abreast | (adjective) being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge | Synonyms: au courant, au fait, up on |
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(adverb) alongside each other, facing in the same direction | - |
admeasure | (verb) determine the quantity of someone's share | - |
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appeasable | (adjective) capable of being pacified | Synonyms: conciliable |
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appease | (verb) make peace with | Synonyms: propitiate |
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(verb) overcome or allay | Synonyms: quell, stay |
(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
appeasement | (noun) the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) | Synonyms: calming |
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appeaser | (noun) someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands | - |
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appeasing | (adjective) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | Synonyms: placating, placative, placatory |
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beanfeast | (noun) an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees | - |
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beast | (noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Synonyms: animal, animate being, brute, creature, fauna |
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(noun) a cruelly rapacious person | Synonyms: brute, savage, wildcat, wolf |
beastliness | (noun) unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather | - |
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(noun) the quality of being deliberately mean | Synonyms: meanness |
beastly | (adjective) resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility | Synonyms: bestial, brutal, brute, brutish |
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(adjective) (informal) very unpleasant | Synonyms: god-awful, hellish |
(adverb) in a beastly manner | - |
boreas | (noun) a wind that blows from the north | Synonyms: north wind, norther, northerly |
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breast | (noun) the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest | - |
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(noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | Synonyms: boob, bosom, knocker, tit, titty |
(noun) the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen | Synonyms: chest |
(noun) meat carved from the breast of a fowl | Synonyms: white meat |
(verb) confront bodily | Synonyms: front |
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain) | Synonyms: summit |
(verb) meet at breast level | - |
breastbone | (noun) the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs | Synonyms: sternum |
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breasted | (adjective) having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds | - |
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breastfeed | (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
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breastless | (adjective) without a breast | - |
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breastpin | (noun) a decorative pin worn by women | Synonyms: broach, brooch |
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breastplate | (noun) armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass | Synonyms: aegis, egis |
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breaststroke | (noun) a swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick | - |
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(verb) swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg | - |
breaststroker | (noun) someone who swims the breaststroke | - |
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breastwork | (noun) fortification consisting of a low wall | Synonyms: parapet |
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cease | (noun) (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end | - |
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(verb) put an end to a state or an activity | Synonyms: discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop |
(verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical | Synonyms: end, finish, stop, terminate |
ceaseless | (adjective) uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing | Synonyms: constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting |
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ceaselessly | (adverb) with unflagging resolve | Synonyms: continuously, endlessly, incessantly, unceasingly, unendingly |
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ceaselessness | (noun) the quality of something that continues without end or interruption | Synonyms: continuousness, incessancy, incessantness |
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cotoneaster | (noun) any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits | - |
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countermeasure | (noun) an action taken to offset another action | - |
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crease | (noun) a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade | Synonyms: creese, kris |
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(noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle |
(noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: bend, crimp, flexure, fold, plication |
(verb) become wrinkled or crumpled or creased | Synonyms: crinkle, crumple, rumple, wrinkle |
(verb) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic | Synonyms: crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle |
(verb) make wrinkled or creased | Synonyms: furrow, wrinkle |
(verb) scrape gently | Synonyms: graze, rake |
creaseless | (adjective) used especially of fabrics | Synonyms: uncreased |
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creaseproof | (adjective) of fabric that does not wrinkle easily | Synonyms: crease-resistant, wrinkle-resistant, wrinkleproof |
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creashak | (noun) evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn | Synonyms: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, bear's grape, common bearberry, hog cranberry, mealberry, mountain box, red bearberry, sand berry, sandberry, wild cranberry |
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decease | (noun) the event of dying or departure from life | Synonyms: death, expiry |
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(verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it |
deceased | (adjective) dead | Synonyms: asleep, at peace, at rest, departed, gone |
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(noun) someone who is no longer alive | Synonyms: dead person, dead soul, deceased person, decedent, departed |
decrease | (noun) the act of decreasing or reducing something | Synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down |
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(noun) the amount by which something decreases | Synonyms: decrement |
(noun) a change downward | Synonyms: drop-off, lessening |
