accompanying | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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accompanyist | (noun) a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) | Synonyms: accompanist |
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annoying | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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(noun) the act of troubling or annoying someone | Synonyms: annoyance, irritation, vexation |
annoyingly | (adverb) in an annoying manner or to an annoying degree | - |
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ayin | (noun) the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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babyish | (adjective) characteristic of a baby | - |
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baddeleyite | (noun) a mineral consisting of zirconium oxide | - |
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bellying | (adjective) curving outward | Synonyms: bellied, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant |
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boyish | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a young boy | Synonyms: boylike, schoolboyish |
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boyishly | (adverb) like a boy | Synonyms: boylike |
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boyishness | (noun) being characteristic of a boy | - |
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bricklaying | (noun) the craft of laying bricks | - |
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bullying | (adjective) noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others | Synonyms: blustery |
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(noun) the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something | Synonyms: intimidation |
burying | (noun) concealing something under the ground | Synonyms: burial |
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buying | (noun) the act of buying | Synonyms: purchasing |
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clarifying | (adjective) that makes clear | Synonyms: elucidative |
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clayiness | (noun) The quality of resembling clay, ie in thickness or consistency. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayishness |
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(noun) The quality of being composed of clay. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayishness |
clayishness | (noun) The quality of resembling clay, ie in thickness or consistency. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayiness |
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(noun) The quality of being composed of clay. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayiness |
cloying | (adjective) overly sweet | Synonyms: saccharine, syrupy, treacly |
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cloyingly | (adverb) in an overly sweet manner | - |
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conveying | (noun) act of transferring property title from one person to another | Synonyms: conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing |
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copying | (noun) an act of copying | - |
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copyist | (noun) someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts | Synonyms: scribe, scrivener |
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cronyism | (noun) favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications) | - |
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crying | (adjective) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | Synonyms: egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank |
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(adjective) demanding attention | Synonyms: clamant, exigent, insistent, instant |
(noun) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | Synonyms: tears, weeping |
dairying | (noun) the business of a dairy | Synonyms: dairy farming |
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dandyish | (adjective) affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner | Synonyms: dandified, foppish |
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dandyism | (noun) the manner and dress of a fop or dandy | Synonyms: foppishness |
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dideoxyinosine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor | Synonyms: ddI, DDI, didanosine |
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dignifying | (adjective) investing with dignity or honor | Synonyms: ennobling |
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dirtying | (noun) the act of soiling something | Synonyms: soiling, soilure |
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dismaying | (adjective) causing consternation | Synonyms: appalling |
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disqualifying | (adjective) depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified | Synonyms: disabling |
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dying | (adjective) in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be | - |
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(adjective) eagerly desirous | Synonyms: anxious |
(noun) the time when something ends | Synonyms: death, demise |
earlyish | (adjective) being somewhat early | - |
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edifying | (adjective) enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement | Synonyms: enlightening |
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electrifying | (adjective) causing a surge of emotion or excitement | Synonyms: thrilling |
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emptying | (noun) the act of removing the contents of something | Synonyms: evacuation, voidance |
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essayist | (noun) a writer of literary works | Synonyms: litterateur |
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exemplifying | (adjective) clarifying by use of examples | Synonyms: illustrative |
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falsifying | (noun) the act of determining that something is false | Synonyms: disproof, falsification, refutal, refutation |
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ferrying | (noun) transport by boat or aircraft | Synonyms: ferry |
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flying | (adjective) hurried and brief | Synonyms: fast, quick |
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(adjective) moving swiftly | Synonyms: fast-flying |
(noun) an instance of traveling by air | Synonyms: flight |
fogyish | (adjective) (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned | Synonyms: moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy |
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frying | (noun) cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle | Synonyms: sauteing |
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gratifying | (adjective) affording satisfaction or pleasure | Synonyms: enjoyable, pleasurable |
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(adjective) pleasing to the mind or feeling | Synonyms: sweet |
gratifyingly | (adverb) in a gratifying manner | Synonyms: satisfyingly |
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grayish | (adjective) of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black | Synonyms: gray, grey, greyish |
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greyish | (adjective) of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black | Synonyms: gray, grayish, grey |
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haying | (noun) the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder | Synonyms: haying time |
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(noun) the harvesting of hay | - |
highflying | (adjective) moving upward or along at a considerable height | - |
