aftershaft | (noun) a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds | - |
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aftershafted | (adjective) having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers) | - |
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aftershock | (noun) a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake | - |
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airship | (noun) a steerable self-propelled aircraft | Synonyms: dirigible |
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ambassadorship | (noun) the post of ambassador | - |
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authorship | (noun) the act of creating written works | Synonyms: composition, penning, writing |
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(noun) the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing | Synonyms: paternity |
barbershop | (noun) a shop where men can get their hair cut | - |
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borsh | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borsch, borscht, borshch, borsht, bortsch |
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borshch | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borsch, borscht, borsh, borsht, bortsch |
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borsht | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borsch, borscht, borsh, borshch, bortsch |
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boxershorts | (noun) underpants worn by men | Synonyms: boxers, drawers, shorts, underdrawers |
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censorship | (noun) deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances | Synonyms: censoring |
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(noun) counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy | Synonyms: censoring, security review |
chancellorship | (noun) the office of chancellor | - |
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commandership | (noun) the position or office of commander | Synonyms: commandery |
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comptrollership | (noun) the position of comptroller | - |
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connoisseurship | (noun) love of or taste for fine objects of art | Synonyms: vertu, virtu |
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containership | (noun) a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes | Synonyms: container ship, container vessel |
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controllership | (noun) the position of controller | - |
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copartnership | (noun) a partnership in which employees get a share of the profits in addition to their wages | - |
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councillorship | (noun) the position of council member | Synonyms: councilorship |
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councilorship | (noun) the position of council member | Synonyms: councillorship |
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counsellorship | (noun) the position of counselor | Synonyms: counselorship |
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counselorship | (noun) the position of counselor | Synonyms: counsellorship |
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countershot | (noun) a return shot; a retaliatory shot | - |
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curatorship | (noun) the position of curator | - |
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dealership | (noun) a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area | Synonyms: franchise |
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dictatorship | (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
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directorship | (noun) the position of a director of a business concern | - |
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earshot | (noun) the range within which a voice can be heard | Synonyms: earreach, hearing |
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editorship | (noun) the position of editor | - |
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eldership | (noun) the office of elder | - |
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floorshow | (noun) a series of acts at a night club | Synonyms: cabaret, floor show |
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gearshift | (noun) a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears | Synonyms: gear lever, gearstick, shifter |
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governorship | (noun) the office of governor | - |
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harsh | (adjective) of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles | Synonyms: coarse |
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(adjective) sharply disagreeable; rigorous | Synonyms: abrasive |
(adjective) severe | - |
(adjective) unkind or cruel or uncivil | Synonyms: rough |
(adjective) unpleasantly stern | Synonyms: rough |
(adjective) unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses | - |
harshen | (verb) make harsh or harsher | - |
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harshly | (adverb) in a harsh and grating manner | Synonyms: gratingly, raspingly |
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(adverb) in a harsh or unkind manner | - |
harshness | (noun) the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses | Synonyms: roughness |
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(noun) excessive sternness | Synonyms: hardness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness |
(noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | Synonyms: abrasiveness, scratchiness |
(noun) the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance | Synonyms: cruelness, cruelty |
headmastership | (noun) the position of headmaster | - |
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inspectorship | (noun) the office of inspector | - |
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instructorship | (noun) the position of instructor | - |
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leadership | (noun) the activity of leading | Synonyms: leading |
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(noun) the ability to lead | - |
(noun) the body of people who lead a group | Synonyms: leaders |
(noun) the status of a leader | - |
legislatorship | (noun) the office of legislator | - |
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listenership | (noun) all the listeners collectively of a particular radio programme, station, or broadcaster. | - |
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managership | (noun) the position of manager | - |
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marsh | (noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | Synonyms: fen, fenland, marshland |
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marshal | (noun) a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law | Synonyms: marshall |
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(noun) (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank | Synonyms: marshall |
(verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: mobilise, mobilize, summon |
(verb) arrange in logical order | - |
(verb) place in proper rank | - |
(verb) lead ceremoniously, as in a procession | - |
marshall | (noun) a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law | Synonyms: marshal |
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(noun) (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank | Synonyms: marshal |
marshalship | (noun) the post of marshall | - |
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marshland | (noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | Synonyms: fen, fenland, marsh |
