draughts | (noun) a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces | Synonyms: checkers |
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draughtsman | (noun) a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines | Synonyms: draftsman, draftsperson |
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eightsome | (noun) a Scottish reel for eight dancers | - |
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(noun) eight people considered as a unit | Synonyms: octet, octette |
footlights | (noun) theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors | - |
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heights | (noun) a high place | Synonyms: high |
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houselights | (noun) lights that illuminate the audience's part of a theater or other auditorium | - |
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lightship | (noun) a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable | - |
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lightsome | (adjective) carefree and happy and lighthearted | Synonyms: blithe, blithesome, light-hearted, lighthearted |
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(adjective) moving easily and quickly; nimble | Synonyms: light, tripping |
lightsomely | (adverb) in a light-hearted manner | Synonyms: light-heartedly |
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(adverb) moving with quick light steps | Synonyms: trippingly |
lightsomeness | (noun) the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous | Synonyms: lightness |
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(noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble | Synonyms: agility, legerity, lightness, nimbleness |
(noun) the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you | Synonyms: carefreeness, insouciance, lightheartedness |
lightstick | (noun) A portable rod used for illumination. | - |
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nightshade | (noun) any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit | - |
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nightshirt | (noun) nightclothes worn by men | - |
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nightspot | (noun) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink | Synonyms: cabaret, club, night club, nightclub |
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nightstick | (noun) a short stout club used primarily by policemen | Synonyms: baton, billy, billy club, billystick, truncheon |
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sights | (noun) an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument | - |
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sightsee | (verb) visit famous or interesting sights | - |
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sightseeing | (noun) going about to look at places of interest | Synonyms: rubber-necking |
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sightseer | (noun) a tourist who is visiting sights of interest | Synonyms: excursionist, rubberneck, tripper |
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sightsing | (verb) sing from a score without having seen it before | Synonyms: sight-sing |
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tights | (noun) skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls | Synonyms: leotards |
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