substitute | (adjective) artificial and inferior | Synonyms: ersatz |
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(adjective) serving or used in place of another | Synonyms: alternate, alternative |
(adjective) capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team | Synonyms: utility |
(noun) a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another | Synonyms: replacement |
(noun) someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) | Synonyms: backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in |
(noun) an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced | Synonyms: reserve, second-stringer |
(verb) put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items | Synonyms: exchange, interchange, replace |
(verb) be a substitute | Synonyms: fill in, stand in, sub |
(verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, deputize, step in |
substituting | (noun) working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence | Synonyms: subbing |
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substitution | (noun) the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: | Synonyms: commutation, exchange |
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(noun) an event in which one thing is substituted for another | Synonyms: permutation, replacement, switch, transposition |
subtitle | (noun) secondary or explanatory title | - |
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(noun) translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen | Synonyms: caption |
(verb) supply (a movie) with subtitles | - |
superstition | (noun) an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear | Synonyms: superstitious notion |
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superstitious | (adjective) showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance | - |
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superstitiously | (adverb) in a superstitious manner | - |
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supertitle | (noun) translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage | Synonyms: surtitle |
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supposititious | (adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence | Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious |
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surreptitious | (adjective) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed | Synonyms: furtive, sneak, sneaky, stealthy |
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(adjective) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | Synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, undercover, underground |
surreptitiously | (adverb) in a surreptitious manner | Synonyms: sneakily |
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surtitle | (noun) translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage | Synonyms: supertitle |
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tektite | (noun) thought to derive from meteorites | - |
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thortveitite | (noun) a mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate; a source of scandium | - |
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tit | (noun) small insectivorous birds | Synonyms: titmouse |
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(noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | Synonyms: boob, bosom, breast, knocker, titty |
(noun) the small projection of a mammary gland | Synonyms: mamilla, mammilla, nipple, pap, teat |
titan | (noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation | Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, giant, heavyweight |
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titania | (noun) a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability | Synonyms: titanic oxide, titanium dioxide, titanium oxide |
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titanic | (adjective) of great force or power | - |
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titanium | (noun) a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite | Synonyms: atomic number 22, Ti |
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titanosaur | (noun) amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the Southern Hemisphere | Synonyms: titanosaurian |
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titanosaurian | (noun) amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the Southern Hemisphere | Synonyms: titanosaur |
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titbit | (noun) a small tasty bit of food | Synonyms: choice morsel, tidbit |
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titer | (noun) the concentration of a solution as determined by titration | Synonyms: titre |
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titfer | (noun) a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat') | - |
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tithe | (noun) an offering of a tenth part of some personal income | - |
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(noun) a levy of one tenth of something | - |
(verb) levy a tithe on (produce or a crop) | - |
(verb) exact a tithe from | - |
(verb) pay a tenth of one's income; pay one tenth of, especially to the church | - |
tither | (noun) someone who pays tithes | - |
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tithonia | (noun) any plant of the genus Tithonia; tall coarse herbs or shrubs of Mexico to Panama having large flower heads resembling sunflowers with yellow disc florets and golden-yellow to orange-scarlet rays | Synonyms: Mexican sunflower |
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titi | (noun) small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail | Synonyms: titi monkey |
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(noun) tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers | Synonyms: buckwheat tree, Cliftonia monophylla |
(noun) deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves | Synonyms: Oxydendrum arboreum, sorrel tree, sourwood |
titillate | (verb) excite pleasurably or erotically | - |
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(verb) touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements | Synonyms: tickle, vellicate |
titillated | (adjective) feeling mild pleasurable excitement | Synonyms: teased |
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titillating | (adjective) giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing | Synonyms: erotic |
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(adjective) pleasantly and superficially exciting | - |
(adjective) exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements | Synonyms: tickling, tingling |
titillation | (noun) the act of tickling | Synonyms: tickle, tickling |
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(noun) an agreeable arousal | - |
(noun) a tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling) | - |
titivate | (verb) make neat, smart, or trim | Synonyms: slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, tittivate |
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titivation | (noun) sprucing up; making decorative additions to | Synonyms: tittivation |
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titlark | (noun) a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage | Synonyms: lark, pipit |
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title | (noun) an established or recognized right | Synonyms: claim |
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(noun) an informal right to something | Synonyms: claim |
(noun) the name of a work of art or literary composition etc. | - |
(noun) a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work | - |
(noun) an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General' | Synonyms: form of address, title of respect |
(noun) an appellation signifying nobility | - |
(noun) a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it | Synonyms: deed, deed of conveyance |
(noun) a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with | Synonyms: rubric, statute title |
(noun) (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action | - |
(noun) the status of being a champion | Synonyms: championship |
(verb) give a title to | Synonyms: entitle |
(verb) designate by an identifying term | Synonyms: style |
titled | (adjective) belonging to the peerage | Synonyms: coroneted, highborn |
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titmouse | (noun) small insectivorous birds | Synonyms: tit |
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titrate | (verb) measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration | - |
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titration | (noun) a measured amount of a solution of unknown concentration is added to a known volume of a second solution until the reaction between them is just complete; the concentration of the unknown solution (the titer) can then be calculated | - |
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titrator | (noun) an apparatus for performing a titration | - |
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titre | (noun) the concentration of a solution as determined by titration | Synonyms: titer |
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titter | (noun) a nervous restrained laugh | - |
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(verb) laugh nervously | Synonyms: giggle |
titterer | (noun) a person who laughs nervously | Synonyms: giggler |
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tittering | (adjective) being or sounding of nervous or suppressed laughter | Synonyms: thoriated |
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tittivate | (verb) make neat, smart, or trim | Synonyms: slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, titivate |
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tittivation | (noun) sprucing up; making decorative additions to | Synonyms: titivation |
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tittle | (noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | Synonyms: iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, whit |
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tittup | (verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | Synonyms: cock, prance, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger |
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titty | (noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | Synonyms: boob, bosom, breast, knocker, tit |
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titular | (adjective) of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility | - |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to the title of a work of art | - |
(adjective) of or bearing a title signifying status or function | - |
(adjective) of or relating to a legal title to something | Synonyms: titulary |
(adjective) existing in name only | Synonyms: nominal |
titulary | (adjective) of or relating to a legal title to something | Synonyms: titular |
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tomtit | (noun) widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head | Synonyms: blue tit, Parus caeruleus |
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tralatitious | (adjective) having been passed along from generation to generation | Synonyms: handed-down |
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transvestite | (adjective) receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex | Synonyms: transvestic |
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(noun) someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex | Synonyms: cross-dresser |
transvestitism | (noun) the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex | Synonyms: cross dressing, transvestism |
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tripartite | (adjective) involving three parties or elements | Synonyms: three-party, three-way |
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uncompetitive | (adjective) not inclined to compete | - |
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uncompetitiveness | (noun) The quality of not being good enough to compete successfully with others. | - |
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unconstitutional | (adjective) not consistent with or according to a constitution; contrary to the U.S. Constitution | - |
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unconstitutionality | (noun) The status of being unconstitutional; of not being in accord with the provisions of the appropriate constitution. | - |
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unconstitutionally | (adverb) in an unconstitutional manner | - |
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unentitled | (adjective) having no right or entitlement | Synonyms: unqualified |
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unpartitioned | (adjective) not divided by partitions | - |
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untitled | (adjective) not of the nobility | Synonyms: ignoble, ungentle |
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vestiture | (noun) an archaic term for clothing | - |
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whipstitch | (noun) a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally | Synonyms: whipping, whipstitching |
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whipstitching | (noun) a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally | Synonyms: whipping, whipstitch |
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