| aiguillette | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aglet, aiglet |
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| bandelette | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet |
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| bartlett | (noun) juicy yellow pear | Synonyms: bartlett pear |
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| bloodletting | (noun) formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) | - |
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| (noun) indiscriminate slaughter | Synonyms: battue, bloodbath, bloodshed |
| cappelletti | (noun) small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings | Synonyms: ravioli |
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| dilettante | (adjective) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish | Synonyms: dilettanteish, dilettantish, sciolistic |
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| (noun) an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge | Synonyms: dabbler, sciolist |
| dilettanteish | (adjective) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish | Synonyms: dilettante, dilettantish, sciolistic |
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| dilettantish | (adjective) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish | Synonyms: dilettante, dilettanteish, sciolistic |
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| epaulette | (noun) adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder | Synonyms: epaulet |
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| flannelette | (noun) a cotton fabric imitating flannel | - |
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| letter | (noun) a written message addressed to a person or organization | Synonyms: missive |
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| (noun) the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech | Synonyms: alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet |
| (noun) an award earned by participation in a school sport | Synonyms: varsity letter |
| (noun) a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention) | - |
| (noun) owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire | - |
| (verb) mark letters on or mark with letters | - |
| (verb) set down or print with letters | - |
| (verb) win an athletic letter | - |
| lettercard | (noun) a postcard that folds so the message is inside | - |
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| lettered | (adjective) highly educated; having extensive information or understanding | Synonyms: knowing, knowledgeable, learned, well-educated, well-read |
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| letterer | (noun) a painter of letters | - |
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| letterhead | (noun) a sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top | - |
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| lettering | (noun) letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something | Synonyms: inscription |
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| letterman | (noun) an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport | - |
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| letterpress | (noun) printing from a plate with raised characters | Synonyms: relief printing |
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| letters | (noun) the literary culture | - |
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| (noun) scholarly attainment | - |
| letting | (noun) property that is leased or rented out or let | Synonyms: lease, rental |
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| lettuce | (noun) leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa | - |
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| (noun) any of various plants of the genus Lactuca | - |
| (noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
| millettia | (noun) any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood | - |
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| newsletter | (noun) report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group | Synonyms: newssheet |
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| novelette | (noun) a short novel | Synonyms: novella |
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| omelette | (noun) beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly | Synonyms: omelet |
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| palette | (noun) board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used | Synonyms: pallet |
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| (noun) one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor | Synonyms: pallette |
| (noun) the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art | Synonyms: pallet |
| pallette | (noun) one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor | Synonyms: palette |
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| poulette | (noun) allemande sauce with chopped parsley | - |
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| roulette | (noun) a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in | - |
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| (noun) a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations | Synonyms: toothed wheel |
| (noun) a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure | Synonyms: line roulette |
| stiletto | (noun) a small dagger with a tapered blade | - |
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| toilette | (noun) the act of dressing and preparing yourself | Synonyms: toilet |
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| unlettered | (adjective) having little acquaintance with writing | Synonyms: analphabetic |
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| (adjective) uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication | Synonyms: ignorant, nescient, unlearned |