| arrow | (noun) a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow | - |
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| (noun) a mark to indicate a direction or relation | Synonyms: pointer |
| arrowhead | (noun) the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow | - |
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| arrowroot | (noun) white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch | Synonyms: American arrowroot, Maranta arundinaceae, obedience plant |
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| (noun) canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained | Synonyms: achira, Canna edulis, Canna indica, indian shot |
| (noun) a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant | - |
| arrowsmith | (noun) a maker of arrows | - |
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| arrowworm | (noun) any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth | Synonyms: chaetognath |
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| barrow | (noun) a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels | Synonyms: garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow |
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| (noun) (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs | Synonyms: burial mound, grave mound, tumulus |
| (noun) the quantity that a barrow will hold | Synonyms: barrowful |
| barrowful | (noun) the quantity that a barrow will hold | Synonyms: barrow |
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| borrow | (verb) get temporarily | - |
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| (verb) take up and practice as one's own | Synonyms: adopt, take over, take up |
| borrower | (noun) someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent | - |
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| borrowing | (noun) obtaining funds from a lender | - |
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| (noun) the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source | Synonyms: adoption |
| brow | (noun) the part of the face above the eyes | Synonyms: forehead |
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| (noun) the arch of hair above each eye | Synonyms: eyebrow, supercilium |
| (noun) the peak of a hill | Synonyms: hilltop |
| browallia | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers | Synonyms: bush violet |
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| browbeat | (verb) discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate | Synonyms: bully, swagger |
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| (verb) be bossy towards | Synonyms: ballyrag, boss around, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm |
| brown | (adjective) (of skin) deeply suntanned | Synonyms: browned |
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| (adjective) of a color similar to that of wood or earth | Synonyms: brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown |
| (noun) an orange of low brightness and saturation | Synonyms: brownness |
| (verb) fry in a pan until it changes color | - |
| (verb) make brown in color | Synonyms: embrown |
| browned | (adjective) (of skin) deeply suntanned | Synonyms: brown |
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| brownie | (noun) square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts | - |
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| (noun) (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous | Synonyms: elf, gremlin, hob, imp, pixie, pixy |
| browning | (noun) cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill | Synonyms: toasting |
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| brownish | (adjective) of a color similar to that of wood or earth | Synonyms: brown, chocolate-brown, dark-brown |
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| brownness | (noun) an orange of low brightness and saturation | Synonyms: brown |
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| brownout | (noun) darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) | Synonyms: blackout, dimout |
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| brownstone | (noun) a row house built of brownstone; reddish brown in color | - |
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| (noun) a reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings | - |
| browntail | (noun) small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees | Synonyms: brown-tail moth, Euproctis phaeorrhoea |
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| browse | (noun) the act of feeding by continual nibbling | Synonyms: browsing |
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| (noun) reading superficially or at random | Synonyms: browsing |
| (noun) vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat | - |
| (verb) eat lightly, try different dishes | Synonyms: graze |
| (verb) look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular | Synonyms: surf |
| (verb) feed as in a meadow or pasture | Synonyms: crop, graze, pasture, range |
| (verb) shop around; not necessarily buying | Synonyms: shop |
| browser | (noun) a program used to view HTML documents | Synonyms: web browser |
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| (noun) a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular | - |
| browsing | (noun) the act of feeding by continual nibbling | Synonyms: browse |
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| (noun) reading superficially or at random | Synonyms: browse |
| burrow | (noun) a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter | Synonyms: tunnel |
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| (verb) move through by or as by digging | Synonyms: tunnel |
| checkrow | (verb) plant in checkrows | - |
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| cockcrow | (noun) the first light of day | Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup |
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| crow | (noun) black birds having a raucous call | - |
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| (noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, bragging, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing |
| (noun) the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it) | - |
| (verb) dwell on with satisfaction | Synonyms: gloat, triumph |
| (verb) express pleasure verbally | - |
| (verb) utter shrill sounds | - |
| crowbait | (noun) an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows | Synonyms: crow-bait |
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| crowbar | (noun) a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge | Synonyms: pry, pry bar, wrecking bar |
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| crowberry | (noun) a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit | - |
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| crowd | (noun) a large number of things or people considered together | - |
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| (noun) an informal body of friends | Synonyms: bunch, crew, gang |
| (verb) to gather together in large numbers | Synonyms: crowd together |
| (verb) cause to herd, drive, or crowd together | Synonyms: herd |
| (verb) approach a certain age or speed | Synonyms: push |
| (verb) fill or occupy to the point of overflowing | - |
| crowded | (adjective) overfilled or compacted or concentrated | - |
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| crowdfunding | (noun) Funding from a large number of small backers | - |
