| astraphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of thunder and lightning | - |
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| bootstrap | (noun) a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on | - |
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| (verb) help oneself, often through improvised means | - |
| claptrap | (noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing | Synonyms: blah, bombast, fustian, rant |
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| contraption | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget |
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| contrapuntal | (adjective) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together | Synonyms: polyphonic |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint | - |
| contrapuntist | (noun) a composer who specializes in counterpoint | - |
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| deathtrap | (noun) any structure that is very unsafe; where people are likely to be killed | - |
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| entrap | (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: ensnare, snare, trammel, trap |
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| (verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap | Synonyms: ensnare, frame, set up |
| entrapment | (noun) a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials | - |
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| extrapolate | (verb) estimate the value of something based on known values | Synonyms: interpolate |
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| (verb) gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating | - |
| (verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, infer |
| extrapolation | (noun) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values | - |
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| (noun) an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations | - |
| firetrap | (noun) a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire | - |
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| flytrap | (noun) a trap for catching flies | - |
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| intrapulmonary | (adjective) being or occurring within a lung | - |
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| jockstrap | (noun) a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise | Synonyms: athletic supporter, jock, supporter, suspensor |
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| mantrap | (noun) a trap for catching trespassers | - |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| mousetrap | (noun) (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated | Synonyms: trap play |
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| (noun) a trap for catching mice | - |
| rattrap | (noun) a trap for catching rats | - |
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| (noun) filthy run-down dilapidated housing | - |
| (noun) a difficult entangling situation | - |
| satrap | (noun) a governor of a province in ancient Persia | - |
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| strap | (noun) whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging | - |
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| (noun) an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position | - |
| (noun) a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag | Synonyms: shoulder strap |
| (noun) hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it | - |
| (verb) secure (a sprained joint) with a strap | - |
| (verb) sharpen with a strap | - |
| (verb) tie with a strap | - |
| (verb) beat severely with a whip or rod | Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, trounce, welt, whip |
| strapado | (noun) a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope | Synonyms: strappado |
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| straphanger | (noun) a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support | - |
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| (noun) a commuter who uses public transportation | - |
| strapless | (adjective) having no straps | - |
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| (noun) a woman's garment that exposes the shoulders and has no shoulder straps | - |
| straplike | (adjective) long and narrow like a strap | - |
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| strapline | (noun) a secondary heading, especially one printed above another. | - |
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| strappado | (noun) a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope | Synonyms: strapado |
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| strapper | (noun) a large and strong and heavyset man | Synonyms: bruiser, bull, Samson |
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| strapping | (adjective) muscular and heavily built | Synonyms: beefy, buirdly, burly, husky |
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| suntrap | (noun) a terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds | Synonyms: solar trap |
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| tetrapod | (noun) a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages | - |
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| trap | (noun) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise | Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, lying in wait |
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| (noun) a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned | - |
| (noun) a light two-wheeled carriage | - |
| (noun) a hazard on a golf course | Synonyms: bunker, sand trap |
| (noun) a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters | - |
| (noun) drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas | - |
| (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: cakehole, gob, hole, maw, yap |
| (noun) something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares | Synonyms: snare |
| (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, snare, trammel |
| (verb) hold or catch as if in a trap | - |
| (verb) to hold fast or prevent from moving | Synonyms: immobilise, immobilize, pin |
| (verb) to sell marijuana on a street corner | - |
| (verb) place in a confining or embarrassing position | Synonyms: pin down |
| trapeze | (noun) a swing used by circus acrobats | - |
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| trapezium | (noun) the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals | Synonyms: os trapezium, trapezium bone |
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| (noun) a quadrilateral with no parallel sides | - |
| trapezius | (noun) either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms | Synonyms: cowl muscle, musculus trapezius, trapezius muscle |
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| trapezohedron | (noun) a polyhedron whose faces are trapeziums | - |
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| trapezoid | (noun) the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones | Synonyms: os trapezoideum, trapezoid bone |
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| (noun) a quadrilateral with two parallel sides | - |
| trapezoidal | (adjective) resembling a trapezoid | - |
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| trapped | (adjective) forced to turn and face attackers | Synonyms: at bay, cornered, treed |
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| trapper | (noun) someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs) | - |
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| trapping | (noun) stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse | Synonyms: caparison, housing |
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| trappings | (noun) (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel | Synonyms: furnishing |
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| trapshooter | (noun) a person who engages in shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled into the air by a trap | - |
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| trapshooting | (noun) the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird | Synonyms: skeet, skeet shooting |
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| unstrap | (verb) remove the strap or straps from | - |
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| watchstrap | (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchband, wristband |
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