barelegged | (adjective) having the legs uncovered by clothing | - |
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delegacy | (noun) the appointment of a delegate | - |
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(noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: commission, delegation, deputation, mission |
(noun) the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent | Synonyms: agency, representation |
delegate | (noun) a person appointed or elected to represent others | - |
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(verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: assign, depute, designate |
(verb) transfer power to someone | Synonyms: depute |
delegating | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegation, deputation, relegating, relegation |
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delegation | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegating, deputation, relegating, relegation |
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(noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: commission, delegacy, deputation, mission |
elegance | (noun) a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste | - |
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(noun) a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics) | - |
elegant | (adjective) refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style | - |
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(adjective) displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution | - |
(adjective) suggesting taste, ease, and wealth | Synonyms: graceful, refined |
elegantly | (adverb) with elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner | - |
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(adverb) in a gracefully elegant manner | - |
elegiac | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy | - |
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(adjective) expressing sorrow often for something past | - |
elegise | (verb) compose an elegy | Synonyms: elegize |
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elegist | (noun) the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead | - |
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elegize | (verb) compose an elegy | Synonyms: elegise |
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elegy | (noun) a mournful poem; a lament for the dead | Synonyms: lament |
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foreleg | (noun) the forelimb of a quadruped | - |
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inelegance | (noun) the quality of lacking refinement and good taste | - |
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inelegant | (adjective) lacking in refinement or grace or good taste | - |
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inelegantly | (adverb) without elegance | - |
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phototelegraph | (noun) an apparatus for transmitting pictures by phototelegraphy. | - |
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phototelegraphy | (noun) an early technology for the transmission of facsimiles. | - |
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radiotelegraph | (noun) the use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code) | Synonyms: radiotelegraphy, wireless telegraph, wireless telegraphy |
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(noun) telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire | Synonyms: radiotelegraphy, wireless telegraphy |
radiotelegraphy | (noun) the use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code) | Synonyms: radiotelegraph, wireless telegraph, wireless telegraphy |
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(noun) telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire | Synonyms: radiotelegraph, wireless telegraphy |
relegate | (verb) assign to a class or kind | Synonyms: classify |
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(verb) assign to a lower position; reduce in rank | Synonyms: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs |
(verb) expel, as if by official decree | Synonyms: banish, bar |
(verb) refer to another person for decision or judgment | Synonyms: pass on, submit |
relegating | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegating, delegation, deputation, relegation |
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relegation | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegating, delegation, deputation, relegating |
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(noun) mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position | - |
(noun) the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category | - |
spindlelegs | (noun) long thin legs | Synonyms: spindleshanks |
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(noun) a thin person with long thin legs | Synonyms: spindleshanks |
telegnosis | (noun) apparent knowledge of distant events without using sensory perceptions | - |
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telegnostic | (adjective) obtaining knowledge of distant events allegedly without use of normal sensory mechanisms | - |
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telegram | (noun) a message transmitted by telegraph | Synonyms: wire |
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telegraph | (noun) apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code) | Synonyms: telegraphy |
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(verb) send cables, wires, or telegrams | Synonyms: cable, wire |
telegrapher | (noun) someone who transmits messages by telegraph | Synonyms: telegraph operator, telegraphist |
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telegraphese | (noun) language characterized by terseness and ellipsis as in telegrams | - |
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telegraphic | (adjective) of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph | - |
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(adjective) having the style of a telegram with many short words left out | - |
telegraphically | (adverb) in a short and concise manner | Synonyms: tersely |
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telegraphist | (noun) someone who transmits messages by telegraph | Synonyms: telegraph operator, telegrapher |
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telegraphy | (noun) apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code) | Synonyms: telegraph |
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(noun) communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire | - |