joyfully | (adverb) in a joyous and gleeful manner | Synonyms: gleefully, joyously |
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joyfulness | (noun) the emotion of great happiness | Synonyms: joy, joyousness |
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joyless | (adjective) not experiencing or inspiring joy | - |
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joylessly | (adverb) in a joyless manner; without joy | - |
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joylessness | (noun) a feeling of dismal cheerlessness | - |
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joyous | (adjective) full of or characterized by joy | - |
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joyously | (adverb) in a joyous and gleeful manner | Synonyms: gleefully, joyfully |
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joyousness | (noun) the emotion of great happiness | Synonyms: joy, joyfulness |
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joyride | (noun) a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure | - |
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(verb) ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it | Synonyms: tool, tool around |
joystick | (noun) a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane | Synonyms: control stick, stick |
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(noun) a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers | - |
killjoy | (noun) someone who spoils the pleasure of others | Synonyms: party pooper, spoilsport, wet blanket |
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linkboy | (noun) (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets | Synonyms: linkman |
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lowboy | (noun) a low chest or table with drawers and supported on four legs | - |
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loyal | (adjective) steadfast in allegiance or duty | - |
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(adjective) inspired by love for your country | Synonyms: patriotic |
(adjective) unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause | Synonyms: fast, firm, truehearted |
loyalist | (noun) a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) | Synonyms: stalwart |
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loyally | (adverb) with loyalty; in a loyal manner | - |
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loyalty | (noun) the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action | Synonyms: allegiance, commitment, dedication |
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(noun) the quality of being loyal | Synonyms: trueness |
(noun) feelings of allegiance | - |
newsboy | (noun) a boy who delivers newspapers | Synonyms: carrier |
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overjoy | (verb) cause to feel extremely joyful or happy | - |
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overjoyed | (adjective) extremely joyful | - |
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oyabun | (noun) a Japanese supervisor | - |
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oyster | (noun) marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters | - |
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(noun) edible body of any of numerous oysters | Synonyms: huitre |
(noun) a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl | - |
(verb) gather oysters, dig oysters | - |
oystercatcher | (noun) black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc. | Synonyms: oyster catcher |
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oysterfish | (noun) a variety of toadfish | Synonyms: oyster-fish, oyster fish |
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pageboy | (noun) a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward | - |
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(noun) a boy who is employed to run errands | Synonyms: page |
paperboy | (noun) a boy who sells or delivers newspapers | - |
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pennyroyal | (noun) Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil | Synonyms: Mentha pulegium |
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(noun) erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine | Synonyms: American pennyroyal, Hedeoma pulegioides |
playboy | (noun) a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure | Synonyms: Corinthian, man-about-town |
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ploughboy | (noun) a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow | Synonyms: plowboy |
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plowboy | (noun) a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow | Synonyms: ploughboy |
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ploy | (noun) a maneuver in a game or conversation | Synonyms: gambit, stratagem |
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(noun) an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker | Synonyms: gambit |
potboy | (noun) a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores | Synonyms: potman |
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poyou | (noun) Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts | Synonyms: Euphractus sexcinctus, peludo |
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redeploy | (verb) deploy anew | - |
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redeployment | (noun) the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively | Synonyms: redisposition |
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royal | (adjective) of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch | - |
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(adjective) established or chartered or authorized by royalty | - |
(adjective) invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown | - |
(adjective) being of the rank of a monarch | - |
(adjective) belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler | Synonyms: imperial, majestic, purple, regal |
(noun) stag with antlers of 12 or more branches | Synonyms: royal stag |
(noun) a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast | - |
royalism | (noun) adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government | - |
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royalist | (noun) an advocate of the principles of monarchy | Synonyms: monarchist |
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royally | (adverb) in a royal manner | Synonyms: like kings, like royalty |
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royalty | (noun) royal persons collectively | Synonyms: royal family, royal house, royal line |
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(noun) payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property | - |
sandboy | (noun) a young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in `happy as a sandboy' | - |
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saveloy | (noun) a ready-cooked and highly seasoned pork sausage | - |
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savoy | (noun) head of soft crinkly leaves | Synonyms: savoy cabbage |
