antipersonnel | (adjective) designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction | - |
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belladonna | (noun) an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally | - |
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(noun) perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine | Synonyms: Atropa belladonna, belladonna plant, deadly nightshade |
bluebonnet | (noun) a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side | Synonyms: Balmoral |
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(noun) low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States | Synonyms: buffalo clover, Lupinus subcarnosus, Texas bluebonnet |
bonnet | (noun) a hat tied under the chin | Synonyms: poke bonnet |
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(noun) protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine | Synonyms: cowl, cowling, hood |
(verb) dress in a bonnet | - |
bonnethead | (noun) small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries | Synonyms: bonnet shark, shovelhead, Sphyrna tiburo |
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bonnie | (adjective) very pleasing to the eye | Synonyms: bonny, comely, fair, sightly |
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bonnily | (adverb) in a bonny manner | - |
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bonny | (adjective) very pleasing to the eye | Synonyms: bonnie, comely, fair, sightly |
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botonnee | (adjective) (of a heraldic cross) having a cluster of three buttons or knobs at the end of each arm | Synonyms: botonee |
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boutonniere | (noun) a flower that is worn in a buttonhole | - |
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carillonneur | (noun) a musician who plays a carillon | - |
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cloisonne | (adjective) (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired | Synonyms: champleve |
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(noun) enamelware in which colored areas are separated by thin metal strips | - |
colonnade | (noun) structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns | - |
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(noun) a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns | Synonyms: arcade |
colonnaded | (adjective) having a series of columns arranged at regular intervals | - |
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commonness | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace | Synonyms: commonplaceness, everydayness |
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(noun) sharing of common attributes | Synonyms: commonality |
(noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement | Synonyms: coarseness, grossness, raunch, vulgarism, vulgarity |
(noun) the state of being that is commonly observed | Synonyms: expectedness |
conn | (verb) conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane | - |
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connate | (adjective) of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united | - |
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(adjective) related in nature | Synonyms: cognate |
connatural | (adjective) normally existing at birth | Synonyms: inborn, inbred |
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(adjective) similar in nature | - |
connect | (verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: associate, colligate, link, link up, relate, tie in |
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(verb) join for the purpose of communication | - |
(verb) join by means of communication equipment | - |
(verb) connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces | Synonyms: link, link up, tie |
(verb) land on or hit solidly | - |
(verb) plug into an outlet | Synonyms: plug in, plug into |
(verb) hit or play a ball successfully | - |
(verb) establish communication with someone | Synonyms: get in touch, touch base |
(verb) establish a rapport or relationship | - |
(verb) be or become joined or united or linked | Synonyms: join, link, link up, unite |
(verb) be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation | - |
connected | (adjective) joined or linked together | - |
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(adjective) plugged in | - |
(adjective) being joined in close association | Synonyms: affiliated, attached |
(adjective) wired together to an alarm system | - |
(adjective) stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer | Synonyms: machine-accessible |
connectedness | (noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | Synonyms: connection, connexion |
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(noun) the state of being connected | Synonyms: connection, link |
connecter | (noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connection, connective, connector, connexion |
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connection | (noun) the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) | Synonyms: connexion, joining |
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(noun) shifting from one form of transportation to another | Synonyms: connexion |
(noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connecter, connective, connector, connexion |
(noun) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | Synonyms: association, connexion |
(noun) a supplier (especially of narcotics) | - |
(noun) (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship) | - |
(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | Synonyms: connectedness, connexion |
(noun) a connecting shape | Synonyms: connexion, link |
(noun) the state of being connected | Synonyms: connectedness, link |
connective | (adjective) connecting or tending to connect | - |
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(noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connecter, connection, connector, connexion |
(noun) an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences | Synonyms: conjunction, conjunctive, continuative |
connectivity | (noun) the property of being connected or the degree to which something has connections | - |
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connector | (noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connecter, connection, connective, connexion |
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connexion | (noun) the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) | Synonyms: connection, joining |
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(noun) shifting from one form of transportation to another | Synonyms: connection |
(noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connecter, connection, connective, connector |
(noun) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | Synonyms: association, connection |
(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | Synonyms: connectedness, connection |
(noun) a connecting shape | Synonyms: connection, link |
conniption | (noun) a display of bad temper | Synonyms: fit, scene, tantrum |
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connivance | (noun) agreement on a secret plot | Synonyms: collusion |
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(noun) (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing | Synonyms: secret approval, tacit consent |
connive | (verb) form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner | Synonyms: intrigue, scheme |
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(verb) encourage or assent to illegally or criminally | - |
conniving | (adjective) acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end | Synonyms: collusive |
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(adjective) acting with a specific goal | Synonyms: calculating, calculative, scheming, shrewd |
connoisseur | (noun) an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts | Synonyms: cognoscente |
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connoisseurship | (noun) love of or taste for fine objects of art | Synonyms: vertu, virtu |
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connotation | (noun) an idea that is implied or suggested | - |
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(noun) what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression | Synonyms: intension |
connotational | (adjective) of or relating to a connotation | Synonyms: connotative of |
