amidships | (adverb) at or near or toward the center of a ship | Synonyms: amidship, midships |
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antipsychotic | (noun) tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired | Synonyms: antipsychotic agent, antipsychotic drug, major tranquilizer, major tranquilliser, major tranquillizer, neuroleptic, neuroleptic agent, neuroleptic drug |
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chips | (noun) strips of potato fried in deep fat | Synonyms: french-fried potatoes, french fries, fries |
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dipsomania | (noun) an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: alcoholism, potomania |
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dipsomaniac | (noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | Synonyms: alcoholic, alky, boozer, lush, soaker, souse |
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dipstick | (noun) a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level | - |
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dripstone | (noun) a protective drip that is made of stone | Synonyms: hoodmold, hoodmould |
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(noun) the form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites | - |
eclipse | (noun) one celestial body obscures another | Synonyms: occultation |
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(verb) cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention | Synonyms: occult |
(verb) be greater in significance than | Synonyms: dominate, overshadow |
eclipsis | (noun) omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences | Synonyms: ellipsis |
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ellipse | (noun) a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it | Synonyms: oval |
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ellipsis | (noun) omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences | Synonyms: eclipsis |
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ellipsoid | (adjective) having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid | Synonyms: ellipsoidal, spheroidal |
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(noun) a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles | - |
ellipsoidal | (adjective) having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid | Synonyms: ellipsoid, spheroidal |
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epipsammon | (noun) Microscopic flora and fauna found on the surface of and/or attached to sand grains. | - |
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gipsy | (noun) a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment | Synonyms: gypsy, itinerant |
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(noun) a person who resembles a Romani in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life | Synonyms: gypsy |
gipsywort | (noun) hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers | Synonyms: gypsywort, Lycopus europaeus |
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gripsack | (noun) a small suitcase | - |
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hipster | (noun) someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle | Synonyms: flower child, hippie, hippy |
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hipsters | (noun) a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music | Synonyms: flower people, hippies |
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ipsedixitism | (noun) an unsupported dogmatic assertion | Synonyms: ipse dixit |
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ipsilateral | (adjective) on or relating to the same side (of the body) | - |
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lipstick | (noun) makeup that is used to color the lips | Synonyms: lip rouge |
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(verb) apply lipstick to | - |
(verb) form by tracing with lipstick | - |
midships | (adverb) at or near or toward the center of a ship | Synonyms: amidship, amidships |
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paraleipsis | (noun) suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted | Synonyms: paralepsis, paralipsis, preterition |
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paralipsis | (noun) suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted | Synonyms: paraleipsis, paralepsis, preterition |
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phillipsite | (noun) a group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium and aluminum | - |
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pipsissewa | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila | Synonyms: prince's pine |
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polydipsia | (noun) excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction) | - |
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ripsaw | (noun) a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood | Synonyms: splitsaw |
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shipshape | (adjective) characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder | Synonyms: trim, well-kept |
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shipside | (noun) the part of a wharf that is next to a ship | - |
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slipshod | (adjective) marked by great carelessness | Synonyms: haphazard, slapdash, sloppy |
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slipstick | (noun) analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators | Synonyms: slide rule |
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slipstream | (noun) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | Synonyms: airstream, backwash, race, wash |
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snips | (noun) (plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal | Synonyms: tinsnips |
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solipsism | (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist | - |
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thrips | (noun) any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive | Synonyms: thrip, thripid |
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tidytips | (noun) California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white | Synonyms: Layia platyglossa, tidy tips |
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tinsnips | (noun) (plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal | Synonyms: snips |
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tipsiness | (noun) a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol | Synonyms: drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication |
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tipstaff | (noun) staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable | - |
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tipster | (noun) one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack) | Synonyms: tout |
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tipsy | (adjective) slightly intoxicated | Synonyms: potty, tiddly |
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(adjective) unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated | - |
traipse | (verb) walk or tramp about | Synonyms: shlep |
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whipsaw | (noun) a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people | Synonyms: lumberman's saw, two-handed saw, two-man saw |
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(verb) saw with a whipsaw | - |
(verb) victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations | - |
whipsnake | (noun) any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails | Synonyms: whip-snake, whip snake |
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whipstitch | (noun) a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally | Synonyms: whipping, whipstitching |
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whipstitching | (noun) a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally | Synonyms: whipping, whipstitch |
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yips | (noun) nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts) | - |
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