| multilevel | (adjective) of a building having more than one level | - |
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| neve | (noun) the upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice | - |
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| never | (adverb) not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; not ever; at no time in the past or future | Synonyms: ne'er |
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| nevermore | (adverb) at no time hereafter | Synonyms: never again |
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| nevertheless | (adverb) despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession) | Synonyms: all the same, at the same time, even so, however, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, withal, yet |
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| nonachievement | (noun) an act that does not achieve its intended goal | Synonyms: nonaccomplishment |
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| nonachiever | (noun) a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates | Synonyms: underachiever, underperformer |
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| nonbeliever | (noun) someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity) | - |
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| nondevelopment | (noun) failure of normal development to occur | - |
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| nonevent | (noun) an anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected | - |
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| nonreversible | (adjective) not reversible or capable of having either side out | Synonyms: one-sided |
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| overachieve | (verb) perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected | - |
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| overachievement | (noun) better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) | - |
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| overachiever | (noun) a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated | - |
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| pareve | (adjective) containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism | Synonyms: parve |
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| peeve | (noun) an annoyed or irritated mood | - |
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| (verb) cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful | - |
| peeved | (adjective) aroused to impatience or anger | Synonyms: annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung |
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| perseverance | (noun) the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior | Synonyms: perseveration, persistence |
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| (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity |
| perseverate | (verb) repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus | - |
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| perseveration | (noun) the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior | Synonyms: perseverance, persistence |
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| (noun) the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it | - |
| persevere | (verb) be persistent, refuse to stop | Synonyms: hang in, hang on, hold on, persist |
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| persevering | (adjective) quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | Synonyms: diligent |
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| perseveringly | (adverb) with perseverance | - |
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| prevenient | (adjective) in anticipation | Synonyms: anticipatory |
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| prevent | (verb) stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state | Synonyms: keep |
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| (verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude |
| preventable | (adjective) capable of being prevented | - |
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| preventative | (adjective) tending to prevent or hinder | Synonyms: preventive |
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| (adjective) preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease | Synonyms: preventive, prophylactic |
| (noun) remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease | Synonyms: preventive, prophylactic |
| (noun) an agent or device intended to prevent conception | Synonyms: birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, preventive, prophylactic device |
| (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventive |
| prevention | (noun) the act of preventing | Synonyms: bar |
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| preventive | (adjective) tending to prevent or hinder | Synonyms: preventative |
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| (adjective) preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease | Synonyms: preventative, prophylactic |
| (noun) remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease | Synonyms: preventative, prophylactic |
| (noun) an agent or device intended to prevent conception | Synonyms: birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, preventative, prophylactic device |
| (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative |
| preventiveness | (noun) The property of preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to something. | - |
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| redevelop | (verb) change the plans for the use of (land) | - |
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| (verb) formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis | Synonyms: reformulate |
| (verb) develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print | - |
| redevelopment | (noun) the act of improving by renewing and restoring | Synonyms: overhaul, renovation |
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| reeve | (noun) female ruff | - |
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| (verb) fasten by passing through a hole or around something | - |
| (verb) pass through a hole or opening | - |
| (verb) pass a rope through | - |
| relieve | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: alleviate, assuage, palliate |
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| (verb) provide relief for | Synonyms: remedy |
| (verb) alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive | Synonyms: lighten |
| (verb) relieve oneself of troubling information | Synonyms: unbosom |
| (verb) grant exemption or release to | Synonyms: excuse, exempt, let off |
| (verb) lessen the intensity of or calm | Synonyms: allay, ease, still |
| (verb) take by stealing | - |
| (verb) free from a burden, evil, or distress | - |
| (verb) save from ruin, destruction, or harm | Synonyms: salvage, salve, save |
| (verb) free someone temporarily from his or her obligations | Synonyms: take over |
| (verb) grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to | Synonyms: exempt, free |
| relieved | (adjective) (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviated, eased |
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| (adjective) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | Synonyms: jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, sticking, sticking out |
| reliever | (noun) a pitcher who does not start the game | Synonyms: fireman, relief pitcher |
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| (noun) someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) | Synonyms: backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, stand-in, substitute |