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connotative | (adjective) having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit | - |
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connote | (verb) involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic | Synonyms: predicate |
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(verb) express or state indirectly | Synonyms: imply |
connubial | (adjective) of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband | Synonyms: conjugal |
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(adverb) in a conjugal manner | Synonyms: conjugally |
cretonne | (noun) an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies | - |
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debonnaire | (adjective) having a sophisticated charm | Synonyms: debonair, debonaire, suave |
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disconnect | (noun) an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) | Synonyms: disconnection, gulf |
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(verb) make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten | - |
(verb) pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable | Synonyms: unplug |
disconnected | (adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply | Synonyms: staccato |
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(adjective) having been divided; having the unity destroyed | Synonyms: disunited, fragmented, split |
(adjective) lacking orderly continuity | Synonyms: confused, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected |
(adjective) not plugged in or connected to a power source | - |
(adjective) marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions | Synonyms: abrupt |
disconnectedness | (noun) state of being disconnected | Synonyms: disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture |
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disconnection | (noun) the act of breaking a connection | Synonyms: disjunction |
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(noun) an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) | Synonyms: disconnect, gulf |
(noun) state of being disconnected | Synonyms: disconnectedness, disjunction, disjuncture |
donna | (noun) an Italian woman of rank | - |
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donnish | (adjective) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects | Synonyms: academic, pedantic |
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eonni | (noun) an older other woman, especially a sister, used by a female | - |
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gigatonne | (noun) a unit of weight equivalent to 1 billion tonnes. | Synonyms: Gt |
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interconnect | (verb) cause to be interconnected or interwoven | Synonyms: interlink |
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(verb) be interwoven or interconnected | Synonyms: complect, interlink |
interconnected | (adjective) operating as a unit | Synonyms: co-ordinated, coordinated, unified |
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(adjective) reciprocally connected | Synonyms: interrelated |
interconnectedness | (noun) a state of being connected reciprocally | Synonyms: interconnection |
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interconnection | (noun) (computer science) the act of interconnecting (wires or computers or theories etc.) | - |
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(noun) a state of being connected reciprocally | Synonyms: interconnectedness |
legionnaire | (noun) a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) | Synonyms: legionary |
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lyonnaise | (adjective) cooked with onions | - |
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maconnais | (noun) fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry | Synonyms: macon |
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maisonnette | (noun) a small house | Synonyms: maisonette |
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(noun) a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside | Synonyms: maisonette |
mayonnaise | (noun) egg yolks and oil and vinegar | Synonyms: mayo |
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nonnative | (adjective) not being or composed of aborigines | - |
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(adjective) of persons born in another area or country than that lived in | Synonyms: foreign-born |
(adjective) of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing | - |
nonnatural | (adjective) existing outside of or not in accordance with nature | Synonyms: otherworldly, preternatural, transcendental |
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nonnegative | (adjective) either positive or zero | - |
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nonnomadic | (adjective) not nomadic or wandering | - |
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nonnormative | (adjective) not based on a norm | - |
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othonna | (noun) a South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers | - |
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patronne | (noun) a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron | Synonyms: patroness |
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personnel | (noun) group of people willing to obey orders | Synonyms: force |
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(noun) the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management | Synonyms: personnel department, personnel office, staff office |
questionnaire | (noun) a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information | - |
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reconnaissance | (noun) the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy) | Synonyms: reconnaissance mission |
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reconnoiter | (verb) explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody | Synonyms: reconnoitre, scout |
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reconnoitering | (noun) exploring in order to gain information | Synonyms: exploratory survey, reconnoitring, scouting |
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reconnoitre | (verb) explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody | Synonyms: reconnoiter, scout |
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reconnoitring | (noun) exploring in order to gain information | Synonyms: exploratory survey, reconnoitering, scouting |
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sonnet | (noun) a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme | - |
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(verb) compose a sonnet | - |
(verb) praise in a sonnet | - |
sonneteer | (noun) a poet who writes sonnets | - |
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sonny | (noun) a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) | Synonyms: cub, lad, laddie, sonny boy |
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sunbonnet | (noun) a large bonnet that shades the face; worn by girls and women | - |
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tonnage | (noun) a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship | Synonyms: tonnage duty, tunnage |
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tonne | (noun) a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms | Synonyms: metric ton, MT, t |
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uncommonness | (noun) extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered | - |
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(noun) extraordinariness as a consequence of being marked by an uncommon or superlative quality | - |
unconnected | (adjective) not joined or linked together | - |
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(adjective) lacking orderly continuity | Synonyms: confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered |
(adjective) not connected by birth or family | - |
unconnectedness | (noun) the lack of a connection between things | - |
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wantonness | (noun) the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry | Synonyms: abandon, unconstraint |
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(noun) the quality of being lewd and lascivious | Synonyms: licentiousness |