| anvil | (noun) a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering | - |
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| (noun) a small bone in the middle ear between the malleus and the stapes | Synonyms: incus |
| bedevil | (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
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| (verb) treat cruelly | Synonyms: crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment |
| bedevilment | (noun) the act of harassing someone | Synonyms: badgering, torment, worrying |
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| bougainvillea | (noun) any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions | - |
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| cavil | (noun) an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections | Synonyms: quibble, quiddity |
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| (verb) raise trivial objections | Synonyms: carp, chicane |
| caviler | (noun) a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections | Synonyms: caviller, pettifogger, quibbler |
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| caviller | (noun) a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections | Synonyms: caviler, pettifogger, quibbler |
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| chervil | (noun) fresh ferny parsley-like leaves used as a garnish with chicken and veal and omelets and green salads and spinach | - |
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| (noun) aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads | Synonyms: Anthriscus cereifolium, beaked parsley |
| civil | (adjective) not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others | Synonyms: polite |
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| (adjective) (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals | Synonyms: civic |
| (adjective) of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state | - |
| (adjective) applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military | - |
| (adjective) of or in a condition of social order | - |
| civilian | (adjective) associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military | - |
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| (noun) a nonmilitary citizen | - |
| civilisation | (noun) the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste | Synonyms: civilization, refinement |
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| (noun) a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) | Synonyms: civilization |
| (noun) a particular society at a particular time and place | Synonyms: civilization, culture |
| (noun) the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization | Synonyms: civilization |
| civilise | (verb) raise from a barbaric to a civilized state | Synonyms: civilize |
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| (verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | Synonyms: civilize, cultivate, educate, school, train |
| civilised | (adjective) having a high state of culture and development both social and technological | Synonyms: civilized |
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| (adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite |
| civility | (noun) the act of showing regard for others | Synonyms: politeness |
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| (noun) formal or perfunctory politeness | - |
| civilization | (noun) the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste | Synonyms: civilisation, refinement |
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| (noun) a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) | Synonyms: civilisation |
| (noun) a particular society at a particular time and place | Synonyms: civilisation, culture |
| (noun) the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization | Synonyms: civilisation |
| civilize | (verb) raise from a barbaric to a civilized state | Synonyms: civilise |
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| (verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | Synonyms: civilise, cultivate, educate, school, train |
| civilized | (adjective) having a high state of culture and development both social and technological | Synonyms: civilised |
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| (adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite |
| civilly | (adverb) in a civil manner | - |
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| coville | (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers | Synonyms: creosote bush, hediondilla, Larrea tridentata |
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| curvilineal | (adjective) characterized by or following a curved line | Synonyms: curvilinear |
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| curvilinear | (adjective) characterized by or following a curved line | Synonyms: curvilineal |
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| daredevil | (adjective) presumptuously daring | Synonyms: temerarious |
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| (noun) a reckless impetuous irresponsible person | Synonyms: harum-scarum, hothead, lunatic, madcap, swashbuckler |
| daredevilry | (noun) boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior | Synonyms: daredeviltry |
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| daredeviltry | (noun) boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior | Synonyms: daredevilry |
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| devil | (noun) a word used in exclamations of confusion | Synonyms: deuce, dickens |
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| (noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daemon, daimon, demon, fiend |
| (noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person | Synonyms: demon, fiend, monster, ogre |
| (noun) a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man) | Synonyms: heller, hellion |
| (verb) coat or stuff with a spicy paste | - |
| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
| devilfish | (noun) extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned | Synonyms: manta, manta ray |
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| (noun) bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles | Synonyms: octopus |
| (noun) medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific | Synonyms: Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus, gray whale, grey whale |
| devilise | (verb) turn into a devil or make devilish | Synonyms: devilize, diabolise, diabolize |
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| devilish | (adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | Synonyms: diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean, mephistophelian |
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| (adjective) playful in an appealingly bold way | Synonyms: rascally, roguish |
| (adverb) in a playfully devilish manner | Synonyms: devilishly |
| devilishly | (adverb) in a playfully devilish manner | Synonyms: devilish |
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| (adverb) (used as intensives) excessively | Synonyms: deadly, deucedly, insanely, madly |
| (adverb) as a devil; in an evil manner | Synonyms: diabolically, fiendishly |
| devilishness | (noun) The property of resembling or being characteristic of a devil. | - |
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| devilize | (verb) turn into a devil or make devilish | Synonyms: devilise, diabolise, diabolize |
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| devilment | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan |
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| devilry | (noun) wicked and cruel behavior | Synonyms: deviltry |
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| (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilment, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan |
| deviltry | (noun) wicked and cruel behavior | Synonyms: devilry |
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| (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilment, devilry, mischief-making, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan |
| devilwood | (noun) small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits | Synonyms: American olive, Osmanthus americanus |
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| evil | (adjective) morally bad or wrong | - |
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| (adjective) having or exerting a malignant influence | Synonyms: malefic, malevolent, malign |
| (adjective) having the nature of vice | Synonyms: vicious |
| (noun) morally objectionable behavior | Synonyms: immorality, iniquity, wickedness |
| (noun) the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice | Synonyms: evilness |
| evildoer | (noun) a person who sins (without repenting) | Synonyms: sinner |
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| evildoing | (noun) the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle | Synonyms: transgression |