| (noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies | Synonyms: allayer, comforter |
| reprieve | (noun) the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment | Synonyms: respite |
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| (noun) a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence) | - |
| (noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | Synonyms: abatement, hiatus, respite, suspension |
| (noun) a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort | Synonyms: respite |
| (verb) relieve temporarily | - |
| (verb) postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution | Synonyms: respite |
| retrieve | (verb) recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | Synonyms: call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, think |
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| (verb) run after, pick up, and bring to the master | - |
| (verb) go for and bring back | - |
| (verb) get or find back; recover the use of | Synonyms: find, recover, regain |
| retriever | (noun) a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game | - |
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| reveal | (verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, uncover, unwrap |
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| (verb) make manifest | Synonyms: bring out, unveil |
| (verb) disclose directly or through prophets | - |
| revealing | (adjective) showing or making known | - |
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| (adjective) disclosing unintentionally something concealed | Synonyms: telling, telltale |
| (noun) the speech act of making something evident | Synonyms: disclosure, revelation |
| reveille | (noun) a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise | - |
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| (noun) (military) signal to wake up | Synonyms: wake-up signal |
| revel | (noun) unrestrained merrymaking | Synonyms: revelry |
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| (verb) take delight in | Synonyms: delight, enjoy |
| (verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | Synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopee, racket, wassail, whoop it up |
| revelation | (noun) an enlightening or astonishing disclosure | - |
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| (noun) communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency | Synonyms: divine revelation |
| (noun) the speech act of making something evident | Synonyms: disclosure, revealing |
| revelatory | (adjective) prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom | Synonyms: apocalyptic, apocalyptical |
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| (adjective) (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly | Synonyms: indicative, indicatory, significative, suggestive |
| reveler | (noun) a celebrant who shares in a noisy party | Synonyms: merrymaker, reveller |
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| reveller | (noun) a celebrant who shares in a noisy party | Synonyms: merrymaker, reveler |
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| revelry | (noun) unrestrained merrymaking | Synonyms: revel |
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| revenant | (adjective) of or relating to or typical of a revenant | - |
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| (adjective) coming back | Synonyms: recurring |
| (noun) someone who has returned from the dead | - |
| (noun) a person who returns after a lengthy absence | - |
| revenge | (noun) action taken in return for an injury or offense | Synonyms: retaliation |
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| (verb) take revenge for a perceived wrong | Synonyms: avenge, retaliate |
| revengeful | (adjective) disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge | Synonyms: vengeful, vindictive |
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| revengefully | (adverb) in a vindictive, revengeful manner | Synonyms: vengefully, vindictively |
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| revenue | (noun) the entire amount of income before any deductions are made | Synonyms: gross, receipts |
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| (noun) government income due to taxation | Synonyms: tax income, tax revenue, taxation |
| revenuer | (noun) a government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging) | - |
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| reverberance | (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | Synonyms: plangency, resonance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy |
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| reverberant | (adjective) having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected | - |
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| reverberate | (verb) treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace | - |
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| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
| (verb) ring or echo with sound | Synonyms: echo, resound, ring |
| (verb) to throw or bend back (from a surface) | Synonyms: reflect |
| (verb) be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves | - |
| (verb) have a long or continuing effect | - |
| reverberating | (adjective) characterized by resonance | Synonyms: resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberative |
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| reverberation | (noun) the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves | Synonyms: echo, replication, sound reflection |
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| (noun) a remote or indirect consequence of some action | Synonyms: repercussion |
| reverberative | (adjective) characterized by resonance | Synonyms: resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating |
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| revere | (noun) a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side | Synonyms: revers |
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| (verb) regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of | Synonyms: fear, reverence, venerate |
| (verb) love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol | Synonyms: hero-worship, idolise, idolize, worship |
| revered | (adjective) profoundly honored | Synonyms: august, venerable |
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| reverence | (noun) an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy) | - |
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| (noun) a reverent mental attitude | - |
| (noun) a feeling of profound respect for someone or something | Synonyms: awe, fear, veneration |
| (verb) regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of | Synonyms: fear, revere, venerate |
| reverend | (adjective) worthy of adoration or reverence | Synonyms: sublime |
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| (noun) a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | Synonyms: clergyman, man of the cloth |
| reverent | (adjective) feeling or showing profound respect or veneration | - |
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| (adjective) showing great reverence for god | Synonyms: godly, worshipful |
| reverential | (adjective) feeling or manifesting veneration | Synonyms: respectful, venerating |
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| reverentially | (adverb) with reverence; in a reverent manner | Synonyms: reverently |
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| reverently | (adverb) with reverence; in a reverent manner | Synonyms: reverentially |
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| reverie | (noun) an abstracted state of absorption | Synonyms: revery |