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schoolboy | (noun) a boy attending school | - |
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schoolboyish | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a young boy | Synonyms: boyish, boylike |
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showboy | (noun) a man who dances in a chorus line | - |
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soy | (noun) the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein) | Synonyms: soya, soya bean, soybean |
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(noun) thin sauce made of fermented soy beans | Synonyms: soy sauce |
(noun) erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia | Synonyms: Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soya, soya bean, soybean, soybean plant |
(noun) a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food | Synonyms: soya bean, soybean |
soya | (noun) the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein) | Synonyms: soy, soya bean, soybean |
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(noun) erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia | Synonyms: Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soy, soya bean, soybean, soybean plant |
soybean | (noun) the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein) | Synonyms: soy, soya, soya bean |
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(noun) erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia | Synonyms: Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soy, soya, soya bean, soybean plant |
(noun) a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food | Synonyms: soy, soya bean |
soymilk | (noun) a milk substitute containing soybean flour and water; used in some infant formulas and in making tofu | Synonyms: soya milk, soybean milk |
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stableboy | (noun) someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses | Synonyms: groom, hostler, ostler, stableman |
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takoyaki | (noun) a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour-based batter and cooked in a special moulded pan | - |
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tallboy | (noun) a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs | Synonyms: highboy |
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tannoy | (noun) a loudspeaker | - |
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tomboy | (noun) a girl who behaves in a boyish manner | Synonyms: hoyden, romp |
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tomboyish | (adjective) used of girls; wild and boisterous | Synonyms: hoydenish |
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tomboyishness | (noun) masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women) | Synonyms: hoydenism |
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toy | (noun) any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets | Synonyms: toy dog |
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(noun) an artifact designed to be played with | Synonyms: plaything |
(noun) a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size | Synonyms: miniature |
(noun) a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier) | - |
(noun) a device regarded as providing amusement | - |
(verb) engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously | Synonyms: play |
(verb) manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination | Synonyms: diddle, fiddle, play |
(verb) behave carelessly or indifferently | Synonyms: dally, flirt, play |
toying | (noun) playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest | Synonyms: coquetry, dalliance, flirt, flirtation, flirting |
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toyon | (noun) ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia | Synonyms: Christmas berry, Christmasberry, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia, tollon |
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toyshop | (noun) shop where toys are sold | - |
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troy | (noun) a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains | Synonyms: troy weight |
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unalloyed | (adjective) free from admixture | - |
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underemployed | (adjective) employed only part-time when one needs full-time employment or not making full use of your skills | - |
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undestroyable | (adjective) very long lasting | Synonyms: durable, indestructible, perdurable |
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(adjective) not capable of being destroyed | - |
unemployable | (adjective) not acceptable for employment as a worker | - |
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unemployed | (adjective) not engaged in a gainful occupation | - |
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(noun) people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group) | Synonyms: unemployed people |
unemployment | (noun) the state of being unemployed or not having a job | - |
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viceroy | (noun) showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller | Synonyms: Limenitis archippus |
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(noun) governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign | Synonyms: vicereine |
viceroyalty | (noun) a district or province governed by a viceroy | - |
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viceroyship | (noun) the position of viceroy | - |
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voyage | (noun) a journey to some distant place | - |
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(noun) an act of traveling by water | Synonyms: ocean trip |
(verb) travel on water propelled by wind or by other means | Synonyms: navigate, sail |
voyager | (noun) a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea) | - |
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voyeur | (noun) a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others | Synonyms: peeper, Peeping Tom |
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voyeurism | (noun) a perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior | - |
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voyeuristic | (adjective) of or relating to voyeurs or voyeurism | Synonyms: voyeuristical |
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voyeuristical | (adjective) of or relating to voyeurs or voyeurism | Synonyms: voyeuristic |
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voyeuristically | (adverb) like a voyeur | - |
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voyeuse | (noun) a chair of the 18th century used at game tables, having a padded top rail on which spectators could lean. | - |
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zoysia | (noun) any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia | - |
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