aisle | (noun) passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores | Synonyms: gangway |
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(noun) part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns | - |
(noun) a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods) | - |
asleep | (adjective) in a state of sleep | - |
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(adjective) dead | Synonyms: at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone |
(adjective) lacking sensation | Synonyms: benumbed, numb |
(adverb) into a sleeping state | - |
(adverb) in the sleep of death | - |
bobsled | (noun) a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism | Synonyms: bob, bobsleigh |
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(noun) formerly two short sleds coupled together | Synonyms: bobsleigh |
(verb) ride a bobsled | Synonyms: bob |
bobsledding | (noun) riding on a bobsled | - |
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bobsleigh | (noun) a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism | Synonyms: bob, bobsled |
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(noun) formerly two short sleds coupled together | Synonyms: bobsled |
classless | (adjective) favoring social equality | Synonyms: egalitarian |
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clothesless | (adjective) possessing no clothing | Synonyms: garmentless, raimentless |
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corslet | (noun) a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece | Synonyms: corselet |
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dogsled | (noun) a sled pulled by dogs | Synonyms: dog sled, dog sleigh |
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(verb) travel with a dogsled | Synonyms: mush |
dyslectic | (adjective) having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder | Synonyms: dyslexic |
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(noun) a person who has dyslexia | Synonyms: dyslexic |
dyslexia | (noun) impaired ability to learn to read | - |
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dyslexic | (adjective) of or relating to or symptomatic of dyslexia | - |
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(adjective) having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder | Synonyms: dyslectic |
(noun) a person who has dyslexia | Synonyms: dyslectic |
electrosleep | (noun) unconsciousness brought about by the passage of a low voltage electric current through the brain | - |
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glassless | (adjective) not furnished with glass | Synonyms: unglazed |
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grassless | (adjective) lacking grass | - |
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haslet | (noun) heart and liver and other edible viscera especially of hogs; usually chopped and formed into a loaf and braised | - |
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hassle | (noun) disorderly fighting | Synonyms: dogfight, rough-and-tumble, scuffle, tussle |
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(noun) an angry disturbance | Synonyms: bother, fuss, trouble |
(verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, molest, plague, provoke |
isle | (noun) a small island | Synonyms: islet |
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islet | (noun) a small island | Synonyms: isle |
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lisle | (noun) a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton) | Synonyms: lisle thread |
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(noun) a fabric woven with lisle thread | - |
lossless | (adjective) characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy | - |
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measles | (noun) an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children | Synonyms: morbilli, rubeola |
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mislead | (verb) give false or misleading information to | Synonyms: misinform |
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(verb) lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions | Synonyms: lead astray, misdirect, misguide |
misleader | (noun) someone who leads astray (often deliberately) | - |
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misleading | (adjective) designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently | Synonyms: deceptive |
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misleadingly | (adverb) in a misleading way | Synonyms: deceivingly, deceptively |
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misleadingness | (noun) The quality of being deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression. | - |
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newsless | (adjective) not providing news or information | - |
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(adjective) not having or receiving news or information | - |
newsletter | (noun) report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group | Synonyms: newssheet |
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oversleep | (verb) sleep longer than intended | - |
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paisley | (noun) a soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes | - |
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parsley | (noun) aromatic herb with flat or crinkly leaves that are cut finely and used to garnish food | - |
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(noun) annual or perennial herb with aromatic leaves | Synonyms: Petroselinum crispum |
pussley | (noun) weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan | Synonyms: common purslane, Portulaca oleracea, pussly, verdolagas |
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shirtsleeve | (noun) the sleeve of a shirt | - |
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shirtsleeves | (noun) not wearing a jacket | - |
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sleaze | (noun) tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar | Synonyms: cheapness, tackiness, tat |
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sleaziness | (noun) a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing | Synonyms: manginess, seediness, shabbiness |
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(noun) morally dishonorable | - |
sleazy | (adjective) morally degraded | Synonyms: seamy, seedy, sordid, squalid |
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(adjective) of very poor quality; flimsy | Synonyms: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, tinny |
(adjective) of cloth; thin and loosely woven | - |
sled | (noun) a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow | Synonyms: sledge, sleigh |
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(verb) ride (on) a sled | Synonyms: sleigh |
sledder | (noun) someone who rides a sled | - |
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sledding | (noun) the sport of riding on a sled or sleigh | - |
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(noun) advancing toward a goal | Synonyms: going |
sledge | (noun) a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges | Synonyms: maul, sledgehammer |
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(noun) a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow | Synonyms: sled, sleigh |
(verb) beat with a sledgehammer | Synonyms: sledgehammer |
(verb) transport in a sleigh | - |
(verb) ride in or travel with a sledge | - |
sledgehammer | (noun) a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges | Synonyms: maul, sledge |
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(verb) beat with a sledgehammer | Synonyms: sledge |
sleek | (adjective) having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk | Synonyms: satiny, silken, silklike, silky, slick |
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(adjective) well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed | - |
