blolly | (noun) evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries | Synonyms: Chiococca alba, West Indian snowberry |
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brolly | (noun) colloquial terms for an umbrella | Synonyms: gamp |
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colly | (verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty | Synonyms: begrime, bemire, dirty, grime, soil |
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collyrium | (noun) lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes | Synonyms: eye-lotion, eyewash |
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collywobbles | (noun) severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea | Synonyms: cholera morbus |
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coolly | (adverb) in a composed and unconcerned manner | Synonyms: nervelessly, nonchalantly |
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dolly | (noun) a small replica of a person; used as a toy | Synonyms: doll |
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(noun) conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects | - |
(noun) conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted | - |
folly | (noun) foolish or senseless behavior | Synonyms: craziness, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery |
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(noun) a stupid mistake | Synonyms: betise, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity |
(noun) the trait of acting stupidly or rashly | Synonyms: foolishness, unwiseness |
(noun) the quality of being rash and foolish | Synonyms: craziness, foolishness, madness |
holly | (noun) any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges | - |
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hollygrape | (noun) ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries | Synonyms: holly-leaves barberry, Mahonia aquifolium, mountain grape, Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape |
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hollyhock | (noun) any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers | - |
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(noun) any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea | Synonyms: althaea, althea |
jolly | (adjective) full of or showing high-spirited merriment | Synonyms: gay, jocund, jovial, merry, mirthful |
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(noun) a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work | Synonyms: jolly boat |
(noun) a happy party | - |
(adverb) to certain extent or degree | Synonyms: fairly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat |
(verb) be silly or tease one another | Synonyms: banter, chaff, josh, kid |
loblolly | (noun) thick gruel | - |
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lolly | (noun) ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick | Synonyms: ice lolly, lollipop, popsicle |
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(noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
lollygag | (verb) be about a place without any apparent purpose | Synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
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molly | (noun) popular aquarium fish | Synonyms: mollie |
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mollycoddle | (noun) a pampered darling; an effeminate man | - |
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(verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, pamper, spoil |
mollycoddler | (noun) someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence | Synonyms: coddler, pamperer, spoiler |
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mollymawk | (noun) large web-footed birds of the Southern Hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight | Synonyms: albatross |
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pollyannaish | (adjective) pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic | Synonyms: cheerful, upbeat |
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pollyfish | (noun) gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth | Synonyms: parrotfish, polly fish |
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pollywog | (noun) a larval frog or toad | Synonyms: polliwog, tadpole |
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wholly | (adverb) to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely | Synonyms: all, altogether, completely, entirely, right, totally, whole |
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woolly | (adjective) confused and vague; used especially of thinking | Synonyms: addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly-headed, wooly-minded, wooly |
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(adjective) covered with dense often matted or curly hairs | Synonyms: woolly-haired, wooly-haired, wooly |
(adjective) having a fluffy character or appearance | Synonyms: flocculent, wooly |
(adjective) covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments | Synonyms: lanate |