| airstream | (noun) a relatively well-defined prevailing wind | - |
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| (noun) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | Synonyms: backwash, race, slipstream, wash |
| bloodstream | (noun) the blood flowing through the circulatory system | Synonyms: blood stream |
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| downstream | (adjective) in the direction of a stream's current | - |
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| (adverb) away from the source or with the current | Synonyms: downriver |
| entreat | (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, press |
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| entreatingly | (adverb) in a beseeching manner | Synonyms: beseechingly, imploringly, importunately, pleadingly |
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| entreaty | (noun) earnest or urgent request | Synonyms: appeal, prayer |
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| hairstreak | (noun) small butterflies having striped markings under the wings | Synonyms: hairstreak butterfly |
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| headstream | (noun) a stream that forms the source of a river | - |
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| mainstream | (noun) the prevailing current of thought | - |
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| mainstreamed | (adjective) (of the handicapped) placed in regular school classes | - |
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| maltreat | (verb) treat badly | Synonyms: abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, mistreat, step |
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| maltreated | (adjective) subjected to cruel treatment | Synonyms: abused, ill-treated, mistreated |
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| maltreater | (noun) someone who abuses | Synonyms: abuser |
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| maltreatment | (noun) cruel or inhumane treatment | Synonyms: abuse, ill-treatment, ill-usage |
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| midstream | (noun) the middle of a stream | - |
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| mistreat | (verb) treat badly | Synonyms: abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, step |
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| mistreated | (adjective) subjected to cruel treatment | Synonyms: abused, ill-treated, maltreated |
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| mistreatment | (noun) the practice of treating (someone or something) badly | - |
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| outreach | (noun) the act of reaching out | - |
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| retread | (noun) a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads | Synonyms: recap |
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| (verb) give new treads to (a tire) | Synonyms: remold, remould |
| (verb) use again in altered form | Synonyms: make over, rework |
| retreat | (noun) (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat | - |
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| (noun) withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation | Synonyms: retirement |
| (noun) the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant) | - |
| (noun) an area where you can be alone | Synonyms: hideaway |
| (noun) (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset | - |
| (noun) (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position | - |
| (noun) a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet | - |
| (verb) make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | Synonyms: back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, withdraw |
| (verb) pull back or move away or backward | Synonyms: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, withdraw |
| (verb) move back | Synonyms: retrograde |
| (verb) move away, as for privacy | - |
| retreatant | (noun) a participant in a religious retreat | - |
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| retreated | (noun) people who have retreated | - |
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| sightread | (verb) perform music from a score without having seen the score before | Synonyms: sight-read |
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| sightreader | (noun) a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music) | - |
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| slipstream | (noun) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | Synonyms: airstream, backwash, race, wash |
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| streak | (noun) a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background | Synonyms: bar, stripe |
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| (noun) a distinctive characteristic | - |
| (noun) a sudden flash (as of lightning) | - |
| (noun) an unbroken series of events | Synonyms: run |
| (verb) mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained | Synonyms: blotch, mottle |
| (verb) move quickly in a straight line | - |
| (verb) run naked in a public place | - |
| streaked | (adjective) marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations | Synonyms: streaky |
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| streaker | (noun) someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place | - |
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| streaky | (adjective) marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations | Synonyms: streaked |
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| stream | (noun) the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression | Synonyms: flow |
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| (noun) a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) | Synonyms: current |
| (noun) dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas | Synonyms: current, flow |
| (noun) a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth | Synonyms: watercourse |
| (noun) something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously | Synonyms: flow |
| (verb) exude profusely | - |
| (verb) flow freely and abundantly | Synonyms: well out |
| (verb) to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind | - |
| (verb) move in large numbers | Synonyms: pour, pullulate, swarm, teem |
| (verb) rain heavily | Synonyms: pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs |
| streambed | (noun) a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream | Synonyms: creek bed |
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| streamer | (noun) long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising | Synonyms: banner |
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| (noun) a long flag; often tapering | Synonyms: pennant, pennon, waft |
| (noun) a newspaper headline that runs across the full page | Synonyms: banner |
| (noun) light that streams | - |
| streaming | (adjective) exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts | - |
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| (adjective) (computer science) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data; data that is transmitted and loaded continuously as earlier parts are being accessed/processed/displayed | - |
| (noun) the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell | Synonyms: cyclosis |
| streamlet | (noun) a small stream | Synonyms: rill, rivulet, run, runnel |
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| streamline | (verb) contour economically or efficiently | - |
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| streamlined | (adjective) made efficient by stripping off nonessentials | - |
