abattis | (noun) a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy | Synonyms: abatis |
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brattish | (adjective) (used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly | Synonyms: bratty |
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cattish | (adjective) marked by or arising from malice | Synonyms: bitchy, catty |
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clarinettist | (noun) a musician who plays the clarinet | Synonyms: clarinetist |
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coquettish | (adjective) like a coquette | Synonyms: flirtatious |
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coquettishly | (adverb) in a flirtatious manner | Synonyms: flirtatiously |
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epiglottis | (noun) a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing | - |
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fattish | (adjective) somewhat fat | - |
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fattism | (noun) discrimination against people who are overweight | Synonyms: fatism |
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glottis | (noun) the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated | - |
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hottish | (adjective) somewhat hot | - |
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jettison | (verb) throw as from an airplane | - |
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(verb) throw away, of something encumbering | - |
librettist | (noun) author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta | - |
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pettish | (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy |
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pettishly | (adverb) in a petulant manner | Synonyms: irritably, petulantly, testily |
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pettishness | (noun) a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger | Synonyms: biliousness, irritability, peevishness, snappishness, surliness, temper |
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ruttish | (adjective) feeling great sexual desire | Synonyms: aroused, horny, randy, steamy, turned on |
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schottische | (noun) a German round dance resembling a slow polka | - |
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(noun) music performed for dancing the schottische | - |
skittish | (adjective) unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) | Synonyms: flighty, nervous, spooky |
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skittishly | (adverb) in a skittish manner | - |
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skittishness | (noun) characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright | Synonyms: restiveness |
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sluttish | (adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior | Synonyms: easy, light, loose, promiscuous, wanton |
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(adjective) characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women | Synonyms: blowsy, blowzy, slatternly |
sluttishness | (noun) in the manner of a slattern | Synonyms: slatternliness |
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sottish | (adjective) given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol | Synonyms: bibulous, boozy, drunken |
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sottishly | (adverb) in a sottish manner | - |
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sottishness | (noun) lack of restraint in use of alcohol | - |
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(noun) stupefaction from drink | - |