(noun) a process of becoming smaller or shorter | Synonyms: decrement |
(verb) decrease in size, extent, or range | Synonyms: diminish, fall, lessen |
(verb) make become smaller | Synonyms: lessen, minify |
decreased | (adjective) made less in size or amount or degree | Synonyms: reduced |
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decreasing | (adjective) becoming less or smaller | - |
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(adjective) (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume | - |
defeasible | (adjective) capable of being annulled or voided or terminated | - |
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degrease | (verb) remove grease or oil from (a pan) | - |
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degreaser | (noun) a chemical substance that dissolves water-insoluble substances, such as greases and oils. | - |
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disease | (noun) an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | - |
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diseased | (adjective) caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology | Synonyms: morbid, pathologic, pathological |
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displease | (verb) give displeasure to | - |
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displeased | (adjective) not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure | - |
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displeasing | (adjective) causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities | - |
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displeasingly | (adverb) in a displeasing manner | - |
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displeasure | (noun) the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something | - |
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ease | (noun) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) | Synonyms: relaxation, repose, rest |
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(noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | Synonyms: easiness, simpleness, simplicity |
(noun) freedom from constraint or embarrassment | Synonyms: informality |
(noun) a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state | Synonyms: comfort |
(noun) the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress) | Synonyms: relief |
(verb) lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate | Synonyms: comfort |
(verb) make easier | Synonyms: alleviate, facilitate |
(verb) lessen the intensity of or calm | Synonyms: allay, relieve, still |
(verb) move gently or carefully | - |
eased | (adjective) (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviated, relieved |
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easel | (noun) an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas) | - |
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easement | (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: alleviation, easing, relief |
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(noun) (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land) | - |
easily | (adverb) with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily') | Synonyms: easy |
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(adverb) indicating high probability; in all likelihood | Synonyms: well |
(adverb) without doubt | - |
easiness | (noun) the quality of being easy in behavior or style | - |
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(noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | Synonyms: ease, simpleness, simplicity |
(noun) a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry | Synonyms: relaxation |
easing | (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: alleviation, easement, relief |
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(noun) a change for the better | Synonyms: moderation, relief |
east | (adjective) situated in or facing or moving toward the east | - |
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(noun) a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city | - |
(noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees | Synonyms: due east, E, eastward |
(noun) the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point | - |
(adverb) to, toward, or in the east | - |
eastbound | (adjective) moving toward the east | Synonyms: eastward |
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easter | (noun) a wind from the east | Synonyms: east wind, easterly |
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easterly | (adjective) from the east; used especially of winds | Synonyms: eastern |
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(adjective) lying in or toward the east | Synonyms: eastern |
(noun) a wind from the east | Synonyms: east wind, easter |
(adverb) from the east | - |
eastern | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world | - |
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(adjective) of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States | - |
(adjective) lying toward or situated in the east | - |
(adjective) from the east; used especially of winds | Synonyms: easterly |
(adjective) lying in or toward the east | Synonyms: easterly |
easterner | (noun) an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S. | - |
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easternmost | (adjective) farthest to the east | Synonyms: eastmost |
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eastmost | (adjective) farthest to the east | Synonyms: easternmost |
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eastside | (adjective) of the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan | - |
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eastward | (adjective) moving toward the east | Synonyms: eastbound |
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(noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees | Synonyms: due east, E, east |
(adverb) toward the east | Synonyms: eastwards |
eastwards | (adverb) toward the east | Synonyms: eastward |
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easy | (adjective) posing no difficulty; requiring little effort | - |
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(adjective) free from worry or anxiety | - |
(adjective) obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally | - |
(adjective) less in demand and therefore readily obtainable | - |
(adjective) affording comfort | - |
(adjective) marked by moderate steepness | Synonyms: gentle |
(adjective) readily exploited or tricked | - |
(adjective) having little impact | Synonyms: gentle, soft |
(adjective) affording pleasure | - |
(adjective) in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | Synonyms: comfortable, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do |
(adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior | Synonyms: light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton |
(adjective) not hurried or forced | Synonyms: easygoing, leisurely |
(adjective) not strict | Synonyms: lenient |
(adverb) in a relaxed manner; or without hardship | Synonyms: soft |
(adverb) with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily') | Synonyms: easily |
