manner | - |
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| tearfulness | (noun) sadness expressed by weeping | Synonyms: weepiness |
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| teargas | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lachrymator, lacrimator, tear gas |
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| (verb) attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes | - |
| tearing | (adjective) marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid | Synonyms: fierce, trigger-happy, vehement, violent |
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| (noun) shedding tears | Synonyms: lachrymation, lacrimation, watering |
| tearjerker | (noun) an excessively sentimental narrative | - |
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| tearless | (adjective) free from tears | Synonyms: dry-eyed |
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| tearoom | (noun) a restaurant where tea and light meals are available | Synonyms: tea parlor, tea parlour, teahouse, teashop |
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| tears | (noun) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | Synonyms: crying, weeping |
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| teary | (adjective) with eyes full of tears | Synonyms: teary-eyed, watery-eyed |
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| tenderhearted | (adjective) easily moved by another's distress | - |
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| (adjective) easily moved to love | - |
| tenderheartedness | (noun) warm compassionate feelings | Synonyms: tenderness |
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| thermonuclear | (adjective) using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission | - |
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| torchbearer | (noun) a leader in a campaign or movement | - |
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| trainbearer | (noun) one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion | - |
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| trinuclear | (adjective) having three nuclei | Synonyms: trinucleate, trinucleated |
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| tristearin | (noun) a triglyceride of stearic acid | Synonyms: glycerol tristearate |
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| trochlear | (noun) either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes | Synonyms: fourth cranial nerve, trochlear nerve, trochlearis |
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| trochlearis | (noun) either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes | Synonyms: fourth cranial nerve, trochlear, trochlear nerve |
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| truehearted | (adjective) unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause | Synonyms: fast, firm, loyal |
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| unbearable | (adjective) incapable of being tolerated or endured | Synonyms: intolerable, unendurable |
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| unbearably | (adverb) to an unbearable degree | - |
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| unclear | (adjective) not clear to the mind | - |
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| (adjective) poorly stated or described | Synonyms: ill-defined |
| (adjective) not easily deciphered | Synonyms: indecipherable, undecipherable, unreadable |
| uncleared | (adjective) not cleared; not rid of objects or obstructions | - |
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| unclearly | (adverb) in a manner that is unclear | - |
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| unclearness | (noun) incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear | - |
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| underwear | (noun) undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments | Synonyms: underclothes, underclothing |
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| unearned | (adjective) not gained by merit or labor or service | - |
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| unearth | (verb) recover through digging | Synonyms: excavate |
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| (verb) discover by investigation | - |
| unearthly | (adjective) suggesting the operation of supernatural influences | Synonyms: eldritch, uncanny, weird |
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| (adjective) concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul | Synonyms: spiritual |
| unfearing | (adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation | Synonyms: audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid |
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| unforbearing | (adjective) unwilling to endure | - |
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| ungeared | (adjective) having gears not engaged or disconnected | - |
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| unhearable | (adjective) impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear | Synonyms: inaudible |
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| unheard | (adjective) not necessarily inaudible but not heard | - |
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| unhearing | (adjective) totally deaf; unable to hear anything | Synonyms: deaf as a post, profoundly deaf, stone-deaf |
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| unlearn | (verb) discard something previously learnt, like an old habit | - |
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| (verb) try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge | - |
| unlearned | (adjective) not established by conditioning or learning | Synonyms: innate, unconditioned |
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| (adjective) uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication | Synonyms: ignorant, nescient, unlettered |
| (adjective) not well learned | - |
| unrehearsed | (adjective) with little or no preparation or forethought | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded |
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| unsheared | (adjective) not sheared | Synonyms: unshorn |
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| (adjective) (used especially of fur or wool) not having been sheared | - |
| unwearable | (adjective) not suitable for wear or able to be worn | - |
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| unwearied | (adjective) with unreduced energy | Synonyms: untired, unweary |
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| unweary | (adjective) with unreduced energy | Synonyms: untired, unwearied |
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