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 |
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 |
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 | - |
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 |
scad | (noun) any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae | - |
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scads | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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