aforesaid | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforementioned, said |
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applesauce | (noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: codswallop, folderol, rubbish, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash |
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(noun) puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced | Synonyms: apple sauce |
archdiocesan | (adjective) of or relating to an archdiocese | - |
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caesarean | (adjective) relating to abdominal delivery | Synonyms: caesarian, cesarean, cesarian |
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(noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) | Synonyms: abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section |
caesarian | (adjective) relating to abdominal delivery | Synonyms: caesarean, cesarean, cesarian |
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(noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) | Synonyms: abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section |
cesarean | (adjective) relating to abdominal delivery | Synonyms: caesarean, caesarian, cesarian |
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(noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) | Synonyms: abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section |
cesarian | (adjective) relating to abdominal delivery | Synonyms: caesarean, caesarian, cesarean |
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(noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) | Synonyms: abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section |
courtesan | (noun) a woman who cohabits with an important man | Synonyms: concubine, doxy, paramour |
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desacralize | (verb) transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control | Synonyms: secularize |
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desalinate | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinise, desalinize, desalt |
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desalination | (noun) the removal of salt (especially from sea water) | Synonyms: desalinisation, desalinization |
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desalinisation | (noun) the removal of salt (especially from sea water) | Synonyms: desalination, desalinization |
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desalinise | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinate, desalinize, desalt |
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desalinization | (noun) the removal of salt (especially from sea water) | Synonyms: desalination, desalinisation |
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desalinize | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinate, desalinise, desalt |
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desalt | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinate, desalinise, desalinize |
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diocesan | (adjective) belonging to or governing a diocese | - |
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(noun) a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese | - |
foresail | (noun) the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel | - |
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impresario | (noun) a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments | Synonyms: promoter, showman |
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khesari | (noun) European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere | Synonyms: grass pea, Indian pea, Lathyrus sativus |
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lifesaver | (noun) a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material | Synonyms: life belt, life buoy, life ring |
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(noun) an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents | Synonyms: lifeguard |
lifesaving | (noun) saving the lives of drowning persons | - |
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mesa | (noun) flat tableland with steep edges | Synonyms: table |
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mesalliance | (noun) a marriage with a person of inferior social status | - |
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namesake | (noun) a person with the same name as another | - |
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pesantran | (noun) a Muslim school in Indonesia operated by religious leaders | Synonyms: pesantren |
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pesantren | (noun) a Muslim school in Indonesia operated by religious leaders | Synonyms: pesantran |
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pinesap | (noun) fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys | Synonyms: false beachdrops, Monotropa hypopithys |
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presage | (noun) a sign of something about to happen | Synonyms: omen, portent, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication |
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(noun) a foreboding about what is about to happen | - |
(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, prognosticate |
quesadilla | (noun) a tortilla that is filled with cheese and heated | - |
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resale | (noun) the selling of something purchased | - |
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seesaw | (noun) a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end | Synonyms: dandle board, teeter-totter, teeter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board |
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(verb) move up and down as if on a seesaw | - |
(verb) ride on a plank | Synonyms: teeter-totter, teetertotter |
(verb) move unsteadily, with a rocking motion | Synonyms: teeter, totter |
sesame | (noun) East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil | Synonyms: benne, benni, benny, Sesamum indicum |
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sesamoid | (noun) any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint | Synonyms: os sesamoideum, sesamoid bone |
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sidesaddle | (noun) a saddle for a woman; rider sits with both feet on the same side of the horse | - |
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(adverb) on or as if on a sidesaddle | - |
sprechgesang | (noun) a style of dramatic vocalization between singing and speaking | Synonyms: sprechstimme |
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thesaurus | (noun) a book containing a classified list of synonyms | Synonyms: synonym finder |
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wholesale | (adjective) ignoring distinctions | Synonyms: sweeping |
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(noun) the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers | - |
(adverb) at a wholesale price | - |
(adverb) on a large scale without careful discrimination | Synonyms: in large quantities |
(verb) sell in large quantities | - |
wholesaler | (noun) someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers | Synonyms: jobber, middleman |
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