| indistinctly | (adverb) in a dim indistinct manner | Synonyms: dimly |
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| indistinctness | (noun) the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines | Synonyms: blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, softness |
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| insincere | (adjective) lacking sincerity | - |
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| insincerely | (adverb) without sincerity | - |
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| insincerity | (noun) the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical | Synonyms: falseness, hollowness |
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| instinct | (adjective) (followed by `with') deeply filled or permeated | Synonyms: imbued, replete |
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| (noun) inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli | Synonyms: inherent aptitude |
| instinctive | (adjective) unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct | Synonyms: natural |
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| instinctively | (adverb) as a matter of instinct | - |
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| invincibility | (noun) the property being difficult or impossible to defeat | Synonyms: indomitability |
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| invincible | (adjective) incapable of being overcome or subdued | Synonyms: unbeatable, unvanquishable |
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| invincibly | (adverb) in an invincible manner | - |
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| linchpin | (noun) pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on | Synonyms: lynchpin |
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| (noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability | Synonyms: anchor, backbone, keystone, lynchpin, mainstay |
| lincomycin | (noun) antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections | Synonyms: Lincocin |
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| loincloth | (noun) a garment that provides covering for the loins | Synonyms: breechcloth, breechclout |
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| mince | (noun) food chopped into small bits | - |
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| (verb) make less severe or harsh | Synonyms: moderate, soften |
| (verb) cut into small pieces | - |
| (verb) walk daintily | - |
| mincemeat | (noun) spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat | - |
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| mincer | (noun) a kitchen utensil that cuts or chops food (especially meat) into small pieces | Synonyms: mincing machine |
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| mincing | (adjective) affectedly dainty or refined | Synonyms: niminy-piminy, prim, twee |
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| mincingly | (adverb) in a mincing manner | - |
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| nincompoop | (noun) a stupid foolish person | Synonyms: ninny, poop |
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| pincer | (noun) a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods | Synonyms: chela, claw, nipper |
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| (noun) a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping | Synonyms: pair of pincers, pair of tweezers, tweezer |
| pinch | (noun) a squeeze with the fingers | Synonyms: tweak |
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| (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, taking into custody |
| (noun) a small sharp bite or snip | Synonyms: nip |
| (noun) a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action | Synonyms: emergency, exigency |
| (noun) a slight but appreciable amount | Synonyms: hint, jot, mite, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch |
| (noun) an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed | - |
| (noun) a painful or straitened circumstance | - |
| (verb) irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear | Synonyms: vellicate |
| (verb) squeeze tightly between the fingers | Synonyms: nip, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch |
| (verb) make ridges into by pinching together | Synonyms: crimp |
| (verb) cut the top off | Synonyms: top |
| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
| pinchbeck | (adjective) serving as an imitation or substitute | - |
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| (noun) an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold | - |
| pinche | (noun) South American tamarin with a tufted head | Synonyms: Leontocebus oedipus |
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| pinched | (adjective) as if squeezed uncomfortably tight | - |
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| (adjective) sounding as if the nose were pinched | Synonyms: adenoidal, nasal |
| (adjective) not having enough money to pay for necessities | Synonyms: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious |
| (adjective) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | Synonyms: cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted |
| pinchgut | (noun) a niggardly person who starves himself (and others) | - |
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| pincushion | (noun) a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use | - |
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| plainchant | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line | Synonyms: plainsong |
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| plainclothesman | (noun) a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty | - |
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| poinciana | (noun) a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana | Synonyms: bird of paradise, Caesalpinia gilliesii, Poinciana gilliesii |
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| pratincole | (noun) Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers | Synonyms: glareole |
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| precinct | (noun) a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes | - |
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| prince | (noun) a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign) | - |
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| princedom | (noun) territory ruled by a prince | Synonyms: principality |
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| (noun) the dignity or rank or position of a prince | - |
| princeling | (noun) a young prince | - |
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| (noun) a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality | - |
| princely | (adjective) having the rank of or befitting a prince | - |
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| (adjective) ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | Synonyms: deluxe, gilded, grand, lush, luxurious, opulent, sumptuous |
| princess | (noun) a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign) | - |
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| princewood | (noun) tropical American timber tree | Synonyms: Cordia gerascanthus, Spanish elm |
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| (noun) large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood | Synonyms: Cordia alliodora, cypre, Equador laurel, salmwood, Spanish elm |
| principal | (adjective) most important element | Synonyms: chief, main, master, primary |
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| (noun) the educator who has executive authority for a school | Synonyms: head, head teacher, school principal |
| (noun) an actor who plays a principal role | Synonyms: lead, star |
| (noun) the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account | Synonyms: dealer |
| (noun) (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement | - |
| (noun) the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated | - |
| (noun) capital as contrasted with the income derived from it | Synonyms: corpus, principal sum |
| principality | (noun) territory ruled by a prince | Synonyms: princedom |
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| principally | (adverb) for the most part | Synonyms: chiefly, in the main, mainly, primarily |
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| principalship | (noun) the post of principal | - |
