cupronickel | (noun) a 60/40 alloy of copper and nickel | - |
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finicky | (adjective) exacting especially about details | Synonyms: finical, fussy, particular, picky |
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knickerbockers | (noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | Synonyms: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickers |
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knickers | (noun) (used in the plural) underpants worn by women | Synonyms: bloomers, drawers, pants |
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(noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | Synonyms: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers |
knickknack | (noun) miscellaneous curios | Synonyms: bric-a-brac, knickknackery, nicknack, whatnot |
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(noun) a small inexpensive mass-produced article | Synonyms: novelty |
knickknackery | (noun) miscellaneous curios | Synonyms: bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, whatnot |
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nick | (noun) a small cut | Synonyms: notch, snick |
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(noun) (British slang) a prison | - |
(noun) an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) | Synonyms: dent, ding, gouge |
(verb) mate successfully; of livestock | - |
(verb) divide or reset the tail muscles of | - |
(verb) cut a nick into | Synonyms: chip |
(verb) cut slightly, with a razor | Synonyms: snick |
nickel | (noun) a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar | - |
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(noun) five dollars worth of a drug | Synonyms: nickel note |
(noun) a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite | Synonyms: atomic number 28, Ni |
(verb) plate with nickel | - |
nickelodeon | (noun) a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin | Synonyms: jukebox |
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nicker | (noun) the characteristic sounds made by a horse | Synonyms: neigh, whicker, whinny |
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(verb) make a characteristic sound, of a horse | Synonyms: neigh, whicker, whinny |
nicknack | (noun) miscellaneous curios | Synonyms: bric-a-brac, knickknack, knickknackery, whatnot |
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nickname | (noun) a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) | Synonyms: byname, cognomen, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet |
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(noun) a descriptive name for a place or thing | - |
(verb) give a nickname to | Synonyms: dub |
nudnick | (noun) (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest | Synonyms: nudnik |
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panicked | (adjective) thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation | Synonyms: frightened, panic-stricken, panic-struck, panicky, terrified |
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panicky | (adjective) thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation | Synonyms: frightened, panic-stricken, panic-struck, panicked, terrified |
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pernickety | (adjective) characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details | Synonyms: persnickety |
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persnickety | (adjective) characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details | Synonyms: pernickety |
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(adjective) (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant | Synonyms: bigheaded, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish |
picknicker | (noun) a person who is picnicking | Synonyms: picnicker |
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picnicker | (noun) a person who is picnicking | Synonyms: picknicker |
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pumpernickel | (noun) bread made of coarse rye flour | Synonyms: black bread |
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snick | (noun) a small cut | Synonyms: nick, notch |
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(noun) a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat | - |
(verb) cut slightly, with a razor | Synonyms: nick |
(verb) hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat | - |
snicker | (noun) a disrespectful laugh | Synonyms: snigger, snort |
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(verb) laugh quietly | Synonyms: snigger |
snickersnee | (noun) fighting with knives | Synonyms: cut-and-thrust, knife fight |
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