(adverb) without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly') | Synonyms: slow, slowly, tardily |
easygoing | (adjective) not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship | Synonyms: cushy, soft |
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(adjective) relaxed and informal in attitude or standards | - |
(adjective) not hurried or forced | Synonyms: easy, leisurely |
easygoingness | (noun) being without worry or concern | - |
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endonuclease | (noun) a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes | - |
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exonuclease | (noun) a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid | - |
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feasibility | (noun) the quality of being doable | Synonyms: feasibleness |
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feasible | (adjective) capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are | Synonyms: executable, practicable, viable, workable |
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feasibleness | (noun) the quality of being doable | Synonyms: feasibility |
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feasibly | (adverb) in a practicable manner; so as to be feasible | Synonyms: practicably |
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feast | (noun) something experienced with great delight | - |
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(noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors) | Synonyms: fete, fiesta |
(noun) a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed | Synonyms: banquet, spread |
(noun) a ceremonial dinner party for many people | Synonyms: banquet |
(verb) partake in a feast or banquet | Synonyms: banquet, junket |
(verb) provide a feast or banquet for | Synonyms: banquet, junket |
(verb) gratify | Synonyms: feed |
feasting | (noun) eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) | Synonyms: banqueting |
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grease | (noun) anything regarded as making something unclean | Synonyms: dirt, filth, grime, grunge, soil, stain |
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(noun) a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery) | Synonyms: lubricating oil |
(verb) lubricate with grease | - |
greaseball | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent | Synonyms: dago, ginzo, Guinea, wop |
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greased | (adjective) smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction | Synonyms: lubricated |
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greasepaint | (noun) a greasy substance used as makeup by actors | - |
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greaseproof | (adjective) resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax | - |
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greaser | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent | Synonyms: taco, wetback |
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greasewood | (noun) low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America | Synonyms: black greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatus |
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greasily | (adverb) in a greasy manner | - |
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greasiness | (noun) consisting of or covered with oil | Synonyms: oiliness, oleaginousness |
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greasy | (adjective) smeared or soiled with grease or oil | Synonyms: oily |
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(adjective) containing an unusual amount of grease or oil | Synonyms: oily, oleaginous, sebaceous |
heartsease | (noun) the absence of mental stress or anxiety | Synonyms: ataraxis, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, repose, serenity |
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(noun) common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers | Synonyms: field pansy, Viola arvensis |
(noun) violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet | Synonyms: two-eyed violet, Viola ocellata |
(noun) a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived | Synonyms: Johnny-jump-up, love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor, wild pansy |
hippeastrum | (noun) amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers | Synonyms: Hippeastrum puniceum |
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immeasurability | (noun) the quality of being immeasurable. | - |
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immeasurable | (adjective) impossible to measure | Synonyms: immensurable, unmeasurable |
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(adjective) beyond calculation or measure | Synonyms: incomputable, inestimable |
immeasurably | (adverb) to an immeasurable degree; beyond measurement | - |
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(adverb) without bounds | Synonyms: boundlessly, infinitely |
increase | (noun) the act of increasing something | Synonyms: step-up |
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(noun) the amount by which something increases | Synonyms: increment |
(noun) a change resulting in an increase | - |
(noun) a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Synonyms: growth, increment |
(noun) a quantity that is added | Synonyms: addition, gain |
(verb) become bigger or greater in amount | - |
(verb) make bigger or more | - |
increased | (adjective) made greater in size or amount or degree | - |
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increasing | (adjective) becoming greater or larger | - |
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(adjective) (music) increasing in tempo and/or volume | - |
increasingly | (adverb) advancing in amount or intensity | Synonyms: more and more, progressively |
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indefeasible | (adjective) not liable to being annulled or voided or undone | - |
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infeasibility | (noun) the quality of not being doable | Synonyms: unfeasibility |
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infeasible | (adjective) not capable of being carried out or put into practice | Synonyms: impracticable, unfeasible, unworkable |
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lease | (noun) a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment | - |
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(noun) property that is leased or rented out or let | Synonyms: letting, rental |
(noun) the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect | Synonyms: term of a contract |
(verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, engage, hire, rent, take |
(verb) grant use or occupation of under a term of contract | Synonyms: let, rent |
(verb) let for money | Synonyms: rent |
(verb) hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services | Synonyms: charter, hire, rent |
leased | (adjective) hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers | Synonyms: chartered, hired |
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