artless | (adjective) simple and natural; without cunning or deceit | - |
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(adjective) characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious | Synonyms: ingenuous |
(adjective) (of persons) lacking art or knowledge | Synonyms: uncultivated, uncultured |
(adjective) showing lack of art | - |
artlessly | (adverb) in an ingenuous manner | Synonyms: ingenuously |
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(adverb) in a crude and unskilled manner | Synonyms: crudely, inexpertly |
artlessness | (noun) ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit | - |
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(noun) the quality of innocent naivete | Synonyms: ingenuousness, innocence, naturalness |
bartlett | (noun) juicy yellow pear | Synonyms: bartlett pear |
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chartless | (adjective) (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated | Synonyms: uncharted, unmapped |
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chortle | (noun) a soft partly suppressed laugh | Synonyms: chuckle |
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(verb) laugh quietly or with restraint | Synonyms: chuckle, laugh softly |
comfortless | (adjective) without comfort | - |
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effortless | (adjective) requiring or apparently requiring no effort | - |
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(adjective) not showing effort or strain | Synonyms: casual |
effortlessly | (adverb) without effort or apparent effort | - |
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effortlessness | (noun) the quality of requiring little effort | - |
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fartlek | (noun) a method of athletic training (especially for runners) in which strenuous effort and normal effort alternate in a continuous exercise | - |
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hartley | (noun) a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10. | Synonyms: ban, dit, Hart |
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heartleaf | (noun) evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina | Synonyms: Asarum virginicum, heart-leaf |
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(noun) wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama | Synonyms: Asarum shuttleworthii, heart-leaf |
heartless | (adjective) lacking in feeling or pity or warmth | Synonyms: hardhearted |
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(adjective) devoid of courage or enthusiasm | - |
heartlessly | (adverb) in a heartless manner | - |
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heartlessness | (noun) an absence of concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: coldheartedness, hardheartedness |
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hurtle | (verb) throw forcefully | Synonyms: cast, hurl |
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(verb) make a thrusting forward movement | Synonyms: hurl, lunge, thrust |
(verb) move with or as if with a rushing sound | - |
kirtle | (noun) a long dress worn by women | - |
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(noun) a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages | - |
myrtle | (noun) any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus | - |
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(noun) widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers | Synonyms: Vinca minor |
startle | (noun) a sudden involuntary movement | Synonyms: jump, start |
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(verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanise, galvanize |
(verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | Synonyms: jump, start |
startled | (adjective) excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement | - |
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tartlet | (noun) a small tart usually used as a canape | - |
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turtle | (noun) any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming | - |
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(noun) a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar | Synonyms: polo-neck, turtleneck |
(verb) hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation | - |
(verb) overturn accidentally | Synonyms: capsize, turn turtle |
turtledove | (noun) any of several Old World wild doves | - |
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(noun) small Australian dove | Synonyms: Australian turtledove, Stictopelia cuneata |
turtlehead | (noun) showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple | Synonyms: Chelone glabra, shell-flower, shellflower, snake-head, snakehead |
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turtleneck | (noun) a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar | Synonyms: polo-neck, turtle |
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turtler | (noun) someone whose occupation is hunting turtles | - |
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whortleberry | (noun) blue-black berries similar to American blueberries | Synonyms: bilberry, European blueberry |
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(noun) erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries | Synonyms: bilberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus, whinberry |