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| (noun) absentminded dreaming while awake | Synonyms: air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, revery |
| revers | (noun) a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side | Synonyms: revere |
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| reversal | (noun) a change from one state to the opposite state | - |
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| (noun) the act of reversing the order or place of | Synonyms: transposition |
| (noun) turning in the opposite direction | Synonyms: reverse, reversion, turnabout, turnaround |
| (noun) a major change in attitude or principle or point of view | Synonyms: about-face, policy change, volte-face |
| (noun) a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside | - |
| (noun) a decision to reverse an earlier decision | Synonyms: change of mind, flip-flop, turnabout, turnaround |
| (noun) turning in an opposite direction or position | Synonyms: turn around |
| (noun) an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating | Synonyms: black eye, blow, reverse, setback |
| reverse | (adjective) of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle | - |
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| (adjective) directed or moving toward the rear | Synonyms: rearward |
| (adjective) reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect | Synonyms: inverse |
| (noun) (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction | - |
| (noun) turning in the opposite direction | Synonyms: reversal, reversion, turnabout, turnaround |
| (noun) the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed | Synonyms: reverse gear |
| (noun) the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design | Synonyms: verso |
| (noun) an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating | Synonyms: black eye, blow, reversal, setback |
| (noun) a relation of direct opposition | Synonyms: contrary, opposite |
| (verb) change to the contrary | Synonyms: change by reversal, turn |
| (verb) turn inside out or upside down | Synonyms: invert, turn back |
| (verb) reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of | Synonyms: invert |
| (verb) rule against | Synonyms: override, overrule, overthrow, overturn |
| (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, revoke, vacate |
| reversed | (adjective) turned about in order or relation | Synonyms: converse, transposed |
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| (adjective) turned inside out and resewn | - |
| reversely | (adverb) in an opposite way; so as to be reversed | - |
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| reversibility | (noun) the quality of being reversible in either direction | - |
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| reversible | (adjective) capable of reversing or being reversed | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being reversed or used with either side out | Synonyms: two-sided |
| (adjective) capable of assuming or producing either of two states | - |
| (adjective) capable of being reversed | - |
| (noun) a garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing) | - |
| reversibly | (adverb) in a reversible manner | - |
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| reversion | (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting |
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| (noun) turning in the opposite direction | Synonyms: reversal, reverse, turnabout, turnaround |
| (noun) returning to a former state | Synonyms: regress, regression, retrogression, retroversion |
| (noun) (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) | - |
| (noun) a reappearance of an earlier characteristic | Synonyms: atavism, throwback |
| (noun) (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) | - |
| reversionary | (adjective) of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion) | - |
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| reversioner | (noun) (law) a party who is entitled to an estate in reversion | - |
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| reversionist | (noun) someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior | Synonyms: backslider, recidivist |
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| reversive | (adjective) tending to be turned back | Synonyms: returning |
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| revert | (verb) go back to a previous state | Synonyms: regress, retrovert, return, turn back |
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| (verb) undergo reversion, as in a mutation | - |
| revertible | (adjective) to be returned to the former owner or that owner's heirs | - |
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| reverting | (adjective) tending to return to an earlier state | Synonyms: returning |
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| (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion |
| revery | (noun) an abstracted state of absorption | Synonyms: reverie |
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| (noun) absentminded dreaming while awake | Synonyms: air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie |
| revet | (verb) face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain | - |
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| (verb) construct a revetment | - |
| revetement | (noun) a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment | Synonyms: revetment, stone facing |
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| revetment | (noun) a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment | Synonyms: revetement, stone facing |
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| (noun) a barrier against explosives | - |
| semibreve | (noun) a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time) | Synonyms: whole note |
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| seven | (adjective) being one more than six | Synonyms: 7, vii |
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| (noun) one of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face | Synonyms: seven-spot |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one | Synonyms: 7, heptad, septenary, septet, sevener, VII |
| sevener | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one | Synonyms: 7, heptad, septenary, septet, seven, VII |
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| sevenfold | (adjective) having seven units or components | Synonyms: septuple, seven-fold |
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| (adverb) seven times | - |
| sevens | (noun) a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards | Synonyms: fantan, parliament |
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| sevensome | (noun) seven people considered as a unit | Synonyms: septet, septette |
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| seventeen | (adjective) being one more than sixteen | Synonyms: 17, xvii |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one | Synonyms: 17, XVII |
| seventeenth | (adjective) coming next after the sixteenth in position | Synonyms: 17th |
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| (noun) position 17 in a countable series of things | - |
| seventh | (adjective) coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position | Synonyms: 7th |
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| (noun) the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it | - |
| (noun) one part in seven equal parts | Synonyms: one-seventh |
| (noun) position seven in a countable series of things | - |
| seventhly | (adverb) in the seventh place | - |
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| seventies | (noun) the time of life between 70 and 80 | Synonyms: mid-seventies |
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| (noun) the decade from 1970 to 1979 | Synonyms: 1970s |