acreage | (noun) an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming) | Synonyms: land area |
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adage | (noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | Synonyms: byword, proverb, saw |
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advantage | (noun) the quality of having a superior or more favorable position | Synonyms: vantage |
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(noun) benefit resulting from some event or action | Synonyms: reward |
(noun) (tennis) first point scored after deuce | - |
(verb) give an advantage to | - |
afterimage | (noun) an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased | Synonyms: aftersensation |
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age | (noun) how long something has existed | - |
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(noun) a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises | Synonyms: eld |
(noun) a late time of life | Synonyms: eld, geezerhood, old age, years |
(noun) an era of history having some distinctive feature | Synonyms: historic period |
(noun) a prolonged period of time | Synonyms: long time, years |
(verb) grow old or older | Synonyms: get on, maturate, mature, senesce |
(verb) begin to seem older; get older | - |
(verb) make older | - |
agiotage | (noun) a fee charged for exchanging currencies | Synonyms: agio, exchange premium, premium |
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(noun) speculative dealing in stock exchange securities or foreign exchange. | - |
alienage | (noun) the quality of being alien | Synonyms: alienism |
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ambage | (noun) a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things | Synonyms: circumlocution, periphrasis |
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amperage | (noun) the strength of an electrical current measured in amperes | - |
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anchorage | (noun) the act of anchoring | - |
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(noun) place for vessels to anchor | Synonyms: anchorage ground |
(noun) a fee for anchoring | - |
(noun) the condition of being secured to a base | - |
(noun) the provision of a sense of security or steadfastness | - |
anlage | (noun) an organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development | Synonyms: primordium |
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apanage | (noun) a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family | Synonyms: appanage |
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(noun) any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life | Synonyms: appanage |
appanage | (noun) a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family | Synonyms: apanage |
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(noun) any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life | Synonyms: apanage |
appendage | (noun) a part that is joined to something larger | - |
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(noun) an external body part that projects from the body | Synonyms: extremity, member |
(noun) a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | Synonyms: outgrowth, process |
arbitrage | (noun) a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price | - |
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(verb) practice arbitrage, as in the stock market | - |
assemblage | (noun) the social act of assembling | Synonyms: assembly, gathering |
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(noun) a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose | Synonyms: hookup |
(noun) a group of persons together in one place | Synonyms: gathering |
(noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole | Synonyms: accumulation, aggregation, collection |
assuage | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: alleviate, palliate, relieve |
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(verb) satisfy (thirst) | Synonyms: allay, quench, slake |
(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
average | (adjective) lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered | Synonyms: ordinary |
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(adjective) around the middle of a scale of evaluation | Synonyms: intermediate, medium |
(adjective) lacking exceptional quality or ability | Synonyms: fair, mediocre, middling |
(adjective) relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values) | Synonyms: median |
(adjective) approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value | Synonyms: mean |
(adjective) relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution | Synonyms: modal |
(noun) a statistic describing the location of a distribution | Synonyms: norm |
(noun) an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual | - |
(noun) (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities | - |
(verb) compute the average of | Synonyms: average out |
(verb) achieve or reach on average | - |
(verb) amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain | Synonyms: average out |
backstage | (adjective) concealed from public view or attention | Synonyms: offstage |
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(noun) a stage area out of sight of the audience | Synonyms: offstage, wing |
(adverb) in or to a backstage area of a theater | - |
(adverb) out of view of the public; behind the scenes | - |
bacteriophage | (noun) a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria | Synonyms: phage |
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badinage | (noun) frivolous banter | - |
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baggage | (noun) cases used to carry belongings when traveling | Synonyms: luggage |
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(noun) the portable equipment and supplies of an army | - |
(noun) a worthless or immoral woman | - |
bandage | (noun) a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body | Synonyms: patch |
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(verb) dress by covering or binding | - |
(verb) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose | Synonyms: bind |
baronage | (noun) the peers of a kingdom considered as a group | Synonyms: peerage |
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baronetage | (noun) the state of a baronet | - |
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(noun) the collective body of baronets | - |
barrage | (noun) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target | Synonyms: barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling |
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(noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | Synonyms: bombardment, onslaught, outpouring |
(verb) address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage | Synonyms: bombard |
beverage | (noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: drink, drinkable, potable |
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birdcage | (noun) a cage in which a bird can be kept | - |
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blockage | (noun) the act of blocking | Synonyms: closure, occlusion |
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(noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube | Synonyms: block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage |
(noun) the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction | Synonyms: obstruction |
