| ambuscade | (noun) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise | Synonyms: ambush, lying in wait, trap |
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| (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay |
| ascariasis | (noun) infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms | - |
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| backscatter | (verb) scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes | - |
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| bathyscape | (noun) navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration | Synonyms: bathyscaph, bathyscaphe |
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| bathyscaph | (noun) navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration | Synonyms: bathyscape, bathyscaphe |
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| bathyscaphe | (noun) navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration | Synonyms: bathyscape, bathyscaph |
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| cascabel | (noun) a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh | Synonyms: sleigh bell |
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| cascade | (noun) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower | Synonyms: shower |
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| (noun) a succession of stages or operations or processes or units | - |
| (noun) a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls | - |
| (verb) arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible | - |
| (verb) rush down in big quantities, like a cascade | Synonyms: cascade down |
| cascara | (noun) dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative | Synonyms: cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark |
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| cascarilla | (noun) West Indian shrub with aromatic bark | Synonyms: Croton eluteria |
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| cityscape | (noun) painting depicting a city or urban area | - |
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| (noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area | - |
| confiscate | (adjective) surrendered as a penalty | Synonyms: forfeit, forfeited |
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| (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, impound, seize, sequester |
| confiscation | (noun) seizure by the government | Synonyms: arrogation |
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| coruscant | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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| coruscate | (verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity | Synonyms: scintillate, sparkle |
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| (verb) reflect brightly | Synonyms: scintillate, sparkle |
| coruscation | (noun) a sudden or striking display of brilliance | - |
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| (noun) the occurrence of a small flash or spark | Synonyms: glitter, sparkle |
| descale | (verb) remove the scales from | Synonyms: scale |
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| descant | (noun) a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody | Synonyms: discant |
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| (verb) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling | Synonyms: warble, yodel |
| (verb) talk at great length about something of one's interest | - |
| (verb) sing in descant | - |
| discalceate | (adjective) (used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals | Synonyms: discalced, unshod |
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| discalced | (adjective) (used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals | Synonyms: discalceate, unshod |
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| discant | (noun) a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody | Synonyms: descant |
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| discard | (noun) getting rid of something that is regarded as useless or undesirable | Synonyms: throwing away |
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| (noun) (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit | - |
| (noun) anything that is cast aside or discarded | - |
| (verb) throw or cast away | Synonyms: cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out |
| discarded | (adjective) thrown away | Synonyms: cast-off, throwaway, thrown-away |
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| discase | (verb) get undressed | Synonyms: disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress |
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| downscale | (adjective) intended for people with low incomes | - |
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| dyscalculia | (noun) impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics | - |
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| escadrille | (noun) an air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I) | - |
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| (noun) a small squadron | - |
| escalade | (noun) an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) | - |
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| (verb) climb up and over | - |
| escalader | (noun) someone who gains access by the use of ladders | - |
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| escalate | (verb) increase in extent or intensity | Synonyms: intensify, step up |
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| escalation | (noun) an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy | - |
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| escalator | (noun) a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt | Synonyms: moving staircase, moving stairway |
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| (noun) a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index) | Synonyms: escalator clause |
| escallop | (noun) edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions | Synonyms: scallop, scollop |
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| (noun) edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces | Synonyms: scallop, scollop |
| (noun) thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled | Synonyms: cutlet, scallop, scollop |
| (verb) bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top | Synonyms: scallop |
| escapade | (noun) any carefree episode | Synonyms: lark |
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| (noun) a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) | Synonyms: adventure, dangerous undertaking, risky venture |
| escape | (noun) the act of escaping physically | Synonyms: flight |
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| (noun) nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Synonyms: dodging, evasion |
| (noun) an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy | Synonyms: escapism |
| (noun) an avoidance of danger or difficulty | - |
| (noun) a means or way of escaping | - |
| (noun) a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level | Synonyms: escape cock, escape valve, relief valve, safety valve |
| (noun) the discharge of a fluid from some container | Synonyms: leak, leakage, outflow |
| (noun) a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild | - |
| (verb) issue or leak, as from a small opening | - |
| (verb) fail to experience | Synonyms: miss |
| (verb) escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action | Synonyms: get away, get by, get off, get out |
| (verb) run away from confinement | Synonyms: break loose, get away |
| (verb) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | Synonyms: break away, bunk, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail |
| (verb) remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion | Synonyms: get away |
| (verb) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by | Synonyms: elude |
| escaped | (adjective) having escaped, especially from confinement | Synonyms: at large, loose, on the loose |
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| escapee | (noun) someone who escapes | - |
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| escapement | (noun) mechanical device that regulates movement | - |
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| escapism | (noun) an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy | Synonyms: escape |
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| escapist | (noun) a person who escapes into a world of fantasy | Synonyms: dreamer, wishful thinker |
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| escapologist | (noun) an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping | Synonyms: escape expert |
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| escapology | (noun) the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment) | - |
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| escargot | (noun) edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic | Synonyms: snail |
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| escarole | (noun) variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges | Synonyms: chicory escarole, endive |
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| escarp | (noun) a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification | Synonyms: escarpment, protective embankment, scarp |
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| escarpment | (noun) a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification | Synonyms: escarp, protective embankment, scarp |
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| (noun) a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion | Synonyms: scarp |