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| principle | (noun) a basic truth or law or assumption | - |
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| (noun) a rule or standard especially of good behavior | - |
| (noun) (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) | Synonyms: rationale |
| (noun) a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct | Synonyms: rule |
| (noun) a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system | Synonyms: rule |
| (noun) rule of personal conduct | Synonyms: precept |
| principled | (adjective) based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality | - |
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| province | (noun) the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | Synonyms: state |
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| (noun) the proper sphere or extent of your activities | Synonyms: responsibility |
| provincial | (adjective) characteristic of the provinces or their people | - |
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| (adjective) of or associated with a province | - |
| (noun) a country person | Synonyms: bucolic, peasant |
| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order | - |
| provincialism | (noun) a partiality for some particular place | Synonyms: localism, sectionalism |
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| (noun) a lack of sophistication | - |
| provincially | (adverb) by the province; through the province | - |
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| quince | (noun) aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves | - |
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| (noun) small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated | Synonyms: Cydonia oblonga, quince bush |
| quincentenary | (adjective) of or relating to a 500th anniversary | Synonyms: quincentennial |
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| (noun) the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: quincentennial |
| quincentennial | (adjective) of or relating to a 500th anniversary | Synonyms: quincentenary |
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| (noun) the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: quincentenary |
| raincoat | (noun) a water-resistant coat | Synonyms: waterproof |
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| reincarnate | (adjective) having a new body | - |
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| (verb) cause to appear in a new form | Synonyms: renew |
| (verb) be born anew in another body after death | Synonyms: transmigrate |
| reincarnation | (noun) the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person's own actions | - |
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| (noun) a second or new birth | Synonyms: rebirth, renascence |
| (noun) embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form) | - |
| reincarnationism | (noun) a doctrine that on the death of the body the soul migrates to or is born again in another body | - |
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| scincid | (noun) alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide | Synonyms: scincid lizard, skink |
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| sincere | (adjective) open and genuine; not deceitful | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions | Synonyms: earnest, solemn |
| sincerely | (adverb) with sincerity; without pretense | Synonyms: truly, unfeignedly |
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| (adverb) written formula for ending a letter | Synonyms: sincerely yours |
| sincerity | (noun) the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical | - |
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| (noun) the trait of being serious | Synonyms: earnestness, serious-mindedness, seriousness |
| (noun) a quality of naturalness and simplicity | Synonyms: unassumingness |
| (noun) an earnest and sincere feeling | Synonyms: earnestness, seriousness |
| sinciput | (noun) the front part of the head or skull (including the forehead) | - |
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| skincare | (noun) care for the skin | Synonyms: skin care |
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| sphincter | (noun) a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening | Synonyms: anatomical sphincter, sphincter muscle |
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| squinch | (noun) a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire) | - |
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| (verb) cross one's eyes as if in strabismus | Synonyms: squint |
| (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, wince |
| (verb) crouch down | - |
| squinched | (adjective) having eyes half closed in order to see better | Synonyms: squinting |
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| succinct | (adjective) briefly giving the gist of something | Synonyms: compact, compendious, summary |
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| succinctly | (adverb) with concise and precise brevity; to the point | Synonyms: compactly |
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| succinctness | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: conciseness, concision, pithiness |
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| superincumbent | (adjective) lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else | - |
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| tinct | (verb) color lightly | Synonyms: tinge, tint, touch |
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| tincture | (noun) (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution | - |
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| (noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | Synonyms: shade, tint, tone |
| (noun) an indication that something has been present | Synonyms: shadow, trace, vestige |
| (noun) a substance that colors or dyes | - |
| (verb) stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color | - |
| (verb) fill, as with a certain quality | Synonyms: impregnate, infuse, instill |
| unconvinced | (adjective) lacking conviction | - |
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| unconvincing | (adjective) not convincing | Synonyms: flimsy |
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| (adjective) having a probability too low to inspire belief | Synonyms: improbable, unbelievable, unlikely |
| unconvincingly | (adverb) in an unconvincing manner | - |
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| unflinching | (adjective) not shrinking from danger | Synonyms: unblinking, unintimidated, unshrinking |
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| unincorporated | (adjective) not organized and maintained as a legal corporation | - |
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| unprincipled | (adjective) lacking principles or moral scruples | - |
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| (adjective) having little or no integrity | - |
| vincible | (adjective) susceptible to being defeated | Synonyms: beatable, vanquishable |
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| vincristine | (noun) periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system | Synonyms: Oncovin |
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| whinchat | (noun) brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows | Synonyms: Saxicola rubetra |
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| wince | (noun) a reflex response to sudden pain | Synonyms: flinch |
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| (noun) the facial expression of sudden pain | - |
| (verb) make a face indicating disgust or dislike | - |
| (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch |
| wincey | (noun) a plain or twilled fabric of wool and cotton used especially for warm shirts or skirts and pajamas | - |
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| winceyette | (noun) cotton flannelette with a nap on both sides | - |
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| winch | (noun) lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds | Synonyms: windlass |
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| (verb) pull or lift up with or as if with a winch | - |
| zinc | (noun) a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende | Synonyms: atomic number 30, Zn |
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| (verb) coat or cover with zinc | - |