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| crowding | (noun) a situation in which people or things are crowded together | - |
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| crowdsourcing | (noun) Work done by a large group of anonymous users | - |
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| crowfoot | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, goldcup, kingcup |
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| crowing | (adjective) exhibiting self-importance | Synonyms: big, boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing |
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| (noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, bragging, crow, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing |
| crown | (noun) the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head | - |
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| (noun) an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty | Synonyms: diadem |
| (noun) a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory | - |
| (noun) the center of a cambered road | Synonyms: crest |
| (noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | Synonyms: cap, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown |
| (noun) the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel | - |
| (noun) the top of the head | Synonyms: pate, poll |
| (noun) the award given to the champion | Synonyms: pennant |
| (noun) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | Synonyms: crest, peak, summit, tip, top |
| (noun) the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant | Synonyms: treetop |
| (noun) an English coin worth 5 shillings | - |
| (verb) be the culminating event | Synonyms: top |
| (verb) put an enamel cover on | - |
| (verb) invest with regal power; enthrone | Synonyms: coronate |
| (verb) form the topmost part of | - |
| crownbeard | (noun) any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads | Synonyms: crown-beard, crown beard |
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| crowned | (adjective) provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination | - |
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| (adjective) having an (artificial) crown on a tooth | - |
| (adjective) crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory | Synonyms: laureled, laurelled |
| crowning | (adjective) forming or providing a crown or summit | - |
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| (adjective) representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment | - |
| crownless | (adjective) not (especially not yet) provided with a crown | Synonyms: uncrowned |
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| crownwork | (noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | Synonyms: cap, crown, jacket, jacket crown |
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| (noun) a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress. | - |
| drown | (verb) die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating | - |
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| (verb) kill by submerging in water | - |
| (verb) get rid of as if by submerging | - |
| (verb) cover completely or make imperceptible | Synonyms: overwhelm, submerge |
| (verb) be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation | - |
| (verb) be covered with or submerged in a liquid | Synonyms: swim |
| drowse | (noun) a light fitful sleep | Synonyms: doze |
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| (verb) be on the verge of sleeping | - |
| (verb) sleep lightly or for a short period of time | Synonyms: doze, snooze |
| drowsily | (adverb) in a drowsy manner | Synonyms: somnolently |
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| drowsiness | (noun) a very sleepy state | Synonyms: sleepiness, somnolence |
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| drowsing | (adjective) half asleep | Synonyms: dozy, drowsy |
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| drowsy | (adjective) half asleep | Synonyms: dozy, drowsing |
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| (adjective) showing lack of attention or boredom | Synonyms: oscitant, yawning |
| embrown | (verb) make brown in color | Synonyms: brown |
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| (verb) cause to darken | - |
| escrow | (noun) a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition | - |
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| eyebrow | (noun) the arch of hair above each eye | Synonyms: brow, supercilium |
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| farrow | (noun) the production of a litter of pigs | Synonyms: farrowing |
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| (verb) give birth to (piglets) | Synonyms: pig |
| farrowing | (noun) the production of a litter of pigs | Synonyms: farrow |
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| flamethrower | (noun) a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards | - |
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| froward | (adjective) habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition | Synonyms: headstrong, self-willed, wilful, willful |
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| frown | (noun) a facial expression of dislike or displeasure | Synonyms: scowl |
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| (verb) look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval | Synonyms: glower, lour, lower |
| frowning | (adjective) showing displeasure or anger | - |
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| frowningly | (adverb) with a frown; while frowning | - |
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| frowsty | (adjective) stale and unclean smelling | Synonyms: fusty, musty |
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| frowsy | (adjective) negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt | Synonyms: frowzy, slovenly |
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| frowzled | (adjective) in disarray; extremely disorderly | Synonyms: disheveled, dishevelled, rumpled, tousled |
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| frowzy | (adjective) negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt | Synonyms: frowsy, slovenly |
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| furrow | (noun) a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) | - |
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| (noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, line, seam, wrinkle |
| (verb) hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove | Synonyms: groove, rut |
| (verb) make wrinkled or creased | Synonyms: crease, wrinkle |
| (verb) cut a furrow into a columns | Synonyms: chamfer, chase |
| furrowed | (adjective) having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface | Synonyms: rugged |
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| grow | (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | Synonyms: acquire, develop, get, produce |
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| (verb) become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain | - |
| (verb) cause to grow or develop | - |
| (verb) increase in size by natural process | - |
| (verb) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become | Synonyms: turn |
| (verb) develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation | Synonyms: maturate, mature |
| (verb) grow emotionally or mature | Synonyms: develop |
| (verb) become attached by or as if by the process of growth | - |