(adjective) designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow | Synonyms: aerodynamic, flowing, streamlined |
(verb) make slick or smooth | Synonyms: slick |
sleekly | (adverb) in a sleek glossy manner | - |
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sleekness | (noun) the smooth feel of silk fabric | Synonyms: silkiness |
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(noun) the quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored | - |
sleep | (noun) a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended | Synonyms: slumber |
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(noun) euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) | Synonyms: eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, rest |
(noun) a torpid state resembling deep sleep | Synonyms: sopor |
(noun) a period of time spent sleeping | Synonyms: nap |
(verb) be asleep | Synonyms: catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, slumber |
(verb) be able to accommodate for sleeping | - |
sleeper | (noun) an unexpected hit | - |
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(noun) tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water | Synonyms: sleeper goby |
(noun) a passenger car that has berths for sleeping | Synonyms: sleeping car, wagon-lit |
(noun) one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track | Synonyms: crosstie, railroad tie, tie |
(noun) a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed | - |
(noun) pajamas with feet; worn by children | - |
(noun) a rester who is sleeping | Synonyms: slumberer |
(noun) an unexpected achiever of success | - |
(noun) a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal | - |
sleepily | (adverb) in a sleepy manner | - |
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sleepiness | (noun) a very sleepy state | Synonyms: drowsiness, somnolence |
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sleeping | (adjective) lying with head on paws as if sleeping | Synonyms: dormant |
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(noun) the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate | - |
(noun) quiet and inactive restfulness | Synonyms: dormancy, quiescence, quiescency |
(noun) the state of being asleep | - |
sleepless | (adjective) always watchful | Synonyms: lidless |
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(adjective) experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness | Synonyms: insomniac, watchful |
sleeplessly | (adverb) without sleep; in a sleepless manner | - |
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sleeplessness | (noun) a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep | Synonyms: wakefulness |
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sleepover | (noun) an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children) | - |
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sleepwalk | (verb) walk in one's sleep | Synonyms: somnambulate |
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sleepwalker | (noun) someone who walks about in their sleep | Synonyms: noctambulist, somnambulist |
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sleepwalking | (noun) walking by a person who is asleep | Synonyms: noctambulation, noctambulism, somnambulation, somnambulism |
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sleepwear | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightclothes, nightwear |
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sleepy | (adjective) ready to fall asleep | Synonyms: sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded |
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sleepyhead | (noun) a sleepy person | - |
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sleepyheaded | (adjective) ready to fall asleep | Synonyms: sleepy-eyed, sleepy |
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sleet | (noun) partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow) | - |
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(verb) precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow | - |
sleety | (adjective) consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain | - |
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sleeve | (noun) the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm | Synonyms: arm |
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(noun) small case into which an object fits | - |
sleeved | (adjective) made with sleeves or sleeves especially as specified; often used in combination | - |
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sleeveless | (adjective) having no sleeves | - |
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(adjective) unproductive of success | Synonyms: bootless, fruitless, futile, vain |
sleigh | (noun) a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow | Synonyms: sled, sledge |
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(verb) ride (on) a sled | Synonyms: sled |
sleight | (noun) adroitness in using the hands | Synonyms: dexterity, manual dexterity |
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slender | (adjective) very narrow | Synonyms: thin |
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(adjective) small in quantity | Synonyms: slim |
(adjective) having little width in proportion to the length or height | - |
(adjective) being of delicate or slender build | Synonyms: slight, slim, svelte |
slenderise | (verb) make slender or appear to be slender | Synonyms: slenderize |
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slenderize | (verb) take off weight | Synonyms: melt off, reduce, slim, slim down, thin |
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(verb) make slender or appear to be slender | Synonyms: slenderise |
slenderly | (adverb) in a slim or slender manner | Synonyms: slightly, slimly |
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(adverb) to a meager degree or in a meager manner | Synonyms: meagerly, meagrely, sparingly |
slenderness | (noun) the quality of being slight or inadequate | - |
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(noun) the property of an attractively thin person | Synonyms: slightness, slimness |
(noun) relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width | Synonyms: tenuity, thinness |
sleuth | (noun) a detective who follows a trail | Synonyms: sleuthhound |
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(verb) watch, observe, or inquire secretly | Synonyms: snoop, spy, stag |
sleuthhound | (noun) a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking | Synonyms: bloodhound |
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(noun) a detective who follows a trail | Synonyms: sleuth |
sleuthing | (noun) a police investigation to determine the perpetrator | Synonyms: detecting, detection, detective work |
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slew | (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
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(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly | Synonyms: curve, cut, sheer, slue, swerve, trend, veer |
(verb) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: skid, slide, slip, slue |
slews | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, stacks, tons, wads |
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teasle | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts | Synonyms: teasel, teazel |
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tousle | (verb) disarrange or rumple; dishevel | Synonyms: dishevel, tangle |
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tousled | (adjective) in disarray; extremely disorderly | Synonyms: disheveled, dishevelled, frowzled, rumpled |
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tussle | (noun) disorderly fighting | Synonyms: dogfight, hassle, rough-and-tumble, scuffle |
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(verb) make messy or untidy | Synonyms: muss |
(verb) fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters | Synonyms: scuffle |
unsleeping | (adjective) fully awake | Synonyms: wide-awake |
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