bondage | (noun) sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners | - |
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(noun) the state of being under the control of another person | Synonyms: slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom |
(noun) the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power | - |
borage | (noun) an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked | - |
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(noun) hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach | Synonyms: Borago officinalis, tailwort |
breakage | (noun) the act of breaking something | Synonyms: break, breaking |
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(noun) reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use | - |
(noun) the quantity broken | - |
brewage | (noun) drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling | Synonyms: brew |
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bricolage | (noun) construction of something by whatever material are available | - |
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brokerage | (noun) place where a broker conducts his business | Synonyms: brokerage house |
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(noun) a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller | Synonyms: brokerage firm, securities firm |
(noun) the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties | - |
cabbage | (noun) any of various types of cabbage | Synonyms: chou |
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(noun) any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea, cultivated cabbage |
(noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
(verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
cabotage | (noun) navigation in coastal waters | - |
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(noun) the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders | - |
cage | (noun) an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept | Synonyms: coop |
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(noun) the net that is the goal in ice hockey | - |
(noun) a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice | Synonyms: batting cage |
(noun) something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement | - |
(verb) confine in a cage | Synonyms: cage in |
camouflage | (noun) the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | Synonyms: disguise |
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(noun) device or stratagem for concealment or deceit | - |
(noun) fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background | Synonyms: camo |
(noun) an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something | Synonyms: disguise |
(verb) disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something | - |
carnage | (noun) the savage and excessive killing of many people | Synonyms: butchery, mass murder, massacre, slaughter |
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carriage | (noun) a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses | Synonyms: equipage, rig |
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(noun) a railcar where passengers ride | Synonyms: coach, passenger car |
(noun) a machine part that carries something else | - |
(noun) a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, stroller |
(noun) characteristic way of bearing one's body | Synonyms: bearing, posture |
cartage | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: carting |
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cartilage | (noun) tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults | Synonyms: gristle |
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cellarage | (noun) a storage area in a cellar | - |
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(noun) a charge for storing goods in a cellar | - |
cleavage | (noun) the act of cleaving or splitting | - |
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(noun) the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts) | - |
(noun) (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum | Synonyms: segmentation |
(noun) the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules | - |
(noun) the state of being split or cleft | - |
clientage | (noun) relation of a client to a patron | - |
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coinage | (noun) the act of inventing a word or phrase | Synonyms: neologism, neology |
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(noun) a newly invented word or phrase | Synonyms: neologism, neology |
(noun) coins collectively | Synonyms: metal money, mintage, specie |
coliphage | (noun) a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli | - |
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collage | (noun) a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image | Synonyms: montage |
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(noun) any collection of diverse things | - |
commonage | (noun) property held in common | - |
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concubinage | (noun) cohabitation without being legally married | - |
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cordage | (noun) the ropes in the rigging of a ship | - |
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(noun) the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords | - |
corkage | (noun) a charge added at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises | - |
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corsage | (noun) an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | Synonyms: bouquet, nosegay, posy |
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cottage | (noun) a small house with a single story | Synonyms: bungalow |
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counterespionage | (noun) spying on the spies | - |
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courage | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courageousness |
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coverage | (noun) the extent to which something is covered | - |
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(noun) the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television | Synonyms: reportage, reporting |
(noun) the total amount and type of insurance carried | Synonyms: insurance coverage |
cowage | (noun) the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing | Synonyms: Bengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, velvet bean |
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(noun) pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey | - |
cozenage | (noun) a fraudulent business scheme | Synonyms: scam |
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cribbage | (noun) a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two | Synonyms: crib |
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curettage | (noun) surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | Synonyms: curettement |
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curtilage | (noun) the enclosed land around a house or other building | Synonyms: grounds, yard |
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damage | (noun) the act of damaging something or someone | Synonyms: harm, hurt, scathe |
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(noun) any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right | Synonyms: legal injury, wrong |
(noun) the occurrence of a change for the worse | Synonyms: harm, impairment |
