cavern | (noun) a large cave or a large chamber in a cave | - |
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(noun) any large dark enclosed space | - |
(verb) hollow out as if making a cavern | Synonyms: cavern out |
cavernous | (adjective) filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood | Synonyms: erectile |
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(adjective) being or suggesting a cavern | - |
cleverness | (noun) the property of being ingenious | Synonyms: ingeniousness, ingenuity |
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(noun) intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty | Synonyms: brightness, smartness |
(noun) the power of creative imagination | Synonyms: ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventiveness |
govern | (verb) exercise authority over; as of nations | Synonyms: rule |
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(verb) direct or strongly influence the behavior of | - |
(verb) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations | Synonyms: order, regularise, regularize, regulate |
(verb) require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood | - |
governable | (adjective) capable of being controlled | Synonyms: controllable |
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governance | (noun) the act of governing; exercising authority | Synonyms: administration, governing, government, government activity |
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(noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: administration, brass, establishment, governing body, organisation, organization |
governed | (noun) the body of people who are citizens of a particular government | - |
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governess | (noun) a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home) | - |
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governing | (adjective) responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws | - |
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(noun) the act of governing; exercising authority | Synonyms: administration, governance, government, government activity |
government | (noun) the act of governing; exercising authority | Synonyms: administration, governance, governing, government activity |
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(noun) (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed | - |
(noun) the study of government of states and other political units | Synonyms: political science, politics |
(noun) the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit | Synonyms: authorities, regime |
governmental | (adjective) relating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state | - |
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governmentally | (adverb) by government | - |
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governor | (noun) a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) | Synonyms: regulator |
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(noun) the head of a state government | - |
governorship | (noun) the office of governor | - |
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klavern | (noun) a local unit of the Ku Klux Klan | - |
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misgovern | (verb) govern badly | - |
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misgovernment | (noun) government that is inefficient or dishonest | Synonyms: misrule |
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overnice | (adjective) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted | Synonyms: dainty, nice, prissy, squeamish |
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overnight | (adjective) lasting, open, or operating through the whole night | Synonyms: all-night, nightlong |
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(adverb) during or for the length of one night | - |
(adverb) happening in a short time or with great speed | - |
overnighter | (noun) a small traveling bag to carry clothing and accessories for staying overnight | Synonyms: overnight bag, overnight case |
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(noun) a guest who stays overnight | - |
silvern | (adjective) having the white lustrous sheen of silver | Synonyms: silver, silvery |
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(adjective) resembling or reminiscent of silver | Synonyms: silvery |
tavern | (noun) a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks | Synonyms: tap house |
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ungovernable | (adjective) incapable of being controlled | Synonyms: indocile, uncontrollable, unruly |
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ungoverned | (adjective) lacking in discipline or control | Synonyms: undisciplined |
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(adjective) not restrained or controlled | Synonyms: unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed |
vernacular | (adjective) being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language | Synonyms: common, vulgar |
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(noun) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | - |
(noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang |
vernal | (adjective) of or characteristic of or occurring in spring | - |
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(adjective) suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh | Synonyms: young, youthful |
vernation | (noun) (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens | - |
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vernier | (noun) a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale | Synonyms: vernier scale |
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vernix | (noun) a white cheeselike protective material that covers the skin of a fetus | Synonyms: vernix caseosa |
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vernonia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue | Synonyms: ironweed |
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wivern | (noun) a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs | Synonyms: wyvern |
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wyvern | (noun) a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs | Synonyms: wivern |
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