| (verb) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques | Synonyms: farm, produce, raise |
| (verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: arise, develop, originate, rise, spring up, uprise |
| grower | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturalist, agriculturist, cultivator, raiser |
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| growing | (adjective) relating to or suitable for growth | - |
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| (noun) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | Synonyms: development, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny |
| (noun) (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state | - |
| growl | (noun) the sound of growling (as made by animals) | Synonyms: growling |
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| (verb) to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds | Synonyms: grumble, rumble |
| growler | (noun) a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping | - |
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| (noun) a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl | - |
| growling | (noun) a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal) | - |
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| (noun) the sound of growling (as made by animals) | Synonyms: growl |
| grown | (adjective) (of animals) fully developed | Synonyms: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grownup |
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| grownup | (adjective) (of animals) fully developed | Synonyms: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown |
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| (noun) a fully developed person from maturity onward | Synonyms: adult |
| growth | (noun) the gradual beginning or coming forth | Synonyms: emergence, outgrowth |
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| (noun) vegetation that has grown | - |
| (noun) something grown or growing | - |
| (noun) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | Synonyms: development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny |
| (noun) a progression from simpler to more complex forms | - |
| (noun) a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Synonyms: increase, increment |
| (noun) (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) | - |
| handbarrow | (noun) a rectangular frame with handles at both ends; carried by two people | - |
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| harrow | (noun) a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil | - |
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| (verb) draw a harrow over (land) | Synonyms: disk |
| harrowing | (adjective) extremely painful | Synonyms: agonising, agonizing, excruciating, torturesome, torturing, torturous |
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| hedgerow | (noun) a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes | Synonyms: hedge |
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| highbrow | (adjective) highly cultured or educated | Synonyms: highbrowed |
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| (noun) a person of intellectual or erudite tastes | - |
| highbrowed | (adjective) highly cultured or educated | Synonyms: highbrow |
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| homegrown | (adjective) grown or originating in a particular place | - |
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| ingrowing | (adjective) growing abnormally into the flesh | Synonyms: ingrown |
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| ingrown | (adjective) growing abnormally into the flesh | Synonyms: ingrowing |
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| ingrowth | (noun) something that grows inward | - |
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| lowbrow | (adjective) characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes | Synonyms: lowbrowed, uncultivated |
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| (noun) a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits | Synonyms: anti-intellectual, philistine |
| lowbrowed | (adjective) characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes | Synonyms: lowbrow, uncultivated |
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| marrow | (noun) the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones | Synonyms: bone marrow |
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| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
| (noun) large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins | Synonyms: vegetable marrow |
| (noun) very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones | Synonyms: bone marrow |
| (noun) any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh | Synonyms: marrow squash, vegetable marrow |
| marrowbone | (noun) a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup | - |
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| microwave | (noun) kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food | Synonyms: microwave oven |
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| (noun) a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data | - |
| (verb) cook or heat in a microwave oven | Synonyms: micro-cook, nuke, zap |
| middlebrow | (noun) someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow | - |
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| morrow | (noun) the next day | - |
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| narrow | (adjective) not wide | - |
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| (adjective) very limited in degree | - |
| (adjective) lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view | Synonyms: narrow-minded |
| (adjective) characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination | Synonyms: minute |
| (adjective) limited in extent or scope | - |
| (noun) a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water | - |
| (verb) make or become more narrow or restricted | Synonyms: contract |
| (verb) become tight or as if tight | Synonyms: constrict, constringe |
| (verb) become more focused on an area of activity or field of study | Synonyms: narrow down, specialise, specialize |
| (verb) define clearly | Synonyms: nail down, narrow down, peg down, pin down, specify |
| narrowboat | (noun) a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals | Synonyms: canal boat, narrow boat |
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| narrowed | (adjective) made narrow; limited in breadth | - |
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| (adjective) reduced in size as by squeezing together | - |
| narrowing | (adjective) (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom | Synonyms: constricting, constrictive |
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| (adjective) becoming gradually narrower | Synonyms: tapered, tapering |
| (noun) the act of making something narrower | - |
| (noun) an instance of becoming narrow | - |
| (noun) a decrease in width | - |
| narrowly | (adverb) in a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions | - |
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| narrowness | (noun) the property of being narrow; having little width | - |
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| (noun) a small margin | Synonyms: narrow margin, slimness |
| (noun) an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior | Synonyms: narrow-mindedness |
| (noun) a restriction of range or scope | - |
| nutbrown | (adjective) of the color of nuts | - |
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