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| (adjective) designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow | Synonyms: aerodynamic, flowing, sleek |
| streamliner | (noun) a streamlined train | - |
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| subtreasury | (noun) a subordinate treasury or place of deposit | - |
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| treacherous | (adjective) dangerously unstable and unpredictable | Synonyms: unreliable |
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| (adjective) tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | Synonyms: perfidious, punic |
| treacherously | (adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner | Synonyms: faithlessly, false, traitorously, treasonably |
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| treacherousness | (noun) The characteristic of providing insecure footing or support; of being marked by hidden dangers, hazards, or perils. | - |
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| treachery | (noun) an act of deliberate betrayal | Synonyms: betrayal, perfidy, treason |
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| (noun) betrayal of a trust | Synonyms: perfidiousness, perfidy |
| treacle | (noun) writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental | Synonyms: glop, mush, slop |
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| (noun) a pale cane syrup | Synonyms: golden syrup |
| treacly | (adjective) overly sweet | Synonyms: cloying, saccharine, syrupy |
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| tread | (noun) a step in walking or running | Synonyms: pace, stride |
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| (noun) structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step | - |
| (noun) the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground | - |
| (noun) the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire | - |
| (verb) crush as if by treading on | - |
| (verb) brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center | - |
| (verb) mate with (used of male birds) | - |
| (verb) tread or stomp heavily or roughly | Synonyms: trample |
| (verb) put down or press the foot, place the foot | Synonyms: step |
| (verb) apply (the tread) to a tire | - |
| treadle | (noun) a lever that is operated with the foot | Synonyms: foot lever, foot pedal, pedal |
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| (verb) operate (machinery) by a treadle | - |
| (verb) tread over | - |
| treadmill | (noun) a job involving drudgery and confinement | Synonyms: salt mine |
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| (noun) a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps | Synonyms: tread-wheel, treadwheel |
| (noun) an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place | - |
| treadwheel | (noun) a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps | Synonyms: tread-wheel, treadmill |
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| treason | (noun) a crime that undermines the offender's government | Synonyms: high treason, lese majesty |
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| (noun) an act of deliberate betrayal | Synonyms: betrayal, perfidy, treachery |
| (noun) disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior | Synonyms: subversiveness, traitorousness |
| treasonable | (adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | Synonyms: faithless, traitorous, treasonous, unfaithful |
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| treasonably | (adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner | Synonyms: faithlessly, false, traitorously, treacherously |
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| treasonist | (noun) someone who betrays his country by committing treason | Synonyms: traitor |
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| treasonous | (adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | Synonyms: faithless, traitorous, treasonable, unfaithful |
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| treasure | (noun) art highly prized for its beauty or perfection | Synonyms: gem |
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| (noun) a collection of precious things | - |
| (noun) accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc. | Synonyms: hoarded wealth |
| (noun) any possession that is highly valued by its owner | - |
| (verb) be fond of; be attached to | Synonyms: care for, cherish, hold dear |
| (verb) hold dear | Synonyms: appreciate, prize, value |
| treasured | (adjective) characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for | Synonyms: cherished, precious, wanted |
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| treasurer | (noun) an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds | Synonyms: financial officer |
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| treasurership | (noun) the position of treasurer | - |
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| treasury | (noun) a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely | - |
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| (noun) the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues | - |
| (noun) the funds of a government or institution or individual | Synonyms: exchequer |
| treat | (noun) an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight | - |
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| (noun) something considered choice to eat | Synonyms: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw |
| (verb) provide treatment for | Synonyms: care for |
| (verb) subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition | Synonyms: process |
| (verb) regard or consider in a specific way | - |
| (verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: address, cover, deal, handle, plow |
| (verb) engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement | - |
| (verb) provide with choice or abundant food or drink | Synonyms: regale |
| (verb) provide with a gift or entertainment | - |
| (verb) interact in a certain way | Synonyms: do by, handle |
| treated | (adjective) subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent | - |
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| (adjective) given medical care or treatment | - |
| (adjective) made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment | Synonyms: hardened, tempered, toughened |
| treater | (noun) someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement) | Synonyms: negotiant, negotiator |
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| treatise | (noun) a formal exposition | - |
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| treatment | (noun) care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) | Synonyms: intervention |
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| (noun) the management of someone or something | Synonyms: handling |
| (noun) (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) | Synonyms: therapy |
| (noun) a manner of dealing with something artistically | - |
| (noun) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic | Synonyms: discourse, discussion |
| treaty | (noun) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns | Synonyms: accord, pact |
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| untreated | (adjective) not subjected to chemical or physical treatment | - |
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| (adjective) not given medical care or treatment | - |
| (adjective) (of a specimen for study under a microscope) not treated with a reagent or dye | - |
| upstream | (adjective) in the direction against a stream's current | - |
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| (adverb) toward the source or against the current | Synonyms: upriver |