| afters | (noun) a dish served as the last course of a meal | Synonyms: dessert, sweet |
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| aftersensation | (noun) an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased | Synonyms: afterimage |
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| aftershaft | (noun) a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds | - |
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| aftershafted | (adjective) having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers) | - |
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| aftershock | (noun) a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake | - |
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| balusters | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balustrade, banister, bannister, handrail |
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| bitters | (noun) alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots | - |
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| bittersweet | (adjective) tinged with sadness | - |
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| (adjective) having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness | Synonyms: semisweet |
| (noun) twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds | Synonyms: American bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork |
| (noun) poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America | Synonyms: bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, Solanum dulcamara, woody nightshade |
| butterscotch | (noun) a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar | - |
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| countershot | (noun) a return shot; a retaliatory shot | - |
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| countersign | (noun) a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed | Synonyms: countersignature |
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| (noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: parole, password, watchword, word |
| (verb) add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity | - |
| countersignature | (noun) a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed | Synonyms: countersign |
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| countersink | (noun) a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole | Synonyms: counterbore, countersink bit |
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| (noun) a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface | - |
| (verb) insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) | Synonyms: set |
| counterspy | (noun) a spy who works against enemy espionage | Synonyms: mole |
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| counterstain | (noun) a stain of contrasting color that is used when the principal stain does not show the structure clearly | - |
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| counterstrike | (verb) make a counterattack | Synonyms: counterattack |
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| countersubversion | (noun) the aspect of counterintelligence designed to detect and prevent subversive activities | - |
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| countersuit | (noun) a suit brought against someone who has sued you | - |
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| detersive | (adjective) having cleansing power | Synonyms: detergent |
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| guttersnipe | (noun) a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas | Synonyms: street urchin |
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| headmastership | (noun) the position of headmaster | - |
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| headquarters | (noun) the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command | Synonyms: HQ, military headquarters |
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| (noun) (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise | Synonyms: central office, home base, home office, main office |
| (noun) (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff | - |
| hindquarters | (noun) the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks | Synonyms: croup, croupe, rump |
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| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
| hipsters | (noun) a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music | Synonyms: flower people, hippies |
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| interscholastic | (adjective) used of competition or cooperation between secondary schools | Synonyms: interschool |
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| interschool | (adjective) used of competition or cooperation between secondary schools | Synonyms: interscholastic |
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| intersect | (verb) meet at a point | Synonyms: cross |
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| intersectant | (adjective) crossed or intersected in the form of an X | Synonyms: decussate, intersecting |
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| intersecting | (adjective) crossed or intersected in the form of an X | Synonyms: decussate, intersectant |
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| intersection | (noun) the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path) | - |
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| (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway |
| (noun) a point where lines intersect | Synonyms: intersection point, point of intersection |
| (noun) a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena | Synonyms: convergence, overlap |
| (noun) the set of elements common to two or more sets | Synonyms: Cartesian product, product |
| (noun) a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations | - |
| intersex | (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite |
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| intersexual | (adjective) having sexual characteristics intermediate between those of male and female | - |
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| (adjective) existing or occurring between the sexes | - |
| interspecies | (adjective) arising or occurring between species | Synonyms: interspecific |
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| interspecific | (adjective) arising or occurring between species | Synonyms: interspecies |
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| interspersal | (noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things | Synonyms: interspersion |
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| intersperse | (verb) introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions | Synonyms: interlard |
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| (verb) place at intervals in or among | - |
| interspersion | (noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things | Synonyms: interspersal |
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| interstate | (adjective) involving and relating to the mutual relations of states especially of the United States | - |
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| (noun) one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States | Synonyms: interstate highway |
| interstellar | (adjective) between or among stars | - |
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| interstice | (noun) small opening between things | - |
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| (noun) a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ | - |
| interstitial | (adjective) of or relating to interstices | - |
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| interstratify | (verb) arrange rocks in alternating strata | - |
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| jitters | (noun) extreme nervousness | Synonyms: heebie-jeebies, screaming meemies |
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| letters | (noun) the literary culture | - |
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| (noun) scholarly attainment | - |
| mastership | (noun) the position of master | - |
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| (noun) the skill of a master | - |
| masterstroke | (noun) an achievement demonstrating great skill or mastery | - |
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| meterstick | (noun) a rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters) | Synonyms: metrestick |
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| nonintersecting | (adjective) (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing | Synonyms: nonconvergent |
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| quarters | (noun) housing available for people to live in | Synonyms: living quarters |
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| quarterstaff | (noun) a long stout staff used as a weapon | - |
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| scattershot | (adjective) covering a wide range in a haphazard way | - |
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| sistership | (noun) an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest | Synonyms: sisterhood |
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| (noun) the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings | Synonyms: sisterhood |
| splinters | (noun) wood in small pieces or splinters | Synonyms: matchwood |
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| summercaters | (noun) (Maine colloquial) temporary summer residents of coastal Maine | - |
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| terse | (adjective) brief and to the point; effectively cut short | Synonyms: crisp, curt, laconic |
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| tersely | (adverb) in a short and concise manner | Synonyms: telegraphically |
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| terseness | (noun) a neatly short and concise expressive style | - |
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| waters | (noun) the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion | Synonyms: amnionic fluid, amniotic fluid |
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| waterscape | (noun) a painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape) | Synonyms: seascape |
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| watershed | (noun) an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend | Synonyms: landmark, turning point |
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| (noun) a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems | Synonyms: divide, water parting |
| (noun) the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet | Synonyms: basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin |
| waterside | (noun) land bordering a body of water | - |
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| waterskin | (noun) a container of skin for holding water | Synonyms: water skin |
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| waterspout | (noun) a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof) | - |
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| (noun) a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist | - |
| (noun) a heavy rain | Synonyms: cloudburst, deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent |