chad | (noun) a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape | - |
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chadar | (noun) a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women | Synonyms: chaddar, chador, chuddar |
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chaddar | (noun) a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women | Synonyms: chadar, chador, chuddar |
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chadlock | (noun) weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields | Synonyms: Brassica kaber, charlock, field mustard, Sinapis arvensis, wild mustard |
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chador | (noun) a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women | Synonyms: chadar, chaddar, chuddar |
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eyeshade | (noun) a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes | Synonyms: bill, peak, visor, vizor |
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eyeshadow | (noun) makeup consisting of a cosmetic substance used to darken the eyes | - |
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foreshadow | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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foreshadowing | (adjective) indistinctly prophetic | Synonyms: adumbrative, prefigurative |
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(noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: adumbration, prefiguration |
hadal | (adjective) relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters) | - |
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haddock | (noun) important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller | Synonyms: Melanogrammus aeglefinus |
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(noun) lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried | - |
hadith | (noun) (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran | Synonyms: Sunna, Sunnah |
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hadj | (noun) the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba | Synonyms: haj, hajj |
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hadji | (noun) an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca | Synonyms: haji, hajji |
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hadron | (noun) any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles | - |
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hadrosaur | (noun) any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic | Synonyms: duck-billed dinosaur, hadrosaurus |
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hadrosaurus | (noun) any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic | Synonyms: duck-billed dinosaur, hadrosaur |
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ijtihad | (noun) the endeavor of a Muslim scholar to derive a rule of divine law from the Koran and Hadith without relying on the views of other scholars; by the end of the 10th century theologians decided that debate on such matters would be closed and Muslim theology and law were frozen | - |
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jehad | (noun) a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal | Synonyms: jihad |
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jihad | (noun) a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal | Synonyms: jehad |
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jihadi | (adjective) of or relating to a jihad | - |
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khaddar | (noun) a coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India | Synonyms: khadi |
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khadi | (noun) a coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India | Synonyms: khaddar |
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lampshade | (noun) a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view | Synonyms: lamp shade, shade |
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lymphadenitis | (noun) inflammation of lymph nodes | - |
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lymphadenoma | (noun) an abnormally enlarged lymph node | - |
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lymphadenopathy | (noun) chronic abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes (usually associated with disease) | - |
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menhaden | (noun) shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer | Synonyms: Brevoortia tyrannis |
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methadon | (noun) synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction | Synonyms: dolophine hydrochloride, fixer, methadone, methadone hydrochloride, synthetic heroin |
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methadone | (noun) synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction | Synonyms: dolophine hydrochloride, fixer, methadon, methadone hydrochloride, synthetic heroin |
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mujahadeen | (noun) a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad | Synonyms: mujahadein, mujahadin, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahideen, mujahidin |
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mujahadein | (noun) a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad | Synonyms: mujahadeen, mujahadin, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahideen, mujahidin |
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mujahadin | (noun) a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad | Synonyms: mujahadeen, mujahadein, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahideen, mujahidin |
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mujtihad | (noun) an Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts | - |
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nebuchadnezzar | (noun) a very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wine; used especially for display | - |
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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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overshadow | (verb) cast a shadow upon | - |
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(verb) be greater in significance than | Synonyms: dominate, eclipse |
(verb) make appear small by comparison | Synonyms: dwarf, shadow |
shad | (noun) herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn | - |
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(noun) bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast | - |
shadberry | (noun) edible purple or red berries | Synonyms: juneberry, saskatoon, serviceberry |
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shadblow | (noun) any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit | Synonyms: Juneberry, service tree, serviceberry, shadbush |
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shadbush | (noun) any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit | Synonyms: Juneberry, service tree, serviceberry, shadblow |
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shaddock | (noun) large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp | Synonyms: pomelo |
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(noun) southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | Synonyms: Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo |
shade | (noun) protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight | - |
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(noun) a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment) | - |
(noun) a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view | Synonyms: lamp shade, lampshade |
(noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | Synonyms: tincture, tint, tone |
(noun) a mental representation of some haunting experience | Synonyms: ghost, specter, spectre, spook, wraith |
(noun) a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude | Synonyms: nicety, nuance, refinement, subtlety |
(noun) a slight amount or degree of difference | Synonyms: tad |
(noun) relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body | Synonyms: shadiness, shadowiness |
(noun) a position of relative inferiority | - |
(verb) pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree | - |
(verb) vary slightly | - |
(verb) protect from light, heat, or view | - |
(verb) represent the effect of shade or shadow on | Synonyms: fill in |
(verb) cast a shadow over | Synonyms: shade off, shadow |
shaded | (adjective) protected from heat and light with shade or shadow | - |
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(adjective) (of pictures or drawings) drawn or painted with degrees or gradations of shadow | - |
shades | (noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun | Synonyms: dark glasses, sunglasses |
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(noun) (plural) something that reminds you of someone or something | - |
shadflower | (noun) annual weed of Europe and North America having a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers followed by oblong seed capsules | Synonyms: Draba verna, shad-flower, whitlow grass |
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shadfly | (noun) slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days | Synonyms: dayfly, mayfly |
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shadiness | (noun) questionable honesty or legality | - |
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(noun) relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body | Synonyms: shade, shadowiness |
shading | (noun) a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades | Synonyms: blending |
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(noun) graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting | - |
shadow | (noun) refuge from danger or observation | - |
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(noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom |
(noun) an indication that something has been present | Synonyms: tincture, trace, vestige |
(noun) a premonition of something adverse | - |
(noun) an unilluminated area | Synonyms: dark, darkness |
(noun) a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements | Synonyms: shadower, tail |
(noun) an inseparable companion | - |
(noun) a dominating and pervasive presence | - |
(noun) shade within clear boundaries | - |
(verb) follow, usually without the person's knowledge | - |
(verb) make appear small by comparison | Synonyms: dwarf, overshadow |
(verb) cast a shadow over | Synonyms: shade, shade off |
shadowbox | (verb) go through boxing motions without an opponent | - |
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shadowboxing | (noun) sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training) | - |
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shadowed | (adjective) filled with shade | Synonyms: shadowy, shady, umbrageous |
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shadower | (noun) a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements | Synonyms: shadow, tail |
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shadowgraph | (noun) a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) | Synonyms: radiogram, radiograph, skiagram, skiagraph |
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shadowiness | (noun) relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body | Synonyms: shade, shadiness |
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shadowing | (noun) the act of following someone secretly | Synonyms: tailing |
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shadowy | (adjective) lacking clarity or distinctness | Synonyms: dim, faint, vague, wispy |
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(adjective) lacking in substance | Synonyms: wraithlike |
(adjective) filled with shade | Synonyms: shadowed, shady, umbrageous |
shady | (adjective) quiet, dark, or concealed | - |
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(adjective) of questionable honesty or legality | - |
(adjective) not as expected | Synonyms: fishy, funny, suspect, suspicious |
(adjective) filled with shade | Synonyms: shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous |
shahadah | (noun) the first pillar of Islam is an affirmation of faith | - |
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sunshade | (noun) a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun | Synonyms: awning, sunblind |
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(noun) a handheld collapsible source of shade | Synonyms: parasol |
toadshade | (noun) trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor | Synonyms: red trillium, sessile trillium, Trillium sessile |
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unshaded | (adjective) not darkened or dimmed by shade | - |
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(adjective) (of pictures) not having shadow represented | - |
unshadowed | (adjective) not darkened or obscured by shadow | - |
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