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| evilly | (adverb) in a wicked evil manner | Synonyms: wickedly |
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| evilness | (noun) the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice | Synonyms: evil |
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| grevillea | (noun) any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea | - |
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| heavily | (adverb) to a considerable degree | Synonyms: to a great extent |
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| (adverb) indulging excessively | Synonyms: hard, intemperately |
| (adverb) slowly as if burdened by much weight | Synonyms: heavy |
| (adverb) in a manner designed for heavy duty | - |
| (adverb) in a heavy-footed manner | - |
| (adverb) with great force | - |
| (adverb) in a labored manner | - |
| incivility | (noun) deliberate discourtesy | - |
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| maravilla | (noun) leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers; southwestern United States and northern Mexico | Synonyms: Mirabilis longiflora, sweet four o'clock |
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| (noun) wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico | Synonyms: Colorado four o'clock, desert four o'clock, Mirabilis multiflora |
| nervily | (adverb) in a brash cheeky manner | Synonyms: brashly, cheekily |
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| noncivilised | (adjective) not having a high state of culture and social development | Synonyms: noncivilized |
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| noncivilized | (adjective) not having a high state of culture and social development | Synonyms: noncivilised |
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| novillada | (noun) a bullfight in which the bulls are less than four years old | - |
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| novillero | (noun) a bullfighter who is required to fight bulls less than four years of age | - |
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| pavilion | (noun) large and often sumptuous tent | Synonyms: marquee |
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| privilege | (noun) a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) | Synonyms: exclusive right, perquisite, prerogative |
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| (noun) (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship | - |
| (noun) a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all | - |
| (verb) bestow a privilege upon | Synonyms: favor, favour |
| privileged | (adjective) blessed with privileges | - |
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| (adjective) confined to an exclusive group | Synonyms: inner, inside |
| (adjective) not subject to usual rules or penalties | - |
| privily | (adverb) confidentially or in secret | - |
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| revile | (verb) spread negative information about | Synonyms: rail, vilify, vituperate |
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| revilement | (noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: abuse, contumely, insult, vilification |
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| scurvily | (adverb) in a despicable, ignoble manner | Synonyms: basely, meanly |
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| servile | (adjective) submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants | - |
| servilely | (adverb) in an obsequious manner | Synonyms: obsequiously, subserviently |
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| servility | (noun) abject or cringing submissiveness | Synonyms: obsequiousness, subservience |
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| splitsville | (noun) separation or breakup or divorce | - |
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| supervillain | (noun) a villain with superpowers | - |
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| uncivil | (adjective) lacking civility or good manners | Synonyms: rude |
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| uncivilised | (adjective) without civilizing influences | Synonyms: barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, wild |
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| uncivilized | (adjective) without civilizing influences | Synonyms: barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilised, wild |
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| uncivilly | (adverb) in an uncivil manner | - |
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| underprivileged | (adjective) lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society | - |
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| unservile | (adjective) not servile or submissive | Synonyms: unsubmissive |
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| vaudeville | (noun) a variety show with songs and comic acts etc. | Synonyms: music hall |
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| vaudevillian | (noun) a performer who works in vaudeville | - |
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| vile | (adjective) morally reprehensible | Synonyms: despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, worthless, wretched |
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| (adjective) causing or able to cause nausea | Synonyms: loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, queasy, sickening |
| vilely | (adverb) in a vile manner | - |
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| vileness | (noun) the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions | Synonyms: loathsomeness, lousiness, repulsiveness, sliminess, wickedness |
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| (noun) the quality of being wicked | Synonyms: nefariousness, ugliness, wickedness |
| vilification | (noun) slanderous defamation | Synonyms: malignment, smear |
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| (noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: abuse, contumely, insult, revilement |
| vilifier | (noun) one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel | Synonyms: backbiter, defamer, libeler, maligner, slanderer, traducer |
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| vilify | (verb) spread negative information about | Synonyms: rail, revile, vituperate |
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| vilipend | (verb) belittle | Synonyms: deprecate, depreciate |
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| villa | (noun) pretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive grounds | - |
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| (noun) country house in ancient Rome consisting of residential quarters and farm buildings around a courtyard | - |
| (noun) detached or semidetached suburban house | - |
| village | (noun) a community of people smaller than a town | Synonyms: settlement, small town |
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| (noun) a settlement smaller than a town | Synonyms: hamlet |
| villager | (noun) one who has lived in a village most of their life | - |
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| villain | (noun) a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately | Synonyms: scoundrel |
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| (noun) the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction | Synonyms: baddie |
| villainage | (noun) the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf | Synonyms: villeinage |
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| villainess | (noun) a woman villain | - |
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| villainous | (adjective) extremely wicked | Synonyms: nefarious |
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| villainousness | (noun) the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior | Synonyms: villainy |
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| villainy | (noun) a criminal or vicious act | - |
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| (noun) the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior | Synonyms: villainousness |
| villein | (noun) (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | Synonyms: helot, serf |
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| villeinage | (noun) tenure by which a villein held land | - |
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| (noun) the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf | Synonyms: villainage |
| villoma | (noun) a benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass | Synonyms: papillary tumor, papillary tumour, papilloma |
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| villus | (noun) a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane | - |
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| weevil | (noun) any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles | - |
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