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(adjective) extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions | - |
hobbyism | (noun) a devotion to hobbies | - |
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hobbyist | (noun) a person who pursues an activity in their spare time for pleasure | - |
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horrifying | (adjective) provoking horror | Synonyms: atrocious, frightful, horrible, ugly |
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horrifyingly | (adverb) in a horrifying manner | - |
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hurrying | (adjective) moving with great haste | Synonyms: scurrying |
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(noun) changing location rapidly | Synonyms: speed, speeding |
intensifying | (adjective) increasing in strength or intensity | - |
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inventorying | (noun) making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand | Synonyms: inventory, stock-taking, stocktaking |
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journeying | (noun) the act of traveling from one place to another | Synonyms: journey |
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laying | (noun) the production of eggs (especially in birds) | Synonyms: egg laying |
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lobbyism | (noun) the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist | - |
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lobbyist | (noun) someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer | - |
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longyi | (noun) a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma | Synonyms: lungi, lungyi |
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lungyi | (noun) a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma | Synonyms: longyi, lungi |
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lying | (noun) the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication |
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mayidism | (noun) a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments | Synonyms: Alpine scurvy, maidism, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, pellagra, Saint Ignatius' itch |
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minelaying | (noun) laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment | Synonyms: mining |
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mortifying | (adjective) causing awareness of your shortcomings | Synonyms: demeaning, humbling, humiliating |
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(adjective) causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation | Synonyms: embarrassing |
myiasis | (noun) infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation | - |
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mystifying | (adjective) of an obscure nature | Synonyms: cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious |
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naysaying | (noun) the act of saying no to a request | - |
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outlying | (adjective) relatively far from a center or middle | - |
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overlying | (adjective) placed on or over something else | Synonyms: superimposed |
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paying | (adjective) for which money is paid | Synonyms: compensable, remunerative, salaried, stipendiary |
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(adjective) yielding a fair profit | Synonyms: gainful, paid |
petrifying | (adjective) paralyzing with terror | - |
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pityingly | (adverb) in a sympathetic manner | Synonyms: compassionately |
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playing | (noun) the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation | - |
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(noun) the act of playing a musical instrument | - |
(noun) the performance of a part or role in a drama | Synonyms: acting, performing, playacting |
portraying | (noun) a representation by picture or portraiture | Synonyms: depicting, depiction, portrayal |
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prying | (adjective) offensively curious or inquisitive | Synonyms: nosey, nosy, snoopy |
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(noun) offensive inquisitiveness | Synonyms: nosiness, snoopiness |
pryingly | (adverb) in a curious and prying manner | - |
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puppyish | (adjective) characteristic of a puppy | Synonyms: puppylike |
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purifying | (adjective) freeing from noxious matter | - |
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(adjective) serving to purge or rid of sin | Synonyms: purgatorial, purging |
(adjective) acting like an antiseptic | Synonyms: cleansing |
pyinma | (noun) relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle; light reddish brown, smooth and lustrous | - |
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qualifying | (noun) success in satisfying a test or requirement | Synonyms: pass, passing |
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(noun) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase | Synonyms: limiting, modification |
quarrying | (noun) the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry | - |
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rallying | (adjective) rousing or recalling to unity and renewed effort | - |
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(noun) the act of mobilizing for a common purpose | - |
(noun) the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort | Synonyms: rally |
readying | (noun) the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose | Synonyms: preparation |
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reburying | (noun) the act of burying again | Synonyms: reburial |
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rigidifying | (noun) the process of becoming stiff or rigid | Synonyms: rigidification, stiffening |
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roleplaying | (noun) acting a particular role (as in psychotherapy) | - |
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rowdyism | (noun) rowdy behavior | Synonyms: disorderliness, roughness, rowdiness |
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satisfying | (adjective) providing freedom from worry | Synonyms: cheering, comforting |
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(adjective) providing abundant nourishment | Synonyms: hearty, solid, square, substantial |
satisfyingly | (adverb) in a gratifying manner | Synonyms: gratifyingly |
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saying | (noun) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | Synonyms: expression, locution |
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schoolboyish | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a young boy | Synonyms: boyish, boylike |
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scurrying | (adjective) moving with great haste | Synonyms: hurrying |
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sissyish | (adjective) having unsuitable feminine qualities | Synonyms: cissy, effeminate, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissy |
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slaying | (noun) unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | Synonyms: execution, murder |
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solidifying | (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: curing, hardening, set, solidification |
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soothsaying | (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | Synonyms: divination, foretelling, fortune telling |
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