aforesaid | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforementioned, said |
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assail | (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe |
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(verb) attack someone physically or emotionally | Synonyms: assault, attack, set on |
(verb) launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with | Synonyms: attack |
assailability | (noun) vulnerability to forceful attack | - |
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assailable | (adjective) not defended or capable of being defended | Synonyms: open, undefendable, undefended |
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assailant | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: aggressor, assaulter, attacker |
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bonsai | (noun) a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot | - |
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capsaicin | (noun) colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno | - |
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corsair | (noun) a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction) | - |
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(noun) a pirate along the Barbary Coast | Synonyms: Barbary pirate |
foresail | (noun) the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel | - |
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fusain | (noun) a stick of black carbon material used for drawing | Synonyms: charcoal |
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gaffsail | (noun) a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff | Synonyms: gaff-headed sail |
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grisaille | (noun) chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief | - |
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headsail | (noun) any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel | - |
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lugsail | (noun) a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast | Synonyms: lug |
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mainsail | (noun) the lowermost sail on the mainmast | - |
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mosaic | (noun) art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass | - |
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(noun) arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture | Synonyms: arial mosaic, photomosaic |
(noun) transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube | - |
(noun) a pattern resembling a mosaic | - |
(noun) viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves | - |
mosaicism | (noun) the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup | - |
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outsail | (verb) sail faster or better than | - |
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paradisaic | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaical, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisiacal |
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paradisaical | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisiacal |
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parasail | (noun) parachute that will lift a person up into the air when it is towed by a motorboat or a car | - |
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parasailing | (noun) gliding in a parasail | Synonyms: paragliding |
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pharisaic | (adjective) excessively or hypocritically pious | Synonyms: holier-than-thou, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous |
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pharisaical | (adjective) excessively or hypocritically pious | Synonyms: holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous |
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photomosaic | (noun) arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture | Synonyms: arial mosaic, mosaic |
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prosaic | (adjective) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement | Synonyms: commonplace, humdrum, unglamorous, unglamourous |
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(adjective) lacking wit or imagination | Synonyms: earthbound, pedestrian, prosy |
(adjective) not fanciful or imaginative | Synonyms: matter-of-fact |
prosaically | (adverb) in a matter-of-fact manner | Synonyms: unimaginatively |
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prosaicness | (noun) commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting | Synonyms: prosiness |
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reassail | (verb) assail again | - |
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said | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforementioned, aforesaid |
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saiga | (noun) goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis | Synonyms: Saiga tatarica |
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sail | (noun) an ocean trip taken for pleasure | Synonyms: cruise |
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(noun) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | Synonyms: canvas, canvass, sheet |
(noun) any structure that resembles a sail | - |
(verb) travel on water propelled by wind | - |
(verb) move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions | Synonyms: sweep |
(verb) travel on water propelled by wind or by other means | Synonyms: navigate, voyage |
(verb) traverse or travel on (a body of water) | - |
sailboat | (noun) a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast | Synonyms: sailing boat |
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sailcloth | (noun) a strong fabric (such as cotton canvas) used for making sails and tents | - |
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sailfish | (noun) large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail | - |
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(noun) a saltwater fish with lean flesh | - |
sailing | (noun) riding in a sailboat | - |
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(noun) the work of a sailor | Synonyms: navigation, seafaring |
(noun) the departure of a vessel from a port | - |
(noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring |
sailmaker | (noun) a maker of sails | - |
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sailor | (noun) a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown | Synonyms: boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, skimmer, straw hat |
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(noun) any member of a ship's crew | Synonyms: crewman |
(noun) a serviceman in the navy | Synonyms: bluejacket, navy man, sailor boy |
sailplane | (noun) aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces | Synonyms: glider |
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(verb) fly a plane without an engine | Synonyms: soar |
sailplaning | (noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: glide, gliding, sailing, soaring |
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sainfoin | (noun) Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain | Synonyms: esparcet, holy clover, Onobrychis viciaefolia, Onobrychis viciifolia, sanfoin |
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saint | (noun) person of exceptional holiness | Synonyms: angel, holy man, holy person |
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(noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon |
(noun) a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization | - |
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: canonise, canonize |
(verb) hold sacred | Synonyms: enshrine |
sainted | (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly |
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sainthood | (noun) the status and dignity of a saint | - |
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(noun) saints collectively | - |
saintlike | (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, angelical, beatific, sainted, saintly |
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saintliness | (noun) the quality of resembling a saint | - |
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saintly | (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, angelical, beatific, sainted, saintlike |
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skysail | (noun) the sail above the royal on a square-rigger | - |
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spritsail | (noun) a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit | - |
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staysail | (noun) a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts) | - |
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topsail | (noun) a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast | - |
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unassailable | (adjective) without flaws or loopholes | Synonyms: bulletproof, ironclad, unshakable, watertight |
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(adjective) impossible to assail | Synonyms: untouchable |
(adjective) immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with | Synonyms: impregnable, inviolable, secure, strong, unattackable |
unassailably | (adverb) in an unalterable and unchangeable manner | Synonyms: immutably, unalterably, unchangeably |
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unsaid | (adjective) not made explicit | Synonyms: unexpressed, unspoken, unstated, unuttered, unverbalised, unverbalized, unvoiced |
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wassail | (noun) a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas | - |
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(verb) propose a toast to | Synonyms: drink, pledge, salute, toast |
(verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | Synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopee, racket, revel, whoop it up |
wassailer | (noun) someone who enjoys riotous drinking | Synonyms: carouser |
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(noun) someone who who drinks to the health of someone or the success of some venture | Synonyms: toaster |