(noun) loss of military equipment | Synonyms: equipment casualty |
(noun) the amount of money needed to purchase something | Synonyms: price, terms |
(verb) inflict damage upon | - |
(verb) suffer or be susceptible to damage | - |
decolletage | (noun) a low-cut neckline on a woman's dress | - |
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decoupage | (noun) the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer | - |
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(noun) art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer | - |
degage | (adjective) free and relaxed in manner | - |
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(adjective) showing lack of emotional involvement | Synonyms: detached, uninvolved |
demurrage | (noun) detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | - |
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(noun) a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | - |
disadvantage | (noun) the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position | - |
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(verb) put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm | Synonyms: disfavor, disfavour |
discourage | (verb) try to prevent; show opposition to | Synonyms: deter |
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(verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: admonish, monish, warn |
(verb) deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | - |
disengage | (verb) become free | - |
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(verb) release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles | Synonyms: withdraw |
(verb) free or remove obstruction from | Synonyms: free |
disparage | (verb) express a negative opinion of | Synonyms: belittle, pick at |
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dockage | (noun) the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes | Synonyms: docking, moorage, tying up |
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(noun) landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out | Synonyms: dock, docking facility |
(noun) a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock | Synonyms: docking fee |
dosage | (noun) a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time | Synonyms: dose |
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(noun) the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time | Synonyms: dose |
dotage | (noun) mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations | Synonyms: second childhood, senility |
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downstage | (adjective) of the front half of a stage | - |
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(noun) the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience) | - |
(adverb) at or toward the front of the stage | - |
drainage | (noun) emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it | Synonyms: drain |
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dressage | (noun) maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider | - |
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driftage | (noun) the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting | - |
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drippage | (noun) a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house) | Synonyms: dripping |
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eatage | (noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: forage, grass, pasturage, pasture |
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effleurage | (noun) a rhythmic stroking | - |
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empennage | (noun) the rear part of an aircraft | Synonyms: tail, tail assembly |
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enallage | (noun) a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I') | - |
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encourage | (verb) spur on | - |
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(verb) inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to | - |
(verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: advance, boost, further, promote |
engage | (verb) get caught | - |
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(verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engross, occupy |
(verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: affiance, betroth, plight |
(verb) keep engaged | Synonyms: lock, mesh, operate |
(verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, hire, lease, rent, take |
(verb) hire for work or assistance | Synonyms: enlist |
(verb) ask to represent; of legal counsel | - |
(verb) engage or hire for work | Synonyms: employ, hire |
(verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | Synonyms: prosecute, pursue |
(verb) carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) | Synonyms: wage |
enrage | (verb) put into a rage; make violently angry | - |
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ensilage | (noun) fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo | Synonyms: silage |
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entourage | (noun) the group following and attending to some important person | Synonyms: cortege, retinue, suite |
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envisage | (verb) form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case | Synonyms: conceive of, ideate, imagine |
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equipage | (noun) a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses | Synonyms: carriage, rig |
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(noun) equipment and supplies of a military force | Synonyms: materiel |
espionage | (noun) the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets | - |
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expressage | (noun) rapid transport of goods | Synonyms: express |
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fibrocartilage | (noun) cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue | - |
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flowage | (noun) the act of flooding; filling to overflowing | Synonyms: flood |
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(noun) a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area | - |
(noun) gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat) | - |
foliage | (noun) (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament | Synonyms: foliation |
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(noun) the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants | Synonyms: leaf, leafage |
footage | (noun) film that has been shot | - |
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(noun) a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done | - |
forage | (noun) the act of searching for food and provisions | Synonyms: foraging |
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(noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: eatage, grass, pasturage, pasture |
(verb) wander and feed | - |
(verb) collect or look around for (food) | Synonyms: scrounge |
forecarriage | (noun) a small wheeled carriage attached under the front end of a plow beam. | Synonyms: fore carriage, wheeled forecarriage |
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forestage | (noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) | Synonyms: apron, proscenium |
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