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marshmallow | (noun) spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar | - |
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marshy | (adjective) (of soil) soft and watery | Synonyms: boggy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged |
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mastership | (noun) the position of master | - |
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(noun) the skill of a master | - |
membership | (noun) the body of members of an organization or group | Synonyms: rank |
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(noun) the state of being a member | - |
moderatorship | (noun) the position of moderator | - |
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overshadow | (verb) cast a shadow upon | - |
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(verb) be greater in significance than | Synonyms: dominate, eclipse |
(verb) make appear small by comparison | Synonyms: dwarf, shadow |
overshielding | (noun) excessive protection | Synonyms: momism, overprotection |
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overshoe | (noun) footwear that protects your shoes from water or snow or cold | - |
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overshoot | (noun) an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt | Synonyms: go-around, wave-off |
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(verb) aim too high | - |
(verb) shoot beyond or over (a target) | - |
overshot | (adjective) having an upper part projecting beyond the lower | - |
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ownership | (noun) the act of having and controlling property | Synonyms: possession |
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(noun) the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others | - |
(noun) the state or fact of being an owner | - |
partnership | (noun) a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses | - |
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(noun) the members of a business venture created by contract | - |
(noun) a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal | - |
pastorship | (noun) the position of pastor | Synonyms: pastorate |
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praetorship | (noun) the office of praetor | - |
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precentorship | (noun) the position of precentor | - |
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preceptorship | (noun) the position of preceptor | - |
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premiership | (noun) the office of premier | - |
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priorship | (noun) the office of prior | - |
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proctorship | (noun) the position of proctor | - |
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professorship | (noun) the position of professor | Synonyms: chair |
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proprietorship | (noun) an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits | Synonyms: proprietary |
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protectorship | (noun) the position of protector | - |
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readership | (noun) the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.) | - |
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receivership | (noun) the office of a receiver | - |
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(noun) a court action that places property under the control of a receiver during litigation so that it can be preserved for the benefit of all | - |
(noun) the state of property that is in the hands of a receiver | - |
rectorship | (noun) the office or station of a rector | Synonyms: rectorate |
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rulership | (noun) the position of ruler | - |
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scattershot | (adjective) covering a wide range in a haphazard way | - |
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scholarship | (noun) profound scholarly knowledge | Synonyms: encyclopaedism, encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning |
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(noun) financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit | - |
senatorship | (noun) the office of senator | - |
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sistership | (noun) an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest | Synonyms: sisterhood |
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(noun) the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings | Synonyms: sisterhood |
soldiership | (noun) skills that are required for the life of soldier | Synonyms: soldiering |
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solicitorship | (noun) the position of solicitor | - |
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speakership | (noun) the position of Speaker | - |
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sponsorship | (noun) the act of sponsoring (either officially or financially) | - |
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starship | (noun) a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction) | Synonyms: spaceship |
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teachership | (noun) the position of teacher | - |
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thundershower | (noun) a short rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning | - |
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treasurership | (noun) the position of treasurer | - |
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tutorship | (noun) teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) | Synonyms: tuition, tutelage |
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undershirt | (noun) a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body | Synonyms: singlet, vest |
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undershoot | (verb) shoot short of or below (a target) | - |
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(verb) fall short of (the runway) in a landing | - |
undershot | (adjective) having a lower part projecting beyond the upper | Synonyms: underhung, underslung |
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undershrub | (noun) a low shrub | - |
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vicarship | (noun) the religious institution under the authority of a vicar | Synonyms: vicariate |
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viziership | (noun) the position of vizier | - |
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wardership | (noun) the position of warder | - |
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warship | (noun) a government ship that is available for waging war | Synonyms: combat ship, war vessel |
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watershed | (noun) an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend | Synonyms: landmark, turning point |
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(noun) a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems | Synonyms: divide, water parting |
(noun) the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet | Synonyms: basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin |
worship | (noun) the activity of worshipping | - |
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(noun) a feeling of profound love and admiration | Synonyms: adoration |
(verb) love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol | Synonyms: hero-worship, idolise, idolize, revere |
(verb) show devotion to (a deity) | - |
(verb) attend religious services | - |
worshiper | (noun) a person who has religious faith | Synonyms: believer, worshipper |
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(noun) someone who admires too much to recognize faults | Synonyms: worshipper |