| fiscal | (adjective) involving financial matters | Synonyms: financial |
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| fiscally | (adverb) in financial matters | Synonyms: in fiscal matters |
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| foolscap | (noun) a size of paper used especially in Britain | - |
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| headscarf | (noun) a kerchief worn over the head and tied under the chin | - |
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| inescapable | (adjective) impossible to avoid or evade | Synonyms: ineluctable, unavoidable |
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| inescapably | (adverb) by necessity | Synonyms: ineluctably, inevitably, unavoidably |
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| infuscate | (verb) darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings | - |
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| landscape | (noun) a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery | Synonyms: landscape painting |
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| (noun) painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery | - |
| (noun) an extensive mental viewpoint | - |
| (noun) an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view | - |
| (verb) do landscape gardening | - |
| (verb) embellish with plants | - |
| landscaped | (adjective) (of land) improved by gardening or landscape architecture | - |
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| landscaper | (noun) someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively | Synonyms: landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscapist |
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| landscaping | (noun) working as a landscape gardener | Synonyms: landscape gardening |
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| (noun) a garden laid out for esthetic effect | - |
| landscapist | (noun) someone who paints landscapes | - |
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| (noun) someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively | Synonyms: landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscaper |
| lascar | (noun) an East Indian sailor | - |
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| lemniscate | (noun) any of several plane algebraic curves in the shape of a figure eight | - |
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| marasca | (noun) Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur | Synonyms: marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca |
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| (noun) small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made | - |
| mascara | (noun) makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes | - |
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| mascarpone | (noun) soft mild Italian cream cheese | - |
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| mescal | (noun) a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant) | - |
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| (noun) a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons | Synonyms: Lophophora williamsii, mezcal, peyote |
| mescaline | (noun) the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons | Synonyms: peyote |
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| miscalculate | (verb) calculate incorrectly | Synonyms: misestimate |
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| (verb) to reckon wrongly | Synonyms: misestimate |
| miscalculation | (noun) a mistake in calculating | Synonyms: misestimation, misreckoning |
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| miscall | (verb) assign in incorrect name to | Synonyms: misname |
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| miscarriage | (noun) a natural loss of the products of conception | Synonyms: spontaneous abortion, stillbirth |
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| (noun) failure of a plan | Synonyms: abortion |
| miscarry | (verb) suffer a miscarriage | - |
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| (verb) be unsuccessful | Synonyms: fail, go wrong |
| miscast | (verb) cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role | - |
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| muscadel | (noun) wine from muscat grapes | Synonyms: muscadelle, muscat, muscatel |
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| muscadelle | (noun) wine from muscat grapes | Synonyms: muscadel, muscat, muscatel |
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| muscadine | (noun) dull-purple grape of southern United States | Synonyms: bullace grape |
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| (noun) native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties | Synonyms: Vitis rotundifolia |
| muscat | (noun) sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine | Synonyms: muscat grape, muscatel |
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| (noun) wine from muscat grapes | Synonyms: muscadel, muscadelle, muscatel |
| (noun) any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes | Synonyms: muskat |
| muscatel | (noun) sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine | Synonyms: muscat, muscat grape |
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| (noun) wine from muscat grapes | Synonyms: muscadel, muscadelle, muscat |
| newscast | (noun) a broadcast of news or commentary on the news | - |
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| newscaster | (noun) someone who broadcasts the news | - |
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| obfuscate | (verb) make obscure or unclear | - |
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| obfuscation | (noun) the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered | Synonyms: mystification |
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| (noun) darkening or obscuring the sight of something | - |
| (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, puzzlement |
| pascal | (noun) a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter | Synonyms: Pa |
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| piscary | (noun) a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold | Synonyms: fishery |
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| piscatorial | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing | Synonyms: piscatory |
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| piscatory | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing | Synonyms: piscatorial |
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| rapscallion | (noun) one who is playfully mischievous | Synonyms: imp, monkey, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp |
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| (noun) a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel | Synonyms: knave, rascal, rogue, scalawag, scallywag, varlet |
| rascal | (noun) one who is playfully mischievous | Synonyms: imp, monkey, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, scamp |
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| (noun) a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel | Synonyms: knave, rapscallion, rogue, scalawag, scallywag, varlet |
| rascality | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, mischievousness, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan |
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| (noun) the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks | Synonyms: prankishness, roguishness |
| (noun) the quality of being a slippery rascal | Synonyms: shiftiness, slipperiness, trickiness |
| rascally | (adjective) lacking principles or scruples | Synonyms: blackguardly, roguish, scoundrelly |
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| (adjective) playful in an appealingly bold way | Synonyms: devilish, roguish |
| requiescat | (noun) a prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person | - |
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| rescale | (verb) establish on a new scale | - |
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| scab | (noun) the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion | - |
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| (noun) someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike | Synonyms: blackleg, rat, strikebreaker |
| (verb) form a scab | - |
| (verb) take the place of work of someone on strike | Synonyms: blackleg, fink, rat |
| scabbard | (noun) a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet | - |
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| scabby | (adjective) covered with scabs | - |
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| scabicide | (noun) a drug that destroys the itch mite that causes scabies | - |
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| scabies | (noun) a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation | Synonyms: itch |
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| scabiosa | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa | Synonyms: scabious |
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| scabious | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa | Synonyms: scabiosa |
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| scablands | (noun) (geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington) | - |
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| scabrous | (adjective) dealing with salacious or indecent material | - |
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| (adjective) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf | Synonyms: lepidote, leprose, scaly, scurfy |
| scad | (noun) any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae | - |
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