airscrew | (noun) a propeller that rotates to push against air | Synonyms: airplane propeller, prop |
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corkscrew | (noun) a bottle opener that pulls corks | Synonyms: bottle screw |
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(verb) move in a spiral or zigzag course | Synonyms: spiral |
discredit | (noun) the state of being held in low esteem | Synonyms: disrepute |
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(verb) reject as false; refuse to accept | Synonyms: disbelieve |
(verb) cause to be distrusted or disbelieved | - |
(verb) damage the reputation of | Synonyms: disgrace |
discreditable | (adjective) tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy | - |
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discreditably | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: disgracefully, dishonorably, dishonourably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully |
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discredited | (adjective) suffering shame | Synonyms: disgraced, dishonored, shamed |
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(adjective) being unjustly brought into disrepute | Synonyms: damaged |
discreet | (adjective) marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint | - |
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(adjective) heedful of potential consequences | Synonyms: circumspect |
(adjective) unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic | Synonyms: discerning |
discreetly | (adverb) with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint | - |
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discreetness | (noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation | Synonyms: delicacy, diplomacy, finesse |
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(noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: circumspection, discretion, prudence |
discrepancy | (noun) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions | Synonyms: disagreement, divergence, variance |
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(noun) an event that departs from expectations | Synonyms: variance, variant |
discrepant | (adjective) not in accord | Synonyms: at variance, dissonant |
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(adjective) not in agreement | Synonyms: inconsistent |
(adjective) not compatible with other facts | Synonyms: incompatible |
discrete | (adjective) constituting a separate entity or part | Synonyms: distinct |
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discreteness | (noun) the state of being several and distinct | Synonyms: distinctness, separateness, severalty |
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discretion | (noun) the trait of judging wisely and objectively | Synonyms: discernment |
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(noun) the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies | Synonyms: free will |
(noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: circumspection, discreetness, prudence |
(noun) refined taste; tact | Synonyms: delicacy |
(noun) freedom to act or judge on one's own | - |
discretional | (adjective) having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment | Synonyms: discretionary |
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discretionary | (adjective) having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment | Synonyms: discretional |
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(adjective) (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed | - |
indiscreet | (adjective) lacking discretion; injudicious | - |
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indiscreetly | (adverb) without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint | - |
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indiscreetness | (noun) lacking good judgment | Synonyms: injudiciousness |
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indiscrete | (adjective) not divided or divisible into parts | - |
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indiscretion | (noun) a petty misdeed | Synonyms: peccadillo |
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(noun) the trait of being injudicious | Synonyms: injudiciousness |
jackscrew | (noun) screw-operated jack | Synonyms: screw jack |
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miscreant | (noun) a person without moral scruples | Synonyms: reprobate |
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miscreate | (verb) shape or form or make badly | - |
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miscreation | (noun) something abnormal or anomalous | Synonyms: malformation |
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screak | (verb) utter a harsh abrupt scream | Synonyms: screech, skreak, skreigh, squawk |
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(verb) make a high-pitched, screeching noise | Synonyms: creak, screech, skreak, squeak, whine |
screakily | (adverb) in a creaky manner | Synonyms: creakily, creakingly |
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screaky | (adjective) having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | Synonyms: screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing |
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(adjective) having a rasping or grating sound | Synonyms: creaky |
scream | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: screaming, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
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(noun) a joke that seems extremely funny | Synonyms: belly laugh, howler, riot, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow |
(noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: screaming, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
(verb) utter a sudden loud cry | Synonyms: call, cry, holler, hollo, shout, shout out, squall, yell |
(verb) utter or declare in a very loud voice | Synonyms: yell |
(verb) make a loud, piercing sound | - |
screamer | (noun) a very hard hit ball | Synonyms: scorcher |
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(noun) gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call | - |
(noun) a sensational newspaper headline | - |
(noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, bellower, roarer, screecher, shouter, yeller |
screaming | (adjective) marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter | Synonyms: hilarious, uproarious |
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(adjective) so extremely intense as to evoke screams | - |
(adjective) resembling a scream in effect | - |
(noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
(noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
screamingly | (adverb) funny to the point where screams of laughter are excited | - |
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scree | (noun) a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff | Synonyms: talus |
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screech | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
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(noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
(verb) utter a harsh abrupt scream | Synonyms: screak, skreak, skreigh, squawk |
(verb) make a high-pitched, screeching noise | Synonyms: creak, screak, skreak, squeak, whine |
screecher | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, bellower, roarer, screamer, shouter, yeller |
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screeching | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, shriek, shrieking |
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(noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, shriek, shrieking |
screechy | (adjective) having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | Synonyms: screaky, squeaking, squeaky, squealing |
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screed | (noun) an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete | - |
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(noun) a long piece of writing | - |
(noun) a long monotonous harangue | - |
screen | (noun) a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame | - |
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(noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | Synonyms: concealment, cover, covert |
(noun) a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles | Synonyms: sieve |
(noun) partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space | - |
(noun) a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight | Synonyms: blind |
(noun) the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube | Synonyms: CRT screen |
(noun) a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing | Synonyms: projection screen, silver screen |
(noun) the personnel of the film industry | Synonyms: filmdom, screenland |
(verb) examine methodically | - |
(verb) protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm | Synonyms: shield |
(verb) prevent from entering | Synonyms: block out |
(verb) separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff | Synonyms: riddle |
(verb) project onto a screen for viewing | - |
(verb) examine in order to test suitability | Synonyms: screen out, sieve, sort |
(verb) test or examine for the presence of disease or infection | Synonyms: test |
screener | (noun) a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint | - |
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screening | (noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: cover, covering, masking |
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(noun) testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics | - |
(noun) fabric of metal or plastic mesh | - |
(noun) the display of a motion picture | Synonyms: showing, viewing |
screenland | (noun) the personnel of the film industry | Synonyms: filmdom, screen |
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screenplay | (noun) a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets | - |
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screenshot | (verb) to capture an image from a computer's display | - |
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screenwriter | (noun) someone who writes screenplays | Synonyms: film writer |
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screw | (noun) slang for sexual intercourse | Synonyms: ass, fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screwing, shag, shtup |
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(noun) a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head | - |
(noun) a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air | Synonyms: screw propeller |
(noun) a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole | - |
(noun) someone who guards prisoners | Synonyms: gaoler, jailer, jailor, prison guard, turnkey |
(verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | Synonyms: cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, shaft |
(verb) tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions | - |
(verb) cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion | Synonyms: drive in |
(verb) turn like a screw | - |
(verb) have sexual intercourse with | Synonyms: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, sleep together, sleep with |
screwball | (adjective) foolish; totally unsound | Synonyms: crazy, half-baked, softheaded |
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(noun) a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown | - |
(noun) a whimsically eccentric person | Synonyms: crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case |
screwballer | (noun) (baseball) a pitcher who throws screwballs | - |
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screwbean | (noun) shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods | Synonyms: Prosopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean mesquite, tornillo |
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screwdriver | (noun) a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw | - |
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(noun) a cocktail made with vodka and orange juice | - |
screwing | (noun) slang for sexual intercourse | Synonyms: ass, fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screw, shag, shtup |
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screwtop | (noun) the top of a container that must be screwed off and on | - |
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screwup | (noun) the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation | - |
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screwy | (adjective) not behaving normally | Synonyms: screw-loose |
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setscrew | (noun) a screw (often without a head) that fits into the boss or hub of a wheel or cam etc. and prevents motion of the part relative to the shaft on which it is mounted | - |
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(noun) a screw that is used to adjust the tension on a spring | - |
silkscreen | (noun) a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil | Synonyms: serigraph, silk screen print |
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(verb) print by silkscreen | - |
smokescreen | (noun) an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure | Synonyms: smoke screen |
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(noun) (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements | Synonyms: smoke screen |
sunscreen | (noun) a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn | Synonyms: sun blocker, sunblock |
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thumbscrew | (noun) screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers | - |
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(noun) instrument of torture that crushes the thumb | - |
touchscreen | (noun) a computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screen | Synonyms: touch screen |
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unscrew | (verb) loosen something by unscrewing it | - |
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(verb) loosen by turning | - |
windscreen | (noun) transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle | Synonyms: windshield |
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woodscrew | (noun) a metal screw that tapers to a point so that it can be driven into wood with a screwdriver | - |
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